imIi-j1u,jum1mMMjOMj r- T Mf 2 . THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH. FRIDAY. " APRIL 25, 1S90. t t y t i P2 m r'.- iBt IirilJ nrSIlRinO Blinr morB haTe b'een organized In tho last two piTArrnn m 17TT T 1AA A MYSTERY EXPLODED. I lltn UtMAHUd MAUt isni. u sHs Mr. Slartln Wants Manufacturers to Organ K The Firemen and Baggagemen ft- Want an Increase. if OTHER MEN FIBM AS EVER. A Big Strike of Miners Ordered at ConnellsYille. HOLDERS WANT AS 8-H0uR DAT It is tea days since the railroaders pre sented their demands, and no settlement has yet been reached. The present indica tions are that the next ten days -will not see much change in the situation. Committees visited all the railroad offices yesterday and informed the superintendents that the propo sitions made to the men last Saturday will not be accepted. The committees reported back to the General Committee tbat the companies had not offered to make any further concessions. A Tote was tnen taken on the matter, and it was unanimously de cided to stand firm for the demands as originally made. Chairman Hawley said: "We have re ceived answers to the demands of the train men from all the roads bnt the Panhandle, and have in return replied to them that their terms will never be accepted. "We have decided not to have anything to do with concessions." JUST WHAT THEY MEAN. ."Do you mean that the men will not make any concessions from their original demands?" was asked. "That's precisely what we mean. The men at present are not in favor of surrendering one of the 1G demands." It was reported amoag the men last night that Grand Waster Sargent, of the Brother hood of Firemen, will be in the city shortly to get his men into line for the purpose of presenting demands on the part of the fire men. They will ask for uniform wages fixed at S2 per day. Those employed now on the Pennsylvania Railroad receive 51 45; those on the Ft. "Wayne, SI 82, and those of the Pittsburg and "Western and Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St Louis are paid $1 SO. The wages of the men on the other roads range Jroni ?1 50 to 51 75 per day. Should the firemen fall in line with demands for an increase, the strength of the ruenwill be tripled and their chances of winning will be more favorable. Mr. "Wilkinson stated that it is the aim to get as many of the de partments in line as possible, so that if it becomes necessary to tie up the roads it can be made general. To-day the men em ployed in the baggage department of the Pennsylvania Railroad will present tbe fol lowing to their snperintendent: ANOTHEB HEABCfG ASKED. "We, the undersigned employes of Mr. C. G. Jenkins, of tbe baggage department of tno Pennsylvania Railroad, respectfully petition .that onr wages be increased 10 per month. Oar work is hard, and requires strong, active men. We hope that this petition will be re ceived in the same spirit in which it is given. "We also have to buy uniforms, which is no 6mall item. Onr work is rough, rents are high ana the cost of living is burdensome." The petition will be signed by the employes of the department, and will be presented by a com mittee appointed for that purpose. The men in the bicgage department receive $45 per month for about 16 hours' work, and they ask for $55. One of the men said last night. "We come to work here at 6 o'clock in tbe mornimr. and we do not get through until late at night. Of course, sometimes we have an hour or so that we have no work, but we are on duty, and the work is hard all the time. The pay we re ceive is not enough to keep a family on. We make no overtime.' A meeting of superintendents was held yes terday and. it is said, they decided to commit future negotiations to Mr. Pitcairn, with the understanding that whatever the Pennsylvania road agrees to the other roads will stand br. Hence Mr. Pitcairn. whose life has already been made burdensome by tbo difficulty, will hare to deal with tbe Federation. OUT OF THEfE HANDS. It is also stated that tbe matter has passed out of tbe jurisdiction of Mr. Downey and Mr. Wilkinson that is, they have carried the nego tiations as far as they have the authority to do. The Supreme Council must now be appealed to and their arrival is awaited with anxiety by both sides. Meetings were held yesterday by the union men in two of the yards, and in both cases it was decided to stand by the union men. It is stated that tbe engineers have grievances, and that bad they been notified that the trainmen were taking tbe step they did, they, too, would hate been in tbe move. Mr. Downey stated yesterday tbat it will not take tbe Supreme Council long to decide what tbe f nture action shall be. Neither Mr. Dow ner nor Mr. Wilkinson were at ther hotels last night. It was tbe impression that tbey bad gone to meet tbe members of tbe Supreme Council, who are said to be on their way to Pittsburg, and may arrive in the city this morn ing. A dispatch from McKeesport received last night states that the employes of the Balti more and Ohio Railroad Company at that point have been granted an advance, and are correspondingly happy. Thsy will be paid hereafter 21 cents an hour tor day switchmen and 22 cents per honr for night switchmen, or about S2 50 per day. Notices have been posted in the yards of the Allegheny Valley road to tbe effect that the terms offered the men last Saturday will go into effect May L The men say they will not accept tbe advance. THE COKE STRIKE IS OX. It Was Declnred by n. Mini Meeting of Miner Held Yesterday. The strike of (01 miners in the Smithton dis trict, near Connellsrille, was declared on at a mass meeting yesterday afternoon. A few machine men are working at Port Royal, but they will join the strikers in a couple of days. The miners say it is the company's purpose to discharge all of tbe leaders, even if a settle ment is effected, to which the men will not submit. Master Workman Kerfoot has connseled th& miners to remain firm, but to commit no rash i acts. j. ne companies wanted tne miners to re main at work under the wages of tbe old agree ment, but this was declined. Tbe trade in the Smithton district has been quite brisk and a suspension of several weeks will be attended with damaging results. No settlement has been effected at Wheeler fc Morrell's, and the 500 men are still on a strike. A mass meeting will he held at Mt. Pleasant to-day. Mnr Adopt Eicbl Hoars. The general committee representing the molders of this city met at Knights of Labor Hall last night and discussed reports heard from several shops where the men claim they are compelled to work late heats, and tbey ask that tbe eight-bour system be considered. No definite action was taken. Fifty Ovens to be Banked. Tbe Plummer mines, owned by H. C. Frick & Co., will be entirely suspended and 50 ovens of the Davidson plant are to be banked. Tbe re striction is caused by tbe fear that overproduc tion will glut the market and rednce the price of coke. Other suspensions are to be made. A r-licbt Drcrcaae. There are at present 1,313 pots in operation In the class industry and 19Cidle. There is a slight decrease in tbe number operating owing totbefirn being but at tbe Streator factory, and the shortage of gas at Bowling Green. Stonemasons Strike. A number of stonemasons, employed by Bennett & Stitely, went out on a strike yester day. Tbey refused to work with a lot of non- union carpenters. Mnrtln in Philadelphia. Secretary Martin, of the A. A. of I. & S. W., , is in Philadelphia attending a meeting of the Internal Revenue Commission, of which he is a member. Keystone Grttbis In Sbnpe. The puddling department of the Keystone mills resumed operations yesterday. The 'heaters and rollers will start up next week. The Painters Are Hostlers. v Twenty-six unions of the painters and deco- Ize Before the Conference. Tbe programme for the next convention of the Amalgamated Association ism the hands of the printer. It will contain all suggestions for changes in tbe scales that have been re ceived from the various lodges. Secretary Martin says they have received no intimation of a probable organization of the Association of Manufacturers of Iron and Steel Kails, but he hopes to before the time for the conference. He adds: "While we have no doubt as to the ultimate outcome on the scale question, if presented to individnal firms for signature, the Amal gamated Association prefers to deal with the manufacturers as an organized body, so tbat when a settlement is reached it is accepted by all, without the signature of individual firms. It is better for all concerned, and among tbe members of the Amalgamated Association the reorganization of the A. M. of I. and S. N. would be hailed with joy." A MATTER OP EXCHANGE. The Policy of tbe M. 01. P. U. Called Down In Positive Terms. Secretary JMiss Laura A, Powell, of D. A. 3, K. of L, in her communication to the Trades Journal this week, says. In regard to the M. M. P. TJ. difficulty: "Where would the M. M. P. U. hare been bad onr district opposed them in 18S7 when they initiated members into their order who belonged to D. A. 3? What became of our amateur assembly which numbered almost 100 members? They certainly are not with us and it they are organized at all they must be with that august body, the M. M. P.U. "It is only a nutter of exchange: at one time we had the amateurs, and they bad tbe pro fessionals, now we have tbe professionals and they tbe amateurs. I see no reason why men shonld De compelled to belong to any organiza tion which is obnoxions to them, and from which thev receivo no support, simply to oblige a few individuals, whose policy has always been to rule or ruin." GERHAN PRINTERS TO STRIKE. The Refusal to Adopt iho Elghl-Honr Sys tem Will Cnnse Trouble. The German Typographical Union No. 9 has refnsed tbo offer of the German newspaper publishers to grant the eight-hour system on a basis of the present scale, and also declined the proposition to submit existing differences to a tettlement by arbitrators. They insist uncon ditionally on tbe new scale presented by them, which the proprietors say is unjust and exorbi tant. Under the circumstances a strike seems im minent. In fact, a proprietor of one of the German papers so admitted last night. SWARTZ SETTLED IT. Elght Non-Union Carpenters Join tho K. of L. to Avoid a Dlfilcnlty. Agent Swarrz, of the Carpenters' Union, has effectcdasettleinent of the Wilmerding trouble, where tbe carpenters refused to work with eight non-union men. Mr. Swartz went to Wilmerding and secured the names and fees from the eight men, who have agreed to join the union, and work will be resumed to-oay. DYING PAR FROM HOME. A Consumptive Chionman Coofihlnff Away His Life nt Mercy Hospital Had Story of a Confucian's Last Hours In America Not Lone to Live. Yee Foo, a Chinese laundryman, is dying in Mercy Hospital. A few mouths since Yee was operating a laundry atGreensburg, when he was overtaken by consumption. He went to local physicians, but the disease had taken such a firm hold upon him that their efforts were unavailing. Yee then de cided to try a Chinese doctor, whose phar macopeia includes snob, dainty drugs as beetles' wings, bats' eves and crickets' legs. He sold bis laundry, and with the proceeds went to New York, where he underwent a course of treatment at the hands ot a Celestial physician, but the only result was that he be came worse, and it was evident even to him that his days were numbered. Poor Yee Foo returned to Pennsylvania, bnt his funds and strength both gave out when he reached Pittsburg. He went to a Chinese laundry on Second avenue, it being a part of their unwritten code of hospitality never to re fuse food and lodging to one of their country men. Yee stayed there two weeks, coughing his life away in the dingy laundry, when the matter was brought to tbe notice of Rev. E. it. Doneboo, who is much liked by tbe Chinese of this city, having rendered many of them valua ble services. Mr. Doneboo saw that the poor fellow was dying, and at once set about the task of obtain ing a place where Yee Foo could die in com parative comfort. This was not an easy job, as few institutions and still fewer individuals cared to shelter a consumptive Chinaman. Finally, Mr. Doneboo bethought himself of the Mercy Hospital, which at once made good its claim to being a Catholic Institution by ad mitting poor Yee" Foo, who is registered as being a Confucian In religion. He cannot live many days. THE SAME OLD GAME. Patrick McSIahon, a Bradford Oil Driller. Falls a Victim to a Confidence Man With a Check and a BUI to Pay. Patrick McMahon, a Bradford oil driller, yesterday fell a victim to a confidence man who played on him the old game of the freight bill and the check. The confidence man, who was well-dressed and about 50 years old, struck up an acquaintance with McMahon on the Monougahela wharf. He said he was a traveling man and was fcoing to Cincinnati. As he had a ticket for two persons, he invited McMahon to go along and bave a good time. This was very agreeable to McMahon, and tbe two sauntered up Wood street. When they reached Lafayette Hall the stran ger remembered tbat be bad to settle for some freight on tbe third floor. The bill amounted to $25, and he had but SI 50 in cash and a check for 1100. Would Mr. McMahon lend him $23 50 and then they would go to the bank and get the check cashed. Certainly Mr. Mabon would, and be did. The stranger entered the Wood street en trance of Lafayette Hall and promptly left by the Fourth avenue exit. Mr. Mahon waited on Wood street for an hour and then realized that he had been swindled. Ho reported the matter to Officer O'Hara, but the confidence man was gone. Tbe janitor of Lafayette Hall has often seen a man answering the description of the stranger around there, and be would always enter by one door and leave by another, and as several similar cases haTe been reported to the police within the past year, it is supposed that tie has been making a pretty good thibg out of the old game. BESOIiYED TO MAKE AMENDS. A Pop Denier Receives n Small Contribu tion to the Conaclence Fond. Mr. Thomas Murray, a dealer in mineral water and pop, at 28 and 30 Fourth avenue, last evening received the following note from some conscience-stricken person evidently a little) boy. from tbe handwriting and orthography. It is needless to say that Mr. Murray forgives tbe poor fellow: To Thomas Murray, 23 and 30, Fonrthave Dear sir Inclosed you -will find (35 cents) some time sroI took seven bott!e6ot pop from one of vourwacons. -wilst the driver was making a de livery, looking In to the errors or my past 1 have resolved to make amends, Singed COSSCUENS. Forgive me. MR. CARNEGIE COMING MONDAr, And on Tneadny He Will Confer With the Library Commlitee. Mr. James B. Scott stated yesterday that Mr. Andrew Carnegie would arrive in Pittsburg next Monday evening, and would on Tuesday conter with the Pittsburg Councils Library Committee. Much interest attaches to tne visit of Mr. Carnegie, as the fate of tbe Pitts burg Library depends upon tbe favorable re sults to be achieved by the conference. As Mr. Carnegie sails for Europe on May 21 hopes are felt tbat the difficulties may be smoothed away and the work actually be be gun. ANOTHER COMPANI CHARTERED. McKeesport Partlca to Organize With a Capital ol 9500,000. A charter was granted yesterday to the Michaels Electric Mining Company, of this city. The company will manufacture iron and steel, and the capital stock of tbe concern bas been placed at 300.000. Tbe stockholders are O. fcs. Weddell. John M. Davis, S. C. Smith, E. P. Douglass, all of Mc Keesport, with shares ransing from 795 to 400. andM. A Michaels, of Allegheny Citv, with 5 shares. Tbe directors aie M.-A. Michaels, O. & Weddell, J. C. Smith and John L Davis. Kemarkable Testimony Given by the Analytical Chemists in THE STEWART POISONING CASE. Contradictory Stories About Who Made the Fatal Soap. WILLIE WILL MATCH PENNIES IN JAIL The McKeesport poisoning case is none the less a mystery at the conclnsion of the inquest than it was before the testimony was taken. Coroner McDowell, however, de cided to hold the boy, William Stewart, for court on a charge of murdering his 4-year-old brother James, while the sister, Agnes, was discharged. The evidence taken to-day was.rather startling. Captain A. E. Hunt and George H. Clapp, the analytical chemists, gave the results ot analysis of the soup and the stomach of the dead boy and its contents. A long vial was produced, holding less than a quart of the soup. The arsenic, which was plainly visible, had settled as a sediment in the bottom of the glass, and the chemists declared tbat it contained nearly two ounces of the deadly poison, enough to kill over 100 persons. The stomach of the child contained sufficient arsenic to poison a dozen persons. The chemists de clared that it would be almost impossible for such a quantity of poison to get into the soup in an accidental manner. Captain Hunt, in speaking of rough on rats, said that its promiscuous sale should be prohibited under heavy penalties, as it contained from 94 to 98 per cent of arsenic. THE SOUP MEAT FRESH. William F. "Weise, who sold the meat of which the soup was made, testified that the animal was killed in his slaughter house, anil tbat the meat was perfectly fresh and hoalthy. John B. Edie, the druggist, who testified on Monday that he sold rough on rats. to Will iam, said that on Tuesday Mrs. Stewart called upon him in regard to his evidence, ana told him, in a very emphatic manner, that to re momber tbat it was a matter between him and his God, and also to remember that be was talking about her son. Mr. Edie told her he was positive that he sold the touch on rats to William. Mrs. Mary Campbell and Mrs. Hannah Slater are neighbors of tho Stewarts. Tbe former mourns the loss of six and the latter of seven chickens that are supposed to bavo been pois oned by some ot the soup thrown into a vacant lor. Mrs. Campbell testified that Mrs. Stewart said her daughter Acnes made the soup, while to Mrs. Slater Mrs. Stewart said she made tbe soup herself. IIAgnes Stewart, the child who was under ar rest for complicity in tno poisoning, said she aid not know how old she was. She purchased tbo meat and took it home. Her mother put tbe pot on tho store and tho witness put in the meat and onions. Her mother complained about the smell of the soup while it was cook ing, and her brother William refnsed to eat it because it looked as if made from rain water. The water bad been brought from a spring. Her little brother James, who died, could not eat the soup because it was too hot, but ate considerable of the meat. Her mother ato a little of the soup and was very sick. The wit ness had heard no quarrel between her mother and Willie, nor had she whipped him. She had not heard her mother tell Willie to buy rough on rats, and did not know what it was. THE MOTHER'S TESTIMONY. Mrs. Jeannette Stewart, the mother of the children, had seen no rough on rats around the bouse either before or since the poisoning. Willie refnsed to eat the soup because it looked black. He had not been near the sonp while it was being cooked, and she had not told him to purchase any rough on rats. She had not quar reled with Willie, who was a good boy, and brought borne his wages, SO cents a day. She had occasionally given him money to go to a baseball game. Dr. W. B. Taylor, the attending physician, was the last witness. He said that he was called to tbe Stewart bouse on Friday night. He found Mrs. Stewart complaining of severe pains, such as would attend arsenical poison ing, but be found none of the usual symptoms. She was free from tbe cold perspiration which is generally present, and her pulso was normal. This was his experience of arsenical poisoning, but be was nell read on the subject. The Coroner decided to release Agnes,r.galnst whom there seemed- to be little ovldence, but William was remanded to jail, and the inquest was adjourned until Saturday. When Willie was told he must return to jail he commenced to cry. His mother kissed him good-byo in a cold, perfunctory manner, and declared that she would believe her boy Innocent nntil his guilt was proven. The family showed but lit tle emotion, and Willie soon dried his tears. AN EYE TO BUSINESS. Willie was taken to the county jail by Coro ner's Clerk Miller. Some one had given the boy a quarter, and on tbe way down from Mc Keesport be asked Mr. Miller to get it changed Into pennies. He was asked what be wanted pennies for, and replied: "Ob, I'll play 'heads and talis' with the fellows in the jail, and I'll beat 'em, too." He was given the pennies, and went to jail contentedly. McKeesport is considerably excited over tbe case, and tho general feeling is that the mys tery has not yet been solved. SENATOR ALLISON COMING. Sore to bo Here To-Morrow tf Excnsed From Making a Speech. The following gentlemen of the Americns Club left last evening for Washington, D. C, to act as a committee to escort to Pittsburg the Washington guests of the club's banquet to the memory of General Grant: Messrs. A. J. Logan, W. H. Keecb, J. D. Ltttell and John A Reed. They will arrive at Washington this morning and will scatter among the guests and place them in possession of all needful information. Tbe afternoon will be devoted to stocking the B. (t O. special train with edibles and other necessaries. Tho train will consist ot Vice President King's private car and two sleepers. The former will be the headquarters on tbe trip. The train will pull out of Washington at about 10 o'clock to-night, with the guests on board, and will arrive in Pittsburg to-morrow morning. The list of guests must be amended to include Senator Allison, who has promised to come if excused from speaking. The dav of Saturday will be devoted to Sightseeing and entertainment and a lunch at ihe Duquesne Club, given by Mr. John V. Chalfant and others to tbe guests, will be a feature of the programme. Indications are for a notable oc casion, both gastronomically and oratorically. QUARRELED OVER A CORPSE. Two Women Clnlm to be iho Decensed'a Widow and Come to Words. Yesterday morning Mrs. James Morgan brought the remains of her husband to tho un dertaking establishment-of W. H. Devore for Interment. Tho deceased formerly kept a bbootinecallery at 111 Carson street, and died at tbo West Penn Hospital. The funeral was to take place in tbe afternoon at 3 o'clock. At that hour Mrs. Morgan visited the undertak ing establishment. In the meantime another woman had arrived and claimed to be the law ful widow of Mr. Morgan. The two women demanded proof of each other as to their separate claims to tbe position of chief mourner, and at last Undertaker De vore was called on to pacify them. Mrs. Mor gan No. 1 took the first carnage and Mrs. Mor gan No. 2 followed close after. Both claim to bave been married to the deceased, one in At lanta and tbe other in Pittsburg. BOTANISTS' MONTHLY MEETING. Prof. Carey, of Allegheny College. Reads nn Interesting Paper. The regular monthly meeting of the Botani cal Society of Wetern:PemiBylvania was held last evening in the parlors of the Pittsburg Library. Prof. Goorge L Carey, of Allegheny College, Meadville, read a paper on "Notes on Native Food Plants of the Northern United States East of tbo Mississippi River." Prof. Carev 's the authority on botany in tho northwestern part of Pennsylvania. His paper was an interesting study of this subject, which was treated in a masterly and learned manner. There was a large attendance at the meeting to hear the paper. Named by His Friends. Tbe friends of J. W. Klnnear, of tho Seven teenth ward, have put him np for the Repub lican nomination for the Legislature from the Fifth district. Mr. Kiunear is popular, but he bas hitherto pursued politics as recreation. Wnntrd to Drowu Herself. Mrs. Herman, living in Laurel avenue, Ninth ward, Allegheny, became suddenly demented last night and wanted to drown herself. She was removed to the Allegheny General Hospital. Charles Klgbllnsnlo Dies Under Peculiar Circumstances, Which Are Folly Ex plained Upon Investigation Coronornnd Police Look Into the Matter. For some hours last evening the police worked on a case which promised to develop into a murder. Charles Nightingale, aged 22 years, died at the Mercy Hospital yester day, having been taken to that institution from No. CO Franklin street, by his brother, last Sunday, in nn unconscious condition. The brother stated to the hospital physicians that Charles had received a wound on the head which he thought might have had some thing to do with his condition. The patient did not recover consciousness before be tiled, and when the case was reported to the Coroner ho thought that there might be a murder de veloped and referred the matter to Inspector McAleese for Investigation. The Inspector looked tbe case up last night and found that Charles Nightingale and his brother, Thornton Nightingale, have been em ployed for a year past as waiters at the St. Charles Hotel. Charles was taken sick two weeks ag with bilious fever,' and was attended by Dr. Turfley until Sunday, when spinal and Drain lever developed, anu was tnen sent to Mercy Hospital. Thornton Nightingale said last night to a re- Eortcr that his brother had been badly injured y a whlto man, at Huntingdon, O., in a fight, two years ago. and that he had never tully re covered from the effects of a blow on the head received at that time. Inspector McAleese visited Nightingale at his boarding house later, but to tbe Inspector he told a very different story, saying the only in fury his brother ever received was when bo was a child, about 4 years old, but that tbe injury bad not been fol lowed by any serious results. Dr. Turfley said tbe only trouble with the de ceased had been bilious fever. Dr. Shields held a post mortem examination on the remains and will report at the inquest at 11 o'clock this morning. The body will be removed to tbe former home of the Nightingales at Charlotte ville, Va.. this morning. DISASTERS OP A DAY. An Ironworker Killed by a Train Collision Between Cable and Electric Cars A Motor Men .Shocked Othor Minor Casu alties. Patrick Nightingale, aged 44 years, was struck by a train on the Panhandle Rail road, at Nimick station, at 4:15 yesterday afternoon, and instantly killed. His head was severed from his body. He is supposed to have lived on Fox avenue, Mansfield. A pin he wore indicated that he was a mem ber of Valley Lodge No. 2, Amalgamated Association. Tho body was taken to the morgne, and an inquest will be held to-day. Freight No. 20, on the Pan Handle, crashed into a delayed freight at the Washington street bridge yesterday morning, demolishing a few cars. ATleasant Valley electric carand a Citizens' cable car collided at Ninth street and Penn avenue at 1020 last evening. Tbo windows in each car were smashed, but no one was in jured. John Williams, driver for Baur Bros., was thrown from a waeon on Center avenue yester day and seriously injured about tho head and shoulder9. Elmer Horn, brakeman on the Baltimore and Ohio, lost two flDgers while making a coupling yesterday. John McCrackcn, of Twenty-first street, bad a leg broken yesterday at Sboenberger's mill. Motor Man Barker, on a Perrysvllle avenue electric car, received a shock yesterday which threw him out of the car and painfully injured him. Frank Cromley was somewhat brnlsed yester day by being struck by a Pittsburg Traction carat Wilkins and Fifth avenues. Peter Wilkinson, fireman at No. 16 engine house, was seized with sudden sickness last night and bad to be taken homo. SOME SECRECY EXPLAINED. Clerk Dllwortb Snjs the Outsiders Made Too Mach NoUe. "I do not think the result of the election will be changed," said Clerk of Allegheny Common Council, Robert Dilwortb, last night, in speak ing of the statement mado that the election of health officer was illegal. ''Tho matter of ex cluding the public from the meetings when tbe officers are elected Is not customary, although it was done in this case. It was not because there was any occasion for secrecy, but there was such a large crowd present tbat it was almost impossible to transact business. Tbe loud talking ot people outside tbe railing al most drowned the voices of the committeemen, and to get through in time tbe audience was requested to retire. I have no idea that any thing will como of it." James Hunter. President of Common Coun cil, said: "I favor a viva voce given in public, and there was no occasion for secrecy. I do not know why outsiders were excluded, as I wasnot present at the meeting on Monday night. It is customary to allow everybody to attend theso committee meetings if they wish to do so." SOLONS TO MEET NEXT MONTH, Tbe Supreme Lodge of the Order Will As armblo on May 23. The Supreme Lodge of the Order of Solons will meet in Pittsburg on May 23, at No. 39 Fifth avenue, and will be In session several days. The order was founded in Pittsburg some four years ago, and now bas some 4,000 members. Within the past year women bave become eligible to membership, and there are now 900 of them on tbe rolls. At the coming session there will be, in addi tion to tbe supremo officers, ten delegates, of which Pittsburg with its 25 lodges elects four. The election in the Pittsburg district was held yesterday, tho choice of the lodges being C. B. Woods of Monongahela City; L H. Taylor, of Irwins; O. H. Schroeder, of McKees port, and Mrs. R. H. Godfrey, of Pittsburg. Mrs. Godfrey is tho first woman ever elected a representative to the Supreme Lodge. CLAMORING FOR THEIR MONET. Lawrence Bank Depositors to Give Up tbe Outstanding Books. The depositors' committee of tbe defunct Lawrence Bank made a visit yesterday after noon to the Fidelity Title and Trust Company, to learn when a dividend would be ready. They were informed that there were about 400 do posit books still out, and tbat the best policy would be to get the greater number of theso in before declaring a dividend. To this end the members ot tbe committee will bo presented with a list of the outstanding books in a fow days, and have consented to endeavor to collect them from the depositors. The committee wero told tbat there is already sufficient money to make a payment of from 10 to 15 per cent, and that the money which is in receives 3 per cent interest; yet the best course would be to await tbe return of tbe books. DANGEKODS TO BE FUNNL ACrnzyMnn nnd Mischievous Children An noy Mr. Wnshlngton. A considerable number of people on Mt. Washington are angry because a partially de mented man named William Golding is al lowed to run at large. Tho man shot and killed a boy some 20 odd years ago. The jury acquit ted him of tbe charge of murder on the ground of mental irresponsibility. Most of the time since he has been roaming the streets, existing, one would suppose by his appearance, precari ously. He is a strange-looking and acting man, and children are irresistibly inclined to annoy him. Tho gallinc makes him frantic, and parents fear tbat some of their cherubs will fall victims to his fits of anger. WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING. Some Who Travel, Some Who Do Not, nnd Others Who Tnllt. Messrs. Austin Ready, S. J. Edwards, William Merrill, George Keller and J. H. Ferris, a Council committee from Connells ville, Ind., were at tho Anderson yesterday, accompanied by Mr. E. E. Keller and Mr. E. J. Dimerdale, of Chicago. They are looking up electric light matters. M. J. O'Neill, contracting press agent for the Forepaugh show, which is billed for Pittsburg May 19 and 20, Is visiting friends on Ohio street, Allegheny. Mr. John McKeown, the oil producer, of Washington, and Mr. W. L. Curtis, of the Oak dale Gas Company, ot Braddock, are at tho Seventh Avenue. Mr. and Mrs. James "W. Drape re turned yesterday from an extended trip to the Blue Mountains and springs of Virginia. Mr. W. C. Connelly, the local Asso ciated Press agent, with his wife, returned yesterday from a visit to Chicago, Mr. John Van Derelde, ot Cleveland, a member of the Standard Oil Company, Is at the Duquesne. Judge Edward Campbell, of TJniontown, registered at the Schlosser last night. Mr. J. H. Hosmer, a prominent lawyer of Franklin, is at the Duqnesne. THOUSANDS OF CAES Being Ordered by the Trunk Lines to Meet the Needs of Shippers. HOW INDIANA WAS ONCE CARRIED. A Wheeling Preacher's Ideas of Pltlslurj Presbyterianism. SOME OTHER TALKS WITH TRAVELERS President Charles S. Millard, of the In dianapolis Car Manufacturing Company, was in the city yesterday, on a flying trip for steel and iron supplies. Found at the Duquesne, last evening, by a, reporter, he expressed himself as very much pleased with the outlook in railroad interests. "The managers of tbe trunk lines," he said, "certainly think well of the outlook, or they would be hedging instead of invest ing so heavily in rolling stock. Take tbe Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg, for instance. I know of one order of theirs for 10,000 freight cars at a clip. Last week the Union Pacific ordered 5,000, the Missouri Pjcific 3,000, the Baltimore and Ohio 4,000, the Hocking Valley and the Ingalls syndicate 2,000 each, and the New York Central 3,000. This seems to show tbo general advance in railroad interests over two ortbree years ago, when an order for 1,000 cars was considered a tremend ously large one. Tbe quality of steel and iron used in car building bas been improved, in creasing tbe capacity of freight cars by 500 per cent. While many of the old ten-ton cars are still in use, the majority of tbe specifications call for 30-ton cars. The Pittsburg and West ern, for instance, are buying nothing but 60,000 pound cars tbe heaviest made." Mr. Millard bas been a prominent figure in Indiana politics for 20 years. Questioned re garding tho recent Democratic victims In the Hoosier State, he said: "It was a case of gen eral apathy with tbe Republicans. There was no real issue, like the tariff, at stake. Indiana is close, I'll admit, but wben the real busi ness interests are aroused there is no difficulty in carrying it for tbe Republicans. Take the Harrison campaign. Money? I'll tell yon there wasn't half tbe money spent tbat wo got credited with. We went in to carry the State on a pnrely mathematical basis. Tbat was all there was to ir. We had 3,500 votes against us; there were about tbat number of polling places in the State; wo figured to gain a vote at each polling place, and wo did it and had over 1,000 votes to spare. "Buy votes? No, indeed. A good many of tbe working people there will say to their em- filoyer on election day: 'Well, 1 don't want to oso my day's wages, but I would like to vote.' Of course, in cases like tbat, tbe employer had to see that tbe workman didn't lose his day's wages. But buying votes? Ob, no, indeed. There is between seeing the boys don't lose a day and outright bribery, a gulf well, wo will say as wide as tbe gulf that di vided Lazarus, in Abraham's bosom, and Dives in tbe torture of the pit." DR. COOKE ON REVISION. A Wheeling DIvln6 Pays His Respects to Pittsburg Presbyterlanlsm. Hon. William T. Hcarne, President of the West Virginia Pottery Company, of Wheeling, and Dr. William H. Cooke, pastor of the Sec ond Presbyterian Church of that city, passed through Pittsburg last evening on their way ro Baltimore, where Mr. Hearne is to place bis son in Johns Hopkins University. In an inter view Dr. Cooke said: "The latest report re -girding the vote on the revision of tbe con fession of faith will be given in the Phila delphia Presbyterian, which will reach you to-night. It will state that 102 Presbyteries have voted for revision and 54 against, having 50 yet to be heard from.l I don't think that the Pittsburg Banner will give these figures, because it is earnestly opposed to revision. I understand why tbe Banner takes the position that it does and why the Western Pennsylvania Theological Seminary is so firmly opposed to revision. Botb represent the Pres byterlanlsm of Western Pennsylvania, and that is a Presbyterianism ot the intense con servatism of the Scotch-Irish kind. Both take the position tbattbevdo because of tbe locality in which tbey are. But tbe spirit of the time will bring about tbe changes that are necessary, and the extreme things said and done are only incidents in the great change that is surely coming about. The time is passing away when clergymen will say, The Presbyterlanlsm that I was born under and ordained under is good enough for me.' They will see, in time, that a few changes in the confession of faith will leave Fresbyte rianism tbe same grand old Presbyterianism it was before tbe faults in its so-called creed were eliminated." PRESIDENT SACHS' YIEWS. The Noted International Sportsman Ex presses Himself Very Freely. G, M. L. Sachs was at tbe Anderson yester day, on his way East. He has been in Cali fornia for several months for his health, which is considerably improved, and be expects to sail for Europe in a few days. Mr. Sachs is, perhaps, the best known amateur sportsman in America, President of tho .National Cross Country Athletic Association, and a member of the New York Athletic club, he has been closely identified with all national and interna tional sports. He has taken a number of American athletes, including Lon Myers, to England. Speaking of the situation in baseball matters, Mr. Sachs said: "I am sorry to see the thing overdone in this way. As it stands now, one association or tbe other must surely go to the wall, and the whole thing cannot but help but result disastrously to tho national game. It is a pity to see one of our best sports juggled with in this way." KENTUCKY QUITTING RACING. Mr. Jnmes E. Pepper, of Lexington, Says Breeding Is Displacing Speeding. Mr. James E. Popper and Mr. D. D. Bell, prominent residents of Lexington, Ky., passed through on the limited last evening bound for their home in the Blue Grass country. "Rac ing?" said Mr. Pepper, arching his brows and shrugging his shoulders. "I thought everybody knew I was out of the racing business. I tell you, down in Kentucky we have all quit racing and gone to breeding. I bave been in the East buying brood marcs. If I wasn't too modest I would tell vou that Elias Lawrence is the best horse in Kentucky, and tbat 1 own Elias Law rence, but tbat would be puffing myself. "No, to tell you the truth, while the racing season will be up to the average this year.uiany of the heaviest owners in horseflesh have quit the track and goco entirely to breeding." WEST VIRGINIA TOURISTS. They Express Themselves Regarding Lnbor and Politics nt Home. Judge Campbell of the First Judicial district of West Virginia, was in tbe city last night on his way to Washington. He stated that ex Governor Wilson, of tbe Charleston district, bas announced bimself as a candidate for the next Congress, and is making things more than lively In a political way. Tho soubriquet of "Windy Wilson" still sticks to the astute poli tician. Judge Campbell was accompanied by Benja min Fisher, of Star Stove Company of Wheel ing, and William V. Simpson, of Simpson & Hogue. The travelers stated tbat the mechan ics' strike in Wheeling is still on, with no pres ent hopes of settlement, but in the glass and iron industries every wheel was running, with no prospect of labor complications. A GRADUATE OP Tilt! DISPATCH. Dr. Everett, n Prominent Lutheran Preach er, Hecnlls Ills Nrwspnper Life. Dr. T. T. Everett, pastor of the Messiah Lutheran Church, of Harrisburg, passed through Pittsburg last night on his way to Louisville, where he will speak Sunday, at the dedication of the new Warren Memorial Chnrcb. On his retnrn he will spend several days in Pittsburg, visiting his brother-in-law, W. rf, Collingwood, of Bissell Sc Co. "I have a very kindly feeling for Pittsburg," said Dr. Everett. "Much of my early life was passed there. I was city editor of THE Dis patch in 1SG4. Afterward I worked on tbe Commercial, with Mr. Br'igbam, ana some time after was appointed Secretary to Governor Pattison. I married later and went into the ministry, bnt I shall always remember my no s papcrlife in Pittsburg with a great, deal of pleasure." TO TISIT JUDGE PROPER, Mr. E. B. Serross, of New York, on His Way to Tioncstn. One of the pioneers in the oil business in Western Pennsylvania stepped from tho lim ited train at the Union depotlast night. It has been some time since he visited the oil regions, in which he is atill'beavily interested. It was Mr. E. B. Serross, of New York, now living in one of the most beautiful parts of Harlem. No." be said. In reply to a reporter's ques tion, "I haven't anything to say further than that I am going to visit my friend. Judge Proper, at Tionesta. Pa. Yes, I still have oil interests in that part of the State and the ob ject of my trip is to look after them, but my principal object is to rest and visit." MACADAM FOR MAHONING. Cheerful Prospects for Yonngstown nnd Its Surrounding Towns. Mr. George V. Wick, of Yonngstown, is at the Duqnesne. Mr. Wick and his family own about half ot what is worth owning in tbo thriving county seat of Mahoning county. Mr. Wick speaks with confidence of the prospects of Yonngstown. A new railroad is to ba cut through from Youngstown to Salem. Mahoning county Is agitated over the ques tion of macadam roads. It will be put to a vote, and as Youngstown itself has population enonzh to carry the vote, tbere is little question but Mahoning county farmers will have to go down In their pockets and pay for the improve ment. IN THE NICK OF TIME. The Goneral Rain Worth Many Million Dollars to the Country. The most encouraging feature of yesterday's Dnsiness was not mentioned by financial writers, or, if It was, it was a hindrance to trade. It was the general rain. People in the city only appreciated it as a dnst-laycr, and some of them shuddered over the fall In tem perature more than they appreciated the dust laying, bnt tbat rain will bave more effect on future trade than all tbe work Eerformed in the speculative markets in the nion. Rain was more needed than at any other time in the past five years. Tbe ground bad been so soaked by 18 months' moisture, tbat it was liko paste to an unknown depth and ten days' wind and sun had baked it until It was as hard as unleavened bread. In clay lands the plow could not be used and the smiling vegetation of mid-winter was fast assuming the sickly hue of doe-days. During the winter tbere wasn't sufficient freezing to leaven the soil and another week ot drouth wonld have made famine prices hold for garden vegetables during tbe greater part ot tbe summer, if not all of it The roads were generally dfy, but covered with 500-pound clods tbat made wheeling on them dangerous. The rain will soften them so that they will soon be pulverized. Passengers on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railwav report that the Tain pattered on tho car roof all the way from Fort Wayne to Pitts burg. TOWNSHIP ANNEXATION POSTPONED. The Nnmes of Three-Fifths of the Residents Wanted to tbe Petition. The special committee ot Allegheny Councils appointed to consider the advisability of an nexing Reserve township to the city met last night. City Solicitor George Elphlnstone was present and explained tho legal points involved in the marriage ot a township to the city. Ho said it wonld be necessary to secure the names ofthree-flthsof tbe taxpayers of the township to tbe petition before it could bo acted upon. It was decided to postpone action nntil the necessary sienatures conld bo secured. An other meeting will be held next Thursday af ternoon at 2 o'clock, wben some definite action will be taken. Quite a number of residents of the town ship were also present to object to the annexa tion. Among tbe city objectors Is President Lindsay of Select Council. It is said his wife owns 65 acres of land in the township, and be does not think annexation would benefit tbe ground to any great extent. Bay Yonr Pianos anil Organs at H. Kleber fc Bro.'s. 506 Wood Street. Why? Because Kleber & Bro. are the oldest and most reliable dealers; because Kleber & Bro. are the only ones in all Pitts burg who are and have been for years prac tical piano teachers and piano makers; be cause Kleber & Bro. are the exclusive agents for all the best pianos and organs made in this country; because Kleber & Bro. are ad mitted to be the most honest and trustworthy music dealers in Pittsburg and Western Pennsylvania; because Kleber & Bro. sell lower, take smaller profits, and give easier time payments and longer warrantee than any other house, etc. At Klebers' you can buy the wonderful Steinway, the great Con over, the popular Opera, and the sweet Emerson pianos; also the lovely Burdett organs and the unrivaled vocalion church organs. If you want the lowest and best prices, call nt Kleber & Bro.'s. Keen Dry. Misses' gum coats, SI. 51 B0, $1 65. Boys' gum coats, 51, SI SO, S2, 2 50. Ladies' gum coats. 51 25, 52, $2 75, ?4, $G and up to 516. Gents' gum coats, 52 to 515. Campbell & Dick. A Special Bargain. To-day we shall sell 350 men's suits in sacks and cutaways, manufactured express ly for fine trade from expensive cheviots and cassimeres, at 512 each. These garments are always sold at 518 and 520. P. C C. C, Cor. Grant and Diamond sts., opp. the tjouri nouse. City lots at country prices. See Clifton, Sunday Dispatch, page 10. GDM COATSt GUM COATS It GUM COTS!l! At Ibe Peoplo's Store. Gentlemen, do you want a gum cot? We have them, from a $2 gossamer to finest Mc Intoshes at 515. Campbell & Dick. High, dry and healthy. See Clifton, Sunday Dispatch, page 10. A Speclnl fiaraaln. To-day we shall sell 350 men's suits in sacks and cutaways, manufactured express ly lor fine trade from expensive cheviots and cassimeres, at512 each. These garments are alwavs sold at $18 and 520. P. C. C. C, Cor. ' Grant and Diamond sts., opp. the Court House. BABY CLOCKS, good timekeepers, 88c each, atHauch's, No. 295Fiftli ave. wfsu High, dry and healthy. See Clifton, Sunday Dispatch, page 10. New lines of neckwear opened every day. We alwavs have the latest. Chas. Pleifer's, 443 Smitlifield and 100 Federal sts., Alle gheny. MWP Kew Shades In Suede nnd Glnce Kid Glove., In buttons, hooks and mosquetaires. Gloves fitted to the hand. All grades from the cheapest to finest. A. G. Campbell & Sons, 27 Fifth ave. A home on 51 capital. See Clifton, Sunday Dispatch, page 10. For the newest dress trimmings go to Eeining & "Wilds, 710 Penn ave., Penn buiidine. A home on SI capital. See Clifton, Sunday Dispatch, page 10. New silk waists in black, navy, garnet, 54 95 up, at Koscnbauui & Co.'s. WATCH, clock and jewelry repairing, lowest prices, at Hauch's, No. 295 Fifth ave. WFSu See our new undressed Mocha glove for spring wear. Chas. Pleifer, 443 Smitlifield and 100 Federal sts., Allegheny. MOT GET A GOSSAMER. At the People's Store. ' Ladies', misses', gents' and boys' gossa mers, waterproofs, Mrlntoshes; all kinds. Campbell & Dick. Cash paid for old gold and silver at Hauch's, No. 295 Filth ave. WFSu Cheap, safe and profitable. See Clifton, Sunday Dispatch, page 10. Cash paid for old gold and silver at Hauch's, No. 293 Fifth ave. wfsu Otjk line of 25c half-hose is unsurpassed; comprises fast black, tan and modes all I good values. Chas. Pfeifer, 443 Smithfield and 100 Federal sts., Allegheny. MTVF PKECAUTIONS TAltEN To Prevent an Epidemic of Small pox in Pittsburg This Year. THE BUREAU OP HEALTH AT WORK Furnishing Vaccine Vims and Physicians to Make Use of It. H0 PEAKS 0P SC0CEGE MTEETAINED The vaccination season has opened, and already in the crowded thoroughfares many pedestrians keep on- the edge of the side walk, regardless of the rule of the road which commands them to keep to the rieht. It is not safe to slap a man on the shoulder, especially tbe left. It is fraught with dan ger to the slanper, and may occasion inex pressible anguish to the slappee. The Bureau of Health has divided the city into 25 vaccination districts, each one in charge of a physician who is equipped with quills of vaccine matter furnished by the bureau. Yesterday several of these physicians started out men to make a house-to-house visitation of the districts and notify those families where any member had not not been vaccinated, or where the opera tion had been performed so long ago tbat its virtue had been lost, that they had better protect themselves against a pos'sible visita tion of that dread disease smallpox. Per sors in poor circumstances are vaccinated free of charge by the physician in charge ot their district, and he is paid by the city, but all citizens who can afford it are expected to pay the regular fee. COST OF THE -WORK. The bureau expects to expend about 58,000 this year for vaccination, of which the greater amount is used in purchasing tbo vac cine matter, which comes from Massachusetts, and is furnished by a company which bas gained a reputation for tho quality of its wares. There are about a dozen vaccine farms in the country, three ot them in this State, one being located at CbaniDersburg. This business, thongh a pecnliar one, requires a large amount of capital, and is very profitable, all the con cerns being rushed with orders, especially at this season ot tbe year, which is considered the best time for inoculation. The vaccine farms are under the management of physicians, wbo are expected to know wben tbe crop is ripe, and that it is selected only from perfectly bealtby animals 2-year-old belfers. This matter, as probably most persons know, is taken from cattle suffering Irom cowpox, which is to tbe bovine snecies what measles are to the bnman race a" necessary evil which must be endured. The quills, wben filled, sell for 60 cents eacb, one being considered tbe right amount for one person, although oc casionally it Is made to do double duty. Tbe practice of inocnlntingone person from another bas pretty generally fallen into disuse, as there Is too mnch danger of communicating blood diseases. NO EPIDEMIC EXPECTED. Mr. McKelry does not expect a smallpox epidemic this year, althongb. If tbe people who claim that it comes every seven years are to be believed, it is two years overdue. At tbe pres ent time tbere is not a case in the city, but tbe pestbouse has been repaired and refitted, and is ready for business at a moment's notice. Tbe bureau has issued 1,800 vaccine quills in tbe past three weeks, and is prepared to issue as many more as may be demanded. Chief Cleric McKelvy in speaking about tbe virtues of the virus, said: "I do not think it affords absolute protection against smallpox, bnt a person who has been recently vaccinated takes but a mild form of the disease, and, un less there i3 neglect or a complication of other diseases, rarely dies. Vaccination should be compulsory, but It is not probable that it ever will be in this country. All we can do is to draw tbe attention of the people to the bene fits to be derived from It, and afford tbem everv opportunity to have tbe operation performed." A CHASCE TO GAL TEADE. An International Exposition to be Given In Jamaica Next Year. A circular letter bas been received by Super intendent Follansbee. of tbe Chamber of Com merce, announcing a proposed international exposition on tbe Island of Jamaica in Janu ary, lMM. The exhibition will be under the management of tbe Government ot Jamaica, and an exhibit of American eoods is particu larly desirable by tbe committee in charge. The letter states that a very large space has been set aside, for tbe display of American manufac tures, and tbat no duties will he assessed on goods not sold on tbe island. There will be no charge for space, and this will be a most excel lent opportunity for those who desire to in crease tbe export trade of tbe United States. New ana very large buildings bave been erected by the Jamaica Governmentfor exhibition pur poses. In addition to tbe accommodations al ready possessed, a large hotel is now in course of construction near the grounds, and will be under American management. The circular is signed by William Lane Booker, Her Britannic Majesty's Consul Gen eral at New York, wbo is Chairman of tbe committee, and Tboma Amor, Secretary, Stewart building. No. 280 Broadway. New York. Tbe communication was referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Keeping Up tho Aareemenr. A meeting of the Pittsburg Railway Coal Association was held yesterday at which it was decided to keep the agreement in force which existed last year. The following officers were elected: T. Burr Itobhin9. President; George W. Schlenderbarr. Vico President; John li George, Treasurer; J. E. Umbstaetter, Secretary. Weak stomach, Beecham'sPills act like magic fEARS' Soap secures a beautiful complexion 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 tbe use of tho genuine Dr.C.McLane's celebrated Liver Pills. Price, 23c. Sold by all druggists, and pre- ared only ty Fleming Brothers, Pitts urg. Pa. Get tbe genuine; counterfeits aro made in St. Louis. JyS-rwj1 H. SWINDELL, WALL PAPER. waTl PAPER. All the latest designs and colorings at tbe lowest price. 146 FEDERALIST., NEAR CARKEGIE LIBRARY, ALLEGHENY, PA. ap3-77-MWF onyxclocks. onyxTables. onyx cabinets. onyx peejestals. onyxlamps. New designs in form and decoration at E. P. ROBERTS & SONS, FIFTH AVE. AND MARKET ST. apUMrwr ' WANTS THE BOOKS CHANGED. Tho Kon-Partlsan IV. C. T. U. Displeased Willi the Text Books Noir Used. The first monthly raoetingof the Hon-Par. tlsan W. C. T. (J., of Allegheny, was held yes terdav afternoon In the Fourth U. P. Church, Allegheny. Mrs. Joseph I). Weeks presided, owing to tbe absence of the President, Mrs. H. C. CampbelIwno conld not attend on account of the sickness of her brother. The business of the bcssIou was embraced in two addresses, ona by Mrs. M. V. Hngbes, County Sn perintendent of School "Work. and tbe other by Miss Mary Monroe, Countv Superintendent of Juvenile Work. The address of Mr. Hughes was confined to the insufficient stress laid on temperance sub jects in the text books of tbo public schools of Allegheny ana Pittsburg. She quoted tho act or 1S85, which says: rThat physiology and hygiene which shall, in each division of tha subject so pursued, include special reference to the effects of alcoholic drinks, stfmnlants and narcotics, upon the human system, shall be In cluded in the branches ot study now required by law to bo taught in the common schools, and shall be introduced and studied as a regular branch by all pupils in all departments of tho public schools of tbe Commonweatb." In reference to this, tbe speaker stated that several of the text books used had only a slight reference to tbe power ot alcohol, opium and. tobacco. She named Dr. W. T. smith's book, entitled "The Human Body and Its Health," as an illustration of the neglect of this law to a great extent. In conclnsion, the speaker rec ommended the adoption of the "Union Series' in the public schools, and stated tnat the aboli tion of drunkenness was possible only by edu cational Influence to that end: the employment of officers to sea that the act of ISSo was carried out, and tbe careful appointment of teachers. Miss Monroe's speech was almost similar to that of Mrs. Hushes', and treated of tha proper Influence which shonld bear on chil dren. Tne next meeting will be held May 20. TWO WATS OP YIEWING IT. A Test Cnso as to What Is Cruelly to an Old none. President E. M. Ferguson, of the M. & M. National Bank, will bave a bearing before Al derman McMasters, at i o'clock P. M on Mon day, on tbe charge of cruelty to a horse, preferred by Assistant Agent Berryman, of tha Hnmane Society. Mr. Fergnson denies tbat ha bas been cruel to the horse, and says be is taking the best possible care of it, as it bas been a faithfnl servant, and lie proposes it shall end its life in as much comfort as possible. Agent Berryman thinks instant death would be preferred by- the horse, were it able to make a choice in the matter. JDS. HDRNE I CD.'S PENN AVE. STORES. Pittsburg, Friday, April 25, ISSO. To-day and to-morrow wo put onr selves on trial. We make a grand special display of Millinery, every pieco new this morning, part of tbem Pans styles and part creations of onr own workrooms. Don't miss this chance to compare oar work with tbe celebrated foreign modistes. Come to-day and to morrow. A new and complete line of fine Col ored Velvets in all new and desirabla shades, in all grades, find their way to onr counters first to-day. Tbe finest display of V elrets in this city. In the center of the Dress Goods room you find a large table fnll of those great bargain Robes everyone French, beau tiful new colorings and combinations, bought from an importer at a great loss to him, and we sell them at actually half tbe cost of landing them, S15. Thera were S3 yesterday morning. Les3 to-day. Tbey will undoubtedly be gone by Sat urday evening, tha entire lot. We open to-day a lot of very choloe Boltings at 23c a yard, regular 50c goods. Also, a complete line of fine all-wool Tennis Saltings, f ally 23 styles, double Width, at 60c and 63c a yard. LADIES' SUITS -ASD- TEA GOWNS. Beautiful Printed Challis Suits, fine all-wool Frencb Challis, handsome styles, trimmed in silk, velvet, ribbons, etc., prices from S10 to SO. India Silk Suits, a large variety, in fine genuine India Silk, stylishly made, all prices. Cloth Salts in an endless variety of styles and materials, tbe largest and finest assortment we have ever made, at all prices, from $12 to finest imported suits. Beautiful Cballis Tea Gowns, band, somely made and trimmed, tS 50 to $3L White, a very large assortment, from 3 50 to SIS each. Beautiful Silk Wrappers and Jap anese Robes. A fnll Una of the new and very popu lar LENOX SUITS. The LONDON SHIRT for ladies la Percale, French Cambric, Oxford Matting, Wash Silk. French Flannels. We have to-day tbe best S10 Jacket ever offered in these cities. See it. jds. hdrne 1 cn; " 609-621 PENN AVENUE., PITTSBURG, PA. ""7 ' 4 S't. ' . ; $& '&$
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