MP!iKIKSI m t - i", SECOND PART. BEER BYTHE Dealers Do Not Like Judge White's Advice as to Con ducting Their Business. LAWYERS ARE NERVOUS. They Show It by the Manner in Which They Listen to the Court. TYILMERDIXG ESTERS A PROTEST Ij-alnst the Granting of Anj Wholesale Licenses In That Town. 1HE LIST TO BE GITEN OUT KEXT WEEK The last day for liquor dealers to recite tbeir catechism was rather devoid of inter est, except, perhaps, that the proportion of those who had heard that the selling of beer by the single bottle was not favorably re garded by the Court, was rather larger than usual. A great many applicants evidently did not relish some of Judge "White's advice as to the manner in which they should con duct their business. For instance, Fred Hampe insisted that he ought to know why he preferred not to sell less than half a dozen bottles to any customer. One thing seemed very evident, via: That while a na tive may get along without a lawyer, a for eigner who neither can sprechen English nor understand its idioms had better calcu late among his expenses a lawyer's fee. The First Lively Scrap. The shindy of the day was when A. E. Jones, of Dnquesne, came up for his license. Attorney Christy and his cohorts came down on him like a wolf in the fold. Mr. Jones' troubles have been aired in court, and the prosecutor, whom the applicant's attorney claims to have been run out of Baldwin township because he was a mono maniac on the subject of prosecuting liquor sellers, swore that the grand jury ignored the bill against Jones, notwithstanding evi dence that ought to have weighed heavily against him. A man named Luchinger, of Walls sta tion, was opposed by i!r..CastIe, the at torney, who pushed the matter so strongly that Mr. Brennen, Luchinger's attorney, insisted on calling him as a witness. Mr. Cartle stated that he heard that Luchinger had had some trouble with his wife which had been settled in a 'Squire's office and Luchinger, as he left the stand, stated that he proposed to make the attorney prove the statement It seemed a sauve qui peul case, for in terest abated, and when the last case was called there were hut 13 applicants left in the room, but whether the number had any effect in the matter of luck the Judges gave no intimation. Even the Lawyers Were IS'ervoas. Evidently the wind-up was given to med itation, as only the lawyers with lat fees in their pockets and applicants who felt sure of a license looked as though they would get throngh the night safely. And even the lawyers were affected. Christy's whiskers twitched nervously like the leaves of the quaking-asp tree. Kobb's herculean form was bowed and his shoulders were rounded. McKcnna's hair no longer stood no like an aureole, but hung limp on his shoulders, and the peach-blow bloom was off his cheeks, but he had animation enough left to observe that the hearings began on the eve of St. Patrick's Day and closed on May Day. Wholesale applicants put off the Mav-pole dance until they hear the result of their applications. The first man heard was Joseph Allen, of the First ward, Pittsburg, and his at torney was John Marron. The last appli cant was Jacob Miller, of the Seventh ward, Pittsburjr, and his attorney was George Elpbinstone. As the cuftain went down Tom Pender struck up the doxolosy, but his tale of woe was shortened by Morton Hunter slipping one of Christy's sample bottles of whisky into the singer' pocket. Felix Negley pronounced tbe benediction and Judges white and Magee scooted. Thomas H. Davis attempted for a considerable time to make them follow last year's precedent and rehear a case of one of his clients, but Judge White very emphatically refused to do so, and the scrub women coming in as serted their right of eminent domain, and the room was cleared. Tne following is a. record of the last day's hearings: Kever Sold to Speak-Easies. Henry Heck, of the Twelfth ward, Pittsburg, who was sict when bis casa was called origin al lv, was tbe first applicant at tbo morning cession. His business last year amounted to M'J.000. 2,000 of which was from the sale ol beer. Kmil Grimm, Chartiers borough, was refused last year, and since then he has been an agent for the Iron City Brewing Company. He de fied tbat he had disposed of bottled beer in tbe last year, and he denied tbat he knew that Mrs. Peacock, to whom he sold an occasional eigbtb, kept a speak-easy. Henry Ilainma, Slain street, Chartiers, bad a business last year amounting to S10.50Q. Eobert H. McConkey, a carpenter, Mab a new applicant. James li Kelson's re ceipts last year were SS.C00. Ihe Iron City Brewing Company withdrew i!E application for an agency at Chartiers statin that if Grimm was cranted a license it would allow him to act as its agent. George Gantter. .Etna borough, said his re cists were HUM. Frederick C. Heiber, But ler plank road, Etna borougn, reported receipts of S7,00U, and John Kammerer. 258 Butler street, said his receints were 117,000. Lawrence Hoellner fc Co., Homestead, did a business last year amounting to 19,000. Will iam Y alt.n. Homestead, did a small business. Louis Amshcll's receipts were 26,000, So being from beer. Some Defective Petitions. Herman Lubonestz, 511 Dickson street. Homestead, was tne first afternoon applicant. He is a cigar maker and was refused last year. Levi Myers, Eighth avenue, did a business of 14,000 last year, and sold no beer in bottles. Patrick Itojr:s and A. S. Kirkall both had defective petuktus. Phillip Simon. E19 Eighth avenue, had been a retail applicant and was not heard for wholesale. Conrad Bohl vas the only applicant frornKnoxville borouzn, and was a new man. Anthony bchntiderlochner was tbe first Millvale applicant, and was asked but few questions. Leopold Enstein, SS Grant street, had a business of 7.000. of which $5,000 was from beer. Henry Hoctl reported his busi ness as SiOOO, tbe greater portion of which was from beer. This was the smallest business reported so far by an v wholesaler. Frank Hnckesteln, 12 Main street, Snarps burg, reported a business of S22.000. lie did not bottle any beer, bnt 6old 150 eighths per week. Lewis Loeng, 1KH Main street, did tU.000 worth of business last year. So,U0Qof which was beer. Nicholas and John Sclimidt chec,100S North Canal street, reported their sales as 15,000, of which 10,000 was from beer. They sold no jugs of beer whatever. Protests From TYUmerding. Joseph KnuH, corner of Westinghouse ave nue and Station street, was tbe first Wilmerd ing applicant. His sales last year were 24,000, a large part of which was from beer. Attorney W. W. Scott presented a remonstrance against the applicant and all others in Wiltnerdiiig. Mr. Scott also questioned the applicant as to his being a jng and bottle trade, bnt this was cenied. C Cowle was called and testified to having seen drinking about the premises and With glasses furnished by tbe applicant. Mr, Brennen wanted to know if Mr. Cowle'a BOTTLE -Hs animus didn't arise from the fact that Knnff opposed him for election and defeated him last spring, but this was denied. Mr. Frances was called and testified to the appUcant'cselllng to drnnken men. Mr. Brennen Yon're known as Crazy Keth Frances up there, ain't youT Mr. Frances No, sir: I am nor. John F. Miller was called and testified to hav ing seen intoxicated men about Knnffs place; also saw a great deal of drinking there. Judge TVblte Wants Restaurants. B. J. Murphy, Westinghouse avenue, Bad a defective petition, Thomas McCann, No. 1 Herman street, also had a defective petition. William B. Shaw, corner ot Station and Cald well streets, is a machinist at the air brake works. The iouso is now occupied as a res taurant. Judge White And you want to knock out the restaurant? Now. is there not more need of a restaurant .than a wholesale house up thereT Mr. Shaw No, sir; restaurants up there area drug on tbe market. . Judge White Were you ever in the liquor business? Mr. Shaw Only in a general way. I had a cousin in the business, and was about his place a rood deal. Judge White Well, I should say that was a general way. William Harrison, of Forward township, did not answer. Joseph Voye had a defective ap plication. John O'ltellly, Township road. Col. Iter township, runs a small store and has no license, being refused last year. The applicant was formerly constable of the township, and said that he had returned some illegal sellers. Edward Webster, Hickman, Collier township, was refused last year. He had a license in 18SS and did not apply in 18S9, because be thonght all saloons were going to be closed down. Juage White Now wasn't the reason be cause you run a very bad house? Mr. Webster No, sir; it was not. William Sue-on, Hannar township, had a detective petition. Max Rosenbery was the sole applicant from Hampton township and be had a defective application, Tarentom's Temptation. GostavC. Frank, Batlroad street, was the first Harrison township applicant. He did S18, 000 worth of business last year, and botled con siderable beer, bnt quit it because he thought tbe Court was opposed to it. . Judge White Why the Court has never ex pressed itself on that sublect. I suppose you thought so because of the manner of examina tions? Conrad Hutfa. Gurfeald street, did business to the amount of 6,000 last year. J ndge White Did yon hear that the Court was down on bottling, and stop for that reason? Mr. Huth tea. sir; I did. Judge White When and how did you hear It? Mr. Huth I saw in tbo German paper last January tbat the Court was opposed to it, claiming it was retail business, so I quit It Judge White And you saw that in the Ger man paper last January? Well, I can't under stand that. Mr. Huth Well, that's whv I quit. Henry Stam reported bis sales as 10,000. He never bottled any beer, and confessed to having read in tbe paper tbat the Court was down on the bottling tiuslness. He read that some time last fall in tbe German paper. - William H. Wagner, Tarentnm and Baxon. burg Dike, is a glass blower and a new appli cant. air. Christy This place for wbich you are ap plying is known as "Job's Hole," ain't it? .Mr. Wagner I believe that s the common naiae for It. The Jefferson township applications were all withdrawn. Lower St. Clair Applicants. Frederick Hampe, No. S Southern avenue, was the first Lower St. Clair township appli cant. His sales last year were 27.000; about 9,000 was from beer. The applicant never sold any single bottles of beer because he thought it was too small a business. Judge White Well now. its queer how sud denly thev have stopped bottling. When we first started there was no hesitancy in admitting lo telling single bottles, bnt now they think the Conrt is down on it and they have suddenly stopped. Fred J. Hartung, corner of Sterling street and Center allej. was a salesman and has not hem in the liquor business. Ernest F. Kreiger, corner of Glover and Meadow streets, is a glasswoiker and a new applicant. Joseph Frankfnrther. 75 Second street, was the first from Mifflin township. His sales amounted to 9,600, one-third of which was from beer. He sold some bottled beer, but quit because he lost too many bottles. Judge White You didn't bear, like some of these others, that tho court was down on the bottling business? Mr. Frankfnrther No, sir- I did not. Mr. Christy Haven't you been away from your place of business for two weeks at a time? Mr. Frankfnrther Yes, sir. I was down East getting married. His Wife an Equal Partner. Justus Haas, corner of Viola and Fifth street, said he wasn't doing anything for the past year, only waiting for the License Court. The applicant stated that bis wife was to be a partner In the business and would share half the profits. Albert E. Jone, Duquosfle Village, reported his sales as 20.000, of wbich 18,000 was for beer". He bottled as high as 75 barrels of beer per week. Tbe applicant also sold as many as 200 eighths of beer per week. Mr. Jones also ad mitted to bottling beer on Sunday. tlr.Cbristy named a number of minors whom tbe applicant denied selling to. David Evans was cal)ed and testified that be was 18 years old. though he looked fully 5. He bought beer at the house and drank It in the alley beside the house. John Thompson was called and said he had often seen men arinking in tho back yaid. Mr. Tbomnson was also strnck with a ho ttle thrown from spplicant'sback yard. Jacob Quatb, Joslah Guinn and John M. Cline were all called and testified to having drank beer on the applicant's premises. Mr. Cline also testi fied to having entered snit against Jones for selling on his premises, but tbe grand jury Ignored the bilL Mr. Jones claimed that Clloe was a monomaniac on the subject of bringing suits. Mr. Cline charged Attorney Cox with tampering with witnesses against Jones in the grand jury room. Mr. Cox denied this, and claimed that Cline was drummed ont of Bald win township because of his suit-bringing pro clivities. Rudolph Rank. Railroad street, Dnquesne, reported his business $20,000. A Second License Not Necessary, John Werner. Railroad street, was an appli cant for a brewer's license, and was granted. Tbe Court told him that he did not require a wholesale license to dispose of his goods out side of Jefferson township, where his brewery is located. Melchhair Wolf, corner of Second street and Camp avenue, reported his sales as between 28.000 and 29.000. Tbe applicant also is en gaged in the bakery business, and his wholesale place is in the cellar. John Luchsmyer, Walls avenue, was the only applicant from orth Versailles. His sales last year were 13,000. Attorney Castle wanted to know if the applicant didn't have some trouble and a law suit between himself and bis wife. The applicant denied this and challenged Attorney Castle to prove it. Attorney Brennen called Mr. Castle down In a most vigorous way and accused him of manufacturing statements with absolutely no truth in them. Charles Mess was the sole renresentative from Reserve township, and had a defective application. Poppmcourt & McLaughlin were from Stowe township. Their sales last year amounted to 26,000. They never sold less than a case or beer at a time. Charles WesselL Chartiers ava nue, had a transfer license, and did 10,000 worth of bnslness. William Ellingbam, Pitt street. Union town ship, reported nis sales as 10,000. of which 7,000 was from beer. Jacob J. Miller, Public road, was the last License Court applicant. AsMrrMiller came up Jndge Magee drew'a deep breath, and Judge White smiled In a sat isfactory manner. Mr. Miller is now in tbe drycoods business in this city. Jndge White, in speaking of the wholesale list, said that it may not be ready before Mon day or Tuesday. ' TTTESTST-FOUB PAGES to-morrow. Get a copy of the big DISPATCH. A Week's Heading. Opening a New Hotel. Henry "W. Hartman, of Beaver .Falls, will take a nnmber of invited guest in a special train to the new town of Ellwood this after noon for the opening ol the Hotel Oliver. About 200 people have been invited, among them a number of railroad officials. They expect to have a glorious time in the beauti ful Beaver valley. Died From Epileptic Fits. Lydia Eoemer, aged 35 years, an inmate of the City Poor Farm, died early yesterday morning. She was a sufferer from epileptic fits, and was sent to the farm in cdtipany with a brother on January 9, 1888. Her brother was also an epileptic, and died on August 2, 18SS. She has friends living in the Ezst End, who will take -charge of her body. Thiesit people all praise. Iron City xrewerj b uccr. oaioonuts are quiCJC 10 I discover this fact. TelsphoM 118 1 n .- l.- ' o-- .- . aII THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH THE DOCTORS DIFFER Once More Slightly as to the State of the Country's Trade. DUN & CO. TAKE A CHEERFUL VIEW, While Bradstreet Keports That Bnslness Is ' Hot Improved. DITEESB ACCOUNTS OP IEON TEADE ISrSCUX TZLXO&kX TO THX StSPXTCS-I New York, May L Special telegrams to Braditrect't do not reflect a generally im proved state of business within the week. Crop reports, west and northwest, with ref erence to the leading cereals, continue ex ceptionally favorable, a fact which, in turn, tends to" stimulate trade among interior dealers in many localities. A moderate iml provement is reported from Philadelphia, based appareetly on a slight gain in the in quiry for crude iron. Business is said to be improving at Kansas City, to equal expec tations at St. Joseph, to he good at Memphis, and to have expanded in such lines as dry goods, groceries and hardware at Omaha, Dulnth, Minneapolis and St. Paul. In the matter of demand and prices, crnde rubber, hogs, cattle and tobacco are all firmer, with an upward tendency. Lumber is in fair request as well. On the other hand, the sugar and cotton crops are begin ning to show 'the effects of prolonged dry weather. From tbe Leading Bnslness Centers. General trade is quiet at Boston and New York. Baltimore does not report any in crease, while Pittsburg continues to feel the effects of tbe continued depression in iron and labor disturbances in regions tributary. Chicago and Cleveland report trade only fair, while at Cincinnati tbe volume is smaller. The distributive movement at St. Louis is not equal to expectations, add has been smaller at San Francisco. Lake navigation is open, but the iron ore trade is flat Leather, hides, bats, caps, bog products, raw wool, cotton and raw sugar all tend to shaded quotations, with demand noticeably less than a week ago. Wheat ie 6c lower, a natural reaction from the speculatively stimulated prices of the previous week. California is promised a large wheat harvest, and is exporting flour to the South American coast with great freedom, particularly north of Chile. Sales of cotton goods are disappointing on the whole, and prices as well. Prints have declined to as low a point as ever reached. Several Eastern cotteu mills passed quar terly dividends recently. t Larger Number of Business Failures. Business failures in tbe United States nnmber 190, against 181 last week and 133 this week last year. The total from Jan uary 1 to date is 4,263, against 4,138 last year. Strikes for fewer hours of work at un changed wages, or for advanced wages, are interfering withgeneral trade, though less extensive than expected. The great bitu minous coal strike iu seven States did not take place, financial aid given the unsuc cessful Cohnellsville coke strikers having reduced resources materially. The number of miners actually striking was about 20, 000. The outlook in the building trade is less favorable, strikes to involve about 10,- 000 men having occurred May 1. 'Exports ol wheat, and flour as wheat, from both coasts of the United States for the week are 2,300,703 bushels, as compared with '2,747,048 bushels for the week one year ago, and as compared with 2,222,895 bushels last week. The total from Julv 1 to date is ' 81,890,809 bushels, against 91, 397,281 bushels in a like portion of 1889-90; 73,727,589 bushels in the vear before, and 108,744,991 bushels in ten months of 1887-88. Money Market and Bank Clearings. Money is firmer and in active request, notwithstanding the partial- subsidence of the wave of speculation. Foreign exchange is now not unfavorable to the export of gold. Bank clearings at 07 cities, for the month ended April 30, amount to $4,808,006,228, a decrease from April's total last year-of seven-tenths of 1 per cent. The total for March, 1891, was 9.S per cent smaller than in 1890, for February 11.1 per cent smaller, and for January 5.8 per cent les. Onr month's clearings equal $17,647,947, 398, a decrease of nearly 7 per cent com pared with 1890. Share speculation is under the influence of a strong bullish feeling, the public and Europe being large buyers, and the market displaying a strong disposition to discount favoiable crop prospects by buy ing -railroad shares. At Montreal the drygoods trade is better than a year ago, but groceries and hardware are only moderately active. Farm work is well advanced. Trade has Improved stead ily at Toronto, where prices are firm. Ontario crop reports are encouraging. The Dominion reports 41 business failures this week, against 33 last week and 23 this week last year. The total number from January 1 to date is 746, against 698 last year. B, G. Dun & Co.' Version. B, G. Dnn & Co.'s weekly review says: Business is large in volume and sustained by general confidence as to the future. "Wheat 'and flour exports from Atlantic ports continue far behind those of last year, and while reports of foreign crop prospects are not favorable, there is really no reason to anticipate any shortage or unusual de mand from abroad1 prior to tbe close of the current crop year. The possible demand next year has to meet it an exceptionally favorable crop outlook. The reports of trade at other cities are, on the whole, more favorable than a week ago. Boston finds general business better. At Pittsburg the glass business is active and Bessemer .iron is higher. The Cleveland market is inactive, but money is in good de mand, and at Detroit the manufacturing in terests are sustained by a strong demand. At Cincinnati the drygoods season has been brisk, and collections are about as usual. At the Western Metropolis. At Chicago flour receipts are smaller than a year ago, and grain receipts about the same, but increase appears in cured meats, lard, butter, dressed beef, and about 8 per cent in 'wool. Sales of drygoods are, at least,'equal to last year's, with very satis factory payments in that branch, in shoes and in clothing. Trade at other "Western and Southern points seems to be especially encouraging Ibis week. Better weather helps at almost all western. points, and at Milwankee trade was never better and at Omaha and St. Panl very fair. At Minneapolis flour is dull, hut the lumber trade is active, and at Omaha fair weather helps business. Trade is quiet at Kansas City, but improving at Louisville, Nashville and Atlanta, with de cided strength at St. Louis, though for the week barely fair at New Orleans. A Favorable Outlook. The great industries are in better shape. The demand for finished products of iron and steel is more encouraging. The woolen manufacturers still hesitate, apparently be cause the producers are inclined to ask higher prices for the new clip of wool than manufacturers can pay, bnt there is a belief tbat the consuming demand for goods must be as large as it ever has been in any previ ous year, and the clothiers, though very cautious heretofore, begin to act upon that belief. The shoe trade is still retarded by the uncertainty as to prices for the future, bnt is, nevertheless, fairly active. Merchandise exports from New York con tinue much largerthan a year ago, bnt im ports are also remarkably large, and there is a prospect of heavy exports pf gold for some months to come. FAKNEE B. WARD describes tie city of Valparaiso in THE JD IS PATCH to-morrow. Twenty-four pages, 193 twluxons, et paper in the State. PITTSBUKG-, SATURDAY, MAY 2, , 189L FIXED THE HEIGHT. The Hndson Itailroad Bridge Most Ba ISO Feet Above High Water Colonel An ' drewsSays the Grades Will Be Heavy Into New Torlc The Secretary of "War has signed the Hndson Eiver "Railroad Bridge bill, fixing the height at 160 feet. This is 15 feet higher than the Brooklyn bridge. Colonel James Andrews returned from New York yester day. "I snppose the bridge will be built," he said, "bnt the grades will be hard to overcome. -We start at a fixed point and must get off at a certain place. For all time this heavy summit will have to be over come. "I don't seethe necessity of making the bridge so high to accommodate an occasional ship whose mast may be too long. High masts are fast going oat of date, and, indeed, the bigger the boat made now the Bhorter the mast poles are. They prove an obstruc tion against head winds. Ships these days are propelled principally by steam, and will be in the future. 'All tbe preliminary work in the way of getting a Charter, removing legal difficulties and se curing privileges has been done, and it now remains to perfect the plans, which will take some time. Mr. Lindenthal is doing the work, and my bnslness is to keep his ideas up. The bridge is now projected to have 14 tracks, and I know that the roads can nse twice this number. All that is needed now is hearty co-operation on the part of the railroads. It won't cost much more to make the bridge 150 feet high than 135, bnt the grades is the problem.. "We went direct to the National Government rather than be bothered by State interference. I remember the time when the gauge of railroads in the various States was different, so as' to make passen gers ohange cars. It was claimed it would bnild a town on the border, and resulted in several pieces of pie being sold. At Erie tbey had a terrifio battle before the Lake Shore and New York Central were per mitted to make their gauge the same." THE manufacture of dynamite Is little understood. A DISPATCH man has visited a factory with a camera. Interesting illus trated letter in to-morrow's big issue. BuTLDHTQ A FEW HOUSES. Annual Meeting of the Knoxvllle Land Company Held Yesterday. The annnal meeting ot the Knoxville Land Company was held at the Duanesne yesterday. Francis B.awle, of, Philadel phia, was re-elected President, and J. F. Grimes, Secretary and General Manager. Mr. Grimes said the stockholders nnmber about six, and mneh of stock is held by Mr. Bausman and the Knox family. The com pany ias been conservative and now owns property worth $1,000,000. He added that it was in first-class financial condition. Only two new houses are nnder wav at nresenL and he supposed more would be built during tho summer, bnt he didn't know how many. Mr. Grimes continned: "The eight-hour strike did not deter us from building, for we deal with the contractors direct, 'and not with the, men, but I know that the talk of a strike hop killed the building trade for this spring. Many workmen intended to put up houses for themselves, but they have post poned operations. The loeal carpenters are being made a cat's paw for the balance of the country. It is ridiculous to ask onr .l.-U.llh... -.. -I A-.-A .. A. piaujuj; uuii aucu uu vvuKavwn to com pete with Cleveland and Chicago, where they work ten hours per day. The folly of this strice must be apparent to the car penters." SB. 70HH HALL COMTHG To Add to the Interest In the Theological College Commencement: The leading church -event of the coming week will be the commencement exercises of tbe "Western Theological Seminary, which will be held next Thursday night in the East Liberty Presbyterian Church, Dr. J. P. Kumler pastor. This is the farthest from the institution tbe commencement has ever been held. There is talk among the East End people of a movement to bring the seminary to that part of the city, where it would he nearer the pulse of the churches, have larger grounds and be more accessible in every way. The interest in this direction will be manifested on Thursday night. Dr. John Hall, the great pulpit orator, will deliver the discourse of the evening. Those anxious to hear him will go early, when they remember the crush lost fall to hear his address before the Irish-American Congress. Key. Dr. Jeffreys will deliver an oration at the close of the imposing graduation exercises. It will be one of the most interesting occasions ever witnessed iu East Liberty. THE meeting of theTheosophleal Society in Boston calls attention to the leading ex ponent of Theosophy, Madame Blaratsky. blcetch of her career1 In the 24-page DIS PATCH to-morrow. BACK TO WASHIHGTOa. Mr. Blair Sorry His Trip to 'Frisco Was Spoiled. Ex-Senator Blair passed through the city yesterday on his way back to "Washington. He expressed disgust that he should be dis appointed in his contemplated trip by" the Grand Canyon route to San Francisco, but outside of this he was not worrying over the refusal of China to receive him. He said he knew nothing about the report that he was to be sent to Japan. , Immigrant Inspector Laytou remarked yesterday that Mr. Blair could have any thing he wanted from Mr. Harrisou. He added that Blair always had the courage of bis convictions, and that poverty never swerved him from his course or made him weak-kneed. The ex-Senator is a poor man Senators Sherman and Allison, with their families, were in the city yesterday on their' way home from "Washington. Neither would talk politics or make predictions about 1892. 8 Hours a Bay. "Wanted 5,000 union carpenters to spend eight honrs a day at the "World's Muieum Theater, Allegheny, where they can see the official baseball score of all games played by the National Leagne and American Association received by innings; each in ning is bulletined as quickly as played. BEAT. ESTATE SAVINGS BANS, V-Ttr, 401 Smlthfleld Street, Cor. Fourth Avenue. ' Capital, 5100.000. Surplus, 569,000. Deposits of $1 and upward received and interest allowed at 4 per cent. tts Latest Songs, Waltses And transcriptions, as also ancient and modern classics, can be had at half-price at H. Kleber & Bro.'s No. 506 "Wood street: Mrs. "Wxnsi.ow'S Soothing Syrup for Chil dren Teething rests child and comforts mother. Sight Is Priceless. Do not abuse it. My $1 spectacles, every pair adjusted by myself and guaranteed for two years. Mannion, Th3 Expert Optician, 67 Fifth avenue. The omnibus between Homewood Ceme tery and East Liberty will begin running to-day, May 2. Two HUNDRED AND WITT pieces best moquette carpets in Hartford & Smith's makes, at a price, at "Welty',,120 Federal street, 65, 67, 69 and 71 Park way. xxs i Little, the optician, fill Pens aTi.uet ; THE CANAL CRITICS Furnished Facta and Fgures Should Stay Their Pens. That THE QEEAT LAKE EBIE. PROJECT Will -Mate Plttabars the Nation's Manu factnrlns Center and WILL KOTHTJETTHEEAILEOADS AT ALL In a recenUssne of The Dispatch an article contributed to tbe Sharpsvllle Advertiser on the proposed Lake Erie Ship Canal was reproduced. The writer, who signed himself "G.," was so familiar with hif subject that it has attracted attention in 'other directions. The Iron Tiade Review, oi Cleveland, quotes from the article re ferred to certain calculations showing that with the Lake Erie and Ohio Stiver Ship Canal in existence freight charges on ore to Pittsburg and Sharpsville, respectively, will be less than they now are "to the extent of reducing the cost of producing a ton of metal by as much as $1 29 at Pittsburg and 85 8-10 cents at Sharpsvllle. , After noting , the fact that the present stoppage of iron-making in the Mahoning and Sbenango valleys largely referable to maintenance by the railways of freight rates that are' higher than "the tariff can bear" opportunity nfibrda argnmenf in favor of the ship canal, and after having commended the calculations In question to' the attention of iron manufacturers the lie view remarks: "Whatever be said of the feasibility of the canal project (and that the Pennsylvania Legislature deems it feas ible is evident from the fact that it has con tinued 'the Canal Commission in service), the argument of cheaper rates is a seduetiye one, and stranger things have happened than the materialization of this scheme which now seems so visionary." . The same correspondent in replying to the criticisms of the Bevieu, says: "We trust that the. ifert'ew will not adjudge us hypercritical if we call attention to the fact that its use of the term 'visionary' is in consistent with its admission that the scheme in question involves notbing-aetually impracticable. Onr esteemed fellow-worker for the public good intends, we believe, to convey the idea that he is not yet entirely convinced of the fact that the measure of constructing this canal is expedient." No Engineering Difficulties at AIL That there are no "engineering difficult ies" iu the way of constrneting a ship canal, to afford navigation for vessels drawing 14 feet of water, between Lake Erie and Pitts burg harbor, the report of tbe Pennsylvania Ship Canal Commission sufficiently demon strates. There is no ground for question that the route recommended by the Commis sion is positively better than any other available for the purposes in view. The length, of that route, from Conneaut harbor to tbe Ohio river at Bochester, is something less than 103 miles; and is not more than ten miles greater than that of an air line between the two points named. Considered with relation to the utility of the canal as a hiehway for commerce the cost of the work as indicated by the detailed estimatejnade by the commission, is so far withiu the prohibitory limit as to be prac tically insignificant. The estimated cost of the entire canal (including three locks, ex tra to the canal proper, for connecting the main canal with Ohio River Pool No, 5, at Bochester) is, including allowance of 51,953,717 for contingencies, 526,375,188. The output of pig iron iu the Mahoning and Shenango vallevs in 1890 was 1,093,622 gross tons. With this ontput the saving' in tbe item of freights on ore that tbe canal would effect, as shown in the calculations quoted as aforesaid by the Iron Trade He view, at 58 8-10 cents per ton of metal' pro duced, wnnld amount to 5938,327 67. The product of pig iron in Allegheny county in 1890 was 1,337,309 gross tons. With this ontput the saving of $1 29 per ton of metal, that the canal would effect, amounts to 51,725,128 61. So in a year of output like that of 1890, the canal wonld effect for the two valleys aud Allegheny county, together, reductions from present cost of production amounting to $2,663,456; and this in the single item oi transporta tion, and associated charges, on ore. Se ductions on freights on coke to the two valleys, and on pig iron from the valleys and Allegheny county, respectively, would make a further important savlug. "Will Benefit the Itallroads. "But," somebody objects, "these figures are based on the proposition that the canal is to carry all the ore; which proposition is absurd." There would be no absurdity in the proposition if the capacity of the canal to handle all the ore were the only requisite to its getting all of it. The railroads, how ever, will retain a large share of the traffic; but "lake and rail" rates will have to he equated with "lake and canal" rates; where fore, the canal "effects" the savings, afore said, all the same. The canal will largely facilitate and expedite deliveries of ore at the furnaces; so that with aggregate deliv eries, by canal and rail, very much larger than those of any former time, the "fric tion" of delivery will be materially less than at any time sinee the traffic assumed its present great proportions. The better ment of conditions at the fnrnaces will largely benefit tbe railroads. The canal, as it will supply the means for maintaining the cuirrnt rate of growth of the iron-making industry of Eastern Ohio and "Western Pennsylvania, will save to the railways a great traffic which except the canal be built tbey will lose; and will make for them a great traffic which except the canal ba built they will never have. The canal will make these valleys and the Pittsburg and Monongahela Valley dis trict the great industrial center of this con tinent. The railways will within a few years after tbe opening of the canal be glad to let tbe canal carry all ,1b e ore and coal, while they handle the passengers, the food and household supplies, and the manufact ured products of a closely congregated population of 2,000,000 people. But the immediate motive for building the canal is not so much a desire to benefit the railways as to save and maintain the iron making industry of the associated dis tricts above named. The 53,663,456 saved on ore freights, as aforesaid, represents 6 per cent on 544,S90,933. The Estimated Cost Is Correct. - We have good reasons for believing that' the canal may be bunt lor the snm named in tbe estimate of Commissioners; and tbat fully responsible parties are ready to under take the entire wort of construction for a round sum corresponding with he aggre gate of the items, for such work, specitfed in the estimate. But even were the work"to cost twice the extreme snm named in the estimate, or $52,750,476, the savings: for the two valleys and Allegheny county, as above given, represent considerably more than. 5 per cent on that great sum. ' According to conservative estimates the production of pig iron in the United States in the year 1900 will be fully double that of 1889, provided always the cost of production be duly restricted. In these valleys and at Pittsburg freights on furnace stock amount to about one-third of the total cost of pro ducing pig iron. The relation of the cost ' of lake transportation to that of rail trans-,' portation'is fairly indicated by the fact that inCthetesson of 1890 fnrnaces at Pittsburg paidforv railway dock charges' on ore at Lake Erie ports, and transportation of the ore an average distance of something less than 150 miles to (Pittsburg, nearly 2 cents, per ton more than tbey paid for lake transport of the; ore an average dis tance of 651 miles and discharge of the ore from the vessel at the Lake Erie port. Vessels coming down the canal wit ore will always get back freights of coal, fire brick, building stone or manufactured goods; but were a steamer to take no back freight she could deliver ore at Pittsburg for 25 cents a ton less than ruling "lake and rail" rates, and make more money in a sea son than she can in the lakes. How It Would Boom Pittsburg. If we get the canal ready for the season of 1895 pig iron production in these valleys and the Pittsburg district will in the year 1900 be fully twice what it was in 1889; and the movement of ores from Lake Erie ports to the region in question will aggregate about 9,354,098 gross tons; of which (on the basis of operations in 1889) about 4,960,000 tons will go to Allegheny county and vicinity, and the balance to the two valleys. The canal should be, and no donbt will be a free waterway; aud if it is free the transportation charges on the. above named tonnage for Allegheny county will be 53,934,768 lets, and on the tonnage for the valleys 52,321,402 less than they would be at the rates now ruling. "With a "foil" of 20 cents per ton on ore to Allegheny county, and of 10 cents per ton to the Mahoning and Shenango valleys, the saving on the Allegheny county ore would be only 52,942,768, and on the Taller ore only 51,881,993. But delivery at the furnaces in the dis tricts in question by rail, in the period of one year, of 9,000,000 tons of ore, is a phys ical impossibility. If the canal be not promptly built the prodnction of iron in these valleys .will decrease instead of in creasing; aud finally, in order to maintain even the materially decreased production, the railways will have to reduce rates fully as much as they will in event of the con struction of the canal. Meantime the area ol greatest prodnction of pig iron will have moved southward; and the great volume of general traffic which would come to tbe roads with the construction of the canal will have been lost to them. Advised to Stick to Friends. The present stoppage of the furnaces in these valleys has already made inevitable a falling off in the product of this year, as compared with that of 1890, of at least 350, 000 gross tons. This involves a falling off in railway traffic of at "least 1,500,000 tons; and of lake traffic, and sales of ore, of at least 568,750 tons. As nobody knows when the furnaces will resume operations, nobody can say what tbe actual falling off will be. Let us hope that it may not be so great that we cannot make it good next year. Meantime let us hold up the hands of the iron masters. "We commend tbis line of action to the Iron 'Trade Review. It that journal will devote an hour or two to a care ful perusal of the report of the Pennsylvania Ship Canal Commission it will find ample ground for belief that the canal will work immense benefits not only to the iron trade, but to all the industries of the two great re gions, interchange of traffic between which it will facilitate and foster. The Marine Review, in Its issne of April 23, says that the canal project "is tbe most unfeasible that might be imagined;" and that "it is tbe well-arranged collection of statistics, presented by tbe Canal Commis sion that is misleading." Pending explana tion on tbe fart of the Marine Review of the manner in which and the extent to which "the said statistics "mislead," we take the responsibility of assuring the Iron Trade Review that tbe statistics iu question are authentic in every detail; and that the Canal Commission invites the closest tests of the accuracy of them or,any of them. THBEE BUSHED TO DEATH. A Fatal Fire in the Annexed District of New York City. New York, May 1. Three young girls were bnrned to death and two other persons were badly bnrned at a lire in a fireworks factory in the annexed district this after noon. The fire broke out in the one-story frame building 1902 Union avenue, Mor risana. The bnilding was occupied by George Kreamer, manufacturer of fireworks. The flames were started by an explosion of powder. They spread rapidly, and in a mo ment the entire'building was afire: Tillie Hammond, Mary Lynch, 17 years old, and Jennie Harpley, 17 years old, were caught ui the burning bnilding and bnrned to death in sight of the crowd that had as sembled to watch the fire. George Kreamer, 40 years old, was badly burned about the head and bodv, and Lottie Horn, 14 years old, was horribly burned about the body. Tbe damage to tbe stockin tbe building was 52,000, and the loss on the building wai 54,000, D0Q FIGHTEES IK TEOUBLE. Besults of the "Work Done Yesterday by the Humane Agents. Humane Agent O'Brien yesterday made informations against eight persons before Alderman Brinker for attending a dog fight back of Troy Hill on April 18. One of tbe party has been arrested. Mr. O'Brien also killed a horse suffering with a broken leg, on Villa street, Allegheny. As the result of Deputy Hnmane Agent Berryman's investigation yesterday, suits on the following cases will be entered to-day: William Swick, a driver for the Palace Laundry, is accused of ill-treating his horse; Qeorge Tbumm, as Alleghany baker, is charged with driving a sick. horse, and Max Arnold, of 331 Madison avenne, Allegheny, who is said to have abused a cow. WAEX3IAN lias taken a blrdseye view ol the English Lake District from the top of one of Its mountains. An entertaining; letter in THE DISPATCH to-morrow. All the news. 1 Trying to Free Johnny Boblnson. It is understood that an effort will be made to secure a pardon for Johnny Eobin son, sent to the penitentiary for killing a man at McKee's Bocks. Influential friends of his are said to be securiug signatures to a petition asking for his release. MEH'S SUITS. Three Special Bargains To-Day. To-day we place on sale three special bar. gains in men's suits. We have marked: 1,000 men's suits at 55 each. 1,000 men's suits at 510 each. 1,000 men's suits at 515 each. "Whether yon want a business snit or a fine dress suit, you'll find jnst the thing at 55, 510 or 515. Light and dark suits, smooth and rough materials; any style yon want sack, cutaway or Prince Albert. P. C. O. C, PlTTSBUBG COMBIWATIOS Clothing Company, corner Grant and Diamond Btreets. Horses and Holes. Thirty-five head of draught and general purpose horses just arrived at the stables of the Arnheim Live Btock Company, Lim., No. 52 Second avenue, Pittsburg, Pa. Among tbe lot are eight matched teams, weighing from 3,000 to 3,500 pounds per span. They have 20 head of line Kentucky saddle horses, three fast pacers, and trotters, which can go in 2:40 or better. Anyone wishing to purchase a horse should not fail to call at their stable, as the Arnheim Live Stock Company, Lim., make it a point to handle better stock and sell them for less money than any other dealer in "Western Pennsylvania. Their mule yards are filled with 70 head of choice mules, from the smallest pit to the largesfaraugbt mule. Wall Paper. Lincrusta walton, pressed goods, hand made goods; also cheap and medium grades. With ceilings, friezes and borders to match, and a full line of wgod moldings, at "Welty'a, 120 Federal street, 65, 67, 69 and 71 Park way. " tts Busy During the Strike. Prices reduced? oa all pictures at An freeht's Elite Gallerr. 516 Market street- And bring the children. , ! ,-? mmmFm iHmoo wmtoflZfai )- That is never a nice moment when yonr horse knocks up under you, and you know quite well that he has done so, and that to ride him another inch would be a cruelty . another mile a sheer impossibility. qBnt when it happens in the Bush, the moment is apt to become more than negatively dis agreeable; for you may be miles from the nearest habitation, and an unpremeditated bivouac, with neither food nor blankets, is a thing that demands a philosophic temper ament as well as tbe quality of endurance. This once befell tbe manager of Uandong, in the back blocks of New South "Wales, just on the right side of the Dandong boundary fence, which is 14 miles from tbe homestead. Fortunately Deverell, of Dandong, was a young man, well used from his boyhood to the casual hardships of station life, and well fitted by physique to endure them. Also be had the personal,ad vantage of possessing the philoshopbio temperament large-sized. He dismounted tbe moment he knew for certain what was the matter. A ridge of pines a sandy ridge, where camping prop erly equipped wodld have been perfect lux uryrose against tbe stars a few hundred yards ahead. But Deverell took off the saddle on the spot and carried it himself as far as that ridge, where he took off the bridle also, hobbled the done-up beast with a stirrup leather and turned him adrift Deverell, of Dandong. was a good master to his horses and his dogs and not a bad due J to bis men. Always the master first and the man afterward, he was a little selfish, as becomes your masterful man. On the other hand, be was a singularly frank young fel low. He would feebly own, for instance, that he was the luokiest man in the back blocks. This, to be sure, was no more than the truth. But Deverell never lost sight of his luck, nor was he ever ashamed to recognize it; wherein he differed from the average luokymau, who says that luck had nothing to do with it Deverell could gloat over his luck, aud do nothing else when he bad nothing else to do. And iu tbis way he faced contentedly even this lonely, hungry -night, his back to a pine at the north side of the ridge, and a short brier pipe iu full blast. He was the new manager of Dandong, to begin with. That was one of the best managerships iu the colony, and Deverell had got it young iu his twenties, at all events, if not by much. The salary was 700 a year, and the homestead was charming. Furthermore, Deverell was within a month of his marriage; and the coming Mrs. Dev erell was a girl of some social distinction down in Melbourne; and a belle into tbe bargain, to say nothing of another feature, wbich was entirely satisfactory, without being so ample as to imperil a man's inde pendence. The homestead would be charming Indeed in a few weeks, in time for Christmas. Meanwhile, the "clip had been a capital one, and tbe rams abundant; the paduocks were in a prosperous state, and the tanks overflowing, everything going smoothly in its right groove (as things do not always go on a big station), aud the proprietors perfectly delighted with their new manager. "Well, the new manager was sufficiently delighted with himself. He was lucky in his work and lucky in his love and what can the gods do more for you? Cousiderlug that he had rather worse than no antecedents at all antecedents with so dark, a stain upon them that, anywhere but in a colony, the man would have been a ruined man from his infancy he was really incredibly lucky in his love aflair. But, whatever his parents had been or had done, he bad now no relatives at all of his own: and this is a great thing when you are about to make new ones in an inner circle: so that here, once more, Dev erell was in his usual luck. It does one good to see a man thoroughly appreciating his good luck. The thing is so seldom done. Deverell not only did this, but did it with complete sincerity. Even to-night, though personally most uncom fortable, aud tightening his belt after every pipe, he could gaze at the stars with grateful .eyes, obscure them with clouds of smoke, watch the clouds disperse and the stars shine bright again, and call himself again and again, and yet again, the very luckiest man in the colony. While Deverell sat thus, returning thanks on an empty sts-nacb, at the northern edge of the ridge, a man tramped into the pines from the south. The heavy sand muffled his steps; but he stopped long before he came near Deverell, apd threw down his swag with an emancipated air. The man was old, but held himself more erect than does the typical swagman. Tbe march through life with a cylinder of blankets on one's shonlders, with all one's worldly goods packed in that cylinder, canses a certain stoop of a very palpable kind; and this the old man, apparently, had never contracted. Other points slightly distinguished him from the ordinary run of swagmen. His garments were orthodox, bnt the felt wide-awake was stiff and new, and so were the moleskins; these, indeed, might have stood upright without any legs in them at all. The old man's cheeks, bhin and upper lip were cov ered with short gray bristles, like spikes of steel: above tbe bristles he had that "lean and hungry look" wbich Cassar saw in Csstlusi . He rested a little oa his swag. "So this is Dandoat-," he sauttered, a if fkiag ' PAGES 9 TO 12. " a ' to tbe Dandong sand between bis feet. "Well, now that I am within his boundary fence at last, I am content to rest. Here I camp. Tu-morrow I shall see him!" Deverell, at the other side of the ridge, dimming the stars with his smoke, for the pleasure of seeing them shine bright again, heard a sound which was sudden music to his ears. The sound was a crackle. Deverell stopped smoking, but did not move; it was difficult to believe his ears. But the crackle gTew louder; Deverell jumped up and saw the swagman's fire within a hundred yards of him; and the difficult thing to believe in then was his own unparalleled good luck. "There is no end to it," he chuckled, tak ing his saddle over one arm and snatching up the wrter-bag and bridle. "Here's a swaggie stopped to camp, with 'flour for a damper, and a handful of tea for tbe quart pot, as safe as the bank! Perhaps a bit of blanket for me, too! Bnt I am the luckiest man in the colony; this wonldn't have happened to anyone elsel" He went over to the fire aud the swagman, who was crouching at the ',ther side of it, peered at him from under a floury sido palm. He was making the damper already. His welcome to Deverell took a substantial shape; he doubled the flour for the damper. Otherwise the old tramp did notgnsh. Deverell did tbe talking. Lying at full length on the blankets, which had been un rolled, his face to the flames, and his strong jaws clipped iu nis hands, be discoursed very freely of his luck. "You're saving my life," said he, gaily "I should have starved. I didn't think it at the time, but now I know I should; I thought I could hold out, between belt and 'baccy, but I couldn't now, anyhow. If I hold out till the damper's baked, if a all I can do now. It's like my lnck! I never saw anything look quite so good before". There now. bate up. Got any tea7" "Yes.,r "Meat?" "No." "Well, we could have done with meat, but it can't be helped. I'm lucky enough to get anything. It's my lnck all. oyer. I'm the luckiest man in the colony, let me tell you. But we could have done with chops. Gad, but I'd have soma yet, if I saw a sheepl They're all wethers in this paddock, but they don't draw down toward the gate much." He turned his head, and knitted his brows, but it was difficult to distinguish things beyond'the immediate circle of flrelitsand, and he saw no sheep. To do the man justice, he would not have touched one if he had; he had said what be did not mean; but something in his war of say ing it made the old man stare at him hard. "Then you're one of the gentlemen frosa Dandong Station, are you, sir?" "I am," said Deverell. "My horse is fresh off the grass, and a bit green. He's knocked up, but he'll be all right in the morning; the crab-holes are fnll of water, and there's plenty of feed about. Indeed it's tbe best season we've had for years my lnck again, you seel" The tramp did not seem to hear all he said. He bad turned his back, end was kneeling over the fire,deeply engrossed with the water bag aud the quart pot wbich he was filling. It was with much apparent preoccupation tbat he asked: . "Is Mr. Deverell, the boss, there nowr' "He is." Deverell spoke drily, and thought a minute. After all, there was no object in talking about himself in the third person to a msn who would come applying to him for work the next day. Beaming tbis, he added, with a touch of dignity, "I'm he." The tramp's arm jerked, a small fountain played ont of the bottle neck of the water bag and fell with a hiss upon the fire. The tramp still knelt with his back to Deverell. The blood had left his face, his eyes were raised to the pale, bright stars, his lips moved. By a great effort he knelt as he had been kneeling before Deverell spoke; until Deverell spoke again. "You were on your way to see me, eh?" "I was on my way to Dandong." , "Wanting work? "Well, you shall hav it," said Deverell, with decision. "I don't want hands, bnt I'll take you on; you've saved my life, my good fellow, or you're going to, in a brace' of shakes. How goes the damper?" "Well," said the old man, answering De vereU's last question shortly, but Ignoring his first altogether. "Shall I sweeten the tea or not?" "Sweeten it" The old man got ready a handful of tea . and another of sugar to throw into the quarts pint 4h& nnManf Ilia wntv .aiIbi? XTa It rf " pot the moment the water boiled. He bad not yet turned round. Still kneeling, with the soles of his bbots under Deverell's nose, he moved the damper from time to time, and made tbe tea. His hands shook. Deverell made himself remarkably happy during the next half hour. He ate the hot damper, lie drank the strong tea, la away that Indicated unbounded confidence in his digestive powers. A dyspeptio must bars wept for envy. Toward tbe end of the meal he discovered that the -swagman who sat remote from the' fire, and seemed to he re garding Deverell with a gsza of peculiar tascination had scarcely broken his bread. "Aren't you hungry?" aiked Deverell, with his month foil. 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