HELPFUL FOR HELPERS
IS THE EVERY aiOBNENG DISPATCH
IT REACHES EMPLOYERS
AS WXL AS EMPLOTES.
THE BEST WANT DIRECTORY
FORTY-SIXTH YEAH.
Pittsburg Once More Pays
Costly Tribute to the
Fire Monarch.
THE CLIMAX CAPPED.
Almost an Eiitiro Block of
Tory
Valuable Buildings
Swept Away.
TIIE LOSS OYER $700,000.
Christ Methodist Church, an Old
City Jwdmark, Kow a Total
Wreck, as Well as
THE PITTSBOEG FEMALE COLLEGE.
Scenes of Terror Among the Forty Students,
Who Were Eescued With Great
Difficulty.
A HIGH WIND ASSISTED THE FLAMES.
The Im DrpirtmeBt, With All Its Strength, Totally
Untile to Cltck the Flucee for
a Lcug Tune.
OTHZEFIEESTHATctnGHT FEOlf TEX SPABKS
Fire in fierce and devastating wares spread
over the block extending from Seventh
street to Eighth street at midnight, com
pletely wrecking the Christ Methodist Epis
copal Church, the Pittsburg Female Col
lege, on Eighth street, and the six-story
building of the Grocers' Supply and Storage
Company, ou Seventh street.
The fire originated in the latter building,
and extended to and wrecked the Pittsburg
Egg Company's store, Hoevler & Co. "a
Btore, McCullougb's rag warehouse and the
Buchanan boarding house on one side, and
on the north side of the Grocers Supply
building Select Councilman George
Treusch's house, occupied by the Bureau of
Health, was totally destroyed, as well as the
warehouse of Walker & Co., dealers in oil
supplies. The total lost, so far at conld be
estimated, will amount to 5750,000. -Rapid
Spread of tbe Flames.
The fire was discovered shortly after 11
o'clock by the watchman in the Grocers'
Supply and Storage Company, whose large
buildings extended from No. 13 to 21
Seventh street. Originating in the cellar,
the flames quickly mounted through the
elevatorshafts to the upper stories, and be
fore the department could get down to work
the entire structure was in flames. From the
-Fatt of Chrlat Church Steeple.
first the firemen were helpless. The build
ing was higher than the streams of water
could cope with, and, though lines of hose
from a dozen engines were brought into play
upon the flames from Seventh street and
Haddock's alley, the work was ineffectual,
and it was soon seen that the buildings were
doomed.
The Entire Department Called Out.
It did not take long for the officials to see
that they had more than an ordinary con
flagration to deal with, and the entire de.
partment was brought upon the scene. Its
services were required. The fierce heat from
the tall storage buildings which extended back
to Maddock's alley very soon found effect on
the adjacent dwellings. Immediately in rear
of the Seventh street warehouse was the rear
of the Pittsburg Female College, and in
close proximity was Christ Chnrch. Water
was kept playing upon bath buildings, but with,
out avail, as smoko soon issued from the roof
of the college and the church spire. Hose was
run into tho college and strenuous efforts made
to save the building with valuable furniture and
effects, but tbe fire, entering through the roof,
soon spread downward with a progress which
conld ilot be checked. A strong, brisk wind
fanned the names into greater activity, and in
an incredibly short time the spire of Christ
Church had caught and furnished a beautiful,
it costly and regretted, pyrotechnic dliplay to
the thousands of citizens who by this time
tilled every approach to tbe burning locality.
Fall of the Christ Cliurcli Spire.
An hour alter the tire was discovered tbe
spire fell with destructive force, breaking iu
the roof of the church and injuring several of
the hardy fire-fighters, who were working on
Penn avenue. By this time the inhabitants of the,
vicinity were beooming seriously disturbed. The
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residents of Maddocks alley, who occupy
wooden framed dwellings on both sides of the
supply store, lost no tlmo in hustling out their
goods and chattels into the warm night air.
The weaker sex, as usual, were unnerved, and
many fainting women and crying children had
to ba carried bodily from their homes and
placed in safer quarters.
FIGHTING ON THE ROOFS.
TRACTS
OF DASGEBOUS SPARES CAB
BIES FOB SQUARES.
Spread of the Conflagration Prevented
Through Heroic Efforts Buildings
Carefully Watched by Owner Hotel'
Gucst Badly Frightened.
Shortly after tbe fire started and for same
time it threatened to destroy the lower sec
tion of' the city. It was the most destructive
conflagration, with the exception of the
Masonio Temple fire of a few seasons
ago, that has visited the city in
years. The flames were far-reaching in
their effect, and, fanned by the vigorous
winds, the atmosphere was soon filled with
trains of dangerous sparks that fell
on the roofs of houses many squares
away. Large pieces of burning wood
dropped on the pavement in front of City Hall,
and frighten the guests of the Duquesne. In
a few moments occupants of buildings along
Penn avenue to tho Union depot and dewn
below the Anderson toward the Point
were on tbe roofs tramping sparks
with their feet, and putting out small fires that
bad started. A lot of men in the rear of Ar
buthuot, Stephenson Co.'s, on Liberty street,
undertook to pnt out the burning debris as it
fell, but it soon ignited the building, and a line
of hose was necessary to prevent another con
flagration. btreams of water were soon pouring over the
roof of tbe Seventh Avenue Hotel and other
uuiimngs in tbe neighborhood. Tbe guests
were not awakened, but many of them
were roused by tbe noise and
flare of light and got up: The
greatest activity was necessary to keep the
roofs of houses from burning, and only
through the generous help of bystanders was
the fire finally confined to the SLR Church,
the Female College and the Grocers' Storage
building.
The excitement was most intense when the
flames sdon snread from tbe storage comnanv's
building and broke out in the steeple of tho
cuurcu. xi is not nigu, nut no ecort was made
to turn a streanrofwater on the spire,either be
cause tho firemen thought it useless, or the
engines were not strong enough to reach the
apex. The sparks completely enveloped tbe
tops of the new nine-story buildings of Oppen
heimer & Co. and Arbutbnot, Stephenson fc Co.
At one time it was thongbt these Immense
houses would surely go, and that meant an
other square of fire along Penn avenue. Men
scaled tue roofs of these lotty structures and
fought the fire nobly. The church steeple
soon fell with a mighty crash. To
add to the general excitement the
front walls of the burning buildings
on Seventh street dropped acros3 the highway,
and piled np a mass of burning rubbish as high
as tbe second stories of the houses; The rear
ends of tbe storage buildings and the
Female College were now burning fiercely,
but as soon as tbe crash was over the firemen
were on top of the pilo of debris playing on the
terrific fire in the rear. An hour after tbe
fire started, the front of the stor
age company's building was totally
destroyed, and only smoky rnius
marked tbe spot. Tbe long trains of sparks
continued to fly upward .is swiftly as ever,
(seventh street is impassable, and the tailing
walls mowed down the wires of the Pleasant
Valley road and other etectrie companies.
SOME AMUSING INCIDENTS.
In a Short Time the Fire Drove the Girls
Out of the Female School.
"Xou ought to hure heard the college girls
scream," said a gentleman who was pres
ent, and helped to get tbe young
ladies out. "I never heard such terrific
yells in my life, and it frightened
me." Miss Annie Warden, the music teacher,
said the fire occurred shortly after tbe bell had
rung to pnt out the gas ana the girls had
not yet retired, which was very fortunate.
Her room was next to the burning
building, and in a very few minutes
the panes of glass in the windows were cracked
by tbe heat, and the walls were so hot that sbe
could remain no longer. The girls stampeded
in a body, while men rushed in and carried out
their trunks. Friends and relatives who lived
in Pittsburg were early on the scene bunting
for dear ones.
There was an amusing side, of course, to the
sudden exit of the girls from tbe school. One
little miss rusbed into the Old Home Hotel
with a powder puff in one hand and a small
lookine glass In the other. Another
young lady bad a small bundle of under,
clothme tied witb a trunk strap, and as sbe
bounded out on Eighth street she dldn'tinow
what sbe was doing or where sbe was going.
THE BIBLE WAS SAVED.
Only Two Articles Taken From Christ
Church Before the Fire.
When the Christ Church caught fire 'there
were several vain attempts to save valuables,
which It contained. It was soma time before an
onsmsEa
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HOTJE AFTEB THE FIBST ALARM.
entrance to tbe building conld be gained, and
when a number ot men dii break the doors
open, after tbey saw the building was doomed,
the flames bad taken possession of the interior
of the churci.
Ex-Sheriff McCandless and Charles Hem
mmgbouso were among the first to get In the
building; the former saved a chair from the
pulpit, and the latter carried tbe Bible out
of the buildinc, They had not more than
reached the door when the large organ fell
forward across the pulpit where they had
been. The two articles they took out were the
only tblntrs saved from tbe fire.
HUSTLED OUT OF SCHOOL
FOBTY YOUKG IADT STDDEHTS EESCUED
BY BBAVE HEN.
An Exciting Awakening From Sound
Slumbers Fears Soon Allayed and
Neither Life Nor Limb Lost During the
Escape From the Building,
The young ladies in the Pittsburg Female
College needed no assurance of their.danger.
The lurid glare from the burning buildings
in Haddock's alley, back to which
tbe college buildings extend in quad
rangular form, soon aroused the inmates,
most of whom had retired for the night. Con
sidering tbe circumstances there was not a
great deal of excitement among the boarders
who quickly attired themselves and set to
work at hastily packing their trunks for instant
removal if necessary. The necessity came
very quickly. The heat from tho burning
building in the rear made it very possible that
the fire would extend across the alley, and Dr.
Norcross ordered an immediate retreat from
tbe college. Prof. Carl Better,
Brs. Fettlt and Dichl and other
gentlemen of tbe neighborhood assisted
the young ladies from tbe building, escorting
them to the shelter of the Home Hotel, where
Clerk Harry Wbaley made them as comfort
able as possible. Voluntoers were soon found
to get the trunks downstairs and across the
road to tbe lot adjoining tbe Standard Oil
Company offices. Dr.Norcross superintended the
roraoval of tbe baggage and had much valu
able property taken from the building and
stored in friendly houses adjacent.
Hysterics Not Kntliy Avoided.
Some of tbe girls, as might be expected, suc
cumbed to the ordeal, and when the fire was
observed.becamc hysterical. These were carried
down stairs in strong arms and de-
fosited in safe keeping ontslde.
t was hoped that the college mleht be saved.
Hose was run in and played upon tbe back
walls, and this plan would have sufficed were it
not that sparks obtained entrance through tbe
attic windows and set fire to the floor.
From this point the flames spread,
and soon had control of the upper
floors. Every second or third room contained
valuable musical instruments, and it was sought
to save those in the rear by moving them to
tbe front. The young ladles lost all their
Sersonal property but what they could
urriedly stow away. Most of the boarders
are out-of-town residents. Tbe inmates
numbered about 40. Appended are tbe names of
the boarders and teachers.
List of Teachers and Scholars.
Misses Lillian Sutton, 'of Cannonsburg;Hattle
Swayze, Kelvin, Canada; Mary Lewis, Bell
vernon: Maud and Frances Moore, West
Newton; Minnie Arter, Cleveland; Grace Med
bury, Warren, O.; Blanche Newcomb, Warren,
O.; Helen Bmeth, Cleveland; W. G.
Barday, Pittsburg: Cobbie Stough;
Annie Warden, Mr. Pleasant; Miss Grolse,
Germany; Miss Clark, Pittsbnrg; Lulu Belle
O rente, ot Corsica; Grace Lindale, Wyoming.
Del.; Agnes Haler, McKecsport; Fau
nle Brown, McKeesport: Bertha Nor
cross, Ellis, Kan.; Mary Snder,
Daw.on, Pa.: Carrie Snytler, Daw
son, Pi; Edna Mullen, Fayette City;
Lizzie Dick, West Mewton; Peachie lmnn,
Connellsville; Grace Coulter, Boltver; Adda
Miller, BnBois; Blanche Mead, BuBols; Laura
Secrist, West NewtonrMoIIie Collier. Union
town; MyraLewellen.Uniontown; Ida Rankin,
Uslontawn; Ida Sbidelnantlo, Farkor; Jama
A Scene in'lhe Alley.
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PITTSBURG. WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1891.
Krunor, Parker; Jean Harris. Johnstowpf.bM-'
rle Jaok, Apollo; Alice Kittle, Belle Vernon.
Looking After His Daughter.
Captain Ostutt? of the Bt. Charles, was at
tbe Home Hotel to see after his daughter.Miss
Lulu Belle Osoutt,who vas among the stu
dents. The Captain took his daughter and
several of her companions to the St. Charles,
where he made them at home. Harry Wh ah
ley had bis work cut out In finding
quarters for his unexpected guests, bnt he ulti
mately found room for alC The Pittsburg
Female College was built in 1852 and
is owned and controlled by the ,M.
K. Church. The first President of the
College was Dr. Borrows, who after senrraj
one year, gave way to Dr. L C. Pershing and ,
the latter was succeeded six years ago bjxji,
Noroross, the present President
A SQUARE IN RUINS,
8EYEBAL FOBTTJHES BWEPT AWAY Bt
LAST BIGHTS CONFLAGBATION.
The Countnp Almost Throe-Qoartort of a
Million Nearly All of It Covered y
Insurance List of Those Made Poorer
by the Fire.
Id point of damage the fire is the most
disastrous of the recent conflagrations.
The losses will amount to almost three
quarters of a million. Tbe greater portion of
an entire square is in ruins. The figures as far
as could be learned last night footed up
a total of 8713,800, nearly all of which
is covered by Insurance. Joseph Hoeveler's
loss may possibly be reduced 576,000. He had
just received f reth pork to the value of 875,000,
which was stored in tbe smokehouse. Last
night it could not be discovered
wnether this was destroyed. In tbe Ar
buckle building, which was used both as
a cold and open storage bouse, the complete
list of the losers could not be obtained. The
loss there is divided up in comparatively small
amounts. Tbe Henry S. Allen Publishing
Company will be one of the heavy losers. The
list of properties and losses is as follows:
Arbuckle building, 13 to 21 Seventh street,
owned by Charles Arbuckle, totally destroyed.
Loss, J100.00U; fully covered by insuranoe.
Grocero' Supply and Cold Storage Company,
A M. Volgt 4 Co., in Arbuckle building, JTO,
OOUloss. All insured. '
Harper t Co., Mrs. Thompson, of New York.
Grocery, Hosveler k Co., Woodson Spice Com
pany, MoWiIliams, broom corn dealers and
other firms that had goods in Arbuckle build
ing. 8150,000 loss. Almost all covered by in
surance.
Pittsbure Egg Company 25 Seventh street,
loss on stock $25,000; partially insured.
Joseph A. Hoeveler & Co., 27 Seventh street,
pork packers. Loss on machinery and goods,
?130,000 to I150.0U0. Nearly all insured
Beilsteln dcSpanger, commission merchants,
29 Seventh street. Loss about 512,000; $8,000 In
surance, 82,000 ot which is in Mercantile and
remainder in North British and other com
panies. McCullough. rag warehouse, SI Seventh
street. Loss, 820,000; fully insured.
Buchanan House, 35 Seventh street, burned
in rear and water-soaked. Less, 8500.
Mccnllough estate building at 25 and 27 Sev
enth street. Loss, 810,000: Insured.
Mrs. Connelly's buildings at 29 and 31 Ser
enth street. Loss, 83,500. Insured for full
amount.
Bown fc Co., coffee roasters, 11 Seventh
street. Loss on stock, $5,000. Insurance on
stock, $7,000, and on building. HOOO.
George H. Treuscb, buildings at 7 and 9
Seventh street; loss on buildings and furniture,
110,000. AH insured.
W. C. Walker 5c Co., dealers in oil well sup
plies, fi Seventh street; loss, 82,000.
Louis F. Woodson heirs, building at No. S
Beventh street, 84,000. Covered by insurance.
Board of Healtb, No. 7 Seventh street, loss
on furniture and blank records, 8300.
Christ M. E. Chnrch, Penn avenue and
Eighth street, total wreck. Loss, 60,000 and
fully insured.
Pittsburg Female College. Eighth street,
825,000 loss on building and 86,000 loss on furn
iture and property of students. Fully in
sured. General losses on other buildings in the
neighborhood, including tenement houses on
MaddocK's alley, 15,000.
A FLOOD OF QBEASE.
Fifty Thousand Pounds of Batter Consumed
by Fire!
-Fif ty-ihousand,E?unds o( butter stored sftsaPH
on the second floor of the storage company's1
building eras licked up by the flames
in 20 minutes. It melted and ran down to the
floor below, covering everything with a
flood of flaming grease. With such food
for the fire there was no possible
chanoe of saving the building.
All the books and papers belonging to the
storage company were In a big sate six feet
bigb. It lay in a bed ot embers, glowing at a
white heat, and its contents are probably cre
mated. At 220 nothing bad been heard of tbe engi
neer who stayed all night in the storage build
lng. His name could not be learned, aa he was
a new man only doing duty for one nleht, Mr.
Volgbt said tbey had a man named Patterson
whose duty it was to make a tour of the entire
building every night He was nowhere to be
round, some rears were expressed about tbe
safety of these two men.
I
EESCUED FEOM A WINDOW.
'Squire SIcKenna Saved Two Women From
Belnp Caught In Falling Walls.
Magistrate McKenna was on tbe ground
early making himself generally useful.
Just about the time yie walls of
the ArSnckle building first threatened
to fall. It was discovered that two women were
in a rmall building on tbe other side of the
street and thov were in danger of serious injury,
'Squire McKenna rescued both women from
an upper window none too soon, for they had
not more than reached Penn avenue when the
front walls of tbe burning building fell. One
of them was Miss MolUe Sheppard, but the
name of the other could not be learned.
ABBESTED FOB PIXFEBIN0.
Sneak Thieves Try to Believe the Female
College of Valuables. '
During tho progress of the fire Detectives
Shore and R6blnson had their attention called
to a man In the college building acting In a
suspicious manner. He was arrested
and taken to tbe Central Station. He refused
to give bis name, out upon being searched, be
was found to bave in his possession an um
brella, a small band glass and broth and a few
other trinkets.
After he waa arrested there were missed
from tbe college two diamond ping and a
poeketbook containing $200 belonging to the
students.
A LANDMARK DESTROYED.
Christ Chnrch, One of the First Great
Methodist Buildings of America.
In the destruction of Christ Church Pitts
burg lost one ot her famous landmarks. The
church was oreanlzed in 1853, and the present
edifice was built the following year.
It was one of the first, it not the
very first, of tbe fine churches of modern
architecture built in America. Bev. Alfred
Cookman was the first pastor. The present
pastor is Bev. Mr. Izer, who has only been there
a short time.
Every attempt possible was made to save tbo
"building. The firemen first fought it from the
inside, but tbey were soon driven ont by the
beat Early this morning but littlo more than
the bare walls were standing.
Streams of Spray.
Tbe high wind not only caused the flames to
cat with astonishing rapidity, but also retarded
tbo efforts of the firemen by reducing the
heavy streams of water to almost a spray be
fore tbey struck the burning buildings. To
this cause tbe firemen attributed tbe rapid
spread of the flames when tbey struck tbe
church and college buildings, for it seemed but
a moment from tbe time tbey were first seen
to be burning until the whole buildings were
enveloped.
George Schmidt's Hnmane Act
Nearlyan hour after the Are had broken out
it was discovered that a horso be
longing to Beilstein A Spangler was
in a stable In the rear of their establishment
A man named George Schmidt went Into the
stable through the alley and rescued the ani
mal Are minutes before tbe building burned.
Firemen Were Fortunate
A remarkable feature of tbe big fire was
that no firemen were seriously injured.
Chief Coatcs reported that not a man
was missing, and. other officials tell a similar
story. This is considered a very fortunata,
considering the nnmber of falling walls.
Chief Brown on Deck.
Chief Brown, of the Department of FqbhV
Sat ety.'was early on tbe scene, and worked
like a Greek, directing the firemen and doing
every thing possible to confine the tire to tbe
damaged square.
severalTjresstarted.
SPARKS IGNITE A NDMBEB OF E00F8
THOTJGHOTJT THECITY.'
Some Incipient Conflagrations That Were
Discovered Just In Time A Valuable
Smlthfleld Street Block That Wasn't'
Allowed to Barn Losses Some Places.
At 11:10 o'clock box IT struck, for a fire on
the roof of Eoenigk Brothers', at 609 Smith
field street. The roof was covered with a lot
of hair-cushioned seats, put there to air. The
attention of passers-by was called to the fire,
and Matt Weiss, followed by Messrs. Dabney,
Sheeban, Bavluey and Black, went through
the door, broke tbe skylight, got out on the
roof, and threw the burning cushions to the
street
While putting out this Are at Boenlgk Broth
ers' tbe falling embers set fire to tbe cellar of
F. Q. Oralgbead,and three streams were turned
into It After the cellar bad been flooded witb
water It was discovered that tho principal flame
was from natural gas, as after it was shut oil
tbe fire was easily put out
About UaO o'clock, as James A. McNally
was on his way to the depot, while passing bis
establishment, at 805 Liberty street, tbe private
watenman told him the rear ot sis store was ou
fire. Not having bis keys with him, he put his
foot to the door and burst it in. Bushing to
the rear of tbe store, be closed the door
ot tbe safe, where the books of tbe establish,
ment ware kept, tbe safe always having been
left slightly ajar. Tbe firemen immediately
pnt three lines of hose into the building, and In
a short time bad tbe flames subdued.
Mr. .McNally stated that the work of the men
was the best be had over seen, and that he has
them to tbank for saviug bis stock from total
loss. The Insurance carried by McNally Is be
tween 890,000 aud 8100,000. The stock on the
first floor was thoroughly saturated by water.
Hardly a piece of goods escaped a soaking.
About midnight fire was discovered on the
roof of Godfrey & Clark's hulldlng, and a
stream was turned on it by No. 12 company,
and the flames put out In a short time with
butlslight loss.
The buildings occupied by Boenlgk Bros,
and Craighead are owned by G. H. Dauber.and
are fully insured. The building occupied by
James A. McNally is owned 'by the Head
estate, and is fully insured.
A COUNCILMAN'S ESCAPE,
George Treuscb Almost Caught Beneath a
Falling Wall.
The Bureau of Healtb building is the prop
erty of Select Councilman Georgo Treuscb,
who, with his family, occupied the upper floors.
Mr. Treusch had removed bis family to a place
of safety on the opposite aide of the street, and
bad just returned to secure some valuable pa
pers he had left behind, when the great wall
fell. He was In tbo hallway, near the door,
and sprang out when the crash came, unin
jured, tbough badly frightened.
Tho records of tbe Bureau of Health bad
been removed to City Hall when it became ap
parent the building was in danger.
LOTS OF ELEOTBIC FLASHES.
A Wild Stampede and One ,of the Horses
Severely Shocked.
A couple of electrio light wires oo Seventh
street were broken down when tho front wall of
the Arbuckle building fell, and coming in con
tact with the telegraph, telephone aud street
railway wires cansred blue lights to flash at
every point of contact
When the wires fell to the street there was a
anlc In the crowd that blocked the street at
laquesne way. One of the horses ot tbe fire
department was touched by a broken telegraph
wire that was in contact with the electric light
wire, and the animal received a severe shock
that caused it to jump and attempt to run
away.
SOME DANGEE0U8 WALLS.
Building Inspector Brown Will
Order
Them Down This Morning.
Building Inspector Bro'wn was on the
scene. His work will begin this
Boring. The - 'largo jctntral -wall
of the storage building and the rear walls
along the alley are considered dangerous, and
will have to come down, Inspector Brown
said:
"We will begin our work at daylight. All
these high walls are liable to fall and kill peo
ple, and we must bare them pulled down jnst
as soon as possible."
The Fire Under Control.
At 2 o'clock tbe fire was under control.
During the three preceding hours the flames
had destroyed property on 11 separate lots on
Seventh and Eighth streets and Penn avenue.
Took the Officer's Badge.
Captain Unterbanm bad trouble with Officer
Cornwall during the fire and took the tatter's
badge from him for disobeying orders,
THE INDICTMENT AMENDED,
Jndge Van Brunt Makes an Important Bal
ing in the Case pf Depew and Others.
:PICIAI. TZLEOBAM TO THK DISPATCH. 1
Nsw York, May 6. Judge Van Brunt
' knocked Into a cocked hat to-day so much of
the indictment against the directors of the
New Haven Railroad as alleges that they, as
Individuals, operated the road, and as such
heated the cars by stoves, and are guilty of a
misdemeanor. He sets aside these counts in the
indictment. Tbe other counts accused the
defendants of a misdemeanor, and recited
that as President and directors
they controlled tbe operation of tbe
road and unlawfully used car stoves. The
motion to strike out the fifth and seventh
counts was made on tbe ground that there was
no evidence before tb grand jury to support
them. This was conceded, but it -was urged
that the Court, under the code of criminal pro
cedure; has power to set aside any indictment
in two cases only, where it is not properly en
dorsed and when improper persons were pres
ent durlmr tbe session of tbe grand jury.
Judee Van Brunt says that tbe courts have
amended the code by judicial decision, assert
ing their power to entertain motions to set
aside in other cases, in which it may appear
that tbe indictment was not properly fojind.
Of the present case he says the grand jury
have no power to find an Indictment without
evidence, and tbey are only authorized to find
an indictment when all the evidence betore
them taken together Is such as in their judg
ment, would If unexplained or uncontroverted,
warrant a conviction by a trial jury. The mo
tion snouio, tnereiore, De grantea.
THE LANCASTER JUDGESHIP.
Friends of Brabaker Collecting Evidence of
Fraudulent Voting.
ISPKCtlT, TELEOBAM TO TUB DISPjlTCIM
Lancaster, May5. The fight for judge is
not over by any means! and the public are
about evenly divided between Livingston,
Brubaker and disgust The Committee on
Contests of the Board of Beturn Judges will
meet in Lancaster on next Friday, when there
may be very interesting developments. The
friends 6f Brubaker are collecting evidence,
aud claim that they can show many illegal
votes to have beon cast for Livingston. They
allege that in the Seventh ward, this city, a
herd of Busslan Hebrews were voted who'had
no naturalization papers. In another ward it
Is said that many Democrats voted for Living
ston. In other districts votes for Brubaker
were thrown out because there was no mark in
front of tbe candidate's name, although his
was the only one oo the ticket
The Brubaker managers hare determined
that all these short ballots shall be counted.
They believe enough ot them were cast for
their candidate to insure his election if they
are counted. This tbey will Insist upon, and
if tbeybave a majority ot the Committee on
Contest they will doubtless count them.
HEWS FBOM HAIlTPtJE.
The Wounded Murderer of Chief Commis
sioner Qulnton Captured.
M auipur. May 5, The British hare captured
a native who. is suffering from teres .bullet
wounds. This man, tbe villagers declare. Is the
actual murderer of Chief Commissioner James
W.' Qulnton. The British officials at Manlpur
are investigating tbe matter.
It is now asserted "y tbe scouts sent ahead ot
the cavalry detachment engaged in follqwing
up the trail ot tbe lugitlre Regent of Manlpur
that the Regent has deserted from the party
headed by 'the Benaputty (tbe Commander-in-Chief
and the second brother ot the deposed
Maharajah), and that he, the Jabraj, is coming
toward the British lines with tho object of sur
rendering himself,"
A LEAP ISTTHE DARK.
That Is What Corporation Advocates
Call Taggarfs Tax Bill.
PITTSBURG'S IEOtT KINGS HEAIiD.
Slugging Exhibition Delaja the De
cision of the Committee.
ALLEGHENY COUNTY GETSA5EWC0UET
CrsoH A BTATT COZISZSrOXDIXT. '
Haubisbubo, May C The final hear
ing on the,Tsggart tax bill was had before
the Senate Finance Committee to-day, and
there is a general feeling of relief among
both its friends and foes.as tbe consideration
of this measure has dragged along until
everybody is tired of it Ex-Attorney
General Palmer appeared on behalf of the
railroad Interests. He admitted that cor
porations did not pay enough tax, bat op
posed the method proposed in the bill, and
favored taxing them on tbe par value of
their capital stock and tbe market value of
their indebtedness.
Ex-Attorney General Kirkpatrick also
represented tbe railroads, and characterized
the bill as a leap in the dark. Our present
taxation system bad been evolved from a
long course ot litigation, and all questions
relative .thereto had been judicially settled.
Tlie whole trend, of taxation had been away
from a general properly tax, while the pend
ing bill took us right back to it.
Going Straight Against Experience.
Experience showed that tb
bat thf
eater
wer the sub-
jects ol taxation, the greater
"une, but
this bill aimed to increase
:ase r "SLfsr'i1
sia
thus lower the rates,
The V4rZ'ra
litigation. He objected to
.::
statement that the value of the ,
bonds cover tbe value of the railroads, anb
that tbe market value of tbe stock and bonds
the railroads of the state was largely in excess
of the value of their property. As an illustra
tion he said that the actual value of tbe cor
porate property of the Philadelphia and Bead
ing Bailroad did not exceed the value of iu
bonds alone.
George T. Oliver, of Pittsburg, objected to
the bill, because it would exempt the toll
bridges over tbe Allegheny and Monongahela
rivers from taxation, and also exempted street
car companies. The clause requiring tbe re
turn for taxation of "another tangible prop
erty" wonld f brce a man to return tbe coat on
his back and the shoes ou his feet, his wife's
dress and his baby's apron, and the assessor
must mail a copy ot this list to every other taxa
ble person In the district Such a thing had never
been attempted in free America. It wonld also
affect the manufacturing interests. Iron from
the South had already been laid upon the
banks of the Monongahela. The lake cities
were entering into competition with Pittsburg.
He warned the committee to De careful.
William McConway, of Pittsburg, objected
to the bill on account of tbe great labor it
would Impose upon the people in making out
tbe inventories of personal property. He
showed tbe lists composing the last inventory
taken in the manufacturing establishment he
represented, and said that to furnish the
assessor with a similar one would require the
Labor of C6 Men for Six Days,
and cause the closing ot their works while it
was being made, witb a.cousequent loss to em
ployes of $1,000 in wages. No assessor, no mat
ter bow competent, could assess it himself in
side of a year. Ex-Senator George H. Ander
son said the Chamber of Commerce objected to
the bill because no one could tell its scope and
effect It bad been submitted to the ablest
lawyers In Pittsburg, and tbey had declared
their inability to understand it.
Cyrus Elder, of the Cambria Iron Company,
said the bill perpetuated a vexatious, unjust
and inequitable system ol taxation, which bad
driven corporations from tbe Stale and had
made Philadelphia, which shonld have been
the rival of New York, merely a large manu
facturing vlUage. It was not true that the
taxes on farm lands was much higher than
upon corporate property, n 1890 tbe Cambria'
Iron Company bad paid $19,000 local and 50,000
Statd taxes, amounting, with tbe tax on their
real estate, to over $60,000, or 15 mills upon their
capital stock of $1,000,000. Corporate property
was taxed at its loll value, while in many in
stances real estate paid on less than one-tenth
of its value.
Tbe hearing last ea four hours. A meeting of
tbe committee was? fixed for 9 o'clock to-night
to finally dispose ot the bill, but at that hour
no quorum was present there being a slugging
match at the Opera House, and the bill went
over until to-morrow. Hehby Hall,
NOW WITH THE GOVERNOR.
Tho Boad Bill Passed But Efforts Are to Be
Made to Have It Vetoed.
rrnou a. staff coBBzsrbinixxT.:
HabbisbubQ, May G. Tbe Houso must have
at least one raoket a day, and to-day it was on
the Road bill. This morning Mr. Skinner, ot
Fulton, moved to reconsider the vote by which
it passed tbo House. He said that when it
went through. Its friends bad promised that it
should be amended satisfactorily in a confer
ence committee, but now he learned that tbe
Senate was going to confer in tbe House
amendments, and would send the bill
to the Governor in Its present shape.
He declared that was bad faith,
and charged that it was a part of the plan by
which the city members were to ram the meas
ure down the throats of the country people. He
warned the delegates from Philadelphia and
Pittsburg that if they persisted in their course
some or their appropriation bills wonld go
down for want of tbe necessary two-thirds
vote. The city members jeered and hissed, and
there were cries that tbe country members had
forced the Tag-art tax bill noon the cities. Mr.
Brooks replied in vigorous terms, and the de
bate got very warm.
While it was going on word was sent to the
friends ot the bill in the Senate, and it was im
mediately called up and the amendments
promptly concurred in. Bo very precipitate
was tho action that the clerk was sent over to
the House with the information that the Sen
ate had concurred, and got back from bis er
rand before the roll call was ended. Had tbe
result been against concurrence some one
would have been placed In a rather awkward
predicament but the majority happened to be
on the right side. Tbe Senate's messaees f ell
like a thunderclap on the opponents ot tbe bill
and some very strong language was indulged
in, the debate ending only when the Speaker
decided that, the Senate having concurred in
the amendments, a motion to reconsider was
out ot order. A strong effort will be made to
have the Governor veto the bill.
JUDICIAL APPORTIONMENT.
Party Lines Drawn Upon Two of the Pro
posed Amendments.
tFEOM A BTA17 COBB-SFONDEXT.l
HAebisbtjbO, May 5. The judicial appor
tionment bill came up in tbe House to-night
Mr. Wherry endeavored tb have Adams connty
taken from Cumberland, but party lines were
drawn ou the bill all through, and his amend
ment, with that ot Mr. GUIan to continue Cen
ter with Huntingdon, was voted down by tbe
Republicans. Tbe provlston to give Philadel
phia two extra judges was stricken out
Mr. Crlbbs, of Clarion, offered an amendment
continuing his county with Jefferson, which
was pending when tbe House adjourned. The
bill be regarded as a party measure, and, if
amended at all, will only bo In accordance with
the wishes of the Republican majority.
FIIT-BUBG STBEET BILLS.
Conference Committee Beports on Three) of
the Measures Agreed To.
tFEOM A STAFF COBB-SFOirD-irr.l
Habbisbubo, May 5. Both bouses agreed
to-day to tho reports of the Conference Com
mittees upon three of Senator Fllnn's street
bills. Tbey are tho bill creating and regulating
municipal liens, tbe bill amending tbe Pitts
burg charter, and tbe curative bill relating to
tbe levy, assessment and collection of the costs
and expenses of grading, paving and macadam
ising of streets, lanes and alleys. These bills
are ready for tbe Governor's action.
BUI 32, the general act for future Improve
ments of streets and sewers, which has not yet
been acted upon, will be amended by adding.
Instead of tbe ordinary repealing clause, a sec
tion specifically repealing every special act
passed for the city of Pjtubnrg.
The Ballot Bill Amendments.
IFIIOM A STAFF COBKKSFONP-KT.l
HABBiSBrma, May 5. Collector David
Martin and Magistrate Durham, of Philadel
phia ira here lookine after the amandraanti
which are to go Into the Baker ballot bill,
IF YOU,;
-
Tbey will not be made public until Thursday,
but may be relied upon to materially change
the character of the bill.
BILLS WHICH WILL BE DB0PPED
From the Calendar of the Houso After
May IS.
(SPECIAL TZLEOEA TO TUX SISrATCTI.l
HABBISBtlBO, May 5. In the House to-day a
resolution was adopted to drop bills "postponed
for the present" on May 15 next, among which
are tbe Constitutional convention bill and tbe
bills reqnlting all kinds of electric wires to be
placed underground by August 1 next Bills
were passed to appropriate 851700 to supply the
deficiency In tbo Adjutant General's office:
making an appropriation of 8123,000 to soldiers'
orphan schools.
Fow. of Philadelphia, denominated as out
rageous legislation the act authorizing Mathilda
Gross MacConnell, of Pittsburg, to sell and con
vey In fee simple, freed and discharged from
any trust under tbe will of EvaUn Gross, de
ceased, all tbe residuary real property devised
by her win. Tbe bill passed finally Yeas, 137;
nays, 11
UNITED STATES SENATORS.
'n looking to ibelr
Election
irectlv bv tbe People.
fr IX STAFlr CORBESFOjrDKXT.t
H ABk-3URa, May 5. Mr. Williams, of But
ler, offered a concurrent resolution to-day, re
questing Congresswhen tbe Legislatures of
two-thirds of the States shall have taken simi
lar action, to call a convention to propose an
amendment to the Constitution of the United
States providing for the election of United
Staus Senators by a vote of the qualified elec
tors ot each State.
If not objected to, as being outot order, it
will be renewed on Friday, and Mr. Williams
says he has votes enough promised to pass it in
the House.
ALLEGHENY'S ADDITIONAL C0UBT.
The BUI Providing for Common Pleas No.
3 Passed by the House.
rsr-ciu. TSLXSXA. TO TUX DISPATCTI.I
Habbisbubo, May J5. Among the bills
passed by tbe House to-day was that creating
an additional Court of Common Pleas in Alle
gheny county, designated as Court of Common
Pleas No. 3, and providing for three Judges
therefor.
CARNEGIE MUSIC HALL
OPEMNO Iff HEW YOBS ATTENDED BY
A DISTINGUISHED GATHERING.
Secretary "Blaine Present With Several
Members of His Family Tho Iron Mas
ter Hakes a Suggestion as to a Music
Hall for Pittsburg.
rnr-CTAX. TaLXOBAM TO TEES DHFATCH.1
-TewYobk, May 6. "Something like
this, only a trifle smaller, for Pittsburg,"
was what Mr. Carnegie said to me when I
asked him about his ideas on the Music
Hall subject when he emerged from his box
after the old Busslan. Tchaiskowskr bad
finished his crashing march. The iron mas
ter had been dashing around in his usual
energetic manner prior to tbe commencement
of the concert He arrived with Mr. Blaine,
Mrs. Damroschand J. G. Blaine, Jr.. and when
the party entered their boxes, 33 ana 37, tbe ap
plause was so significant that tbe tariff main
stay and tbe reciprocity advocate had to bow
profusely.
Then, Mr. Carnegie went to several boxes
andslraok hands with their occupants. He
left Secretary Whitney's box lust in time to
encounter Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Magee in tbe
corridor. Mr. Carnegie escorted Mr. and Mrs.
Magee to seats in box SI upper tier. Mr. and
Mrs. Aaron French were also met and greeted.
Mr. Blaine stopped long enonzh in tbe oorrldor
to ask If I belonged to tbe "Pittsburg seven,"
wbo have already achieved fame. He also
asked after the healtb of B. F. Jones, The
Secretary of State is looking very robust The
first half of tbe programme Mr. Blaine and his
son stayea in tneir own oox, out oaring ins
Berlioz Te'Deum he went. into Mr. Carnegle'B
logo.
During the intermission Mr. Carnegie came
np to tbe Pittsbnrg box and chatted with the
"seven" and Messrs. Panl Zimmerman, W. L.
Mustln and S. H. McKee. making the box the
cynosure of every eye. There were none of the
personnel of the Pittsburg May Festival con
cerned in to-night's programme, and critical
judgment will tnereiore beprofltless. Marked
applause followed. all of Bishop Potter's com-
gLimentary allusions to Mr. Carnegie, and had
e been upon tbe stage a response wonld have
been insisted upon.
BOYD DECLARED A USURPER.
The Nebraska Supreme Court Deoides the
. Gubernatorial Contest.
Lincoln, May adjust before tbe adjourn
ment ot the Supreme Court this afternoon a
decision was handed down in the Thayer-Boyd
quo warranto case. A judgment of ouster was
rendered against Governor Boyd in favor of ex
Governor Thayer. Tbe opinion was written by
Judge Norval, Judge Cobb concurring, but
Jndge Maxwell dissented.
Counsel for Governor Boyd announced to-day
that they wiU at once apply for a supersedeas
for tbe purpose of taking the case on a writ of
error to tbe United States Supreme Court
They claim that the question of naturalization
is a Federal one, and they are confident of suc
cess in the conrt of Last resort
LOOKS LIKE LEPROSY.
A Creek Peddler In New York Has All the
Symptoms.
'rSPICIAL TX-SqXAJC TO TBI DISPATCH. 1
NEW YOBK, May 5. Dr. Alonzo Blaurelt, of
S8S West Twelfth street reported to tbe Health
Department yesterday that a Greek peddler in
Oliver street was suffering from a disease that
resembled leprosy. Tbe Greek came to New
York from Mexico three weeks ago. Dr. Ed
son sent an inspector to examine the man. The
Inspector reported that tbe symptoms resem
bled leprosy. Tbere were signs of necrosis of
tbe bones ot the fingers and toes.
The patient waa isolated, and tbe rooms were
fumigated. To-day Dr. Edson will take two
expert to examine the case. Occasional cases
of leprosy are not considered to involve danger
to the public health. The contagion does not
spread easily.
A COKE FAMINE IN CHICAGO.
It Is Caused by the Prolonged Strike In
Pennsylvania Beglon.
CmcAoo, May 5. The supply of coke in and
around of Chicago has almost been exhausted,
and a coke famine Is threatened. Tbe Illinois
Steel Company and tbe CalumetSteel and Iron
Company have been compelled to abandon
their furnaces, for want of iuel.
Already moro than 1,500 men have been
thrown out of employment by reason of tbe
long continued strike in the Pennsylvania coke
districts.
AN OFFER TO MEDIATE
Between the ChUean Combatants to Be
Made by This Country.
WAsnxsoTOir, May 6. The Government of
the United States has instructed Mr. Eagan,
our Minister to Chile to offer to mediate be
tween tbe combatants in that country in tbe
Interest of peace aud good order, and that
France and Brazil, the other two great repub
lics of the world have joined In tbe proffer of
their good offices in tbe Interest of tbe perpe
tuity of the republican principles ot govern-
(j - eat,
r&,
TBE QUEEN OF THE if AT.
,
HAVE REAL ESTATE
TO SXXE, OK WANT TO BUT,
ADVERTISE in The DISPATCH
IT IS CLOSELY" BEAD BY
ALL WHQ SEEK INVESTMENTS,
THREE CENT&
T
!
But the Corruption of the Courts
to Be Punished at
New Orleans.
LYNCHING ALLRGH
THE GRAND JURY'S REPORT. -I
In Plain Language tbe Act of tho
Blot Is Declared to Have Been
, the Will of the People.
SIX INDICTMEHTS ARE FOUND,
nt They Are Against 0'IIaIIey and His
Associates, and Not Those Who Toot
the Law in Their Own Hand
PBESS AKD PUBLIC BOTH APPJ.0YE.
Let-sg Citrus Were Cc.ialUd nd They Insisted ea
He Bilf-Wiy Policy, 1st a Ccnjltta
Tdicat.
PR-0ICCB LITTLE SATIS7ACTICN TOR ITiLT
nr-CIAI. TX-KQIU-- TO TUX DISFATCnt
Kew Obleaits, May 5. The long ex
pected report of the grand jury in the Parish
prison lynching, covering also the death of
Hennessey and the Mafia, was presented to
Judge Marr at about 5 o'clock this evening.
The report is what has been predicted for
some time. The grand jury reiuses to find
anyindictments against the men concerned
in the lynching of the Italians at the Parish ,
prison, declares that the lynching was the
spontaneous act of the entire people, and
that it would be folly to try them.
It reviews the history of the Hennessey
case, declares the existence of a Mafia or a
murder society here, insists that the case
made by tbe State against the Italians was
a strong one, and that there was consider
able tampering with the jury, aud finally
touches on a number of important matters,
such as immigration, the citizenship of tho
dead men, etc. The grand jury has been en
gaged in this report for more than three)
weeks, and has heard some 400 witnesses.
The Beport Beceived With Satisfaction.
It has thoroughly examined the subject
and it has had tbe benefit of tbe information
acquired by the Committee of Safety in
their investigation of Mafia. The report ia
everywhere read with satisfaction. The
press, with practical unanimity, approves
it, and says that any other finding wonld
hive made the law ridiculous, it would then
have been necessary to have indicted 10,000 or
more people. It would bave been impossible to
have tried them, more than impossible to bave
convicted them, and tbe resnlt would have
been to make. tho Saw a mockery and anab.
surdity.
Public opinion is of tbe same way ot think'
lng. A minority, including some of the mem
who took a leading part in the lynching, wera
in favor of the grand jury finding af ew indict
ments. These would have been disposed ot as
once by verdicts of not guilty, and tbe diplo
matic affair with Italy would thus have been aS
once arranged; whereas, when the grand
Jury refuses to act, it may give Italy an
opportunity for further demands on this Gov
ernment. But the great majority of the people
preferred "to take tbU view of tbe mat
ter and declared that the people approved the)
action of the mob, and that the action was)
justifiable, proper aud necessary. Any indict
ment against the men engaged would appear ta
stigmatize it as a crime. The grand jury heard
a number of the most prominent citizens on
this point, and from tbelr testimony concluded
tbat tbe act ot the mob was the act of the
people, approved by all, and tbat it wonld bo
unwise to assail It by any indictments. Here)
is the report:
Text of the Document.
To tbe Bon. Robert H. Marr. Jodie or Criminal
District Court of the Parish of hew Orleans:
When this grand jury entered upon iu terra
of service there was pending in Section B, this
tribunal, the trial of bine men indicted for par
ticipation in tbe assassination of the late super
intendent of police, D. C. Hennessey, on the)
night of Octobers. 1890.
The enormity of that crime, executed at ther
mldnlght" hour, created nnusual interest
throughout the whole county, while in onr
city, vitally concerned in tbe administration of
justice as deeply affecting her social and
political welfare, the sentiment of the populace)
bad crystallised into the concrete form of ex
pression that justice be rendered through the)
recognized channels of criminal jurisprudence
tbat the guilty perpetrators,whoever tbey were,
be tried by an impartial jury of American citi
zens, and meet with a righteous conviction.
The Awful and Prominent Fact.
One fact stood out in awful prominence,
above and beyond dispute or question by any
man tbe fact tbat a crime of unparalleled
atrocity had been committed, evidenced by the
five terrible death-dealing weapons) the numer
ous sings and bullets fired on their errand ot
human destruction and found Imbedded in th
fences' and houses at the scene, besides the)
missiles tbat struck down the solitary man,
wbo would never have been marked as the vlo
tim bad be not filled the responsible position OS
cblef officer of the law.
It Is not to be wondered that attention should!
be directed to tbe trial during the many days
of its progress, in the selection of jurors, tbo
evidence of witnesses, the arguments of coun
sel, tbe charge ot the judge, and finally concen
trated on tbe 12 men. who, by virtue of their
solemn oatb, sat in awful judgment on their
fellowmen. Tbe verdict is now ot official rec
ord, bearing date March 13, 1S9L
We cannot be mistaken In the assertion thaS'
the verdict waa startling, amazing, a bitter dis
appointment, shocking to public opinion, pro
voking tbe repeated accusation that soma ot
tbe jury had been unfaithful to their office.
W.e feel tbat we do not transcend the limits of
our duty as the grand inquest to refer to tbe
strone presentation of tbe case as made by the
State through counsel associated in the prose
cution clear, continuous, convincing in tha
direct testimony and the material circum
stances It appeared more than sufficient to
convince the most unwilling listener witb its
truth, and convey the full measure of its power
to those wbo ventured a doubt.
The Action of the Jurors.
As the trial neared its termination it was not
possible for any observer to fail to realize tho
comments mads on every sldo touching the
action of soma members of tbe jury when the)
case should be submitted; charges and specula
tion abounded, coupled with the well-known
connection ot certain parties of unenviablo
notoriety, as shown by their presence daily in
the codrt room and building, arousing tbe sua-'
picion that tho most subtle, dangerous and
powerful Influences known to the practice of
criminal lawwere-being exercised in behalf of
tbe defense. " These considerations bare led ns
to investigate tbe subject embracing; all its at-'
tendant oondjtl.ns and incidents. The inquiry
his been con&ncted with the utmost diligence
devoid of fearer partiality, with tbe single pur
pose of fastening tbe guilt to the proper persons
and presenting them under indictment to this
tribunal.
Each one ot the 12 jurors ot the trial was
snmmoned and asked to make a statement.
None objected, bnt all rather welcomed tha op
portunity. It was a notable teatnre ot the)
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