E "" Ky T-, 79" THE PITt SBURG j 1- SECOHD PART. PAGES 9 TO 12. HRSTFOMRDRED Of the Hearings of Applications for License Gotten Through With in a Week. . INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR. Hearings Are Quiet, as the Old Of fenders HaTe Disappeared, BETTER CLASS OF APPLICANTS. The Judges DaTe Several Times Koted the Wonderful Change. COURT HAS ADJ0UE5ED TJKTIL MOKDAI The first week of License Court has proven Yery successful Irom a speed point of view. During the five days in which the court was in session 380 cases were disposed of, 78 on Monday, 73 on Tuesday, C5 on "Wednesday, CS on Thursday and 74 yesterday. The first 13 wards have been disposed of and 16 cases from the Fourteenth ward were heard. Only 538 cases were heard the first week last year. Yesterday's work began with the Twelfth ward and included the first part of the Fourteenth. The work was a little more rapid than on the previous day, though it was yet slow and uninteresting. There will be no session of the court to-day, but it will again open for business Monday'at 950 A. m. This session of the Allegheny county Li cense Court is only remarkable for its lack of interest Notwithstanding the regular appearance of Mr. Christv. the majority of the cases moTe along quietly, and that cen- .!...... AhiI. - ..- litftf. in l..n him hue Judge Magee has several times remarked at the better class of applicants who appear. Before the Brooks law went into effect the business was somewhat ran down, and for a while the old saloon keepers believed that they could continue in the business, no matter what their previous records may have been. Now, however, the majority of these cases have entirely disappeared, though once in awhile the Judges find an old ofiender who has the temerity to face them and apply for a license. There are also a great many of that class who find that violating the liquor laws don't pay any longer, and have re formed "for revenue only." "When the Judges find such cases they sometimes feel like favoring the applicant, for such peoplr usually understand how to keep'the law as well as how to break it. WORK OF THE MORNING. Another Case in "Which Mr. Christy's Infor mation Was Faulty A Way of Being in the Liquor lJnines Thinks His Single btatc Can lie Remedied. At the opening of court yesterday morning the P. B. Mohan case was taken up. It was alleged that his daughters tended bar, that he sold tc minors, and that he has no res taurant Mohan brought his daughters into court to testifv. Mr. Christy employed a detective to investigate, and his testimony was that there was no evidence to be found against the applicant. August Aiheiker wants a license tor 2S37 Penn avenue. Judge White Were you ever In the business? Applicant In a way. Judge White Were yon ever prosecuted T Applicant Yes; for selling without license four years ago. Judge White Why did your father-in-law apply for a license at the same place last year? Applicant I suppose it was because he wanted to cct into the liquor businexs. Joseph Agans, a new applicant fur2S!S Small man street; Chaile Urosky, licensed this year at 2734 i'enn avenue: Thomas Berger, new au plicant at 20C9 Feun avenue: Benedict Boehtu, licensed at 12CJJ Small man street, and William Hartley, new applicant at 2b00 Feuu avenue, bad no trouble. A physician's certificate was offered In the case of John Bush, now licensed at 2S12 Fenn avenue, who is sick, A Good ltemedy Suggested. Frederick Bergman, Nos. 2S15 and 2817 Lib erty avenue, works in a brewery. He takes an cizbth of beer home weekly. David J. Berry, who wants to run a saloon at 2S30 Penn avenue, got alone very well, except that Iip int nianie'l. His attorney thought that might be remedied. i ujiu.i9 ciai K, thiec years licensed at 2553 l'enn avenue, feolomor. Cohen, new applicant for 2620 aaiallman street, and John Corbett, a new applicant fur 526 Jones avenue, bad no trouble. Charles Campbell wants a retail license at IJ27 Penn aveuue. At riresent he is employed at a bottlinc shop at 2001 I'enn atenur. Judge White Were ion not prosecuted for alleged liquor selling? Applicant Yes; but nothing ever came of it. Matthew Discbncr is a new applicant for 2S04 l'enn avenue. 1 fie place is now run by Mrs. Nichol and is a reputeii speak-easy. Attorney C F. McKenna This is a good chance to exchange a bad bouse for a good one. Jnuse White But there are so many cood houses there now. The applicant looks like a fair man. Applicant I always try to be honest, Your Honor. Daniel Dillon hat applied the last two years for a license at 1918 l'enn avenue. He has a boardiug house there now. , A Few Very Easy Cases. Christian G. Dillon, anew applicant, for 2210 Tenn avenue; P. J. Donnelly, now licensed at S0C3 Penn avenue; John Lscberich, now licen-ed at 2716 Penn avenue, and William Flmn, new applicant, for 191S Penn avenue, all got alone well. Michael Kanley applies for 2019 Penn avenue, where II. Iccli was refused last year. Judge White Don't you drink a good deal yourself? Applicant I take a drink occasionally. Juoce White Don't you set drunk? Applicant Well, only occasionally. Judge White Won't Leech assist you If you get a license? Applicant I haven't considered that. Your Honor. Aodrew ilise, a pripman. wants to get his gTip on a license for 253 Jones avenue. hen Thomas Ileatheote appeared to be fwnrna little woman of about 40 vcars rushed u; and tooE a chair close to Mr.. Christy. l"Miirtc moved to O'Hara township some time ago. juu. White When you moved to O'Hara township where did you leave your wife? Applicant In the Greenwood Cemetery, Your Honor. Judge bite But ou had another wife? Applicant She claimed to be. Judge White You lived with her as yonr wife. Applicant Yes, sir. t-ays She Turned Him Away. Jndce White Did you turn herolf ? Applicant She turned me off. Judge While Where is she now? Applicant In court. Your Honor. Judge Whilo D.in't you drink a good deal? Applicant 1 din.k some. Judge White Don't you occasionally get under the influence of liquor? Applicant Shehily so. J udee White This man who admits to hav ing lived with this woman as bis wife is cer tainly not of rood moral character. Attorney Rowano He swore that he was married to her and applied for a divorce. They had agreed to live as man and wite and thought that was marriage. Judge Slaale decided that there was not enough evidence of marriage and dismissed the divorce case. The woman had no occasion to say anything, 1 u: watched the proceedings closely, and when it .ias all over walked out with a more than latisfied smile. Otto Hennecke encountered a remonstrance asralnst the granting of a license for bis plaoe, 9011 bmallman street, or any other on that sireet. Patrick Hanlen, a new man tor 2600 Fenn avenue, had an easy time. David Jones was the third colored applicant of the session. He wants to keep at 2822 Penn avenue. lie says be bad never been before tbe bar. He Speaks Several languages. Frank Klvlatkowski wants to open a place at 2005 Fenn avenue. It is, now a clear and pool room. He says be wants to keep a place for people wbo can't speak; English, as be can speak several languages. George Koch, now licensed at 2703, wants to continue. John Bi Lynch has been licensed two years at 2593 Fenn avenue. He says he serves 25 meals daily. Mr. Christy You say tht you have had a restaurant all year. Applicant No, sir. My wife was sick and we had no restaurant from July to January. John B. Lynch applies for 2715 Fenn avenue. Tbe man-ahead of him In that place is alleged to have run a bad bouse. At tbls Juncture court adjourned for dinner, after having disposed of 29 cases. AFTERNOON HEARINGS. Bailroad Men Want a Place to Get Warm Meals A General Protest Filed by Thirteenth. Ward Resident A Neighbor in Court. At the afternoon hearings "William Magealson was the first applicant to face the music He wants to open up at 2731 Penn avenue. Bailroad men have asked him to start a place where they can get hot meals at any time they may come in from tbeir runs. Carl Martz, after having been twice re fused, makes another try for 2712 Penn avenue. Judge White You sold in 1SS9 without a license. Marti No; it was In 1890 that 1 was prose cuted. I haven't sold any after February 1890. Judge White Tbe serious objection is that be sold without a license after having been to fnsed in 1SS9. Thomas Maronev, No. 8001 Penn avenue, wants a renewal. Frank McCann is a brick maker who would like to lay away some golden bricks out of the saloon Dullness at 2202 Penn avenue. John McCaffrey wants to open at 2S58 Small man street. He has never before applied, but his father, now dead, and brother have been in the business. He has a one-sixth interest in bis father's property, and pays $75 a month rent, Judce White Then all the brothers would be interested in it. McCaffrey No, sir; I will have the lease if I got the license. Now Has Uphill Work. Patrick McKenna has been refused two years, bnt asks again for 2SO Penn avenue. He keeps a shoestore. "It's uphill work with me," be said, 'Tm not a shoemaker and know nothing about it." Thomas Parry, 2852 Penn avenue, was unsuc cessful last year, bnt hopes to do better this year. Mr. Christy Wasn't he accused of selling on Sunday in 1SSST Attorney W. L Porter One Sunday while he was away at a funeral someone in the house carried liquor away. I suppose he was legally responsible, but it was not his offense. William Payne wants to dispense pain killer at No. 2K9 Penn avenue. Herman Raddatz wants a license for 2628 Smallman street, where be was an unsnccesstul applicant last year. Edward Riley wants a license at 228 Smallman street. Thomas C. Rafferty now keeps at 2321 Penn avenue. John Stewart was in business 16 years and wants to make it 17. He now has a wholesale license and wants to retail at 2323 Penn avenne. Judge White What were your receipts last year? Applicant Abont $15,000. Judge White You bottled mostly, didn't you? Annlieant Some of it. Judce White You peddled bottled beer? Applicant When wo naa oraers we filled them. Wholesaling by Retail. Philip Schultz hoees to continue in business at 2516 Penn avenue. John Sherlock wants to open at 1919 Pnn avenue. He is a drygouds man. Josephine Schuman after three wants a license at 2003 Penn kvenne. refusals I Judze White You sold without a license? Applicant 1 had to, i'onr Honor. Judge White Then why did you quit the last year. James Tulte is in the wholesale business on Smallman street and now wants to open retail at 3057 Penn avenue. Judce White Why did you leave Smallman street? Applicant I bad a tilt with the School Board. They tried to have my license revoked. Judce White You were accused of selling illegally? Applicant Yes, sir. Judge White You bottled beer? Applicant Yes. sir. Judge White Was there any drinking done on the premises? Applicant There was, but not now. Judge White You had a room there? Applicant Yes, but I shut it up. Frank Usiak has done nothing for two months and wants to break in on bis vacation bv onening up at 2S07 Liberty avenue. "Edward Wagner, a grocer, wants a license for 2S07 Libertv avenue. John Williams wants to continue at 2339 and 2S1L A General Remonstrance Filed. Julius Arndwas the first man in the Thir teenth ward, and wants a place at 420 Thirty third street. He faced a remonstrance against all saloons on that street on account of the ward school being so close. Aueust Drosdow ski's application reads for 422 Thirty-third sireet, and it should have been 434. Judge White We can't give you alicense for 434 when your application reads 422. Richard J. Donovan's proposed saloon is at 433 Thirty-third street. c l. 1- TT-. Mrs. Sarah K. Hammill applied in 1SS9. skipped 1890 and applied this year for Brereton avenue and Thirtv-third street. Judse White Yon were prosecuted for sell inc without a license. Applicant But you've got satisfaction. You've kept me out of a license for three years. Judge White tVbat have you been doing tbe past two years. Applicant In 1S89 1 kept a grocery and bave had roomers the pastroar. I was compelled to violato the liquor laws to keep my aged mother and three small children. A petition from citizens was submitted. "P. A. Keilgallon wants to serve the public at 423 Tbirtj-tlurd street. William Michel applies for273 Center avenne. He offered a petition from some of his friends. Mr. Christy Air. T. J. Hamilton, a neighbor, wants to state his objections. A Neighbor Who Objects. Mr. Hamilton I havo lived within two doors of these tor a number of years. When there there was a saloon before it was a nuisance. A restaurant is not necessary. John J. Phillips is a prompter for dances and wants to open a saloon at Thirty-third street aud Millwood avenue. He also said he was a drnni-iuajor. Judge White That is. you play in the band? Applicant Not exactly. Judge White Who occupies the place now? Applicant Mrs. Kohlcr. a mother-in-law of mine. William G. Plender wants a license at 329 Thirty-third street Frank Reineker has hopes for 96 Hcrron avenue. Gottfried Schittler's pneumonia keeps him from the court. Judge White I make no remarks about this case, but the other day we bad a certificate from a physician saying that a man was sick, and learned afterward, that he was on the street the ine day. John W. Wood thinks his restaurant at Thir-tv-thirdbtreetandMaclson avenue is a cood place to put in a bar. He says he has serted from 45 to 50 meals daily. A remonstrance was filed against this man. This closed the Thir teenth ward. Opening the Fourteenth Ward. William H. Boyle seenred a license in the Eleventb ward last year and wants to move to the Fourteenth, 572 Fifth avenue. Bernard Burns wants to open up at 61 and 63 Bates street, where he has been refused two years. Judge White When were you prosecuted? Applicant Never, air. Judge White Why were yon refused a li cense? Applicant I don't know. Judge White Was there never information made acalnst you? Applicant Yes; for selling liquor without a license, but I never was prosecuted. Samuel Bennett says bis saloon and restaur ant at 812 Second avenue has done well and will continue with the Judges' permission. Christopher Balz wants to open up at 566 Fifth aveuue. John J. Cain -wants a license for Forward and Sylvan avenues, where his mother now keeps groceries. Judge White She also has liquid groceries In ber stock? Applicant No. sir. Judge White She used to. When did she quit? Applicant Over a year aeo. George Collins is a contractor, but would rather be a saloon keeper at 710 Fifth avenue. I Dennis Carroll was refused a license last year, but trys again at Forbes and Brady streets. Didn't Tell His Qualities. Michael R. Collins wants a retail license at 800 Second aveuue. ' Judge White Why were you refused last year? Applicant I suppose it was because I didn't tell the Court my good qualities. William T. Clary has had experience In a rolling mill and thinks he could roll whisky barrels into place at 485 Forbes street. Thomas J. Casey wants to open up at 533 Lustln street. He was prosecuted in 1889 for selling without a license, and admitted It Jndge White There is less downneht lying this year than two years ago. perhaps it Is be cause they know we aro posted. Tbe class of men this year has been an Improvement over other years, but there are still some evils we must correct. It we could eet clear of about one-half who have licenses now I think we could fill their places to a great deal better ad vantage. John F. Dlnsel applies for a license at 689 Fifth avenue. Christ Dunn wants alicense at 792 Second avenue. John A. Dickson's bar and restaurant is at 83 Lustln street. Another Church Objects. Christian Foernaler has applied twice for a license at 944 Fifth avenue, and is trying again this year. Adam Fuss was refused twice in the Twenty third ward and now applies for S933 Forbes street. The church people bardby have entered a protest. His proposed saloon is on Forbes street and the church is on Fifth avenue. Darby Finnerty wants to open at Second avenue and Brady streets. This was the last hearing of the day. and court closed until Monday morning at 9:30. It was stated yesterday that Frederick Kelfer bad been refused a license at 231 Center avenue three times in succession. Ho has uever before applied in tbis county, but has heretofore kept a tavern at Indiana, Fa, He offered good letter from the Jndge and members of the bar of that county. THE WBONG BEPTJTATIOff. B. C. Christy Objects to the Idea That He Can Bo Bought. Attorney B. C. Christy has issued a card to the public regarding his connection with the License Court. It reads: "It having come to my knowledge that cer tain persons have alleged that for a considera tion I have atrreed to inform the court of the misdeeds of some of the license applicants and suppress information concerning others and aid their applications, I have to say that the statement is only one-half true. I have, for a consideration, agreed to inform the court of the misdeeds of certain applicants, and In addition to this in every case In which I have .information I bave honestly informed tbe court of the same whether I am paid for It or not. Bnt neither living man nor dead ghost can truthfully say that I bave in any way, directly or Indirectly, agreed, either expressly or impliedly, to suppress any fact within my knowledge concerning any applicant on the list. And further, if any reputable citizen knows anything detrimental to the character of the applicant or bis place, and will furnish me with the Information, I will so inform the court. Or they can make it known to the court, themselves." ANDREW CARNEGIE and other Million aires contribute for THE DISPATCH to morrow an interesting symposium on the question, "Does Wcath Bring Happiness? HEW WKINKLES OALOEE. A List of Patents for the Week Granted to Inventors Near By. O. D. Levis, patent attorney, 131 Fifth avenue, furnishes the following list of new patentB just issued to "Western Pennsyl vania, Eastern Ohio and West Virginia in ventors: Henry Aiken. Pittsburg, shears; Btophen Bailey, Ansonla, 0 whifUetree; Emmet N. Barber, Kent, O., lumber measure; Richard Burkley, Sodom', O., dericelor attaching horse shoes; Lorenzo D. Corser, Ebensburg, leveling attachment for harrows; Cath erine Deiner, Lebanon, Pa., rolling pin; William O. Dunbar. Altoona. dust and luhri- I cant cuard for journal boxes: William O. Eicb. Karmonsburg, Fa., mechanical movement; Juno IV. fiisuauari. luib, lei-uu auu taike-up mechanism for looms; Abraham O. Frick, Waynesburg, cash recorder; Robert Gracy. Allegheny, vehicle shaft; John Green, Renova, Pa., assignor of one-halt to W. L. Holman and J. M. Cord, car coupling; Calvin Jackson, Jacksonnald, Pa., ballot box; Israel Landes, Lancaster, hedge; Georce W. bnaman, Jr., Allegheny, combined trunk and bed: Robert A. Stewart, Allegheny, underground conduit for electric railways; J. F. Wynkoop, Corsica, Pa., clothes dryer; P. M. Hunt, Pittsburg, California catarrh cure trade mark; William II. HalL Tiffin, connecting rod for brick machines: same, tender, frame and rake bead; Daniel D. Funck, Springfield, O., borse hay rake; Henry J. Colburn, Toledo, variety wood worker; William H. Crittenden, Belden, O., road scraper; Clark M. Bnrstln, Bryan, O., book mark. LAURA GKEEN'S DIVOECE ETJIT. Its Trial Began Before the New Yerk Su preme Court Yesterday. New Yobk, March 20. In the Snpreme Court special term to-day, the trial of Mrs. Laura E. Green's suit foranabsolute divorce from Douglass Green, the former partner of Commodore Bateman, in Wall streot, was begun. Greer, created a sensation by eloping with Mrs. MacBae, and is now living in Europe. He never put in any answer to the suit. The plaintiff offered two witnesses. Their evi dence being insufficient, Judge O'Brien ad journed the case in order to secure further evidence. THE BOO CANAL IS PEEIL. General Foe, the Government Engineer, Sent for at Detroit. Satjlt Ste. Maeie, March 20. General Foe, of Detroit, has been sent for and will arrive here to-day. If the leak in the canal is not stopped immediately the whole coffer dam, which has cost the Government $250, 000, is in danger, and if it should break there will be no more work on the new "Soo" canal for another year. A pile driver is at work this morning placing sheet piling on the inside to hold solid material which is now being packed in the cofferdams. CARPENTER tells some good stories abont famous men in THE DISPATCH to morrow. PBOPOSED HXI5018 LAWS. Several Important Bills Introduced In the Lower House. SPBHtOFiELD, III., March 20. In the Honse to-day the following bills were intro duced: Making 2 cents per mile the maximum passenger rate to be charged on all railroads in the State; for the employment of convicts, in the State penitentiary in the construc tion of permanent roadways; creating a State insurance department to have charge of insurance matters now cared for by the State Auditor. ESI6ANDAGE STILL EXISTS. A Cuban Touth Kidnaped and Held for a Heavy Ransom. Havaita, March 20. Notwithstanding the strincent measures recently taken by the Government to suppress brigandage in Cuba, kidnaping is still carried on at in tervals. Tbe latest work of tbe bandits was tbe carrying off of a youth near Santa Clara, wbo was kept in captivity until his friends had paid the ransom of $510 demanded by his captors. Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett . Contributes to the 20-page Easter number of tbe New York Ledger, issued March 21, a touching sketch, entitled "Eight Ilittle Princes," right in the line of her "Little Lord Fauntleroy." Amelia E. Barr starts ,'A Sister to Esau," a Scotch semi. George uancrolt writes "A Day With Lord Byron." Amy Randolph, Doctor Felix Oswald. Jean ilson de Meza and Helen M. North are otber contributors. i ITTSBUEG, SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 189L THE HEART OF INDIA. A Week in Meywar, Oldest Inde pendent State in the Country. HOSPITALITY Of! A NATIVE KIKG. The Customary Means of Locomotion in tbe Interior Districts. DISC0VJ5KI OP A TBEITABLE TERICE I have spent the last week in Heywar, the the oldest independent State in India, whose successive capitals of Chitor and TJdaipnr havo played such a leading part in Indian history for the past 1,300 years, writes W. S. Camil from Mount Abu to the London Pall Mall Budget. Allan and I have been the guests of His Highness, the Maharana, who wrote to me some months ago invit ing me to visit his beautitul and ro mantio capital, which lies in the t lioart rtf T?o??ifM,i 'MpO miles from rail or telegraph. The modern town, en circled by a crene lated wall, lies at the foot of a steep rock, rising 500 feet from the plain, on the snmmit of which, a tableland three miles Ion?. .half a mile wide, are the splendid ruins of the great Eajpnt city, de stroyed by Akbar in the middle of the H. H. Maharann "" century Fitch Sing. The preeipitons edge of the rock is entirely surrounded by a line of embattled ramparts, flanked by the great ronnd towers, and the summit Is only accessible by one long winding road, defended by seven gates, now in ruins, but all hallowed by traditions of fierce struggles and deeds of yalor in the many sieges of Chitor. In the thirteenth century Ala-uddin, Em peror of Delhi, stormed Chitor, and 8,000 Kajput warriors died fighting along this mile of gateways, while their women per formed the awful sacrifice of Johur. The subterranean rooms of the palace were filled with combustibles, and all the women of Chitor, led by Queen f admani and the royal princesses, entered the upper rooms, burning themselves alive rather than fall into the hands of tbe accursed Mussulman, their husbands perishing in tbe last rally, leaving nothing but a silent city of the dead for the triumphant victor to enter. The Best Road In India. The road from Chitor to TJdaipnr is 70 miles in length,-and is one of the best in Iudi3. constructed by Mr. G. T. Williams, the able State engineer, who has done much to develop the resources and communica tions of Meywar during the last 20 years. It runs through primitive India, practically unchanged ior 15 centuries. It is a busy road, crowded with traffic, every 100 yards bringing some new interest to a Euronean traveler. Nothing gives more delight in traveling through rural India tbau the bird life that abounds everywhere; absolutely unmolested, they are as tame as a poultry yard, making the country one vast aviary. Yellow-beaked minas, ring doves, jays hoopoes and parrots take dust baths with toe merry squirrels in the roadway, hardly troubling themselves to hop out of the way of the heavy bnll carts; every wayside pond and lake is alive with ducks, wild geese, flamingoes, pelicans, ana waaers oi every 5SWvC---s. size and sort, from y'tO:Svr dainty red -legged MlK beanties the size of ' V ,V- ?A -: . tr. .- I i 1 unwieldy cranes and adjutants five Ueh'" WeP?fs.sJJai MehtaPanna Lai. a dead sheep, with a.E.,Dcwanof Mey two loathsome vnl- tear, tures picking over the carcass, and presently a brood of fllufty young partridges, with father and mother in charge, look at us fear lessly within ten feet of our carriage. Every village has its flock of sacred peacocks pacing gravely through the surrounding gardens and fields, and jvoodpeckers or kingfishers flash about like jewels in the blazing sunlight. The traffic between the capital and the station at Chitor is marvellous and mis cellaneous. We traveled in state in a car riage sent over ior us by tbe Maharana, horsed through by the "mail agent" in shifts of about six miles. We galloped from stage to staee, the driver blowing a furious horn, and covered the 70 miles in just seven hours. The hones are little fellows about 13 hands, more like wildcats than horse', and furnished more accomplished jibbers, kickers and shyers than I have ever seen in all my life before. One pair fought like demons the whole stage; we christened the pair "Parnell and Healy," and took it as a good omen that we got safely through. Ordinary means of locomotion. The ordinary passenger traffic is done by mail tonga, taking 12 hours, bullock cart's taking three days, and on every sort of four footed beast, camels, horses, mules, buffaloes and cows. Ve saw one family of lour jog ging along on a fine dun cow, whose horns were painted vermilion in honor of the oc casion. Of camels there were plenty. They seemed very frequently overloaded, as it was a common sight to see some poor beast down under its burden, with a woolly baby camel making piteous moans over its suffer ing mother. They often carry two. riders, and we passed a countryman leading about a wife and sister, aged ladies wbo veiled their charms as we drove by, a modest cus tom which in. Kajputana is now only hon ored by the old and homely, the young ladies generally laughing in your face, in all the glitter of their beautiful white teeth and pendant nose rings. Of foot passengers there was no end. The Bajput, however poor, is a noble and war like sight. His dignity eannot leave home word, two or three venerable horse-pistols, Mr" ff ' a i I t T Wi M lr SJ ' fMIl wL II fi M UV ) mm mm A Bister and a Wife. and 14 pounds of old iron in the form of a matchlock is hiB smallest panoply; his tur ban is the gayest and jauntiest in India, his beard parted in the middle and brushed fiercely back like the whiskers oi a Japanese dragon. He is a peaceable, polite gentle man enouzb. but if India is ever driven with her back to tbe. wall by foreign foe the Baj-X pnt is still ready for Johur, and wonld make the bravest soldiers in the world. As we got among the Aravali mountains we passed occasional companies of fierce black-locked Bheels, the untamed aborigines of tbe dis trict, armed with bow and arrows, without which they never leave their mountain huts; the women in red dresses, with colored lac bangles from wrist to armpit. They are mighty hunters, and will even attack tigers, dispatching them with their arrows, long reeds tipped with eight or nine inches of forged iron; they form a large section of the population, and claim the right for a Bheel to hand the emblems of royalty to anew Maharana at his coronation. A Venice In India's Heart. TJdaipnr is the loveliest city in India. It is placed on the banks of a superb sheet of artificial water, abont four miles long by three wide, narrowing at one end into a river-like bay half a mile long, on both shores of which the citv stands, the vast palace dominating the entrance. No other city I have ever seen has any resemblance, but it is like the Grand Canal of Venice translated to Lake Como. The tank, called the pichola lake, was made byTJdai Sing about A. D. 1570, and is dammed up by a huge bund, or embankment, formed of two solid granite walls, 90 feet high, from 16 to 24 feet thick, 100 yards apart, the space be tween being filled in with clay and planted as a beautiful garden. The dam is 340 yards long, the lake is full of fish, and alligators and turtles abound, basking at noonday on tbe shores and islauds. No boats are permitted on the lake, ex cept a few belonging to the Maharana, which were at our disposal; and we ex plored every corner of the lovely lake, and its marbie-palaced islands, the finest oi A Family Farty En Rout: Jot Jfdaipur. which is the Jagmandir, built in A. D. 1630 as a residence for the exiled Prince, after ward the Emperor Shah Jehan, who at the time was plaving the part of Absalom. This fairy-like is'iand has additional interest from having been a" haven of refuge to the English fugitives from Neemuch and In dore during the mutiny in 1857, where they were most hospitably entertained in its white marble palaces by our staunch friend and ally, Maharana Saurup Sing. The view oi the city from the lake issimply en chanting, and no words can do justice to it the vast palace rising terrace upon terrace, with a facade of half a mile, the topmost pinnacles 300 feet above the water; beyond it the snow-white temple of Jaeganath dominating the white city, whose founda tionspre marble palaces and gbats.and whose roof is 100 marble shrines, all bathed in the rosy light of tbe Indian sunset sky; and, doubled in the glassy surface of the lake, is the picture of dream-like beauty which Mr. Allan hopes to bring home with him on canvass, and which is imprinted on my own memory in imperishable colors. His Highness the Maharana at Home. The .day after our arrival we paid a visit to his Hiehness Maharana Fatell Singh, G. C. S. I., the chief of this venerable feudal State, the seventy-eighth in lineal descent of the oldest dynasty in Indis, dating from the sixth century, the only one that never submitted to the yoke of the Mughal, and that never married a daughter to its Em perors. He is a demigod of the Hindu pantheon, and is an object of worship. He is the representative ot the ancient solar race, and the lineal descendant of a triple royal line, coming down in direct line from Kama, the legendary hero of the great Hindu epic, from the' Sassanian Kings of Persia, and from the Roman Cassars. His crest is the sun, and he is always painted with an aureole. He is the Vice Regent of Siva and a Grand Commander of the Staroflndiai In reality.he is a handsome courteous Indian gentleman, the boldest rider and keenest sportsman in the empire, a shrewd, carelul statesman, whodevotessix or seven hours of close work daily to the affairs of his 2,000,000 subjects and his 61 feudatory nobles. I had two private audi ences with him of over an hour, and on tak ing my leave he gave me his portrait, which Mr. Allan has made a sketch of. He takes a close interest in all that is going on at home, and wanted to Know all ahout home rule rule and the Parnell trouble. He lives a .quiet, simple life, neither drinks nor smokes, is the husband of one wife, and a pattern to his nobles of all the domestic virtues. He is beloved by all his people, and enjoys the unlimited confi dence of the Viceroy and his council. His palace is undoubtedly the most striking and majestic in India. It is entered from the mam bazaar of the city by a huge gateway nnoninf nnton a wide terrace overhanging the park, supported by a triple row of arches. The Celebration of a Birthday. Our first visit was on the Maharana's 40th birthdav, and this terrace was thronged with a gav and brilliant crowd of nobles, retainers, 'horsemen and elephants, and on the noble flight of marble steps leading np to the palace door were 300 or 40C boys, the scholars of the Maharana's High School, in silks and turbans of every color of the rain bow, come with their masters to present an address of congratulation. The main por tions of the palace are from 300 to 400 years old, and the apartments are maintained as they were in the sixteenth century. The antechamber to the Maharana's reception room., hung with tapestries and car peted with the fineit loom-work ot India, thronged with nobles and courtiers, was like a scene irom. me "ArjianNights." At tne Maharana's orders, ' we were conducted through all the state apart ments, which were on the topmost story, grouped round beautiful gardens. It W3s wonderfnl, after climbing staircase after staircase, to come out on gard ens brifrht with flowers and srjark- lidg fountains,! shaded by great orange trees, sur- ronnnea witn wmuiihi,.ji. ah... marble arcades and amal Das.Poet Law cupolas. tate, Udaipur. Our guide, philspher and friend during, our visit was the court historian and poet laureate, Mahamabopadhya Shyamal Das the long prefix signifying "Oh Great! oh, Greatest of the Learned 1" a cnltivated old Kajput, with long white beard, most pic turesquely dressed in green silk coat, white muslin sasb, turban and trousers. He has just completed a comprehensive history of Meywar, in lour volumes of 800 pages each. A slight cold. If neglected, often attacks the lungs. .Brown's Bronchial Troches irlye sure and Immediate relleri Sold only in boxes. 1'rlce M cents. ' Ladles, Don't Miss RoGenbanm & Co. 'a grand 'Baiter opening to-day.' It will surprise yon. I rri WW Utt UJ u mm ,v' mxAmxm ITS EFFECT ON IRON. If Prolonged, the Coke. Strike Will Make Many Furnaces Idle. THE CONDITION GROWING WORSE. Railroad Concessions No Longor the Key to tba Situation. OPERATORS HOT ANXIOUS. TO RESUME rsritcuLi.Tii,zauJi to tbi dispatcb.! New Castle; March 20. The condition oi affairs at present among the fnrnaces in this city is even worse than at the time the Mahoning and Shenango Valley furnacemen shut down their furnaces, and thus emphasized in a most determined manner their declaration that they were unable to withstand any longer the outrages that were being inflicted upon their industry by the railroads and the coke combine. It seems that the responsi bility for the fnrther continuance of the shutdown movement has shifted from the railroad companies to the coke combine, as a result of the prevailing coke strike in the Connellsville region. Tbis statement must not be understood to mean that the railroad companies have seen the error of their way and granted tbe earnestly requested reduc tions in freight charges, hut rather that the important key to the solntion of the shut down among the valley furnaces now de pends on the result of the strike, The Effects of a Prolonged Strike. Should the strike continue ior more than a reasonable length of time, say until May 1, withont important change, every ton of coke in the hands of fnrnaees will be used, and the forced idleness that mnst ensue will create a scarcity of iron. Even an extraor dinary advance in tbe price of iron now would not permit the furnaees to resume un less the manufacture of coke was resumed. This condition was not so when the ques tion of solution lay within the power ot the railroads. Iron, as a result of a scarcity of the product, might advance to not mnch more than a profitable basis when some fnr naces wonld be found willing to return to Work, so long as they conld seenre fuel with which to operate their furnaces. Thus it is seen that, not only the question of resump tion lies wholly now within the power of the coke combine, bnt the important ques tion whether or not the railroads should be given traffic lies also within the power of this giant monopolv. The truth of this statement is seen from the condition of affairs among the fnrnaces in this city, now and at the time when the solution of the vexed question ws,s in tne will of the railroads. Not Bound by Association 'Boles. None of the fnrnaces here are members of the Mahoning and Shenango Valley Iron Manufacturers' Association, and are, there fore, not bound by any rules to cease mak ing iron. ' Again, the conditions governing tbe con sumption of their product permitted their operating, despite the claims of tbeir neigh boring manufacturers of high-price'd coke and excessive freight charges. Under these favorable conditions they were not in the least affected by the shut-down movement; but at present those fnrnaces that cannot secure coke have been compelled to close down, thus showing that .the influence of the coke strike is vastly more extensive and far-reaching than the influence of the rail roads over tbe market. At tbe Etna furnaces of P. L. Kimberly & Co. one stack is in operation, as is also the furnace of Rainey & Berger. Both these companies are getting their coke either from Vf. J. Rainey or ope of the small independent operators that are mak ing coke at present. The Etna people are greatly assisted in operating owing to the fact that they con sume the product of their furnaces- in their own mills; and in the case of the 'Rainey & Berger firm, they manufacture a superior grade of foundry iron, uxiequaled, probably, as regards quality by any other make in the country. Some Furnaces That are Idle. They have practically no competition, and ship their iron as far as Boston. The fact, however, stands out boldly, that if they were nnable to seenre coke they, also, would be idle. The Crawford Iron and Steel Company and the Rosena turnace: of Oliver Iron and Steel Company are idle, owing to their ina bility to secure supplies of coke. There is practically no iron held at the furnace yards here. At the Rosena fur naces what iron is now stored in the yard is being loaded aud shipped to tbe firm's Woods' Run mill, Pittsburg. All compa nies, however, have very large stocksof ore and limestone. The sales of ore to furnaces in this city have been extremely light so far this year, and notwithstanding the fact that the price of superior ore has fallen from $1 to $1 SO per ton below last year, buyers do not appear anxious to cover their wants, and are simply biding their time, waiting until tbe strike is settled. Railroad interests hereabonts have also been seriously affected by the restricted traffic offering, and the number of idle cars lying along the different railroad sidings leading into the city is very large. Many Empty Can on the Sidings. Several train loads of loaded ore cars ean also be seen, and when I spoke to a fnrnace man here in thisregard hesaid the loaded cars were probably intended originally for Valley furnacemen, but when tbe shut down move ment was decided upon the furnacemen re futed to receive them. Contracts with the ore companies were annulled owing to tbe financial condition of many of the fnrnaces, and not being able to pay for the ore. The matter has been hanging fire since, owing to the abnormal depression both in the pig iron industry and other traffic. It is expected, however, that a lively time will be wit nessed when bills for damage are .presented. Since tbe qnestion of whether the furnaces will soon resume or not lies wholly on the probable duration and outcome of.the strike, tbe early settlement of the trouble is sin cerely hoped for. It is said that even shonld the workmen decide to return, a resumption wonld probably be delayed by the operators in order to cause furnaces to bank and pro duce a scarcity of iron, Which, In turn, will cause prices to advance, and probably in duce pig iron manufacturers to modify their demand for cheaper coke. Many conditions always arising may in fluence these probable results, and at tbe present writing the duration and outcome of the coke trouble is hard to-conjectnre. C. J. K. BITJKKAT has sent bright, short Inter views -with people who drift to New York. Itead to-morrow's big DISPATCH. Trusses. Trusses carefally fitted and satisfaction guaranteed at Artificial Limb Mfg. Co. 's, 909 Pertn avenue, Pittsburg, Pa. Open on Sat urday evening. Highest Novelties In Millinery, Jackets, snits and neckwear at Roienbsum & Co.'s opening to-day. B.&B. Easter Gloves monsqnetairei and Biar ritz, all the shades in "suede" and dressed kid, 75c, 95c, ?1 25, Jl 50. Come Saturday for these. Bogos&Bchl. Mek's kid walking gloves. JA11ES H. AIKEN & Co., 100 Fifth avenue. The People's Store, Fifth Avenue. See our special offering in dry goods to day. . , Campbell & Dies. THE SHAW it Yesterday's, Meeting of the Western Pennsylvania Central Mining Institute. A ' LONG, ACRIMONIOUS MD SPICY DEBATE. The Attacks on the Shaw Signaling and Teat System Vigorously Defended by Its Author Poisonous Gases in Mines, and Their Detection The Philadelphia Hining Engineer On His JTettle An Interesting. Paper Bead by Him Backed Dp by Expert Theoretical and Practical Work of the Two Sessions. , The system of mining, signaling and gas testing of Thomas Shaw, mining engineer, was the subject of disenssion at the meeting of the "Western Pennsylvania Central Min ing Institute, which opened its session in the Court House yesterday in the room formerly devoted, to license application hearings. President Hugh McMurray, mine boss, of the West End, presided, and Secretary Sedden had his hands full in fol lowing the discussion1, which was animated at times. After the chair had counseled members not to chew or smoke tobacco during the session, Mr. Shaw unlimbered in shortime. He began by a spirited attack on the Col liery Engineer, of Scranton, one of the editors of which, Knfus J. Poster, was pres ent. Mr. Shaw said tbe Engineer had en deavored to delight a certain lot of old fogies and obstrnotionists by attacking his system for the protection of miners' lives. Charges Against a Mining Journal. He charged that the proprietors of the Engineer had attacked him with an earnest ness bordering on malice, and not only that, bat boasted their intention to fight tbe Shaw machine and urge parties if they expected to get on the right side of the operators, to write articles against the Shaw safety system; that they issued circulars to all papers in the State and all menlbers of the House of Representatives, and had be come tbe mos"t active agents in tbe State for a certain class of operators who are so wedded to old fofcy ideas as to oppose the slight expense, the maximum of which would be within one-fourth ofl percent, for the safety equipment, which expense could be put on the consumer by adding 2 cents on the price of a ton of coal,and to which no consumer would object when he knew it was to protect the miners from the most fearful disaster that besets his calling and has cost over 100,000 deaths in the mining world and annihilated over 200 men in our own State within a few months, as well as protect the property of the operator. Mr. Shaw read telegrams and letters to show that he conld not get a hearing in the Col liery Engineer. To draw it mildly, this correspondence might be called spicy, sar castic, ironical, and very much to the point at times. Mr. Shaw's arguments are as follows: A Flat Contradiction of Criticisms. Bnt for the benefit of those who are not posted In the controrersy, I propose to make answer and treat the snbject with all grarity. last the same as if answering a reasonable ob jection, and will treat all that part of the ar ticle first that refers to my proposed "safety srstem likely to cause great loss of life." etc. Here Is where the paper shows wbatlbellere to be malice and prejudice, or else great igno- ranco of the snbject which it undertakes to treat in a supposed scientific manner, as it never once refers to the old Bysteni of tests by the lamp in nnlversal nse. except where sab. stituted by my test instrument. Tbe paper seems totally Ignorant of tbe one great fact which I brought to prominent notice In my lectures to the mining engineers, etc.. "that in detecting dangerous gases with the lamp test, tbe observer can be immersed'in an atmosphere laden with lcnltlble gases f ally 50 per cent toward tbe ignltlble line, without any positive evidence ot its existence in the lamp; and that tbe observer with bis lamp test can be immersed in an atmosphere of choke damp C. O. and C. 0. 2., 80 per cent toward tbe death line withont any positive evidence of its presence. ft Is because of this bicblv dangerous character of tbe lamp test that I saw it was utterly incompetent to give timely warnlnes of tbe presence of dangerous gases that Induced me make many thousands of tests and numcrons experlments.and bad tbe final gratification of solving tbe one great prob lem of causing these dangerons gases to submit to instrumental control, so that the most un skilled can determine quickly the presence of dangerons gases in the most positive manner to tbe slightest fraction, bringing tbis Invisible enemy of the miner out Into most positive presence. Claims of Indorsement for Accuracy. Tbls invention has been submitted to the most severe and crucial tests of the highest scientific authorities, and has received the highest possible indorsements for accuracy, practicability and novelty, as it was new to all tbe world, and patents granted upon the same in the principal countries of the civilized world, and has recslved the highest awards granted by tbe Franklin Institute on separate occasions bv special examinations of tbe Com mittee of Science and Art, composed of men of theuignestscientinc stanuing. The Colliery Engineer people, unfortunately, are not experts on this snbject, and therefore in point of comparison with the authorities who endorse the practicability of my safety system, are no more in comparison than tbe merest Infant who bangs its toy balloon against the pyramids of Egypt, and the paper referred to has no more chance of stopping the pro gress of this creat invention than the child has of starting tbe pyramids. Tbe statement made by the paper that '-certain parties not named, visited the mine oper ated under my system, and that tbey came away declaring my system worthless and dan ons," I stamp as a direct falsehood, and I chal lenge thp paper to produce snch statement over the signature of tbe parties referred to. Standard ot Test In Pennsylvania. The reference to opposition of Inspectors Is another direct falsehood, as I hold both signa tures and letters of tbe Inspectors of this State, giving my Invontion for detection dangerons gases the highest indorsement; moreover, it is tbe standard of test in this State, made o at the solicitation of the Inspectors, who bad wia dom and foresight enough to quickly see how utterly incompetent the lamp test was to deter mine with any certainty questions of this kind. The instruments are now in official -nse over 15 months, and I have yet to hear of them breaking down, or any complaint whatever. Mr. Shaw next read Indorsements of his appsratut from Mine Inspector Kighley, of tbe Fifth bituminous district; John Ful ton, general manager of the Morrel mine, Johnstown;'Natioajl Trade Assembly 135, of Miners, Mineworkers and Cokeworkers of America; of the Enights of Labor, while in session at WilKesbarre, on September 29, 1889, and United Mineworkers of America, at tbeir annual meeting in Columbus, O., January, 1890 and 1891. . After submission "of these indorsments Mr. Shaw added that the offending sheet either did not understand the snbject or in tentionally falsified tbe subject to suit some selfish end incompatible with the miners' safety. After submitting some re flections regarding the gravity of the mat ter, Mr. Shaw continued: 'Where the Fire Boss Makes Mistakes. The question arises : "Why is it we have so many mines that are declared to be non-gaseous V Tbe auswer is, because the lamp test cannot De relied upon, wnicn is proven on test I that It can bs Immersed in an atmosphere laden TEST INDORSED 0 per cent toward the ignltlble Una withont any positire evidence ot Its presence, and, per consequence, tbe air is reported safe by tbe Are boss, who states boldly and In full conse quence that ho can find "no gas." 1 hare known this to happen In actual practice with air laden with cas 85 per cent toward the ienltl ble line. The question again rises. "If the ahoro is a fact, how is ic that fire bosses and other bosses stick to that kind ot test!" The answer is. be cause they bare heretofore been tangtt to rely upon tbis kind of test, and they have taught others in the alleged accuracy of the lamp testa for a lone period of years, that has prren them a false faith that will take years of time and great loss of lifo and property to eliminate, and also because of lack of Instruments to enable crucial tests of their lamp, they bad no stand ard for test trial or comparison, and therefore no means of discovering their error. The qnestion arises aeain, "What Is tbe first and least expensive tnlng that can be done by the mine owner to post his fire-bosses and pro tect bis mines against the dangers of explosive gases?" The answer la: Provide every mine with an Inspector's instrument at the moderate cost ot 5500, snch as adopted by tbe inspectors of the State, and see that they use ic Cease to rely upon the guess-work tests of the lamp, which results in reporting a sectlou of the mines in a safe condition-, when in point of fact it is In a dangerous condition,, and use the instrument that will give correct and reliable reports and the exact condition ot the air and gas in tho mines. Bales for Tests to Bo Inaugurated. Inaugurate rules for tests in the now art of testing, that will insure frequent tests of all air splits and tbe outgoing current, and in snch rooms or headings as the jadgmentof the sup erintendent or foreman deem advisable. Tbis proceeding will let jou know far ahead of any danger line, and will give the exact fraction of gas carried In' each air split, so that for ex ample. No. 1 split was carrying Hot I per cent of gas In the air and No. 2 carries 2 per cent, it will be evident that No. 2 is carrying fonr times the amount of gas as No. 1. this positive in formation enables tbe superintendent or fore man to give positive direction in closing a por tion of the air of No. land turn the same into No. 2, but no man in God's world could come to that conclusion Irom a lamp test, not If be were paid a fortnne for one test. Tho rubber package system, containing the air or gas of the mines, can be filled under the direction of fire-bosses by tbe miner In many cases and sent up the shaft on the cars, and a tin tube can be provided to slide the package into a separate room for test purposes, and since the test for fire-damp is analyzed Instdo of one minute, enabline at moderate speed fully 30 tests per horfr, and 300 per day If required, and have1 printed forms of record kept for all tests made. Tbis would enable the superintendent to bave some knowledge of the character of the ventilation, and lift tbe vale of darkness that now clouds this ea3 question, and stop this foolish cry after every explosion, "that gases were never known to exist in that mine," etc, and cause the removal ot gases when known to exist In dangerous proportions, and forbid men working in any section ot the mine where tbe proportions are dangerons until the gas is re moved. Kemoval of Dangerous Gases. As tbe gases can be removed from these local points when tbey accumulate in a danger ons proportion, I know as a fact from tbe records of tbe Morreli mine, which may be classed as a very dangerous one, so far as fire damp Is concerned, tbe gas to run as high as 15 per cent, as the records will show, and Ignltlble proportions have been discovered with the modern test Instrument of my make, whan tbe lamp test reported "no gas" a3 the records will show. The above suggestion carried ont will rednce the occurrence of tbls class of accidents f ally 49 per cent, and where the test of eases is fnrther facilitated by high speed delivery of gases, through tubes, etc.. from air splits and out going currents and otber principal polnu, doomed ffecessary by the superintendent in charge; working both systems of tubes and rubber package test, tbe accidents from ex plosive gases wilt be fully reduced 99 per cent, 1 per cent is allowed for possible striking ot a cavarn of gases under high pressure, which baa not been met witb in the bituminous regions. All old workings should be looked after and tested for dangerous proportions of gases and removed through ordinary ventilation where possible, otherwise suction tubes should be applied and worked with steam ejector. Jumped On by the Opposition. As was expected, Mr. Poster, who had been taking notes, sprang np as soon as Mr. Shaw concluded and alighted on him like a hawk on a June bug. Mr. Foster claimed that his newspaper pretty generally repre sented the mining interest. He denied that Shaw knew more, practically, of mining tbau he did, bnt admitted that Mr. Shaw was a good engineer, theoretically. He also referred to some people who, hesaid, thonght there was no such a thing as a mining engi neer "unless he was a bald-headed little Dutchman from the Freiburg School of Mines." Mr. Foster claimed to be a better practical engineer than Mr. Shaw. He disenssed the editorial utterances of the paper and read a telegram he said he proposed to- send to Mr. Lathropto settle a question of veracity be tween himself and Mr. Shaw. He said be had asked for a reply and expected to read it to the meeting before adjournment. He said tbe columns of the Colliery Engineer conld not be bonght, but that Mr. Shaw's exertions had made it necessary for the Col liery Engineer people to send out circulars to the Legislature, and generally because the snbject was one on which the ordinary newspaper man could cot be expected to be informed. He said operators of mines wanted safety as a matter of business just as much as fire insurance, to say nothing of the finer moral sentiments supposed to have a residence somewhere. He held that tho Franklin Institnte, which indorsed Mr. Shaw, was like himself, more theoretical than practical. He then attacked the machine generally, and claimed that the gas could not be lollowea into iu inrKing puces, ht charged that the mine water would eat the pipes, rnst will corrupt, etc; denied that It would show the condition of the air in the splits; spoke of outbursts of gas and many other things, sind finally said the device had been rejected in Prnssia and France after very careful examination. A Good Air and Gas Tester. Shaw's machine, he said, is a good air and gas tester, bnt does not inform tbe su perintendent where the danger is, and to do so would require hundreds of thousands of pipes. He next proceeded to discuss the question of dust explosions, and said the liability had been abundantly proven. In answer to Mr. Shaw's statement that no lamp would detect 2 per cent of gas, Mr. Foster said the Prussian Fire Damp Com mission had said the Peelor lamp will de tect one-fourth of 1 per cent, but the speaker wonld not vouch for the truth of tba statement. Iu winding np Mr. Foster said working men were1 more to blame than the operators for the present inseenrity. He also reflected on the State authorities, saying they bad given a commission 35 days to do a work to which European savants bad given six years and Governor Pattison, though an in telligent man, thought it ought to get through its work in two weeks. "Shaw knows more theoretically than I do, bnt X know more practically than ha does or ever will do." As it was evident that Mr. BasVa ppf i SSB!issssssssssssssssssssssssssViisHsM.lWWPIWBMBI
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