PITTSBURG-, SUNDAY, MAT 8, 1891. ill! NOW H THE , A Wonderful Exhibition, Show ing the Strides in Water Warfare During THE PAST FIFTY YEARS. YesselB and Armaments at the Time of Trafalgar Compared to Modern Ironclads. OPENED BY THE PBIKCE OP WALES. JL Clerical Charlatan Drags tie Lord Major tt London Down In Deep Diseraea Through Eis Acts. BAE6N MRSCITS BMIGEATIOK BCHEHE, Tc Tnxrjlsat Eilmri Into EniS tut Arstrslia, Prtli- sKj Sceced t Ipicisfctas Tdm rrcn tie Ytrr Etut, 60BEIPFEOK TEE VARIOUS IUEOFE1H CAPITALS LoxdOJT, May 2. The naval exhibition on the Chelsea embankment was opened at soon to-day with great ceremony. The Prince of TValei presided at the opening ceremonies. He wore tha uniform of sn admiral of the British nary. As the Prince and Princess of "Wales entered the grounds, accompanied by the Princess Maud of "Wales, the Bute of Clarence and Avondale, the Duke of Con naught and the Princess Christian, all in cpen state carriages, there was a tropical downpour of rain, and they drove to an awn ing, where they were received by the officers of the exhibition and by the lords of the ad miralty. The Prince and Princess of "Wales were conducted to a dais, after which the Arch bishop of Canterbury came forward and uttered a prayer. The Prince of "Wales then replied to the address of the officers of the exhibition, after which the Princess of "Wales turned a tiny switch in front of a miniature model of the Eddystone light house. There was a fhsh from the top of the lighthouse, and the exhibition was formally declared to hare been opened to tbe public Opened "With a Cannon Shot. As the light flashed from the Lighthouse a cannon shot was .heard from one of the model men-of-war in the grounds, the TJnion Jack at tbe top of the main building was unfurled and the bands played "God Bare the Queen." The exhibition is held in the grounds of the old Chelsea Hospital in the temporary buildings erected last year for the military exhibition. The hospital and grounds look directly on the Thames, the Chelsea embankment, a fine broad promenade, well planted with trees, alone separating it from the river. The exhibition and grounds cover an area f over 15 acres. The grounds are divided into two sections of unequal size, the build ings quite surrounding them. The smaller sec tion is laid out with elaborate flower beds, has a band stand and a miniature cascade and fountain. The larger section has an arena and a good-sized artificial lake. Be tween the arena and the lake is a grand stand of large seating capacity, and across the arena from the grand stand rises the exact fao simile of tne Eddystone light house. The Model Eddystone LMchthouso. The lighthouse, which is lighted up to the extent of 00,000 candle power, Is built of a frame work o iron covered with Amer ican expanded wire, over which cement is laid, giving it the appearance of solid stone. The lower part of the lighthouse is used for an exhibit of lighthouse and signalling ap paratus, while the top, reached by elevators, affords a good observation. One of the most interesting features of the exhibition is a full-sized model of Kelson's famous flagship, the "Victory," furnished throughout with guns and accoutrements of Kelson's day. On the lake it is proposed to give each day a mimic battle between min iature ironclad men of war, including tor pedo attacks, torpedo practice, submarine mining fireworks, etc. In the arena bodies of sailors will demonstrate how drill is done aboard ship, and gymnastio contests and displays will also be given, wherein the boys of the naval school at Greenwich will figure. The handling of naval machine guns, such as the gatling, will be shown here by picked parties of blue-jackets. Divided Into Nine Galleries. The main exhibition building is divided into nine galleries, each named after some oelebrated sailor, such as the Kelson, Ben bow, Cook, Howe and Blake galleries, each gallery being devoted to some one class of exhibits. There are interesting collections of 'old naval relic, and of relics of the various Arctic expeditions, and the an Section contains the finest collection of naval pictures ever seen. Burnley, Gainsborough, Knell, Van Dyke, "West Hall, Beynolds, Sir Benjamin "West, De Martino, Maclise, Pbillups and many others are represented. The other galleries are equally interest ing, containing specimens and models of all the latest developments of naval invention. There are hundreds of models of old and new warships. Innumerable charts, an cient and modern, are hung on the walls of the gallery. Just inside the main entrance is s fine model of the battle ship, "The Jneen," constructed In 1837. Comparison ol Old and New Warships. Kothing could show more strikingly tbe enormous strides made in naval construction during the past half century than a compar ison of this warship with a modern ironclad. Innumerable kinds of machine guns are ei hiblted,and also some of the heaviest cannon ever made. A 110-ton gun is particularly conspicuous in a full section of the turret of the Victoria. All the various appliances for manipulat ing heavy ordnance and machinery of all kinds are on view, as are also shells, sec tions of shells and models of shells in their different dazes of manufacture. An inter esting contrast is made by placing side by side a charge for the modern 100-ton gun, weighing 760 pounds, and a bag containing the heaviest charge used daring the Cri uiu war, weighing 16 pounds. All tbe largest ship builders and ship owners are represented, if not in the exhi bition itself, in buildings specially provided in the grounds. The galleries are gaily festooned with flags and ensigns of all na tions, not forgetting the Stars and Stripes. Some of the Curiosities Exhibited. Among the naval curiosities which may be seen at the exhibition are Captain Cook's waistcoat, the washstand used by Kelson at sea, the Exmouth trophy, the figurehead of the Shannon carried on that ship during her memorable encounter with the Chesa peake, the Duke of Edinburgh's curious collection of silver ships, a portion of the main mast of the Victory pierced by shet at the battle of Trafalgar, a panorama of the battle of Trafalgar, and many other such relics similar to those already mentioned. The Howe Gallery is devoted to trade ex hibits and to exhibits from the various naval charities. In the fifth gallery, the Cook Gallery, are exhibitions of the old charts and naval instruments of the past and of the present. In this section relics oi the great explorers are also exhibited be neath the flags under which they sailed. Some Models of Ancient Vessels. Then there is the Seppingsgallery, devoted to the models of vessels from the date of the Great Harry down, with illustrations of the boat-lowering and life-saving apparatus now in nsej the Armstrong gallery, devoted to ancient and modern ordnance, including the very latest quick-firing guns. The Camperdown gallery contains chiefly dynamos and air-compressing machinery for working torpedoes, and an immense glass diving tank and a largo, collection of iron and steel armor plates. In the diving tank illustrations of submarine mining and counter-mining will be given. The full-sized model of the Victor.already referred to, is one of the great features of historical interest The model is from water-line to bulwark, and from figurehead to taffrail. On its lower deck are fao similes of the guns used at Trafalgar, and there is an illustration of the appearance of the old ship's cockpit (hospital) on the day of the famous battle where Kelson died. In the cockpit is placed a group of wax figures, representing the dying Admiral surrounded by his officers. Exhibits of Shipping Firms. In the different parts of the grounds kiosks have been erected by such firms as the Thames Iron Work and Ship Building Company, the Fairfield Shipping Company, J. & G. Thompson, the Boyal Hail Steam Packet Company, and the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Kavigation Company, where there are exhibited exquisite models of their best-known steamships. The profits of the naval exhibition will be given to the virions naval authorities. The success of tbe military exhibition of last year suggested the holding of a naval ex hibition in the same place. A committee of organization was at once formed, under the chairmanship of Admiral Sir "W. M. Dowell, and with the support of the mem bers of the royal family and the aristocracy. The Queen consented to act as patron; the Prince of "Wales undertook the duties of President of the exhibition, and the Duke of Edinburgh heads the lis; of Vice Presidents. The other Vice Presidents are the BL Hon. H. O. KChilds, M. P.; the Bt. Hon. G. J. Gosohen, M. P.; the Bt. Hon. Lord George Hamilton, the Lord Major; Admiral Lord John Hay, Admiral Sir Geoffrey Hornby, Earl of Korth Brook, Marquis pf Bipon, Bt. Hon. "W. H. Smith, Admiral Sir Provo and "W. P. "Wallis. The Executive Committee and the counsel are made up of leaders- in politics and the navy. A guarantee fund of 63,000 was raised, though it is not likely to be needed. A CLERICAL CHARLATAN. HZ MAKES SOKE BTAETHKQ PHOPHE CDES OK PUBLIC MEN. The Beast of Bevelationi Identified With Bismarck, Gladstone, Disraeli, Bonlan ger, Napolson III. and Other London's Xord Mayor Bidlcoled. BT CABLE TO THB DISrATCH. London, May 2. Some weeks ago Lon don was convulsed with scornful mirth at the announcement that the Lord Mayor had given the use of the Mansion House for a conversazione of a prophecy investigation society, of which a clerical charlatan named Baxton was supposed to be the head. Bax ton has been prophesying on and off for 80 years. During this period he has Identified "The Beast of Bevelations" with at least 20 men in turn, the number including Ka poleon IIL, Bismarck, Gladstone, Disraeli and Boulanger, and reasoning therefrom, has quite as olten confidently stated the ex act date of the end ot the world. The proposal to defile the rooms sacred to white bait and green turtle, by handing them over to a professional prophetic quack, aroused such a storm of indignation and ridicule that Lord Mayor Savory, the same dignitary who has not yet answered the charge of stealing and uttering one of SDur geon's sermons, was compelled to explain that Baxton was not the head of the society, and was not among the invited guests. This repudiation was rather hard upon Baxton, whose chief offense after all consisted in the fjet that he unwisely entered into particulars instead of keeping to safe gener alities. The conversazione took place last evening and was a dreadfully dull affair. Although the Bev. Dr. Baxton was absent in the flesh, bis spirit seemed to permeate the place, and the cheerfulest speaker was one member who said'he was despondent as to the progress of the conversion of the world to Christianity, when it was consid ered that there were only 410.000,000 of nom inal Christians in the world, out of a popu lation of 1,400,000,000. More than that there was a Buddhist temple, with a full complement of imported priests, established in Paris, and there were three Mahommedan temples in this country wheri" the Islam propaganda was being earnestly disseminated. WALES BEPBIMAlfDED Tor the Filthy Condition of Some of His Tenement Houses In London. rT DUBLIN'S CABLS COMPAHT.l Lowdok, May 2. The Connty Council has reprimanded the Prince of "Wales, on account of the terrible condition of the block of tenements at Vauxhall belonging to the Dnchy of Cornwall, and the revenue of which goes to the Prince. The Couneil shows that the property is in a disgraceful condition, and peremptorily orders extensive alterations, which will give the. tenants more light and air. BEAD! FOB BUSUEM. A Successful Trial Trip of the Eejuvenoted City or Paris. rT DVXIvLr't CABLX OOJCTAXT.I LoiTDOir.'May 2. The trial trip of the City of Parii has been moat successfully ac complished. The ocean greyhound is as fleet as ever, and her owners promise that she will again lower her own record, which still remains the fastest Eastern passage ever made. The passengers on the trial trip embarked at Gonrock, a few miles be low Glasgow on the Clyde, and five runs were made on the measured mile, with an average of a little over 21 knots per. ho or, a remarkable performance for a steamer with a foul bottom. From Gourock the City of Paris ran up the Channel to the norjh of Ireland, and then returned to Liverpool, arriving this afternoon. She will now be put in dry dock and her bottom cleaned. Her first trip to New York has been postponed until May 13. ' BARON HIRSCH'S SCHEME. IT IS HOT EEGABDED AS PBACTIOAL BY LEVEL-HEADED KEN. ord Shaftesbury Preceded Him Many Tears Ago in His Hebrew Colonisation Project The Baron Is Prepared to Spend Mill- 9 tons on the Flan. IBT CABLE TO TBI PISFATCH.l LONDON, May 2. Baron Hirsoh has not yet contradicted the announcement that he has in contemplation a vast scheme for form ing a new Palestine in So nth America, in which the hundreds of thousands of poor op pressed Hebrews in this hemisphere may find a haven of safety and comfort. Every body is talking about the Baron, with whose peculiarities the readers of The Dis patch have been made acquainted from time to time in this correspendence, and his name is coupled with those of kings and princes, who are said to have approved of his project. All this is very gratifying to Baron Hirsch, the more so that this fresh fame has been obtained without much expenditure of money, for, in some respects, he is a frugal as well as a vain man. Even assuming that tha Baron is 'prepared to spend millions upon the project, level-headed men, He brews as well as Gentiles, regard it as more chimerical than that which the late Lord Shaftesbury, in all seriousness, submitted to the British Government in 1840. That pbilanthropio nobleman, who, by the way, was a distinguished member of the Peace Society, proposed that tbe Turks should be "turned out of Palestine and Syria, by persuasion if possible, by force if need be, to make room for the Hebrews, who were to be settled on tbe land, formed into a common wealth, protected from external influences! In general, and the aiorcsaia xurcs in par ticular, by the European powers. Lord Palmerson, who was Foreign Minister in the British Cabinet in 1840, and a painfully practical politician, made light of the great scheme, even to the verge of flippancy, and,' it is believed, did not taKe tne trouDie to submit it to his colleagues. Baron Hirsch's millions, if he be "pre pared to spend them, may advance his pro ject to the experimental stage, but, beyond that, in the opinion of all practioal men on this side of the Atlantic, It is not likely to go. XBEE EDUCATION BILL. It Will Stir TJp a Spirited Fight In the Honse of Commons. fBT DUKLAT'S CABLE CdtfFAXY. Londow, May 2. It is now almost certain that the Government free education bill will contain clauses relating to denomi national schools, which the Badieals will feel called upon to oppose tooth and nail. Certain publio utterances by members of tbe Government fully warrant this belief and indicate their line of policy. Irish Nationalists representing the Boman Cath olic hierarchy, who demand to have full control of their sectarian schools, while en joying State endowments, will naturally support any Government which will give them what they want. But there are enough non-conformist Badieals in the House of Commons to obstruct such proposals beyond Parliamentary patience, and thereby to give the Ministers that which they want v.ery badly just now, a good election1."" The cry of free education is a tangible boon to tne agricultural laborers, who, more than any other class of workers, chafe against and resent the payment of school fees. The Tories believe they stand to win whichever way the Badieals may move. If tha education bill should pass into a law they will pose as public benefaotors, and ff tbebill be obstrncted or defeated, they can and will appeal to the country in the char acter of philanthropists, balked of their be nevolent intentions by heartless Liberals, who care nothing for the well-being oi the people. THE EVILS EXAGGEBATED. A Temperance Committee Report That Is Not So Disheartening. rT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.! London, May 2. The great temperance societies, which hold their annual meetings in London next week, are at present greatly agitated by the unexpected character of the rest of the special committee which, at their insistence, the House of Commons ap pointed last year to inquire into the adulter ation of British and foreign spirits, and generally to report upon the injurious ingre dients found in liquor. The committee was sent to curse, but it remained to bless. After witnessing a series of most elaborate experiments and taking an immense mass of evidence, the committee has declared that the evils attendant upon the consumption of new spirit: have been greatly exaggerated, and that the remedies which have been sug gested for the protection of spirit drinkers against fusel oil and other supposed poi sonous substances are of such doubtful utility that they cannot be recommended. In fact, fusel oil, which temperance people have been using for a generation past as a bogie with which to frighten their bibulous brethren into sobriety, has been shamefully maligned. BOMB rAMOUS PAINTINGS Bring Pretty Good Pi Ices at Their Sale in London. IBT DCHLAF'S CABLE COUFAST.I XiOXSOH, May 2. The famous Bolokow collection of paintings was offered for sale to-day at Christie & Manson's looms, and the total amount realized was 69,330. 'The highest price for any picture was 6,772 for Meissonier's "Sign Painter." The picture is 17x22 inches. The noticeable prices that were secured for other pictures were 4.935 for Troyon'a "Going to Marfcet," 1,207 for "Webster's "Boast Pig," 1,260 for Ersfeine Nioholl's "China Merchant" The average prices received were considered good. POST HOBTEM HTJMOB. Handkerchief left a Wife In Which to Weep for a Husband. BT DUJfLAT'S CABLE COMPAJTT.l Glasgow, May 2. A bit of post mortem humor was brought to light to-day, when the will oi a well-known dootor, who re cently died here, was registered. The doe tor leaves his entire estate to two sisters, and concludes tbe document with a clause containing this extraordinary language: "To my wife, as a recompense for desert ing me and leaving me in peace, I expect my sister Elizabeth to make her a gift of 10 shillings to bay s handkerchief la which the may weep titer my decease." STAHLEY IS THB0TJGH The Famous Explorer Will Not Betura to the Dark Continent IBT BURLAP'S CABLE COHTAirr. London, May 2. Mr. Stanley has at last put an end to all reports Indicating that he would speedily return to Africa, as he had been appointed President of the Kongo State by the King of Belgium. He deolared last evening that nnder no eireumstaneea would he again return to the Dark Continent. . f... v., - . ...,i' Jf .634,21 .S!,.--.--, Jvir4.'. .'. t if W"n-ffr iT? -V g-rtfffiffiigrg Tffitf -ffri TfriritiiffiiliftT'TriTT TlllfFSf IfffrTtt'si "i TBirni ;" "V m -Tgi-'rifflr-ir iff- 1 TCTrMiyrfffarf Ti i MKffi rf-n TM I'limiiii' W-hf-flliassTSi ', r TfnmifMf A PITIFUL TRAGEDY. FiTe People Butchered by a Man Drlyen Insane by Poverty, WHO THEH END8 HI& EXISTENCE. Wife, CMdreD, Kepfiew and Kother-In-Law Killed by Him. PBOrUST AGAINST OIJTKAGE 01 FATE IBT DUKLAP'S CABLE COKFAirT.l Btjda PeSIH, May 2. "While the minds of the working classes in Europe were yester day exclusively engaged with the labor problem, and the question of how their position in life might be improved, a tragedy, mostpitifnl in all its details, was being enacted in an immense tenement in this eity, located at No. 5 Schiffgasse. Some 39 years ago one of the most pros perous manufacturers in BudaPesth was Theodorio Orthesky, whose cloths were widely known and esteemed. He was in the prime of life, of commanding presence and liberal as a Prince with his money. His family consisted of only his wife and daughter, both lovely specimens of Hun garian womanhood, who, to a strong re semblance to each other, added a depth of affection that was exceptional. The only being whom Paulis Orthesky really loved besides her mother was Oscar Opsaky, the youth to whom she had, after many scruples, promised her hand. , Art Unfortunate Wedding Day. Oscar was the eldest son ot a flourishing iron founder, and, from a worldly point of view, tbe match seemed in every way a de sirable one, as Oscar would one day succeed to his father's business. His daughter's wedding day, however, proved an unfor tunate epoch for Herr Ortheskv, who from that time on, whether from grief at the loss of his only child or for other reasons, began a course of dissipation and neglect of busi ness that could have but one result. In strong contrast to the character and habits of the too-festive cloth manufacturer were those of his son-in-law. Strictly brought up, Oscar had been taught that in dustry and integrity were the only beacons that could lead to success, and that a stead fast obedience to dnty was imperative to whatever goal it might lead. Thus taught, it may be imagined with wha anxiety he watohed Herr Orthesky's downward course, and how he used all his influence to post pone, if he could not avert, the threatened calamity; but in vain. Laid Him in the Grave. Three years from the day when the joy bells sounded in his ears at his wedding, Oscar was attending the funeral of the once prosperous man of business, with the know ledge that his father-in-law had died a phys ical wreck; that his fortune had been wasted and his factory passed into other hands. From that time It naturally became Oscar's pleasure to provide for Fran Orthesky, who became a member of his household, which was soon increased by the birth ot a daugh ter. He also assumed the charge and edu cation of a nephew, the son of a dead brother. If poetical justice were meted out impar tially in this strange world, Oscar should certainly have met wth good fortune; but the reverse was the case. Not long after the death ot Herr Orthesky his own father was suddenly stricken with apoplexy, and, after a brief illness, died. This calamity was quickly followed by the discovery that poor 'josipoDT had been inveigled into certain land speculations that had seriously crippled his capital and made it almost impossible for his son to successfully conduct yiefyisi nets. " ."-. 5 A Straggle Against Odds. Osoar struggled along, but the odds were against him. He could not compete with his rivals in 'trade, and he gradually did less and less business, until be was com pelled to sell his plant lor what it would bring. Settling his family in a less ex pensive locality, Herr Cosaky went to re pair his fortune in Vienna, and for a time it seemed that he would succeed in again providing a suitable home for his dear ones, but it appears that the continued strain had been too muoh for Oscar's mind. He lost his capacity for the intricate calculations required in his work, and was compelled to resign his position. Beturning to Buda Pestb, he was forced to accept such humble employment as served to keep the wolf from the door, but even such work was Boarce, owing to the supply being greater than the demand. However, rents are low in tbe ancient town of Buda, across the Danube, and the Cosakys managed during the last few years, in some sort of fashion, to keep their heads above water. Finally about a year ago Oscar had the great good luck, as he con sidered it, of being appointed janitor of one of tbe largest tenement houses in the city, which was owned by a landlord who proposed to get the utmost rate of interest for his money. Terrible Act of Butchery, All went well with these victims of ill fortune until a few days ago, when notice was received from the landlord that he oould not afford to give his janitor apart ments sufficiently large for a family of six. This was the edict that deprived Oscar of what little firmness and brains he had left. Taking advantage of the absence of many of the tenants on May Day and the quiet ness of the house, he proceeded to make his final protest against the outrages of fate. He crushed in the skulls of his wife and baby, smothered his daughter and chopped off the heads of his mother-in-law and nephew with an ax that he left lying on Fran Orthesky's Dreast. Oscar then mechanically performed cer tain duties about the house, end, these ended for the day, be wended his way to the Danube, where his body was found. Before committing this butchery, Oscar, who, sev eral years before had taken the name of Sinks to conceal himself from his old friends, wrote letters to the press and to the police. To the press, he told his sad story, adding that "leaving this, his only home, meant ruin for all of us." In that to the police he described In detail what he had done, saying that his victims had given him no trouble, only the old woman resisting. He begged that the bodies of his victims might have decent burial, but that with his own corpse they might do whatever they pleased. KOBE BBITISH 70IBLXJ. A Strange Bomanoe of the Peerage Blade Publio In the Divorce Court, IBT DOTtLAT'S CABLE OOKFAST.1 Lohdou, May 2. Another' chapter In the strange romance of the British peerage was closed yesterday in a divorce conrt, a 12 years' cause celebre, Dysart versus Dysart and Suyden, which had been con vulsing polite society. Tbe petitioner was the Bight Honorable Earl of Dysart, and he sued and obtained divorce on the ground of his wife's Infidelity with Charles Buy. den, a young actor, then almost a novioe on the stage. Society found some excuse for the erring couple, for finydea waa not a common aotor, being a scion of the noble honse of St. Leonards, and he was undeni 'ably one of the handsomest men in London. Suyden, when the lawful interval' had elapsed, married the divorced Countess. 'But the union was an unhappy one from the start, and three years ago Suyden deserted his wife, leavlng'her to subsist on the char ity of friends, Testcrdar Mrs. Bnydea ob tained another diveree, this Usee en b tvv petition agalut as fcubaL.ja tkktut of his desertion and infidelity. His present attraction is Mabel Jordan, an American woman, at present living in Paris. , GOOD FOR THE POLES. CHAJTCELLOB VOH CAPBIVI FHID8 IT DESIRABLE TO Make Friends With the Subject Country In Order to Form a Safe Government Coalition Also to Contrast the Treat ment Accorded by Bussla. CCOFTBIOHT.lSSl, BTTHE NEW TOET ASSOCIATED FBESS.1 Bebxijt, May 2. The prospect of Prince Bismarck's early reappearance in the Beich stag has given an impetus to the Govern ment's plan for the conciliation of the vari ous parties, so as to render them ready to coalesce in the Government's interest. The Center and Freisinnige parties, and the Gnelphs and Poles in turn receive Govern ment inducements. Though the Poles only count 16 in the Beichstag, their steady sup port is worth securing. The recently developed tendencies of the Government toward the conciliation of the Poles ought justly to be ascribed, in part, to a quickened sense of justice in dealing with them. "Whatever motive may ani mate the Government, the Poles of "Western Prussia and Posen have been favorably in fiuenced by a freer use of the national language in the schools by tbe greater facilities afforded them for tbe acquirement and sale of land, and by the increased courtesy accorded ly officials to Polish families. To-day's debate in the Lower House of the Diet on the budget commission for the Ger man colbnizing of "Western Prussia, occa sioned remarks touching the Government's policy in Posen, and provoked Chancellor von Oaprivi to explain. He denied that the Government had conceded to the Poles any thing beyond what came within the scope oi the settlement law. It had met the wishes of the Poles as reeards both the schools and the church. The Poles, on their part, Lad also manifested a desire to bring them selves into closer accord with the Govern ment. This desire found expression in the support which tbe Poles gave the Govern ment proposals for increasing the defensive power of Germany. ' This, the Chancellor said, was indeed a pleasant and surprising ohange. If the Poles would take the lead on the path of reconciliation, the Govern ment and the Germans were ready to fol low. Alluding to the suggestion that the ami cable treatment of the Poles had a latent aim to make proselytes among them, Chan cellor von Cnspi scouted the idea that the sole aim of the Government was to concili ate the Poles. If he had designed to con trast the conditions of the Poles in Posen with that of their harassed kindred over the Bussian border, the Chancellor could not have spoken better. WILLIAM BBISiXIHQ UP. Ho Gets the Idea That Germans Are Not Properly Treated in Paris. . rBT DUKLAF'B CABLE coufant.i London, May 2. The war-scare fakir has been somewhat disheartened of late, but he has made another gallant effort this week. He declares that Kaiser "Wilhelm is much incensed at the manner in which Germans, high and low, are being treated in Paris just now. German workmen are constantly boy cotted and insulted, and even members of the embassy are snubbed in polite society and blackballed at clubs. These statements require confirmation, and are probably untrue. If there be any foun dation to'them, the grievances are too intan gible to give cause to the Kaiser to raise in ternational dust. SCHENLEY VIEW PLACE LOTS! These lots are situated in the Nineteenth ward, Pittsburg, between Lawrenceville and East Liberty, less than 500 yards from the Penn avenue cable cars, and only 19 min utes ride from Sixth street. Ask conductor to let you off at Matilda street We have laid out another addition to Schenley View Place, and are authorized to offer 250 lots without advancing the prices. The fact that we sold between 200 and 300 lots last fall in less than two months is pretty good evidence that the public realize that these are beyond doubt the BEST ABD CHEAPEST LOTS IN THE CITY OF PITTSBURG. Recollect, these are not country lots, but from their central location you at once get the benefit of cable lines, schools, churches, stores, places of amusement, etc., that rural lot holders never obtain. WE GUARANTEE CLEAR TITLE TO ALL LOTS. NOW READ OUR PRICES AND TEEMS OF PAYMENTS, A liberal discount will be made to than five lots. No interest on- deferred payments, all cash. STRATJB & MORRIS, - 106 THIRD AVE. JL. XOQ THIRD A.'Vm,. AN EARLY OIL FOLLY. Story of tbe Shafts Sank to Tap Seep Lakes of Grease, THE FIRST WAS AT TAREHTDH. A Tragedy That Showed How Natural Gas Would Kill. HOW 6EEED LED HANI HEX ASTRAY. rsrZCIAL TELEOBAM TO THE DIBFATCH.l Nzw Yoke, May 2. B, H. McCutcheon, who was through the oil excitement in the Tidiouto district, and was seriously burned in a fire on Triumph Hill, was on the floor of the Consolidated Stock and Petroleum Exchange this week. Mr. McCutcheon has for some years been following the gentle pursuits Of a farmer in Bipley county, Ind., which he says he finds far less exciting than chasing fickle Fortune through the Pennsyl vania oil fields. He is here to complete the purchase of the farm adjoining his, which is owned by an estate here, so it may be sur mised that he is farming for profit, which is the way he carried on the oil business when he was in it. It was Mr. McCutcheon's peculiar fortune to be employed as a laborer on two of the shafts which were sunk in the oil country to find the oil rock and thus tap the golden stream of ' grease on a large scale. He' was working as a laborer in Tarentum, above Pittsburg, when the oil excitement burst upon upper Oil creek. After the community had time to think over the prospective in dustry promised by the striking of oil wells, the conviction seised many that the proper way to get this oil out of the ground was to dig shatts down to the rock and take it out by the wholesale. Tho Tarentum Oil Shaft. A number of persons in Tarentum were impressed with this idea, and tbe result was that an oil shaft was started near that town. Mr. MoCutcheon was employed to work: upon it, as he had had some experience in sinking several deep water wells at different points along the Allegheny river. The pro moters of the enterprise did not stop to ascertain that the oil rock at Tarentum laid somewhere near 2,000 feet below the surface, and that a shaft of several feet in diameter to that depth would be an im practical undertaking. It waa the oil which troubled the Salt wells at Tarentum that gave the.promoters of tbe shaft the idea that if they could sink their big bore down to the right spot the earth and the fatness thereof would be theirs. They went to work with a crew of well diggers, and the work progressed very satisfactorily for some time. After reaching a depth of 76 feet it was very slow -work, and after getting down in the neighborhood of 125 feet they were troubled some with gas. They worked on,bowever,but as there were no signs of oil the proprietors of the enterprise began to weary of paying out money, and Mr. McCutcheon thinks that the work was finally abandoned at about 165 feet Of course no oil was found. The Drake well had found oil at less than 70 feet, and the shaft theory continued to have many advocates. As the dip of the sand rook to the southwest began to be sus peoted it was reasoned out that the place to sink a shaft and tap the reservoir of inex haustible riches was somewhere further up the Allegheny river. Death In the Shaft at Tidiouto. i It was'not nntil 1863 that a company was again organized to try the shaft business. The New York Enterprise and Mining Com- i - Pay at Time Price. of Purchase. Per Month. $250 1000 : $5 00 300 10 00 6 25 390 10 00 8 00 400 10 00 8 25 425 10 00 9 00 pany was formed to dig a big, square hole in the ground at Tidioute, and Mr. Mc Cutcheon was also employed to work on this. The s.outh side of tha 'river, opposite the town, was selected as the best point to lead the riches of the earth out to the sur face and appropriate them to the use of the New York company. So at this point the shaft was begun. As Mr. McCutcheon remembers it, tbe bole was 12x8 feet. They dug down with pick and shovel, blasting tbrousrb the rocks, and drew the diggings out with a tub and windlass. It was not particularly hard digging, and the work went along quite rapidly. It was not thought at all a difficult undertaking to dig down to the third-sand rock at that place, and the company was very sanguine of realizing a speedy and vast fortune taking the juice right out of the orange, as it were, and leaving the pulp and hole for those who were content to puneture it with a pin. A Big Tunnellns Scheme. The intention of the company was to dig down to the oil rock and then tunnel into it in all directions, if necessary, to find the lake of oil. The comrjanr was not mistaken in their calculations as to finding theithird . sand. Xhey did dig down to it, hndlng it about the same depth as the Tarentum well 165 feet. Much oil was found, and several holes were drilled at different angles into the rock as tests for oil before beginning to tunnel with pick and shovel. There was enough gas in the shaft to make it danger ous for the laborers, and an air blast was put up, by means of which fresh air waa constantly pumped into the hole. Bach crew worked a few hours, in day time only, and were relieved by another crew. The shaft was curbed with plank and was a very creditable piece of work, considering the great depth it had been carried donn. Before the tunneling into tho oil rock was begun tbe tragedy occurred which put a stop to all further work. One day the men were sitting around the mouth of the well, about to go to work. A man by the name of Hart, who was foreman, was standing on 'a plank across the top of the shaft, and as a precautionary measure before sending down the men dropped a lighted taper into the hole. Instantly there was a terrific ex plosion of gas in the shaft. The men were hurled violently back by the shock, and Hart and the plank upon which he was standing were lifted into the air. Strange enough, Hart fell back into the shaft and his dead and mangled body was fished out of it. The Work on the Shaft Abandoned. Gas explosions were little known in those days, and the fatality accompanying this one created great excitement throughout that section. All the machinery about the mouth of the shaft was wrecked and the men were more or less injured by the shock. Mr. McCutcheon had an arm dislocated and a piece of flying plank laid open his scalp. Hundreds of persons visited the scene, and there seemed to be a universal sentiment against continuing the work. The excite ment was intense, and did not subside until Hart's body was taken out. The comuany did not care to risk another explosion, and although they had succeeded in getting the shaft to a point where they expected a reali zation of their hopes the work was abandoned and never again resumed. Among the early follies of the petroleum industry the oil shaft stands pre-eminent. The manifest impossibility of working them with the large quantity ot gas which wonld necessarily be found with the oil should have caused the projectors to hesitate before beginning them. The idea of sinking a shaft was born of the selfish spirit whioh wishes to hog the whole persimmon. It was reasoned that if a hole a few inches in diam eter would yield a fortune in a short time, then a whole teb feet square would simply mean wealth without limit. It was not suspected then that the size of the puncture was of mighty small importance alongside the location of the puncture. individuals or clubs buying blocks of'not les$ and Ten Per Cent Discount allowed fo CQEERS ARE CHEERED By large Defections From Company Men Who Join the Strikers. IT OFFSETS THE ITALIAfT IHFLTJXS Evictions Continue but Unattended ij Scenes of tiolence. STEIKEBS HOLD SOME BIG MEiTIfiSg. rSFXCIAL TZXXQBAX TO TEE SISFATCKl EcoTTDAXE,May 2. Another week closesj with little change in the general situation The coke companies claim a larger number of men working to-day than last Saturday, and the labor leaders conoede this, buf claim that tbe men who went to work the past week are not from the ranks of thr strikers. "While the labor people admit the compa nies largely increased their forces, they claim the returning to the strikers' ranks of the men at the Jimtown, Sterling1 and Juniata plants is of vastly mora import tance than the few hundred Italians brought' into the regions at the three plants abovsb named. There were over COO men working, and almost all have quit and joined iu tbe strike. The Frick Company continues to deny the extent of the defection at this plant, and say they are still shipping coksv Financial Aid lot cfflclont. The money reported as coming from Houtzdale arrived to-day and was immedta ately distributed among the men. The" amount was not sufficient to go far among so many in need. Large amounts are looke for early next week from other sources. A large and enthusiastic meeting was1 held at the Painter mines of the McOiurei Company to-day. Tbe men all remained at work during the time the meeting was going; on. During the meeting a Standard Hun exclaimed to a number of his countrymen that the strike could not be won. No sooner had he uttered the words than he was made, the victim of a shower of tin cans and old shoes. He was causht and made to promise that he would remain steadfast and keep hiar moath shut. The Evictions In Westmoreland. Sheriff Clawson and his deputies, supi ported by Company , evicted 12 more fans; lliei at Morewood to-day. Mrs. llartiay Wienjinski, who single-handed repulsed th. legal authorities, almost won again by her husband presenting a doctor's certificate, certifying to her physical inability to move,! The Sheriff didn't have his glasses, and wasu about to sound the retreat when a deputy happened to see that tbe date was to cover1! tbe eviction on April 23. Mrs. "Wienjinski looked as black as thejj smoks that ponred from the 118 coke ovensu in blast just across the hollow, but had the? good sense to say little and do nothing, aa her goods were carefully carried out. Hen was the first place visited, and tbe other U on the list were quickly disposed of. Some MO notices of this kind will expira in this part ot the region next week. A, large wall tent was erected near the Stand ard "Works to-day for tbe accommodation or those who live in Mt. Pleasant and will bo-, evicted at that plant. American flags flea from the end of the canvas. Hakoveb Avrancos At Mamanx fir Son's, 539 Penn avenue. fcLlffiSW m'iruiuAiTiSmM '"' g iis in iniHiiin. . ;. 'a&4& .a.
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