-'x if, . ?" j THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH. PITTSBTJRQ-, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1890. PAGES 9 TO 12. 1 H h . i SECOND PART. THE RIGHT PLAN HOW Southsiders Hare Struck a Scheme for Public Improvement That is Universally Favored, IS A mOPOSED COMMITTEE OF 100. A Public Heeting to be Called Shortly to Decide Upon Definite Tlans for, a Rigid Campaign. THE QUESTION OF POLITICS BOBS UP. Opinions of Eeprcscatatiie Citizens en the bility or the Hotement Feasf- The proposition to organize a committee of one hundred to take charge of public af fairs on the Southside, as outlined in last Saturday's Dispatch, created quite a stir during this week, and the indications are that a" meeting will be called within the next two weets to discuss the feasibility of bringing the committee into existence at once. Everyone is satisfied upon one point, and that is, that something is needed badly to create a deeper concern among those who have been intrusted with the city's inter est in the luture welfare of the Southside. A public spirit is beginning to assert itself la the Souti.side citizen, and before lone there will ba a concerted action looking i ward ihc demand for better legislation lor that side of the river. The people are getting tired talking about bad water, unimproved streets, spe cial taics and bridge tolls, and evidently propose to put themselves in a position that will enable them to elect men to repre sent them in Councils who will serve the people and not the political bosses. This is ntnut the corner-stone to the foundation for the committee of 100. ONE KNOTTY QUESTION. One difficult question, however, has al ready arisen with the promoters of the scheme. It is: "Should the committee be a political organization, or shonld it be strictly a Citizens' Committee?" Some argue that it must be political in order to ..Uaiu the desired object; others say it will be a failure 11 the politicians are allowed to "run it," and that the citizens will be hood v inked in the future just the same as tbey have been in the past. A third class, wbo are anxious for improvement, do not care much what the committee is called, provided it succeeds in promoting the social, commerci.il, industrial and all other interests on the Southside. It has not yet been decided when the meeting will be called, but it may be next week. The pro motors are quietly working up an interest in evtry ward, so that when tne organization is formed it may not be composed of a few S'nall property holder from one or two wards, but of good solid representative tax ru vers from each of the 13 wards south of the Monongahela. A IMIYSICIAN'S OPINION. Dr. Gundlach, who will probably take as much interest in the committee as any other man on tne Southside, said yesterday "This is just the line I have been talking on for year. It is the only way the Southside will ever get what belongs to her, but there must be concerted action. There is no use in a tew citizens getting together in any one ward and trying to run things their wav, be Mue tbey have the whole city against tnem That has been demonstrated to be an aotruit ul plan. Take the water question for mstince. Nothing has resulted from these spontaneous agitations simply because the proper steps have never been taken. It is a downright shame that 80,000 or 90.000 people should be compelled to get along i.i such water, and it a combined effort was made on the part of the people of all the yards, relic! could be had." Lawrence A. Schott. candidate for the legislature, said: "It would not be in p ud taste for me to become too enthusiastic oi this subject, or people would sav I was in it for political effect, but I am 'heartily in favor ol the plan proposed by the pro- c uer-ot the scheme. It is largely the peo ple's fault that the Southside gets snubbed so much. "When they rise up as one man to si-et their rights and demand I. iin the city what belongs to them tney will get it and not till t'. ii. I think the proposed committee s oulil be kept Iree .ro.u politics. Makethe c .1 e holding politicians the servants of the uinji tee. and when ihey tail to serve the committee properly, elect others who will do s The experience of a trial with such a i me will be worth something if no good xsults at all, but I think it is just what the t.'uttibide needs." COUNCILS Ar.E AVOUTHLESS. John D. Carey, a well-known citizen of tne upper end ot the Southside, and one who is aeter atraid to express an opinion of his irn, said: "I believe that a committee soi i as the one proposed would be a good t'ing; especially so long as we have the I iid of a City Council as at present. I i ie no hesitancy in saying that the Citv uncils are utterly worthless so far as r ability to legislate lor the interest o t e tax-paying cittzjus is concerned. Less i ii halt a dozen men control municipal -lation, and the Councilnicn, heedless he cry of the people, vote the wih of se few men on all important questions. - net possible for the citizens to get jiis- r.mi such a Council." I am in .aror of reducing the nicmber s o the select branch of Councils to u ut 12; and the common branch to one for f ii ttar.l in the city. Then I would have t e Legislature icue. 1 die act providing for the J aymeni of the costs by t - county in discharged criminal cisci, and would use the i i ev thus expended unjustly, if not un 1 fuily, to pay the city Councilmcn. Irthe r i-esematives were paid a salary offSOO or 51 0U0 a year, they would feel under some ot tr itioi to the people, and if they did not ti utnciiitbc interest of the citizens the i.iur could elect men who woulu. The 1 lesen system o! representation is simply iiogood and nccr will be good so long as three or four men arc allowed to control everything." James Campbell, ex-President of the Win df w Olass Workers' Association, was also 6atisfj, d that the committee would have the eflec of working many reforms, if properly h .noled, and the people of the entire South s de would unite in aiding to bring about a consummation of its objects. TURNING AGAINST POWDEELY. Baltimore Knlslii of Labor Cnll Him the Jonnli of the Clrffattlzition. n JU.TiaioitE, September C The Federa- t. ot Labor last night laid on the table a . ttr rnm J. C. Schonfarbcr, Master Work ' .. District No. 41, K. ol L., asking for nirn uuous from the unions represented in- itderutiuu for the New York Central I i roaa strikers. In tabling the request i d tne members ol the federation who sni.. said that they had every confidence oi h.cnl organization through whicn the mom- would be transmitted, hut thev had i o confidence m the General Executive Kyrd ol the Knights They did not be 1 ee tne money woiSJl ever reach the sinkers. A delegate of the Painters' Union said J'r l'l.wilcth is the .Tonah of the organizi- -a o. Knights o Labor of which he is the i .d He hoped the General Convention of t:e Knight wheu it met, would throw I'"wJerly overboard and no whale will cast him up. A NABR0WrESCAPE. NO ONE KILLED IN THE NEW YORK CEN TRAL WRECK. The Obstruction Wiu Placed Upon the Track In n Mont Fiendishly Skillful Manner A Wander That Many Live Were Not Sac rificed. Albany, September S. It was reported here at an early hour this morning that an express train on the New York Central, and one of the fastest on the road, had been wrecked three miles noth of Castleton, and that five persons were killed, Later reports show that no one was killed, but the train was wrecked by a mass of iron placed upon the track. A number of cars were thrown from the track and several persons injured, but not fatally. The escape of the train; from 9 more serious disaster was little snort of mirac ulous. When the engine struck the ob struction it was lilted bodily into the air. The engineer and fireman both stuck to their posts. The first car, containing 22 passengers, slid down an embankment and came to a standstill on its side. None of the passengers in this car were more than slightly bruised. The second coach turned a complete somersault and landed in the ditch bottom side up. There was only one passenger, Hiss Garakau. of Brooklyn, in the car beside the conductor and porter. It was at first thought that Hiss Garakan was seriously iojured. but she suffered no more than a severe blow on the head, out side of the shock. The third car of the train was thrown a right angles across the ditch, but was not overturned. None of the 31 passengers were injured. The other five sleepers did not leave the track, but were thrown obliquely across it, while the .fourth car1 hung suspended in the air, held "by a coup ling and other cats. Mrs. Atkinson, of Tremont, N. Y., was prostrated by the shock, and is now in the hospital here. Sev eral passengers injured themselves in their frantic endeavors to escape from the wreck. Investigation of the obstruction on the track shows that the wreckers employed the most fiendish ingenuity to accomplish their purpose. The whole obstruction was firmly fastened in a slanting position, so as to throw the train entirely ofT the track. Offi cials of the road will do everything to dis cover the perpetrators of the "outrage. The officials are yeiy determined in their efforts in this direction, and this forenoon a state ment was issued that the company would offer a reward of 55,000 for the arrest and conviction of the guilty parties. Another attempt was made to wreck a passenger train this morning. The train trom the West,due here at 5:10 o'clock, came slowly creeping down through the gap west of West Albany, when the engineer saw an obstruction on the tracks. AT THE MEECY OF ARMOUR, A UanchmanTclli IIow Texas Cattlo Raisers Are querzed. Detroit, Septembers. H. J. Tilford, of Louisville, Ky., with a party of ladies and gentlemen, who have been spending several weeks at the Grand Hotel, Mackinac, ar rived at the Wayne yesterday on their way home. Mr. Tilford is the principal owner of a cattle ranch of 450 square miles in North western Texas, on what is known as the Staked Plains, and while in the city made an examination of gas engines and gas gene rators, in which Detroit manufacturers have an extensive trade, with a view to using them for pumping waterpn his ranch, where both fuel and water are scarce. In speaking of the cattle raising business he said: "We are still at the mercy of -Armour and a few other Chicago beef men, and the cittle business is about as bad as it can be. Just before I left home I bought 200 Here ford bulls for breeding purposes, and got them for $90 a head delivered in Texas. Five years ago those same bulls would, have cost me $500 a head. There is so little profit in beef that many cattle men have turned their attention to other product;, and we find that our cattle ranges produce from 25 to 30 bushels ot the very best wheat per acre. At the New Orleaus Exposition our Northern Texas wheattookthe premium over 324 samples; hence, I think that por tion of the State is destined to become noted in the time to come for small grains. Rus sell Harrison has been in Texas three months, collecting material for his paper, the Judge, and just before I le t home I had a Utter from him saving he bad trav eled 10,000 miles and corresponded with 4,200 newspapers. He tells me he never was more astonished in a country than in Texas, and that if he were to tell half the truth about it, people would regard him as the greatest liar that ever lived. Why, this land that produces 2a bushels of the best wheat in the world, can be bought for $3 an acre on 40 years' time. LOCATING HEW STHEETS. The Committee onfsuncys Again Get Down to Work. The Committee on Surveys met yesterday afternoon and recommended the following ordinances: Locating Fred alley from Walnut to Arabella streets; locating Glosser alley from Kirkpatrick street to the Davis prop erty; felocating Middle street from Bedford to Ridge streets; establishing the grade of Mannion alley from Howley to Liberty streets; establishing the grade of Dresden alley trom McCandless to Fifty-third streets; establishing the grade ot Howley street; establishing the grade of Callowh'ill street from Highland to Neglcy avenues; vacat ing Jnnilla street from Center avenue to Elba street; vacating Znlema street from Bates to Ualket streets; vacating Piteairn street from Fifth avenue to Svestminster street; vacating Broad street from Fair mount street to Graffs line. A DRAMA IN HEAL LITE. One of the Gold Seekers ot '49 Turns Up After His WIf Remarries. Lowell, September 5. W. S. Davts, of North Dodge street, this city, recently received a letter from California con taining the information that his father, who left his mother and lit tle children at Pittsfield, Me., in 1840, was living, but very ill. at ltockland, Cal. It was signed "Unknown Friend," who proved to be the postmistress. William W. Davis, the father, who is now 80 years of age, leit his home with the gold seekers in '49, telling his wife that he would return rich. About 23 years ago she heard that he was killed by Indians, and then she married a man named Piuuitner-, with whom she lives at PitUfield. The facts indicate that the absent husband and father has kept trace of his family during his self imposed exile. The father is now anxious to see some of his friends in the East. ON TEE LAST SPAN. False Work of the Ohio Cannecilnc Bridge bwnng Into the Back Chance'. The engineers of the Ohio connecting bridge commenced yesterday to remove the false work to the back river, where the other span is to be erected. The false work will be made temporarily stationary there, aud the other span will be built on that. Last night the tracks of the connecting road on the Allegheny side were laid, and by October 10 it is expected the bridge will be open for travel. Eleventh Warden lo Alter. Captain J. A. A, Brown yesterday sent out notices to the members of the old Elev enth ward Bepnblican marching club of 18S8 that there will be a meeting to-night in the school house for the purpose of re organization. An effort will be made to have the club turn out several times in the campaign. THE WEEK WINNOWED Seven Days in the Industrial and Labor World Tersely Treated. NO CHAKQE IN IRON AKD STEEL. How United Mine Workers Stand Eegard ing the Standard Strike. CAPITAL IT TO HATE A TILT AT LABOR Bessemer pig moved rather slowly during the week, and small lots were readily sold' at $18 25. Gray forge and mill iron main tain their position in the market steadily and continue in good demand at $15 25. Steel billets, blooms and slabs, are in great request and scarcely obtainable for Septem ber delivery. The same remark applies to future deliveries and supplies. Prices remain as last quoted; $31 to $31 50. Mnck bar holds its own, with a probability of its doing so for a time to come. Several large sales were made at $30. Generally speaking the volume of business dnring the week was not large, sales, as a rnle, being small. Pig iron moved in small qnantities, while inquiries from owners for steel billets were answered with "none to offer." Buyers acted cau tiously and refrained from investing in any thing like a speculative way. There is an expectation that the market will continue steady, with no probability of prices taking a jump. Railroad coal operators have nothing to complain of on the score of prices, bnt are hampered very much by the scarcity of cars. They cannot get cars to load, and are re tarded in their shipments. This will have an injurious effect on the district, as the lake shippers will be left short, and will have to buy Ohio coal to make up the defi ciencies. WHO -WILL PROFIT BY IT. While the Ohio people will profit by this, Pittsburg shippers can do nothing to pre vent the trade from leaving them owing to the inability of the roads to provide ade quate transportation. Traffic to the North west and South is congested and the condi tion of the railroad jnen with regard to their lake shipments and supplies, and their argu ment in lavor ot the -Erie canal. Tne river coal trade does not show any variation from last week. The lower markets arc fairly stocked, and prices are reported as stiffening somen hat there. Preparations are generally being made for a renewal of operations nlong tue river. There are some craft to load, but until a rise comes to relieve the boats lying along the river no great amount of coal can be sent out. It no trouble looms np on the labor horizon operators look for a good season's business. Business in coke during the week was steady with a fair demand. There was a scarcity of cars, which prevented operators from shipping as rapidly as their customers would wished. Hence, furnace owners in. creased the amounts of their orders in the hope that an adequate supply would reach them out of the rush. The closing down of tne standard worts ot mil ovens is not ex pected to materially alter the condition of affairs in the region. Stock has been ac cumlatins in the yards owing to lack of transportation, and furnaces will be amply supplied. The action of the H. C. Frick Coke Company in entering a civil and criminal action against its employes at the works mentioned, for breach of contract, is a unique feature of the relations wnich exist between capital and labor, and the outcome of which will be watched with the greatest inter est. A committee of the men demanded the discharge of all non-union men employed at the works on the ground that they, the com mittee, "had no control or influence over them." Notice that a strike would ensue if this demand was not complied with within six days followed. The company refused to comply with the demand, and the works re-e closed down. In this action the men seem to be altogether in the wroug. In the agreement of February G, entered into be tween the company and President John B. Kae, General Secretary Kobert Watcborn, Master Workman Kerfootand four other of ficials, acting as a committee representing "all the workmen, there is a clanse which reads: "It is distinctly understood and agreed that the management are to have the right to employ any person or persons they desire to employ and no others, and that the workmen shall not in any manner or form intcnere iu the matter of hiring or discharg ing or any ioreman or doss. WXEE THEIE EMPLOYES. The men whom the union employes now wish discharged were in the employment of the company when this agreement was signed, and the present action of the local officers is directed against the very men who were in common with the strikers repre sented on the Signing Committee by the officials named above and acting as a "com mittee representing all the workmen. "This committee voluntarily conceded the right to the company to employ any person or persons it desired. It is difficult to see, in the action of the local officers, anything but a deliber ate violation of faith. President Bae will not, it is thought, indorse this strike. If he does, to be consistent he must order a general shutdown of all the mines in this region, if not in the country. There is not a mine in this district which Is absolutely union; in all of them the" percentage of non-union to union miners varies from 25 to 75 per cent, and if he sustains the action ot the Stand ard men. he must call out every union miner under his control. He will not do this, because he has as strong a following among miners who are not union as he has among the organized men, and he will not adopt a policy of antagonizing men from whom he expects strong support in the near future. Besides, he has other fish to fry at present. The window glass trade is in a quiescent coudition and will not experience any change, pending the outcome of the ad journed Chicago meeting on the ICth inst, the day after tthe house3 start up. Window glass men seem at length to have determined on fixing some way of maintain ing a nniformity in selling rates. Of the many schemes proposed that of a central agency in charge of a committee which wonld regulate prices and sales, handling the product of each factory and remitting the value to the owners seems to find most favor. The greatest opposition to this plan icnnlrl .-nam . nnmn "..AW. . U n ..hi.... .t. will be bronght together on a common foot ing, and will be no longer able to make fanny terms with individ ual manufacturers. The difficulty will arise in getting the outside men into the fold, and it is not unlikely that a few will reiuse to unite in any scheme, pre ferring to work the market as best they can on their own account. Jobbers will likely give such men strong backing from selfish, bat business motive. Until the meeting on the 16th, what arrangements may be per fected arc a matter of conjecture. WHAT THEY "WOULD PEEPEE. There is reason to believe that the strongest of the manufacturers would prefer an out-and-out consolidation to any minor plan, and there is a probability ot such a scheme being ultimately arranged. These are the days of consolidations of interests, and the united, and mostly successful, action ot organization is beginning ,to find a reflex inthe operations ot capitalists. Iu fact capitalist? are beginning to see the necessity of taking a united stand against, what they may regard as the encroachments, of organized labor, and there is good reason to believe that the window glass manu facturers arc preparing for a trial of strengta with the workers when the time for the next tcale settlement comes around. That, shough, is in the future. The trade in flint glass is good and prices are well maintained. The last scale, that of the mold, has been adjusted. The green bottle business is reported as being In good condition. One house started up dnring the week, and nearly all the rest will be in operation by the 15th inst Some of the labor organizations affilated with the American Federation of Libor cel ebrated Labor Day in a manner befitting the occasion. The bnlk of the paraders were members of the building trades, but Typographical Union No. 7, the machinists and 'three lodges of the Amalgamated Association helped to swell the ranks of the procession. The only prominence the Knights of Labor took in the demonstration was that they held aloof as a body. The general opinion was that it would have been more creditable to them to have sunk their jealousies for the nonce and assisted in the celebration. As it was the demonstration was one in every way befitting the day aod worthy of the par ticipators. The Westinghouse strike was broken by the return of a large number of the Electric Company's men. The Executive Board ol the Machinists, who were instrumental in bringing out the strike, had nothing to do with the break among the men, and declare the strike still exists. SEEKING SHELTEB. The Machine Company's men and Fuel Gas Company's employes are now evincing a disposition to seek shelter. The machinists declare they will stay out, but the non-organized men will return. The Electric Company commenced on the nine-hour day on Mon day, and advanced the rates of wages in some cases. The working day in the other branches remain as heretofore. The employes of the Citizens' Traction line were granted an increase in pay, the gripmen being raised from $2 25 to $2 40, and the conductors from $2 to $2 20. The Pennsylvania Bailroad notified the machinists and boiiermakers in Its local shops that the working hours would be re duced to nine hours. The men thereupon petitioned for ten hours' pav if the reduc tion should go into effect, giviug ten days' notice of their intention to resist it. T. C. Jenkins, ot Liberty street, and the Pittsburg Transfer Company voluntarily advanced their employes' wages during the week. The former gave his warehousemen and drivers an additional 50 cents per week, and the latter all its employes an advance of from 10 to 15 per cent The stove molders are talking with their employers about an advance of 15 per cent in their wages. The result of the confer ences have not transpired. Feakk J. Kelly. AN TT1JNOIB HAY PALACE. Tho Novel Fentnro of n. Farmers' Exhibition In That Mate. Momence, III.. September 6. Work on the Momence Hay Palace is now about completed. Only tho finishing touches on the dome, towers and the interior decora tions remain to be done. As the work pro gresses the fact becomes patent to all ob servers that the word "palace" is no mis nomer. The building is 206 feet in length and 166 feet wide in the center. The cen tral, or main hall, is a perfect circle 103 feet in diameter, flanked to the north, south and wesf by wings "50 feet wide. A circular gal lery, 18 feet wide, sweeps entirely around the main hall, from which there is an unob structed view of tho vaulted roof and to the top of the immense central dome, 87 feet from the gronnd. This dome, with a cir cumference or 80 feet, is covered with a thatch of bright straw. The frame work of the big towers on the corners of the wings is also covered with thatch made from various species of marsh grass. The walls of the building are built en tirely of baled hay, with jnst enough baled straw used in trimming to make a pleasing contrast of shading and color. Battlemeuts of baled hay are carried over the roof, thus giving the structure something of the ap pearance of a feudal castle. The somber color of the hay and the quaint little windows, looking more like port holes than modern windows, add to this appearance. It is intended to cover every post, pillar aud truss of the interior with decorations of grasses, evergreens, corn, wild verdure, flowers, etc. The Hay Palace Exposition opens October 11. The primary object of the exposition is to make a display ot the varied products and resources of Eastern Illinois and West ern Indiana. A HTODKBER'S MOTHER'S CTJESE. Mrs. Lentil Writes a Bitter Letter to the bherlfTof Curahoca County. Cleveland, September 5. Sheriff Saw yer has received the following from the mother of Otto Leuth, posted at Fremont, O., September 4: CoivirjfBtrs, August 2S, 1890. Sheriff Sawyee As you as well as many other peuplo of your caliber only had harsh words and direct lies against my unfortunate son from beginning to end I hopo yon will now ue satisfied since you have carried your point. Or do you think that I am not aware of the face that it was all arranged be fore his trial cameT You wero not even satis fied that he was sentenced to death. You bad to egg on the public as often as you were in Columbus. In this entire trial politics played a role. One was afraid of the other. Coroner Walz will fix a confession tor his friends as they wish it. The jury was bribed, consequently no other verdict could bo expected; and when the Irish element is arrayed agala&t the German then everything is lost. But I say to you L the mother of the murdered boy cursed bo you alt! May his shadow pursue you by day and by night, aud In the hour of our death may you suffer the pangs 1 now suffer I You murdered him with premeditation, and, therefore, once more, may all be a that lent their hands to it you murderer! Lena Leuth. ONE WAY XO GET EVEN. A Boy Who Squared Accounts by Stoning- a NclcliDor' Covr. Charles Faulkner, a 12-year-old boy of Ashland avenue, Allegheny, was yesterday charged with cruelty before Alderman Braun by Agent Bcrryman, of the Humane Society. The lad has for a long time past had a fighting acquaintance with a little son of Mrs. Flynn, a neighbor. Mrs. Flynn owns a cow and calf " which Master Faulkner, in order to square accounts with the Flynn boy, is charged with abusing,,inflicting ser ious injuries by means of sha'rp stones. A warrant was issued. WHOLE FAMILY POISONED. People Eat Lemon Fadding Containing an Arsenical Powder. Cincinnati, September fi. Mr. W. J. Hart and his family of six, living at West wood, were poisoned last night by eating lemon pudding into which a powder called 'pndine" had been placed. It was recom mended by his sister, Mrs. Watts, of Spring field, O., who was visiting them. All who ate the pudding were attacked with symptons of arsenical poisoning. Un der the aid of a physician they were re lieved, but thev are still in a critical condi tion. THE BOYS' STErEE SPREADING. Balllmurn Works Are Shut Down in Con sequence of tbe Trouble. Baltimore, September 5. The strike of the boys at the glasshouses of Swinnell Bros, and Baker Bros. & Co. for higher wages as sumed large proportions to-day. There are now over 200 strikers in the two factories. This morning all the boys bnt a mere handful quit work at Swinnel Bros, estab lishment. Both the fliut and the green bot tle department are practically shut down. NEW LIGHT COMPANY. West End Residences to he Supplied Shortly With Electricity. PLANS ARE ABOUT COMPLETED. The Enterprise Backed bj Men of Good Financial Standing. CITIZENS TALK UPON THE -SUBJECT There is talk of an Elictric Light Com pany being formed in the West End for the pnrpose of supplying private residences and business houses. A meeting of those inter ested in the enterprise has already been held, and all that, remains to complete arrange ments for organization is the subscription for stock. It is not known yet what the capital stock is to be, but it is said the plant will be large enough to supply all of the West End and the thickly settled portions ofChartiers township. A strenuous effort has been made to keep the matter quiet until the plans are com pleted, the stock all subscribed for and a charter secured, lint it leaked out this week, while a Dispatch reporter was making his rounds through that section of the city. It was noticed that the new building of Henry Danb on West Main street is being wired for the purpose of using the lights. SOLYING THE QUESTION. The question at once arose: "Where is the light to come from?" as there is no elec tric light in the West End except that lur nished by contract to the city. A tour of inquiry was commenced. C. F. Hesselbarth was first called upon, but he could give no information. Postmaster Davis admitted there had been talk of a company being or ganized but he did not know if it wonld materialize or not. Ex-Councilman P. Foley said he bad not been approached to take any stock yet, and could not tell whether such a move was on foot or not. The skirmish was continued until a gentle man interested in the concern was found. He is a prominent business man on West Main street, but at his earnest request his name is withheld for the present. He said: "Yes, a company is to be organized for the pnrpose you state. Our plans are not yet in such a shape as to warrant the publica tion of details, but we will be ready to give you more information shortly. The plant will be located somewhere on Sawmill run. We have looked at several sites, but have not settled definitely on any as yet. We will furnish light to private residences chiefly in the West End and the surround ing districts. Mr. Daub expects to use the light in his new business block." IT HAS GOOD BACKIKO. "Is Mr. Danb interested in the Light Company?" was asked. "I would not be at liberty to give you the names of those interested in the company yet, bnt I can assure you the concern will have gooa financial backing." Several of the other citizens spoken to were elated to hear that the company was to be organized, and from the general drift of the expressions on all sides it is safe to pre dict the company will secure a liberal pat ronage. The West End is about the only portion of the city that is not now supplied with all tb,p modern advantages, and the citizens are ready to take hold of any scheme that will advance the interests of that pros perous section of the city. BETTER POSTAL ACCOMMODATIONS. West End Builnen Men Given the Adran Inoe ol n Special Delivery. On Monday the new postal arrangements went into effect in the West End, and now the business men have a special delivery early in the morning, and an opportunity to have their outgoing mail sent away from Pittsburg the same day it is posted. Heretofore they have just had two deliv eries a day, and if they had anything im portant to send away they were obliged to either send or take it in person to the Pitts burg office. They have also been given the advantage of a money order department, which is a great boon to them. The Lino Completed. The work on the new line of the Carnegie Natural Gas Company from the Washing county field, for which P. Foley had the contract, has been completed, and Mr. Foley paid his men Tuesday. He had about G00 hands employed, and was at the job since June 8. PROPOSE TO SCOOP THEM ALL. A Powder Company Intcndi to Day Up the Plants Throasaoat the Coantry. Chicago, September 5. The American Powder Company was incorporated at Springfield, III., yesterday. It is learned to day that the headquarters are in this cit7 and that it is backed by capitalists in Chi cago and Cleveland. Its capital stock is 31,500,000. The projectois of the enterprise say it is intended to buy up a large number of all the plants throughout the country and rnn them in opposition to the Dupont and Hazard concerns. This they expect to be able to do successfully through the applica tion of certain patented processes which the company owns. HIS CLOTHES GAVE HIM AWAY. A Burglar Is Trncked and Arrested, bat He Escapes. rPPICIAL TZLXORAJI TO TBI DI8PA.TC!I.l Waynesburg, September 5. A burglar entered Samuel Bradlord's house while the family was away, and coolly exchanged his hat, coat and a pair of shoes for new ones be longing to Bradford. The cast-off clothing was identified as that of Frank Baltzel, who had recently been in Bradford's employ. Baltzel was arrested at his home, and lodged in jail. He escaped, however, last night, by removing a bathtub and breaking through tbe floor, which was somewhat decayed. He was the oniy prisoner iu jail at the time. ' TROUBLE ABOUT SCHOOL BOOKS. Hoosier Trustees Are Sued for Storing the Goods. Indianapolis, September 5. The In diana School Book Company to-day brought suit against the individual members of the Board of School Trustees, of Frankfort, Ind., to recover the value of books furnished them under the new law, which requires the trnstees to draw books from the com pany aud furnish them to the pupils. The trustees drew the books, butatored them instead of putting them ,into use in the schools. This is the first case of the kind arising. A ninn of Jinny Nnmet. Chicago, September 8. Robert Alberg, alias Charles W. Tunnell, alias Bobert Burn, alias Bobert Williams, is under ar rest here and confesses that he is the man wauled in Fort Worth, Tex., for embezzle ment of several thousand dollars from tbe Chamberlain Insurance Company. In Itlemory of" Mr. Cnrnalian. The committee appointed by Councils in joint session to prepare a suitable minute on the death of B. B. Carnahntt, met yester day afternoon in the City Clerk's office and will report the result at MotidayVtneeting of Councils. - . .. ., . j'-.. ,' j ., ... PURIFYING RIVER WATER. A SCIENTIST WILL TRY TO CLEANSE I CHICAGO'S DIRTY STREAM. I A Clarifying Liquid, a Drop of Which, It Is Claimed, Will Cnase all Sediment to Rattle An Idea irllh Million In Ir. Chicago, Septembers. M, Guenantin, the French chemist and capitalist, who has undertaken the seemingly herculean task of cleansing the Chicago river, is at last ready to begin his work. He has been granted permission by the Mayor to experiment on a portion of the south branch in that delect able district known as Bridgeport. In two or three weeks the experiment will take place in the presence of the Mayor and any aldermen who may desire to see the miraculous deed. 31. Guenantin was found yesterday at his office on La Salle street. With him in the office were several other French gentle men, who were all deeply interested in M. Gaenantin's project and all confident of his success. "In order to arrive at a healthy sanitary condition in a large city," said M. Guenan tin, 'several things are necessary." "First- To collect as carefully as potsible all liquids cominz from stables, laundries. .slaughterhouses, etc., etc. second lo conduct the same liquids to an establishment specially arranged to oper ate a chemical purification, ejecting into the river only clear liquid and retaining all solid products. "At a proper place a factory should be erected to purify the water on such a scale that it would meet all the present and future requirements of the city. "Now, this is what Idesireto accomplish. I propose to build a factory near the Bridge port pnmping works. Bv a system of sluices the water can be brought into position to be purified. 'Then, by means of my clarifying liquid I propose to separate the pure water from the sediment. This cleared water will then be allowed to flow into the lake, while the sediment can be used for fertilizing or for filing in excavations, etc. "Acting in conjunction with the pumping works, T will be able to purify G8.000 cubio feet of water per minnte. "In about three weeks I will make a practical test at Bridgeport. You can see for yourself whether mv purifying agent is effective." And M. Gnenantin poured a conple of drops of a white liquid into a glass jar filled with dark brown river water. The effect was instantaneous. The sediment promptly separated itself from the water and sank to the bottom of the jar, where it piled up to the depth of two inches. The fluid above was as clear as crystal. "Ton see, it is very easy tres facile ment," remarked the chemist, "And I am ready to prove my ability to care for large quantities of water as easily as small." The process was, certainly, very simple, and the secret plainly lay in the composition of the clearing agent "Now," continued M. Gnenantin, "as to the business part of this undertaking. If, at the trial test, I satisfy the authorities of my ability, I shall make this propssition: I will build, at my own expense, a factory near the stockyards slip and maintain it. I will contract to purify and keep clear the river water, and, as recompense, I think a water tax of SI per inhabitant of the city will be sufficient. Certainly that is little endugh to pay for the blessing of a clean river, alter all these years of dirt and stag nation. I shall not ask a cent until I have demonstrated the certainty of success. It is a grand undertaking une idee magnifique and I am eager to try my seilll Voiial That is the whole plan!" It may be remembered thatM. Gnenantin is as well kuawn-a capitalist and contractor in France as any of the local millionaires are in Chicago and that his word is consid ered a guarantee of his ability to do what ho promises. If be can succeed in his project he will have earned the gratitude of millions. POLICEMAN AND BULLDOG. An Officer' Prolonged Strangle Aealmt Henry Odds. Akron, O., September 5. John Lavey came home drnnk last night and tried to kill his wife. Officer Washer was called and a terrific battle ensued. Washer lost his pistol in the melee, when Lavey got him down and called his bulldog. Tbe officer's clothes were torn to pieces, and the dog man gled him fearfully, tearing the flesh from his legs while the master tried to choke him into unconsciousness. Tbe fight lasted three quarters of an hour, and, 'though a large crowd gathered, the plncky policeman was forced to battle to a finish, finally snbduing his adversaries. Lavey was lodged in the police station and is in a critical condition. The dog is dead. FEARFUL FREIGHT SMASH. Cars Aro Wrecked and Burned by tho Dis connecting of a Switch. Kansas City, September 5. It is re ported here that a bad freight wreck oc curred last night on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Bailroad, at Caney, Kan., by some unknown person disconnecting a switch. The engineer and four tramps were re ported killed, and the fireman fatally scalded. Six cars of hogs were destroyed and 18 cars of grain burned. JIM GOT THE CANE. Ilend-Walter Smith, of the Central Hotel, Is a Popnlar Man. , On Thursday evening the Empire Asso ciation gave a reception at the Penn In cline Hall. One of the features was the awarding of a gold-headed cane to the most popular head waiter in tbe city, to be de termined by the nnmber of votes received. Jim Smith, of the Central Hotel, was tbe lucky man and got the prize. He had as many votes as the others put together. The head waiters from the leading hotels in tbe city were contestants. i . READY TO FIGHT UNION MEN. Other Morocco Jllnnnfactarera Wilt Stand by the Firms of Lynn. Lynn, Mass., September 5. At the meeting of Secretary Moulton with members of the National Morocco Manufacturers at RoseMcAIpin & Co.'g, New York, the New York and Southern members stated that they were ready to stand by the Lynu manufacturers, even to the discharge of every union man in the country. To Pay for Jfcvy Sevrers. The Board of Viewers held a meeting yesterday morning on the assessment for the Wallingford and Grazier street sewer. The former will run from Bidwell to Neville streets, and the latter from Novelty to Murtlatid streets. The Wallingford street sever will cost 2,117, and the other conduit $755. Loat Their Clothes. A shed connected with the garbage fur nace in Hardscrabblc was burned yesterday. Miller Johnston, Michael Botowasky and Charles Brown, employe", lost their clothing, watches aud money, which were in a cup board. The fire was caused by gas iguiting the wood work. Loss?200. On UU Second Trip. Charles SuelT, or 217 Anbnrn street, has left home aud is supposed to have taken with bim two valuable gold watches aud a lot of jewelry, belonging to his parents. He is about 18. years' of age, and several months ago he robbed his parents and went jo New York to spend the money. XULLIE ML V Sortunt unit bt announced rtadcrt of To-momufs D1SPJLTCU. c. Thank heaven, it is over at last, and all that I have to be thankful for is that the worst has not happened. How it has all come ubont is still but a confased tangle in my own mind. Only one thing stands ont clearly before me, and that is the wretched dream which has been in some mysterious way the cause of all that has followed. Yes, it is clear to my mind to-day as it was a year ago, when I dreamed it I can see the bedroom, lurnished with every comfort and luxury. The fire burns brightly in the fireplace, and two figures a man and a women move about the room.' They seem by their gestures1 to be holding an animated discussion. Yet I hear no voice, no spoken word. They are evidently unconscious of my presence, and I leel an intense longing to let them know I am there, and to mediate between them, for I can see clearly that they are engaged in a quarrel. The man stands gazing into the fire, his hands thrust into his pockets, and a hor rible nervous twitching about his mouth and brow, which is rendered more disagree able by the flicker of the firelight The woman stands at her pier glass, and I see the reflection of her face therein, lit up by the wax toilet candles. It is a beautiful face, and is rendered more beantiful by the emotion which heaves the bosom of its owner and suffuses her cheeks with the life blood coursing through her veins. IUch masses of raven black hair fall around her shoulders, and form a striking contrast with their alabaster whiteness. The man is tall and rather fair. His fore head is high and broad, and his whole face of an intellectual and refined cast His hair and beard are curly and of an auburn tint. Both man and woman are in evening dreslt As I stand gazing first at one and then at the other, the two faces seem to bnrn their images into my soul. Presently the man turns toward the wo man, with a look of fierce anger on bis face, and with ontstretcbed hands evidently ad dresses some words to her. A look of un utterable scorn comes oyer her face as she replies, and the next moment, to my un speakable horror, he craspsher lovely throat in his powerful hand, and I can see that he I is choking her! I strive with all my , strength to spcaK or move to her assistance, but am paralyzed. At last, with a fearful effort. I utter a piercing scream, and awake oh, with what thankfulness! to find it but a dream. Yes, only a dream, but differing from -all dreams I ever dreamed before in this one respect, that every detail of it the bed room, the furniture, the faces of the actors are as clear as if I had seen them with mv bodily eves bnt yesternight. Long did that dream haunt me, and I had to summon all my philosophy in order to shake myselt free from its morbid influence sufficiently to devote my whole mind to my patients . But the two faces remained clear to my mental vision, and I often speculated upon my chance of ever seeing their prototypes in the flesh. What I am now going to write is a simple record of facts. I have no intention of pre tending to explain them. I can see plainly enough how certain Jinks of the chain are connected, bnt there is one wide gap that bailies exptanatlon. A year bad gone by since my dream, and I was attending a conversazione at Guy's Hospital, given to commemorate the open ing of the new wing. There was a good display of interesting ob jects, and especially or microscopes, exhibit ed by one of the principal makers. I had been for some moments peering into one of these, when a gentleman standing at the next instrument said, evidently addressing myself : "Here is a remarkably good specimen of the amceha, it you are interested in these ex amples of primitive life." I raised my head from the microscope I was examining nnd turned toward the speaker. No sooner had my eyes rested upon his face than I became aware that it wad the tace ot tne man in my uream. xes. in every detail the same!. I was so staggered by this discovery that I stffod rudely staring iu his face, until he said, politely: "I beg your pardon. I have disturbed you in yourcxamination of something which perhaps was more interesting to you than this little chap under ray glass." I stammerel.out some excuse for my rude ness, bent over his microscope, and duly praised the specimen. This led to a conver sation, which soon proved that we wero both interested in microscopy; and as we were both aloneat the conversazione, we wandered through tbe wards together and talked "pollywogs" the whole evening. He was a man of considerable cultnre a barrister, he told me, bnt fond ot science, particularly of microscopic studies. I hap pened to have some rather good specimens of my own, and as every microscopist is "hail-felloH-well-met" with every other, I asked bim to visit me and see my collection. He came, and I returned the visit, which led to a friendship between us and frequent vis its to .each other's houses. One evening my new acquaintance, whom I will call Hennell, called npon me and Slid he wished to take me to the house of a friend, a certain West End physician, who, he said, had a magnificent collection of slides. I readily consented, and we Mere soon on our way. Hennell was very communicative as we walked along, and allowed his talk to take a somewhat personal turn, which was un usual with him, as he rarely indulged in anything bordering qn egotism. He told me that his visits to Dr. Warren's bad an interest in them beyond that of "polly wogs," as we called onr aninialcula?, which, in short, was nothing les than love fur the nttvatMliln' ft.rlnKfb. tT wlinn tt hmV a ! the warmest terms of admiration. "Mv dear Stndholme. she Is simnlv nor. .--,: 7 ' rv r T -'- - . i. fection in mind and person, as yon will readily admit," said he. I replied that I was quite prepared to see a female paragon, as I knew that he was a man who would not be easily satisfied with a woman. We arrived at Dr. Warren's, and by his desire were shown into his study, where we found him already busy, selecting some of his choicest kpectmens tor onr edification, and wewere soon all three deep in the ex amination of slides and living specimens from the large glass bowl in which the doc tor kept his live stock. An hour or so passed way, and we were so intent npon onr studies that I had not ob served the entrance of a fourth person until I heard a soft, quiet voice say: "Good evening, Mr. Hennell; and, if you are not too deep in the mysteries of rotifers and other dreadful creatures, pray intro duce me to your friend." Hennell rose quickly from his microscope with heightened color and extended hand. "Good evening, Miss Warren; allow me to introduce to you Dr. Studholme." Great heavens! what strange fatality was pursuing me? Standing before me. sure as death, was the woman of my dream! I felt that my heart was standing till and that the blood had left my lips. I could see my own condition reflected in the embarrass ment of the young lady before me, and I made a desperate effort to control myself and go through the formalities of an intro duction. The task was rendered more diffi cult by the knowledge on my part that Hennell's keen eye? were fixed upon both of us and were taking in all that was pass ing. However, good breeding, of course, prevented his making any remark at the. time npon what must have appeared strange behavior on my part, and Miss Warren speedily recovered her composure and in vited us to come-and take some refreshment. "My father and I usually dine early in order that he may have a long evening with his microscope, and so we generally have a light supper," she explained. I found myself seated opposite Miss War ren at table, and felt the strange fascination of her face a fascination which owed its power in my case less to her beauty, which was undoubtedly remarkable, than to the insistence of my brain in tracing tbe like ness between the woman of my dream and the living and breathing woman before me. I glanced from time to time at Hennell, and more than once caughfhis scrutinizing gaze fixed upon me ere he had time to drop bis eyelids, and this increased my embar rassment, so that I must have shone but poorly in the conversation which enlivened the supper table and in which Miss Warren took part in a manner which fully justified all that Hennell had said of her mental powers. Supper over, we retired to the doctor' snuggery nnd had onr pipes and some whisky, and then bade our host adieu. On onr way home Hennell rallied me about my strange behavior on my introduc tion to Miss Warren, hinting half jocularly and half tentatively that that was not our first meeting and that I was probably an old admirer of tbe lady. I tried to enter into his jocular mood, bnt conld not; my mind wonld revert to the dream and to its already partial fulfillment, and I asked myself a hundred times whether I ought not to tell Hennell what asjpassing in my thoughts. Meantime my distracted manner gradually told upon him also, and he became silent as we paced along together. On reaching his chambers, I put out my hand and said-"Good night" "Good night, Studbolme! but I am afraid it is either 'love at first sight' with you in which case it is awkward for me or else Miss Warren has mesmerized yon and for gotten to wake yon no again." I tried to laugh off the impeachment, but there was no genuine hilarity in my laugh, and Hennell saw that there was none. How ever, he tiok no fnrthcr notice of my mood, and I left him and sought my own house. I am a bachelor and getting well on toward the forties an age when a man ought to have some judgment if he is ever to have any; yet, wheu I sat that night by the fire in my study and pufld hard at that aid to re flection, my pipe, I could not for the life of me determine on any course of action with regard to my tricud a.id his sweetheart I cot down Abercrombie and read his chapter on "Dreams,"' and the strange coin cidences which sometimes may be traced be tween the dream and subsequent events coincidences which in many cases can be ex plained by antecedent event;, and which in other cases oniy exist between some of the circumstances of the dream and the facts. Still my mind came bactrto the question. How was it that I should se those two tacea so clearly in my dream faces which, to my knowledge, I had never seen before in this world? And even if I had seen them in the great hnman tide that surges around us, I mnst haVe teen them at separate time3. Why, then, should they associate themselves iu that horrible fashion in my dream? And why should I afterward find their possessors already linked by the bond of love, and draw ing near to the state which would make the fulfillment of my dream at least a possi biltly? A possibility? nay, a certainty I whis pered some strange voice within me. Good heavensl what should I do? If I spoke to Miss Warren of the matter, I might awaken in her mind fear and distrust which would have no more solid foundation than a foolish dream and a strange coincidence. If I were silent, and by another "strange coincidence" the dream shonld be realized to its horrible end, I should stand, in my own eyes, as an accessory before tbe event ( I could see nothing clearly, and, like molt men of a contemplative rather than an active cast of mind, I resolved to let matters drift and trust ton events to decide my final course of action. Meantime my acquaintance with the War rens progressed, owing to the persistent in vitations ot the doctor to spend time with bim in his stndy over tbe microscope. I saw the approaching fulfillment of Hen nell's engagement with Miss Warren, and watched carefully the indications of the.. v v- ,".., $ i i .- ' ----- -u.. .' , i" ' W i ' i- nn iimrS'-ifiil r ffirtflifilryi;i-lTOfit''W Ji,,a;j4&:.sMsysi&"iSf&iskM ' -""
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