jg"- fflm&mmm f SECOND PART. TWEIITY-HVE YEARS Of Hard Work and Faitlifnl Devotion to Duty PBOPERLYCOMMEMORATED Quarter-Centennial of the California State Normal School. A LARGE CROWD IH ATTENDAKCE. Three of the Four Principals of the Insti tution Present. THE EMINEM EDUCATORS INTERESTED Yesterday morning dawned clear and beautiful upon the little borough of Califor nia, and as earlv as 7 o'clock the Normal School, located within its limits, which was to celebrate iU quarter-centennial during the day, was in a state of pleasant animation and joyous anticipation. The celebration actually began Friday Prof. J. C Gilchrist, Pounder of the Institu tion. evening, when J. C. Gilchrist, of Iowa, who founded the school, stepped lrom the plat form of the evening train and was met by a 4 small delegation of old friends, under the leadership of Prof. Theodore Noss, principal of the Normal School. After greetings were exchanged the gay little party wended their CALIFORNIA STATE way to the school grounds and the portion of the buildinz devoted to the private use of Prof. Noss and family, where the distincuisbed cuest was entertained, in company with several others The even ing was spent in visiting the various recita tion rooms which were in readiness for the inspection of visitors to the celebration. Each room being, in its display of students' work, typical of the branch of instrnction given within its walls. The room in which geography was taught was very interesting indeed. On its walls were maps, drawn with colored crayons, of all the countries of the world filled 'in with rivers and cities, and also pretty maps of the various countries, snowing the physical features. MORE SPECIMEN WORK. The blackboards of the rooms in which mathematics are expounded were filled with work illustrative of that particular branch, while in the halls and scattered through all o( the rooms was to be l'ound specimen work of the drawing classes in all stages of advancement. The assembly rooms for both the normal school pupils Prof. C L. Ehrenfeld. Second Principal. and the model school pupils were decidedly attractive in thei- examples of work exe cuted bv their respective occupants. The model school apartments, including the assembly room and its suite of recitation rooms, on ordinary occasions peopled with 200 little folks from G to 14 years of age, were very interesting, as on all sides was to be seen specimens of writine, drawing and kindergarten work done by tiny;fingers. A visit was also made, during the evening, to the chapel, the platform of which under the skillful fingers of the teachers of the school, who had formed themselves into a decorative committee for the purpose, had been most gracefully and artistically trimmed with flowering plants, easels and pictures. Tne space in front of the triple window of stained glass which lights the arched alcove platform was occupied by towering palms and other beantiful foliage plants, the dra peries of snowy iace were festooned with bright green viue6, and a pyramid of gera niums in full blossom was arranged to the left, while the piano, with numerous bou quets ot exquisite flowers occupied the op posite side. Chairs to accommodate all the trustees of the school and a number of vis itors were also placed on the platform, be side the speakers' stand. SOCIETY BOOMS VISITED. After Viewing the beauties of the plat form and the chapel proper, which testifies in glowing loveliness to the artist's skill, a visit was made to the society rooms, which are in reality elegant parlors, with their velvety carpets, pretty drapings and com fortable chairs. The two societies of the school Clionian and Philomathean were in session, but by a previously understood Mgnal, given bv Dr. Noss, an entrance into the secret chambers was gained by the explor ing party. One society, out or compliment to the visitors, dispensed with the regular order of exercises, and short addresses were made by the guests. The other society was engaged in an earnest debate on "Compul sory Education," which was intensely inter esting as handled by the young students. The tour being finished, the household re tired for the night, to awake at the first ray f : JwwW BBuiiiii t If If I IT fp!t if A of sunlight the next morning. Breakfast over, the guests for the day began to arrive on the morning trains, and the faculty of the school, constituting a Reception Com mittee, were kept busy welcoming visitors until 10 o'clock, when they all assembled in the chapel for the morning session of exercises. fsJl Prof. George P. Beard, the Only Absent One. And also the following distinguished guests: Ex-Principals J. C. Gilchrist, of Algona, la., C. L. Ehrenfeld, of Spring field, O., and E. D. Johnson, of Mt, Union, 0.;W. H. Cook, editor TJniontown Genius of Liberty; G. B. Jeffries, TJniontown; W. H. MacCollin, Sugar Grove; Dr. E. A. "Wood and Dr. McCord, of Pittsburg, and Dr. Theodore Nass. The gentlemen who occupied the seats on the platform for the various sessions, of which there were three, morninr, afternoon and evening, were the following, who comprise the Board of Trustees, many of whom have served since the opening of the school, 25 years ago. THE BOAKD OP TRUSTEES. John N. Dixon, Esq., L. W. Morgan, S. W. Craft, G. M. Eberman, Prof. G. G. Hertzog, Luke P. Beazell, J. A. Letner man, II. D., I. C. Ailes, Wm. McFall, H. S. Darsie, W. W. Jackman, Louis S. Mil ler, Hon. J. K. Biilingsley, California; Hon. G. W. Neff, Masontown; Hon. Gibson Biuns, Fayette City; Hon. G. Y. Law rence, Monongahela City; Colonel Chill W. Hazzard, Monongahela City; H. T. Bailey, Amity; Prof. Jos. Jennings, Principal Second ward school, Pittsburg; Colonel J. A. M. Passmore, Philadelphia: Dr. Donaldson, of Canonsburg. T. H. Williams and Hon. J. B. Finley, Monongahela City; Hon. Henry Houck, Deputy State Superintendent; Superintendent G. J. Luckey, of Pittsburg, and Superintendent John Morrow, of Alle gheny. EXEBCISES OF THE MORNING. The morning exercises were opened by an anthem, which was followed with a prayer by Prof. Ehrenfeld, Mr. Dixon, President ot the Board of Trustees, occupying the .position of Chairman in a highly creditable manner. Mr. MacCollin, a talented elocu tionist who some years ago had the misfor- NORMA!. SCHOOL. tune to lose his eyesight, was next on the programme, and gaining the attention and sympathy of the audience, immediately upon his appearance, he surprised and de lighted them by his admirabf rendition of "The Boys." Followins Mr. MacCollin, Prof. J. C. Gilchrist waintroduced by the Chairman, and leaving his seat of honor the central one on the platform the gentle man stepped forward amid warm applause. He is in appearance a decidedly military appearing man of commanding presence, with a smooth face, remarkably regu lar features, and a countenance of wonderful strength. He is pos sessed of wonderlul executive ability, and practically commenced bis career as an educator in the Calilornia Stale Norma) School, which under his management, was in 1805 chartered under the name of South western Normal College. he's AIT ALLEGHENIAN. Prof. Gilchrist was born in Allegheny City, and educated in Poland Institute, Antlocb, under the instruction of Horpce Mann, the noted educator. He was for three years County Superintendent of Washing ton county before assuming the control of the then academy at California. In 1871 he left California and took charge of the State Normal School at Fairmont, W. Va. From there he went to Iowa, where he estab lished the first State normal school at Cedar Falls, and is now engaged in estab lishing the second State normal school at Alirona. Prof. Gilchrist is eminent and re nowned as one of the foremost educators of of the country. In opening his address he greeted his friends and old students with very kindly, sympathetic words, and reeretted the fact that Jf re. Gilcbrist could not accompany him to rejoice- with them in their quarterly centennial celebration. He reviewed in strong, clear language the struggles with which the Normal School was organized, and its youthful days, and also spoke of the wonderful results that the school in its career had accomplished. Prof. C. L. Ehrenfeld, A. M., Ph. D., fol lowed in a very interesting address. Prol. Ehrenleld is a very scholarly gentleman, is at present occupving the Chair of English Literature and Latin in Wittenberg Col lese, Springfield, O. After leaving the normal school, of which' he was President Prof. Theodore B. Koss, Present Principal. for some years, he was appointed St3te Librarian, which position he resigned to, ac cept the chair at Wittenberg. A BRILLIANT CAREER. Prof. George P. Beard, who succeeded Prof. Ehrenleld as principal of the school, was not present, but his career as an edu cator has been a brilliant one, he having been principal of the State Normal at Pots dam, N. Y., and at Lock Haven, Pa., since leaving California, and prior to bis reign there, he was principal of the Warrensburg, Mo., Normal School. Dr. Theodore B. Noss succeeded Prof. Beard ten years ago and is at present the principal of the school, which testifies to bis able management in every particular. The gentleman graduated lrom the Shippens burg, Pa.,J3tate Norjial School in 1874, and immediately took possession of the High THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH School of that city. Atthecloseof one year's work he resigned the position to accept the principalship of the preparatory department of Dickinson Seminary. Williamsport, Pa. He entered Syracuse University in 1877, and graduated with the degree of A. B. in 1880. He was elected vice principal of the California Normal School in 1880, and principal in 1883. He was granted a six months' leave of absence last year to study the educational work abroad, espe cially in Germany. The result of his critical inspection of normal schools as well as public schools, has been given in part in letters to the leading educational journals, and the school under his control has been much improved by his increased knowledge. Dr. Noss closed the morning session with a neat little speech, in which he accorded the guests the privilegeof the buildings and grounds and welcomed them cordially. A. FEAST OF SOLIDS. At the close of the morning's session the entire assemblage repaired to the spacious dining room, where twelve long tables, radi ant in snowy napery. magnificent bouquets of choice flowers and graceful baskets of all kinds ot fruits, were ladened with every- Hon. Henry Houck, Deputy Stale Superintend ent of Schools. thing that would satisfy a hungry person and tempt a feeble appetite. The dinner enjoyed, the remainder of the intermission was spent by some in social converse, some in strollingthrough the attractive recitation rooms and the beauti ul grounds that sur round the normal buildings and a number interested in Sloyd teachings, visited the little school room of which Miss Esselius, the Swedish lady, is the presiding genius, and who instructed a class for their benefit. THE AFTEBNOON EXERCISES. The afternoon session, reinforced by a great many visitors who arrived on the noon train, was opened by an anthem, Hon. Biilingsley presiding as'chairman. Prof. G. G. Hertzos, who hasjbeenjidenttfied with the normal school from its infancy, first as student and since as professor, read an appropriate historical sketch of the school. Prof. Ellis N. Johnson, the first principal of the original academy from which the Normal School was organized though suffer ing from a severe cold, managed to make a very pleasing address. Dr. E. A. Wood, Prof. Ehrenleld, Dr. McCord, Colonel Pass more, Hon. Henry Houck and Colonel Chill W. Hazzard also made short addresses while Mr. McCollin interspersed music and recitations in the programme. After a similar intermission to that at noon, including the same delightful repast, which reflected great credit upon the matron, the evening session was called, and consisted of addresses'by Prof. Gilchrist, Prof. Johnson, Superintendent G. J. Luckey. Hon.. J. B. Finley, Prnf. C. L. Ehren eld, Colonel J. A. M. Passmore and Hon. Henry Houck, with anthems by the entire assemblage, and music and recita tions by Mr. McCollin. EOT FOR THE MAYOR. Chief Elliot Votes Analnit Mr. Courier for Chairman of the Board of Awards No Other Frictlnn in the First Meeting Work of the Dny. The clever politicians yesterday deprived the anxious crowd that waited in and about Common Council Chambers of the fun they had expected when the Department of Awards would be organized. Instead of the excitement anticipated there was a dreary wait from 2 o'clock until almost 3. At 2 o'clock Chiei Brown and Chief Elliot were in their seats. Secretary Bingaman was anxionsly looking for Chief Bigelow and Mayor Gourley, but neither of them put in an appearance. Chief Evans disconsolately huntr on the outside railing, and Boger O'Mara declared he would arrest the miss ing gentlemen and bring them in. At last Chief Bigelow appeared, and he was no sooner seated than J. O. Brown arose and moved that the election ot a Chairman be taken up, and then nominated Mayor Gourley for the position. When the roll was called a decided "aye" rang from Messrs. Brown and Bigelow, followed by an emphatic "no" from the head of the De partment of Charities. Mayor Gourley was declared elected, and the Board at once re-elected Joseph P. Bingaman Secretary. Mr. Bingaman then ushered in the new Chairman, and his re ception did not remind one of gentle winds from violet banks. From Mr. Elliot there was a cold stare. The Chairman did not mind these little things, though, and shift ing his voice back into his old President-of-Common-Council tones, he proceeded with business. Bids were opened for a new patrol wagon for No. 3 station house, the one in use being too heavy for trie steep hill streets. James G. Weir was the successlul bidder at $387 50 and the contract was awarded to him. George Swartz bid 51,900 for the contract of repairing No. 2 engine house, and being the only bidder got the contract. Best & Co. got the contract for printing 150 copies ol the Controller's annual report at SI 50 per page. W. G. Johnston bid 51 05. The Pennsylvania Lead Company was the only bidder for the contract for furnish ing 55 tons of pig lead, and got it at 53 90 per hundredweight. W. J. Dunn, Jacob Schinneller, Booth & Flinn and H. O. Howard were the bidders for the contract of laying the big water main and connections from Highland ave nue to OaKland. The bids were referred to the clerk lor tabulation. William McGlue and John McKibbon were bidders lor the contract ol hauling and delivering water pipe and special eastings, the former bidding 68 and the latter 67 cents per ton. McKibbon was awarded the contnet. The Eennsalaer Manufacturing Com pany and the Ludlow Manufacturing Com pany were bidders for the contract of fur nishing gate valves, lrom 4 to 36-inch diameters. The bids were referred to the clerk for tabulation. Mr. Bigelow moved that all bids on the repaving of Forbes street and the grading, paving and curbing of Howe street be re jected. These are the contracts upon which the Board of Awards had the controversy last summer, and by the adoption of .Mr. Bigelow's motion the board has now decided that they shall be readvertised. Sir. Bigelow then,submitted his specifica tions for the various supplies of his depart ment for the present year, and thev were adopted. Mr. Brown had the specification for ice adopted for his department also. Mr. Bigelow submitted his specifications for grading, paving and curbing of streets with block stone and paving stone the same as last year, and they were adopted. The specifications for paving with asphaltum were divided into two classes. No. 1 being asphalt and No. 2 vulcanite asphalt. Messrs. Elliot and Brown voted to reject the classification and to approve the vul canite asphalt, and the matter was so de cided, after which the board adjourned. fin to Ppnrsnn'R for vnlir cabinet tihntri He is the best in the two cities. vs PITTSBUIIG, SATUEDAT, APRIL 12, A CITY OF ODDITIES. How Spokane Falls, Wash., Strikes a Stranger from the East. A BUSINESS-LIKE FRONTIER TOWN, Whose Population Is Cosmopolitan, Whose Growth Has and SUEPEISED CITIZENS THLMSELYES ' rCOBKESPOKDENCE OF THE DISPATCH. 1 Spokane Falls, Wash., April 5. It has been said that the sweetest musio to the ear of a wide-awake Western man, is the rasp of the saw, the blow of the hammer and the click of the spade. Whoever made that remark must have had in mind the Spokane Falls man. His soul is certainly attuned to music the harmony which springs from the stroke of chisel and the tap of trowel. The typical Spokane Falls business man has but little sentiment in his soul, and that little bit he is ashamed of. Ten years ago, when the city was but a wide waste, inhab ited by the prowling and dreamy Indian, it was as picturesque and awe-inspiring a spot as imagination could well conjecture. Here the mighty Spokane river, with many a tor tuous bend and leap, comes rushing past in mad haste to join forces with the Columbia. Where the town stands this series of pro digious leaps called forth the name "Falls." Wonderlul indeed are these falls.whose in cessant clamor may be heard miles away, above the roar of traffic, the din of ma chinery. A PICTURESQUE PLACE. "Spokane" is an Indian term, signifying "mighty." To-day the natural beauty of the spot is as great as a decade past, when the red man fished in the waters or chased the anllered deer along the velvety banks, which he thought the Great Spirit created for him alone; but at first glance the sight seer is so absorbed in the beauty and hie of the town, that he overlooks, for the nonce, nature's endowments. The city is a human bee hive. There is about as much buzzing, too, to the square inch of solid bee, as one is apt to hear in any great metropolis. All are king bees here, and if any poor drone chances to get in among these peppery fel lows, he soon takes unto himself wings, or stays to die of his wounds. For a frontier town Spokane Falls has certainly achieved a great deal. Springing up in ten years from a merely staked-out plain into a city of nearly 20,000 inhabit ants. And when one, and a stranger, too, looks upon the pretty town and :eels those indescribable quirks, which we designate as thrills of admiration, chase each other up and down his spine, how much greater must be the pride and satlsiaction 01 tnose brave and honest pioneers who have watched their city's progress from the first and gave to the town its early impetus toward success. A QUEER FRONTIER CITY. Said one resident tome: "I feel as if it must be all a dream. Why, only yesterday Lwatched with a heavy heart lest the In dians should attack my home and kill my family. To-dav I speak through a tele phone and read by electricity." Marvelous, indeed, the change, wrought by time and skill. While Spokane Falls isjjne of the most attractive of our iroutler towns, there are, nevertheless, many quaint things to be seen here, many ruriousthings to be heard. It is a city of oddities, ot social contrasts. The location of the town forbids its beine the metropolitan city as yet, although many prophesy that but half a dozen years more will treble if nut quadruple its population. This is perhaps over-estimating its growing power; still the observant newcomer cannot but admit that in the whole belt of northern country, stretching lrom Duluth to Seattle, there is no town of equal size that can hold its own with Spokane Falls, from the stand point ol visible growth and progress made during the past year. How is thi,s to be ac counted for? GREAT NATURAL EESOURCES. As human beings we are born querists. Nature's crv, the poet informs us, is always: "Where? Where?" Of course, a thing or place cannot grow without a cause. Spokane Falls gives one the impression that it sprang from nothing and is fed from nothing. But do idea could be more erroneous. Vast re sources lie close at hand, that at first sight are invisible. One feels tempted to argue with the town for daring to put on airs in such an out-of-the-woild section of country and assuming such imperant criticism, with little to support it; that is, when he first sees the place, but the city has a tendency to mislead its capabilities are hidden, but boundless. A great timber belt surrounds the town, together with extensive areas of farming and grazing land. The cattle industry is one of expansile capacity here in Washington the head quarters of many firms being located at bpokane. Then there are some half dozen mining districts near at band, one or which, now under thorough development,, promises to be one of the most productive in the world. Then, too, there is a watei power of extraordinary volume, and happily so ar ranged as to be of great commercial value. To these resources we must not omit adding the FINK RAILWAY ADVANTAGES of the town. Taken all in all, one can see that Spokane Falls is well located as to prospective and present growth, and if an other decade should raise the city up to verify predictions, we can only say it couldn't be helped it would grow. As I said before, however, Spokane is a sort of a melee of nationalities an oll.ipcdrida of curiosities. The social life of the place is a unique and interesting study. People from all over the United States are located here on one hand the rich poor man on the other the poor rich man. Here the gaunt and solemn Indian looks stolidly into the face of the festive and pig tailed Chinaman. The rough miner, just in from the mountains, jostles against the cul tured; Yale graduate. The snowy-c.ipped and aproned servant wheeling by in his di minutive carriage, the scion ol some wealthy Spokane house, stops for a moment at the corner, and gazing down at her little aristo cratic charge in wonderment stands t he- blanketed and dirty Indian mother, who, with her papoose in her arms, is also out for an aiternoon airing. Social contrasts in Spokane Falls' are marked and frequent. QUEER STREET SCENES. The first day of my stop in the town a magnificent equipage came rolling past,and at the same instant came a gaunt, heart-sick looking horse, bearing two Indians, fan tastically attired, their long, black locks braided with tiusel and scarlet wool and gaily striped shawls around their shoulders. The woman who sat behind was evidently a believer in "dress retorni." She wore the short bifurcated skirts that followers of the dress-relorm craze assure us are so meltingly becoming, and sat her horse like a man. Oh! that the Jenness Millerites could have gazed upon that scene. Both Indians were bareheaded. It is a common saying here at Spokane that if you get up a tea party, half the States of the Union are pretty sure to be represented. I saw 12 pretty cottages all in a row on one of the leading streets the first day of my stay, which were inhubited, I was told, by natives of 12 different States. Spokane Falls is certainly kaleidoscopic. Give a second look through the glass and you see A DIFFERENT PICTURE from the first. One id not sure of the same view twice. One half fancies that the town has a mania lor cleaning house, and is 1890. immortally upset. There are a good many Canadians here, some Germans, Hollanders and Scandinavians, a goodly sprinkling of French and English, together with many numerous Japs and enough o' the Monsieur Chinois element to do the laundry work of the town and keep the rice market active. Spokane Falls is a most social place, call ing, visiting, party going, etc., being quite as much indulged in as in more firmly es tablished Eastern towns. A young bud makes her debut here about the time she enters her teens. Eligible bachelors abound and old maids are scarce. The bread and -butter age sweet 16 is about the pairing age at Spokane, and if the society girl wishes to be en rigle, she must see that her twentieth birthday at the latest, places a flashing solitaire upon the correct finger. Manv beautilul houses have been recently built, chiefly by newcomers who have been attracted by the beauty of the town and its fine business advantages. As pedigree counts but little in such A COSMOPOLITAN TOWN, one's prestige has to be gained by that satisfactory substitute, which has been va riously designated as "tin," "soap," "corn," etc. Money atones for blue blood very sat isfactorily in the East, and out here it is doubly welcome. People are beginning to be accorded social rank, in proportion as their houses, clothes and horses put to shame those ot their neighbors. The educational advantages of Spokane Falls are decidedly fine. Gonzaga College is an institution of high rank, and the pub lic rchools are well conducted. A Metho dist college for both sexes has been recently completed, and is under the management of a distinguished pro esaor of New York. More than 8250,000 has been expended in public buildings since the fire, and that amount will doubtless be doubled during the present year in brick and mortar. The town is compactly built the strag gling elements so detrimental to many Western places being not noticeable at Spo kane. Looking to-day upon the town one can scarcely realize that it lay a charred and blackened waste so few months ago. Pbce-nix-like, the flame seemed to hold no terrors forintrepid, soaring Spokane. Its enubilous countenance showa no scar its aliferons form no cinerary blight. We appreciate its effort in the past, we admire its success in the present, for its future waitl INDUSTRIES AND RICHES. The city being on the main line of the Northern Pacific Railroad has advantageous transportation facilities with the East and an outlet to the ports of Puget Sound. As a trade center tor Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho, it is unrivaled. A branch railway connects on the right with the won derful Ccaur d'Alene country, which is a rich mining district, while another railway runs south and threads lor more than a hun dred miles the charming Palouse country, the choicest farming region of the Pacific coast The city has direct communication with Helena by way of the Manitoba. The flouring business is probably the greatest enterprise of the city, outside of mining and lumbering. The river (alls in clear sight from a height of more than 150 feet. The several banks of the city have an aggregate capital of 1,500,000. The typi cal Spokans Falls business man has the clever cunning of a Yankee. He is alert, but irenial; sharp, but hospitable; his eye teeth need no cutting. Over your faults he will pull the mantle of charity, and over your eyes the wool. Life in Spokane Falls is a drama rich in comedy and pathos. H."M. Spalding. DETECTIVES DEEDED. Goinpcrs Hits a Plan far Plopping; Contract Labor Importations Tlio Investlca- tloa or a Promising Case of Bigamy Spoiled. rsrXCTAI. TILIOBAM IO TH PISPA.TCH.1 New York, April 11. President Gom pers, of the American Federation ol Labor, told the sub-Committee or the Congress Committee on Immigration to-day, what he knew about imported contract laborers and suggested means for keeping them out. He believed in the immigration of good, intelli gent, voluntary immigrants who are not under contract to work for American em ployers He regarded the members of the Strauss Orchestra as contract musicians, in stead of "artists," and he believed they would be formidable competitors of our musicians. He was inclined to think that the men appointed to enforce the contract labor law, through lack of sympathy with its object, were not zealous in doing their duty. The formal inquiry made by the registry clerks at Castle Garden would never result in finding out and keeping out contract laborers. A few members of the secret service, under the directions o officials in sympathy with the law, might ininele with the immigrants. The investigators went over to Castle Garden to hear the State Emigration Com missioners pass judgment on a score of de tained emigrants. The most notable case was that of Mrs. Rachel Oznowiiz, a Rus sian, who bad come over with the children to join her husband Simon, a tailor. Mr. StejRenson said that Mrs. Oznowitz seemed to have two husbandR. She was led in weeping before the Congressmen to answer the accusation. The interpreter asked herli she had two husbands. She elapsed her hands and answered: "God lorbid." Com missioner Stephenson then produced the affidavits of two different men both calling themselves Simon Oznowitz, and each de claring that he was the husband. It ap peared, though, on inquiry, that Simon had been too busy to come down and get his wife and had sent down one of his employes to represent him. The workman cheerfully swore that he was Oznowitz, kissed Mrs. Oznowitz and took the baby in his arms. The real Oznowjtz came in while the Con gressmen were tuere, kissed his wife and children, and was allowed to take them away. PRESIDENT JHIjIjUGS IS FOKGETFUh Cblcnco Gns Trust Company Officials Can not Rrmrmbcr Important Fncts. CniCAGO, April 11. The taking of testi mony by Lawyer F. M. Charlton to show why his motion for the appointment of a re ceiver for the Chicago Gas Trust Company should be granted because of the latter's ex istence being contrary to law, was resumed this a'ternoon before Commissioner Windes. Secretary Wells stated that he desired to make a correction in bis testimony given yesterday, aud said that the Gas Trust didn't own the stock of the gas companies at the time of the March meeting, the stock having been transltrred to the Fidelity Company, of Philadelphia, in 1887, and that the paper which he carried to Philadelphia at the conclusion ot the March meeting wasn't a deed of transfer, but simply re lated the terms ol the transfer. Mr.C.K. G. Billings, President of the trust, was the next witness, but nothing ot interest was brought out in his testimony, as he was Unable to remember anything about the matter, which Mr. Charlton was particularly desirous of having explained. IE0N WORKS CONSOLIDATE. Tlio Tailor Compnor, of St. Loots, to Control Fctar Large Concerns. St. Louis, April 11'. It is reported here that the Tudor Iron Works, of St. Louis, have purchased the Waugh Nail and Iron Works at Belleville, III., and that these will be consolidated With the Western Nail Works and the Valley Bteel and Forge Company, whichiare now controlled by the Tudor Company, and form one big concern with a large capital. When the arrangement is completed l h said the combined works will einploV 3,006 WARNED ONCE MORE. John W. Beatty Says Sand is Being Thrown in the Public's Face, IN THE PEEE LIBRARY SQUABBLE. Mr. Carnegie Insists Upon the City Ordi nance Being Changed. HE WILL DICTATE THE MANAGEMENT The publication in The-Disfatch yes terday to the effect that the offer of Andrew Carnegie to build a $2,000,000 library would possibly be withdrawn, owing to the bitter feeling it has stirred op between members of both branches of Councils and the gen tlemen composing the commission named by Mr. Carnegie, was the general topic of conversation all day among those interested in the library. Many views were expressed and it was stated that the warning sent out by Mr. Scott would have a beneficial effect. Among those wrought up over the matter was John W. Beatty, the artist, who talked on the subject from an art standpoint. He said: v "The personal controversy in reference to the Carnegie Library bas, I think, served its purpose. A few facts in connection with the inside history of the ordinance and its amendment have been made public and these facts at least furnish tood for thought. It will be well now to get down to the main question. We all remember the youth who applied for a position in an attorney's office with the view of ultimately becoming a lawyer. A GOOD MORAL LOST. "The attorney, instead of questioning the boy, told a long story about a farmer who, upon going out to sboot an owl which was seated on the barn roof, discharged his gun and set fire to the hay in the barn loft. Tremendous excitement followed. The barn was ablaze. There was much smoke. The horses and cattle were to be rescued. Neigh bors were called, etc The attorney's descrip tion of the fire and efforts to rescue property and life was graphic and interesting. When the story ended the boy simply asked, 'Did he hit the owl? "I may venture to say that the one ques tion uppermost in the minds of the great body of citizens interested in the welfare of Pittsburg to-day is: Are we to receive and enjoy the undoubted benefits which wonld accompany the most magnificent gilt ever offered to the people ot this city, or are we to forever lo;e this gift with all the benefits dependent upon accepting it? If lost it will not be the loss of a magnificent building only. It will be the loss of an influence which should flow from the home of litera ture and art, and sweeten and enrich the lives of our people. No man is above this influence no man should be below it. All are therefore alike interested in securing a superb home for literature and art, and no individual, or class of men, should stand in the way or hinder, through any motive whatever, the people from receiving so great a benefit. A PEEPETUAL FEAST. "To say that the people at large are not intensIy interested in this matter would be absolute nonsense. Only the comparatively rich can buy fine books. Only the very rich can own choice works of art. The people know this thoroughly well, and they under stand fully that the establishment of a library and art gallery, such as is proposed, means a perpetual feast to all classes, but especially to those who otherwise would never enjoy such bounty, because of being too poor to own fine libraries or collections of paintings. This is the one point which I think should not be lost sight of. The peo plethe great mass who cannot otherwise secure the beuefits and pleasures which are sure to flow from the establishment of a superb Iree library and art gallery have been promised this benefit and tbey want it. They have, moreover, filed no objection to bearing the necessary annual expense of such a library, and they certainly have ex pressed no dissatisfaction with either the members of the commission appointed by Council or those named by Mr. Carnegie. If satisfied with the commission as now composed, they will certainly not object to a condition which will perpetuate the body exactly as organ ized and accepted. EEPLECTED ON THE COMMISSION. "Are the 12 gentlemen named by Mr. Car negie and cheerfully accepted by the people as his and their representatives not compe tent to elect successors in case vacancies occur? How would it do to say that to as sume that they are not competent is more or less of a reflection, whether intended or not, upon the capacity or the integrity of these representatives? All this talk about re flections upon the capacity or integrity of the members of Council is sand thrown into the faces of the people, for the purpose of deceiving them. "The commission was composed wisely and with the single and aisinterested purpose of securing the very best interests of the library, and upon the plain and indisputa ble ground that such a vast interest should have a stable and constant policy, and that such fixed policy could only be secured by having at the helm gentlemen whose tenure of office was not dependent upon the various and .spasmodic political breezes that blow in the various wards in a great city. Tnere is uo reflection, consequent upon this course, cast upon anyone or body of men. It is simply a plain, common sense view of the matter, and the member of Council, who is also a member of the commission, him self knows that he may be defeated at the next ward election, and his experience as a member of the library commission go for naught. I know that the art-loving people of Pittsburg are thoroughly satisfied with the commission, and with the condition which provides for its perpetuity as com posed, and I believe that our citizena gen erally reeogulze the wisdom of the arrange ment." ME. SCOTT'S POSITION REAFFlBMED. Mr. James B. Scott. Chnirman of the commission, was Been yesterday and asked if there had been anytning new developed in the lively controversy over the ordinance which will be voted upon next Monday by Councils. He said: "The only assumption upon which the commission can go is that Messrs. Keatinir, Limine and Carnalian will do as they said they would do when Mr. Carnegie called the attention of the commission to the discrepancy between his letter and the ordinance. The above-named gentlemen said that the ordinance would he made to conform to the letter, and Mr. Car nagie and the commission accepted the statemebt at par. There is no assurance to the contrary from any official source, aiid I think the best thing lor all concerned is to wait and see what action Council takes. No one will be found to deprecate any discus sion by which the public niidd will be in terested iu the library. A noted lawyef ot Pittsburg gave it as his opinion that Mr. Carnegie could easilv find methods of erecting and equipping his library and so regulating the eudowment of the same as to make it a gilt to Pittsburg's citizens without s.iying "bjr yotlr leave" to Councils, should that body insist in plaVing dog in the manger. As the legal gentle man is a friend of Mr. Carnegie, the subse quent opinion that the starspatigled Scotch man will proceed without regard to Coun cils, if rebuffed by them, comes with much authenticity. Murdered on n Unllrond. . IOWAClTT, April 11, A German named Frank Belzef, was murdered Inst night by a companion near this city. The two men were walking along the railroad track and evidently got iu a quarrel The murderer is under arrest. A SET OF C FEOM COKSIiL ILLUSTBATED BT THE DISPATCH. I. 'But, Monsieur, perceive how mag nificent they arel There Is not in Finistere, there is not in Brittany, nay, it is certain there is not in France so superb a set of chessmen. And ivoryi And the carving observe, for example, the variety of detail.' They certainly were a curious set of chessmen, magnificent in a way, but curious first of all. As M. Bobineau remarked, holding a rook in one hand and a knight in the other, the care paid to details by the carver really was surprising. But 250 francs. For a set of chessmen! 'So, so, my friend. I am willing to ad mit that the work is good in a kind of a way. But 230 francs! If it were 60, now?' 'Fiftyl' Up went M. Eohiueau's shoul ders, and down went M. Bobineau's head between them, in the fashion of those toys which are pulled by a string. 'Ah, mon Dieu! Monsieur laughs at met' And there came another voluble declara tion of their merits. Tbey certainly were a curious set. I really think they were the most curious set I ever saw. I would have preferred them, for instance, to anything they have at South Kensington, and they havesomeremarkable examples there. And, of course, the price was small I even ad mit it was ridiculously small. But when one has only 5,000 francs a year lor every thing, 250 being taken away and for a set of chessmen do leave a vacancy behind. I asked Bobineau where he got them. Business was slack that sunny afternoon it seemed to me that I was the only customer he ever bad, but that must have been a de lusion on my part. Beport said he was a warm man, one of Morlaix's warmest men, and his queer old shop in the queer old Grande Eue Grande Eue! what a name for an alley! contained many things which were valuable as well as queer. But there, at least, was no other customer in sight just then, so Bobineau told me all the tale. It seemed there had been a M. Funichon Auguste Funichon no, not a Breton, a Parisian, a true Parisian, who had come and settled down in the commune of Plouigneau, over by the gare. This M. Funichon was, lor example, a little well, a little a little exalted, let us say. It is true that the country people said he was stark mad. but Bobineau, tor his part, said no. no, no! It is not necessary, because one is a little eccentric, that one is mad. Here Bobineau looked at me out of the corner ot his eye. Are not the English, of all people, the most eccentric, and yet is it not known to an ine wonu mat mey are not, necessarily, stark mad? This M. Funichon was not rich, quite the contrary. It was a little place he lived in the merest cottage, in fact. And in it he lived alone, and, according to, report, there was only one thing he did all day and all night long, and that was, play chess. It appears that he was that rarest and most amiable of im beciles, a chess maniac. Is there such a word? 'What a lifel' said M. Bobineau. 'Figure it to yourself ! To do nothing nothing! but play chess! They say' M. Bobineau looked round him with an air ot mystery 'they say he starved himself to death. He was so besotted by his miserable chess that he forgot absolutely forgot, this Imbecile to eat.' That was what M. Bobineau said they said. It required a vieorous effort of the imagination to quite take it in. To what a state of forgetfulness must a man arrive be fore he forgets to eat! But whether M. Funichon forgot to eat, or whether he didn't, at least he died, and being dead they sold his goods why they sold them was not quite clear, but at the sale M. Bobineau was the chief purchaser. One of the chief lots was the set of ivory chessmen which had caught my eyes. They were the dead man's lavorite set, and no wonder! Bobineau was of opinion that if he had had his way he would have bad them buried with him in his grave. 'It is said,' he whispered, again with the glance ot mystery around, 'that they found him dead, sealed at the table, the chessmen on the board, his band on the white rook, which was giving mate to the adversary's king.' Either what a vivid imagination had Bobineau, or what odd things the people sniil! One picture the old man. seated all alone, with his last breath finishing bis game. Well, I bought the set of ivory chessmen. At this time of day I freely admit that thev were cheap at two hundred and fifty Irancs dirt cheap, indeed; but a hundred was all I paid. I knew Bobineau so well I dare say he bought them lor 25. As I bore thenl triumphantly away my mind was oc cupied by thoughts of their original posses sor. I was filled by quite a sentimental tenderness as I meditated on the part they had plaved, according to Bobineau, In tha't last scene. But St. Servan drove all those thoughts away. Philippe Henri de Sf. Servan was rather a difficult person to get od with. It was with him I shared at that time my apartment ott the place. 'Let us seel' I remarked whett I got in, 'what have I here?' He was seated) his country pipe in his mouth, at the open window, looking down ttoon the riveh The Havre boat was mak ing ready to start at Morlaix the nautical event of the week. There was quite a bustle on the qtiay. Sf. Serviid just looked round, and then looked bndk again. I Sat dowu and untied my purchase. I think there have been criticisms derogatory criticisms passed by a certain person upon a certain set ol chessmen. Perhaps that person will explain what be has to say to these.' St. Servan marched Up to the table. He looked at then! through his hall-closed eyelids. 'Toys!' wax all he said. 2Z i? ) H Perhaps! Yet toys which made a trag edy. Have you ever heard of the nama Funichon?' By a slight movement of his grisly gray eyebrows he intimated that it was possible he had. 'Tnese chessmen be long to him. He had just finished a game with them when they found him dead the winning piece, a white rook, was in his his hand. Suggest an epitaph to be placed over his grave. There's a picture for a painter eh?' Bah! He was a Communist!' - That was all St. Servan said. And so saying, St. Servan turned away to look out of the window at the Havre boat again. There was an end to M. Funichon for him. Not that he meant exactly what he said. He simply meant that M. Funichon was not Legitimist out ot sympathy .with the eentlemen who met, and decayed, visibly, before the naked eye, at the .club on the other side of the place. With St. Servan. not to be Legitimist meant to be nothing at all out of his range of vision absolutely. Seeing that was do, it is strange he should have borne with me as he did. But ha was a wonderful old man. IL We played our first game with the ivory chessmen when St. Servan returned from the club. I am free to confess that it was an occasion for me. I had dusted all the pieces, and had the board all laid wden St. Servan entered, and when we drew for choice of moves the dominant feeling in my mind was the thougnt of the dead man sitting all alone, with the white rook in his hand. There was an odor of sanctity about the affair for me a whig of air from the land of the ghosts. Nevertheless, my loins were fiirded up, and I was prepared to bear myself as a man. in the strife. We were curiously matched, St. Servan and I. We had played 220 games, and, putting draws aside, each had scored the same number of wins. Ha had his davs and so had I. At one time I was 11 games ahead, bdt since that thrice blessed hour I had not scored a single game. He had tracked me steadily, and eventually h id made the scores exactly tie. Tn these latter days it had grown with him to be an article of faith that as a chess player I was quite played out and there was a time when 1 had thought the same of him! He won the move, and then, as usual, there came an interval of reflection. The worst thing about St. Servan regarded from a chess-playing point of view was, that he took such a time to begin. When a man has opened his game it is excusable laudable, indeed it he pauses to reflect a reasonable length of time. But I never knew a man who was so fond of reflection before a move was made. As a rule that absurd habit ot his had quite an irritating effect upon my nerves, but that evening I felt quite cool ana prepared to sit him out. TheTe we sat, both smoking our great pipes, he staring at the board and I at him. He put out his hand, almost touched a piece, and then, with a start, he drew it back again. An interval the same pantomiue again. An other interval and a repetition of the pan tonine. 1 puffed a cloud of smoke into the air and softly sighed. I knew he had been ten minutes by my watch. Possibly the sigh had a stimulating effect, for he sud denly stretched out his band and moved queen's knight's pawn a single square. I was startled. He was great at book openings, that was the absnrdest part ot it. He would lead yon to suppose that he was meditating something; quite original, and then would perhaps be2in with fool's mate after all. He, at least, had never tried queen's knight's pawn a single square belore. I considered a reply. Pray let it be understood though I would not have con fessed it to St. Servan for the world that I am no player. I am wedded to the garde for an hourortwoat night, or, peradventure, of an a'ternoon at times; but I shall never be admitted to its inner mysteries never! not it I outspan Methuselah. I am not built that way. St. Servan and I were two children who, ldving the sea, dabble their feet in the shallows lelt by the tide-. T have no doubt that there are a dozen replies to that opening of his, but I did not know one then. I had some hasty idea ot de veloping a game of my own, while keeping an eye ou bis, and for that purpose put out my h ind to move the queen's pawn two, when I felt my wrist grasped by well, by what felt uncommonly like an invisible hand. I was so startled that I almost dropped my pipe. I drew my band back arain, and was conscious of the slight de taining pressure of unseen, fingers. Of course it was hallucination, but it seemed so real, and was so unexpected, that well, I settled my pipe more firmly between my lips it bad all but fallen lrom my mouth, and took a whifi or two to calm my nerves. I glanced up, cautiously, to see if St. Servan noticed my unusual behavior, but his eyes were fixed stonily upon the board. After a moment's hesitation it was ab surd! I stretched out my hand again. The hallucination was repeated, and In a very tangible lorm. I was distinctly conscious of my wrist being wrenched asile and guided to'a piece I had never meant to touch, and almost before I was aware of it, instead Of the move I had meant to make, I bad made A servile copy of St. Snrvaii's opening I had moved queen's knight's pawn a single square! To adopt the language of the late Dick Swiveller, that was a staeeerer. I own that for an instant I was etaegered. I could do nblhing else but stare. For at leist ten sec onds I Idrgot to smoke. I was conscious (hut whert St. Servan saw my move he kdlt his blows. Then the usual interval for re flection oame again. Half unconsciously t watched him. When, Us 1 suppoed,he had decided on his inov, he stretched out his hand, as I had done, and iilso, ii I had done, he drw it back ngrfln. I was a little startled ua Seemed a lit- . tie startled, too. There wu a niouieutary pause; back went this hand again, uud, by 1 ""? SS&SeE j&Jb .
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