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I LITTLE WIZARD.
Schaefer Defeats Slosson by 191
Points in Their Billiard Cham
pionship Match.
BKILLIAKT WORK WITH THE CUE.
Important Sleeting of the Stockholders of
the Players' League Clnb to
Settle Cp Affairs.
SLATIX TYILLIXG TO FIGHT COKBETT.
A Leal CisHtsge to Ecddy GtHjgher-C-cieril Eport
irg Km cf the D:y.
"Sew Yoke, Dec 1. Jacob Schacfer and
Georse I". Slosson played a billiard match
at Cbickering Hall to-night for the cham
pionship of the world, a cup emblematic of
the same and 1,000 a side. The hall was
crowded. The men played ou a standard
table. 5x10. The came was a 14-inch balk
line, 800 points up. Maurice Daly acted as
referee. The game bej;an at 8:30 r. 51.
Both men were in the pink ot condition.
There was a strong spirit of rivalry between
them, and everyone in the house felt they
were going to witness the best rjame of
billiards of their lives. Schaefer won the
string, and, choosing the spot ball, essayed
a long shot. He missed and the Student
started in. He found only 2. The Wizard
missed an easy shot and gave his opponent
another chance. Slosson nursed them care
fully and made 20 before he had to step
aside. Schaefer made 2 and Slosson 1 in the
next inning. In the fourth neither counted
and in the fifth Schaefer made none and
Slosson 1, while in the sixth Schaefer made
2, Slosson, 0. Schaefer had evidently
BECOYERED HIS XXRVS
when he opened th; seventh inning. Swift
ly, almost noiselessly, he counted every
time, and his brilliaut plays lrequently
evoked rounds of applause. "When he
passed the 25-point mark the crowd yelled
with joy. Forty-seven. 4S, 49, counted
aloud by Bud ScliorJeld, the official marker,
and then 50. Acain the Wizard was round
ly cheered. After making 87 points Schaef
er made what Beferee Dalyaecided was a
balk on the line, and Slosson took his place
to plav his half of the seventh inning.
Schaefer's good showing had evidently
nerved him, and there was a look of grim
determination on his thin white face. He
raissed an easy one on the forty-second shot,
however, and retired with something like a
smothered curse ou nis lips. Again Jake
took the cue, and there was a smile of tri
umph. In his first four shots he had two difficult
masse plays to make and the manner in
which he made them evoked thunders of
applause. There were many ladies in the
house and they were jut as much excited
and enthusiastic about the great came as the
men. Schaeler appejred to be silently the
favorite, but the belting ou the result of the
jrarae was even tanner and the choice. It
looked as if Schaefer was going to make a
record more in the eighth inning, but he lost
it on the lower left hand corner of the table
after counting 39 times.
THH STUDEST WAS rUSIIED.
Slosson, looking just a littie flushed, be
gan to play amid a death-like silence. He
counted up to the twenty-ninth shot, when
he made a brilliant cross-table shot, and
again in the forty-eighth shot. His ball
was at the foot of the table and the two
x others at the upper end, one in each corner.
He counted on them, though, and received
the greatest applause so far in the evening.
This seemed to rattle him, though, and he
went out on the forty-ninth shot. The score
at the end of the eichth inning was:
Schaefer, 10; Slosson, 114. The men were
ttied for tnc next lew innings. In the
ninth Schaefer made 2. Slosson 0; in the
tinth Schaefer made 10. Slosson G; in the
eleventh Schaefer 3, Slosson 7; twelfth,
Schaefer 3, Slosson 7; thirteemh, Schiefer
7, S'.oss.m 3; lourtecntb, Schaefer 1, Slosson
0. Then the Little Wizard went to tne table
again and played brilliantly until he missed
a difficult bank shot, alter making 17 points.
Slosson made a point, and missed au easy
cross-the-table shot. The average thus far
wvs very ordinary. Sixteenth inning,
Schaefer 0, Sloson lo; seventeenth, Sshaefer
3, Slosson 9. In the eighteenth inning Jake
nursed them on the lire and kept them there
until he lud scored 73 points, when he re
tired amid the plaudits of the ciowd. The
score, when Slosson went in to plav, was
.Schaefer 247, S.osson 1C2.
F THE WIZAED'S 'WONDERFUL 'VVOKK.
' In his half of the 18th Slosson counted 34
and in the 19th Schaefer played billiards.
Getting the ivories ou the line a;ain he
played them so that it seemed as if he had
ir.em on a wire. Back and forth he sent
'hem together across the table from one
i-onier to the other, and his cue hall flitting
, by and all around them. He drove them
-lowly down through the center of the green
lablclike a team of thoroushbredk. He
'never played in better form than during this
inning. He reached and passed the hun
dred liiark safely and still he kept on gent
ly clickingathe ivories. Where was he go
ing to stop? He still had them well in hand
and with every shot he seemed to gain more
confidence in himself.
His playing alone in this innincredcemed
the game irom any mediocrity. It was, in
deed, txpert playing. Schaefer made 128
points when he stopped. Slosson looked
Jcvcrish when he went to play. His hands
trembled ju-,t a little, and he missed an
easy shot alter making ten points. Schaefer,
a little over-confident, made only one in
his half of the twentieth inning. Slosson
seemed glad as he took his cue to play his
half of the same, but he only made eight,
and Schaefer opeued the twenty-first in
ning with a brilliant round-the-lable shot.
A niiscue ruined him a tcr he had made
13 points. Slosson could only make
nr.e. Twenty-second innisc, "Schaefer
11; SIoson, 8. Score, Schaefer, 403; Slos
son, 223. Betting three and four to one
against Slosson. The little Wizard's excel
lent playing seemed to have rattled him
badly. Twenty-third inning, Schaefer, 1;
Slosson, 0. Twenty-fourth, Jake began to
cet 'em again, and fondled the ivories in his
peculiarly graceful and all-arouiid-lhc-table-way
until he had scored 73. Slosson
made 4. Twcnty-fi;th inning, Schaefer, 9;
Slosson, 8. Twenty-sixth, Schae er, 0; Slos
son, 1. Twenty-seventh, Schaefer, 27;
Slosson, 42. Twenty-eighth, Schaefer. 30:
Slosson, 14. The score at the end of the
twenty-ninth inning was: Schaefer, 513;
Slosson, 324.
LOST ALL HOPE.
Thirtieth inning Schaefer, 44; Slosson,
0. The latter seemed to have lost hope.
Thirty-first Schaefer, 0; Slosson, 0. In
the thirty-second Schacfer again gave
a wonderful exhibition of nursing the
balls around the table. Bapidly he
rolled the points up to 80, and it
is hard to tell where he would have stopped
when he was kissed ofl, and Slosson s.gain
went to the table. He played the game for
ail he knew how, but something seemed to
be wrong with him, especially during the
earlv part of the came. He had said that
he never felt fitter to play billiards in
his life and yet some of his errors
would have shamed an amateur. Twenty
five was the most he could score in his half
of the thirty-second inning. From this on,
Slosson made more billiards than the lean
little man from Chicago, but itwas too late.
There were two runs of 60 and one of 59, but
Schacfer had too many already to the good
and in the forty-first inning ran out the 800,
leaving Slossorj at C09 noints.
Averages Schafer, ' 19 21-41; Slosson.
14 2G-41. Time of game, three hours
and thirty-fire minutes. Among those
present were T. H. White, of Chicago,
the former hacker of Slosson; John Dono
van, of St. Louis. The players appeared in
dress suits. Slosson carried his old 18
ounce cue, while Schaeler handled that
with which he played Vignaux.
How tho Experts Stand.
In view of last night's contest between
Schaefer and Slosson the following record rela
tive to the times they have played against each
other, previous o last night, will be of Interest:
In tho 31 contests at various styles of games of
billiards and in which these men have played
together, Schaefer has won eight bait line
games to Slossou's.flve; threegames of straight
rail .to blusson's four; two games ot cushion
champion's game (diagonal corner lines) tof
Slosson's tour. The total wins is 10 to 15 In
favor of Slosson. Or 22 games at all styles of
billiards played in tho West, Schaefer lias won
12. Of nine games at all styles played In Jue
East, Schaefer has won three. Both men stand
even in games non and lost in match contests,
and of their tournament games Schaefer has
won seven to Slosson's eight.
BABIJIE AND WAGNEB.
They Meet In Philadelphia and Talk Base
ball Matters Over Philosophically.
Philadelphia. Dec L Manager Barnie,
of Baltimore, member of the committee ap
poined at the recent Louisville meeting of the
American Association to fix up the circuit for
IbSL, was m this citv, and wa ciught in the
corridor of the Continental Hotel.
"Yes. I am on baseball business," said
Manaccr Barnie, "aud it Is in connection with
the American Association ciicuit. You see
there is a new man in the field as applicant for
the Philadelphia American Association fran
chise, and I came up just to satisfy myself as to
his star.dinjr. I und;it very satisfactory, indeed,
in fact, he is a man who will make baseball
solid."
J. Earl Wagner takes a very philosophical
view of the baseball situation, baid he:
"Tiicre is just one man who can fix matters up,
and his name is A. G. Spaldini. Just look at
tho committee in whese hands the matter rests.
The League men are A. G. Spalding. John B.
lay and O. II. Byrne, while Allen W. Thur
man, William Barnie and Chris Von der Abe
represent the American Association.
"That practically means bpaldinc with five
votes, aim Von der Alie with one, for Day,
Bvrne. Tim nil an and Baruie will all follow
Spalding's lead. If Spalding says we Players'
League people mil hare to give np ail our
players,' give them up we will: while if he says,
'keep jour team- ju-t asthevarem order to
make them better draulng attractions next
year, ou bet your lite that jrocs, too.
"The one thins that is certain is that salaries
will come down. It is necessary to make a cut
in order to keep baseball from flying a natural
death. The ball players besin to recongnize it.
Jocko Fields, of the Pittsburg club, got an eye
opener over at the New York meeting. Fields
cot SJ.500 last season, and he demanded S3.S0O
for next car.
'Hanlon lud offered to compromise at 3,000,
but Fields would not listen to it. He said he
was worth as much as any ball player, and
m ouldu't play ball unless he got it.
"When the Pittsburc clubs were consoli
dated, and J. Palmer O'Neill seemed to be the
governing spirit. Fields strutted up and dowu
the corridors of the hotel whistling the air.
They're After Me, They're After Me." and
finally button-holed O'Neill and said: 'Well,
how about next season?'
" 'Are you ready to signr said O'Neill.
" 'Yessaid Fields.
" 'Well, what do you want?' said O'Neill.
' 'Hanlon offered me S3.0C0, but 1 want $3,800,'
said Fields.
'I will give you 51,200. said O'Neill.
"Fields withdrew, much surprised."
HOT DISSOLVED YET.
The P. L. Stockholders Meet, but Adjourn to
Meet Again To-Day.
The stockholders of the local P. L. club met
at the office of W. D. Potter yesterday after
noon to wind up the affairs of the club. The
stockholders present were: Messrs. McCallin,
Bea, Kerr, Potter, Lemon, Hanlon, Tener, Gal
vin, Beyraer and Kaufman. Mr. Auten was
represented by proxy. No definite action as
taken, and the meeting adjonrued until this
evening.
After the meetinc Manager Hanlon stated
that everything bad been harmonious; that no
stockholders had a desire to withdraw. The
committee lately appointed to confer with the
local N. L. club committee relative to consoli
dation reported. Their report was unanimously
adopted. A little hitch occurred regardingone
or two items, tho details of which were not at
hand, and that, it Is stated, caused the adjourn
ment. Kezarding the debts of the club, Mr. Hanlon
stated that they would be cleared bythe sale of
stock. If this is trne. the club's dissolution
will be effected with little trouble. There is a
general desire to have the consolidation con
summated as speedily andsmootbly as possible.
If this done, the prospects of the new club
will be very encouraging.
THE ATHLETICS FEAHCEISE.
Three Parties Are bklrmislilng for the As
sociation Clnb in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Dec L Thero Is to bea
contest over the American Association fran
chise in this city, and the Wagner brothers will
no: have the plain sailing they anticipated.
Three parties are in the held who are anxious
to succeed the old Athletic club. First is Man
ager Billy Sharsig and the old Athletic stock
holders, with the exception ot Whltaker and
Pennypackcr. Then comes the Wagner broth
ers, and last of all comet an unknown, who
offers to run the club ou business principles.
Manager Barnie, one of the Conference Com
mittee, has been here investigating the stand
ins: of tho unknown man, and he says it is very
satisfactory, indeed. Barnie doesn't think that
tho Athletic stockholders have much show.
President Wagner, ot the Philadelphia (P.L.)
club, talks very nopefnlly of his chances. He
said: "There is just nne man who cm Ux mat
ters no, and his name is A. G. Spalding."
Pitcher "Kid'" Gleasnn signed a contract to
play with the Philadelphia clnb next season.
TO CONFER, WITH YOUNG.
Sir Gay Hecker Goes Away to Meet tho
National League President.
In response to a telegram from President
Yonng, of the National Leasue, Guy Hecker
went to Washinston last evening. As to what
the business on hand was Mr. Hecker had
nothing to say. Some of his friend', however,
conjecture that Sir Guy is aiming at the man
agement of the proposed Association club in
Washington. It he is Pitt-burgers will wish
him success, and bv engaging him the new club
will secure a cood man.
President Young, in his telegram, also stated
that the time and place for the next meeting of
the Conference Committee has not yet been
hxed: but he states it will probably be held in
Pittsburg.
A New Baseball League.
Efforts are being made to organize what Js
called an amateur baseball league for next sea
son, the league to consist ol clubs in Pittsburg
and near-by tonns. Already the following
clubs have declared their willingness to join
tlie proposed league: Acme. Bridgewater,
MansUcId and Homestead. It Is also under
stood that the clubs at Greensburg and Tarea
tutn will join the prooosed organization.
WILL SELL THE STOCK.
The Will of the. Lato Mr. Belmont Demands
the Sale of Ills Stable.
New Yoke. Dec 1. The entire breeding
and racing stud of the late August Belmont, it
was officially stated to-day, would be sold to
comply with tbo will of the banker. The pro
visions of tho will call for the disposition of
all the horses in and ont of training, including
the imported stallions and brood mares, and
even the stables and fixtures: in fact, every
thing connected with the turf. It was the ex
pressed wish of Mr. Belmont that the racing
stable should uot be continued after his death
bv his sons. The will and its injunc
tions will bo followed nut to the letter.
This will does not stipulate that the
horses shall not be bonght in, but the sons
know that it was the wish of Mr. Belmont that
the racing establishment be broken up. Just
biw or when the vast and valuable stables and
their contents will be disposed of is unknown
atpresont.
The racing stable includes some-of tho very
best horses now in training or at the stud in
this or any other country.
The Board of Be view.
Chicago, Dec 1. To-morrow the Board of
the American Trotting Association will hold an
important session here The last session
was prolific in disputes and protests. Owners
of horses have been fined for falsifying class
entries. Judges throughout the domain of the
American Trotting Association have been ac
cused of discriminating, and altogether over
SO cases will bo decided by the Board of Ap
peals. Wonts Another Battle.
Jack Hayes, the man who defeated J. Barnes
In a fight early Sunday morning, offeis to fight
either Billy or Harry Maguire to a finish for a
purse or a stake. Hayes will meet the Maguircs
at this office next Saturday night at 830.
Lewis and Acton matched.
San Francisco, Dec L KYn Lewis and j
Joe Acton have signed articles for another
-wrestling match for 5500 a side, to take place
on December!1. The match is to be catch-as-,
catch-can, best three in five falls.
SUSTAINED BY THE A. A. U.
The Suspension of Banker, of Pittsburg, and
Others .Must Stand.
NEW York, Dec."L Owing to a large amount
of Important business, the meeting of the Board
of Managers of the Amateur Athletic Union,
held on Saturday night at the Berkeley Ath
letic Club house, did not end until late yester
day morning. The application of the Pastime
Athletic Club for permission to hold the New
York State boxing championship contests was
refused. The Downes Record Committee re
ported progress. The Board decided to allow
tbe:Manbattan Athletic Club to hold the two
mile steeplechaso and the ten-mile flat cham
pionship race, provided the club would turn
over the profits, if any, to the Union.
The board decided to sustain the suspension
of the following riders by the League of Amer
ican Wheelman ncnding investigation: L.
Clarke. EngIeood,"N. J.jHoyland Smith, New
Bedford, Mass.; F. F. Ires, Meriileu; William
Van Wagoner, Newport, K. L; W. S. Campbell
and A. B. Kich, New York City; Charles and
William Murphy, of Brooklyn; W. D. Banker,
Pittsburg; F. Howard Tuttle, Chicago, III.; V
S. Gassier. Niagara Falls; W. S. Class. Brook
lyn, and Charles Kluge. Jersey City all mem
bers of the New York Athletic Club; E. C.
Anthony, Taunton. Mass.. and P. J. Berlo, Bos
ton members of the Manhattan Athletic Club,
and W. West, of tho Centura Wheelmen of
Philadelphia. Mr.A. G, Mills declined toserve
any longer on the Legislation Committee, owing
to increased private business matters.
The application of Mr. Hughes for another
hearing in tho case of Luther H. Cary, who Is
alleged to have run 100 yards in 9 seconds, was
laid over until President George Carr, of the
Manhattan, who is the representative ot his
club on tho. board, attends a meeting.
A rule was adopted to the effect that in future
boxing competitions every man defeated by tho
winner in the competition shall be given a
chance to fight tor second prize
A MAN FOR GALLAGHER.
An Unknown Can be Matched to Fight Him
to a Finish.
A well-known and responsible local sporting
man called at this office last evening and left
the following statement:
"I have noticed recently that Reduy Gal
lagher has been talking considerably about be
ing anxious to fight anybody of his own weight;
Now, I have an unknown, who will fight Gal
lagher at 158 pounds, to a finish, before any club
that will offer a reasonable purse to fight for.
I will also bet Gallagher 51,000 on the outside
that he is defeated. I am making no bluff, and
I am ready to pnt up tho 51,000 in any newspa
per office that Gallagher may select."
The gentleman who made the above state
ment is one of the most reliable men among
the sporting men of the country. He means
every word be says and he will name his un
known when the articles are signed. At any
rate there is now a chance lor Gallagher.
SLAVIN IS WILLING.
The Australian Will Box Corbett, but Only
for Big Stakes.
tBT DCSLAP'S CABLE COJIFAXT.l
Losdox. Dec 1. Frank P. Slaviu has re
ceived a cable dispatch from the Olympic Club,
New Orleans, offering a purse of 58,000 if be,
Slavin, will meet Corbett in a sparring match
before the club in question.
Slavin answers through the Dunlap company
exclusively that ho ill arrept the offer if Cor
bett will make a bet of 500. He also requires
Corbett to make a deposit of 200 forfeit with
some reputable sportmg paper in Now York or
London. If these terms are acceptable the
club may forward the articles of agreement at
once for Slavin's signature
Sporting Notes.
The P. L. club will be definitely dissolved this
evening.
The Boston league club have no claim whatever
on Harry Storey.
Gfklkal Dixweli, has postponed his trip to
Europe for a few months.
Charley KADnounx says' that should his new
hotel prove a success he will bid goodby to the ball
field.
Tost Knows will eo to work Monday In Frank
Jfewton's billiard room. Tom Is au expert with
the cue.
AN official of the P. I., club stated last evening
tht the indebtedness or that club Is only between
55,000 and J5.0C0.
Secretary McCrackis-, of the Homewood
Drlvlnc Park, stated yesterday that tho track Is
alt rlsht for next season.
IT was the general opinion among the New
York billiard talent that "the average of last
night's big match would not exceed 23.
Philip JJwyer has publicly announced that If
the Belmont horses are put upatpubllcauctlonho
will buy the futurity winner, Potomac no mat
ter now high a price he may have to pay.
GCVHECKElt bought a house and lot at Sheri
dan station yesterday, for which he pild 2.400.
The house has slv rooms and was elegantly
lurnished, and the furnishings were included In
the sale.
Although there are over 200 head of horses
quartered at the New Orleans race track, and the
racing promises to "ie lirst class, the attendance
on race days Is so small that three bookmakers
are sufficient to do all the business In the betting
ring
"Joe" DOSOGniTE. the American skater, has
rccentlT been stopping at OstPrdalen Koppang,
Norway. In letter received at IcwBurg, M.
Y.. from "Joe" yesterday he states that he had
his first skate about two weeks ago on rather bad
Ice on a pond. He states that Pander, the ania
tenr champion, and Kizraa. the professional
chamDlon of Holland, are to le at Ilamar, .Nor
way. shortly to go into training. "Joe" Is
already entered tor the races or the Hamar
bkatlng Club on January 11, andbefore returning
home In February will skate In all tie i-uropcau
races he can conveniently enter.
WHILE en route from Nashville to New Orleans
five ortlie horses of the Avomlale stable owned
by Sir. B. S (iardlner, the turf correspondent,
caught cold on the train. Ancr their arrival In
jew Urlean6 the cold decloped into typhol 1
pneumonia, and Impress, a yearling, by Jlr.l'ick
wlck Ida K., for whom $o,0uo waj re. used, and
Pierre a black jcarling colt, by Casino Persia,
died Friday. Katuna, a two-j-ear-old filly, by
Bramble Kathleen, valued at tireu. died yester
day. Wicked and .Malacc, the otner two sufler
crs. are not expected to live Malacca 15 a three-jear-oldfillvbv
t.ukc Blackburn -Malluran. and
Wicked a jtarllng filly by AlIscrWessleHlsKlns.
Fob Wester;
PlXSSTIjVAS ia
and "West Vir
ginia: Light
S it o w s, Noeth
eelt "Winds,
Lower Temperature, Cold Wave in
Western Pennsylvania and West
Virginia.
Pittsburg, Dec. 1, 1SS0.
The United States Signal Service officer iu
this city furnishes the following:
Time. Tlier
8:00 A.M. 3t
10:00A. m .
J1.O0A. M a
J2:0O M .IS
1:00 P. M. S3
s:00r. 11.. K
Thit.
S:00P.M. 34
Maxlmnm temp.... 39
Minimum temp. .... 32
Range 7
Mean tcmn 3.55
.Snowfall OS
SPECIAL WEATHEB BULLETOT.
A Fall In Temperature to 22 Below Zero
at -Winnipeg,
The storm that was developed over the lake
region on Sunday, moved out to the Atlantic
coast with greatly increased energy. The low
pressure area in the northwest moved south
westwa'rd, and was central yesterday over tho
central valleys, extending eastward to the Alie
Chenles, with conditions favorable for a storm.
The high, pressure area iu the west moved
southward, Riving place to another high pres
sure area of'greatcrmagnitude, which bad ap
peared in the Northwest, It was cloudy and
threatening in tbo Tennessee and Ohio Valleys,
and suow tell at many places in tho lake region.
A decided fall of temperature occurred in the
extreme northwest and In the New England
States The lowest .was at Winnipeg 22 below
zero.
Klver Telegrams.
rrrzciAt. teleoram to the ctsrATcn-i
WABitxif-Klver 2 feet and falling. Weather
cold with light snow.
MOKGAitTOWK-BIver 4 feet ana stationary.
Kilning.
Bnowssvu.1.1 Klver S feet 1 Inches and
stationary. Weather clondy.
IiOCisrin,7i-IUver5 feet- 9 Inches and falling
on tlie fills.' Weather clear andpleasant.
EVATf svn.T.i-Rlver 15 feet 3 Inches and railing.
Weather ciearaua eq'd.
-JlMrns-lvefalllnB., "Weather clear,
GfJf Hif THE WEATHER.
-9- M,m
,tryv
DEMANDS OF MINERS.
-
The United Workers Preparing a
Scale of Prices.
A STilKE IS MOT AMICIPATED.
Wagiuz & Strong Crusade Against All Who
ire Sot Union Men.
BURGLAESBEEAKlNTOAPENlTiSNTIARI
'(FECIAL TELEGUAH TO TIM DWPATCIM
ScoTTDALE, Dec. L The Scale Com
mittee of the United Hine Workers is still
iu session, formulating their annual demands
to tho operators. An advance is said'to be
wanted for both coke drawing and mining,
but the extent of the advance cannot be
ascertained. Master Workman Kerfoot
said to-day that their demands would be so
just and equitable that a strike would not
be necessary next IFebruary, the time for
making the wage agreement for the ensuing
year. He said that he looked for a peaceful
adjustment of all wage difficulties, and a
strike was only a remote possibility. Con
tinuing, he said:
"Both sides realize the gravity of the situa
tion. A prolonged strike would be detri
mental to both employer and employe. We
are amply prepared lor a long strike, how
ever, as the cokers were never iu such a
thoroughly organized condition."
The mine workers are once more waging
a crusade against non-unionists, and, begin
ning with to-day, all unorganized men will
be charged an initiation fee of $5. The re
ported combine of the Mahoning and She
nango Valley furnace men, to secure a re
duction iu the quoted price of coke, has
caused no great flutter in coke circles. Op
erators say they can land a ready market for
their output, aud no ehauge in price is ex
pected. A MIKE DISPUTE.
'interesting; Case Before Arbitrators at West
Newton.
TSPECIAI. TELtGBAM TO THE DISFATCII.J
West Newton, Dec L An important case,
and one which involve!) John BIytbe & Co. and
W. L. Scott, is now pending, and at present is
in the bauds of six arbitrators. The cause of
the trouble was thojattempt of the Bobbins
Coal Company, which is operating tho Yough
Valley mines at Guffey station, on the Balti
more and Ohio, to open an air course across
the main tunnel of the Bobbins station mines,
ft Inch are operated by John Blythe i Co. Mr.
Bobbins owns a right of way throngh the
Blythe coal, by a well-defined line, but through
tho inaccuracy of soma one. his men were put
to work opening a coarse 100 feet from the
specified line.
On the night of November 1, Robblns' men
broke throush into the Blythe mine, where the
latter's men were awaiting them, and prepared
to resist all attempts to go forward. Both
parties numbered about 50, and an underground
riot, with consequent bloodshed, was witn diffi
culty prevented. The respective positions of
the. men were held peaceably for nine days
and nine nights, when Bobbins asked the Court
to grant, a preliminary injuncti6h. restraining
BIytbe & Co. from interfering with the open
ins of tho air course. Blythe answered by
showing that Bobbins was far off the line of
bis right ot way.
Tho right of way owned by Bobbins Is 16
feet by 2.032 feet through the coal of Blythe &
Co. Messrs. Morebead and Head, and Messrs.
Wcstling aud Miller represented Blythe & Co.
before the court. Messrs Marchand and
Gaither, and Senator E. Bobbins and A. L.
Petty represented Bobbins & Co. At tho re
quest of the counsel of both sides, and with the
expectation of amicable adjustment, tbe Court
withheld its decision, and a board of viewers
was appointed. V. It Scott is also disputing
wiih the West Newton Shaft Company over the
lines of division betneen their respective mines
here.
DOUBT ABOUT THE BODY.
The Cox Family Not Sure as to a Dead
Itelative's Identity.
t rFPECIAIvTEI-EOBAM TO THE DISPATCH.. H3.
Braddock, Dec 1. A curious incident
occurred in tho Old St. Thomas Graveyard
last week, the contents or which are being
exhumed and removed to other places to make
room for anew church, which tbe congregation
are intending to build. Some laborers were
engaged in opening the grave, in which were
supposed to be buried the bodies of James and
Michael Cox. James Cox was drouned while
making a trip down the river with his uncle,
Captain McMichael, of Port Perry.
This occurred during the fall of tho year of
1868. and the following spring a body was dis
covered floating in the river, which was taken
to the morgue in Plttsbnrc, where it remained
for some dajs without being Identified, and was
ordered buried at tho couuty's expense. Some
time after one of tho brothers of James Cox,
hearing of this called on tbe Coroner and iden
tified a ring which that official had in his posse
sion, and which he claimed to have taken fr'ra
the dead man's finger. Wfth the required per
mission, tbe body was disinterred and removed
to St. Thomas' Graveyard, Braddock, of the
Cox family.
The body was not examined during tbe time
for other evidences of the dead man's identity,
and when tbo bones, part of the clothing and a
pair of shoes were found this time, tho rela
tives ft ore present to examine and discover ail
that was possible In the matter. Some of them
agree that the body of the man is James Cox,
and others claim that it Is not.
FUBKACE A BLOWN IK.
McXeesport Has Another Added to Her
Great Industries.
nsrurtAt. TELEOnAM to tu mspatch.1
McKEEsroRT, Dec 1. This aftprnoon, at a
few minutes before 0 o'clock, furnace A of tho
Monon plant was blown in in the presence of
tbe officers of the National Tube Works Com
pany and many invited guests. Mrs. . C. Con
verse, the wife of General Manager Converse,
applied the torch, and the fire now lighted will
continue until such time as it is necessary to re
line the furnace.
Furnace B will be blown in about the lath
inst. To-day's programme was a memorable
one, as It put iu operation another great indus
try whiih will add greatly to tho manufactur
ing importance of this place.
Tbe officers of the company are: E. C. Con
verse, President: D. W. Hitchcock, Vice Presi
dent; W. S. Eaton, Treasurer: C. I. O'Connor,
Secretary; M. B. hchiller. General Manager.
It is tbe intention to manufacture the highest
grades of Bessemer and forged pig iron from
Lake Superior ores. It has a cap city of from
450 tooOU tons daily, and will employ 100 men.
There is one mile of trestling railroad around
the plant, which will connect with the Balti
more aud Ohm Railroad and also the Pe
mickey. Tho plant u as built at a cost of 1,000.
000. STILL ANOTHER FAILURE.
The Deposit Bank of Indiana Closes Its
Doors Temporarily.
ISrZCIAI. TELEGRAM TO IUI DISPATOIt.!
Indiana. Dec. 1. The Deposit Bank, of this
place, closed its doors to-day. B. IC Jamison
aud William Stewart, the principal inerubersof
the Philadelphia banking house of B. K. Jami
son t Co., were stockholders in tho Indiana
County Deposit Bank, and upon the failure of
Jamison & Co. tho Deposit Bank had with
them 5C0 shares of Pennsylvania Ballroad
stock, valued at $25,000. and S20.0UO in cash to
meet all checks.
Judge White, who is tho owner ot $41,000 of
the $100,000 oanital stock ot the Deposit Bank,
went to Philadelphia on Friday and returned
here last night. He failed to receive tho rail
road shares or any part of tho 20,000 surplus,
and was offered in Kemble's Bank Exchange
fourGovernment4perceutClcarlng House cer
tificates. This morning the available money In the De
posit Bank was $6,900. Tbe bank posted a rioto
on the door that business would be suspeuded
f or nfew days. Subsequently Judge White made
a statement to the throng of depositors and
stockholders in tbe street that tho bank would
pay dollar for dollar in a few days.
THE BEDFORD TEACHERS.
A Larger Turn Ont Than Ever Before Seen
in tho County.
.'FFFCIAL TELEOIIAM TO THE ntSPATOH.l
Bedford, Dec L The Teachers' Institute
convened in tho public school Building to-day,
375 teachers answering to the roll call, tbe
largest turnout in the history of the county.
The instructors for tho week arc Professors
M. G. Brumbaugh, Huntington; M. Berkey,
Somerset: D. C. Murphy, Bidgeway; G. M. D.
Eckels, of the Bbippensburg State Normal
Schools, and B. Boas, of tho California State
Normal Schools, superintendent Potts has
arranged for some of -the leading lecturers of
tbo day to entertain the teachers every oven
lngdurldgthe'lnstlttlte. ' - ....
ALL ABOUT A CANINE.
A Zanesvllle Man Acquitted of Stealing a
Woman's Pug.
SrlCTAL TELZGBAil TO THE DISFATCR.;
Zanesville, O., Dec L A remarkable trial
was concluded in the Common Fleas here to
day in the acquittal of Colonel H. M. Hovey,
charged with stealing a pug dog from Ada
Boss. Tbe trial was probably the first under
tho new law making dogs property, and tbe
grand jury finding the Indictment asked for a
special charge on that point.
The defendant is a noted local politician and
tbe dog was removed from a sporting house and
taken to .Marietta by him. Tbe owner secured
its return through a replevin suit. The trial
was conducted in a crowded court room and
many technical points were raised by counsel
tbat would have carried the case to the Supreme
Court had tbe defendant been found guilty.
THE EBENSBUHG FAILURE.
Creditors Express Their Confidence In
Cashier Duck.
IKFEOIAI. TEL1.QKAM TO THE DISPATCH.:
Ebeksbubo, Dec. 1. A meeting of the de
positors of tbe Johnston, Buck & Co. bank was
held to-day, at which M. J. and A. W. Buck
were present. By unanimous vote the creditors
expressed their confidence iu Cashier Buck.
A committee of three, consisting of J. M. A.
Llovd and Webster Griffith, of Ebeosburg, and
J. W. Sharbaugh, of Carrolltou, was appointed
to examine tbe bank accounts and make their
report. The examination is under way to-day.
BOLD SAFE BLOWERS
Successfully Break Into the West Virginia
Penitentiary.
rSFECIAL TELEOltAM TO THE DISFATCH.l
Wheeling, Dec. 1. Burglars broke Into tho
Weft Virginia Penitentiary last night, and
blowing open the safe in the broom department
secured a small sum of money. Tbo crooks
scaled the wall of the pen, and the robbery was
not discovered until this morning.
The prison is one ot tbo strongest and best
guarded m the country, and the burglary is
considered one of tbe most daring and unique
iu criminal annals in this State.
Thought it "Wasn't Loaded.
ISrECIAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
CANTON, Dec L Orrie Newhouse and Willie
Warner, two young boys living at Louisville,
went bunting on Sunday last. On the road
home Warner leaned bis g'in against a stump,
and, pointing toward Newbouse, pulled the
trigger. The entire charge entered Newhouse's
thigh. He was carried home and is now in a
critical condition. Warner says he thought tbe
gun wasn't loaded.
Tri-State Brevities.
Harry Swartz, a well-known politician
of Scottdale, died suddenly yesterday.
John Myers, 16 years old, was severely in
jo red last night by being thrown from a street
car.
The house of Michael Costello, at Braddock,
was yesterday damaged by fire to the amount
of $300.
The congregation of the First United Pres
byterian Church used an organ in their edifice
for the first time on Sunday.
The fire in tbe Fountain mines at Scottdale.
which was thought to have been extinguished
two weeks ago, has again broken out.
-An Austrian employed at Stewart's station,
near Greensburg. was found dead yesterday in
his boarding shanty with bis skull fractured.
The lack of gas in the vicinity of Braddock
and Bankln has made it necessary for a num
ber of manufacturers to shut down abdut half
tbe time.
The coal works ot Gumpert fc riuey, at
Elizabeth, have again started up nnder an
arrangement entered into by the firm, its credit
ors and assignee.
Information has been received at Akron,
O., of the death at Santa Cruz, Cal., of Colonel
Edward Sumner, formerlv a resident of that
place. He was a ell known Mason.
A new Christian Church at Mansfield Val
ley will be dedicated January 7, while St.
Joseph's Catholic Church, at tbe same place,
will be finished the same month.
JonN Bushing, the Hungarian, who was
severely burned by running against a red-hot
charge of iron in the National Mills at McKees
port, is in a critical condition and may die.
IF YOU HAVE
4alaria or Piles. Sick Heacachp, Costive
BoweU, Dumb Ague, Sour Stomach 2nd Belch
ing; If your food does not assimilate and you
nave nn ap-jmnB
Tuft's
Wil cure ihese troubles. Price, 25 cents.
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EIGHT-YEAR-OLD
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Is highly recommended and successfully
used for Mental and Physical Exhaustion,
overwork, and a wonderful restorative in
nervous exhaustion.
It is par-excellence as a general household
remedy, and is as pure as pure can be. In
dorsed by medical men of the highest dis
tinction. This Whisky is sold only in Pittsburg by
the proprietors,
JOS. FLEMING & SON,
Wholesale and Retail Druggists.
C. O. D. Orders solicited and promptly
shipped. Address
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412 MARKET ST.,
PITTSBURG, PA.
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Vithan Increased capacity and hydraulic
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itcan hepivi'n in a cup of coileo or tea. or in
articles or food, without the knowledge of the pa
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will eQcct a permanent and bpcedycure, whether
the liatientli n moderate drinker or an alcoholic
wreek.' IT NEVKIt KAILS. It oiwrateb so
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Eztra Heavy Stockinette Jackets, Newest Things
in Reefers, Stylish Things in Medium-Weight
Newmarkets, in Plain Black and Plaids.
Seal Plush Jackets from $10 up to S35, choice and stylish in design,
and fit elegantly.
Seal Plush Sacques the very best values ever sold $14 up to $45.
Please compare these with anything offered and see if you don't save
money.
Our stock of Loose Wraps deserve special attention. Ladies who
do not care for a tight-fitting garment should see the provison we have
made for them. Dress and comfort in loose garments specially made to
our own order, in Plush, Beaver, Diagonal and Silk-lined Fine Imported
Wool Cords. So great is the variety your taste can be met and satisfied.
Prices from $5 to $6o each.
New Fur Capes from $4 to S50. New Collarettes, $2 50 to $25.
New Muffs, in all the fashionable furs, from 35c to $65 each.
Children's Furs, Mulls, Boas and Collarettes.
Hundreds upon hundreds of Misses' and Children's Cloaks and
Jackets.
Also, a full line of Boys' Clothing, for school and dress wear, at
prices lower than you generally pay for the same class of goods.
Boys' Suits from Si 5otojSi2. Large line new Fall Overcoats for
Boys, 4 to 18 years Prices, $2 50 to $12.
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IfEW PUBLICATIONS.
5 P
ty December "Centurg"
CONTAINS :
Two papers in the illustrated series
written by survivors and describing
"THE GOLD HUNTERS OF CALIFORNIA,"
"Life in California before the Gold Discovery," by General John Bidwell,
"Ranch and Mission Life in Alta California," by Guadelupe Vallejo.
FOUR COMPLETE STORIES,
(With illustrations by Kemble, Gibson and Redwood)
"Fourteen to One," by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps',
"The Cynical Miss Catherwaight," by Richard Harding Davis,
"A Conscript's Christmas," by Joel Chandler Harris,
"A Pair of Old Boys," by Maurice Thompson.
Beginning of a Three-part Story of Life in a Kentucky Convent,
"SISTER DOLOROSA," By JAMES LANE ALLEN.
A GROUP OF CHILD-POEMS, By JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY,
Illustrated by Kemble.
" The Border-Land of China" (illustrated), in the new series
AN AMERICAN IN TIBET.
Chapters of the Illustrated Novelette by F. Hopkinson Smith,
"COLONEL CARTER OF CARTERSVILLE."
"Some Views on Acting," by Tommaso Salvini;
"Can a Nation have a Religion?" by Lyman Abbott;
"Laurels of the American Tar in 1812" (illustrated);
"The Record of Virtue," a novel experiment ;
Poems by Austin Dobson, Lathrop and others ;
"Franklin in Allegory"; Departments, etc
A NUMBER full of variety and interest. Seventy illustrations. Sold every
where on and after December istj price 35 cents. This is the subscrit
tion season. Subscriptions ($4.00 a year) taken by all dealers and the pub
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Overcoats made up by Amer
ica's premier merchant tailors are
now being offered for sale by ua
at one-half of the price that the
jneasure was originally taken for.
Thereby you are only paying for
the actual outlay of the Cloth,
Trimmings and the Journeymen's
pay for making it up.
THEY MUST IE SOLD
BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS,
These prices -will convert you if
you have any intention of buying
elsewhere but ours :
810 buys the choice of any of our
820 made to order Overcoate.
812 buys the choice of any of our
825 made to order Overcoats.
815 buys the choice of any of our
830 made to order Overcoats.
817 buys the choice of any of our
835 made to order Overcoats.
820 buys the choice of any of our;
840 made to order Overcoats.
825 buys the choice of any of our
850 made to order Overcoats.
We are the exclusive agents of
this city for all Misfits and uncalled
for Garments.
A CARD
TO MERCHANT TAILORS
As we are overstocked in the
way of Overcoats, consequently
will not advance anymore bids for
the time vbeing.
STTITS,
In all styles that were made up to
order for 820 to 850, will be sold
for 810 to $25, and a perfect fit in
sured. Original and Only Genuine
OVERCOATS.
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We close at 6 P. M. Open Satur- "3
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