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MAY 22.
1890.
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'UiliXEWPORT HOUSE.
Unique Features Introduced In This
Home by iho Architect.
A SOUD AND COZY DWELLING.
"Walls
Eubjeeted to a Sew Treatment
Wh.ch Discards Taper.
X0YELT1ES IX I.NTEBI0C DEC0EAT10X
The perfection of artistic" form in house
construction is to be seen in the Newport.
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If lines were drawn trom the apex of the
tower dome on cither side, so that they were
to touch the points of the L and awning, it
would be discoTered that a perfect pyramid
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would be made, an end ever desirable in a
painting, in sculpture and in every phase
of elevation where true art lines are required.
This feature is worthy of mention, for the
Newport is, in every detail, built for all
times andforthe connoisseur of architecture.
The tower is an important ornamental
feature, and from its center is balanced ex
actly by form and weight on either side. It
also augments the color scheme of the e
terior, showing the rough pointed stones of
gray granite, in contrast with the brown
shingles npd face brick chimney on the left.
- The projections on the house are very few,
not being needed for any purpose, the one
over the piazza is hardly noticeable, but is
essential to the form of the ensemble; with
out it, it would showiTeryabruptand sharp
series of lines.
lue hoe is not really an expensive one,
the total co6t being about 57,500 to 8,000
furnished; locality might shade the price,
but it would not make it cost any more. One
can tell at a glance that there is much solid
masonry in the materials used, while in com
pleteness of workmanship there is not one
point lacking.
We can enter from the I, which is or im
portance enough to front the lawn, or we
may find a large double door on the farther
side of the piazza. The porch entry is all
paneled in quartered oak, as are also the
other halU and passages, indeed the lower
floor standing finish is all drawn for quar
tered oak, oil finish. In the illustration one
obtains a comprehensive idea of the large
ness and airy leeling of tlw interior.
The fireplace facing is composed of
Georgia marble, so also is the shelf which is
supported oy oas. spirals. ADore this oc
curs a cornice over which is a panel of re
lief texture work in'brown and gold. The
traverse beams on the ceiling are also of
oak, the intersections being filled with a
low traciog of silver lacquered. The color
glass screens over the settee and oak desk
separate the passage from the hall to the
rear rooms, while the arches repeat the
pcheme of forms both interior and exterior
which are always decorative. A red cen
tered rug covers "the floor and lends a rich
color effect to the room. Another engraving
exemplifies a portion of the furniture
of this receptive room, the twisted
oak being repeated in the chair.
This feature is carried into other pieces
more or less and gives a solid as well as
agreeable look to the furnishings. There is
a small reception room on the right ot the
main entrance, treated on wall and ceiling
-with texture wore; a ladies' parlor occupies
the left or lower end, while the dining room
end kitchen are near the lelt or porch en
trance. All are conveniently located and
each room furnished in an elegant and ap
propriate style. The ladies' parlor is fin
ished in white and gold, the furniture being
in the Louis XVI. patterns. The staircase
has one landing and one turn, from which
we may study the beauties of the entire lower
or second floor. The chamber floor com
poses in square rooms, the lower room being
embellished with swinging casements. The
bathroom is located near the L at the end of
the hall gallery. These rooms are light ana
airy, furnished in cretons and plush,
draperies of turkoman and lace,
mural texture worfc and two open fire
places with mantels of light wood mir
row panels. The floors are Icit white and
waxed on the borders, or up to the large rug
edges. Cleanliness and simplicity, not gau
dinesa of material, coupled with quality and
style, distinguish the rooms on this floor.
The upper rooms are spacious, at least the
two which front and corner on the tower
side, while in the rear aro two big present
able domestie chambers, access being had to
them by means of an Independent stairway.
It may be as well just here to give some
Idea of how the walls are treated In the bouse,
especially the lower rooms. Heretotore pa
pers, usually very gaudy and rather liberal
In design have been used in the modern con
tract home, and even in those specially fin
ished under the architect's eyes. But archl-
imaim Law lf lata tnmntkA tfltalv atfatttftnn .M
relict work, that is, a surface ii applied to j,
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the mortar wlilcli In textured, ft id o pliable
ii it in a wet condition, that any design Im
aginable can be wn ked. Toll ii tho first
nod more ordinary wiiy of treatment nod Ii
getting rather common, but tlio principle Ii
the tame in the more extended method. By
the new process several layers of material
can bo applied and worked one over the
other, forming a tracing In une place while
in another the Spanish leather is faithfully
reproduced, both in detlgu and color. There
is no end to the styles, patterns, etc., which
may be used, but in the Newport, the Cor
dova leather effects predominate and as a
matter of course thcr fit the surroundings.
On the second floor there are no papers, the
walls are simply textured and tinted. There
is a cornice in all of the rooms and a relief
textured frieze where the cornice does not
fill the entire space.
The comforts which the house affords to
lne amiaoie nousekeeper are numerous,
conveniences ana good sense in all of tho
dometic routine work i,aTe beea thooBht
ot by the rchitect. The floor edges are all
light and do not show dust; the dining room
j is located near the kitchen and properly ac-
1 cessible CTen if the lady does not do he
own work. There are Hamper baskets in
the upner chambers, while from the bath
room there runs a chute to the laundry so
there is no clatter whatever in this direc
tion. Pantry, kitchen, laundry are models
for utility, ample provision being made for
storage and closet room.
Among the many excellent points from
the artistic basis, a word may be said of the
pictures. There are no chromos in the
house, no oil paintings at all. The princi
pal parts of the framed objects are etchings,
process photogravures and water colors.
The colors light up the dark spots or
shadowy places, while the etchings are
placed in the hall or chambers. Gold and
i oak frames predominate, and wherevn
they are hung there is no jarring or i
harmonious results,
There can be no donbt about the glass
either in color or plate. The former is artis
tic in design, carefully selected, leaded and
blended. Many other details might be men
tioned such as designed brass knobs, electric
fixtures, table service, sideboard, divans,
special drapes, stoves, furnace appliances,
etc., etc., but the schedule is too long and it
is understood that there is nothing neglected
which adds comfort and style to the hand
some household essentials.
All approaches to the house are well
graded, asphalt walks laid, grass borders
and lawns finely sodded, and if driveways
are needed and a stable constructed, the ex
pense of the latter cannot exceed (1,150,
and it will be in perfect keeping with the
main nous.
LANGUAGE OF LAUGHTER.
An
Index to Character In tho Prevalent
Towel of the Merry Peal.
The Jenncs. Miller Magazine.:
Laughing exercise should form an im
portant part of a system of physical culture.
It is a well-known tact that laughing is a
most beneficial exercise. It aids digestion,
and is conducive to good cheer. Laughter
has a language of its own, it reveals in the
vowel which prevails the temper and char
acter of the individual.
Those who laugh in a Latin A are sup
posed to be open-hearted, honest persons;
those who laugh in an excessive, jerking
way are'usually vulgar unless the habit be
acquired through association and imitation.
A laugh in a dry A denotes a respectable
but undemonstrative person. When the
Latin E prevails a phlegmatic, melancholv
temper prevails. Timorous, unsteady peo
ple, also malicious people, langh in a swell
ing L A proud, bold, imperious, bantering
person laughs in O. Thoso who laugh in
00 are olten traitors, haters and scorners.
See our $13 60 India silk suit Get your
choice quick; the lot is limited.
Jos. Hohhe& Co.'s
Penn Avenue Stores.
Silk mits and gloves in greatest variety,
25oto (1; fine lisle gloves, 18 and 25c.
ItOSENIlAUM & CO. xhS
811k nnd Dress Goods Week Here.
Come this week If you want to bay
cheaper than ever before; the greatest lot of
desirable goods for summer at Tow prices we
have ever shown.
Jos. HoititB & Co.'s
1'cnn Avenue Stores.
Fhe cir jerseys, plain and bound, regu
lar prices 15 ana CO, reduced to 12 to elose.
Sices, 82 and 31 Inches only.
CTBSU liUQUB S HACKS,
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AN EXPENSIVE RELIC.
Grand Juries Hinder Legal Business
and Are Unnecessary.
WHAT TflEI COST THE TAXPAYEB.
Important Testimony Taken in the
Flate Glass Snit.
Ford
GENEEAL HEWS OF THE COUNT! COURTS
Notwithstanding the reverence that
hedges trial by Jury and its great nge as 'an
institution among people of Germanio ex
traction, there is more friction in its working
than is found in a new locomotive just out
of the shop. The sitting ot the grand jury
was provocative of much comment. When
grand jurors snent the main part of their
time junketing and managed to prolong
their sittings for a quarter part of the quar
ter there was just ground for complaint, es
pecially as it was often found that some of
them were conversant with certain
cases be ore they came before them,
and cases that bad never been re
ported in the newspapers. Finally, the cry
for reform became so loud that, instead of
turning out six cases a day a late grand
jury ground out 30 a day.
IT SATED MONEY.
Now this was comforting to taxpayers, as
it saved them about $200 a day, or rather
made the jury earn that much more. Judge
Swing also seemed to think it a salutary de
parture and exhorted its successor to emu
late it, but as there are few rules withont ex
ceptions, so tne oraer aia not give complete
satisfaction.
Said a lawyer yesterday: "I'd like to ex
press my opinion on the subject, but Judge
Ewing is a bigger man than I am. I can't
afford to quarrel with him. I was interested
in a case in which the grand jurors should
have heard much more than they did, but
they cut the hearing short, saying, 'Judge
.Ewing can't wait oh us.' I hope there will
some time be developed a plan that will give
better results than the present. They might
as well bring the informations into courtand
dismiss them summarily, as is done in the
grand jury room now."
nil THE BTJLI.SEYE.
This lawyer may not have thought so, bnt
the fact is that behit the bull's eye in his
suggestion that the matter could not be
worsted by the abolition of the grand jury
as a costly relic of a state of society no longer
existing. A Judge, District Attorney and
12 men could do the work more expeditiously,
cheaply and perfectly in the court itself
than can 23 men and an Assistant District
Attorney in the grand jurv room, and there
would be a saving of over (SO a day.
A great many laymen and a considerable
number of lawyers feel this way, but, as a
rule, lawyers are not innovators, and they
cannot be depended on to take the initiative
in the way of the relorm needed. It is
believed that, had we a properly constituted
force ot salaried criminal justices and
committing magistrates, there would be no
pretense of an excuse for a grand jury. A
conscientious and intelligent justice of the
peace never sends a case to court without
good reason, and his judgment on it is just
as good as that of a grand jury.
OHE EYE AS GOOD AS TWO.
A Peculiar Qncmloa In Equity Decided Yes
terday by Jndco White,
Judge White yesterday handed down an
opinion on the question ol law reserved in
the suit of David Humphreys against the
National Benefit Association. The suit
was to recover benefits for the loss of sight.
Humphreys had but one eye when he was
insured. He lost the sight of that, and
claimed the amount of tho policy, 81,000,
for the total loss of sight The company,
however, refused to pay, as the policy read
ior the loss of both eyes, and he had lost
but one since insured, and nothing was
specified for the loss of one eye.
Judge White held that there was no pro
vision for the loss of one eye,and they could
not make a contract between the parties.
The jury, however, had found that an impo
sition was practiced on the plaintiff in in
ducing him to take $40 when he was virtual
lv entitled to $160 on his certificate that is,
55 a week for permanent disability, limited
to 32 weeks. In consequence the Court de
cided that he comes within the provision for
the weekly allowance, and Judge White di
rected that j udgment be entered in favor of
Humphreys for $132.
SELLEES DJ THE MAJORITY.
Peculiar Facta Brought Oat In tho Ford
Plate Glnss Company! Bolt.
In the United States Court the Ford plate
glass suit was resumed yesterday. Mr. C.
B. McLean, the President of the Masonic
Bank, who had been on the stand for sev
eral days, concluded his testimony. He re
lated the business of divers meetings of the
stockholders of the company which led up
to the purchase of the several plants built
by the defendants, and which the company
had to buy at the valuation set upon them
by defendants because the majority of the
stock was held by the defendants, and thev
controlled the meetings. His cross-examination
was very brief.
In the afternoon SMr. G. W. Simonds, an
other stockholder, was put on the stand.
He is a practical mechanic and for 20 years
has been in the employ of the Westinghouse
Company in America and Europe. His
evidence was to show that the sales of the
plants were forced on the stockholders at
the figure agreed on by the defendants. His
knowledge as an engineer led him to be
lieve these values were entirely too high.
HTTMTT.TATKTI TTrEATETt.rHVrPa
Sac
the BIJoa Management for 820,000
Damage for Being Elected.
W. H. Thompson and Alex. Carson, of
Allegheny, yesterday entered suits against
B. M. Gulick & Co., proprietors of the
Bijou, for $10,000 damages each. They al
lege that on the evening of Hay 5, 1890,
they purchased tickets for seats in tbe par
que'tof the theater. Alter they had taken
them, however, they were accused of being
drunk and disorderly, and were put out of
the house. They were then arrested and
sent in the patrol wagon to Central station.
They ask for damages for the treatment
they received and the humiliation and dis
grace unjustly put upon them.
SHE COULD STAKD TI NO LOHGEE,
A Blacksmith's Wife Sues for Divorce on
the Score of Cruelty.
The divorce case of Mrs. Annie McKay
against David McKay was placed on trial
yesterday afternoon before Judge Stowc.
The parties were residents of Gallagher
street. Allegheny. McKay is a blacksmith.
They separated some time ago and Mrs.
McKay sued for a divorce. She alleged
that McKay treated her cruelly, striking
and abusing her until she could stand it no
longer and had to leave him.
The Grlpmnn Started Too Soon,
J. H. Legge yesterday sued the Citizens'
Traction Company for f 10,000 damages. He
alleges that on January 30, 1889, he went to
get on car No. 100, of tne Citizens' line at
the'eornerof Penn avenue and Ninth street.
The gripman slowed up the car and Legge,
thinking it would stop, caught hold to get
on. The car started before he could get up
tbe steps, and he was thrown down and se
verely injured.
To Prevent Onttanrr.
Suits against tho Penn Bank and its di
rectors were filed yesterday by L. W. Tay
lor, L, d, Zogerioll, the Barclay Bank and
the Parnassus Bank. The entering
qr so
many sans at mis tuim was to preven
claims Dcmg ouu,
OBDONAL COUET BUSINESS.
Offenders Against iho Lntt Tried,
Con-
vlcted and Sentenced.
In the Criminal Court, yesterday, W. G,
White was convicted of the larceny of a
watch from W. Ghiskey.
John King and George Smith were con
vioted of robbing Charles Allen near Idle
wood. George Hohnei was convicted of tho lar
ceny of some tools, gluss, etc., from F. J,
Kirk. He was sentenced nine months to jail,
Mary Herman, of the Thirty-sixth ward,
was found not guilty of selling liquor with
out a license, out was ordered to pay the
costs.
Herman and Frank Meyer are on trial for
assault and battery on Bernard Kerschoff.
James Greenwood was convicted of ma
licious mischief and fined ffi and costs.
George Fisher and Frank Hoover ure on
trial on the charge of entering, with feloni
ous intent, the office of E. House, No. 283
Forbes street.
OPPOSED TO A PAETY WALL.
William Denenl Sara It Will Seriously
Injure Ills JIarber Shop.
William Bengal, proprietor of a baiber
shop at No. 040 Smithfield street, yesterday
filed a bill in equity ngainst George H.
Dauler, Joseph Btillberg and T. M. Scan
Ion. Dengal states that Dauler is about to
erect a new wall for his building at Nos. G36
and C38 Smithfield street, and claims a party
wall contract with the owner of No. 640.
Dengal, who has a lease of the premises,
denies that there was ever a party wall
agreement, and to build the wall as Dengal
proposes would cut off a portion of his shop
and inconvenience him greatly. He asks
that Dauler and his architect and contractor
be restrained from encroaching on the lot at
No. 640.
To-Dar's Trial List.
Common Pleas No. 1 McCorkle vs Mahaffey
et alj Butler vs Flttsnurg and Birmingham
Passenger Railway Company; SoSel, admin
istrator, vs Iron and Glass Dollar Savings Bank;
Barnett vs Nuruoclc et al; DuBois. executor,
vs Huston et al; Dubois vs Fowelson et uz;
DuBois vs Foyet m; Mclntyrevs McCand
Iess; DuBois, executor, vs Mahler et al (2);
DuBois vs Bell et ux; DuBois vs Mweitzer et al:
DuBois js Brown; Dutfois vs Elpenstone et al:
DuBois vs Sweeney: DuBois vs Hays et al;
DuBois vs Bryan et aljDuBois vs Stratton et al;
DuBois vs Ryan etaU
Common fleas No.2 Hays fc Noble vs Btone
A Co.: Hay vs Singer; Lallyvs Pittsburg, Cin
cinnati and St. Louis Railroad: Meyer vs JIc
Keesport and Belvernon Railroad Company;
Uroetzmcer vs Steen et ux; Miller etuxvs
Booth & Fllnn.
Criminal Court Commonwealth vs Charles
Miller, Ann Wilson (7), Thomas Wilson (5).
Phoebe Collins (W). W. M. Hilaorfer. Gooree
Hwartzell, Mary Miller, Samuel Maxwell,
Joseph Bennett, W. W. Young, John Hoer (2).
Charles F. J. Fardenbacher (2).
To-Day'a Audit I.Ist.
Estate of Accountant.
William T. McClung...Dr. J. W. Wishart
Florence Brazell James W. Brown.
John Dewalt John F. Cox.
Harry J. Nurse William G. Wilson.
John W. Butler Charles W. Scovel.
William Adams. James Linton et al.
John McKinney William J. McKinney.
Valentine Freinstein...A. Freinstein.
H. T. Beltzboover Alex Gilnllan.
John L. Rhodes H. D. Gamble etaL
Juliet English James I. Bennett.
James Knox Johanna Knox.
Short Leenl Briefs.
The contest of the will of Mary McD. Haz
lett is still on trial before Judge Slagle.
A divorce was granted yesterday in the
case of Lena Euler against W. B. Euler. De
sertion was alleged.
A non-suit was entered against the plaintiff
yesterday in the suit of Verona borough
against J. P. Stroud, an action on a municipal
lien.
The suit of James McGibbeny against the
Jefferson Gas Company for damages for injury
to his farm caused by layinga pipe lino through
It is on ttial before Judge White.
ARTIFICIAL ICE TESTED.
Some Users Say the Home-Made Freezing
Article Needs a Little Salt.
A Philadelphia butcher named Zoll has
been testing the freezing qualities of artifi
cial ice. In the course of his experiments
Mr. Zoll found that artificial ice raised the
temperature of his refrigerator, and that the
ice cakes froze together and were milky.
Edson Bros., Philadelphia game dealers,
in speaking of tbe matter, say:
"It is possible to produce by artificial ice
as low a temperature as four degrees above
zero. We have demonstrated and accom
plished that in a general business way for
over a year. The milky ice doe3 not melt
quite as quickly as clear ice, but all that is
necessary to produce as low a temperature
as tbe clear is to have a little more ice sur
face or to use a little salt. Ice can be made
as clear by artificial as by natural means.
The cause of the milkiness of the ice com
plained of by Mr. Zoll is too rapid freezing.
By using the proper amount of time the
manufactured ice can be made as clear as
French plate glass.
"We have used artificial ice for a year,
not only for refrigerators, but for drinking
purposes, and there is absolutely no differ
ence between our ice and the finest irom
the Kennebec. We predict that the ice
will be sold soon at wholesale for a little
more than half the lowest known price of
natural ice."
THE PENALTY OF GBEATHESS.
Tho Census Expected to Doable the Salaries
of Allegheny Couniy Officials.
If the census to be taken in a few days
shows that Allegheny's population is over
500,000, as it undoubtedly will, that fact
will, under the law, increase the salaries of
county officials to about double those paid
now.
The law prevents the increase or decrease
of the salary of an officeholder during his
term of office, so that they will have to be
content with their present'remuneration un
less afforded relief by the Legislature or
courts. There are five offices to be filled at
the next election, and they will receive the
benefit of the increased population. They
are: Sheriff, who will receive 515,000 a
year, instead of $6,500; Treasurer. $10,000,
increased from 85,000; Recorder, $10,000, in
creased from $5,000; Prothonotary, $10,000,
increased from $6,000, and Clerk of Courts,
increased from $4,500 to $5,000.
THE POISON OF SNAKES,
Deadly When Injected Into the Blood
Harmless In the Stomach.
bat
( Although the poison ot a venomous snake
will destroy life if injected Into the blood,
it can be taken into tbe itomach with im
punity, provided there bo no abrasion' of tbe
kin which would bring the poison into
contact with a vein. The South Ameri
can Indians use a poison on their
arrows called wourall or curaro
which is said to be prepared from dried
snake poisons. Experiments have shown
thut while this poison is fatal if ejected
into tho blood, it cau be swallowed without
harm resulting. In fact snafco poisons have
been used as medicine by certain homeo
patbio physicians, though whether with
beneficial results is not an open question,
and much mooted by the different medical
schools.
A Oie Hundred Dozens 33-Oont Stockings.
Ladles' ecrn cotton hoio with hairline
stripes, 40 gauge, two thread, extra value,
only 23 cents a pair.
Job. Horxe & Co.'s
Penn Avenue Stores.
Cot Glass Show
At E. F. Roberts ts Sons. eor. Fifth its.
and Market st. 2Ttw Mt room opini Thuri
day, Mar 22. ' si
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SWINDLED A CHURCH.
Dr. Littell, of tho Second U. P., Pub
lisbes a Strong Card About
AN IMPOSTOR WHO COULD NOT LIE.
lie Claimed to bo a Convert From tho lie
brew Faith and
MADE A NICE LIVING OUT OF HIS PIETI
The people connected with tho Second
United Presbyterian Church, Sixth avenue,
are somewhat perturbed In spirit. It is
even said that some of them mourn tho loss
of a goodly number of dollars, although
they have an equivalent in experience.
A littlo over a year ego George J. Lind
ner, professing to be from Yonkers, N. Y.,
called upon ltev. Dr. D. S. Littell, pastor
of the Second Church. Mr. Lindner stated
that he was a Hebrew convert to the dqc
trines of the United Presbyterian Church.
He was desirous of entering the ministry
that he might show the Jewish people into
what grievous :rrors they had fallen. Piteous
were the tales he told of the privations he
had undergone since he had forsaken the
Hebrew faith, and had been thrust out of his
home by his father.
Lindner was a well educated fellow, a
splendid Hebrew scholar, and of such good
address that the members ol the Second
Church are inclined to the belief that he
would have taken in and done up an angel
had the opportunity presented itself. With
all his deep learning,
LINDNER TVAS NOT HANDSOME.
He was below tbe medium height, lisped
slightly, wore glasses and a fringe of reddish
whisker, which called forth from those
given to levity divers vulgar remarks in re
gard to whiskers on the moon, etc.
Shortly after his appearance nero Jir.
Lindner was taken into tbe church as a mem
ber. In order to support himself he can
vassed the congregation ior the Bile of sev
eral religious books. To assist him, Bev.Dr.
Littell furnished him with letters of intro
duction andr ecommendation.
The young convert was very enthusiastic
on tne subject of a Hebrew Christian mis
sion. He obtained permission to hold meet
ings in the church on Saturdays, with this
end in view. He solicited subscriptions to
help the cause, and had an immense amount
of literature printed for gratuitous distri
bution among the Hebrews of the citr. Dr.
Littell took adeep interest in the work of the
mission, but soon found that he was doing
the work, while Mr. Lindner attended to
the pleasing duty of gathering in the funds
for the support of the mission.
WANTED TBEIB MONET.
Soon complaints were showering upon the
church people confiding landladies, print
ers and liverymen began to clamor for the
cash to liquidate accounts contracted by Mr.
Lindner, who bad introduced himself as the
"associate pastor of the Second U. P.
Church." The elders of the church called
the young man's attention to tbe matter,
and he promised to settle.
Lindner soon left the Second Church,
and was next heard of as a convert attache
of the Bethany Home, the church of the
disciples of the Faith Cure. V'hile here he
was taken sick and sent to the Homeopathic
Hospital, several charitable persons defray
ing his expenses while there. Upon his re
covery he immediately returned to his
former pursuits. Not meeting with much
success, he left the city and went to New
York State, where he is now operating.
Dr. Littell, when seen by a Dispatch
reporter last night, said:
making vb lost time.
"I regret to say that we were badly ionled
by tbe young man. As soon as I heard of
his contracting bills in the name of our
church I demanded the return of the letters
of recommendation I had given him.
He assured me that be had de
stroyed them. From letters of in-
I have lately received.
am led to believe that he. still has them
and is putting them to a wrongful use.
Lindner was a remarkably bright fellow.but
be was too much given to a contemplation
of the scriptural command, "Consider the
lilies, which toil not, neither do
they spin.' Upon being admitted into the
membership of our church, he assured me
ho bad never told a lie. From my ac
quaintance with him, I believe him to be
making up lost time."
Mr. Littell is out in a card in this week's
issue of the United Iresbylerian, warning
the brethren to have nothing to do with the
impostor.
WATEB ASSESSMENTS.
Increased Work In tbe Preparation of Lists
of Properly Ownership.
The force of clerks in the Bureau of
Water Assessments are working bard to
complete by June 1, the assessment for 1890,
upon which they have been employed since
the first of April. Since that date they
have canvassed every house, mill and work
shop in tbe city, and are at present em
ployed in classifying the taxpayers and cal
culating the assessments for each one. The
work has been more complicated this year
than ever before in the history of the city,
owing to the vast number of transfers ol
property, there having been a greater num
ber of properties changed handa this year
than was ever known. In some instances
one property has changed hands over a half
dozen timss, and such cases give the water
assessors a great deal of extra work and an
noyance in hunting up records and locating
the proper person to assess.
The increased number of saloons will in
crease the revenues of the Water Depart
ment considerably, they being charged
from $20 to $50 for the bar, while an ordi
nary store in the same place would be
charged but $10.
BELIEF FUND EMBEZZLES.
A Young Dlan Held In New York Charged
With the Crime.
New York, May 21. George S. Turner,
of Seattle, Wash., was arrested here yester
day. He is 'wanted in Seattle for conspiracy
with George McCourt in the embezzlement
of $15,000 from the relief funds sent at the
time of the recent fire. Turner was ar
raigned in court to-day and remanded to
await the arrival of requisition papers.
A BAE0N WANTS A DIV0ECE.
A German Nobloman Seeks Separation From
Ills Amcrlcan'Wife.
CniCAOO, May 21. Baron Joachim Von
Bose, a wealthy German nobleman, who has
resided in Chicago for about 20 years, is
seeking a divorce from his wife, Princess
Francesca de Wilden, whom he married in
Louisville, Ky., about seven years ago.
Alter living with him two years, he says,
she deserted him and returned to Paris and
he has not seen her since.
A nis Bnrjrnln-Indla Silk Salts nt 813 00.
Ther are worth $20 nnd sold ait at $1G.
We will dote tho lot, and to-day the price
goei down to $13 6).
Jos. HoitNE & CO.'S
Penn Avenue Stores.
A 83 00 8x10 Photograph Freo
Of yourself or children with every dozen of
cabinets at Bendrleks & Co.'s, No. 68 Fed.
eral st., Allegheny, every day this week.
Qood oablnets (1 a dozen. Ule-ilio crayon
only 13.
CloslncOut llnrtalm
In ladles' black silk wraps, trimmed in lacs
and Jet, prices f 9, f8, 910, 12 and up to
120, way under value. Second floor cloak
house. Jos. Homra A Co. 'a
Penn Avsaue Btora
TUB COLORADO OIL FIELDS.
QREAT ACTIVITY AMONQ THE OIL COM.
PANIE8 AT FLORENCE.
Arrival of Boilers, Eaglnos, Casing Tnblng,
Cables nnd Drilling Tools Fabulous
Prices Being Paid for Land A 33,000
Barrel Oil Tank Completed.
Flohence, Col., May 21. Machinery
and oil well supplies have arrived during
the week to the extent of four carloads for
tho Rocky Mountain Oil Company, consist
ing of boilers, engines, casing tubing, cables
and drilling tools, also the iron for a num
ber of tanks for the new oil company. Its
first well will be located directly south of
tbe city, on what is known as the Newcastle
Coal and Mineral Land Company's proper
ties. The locality chosen for well No. 1 be
ing in a direct line of the other good
well there can be but little doubt but
that a good well will be obtained. The
company has made large purchases of lum
ber for rig building and for the construc
tion of temporary buildings, until a re
finery and permanent office buildings shall
have been selected. Three heavy road
wagons, one tans wagon and two span of
horses have been procured. General Mana
ger Coon, during the past four weeks, has
done a great deal of preliminary work, but
has not yet selected a refining site. He has
several locations in view, and he will con
sider well the matter before determining
which one he will select, as the convenience
to railroads is a matter of great importance,
and as an abundance of water is needed in
conducting a refinery, this is, another matter
of considerable importance" to an oil com
pany. The organization of tbe Bocky Mountain
Oil Company makes the fourth company ac
tively engaged in developing the petroleum
field about Florence, two refining plants
are now in operation, having a capacity to
treat over 1,500 barrels of crude oil per day.
It is safe to say that before January 1, 1891,
the new refinery will add at least 1,000 bar
rels more to their refining facilities.
Tbe oil business at Florence is growing
decidedly interesting, so much so that those
owning land about the city are placing a
fabulous price upon it This may work in
jury to themselves and the town, as all tbe
companies now doing business claim to have
all the territory they want to drill on, but
land must be had for other purposes, and if
those owning land continue to hold it at
extortion prices, they may take a good deal
less for it inside of one year.
The drilling of new wells, which started
off briskly at the beginning of this year, is
likely to be kept up until the end of it. The
Florence Oil and Befining Company, also
the United Oil Company, have each re
cently completed a 35,000-barrel crude tank
in which to store their surplus crude during
the summer season, when less oil is con
sumed than in winter, and when a rush of
orders come in the fall they will be prepared
to meet them by drawing upon the storage.
The fields and hillsides about Florence are
becoming thictly dotted over with oil der
ricks and tanks, until the country quite re
sembles many localities in the Pennsylvania
fields.
THREE HUNifflTm iwTT.'Ra ON FOOT.
Awful Suffering; of a Rained Kansas Farmer
and His Family.
George Brooks, his wife and five children,
ranging in age irom 4 to 11 years, have ar
rived in St. Joseph, having walked from
Marion county, Kan., over 300 miles, since
the first of the month.
The family went to Southwestern Kansas
dnring the boom and proved up a claim.
Poor crops resulted in their losing both
farm and stock. Their neighbors were
in almost as hard circumstances as them
selves, and when Brooks concluded to statt
ior his old home at Sigourney, la., nobody
could assist him. He finally determined to
walk, and his resolntion was partly carried
out. When thev arrived at St. Joseph they
were in a horrible condition. The wife's
shoes were worn out and her feet were one
mass of sores.
The two younger children, boys aged 4
and 6 years, had walked nearly all the
way, and their cowhide shoes had made
ulcers on their heels a quarter of an inch
deep.
Brooks says there are hundreds in tbe
new counties of Kansas whose condi
tion is no way any better than that ot his
family.
ELECTS' BIG CASTLE.
The Ninety-Room Residence tho Railroad
Mngnate Is Bulldinj.
Baltimore Sun.
The 90-room house that Stephen B.Elkins
is building near the town of Elkins, Ran
dolph county, W. "Va., will be finished
about June 1. It is one of the finest country
residences in the South, and is at the top of
a high hill about ten minutes' walk from
the railroad station. In front is an extensive
lawn. Around the building is a wall three
feet higher than the first floor. At a dis
tance the house, with its towers, does not
look unlike a European castle.
,It is an extensive three-story structure,
with shingled sides and slate roof. On tho
first floor is a large hall, which will be
lighted with six ornamental torcheres.which
will cost about $200 apiece. All the rooms
are finished in hard wood. The fireplaces
are massive. The walls of some of therooms
are adorned with handsome paintings. The
bath tubs are solid porcelain. The kitchen
extension is a two-story building. The first
floor contains the kitchen proper, and ser
vants' dining room, and the floor above their
sleeping and bathrooms.
A DEAMATIC SUICIDE.
A Woman Hncgs Herself to tho Car Rail
ing of an Express Train.
Hamilton, O., May 21. Near Monon,
Ind., about midnight lost night, a young
woman on the vestibule train which left
Chicago last evening, tied a rope about her
neck, fastened the other end to the railing
ot the car and threw herself off. As soon
as the act was discovered the train was
stopped, an engine sent back and the re
mains found iu a pool of water.
No one knew her. A ticket to Cincinnati
was found on her person. She was seen to
drink from a whisky bottle on the car, and
was heard to say that she had no friends in
Cincinnati.
FIVE MILLION LOGS FLOATING.
A Dam Bursts In Maine, Caused by the
nish Water.
Augusta, Me., May 21. It is learned
that the Moxie dam, at the outlet of the
Moxie pond, a body of water six miles long,
located near the forks of the Kennebec, was
carried away yesterday, and a rise of from
five to ten leet is anticipated in the river.
Some 5,000,000 logs are in the lake, and it
will be difficult to drive them out.
813 SO India Milk Balls-813 50.
Reduced from $16. These are choice new
goods, made well and after cood styles, in
following colors: Shrimp and white, garnet
and white, black and white, blue and white,
green and white.
Second floor cloak department.
Jos. HoitKE & CO.'S
I'enn Avenue Stores.
To IiOTsrs of Music.
Come and hear the jEollan played to-day.
A programme of your own selection will be
rendered. You can form no Idea of what tho
yKollan is until you see the new and per
fected Instruments. On exhibition at Mcllor
Si Hocne's, 77 Fifth aveuue.
Trr a Sample Pair, Only 23 Cents,
Of those fine gauge striped cotton hose, and
you will buy them by tbe doztn.
Jos. Hobwe Si Co.'s
Penn Avnnt Storss.
LATE NEWS IN UEIEP.
Tho Hnnss of Commons, In committee,
passed tho Iludget bill yesterday. ,
W. If. Fursman, tbo $200,000 Tontiac em
bezzler, pleads insanity In bis defense.
Representative Btovons. or Lisbon, N. D.,
wbilo duck hunting, accidentally shot bis wlte
dead.
Judge Kornes, at Debreczln. Ilungarjt
horribly butcherod by masked robbers before
bis niece.
Eight Mississippi bulldozers convlctedof
horsewhipping a wbito woman. Jailed for
three months.
The warden of the State penitentiary of
Illinois, Is to bo tried on tbo charge ot illegally
employing convicts.
George 8. Turner was arrested In New
York for complicity in the Seattle relief fund
frand a year ago.
A triple birth of colts Is reported at Mar
shall. Mo. The young equlnes are perfectly
formed and doing nicely.
A jealous landlord in Jesjup, Ox. shoots
and kills his wife and J. M. McCall, a promi
nent business man of Brunswick.
Heavy rains have raised tbo Sacramento
and 8a n Joaquin rivers, breaking tho levees
and noodine 4.000 acres of grain. ,
Plans for enlarging Cornell University
were spoiled by tbe decision ot tbe Supreme
Court in the McGraw-Flsk will case.
J. T. Wobay, Superintendent of the Upper
Coos Railroad. N. 11., and a section band were
killnd in a wreck caused by a washout.
Oeorce W. Roberts, confidential bookkeep
er, was arrested at Water bur jr. Conn., for em
bezzling 10,000. He confessed his gnilt.
A big scheme to bring fancy woods from
South America to Chicago is being put into
effect by the leading capitalist ot that place.
The Mexlcan-Yaqui Indian scrimmage is
virtually ended. A small band of Anaches
roaming In Mexico will bo sent to tbe United
States.
Joseph Doan, of Bncks county, sentenced
to pay 51,000 fine and nnderco imprisonment
six months in Jail for selling liquor to two In
dian boys.
C. J. Wells, said to be the young man who.
in 1SS9. robbed President Moffat in his office at
Denver, is under arrest at Clayton. Mo., for
horse stealing. He confessed.
The United States officials at Oklahoma re
fuse to taKe charge of murderer Sam Moore on
the ground of "no jurisdiction." After the
crime Moore wanted to give himself up.
Before the casket containing tbe remains of
General Garfield was transported to the memo
rial structure, it was opened and tbe body was
found to be in a remarkably good state of
preservation.
The Grand Army Committee appointed to
investigate charges of mismanagement at the
Kansas Soldiers' Home, after comnletintr their
labors, have come to the conclusion that there
is nothing to investigate.
The report of the Grand Lodge of the
Ancient Order of United Workmen, of Iowa,
which is in session at Conncil Bluffs, shows a
membership of 8,000. This is the lodee which
seceded from the National Order in 1881.
A wonld-be assassin, who had been paid
0,000 francs to murder Dr. Hcrz, one of the
most prominent and wealthiest residents of
Paris, became conscience stricken and warned
the victim of his danger. He Is in prison.
A NEW BOBOTJGH BUILDING
To Meet the Pressing Needs of Wllklusbnrg'a
Offlclals.
A new two-story borough building is to be
erected on Boss street, Wilkinsburg. There
will be accommodations in it for a Council
chamber, lockup and hosebouse. The only
place for prisoners the borough has now is a
small wooden shed, while Councils are com
pelled to meet in a hired hall.
Work will be commenced on the building
next week. H. S. Clark has the contract.
Pnsblog the Work.
Work on the Wilkinsburg branch of the
Duquesne Traction road is being pushed
rapidly. The track already reaches from
Brushton to Homewood avenue. About
ISO Italian and colored laborers are employed.
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