7- A A M TQ Inserted In THE DIS V V M I N I O TATCn reach Every body. It I the Het Advertising Medium forKuiploycr and Employed, a It Circulate Everywhere. PORTy -SIXTH TEAS. ON THE EVE OFWAR.. Gov. Campbell's Mends Eallx Around His Standardly the Thonsand PEEFiOJING FOE THEFMTJ Seal Confident That Ho Has SecuredJ the Upper Hold on the Dele gates at Cleveland. r-T tvu'O nrr k vrro oinim DP-CT TTT MiLNh O'LrLAJNUhb iSALU IV DaOiiLUJ ShalL tho Tree Coinage of Silver Be Put. in the Platform, Is the Main Question THAT-IS -PUZZLING ALL TI1E LEADEES. ,SIany Differences of Opinion as to the Result; but tie Majority Thick the First Ballot Will Settle the Question. TO-DAr-'flTLIi YTITKESS THK DECISIVE- COXIEST rprFCIAI, TELEGBAM TO TUB DISPATCH.! Cleveland, July 14. All of the dele gate, 700 in number, have arrived for the Democratic State Convention, and much hard work is being done in electioneer ing for the three candidates for" Governor. .Hon. Lawrence T. Xeal, of Eoss county, arrived last night, and immediately opened up his headquarters at the "Weddell House in the same rooms occupied by General Tom Powell, Democratic candidate" for Governor in 1887. His friends flocked in to see him, and he assured them that he was going to win and no mistake; that he had Governor Campbell down and would not let him up. "The Campbell men are claiming about TOO votes on the first ballot," said a Dis- vatcii representative to Neal. "Well," said the gentleman -from Chilli cothe, "Jlr. Campbell will be grayheaded before he gets that number of votes or any thing near that vote in "Wednesday's con vention." "It is also said that you have in.your pos session a letter from Virgil P. Kline, in v hich he pledges his support to you. Is this correct?" x ill. eay mat j. iiiitc, vi im,uci uuu, 4- letter from Mr. Kline, the contents off which I must respectfully decline to dis close at this time." 'o Choice for Permanent Chairman. The selection of a permanent Chairman appeared upon the surface to be as remote Tuesday morning as at any time .since. the call. The Campbell delegates say that , they really don't know who will be perma nent Chairman of the convention. Claude Sleeker, the Governor's private secretary, when approached upon the subject, said "I really don't know who will be selected. I think, however, that it will chiefly de pend upon how the temporary Chairman succeeds In his duties. By that I mean that if Allan "W. Thurman proves satisfactory to the delegates, or a majority thereof, he will be made permanent Chairman." Governor Campbell and the Thurman Club left Columbus at 8 o'clook this morning over the C, A. & C. K. E., but the engine broke down at Jit. Vernon, O., and another encine was telegraphed for and sent from Gallon. The party should have reached tna city at 12:30 p. 3L, but on account of the. accident they didn't get here until 3 o'clock. The Governor met with an ovation here, and the temper of the people was shown by the cheers with which he was greeted on his arrival. The Thurman Club and about 500 friends of the Governor came with him from Co lumbus over this route, while the Jackson Club and friends came over the Big Four route, making the 138 miles in three hours and 13 minutes. These clubs and the Day ton crowd created the big sensation of thel day. Headed by brass bands, they paraded the principal streets, and Campbell stock went up at least 100 percent upon their arrival. Campbell Given a Warm Recepti tn. Campbell has engaged the bridal chambers at the Hollendon for headquarters, two rooms and a bath room. His friends gave him a warm reception upon his arrival this afternoon. The drift of sentiment could plainly be seen at his headquarters, and the greut crowds at his rooms and the small numbers at Xeal's headquarters showed the drift of public sentiment. The Campbell men lairc to have discov ered a scheme to 6tart a stampeds for Kline. On the first ballot Cuyahoga county will go lor ICline, Hamilton lor ealand the rural districts may be in majority for Campbell, but before the ballot is completed Hamilton county will change solidly lor Kline and nil others that can be brought into line quickly follow suit. This will start a break which Gniupbell'3 opponents hope will overwhelm him. It was Intended to keep tho scheme strictly secret, but a delegate who had be come confidential through potations, let It out to a Campbell supporter. It is not thought tliat this will work now that it is understood, and it i ill be next to impossible to break the more than too delegates who are instructed lor Campbell. The Campbell men are accusing Kline of duplicity. It is said that about two weeks ago he called on the Governor and assured him of his support. It If also claimed that he pledged himself to NeaL Now Kline has run uajr to Europe, but before going ho made arrangements to have his friends pre sent him as a candidate. Kline is now on the ocean, having sailed from New York on baturday night, borne of the disgusted friends of the Uo crnor say Kline ought to be under the ocean. Kline is making inroads on the other two candidates, but will never dovelop enough strength to be nominated. Meekrr lit Not Over-Confident, Private Secretary Meeker, while clafming that the Governor will be nominated, is not nearly as confident as the others. "How many votes will the Governor gett' abked a reporter. "About 500." "Then it u all over but tho shouting!" "I will not say that. You know there is many a slip, etc" "W hen uo j ou expect the trouble?" "Well, you see, when the delegates arrive on the scene tiud they are talked to about a tlaik hoise, the good of the party, why, there Is going to be trouble." Then you expect a large number of tho delegates will vote that way." "Yes, but I don't think it will be enough to prevent the Governor's rcnomination." lion. Werner Opes, ex-member of the State Central Committee, says: "If Governor Campbell is nominated, and he is going to De sure, ho will be elected by from li.000 to 20,000 and then watch out. That means Campbell as the next President. To-night at 8 o'clock tho twenty-one Congressional districts will hold meetings and each district will appoint one membcrcach on the follow ing committees: Credentials, Bules and Order of Business, State Control Committee, Resolutions and Permanent Organization.. The convention -proper meets-at 10 o'clock: to-morrow morning, and will most likelynot adjourn until its labors are completed. It "will bo night before it is through. The seri ous plank in the platform, and the one that is worrying Governor Campbell and all the other big guns, is the silver plank. Camp bell is very nervous about it. The Silver Flank Troubles Them. "Whether the Committee on Resolutions will report in favor of free silver or against it, as Congressman-elect Barter wishes, or whether it will remain silent on that issue is what is worrying the loaders to-night. Ohio Democrats are all torn up over this question, and among the leading lights of the party men can bo found who are on all sides of this issue. The committee will wrestle"with this question untU the 'wee sma' hours anant the twal.' The tariff plank in the platform will be as ioiiows: "Wo demand the reduction of tariff taxes, and wo will continue the battle for tariff re form until the cause of the people is trium-, phant. All money taken by law from the people should go into the public treasury, Ta nlT taxes should be for revenue only. All so-called protective tariff taxes are dishon est, wasteful and corrupting. They plunder the masses to enrich the few. They, ha vo crippled agriculture, retarded manufactur ing, created trusts, destroyed commere and corrupted our law makers We denounce the JlcKinlev law passed bv the 'Billion Dol- "r congress' as an iniquitous ana oppressive measure, and an injury to the American iarmer ana laborer." Au-amusiiig feature of the Jackson clubs parade this afternoon was seen at the end of it. In a lai ge, open wagon was tied a sheep and above it, in largo letters was printed: "Wool, only 21Wc per pound. All on account ofMcKinley." It is thought that Allan G. Thurman will be mado the permanent as well as tho-tem-porary Chairman of the convention. Campbell Is Greeted IVrth Cheers. At the Hollendon tho Governor was greeted by a large assemblage with cheers and cries of "hurrah." "Three cheers lor Governor Campbell." Hats wore thrown into tho air and the Governor bowed right and left as ho entered his hotel. He was im mediately shown to his room, where he re mained despite the cries for him for a speech. The Thirteenth Kegiment band, of Dayton, stood in the corridor of the hotel, surrounded by an admiring crowd and played martial music while cheers re sounded. As the music ceased John L. Vance created a momentary commotion by stepping forth from an upper window look ing out on the inner corridor of the hotel, and calling for on immediate meeting of the State Central Committee. It afterward transpired that tho committee meeting re lated to the distribution of convention tickets. There Is a tremendous outpouring of tho people, and this promises to ne the largest convention ever held in Ohio. This alter noon many of the delegates and others took a live mile ride out to Lakeview Cemetery to see the beautiful tomb of the lamented President Garfield. To-night a boat rido will be given to all who wish to go on Lake .Erie. ASPIRING CANDIDATES. SOME OP THOSE WHO ARE XIGHXEfGM TOR NOMINATIONS TO-DAY. Several Double Delegations Sent in From. Counties The Credentials Committee H "Will Have a Hard and Long Siege in. Setting Things Straight. lSrECIAX.TEI.EQ BAH TO THX-DISrATCII. Cleveland, July 11. Many of Ohio's Demo-J cmts aro disgusted with Lieutenant Gover nor Marquis and he may he thrown over board, and Joha Q. Smith, a practical farmer of Clinton county, nominated. Canary, of Wood, for Attorney General, Is not singing half so sweetly as he did yesterday and it's all on account of the Inroads that Bailey Y. LFutnom, a new candidate for that office, is 'making on him. For Treasurer of State, and Auditor of 'State the candidates are like tho sand on the lake shore. Hon. Walter S. Bitchio and Col. James M. Townsend, of Lima, put in an ap- pcaranoe last night. These gentlemen were prominent in the contest that terminated in, the selection of Hon. Calvin S. Brloe ftrmously adop tod approving the policy or the United States Senator, and they were em-1 phatic in the declaration that Mr. Brice was taking rio part in the present contest. "The Senator." said.Mr. Bitchio. "was verv kmuch disappointed at not being able to at tend the Convention and mingle w ith the Ohio Democracy. He engaged return pas sage on the same steamer on which ho went to Europe with Mrs. Brice whose impaired health made imperative the trip abroad, in tho hopes that be will be back to attend tho convention. It was the opinion then that the convention wouldn't be held until scmo time early in August, and this accounts for his absence. Tho correspondent asked Mr. Beemelin. whom the Government removed from the bovd of public works of Cin cinati, how that delegation stood. He said: "We are for anyone to beat 'Campbell. If he Is nominated Hamilton county will go 15,000 Bepnblican." "Will not the soreness heal by November," asked the reporter. "No, it will not. It is like smallpox, it will grow worse," Congressman-elect Pearson says Campbell is very strong in his county among the tann ers, and that he is tho most popular man in Ohio in the city of Bellaire. Tho Committee on Credentials will havo its hands full to-night, and next to the Com mittee oruKesolutions; is the most impor tant one in the convention. Pike county sends two delegations, each claiming to be the regularly elected ono.as also does Clarke, county from the city of Springfieid. Thero' is trouble in otherdelegatlons that will havo to bo referred to this committee and an all night session is probable. Congressman-elect Tom Johnson, of this city, says: "McKinley told me that ho hoped that Campbell would be nominated. For that reason wa ought to select some other man." Tho situation to-night has not materially changed. Campbell, from all indications now, will be nominated on the first ballot. If any of his strength deserts him, and he does not w in on the first ballot, he will not win at all, but nothing human is surer than his nomi nation. He surely has tho nomination to night, and almost us certainly will have it in the balloting to-morrow afternoon. Adams county, the first one on tho list, will swing Into line with 6 votes for NeaL Auglaize county will give Neal 4, and Camp bell 3; Ashland, Campbell 7; Ashtabula, divided; Cuyahoga, Kline 11; Hamilton, Neal 49, but this big county of Cincinnati will be offset by Columbus, Dayton and Toledo del egates, who will castOi solid votes for Camp bell. It is safe to wager that when the end of the alphabet is reached Campbell will have more than 400 votes and the nomina tion. Thurman's speech as Chairman of the convention is a good one. He pays special attention to "Fire Alarm" Foraker and the tariff question. It is a rathor long speech.. .however. CAPTUBED BY CAMPBELL. All the Committees in the Hands of His Friends Last Night. rSrECIAL TELEOEAM TO TUE DISrATCn. Cleveland, July 14. U p. si. The Camp bell men have captured all the committees, and the organization and running of the convention will be in their 'hands. At this hour it looks more than over that he will he nominated on the first ballot. At tho meetings of the various Congres sional delegations this evening the following gentlemen were selected as tho new State Central Committee to conduct the comln" campaign: Flr.t district. Michael Mullen, of Hamilton countjr; becond district, Michael Devanaev of Hamilton; Third district, Charles F. Galliland of Montgomery; Fourth district, C. F. Lautls ' of Pretle county; Firth district. Or. W. Hull, of Auen county; blxtli district, I. C. Cole, of AVood countv beventh district, William Beutty, of Lucas county Eighth district, J. A. Norton, orbencca countv: tilth district, J. L. Tranger, of Franklin couutv Tenth district, F. A. blaccy, of Koss county Eleventh district, W. W. PcnnclXofBroivii county Twelfth district, John L. Vance, of Gallia countyl Thirteenth district, John G, Beeves, of Fairfield count ; Fourteenth district, J. B. II 111, of Llcklne county: Fifteenth district, H, L. McOrea, of Ash" land county; Sixteenth district. L. P. Ohllnger of "Wayne county; Seventeenth district, A. N. Ben non, of Belmont county; Eighteenth district, J. P. Mehafiy, of Guernesey countv: Nineteenth dis trict, John Manning, of Mahoning county Twentieth district, W. T. Go bin, of Summit county. Twenty-first district, Charles-CarroU, of Cuyahoga county. SHOT TN THE HEAD. Followers of the Leaders Engage In More Than a "War of Words. rSPECTAL TELEOEAJt TO THE DISPATCH. Clevelakb, July 14. The bitter fight in Cincinnati resulted in a shooting scrape here to-night.- Tho delegation is solid for Neal, J f to but there aro a lot of Campboll men here from Cincinnati who have been trying to break its solidity. In n quarrel to-night over thomorits of the two candidates, Jim Patterson," a Campboll man, was shot in the back of the head by Billy Nolan, a Seal follower. The wounded man was taken to a hospital and Nolan ar rested. How seriously Patterson- was hurt cannot yet be determined. WATFERSON AGAINST HILL, BET DISCLAIMS ANT PERSONAL ENaim TO THE GOVERNOR. The Kentuoky Statesman Gives Two Reasons for Opposing Hill as a Prcsldental Can didate The Anti-Cleveland Trade In 1880 and His Tariff Record. Louisville, July 11. In the OovriaJimrneU this morning Hon-Henry Wntterson answers a recont "Washington letter in the New York World. In this letter occurs tho passage: "Watterson's personal dislike to Governor Hill may Justifiably be very strong." Mr. Waterson says: Tho editor of tho Cburfcr-JburnaJ has not the smallest personal dislike to Governor HilL If the Governor and his friends aro satisfied with the episode referred to, as suredly Mr. Watterton has no desire to dis turb tbeir equanimity. In the meantime, "however, he does not regard the Governor as a probable perhaps not, even possible Democratic- nominee for President -in 1832, and for the following reasons: "These reasons condensed are first: That there is a widespread feeling, unfounded though it be, that Cleveland was defeated by'some deal in New York with which Hill was connected. Those who believo this mav be turned from following after Cleve land, but they will not support Hill. In 18SO thenartv relinanished Samuel J. Tilden. but It did not rally to John Kelly. The cases now and then are, of course, not parallel, and yet there is likeness enough to make the one serve to, point the moral of the other. "Secondly, Governor Hill is not in sympa thy with the great Democratic movement 'for tax reform. During the struggle when there were enemies inside the party, Gov ernor Hill was the enemy of progress. Governor Hill will be felt in the next Democratic Convention, but on the side of destruction, not of creation. Ho may hope to defeat Cleveland and make New York de cide the final result. This must leave the Governor In the unpleaslng hole of a manag ing politician cold, unfeeling, vengeful and narrow. Governor Hill is not a likelihood for tho nomination. For any hope for that, he must show himself a better man than the countrv thus far believes him to bo. Gov ernor Hill knows as little or public affairs and men as Cleveland did on coming to the Presidency, but is said to be a bright man. Tn that nua lift mav vet rjroflt in time. throngh the kindly, though unpleasant,. counsel given mm." HILL HOT AGAINST CLEVELAND. That Is tho Assertion of a Congressman "Who Claims to Know All About It. Saw Aktosio, Tex., June 14. Congressman 'M. F. Elliott, of Northern Pennsylvania, and an intimate friend of Governor D. B. Hill, is here. He announces that there was no feel-t ing of enmity between Cleveland and Hill. "The latter," he said, "was quito satisfied with the Senatorial honors of his State, and J had little idea of opposing Mr. Cleveland for the Presldental nomination. "There are two factions in tho New York Democracy," said Elliott, "ono f or Cleveland and one for Hill. Long before the Demo cratic convention of next year they will harmonize, and Mr. Cleveland will receive thnnnliil siirmnrt of the New York delesra- 'tion. Talk of any other outcome is the. merest bosh. This 'IVknow-of myownper-a tonal knowledge." PATTIS0N INBOBSED. Harrisburg Democrats 3Ieot and Pass,, Laudatory Besolutlons. rsrECIAIi TELEGBAM TO-TH JI8PTCItI Hamusbuhg, July U. At a meeting ofthe' Harrisburg Demooratlo City Executives, Committee to-night, resolutions -were unani- preBen State administration and commend ing Governor Pattison "for his wise and fearless exercise of tho veto power as re gards the pernicious legislation enacted -at the lato session." Williim F. Harrity, Secretary of the Com monwealth, was thanked for the prominent pare taken by him in the passage ot tho new registry law, because of tho effect it will have in lessening the chances of fraud at elections in Philadelphia practiced by Be- publican leaders. VENANGO COUNTY ALLIANCE MEN. No Important Business Transacted, bat An-i other Convention to De Held. 6rECIAI. TELEGBAM TO TKCDISFATCn. FRAHKXiif, July 14. The Farmers Alli ance of Venango county held a convention in this city to-day. The meeting was very well attended, there being present repre sentatives from the 12 flourishing alliances in tho county. Hon. J. C. Sibley was nominated as a dele gate to the proposed Constitutional Conven tion and unanimously indorsed. The after noon session was entirely devoted to general discussion, and the convention adjourned to meet in this city on tho second Tuesday-of October. LONGENECKEB'S APPARENT TB0UBLE. No Opposition to His Nomination to the Judgeship Is Discovered. tEPECIAL TELEOIiAM TO TUB DISPATCH.) Bedford, July 14. Tho conference that. will nominate u Bepublican candidate for the Judgeship in tho Sixteenth Judicial district, composed of Somerset and Bedford counties, will meet in Bedford August 10. The dispatch from Somerset Indicating op position to ex-Secretary Longenecker in this county was shown to the leaders of tho party una the Bepubllcau editors of tho county, and the unanimous sentiment is, favorable to Longenecker. If he receives the nomination, uo opposition-rto bun will be met in this county. Against Utah Statehood. Salt Lake City, Utah, July 14. The,Llb-' oral County Convention, in session this altcrnoon, adopted strong resolutions against Statehood, and distrusting Mormon prolesslons of a change of heart. Over 200 delegates were present. Campbell's Significant Journey. rSPECIAL TELIOKAM TO THE DIBPATCTM Columbus, July 14. Governor Campbell loft hero to-day In a special car for Cleve land. Considerable significance is attached to the fact that he was accompanied by the editor of a Bcpubllcan paper. BLINDING SMOKE AND FLAME Caused by an Attempt to Burn the New Tork Artists' Building. fSrr.CIAI. TELEGBAM TO THE DISPATCH. New York July 14. Tho Prague Building, at Broadwajncua x oriy-iourtn street, is a big four-story firepioof building built es pecially for urtists. Nearly all the artists sleep in tho building except in the summer, when they go out of town. Thero" aro a few whose businoss compels them to-remain. Mr. Crewe is one of these. He and his valet, Hayes, and tho lanitor. Charlie Alexander, wore the onlv persons who slept in the building on. .aionaay luguw b o uuiock 1.1119 morning 3lr. Crewe was awakened by a loud shouting in tho building down stairs. Mr. Crewe Jumped up and looked out into the street. lie saw persons running toward the building shouting "Fire!" Then ho pulled on one sock and went to the door. He opened it and took one hurried step with the loot that had ono sock on. A volume of smoke aud fiamo drove him back. Oil had been poured all over tho halls and stairways on the second and third stories. There was a blazing pile of kindling wood In the conterof the third story hall, another on the floor below, and a third on a small landinir on the stalrnav between the second und third stories. The firemen bad raised their tallest lauaer, ana it was not long enouch td reach Mr. Crewe and his valet. who climbed into an open window of the ad-1 Joining house. AJievuietin his excitement hastily grabbed a bottle of perfumery, a straw bat and a manicure file. He got through the window with his valuables first, and Mr. Crewe followed in safety. It took the firemen 20 minutes to extinguish tho lire. The detectives aro investigating "the. mi$mm PITTSBURG, WEDNESDAY, JULY 15. 1891. LIKE BEER' BABBIT.; A-Job-That a Ship Builder Laid Law and Said Nothing About. SLIPPEMBILLTHEOUGHCONGRESS British-Built Ships Bear the American Flag as a Result. IOTEODUCED ON THE DEAD QUIET "SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.! New Yobk, July 14. A paragraph, printed In a morning paper the other day, attracted more attention among downtown merchants than any item of similar length printed in years because of the incidental reference to ono of the most remarkable acts or the "Billion Dollar Congress." This paragraph noted tho arrival of the tramp, steamer Minoola to be followed soon by the Montauk, which have been Surohased by an American company to run etween New York and San Francisco and by special act of Congress, though English built, are allowed to float tho Stars and Stripes. A reporter asked a number of ship' mercnants, lnciuaingameniDeroi tno nrm of Timothy Hogan & Sons, of 121 Front street, who run the Mineola, to tell all about it. "It was a very great surprise to us all," said ono merchant, "and thero were a good many rumors about the matter. There are to bo two British-built steamers in tho lino and two of American build. The British built ships are the Mineola and tho Montauk. They are practically sister snips, Duut at sunaerianu oy umk, How these British ships could got an Ameri can register was the mystery. The law pro vides that where a foreign-built ship is wrecked or in any way damaged and is re paired in this country and the cost of the re pairs mado at one time equals two-thirds of the cost of the ship she can bo registered as American on application to tho Secretary of the Treasury. They Were Not Bepalred Here. "Knowing this.a good manypedple jumped to the wrong conclusion that their owners had collected the repairs done here since the vessels first came out in 1837, and by hard swearing got them registered. The fact is, neither ship has had any repairs worth mentioning, and the Hogans did not try to get her through by either hard or soft swearing. They worked it in a much better way. "These two-ships were built for Timothy Hogan & Sons, the stevedores, by Harrison II. Wheeler of Bay City, one of the most energetic hustlers lor business in the States. Mr. Harrison H. Wheeler is also a member of Congress from Michigan and one of tho straightestof Bepuhlicans. Mr. Wheeler was getting two good jobs from the Hogans and the Hogans wanted one small joblromMr. Wheeler. Mr. Wheeler's principles were against the Importation of British ships on any terms, but it was to his business inter ests to oblige tho Hogans. Business is busi ness, and Mr. Wheeler introduced on the dead quiet into the House of Bepresenta tivesa special bill to admit the Hogans' Mineola and Montauk to an American regis ter. " Wm. Maxwell Evarts Introduced the same hill into the Senate also on tho dead quiet. If any one said anything (no one did, as far as known) about the novelty of the bill, he was hushed by the remark that this was Mr. Wheeler's bill and Mr. Wheeler was a boom ing American shipbuilder. Would he do anything to injure American ship interests'! Laid Low and Said Nothing. "Meantime the Hogans. like Brer' Babbit. 'lay low and say nuffln.'and not until the morning paper told a listening world -that' the Mineola had beaten her cargo ship rec ord because she carried the American flag did many people know that she could carry an American flag. Of course, it had been known at the Maritime Exchange beforo that." Another Important point in this matter, is. the fact that, as an American ship, tho Mineola must have an American citizen for a cantain. and American mates as well. ! However, Captain E. L. Evans, who has oeeu ner master uii aiong, seiu uommnnas her. A member of the firm of Hocran & Sons 'was asked how that was. "Captain Evans has had-hts papers as an .American citizen and an American certifi cate for three years," was the reply. "A very largo number of the British captains sailing to American ports, believing that American shipping will eventually be on top, havo been preparing for the time to come by taking out papers." According to the down town authorities the more conscientious British captains tako out their first papers in regular torm, giving some hotel as their address. Then they go on sailing, their real homes being all the timo on the other side, until the nroner time has elapsed. Then they go to tho same hotel and tho next day apply for and got their Sapors. They have meantime lived in tho hlted States perhaps two weeks in the year. Tho captain wholly without a conscience in the matter simply pays a broker $10 and' costs, and tho papers are ready at the end of the next voyage. CAUTIOUS-CORONER -LEVY. HE "WANTS TO BE CERTAIN HE IS BIGHT BEFORE HE GOES AHEAD. "Was Smller Killed According to tho Statute,, Is the Question He "Wants to Settle The Opinion of Attorney General Tabor Asked. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. New York, July 14. Coroner Levy pro poses to have tho law cleared us before he proceeds with tho inquest ou Harris A. Smllor, who was killed by several shocks of electricity at Sing Sing. Ho wrote to-day to Attorney General Tabor as follows: "The press of thlB city, and, in fact, the press of the country at large, has, since tho execution of Harris A. Smiler, charged that the killing.of said Smiler was not committed according to law, and that means other than those prescribed by law were used to effect tho death of said Smiler. "By section 773, of the Criminal Code, tho Coroner is compelled, where thero is reasonable ground to suspect a death has been , occasioned by the uot of another by; criminal means, to 'go to tho place where tho person Is and forthwith inquire into the cause of death and summon not less than nine normore than IS persons, qualified by law to serve us jurors, if such death be ot a criminal nature, to appear before him forthwith at tho specified placo to inquire into the cause of the death.' Only with a viow to strictly perform my duty and follow the imperative language of the statute, I have felt that, n ith the numerous charges that the said Smiler came to his death by criminal means, an inquiry Into the cause of the death of said Smiler would speedily de velop whether tljiere wus reasonable ground to suspect that his death had been occa sioned by criminal means, and not in the lawful manner prescribed by the statue. "To-day 1 learn from tho press that my contemplated action meets with your disap proval. You represent tho State Govern ment as its legal adviser, and my respect for both you and your office impels me to with hold any inquiry until I shall have been In formed by you whether, having fully con sidered the section of the code to which I have referrod you, you are still of the opin ion that I, as Coroner of this city, should not enter into thoinvestigation, which, I am in formed by eminent legal authority, tho law-, requires. Fiedin axd Levy, Coroner," ALLEGHENY'S P0ST0EFICE. Mr. Mageo Wants AH the Money Appropri ated Spent for the Site. fFHOM A STAFF COKBESPOKDEirT. Washington, July 14. An interesting movementTin the discussion of the question of tho site for the Allegheny postofflce was developed to-day by a visit at the Treasury Department of Mr. C. L. Magoe. Several days ago Mr. Mageo tolegraphod Secretary Fostor that before any decision was made he desired to be heard in the interests of an estato for which he was trustee, and to-day was the date fixed for the interview. Mr. Mageo called upon Secretary Foster this afternoon, accompanied by Mr. Frank Hat ton. Ho briefly stated the advantages of tho bite, which is located on tho Diamond, dis claiming any personal interest in the mat ter further than the fact that he is trustvo for the estate of which this property is a party. It is said at tho Department that Mr. Mageo argued in favor 01 expending the en tire amount appropriated for site und begin ning of ODorations for the site alone, whereas LHwas only intended, and the lav has been , so construed, that only $30,000 of tho $65,000 so appropriated should be expended for tho site. It is possible, however, that a different construction may be put upon tho law by . MgrES. WMfr uwiciut x osier in cvusiueninu " ... matter in charge, was present at the hear ing, and carried away with him all the papers relating tn thn sltp. A decision will probably be mado In a day or two. PROJECTILES CRACKED, l- BUT AN AKMOK MADE BY A NEW PROCESS STOOD THE TEST. riatcs Tested at the Ordnance -Proving;! Ground Attention 'Will Now Bo Turned to Making Hard Shot That "W1U Pierce the Steel. rPKOM A STATT CORRESPOXDEXT. 1 W-AsnixQTON, July 14. Another armor trial has just been concluded at the naval ord nanco proving ground at Annapolis, and its results are fully as important as those of nny.of its predecessors in the series being mado for the development of American armor plates. Tho objeot of this last test was to show what could be done with all steel plates containing a very low proportion of carbon and treated by the Harvey prooesa. In tho last previous trial it had been found that all steel plates of higher carbon treated by this process had a tendenoy to crack under the impact of the shots. Two plates were ordered from Carnegie, Phipps & Co., each containing but one-quarter of 1 per cent of carbon. These plates wore tested by the Harvey process at the Washington Navy Yard, and were then shipped to tho proving ground. Like the last plates tested they were three inches in thickness, and were at taokedwitha six-pounder Hotchkiss, firing the best quality of forged steel projeotllea at 1811 feet initial velocity, giving them striking energy enough to pierce a pleco of ordinary steel four inches thick. Fourteen projectiles were fired .at'each plate and when they struck its hard surface every one was shattered as though it bad been cast iron, while tho plates were prao tically uninjured at tho completion of the test. Not a crack of any kind was mado and tho penetration of the shots .was insig nificant, only being enough to scratch the surface of the plates. The results compared very favorablywlth the nickel steel plate treated by the Harvey process and tested at the last trial. It is now tbo opinion of the Ordnance Bureau that nickel may not be necessary to make a very good armor plate when the Harvey process of treatment is used. Having obtained such good results In the development of armor plates the Naval Ord nance Bureau is about to take up the prob lem of developing armor-piercing projeot iles, having specially in mind tho produc tion of a projectile that can be fired against a Harvey plate without breaking up. A projectile has been designed -with a head shaped like a very blunt cone, like the head of a meohanical punch. It is believed that this shape will hold together better than the present.pval-shaped head, the sharp point of which is broken down on contact with the extremely hard surface of the plate. An other advantago expected for this projectile is that the base of its cone-shaped head forming quito a sharp angle with its body, it wUI not be easily deflected, but will cut Into the Inclined armor of protective decks. A trial lot of these urotectiles has been or dered from Carpenter & Co., of Beading, Pa ETEIKE IN A CUSTOM HOUSE. Laborers Refuse to Serve After JFlvoO'Clocfc, and Quit "Work. rSPECIAL TELEGBAM TO THE DI8PATCU, New York, July 14. Collector Erhnrdt epoko out In meeting to-day. It was before as. assemblage of laborers and floor bookkeepers at tho public stores. Among them were tho 12 mon who had been susponded the night Deforo by Deputy Collector Burr. Tho collector was at the Union Lentigo Club on Monday night when Mr. Burr called and notified him tha; tho 12 men had refused to work after S o'clook, and that all the other laborers, about 3"9 in all, sympathized with them. Mr. Burr announced that ho 'hud sus pended the 12 leaders and that he had, so officially informed the Collector in a communication which the CoUector would receive iu the morning. This morning 110 laborers stood out and 'would not go to work until the 12 suspended ones had been reinstated. Mr. Burr had to do the work of the stores with 40 men. Just beforo noon a committee of five of tho strikers appeared at the Custom House. They were recoived. The Collector asked each one of the com mittee if he believed that the 110 had treated tho Collector and the merchants of Now York fairly. They owned up that they had not. Tho Collector told them then that ho would not make any bargain with them of any kind, but that he would investigate the casos of the 12. The five went back to the stores, but the 110 did not go to work. At 4 o'ciock in tne aiternoon tne u suspenaea men appeared beforo the Collector. They cave their side of tho trouble. They will be given another hearing, after which the Col-, lectorwiii aeciao what action no wuitaKe, AN EQUINE CUST0MEB. Ho Inspects tho Stock of a Store and Fright ens a "Woman In Charge. rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. New York, July 14. A horse entored Mrs 'Ellen Bates' confectionery store, 1774 Brpad-i way, Williamsburg, to-day." Her husband is employed during tho day, and she is left to mind three children and look after the store. She was sitting In a rear room at 10 o'elook in the morning sewing, when she was startled by tho tramp of hoofs in the store. Looking up she saw a horso coming in in a , leisurely way. After looking around tho animal started for the rear rooms. Mrs. Bates screamed, and, picking up her infant, she called to horothertwo children to follow hor. Before she had proceeded many steps toward a door that led to the hall sho fell in a faint. Ono of the children crouched In a corner of the room, while tho 6-year-old girl crawled out of a low window and alarmed the neighbors. Tho horse in tho meantime walked Into the kitchen, and after gazing around it went into a bed room, whero it pushed against some chairs and upset them. Then he went back into the storo, where he tried to put hisnoso into a pitcher of water and upset that. Annmberof chairs and tables also was overturned. Finally a policeman arrived, and tho horse was lead out of the store Just as Frank Eckford, its owner, ap peared. Mrs. Bates was still unconscious on the floor when tho police and nolghbors reachod her side, and an ambulance was called. The surgeon found her suffering severely from nervous prostration. VOLCANIC HAITL Commerce Is Killed by Pears of a Bloody. Eruption. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TnE DISPATCH. Port au Prince, June 30. Since the de parture of tho Prince William, on Juno 27, there has been an apparent change in tho situation in Port au Princo. Although it is impossible to predict tho date of the next outbreak it is not far off. Tho Government is replacing the troops whoso aUogiance Is uncertain, that is, those of the South and tho West, with regiments brought down from the North, the former being sent North, where they aro partially disarmed. The inhabitants ot the capital are greatly alarmed. Whatever the origin of all this excitement may ho.tho result fc certainly evident. Com merce is dead. All who can leave are leav ing. The safety of foreigners is threatened by the indifference of the United Statos and the recent action of France. The French Government has indirectly disavowed the energetic stand taken by their representa tive. Current report says that Admiral de Cuyerville has received orders not to resort to force, that Minister Flesh will leavo immediately never to return, and that the Chancellor of the Legation, Hathlrot, has been ordered to Havana. It is believed that Mr. Douglass and his secretary, Mr. Bassett, lelt wheu they did because they found tho situation a little too hot for them. A EEBEL NAVAL VICT0EY. Two Chilean Government Vessels Almost Completely Destroyed. San Diego, July 14. Commander Janor, of tho Mexican man-of-war Deinocrata, in this harbor, has received a dispatch from the Navy Department of the Mexican Govern ment, to the effect that a naval engagement took placo off the Chilean coast two days ago, between the insurgent oruiser Magel lanes and several Government vessels. Tho battle resulted In a decisive victory for the insurgents, and two Government vessels wore almost-destroyed. MgpM EDISOinSYICTOKIOUS. 'HisIncandescentLamp Was the-First of Its Kind Invented. JUDGE WALLACE GIVES AH OPINIO!, Injunction Issued Against Other Manufact uring Companies. THBE3ORT0 OP THE LAMP KOW-'IN-TJSE tSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. New York, July 14. A decision by Jndge, Wallace was filed this morning in the United States Circuit Court in the patent case of the Edison Electric light against the United States Electric Light Company, owned by tho Westinghouse Company, sustaining Mr. Edison's patent on the incandescent electric lamp. The case was argued last month, the argument lasting eight days. The attorneys for the Edison Company wero Grosvenor P. Lowery, Clarence Seward, B. N.Dyer and S. B. Eaton. Tho attorneys for the United States Company were S. -S. A. Duncan, Ed mund "Wetmoro, Frederick Betts and Will iam Curtis. The caso has been pending for several years. The testimony was very voluminous, consisting of 6,000 printed pages. The decision broadly, squarely and fully sustains tho Edison patent. Judge "Wal lace also orders an injunction against the defendant and an accounting of tho profits for past manufacture. The present output of incandescent lamps in this coun try is about 50,000 a day, only one-half of which are now mado by tho Edison Com ,pany. That company now asserts that this decision gives it a monopoly. The patent was sustained by two Appellato Courts iu England, and tho decision of Judge "WoUaco apparently agrees with tho English de cisions. The decision says: "It is notnssortod for plaintiff that the defendant infringes tho other olalms of the patent, consequently - they-will require-no attention further than to see whether their terms may assist-In de-fining-the meaning of tho claims in "litiga tion. foundation of tho Incandescent Lamp. "The plaintiff contends that these claims are for fundamental inventions of great merit and are entitled to a construction by which every Incandescent lamp for eleotrio lighting, consisting essentially of a filament ary carbon burner, hermetically sealed in a glass vacuum chamber, is within their terms. The defendant contends that unless the claims are confined to narrow inventions" not employed by the defendant they are in valid for want of patentable novelty. Tho questions of tho validity and scope of the patent havo been adjudicated in the courts of England and Germany, with a diversity of opinion by the Judges who havo consid ered them. "The specification Is a porplexlng one. Tho difficulty lies in its shadowy demarkation of the line between the essential and non essential features of the invention described. It catalogues a number of discoveries which Mr. Edison has made; it sets forth some of the essential features of the lamp, and then it lea voj it to bo found by inferencetfrom gen eralities what the elements are of the combi nation included in the extremely elastic terms of tho two Important claims. Never theless, when a sufficient knowledgoof the superior state of the art to which it relates has been acquired, the now departures from old devices which it describes and which presumably the invention proposes to in corporate into the claim of this patent-are. reasonably apparent. No Method Known Before. "Prior to 1879 no method -was known . for subdividing eleotrio light. Tho problem in volved tho perfection of devices for tho proper distribution' of tho current and translating it into light- lc "was thought that tho hopo of progress was in tho direc tion of tho arc-iamp. Mr. Lane-Fox iu Eng land and Mr. Edison here dissented from that view, and each .believed that a subdi vision could be accomplished by the incan descent lamp, provided it had a conductor of high resistance and small radiating sur face nrramred in a svstemof multlme arc. Lano-Fox took out three patents in England and Mr. Edison took out further patents in France and elsewhere. What was necessary was to construct a lamp In which the con ductor would havo adequate strength and durability for practical commercial use, while having the small radiating surface and high resistance desirable. "As to material, experiments had been tried with platinum, irridium, and alloys of those metals and with carbon of various kinds. Carbon was known to be the most desirable, but the difficulty was that It would comblno with oxygen at high temDer- ature and rapidly disintegrate. It could only bo used, therefore. In a vacuum from which the oxygen had been excluded. In none of thclamps prior to Edison had any attempt been mado to make tho vacuum ohambor wholly of glass with tho parts sealed together by fusion. It "Was a Remarkable- Discovery. "The second claim of tho patent is broad,to cover every essential feature of the lamp. It was a remarkable discovery that an at tenuated thread of carbon would possess all the long-sought qualities of a practical buraor when maintained in a perfect vacum. 'What Edison actually accomplished was to unite the characteristics of high resistance, small radiating surface, and durability in a carbon conductor by making it in a form of extreme tensity, out of any such materials as are mentioned in his specification, car bonizing it, and arranging it as he had pre viously arrangeu nia piuimum, Burner in an exhausted bulb made wholly of glass and sealed at all points, including those where the leadlug wires entered, by tho fusion of the glass. "He was the first to mako a carbon of ma terials and by a process which wus especially designed to impart high spcoiflo resistance to it; the first to make a carbon In a special form for the special purpose of imparting to it high total resistance, and the first to com bine such a burner with the necessary ad juncts of lamp construction to prevent its disintegration and give it sufficiently long life. By doing tnese things be made a lamp which was practically operative and suc cessful, the embryo of the oest lamps now in commercial use, and but for which the sub division of the eloctrio light by incandes cence would still bo nothing but the ignis fatuus which it was proclaimed to bo In 1S79, the date of tho Edison invention, by some of tho learned experts who are now witnesses to belittle his achievement and show that it did rise to the dignity of an invention." Every Question "Was Considered. The decision concludes with tbo following paragraph: "The questions which have seemed the most meritorious of those argued at the bar have not been considered. Others, to whioh no reference has been made, havo not been overlooked, and may bo dismissed without d'iscussion and with the single re mark that nothing which has been pre sented by the voluminous proof and the ex- ceeamgiyauie ana eiauoruiu ui-unieiits 01 counsel seems to supply any valid reason for refusing to decree lor tho plaintiff. Tho usual decree for an lujuctlouand accounting is accordingly ordered. The other eloctrio companies profess not to De greatly disturbed by tho decision of Judge Wallace. It is said that the Thomson Houston and Westinghouse companies will continue their business as beforo. They claim that the decision will not seriously affect them. The patent has only two or three yeurs more to run and is said to bo sustained only In part by the decision. No incandescent lamps havo been manufactured at the Westinghouse lactories iu Pittsburg and Newark lor over two years, and tho Thomson-Houston Company had only a very small business in lamps. .The United States Electric Lighting Company, against which the decision was rendered, proposes to tako an appeal at once. A dispatch from Boston says: Tho Thomson-Houston Company claims that it is well satisfied with the Edison decision in refer ence to incandescent lamps. It will havo the' effect of closing the small companies who havo been pirating in this field, and will far better subserve the general electri cal interests than would a contrary decision, which would make this invention public property and allow any one to manufacture. it will vastly enhance uio vniue oi electri cal patents and so strengthen tho strong companies aud drive out ot business tho smaller enterprises, which havo been manu lacturlng regardless of patents. While this suit is not against the Thomson-Houston Company, the company Is, of course, inter ested tn tno result. The decision rendered was foreseen, and f -Cr- ,.T XT- the Thomson-Houston Company some time since perfected arrangements with this in view, which effectually protects them in reference to future business. As the case wiU probably bo appealedtQ the new Court of Appeals, a final decision cannot be had for a year or more. GAINED A GREAT VICTORY. SO THE LOCAL EDISON rEOPLE CLAM BY THE DECISION. Tho Company "Will Probably Be Able to Collect Large Sums of Money "Westing house People Say It Does Not Amount to Much. The news of Judge "Wallnce's decision was received with considerable surprise in Pitts burg. The general opinion seems to ho that the Edison peoplo have gained a great vix tory in the shutting out of all competi tors in the manufacture of in candescent lamps. J. H. Silverman, manager of.tho Edison General Electric Company's branch office in Pittsburg, said yesterday: "We have gained a most remark nblo victory. Tho decision, if it is what I think, settles a long-drawn controversy be tween the EdUon company and its combined enemies. It is the final settlement of a battle to which Mr. Edison has devoted nearly all his ener gies for the past few years. The decision practically shuts out all other companies whioh have been making incandescent lamps. Chief among these are the West inghouse, the Thomson-Houston, the Sawyer-Man and the United States Companies. Expect to Gather In Money. "The settlement of this question will not 'only stop all competition, but thq Edison company will be able to collect money for every lamp j-uinufactured by infringing companies. "" vear since 1887 the Edi son company S$j p; warning notices to these coinpa To c ' ""ffrv-T't been for this the money oV biflirn0 In " The Westingn-v ,. " .'rday ifurnished tho iollowiua. l,'Qln "'(, "The other electric comp """WCf , ' n to be greatly disturbed over tii 'J ? "tof Judge Wallace, of the United States. palt Court, banded down to-aay, sustaining-tho second claim of the Edison lamp patent. While some of the smaller companies may be affected, it is expected that the Thomson Houston and Westinghouse companies will continue their business very much as be fore. The "Westinghouse people, for In stance, claim that the decision will not 'seriouslyaffect them. An Appeal to Be Taken. D Tho patent has only two or three years. more to run, and Is only sustained in part by the decision, which at best can only af tcct the manufacturers of incandescent lamps, which is a comparatively small part of the business. Indeed, no incandescent lamps have been manufactured at the "Westinghouse factories in Pittsburg and Newark for over two years, and tho Thomson-Houston Company has done only a very small business in lamps. The United States Electric Light Company, against whom tho decision was rendered, proposes to take an appeal at once. "V70EKINO IN VALE ATTTSE. .For Her Parents' Sake, an Italian Girl' Adopts the Clothes of a Man. fSFXCIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCTX.1 Hazletos; July 14. For months past tho' laborers in one of the gangs working on the new railroad being built near here have had a suspicion that one of their number Is a woman. Suspicions were first aroused by his effeminate appearance, and the fact that his hands blistered and caused him much trouble. A few days ago a newly landed Italian recognized her as the daughter of a neighbor In Italy. The news soon spread among tho other men, and they crowded round hex chatting Italian like a lot of magpies. The foreman was nttracted by the excite ment, and thinking a fight was in progress made his way through the crowd with the intention of separating the belligerents. Instead of finding tv. o men fighting, he dis covered the woman In tears. When he mentioned her aboit being In snoli strange garb, she replied that she did It for her parents' sake. Sho said she came here a year ago to earn enough money to bring them to this country, as they nre old and feeble and dependent upon her for support. When sho landed sho secured work with a family in New York, but tho pay was so small sho became discouraged and de termined to dress as a man, honing that she would escape discoveryuntil she had earned money sufficient to pay their passage to this country. She said she had about enough now saved up, and was willing to quit if the boss desired, but sho was tola to work away and this she has been doing. She is known as No. 17, and is about 22 years old, fairly good looking, and lives in a hut by herself on the outskirts of the town. DAHGEB0TJ3 DYNAMITE. It Kills-Two Men on Board a Steamer in New York Harbor. ISrECTAL TELEGRAM TO TUE DISPATCH. New Yorjc, Juno 11. A case of dynamite cartridges exploded this morning in tho hold of tho tramp steamship Tho G. K. Booth at the foot ot Kichard street, Brook lyn. Two men who wero handling the caso in the hold were killed, and two others who wero on the deck were severely injured. The steamship was badly damaged. Tho men who lost their lives were Cornelius Hayes and William Regan. The were long shoremen and each had a wife and family. The injured men; were Chief Officer Wil liams, who had his left ankle broken and his right toot lacerated, and Ivan Lorensoy a machinist, who received a fracture of the Jaw and a lacerated ankle. The Booth, which is 3,000 tons burden, ar rived at the Brooklyn pier on Friday from Hamburg in charge of Captain William A. Savillo. It carried a mixed cargo, consigned to Simpson, Spencer & Young, of tho Colum bia Building, in Morris streetand Broadway. Apart of tho cargo included 40 boxes, eachi two feet square, filled with dynamite cartridges, such as aro used in heavy blast ing. It was one of those that exploded. The longshoremen had not been informed that there was any dynamito aboard. A LION LOOSE. Not Down on the Dills, but a Sensational "Wind-Up to a Circus' Show. rpPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DI3PATCH.1 EockIslaxd, July 14. Forepaugh's show exhibited at Hook Island to-day, and guvo a scene not down on the bills. Tho.nfternoon performance was attended by some 0,000 persons. Just ns the great crowd started to leave the big tent there was a cry heard at the entrance: "Lion lootie!" Tho causo for the warning was not imaginary. An employo went to tho caco containing tho lions with a piece of meat. Opening the door to throw tho meat into the cao he failed, and tho bloody bone dropped to tho ground. Qne of the lions made a divo after it and jumped out of the cage but tho beast was soon driven under the wagon, where ho was held by loose Sicces of iron fence until the crowd could epart. During this interval tho wildest confusion ruled. 3Ien, women and children rolled under tho canvas, while others climbed upon the benches, many of them shrioklng us they did so, and several wero. badly crushed. LOCKED THE JUDGE UP. Ladies Let Their Curiosity Get the Better of Their Judgment. fSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TnE DISPATCH. Jefversohville, Isa, July 14. The divorce suit of Mrs.W. N. McCoy against Dr. Mo Coy, after an exciting trial closed to-day with a new sensation. When Judge Fergu son was ready to render his verdict the at torneys announced that the couple had kissed and made up and had again agreed to live together. A funny episode happened at "Vt est Baden Springs, whero the Judge sojourned over Sunduy. Tho ladies there had become so in terested and eager to learn the decision of the court ahead of time that they locked the Judge in his room and refused to let him out until he told what ho would do. He proved obdurate and was finally released without gratifying their curiosity. The President's Visitors. fSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. Cape May, July 14. D. O. Mills, the banker, and Mrs. Whltelaw Keid, his daughter, called on the President to-day. The Presi dent talked over the Cahensley memorial with Cardinal Gibbons on Saturday and ap proved the latter's stand against foreign 'lu .torfonce in American church affairs. ' R F A I E"tato Sellers Get theti I t I Best Bayers through THE DISPATCH. Investors Everywhere read it. Bargain Banters rely on It for offerings The best Medium. "v-rr THREE CENTa t- A: m FASTHORSES At the Homewood Track Ee- mind the Giwd of -Old Times in Pittshnrg. GRAtfD CIECUIT 0PEMITG.' -An-Array of Trotters Set the Boys Wild With Bursts of Speed. ALL TIE RACES WELL CONTESTED. Charlie C, Elmonarch and Wyandotte Taka the First Bay's Purses. '.THEPEOGEAMMB FORTIUS AFTEEXOOX A cloudless sky and bracing air greeted the commencement of the Grand CIrcuiO races at the Homewood track yesterday. IB was a glorious day and fully 3,000 peoplo who were present had nothing to complain, about eh the score of tho weather or tha quality of tho racing they saw. The track;, was in excellent condition and probably' never faster. The horses with a few except tlons did well as the record for the day will show. Toward the closo of tho afternoon big black clouds piled up in, tbo eastern sky, and soon sped across tho heavens. ''Confound it," groaned tha sports, "Pittsburg must be hoodooed. "When we do have a meeting here it is suro , to rain. Did you ever know it to fail?" The ' water soon commenced to fall, but the storm, didn't last long. Indeed.it was a welcome) shower, settled the dust on the track and the grounds, and made everybody feel bet ter for It. All Boads Leading Toward Homewood. About noon tho trond of travel on ther Pennsylvania road was t -ward Homewood. By 1:30, when the bell .os rung for tho horses to appear in the first race, the grand, stand to the right of the clubhouse was filled with people. Tho stand to tho left had." been reserved for the ladies, and a fair crowd of pretty women with bright and, laughing faces were prcsont to cheer thoj horses and jockeys In the great struggles.; Tho congregation, however, was not con-"' fined to the stands, but the grounds wero '1 overrun with the pe pie. Quite a company.1 collected about th . booths in the betting ' quarter, where much of the interest to somo-3 people was centered. MayorGourley tipped, his chair against the clubhouse on the porch.! and settle down lazily to onjoy the after-', noon. A little bevy of tho sporting fratern-J ity crowded aror ad him occasionally to geti his opinion ah ut the probable speed oC some horse. CI arles J. Clarke, tho million-; aire, is a great lover of horse flesh, and ho-; was in his element as he regaled a crowd of -horsemen witl- a discussion ontberespectivo merits of soi .0 noted animal, or related.' a good story fiat would tickle the jockeys-4 A number of kids with Southern accents sold the "sco cawds" and thoy 'afforded con-J siderablo. ar usement for the ladles with, their odd c i-s. The view .om the grand stand at thto time of the year Is very beautiful. Skirting1 the Penns ivania road are tho handsome homes of f ittsbnrg's well-to-do citizens. At present they are partially hidden behind, bowers of green, which add much to tha var iegated stene. Beautiful Scenery AU Around. Stretches of meadow land, broken by a. village nestling among- trees, then more country and town intermingled, with a few low knolls looking very pretty in their sum ' mer garments 10 uuu variety to to tuo picture were the sights that most pleased the people who havo not a surfeit of bucolic scenery lot. a city. Tho hay onhalf the big field encir-j cledby the track had been cut.and was rakt-cL-i together in heaps. "Better get your grass inv before it rains, Captain," some of the crowds! called to President Kerr in the Judges' stand." when the drops commenced to come down. ' Tho odor of that new mown hay and the f resh air is worth the price of admission for a day. Tho park is renched by the Pennsylvania 4 and Duquesne traction roads. Xelther lino ) runs to the grounds, but hacks are provided to carry passengers to ,tho track for 10-j cents apiece. Yesterday afternoon tho road was very dusty, and thU1 made the short ride so disagreeablo people were glad it was soon over. In.' several places the road has been cut up and, ' is being repaired. The Duquesne line ex-J pected to havo its tracks finished to the; ground when tho meeting opening, but it will take some time before the road will bo ready. One of the main features of tho races was the music of tho Great Western Band. They occupied the second story of tho porch in the clubhouse, and during the afternoon played as onlv these accomplished musicians know how. Between the heats their lively airs wero much aDDreciated bv the larca crowd. Kobody Losing Much Money. Of 'course, everybody knows a horso race) these days without some betting would bo an anomaly. Considerable money changed hands, but nobody lost a great deal. It can. hardly be said that the favorites were win ners. In tho first race odds wero even on Wyandotte and Nettie King, but the way these horses see-sawed in nnd out of first place kept the sporting element on nettles. Five heats were necessary to decide the) race. .Marendes In the second race proved a great disappointment to his backers and admirers. He was a favorito with tho crunks, though the betting was even on El monarch and himself. On tho others in tho list the odds ranged from 5 to 2 up to W to 2. It was apparent to everybody after tho first heat that tho speedy stallion was badly out of form, but few expected that he would land In last place. He broke frequently, and seemed to run off his feet with ease. Several of the heats in the first race were very ex- citing, and at times in the second it was nip and tuck between Elmonarcb, the winner, and Monkey Rolla, but on tho homestretch tho roan gray showed up in great shape and. won easily. Some money was made on. Monkey Holla and a good deal dropped on Marendes. Elmonarch finished ahead in the three heats of tho second race. The' third race was the most excitingr' and for blood at every stage. Tho contest wnfl TipfirAwTi Plinrlltt Cnnrt If i Vwrtirl TviM, Charlie won the first two heats In a Jiffy, but' Lakewood Prince got down to business ir the third. An Anxious Time for tho Crowd. Heavy odds bad been pluced on Charlia that he would win, and when the race reached the ueedlcs-and-pins point the crowd broko loose and rushed up agalnstt the fence to get a better view of the last; quarter. "It is Charlie," "Xo, Lakewood is in the load," "Good boy, great horse," they cried, as one or tho other made a spurt and forged ahead. The horses came under the wire so close together that the onlookers were divided as to which ono won. Hundreds declared Lakewood was In the lead by a very small margin, but the judges gave the heat to Charlie, and with ic the purse. This heat raised the blood of tha people, and they were ready for anything when the day's sport was closed. Those in charge of the races wero "William, Van Osten, of Philadelphia, starter; Captain T. K. Kerr and William Hatfield, Judges; George Fisher, Allegheny, time-keeper. Some of the greatest drivers in tha country were on the track, and their work was watched with groat interest. BuddJDoble, the veteran trainer and Jockey, came in for. a large share of ad miration. His ability to handle horses is well known everywhere. Doble showed, what he can do by the clever manner in which heheld the reins on Pilot H. Turner, Splan and Geers wero not without their ad mirersThese men are all skillful horsemen. Splan in particular was frequently compli mented for the easy manner In which ho made his horse break when he saw he would not mako a good start. Six Horses In the First Itace. In the first race, 229 trotting, Cuba, Tho Kanen and Happy Bee were drawn. Six horses started, Wyandotte, Pilot H, Nettie King, Louie C, San Malo and Frank F. Louie C is a Beaver Falls horse, and made somewhat of a reputation last year. He was traveling In very fast company yesterday, and at no time was he In It. He broke so often in, scoring that many of the peoplegot-disy- i A :4 ure. f
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