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THE PITTSBURGH r' DISPATCH. .SHNDAT. JANUARY 4. 139L
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AREVIEW OF SPORTS,
Some Pointed Remarks About the
Coming Battle Between Dempsey
and Fitzsimmons.
TVHO WILL LIKELY BE THE W1KKEE
The American's Best Chance of Victory Lies
, in Making the Encounter a
Very Long One.
ABOUT THE SOSPEKDED A1IATEUES.
Tt WeeVi Doings in BisebiB Eptldkg'i Chiago Dai
Cossassaitei
The absorbing toDic ialportins; circles at
present is the coming fight between Jack
Dempsey and Bob Fitzsimmons. There will
be but one more opportunity to discuss the
probabilities of the proposed encounter
before it takes place, as it is down for tbe
14th insL, and 1 propose to deal with it now
st some length. It is a lone time since
there was such general interest in a middle
weight fight' as there is iu the one in ques
tion. It is not unsafe to say that "all sorts
snd conditions of men" are more or less in
terested in the battle, not only, I presume,
because itisot an international kind, but
because of the exceptionally bright career
of each eoctest-.nt. I expect to see the
national interest in the fight at an exciting
point a few days belore the contest takes
place, and if it is not one of the best kind of
battles that we have bad thousands of people
will bedisappointed. Vell.tbe great question
is: Who is going to win? I have already been
asked that question scores of times and lam
free to confess that an answer is not easy to
get. that is, an answer that one can with
tome amount of safety rely upon. At first
eight it would seem that Fitzsimmons conld
not Tery well lose the battle, but if we be
stow a little thought and reflection on the
matter we will soon find that his task is not
bo easy as -we would at first think it to be.
It is quite true tnat everything is in favor
of the Australian and should Dempsey de
feat him be, Dempsev, will certainly prove
himself a very remarkable pugilist or Fitz
simmons wilfturn out to be very much in
ferior to what be has been held up to be. At tils
juncture it may be interesting to say a few
words about the antecedents of Filzsimmons.
Something Abont Fitzsimmons.
.The Australian has been more or less before
the public for ten years, and during that time
has had quite a busy and victorious time of It.
Be made his first appearance as an amateur,
and won the amateur boxing tournament pro
moted by Jem Mace in Xew Zealand. He
knocked out five men in one evening, and won
a cold watch. The same evenine he had a "set
to" with Herbert Slade. and we are told he had
the belter of the big Maori. But whether he
bad or not, the fact remains that he prored him
self to be a very good man. He then became a
professional, and he very j-oon began to win
money and fame as a good middle-weight pugi
list under London prize ring rules. In rapid
succession he defeated Arthur Cooper, J. Mur
phy and Jim Crawford, and then he
left New Zealand and went to Sidney. At
the latter place he defeated Brnnsmead
in two rounds, Brnnsmead being
2 pounds heavier than Fitzsimmons. The lat
ter continued to add to his list of victories, de
feating among others Jim Hall, champion middle-weight
of Australia, and Starlight, tbe col
ored champion. Hall was knocked out in five
rounds and Starlizht in nine. Of course we all
know hour easily Fitzsimmons defeated Hilly
McCarthy befoie the California Atbletio Club,
and Arthur Upham before the Audobon Club.
Altogether Fitzsimmons has an excellent re
cord, and it goes a very long way toward prov
ing that he is a great pugilist in his class. 1
may here remark that previous to bis comlnc
to the United .States his fighting weight was 143
pounds. So that when be meets Dempsey he
will likely be six pounds heavier than when ho
scored bis victories in Australia. There is one
verv important fact connected with tbe career
of Fitzsimmons, viz, that in all his battles he
lias defeated his men in very shor; time. He
has bad no prolonged fights.
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A Few Words Abont Dempsey.
It is not necessary for me to say mncn abont
Dempsey as his career is very well known to
every American patron and admirer of the
manly art." He has a very brilliant record oe
bind bim and it is only tarnished by one defeat
Of course there are many victorious connected
with bis name that were only four-round clove
encounters ana a ten-round glove contest with
Domlnick McCaffrey. Dempsey's victory over
McCaffrey, if such it was, goes a very shore way
with me. and only proves that Dempey is very
active and artful. Were, be to do no more light
ing against Fitzsimmons than he did against
McCaffrey he could not by any means defeat
the Australian. Dempscj'sdereat by La Blanche
was not to much of a fluke as many people im
agine, because the latter was doing just
as much righting as Dempsey was.
rigbt up to the time when the alleged
chance blow was delivered. But It was no
chance blow becanse La Blanche had made sev
eral attempts to "land" that blow before he
succeeded. Altogether then, it is reasonable
to say that Dempsey and La Blanche aro a very
even air. personally 1 hold Dempsey to be
slightly tbe better of tbe two, but only slightly.
Itempsey will likely weigh about US pounds
when be meets Fitzsimmons. because that is
about his best weight. According to accounts
bo will be in excellent condition if all goes ell
when he enlcrs the arena, and most certainly
If ever be was anxious to win a battle be will bo
when be face j tho Australian, because defeat
will be a 5-erious loss to bim, while victory
means a fortune. Ho will undoubtedly prac
tice all tho art and canning that be possesses,
and be possesses as much as any man living to
day. Who Will Win?
Well, tbe treat question presents itself again
who will be the winner? While my sympathies
are all for my own countryman,! fear he has
too hard a task on hand. I am aware that he
only entered into tbe contest after thinking the
motter over very seriously and comprehensively.
He is an excellent judge and I feel certain that
be thinks he can defeat Fitzsimmons, but if
the latter is as good as a record makes him, I
latT-tosee how Dempsey can win. Certainly
there are one or two points that may be favor
able to the American. As I have just pointed
out above, Fitzsimmons has not been required
to remain in the ring very long in any of his
battles, and it may be that he is not a stayer. On
this point Dempsey will test him except Fitz
simmons is really the wonder he is stated to be.
It he is that wonder, then Dempsey, I expect,
will not get mucb chance to prolong the fight.
But I venturo to say that Dempsey will not be
by &U7 means an easy victim He will keep out
o the way, and the Australian will have very
much difficulty in hitting tbe American. In
short, it may safely be presumed that Dempsey
will act on tbe defensive, and that means a long
contest. Fitzsimmons is a 'Tusber." and it
may bo that if he fails to get his rushing tactics
into operation ho .vill lose confidence. Such
things have been, and wo bad a good instance
of it when Mitchell anckSulllvan mot in France.
If Dempsey defeats Fitzslniinons.it cau onlv
be by waiting, and that means a long fight, and
in a long drawn out battle Fitzsimmons may
be quite different to what he is in a short one.
1 am not forgetting the fact that Dempsey is
sadly a: a disadvantage, both in height and
reach. These are two points that, in my estima
tion, Dempsey will be unable to overcome. It
Is, indeed, very difficult to hit an opponent who
is at all active and whose reach is the
longer by two or three inches, and it
is certainly inncli more difficult to hit
bim when be is also several inches
the taller of the two. Dempsev will bo fighting
uphill in all respects. Ho will also be Wearing
gloves, five ounce gloves, that will be moro
tuitablo to Fitzsimmons than to himself. To
sum the matter up briefly the records prove
that Fitzsimmons is a moro pon erf ul bitter
than Dempsey; ho is in all respects bigcer and
Is favored hy the size of cloves. Dempsey may
bo moro tricky and is the cleverer of the pair.
Mace, Stayers and others have all defeated men
who were as much larger than themselves as
Fitzsimmons is bigger than Dempsey. but these
victories were under prize ring rules. It seems
to mo then that Dempsey has so many disad
vantages to over-come that it is too much to
ask bun to do whon bo is required to defeat
Fitzsimmons. I hope he is returned a winner,
but I do not expect bim to be. He will un
doubtedly give a good account of himself but I
cannot help thinking be is over-matched. I
have spoken openly on tbe matter because. I
hold that reviews are useless if definite opin
ions arc not expressed In them. If remits In
this instance prove that my opinions are wrong
I will not be sorry.
Kllraln and Godfrey.
It is now a settled fact that George Godfrey,
the colored man, who. as he himself says, takes
such great delight in fighting a white man, will
meet Jake Kilraln'in glove combat if all goes
well. I really don't know whether to interpret
.this contest as a coming down of Kilrain or
going up of Godfrey. Of course I mean "going
up!' in fame. It seems, I think, that Kllraln- is
getting down to his class. He was out of bis
class when facing .Sullivan. My readers will
know that my estimation of Godfrey bas never
been a very high one. because, to put It mildly,
he has no to use a puirilistic term, proven that
bo can "stand the gaff." We cannot forget his
effort against Peter Jackson. There is great
safety in saying that Godfrey can make things
very lively if be is tbe upper dog in
a battle, but when ho ones begins- to
be the receiver general be is quite
another man. He bas not yet met as cood a
white man as Kilrain, and I say this quite
mindful of what I have written about tbe lat
ter. Among second or third class men Kil
rain is a good man one of the best, and I will
be very much surprised it he does not. trim Mr.
Godfrey up. Certainly ho is as clever, to say
tbe least, as tbe colored man, and I feel sure
he is as strong, and very much more courag
eous. If Kilrain can be gotten into his best
form be ought to be able to settle Godfrey.
But judging from tbe recent efforts of Muldoon
as a trainer there is a great danger of Kilrain
being neclected or snoiled. Tho way in which
Denver Smith was sent to tho ring ought to
make us all a little wary about Muldoon's train
ing efforts. He may know lots of things, but
be has yet to prove that he knows anything ex
traordinary a bo at prize fighters and prize fieht-
Some More Big Contests.
Altogether there is a great boom going on
in matters pugilistic There are prospects of
battles between Slavin and Corbett, and be
tween Corbett and Jackson. It is much too
soon to express any definite opinion tegarding
tbe probable results of these contests. That
they will be sensational there is little doubt,
but if Corbett is defeated in the first encounter
there will be comparatively little interest in
the second. 1 wonder why no direct effort is
being made by some of the clubs to get Slavin
and Jackson together. A battle, even with
gloves, between these two men would be a great
affair in America. Another aspirant to cham
pionship honors bas come to tho front defin
itely. A friend of mine informs. me that
Jimmy Carroll, tbe Brooklyn middle-weight,
is to be backed against tbe winner of the Fitz
simmons fizht. This is a surprise to me be
cause, just as sure as we live,! know a man
who can defeat Carroll, and that man is Jack
Fogarty; m fact I am told that Fogarty
a few nights ago did best Carroll
in a little 'to." and bested bim
qnite handily. But Carroll has secured some
enthnsiastic backers and they think he is the
champion." I will declare myself here very
pointedly on the matter. If Fitzsimmons de
feats Dempsey 1 fall to see' where Carroll will
have any reasonable show to defeat tbe Aus
tralian. Bat why do clubs still persist in not
giving Fogarty a show! And, by the way, I am
in a position to say that an unknown, whom I
know very well, will one of these days face
Carroll, and I will not be surprised if our un
known knocks all championship asoiratlousout
of tbe Brooklyn man. And tbere is the'Dixon
McCarthy contest. That will be a good one,
and although I am strongly advised to place
myself on record as saying that Dixon will win,
I hesitate to say anything definite on tbe
matter just now. There will bo plenty of time
to deal fullv with the battle before it takes
place. All I say just now is that McCarthy is
quite a bandy little fellow.
The Suspended Amateurs.
The question of tbe suspension of a number
of wheelmen for an alleged violation of ama
teur rules has narrowed itself down to one of
paying tho expenses of an amateur whila train
ing for an event. Two or three weeks ago I
contended that this was tbe only question at
issne, and I also argued that the payment'of
training expenses was something very much
akin to professionalism and certainly led in
that direction. To all intents and purposes I
can see little or no difference between "keep
ing" an amateur for an event and "keeping" a
professional for one. I don't complain about
the "keeping" part, but 1 do complain about
our amateur friends nb'- place themselves so
very far above professionals adopting tho meth
ods of the latter, and I repeat that "keeping"
an amateur for any even, is equal to a
party of "men "keeping" a sprinter for a
Sheffield handicap or a rower for a'blg regatta.
President Davol and his organization, the L. A.
W has been severely criticised for tbe suspen
sions, but Mr. Davol bas made out a very good
case in reply to bis censurers. I give an ex
tract from a letter written by him. and I think
It fully shows tba'. he had good reason for act
ing as he did. and it also shows that the ques
tion of paying training expenses must be defi
nitely dealt with. He says: "The L. A. W.
amateur rule says: An amateur is. cue who
has never engaged in 'cycling
for money, or other remuneration.' Again it
says: A 'cyclist ceases to be an amateur by
engaging in "cycling as a means of
obtaining a livelihood.' Rnle G says that an
amateur can receive from his club bis entrance
fees and actual necessary traveling expenses to
represent them at a race meeting, and further
says that tbe club must obtain sanction to pay
such expenses; failing so to do tbe amateur will
be suspended if bo receives such payment.
This rnle only allows payment to attend a race
meeting. As yoL well know, your
committee of last spring objected to A. A. U.
clubs being compelled to ask my permission to
pay the expenses of their cycling members to
attend race meetings, and upoa the adoption
of the now famous resolutions (said resolutions
distinctly forbidding payment of expenses at
any other tiVie than when going to and from
and in attendance at competitions) I give in.
and added the dosing words of rule G, which
state that A. A. XT. clubs need not apply for
permission to pay expenses of their cycling
members, and that amateurs riding for A. A.
I), clubs will not be liable to suspension for re
ceiving their expenses to represent their clubs
at race meetings. It was perfectly plain to all
of us last spring. We all understood it at that
time, and all do now, except my friend Curtis
(W..B.)andthe N. V. A. U. I am not using
any A A. IT. rule. .1 simply say
that no cyclist has a right to re
ceive any expenses whatever excenf to
represent his club at a race meeting, and ths
tact mat cycle ciuds nave to ask my sanction
and A A U. clubs do not have to, does not
give A A. V. clubs tbe right to pay tbe ex
penses of cycle men "while in training" or at
any other time except when representing their
club at race meetings. Your resolutions were
of no benefit to the L. A. V. Our rules eav
that a cyclist can receive from bis club his ex
penses to attend race meetings, and that such
expenses shall not be considered a remunera
tion or a violation of the amateur rule. Pay
ment of expenses at any other time is a viola
tion of our amateur rule. Every cyclist in the
United States is judged by said rule, and al
though A. A TJ. clubs are exempt from the
'special sanction' clause and their riders are
exempt from suspension under such clanse, it
docs not give them the right to receive pay
ment of expenses at all times. Your resolu
tions are very clear upon tbe expense question,
and if tho A. A. TJ. has not 'sand' enough to
enforce them and punish clubs that nave vio
lated, I shall lose my high opinion of tbe
union."
Local Football Difficulties.
Local football enthusiasts .have had their
ardor damped considerably during the last few
weeks. All the rejoicing attendtnt on tbe or
ganization of tbe Western League bas been
turned into disconsolation on account of tbe
very rough and stormy weather. The weather
has been so verv bad and is likely to remain so
very bad for a long time to come that all notion
of playing tbe scheduled games has been aban
doned for the present.- A large number of tbe
players want to postpone the game for a month
or six weeks. Thts wonld be a very sensible
idea, and would be the best thing that tbe clubs
could do under the circumstances. It would be
sheer folly to continue and trying to continue
the games amid the present weather. Plavlnw
games at present simply means that all interest
in uie sport win oe uuneu, uecause people will
not turn ont amid the stormy elemeuts to
stand and watch a football came. When the
came is not patronized it suffers in rennutinn
and in that way is injured to a very great ex-
w:nu octrcuiry jiiacpuerson, or me League,
believes in postponing tbe came, and it is to be
hoped that the players will indorse his views,
A Local Sprint Handicap.
.During the week I have had several letters
regarding sprinting and two or three of them
urge that a sprint handicap be held in this city
next month. The letters generally give proof
that there is a stropg tendency in and about tbe
city toward trying to revive an Interest in foot
racing. I am well pleased at this, because I
think there are very fow more interesting
things than a foot race. We have lots of good
sprinters among us now and I am inclined to
tuink tbata good handicap would repay the
promoters. Of course thero is a big risk to
ran, but it seems to me that if everything was
carried out honestly that a hadicap would
moro than clear itself. Certainly those' whose
work it will be to put up tho money
for the venture may not be so
sure about the success as those, on the ontside
but there is every reason to belicva that a ven
ture of tbe kind if rightly managed would uot
be a losing one. It is more or les singular that
sprint handicaps on a good-sized scalo cannot
be carried on successfully In this country.
Tbere are plenty of runners, and certainly there
Is a wide enougu patronage.. If. sprint handi
caps could be well introdncod there is no reason
why they should not become as well established
as our annual horse race meetings.
Abont Baseball 1 Affairs. '
There Is not'rauch io say about baseball af-'
fairs this week as'nothlngqf a sensational char
acter has taken place. To be sure I am awara
'of the wild vaporings of Mr. A L. Johnson,
wbicb.appeared IdThe DISPATCit- yesterday.
No doubt the death of Sitting Bull has weighed
heavily on Mr. Johnson's "mind, because a fel
low feeling must have made them "wondrous
kind." Bat aside from any jesting, I fall to see
how any man endowed with an ordinary
amount of reason and common senso could
make such a laughing stock of himself as our
friend Al is doing. I am sure I would
be thankful to know what cood be
can accomplish either for himself or
anybody else by talking so outrageously foolish.
Iu talking about his imaginary league he says
that nine-tenths of the old players will be iu it.
This is iuBt as true as his intimation that tbere
will be a P. L. club in Pittsburg next season
and most certainly we all know tbere is as much
chance of Mr. Johnson flying to the moon as
there is for a P. L. club being located here. 1
venture to say that were another P. L. to be
formed nine-tenths of the old players who can
Secure employment in tbe old league will not be
idiotic enough to join the new. Nay I venture
to say that every old player who can play in the
National League will do so. Most assuredly
tbe ball players are not so stupid as Mr. John
son evidently thinks and the manner in which
one after another are laughing at his ravings
ought to cause him to remain quiet. Mr. John
son's heart is too big for bis head and it is a
pity that tbe more he talks the worse he is
making his own case. Who in the world will
ever have nerve enough to start any more
P. L. clubs in Brooklyn or NowYorkT Who
will put up tbe cash in Columbus! Boohl
Humbug Idiocy.
.The Settlement of the Chicago Deal.
A Players' club no longer exists in Chicago.
Mr. A G. Spalding has purchased that organi
zation body and soul, and has consigned it to
oblivion. In consummating the deal, Mr.
Spalding has oaze more proven his very great
ability as a business man and a diplomat, be
cause he has not only secured possession of his
rivals' property, but he has done so in a way
that almost all his rivals are extremely de
lighted at his work. In other words, he bas
Captured his opponents possessions and also
their hearts. That -is, indeed, a very great
stroke of policy. And yet I am Inclined to
think that it was done more tbrough a sense of
right than through a sense of policy. Mr.
Sualdlng never bas been a believer in unpaid
salaries and certainly be was sure to enforce
tbe payment of tbe Chicago players it
it were in his power. He had that
Sower and bad it in a way that
lr. Addison could not resist it. Suppose
that Mr. Addison had refused to pay the play
ers, tho result would have been that Mr. Addi
son would not have received a cent for bis
club and it would not have been worth a cent
Mr. Spalding would have come out and stated
to the world that he could have no "dealings
with men who would not pay their employes,
and this cry wonld have "absolutely killed both
Mr. Addison and his club in the eyes of the peo
ple and made a klngof Mr. Spalding. Both Mr.
Addison and Mr. Spalding knew this, depend
upon it, and the Natiocal League diplomat had
the situation in the hollow of his hand. No
matter what may be said of tbe deal, it was a
good one tor tbe players and for tbe small
stockholders.
Local Club Matters.
Once more we definitely have only one base
ball club in our cityi, Tbe P. L. club which
hung together for a season is no more; it Is
buried and during the week the new organiza
tion bas been solidly and permanently formed.
All tbe directors have been elected and within
a week or two we may expect to bear of Presi
dent O'Neill and Manager Hanlon Mgning two
or three star players. I am still hopeful that
we will secure Jobn M. Ward. His mission is
in this city and If be desires to come-here those
who try to pi event his coming are enemies to
tho National League and to tho national game.
There is not a club in tbe National League who
needs John Ward as mucb, or that deserves
bim as much as Pittsburg, and beyond that the
Pittsburg public want him and would be proud
of bim. In view of these facts then can any
body tell me why be should not come here 1 But
Pittsburg needs more new players than John
Ward and we must have tbem. I cannot for a
moment believe tbat sucb shrewd men as A G.
Spalding. J. B. Day, Mr. Byrne and others will
fail to set the absoluto incumbency of having
a first-class team in Pittsburg next year. Why
selfishness ought to prompt them to give us a
great team because it will be a financial gain to
every club in tbe League. Peixole.
A PIPE IK YOUB CAHE.
The Novel Device a Tobacco Sharp
Has
Placed Before the Public.
Mew York Herald.::
Judging from the increased number and
great variety existing in the new pipe de
signs of the past year,. it
would almost seem as
though our inventors had
anticipated the passage
of tbe new tariff bill and
the consequent increase
in the sale of pipes and
smoking tobacco noticed
in the trade during the
past two months.
One of tbe curious
ideas likely to become
popular with more youth
ful smokers is tbe walk
ing stick pipe. This is
made of olive wood, and
to all appearances is a
handsome cane. When
used as a pipe the ex
treme end oi tbe handle
unscrews, showing the
bowl of the pipe, and
then it unscrews part of
the way down the stick,
where the stem is con
cealed. The piece tak
en off the bowl now
screws on to the remain
der of the stick, to be walked with. In the
ferrule is a receptacle for matches. Another
variety has a mouthpiece concealed in the
ferrule, so that the pipe can be smoked the
lull length of the stick, or short, like an
ordinary one.
AN AECH.EOLOGICAL TBEASUEE.
A Queer Image Which, Kalses the Problem
of the Indians' Origin.
St. Loafs Globe-Democrat. .
& rmarfcnhR stone image bas been fonnd
on the Tnscarora Indian reservation. It was
unearthed by General Carnngton while
taking a census and investigating the tribe's
condition for the. Government, and will be
The Stone Image.
placed iu the Smithsonian Institution at
Washington. There is evidence that the
mound from which it is taken is several
hundred years old. The image" itself is
about 8 inches high and 4 inches wide. Tbe
principal figure stands with upturned face
which is chiseled with far more skill than
the red men generally possess. At one side,
as if enfolded by the left arm of a parent, is
a smaller figure, quite indistinct. Under
neath is some animal having unmistakably
the tail of a sheep. The whole at once sug
gests the story of Abraham's preparations
toofier up his only son Isaac in accordance
with tbe commands of bis God.
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CARRIEDWTO COURT..
The, Lincoln, School Trouble to Be Set
tledona Judicial Way, .
PETITION FILED BI THE PARENTS.
Judge White Winds Dp a Little Case That
Has ilada Big Costs. '
IESTEEDAT IX THE COUNTY CODBTS
A petition signed by George W. Mc
Cutcheon and other residents of the Lincoln
sub-school district, Twenty-first ward, ask
ing ior the removal of the school directors of
the district, was filed in the Quarter Ses
sions Court yesterday. The directors are
Dr. George ilcNeil," S. "W. Jeffries, K. W.
Thompson, A. H. Edwards, J. W. Greist
and J. H.. Cook.
In the petition it is stated that there is
one large school building in the district,
known as the Lincoln school, on Lincoln
avenue. It will accommodate from 950 to
1,000 scholars. Eecently the directors
erected a small, inferior building of four
looms, on Lerpington avenue, at the en
trance end of tbe district, near the city line.
It is located in the open country, and will
accommodate about 160 scholars. In Sep
tember, 1890, the directors, without legal
authority, divided. the district into two un
equal parts by drawing an imaginary line
in the district. Tbe line is about one-third
nearer the Lincoln school than the Lemington
school.
On November 24 they notified Princlnal
Greaves to oxpel from the Lincoln school all
the scholars In.rooms No. 1 and No. 2, being in
the Eastern district. It was directed that they
mnstgo to the Lemington school It they went
anywhere. As a result 112 children, between
the ages of six years and 12 years, were put out
of tho Lincoln school.
The action of the directors, it is stated, was
without reason, unjust and arbitrary. The
Lincoln school would bold all the children, and
bad in it from 90 to 100 children who did not
live in the district. Thirty or 40 of them do not
even live in the Twenty-first ward. Tbree days
before the expulsion of tho 'children tbere
were 250 vacant scats in the building. Three
teachers have been dropned since then on ac
count of tbe falling otf in attendance. Tbe
Lemington school is two -miles from the Lin
coln school, and is located in rough, open coun
try. The roads were so rough and unbroken in
the winter waather that the little children
could not go at all.
The directors. It is claimed, have been guilty
of official misconduct, first, in usurping the
power of the Central Board of Education in
dividing the district into two unequal parts,
and, in effect, establishing an independent
school district; second, for exclnding 112 small
children from tbe Lincoln school, which, in
effect, prevents them attending school at all
during the winter months. I
In conclusion It is asked tbat the seats of the
defendant directors be declared vacant, and
others appointed in their stead. Thirty-four
signatures were attached to the petition. The
Court issued a rule on the directors requiring
them to show caasp why they should not be re
moved. January 17 was fixed for a hearing.
FILED A BIG BOND.
A Judgment Paper for 8103,000 Placed on
Record Yesterday.
A judgment bond for $105, COO from M. J. Buck
and AW. Buck to J. Lloyd, V: Griffith and
J. W. Sbarbaugh, trustees for creditors of
Johnston, Buck & Co., was placed on record
yesterday. Tbs bond is also recorded in
Cambria county. It is given conditioned on
the payment of the amounts due the creditors
of Johnston, Buck & Co.
Tbe money is to bo paid in four installments,
25 per cent each time, the first payment to be
due January 5, ISM, and tbe balance of the
debt to bear 4 per cent interest.
"Work, In tho Recorder's Office.
A. statement of the work in tbe Recorder's
office for the year 1S90 shows tbat during tbe
year there were 20.6S9 papers recorded. They
were: Mortgages. 10,409; deeds, ,14,153; agree
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$4Suits or Overcoats are now $2 50
$5 Suits or Overcoats are now $3
$6 Suits or Overcoats are now $4
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ments and leases, 691; charters,' 276; mlsoella
.neons (lhcludfng limited partnership, etc..) 6S9;
pBwsr of attorney, 492; total. 2C.689,
EETTLEI! A LONG-FOUGHT CASE.
Judge "White Says a Man's Springs Are All
His Own.
Judge White yesterday settled a case that has
been running in the courts for a year, and has
piled up costs entirely too big in comparison to
the question involved. It is one in which Jobn
Hopper sued Goodman C. Hopper for changing
the course ota little stream that divided their
farms in Flnley township. Tbe stream eman
ated from a spring on tbe property of defend
ant, who dng a sluiceway from its head across
his farm to his' watering trough and spring
bouse. The water thus diverted cut off the
plaintiff's supply, who bad depended on the
stream for his irrigation on that part of his
farm. The case was given to a master, who
fonnd for the plaintiff and recommended tbat
the defendant oe ordered to discontinue tuo
nse of his sluiceway and restore the stream to
its natural way. .
Exceptions were filed by defendant's counsel,
and Judge White sustained them in an opinion
handed down yesterday. Ho reviewed the caso
briefly, and then declared tbat tbe plaintiff
bad no right to any interest In the spring on
defendant's land. Tbe defendant had the sole
and exclusive right to the spring on his land,
and the plaintiff had an equal right to any sur
plus flowing on his. Tbe defendant could carry
the stream to any side, it necessary to bis en
joyment, and it was not a diversion of a natural
water course, on account of its diminutive size
K being' recognized as such. He
had struck the spring nine feet higher on the
bank than where it began to divide the' farms,
and conducted it to bis troughs. Concluding.
the-Judge wag of the opinion that the defend
ant should carry all tbe waste water from the
trough back to tbe line of the plaintiffs prop
erty at his own expense. Tne. judge then
summed up the caso as follows: "Both parties
to tbe suit are more or less to blame; the plain
tiff was unreasonable in his demands, and tbe
defendant bardly as neighborly and accommo
dating as he should have been. Each are in
clined to deny any right to the other, and each
should pay half tho costs, which is now the
main matter in this controversy. The excep
tions to the report are sustained, and let a de
cree be made In accordance with tbe opinion
herein set forth."
THAW ESTATE DISTBIBUTI0K
Made at Last by Judge Hawkins, of the
Orphans' Court.
Judge Hawkins, of tbe Orphans' Court,
yesterday made a decree of distribution of
$7,765,307 53 of the funds In the bands of the
executors of the late William Tbaw. The
schedule of distribution attached to the decree
is an extremely lengthy one, and repeats the
many public and private bequests made by tbe
late philanthropist in his will. The public be
quests which can be paid under' this
decree are as follows: Allegheny Cemetery,
$3,000; Board of Home Missions, Presbyterian
Church, 20,000; Presbyterian Board of Aid tor
Colleges, etc. 550,000; Board of Foreign Mis
sions of Presbyterian Church. $10,000;
Homeopathic Medical and Surgical Hos
pital, $25,000; Allegheny General Hos
pital. $20,000; House of. Little Sisters of
the Poor. $1,000; Pittsburg Library Association,
S5;000; W. A-Passavant, $1,000; Park College,
52.000; Board of Missions for Freedmen, $.10,000;
Board of Cbnrch Erection of Presby
terian Church in the United States,
$2,000; Board of Education of Presby
terian Chnrch, $2,000; Presbyterian Board of
Relief for Disabled Ministers, etc., $10,000; Trus
tees Presbyterian Board of Publication, $1,000;
Mercy Hospital. $20,000; Home of Good Shep
herd, $5,000; Little Sisters of the Poor. $2,000;
Home for Aged Protewant Women, $0,0U0;
Home for Incurables, $3,01)0; Pittsburg Associa
tion forlmprovemont of Poor, SZ000: Children's
Temporary Home. 5000; Young M en's Christian
Association, $2,000; Pittsburg School of Design,
$5,000: Marysville College, $5,000: Berca Col
lege. $5,000; Park College, Missonn, $10,000;
Western University. $100,000; College of James
town, Dakota, $1,000.
This leaves a balance of $92,753 33 to be ac
counted for in the next and final distribution.
To-Morrow's Trial Lists.
Common Pleas No. 1 Evans, guard an, vs
Kilgore; Gollon & Co. vs Hippely & Son; Goff
vs. B. . O. E. B. Co.; Helwig vs Weber; same
vssame; Stroyd vs tbe PittsburgTraction Com.
pany; same vs same; McClure vs Stenler.
Common Pleas No. 2 Ittcl vs P., A. & M.
Pass. By. Co.; E. Howard Watch fc C. Co. vs
Rose et al.; Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co. vs
same; William Rogers Manufacturing Com
pany vs same: Falkman. Oppenheimer & Cn.
vssame; Jennings' administrator vs People's
Mut. Ace. Ins. Co.; Jutle vs Keystone Bridge
Company; Fearnley vs McEldowney; Letzus
It is customary in many mercantile establishments to declare dividends annually and
semi-annually. The profit for the last six or twelve months is figured up, and a cer
tain percentage of it is laid aside, to be paid out in dividends, We are adopting
the same methods, only instead of paying out so much cash.we shall take
off a certain percentage from the price of every article in our store,and
in this way declare a very large dividend to the buyers of
CLOTHING, HATS, SHOES AND FURNISHINGS
TKis 'promise, made by us, means much, for you have learned, by this time that. "WE
DO AS. WE. ADVERTISE." Come iii and walk tkroughthe tens of thousands
of square feet, covered with, the. very goods, you need, and you'll find that
A SENSATIONAL BARGAIN SITS ON EVERY FOOT OF SPACE
OVERCOATS
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Construction Company vs. Bender A Aldred;
Drlscoll ys King & Cor Kuehneret ux -rrAck
erman. ." '
Criminal Court Commonwealth vs Josephine
Denillnc, John Boyle, Isaac and Joseph V orm
ser, Edward Kelly.
DECIDED FOB, DEFENDANTS. .
Settlement of a Suit Over the Improvement
of a Rood.
A hearingwas had before Judges Collier, snd
Slagln yesterday in tbe case of Bryan Coleman
against George Evans, Superyisor of Chartlers
township, and others. The suit was brought
to restrain the Supervisor from leveling and
improving Prospect avenne at Ingram, the
claim being made that the Supervisor bad no
authority to do so.
The attorneys for the defense maintained
tbat to keen tbe street ' in good condition was
the Supervisor's dnty, and tbat was -what he
Y,rl hi-An lint.. 11, n fAI, riwiA wit K .!
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and dismissed the suit.
Sentences In the Criminal Conrt.
Jndge Stowe imposed tbe following sentences
In Criminal Court' yesterday: W. J. McDon
ougb, aggravated assauls and battery, $25 fine
and 10 days in jail; H. C. Starr, larceny, $10 fine
and 21 hours to tbe .workhouse; Robert Brown,
unlawful wounding, CO days to the workhouse;
Henry Oberbelman, illegal liquor selling, 5175
Una and 48 hours to jail; Curtis Hessner. as
sault and battery, JiO fine and costs; James Por
ter, forzery and larceny, two sentences of one
year and three months concurrent to the peni
tentiary; Mary Bnrke, Illegal liquor selling,
$550 fine and three months to tbe workhouse,
and Mary Cregan. aggravated assault and bat
tery, $500 and costs.
Grinding' of the' Divorce 31111.
Divorces were granted yesterday to' Hannah
K. Fry from George B. Fry; Fannie V. Hall
from Jobn S. Hall, and Anna M. Hermes from
Peter Hermes. A subpoena was awarded in the
case of Fannie Jacob against Philip Jacob, in
which tbe wife alleges desertion. In tbe suit of
Anna Kohler against Jacob Kohler, William
Hunter, Esq., was appointed commissioner.
Notes From the Courts.
3. Snowden Bell, E. J. Kent and E.E.
Cramner were admitted to practice yesterday.
. The report of Register Conner for the month
of December shows that 64 letters of adminis
tration and 40 letters testamentary were issued.
Executions were Issued against the Se
wickley Dairy Company yesterday in tbe fol
lowing amounts: James M. Bell, $2,331 69;
Lewis Irwin, $633 77; George Woods, $935 53,
and $320 40 each by A M. Brown, S. A. Duncan;
John I. Shaw, Worth West and W. J. Sawyer,
'in all amonnting to "$5,507 99; total, $9,414 35.
United StAtes Distbict Attobnet
Lyon; yesterday, on behalf of tbe Govern
ment, entered snit before United Btates Com
missioner Gamble against Anton and George
Auglanbougb and S. H. Bonds, to recover $1670.
The money, it is stated, was overpaid Anton
Auglanbougb, who was a mall contractor in
tbe eastern part of, the State.
Iron Cot beer is a verv nonnlar brew.
'Unexcelled for purity and nourishment.
Physicians recommend it. Dealers Keep it,
Jlffi
Read Groetzinger's advertisement. Spe
cial sale of tapestry brussels carpets.
Race: ale is preferred by many. Try
Iron City Brewery's make. At best bars.
sick anAUAcnaClLtUz,t tntie Liver riiis.
SICK HKADACHECarter,, LlMt Uym mj
SICK HEADACHECarter,f Lml8 UTerrl,
SICK HEADACHECMjr,I LUUe Liver Pills.
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AMUSEMENT ADVERTISE
MENTS usually appearing on
Ibis page will be found to
day on the Fourteenth page.
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That in every
department of
our mammoth
store you can
save' money
article vou DUrchase. This is no
ingless announcement with, us, but a genuine and
fair offer to give all buyers during the
C03IWG WEEK REMARKABLE VALUES
And:start the new year with a foretaste of WHAT
WE 'MEAN TO DO FOR YOU AS IT PASSES
ALONG. '
IN AND GET
YOUR DIVIDEND.
No matter what mav be vour present need a
SUIT, an OVERCOAT, NEW UNDERWEAR,
a HAT, a PAIR of SHOES or any of the thou
sand and one articles we sell, your money will go
further here than anywhere. You ought to be
"in it," and it won't be our fault if you are not,
for we are giving the fact a wide publicity.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
LACES! '
EMBROIDERIES!
FINE LAOES AND EMBROIDERIES have always had a charm
sssi m'' WffsjJlM
long-time. But the all-important point to intending buyers is the faol;
that we stand ready to save them fully 26 per cent on all purchases.
"How is that?" you ask. Simply this: Our buyers were fortunate
enough to place large orders with manufacturers before the tariff bil
became law. "We are willing to share our good luck withpatrond
There's tie secret of our low.-prices on these goods.
LAOES.
Real Hand-made Medici and Torchon Laces,
our own importation, from Kirch to 6 inches,
2Kc to. 25c per yard old tariff prices, mark
you, and 23 per cent lower than at other
houses.
We offer exceptional values in Seville or
Machine-made .Linen Laces. All put up In
pieces of 12 yards, ranging in price from 10c to
75c per doien yards.
In narrow Italian and Normandy Valen
cteono we have .'ome surprises. Prices, 4s to
C Oca yard.
Beautiful Oriental Laces, latest patterns,
8c to 75c a yard.
Point de Gene and other Trimming Laces ar
riving dally. All novelties received as fast as
produced.
CLOAKS
In our Cloak Department unprecedented bargains are offered.
There's no excuse for shivering in the cold so long as winter garments
can be bought here for less than actual cost. Hundreds to select from;
all new, stylish and perfect fitting.' Prices in many cases have been
cut in two. It will pay you to at least examine goods and prices before
going elsewhere.
lSeibaun$
510-514 MARKET STREET.
YOUKSELF AN J) COMPANY
Are cordially invited to all at once and examine our massive display of Holiday Gifts.
We can show you girts suitable for the old and young, and at the very lowest prices.
Our line of watches Is unexcelled. hy any bouse in tbis city. Diamonds in enormous
q.nantities,and Rings, Eardrops, Lace Pins, Chains. Bracelets, Charms, Silverware of every
description, Clocks and Bronzes, at unheard-of low figures. Bemember the name ana
numbers. "
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FIYE STORES J2V ONE.
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That the $6 Suits and Overcoats are now $4
That the $8 Suits and Overcoats are now $5 50
Tnat the $10 Suits and Overcoats are now $7
That the $12 Suits and Overcoats are now $8
That the $14 Suits and Overcoats are now $10
That the 15 Suits and Overcoats are now $11
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reached quicker than any other -way.
And no "wonder, for any person with
a taste for the beautiful cannot help
admiring these exquisite goods.
Our display of Fine Laces and Em
broideries should be seen by 'every
lady in Pittsburg. If s really the
most artistic shown hereabouts for a
VEILINGS.
The latest things In Fall Veilings Tuxedo
Chenille. Spot, Malines and Striped Grenadine.'
Do not fail to see this complete line of veilings.
EMBROIDERIES.
Our entire stock of Fine Embroideries direct
from St. Gaul manufacturers is offered at old
prices one-fourth less tban the goods can ba
bought elsewhere.
Fine, narrow Baby Edgings, 5c, 8c, Sc, 9c, 10a
and np.
Cambric and Nainsook, medium width and
showy goods. 10c to 25c Inserting every width,
to match these edgings.
Cambric and Swiss Flouncings, 22 and 27
inches, for misses' and children's druses, 353
to 2 60 per yard.
Ladies' Skirtings, 62c to S3 yer yard.
All over embroidering to match.
Headings, 15c, 20c, 25c apiece.
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