KmJFZ kh EsaldS! THE . PriTSMR&WSPOTcffi PflGESTO 16. I , . H - -t et SECOND PART. -1 ( .- PITTSBIJBGr, SUNDAY, MAT 10, 1891, BLAVATSKH DEATH Is Now Said to Have Taken - Place Friday Instead of Three Weeks Ago. ER END WAS PEACEFUL. She Died in the Chair, in Which She Bad Done Her Writing, After Flaying Bolitaire. BEE BODY WILL, 'BE CREMATED. A -Lane-Haired Disciple of the Madame Talks In a Cheerful Strain of the Prophetess' Death, BLAST OF A CHICAGO SFIEI1DALIST. E. Dm Hot Believe Till Xiiuae Blmtdy Zi Set, Set Tiat Eh. Ii EIiEflj Plsyhig u Old Trfck cf Hen, D? OEMS TO DELUDB EZS rOLLOWZBS. rsT DCTTLAP'B CAEZ.X COHrAlCT.l London, May 9. The report that Mme. Blavatsky died three weeks ago is not true. Mme. Blavatsky died at 19 ATenne road, Begent's Park, on Friday afternoon at 2Jj o'clock. A Dunlap reporter called at the Madame's late residence and learned the de tails or her sickness, She was conscious to the Tery last, although unable to speak on account of an acute inflammation of the bronchial organs, and she finally choked to death. The following is the certificate of death, signed by the attending physician: THIs Is to certify that I attended Helena IJetrovna Blaratsky, and that sbe died on tbe 8th day of May, 1891, of cbromc nephritis, lasting over a period of three years. Daring all that tlmo I attended her. She had bad in fluenra for 12 days, and aente bronchitis fire days. I saw her on tbe day of her death. Z. llENNEU, 21. a. Died In Her Chair. Hadame Blaratsky died while sitting in the same chair in which she had done most of her writing. Her expression immedi ately after death was calm and .placid as that of a sleeping child; her features were composed and she looked most natural. There were present in the room at the time of her death .Laura Cooper, Clande Wright, Secretary of the Blavatsky Lodge, and 'William Old, the General Secretary of the British section of tbe Theosopbical Society. The night before Mme. Blavatsky died she expressed a desire to play Bussian soli taire, a game of which she was Tery fond. Laura Cooper, who was In tbe room, watched her as she began to play, and noticed the hesitating manner, so different from her natural self. The Madame had gone through about half of the game when she pressed her hand to her forehead, sank '"bact In h'er chair and said: "My bead is not clear enough to-night." The nnrse,who has attend ed the Madame for many years, was seen by a reporter and said: In Possession of Her Senses. "1 am confident that the Madame had full possession of her senses and was thinking actively until the last moment. This was indicated to me positively from a well known habit that the ma'dame has had so long as I have been acquainted with her, that of tapping the floor with her foot while she was in thought, and this tapping she kept up incessantly during the last hour and the last minute. Her life ended only with a labored breath. There was no strug gle, no spasm, nothing but a peaceful, quiet and easy change from life to death." The body will be taken to Working Cre matory on Monday next, and as it is being passed through the furnace, a brief address will be made by one of tbe officers of the society. At her special request no mourn ing will be worn, and there will be no funeral features, other than a coffin. Her ashes will be preserved by the society in an elaborate urn, which Is now being made. The correspondent who visited the head quarters this morning found the gathering of most extraordinary appearance. In the drawing room the men were all long-haired , Bndmo.tlrvoung.. Theywore velvet coat, T and butterfly cravats and their manners were soft and feminine. Theosophy Still lives. There were but one or two women and these were nearer tbe age of the deceased prophetess, but they were as eccentrio in dress and appearance as their esoterio brethren. "Yes," said one long-haired young man, sadly, "Mme. Blavatsty is dead, bnt Theosopby is not dead. She has left us full instructions, aud our noble work will go on. Even her loss, irreparable as it is, cannot stop that, of course." Continuing, the long-haired young man said more cheeifully: "Death doesn't mean as mnch to us as to those not upheld by our doctrines. To us Mme. Blavatsky is still alive and working with us to further the great work of our society. We are going to cremate her," wenton the long-haired young man in a practical tone, "on Monday at Working. We do not know what the services will be, but probably one of us will say a few words above her coffin." The young man produced a funeral card, which, he said, had been sent to the Theo sophists of England, Europe, America, India and Australia. It read: Dear comrades With the deepest sorrow It Is our pitnrul duty to announce the death of onr beloved teacher and friend. H. P. B., who left us on Friday afternoon, the 8th of May U91, at 225 o'clock. BB'' She Wanted No Mourning. The legend at tbe bottom of the card was: "It was H. P. B.'s especial request that no mourning should be worn." The long haired yonth said that Colonel Olcott was at present in Australia on a leave of ab sence from the headquarters of the Theo sopbical Society in India, bnt that he had been cabled for and would probably come at once to England, to superintend, as President of the society, its aflaira. The yonth further said that Mrs. Annie Besant, President of Blavatsky Lodge, was on tbe ocean returning from America, and that the theosopbists of Lon don headquarters would proceed to Queens town on Tuesday and break the sad news to her in a body. A dispatch from Chicago says: Chicago Theosopbists do not credit the report from London of tbe death of Madame Blaratsky. Among them Is Colonel John 0. Bundr, editor of tbe Rcligio Philosophical Journal, one of the leading spiritualistlo publica tions of tbe country. "I have been on the lookout for such a report for ome time," said Colonel Bundy, "About a year ago I received a letter from Prof. El liot Coues, formerly of the Smithsonian In stitution, Washington a Theosophist stat ing that the Madame would probably die be fore long and come to life again, and be Warned me to be on tbe lookout. . Victim of Many Death, "tta ka died several tin,' according to the belief of her followers. This is another of her tricks, I have no doubt. About 12 years ago I received a letter from some per son in New York, who claimed to be an Arab merchant visiting that city. The Ut ter went on to say: Some years ago, while traveling through the Sum Canal, I met on the boat a Mme. Blavatsky, traveling with a retinue of servants. At Cairo she re ceived a sunstroke, died, and I saw her burled. "Becently, while walking down Broadway, I met a lady who was in all respects identi cal with the lady -whom I saw buried, ex cepting that she was a little older and stouter. She Baid her name was Blavatsky, and claimed to be the person who died at Cairo. Now, how do you explain this? "I had been fighting the Blaratsky crowd for years, and I saw at once that it was a scheme put up by her and her friends in New York to circulate another of their fakes. The Arab a Fraud. "The letter gave a street and house address as that of tbe writer, and referred to the Greek consul at New York. I put the mat ter into the hands of detectives and dis covered that there was no such address as that given, and that the Greek consul never heard of the Arab. "While Mme. Bis vats Ey was known to be suffering from kidney trouble, which, with a combination of influenza, is said to have been the cause of ber death, I do not be lieve that sbe could have died three week ago without the newspapers hear ing of it. fane was too noted a person. Why, it was only within a few days that she was reported as having been present at one of the Theosophic seances, and having re ceived while there a psyhio message from Annie Besant who is in this country lecturing." ON THE VERGE OF PANIC. VZBT SEBIOUS HHAHCIAL TBOXTBLS AHEAD IK EUEOPE. The Outcome of the Bothschild loan Paris Banks Showing, the White Feather American Securities Looking Up Eoj sla'a Policy as to Gold. CBT CABLX TO TBS DISPATCH.! London, May 9. The European markets have had another touch of panio owing to the continuous drain of gold to Bussia and the quarrel between the Government of that country and the Paris house of the Boths childs. It is thought tbe refusal of tbe Rothschilds to promptly promote the new loan was due to the policy of the Bussian Government in withdrawing its deposits and consequent affecting the foreign bourses at tbe verytime when it was most desirable to keep the European money markets easy. Twenty-five million dollars in gold has already arrived at St. Petersburg from abroad and the Bussian Government still has on deposit in Europe over 100,000.000 more which it seems determined to with draw from its present resting place and transfer to the vaults of the imperial Bussian treasury, leaving a small reserve in the Bank of England. The impossibility of getting gold in large amounts from France or Germany has resulted in orders being sent toNew York for tbe gold as fast as it was required and even larger amounts tnust'be sent for to meet the Bussian demands. Tbe decline caused by the shifting of such enormous rums has started rumors concern ing the financial stability of important firms in both Pans and London. On this subject the agent of a leading New York broker's house here, who has long experience in Paris banking houses, said to-day: "In view of the new Bussian loan a gieat many speculators both on the continent and here had bought Russians in hopes of benefiting by the success of tbe operation. When it was heard yesterday tbat the Bothschilds withdrew their support, heavy sales occurred in Russians, whioh dropped abont 2 per.cent.vilEiiero is no confidence .in: Paris now, and even the name of tbe Boths chilas and the prestige of Bussia will not brine money out of the hoarders of gold in France. Of course it is strange that the fact of the troubles in continental securities should affect American stocks, but still there has been a pretty good rise in Americans lately, and I believe we "will see far better prices in America but the European continental outlook is very bad and causes great anxiety. All depends on the action of the Bussian Minister of Finance. If he seems to agree to tbe propriety of putting off the issue of their loan and does not act hasty in tbe way or withdrawing gold from the continental cities and London everything may straighten up again, but I hardly think so. The ill success of the Portuguese loan is at the bottom of all of it "The Paris banks have been helping eteh other in the past for the selfish reason that if one of them defaulted all of them woqld suffer, but what frightens me is that after going through their troubles during the las? two years, with such flying colors, they Bhould to a certain extent show the white feather now. The big exports of gold from tbe United Btates evidently have a bad effect on the American market Still, all considered, tbe American market is very firm." , . ? s"m -aT Journal Utt m ? &?? l& A statement in to-day's Journal Dtt Dt- tion. That paper states tbat the Bothschild contract with Bussia is already signed, and tbat the issue is therefore only delayed for the opportune moment, the choice of "which rests with the syndicate. If this is true the whole trouble hi likely to blow over. BLOOD LIKELY TO FLOW If the Boers Persist in Their Threatened1 Invasion of Mashonaland. tar cauls to the sisrxTOH.1 London, Mar 9. The threatened Boer trek, or invasion of Mashonaland, is to be opposed by British troops and amateur soldiers in the service of the British South African Company, and blood must be shed unless the scheme be abandoned. Tbe matter will require very delicate handling, to prevent it developing into a regnlar war between tha British colonies and the Boer and Orange Free State Republics. The calm confi dence, not to say the immense impudence, of the would-be invaders does not. promise peace. One of their leaders recently said: "We shall now enter into and possess of right all the eastern land between the Tlm popo and the Zambesi. We shall go in .not in our own might but in the might of 'the Lord. It is His will that we go in and possess tbe land of the heathen, and only He shall stop us." The invaders will assemble in the Trans vaal side of the river TimDono between the ISth inst and June 1, so that Lord Ran dolph Churchill will have a comfortable time to reach the expected scene of hostili ties, and may take a hand in the fighting. TAINTED WITH INSANITY. The Bint of the . Father Visited Upon the Son, Lord Douglas. (BT CABLX TO TOE DISrATCH.3 London, May 9. Lord James Douglas, who committed suicide the other day, had been more or less mad for a dozen years or to, and his eccentricities have repeatedly scandalised polite society. A couple of years ago ne married a rleb widow and it was hoped that he bad "settled down," but the taint of Insanity was In his blood, Jn herlted from an ancestor, who, In an age of debauchery, set all Europe talking of his reckless dissipations. Lord James' elder brother is the Marquis of Queensberry, who is equally well known as a patron of pugilists and an aggressive Agnostic. Secretary Halford In -London. tST CABLX TO TUB DISrATCS.1 London, May 9. Colonel John Hay and cjujsa -a.i.ora are in AjOnaon.- MX. sal ford returns almost immediately,' as faeoante over only for the benefit of the sea voyage. The American Minister to Bussia is in Florence, en route to the United States, on leave of absence. AN ANARCHIST'S FATE. DISOBEDIENCE Of AN OBDEE TO KILL CAUSES HIS OWN DEATH. Ha Befnsed to Slay the Husband of the Woman He Once Loved Stabbed to Death While Attending a Meeting of His Society. . fBT DUXXAT't CABLE COlCFAXT.l Genoa, May 9. A tale- of love, having J its beginning on the shores of the lovely Lake of Como, came to a "tragio ending in this city on Thursday evening. In Como itself Michele Benedetti first saw the light Michele grew apace, under his father's instruction, developed fnto a well taught youth of more than ordinary intellectual capacity. Going to Milan, SO miles away, he obtained clerical employ ment Although separated from his family, young Benedetti was solaced weekly by letters from a dark-eyed brunette, the 18-year-old daughter of a wine grower, and whose name was Adelina Costa. Benedetti had not been long engaged in his new duties before he was approached by the leaders of a society of Anarchists, who were naturally anxious to enlist bimiu their ranks and avail themselves of his ability, and ere long they succeeded in giving him a new political creed, which first weakened and finally broke the bonds that united him to Adelina. Her letters became fewer, until they finally ceased. The engagement was broken, and it was not long afterward that she came to Genoa to reside with relatives. She soon became popular among tbe city youth and ere long engaged herseit to Arturo Cossini. A brief courtship was followed by marriage. Meantime Benedetti bad, through his An schist associates, decided to remove to Genoa, where be obtained a better position than he had at Milan. It is probable that when she married Adelina was not aware that her husband was an Anarchist; but she discovered the fact when it was too late. Shortly after bis marriage he had become to unpopular tbat ha was, in his absence, tried and found guilty. Death was therefore decreed, and, strange to say, it was ordered that the executioner lie no other than Bene detti himself. Nor had the predetermined assassin any choice in the matter. He must obey the rules of the society or himself be come the object of its vengeance. Still he delayed. He could not bring himself to slay the husband of the woman he loved. For several weeks he remained unde cided, but the society had ordered and its command had been disobeyed. On Thurs day last while attending a meeting of the sooiety, Benedetti was stabbed three times with a dagger. He was taken to the hospi tal and died. Before the end came he re fused to name the assassin, saying the affair did not concern the courts of justice, but by piecing together several hints let fall by other members the police have unearthed the above facts. BIO LIBERAL GAINS, The Elections ot the Fast Week Are Not Gratifying to the Tories. CBT CABLX TO THE DISPATCH. 3 London, May 9. The elections decided this week hare exactly justified the fore casts. The Liberal gains are the more im portant inasmuch that they have been made immediately after the Government had played the 'trump oard'of free educa tion, which should hare given them the'' game in, .the rural constituencies, if anywhere" at' arh-,vThe results show that it obtained dozens of rotes where it was expected to bring in hundreds, and elab orate schemes for diverting the attention of the people from Ireland to their own pockets, in which Government promises to put the sohool fees has admittedly failed. The contest in the Stowmarket division of Suffolk was about the liveliest witnessed since tbe general election in 18S6. Mud was thrown from both sides, literally and figuratively, and writs of libel were served on Individuals and newspapers with comical prodigality. At the present moment the successful Liberal candidate has an action pending, in which he claims 20,000 from his defeated adversary for slander, while tbe latter will ask the courts to award him 10,000 where with to whitewash the character blaokened by his late opponent The writs have served their purpose, however, and will probably be withdrawn. The loss of two country seats in one week" may induce the Government to reconsider their decision to dissolve Parliament this year. A SHOCKING SCANDAL. Nloe State of Affairs In a Hungarian Hos pital Bevealed by an Inquiry, rnr stnrLAT's cabli coutaxt.i London, May 9. A shocking story comes from Vienna in reference to an in quiry into the affairs of a certain hospital in Bihar county, Hungary. Ii has pro duced a great excitement, and, as the result, all officials, 26 in number, have been sus pended for- corruption in their offices, as well as for the horrible cruelties that were perpetrated upon the inmates, who are all insane. It ap pears that the books of the institution have not been kept since 1876, and the superin tendent drew the salaries of' the nurses and physicians. He recognized, however, that a hospital without a staff would be an anomaly, and accordingly devised a plan for having the institution officered. He made some of the patients act at nurses and anticipating the time when the students would be full-fledged practitioners, he made them take the place of the physicians. This change working successfully from his point of view, he proceeded to. curtail expenses by cutting down the allowance of tbe patients, and in that war decreased the bills for food, etc. Then," for the better amusement of himself and friends, he de termined on making the patients give up tome of their rooms and he bundled men and women into the same apartment so that he could hold orgies in the apartments they vacated. CUNNING IN DEATH. How the Dnke or Bedford Defeated the Government's Legacy Duty. rT DtmLAP'S CABLX COMTAXT.1 London, May 9.-The Duke of Bedford hat thown hit eleverness in hit death at he did in his life, and this hat been exempli fied by the way he has defeated the legacy duty and disappointed the expectations of the Tieasury. The chagrin of .that department is intensified by ' the fact that it was in great hopes of receiving a large sum for duty on the legacies the de ceased nobleman left. But the old gentle man recognized this quite as well as any body, tnd, ,knowing he would leave & large personalty, he proceeded to deed- it during bis life. If he could be aware of what It going en now it requires no great imagination to set him chuckling at tbe result of hit aoute ness. The School for Scandal Will be a drawing card, but it will hardly equal the drawing power of our great May suit sale which we will continue all this week. Immense bargains in men's fine suits. GrjSKr'B. r 1 Biff GAMBLING DEBTS Of the Frince of Wales Causing Bis Eoyal Mother Much Sorrow. FDSBED BABD BY BAROH BIBSCB, f Queen Victoria Ii Forced to Coma tt the Prince'i Eescue, IK 0EDEE TO AYERT A GEEAT SOAIDAL rOT CABLX TO TUX DISFATCB.1 London, May 9. When nature estab lishes an equilibrium by bestowing a spend thrift upon a miserly and avaricious parent, then ensues unpleasant hours for the latter, and this is why Queen Viotorla is sad. It is now almost an open secret that the good old lady has been compelled to come down with some 300,000 or 100,000 in order to save her heir-apparent from actual prosecution for debt The Prince of Wales it forced toeke out a scanty subsistence upon a trifle over half a million dollars per year, or 110,000, of which Par liament allows him 40,000. His revenue from the Duchy of Cornwall is about 10, 000 more, while his military offices and other emoluments make up the balance. But the Prince of Wales is a heavy gamb ler and " unlucky one. Hit attempt to keep a racing stable cost him many thous and pounds, and his efforts to plok the win ners on the tracks many thousands more, while the percentages in favor of the bank at baccarat refused to sucoumb at his hands as well as those of lest exalted players. Poshed hy His Creditors. For the last two years it has been whis pered that some of the Prince's creditors were becoming impatient and that a scan dal would ensue if they were not paid. Large sums were advanced to the royal beggar, first by Colonel North, the Nitrate King, and then by Baron Hirsch, the Aus trian railroad magnate, both of whom were repaid by being permitted to a certain amount ot the Prince s valuable society for brief periods, but the Prince kept on bet ting and playing baccarat and the money did not last long. Nor were his gambling losses confined to England, for his debts are a matter of record at the Circle Boyale and Circle Delmirali tons in Paris. Now it came to pass early in the month of Mareh that Baron Hirsch went to Monte Carlo and engaged the hand somest and most magnificent villa he could find to entertain the Prince of Wales, the royal gentleman having promised to be the millionaire's guest for a week or two. The Baron spared no expense in making prepar ations, and he invited a lot of illustrious personages to njeet the Prince. He Obeyed His Mother. The Prince did not come, because his mother would not let him. his familiarity with Hirsch having caused much consterna tion in royal ciroles on the Continent, since the Baron, being a Hebrew, is proscrioed at the court of his own country. It is Hindi's anger orer this slight that his brought about the promised calamity. He has made a most urgent demand of the Prince for his money, and, since an appeal to Parliament for assistance would be hopeless, the Queen Is compelled to sign her august name to a large check to avert a scandal. This is a very wise conduct on the part of the old lady, if she desires to have her son succeed ber to the throne of England. Sir William Gordon Cummtng, after demonstrating to the British people, with its occasional and severe spssm of -virtue,' tbat tbe Prince is the habitual gambler, and if the matter were to be agitated in the House of Commons, in connection with the measure for the payment of bad debts be has thus contrasted, there might be aroused a storm that would be fatal to his chancel for tuooest to the throne. HEBBEW STATISTICS. Interesting Figures About Warsaw From an English Consul. fXT CABLX TO TBX DISPATCH. LONDON, May 9. The announcement that the Bussian Government has sus pended the expulsion of the Hebrews from Moscow has not yet been corroborated.V The English Consul hat just presented some statistics with regard to tha Hebrew popu lation of Warsaw that are interesting. He tayt that in tbe town of Warsaw the Hebrews now number 40 per cent of the population, and the average in all the other towns of Poland is SO per cent while in the villages it falls to 7 per cent and in the rest of the country to nil. The trades and industries in the city of Warsaw are almost entirely in the hands of the Hebrew population. In the higher branches of commerce the ratio is 16 Hebrews to 3 Christians in the lower branohes 19 Hebrews to 2 Christians and in the agency and brokerage business 43 Hebrews to 1 Christian. Of the large industrial enterprises of the oity, 63 per cent are in tbe bands of He brews and only 18 per cent belong to native Christians. As common workmen and at domestics, the proportion is the other way, only 11,000 Hebrews or 8 percent of the total Hebrew population, being so employed, against 43,000 Christians, or 20 per cent of the total Christian population. . A CHANGE OF BASK, Balfonr Besnmes His Old Bole on the Irish Land Bill. IBT CABLX TO THX DISrATCH.l London, May 9. Mr. Balfour, who has charge ot the Government's Irish land bill, promised hit colleagues more than a month ago that he would pass the measure through' the committee stage by the middle of May, and to that end he has since, with muoh risible effort striven to conciliate instead I of to bully his opponents. The novel role unsuited blm, and ,it was so obviously as sumed tor a particular purpose that it failed to be impressive. He has, in con sequence, resolved to revert to the more congenial and more natural character. About one-fourth of the bill has been disposed of, and Mr. Balfour, at the Cabinet council held yesterday, sought and, it is believed, obtained the approval of his colleagues for the drastio procedure known as "fixing a date for the -report." In other words the House of Commons is to be told that if it doesn't pass tbe bill by a certain specified day, it will be gagged and In other ways coerced into doing so. The Government may safely resort to extreme measures, because all tbe political parties are pledged to the people of land purchase in Ireland, and most men In and out of Parliament are weary of the dry, dreary dis cussion of details. LDOKT TOOTH, He It the Sole Heir to the ttrMtlstate of Earl Fowls. fBT CASUS TO TBX DISrATCH.1 London, May 9. Ear)' Powls, who died on Thursday, had the biggest and most profitable estate in Montgomeryshire. He drew over 30,000 a year from it aijd hit Shropshire estate -is even more rateable. His home, Powis Castle, it a referable building of red stone, with' a stately ter raced garden. The great gallery, In the house Is 117 feet long. All this descends to his nepbew..a young nan of 98, Who last year, married 'Lady Tarbomb'( loraly Tats ta the. Uif wk wUH-wmfM, the attentions of tbe man Bowden, who has again and again been imprisoned for forc ing himself on Lady Conyers and her daugh ter. CHICAGO THREATENED. THE POEK-PACKING LNDUSTEY OF THAT CITY IS IN DANGEB, An English Company to Work Govern ment Slaughter Houses In Bussia The McKlnley Tariff Given as the Ezoose for This Move What la Expected. IBT DtfULAr'S CABLX COU7A1TXM London, May ?. Chicago's chief in dustry is threatened. Ever since the pass age of the McKinley bill Europe has been devising ways and means to circumvent its provisions, and, where possible, substitute its own produots for those it derived from the United States. How much success has been obtained as yet it would be difficult to say, because sufficient time has not elapsed to enable an accurate judgment to be formed, but certain it is that an effort will be made to get even with America in putting a high tariff on articles of European manufacture. In spite of the fact that England is on such friendly terms with the United States, English tradesmen are endeavoring to form companies to carry on this rivalry, and even leave your markets severely alone. Tbe latest scheme, the one which is indi cated above, menaces the pork industry of the city bv the lake. An English company has just been formed for the purpose of working Government slaughter houses and curing factories at Griesa Toboff in Bussia, and it expects to be able to deliver bacon to the ports in England within ten davs from the time tbe nackaees leave the factory. The cost for freight it " estimated, will be about 2 shillings and 9 pence, say 63 cents per hundred. The expected advantage of this exneri- ment will be readily understood when one recollects that under the conditions that ob tain at present the length of time occupied in sending a package of pork from Chicago to Liverpool is from 20 to 23 days,' ana tne cost lor freight amounts to 3 shillings and 6 pence per 100, a difference of about 19 cents, or about 28 per cent The calculation already made shows that the matter will not be rashly undertaken, and it is believed that a weekly output of about 2,000 hogs oan be confidently reckoned on. This, it must be confessed, is an exceed ingly promising beginning, and while at first it may not interfere to any considerable extent with the pork packing trade of Chi cago, its influence can't fail to be felt, especially when the difference in time and cost of transport is calculated. VANITY FALB OPEN! The London Fashionable Season Hat Now Been Fairly Started. CBT CABLX TO THX DUrATCH.J London, May 9. The Loudon season has fairly begun andVanity Fair is in fnll blast at the West End. Hyde Park is thronged each each evening with magnificent equipages; the great houses of Mayfair and Belgravia are once more open, and the win dows of the swell clubs in Pall Mall, St James street and Piccadilly are again alive with glided youth and age, returned from hunting and riding in the provinces or the gaities of the continent The weather, too, which up to the present week has been cold and dismal, has changed to sunshine and genial temperature. The School far Scandal Will be a drawing card, but it will hardly equal the drawing power of our great May suit sale which we will continue all this week. Immense bargains in men't fine suits, - . Qvssn'B. Honiton and Murano awningt at Ka ra aux & Son's, C39 Fenn avenue. THE VEKDICT. ' YOU THE public have passed judgment on our lots at Sheridan and pronounce MAY v them fine. We are not exaggerating thebeauty of the location or the great NEVER" advantages we have to offer in any particular, and we mean just exactly ' HAVE what we say when we state positively that we are to-day giving you an op- AS portunity to secure property that cannot be equaled in the Pittsburg real ' GOOD estate market. Furthermore, our prices, terms, improvements, inducements A anc conveniences make it the cheapest investment of the season. If all this CHANOE were not true, how do you account for the fact that over 500 of our 704 Jots - 5 AS have been soldin the last two weeks. Our customers are of a wideawake ' THIS ' class, who know a good thing when they see it, and,' like the "early birdf' are ' to GET A HOME. NOW IS THE TIME. Wood, Harmon ..."-;' WSMITHFIELD' STREET. . ; M f , - . v, itv it , , , ' ' :7 .' ,-', ' ' . : . " 2xXii mm THE ART COLLECTION At the Keit Exposition to Be the Finest Ever Seen in Pittsburg. TBE LOAN OF TALUABLE PICTURES Promised by Many of the the Leading- Art Connolaenra of This City. PAIJfTIHQa FROM EASTERN ABTISIS Preparations are going forward rapidly for the coming exhibition of the Western Exposition Society, and in many respects they are much further advanced than in any previous year at this season. Tbe main interest at present however, oenters in the Art Loan Exhibition, which promises to excel anything heretofore seen in Pitts burg. Art collectors in this city are coming forward with their private collections to 'enhance its attractiveness, so that the result cannot but be of signal advantage to the general public In the course of a talk with Manager Johnston yesterday, he said, among other things, tbat ha waa not at liberty to give way the plans of many of tha exhibitors at the coming Exposition. Then he said: "I can assure you from personal know ledge that the exhibits this teason will be unusually valuable and attractive. Many new features will be introduced, and our wideawake merchants have even at this early day completed their preparations and se cured attractions which cannot fail to be appreciated by our visitors. Work in all departments is fully advadced, and every one conneoted with the Exposition is putting forth his best efforts. Generosity of Pittsburg Citizens. "I will mention one feature of the fall display whioh I consider one of the strong est f nt the strongest which lias yet been provided; that is tbe art department With much generosity and publio spirit the own ers of valuable private collections of paint ings among our own citizens have consented to loan them to the society to be placed on ex hibition. It is well known that- Pittsburg and Allegheny possess some of the finest pri vate collections of paintings from the great masters to be found in this country outside of New York, but comparatively few of our people have been afforded the opportunity of viewing these magnificent examples. "It is impossible to see such valuable canvases except in this way. I consider that the society in securing them has pre sented the strongest attraction it has ever offered. Tbe plans of the art department will be entirely changed in the methods adopted in hanging the pictures. I have always thought that the usual manner of placing paintings in publio galleries is a great mistake, for the reason that full justice cannot be done the artists in arrang ing their canvases. It is proposed this season to accept only groups of pictures, whioh will be handsomely draped separ ately, thus preserving not ' only the indi viduality of the artist or owner, but will at the same time gnarantee that the paintings are hung with due regard to the character of the subjects, and also the effect of light and shade upon the surroundings, effects which are often seriansly impaired when paintings are carelessly placed on the walls, as they are apt to be when single pictures ore contributed by many persons. No Single Pictures to Be Received. "The galleries will be hung, therefore, in groups. The greatest care will be given to all matters of detail Ho expense' will be spared to produce the desired results. No single picture will be accepted from artists. The owners of the private collections will getting in on the ground floor. Building will commence at once, and many purchasers will eat their Thanksgiving; dinner in a new home at Sheraden Terrace. We 'have many choice lots left in all locations. Just consider for." a moment that we are offering you a" $300 lot- for 1.50 down and $1.50 a s3 week. We pay your taxes; charge you no interest on back payments, insure; ,; yourjife free of cost, give $2,250 to builders, grade your streets, lay sidet I walks, plant trees all this at our expense.. What more can you ask ? Go and see Sheraden Terrace, on the Panhandle, 4 miles out; 1 7-minute- ride; 36 trains a day; 5-cent; commutation fare. Churches, school, fuel J gas, etc., etc, . Go any day. You will Office open till 8 p. m. be consulted as to how they prefer to arrange thetdifferent groups loaned by them, and the same rule will be adopted with tbe Eastern artists who have been requested to submit a sketch or plan indicating just how they wish their works hung. By following this plan I cannot see how mistakes can be made in the grouping and hanging." Mr. Johnston gave the names of those who reside in this city and who hare agreed to loan their pictures. They are so far, Charles Lockbart, Colonel Scboomaker, Charles Donnelly, Mrs. William Thaw, Herbert De Puy, Captain Vandegrift, Joseph Home, Andrew Carnegie, Mrs. Gusky, Gilbert Rafferty. Other Have Been Asked to Contribute. Mr. Johnston is now in correspondence with the following, from whom he expects to receive favorable replies: B. F.Jones, Sellers McKee. A. M. Byers, William Van kirk, WilliamFrew, W.Dewees Wood, John Eaton, Marvin Scaife, Joseph Speer, Mrs. Thomas Carnegie, John B. Jackson and Henry W. Oliver. Manager Johnston says that he is confi dent that tbe New York artists will be creditably represented from the fact that he has received pledges to that effect. It is not intended to accept as man v canvases as last, year, 'but the collection, wnile not so large," numerically, will be vastly more valuable and interesting. He says that when he sub mitted the idea of grouping the work of each artist separately to them, it was received with general favor and met with their hearty approval. Mr. Johnston is confident that the success of the Exposition art depart ment for this year will not only be vastly superior to that of former seasons, but that the display will be a revelation to the most competent art critics. GOT THE BEST OP THE SABGADJ. Two Confidence Men Compromise for Their Liberty, and Are Still Ahead. Watebloo, Ia., May 9. "Judge" Baker and "Doctor" Howard, the two con fidence men brought here from Payetterille, Ark., for swindling J. B. Ellis, a farmer of this county, out of 53,500 last August had their preliminary examination to-day. Ever since the men were brought here they nave oeen in correspondence with friends in different parts of the country in an en deavor to raise funds enough to compromise or furnish bail. To-day Bob Lyons, of Kansas City, came here and effected a compromise with Ellis, tbe victim, by refunding him, it is said, 2,200 of the money taken, Ellis agreeing to pay all the expenses of the arrest and all court costs. The men were then released on 300 bail each, and left on the first train for parts unknown. Lace Curtains t Lace Curtains I Short curtains in Swiss tamboured, Irish points, brussels lace. Tbe price of them in full lengths was S, 8, 10, 12 and 18 per pair; your choice this week 79a each. This special offering in conjunction with the greatest values ever offered in regular goods in lace curtains. J. H. Kunkel is Bso., 1347-1349 Penn avenue, Everett Clnb News. The pianos delivered this week on the 1 00 weekly payment plan are Club A, No. 327, name withheld by request; Club B No. 23, Mrs. Minnie Murrie, 226f Spring Garden avenue, Allegheny. Moostsh awnings, elegant patterns, bril liant fast colors, at Mamaux & Son's, 639 Penn avenue. Estimates furnished by sample at resi dence on furniture re-upholstery.-su Hatoh & Keenan, 33 Water st Neapolitan awnings at Brown & Co.'s, corner Grant and Water streets. Telephone 1194. Aboixe awnings, brilliant and fast in eolor and exquisite in designs, at Mamaux' & Son's, 639 Penn avenue. find our agents on the & Go., Agents HOW TO GROW OLD Five Men Who Are Full of Years Give Wholesome Advice for the Young. PARSON MILBURN'S HEALTH, Good Breathing Is ibe Foundation of Physical Strength. TBE SUN WILL BEMEDT BALDIflfeS. Jostles Br&iley and Horatio Kint: ox Hirtl v Work and Worry. ' i EI-G0YEEH0E CDETL1 A LIGHr EATZB tcoxusroxDCKCx'or thxdisi'atch.j Washington, May 9. ORN apparently into tha lap of consumption! Blind and sickly at 311 Weak and feeble at 331 The picture of hsalth at three score and ten I It reads like a patent medicine .advertisement but it is the story of Ber. Dr. Milburn, the noted blind Chaplain of the House of Hepresentatirex. It is a story of the triumph of reason and will over body and disease. It is a story whieh may give any weak man eonrage. The blind parson told it in a voice as strong as that of a boy. His ges tures were as forcible and easy as those of an athlete, and from time to time he laughed while telling it with tbe enthusiastic ha! hat ha! which comes only from perfect lungs, a happy soul, and a good digestion. He smoked as he told it, and he enjoyed hit pipe like a reteran tobacco user. Said hat Bemaxkable Beoord of a life. 'Tor 15 years I was one of the most fragile of men you can imagine. I hid. to bold a book at the end of my nose with my hand above to shade the page, and by moving the book continuously along. I managed, by set- - ing one letter at' a, ime, to read and spell my way hrough school and college. The result was that when a Tery young man I found mysell af- nr miburnT flicted with curvature of the spine, a curvature of the breast bone and a disease of the heart n there seemed absolutely no prospect of my ever becoming a healthy man. I was also extremely delicate, and when between 19 and 35 years old, my weight ranged front 107 to 115 pounds. "I was working hard, however, all this time, dnd paying attention to all sorts of ground at allhqurW; jgJGL file tar . jCtm VVyeW..n. wM-ismmm' ill M BJlil J 1 T c . - j .. r,r .."v j J -.SUBrtEt'uflBm i .. :. . -.. .v - -111 I mtfiViill
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