"""" T "w IPsF T" ; THE PITTSBURG .DISPATCH. MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 1891. aIuPk I- , 1" L WEALTH FOR A SONG Police Officials Investicalini; Several Concerns Which Throw Out Glittering Baits. A HOKDEED DOLLARS FOR THIRTY. Progressive iTembersuip Which Will Ab sorb the World's Population in a Tear. ETEET HAS TO FJX HIS OWN INCOME. Ctld EitVE to Prcttrate tie Mystery ef a KtEttt Of EcttOtt. "When any man or body of men offers to pay 100 for 530 it is prelty ssfe to conclude that there is a fraud concealed somewhere in the scheme," said Police Inspector Mc Aleese yesterday, referring to a yellow cir cular which pointed out the road to wealth 1 in specious language, artistically printed in big type. For some days past the Police Bureau has beeu investigating the methods of a number of alleged co-operative benefit societies whose circulars are flooding the city. Sub ordinate lodges are springing up rapidly all oyer the county, tbe Southside and Lawrenceville districts being apparently specially favorable to the growth of these concerns. Assistant Superintendent of Police O'Mara sized up the scheme by saying: "The only salvation I see for such an order is the early arrival of the end of the world." The scheme as unfolded by a circular from one cf these concerns, with the main office located in Ctmden, X. J., is very en ticing. According to its plan a man with a capital of $100 can, within a lew years, live in a golden mansion with diamond windows and hire men to breathe tor him, the air con sumed being supplied by the "Washington Marine Band. Xo business ability is re quired to acquire this wealth. All that is needed is tbe capital and confidence. The latter is not essential, but will be found handy by the investor. m A Glittering Bait for Suckers. The yellow circular disclosed the plan of operation as follows: One hundred dollars to be paid to each per sistent member after four months from date of certificate; the Cues not to exceed the amount of 1 per week wltbin the prescribed time, pay able etery Alonday during the term of mem bership, regularly. A s.ck or accident benefit to be paid to mem bers alter CO pays from date of certificate, not exceeding 51 per week (to cover dues) during tbe remainder of membership, said benefits to be deducted from the amount of certificate when mature. A small amount for initiation, certificate and expense taxes required to cover the necessary expenses. A pledge required from each applicant for membeiship to bring into the order, within two weeks from date of admission, two cood and reliable members. Ko medical examination, no bebarring from membership on any account whatsoever, pro Tided tbe applicant is of good moral character and has reached the age of 15. The circular then shows the cost of mak ing $100 is as follows: Initiation fee, $3; ex pense dues, 54; contributions to relief fund, $4; weekly dues for 17 weeks, at $1 per week, $17; total, 530; after which come tbe follow ing provisions: Failure to comply with tbe full pledge of two members shall cause a fine of 30, or of one member, S30, to be deducted on date of matur ity from tbe amount of certificate. Any member having filled bis pledge in full, and said pledges beinc members in good stand ing for tno consecutive months, shall be privi leged to take out an additional certificate. Takes In the 'Whole World. The clauses requiring each member to se cure two more members before he receives his $100 at once show the policy of the or der and its weakness. It is a system of pro gression which has always proven disastrous since the day a historical gentleman pro posed to buy a horse on the basis of the nails in the animal's shoe, paying 1 cent for the first and then doubling up on each succes sive nail. Starting with a membership of 1.000 on a given djte and that is a low estimate of the cumber of persons interested in these concerns in Allegheny county alone the figures would pile up in this way: istweeV l.wjmtli veek r.i'OO 3d week 2,00012'f.t weefe 1,121,000 Stliwcct. iCCOiSM week. i,4,0O0 Ttliwcek S.OOOJSth'ni.'eK 5.ST6.000 8th cck lfi.CM.S'ih'necL lLWiooo tllll-wcfk :COO0l:9tll-ncck I3.9S4.000 11lheek 61.010 list week 47,S.O0O Jitliwcek KNUOSSd week M,93ti,O0O Kill week M,00i' This table shows that one week before the expiration of two series of this scheme it must have a membership oi nearly double 95,92G,000 persons of 13 years of age and oer, all of good moral character. It is pretty safe to assume that but one-half the population of eartii is over 15 years, there fore this society, without doubling up, as members are entitled to do uuder certain cir cumstances, would, in eight months, have taken in every eligible person on the Ameri can continent, from he Arctic to the Ant arctic zne, and would be reaching out into the balance of the world. Like Colonel Sellers' famous eye-water, the recommenda tion oi which wis that "the more you use the more you'll want," the more members the organizations get the more they must have to avert the crash. The circular raises the point that over CO per cent of the participants in any insur ance scheme drop out before their policies mature by death or lapse of a specified time, and that is where the profit comes. The shortest tontine policy is seien years, which is slightly longer than four months, but allowing that 40 per cent drop out be fore their $100 bills become ripe, it would still leave a membership of about 100,000, 000. An Argument for the Sllier Bill. It would take 10,000,000 in currency, either gold, silver or greenbacks, to pay off these members, and unless the country is immediately flooded with some kind of money based upon the Government's credit, something has got to break. The question i what? If these societies, and the human race takes a spurt in order to keep up the membership, the advocates of the silver bill will possess an invincible argument for un limited coinage. The most fascinating feature of the scheme is the fiit that it abolishes poverty. In just a year from to-day every readerof TlIE DIS PATCH, and consequently every intelligent mrfn and woman within a radius of 100 miles Irom Pittsburg, to say nothing of the thousands and thousands outside that limit, will be in receipt of an income of $33 a month. To do this $50 must be put up to day, and $30 more two months later. Four mouths after tbe first money is paid $100 is due. By drawing but $70 the investment is continued, and so on indefinitelyv As there are any number of these organizations a man can fix his own income by merely exer cising .i little self-denial at the start, and multiply his $35 a" month by the number of these orders. Another similar organization holds out still brighter prospects of unlimited wealth. By paying $5 initiation fee and $4 a month dues the member is entitled to $10 a week tor sick benefits and a lump sum of $100 at the end of six months. In this order a member can take out a new policy every month, and thus, at the end of six months, will be in possession of a steady income ot $100 a month, less dues. This order holds forth in Baltimore. The New Jersey concern promises to pay "its first matured certificates nt Philadelphia on February 14, when $41,503 will be dis tributed. Investigation by tbe rolicc That the progressive people of Pittsburg are hustling for wealth is shown by the fact that SO Southsiders took out certificates in one ot these orders the first night an office was opened on Carson street last week. Up on the hill, in tbe Eleventh and Thirteenth wards, people join these organizations in flocks, and laugh gleefully as they anticipate the time when they will be able to liquidate their natural gas bills, and still have enough money leit to pay for groceries. Lawrence ville people are just as excited, and the fever has struck quite a number of persons in the old city. Several persons interviewed, bnt naturally declining to sign their names to their state ments, say: "These orders are all right. I am in one, and I'll get my money out. Of course, somebody will be left, and tbey will be tbe people who drop out before their certificates mature." The police are a little puzzled about these concerns. They are not insurance com panies, as death does not mature the policy. Inspector McAleese hesitates to say that they are gambling devices, as there is ap parently no element of chance in the schemes. The Inspector, however, insists that no system of financiering will permit their payment of $100 for $30, and is there fore keeping an eye on these places. ' Chief Brown, of the Department of Pub lic Safety, is studying up the matter, and if be decides that these concerns come within his purview, will go a'ter them as earnestly as he went for the speak-easies. A THINKING MACHINE. Dr. J. Milton DnQThlnks It Possible to In vent an Instrument to Convey Thought An Ether That Acts as a Medium for the Mind. J. Milton Duff; A. M., M. D., Ph. D., of the Southside, is now studying a problem that, if his theories are proved by practice, will revolutionize science and put all other discoveries away in tbe shade. In justice to the doctor it must be stated in the outset that he is adverse to any pub licity. A conversation, which took place in the doctor's cozy office last evening, turned on mind reading. The doctor was inter ested in a moment, as be saiii that such sub jects were along the line of research that he has been making. He said he has for some time been thoroughly convinced that there exists an ether that is the medium through which thought is transmitted, tbe same as the air touveys sound. When a thought enters the brains it canses an atomic action that is known. This action is the cause of the thought, and this subtle and as yet undefined and undis covered ether transmits the thought over its invisible line to the brain of the other mind, which is, by some means unexplained, in tune with the mind receiving the thought. Mind reading aud hypnotism;! says the doctor, are not lancies, hut facts. Why some individuals possess the secret unknown- to them, but still inberent to make use of this ether, while, the power is unde veloped in others, is stiil to be discovered. Dreams which are known and proved to be the result ol some mysterious communication are due to this same ether, the brain being in some way at the time in a condition to receive and transmit the thonght; as a telephone records sound. Says the doctor, "The Infinite Being holds communication with people, and can it not be explained by the use of this ether?" "But, doctor, do you think it possible that ann mechanism can be devised to bring into play and utilize this ether you tell about?" was asked. "I don't see why it is not possible. Why, if people had been told years ago that it was possible to transmit sound, or bottle up speech, or do many of the things that have now become recognized realities, they would have declared it impossible." The doctor went on further to explain some of the Strang: manifesta ons of the mind that he has experienced and knows of, dealing with mind-reading, hypnotism, etc, but a patient called, and the interest ing conversation was brought to a close. A DAY OF TEMPERANCE. Largo Xumber of meetings Held Yesterday Afternoon and Last Evening A Largo Attendance at tho Standard Theater Sons of Temperance Leader Sick. The Dunu temnerance meeting at the Standard Theater last night was largely at tended, between 700 and 800 persons being present. Mr. Dunn., was in good form and his address wakened up his hearers. Captain Barbour and Gilbert McMasters also spoke and the Moorhead W. C. T. TJ. choir furnished the music. A large number of pledge-signers was secured. Tbe Moorhead W. C. T. TJ.. while sending part of its membership to the Standard Theater to help the Dunn meeting along, kept enough to conduct a very good meeting in the hall at Grant and Second avenue. The principal address was made by Osborn Congelton, of Philadelphia. Tbe meeting in the "Little Jim" Church onEebecca street, Allegheny, last night whs led by J. W. Moreland. Speeches were made by William Blackstone, Buchanan Bottles and Mrs. Mary Stuclcrath. Con siderable interest was manifested and several young men signed tho pledge. The Sons ot Temperance h.id a very large meeting last night at 68 Ohio street, Alle gheny. The speakers were O. ltolison, B. J". Edmunson, It. Grundy, William H. Car lisle and John Boice. Next Sunday night Bey. Mr. Fuller will make an address at this meeting. The series of meetings being conducted in Johnston's Hall, Wilkinsburg, by Gilbert McMasters, was closed yesterday afternoon. In addition to Mr. McMnsters the speakers were John Boggs, Bey. Mr. Moore aud Eev. Mr. Bennett. Lawrence Moonev, the well-known tem perance worker and leader among the Sons of Temperance in this county, is lying at his home in Allegheny quite ill with pneu monia. A temperance meeting attended bv over 1,000 persons W3S held in the rink at 'Brad dock yesterday afternoon. AN EAELY MORSIHG FIBE. A Colored 3Tan and His Family Roost High andtWalt for Rescue. A fire- occurred about 3:30 yesterday morning in the Maedei building on Filth avenue, the damage amounting to between $1,500 and $2,000. The fire was caused by sparks from tin; smokestack of an adjoining building. W. S. Smith, the watchman, his wife and child occupy a room in the fifth floor of the building, and when they saw their danzer they went up on the roof and called for help. There was no fire escape, and it was some time before the ladders were gotten up. Smith frequently put his head oyer the aide ol the root and called out that it was growing uncomfortable. Tbe water ran down through the building and into a stork of clothing in Mr. Maedei 's storeroom. He does not consider it a total loss. HE CHEATED THE WIND. A Growth of Whiskers Uprooted by an In toxicated Individual. Lientecant McKelvey,' of Allegheny, ar rested a man named Edward Miller on Cali fornia avenue yesterday for pulling a hand lul of whiskers out of a man's beard. The man who suffered is John Wilson, who tried to induce Miller to go away from'his house, where Mrs. Wilson was lying sick in bed and Miller in a state of intoxication was disturbing her by loud and noisy yelling that attracted some 200 people to tbe scene. Mr. Wilson's efforts were futile and the aid of Lieutenant McKelvey was. sought, who sent Miller to the lockup and dispersed the crowd. Holiday goods in shape of diamonds, watches, jewelry and musical instruments arriving daily. Largest liue of music boxes. Gallingeb's, irvrsu 1200 Pean nyeDue, 1200. COVEREDWITH CLAY. Scenes at the Fnneral of the Tictim of the Wilson Farm Tragedy. TBE CODSTRYSIDE TURNS OUT. Thousands Follow the Murdered Woman's Body to PerrysTille. FAULK AWAITS THE EX!) OF THE WORLD Like the relation 'twixthumor and. p'athos, gala days and days of sorrow are twin brothers. The dividing line is so finely drawn that ofttimes it can scarce be located. Such was the impression given out yester day. Every road in the southern end of the county was lined with people, all in their best attire. Some wore somber hues, but bright colors predominated in the eager throngs. , The day itself was bright and full of sun shine. Even the discolored snow glistened in the noonday rays, and tbe grass-carpeted meadows where they appeared above the snow shone as b right and green as in June. The air, though crisp, was not cold, and oue, without knowing the nil-absorbing topic of interest, would have thought the crowds were hurrying to the races or a fair. All Eyes on the Wilson farm. The whole couutry-sid,e was out, and American curiosity was written on every face.' They iere out to see the new, no matter what it might be anything from a revival, to a race That day the course lay toward the Wilson farm, where the little house, perched away on the hilltop, was the Mecca of all the travelers. They wanted, if but for a moment, to glance at the remains of the in nocent victim of one of the strangest crimes the country has ever known. At 2 o'clock the funeral service was to be pronounced over the mortal remains ofMary Ann F.iu Ik who was murdered by her hus b.md, William J. Faulk, the religious maniac, on tbe afternoon of Friday, Janu ary 23. The house and the surrounding yard wore a deserted, lonely look despite the great throngs of people who crowded each other for admission. The body was laid out in a plain black coffin, and by those who knew her tbe lace was saM to have a perfectly natural appear ance. As the gaping wounds were in tbe back, they did not show. Standing at the head of the coffin were two figures in black, who attracted as much attention as the one in the garmenU of the grave. Their heads were grayed by almost four score years of life, and they wept in sorrow for their lost' daughter, for the aged couple were Mr. and Mrs. Kettenbaugh, the parents of Mrs. Faulk. But their weak, nervous move ments and tottering steps told that the separation would not be a long one. The Little Children's Sorrow. For a time three other figures kept watch above a dead mother. They were the three little tots from the school house in the hol low, who only yesterday received the first intimation of their mother's death. When the youngest one, who was locked up in tbe house on the day of tbe crime, was told he was motherless, the poor little fellow lisped out: "Yes, I know papa shot mamma." The other two wept so bitterly that they were taken away, where loving friends tried to comfort them. A choir ot sweet voices sang several hymns, and then the pastor of the Lutheran Church led in prayer. He spoke afterwards at length on the virtues of the dead woman, and referred sorrowiully to the mania which led a lovin -""husband to end tbe life ot a pure and faithful wife. He spoke altogether in English. When the service closed the darkhurden was borne to the hearse and a long line of carriages containing relatives, friends and curiosity seekcrsjtnoved to the Perrysville cemetery. There another immense crowd had collected, but of course were'not al lowed to view the remains. Still they crowded and pushed to get a sight of the grave and the black cloth-covered box that contained the unfortunate woman's body. The services at the grave were conducted in German by the pastor of the Perrysville, German Luthcrau Church. ( A prayer was offered, tears were shed, a score or two of handkerchiefs fluttered in the wind, and as the throng moved away the clod covered up forever ouechapter of William Faulk's mad crime: Waiting for the White Hosts. ,, Faulk's mind again wandered yesterday altera brief spell of reason. He paced up and down his cell in tne county jail.quoting passages from the Bible, interspersed with the prophecies of old George ICnauff. When the officers of the jail approached him, he exclaimed: "Prepare yourselves for the end of all things. This is last day, anil soon you will hear the tramp of the hosts. My Mary is to be buried to-day, the prophecy will have been fulfilled, and tbe world will come to an end. I shall soon meet my dear Mary again, and she will forgive me for shooting. She will know that 1 had to do it to com plete the prophecy." As the day wore on without any intima tion of an approaching crisis, Faulk be came more and more uneasy. He paced restlessly up and down his narrow cell, mut tering to himself, and again and again ex claimin?, "The end of the -world is ap proaching; the prophecy is fulfilled." Every time one ot the heavy iron doors closed to with a clang, or the rattle of a vehicle on the streets broke the sombre stillness of the jail, Faulk would start to his cell grating expectantly, ready to welcome the white robed hosts. As the silence settled back over the jail his countenance would again become despondent, and he would recom mence reciting the Scriptures, as it seeking for confirmation of his hopes in the inspired passages, and would pray for strength -to maintain his personality as "Napoleon, the son of the Holy D ivid." An Inspired Funeral Sermon. Faulk told Warden Berlin that the clergyman who officiated at his wiie's fun eral would receive from Jesus Christ ail the power that He had when He was on earth, and those who attended the service would hear the greatest sermon ever preached since Jesus Christ died. Faulk was very nervous last night, and was"greatly worried by the fact that the end of the world had not come in accordance with the prophecies upon which he had re lied so iniplicitlyand which had stained his soul with his beloved wife's blood, made his children orphans and inheritors of their father's shame, and placed him in a felon's cell. Faulk always bore an unusual reputation for kindness to and affection for children. The little ones who studied their primers in the white schoolhouse in the hollow near the Wilson (arm, were always delighted to see the stalwart and big-hearted farmer com ins down the road.s Faulk would smile at the children, and call them by name, for be knew nearly all of them, and as hf patted them on their curly heads, he would reach in the capacious pocket of bis big coat for a bright red apple, which was grown in the orchard where last Friday' ..he shot and killed bis wife. The Allegheny police are still bunting for the false prophet, George Kn mff. That is, if he should happen to ''stray into City Hall, preceded by a brass hand, the front office force might so far foreet itself and break an unsullied record, by locking up tbe man so badly wanted. HEXT Sunday THE DISPATCH will be gin publication of a series of Sohth Sea Let ten by Robert Louis Stevenson, the novelist. Watch for this great feature. Boy linden a Horse Car. A District messenger boy named Herbert Marsh, whose home is on Lillian street, Al lentown, was run overvbya horse car on Federal street, Allegheny, yesterday, and had his arm broken. In attempting to board the car he slipped on the step and fell under the wheel. ' " CONVENTION OF ROOFERS To Bo Held Here To-Morrow and Wednes-day-iTho Fifth Annual Meeting of the National Association of Master Compo sltlon Rooters BanquetattheDuqaesne. The fifth annual Convention of the Na tional Association of Master Composition Boofers will beheld to-morrow and Wednes day, in the Monongahela House. On the evening of the latter day the local associa tion will entertain the visiting delegates at a banquet at the Duquesne. The national association now comprises over GO firms of composition roofers carrying on business in the leading cities throughout the country. The Pittsbnrg association in cludes 11 members. It has been a year in existence, and has within its ranks every firm in that branch of the business except ing two, one ot whom is not eligible to membership. The object of this association, like that of all trades organizations, i3 to regulate prices and neutralize competition where possible. A special feature claimed for the operation of the local association is that it had greatly enhanced the quality of work performed by its members, a fact made possible by the higher prices obtained through the organi zation. W. B. Lupton said yesterday that the as sociation was rapidly increasing in member ship. In the local organization the men who had been most opposed to the idea at its inception had since the formation of an association become its most active support ers. The local association had prepared a hospitable reception for the visitors, and would entertain them at a banquet on Wednesday. Among 'tne delegates who haTe arrived for the meeting to-morrow are E. S. Borrel, President, of Philadelphia; AV. K. Thomas, Chicago, Secretary Treasurer; E. D. & M. W. Powell. Chicago, and C. E. Lockwood, New York. The other delegates wiil come in to-day. Colonel Powell, of Chicago, who owns an extensive cattle ranch in Southern Colorado, explained that one of the great objects of thrassociation was to keep out bad materials for roofs, and to get the ideas of rooters in all parts of the country about the best methods ot putting on roofs. The amount of capital represented in tbe association runs up into millions. Secretary Thomas stated that everything pointed to a har monious convention. . PAINIEE3 COKTINTJE TO DISAGREE, And Do a IJttlo Public Washing of House hold Equipments. The trouble between Union No. 15, Brotherhood of Painters and Decorators, and Unions 10 and 195 of the same order, came up yesterday at a meeting of tbe Committee on the Good of the Order, of Union 15. The subcommittee appointed to investigate charges recommended that, as Nos. 15 and 105 had refused to censure this action, the anions be held responsible. It was decided to lay the matter before the building trades and the General Execu tive Board of the Brotherhood of Painters and Decorators. It was also recommended that No. 15, if necessary, refuse to work witli members of No. 10. There was some talk of going into the county courts with the matter, and a mo tion was made to this effect, but action was postponed. COUNCILS AT ISSUE. The Building Trades Indorse a Body Con demned Toy the Central Trades. The Building Trades Council, at its meet ing Saturday night, passed resolutions in dorsing a Sniithfield street merchant in em ploying members of the National Protective Salesmen's Association, which is affiliated with the Federation of Labor. The Central Trades Council has put its veto on the same action, and this is expected to bring the two organizations of salesmen into u contest in Pittsburg. HE "WAS TOO CONFIDING. A Wheclins Man Shares His Bed With an Acquaintance Who Annexes His Caslu Charles Council, of Wheeling, lost $5G, a clean shirt, and all faith, in the integrity of his fellow man yesterday morning, and the next time any one appeals to him in a tone of distress, Mr. Connell will turn the faucet on the flow of the milk of human kindness which animates his nature. Mr. Connell came up to the city on Satur day, and after encasing a room" at Boley's Hotel, sallied forth for a stroll. During tbe evening hemet a former acquaintance named James McQuaide, and spent the time with him until it was time to go to bed. About midnight MtQuaide, in a quavering voice, and tears starting from his eyes, declared he was completely broke and had no place to sleep. Connell nt once offered him a share of his room, and McQuaide accepted. When Mr. Connell awoke, yesterday morning, his friend had disappeared, and with him a clean -shirt and $56, all the cash Connell had with him. McQuaide was ar rested last night. A NEW LUTHERAN CHUBCH Dedicated by Key. K. Wall's Congregation at Sharpsburs Yesterday. The new Sharpsburg Lutheran Church was dedicated yesterday with appropriate services, presided over by the pastor, Bey. K. Walz. The dedicatory services becan at 10 o'clock. The orators were Key. H. Ab ner, Bev. P. Brand, Eev. N. Soergel, Kev. S. H. Weischneiger. Eight congregations and their choirs were represented, and a sa cred concert was held in the evening under tbe direction of Prof. Pi Fehman. The structure is very pretty, and with the parsonage property is worth 840,000. The building committee was: Eev. Mr. Walz, Conrad Biechmillcr, Sr., Fred H. Heinz, Fred Marzholf, G. Henry Prager, Charles Pall. THEEE WAS NO EAID. How an Allegheny Lieutenant Lost a Load ot Customers. 0 Lieutenant Mclntyre, of Allegheny, planned a raid on a house in the vicinity of Lacock aud Anderson streets early yester day morning, but by a very ludicrous mis take it was not made. He massed a squad of half a dozen officers about the house, and giving his keys to a watchman of a near-by establishment, told him to pull the patrol box. But the watchman pulled fire alarm box 94 and called out the fire department. A dozen men and women in the house, in tended to be pulled, ran out to learn where the fire was, and seeing v the police about divined their intention and scattered. There was no'raid. Special To Let Lists- to-day. SHALL SC3APS OF LCCAL NEWS. A gentleman picked up a lady's pocket bonk on Second avenne near Hobo, yesterday afternoon. He left it at the Fourteenth ward station where the owner can get it by proving the property. A pike on the roof "of a house at 18 Boyle street, Allegheny, caused an alarm from box 81, about 10 o'clock yesterday morning. jt wa, caused by the heat from the chimney, and did no damage. John J. McCkeightojt fell from hfs saddle yesterday afternoon while riding on a horss on Butler street, near Fiftieth street. He suffered a fracture of his thigh and was slightly injured internally. Thomas Khtney and William Naylor.two newsies, were shooting at craps on the comer of Grant and Water street! yesterday, when they were arrested and taken to Central station. Sebvices at the jail yesterday were con ducted by Rev. Mr. Kinten. Miss .Hammer and several other well-known soloists furnished sorao choice voaal music for the services. Post 157, O. A. B., attended memorial ser vices at the South Elzhteenth Street M. P. Church yesterday afternoon. Tbe post torned out in uniform. The slipping of a cable on the Knoxville in. elino scared a earful of passengers yesterday, and delayed travel for an hour. SOME MONET. -SPENT By the World's Fair Commission in Attending to Its Business, bnt THE LOCAL D1KECT0KY SAILS Iff, And Incurs Expense to Which the Former la Sot a Circumstance. COHPARATIYfi FIGURES ON FAIRS The occasion of Eben Brewer, Assistant Secretary of the Columbiau Exposition, being in Pittsburg last night, was taken to ask him concerning the charges of extrava gances which have been made against the managers of the World's Fair by Congress man Candler's committee. Asked regard ing the meaning of the charges Mr. Brewer said: "They mean that .Mr. Candler, like a great many other people outside of Chicago, and some even there, is entirely ignorant of the amount of work necessary to organize a great International Exposition, and greatly mistaken as to the people who are doing tbe .work, just now most important. Mr. Cand ler probably voted for the World's Fair bill without reading it, and although be has had an investigating committee out at Chicago, and has prepared a report cbargiug extrav agance on the part of the managers, there was nothing about his method of inquiry, nor is there anything in bis report to indi cate that he knows what the provisions of the act of Congress are. 'The privilege of holding the World's Columbian Exposition was eagerly .sought by a number of cities, and it was not the in tent of Congress to confer that privilege without exacting some guarantee that the fair should be thoroughly international in its scope, and a credit not only to the city, but to the entire country. To make the at tainment of this end more certain, Congress provided that the fair should be held under the management of a National Commission, which was directed, by the terms of the act, to select officers and go ahead at once to make an International Exposition. Chicago Made a Little Jealous. It occasioned considerabledisappointment in the Chicago local corporation, which had pledged 810,000,000 in aid of the fair, to see that the National Commis sion interpreted its duty strictly, and proposed to represent the fair before the nation and before the world. But that feel ing soon subsided, when the entire good faith of the commission and the ability of its executive officers were demonstrated by the kind and amount of work which they have done in aid of the Exposition. The two bodies are now working in entire har mony, under a plan unanimously agreed to by both, and Candler's report represents only sonre of the friction and jealousy which necessarily marked the initial stages of so great and complicated an enterprise. His investigation at Chicago took place about three mouths ago, and no one there paid any' attention to it until it was rumored that the report would embody the peculiar animosity which Congressman Flower, of New York, and Frank, of St. Louis, have manifested toward the Exposition.projeet since Chicago captured the prize. "When it was understood that the report would be hostile, the officers of the Commis sion, President Palmer and Director Gen eral Davis, who had not been invited before the committee when it was in Chicago, asked to be heard before the report was adopted. They went to Washington' for that purpose, expecting the ordinary courtesy of an inter view, at least, with the committee, but Mr. Cndler refused to hear them, and had his ?0port adopted by the full committee while bese gentlemen ncrc waiting in an adjoin ing room for a chance to say something about the actual statef affairs." "Is ;t true that the Commission voted its officers ex'ravagant salaries?" Salaries of the Officials in Charge "That is entirely a matter of opinion. The Director General gels S15.000, and is the chief executive of an enterprise in which about 15,000,000 will be expended, and in which probably 150,000 exhibitors will be cared for. Each oue will require about as much attention as a depositor in a bank. There are plenty of banks which pay their chief officers as much,, or more, but none in which the work or the responsibility is nearly as great. Th"e Frenchmen had three directors general for the Exposition of 1889, at $10,000 each, and tbey regarded them us having plenty of work and not too much pay. "President Palmer was voted $12,000, and only uses as much as will pay his expenses. He is expected to entertain visitors ol dis tinction during the time when the Fair is open, and to pay for it out of his 512,000. The official bead of tbe Paris Exposition had over 8100,000 given him to be spent in entertainments. The Secretary gets 10,000, and the additional expenses of his office force do not exceed 87,500 a year, though they were somewhat larger during the period of organizition, when he did the clerical work for the Commission and all its other officers. The total salary list of the Commission, with all it rfficers and subor dinntes, does not exceed 800,000 a year." "What salaries are paid by the Chicago directory?" "They are exactly in tjie same proportion for the chiefs, but very much larger in the aggregate. The reeular pay roll now amounts to about 875,000 a year, and will be largely Increased wheu the executive depart nicuts are organized. The Chicago corpora tion agrees to pay the expenses of these de partments, which will not be less than 5150,000 a year. They have also under pay at the present moment ten architect', form ing a consulting board, each one of whom receives 810,000 a year and expenses when away from home. One Case Not Yet Complained of. "1 see it stated, by the way, that one of these ten-thousaad-dollar architects is a nephew o." Congressman Candler; but Mr. Candler is not charging any extravagance against tbe Chicago local board. "The fact is, that you cannot get men capable of doing the work required in an in ternational exposition for salaries less than ore paid bv the National Commission to its ofheers. In other callings, and in perma nent places, men of less ability get more money, and nt no other international expo sition'ever held has so much real executive capacity beeu secured for so small an aggre gate nf salary." "What are the chances of Candler's re port being adopted?" "No chance at all, I am glad to say. It is not even likely that he can get it before the House. It is only one of tbe numerous and annoying complicitions which have arisen to make a little delay in the complete organization of the Exposition work, and will not impair the final success of the en terprise." NEXT Sunday THE DISPATCH will be- gln publication of a series of South Sea Let ters by Kobert jxuis Stevenson, the no vellst. Watch for this great feature. t GEOEGE SCOTI'S FONEEAL. One of the Largest That Was Ever Held In the West End. v The funeral of George Scott, of the West End, who died suddenly Thursday, took place from the West End M. E. Church yesterday afternoon. Mr. Scott was a mem ber of Typographical Union No. 7, A. O. IX W., K. ot P., the Mystic Chain. Sons of St. George, Sovereigns of Industry, B. A. A. of "Western Pennsylvania, and the West End M. E. Church. Delegates of all the societies were present at the funeral, the pro cession being led by Davis Cominandery, Knight! of tbe Mystic Chain, Interment was made in the Cbartiers Cemetery. Mr. Scott was injured in the Willey bnilding disaster, from the effects ot which he never recovered. SUNDAY SENTENCES That Struck Terror to the Hearts of Satur day Night Kolstcrers Thirty Days for Killing a Cat Saved by a Christening in tho ramily Troubles of a Vocalist. The usual flotsam and jetsam of the Sat urday night tido of humanity, which ebbs and flows up and down our city streets, was carefully assorted at the Sunday morning hearings of the police magistrates of the two cities. Some of tbe material was considered too valuable to be allowed to go at large, and was therefore put awav for safekeeping. Hanged Mrs. Fonta's Cat. Magistrate Gripp diagnosed 35 cases at the Central station, and prescribed several allopathic doses of corrective medicine. Edward Hall got SO days for banging Mrs. Emma Ponta's big irhite cat. Hall lived at No. 35 Center avenue, and, disliking bis neighbor's cat, hanged it with a clothes line, and prevented Mrs. Pontafrom going to the rescue of ber pet. Charles Ciinton, William Thompson and George Bobinson were held in 8500 each for assaulting Special Officer Bumbaugh wbeu he ordered them to stop quarreling on Penn avenue. Ben Gaines got 90 days for begging on the street when he had 810 in his pocket. Kobert Peterson and Lizzie Adams were, given their choiee of 550 fine or 30 days to the workhouse for keeping a disorderly house at No. 5 Arthur street. George Gray and Mary Gray, visitors to the house, were each given 30-day sentences. John Burleyfund Mollie McGraw were each given 30 days for running a disorderly house on Laurel street, and seven visitors were fined 55 and costs or 20 days to jail. Will Go to the Christening. Magistrate McKenna disposed of 27 cases at the -Lwellth ward station. Michael Kelly, of Fourteenth street, went home drunken Saturday night and put his wife out of doors. On the plea that he wanted to attend the christening of his eldest horn to-day, Kelly was released. John Heinz got 30 days for getting drinks at a saloon on the pretense that he belonged to "the front office force." Mrs. John Oxford was noisy Saturday night, and, as it was proved that she sent her children out to beg, she was retired for 30 davs. Tried to Kill His Mother. Magistrate Hyndman transacted business at the Fourteenth and Nineteenth ward sta tions. At the latter place there was but one common drunk. Joshua Armstrong, a young colored man, went home drunk Saturday night and tried to carve his mother because she would not give him money. Frank Smith interfered to save the woman and received a terrible cut on the hand. Armstrong went up for four months. A Muscular Southside Singer. Magistrate Snccop had light hearings on tbe south side ol the river. John Feuger paid 53 aud costs, not so much for warbling at midnight, as for thumping tho officer who tried to suppress him. Mike Crane and Thomas Barrett paid 810 apiece for fighting, and it cost Jerry Maloney 51 40 for being disorderly. Business Dnll In Allegheny. There were 16 cases at Mayor Wyman's hearing, all of them common drunks and disorderlies. The usual small fines and sentences were imposed. Peace ISelgned in Lawrenceville. But two common cases confronted Magis trate Leslie at the Seventeentii ward station. NOT AT ALL A NEW GAG. How a Woman Mado Money by Getting Hysterical Fits In Depots. "What's the matter with the lady?" in quired a reporter of a physician who was working with a woman at the Union depot yes'terday. She was lying on one of the benches, and apparently bad-had a fainting spell. "Oh, she has had a hysterical fit," he re plied carelessly. "She is all right, and no body need bo worried about her. This wom an may he all right, but I have my doubts about it. I had hard work trying to opeu her eye lids, aud she evidently held them. It is an old gag, you know, of some women, to faint in public places, where they can excite sympathy and have a col lection taken. I knew of one who used to have hysterical spells with great reg ularity at hotels and depot'. In variably money was collected for her benefit, and she walked off with the stuff, onlyto faint awayagain in another public place. She always had a pathetic tale to tell, and it took the police a good while before they tumbled to her swindling game. It is an easy matter for a woman to become hysterical, and they can bring on the fit when they feel like it." EECEIVED THE U. S. MAIL. The Players of George Jcnks' Farce Comedy Entertained by the Lotas Club. The train carrying the U. S. Mail Com pany did not arrived in the city until 9:20 last night, and the actors and actresses did not get over to the Southside until after 10 o'clock, hut that did not in the least lessen the number of club members waiting to re ceive them and the author of the comedy, George C. Jenks. The club honse was filled in every room, and while the members of the company were upstairs, partaking of a spread pre pared for them, all was expectancy down in the large assembly room. Manager Ihmsen said the members of the company were all tired with traveling, and no attempt at any formal reception or stated programme had been thought of. Dr. E. A. Wood made the address introducing the author, Mr. Jeuks, who briefly responded. FOUGHT THE OFFICES. A Female Prisoner Makes It Kedhot for Patrolman Swick. Officer Swick had a very lively time yes terday in making thearrestof Joseph Wolf, of Brooke street, for whom a warrant was out on the charge of running a speak-easy. When the officer visited the house he found four men and one woman, all of whom were placed under arrest Whil&liandcuflinz the male prisoners the woman attacked Officer Swick, grasping him by the throat and choking him." Officer Kinney beard the noise and came to'the rescue. Not, however, before his prisoners had escaped and locked themselves in a room. The officers waited in a concealed place until tbcv came ont, and then cap tured them. The city treasury contains $50 as the result of the raid. TWO SOUTHSIDE BAIDS. Third District Police Getting in a Little Oc . caslonal Work. Two raids of disorderly houses, were made yesterday by Inspector McKelvey, Special OfHcer Carrigan, and Officers Discon and Haggeriing, or tho Third police district. Mary Connelly, tbe proprietress, fonr men and five women were captured iu a house on Cabot way, near South Fifth street. At another housj on E-iwards alley two more men and a woman were arrested. Fic titious names were given by all the prison ers. Special To Let Lists to-day. SI OO Until Slay 1 S3 SO. 12 cabinet photos or one life size crayon for 53 50 at Aufrechfs Elite Gallery, 516 Market street, Pittsburg. Use elevator. HAVE your crayons made by Aufrecht at his gaiiery, 516 Market at. Cheapest and belt, TALE AS THEY THINK. The Secular Society Addressed by Hiss Ada Campbell. PLAIN WORDS IH A PLAIN STILE. Christianity's Symbol Worn by the Free Tliinkcr at the Meeting. 0XLI A SMALL CE0WD IN ATTENDANCE The spectacle of a woman preaching against the gospel of Christ, while at the same time wearing on her bosom the symbol of Christianity, the cross, was witnessed by about 200 people in the Standard Theater, on Grant street, yesterday afternoon. Miss Ada Campbell, of Australia, was announced to speak at the above amusement resort, on the subject: "Truth Versus Christianity,", and it drew forth a mixed crowd of people, coming and going at all hours. In the back row a crowd of young fellows were having a gay time, and when they were reproved, one of them told the usher, who is a member of the Secular Society, to go to tbe land of sulphur and brimstone. Though the lady was making an effort to prove that there is no such place, uo chances were taken, and theyoung fellow was ordered out Not long afterward, while the lady was arguing the evolution ot man from a mock turtle, a monkey or some other handsome brute, a crowd of boys became noisy in an other part of the theater. As in the other case, a mild reproof only served to call out the youth's reserve force and he questioned the paternity of him who dared offer a re buke. No one but the lecturer was allowed tliis privilege, and though the boy had de clared the man's origin was the poor man's friend, be was declared out and left the room. She Tried to Make It Pleasant. These little pleasantries in the audience were kept up almost unceasingly, and every once in awhile some one would accept a pressing invitation to go elsewhere in his search for knowledge. The young lady she is still on the sunny side of 40, tbouch the shadow is not large--alsomade the after noon one of pleasure for her audience by her sallies. Though yet unmarriid, she roundly denounced celibacy, and in regard to tbe "140 and 4 thousand singing in the inner court of heaven who had never been defiled by the touch of woman," she declared they were howling in misery for the pleasures they missed while on earth. Thouch Miss Campbell did not ask for female suffrage, she roundly denounced the Christian religion for not having a "god dess" connected with it. "It is He the Father," said the speaker, "He the Son, and He the Holy Ghost. Now. I think they might have allowed that last little one to be a she. But according to these religionists, their God has been a batchelor for years and years'and years." She declared that no "loving Father would allow people on His earth to starve, as they are starving in Pittsburtr. Hon esty and virtue are always driven to the wall," said she, "and dishonest schemes profit by their misfortunes. There is no Teason whatever to be honest and virtuous, because you will lose by it in the end." Adam Didn't Have a Choice. She declared the idea of the creation ut terly absurd, and in speaking of the fall, said: "Adam was not satisfied when he was put in the Garden of Eden, morally a per fect man. He wanted company. So the Lord had all tbe animals pass before him to let him choose a helpmeet. There were only two times that the kancaroo leaped from Australia to Palestine at the time above mentioned and when Noah and his family went in the ark, leaving the other people in the swim. But Adam did not like any of them. So the Lord put him to sleep and took a" rib to make Eye. If Adam had been awake be would have told God to take two ALTERATION BALE ALL THIS WEEK. On account of the alterations in our CLOAK AND CURTAIN ROOM It will necessitate us closing it for several weeks, and we will offer our entire line of COATS, JACKETS, SHAWLS, FURS, CURTAINS, PORTIERES, ETC., At a sacrifice below actual cost. SEE WHAT WE OFFER. One lot of Jackets at 95c, former prices $1 and S4 50. One lot of Jackets, $1 50, former prices $5 and 6." One lot Cheviot JJeefers at J3 75, former price ?G 50. One lot of Ladies' fine $12 and $15 Jack ets, with and without vests, $7 50. All our imported Diagonal, Cheviot and Fur-Trimmed Jackets at ?15, former prices $22, $25 and $30. One lot $12 and $15 Plush Jackets at $7. ONE LOT NEWMARKETS At$l 00. Another lot at $2, and still another lot at $3. These god"ds cost irom $7 to $20. 1,500 Pairs of Lace Curtains must be sold so if you want a bargain in Curtains come early. 50c -nT; 50c . A PAIR. OUC -00 2 1 8t A PAIR. A large lot ot"Portieres will be offered re gardless of est. , Furs at 23c on the $1. MRS. E. WEBBER -435 MARKET ST. 437 Ha lis mfJ0Mii&l ribs and make two tromen so be could have a choice." The speaker continued throughout to ridi cule religion, and advanced arguments which she declared were clinchers in favor of no religion. Miss Campbell will stay in the city until Thursday evening, when she will address an assembly iu honor of the death of Thomaa Payne. That date is always the great event in the year for the secular people. The Leading Dry Goods House. Pittsburg, Pa-, Monday, Jan. 20, 1391. JDS. HDRNE I ELL'S PENN AVE. STORES. CONTINUATION -or oue- "JANUARY CLEARANCE" "ANTE-STOCKTAKING SALES" The full force of the meaning of these sales is only appreciated by those who come and see the goods and learn the prices for themselves. ' ' This Monday morning we make further great reductions. Now, the very finest and most desirable coods in all departments are marked down to effect quick and final clearance. COME TO-DAY to buy fine Dress Goods, Silks and Velvet', "Wash Goods and Flan nels, Embroideries, Laces, Liuens, etc., etc But, Wc advertise especially this morn ing the final grand "clearing ont" ale in the CLOAK DEPARTMENT. No buyer in these cities or within reach. of our stores can afford to miss this chance to buy fine goods for little money, either for present or future; needs. The FUK-TKIMMED NEWMAEKETS have suffered a terrific mark-down. - Bead: Present pricos. Former prices. S 8 Plain Cheviot, Collar of Cape Seal S20 S 8 Plain Beaver, trimmed with AstraEhan.S17 3 8 Diagonal Chevior. trimmed with Astra khan 0 S10 Diagonal Cheviot, foil sleevo of Plnsh..S.3 SiO Plain Cheviot, edged with Astrakhan. J17 Sit Diagonal Cheviot, collar of Labrador Seal j. fig 810 Diagonal Cheviot, trimmed Crush Plash ?J7 112 Plain Beaver, trimmed with Astrakhan.JlS $12 Plain Beaver, Lappel and Collar of As trakhan 35 812 Diagonal Cheviot, trimmed with Astra- khan.......... .....S21 S12 Plain; Chevior, Dollar of Astrakhan.. ,JSj J15 Diagonal Cheviot. Edge or Astrakhan ..133 SIS flam Cheviot, Collar and Edge of Lab rador Seal j-3 51-Plain Cheviot, Collar ot Opcssnm 35 S15 Plain Cheviot, trimmed with Astrakhan S35 !18 Plain Cheviot. Collar of L ilirador Seal.S $18 Diagonal Cheviot. Edge or Astrakhan. .S35 K0 Clay Diagonal. Edge of Astrakhan S3 K0 Diagonal Cheviot, trimmed with Astra khan $13 125 Silk Matalesse, trimmed with Astra- ALL MZES. FUR-TRIMMED CLOTH JACKETS, Entire remaining stock, NOW AT $io EACH. Former prices. S0, S25, KO and $15. BLACK CLOTH JACKETS. All stylish shapes. In Cheviots, Diagonals, Wide Wales, Plain Cloths, Trimmed or Plain, Sizes SS to , Alt at $5j 512 Former prices V sio J $8 A limited lot of Navy Blues and Tans also t ' close out at 55. SliAL PLUSH JACKETS. All sizes, best of this season's styles, French hizh shoulders, goods in every way desirable, and cheap at former prices. To-day wo make further reduction3. Our $10 Plain Jackets are now S3. Our $12 and $15 Plain and Bevere are now $1CL Our SIS and S3) Vest Fronts and Reefers ar now $15. Our $25 and SC8 Reefer Fronts are now $18. Our 525 Vest Fronts are now $20. A limited number nf Seal Flush Jackets in only tbe smaller sizes, that were $10 and 515, are to-day rednced to Jo. A rare chance for little people. Also, a few last season coats, Walker's best Seal Plush, that were $13, $20 and $25, to go to day at one-third former prices. ONE PRICE ONLY On our choice line ot FUR-TRIMMED SEAL PLUSH JACKETS All go to-day AT $25 EACH. , Former Prices. Mink trimmed were $53 Natural Lynx trimmed were 45 Persian Lamb trimmed were 50 Persian Lamb trimmed were 15 Opossnm trimmed ere 15 Labrador Seal trimmed weie 33 Astrakhan trimmed were 33 And others will go to-day AT $25 EACH. The great sale begins in the Cloak Depart, ment to-day. But remember that all other departments to day have equally Interesting bargains for watchful buyers. Now Is the time goods MUST bo sold. Tho "must" makes price all in the buyers' favor. JDS. HDRNE I ED., 609-621 PENN AVENUE. JaZS Hugus & Hacke A special display will be made this week of NEW GOODS FOR SPRING 1891. Choice selections from the best foreign and domestic manufacturers. Novelties and designs differing entirely from other assortments in this market of Printed Crepe de " Chenes,beautiful rich patterns, light and dark colorings, $1 50 to $2 50 a yard. Printed India Silks, individual patterns, the highest class novelties that will be shown this season, J25 -to $45 a pattern. Our assortments' of Printed India Silks at Si and Si 25 a yard are, as in previous seasons, superior in styles and qualities. Wash Silks, new colorings and designs, Si a yard. . Novelties in Cheviot and Scotch Tweed Suitings. New Paris Robes (one of each color only). White Goods a large line of newest weaves and fabrics. Black Lace Flouncings and ' Drapery Nets all silk and be'sti -French makes our direct importa-'W' ' tions; elegant new patterns and ex-" tra values. Cor. Fifth AveT& Market St - jaSSonm r jL.
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