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Eegislration of Births, Marriages and
Deaths to be Insisted Upon by
the Bureau of Health.
A STROKG CIRCULAR SEKT OCT,
Warning Physicians, Clergymen and Un
dertakers Ajainst Neglecting
Their Dnly.
HAK1KG TITAL STATISTICS OP TALUE.
Baits to be Entered U Eetnrns Are Kot rrenptlj and
Properly llajle.
The Bureau of Health proposes to enforce
the laws regulating the registration of
births, marriages aud deaths. To this end
circulars hare been sent out to all persons
who are officially interested in these events,
and if that does not prove efficacious suits
will be entered against the offenders and the
penalty recovered. The vital statistics pre
pared by the officials of Pittsburg are much
more reliable than in the majority of mu
nicipalities. In New York, for instance,
the returns of deaths far exceeds the births.
This would indicate the gradual passing
away of the American, and the only method
of keeping up the population would ,be by
encouraging im migration. Even this would
fail in time if it became noised abroad that
the United States was becoming & vast
graveyard. '
Statistics which show such a state of affairs
are incorrect It is the old story of the man
who related a wonderful incident in bis life,
and then asked his auditor to explain it.
"That's simple enough," was the reply,
"you are lying." In every town and city jn
the United States, with, perhaps, the excep
tion ol several which have won a reputation
as health resorts, and where persons with one
foot in the grave go to recuperate or die, but
generally the latter, there is a greater num
ber ol births than deaths.
prrTSBuno's good shotting.
In this city the annual death rate is about
5,000, while the number of births reported is
between 6,000 and 7,000. These figures are
very near the mark, but the Burean of
Health desires that they shall be absolutely
correct, and Tor that reason the circular was
issued warning preachers, physfcians and
undertakers that they must make a return
in every case, or suffer the consequences.
Superintendent Baker said yesterday that
as a general thing returns were made
promptly. The slowest returns to come in
were those of marriages.
"There is a law providing severe penal
ties for failure to raaKe returns of births,
marriages and deaths," said Chief Clerk
"W. P. McKelvy yesterday. "Perhaps the
the most important returns are those of
births, and it is with these we have the
greatest trouble. Many physicians forget
all about making return of a birth in the
rush of work, and midwives are often very
careless about such matters. There is a law
covering this, and it wonld do no harm to
enforce it now and a;ain as a hint to people
to do better. Ton wonld be surprised at
the number of people who com; here to get
a copy of their birth certificates. Hardly a
day passes but we have one or more appli
cations. We have many cases where the
date of a birth affects the disposition of
valuable property. A man may find him
self in middle life without any record of his
birth. The family Bible may be lost, his
parents and the physician who ushered him
into this world may be dead, and his only
recourse is to obtain a certificate of the
date of his birth from the health office of
the city he was born in. If there is no rec
ord there his last hope is gone.
TOOK THE HINT.
"Enforcing the legal penalty for neglect
to make returns has a good effect The rea
son that the death returns are accurate is
because no cemetery will receive a body for
interment without a certificate from us.
Some years ago we bad considerable trouble
with our death returns. Some undertakers
were willing to take chances on being hned
for not complying with the law and failed to
take out burial permits. The bodies were
received and interred in the cemeteries, and
our statistics were, of course, inaccurate and
ot but little or no value. Finally I decided
10 sne a cemetery company for receiving a
corpse without a burial permit I did so,
the company was fined, and now we have no
trouble with our death returns. No funeral
can now take place without a burial permit
is presented at the cemetery office."
Chief J. O. Brown, of the Department of
Public Safety, was seen yesterday as he was
hurrying down to the health office, which is
in his department The chiefs few days'
vacation has infused him with fresh vigor,
and be is looking closely after the minutise
ol his bureaus. When asked what would
be done with persons who .neglected their
dnty by failing to make returns, the chief
said: "Why there is only one thing to be
done. We will prosecute them. I am
going down to the Health Bureau now, and
if I find any such cases of neglect I shall
instruct the officers to enter suits against
the offenders immediately."
BIBTHSAND MARRIAGES.
Certain duties as a citizen attend every
act of man's life in a civilized community.
A babe cannot enter this vale of tears, tele
graph and rapid transit without making his
advent known to the powers that be. Of
course, a child less than a month old is not
expected to walk down to the health office
and say, "I have come," but if the at
tendant physician or midwi e fails to make
the notification within 30 days of the birth,
it may cost him or her anywhere from $5 to
?20.
Marriages must also be registered. This
can't be avoided even by going to New Jer
sey; itonlv changes the location of the
registry office, for the laws on this point are
pretty much the same all over the country.
The young man first obtains a license from
the county permitting him to go through the
ceremony which allows him to cull his
affinity his very own, or such other terms of
endearment as may suggest themselves to
him. After the ceremony is performed,
which may be by magistrate or clergymen,
the latter must make a return to
the Health Bureau in which he
gives a vast amonnt of interesting informa
tion, such as the names, ages, color and oc
cupation of the parties who have determ ined
to go through life with but a single heart
throb. Failure to make this return will
cost the hymenial joiner from $5 to $20 in
cash. Magistrates generally refnse to ac
cept CO-day notes in liquidation of fines.
These returns t must be made every three
months.
In case of death a certificate of the cause
must be given to the undertaker by the at
tendant physician, or if it happens to be a
case for the Coroner the latter issues the
certificate. The undertaker, armed with
this certificate, obtains a burial permit from
the Bureau of Health, and the curtain is
dropped on the last act of one of the many
dramas being enacted all around as.
KEEPING THE BECOBDS.
Under the act of Assembly of April 16,
1870, the books kect by the health officer
or certificate certified by him as containing a
copy of the record ot any marriage, birth or
death is to be considered in court as prima
facie evidence of such marriage, birth or
death. A fee of 60 cents is allowed for
granting a certified copy of the record of any I
marriage, birth or deatb, and ID cents for
making a search of .the records tor the date
and other facts connected with such an
event. Physicians, clergymen and lawyers
are allowed to examine these records with
out charge.
The registry of marriages, births and
deaths are kept in separate books, and there
are general indexes to all these records,
which are kept in separate books.
The Bureau of Health keeps on band a
supply of blank; for gratuituous distribu
tion to all persons whose duty it is to make
returns of births, marriages' and deaths, so
there is no excuse for neglect on the score of
expense.
MAY GET PENSIONS.
A BILL TO BE INTRODUCED AT THE NEXT
, SESSION.
Congressman Dalzell Interested In the
Arsenal Sorxlvor' Appeal A Dig Meet
ing of Relative Tlie Storv of the Ex
plosion Told by nn Eje WItntsn.
The relatives of the employes of the Gov
ernment, who were blown up in the explo
sion at the arsenal on Wednesday, Septem
ber 17. 1862, have taken the first steps
toward having Uncle Sam pension the de
pendent relatives. A memorial will be pre
sented to Congress, and it is expected that
a special pension bill will be put through
next session.
A meeting of the people interested was
held at the residence of Mrs. Laura Guinn,
No. 89 Franklin street There were present
J. E. Frick, Alexander McBride. James
McAllister, F. F. Burns. James E. Boll
man, Mrs. Eliza J. McAllister, Mrs. George
Heaps, Miss Clara Matthews, Mrs. Mary
Kyers, Mrs. Mary J. Durning, Mrs. Mar
garet Slattery. Miss Donnelly, Mrs. Flick
enstein, Mrs. Fritzley, and Mrs. Berk. J.
E. Frick opened the meeting by stating that
the object was to take steps to
secure pensions for the survivors, and
relatives of those who were killed and in
jured in the explosion. Mr. Frick told a
very interesting storv of the causes that led
to the disaster. On the day of the accident
Mr. Frick, who was a teamster, drove up to
one of tbe laboratories and unloaded some
powder. One of his horses became restless
and in stamping its feet it struck a spark of
fire from one of the stones in tbe road.
From this some powder collected in the
road caught fire and acted as a fuse, which
communicated the flames to several barrels
of the explosive.
The latter exploded(and'set fire to the two
laboratories. In tbe two departments 150
women and girls were employed, and 75 of
these were killed and the others more or less
injured. Mr. Frick was standing on top of
one of the barrels which exploded first, and
was blown through a fence, but was not se
riously hurt His horses weife killed, his
wagon was reduced to kindling wood, and a
man named Smith, with whom be was talk
ing, was blown to pieces, part of his remains
being carried 400 feet away. The verdict
rendered by Coroner John.McClung's jury
on the disaster was a divided one.
A letter from Hon. John Dalzell
to Mrs. Mary C. McCarthv, mother
of Mrs. Guinn, dated Angust 6 was read.
It was to the effect that notwithstanding
one failure to get such a bill through Con
gress, Eepresentative Dalzell will introduce
the matter at the next session.
A committee, composed of Alexander Mc
Bride, Uriah Laughlin, Miss Anna Slat
tery, Miss Mary J. Durning and Mrs.
Laura Guinn, was appointed to draw up a
memorial to be presented to Congress. A
meeting will be held at the residence of
George Heaps, Fifth avenue and Logan
street September 3, to hear the report of this
committee, which was further instructed to
secure a hall to hold a publie meeting of all
the survivors and get them to sign the me
morial on the anniversary ot the disaster,
September 17. Survivors of the explosion
are requested to send their names to H. C.
Burns, 1216 Penn avenne, or James B. Boll
mad, Mechanics' National Bank.
BUEKE JUMPED INTO THE ATtTT,
An Indignant Citizen Hni a Row With a
Chinese lianndrjmnn.
Ye Ark, a Chinese laundryman, who
washes the dirty linen of the residents of
Grant street and Third avenue, was arrested
by Officer Garrett Crossan about 7 o'clock
last night John Burke had an altercation
with the Chinamen about some washing
which the proprietor of the shop would not
give up without the presentation of the
check.
Burke tried to grab the wash and the
Chinaman grabbed a flatiron with the in
tention of exercising his rights. This irri
tated Mr. Burke, who struck Ye between
the eyes with his fist, causing him to see
enough stars to start a new sky. Officer
Crossan, yho heard the row, rushed in and
grabbed both men. Ye was no sooner be
hind the bars than a crowd ot his country
men appeared and put up the necessary 530.
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IKDIAKA COUNTS' THIEVES.
Allecbenr Detecilrra Afler Two Men Who
Are Wanted for Robbery.
Chief of Police Murphy, of Allegheny,
yesterday received notice to arrest Dick
Lydick and Edward Gaston, who are wanted
for robbing a store at Blairsville Inter
section, a few days ago. The men were
traced to Allegheny, and yesterday the
police located them in a railroad boarding
house in Manchester. When they entered
the house to arrest them, however, the
men had flown. The officers expect to get
them inside of 21 hours.
Both of them are young men. Dick, or
Malvern Lydick, is not unacquainted with
the police and has already served a term in
the Western Penitentiary. Gaston is tall
and rather slender, and, it is said, was once
in the regular army.
OVER TWELVE THOUSAND.
The Receipt! of the Department of Public
Worki Show Dp Bis;.
The receipts of the Department of Public
Satety for "the month of July were greater
than any month for a long time. The total
amount collected was $12,695 64, from the
following-sources:
Diamond mankets, $7,200 42; Old City
Hall, $250; Adams markets, $84 50; South
side markets, $1,672 15; Monongahela
wharf. $874 74; Allegheny wharf, $310 01;
Southside wharf, $200; Municipal Hall, rent
of W. B, Ford, $500; old lumber sold, $9;
Highland Park, reut of Vangorder & Llovd
lor McKee property, $47 50; city scales, $93;
scale and switch licerfses, $150; Bureau of
Water assessments, $1,404 32.
IT CAUSES DISAPPOINTMENT. ,
A Iaree Fatlloc Ou" la the Population of
Terra Haute.
Gottlieb Golder, a prominent business
man of Terre Haute, Ind., who has been in
the city for several days, returned to his
borne last night Mr. Golder says tbe citi
zens of his town are very much disappointed
with the census. It only gives them 27,000,
and tbey had fully expected 40,000. It is
thought now that the census of 1880 was in
correct, as tbe large falling off cannot be ac
counted for in any other way.
By the decrease Terre Haute loses its
member on the State Normal School.Board,
and the citizens are, as a consequence, very
much put out
BOOKS STILL 7UBTHEB OFF. ,
It Will Take Over a Week to figure Out
the Bids.
The Sub-Committee on Library of the Al
legheny Library Committee met last night
to further consider the bids from publishers
for furnishing books for the library. Offers
from three publishing firms on the 8,000
volumes desired were received, but as they
consisted of regular price lists, with dis
counts allowed, a considerable amount of
work was involved in getting the figures in
shape.
In consequence the committee adjourned
without taking any action on the bids, to
awaii wsix mwumwvu.
FIGURES IMP "FACTS
Kelaling to the "Capacity of the Iron
Mills in This District.
SOME EYE-OPENERS IN COLD TYPE.
'War to the Death -in Prospect Between
Strikers and Stricken.
HOWTHE GAS JD1IP AFFECTS GLASSMEN
To the pessimistic gentleman who believes
that Allegheny connty has not progressed
just a little within the last half decade, the
figures relating to one staple industry the
iron and steel trade will not be welcome.
More advance has been made within that
period in this industry than at any previous
period, but it is remarkable that while the
volume of raw material has greatly in
creased, no proportionate progress has fol
lowed in the production of finished material.
As has been stated in The Dispatch? by
the end of the year the production of pig
iron in this district will reach a daily out
put of 4,000 tons a day. In 1885 the daily
output of pig iron was 1,450 tons, while at
present the production amounts to over 3,000
tons a day. '
The daily output of iron nnd steel, fin
ished, in Allegheny county at present is
'over 7,000 tons. Of this amount Carnegie
& Co. '8 plants furnish 2,300 tons, or nearly
one-third the entire amount; Jones &
Laughlins' and Oliyer Bros. & Phillips', 500
tons each; the Soho Iron and Seel Com
pany, 150; the Juniata Iron and Steel Mill,
150; J. Painter & Sons, 150; Vesuvius Mill,
140; the Kepublie, Iron Works, 125: Key
stone Boiling Mill, 100 tons; the Millvale
Mill, 100 tons; Pittsburg Forge and Iron
Works and the Sable Iron Works, 90 tons;
Lindsay & McCutcheon, 85; the Sligo Mill
and Chess, Cook & Co., 80 tons; Linden
Steel Works, 75; Elba Works, 65; A, M.
Bycrs & Co." and Spang, Chalfant & Co.,
each 60 tons; the Vulcan Forge and Iron
Works and the Wayne Iron and Steel
Works, each 50 tons; Clinton Mill, 45 tons;
Kensington Iron Works and Howe, Brown
& Co. and the Eagle Mill, 40 tons, and the
Pennsylvania Forge, 35 tons.
AXIi AKE UNION BirtLS.
All these, with the exception of theEdgar
Thomson works, which has adopted a three
years' sliding scale, are union mills, paying
the rate aud working under the scale of the
Amalgamated Association. Their gross
daily output is 5,250 tons.
The following mills are not bonnd to any
rate of wages, and produce as follows: The
National Tube Wois, 500 tons; Duquesne
Steel Works, 450 tons; Black "Diamond, 300
tons; Spang Steel and Iron Works and
Singer, Kimick & Co., 125 tons; the Glen
don Spike Works and Carbon Iron Works,
100 tons; William Clark & Co., 75 tons;
the Pittsburg Steel and Casting Co., the
LaBelle and Crescent works, 50 tons each,
and W. Dewees & Co., 30 tons, being 1,955
tons more, or 7,205 tons daily for tbe dis
trict In addition to the foregoing are six pipe
mills in operation, namely: The National
Tube Works, producing 800 tons; Pennsvl
vania Tube Works, 300; "Pittsburg Tube
Works, 100 tons; A. M. Byers and Spang,
Chalfant & Co.'s tube works produce 100
tons each; and the Duquesne Mill makes
about 50 tons, being a total of 1,450 tons of
wrought iron pipes daily produced in this
district, or about one-third ot the total pro
duction of the country. The Continental
Tube Works is not included, as it is onlv
just started up, having been idle since 1887.
In the last year of its operation it made
45,000 tons of pipes.
The iron used in the manufacture of these
pipes must be deducted from the gross total
of 7,205 tons above given. .About 12 mills
are constantly emploved in turning out this
grade of iron alone. While very little of the
raw iron made here is shipped to outside
sources to be finished, the production of raw
metal in the district is still much below the
requirements. The National Tube Works
draw about 200 tons a day from outside
mills; Carnegie & Co. exceed 100 tons, and
the Glendon Spike Works imports all its
raw material. In all the Pittsburg mills
there are only three in which there is no
iron finished, namely, the Eagle, the old
Pennsylvania Forge and Chess, Cook & Co.,
who only make enough iron to Bupply the
tack and nail factory.
WAS ONCE A LEADER.
The Pennsylvania Forge was at one time
a leading mill in turning out sheet iron, tjnt
the finishing department was burned down
in '87 and has not been rebuilt The raw
iron from these mills, probably about 10
tons a day, is bought by two or three mills
in the city.
Of the 1,130 puddling furnaces in the
mills referred to, one-third are running on.
two-thirds capacity, and the rest are all on
double turn. Their output of muck iron is
about 2,400 tons per day, but as at some mills
a large percentage of old rails is subse
quently worked in, the amount of iron pro
duced is about 3,000 tons, steel being about
1,000 tons ahead.
Excluding the amount of old rails it will
be seen that of the total daily production of
7,205 tons of finished material, fully two
thirds is steel. These figures would seem to
indicate that the use of steel is rapidly en
croaching on the domain of iron. It is said
that Carnegie Bros. & Co. bought 30,000
tons of muck iron in the first eight months
of last year, but in the same "period
this year have not purchased
more than '5,000 tons. In the former
period they did not build any new furnaces,
but last fall they put up eight,' and eight
more are now under construction, with ten
more to follow. A year ago 20 furnaces'
were built in the puddling department of
the National Tube Works rolling mills.
Twenty-two new furnaces will soon be
ready for firiDg in tbe Sindlay, O., Iron
and Steel Works, and other new furnaces
are in course of erection here and in Eastern
Ohio and Western Pennsylvania, which
shows that the demand for steel is not mak
ing any particularly rapid progress over the
call for iron.
WINTER BATES BESTOBED.
The Central Traffic Auoclatlon Increaso
Freight Charges.
Official announcements were1 made yes
terday that the Central Traffic Association
had restored winter prices .on iron ship
ments. The freight agents of Pittsburg have
ratified the action, and on September 1 the
special list of steel and iron articles will go
in tbe regular classification. Carload lots
that have been shipped to Chicago, for in
stance, at a sixth class rate of 15 cents a ton,
will be charged fifth class, or 17 cents.
Consignments of less than a carload that
have been rated filth class at 1734 will be
charged 20 cents. The special sixth class
rate for pig iron and the "rate on steel rail
shipments are not affected by this advance.
The change is general and will affect iron
shipments between Pittsburg and the Mis
souri river, as well as between Pittsburg and
the Mississippi river. . '
To ReaumeTo-Day.
The Washington Glass Works will resume
operations to-day. During the shut-down a
new annealing lear has been put inland a
number of additions made. The company
contemplate putting in a tank for the' manu
facture of burr flasks and brandies, which
will materially increase the ontput of the
works. .
Tbey Are Not Affected.
Messrs. T. B. Morgan, fir., and T. B.
Morgan, Jr., of the Eepublio Iron Works,
Alliance, O., were at tbe Duquesne yester
day. They are manufacturers of heavy
crane work, audsjre 'Ytffected.by the in
?!THE PITTSBURG- DISPATCH;
creased rates on iron and steel made
Central Traffic Association.
by the
DOMESTIC GASN0 HIGHER.
Window Home Men Protest Asaloit the
Higher Cost of Fuel, Bat They Will Prob
ably Not Hart Themselves About It Cost
of Gas Elsewhere.
Domestic consumers of the Philadelphia
Gas Company gas may not be alarmed over
the report of additional cost of that useful
commodity: The present price of 12 cents
will remain unaltered. Pittsburgers are
well off in this respect, compared with some
citiesj The price charged in Detroit is 35
cents; in Dayton, O., 19 cents, and generally
iu the West the price is higher than here.
There's a disposition among some window
house men to protest against the increase of
$20 per pn per month, which the company
has notified them ther will be charged from
tbe beginning of the next fire. The in
creased cost ot fuel for the blast figured up
iu round numbers certainly looks formidable
enough. Owners of a ten-pot furnace will
have an additional toll of $2,000 a year to
pay, and those with larger capacity will
have to pay accordingly. These figures
would seem to be sufficient to cause owners
to pause and reflect before starting up.
They paid $40 jfcr pot last fire, and they will
receive bills for $60 for the ensuing blast.
When the cost of fuel is taken with regard
to the whole cost of production, the figures
are not so formidable, as Jhis item of ex
pense is but 10 per cent of the whole. The
announced increaoeof 50 per cent would
bring the cost of fuel up to 15 per cent of
the whole. Whether the profit on the arti
cle will allow of this additional cost in the
manufacture is what owners are now figur
ing on.
A real estate dealer said yesterday that he
had instructions to look out for loca
tions for three owners of glasshouse .in
this city. He said that they would not be
able to stand the increased cost of fuel, and
should move out to a cheaper quarter. It is
a question if factory owners seriously con
template any such step. The cost or fuel,
even with the increase, will about equal
the cost of coal, and unless they can
locate on a territory where gas is to be
had at low cost and steady flow for an in
definite period, tbey would not benefit by a
change. They will hardly think of locat
ing in the Ohio fields, as the reports from
thence declare the gas to be too sulphurous
in quality to make good window glass.
There, too, the price of gas has been in
creased; in Bowling Greeu from $30 to $50
per pot, and in Findlay aud other towns in
similar proportion.
What glass manufacturers are most likely
to do, is to erect regenerative furnaces and
producers to make coal gas, rather than
uove their houses. Wolfe, Howard & Co.
have a Nicholson furnace which is effectual
in reducing the fuel account, and a notable
step in the direction of keeping down the
cost of fuel is that of tbe Pennsylvania Tap
Works, which is erecting a complete system
of generators.
The Pennsylvania Company is" having
meters constructed of sufficient size to
check the consumption in mills. Tney will
be up to 100,000 feet capacity. The com
pany has now no contracts which it cannot
break at 30 davs' notice, so that at any time
when it deemsthe exigenies of the gas mar
ket demand it, it can, on notice, raise or
lower the price at pleasure. The company
will close fewer contracts this season among
mills and factories than before. This is at
tributed to a cutting under by rival com
panies. IT LOOKS VEBY LIKE WAB.
The Westinghonse Company Empunslzes Its
Attitude br AdrortUing for Mm.
The Westinghouse Company yesterday
emphasized its determination of not making
any concession to its employes, by advertis
ing in a lengthy card for 50 machinists of
all branches, and 50 bright boys to learn the
business. The advertisement lays stress on
the exceptional comfort of tbe shops, and
points out the high rate of wages the firm is
prepared to pay skilled men. This is taken
by the employes as a declaration of
hostilities, and is very likely the initial step
in what promises to be a severe tussle
between capital and labor.
The probabilities of tne matter are that
the Westinghouse work will be crippled, at
least for a time. No machinists will come
from other cities to work here iu face of a
strike, because the; have been informed of
the condition of things in this city. The com
pany will doubtless get many applications
for positions from men and boys who would
be glad of the opportunity of earning a
comfortable living. The point of the mat
ter is whether tbe company can afford to
allow its work to stand while the new men
are learning the trade. The strikers don't
think so, and give the company credit lor
thinking so too.
One feature of the matter is that a large
proportion of tbe men now out are not regu
larly qualified machinists, but qualified,
from use, to-do the kind of work required xif
them by tbe Westinghouse. Similar occu
pation is not very plentiful, and if these
men hold out they will find it difficult to as
well fix themselves as they were in the
Westinghouse shops. The pinch has not yet
come, but it may when a week or so passes
over, and no revenue arrives. Mothers and
wives have usually a little to say to the
financial results of 8 strike, and there may
be a break in the ranks when the pinch
comes. The company is credited with ar
guing in this way; it expects the enemy to
capitulate through hunger.
There were no developments yesterday.
The Airbrake men are awaiting an answer
to their petition, and until that has been re
ceived, things stand. 'Whether these em
ployes will come out in a body on a refusal
is very problematical,
S. M. Moin, of the Iron City Foundry,
has granted the nine-hour day to all his em
ployes. ADVANCED THE PBICES.
Western Flint Bottle Association Men Re
vise Their Entire LUt.
The. Western Flint Bottle Association
met in the Monongahela House yesterday,
and advanced the prices all around. A
number of committees reported that there
was an increase in tbe cost of labor, fuel,
sand and chemicals, and, in fact, everything
entering into tbe cost of mannfacture.
An entirely new list was prepared, and
the advance in prices averaged between 5
and 6 per cent It is said, however, that the
advance in prices will not mean an increase
in profits to the manufacturer. An effort
was made to make the advance a propor
tionate one to the increase in the cost of pro
duction. ON A BUSINESS MISSION.
Sir. Welbe Gone to New Albany to Inquire
Into a Difficulty There.
President Weihe, of the Amalgamated
Iron Workers, went to New Albany, Ind.,
last night to settle some difficulty which has
arisen between the firm there and the men
on the question of price.
The men were anxious to strike, but de
cided tp work .at the old rates until the
President should arrive to look into it
A PrrTSBUBOEB DISAPPEABS,
And His Wife Doesn't Care If Ho Never
-"" Return.
Reports of the mysterious disappearance
of Charles S. Long, a painter, formerly lo
cated at 132 Locust street, and whose name
adorns a number Of business signs, has at
tracted the attention of the residents in the
vicinity of his home, 51 Gibbon street He
left some time ago and has not been heard
from since.
Mrs. Long, his wife, was. seen yesterday,
and said: "Mr. Long started for Cleveland
last week, and that is the last I saw of him.
We have been married only four months, but
he appears to have taken a dislike to our
home, and has lelt me. I don't care if he
does not come back, because X do not think
1 gave Mm any provocation" to leave."
THURSDAY. v AUGUST 21.
WANTS TO BE HEARD.
George B. Oliver Aniions to Testify
Regarding Southside Water
AT ANOTHER COMMITTEE MEETING.
Other Complainants Ask Councils to Give
Them Some Belief.
NO WATER ON THE HILLTOP IESTEEDAI
Another meeting of the committee ap
pointed by Councils to investigate the com
plaints against the water supply of the
Southside will be held sometime next week.
The date of the meeting will depend uoon
the report of Hunt & Clapp, the chemists,
who are making an analysis of the samples
of water, aud upon the return of Mr. George
Oliver, who is desirous of appearing before
the committee, but who is at present-out of
the city and expected to return next wees:.
In a communication Mr. Oliver said he
desired to enter a protest before the com
mittee in person. His firm had suffered a
'loss of from $30,000 to $50,000 during the
past year on account of the insufficient sup
ply furnished by the Monongahela Water
Company, and as the firm paid big taxes, as
well as high water rents, there should be
something done to protect them.
The committee has received a number of
letters from individuals, complaining about
the quantity and quality of the water sup
ply on the south side of the river. Among
them is one from Dr. C. W. Sadler, the
well-known physician, in which he says:
1 have been a resident of Jit Washington
for eight years. Daring that time tbere has
never been a summer without a deficiency in
supply. Last year the deficiency was worse
than before, and tbe present summer the worst
of all, extending from one to four days, and
at various times there was not a drop of water,
making it extremely unpleasant for our peo
ple on acconnt of exposed closets and waste
pipes, as well as other causes. But tbe de
fective quality Is worse than the insnfficient
quantity. It is a matter of history with the
health authorities, demonstrated by analysis,
that the water supplied has been impregnated
with tbe germs ot disease and organic matter,
making it wholly unfit for family use without
filtering and boiling. Even for laundry pur
poses it is a rare exception that the water is
clear enough to nse without filtering. This
should not be. Even admitting that tbere are
times when, so far as disease germs are con
cerned, it might be safe to drink, the appear
ance of tbe stuff is so revolting to the eye as
to be drank under protest of tbe senses of
seeing, feeling, smelling and tasting.
AN OUTEIOHT CHALLENGE.
If the experts of the Bureau of Health
analyze the water and find it pure, so far as
disease germs are concerned, as the water
company asserts it is, and if the company will
make good its offer to furnish a sufficient
quantity of water, then let them put in a
system of filters and give ns clean water, so
that each individual supplied may not need to
have the additional expense of private filters
and the tronble of boiling. In'the past we
havo not only had to endure the personal dis
comforts and the Increased danger to health
and life by making of our own bodies filters
and disenfecting machines, but our homes are
subjected to increased risk ot fire from lack of
Tho'hill wards, naturally the most beautiful
and salubrious for residence are, on acconnt of
tbe deficient and defective water supply,
wholly neglected shunned by tbe wealthier
class of bomeseekers, who could not belp us
improve these sections, thus depreciating onr
real estate and preventing its otherwise certain
and rapid appreciation.
We are taxed and compelled to pay for what
we do not get Onr lives and homes are en
dangered, our property depreciated by dis
crimination In wafer supply. We are a part of
tbe city, we pay the same tax as the rest of the
city, and by all laws we are entitled to equal
advantages with all other parts. I have talked
with many of my neighbors on the subject and
one and all coincide with my statements. We
hnmbly, but earnestly, look to you to secure to
us our rights in pare, clean water and plenty of
IV You bave the power to do it The asser
tion that the company Is laying an eight-inch
pipe on Qrandview avenne Is only partially cor
rect One square was laid, but the balance of
the way the old four-inch Is being relaid.
"No water" was again the complaint
heard on the hilltop yesterday. The resi
dents noticed that the supply was rather
weak Tuesday evening, and yesterday
morning they failed to find any of the liquid
trickle Irom' the spigots. One prominent
physician stated 'to a Dispatch reporter
that he had a house full of company and
could only give them a cold lunch in lieu of
a dinner, as be dare not have a fire started
in his range.
MAST HAD COLD DINNEBS.
Many other residents had to eat eold
dinners, and were happy if they ob
tained enough water to satisfy thirst
and to wash their hands and faces.
The effect of the short supply went further
than the home. It greatly hindered busi
ness, and in a number of cases stopped
traffic altogether. The Monongahela and
Pittsburg inclines were compelled to sus
pend operations until the water came on
again, at about 8:30 o'clock in the evening.
A number of citizens on the lower South
side inquired about the investigation pro
ceedings, and regretted that the. present
committee could not have had some of the
water when it was at low ebb, and smelled
and tasted so bad as to cause nausea. They
said a chemical analysis was as good as
taste and smell, sometimes, and they pre
ferred to go by the latter, though it was
hoped that the analysis being made would
be a true statement of the facts iu the case.
VOTED TO BETAXN HIM.
Cumberland Pretbyteriana Refuse to Accept
Rev. J. D. Koebne'o Resignation.
A congregational meeting was held last
night in the First Congregational Church,
Wylie avenue, to consider the proffered
resignation of Rev. J. B. Koehne, tendered,
he said, to ascertain the 'sentiment of the
congregation on the subject The result of
the vote last night was 67 against receiving
tbe resignation to 29 for it, so the pastor
won by more than two to one.
A member of the congregation says it is a
fight between the fossils and the progressives
in the church, Mr. Koehne belonging to the
latter faction. One of the latter says those
whom be denominates fossils want Mr.
Koehne to rattle about among the bones of
the antediluvians, while the progressive
party want something more modern, at
times, than Moses and the prophets, and he
says they are going to have it The contest
has been quite animated, and there has
been a tinge of bitterness observable at
times.
ELECTED THEIR MARSHALS.
German Cnlhollci OInke Arrangement! for
the Farnde Nrxt Month.
' A meeting of delegates from tbe German
Catholic churches of Pittsburg and Alle
gheny was held yesterday to lurtber ar
rangements for the parade September 22 It
will be one of the features of the convention
of the Central German Catholic Priests' As
sociation of America. Beports were readl
from the congregations represented, show
ing that every congregation in the two cities
will turn out a large quota ot members.
It was decided to form the parade in three
divisions, representing. Pittsburg, Alle
gheny and the Southside. W. F. Eichen
laub was elected chief marshal, and Bernard
Gloeckner, Louis Waag and Anton Stack
marshals of the divisions. A meeting of
the members of St Augustine's Church,
iawrenceville, has been called for Sunday
to take action in reference to the parade and
reception of delegates to the convention.
New fall dress goods, colored and black,
opened this week Htjqtjs & Hacks.
TTSSU
WAimvEioHx's beer is praised
by all
jjudges of the beverage,
K
1890.
MANAGER P. HARRIS DEAD.
THE
PIONEEB OF CHEAP AMU8EMENTS
PASSES AWAY.
Short Skotch ot nn rentfnl Life AMnienm
Manager's New Departure nnd tbe Suc
cess It Met Wlth-Somethlng of His Great
Circuit of Theaters.
Early yesterday afternoon Manager Starr
received a telegram announcing the sad in
telligence that Mr. P. Harris had died at
Bay Shore, Xong
Island, where his
wife and family have
been spending the
summer months. His
death was caused by
Bnght's d isease.
Early last winter his
lealth began to fail.
and his physicians
ordered him to throw
aside all cares and
business. The pio-
The late B. Harris. neer of cheap Amuse
ments in America then started for Europe,
where he has been traveling ever since.
The baths at Wiesbaden seemed to do
him a great deal of good. In fact,
he was so much recovered that he
started agaia for America. The fatigues of
the trip, however, -were so severe ou him
that he died soon after reaching his family.
The funeral will probably be on Friday,
and it is likely his theaters, which are now
draped in mourning, will be reopened ou
Saturday.
"Pat" Harris, as he was familiarly known,
was one of the greatest show and theatrical
men the country has ever known. He was
practically the father of cheap, though first
class, amusements of America. He was
born near St. Paul in 1813. Early in life
he drifted into the show business. His first
attempt in business for himself was when
he secured the privileges with Cole's circus.
Alterward he secured similar privileges
with Barnum and the Great London shows.
About ten years ago be located in Pitts
burg at old Lyceum Hall on Sixth street,
where he and Mr. Kohl, now of Kohl &
Middleton, started a museum. It was a
success. Mr. Harris bought out his partner
and then took the present place ou Fifth
avenue. He gradually left the museum
behind, and branched out with a theater
where a good performance could be seen for
moderate prices. Then he began to build up
his circuit of playhouses, which have since
become famous. He first bought Bobinson's
Opera House, Cincinnati, and turned it into a
first-class theater. Then he added Ford's
Theater, in Washington, D. C, to his
circuit Since then he has established
houses in Baltimore, Louisville, St. Paul
and Minneapolis. Some time ago he sold
out his t Paul Theater to Walter Dean,
who was formerly manager of the Pittsburg
house. When his health failed him he as
sociated with him Messrs. B. F. Britton and
Tunis Dean, the name of the new firm being
Harris, Britton & Dean. All the theaters
are being managed by this firm and will be
continued for Mr. Harris' heirs under the
same name.
Mr. Harris leaves a wife, two sons and a
little daughter. Tbe .eldest sou is about 16
years old, the other about 2 years of age,
aud the little girl is scarcely 5 months old.
WEDNESDAY'S ACCIDENTS.
Sad Death of a IiawrenceTllle Boy on tbe
Allegheny Valley Rood A Tramp Killed
on the Pennsylvania Railroad Minor
Mishaps.
Mike Suenkosky,a Polish boy of 15 years,
was killed at tbe Thirty-third street cross
ing of the Allegheny Valley Railroad yes
terday afternoon about 3 o'clock, being
crushed between tbe bumpers of two box
cars. The train had been uncoupled to
allow several wagons to pass, and after they J
had crossed the boy attempted to follow
before the train was recoupled, but
before he had reached the opposite side
the cars came together and caught
him between the bumpers, almost crushing
Ma Ufa nnt. Thn train was nnlled hn and
the mangled body extricated. The boy's'
arm was badly mangled, and shreds of the
the limb clung to the coupling. The patrol
wagon was called, and he was removed to
his parents' residence, No. 2732 Spring
alley, where he died about an hour later.
Henry Wythe, of Thirty-ninth street, an
employe of the works of Conway & Farley,
Forty-eighth street, had his left foot so
severely crushed by a beam falling upon it
that amputation will be necessary.
James A. Thompson, the feed merchant
of Allegheny, is lying at his home suffering
from injuries received by being thrown
from his buggy on the New Brighton road
Tuesday night.
Casper Hahn, employed by Booth Ss
Flinn, was injured by a sand bank caving
in on him.
Thomas Connelly, cobductor of shifing
engine No. 301, on the Ft Wayne road,
was sitting asleep in a chair at the north
west corner of the Union Station yesterday
morning, with his feet out on the track rail.
A train came along and ground both feet
They had to be amputated.
An unknown man aged about 22 years,
and apparently a tramp, was struck and
killed by the west-bound mail train on the
Pennsylvania Bailruad at Thirty-third
street about 9 o'clock last evening. Both
legs, ,an arm, back and his bead were
broken. The wheels of the train stripped
the body of nearly all the clothing on it,
and scattered blood along the track for
hundreds of yards.
John Thorn, Jr., who is employed at
Lindsay & McCutcheoh's mills, had his
right arm badly crushed by a large pulley
wheel falling on it
William McGrau fell over an embank
ment and broke his leg at Homestead.
Bargnlna la Blanket. w
We will sell you blankets now at much
lower prices than you can buy them iu the
season. A change in the blanket and flan
nel department necessitates a large reduction
of tbe present stock. Buy these blankets
and lay them away until you need them.
Jos. Hobne & Co.'s
Penn Avenue Stores.
PIANOS AND ORGANS
At Cosr.
7J octave upright pianos..... $175 to $290
1lA octave square pianos 75 to 125
Organs and melodious 20 to 75
See other local for reason why we quote
these -prices.
Echols, McMubray & Co.,
Thrsu 123 Sandusky st, Allegheny.
Combination dress patterns a choice
assortment, real value $15, reduced to $5- 00
each, to close quickly.
ttssu Hugus &' Hacks.
The Nnllon' Bank for KaTinas, Allesheoy,
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 P. 21.; on Sat
urdays 9 A. M. to 6 P. M. Accounts so
licited. TTS
All light-colored French all-wool printed
challis reduced to-day to 25c a yard (were
50c and 60c). Jos. Hokne & Co.'s
Penn Avenue Stores.
$5 00 each Combination dress patterns
reduced from $15, the greatest bargain ever
offered. Htrous & Hacke.
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Scholabship iu the Pittsburg Female
College can be rented by applying to Mr
Jos. Shallenberger, Duquesne Bank, Tues
day and Friday (rom 11 to 12 o'clock. MTh
Ice.
Canada ice for sale. Address
B. Hopson, MayviUe, N. T.
r C. Baeueblein Skewing Company's
pure standard lager and Wiener export
bottled beer, Telephone 1018, Bennett's,
Pa, - its
wmg$mm
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P'
THE DEAD IS CLOSED.
Sixth Street Bridge Leased to the
Duqnesne People for 40 leara
AT A EESTAL OP 16,000 A YEAB.
Pittsburg Engineer Furnishes the De
sign for tbe Structure.
GUARDZD OH B1THEE SIDE M TOWERS
The Dnqnesne Traction Company is now
ready to march triumphantly into Alle
gheny. The deal for the connecting lint:
was closed yesterday by the Pittsburg,
Allegheny aud Manchester Traction Com
pany accepting the oiler of the Sixth Street
Bridge Company, to lease the latter's new
structure for a term of 40 years, for $16,000 a
year. This, of course, is only for the
privilege of running cars over it the
bridge company still has the right to pocket
the tolls.
When the offer was first made by the
bridge company, the Pittsburg, Allegheny
and Manchester Traction Company thought
it entirely too great a figure, but the owners
of the Sixth street bridge were firm and the
street railway men had to come to their
terms. Or course, it is of little difference to
the Pittsburg, Allegheny and Manchester
people, because that line is practically
leased to the Duquesne Traction Company,
which corporation will soon have Allegheny
under as great a network of tracks as that
with which it is now covering the many
streets of Pittsburg. The final contracts
were signed yesterday by the Pittsburg,
Allegheny and Manchester officials.
NOT A BBIDGE, AS YET.
The strange part of it is that the bridge-
does not now exist The lease is for a
bridge which is to be built, and for which,
until yesterday, the design had not been
adopted. For some time Colonel Fiadd, of
St Louis, has been examining the plans of
the various engineers, and the selection was
made yesterday. The officials would not
state just what design had been adopted,
bnt it is generally understood to be that of
Gustave Lindenthal, of this city. It was he
who also designed the present Smithfield
street and Seventh street bridges.
Lindenthal's design is modeled after the
great Hamburg bridges. It is to be 60 feet
wide, and will have four tracks and two
sidewalks. It will be a practical continu
ation of Sixth street
SOMETHING 07 THE BBIDGE.
The river will be crossed by three spans.
The structural work will be in the shape of
great elliptical curves, the one placed op
posite to the other, and a side view of the
bridge will have the appearance of an
elongated figure 8, with an additional loop.
The steel wort will be anchored to massive
granite towers which will guard the ap
proaches at either side.
. The towers will be the width of the bridge,
with arches cut for each of the passenger
ways, and the main roadway will enter
through an arch 40 feet high. The tower
will be 20 feet in depth and will be four
stories high. In each of these towers will
be a number of airy offices, which will be
utilized by the bridge company.
Fits, spasms, St Vitus dance, nervous
ness aud hysteria are soon cured by Dr.
Miles' Nervine. Free samples at Jos.
Feming & Son's, Market st Th
SPECIAL LOW PRICES
-ON-
SEVERAL
HUNDRED UMBRELLAS!
ZS, 28. 30 Inch, in Natural Sticks, with
Artistic Metal and Sterling Silver
Mountings. Examine onr medinm and
fine grades, now at prices to force their
immediate sale. Buy one for fall 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
summer.
that pertains to
DAILY ARRIVING.
Our Fall Importations are dally com
ing In, and we call attention to many
choice lines of medinm weight Dress
Goods in the new autumn colorings.
BIBER k EA5TDN,
505 and 507 MARKET
STREET.
anlG-TTSSu
NEW FALL GOODS.
THE FINEST AND
LAEGEST STOCK OF
:E:A:R:P:E:T:S:
Ever brought to this city. .
STYLES ENTIRELY NEW
AND
Prices Lower Than Ever.
Our new stock of Carpetings 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 cbarge until you
want them laid.
EDWARD
ERDETZINBER,
627 and 639 Penn Avenue.
All goods jobbed at the very lowest East
.era prices. v " ' auovnsau J
- - .v .r.
IT 13 W0BTH $90,000.
Tenaesiie Innrrera Mill Looking for
Bernard Rtllir'o Heir.
On Monday morning an item appeared in
The Dispatch to the effect that informa.
tion was wanted concerning the heirs of
Bernard Bellly, for whom there was a tract
of land waiting in Tennessee, left by a rela
tive, a former Pittsburger.
Since then, Peter Beilly, a baker on
Perrysville avenne, Allegheny, has received
a letter from a firm of lawyers iu Tennessee,
asking for more information. The land,
tbey say, is worth 190,000, and it behooves
the heirs of Bernard to get a move on.
Officer Beilly, of the Seventh street bridge,
says be is not one of them, and regrets the
fact very much.
PrrrSBTBO, Thursday, Angust a, 1880.
JOB. HDRNE I CO. '3
PENN AVE. STORES.
Each day sees additions of
new fall goods "inching"
gradually and surely forward
There's a regular principle here
that is to the interest of the
buying public. New goods never
crowd the old goods back to be
bought out at a more propitious
season always crowd them out.
toward the edge of price-nothingness
so that you are inter
ested in buying them while you
note the styles of the new
goods. The new goods are here
for you to buy it you like, but
it will be much to your profit
to inquire after the reduced
price bargains.
All the light-colored all-wooi
fine French Challies, fully fifty
pieces, in choice patterns and
colorings,the qualities that sold
at 50c and 60c a yard, the very
best French makes, go to-day
at 25c a yard.
The dark colors are now 33c
a yard large choice 50
pieces or more.
At the Curtain Department
entrance.
The prices on those fine
French Dress Patterns (all dif
ferent) rantje from $6 to S20,
and every one at half its value
or even less.
Plenty of interest and plenty
of rush in the Wash Goods De
partment, and plenty for you
to buy. Anderson's best Ging
hams at 20c Koechlin's b'est
French Satines at 15c and a
legion of followers proportion
ately low in prices.
A special sale of
BLANKETS.
We will make it warm enough
for you next winter, and if yorl
buy of these blankets now you
will have the cheapest comfort
you have ever known. Changes
are to be made that necessitate
a reduction of our present
stock.
500 pairs a! 1-wool white country
blankets at S3 75 a pair.
Hundreds of pairs all-wool country
made blankets at $3 75, S3, S3 75, S4 50,
S5 50 up to io.
Gray country -made blankets, all
wool, $3 50 to $5.
Plaid blankets, black and red, black
and white, all-wool, country -made, S4,
S4 50 and $5.
These are specially made prices very
low.
The same story of reduction
in Comforts and Quilts. There'3
a must back of the prices, and
it will be effective.
Come and buy now against
a time of need.
Those 5c Laces nearly gona
to-day we replenish that busy
box in the center of the store
500 yards Linen and Cotton
Laces, 1 to 3 inches wide, at
xoc a yard. See them.
Also a lot of Embroideries
in 2 and 2j-yard lengths.
A lot of good Kid Gloves, in
sizes 5, S3A 6 6, 7 and
lYz, reduced from $x 60, $1 73
and $2 to $1 a pair. An ex
cellent bargain.
A lot of bargains in Hats to
day 50c the price. See them.
JDS. HDRNE k CO.,
609-621 PENN AVENUE.
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BBSrSESS CHANGES.
TM8.S0LUTI0N THE FIRM OF JOS.
) SHORT & CO.wa dissolved August 1. 1890.
by-mutual understanding. Jos.Short will settle
all claims tor the firm, and to whom persons
knowine themselves indebted will make settle
ment. J03. SHORT. JAS.S.DRAVO.
au21-18
PlTTSBURO, Pa., Aucnst 1, 1890.
DISSOLUTION OF CO-PARTNERSHIP
Tbe copartnership beretotore existing
between Tbos. K. Gray. Jos. H. Hunter and
Gilbert A. Hay. doing business as the Iron
CUy Electrical Supply Co.. is this dar dissolved
DV limltauuu nuo, a., uiui.
JOS. H. HUNTER,
GILBERT A. HAY&
an3Kl
PrrTSBUEG. Pa.. Angust 1, 1890.
CO - PARTNERSHIP THE UNDER
SIGNED bave this diy entered into co
partnership, nnder the name of the Iron City
Electric Co., and will contlnne business at tba
old location of the Iron City Electrical Supply
Co, No. &9 Fourth ave- where all accounts of
the old firm wiU be settled.
GILBERT A HAYS,
au20-21 WJL CONNELL.
TIT MAY, SONS & CO.,
Fine
DYElNff AND CLEANING,
SS Sixth Avenue,
mhlS-SO-TTS Pittsbnrz. Pa,
p A.JSALPH
BUILDING CONTRACTOR,
First avenue and Grant street,
PitUbursLvPa.
Telephone 1311, ses&ng
$