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Sonthsiders Dissatisfied With Hunt &
Clapp's Eeporl of Their Water
.Examination.
THEY AEE PREPARING A PETITION
Asking That a Hicroscopic Analysis of the
Water be Made by the Council
manic Committee.
TO BE PEESUSTED BY DE. BEEWSTEL
Ojita of Eqresnititjvi Citizens on tie Resslt of tie
Committee's Work.
The result of the chemical analysis of the
Southside water has created so much dis
satisfaction on that side of the river '.that a
petition is being prepared, which Dr.
Brewster, Councilman 01 the Twenty-ninth
ward, will he asked to present to Councils,
asking that a microscopical analysis be
made. Expressions of dissatisfaction could
be heard on all sides yesterday. The citi
zens are creatly stirred up over the matter
and it is safe to say that when the committee
meets nest Saturday it will not need to in
vite the Sonthsiders to state their grievances.
They will be present and will not wait for
the invitation.
The chief objection to the work of the In
vestisating Committee is the fact that they
secured a chemical analysis of the water.
".Not only as a Councilman, but as a citizen
I will not be satisfied with that kind of an
investigation," said Dr. Brewster, last
night "The chemicals that were nsed in
making the examination may have killed
the very matters that were expected to be
found. Then again organic matter, the im
purities which contain the most dangerous
disease germs,
CAXNOT BE DETECTED
by a chemical analysis. So I cannot see
what good the examination has been. "We
are just where we were. Mr. Atterbury has
always said the Monongahcla water was the
second inquali'' and purity in the country,
and I suppose we will have to accept it as
such now. But we have had microscopic
analysis of the water before, and we know
better."
Dr. McCord, Councilman from the Thir
tieth ward, is not very well pleased either.
He has no fault to find with the chemist, but
has grave doubts as to the condition of the
water Irom the standpoint of purity. The
water contains much that the chemists said
nothing about, and he is not at all satisfied
with the report of the chemists.
A. A. Alles, the real estate agent, said:
"I don't care what the result of the exami
nation is, I am satisfied the water is bad. I
have lost tenants through it. People have
rented houses from me and have moved to
the hill districts, to the Old City or Alle
gheny. Many have moved away again and
others threaten to go. The long and short
of it is, the condition of the water is a
hindrancejto the real estate business on this
side ami it will not improve until tbey give
us better water.
EEAL ESTATE DErEECIATING.
"I know I have lost sales of properly
through it, and it crops out as one of the
difficult questions to answer in every deal
we make, especially with people coming
from any other section of the city."
C. E. Succop said he could not see where
the benefit would come irom the nresent ex
amination. He had all respect for the
chemists who did the work, but in his.judg
menta mistake had been made by the com
mittee in ordering a chemical analysis. An
other thing he noticed, that these examina
tions are invariably made when the river is
hich and when the water is in its best con
dition. There can be no question as to the
water's condition, bat I suppose this is an
other of those periodical agitations that
spring up for a time and then die away
without resulting in any good, and the peo
ple must continue to use bad water.
The position of Dr. E. A. Mundorf is so
well known that a call upon him was
unnecessary. He has made several micro
scopical analyses of the Southside water,
taken from various points and at different
periods of the year, when the water was in
various conditions. He has made the
Southside water almost a life study, and in
a recent interview with a DisrATCH
recorter said the water was so full of
organic matter, and the conditions sur
rounding it such that the city never will
get a pure supply of water without going to
some one of the lakes for it.
ALL AEE DISSATISFIED.
Several other citizens were spoken to.
All were dissatisfied with the result of the
present examination, and even intimated
that it a new analysis is not ordered, they
will start a popular subscription for the
purpose of collecting funds to have a micro
scopic analysis made. And they will not
get the work done in Pittsburg, either.
Samples will be procured when the river is
in its ordinary condition, and they will be
sent away for examination, leaving those
who do the work in total ignorance of where
the samples come from, or why the examina
tion is being made.
It wiil not be difficult to raise the amount
of money necessary to do this. There are
citizens on the Southside who are so dis
couraged over the water question that they
'nill go to almost any extreme if there are
any prospects for an'improvement in sight.
They raised enough money a week or two
ago in half a day's time to" put down a test
well to be drilled in the Twenty-sixth ward,
and work on the well will be commenced
this week. The well will be drilled on
Sarah street, near the Twenty-sixth ward
schoolhouse.
OPEEAT0ES KTJST HOT GAMBLE.
The Western Union Insncs nn tOrder to lis
Employe.
The general management of the 'Western
Union Telegraph have lately issued orders
to the operators which threatens them with
dismissal for frequenting pool rooms, at
which money is staked upon the result of
horse races, or any other place where any
game of chance is in operation.
The order has been strictly adhered to in
St Louis and other cities, where pool rooms,
are now under the law's protection, but the
gambling laws of this state forbid pool sell
ing and as a result operators have not got
the opportunities to visit those places in this
city.
HENEY STEIHHAUSEE BUSIED.
A Large Turnout of Secret Societies Honor
Ibc Snicldr.
Henry Steinbauser, of Chartiers township,
aged SI years, who shot himself about three
months ago but lingered until last Friday,
was buried Irom the German United
Evangelical Church on Steuben street,
"West End, yesterday afternoon.
Steinbauser was "a member of several
"West End lodges which attended the funeral
and marched to the cemetery in a body,
making a very large funeral.
East Endera in the Police Coort.
Magistrate Hyndman, of the Second po
lice district, disposed of nine cases at the
Fourteenth ward station yesterday morning.
Jlrs. Kate Savage was sent 30 days to the
workhouse for abusing her mother. John
McCoy was fined 525 and costs for assault
ing Officer Lenhart while making an arrest.
The other seven cases were discharged.
WANTANOTHERTES
THAT 0LDSILK HAT.
A TRAMP'S SUNDAY MORNING SERMON
ON SIXTH AVENUE.
Deriving n Moral From a Dilapidated Tile
An Emblem of the Downfall of Man The)
Service Concluded bjTnklna Dp a Col
lection. In the mire of Sixth avenue, beneath the
windows of a certain well-known political
and social club, lay a dilapidated silk hat
Once upon a time it bad been a glossy hat,
but now its crown was beaten in, and it lay
at the mercy of a harsh world upon those
muddy pavements. The sprucely clad
church-goers glanced disdainfully from be
neath their irreproachable head-coverings at
the castaway. The occasional street arab
gave the old hat a good-humored kick as he
went by, and the wheels of cab and car
spattered it as they rattled along.
Presently the stream of church-folk
ceased. Only a few stragglers hurried by
with hymn books and umbrellas. An
organ began to peal from two neighboring
temples of worship, and the notes or a
sacred chant arose. Just then therestrolled
along the sidewalk a tall, gaunt individual.
Hewasoutatthe"elbows,andgenerallyseedy
to look upon; yet spite of unshaven jaws,
and nose suggestive of over-indulgence in
liquor, there -ras a certain air of dignity
about the man. He carried a ragged
umbrella, which he swung to and fro
as he walked. Suddenly the newcomer's
bloodshot eyes caught sight of the old hat in
the roadwav, and with a smile the man
stopped short. First he looked up at the
loungers in the club windows, then at the
battered hat, which he raised on the point
of his umbrella. A party of young fellows
chanced to be passing, and some of the mem
bers were descending the club steps.
Seeing that he had an audience the
broken-down man waved the hat in the air
and began a sermon and such a sermon!
"Look at this outcast hat. my brethren," he
exclaimed, "and draw a moral from its de
gradation. It has been thrown from the
windows of yonder clnb; nerhaps it was
the hat of a Senator; perhaps it
glistened in the halls of the Capitol.
At any rate, it was once a fine silk hat
Look at it now, brethren; kicked abont,
dirt-bespattered, robbed of its splendor, it
must lie in the gutters till the street
sweener brushes it who can say whither.
"Now take your eyes away from the old
hat and remark the political bigwigs who
are smoking in those rooms overhead. They
are all glossy hats, but some day or other
they may be kicked into the mud, just likfi
this hat. There have been such falls be
fore, brethren, and snch there will be again.
Hut I see a minion of the law approach
ing; I must cease my little sermon, trusting
that when I pass around this hat, which
serves at once as text and collection box, yon
will act generously to a dinnerless preach
er." The old hat was passed around among the
politicians and the rest of the motley con
gregation, which had largely increased.
Quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies were
thrown into the ragged receptacle, and one
bright dollar glittered amid the little col
lection. Then, as a policeman joined the
crowd, the preacher emptied th? funds into
his pockets, threw the hat once more into
the mud and hnrriedly departed.
HADING SPEAK-EASIES.
Officers Ordered to Do Holiness, and Thoj
succeeded.
Officers Hanna, Maxwell and Itoach were
detailed by Inspector McAleese yesterday
to don their citizens' rlotbes and keep their
eye on the speak-easy business. They started
well, and by 8:30 o'clock in the morning
discovered one at No. 279 Second avenue,
where Thos.and Elizabeth Kindle were doing
business. The house was raided, and the fol
lowing visitors found: Frank Hart, John
Kiley, John Gargin, William Buxton,
Michael Dolan, John Henry and Mary
Yokerson. Kindle was released lrora the
workhouse on Saturday morning, havincr
been sent up for 60 days for running anil
legal dram shop. His wife has been doing
business during his absence, and on the
next trip up the beautilul Allegheny she
will probably accompany him.
Another sneak-easv was discovered by the
officer at 12:40 noon, at No. 18 Liberty
street. It was being run by Herman Brick
man, and in addition to the proprietor Bar
ney Sullivan, of Canonsburg, and James
Chalk were captured. The latter was not
drinking milk, either, as might be inferred
from his name.
Charles Frederick, charged with illegal
liquor selling, was arrested by Captain
Stewart and locked up in the Twenty-eighth
ward police station for a hearing to-day.
CHICKENS TODEB HIS COAT.
Result of nn Honcut Tnxparet'a Early Snn
dny KiornlnK Sirel'.
Early Sunday morning Officer Adair, of
the Lawrcnceville district, was patrolling
through Hemlock alley, when he encoun
tered Thomas Diskin, who had a suspicious
air about him. The officer inquired why
Diskin was prowling about back alleys at
such an untimely hour, and the man re
sponded with an air of injured innocence
that he was an honest taxpayer, and was
privileged to go about
Just at this" time the officer heard a sus
picious suppressed cackling under
Mr. Diskin's coat An investiga
tion showed that the honest
citizen had a nice, fat chicken stowed away
under his coat, and could give no clear ac
count of where it came from. The result
was that Mr. Diskin was placed under ar
rest, and at the hearing yesterday morning
it developed that he was an old offender,
and Magistrate Leslie consigned him to the
workhouse for 90 days.
A P00E WAY TO COLLECT MONEY.
Creditors lle.it a Debtor Over the Head
Willi n Hnndr-RIIlr.
Patrick Loughery and Peter Portrie, two
Italians, were arrested by Officer "Welsh last
evening and lodged in the Fourteenth ward
station on a charge of assaulting John Man
ins, a Hungarian, with a handy-billy.
Manius and the prisoners quarreled over
some money which Manius owed them, and
while he was setting on his steps in front of
his house last evening they attacked him,
beating him over the face and head with the
handy-billy, Manius being badly used up.
When the prisoners were searched at the
station honse the bandy-hilly was fonnd on
them.
ANOTHER AEEEST MADE.
Defendant! in ilie GllcbrUt Case to be Given
n Bearing To-Dor.
Another arrest was made in the Gilchrist
assault case yesterday. August Dell was
committed to jail by Magistrate Hyndman
upon information made by Inspector
"Whitehouse. This makes the fourteenth or
fifteenth arrest made so far in the case.
The defendants will be given a bearing in
the Nineteenth ward this afternoon between
4 and 5 o'clock. Officer Brown, of the
Southside, who denies that he was impli
cated, has been suspended, pending the
hearing, by Inspector McKelvy.
A LOST TBEAStJBE FOUND.
Mrs. Brooder Recovers a Ring; That Wns
Burled for Eleven Tears.
One day last week while a small boy was
digging in a vacant lot on Mt. Oliver he
unearthed a ring at a depth of two feet in
the toil. It was a solid gold wedding ring
and had the initials "J. B." engraved on it
The next day it was discovered that the ring
belonged to Mrs. John Brouder, a resident
oi the hill.
Mrs. Brouder had lost the ring 11 years
ago, and after a thorough search had given
it up as lost forever. The ring is as bright
as the day it was lost and Mrs. Brouder feels
proud oi her long lost treasure.
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A STATE CANDIDATE.
Gen. Bastings is Oat for Director Gen
eral of the Worlds Fair.
A HITATSDSDAYCORNERLOAPING,
Business lien Complain of the Tightness of
the Honey Market,
CLUB DEM0CE1TS GOING TO LEADING
General D. H. Hastings, -accompanied by
Mayor Gourley, went to Chicago last even
ing to boom himself for the director gener
alship of the "World's Fair. He is exceed
ingly modest about his ambition, and-when
told that a carload of his .friends from Phil
adelphia had already preceded him to the
Windy City, he expressed great surprise,
and said he didn't know anything abont it.
In the party was P, A. B'. Widener,.of
cable road fame, who is a member of the
commission. He is working hard tor his
friend Bastings, as the report goes.
"I am not sure that I would accept the
position, even if I got it, but I don't think
there is much of a chance for me."
"You certainly wouldn't refuse if it were
offered to you?"
The General only smiled in reply. Mayor
Gourley was listening to the conversation,
but he said nothing. The Mayor will use
his influence to further the Hastings canse.
The General said that be hadn't heard tf
any other candidates from the State.
W. L. Elkins, of Philadelphia, a partner
of Mr. Widener's in most of his business
enterprises, was also on the limited last
evening going to Chicago. When asked if
he was booming Hastings forDirector Gen
eral, he replied: "No, I have nothing to
do with it. bnt if I bad any influence I
would help General Hastings or any other
Pennsylvanian to get the job. I would
like to, see the position held by a State
man."
Mr. Elkins assured the reporter there
were no new developments in the local
cable road fight
On the subject of State politics General
Hastings fought shy, and declared he had
nothing to say and did not want to be'
quoted. He would make no guess as to the
Itepublican majority. Yesterday afternoon
Senator ,Delamater and General Hastings
took a drive around the city with Chief
Brown.
THE DISTRICTS ALL EIGHT.
Rcsd and Ills Friends Will Find Tough Nnts
to Crack in Ohio,
Mr. Al. Carlisle arrived in the city last
night from Ohio, and as usual ia-well posted
on the political situation oi that State. Mr.
Carlisle is Democratic to the core and -can
al ways be depended upon to give ont some
solid Democratic doctrine. In answer to a
question regarding the alleged efforts of
Speaker Beed and his cohorts to have the
Ohio Congressional elections held in the old
districts, he said:
"There's no possibility of snch a thing
occurring. The law is all right and there
are no technical defects. The district lines
claimed by Beed to be illegal were never
changed Irom the districting made by the
Republicans. The township referred to is a
part of Cincinnati and was taken into the
city in 1869. The other portion of the town
ship is included in another district The
Governor looked into the matter and found
it all right and there will be no call for the
Legislature to reconvene and make any
changes.
"Mr. Beed and his followers will find a
different class of Democrats to deal with
than those he run across in Maine. The
Democrats in Ohio know just as mnch as
Beed, and he will run agaiust a very great
obstach when he attempts to beat them.
The Democracy of Ohio is unpurchaseable,
and are not to be bought like sheep, as they
were in Beed's district
"Ohio Democrats were never better or
ganired than at present They have men in
the field who are prepared to talk on na
tional issues, and that is what the people
want Some of their best men are on the
ticket, and they are sure to be elected. You
may depend upon it that very district that
according to the last election showed a Dem
ocratic majority will send a Democrat to
Congress."
THE C0BNEE LOAFING HABIT.
What Some Visitors Tblnk of Its Develop
ment in P.ttsbnrff.
A visitor at one of the hotels yesterday
who had been taking a look around the city
said the opening of the parks and the Car
negie Art Gallery and Library when these
come should have at least one good effect
here. It would attract some of the loafers
off the street corners.
Another guest of the hotel, a drummer
from New York, spoke up and added:
"There is not a city east of the Alleghenies,
or for that matter west, of any pretensions,
where the same aimless gathering on the
corners and sitting on the steps of offices and
business houses is seen as in Pittsburg on
Sundays. Nowhere else would it be toler
ated. Perhaps the people who indulge in
this idle way of passing time may be ex
cused on the ground that Pittsburg hereto
fore has had so few attractions."
"It is all right to talk about excusing the
loafing on the street corners," said a third
hearer, "but it is sickening to watch the
decoration' of the adjacent pavement with
tobacco juice and to listen to the remarks of
some ot these crowds. Police are quick
enough on week days to make people move
on; but Sunday everything goes."
A TIGHT MONEY MABKET.
Dnslness Men Paylnc ns TJIsh ns SO Per
Cent on Cnll Loans.
L. F. Humphrey, a Boston wool buyer,
was registered at the Monongahela House
yesterday. He finds that the trade has im
proved a little in the past two weeks, owing
probably to the passage of the tariff bill by
the Senate. In a measure it has restored
confidence, and the manufacturers of woolen
goods are beginning to branch out again.
What is hampering the wool 'market now,
and other industries also, is the scarcitv of
money. The money market is very tight,
and Mr. Humphrey can't account for it.
Several days ago men were paying at the
rateol 50 per cent, for year on call loans to
tide them over for few days. This fact
has made business men very cautious. He
doesn't believe that one man in 10,000 could
pay his debts in cash to-day if suddenly
called on. It would first be necessary to
sell their products. These facts do not
indicate that a crash is imminent, but it
requires the exercise of some patience on
the part of creditors. Secretary Windom
is doing all he can to relieve the scarcity.
BEPUBLICANS FOB PATTIS0N.
Colonel Streator Thinks Andy Stewart Will
be Elected to Congress.
Colonel J. B. B. Streator, of Washington,
went East last evening. He says Colonel
Andy Stewart as well as his opponent, Mr.
Craig, has been working in Washington
county, but'he thinks that Stewart will be
elected. Pattison will get a number of Be
publican votes, bnt he is in doubt about the
general result in the State.
A MUM DETECTIVE.
William Plnkerton Sots tho New Tork Cen
tral Strike is Ended.
William Pinkerton, one of the members
of the Chicago Detective Agency, was a
passenger on the limited going west last
evening. He had charge of his men that
were employed by the New York Central
road to fight the strikers. He states that
the strike is a thing of the past, and then I
T3&7ZSZM
- 'TOTSBTJBGr 5DISPAT0H.T
defenVthe action of his
he proceeded to
trnards.
Mr. Pinkerton is not a particularly at
tractive citizen, and like all detectives is
very reticent. He added that he had been
all over the East, and things were very
qniet .
OPENING THE CAMPAIGN,
TTonn. nnd I,nsty Democrats WIIlYVuoopIt
Dp Tula Week nt Heading Over One
Tbousnnd Delegates Expected to be
Present.
The meeting of Democratic State clnbs
will be held at Beading this week. The
local hustlers will be represented. The
Pittsburg delegation will leave for the
German settlement this evening. Dennis
Boyle is on the committee from the
County Democracy and Presley J. Fleming
represents the Randall Club. W. J. Eren
nen stated last evening that there would- be
at least 15 members from tne County Dem
ocracy and as many more from the Bandall
Club who would go. There will also be
delegations from the Grover Cleveland and
George B. McClellan Clubs, the other two
Democratic organizations in Pittsburg.
" Candidate Barclay was expected to be
present, but he will attend the G. A. E.
celebration at Bock Point. Pattison, Black
and Chairman Kerr will be on hand. The
rmost prominent Democratic leaders in the
State nave been invitea to tae part in tnc
proceedings. Chauncy F. Black is Chair
man of the State Society, and will preside
at the meeting, unless ex-Senator Wallace
arrives from En rope in time, when the
gavel will be handed to him. The gather
ing is intended as the opening of the State
campaign on the Democratic side.
It is estimated that not less than 1,000
delegates will be present Every county in
tbe State will be represented, and the meet
ing promises to show in no uncertain way
tbe enthusiasm ot the younger element in
the party for the ticket. There are about
500 clubs in the State,with a membership of
75,000 voters. Philadelphia will send 369
delegates to represent its 37 Democratic
clubs.
A CLEVER IRISHMAN.
How I.nrry O'Leary Entertains His Gnests
in tbe Yellowstone Park He Resales
III. Guest With Good Food nnd Witty
Anecdotes A Notable Rnistcr.
Larry O'Leary is a good-natured Irish
man who runs an eating station in the Yel
lowstone Park for the monopoly that con
trols the hotel and transportation privi
leges. His headquarters are at Trout
Bun, at the foot of St, Mary's
Mountain, and his little canvass
tents in the valley are a most welcome sight
to the weary, dusty Pittshurger after the
long, rough ride across the steep and hilly
country. As the stages round the enrve at
the top of the hill, Larry and his faithful
spouse can always be seen standing with
arms akimbo in the door of the tent, and in
musical tones bidding everyone a hearty
welcome.
"And how is the Madam? Oh, I beg
pardon, Miss, I mean," and tbe Governor,
and the Colonel or Professor, as his fancy
may address itself to the strangers before
him, is his customary salutation, and then
he begins to amuse his guests with short
stories and a variety of witty remarks.
Even the old maid who has grumbled about
flip mnsnnifnM nnd rilist nil nlnnn thp rnnrl
suddenly wreathes her face with a smile, I
and the dapper JNew xoricer is surprised to
find such a clever Irishman living in an
open wilderness.
Larry.'sets a good table and never gives
his guests time to think of the disagreeable
features of tbe ride, for they' are many on a
hot summer day. and every man who visits
Larry's pleasant quarters comes away feel
ing that tbe monopoly has an eye to busi
ness as long as they keep him there. There
is something original and refresr'ng about
his wit, and gnests never refuse to register
their names on his book. During the long
winter months when the park is snowed up
and the days are dark and cold,
Larry spends his time studying the
chirographv and trying to recall
how each one looked and acted. His regis
try is full of the names of prominent Ameri
cans and foreigners who have dined with
him, and he prizes it very highly; indeed,
dotes on it All who visit the p,ark and see
Larry come away with fond recollections of
the pleasing and bright young Irishman.
A WEEK'S WOBK IK A BAY.
The Lot of a MloUier Is Not Wunt it I
Cracked Dp to Be.
Eev. J. W. Biddle, of the Southside, put
in a busy day yesterday. Aside from at
tending to his regular church services, which
included a morning and evening service
with the B'ble class under his charge in the
afternoon, he had two weddings and made
an engagement for a third to take place to
day. At 9 o'clock he married "Walter Addison
and Miss Sadie Strosnider, of Knoxville,
and in the afternoon he performed the cere
mony which made Charles Bossiter and
Miss Lizzie Barclay mac andwife.
"WITH A "BAB OF IRON,
An Allegheny Citizen Fined for Smoking on
a Street Car.
The two men arrested for selling electric
belts and holding a street entertainment in
Allegheny were fined $50 by Mayor Wymau
yesterday. Their colored attendant, a banjo
player, was discharged.
T. Hazel, of Allegheny, was given 30 days
for smoking on a street car and for bitting a
man with a bar of iron for sympathizing
with the conductor.
George Parks also got 30 days for gazing
into the window of Mr. McCrory's house, at
43 "West Diamond street, after midnight He
was snpposed to be a bnrglar.
A BLOW FOB HIS DUST.
'One Man Denies n Debt and Claims the Other
Struck nim.
Charles Moore is alleged to have prac
ticed a new way to collect debts. L. S.
Harvey claims in a suit for aggravated as
sault and battery that on Saturday last the
defendant called on him and asked him for
$2, which he alleged the prosecutor owed
him.
Mr. Harvey denied tbe debt and refused
to pay the money, whereupon Moore is
alleged to have pulled a handy-billy, and
struck Harvey a blow with it that split open
his lip. Moore was arrested and held for a
hearing.
A PLEA FOB HELP.
Tbe Sonthslde Hospital Management Badly
In Kced of Donations.
The Southside Hospital is in need of
money badly. A heavy rnn has been made
on the institution lately, and the fnnds
raised by tbe Citizens' Committee some
time ago are being rapidly exhausted. The
directors have set apart the 15th of each
month as donation day, and will be glad to
receive money, food or clothing, or any
thing of use.
Persons who are inclined to
thing can leave their donations
the drug stores.
give any
at any of
6AYED FBOM A WATEBY GRAVE.
Officer McAleese Performs a Heroic Act
on the Allrgbcnr.
At noon yesterday a man named Banning
had a narrow escape from drowning in the
Allegheny river at Forty-third street
Banning, it seems, was out skiff riding,
when in some unaccountable manner the
boat upset and the occupant was thrown into
the river.
Officer McAleese happened to be in the
vicinity at the time, and succeeded in drag
ging Banning from the river in time to
save him, as he could not swim.
rMONDXliSEETEMBEK
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Pittsburg Leads Several Eastern
Cities in Typhoid Fever Cases.
SDMMEE TBIPS END IN SICKNESS.
The Disease Slowly Eetreating
Street Improvements.
Before
WELLS RESPONSIBLE F0K MUCH OF IT
There is some consternation in Phila
delphia over tho prominence of typhoid
feverj but though the disease is much more
prevalent in this city than in that of Broth
erly Love, it wonld appear that our people
are too busy to notice its ravages. Deaths
from typhoid fever in Philadelphia for the
week ending last Saturday were 25 and for
the week preceding that 14, and a promi
nent physician asks the press to ascertain
the localities most affected and the canse.
Complaint is made that Philadelphia shows
up badly In comparison with .New York, the
former averaging ten deaths a week from
typhoid fever while New York has but
four. It is explained that in New York,
Baltimore and some other cities diseases are
accurately classified, while in Philadelphia
typhoid fever cases are lumped with several
other kindred diseases.
A Philadelphia health official makes the
explanation of the doubling of Philadel
phia's rate tbat the increase is usual at
this time of year, and he thinks it is partly
due to people bringing the disease with
them from summer resorts and dying in
'Philadelphia. He thinks fishing excur
sions, foul pumps in the country, moon
light boating, sitting ont in the damp air of
evening, change of diet and many other
causes difficult to specify are responsible.
He regards tbe city water as healthy. Dr.
Henry Leffmann agreed in the main with
Health Officer Turner, but added that the
percentage had fallen off since the Nine
teenth, Twentieth and Thirty-first wards of
Philadelphia had been supplied with water
from the Schuylkill instead of from the
Delaware.
SOME UNPLEASANT DATA.
Some very interesting, but very un
pleasant information, was gotten on the sub
ject from Messrs. McEwen and McKee, of
the Health Bureau, of this city. The
nnpleasant feature is that though this is
usually regarded as a very healthy city, it
appears that it ordinarily averages a much
higber typhoid rate than Philadelphia.
For the week ending the 6th inst. there
were 11 deaths, which is over 300 per cent
greater' than the Philadelphia rate and
something like 2,000 per cent greater than
the New York rate. There have been
reported to the Pittsburg Health Bureau as
high as 44 new cases of typhoid in seven
days, one doctor reporting nine cases in one
day. There has been a diminution of the
disease this week, only five cases having
been reported since Tuesday.
What appear to be, beyond a doubt, the
causes of the disease were pointed out by
Mr. McEwen. Fewer cases develop in the
lower part of the Old City, and in the
crowded sections of the lower Southside
wards, than in the elegantly upholstered
East End, and the reasons appear to be tbat
tbe sewerage and natural drainage of the
lower ward, where putridity is popularly
supposed to exist in a chronic state, is much
better than in the East End, nnd then, too,
in some parts of the latter considerable well
water is drank. The Eighteenth ward,
much of which is hilly and thickly settled,
furnishes a large proportion of the cases, and
in mis wara mucn wen water is used.
The immunity of the dirty part of the
city, to which Mr. McEwen refers, was no
ticed 40 years ago. Old residents remember
that in 1854 there was very little cholera
abont the point, while what was the East
End then was sconrged severely.
WEJjJj WATER AND DISEASE.
While it does not follow that crowding
people together and arcnmulations ot offal
are healthy, it does argue that good drain
age and the drinking ot river water are
healthier than a suburban paradise lacking
in sewers, and where a considerable por
tion of the people persist in drinking well
water. Not long since the health officials'
attention was directed to the un
healthiness of a section on Conrad
street. They fonnd that the people drank
water from an old well tbat had once been
noted for the purity of its water. They
further fonnd that a considerable portion of
the waste water from two streets percolated
into the well, so that the people were in
effect mixing sewage with their drink. The
Health Bureau has no power to remedy the
nuisance, but it has asked the Street De
partment to take cognizance and have the
well filled up.
It is encouraging to know that the general
health ot the city wan better last August
than in August, 1889. In that month there
were 487 cases of typhoid fever, diphtheria,
scarlet fever and scarlatina, while there
were but 251 cases of these diseases in Au
gust of this year.
Lawrenceville is one of the sections of
the city that suffers frequently from typhoid
lever, and if has become unpleasantly fre
quent recently. The streets in that district
are reported in bad condition by Superin
tendent Baker, of the Bureau of Health,
and he has asked John L. Hunter, ot the
Bureau of Highways and Sewers, to have
the green scum that coats the mud and
stagnant water washed away and tbe streets
thoroughly cleaned. Mr. Hunter promised
to attend to the matter, but he thinks the
case has been overstated and that the streets
are not so filthy as reported. He says most
of the streets complained of have been
cleaned and thinks the emerald scum com
plained of can only be existing on Thirty
second street where the water has been
backed up by the choking of sewers, which
he says will be cleaned in a day or two.
A TYPHOID FEVER PREVENTIVE.
The boiling of water before consumption
is suggested as a preventive of typhoid
fever, but it is stated that much of the ice
subsequently put into it is impure. Arti
ficial ice, made either from known pnre or
distilled water, is suggested as the thing to
be desired.
In this connection it is pertinent to
state that there is more typhoid in country
towns than in tbe cities. The villages have
no sewers, and wells and cesspools are
almost invariably close together, and the
former, being the deepest, get the drainage
of tbe latter. On farms, also, it is quite
common to find a barn and stabling erected
on a high piece of ground and the well sunk
on a lower level, so as to catch the
drainage. A little study of dip of the rock
strata in Western Pennsylvania would
obviate this danger. Experienced oil-well
drillers make this a study, and so locate
wells that the salt water arising will not get
into springs or wells in the vicinity. Peo
ple whose gorge rises at the idea of eating
clean oleomargarine, continue, vear after
year, to drink water from wells contaminated
with drainage from stables and cesspools,
wells so poisonous that in a short time the
use of their water would ruin the digestion
of a healthy hog.
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SWORE AT TEE OFFICERS.
Kevrsles and Shiners Mast Nnt Stnjr on
Fifth Avenne Lnter Titan 10:30.
The first arrest since the recent order com
pelling newsboys and bootblacks o vacate
the principal down-town streets at 10:30
o'clock Snnday morning was made yester
day by Officer Crossan. David Tobenfiegen
persisted .in annoying pedestrians and the
officer told him to clear out several times.
He refused to do It and swore at the officer
for interfering with him.
In less time than it would take him to put
on a'five-cerit shine, the gamin was behind
the bars. He will probably observe tbe law
JLin the future,
716.1390?
OF FINE PHYSIQUE.
REPORTS ON THE CONDITION OF THE
STATE TROOPS' AT MT. GRETNA.
Cases of Insubordination, Inebriety nnd
Bolsterons Conduct Were Conspicnonslr
Absent-Military Etiquette WaaNotEq.
forced as It &bonld nave Been.
Captain Clinton B. Sears, of the "D". S. A.,
has furnished reports on the bearing of the
'men and on the encampment in general of
the State troops as witnessed by him at Mt
Gretna.
Tbe fine physical character and condition
of the men and the good sanitary condition
of the camp, as well as the absence of
malingering, was shown by the average
daily sick report of only 35 3-5, or less than
one-half of 1 per cent among a force of over
8,000 men. No cases of inebriety, Insub
ordination or boisterous conduct were ob
served, xne enlisted men were louna to op
as a body much superior to their company
officers, a large majority of whom appeared
to be carelesss in their dress, slouching in
their carriage, slow and indecisive in giving
their orders, and though generally zealous,
were often grossly ignorant of their duties.
Military etiquette was found to be, as a
rule, deplorably absent, eicept "among tne
field, brigade and division commissioned
and non-commiBsionp.d officers who were
found to be neat in dress, alert
and military in their bearing, and punc
tilious in their manner.' Unbuttoned
blouses, slovenly general bearing, failure to
salute in passing or addressing officers,
omission of the proper grade title, and a
general slackness of military bearing and a
lack of esprit de corps characterized the
privates and non-commissioned officers.
Knowledge of the duties of guard mount
ing was generally lacking on the part of
both officers and men. Too mnch time was
directed to inspections, reviews, and
maneuvers purely ceremonious and not
nearly enough to battalion drills and
especially skirmishing movements. Bat
talion drills observed were not even fairly
executed. Not one of the six colonels knew
his tactics even decently, and none were
properly supported by their field officers.
It was recommended that an experienced
officer of the army be detailed for duty in
the State as inspector of small arms practice.
A CONDUCTOR IK JAU.
Chnrged Wltb the Lnrceny of Two Wntcbci
nnd Some Jlonev.
William McElwee, a railroad conductor,
was committed to jail yesterday by Magis
trate McKenna on a charge of larceny.
The information was made by Henry
Cox, who keeps a boarding house at the
corner of Twenty-sixth street and Spring
alley, and who alleges that the defendant
purloined two watches and a snm ot money
from him. There will be a hearing on Tues
day. THE ENGINEER INJURED.
A Smash Up of Coke Cars on Moorhead tt
McLean's Stdlncr.
Two coke cars on Moorhead & McLean's
aiding, Sobo, were struck by a shifter com
ing from the main track on the Baltimore
and Ohio Saturday night The cars started
down the siding and ran into a shifting en
gine owned by tbe firm. John T. Baymond,
.the engineer, was badly cut about the head,
and was injured internally by being thrown
against the levers. The fireman was thrown
out and escaped with a few bruises. Bay
mond was removed to his home on Lombard
street and placed in care of a physician.
The engine was badly broken up. The
cars also left the track.
TO GATHER THEM IN.
Paper Ilnnecrs Will Mrct on Thnrsdnr to
Crodto a Sentiment for Unionism.
Local Union No. 186, of Paper Hangers,
has called an open meeting of men of the
trade for next Thursday evening, at 537
Smithfield street, in the Building Trades'
Hall. Efforts to organize the paper hang
ers have been made for some time and a
union has finally been started. There are
many-men of the craft still on the outside,
and it is for these that the meeting bas been
called. Prominent speakers will be pres
ent Tbnt Sonthslde Raid.
At the hearings at the Twenty-eighth
ward police station yesterday morning
Charles Hardy, who was arrested Saturday
for keeping a gambling house at 1715
Wright's alley, Southside, was fined $25
and costs. The other inmates of the house
who were arrested with Hardy were all dis
charged, with the exception of George
Nash, who was fined $5 and costs.
norc nnd Mnlrs.
The Arnheim Live Stock Company, Lim
ited, of 52 Second avenue, Pittsburg, Pa.,
received forty head of extra good draught
and general-purpose horses, weighing from
1,450 to 1,800 pounds per head. Teamsters
and lovers of good draught horses should
not fail to call and see them.
Also their mnle yards are filled with seventy-five
head of choice draught and pit
mules. They have several Shetland ponies,
which will sell cheap.
Mlks, Silks, Silks.
Colored surah silks, 29 cts.
Colored surah silks, 48 cts.
Colored surah silks, 75 cts.
Colored surah silks, $1.
Black surah silks, 39 cts.
Black surah silks, 50 cts.
Black surah silks, 1.
Enable & Shuster, 35 Fifth ave.
Casey's Excelsior Bye Whisky is the
best in the city and famed for its uniform
high quality and tone. It is put up espe
cially for family use in fnli auart bottles
at ?5 per gallon. T. D. Casey & Co.,
971 Liberty st
Rendy MadeDiesies
$5, $7, $8 75, $9 75 cannot be matched at the
prices.
KnablE & Shuster, 35 Fifth ave.
Fleishman's New Cloak Department
Offers black and blue chevron, tailor-made
jackets, satin faced and 25 inches long, ele
gant fit, at $7 50, bargain at $12.
Opening; Dally.
Newest styles and coloring in English,
Scotch and boucle plaids, camel's hair nov
elties, stripes and fancy mixtures in great
varietv and low prices, at H. J. Lynch's,
438 and 440 Market street -reran
Scotch Fluids,
Scotch cheviots, English plaids and stripes,
American cheviots and plaids, large stocks
of dress goods.
Knable & Shuster, 35 Fifth ave.
Fleishman's New Clonk Department
Offers beaver jackets, tailor-made, sattn
faccd, 21 inches long, in black and bine, at
54 50, worth $6.
B,B.
Astrakan fnr capes, 57 50 to $20 00-new
and elegant styles in Alaska seal capes
novelties in fur capes.
Boaos & Buhl.
Dress Goods! Dreis Goods.
Greatest bargains ever shown, all
qnali-
tie?, all colors.
Knable & Shuster, 35 Fifth ave.
Fleishman's New Cloak Department
Offers extra fine chevron, reefer style, cord
bound, satin finish, at $11, worth $15.
Parcels & Jones.
New dresses now arriving for street wear.
Ladies' Suit Parlor,
my 29 Fifth ave.
Now Dnderwoar,
hosiery and gloves at prices away
New
down.
KsABLE & Shuster, 35 Fifth ave. L
SEHT TO BY M'J-r-NAA.
The Police Dlaclstra te Disposed or 44 Casri
, Yesterday.
ATagistrate McKenna disposed of forty
four prisoners at the hearing yesterday
mfiming in the Twelfth ward station. Pat
rick Cleary was arrested for abusing his
wife. The testimony was to the effect that
Mrs. Cleary was beaten into an almost in
sensible condition. The husband was given
ninety days to the workhouse. Ella Boyd,
Lizzie Fletcher, Charles Jackson, Luke
Freeman and John Beglep, all colored, were
arrested in a small Bbed on Thirty-first
street The party was supplied with a keg
of beer and tbey were in a hilarious mood.
Thirty days each to the workhouse was tbe
sentence.
George Freeman, Charles Anderson and
Robert Bnrkholder were arrested while en
gaged in a seductive game of "craps." Five
dollars and costs was the fine imposed.
DRILLING TO BE COMMENCED
On the Exposition Oil Well nnd Continued
Until Oil Is Struck.
One of the most attractive features of the
Exposition, which the visitors thus far have
not had tbe opportunity of witnessing in
operation, namely, the oil well, will be
started to-day. The derrick and rigging
have been placed in position, and every
thing is in readiness to show Pittsburgers
something which nearly every inhabitant
has alked of more or less, but it would be
safe to wager that nine-tenths of the popu
lation have never actually witnessed. An
other place of interest will be tbe fountain,
which has been erected outside of the build
ing, facing the river. The fountain is
shaped like a cross and on each end six
streams will sprout forth from water lilies
at the four corners of the basin.
The topic on which gentlemen visitors
will vote to-day will be the much mooted
question of ballot reform.
ImpuritiEB in the Liver.
When the Liver Is crowded or clotted
with a mass of Impurities, its action be
comes slow and difficult. Pleurisy,
Headache, Fain in Side, Tired Feeling
and General Weakness ensues, result
ing, if unchecked, in
BROKEN DOWN SYSTEMS.
When you bave these symptoms, try a
few doses ot tbe genuine
DR. C. McLANE'S
Celebrated Liver Pills.
Price, 25 cents. Sold byall druggists,
and prepared only by Fleming Bros
Pittsburg. Pa. Beware of counterfeits
made In tit Louis.
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Hugus & Hacke
OPEN THIS WEEK
ADVANCE STYLES
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Ladies' 'Jackets, Wraps, Etc.
Complete lines, comprising the very
latest shapes for
Fall and Winter Seasons
From the London, Paris and Berlin
Markets.
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Everything In tbe way of neat
fitting, well-made and stylish
Overgarments for ladies' wear In
ample assortmentf rom lowest to
highest prices. And a grand
display ot high class
LYONS
Ifovelty Silks and Velvets,
Along with complete color as
sortments in
CRYSTALS. BENGALINES, POPLINS,
FAILLK GROS. Etc., Etc.
Two special values In 21-Inch wide Black:
Gros Grain Bilks at SI 10 and $1 25 a yard.
Cor. Fifth Ave. & Market St.
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E. P. ROBERTS & SONS,
AT THE EXPOSITION.
The grandest display of Silver, Cut Glass
and Art Goods ever shown in the city.
Notwithstanding this large exhibit onr
stores are filled to repletion with the newest
designs in Silver, Jewelry, Precions Stones
and Bric-a-Brac.
Come! Seel Enjoyl No trouble to show
you.
E. P. ROBERTS & SONS,
Fifth Ave. and Market St,
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GRAND DISPLAY
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NEW FALL DRESS GOODS.
This wee-we will offer the new
styles and shades in
DRESS GOODS,
And we call yonr attention to onr
assortment, our prices, our new
stores, its good light and con
venience. Look out for our
UNDERWEAR
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Display next week.
C. WEIBSER,
435 and 437 MARKET ST.
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Crane Elevator Co.,
Pittsburg Office, Lowis Building.
REVERSING ENGINES.
HYDRAULIC AND STEAM
PASSENGER AND FREIGHT
ELEVATORS.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
PrrrSBUBO, Monday, September 15, 1890.
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PENN AVE. STORES.
This will be a very busy week with. ,
To accomplish all we have arranged for will
tax our facilities, great as they are. Formal
.openings will be announced, and we sin
cerely hope not one of our multitude of
friends will find it impossible to attend each
of them.
Dress Goods.
In Dress Goods of every sort these day.
are continuous OPENING DATS.
To-day a new line of All-Wool Cheviots
36 inches wide, at 50c a yard.
And a new line of 36-inch "Homespuns,"
all-wool, at 50c a yard. Also:
New 38.inch Scotch Plaids at 75c.
New 40-inch Scotch Plaids at 51.
New 46-inch Cheviots at 80c
New 48-inch Cheviots at 1.
All pure.wool goods, entirely new color
ings, and much more than ordinary value.
And a specially complete and attractive
assortment of 48-inch fine Stripe and Check
Suitings at 51 and Si 20 a yard, all fresh to-4
day from foreign and domestic looms.
"We are also now showing a larger andi
handsomer collection than ever before of
eenuine Enelish and Scotch Cheviot Suit
ings in the very latest novelties, imported
especially for fine trade, the styles and
colorings entirely new and entirely different
from anything shown in this market.
MILLINERY.
FALL OPENING,
Bonnets,
Toques,
Bound Hats,
Selected personally by our own buyer la
Paris and London.
Also, cnoice collection of Parisian novel
ties in Millinery materials.
Opening Tuesday, "Wednesday,
Thursday, September 16, 17, 18.
Jackets.
From two dozen styles of Black Jacket,
at the one popular price, ?10, we select 12
At 10 Black Cheviot:
27 inches long, vest front, shawl col
lar, trimmed with tinsel and black,
cord, with girdle to match.
At flO Black Beaver:
27 inches long, fine quality of cloth,
reefer front, satin-faced roll collar,
bound.
At $10 Black Diagonal Cheviot:
25 inches long, stylish vest front,
.braid bound, notched collar.
At $10 Black Beaver:
" 27 inches long, plain, tight fitting,
band collar, satin-faced, cord bound.
At ?10 Black Diagonal Cheviot:
25 inches long.single-breasted.straight
, front, Mane Antoinette collar, edged
with "White Hercules Braid.
At 510-i2lack Cheviot:
25 jnches long, straight fly front,
ByrOji collar, perfectly plain, especial
ly suitable for mourning.
At flOBlaik Cheviot:
25 in'hes long, straight front, new
style f.-ogs and olives, notch collar.
At $10 Blac Cheviot:
24 inches long, medium weieht, reefer
front, notch collar, high sleeves.
At 510 Black Beaver:
27 inches long, plain, tight-fitting,
narrow band collar, cord bound, satin
faced. Bt 510 Black Cheviot:
27 inches long, front and collar of rich
crushed plusb, trimmed with braid,
fly front with braid ornaments.
At 510 Black Diagonal :
25 inches long, imported, wide wale
diagonals, single fly front, bound with
cord.
At 510 Black Cheviot:
24 inches long, imported diagonal
cheviot, a lamilitairecord fastenings,
collar and lacing.of astrakhan.
Blankets.
300 pairs All-Wool White Blankets,
blue and red borders, large sixes, heav
iest and best Blanket ever sold lor ths
price ?3 50.
. Our Blanket Boom is filled absolutely
full of the very best makes of Blankets,
all sizes and qualities, at lower prices
than we have ever belore sold blankets
, for.
We have also a f ery larze stock of
Bed Comforts, ranging in prices from 51
to medium and finest grades.
Children's Crib and Cradle Blanket
a specialty.
This room is large and well lighted
affording the best opportunities for satis
factory and comfortable buying.
Curtain Upholstery Depart'
ment.
New India Silks In large assortment,
handsome styles and qualities, for drap
eries, fancy pillows 'and general decor
ating purposes.
New Lace and Heavy Curtains.
Upholstery Work and Fine Draperitt
a specialty.
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