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TO SAID GOODBY,
l" Closing of the Most Successful Teach
ers' Institute Ever Held in
Allegheny County
HWflY BOSTON SCHOOLS ARE GOOD.
yo Wealthy Ladies Who Devote Both
Honey and Intelligence to
Their Improvement.
ITHB LIFB OP ACODKTEI SCHOOL-SASH
Is Descnted by One, Whs Finat Bitter and Swett in
Her Profession.
"Goodby, Dr. "Winship."
"Goodby, Buperintendent Caughlin."
"Goodby, Superintendent Hamilton." J
"Goodby, goodby, goodby."
Thus did the Teachers' Institute, which
has been in session during the week, close
yesterday morning, and with numerous
handshakes and kind expressions did the
teachers bid adieu to the instructors -who
have given them so much valuable informa
tion throughout the session.
The formal programme presented yester
day morning was very brief. Pror. Caugh
lin delivered an address upon the "Tests of
Knowledge." Dr.Winshipdid likewise upon
the 16-20 period oi the boy, and after the re
ports were heard from the various commit
tee chairmen the session was closed
by Superintendent Hamilton with a very
appropriate address, in which he thanked
the speakers for their efforts and the
teachers for their attendance. When res
cued shortly afterward from a bevy of fair
school teachers, who seemed determined to
make of him a professional hand-shaker,
Superintendent Hamilton said: "Thongh
it is probably bad form for the management
to praise extravagantly, yet I must say the
institute just closed has been
TBS MOST SUCCESSFUL,
enjoyable and beneficial of any ever held in
the country. X think an indefinite amount
- of good will result irom it I am delighted
-with the institute, but am glad it is over, as
I feel the need of rest." And he really
looked so fatigued that it was with reluct
ance he was relinquished once more into the
hands of the shakers. '
Prof. Caughlin made his escape from a
shaker -community long enough to say: "It
is seldom I have had the pleasure of address
ing such an intelligent body of teachers as
I have talked to here this week. It has
been a glorious institute, and the plan of in
struction, though more general than is
usually adopted, has .been very gratifying
to me, as I believe that each captain in the
educational army will plan his own skirm
ishing after the battle is outlined by the
generals. Allegheny county may congratu
late itself upon having a progressive, ener
getic and enthusiastic Superintendent, as
well as an intelligent class of teachers, but
then the two naturally go together one
calls for the other."
Dr. "Winship was suirounded by a formid
able but attractive guard of adieners, but,
with the courtesy he always shows, he
"bunched" the coodbys and said: 'I have
been engaged in educational work all my
life and have attended any number of insti
tutes, but never any equal to this one. I
have been very much interested in the ad
dresses by different professors, aud especially
in those given by Superintendent Caughlin,
who divides the honors of the best institute
worker in the State with Superintendent
Hamilton.
INTERESTED IN OUE SCHOOLS.
"I have been greatly interested in the Pitts
burg public school system which is so justly
noted for its excellency and in the display
that is to be made at the Exposition by the
pupils of the schools."
In reply to a question as to how Boston
raised-her public school standard to the
high notch that proclames it pre-eminent in
the United States Dr. Winship said: "In
the first place, we pay the higbest salaries
of any city in the "Union to our teachers,
and then, a great deal of our success is due
to the energy and ambition ot two wealthy
ladies who employ agents to represent them
in continual improrement of the schools and
who spend a vastamountof money in experi
menting forthe public good.
Mrs. Quincy Agazziz Shaw, the daughter of
'" Louis Agazziz, ten years ago introduced the
kindergarten work into the Boston schools,
and has in the ten years that she has con
trolled it put into the work $200,000 or her
own money. The city during the past year
has just accepted the work, taken the re
sponsibility from her hands and appropri
ated 520,000 for the payment of teachers,
Hit. Shaw continuing to furnish all the
necessary parapharnalia for the work.
"iln. Mary Hemmenway is the other lady
who is continually nsing private means for
public good in the educational field, and to
her efforts Boston is indebted for its cooking
v .schools, run upon the same plan that Mrs.
Shaw did the Kindergarten. Just at present
she is engaged in the Swedish gymnastic
scheme which she will introduce into the
schools this coming year. Alter carrying
these inonations through the experimental
periods they are turned over to the city, but
the exnense of evemhinir. exceDtine the
X teachers, is still assumed by the wealtbv
advocates.
jj4 WOMEN OP BABE VALUE.
"A few such women in a city are of in
estimable value to a public school system,
as ,you( can readily see, concluded Dr.
rtVinship.
A pretty rural school teacher wanted to
shake, bands with some one, as every one
else seemed to, and she succeeded in shak
ing hands with several. She was a Hand
Mailer style of a girl, refreshing in her very
innocence without the assistance of the enp
ot water.
"Have you enjoyed the institute?" she
was asked.
"Ohl ever so much."
fi "How long have you been teaching?"
p,r "Just one year. Oh dear, on dear."
What tne un dear, oh dear, naa to do
with the question is not known.
"Do you enjoy teaching?"
"Immensely. I get 30 a month and $10
for coming to the Institute."
A citv High School graduate, at present
teaching a country school, said: "There
are lots of hard features and lots of
of pleasant ones in the lire of the conntry
school teacher. When I first go out to take
fhnrcrp nf mT Knhnnl f nm ilpEnppttlv KIiia
m 1 Everyone is good and kind to me, but I find
$- - tne atmosphere so dilierent Irom that to
y which I am accustomed at home. But
"; alter the school is fairly open and I get ac-
j quainted with my pupils aud naturally be-
J,, come interested in them, Ibecome more rec-
'ji onciled to my lot, and even in time look
' with resignation upon the glaring peculiars
ties of my boarding bouse, which at first tax
my patience to the verge of tears often."
f tB'But there is a certain pleasure in being
' the school teacher, as you are called in a
f country district, for you are treated .with
considerable deference by the kindly farmer
people and their children, especially it you
come Irom the city."
-A. PLEASANT HOMAGE.
"It is almost lausrhable at times, and vet
"it is a pleasing homage that makes the life
fendurable to one unused to it. My teach
ing in the country is only the preliminary
Lto a city school, I hope, and I am willing to
(serve my apprenticeship in this way,"
laughed the really -cultured little mortal,
with a pretty attempt at gayety that did
not drive away entirely the Took of csre that
clouded the bright eye's as the owner spoke
of when her school would begin, and evi
dently in imagination lived through the
first days.
"The salarv is not'large, Tint the Board is
very reasonable," she continued, "and one
does not need to spend much on clothing.
To the farmers' girls who teach their own
schools and live at home the sum of $30 a
month seems considerable; to me well, it is
enough to live on until I can do better."
"How long do you intend to teach?"
"The directors say until I can get mar
ried, but I have entered the profession for
life subject to change, however, when the
hero comes that will relieve me Irom the re
sponsibilities of bread-winning."
"By the way, why do all school teachers
have that somber, serious, almost ministerial
aspect that stamps them indelibly as belong
ing to the profession after spending a certain
length of time in it," was asked the bright
est teacher in the entire room, who fights
the settled school-marm look as she would
the plague, according to her own state
ment WHY X1IET LOOK SAD.
"Well, I'll tell you, it is "because the
teacher constantly realizes her position as
antxample to pupils, and she is obliged to
assume, in the school room, a dignity and
reserve that in time becomes habitual to
ber, and covers her real personality like a
pall. We are, too, continually giving our
nervous forces and never receiving any
thing in return, as do people in everr other
walk of lie, even the clerks in the great
stores. The strain of discipline upon a
teacher is a severe one, and mischevious
pupils, or witty answers given to us must not
be laughed at, no matter how great the in
clination may be to cause the muscles of the
face to relax. I think the time is not far
distant when the teacher and the discipli
narian will be two distinct individuals. It
is quite a task to hear 11 or 15 recite and
keep order with 46 or 50. No wonder we.
as a class, become all that we are accused
of."
One of the Professors presented her with a
beautiful pansy and asked in return a white
aster from the cluster she wore at her belt.
Gracefully she accepted the pansy and the
glance that accompanied it, while 'in return
she gave the desired flower.
In the course of the afternoon the Pro
fessor in his address referred to the 700 lady
teachers in the room, in whom he was
greatly interested. Quietly the pansy was
with a pin impaled upon a sheet of paper,
and written beneath it were these words:
"Take back the pansy. I will not be one
of 700 ladies in whom you are interested."
The note was passed up on the platform to
the susceptible professor.
HACKED TO PIECES.
HAflHY OLIVER'S WHARF ORDINANCE
SADLY BATTERED.
Allegheny' Wharf Committee Snap and
Snarl Over it for Two Hours The Switch
Open for General Freight Promised to
FlEbt It In Council!.
After fighting for two hours last night
over the granting of part of the wharf tor
the Pittsburg and Western Railroad the
Allegheny Wharf Committee finally framed
an ordinance for Councils. The Pittsburg
and Western wanted to lay a switch on the
Allegheny wharf from Pine to McFadden
streets a plot 2,075 feet in length and 60
feet wide. President Oliver was there. He
wanted it for the exclusive use of the tan
ners, but he lost and the right was thrown
open to everybody.
Councilman Voder bitlerlv opposed the
ordinance, on the ground that while it
would benefit thq half-dozen tanners it
would not be fair to the other citizens of
Allegheny to give up property that was
wortn from $100,000 to $200,000. He also
showed that while the original ordinance
only called for one track on.their 60 feet the
plans of the railroad company showed thev
intended to bnild two tracks.
Mr. C. C. Hax was present, and also
made an earnest appeal for the approval of
the ordinance. Mr. Hax stated that the
consumption of the tan bark in Allegheny
amounted to 100 cars per day, and the Pitts
burg and Western Bailroad war the only
road that could supply them as the Penn
sylvania Bailroad charges were such as
they could not stand. Mr. Voegler pro
tested that the ground which consisted of
over 2,000 feet was entirely too valuable to
be given away. Mr. Streipecke protested
on the ground that it would spoil it lor
wharfage purposes.
Mr. Oliver promised that il the land was
granted them the company would put in
posts and chains for mooring flats, etc
When it came to inserting a nrice for rental
of the ground Mr. Voegler wanted the
price put at $10,000. Mr. Brown remarked
that they had better ask them for the entire
railroad. luairman Ammon said Mr.
Voegler was the most unreasonable man he
had ever met. The rental was finally
placed at $1,200 per year, and the ordinance
recommended to Councils.
Mr. Voegler served notice that he was go
ing to fight the ordinance in the Council
chamber.
HEB ENGAGED HUSBAND KILLED.
A Brabemnn Who Was to Mnrrr Next
Month Run Doirn by a Train.
Charles Parker, a Pittsburg and Lake
Brie brakeman, living on Forrester street,
near Kaercher, on Four Mile Bun, was run
over and killed by a train on the
"Pemicky" road, at Beck's Bun, about 5
o'clock yesterday afternoon. He was work
ing about the train at the time, and was
knocked down. The cars passed over his
body, and when picked up life was extinct
The body was removed to the morgue, and
about 9:30 o'clock last night ayoung woman
dressed in, black called to see the body.
She said she was engaged to Parker, and
their wedding was to come off next month.
She was shown the body, and left without
saying anything more about herself.
GLENN'S LATEST CAPItTEE.
The Handsome Detective QnletlT Harried to
Mr. Iiole Bolce.
Detective Glenn, of the Allegheny front
office force, deserted Thursday night. It
was not known until yesterday, when it was
also learned thai Mrs. Lois Boice, a pretty
widow, had accompanied him, but a minis
ter had previously conferred on her the
right to wear the name of Mrs. John
Glenn.
The detective conducted the matter so
quietly that no one knew anything about it,
except Chief Muiphy, until yesterday. Mr.
Glenn and his bride are now in the East,
and will return in about two weeks.
HO MEETINO WAS HELD.
X. Octamater Ward Clnb That Wasn't Organ
ized Last xlehr.
On Tuesday last a preliminary meeting
was held at the residence of W. W. Chap
lin, manager of the Oil Exchange Clearing
House, at No. 383 Forbes street for the pur
pose of forming a Fourteenth Ward Dela
mater Club. It was then decided to hold a
public meeting in the Fifth Avenue Market
House last night
For some reason the ball was not open and
the 30 or 40 young men who assembled de
cided to postpone the gathering until
Wednesday evening next when the market
house will be open.
AFIEB LAGEBEELPS POSSESSIONS.
Dcpntr Sheriffs Serve Writs on Everything
Ho Owns.
Sheriff McOandless" deputies made a de
scent yesterday on the property of Baron
Lagerfelt They attached the household
goods, a lot in the East End, bis interest in
the Tolkttlatt and other possessions. '
The genuine stock of the Jefferson Iron
Company owned by the Baron has also been
attachtd. The writs were served yesterday.
DE.B. M. Hank a. Eye, ear, nose and
throat diseases exclusively. Office, 720 Penn
street, Pittsburg, Pa. s&sa
A BAGGAGE BEG0BD.
Woes of the Smasher .More Than,
Doubled by the Bash.
TWO SUSPENSION BRIDGE PLANS.
State Chairman Kerr Says Public Sentiment
is With Pattison.
THE LUMBER 0DTPDI SMALL THIS I EAR
Also, for the poor baggage smasher! He
has earned his salary this summer, and split
onen more trunks than he ever did before in
a specified period. When the passenger
business is rushing the baggage man knows
it, and with his increased work comes
tougher muscles and temper to suit his new
conditions. The man who handles the
heavy trunks of the period mutt necessarily
have Herculean strength. The truth is, few
men are fitted by natural endowments to
hold such positions. Like "the poets and
other geniuses that go down into history,
the clever baggage smasher, as he has coma
to be familiarly called, is born, not made.
Whether the fault of the baggage handler
or the result of that dominant principle of
huma'nity to overload the willing horse,
certain it is that the modern trunk is made
larger every day, and contains more iron
and steel to the squarejnen than many
safes. The baggagemen compla'in of their
creat weight, and the trunk maker retorts;
"We have to make them so. You fellows
handle them so delicately that an ordinary
trunk will not stand the rough usage of a
trip."
THEY WATCH EACH OXHEE.
Thus do these two classesuse the retort
elegant, and each pursues the course
mapped out for himself. The trunk man
hints for the heaviest and strongest armor,
and the baggageman trains down his super
fluous flesh and keeps in condition for the
affray.
But the baggace smasher is a much
abused man, and this summer he has suf
fered more than usual. Po the sweet
misses and old ladies bound for a long vaca
tion during the "lot snmm'er days'into the
country, at the seaside or in the mountains,!
as they pack and push the many articles
into the big, old-fashioned trunk, ever stop
to think of the strength needed to lift it n
a ear, or of the stout stevedores with their
faces begrimed and covered with perspira
tion tngging to see that it is safely stored
away? They don't pick up trunks as a
mother would a babe, but with one mighty
toss they throw them into the car. Can you
blame them very much? Most men do not
AX ENORMOUS BUSINESS.
A reporter yesterday finally nerved him
self to the point to ask the chief agent at the
Union depot about the business done this
summer. He smiledjjleasantly, and taking
off his cap invited the newspaper man lp
sit on a truck with him and have no fear,
as he was harmless. "Have we handled
many pieces?" he began. "Well, in all my
experience I never saw such heavy passen
ger traffic as we are having now, and the
thought ot all those trunks and erips.com
ing back again makes us weary. We em
ploy about 50 men in this depot, and during
the excursion season extra help is required.
In July, on the Pennsylvania road, we
handled 20,000 pieces of varions kinds.
This doesn't include the baggage on the
Ft Wayne and Pan Handle roads, which
will probably swell the number to 50,000
for that month. So far, according to onr
reports, August has broken the record, and
if the pace keeps np we will make a reputa
tion for ourselves. You see, my boy, how
we have to work, and our life is not a per
petual picnic."
XHE B. & O. NEEDS JIOEE MEN.
The same state of affairs exists at the B.
& O. station. There the men complained
that there were not enough of them to han
dle the baggage without greatly overwork
ing themselves. They have 'altogether not
more than 10 men at the farthest conneceed
with the department They have had their
hands full this summer. The agent remarked
that ever since they went into the new depot
they have bad twice the amount of baggage
to handle, which would indicate that the
business had increased that much. At
both the Union station and the Baltimore
and Ohio depot the agents reported that the
bulk of the baggage went East, principally
to seaside resorts. The mountains have
been popular with some, hut the ocean has
bad the call all season. The unprecedented
travel is something the boys can't acconnt
for, and thev wonder when'their turns will
come to have a rest This has been a
remarkable snmmer forthe railroads, and
the baggage man'has not been any too happy
over his hard lot.
WILL DECIDE NEXT WEEK
Colonel FIsdd Spenks Well ot Two Plans
for the Sixth Street nrldge.
Colonel Fladd, of St Louis, the consult
ing engineer of the Sixth Street Bridge
Company, who was delegated to examine
the plans submitted for the new structure,
has finished his work, made his report .and
gone home a sick man.
The Colonel stated that in all his ' ex
perience he never met with so many good
plans, but knowing that the bridge com
pany wants one of great strength he par
ticularly recommended two of them. One
was the design of Gustave Xindenthal,
which is patterned after the famous bridge
in Hamburg, Germany, said to be the most
wonderful in Europe.
A meeting of the stockholders of the
company will be held some day next week
to decide on the bridge they want built.
Some of the stockholders are out of the city,
but will return in time for the meetiqg.
President John A. Harper said yesterday
that he had already made-up bis mind, and
he supposed the others had also. He wants
a bridge that will be a credit to the two
cities, and 100 years from npiy wilj "be re
garded as a great work of architecture, .as
well as answering all the demands ot rapid
transit, and being able to sustain enormous
weights. "..'." "
THE SWISS SAENGEEBTJND."
The Local Society Will Compete-far- the
Prizes In New York-.
The first singing festival of. .the- Swiss
Noith American Saengerbund' will be held
in New York next week. The local society,
with about 30 of its members, left' for the
metropolis last evening to compete for the
prizes. They have won honors at festivals
in Cleveland and other placesVaod they ex
pect to carry off their share of the glory in
NewYork.
Godfrey-Atz is President' of the branch
here, and" Edward Keller is "the musical,
director. Mr. Atz says the boys'are' sing-"
ing very well together, and he is confident
they will hold their own in Hew York.
There will be 2,000 voices in one of the
choruses, and the saengerbund will be quite
a musical event for the Swiss-Americans.
BELOW THE AVERAGE,
The Demand find Price for Lumber In
Plttabnrs Markets Are Fair. ,
Major W. W. Greenland, of Clarion, has
been in the city for a week selling timber.
He says the demand and prices for lumber
are very fair this"season, but the output is
not np to the average, owing to the warm
winter. He spoke of a tract of unbroken
timber land near Tidioute, on the, Alle
gheny river, that belonged to the late Con
gressman Watson. Several years ago. he
was offered $400,000 for it, and not long since
it "was increased to $650,000,
THE B. & O. SH0BT OF CABS.
Snpr. Potton'e Successor Has Not Tet Been
Named.
The Baltimore and Ohioroad continues to
be short of cars, and the dearthhas extended
to the other local roads. The Pittsburg Car
Association is doing good work in hastening
the unloading of shipments, but as a rail
road man remarked yesterday, the only cure
for a famine is less business or the building
of more cars. This latter has not been done,
and it requires money.
Superintendent Patton's successor has not
been chosen. At present he is known as
legion, with a dash for the first name.
EEBB SET COUNTRY LEADERS.
He Bay the Campaign Will be Red Hot
nnd Fall of Surprise.
Chairman Kerr, of the Democratic State
Committee, left for Philadelphia last even
ing. Yesterday he met a number of party
leaders from the country districts in West
ern Pennsylvania, and instructed them in
their work. He felt well satisfied over his
visit, and is more hopeful of Democratic
success than ever. Beiore leaving he said:
''This will be one of the most interesting
campaigns ever fought in the State. Even
if we are licked out of our boots we will
have lots of inn. The campaign will be full
of surprises. The Independent Bepublicans
who met at Altoona will vote for Pattison,
but they are only a drop in the bucket to
the numbers all over the State. The
sentiment is with us this time.
We don't have to create it as
tbe Bepublicans. They are starting dummy
Knignts of Labor and farmers' organiza
tions here and there for the purpose of
blinding the eyes of the people. It is cost
ing them much money, but still they are
doing it The Bepublicans also claim the
vote of the miners, but I know that the ma
jority of them, as well as the farmers, will
vote for Pattison. There are some big sur
prises in store, and there will plenty of news
lor the papers."
CAUGHTINA MINE.
FRANK SISSON ARRESTED FOR COMMIT
TING THE PETRIE ROBBERY.
Detective Steele Track Him by Mean of a
Postal Card Fonnd DlcglOK Coal In
Clarion Conn IT Mr. Petrlo Sax She
Can Identify Him.
Frank Sisson, the man who is accused of
shooting Milton Petrie and robbing his
residence in Allegheny last Sunday night,
was arrested in New Bethlehem, Clarion
county, yesterday, and is now in the Alle
gheny lockup. The credit of the arrest is
due to Detective James Steele, the hand
somest member of the Allegheny force.
Detective Steele has been at work on the
caseever since Sunday morning. Mrs.
Petrie, tbe wife of the wounded man, said
then that Frank Sisson had threatened
to kill her husband and that
she had recognized his voice that morning
when tbe robber ordered her husband back.
The description given by Mr. Petrie of the
man who fired the shots also tallied with
that of Frank Sisson.
The detective then went to work on the
history of the man. A year ago he was em
ployed as a clerk by Mr. Petrie, but it is
alleged, on account of his drinking habits
Mr. Petrie discharged him last Octobers-
He worked as a conductor on
the Pittsburg Traction line nntil the
strike, wnen he went out with the other
men. Then he became a brakeman on the
Allegheny Valley Bailroad, and from that
he became a waiter in tbe Pittsburg Dia
mond. He secured a position on another
railroad, and boarded in Master's alley, but
after that he was lost sight of. By some
means, nowever, uetective Steele got hold
of a postal card from him at New Bethle
hem. It was written on Monday, and
-asked a friend to send him a Pittsburg
Dispatch containing an account of the
crime.
Yesterday Detective Steele, accompanied
by Detective Johnston, went to New Beth
lehem and found their man working in one
of the mines of the Great Western Coal
Company. The other miners did not know
him, and h3 diands, unuse to such labor,
were covered with blisters. When told
what he was arrested tor he tried to fight.
Detective Johnston grappled with him,
while Detective Steele handcuffed him to
tbe other detective. The- onlv question he
asked was: "How did yon find me here?
I only wrote one letter since I came, and
that was to ray home in Gallipolis, O."
Detective Steele says they are pretty sure
he is tbe man, and thinks he will beheld
for court this morning. Sisson was arrested
in Memphis, Tenn., four years ago for shoot
ing a man, but he got off for want of proof.
A BED MAN ARRESTED.
The Son of the Forret Knn In by Officer
Wnlskoftky.
When a colored policeman is seen arrest
ing a white man it causts a pain of regret in
the hearts of the people who are always to
be found shouting for American freedom.
Words can hardly describle what their feel
ings would be if they saw a noble red man
of the forest and one of the orignal Amer
icans rnn in by a Bussiau. Such a scene
was witnessed last night, and the red man
will have a chance to do a war dance this
morning.
About 10 o'clock Officer Walskofsky found
tbe Indian on Seventh avenue in front of
No. 3 engine house. The son of tbe forest
was laboring under something the Govern-,
ment does not furnish. He was badly cut
about the face where tbe pavement rose up
and struok him, and presented a beraggled
appearance. The officer had one of the
firemen telephone for the wagon, and at the
Central station he gave his name as Frank
Denny. He said he lived in New York and
is supposed to be one of Buffalo Bill's tribe.
"He will spell his name with a final S,"
said Sergeant Gray, "after the hearing in
the morning."
A SENSATION SPOILED.
Congressman Bayne'a Frank Not Abased
Postal Imwi Not Violated.
A cotemporary yesterday morning stated
that public documents bearing Congressman
Bayne's frank were being distributed from
the Allegheny postoffice, outsiders redirect
ing them, in direct violation ol the postal
laws. The Dispatch was in possession of
the story several days ago, but looked up
the law before proceeding further. It was
, ascertained that documents bearing Congress
man Bayne's frank had been received in
.bulk, and that tbe persons to whom they
were sent were addressing them. Several
persons held that this was a direct violation
of the postal laws. Such is not the case,
however. A Congressman can attach his
frank to documents, etc, and forward them
in bulk to any person he designates, and
that person can redirect the same and mail
without, postage and without abusing the
franking privilege. A glance at the postal
laws spoils tbe little sensation about an in
vestigation and a scandal.
STILL AT A DEADLOCK.
Two Teacher Not Tet Elected by the
Twenty-Ninth Ward School Board.
The school directors of the Twenty-ninth
ward met again last night for tbe purpose of
electing' two teachers to fill the vacancies
existing in the corps of teachers. The meet
ing was called by President Theodore A.
Weber, but only three members of the
board responded to the call, Messrs. Weber,
Benz and Kauffeld. The remaining three,
Messrs. Donnan, Evans and Locke, did not
appearand niter waiting 'until it was ap
parent that they would not come, the first
named adjourned.
President Weber made provisions for the
filling of the vacancies temporarily, so that
the school will not suffer by reason of the
board's failure to elect. It is not probable
that any further attempt will be made to
elect teachers, unless Miss Schaffer with
draws from the contest If the latter event
does not take place 'the dispute will be de
cided by tbe court.
PPI7CO for amateur urrllert are offered by
rniXCO THJS JDISRiTOS during the
JSzpotiUon tcaton. Bee announcement
Fvurihvagc of tntt Uiue.
METAL K0AD TEACKS.
Steel Ties Gradually Displacing the
Old-Time Timber Affair
IN EUROPE AND SOOTH AMERICA.
Tbe Westinghonse Matter Hay be Shortly
Brought to an End.
A CENTEAL AGENCY FOE WINDOW GLASS
The Department of Agriculture has is
sued a report by . E.Bussell Trotman, of
the Forestry Division, in which the relative
merits ot metal and wooden railroad ties are
dealt with. The principal point of view
from which the metal trace question is con
sidered in'the report is that which considers
it in relation to forest preservation and the
reduction of the consumption of timber. It
was with the view of establishing interest in
the matter and drawing the attention of rail
road managers to the question that the
author made an extended investigation into
the use of metal track roads over the world.
The report contains a summarized tabular
statemenfoovering experience on nearly
25,000 miles of railways in foreign countries
which are laid with metal alone. This
would be 13.21 per cent of tbe total mileage
of the world, which, exclusive of thisvcoun
try and Canada, is 187,721 miles. The
official returns from Germany, Switzerland
and India show that the results of experi
ence, extending over several years, have led
in several cases to the adoption of metal
track, and that this is becoming
THE STAKSABD TEACK
in those countries. In Germany and India
steel crossties are practically the generally
adopted, although different forms of this
type are in use in tbe former country.
Cast iron is still extensively used in India.
In outh America the metal ties used are
mainly composed of a pair of cast iron cowls
connected by a tie bar, but even there, steel
crossties are heing introduced. The weight
of evidence and tbe results of experience,
the author points out, points toward
the steel crossties as making the
best track and giving the best
results in other ways, for heavy service es
pecially and are therefore destined to be
come the standard tie for first-class tracks.
As to the weight of these ties it is considered
they should be from 120 to 150 pounds, ac
cording to the conditions of the traffic.
The metal track has been Droved to be
more economical in maintenance than track
on wooden ties. There was found to be a
minimum of danger with a minimum of
track work for the running of trains; and'
the overturning and spreading of rails were
fonnd to occur less frequently with a well
designed system of track.
ECONOMY OP STEEL TIES.
Steel ties should be introduced as an ad
vancement in railway engineering, and as a
step toward practical economy. Especially
is the metal track a source of economy at
stations and yards where, when once laid,
there is less disturbance in repairs and in
chances of derailments.
In relation to the cost of steel ties the
chiel engineer of the New "Zork Central
road calculates that if the steel ties now
being tried on that line last for 50 years
whieh he estimates as their life there wjll
be an economy in renewals, re
pairs and general maintenance of
from 8 to 12 per cent in their favor.
The percentage of use of steel ties is increas
ing every year, both in relaving large sec
tions of track with them, and in replacing
steel for wooden ties as the latter give out.
As stated in a former issue of The Dis
patch, railroad managers in this conntry
are giving this matter attention, and the
time may not be far ahead before steel ties
are substituted to a large extent for the
present wooden ones. A small lot has been
already turned out by Carnegie, Phipps &
Co. for experimental purposes on a Western
road, and their manufacture will.probably
in time add another item to Pittsburg's long
list of staple manufactures.
TO C0NFEBwiTH OFFICIALS,'
A Strops Committee Appointed by tbe Weil.
Inahonse Employes With This" View
They Will Bold Them Ready to Act
When Called Upon A Settlement Prob
able. The Westinghouse employes held a meet
ing yesterday in Lafayette Hall to hear the
report of the committee which had been
deputed to call on the company on Wednes
day last. The result was published in these
columns on Thursday morning. An addi
tion was made to the committee in the per
son of the chairman of the meeting and a
member each of the Fnel Gas Company's
and machine company's employes,
thus making the committee representative of
the entire number on strike, instead of
as at the first meeting of the Electrit com
pany's men alone. The committee was in
structed to notify Superintendent Pease
that it would hold itself at his disposal
should he leel disposed to enter into a con
ference on the matters in dispute.
There is reason to suppose that the super
intendent, whom, it is reported, is fully em
powered to act in the premises, will consider
the advisability of sending for the commit
tee as affording an opportunity of finally
disposing of tbe dimculity. It is believed
that a settlement is not without the
bounds of possibility of being effected.
There is no doubt at all but that the men are
anxious to get back to work; and the com
pany can certainly pursue its business to
better advantage with its shops in operation
than at a standstill. These tacts will tell on
both sides, and a compromise will, without
any doubt, be effected when the representa
tives come together.
A machinist said last night:
Nearly all the other machine shops in the
country have granted tbeir men what has been
refused tbe men employed in the Westingboase
Interests; and of tne shops In tbe country the
Westinghonse concerns should have been the
last to refuse since tuey are the least affected.
No less than three-fourths of the machinists in
their employ are piece-workers and conse
quently not affected by the reduction of hours,
at lease not so far as Increased wages are con
cerned. Why then, some may ask. If that be
the case, do tbe Westinghonse men strike?
Tbere seems to be an impression prevalent
among tlio public, and even among machinists,
that piece-work sbnps pay a higher rate of
waged than is paid elsewhere. This is certainly
a mistake. Piece-work shops in most instances
pay a lower rate ol wages than is paid In shops
where all work Is done by the day. Two dol
lars and fifty cents a day Is, I think, about the
average wanes paid to machinists throughout
the city. In piece-work shops men may earn
from Si! 25 to $4 a day, bnt this is owing to in
creased" effort. For tbe same amount ot work
a piece worker furnishes for H he would cer
tainly rrceive, in most any other shop, from
tl SO to to SO. He is simply eiven tbe oppor
tunity to do in one day what he would do In any
other shop In two days.
The conveniences afforded by the Westing
honse management are not lost sight of, and are
certainly deserving of credit. Bnt yet can
workingmen afford to sacrifice principle at this
price? And tbe short-hour movement is a
a principle, to establish which we are willing to
foreso all the conveniences any shop may
offer,
TO CLOSE ON MOHDAY.
Labor Day to be Observed by City Officials,
the Bnnk and Conn.
Nearly all the city offices will be closed
on Monday, Labor Day, and the employes
will be given a rest on the holiday. "Quite
a number of them will go out to the country
this evening and stay until Monday night
or Tuesday morning in time to go to work.
All tbe offices connected with the Depart
ments Public Works, the City Treasurer's
and Controller's office, Delinquent Tax Col-,
lector's and the Department ol Public
Safety, with tbe exception of the Police and
Fire bureaus, will be closed.
The courts and banks, and a number -of
business houses will also close. The usual
holiday regulations will be observed at the
postoffice. -
A GENERAL SALES AGENCY
MAY HAVE CONTROL OF THE
GLASS OUTPUT.
WINDOW
This I Said to bo th Plan Which Will be
Presented for the Consideration of Man
ufacturer at tho Cblcaso Meeting- on
Tuesday Nrxt.
The Dispatch of Thursday's date men
tioned the fact that James A. Chambers, of
this city, W. D. Keges, of New Albany,
Ind., and J. F. Hart, of Muucie, Ind., had
been in conference the preceding day with
local manufacturers. It was further stated
that one of the visitors denied that anything
of importancewas to be assumed from their
presence there.
One of the largest manufacturers of win
dow glass in this district threw a little ad
ditional light on their visit yesterday. He
said that the gentlemen mentioned had been
appointed as a committee at the Chicago
meeting on the 19th insL, to devise a means
whereby a uniform rate of prices to go into
effect throughout the country could
be established. They had come here
to consult with local men as to
these means.and wonld report as to the most
feasible method of accomplishing this de
sideratum at the adjourned meeting to be
held in Chicago on the 2d of September.
The means that it is supposed will be
adopted will be in the nature of a board of
control, which will regulate prices for the
trade. It is generally conceded that some
plan which will brine about a mutual
understanding between manufacturers is
very necessary so as to make the dealing
more above board than it is at present.
Underselling and cutting of established
rates prevails as a general thing, and manu
facturers are now contemplating some means
whereby this can be stopped. How it can
be put an end to is by no means certain, ex
cept that an agency for tbe sale of the joint
product of the factories concerned in the ar
rangement is established. This plan would
be inoperative unless all the principal men
were to come together, and with the assist
ance of the jobbers, freeze the non-compliant
manufacturers out of the market.
The window men have before now tried
the effect of an association formed on a
basis of "honor" to prevent underselling.but
without avail. Manufacturers in this asso
ciation bound themselves to maintain the
card rates under penalty of a fine of $100
for every pot they owned, not to deviate
from them, but without effect, as means
were found to violate the agreement. This
association has long since been disrupted,
and while there was nominally a
card rate in existence, manufacturers
have been making their own prices. Hence
ensued a "ruinous competition," which
only manufacturers favorablv situated could
withstand. Anything in the nature of a
consolidation of the factories is conceded
on all hands, to be out of the question, bnt
the idea of an agency which will handle tbe
different products, settle prices, and in a
certain way, control tbe markets, is re
garded as being a feasible plan and one
which may be brought Into effect.
They Deserve the Picnic
The employes of the Crescent Steel
Works, Eighteenth ward, will hold their
annual picnic at Bock Point to-day. The
mill firm contributed $125 to defray the ex
penses of many of the workmen who aie un
able to afford the pleasure oi the trip.
ONLY ONE FIELD OFFICES.
A Reunion of the Forty-SIitb Pennsylvania
Volunteer Infantry.
George B. Beecfaer, corresponding secre
tary, has sent ont general order No. 1, issued
by Captain Joseph Hatchett, of Catasaqua,
Pa., for the fifth annual reunion of the
Forty-sixth Eegiment, Pennsylvania Vol
unteer Infantry Association, which will be
held in this city September 17.
The reunion will be held in Post 3, G. A.
B. Hall, No. 78 and 80 Fourth avenue, and
in the evening a banquet will be given at
the Hotel Hamilton. Colonel Joseph F.
Knipe, commander of the United States
Garrison at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., who is
the only living field officer of the regiment,
is expected to be present.
BETUB5ED TO JOHNSTOWN.
New Agent Boyd Sent Back This Morning;
for Trinl.
Special Officer J. Clark of the Pennsyl
sylvania Bailroad arrived in this city last
night, and left for home this morning on
the 320 tram, having in charge James
Boyd, tbe agent of the Union News Com
pany arrested by Detective McTighe
Boyd is wanted lorgetting away with $36
worth of stuff belonging to tbe News Com
pany. He took it out to sell and forgot to
make any returns. He was connected, it is
said, with a diamond robbery at the Seventh
Avenue Hotel some time ago.
A Succenful Ten.
A "United States tea" and concert was
given in the Second 21. P. Church last
night by the officers and children of the
Sunday school. The proceeds of the ad
missson charge were for the benefit of the
church.
Give Die an Old Home Where I Can Feel
Safe.
Purchasers put more faith in the honesty
and judgment of that old and trusted music
house of H. Kleber & Bro. than in anyone
else.' An instrument coming from Klebers'
store, be it a Steinway, Conover Gabler or
Opera piano, or a Burdett or Barbuff organ
is always preferred, for the opinion of Mr.
Kleber is looked upon as final and con
clusive. Hundreds of people have made the
remark: "Oh, I wish I had called on you
first and bought an instrument of you," aud
then they beg the Klebers to take tbe piano
or organ, which they bought elsewhere off
their hands and exchange for the superior
ones at the latter place. Klebers' prices
.are (25 to $50 lower than those of other
dealers, and their terms of payment are
easier.
While other dealers sit around complain
ing of bard times, the Klebers are kept as
bnsv as bees. Don't fail to call at Klebers',
506 'Wood street, Pittsburg, Pa.
ECHOLS, BI'aiORKAT fc CO.
133 Sanduikr Street, Allegheny.
Upright pianos, 575, $180. $200, $250, $290.
Organs and melodeons, $20, $50, $70, $80,
$90. Call and examine our instruments be
fore bnying.
Don't Forget
That to-day we sell 1,000 men's costly suits
at $8 apiece. This includes a grand line of
cassimeres, cheviots, silk mixtures and
corkscrews. We are confident we f can fit
all. They are the best value at $8 ever of
fered by any house in the United States.
P. C. C. C, Pittsburg Combination Cloth
ing Company, cor. Grant and Diamond
sts., opp. the Court House.
Clotlne Ont All
Onr Ladle' Print Wrap
per. Two prices to-day, 75c and $1 25. They
were $1 60 to $3.
JOS. HOBNE & CO. '8
Penn Avenue Stores.
Examine the bargains offered on center
rnnnters. Market street entr.-inrp 1
TTSSU Huous & Hacke.
Excursion to Wheeling;
To-morrow, via the B. & O.-E. B. Bate
$1 50 the round trip. Train leaves at 8:30
a. in
New neckwear in great variety at James
H. Aiken & Co.'s, 100 Fifth ave.
There I No Uie Talking-,
Hendricks & Co., photographers, 68 Federal
St., Airy, take the cheapest and best pho
tographs in the two cities. Good cabinets
$ladoz.
English: linen collars at James H.
Aiken & Co.'s, 100 Fifth ave. V
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MORE FOR A NICKEL
The
Question of Transfer Tickets
-Being Agitated and tile
COMPANIES MAI ADOPT THE IDEA.
Pittsburg Traction Company Haj Start
the Ball EolJin?.
THE TSARIiT BEPORT OP LOCAL LIKES
The Bastern stockholders of the Pittsburg
Traction Company will be in this city next
Tuesday, when a meeting of all the stock
holders will take place at the central office
of the company, and the question oi transfer
tickets will bediscussed.
The transfer ticket system will enable
persons to travel over all the different lines,
as in Washington and, until recently, in
Philadelphia, for one fare, and will, if the
different roads agree to adopt it, be a decided
boon to persons who are compelled to use
two lines in going to and from business.
All the presidents of the different compa
nies who could be found were interviewed
yesterday with the following result:
Mr. HcKee, of the Pittsburg and Bir
mingham road, said: "I have not thought
of the move, and can therefore express no
opinion in the matter; however, I hardly
think it feasible, as in Philadelphia it has
been given up after having had a fair trial."
"You think then that people ride far
enonghforBcents?"
"No, I did not say that. I say it would
be a good thing as far as the people are con
cerned, but how it will affect the owners is
a different matter. Beyond that I can say
nothing more."
E2TOUGH FOE X KICKEL.
Mr. Holmes, of the Citizens line, when
seen at the office of N. Holmes & Sons, said:
"I have not heard that such a thing was con
templated and can say nothing about it, bnt
as far as our line is concerned, I think the
people travel far enough for a nickel."
Mr. Henry, of tbe Pleasant Valley line,
is in Boston, and oi course could not be seen.
Mr. Callery, of the Second avenue line,
was found at his residence, on North High
land avenue, and said: "I have not heard of
any such move, but everr if tbe other roads
adopt the system I do not see how it can
affect us, as we run almost parallel with the
Fifth avenue line. Pittsburg, as you know,
is a long, narrow city, and has not, like
Philadelphia, the advantage of a great num
ber of lines running across it to make the
transfer system worth while adopting."
Mr. Elkins, of the Pittsburg Traction
Company, said: "I have little to say about
the matter now, but after the meeting which
we will bold Tuesday I will be glad to give
you any information you may wish."
Neither Mr. Dalzell, of the Pittsburg, Al
legheny and Manchester Traction Company,
nor Mr. C. L. Magee, of the Duquesne,
road conld be found.
HOW THE EOAD3 PAT.
Beports received at the Department
rtEW FALL GOODS.
of
THE FINEST AND
LABGEST STOCK OF
:C:A:R:P:E:T:B:
Ever brought to this city.
STYLES ENTIRELY NEW
AXS
Prices Lower Xhan Ever.
Our new stock of Carpetlngs are all on
exhibition. The stock is an immense one,
and consists of all grades, finest to the
cheapest grades.
Parties desiring to furnish houses this
fall will do well to call now and make
selections while the stock is complete. The
goods will be stored free of charge until yon
want them laid.
EDJVARD
GRDETZINGEr",
627 and 629 Penn Avenue.
All goods jobbed at the very lowest East
ern prices. au3-TTSSu
NEW FALL
EDDDS.
Our buyers havice been In the Eastern mar
kets for some weeks, onr stock: must afford
special interest to all Interested in wbat Is to
ne "the correct thing" for ladles' and children's
wear.
FALL DRESS FABRICS
In almost endless variety of texture, shade and
price.
TRIMMINGS, BUTTONS, Etc.
All the new ideas to perfectly match or con"
trast with the present autumn shades.
Fall and Winter
i
WRAPS AND JACKETS.
Onr stock is here very complete and of wide
range, from low and medium np to
finest grades imported.
We call attention to onr varied exhibit of made
up Dresses and Wraps for Misses
and Children.
HOUSEKEEPING GOODS.
New German and Irish Linen Damasks, Nap
kins and Towels. Onr stock of Flannels
and Blanket give you very
wide cnoice.
H
Underwear, Hosiery and Gloves
For Men, Women and Children.
We call attention to aline of "Health Under
wear." made in an entirely new method. There
's a fleecing woven on tbe inside of garment.
wbich renders tnemnon-lnltatlng to tbe most
delicate skin. Persons wbo ordinarily cannot
wear woolens will find them always soft and
agreeable.
BIBER i EABTDN,
L 505 and 507 MARKET STREET.
. a30-TTSa
Internal Affairs at Harrisbnrg for the year"
ending June 30, are as follows: The Citi
zens' Traction Passenger Eailwav Company
of Pittstmrg, capital stock, '$2,500,000.
Number of passengers carried daring tna
year, 10,832,192; the receipts were$64b
980 04; the expenditures, $616,8G8 37. In
January and July, 1890, dividends of 3 per
cent were declared.
Pittsburg, Allegheny and Manchester
Passenger Bail way Company; capital stock,
$350,000; number of passengers carried, 4,
928.090: receipts, $258,803 31; expenditures,
$247,037 62. On July 1. 1889, on January
2, 1890, and on April 1, 1890, there were de
clared dividends of 5 per cent.
Pittsburg Union Passenger Bail way Com
pany; capital stock, $100,000. The number
of passengers carried was 1,487.560; receipts,
$73,851 21; expenditures, $80,728 69. No
dividend was declared.
AjrOTHEB DArTGEBOTJS COTfflTBBFEII.
Detecilvs McSweenej Find Two Bad Note
in a Bank.
United States Detective McSweeney has
picked np another dangerous counterfeit.
It is a $10 bill on the Germania National
Bank of New Orleans. Two of tbe bad
notes were found by tHe detective in a
Bawrenceville bank.
Tbe front ot the bill is too pale, the Gin
the word Germania is badly formed aud
the feathers on the eagle are blurred. The
figures on the bill are B. 813,637, and the
bank number is 1591. The letter check is
C, ana it is a very clever counterfeit.
' BOT MODEST ENOUGH.
A Man Saed for Allowing HI Boarder to
Bathe la the Baekvard.
A rather uncommon case is on Alderman
Beinhaner's docket. The prosecutor is Fraa
Kankowski and the defendant Martin
Pfeifer. The latter keeps a Polish boarding
house at the head of South Twelfth street.
Kankowski claims that some of tba
boarders, after coming home from work: in
tbe mills, undress themselves and take a
bath in tbe backyard.
Kankowski is apparently not a lover of
the nude in nature's art, and accordingly
sues Pfeifer for maintaining a nuisance.
PrrrSBimo, Saturday, August 30, 1890.
JOB. HORNE k CB.'S
PENN AVE. STORES.
It will not be long until there'll
be nothing but new goods to tell
about- Such a complete clearing
up all over the store you never saw
or heard of.
The 50c Dress Goods and the
25c and 35c Challies drew a large
share of yesterday's bargain seekers
toward the Dress Goods side. The
wonderful 50c Indias kept up a
lively traffic all day long on the
Silk Department basket track.
There's no end to the bargains that
come and go during these busy days
without a word in the papers. ,,
Only two prices this morning on
all the print house wrappers we
have left a few dozens.
At 75c Century Cloth, were
$1 50 and $2.
At $1 25 Mousseline, that wera
$2 and $2 50.
These prices are to close them
out The styles are good and the
sale starts with full line of sizes.
All LONDON SHIRTS
Are now 50c each. ,
Shield bosom, roll and standing
collar, in plain pique, embroidered
pique and percale. Former prices
were from $1 to $3.
Also:
Flannel Shirt3 at x reduced
from $2.
Cheviot Shirts at $1 reduced
from $1 -50.
Satine Shirts at $1 reduced'
from $2 50.
, Silk Shirts at $x 50 reduced
from $2 50.
Gingham Waists at $1 50, from
$2 50, $3 and $3 50.
Ladies may search, but will never
find a superior, if e'en an equal, to
our wonderful $1 Siik Stocking.
See window.
The Glove Department offers one
"extra special" for to-day a "6
button" length Biarritz Suede
Glove at 75c All sizes. Your
hand was never gloved in its peer
for the price.
The Men's Furnishing Depart
ment offers to sacrifice a lot of the ."
finest Neckwear. Two special'
prices 25c and 50c Former pnceau
were 75c to $1 25. ,-
And Flannel Shirts ; .sJt
That were $3 25 and $3 So-areT
now $2 50.
That were $1 50 and $2 are
now $1.
Tennis Goods at as little as half--
former prices. If you ve stopped
growing they'll do you next season
Good styles,
JOB. .HrjRNE-X.Cn.,
609-621 PENN AVENUE.
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