BALMY M BRIGHT
Are the Coining Season's Prospects
For Extended Operations in
Bricks and Mortar.
MANX STRUCTURES COKSIDERED
Including a Ten-Story Erection on Sixth
Street Which Will Be the First or
Its Size m the City.
BDIliDlXG TKADESJ1EX TKAXQCIL
Altlccrh a Section cf the Carpenters An igitalirg fcr
light Heart.
What are the prospects for this season's
building operations is a matter which affects
a lanre section of the community, and is at
present being earnestly discussed alike by
contractors and men who contemplate invest
3ns in bricks and mortar
Without further preface it may be
mentioned that from a careful inquiry amonj;
airhitrets and contractors and after a
thorough investigation cf the sentiment pre
vailing among trie building trades organizi
iions respecting the short hour day ques
tion, the nrediction may be - entured that
the season of 1891 will ee as much vigor in
the trade as characterized that of the past.
Last seafun was unesampelcd here for the
amount of new construction accomplished,
the number of permits taken out exceeding
former vears by 25 per cent., and the out
look i fair lor another season of as much,
if not greater, .ictivlty in the building trade.
Centrally architects are fairly busy on
work which will attain fruition during this
year. Mr. Stillbur. is drawing plans for
Sir. Woog's new hotel on Smithfield street,
the contract lor winch will be given to
Murphy & Hamilton. So far it has been
decided to build a four-story structure, tak
ing in Itarciav's store lutcrest in the lease,
of which Mr. Woog purchased the other
day, and $20,000 will be spent on it In
addition to this Mr. Woog has plans for
other bouses.
rittslinrs's First Ten-tory Ituilillng.
Jlutz and Kaufman arc drawing plans for
a 10-story building proposed to be erected at
the corner of Sixth street and Liberty.
Originally this building was intended as an
annex to the Anderson Hotel, but tbis idea
las been given up owing to Mr. Bean's con
tinued ill health. It will con- be con
structed as an office building with stores
underneath. This will be the first 10-story
structure erected in Pittsburg. Another
office building is in contemplation by the
Thaw estate on Wood street, and it was re
ported yesterday the Tradesmen's National
Bank had purchased Lalayette Hall and
would construct a bank building at the cor
ner ofTenth and Wood which would be un--usually
grand.
Quite a number of detached residences are
inprojecture in the vicinity of Oakland, to
cost from SI.j.OOO to 5140.009. Ilecse Lind
say will build five houses tn the East Knd
Eta cost of from $8,000 to $10,000 each. Tiie
material to be principally employed in the
construction is a red stone, which will be
Used here for the first time. These arc but a
few of the buildings in contemplation in
the city proper. The greatest activity in
operations will prevail in the suburbs, and
Wilkinsburg, Walls, Wilnicrding, Ken
sington. Homestead, Duquesue, ISraddoek
and along the Panhandle will have a large
addition to their rapidly increasing resi
dences. The 500 houses proposed to be
erected on the City Poor Farm propertv by
the Carnegie Association, will be constructed
during the year.
Kffert of rossible Labor Troubles.
That building construction to any extent
should be proceeded with is, of course, de
pendent upon whether labor troubles may
or may not arise during the year. At the
outset the prediction was made that the sea
san would be p-osperous because of the ab
sence of any probable disturbance, and for
the Jollowing reasons mainly:
Firstly, because the tendency of employ
p ni1 men is toward arbitration in cases of
difficulty.
fcecniiiy, because the sentiment of a ma
jority of the organizations is against any
change in working hours, and the men are
content with the remuneration they now re
ceive for their work; and
Thirdly, because the Building Exchange
ii solidly united as a defensive and offensive
organization for the first time in its history,
and has adopted a svstem of co-operation
and sunport in cases of too radical demands
by employes which must have weight in
deciding difficulties.
The National Association of Builders,
which met m convention jn New York last
week, was the first bodv of cmnlovers to
adopt the idea of arbitrating questions at
issue between employers and men, and the
local exchange h.s fully adopted the prin
ciple. Alreadv this method ot adjusting
difficulties has been partially in vogue here
in one or two trades, as, for instance, in the
tinners' trade, where both sides have standing
committees whose duty it is to arrange mat
ters of disagreement which may arise.
Following out this policy of arbitration, the
employers in each trade will appoint a com
mittee to meet a committee from the other
side, and the matters in dispute will be
Lett to tlie Decision or an Umpire
to be selected by the joint committees. Hav
ing regard to the wiser councils which
actuates the policy of the labor organiza
tions at this time, it is expected that the
employe" -ui ill generally recognize and
adopt this sensible method of adjusting
grievances and will appoint committees. In
the event of the failure of a trades, organiza
tion to accept the dictum of the umpire as
binding and should it eek to carry its point
by engendering a strike, the cause of the
one trade would become the cause of the
whole; the Exchange would take up the
matter and a complete lockout of every
worker whose employer was a member of
that body would lollow. This is the policy
decided upon by the Exchange, whose mem
l.c ship now includes employers in all
banchesot the building trade, and who are
reported as being a unit on prosecuting this
poiicv in every case where demands, which
circumstances cannot justify, are made by
their employes.
Another factor which enters into the ques
tion, and one well understood by the leaders
among the workers as by the contractors, is
that the cost of building in this section is
out of all proportion to the cost in Kew
York, Philadelphia, Cincinnati and Chi
cago. Stone is higher here owing to the
lack of water carriage, and building mate
rials of all kinds are more costly than in the
cities named. Labor leaders are given to'
arguing that it material is higher here than
elsewhere, labor is cheaper generally than
in otner cities. As a matter of fact, no
proper comparison in this regard can be
drawn, because no one city pays the highest
wares in all the trades, or in more than one
trade. St. Louis pays the highest lor
masonry, 'ew York for carpentry, San
Francisco for painting, Chicago for plumb
ing. Louisville forroofing and New Orleans
for common labor.
Labor Vays the Bill Finally.
Thoughtful men among the workers con
cede that house rents in Pittsburg are onitp
high enough, and that any additional cost
aoaetl to the erection ot a dwelling house
must come out of the pockets of the occu
pant in the form of increased rent, and as
such would be an additional tax on the
worker. Sach reasoning has not a little to
do with the consideration of whether de
mands for shorter hours shall or shall not
be made.
The building trade which takes the lead
in Allegheny county is the carpentcrsj.
They now work nine hours a day for $2 75;
some receiving as much as 3 25 and $350.
This trade has been debating lor some time
past as to whether it shall mm for an eight
hour day, at present wages, or work nine
hours with an increase. It is now under
stood that they will make a united demand
for an eight-hour day. at present wages,
though the sentiment is very far from being
unanimous on the point. There is just a
possibility that a strike may occur
when the demand is formulated, for the
employers will refuse to consider it, and
will in turn try to substitute payment by
the hour in lieu of pay. by the day. In
fact, builders are anxious to make this
change in all the trades. Should the car
penters elect to push their demands to the
extent of a strike they will seek the support
of the other trades, and, from the new at
titude of the Exchange, would result
a general lockout ofNevcry worker in the
building trade in the county. It is doubt
ful if the other trades would extend sym
pathy to the carpenters to this large extent,
and it may be predicted with safety that
the demand of the carpenters, while tempo
rarily stopping building operations, would
soon be withdrawn.
Bricklayers Join the Trades Council.
Bricklayers work nine hours lor 54 and
are about to demand S4 50 for the same time.
They have decided to join the Building
Trades Council, from which they have held
aloof, and this will add to their strength for
pushing 'heir new scale. The outcome of
this will likely be a compromise, and no
serious result is anticipated by cither side.
The- are making no demand for an eight
hour day.
The "painters are working nine hours for
fH. They received an increase last year, and
now some of the more radical are agitating
for eight hours at the same rate of pay.
The majority are, however, content, and
there will be no disturbance in this organi
zation. The plasterers' scale runs to the 1st of
August. They work nine hours, and re
ceived an increase in wages last year. There
is no agitation of auy kind among them.
The stonemasons receive 42 cents an hour
for nine hours' work and exhibit no desire
for a change.
Plumbers are reported as being satisfied
with the existing order of things. They
work nine hours for f3 00 and 53 50.
Tinners work nine hours at a rate of ?2 50
per day. If the carpenters go out for eight
imurs this trade is understood to be ready to
join them, but on this point there is no
definite information to be had.
Among the remaining branches of the
trade as tilclavers, e'cctriciaus.etc, there is
no agitation for higher wages or shorter
hours. Summinir ud the sentiment among
(the CiDerent brandies of the trade, it may be
olH'trint rlt tIia nvnanfinn nf crnoll nrn
auiu tuuk niui lut VAVtAiuu u u ciumi jtv
portion irom among the carpenters ana
painters' trades which is seeking to bring
about an an eight-hour day movement, the
feeling mostly prevailing is that the present
rate of wages, in view ot all the attending
circumstances, is fair, and that to seek for
a change at this juncture would be a grave
mistake, and resulting in no good.
BUT A SLIGHT 3IQTTEST.
3Jayor Gourley Is Asked to Hunt Up a
Missinc; Boarder
Among themany strange lette-s thatpour
into Mayor Gourley's office every day was
one yesterday from a boarding house keeper
in New Orleans. The lady said she was
almost blind from the size of a board hill
hung there by one Charles McBnde, who
represented to her that he owned 10,000
worth of property ih Pitsburg. She said he
had disappeared about a week ago without
squaring accounts, and she asked the Mayor
to find out who the man was, what property
he owned, and give a history of his ancestry.
DO YOU EAT
Fresh, Wholesome and Pare Goods Not
Damaged by Tiro or Water? Ton Stay,
as llie 1'rlces Arc IVltlilu the Iteach of
AH.
All orders often (810) dollars and upward
I will give you the benefit of the following:
LOOK AT THESE TEICES:
Every article bought in my store not
proving satisfactory can be returned, and I
will cheerfully refund your money. Send
for price list.
Sugar-cured ham, per lb 5 9
Sugar-cured shoulder, per lb C
1 can string beans G
1 can Dca' G
1 can solid packed tomatoes 6
1 can pumpKin 7
1 can genuine sugar corn 7
1 can best Liim beans 8
1 gallon New Orleans molasses 30
3c.insrcd salmon 25
16 lbs granulated sugar 1 00
8 lbs white clover honey 1 00
15 lbs California dried grapes 1 00
7 lbs choice evaporated apples 1 00
12 lbs sun dried apples 1 00
4 lbs chewing tobacco 1 00
1 gallon glass oil can, tin-covered 20
3 lhs evaporated raspberries 1 00
4 lbs Wevman's tobacco 100
5 lbs tea (in all varieties) 1 00
7 lbs roasted coffee (fresh ground) 1 00
50 bars good family soap l 00
Large family scales 1 S3
10-lb kit mackerel 1 00
9 cans fresh mackerel 1 00
30 bars (5 cents size) soap. 1 00
15 lbs boneless codfi-.li 1 00
22 lbs new codfish, (whole) 1 00
Sugr cured shoulder, per lb 7
4 lbs dried corn 25
1 clothes horse (4 wings; G feet) 85
G-foot step ladder, complete !)S
7 !s dessicated cocoanut 1 00
5 lbs evaporated peaches 1 00
1 package Johnny cake flour 7
Delivered to all parts of two cities. To
parties living outol the city will prepay
freight on all orders of S10 and upward.
Send for price list.
J Anns J. Weldox,
No. 201 Market street.
Corner Second avenue, Pittsburg.
All kinds ot furniture' rc-upbolstered.
Haxjgh & Keesas, 33 Water street.
su
Tho Last Week.
This will positively be the last week of
our special sale of cups and saucers and also
plates. Do not fail to attend the sale this
week, as the articles offered will be of special
value and the greatest bargains ever offered.
Please call early to avoid "the crowd.
ClIAS. ItEIZUKSTEUT,
152, 154 and 13G Federal street.
DO 1'OU XKED CAIU'ETS?
Do Ton Need Lace Curtains?
If so, read the "ad" of the specUl in
grain carpet and lace curtain sale in another
column. Note the prices these prices for
this week, at J. H. Kunkel & Bro.'s,1347
1319 Pcnn av., two squares east of Union
depot.
A higii-gkade beverage is the Pilsner
beer, brewed by the Iron City Brewery.
Kept at first-class bars.
Good Tenants Arc Soon Secured
By advertising your houses and rooms in
The Dispatch. Mondays and Thursdays
are special rent list days.
'
To-morrow Kaufmanu's store will close
at 12 o'clock (noon).
Furniture! Furniture I Furniture I .
Those contemplating buying a chamber
or parlor sol t. will find it to their advantage
to call on us.
Michigan FuKumrBE Co,
437 Smithfield st.
The Kent Lists
Will be full aud excellent to-morrow (Mon
day). Mondays aud Thursdays are special
reut days.
A SATURDAY MATINEE
In the Criminal Court, at Which the
Performers Present the
SEAMY SIDE OP MARRIED LIFE.
Judge Collier Decides That Coroners Can
not Collect Fees.
ALIj the xews of tiie codxti courts
The matinee in the Quarter Sessions Court
on Saturday was short and the family circle
was not filled as it usually is.
After the pronouncing of most of the
sentences the solemnity was broken by the
calling of Charles Coleman charged with
uointing a weapon. The man wanted did
not answer, hut a young Teuton, smiliug
but nervous, answered the call. Bifore
polishing him off the Court discovered that
the man was not the one wanted and asked
him why he responded. He replied "That's
my name and I think it best to come."
Some discussion ensued in a loud tone among
the lawyers, but they could not decide
whether Charles thought he must answer to
his name on all occasions, or whether he had
a guilty conscience. The latter did not ap
pear probable, as his countenance was ex
pressive of innocence-
Edward Champion had a man named
Kane arrested aud sent to jail 20 days for
making threats. As soon as he got out
Champion had him arrested again, and in
answer to the Court he. Champion, said: ".r
got him arrested for coming around there."
Judge Stowe looked oil this as rather re
strictive, and discharged IC ane and put the
costs on Champion. Some people who pro
fessed to have knowledge of the case thought
Champion might have some reason for his
fear, as they said Kane had been sent to the
penitentiary for violence to ward Mrs. Cham
pion, and had just gotten out before this
trouble.
Tired or Grooming Iron Horses.
Jerome and JIary Sweeney are on the
shady side of life and Mr. Sweeney has been
making a living by grooming the iron
horses in the Allegheny Valley Railroad
roundhouse at 40 cents a piece, on which he
makes, when at work, 540 to $50 a month.
Mrs. Sweeney testified that her husband was
amiable and formerly industrious but dur
ing the last six or seven months he bad ne
glected to make any effort to keep the wolf
from the door, and that it had been raven
ing to her great discomfort, for though they
had a house and lot she could not cat real
estate, and besides it was somewhat mort
gaged. Attorney Jacob H. Miller sUtcd in
behalf of 'Mrs. Sweeney that the jail phy
siciau had examined Mr. Sweeney and
could find nothing wrong with him. Mr.
Sweeney, who presented the appearance of
an exceedingly mild mannered man insisted
that he was not able to work and had done
the best be could. Judge Stowe decided
that Jerome must do his best to give Mary
$4 a week, but allowed him to go a month
on probation so as to give him a chance to
harden his muscles. If the ?4 is not forth
coming there will be further proceedings in
thp case.
Mrs. Peter Robinson, colored, said her
husband bad married her to settle a charge
against him and then lelt her, and when the
cause of the trouble had made its entrance
and exit Mr. Robinson refused to pay the
funeral expenses attendant on the latter.
Mr. Itobinson must give 53 a week to Mrs.
Robinson, which sum is 33 per cent of his
stipend.
Troubles ot May and December.
The case of Mr. and Mrs. Annie Kamm,
of Four Mile Run, was one of marrying in
haste to repent at leisure. It was aired again
an application being made by Attorney
Small to have Otto ICamm pay $10 a month
as ordered some time ago. It was de
veloped that the husband is a Catholic, his
Yjife a Lutheran; he has seven children, one
a son over 21 years oid, and Mrs. Ham m
who is a second wile is not much older.
They met six months afier the first Mrs.
Ivamm's death on Wednesday and were
married the following Monday against the
advice of Itev. Mr. Brandt, who lefused to
publish the bans. Mr. ICamm made a
speech in which he become so impassioned
that he unconsciously emptied about half
the contents of his snuff box into his
nostrils. Mr. Kamm contended that he had
agreed to allow his wife to return and live
with him, but she said that when she went
back and accepted his offer be kept her
awake and in tears all night, aud she could
not stand the strain on her constitution.
Both sprechened Deutsch with a volubility
that made Interpreter Luty's "weider" al
most superfluous. The case was held under
advisement.
. WAKTS IT WOUND UP.
A Stockholder Dissatisfied With tile Man
agement of a Specialty Company.
A petition was filed in Common Pleas
Ho, 2 yesterday by Sarah C. Matchett, one
ot the stockholders of the Wei.tmureland
Specialty Company, asking that a receiver
be appointed to wind up the affairs of the
company, ana also asking for a m.uidunius
on the officers to allow her access to the
books.
The petition states that the company was
organized on October 24, 1889, with a cap
ital of 75,000, being divided into 750 shares
of the par value of S100 each. The peti
tioner holds 29 of them. The works are lo
cated at Grapeville, where they manuiacture
glas-ware lor preparations ot egg custard,
candy, mustard and cologne. The business
was managed by George M. Irwin and
George II. West, two of the directors, and
Charles H. West, the Treasurer.
At the annual election in January
it was entrusted to George It. West, the
President and Charles West, the Treasurer.
Mismanagement is charged in the expendi
ture of the capital stock, which was in
creased to 5150,000 in July 1890. Dwelling
houses and a hotel were erected when the
money was needed to carry on the work, and
this in the face of the representation that
the capital must be increased to run the
works. Adividend of 15 per cefit. was de
clared also at the time en the original capi
tal, wiiich was payable in stock and charged
agaius-t the increased capital.
It is charged that stock was issued to
Irwin to which he was not entitled and to
George and Charles West before payment
for the same; that large sams of money were
squandered by incompetency of Irwin and
GeorgcVest;that no profitswere earned when
the dividend was declared and the entire
business is being carried on at a loss. It is
claimed the company is insolvent and that
the petitioner is denied access to the books
and therefore a receiver is asked for to wind
up the affairs of the company.
FOEFEITED TTFT DOWEB.
Mrs. Kohlmeyer Decided to Have No Claim
on II er Husband's Instate.
Judge Ewiug yesterday handed down an
opinion on the exceptions to the master's re
port in the case of Charles Kohlmeyer
against Margaret Kohlmeyer. The excep
tions were overruled and the report sus
tained. The suit was to remove a cloud on
the title to property in the West End for
merly owned by Kohlmeyer. The cloud
consisted in a claim of dower by Margaret
Kohlmeyer in the estate of Charles Kohl
meyer, formerly her husband.
Tne defendant married the plaintiff, it
was stated, in Bavaria in 1844. She deserted
him and lived with John Miller. Kohl
meyer came to the United States and in 1853
obtained a divorce in Ohio from his wile.
He then married Catharine Wilfert. and on
her death married Catharine Kohrkaste.-
The defendant, with John Miller, came to
this country in 1852. She made no objec
tions to Kohlmeyer's marriage and made no
THE PITTSBUEG- DISPATCH,
claim on him for support. Since the death
of Mr. Miller she alleged a contingent claim
of dower in the lands of Kohlmeyer
The court concluded that she wafnot en
titled to any claim of dower. The cloud to
the title of the lands could be removed on
suit by the present holders of it.
CAN'T COLLECT FEES.
tfmlso Collier Decides Against Deputy
Coroner Itobert Iterry MuKt Work on
Salary or Gratis Controller Gricr Sas
tnincd Act or 1889 Declared Unconsti
tutional. Judge Collier yesterday handed down an
opinion in the mandamus proceedings of
Deputy Coroner Berry against Controller
Grier to compel the latter to pay him fees
for holding inquests. The decree is in lavor
of the Controller and dismisses Berry's
petition at the cost of the petitioner.
Judge Collier, in his opinion, after re
viewing the arguments advanced on both
sides ot the case, quoted from a decision by
Chief Justice Paxson, of the Supreme Court.
It was to the effect that the clear intent of
the Constitution was to substitute fixed
salaries for the system of fees in all counties
containing over 15,000 inhabitants. The act
of March 31, 1870, he continued, was passed
to carry this provi-don into eflect, and pro
vided lor county officers receiving salaries
aud the fees going to the county. Coroners
were declared to be county officers, and all
county officers are to be elected by the peo
ple. The act of 1839 did not limit the
Coroner to appointing deputies in special
cases, but the power of the Coroner was cou
ierred on the deputy when appointed. If the
deputy was made a co-ofticer by the act of
ISoD he could not be compensated by fees,
because the Constitution required him to be
paid by salnry. He also must be elected.
But if not a county officer and only a deputy
or clerk he could uot be paid iu fees.
In conclusion, it was said that the Con
troller's position that the act ol 18S9 was un
constitutional because its purposes were not
clearly expiessed in the title, was well
taken. The Court was of the opinion that the
proviso in the act of 18S9 applies only to
counties already having deputy coroners.
Tne petition was dismissed at the cost of
the petitioner.
FIVE DISSATISFIED W0HEH
Ask the Courts to llical: Their Chafing
Matrimonial 1'ettcrs.
Hcrmione C. M. Meyer entered suit yes
terday for divorce from her husband, Henry
J. Meyer. It is stated that they were mar
ried on August 28, 1883, and lived together
until July, 1887. It is alleged that herhus
band was convicted of forgery in Hew York
and sentenced in March, 1890, to four years'
imprisonment in the penitentiary at Elat
bush. Nannie E. Smith entered a similar suit
against Charles Smith, alleging abuse and
profligacy.
Mrs. Rhoda Clayton, of Coal Valley, sued
for a divorce Irom Charles Clayton. She
states that thev were married in 1885. On
January 1, 1889, uhen she and her child
were bo'th sicK with typhoid fever, he took
them to his brother-in-law's house in Home
stead and lelt them there. He sent their
clothes to them and disappeared, aud they
have not see'n him since.
Kancy J. Steele sued for a divorce from
Henry A. Steele, alleging desertion.
In the divorce suit of Esther Hedge
again6t Samuel D. Hedge, a rule was issued
for an attachment on the husband for con
tempt of court in failing to comply with an
order to pay his wife money for expenses
pending the disposition of the suit.
A CLOUD ON A CHUECH.
Suing to Clear tho Titlo to the Heaver Street
M. E. Propcrtj.
A bill in equity was filed yesterday by
the Missionary Society of the M. E. Church,
the Beav.er Street M. E. Church, aud "Will
iam Matchneer, W. Loudeu, 11. AV. Cart
wright, A. L. Shnefer, W. S. Evans, B.
Dangcrfield, H. Dunlap, J. P. Olterson
and James Searight, trustees of the Beaver
Street M.E. Church, against Cassius Wright
and 39 others, heirs of the late Jane Wright.
The suit is to have removed a cloud on the
title of the ground occupied b' the Beaver
Street M. E. Church, now kuown as the
Arch Street M. E. Church, which it is
claimed is owned by the plaintiffs In 1838,
it is stated, the ground was purchased by
Nancy McCoy. She had been deserted by
her husband and she had the title recorded
in the name of her mother, Jane Wright.
The property was occupied by Mrs. McCoy,
who afterward married Abner Jackson, until
her death in 1879. In her will she made a
number ot bequests and then divided the
residue of her estate between the Missionary
Society and the Beaver Street Church. The
lot was included in the residue.
Mrs. Jane Wright, in whose name the
record title was, died in 1851. Her surviving
children and grandchildren now claim the
title tn the lot. The Court is asked to decree
that X.incy McCoy was the owner ot the lot
and that the title is now vested in the plain
tiffs. Killed on a Poor Country Koad.
Suit was entered yesterday by Catherine
Caughey, widow of Andrew D. Caughey,
against Stowe township for $10,009 damages
for the death of her husband. The latter
was killed in December 12 last while driv
ing on one of the ton nship roads. He had
a coil of rope nil a wagon, drove into a deep
rut, overturned the wagon and the rope fell
on and killed him. Negligence on the p.irt
of the township authorities in failing to keep
the road in good condition is charged.
Tuesday's Trial Lists.
Common Pleas ?o. 1 Sengcrman vs Pennsyl
vania Kailroad Company; Cook vsLauerbangh;
Smith vs the Fuel Gas Company; Itobinson,
treasurer, s Kcmuicr; Ablett & Co. vs Morton
et al; Lagarevitz vs Mogersky; Walsh v Union
News Compam: Duliois ex s Kuslie: same vs
Prccte; Van Ordstrancl vs Demmlcrelal; Mc
Connellctal vs Gerrard; Butler et al vs Pitts
burg Crushed Steel Company; Appleton vs
Yoat.
Common Picas No. 2 Jutto vs Keystone
Bridge Company; McDonald vs P. & L. K. K.
It. Co.
LEGAL MATTE ES EE1EFLY TOLD.
Tlin courts will all be closed on Monday to
allow the proper observance of Washington's
Birthday.
Judge Stowe yesterday sentenced William
Flinn, wbo pleaded guilty to manslaughter for
the killing of George liuthwell, to three years
in the penitentiary.
George W. Klinesmith and wife yester
day entered suit against Constable John
Dailey for damages "for an alleged illegal levy
aud seizure of household gouds.
AN amicable suit was iiled yesterday by Don
aid M. Sloano against James It. Hawkins to
determine the validity of a titlo tn a piece of
land in the Kleientli ward. Allegheny.
TjtE following executions were issued yes
terday: Joseph Kobm against Thomas K.
Wells, S2H oU; Kimbcrland & Co. against Slack
& Shules. 112 a); Singer -Manutacturiug Com
pany against II. C. Bittncr. $10.
Judge Aciieso", of the United States Cir
cuit Court, jeatcrday handed down an opinion
refusing an injunction to prevent the sale bv
the Sheriff of- ihe Fayette Fuel Gas Company
proporty on the tuit of L. P. Whiteman and
others.
Hotel Spencer,
Corner of Diamond Square, Youngstown,
O.. now open to the public ou the European
plan. Nicely furnished rooms, and large
sample 'rooms on first floor. Sates $1 per
duy and upward, for gentlemen only.
C. M. Spekcek, Proprietor.
81 00 Until May 183 50.
12 cabinet photos, or one life-size crayon
for $3 50 at Aufrccht's Elite Gallery, 516
Market street, Pittsburg. Use elevator.
Open To-Morrow.
Hendricks & Co.'s photograph gallery
open all day Monday. 12 elegant cabinets
$1. 68 Federal street, Allegheny.
Send In Yonr To Let Advertisements
For Mondarsand Thursdays, the special rent
list days in The Dispatch.
SUNDAY, PEBRUAUT
HEAT BY ELECTRICITY
Mr. Bennelt Thinks Science Will Pre
serve the American Forests.
NEW ROAD TO THE COKE REGIONS.
A Wheeling Manufacturer Confirms Rumors
of Such a Project.
ROADS DAMAGED BI SX0W AND FLOODS
Attorney F. S. Bennett has some views
on the subject of reforesting this country
calculated to comfort the nest generation, it
not the present.
ft is pretty generally agreed that the rail
ways of the world will in the next 25 vears
strip all the earth that is at present accessi
ble of its forests for tie making, even if the
use of stone, brick and iron is substituted
for building. Mr. Bennett has no doubt that
the. constantly increasing cost of wood will
force thl! invention of steel ties or some other
material. He has laith that evolution will
continue to work, and that in some way the
waste of timber will be stopped and climatic
tonditions restored, so that the world will
not be alternately soaked and parched as at
present.
The railways in tho United States alone
now require 40,000,000 lies a year, and if
laid end to cud, one year's supply would
reach one-third way around the globe.
Substituting Electricity for Wood.
Avast amount of timber is annually de
stroyed for fuel, how much the most daring
statistician has not attempted to calculate.
In the next CO years Mr. Bennett believes
that this waste will nearly all be stopped by
the substitution of electricity for heating
purposes in addition to the many other
uses to which it is now subjected.
Niagara Falls alone would supply power to
make all the electricity required lor heat
and all present purposes in the State of
New York, and in time not onlv our rivers
but every brawling stream that tumbles
from the hills will be set to turning turbine
wheels and generating the fluid without
which no one will be able to keep house in
A. D. 1910.
But meantime Mr. Bennett expects to live
to see the river Nile so shrunken that its
valley will no longer support teeming mill
inns, as it has done in the last 20,000 or 100,
000 years.
Ituinons Prodigality of Colonists.
Colonizers, he says, are of all people the
most prodigal, and revel in forest destruc
tion even when there is little or no money
in it, and when they get a loothold in
Equatorial Africa, as they probably will
in the next five years, they will deforest the
sources of the Nile, and when it once recedes
permanently within its dry-weather banks,
lfwill be but a shortime until the desert
will encroach aud leave but a few miasmatic
duck ponds.
This is not a fancy picture, as every stu
dent of history knows that empires
now sandy wastes were once fertile
and supported dense populations.
Mr. Bennett's view, however, is
that the spread of scientific knowledge
will in a few years make it possible to spare
enough soil, regarded as sterile but capable
of growing trees, to again bring aboutspring
timejtiid harvest at their appointed seasons,
as in the davs when couutlcss millions of
wild pigeons found sustenance in the wilds
ot Pennsylvania. People of 50 years of
age can remember when these birds
darkened the suu as do clouds for hours at
a time.
A ROAD FROM WHEELING.
air. Hubbard Tacitly Admits a Line Is Pro
jected to the Coko Country He Says
Another Itonto Should Ho Made Kick
ing; on Itateiw
C. It. Hubbard, the "Wheeling nail man,
was at the Monongahela House yesterday
morning. It is reported that he intended,
in connection with Frank Hearne, of
the Riverside Iron AVorks, and other
"Wheeling manufacturers to build a railroad
fiom "Wheeling to the coke country in oppo
sition to the present lines. They claim the
Baltimore and Ohio and Panhandle are
charging excessive rates for transportation.
"When Mr. Hubbard was asked if the re
port was true he declined to talk.
"Then the road will be built," the reporter
persisted.
"All I have to say is tint if it is not such
a road ought to be constructed," he an
swered, and this was all he would say ou
the subject.
The "Wheeling and Lake Eric road is now
ruuninginto Wheeling, and it is the aim of
Manager Woodford to extend his line to
Pittsburg and through the coke regions. It
is stated that enough money could be raised
in Wheeling to push the road into this ter
ritor'. The projected opposition line, or rather
the threat to build one, is aincd at the B. &
O. road. The oflicials of the latter line arc
inclined to laugh at the scheme. They in
sist that the coke rate3 to Wheeling are not
unreasonable, or out of proportion with the
the tariffs on other products. The mute of
the new road has not yet been mapped out.
BAD YEAH FOE RAII.E0ADS.
Lines Suffer Severely From Snow Hlockndes
and Floods.
"This has been a very hard winter on the
railroads," remarked a local passenger man
yesterday. "The lines have sunk
thousands of dollars keeping their
tracks clear. With the floods, deep snows
in the mountains and the numerous wash
outs tiie railroad managers and the men
have had a very severe time, and they will
be glad when the winter is over. The Bal
timore and Ohio and the Pennsylvania
roads have employed an army of men
to remoye snow in the mountains, and they
might as well have tried to shovel wind.
The Panhandle has a large force of em
ployes watching the hill on the Southsidc
lor five miles out nf the city, and as fast as
the snow and stuff comes down ou the tracks
it is carried oil'.
"That five miles of road on the Panhandle,
by the way, costs a heap to keep up, and if
the balance of the line were similarly situ
ated the company would have to abandon it
altogether.
"Lines like the Lake Erie, Pittsburg and
Western and West Penu that were covered
with water and had to stop business lost
heavily in revenues. It is an easy matter to
figure how much a road drops "in several
days when a wheel doestnot turn. To add
to our losses, business is dull, people arc
out of work or on strikes, and aro not
traveling."
A CUBE FOE DEINKING.
Drain a Glass of "Water "With the Hands
Held Above the Head.
Two men entered a restaurant on Smith
field street yesterday and sat down at a table.
A dapper waiter placed a glass of water be
fore each of them, and then reeled oft the
bill or fare with lightning speed. The
men paid no attention to hiui, but one held
his arms high above his head and the other
picked up one of the tumblers of water.
"Open your nioutti wide," he said
to his companion, and as the room
was full of people eating dinner,
everybody was attracted by the strange pro
cedure. With his head thrown back and
his mouth open, he commenced to drink the
water slowly wnile the other held the glass.
It was a tough job, and he almost strangled
several times, but be finally got it down.
"Now, don't you feel better?" the other
persisted. '
"I believe I do," he answered, and then
they called for a good meal,
' A reporter asked for an explanation. He
got it from the man who held the
$lass. "Oh," he said, "that Is a
L89L
simple trick. My friend, Jim, here
i trying to cure" himself of drfnking.
He felt just uow as if he couldn't live with
out a nip of whisky, but the desire hasgone.
The water drove it away. It's a sure cure.
Try it."
COMPANIES OK THE H0V2.
The Baltimore and Ohio Open, hat tlie Tan
handle Is Blocked to Wheeling.
In the theatrical line yesterday the Balti
more and Ohio had the specialty company
from the World's Museum to Columhu",
the Iteutz-Santley company, 28 peo
ple, to "Washington by way of
Wheeling and Johnstown, aud the
N. S. Wood company to Toledo.
Tlie Panhandle is still blockaded to
Wheeling, and the Balti.uore and Ohio
took the Jr. O. TJ. A. M. in a special train
to that place. They lelt Wheeling at mid
night, and were expected to arrive this
morning. The Wheeling yards of the Bal
timore and Ohio arconcc more out of water,
and the trains are coming in on time. The
Cincinnati express was delayed several
hours.
WECTE HIS TITLE.
How Some Men Like to Kegister Their
Xmncs at thn Hotels.
"Hon. G. Gorgas Fitler, Washington, D.
C," was a signature that adorned one ot the
lines on the Schlosser register yesterday.
"Was he gorgeous?" asked a reporter, as
he looked at the signature. "Did he write
it himself?"
"Yes," replied the clerk, "but he didn't
stay long. He was a man about 45 years
old, and he wanted to know what room I
could give him. When I said parlor D he
wrote it himself. Ah, I have seen a few men
who like to cover a page of the register with
titles, etc., but they are rare, and I am
thankful."
Ton Can Save Time and Trouble
When hunting for a house, if you consult
the excellent reut lists appearing every Mon
day and Thursday in The Dispatch.
HINTS TO
ADVERTISERS.
"Primarily the thing said the
matter of the advertise merit is the
consideration; it is what you say
to the reader which determines
whether or not you move him. The
typography is not all-important,
though it helps to catch the eye of
one who is not searching for
that particular sort of information,
and to persuade one who glances at
the announcement, by its legibility
and neatness, to follow it through,
but there is a tendency to overesti
mate this and put the minor part first
to lay too much stress on 'display.'
The advertisement most agreeable
to the eye, and most likely to be
read, is that one which is' straight
forward and frank in its matter and
is 'set' in a clean, simple and legi
ble way."
Selected from Printers Ink,
BUT WE'RE BUSY, ALL THE SAME.
A little learninp; is said to be a dangerous thing. It isn't half as dangerous, though, as
a little Spring before Winter has quit for good. At present it's neither one thin
nor the other. Some are buying Spring Overcoats, and others Winter ones. It's hard
to know which to bring prominently before you. But then, we are not the custodians
of your health or safety, but merely
AT
And you find here all you need, or think you need, from
and from Spring Overcoats to Ulsters.
Shirt Waists
This week we open up a splen
did assortment of Shirt Waists.
It will be the finest line of these
goods in the city. We'll show
you styles and patterns not to
be seen outside of Gusky's. We
know this, because many of
them have been made to our
order. The STAR, the
MOTHER'S FRIEND, and all
other well-known makes are
represented, making
A ROYAL ASSORTMENT
See our windows for some of
the new styles, but if you want
to feast your eyes with a pretty
sight, come in and look at the
stock.
CiirMio-ht as well tell you that there's WATER in the Atlantic or IRON in Missouri
as to remind you that we are HEADQUARTERS for CLOTHING and OUT
FITTING for Men,' Youths, Boys and Children.
Easter coming early this year, our line of Confirmation Suits is now ready.
To-morrow being Washington's Birthday, our store will be open until noon only.
, 300 TO 4QO MARKET STREET.
IfEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
THE AMERICAN-?-BRITANNICA
Falstaffian Braggadocio and Munchausen Exag
geration Outdone.
HOW THE MONSTROSITY WINS.
Tii2 rejoinder (not reply) by Belford, Clark Co. to our challenge of the 8th
inst. in the Pittsburg Dispatch and later in th; Press and Chronicle Tetegraph, is
both amusing by ks pretentious self-praise and pitiful by its attempt to avoid the real
issue, and turn attention to a faUe issue by the disingenuous use o technical phrases
opprobiously put. The Belford Clark Co., Publishers o this (Americanized) Ency
clopaedia Britannica know that our reprint of the Enclyclopsdia Britannica is
printed from electrotype plate, and that infallible accuracy and fidelity to the
original is secured by a signal triumph of science in using Gelatine as an inter
mediary. Bur, hiding the truth, they seek to create a prejudice against a method of re
producing printed matter that is the most signal and beneficicnt of modern genius
in the publishing interest. As irrefutable proof of the above the price of our com
plete reprint of the Encyclopaedia Britannica and American Supplements, 30 vol
umes in all. is S45, Si 50 per volume, while the original, or imported work, of which
ours is an exact copy, sells for S 145 to $233 per copy, S5 to 58 per volumes In our
former communication we suggested to the publishers of this ten-volume, scissor
condensed work called "Americanized Encyclopaedia Britannica" to give to the
public a list of writers or contributors to their work. We challenge them to give a
name of a single eminent writer for their work. Their pretensions to literary im
provement compared with the Britannica, are false and exist only in the publishers
lancy.
A short comparison between their first volume, which it is fair to assume is aa
good as the later ones, and the first volume of the Britannica will prove that the only
literary work expended in its preparation has been an indiscriminate and ignorant cutting
and slashing into the very heart of the most valuable subjects, i'or example. Anatomy
cut from 110 pages to 20 pages; Astronomy, by Prof. Kicliard Proctor, 80 pages to 20 pares;
Algebra, 52 pages to 19. The equations and formula; omitted entirely Architecture from 94 to
24 pages. American literature cut down two-thirds! Do they think Americans are not
interested in auy of the above subjects? Even biographies of eminent Americans do not
escape the scissors, many of them reduced two-thirds.
From their biography of John Adams, second President of the United States, it is a,
necessary inference that he is still alive, no mention being made of his deathl
We have been unable to find in their work any mention of Alabama Claims one of
the most important international events of modern times and we might goon ad infinitum
with similar criticisms, but, cui bono! Such senseless hacking of such a work as the En
cyclopaedia Britannica is simply shocking and infamous.
Hear what our leading educators nave to say on this subject:
From Prof. Morrow, Snp't. Allegheny Schools.
A short time since I purchased a set nf the Encyclopedia Britannica and American Supple
ment. I heartily recommend it to all those in search of cyclopedic knowledge. Tbe Supple
ment to the Britannica, by eminent American writers ana specialist.-, seems to be all that u nec
essary to make the Britannica the grandest publication ot facts in tbe English language.
Any attempt to condense or abridge tbe work would, in my opinion, resnlt in failure and seri
ously iojuro and damage this great store-house of knowledge. JOHN MORROW. .
From W. H. Dodds, Principal Allegheny High School.
"I have the Britannica with the American Supplement The American Supplement brines
the work lorward to 18t9 and makes it. in my estimation, by tar the best Encyclopaedia pub
lished. "The Britannica was a great work before the Supplement was Issued invaluable to every
scholar. Tho American Supplement adds many fold tu tbe original, giving us the very latest re
specting our own cpuniry.
"I could niter no objection to the worK if inclined to criticise. Heartily recommend it in its
I entirety, but not in abridged form.
From J. Nelson Smith, Principal Sixth Ward School, Allegheny.
" "Tbe Encyclopaedia Britannica you sold us has come to hand, and is In every particular just
as you represented it.
"My teachers arc delighted with it, and my High School class is making constant research
throngn its pages. We would indeed be lost without it.
"I fee) sure my Board never invested money more wisely. Yours trnl v.
"J. NELSON SMITH,
"Principal of Sixth Ward."
Comment is unnecessary. Such testimonials speak for themselves.
THE HENRY G. ALLEN CO.,
68 Sixth Avenue.
fe22-103
PUBLIC CATERERS,
Spring Overcoats
The demand for "these has be
gun. But we are ready. The
supply, with us, is always
ahead of the demand. We're
prepared with a far larger
stock than you'll expect to see
so early in the season. By long
odds the biggest and best as
sortment in town. If we can't
suit you nobody can. "Our
present stock of
jYOBBY, stylish garments
Is as large and varied as you'll
find in many stores at the
height of the season. Ncwand
beautiful shades and shapes,
the perfection of fit and finish.
See them.
AGAIN!
W. H. DODDS."
Gauze to Woolen Underwear,
You Tcannot only save money
by buying your hats of us, but
be sure of getting the correct
style. All the new shapes find
a place in our stock as fast as
they appear on the market.
Our prices will be a revelation
to you if you have been ac
customed to patronize exclusive
hatters.
SHOES.
We did an immense shoe trade
last year. We'll do a bigger
one this. Nearly everybody
appreciates a reliable article in
shoes, none more so than those
who have wasted their money
on trash. Our shoes are prov
ing our best advertisement for
our shoe department.
Stylish Headgear,