SKgl ;V-rj ?s a 3t 7 -4 flf? 2 THE , PngrSBURG- DISPATCH, i SATUBDAT. k AUG-TTST - .-23. 1890. m m i i X1 v ASSESSORS AT WORK Determining the Value of the Hun dreds of Houses Erected in Pitts burg Since Last Tear. GIYIKGTHE OWNERS ONE CHANCE. How a Permit to Fat Up a Keir Structure Is Obtained From the City and What It Costs. IUFOECIKGTHE WOODENBUILDINGLAW Fonndatlcm Weakened lj DicjIbe Sever Trenches In Cellar " The City Board of Assessors has com menced wort: on the assessments for the taxes of 1891. Every third year all real es tate and improvements are re-assessed, bnt that will not occur until next year for the taxes of 1892. The board's work is now confined to the assessment ot new buildings, and, from a preliminary skirmish, they are led to expect that the value of the improve ments made thisyearwill largely exceed that of any previous year. In placing a value upon a new building the assessors have to rely upon their own judgment, but are al ways careful to place it high enough. Some times they make it a little top steep, but the owner .has the privilege f making an affidavit as to its actual cost and it goes at that. It takes more than money to build a bouse. There are several forms to be gone through before a citizen can commence the erection of a dwelling. In the first place a building permit must be obtained from the Building Inspector. A failure to do this renders the owner of the building liable to a fine of $50, and a similar penalty im posed upon a contractor who commences work without first knowing that a permit has been issued. A DESCBIPTIVE ARTICLE. An application for a building permit must contain a very full description of the proposed erection. It must set forth the street and between what cross-streets the building is to be located; number of stories; dimensions of main bnilding and rear build ing, if any; height of stories; depth ot cellar; thickness of foundations; thickness of walls, if of brick; materials to be 'u Bed in the con struction; character of building, whether dwelling, business house, office building, etc; names of owner and contractor, and estimated cost of the building. The word of the contractor is generally accepted on the last item, but the officials know their business and are not often fooled on this point The fee for a permit varies with the cost of the work, -as follows: Iiess than 11,000, 53; between $1,000 and 55,000, $5; above S5.000. S5 for the first $5,000 and 50 . , V. n r .- . , rni mr ifrv j- i nini nr iruii.inn n jm n fi .. .... W.W.J v,..v w. ..HV..VH v. V,VVH beyond. A man is limited in his choice of build ing materials in some parts of the city, no frame or iron-clad structures being permit ted within the fire limits. This territory embrace tbe first 12 wards and that portion of the Southside lying between the Pitts burg, "Virginia and Charleston and the Pan handle tracks and theMonongahela river. A EIGID INSPECTION. Under certain conditions frame and iron clad buildings are allowed within the fire limits. Before the enactment -of the new charter Councils had the power to grant permission for the erection of such struc tures within the prohibited districts. Now this authority is vested in the Board of "Wooden Buildings, to which all such ap plications are referred. The board consists of the Building Inspectors, the Superin tendent of tbe fire Bureau and his three assistants. This board meets once a week. A person desiring to erect such a build ing in the prescribed district files in the of fice of the Building Inspector a written ap plication, describing in full the location and tbe character of the building he desires to put up. The Building Inspector of the district from which -the application comes visits the place antl reports to the Board of "Wooden Buildings. If the report is in the affirmative the application is referred to tbe Assistant Fire SuperintendeStof tbe proper district. If this report is also favorable the board votes upon it, and finally sends it to tbe Chief oi the Department of Public Safety for bis approval. If, on the other hand, the Building Inspector disapproves the application, the board will also reject it. MAKING AXOTHEB BLUFF. ' Some people refuse to be snubbed and very often an application for a wooden ' building permit is renewed. In that case it is reported to the Assistant Fire Superin tendent ot the district in which tbe struct ure is to be located, and the Building In spector of tbe other district. If they are divided in opinion the chairman of the board is added -to the committee and casts the deciding vote. If, however, they report favorably the application takes the nsnal course, and if tbe report is unfavorable a majority of tbe board may reverse the re port. Tbe erection of a structure is closely watched by the building inspectors, and when it is finished, if the work is properly done, a certificate to that effect is given. - One practice which causes considerable tronble, says Inspector J. A. A. Brown, is that of digging trenches in cellars to put in sewers after the walls are up. This often unsettles the foundations and leads to disas trous results. Captain Brown was looking after a case of this kind yesterday.- The Eberle building, Penn avenue, now in course of erection, had a 2-foot trench dug in the cellar for a sewer, and as a result the walls twisted and tbe building leaned out of plumb 15 inches. The building was straight ened up, however, and is now in good shape. The Buildinc Inspector has called the attention of Chiel Brown to tbe matter, in order that the practice may be stopped. GETTING WAXES CONNECTION. If a man is building a brick house about thetfirst thing necessary is a supply of water with which to mix the mortar. This is ob tained by the plumber who is to make the connection. He files an application, giving a description of the projected building and its location, with the Superintendent of the Bureau of Water Supply and Distribution. A payment of 53 50 is made, for which the bureau furnishes a ferrule and connects it with the main pipe, the plumber doing the rest. "When tbe building is finished the owner or contractor pays lor the water in proportion to the amount of brickwork and plastering in the structure. Tbe regnlar water rent does not commence until the house is occupied. All plumbing work must be done under the supervision of the Plumbing Inspector, with whom plans must be filed. He sees that all joints are well made, and that there is no danger from leaking or water or sewer gas. Id case of defects in tbe plumbing the inspector directs how they shall be reme died. Before the plumbing is covered up from sight a permit must be obtained from the inspector. A failure to obtain this re sults in a fine of 550. Before the sewer and water connections can be made to a house a permit bas to be obtained from the Bureau of Highways to allow tbe tearing up of the street. This .permit costs nothing, but if the work is commenced without it the contractor has to pay 525 and costs. The Bureau of Highways averages two prosecutions a week for this offense. All dwellings ,must have at least a nine-inch connection with a public sewer. The officers of this bureau look ater the plumbing work outside the building, while the plumbing inspector watches the work on the inside. BETAIREfG OLD BUILDINGS. No permit is required for tearing down an old building, but just as soon as rebuilding commences a permit must be obtained. If a man builds an addition of any character to his house, such as an extra story or an an nex, he must take out a permit,bnt he does not need one to rebuild the front of his house! Any interior changes can be made in a building without a permit, unless the cost of the work amounts to CO per cent or more of the first cost of the structure. The Building Inspector's power over a building in course of erection is' autocratic, but be has no authority to enter upon a com pleted structure, no matter bow dangerous its condition may be, unless a complaint is first made to him br two reputable citizens. Then he can condemn the bnilding, if he deems it necessary, or order such repairs as will make it secure. If the owner of the building is dissatisfied with the decision of the Inspector he may demand arbitration,. trie owner choosing a man, the Inspector an other, and these two selecting a third. The arbitrators inspect the building, and if they order its removal or repair, work has to bn commenced within five days. If no heed is paid to the notice the Department of Public Works takes hold of the matter, performs the work and charges the expense against the property. PUT HIS FOOT INTO IT. A Prominent Pawnbroker Suod Tell-Tale Jimmy marks an a Door Liend to trJ feutplcloq or Who Committed a Robbery Hesitvo Under Suspicion. Inspector McAleese yesterday made an information against M. Gallinger, a pawn broker, doing business on Fenn avenue, charged with receiving stolen goods. John Gangwisch, a cripple, was given a hearing at Central station and held for court on a charge or stealing a valuable gold watch and other jewelry from the hotel of Thomas Dugan. Gangwisch is so deformed that his legs are useless, and he crawls on his hands and knees. A few nights ago the theft at the hotel was committed, and the next day Gangwisch sold a gold watch to M. Gallin ger, son of a pawnbroker, at the corner of Twelfth street and Penn avenue. Dugan reported the loss to the police, and the mat ter being placed in Detective Fitzgerald's hands be soon located the watch at Gallin ger's pawnshop, and learned from the pro prietor from whom it had been purchased. Gangwisch was arrested and placed in Cen tral station on Monday night, and at the hearing yesterday afternoon young Gal linger appeared as a witness. , In toe course of -bis examination, Gal linger grew very impudent to Magistrate McKenna and Inspector McAleese. The Inspector questioned the young man pretty closely ana managed to draw from him enough to justify him in making an infor mation against Gallinger for receiving stolen goods. The Inspector says he can prove that Gallinger bought the watch from Gangwisch, knowing it was stolen. Gang wisch and Gallinger were each" committed in default of 51,000 bail, the former for trial at court ana tne latter lor a lurther hearing, . nou.se iae E'atcn was stolen irom l naa een brocen into with a jimmy, and a .. . a.-. I peculiar circumstance is that the marks of tur jimmy are ueiow me aoor kdod. ixang wisch cannot stand on his feet on acoount of bis deformity, and the marks on tbe door are just about the height he could reach up to. Some time ago a man rooming next door to him had a trunk jimmied open and 5135-stolen from it Gangwisch is a pie baker by trade, and is a familiar figure on the streets. Inspector McAleese inteuds to go after all pawnbrokers who buy articles without making any attempt to find out if they were stolen or not. He says he has evidence in two cases against Gallinger, tbe Gangwisch affair and the Logan, Gregg & Co. 'a rob beries, noted elsewhere. SAMUEL tta-rpttr H0N0BED Br Bavlnc a New Council of tbe Jr. O. U. A. AT. Named Alter Hlra. A new council of the Jr. O. TJ. A. M. was organized at a meeting held on Mt. Washington last night. It will be desig nated as Samuel Harper Council, and starts off with 49 charter members. The fficers elected were: Councilor, Einil Becker; Vice Councilor, Stanley Neeley; Becording Secretary. C. C. Boehmer: Finan cial Secretary, Charles Bust; Treasurer, M. M. .Nauman; warden, J. U. iiasil; Con ductor, T. C. Cook; Inside Sentinel, P. TJ1 rich; Outside Sentinel, P. McVev; Trustees, H. B. Peck, J. McMillen and T. C. Cook: Medical Examiner. Dr. A. Potts. A charter has been applied for, and the new council will be instituted within ten days. TrTKTra UNLUCKY GIRLS Ieave Homes for tbo City, nod Now Wish They Were Back. Lillie Power, Lizzie Dailey and Lottie Carly, girls about 17 years old, were brought into the Thirty-sixth ward police station, yesterday afternoon, by Mrs. Mary Carley, ofBanksvile. The girls left their homes at Beaver Falls last week to seek employment of home kind in Pittsburg. They arrived here, but failed to secure any work.. On Wednesday they wandered as far as Banksville, where Mrs. Carley took care of them until yesterday, when she brought them to the police station, Sergeant Mc Curry had them sent to the Department of Public Charities. WHAT PEOPLE AKE DOING. Some Who Travel. Some Who Do Not. and Others Who Talk. Colonel Andrew Stewart is registered from Obio Pyle Falls at tbe Dnqo esne. Other guests of tbe hotel are W. L. McPbatl, a Wheeling banker; Miss Jennie McPhiil, bis daughter, and Miss Iiena Stearns, of Washing ton.!), a Dr. "Wood, of Connellsvllle, and Dr. Matchley, of Waynesburg, left yesterday for Niagara Falls to attend tbe bicycle tourna ment. The doctors took their wheels. Superintendent E. "W. Davis, of the Pittsbnre Traction Company, returned yester aayf rom a two weeks' trip to Saratoga, Long Branch and other watering places. William Flinn arrived borne from the East yesterday, looking well atter bis trip. He says tbe Duquesne Company may buy, but will never sell. Warner Ames, connected with the iron industry of "Youngstown, Is booked at the Du qaesoe. Also, T. A Harvey, the Saginaw lum ber man. Major "W. "W. Greenland, of the Na tional Guard, arrived from Clarion, Pa., last night, and registered at tbe eleventh Avenue. Dr. C. A. Liesher, resident physician at theMercv Hospital, returned yesterdav f rom a vacation at bis borne in McAlllsterville. Pa. Secretary William Dillon, of the flint glass inifeer', accompanied by Mrs. Dillon, went East yesterday on a brief holiday. Among the autographs on the Dnqnesne book are those of A. E. Fretts, Greensbnrg, L. F. Barger, Younestown. " Edward L. Rose, well known in Wheel ing, is among the guests' of tbe Hotel Ander son. Bev. Father Wall and Thomas Pendar left last evening on tbe last line for Atlantic City. D. D. Euby, of TJniontown, Mrs. Van Bant and Miss Van Bant, of Cleveland, are among the guests at tbe Anderson. D. B. Book has gone to Denver, where he expects to remain to recuperate bis health. William J. Brennen, the well-known attorney, has returned from Atlantic City. Postmaster McKean returned from Philadelphia yesterday. Colonel W. H. Beedame home yester day from the seashore. PBISON DOORS AJAR. i Prominent Citizens Indorse the Plan to Kill Cigarette Smoking by P0TTIKG THE BOYS BEHIND BARS. Terrible Consumption of the Deadly Weed Among Persons Under 16. HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE THREATENED Boys who poison their heart's blood with the death-dealing cigarette are -standing on the threshold of prison doors. The power ful sentiment manifested by prominent people interviewed yesterday in regard to prohibiting boys under age from smoking cigarettes by putting them under arrest, points to a day, not far distant, when the toils of the law will be extended to take in the youthful victims of the weed. The cigarette is not alone -under the ban of public opinion, but cigars and the use of tobacco in any form, by those who have not yet seen 16, are severely censured by all thinking men, and they heartily indorse the proposition to pass a law making any boy caught smoking or chewing liable to arrest and imprisonment for a certain time. Lately the tobacco habit has grown to a fearful extent among boys, and one can hardly traverse a block in tbe city without being brought face to face with a smoker, often not yet ont oi knickerbockers, puffing industriously away at a pale, languid cigar ette, or a regular Beno del Sewer, that is strong enough to knock over a lamp post. DAKGEBS OF DISEASE. The practice is fraught with terrible con sequences. Not only are the users of vil lainous weeds in danger of contracting fatar diseases, but the lives of the people are in peril. Deadly maladies lurK in the sickly fumes of the poisoned weed. Stumps thrown away .by men afflicted with erysipelas and nauseating skin diseases are pic&eu up ujr direct amius, wuvnwuiMwo germs ot disease deposited in the half-smoked cigars, and are themselves attacked with contagious ailments that spread like wild fire among all with whom they may comn in contact. , War has been waged against the cigarette for years, and legal steps taken to abolish its use among the rising generation. The sell ing of rolls of paper, tobacco and weeds to boys was declared a misdemeanor in the State Legislature of Pennsylvania at its last session, and a penalty attached, but tbe law is a failure, never being enforced. The legislation in question was enacted May, 7, 1889, and reeds as follows: Section 1. Be it enacted, etc.. That if any person or persons shall sell cigarettes to any person or persons under the age ot 16 years, he or she so offending snail be guilty of a mlsda nreanor, and.upon conviction thereof sball be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than S300. DEOPPED OUT OP StOHT. . Since this law went into effect, over a year ago, the matter has apparently drooped out of the minds of all, and little, if anything, has been done in regard to stopping the work of the cigarette. Thousands of the rice-paper tips are daily smoked by persons under 16 years of nge. i "It was doubtless the intention to strike at the fountain-head of the evil," said Major Montooth yesterday afternoon, "when the law of 1889 was passed, making tbe dealers liable to punishment. It is a good law if only enforced, but sb long as the evil is not crushed out in that way I think it is high time that more elective measures were adopted. I see New York City has passed a law, empowering the police" to ar rest boys under 16 lound using tobacco in any form, and it would be a good scheme to introduce the same law in Pittsburg. If sus pected places were watched, where cigar ettes are sold, and spotters put on to catch the dealer in the act of selling to those under 16, the present, law would go a great way toward stopping' the nuisance. Make two or three cigar dealers pay a $300 nne and cigarettes would not go oyer the counter to many minors. Personally. I am not on speaking terms with cigarettes. They are a short cut to perdi tion. Economic spirits have discovered tbe baneful taste of the rank weeds and-now in troduce them at banquets. The audible smell gets in its work, and soou those not acquainted with it are no longer blithe and merry, but lose all lurther interest in the banquet and the speculative host is ahead to the extent of several courses." M ATOE GOUELEY'S VIEWS. Mayor Gourley was seen, and his views are emphatically in favor of arresting boys caught in the act of smoking. Said he: "The law should not stop at youths under 16, but complete tbe good work, and take in the boys who have seen twice 16. The cig arette is next door to suicide. I would gladly work for the passage of any law that would put a speedy stop to the disgusting habit, especially among growing boys." - Dr. Frederick Gaertner commented as follows: ''Nothing could be better to kill cigarette smoking among minors'than to put the boys behind prison bars. A law of this kind is, in vogue in Europe, and all young persons seen using tobacco are ar rested. Great danger lies in the practice that street boys have of smokine the filthy stumps of cigars discarded by others. I have analyzed cigar stnmps, and actually found the irrains of consumption in them, besides other deadly diseases. The maladies are infectious, and the health oi the community is threatened by the vileness ot the habit. One of the worst features connected with to bacco using by young persons is tbe fact that the nicotine acid absorbed by the smoker goes directly to tin blood and poisons the whole system. proof'ik a test. "This is proved by a veryt common test. The blood oi a smoker is injected into the body of a lady or any non-smoker and in a brief space ot time the non-smoker will have the taste of nicontine on the tongue. This shows that the injected blood of the smoker has tainted all the vital fluid of the other. One can easily see from this bow injurous it is to the blood of young people for them to smoke. The consequences are to well known to need repition by me. We see the evi dences about us every day, in the sallow, sickly faces of the boys who are ruining themselves by using tobacco. Above the age ofl8orsothe constitntion is able to stand it, and tobacco is then really a stimu lant to those of mature age. "Let me warn all against the frightful trick of blowing the smoke through tbe nose. Inflammation of the membrane is sure to set in, and tbe extremely dangerous practice will soon develop from tbe stupefy ing feeling felt at first to fatal conse quences." Superintendent Luckey, of the Pittsburg schools, remarked: "lam glad to say that we have had little trouble with the school boys In relation to cigarette using, but the .street boys addicted to the abominable prac tice should be taught a lesson. Imprison ment would have a wholesome effect on them." Inspector McAleese said: "It would be an excellent plan to arrest the boy Smokers, but the dealers who sell the stuff to them should also be punished. The boys could be dealt with lightly, but tbe dealers should receive heavy sentences." TRACEABLE TO SMOKING. Dr. J. Walter Heustis, oculist, spoke as follows: "Myopia and other diseases or-tbe eye are directly traceable to smoking. If tbe boys want tobe sound they should fight shy of the cigarette. Tbe blood is poisoned with the nicotine, andsnaturally weakens the brain. As a result, the young smoker becomes thick-headed." . Assistant Superintendent .Boger O'Mara g'aid: "I see hundreds of newsies-and boot blacks every day who are not over 1C, smoking and chewing. The law passed last year might do some good it it were only en forced, but it is practically a dead letter. The best way is to arrest those under 16 caught using tobacco. It is not tbe first- class dealers that sell to minors, but the one horse shops that do the work." Alex. Wilson, the cigar dealer, gave his opinion. He said; "Boys come in the store that can hardly look over the counter, and ready to swear on all the bibles in Pitts burg that they are 16. We never sell to anybody that looks under 16. I,am for a law to arrest boys Under age who are caught smoking." Captain Silvus, of Central station, said: "As soon as the news came that New York City bad i passed a law making young tobacco users liable to arrest, some street boys came to me and asked whether they were in danger of being locked up. I told them not yet, but Pittsburg ought to have that law." UNLUCKY FRIDAY'S GRIST. Thrown From a Load of liny and Almost Killed Cruabcd Under a BIotIdb Train More Black Blark Added to tbe Dai's Dark Record. Yesterday afternoon Harry Lyden, the r 5-vear-old son of Mail Carrier James P. Lyden, bad his skull fractured by falling otf a moving hay wagon on Stanton ave nue. His head struck a protruding rock in tbe street and it penetrated his brain. The boy was endeavoring to get on the wagon and missed his footing. He fell backwards, and bis head struck the edge of 'a sharp stone. He was picked up and carried to his home on Stan ton avenue, Eighteenth ward, where Drs. Clarke and Norris were summoned. The physicians had to trephine his skull in the hope o( saving bis life. James Burke whs struck by a train on the Pennsylvania, Virginia and Charlestown Railroad at tbe Birmingham station about 7 o'clock last evening. He was thrown under the wheels and both legs were terribly crushed above tbe knees. He was taken to the West Penn Hospital. His legu will have to be amputated. Burke is a laborer and lives at South Twenty-eighth street. James McElroy, foreman at Morehead, McLean & Co.'s Soho mill, was badly burned by a splash of molten metal from the furnace last nighu. An elevator rope broke at Joseph A. Hoeveller's pork packing establishment, at 27 Seventh street, yesterday, and lour men who were in the car were serionslv iniured. The car fell from the second story to the cel lar. .John McCarty hadeveral ribs fract ured and one lee was broken. Samuel Wil son, Andrew Lanfnerand John Smith were onlv slightly injured. All the men are at . the West Penn Hospital. TEH PERSONS THE T.TWTT, Tbe Pennnyfranln Company Makes a Change In the Booking orPnrtlei. E. A. Ford, General Passenger Agent of the Pennsylvania Company, yesterday issued a circular to the ticket and passenger agents of tbe company, making an import ant change in the party rate. He says: "In deference to the Visbes of our competi tors, we will advance the number limit from soven to ten persons, on solid tickets to be sold at the "one-way-party rate" of 2 cents per mile per capita, beginning with September t, 1890, under the following regu lations and conditions: These tickets are to be sold only to parlies of not less than ten persons traveling together, and one ticket should be used for tbe entire party. They are to be sold only for passage one way, and will be good for continuous pass age only. No stop over will be allowed. These tickets may be sold at the rates named, 2 cents per mile, per capita, to any party of ten or more persons. They will be open to tbe public, and not confined exclu sively to theatrical troupes, baseball clubs, minstrel troupes, and parties of that kind. "In figuring rates upon this 2-cent basis, always add sufficient to make them end iq 0 or 5; "thus, for 33 miles collect 70 cents; 36 miles,, 75 cents. Bate of 25 cents may be made for distances between 8 and 12 miles; inclusive, but make no per capita rate of less than 25 cents. Theatrical and other show companies nnmbering 10 persons or less, including the advance agent, to obtain the 2icent rate will have to pay not less than U fares, regardless of the number of persons In the company, provided the agent travels ahead; because a ticket cannot be sold at that rate for a less number than 10 persons." KOBE SALVATION WABBIOBS. General Booth Says the Slum Brigade Bas Helped Thousands. General Ballington Booth, of the Salva tion Army, stepped off the Chicago train last evening, and while waiting for the Eastern train to make up, gave some facts iu regard to the religious organization which he heads. "The membership of the army is rapialyswelling. Our field officers have in creased from 900 to 1,050, with from 25 to 50 'people under each officer. "The slum brigade is doing a wonderful amounf of work. Within a short time they have assisted from 5,000 to 6,000poor people, though not many of these joined the Salva tion Army." FOOLING WITH ETEBNIT7. A Man Who Was a Trifle Careless About Ammunition. Yesterday afternoon a man named Mc Gregan, who lives on Fifty-seventh street, complained to the police that W. W. Mc Millen, a laborer who lives on the same street, had concealed in a shed a 25-pound keg of basting powder, four pounds of dynamite and some caps. The patrol wagon of the Seventeenth ward was sent to capture the ammunition, which was found in McMillen's shed and was brought to the police station, where it was stored away. It is not known what use McMillen intended to make of the explo sives.. PEEPER IN TROUBLE. Two More Serious Charges Preferred Against Abraham Z'mmerman. The hearing in the case of Abraham Zim merman, charged with assaulting George P. Bosser, the Southside grocer, was to have been held before Magistrate Succop last evening, bnt was postponed until Monday. Zimmerman gave bail yesterday in the, sum of $2,000 for a hearing before Alder man McMaster on Monday on charges of aggravated assault and surety of the peace preferred by his wile. Mrs. Zimmerman alleges that she was severely injured as well as Mr. Bosser at the time her husband made his assault on the grocer on Thursday. gumoee's band coming. Two Concerts Arranged for In Pittsburg on Thanksgiving Day. Arrangements were completed yesterday for two concerts to be given in this city on Thanksgiving Day next by Gilmore's fa mous band. There Vill be a matinee in the afternoon and a concert at night Three re nowned vocalists will accompany the band. The latter organization has been largely in creased in size and improved in its artistio capabilities for the coming season. When it is considered that Pittsburg was the successful city among applicants for the band on Thanksgiving, this city's popu larity can be appreciated. ONLY THEIR ECHOES LEFT. Tbe Lilt of the Summer Might Concerts Given D7 the Cathedral Band. The last open air concert of the season was given last night by the Cathedral Band in Allegheny Parks. Notwithstanding tbe cool winds there was a large crowd present, who thorougly enjoyed the musical treat. An excellent programme of popular airs was arranged and rendered in an admirable manner, eaoh selection being received with generous applause. Db. B. M. Hawwa. Eye, ear, nose sad throat diseases exclusively. Office, 720 Pens street, Pittsburg, Pa. B&sa IKON FK0I THE 0EE. A Plant in Contemplation to Eednce Hetai by Direct Process, BECAUSE OP ITS KNOWN ECONOMY. Korel Methods for Extracting Iron From Sand Kow in Operation. THE IEEEPEES5IBLB M'GAW CASE In alt likelihood the end of the year, or early spring, will see the erection of an ex tensive plant for the manufacture of iron by tbe direct process. A number of iron men have been laying their heads together with this end in view for some time past, and the prospect is at present pretty well advanced. For obvious reasons neither the names of the promoters or the proposed locality can be yet given. The plant will not be erected in Pittsburg, but in the neighborhood of one of the best gas fields in the vicinity. As stated, the operations of the company will be directed to the production of iron by the direct process. This process is now in use in but one works here, viz: The Carbon Iron Company's plant at Thirty-second street. The firm controls tbe patents under which the iron, by the process, is manu factured. It is claimed for it that though the results of the method have been very satisfactory, that there is still room for im provement, and very considerable lurther saving in the cost of making iron. DONE A-WAT "WITH DOUBTS. The process, as been regarded by skeptics, are so far fetched as to be unworthy of serious consideration, but the process has been demonstrated to be so successful as to disperse any doubts as to its future effect on the iron trade. There are those who say that in the process of time and that not far distant that blast furnaces will bo dis pensed with, and iron extracted direct from the ore withoutrany intermediary stage, i The difference between' the method of manufacture now in vogue and the direct process employed by tbe Carbon Iron Com pany is this. As is well understood, under the present method of manufacture, the raw material has to undergo two processes before it can be wrought into the finished article. It is first converted from its raw state in the blast furnaces into pig iron. It is then boiled and wrought into muck iron; whence it passes through subsequent changes into its finished condition. - MUCH MORE SIMPLE. The direct process is much more simple. The charge, including the ore and coke, is first ground down to powder and charged into a furuace under somewhat similar con ditions to a Tegular puddling furnace. It is then allowed to melt and does not require to be worked. When St has melted to the requisite point it is rolled into a ball and passed through the squeezer. Thus tbe iron is made np to a point by this process in one operation that it requires two to perform by the regular method. The direct process is attracting consider able attention, as much from the fact that its results have been so good from a chemi cal point of view as because it is so much more economical than the other. The tedious work of tbe blast furnace is dis pensed with, and the hard and sustained labor of the pnddler gives way to the mere exertion of charging the furnace and draw ing the ball. , HtON FE0M SAND. A Novel Machine Now In Operation In Phila delphia. Mr. D. B. Grey, of the Quaker City, who was in town yesterday, had something to say at leaving, about ,a new method for ex tracting iron. He laid: "There is on ex hibition In -Philadelphia a very interesting piece of machinery electro-machinery it might be called for the extraction of the iron from sea sand, to be found on any beach in the world. It may not be generally known that the sea sand just mentioned contains from 5 to 7 per cent of iron, enongb,. it is said, to give a large excess over cost of extraction. "Tbe machine belongs to 'The Botary Magnetic Separating Companv,' who hail from Chicago, Mr. Tenney, tbe inventor, being on hand to explain and show the working of the machine. It consists of a cylinder, whose surface is composed of electro-magnets, revolving on the inside of an endless canvass belt. The sand is fed to the belt, and a spray of water separates the particles, the iron being retained by the powerful electro-magnets and carried off on the belt to a receptacle at the other end, while the sand falls into the trough below. "I have heard that several New York capitalists are interested, and that a work ing plant at some part of the coast will be established, where, it is claimed, the iron can be extracted for about one-eighth of its value. They say that Edison is working in the same line, and has just been granted a patent on a machine in some respects similar."- ANOTHER ACT LN THE FARCE. Homer BlcGaiv Slakes u Statement Before the Trades Coancll Committee. The committee of the Trades Council ap pointed to investigate the Jeannette case met last night at the Commoner office. Mr. Homer McGaw, accompanied by General Blakely and J. H. Stevenson, Esq., his counsel, appeared before the committee and made a statement of his connection with the case. Secretary G. L. Cake, of L. A. 300, also appeared and answered several questions. The committee will probably report the rer snlt of its labors to the Trades Council to night. BIDING THEIE TIME. Olachlnkts Are Still Buillx Engaged In Waiting for a Change. The machinists' strike remains in statu quo. Howe, Bcown & Co. have acceded to the nine-hour demand. The Wilson-Snyder manutacturing Company does not an ticipate its men will return to work and has advertised for machinists, brass finishers and blacksmiths. The company says the working hours will be from 7:30 o'clock to 5:30 o'clock, with 40 minutes noon recess, closing on Saturday at 320 o'clock. MASTER PLASTERERS MEET, And Decide to Pot on Lathers to Do Piss terers' Work. The Associated Master Plasterers held a meeting last night. Said a member after adjournment: "We have decided to put on lathers, and proceed with' our work. We are in the right, and will fight to a finish, as every honorable way of adjusting the difficulty has been refnsed by Union No. 31. "The masters propose to show the journey men that they have rights that must be re spected." A New Iron Company. Application will be made on September 16 for a charter for the Boston Iron and Steel Company. The promoters are I. B. Jackson, James B. Murray, E. O. Converse, Horace Crosby and A. Ohandon. Cash Boys Ont of a Job. Nearly 200 cash boys at Joseph Home & Co. 'a Penn avenue stores are now looking for jobs. Tbe firm has introduced anew cosh system which now performs the work formerly done by them. To Supply Its Own Wants. The, Standard Underground Cable Com. pany is reported to bare in contemplation the erection of plants to make its own wire roll the brass used in the cable. OEGANIZING BAHEOADEBS. The Order of Railroad Conductors Will Receive Boras NeopbTtes on Monday. A grand officer of the Order of Railroad Conductors will attend a meeting oi Pitts burg and Lake Erie conductors in Christian's Hall, McEee's Bocks, on Monday at 12 o'clock, to institute a Southside lodge of the order. It is expected that between 75 and 100 conductors will be initiated. Filed Their Charter. The charter of the.. Glass Manufacturers' Exhibit Company was filed in the Becord er's office yesterday. The purpose of the company is to manufacture glassware of all kinds at the Exposition. The directors are George A. Macbeth, A. A. Adams, D. C. Biplev, J. E. Duncan, J. T. Hamilton, Paul Zimmerman and E. E. Woods. The capital stock of the company is $10,000, which is divided into 200 f50 shares. AT THE GRAVE OF HIS FRIEND. Major montooth to Act na Pall Bearer at Manager Harris Fanernl. The lamiliar figure of Major E. A. Mon tooth was noticed this morning at the Union Depot among tbose who left on 'the early train for the East. He received a request yesterday from the family of Patrick Har ris, the deceased .theatrical manager, to act as pall bearer at tbe funeral. "I am going on to Baltimore now, "-said tbe Major, "to answer the telegram in person. I will retnrn after the funeral." Yesterday's New York papers contained sensational accounts of Mr. Harris having committed suicide by shooting himself. The statements were denied by Mr. Harris' friends in this cityon the strength of tele grams from Manager Starr and Messrs. Brit ton & Dean, of Baltimore. HE BROKE HIS MACE. Sad Fate of a Man Wbo Tried to Ran tbe Police Force. Shortly after 3 o'clock yesterday a num ber of men indulged in a free fight on Du quesne way. One of them knocked down ae officer and escaped over the railroad bejdge. On Hope street, Allegheny, he was caught by Lieutenant Alexander and Officer Snyder. The man said he had knocked out tbe offi cers on the other side, and didntt believe he would lallow an Allegheny policeman to ar rest him. He tried to prove bis assertion bnt Lieutenant Alexander's mace fell, and there was a broken club and a badly dam aged bead. The man was marked "John Smith" on the docket. . BIG BOOM IN OIL. A Broker Wbo Knows Says Lima Stock Is a Go. Yesterday two bnsiness men registered at the Hotel Scblosser who transacted several important matters that will influence the oil market to some extent. They were J. M. Heed, the prominent oil man of Oil City, and C. H. Nelson, a"New York oil broker. "Lima oil is a dead sure thing to count on," said Mr. Nelson. "It is a go and no mistake. Look out for a boom in the oil market." Savs She Stole a Gold Cross. Lena Kunz, a 17-year-old girl, was taken to jail yesterday afternoon by Constable Schertzinger, of Alderman Hartman's office, for a hearing, 'Monday, on a charge of lar ceny. The prosecutrix is Mrs. Barbara Breinlng, who alleges that Lena took from her house a gold cross and some other arti cles of jewelry. LOCAL ITEMS. LIMITED. Incidents of a Day la Two Cities Condensed for Ready Reading. The John Wesley congregation will hold campmeetmg services, to-morrow at the Wilkmsburg Grove. The pastor. Rev. George W. Clinton, will bo assisted by Rev. James H. Anderson, of Carlisle, wbo will preach at Sand 6.30 P.M. Snnday school and services In tbe church at 11 A. M. THESev. William W. Toungson, "the boy preacher," will preach in tbe Liberty Street if. . church, to-morrow at 10 o'clock A. K. This Kill be tbe young man's maiden effort. As eminent clergyman of high culture Is announced to lecture for 'the Sons of Temper ance to-morrow evening, at their hall, 63 Ohio street, Allegheny. It Is a Beauty. The current issue of tbe Pennsylvania Grocer is an elegant midsummer number of 36 pages, printed on heavy calandered book paper and bound in paper of a,delicate tint known as robin's-egc blue. The issue contains sketches and portraits of leading wholesale and retail merchants in the county and a vast amount of general information of interest to grocers, hardware and dry goods merchants and druggists. There is also a full report of the last meet ing of the Pittsburg Retail Grocers' Asso ciation, complete and reliable market re ports and a largeamountof editorial matter. The nnmber is profuselv illustrated and tbe illustrations are of a high order. The number altogether is a beauty and reflects great credit on the publisher, 'Percy F. Smith. Exposition Notes. Mattings, linoleums, oil cloths 'and car pets made and laid on shortest possible no tice. Muslins, sateens and silk draperies in stock and put up at short notice. Hoppee Bbos. & Co., 307 Wood street, irwpssu Tbo Nation's Bank for Savings, Allegheny 'Hasjremoved 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. si.; on Sat urdays 9 A. M. to 6 P. 21. Accounts so licited. tts Exposition Notes. Mattings, linoleums, oil cloths and car pets made and 'laid on shortest possible notice. Muslins, sateens and silk draperies in stock and nut up at short notice. H6ppee Bbos. & Co., 307 Wood street. mwfssu Men's Fine English Cotton Onr-Hnlf Hose, - Slntrs, Tans. Bines. Browns, 19c, Formerly 35e; 50c neckwear, now 25c 75o, fl 00, tl 25 neckwear, now 50p. A. G. Campbell & Sons, 27 Fifth ave. EXTBAOBDHTABT BABOAINS TO-DAY in wash goods remnants. JOS. HOENE & CO.'S Penn Avenue Stores. Tbe Hny Fever Season. Sufferers from that troublesome malady, hay fever, are alway benefited by a liberal dose of Marvin's famous ginger snaps. Your grocer keeps them. 2TW3' French and Scotch zephyr ginghams some very desirable styles and colorings yet remaining all now at 20c a yard. ttssu Htjgus & Hacke. Excursion to Wheeling To-morrow, tia the B. & O. B. B. Bate, $1 50 the round trip. Train leaves depot at 8:30 A.M. Patronize Hendricks Ss Co., photog raphers. 68 Federal st., All'y. Cheapest aud best photograph gallery in the two cities. Good cabinets, tl a dozen. Prompt deliveries .Bring the children. Excursion to8b'loPjle To-morrow, via theB.&O.B.B. Bate, fl 50 the round trip. Train leaves at 8 A. m. K0BBED BY CLERKS. Logan, Gregg & Co. Suffer Loss From Systematic Stealings. ONE OP THE EMPLOYES ARRESTED. Pour or Fire Others and Some Pawn brokers May Also Get in Jail. HOW THE EOBBEEIES WEEE DISCOTEEED An important arrest, to be followed by four or five others, and implicating half a dozen clerks in one of-the largest hard ware stores in tbe city, that was made by the police yesterday, will probably be the means of making merchants exercise-a little more caution with their employes. A num ber of pawnbrokers are also "in it," and two of them will likely be made to suffer for receiving the stolen goods. Yesterday morning Detectives Fitzgerald and Bobinson heard that the pawnshops were being flooded with brand new Smith Ss Wesson revolvers, which were being sold tor a dollar or two apiece. They got on the track of a man who pawned one of the guns, and trailed him to Logan, Gregg & Com pany's store, Between Third and- .Fourth avenues. There they found the man was employed by Philip Fitzgibbon, who does the hauling for the store, but did not arrest him, waiting to receive orders from Inspector McAleese. They fonnd the man had sold a revolver worth about $15 to Sam Stern, the Market street pawnbroker, for $1. Stern became alarmed when he found the detectives were onto the game, and immediately went to Mr. Logan, one of the firm, it is said, for the purpose of squaring himself. POTKD GUNS EVERXWHEBE. In the meantime the detectives started on a tour of the pawnshops, and in nearly everyone of them found several of the guns. In each ease a different name was given, but tbe writing was about the same. In Gallinger's two shops three revolvers were found, and in Stern's place one was sold outright for 51. A description of the man who pawned the revolvers tallied with that of the man whom the detectives trailed in the morning, aud Inspectator Mc Aleese concluded to order bis arrest. The detectives were sent to the store, but it was closed and the employes bad gone home. With nothing to guide them but the description of the man they were after, the detectives started ont after supper, and about 9 o'clock run him down at tbe corner of Wylie avenne and Elm street. At tbe Central station the man gave his name as Albert Bailey, and boards with a family named Paulson, on Fifth avenne. He said there were a number of others implicated with him in tbe robberies and explained how they had been carried on. Bailey's custom was to go to the store early in the morniifg for the purpose of get ting out the wagon orders, and while toss ine boxes and barrels he would slip a re volver out of the showcase, and put it in his pocket. In getting bis bands on the property he was aided by several others in the store, and during the day after the revolver had been pawned a divide was made. The robberies have baen carried on for three or four mouths, and the proprietors never suspected any loss. Only the best re- NEW FALL GOODS. THE FINEST AND IiABGEST 8TOCK OF i-' :C:A:R:P:E:T:S: Ever brought to this city. STYLES ENTIRELY NEW 't 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 tbe cheapest grades. Parties desiring to furnish houses this fail will do well to call now and make selections while tbe stock is complete. The goods will be stored free of charge until you want them laid. EDWARD ERDETZINEER, 627 and 629 Penn. Avenue All goods jobbed at the very lowest East ern prices. " au3-Trssu ' SPECIAL LOW PRICES -OS- SEVERAL HUNDRED UMBRELLAS! 28, 23. 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 lor fall and save money. THESE MUST GO REGARDLESS OF COST. All Summer Dress Stuffs. AH Gents' and Ladies' Furnish ing Goods. All Lightweight Made-up Gar ments. Everything summer. that pertains to DAILY ARRIVING. 4 Our Fall Importations are daily com ing In, and we call attention to many choice lines 0 medium weight Dress Goods In the new autumn colorings. BIBER i EASTDN, 505 and 507 MARKET STREET. - -, - aulS-TTSSO. vol vers in the store were token, and they were disposed of at any price. "WAUTED IT KEPT QUIET. When the firm found the detectives on the track of its employes, Mr. Losan begged that nothing be said about it. He said one of the men doing tbe stealing had been in their employ for years, and if arrested the shock would disgrace the man's wife and five children. He wanted the matter kept as quietas possible, and refused to prosecute any of lhe men. He said the firm could suffer the loss, and, if no arrests were made, the matter would blow over. Inspector McAleese was not doing business in that way, and ordered Mr. Bailey brought in. The detectives out looking for the others up until midnight had made no more arrests. An important part of the business is the finding of three revolvers in Gallinger's pawnshop. 'Mr. Gallinger's son was ar rested yesterday for receiving stolen goods, and this case follows onwthe heels of tha other. Inspector McAleese said last night that Mr. Stern would also find himself in trouble, as his attempt to get out of it before the arrest was made was prima facia evi dence of his guiiL It is expected that the other arrests will be made this morning; when the clerks report for duty. HE DHOTI W0BK IT. What Happened to a Man Caned With SI Weakness lor News. There was a lively breeze blowing in tbe streets early this morning. At 2 o'clock sharp an extra whiff of wind blew something that looked like a man into the corridors'of tbe Monongahela Hotel. Gath ering up the tails of his minis terial frock, the waif of the wind strode majestically up to the desk. He was a son of the Sunny South, but Clerk Ellis never wilted when the stranger towered above him and hissed in a voice full of emotion and beer: J'l am from a new paper, the Herald Dispatch. It is my business to work the hotels. See?" giving the register a flip that made the leaves ripple. "What have yoa got on the book?" "You work the hotels, eh?" said E. V. "Well, you won't work the Monongahela. Git 1" and Mr. Ellis pointed to the door. The dusky-hued journalist turned white around the gills, and a moment later his form was lost in the darkness of the cold world outside." Pittsbueo, Saturday, August 23, 1830, JDS. HDRNE k CD.'S PENN AVE. STORES. QUEER That it should be put to so severe a test the first day. We started the baskets yesterday and we had the biggest day for weeks. Store was crowded almost from the opening to the closing of the doors. Despite the rush and despite the newness of the thing there was scarcely a hitch during the entire day. The first rehearsal was the most thor ough and practical one any new piece of machinery ever had. Only a few days and you will marvel at tbe smoothness and dispatch accomplished by our new system. It is the best product of years of thought. We hope sincerely that it will meet the people's approval. We're actually sorry to say goodby to the bright little army of boys that have served you so long. You can put your finger there, and there, and there, on men among the greatest of this great city who have forged their way to the very foremost ranks from this very practical starting point tbe cash boy. But progress is progress. Ton can't get ?4 worth of goods for $1 20 even at our most extraordinary Wash Goods remnant counter. It's' not quite that bad br us but almost. Hundreds of pieces from 20 yards and down at the lowest remnant prices you ever beard of. Almost OUR remnant prices, and likely less tnan ordinary remnant prices on every INCH of Wash Goods in stock. All goods must go previous to the usual September changing of departments, and prices have been made to surely accomplish the clearance. We re-cut prices to-day on FINE DRESS PATTERNS. The $10 ones reduced to $5, fine ap plique trimmed, good shades, all-wool, and up among the finer ones; tbe most elegant patterns are now only a third of their former prices. A hundred probably all told and selling a dozen a day as the prices were. If you want a bargain come to day and buy a robe. Snmmer Suits have absolute orders to go go they must. See the method and means: , All GINGHAM and SATINE SUITS now At $5 each That had already been reduced to 510, $12 and $15 each. They are now $3, to make an end o" it. Good styles and' . stylishly made. ALL WHITE j LAWN SUITS Are reduced now to their final figures: $4, $9, $13 $2o- At $4 Reduced Ironi $6, $7, $8, $9. At $9 Reduced from $14, $15 and $18. At $13 Reduced from $20 and $22. At $20 Reduced from $28, $30 and $38. ALL EIGTJBED LAWN SUITS Now at $6 each. That were $6 CO, $7 50, $8 50. And Print Wrappers at 75c and $1. Lawn Wrappers at COe (from $1 50.) Muslin Wrappers at $1 25. All only 34 or yi former prices. JDS. HDRNE i CD., 609-621 PENN AVENUE. . 1 .iuS -wpH Ji, Ik Hf BBBa'L BUsH ', jrL? n-rii' 1r7iiltf iT rfitflilil -rr nS3rsmSt.-.A ,1sTO3MVHHuBfl.ME3twBloW iNiLJiiM " i ' .4-A-r-. Aaitss&sr, aaafif-
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