msm T lW$W&&Wi mjgp1. Ts&&;$f.wir TWPP? THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, MONDAY, .FEBRUARY 2, I89L "ft rpjirn jjiiwiiTiBBttia I jMBtf y tY S T"iPtBiii iiTl P 4 IE OLIVER SILENT, The Pittsburg and Western President Will Keither Affirm Nor Deny That the B. & 0. Eoad HAS GAINED CONTROL OP HIS LINE. Local Railroad Men and Shippers Believe the Ileport Is True, and Foint Oat Advantages. B. & 0. OFFICERS EEFUSE TO TALE Est Tacitly trl Frttly Atari Tamils Fesatiticn for tit Etitentat President Harry W. Oliver, Jr., of the Pittsburg and W stern Railroad, returned from Baltimore last evening where, as stated in a telegram to The Dispatch of yesterday, he completed the deal by which the Baltimore and Obio road secured con trol of his line. Mr. Oliver sprained his foot about four weeks ago, and be now walks with crutches. As be painfully limped out of tbe depot, he was asked for sonle further details of the transaction. "How did you know I was coming home on this train?" he inquired. "What has been published in tbe Pittsburg papers? I read something about it in a New York paper to-day." The telecram which appeared in The Dispatch, was carefully recited to him, but Mr. Oliver said nothing. He smiled as he walked along, with nothing but the steady pi ink-plunk of bis crutches to be beard, and tbe silence becoming irksome be was asked point blank if such a deal had been made. Not at IJberty to Talk. "I would like to tell you what I know, but I can't talk about it," he answered. "You know I am a man of few words," and be stopped. "The public, then, can take it for granted that tbe deal was completed?" the reporter sugsested. "Oh, no," he replied. "You can't get me into such a trap as that I won't say whether it is true or not, and that is all that can be said at present," President Oliver in the past has always been frank with newspaper men, and when similar reports were published be promptly denied tbem. In this case it therefore cer tainly looks as if such a movement were on foot, if, indeed, the Baltimore and Ohio had not secured lormal control of the road. The announcement of tbe deal did not produce much excitement in railroad circles. Most railroad men here, who are on tbe in side, have expected it One stated that tbe Baltimore and Ohio bad practically secured control of tbe road six years aco. Both roads have been a mutual help to each other, and their relations have been at all time very close. Parallel Lines in Course of Construction. The Baltimore and Ohio is now engaged in building a branch from Akron to Chicago Junction, where it will conneet with the main line. This branch will run parallel with the Pittsburg, Akron and Western -which is also in the process of construction, and railroad men have often wondered why two parallel branches shonld be built when the surrounding country will hardly support one. The Pittsburg and Western terminates .at Akron, and withjthe completion of the link to Chicago Junction it gives the Baltimore and Ohio road a through line from New York to Chicago by way of Pittsburg and at least 100 miles shorter than the present route. This has always been the dream of Second Vice President Tbomas M. King, and it is through his untiring energy that the "cheme was finally accomplished. What changes in local management the sew condition of thincs may make are questions for the future. Tbe advantages to Pittsburg of another through and direct line to the West are ap parent on the surface. This city has been discriminated against in freight rates for years, and at times better tariffs could be se cured from the seaboard to the far West than lrom Pittsburg, which is 300 miles in the in terior. The Baltimore and Ohio, by way of its roundabout route to Chicago, has always done what it could to remedy existing evils. Many Points of Interest In the Dark. It is stated that the Baltimore and Obio will keep the Wheeling division for local traffic and as part of its line to Cincinnati and the South. President Oliver was asked concerning this rumor, but his refusal to talk leaves many points of interest in the dark. Pittsburg shippers were jubilant yester day when they heard that the long-looked-for move on the part of the Baltimore and Ohio had been made successfully. Every body knows that such a deal has been con templated for years, and recently it wai re ported that thePittsburg and Western had passed into the hands of the Baltimore and Ohio, but President Oliver promptly denied it. All sorts of rumors have from time to time been published which raised the hopes of local shippers, but they had no substan tial foundation. Not long ago the Baltimore and Ohio con templated running through passenger trains from Philadelphia, Baltimore and Wash ington over the Junction road to the Pitts burg and Western, and thence to Chicigo, but the negotiations were broken off. Such an arrangement can be made now. and it will help the passenger business of the pic turesque route out of Pituburg. Mauy side Itumors in the Air. Any number of rumors were flying around jesterday over tbe announcement of the absorption of the Pittsburg and Weitern bv tbe Baltimore and Ohio. At Beaver Palls it was claimed tnat tbe EUwood Short line and the Beaver and Ellwood Koad were included in the purchase. Henry W. Hartman was not in the city, but thcGen eral Manager of the Pittsburg Company, which owns both road-, says they hare not been sold. A telegram to Baltimore for additional information elicited the following answer: Though President Mayer, of tbe Baltimore and Ohio, decl.cfcd to admit to-day that there had been a deal wbereliv tbe 15. O, bad ob tained control of tbe Pittsburc and Western, other oicias tacitlyagree and admit that there Is lonnaation for tho statement. Ihey decline to talk about the matter. Tbe negotiations vere conducted bj President Majer, President H. V . OhTC. Jr., and Vice President Thomas M. King. Several efforts were made dnnng tbe past two weeks to get from leading officers of toe 12. X O. some statement of tbe transac tion Some of tbem denied that anything was being done, and others stated that it was only a renewal o yearly allotments of business. It Is quite evident that tbe purcliae has been made by an additional issue of the common stock oi the Baltimore and Ohio. A GRE&T HTC3ED MADE. Only One Couple DItorced Ont of Several Hundred That Were Married. A telegram published in yesterday's DlS TATCH told of the only conple ever married by Kev. Dr. J. G. Townsend, of this city, who were afterward divorced. It was the case of the "Mile. Charcot" who did the hypnotic act in a New York museum, but who proved to be the former wi e of the cele brated living skeleton, Eugene Feralto, wbo has often given exhibitions in Pittsburg. They met at Corry, Pa., and were married by Dr. Townsend, who declares that it was entirely a love affair. "I have married several hundred couples," said tbe minister last evening, "and I am proud to say that this was the only divorce ver asked for." THE LUCKY THIRTEEN. An Order for a Meeting of the Social 13 to Look After the Man Who Shot at John Steel The President's Order. John H. Detker, President of the "Social 13," a musical organization composed of 13 members, which meets monthly, on the 13th, at No. 13 of a Thirteenth ward street, has issued the following order: Whkeeas, A dastardly attempt has been made to assassinate one of our members, two shots having been fired at John Steel, con ductor 13 on the Central Traction road, last Saturday bv an Italian, therefore be it Resolved. That the members ot Social 13 meet next Tuesday evening to take action which will lead to tbe arrest and conviction of tbe guilty parties. Saturday afternoon about a dozen Italians boarded Central Traction Car No. 13, and after Conductor Steele collected the fares and returned to the rear platform one of the Italians claimed that the change was wrong. Tbe conductor replied that be was sure it was all right but the leader of the crowd did not seem satisfied. When the gang got off the car at the end of the line it demanded more change and was again refused. Atter going about ten yards one tf the Italians turned and fired two shots, butas the conductor got down on the floor both missed. The balls lodged in the wall of tbe Herron Hill waiting room. A MAD MTJBDEBEE. He Stands Up Until His Legs Swell and Has to Be Tied to His Bed. John Higgins, John and Anthony Mo leika. cousins, Andrew Andrullus and John Hatchey are to be tried to-day lor tbe kill ing of a fellow Huncarian in a shanty-boat row at Chartiers last fall. Hisgins is charged with the murder, and the others as being accessories to the crime. Since John Moleika's incarceration in the county jail be has become insane. He spends hours at a time yelling at tbe top of his voice. He refuses to lay down, and persists in standing on his feet until his legs are swollen ont of all proportion. The jail officials are compelled to tie the man down to his pallet in order to gev him asleep. Occasionally Moleika will stand at his cell door and allow his hands to bang through tbe bars until his fingers become black. At other times Moleika will stick his face against the bars and if it is pusbed back he will let bis bead fall forward asain as if his neck was broken. The Dixmont authorities won't take the man until the court has passed upon the case, which will be done to-day. William J. Faulk, the Laurel wife-murder, has recovered his sanity. He acts rationally and is in every way of apparently sound mind. On two or three occasions he has expressed a desire to talk about tbe crime he committed, but the jail officials will not converse with him on the subject, as it is against the rules of tbe institution to allow a man to criminate himself. POSTOFPICE MONTHLY EEP0RT. Receipts and Disbursements in the Money Order Department. The monthly postoffice report shows that in the money order office the receipts amounted to 5220,531 20, while the dis bursements, including a remittance of $133, 499 91 to Philadelphia, amounts to ?220, 531 20. The letter mail for th month shows 55, 078 ponnds ol letters tied; 2,753.900 letters distributed; 14.233 pounds of transit letters received; 711,650 transit letters dis tributed; 2,042,250 drop letters; 88,836 as tbe daily average of letters distributed, and 105,919 as the daily average, excluding Sundays. This is a gain of 7 per cent over January, 1890. The paper mail shows 45,951 pounds of drops, 168,278 pounds of second class mat ter, 76,797 pounds of transit and 291,026 pounds distributed, amounting to 1,746,156 pieces. This is a gain of 10 per cent as compared with January, 1890. A COLD WAVE C0JHHG. January Was Warmer Than the Average and Has a Low Rainfall. Sergeant Stewart yesterday afternoon promised colder weather for to-day. He said an Arctic wave was coming from the West, and he expected it to reach Pittsburg last evening. The temperature, he thought, would drop to 20. Mr. Stewart was busy yesterday preparing his report for tbe month of January. He finds among other peculiar features that it was warmer than tbe normal. The average temperature for this month has been 30, but 35 was the prevailing height of tbe thermometer for the January just passed. Pittsburgers have a dim recollection that it rained considerably also, but the rainfall is below the average. Tbe normal is 3.23 inches, but in January 2.43 inches of rain felL CHANGES AT THE COUNTY JAIL. Matron F. A. Barns and Assistant Matron M. McCann Take Office. The new matron and assistant matron at tbe county jail took charge yesterday. Mrs. F. A. Burns, the matron, has been' connected with the Society for the Improve ment of the Poor for 16 years, while the as sistant matron, Miss Marian McCanp, has had charge of a ward in Dixmont for five years, and has taken three courses in prac tical nursing, Mrs. Van Ostand, the re tiring matron, last Saturday. Warden Berlin expects great things from tbe new arrangement. He has long telt the need of an assistant matron in an institution of the character and size or the jail, and is encouraged by the fact that both the newly appointed matron and her assistant are practical women. HOME nUNTERS! Who Read tho To Let Columns of The His- patch This Morning will find attractive properties advertised for rent by Van Gorder & Lloyd, D. Behen & Son. W. A. Herron & Sons, Humphrey & White, Morrison & Banks, McManns & Co., Geo. Johnston and tbe Boom Renting Agency, the last named being the only firm in Pittsburg handling both furnished and unfurnished rooms. Any of The Dis patch's readers who may have tried to personally visit these widely scattered agencies know that it requires half a day's time and tbe expenditure of 40 or 50 cents carfare. The convenience of these special lists" will, therefore, be appreciated. Mon days and Thursdays are tbe special rent list days. PEOPLE WHO COME AND GO. Billy Bice, a Choctaw chief, passed through tbe city last evening, bound for Wash ington to see the Great Father. He couldn't talk English, but he held n an empty two quart bottle of whisky to show what a buck can drink. Eepresentative Marshall, of Allegheny, returned to Harrlsburg last evening. He said the committee appointed to investigate tho State banks would begin Its work in Philadel phia this week. Lewis Walker, a brother-in-law of G. W. Delaniatcr, registered at the Duquesne yes terday morning. He returned to Meadvilie early in tbe afternoon. Attorney O'Donnell went to Greens burr: last evening to assist taking testimony about tbe Mammoth mine horror before tbe legislative committee. The Hanlon "Fantasma" Company passed through the city last evening en route to Altoona. Ida Maussey. tbe leading lady, was with the troupe. G. W. Willis, of the Louisville Times, was at the Monongabela House for a short time yesterday. Ex-Sheriff Ed Kyle,of Somerset county, and J. U Shipley, ot Meycrsdale, are at the Duquesne. A. W. Todd and J. B. Aiken, of Wash-ington,-are at the Monongahela House. M. J. McMabon and T. S. Adams left t or N e w York last evening. E. G. Beatty, of Clarion, was at the Seventh Avenue yesterday. PLUCKED THE ROSE. Southside Folico Descend Upon a Pleasant Little Gathering. HUNGARIAN WEDDING BROKEN UP. Gustav Btero Wanders Around With a Ballet in His Breast. A XUMBER OP SUNDAY. HORNING RAIDS The beauty and fragrance of the Wild Bose Club, which budded and blossomed on the Southside, has departed"; its petals have been crushed beneath the iron heels of the enterprising police. The Wild Kose Club occupied an apart ment above a stable on Wright alley.between South Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets. Jealous persons, who may have been black balled when attempting to gain admission to this exclusive organization.spoke of it disre spectfully as the "Hayloft Club." It is true the decorations of the clubroom were not ornate, and the furnishings were almost se vere in their simplicity, consisting chiefly of beer kegs, full and empty, with a judi cious sprinkling of mouth organs. Z Saturday night socials were a great feat ure of this club. On these occasions tbe pleasant gurgle of lager beer was enhanced by sweet strains from the mouth organs Bacchus and Pan, those saucy gods, were worshiped in the most approved classic fashion. Occasionally the devotees would send uppsens of praise in voices more 're markable for power than purity. No Taste for Classical Amusements. Southsiders residing in the immediate neighborhood, who had no respect for classic exercises, insisted that the Wild Kose Club was a nuisance and a banisher of gentle slumber and pleasant dreams. With the coldness characteristic of people who are not on speaking terms with the gods of an cient Greece, they complained to the police. Early yesterday morning Lieutenant Johnston summoned a number of his most trusty officers, and the band swooped down upon the temple of beer and music Tbe worshipers Bought safety in flight, and two of them found it, but the Wild Bose was rent asunder and ten of its petals borne off in triumph by the mocking myrmidons of the law, where they were registered as James O'Brien. David Jones, Charles Dock, Wil liam Bruse, Frank Shideman, George Miller, Walter Hoffman, George Seebacher and Clarence Bradford. At tbe morning hearing Magistrate Sue cop smiled sweetly, and murmuring, "There is no rose without a thorn," fined O'Brien and Jones, who seemed to be the high priests, $15 and costs each, while the others settled for 54 40 apiece. Bride and Groom in the Lock-Up. Lieutenant Moreland, of Allegheny, and a squad of his division arrested 14 people in a house at 36 McClure avenue early yester day morning, where they were making night hideous by a loud carousal. It was the Hungarian form of celebrating a wedding that had occurred on Saturday night, and among the prisoners were the bride and i eroom. who spent tbe night in the locK-up. he Hungarian beverage, "polinky," Was really me prime cause oi me irouuie. x-wiie of the prisoners, amdng them the groom, were fined $5 and costs, and the others were discharged. , Lieutenant Schaffer, with Officers Egan, Haas and Moan, raided the house of Neman Freeman, on Second avenue, near Murphy street, about 12:30 yesterday morning. When tbe officers gained entrance to the house Freeman made a dash for liberty, ran upstairs and jumped ont of tbe second-story window to the pavement below. He jumped to bis feet to run away, but his right loot had been crippled, and the officers captured him. He was placed in the patrol wagon with John Gray, Morgan Davis and Will iam Boberts, who were also arrested, and taken to the Fourteenth ward station and locked up. From that time until the morn ing hearing Freeman complained about his right foot hurling, so after the hearing Dr. Moyer was called, who found his foot broken at tbe ankle. He was removed to the Mercy Hospital. Freeman was fined $25 and costs, and Boberts and Davis $10 and costs each. Gray was discharged. Raided a Gang of Crap-Shooters. A gang of about a dozen colored men were encaged in a game of craps on a cellar door in front of a liquor store just below Wood street.on First avenue, about 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Detective Conlson and Officer Diebl, of the No. 1 patrol wagon, started in to break up the game, but the dusky gamblers saw the officers coming and hastily scattered in every direction. The officers followed, but the fugitives were so fleet of foot that only two were captured, William Bradv and Larry Anderson. The players were all deckhands from the wharf. F. M. Tailor's house, on Thirty-third street, was raided earlv yesterday morning as a gambling house. Tailor and five men were arrested, the fotmer being fined $20 and tbe latter $10 and costs each. The raid was made by Officer Bond. Officers Clisbman, Haas. Creban and Moan made a raid on a lot of tramps at Matthews & Bros.' Coke Works, on Second avenue, Soho, last night, and captured ten tramps. They were all locked up iu the Fourteenth ward station. SUKDAY M02HLTO HEABIHGS. Police Magistrates Hustle Tlirongh a Large Amount of Business. The Sunday morning hearings were pretty light yesterday. At the Central station there were 38 cases. Michael McDowell was caught while trying to break into a store, and was held over. James Poindexter got 30 days for beating a woman with a lamp at No. 253 Second avenue. John Kendal got 60 days for keeping a disorderly bouse on Old avenue, and his seven visitors got ten days apiece. There were 20 cases at the Fourteenth ward station, where Mrs. Annie Copper got a 30-day sentence for keeping a disorderly house on Soho street. At tbe Seventeenth ward station John Bobinson, of Ella street, got GO days for wife beating. Magistrate Hyndman disposed of 13 cases at the Nineteenth ward station. Tbe seven colored men who were arrested forsbootinc "craps" at Finley's brickyard werescnt30 days to the workhouse. There were 30 prisoners at the Allegheny police heartng. AN EXTENSIVE EOBBEEY. Sealskin Sack, Diamonds, Overcoat and Other Articles Stolen. The robbery at the residence of W. Dewees Wood, corner of, Forbes street and Meyran avenue, Saturday evening, proves to have been more extensive than at first re ported. The articles stolen were, one seal skin sacque, two large pearl finger rings, one necklace set with diamonds and pearls, one set of silver chain bracelets, one breast pin set with diamonds, one 'diamond scarf pin, seven gold hair pins, three pairs of gold shirt studs, two pairs of gold cuff but tons, two gold hairpins with pearl setting, one lady's gold beaded chain, three fine sil ver brooches, one Pullman car ticket to Chicago, and railroad ticket and one over coat. The thieves gained an entrance to the house by climbing over tbe rear porch and forcing open a bedroom window. The robberv occurred between 6 an&J o'clock. Boarders Have a right. B. H. Boppell and William J. Lias, boarders at No. 155 Second avenue, got into a fight last night at their boarding-house, during which Boppell was struck with some kind of a weapon, cutting;, an ugly gash un- Detective Demmil arrested J A BULLET IN HIS BREAST. Gustavo Stero Is Thwarted In JLove and At tempts Suicide Romance of a Hungar ian Tenement House Ho Still Carries tho Ball Imbedded in Bone. The Allegheny police stumbled on a shooting on Saturday night that had oc curred about 3 o'clock on Saturday after noon. Officers Donovan and Smith were told about midnight that a man living in a .Hungarian boarding house at 98 Adams street had been shot. On investigation they could learn but little about the affair, be cause of tbe non-speaking English about the premises, and they arrested five men aud one woman that were located in the building. Among them was n man named Gustave Stero, who had a bullet wound iu his breast. When the prisoners arrived at the lockup, Dr. Hazzard probed the wound in Stero's breast and found a pistol ball in it, but as it was firmly embedded iu the breast bone it would not be dislodged. The wound is not a painful one and will not cause any serious result and so when Mayor Wyman heard the caso yesterday morning he fined Stero $10 and let him go. It appeared from all that could be gleaned from the investigation that Stero had shot himself with the intention of committing suicide. The womau he loved had jilted him and married another, and alter brood ing over the matter since last Tuesday, on which day theinarriage had taken place, he resolved to end his sorrow in death. It ap peared also that his fellow boarders bad kept the affair quiet and no doctor had attended him, aud as he seemed to be in different to the injury, the Mayor thought be was not capable of suffering, and for that reason allowed him to depart. The fine he put on the prisoner was for violation of a city ordinance in carrying fire arms. TWO SMALL EOEBEBIES. A Fifth Avenue Book Store and Southside Barber Shop Visited. Early yesterday morning the store of B. S. Davis & Co., at 96 Fifth avenue, was visited by burglars, wbo forced open a -window in the rear and with sledges pounded the combination to pieces and forced the safe open. Tbe visitors were after money, only, as they scattered a large number of checks about the floor and threw a bundle of bonds into a corner. They secured in the neighborhood of $200, and in their baste overlooked several small sums. The thieves left no clue behind. Joseph Horsdonwiez, -who keeps a barber shop at 825 Carson street, Southside, re ported to the police last night that his shop had been robbed. Tbe thieves had gained entrance to the shop by forcing open a back window nnd after ransacking the shop de parted, taking with them razors, a pair of hair clippers and a guitar. There is no clew to the thieves. AN0THEB SATE RIFLED. Thieves Break Into the Clothing Store of James H. Aiken. At 12:30 o'clock this morning Officers Biley and Gillen discovered that the cloth ing store of James H. Aiken, 98 Fifth ave nue, had been broken into by thieves. The combination of the safe had been broken and tbe contents of the safe taken. It could not be ascertained what was in the sale. Tbe thieves are supposed to be the same as those who broke into B. S. Davis & Co.'s bookstore early yesterday morning. FOE A KEG OF BEER. A Fight Among Italians, and Vincent Gabrlo Got the Worst of It- About 8 o'clock: last evening Vincent Gabrio, an Italian, was taken into Tea's drugstore, Thirty-fourth street and Penn avenue, suffering from a severe scalp wound, from which the blood was freely flowing. Tbe man who took him to the drugstore ac counted for the wound by stating that Gab rio and several other Italians had engaged in a fight on the hillside above Thirty-third street, the occasion of the fight being the struggle for the possession of a keg of beer which each of the Italians claimed. Gabrio succeeded in securing the keg and bad started down Thirty-third street, when be was struck in the head with a large stone. He recovered shortly after, but the keg and the other Italians had disappeared. HTT BY A CABLE CAB AND LIVEB. A Small Boy Who Was Too Much for a Traction line. Thomas Wilkins, a small boy, who lives on Spruce alley, near Thirtieth street, was knocked down and pushed 10 or 15 feet by a Penn avenue cable car yesterday after noon, but escaped with only a few bruises. Wilkins, with several companions, was playing on the street and he was standing in the middle of the track when the car struck him. The escape of tbe boy is considered miraculous, as he was struck fairly by the car and fell to the ground in front of it. Usually, in such cases, a person gets under tbe wheels. NOT ENOUGH BOOM FOB THE DEAD. The Coroner's Business Increasing Rapidly and a Larger Morgno Necessary. There were eight bodies in the morgue yesterday, and the de.id-room was badly crowded. Coroner McDowell hopes that tbe bill providing a suitable morgue for Allegheny county will pass the Legislature, and relieve this state of affairs. As the city grows the number of violentdeaths in crease proportionately, and the present lim ited facilities are found to be wholly inade quate for the business. During the month of January Coroner McDowellvhad 81 cases, and yesterday, the first day of February, he was notified of four deaths needing investigation. LOOKING FOB THEIR SON. Charles Ziegler, a Midway Batcher, Leaves Home and Disappears. The parents of Charles Ziegler, of Mid way, Pa., were in the city lait night seek ing to gain some clew to the whereabouts of their son. They reported bis absence to the police. Ziegler is a young aud good-looking man, and runs a butcher shop at Midway. On Wednesday he left for Pittsburg, and had about 100 and a gqld watch with him. He has not been beard from since. Ziegler has been married three years, has two children, and his habits were very correct. STRUCK BY A TBALN. James Flattery Instantly Killed on tbe B. & O. Road. About 1150 o'clock last night James Flattery, aged 22 years, was struck by a passenger train at Laugblin station, on tbe Baltimore and Ohio Bailroad, and instantly killed. His remains were removed to Flan nerv's livery stable. The deceased lived with his brother on the hillside above Laugblin station. First of a Series of Lectures. The-Young Men's Hebrew Association opens its series of lectures for 1891 with Bev. Dr. Levy, of Cincinnati. This lecture will take place to-morrow evening at 8 o'clock at the Eighth Street Temple. Dr. Lew has chosen as his subject "Beason and Instinct," and no 'doubt will b3 warmly received. Holiday goods in shape of diamonds, watches, jewelry and musical instruments arriving daily. Largest line of music boxes. Gallinoee's, aiwsu, 1200 Penn avenue, 1200. - der his left eye. both men. WILL FINISH T0-DAT. Tho Ship Canal Commission Meets This Morning to Arrange for PRESENTATION OP ITS EEPORT. A Yerj Yolnminona Document, and Fall of Valuable Details. DESCRIPTION OF IBB K0TJTE SELECTED The Ship Canal Commission will meet to day in Captain John A. Ward's office and make final arrangements for presenting its report on the feasibility of the project to the Legislature. The duty of bearing the report to Harris burg will be delegated to Eben Brewer, of Erie, who has acted as Secretary to the Commission. The report is understood to be nearly com pleted. It will be printed iu pamphlet form, and would fill three pages of The Dispatch. It has been compiled with the greatest care, and in -yery great detail, so that any question which might be asked in connection with tbe subject can be answered from the pages of the report. Mr. Goodwin has furnished a quautity ot valuable statistics with special reference to railroad rates to and from points which will come within the radius of supply of the canal. Opposition in View From Bailroads. It is expected that the various roads will meet the project with aggressive hostility, and the commission proposes in its report to thoroughly inform the Legislature on every point on which the railroads could make any pretense of opposition. The route which the commission will suggest as being the most feasible, runs in a slightly winding line from Conneaut, cross ing tbe State line at a point opposite James town and thence to Sharpsville, passing to the west of Sharon and Middlesex, Pulaski, New Castle to Bochester. At this point the canal ends and tbe Ohio is reached. The report contains the most complete details of every foot of this route and full illustrations are afforded by a profile sketch of tbe country, and a plan showing the line. Tbe profile sketch shows that the whole line of country between Bochester and Conneaut is practically flat, and that there are no en gineering difficulties at all to be sur mounted. The cost of this work is esti mated to be $25,000,000, and the opinion of the commission is that it can be constructed in four years. The report also covers the alternate routes. One is from Brie in a winding direction to Conneautville, thence to the State line, which it crosses, and returns in a loop. Thence it travels eastward to Shaw's Land ing and the upper waters of the Allegheny river. From Franklin the river is utilized. A Longer hut a Cheaper Line. This line is about three miles longer than the proposed route, but it is reported as having the advantage of an ample water supply and costing less to construct. It is not considered at all likely that the State will undertake the work, but the com mission will ask for the appointment of a committee to take the matter in charge. It is considered likely that this committee will present the matter to the Federal Govern ment, and seek its aid in effecting some plan whereby the canal may be built. Mr. Brewer, when last in town, expressed the opinion that the pnblic should undertake the matter of construction, and he says he is prepared with figures to demonstrate that any company formed with that object would be a financial concern of assumed stability. Tbe possibilities of what trade tne canal might expect is fully set forth in the report. At tbe meeting of the commission to-day final arrangements will be made for pre senting tbe report. Addenda have been pouring in from individual'members of the commission from day to day, and this has delayed the printing. It is expected that Mr. Brewer will be in structed to proceed to Harrisburg about the end of this or early next week. A YOUTHFUL BOMANCE. His Story of Being an Orphan Disproved by His Father's Appearance. Tbe little boy, John McCauley, who ap plied for lodging at Central Station on Sat urday night and told Inspector McAleese that he bad been an orphan for six months and had been living on the streets during that time, was called for by bis father yes terday and taken to his home, No. 7 Hamil ton P'iace, Allegheny. Mr. McCauley said the boy had left home Saturday morning without cause. His parents are both alive and he had a good home. A FL0UBI8HING LINE. Stockholders Will Inspect the Wheeling and Lako Erie Boad. General Manager Woodford, of the Wheeliug and Lake Erie road, with ten of the New York stockholders, passed through the city last evening on the way to Steuben ville. Mr. Woodford stated that various extensions and improvements had been made, and the stockholders were going over the road to see what was done. The Wheeling and Lake Erie now reaches Wheeling, and Mr. Woodford hopes some day to see the line run into Pittsburg. NOT ON BUEGLABY BENT. Peculiar Dilemma pfa Bochester Merchant in Allegheny. J. N. Inge, of Bochester, Pa., was ar rested yesterday for trying to get into the millinery store of Mrs. W. E. Smith, on Federal street, Allegheny, with a false key. It was afterwards discovered that he was a nephew of Mrs. Smith, and wanted to enter the store to leave a package. He was held for his aunt to prove tbe truth of the story to-day. t! CUT OFF FEOM THE WOELD. Only a Telephone Wire Connected the Sonnblick Observatory. The death of Hcrr Ignaz Bejacher, owner of extensive gold mines in the E-iuris "Val ley, and originator of the Sonnblick ob servatory, the most elevated in Europe, re calls the important part playeil by the tele phone iu communication with tbe world of the virtually exiled superintendent or that institution. During several months of the vear he is, by tlic difficulties of his situation, cut off from personal association with the world except by telephone. He hears each day living voices through this instrument, but otherwise he is isolated, aud has only a dog for companionship. SMALL SCBAPS OF LOCAL NEWS, A man who gave his name as Klntr, and his residence as 122 Second avenue, Pittsburg, was found yesterday in Irwin, after lying out all nlent, baring suffered & stroke of apoplexy. He will recover. Jakes KAurrMAjr, of Forty-sixth street, aged IS years, bad his left leg broken yesterday afternoon oy a fall from tbe abutment of the Thirty-third street railway brioge. John Runtz, aged 8 years, fell from the P. AW.B.K. trestle at the foot ot Chartiers street, Alleeheny, yesterday, and dislocated his right shoulder. A STILL alarm was sent to Bngine Company No. 14 yesterday for a small Are in the bonse of W. C. Smith, on Neville street. Sobs Aiders was yesterday elected Presi dent of Local Union No. 6, American Flint Glass Workers' Union. The receipts of the Allegheny Mayor's office for the month of January were 11,237 45 ' THE WORK FOR THE ELECTRIC. Mr. Westlngliouse and Bis Assistants Posh ing on With Confidence The Stockhold ers Looked to for Subscriptions to Com plete the 40,000 Shares What They Say of the Prospects. The movement in readjusting the affairs of the Westinghonse Electric Company goes on with renewed impetus on account of the return of Mr. Westinghouse Saturday from the East. Special attention it is said will be given thisweek to securing the co-operation of the stockholders. The liberality of so many of the creditors in taking stock for their claims and their practical unanimity in refraining from legal proceedings, gives another full month for perfecting arrangements, as even if any were disposed to enter suit now a month would have to elapse before judg ment. But the officers of the company say that there is every disposition among the creditors to promote rather than retard the negotiations and that if the stockholders do their part the coast will be immediately clear. The course of Mr. Westing bouse, who put up about f 1,500,000 of his own property as collateral for the company, is stated to have had a powerful influence in the East. It was taken as evidence of his faith, in the fature of the company. Since his return on Saturday be says be is confident of being able to get even 50,000 shares subscribed in place ot 40,000, if the present holders of the common stock come forward and subscribe for the preferred in a small proportion of the common which they bold. The Stockholders Expected to Help. The npward movement in the stock on Saturday upon the Exchange and the pur chase through the week were regarded on Fourth avenue as a satisfactory sign. The previous apathy of the stockholders and of the Pittsburgers interested In the concern still, however, comes in for some criticism. "The hesitation of some of the subscribers to the guarantee fund, In coming forward to help, and of the stockholders," said a per son very close to the management yesterday, "has been the only obstacle to' a quick settlement. Outsiders naturally held back where the parties directly in terested in the company did not set the example. The Advisory Committee's proceeding, however, helped greatly in one way. It showed how largely Mr. Westinghouse had staked his own means in support of the company. This action of his, of itself, would have gotten him the co-operation of all the outside capital that was needed if it had not been for the laggard attitude of some of the parties in interest and professed friends. That, however, is probably over now. "We have already about 31,000 oi the sharesof preferred already subscribed. Tbose in in terest wbo have hung bacs will probably not wait longer." Mr. Westinghouses Faith In Success. There was fresh talk on Saturday of pro posals being made by the other electric com panies to tbe Westinghouse interest with a view to amalgamation. A reporter asked one of the officers of tbe Westinghonse Electric Company as to these. Be was answered: "Mr. Westinghonse has all tbe time been in a position to make terms which to him self would be advantageous, but -bis heart and mind are wholly set upon making this company a success of itself. Ee wishes it to come- ont with profit for all tbe stock holders. He showed this by putting np his money when others were inclined to let things go. Even the cold water from tbe Advisory Committee did not deter him. In place of letting the company go into an assignment, whereby the creditors and stockholders both would have lost all or much, and a profitable business been destroyed, bis pluck has brought matters to a shape where the stockholders themselves are now in a position by moderate assistance on their part in taking preferred stock to start the concern on a cash basis." "What did tbe subscribers to the guaran tee fund do since the Eastern subscription?" Preferred Stock Taken by tho Guarantors. "All of them have not yet been seen, but about $200,000 of the preferred stock has been taken by some of them. Others who have been waiting are expected to subscribe this week to at least the amount they volun tarily offered at tbe start. When this is done, and the stockholders have been heard from, the embarrassment will be wholly removed. There will be no danger of tbe absorption of tbe works by other concerns or their removal 'from Pittsburg. They now employ about 1,200 men. There is nothing in the intimation that Mr. Westinghouse felt annoyed by want of support here. He recognizes that tbe general public in Pitts burg realize that his industries and under taking have been of large local benefit, Tbe slowness of the stockholders was embarrass ing, but, 'as his success in the East has reassured them, that promises to be all right now. He is an active man, who doesn't bother about temporary disappointments when they are safely surmounted. He feels that the banksand business interests appre ciate that his action in sustaining and working for tbe company was of the utmost benefit at a time when serious monetary disturbances would have turned from a dif ferent course such as some who were timid and doubtlul urged." WOBKING THE BEVIVALS. Flckpockets Heaping a Blch Harvest at Evangelistic Meetings in Allegheny. John Hughes, alias "Duke," and Frank Kelly, two very slick pickpockets, were ar rested in Allegheny last night by Detectives Steele and Johnson. Both are crooks of national tame. Hughes gives Cincinnati as bis present address, but a lew months earlier it was tbe Columbus penitentiary. Kelly comes from Chicago. They had been working tbe revival meetings at the U. P. churches where Major Whittle was speak ing. Numerous complaints have come from all the places where these revival meetings have been held. Last night Detectives Steele and Johnson attended the meeting at the First "U. P. Church on Union avenue. At the close of the meeting they caught the two men, wbo then gave their names as John Jones and Frank Malin. The police, however, claim that "Malin" is Kelly, of Chicago, and that be is a member of tbe Columbus penitentiary alumni, while "Jones" is John Hughes, a recent graduate from the same institution. He is known as "the little dude," in polite crook circles. A HEBOIC MILL MAN Jumps Into tho Allegheny Itlver to Save a Boy's Life. George Pole, a small boy who Uves on Stanton avenue, Eighteenth ward, was nearly drowned yesterday morning in the Allegheny river, at the foot of Fifty-second street. He and several companions were rowing in a frail boat when the boat cap sized and the boys were thrown into tbe water. All but Pole held to the upturned boat and were able to reach shore. Pole, however, wai caught in the current and despite bis efforts could not reach tbe land. He drifted to Forty-eigbtli street where two millmen, employed at the Lucy Furnace, were standing. Ooe of tbem, a man named Everson, sprang into the river and saved the boy. The latter was almost exhausted when taken from tbe water, but after a rest he was able to go to his home. KILLED BY LIQUOB. Mrs. Mary Neeley Found Dead While Her Husband Is In a Hospital. Mrs. Mary Neeley was found dead in her bed at her home, corner Gist and Forbes streets, yesterday morning. Excessive al conolisai is said to have caused her death. . She leaves a family, her husband having been along time a patient at the West Penn Hospital. Only One Second Is required to take a baby's photograph at Aufrecht's Elite Gallery, 516 Market street, Pittsbunr, by his new invention. Bring your babies. Special To Xet. Llits To-Day. TOO THWJFO EIIST. Michael Delano's Yeight Dwindles From 185 to 41 Ponnd?, When DEATH ENDS A FIVE-MONTHS' FAST. An Injury to tbe Spine Paralyzes the Digestive Organs, and nE DIES SLOWLY FB0M STARVATION The thinnest man in Allegheny county, and probably in the world, died yesterday at the Allegheny General Hospital. In the early part of last September Mich ael Delano, a stalwart Italian laborer, was Injured by a fall of earth while digging in a trench. His employers, Dunn & Hast ings, sent him to the hospital, where it was found that the man's spine was severely in jured, and that his body below the waist was paralyzed. The case appeared hope less from the first, but every exertion was made to excite the activity of the nerves centering in the spine. Electricity was used, but without any apparent effect, and the man entered upon a five months' siege, where death calmly invested the citadel of life, and patiently waited for tbe capitula tion which was sure to come. When Delano entered the hospital iu September he weighed 185 pounds. He was 5 feet 10J. inches in height, very must cular and weir proportioned. When he died yesterday Jie weighed but 41 pounds. He was literally nothing but skin and bone. Every portion ot the framework stood out with startling distinctness; the joints appeared entirely out of proportion, while the prominence of the ribs gave the trunk tbe appearance of a cage fitted for a bird of carrion. The skin clung tightly to the bones, and the stomach lay so flat that the outline of the spine could be traced throuzh it. Tbe face was pinched and bore a weary expression, bnt the hair clustering on the forehead, the mustache and beard softened its harshness and lent it , some degree of roundness. The skin was waxy and skinny, and looked like the parchment on an old and often-used drum. The corpse, as it lay in the moreue, looked unreal, and was sug gestive of tbe chamber of horrors in a wax-work show. Tbe immediate cause of Delano's death was simply starvation. The digestive or gans were paralyzed and utterly unable to perform their duties, and as a result no food would assimilate. For five months De lano's lamp of life was fed by bis reserve stock of flesh and blood, assisted by a strong vitality. When that was consumed, the flame flickered feebly and sank to a spark, which qnickly faded out The fact that Delano suffered but little pain prevented any heavy drafts from that cause upon bis vital forces. Coroner McDowell will hold an inquest on the body this morning, after which it will be interred in St. Marv's Cemetery, as Delano was a Catholic. So far .as is known Delano had no relatives or friends in this country, and Messrs. Dunn & Hastings, his late employers, have taken charge of the funeral. SERGEANT FnZSIMMONS BEAD. An Old Southside Besident Who Will Be Missed by Many Friends. Sergeant John Fitzsimmons, of the Twenty-eighth Ward Station force, died at 9 o'clock yesterday morning, at his home, No. 1922 Carson street. The funeral will take place from the residence to-morrow, the hour not being decided on last night. Out of respect for tbe wishes of the family, there will be no police display at tbe funeral other than six sergeants, who will act as pall-bearers. Mr. Fitzsimmons was 72 years old. He leaves two daughters and one son, Mrs. Jo seph Weixel, Annie and JohnFitzsimmons. Hi wife died some years ago. He was at one time Justice of the Peace, before tbe Southside entered the city. He afterward drifted into the brass foundry business, and three years ago secured the position of ser geant at the Twenty-eighth ward station. His death was due to two falls that he re ceived, which bis age and weakened con stitution could not overcome. Yesterday's Temperance Work. The Dunn meetings in tbe Standard Theater, Grant street, were closed with a successful gathering last night at which 40 pledges were signed. The Sons of Tem perance meeting at 63 Ohio street, Alle gheny, was led by Mr. Lawrence Mooney. The meeting in the "Little Jim" Church, ou Bebecca street. Allegheny, was led by Mr. William Blackstone. 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Everything in Black Silks, from a 50c Surah to a $4 a yard Bellou. All the latest novelties in Colored Silks and Crepe Du Chenes for Ball, Dinner or Street Dresses. SHAWLS. The balance of our Winter stock of Heavy Double Shawls at greatly reduced prices, to close. 4 ones at $2 50. $5 ones at 3 50. Cor. Fifth Ave. & Market St zeMtwna CALLED DOWN A PREACHER Lively Scenes in the Baena Vista Street Methodist Episcopal Church The Pastor Interrupted in the Middle or His Dis course His Truthfulness Questioned. The congregation of tbe Buena Vista Street M. E. Church, Allegheny, met yes terday morning as usuaL Kev. J. H. Miller was in the pulpit, but before the service ended he had several assistants among the members of bis congregation. The pastor took his text from the twelfth verse of the fifty-first Psalm. Iu expound ing the text, he stated that at one time in life all persons are pure and good. Ha be lieved that state could be retrained, and said it would come with conversion. The preacher here paused to give emphasis to his remark, but a member of the con gregation took advantage of the silence to rise and declare : "That is not sol" This outburst was followed by several others, wbo questioned the truthfulness of JSev. Mr. Miller's statement, and for a time the congregation was in a demoralized con dition. When the pastor tried to explain several members walked out of the chnrcb. The cause of the trouble is due to the fact that there are two doctrinal beliefs held by the members in this Methodist congregation. One party seems to believe tbat sanctifica tion or regeneration comes with conversion. That is the class to wbicn the minister be longs, and it was his arguments along that line that called forth the attack. The other section of the congregation holds the belief that God has fixed a probationary period between the time of conversion and sanctifi cation. It was from this branch that the questions came during the progress of yes terday's sermon. Last night the congregation seemed thoroughly ashamed of the scenes of the morning. Although the members confirmed the above statements, tbey refused to tell anything more about tbe matter. An attempt was made to interview the preacher, but he said "newspapers had no right to publish such matters." He de clared lie had nothing for newspapers, and then left hurriedly. Special To Let Lists To-Day. Do Ton Want a Good Tenant? Advertise your rooms and honses in The Dispatch. Mondays and Thursdays are special rent days. The Leading Dry Goods House Pittsburg. Pa.. The 2d Day of February, . JDB. HDRNE J EEL'S PENN AVE. STORES. This-Monday-Morning We Place on Sale in Our Silk Department Eleven Thousand (n,ooo) Yards High Quality Printed India Silks At 50c a Yard. At 60c a Yard. At 75c a Yard. At 31 a Yard; a These goods did not cost the importer a cent less than one dollar a yard to land in tb.13 country, and they were never before retailed for less than JS1.25 to $1.50 a yard. 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