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Difficulties in the Way of Enforcing
the Ordinance Enacted to Abol
ish Sarface Drainage,
CASES WHERE IT IS PREFERABLE
To Making Connection With CitT Sewers,
on. .Account of Danger of Disease
Prom a Faulty System.
SOME THREATS OP SUING THE CITI
It tie Immense Sewage cf Certain Districts Cannot
Be Safely Carried Away.
The city is likely to find some trouble in
store when it comes to a question of en
forcing the ordinance, lately passed, making
it obligatory on property holders to make
proper sewer connection between their houses
and the main channel. Especially will they
meet with opposition in the East End, where,
in one district, so far Irom desiring any con
nection with the main sewer, the inhabitants
have found it necessary to cut off all means
of communication as a necessary safeguard
against disease. Neither, as lar as these
people are concerned, is the matter to re
main there, lor some of them talk of enter
ing suit against the city for the recovery of
damages because of the useless condition ol
sewers for which they had to pay a pretty
stiff price.
According to the statement of Dr. A. J.
Davis, of the East End, who from his
lengthy residence in tbe district may claim
to know a little about the matters whereof
he speaks, the sewers in Beatty street, Kirke
wood and broad streets,which drain a pretty
considerable area, are entirely inadequate to
carry away the sewerage, and in rainy
seasons become so flooded as to fill tbe cellars
and cesspools of the neighboring honses with
reluse matter, to the imminent danger to
health of the inhabitants. Either than
take any chances, very many residents have
severed the pipe connection with the street
sewer, and returned to the original plan of
surface drainage.
UOT OXIj SMOOTH SAILING.
"When the enforcement of tbe ordinance is
directed against these people, there are
likely to be "ings on the green." They
have paid for sewer accommodation, which
only accommodates them with threatened
disease, and they are not disposed to return
to a system by which they incur danger
instead of benefit, without a vigorous fight.
The ordinance relerred to, and which
went into eflect this month, was passed by
Councils partly as a sanitary measure and
partly as a matter of expediency. But to
quote Superintendent of Highways and
Sewers James P. Andrews, who was called
upon yesterday in reference to this subject:
''The ordinance relerred to," said that
gentleman, "is iu the line of that dealing
with the paving of sidewalks. If an in
spector lound a sidewalk in such a condi
tion as to warrant repair or constrnction, it
became his duty to serve notice of the fact
on the property holder. If, alter 20 days,
the work had not been done, the city
could then appoint a man to do the
-work, authorizing him to call upon
the property holder for payment. If
the latter refused to pay, the contractor
could, at the instance of the city, obtain a
lien on tbe property. Similarly with this
sew ordinance, the inspectors will ascertain
what houses are unconnected by pipes with
tbe main iewers and will serve 20 days' no
tice on the property holder to make proper
connections. After that time, if the work
s undone, it will be performed as in the
case of sidewalks. The inspectors, of
whom there are eight, are now serving no
tices in such cases as come under their no
tice. They are not making any special ef
forts to find out where sur'ace drainage ex
ists, but do so in the routine of their dnty.
THE ORDINANCE NEEDED.
"It was necessary," Mr. Andrews contin
ued, "to pass this ordinance. The custom
of throwing slops and refuse into the yards
was becoming not alone a public nuisance,
but dangerons to the public health. In
winter time these accumulations would
freeze into hard cakes and it costs the city
between ?l,60O and $2,000 each month to re
move the filth."
Asked to indicate some particular district
where surface drainage was much in vogue,
Mr. Andrews mentioned the Point. ''Sec
ond street," said he, "is nothing more than
a mound of cinders. From Penn avenue to
Duquesne way the property on the east side
belongs to the Schenley estate. The street
could not be paved, because the ordinance
provides that one-third of the property
holders should petition before any work
could be done. Here there was but one
owner, and Mrs. Shcnley, I understind, re
fused to petition, and of course nothing
could be done. Eor the same reason there
is no sewer in tbe street, and necessarily
surface drainage must exist with all its
evils. The East End, too, cannot bave ade
quate house connection with the sewers, be
cause tbe latter have not been laid long
enough to admit of the work being done.
There is no doubt as to the desirability of
underground as against surface drainage,
end as soon as tbe Inspectors report, meas
ures will be taken to enforce the ordinance."
It was in the neighborhood of the flourish
ing locality of Highland avenue that the
conditions of affairs referred to above was
discovered. Mention of the ordinance and
its conditions was made to a gentleman who
has resided for some time in the district.
"Though unintormed on the matter,"said
the resident, "I bave no donbt that many of
the houses hereabouts are unconnected with
the sewers. Judging by one thing you may
notice about tl. e houses, I should say they
were not. You .ill observe that the pipe's
carrying the rain water from the roofs dis
charge onto the sidewalk, and so into the
streets.
ME TBOrEB COUESE.
"Well, it is very evident that if the city
authorities pursued the right course they
would utilize this great flow of water to
flush the sewers and help carry away the
stagnant reluse rather than have it wasted
in this manner. Of course, it ultimately
finds its way into the main sewers, but it
should be discharged directly into the
house sewer, where it would do most
service. Besides, the rampine, being
connected with the sewer, it would
carry away the gas above the roof where it
would be innocuous. The very greatest dis
satisfaction exists in this neighborhood re
farding tbe falty construction of the sewers,
n some streets, I am told, tbey are worse
than useless, because when a freshet occurs,
the pipes being too small to carry away the
Pressure, allow of the deposit being driven
back into tbe cesspools, where it engenders
sickness."
A call was made on Dr. A. J. Davis for
a confirmation of this statement regarding
sickness being brought about throngb stag
nating sewage. Conversing on this point
and the state of the sewers in the locality,
the Doctor said: "I cannot say that I am
aware of any sickness existing at present
traceable to faulty sewerage. But there isn't
any doubt at all about the wretched condi
tion ot tbe sewers. To live in this neigh
borhood is to be made amply aware of
it, both from experience and from one's
-neighbors. The main sewer here is on
Beatty street, and the sewers in Broad and
Kirkwood disoharge into it. If my memory
serves me right, the Beatty street sewer is
but 24 inches in diameter, and so totally
inadequate to do its duty that in times of
rain the sewage is driven back into the
cellars and cesspools, where lying, perforce
of the fact that it has no outlet, it poisons
tbe atmosphere and endangers the residents.
"Recognizing this, and to cover their
mistake, the city people put down another
sewer in Euclid avenue and St Clair street,
to carry off some of the overflow, but
this has proved insufficient. So much
inconvenience and possible danger resulted
to many of the residents about here that
they concluded to cut off the con
nection which existed between their houses
and the street .No number of ordinances
will compel people to convert their houses
into disease-breeding dens, and the city au
thorities will attempt in vain to enforcs the
ordinance under the present faulty constitu
tion of the sewer. Tho residents paid
enough for the accommodation of the sewers
to warrant them in getting proper service,
and much indignation prevails regarding
the inconvenience attached to the existing
sy&icui. cciciai hH10 iiutcauicuuicvi
their intention to proceed against the city
lor damages, and I know one man who has
his facts cnt and dried to proceed at once.
Complaints have been made on this score
time after time, but utterly without avail."
LEOALUT OP THE OEDINANCE.
The facts as above stated were men
tioned last evening to the City Attorney,
William C. Moreland, Esq., who spread
himself as follows: "Of course, with re
gard to the sewerage at Highland avenue
and vicinity I cannot say, as I know nothing
about it; that is a matter to be dealt with
by the proper department. Bat there is
not the least doubt regarding the legal
ity of the ordinance dealing with tbe
proper connection of house sewerage
with the main system. It is based on
the act ot Assembly, and is virtually a
transcription of that act. Of course, its exe
cution is in the Department of Public
works, and tbe manner and wisdom or its
entorcement must be left with the officers of
that department. Regarding the position
that can be taken by citizens who may main
tain that its enforcement would injure
them, it is difficult to say without under
standing whether the sewers are capable of
doing their work or not, but the assump
tion, and presumption, too, is that the ordi
nance will not be enforced where its appli
cation would be physically impossible. If
the sewers are in such a condition as tho
residents in the neighborhood ol Highland
avenue state, there iBn'i any doubt but that
a remedy would be found by laying the lacts
before the proper department."
Respecting the allusion to Second street
and its condition, Mr. Moreland said that if
the street bad originally been paved, it
could be repaved without any reference to
the property holders, but that if not, the
consent of one-third the property holders
was necessary before the city could act.
The city could lay sewers, sidewalks and
curbing, as it deemed advisable, without
consulting property holders, and assess
them as would be necessary, but the grad
ing of streets could only follow on a peti
tion of one-third of the owners.
MISERS MOKE NTJMEB0TJS.
Col. tV. F. Bend Boys He Now lias All the
Men HoTieedi,
Colonel "W. P. Rend, the Chicago coal
man, was found pacing up and down yester
day in the lobby of the Monongahela House.
A short tioie ago he complained that be
hadn't enough miuers, but yesterday he said
he now had all the men he needed.
How to restore the Chicago market for
Pittsburg coal is the problem that puzzles
'him. The Cincinnati shippers and the Illi
nois and Indiana operators still control tbe
trade in the "Windy City, and tbe prospects
for the Pittsburg coal men are no brighter
than they were six months aeo.
If the railroads would reduce the rates
somewhat it would help the local coal pro
ducers. THE DOGS MUST GO.
The Extermination of Vngrnnt Car to Com
mence To-morrow.
Chief Brown said yesterday that there
would be no dog pound in this city until the
Legislature enacts a law creating it and fixes
the taxation of dogs to support it. He said
the orders he has already given for the exter
mination of uncollared and unmuzzled dogs
will be carried into effect, commencing to
morrow morning, and all dogs whose owners
have not complied with the law will have to
go.
Policemen will be held to a strict account
ability for the performance of their duty in
the matter.
ATT0THEB HEM SIGNS THE SCALE.
Boiler Mannfiiciiirrni Beglnnlnc; to Feel
the EflVcn of the Sirlke.
At the meeting of the strikng boiler makers
at Knight of Labor hall, yesterday, a repre
sentative from McNeill's stated that they
wonld sign the scale, granting the men the
advance of ten hours' pay for nine hours'
work. Riter & Conlev asked tlieir men to
work ten hours, and they would pay 10 per
cent increase until October 1, when they
would pay the increase at nine hours' work.
This they did not acquiesce in, and the
matter will stand unsettled until something
further is heard from the firm.
ROBBED OH THE HHXSIDE1
A Sleeper Loses Ills Welch, bnt Recovers
It n Llllle Lntrr On.
Absalom Davis was robbed of his w&tch
and chain while lying asleep on the hillside
at the bead of Twenty-second street, South
side, yesterday morning.
Davis reported the affair to the police and
gave a description of the man, who was
subsequently arrested.
He gave his name as John Davidson, and
upon being searched a watch was found
which Davis identified as the one stolen
from him. Davidson was held for trial at
court.
CAUGHT THE WRONG ONE.
A Colored Man Arrested on Suspicion of
Being b Forcer.
Chief of Police Fry, of Oil Citr, came to
the city last night to get Victor Penman, a
colored man charged with forgery. He had
sent word of Penman's being wanted there
and Richard Lay ton, a young colored man,
who recently came from Oil City and an
swered Penman's description, w'as arrested.
The chief at once decided that Layton
was not the man and he will be releasedthis
morning.
LOCAL ITEMS. LIMITED.
Incidents of n Day In Two Cities Condensed
for lienor Reading.
AnuM03 was circulated in Allegheny last
night that two men had been murdered at a
picnic at Hummer Hill Grove, In Reserve
township. Tbe police made an Investigation
of tbe rumor and round tbat It was without
foundation. Just how the report got into cir
culation was something of a, mystery.
officers Ltjdwick, Cabsok and Rosen
blat raided a disorderly house kept by Mrs.
Charlotte Lewis, of 497 Fifth avenue, yester
day, and captured John McGowen, Annie
Smith and Carrie Wilson, lliey were all locked
up In tbe Eleventb ward station.
The regular monthly meeting of the Non
partisan W. C. T. TJ., ot Allegheny county,
will be held to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock
in the Fourth U. P. Church, Montgomery are
nne and Arch street, Allegheny.
The condition of Fred Breneo, who was
burned in tbe fire at Porter's foundry on Satur
day night, was reported by tbe Allegheny Gen
eral Hospital authorities last night to be un
changed. Early on Sunday morning thieves attempted
to effect an entrance into tbe house of Mrs.
Caffrey, on Federal street extension. Tbey
were frightened off by the approach of an offi
cer. WHILE on bis way to tbe Porter fire on Sat
urday night Officer McMahon, of tbe Allegheny
police focce. lost his badge, and will thank tbe
finder for leaving It at tbe Mayor's office.
Services at tbe jail yesterday were con'
ducted by Moorhead W. O. T. TJ.
NOT A LABOK UNION.
A Convict's Mistake Caused by Labels
Used on Prison-Made Goods.
AN OLD PATRIOTIC TEADEMABE
Clung to, Not for Deception, but for Its
Good Influence.
HOW PEN IKMATES ARE TREATED
A convict in the Western Penitentiary
having made a complaint against the man
agement of the institution, including an
allegation that convict-made brooms were
being marked "Union," a Dispatch re
porter was assigned to investigate the mat
ter. A call was first made at the home of
Mr. George A. Kelly, President of the Board
of Inspectors. Mr. Kelly was not well
enough posted on the arrangements between
Lang Ss Shepard and Warden Wright to
talk about that feature of the prisoner's
complaint, but he answered some of the
charges of partiality and neglect.
"Many of the charges," began Mr. Kelly,
"are absolutely false without any founda
tion whatever. The prisoners in the West
ern Penitentiary are served with a greater
variety of food than those in any other
prison in the country. Onr prisoners are
all working people, and they are given
good, healthy food. Of course we cannot
print a bill of fare, but we do everything
possible to provide nutritious food, and to
serve it in a way that will prevent sick
ness."
In regard to a statement of the disgruntled
convict that where men take sick during tbe
day and the physician has already made his
morning rounds, the sick man has the
alternative of continuing1 at work or
languishing in a cell until the next day, Mr.
Kelly said the hospital steward is a physi
cian, and ho attends to all sick prisoners
between the visits of the regular physician.
SAVING THE STATE MONET.
"As for prisoners working on the new
wing," continued Mr. Kelly, "of course
tbey have been put to work there. There is
.nothing else for them to do, and if we can
'save money to tho State by working tho
.prisoners, I cannot see why we are not justi
fied in doing so. We have more men now
than we have cells, but when the new wing
is completed we will be able to adopt War
den Wright's plan, and enter upon a sys
tem that will make it a matter of import
ance for a prisoner to deserve the best grade,
and the one evil with which all crowded
prisons are troubled will be wiped out
Mr. Kelly laughed at the idea of Warden
Wright discharging a prisoner on his own
responsibility, and then proceeded to state
how carefully each man's record is consid
ered be'ore he is released. "No man can
be discharged," said he "except upon the
recommendation ot our Board and the ap
'proval of the Governor. The Board of In
spectors holds a special meeting every month
previous to its regular meeting. The num
bers of all prisoners whose time is about to
expire are placed in my hands, and their
records, covering the entire period of their
incarceration, are placed in the hands of the
Secretary. These records include a memo
randum of all infractions ot the rules,
such as refusal to work, insolence
to officers, spoiling work intentionally, or
fighting, that have been reported to the
Warden or Deputy Warden, from time to
time, Bv the keepers. As President of the
Board "I call out, say No. '8507.' By re
ferring to the records, the Secretary finds he
has a clear record. Without further dis
cussion we recommend tbat the prisoner be
given the benefit of tbe commutation. Tbe
next man is '8520.' He is charged with
fighting. We make a diligent inquiry into
all the conditions and circumstances of the
case and tbe general character of the man.
Perhaps he has been in the prison 10 or 12
years, and the fight may have hap
pened five or six years ago. If
the man has behaved himself since
tbat time, the chances are favorable that
we would not take more than five days
from him, although the law would permit
greater severity. We alwavs take the most
lenient view ol the law possible."
THE WOKK OP PEISONEE3.
Warden "Wrieht was seen at the peni
tentiary. He had seen tbe convict's com
plaint. No firm, he said, has the contract
lor maKing orooms m me prison, xne
plant is owned by the institution, and the
product is sold, not to one firm, bnt to several
firms.
Warden Wright described the manner in
which the institution is condncted, as fol
lows: "The State puts up our buildings
and appropriates a certain insufficient sum
for salaries of officers. The various counties
in the district put up the remainder ot the
money necessary to maintain the
institution, against which is credited tho
earnings of the men. Since 1820 prisoners
have been sentenced to labor. We have al
wavs endeavored to find labor least competi
tive of all other for our men to do. We se
cured the Industries, and have appropriated
the earnings to plants. As a result, instead
of letting out the contract to outside firms,
and furnishing the labor, ns formerly, wo
own our own plants and sell tbe product.
"The idea that we hoodwink the public
on tbe brooms is most absurd. We stamp
all our goods 'convict made,' and the
labels placed on them by Lang & Shepard
are not used to deceive tbe public. Many
years ago, before labor organizations were
known, William Mardoff started a
broom factory. He adopted the Union
shield as a trademark, and christened his
fnotory after his trademark. The oldest
housewife will remember the 'Union'
brooms. Some years later Lang & Co. suc
ceeded William Wardoff, but continued to
make 'Union' brooms. Lang & Shepard
have since taken charge of the business.
They cling to the old name and trademark,
and stamp all their goods with both. There
is no attempt at an evasion of the law.
There is none intended. Neither do they
intend to convey the idea that tbe goods are
made by organized labor."
TASKS OF THE CONVICTS.
The prisoner complained about the tasks
in the broom factory being too great. War
den Wright says the day's work is based on
what the average man will do in
six hours. It takes some of the men
seven hours to do the work, but tho
Warden thinks if there was enough
work on hand to make overtime possible,
many of them would complete their tasks
in much less time. The food complained
about was shown to The'Dibfatch repre
sentative. It looked clean and wholesome.
The cheese which was said to possess great
pedestrian abilities was of American mako
and was fresh. The Warden went to the
trouble to open a tirkin of mackerel. They
showed no signs of decay, but, on the other
band, were large and toothsome in appear
ance. Speaking in a general way about the food
served to the prisoners, Warden WrlgTit
said: "The food is selected with tbe great
est care. Jn fact, we have frequently been
considered too particular. Such charges as
are made by this prisoner are reflections on
tbe business integrity of the firms supplying
us with provisions as much as to say they
supply us with an inferior quality of goods."
The Warden showed the reporter a reso
lution passedatthelnternational Prison Con
gress, held last month in St. Petersburg.
The resolution was as follows:
SUGGESTED FROM EXPERIENCE.
Prisoners ought to work, and tbat work
ought to be as much as possible .useful
and productive, and ought to bear rela
tion to tbe reform of tbe prisoners and tbo
sitnation of the prison. Secondly, as work Is a
cbief part of the reforming process of punish
ment. It ongbt to rest with tbe State, and not
with private contractors, whoso only desire Is
to obtain as much as possible. Irrespective of
the effect it may produce on the character of
tbe prisoner himself. Thirdly, In some cases,
owing to tbo difficulty of the State's organizing
work of pnblio usefulness, tho prison adminis
tration may be allowed to hire out tbe labor of
tbe prisoners to private enterprise, so
long as the utilization of his handi
work does not ontall tbe domination of tbe
contractor over his person and his life, and
fourthly. It Is desirable that tbe produce of
prison labor should' belong to the State and
tbe congress expresses tbe wish that the State
shonld be as-much as possible tbe producer and
consumer of prison labor.
Warden Wright takes delight in the fact
that the western Jt-emtenttary has already
accomplished about all that is proposed by
this resolution, and when he gets his graded
system in operation, as set forth in yester
day's Dispatch, it will be far in the lead.
The solution for Pennsylvania is the com-
-1.4 . i? .1 nan. wini vI-.mI. . tit J It.
jicuuu ui uic hum .., nujuu win aumit
additional counties In the western diArict,
and will ease the crowded condition of tbe
eastern prison. .,
DBUHK AND DAMAGED.
The Peculiar Plight of a Man Found In a
Soalbilile ripeak-Eair.
About midnight on Saturday night a mac
ran down South Twelfth street and told Offi
cer Cochran that a man was being murdered
at the head of the street, near the railroad.
With Officer Eige, Cochran went to the place,
and found a crowd of men in a room of one
of the houses near the Mt. Oliver Incline
station, with several kegs of beer. All th e
men were intoxicated, and paid no atten
tion to the entrance of the officers. Oneman
was lying on a bed in the room, and the
police were undecided for a time whether
he was dead or only dead drunk. He was
rut and bruised in a terrible manner, his
clothing was soiled and torn, and he was
covered with blood from bead to loot. One
of the men explained his disordered appear
ance by saying that he had tried to run the
place and made a failure.
The entire party, except the wounded
man, was placed under arrest and taken to
the Southside station house, where tbey
each paid a fine of $5 and costs yesterday
morning. Their names were Albert Wlako
ski, Charles Pattroski, John Blotney, Joe
Llbsoski,. Antony Comiski, Ignatz Gatz
mone, Sam and Georgo Mullen.
BUBGLABS OK THE SOUTHSIDE.
A Woman njpnSllzoil or Chloroformed and
Ilor .loans Rnnsacked.
Mrs. Bowland, who lives at Picnio and
Beulah streets, Twenty-seventh ward, re
ported to the police yesterday that her
house had been entered on Saturday night,
but nothing was taken except a gold ring
and a small amount of money. Mrs. Bow
land said that she must have been put un
der the influence of chloroform, as she was
aware that a man was in her room ransack
ing everywhere, but sho was unablo to
move or make any outcry. She says she
felt the effect of the drug for several hours
afterward. She could not identify tbe man.
Joicph Hirsch, of the same street, called
at police headquarters and stated that his
house bad also been entered Saturday night
and a silver watch stolen. There is no clew
in either case, but the police expect to make
arrests in a lew days. Inspector McKelvy
is of the opinion that the sanio person
entered both houses.
A CONTRACT FOB 10,000 TONS.
The Big Fonr Road riaces an Order With
tbo Edgar Tbomspn.
W. L. Spronll, commercial agent of the
Chicago and Alton road, returned on Sat
urday from Indianapolis. He states that
President Ingalls, of the Big Four road,
closed a contract with Carnegie, Phipps &
Co. for 10,000 tons of rails. The President
was in the Hoosier City at the time to treat
with the strikers, and the rail order was
placed with the firm's Chicago agent.
Mr. Sproull reports tie freight business
as at a standstill for the present. The
prospects, however, for an early fall revival
of trade are encouraging. Much depends
on the crops to make heavy shipments for
the railroads, and the reports from the AVest
received by the agents here are exceedingly
flattering.
STSAHDED WITH HIS PAWTT.'ft
Tonsil Lack Overtakes a Blair County fllnn
Who Went West to Farm.
Charles Boberts, a man of Hi years, with
his wife and five children, is at the Central
station. Boberts came from Blair county.
A few years ago he went to Illinois and
began to farm. Crops have been poor and
he conclnded to come back home. He got
as far as Wheeling on Saturday when his
money ran out. The Wheeling authorities
forwarded him to Pittsburg, and be will be
turned over to tbe Department of Charities
to-day.
Boberts' oldest child is a girl, Belle, aged
10 years; then comes Henry, aged 8; twins,
Grovcr Cleveland and Thomas Henry, fi
each, following, and the haby, Isaac, is
aged 2 years. They bave friends in Holll
daysburg wbo will help them.
BITTEN BY TWO DOGS.
A Little Boy Bndly Torn by Ferocious
Canines.
Henry Slicker, aged 5 years, was playing
in front of his home, on Bowe street, near
Charles street, Thirteenth ward, yesterday
afternoon, when two ferocious dogs attacked
him, and before bis father, who was sitting
on the steps in front of the houee, could get
to the boy's assistance, the dogs had bitten
the little 'ellow in several places. His right
leg was bitten in two places, and tho teeth
marks were left on his right arm.
The boy was immediately taken to Dr.
Phillips' "office, where his injuries were
dressed. The dogs did not belong in the
neighborhood, and after doing the damage
were lost sight of.
WATCH AND U0NE7 GONE.
Absalom Davis Relieved of Ynlunblea Whllo
Tnklna; n Nnp.
John Davidson was arrested yesterday by
Lieutenant Johnston and Special Officer
Bichards on complaint of Absalom Davis,
wbo charged Davidson with robbing him of
a gold watch and some money while he was
taking a nap on the hillside near the Twenty-seventh
ward schoolhouse on Saturday
night
Davis says that he was awakened by Da
vidson going through his pockets, but was
unable to prevent his escape. He reported
the matter at the Southside police station,
and in a couple of hours Davidson was in a
cell.
WILL MEET IN PITTSBURG. '
Tho Patriotic Order, Horn of Amerlcn, Com
ing Hero Next Month.
The State Camp of the Patriotic Order,
Sons of America, will bold its annual ses
sion in Old City Hall, commencing Monday,
August 11. It will probably continue for
one week, as there arc a number ot import
ant measures to be disposed of.
All tbe camps and commanderics of the
order in the western part of the Stato and
from the interior will engage in a monster
treet demonstration on Friday. August 15.
In the evening a free excursion will bo
given up the Monongahela river.
WHAT PEOPLE AUG DOING.
Some Who Travel, Boms Who Do Not, nnd
Others Who Talk.
Warner H. Bell, for some time city ed
itor ot the Post, has resigned that position to
accept the management of a new Republican
Faper to commence pnbllcation about August
at Indiana, and which will be called the In
diana County Qatctle.
A. G. Cochran, of St. Louis, passed
through the city last evening, on bis way to
New York; Mr. Cochran formerly lived In
Pittsburg and Is a son-in-law of Colonel An
drews. George M. Hoblitzell, of Meyersdale,
registered at the Monongahela House yesterday.
NO SECEET TO LOSE.
Mr. John A Brashear Bays a Tele
scope Made With Lenses That
COULD BE USED AT AMI DISTANCE
Would be Considered by Scientists as of
Ho Talne Whatever.
HOW TO TELL A PERFECT TELESCOPE
"What a blessing it would be to mankind
if some inventors conld be induced to re
serve the time and energy that they waste
in trying to accomplish the impossible,"
was the philanthropical remark made by an
astronomical expert, and one of the best
posted in the business, Mr. John A. Brash
ear, to a Dispatch reporter, yesterday
afternoon.--"Instances are multiplying of
men expending their efforts in useless en
deavors; every day some one rises from ob
scurity to proclaim a wonderful discovery,
that invariably turns out to be nothing,"
an'd, leaning back in his chair on the bal
cony ofbis handsome residence overlooking
Perrysville avenue, Mr. Brashear gazed
thought ully in front of him, while the per
fumed zephyrs blew sweetly through the
suburban air. &
"My attention was called to a telegram in
to-day's Dispatch," continued Mr. Bra
shear, "announcing the death in Syracuse
of William Malcolm, who was thought to
bave in his possession a scientific secret of in
estimable value. It is reported that he dis
covered a method of making telescopes
which could discern, with equal accuracy,
an object 20 feet or 20 miles away, without
alteration of the focus."
"Is that secret lost to the world?"
THE SECRET ALL BIGHT.
Mr. Brashear's intellectual features lit up
with a smile as he replied: "The world is
all right, so far as that secret Is concerned.
There is nothing in it. The whole thing is
a chimera. Wo can make lenses that can
discern objects 20 feet or 20 miles a ay with
out altering the focus, but astronomers would
condemn them at once. Such lenses would
bo considered utterly worthless. They
would be useless for the reason that their
construction renders them necessarily poor."
"But Mr. Malcolm's discovery was re
garded as wonderful."
"Of course; it would be wonderful if a
man could lift himself by his boots, and it
would be wonderiul if these new-style teles
copes could do all that is claimed lor them,
but the trouble is tbey don't. There is a
law of optics as well as a law of gravitation,
and these laws are in some cases amenable
to improvement, but never to such paradox
ical institutions as lenses that with equal
facility would sweep any field at one focus.
You understand tbat the lines of light, after
going through the lens, converge at a point
called tbe locus. If an object stationed
at tho focus is moved either forward
or backward it grows dim because
the lines of light do not all meet on it. Now.
by using a combination of several lenses, and
diapbragming them down by means of
discs of paper, etc., placed at different
points in the adjustment of the glasses,
some ot tbe rays are made to converge at a
distant focus, another set meet at a nearer
point, and soon. All objects coming under
each focus are made visible, but the great
objection arises that the vision is too dim
for practical use. That is why such tele
scopes are of no account.
WOULD BE A GBATTD THING.
"It would be a grand thing for the human
race if a lens could be devised that, like tbe
human eye, would bring all things to view
with one focus. You know, if a man has lost
his sight and still retains all Darts of his
eye save the crystalline len, he can be
made to see by putting lenses on the out
side, such as tbe cataract glasses which are
now in use. Tbe trouble with a cataract
glass is tbat the focus is always just one
distance from the eye, and if an object is
held nearer or further away it does aot
come under that focus, and consequently
cannot be seen. An object must be directly
under the focus before it can be distin
guished. "One thing to remember in buying a
telescope is to test the instrument by "setting
an object about 1,000 feet or so awav; then
move the object a quarter of an inch either
to the right or left, nnd if it grows slightly
dim, that is a sure sign that the telescope is
a first-class article. The whole aim is not
to get an instrument that will cover the
country, but a telescope that has one focus,
and a good one.
A WILD-EYED IDEA.
"Four years ago a canard was originated
in the West by an enterprising newspaper
writer. He wrote an account of how some
one bad taken two plates of glass, six inches
in diameter, connected the edges and in
jected glycerine, which was said to bave
caused the lens to swell out. This is only
one of the wild and fanciful flights which
imaginative writers take, but thousands of
people believed it. By this glass it was
claimed that the inhabitants of the moon
could be seen throwing apples at one
another.
"Tbe people look at my work up here as
surrounded by a halo of secrecy, when the
secrecy is only skill acquired through hard
work. There arc numerous gifted amateur
astronomers throughout the country who
have discovered many important matters
through careful study, but there are others
who originate, or claim to originate, impos
sible methods before acquiring any previ
ous knowledge ot optics.
DASHING VOLUNTEERS.
Progressive Idons for tbo Atlestienr Semi
Centennial Celebration.
The members who served as volunteers on
tho old Columbia Engine held a meeting
yesterday afternoon in the Columbia boat
house. It was presided over by Mr. David
Barker. About 20 members were present,
and all were enthusiastlo in their desire to
participate in the semi-centennial parade.
It was decided that they will turn out as a
company and will pull the old hose carriage
used by them during the days of volunteer
service. Another meeting will be held on
Tuesday night at the Columbia Engine
house. A committee was appointed to secure
the old carriage, which is still in use at
Millvale.
The Allegheny County ".Butchers' Asso
ciation has been assigned the post of honor
in the Allegheny City semi-centennial
parade. The association will be given the
right of the Second division, and will act
as the special escort of the Mayor, officials
and Councilmen ol the city. The Butchers'
Associution is strong in wealth and num
bers and will spare no pains to make a great
display. Tho ywlll parade mounted, and it
is expected that almost every butcher in the
whole county will bo in line.
FIVE YEAES OLD YESTEEDAY.
The Birthday of the Anderson Obsorved
With a Feme
The fifth anniversary of the Hotel Ander
son was observed yesterday in a quiet way.
Mr. Bean had prepared an unusually fine
dinner, and his guests had a chance to revel.
The pretty sachet bags, on which the
menu was printed in letters of gold, were
much admired.
Benten by nr Husband.
Assault and I battery is the charge on
which Albert Cresee, of 3 Isabella street, is
confined in the Allegheny lockup. Mrs.
Creese, wife of the defendant, is the prose
cutrix. Her appearance indicates that she
has been very badly treated. Her face is
swollen aud her eyes blacked from blows ad
ministered by her husband. The prisoner
was only released a few days ago after seiy
log a fix months' term In the workhouse.
AT CHIEF BIGELOW'S SHEEP.
HAHRY TURNEY ARRESTED FOR CASTING
STONES AT THEM.
Almost a Riot In Schenley Park Yesterdny
Charles Brown Chased by a Mob for
Assisting an Offleer More Arrests to
be Made.
Schenley Park was the scene yesterday
afternoon of considerable excitement, and it
is likely that a number of arrests will be
made.
About 3 o'clock Harry Turney was ob
served by Park Officer Andrew Freese in
'the act of throwing stones at some ot the
sheep and other animals. The officer went
to the manand attempted to place him un
der arrest, but met with considerable resist
ance and had to call assistance. A young
man named Charles Brown responded, and
together they overpowered Turney and
started on their way to the Oakland patrol
station
A crowd of men gathered and showed their
sympathy for Turney by gatbering stones
and throwing them at the officer and Brown.
Freese was hit several times on the back,
but was not hurt. When the side of the
hill was reached Brown, believing his as
sistance was no longer necessary, left the
officer. The officer then departed with his
prisoner and lodged him without further
molestation in the station house.
Brown, however, fared badly after leav
ing the officer. The crowd turned on him
and commenced a merciless fusilade of
stones, several of which struck him, and cut
him about the face and head severely. He
fled, but was pursued by the crowd. On
the hillside he ran into a house and locked
the door. Several members of the crowd at
tempted to force an entrance, but after a
number of fruitless efforts abandoned that
object and finally dispersed. A short time
alter Bobert McKnight, a brother of the
Park Superintendent, went to the house in
which Brown was stopping, and escorted
him safely to bis home on Sylvan avenue.
A number of persons who were concerned in
the assault are known, and informations
will be made against them.
SUNDAYS SLIGHT 8CEATCHES.
A Few Minor Mishaps Reported In the Tiro
Cities.
Yesterday morning a horse attached to a
milk wagon owned by a man named Miller,
took fright and ran off on Ohio street, Alle
gheny. The frightened steed turned 'down
Federal street where the wagon was upset
The horse was captured at tbe Fort Wayne
depot, and all that remained of
tbe milk wagon was three badly
broken wheels. An old lady
named Grey, wbo lives on East Diamond
street, was crossing Ohio street at Bidge
avenue when the frightened horse was com
ing along. The pole of the wagon struck
Mrs. Grey, knocking her down, and as the
horse tramped on her, she sustained some
very severe injuries. Mrs. Grey was car
ried into a drug store, and after being cared
for, was removed to her home.
Charles Flannigan, a brakeman on the
PennsylvaniaBailroad, hsd hiskneecrnshed
while coupling cars at Seventeenth street.
Henry Matthews, of Forty-third street,
was thrown from a horse while riding out
Liberty avenue. He had his right arm se
verely sprained and was considerably
bruised.
William Huntzinger, a 16-year-old boy
wbo lives at No. 249 Colwell street, was
taken suddenly sick in the Allegheny
Parks and dropped over in a faint. The
boy was removed to the Allegheny General
Hospital for treatment.
George Folliard attempted to cross over
a freight train in the Fort Wayne yards and
got his foot caught in the drawhead. It
was badly crnshed.
DEFYING THE SABBATARIANS.
Lemonade Qnlnn Does b Brl.k Business la
Cool Trmpcrnneo DrlnU.
"Lemonade Quinn" was doing a big busi
ness at the Casino Mnseum yesterday in de
fiance of Captain Wishart and the laws
passed in England before the earth had
fairly cooled off, which were brought
here by the Puritan Fathers.- TJp to 4
p. M. Quinn had taken in 40 in return
for the cooling lemonade and tbe seductive
milkshake, and was contemplating with
comparative coolness the prospect of paying
$25 and costs to-day. As the crowds began
to fill the streets in the evening Qninn's
trade got larger, and it was all he could do
to fill orders. Altogether, he expects to
make a slight profit on the day.
A stranger to Pittsburg, who must have
weighed 300 pounds,and upon whom the heat
told with effect, paused at the stand for a
drink of lemonade. He heard persons
around talking of the prohibition of Sunday
selling, nnd asked: "They don't fine peo
ple in this city for selling lemonade on Sun
day do they?" When 'assured that that
was the state of affairs he replied, with great
heat: "Then tbey ought to turn this city
into a furnace and burn up everybody
in it"
.
Preparing for a Pleasant Day.
Preparations are well under way for the
picnio of the Wilkinsburg Presbyterian
Church Su nday school next Friday. Boclc
Point is the place chosen tor tbe annual
outing, nnd there is no doubt that the
scholars, their teachers and friends will
spend an enjoyable day. Arrangements
havo been made for a special train to leave
Wilkinsburg at 8 o'clock in tbe morning.
Suspected of Robbery.
Budolph Hailman was arrested on Satur
day night by Lieutenant Booker as a sus
picious person. The boarding house of
Louis Muro was robbed a few days ago, and
Hailman is suspected of being tbe man who
committed the offense. He is held in the
West End station, pending an inquiry into
the robbery.
suits sum siiki.
$1 25 striped silks to go at 69c.
tl 25 India silks to go at 59c.
$1 00 India silks to goat 49c.
60c surah sjlks to go at 29c.
Monday morning.
Enable & Shusteb, 35 Fifth ave.
Excursion lo Atlantic City.
Kext Thursday, July 17, via the B. & O.
E. B. For sleeping and parlor car accom
modations call at tbe ticket office, corner of
Filth avenue and Wood street, Pittsburg,
Pa. 2
Scotch Glngbnnu,
Extra wide, 30c-35o goods, all to go, at 15c a
yd. Sale begins Monday morning.
Khable & Shustek, 35 Fifth ave.
Thin White Goods New Arrivals To-Dny.
Sheer linen lawns, by the yard, in five
different qualities.
Pare all linen cambrics, four-quarters
wide, at 40c, 50o and up to 80c a yard.
JOS. HOBNE & CO.'S
Penn Avenue Stores.
Reductions in coat room Monday, July
14. Enable &SHUSTEK.
35 Fifth ave.
Sheer Linen Lnvrm by tho Ynrd.
Four-quarter all pure linen cambrics at
40c, 50c and up to 80c a yard.
Jos. Hokne & Co.'s
Penn Avenue Stores.
Come to the reduction sale great bar
gains; begins Mnndav morning.
Enable &Bhdsteb, 35 Fifth ave.
Special 30. Cent India Silk dale To-Day.
Come early for first choice, store closes at
5 P. 21.
liOS. UOIEH Oi w. a
Penn Avenuo Stores.
White Goods. While Goods.
Victoria lawns reduced; India linons re
duced; embroideries reduced. Sale begins
Monday. ' Enable & Shtjsteb,
85 Fifth are. .
A FIGHT WITH -FATE.
Owen Mcflallj, the Koted Sneak
Thief, Tells the'Story of Hi3 Life.
FORCED BY TBE "WORLD TO STEAL.
No One Would Give Him Work Because
He Had Seen a Convict.
HTJNSEE CAUSED HIS KETUR5 TO CEIME
Oven McNally, who hears the reputa
tion of being the slickest sneak-thief in t he-
country, claims that he is the victim of
circumstances, and that the world did not
let him be honest when he would. McNally
is now in jail awaiting trial for a number
of robberies in Pittsburg and Allegheny,
and tbe officials have no doubt of being able
to convict upon several charges.
McNally has served a term of eight years
in the Kiverside Penitentiary, having been
sent there for a jewelry robbery, through
the efforts of Superintendent of Police
O'Mara. McNally was released about two
years ago, and the day after he left the
penitentiary Mr. O'Mara "called upon him,
warned him against committing any depre
dations in Pittsburg and advised him to live
an honest life. McNally took the advice in
good part, and would often call upon Super
intendent O'Mara and Inspector McAleese
and chat with them. He is an intelligent
young fellow and a good conversationalist.
About eight months ago; however, McNally
dropped out of sight, and the police did not
know he had returned to the city until con
fronted with evidences of his handiwork.
McNally told the story of bis relapse into
crime to Detective Fitzgerald yesterday.
He was deeply moved while telling his
story, and seemed to feel that the world wss
against him. He said:
HE WANTED TO BE HOKEST.
"When I came out of the penitentiary I
had fully determined to lead an honest life.
I was young and healthy and was willing
to turn my hand to anything. The day
after my release I started out to hunt for
work. I have no trade, but thought I
could get a job of some kind where an ac
tive young fellow would be useful.
Wherever I went I was asked what I had
worked at bclore. and as I bad been in the
the penitentiary for eight years, from tbe
time I was 19 years old, I had no answer
to make. When I told men the truth, and
said I had been in the penitentiary, but was
trying to live honestly, they said at once
that they had no vacancies, or, as in several
instances, ordered me out of their places of
business.
"I tried for a long time to get a job on a
railroad. I went to Mr. F. C. Beatty four
times, and becged him to use his influence
to get me on tbe road, but without success.
Finally I heard that a man named Milli
gan, at Canton, O., wanted help, and I
wrote to him for a fob. He told me to come
on, and being without rnoney. I beat my
way there, riding two days in a boxcar.
When I reached Canton, without a cent, I
found that Milligan bad been taken seri
ously ill, and was unable to attend to busi
ness, and there was, therefore, no work ior
me to do. I staved in Canton several days
trying to obtain work, but without success,
and being regarded as a suspicious charac
ter by tbe officials, being without any
visible means of support, I was ordersd to
leave town.
THE POWEE OP HTJNOEB.
"I got on a freight train and succeeded in
reaching Steubenville, where I lauded hun
gry and desperate. I hadn't a cent, and
had given up all hope of obtaining work.
Then I committed my first thelt since I left
tbe penitentiary and stole two dozen silk
handkerchiefs. These I sold for 40 cents,
and with part of the money boucht some
whisky. That was the first drink of an in
toxicant I had taken for over nine yean.
Then X returned to Pittsburg and stole for a
living. I can't remember all the places I
robbed or what I took, because I was drink
ing all tbe time. I was drunk from the
time I got into Pittsburg until I was ar
rested." One peculiar feature of tbe case was tbat
about the first place McNally robbed after
his return to Pittsburg was the residence of
. C. Beatty, the man he had importuned
so often for employment. When arrested
McNally was wearing some ot the clothing
stolen from Beatty's house.
Among the places robbed were the resi
dences of B. W. Gilson, Dr. "Wylie, Dr.
Schwcrtzel, Mr. Fletcher and a number of
other houses in Pittsburg and Allegheny.
The property stolen amounts to several
thousand dollars. McNally is giving the
police assistance in recovering the stolen
goons, but owing to the fact that he was
drinking at the time, he cannot remember
how he disposed of all of it.
WEISSER
ALTERATION SALE!
Entire Stock Must be Sold
-BY-
JULY 26.
NOTE OUR PRICES.
Cotton Challies, 3c.
Wool Challies, 45c.
French Satines, 15c, 20c and 25c
All-Wool Striped Dress Goods
down from 75c to 33c
All-Wool Debeige down from 75c
to 37a
One lot Summer Dress Goods to
close out, marked to-iac.
A few more Striped and Plain
Surah Silks at 33c.
Good Dress Ginghams at 8c.
Best Dress Ginghams at njc '
French Dress Ginghams at 18c
Bargains in all departments,
as our stock must be sold be
fore rebuilding.
WEISSER,
435 AND 137 M ABKET BTItUET.
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KEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
JDS. HDRNE I CD.'B
PENN AVE. STORES,
Monday, July 14.
Summer
Silk
Bargains.
As a proper wind-up of a won
dcrfulljr large season in this
class of goods, we offer to-day
some special lots which will
make quick sales in this largest
Silk Department.
One lot good colors and choice
styles Printed Shanghai Silks,
27 inches wide, at 50c a yard.
One lot Printed India Silks, 27
inches wide, at 75c.
One lot extra fine Printed India
Silks, 24-inch, at 85c. These
are high novelty styles.
One lot Printed India Silks,
very fine, latest designs, hand
some colorings, at $1, have sold
at $1 50.
Single pattern Printed Surah'
and India Silks, all markec
down.
Ask to see the new Black and '
White India Silks, 27 inches
wide, at 75c a yard.
Also the White Japanese Silk,
24 inches wide, at 68c, regular
$1 quality.
Hardly worth your while to
send for sample as these
prices will empty the shelves
in a twinkling.
This special Silk- Sale begins
to-day.
Store closes at 5 p. m. till fur-
ther notice.
JDS. HDRNE k CD
609-621 PENN AVENUE.
JtM
EVIL AIR
From bad sewerage or undralned
swamps deranges tho liver and un
dermines the system, creates blood
diseases and ernptlons, preceded by
headache, biliousness and constipa
tion, which can most effectually ba
,
cored by the use ol tbo genuine
Dr.O.McLane's celebrated
Liver Pills.
Price, 25c Bold by all druggists, and pre
pared only by Fleming Brothers, Pitts
burg, Pa. Get tbe genuine; counterfeits
are made in St. Louis.
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E. P. ROBERTS & SONS
COOL STORES
Are replete with all tbo novelties in summer
jewelry. Newest designs In brooches, stick
pins, ring, neoklaces, pendants, ear rings,,
hair pins, studs, chains, etc
Tourists articles In silver brooches, combs,
soap boxes, flasks, wblsks, mirrors, jewel
boxes, cups and small fancy goods to wear.
E. P. ROBERTS & SONS,
FIFTH AVE. AND MARKET ST.
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Crane Elevator Co.,
Pittsburg Office, Lewis Building.
REVERSING ENGINES.
HYDRAULIC AND 8TEAM
PASSENQER AND FREIQHT
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