BS35SE5 IP -vw r:z"w-z V&F- srr !j5s,'fT8Titv 5?HE PITTSBtJEG- DISPATCH. ONDAT?, SBRpARlT" 5, I89L V TO SSI V I HANGING IS THE PEN, ? 'Invitation to the Execution of Mnr- fderer William West at Wash ington on Thursday Kext ECE1VED BY SHERIFF li'CLEAET Causes a Discussion as to Where the Ex treme Penalty of the Law Should Be Carried Out. CRIHINALSSATiSDBTSEKTIMENTALITr. Kiyor Scale;, Chief Brtwn sxd in Olio Quiff Git ThurVkw. Sheriff W. H. McCleary received an invi tation yesterday from Sheriff G. E. Lock hart, of Washington connty. to be present at the execution of "William West, the col ored man, who was convicted of the murder and robbery of old Farmer Crouch and his wife last summer. The execution is to oc cur between the hours of 10 A. M. and 3 P. M. next Thursday. Sheriff McCleary naturally felt pleased at this delicate compliment from a brother Sheriff, but stated that he thought he would be unable to attend Mr. West's last public reception, and will simply send his regrets. Mr. McCleary has a well-merited reputa tion for joviality, but he does not believe he could throw his soul into an affair of this kind, and is afraid that his. efforts to lighten the gloom which will naturally shroud such an event, especially for the principal, would be fntilc. This invitation led the Sheriff to refer ft the bills introduced into the Legislature, providing that all executions shall take place in the reifitentiaries. One of them, the Stocking bill, was introduced in the House last week and promptly shelved, while the other, of which Senator Neeb is the sponsor, has already passed the gaunt let ol the Senate, and will shortly come up in the House. Works Well in Other States. "I don't see why the bill should not pass," said the Sheriff; "It works well in Ohio, where the system has been in force for several years. It would relieve the Sheriff of an unpleasant duty, although, personally, I would feel no hesitation in carrying out the provisions of the law. Still, some men loot at it in a different light, forgetting that they are simply the instrument of the law, and that upon them rests none of the responsibility for the death of a fellow being. "Would the State employ professional hangmen if the bill passes? Ob, no. The bill provides that the warden of the penitentiary in which the execution take' place, shall attend to the hanging. "With the modern improvements now used in hanging, for the inventor does not hesitate to direct tiis genius to such matters, and, in fact, it stems to have a fascination ior many men, there is nothing very re pulsive in an execution, and the work is sub-divided, so that the whole responsibility, if the term can be so misapplied, for the execution of the death cannot rest upon the I shoulders of one man. Last Act of a Lepal Tragedy, "The Sheriff reads the warrant to the doomed man, while one or more deputies or jailers prepare him for the scaffold, arrang ing his neckwear and pinioning his arms. Then he is led upon the fatal trap, where another man, perhaps, has ad justed the noose. Tip to this time the Sheriff has taken no active part in the hanging. While the clergyman is pray ing for the condemned man, at a point often determined upon before, and for which some particular passage in the nrayer may give the cue, the Sheriff touches the hutton with 'hie foot, the trap gives way, and the criminal is in the throes of death. The Sheriff's duty is ended, except to make his return to the State. "The Coroner takes charge of the body, and, after holding an Inquest, turns it over to the friends of the deceased. The Sheriff in reality plays a very small part in the affair, but some men are suDer-sensitive, and fell very keenly when called upon by virtue of their ofiice to inflict the extreme penalty of the law upon a criminal." At the present time there are several con victed murderers in the jail, but it is ex pected that their sentences will be com muted, so that the Sheriffs remarks are entirely disinterested. Opposed to State Slaughter Houses. Chief Brown, of the Department of Pub lio Safety, whose duty it is to see that mur derers are hunted down and convicted, docs not favor the bill. "I am opposed to making laughter houses out of the penitentiaries. The present system is good enough, and I ire no need to change it The idea is entire ly too genteel, and seems to exhibit too much consideration for the feelings of crimi nals. I believe that a murderer should be hanged as near the scene of lis crime as possible, for the effect it .tvould have in preventing a recurrence of such crimes. If you take a mur derer out of some of the interior counties and send him to the 'Eastern cr Western Peni tentiary to be executed, many of his neigh 'bors would never realize that he was hanged. Oh, yes; it would be published in the news papers, but the very class that a hanging is expected to have an effect upon are not great readers of newspapers nor any other class of 'literature. "If a change is to be made in the law on banging it should be in the direction of making execution follow more closely upon the heels of sentence. It maces but little difference where a murderer is hanged ft two or three years elapse between the sentence 'and the execution. The effect of the sen tence is lost upon the community." From a Pedagojjue's Point of View. "When I taught school," said Mayor Gourley, "I found that the only way in which I could make most boys behave was I to make them thoroughly understand that punishment for misbehavior would follow twiftly acd surely. .Everybody acknowl edges the truth of the assertion, the 'men are ibnt children of a larger growth,' and there fore I believe that the punishment of men for crime has a deterrent action upon others. .If it has no: it should be abolished. Hang ing is a bad use to which to put any man, and should not be resorted to unless it will have a good effect upon the morals and .manners of tbo community," i Here the Mayor imitated Silas "Wegg, and 'dropping into poetry, quoted: No rogue e'er felt the halter draw, With good opinion of the law. Taking this couplet as his text His Honor continued: "The object of hanging is to enforce respect for the law, and for this reason too much secrecy should not be 'thrown around executions, "When people see that one of their neighbors suffers the extreme penalty for crime it makes them thoughtful, and they are likely to hesitate before taking life. "On the other band the argument may be rcade that the greatest terror was inflicted by the secret tribunals of the dark ages, when a man was simply swallowed up in some grim fort, and was never heard of by the outer world again. The people of these days Would not stand this sort of thing, ex cept, perhaps, in Bussia." Criminal Saved hy Sentimental Sheriffs, Ex-Sheriff John Gates, of Richland county, O., was in the city yesterday. In this county is located the intermediate peniten tarv. in which an experiment is being Imsde on tbe grading of convicts, with a view to their aral reformation, no executions are held in this penitentiary, all the hang ings in Ohio taking place in the annex to the Columbus Penitentiary. ' "Many a murderer's life has been saved by a sentimental sheriff," said Mr. Gates. "Before the law passed in our State provid ing that all executions take place at the peni tentiary the Sheriffs whose duty it was to hang murderers greatly .disliked the' job. They would throw every possible obstacle in the way, and through their personal efforts many death sentences were commuted. Occasionally, when there was no escape from the duty, the job was terribly bun gled. I remember that several years ago Sheriff John Gay, of Knox county, had to hang a man. The Sheriff felt a thousand times worse than the criminal, and if I re member aright, fainted before the execution was over. Yes, he hanged the man finally. Then there is another thing, when the exe cutions are held in one place the mechan ism of the gallows is kept in better working order, the officials know their business and don't get rattled, and the whole thing passes off smoothly withoutany unpleasanthitches. The law is an undoubted success in Ohio." CAUGHT TAKING A NIP. Houses in Both Cities That Were Disturbed by the Police Yesterday Captain Brophy Does a Big Day's Work Numer ous Balds Made in Allegheny. Detectives Glenn, Johnson, Steele, Don aldson and Zimmerman raided two speak easies in Allegheny yesterday morning. At the cigar store of Henry Meyer at Lacock and Hope streets, a quarter of beer and four men were captured. The other place was that of John Dooney, under the railroad bridge on Bobinson street The bar was-in the rear of a grocery store. The proprietor and four men were taken, together with a barrel and a half of beer and several gallons of whisky. When the raid was made Mrs. Dooney took refuge in the cellar, which was half full of water. Previous to this Lieutenant Mclntyre raided tbe house of Sallie Anderson, 281 Lacock street about 1a.m. At the morn ing hearing tbe proprietress paid a fine of $50, and Mary Jones and Charles Johnston each paid fines of 55 and costs. J. B. Frank lin was sent lOdays to jail. About the same time Ellen Smith's honse at 327 Rebecca street was raided. Mrs. Smith paid $50. Annie Brown and Msv Monie were each fined $25. About 8:30 o'clock last night Detective Kelly, of the Southside, made a raid on the speak-easy of Mrs. Julia Farrell, at 2611 Edwards alley, and captured the proprie tress and four men. They were taken to the Twenty-eighth ward station house. Mrs. Farrell was released on a forfeit of $105 for a hearing this morning. The four men were released on $15 forfeits. The wife of one of the prisoners, who called to put up the forfeit, "wanted all speak-easies blown out of existence." She was expressing her mind rather freely, when Mrs. Farrell was released, and it looked very much as though there would be a scene, but she managed to control herself until Mrs. Farrell had de parted. Captain E. A. Brophy made raids on five houses in the Seventeenth ward yesterday. Tbe houses were kept bv Mrs. Mary Birchall, Bailroad street, between Forty eighth and Forty-ninth streets; Mrs. Ella O'Brien, Hemlock alley, between Forty eighth and Forty-ninth streets; John Bren ner, Mulberry alley and Fifty-first street; John Costello, Harrison street, between Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth streets, and James Conley, on Forty-eighth, street. Ten men were captured in these raids. A MANIA FOB MARRIAGE Gets an Italian Into More Than a Peek of Trouble. Special Officer Andrew Buffalo, of the Nineteenth ward police district arrested Joseph Jack, an Italian, on a warrant, at Johnstown, Saturday. He is wanted to answer a charge of immorality, preferred by his first wife, who has been looking for him for the past five years. The Italian's right name is G. Argillo, and he was married to his first wife nine years ago, they having one child, now about 4 vears old. About five months ago Jack married a young Irish girl, Emma Hennessey, and moved to Johns town. Mis. Argillo arrived in this country about two weeks ago, hunting for her husband. She locited with a friend of Officer Buffalo on Thirty-fourth street, near Penn avenue. Her story was told to the officer, who had her make an information before Alderman Means, and several days ago he heard of Jack at Johnstown. The prisoner was com mitted to jail, in default of $500 bail for a hearing to-morrow. Officer BaBalo said last night that Jact has more than two wives. He has heard he had two wives living in New York City. STABBED IK TOUR PLACES. Cutting Affray in Mulberry Alley, and All ou Account of a Woman. Patrick McCall assaulted T. J. Boch with a knife, at No. 82 Mulberry alley, Saturday night, stabbing him in four places in the thigh, back and side. Boch is not mortally hurt but is suffering severely from the assault. The quarrel grew out of an alleged insnlt on the part of McCabe to one of tbe women in tbe boarding bonse, which Boch resented by attempting to nut McCabs out of the honse. McCabe then drew the knife, and after inflicting four stabs ran away. He returned later but was given his baggage and told to go. Tne police were kept in ignorance of the affair until last night. Inspector McAleese gave orders ior McCabe's arrest, but at a late hour he had not been tonnd. OBJECTED TO HOTEL BILLS. A Woman With Money Wants Shelter at a Police Station. A neatly-dressed, middle-aged woman ap plied at the Central station last evening. She said she had just arrived in the city over tbe Baltimore and Ohio, and intended to continue to her destination on tbe West Penn road in the morning. She had been told at the depot that she could get shelter for tbe night at the station honse. Sergeant Gray asked the woman if she had an money. She said she had, but did not want to pay for a bed at a hotel if she could get accommodations for nothing. The Sergeant told her that the only placehe could give her was in a cell, and the woman went away greatly disappointed and a trifle indignant. LITTLE SUNDAY GAMBLERS. A Half Dozen Boys Arrested for Shooting Craps and Playing Poker. Charles Alexander, Louis Franx, Scott Woods and Charles TJtes, all young boys, were having a quiet game of draw poker in one of the ash caves at Cunningham's glass house, ou Sonth Twenty-sixth street, yester day afternoon when the police swooped down on them. They were taken to the Twenty-eighth ward station. Officer Teeters arrested James O'Brien and Alexander McCurdy yesterday after noon and lodged them in the Eleventh ward station for "shooting craps" on Bedford avenue. They will be given a hearing this morning. He Got There Himself. Thomas McGill went to the Fourteenth ward station yesterday afternoon, and com plained that a woman bad beaten him. Sergeant McElhany saw no cause for arrest ing the woman, and McGill began to call him all kinds of hard names. McGill is now occupying a cell, instead of the woman be desired to see there. SMALL SCBAPS OF LOCAL HEWS. Mrs.ASANdjl Bczzo, of Doquesne Heights, was -arrested Saturday afternoon for selling liquor without license. .She gave bail for a hearing to-morrow.- The Attoona City Band arrived on the mail train last evening, to take part la the parade to-day. ; NO STEIKE FEARED. Sentiment Among the Majority of the Carpenters Against THE AGITATION FOE EIGHT HOURS. Bailroad Matters So Far Quiescent, bat the . Matter Hay End In A GENERAL TIE-UP OP THE PENNST It is stated with positiveness that the coming building season will be inaugurated without any fear of disturbance from strikes in the. trade. From information obtained in. a thoroughly trustworthy quarter there is no longer any fear that the carpenters will pre cipitate a struggle for an eight-hour day, at any rate this year, and as already stated in The Dispatch, it depended on the action of tbe carpenters as to how other trades would be affected. The question of moving for an eight-hour day has not been finally decided, one way or Other, among the carpenters, bntit is known for certain that more than two-thirds of the trade are opposed to demand an eight-hour day, and expressed their views so by theirvotes. As the matter stands to-day, the trade is divided. One faction, a radical one, is seeking to push the eight-hour de mand against the sentiment of the majority, and the latter oppose the agitation, not be cause they object to working eight hours, but on grounds of unconstitutionality in the methods by which the demand is sought to be made. Must Decide Between the Factions. The National Executive Council has yet to decide between the two parties. Should it decide in favor of the minoritv, and pre cipitate a strike against the sentiment of the bulk of the trade, it is positively stated that such action would result in the disruption of the unions in Allegheny county, for the simple reason that the tradesmen claim to reserve to themselves some semblance of personal freedom of thought and action, and because they have already voted against the proposition. There is no intimation of what the council may do, but it may not be too wide a guess to predict that they will do nothing against the wishes of the majority. The advocates for the eight-hour demand are seeking to carry on the agitation until May 1, hoping, in the meanwhile, to effect a change of sentiment in the other side. The opponents of the proposal, on the other hand, are pressing the council to decide tbe matter at once, and for the following reasons: Holding; Back Building Prospects. They hold that the uncertainty regarding the action of the carpenters is tending to keep back the prosecution of building enter prises which wonld be put under way if the matter was satisfactorily settled, and since they believe there is no occasion this year for any alteration in the working hours they argue that the settlement should be effected at once. One reason why the carpenters will not strike is because if they do so they must stand alone. The other trades with one or two exceptions, have already signed their new scales, and as these all call for 9 hours' work, they conld not consistently support the carpenters in their demand for 8 hours., They would give them their moral suppor, but'moral support has never yet supplied the sinews of war. The bricklayers will, as already stated, ask for an increase of CO cents a day, and this the employer are prepared, it h.said, to grant. So that it can be safely said that the building season will commence with every promise of success and indications of ex ceeding, in the number of new structures, all previous years. TO MEET TO-DAY. Division Superintendents of the Pennsy Will Consider the Railroaders' Demand-. The next day or two will tell whether a general tie-up of the Pennsylvania system may be expected or not. Th- division superintendents are to meet to-day and con sider the railroaders' demands. Their re ply will be considered by the committee, and on the result of the meeting, will de pend the outcome. General Manager Wood's disregard of thn committee as representing Pennsylva nia employes is not looked on as tending toward au amicable settlement of the points under dispute, for tbe committee is credited with the proper power to act on behalf of the men and has their concurrence in every thing tbey do as representing their unions. There are certain points which the commit tee say they must and will obtain, and should the managers be as equally de termined that they shall not, a strike will lollow. ' Most of tbe union officials left town on Saturdav for their homes, and they will re turn to-day to take up the thread of events. Twenty-four railroaders are to arrive to-day from Philadelphia to join in the discussion. Tbe Switchmen's Union met last night at 41 Filth avenue, and transacted ex traordinary business. What the trend of it was was not divulged. TTATtTt TO TRKP OUT OF TEOTJBLE. Tonne John Dorr Personates a Country Slerchant With Poor Success, Detectives Coulson and Bendel yesterday recovered a big batch of cigars at No. 117 Ohio street that had .been stolen from a cigar store in the bnilding occupied by Durr, the hotel keeper, at Fourth avenue and Market street. The cigar store was broken into Friday night by John Durr, a son of tbe hotel keeper, who effected an en trance by cntt'ng out a pane from a rear window. On Saturday young Durr toot the cigars to Stern Bros.," 117 Ohio street, aud offered to sell them for ?75, bu finally sold out for $25. He was disguised as a countryman, and said he had been running a store near TTniontown, but failed, and this was the last of his stock. Dorr was arrested, with Henry Lindsay, by Lieutenant Denniston yesterday morn ing. He confessed eyerything, and acknowledged the receipt he had given Bterns Bros, for $25.' His companion claims to hail from Bellevernon. A CHINESE NEW YEAB 8TJPPEB To Be Given to Friends To-Night at the Second Presbyterian Church. The Chinese members of the Chinese Sun day school of the Second Presbyterian Chnrch will give their annual New Year supper this evening in the lecture room of tbe church, corner Seventh streetand Penn avenue. A. number of invitations have been issued to their friends in the city, and nil guests are requested to be present by 7:45 o'clock. An interesting programme has been ar ranged, and a pleasant time is assured all participants. A YOUNG LADY KILLED. Miss Qnlnn Struck by a Passenger Train A Companion Badly Hart. Miss Annie Qninn was killed and a young man, Mr. Hughes, seriously hurt by a Pennsylvania passenger train at Braddock last evening. They were walking on the track, and were on the way to the station to catch the mail train to come to Shadyside, where they lived. Miss Qninn was 25 years of age. Tbe remains were taken to McMaster's under taking establishment at Braddock, anditbe Coroner was notified. The body was badly mangled. The young man is expected to die from his injuries. Special To Lot Lists This Morning. v - OPENED FOR WORSHIP. Ceremonies That Attended the Dedication of the ' St Paul's German Lutheran Church A Beautiful Brick Structure That Cost 813,000 Great Crowds in AU tendance. The new church of the St. Paul's German Lutheran congregation, at the -corner of Chartiers and Adams streets, Allegheny, was dedicated yesterday. Bev. Dr. Hem minghaus, of Columbus, O., had charge of the ceremonies, and was assisted by the pastor, Bev. A. B. Kuldell, Eev. H. C. Schucb, Bev. Mr. Cronenweth, Bev. Mr. Beidenbach, Bev. Mr. Lose, Bev. Mr. Goessting and Bev. Dr. Long, of Massil lon, O. The chief ceremonies took place in the morning. The 'attendance was much larger than had been anticipated, and the church proper, which is on the second floor, wonld not accommodate the people. In consequence, the school rooms on the first floor were opened, and while Dr. Hemming haus, assisted by Bev. Mr. Schucb, con ducted the dedicatory services in the audito rium, Bev. Messrs. Beidenbach aud Cronen weth held services on the first floor. In the evening Dr. Long preached a German ser mon, and the choir of the Madison Avenne Chnrch furnished the music. St. Paul's congregation was organized by Bev. Edward Pfeifer in 1881, with 40 mem bers. A year later Bev. Otto Zeci. became the pastor, and after he had served for four vears the congregation became the charge of Bev. A. B. Kuldell, who is now pastor, and under whose ministrations the number of members has increased to 85. The new church was begun one year ago. It is a bnilding 40x60 feet, two stories in height, and is built of brick with stone trimmings. The spire is 110 feet in height. The total cost was 13,000 and yesterday morning 54,500 was to be paid; the contributions dur ing the day reduced this sum by several hundred dollars. The church has received some handsome donations. Jacob Schneider presented the pulpit, while the altar is a gift of Frederick Mayer, the sculptor and carver. It is his own handiwork, and is a piece of art work. The bells came through the generosity of Mr. and Mrs. Benke, and other contribu tions were made by many members of the congregation. 0KE WAY TO GET FAT, Pittsburg's Sued Gains More Than Three Pounds by Eating Nothing bat Cough Lozenges Attending Physicians Not Sur prised at Sunday's Developments. Elmer Collins, the Pittsburg Succi, has surprised his medical attendants by increas ing Z4 pounds in weight since Saturday afternoon. Collins passed a very quiet night and awoke at 8:45 A. M. yesterday, when he drank two ounces of water and ate one of the muriate of ammonia lozenges prescribed for his cough by Dr. McDonold and the Special Police Surgeon. At 12:15 p. it. he arose and took three ounces of water and a cough lozenge. He was then examined by Dr. McDonald, with the following astonish ing result: Pulse 89. respiration 19, tem perature 98.50, and weight 136 pounds. At 12:15 r. M. Saturday Collins had weighed 1324 pounds, while his starting weight had been 138J pounds. At first Dr. McDonald was very much surprised, but after a consultation with the other medi .1 men present he stated that the increase in weight, without ehy food, as not without a precedent. Succi, says Dr. McDonald, passed through a precisely similar experience, his weigh, increasing during the third and fourth days of his fast, only, however, to again decrease steadily to the end of the term. "Collins bas rested steadily for a long period," continued the doctor, "and, owing to the cough dropB. his cold has en tirely disappeared." Collins by no possibility could have gotten any food into his system, as he was closely watched by the swore' attenda .ts for every second of the time since he sta-ted in to fast. Collins again retired to be'.' after the ex amination, and slep. until 4:20 p.m. At 425 p. M. he took two ounces of water and a cough lozenge, and at 5:30 P. M. one ounce of water and a lozenge. He remained in bed until Dr. McDona'd arrived for the evening examic .tion at 6 P at. The results of this test were: Pulse, 72; respiration, 18; temperature, 98.5. At midnight he took three ounces of water and a lozenge, after, which bis condition was reported as fol lows: Bespiration, 18; pulse, 68; tempera ture, 97. At 12:30 this morning he fell into a quiet sleep. HIS SIDE OF THE CASE Mr. Brennen Claims He Can Show Mr. Stewart Is Not Elected. Colonel Andrew Stewart will begin to take testimony on his side in the contested election case at Waynesburg to-dav. W. J. Brennen, the attorney for Mr. Craig, says that the Colonel, according to his list of names, intends to examine 268 witnesses. Mr. Brennen has 100 men testify for his side. He thinks Colonel Stewart stands no show of being seated. Mr. Brennen claims that the testimony he has produced proves thai Craig can give the Colonel his majority and aH that he alleges in his answer to the petition, and stil'. be fairly elected. He adds that the Obit Pyle man will be wiser after the Committee on Elections has listened to all the facts. ' ANOTHEB COMMITTEE HEBE. Legislators Still Inspecting Local Charitable Institutions. W. Scott Mullen, of Bedford, Chairman of a sub-committee of the Appropriation Committee, is at the Monongahela House. The other members are John H. Fow, of Philadelphia, and l). C. Titman, of Sus quehanna county. They were expected to arrive at midnight. The committee will visit the Southside hospital and the institutions for the blind and deaf and dumb. Mr. Mullen said the demands for money from the State now were more than double the amount of the rev enues, and somebody would have to suffer. Had to Lose a Foot. Dr. B. M. Sands amputated the right foot of a laborer named J. H. Skiles yester day. Skiles lives on Butler street near the Sharpsbnrg bridge. Early in the winter his foot was frozen and gangrene set , in, necessitating at last an amputation. PEOPLE WHO COME AND 00. Superintendent Keighley, of the Mam moth mine, was in the city yesterday for a short time. He was bound for Vonngstown. He has been wording Incessantly since the explo sion, and Is sadly in need of rest. Marie Tempest, John A. Mactay, the comedian, and other members of the Duft Opera Company, are registered at tho Monon gahela House for the week. Among those who went East last evening were George KIce, of the Duquesne Traction road, Simon Beymer and Dr. iSingaman. A. K. Mansfield and wife, of Salem, and J. S. Klein, of Oil City, are registered at tbe (Seventh Avenue Hotel. Ex-Senator J. W. Lee, of Franklin, was at the Duquesne f or a short time yesterday morning. -W. E. Schmertz and Mrs. Schmertz ar rived from New York on the limited last even ing. E. G. Thnrber, of Paris, and J. D. Bob inson, of Toledo, are stopping at the Ander son, g James D. Callery and W. L. Abbott left for Chicago last evening. J. J.lLiederker, of Butlei is a guest at the Schlolser. T. Johns Bigby, of Philadelphia, is at the DuqAesne. A. Leo Weil came home from the East iwtnlgrft. ,. . JAGS FOUND IN JUGS. Police Inspector McKelvey in His An- nual Report Speaks of CRIME CAUSED BY WHOLESALERS. Hard Work Done in Suppressing Illegal Liquor Sellers, THE TE1BD DISTRICT NEEDS MORE MEN Inspector McKelvey, of the Third or Southside police district, has made his an nual report to Chief Brown. The report is. introduced with the state ment that the area of the district Is as great as that of Allegheny, with a cosmopolitan population of 68,090. After speaking of the good record made by the police In keeping down crime in the district, the Inspector re fers to the liquor traffic, and takes exception to the manner in which many so-called wholesalers do business. "In 1889," the Inspector says, "there were 17 retail licenses granted and 5 wholesale. Last year there were 90 retailers and 40 wholesalers. Many of thosegranted licenses in 1890 had conducted illegal saloons in 1889, a fact which was known to the Court by whom the license was granted. "During the past year renewed efforts were made to crush out the illegal liquor traffic. Those engaged in the business were first notified that they must cease selling' liquor at once. Quite a number obeyed this order but many disregarded it and 'vere arrested under a city ordinance for keeping dis orderly houses, and on their promise to quit were let off with fines, while many cases were sent to court and the parties convicted. Easy Method of Making Money. '"Many of the sellers were either widows or cripples, with large families, who bad adopted that method of making an easy livelihood and looked upon the excise law as an imposition, and did not regard it as a misdemeanor to violate it Tbe establish ment of all sorts of clubs as subterfuges was resorted to, in Order to evade the liquor law, where liquor was sold illegally, as has been repeatedly decided by the courts of this State." JEhe report speaks of the flagrant violations Of the law by wholesale dealers, a number of whom were prosecuted for illegal selling, and the proprietors pleaded guilty in court. Inspector McKelvey says that there seems to be something radically wrong in the present system of granting liquor licenses. A man Who has scarcely enough capital to pay the fee required by the State can rent a shanty, obtain license, get a barrel of beer and another of whisky on credit, and" then swing out to the breeze a wholesale liquor dealer's sign. The man will of course retail his wares, for he makes no pretense of conduct ing a legitimate wholesale business. A Premium on Law Breaking. The granting of a license to such a man is simply placing within his reach a premium for law breaking which few do not strive to grasp. There are many engaged in the traffic that cannot make a living by con ducting au honest business, and knowing this, they make a living as best they can. The number of arrests made in the district has increased nearly SO per cent over the preceding year, which, while partly due to the increased population, has been to a great extent the result of clubs and jug houses, as the wholesale houses have been named. There are no gambling houses in the dis trict. During the year 16 disorderly houses were closed bf the police and a careful in vestigation shows that the jug business is responsible for every one. Tbe Inspector takes occasion to warmly commend the officers of the district, particu larly Captain William Stewart and Lieu tenants J. M. Johnston and L. M. Booker. Attention is called to the poor condition of station No. 7, which is the only one in the cjty that has not been remodeled. Twice the station has been braced and now there is some danger that it may collapse.' Asking for More Patrolmen. Attention is called to the limited amount of patrol service system in the district there being only 27 call boxes to cover the large territory, and in order to increase the effi ciency of the force more boxes should be put in at once. The Inspector also asks for an increase of patrolmen. There is a large ter ritory to cover with only 41 men for regular duty. This is deemed an insufficient number, and in justice to tbe citizens of that part of the city the force should be increased. The report includes a tabulated statement of the most complete order. 'This statement shows that during the year 3,230 arrests were made and 301 lodgers were cared for. During the year the patrol wagons answered 1,959 calls, making 1,617 arrests. Of the persons arrested, 1,323 paid fines, 642 were committed to jail, 424 to the workhouse, 102 were held for court, 15 committed to the Be form School, 4 sent to the hospitals, 888 were discharged, 1 escaped, 1 was turned over to other authorities aud 1 held as a witness. THREE YOUNG CULPRITS Assault Their Schoolmaster for Punishing Them While In School. Willie Griffen, Albert Lemon' and Willie Taylor are three vindictive little boys who tried to get even, outside of school, for punishment meted out to them by their schoolmaster within. Morris Zug has a school on Clarke street, and on Friday last pnnished the three boys named for talking in school hours. Yesterday afternoon the boys, observing Mr. Zug walking along Franklin street, thought the opportunity a good one for re taliation, and began to pelt the dominie with stones. One of these struck him on the head, inflicting a severe gash and knock ing the sehoolmaster over. The police were notified and information made against the culprits for felonious assault. BOUND TO GET HIS MAN. A Police Sergeant Who Was Determined to Effect a Capture. Sergeant Crawford, of the Twenty-eighth ward station, had a lively time with a prisoner, Saturday night and yesterday afternoon. Saturday night the Sergeant was standing on Carson street, talking to a lady when John Schott came along, and without any provocation, struck tbe lady a severe blow on the face. Sergeant Crawford arrested Schott and tried to take him to the Twenty-eighth ward station, but he was too big for the Sergeant, and succeeded in getting away. ' Yesterday afternoon Crawford met his man, and once more placed him under arrest. After quite a struggle he landed his man at the station. He will have a hearing this morning. Wrappers. A new shipment of ladies' wash goods wrappers opened to-day. Print wrappers in a new line. Medium colorings. Fine percale wrappers, in light colors, choice patterns, handsomely made, plaited back and front, price $2. t Jos. Horne & Co.'s, Penn Avenue Stores. MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS Are Special Bent List Days. It will pay any home hunter to consult the excellent lists published in the To Let columns of The Dispatch this morning. Aufrecht's Elite Gallery Open To-Day. No. 516 Market street, Pittsburg. Bring the children. Prices lowest, work the best. Elevator running. Special To Let Lists This Morn In . STORM CENTER SHIFTED. Saturday Night Offenders Scarce' at the Cen tral Station Better Business in the Di rection of Lawrenceville Some of the Snnday Morning Sentences Imposed. The center of the regular Saturday night storm of disorder has shifted. It used to be directly over tbe Central station, but yester-" day morning that institntion held but seven cases, while the Twelfth ward station wound up with 39. Beating a Bad Record. The lightest Sunday morning hearing in several years was that held at' Central sta tion yesterday. George Shaffer, of Bono street, had been arrested on complaint of his wife for being drunk and disorderly at his home. She appeared at the hearing and begged so hard lor him that the magistrate admonished the erring husband and let him go. Drove All the Boarders Oat Magistrate McKenna tried 39 cases at the Twelfth ward station. Charles Tine, col ored, paid $25 and costs for driving all the boarders out of Childers' boarding honse, No. 17 Thirtieth street, and beating the pro prietor over the head with a chair. Mrs. Eliza Hall, of No. 2557 Penn avenue, was fined $25 for keeping a disorderly house, and her 11 visitors paid $5 and costs each. Played a Knife for Trumps. There were if? cases in the Seventeenth ward police station. Eleven of these were charged with drunkenness, the others with disorderly conduct. Joseph Darnet, who stabbed Antonio While in the back during a quarrel over a game of cards at their home on Pearl street, was fined $50 and costs. Andrew Hanahan, accused of beat ing bis wife at their home on Smallman street, was fined $5 and costs. Beat His Mother-ln-Law. At the Twentieth ward station William Bradley was fined $10 and costs for beating bis mother-in-law, Mrs. Spatb,to obtain satisfaction for soma fancied wrong. Just Eight Common Drunks. Magistrate Hyndman,of the Second police district, disposed of eight common disor derly cases at the Nineteenth ward police station. DANGEROUSJIUD HOLES. A Colored Man Walks Into One on Shetland Avenue and Js Unable to Free Himself Exhausted, He Falls Down and Is Half Dead When Discovered, When Arthur Henney, a colored man, whose home is at 223 Benfrew street, is able to leave the Nineteenth ward station, he will give mud holes a very wide berth. He be came entangled in one on Shetland avenue at 2 o'clock vesterday morning, and being unable to extricate himself, lay half buried in the mire before assistance arrived. Henney was employed on Saturday night at cleaning out Gauster's saloon on Franks town avenue, and whin he had finished made tracks for his home by way of Larimer street and Shetland avenne. Beaching Achilles street he began to pick his way across the nice soft mud that rose above his boot tops as he slowly made his way across the avenue. The mud grew deeper and. more tenacious as he advanced, and when he finally reached the center, he landed at a short notice into a hole which held him a 'prisoner. He struggled to free himself, but his efforts only tended to imbed him the more firmly in the luscious ooze. At length his struggles tired him out and he sank down exhausted. Four or five hours later the early passersby were attracted by the I oarKing 01 a .newiounaiana uog wmen was tugging at something in the middle of the road. Investigation revealed the body of a man and word was sent to the police. The patrol wagon and three office's were sent to the rescue, but the team was swamped before it could reach Henney, and then one of the horses stumbled and fell. Then the wagon was temporarily abandoned, and the officers, cautiously feeling their way through the quagmire, known at City Hall as Shetland avenue, reached Henney, and forming a line holding each other's hands, the officer nearest the lost man succeeded in catching an exposed arm. Then, with a long pull, and a strong pull, and a pull alto gether, Henney was raised from his resting place and carried on a shutter to the wagon' At the station, Dr. Cathcart restored him to consciousness, but he was unable to return home. FIRING HIS FT7BNACE Is How aPnddler Thought He Was Engaged When Arrested for Stealing Coal. Thomas McClure is a Soho puddler who labored, and right valiantly, under a curi ous hallucination yesterday morning or so, anyway, he ssys. As Officer Cox was patroling near the railroad he saw McClure hard at work at a Baltimore and Ohio coal car, and promptly arrested him on suspicion of stealing the fuel. , At the hearing in the Fourteenth ward station house McClure said he must have been drunk, for he believed he was engaged, when arrested, in shoveling coal into his furnace. He had a cellar lull of coal, and his wife said he had no. occasion to steal any. As the defense was a novel om, and never before set up, the case was held over for further investigation. PUMPING AT THE POINT. Many of the Cellars Still Filled With the Water of the Flood. Many of the cellars at the Point are still flooded, and an unpleasant odor of stagnant water lingers around that locality. A fire engine was working all day, pumping out the cellars, but much of the water filters back again. The residents don't seem to mind, and look happy and contented. The river, vesterday was 19 feet and sta tionary, and the cold weather has effectually dispelled any fears of a further flood. WILL BE TBED'TOGETHEB. ATarentnm Man Who Didn't Run Quite Far Enough Away. Andrew Schaffer was brought to the city yesterday from Illinois by Detective J. J. Pinnor " Tn thp -Tnnfl term of the trmnt jury, 1890, Schaffer and John Bracken atTarentum. Schaffer fled while out on t. !l vA "D inl-nn maa traA lint 4kn in. UUU, ou ,MWAbu . ..vu, wu lug JUlJf failed to agree, and he is still in jail. ouuaucr hub v.ikuicu ,11 iuc trcuij auu the two men will be tried together. That backing cough can be so quickly curea by Shiloh's Cure. We guarantee it. Bold by Jos. Fleming & Son, 412 Market St f Aufrecht's Elite Gallery Open To-Day. No. 516 Market street, Pittsburg. Brintr the children. Prices lowest, work the besC Elevator rnnning. Ton Can Save Time and Trouble When hunting for a house, if yon consult the excellent rent lists appearing every Mon day and Thursday In The Dispatch. Bead our "dress goods ad," this paper. Jos. Horke & Co.'s Penn. Avenue Stores. Good Tenants Are Soon Secured By advertising your houses and rooms in The Dispatch. j Mondays and Thursdays are special rent list days. Aufrecht's Elite Gallery Open To-Day. No. 516 Market street, Pittsburg. Bring the children. Prices lowest, work the best. Elevator running. Special To Let Lists This Morning. BACK FROM ST.' LOUIS. Tlie Sherman Funeral Train Passed Through the City Last flight. RETURN TRIP WITHOUT IKCIDEKT. Secretary Proctor Says the Indian Seance Was a Big Farce. MB. BUSK TALES ABOUT THE ALLIANCE The Sherman funeral train passed through the city last evening on the return trip to New York. Senator Sherman, General Schofield, Secretary of War Proctor and Assistant Secretary Grant, ..Secretary of Agriculture Jerry usk and Lieutenant Andrews got off here and took the regular train to Washington. The funeral train continued to New York with the Sherman family, Mrs. General Miles and General O. O. Howard on board. Lieutenant Fitch, with his wife and children, got off at Edge wood, where the train stopped. General Miles left the express at Edgefield and went to Chicago. One of the incidents of the short stay in Pittsburg was the audacity of an autograph collector. She was a prepossessing lady of 28 or more, utterly void of fear, who carried a big book under her arm. Several years ago the dead hero had signed his name on one corner of a page, and she wanted the autographs of the balance of the family. An Indefatigable Autograph Fiend. The train had scarcely stopped before she jumped on one of the cars and was scurry ing through the aisles looking formembers of -the family. She met Senator Sherman first and he signed his name. The others did likewise, and in five minutes she was out on the platform showing the autographs to all who would stop and look at her won derful book. TJncle Jerry Busk was in a sorrowful mood as he stood on the platform and hugged his big grip. "We will not see such'a funeral again for a long time, he remarked. "We haven't as great a mw as General Sherman to die. He was close to tbe hearts of the people and everybody loved him. He liked the soldiers who served under him, and he strained every eflortto save them from slaughter. The boys always knew he was looking out for their best interests." Switching off to politics, TJncle Jerry said the Farmers' Alliance was giving the Democrats as much trouble as the Bepub licans. In the South they turned down the old Congressmen and elected new ones. He thought some good would come out of the organization. The grangers feel that their business is depressed, and thev haven't been getting what they deserve. He added that the Bepublican party was all right, and that at the proper time the discordant ele ments would pull together. He was pleased with the appointment of Foster to be Sec retary of the Treasury. A Chat About the Indian Troubles. Secretary Proctor chatted about the Indian troubles while waiting for the other train. He stated that the interviews with the chiefs at Washington were a mere farce. They showed average intelligence and some of them wanted to hang around the capital for three-months at tbe Government's ex pense. The officials wouldn't be bothered with them. The majority bad been there before and were sufficiently impressed with the strength of TJncle Sam. Mr. Proctor thinks the redskins had no desire to fight, but were dragged into the war by some of the hot-beaded chiefs. He expressed satis faction over the arrest of Lieutenant Casey's murderers. Senator Sherman said the trip from St. Lonis was without incident. At Columbus a telegram of condolence was received from the Compte de Paris. The Senator didn't know until the next day that the train ran into an open switch at Mansfield. When asked what be thought of Senator Qnay's ex planation he answered that the Senator knew more concerning what he had talked about than he did, and he had no comments to make. Lieutenant Fitch said it was a grand funeral, and a more perfect day for a burial conld not have been selected. The return party was the same as on the trip to St Louis with tbe exception of Secretary Noble and his wife, who went West. At Columbus' ex-President Hayes, Generals Ewing and Corse, Colonel Hoyt Sherman and family and M. B. Granger bade the sorrowing party good bye. All the black crepe had been removed from the train, and very lew people Knew that it was the aber man special going back to New York. ''Tempest" when you forget to bring home a bottle of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. Have Ton Found a House Yet? If not, vou can probably get one to suit by consulting the To Let advertisements this morning. Mondays and Thursdays are special rent days. Special To Let Lists This Morning. Hugus 81 Hacke A special exhibit this week of In dia, China and other Asiatic Silks. Our varieties for this season surpass any ever shown here before. Beau tiful new Floral Folfage, Escurial and other designs in all colorings, from the elegant Pompadours to the staple Enlevagejeffects. Crepe du Chene in Printed, Em broidered and Swivel designs and plain, in white, black and a pro fusion of exquisite day and even ing shades. Royal Cord Surah Silks, a new weave this season, very stylish and effective; plain, striped and figured; all black. A choice line of French Taffete Glace Silks, changeable effects; very popular this season for petti- coats; the price, 75c a yard. Paris Dinner Robes in novel styles, with elaborate trimmings of Braiding and Embroidery. And French Suiting Patterns in rugged and long Camel's Hair ef fects selected designs that cannot be duplicated. Our complete as sortments shown for the first this week. Cor. Fifth Ave. & Market St fe2Z-!CWT8U SOUVENIR SPOONS, ODD SPOONS, -AT- E. P. ROBERTS & SONS, FIFTH AYE. AND MARKET ST. BON BON TONGS, Almond Spoons. Butter Picks. xau-ioi-uwr Too Boozy to Horn An alarm of fire from box 131 was sent out at 8:45 o'clock last night for a fire on the roof of Lutz's old Lion Brewery, on Yinial street, Allegheny. The fire had been put out before the department arrived. Tbe losa was only trifling. 4' The Leading Cry Goods House. Pittsburg, Pa.. Monday, Feb. 23. ia JDB. HDRNE I ED.'S PENN AVE. STORES. SPRING WOOLENS. A riih and magniScent display of new 1891 Spring Dress Goods. The most exten sive lines, the greatest variety and seem. Ingly the most beautiful goods we have ever before shown to Pittsburg and Allegheny buyers. , This morning we show for the first the largest receipt of goods ever before opened at one time. Among the most interesting are the following, selected for special merit as to value or novelty. 40-inch Camel's Hair de Beige, in ten choice and new spring shades, at 50c a yard an extraordinary quality of goods for tha price. New All-wool. 33-inch Plaids and Checks at 60e a yard all new styles.and best color ings. New imported Plaids at 80s a yard 43 inches wide, new designs, bright colors, fully worth ?1. Ladies' Suitings, an entirely new line, light weights, best spring shades, CO inches wide, at 83c a yard fully worth 1 25. New '-Plaid Admirables." imported goods,new patterns, rich colorings. 42 inches wide and 95c a yard fully worth $1 25. New 50-inch Camel's Hair Beiges, extra fine texture, beautiful line of spring shades, including grays, tins, bines, etc., at 51 a yard should be $1 35. New French All-wool Gloria Cloths, in all new Paris shades, remarkable quality, at ?1 a yard 42 inches wide. New Diagonal Camel's Hair Cheviots, in mixture effects, 44 inches wide, rich new colorings, at SI 25 a yard. New 50-inch "Vigoreux" Suitings, in new patterns of plains and stripes, all new color ings, price $1 25 a yard. Complete new line of All-wool Grena dines, black ground with colored fancy stripes, 42 inches wide, at 51 25 and SI 60 a yard. New 44-inch Stripe Camel's Hair Suit ings at 51 25 a yard. New English style Tailor Suitings, in grays and tans, 48 inches wide, at ?1 35 a yard. New Camel's Hair Mixtures, in novel plaid effects, new spring colorings, 44 inches wide at 51 45 a yard. New line of Black and Navy Cachmire Suitings, 48 inches wide, in stripea and plaids formed of 'gold and silver silk threads, at $1 SO a yard. New 44-inch Camel'i Hair Plaids, in new design;, grays and colors, at 51 50 and 51 60 a yard. A new plain French Fabric, BASTILLE CLOTH, in ultra fashionable shades, 46 inches wide, at 51 35 and 51 50 a yard. New All-wool Frencb Crepons, extreme novelty, in latest Parisian shades, 42 inches wide, at 51 85 a yard. New line of Devonshire Serges, the popu lar English Dress Goods. New Camel's Hair Serges, with oval shaped tufts, an extreme novelty, in richest new shades, including flamme, ahlam, rus set, plstach and cornflower blue. New Camel's Hair RIbelines, in all beau tiful spring shades, both plain and herring- Done enects. Complete new line ot One English Suit ings. S3 inches wide, in Mrines. plaids and checks, entirely new designs. New Crepe Cloth, in rich colors, with carded wave stripes. New Silk and Wool Bengalines, in latest Parisian tints. New Wool Grenadines, with novel effects In shaggy tufts, rich and elrgant colors. New line of finest French Challies, most exquisite printings, in entirely new designs. "We eall especial attention to the above lines, being among the most interesting of the grand stock we are now showing. In quire for any of them in the Dress Good Department. JDS. HDRNE R ED., 609-621 PENN AVENUE.. f23 One of the special bargains in out Cloth Department is our line of NEW SPRING PLAIDS . At '25c. 25s plaids can be had at any itore, but these are exclusively our own, and cannot be equaled elsewhere. Another bargain more worthy of mention is our line ot 75c SEBGE3 At 50c. This reduction is made early on ac count or having but seven ahadea left, though they are sit new. URR E. WEIB5ER 435 M ARKET ST-r-43 rt0 T''ts J Iff ifXJ r i I . - f . J-ir ii j. i. i, t. &
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