SECOND PART. FEW FREE LUNCHES To bo Set by Saloon Keepers, if Tlicy Take the Hint DBOrPED BY THE COUBT. Mo More Drinks Can be Sold on Credit, the Judges Say. CHIEF BROWN READY TO KEPLT. His Lawyer Says He Will Come Into Conrt and FroTe That SOME PEOPLE DO KEEP SPEAE-EASIES There will be no license court to-day. On Monday the Southside will be finished. Yeiterday the court heard 57 applicants, the smallest day's work yet performed. Some of the interpretations given to the law by Judge Ewing are altogether new to the applicants, who are nearly all saloon keepers of either the present or past The Judge has inaugurated a war on the free lunch. He did not inquire as to that feature when the applicants from the down-town wards were up. He began it when well along in the Lawrenceville district, and has kept it up ever since. Nearly all the keep ers of licensed houses who have been asked have been compelled, in the interest of truth, to say that they did set up more or less of a free lunch. The finest free lunches in the city are spread by the most pretentious saloons down town. In the hotel bars the lunch is spread in the eveuing, while in other places it is laid before the patrons during the morning hours. Judge Ewing objects to the free lunch, because he believes that it attracts men who might not otherwise enter the saloon. Moreover, after a man has had one drink and ought to depart, the Judge thinks that a bite of lunch or a bowl of soup will induce the patron to look again upon the intoxicat ing cup. Judge Ewing also holds that a saloon should not be opened in the morning until about 6 o'clock or at least not before 5. The saloons abont the Southside Market are ac customed to open about 4, when the market gardeners and butchers come in with their wagons. They are generally chilly and thirsty, and desire very much to lean up against a bar. Numerous Sonthside applicants who are on the speak-easy list yesterday held up their hands and swore that they had not sold anything stronger than villainous pop. BEADY TO BEPLY. CHIEF BROWN'S ASMTEtt TO AN AP PLICANT'S REQUEST. lie Will Come Into Conrt and Furnish nil Speak-Easr Prooft Only One Little Break in Another Drenry Morning In the License Conrt. Immediately after the opening of the court yesterday morning Assistant City Attorney Clarence Burleigh addressed the Judges, saying: "Will the Court allow me to make a motion this morning before they start? In the matter of the petition of John S. Oehling a petition for a rehearing, ask ing that the Chief of the Department of Public Safety bi cited to produce certain evidence the Department of Public Safety would respectfully ask the Court to allow the prayer of that petition." Judge Ewing said; "Get the papers in the case and draw up an order, leaving blank the date for the hearing, to be here after fixed. We may fix it for the evening, after we get through all other things. I recollect the case and the application, and directed it to filed." THE DEMAND FOB TROOP. John S. Oehling was before the Court on last Monday. He keeps a barber shop at No. 3320 Penn avenue, at the Forks of the Road. He expressed surprise when told that he was on the speak-easy list and in dignantly denied the charge. He alleges that he was put on the list because he voted for John H. Bailey for Mayor. On Wednes day his attorney presented to the Court a petition that his case might be reopened, and that Chief J. O. Brown be compelled to come into court and snow what evidence he has against Mr. Oehling. Attorney Burleigh said, after making his request to the Court, that the Department was ready to present its evidence, and would show that the charge against Mr. Oehling was well founded. The Court resumed consideration of the applicants from the Twenty-sixth ward. Beinhard Dipper is a grocer and cigar ri-aler at Ko. 140 South Eighteenth street, who would keep a saloon. A WIDOW'S FLKA. For nine years prior to 1SS8 Christian Kneel kept a saloou at No. 2021 Josephine trect. He was not licensed under the Brooks law. Four months atro he died, and his widow, Mrs. Jullanna Encel, now past middle age, asks for a liquor license in the same house. She has been conducting a boarding house. . Like many of his neighbors, Frederick Hoffmann, Ko. 127 South Seventeenth street, had a flourishing saloon business until the stringent Brooks law, in 1888, shut him off. George Yung has been selling soap, lamp chimneys and sugar since the Brooks law closed his saloon, but he desires to resume the beer business at Ko. 113 South .Nine teenth street. There seems to be some doubt about the way to spell George's family name. In 1888 it was Yang, in 1889 Jung, and this year the petition spells it Yung. A portly old gentleman, with thin, curling, yellow pray hair and a gray mustache is George Kunkle, who applies for Ko. 1800 Josephine street. Until he fell a victim to the Brooks law he kept a licensed saloon for 19 years. He is just at the beginning of the Brownsville road, and is thoroughly satisfied that his house is a public necessity. Mr. Kunkle buys a quarter of beer a week. His house is on the speak-easy list. GROWN CEAX IN THE BUSINESS. Henry Lips has grown bald-headed while keeping a saloon at the southeast corner of Jane and South Kineteenth streets, although he is yet a young man. He got in during the first year of the Brooks law, but on the sec ond occasion he fell before the reaper. He is a glassworker, but complains that at the present time his trade is very dull. Each week he receives an eighth of beer for him self and wile, while his four boarders get two eighths. A handsome and stylish young man is Joseph McCarthy, whose mother lor many years has been keeping a boarding house at the corner of South Seventeenth street and Fox alley. He wishes to put a bar into the house. He presented .a letter from David Oliver, saying that a saloon at Fox alley would be an accommodation to his men. One ol the two licensed saloons in the Twentv-sixth ward is kept by John Ru dolph, at Kos. 1827 and 1829 Sarah street, who has alwas been able to present a good record. He sets up a free lunch, as nearly all other licensed saloons in the city do. Judge Ewing warned him to stop trusting his patrons, saying. "It is contrary to the A . H M H M M M H ' M M M M H H M V ' M M H V M M JHi M H Mf , -d spirit of the law. You could not legally collect such accounts." NOW KEEPING BOABDEBS. Mrs. Margaretta Ranch, a lady of respect able appearance, was formerly the keeper of a saloon, but h&8 recently been keeping a large boarding house at Ko. 2024 Sarah street, Charles Kuhlandt, a tall young man, de sires to resume the saloon business at Ko. 117 South Eighteenth street. Daring the year he has been working for his brother, J. "W., who has a licensed house at Carson and South Kineteenth street J. W. was a member of Councils for several years. He said that he had run no bar accounts, and for that he was commended. John Satter is a short, heavy, lame man, with white hair and a crimson face, who closed his saloon, after a term ot nine years, in 18SS, and has since kept a small store. The Brooks law also closed Henry M. Sell at Ko. 182 South Twentieth street, who is a glassworker by trade, has been keeping a restaurant for two years, and desires to resume the sale of liquor. Judge Ewing told him that his record for 1887 was not good. ANOTHEB OLD TLACE. The house at Ko. 1819 Carson street, for which Henry W. Yiehman applies, is one of the oldest public houses on the Snuthside. Jacob Braun used to keep it, and lately Viehman has been running a little cigar store there. He works for the Keystone brewery. The Court then took a mental climb up the hill and opened the Twenty-seventh ward with Sebastian Fluhr, who applies for Ko. 225 Washington avenue. He is a smooth-faced young man with a soaped bang of black hair. He has been working for Hagan, the caterer, who gave the young man a good letter. There was nothing special in the case of Gustave Friedal.Ko. 180 Arlington avenue. Louis J. Geltzheiser, Jr., who applies for a license in his mother's house at Ko. 174 Pius street, has been running a poolroom for Pat Denmarsh, the somewhat celebrated citizen of McKee's Rocks. For 16 years Jacob Kloerner worked in the rolling mill of Oliver Bros. & Phillips, but now wishes to keep a saloon at Ko. 151 Pius street. To him Judge Ewing said: "We would like to find places up there. You dc not seem to have been very bad in 1887, but you sold on Sunday. Do you think you could do better if you were licensed again?" The applicant did not hesitate to say, "Yes, sir." ANOTHEB FOEMEK VICTIM. "William Keck, heretofore a victim of the Brooks law, tries again for Ko. 167 Pius street. Although he is getting along in years, he has neglected to procure a wife. During the past year he has been idle, and the Court was unable to find out how he had made a living. He has stopped with his brother-in-law, Louis Rothleder, at Ko. 167, who is on the speak-easy list. Franz Maier applies lor his house on Brownsville avenue at the head of Tenth street, and his wife, Mary Maier, is on the speak-easy list. Franz denied the charge and said that he bought three or four bottles of beer a week for his own use only. Lorenz Manz began keeping a saloon in May, 18S7. was naturalized in September, 18S7, and the next spring had his sister-in-law, Mrs. Maria Manz, apply for a license. "We want to find places in this ward." said Judge Ewing, "but we don't want to license any shams." John G. Ogden, who is a novice in the business, aDplies for a license at Ko. 223 "Washington street. The house was a saloon prior to 1888. NOW A PATEB MAKER. Jacob Sherer, Ko. 219 "Washington ave nue, kept a saloon until knocked out by the Brooks law, and has since been following his trade of paper maker. He has also ap plied for a wholesale license. Theodore xoungmann, applying lor An. 38 Mt. Oliver street, is on the speak-easy list, but emphatically denies the impeach inenL The Twenty-eighth ward was opened by Wilhelm Breitweiser, who applies for Ko. 1417 Bincham street. He said that he de sired to keep a saloon and nothing more. Theodore and August Bodenbagen, father and son, at the corner of Carson and South Fourteenth streets, were licensed in 1888, bat cut off last year. They denied that they had sold any liquor during the past year. Recess was taken at 12:45. A WASTE OF STAMPS. NO TIME TO ATTEND TO TI1EIR COR- RESPONDENCE. The Jads-ei Can't Rend tbo Lctteri They Receive Aealnst iud l.nvrto Sell Drinks on Credit A Unking for Installment Seller! Early Opening Condemned. The Judges ate a hearty dinner and court did not resume until 1:45 P. m. Several letters lay on the judicial desk. "A great waste of postage stamps," said Judge Ewing. The house at Ko. 1206 Carson street, fop which Jacob Breiding asks license, he bought last fall. For nine years Mr. Breid ing has been in the service of the Freiheits Freund. John Callahan, applying for Ko. 49 South Fifteenth street, has been for one year work ing for the Oliver Iron and Steel Company, and presented letters from David B. Oliver, a member of the firm, and George W. Bryan, Superintendent of the company. He had also applied for a wholesale license, which he now withdraws. In 1887, when ho ran a saloon, be allowed customers to run small bills. Judge Ewing said: "If I should sit in License Court next year and find that a man has trusted for any amount, I shall certainly refuse him a license. It is posi tively against the law." Thereupon the Judge read that part of the law prohibiting the sale of liquor at retail on credit. ALSO HAD LETTERS. John F. Donahue, applying for Ko. 1605 Carson street, is an ex-saloonkeeper and during the year kept bar for George Schae ler. He presented letters from two of the bosses in Olivers mills. For 13 years John Diemer kept a saloon at Ko. 72 South Fourteenth street. For two years he has sold cigars and done odd jobs of carpentry. After answering all questions asked, Judge Ewing said: "Well, is there anything else you want to tell us?" Diemer smiled, blushed and said: "I'd like to get a license." While the lawyers laughed, the judges smiled, and John was told that he could sit down. Frederick Dielz, Ko. 1311 Sarah street, handed un a letter from H. Sellers McKee, dated March 19, 1880, but intended lor 1890. Dietz' record in 1887 was not very good, said Judge Ewing. John Fischer, Ko. 128 South Seventeenth street, who revealed no special fault, was followed by ex-Councilman Edward S. Kennedy, who is again applying for Ko. 1321 Carson street. "When hekept before," said Judge Ewing, "he had simply a drink ing place." Mr. Kennedy was given quite a little lecture by Judge Ewing on his per sonal habits. The applicant said that he had qnit drinking, knowing that he had formerly taken too much on occasions. He seems to stand a good show for a license. FATHER OF NINE GIRLS. Fritz Kaufleld, who asks for a license at Ko. 1506 Carson street, is the father of nine daughters. His brother, Elias, has a whole sale house at Ko. 1507 Carson. Edward Moritz, ex-saloonkeeper, applies for Ko. 82 South Fifteenth street. He was naturalized iu 1888 but had voted prior to that under a misapprehension as to the time of his father's naturalization. The next name on the list was that of Terence Murphy who had applied for Ko. 1407 Carson street. As Mr. Murphy passed away "from this world of toil and turmoil abont a fortnight since, the clerk did not consider it profitable to call his name. Jacob Muller, ex-saloonkeeper, Ko. US irtb rll iSDUKfci iiarAi oil I plGEmolH i . - i . - ' m South Twelfth street, said that his market customers were able to eat at his house with out anv beer during the past year, but he thinks" they can hardly stand it longer. A man named Wolfgang, who works at Nusser's brewery and boards with Muller, is on the speak-easy list. John Nusser, who has been in the brew ing and saloon business for 40 years, applied for Ko. 107 South Twelfth street. His son has now charge of the brewery but lives with his father. Mr. Kusser's bar has been locked for a year, and he held up the big brass key before the eyes of the Judges, as an evidence that the place really was locked. PASSED BT QUICKLY. Jacob Roth has a licensed saloon at Ko. 1221 Carson street. He passed quickly. John Schuetz, applying for Ko. 16 South Thirteenth street, cannot speak English, and au interpreter was necessary. Charles A. Schuetz, applying for Ko. 1405 Carson street, is not only unable to talk English, but he cannot speak any language at all. He whispers a little, and conveyed his ideas through his attorney. He was finally told to bring somebody Monday morning who knew all about his place. John Trcnhanser, who has a licensed house at Kos. 1, 2 and 3 Diamond Square, was cautioned by Judge Ewing to stop keeping free lunch. John Wilson, who was licensed in 1888 at Ko. 1209 Carson street, was told that his fault was that, although he had closed his bar at midnight, be had reopened at 1 A. M. Abraham Zimmerman, now licensed at Ko. 1207 Carson street, was informed that he opened too early in the morning. IN THE TWENTY-NINTH. The Twenty-ninth ward began with Jacob Achele, Ko. 22 South Diamond. His case contained no special features, nor did that of George Boerner, Ko. 1111 Sarah street. Joseph Burckmuller, Ko. 913 Carson street, was convicted in 1887 for selling on Sunday, and sold to children who brought buckets to him. Mrs. Mary Bender, who for years kept at the corner of Carson and South Eighth streets, now applies for Ko. 817 Carson street. She is a woman of stylish appear ance and comely face. She and her hus band kept a liquor shop for 30 years. Her son, Louis W. Bender, is an applicant for a wholesale license at the old house on the corner of Eighth street. During the past year she has been selling cigars and soft drinks. If she gets a license she says that her sons George and William will attend to the bar for ber. "Did your daughters 'tend bar for yon?" "Ko, sir; they only went iu when they had to. They lodkcd after the restaurant." Joseph Burkley, applying for Ko. 47 South Tenth street, said that when he had a saloon in 1883 he had given credit and fur nished free soup, both of which grated on the soul of Judge Ewing. MUSTN'T TRUST TOR DRINKS. Thomas Fitzpatrick, Ko. 727 Carson street, was closed a year ago, and has been keeping a lew boarders. He also had letters of commendation from Messrs. Oliver and Roberts, the manufacturers. To him Judge Ewing said. "I give you notice that if I find yon are trusting anybody for drinks, and I am on the bench next year, you will not get a license. You had better quit that free lunch business, also. It attracts men in, and then they are ashared to go without buying a drink. It also makes men thirsty, so that they take more than they otherwise would." Mrs. Franziska Frnmm, who ran a public bouse at Ko. 109 South Eleventh street dur ing 1887, has been since then living on boarders, but says it is a poor way to make a living. John Gamble, at Kos. 1117 and 1119 Bing ham street, the Keystone House, was one of the three Twenty-ninth ward men whom Judge White favored with license. He is just at the Southside market and has a large patronage from the country people who sell their produce there. He opens his bar at 4 o'clock in the morning. ThatTiour, he says, is demanded by the farmers. CONTRARY TO THE LAW. "I have no doubt that is contrary to the spirit of the law," said Judge Ewing. Mr. Gamble presented letters from H. Sellers McKee and the Oliver Iron and Steel Com pany. John Gedeon. who rnns a restaurant at Ko. 30 South Eleventh street, was re l used last year. John Heinemann, at Ko. 110 South Twelfth street, wore blue clothes and a Grand Army badge. He kept saloon from 1885 to 1887 and lound the business conge nial. "The trouble is," said Judge Ewing, "that his place is not fitted for the accom modation of the public. It is a bad place for a saloon." George Lauer asks a license for Ko. 621 Carson street His mother owns the prop erty, and there was a saloon there until the era of the Brooks law. George was married only last month, and he appeared before the Court wearing a white tie and his best Prince Albert coat. "Why do you apply for a wholesale li cense?" asked Judge Ewing. HIS BEST BUSINESS. "In case I shouldn't get a retail license," replied the applicant. "It is my business, and my father's before me, and I think it is the best business for me to follow." "Formerly," said Judge Ewing, "yon seemed to think that the law was in force only while you were before the Court for a license." George has recently been working for iiauer .Brothers, the brewers on the Browns ville road. They are his brothers. Thomas Miller keeps a licensed house at Ko. 716 Carson street, and has been in the business for2C years. "Do you trust any?" asked Judge Ewing. "Ko, sir, I do not. That is the best part of the Brooks law. You don't have to trust any." "How about selling to habitual drunk ards?" "We have about 8 or 10 menin our neieh borhood who drink too much, and I will not sell to them. The hardest work I now have is to refuse snch men." LAST OF THE WEEK. The last man of the day was George Mertz, who applies for Ko. 90 South Twelfth street, at the corner of Sarah. He has not been doing anything for two years, while his wife has been keeping boarders. He said: "The most I have been doing is doctoring. I only got out of a sick bed last Monday." Rev. Father Devlin, pastor of the Holy Cross Church on the Southside, it was stated yesterday, had indorsed the papers of a Carson street applicant. This is not true, Father Devlin says; he did not indorse any one. His well-known temperance proclivi ties are a sufficient denial ot the statement. The court has now set two weeks, and has heard 636 applications. Six applicants have failed to appear, two because of death. HOW THE EMPEROR DRIVES. Tho Attendants of the Kaiser Find Their Task No Sinecure. f" The attendants at the Berlin court whose duty it is to accompany the Emperor on his drives through the city, have less of a sine cure than they had under William L The first Emperor of Germany always made out a plan of his drive before leaving the palace. The plan was communicated to his body courier, and after it had been executed the royal procession was taken home. William II. has changed all this. He gives directions to the body courier only dur ing the drive, and by means of nods and by movements of the hand. Consequently, to prevent all mistakes, thfi body courie'r has to keephis eyes glued on the Emperor's car riage window. Several accidents have been narrowly averted by the Emperor's coach man at four corners, where he has all but upset the whole imperial cavalcade on the smooth slippery pavement by unexpectedly signalling "to the right" when everybody else was thinking he intended to push straight flbead. PITTSBURG, SATUEDAT, MARCH "29, 1890. ASIDEWALECKUSADE Chief Bifjelow Sues the Marine Bant for Obstructing Pavements. STEPS AND CELLAR DOORS MUST GO Germany's Army Veterans Petition the Courts for a Charter. GRIST FROM" THE HALLS OF JUSTICE A suit that is of direct interest to almost every person owning property in this city was instituted in Common Pleas Ko. 1 yes terday. City Attorney Morcland, on be half of E. M. Bigelow, Chief of the Depart ment of Public Works, filed a bill in equity complaining that the Marine National Bank has erected steps on Smithfield street and Third avenue in front of the entrances to the building. The steps, it is said, occupy for a considerable distance on each thor oughfare a strip of the sidewalk which, it is contended, belongs to the city, the corpora tion having only an easement therein similar to that owned by the citizens in common. The strip complained of is two feet and seven inches wide on one street and two feet and one inch on the other, and it is denomi nated a trespass. The hill eets forth that the bank officials were notified before the building was erected that they must not allow the steps to extend upon the pave ment. WORKED COYER. During the time the wors was in progress, it is claimed, the steps were covered so that they could not be seen until the building was almost finished. The bill asks the court to compel the re moval of the steps, and make the thorough fare safe generally for pedestrians. Should the city win, the move is likely to be fol lowed by a crusade on hundreds of prop erty holders for steps, cellar ways, etc.,which monopolize a considerable portion of the sidewalk in all parts of the city. It will be a serious question with many property hold ers as to how they are to get access to their cellars, unless they are so altered by re cesses in the buildings to afford entrance beyond the inside line ol the pavement, no matter, if as is generally the case, the en trance is protected by area railings. It is said to be the intention to extend sidewalk privileges to the houses where they extend to the end of the line. Children will, there fore, be denied the exquisite pleasure of sliding on cellar doors, and must limit their pastime of swinging on gates that do not ob struct the highways. A GENERAL CRUSADE. Chief Bigelow, when seen yesterday, did not think he ought to say much, but volun teered the following information: "We must make a test case of the Marine bank, and then we will proceed against all persons who are obstructing the public highways. We do not intend to make fish of one and flesh of another. The move is necessary. Contract ors, architects and owners all have the idea that they have a right to four feet of the pavement. Although they are told by the city officials that they have no right to ob struct or render dangerous the public high ways, they have fallen into the habit of totally disregarding such instructions, even after notice has been served several times. We must, therefore, make them obey, and to proceed against one means to move against all. It is true they have some cause for this. A city ordinance passed away back in the forties gives them the right to extend steps out a distance of fonr feet, over the sidewalk. This ordinance is con trary to law, which says public highways shall be from building line to building line. We want this point settled by the court, and then we will know what rights the city has. I do not believe property owners have a right to make space for themselves by rob bing the public of the sidewalks." When Cashier "Von Bonhurst, of the Marine Kational Bank, was questioned about the matter, he said he was not in a position to say anything. Vice President Willson, of that bank, was next visited. He said: "I do not know What to say about the matter until we have taken legal advice. Ir it is a general move we, of course, will acquiesce, but if they in tend to make fish of one and flesh of the other we will make a fight." NOTIFIED PRESIDENT O'NEIL. Assistant Superintendent Hunter in an affidavit states that he personally served notice on the architect and contractor of the building, and on the President of the bank, Captain O'Keil. He stated that the con struction of the building on the plans pre pared, with area ways, steps and railings, were dangerous, unlawful and disapproved by the proper city officials. The railings, he said, are unsafe, especially at times when there is a crowd or in the absence of light at that point, and a traveler is in danger of be ing pushed or of falling into the area ways. He sees no reason why the bank should not have constructed its building under the proper restrictions except that it was for their own convenience md gain. It. B. Carnahan, Esq., says that the Court should grant Mr. Bigelow's injunc tion without hesitation, as there are numer ous decisions by Supreme as well as lower courts that would affect this case. The courts, he said, are generally emphatic in the opinion that no person has any right to construct anything that would extend be yond the property line on streets, either above or below the line of the sidewalks. There was, he said, an ordinance passed by Councils in this city 25 or 30 years ago, by which portions of the sidewalks had been permitted to be occupied by certain persons, but a Supreme Court decision on the matter settled it that Councils had no authority to pass such an ordinance, and it was declared illegal. SOLICITOR M0RELAND SUSTAINED. Judge Stowe Hand Down Tils Opinion In the Centor Avenno Case. Judge Stowe yesterday handed down an opinion in the matter of the exceptions filed to the liens of the city against property holders for the opening of Center avenue. The case was decided in favor of the city, and, while the amount involved was only $300 or $400, an important precedent con cerning city ordinances was established. The property holders claimed that the opening was illegal. It was authorized by an ordinance which was afterward replaced by a second one, with a clause repealing the first ordinance. The second ordinance was subsequently repealed and the work done under the first ordinance. The property holders maintained that the first ordinance having been repealed there was none authorizing the work, and it was therefore illegal. City Attorney Moreland, however, contended that when the second ordinance was repealed the repealing clause in it was killed, and the first ordinance, nnder which the work was done, was restored. Judge Stowe, in, his opinion, sustained the position taken by Mr. Moreland and dismissed the exceptions. FOR GERMAN I'S VETERANS. An Organization ol Those Who Served In the Army nnd Navy. An application was filed yesterday for a charter for the German Guards' Association, composed of men who have served in the German army and navy. The officers are: President, Dr. Tfaeo. Schneider; Vice Presi dent, Dr. Jacob Allennis; Secretary, Henry Wessling; Corresponding Secretary. Christ ian Kramer; Treasurer, Ludwig jnzlen;J Trustees, Charles Kuster, Fred Wolte, Adolf Buchner. An application was also filed for a charter for the First Unitarian Church of Pittsburg. The trustees are: M. Kirker, Paul Windsor, A. C. Douthett, Mary P. Semple, Martha Glass, Fanny Lowry, E. L. Whitten. THE SILENT CASH B0I. A Bait to Restrain Two Firms From Using the Apparatus. Bills in equity were filed in the United States Circuit Court yesterday by the Lamp son Consolidated Store Service Company against Biber & Easton, the drygoods mer chants, and Cain & Vernor, the shoe deal ers. It is alleged that the cash carrier ap paratus used in the defendants' stores for the facilitating of payments and the deliv ery of goods are infringements of patents held by the store service company. They ask for an injunction to restrain the defendants from using the apparatus, and a decree awarding them damages for the in fringement ot their patents. Dorrlngton Elected Eleclrlclnn. The County Commissioners met yesterday afternoon to elect the employes for the county buildings for the ensuing year. All the old employes were re-elected with the exception of the Chief Electrician. Mr.W. S. Gordon had resigned and John Dorring ton was chosen to fill the vacancy. For Taking Another man's Letter. Daniel Cornish was brought from Titus ville yesterday for trial in the United States Court. He is charged with having taken a letter belonging to another man from the Tryonville Postoffice. He was committed for trial. To-Dny's Trial List. Criminal Court Surety and Desertion Cases Commonwealth vs Frank Morris. George Dills, Harvoy McElhaney, John H. Adler, Gottlieb Huffnagle. Willis Kllgore. A Few Illinor Conrt DoIne. CnABLKS W. Shaffer yesterday received a verdict tor $15 in his suit against Fleishman & Co. for wages for extra work. The salt of John Hackesteln against the Nunnery Hill Incline Plane Company for dam ages, for tho destruction of a roadway, is still on trial. In the suit of Charles H. Campbell against William McCully & Co., an action for wages, a verdict was given yesterday for 55 50 for the plaintiff. In the snit of S. S. Marshall & Co. against H. A. Gilmore, an action on a contract to put in stained glass windows, a verdict was given yes terday for the defendant. J. P. Couesin. of McKeesport, yesterday re ceived a verdict for 25 in his salt against Will iam Malseed and Charles Price, for damages fir injury to a horse hired from him by thorn. Register. Connor yesterday received on odd letter, to which, by reason of indefinite in formation ha was unable to reply. The letter was address to the Orphan's Court, Penn street, Pittsburg. A STKAKGE MISTAKE. A Son Identifies His mother n Dead, Bat htio Still Liven. The Liverpool papers chronicle in much detail the particulars of a remarkable in cident which has occurred at Seacombe. On the afternoon of Christmas Day, a woman named Catharine Eeed was indulging in liquor at a public house known as the "Long Pull." On Christmas night she did not return home, and on the following morning the body of a woman was found on the shore of Egremont, having been left there by the receding tide. The body was conveyed to the mortuary, where it was seen by Catherine Beed's son, who identified it as 'that of his mother. The County Coroner held au inquest at the Seacombe Ferry Hotel, when the jury returned a ver dict of "Found drowned. Mm. Beed's son, following the usual cus tom, donned mourning for his deceased parent, and also did not neglect to apply for her insurance money, which was promptly paid. Kothing further was thought of the occurrence until Saturday, when the former neighbors of Catharine Eeed were startled to see that lady walking along the street in good health and spirits. She made her way into her dwelling, where her sud den appearance nearly frightened her mourn ing son out ot his senses. It is stated that one of her first demands was for share of the insurance money which the son had re ceived. A CHANGE OF BASE. Mr. Frnnk E. Rnmn Resigns to Accept n Responsiblo Position. Mr. Frank E. Kutan, who, in connection with the firm of Longfellow, Alden & Har low, has been favorably known by his architectural work in this city for some time, has resigned his position with the above firm to accept that of manager of the Pittsburg office of Shepley, Kutan & Coolidge, the Boston architects and succes sors of the late H. H. Richardson. Mr. Butan was associated with the la mented Kichardson for six years. Messrs. Shepley, Butan & Coolidge, it will be re membered, carried out Mr. Kichardson's plans for the Court House, and the Masonic Building and the Shadyside Presbyterian Church are also evidences of their success. TO BE AIRED IN COURT. Tho Opponents of an Allegheny Improve ment Hnrd nt Work. It is said by the opponents of the Cali fornia avenue, Allegheny, improvement that every effort is being made by the pro moters of the scheme to have the'matter pushed to a successful issue before Mayor elect Wyman takes his seat, as he and his friends are rated with the opposition. The remonstrants say the project would die were it not that land speculators want to bring property into market. The matter will be aired la court Boon, probably to-day. A GOOD-SIZED WARRANT. Tho Snm of 8124,773 Paid by the City na Interest on Bonds. The City Controller yesterday drew a warrant for 5124,775 50 in favor of Town send, Wheelen & Co., ot Philadelphia, as interest due them on Pittsburg bonds, as follows: 561,950 on water loan bonds, 1873; 523,208 00 on exchange water loans, 55,592 on municipal consolidated, $5,600 on fire department, 52,900 on refunded city hall, 5100 on funded debt, 5125 on refunded Fifth Avenue Market House, 525,000 on coupon loan account. CHIEF BROWN MAT INVESTIGATE, Bat Ha Thinks Best to Walt Until License Conrt Is Over. Chief Brown, of the Department of Public Safety, yesterday said regarding the alleged $300 demand on speak-easy proprietors by S. Bing and some of the police inspectors, that it was simply a matter of veracity be tween Mr. Schmid and Mr. Bing and the police officials. He would consider the matter of investi gating after all the wards in the city had been heard in the License Court. He said that Inspector McKelvey offered to make an affidavit that he and Mr. Bing did not visit Schmid's place. So Much Is Certain. New York Bnn.J "Do yon believe that money talks, as the old proverb says?" "I never heard money talk, bat I've trav eled with it and found it to be mighty good company." A CHARGE REFUTED. Private Charitable Institutions Kot Mismanaged, as a Bale. THE ALLEGATIONS OP EEYBURN Denied by Those Who Are In & Position to Dave Knowledge. E. B. DONEHOO'S VIGOROUS LANGUAGE Many Pittsburg women who are inter ested in the various charitable institutions about town are indignant at the thrust jrhich Congressman Eeyburn, of Philadel phia, made at private charities the other day. After investigating the Philadelphia Asylum for the Blind, Mr. Eeyburn made the remark: I am satisfied of one thing, as a result of a studvlnto the management of charities, and that is that private charities do not accomplish the hutnano objects for which they are de signed. I regard them as practically failures in tbo work in view, because they are nsnallyclose corporations and there is no opportunity to ex pose inhumanities or negligence in their man agement. They seem to be more for the enjoy ment and Denetit of a ring than for the good of suffering humanity. Public charities, on tho other hand, aro subject to constant supervision by the State and a vigilant watching by the political party out of power. This sort of super vision is bound to maintain excellent discipline, as there would bo party capital not to have It so. PITTSBURG SCANDALS. "This may apply to Philadelphia's pri vate charities, but it certainly does not cover Pittsburg," said one of the ladies yesterday. She is a directress of an Allegheny institu tion. "Why, sir, all the public investiga tions we have ever had were in the institu tions under State control. There was the old Honse of Befuge scandal, the Dixmont Insane Asylum charges and more recently the Western Penitentiary probing. And have you ever heard of a scandal in a pri vate home aronnd Pittsburg?" Bev. E. E. Donehoo has had perhaps as wide an acquaintance with the management of charities as any person in Pittsburg. He said: "It is so very easy for Mr. Eeyburn to say the things he does, but he cannot prove them. In Allegheny county it is just the opposite. There have been no scandals in THE PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS here, nor are there any rings in control of their management. If anything wrong ever does occur in them it would come out quicker and easier than it would were they under State control, for in State institutions all officers are appointed by political favor, and serve merely as a man does who works for his salary. In the management of private concerns there are higher motives. The board of directors is usually composed of men and women who are inde pendently rich and who on account of social standing could not afford to wink at loose ness on the part of paid officers. These lady and gentlemen directors in every instance I know of are peculiarly fitted for exposing in terior troubles. CONCEALMENT IMPOSSIBLE. "By no possible method could scandal be concealed, and it would be possible to hide such things in a State institution where rings exist. There is no private institution too small to escape the vigilance of the State Board of Charities even il the philanthropic managers would themselves conceal troubles." KEPT UP WITH THE HACK. Tho Bottom Fell Oat nnd the Pmsenger Hud lo Hon to Save His Neck. Philadelphia Inquirer.; A gueat,xi-ihe- Continental Hotel the other night woke up about 15 minutes be fore midnight. He expected to catch the 12 o'clock train for New York and had to hustle. Hailing a "night hawk" who hap pened to be passing, he told him he would give him 53 if he got him to the Broad street station in time for his train. He jumped into the rickety hack and went rattling away at a great rate. At Twelfth street the bottom of the hack fell out. As luck would have it, the pas senger landed on his feet and grabbed hold of the windows. He yelled with ail his might for the driver to stop, but bis voice was drowned in the slap, bang and clatter of the wheels. All he could do was to run. He did run. Once in a while he lagged be hind, but the back of the cab hit him and made him scoot again. He got there just in time. As he opened the door and walked out of the cage he looked witheringly at the cabman as he mopped the perspiration from his face and then ran up the steps to the train. The train moved out before the driver suffi ciently recovered from his surprise to col lect his money. He did not know what had happened until he caught another passenger and tried to put him in the bottomless cab. AN EXPENSIVE SURPRISE In Store for Gnardlnns Wbo Ilavo to Pay Tax on Trnst Frnpcrty. There will be a number of surprised peo ple at the Court House about taxpaying time who hold money in trust for others, and have not made a proper return to the assessors ior the purpose of levying the State tax. Under the act of 1SS9 the assessors are compelled under a heavy penalty to make a return for those who neglect to do "so them selves. This return made by the assessors is an estimate, and to a great extent is based on records. To it the commissiouers are re quired to add 50 percentum, and the total is assessed at 3 mills. Justice Sterrett has handed down an opinion in a case recently before the Su preme Court, in which he holds that admin istrators,executors,guardians and trustees are personally liable for such taxes as are levied through their negligence, and they cannot surcharge the estates, wards or trusts in their care for the amount of the tax. This ruling will make it a costly oversight for any one failing to make a proper return for the levying of the State tax, who has charge of an estate or trust oi any magnitude. AN0TIIER MERRY. SLASH. The Denver Rnto From Pittsburg la Now Down to $27. The passenger rate war in the West con tinues to grow interesting. The Pennsylva nia Company yesterday issued a circularan nouncing that, beginning April 1, the first class Denver rate would be 527 and the second-class one 523. The present first-class rate is 530, and the Missouri Pacific is re sponsible tor the cut of $3. The original Denver rate from Pittsburg before the war began was $42 65. It was rumored yesterday that it the Mis souri Pacific persisted in this last reduction the Pennsylvania Company intended to boycott them. HE LACKED THE DUST. A Drummer Who Lived Too High and Couldn't Par Ills Board Bill. A story was circulated yesterday that a real, live English lord found himself strand ed at the Seventh Avenue Hotel, and the irate proprietor had seized his traps for the unpaid hoard bill. Such an event did hap pen, but the principal was not an English nobleman. He merely claimed that he rep resented a foreign house. The young man was gay, played billiards and pool excessively, and his actions in gen eral provoked suspicion. He has since man aged to pay his bill, and his luggage was duly delivered. DOOWEBODEIKBE. I TOO MUCH DILUTED. I One Physician Suggests Tying the Drunk ard Up nnd Flogging Him. Washington Sunday Herald.; People will get up occasionally with ter rible heads on them in the morning, and knowing this to be so, a philosophical friend of mine the other day consulted some of the ablest physicians in town as to what could be done for the relief of such a head. HForthe benefit of all whom it may con cern I give the prescriptions of Dr. Lincoln and Dr. Stanton: "I have no sympathy with the drinking patients," said Dr. N. S. Lincoln. "I think that the proper thing to do with a man when he gets tight is to string him up by the thumbs and flog him within an inch of his life. After a continued fit of drinking the only thing to do with the man is to lock him up and give him absolutely no stimulants. A little Belfast ginzer ale may do him no harm, but don't give him a drop of whisky or any strong drink. For a simple case of sickness in the morning, arising from a too liberal use of the flowing bcwl the night before, there is nothing better than hot water internally and cold water externally. Take copies draits of hot water. The first draft may produce a vomit. Then take more hot water. It will remove the nausea. After the hot water some bromo caffeine may be taken. Don't try to eat until you have an appetite. A bath is a good thing, too. Yon may use hot water for the feet, but for the head the water must be cold. Shower plenty of cold water on the head. Barroom cocktails I don't believe in at all. Some homeopathists believe in the doctrine of 'a hair of the dog that bit you,' but it is all wrong." "The bromides are my great favorites for rescusitatingaman who hasbeen drinking," said Dr. J. O. Stanton. "Bromo caffeine is very good. A tinctuie of capsicum (cay enne pepper), added to the bromide may im prove it. I used to have a patient wbo habitually sobered up on a bottle of cham pagne in the morning, but I would not re commend my other friends to follow his ex ample. A simple glass of bromide is better than all the cocktails the barkeepers can supply." ONE OP THE SOREHEADS. Fornn Gets Off a Neat Little Joke on a Bny State Qlnn. Washington Sunday Herald. "Hello! Joe." "Why, hello! Jack." "How are yon?" Such in brief was the greeting exchanged between Senator Blackburn, of Kentucky, and ex-Representative Jack Adams, of Kew York, when they met in the room of the Appropriations Committee the other (fay for the first time since the latter disappeared from the House with the termination of the Forty-ninth Congress. Mr. Adams and ex-Congressman Foran had been trying bard to convince each other and a select group of hearers, the one that Presi dent Cleveland's tariff reform policy was what defeated the Democratic ticket at the last Presidental election; the (other that if it had not been for the tariff reform policy as embodied in the ex-President's cele brated mesiage to Congress, the Democratic ticket with Cleveland at the head of it would have been beaten much worse than it was. "If it had not been for the tariff issue," said Mr. Adams, "Mr. Cleveland would not have carried a single Northern State, and he would have lost three or four Southern States." "I think you're right," said Senator Blackburn. Mr. Adams having made the eyes of his listeners glisten with the story of his im mense winnings from betting on the Repub lican ticket, had to take water when Mr. Foran offered to bet that the House next elected wonld have a Democratic majority of from 20 to 40, and that the President elected in 1892 would be a Democrat. Mr. Adams would not bet against either of these propositions. "Your head was level," said Senator Blackburn, congratulating Mr. Adams on his foresight in putting his money on the winning ticket. "It may have been level," said Mr. Foran, but it was a very sore head." And Foran scored a hearty laugh at Adams' ex pense. A DUdL WITH POTATOES. The Novel Settlement of a Parson's Difficulty With a Sinner. Leeds Mercury. In County Carlow, Ireland, recently an aggrieved member of a certain congregation, declining to accept his parson's assurance that he was not one of a set of miserable sinners rather pointedly referred to in the Sunday sermon, challenged his vicar to per sonal combat, and offered him his choice of weapons. The challenge was accepted, the clergyman declining, however, to use such secular arms as swords or pistols, but ex pressing.his willingness to try a novel kind of ammunition i. ev raw potatoes to be used as missiles, the bigger the better. The morning on which the novel duel commenced was as raw as the potatoes which lay in a heap by the side of each combatant. The potatoes were to be thrown alternately. The challenger commenced, and missed. The clergyman, aiming calmly and scien- Uhcally, raised witn his nrst shot a bums upon his opponent's forehead almost as large as the missile which caused it. The layman promptly lost his temper, and aimed wildly and recklessly, hitting the seconds and missing the vicar with great regularity. The vicar, feeling that he could afford to be magnanimous, put down his potato, ad vanced to"is aggrieved parishioner, held out his hand, and said, "Gome, Mr. O'B., I think we're a couple of idiots. Let ns shake hands and be friends, and utilize these veg etables for a more peaceful purpose at din ner to-night." HE SHELLED THE SNAKE. Remarkable Conduct of n French Canndlan In the Presence of a Rattler. In a mining town of Arizona, Dr. Ecker son was the only surgeon. A yonng French Canadian named Perot was his assistant. One day when Perot entered the operating room I noticed that his eyes changed color repeatedly and rapidly as if he were under some great excitement. In a few second he complained of being dizzy, and before we realized the urgency of action in his behalf he had dropped to" the floor in a dead faint. The ordinary means of restoration were im mediately applied, but without avail, and Dr. Eckerson ordered him removed to one of the hospital wards and laid upon a bed. Here to our surprise Perot at once came to himself without further aid and declared himself ready for duty. Upon our retnrn to the operating room, however, Perot's dis turbed symptoms at once returned. The ex periment was tried for the third time, with the same phenomenal result. Perot himself was at a loss to account for his condition. Finally the doctor removed a rattlesnake he had bought of au Indian. After this Perot entered the room without trouble. His mother had a great passion for flowers and her sense of smell had become .very acute. The doctor found Perot's sense of smell also very acute and has no doubt that he smelled the snake. This hereditary acuteness of one of the senses is frequently observed. The Ace of Clubs. See announcement in advertisement on Page 8 of this issue. Will Peice opens this week the most exqnislte line of fine 51 60 scarfs ever shown in this city. Storms and Floods Throughout tho South and West Have A BAD INFLUENCE ON BUSINESS. Steel Rails Rally Slightly, hat Pis Iron fc Dull. M0NEI MARKETS STEADY AND EASI ntrxcuz. telxgisam to iot disfatch.j New York, March 28. Another rise of the Ohio and Missisjippi rivers continues to keep large tracts of country under water and thus to obstruct trade. The disastrous storm of Thursday night, notably at Louis ville and elsewhere in Central Western States, can hardly fail to intensify unfavor able conditions already existing. Special telegrams to Bradstreet's contain but few indications of the extraordinarily large volume of trade throughout the conn try reported in some quarters. The move ment of general merchandise, on the whole, is not larger than a year ago, although ship ments of grain are heavier. In Louisiana cotton will suffer some from the overflows, hut sugar and rice will not be affected much. Omaha and Chicago prove exceptions, with an increased distribution compared with last year. There is also an improvement in gen eral lines, notably building materials, at Kansas City. The New England cotton manufacturing industry is less active and profits are not as large as they have been. Anthracite coal is duller and its production will be restricted during April, WALL STREET STAGNANT. Speculation in railway shares in Wall street has been even more stagnant than last week, the total of the week's transac tions being les3 than one-half of what has been regarded as a good days' business. Professional operators are in undisturbed possession of the street. Money is in ample supply at moderate rates, though it is thought that April settlements may result in more firmness. Bonds are dull in sym pathy with stocks. The price fluctuations of railway securities, under the above con ditions, arc practically meaningless. Mer cantile collections are almost uniformly slow and difficult to make. Breadstufls are lower, as a rule, wheat and corn notably so, from e to Jc each. Exports of wheat continue to decline on the Pacific coast. Total shipments (and offlour as wheat), from both coasts for this week amount to 2,401,136 bushels, against 1,850, 390 bushels last week. In the week a year ago they were 1,741,944 bnshels. The total from July 1 to date is 70,693,779 bushels, against 67,922,250 bushels in a like share of 1888-90. The decrease of available stocks of wheat east of the Bockies was 1,031,000 bushels last week, against 800,000 bushels in the preceding week. no IKON SLOW. There is no improvement in pig iron, and only a slightly better demand for steel rails. Consumers are still waiting to learn whether prices have touched bottom. The number of men involved in strikes and lockouts in the United States this year is slightly less than in the like quarter of 1889, but the number of industrial disturbances thus far this year is greater than from Januaryl to April 1, 1889. The year's record must depend of course largely upon the results oi the de mands for eight hours to constitute a day's work, to take effect May 1. In letters to Bradstreet's the reported widespread dis stress among American farmers is doubted by Edward Atkinson, while Senator Vest takes an opposite view, and enumerates his reasons lor so doing. Drygoous are fairly active with jobbers, drives in cotton dress goods being a feature. Agents report trade moderate. Print cloths, prints and low-grade bleached and brown cottons are weak, the decline in prints being nearly one-eighth of a cent, owing to larger stocks. The woolen goods demand, especial ly for men's wear goods, is rather quiet, while prices are steady. Low and medium grades of wool are firmer on better request, and fine wools show the firmness but not the better demand. The manufacturing out look is not encouraging. Business failures reported to Bradstreet's nnmber 189 iu the United States this week, against 200 last week and 161 this week last vear. Canada had 25 this week, against 37 last week. The total number of failures in the United States since January 1 is 3,356, against 3,546 in 1889. DUN IS NOT SANGUINE. B. G. Dun & Co's. weekly review says: At Cleveland, Detroit. Chicago, Milwaukeo and Omaha, some Improvement in the volume of business was seen and at Chicago especially the lecuptsof corn have averaged half a million b .labels daily, and dressed beef receipts were 3.500,000 pounds against 870,000 for the same week last year, with dealings in clothing heavier but in dry goods and boots and shoes, somewhat lighter. At Kansas City thero was no marked improvement: at St. Louis the vol ume of trade is fair; at Louisville all commu nication has been cut off by a tornado, which has caused great loss, and at Pittsburg both the iron and glass trades are depressed, with no change in coal. Philadelphia notes some rally in iron, stagnation and concessions in wool, many looms Idle in textile mannfactures generally, and a fair trade in other branches. At Boston better weather has brought better trade. Ihe money markets of the interior are fairly supplied, easier at Boston and Philadelphia, without much pressure to place commercial paper; steady at Chicago, a little closer at Cleveland and rather embarrassed at Salt Lake by the Ifckinjr np of largo amounts in real estate speculation, but at all other points re porting sufficiently supplied for the. present demand, which is (generally moderate. At New York 3K Per cent has been the ruling rate on call, and Treasury disbursements exceeding by 3,800,000 the receipts for the week. HIGH PRICED CHICKENS. Offerings From a Cholco Lot Jnst Imported From Japan. Cincinnati Commercial Uazette.1 Mr. J. S. Bockwell, the well-knowa breeder of fancy poultry in this city, re ceived the following interesting letter from, Alameda, Cal., yesterday. The writer is a Japanese and an importer of fowls of con siderable fame in what may be termed the. chicken world. The letter reads as follows, in its English translation: "Deab Sir I have just imported from, Japan a lot of prize winning fowls which I will sell at the following prices: One trio "Obeke" brown and black, dorking style iu shape, tail expected to grow 11 feet "long, not in the best health, $90. One pair of same color and style, verv strong and well, tail grows to 13 feet, $KX One trio "Mua ko" white muffed fur fowls, $75. One black and red game cock (Japanese), very heavy, $150. One brass back game cock, young, nine months, $50. Eggs at $5 to $25 per setting. SOME CURIOUS CURE S. IIott Vnrloun DUcaiei Wero Trcnted In the Days of capentltlon. Among the reported cures of ancient Ireland are some very curious ones. For whooping cough put a live trout into a child's mouth while the child is fasting.and immediately put the trout back again alive into the water. A frog is as good at a tront. For a sty, the tail of a black cat rubbed over the eye may be counted upon to effect a speedyjrure. Something, moreover, that no ordinary stv is likely to resist is nine thorns pointed at it in succession, but not touching it, each thorn to be thrown away over the left shoulder after it has been used. AU burns may be cured by a man who has rubbed his tongue over a lizard's back. There are many others just as enriotu. M I 1 i A .i 4 i& -fc.-..4ii ' ... I5CPH
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