MIMMMMWMjMMMMMMmaMsnMsmsaiMrsjsm ' THE PITTSBURG- DISPATCH. MONDAY, MARCH 31, 1S90. if s IS HGLDINGTHEIR OWN. The Pennsy "Will Eednce Pares Beyond East Liberty TO MEET THE CABLE BATES A Shrewd Move to Steer Traffic From Traction Koads. THE EAST END LEFT IN THE DEAL The Pennsylvania Railroad has finally decided to meet the traction roads on their own ground. Ever since the cable lines be gan operation the fine local traffic of the great trunk line ha6 dwindled intoinsienifi cance. The railroad officials do not deny this fact, and to the public and depot re porters it is apparent On April 1 a new set of reduced rates for two-day excursion tickets for local points beyond East Liberty, as far out as Larimer, will go into effect. The cut all round will be material, and the result will be that much of the passenger traffic from places beyond East Liberty that is now secured by the cable roads, will be retained by the railroad. In the struggle for business some facts have been overlooked. One would imagine that the cable lines competed with the rail roads only to the East End, but the officials soon discovered that manT passengers bought round trip tickets to East Liberty, and then cot off there and took the cable road into the city, thereby saving some money. HOW THE SCHEME WORKS. The Pennsylvania road will make no effort to compete with the street car lines as far as they run. It wouldn't pay the road to carry p'eople to East Liberty for 5cents, so hereafter regular tariff rates will be charged to this place, but the rates will be so reduced to the other points that it wouldn't pay the passenger to get off and take the cable line. Yesterday the railroad issued a circular to agents announcing the cut rates to take effect April 1. The first objective point is Torrens. The present round trip rate there, good for two days, is 25 cents, the new rate will be 20 cent's; Dallas, present rate, 27 cents, new one, 21 cents; Homewood 28 cents now, will be 21 cents; Brushton, 31 cents, cut rate 21 cents; Wilkinsbnrg 31 cents now, new rate 23, Edgewood 37, will be 25 cents; Swissvale 40 cents, new rate will be 28 cents; Hawkins' 45 cents, a cut to 33 cents; Copeland 48 cents, reduced to 30 cents; Braddock 50 cents, cut down to 38 cenU; Bessemer 54 cents, reduced to 42 cents; Brinton 58 cents now, will be 40 cents; Wall 74 cents, cut to CI centi, and so the reduc tion runs as Jar out as Larimer. The above rates will be lor the round trip, good for two days to the places mentioned. SOME OF THE SETT RATES. The present reduced rates to East Liberty will be abolished. The regular rate is 14 cents, and the round trip will be 28 cents. It will thus be seen that a passenger can go to Swissvale for the same rate that he can go to the East End. 01 course the road ei pects that East Liberty passengers will buy tickets to Torrens, and thus save 5 cents on tbe present rates in force. An official of the road, in speaking ofthe change in rates last evening, said: "Since the 5-cent fare on the cable lines went into effect our local traffic has fallen off very much. These street lines actually cut big swathes into the local revenues, so we have concluded to slop it Many people would stop at East Libe-ty and take the cable road from there to the city, preferring to put up with the inconvenience for the dif ference in price. By making our rates in proportion as low as the cable roads we ex pect to hold this business. The present number of fast trains to Walls station will be maintained. A .VCT' SCHEDULE COMIXG. "We are now at work on a new schedule which will go into effect shortly, but so far as I know no new trains will be added. It is possible many of the trains will make fewer stops than now to East Liberty, and this will be an immense advantage to our patrons further out the road. We realize that we can't compete with the street lines to the East End, but the traffic that belongs to us we propose to hold. "To show how we lost every day, take, for example, the round trip rate from Wilkins bnrg to tbe city. It is 34 cents, and will be 25 cents. The passenger could buv a round trip ticket from Wilkmsburg to East Lib erty for 15 cents, and, bv taking the cable road there, could go to and from Pittsburg for 25 cents saving 9 cents by the change of pars. By makine the Wilkinsbnrg rate 25 cents instead of 31 cents, we will retain the 10 cents that now goes, in so many instances, to ttie cable roads. You wouldn't think people valued 9 cents so highly, but when they have to make numerous trips it amounts to considerable. The reduction all along the line is such that the passenger won't make anything by changing lines at East Liberty, and it will save lots of incon veniences." SO LAW AGAIKST IT. The new schedule of rates was made by Special Agent Erringer alter a number of conferences with Superintendent Pitcairn and Division Passenger Ageut Watt Kail roads running between States are not allowed to charge a higher rate for a shorter distance than a longer one, but the inter-State law doesn't apply within States. It was claimed last evening that a State law forbade such action on the part of the Pennsylvania Railroad, but oeveral lawyers consulted couldn't remember that an act of this kind was in force. It was stated that the Supreme Court had decided that it was illegal, but, on tbe other hand, it is argued that if such a cane existed the Pennsylvania officials wonld know it, and tbe reduced rates would not have been made. The result is that the splendid local service of the Pennsylvania road will be improved, and very low rates will be of fered to nearby towns. The cable roads will not lose much, and it will have a tendency to reduce tbe crowded condition of tbe lat ter's car1!. The people in the towns affected are jubilant over the prospect, and they al ready see their places enjoying a small-sized boom. The general effect will be to develop the territory beyond East Liberty, and the liberal policv of the Pennsylvania road will be appreciated. MUST MAKE AN EXAMPLE. Prisoners Willi Concealed Weapons Fonnd on Them Will be runishrd. Lewis Corderlla, of No. 37 Washington street, and Ross Seeran, who lives at No. 3 Tunnel street, two Italians, were arrested by Officer Cross yesterday afternoon for fighting on Washington street They were locked up in the Eleventh ward station, charged with disorderly conduct When Sergeant Berry searched them he found a large English bulldog revolver, 44-caliber, and a dangerous looking stilletto on Seeran. Lieutenant Lewis said that an informa tion would be made against Seeran for carry ing concealed weapons, and an example made of him in regard to the offense. He said that on almost every Italian that is ar rested weapons of this description are found and they want to try and break up the practice. Five-Cent Fnrrs nit Turin. The receipts of the Citizens Traction road for the week ending March 28, from 5-cer.t fares, are 510,476 20. During the same week of 1880, when tbe through rate was 40 cents, the receipts were 58.933 30. The increase for the week of 1890 was $1,512 90, and the officials of the company are more than gratified with the 5-cent experiment WHISKY WAS RESPONSIBLE. Ycmis-Iey, Who fliot Himself Saturday Meat, is Dead He Quarreled With Ills Wife Wbllo Intoxicated lie rot a linllrt Through Ills Brnln. Another suicide is added to the calendar. Frank Youngsley, who shot himself in the head in Bloomfield, Saturday night, died last evening in the West Penn Hospital. The facts concerning the case are of a pecu liar character. The deceased was 24 years of age. He lived with his wife, aged 19 years, at 440 Cedar street, Sixteenth ward. Mrs. Younesley had been sick for three or four days. Youngsley drew his money Sat urday atternoon and, after going to his land lord and paying his rent, went home, taking with him a quart bottle of whisky. During the night he drank considerable of the liquor and then began quarreling with his wile. This quarreling ended in the husband becoming enraged, and picking up some plates he threw them at his wile. Mrs. Youngsleythereupon left the house to seek police protection. She met Officer Schnltz and informed him what her husband had done. She did not want him arrested, but she thought that he had a revolver and wanted the officer to search him and if he had onetake it from him. Youngsley had followed his wife, and as he came up Officer i Schnltz searched him and found some cartridges, but no revolver. The couple then started back home and the officer fol lowed to see that no barm was done. As the pairascended the steps, Youngsley made some remark and Officer Schultz reached forward to crasp him. At that moment Youngslev stooped down, and pick ing up the revolver lrom a step, where he had evidently laid it when he came out, and before the officer could grasp him he placed the muzzle ofthe pistol to his head and sent a bullet whizzing through his brain. The man fell back into the arms of the horrified officer, the blood from the wound squirting all over the policeman's uniform. Mrs. Youngsley was too dazed to comprehend the full meaning of her husband's rash action. The patrol wagon was summoned and Youngsley removed to the hospital.where he died. Coroner McDowell will hold the in quest to-day. TWEKTI-PIYE AKD COSTS. One-Fourth of a Hundred Who Appeared, and What it Cost Them. The Central station yesterday morning was graced by the presence of 25 visitor, not including the Judge, the officers or transient lodgers. Eleven of the number were plain everyday drunks, without any redeeming feature from hock to soda, and some of their features from nose to pocket book were expressionless. There were ten disorder.lv cases, which like the believer in a patent medicine look very different before and after taking. The $30 'orfeit enjoined in such cases, if paid for the release of the prisoner, is seldom re deemed by his appearance, and the sentence if he cannot get the forfeit will make him wish he had friends financially able to get him out before interviewing His Honor, Judge Gripp. Among the more interesting cases was that of John Bradley, who, attracted by the sentiments of his "Home, Sweet Home" on High street, failed to materialize the sen timental portion on reaching it late on Sat urday night He drove his wife and chil dren out on the street, and raised a disturb ance, for which he will keep quiet for 30 days in a place where he will be debarred from caressing his wife and children with a club. A similar sentence was awarded Dan Sweeney, who was laying claim to the portable property of a drunken man on Lib erty street, but Lieutenant Robert Denmson jumped his claim, landing both. Two vagrants, who could not persuade Judge Gripp that they were making time to get around the world in SO days, got 30 days each, and Acnes McMinn and J. J. Coyle will have to make the grand tour in 50 days now or take the consequences. TOO MUCII P0WDEE Must Not bo Stored In the City Warehouses Hereafter. Saturday morning, when the fire occurred at Lang's wagon shop, on Water street, the powder establishment of D. W. C. Bidwell, two doors below, had a very close call. In spector McAleese received a report from Offi cer Glenn, who patrols the beat on that street, that while the fire was in progress Bidwell had removed from the vault in their building C7 cans of powder, each con taining 25 pounds. As the law does not al low anyone to have more than 30 pounds of powder or dynamite in a building in this city, the Inspector went to investigate. He called at the firm's office, but they positive ly denied the statement, saying the powder had only been brought in early that morn ing and had not been in the building when the fire occurred. The Inspector continued his investigation and savs he has learned definitely that Officer Glenn's report was correct, and that Bidwells had over 1,000 pounds of powder in their building when the Are broke out, and if the fire had reached it before the ex plosive was removed there would have been a frightful loss of life. Chief Brown has received several com plaints from business men and others located near this and one or two other powder companies' offices in this city, and Inspector McAleese is making some investi gations that may result in decisive action to compel compliance with the law in this re spect A C05STANT VISITOR, An Apparently Demented Woman Who Re gards Fittsbnrc Affectionately. Lizzie Kelley, or Mitchell, as she calls herself, is for the third time an inmate of Central station, and her case will now re ceive some special attention from the police officials. The girl is demented. Her first appearance here was on the night of Jan uary 12, when Officer Mulvebili rescued her from a crowd of roughs near the Union depot She was sent to a private family and subsequently went to Steubenville to'work in a glass works, but on February 28 she re tured and was picked up by Police Captain Mercer in the East End. She was at her own reqnest sent to Altoona to friends who would take care of her in her delicate condi tion. A couple of weeks ago Inspector Mc Aleese got a letter from her mother, at Coal Center, saying the girl had married a man named Devlin, but he had abused her so that she left him. Mrs. Kelly wanted in formation concerning her, and feared she had lallen into bad hands. The girl returned to Pittsburg Saturday night and yesterday applied to police head quarters, but she does not tell a very straight story in accounting for her appearance. Her mother will be notified and the Altoona police will be asked to make some inquiries. CAPTIVE, BDT SET FKEE, The Citizens' Trnction Road Bails Out the Gripman Whose Car Killed Mr. SIcKer. William Paul, gripman on car No. 123, Citizens' line, that ran over and killed Wm. McKee early Saturday night, was arrested about midnight and locked up in the Seven teenth ward station. Yesterday afternoon Gripman Paul was released on 1,000 bail, which was furnished bv the company. The inquest on Mr. Kee will be held this morning at 11 o'clock. THUEE B01 POKER PLATERS Caught In tbe Act, Arrested, and Lodged Itehind I lie Bnrs. James Fitzpatrick, Morrii Samuels and George Knowland, three boys who live on, Washington street, were arrested by Officer Cross and lodged in the Eleventh ward station yesterday on a charge of gambling. It is alleged by the officer that he caught them in a cellar on Wylie avenue, near Federal street, playing "penny ante." They will be given a hearing this morning. A LIBRARIAN'S WORK Consists of More Than Keeping Track of tbe Books in His Charge. VIEWS OP AN EXPERIENCED MAN. C. A. Hecker Tells What lie Saw of the Great Louisville Cyclone. SOME OF THE HEAETEENDING SIGHTS Mr. William Bentley, of Allegheny, is a gentleman who has had a remarkable ca reer. In his younger days, as a civil engi neer, he served under and was associated with the late Lord Napier, of Magdala, and he afterward traveled extensively through the East He is a linguist and is thoroughly conversant with the customs and languages of many peoples. He served in the field during the Indian mutiny of 1857-8, includ ing the battles of Delhi and Lucknow. Mr. Bentley, who has had oharge of sev eral important libraries, was yesterday asked by a DlSPATCn reporter to give his views on libraries and their Management He replied as follows: "Libraries, accord ing to anthentic records, are ot ancient date, and as, in the sense ot literature implying an advanced condition of society, they, to gether with their management, form a prom inent feature of discussion, a few facts drawn from personal experience in the superintendence of libraries and from per sonal observation may prove interesting and beneficial to those connected with and interested in the success of Mr. Carnegie's gift to Allegheny. GKEATER THAN POLITICS. "No intelligent citizen, nor any individual who feels interested in the library, will fail to understand that there are questions, more or less of a municipal nature, in wqich its usefulness is involved, and which, in the opinion of the generally interested public, press upon the minds ofthe citizens of Alle gheny, and which, in their view, are of vastly greater importance than that of the political side of the question, and ousrht to exercise a mighty influence among the more intelligent portion of the Select Council in settling the question of control, and with the Library Committee in the matter of its man agement. After the question of control has been satisfactorily settled comes the selection ot a librarian, a definition of whose compe tency was recently given by a mem ber of Select Council as a man 'who could give out books as required.' A librarian must be a man ot good education, one who has full sympathy with books and reading; he ought to have an ac quaintance with bibliography, palae ography and bibliology. While in such a library as ours these qualifications may not be considered so imperative as in a large public library, yet, coupled with a knowl edge ot languages and literature, they would be found to be a great acquisition, and, when combined with an acquaintance with the theory and practice of library man agement, ought to go a long way to establish fitness for the position. He onght to be conversant with history, geography and En glish literature, and possess some knowl edge of literary history, modern lan guages, Latin and Greek. ISIPOETAiTCE OP CATALOGUES. "No library can be complete without a perfect equipment of catalogues, carefully compiled. There are many methods of com pilation, in order to be able to meet the nu merous requirements for books of people who may be ignorant or uncertain as to titles, subjects, authors, etc It has been conceded that the catalogue of the Mercan tile Library, Brooklyn, is the most com plete. The alphabetical system, under the authors, is simple; the subject catalogue plan is more complex, but references ought to be strictly alphabetical in form, and every book ought to be catalogued and its title copied from the book itself. This is very important Many rules have been laid down to secure precision and uniformitv; these can be had on application to the proper quarters. Ladies have been found to be very accomplished cataloguers. "A few words regarding the purchase of books: This can be done from circulating lists, advertising, at auction sales, consulta tion of the list catalogues, from the surplus stock of libraries, and library committees can procure valuable works on application to different scientific bodies and heads of departments under the Government "Although a library may possess com plete catalogues, it cannot be considered as approaching anything like perfection if it lacks a perfect system of shelf classification. As to the supply of books, many systems exist, and the most efficient will be found on comparrison with those in use by other similar institutions, and after practice with the methods and appliances provided." ROADS THAT DON'T PAL How the Original Stockholders Are Fleeced By Jerk Water Ronds. "Outside of the trunk lines and the wealthier roads I don't think a line has been constructed within the past 25 years that has paid," remarked a Pennsylvania official the other day. "Certainly the original stockholders never get a cent, and the road is generally sold out to a lot of sharks who first wreck it, and then buy it for a bagatelle. "This is true of many of the jerk water roads in Ohio. Usually such roads are built by men who use other people's money, that is rope them in, so to speak. It is operated for awhile and becomes bankrupt. The stock is not worth the paper it is writ ten on, and then some richer competitor comes along and absorbs the little road. The original stockholders who fondly imagined they owned a railroad buddenly discover that they have neither road nor money. They enjoy the pleasure of seeing others manipulating their own for a profit which they iegally and calmly pocket" IS OLD WESTMORELAND. The Republican Delegates fllny Go to the Convention Unlnstructed. State Senator E. E. Robbins, of Greens burg, was at the Anderson Hotel for a short time yesterday. The Senator said that the Republican primaries in his county had been fixed for June, and he thonght the delegates would be uninstructed. This pre cedent had been established when Blaine ran for the Presidential nomination, but he was not sure that it wonld be followed. So far, he said, the people in the county have not thought much about the choice of candi dates. He knew all the aspirants had friends there, but which one will win is a question. The Senator said also, that Senator Huff would be the County Republicans' candi date for Congress. Craig will run in Jeffer son county, Watson in Indiana, and he un derstood that Armstrong would present no man. It will therefore be the same old tri angular fight THE LIST STILL GROWING. Progress of the Contestnnts in tbe Stnyton Wymnn Fight. J. W. Brennen, Esq., stated last night that the work on the preparation of the Stayton-Wyman Mayoralty contest case was still in progress, and that the list of illegal votes was growing very rapidly. He said that, if Mayor-elect Wyman took the ironclad oath of office, he would be arrested immediately for perjury, in order to force the issue of the contest and save time. Mr. Brennen said that the contest need not be prolonged over two months, and that the Stayton contest would be handled rapidly, in order to force the attorneys for Mr. Wyman to hnrry the taking of testimony along. Northside politicians estimate that ihe contest will take a long period to be finally determined. Neither side has much to say upon the subject THROUGH TflK CICI.0.NE. C. A. Hecker Narrowly Escapes Death Near the Louisville Depot C. A. Hecker, better known as "Dick" and brother of Guy Hecker, the well-known ball player, arrived in the city from Louis ville, yesterday, on a visit to his brother. He narrowly escaped the cyclone in the Falls City, and to a Dispatch reporter last night he said: "I had purchased a ticket for Pittsburg, and was on Seventh street, between Market and Main, on my way to the Union depot I was within a square and a half of the sta tion when I heard an indescribable noise back of me. The lightning flashed and crashed in the heavens, and there was a sound in the air I shall never forget. I heard a heavy crash in front of me, and looking down the street I saw the depot collapse". The wind was blowing a gale at the time, and people were hurrying in all directions. I heard some one say "the depot has blown into the river," and then there was a rush to the place. Twqtrains stood in the sheds and they were smashed to splinters with tho passengers in them. "The newspapers have not been able to describe the scenes of death and devasta tion. One building I noticed in particular had the lront and back blown out, while the balance of it was not touched. The furniture and everything in the building was not even jarred out of position. "At the Louisville hotel nobody was hurt, but the building next to it was crushed to an egg shell. Eight persons were killed outright in the building. The iron beams and girders of many buildings were twisted and broken like pipe stems. Tin root's can be seen all over the town. Large trees which you could not reach around have been pulled up and carried no one knows where. Street cars were also lifted up and dropped some distance away." THEATERS ARE EXPENSIVE. Mr. Bennett Savs Tbero Are Too Many of Them In Eastern Cities. H. M. Bennett, tbe moneyed man in tho Bijou Theater, went to Philadelphia last evening. Mr. Bennett said that Mr. Hen derson's proposed new theater would doubt less be a first class one, and he expected it would injure his house somewhat. "The expenses," he continued, "to run a theater are very heavy. It is not what you make in one, two or three weeks that de termines whether the house is paying or not We have done well, but it is only be cause the competition has not been so great as it may be. This is the trouble in New York, Boston and Philadelphia. There aro too many theaters, and the audiences are divided among all the places. BURR JTINT0SH ON DECK. Ho Says Miss Virginia Knox Is Going on tho Stage. Burr Mcintosh, the big handsome actor, was at the Union depot last evening bound for New York. He had just finished his engagement with the Arthur Rehan com pany in Chicago and had signed with Daly to go to Europe. Burr states that it has been definitely set tled that Miss Virginia Knox, the Countess di Montercoli, will go on the stage next year. BY WHEEL AND FLOOD. Accidents on Road and Riror Tbe Railroad Clnims Its Share Two Runaway Epi sodes, With Very Unpleasant Results An Accident on the Ice. James B. Graham, a Baltimore and Ohio freight conductor, was run over at Glen wood and lost one foot, the other being terribly mangled. He was removed to the Homeopathic Hospital, where he died about G P. M., attended by his mother and three brothers. The remains were removed to Flannery's undertaking establishment on Frankstown avenue. Rev. I. N. Havs attended the dying man yesterday after noon. Michael Donahue, aged 35, a freight brakeman on the P. & L. E. Railroad, was run over yesterday morning and received in juries from which he died at 8 o'clock last evening. The residence of the deceased is unknown, but he is supposed to belong in Michigan. The body is at the morgue and the Coroner will hold an inquest this morn ing. Mrs. Henry Johnson, of the West End, had her left leg broken through a runaway horse accident yesterday mornintr. A team belonging to Thomas Hershberger was left unhitched by Charles Kirby, a driver, in front of Mrs. Gallagher's house, on the River road, yesterday morning, and ran awav. The team collided with a street car, badly injuring one of the horses. Kirby, in discussing the subject with an other employe of Hershberger's livery stable in the afternoon, got badly whipped. Yesterday morning, about 11 o'clork, the tow boat I. N. Hook ran into one of the piers of the Union bridge with a tow of board rafts. The boat was coming out of the Allegheny, and in shooting the span between the shore and first pier was caught by the wind and swung around. The raft struck and the cables gave way, the tow going down the stream. By hard wort on the part of the pilot the boat was pulled through without striking, and chase was made after the runaway tow, which was caught near Cbartiers, and later in the day taken to its destination. Jacob Deatz, an old man living on Mur phy street. Fourteenth ward, fell on some ice yesterday in front of his house, breaking his right arm at the elbow. TWO MORE OIL WELLS. The Markley and Courier No. 3 .Struck In tho Wasblncton Field. The Washington oil field is slowly being developed along the geological lines toward the south. On Saturday the Markley well and the Gonrley No. 3 were brought in. They are producing about 180 barrels per day apiece, and are the property of the Clnysville Oil Company. Both wells are located about 600 feet from the last one struck, and they are so far the most southern wells in the field. The farmers in the region are highly pleased over the prospects, and leases are at a pre mium,, SETEN OP THE GANG CAUGHT. A Bbtt of Tramps Cnptured In the Twenty Third Ward. A gang of ten tramps were discovered in an old shanty in the Twenty-third ward yes terday. Three managed to escape, but the other seven were landed in the Hazelwood station house. The citizens of the neighborhood have been complaining of numerous small robber ies that have been committed lately. A lot of canned goods, clothing and eatables were found in the shanty. ANOTHER DRUNKEN BOY. Tho Sundny Liquor belier to Minors In De mand by the Police. Isaac McKeag, of Turtle Creek, aged 17 and very drnnk, was arrested for disorderly actions by Officer Truby Shaul at Diamond street and Script alley last evening. Though quite small, McKeag made as much noise as a dozen crying babies and managed to upset the officer several times. The police officers will investigate to find out where he got his liquor. Quarreled With Ills Brother. Cyrus Wilkinson, of Braddock, was com mitted to jail yesterday by Justice of the Peace Power on charges of assault and bat tery and pointing firearms at his brother, Hugh Wilkinson. The hearing will be held on Wednesday. HAKIM GJfflE ROPES With Which the Lives of as Many Murderers Are to be Cut Short ON WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. An Alleghenian Who Has Made 88 Nooses During- the Last 30 Tears. SINGULAR RECORD OP 'JACOB BUPP Jacob Bupp, of the Eleventh ward, Alle gheny, will have a conference with Sheriff McCandlcss this morning in regard to the construction of the rope to be used in the execution of Smith, the condemned colored wife murderer. Mr. Bupp can safely be styled an expert noose-maker, having made no less than 88 ropes which were used in hanging murderers during the past 30 years. He has also received orders to make ropes to be used in all of the nine executions which are to take place on Wednesday of next week. A Dispatch reporter called on Mr. Bupp, at his home yesterday afternoon. Tho caller had often heard of Mr. Bupp's exten sive experience in the hangman's rope busi ness, and he felt a little uneasy about com ing in contact with the gentleman. He was not just sure itwould not be an uncanny ad venture. Bnt Mr. Bupp was found to' be a very genial individual, and he took great pleasure in explaining how, and of what, a hangman's rope is made. He has made so many, and has assisted at so many execu tions that it seemed a most natural and pleasant subject for him to talk about. JUST II 13 BUSINESS. He related his experiences in putting ropes around the neck of a culprit, so as to always break the neck during the fall, with the same ease that an ordinary person would disenss a baseball game or a horse race, while it would take a Rider Haggard to describe the feelings he was causing his listeners Jjy his gory description. Mr. Bupp has made all of the ropes used in Allegheny county during the last 20 years. He has made more ropes, however, for Cambria county than for Allegheny. When Guiteau was executed, Mr. Bupp was one of about a score of persons who made ropes and sent them to the officials at the national capital, to oe used at tne exe cution of President Garfield's assassin. Mr. Bupp has every reason to believe his rope was the one used. The ordinary rope is made of 64 strands, but the one he sent to Washingtou contained 110 strands. The aescription of the rope, given in Harper's Weekly after the hanging, tallied with Mr. Bupp's rope. Mr. Bupp received the order for the ropes to hang the Chicago Anarchists, but he did not make them. The first rope he made was the one used to execute Eli Schuetz, of Beaver county. The first ones he made for Allegheny county were those with which Sally Jones and Henry Fife were hanged for killing Mrs. Jones' uncle at Elizabeth, many years ago. OTHERS OK HJS LIST. Among the other important murderers, for whom Mr. Bupp made ropes, were Mary Grinder, who was hung for poisoning a number of people; Jocoby, who murdered his wife and threw her into Cork's run; Evans, who killed his wife on Sandusky street, Allegheny; Ortwein, who was con victed of killing the Hammett family, five in number, at HomesteadjWard McConkey, who killed McClure at McKeespoft; Myers and Murray, who murdered a gardener at the Greenfield tavern; Marshall and French, who followed a man from New York and killed him on Boyd's hill, and Frank Small. He also made the rope that ended the life of the heaviest mur derer ever hung in Pennsylvania. It was Dr. Beecher, of Hollidaysburg. He weighed 2G5 pounds, and was hung for cutting his wife into pieces with a dissecting knife. Mr. Bupp has had some amusing experi ences in his life, as well as grewsome ones. He made a rope to be used in In diana county some years ago. It is customary to test all ropes with a dead weight, but the Indiana Sheriff intro duced a novel mode by hanging a hog that weighed 200 pounds. Jamison was the name of the man whose execution followed that of the pig. Mr. Bupp has only made two ropes that were not used on me occa sions for which they were intended. This is called "cheating the hangman." and Ed Coffee was one of the two who played this game. His rope was made but never used. Sir. Bupp made the rope with which George Clark was Hung lor murdering an Aiiegneny butcher. HOW NOOSES ABE MADE. Upon being asked to explain how a hang man's rope was made and in what way it differs from other ropes, Mr. Bupp said: "Hemp is always used. Flax will do, bnt hemp is both longer and stronger. It is first beaten and hackled until it is soft and tender, and then it is twisted into strands. A hangman's rope is made of four parts, one of which is used as a heart and the other three are twisted around it When it is fin ished it is perfectly round and smooth and is about 9-16 of an inch in thickness. These ropes are usually made from 25 to 30 feet in length. It requires 21 feet to perform the execution properly, and tbe surplus is always made so as toe handy in case of an accident resulting in a break. The knot is tied by the man who makes the rope, so that the executioner has nothing to do but to Blip the loop over the culprit's head. "There' has been a change made in the mode of hanging criminals. Instead of placing the loop so that the knot lies directlv back of the left ear, it is now placed so that it will rest in the hollow of the man's neck. His head is thus thrown forward instead of sideways, and death is said to eccur sooner than by the other method." NEVEB HAD A FAILUEE. It is a tedious job to construct a hang man's rope. The work has to be done with great care. But Mr. Bupp, who is now over 60 years of age, and who has had almost a lifelong experience as a ropemaker, has never had an accident occur through the failure of a loop or knot to perform its work properly. The old gentleman is an old citizen of Allegheny, having resided in the Eleventh ward for many years. He is small in stature, with a full gray beard. He is ro bust and healthv, and is a good conversa tionalist, particularly on criminal matters. He keeps well posted on the affairs of the country. He is the father of three children, nil of whom are married and live in the Eleventh ward. Mr. Bupp expects to reach the hundred mark in the noose-making business before he quits this life. There is probably not another man living who can show such a record as can Mr. Jacob Bupp. CHARLIE COCHRANE DEAD. Tho Brother of Nclllo lily Expired Suddenly Yesterday. Charles M. Cochrane, brother of "Nellie Bly," died early yesterday at his residence, No. 73 Chestnut street, Allegheny City. His death was sudden and unexpected. He was a brother of Albert P.Cochrane, manager of the Revere Rubber Company, and traveled for that house. About a week ago, while at Defiance, O., he was stricken suddenly, and had to be taken horn', His complaint was inflammation of the bowels, and he grew worse each day. His sister is somewhere in the West, and an effort was made to catch her yesterday by telegraph, and apprise her of the death. Two Officers Beaten. During a fight on West Carson street early yesterday morning Officers Miller and Alstadt were knocked down and beaten by a crowd of men. Their assailants all es caped, Neither of the officers was. seriously hurt. THE PBA8TOT THB DEAD. Flttsburs's Moncolinns Observe the Cere monyA Wagon Load of Good Things for the Departed Spirits Roast Lamb and Duett: on tho Menu. Yesterday the Chinese of Pittsburg cele brated what might be called a feast to the dead. A party of ten or more visited the Uniondale, Hilldale and Bellevue ceme teries and performed the required cere monies. They were driven in carriages, and were accompanied by a wagon load of the most delicious delicacies. The man who Imagines that Chinamen live on rice and the ordinary rodent is very much mis taken, and, though the style of cooking might not please the average American, eveD the most fastidious person who had seen tbe lay-out could but admit that it looked tempting, and if he were hungry he might for the moment wish he were dead. The Indians of North America place food, tobacco and bloody weapons in the coffins of the dead braves, for their use in the spirit land. The Chinese once a year offer up to the departed souls of Mongolians, a feast of fatness and richness, and they are supposed to feed on this for a vear. Herein do the savage and heathen differ. In the'.offenng of food yesterday, there were apples, cakes, ripe fruits, roast lamb, stuffed ducks and chickens, with only the leathers removed, tbe head and internal organs remaining intact, and other delicacies that only good Chinamen are supposed to eat When the delegation ar rived at the graveyard, a peculiar paper was burned on the graves and a sort of a candle placed around the edges of the heaped sod. The candles were lighted and allowed to burn down. The wagon with the food was brought near the graves, and then removed. One of the men performed the necessary in cantations. The same operation was re peated in the other cemeteries. The food is brought back, and forever after is sacred and hallowed. You couldn't get a Chinaman to eat a piece of it, for it would be a sacrilege that is never forgiven. MEASLES AKD CHICKEN POX. Tho Epidemics on the Sonlbslde Pretty Well Distributed. The epidemic of measles on the Southside, noticed in The Dispatch a week ago, ia not abating. In some of the wards, partic ularly the Thirty-second and Thirty-fifth wards, the chicken pox is.even more preva lent than the measles. There are possibly 300 cases of measles and as many cases of chicken pox on the south side of the river, and while the disease is not usually consid ered dangerous, a few deaths have occurred. Dr. W. F. Pollock, Dr. W. J. Martin, Dr. G. P. Rossman, Dr. W. L. Harding, Drr W. J. Rigg3, Dr. J. M. Duff and Dr. Husted were seen last night in regard to the prevailing malady. The physicians nil agreed that the disease was pretty well dis tributed, although it has not reached its height. As measles is not an infections or conta gious disease, it is not likely the Board of Health will take any steps in the matter. The physicians unite in the belief that the weather is responsible for the present rise of measles. A CONVENTION OF TEACHERS To Talk Over Ways of Training Children ia Sunday Schools. The Sabbath School Institute of the Pres bytery of Pittsburg will hold afternoon and evening sessions in the East Liberty Presby terian Church, corner of Penn and High land avenues, to-day. The first session con venes at 2:30 o'clock. Dr. T. D. Davis will conduct "a model Sabbath school," in which Mrs. Kumler will drill the infant class. Mrs. S. E. Gill will conduct a ques tion drawer. At 6:45 there will be a social meeting of superintendents. In the evening Rev. D. S. Kennedy will deliver an address, and W. K. Jennings, Esq., will open a discussion on the question, "How Can We Aid the In ternational Sabbath School Convention?" A MARVELOUS STEEL PLATE. Il Was Rolled From an Ingot With Only One Heatlntr. On Saturday last John Zimmer, Jr., roller at the Carbon Iron and Steel Works, on Thirty-second street, turned out a surprising piece of work. It was a plate seven-eighths of an inch thick, 30 inches wide and 85 feet Ion;;, and when turned and finished weighed 7,460 pounds, This plate was worked from a rough ingot with but one heating, which makes tbe piece of work somewhat marvelons. The Carbon Company are putting in two new 30-ton open hearth furnaces. John O'Shay Locked Up. John O'Shay, whom the police on the Southside have been looking for during the past two months, was arrested yesterday and locked up on a charge of disorderly conduct. It is alleged he is the man who created con siderable excitement in the neighborhood of Manor and South Fifth streets some two months ago by bombarding the dwelling of David Conway. Ho Slashed an Officer. John Grnde, the man who cut Officer McDonough, of Allegheny, on last Friday night, with a cavalry saber, will be given a hearing this morning. The officer was out of the house yesterday for the first time since the cutting, and will he able to appear at the hearing to-day. THE NEW YORK FASHIONS In Spring Clotliinc Tor Bots and Children Now Ready At A. L. Sailor's, corner Sixth and Liberty streets. Being the sole agents tor the famous Brokaw Bros.' clothing, Mr. Sailor is able to ofler more exclusive novel ties than can be obtained elsewhere. Any parents would be proud to have their boys dressed in some of these pretty, stylish gar ments; and they will be delighted by the ex cellent wearing qualities of the goods. MOT MONDAY morning dress goods sale. Come early. Enable & Shusteb, 35 Fifth ave. Easter Illlllnery Opening. Special designs in children's hats. Our prices are the lowest. E. S. Giles, 94 and 96 Federal street, Allegheny. Bargains in black goods and silks. Knablb & Shusteb, 35 Fifth ave. The great quantity of neckwear we sell is evidence that we have the best line in the city. Will Peice, 47 Sixth it Baker's Pure Cod Liver Oil. (Known over 40 years.) Also Baker's Emul sion for throat and lung troubles. Druggists. Monday morning dress goods sale. Come earlv. Knable & Shusteb, 35 Fifth ave. Easter Millinery Opening. Largest stock. Special designs. Low prices. E. S. Giles, 94 and 9C Federal street, Allegheny. Special display of Easter neckwear at Will Price's, 47 Sixth st 300 pieces 50 cent dress goods to go at 37 cents. Great bargain. Unable & Shusteb, 35 Fifth ave. Lace Curtains. New stock just opened at prices lower than ever before. H. J. Lynch, jifs 438 and 440 Market street 300 pieces 0 cent dress goods to go at 373-j cents. Great bargain. Enable & Shusteb, 35 Fifth, ave. LAgT gj QJ The Solemn and Sad Ceremonies to be Held in the Catholic Churches, TO CLOSE WITH GREAT EEJ0IU1X6. A Passion Sermon Friday Evening fcy a Passioniat Priest. THE OTHER EXERCISES OP THE WEEK Palm Sunday was celebrated in all tbe Catholic churches throughout the two cities yesterday. Branches of palm were distric uted to the people in recognition of the event. The day is a feast in memory and honor of the triumphant entry of Christ into Jerusalem, and is so called because of the palm branches which, the Hebrew children strewed under His feet. Yesterday was also the beginning of Holy Week. The- latter i3 the period in which the church commemorates Christ's death and burial, and which is spoken of by ancient writers as the great, the holy week, the week of the holy passion, etc. It dates from apostolic times, and is distinguished from the rest of Lent by the extreme strict ness of the fast The Tenebra: will be sung at the St. Paul's Cathedral on Wednesday evening. The lessons will be taken from the Lamenta tions of Jeremiah. At the beginning of the office 13 lighted candles will be placed on a triangular candelabrum. THE CANDLES EXTINGUISHED. At the end of each Psalm, one is put out, till only a single candle is left lighted at the top of the triangle. During the ringing of the benedictns, the candles on the high altar are extiueuished, while at the antiphon the single candle left alight is hidden at the epistle corner ofthe altar, to be brought out again at the end ofthe office. The detention of light signifies the growing darkness of the time when Christ, the light of the world, was taken. The last candle is hidden to sig nify that death could not really obtain do minion over Christ The clapping made at the end of the office is said to symbolize the confusion subsequent on Christ's death. On Holy Thursday one mass only can be said. It is celebrated in white vestments, because of the institution ofthe Eucharist, which is joyfully commemorated. The bells which rins at the Gloria do not sound again till the Gloria in the mass of Holy Saturday, and the wooden clapper is used instead. The celebrant consecrates an ad ditional host, which is placed in a chalice and borne in procession after the mass to a place prepared for it This is called the sepulchre and will be beautifully decked with flower3 and lights. Afterward the altars will be stripped of the vestments in recognition of the stripping of Christ In St. Peter's Church in Rome the chief altar is then washed with wine. In this country this part of the ceremony is omitted. WASHING THE FEET. The stripping of the altars will be fol lowed by the washing of the feet. In very few churches in this country is this cere mony observed. In Rome the Pope washes the feet of 12 poor pilgrims. The blessing ofthe holy oils to be used during the year takes place on this day. Bishop Phelan will perform this ceremony, assisted by about a dozen priests. The bishop will breathe three times on the oils, meaning that the power of the Holy Spirit is about to descend upon the oils. On Good Friday the church commemor ates the passion of Christ, and it is the most sad and solemn event of the week. The clergyman will be dressed in black vest ments, and will prostrate themselves before the stripped altar. At the conclusion of prayers forall men the cross, which has up until mis iime oeen covered with black, is exposed to view and kissed by the clergy and people. The improperia are then sung. The blessed sacrament is borne in procession from the chapel, where it was placed the day before, while the choir sings the hymn, "Vexiela Regus." The priest places the host in the altar, the candles of which are now lighted, the sacrament is elevated while the wooden clapper is sounded. HOLY SATUBDAT EXPLAINED. On Holy Saturday the ceremonies begin in the morning with the blessing of the new fire struck from the Hint From this fire a candle with three stems placed on a reed is lighted and carried up through the church. The blessings of the 12 prophecies then fol low. After they have been read, the priests go in procession to the font The water in the font is scattered toward the four quarters of the world, to indicate the Catholicity of the church and the world-wide efficacy of her sacraments. On the way back from the font the litanies of the saints are begun. They are continued while the ministers lie prostrate before the altar, and as they end the altar is decorated with flowers and the mass is begun with white vestments. At the Gloria the organ sounds, the bells are rung and the joyful strains of the alleluia peal forth after the epistle. Lent will end with Easter Sunday. This day is a feast in honor of the Saviour's resurrection or risins from the dead on the third day. It is called Easter from Oriens, which signifies East or Rising, which is one of the titles of Jesus Christ At the Cathe dral solemn pontificial high mass will be celebrated by Bishop Phelan. Owing to the illness of Director Knake the musical pro gramme will probably not be anything un usual. The Cathedral Band will be present and will render sacred music. On Friday evening a passion sermon will be preached by a priest from the Passionist Monastery on the Southside. Horses Two carloads of heavy draght and gen eral purpose horses just received. Several well-mated teams will be sold at low figures. Call at the Arnheini Live Stock Company's (Limited) Stables, 52 Second avenue, Pitts burg, Pa., before you buy. Call and see us; you can save money. issa " lsoo. Holmes, Gibson & Finch whiskies in bond or tax paid. Prices upon application. W. H. Holmes & Son, 158 First Avenue. 120 Water Street MONDAY morning dress goods sale. Come early Knable & Shusteb, 35 Fifth ave. Baster Millinery Opening. Largest stock. Special designs. Low prices. E. S. Giles, 94 and 96 Federal 'street, Allegheny. Just Opened All the latest shades in French cashmeres, henriettas, serges, plain cloth suitings and mohairs at low prices. H. J. Lynch, SIFS 43S and 440 Market street EVIL AIR - From bad sewerage or undralned swamps deranges the liver and un dermines the system, creates blood diseases and eruptions, preceded by headache, biliousness and constipa tion, which can most effectually be cured by the use of the genuine t Dr.O.McLane's celebrated Liver Pills. Price, 23c. Sold by all druggists, and pre pared only tr Fleming Brothers, Pitts burg, Pa. Get tho genuine; counterfeits are made la St Louis. JySorwy HUSHING A SPEAK-EASY. Tho Department of Public safety Dead Against Sunday Selling. "The life of the speak-easy man," said De tective William Shore about 2 p. si. yester day, "is not all laid on a bed of roses," and Captain Dan Silvis, Detectives Shore, Rob inson and Bendel sauntered up to the quiet retreat run by J. Grant Herron, in the cellar of his house on O'Brien's court, opening off Duquesne way, above Ninth street. "Stranger, we are seven," was the remark made by the visitors captured, while Herron filed an objection to the quotation, saying, "We are ate." The police have been watching this place for over a month, but Herron had a splendid system of scouts and was always prepared when the officers arrived. Yesterday the officers passed the scouts by a strategic movement and got into the place in time to catch the business in full blast There was a keg of beer on tap and several cases of bottled beerand a coupleot bottles of whisky in the stock in trade. Information will be entered against Herron to-day by Inspector McAleese. A Ltclit Ilcnrine In Allegheny. Mayor Pearson's Sunday hearing was a light one yesterday. There were but five offenders arrested during the night before, and all of them paid fines and were released. Frank Shaw, Robert Golden John Drudy paid S3 and costs each for the ordinary dis orderly conduct, and Luke Dunn and John O'Brien paid a like amount for street fight ing. JDS. HDRNE I CD.'B PENN AVE? STORES. Fittsbuko, Monday, JIarcn.31, W0. SPECIAL AND GENERAL SPRINGOPENING IN ALL DEPARTMENTS. Tuesday, April L SILKS. Plain and fancy weaves in blacks: plain and fancy weaves in colors: novelties in endless as sortments. Thousands upon thousands of yards of Indias and Surahs, in most beautiful styles and colorings, all new and fresh for thU grand opening. DRESS UOODS. Although we have alreaay opened the season in Dress Goods as well as bilks, we will on Tuesday, the initial day of spring, open and display still more fine Dresj Goods, in all the best new colorings and all the most popular fabrics suitable for spring and summer wear. BLACK GOODS. In the renowned Priestley fabrics our new stock surpasses that of any other season In va riety, quality and finish, showing complete lines in all grades. Also complete lines ot Lupin's and other French makes. TRIMMINGS. Imported Novelties by hundreds from Paris and Berlin, with an endless array of new things in every description of trimming. WASH GOODS. Ginghams and Satines, with their numerous family, have reached an astonishing degree of perfection, aiming at beauty and quality. Th9 Andersons and tbe Koechlins set tho marks here. There are new things by scores to come out first to-morrow. WHITK GOODS. A magnificent snowy bank of whiteness that will quickly melt, so far as our counters are concerned, when the customers havo an op portunity to see and buy them. EMBROIDERIES. St Gall brought to you. To-morrow it comes in the shape of still more beautiful conceits of the Switzers art LACES. Heavy Nets to the sheerest Gazes, blicks pre vailing, but with beautiful colors and snowy white relieving the somberness in a most pleas ing manner. HANDKERCHIEFS. A special Easter display of Ladies' Handker chiefs is always an event of more than passing interest. The display this season will surpass all previous efforts. RUCHINGS. And band in hand with them the Ladies' Linen Collars and Cuffs, making a most interesting display. HOSIERY. This department has never before shown as large and attractive a stock as can now be seen in it everything yon can possibly need for tho family wear in the way of Stockings. And everything now is marked at our "revfsed" prices, which fairly revolutionized the old time figures in Hosiery. GLOVES. Every description in Kid, Suede and fabric. Our spring importations are now in. It will pay you well to come to thesa Glovo Depart ments for your Easter Gloves. LADIES' UNDERWEAR, In Cambric anil Muslin, and complete lines ol the best makes of Ladies' and Children's Silk, Gauze and Menno Underwear. LINENS. Wo believe this department carries a better and more complete stock of honse linens In every grade and quality than any department in any establishment in tbe State. Ourimpor tations have never before been so complete or so satisfactory as to qualities, finish and da signs. FLANNELS. The summer sorts in plain and fancy Flan nels, suitable for every use to which Flannels can be put for spring and summer wear. LACE CURTAINS. Onr large importations for thia season are now in stock and ready for the inspection of all housekeepers. Come to this largest and best lighted curtain department and see tho new things hero for decorating and beautifying jour homes. SPECIAL OPENINGS To-morrow in millinery, ribbons, flowers and feathers, parasols, ladies' suits, ladies' capes, jackets and wraps, children's imported coats and dresses and men's spring neckwear. These grand openings begin to-morrow. Every body is cordially invited to attend. JOB. HDRNE 1 CO., 600-621 PENN AVE. mhSI EASTER BEAUTIES IN OEWELRY. B1LVER AND BRIC-A-BRAO. A most superb collection of novelties for Easter. So many new odd articles for gents or ladies' wear. Pretty conceits for household decoration all appropriate and inexpensive. A hpst of new goods in all departments. Bee onr windows, visit our stores. Easter souvenirs 4 are popular. E. P. ROBERTS & SONS, Corner Fifth ATenua and Market Stlgat; mii30.iia.Kvri' mtj-mmmimmmmidiifa -fr,-----rrfiii.i.sto