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TURKS VERSUS JAPS-
A Ridiculous Misunderstanding
Takes Place in the
Dardanelles.
NAVAL OFFICERS SNUBBED.
They are Refused Permission lo En
ter the Famous Straits.
KOCH'S QTJAEKELWtTH DOCTORS.
A French Husband Seriouslj Wounded In a
Sensational Duel.
A SUICIDE AT FAMOUS MO.NTE CAELO
Constantinople, Jin. 3. An inter
national incident, causing some merriment,
occurred in these waters during the past day
or so. A Japanese ironclad frigate having
on board the survivors of the Ertogroul,
the Turkish ironclad, which foundered in
the China Sea September IS, during a
typhoon, arrived off the fgrts and batteries
guarding the entrance of the Dardauells.
When the Japanese war vessel's name and
mission were communicated to the Turkish
ouicers at tne entrance of the Straits these
official claimed that they had no authority
to allow the ironclads to pass through the
Dardanelles. Tbe Turks, also, suggested
that the survivors of the Ertngruol disaster
betaken in by Turkish officials, thereby in
timating that while obliged for the lavor
done lor Turkey in bringing the unfortunate
Turkish sailors back to their native land,
the sooner the Japanese war vessel returned
to Japan the better pleased would the Turk
ish officers be.
The Japanese Take Their Revenge.
This treatment so enraged the commander
of the Japanese frigate thai he ordered his
anchor hove up, aud soon after he headed
his vessel seaward agiiu. firmly resolved to
take the rescued Turks back to the place
from which he had broucht them.
"While the Jap mese officers had been par
leying with the Turks, the litter, it seems
had been vigorously working the wires com
municating between the forts at the entrance
of the Dardanelles ana the authorities at
Constantinople. Then there was a serious
row between the palace authorities and the
military authorities, another between the
p ilace authorities and the naval authorities,
and another still between all the three
grouns if authorities combined.
Then thcairagain becaui- clearabout Con
stantinople and the Dardanelles, and steam
was hurriedly got up upon the fastest vessel
available at Constantinople the imperial
vacht. Thit vessel, after crowding on all
the steam she could with safety carrr, man
aged to overtake the Japanese frigates off
the port of Suiyrnia.whereshe was expecting
to coal.
The Turks Profusely Apologize.
The Turkish imperial yacht ran along
side the Japanese ironclad, and the Turks
began a series of profue apologies, reciting
the explanation tliat tue international regu
lations forbade any foreign ironclad from
entering tbe straights, and sucgesting all
sorts of ways in which the matter could be
settled. The Japanese commander finally
accepted the apologies tendered him, trans
ferred the survivors of the Ertogroul to the
imperial jacht, and everybody felt more
comfortable.
The Ertogroul was a wooden frigate of
2,344 ton burden; she was built in 1863 and
carried 41 guns of small calibre. Aumiral-O.-man
1'jsha. who perished with the Erto-"
groul, was a Vice-Admiral of the Turkish
fleit, and a son-in-law of Hassan Pasha,
Turkish Minister of Marine. Also on boa it
the ill-fated vessel were a number of Turk
ish naval student.
Compliment From Emperor "William.
News has been received here to the effect
that the Emperor of Germany is sending a
special cnoy to the Sultan of Turkey in
order to present the latter with several rich
gifts iu token of the Emperor's appreciation
of the assistance rendered by tbe Turkish
authoiilies to the German iron clad Fried
rich K-irl. This vessel, it will be remem
bered, was reported ashore December 22,
liaiini; run ou a reef off the Isle of Mitylen,
in the JEjeau Sea, near the coast of Asia
Minor. Thanks to the assistance rendered
bv the Turkish authorities, the Friedrich
Karl was floated without having sustained
much damage. The Friedrich Karl was
launched in 1SS7, carries 16 heavy cuns, has
nine inches " armor, a displacement of
6,770 tons and 3,500-horse power engines.
DR. KOCH IS AKGEY.
He ThinkR the Medical Profession Should
Exorcise More Patience.
Beklin, Jan. 3. Prof. Koch's first step
on returning home yesterdav was to seek a
conference with Dr. Von Gossler, ministers
of medicinal affairs, etc, on the action of
the medical societies against the continued
secrecy regarding the nature of
the lymph and tbe present method
of its distribution. Prof. Koch is in ill
humor over the increasing severity of the
prolessional criticisms here and abroad, or
he would disclose tbe mode of manufactur
ing the lymph.
"tt lien the Landtag resumes its sittings
an official declaration will be made repudi
ating a desire on the part of tbe Govern
ment to retain any advantage through the
production of the lympn, and expressing its
readiness to communicate the process of
manufacturing the lymph through other
goernments which are able to guarantee
against the abuse of the patent chemical
agent.
In the mean time the anger of tbe medical
circles arising from the privileged traffic in
Ivmph is growing in warmth. The Tage
blatt asserts that while many patients are
awaitiug treatment a large quantityof tbe
lymph remains unused in the. Libbertz
Laboratory, and that Drs. Cornet, Dengel
and Pfuhl have a practical monopoly of the
use of the lymph.
Dr. Cheyne, of London, has Deen here
several weeks testing the efficacy1 of the
remedy in cases of leprosy. He has become
convinced of its value, and wiil proceed
to St. Petersburg, where he will inoculate
lepers.
H0EE0ES OF MONTE CAELO.
A Terriblo State of Things Unearthed at
the Gambling Resort,
rrir cable to tub DisrATcn.i
London, Jan. 3. Galig nani's Jeswnjer,
of Paris, has unearthed a horrible state of
things iu Monte Carlo. The correspondent
of that paper has discovered several suicides
in a' few days, all due to the victims having
lost their last sou at the gambling table. A
few days ago a man named C L.
Bour took his own life after
losing his money. His mistress applied ;to
the head of the Casino for sufficient money
to leave the place. She was given 400 francs
upon consideration that she should leave
Monte Carlo and give up all Bonr's papers.
This she did, and, although these papers
thowed who he was and who were his rela
tives, they were not communicated with and
he was buried in the potters' field.
A day or two after his death a young
Englishman informed a Galignani corres
poudent that he had witnessed the suicide
of a man iu the Casino and that the at
tendants had thrown the body out of tbe
window aud carried it away'a day later.
Suicides in Monte Carlo are not registered
and their number is far in excess of any
dreamed of by the general public. Leopold
Graham, manager of Galignani'e says that
most newsprpers are subsidized by the ant
tbomles of the Casino at Monte Carlo to
keep the awful death record away from the
public.
SHOT IN THE NECK. '
ONE FRENCH DUEL IK WHICH BLOOD
WAS REALLY" SPILLED.
A Beautiful Wife .Houses Her Husband's
Jealousy to the Fighting Point The
Count Issues a Challenge, But Gets the
Worst of the Encounter.
TBT DT.LAT'S CABLE COMI-ANT
London, Jan. 3. The duel between a
Hungarian niagnateand a Parisian Boule
vardier, which has been so much talked and
written about, both here and in France, and
has excited much curiosity as to the names
and statiou of tbe combatants, occurred in
this wise: The principals were Count
Tisza, cousin to the Hungarian statesman of
that name, and Viscount de Marigny, a .Pa
risian man about town. Some years ago the
Hungarian nobleman wedded a Mile. Vas
ilssi, a native of Bohemia, of humble origin,
but superb beauty, with that witchinggrace
of form and languid yet intoxicating loveli
ness and soulful eyes that mark her country
women. '
The lady has since her marriage been well
known in Paris and Vienna, in which cities,
although not received by the highest aris
tocracr, she ha always been held as a model
of female propriety The Viscount de
Marigny saw her and was conquered. His
attentions to the lovely Countess, whose
husband was then absent! excited remark.
A good deal of flirtation there undoubtedly
was between the pair, in Vienna first and
afterward in Paris and Cannes. The
husband, who was in Vienna at the time,
heard reports of what was going on behind
his back. He came to Paris at once and
challenged the Viscount de Marigny, ar
ranging the affair in such a manner as
to make it appear to have been caused by
a quarrel over cards and to leave the lady's
chnracter uiistnirched.
The adversaries went secretly to Mar
seilles, but the wife whose conjugal sus
picions were aroused by her husband's
moody manner, followed them, alas, ton
late! The combat had taken place, and her
husband was wouuded in tbe neck. The
Count and Countess .ire living at the same
hotel, but the physicians will not permit
the lady to see her husband for some time.
The bullet was extracted to-day, and the
patient is doing fairly well, although not
out of danger.
The "cavaliere sirvente" has been dis
missed, at least tor the present, and the re
pentant wife beautiful in her tears waits
anxiously till she can see her husbind and
assure him of her unswerving affection.
There has been a good deal of gossip flying
around about the affair, but this is the first
time that the facts have been disclosed.
FATHER O'SHEA SPEAKS.
He Defends the Political Acts of Both Par-'
nell and His Perscutor.
Dublin, Jan. 3. Father O'Snea has
written a letter from the Fransiscan convent
at Drogheda. He sars: "As Captain
O'Shea's nominator forjthe Galway election
of 1S86, I can throw light upon the foul
caluiinies uttered about Mr. Parnell and
Captain O'Shea. From undoubted authori
ties presen , it can be proved that no shadow
of suspicion rests upon the political purity
of the motive actuating Mr. Parnell when
he decided to run Captain O'Shea for Gal
way. He hoped thereby to secure Captain
O'Shea's influence and to induce the coali
tion of 86 members ot Parliament with the
English Liberal party.
Mr. Par n ell's anxiety was so great to ob
tain this result that he carried Captain
O'Shea forward against all opposition, and
without exacting the usual political
pledges. In spite of the fact that few stones
have been left unturned to ruin Captain
O'Shea's reputation and lessetThis pocket, I
bclieYe him worthy of his friend's" esteem
for his kind-heartedness and bis right sense
of great moral virtues. In the event of an
other election in Galway, I should act in a
similar manner to prove my belief in Mr.
Parnell's honesty at that time. I could
bear witness that the proceedings in the
divorce court bad no cootfection with tbe
Galway matter, so far as Captain O'Shea
was concerned.
THE FINAL CONFERENCE.
Parnell Will Take an Early Train To-Mor-row
for Boulogne.
Dublin, Jan. 3. Mr. Parnell left Dub
lin to-day for his country seat, Avondale,
where it is expected be will remain until
Monday morning next Unless his plans
are changed between now and Monday, Mr.
Parnell will leave for Boulogne at an early
hour to take paVt in what is likely to be the
final conference between the Irish leaders,
0 far as the question of leadership of the
Irish party is concerned.
A dispatch lrom Paris says: Mr. O'Brien
will not resume his conference with Mr.
Parnell unless the proposed negotiations
obtain such sanction from the leaders of the
majority of the Irish party as will justiiy
the hope of a reunion of theparty. In the
meantime Mr. O'Brien declines to state
whether, in the communications passing be
tween himself and Messrs. Dillon and Mc
Carthy aud others, they promise their ap
proval of further negotiations. Tbe opinion
"of the Irish group In this city is unfavor
able to a resumption of the conference 'at
Boulogne-Sur-Mer.
THE ARGENTINE SITUATION.
General Mitre Predicts That Affairs Will Bo
formal In Three Years.
Paris, Jan. 3. In an interview to-day,
on tbe situation in the Argentine Iiepublic,
General Mitri expressed confidence'tbzt the
crisis in thit country cannot last long. The
agreement between the English Financial
Committee and the Government of Argen
tine, he said, promised to rehabilitate the
finances of tbe Republic Three years
hence the financial position will again be
normal. The effect or the crisis nn com
merce will be only transitory. The Re
public possesses resources which, as yet,
have been "merely tapped.
Begarding his candidacy for the Presi
dency of Argentine, General Mitre said that
he would not stand as a candidate for that
office unless he found, after his arrival in
Buenos Ayres, that his election would tend
to secure the welfare and "prosperity of the
country. He was grateful, he said, for tbe
demonstration by the people of Buenos
Ayres in favor of his candidacy", but he must
postpone coming to a definite decision on the
matter until he bad met and talked with his
compatriots.
A GUATEMALAN FRAUD.
He Gets Eight Months for Passing Confed
erate Money.
TBT DUlTLAr'S CABLE COMFAJrr.l
Berlin, Jan 3. Don Batniro Alvarez
a captain in the army of Gnatamala, was
sentenced to-day by a Berlin court to eight
months' confinement for swindling hotel
keepers and waiters all over the country by
passing upon them American Confederate
money that was issued during the American
rebellion. Alvarez alsq produced for his
swindling purposes a number of letters if
introduction from American lodges, issued
to himself.
The police worked the. case up very
cleverly, although tbe Don covered his
tracks well, despite the wide field he worked
in. The authorities pronounce bim an in
ternational fraud.
The Portuguese Cortes Prorogued.
Lisbon, Jan. 3. The Cortes has been
prorogued Until April 2.
French and English Tree Masons.
Paris, Jan. 3. The French'Grand Orient
has declined the overtures of the German
Free Masons for a closer co-operation of the
European lodges. ,
MANY POSTAL CLERKS DISCHARGED.
The Employes of the London Office Dis
missed for Disobedience.
London, Jan. 3. A sensation was
caused in postoffice circles here to-day by a
wholesale suspension of clerks. Over 200
clerks employed in the Postoffice Savings
Bank were suspended from duty because
they disobeyed tbe order of the Secretary of
the bank to remain on duty two hours over
the nsual time.
The places of the suspended clerks were
promptly filled by new men.
BAPTISM OF A PRINCE.
Emperor William's Little Son the Subject of
an Impressive Ceremony.
Berlin, Jan. 3. The biptism of the
infant Prince has been fixed for January
23, when the Empress will again appear in
public The King and Queen of Italy will
be the infant's sponsors.
Alice Shaw, the American whistler, has
met with brilliant success in her concerts
in St Petersburg.
STILL A MYSTERY.
NOTHING KNOWN OF THE ORIGIN OF
THE NEW YORK FIRE. .
The Total Loss Foots Up Over Hair a Million
Dollars Some of the Heavy Losers
Fifth Avenue Theater to Be Rebuilt at
Once "' '
New York, Jan. 3. H. C. Miner, the
lessee of the Fifth Avenue Theater, was
found standing on the charred ruins of the
auditorium to-day, gazing dolefully at the
wreck of his house and his hopes for a
prosperous season. Mr. Miner expressed
himsel: forcibly about the apparent inca
pacity of the two watchmen and Customs
House officers who were in the theater
at the time of the fire for not
discovering the blaze sooner. Continuing
he said: "It is, impossible that tbe fire
should have started by means of the fire
works used in the storm scene of "Cleo
patra," as nothing combustible was used,
the effects being obtained by means of mag
nesium lights. I roust say that the origin
of the fire is exceedingly mysterious.
"Yes, I shall begin to butld.ag.-iin at once
and I suppose it will have to be under the
new building law and then we will have the
same trouble the Union Square Theater had.
But we have exits iu two streets Broadway
and Twenty-eighth streets and therefore
may not have to bnild an alley for another
exit. In two mouths from now I shall open
this house again with 'Cleopatra1 on the
boards."
A careful estimate of the loss by 'fire
places it at S567,000, more than half of which
falls on the insurance companies. Never in
the history of the fire department of this
city were the members called upon to battle
with snch fierce flames.
So far there is no positive explanation
given of the origin of the fire. There is a
supposition, however, that a cigar thrown
carelessly away while stili burning was the
cause. Then, again, it is said that there was
some smoke seen in the Fifth Avenue
Theater during tbe evening, which could
not be accounted for, but this Mr. Miner
positively denies.
Prof. Hermann says the fire started in the
"supes" room ot the Fifth Avenue Theater.
When the fire was at its height Hermann's
Theater was given up for lost, but now it is
found that the building is not so badly
damaged after all. ,
Following is a list of losses as estimated
by the police: Fifth Avenue Theater, owned
by the Gilsey estate, a total loss, $250,000;
Henry C. Miner, lessee of thebnilding, loss
880,000; Fannv Davenport, the actress, loses
$30,000; the Gilsey building. 1185 Jo1203
Broadway, owned by the Gilsey estate,
$100,000;"!. B. Cook & Co., sporting goods,
loss by water, $10,000; S. Spero, tailor, a
similar amount; F. J. Brooks, shoes, $5,000;
Hermann's Theater, $25,000; Stnrtevaiit
House, by fire and water, $25,000; Nos. 33
and 35 West Twenty-eighth street, known
as Gilsey Mansion, $4,000. In addition to
these there are a number of smaller losses,
ranging from $500 to $2,000.
CROOKED ESTATE MANAGEMENV
What Has Become of the Large Sums of
Money Is a Serious Mystery.
Kansas City, Jan. 3. Guardian Hugh
Lynch, appointed to take charge of Bernard
Donnelly and his big estate upon'Mr. Don
nelly being declared insane, is being over
run by claims against the estate for sums
both large and small, the aggregate already
reaching $400,000. From present indica
tion, Mr. Lynch is of tbe opinion that the
estate will pay only a very smr.ll per cent
age of wbat is due from it, and many per
sons will be great losers who can ill at
ford the los, being mostly personaliriends
of Mr. Donnelly who intrusted their money
to bim for investment: So far, Mr. Lynch
has not fonnd that these funds have ever
.been accounted for.
The profits of the Troost estate, of which
Mr. Donnelly was trustee, including the
Uiiiis Opera House, passed into tbe bands
of Mr. Donnelly, and as yet Mr. Lynch
hasn't been able to find what has become of
them. He is inclined to believe that noth
ing can be found. What has become of the
money which has passed into Mr. Donnelly's
hands is a question Mr. Lynch is not pre
pared to answer. Donnelly has some prop
erty, but all of it is encumbered to the fullest
extent.
NEW "MEN TO BE ELECTED.
Twelve Members of the Central Board
Whose Terms Expire.
The terms of 12 members of the Central
Board of Education have expired and elec
tions will be held by their respective boards
before tbe first Tuesday in February.
The present members whose terms of three
years expire are: W. H. Ncsbit, Allen;
Hugh Adams, Forbes; Theo. Doerflinger,
Franklin; B, W. Blase. Humboldt; C. S.
Grey, Liberty; James M. McMillen3Iiners
ville; John McKean, Morse; D. B Tor
rens, Mt. Washington; J. C. Berger, North;
J. D. Buckley, BiVerside: F. N. Staub,
Springfield; P. M. Carr, St. Clair.
HORSE AND RIDERIN A WELL.'
A Fatal Accident Happens to a Yonng
Methodist Minister.
Brownsville, Tenn., Jan. 3. T. O.
Lucas, a yonng Methodist minister, was
killed near here yesterday by falling into
an old well.
His horse, which he was leading, also fell
iu upon him, and it was several hours be
fore Lucas' body could be recovered.
Ko Dull Season at the Cash Store.
To keep our store crowded this month; tbe
dullest month of tbe year, we realize that
bargains must be offered and tempting ones.
So patrons will find some interesting prices
in storc for them at our establishment In
black dress goods our largest sales are in
July' and January. Out prices accounts for
such odd results. We offer while they last,
60 pieces $1 25 46-inch all -silk, and wool
Henrietta at 69u as a starter. Bring samples
of $1 25 goods from any store in the city for
comparison. Muslin underwear one-third
under regular prices elsewhere. We are
obliged to clear our cloak room at once for
lace curtains. -It's not a question of what a
coat costs us. but what it will sell for. Look
them over. The prices' will tempt you.
Thornton Bros., Allegheny, Pa,
Freer to AIL
Twelve taihiature photographs free with
every dozen of cabinets at Hendricks &
Co.'s, all this week; 68"Federal street, Alle
gheny. Good cabinets, $1 a dozen. "
SUMWF
THE PITTSBUKGr, -DISPATCH.
FIRST GUNS FIRED.
The Annual .Set-To Between tho Coke
Operators and Men Begun
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WEIGHING COAL ON THE TIPPLE,
Together With the Eight-Hour Question
Will Be Features of
A LIVELY AND INTEEfiSTIXG FIGHT
"Conference adjonrned; demands pre
posterous," was the short message received
in the city yesterday, in 'reference to the
preliminary meeting at Jicottdale between
the coke operators and workers, respecting
tbe scale for the jear.
The message was sent by one operator to
another, and, of course, expressed tbe
sender's views only. The scale, which ex
pires early in February, will not be renewed
this year without a lengthened fight and
determined opposition from both sides.
Snch, anyhow, is the opinion of conservative
members of the trade spoken with yesterday.
It is even said that the region will witness a
strike of a character not yet experienced in
those districts.
The two points in the subjec which will
receive most attention, and wbich both sides
regard as of vital importance, are the ques
tions of weighing coal at tbe tipple, and
basing wages on a sliding scale. Anytime
since coal was first mined the question of the
measurement of the output has been a bone
of contention between owners aud miners.
Scope of the Sliding Scale.
For some time past the miner has been
paid, according to the number of bushels
loaded into wagons, constructed to hold 34
bushels or 45 bushels each, and officially
certified to as holding these amounts. A
34-bnshel wagon loaded to the edge at the
face of the coal would seem to contain less
on arriving at the tiple, the jogging over
the rough road seeming to settle the con
tests. The operatorjwould then insist that
the wagon bad not been loaded, and the
miner would be docked in his pay. Again
a dishonest miner can load his wagon in
such a way, by putting in" several large
lumps,etc, in the bottom, that it would hold
28 bushels of coal instead of 34. ' .
Thus the operator would be getting six
bushels in each wagon less then he was pay
ing for. If three ouch wagons were charged.
into an oven, the .operator would have to
pay the miner for 18 bnsbels he did not
mine, and wonld lose, in addition, by pay
ing the drawer for drawing three wagons of
coke, though getting 18 bushels less."
This year's discussion will turn from
whether the miner should be paid for the
wagon as it is loaded at the face of the coal
or when it arrives at the tipple, to whether
the worker shall be paid by 'the actual
weight of his output. In other words, a
fight will be mad t on whether the coal shall
be weighed at the tipple and the miner
paid accordingly. The men favor this plan
though it wouldseem to be against their
interests to adopt it.
No More Check on the Output.
The responsibility of weighing the coal
will be in the bands of one or two men at
each tipple, and the man in the mine who
is doing the work will no longer have a
check ou the amount of his output as he
now has by means of the officially stamped
wagons.
It is very easy" to conceive that a very
little manipulation of the scales would de
prive tbe miner of a slice of his earnings,
and it is a question, even were the weigh-y
men strictly. accurate, .whether the miner,
would not find reason to, disagree with him.i
The adoption of the weighing system, it is
argued, would not be satisfactory to either
side. In some places 26 bushels run
to a ton; in others but 23. A
man working iu a dry pit would
load very much less in weight,
but of even bulk, than the man In the wet
mine. In the first instance, the operator
would be getting the benefit of tbe bulk at
little weight; in the latter, the miner would
be receiving pay for a much greater amount
of coal.than he really worked. A'mong per
sons acquainted with the trade were it is be
lieved that the amount of coal
should - be decided at the tipple,
and by measurement as being the
most equitable plan.
It is believed that the operators are not
unwilling to pay for resnlts on a sliding
scale of wages, and that the miners would
prefer to adopt this system, all, of course,
with several very important conditions, at
tached. , (
Some Conditions to Be Laid Down.
The miners would make a point of ap
pointing a committee to act in conjunction
with a committee of the operators when any
suggestions for raising or lowering the sell
ing price should be made. Tbe miners'
committee would be expected to make vey
careful inquiries into tbe reasons for the
change, and would exercise discrimination
in whether alterations iu price were sug
gested as a necessity ot the times or for tne
purpose of freezing out rivals. The sliding
scale would be acceptable to the miners if
the base was not lower than $1 75. Opera
tors would adopt it if too many restrictions
as to its flexibility and uses were not at
tached as a condition.
Advices from Scottdale last night say:
The operators and miners held a preliminary,
meeting to-day, and adjourned withoufac
cdmplishing anything, Messrs. Bae, Parker
and Kerfoot were present on behalf of the
minersand Messrs. Lynch, Brennen and
Schoonmaker on behalt of tbo operators.
The scale was presented and at once stamped
by the operators as impracticable. They
declare that the proposition to weigh coal at
the tipples was out of the question. The
miners committee took tbe stand that many
mining regions were now being successfully
operated by the weight system, and they could
therefore see no reason why it would not
be a success in the coke regions. The clause
in the new scale beariug on the discharge of
all non-unionists was also disenssed. The
operators ridiculed the idea of the
adoption of the eight-hour system.., but
miners evince a determination to secure
that concession if none other. All the oper
ators present stated emphatically that they
would sign no new labor contract nnless the
scale committee would give a bond.
An adjournment was taken, after wbich
the Scale Committee of the miners held a
lengthened conference Following is the
scale:
The Scalo Submitted Yesterday.
That tbe prices' to be paid at any aud all
plants operated by the-said .,.., for min
ing coal and drawing coke shall be adjudicated
by weight, by the ton or bushel, at the follow
ing rates:
Per 100 bu. Ton.
Mining and loading room coal, dry. .U 07 29o
Mining ana loading room coal, wet.. 1 17 31c
Min'gandloadingbeadlbgcoal, dry.. 122 33c
Mln'g and loading beading coal, wet.. 1 82 85c
All narrow work to be paid heading rates,
wet and dry, as the cast may be, and this ap
plies to first cut-through iu drawing 'ribs.
Where it occurs that a place is trotfbled with
continual bard coalorany other deflciency.such
special rates shall be paid as the mine
boss and local committee may agree upon, aud
double price shall be paid for all slate or bor
ing coal picked out and tbrown back, and In all
cases where two men are required to work to
gether 10 cents extra per 100 bushels, or 3 cents
per ton, shall be paid. Where water falls on a
miner, or where bo gets bis fees wet shall be
recognized as a wet place and entitled to -wet
allowance. Rates for other classes of labor
sball be as follows:
Driving, full run sot exceeding eight
hours .' .:. 2 25
Bope riding, full run not exceeding eight
hours I. ...'. 2 25
Roadmen, eight hours... 2 25
Timbering, eight hours.. i 2 25
Horsebacsmen, eight hours.. 2 25
Carers, full run not exceeding eight bours 2 25
Trappers, eight hours 1 0O
Tipplemen, elebt hoars..... i 2 00
.Cagers at crusher.. ...i..
Chargers, with horses or mules, per oven. 05
Chargers, with pit wagon, per day of
SUNDAY, JANUARY 4,
eight hours.:. 2 25
Chargers, with locomotives, per day of
eight bours ( 2 00
Charging engineers, per day of eight hours 2 SO
Coke drawing, perlOO bushels charged.... 65
Coke drawing, per ton charged 17
Leveling, per oven 11
Firing cold ovens, peroven 25
Closiug ovens, layoff clays and Sunday,
peroven 01
Hand-picking coke shall not be the work ot
coke drawers. ,
Forking box or stock cars under 40,000
pounds, per car , SI 25
Forkins box or stock tars of 40.U00 pounds,
per car... 1 40
Forking box or stoek cars over 40,000
pounds, per car 1 65
Forking open-top cars, small...... i.' 1 40
Forking open-top cars, medlnm 1 65
Forking open-top cars, large 2 00
Loading stock by forking or otherwise,
oeroven 33
Ash carters, per day of eight boars., 1 75
xaraiaoor , i w
Eight Hours for All Miners.
All'classes of work not mentioned in above
list to receive an advance of 10 per cent above
tbe wages they received under tbe agreement
expiring February 10, 1S0L Eight hours sball
constitute a day in all classes of day labor.
Scales for weighing coal in larries shall be
placed under "all hins, and in all cases where
coal is weighed. 7G pounds shall be a bnsbel
and 2,000 pounds a ton. Drivers shall not be
required to harness, unharness or clean mnles.
PUe drawers to knock out and carrry back
posts, and when the rib exceeds 15 feet
in width 15 cents per 100 bushels
or 4 cents per ton extra sball be paid. House
rent shall not exceed 12 per cent per annum of
its assessed value, to be collected semi-monthly.
Cbeckweighmen shall have a check num
ber, and their account sball be carried through
the office as the accounts of employes are.
Strikes or suspension of work on the part of
employes shall not be allowed pnless three
days' written notice shall have been given
by tbe district officers to tbe general manager
ot said At his office
A single notice shall bo sufficient for all
plants operated by said , and said
sball not close down or suspend operation at
any plant or part of plant without first giving
three days' written notice of their intention to
do so, both to tbe district qfflcersand local offi
cers of plant or plants affected; nor shall any
boss, superintendent or manager discbarge or
suspend any employe without first giving such
employe three days' notice and no employe
sball quit the employ of said ' without
giving three days' notice.
None but union men sball be employed, aud
non-union men shall be discontinued Iu service,
as soon as their places can be tilled by union
men. It sball bo tbe duty of the management
to see that all men and boys are out of the mine
within reasonable time after day's work is
done at such mine.
This agreement to go into effect on the 10th
of February, 1K)1, and c6ntlnue in effect until
tbe 10th dav of February. 1892. Scale as
amended by Scale Committee,
James Kekoan, Fresidant.
M. Barrett, Secretary.
All the Demands Are Refused.
The operators held a meeting yesterday,
afternoon after tbe adjournment of the joint
conference and prepared an answer to the
demands of tbe workmen, whfch was given
to the labor officials last evening. In it
they refuse all the demands and ask the
workmen to be generous and manful enough
to accepfa reduction, as the depressed con
dition of frade has almost paralyzed the
coke industry. "They refuse to consider
the demand for scales, on the
ground that such would cost thou
sands of dollars, destroy a nnmber
of ovens, reduce tbe capacity, and increase
the cost of production. Tbe demand for an
eight-hour day, they say, is unreasonable,
when a nine-hour day has not been obtained
in any other coal district iu the United
States. Coke, they say, is 25 cents per ton
less than when the present scale was made.
The prospect3 were t then brighter, yet the
K resent demands are from 15 to 20 per cent
igher, not including other advantages
asked. The wages in other districts, they
say, are on a much lower basis, and the de
mands as a whole are unreasonable and will
not be granted.
ALCOHOL AND LONG LIFE.
Statistics Proving the Old Saw That the
Good Dle.Young.
From a recent number of Science it ap
pears that the British Medical Association
appointed a commission to inquire and ascer
tain the average age of three classes of
drinkers, to-wit: Total abstainers from
alcoholic beverages, modern drinkers and
sots. The commission reported its observa
tions upon 4,234 death, divided into five
categories: ,
1. Total abstainers.
2. Habitual temperate drinkers those,
who consume a moderate amount of alco
holic liquors. -
3. Careless drinkers those who do not
mean to get drank, but are simply impru
dent drinkers.
4. Free and habitual drinkers.
.5. Decidedly intemperate drinkers sotc.
According to this classification the aver
age age reached by each of these categories
is as follows: First class, 51 years 22 days;
second, 63 years 13 days; third, 59 years 67
days; fourth, 57 years 59 days; fifth, 53 years
3 days. From this the curious fact is
brought out that the teetotalers are the
shortest lived, sots having but a slight ad
vantage over them in the average duration
of life. The moderate drinkers reach the
most advanced age.
SITTING ON A CORPSE.
A Big Cat Contentedly Reclines on a Man's
,Oead Body.
New York; Jan. 3. David O'Neil, a
laborer, 51 years old, celebrated New Year's
night b'y getting very drunk. He came
home at 2 o'clock yesterday morning and
lay down on the floor and died. His daugh
ter, a girl about ,16 years old,, beard her
Vatber groaning, but thought nothing un
usual was going on Until tbe sound sud
denly ceased. Then she found he was
dead. She went back to bed ag3in, and
late in the mornintr notified the police.
Last nighrthe dead man lay on tbe floor
of the filthy, unfurnished room, just as he
thad died. On his chest, contentedly
smoothing her fur, sat a big, green-eved
black cat, which scampered off as an officer
entered.
Styles in Mantelpieces.
The solid wooden mantelpiece is being
superseded in libraries, dining rooms and
halls by one of marble or tiling or even
brick. The black and 'gold Spanish mar
bles and the pale grayish-pink Sienna mar
bles and the Nnmidian marbles, which are
quarried in every color, from, a deep ma
bozany red to a pale drab hue. are all used
for whole mantels or for mantel-facings, the
remainder of the mantel being wood.
Flowers In the Toilet.
While flowers are rather neglected as a
garniture for evening toilets, they are ex
ceedingly popular in the constrnction of
costumes for lancy dress parties. For youth,
fnl women are very "Frenchy" and pretty
flower dresses, rose toilets, marguerite gowns,
chrysanthemums, lilac, orchidjpoppy, bluet,
etc.
Kennan, the Explorer, Will Be With Us Sat
urday Next.
Thelectnre by George Kennan, thefamohs
Siberian explorer, under the ausnices of the
Press Clab, wiil take place next Saturday
eveuing, the 10th instant, in Old City Hall.
"On the Great Boad to Siberia," Mr. Ken
nan's subject, suggests in itself the nature of
his revelations. The road to Siberia has,
perhaps, been the- scene of- more
tragedies than any other highway in
the world. The unfortunates who enter
upon it leave bope behind. Theirfate was a
sealed book nntil Mr. Kennan. voluntarily
exiled himself, and after great privations
learned tbe truth. Mr. Kennan's recital ot
li'e in Siberia has stirred tbe "hearts of all
civilized nations. The details ol experiences
on the road to Siberia eclipse everything lie
has yet told. TheJecture will be illustrated
by means of a btereoptlcon.
Thornton Bros., Allegheny, Pa.
Cameo draperies, fast colon, 32 inches
wide, lOo a yard, selling elsewhere at 18c;
600 short curtains go now atl9oapair,
what yon see advertised in Pittsburg at
25c; 1,000 pairs of new curtains opened this
week at $3 98; a special lot would cost $10
elsewhere. Curtains from 19c np. Irish
points front" $5 00 np, at $12 00, what yo'u
pay $20 00 for else here.
. The Cash Store.
139L,
THE PURPOSE OF IT,
Carlisle's Reply to Criticisms' of Bis
Reciprocity Resolution
F0H BETTER CAKADIAfi TRADE.
How the Arrangement Would Prove Bene
ficial to Both Countries
ASD PROMOTE FBIENDLI EELATI0NS
Washington, Jan. 3. Senator Car
lisle said to-day, with reference to a re
cently published criticism ot Sir John
Thompson, Canadian Minister of Justice,
on bis reciprocity resolution:
"I think he misapprehends its scope and
purpose in. one respect. The resolution in
troduced by me does not contemplate the
appdintmeut of a diplomatic commission in
any proper sense of the term. It will be
simply an advisory body, and its sole func
tion will be to inqnire to what extent and
in what manner the questions in contro
versy between the United States and the
Dominion of Canada can be adjusted and
the trade relations between the two conn
tries can be improved by reciprocity legisla
tion. What the Commission Can Do.
Not by treaty, for it is well known that
the treaty-making power does not belong to
the Dominion. The commission can settle
nothing finally, bnt after a full investiga
tion of the matters'in dispute and of tbe
trade relations ot the two countries, it can
make recommendations to both, which they
can adopt or not, as they may choose,
"The Dominion of Canada has power to
legislate concerning its own internal affairs.
It can impose or repeal duties upon im
ported goods; it can permit fish .caught by
American fishermen to be transported in
bpnd or otherwise through its territory; it
can allow American fishing vessels full
commercial privileges in its ports, and it
can, by legislation and by regulations, do
a great i many things wmen wouio. promote
more friendly relations and enlarge the
trade between the two countries.
"This is what the resolution contemplates,
and it cannot be successfully opposed upon
the ground that the Government of the
Dominion has not the power to do every
thing that ought to be done in orderto make
a complete and satisfactory settlement.
Wonld Have a Beneficial Effect.
"Those matters, such as the Bering Sea
controversy, which comes within the treaty
making power, can be left for settlement by
the exercise of that power. We will still be
in just as good situation in respect to them
as we are now, and perhaps in a better situ
ation, because I am inclined to think that
an independent movement in Canada toward
the establishment of closer relations with us
would stimulate the Imperial Government
to greater exertions in favor of an adjust
ment. "I want to say, howevor, that even if my
resolution goes too far, the Canadian Parlia
ment knows the extent of its own power in
the premises, and if it accepts our invita
tion, it can confine tbe authority of its com
mission within proper limits. I am in favor
of doing all that can b,e done", and do not
think, that a want of power, or supposed
want of power, to cover the whole subject, a
good excuse for doing nothing."
THE TIN PLATE TARIFF. f
A Pittsburg Firm Officially Informed or Its
Provisions.
Washington, Jan. 3. Assistant Secre
tary Spaulding has informed a Pittsburg
firm that inasmuch as the new rate of duty
on tin plates prescribed by the act of Octo
ber 1, 1890, does not take effect
until the first day of tJnly next,
any such merchandise which may have
been, in bonded warehouse on 'tbe 1st of
October, 1890 is not in any manner affected
by the provisions of section 50, of the said
act, and consequently whether it is with
drawn from bonded warehouse or imported
and eutered for consumption prior to the
1st of July, it will be liable to tbe duty
prescribed by the act of March 3, 1883, and
paragraph 145, of the act of October 1, 1890,
viz: 1 ceat per pound.
He adds, however, that ay tin plate im
ported on or alter the 1st ol July next, or
which may be in bonded warehouse on that
date, will, when enteredfor withdrawn for
consumption, be subject to tbe duty pre-,
scribed by the act ot October 1, 1890, viz.,
2 2-10 cents per pound, regardless of the
time it has remained in bonded warehouse,
except that it will be subject to the three
years' limitation prescribed by law, after
which it will be liable to sale as abandoned
to tbe Government.
INGALLS WILL RETURN.
The Kansas Senator Gladdens the Hearts of
Force Bill Adherents.
Washington, Jan. 3. Thi news that
Senator Ingalls has started eastward in re
sponse to urgent telegrams from Senators
Edmunds and Hoar, was received withsome
enthusiasm by tbe friends of the elections
bill in tbe Senate The announcement had.
been made that Mr. Ingalls intended to re
main in Topeka until the Legislature had
elected his successor, and tlie Republican
managers were very much afraid that tbey
would not have a "quorum of Eepnblican
Senators here next week.
Senator Paddock has notified Mr. Hoar
that' he cannot be here next week, and
Senator Squire, also has announced his in
tention to remain in the West for a week or
more. Mr. Paddock's engagement is for a
business meeting, while Mr. Squire is look
ing after his fences in Washington. Ur
gent telegrams have been sent to them and
they may be' persuaded to return. Every
.Republican vote will be 'needed in the Sen
ate next week, as it is not unlikely an ef
fort will be made to "set out" the elections
bill, and. theDemocratic Senators can be
counted on to break a quorum, if possible,
by absenting themselves from the chamber.
KILLED BY WHISKY.
Distressing Death of a Nine-Year-Old Boy
From Liquor. ,
New York, Jan. 3. .lames O'Halloran,
but 9 years old, was found dead in his bed
iu Hoboken, on Thursday night. He had
been poisoned with whisky or other strong
drink of the vilest kind. 'The boy lived
mi1. Tit ivtrintt-prl mnthpr ana two fcistera in
the wretched tenement at No. 222 First
street, Hoboken. The family is very poor.
James was a bright child and energetic
On Thursday morning he got his mother's
consent to make some calls.
It was a.ter 10 o'clock on Thursday night
when Mrs. O'Halloran and her daughter
reached home. James played the harmonica
well, and Mrs-. O'Halloran told her daugh
ter Sarah to call him to play his mouth
organ. A moment Inter Sarah was heard to
shriek and fall. Her mother and friends
ran into the roam. Sarah nad found her
brother dead and had fainted. Janien lay
ou the bed with a fixed stare in his ryes,
rigid and cold in death. The distressing
cries of the distracted mother brought sym
pathetic neighbors. Some bad noticed the
boy was in liquor as he tottered into the
house a few minutes alter noou and correctly
attributed bis death to alcohol.
A BAHKXNG MACHINE EXPL0D58.
It Demolishes a Wood Palp Mill and In
jures Xmploye.
LOCKPOET, N. Y., Jan. 3. A barking
machide in the Cawade' WooI"Pulp Mills
exploded last night, wrecking part of the
mill'and seriously Injuring George Welch,
the Superintendent, John Hamnion, of
Medina, and John Ferris, ot this city.
They were cut and bruised by flying pieces
of the metal, some of which tore holes
throvfgb the roof and the sides of the build
ing. The explosion was caused by theioyer
heating of the yhntfer. ' . " - r ' ' .
LATEST FLOOD NEWS.
THE SITUATIOir IS feTILL SERIOUS IN
WEST VIRGINIA.
At Most Other Places the Cold Wave Has
Averted the Threatened Calamity The
Ohio, However, Is Still Rising All Along
the Line.
nsriCIAI.TXI.XG RAM TO TBI DISFATCO.I
Parkersburg, Jan. 3. The flood in
-tbe.Ohiois still increasing at this point.
It stands now 34 feet G inches by Govern
ment gauge. Very little can be beard from
Little Kanawha Valley, owing to tiie fact
that telephone lines are all down. Tbe
roads and many bridges are under water.
At last accounts Leachtown was submerged,
and much damage was done to farm lands.
Fences, outlying crops and many rafts of
lumber were broken loose and torn up.
Sandy and Mill Creek Valleys are both un
der water, and many people driven from
their homes iu the bottom.
Tygert's valley is reported badly damaged,
and the same ste'ry comes from other points
in the interior. People here believe tbe
worst has about come, but if the river con
tinues.to rise the amount of misery and
damage that will be inflicted will be terri
ble. STILL BLOCKED BY LAND SLIDES.
Th e Threatened Flood Did Not Materialize
in McKeesport,
McKeesport, Jan. 3. The big flood
anticipated by rivermed and alarmists here,
did not materialize. The rise was suf
ficiently large to cause many to vacate their
homes for a time, and a great deal of lumber
was carried off. The water is now falling.
Operations on the MeKeesport and Belle
vernon Bailroad were completely" stopped to
day, and great damage was done. This
road is struggling with the largest land
slide it has ever known, and it will be sev
eral days before they are in shape again.
The Baltimore and 'Ohio is still in bad
shape, caused by the slide at Osceola.
THE SITUATION AT WHEELING.
The River Touches High Water at 9 O'clock
at Night and Danger Over.
rSTKCIAL TELECHAM TO TBI DISrATCH.1
Wheeling, Jan. 3. The nver has
touched high-water mark at 9 o'clock to
night, the marks being 33 feet 3 inches. No
furtber damage has resulted since last night,
but one or two more feet would have re
sulted in great loss.
Tbe rivers are falling throughout the
State, after touching the danger line at a
nnmber or places. Lumbermen and the
railroads are the heaviest losers. The trans
Ohio division of the Baltimore and Ohio is
still crippled through a loss of bridges, but
other roads in this vicinity are all right
again.
JOHNSTOWN'S DANGER PASSED.
The Cold Wave Checks the Movements of
the Big Ice Gorge.
Johnstown, Jan. 3. With the increas
ing coldness the danger of tbe ice gorge
above the city seems to have passed for the
present.
The bridge people will now make every
effort to get their obstructions out of the
way before another thaw.
SUSQUEHANNA WATERS.
An Ice Gorge at Plymouth and the River
Rising Rapidly. '
Wilkesbarre, Jan. 3. The Susque
hanna river at this point is rising rapidly.
Tbe ice is gorged at Plymouth, and the
water, which has risen six feet since noon,
continues to rise this evening at tbe rate of
a foot an hour.
No danger of any kind, however, is feared.
The Ohio Rising Everywhere.
TSFECIAL TSXXOBAM TO TUB DISFATCH.l
Cincinnati, Jan. 3. The Ohio river is
rising to-night throughout its whole length
at an average rate of 2 inches an hour.-
Ex-Senator Wadleigh IU.
BOSTON, Jan. 3. Hon. Bainbridge Wad
leigh, ex-Senator from New Hampshire, is
lying very ill at tbe residence of his son-in-law
in this city, with kidney disease.
SHALL SCRAPS OF LOCAL NEWS.
A gospel temperance meeting will be held
in the "Little Jim" M. E. Church, Rebecca
street, Allegheny, to-night. John W. Moreland
will conduct tbe meeting, and addrescs will ba
delivered by Cbarles Fowelson and L. S. Jack.
There will also bo good singing. All are wel
come. '
According to the report of Baggage Agent
C. S. Jenkins, of tbe Union (Station, there were
handled during the year 1890, 777,700 pieces of
baggage. Of this number 385,513 pieces were
received, and 92,157 pieces were forwarded.
Miss lizzie Gleason, tho dramatic and
humorist reciter, who Is to appear at tbe Curry
Scbool of Elocution Friday evening, comes
well heralded, and her visit is eagerly antici
pated. .
Patrick Mtjllingaw, a laborer employed
at the Linden Steel Works, hail his right leg
badly burned yesterday by a hot bar ot iron
falling on it.
' Rev. Samuel Maxwell will officiate at
Christ's Church, Union avenue. Allegheny, at
both morning and evening services to-day.
Several small greenhouses in Knoxville.
owned by Thomas Williams, were damaged by
nre last nigbt to the extent of f200.
Edwin Z. Smith, Eso,, was yesterday ad
mitted to practice in the United States Court
Cold, raw winds of '-winter fan to fury itching, burning, and scaly hi
mors and diseases of the skin, scalp, and blood. No pen can de
scribe their severity, no language can exaggerate the suffering of those
afflicted, especially of little babies, whose tender skins are literally on
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remedies of modern times, are absolutely pure, and agreeable to the
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humor remedies, cleanses the blood of all impurities, and thus re
moves the cause. Hence, the Cuticura Remedies cure-every
humor of the skin, scalp, and blood, with loss qi hair, from pimples to
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toilet and nursery soaps. Tht oxlj mtdicaitd tailtt taaf and tkt only frtvntrvi and nrtot. '
inflammation and clogging of the pores, tbe cause
and simple pernors 01 imams and cnudres. sal
soaps. MM everjrwnere. mce,ajct.
CHASING A BURGLAR
Exciting Bunt of Almost Two Miles
After a Shoeless Thief
OYER A BARD FROZEN ROAD.
He Falls Exhausted in the Snow With Cut
and Bleeding" Feet.
A SECOND ESCAPE AFTER CAPIUK3
mrCIAI, TZXZOKAM TO Tni DISFATTO.t
Hew York, Jan. 3. Coachman George;
N. Fredericks occupies a small room in the
loftof Louis T.Walters'livery stable in Far
Bockaway. When be got to his room
shortly after 1 o'clock, on Friday morning,
he found that his trunk had been pried open
and rifled. All his savings were gone, be
sides a few other valuables. A strange pair
of shoes were drying on a chair near tba
stove. This convinced Fredericks that a
burglar was not far away. He met the
burglar on the stairs. The latter covered
him with a revolver, and Fredericks bolted
out of the stable door and around the side of
Walters' house, a short distance away.
The man with the pistol was in his stock
ing feet, bnt he followed close on Fredericks
heels with the weapon in his outstretched
hand. He probably meant to catch Freder
icks and compel him to let bim get his
shoes. They made a circnit of tbe house,
Fredericks alftbe time shouting for help.
The Burglar Gives It Up.
At the beginning of the third lap, Fred
ericks heard the pistol click. Thinking his!
time had come.be gave a ten ific shout and
shot ahead with redoubled speed.
It was not until he made a complete circuit
of the bouse again and arrived at the start
ing point that be discovered bis pursuer had
given up the cbase. Glancing down Central
avenue he saw him disappearing In the
darkness toward Lawrence.
. Walters' family, who had been aroused by
Frederick $' cries for help, now came pour
ing nut of the house. Fredericks pointed
toward the fleeing man, who was still
visible. The two Walters boys, Louis and
Albert, dashed off after him, followed by
other members of the household. Tbe com
motion awoke the whole neighborhood. One
after another the male portion joined in the
chase, until finally there was a continuous
row of pursuers reaching from the Walters
bovs" back to tbe stable.
Unmindful of tbe racrged ice, which cut
bis shoeless feet, the hunted man continued
bis flight with unabated speed. Once or
twice he started to break off through ths
woods, but be returned to the road again.
Ihey werer entering Lawrence when the
Walters boys began gaining on him. Ones
he turned about and shook his pistol at
them. They responded by drawing their
own weapons, and the chase was continued.
Chased Till He Dropped.
His pursuers continued to gain on him,
when he jumped over a fence and started
through the open fields. The snow there ,
was deep. Over the fence went his pursuers
one after another. The burglar was becom
ing exhausted. He finally bolted into tba
yard of John L. B. Norton, where he sank
to the ground, The next instant the two
Walters boys were on him, covering him
with their pistols. He begged them not to
shoot.
His stockings bad been torn from bis feet
by the rough ice during the flight, and his
feet were covered with gashes. The dis
tance run was abont a mile and a half.
The prisoner was brought to the lockup. On
searching him the constables found in his
possession a number of articles which had
been stolen from the residence of Dr. Ed
watd Decker, the night before. The over
coat he wore had also been stolen from Dr.
Decker.
The burglar was arraigned before Justice
Hewlett. He said he was Carl Weber. 35
vears old. He gave no address. He was
held for the Grand Jury on the charge of
burglary in tbe first degree, aud was taken
back to Far Bockaway and locked up. To
night he escaped; nobody seems to know
how. A Deputy Sheriff, who had access to
the lockup, is suspected of having let him
out.
POKER ROOM RAIDED.
Eleven Persons Captured Playing a Gam
on SmlthCeld Street.
The first poker room raided in the city fof
a long time was pulled last evening at 510
Smithfield street, over A. 31. & J. B.
Mnrdock's store. The police have suspected
the place, and shortly after midnight a
squad of officers under Detective McTigha
and Lieutenant Denniston made the haul.
Eleven victims were captured and locked
up. They gave fictitious names.
Sam Sackett was the doorkeeper, and an
information will be made against bim to
morrow as the proprietor. When Detective
McTighe succeeded in getting into the
room, Sackett grappled with him and tried
to throw' him out, but the wiry little de
tective proved the best wrestler, aud ha
landed the doorkeeper on his back. No
other attempts were made to resist tha
officers, and the playersrtook their medicine
with wry faces.
Went With the Old Tear.
William Butler, aged 28 years, who re
sides at 2321 Larkin's ally, has bees
mysteriously missing since New Year's
morning. He is the constable for tha
Twenty-fifth ward.
most sensitive, and may be used
on the youngest infant and most
delicate invalid with gratifying and
unfailing success. Cuticura, the
great skin cure, instantly allays
the most intense itching, burning,
and inflammation, permits rest
and sleep, heals raw and irritated
surfaces, cleanses the scalp of
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