ssSEssssra rvrvyntgOQpvrfff THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH.; PAGES 9 TO 16. T t SECOND PARt7 HAS FA1THJN KOCH, Sir Morrell Mackenzie Defends the German Doctor and In dorses His Cure. A REBUKE FOR PASTEUR Prom tho Great English Specialist, Who Gives His Experience With the Koch Lymph HO VIOLENT REACTION RESULTED. Great Medical Discoveries in Store for the World, Sir Morrell Thinks, Are Sure to Come Soon. STAETLIKG SDEPKISES FROM KOCH, Tie Suae Authority Says, Art Ret ImproUMe Within the Kelt Ttv Weeks, In the tight of Present Lrerti. TEE METHODS OF GIKHAN PHYSICIAKS TBT DUXLAP'S CABLE C0HPA3TT.1 London, Dec 6. Sir Morrell Mackenzie was seen this aternoon by a Dunlap re porter on the subject of Prof. Pasteur's in terview and his viewson the recent discovery of Prof. Koch. "Ah," said the great specialist in throat diseases, "so Pasteur has Cot his knife into Koch?" "Is there any reason, Sir Morrell, for ill feeling to exist between the Professors?" asked the reporter. "Not that I know," answered the surgeon, "except on the question of nationality, which, let me say, as one who has had some experience in the matter, is very strong in the medical profession. I have heard that Pasteur has made a very con siderable advance in the preventive remedy of which he speaks, but we are not likely to hear more of it until it is tolerably com plete. Of course, in the process of time we shall discover the bacillus for all specific diseases, fever and other illnesses, which run a distinct, specific course, but for the others, such as rheumatism, which is a most uncertain disease, no bacillus will ever be discovered. 2fo Violent Reaction Resulted. "Do you consider that the Koch lymph is of such unheard of virulence as that de scribed by Prof. Pasteur, and the reaction it produces might prove fatal and probably affect other parts of the body in an injurious manner?" That has not proved to be the result wltlT my experiments thus far, as in the hospital patients I have treated I have injected a eentrigramme of lymph, which is five times stronger than the injections referred to by Pasteur. So far the patients have s'ood the treatment remarkably well and there has not been any violent reaction. I have heard, how ever, that one patient in Frankfort and one in Innsbruck have died from the effects of inoculation with the lymph. In fact, this has prevented my treating a private patient, for when he read in the newspapers the accounts of these deaths, although perfectly willing before, he refused to allow me to operate on him. "Would you advise all consumptive peo ple to undergo the treatment. Sir Morrell?" "I certainly would," came the immediate and unhesitating answer. "If the Duke of Clarence, for instance, had any cause to con sult me for pulmonary consumption I should most certainly advise him to undergo the Coch treatment." Some Great Discoveries In Store. "How long will it be before you can say Jefinitelv when the patients who are now knder your care will be proved to be Jnred?" "I cannot say; nay, I cannot pretend to jive you even an approximate time." "You have seen, I suppose, Sir Morrell, that Sir Joseph Lister reports that Prof. Koch will startle the world in a few weeks with more new discoveries?" 'TeE, and I think it is very highly4 proba ble he will. The Germans are very far ahead of the English and American doctors in experiments of this nature. One reason for this state of affairs is that until recently the Koyal Collese of Surgeons of England, which is the wealthiest medical corporation in the world, had no pathological labora tory. I understand that this time state of affairs exists in New York and that the laboratory of the Bcllevue Hospital is only provided by the money left by some of the late members of the Vanderbiit family. "Again, you see the German nature runs after experiments and the German doctors are content to live on a much smaller in come than that which would suffice for a successfnl London or New York physician, and by strictly attending to his patients he is able to spend some of his income and de vote a part of his time to scientific re searches." "Do you know to what new diseases Sir Joseph Lister refers? ' "No, I do not, hut I am convinced that we are on the eve of great discoveries on the lines which have been laid down both by Prof. Koch and Prof. Pasteur." THE WATER OF LOTJRDES Being; Tried by the Duke of Norfolk for Hli Crippled Son. IBT CABLE TO T1IK DISrATCH.l London, Dec. C The Dnke of Norfolk, hereditary Earl Marshall of England and chief Catholic peer, is now at Lourdes with his crippled son. He has been there twice previously upon the same sad errand. But heretofore the miraculous waters have hadno effect upon the lad. The Duke's faith, how ever, is abundant and has within the past week been strengthened by signs of apparent improvement in his son's condition. CITIZEHS MUST ASSIST. An Authoritative Decision Given by the BriLUh Court. IDT CABLI TO THX DISPATCH. LONDON, Dec 6. It hat been decided in the British court this week, and confirmed by the law officers of the Crown, that every citizen, unless physically incapacitated, is bound to assist the police when called upon. The decision, which is authoritative, was given in the case ot a man who declined to help a policeman to carry a violent prisoner to the nearest lockup. STANDING BY CHICAGO. A CmZErT OF THAT CITY DEFEHDS THE "WESTERIT EMPORIUM In a Discussion Over the World's Fair The Big Town of the West Slightingly Referred to by British Critics, Who Pre fer New Xork. BT CABLX TO THX DtSrATCa.1 London, Dec 6. On Wednesday even ing the Royal Society of Arts, the proceed ings of which as a rule are somewhat dull, had a fairly interesting discussion, the sub ject being the World's Columbian Exposi tion, to be held in Chicago in 1892. The talk was commenced by James Dredge, a member of the society executive council, and editor of Engineering, who read a prodig iously long paper, in which he told the story of the New York versus Chicago struggle. Dr. Dredge evidently wonld hare prelerred the former site had he been compelled to make a choice of the two cities; but his own particular fancy is Niagara, over which he waxed very enthusiastic, to the disadvan tage of Chicago. He doubted whether an exhibition at a pi ice like Chicago could become an international show; but he ad mitted that some English traders might find it worth their while to exhibit. Sir Richard Webster, Attorney General; Sir Truman Wood and Sir Frederick Bram well expressed the hope that the British Government would be officially represented, but they were not sanguine. Nobody seemed to understand the process of reasoning which induced Americans to prefer Chicago to New York. Mr. Kennedy, the famous Foreign Office negotiator of commercial treaties, seemed hurt that the British Government had not been asked to help the exhibition; but his speech rather indicated that he should be very much surprised it European recognition should be asked for any show notheld in the commercial capital and greatest port of the United States. A Chicago man who had accidentally found his way to the meeting was much grieved at the slighting manner in which the great emporium of the West had been referred to, and he forthwith proceeded to tell some wonderful tales about its limitless wealth, power and population, which made some of his audience wonder whether Lon don is not about played out. The Chicago man, who declared his name to be Grisheir, but did not spell it, waxed especially elo quent upon the alleged fact that within a radins of COO miles of his city there were 22,000,000 people, whereas in a similar ra dius around New York there were only 17,000,000. A mild-manuered man in the audience murmured something about the Atlantic Ocean swallowing up half of New Y'ork's radius and the fiirness of counting people at sea; but the Chicago man looked so fierce and determined that the argument was not followed up. PRESIDENT'S PROCLAMATION WILL BE THE HEXT STEP XS THE WORLD'S FATS ARRAWQEMEHT8. Rales and Regulations Completed by the Director General State of Washington Ready to Take rart England Will Prob ably Have a Good Exhibit, Chicago, Dec 6. Director General Davis, of the World's Fair, has completed his regulations to be sent to foreign coun tries along with the President's proclama tion. This afternoon the joint committee appointed to review these regulations, passed npou them and they will be ready for pre sentation to the President next week. The rules are an epitome of the experience of the most successful expositions of the world. Twelve departments are provided for. All Governments will be invited to appoint commissions for the purpose of organizing their departments of the Exposition. Ap plications for space must be filed with the commission of the country where the article is produced. No duties will be levied upon articles for exhibition unless entered for final consump tion in the United States. Transportation, receiving, unpacking and arranging of pro ducts wiU be at the expense of exhibitors, but exhibitors will not be charged for space, and a reasonable amount ot power will be furnished free of charge. Special regula tions will be issned concerning the exhibi tion of fine arts, and other points not touched upon in 'these preliminary instruc tions. The financial report of the Directors will be ready Tuesday morning. President Palmer's notification will also be ready, and it is probable that on Tuesday morning Director Peck will bear all three of the documents to Washington. He and Secretary Butterworth will present them to the President and formally request him to issue his proclamation to foreign nations. The new State of Washington has a World's Fair Association, with headquarters at Seattle, and has sent information here to the effect that its Legislature will appro priate 5250,000. An effort is also being made to secure an appropriation of a like amount from Oregon. Colonel Fred Beaumont, a member of the British Parliament and also of the Boyal Engineers, was at headquarters this morn lue. He had an extended audience with the officials, and was sure that England would do a great deal for the fair when it should receive the President's proclamation. Colonel Beaumont represented the British Government at Pans, and he will probably, he thinks, be sent to Chicago in 1893. Congressman Ben Butterworth, the Secre tary of the Local Board of Fair Directors, is prominently spoken of as the proper head for the important department of the Bureau of Publicity and Promotion, over which Director General Davis has been thought fully considering for several weeks. THEY CAPTURED A BAE0H. The Portuguese Get the Better of the British South African Forces. rBT CABLE TO THB DISrATCH.1 London, Dec 6. Telegrams from Cape town state that a fight took place at the beginning of last month between the Portu guese and the forces of the British South African Company in Manicaland. The latter had the best of it, and proudly con veyed to Fort Salisbury a real live Portu guese baron. Most people predicted some thing of the kind would occur as a result of Portugal's rejection of the treaty with Eng land. By that treaty Manicaland was recognized as within the Portuguese sphere of influence, but by the rejection of the treaty things reverted to the statu quo. The operations of the British South African Company make interesting read ing. Its little army of 700 stalwart and energetic young Englishmen has marched a thousand miles and more right through Mashonaland without coming into hostile contact with the numerous warlike and powerful nations which lay in its path, and talcing Manicaland in the rear, has calmly gobbled up that country also. Mashonaland is full oi gold, and a great rush has com menced, which bids fair to empty civilized South Africa of its younger and more ad venturous men. Manicaland also is said to be teeming with 'minerals, and the South African Company is prepared to fight for it J whether or no it be aided by the Imperial forces. The Fort Salisbury Company's head quarters in Mashonaland is situated on an open breezy upland, 4,900 feet above the sea, a level platean; is splendidly watered at all seasons and admirably adapted for Europeans. It is claimed that the soil is better than the best corn-growing tracts in the United States. Attention is at present concentrated upon gold. The prospect is so alluring that Englishmen are freely boast ing of their intention to eclipse the record of American progress westward. But it has its drawbacks, which include the certainty of a fierce struggle with natives, used to fighting, and the probability of filibustering conflicts with the Portuguese. FRENCH DOCTORS DOUBTFUL. They Place but .Little Faith In the Koch Consumptive Cure, rBT CABLI TOTUI DISPATCH.! London, Dec. 6. There seems to be less enthusiasm ovr Dr. Koch's consumption remedy just at present than there has been before since the discovery was first announced. Whether this ' is due to the natural reaction that follows upon any sensation, or whether it is partly brought about by the death of the girl at Innsbruck from the effect of inocula tion, it is difficult to determine The medical faculty of Paris, which con vened to-day to listen to the reports of the physicians who went to Berlin to report in the matter, sat down upon Koch rather hard. Although the Paris newspapers have been jubilant this week over the fact that the famous German's name was originally Coq, and that hi3 ancestors were French people, who fled from France after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, the Pans physicians came to the conclusion that it was still difficult to decide the therapeutical value of the remedy, the extent of the dose not having been established nor its efficacy proved, and that it was necessary to avoid a resort to the remedy for pulmonary or visceral tuberculosis until its complete tests had been effected. Never theless Berlin is still tbe'Mecca of thousands of consumptive pilgrims and interested physicians, who are coming from the ends of the earth. JOURNALISTIC RELIC. A Copy of Franklin's Pennsylvania Gazette Brings SI Pounds. CBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. London, Dec 6. An interesting relic of the early days of the American press was to-day sold under the hammer at Sotheoys. It was the Pennsylvania Gazette for the year 1740, printed in Philadelphia by Ben Franklin. It was secured by an American dealer for 24. In a coin sale at the same rooms on Friday, 17 were paid for a Lord Baltimore set of American coins, consisting of the shilling, sixpence and a rare groat. THE RANDALL CLUB MUSICALS, Promises to be a Most Successful and Pleasant Kntertalnmeot. Great preparations are being made for the Randall Club's Annual Musicale to be given at Old City Hall, Wednesday even ing. The club is pushing the arrangements in their usual energetic manner, and a grand success t is already assured. Prof. Weiss and his famous Great Western Band will excel themselves in musical numbers on the programme. The club never fails to introduce some pleasing noveltv to give variety to the entertainment. Old City Hall is being carefully and tastefully decorated and put in or der for the occasion, and the lovers of music, as well as those who love the pleasures of the dance are cer tain to find enjoyment to their heart's con tent, Ou the occasion of the festival last year the chairs in the hall were arranged in their usual order, and it required some time to remove them and clear the floor for danc ing. This year the center of the hall will be left vacant for promenading and the chairs arranged along the sides. By this means no delay will be occasioned. The dressing rooms for ladies and genfle meD have been carefully looked after, and will be in charge of competent attendants. The club caterer will attend to the refresh ment table, and the members generally will devote themselves to the comfort and enjoy ment of their guests. That all who attend will have a delightful evening goes without saying. HBS. CARNEGIE IMPROVED. ller Illness Takes a Favorable Turn, and She Will Recover. rCrECIAL TELKanAMTO THE DISPATCH.! New Yoke, Dec. 6. The condition of Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, the wife of the iron king, who has been confined' to her home, No. 5 West Fifty-first street, from a severe attack of typhoid fever, since November 25, was much improved this evening, and her physicians now have no doubt but what, with carefnl nursing, she will pull through. Dr. F. S. Dennis and Dr. Jasper J. Jane way are in attendance Dr. Janeway re mained all night at the Carnegie residence for the last four niehts. Dr. Dennis called at the house at 4 o'clock this afternoon and after seeing his patient, expressed himself more than satisfied at her condition. He said that she was much bet ter than he had expected she would be, and that he was confident that she wonld soon regain her strength. Dr. Janeway was also surprised at 'the improvement in Mrs. Car negie's condition and his favorable reports have relieved the lady's friends consider ably. Mrs. Carnegie was resting comfort ably this evening and was able to see one or two friends. ANOTHER TRUST FORMED. It Alms to Control the World's Snpply of Yellow Pino Lumber. Macon, Ga., Dec 6. A trust has been formed by all the leading lumber concerns of the State to control the world's supply of long leaf yellow pine. It is an immense combination, involving millions of dollars. A Big Drygoods Corporation. Spbingfield, III., Dec. 6. The Secre tary of State to-day issued a license of incor poration to the John Y. Farwell Company at Chicago; capital stock, $4,000,000, to en gage in a general drygoods business. A Diphtheria Fpldemlo In Minnesota. Ceookstee, Minn., Dec C An epi demic of diphtheria is reported at Lesso'r, 20 miles east, with 20 cases and three deaths so far, and the disease spreading. Headquarters for Eyeglasses. Bobert Bruce Wallace, the late manager of the Fox Optical Co.'s establishment in this city has become proprietor of the Pitts burg office and factory. This company is noted for the superior quality of their goods, make an exclusive specialty ot spectacles and eyeglasses, hand ling no other kind of goods whatever. Each pair of glasses made specially for the patient aud a neat, accurate and comfortable fit are alwavs assured. All lenses for filling oculist's orders and all spectacle and eyeglass frames are made in their own factory, 624 Penn avenue, Pitts burg. The Prettiest Book Ever Given Away Is Kaufmanns' Young Folks' Annual, sold in bookstores at (1. Kaufmanns give it free of charge to everv purchaser of a boy's suit or overcoat or girl's cloak. Kaufmanns. t . Cash paid for old gold and silver at Hanch's, No. 295 Fifth by. wfsu. HTTSBTTBG, STJNDAT, WIRES IN THE WAY. Firemen Unable to Raise Their Lad ders at the Dickson Disaster. NO ESCAPES ON THE BUILDINGS. Determlnlnjr the Responsibility for Neglect to Obey an Order. TESTIMONY TAKEN BY THE C0E0SEE The inquest on the bodies of Bobert Irwin and his wife, victims of the fire at the Dick son Building, Penn avenue, was com menced by Coroner McDowell yesterday. Three important points were brought out by the testimony so far taken. First, that the overhead electric light and telegraph wires prevented the firemen from raising their ladders in time to save the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Irwin; second, that when the fire started it cut off from the inmates the only stairway in the building, there being no fire-escapes, and third, that Mr. John S. Dickson, the reputed owner of the structure, who was notified to erect fire-escapes, was not the actual owner of the building, the title being vested in his wife and daughter. Mr. Dickson was the fiist witness, and said: "Mrs. Irwin was employed by my wife as janitress of the building. She and her husband occupied three rooms ou the fourth floor in the rear part of the building; there were 11 rooms iu No. 001, not includ ing four bath and two storerooms; my wife made out all leases. No. 901 belonged to my wife and 903 is owned by my daughter. PAID RENT TO HIS WIFE. "Dr. Gentry and myself are only tenants; we pay $1,000 per year fer office room. There was a ladder leading from the rooms occu pied by the Irwins to a roof below; don't know of any regular form of fire escapes; the building. was heated by stoves and grates; there has been no fire in the furnace in the cellar for over two years." Mrs. Sarah Dickson produced copies ol leases held bv Joseph Kimmel and Miss Annie Eilev, Mrs. Burns and others. These contracts were made between the parties named, parties of the second part, and John S. Dickson and wife, parties of the first p.rt, Mrs. Dickson said: "There is a back stair way leading to an .illey in the rear; don't know of any fixtures, ropes or stairways designated as fire escapes being attached to the building. Mrs. Irwin received 54 per week and her rooms free of rent for acting as janitress." John Steele, Assistant Chief of the Fire Department, detailed the manner in which the fire was fought. Chief Evans, who was injured in the fire on Liberty street, was un able to be present at the inquest. wip.es cut off all, escape. Assistant Chief Steele said he was on the ground eight minutes after the alarm had been received, and found truck A there and its ladders up on the Penn street side of the building. He ran up the ladder as soon as he could, and found Mrs. Irwin lying on the fourth floor, covered with plaster. She had been suffocated. She was dead, he thought, when he first saw her. The fire had originated iu the lower part of ttie building, and the flames and smoke com pletely cut off any way of escape to all per sons on the upper floors. There seemed to be only the one stairway for the people of both buildings. Fire Marshal McFadden Did you put up an extension ladder into the building? Assistant Chief Steele No, hut we had. another ladder up on Penn avenue at the front of the building that reached. , We had the truck from the Southnide, but it was not of much use. We tried to run it up on the Ninth street side of the building, but could not get it against the building for the tele graph wires. Fire Marshal McFadden Then youconld not rest it against the building? Assistant Chief 8teele No; we rested it J against me wires wnu mrcw siream oi water from the top ot it into the building. AN official notice sent out. Building Inspector Hoffman has been in office since July, 1889, but had never in spected the building. Tnere was no fire escape on the building. Building Inspector Brown's testimony was similar. Edward D'Lassus, Secretary of the Board of Fire Escapes, producing the record of the office, stated that a notice had been sent to the owner or owners of the building iu Oc tober, 1888, to erect a fire escape upon it. He cotild not give the exact date in October. He stated how the notices were sent out to owners of buildings and how certificates were issued. The majority of the notices were sent out by request of the building in spector or assistants. After a fire escape had been erected it was examined, and if ap proved, a certificate was issued to the owner ot the building. Miss Annie Riley, who lived on the sec ond floor of 903 Penn avenue, said the en trance for 903 was also the one used for the building 901. Mr. H. C. Campbell stated that there had been an entrance to the Dickson building from Ninth street, but that it had been closed when the corner building trad one next it h.id been thrown into one, and when a storeroom was made on Ninth street back of the drug store. Coroner McDowell Do you think all the people iu the Dickson building could have got out had there been a fire escape? Mr. Campbell I am satisfied oi it. COULD NOT GET A LADDER EAISED. Mr. Campbell then related his rescue of Willie Irwin, and said: "Before I ran aoross the street to my house with the boy, I saw some oneon the lourth floor of the burn ing building. I was satisfied that Irwin aud his wife were up there, so I rau to Chief Evans and told him to put a ladder up to the fourth floor and told him he could raise it and get in from the alley. He replied that everybody had got out and then hurried off. I knew that they had not and I ran and hunted up 'Squire McKenna and tried to get him to have a ladder put up to the fourth floor, for I knew that Irwin and his wife were there. 'Squire McKenna said he understood every one had been taken out. I could not find them. I felt satisfied they were still in the building, but I could do nothing more." Willie Irwin was last witness." He said he was awakened by the smell of smoke; he called out to his mother, but she did not answer. He then sprang from his bed and started for the stairway, but was pulled back by his father. He brote away and ran down the stairs to the second floor, where he was picked up by Mr. Stahi, who turned him over to Miss Biley, who in turn carried him to a front window. He heard his father and mother crying for help and supposed they were following him downstairs. The inquest was then adjourned until 10 o'clock to-morrow. Dr. Dickson has expressed his willingness to adopt and educate Willie Irwin. Got Into .Very Hot Water. Contino Gaitana, an Italian laborer whose home is at "Webster, on the McKeesport and Bellevernon Bailroad, got into a row with a man on Fridayevening who threw a bucket ful of hot water iu his face, scalding him badly. He was taken to the Homeopathic Hospital yesterday afternoon. Official Vote of Wisconsin. Madison, Wis., Dec. 6. The official count of the vote In Wisconsin, completed to-dav, shows that Peck, D., for Governor, received 160,388; Hoard, B., 132,068; Alex ander, P., 11,246; May, L., 6,447. DECEMBEE 7, 18901 8TEALLNQ ROPES FROM RAFTS. One Firm Loses 810,000 Worth of Lumber Which Floats Away. During the past week or two the firm of McClure & Co., who have large lumber rafts in the Allegheny river between Twenty-second and Twenty-eighth streets, have been much annoyed by thefts ot ropes used on the rafts. Friday morning when Henry Knpp, who has chargeof the raits, went to the river he missed an unusual amount of lumber and ropes. He noticed that in several places the person who had taken the ropes did not wait to untie them, but cut them into small pieces. Bupp visited ail the second hand rope dealers in the city and notified them to send for him in case any one would bring the rope to them. Yesterday morning Bnpp received word from McCullough & Smith that a man named William Bartley had taken a wagon load of rope to their place. Bupp went to Alderman Mc Kenna's office and made an iniormation against Bartlev, charging him with larceny, Constable Sweeny accompanying him. Bupp went to McCullough & Smith and identified the rope as that which had been taken from the rafts of McClure & Co. Bartley was taken before Alderman Mc Kenna and in default of $1,000 bail was committed to jail for a bearing next Friday. It is alleged that McClure & Co lost nearly $10,000 worth of lumber on account of the ropes being stolen. IMPORTANT CONTEMPT TRIALS. TheCaseofPeasley and Counselman to Go Before the Supreme Court. Chicago, Dec. 6. In the United States Circuit Court this morning, the attorney for Treasurer Peasley, of'the Chicago, Burling ton and Quiucy Bailroad Company, ap peared and presented a petition for a writ of habeas corpus for his client. Mr. Peasley was fined by Judge Blodgett, of the United States District Court, for re fusing to testify before the Federal Grand Jury, or to produce the books of the com pany, in connection with the alleged grant ing of rebates by the Burlington road to certain shippers in violation of the inter State commerce law, and was ordered com mitted until the fine was paid. Another similar case, that of Charles Counselman, the Board ot Trade man, is pending before Judge Gresham, and it is understood that a decision in both cases will be rendered Mon dav. In the pursuit of their business, the smaller dealers have found that a few heavy firms on the Board have been able to secure rebates from railroads on grain shipments from Western points to this city which en abled them to sell grain at rates which would ruin (the smaller ones. It is this which has made business on the Board for several years unprofitable for any except the heavy dealers and the lucky specula tors. INDIAN mPOSTEB EXPOSED. A Squaw Who Pretended Ability to Work Miracles Loses Influence. Chamberlain, S. D., Dec 6. In the hostile camp of Tied Dog, on Wounded Knee Creek, lives Mrs. Eagle Horn. This squaw pretended to be able to perform mira cles, and said she could make the Indians bullet-proof and prevent them from being harmed in any other manner. Porcupine, a leading Indian, offered him self as a subject on which to prove her mys terious power. It was arranged that he should mount his pony and fight against the entire band. Mrs. Eagle Horn "blessed" Porcupine, but while he was mounting his pony his revolver was accidentally dis charged, inflicting a severe wonnd in his leg. A panic ensued, and Mrs. Eagle Horn was denounced as an impostor. Such ex poses as these will do much to put a stop to the Messiah craze. THE MODEL FIRE ESCAPE. It Prevents a Wall From Falling After the Bis Fire. It is a peculiar tact that the fire escape in the alley at the rear of the fire which con sumed Maginn and Jenkinson buildings is the only thing that stands there to-day in tact and uninjured. It is of the kind known as the Bieseck's Safety Fire Escape, which is a stairway constructed around two verti cal iron columns. It is bolted to the buildiug at intervals along its entire length, but may be erected without depending on the build ing for support. The firemen said yester day that the only portion of the rear walls of the burned buildings which remains standing does so only because of the support it receives from the Bieseck's fire escape. All ether parts of those rear walls fell. It is a fact that one can now ascend or de scend that exterior stairway as readily and easily as he could before the fire. ,It is abso lutely intact not a step missing or broken, nor a bolt drawn from either the wall or the structure itself. Its condition is explained by the fact that it is constructed around two stanch iron columns, which are deeply and firmly imbedded on base of building so im movably as to not only support its accom panying stairway in a vertical position, but also to act as a brace for a high wall from which all other preventive of its falling have been withdrawn. Another commendable feature of the Bie seck fire escape is that it can be erected be tween windows, thus avoiding the necessity of covering and shading them and shutting out the light There is no danger, therefore, of descending persons being cut off by smoke from windows passed. It is constructed with no steep runs. Its grades are all easy, so that any child or aged person can descend with ease and safety. It occupies very little room on the building with which it is con nected and is much more an ornament than an unsightly object when put in place. The Pittsburg Safe and Lock Company, corner Madison and Biver avenues, Alle gheny, constructed the fire escape in ques tion and its condition, after the recent fire, attests the manner of its being put in place. It is said to be fully as cheap as any in the market, while It is stronger and better look ing and complies in every respect with all of the requirements of a constantly safe escape from the dangers and ravages of fire. Co-Opera tlve. The A. and P. Tea Company wish ail users of teas, coffees, bating powder and condensed milk to bear in mind that bv pur chasing from them they participate to a large degree in part of the profits, which they give away in presents of beautiful clocks, crockery, chinaware, glassware, tin ware, woodenware and household articles too numerous to mention. Besides sharing the profits, no other house can give you the same quality of goods at anything like the prfces. The panel picture "Playing Grand mother" will be given after December IB to Christmas to those who buy one pound of tea or two oi coffee. Giving Fine Umbrellas Away. Only two more days of Kaufmanns' great English gloria umbrellaMlstribntion. Every f purchaser of a man's suit or overcoat or ady's cloak or wrap of $10 or more will be presented with one of these desirable um brellas. Kaufmanns, Clothiers. Greatest Clothing Sale on Record Now going on at the P. C. C. C, Pitts burg Combination Clothing Company.corner Grant and Diamond its., opp. the Court House. Fine Parlor Clocks For $8, $10 and $12. We show an elegant line of clocks, including, bronze figures, at Hanch's Jewelry Store, No. 295 Fifth av. vvfsu Maginn Beady for Business After the Fire. All orders for crackers and confectionery will be promptly filled from my factory, Church avenne, Allegheny. E. HAanrzr. FAITHFUL ACHATES LAMONT DIVIOINQ THE BUREAU. GAS IS A LUXURY. The Distributing Company at Colum bns Limiting the Use TO DOMESTIC PURPOSES ONLY. Next Two Weeks Will Decide What Fuel Ohio's Capital Will Use. THE SUPPLY AND THE CONSUMPTION ISrECIAZ, TZLXOBAX TO TBI DIS7ATCH.1 Columbus, Dec 6. The natural gas supply for Columbus is in an uncertain state. The people have had the benefits of the luxury for less than a year, with all its attendant expense in the way of preparation lor the use oi tne luei, ana now are anxious and uncertain over the probability of the supply becoming exhausted and their hav ing to return to the use of coal. The experi ence of the past few days, since the cold weather set in, has developed an apparent lack of pressure and the consequent in ability to heat residences and offices as was hoped. While there is some cause for complaint upon the part of those who do not under-, stand the situation, yet those who are in formed express sympathy with the Colum bus Natural Gas and Fuel Company rather than censure it for something over which it has no control. The company is composed of substantial citizens, among them the most wealthy, and the official records show they have endeavored to keep their contracts in every instance, and in their anxiety to do so have been to much expense, which they might otherwise have avoided. WHERE THE GAS COMES FROM. The gas was piped 26 miles, from what is known as the Thurston field. This field, extensive experiments have shown, is the one which contains gas in any considerable quantity within a reasonable distance of Columbus. Options were secured .on the land and the plant was constructed at great expense. A considerable sum was ex pended in prospecting, and when the dis covery was made and the first well blown in the enterprising gentlemen were the objects of envy on the part of a great many Colum bus people. The stock struck the hands of no specu lators. For this reason the company has re ceived many favors which would not have been extended to a foreign company. It re ceived everything asked for in the way ot grants from the city, and the entire terri tory nearly has been piped at an expense of hundreds ol thousands. In the. present un certain condition of the supply the officials of the company look upon the plant and franchises which they have secured as the most.valuabie part of the plant They con sider their hope lies in the future of fuel eas and its manufacture They have the greatest faith in that direction. A PBOCESSION OF MISFOBTUNES. Notwithstanding the fact that the com pany is a local enterprise and composed ex clusively of prominent citizens, it has had to fight the combined prejudices of the peo ple against the fuel, and the fact of thecom panybeing responsible have led to many suits for damages which likely would not otherwise have been instituted. Its expe rience has been one of legal battles from the start. The unfortunate accident early iu the history of the company by which several people lost their lives, led to a series of damage suits, some of which were compro mised, but others aro still pending in the courts, and large sums have been awarded for property and personal damage. If any mistake has been made by the com pany it was in the proposition last spring to lurnish factories and mills with gas, when a large number of contracts were closed and the necessary changes made for the fuel. The managers of the company thought at that time there was an endless supply of the fuel and proceeded on that theory. The reckless waste soon told on the supply aud aroused the suspicions of the officials that they had made a mistake. Boiling mills, paving companies and large manufactories were depending souey upon the supply aud were using the gas in a reckless manner. NO METERS AT FIB3T. All the original contracts were made for bulk service, and no meters were used. This led to much extravagance which other wise might have been averted. It was not long till the change to the meter system was inaugurated. Many of the domestic con sumers who were paying by the schedule for fires also chanced until now about nine tenths of the 9,000 fires are lurnisbed through meters. These are paid for by the consumers, though furnished by the natural gas company at wholesale rate. At some of the large mills meters capable of furnishing 30,000 cubic feet of gas per hour were put in, and a test made by ex perts from Ohio State University demon strated the meters conid not measure with any degree of accuracy. The decision of the company to cut off all mills and fac tories on November 1 made any further ex- 'periments nnnecessary, as the company had framed all its contracts in snen manner that they could withdraw tbesupply at any time when, iu its judgment, it was necessary to the interests of the company that they should do so. IT HAS AMPLE AUTHOEITT. Only one large enterprise had the pre sumption to contest the demand of the com pany, and the decision was in favor of the latter, so that all trouble was disposed of as to the authority ot the company to do as it pleased as regards the supply to factories and mills. By the middle of November the company concluded, because of a shortage in supply, it wonld be necessary to make fur ther reduction and the service was with drawn from all steam boilers. The design has been' to confine it to purely domestio consumers, and the company expects to ac complish this within the next lew days by withdrawing the snpply from all buildings which are heated by steam or fnrnaces. By these curtailments the company ex pects to get through the winter. Besides it hopes for additional snpply. The comptnv considers gas a luxury and refuses to permit any further waste. The reckless extrava gance which has been in progress has been compared to using a Maud S in a plow field and appropriating for the grossest of pur poses a fuel which is designed for the heat ing of sick rooms and the cooking of beef steaks. Were there not good reasons the company might now be charged with incon sistency in trying to confine the supply to strictly domestic uses. THE COMPANY'S SUPPLY. The company h 13 in use 17 wells in the Thurston field, the supply of which it is pouring into the Columbns main. Some of the wells are verv weak, the main portion of the gas coming from three or four. The last six holes which have been drilled have proved to be "drys," and it is this that has led to this distrust which has overtaken the company. The company has three more wells under way, and expects within the next week or two to have reached the proper depth, when they will be blown in. If they snouia oe lanures tne held will be aban doned. It costs from $6,000 to $8,000 to sink a well, and the company thinks it has about all invested iu holes that is necessary. Should the coming wells be great gushers the spirit of the company, as well as of the consumers, who have been under so heavy an expense in making preparations for the use of gas, will revive. The plumbers are about the only people who are ahead on the venture. Although the company gave ex tended notice by publication that it would accept no further contracts for furnishing gas alter November 1, the plumbers have led citizens to believe the supply was all right, and there are now hundreds of houses piped and ready for the use of gas, though no gas is forthcoming. It is expected the fate of natural gas for Columbus will be de cided within the next few weeks, and atten tion will then be directed to the manufac tured article. OPENING OF THE FAIR. Programme for the First Night of Battery B's Entertainment Tho Hall Beauti fully Decorated With Flags and Banting Sore to be a Success. Everything is now in readiness for the opening night of the fair and bazaar to be given by Battery B at its armory, corner of Fifth avenueand Miltenberger street The men in the battery have been working hard to decorate the hall, and have succeeded famously. The Exposition Society gave them the use of the decorations used at the Pittsburg Exposition, which, with flags of all nations and large amounts of other dec oration material, has transformed the Jarge hall into a very pretty place. The local shopkeepers have given a lib eral supply of articles to be sold at the fair, and everything else tends toward a success financially as well as artistically. The pro gramme for the opening, which is to-morrow night, follows: 1. Assembly By Battery Buglers 2. Opening address. HIsHnnor, Mayor Gourley a. "Star Spangled Hanner"..Cborus of 70 voices By choir of the Second Methodist Protes tant Church of Pittsburg. i. Recitation, "They Have Put no Flowers on Papa's Grave" Miss Hattte Rambler 6. Solo. "The Red, White and Blne"..Mlss Loniso Loomis Chorus of 70 voices By choir of tbe Second -Methodist Protes tant Church of Pittsburg. 3. Vocal solo, "Flower of the Alps" Wek erlln ....Miss Nannie B. Hammer 7. Solo, "Marching Ibrougu Georgia".... .........Mr. C. B. Thomson Chorus of 70volces by cbolr of tbe Second M. P. Cbnrch of Pittsburg. 8. Saber drill, by a squad of Battery B under command of Second Lieutenant R. C. Kimmell. 9. "Hall Columbia". Chorus of 7ft voices By the choir of tbe Second Methodist Protestant Church. 10. Vocal solo, "Who Knows?" Cowen.... Miss Nannie B. Rammer 11. "America" Chores of 70 voices By choir of the Second Methodist Protes tant Church of Pittsburg. 11 Gun drill Detachments from Battery B BOUND TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE. A Small Fire on Market Street Causes Two Alarms to be Turned In. The alarm ot fire from box 13 at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon was occasioned by the discovery of a fire among some packing straw in the cellar of the building occupied by T. G. Evans & Co. as a queensware store, at tbe corner of Third avenue and Market street Owing to the dangerous buildings where the fire was two alarms were sent in, but the extra engines were not needed. The fire is supposed to have been caused by a carelessly thrown match, and the loss entailed will not amount to $100. LAFAYETTE CLUB RECEPTION. Everything In Readiness for a Brilliant Af fair at Turner Ball. The final arrangements for the third an nual reosption of the Lafayette Club Tues day night were completed at a special meet ing at the clubhouse, Watson street, last night The reception will be held at new Turner Hall, Forbes avenne, with Toerge's Orchestra of ten pieces In attendance. The clnb is composed of well-known hill society gentlemen, who have gained enviable repu tations as social leaders. The two preeede ing receptions were very brilliant affairs and were largely attended. REV. S. MAXWELL'S RETURN To America After Spending the Summer In Europe. Mr. Thomas C. Jenkins has received a letter from Bev. S. Maxwell, formerly rector of Trinity P. E. Church. The letter was written just before Mr. Maxwell sailed from Enrope, where he spent the summer, and he is probably in New York now. He will come to Pittsburg immediately. Mr. Maxwell has so far not decided what he will do in the future, but will doubtless remain in this city until he makes a de cision. Funeral of Sirs. Sarah McKee. The funeral of Mrs. Sarah McKee oc curred yesterday afternoon in Stenbenville. Mrs. McKee was tbe mother of the late Arthur O. McKee. The lsdy died Thurs day morning at the home of her sister, Mrs. Doty. Mrs. J. T. Lutton, of this city, It a sister of Mrs. McKee. TOLSTOI'S DISCIPLES I A Colony in Kentucky Living Up to the Precepts of the Kreutzer Sonata, FOUNDED CENTURIES AGO An Abbey Backed by Millions in "Which No Woman Ever Set Foot. DIET THOROUGHLY VEGETARIAN Each. Monk Tortures Himself With a Knoat Before Retiring-. ODD CEREMONIES ATT2SDIXQ DEATH rcoiiBisroyDEitci or tub dispatcs.j Gethsejiane, Nelson County, Kt., Dec. 3. It may be of interest to the readers of the much-talked-of work of Tolstoi to know that down here in Kentucky, amid the legendary gallantry and avowed beauty, there is an institution founded for the sole purpose of carrying out," as it were, the the ories set forth iu tbe "Kreutzer Sonata." And the institution is backed by millions of dollars and is nnder the direct jurisdiction of the Church. I refer to Gethsemane Abbey of Trappist Monks. But the institution was founded centuries before the Bussian was born. And while no Americans ever take upon themselves the monastic vow, the cloister contains about ICQ men who have found their way fiom many foreign coun tries. Gethsemane Abbey is situated in Nelson county. It is 2 miles from a station which bears the sam? name on the K noxville branch of thp Louisville and Nashville Bail road, and ecjoys all the seclusion a member of even that silent sect could wish. Deny ing themselves the world, the location seems to have been prepared especially for these monks, and I wondered to myself this mora ine, as I walked out to the abbey, by what strong guide these men were led to the isolated spot. OBIG1N OF THE SECT. Long before the twelfth century there was an old abbey founded by La Trappe, in Normandy, but it never amounted to much until one De Bance, a dyspeptic iort of Frenchmau, who, late in life, was seized with a desire to do something to atone for bis fast life and the high old times he had had. He entered La Trappe, as the place was called, and had rules enacted to prevent the monies from as much as looking upon womankind. The stormy times of the French revolution drove tbe monks from La Trappe, and they became a lot of long faced wanderers. In 1804 or 1805 a small party came to Pennsylvania, but remained there only a short time. They went West and attempted to found an abbey on the prairies in Illinois, but were unsuccessful. Bardstown, Kt,, at that time was the Episcopal See ot the 'Western Hemisphere, and toward that place tbe badly-used-up monks turned thefr faces. One more effort was made to estab lish an abbey, and as a result we now have Gethsemane. These monks now have about 2,000 acres of land here, and while most of it ii too hilly to cultivate, they make their farm and dairy products support the insti tution. A MONSTEE BUILDING. The main building was erected a few years ago at a cost of $100,000, is three stories high, brick, and of the best masonry. It is square, with four open courts, and the whole structure is encircled by a high brick wall. A low brick building is constructed on the outside of the western wall, and this struc ture furnishes reception rooms and parlors for guests, as well as the only gateway into the main building and courts. Beyond this building, it is alleged, no woman ever passed. Gentlemen are cordially admitted, but a leathery-looking guard with a bunch of heavy keys dangling from his side, informs you that your lady companion must not set loot upon the holy ground. There are two kinds of monks here those who labor and those who do not. The laborers speak when absolnte necessity de mands it and signs fail; the non-laborers are silent. All wear a gown made of heavy woolen fabric, with a cowl of the same ma terial, heavy boots or shoes and no hats. The laborer's garb is brown; that of thenon. laborer pure white. SAME THING- DAY AFTES DAY. The daily life of the monk never varies. To-day sees him doing what yesterday saw done. A large bell is tapped at certain hours for certain prayers or certain passages to be read, and the same prayer is repeated that was repeated when the bell was tapped at the same honr yesterday. In the southern part of'the third story is S large ball nsed as a sleeping apartment. Each monk has his own division, or ceil, somewhat resembling a stateroom of a second class steamer. The furniture of these cells consists of narrow iron beds and in struments of torture, made of hemp ropa tied into Knots and about 18 inches long. "When he enters his niche the Trappist dis robes to his waist. "With his knotty ropa he whips himself across the shoulders and down tbe back until the skin is covered with wouds, from which the blood often oozes. Then, drawing his woolen robe around his bruised body, he lies down, be lieving the world is better for his self-ia flicted punishment. A TOLSTOIAN piZT. The diet of the Trappist monk is strictly Tolstoian. It consists of vegetables, fruits and bread, together with pnngent cider and wine. All that is required to be cooked for a meal is cast into a large kettle-"Which sits on an oven, and with tbe aid of pure water a kind of burgoo is made. This is served iu wooden bowls and partaken of by means of wooden spoons, each monk being the archi tect of his own tableware. No word is spoken during the meal, and these wooden utensils render the silence next to that ot th tomb. Curiosities that would grace the cases of our most noted mnseums are on every hand. The library is a marvel of antiquity. It contains many worn volumes and manu scripts. One of the largest books in tbe world is to be seen here. It is made of parchment, is abont four feet square and fully 12 inches thick. It contains Latin prayers.and bears evidence that it was made by a monk in Normandy in tbe fourteenth century. The ink has not faded, and many of the initial letters, which are wrought in colors, are works of art. The library con tains about 2,000 volumes, but few of which are in English, and most of which are of ancient date. "VISIT TO THE CESIETEHY. The cemetery is interesting in its aim plicity. It is within the enclosure, and con tains some CO graves. A plain, black wooden cross marks the resting place of each of those who have been interred there, and upon this cross, in ghostly white letters, is the name of him who sleeps beneath it, and not another word can be learned of the history of the de ceased than the simple name. "When a monk is buried here a new grava is dug, all of tbe monks taking part, so that, let death select whomsoever he may from their number, certain it is that he will occupy a grave he has helped to dig. From what I could learn of their bums 4 m tf&
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