V
.places on the pike. Iara innocent of the
shooting, which was done by Elmer, while
I held the horse and the boy stood guard.
Elmer, I believe, will not be easily cap
tured, &s he is now securely hidden. This
I swear to be a true statement"
THE PISAITEAB A XCK OF BBDNEH.
Miss Jackson said Elmer, while in Pitts
burg, informed his parents of the shooting
and then disappeared. He had been to the
Academy of Music, however, on the even
ing of his arrival, and while there sat be
side Sol Coulson and another detective. In
Fpite of threats and promises, the woman
Temained firm and refused absolutely to re
veal the whereabouts of Elmer Bruner.
She said there was a scene on the streets
when she wa arrested, and that the Pitts
burg officers tried to take her from Cannon.
It is believed at Latrobe, however, that El
mer is now in Pittsburg hiding, and that
the officers will arrest him at almost any
Mioment.
The prisoner, Ann Jackson, is a most
wretched-looking person. She has evi
dently been very handsome, but her pinched
features, disheveled locks and shabby dress
all tell their tale of dissipation and hard
ship. She says she was married to Elmer
Bruner three years ago when she was just 17
rears of ace. At the age of 12 years she
bore a child, and had been turned from her
parents home in Johnstown. She then
came to Latrobe and lived with the father
of her b.ibe for a time. Her mother, in the
meantime, had married a man named Stark,
now living in Johnstown, hence her fre
quent alias of "Ann Stark." - She says she,
with Elmer and the boy, had been traveling
for several months, pilfering and horse
thieving, but that she never knew Elmer to
injure anyone before.
A DAD KECOISD AT LATEOBE.
The record of Elmer Bruner at Latrobe
v as bad. He served a term in the county
jail there two years ago tor disturbing a
meeting of the" Salvation Army. David
Bruner, an uncle, is serving a term in the
penitentiary for robbing a Hebrew peddler
near Latrolte a year ago.
The affidavit of the woman is now held by
'Squire Geiper, and will not be produced
until the trial is begun, though above is a
transcript of the coniession.
Officer Cannon lays claim to two-thirds of
the reward of S,V)0 oflered, and will also ask
the $40 trom the State for the detection of
horse thieves. He has the horse Bruner
drove to Pittsburg, and will secure that
traded near Ebensburg. Other officers at
Latrobe, however, say the real murderer
las not yet been captured, and it will be
time to talk of the reward when Bruner is
in charge.
DR. PAIXTER'S CONDITION.
A Eocal Physician Visits the Koch FAtient
Converses 'With Him About His
ll faith. "Which He Thinks Is Improving
Gaining in Weight.
Dr. Chevalier Q. Jackson came home yes
terday from a short trip through a portion
of the New England State. He had been
gone nearly a week, and during his absence
he called on Dr. E. T. Painter, about whom
so much has been aia in connection with
the Koch treatment. He was met by a
Dispatch reporter shortly after hiB arrival
in the city.
"Xo, I have not been away on a pleasure
trip," said he, "and am feeling now muck
more tired than ivhea I started. I have
been in Eastern Massachusetts, and saw Dr.
Painter, who left Pittsbnn last fall to
place himself under the Koch treament for
tuberculosis. It will doubtless interest
your readers and his many friends in Pitts
burg to know his exact condition.
"I found my friend Dr. Painter with his
parent, wife and child at a delightful sum
mer cottage at Starling Junction, a point in
the foot hills of the White Mountains, Vi
miles northeast of "Worcester, Mass. His
cottage is on an elevation overlooking a
beautiful Xew Engkmd landscape, with the
high Wachu'-et Mountain in the distance.
Jn thii delightful spot I enjoyed the doc
tor's hospitality for a day, discussing his
ca'-e and the Koch treatment in general.
"His condition, while serious is not des
perate. He is able to walk and drive about
n little. He weighs 130 pounds now, being
ajrain of 30 pounds over his worst condition
in Berl. i.
"In cai's such as hi, accidents and com
plication, are e-pecially liable to occur. If
something of this hind does not develop,
his chances of ultimate recovery are good,
though it may be slow.
"He it in good spirits and sanguine of
his full recover,. He stil' has great respect
lor Prof. Koch, and believes that if th:
prof-t-or's instructions had been carried
out without governmental interference, the
truth of valuelessness of the treatment
jwould have been discovered without dis
aster." CULLED BY THE POLICE.
Only One Speak-Easy and Gambling Den
Itaidetl Yesterday.
There were only two raids yesterday, one
in the Second district and one in the Third.
Yesterday afternoon Inspector Whitehouse
and Officer McXally raided a speak-easy in
an alley oft Peun avenue, near Station
street. Seven men and a lot of btcr were
captured. The place is owned by Macauley,
Abts & Co. Those arrested were Pat
Dunn, James Caiey, James Madigan,
George "Williams, Michael Loftus and two
of the proprietors. It is not known who
the -other members of the firm are, but the
police will cndiavor to locate them. The
prisoners were all sent to the Nineteenth
varti station for a hearing this morning.
Lieutenant Booker and Officer Meyers, of
the Third police district, raided a gambling
room in the Daub building at the corner of
Maiu street and "Wabash avenue, "West End,
early j esterday morning William Mulh
jran, Charles Johnston, I). O. IJedelhauscr,
Tjium.it Barr, Jack Simpson and Joseph
Conner were arrested and a lot of cards and
chips captured. The proprietor escaped by
being out of the room w hen the officers ap
peared. At the hearing at the Thirty-sixth
ward station jesterday morniug, the six
young men were fined 510 and costs each.
A DAKGEEOUS CEOSSISG.
How Street Cars Keep a Cornerman Hus
tling to Protect 1'eoplo.
Of all the dangerous crossings in the city
prolmbly none are more so thau at the cor
ner of Wood street aud Fourth avenue, and
the cornerman at this point has an exceed
ingly lively time keeping pedestrians from
getting under the cars which fly around in
ail directions.
There arc four lines passing this corner,
the Second Avenue Electric, the Duquesne
Electric, the Central Traction and the Short
Line horce cars. The Duquesne and the
Central lraction cars cut in very close to
the pavement as they make the curve, and
at the rapid rate at hich they shoot around
from Wood street onto Fourth avenue they
keep Cornerman Metcalfe hustling, chasing
people out of the way. In order to guard
both corners he has to meet each car as it
comes down "Wood street aud "personallv
conduct" it around the curve. At certain
times of the day an average of one car per
minute passes this point.
SUNDAY'S CASUALTIES..
A Boy Tries Diving iu Mag and nn Old Man
Tails From n Cable Car.
Sunday was rather free from accidents.
Only three of any consequence were re
ported. They follow:
CTOyGHAM 1L S. Cunningham was badly
bitten on the leg last nixht by a large Xew
lonndland dog owned by Mrs. Boyle, of Long
etrect, Fourteenth ward.
Miltos Daniel Milton, aged U years, while
battling in tlio 3Ionongabcla river, near
Fmnkstown, last evening. Jumped from the
end of a spring-board into shallow water.
His head struck a large piece of slag In ttio
bottom of the river, cutting a gash about
three inches long. He was fished out in an
unconscious condition.
CoTyE Edward Coyne, who lives at No. 21
Crover street, fell from cable car No. 70, on
the Fifth avenue line, near Van Bruani
street, last.nieht- His head and back w era
-badly-injured.
A Process Discovered for Manufac
turing a Manganese Bronze
Which Defies Acids and
IS STRONGER THAN ALL OTHERSJ
A Pittsburger Develops a Material Which
ABtonishes Those Who Made
Tests of It
INICKEL-STEEI., QUITE HOMOGENEOUS,
-Also Being Made in an Experimental riant at
lawrcnceTflle.
A series of experiments into the proper
1 ties and uses of nickel-steel and manganese
bronze, extending over several years, has
just been brought to a head, with some as
tonishing results. A new bronze of'ex
traordinary durability is given to the world,
and more light is thrown upon the "nickel
steel" question thau at any time previous.
Much has been printed in the newspapers
about nickel-steel, and the probabilities of
its ever becoming of practical use. Even
metallurgists have had no definite opinion
to express regarding it, and the Govern
ment has been experimenting for over a
year with this alloy without obtaining
much insight into it. It remained for a
Pittsburger, Thomas Harrington, to Bhow
what a valuable material can be made by
alloying nickel and steel. He has, after
many experiments, succeeded in discover
ing a process for manufacturing the mater
ial which is now perfect. His claims are
limited, but they cover what metallists and
practical steel workers have been so far un
able to obtain, viz: perfect homegeneity,
and a reduction in piping of from 50 to GO
per cent.
THE WORKSHOP IJT LAWBENCEVrLIiE.
The researches were carried on in an ex
perimental plant in Lawrenceville, where a
number of specimens of the metals were
made and tested. Other experiments with
metals are being made, but Mr. Harrington
refuses to disclose their nature at present.
A company has been formed for manufac-'
turing the- bronze, crucible and open-hearth
nickel-steel and an improved carbon bronze,
and a charter will be applied for within the
next few days.
Mr. Harrington is well known as the
patentee of carbon bronze. He has de voted
years of study t the compounds possible
through the assimilation ot various metals,
and after much patient labor has at length
developed a metal which is entirely new in
metallurgy. To this he has given the name
of the "Harrington manganese bronze."
The metal is ofabright reddish gold color.
Mr. Harrington says that its constituents
include copper, zinc, tin, etc, but he re
fuses, of course, to say what the "etcetera"
stands for. The chiel characteristics of the
new metal are that it obtains a very high
tensile strength, is indestructible by corro
sion, being impervious to acids, and that it
can be wrought into spikes, nails, etc., while
cither hot or cold. Mr. Harrington yester
day showed a Dispatch reporter some fine
shavings of the metal immersed in pure sul
phuric acid. They had been in the acid for
live weeks without losing bulk or charting
color. Ordinary bronze will dissolve in
eight hours if subjected to such a tesi.
A MOST CRUCIAL TEST.
James L. Morgan & Son, manufacturers
of caustic soda in Xew York, placed a
sample of the metal in boiling oil of vitriol
for six weeks without its losing weight or
changing structure.
K. H. Thurston, professor of metallurgy
at Cornell University, and the Government
expert in testing metals, examined a speci
men of this metal. He found the tensile
strength to be 75,000 pounds to the square
inch; the breaking load, 91,000; transverse
test, 98,000, and the crushing strain 128,000
pounds to the square inch. Heretofore the
strongest bronze ever made under manipula
tion, which Harrington's was not, was found
by Prof. Thurston to have a tensile strength
of 00,986 pounds.
The piece of metal used in the transverse
test was tried by Dr. C. H. Dudley, the
Pennsylvania railroad chemist at Altoona.
He broke the piece into twoand tested each as
follows: Uo. 1 Tensile strength 73,000
pounds; elongation 19 per cent If o. 2
Tensile strength 74,000 pounds, elongation
16 per cent. Dr. Dudley, in referring to
the metal, said: "Chemically, the metal
is an alloy of copper, tin, zinc and iron.
There is a little doubt as to whether all the
metal put down as tin is tin, but we have
not succeeded in finding anything else. It
will be noted by comparing the analysis
with the principal test that the metal is a
very wondermi one
THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY TEST.
The most interesting, and at the same
time, most extraordinary physical test to
which the metal has been subjected, oc
curred at the Etna Tube Works. The piece
of metal luid been fused, cast in sand, and
aiterward bored into a pipe 12 inches long,
one-eighth of an inch thick, and one five-
sixteenth of an inch in diamete'. This was
the manipulation it received. It was
placed m the hydraulic testing machine
used for testing the tubes made bv the firm.
Here it may be stated tnat steel
tubes for oil-well purposes are tested up
to 1,500 pounds pressure to the square inch,
and iron pipes up to 1,000 pounds. When
the power was applied the gauge showed a
pressure of 1,500, 1,000, 1,700, and up to
1,900 pounds, to the astonishment of the
operator, n ho betrayed fear at proceeding
farther, as the machine began to leak
Foreman John Kcnis then took hold of it,
and the test proceeded. The press spouted
water and locks were employed to keep it
from drenching the bystanders. The gauge
crept up to 2,'JOO pounds pressure, and at
this point the test was discontinued, as the
machine began to discharge water in all
directions. Mr. Kerns stated he felt
confident that if the machine could have
accomplished "it, the pipe would have with
stood a pressure of 3,000 pounds to the
square inch.
A very severe test of the acid-resisting
properties of this extraordinary metal was
made at the Standard Oil Company's re
finery at Law rencev ille . The oil of vit
riol used in the process of refining cuts
away the best bronze to be had in a few
weeks. Three weeks is the longest service
which an agitator cock has yet given. A
cock made by Mr. Harrington Irom his
metal was fixed in place July 15, and it was
working on Saturday last aud as intact as
when put iu. Superintendent "Williams
said yesterday he saw no reason why it
should not work three months longer.
EKSUI.TS OF rUETHER TESTS.
Further tests of metal which had under
gone manipulation showed a tensile strength
of G9,000 poundsj percentage of elongation,
21U; reduction in area, 14 per cent. These
I were made by Messrs. Hunt & Clapp. Cast
ings oi me uieiaiexmmiea a tensile strengtn
of 65,820 pounds, which is nearly 5,000
pounds more than the greatest strength of
other bronzes after manipulation.
The discoverer of this metal said yester
day in councction with it: "The metal is
much stronger when hot than cold in this
respect following steel. Bronzes, or the
compositions of bronze, the best of them,
lose their cohesion in from 400 to
500 Fahrenheit, while the new metal, up
to 1,000 or 1,200 becomes stronger, mak
ing it a very valuable metal. It will work
by rolling or forging, cither hot or cold;
will roll into sheets or draw into wire,
seamlesstubes, etc It is easily worked
under a file, showing a fine finisli and sub
ceptibility of high polish. Being easily
forced, it is useful for bridtre or dam
-baildin2and-can be 'made into holts or
spikes, like ironor steel. It should be very
suitable for submarine uses, as it will not
corrode. With all these advantages it is no
more expensive than the ordinary com
mercial bronze, and there is no especial;
selection ot materials usea in tne com
pound." MAST USES FOR THE AMALGAM.
It is difficult to say what service s this
new compound may not be requisitioned to
perform. Its resistance to acids and
corrosion will make it useful for propellers
whioh, made of steel or brasj, are corroded
by the sea water and, rotting, finally break.
The attention ot tne uovernment Demg
drawn to this metal," Commander W. M.
Fowler, oi the Bureau of Ordnance, in
structed Lieutenant Cowles, the naval in
spector at Homestead, to inquire into the
matter. He did so and has made an ex
haustive report to the bureau on the sub
ject. Mr. Harrington says he will not take out
a patent on his process, but will maintain it
as a trade secret.
A TIECE MADE INTO A RAZOR.
Mr. Harrington's process for making
nickel-steel is no less interesting than his
manganese bronze. He exhibited a razor
yesterday made from apiece of nickel-steel.
It has been used by a barber in the Ander
son on a customer. The barber stropped it
before beginning operations, and he finished
off the man without again using thestrop.
This barber said "it was as fine a piece of
steel as he ever had in his hand." It was
subsequently used on another man without'
being stropped, and satisfactorily. This
piece of steel was made from ordinary
spring steel stock whose tensile strength
runs Irom 60,000 to 68,000 pounds, with an
addition of 2 per cent of nickel. Pre
vious to being made into a razor it had been
severely tested in the Westinghonse Electric
shops as a turning tool. It worked in the
latter four days without requiring sharpen
ing, and when taken out the edge was
intact.
The nroces used bv Harrington in the
alloy of nickel and steel is the only one, so
far as is known, in which refined nickel is
used. The metal is also American. All
other manufacturers use either nickel matt
or ferro nickel. In nickel matt there is
copper, iron, and nearly always cobalt.
"Where the matt is used these minerals are
present, and consequently the percentage of
nickel used must necessarily fluctuate and
remain an unknown quantity until an
analysis has been made.
A HOMOGENEITY OBTAINED.
According to Mr. Harrington, the secret
of making nickel-steel is to overcome the
porosity. He claims to do this and to make
a perfectly homogeueous alloy. The diffi
culty in the manufacture arises from the
fact that nickel and steel are, to a certain
extent, incompatible. They have an affinity,
and may be mixed, bnt owing to the nickel
being so liable to porosity, in casting it is
difficult to combine the two metals and
overcoming that tendency. This is where
Mr. Harrington's secret lies. He had added
2 per cent of nickel to ordinary spring
stick steel of 60.000 pound tensile strength,
and a test showed the strength of the alloy
to be 153,350 pounds. He said yesterday
he could make allovs of from 1 to 25 percent
of nickel of complete homogeneity, solid,
and free from porosity. The fact that a
Eiece of the alloy was made into a keen
laded razor supports this statement.
Speaking about nickel-steel the other day
L. C Burwell, the well-known expert in
boilers, said he would like to see the alloy
used in boilermaking. He thinks it
especially suited for the purpose, because it
oxidizes slowly and shows the minimum in
corrosion. Its great strength and tenacity
compared with its weight would adapt it
especially to high-pressure boilers. Thus
in many classes of boiler much lighter
plates would answer, and much weight in
material would be saved.
The cost of nickel-steel, jrithl per cent
of nickel added, is 1 cent per pound, or S20
per ton. It is interesting to know that on
this much-discussed compound there is ab
solutely no literature beyond the paper
read by Prof. Riley before the British Iron
and Steel Institute in 1889, and occasional
articles in the daily press. x
CONVENIENCE OF A TELEPHONE.
Ons of Them Used for a Conversation Be
tween Rext-Door'Neighborj.
The telephone is a great convenience
sometimes but it isn't often that it is used
in preference to face-to-face communication,
as was the case in an office in the 5t. Nich
olas building the other day. A well-known
attorney, who is sometimes subject to fits ot
abstraction, had occasion to call up a num
ber of gentlemen concerning a contemplated
meeting. On the list was the name of a
gentleman whose office adjoined his. But
when he came to his name on the list the
absent-minded gentleman called for No.
three-sixty something and said: '"Give me
Mr. Blank, please."
The doors of both offices were open, and
the gentleman wanted, hearing his name
called, stepped out into the hall to. see who
wished him. Then hearing his neighbor
fighting away with "Central," he took in
the situation at a glance and walked into
the office, saying, "Hello!" The man at
the 'phone said "Hello! Why the mischief
don't you answer your call? I've been try
ing to get you for the last half hour!"
Then endued a long conversation between
the two, while the other occupants of the
office could scarcely contain themselves at
the ludicrous sight of one man talking to an
other over the wire, while that other stood
within six feet of him.
ANNIYERSAEY OF THE PLAGUE
To Be Solemnly Remembered With Divine
Services on Wednesday.
On Wednesday'St Michael's congrega
tion, on the Southside, will observe with
great solemnity, the annual anniversary
services of the great cholera of 1852-4. The
divine services on this occasion will be the
same as those of the most important in the
Catholic church in the whole year. They
will be celebrated in such a way that
every one will have an oppor
tunity to attend at nearlyany time during
the day. There are still a great many of the
oldest members of the congregation whose
relatives and4 friends fell victims to the
dreaded disease. Beside these there are a
great many from all over the city, or as far
as the plague extended, who, as usual every
year, will attend the services on this occa
sion. But St. Michael's congregation, hav
ing lost the greatest number during the
great plague, is the only one in the city to
observe the anniversary as a dav of prayer.
The altars in the church will be draped in
mourning, aud at 5 o'clock the first mass
will be held for the benefit of those who
have to go to work. After that there will
be three more musses at 7, 8 and grand sol
emn high mass with sermon at 10 o'clock.
The closing services will be in the evening
at 7 o'clock. There will be prayers of the
rosary, sermon and benediction.
SOUTHSIDE TUBNEES DAT.
They Will Lay a Corner Stone and Parade
in Force To-Day.
This will be a big day for the Turners of
the Southside, being the occasion of the
corner-stone laying for the new hall of the
Southside Turnveiein. Many societies
from Western Pennsylvania, West Vir
ginia and Ohio will be present to par
ticipate in the ceremonies and parade.
After the exercises at the building the
parade will occur, starting at 2 o'clock from
Smithfield bridge to Carson street, to
Twelfth street, to Sarah street, to Twenty
seventh street, to Carson street, to the site
of building. Magistrate Succop will be
Chief "Marshal.
The Verdict on a Drowning Accident.
Coroner McDowell yesterday afternoon
went to Frantz Station, on the McKcesport,
Pittsburg and Youghiogheny Railroad and
held an inquest on the bodies of Harry G.
and Edna Coursin, drowned at the Point
Saturday night. A verdict of accidental
drowninc was rendered.
A WAYE OF MOEALITI
Sweeps Over the Twin Cities, in.
the Form of a Big Epidemic.
IT PERVADES THE ATMOSPHERE.
There Were No Arrests in Allegheny and
Very Few In Pittsburg.
'DISPOSITION OF SATURDAY DRUNKS
A spirit of morality seemed to pervade
the very air yesterday. The epidemic
struck Allegheny the harder of the 'twin
cities and as a result a clean docket was
shown at 11 o'clock last night. But Pitts
burg also felt the blow and it was without a
doubc the most quiet day the two cities have
seen for many moons.
The delightful weather wooed people to
parks and suburbs and it proved too pleas
ant to tempt men to quaff large supplies of
the amber fluid to the extent of depriving
them of their liberties. There was indeed
very little drunkenness all day and police
officers had hut little to do, except enjoy
themselves.
The police officials at Central station dis
cussed the quietness of yesterday as some
thing of a phenomenon. There was some
fear on their part that they might lose their
jobs if it kept up, but their minds will
probably be disabused on that score. Su
perintendent Muth, of Allegheny, said that
it was the most quiet day he had known
since he has had charge of the police de--partment.
GOOD RESOLUTIONS IN EFFECT.
Saturday night's list of "dd's" and other
unfortunates was not long and as a result
the hearings were very short. It seems as
though there was a general wave of good
resolutions going into effect.
Magistrate Gripp had only 35 cases to dis
pose of at the Central station, the majority
of which were of -the very common order.
Samuel Wheeler, a Washington county
citizen, went into a Water street saloon and
after partaking of a drink not only refused
to pay for it but "wanted to whip the bar
keoper for asking for money. Wheeler was
fined 10 and costs. Mike Joseph was very
drunk on Saturday night and went into the
house of Thomas, Male, on Cherry alley, and
drawing a revolver playfully informed
Mr. Male that if he said a word he would
blow the top of his head off Officer Max
well was called and Joseph tried to pull the
gun on him, but was prevented from doing
so. His fine was $25 and costs.
p Susie Clark, who had been a domestic in
the house of James Martin, on Wylie
avenue, was caught on Saturday night in
the act of absconding with a lot of Mr.
Martin's property. She was sent to the
workhouse for 30 days. Fred Kalb, who
was very drfcnk, was found on Marvin
street by Officer Batz just as he was in the
act 8f attacking a citizen with a beer bottle.
Kalb was sent to the workhouse for 30 days.
FINES AND THE 'WORKHOUSE.
Daniel Fitzpatrick was accused of assault
ing an inoffensive Hebrew named M. Ku
kisky on Fifth avenue. His fine was 10
and costs. John Xydon, while very drunk
Sunday morning, took up a position in Our
alley and proceeded to make the night
hideous with his roars. Lvdon was armed
with a club and threatened to exterminate
the entire population if they would only
come out to him. He was given 30 days to
the workhouse.
Police Magistrate Succop held the usual
Sunday morning hearings for both the West
End and Southsid: at the Twenty-eighth
ward poli-c station. There were 20 cases,
all very ordinary and lei off with small fines
and light sentences, with the exception of
five, which were dismissed. James Gard
ner, a vagrant, was sentenced ten days to
jail for sleeping in a Pittsburg and Lake
Erie Railroad coach against the wishes of
the railroad people.
Edward Duffy was picked up drunk by
Officer L. Spraut on the Panhandle Rail
road tracks a few minutes before a train
came along which would have ground him
to pieces had he not been found. He was
let go on a light fine.
John Dane, a wife beater, was fined ?3
and costs for whipping his wife late on Sat
urday night and disturbing the peace of the
neighbors.
At the Twelfth ward police station yes
terday morning 49 prisoners were given a
hearing before Alderman Leslie. They
were all ordinary cases of drunks and dis
orderly conduct, in which light fines were
imposed.
At the Seventeenth ward police station
yesterday morning 43 prisoners were given
a hearing before Alderman Leslie. Two
were common drunk cases. Pat Disken,
who tried to commit suicide by jumping
into the Allegheny river at Fifty-fourtn
street, was held over for a hearing to-day.
James McDonald, who was arrested for
making an assault on Viola Watson, was
sent to jail in default of bail for court.
EAST END AND ALLEGHENY CASES.
Police Magistrate Hyndman disposed of
18 cases at the Xmeteenth ward station and
14 cases at the Fourteenth ward station. Of
those at the Nineteenth ward station he dis
charged 10. He sentenced Joseph Ander
son and John Smith, the two men arrested
on Saturday morning for assaulting a
woman, to 30 days each to the Workhouse. .
Jacob Haller and Henry Moore paid $3 and
costs for disorderly conduct. At the Four
teenth ward station Joseph Worter, arrested
for keeping a disorderly house on Fahne
stock street, was fined S5 and costs, and
eight persons who were arrested as visitors,
paid fines and costs amounting to $6.40 each.
There were 19 cases disposed of at the
hearing yesterday morning before Deputy
Mayor McKelvey, of Allegheny. James
Qmnn was fined f25 and costs for'annoying
people about the market house. J. H. Key,
who has a stall in the market, claimed that
he was annoyed for the last ten months by
Quinn, and that Saturday night the latter
created such a disturbance that he had to
throw him out.
In the case of W. J. Thubron, the Alle
gheny liveryman who was arrested by
Officer Kelsch Saturday evening on a charge
of.disorderly conduct, decision was reserved
until to-morrow.
John Moore was fined 525 and costs for
abusing his father and mother at his home
on West Pearl street, Allegheny. Bridget
Mulvey was sent to jail for ten days for
drunkenness. She was in such a glorious
condition early yesterday morning that she
disrobed herself on Western avenue and
made a bed on the pavement
SIGNER'S CLOTHES GONE.
His Wire Evidently Made a Clean Sweep
When She Eloped.
The elopement on the Southside last Fri
day, in which Mrs. Charles Signer is said
to have played an important part, was dis
cussed very much in that section yesterdav.
The only new development in the story was
the report that the unknown with whom
Mrs. Signer eloped was a colored man. No
traces have been found of where the couple
has gone.
Signer, on making a closer investigation.
learned that his wife had taken a number of
other things beside their household furni
ture. Yesterday, while searching thiough
his house, Signer found that a lot of his
own clothing was missing, which he thinks
was taken away by his wife.
Two Girls Wanted in Cleveland.
Minnie Schusler, 18 years old, aud Kittie
Gashone, 20 years, were taken from 82 Sec
ond avenue yesterday morning by Detec
tive Shore and placed in Central station.
The girh are wanted in Cleveland, O., for
the .larceny of a lot of wearing apparel.
Detective Christian, of Cleveland, is in the
city to take the girls back.
An Allescd Wife Beater in Hoc
Richard Kelly, who -lives on Pennave-
nue, between Twnty-sixth and Twenty
seventh streets, was arrested yesterday at 7
o'clock for disorderly conduct. The neigh
bors complained to the police, stating that
Kelly was drunk and was beating his wife
and raising a genera disturbance. He was
arrested and lodged in the Twelfth ward
police station.
A FIEE ON THE SOUTHSIDE.
Dilworth, Porter & Co.'s Pattern Shop
Damaged to the Extent of 83,000.
Shortly before 8 o'clock last evening fire
broke out in the second story of Dilworth,
Porter & Co.'s wareroom and pattern shop,
and before extinguished did damage esti
mated at $3,000. The fire started in a room
where there was a lot of oily rags, and is
supposed to have been caused by spontan
eous combustion. It had gained considers-
ble headway before being discovered by the
watchman, James Hunter, who turned an
alarm in from Station 12. By the time the
engines arrived the whole top of the build
ing was enveloped in flames, and owing to
the dangerous location Assistant Chief
Stewart sent in an alarm calling out two
more districts. In the meantime the fire
men who answered the first alarm succeeded
in confining the flames to the one building,
and by the time the firemen of the next two
districts reached .the scene the fire was al
most out, and they returned home.
The loss to the building alone will not
exceed 5500, but a number of valuable pat
terns were stored in the wareroom, and it is
thought they have been damaged very
much. The offices of the firm are located
on the first floor of the building, and consid
erable damage was done to valuable books
aud papers by water.
A WITNESS ARRESTED.
Louisa Thompson Refused to Testify Against
an Alleged Speak-Easy.
Louisa Thompson was arrested last night
at 11 o'clock by Officer Thompson and sent
to the Fourteenth ward police station. The
police claim that she is responsible for the
raid on the house of Mrs. Kate O'Reilly
Friday night. Lieut. Schaffer made the
raid. He had received several letters from
Louisa Thompson which stated that the
house of Mrs. O'Reilly was a speak-easy,
and that she could prove it.
At the hearing in the case of Mrs.
O'Reilly Saturday morning Louisa
Thompson refused to appear and testify.
In consequence she was arrested and will
be made to testify at the hearing this morn
ing. The police state that they have other
witnesses also who will be present.
BONES OF RED MEN.
Skeletons of the Early Denizens of the
Woods Being Resurrected at Sharpshurg
Evidences of a Largo Graveyard Ap
parent Chief Guyasuta's Grave Marked
by a Tree.
That portion of Sharpshurg -known as the
"Orchard" has been built upon for more
than 25 years. It is located in the lower
end of the borough, and on the extreme
bank of the Allegheny river. The place is
considered by the oldest inhabitants to have
been the site selected by the Indians, who
at that time inhabited the place, as a bury
ing ground for the dead of their tribe. That
a great many have been buried there is evi
dent from the discoveries that are being
made from time to time.
The latest discovery was made only a few
days ago. Where a cellar is being dug out
for a new house, now building for Mrs. Jacob
Ferla, the skeleton of a large and eviaently
mate person was lounu, but little more
than the skull was in a fair state of preser
vation. Small trinkeU consisting mostly of
beads were found in an earthen vessel. At
several other places where cellars were dug
a great many well-preserved skeletons
were found, and it is remembered that on
one occasion a skeleton was found immedi
ately under the Eest Penn Railroad close
to the edge f the river bank.
It is supposed that the Indians
chose that spofc for their dead over a hun
dred vea'i ago. The old canal, long since
out of existence, was in use over a half a
century ago, and the paths between the
canal and the river is the place where the
best-preserved skeletons were found. Sev
eral well-preserved specimens were found
and forwarded to a medical museum in
Philadelphia. Even now the bones of
these early denizens are used by the chil
dren as playthings.
A great many of the early settlers
have bones and other trinkets as
relics in their houses. The area of
this Jgreat Indian graveyard appears to
have been about 20 acres, located a little
over a mile from Guyasuta station, nd
near the place where the great warrior and
Indian chief Guyasuta is buried. The rest
ing place of the chief is yet well preserved
bv the O'Hara and Darlington families, who
honor the spot, which is marked with a
large tree and a heavy stone. It is about
100 feet from the tracts of the West Penn
Railroad, and not more than 150 yards from
the Darlington mansion.
GETTING DRUNK CHEAPLY.
A Few Glasses of Beer Taken Through a
Straw Will Do the Business.
Did you ever drink a glass of beer by the
aid of a straw? asks a bartender in the St.
Louis Globe-Democrat. If not, don't. Why
it is, opinions differ, but it is certain that
the hardest drinker soon finds himself under
the table if he can be persuaded to take a
glass as though it were lemonade. Three or
four young fellows who are customers of ours
derive a heap of fun from this trick. Hav
ing been victimized themselves in the first
place, they get even with mankind by re
peating the performance, and I can tell you
that if a man can be prevailed upon to do as
they pretend to do, he succumbs quickly.
A young physician who was made to see
double and to deliver a most extraordinary
lecture by this trick, or whatever it is, told
me the next day that straw-sucked beer was
so intoxicating because none of the alcohol
could possibly escape.
SUSPENDED PROM THE SERVICE.
A Sonthsider Receives Clemency at
the
Hands of the President.
Lieutenant George Evans, of the Tenth
Cavalry, and Captain William Davis, of the
same command, were tried for drunkenness
at Washington the other day, the result of
the court martial being a sentence of dis
missal. The President has commuted the
sentence in both cases to a suspension from
the service for one year and a half.
Lieutenant Evans is the son of ex-Conn-cilman
Thomas Evans, of the Twenty-ninth
ward, Pittsburg. Mr. Evans, when seen
yesterday, saidne knew nothing about his
son's case.
LOST FROM ALLEGHENY.
A Northside Man Who Was Demoralized
When He Reached Pittsburg.
Herman Brinzer, of Vine street, Alle
gheny, was picked up by the firemeu at No.
16 engine company last night. He was
wandering about Penn avenue near Mr.
Kerr's residence and acting in a queer
manner.
He was taken to the Nineteenth ward
station and locked up. The officers at the
station house think he is demented.
A WIFE'S AGONIES.
Her Husband Gave Her an Awful Beating
Last Wednesday.
Mrs. Fred Abbott, of 68 Arlington ave
nue, who was so badly beaten by her hus
band on Wednesday last is still lying at her
home in a serious condition.
Her brother-in-law. with whom she is
living, said yesterday that he did not think j
her injuries wouia prove iaiai, dui it would
be sometime yet betore she fully recovered.
Harcourt Place Seminary.
The school for bright and earnest girls is
1 Harcourt Place Seminary.Gambier, O. aij.
THE FIRES OF A FIRE.
Glass Factories That Were Destroyed
During the Past Tear.
ABOUT HALF A MILLIOMK SMOKE.
Pittsburg Came In For a Good Share of
the Heavy Losses.
MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIAL ITEMS
As the time approaches for the beginning
of the new fire in glass houses it is interest-
lInSto glance over the record of the past
year and note the loss sustained by the
various manufacturers as the result of de
structive fires. The following plants were
destroyed during the year. The figures
given are the estimates furnished at the
time the various factories were burned:
Name of Plant. Loss.
United Glass Co., Findlay, O $ 40,000
Findlay Window Glass Co., Findlay.O. 30,000
Lippencott Chimney W'ks,Findlay.O. , 33.0C0
Findlay Flint Glass Co., Findlnv, O. . SO.OOO
Jones, Cavitt & Co., Pittsburg, Pa 18,000
Phillips & Co., Pittsburg, Pa 20,000
Wolfe, Howard & Co., Pittsburg, Pa. . 12,000
Illinois Glass Co., Alton, 111 127,000
Lentern Globe Works, Bellaire, O.... 40,010
Hobbs Glass Co., AVheeline, W. Va... 25.000
Warren Glass Works, Uniontown, Pa. fi.OGO
Calcino Window Glass Co.,Fostoria,0. 30,000
Hagerstown Window Glass Co., nag-
erstown, JId 20,000
Swindell Bros., Baltimore, Md 7,000
J. D. Newborn & Sons, Koyersford, Pa. 8,000
Fairton Glass Co., Fairton, N. J 4,000
De Pauw Plate Glass Co., New Al
bany, Ind. 10,000
Ellwood Plate Glass Works, Ellwood,
Ind 20,000
Craven Bros., Salem, N. J. 8,000
Total $4S7,000
It will be seen that Findlayj O., lost four
factories and Pittsburg came in a good sec
ond with three. The first one here was that
of Jones, Cavitt & Co., which has no doubt
been the cause of the firm going out of busi
ness permanently. Thus the indirect loss
caused by this fire will be greater than any
of the others that have occurred.
The only fire of the year where loss of life
accompanied the destruction of the plant was
at Wolfe, Howard & Co. 's works, where the
master teaser was lled. Phillips & Co.,
the next local victims, have begun to re
build their factory with the tank system
and artificial gas producers.
Of the whole number destroyed 19
there were eight flint factories, four win
dow houses, three plate and four green bot
tle houses. The most destructive fire was
at Alton, 111., where the works of the Illi
nois Glass company were burned early in
the season. It not only caused a heavy
loss, but put the firm in a bad shape, as it
occurred in the midst of their busiest sea
son, and it required considerable hustling
to replace the orders with firms who could
get the work ont.
Some remarkable work was done in re
building the factories, and all those who
intend to resume at all will be ready to be
gin with the coming fire.
PIG IH0N ON THE DECLINE.
Condition of the Varions Blast Furnaces in
This District
The production of pig iron during July
has just been announced. The principal
feature noticeable is the marked decline
over the output of June. On August 1
there were 290 furnaces in blast, and the
capacity per week was 169,576, as compared
with 171,115 on the 1st of June. The coke
furnaces have apparently settled down to
production at a rate closely approximating
full capacity under normal conditions. The
increase during the past month has been
chiefly among furnaces in the AVest. From
a few source" come to us reports that plants
will be kept idle until the market shows a
notable improvement.
jlh tne jrmsourg aisirici tnere nave oeen
no changes to record. In the Shenango
Valley Etna Furnace has gone ont, and
Keel Ridge will remain idle until the price
of pig iron warrants a reconstruction of the
plant. In the Juniata and Conemaugh
Valleys the two Blair furnaces of the Cam
bria Iron Company have gone out of blast.
In the Youghiogheny district Dunbar
started its second furnace on the 14th inst.
The Maryland Steel Company have blown
in a second furnace at their Sparrows Point
plant. In the Mahoning Valley Falcon
Furnace has started after relining, while in
the Hocking Valley production has nar
rowed down to the output of the Bessie and
Glasgow Furnaces since the blowing out of
Akron and Winona. In the Hanging Rock
region Belfont ran during a part of July.
MAY OPERATE THIS FALL.
Prospects for an Early Start at the New
Slonongnhola Plant.
Work has progressed so far on the new
plant of the Monongahela Iron and Steel
Company at Hays station that it is thought
operations can be commenced early in the
falL The mill will include 20 single water
neck puddling furnaces, built in two rows,
with a 15-foot race and 22 feet between each
furnace.
Cal. Stewart, of Sligo, is building the
furnaces, and William Godfrey is putting
down the foundations for the engines and
squeezers. The building is entirely of iron,
with a high roof and good ventilation. The
company has its own coal lands within a
short distance ot the mill.
ANOTHER GOVERNMENT ORDER.
Ten Three-inch Plates Ordered From Car
negie, Fhipps & Co.
In view of the exhaustive trials made by
the Navy Department with the result of
demonstrating the superiority and greater
tensile strength of nickel steel as a resistant
armor for naval vessels, the Secretary of the
Navy has contracted with Carnegie, Phipps
& Co. for 10 three-inch protective deck
plates, upper layers.
The relative cost of these plates, as com
pared with pure steel, will be studied, and
if satisfactory terms can be made this kind
of armor will be adopted for the armored
cruiser New York and Cruiser No. 12.
NO CONFERENCE IN SIGHT.
Gloomy Prospects for a Settlement of the
Window Glass Trouble.
There is no change in the window glass
situation and the prospects for another con
ference on the scale are no brighter than
they were when the last one adjourned. The
manufacturers seem indifferent as to when
they come to an understanding, and the
men are apparently enjoying the prolonged
vacation. The workmen, however, say they
have little fear as to the results. AVheii
the manufacturers are pushed for stock
they say they will start, regardless of the
scale.
Type-Writers Organizing.
A report was received yesterday that the
type-writers of this city are about to form a
union, but no one could be found to verify
the rumor. It is known, however, that the
type-writers and stenogiaphers of the East
and West arc organized, and they have in
contemplation the formation of a national
union.
Engines for Local Firms.
Dravo & Black, the local representatives
of the Bell- Engine Company, Erie, Pa.,
have sold the Braddock Street Railway
Company a 100-horse power engine. They
have also sold two 150-norse power engines
to the Pittsburg Plate Glass Company.
Effects of the Now Dnty.
The first consignment of Welsh tin plate
imported under the new tariff schedule has
just arrived in Chicago. It amounted to
oxj.oou pounas, ana the ainerence in the
dnty was$7,500.
NOT A MARKETER.
Why a Pittsburg Lady Buys Her 'Produce
at the Groceries and Butcher Shops
Her Father No More 'Economical Than
She Was.
Two ladies met at the corner of Market
street ana i'ltth avenue Saturdav afternoon.
They were both pretty and stylish, and
with the liberties pretty and stylish women
are prone to take they usurped the entire
corner, for a. short period of time, and dis
cussed many things of common interest, as
pretty and stylish women always do. The
r market basket of the younger one afforded
a theme lor some breezy talk.
"Oh, do you go to market?" queried the
one minus the tangible evidence of any
thing so earthy asimarketing.
"Yes, indeed," the maiden replied. "I
have done the marketing for the family ever
since I left school."
"Well, I purchase the supplies for the
house," continued the other, "but I don't
go to the market. I went once, when I had
an economical 6treak and wished to become
thrifty, like other house wive3, but they
imposed upon me so-that I never have ven
tured a second time. They know a greeny
there as soon as they see them, and tfcey
have no mercy on'them, while the regular
dealers have some regard for the future
trade of a customer. Besides paying dearly
for everything I purchased, and getting the
very poorest on hand, a little boy came up
and wanted to carry my basket to the car
for me. 1 was glad to have some one carry
it, for it was getting quite heavy, bnt on
the way he sprung the saddest kind of a
sick-father-no-mother story on me, and
when we reached the car instead of a dime
I felt in duty bound to give him four times
as much. As a result the marketing trip
cost me twice as much as if I had bought
my things at the stores, and I boycotted the
market then and there."
"Well," laughed the younger lady, "I
have been sort of broughtTtp on the market
ing, and seldom have any trouble. I can re
member when I was a tiny girl, going out
with papa and helping to purchase the sup
plies ior tne nonse, ana it comes qui'e
natural for me to bargain with the market
people. Mamma thinks I am a very ex
travagant buyer, though, and papa got that
idea not long ago, but I sdon cured him of
it. One morning he said to ma: 'Kate.
what in the name of Shakespeare do you do
with all the money?' I played ill the next
day, and requested him to do the buying.
When he returned I examined the basket,
and, knowing full well what he paid for the
things, I took the first opportunity to say:
'Papa, what in the name of Shakespeare did
you do with all the money?' He acknowl
edged his mistake, and now indorses me in
all my purchases. But I find that pro
visions are gradually increasing in price,
and meat is becoming verv much more
Near."
LEARNING TO BEST.
Senator-Governor D.B. Hill Thinks He Has
Learned the Secret.
Few men know how to take absolute rest,
said David B. Hill to a-St. Louis Globe-Democrat
reporter while on the veranda at Nor-mandie-by-the-Sea
the other day. I flatter
myself I am one -of them. Business never
has any place in my thoughts when lam in
tentmpon resting. I get as far away from
State and public affairs, as I can, and do not
trouble myself to think about anything but
how to rest my mind and body. I have al
ways made it a rule not to attend to busi
ness while on my vacations, and I think it
pays. Of course, important matters de
manding immediate attention have to be
considered, but fortunately there are few
such, and my days and nights are spent in
getting as much rest as is possible.
It doesn't require any great amount of
effort for a man to learn howto take it easy.
A man doesn't want to learn anything ex
cept what interests him aside from business.
Some men work as hard on their vacations
as they do when actively engaged in busi
ness. This is all a mistake. If I did it I
wouldn't take any vacation at all, because
unless a vacation is spent in securing abso
lute rest one might as well keep up the
grind without ceasing. I am down here to
rest. I don't know anything about politics,
business, or anything that requires an effort
to keep informed about, and I don't want to
know, anyway.
Llonas Pets.
The late General Stone while in the
Egyptian service owned a couple of young
lions, and his children played with them as
they would with pet canines until the beasts
had grown to the size of Newfoundland
dogs. Even then the great cats continued
to romp with the children, but for fear that
they might injure some stray native and
bring about complex diplomatic problems
the General had the lions sent away, much
to the grief of the young folks.
Hugus & Hacke.
Prices on all Summer Goods that
will quickly make room for earlj
Fall arrivals.
We note a few of the
EXTRA BARGAINS
offered this week:
A 25 -piecelotof all-wool FRENCH
TLAIDS, good styles and colors,
marked from $1 00 to
25c a Yard.
The finest FRENCH ORGANDIE
LAWNS were 40c and 45c; all we
have now at 25c A YARD.
All-Wool FRENCH CHALLIS,
best quality and choice designs, were
55c, reduced now to 25c A YARD.
A 75-piece lot of Dark Ground
Chintzes, colored figures, at 8c a
yard, were 15c.
A choice line of Fancy Flannels,
now 30c a yard, were 50c.
Just a few pieces left of our regular
j!i 25 and $1 50 India Silks, which
we are now closing at 75c a yard.
Cor. Fifth Ave. and Market St.
nulS-xwrsu
DIAMONDS
A
GOOD
PURCHASE
WHEN
Bought from a first-class house, when qual
ity is guaranteed and no fancy prices asked.
We carry a large stock, handle only fine
goods and figure close prices. No trouble to
show you.
E. P. ROBERTS & SON,
yiTTH AVE. A20 MARKET ST.
au!2-xwr
A Bed need Export.
The "Welsh tin plate exports last month
amounted to 17,000 tons, as against 46,000
ton in July, 1890. The amount sent to the
United States was 4,000 as compared with
37,000 tons a year ago.
The Leading
Dry-Goods House.
Pittstrarsr, Pa
Monday, Aug. 17, IS3U
JOS. HOME & G0.'S
PETO AVENUE STORES.
BLACK
and
WHITE
SALE
WOOLEN
DRESS
GOODS
This Morning.
Center Table,
Middle of Store.
GREATEST
BLACK AND WHITE
BARGAIN
DRESS GOODS
SALE.
Black and White Checks,
Black and White Plaids,
Black and White Hair Lines,
Black and White Mixtures.
All-wool and some are
silk and wool mixtures.
1
2
PRICES.
All are choice goods.
Come to the '
BLACK AND WHITE
SALE.
JOS. HORNE & CO.,
607-621-PENN' AVENUE.
aulT
TO CLOSE!
One lot Night Shirts 41c
One lot Boys' Waists 21c
One lot Madras Shirts 85c
Down from $1 50.
One-lot-Umbrellas $1 00
Silk and good Gloria, with
slight imperfections, sold ,
at $3 to $4.
One lot Corsets at. 25c
These are regular 50c Cor-
sets, and are offered at
this price this week only.
The above lines must be closed.
We need the room.
435 MARKET ST.-
-437-aul2-xwi