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On the Treasury Is What Causes the
Apparent Deficit There.
'GRAVE ABUSES OP THE BDS1KESS.
Influence and Tall Swearing Are.the Most
Potent Factors
IN SECUKIXG ONE-HALF THE PENSIONS
FROM A STAFF COEUFSPONDENT.
"Washington, Jnne 2L The "opposi--iion"
are making a lot of capital out of the
etatement this week of the Treasurer of the
"United States, which on the face of it shows
about as narrow an escape from bankruptcy
ns has been experienced by the country for
a. long time a sort of passing bankruptcy,
however, it would be in its worst phase, for
the money comes so fast from the rich indi
vidual and corporative coffers of the nation
that a deficit could hardly exist for more
than a day, even if the miscalculation of
financial resources in making appropriations
should create one.
But this shortage of funds in 6ight, almost
to the point of an apparent deficit, is quite
deceptive. The rciort of the Treasurer is
always from 24 to 48 hours behind the re
ceipts of the Government, and while he is
making his statement and sending it to the
country the money is pouring into the
Treasury all the time, and it is richer by
millions than appears by the statement of
the Treasurer. At the very time the report
of the Treasurer was sent out with the
alarming statement that the available sur
plus vas only a little over a million dollars,
the books of the Secretary showed that the
available balance in the Treasurv was very
cloe to $1,000,000, exclusive of the de
posits in banks of 23,000,000 or more, which
is within reach just as easily as though it
were in the vaults of the Treasury.
Tremendous Drain of Pensions.
"While there is no danger of bankruptcy,
it may as well be understood that it is the
tremendous drain imposed by pensions that
every month for some time to come will re
duce the Government to the verge .of a
Trea.-urv deficit. Since the 1st of June,
nearly $18,000,000 have been paid out in
pensions, and the amount necessary is grow
ing all the time. Had the receipts from
import duties fallen ofij as was predicted by
the opponents of the McICinley bill, the
vacuum in the Treasury w ould have been so
large as to excite alarm, and a new Govern
ment loan would have been one of the prob
abilities. The millions lopped oft" by the
abolition of the duties on sugar and tax on
tobaccos, and the refund of millions to to
bacco dealers for stock imported or pur
chased previous to the operation of the new
law, help materially towards the deficit
which may come before Congress meets
again.
Pensions, however, furnish the gravest
question with which the Treasury has to
contend, and where they are goin? to stop
is one of the thincs no fellow can find out.
Hut the most startling feature of the whole
business is that possibly half of the pensions
paid are to persons who, under a strict con
struction oithe law, are not entitled to a
pension at all. I have talked much of late
on this subject with pension claim agents
and pension examiners, and I am assured
that a large proportion of the cases passed
rest on a flimsy foundation.
How Claims Are Pushed Through.
A little Miff swearing on the part of the
applicant and an affidavit or two from asso
ciates in the army, are all that is neccsary,
and if the case," no matter how doubtful,
be in the hands of a favored claims attorney,
or is pushed by an influential member of
Congress, it can be "advanced" and the
pensioner can get his money in surprisingly
hliort time. A service pension bill would
be a good thing from a moral point of view,
if not from a financial one, as it would ren
der unnecessary a vast deal of hard swear
ing.
Upon a bet, recently, an old soldier, one
of the most robust men one would see in a
summer's day, wrote to his captain and one
or two other members of his company, stat
ing that he was an applicant for a p'ension
ou account of a chronic disease contracted
during service, and asking his old comrades
to make the proper affidavits. The testi
mony came, and that of the strongest kind,
the captain swearing that of his personal
knowledge the etcran had contracted his
insurable disease in the service. I know
personally of a man who never saw a day of
service in the field, and who lias been all his
life able for arduous toil, a man who is now
wealthy, who has been drawing a pension
ever since the passage of the first pension
law, and has regularly had the amount in
creased, until he is drawing a pension for
almost complete disability. These are in
stances of thousands of cases.
Tho Most Glaring Abuse.
Of eour-e, ith such as these, the Pension
Office cannot go back of the returns, but
within that office there is an abuse worse
than any of those which have been for a
time nuking scandal after scandal of a pettv
nature, and that is political influence that
secures pensions upon insufficient or man
ufactured evidence. Members of Congress
are actually blackmailed into pushing such
claims either by the attorney who has them
in charge or by the applicants, or by a com
bination of applicants. Country at
torneys make claim agents of the
Jlembers of Congress from their
districts, and almost threaten them at
tunes with the strength of their opposition
if they do not push pension cases which the
attorneys themselves are paid for prosecut
ing. Goaded on the one hand by the fear
of losing a vote of their own party, and on
the other by the hope of securing a vote
from a member of the other party, thev
push all cases that come to them with all
their might, swearing at the same time
against the fate that puts them at the
mercy of men who ask everything, while
deserving no more than others of their con
stituents, who ask nothing at alL
a iiujijicu io jiuow aiso ot a somewhat ex
traordinary case which has been disposed
of within the last three years, in which
political influence came near preventing a
soldier's widow, who is nearly J0 years old,
from getting a pension. Forty years ago
the husband of this widow ran away with
another woman and lived with the latter
ever after as his wife. Children were born
to them, who grew up and became prosper
ous and influential.
A right Against the Widow.
The legal widow came to be aged and poor,
and applied for a pension. The case was
fought by the sons of the second woman,
who would have been published as illegiti
mate by a recognition of the former one as
the legal wife of the runaway husband, her
proceedings for divorce having nejer been
completed. The pension was refused, at the
solicitation of the influential sons, who
brought lfepresentatives" and Senators to
plead in their behalf, but on the other hand,
me iiurtau wim mreaieiieu wuu an exposure
of
tne proceeding: tne case was reconsid-
ercd, and the pen-ion allowed.
It is no slur upon those deserving of a
licnsion to present these well proved asser
tions in reeard to fraudulent pen-ionen.
iiut it is po.-siljle that hc deserving ones
have been too indifferent touching Iraudu
lent cases. Far less criticism would fall
upon the pension system if veterans who
are true to the truth and themselves, had
from the first exposed the frauds and assist
ed the deserving. As it is, no intelligent
person can deny that the whole institution
has been brought into disrepute, and the re
cent management of the Tension Office has
done little to disabuse the mind of the pub
lic that there is an infusion of fraud c ery
where in the pension business.
It is perfectly plain that if abuses aie not
curtailed, and that very sojii, there will not
only be no further extension of the pension
Eystem, but there will be an investigation
and overhauling that will reduce materially
the bulk of money now paid to pensioners,
genuine and fraudulent
DOINGS OF A DAY.
THE SEWS OF SATURDAY COM
PRESSED INTO A NUTSHEIX.
Events, Large and Small, in the Two" Cities,
the Three States, tho "Whole Country
and Foreign Lands A Panorama of tho
Whole World.
The events of Saturday which The Sunday
Dispatch failed to record were not worth re
cording for tlio general reader. The paper
covered tho whole field of general. news.
Tho following is a skeleton summary of tho
best news:
Local.
A mammoth hotel will bo huilt in the
Fourth ward.. ..Tho builders' dispute will
cause a protracted fight.... The first hicyclo
ever made will be exhibited at tho "World's
Fair How the first half-holiday was ob
served Willie Connolly is killed by a Bir
mingham Electric car.... A brass thief
caught after a Jtfvely race. ...The Federal
Club, of Allegheny, will enjoy a boating ex
cursion Wednesday evening Postmaster
Gilleland, ofAllegheny, has reconstructed
his clerical force The German Catholic
Church, of Butler, is celebrating Us golden
jubilee The Thurman Club will celebrate
the anniversary of Its organization July
3 .... Two local anglers land 34 fine
fish Prohibitionists will hold a
mass meeting Thursday Mills are laying
in stocks of ore unusually early.... The
Amalgamated Association is endeavoring
to finish its work by Wednesday. ...Tho
Pittsburg Reduction Company opposes a re
duction in the price of aluminum.... Ge'org'o
Wilson, alias Anderson, tho Allegheny burg
lar, was held for court.... Judge Slagle for
bids tho parade of children in court made
with a view of embarrassing justice.. -The
Pittsburg ball club won a rocky victory....
John Lancher died from the effects of an
amputation Eliza Jfewell jumped out of
an upper window of the County Homo....
Two men were arrested for stealing lines
from Chartiers oil wells.. ..Allegheny polioe
arrest a constable with other visitors in an
Allegheny disorderly house.
Domestic.
Democrats in Uniontown leave Colonel
Searight in tho cold The Bepublican State
Convention is called for August 19, at Har
nsburg....The old McDowell-Phillips Con
gressional fight has broken out at New
Castle Chief Clerk John Morrison is a
candidate for the Bepublican nomination
for State Treasurer Cincinnati election
officers call on tho police forprotection....
Cambria Bepnblicans select James M. Shu
maker for their candidate for Sheriff Ex-
Senator John J. Ingalls thinks Secretary
Blaine is sick.. ..The Prohibitionists of Mc
Keesport will be in the campaign....
An Ohio Justice of the Peace accused
of swindling the Government ....A
Deputy United States Marshal shot
at Spring Lake, N. Y., by a mysterious as
sailant.. .Two workmen in Ohio fight on a
Court House tower... .A great Columbus
pageant to bo held in New York... .A Pitts
burger will erect iron works on the Pacific
coast Law suits don't bother Fidelity
Bank Harper at Columbus, O President
Harrison is enjoying himself at Cape May,
X.J New York is to have a permanent
circus. ..Mrs. Mary Hurd is jcon verted to
Catholicism. ...Slavin, tho Australian pugi
list, is likely to be prosecuted under the
contract labor law....Strathmcath wins the
American Derby at Chicago and High Tariff
falls dead Mrs. Effle Meredith Norris wins
$4,000 at the Suburban Governor Pat
tison vetoes seven bills and ap
proves eleven appropriation biUs..
Ex-Governor Beaver and ex-Adjutant Gen
erals Latta and Guthrie have been
placed on the retired list Boodle
Alderman Delacy, of New York, sues
for his salary The Johnstown flood
cases will be tried this fall A Johns
town dynamiter attempts suicide. ...Phila
delphia will resist the State's claim for.$G22,
013 11.. .".The Walla Walla lynchers have
been acquitted A snako charmer bitten
by a Gila monster in New York The
United States Treasury deficit is quite seri
ous John D. Sargent swears in a New
York court that Kay Hamilton is dead....
Many towns in Kansas are damaged by
water.... A Long Island man pays $10,000 for
his wife Dan Bice's property is attached
in New York... .A complaint made that
United States Senators are too aged. ...Kan
sas convicts to worn due eignt nours a day.
Foreign.
A lively discussion will occur shortly in
tho British Parliament over the baccarat
affair of the Prince of Wales The Bank of
England has the largest revenue fund since
lS79....Bronsou Howard was banqueted by
tho Savage Club in London Alfred Par
sons, Frank D. Millet and Poultney Bigelow
havo started for a canoe trip down tho Dan--ube....A
great commercial treaty has been
concluded in Berlin The German Em
peror closed the Landtag with a speech....
Itaiy is about to rebind herself to the Triple
Alliance The Savior's ooat will be exhib
ited at Treves August 25 Salisbury
deplores tho carelessness of Lord Palmcr
ston's Government.. ..A euro for lep
rosy is promised in London.... Germany
is making .preparations to exhibit at the
World's Fair France will demand repara
tion from Haiti Mrs. McKee and Mrs.
Iiussell Harrison are having a good time in
London Seventy-five victims are imbed
ded in tho river near Monechenstein....
Hakki Pasha, of Yemen, and his staff havo
been massacred Sir John E. Gorst, of the
India office, has resigned Tho Prussian
Diet is closed The Tories in the British
House of Commons are badly defeated
Home Secretary Matthews is accused of
blundering The Czarewitoh at Yokohama,
Japan, rewards his Japanese saviors Pres
ident Barrillas, of Guatemala, accused of
pocketing the proceeds of the sale of bonds.
LATE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Hops in Washington State are threatened
with destruction by lice.
Seventy bodies of victims of tho Swiss
railroad disaster have been recovered. Two
are Americans.
Tht report of a fight between drunken
and bober sailors at Amherstburg, Unt.,
turns out a fake.
A Methodist
church at Lewlsport, Ky.,
was mown down y
Dave Kay, colored.
yesterday morning, killing
A French schooner from St. Pierre, with
700 barrels of contraband whisky, was seized
at Quebec by customs officers.
Tho Jury in the case of Ella Nelson.
charged with the murder of S. L. M. Post, at
New York, returned a verdict of not guilty.
A storm in Crittenden county. Ark., Fri
day, unroofed buildings, carried away fences.
And leveled forests. Several deaths are re
ported. A party of eight emigrants wore crossing
a bridge near La Junta, CoL, Friday, when it
fell into tho swollen creek. All but two
werodi owned.
The East Tennesco, Virginia and Georgia
Bailroad has applied to the Federal Court at
Louisville for protection against 17 brake
men who have struck for higher wages.
Jennie Grossman, 22 years old, Katio
Keefe, aged 16 years, and Agnes Sears, 13
years old. were lound dead in bed in their
room at New- York, having been suffocated
bygus.
An entire section is missing from tho new
engrossed law in California providing for
ballot. The a.bscnt section is the one pro
viding that ticket peddlers shall not ap
proach w ithiu 100 feet of the polls.
Tho claim of General Herman Sturm,
now of Indianapolis, but an ex-offlcial of the
Mexican Government, for money paid for
munitions of war purchased in the United
Suites and transported to Mexico, has been
settled for $ii9,i71 OS.
Lord Salisbury, replying to an address
pie-entd to him by a delegation represent
ing the United Empire Trade League, said
the treatios of 1S(B and 1S65, negotiated under
Jxrd Falnierston's Government, which pre
vented the colonies from giving preference
to British trado, were most unfortunate.
The league will organize a "fair trade" cam
paign. A 14-year-old school boy, named Miles,
met a hero's death during the storm near
Norfolk, Neb. The school house is situated
in a ravine. The water began pouring in
through the windows before the teacher and
pupils lealized their danger. Young Miles
conducted the teacher andsecii pupils
safely through tho torrent, but several others
drifted away, and in his efforts to save theso
ho was drowned. Cora Hamlin and Anna
Cox also perished.
HORSFOItD'S ACID PHOSPHATE
For Sunstroke.
It relieves tho prostration and nervous derangement.
THE
DUSTERS INCREASING.
Two More Dry "Holes Down at .Moon
Added to the Week's list.
A BEAVER COUNTY WILDCAT DRY.
Interesting Budget of News From Alle
gheny and Other Counties.
NEW OIL POOL OPENED NEAR MARIETTA
The long list of dry holes and small wells
which confronted the oil operators last
week was increased Saturday night by re
ports from the Moon territory. The Forest
Oil Company's well on the "William Itouser
farm is reported to be through the sand and
dry. "W. L..3Iellon's well on the McFad
den farm is also given as. through the sand
and dusty. Both of these wells, however,
are located on the southern edge of the
field, and were not looked upon at any time
as promising. They are .valuable as defin
ing the southern .limits ot the pooh
A Wildcat Dry.
Geeks' Garden The well which has
been drilled near this place on the James
Todd farm is down 1,800 feet, and dry so far.
It is being put down by the Consolidated
Oil Company. The Shannopin sand was
struck at 1,510 feet, and is the only sand
which has yet been tapped. The well will
be drilled 2,200 feet. It is 12 miles west
of south' from Shannopin, in Raccoon town
ship, Beaver county. The Forest Oil Com
pany has commenced a well on the Ingell
farm, two and a half miles southwest of the
James Todd farm well.
Several Fishing Jobs.
"WiXDWOOtf Kennedy & Co. are still
fishing for the tools at their No. 4 well on
the Pittsburg and "Western Railroad lot
The tools are stuck at the bottom of the 100
foot in the Whitesell Ho. 5 of Bowman and
the Augusta Oil Company. Griffith and the
Forest Oil Company are'still fishing for the
tools in their No. 15 on the "Whitesell farm.
Thev have put the last strine of casine in
their No. 16 on the "Whitesell. Black &
Co.'s No. 1 on the Bubb is ten feet in the
sand, with a showing of oil. Bowman and
the Augusta Oil Company's "Whitesell No.
3 was given a two-quart shot Friday even
ing, and Saturday afternoon it was doing
22 barrels an hour. The Dunlap
well on the Nancy Gibson farm has
been thoroughly cleaned out, and is con
sidered to be good for five or eight barrels a
day. Guffey & Queen's No. 4, on the
Runga farm, is doing ten barrels an hour.
Their No. 1, on the Schwab, will be spud
ding this week, and they will commence
building a rig for their No. 8, on the Runga,
in a few days.
Big Well at Chartiers.
Chartiers The Bear Creek Refining
Company's No. 4 well, on the McKee heirs,
came in late Friday night, and is doing 240
barrels a day.
Not a Surprise.
jmi;iUiujx juney cc murpny s .no. ,
on the Kerr farm, came in Saturday and I
during the first few hours put from 25 to 30
barrels an hour in the tank. It then settled
down to about 10 barrels an hour. The
Orion Oil Company is building five rigs on
the west line of the Bell farm. Mellon &
"Wilson's No. 1, on the Jane Riddle, is 500
feet southeast of the Bell well. Their No.
2 is down 200 feet.
Nearing the Sand.
Beidgevjxi-e Mellon & "Wilson's well
on the Forsythe farm is down 1,400 feet and
cased. It is one and one-half miles from
developments on a 45 line, and in the
center of a 500 acre block of territory which
is held by Mellon & "Wilson. Their well
on the Hopper farm is down about 1,500
feet.
The McDonald Pool.
McDonald It was the Finegan &
Downey well on the Mangot lot that
made three flows over the derrick Friday
night instead of the Royal Gas Company s
well on the Saunders farm. The Saunders
farm well is in the bottom of the Gordon
sand. The Royal Gas Company's No. 1 on
the Ed McDonald still has the" tools stuck
at the bottom of the fifth saud. It has
made several flows recently. There ire a
number ol wells in this pool which are due
to get the pay this week.
Drilling It Deeper.
Verona The Equitable Gas Company's
well on the McGregor farm is down 2,600
feet and is being drilled still deeper. It is
two miles and a half south of east from
Verona.
Dae at Claysvllle.
Claysville The Rising Sun Oil Com
pany's Irwin No. 1 will reach the sand next
week, barring no bad luck, in advance of
the Carson and Mathews. The Victor Oil
Company's Carson No. 6 had to ream out,
which will delay it about ten days. Aiken
& Oo.'s Mathews No. 1 is through the big
injun and is making good progress.
Work at Cunonsbnrg.
Canonsburo The Manufacturers' well
on the Samuel Linn farm, in North Stra
bane, is doing 00 barrels a day. The com
pany is building three more rigs on the
farm. The well on the McClelland farm. In
North Strabane, has been completed and is
a duster. Two more wells will be sunk on
the farm. The Fishers will put down twoi
wells on the Samuel Wilson farm, south-.-east
of the borough. The well which' came
in recently on the farm of "William Martin,
in North Strabane, is doing 50 barrels a
day. The "Washington Light and Heat
Company's well on the farm of the McCoy
heirs, in Chartiers township, is down about
500 feet The rig has been completed for
the "Washington Light and Heat Company's
well on the McCoy farm, near McConnell's
Mills.
From Little to Big.
"Washington B. B. Tanner's No. 2, on
the "Wade farm, just East of "Washington,
was doing only seven barrels a day a short
time ago. It was shot three weeks ago, and
on June 9 the tubing was put in and the
pump started. During ;the succeeding 24
hours it put out 00 barrels and since then it
has been gradually increasing until at the
present time it is doing 105 barrels a day.
From Greene County.
"Watnesbukg The third string of cas-.
ing has been put in the Millikcn welL This
well is very near the Harvey producer and
is expected to be good. The Throckmorton
No. 1 is nearly completed.- Considerable
interest is manifested in this well, lying as
it does between the Rutan, McCollum and
"Wolf failures and the Harvey gusher. The
Cook well has now the fourth string of cas
ing in. and is ncaring completion. It is
near the old Cook well which was aban
doned after a strike of oil because of fast
tools. The Jacobs well is down about 2,000
feet and the third string of casing was put
in this week. This is the third effort to drill
a well at tnat place, the two previous ones
being abandoned at about 1,200 feet. The
Harvey well has been completed and drill
ing has been suspended. It has produced
considerable oil, and made a big flow last
Friday.
A New Ohio Field.
Marietta The well on Indian run, a
mile northwest of this place, drilled by the
Indian Run Oil and Gas Company, is com
pleted. They got the Macksburg sand at a
depth of 1,800 feet, with a good flow of gas
and a productive oil sand. It will make a
small well, but is important as opening up
a new oil field. Another well will be put
down immediately.
Personal.
R. "W. Evans, of the firm of Evans &
Mandeville, the "Wildwood producers, went
to Olean, N. Y., Saturday to spend Sunday
with" his family.
Dan Robertson, of Bradford, the well
known oil well machinist, is in Pittsburg.
Alexander Watson, of Bradford, is visit
ing Pittsburg friends.
S. H. Smith, of McKean county, is visit
ing friends at Coraopolis.
W. J. Lewis, the popular agent of Bo
vaird & Seyfang, was in Pittsburg last
night
Saturday's Oil Markets.
There were a few trades last .week,
PITTSBURG- DISPATCH,
but not enough to make a market. A small
Jag ohanged hands Saturday at 65K. which
was the only bid made. The highest point
touched during the week was 63c, and the
lowest 65o.
Beflned was quoted in New York at T.10, a
decline of fi points; in London at 6, and in
Antwerp at lt a fractional advance.
Each of the items of runs, shipments and
charters showed a small increase.
The apathy on 'Chango was emphasized
by a feeling of depression in the field.
There was a disposition to do something to
relieve the strain, but nothing feasible for
Immediate adoption was-undertaken.
Cleveland, June 19. Petroleum quiet; S.
W.'llO, 6ysc; 71 gasoline, 8c; 86 gasoline, 10c;
63 naphtha, 6K".
New York, June 20. Petroleum to-day was
dull and featureless, only one transaction
being recorded in the two hours of business.
Julyoption,sales,7,000 barrels: opening, 6714c;
highest, 67Vc; lowest. 67Jc; closing, 670.
Tracy, Wilson & Co., 90 Fourth avenue,
quote puts, M: calls 68U.
Oil City, June 20. National Transit certif
icates opened at G7Uc; highest, SJc: lowest,
67Kc, closed at 67c Sales, 22,000 barrels:
clearances, 152,000 barrels; charters, 138,254
barrels; shipments, 46,263 barrels; runs, 75,311
barrels.
A FLAMING BALL OF FIRE.
It Floats Before the Man's Eyes Until Struck
to the Floor by nim.
SPECIAL TELEGBAM TO THE DISPATCH.l
Putnam, Conn., June 2l DavidBrooks,
an industrious and highly esteemed citizen
of the country village of Killingly Center,
relates a story of a marvelous phenomenon.
"On Thursday afternoon," said he, "I was
hoeing my potatoes. It was exceedingly
hot and uncomfortable. I went into the
house,, lay down on the bed and fell into a
sleep. When I awoke there was a strange
feeling in my head. My eyes seemed to
snap and crackle. I arose, and, as I stood
on my feet, I saw a ball of fire of a bluish
color about two feet from my face. I
walked through two rooms, the fireball hold
ing its place in front of me.
As I approached a screen door at which
my daughter stood, I raised my hand and
struck the object, which fell to the floor at
mv daughter's feet with a hissine sound.
where it lay spluttering and emitting blue
smoke and a sulphuric odor. The queer
sensation about my head left me, and an ex
amination of the spot where the ball fell
upon the floor showed a small place burned
into the board. Whatever this substance
might have been, it left neither cinder, coal,
nor ashes."
CAPTURED IN NEW Y0BE.
A Columbus Thief Taken in by Inspector
Byrnes In the Metropolis.
SPECIAL TELEQKAX TO TILE DISPATCH.
Columbus, June 21. A telegram was
received here this morning from Inspector
Byrnes, of New York, stating that J.
Arthur Safford had been arrested in that
city. He is wanted in Columbus for grand
larceny. Detectives left to-day with requi
sition papers for Albany, thence to New
York. On June 13 Safford entered a pic
ture frame store here and engaged the pro
prietor, P. P. Smythe, in conversation in
the rear room. Smythe's attention was
attracted to the front of the room by a
customer and when he returned Safford had
gone out the rear door. A count of cash
was made and 8105 missing.
A warrant has been mailed Inspector
Byrnes. Smythe received a letter from
Safford since the latter's return to New
York, but he refuses to give the import.
Safford is'a cultured man, a bright conver
sationalist, and. there seems some mystery
connected with the transaction.
WRECKED ON A CURVE.
A CoUlsIdn on a Missouri Railroad Results
In Two Deaths.
Willow Springs, Ma, June 21. Yes
terday afternoon an engine on the Kablett
Narrow Gauge Railroad, about 10 miles
west of this city on a horse-shoe curve, ran
into a" push car containing 11 employes.
James Kamptzer and Fred Eberlea were
killed instantly, and W. W. Richman had
his right arm broken at the elboiy and sus
tained severe injuries to his head and right
hip. The other eight men escaped by jump
ing. A BAKE ON ITS FEET AGAIN.
The Suspended Topeka Concern to Kesumo
With a Fine Surplus.
Topeka, Kan-., Juno 21 The, United
States Savings Bank, one of the oldest in
stitutions of the kind in the State, which
failed during the stringenoy in the money
markets, will re-open July 1. All depos
itors will be paid in full, and the bank will
start over again with a handsome surplus.
Sharpens
The Appetite
There is nothing for which wo recommend
Hood's Sarsaparilla with greater confidence
than for loss of appetite, indigestion, sick
headache and other troubles of dyspeptic
nature. In the most natural way this medi
cine gently tones the stomach, and makes
one feel "real hungry."
Ladles in Delicate Health or very dainty
and particular at meals, after taking Hood's
Sarsaparilla a few days, find themselves
longing for and eating tlio plainest food with
unexpected relish and satisfaction. Try it.
HOOD'S
Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists. $1; six for $5. Prepared
only by-C. I. HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar.
"Familiar in Millions of Mouths
as any Household Word."
The Times, London.
Apollinaris
"THE QUEEN OF TABLE WATERS'."
"Much favored by her Majesty"
World, London.
"The best beverage."
Truth, London.
"Cosmopolitan."
British Medical Journal.
"Cheap as well as good." '
"The demand for it is great and
increasing" Tne. Times, London.
Special Attractions This Week!
"Vc invite your attention to the following exceptional "BARGAINS" which we
will offer
isfoixjDjLiz:, (tijiti 22.
25 pieces India Silk "Superior Quality," 75c a yard; were SI 25. These goods are in
black and cream groundsF with beautiful floral designs, a triumph of French art.
275 pieces best American Satines, handsome goods, 8c a yard;" were 12Jc
150 pieces fine French Satines, superb designs, 15c a yard; were 25c
150 pieces best Henrietta and Broche French Satines, 25c a yard; were 40c.
In all the latest colors and designs this season's importation.
BO doz. Ladies French Lisle Thread Hose, 50c a pair, were $1 a pair.
In Fast Black Bootsneest shades, plain and Ftripe tops and horizontal stripes.
150 pairs Scotch Lace Curtains, two artistic designs, $1 a pair, were 1 50 a pair.
'DO U-GLAS
101 , 70a AND 155 FEDERAL ST., ALLEGHENY.
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MONDAY, .JUNE 22,
PINCHED FACE,-BLUE UPS.
Why a Lady Was So Unattractive.
"I saw a lady with pinched features, blue
lips, and a ruddy nose, as I came down in
the cars this morning,-" said one of the lead
ing doctors of America recently. "She was
unhappy, and really did not know the cause.
But I, as a physician, though nevor having
seen her before, knew oxactly the source of
her trouble. What was itT She was suffering
from malaria. This, you know, is now the
great disease, and it seems to be on tho in
crease." "Is malaria dangerous, doctor?"
"Yes, and no. . It is the indirect cause of
many, perhaps most diseases, and it alwaya
puts a person in a condition to invite disease,
although it is bad enough of itself."
"And what do you do for it?"
"Ah! There is the hardest part of the sub
ject. The principal remedy has been quinine,
but it is not always advisable. One thing,
however, is almost a necessity in any case of
malaria, and that is a pure stimulant,
preferably whiskey. Where it is the right
kind it seems to kill all the germs of malaria
quicker than any other known thing."
Tho remarks of the doctor aro most valua
ble, but he did not go on to state what is
known to the writer that both himself and
most pTominentphysicians prescribe Duffy's
Pure Malt Whiskey. Their reasons for this
are many, the principal ones being that it is
the only medicinal whiskey in the market
and the only ono which for years has stood
the most scrutinizing chemical tests. Of
course cheaper and impure whiskies havo
been advocated and certain unscrupulous
dealers try to sell them because they can
make a largere profit upon them than the
can upon a purt and expensive whiskey HRo
Duffy's Malt, bu any one who desires healty
and "to keep off malaria should insist upon
having Duffy's and take no other. M
THE DUQUESNE RYE
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BARLEY MALT WHISKY
Is sold by nearly all legitimate dealers.
Each bottle has a sworn certificate from the
distiller certifying to its absolute purity. It
is sold by dealers at $1 25 per full quart.
Guaranteed only when the fae simile of my
signature appears on every bottle.
ZMI-A-IX: ZEZLIEIINV
. 82 FEDERAL ST., ALLEGHENY.
Send for complete catalogue and price list'
of all kinds of liquors. JelO-Mwi-
We make more porous
plasters than all other
makers In this country
combined, because the
Iiubllo appreciate the mer
tthat exists in orfr goods.
BENSON'S Is the only me
dicinal plaster for house
hold use, all others being
weak imitations. Get the
Genuine.
A safe and infallible neutralizer and elim
inator of impure blood, and a radical cure
for rheumatism, gout and skin diseases.
Cures specific poison in a few months, and
eating ulcer in as many weeks. Xo failures
and no relapses.
Sold by JOS. FLEMING & SOX, Druggists,
412 Market St., Pittsburg. jel9
THELOOMIS
IMPROVED
WATER FILTER
Filters all water for
Manufacturing, Steam
ing, Domestic Purposes.
Call and see model in
operation.
Send for Catalogue and
Price List.
Trautman&Kirk,
Agents,
411 SMITHFIELD ST.,
1803 CARSON ST.,
Southside.
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STEAMERS AJJD EXCURSIONS.
CUNARD LINE-NEW YORK AND LIV
ERPOOL, VIA QUEENSTOWN-From
Pier 40, North river: Fast express mail ser
vice. Gallia, June 2i, 7 a. jr.; Umbria, June
27,9 A. it.: Servia, July 4,4 A. ji.; Etruria,
July 11, 8-30 A. M.; Aurania, July 18, 2-30 p. m.;
Gallia, July 22, 0 A. M.; Umbria, July 25, 8
A. m.: Servia. Aueust 1. 2 T. si.
Cabin passage
?C0 and upward: will not carry steerago:
according to location: intermediate, $35.
Steerage tickets to and from all parts of
Europe at very low rates. For freight and
Sassage apply to the company's office, 4
owling Green, New York. Vernon H.
Brown & Co., J. J. MoCORMICK, G39 and 401
Smithfleld street, Pittsburg. je22-D
-TT7-HITE STAR LINE
YV For Queenstown and Liverpool.
Royal and United States Mail Steamers.
Germanic, Jn. 21,7:30 a m'Germanic, July 22. 0 am
Teutonic, July 1, 2pm 'Teutonic, July,12:30pm
Britannic. July 8, 7 am Britannic, Aug. 5, Sara
'Majestic, J'y 15,12:30 pmlia)estlc, Ang. lSJOam
From White Star dock, foot of West Tenth
street.
Second cabin on these steamers, saloon
rates, $60 andupward. Second cabin, $40 and
$45. Excursion tickets on favorable terms.
Steerage, from or to the old country, $20.
White Star drafts payable on demand in
all tho principal banks throughout Great
Britain. Apply to JOnN'J. McCOKMICK,
639 and 401 Smithfleld St., Pittsburg, or ..
BltUCEISMAY, General Agent, 29 Broad
way, New York. jelS-D
BOYAL MAIL STEAMSniFS,
Glasgow to Philadelphia.
VIA DERBY and GALWAY. The mostdlrect route
from Scotland and North and Middle of Ireland.
ACCOMMODATIONS UNSTJBPAfeSED.
Intermediate, $30. Steerage, 519.
STATE
SEliVICE OF
J TT T . T TT r-!T'W3
NE. STEAMSIHl'B.
NEW YORK AND GLASGOW.
via Londonderry, every Fortnight.
25th June. bTATK OF NEVADA, 11 A. M.
9th July, STATE OF NEBRASKA. 11:30 A. M.
23d July, STATE OF GEORGIA, 10 A. M.
CABIN, 35 and upwards. Return, (65 and up
wards. Steerage. $19.
Apply to J. J. MCCORMICK. 639 dmlthflcld street,
Pittsburg. Jel2-D
ANCHOR LINE.
Steamers Leave New York Every Saturday
ForGlasgow via Londonderry.
Bates for Saloon Pasfeaec
By S. S. CITY OF HOME, 60 and upward,
according to accommodation and location of room.
Other Steamers of the Line )50aud upward,
heconrt Cabin ?30. Steerage ?19.
Passengers booked at through rates to or from
any city hi Great Britain or on the Continent.
Drafts on London Sold at Lowest rates.
Book of information, tours and sailing lists fur
nished on application to Agents,
HENDERSON BROTHERS, 7 Bowling Green, N.
Y., orJ.McCOKMIOK, 633 and 401 Smithfleld St.;
A. D. SCORER & SON, 415 Smithfleld St.. Pitts
burg; F. M. SEMPLE, 110 Federal st Allegheny.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
SPRING GABPETS
AND
Wall Paper.
In Carpets we show a very fine
line of Royal Wiltons, Axminster,
Velvet, Body Brussels, Tipestry
and all kinds of Ingrain in style,
quality and price. Just what you
want.
Wall Paper for rooms, ceilings
and halls, in choice styles and
artistic colorings, and all the now
ideas in the market. You are in
vited to inspect our stock. ,
136 FEDERAL STREET,
ALLEGHENY.
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TucGUAfHuiniDRDliC
Package makes & gallons.
Delicious, tparUisg, and
appetizing. Sold by all
dealer.. 72abeaatiral
Pictue Book and cards
sent to any one addrossmg
C.E.HIEES4 CO..
Philadelphia.
DR. HARRIS'
SUMMER CORDIAL
For Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Cholera Morbus,,
3abaV OlUUlUbll CvU. -XADV, AU1
CHILDREN TEETHING.
FOR SALE AT ALL
DRUGSTORES.
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ARTIST AND PHOTOGRAPHER,
16 SIXTH STREET.
Cabinets, $2 to U per dozen; petites, 1 per
dozen. Telephone 175L ap8-73-Mwjsn
OIL WELL SUPPLIES.
M. V. TAYLOR,
Oil WELL STTJEIIiIES.
The Celebrated
" ALLISON TUBING AND CASING
t ALWATS IN STOCK.
ROOMS 35 and 36 Fidelity building. Phone
797. my7-D
&
FORGE AND 1C1E SHOP
-AND MANUFACTURERS OF
Oil and Artesian Well Drilling
and Fishing Tools,
Corner Twenty-first Street and A. V. R. A.
Telephone No. 1222.
PECTSBURG. PA.
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MAX ENGINES
-AND-
Ths best Oil "Well Machinery In ths
world. All sizes of Engines and Boilers.
Also all Bizes Stationary Engines and Boil
ers. "Write for prices.
Offices in Pittsburg, Washington and But
ler. Always write or telegraph o Corrj
Office.
JAMES M. LAMBING,
SOLE AGENT, COEBY, PA.
Pittsburg office telephone No. 236.
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STANDARD OIL CO.,
PITTSBURG, PA. '
BRANCH OFFICES:
Standard Oil Co., Wheeling, W. Va,,
Standard Oil Co., Cumberland, Md.,
Standard Oil Co., Aitoona, Pa.,
Capital City Oil Co., Ilarrisburg, Pa.
We manufacture for home trade the finest
grades of lubricating and illuminating oils.
Our facilities aro such that our statement
that we furnish all oils standard for quality
everywhero cannot be disputed.
OUR REFINED OIL LIST:
Water White, 150.
Prime White, 150.
Standard White, 110.
Ohio Legal Test.
Ohio Water White Legal Test,
Carnadino (red), 150 Test.
Olite, 150 Test.
OUR NAPTIIA LIST:
Deodorized Naptha for Tarnish makers,
painters and printers.
Gus Napthas for gas companies.
Deodorized Stove Fluid lor vapor stove
burners.
Fluid, 74 gravity, for street lamps, burn
ers and torches.
Gasoline, 86, 88 and 90 gravity for gas ma
chines. OUH LUBRICATING OIL LIST
Includes the finest brands of
Cylinder.Engine, and Machinery Oils.
Spindle, Dynamo, 300 Mineral Seal,
Neutral Oils, Miners' Oils, Wool Stocks.
Parafflne Oil, ParalHne Wax.
Summer and Cold Test Black Oils.
Signal and Car Oils.
Mien Axle Grease, Railroad and Mill
Grease and Arctic Cup Grease.
Whcro it is more convenient, you may
order fiom our Branch Offices, from which
points deliveries will be made.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY,
Cor. Duquesne Way and Eighth Street
msB-D P1TTSBUB.G, PA
13. W, SUM,
wfermL'
CORRY
BOILER
NEW ADVEKTISEMENTS.
KAUFM ANNS'
STOCK OF Til COATS W VESTS,
Despite the onslaught made upon it last week by sweltering humanity, is
still complete with every new and staple style, while, the prices, in many
instances, are lower than ever before.
MEN'S NOBBY FLANNEL
COATS AND VESTS,
No house in the city can sell same goods below S2. It takes Kaufmanns to break
all records and offer a handsome Summer Coat and Vest at 69c
M
The material in one of these coats alone is worth SI. The making is free TO YOTJ.
Somebody had to pay for it. But, that's nothing to you. ,
ir
Here you have something comfortable, serviceable and genteeL "And, do you
know that no store in Pittsburg can match these coats below ?2?
air
Did you ever hear the like? Only 52 50 for Coat and Vest made of good Mohair,
in neat checks and plaids. 54 is other dealers' tariff for same goods.
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Mil Mil
These goods are something entirely
retain after washing. Nobby dressers,
SPECIAL DRIVE
THIS WEEK!
$4
900 pairs, all.told the materials are finest Cheviots and Cassftmeres patterns are
light colored checks, plaids, stripes, mixtures and solid colorings make and fit per
fect. Merchant tailors will charge 58 for trousers not a whit better. Take your
choice this week at 54.
MORE LPT MB AIRY THES!
For Gentlemen. For Ladies.
Pas?
mm itlk
bL 1 te
75c for feather-weight Madras
Negligee Shirts; price heretofore
$1.
98c for feather-weight starched
collar and cuff Outing Shirts;
price heretofore $2.
$1 50 for feather-weight Silk
Mixed Zephyr Cloth Outing
Shirts, best quality; price here
tofore $2 25.
45c for feather-weight Negligee
Braces to match Negligee Shirts.
39c for All-Silk feather-weight
flowing end Scarfs, very cool
and stylish, at 50c.
24c for fine Silk Pongee Wind
sor Scarfs, all colors, full size,
worth 39c.
25c for feather-weight Peper
ell Drawers, worth 50c.
52c for feather-weight Nain
sook Underwear, best quality,
worth $1.
25c for feather-weight Guyot
Suspenders, white or colored,
wOrth 50c.
63c for feather-weight French
Balbriggan Undershirts or Draw
ers; cannot be duplicated any--'
where below $1.'
KAUFMANNS'
Fifth Ave. and Smithfleld St.
TFre
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jrr IlKI uMjJtuEeV
ise.a j-cHcjaojji.p.uirp.oses
What would you give for a Friend
wJio would lake lialf your hard tvorlc off your shoulders
and do it -without d murmur ? 'WJiat tcould you give to
find an assistant in your housetvork that w&uldlceep your
floors and walls clean, and your kitchen bright, and yet -.3,
never grow ugly over the matter of hard work ?m Sapolio '
is just-such a friend-and can be bought at all grocers ' M
MEN'S SEERSUCKER
COATS AND VESTS.
69
C.
M Alpaca H at $1.
1 Hon Hat
finntn nnrl T7nr.Tr. nt
QluTYGiJliJ ill
new. They bear a rich gloss-which they will
see them!
r MEN'S CUSTOM
MADE PANTS!
Fine and fashionable China and
Surah Silk AVaists, pleated Jr
shirred, cut down as follows:
915 ones for 10.
910 ones lor $6 50.
$12 ones for $9.
8 ones lor 93 50-
96 50 ones lor 4 50.
IN LADIES' WASH WAISTS
We show many surprising novel
tie at still more surprising prices.
At 50c and 75c we show pretty
White "Lawn, Percale or Chintz
full-pleated Waists.
At $1 we show neat Sateen
Waists, in light stripes or black
and white polka dots.
An endie? variety of finer and fin
est "Wash Waists from 51 to 53 CO.
Cream Flannel Blazers.
Now's the time to wear these be
witching and lovely garments.
100 Ladies' Cream flannel Blazers,
with wide pointed collar, fastened .
with loop and buttons, worth S3, at
51 50 just half. 135 fancy Flannel
Blazers, in variety of stripes and
checks, worth S4, at only 52 CO. 72
Bedford Cord Blazers, in latest pat
terns, were made to sell at 53 50;
price now only 54.
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