'C PITTSBURG DISPATCH. SECOND PART. YHHHHRSg- V" - V'i -Ti ' - PAGES 9 TO IQ. j OBSERVIMGjniE Dili, Prosperous and Generous Pitts burg Makes It a Real Thanksgiving For ALL WITHIN HER GATES. Turkey and Pampkin Pie in Pro fusion for the Orphan Asylums. BLIND, DEAF ASD DUMB TO FEAST. Social Pleasures and Sports Arranged for the Occasion. SNXIAL SEKTICES IS THE CHURCHES Thereis nothing selfish about the way Pittsburg observes Thanksgiving Day. The pauper in the almshouse, the beggar in the street, the poor women and children of the alleys, the orphan in the asylum, the deaf mute in the institute, the blind in their darkened school, the sick in the hospitals all tbee will have their turkey. It is given by the generous, prosperous and warm hearted artisan, merchant and capitalist of the Iron City. It is a substantial war for 240,000 people to give thanks for the growth of their city. Tl.e Home tor Protestant Orphans, on Itidge avenue, Allegheny, will witness a big feast to-day. Instead of turkey, how ever, the youngsters will get chicken for dinner. By 4 r. M. yesterday 75 chickens had been turned in by lady managers of the institution, who furnish the Thanksgiving banquet this year. CHICKEN ASD PUMPKIN PIE. There are 170 children in the house, so that each child and official will get a third of a chicken. The matron baked SO pump kin pies night before last. The pumpkins came direct from the country, too. In the morning the inmates attend thespecial serv ice at Bev. Dr. McKitterick's U. P. Church, and they will repeat together there the ninetieth psalm. Thanksgiving dinner is always a big event at the Home for Colored Orphans in Allegheny. Not only will plenty of turkey and cranberries and celery be furnished by the board, but relatives of a great many of the boys and girls will send baskets of good things this morning. At the Deaf and Dumb Institute in Wilkinsburg perhaps the most peculiar Thanksgiving dinner of the day will be ssrved. There will be turkey, celery, mashed potatoes, soup, etc About ISO persons will sit down to the tables at once but not a word will be heard. It will be silent throughout. A QUIET BANQUET. The divine blessing will be asked in the sign language, and full sway will be given the inmates to converse while they eat, but that conversation will also be carried on with the fingers. The afternoon will be al lowed the students largely for recreation and social intercourse. Another striking feast will be the first Thanksgiving dinner at the new Institution for the Blind on Forty-second street, Lawrenceville. There are only 15 pupils there, and Kind friends have seen that the larder has been well filled for to-day. Blind children have no trouble in eating turkey. The bones are easily found on their plate, and, eyes or no eyes, the boys can get at all the me.at. Tne Episcopal Church Home, on Fortieth street and Penn avenue, will be gorgeously filled out with plenty. Friends from nearly all the Episcopal churches iu the two cities have sent chickens, turkeys and cranberries. Celery and pumpkin pies will give the tables a silver and gold appearance, and additional interest will attach to the dinner from responsive reading conducted after the Episcopal forms. Full liberties for out door sports will be allowed the boys and girls all dav. The grounds surrounding this institution are large and pleasant. THE NEWSIES IN THE STYLE. Turkey will be served for dinner at the Newsboys" Home. At the Allegheny City Poor Farm, the Allegheny County Poor Tarm and tne Pittsburg Foor Farm the un fortunate subjects of charity will be fed on turkey, cranberry sauce aid other Thanks giving luxuries The inmates of the Be ibrra School at Morganza will be similarly provided for. The most extensive work in the wav of providing Thanksgiving provision will be per ormed br the Society for the Improve ment of the Poor. Through the kindness of their contributors and the public in general thev will send turkeys, chickens, puddings and other delicacies to at least 1,300 fami lies A tremendous amount of eatables poured into the office of the society yester day. There were about 400 turkeys in at 4 o'clock. Franklin street school pupils sent three bushels of potatoes, and the Forty third street Presbyterian Church gave no tice that if the society would send to its pas tor, Eev. H. H. Stiles, the addresses of 30 families, they would fill a basket with good things for each. A HOLIDAY IN THE HOSPITALS. A comparatively small amount of turkey is consumed at the hospitals. Few of the sick patients can eat a strong dinner like that. There is only about one-half of the in mates of the Homeopathic Hospital, for instance, who will be able to eat turkey, to day. It will be furnished them in abundance. For the convalescents there will be new jellies, nlentv of fruir, confections, etc. The Wen Pcnn, Allegheny and South side hospitals have all been taken care of by their friends in the line of a fine repast. The Fruit and Flower Mission has been un usually active among the hospitals also for this occasion. EACH GOT A TURKEY. The Wells, Fargo Kxpress Company Ke members Its Men. The "Wells. Fargo Express Company yes terday presented everyone of its employes in the United States with a Thanksgiving turkey. Local Agent "W. B. Johnston states that it cost the company $25,000 to do it, The boys here each received one weigh ing nine pounds. Mr. Johnston reports an unusual increase in the company's business. The express traffic across the ocean for Christmas and New Years' presents has commenced, and yesterday he shipped 15 packages. THANKSGIVING watt,, Rules to bo Observed To-Day at the Post office and by Carriers. The stamp window at the postoffice will be open to-day from 6:30 a. m. to 12 m. Special delivery of letters wiil be made as usual. The general delivery window will remain open ss usual. The money order and registry office will be closed all day. All mails will be dispatched as usual. The carriers will make but one trip, and that in the morning after the arrival of the Eastern mails. Collections will be made as on Sunday. MODES OF PRAISE. THE PROGRAMME AT THE DIFFERENT CHURCHES. Union Services to be Held In Many Houses of Worship Spi-cial Musical Features Pre pared Some Novel Meetings Church Socials, Entertainments and Concerts To Nlght. Thanksgiving will be observed by all the churches to-day, either by special or union services. In some instances the members of three, four or five congregations will join in giving praise to the Creator. In a number of the chnrches collections will be taken up for the poor of the city. In some churches special nmsic' programmes, varying from a selection of national anthems io classical duets, choruses, etc, will be given. At the Third Presbyterian Church Mozart's first mass in C. "We Praise Thee O Lord," "Jubilate," arranged from Borstal's "Stabat Mater" and several other selections will be eiven. A number of prominent singers will render the pro gramme. At the Eighth TJ. P. Church a meeting will be held at 10:30 o'clock and all attend ing will be asked to give their reasons for being thankful. Union services will be held in the "West End Church at 1 o'clock, with Bey. Mr. Douthett in the pulpit. Bey. John A. Miller will conduct union services at the Arch street M. E. Church, Allegheny. The union services in the First TJ. P. Church will be conducted by Bey. D. S. Littcll. A Thanksgiving social will be held in the Bingham street M. E. Church to-night. The German Protestant Evangelical Church, Mt. Washington, will give an en tertainment and supper this evening. The Bev. W. A. Stanton will conduct the union services in the Emory M. E. Church. The First Primitive Methodist Church give a tea nartv to-dav. The Smithfield Street M. E. Church will give a concert this evening. A bazaar and social will be given at the Fifth TJ. P. Church, Allegheny, this even ing. THE OUTDOOR SPORTS. HOW ADHERENTS OF ATHLETICS WILL PASS THE DAY. Two rootball Matches Opening of the Dn qnesne Library and Gymnasium Gun Clnb Tournaments nnd Huntim? Parties Visitors to the Yale-Princeton Match. There are many who will be extremely thankful if the weather is nice to-day: if it is not, the plans of hundreds will be de ranged. The gunstore where guns are rented out to hunters have not a single serviceable shooting iron left on their racks. The dealers say they could have rented twice as many more guns. The hunters will scatter to the woods in all directions within 150 miles of the city. About 150 local athletes will witness the Tale-Princeton football came in New York. There will also be a local game at Expo sition Park, commencing at 3 P. si. The contesting teams are the Three A and the Eighteenth ward. A rjartv composed of about 50 members of the East End Gymnasium go to Indiana on a special car this morning to play the State Normal School team of that place a game of football. The Pittsburg team comnrises Diebert, full back; D. Barr, half hack; Proctor, half hack; Vaill, quarter back; Kircbner, center; Heppesistail. right guard; Gibson, left guard; Martin, right end; A. Aull, left tackle; W. Barr, right tackle; C. Aull, Iclt end; W. Neill, S. Middleton, C. Stccn, substitutes. An excellent programme has been pre pared for the opening of the Dnquesne Li brary and Gymnasium to-night. The ad dress of the evening will be made by Ambrose Lynch, the new- -professor in ath letics and intellectual culture. The Braddock Gun Club will give a shooting tonrnament to-day at the Driving Park. A number of interesting contests will take place. The North Braddock Gun Cinb and Braddock Gun Club will shoot tor prizes. There will also be a number of tournaments of Pittsburg and Allegheny gun clubs. DINNER AT THE HOTELS. Fittshnrg Houses Will Take Good Care of Guests To-Day. The hotels of Pittsburg furnish square meals every day, but on Thanksgiving they always make a special effort to serve up the most toothsome dainties to their, guests. To-day will be no exception, and the man who will kick against the dinners in any of the hotels this afternoon is a hopeless case and beyond redemption. The Anderson leads off with a handsome menu which is something unique in its way, but, then, Proprietor Ed L. Bean is nothing, if not original. The anniversary and the name of the hotel are embossed on the parchment cover in old gold, which is further ornamented with a chain of pretty ribbon running diagonally across the page and ending in a cunning how. The menu card inside speaks for itself, nnd many of the dishes cannot be dis counted. The Monongahela, St. Charles, Seventh Avenue and Central Hotels will have a special dinner with attractive menu cards, but these houses last evening had not re ceived them from the printers. The mem bers of .engine company No. 3 and truck A will be entertained at dinner at the Seventh Avenue, in accordance with the long-established custom of this house. The Du auesne and Schlosser will have their regu lar bill of fare to offer to their patrons. AT THE THEATERS TO-BAY. How Stuart Bobson Pays for a Supper That He Doesn't Get. Thanksgiving will be observed at all the theaters with a matinee in the afternoon and the usual schedule performances in the evening. Stuart Bobson will appear iu his new play, "Is Marriage a failure," at the matinee at the Grand Opera House, and in "The Henrietta" in the evening. Annie Pixley will hold down the boards at the Bijou. Stuart Bobson, by the way, tets up a real stew and a bottle of wine at the dinner in his new play, which costs him about 56 per night. The funny part of the business is that he doesn't taste a drop of the wine him self, and his old father-in-law takes every thing in sighf. In his desperation he smashes a Knox hat and he furnishes a new tile every evening at no small price. When asked why he did not fix up an old hat he laughingly replied that a new one looks better, and as he stands the bill he will have it. AT PENAL INSTITUTIONS. Prisoners If ot to be Forgotten in Commem orating the Day. Thanksgiving Day will be made a gala one in the several penal institutions. The inmates of the Allegheny County Jail have a treat in store for them in the way of a concert and elocutionary entertainment, besides an extra spead. Eev. E. B, Done boo has charge of the exercises. Prof. Bis sell and a number of pupils will render the the musical numbers, and Byron King and his pupils the elocutionary selections. There will be no special services at the Western Penitentiary, but a spread has been prepared for the prisoners. The inmates of the Allegheny County Workhouse will have to satisfy themselves with being thankful on the usual fare. Fifty-Five Marriages To-Day. Cupid has been feusy preparing for Thanksgiving and may well be satisfied with his work. Fifty-five marriage licenses have been granted lor the day and evening. Many of the young people are well-known in th"e city.. MUSICAL ATTHACTIOIIS. GUmore to Give Two Concerts In Old City Hall To-Day. A great attraction to-day will be the con certs in Old City Hall by Gilmore's Band this afternoon and evening. The pro grammes, which have al'eady been spoken of in a general way, contain some of Meyer beer and Wagner's greatest productions. Several concert parties have been ar ranged for this evening, The East End and Allegheny will send one each, while the Southside will furnish two. CASE FOR A SOLOMON. TWO WOMEN CLAIM POSSESSION OF A 10-YEAR-OLD CHILD. Tho Boy Twice Abducted, First by nis Nat ural Mother and Next by an Adopted Farent The Trouble Brought Into a New York Court. New York, November 26. Five years ago Mrs. Maguire's husband died, leaving her in poverty.with five children to care for. She had a wealthy sister living at Norfolk, Va., and a brother, P. H. Hart, residing in Brooklyn in comfortable circumstances. Neither Mrs. Smith nor Mrs. Hart has any children and each adopted one of Mrs. Maguire's little ones on the written condition that the mother surrendered all claim to the children. Mrs. Hart took John and changed his name from McGuire to Hart, while Mrs. Smith adopted Homer and gave him her family name. Alter awhile the memory of thelads' mother faded from their minds and they were happy under their new conditions. Six weeks ago Mr. Smith came to Brook lyn on a six weeks' visit to her brother and broucht Homer with her. Mrs. Maguire came to see her child, and, though betraying much emotion, left the house seemingly sat isfied with the order of things. Next day a Homer was leaving school for lunch Mrs. Maguire, who had been lying in wait, seized him and carried him off. Mrs. Smith reported at the station and Detective Hardy was sent to investigate. Mrs. Smith visited Mrs. Maguire the next day and said: "Well, Ella, I suppose it is natural you should like to have your own flesh and blood with you. I know you have Homer concealed somewhere; let us be friends, and say no more about it." "Mrs. Maguire was thrown a little off her guard, and Mrs. Smith took lodgings in the neighborhood. She waited patiently and watched, and on the third day of her vigil, which was Monday last, saw Homer on the street, carried him into a carriage she had engaged, took him to No. 59 Snediker ave nue, bundled him up, and that same night she started for Norfolk, Va. A BEGGING MISEB. A Man Worth Three-Quarters of a Million Gets CO Days In Jail. Chicago, November 26. Peter Mueller, an old man, said to be worth $750,000, was yesterday sent to the bridewell for 60 days for begging on the streets. For many years Mueller and his wife lived in a miserable hovel. They denied themselves everything except what was absolutely necessary to keep them alive. Many stories were told by the neighbors of their reputed wealth. Mueller for several years past has made a practice of begging on the streets, and about a year ago was locked up one night. Next morning the justice, moved to com passion by the old man's pitiful tale, dis charged him from custody. When Mueller returned to his miscrable.home he found the dead body of his wife hanging to a rafter. It is supposed she had worried so over her husband's absence that she had taken her own life. Since then Mueller has lived all alone in the shanty. Mueller owns 520 acres ot land in sections 31 and 36, and is possessed of stocks and bonds worth several hundred thousand dollars. MANY MIXES OF BAIL, A Tear's Construction In tho States of the Tar West. New York, November 26. In its issue of this week the Engineering Nevis will publish statistics showing the progress of railway construction in the far western States. According to the statistics, which cover ten States and Territories, there have been 1,401 miles of track laid since January 1, 1890, and there are now 2,617 miles under construction, 3,920 miles under survey and 4,997 projected for future construction. The greater part of the work is confined to the States of Washington, Montana and Colorado and is being carried ou by the Northern Pacific, GreatNorthern and Union Pacific companies. Over 44per cent ot this year's track laving and 40 per cent of the mileage under'construction is the work of these companies. IVES AND STAYNOB. A Motion to Dismiss the Indictment Against tho rormer. New York, November 26. Lawyer Charles Brooke in Part I. General Sessions to-day moved that the indictments against Henry S. Ives, of Ives & Staynor, for fraudulent issue ofstock of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Bailroad be dis missed, as it is over a year since he was tried and the jury disagreed, and no further ac tion has been taken in the case. District Attorney Fellows replied that he wonld dispose of the case before leaving his office and Judge Fitzgerald denied Mr. Brooke's motion. Since the settlement ot the civil suit brought against him in Cin cinnati the officers of the road are no longer active against him. YOUNG GIBL MISSING. The Belgian Consul Looking for an Im perial Runaway. Arnold Schneider, the consular agent of Belgium, is looking for a yonng girl named Augustine Hubert, whose parents live at Imperial station. The young lady came hern September 19, and went to Louisville, Ky., to live with a family named Klein. She left Louisville again and came to this city under the assumed name of Jennie Hu bert and was supposed to have gone to the house of a man named Gallagher, on West Carson street. Mr. Schneider has made a number of in quiries about the girl but has been unable to find her. The missing girl is only 15 years of age and her parents are much concerned about her welfare. AN ACTBESS INSANE. Florence Sherwood Suffering From a Tem porary Mental Disorder. New York, November 26. Florence Sherwood, the actress, whose 5-year-old daughter Gracie takes the child's part iu "Blue Jeans," now playing at the Four teenth Street Theater, was removed from her home, 251 West Fourteenth street, to Belle vue Hospital yesterday, suffering from a temporary mental disorder. She will be transferred to-day to St. Vin cent's Hospital, where her friends have arranged for her treatment. Peace on Earth. This is once more enjoyed by the rheumatic wise enough to conmeract their progressive malady with Hostotter'a Stomach Bitters. No testimony Is stronger than that which indicates It as a source ot relief mthis complaint. It Is also eminently effective as a treatment for kid ney trouble, dyspepsia, debility, liver complaint and constipation Via it with persistence for tho above, PITTSBURG-, THURSDAY, TRYING TO S'ATE.HIM. Murderer Alex Killian's Attorney Applies for a New Trial. CHIEF MGELOW'S POWER TESTED. A Turnpike Company Objects to Condemna tion Proceedings. ALL TIIE NEWS OP THE C0TLNTX COURTS Judge Magce, yesterday; heard the argu ments on a motion for a new trial in the case of Alex. Killian, convicted of murder in the first degree for the killing of Mrs. Budert at Tarentum. Thomas M. Marshall, Esq., aDpeared for Killian and District At torney Johnston opposed the motion. Mr. Marshall asked for a new trial, claiming that ths evidence was not sufficient for a conviction. He also excepted to the ruling of Judge Magee on two of his points submitted during the trial. One point was that it was better that 99 guilty men should escape than one innocent man suffer. Judge Magee said that as the point involved both a proposition and an argument, he declined to affirm it, and the jury could dispose of the question. The second point was in relation to "finite probabilities," which Judge Magee refused.stating that he did not clearly understand what was meant by "finite probabilities." Mr. Marshall said further, that as to the law applied to the case by Judge Magce, it was good and he could not find fault with it. He mainly rested his case on the assertion that Killian had proved an alibi. District Attorney Johnston followed and reviewed the testimony taken in the case. By means of it he traced Killian's move ments on the night of the murder and argued that he was plainly a principal mover in the crime, aud the verdict finding him guilty was a just one and substantiated by the evidence. No alibi had been proven and he asked the court to refuse the motion. Judtre Magee reserved his decision. In case a new trial is refused Killian will be sentenced to death Saturday. OBJECT TO CONDEMNATION. Strong Claims Made by tho New Brighton Turnpike Company. A petition was filed in the Quarter Ses sions Court yesterday objecting to the ap pointing of a Board of Viewers to appraise the property of the Allegheny and New Brighton Turnpike Company within the limits of Allegheny City for condemnation. The apDointment was asked for by the City Solicitor of Allegheny. In the petition it is claimed that the com pany was chartered in 1854, under a special act of Assembly, and built the road and maintained it so long for public use that it has virtually completed a contract with the State and cannot be deprived of its prop erty on any pretext. The city, it is asserted, cannot exercise the right of eminent domain and take the property. It is also claimed that the city lost what right of eminent do main it might have had by reason of refus ing to purchase the road when it was ap praised in 1873 and $11,600 fixed as the value. It is further asserted that the pro ceedings are not for the public benefit, but are in the interest of the Pleasant Valley Electric Bailway Company, and the action of Councils was procured by intrigue and the corrupt influence of certain of its mem bers, who are stockholders of the Pleasant Valley Company. In conclusion, the Cqurt is asked to refuse to appoint the viewers. PAYS JOB HEB. WOUNDED AFFECTIONS. t Miss Annie GUander is to Get 50OO From John Kerr. The frial iu the breach of promise case between Miss Annie Gilander and John Kerr was finished yesterday evening before three arbitrators, Messrs. Weidman, Big ham and Lindsay, at Attorney Forte's office on Grant street. The case took up a great deal of time, bnt the testimony was about the same as given before. The only new testimony in the case was that of Bev. Mr. McGill. He stated that Miss Gilander had been living at his house in the capacity of a domestio for sev eral months. In relation to the number of times that Kerr had called upon the young lady he said that he could not tell exactly but thought it was about 13. Kerr acknowledges that he called on ner eight times, but says he never promised her that he would marry her. Kerr also denies the statement made by Henry Bothwell, that be had told him he was going to marry her. The case was then put in the hands of the arbitrators, who retired to Attorney Porter's private office, and after spending consider able time in discussing the case, concluded to give a verdict in favor of Miss Gilander to the amount of $600. COSTLY SALT WATER. Damages Bccovered Against the Chartiers Valley Gas Company. Attorneys Young and Trent yesterday re corded a number of judgments against the Chartiers Valley Gas Company and execu tions were issued on them. Attachments were also Issued against property of the company in the hands ot the Philadelphia Company. The judgments were obtained in suits brought against the gas company for damages for the destruction of water veils by salt water from the company's gas wells getting into them. The cases have been in the courts a long time and yesterday Judge Ewing finally refused new trials and execu tions were at once issued. The plaintiffs and amounts were: Marr L. Osborn, $680 55; J. H. Smith $680 50; Net tie C. Tindle, 81,560 50; Mary Wall, $680 55; Anderson Floyd, $680 50; Agnes McQueen, $837 50; William Knnderer, guardian, $1,236 40; M. E. Karns, $732 90; Catherine Gray, $680 50. NO MONEY IN THE OFFICE. An Iron Company Objects to Faying a Salary to its President. The suit of Ralph Bagaley against the Pittsburg and Lake Superior Iron Company is still on trial before Judge Collier. The case is an action to recover for money paid out for the company and for salary claimed for filling the position of President. The company claims that Mr. Bagaley was to act as President without salary and paid employes performed the work. Gerade Must Fay His Own Expenses. Judge Magee yesterday refused the peti tion to have the county pay for the printing of the testimony and 'paper book of Frank Gerade, who was convicted of murder in the first degree, and appealed to the Supreme Court. The reason for asking the county to pay for Gerade's appeal was that he was too poor to do so. Too Much Induction. The Central District and Printing Tele graph Company has commenced snit against the Second Avenue Passenger Bailway Company to recover damages for injury to its telephone service caused by the induc tion from the electrio wires of the defendant. Myers Wants a New Trial. A motion was made yesterday for a new trial in the case of Edward Myers, con victed of murder in the second degree for the killing of his aunt, Miss Douglass. The principal reason assigned was that the ver dict was not warrant by the evidence. NOVEMBER 27, 1890. 5HEY WILL LAY THE PIPE. THE PHILADELPHIA COMPANY DEFEATS THE CITY. A Claim That Their Charter is Superior to an Ordinance is Practically Sustained Judge Kwlng Grants an Injunction Upon the Public Works Department. A bill in equity was filed yesterday by the Philadelphia Company against the city of Pittsburg, E. M. Bigelow and John F. Hunter, to restrain them from interfering with the comnanys laying pipes. It was stated that owing to the increased demand for gas and the decreased pressure of gas in the company's gas territory it was found necessary to lay a new and larger pipe from the Penn avenue main: along Barker's alley to Liberty avenue and to Virgin allev. While they claimed the consent of E. M. Bigelow to their opening the streets to lay the pipes was not necessary, yet, through courtesy, and to give the city an op portunity to see that the work was in accord ance with the regulations, they asked him for a permit. It was arbitrarily "refused, and no reason assigned. They then, on Novem ber 22,commenced work, but Street Commis sioner Hunter had their workmen arrested. Under their charter, and the city ordinance authorizing them to open streets, they assert ted, they have a right to go ahead with their work and furnish their customers with gas. An injunction was asUed for to restrain the 'ty and its officials from interfering with them. At the hearing in the case, City Attorney Moreland appeared for the defendants. He stated that the reason for Mr. Bigelow's refusal to grant a permit was that a city ordinance provides that streets shall not be opened after November 15, on account of hard weather. After some discussion of the matter Judge Ewinc granted a preliminary injunction with the provision that the company are to have their pipes laid and the streets restored to their original condition within one week from the date of the order, or else the injunction woufd have no force. little regal Briefs. A verdict for the plaintiff was given yester day in the ejectment suit or Margaret Eichlcay against John and Bridget Laffey. The beirs of John W. and Susanna PIttock have commenced a suit in eqnity for the par tition of real estate willed to them jointly. Ix the suit of J. C. Williams against the Chautauqua Lako Railroad Company, to re coyer for services, a verdict was given yester day for 82.509 17 for the plaintiff. Mrs. K. SorniA Coatee yesterday sued for a divorce from George Coater. She stated that her husband has never lived with her or pro vided for her and her child since the day of their marriage, June 3, 1882. IN the suit of Gnstavus Measmer against J. Huckenstein & Co. and C. L. Willey, for dam ages for Injuries received in the wreck of the Willey building, a verdict was given yesterday for $3,000 for the plaintiff as against C. L. Wil ley. The hearing before Register Conner In the contest ot the will of the late Mary C. Brown was discontinned yesterday, and by agreement of counsel an issue to the Common Fleas Court for jury trial was asked. The Issue was awarded. Testimentary incapacity is alleged. UND70BH SWITCHING BATES. Local Agents Fix Up a New Tariff to Go Into Effect January 1. The Pittsburg committee of freight agents met yesterday and decided to make uniform rates for switching in Pittsburg and vicin ity. The new rates will go into effect Jan uary 1. The agents are not prepared to fur nish the figures at present, but in some in stances the rates will be ndvanced, in others reduced. The rates for switching in the local yards of all the roads are much lower than along the line. Here they keep their yard engines and crews, and are ready to switch cars at short notice' and little ex pense. Out on the road if a car is side tracked it must be picked up by the regular trains. It was reported some days ago that the Baltimore and Ohio road "intended to ad vance its switching rates, but Division Passenger Agent Galleber denies it. The switching, he savs, is done for the accommo dation of the shippers, and the roads do not aim to make money out of this part of the business. There is considerable switching done in and around Pittsburg, and the new rates arc looked for with interest. The rates will apply on the Ft. Wayne to Jack's Bun, on the Pennsylvania to Dallas station, on the Baltimore and Ohio to Bankin, on the Panhandle to Sheridan, and between Bankin and Chartiers on the Lake Erie. WILL QUIT DECEMBEB 1. TheFapers Notifying Mr. Malone of His Removal Have Arrived. Collector Warmcastle, as the disbursing agent for Western Pennsylvania, yesterday received the papers from Washington noti fying Architect Malone of his removal on December 1, and 'that Joseph N. Pattisoa would take charge on that day. Mr. Pattison is one of the Government building inspectors, and he will rush the work and keep the contractors up to their agreements. Mrs. O'Shea's Suit Withdrawn. London', November 26. In the Irish Conrt of Chancery the suit brought by Mrs. O'Shea against her husband, Captain O'Sbea, last spring, for tho enforcement of her marriage settlement, and to force the Captain to transfer to her certain interests which were menaced by proceedings in bank ruptcy, taken against him, was to-day with drawn. Coal and the McKlnley Tariff; Washington, November 26. In accord ance with a recent opinion by the Attorney General, Secretary Windom has announced that the recent tariff act shall be regarded as repealing the act of 1883, so far as relates to drawback on bituminous coal, and that hereafter there shall be nodrawbackallowed on bituminous coal imported since October 6, 1890. Street Cars Will Bun to Gnyasuta. Over 200 men are at work on the new street car line from Sharpsburg to Guya suta, and it is expected the road will be finished in two weeks. By using the feeder of the Citizens' Traction road, which runs through Sharpsburg from Butler street, it will make a line clear to Guyasuta and the fare will be only 10 cents. Closing Out Auction Sale Of diamonds, watches, jewelry, clocks, bronzes, silver and silver plated ware, etc. Finding that I cannot give the necessary amount of attention to two stores, I have de cided to dispose of my Smithfield street store and afterward give my entire atten tion to the store at 36 Fifth avenue. Both establishments have large and complete stocks of goods usually carried in first-class jewelry establishments. The consolidation of the two stocks would be too large for one store, in consequence I have decided to close out my stock at 533 Smithfield street, at auction, aud have secured the services of Colonel J. M. Rutherford, of Philadelphia, as salesman. My stock is composed of over $75,000 worth of strictly first-class watches, diamonds, jewelry, silverware, clocks, bronzes, etc. This stock must be closed out as quickly as possible. All goods areguar anteed. I am not retiring from business. After disposing of my Smithfild street store, I will be located at 36 Fifth avenue. Sales daily at 10 A. M 2:80 and 7:30 p. si., and will continue daily until entire stock and fixtures are disposed of at M. G. Cohen's, Diamond Expert and Jeweler, 533 Smithfield street, Ladies especially in-Titedt ITS WHEELS BLOCKED A Tie in the Councils of Coraopolis Leads to Strange Results. LEFT WITHOUT ANT G0YEKNUENT. Citizens Well Satisfied, and Getting Along Comfortably. PECULIAR POSITION OP TIIE BDRGESS It is a maxim with some statesmen that the best government is found where there is the least of it, and this idea would apDear to get support from the experience of one of our suburban boroughs.. The opposing powers in the borough are in equilibria, but as the taxing and tax-collecting machinery continue to work, most of the citizens are getting along in bliss and seem likely to do so indefinitely. This municipal Eden is located just west of the lower end of Montour run, and is named Coraopolis. Early last spring, soon after the Council was elected, the members split into two equal factions. It was claimed that the Burgess did not have the power to break a tie, and this question hasneveryct been decided by a decree, but apparently fearing that it might be ruled that he had the power, the contestants seem to have de termined that he shall not exercise it if he have. SPEAKER KEED'S OPPORTUNITY. In consequence, according to the state ments of both opposing parties, when either finds there is likely to be a quorum, the weaker side, whichever it may happen to be, absents itself, and there is no Beed to count one, the Burgess not caring to assume the responsibility. Councilman McDonald has shaken the mud of the village off his feet and gone to Steubcnville to live, and after he lelt some thought one of the opposition might some night be penned upand made to do duty asa quorum filler, bnt so far all efforts to hive him have failed. The Clerk of Council, Frank Scblotter, does business 20 miles away and be has about come to the conclusion that a ride of 40 miles on Council meeting nights to attend to business that does not material ize is a weariness to the flesh. Meantime one of the Street Committee turned the S3lt water from his oil well onto Captain Ken dall's property and he sued the borough. The borough claims that it was the commit teeman's tort, but as Council cannot be con vened, the question remains in dispute. AX EASY-GOING GOVERNMENT. Meantime the judicial department of the borough is running with one wheel, but the helm has worked so well that, although there has been a large influx of population, 'Squire Ferree has managed to get through the business alone. The other 'Squire's office has been converted into a plumbing shop and the daces in the borough that once knew him have not known him for several months past. As an evidence that a town can thrive without government it should be stated, that most of the adjuncts of civilized society are to be found in Cora opolis. There are Presbyterian, TJqited Presbyterian and Methodist churches, Odd Fellows', Knights of Maccabees', Jr. O. U. A. M. lodges, a lawn tennis club, and, according to rumor, an occasional speak easy, the latter, however, being a portable institution which moves along as danger threatens. They tell of a bank in Europe that throve for centuries without any assets, but the idea of an American town, aud a seaport at that, existing without government is enough to cause apprehension in the minds of prac tical politicians. YOUTHFUL SUICIDE MANIA. It Exists to a Surprising Degree Among Vienna School Boys. The Hospital, commenting upon the sui cide mania among school boys in Vienna, which it attributes to the senseless mania for over-intellectual culture, says: "In these days the tyranny of learning is driv ing the world to madness. Professors of all sorts have got the upper hand, and their supremacy threatens to be fatal to the rest of the world. Here is an opportunity tor medicine. "If doctors were large-minded and capable men like Shakespeare and Bacon, they would see the truth aud assert their scien tific authority. But what are they doing? Nothing at all to guide the world in the matterl They are the worst offenders of all in the way of inflicting upon young men unlimited intellectual tasks, the doing of which is of no practical service to anybody. Sleeplessness, nervousness, mania in every form, are upon us, and nothing is done. "The whole medical world itself is in full cry striving who shall be first to put salt on the tail of the tubercle bacillus. It is as if all the iorces of the Empire should be sent to arrest a lunatic at Wick while a foreign army was in possession of Penzance." STAGE AS A STEPPING STONE. A Bewitching Western Brunette Goes From tho Stage to tho Bar. Most actors and actresses are in the pro fession because they are in love with the business, says the Portland Oregonian, but among the members of the "Brass Monkey" company is a handsome and bewitching brunette, who but six months ago made her debut ou the stage as a stepping stone to some ulterior object in life. This young lady hails from Chicago and is just 17. She is an exceptionally brilliant linguist, has a fine voice, is graceful in the extreme and is a clever little actress. Her intentions are to remain on the stage just one year and then study law with a view of practicing as an attorney in Illinois. She is taking this preliminary course on the stage for the purpose of perfecting her elo cutionary powers and to cultivate an "at home" feeling with large audiences. The real name of this young lady is Fanchon Conyers, and it is safe to predict that she will be heard from some day in the legal arena like the cricket on the hearth. VALUABLES SENT BY WATT., The Gold and Sliver Which the Northwest ern Officials Handle. The postmasters throughout the North west have received printed circulars from Postmaster Steel, of this city, says the Port land Oregonian, instructing them in the matter of making up registered pack ages and postoffice returns, yet it is an every-day occurrence for the office to re ceive matter of the most -valuable description done up in an exceedingly.flimsy manner. Yesterday a letter was received from the Goldendale office that was certainly a re markable specimen of some man's careless ness. Attached to the envelope was a small bag of the regulation size and material, which contained quite a sum of money in gold and silver, but the sack was neither tied nor sealed, and only good luck pre vented the money lrom being lost. A HUNTEE'S MISHAP. Captain FJwood Painfully Injured While Shooting in the West Captain Elwood, of Elwood & Smith, has returned from a hnnting trip in Kansas and Central Indiana. He brought home a nice lot or game, bdt oh, what a leg! It's big enough for two or three men. He slipped and fell between two logs in an Indiana swamp, and the member was wedged fast so that Captain Elwood had to be chopped out. He 'will not exterminate any more game this year. THE UNION PACIFIC. CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS RESIGNS THE PRESIDENCY OF THE ROAD. Sidney Dillon Will Hereafter be at tho Head oT the Corporation The Causes Lead ing to the Action of the Okl Chief Executive. Boston, November 26. The Board of Directors of the Union Pacific Bailroad met here to-day Mil Charles Francis Adams submitted his resignation as president of the company. With him there also resigned John F. Spaulding, James A. Bumrill aud Samuel Carr, Jr., of the Board of Directors. In their place were chosen Jay Gould, Bus sell Sage, H. B. Hyde and A. F. Orr. Sidnev Dillon, already a director, was elected President. Mr. Dillon, in accepting the office of President,thsinked the Board for this expression of confidence and declared his intention to do everything in his power to forward the interests of the company. It is understood Mr. Orr represents the David Dows estate and Mr. Hyde the Equitable Life Assurance Company, which is a laree holder of the company's securi ties. The resignation of Vice President Lane, tendered this morning, was not ac cepted, and he will be retained in that posi tion. After the election Messrs. Adams, Spaulding, Bnmrill and Carr left the meet ing and the new .board, after discussing the policy of the company and appointing com mittees, adjourned. The new Executive Committee, consisting of Messrs. Gould. Ames, Atkins, Dexter, Dillon, Sage and Government Director Plummer, then went into session. In his remarks resigning the Presidency Mr. Adams said: "Doubts both exist anil have been frpely and publicly expressed not only in political, but also in financial cir cles, as to whether I any longer represent a controlling interest in the ownership of the company, and whether it will be in my power to make good the engagements into which I must necessarily seek to enter. From a political point of view alone, with Congress about to assemble, it is above all essential with proper regard for the peculiar position occupied by the Union Pacific, that whoever represents it should be understood to represent, clearly and unequivocally, its whole ownership and thus to speak with authority as to its policy. This I no longer do. Accordingly I feel assured that political, and, most probably, financial disaster also shonld hardly fail to result from a mutual lack of confidence ex isting at this time between a nominal but irresponsible head of the company aud any considerable and influential interest among the stockholders, whether such reciprocal distrust is on the score of ability or char acter, or methods, or motives. "Under these circumstances, after a care ful survey of the whole ground, I am forced to the conclusion that I can no longer hold my present positiou and administer the afiairs of the company either with satisfac tion to myself or without danger to the interests intrusted to me." In an interview, Mr. Gould, in reply to a question as to the significance of his recent active interest in the Union Pacific, re marked that there was nothing strange or mysterious about it. He knew the road, he said, when it was a child, and be had sim ply returned to his first love. He denied that he had bought any Beading stock, and said that the story that he had tried to cor ner Postmaster General Wanamaker was not true. WELL-SCATTERED PENSIONS. How TJnclo Sam's Benefits for Past Valor Travel Over the World. It is not generally known, says Youth's Companion, that the operation of the pen sion laws carries money periodically to men of all nationalities, who live in all quarters of tho globe. They are men who were dis abled in the service of the United States, and have not since the war taken the oath of allegiance to any other government. To begin near home, there is paid out of the national treasury 5120,000 annually to residents of Canada, many of whom have not seen the United States since they were mustered out at Washington at the close of the war. Ireland has 250 pensioners on the rolls, who draw an average of $12 a month, and a single county in England Lancaster has 50 pensioners. Thousands of miles away in Australia are enough pensioners to draw nearly 52,000 a year. The Dark Continent has a round dozen pensioners, living prin cipally in Cape Town, South Africa, while Liberia is represented by one lone widow whose husband was freed by the Emancipa tion proclamation, and who died of the in juries he received iu fighting the battles of 'Massa Linkum." Guiseppe Osboli, away in Southern Italy, draws the modest little sum of 56 a month. Away down in the Mediterranean Sea, on the little Island of Malta, lives a Greek by the name of Amabite Feneck, who gets $12 a month to remind him of the time when he swelt powder in the far-away land of Amer ica; and his case is matched iu Bussian Fin land, almost on the shores of the Arctic Ocean, where lives one Alexander Wilson, who served 20 years in the United States Navv, and who now draws a pension of $17 25 a month, which in that land is an in come worth having. , QUAINT DUTCH WINDMILLS. Their Presence Lends a Picturesque Element to Holland's Landscape. You scarcely can stand anywhere in Hol land without seeing from one totwenty wind mills. Many of them are built in the form of a two-story tower, the second story being smaller than the first, with a balcony at its base, from which it tapers upward until the cap-like top is reached. High up, near the roof, the great axts juts from the wall, and to this are fastened two prodigious arms, formed somewhat like ladders, bearing great sheets of canvas, whose business is to catch the mischief-maker and set him at work. These mills stand like huge giants guard ing the country. Theirbodies are generally of a dark red; and their heads, or roofs, are made to turn this way and that, according to the direction of the wind. Their round eye-window is always staring. Altogether, they seem to be keeping a vigilant watch in every direction. Sometimes they stand clnstered together; sometimes alone, like silent sentinels; sometimes in long rows like ranks of soldiers. You Bee tbem" rising from the midst of factory buildings, by the cottages, on the polders (the polders are lakes pumped dry and turned into farms); on the wharves; by the rivers; along the canals; en the dykes; in the cities everywhere! Holland wouldn't be Holland without its windmills, anymore than it could be Holland without its Dykes and its Dutchmen. WOMANHOOD'S ADVANTAGES. One of the Gentle Sex Shows Wherein They Are Superior to Man. Boss Terry Coot la Lewlston Journal.1 Womanhood has some material ad vantages. A woman is generally endowed with more delicate perception, keener ap preciation and more innate refinement than a man. She has a thonsand trivial but pleasant sources of enjoyment not allowed to the other sex; and she has the keen joy of feeling in her heart, and sometimes speak ing it in words, that she is really superior to the "stronger sex" in all the gracious amenities and spiritual exaltations of this life. How sweet it is to know that, for all the boasted strength of man, be can be (timed around and guided whither he would not by a woman's small white finger, if aha u woman enough to know howl annottoin;thehiii. Many Dealers Brought Into Court by the Health Authorities. EFFECTS OF TEE ADULTEEAT1YE Proved by the Burden of the Evidence Pro dHced in Court. THE LAW AS EEGaEDS SKIMMED MILK Philadelphia, November 26. Assist ant District Attorney Ker yesterday in the Old Court House, made a strike for pure milk and arraigned 24 dealers on the charge of selling adulterated milk. They wero Edward Hallett, John Hogau, Philip Bapp, Alfred Bobinson, John Schram, Jacob Graham, William Smith, Charles F. Schwerer, Hugh McGill, Ebe W. Helin, Lawrence Mooney, Peter J. Tierney, James McAleely, William H. Metzgar, John Gut johu, J. G. Voight, Henry Brandt, Edward F. Duffy, Thomas Waldron, John Hanne gan, A. Erbsmehl. James Smith, Lewis Machenfuss, and Jane Brannen. Of this array of milk and water candidate', Hallett, Jane Brannen. Voight, McAleely, Helin, Metzsar, and Waldron were tried and convicted, andGrabam, Gutjobn, Machen fuss, McGill, Erbsmehl, and Brandt were tried and .acquitted. The other cases will be taken up later. In the cases of all who were convicted it was shown that they not only sold skimmed and watered milk, but that their milk was colored with annotto. In the cases of those acquitted it was shown that they changed their milkmen after receiving their notices from the Board of Health, and with the ex ception of Graham none of them sold an notto colored milk. ANXOTTO A DELETEBIOTS STJBSTAXCE. Annotto, it was testified, was an obnox ious and deleterious substance, first obtained from the root and stalk of a Sonth American plant, and afterward putrified by a disgust ing process. It is extensively sold, it was testified, to dairymen. Inspector Byrnes testified that in all the cases tried he had first tested the milk with a lactometer, and finding it indicated skim milk, had so notified the dealers, and after a second test had taken samples of the milk to the office of Dr. Crcsson, of the Board of Health, where it had been analvzed. Chemist Bobinson, who is Dr .Cresson'a assistant, testified to finding the annotto in the milk ol those convicted, and in that sold by Graham, who was acquitted. The ma jority of the defendants were storekeepers, and Mr. Ker stated that the prime object of the prosecution was to get at, through tbem, the real violators of the law, the actual adulterators of the milk. Heretofore, he said, this had been a difficult thing, but by convicting the sellers aud getting them to give the names of the peoDle, aud appearing against them, who sold the milk to them, the Commonwealth could punish the real offenders and protect the public by stopping; the adulteration. TRIED TO AVOID THE LAW. Some of the defendants had evidently tried to avoid the violation of the law. This was particularly so iu the case of Hallett, who keeps a restaurant. He claimed, and it was not denied, that Inspector Byrnes had told him that he could use skim-milk for cooking purposes. Hallett stated that he used only pure milk in cooking oysters, but had, with the Inspectors consent, used skim milk in pastries and things of that char acter. He claimed that skim-milk could be sold if it was marked skim-milk and sold as such. Mr. Ker, however, takes the ground that skim-milk cannot be vended under any cir cumstances in Philadelphia, and cannot even be used for cooking any materials that are sold. On this point there is a conflict of opinion, which the court will be called upon to decide to-day. The point was also raised that all milk from wmcb butter is made must be skimmed milk, as the cream must be skimmed from it in order to make the butter. It waa argued that it would be a hardship to the producer if he had to throw away all the milk so skimmed, and that the mere skim ming could not affect its purity. It was also argued that doctoss often ordered skimmed milk for patients. JUDGE THAYER'S EE3IARKS. Judge Thayer said: "Suppose you give such skimmed milk to a sick infant. It might cause its death. Milk means milk, not skimmed milk." Voight, who is a ship chandler, and fur nishes milk to ship's crews, has been in business 20 years, and paid 6 cents a quart for the milk he sold. He said he had bought Ms milk from F. B. Bambo, of Paschalville. Hallett said he bought his milk from William Cripps, of Fox Bun, and Helin bought his, he said, from Thomas Kirk. The convictions will all be disposed of when all the cases have been heard. PE0GBESS OF PHOTOGRAPHS". Its Kecent Advancement and IU Increased Scientific Value. From a practical standpoint alone pho tography does not rank highly compared with other inventions and improvements of this prolific period; the past five decades. The telephone, telegraph, phonograph and other inventions have a far greater value from an economic view, but scientifically photography stands foremost. For five years new ideas, methods and improve ments have been constantly introduced, and it is safe to say that as much progress has been made during this time as has been dur ing the 45 preceding years, since Daguerra produced the first daguerotype. The ama teur is entitled to most oi the credit of this, for he has not only produced many of the results directly, but his presence has served as an impetus to the professional. The flash light is one of the most recent and important improvements to photography. Mr. W. I. Lincoln Adams has an interest ing article on "Flash-light Photography" la the December Outing. Mr. Adams says in the opening of his article: "Flash-light nhotocraphy. as it is popularly called, is actually less than five years old, bnt ts that short time it has had a tiuly wonderful growth. Five years ago the popular 'flash, picture was an impossibility, now it is one of the commonest ot photographs. The ama teur is no longer dependent upon snnlizht alone for bis instantaneous 'shots' with the haud or detective camera. Thanks to mag nesium, be can now photograph at night, in doors, under the open sky, or in the recesses of the earth where the sun's rays never pen etrate." The Cathedral Band Concert. The Cathedral Band, which is also the Second Brigade Band, will give a concert in Lafayette Hall on December 17. There will be 45 numbers on the programme which is being arranged. Alter the concert an orchestra of 20 pieces will furnish musio for the dancers. A HARD cough distresses the patient, and racks both lungs and throat. Dr. D. Jayne's Expectorant is the remedy wanted to cure your cough, and relieve both the pulmonary and bronchial organs. Whex vou drink let it be of the best beer. That's the Iron City Brewing Co's, make. All first-class bars. Paris Bobes We offer a great bargain this week in Paris robes. Handsome, netf designs from 513 60 to 530 each. irssa Huaus SsJRscsj 1
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