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ASK RELIEF,
They Will Bequest the Legislature to
Amend the Laws Prohibiting
the Use of Outlines.
FISH WARDEN ' HAGUE'S WORK.
Campers-Out Along the Honongabela BiTer
Inspired With a Wholesome
Dread of Fines,
EESTILT OP KiSWSPAPEE PUBLICATION.
A Peculiar Point Eaised in as Action Against a
Game-Law Tiolator.
Fish Warden John W. Hague has jnst
arrived home from a tonr of the Mononga
hela river in a canoe, and he reports that
the fish in his district are almost free from
the violators 01 the law. His former raid
down the Allegheny river had a wholesome
effect upon the fishermen in the other streams
and they all evince a wonderful respect for
the law. He fonnd bat few violators, and
most of the people who formerly used nets
have either disposed of them or are trying
to sell them.
More than this, his last trip will probably
cause a revision of the fish laws of Pennsyl
vania. At present a number of objections
have been made to the act of May, 1889,
welch prohibits the use of outlines and
night lines. Sportsmen think they should
be allowed to use these devices at least two
tnonts in the year July and August the
months when most of the fishing clubs are
out in camp. In pursuance of this a con
vention of the United Hunting, Fishing
and Camping Clubs' Association of Western
Pennsylvania will be held in Pittsburg in
October. Besolutiom will be framed pe
titioning the State Legislature to amend the
present law so that the use of outlines will
be allowed during the months of July and
August.
A TTSE POINT EAISED.
This part of the law has already created
much trouble. One case came up in the
courts on last Saturday where a man who
had been prosecuted for using an outline
appealed and Colonel Stone filed a brief in
which be claimed that if it was illegal to
fish with a fixed line a man who fished with
two poles and left one of them stick in the
hank was liable to prosecution. He claimed
outline fishing was not illegal, and that the
law did not prohibit outlines, only fixed
nets and fish baskets.
When Fish Warden Hague was shown
the opinion yesterday he took the following
position: "Colonel Stone's opinion is mis
leading and if anybody depended upon such
statements they would be liable to a flue
and imprisonment, lhe Colonel does not
touch the position. The act of May 22,
18S9, tor the protection of shad and other
game fish prohibits the casting and drawing
of seins, dip nets, pyke nets, etc., or the use
of any otherappliacce for the taking offish.
"If the act had stopped at that point all
fishing would have been prohibited and any
one attempting to catch fish in any manner
would have been liable to a fine of $100 or
six months' imprisonment. But at the end
another clause was inserted which allowed
the taking of fish with a rod, hook and line,
and that is the only method by which fish
may be lawfully caught in Pennsylvania.
Any other appliance is illegal.
DEFINING AN OUTLINE.
"Mr. Stone uses the third section of the
act to further prove his position. This sec
tion prohibits any set appliance for taking
fish. He seeks to maintain the position
that fish baskets, racks and things of that
natnre are intended to be meant. Any
person can readily see that an outline is a
set means of catching fish. One end is
anchored with a rock or fastened to the bank
and the line is hung with short lines on
which are baited hooks. It is certainly a
fixed means of catching fish because it is
never taken out of the water. It is simply
lifted in sections and then allowed to re
main as long as the parties owning it are in
that locality.
'It is certainly a violation of the law. I
took this position after consulting with &
number of sportsmen. I also received ale
ter from the gentleman who framed the act,
in which he said it was intended to prohibit
outline fishing and was intended to recog
nize the rod, hook and line as the only
legalized method of taking fish, for by tha"t
means only one fish can be caught at a
time."
Alter he was through, Mr. Hague leaned
back in his chair and kindly told the ex
perience of his last trip. He said: "On
July 22, I started from Morgantown in a
canoe with two deDUties. We visited the
camps of all the clubs between there and
Pittsburg. The intention was to
find out all those who were violating the
fish law and what means thev were using.
2fot having any authority in West Virginia
no work was done until the State line was
passed. I visited the Batchelors Club, of
Allegheny, early in the trip. They were
.not catching any fish at all, so we stayed
there a day just to show them how it was
done.
A PLEA OF IGNOBANCS.
"There were abont 40 camps along the
river. We found many outlines, bonp nets
and gill nets along the river. I notified the
officers of the camps. They all pleaded ig
norance of the law on the -subject,
but when I told them the law they
all acquiesced. I only found seins at
v Fayette City. The man who owned them
said be was getting ready to sell tbem. He
had not used the nets, he said, because be
had read the account of-ray raid up the
Allegheny "Valley in-The Dispatch. In
fact that was responsible for the absence of
violations of the law they all seemed to
have read it and I could not learn of any
nets having been used.
"At Port Marion, at the mouth of CHeat
river, I found fishing magnificent, but there
was no illegal means, used. William Maple,
who owns Dunkard creek at lock Uo. 9, who
had repeatedly defied the local authorities,
has now disposed of all his nets and pro
hibited the use ofnigbt lines in his stream.
I afterward learned that this was caused by
bis having been prosecuted .uid made to pay
a fine -of $300. This bad the effect ot
creating a wholesome regard for the game
laws in that section.
"The camping clubs along the route ap
proved ol my actions, and I made a great
many friends. A number of them want to
be admitted to the United Hunting, Firii
ing and Camping Clubs' Association of
"Western Pennsylvania. I don't believe
I there will be any more violations of the
law for some time at least '
"I myself believe that outline fishing
should be allowed during the months of
July and August, when most of the clubs
are in camp. We will hold a convention of
the United Hunting, Fishing and Camping
-Clubs' Association in Pittsburg this fall
and endeavor to have the law so amended.
"In the mean time the law will be strictly
enforced in every particular. I intend to
take some more trips this summer, and I
will see that the law is not violated in the
least particular."
Only Exrrclis for the Firemen.
At 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon there was
an alarm of fire from box 316 in Allegheny,
which was occasioned by a fire in the sum
mer kitchen ot Charles Zeig, on Seiferth
street Eleventh ward. The Kltcnen was
destroyed, entailing a lo of about $100,
FISHERS
OPENING FORBES AV-ENUE.
THE BOARD OF VIEWERS" REPORT GEN
ERALLY SATISFACTORY.
Assessing Benefits From Grant Street to
Home wood Sirs. Scbenley's Henvy
Contribution to the ImproTementTne
County Bee to Pat Up for Ite Property,
The Board of Viewers had before them
yesterday the report on the extension of
Forbes avenue to Diamond street and the
parties assessed, who were called in to hear
the report read. The improvement is as
sessed upon the property along the entire
length of Forbes street, and as Forbes is the
longest street in the city there are about a
thousand separate pieces of property abut
ting upon it. Probably 200 ol the owners
of these appeared yesterday to examine the
report, and taking everything into consid
eration the report was very favorably re
ceived, there being few objections, and they
were trifling.
The assessments for benefits are made
from Grant street to Shady avenue, those
near the improvement proper being pretty
heavy and graded down as the distance in
creases. Mrs. Schenley's assessment is the
heaviest She has property on both sides
of the street at the point where the opening
is to be made and for that property is as
sessed over $16,000, and this with her various
properties further out the street caused her
total assessment to Toot up $17,081 60. From
this was deducted'$361 60 for the property
which she is said to have turnel over to
the city last week as an entrance to Schenley
Park. That amonnt will be assessed upon
the city. Deducting also the sum of $13,
712 50 damages allowed to Mrs. Schenley
for the ground taken from her by the open
ing up of the street, hernet assessment for
the improvement is $3,007 SO.
The damages allowed for the entire im
provement foot up $44,272 75, divided as
follows: Mrs. Sehenlev, $13,712 50; K. H.
Hartlev heirs, $6,884; ' J. McKulty, $5,620;
John Busell, $14,420; Key man Brewing
Company, $900; Eliza Braden, $125; Edward
Bowe, $125; Edward Jones, $125; John
Bnlan, $1,000; Charles CampDell heirs, $200;
Mary Patch, $200; James Dolan,$200; Will
iam Dilmore, $200; Sarah Francis, $100;
printing planr, salaries and other expenses
of Board of Viewers, $461 25. Total, $44,
272 75
The assessments for benefits were graded
from $5 down to 20 cents per foot front, and,
while in some cases the assessments footed
up heavily, m others they were very light,
in some instances being down as low as $1.
The county will have to pay $3,222 65 for
the improvement,the assessment being made
on the foot frontage as follows: Court
House, $1,639 35; jail, $683 30; old Univer
sity building, $530; old Criminal Court
building, $375.
A DEAL HAY BESULT.
Messrs. Mngre nnd Rlcr, of the Dnqnesne
Company, In Philadelphia.
Some development in the rumored deal
between the Pittsburg and Duquesne
Traction Companies may be looked for
within the next day or two. The President
and Vice President of the latter company
went to Philadelphia, last night, but denied
there was anything in the wind.
The Eastern express carried out of Pitts
burg last evening C. L. Magee and George
Bice. The latter was accosted while passing
up and down the depot platform and asked
if there was any probability of a deal with
the Philadelphia owners of the Pittsburg
cable road. He said the rumors of a deal
were all bosh, and the road could not be sold
until it was built He said he was going to
Philadelphia on business and Mr. Magee
was on his way to Cape May for the benefit
of his health. There was no significance, he
said, in their being together.
In view of the gossip concerning a deal, a
gentleman who says he knows stated last
evening that Charles McKee, attorney for
the Duquesne Company, has made several
trips to Philadelphia in the interest of his
employes, and each time held conferences
with Messrs. Widener and Elkins in regard
to a combine. The new road is worth
about $500,000 to the Pittsburg company to
have work stopped where it is now. Presi
dent Elkins, of the Pittsburg company, was
also in Philadelphia several days last week.
CHIEF BBOWK BEITENS.
He ! Not Prepared lo Immediately Grant
tne Firemen's Demand for Vacations.
Chief J. O. Brown, of the Department of
Pnblic Safety, returned yesterday from a
brief vacation at Asbury Park. He looks
well and says he feels well. He is now pre
pared to give the wheels of his department
another spin.
Mr. Brown was considering the request of
the firemen for a vacation yesterday. The
Chief thinks it will be difficult to Arrange
and is not especially enthusiastic on the
subject Since he has controlled the De
partment be has enlarged the privileges
granted the men. Formerly a fireman never
obtained leave of 'absence "for more than 12
hours, from 9 JL. M to 9 p. jr., and many sus
pensions resulted, as the men would just com
mence to enjoy themselves when they ought
to be reporting for duty. Under the exist
ing regulations the men receive an equiva
lent oi 30 days leave of absence a year, and
he thinks that ought to be sufficient
WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING.
Some 'Who Travel. Some Who Do Not, and
Others Who Talk.
W. D. Holmes, a former Pittsburger
and well-known member of the Dnqnesne Clnb.
and who married a wealthy Cincinnati lady
about a jear and a halt ago, is in the city and
stopping at the Duquesne Hotel. Mr. Holmes
is now a resident or P aris, and was called to
Pittsburg on account of a death.
Miss Mary T. Butler, of North High
land avenue, and Mrs. McAleese, of Wylie
avenue, have gone to Lakewood. N. Y, After
remaining there f oi a few weeks they will co to
Atlantic City, and then visit some friends In
Brooklyn, N. ST.
William Guckert, Jr., of the Columbus
Iron and tJteel Company, has returned from a
ten days' trip to Eastern watering places. Ho
-received, while away, a very handsome present
from his friends in the East. '
Governor Francis, of Missouri, passed
through the city, yesterdav, on his way home
from the East. He was hurrying to get home
in order to prosecute the search for the train
robbers.
Chief Murphy, of Allegheny, arrived
home yesterday from a ten flays' trip to Hew
York and Boston. He was accompanied by
John Milby, of the "Forty-fourth Utah."
Mrs. Mary A. Wheeler, of Los Angeles,
CaL, formerly a well-known teacher in this -city,
is visiting her brotber, Mr. J. C BnSum, at 228
Korth Highland avenue. Bast End.
William Letsche, of Warden & Oxnard,
and Edward Shadier, ot Irwin t Co.. were
passengers East last night, bound for Boston
and New York.
Captain John Penny, of Company G,
and Lieutenant H. F. liowry, of Company E,
left last evening for PeeksldU, West Point and
other places.
Frank E. Baadall, General Eastern
Passenger Agent, Detroit and Cleveland Steam
Navigation Company, is at the Monongabela.
Charles Heminghouse, of Hostetter &
Ca's, and' brotber Henry, of the fire alarm
office, left last evening for Atlantic City.
C. M. Schwab, General Manager of the
Edgar Thomson Steel Works, went East last
night to take his parents to Cape May.
J. S. Henry, the well-known Washing
ton correspondent, who had been home on a
visit, left yesterday for the Capital.
Miss Annie Jones, of McKeesport, who
h'ad been spending her vacation in New York,
arrived home last evening; '
B. F. Jones, the well-known iron man
ufacturer, arrived home last evening from
Cresson.
F. C. Frew, Traveling Freight. Agent,
Texas and Pacific Railroad at Cincinnati, is In
town.
J. S. Fruit, a well-known hardware
merchant of Sharon, is at the Seventh Avenue.
William N. TisdalL of the First In-
) Xantry, U. 8. A., Is at the Anderson.
SPOILT THEIR GAME.
A Southside Man Caught Attempting
to Pass Counterfeit Bills
MADE BY KAISIKG THEIE VALUE.
Two Brothers Supposed to have Victimized
II any Merchants.
TO BE TURNED 0YKR TO U, S. OFFICIALS
For several weeks a peculiar form of
counterfeiting has been carried on in a sys
tematic manner on the Southside. Last
night it was brought to a sudden halt.by
the police arresting Archibald and Robert
McDowell, the former being caught in the
act of attempting to pass a ?2 bill that had
been raised to a ten. Early in the evening
Archibald went into the wholesale liquor
establishment of Victor Dosch on Carson,
above South Twenty-second street, and
bought a small bill of goods, tendering in
payment therefor a $10 note.
Mrs. Dosch, who had waited on the cus
tomer, noticed that the large ficure "10" in
the upper right-band corner bore a glossy
appearance, and she showed it to her hus
band. Mr. Dosch examined the bill closely
and satisfied himself that it was a two dollar
bill, and so informed McDowell. The latter
protested, however, that the money was all
right, when Mr. Dosch called Officer Bryant
to arbitrate the matter. The officer recog
nized McDowell as a man whose description
the police had been given with instructions
to arrest him. McDowell was locked up.
STOBY OF THE PBISOSEB.
When confronted by Captain Stewart,
McDowell said he had received a check
from thePennBylvania Railroad Company,
and had gotten it cashed in a saloon out in
Lawrenceville, where the counterfeit bill
had come from. He h'ad just come from
Uniontown on Sunday, and was boarding
with his brother, Robert, at the head of
South Twenty-second street He had not
worked, he said, lor some weeks.
As soon as McDowell was taken to the
station house, Captain Stewart said he
knew he had the man who has been victim
izing the merchants on the kSouth
side for nearly two months. The
plan was a very simple one. Five
and ten dollar internal revenue stamps
were used to raise silver bills of $1 and $fi
denominations. The older the bill the
easier the work was done and the harder it
was to detect the counterfeit An acid was
used to remove all small letters and figures
from the lace of the bill that would be
liable to excite suspicion as to the genuine
ness of ihe money.
Captain Stewart has in his possession four
52 bills that were "raised" to 810's, and a
SI that was turned into a 85. Among those
who were "taken in" by the scheme
were W. F. Reicb, the confectioner; Phillip
Diehl, the saloon keeper; John G. Marsh,
the dairyman, and George Levy, the
clothier. About four weeks ago an attempt
was made to pass,, one of the bills at the
.German Savings Bank, but Cashier Eruy
had had an experience with Bros! that has
since kept him on his guard. Captain
Stewart got a number of the bills and even
succeeded in getting the name and de
scription of the man who was passing the
money, but was utterly unable to locate him.
Instructions were given to the police to ar
rest the first man answering the description,
and business men and merchants were cau
tioned to be careful.
GATE HIS BEOTHEB AWAY.
Archibald caused the arrest of his
brotherhiraself. As soon as he said he
boarded with Robert, Special Officers Corri
gan and Bichards were sent to the .house at
the head ot South Twenty-second street,
where the house was searched. Robert sur
mised something was wrong and when he
thought the officers' attention was in an
other direction he picked up a large en
velope from a secreted place and threw it
into the yard. Umcer Richards went ont
and got the envelope, which contained a
large number of the '"5" and "10" revenne
stamps. Another lot was found between
the leaves of a family bible. Robert was
locked up, and Captain Stewart says he
thinks the two men were equal participants
in the scheme.
The two men had just prepared to move to
Uniontown, and part of their goods are now
in a Pittsburg, Virginia and Charleston
freight car. They intended to go to-day.
Robert worked at the Oliver Iron and Steel
Works, and Archibald was employed as a
wiper at the Thirty-third street roundhouse.
The former is married and has a family.
Captain Stewart said last night the prison
ers would be turned over to the United
States officials, but the police get nothing
for making the arrest He has a lot of bad
coin in his possession now and may have an
other case before long.
FOE THE WORLD'S FAIR.
Colonel Andrews to Submit Hie Plana to the
a Directors To-Day.
Colonel J. P. Andrews and his secretary,
Leonard Wales, left for Chicago last even
ing to appear before the resident directors
of the World's Fair at a special meeting to
day. Colonel Adrews is right "in-it," so
to speak, having the assurance'from some bf
the directors that his plans for the buifftings
or the big show will receive favorable con
sideration. Sketches of the Colonel's plans have, been
made by a Boston architect, and the Pitts
bure engineer expects to knook out every
thing before him. The plans give more floor
space than the Paris Exposition. The plan
is a combination of water and land space,
and the'buildings are mostly of -iron and
glass, with abont ten feet of brick, from' the
ground up. Jackson Park would be done
away with entirely and about 100 acres of
water and 150 acres of lake front will be
used. The buildings and-grounds, ready fpr
exhibits, it is estimated, according to the
plans, will cost ?7,fi00,000. At the water
end there is a working model of every differ
ent bridge in America. (
HE WILL PROBABLY RECOVER.
Somael Relnefelder, Who Was Stubbed by
His JJrotlior-ln-Imw, Getting Betler.
The physicians who are attending Samuel
Reinsfelder,who was stabbed by his brother-in-law,
J. W. demons, early Sunday morn
ing, state that the injured man's condition
is much improved and bis recovery is almost
certain. The fight in which Reinsfelder
was cut arose ont of the possession of some
beer which Clemons -brought home. Beins
lelder attempted to drink the beerand
demons protested. A, fight ensued, in
which the former was badly out about the
breast The injuries were at first considered
fatal.
TAEEHTO DIXMONT.
Murderer Smith Saved From ifae Gallows by
Being Taken lo Dixmont.
Murderer Smith, who was to be hanged
to-morrow week for killing his wife, was
taken to Dixmont yesterday on an order
telegraphed by Sheriff McCandless from
Altoona. .
Smith was deeply affected when taken
from his cell. He has been , in the county
jail so long that he has formed an affection
for the place.
Heard la n Street Car.
"Ha, hal good joke, me boy. The girls,
who go swimming in the natatorium are
diving belles. Don't vou see?"
"H'm 1 yes. But bet your boots they'll
never be dumb belles," i
Dead silence follows.
PIATT'S Chlorides, a true disinfectant -An
odorless liquid, very cheap ana efficient
FROM THE SUNLIT SEA.
California Sending Imrge Quantities of
Frnlt to the Eastern Markets Chenper
In Europe Than In Pittsburg Thousands
of Acres of Grape Left 'to Bot.
California is exhibiting a philanthropic
spirit, or there may be an interested motive
behind it, but so long as the people at large
are benefited' they are not likely to criticise
closely. California holds something better
than four aces and a king she holds a royal
-flush in her hand, this year, and might force
the rest of the Union to pay starvation prices
for fruit, or live on flavored turnips, which
are said to make passable apple batter when
the apple taste is stimulated by the chemist.
A Dispatch reporter had if conversation
yesterday with ex-County Commissioner
Blckert, when he stated that his father,
while in California some years ago, noticed
thousands of acres of red grapes left to de
cay on the vines, and asked the reason. He
was informed by the owners that they could
get $6 a ton tor them by hauling them
several miles to, a railway station, but that
it didn't pav, even by the employment of
"cheap Chinese labor." The bunches were
enormous ones, and it seemed siniul to allow
them to rot As they were selling in this
city at 20 to 30 cents a pound, and $4 to 56 a
ton there, it was evident that either the ven
ders or the transportation 'companies were
making entirely too much money at the
expense ot both grower and consumer.
It was subsequently learned from G. W.
Beckert, who deals in California fruits,
that there has been an - improvement in
some shape effected, California now supply
ing the Union with fruit, and, strange as
it may seem, more cheaply than ever before.
Of course, the price is much higher than
homegrown fruit would bring, but it is
moderate compared with that in years past.
It is too high for canning, but for table
use a large amount is sold. It is supposed
that arrangements have been made with
express companies for lower rates than pre
vailed heretofore, and the enormous ship
ments will justify them in making large
concessions. '
Some years ago a California grape grower
was in Pittsburg, and seeing some of his
grapes for sale on a Liberty street stand,
thought he would like to eat some of his
own production. He was told the' price
was 30 cents a pound. Said he: "I sup
pose these grapes must be hard to raise."
The dealer replied: "Yes, they come all
the way from California, and they are very
rare there." Said the purchaser: "My
friend, I raised these grapes. That is my
name on the crate. Had I gotten two cents
a pound for what I sold to go East this year,
I could retire from business with a large
fortune."
It is supposed the dealer had a very wide
margin, for he stammered out some unintel
ligible explanation. It is not thought the
transportation companies made all the
money, but doubtless tbey might have car
ried the stuff for half what they charged and
then have done a very profitable business.
California produce is carried around Cape
Horn to Europe, some 10,000 miles, and sold
there cheaper than it is in Pittsburg.
IKQUEST OK AN IMBECILE.
Two Dixmont Nurses Censored for Conceal
ing the Injnrtei of a Patient.
An inquest was held yesterday on the
death of Caspar Wykoff, a county patient
at the Dixmont Hospital, who died Sunday
night Wykoff was committed by an order
of court from the county jail on August 25,
1888. He has no friedds that can be found,
though the Dixmont Hospital authorities
have tried several times to reach by tele
graph a party on the Southside on whom the
deceased had some claim of relationship.
The testimony taken at the Coroner's in
quest included statements from Superin
tendent Hutchinson and Drs. Graham and
Ewing, and showed that the deceased had
been a helpless imbecile from the time he
was received at the hospital. He required
the same attention as an infant. On the 8th
instant, after being bathed by two attend
ants, Richard Holmes and James Conn,
Wvkoff iumDed 'into a vat of hot water in
which his clothing were being cleansed and"
scalded his feet and legs. Although the at
tendants could not prevent the act they
were afraid to report the base to the authori
ties for fear of censure, and instead of so
doing they wrapped the man's limbs in cot
ton and sweet oil and treated mm them
selves until the suspicions of the doctors
were aroused about four days Inter and an
investigation was made. Then the attend
ants made a clean breast of the matter and
were pre-emptorily discharged. The patient
improved rapidly under the physicians'
care and was almost well, until last Tues
day, when he became afflicted with acute
pneumonia, from which he died at 8:30
Sunday evening.
The whereabouts of Holmes and Conn
are unknown since their discharge from the
institution. The Coroner's jnry rendered a
verdict that death had resulted directly
from pneumonia, exonerating the hospital
authorities, and censuring Holmes and
Conn for failing to report the scalding of
Wvkoff to the physicians.
Wvkoff is about 42 years of age. No dis
position will be made of the remains until
to-morrow, in the hope oi friends coming
forward to claim them.
STOCKHOLDERS TO RATIFY.
They Will Consent lo tlio Consolidation of
the P., C. it St. Lu nnd the C, Si. L. .fc P.
A meeting of the stockholders of the Penn
sylvania Company will be held in Columbus
to-day for the purpose of ratifying the con
sideration of the Pittsburg, Cincinnati add
St. Louis road with the Chicago, St Louis
and Pittsburg line. Both have heretofore
been run by the Pennsylvania Company,
hnt, although there was but one manage
meuithere were two separate and distinct
organizations.
The two corporations have been merged
into one, but as far as the operation of the
roads is concerned, the deal will not make
any difference. S. B. LeggettSecretary,
and J. J. Brooks, general counsel of the
Pennsylvania Company, left last evening
for Columbus to attend the meeting.
DETHRONED HIS REASON.
Confinement In the Penitentiary Drives John
Thompson Crnzr.
John Thompson, alias Jacob Wilds, was
transferred from the Western Penitentiary
to Dixmont insane asylum yesterday after
noon. Thompson was committed to the
penitentiary from Armstrong county about
three years ago for burglary, and his term of
sentence would have expired in a few weeks.
Thompson has served several previous
terms for the same offense, and this led the
outborities of Armstrong county to think
him insane. Judge Reyburn appointed a
commission of three prominent residents of
Armstrong county, atd the commission de
clared him insane and decided that it
would not be sale for him to be released
when his term expired.
IT WAS A MURDER.
The Child Fonnd on Gallagher Street Died
of Strangulation.
Dr. Guy McCandless held an autopsy
yesterday afternoon on the body of the
female child found in a clump of bushes on
Gallagher street, Allegheny, Sunday after
noon. -The examination was made at
Lawrie's undertaking rooms on Beaver
avenue.
Dr. McCandless gives it as his opinion
that the child is fully developed and died
by strangulation, and it was probably
smothered to death by a hand placed over
its nose and mouth. The remains will be
interred in Bellevue Cemetery to-day.
Will Try to Get Pension.
.The victims of injury in the arsenal ex
plosion on September 17, 1862, will hold a
meeting to-morrow night, at the home of
Mrs. Laura Guinn, 89 Franklin street, and
form an organization. It is proposed to
petition Congress to pension all those who 1
suusrcu iwj u J A WH MV,
COMING TO A CLIML
Prospects That the Airbrake Em
ployes Will Join Hands With
THE OTHER WESTINGHOUSE MEN.
Bamors That Window Glass Homes Will
Start Before October.
METAL WILL SUPEBSEDE WOODEN TIES
Like the New York Central strike, the
Westinghouse and machinists' affairs are
"not settled yet" A committee of the
Executive Committee of the employes now
out will visit Wilmerding and Robinson
street to-day and seek to have the Airbrake
employes present a petition for a nine-hour
day with ten hours' pay, under notice,
that if not granted in 48 hours
both plants will- be shut. This de
cision was arrived at at a meeting
ot the committee held last night. It is said
on good authority that an informal meeting
of some half dozen or so employers was held
a day or so ago, at which George Westing
house was present The machinists' affair
was discussed at length, and Mr. Westine
house is reported as saying that sooner than
give in to hi3 men, he will move both his
electric manufacturing and airbrake works
to New Jersey, where, he is alleged to have
said, labor is cheaner than it is here.
FEW OP THEM EETUEN.
Yery few men returned yesterday to enter
the Garrison alley, or Machine Company's
works, not more than half adozen,excluding
sweepers, and these men are said to be
incapable of understanding English, eha
tbey would not have gone back. Some 160
thewhole staff of the Gas Fuel Company's
men went out on Saturday, and yesterday
the shops were idle, with the exception of a
conple of Germans who went back. A DlS
rATCH reporter called yesterday at the
latter branch of the Westinghouse works,
and was directed to a man named Holmes,
who, it was said, had charge of
the department When asked why the
employes were not at work, Mr.
Holmes declined to impart any information.
When shown that it was a matter on which
the public might reasonably expect a little
information, he would only say that the
press had nothing to do with his business.
"Holmes is only a short time here," said
a clerk, "but he thinks he owns the busi
ness." THE MEN NOW OUT.
The petition of the Gas Fuel employes
was similar to that of the men in the other
branches; In all about 1,100 of the West
inghouse men are now on strike, and the
probability is that the other branches will
follow.
Robinson, Rea & Co. and A. Garrison &
Co., who granted their machinists the niae
hours, were also good enough to extend the
kindness to all their employes.
Bair & Gazz.ira's men came out again
yesterday because of some disagreement on
the apprentice question. Wilson & Snider's
men also are out again, because the firm
wanted to cut down the time in the morning
and make the men work later in the even
ing. The machinists of the National Tube
Works, James Reese, the Lewis Foundery,
Pittsbnrg Iron and Forge Company, Oliver
& Roberts Wire Company and Labelle
Steel Works are still out The Hall PumpJ
uuuipaur uiacuurgeu v uicu, lb la uuccu,
on account of their desiring nine hours.
TO DECIDE IT TO-DAY.
Glai niannfactarera Will Watch for the
Result of the Meeting at Chicago.
About half a dozen glass manufacturers of
this city left last night for Chicago to
attend the special meeting ot the Western
Window Glass Manufacturers' Beneficial
Association, to be held in the Auditorium
to-day. Upon the result of the meeting
will depend the question of whether an early
start will be made or not. The date set for
the resumption of work is October 1, but
from the present indications, glass will be
blown before that time, unless something is
done to stave off the manufacturers who
want to start up in September.
The majority of the Pittsburg manu
facturers have large stocks of glass on hand,
and as a natural consequence do not want to
start until this stock is worked off. Among
those who, it is said, want to resume work
early is the Chambers-McEee Company at
Jeannette. The firm has little stock on
hand and its plant is such a large one that
money is lost each day it stands idle. The
firm turns out and sold more glass last year
than all the Pittsburg factories put together.
Among those who left last evening were
Secretary Loeffler, H. Sellers McKee and
C. W. Phitlips. Mr. McKee would not in
timate what time the Jeannette plant would
resume, but said tbey would be bound by
the action of the meeting.
STEEL DISPLACING WOOD.
Metal Ties Will Probablv Drive All Other
Ont of tbo Bond.
The manufacture of railroad ties will
bring additional grist to Pittsburg mills at
no very distant day. Statisticians show
that the annual dram on the great timber
belts for tie timber is so greatly in excess of
the supply, and recuperative power of the
forests, as to render some substitution for the
tie now in use, necessary. Several patents
have been taken out for metal ties. A
local mill is making a few steel ties
to the order of the Standard
Company of New York, and experiments
made with them in yards where the traffio
was heavy has resulted very much in favor
of them.
Engineers do not agree as to the practica
bility or desirability of metal ties. Some
argue against their cost, and urge they will
not ' wear as servicably as wooden ties.
Others hold, on the other hand, that, while
the first cost of the metal tie may exceed by
twice as much again the price of the wooden
article, the ultimate saving in durability
more than balances the cost. That they
will finally supersede the wooden tie is re
garded as a foregone conclnsion.
BARRELS THAT TRAVEL.
Sent to Europe With OH and Then Retnrnrd
nnd Rrfllled.
The coopering establishment connected
with the Standard Refinery No. 1 was
started up yesterday making new barrels.
For the last six months a force of men have
been at work renovating old barrels. The
company has purchased ail the old barrels
it could find over the country, and these
will now be used for the second time. The
second-hand barrels are reshipped across the
ocean to the Eastern works, where they are
again refilled with refined oil.
The company is now making new bar
rels at the ratp of 400 a day, but the daily
shipments of oil average about 500 barrels.
Very little more stock than the daily re
quirement is turned out The Globe Refinery
is standing still, but is ready to be lighted
wheu the demand for oil exceeds What No. 1
can turn out
LOCAL ITEMS. LIMITED.
Incidents of a Dny In Two Cities Condensed
for Heady Reading.
Awotheb chicken hawk was received by the
Schenley Park Commission yesterday. It was
sent to the office of the Department or Pnblls
Works marked "Eagle, lor Schenley Park,"
bnt the species Is known too well now to he
classed with the bird of freedom. The donor is
August WItthauer, who captured the bird at
Rock Point
The Jr. 0. 17. A. M. Monumental Committee
will meet at the Council Chamber, City Hall,
at 7,-tf o'clock this evening.
DISASTERS OF A DAY.
A YOUNG MAN FALLS.DOWN STAIRS AND
BREAKS HIS NECK.
Terrible Fall of a Little Glrl-A Baby Boy
Bitten by a Dog Attacked by a Vicious
Ilorae Numerous DUiaapi Diet by Mill
Employee.
George Holliness, while visiting at the
residence of -his sister, at Mansfield, last
evening, fell downstairs and broke his neck.
'Squire McMullin was authorized to hold
the inquest.
Bridget Kennedy, 4 years old, yesterday
fell outpf the second story window of her
parents residence, No. 7i4 Fifth avenue,
during the momentary absence of her
mother. The child's sknll was fractured
and her left eye knocked out She will prob
ably die. '
Two-year-old Willie Watson while play
ing on Tannehill street yesterday, was
badly bitten by Michael McCabe's dog. The
dog was Billed.
Harry Lawson, an employe at Burns &
Jahn's stables, on Grant street, was passing
the stall of a vicious horse yesterday after
noon when the animal suddenly kicked out
with both feet knocking Lawson several
feet and injuring him severely. He was
taken to the Mercy Hospital.
Anthony Hochcoch had his ankle and
foot crushed bv a heavy casting at the
Edgar Thomson Steel Works yesterday.
P. J. Larkin, of Pike street, had his foot
crushed yesterday st Howe, Brown & Co.'s
mill. Amputation may be necessary.
Martin Tetter is in the West Penn Hos
pital with a severe scalp wound received in
falling from a freight car at Braddock.
George Howard ran a rusty spike into his
foot yesterday while working on a new
building on Bnena Yista street, Allegheny.
Willie Smith, 13 years old, had his foot
crushed by an electric car on Sonth Thir-.
teenth street The boy was trying to jump
on a moving car.
ttrt.p JOB THE REEDY.
What the Society for the Improvement of
the Poor Is Doing.
The semi-monthly report of the Associ
ation for the Improvement of the Poor shows
there were 15 new applicants, 356 families
assisted and 164 aided; situations were ob
tained for four, days' work for 20, children
placed in Home of the Friendless, three;
sent to the City Farm, one.
There was 'distributed 460 loaves of bread,
160 pounds of rice, 104 pounds of oatmeal,
20? bars of soap, 45 pints of beef tea, 13
pints of mutton broth, 307 pints of milk, 43
pounds of tea, 153 pounds ot sugar, 193 gro
cery orders, 650 bushels of coal, 150 gar
ments, 20 pair of shoes and three hats.
DESD IN THE PENITENTIARY.
A Crawford County Convict Carried Off by
" Typhoid Fever.
Michael Lee, a prisoner in the Riverside
Penitentiary, died last evening from
typhoid fever. He had been ill 12 days,
his condition having been critical from the
beginning, and a hemorrhage ended his
life. He was 33 years of age, and was re
ceived at the penitentiary last February,
from Crawford county. He had been
sentenced for three years and two months on
a charge of burglary. His home was in
Titusville.
An inquest will he held Saturday morn
ing, that being required in all cases of
death in a prison. Warden Wright stated
that it was the first case of typhoid fever in
the prison in two months.
POLICEMEN TARE AN OUTING.
Captain Bell Lend n Sqand of Men on a
Fishing Rnld.
The John R. Murphy Hunting and Fish
ing Club, of Allegheny, leave to-day for a
ten-days outing along the Pittsburg and
Western road.
The club Is in charge of good-natured
Police Captain James Bell. The organiza
tion is made up entirely of members of the
Allegheny police force, but as only a few oi
the men can get off at a time, the attendance
at camp will be small.
Freedom Did Not Seem Nntnrnl,
Mary Tinney's sentence ended yesterday
and after being released from the jail she
immediately attacked a bottle of 40-rod
whisky which laid her on her back in a
Bacchanalian Nirvana in a house on
Adams street, Manchester. The residents
of the house objected to ber presence, and
Officer Hein sent her to the Allegheny lock
up in the patrol wagon.
Presented With tho National Colon.
Cyclorama Hall, Allegheny, was filled
with handsome girls and well-dressed young
men last night, the occasion being a silk
flag presentation to Allegheny Commandery
IT. A. M. The handsome flag, which was a
gift from lady friends, was presented by
Colonel W. A. Stone. After the presenta
tion there was music, dancing and a general
good time.
Fell In, a Fever In a Taa Yard.
Albert Parson was found lying uncon
scious in a yard in the rear of Hax's tan
nery on Preble avenue, Allegheny, yester
terday afternoon, and was taken to the Alle
gheny Hospital by patrol wagon No. 2. He
is supposed to be suffering from a virulent
form of fever.
A HOME INSTITUTION
Where Yonng men Can Obtain a Thorongh
Education.
It is no longer necessary for parents and
guardians to send their sonsand.wards away
from home in order to obtain a thorough
education, not only in the classics, but in
such special branches as mechanical, min
ing and electrical engineering. The West
ern University, with its magnificent new
buildings, its widely enlarged course of in
struction, its superior facilities for impart
ing technical knowledge in all branches of
mechanism, affords the youth of Pittsburg
and vicinity advantages which cannot be
surpassed.
The next term will open September 10,
but the two preceding days will be occu
pied with the examination of pupils for ad
mission. Applications should be made early,
either personally or by letter, to Professor
Griges. Full information will be given in
regard to the regular and special courses on
application.
The Nation's Bank for Havings, of Alle
gheny, Has removed to its new banking house, No.
110 Federal st. Will pay interest on time
deposits, and lend money on mortgages.
Business hours 9 A. M. to 3 F. M.; on Sat
urdays 9 A. M.'to 6 p. M. Accounts so
licited. TTS
Central-Table of Bargains To-Day.
Remnants of laces and embroideries at
extremely low prices.
, JOS. HOBNE & CO.'S
Penn Avenue Stores.
At $1 a yard silk-faced trimming velvets
a complete assortment of a(l the new fall
colorings now opened.
xrssu Huous & Hacks.
Baeueblein'3 Wiener export bottled
lager beer equals, if it does not excel, any
brewing in or brought to this market Tele
phone 1018. TTS
TJneqtai.ed for refreshment is Wain
wrlght's beer. All good saloons keep it
Try it
New fall dress goods, colored and black,
opened this week Huous & Hackjc.
TTS3U
The most efficacious stimulant to excita
the appetite is Angostura Bitters. TTSSa
WHX2T ill with pains and exhaustion
Paekeb's Groans Tocto Is your surest relief.
Fabxxb's H axb Bxlbjlx alas tne hair growth.
NO BOOKS JUST YET.
Beading Hatter for Carnegie Library
Delayed by the Bids,
WILL COST AB0DT ?1 PEE VOLUME.
The Dewey Decimal System of Classifica
tion to be Adopted.
0HLT PEICB8, K0T TOTALS, WEEB Q1TEN
The hope that books would be placed in
the Allezheny Carnegie Library during the
next 10 days has again been blighted. It
was expected that the contract would be
awarded yesterday, but circumstances made
that impossible.
The joint committee of Councils met last
night in the committee room at Carnegie
Library to open the bids for the 8,000 vol
umes which it is proposed to buy. There
were only three bids presented, oue from
Scribners', of New York; one from J. B.
Weldin & Co., of Pittsburg, and the third
from the J. B. Lippincott Company, of
Philadelphia. None of the bids specified
the amount which the 8,000 volumes would
cost They only quoted prices on each of
the works. The bid from Scribners' gave
out the impression that the cost would be
about $1 per volume.
As it would be .impossible to reach any
clear conclusion without going clear
over the lists, it was decided to
refer the matter of examining the
bids to a sub-committee, of which
Clerk Bobert Dilworth and Librarian
Stevenson were appointed members. This
sub-committee will meet to-morrow even
ing to make up the whole ot the bids, and
will then report to a special meeting of the
Library Committee, which will be called
by Ihe Chairman.
MAT NOT TAKE SO I01TG.
As most of the books are standard works,
which the publishers keep in stock, it is ex
pected that many of the 8,000 volumes will
occupy places on the shelves in the library
within a few days after the contract is let.
In the meantime, Librarian Stevenson
is preparing himself to receive the
new books. Yesterday he returned from a
ten days' trip to Wilkesbarre. He was not
away enjoyinga vacation or a summer out
ing. It was all hard work with him. He
was examining the great Osterhout Free
Library and the methods by which the
librarian. Miss H. P. James, is enablea to
pick out any one of the 100,000 volumes
which line its shelves. He toos: a turn at
cataloguing, shelving, receiving and cover
ing books. Beside this, he mastered the
Dewey decimal system ot classification,
which, he says, he will adopt in the Car
negie Free Library. The system was in
vented by Melvin Dewey, the New York
State Librarian at Albany, and is considered
the most simple system in the world.
By this system the library is divided into
sections corresponding to the 9 digits. Each
division is represented by a 'digit, such as:
"5, natural sciences;" '0, general works;"
"8, history;" "2, religions;" "3, sociology,"
and so on. Divisions and sub-divisions
may again be made, as often as it is neces
sary.
HOW IT tVOtTLD "WOEK.
For example, 854 could represent the
general history of the United States. That
is, 8 represents history, 5 North America
and 4 the United States. For less portions
of the world nothing is required but more
sub-divisions. A history of Ohio would
probably be numbered 854.7, and of Ham-
NEW FALL GOODS.
THE FINEST AND
-LABGEST STOCK: OF-
:E:A:R:P:E:T:S:
Ever brought to this city.
STYLES ENTIRELY NEW
ASS
Prices Lower Than Ever.
Our new stock of Carpetlngs are all on
exhibition. The stock is an immense one,
and consists of all grades, finest to the
cheapest grades. .
Parties desiring to furnish houses this
fall will do well to call now and make
selections while the stock is complete. The
goods will be stored free of charge until you
want them laid.
EDWARD
BRDETZINBER,
637 and 629 Penn Avenue.
All goods jobbed at the very lowest East
ern prices. au3-xrssa
SPECIAL LOW PRICES
-ox-
BEVERAL
HUNDRED UMBRELLAB!
28, 28, 30-inch, in Natural Sticks, with
Artistic Metal and Sterling' Silver
Mountings. Examine our medium and
fine grades, now at prices to force their
immediate sale. Buy one tor tall and
save money.
THESE MUST GO
REGARDLESS OF COST.
All Summer Dress Stuffs.
All Gents' and Ladies' Furnish
ing Goods. ,,
All Lightweight Made-up Gar
ments. Everything that pertains to
summer".
DAILY ARRIVING.
Our Fall Importations are dally com
ing In. and we call attention to many
choice lines ot medium weight Dress
Goods in the new autumn colorings.
IBER I EABTDN,
505 aid 507 MARKET STREET.
t -K jfe anio-XTMa 1 awm
ilton county 854.76. There may be a num
ber of histories of the same place but each
one would have a diflerent number.
It is expected to have catalogues out soon
after the books arrive. Forthe present, how
ever, finding lists will be published and
placed in convenient places in the library.
As the number of books increases supple
mentary pages will be printed and added to
the finding list Yesterday Mr. Stevenson
received a handsome catalogue of the Cleve
land Library, which contains about 100,000
volumes. Mr. Steveqson said it must have
cost 5,000 to get up such a catalogue, and
thinks Allegheny can get along with a more
modest affair.
USED A CANE QUITE LIVELY.
Henry 91oreak! Attacks Janus HarrlvIiB
With a WalUlna Click.
Yesterday afternoon James Harrivitx
made an Information before Alderman Kerr
against Henry Morenski for assaulting him
withoutprovocation Saturday afternoon on
Carnegie avenue, Eighteenth ward. Harri
vitz says he was passing along Carnegie
avenue when he met Morenski, who carried
a heavy cane in his hand, with which he
struck him, with no just cause. Harrivits
resented the attack, but was unable to cope
with his assailant, who beat him un
mercifully about the head, inflicting an
ugly scalp wound, which, has compelled
him to remain indoors since Saturday.
Morenski was arrested last night, but was
released for his appearance at the trial next
Saturday.
THE CABBIAOE TffVETrqp MEETTNO.
It Will be Held This Yenr In Chicago,
Beginning October 14.
James H. Coyne, publisher of the Car
riage and Wagon Maker, of Chicago, was
in the city yesterday, arranging some mat
ters in connection with the annual conven
tion of the Carriage Builders' National As
sociation, to be held in Chicago, beginning
Tuesday, October 14 and continuing three
days. About a dozen or more delegates,
including the principal carriage builders of
this city, will attend the meeting.
The convention will be the largest ever
held by the association, and among the
features will be an exhibition of models,
goods, materials, etc A grand banquet
will be given on the last day of the conven
tion. for which 1,000 plates will be laid.
PmsBUBO, Tuesday, August 19, 1S90.
JDS. HDRNE I CD. '5
PENN AVE. -STORES.
The end in sight. Clearance
sale, or whatever, the most im
portant point is the rapid move
ment of goods, and that has
been the order the store? over.
Readjustment of prices creates
new interest each day. A lot
of new stripes go among the
20c a yard Dress Goods this
morning. 50-inch Wool Sacqu
ings at 36c a yard, in mixtures
of brown and gray. Ranks
closed in that army of French
Robes. They are in the center
'"' of the' "store. Double-width
Black Silk Warp Henriettas
and Wool Henriettas at $1 in
the Black Goods are worth 50
cents more to the yard.
THE LAST CALL.
The Summer Suits suffer a
final adjustment of prices.
Lower than ever, of course.
Most every reader knows what
the prices were. What do you
need ?
All Gingham and Satine
Suits now at $5 each, that had
been reduced to $10, 12 and
$15 each. They are now $5 to
make an end o' it Good styles
and stylishly made.
All White Lawn Suits are
reduced now to their final fig
ures: $4, $g, 513, 20.
At $4 reduced from 26, $j,
$8, $9.
At $9 reduced from $14,
$15 and $18.
fit $1$ reduced from 20
and $22.
At $20 reduced from S28,
30 and 38.
All Figured All-Linen
Lawn Suits now at $6 each
that were $6 50, $j 50 and
S850.
And Print Wrappers at 75c and $r.
Lawn Wrappers at 85a
Muslin Wrappers at $1 25.
All only x-3 or 1-2 former prices.
A big sale of Lace and Em
broidery Remnants center of
store to-day. You'll find the
prices extremely interesting.
REMEMBER
The big big India Silk bargains
at 75c and $1 a yard a
third taken from former prices.
;JQB. HDRNE I CD.,
t 609-621, PENN AVENUE.
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