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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,
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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.
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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.
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Easter Gloves monsqnetairei and Biar
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Mek's kid walking gloves.
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The People's Store, Fifth Avenue.
See our special offering in dry goods to
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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
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