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m nuiiam lorgey, 01 miKinsDurc,
I Tries to Kill Himself, and Then
k Dies of Heart Disease.
1 ' FOUXD LYLNG DEAD LN HIS BED.
An Italian Miner Hunting a Fellow
t Countryman Who Stole Both His
Money and Children.
SUXDAT HEARINGS DECIDEDLT SHALL.
Eecord cr a Day's Doings Anions the Kttslnrj sad
Allegheny Mice
"William N. Forgey was found dead in
bed at the St. James Hotel yesterday morn
ing. Death resulted directly from disease
"of the heart, but is supposed to have been
hurried by wounds inflicted by his own
hand. "When the case was reported to
Coroner McDowell he immediately went to
the hotel and began an investigation. He
soon diswnered circumstances leading to
suspicion and he determined to thoroughly
sift the matter. Forgey was lying on his
bed, where he had died some time during
the night. On examining the body
the Coroner found three cuts as if made
by a knife, directly over his heart His
underclothes in the vicinity of the wounds
were clotted with blood, showing them to be
of recent origin. The body was removed to
an undertaker's and the Coroner ordered a
post mortem examination.
A Man "With Too Big a Heart.
It was found tliat Forgey's heart was
wonderfully enlarged, being several times
the ordinary size, and that death had re
sulted from it. Dr. McCandlcss said the
man must have suffered terribly from the
affection of his heart.
Investigation developed the fact that
Forgey came to ritt'burg with his son, J.
H. Forgey, trom their home in Wilkins-
burg. The elder Forgey was 06 years of I
age, and for some time past had been ex
hibiting signs of mental weakness. This
culminated Saturday when he endeavored
to put an end to his life by stabbing himself
in the heart. In this he was not wholly
successful, though the wounds are thought
to have hastened his end.
So Accommodations for the Insane.
The son concluded it would be better to
get his father into a hospital where he could
be better taken care of, and accordingly
came to rittsburg and applied at the
Homeopathic institution. He told the au
thorities there of his father's mental in
firmitv, and they declined to take him, as
thev had no accommodations for insane.
The son then concluded to take his father
to the hotel, and visit the "West Penn Hos
pital in the morning. The two retired, and
when the son awoke yesterday morning he
found his father dead.
It is thought the terrible pain of his
heart had been responsible for Mr. Forgey's
weakness of mind. The body will be re
moved to the home of his daughter in Alle
rhenv this morning, and the inquest will be
held at 11 o'clock at the Coroner's office.
The wife of the deceased has been dead sev
eral years.
DIED IK THE STATION HOUSE.
James McXalley, a "Well-Known Man, End
111 Lire In a Cell.
James McXalley, a prisoner, died at the
Fourteenth ward station about 12 o'clock
yesterday. McXalley was found lying in a
stupor near Frankstown avenue and Sta
tion street about 9 o'clock Saturday night.
He was removed to the Nineteenth
ward station and locked up in
a cell, charged with drunkenness.
Magistrate Hyndman yesterday morning
sentenced him five days to jail. He was
taken to Oakland, where the prisoners are
transferred from No. G wagon to No. 4
wagon, and taken to the Central station.
At Oakland the patrolmen noticed Me
Nalley actinc as though he was sick, and
they concluded to remove him to the Four
teenth ward station, where died a short
time afterward.
McXallcv was well known about East
Liberty. He lived at No. 5C33 Mignonette
street, Twentieth ward. Inspector AVhite
house said last night that McXallev had
been arrested and tried on a charge of mur
dering John Dalev, but was acquitted. He
was also arrested on a number of minor
charges in the past five years.
EEOKE TJP A WEDDING FEAST.
The Groom Goes to the Workhouse "With
Several of His Guests.
A Pole whose name is recorded on the
police docket of the Seventeenth ward sta
tion as John Bunco, was arrested late Satur
day night. Saturday morning he was mar
ried to a young woman of his own nationality
at his home in the rear of Butler street, be
tween Fifty-first and Fifty-second streets.
The usual celebration incident to the Polish
marriaee ceremony was continued through
the day.
A large number of guests were present,
and the supply of beer was equal to the de
mand. Several fights were indulged in, and
late Saturday night the commotion was so
great that Captain Brophy, Lieutenant
Andrew Orth and several officers raided the
house.
Thirteen men were caught, including the
groom. The bride was the only woman about
tht premises and was not arrested. Each of
the men was sent to the workhouse for 30
days.
FOUGHT IN A STABLE.
Emory Gregory Severely Stabs Daniel Hill
in the Back.
Tn o colored men named Daniel Hill and
Emory Gregory got into a quarrel in a sta
ble on Beaver avenue vesterday, during
which Hill was cut with aknife by Gregory.
A very severe wound was inflicted in his
left arm by a stab which punctured the
muscle. Another wound about four inches
long was made in his back across the shoul
der blade, but the cut was not a deep one.
The men were arrested and locked up in
the Central station, where Police Surgeon
Hazzard bandaged up Hill's wounds. Hill
is a stable groom for Captain Rodgers.
Suffering From Sunday Football.
Andrew Johnston desecrated the Sabbath
by playing football. He, in company with
a number of companions, was engaged in an
interesting game at the foot of South
Eighteenth street vesterday afternoon, when
Officer "Wright hove in sight He charged
on the crowd, but only succeeded in captur
ing Johnston, who, in consequence, spent
the night in the Twenty-eighth ward station.
No Visible Means of Support.
Officer Blakely, of Allegheny, arrested
three men as suspicious characters on Biver
avenue last night. He first arrested Joseph
Dimmond and Joseph Harwart, who could
not tell much about themselves save that
they came from Pottstown and were looking
for work. The other man arrested gave his
name as Thomas Frindible and said he lived
at Bidgeway, Elk county.
Hied of Too Much Alcohol.
Margaret Long, aged 36 years, was found
dead yesterday morning at her home in the
rear of No. 528 Second avenue. The core-
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Thieves Make the Hens Boost High in Bob
lnson Township.
Thieves have inaugurated a reign of
terror in Robinson township that may end
in something serious if depredations are
continued much longer. Locks, bolts and
bars seem insufficient to restrain the
midnight marauders, and watch dogs are
poisoned if they attempt to exercise their
functions. These outrages have been going
on for years, but of late they are more fre
quent and bold. The thieves do not seem to be
after money so much as food, and cellars
and hen roosts are most frequently raided,
f though several farmers have each lost from
23 to 100 bushels ol grain. Not long since
J.Brcnn's hennery, near Ewing's mill, was
raided and the hens and their broods 'taken.
One hen. the foster mother of somi 20
Pekin ducks, the latter about the size of
quail, were taken. .Night before last the
thieves visited the farm of a man named
Bums, near the Kansas school house, and
stole a large number of tomato plants that
had been set out in a field. Heretofore
orchards were robbed in the vicinity, but
last year the thieves got no revenue trom
this source.
The last raid has roused the victims to the
necessity of some kind of action, and there
is talk of a combination being made to rid
the locality of some people who have no
visible means of support and who do but
little work. Some of the thieves are
known, but positive evidence so far cannot
be gotten against them aud it is thought if
some prowlers were peppered with shot
that they might subsequently be traced and
apprehended.
SHALL SUNDAY HEARINGS.
Police Magistrates Have a Very Small 1.1st
of Cases to Settle.
Police hearings were light yesterday
morning. At Central station John Ander
son and James Duncan had. been abusing
two Italian boy street musicians when Of
ficer Roach interfered and they struck him.
They were each given 30 day sentences.
Charles Gray, having been arrested at the
request of his mother for habitual drunk
enness, was given a 60 days' sentence.
Owen Shevelin. at the Twentv-eiriith
ward station, got $100 and costs or 30 days
to the workhouse for abusing his wife and
children. Edward McGomgle, Charles
Schober, Patrick Barrett and Frank Stoker,
four small boys arrested while making
merry over a beer keg, were fined $5 and
costs each. Joseph Price was fined ?25 and
costs for keeping a disorderly house. Four
visitors were fined ?5 and costs each.
Magistrate McEenna sent Patrick Con
ners to the workhouse 30 days for beating
Andrew Kempf on Butler and Fifty-first
streets Saturday night. John Lee was
given a like sentence for abusing his wife.
Magistrate Hyndman fined John Conner
flO and costs for interfering with Officer
Welsh. Mrs. Johanna McCarty, for keep
ing a speak-easy, paid 550 and costs. George
Connor was fined $50 and costs, or 60 days
to the workhonse, for stealing flowers from
lawns near Ben Venue station.
HUNTING HONEY AND CHILDEEN.
A Mahanoy City Miner Tells a Sad Tale to
the Police Authorities.
Anthony Fortnot, an Italian miner from
MahanoyCity, called on Inspector "White
house at the Nineteenth ward station last
night and requested his aid in finding an Ital
ian named Anthony Pasuansky. Fortnot's
story was that on the 20th of April last
Pasuansky, who boarded with him, skipped
out, taking with him $100 in money and
Fortnot's two children.
The father traced the runaways to this
city, and succeeded in finding Pasuansky's
trunk at a house on "Washington street, but
failed to find the man himself, although he
searched this and surrounding towns. In
spector "Whitehouse will take charge of the
case.
SUNDAY EES0ETS SILENCED.
Illcgal liquor Sellers Make Plenty of "Work
for the Police.
In Allegheny a disorderly house and a
speak-easy were raided yesterday. The for
mer was the house of Tony Benewat, of 595
East Ohio street, where 18 men were taken.
They were gambling and had 11 kegs of
beer in the house. The other was the place
kept by Andy Ulry at Third and Chestnut
streets. Seven men were taken there. Mr.
TJlry was in on a similar charge two weeks
ago. Lieutenant Thornton conducted both
raids. Hereafter no forfeits will be taken
in speak-easy cases.
Out in Lawrenceville four houses suf
fered. Among them was Marv Burke, of
the Eighteenth ward. This makes her fourth
time.
A DISOBDEELY FAMILY.
Mother, Two Daughters and an Uncle Get
Thirty Days to the Works.
An entire family was sent to the work
house by Magistrate McKenna at the Sev
enteenth ward police station yesterday.
They were Mary Devine, hertwo daughters,
Salhc and Annie, and John Devine, an
uncle. They were having a general fight
among themselves at Forty-seventh and
Harrison street. They were given 30 days
each.
Tribute to a labor deader.
Typographical "Union No. 7 yesteroay
made arrangements to send delegates to the
commemorative exercises which will be
held over Thomas Armstrong's grave at
Steubenville on July 6. About 75 members
of the craft will journey down. The annual
convention of the Flint Glass Workers
Union will open there on the same day.
Dedication of the Gnsky Orphanage.
An interesting programme has been ar
ranged for the dedication of the Gusky
Hebrew Orphanage and Home to-morrow.
The key to the institution will be presented
by Miss Marv Gusky, and Josiah Cohen,
jacoiucuvui iuv vuiuvi, w ill respuuu.
Killed at Klverton.
The Coroner was notified that an unknown
man had been struck by a Baltimore and
Ohio train at Biverton station yesterday
morning and instantly killed. The body
was taken to McKeesport and the case will
be investigated to-day.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Stethks Johjtstoit, the popular receiving
clerk of the Cincinnati lino, has tendered his
resignation, and left yesterday for Cincinnati,
where he will take charge of tho popular re-'
sort known as Coney Island, a few miles
above the Queen City. His many friends
wish him success in his new enterprise.
Charles Beattt, of lot Charles street, Alle
gheny, was turned over to the Children's
Society, of New York, by the police of that
city yesterday. He says ho left home he
cause he was abused by his stepmother.
A tihwaee reception is to be held at the
Domestics' Home, G2 Anderson street, Alle
gheny, Wednesday evening, June 10. The
managers of the public institutions and all
domestics are invited to attend.
The discussion on the Governmental con
trol of public works, under the single tax,
was continued at tho rooms of the Single
Tax League last evening.
Dcquesxe Traction car 183 struck a horse
belonging to the Excelsior Cab Company last
evening. A leg of the horse was severely
cut. The accident occurred at the corner of
Forbcs,and Gist streets.
A Uiraox Holiness convention will be held
in the Liberty Street M. E. Church to-day at
zjo ana 730 o'clock and will continue
through next Sunday.
SrrciAi. evangelistic services will be com
menced by Ker. D. B. Updegraph at the
Butler Street M. E. Church to-day, continu-
ing through the
The Increasing Use of the Metals in Build
ing Construction
"WILL HELP TO ADD TO THE BUSINESS
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The month of June is the most inactive of
the 12 in the calender of iron and steel men,
both makers and dealers. It is during this
month that the broker allows the mail to ac
cumulate on his office desk and makes a
round of visits among his constituents; and
the manufacturer prepares for Ms annual
stock-taking in July, and girds up his loins
foe the customary struggle with the workers i
when they present their scale for the year
beginning with the 1st of July. It is dur
ing this interval of comparative idleness
that both the broker and maker essay to
gauge the future and seek to know the pros
pects for trade in the fall and winter and the
early spring. The crops and the railroads
are the iron man's diviningrods. Given the
prospects for the one he can estimate very
closely on what the railroads will do, and
through both he can figure out with some
degree of certainty as regards the outlook
for the year in his own particular line of
business. Primarily, then, on the condition
of the crops depends the prosperity of the
iron trade. Bcports from the "West point
to prospects of returns which promise to ex
ceed the average by a fair percentage, and
individual statements of men largely inter
ested in grain and produce, who have been
spoken w ith on the subject, give an assur
ance of a harvest that will met every ex
pectation. Ballroad Buyers as a Thermometer.
A profitable harvest means everything to
the country, but it is of vital importance to
the railroads. "With the assurance of a
heavy freight traffic roads begin to put' their
rolling stock in order, place the track in re
pair and expend money in improvements
and betterments generally. Thev feel en
couraged to open up branches and extend
feeders and place themselves in position to
compete witli rival roads for a share of the
spoil. A reflection of this activity finds its
way into the iron and steel mills. Car
wheels are needed for the rolling stock,
plate for the wagons, finished material of
all sizes for the Dridges, rails for the track
and tools for the shops.
The first blush of this prosperops era may
be said to have already appeared. The
pace for the year is generally set by the
Pennsylvania Bailroad, and when that cor
poration sends its purchasing agents abroad,
railroad buying for the season is regarded as
having commenced. "With the placing of
an oraer ior ou,uuu tons oi rails among the
Carnegie Association, the Cambria Com-
pany and the Steelton people, the Pennsvl-
vania Company has shown the way to the
other roads, and they will, as usual, be
swift to follow suit. A well-informed
broker who has just returned from an ex
tended tour "West and South states that the
cotton and grain belt roads are already pre
paring for a busy season. He noticed active
work in progress along these lines,sand he
gathered from railroad men that they have
the liveliest expectations for a heavy trade.
Preparing for the World's fair.
But the prospects of the iron men do not
alone depend on the requirements of the
roads due to the expectations of heavy traffic
from the harvest yield; the "Void's Fair in
'93 will provide another and extensive stim
ulus. The trunk lines centering in Chicago
must see to it that their tracks are in firsts
class condition to stand the strains of the
heavy hauling which 'will necessarily be
done overthese roads, and managers are
already recognizing this necessity and pre
paring to meet it. The Pennsylvania lines
are laying down heavy section rails
west of this city, and the Baltimore and
Ohio is proceeding with its doublcd
tracked connections westward. The entrance
of iron aud steel into building construction
is becoming more marked every year, and
in Chicago alone a competent authority
estimates that $50,000,000 will be expended
in new work between this and 1893. This is
outside of the "World's Fair buildings, the
first of which is now being constructed in
Cleveland, and the elevated railroad for
Chicago, which is being built here. A large
quantitv of steel will go into consump
tion in the new vessels which the Govern
ment proposes to build, and the manufacture
of tinned and terne plate, so long regarded
as a myth, but now making sure its slow
progress, will tend still further to give.life
to the trade.
No Clash of Capital and labor. ,
"With these prospects in view it is en
couraging to note that there willbeno trade
disturbances to place a check on the wheels
of trade. The convention of the Amal
gamated Association of Iron and Steel
Workers will not make any change in-the
basis of the scale, viz.j $5 50 per ton fpr
boiling on a 2 cent card rate now ruling.
The manufacturers, on their side, will not
hesitate about accenting the general terms
of the now scale, though there will be, of
course, the usual conferences and discus
sions regarding extras. The vital point is
that the workers are not putting forward
any demands -which cannot easily be
adjusted without recourse to a strike.
It may be observed, also, that any stiffen
ing in values will be due altogether to in
creased demand, and not in consequence of
any increase in the cost of production. Lron
makers have been very slow this season in
closing ore contracts, so much so that not
500,000 tons of ores had been purchased by
local furnace' men np to March, as against
5,000,000 bought up before the month of
January last- year. This conservative
policy has borne iruit in that ores are now
being placed at from $1 25 to $1 75 under
last year's rates. For instance, No. 1 hard
Angeline, which sold at ?7 25 last year, is
now being contracted for at $6; section 16
holds about the same value. These ores
are very fine, containing from 60 to 65 per
cent of metallic iron, and from .012 to .018
of phosphorus, and are. conseaucntlv. verv
desirable.
Excellent Prospects for the Tear.
Coke is selling at $1 90 on board cars,
and there is a strong probability that it may
be sold apoint or so less during the fall Any
chance ot its rising in price is regarded as
very-problematical. The prospects,'toragood
year in the iron and steel trade are un
doubtedly strong, and some brokers say it
will not surprise them to see Bessemer
touch 518 before the first of October. The
price to-day is $16. Under the agreement
between the half dozen manufacturers, steel
rails cannot be sold under $30 here, 31.at
Chicago, and $29 50 at the Eastern mills.
While there is no very extensive construc
tion .of new roads in contemplation, the re
quirements for te construction and better
ments due to the reasons already assigned
will keep rail mills busy for some timo.
STRICKEN WITH APOPLEXY.
TV. T. Powell Xjing at HU Home on Sidney
Street "With a Severe Attack.
W. T. Powell, Vice President of the
Builders' Association, is lying seriously ill
at his residence on Sidney street, Southside.
He was seized with a stroke of, apoplexy
Saturday, and Dr. Mundorff was summoned.
Late last night fears were entertained
that the gentleman might not survive the
attack. Mr. Powell lost- his wife only a
few days ago, and he has himself been very
far from well since, having taken his afflic
tion very much to heart.
"WiU Visit the Hills.
Prof. Bobert H. Bichards, with a party of
ten students from the Boston School of
Technology, registered at the "St Charles
Hotel yesterday. They expect to remain in
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Nearly 80,000,000 Hnshels Expected to Go
Ont on the June IUse Most of It May
Be Gotten Away To-Right An Active
Scene.
The scenes along the wharf yesterday pre
sented quite a contrast to the past week.
Every one seemed to be in a hurry, and all
were looking anxiously for reports from up
the river. These reports are encouraging,
and by 5 o'clock this evening nearly 20,000,
000 bushels of coal will be afloat, bound for
Southern ports. If sufficient water comes
for coal boats the general schedule will be
changed, but at present the owners are pre
paring for a large rise. The following is a
list of the boats that expect to leave to-day:
For Joseph Walton & Co. Joseph Wal
ton, 14 barges and 1 fuel; Joseph Nixon, 14
barges and 1 fuel; Maggie, 12 barges andl
fuel: Clifton, 12 carges; Delta, 10 barges a
total of 02 barges and 3 fuel flats, with 45
coal boats awaiting sufficient water to get
away.
For T. M. Jenkins Coal Valley, 10 light
boats: Frank Gilmore, 14 barges; Robert
Jenkins, 8 barges and 4 boats.
The Time Coal Company will get away
with 8 barges and 8 light boats by the Tide,
and Little Bill will take 10 barges.
For Horner & Boberts, the Baymond
Horner will take 16 barges and 8 fuels;
the W. G. Horner 12 barges.
O'Neil & Co. will send out the Fred Wil
son with 17 barges, Tom Bees 17 barges and
Little Fred 12 barges. '
The Crescent Coal Company will send the
Crescent with 11 barges and four boats.
W. H. Brown's Sons will send ten boats,
with an average of 14 barges each, all
bound for Cincinnati, Memphis or St. Louis.
The list follows: Charles Clark, James Gil
more, Percey Kelsey, Cruiser, Voyager,
Charles, Jim, Harry, Sam and Alice Brown,
nearly 2,500,000 bushels being distributed
among ten boats.
W. W. O'Neil will send out about 42
barges and eight boats, as follows: Dick
Fulton, 17 barges; Enterprise. 14 barges;
Little Dick, ten barges; Belle McGowan,
eight boats.
John A. Wood & Co. will send out four
boats, with an average of 12 barges each.
The John A., Jim, S. L. and Dave Wood
will comprise the fleet,
Besides the regular Boats, a few inde
pendents will leave the Veteran No. 2,
with 10 barges; Ark, 12 barges; Lud
Keefer, 12 barges; Onward, 12 barges; Tom
Dodsworth, 17 barges; Coal Valley, 12
barges; Acorn, 12 barges; Du Bois, 14
barges; Boas, 18 barges.
The Iron Duke and Iron Age, of the Ten
nessee Biver Navigation Company, will
leave with large tows, consisting mainly of
steel rails.
The marks now show 6 feet 8 inches and
rising slowly, and the indications from all
points assure a barge rise and probably
coal boat water by this evening.
MANY SIX-DOLLAB DELEGATES.
Amalgamated Convention Has a Majority
of Them, but Jfot Tiro-Thirds.
The radical delegates in the Amalgamated
Convention are making a strong effort to
carry 56 a ton for boiling iron. The scale
has been under discussion now since Wednes
day, and it is expected that a vote will be
taken on it to-morrow evening. The fullest
latitude has been allowed the supporters of
the increase by the chairman.,'
Though these delegates have a majority in
the convention, having the support of the
roughers and catchers, who arc out for an
other 5 per cent of the mill earnings, it is
regarded as very doubtful if they can so in
fluence the convention as to carry their
point It requires a two-thirds majority to
alter the scale as reported, and it is said
that 200 of the 300 delegates cannot be gotl
to see the advisability of a 50-cent advancer'
If the convention is" earned on this point
there is no cloubt that a strike will follow
as the iron manufacturers will not accept a
proposition for an increase in wages, though
the fall prospects for the trade may be fairly
good.
TO BE DONE BY C0NTBACT.
The Pennsylvania Company "Will Try '
Plan of Keeping Up the' Roadbed. ,
The engineers of the Pennsylvania road
are about to introduce a new plan for keep
ing up the roadbed. Instead of having the
section boss with his gang the road will be
divided, into seven-mile lengths, and
contractors will be asked to bid on main
taining this part of the line. The company
deals only with the contractors and he is
allowed to pay his men and deal with them
as ho sees fit. This will relieve the pay
master of the company and will greatly
simplify the paying system.
It is not known how the scheme will
work nntil it is tried. On the surface it is
not very promising, as the public has little
confidence in this kind of contract jobbery.
The same method of doing work will be
adopted in the shops after awhile.
GAS FBEE OF COST.
A Western Chemist "Who Makes a Fine
Fuel From Iiocal CoaL
A gentleman who has recently returned
from the West describes the operation of a
new patent which he saw. in operation at
the, plant of the Springfield Iron and Steel
Company, Springfield, III. The works are
being run on gas produced from the coal
found in the immediate vicinity of the.
works; under a system invented by Dr.
Henning, the company's chemist
Dr. Henning has succeeded in saving the
bi-broducts, coal tar and ammoniac skim
mings, the price obtained for which covers
the cost of making the gas. The tar is sold
in St Louis at S5 a barrel. The gas is used
in both the tearing and open-hearth fur
naces. A PLENTIFUL SUPPLY OF GAS.
The Fort Pitt Glass Company's New "Well
One of the Best In Its Region.
The -omission of one word in an item in
yesterday's Dispatch regarding the bring
ing in of a gas well by the Fort Pitt Glass'
ComDanv made an inference onnosite to the
facts. One of the best wcUs yet found in the
Grapeville belt was struck on Saturday
within a short distance from the works.
The new well will give the company a
plentiful supply for its immense works and
provide sufficient gas to accommodate the
residents in the 40 or 50 new houses which
the company has lately erected for its em
ployes. A MAMMOTH PLATE MILL.
The Garrison Foundry Company at "Work
on an Immense Plant
The Garrison Foundry Company is con
structing a plate mill for the Wellman Iron
and Steel Company at Chester, Pa,, which,
will be the largest in the country, if not in
the world. It will be a 3-high mill, the
upper and lower rolls being 132 inches on
the face and 35 inches thick, and the middle
xbll 24 inches thick.
The product will be mainlyboiler plates,
and mostly for the Baldwin Locomotive
Works, Philadelphia. Other foundries are
busy on smaller plate mills, not a few for
tinned plate-making being in hand.
Car Builders' Meeting.
A carload of master car builders from
Chicago passed through the city last even
ing, bound for the ainual meeting at Cape
May. It appears it will be more of a social
event than a gathering where great things
will be accomplished.
An Agent to Be Married.
Charles T. Appleby, local passenger
agent for the Santa Fe road, will be mar
ried next Monday to a young lady of Terre
Haute. Mr. Appleby is popular with his
fellows and the public
And Eainy Weather Proved Too Much
for Hotel Quests Yesterday.
PLAINTS ABOUT PEMSY TEAINS.
Congressman Mills Will Smash the Tariff
if Elected Speaker.
THE CUSTOM 0P TREATING DYING OUT
The raw, damp weather of yesterday kepi
the guests at the hotels indodrs. It de
pressed their spirits also and, if not sleeping
or dreaming, the boys had a vacant stare
that forboded little news or brilliancy in
ideas. Nobody had a story to tell and few
wanted to be bothered. The American cus
tom of eating a heavy Sunday dinner is bad,
but then Yankee methods and habits need
to be reformed generally if the gibes of
foreigners can be taken as truth and
not a low form of 'jealousy. Most
everybody, however, will agTefe that a rich
dinner on a wet day is not conducive to good
digestion or agreeable tempers. It is not
surprising, therefore, that dyspepsia ruled
in the hotels yesterday. A bright and ob
servant doctor at the Anderson soon dis
covered the fact, and he boldly declared
that the water from the heavens was wrong
fully held responsible for many of the ills
of human life.
Necessity of Breathing Fresh Air.
"How look at these drummers," he said,
pointing his finger to a crowd in the lobby.
"They have eaten too much, and what they
need most is a run in the parks or a sharp
walk, but they shrug their shoulders, look
at the leaden skies, and remark to them
selves that it is too disagreeable to take an
airing. One of the healthiest persons I ever
met was a man who spent so many hoars
daily in the open air, rain or sunshine. He
seldom had a cold or felt an ache, and ai
rways prepared for the weather. If it was
wet ne was caretul to Keep his leet drv and
body warm. He enjoyed a snow storm
and got music out of the pelting of the
rain. This man had the right idea. God
never meant that people should be housed
np on rainy days, and the sleepy, tired feel
ing is nature's protest If you would live,
get out and enjoy the air. I knew another
gentleman' wlio had the consumption.
Doctors'said he couldn't live a few months.
That was 20 years ago, and hef is still alive.
He reasoned" that consumption was nothing
more than a lack of oxygen, and he
changed his habits of life so that he
spent the greater part of the time
with the skies for the roof of his home. He
would sleep in a tent during the summer,
and that man has been a useful citizen and
I an example to othersafflicted with the dread
uisease. xe win aie some aay, oi course,
,but he has started in to prolong life, and
nas oeen successtui.
Discrimination Against Pittsburg.
The new trains on the Pennsylvania road
between New York and Chicago are of great
importance to travelers. Pittsburg, how
ever, should apologize to the trunk line
for living, and the ghostly hours at
which these i flyers reach this city
shows that the gas town was not counted on
in making up the schedules. "Pity you
people haven t another- good line East and
West," remarked a New York business
man at the Duquesne yesterday. "A com
petitor would bring tne Pennsylvania peo
ple to time. J These fast express trains with
no extra charge should have been furnished
long ago, and it is the Xew lork Central
that is compelling the Pennsylvania road to
make the improvement About three
months ago the Central put on
the Southwestern limited to Chicago,
itie
an"
as a result thev have been carrvine"
most of the through business between the
two cities. Outside of the 'limited,' the
passenger accommodations out of Pittsburg
to Chicago are miserable. The new trains
"will leave here at 120 and 4:45 in the morn
ing, but nobody cares to have sleep broken
in this fashion. Going east the trains are
all right You have no idea how the travel
ing men complain abont the Western trains. .
They leave at bad hours and are snail-like
in their movements. If the Baltimore and
Ohio would brace up and establish its new
through fine to Chicago, a change for the
better would certainly come."
Drinking No More.Compulsory.
Several railroad men high up in the pas
senger departments of Western lines were
enjoying a smoke in the corridor of the
Monongahela House passenger agents as a
rule are convival men; they have to be
from the nature of their business. Some
one suggested a drink for the crowd, from
force of habit, but as it was Sunday the de
sire was not gratified. One of
them remarked that he had quit
drinking and he was glad to note
thev great change that had come over
people. A few years ago a man 'would be
offended if you refused to accept his invita
tion, and it was also the custom to ridicule
n. nerson who wouldn't drink. Manv weak
people were thus indnced to imbibe who(
man t want it. is own one aeennes to ac
cept a glass nothing is thought about it and
the mean remarks about a fellow being tied
to his mother's apron strings or living in
mortal fear of his wife are never heard. The
practice of "setting them up," also, when
tickets are sold, is on the wane. The time
was when people expected it, and the agent
was in duty bound to supply the liquor.
Happily this custom is on the decline and a
great deal of useless drinking is avoided.
The Hard Lines of Ballroad Ufa.
The talk turned to the-hard lines of rail
road life. "I would rather walk ten miles
anytime," said one of the agents, "than
ride, and yet people who take short jour
neys now and then envy us. They think
how delightful it is to spin through the
country, DUt they forget the aches and
pains that accompany the riding. Men who
travel much on trains are sure to contract
kidney diseases. Many a time I have left
a car after a long trip with such a sore back
that I could scarcely straighten my body.
The heavy jolting, doctors tell me, is re
sponsible for the result. This is one reason
why railroad men should leave alcoholic
stimulants alone. In their irritated condi
tion beer will soon make the kidneys as
tough as leatner. or that matter, I am
informed thattanbark is often used in mak
ing the foaming beverage, and the tannic
acid would soon convert the stomach into
hide."
It appears that newspapers at large made
much ado about the blunder of two local
detectives in mistaking a Cleveland million
aire for a counterfeiter at the Duquesne
Hotel. The detectives made the claim that
two bills bore the same number. William
Witherowwas laughing yesterday about this
display of ignorance on the part of officers.
He was r ' five years in the United
States depository here, and has had consid
erable experience in handling money. The
number was to designate the series, and
caused all the trouble. Mr. Witherow sug
gested that counterfeit detectives should
post themselves better about their business.
little Faith In a Legislator.
W. A. Smith, editor of the Punxsutawney
Spint, with no other baggage than an old
Jefferson county umbrella under his arm,
walked into the Monongahela House early
yesterday morning. After registering his
name the clerk said: "You were a member
of the last Legislature we're you not, Mr.
Smith?"
"I was."
"Well, you will have to pay in advance:
51 CO, please."
The joke was tdo good for Mr. Smith to
keep. Some of his friends when they heard
about it were very indignant, but Smith is
a good-natured man, and takes it that the
clerk knew his business. In speaking of
the event yesterday afternoon he said: - "1
felt rather nattered when I saw the clerk
recognize me, but his request to pay in ad
vance was not much of a compliment to
me or the Legislature, which?"
Mr. Smith's friends-had plenty, oi1 fun-
yesterday guying him, and ha took it, like
all newspaper men would, as a good joke.
MILLS HOLDS HIS TONGUE.
After the Speakership Fight Is Settled He
"Will Declare Himself His Success
Means a Slaughter of the McKlnley Bill
The TexanBTopeful. v
Congressman Eoger Q. Mills, the Texas
tariff reformer, as he calls himself, and his
wife, were at the Union station last even
ing going to Washington. John McBride,
the Washington correspondent of the Cin
cinnati Enquirer, was on the same train.
Mr. Mills said he was not talking ahout the
Speakership fight, as he bad no desire to
stir up the other candidates. He will stay
in Washington until Congress opens, and is
preparing himself for the battle of his life.
"I have always been a worker," he saidj
"and I have much work to do this summer.
I want to study, for one thing, and seconds-
well, there is nothing like being on thet
grounu. nmrouT can preaici now nuo
will be elected. The situation is all chaos.
I see that some of the Republicans have;
been saying nice things about me. They are
clever fellows, though they differ
from me, but I like them.
We often say very sharp things in debate,
and the practice ought to be stopped, but I
don't think political opponents hold much
malice off the floor of the House, or on it,
for that matter. I am still a tariff reformer,
and if I am elected Speaker the McKiriley
bill will certainly be slaughtered. The tax
on tin plate, coal and iron will be
pulled down or knocked off. but with a Re
publican Senate and President the tin plate
duty is assured for some time. Why should
we not have reciprocity with England as
well as South America? They buy 50 times
more from- us than the people below the
equator. Trade is based on exchange, and
this principle should be recognized. Eng
land buys from us, why shouldn't we pur
chase from the English?
"As for the new partf, the life will be
thrashed out of it in short order. The He
publicans are shrewd people, and will dally
with it for awhile, but when it comes to
voting, Republicans and Democrats will
vote tne party ticket. I have seen third
parties before. But, oh, 'what a whimsical,
wanton blunder the Republicans made in
taking up the force bill. Why, the Sonth
was resolidified for the next 20 years, the
very outcome which they were anxious- to
prevent." " '
Mr. Mills was asked if he still backed
Cleveland. With a wink of his off eye he re
plied that he was a candidate, and at present
was not expressing any preferences. After
the Speakership is decided he will declare
himself, but he predicted a lively battle for
1892. He thinks the Democrats will hold
their own in the House.
A LITTLE, WEAZENED IIAN.
Sir JohnSIacdonald Reminded Observers of
the Late Lord Beaconsfleld.
"I had' the pleasure once of seeing Sir
John Macdonald," remarked a young lady,
last evening. "It was a few years ago at
the .marriage of his son in To
ronto. Sir John was present, and a
great crowd gathered outside of
the church to see the Canadian Premier.
People will suppose from the prevailing
pictures of his lull, round face that he was a
large man, but the contrary is true. As I
remember him he was a little, weazened fel
low, with a large head and intelligent 'face.
He reminded me very much of photographs
I had seen of Lord Beaconsfield, and I
gathered from people who knew him well
that he wai much the same kind of a man.
"Sir John Macdonald was the happy pos
sessor of a very even temper. He seldom
got angry, and had the knack of pouring
oil on the troubled waters. The fact tthat
he could attain a world-wide reputation
within such a limited political sphere at
tests the greatness of his ability."
FUNEEAL OP, A PIBEM.
T
Many Friends of the Late TV. J. Kennedy
Follow His Body to the Grave.
The funeral of the late ex-Pireman W. J.
Kennedy yesterday afternoon was one of
the largest seen in Pittsburg for some time.
After services at the house, No. 26 Federal
street, at 2 o'clock by Itev. J.
W. Harsha the remains were carried
to TJniondale Cemetary and buried.
There were over 200 men inline. The order
of procession was Post 3 G. A. It. Band, a
detail of police, Fulton Council, Jr. O. XT.
A. M., Hays Post No. 3 G. A. B. under
Commander Joseph Eaton, followed by the
hearse, a carriage containing the floral
tributes and the friends and relatives in
about 50 carriages.
The pallbearers were as follows: T. W.
Baker and Henry Schultz from Post 3 6.
A. K.; Inspectors Whitehouse and McKelvy
from the Police Bureau; David GJass and
Robert McAdams from the Sixty-third
Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers; Will
iam Shore and Henry Beck from Fulton
Council, Jr. O. D". A. M.
AN UNKNOWN TICTIM.
A "Well-Dressed Young Man Killed on the
rittsburg and "Western Bailroad.
The body of a young man, apparently
about 24 years of age was found early yes
terday morning on the Pittsburg and West
ern tracks near Pine Creek station. He had
been run over by several trains, as his head
was almost ground off. From his appear
ance he was evidently unused to manual
labor, his hands being white and soft as a
woman's. He is unknown and the following
description is given in the hope that some
relative or friend will identify him at Her
man & Ebbert's undertaking rooms, Alle
gheny: Height, S feet 6 inches; weight, 140
Eounds; fair complexion, smooth face, brtwn
air and eyps. Dressed in a black stiff hat,
plaid sack coat and vest, brown striped
pants, gray cotton socks. Clothing all new.
On handkerchief are the initials "P. H.,"
embroidered in red.
Discrimination Against the Negro.
An electric light wire rubbed against a
Wylie avenne awning and was uninjured.
Two colored men tried the same act and
were sent flying into the gutter. They were
not killed.
THE FEOPLFS STORE-FIFTH AVENUE.
Bead Our Display Ad '
Read it carefully, then come in and take ad
vantage of the chance.
Campbell & Dick.
Have you a lot and wish to build a home?
If so, call at Not 61 Fourth avenue and sub
scribe to stock in Model Plan Building and
Loan Association. Meeting is on Monday
evening, June 8, at 7 o'clock.
THE PEOPLE'S STORE FIFTH AVENUE.
All the New Jackets Reduced .
During our great sale commencing to-day.
See display ad. Campbell & DtcK.
Everett'Club News.
The pianos delivered this week on $1
weekly payments arc: Club A, certificate
No. 233, held by John Donevan, 71 Charles
Btreet, Allegheny; Club B, No. 63, Miss M.
E. Haddock, Vickroy street, Pittsburg.
B.&B.
Black lace demi flouncings, 12 inches wide,
50c, 75c, $1 np Boggs & Buhl.
Hate you a copy of the by-laws of the
Model Plan Building and Loan Association?
If not, send for one to J. W. Burfotd, No.
61 Fourth avenue. It will pay you.
B.&B.
9-inch black lace demi flouncings, 50c to
(1 25. The trimming for summer dresses.
, Boggs & Buhl.
Thtb popular beYerageJ.lroa -City beer,"
Jtept oy au-aeaiers,
THE EIRE LADDIE DUD16.
Tbey ATI Appeared Yesterday la Their Sew
Uniforms.
The Allegheny firemen donned their new
uniforms yesterday, and looked very neat
and tidy in consequence. A new regulation
instituted by Chief Murphy, of the Depart-
Iment of Public Safety, requires the men of
I 41.. wa J... x 1 ..l H a'aIaaI tn
the morning, put the houses in order and do
all necessary work, by 9 o'clock, and dress
up in the new clothes, wear white shirt and
collar and keep neat and clean the balance
of the day until 9 at night
After that hour the men may retire to
bed or change their dress uniforms for
fatigue of older clothes and cloth shirt The
new uniforms were worn for the first time
yesterday.
: Hugus & Hacke
Offer for this week only
SPECIAL.VALUES IN
Mousseline De Soie
,.. - JUS3)
CREPE DU-CHENE!
Printed and Silk Embroidered Jar
diniere and Pompadour colorings.
Handsome new, designs suitable for
street and evening wear.
Our regular $2 50, 3 and $4
, qualities,
ALL AT $1 50 A YARD,
See Display Corner Window.
Cor. Fifth Ave.'-and Market St.
Je7-Mwxsn
BRIDAL GIFTS,
COMMENCEMENT GIFTS,
BIRTHDAY GIFTS.
DIAMONDS,
JEWELRY, SILVER,
BRIC-A-BRAC.
ELEGANT AND APPEOPBIATE GOODS.
E. P. ROBERTS & SONS,
FIFTH AVE. AND MARKET ST.
Je8-nrr
SPECIAL OFFERING
FOR
THIS WEEK ONLY.
$3 00 CHENILLE TABLE COVERS
(6-9
AT $1 OO.
These are all fresh goods, first
qualities, in 31 styles.
Just think of a Chenille Table
Cover for $11
But remember, this price is for
this week only.
U& '.this is the week of onr La
dies' and Children's Short Waist
Sale.
MES. C. VEISSER,
435 MARKET ST. 437.
JeS-arwr
The Leading
Dry Goods House.
Pittsburg, Pa,
Monday, Junes, 1831.
Jos. Home &Co.'s
PENN AYE. STORiSL'
Truly Wonderful!
The large crowds of buyers in attendance
every day.
GREAT JUNE SALE '
. It would take an expert, with plenty of
lead pencils, paper and lots of figuring, to
estimate the
-Enormous Stocks
rOf Summer Goods that are now being rapid
ly turned into CASH here every day of
this
Bargain Month of June.
Don't imagine for one moment that there
is to be any let-up in the quantity of items
of interest to close buyers
THIS WEEK.
It is unnecessary to say much abont our
Silk Bargains"!
J Ebis dtptrtaeat's big- sales -for the last J
HEW APVKBTXS K M KTriS.
five weeks tell the
other way that the
story better than any
Summer Wear Silks
Of every sort are right in style and pries
here.
Silks on Center Table
To-day are a sort not often seen displayed.
They are the "finest weaves" of Lyons;
they are conspicuous to-day, the prices tht
reason.
10 00 Brocades, $5 00.
5 00 Brocades, 2 00.
2 50 Brocades, 1 00.
1 50 Brocades, 50.
Yon can't imagine their fineness nor thehr
cheapness, even with the above prices in
your mind.
WE HAVE KEW
Black Silk Grenadines-
To replace those sold last week, and if ever
there was a time to bay these most fashion
able of Summer Dress Fabrics, it is cer
tainly now.
Do you recollect our prices? Here they
are:
50c, 60c, 75c, $1,
And onward, to the superfine qualities nol
to be had elsewhere.
A limited quantity of creamy white Pekin
Moire Silks, only 50c a yard, will interest
the sweet girl graduates beyond a doubt.
Take a look, too, at the Silky Crepe da
Chines at the same price; the colors are tha
best Only a step from
Silks to Dress Goods
In this big bargain aisle of the store. If
you have already purchased you can add to
your summer wardrobe now at prices that
will "increase'its attractiveness at a "de
crease" of cost
Exquisite Eobes, embroidered, jeweled,
with lace insertings, all of the tan, gray and
other desirable shadings of French Cash
meres, Were E26, now $15;
Were 515, now ?10;
Just as pretty as when you paid the larger
price, and not a touch or spot of evil to be
seen; quick merchandising, that's all.
Felix, "the" great authority of Parisian
fashionable world, dictates that Crepons
are a delight to him as a dispenser of sum-,
mer gowns. Crepons are here, and in trua
Parisian colorings, 1 to Si 75, and if any
thing yon will be "ahead" of the fashion.
It is summer time dress stuffs we want to
tell yon about, and you never saw the stora
as full of them, all wool, every-day sorts,
25c, at 50c, plain or fancy; a wider range of
"color and weave at 75c, with a half or mora
knocked off the prices; at 90c real
Scotch Check Tweed Suitings.
Better goods for a traveling suit wera
never made. "Glorious Gloriosa" soma
people talk about is here, too, as fine as 13
made. Lansdown, too, the ever popular.
Sever as large a stock of outing stuffs ihj
woolens from color striped cream white
stuffs to navy blue Serges, suggestive of sea
breezes and mountain heights all are here.
.(
NOW COMES
'A CRASH IN PARASOLS,
M
i
A crash that will be heard from day to daj
till our entire stock is closed out Some off
the reductions are as follows:
5 2 50 reduced to 5 1 50
5 00 reduced to 3 00
6 00 reduced to 3 00
9 00 reduced to 6 00
10 00 reduced to 5 00 i
15 00 reduced to 10 00
And another large lot of Parasols, thai
entire line of samples of one of the leading
Parasol manufacturers of America, bought!
nf alitff 1n.tiiin will l.j ua14 ..Jl ... rnA
PER CENT UNDER EEGULABi'
PBICES. And a large lot of t
SUN UMBRELLAS
At a trifle over HALF PEICE.
The. place that's always crowded our1
Wash IJress Goods Department Cotton ia
king here, and every sort of newest, coolest,
airiest summer dres3 stuff that Yankee and
French looms can turn out are on sale. Do
you know the stuffs by name?
Brandenburgs (20c).
Challies(5c). '
Lawns (120).
Pineapple Cloths (15c).
Ginghams (7c).
Satines (8c).
Crepes (lie).
Debeiges (5c). ' I
A host of them, and for this week a tumb-'
ling of prices that will make us forget tha
crowds of last week., .
See the Scotch Ginghams, fancy styles,
50c qualities at 35c The season now and
here they are,
BLOUSE WAISTS,
Nice ones, too,-commence at 50c, with finer
to finest ones that you can find.
Muslin Underwear included in the great
June Sale Bargains.
Gowns, a la Mother Hubbard, with a gen
erous allowance of tucks and raffles, fin
ished with -cambric puffs, and only 50c.
Other garments at 25c, including Cambria
Corset Covers, trimmed or plain; laca
trimmed. V-shaped Corset Covers at 50c.
Our Curtain Room
i
Starts a special sale of useful Mds and
ends. SAMPLE CURTAINS and ends or
Curtains and-Curtain Silks and Upholster
ing Tapestries. A chance to secure summer'
furnishings at low prices indeed.
As last week so this, we -will announca
special purchases that we will offer as feat
ures of interest of our
Great June Sale,
And you will be here if yon love ta,bar
Jjain. tv '
Jos. Home & Col
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