THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, MONDAY, AUGUST 81, 189L TWELVE MITES, An Electric Line That Will Cany; Passeneers to the West End in That Time to Bo Built . IT WILL EXTEND TO MANSFIELD. A Complete System of Electric Cats Beach ing Ml Important Points tin Chartiers Township. AN ECHO OP TIIE KIOEERSVMEETING. Plenty or Money in That rart cfTorrn to Bslll a Conpetfcj Unc. The big indignation meeting--held in the West End has already borne fruit. 1HE "-PATCH is able this momingtto announce, . upon the authority of the Pitthure and? "West End Passenger Railway Company,, that that company has formulated planet not only for supplanting (the present horse cars with the best motor cars tliat are now provided, but also for a complete sj stem of' electric street railway reaching to .Mans field, and covering all important points in Chartiers town'hiD. TheslT.plans are now about completed, and work will commence tt the earliest possible date. The officials cf the company insist that they are more anxious for the change than their patrons arc, but that there have been insurmount able diScultics in the'-way requiring time and patience. AV. .T. Burns, who isumderstood to own a controlling interest inthe "Yest End line, as well as a large interest in the Second .Avenue road, lalkcd pleasantly about the "kickers " meeting, to a Dispatch re porter yesterday. MATTERS liEIJfCH ADJUSTED. "I am not at liberty to make public all of ourplansjustyct,"he said. "Mr. Ecilly, the president of the road, and Chief Bigc low, who it also interested, are both.out of the city, but will return in a fewidays,when I think I can tfll you all ahout-our inten tions. There are certain matters which it would not be p-udent to discuss, which have been holding ns back, and these onat ters are quietly adjnsting themselves." "Then vou have decided to build.sn-elec- tric road to take the place of thcipresenti liorse car line" "Oh, most assuredly." "And will the electric road bo huilt'this season. "Well," lie answered, with 6ome hesita tion, "the season is now far advanced, andi. it Jakes time to build a road." "But vou will commence work soon, will you rot'"" "Yes; we are making preparations for the changejustasfastas we can. "We ap preciate the necessity of better equipments and more rapid transit as much as our patrons, and arc fully as, desirous of makingJ been compelled to move slowly. The peo-t j-le of tnf AVest End have a perfect right to- Jinia tnese meetings ana protest, unci j. am clad thev are doir.e it. It shows thev have- an interest in the luture of that part of the city. THE FRESENT SCHEDULE TIME. "The charge, however, that it takes an lioiir to come from the West End on the horse car is not true. Our regular schedule time from the stables to Fifth avenue and Market street is 2.S minutes, which is not so bad. In fact, it was considered very good until the introduction of rapid transit. The road was good enough hen built, but we iave outgrown it and horses must give way to some better motive power. The people of Chartiers have the greatest cause to com plain, and they will be the most benefited by the change. " ""Will j on extend the line to Mansfield?" "We fiave already about perfected our plans for a complete system ol electric road thronch the West End to Mansfield, and covering Chartiers, Ingram, Crafton and all important points in that vicinity." How soon do you expect to have the , proposed system in operation?" "It-is our intention to build the electric road to Cliartiers and the West End first, and then proceed with the other branches as rapidly as possible. Our experience with the Second Aenueline will be of great value to us in the construction of the West End road. Wonderful improvements have recently been made in electric railroads and machinery and when the new road is com pleted there will be no cause for com plaint." When asked if he thought the Point andge was strong enough tor an electric line, Mr. Burns said that he would rather not discuss that phase of the subject. They were "moving quietly," he said, and every thing would soon be arranged. , ' r Apathy for the poor horse. ' Since ihemtroduction ot electricity as a motive power, Mr. Bums, said that he had felt more sympathy than ever for the poor street car liorse, the nveraee life of which is ab.mt three years. "When I go out to our power house on the Second Avenue line." said he, :and see the engineer walk ing about doing the work so much hand somer and better 1 wonder why we retained flie horses so long, Then on long lines the electricity is more economic, and the larger the litfe rtic greater the saving by the adop tion of electric power." ( Mr. Burns had not met any of the mem- C "bersrf the committee appointed at the West End meeting, aud did not know what the were doing in the matter. When their much diveussed scheme to build an elevnted road over the Pittsburg and Lake Erie right of way was suggested to him it pro Toked a smile. Be did not think that such a plan was practical from an engineering standpoint, and even if these objections did not exist, an elevated road would be too cxpensiv e to be profitable with the patron age it could control. He regarded the prop osition to build a Lridgc to Allegheny as tquallv absurd. "This bridge project is an old one that lias been talked of lor years, but a bridge st that point is out ot the question. It W onld have to be too low. and the river- men would fight it wi hard that it would be a long 11" before it could be commenced even if the scheme whs n feasible one." GREAT rAITH IX THE WEST END. Mr. Burns did not doubt the financial abil ity of the Wet End people to build a new road, but intimated that they would not bo so anxious to invest in such an enterprise after Jhcv had fully investigated it. He has gr-at faitli in the luture of the West End, and Dencvcs mat vwwi rapm ininsit it win i speedily develop. Notwithstanding these preparations on the part of the Pittsburg and West End ISailway Company, the West End people and the" committee appointed at the meeting on Saturday night are going ahead with their plans,"and the meeting to be held on Wednesday evening at the Daub building promises to be attended by even a larger representation of property owners than turned out at the first announcement. "Who are the moneyed :nen of the West End who are able and willing to invest in a new road"" was asked of Attorney John L. ICalph, who has taken sonic interest in the proceedings of the patrons of the West End roaj. "Well, Thomas Hershbergcr, Henry Daub, Charles Daub, J. H. Wise, William K. Zeigler, AV. C Gundlefinger, Jacob SohinelTor. Ocorge C. and Albert C. AVet tcngcl. Adam H. Weaver, H. S. French, Prof. T. 1. TayJor and many others all have means. Thich," it is generally eupposed,they nre willing to pet into anything that will benefit the AVest End, and a number of them have signified their willingness to in vest in a new street railroad." Henry Daub, the well-known grocer at "the corner of Smlthfield and Liberty streets, owns considerable property in too AVest End and recently completed one of the fin est business blocks in that part of the city. He saifTtoaDrsPATCH renorterthnt he was J not much of a specchmaker or hapndoubt- caiy would nave occn nearo. irom ui nip .meeting on Saturday night. He was pres ent, however, and heartily approved all that was done. i PtKNTr OP JIOSUrAT IIASD. "Plenty of money can be secured for the building of a new street car line," he said. "About that there is not a particle bf doubt. 'Troe, there are a very lew kickers ' .1 i- .r;.i !... over mere who uiu imiiwu u, rapid transit will take a little patronage away from their stores, but this is a mistaken notion. I have a good store room there that has been standing idle for a vear for the want of a renter, and I am in terested in buildinc up that part of the city 'and ereating more business. I am also much 'in favor of a bridge, and believe that it is mot only practicable, but that sufficient money to construct it could easily be raised. At the next meeting engineers will doubt 'lcss be employed to prepare plans and esti anatcs of the cost both, of a bridge and anew wtreet railway. Attorneys will also prob ably be employed to ascertain the validity of the franchise of the West End Company, over Carson street, under their present bad service." An enthusiastic AVcst Ender said last evening that he knew from an authorita tive source that the officials of the West End Company were quietly buying up the ?ommom stock of the Point Bridee Coni- jany, and it is quite probable that this has been the sticking point to which. Mr. Burns .Telers. The Teport of the committee appointed to iconferwith the Pittsburg ana west Jina tPassenger Railway Company will be '-imttlwl irifTi rnnpli intprpst. and unon it 'will doubtless depend the construction of a competing line, xne west-EJia. Vyompauy estimates that with their new motor line it will be able to make the run from Market and Liberty streets to the AVest End in from 12-to 15 minutes, and to Chartiers in about 30 minutes, which is less than one- H half theuime now required. PLUNiGED'TOSAVE HIMSELF. John SterniMakcs a Terrible Fight for Ills Life Against, the Flames Be Is Fatally Burned by aGas Explosion Near Sharps bnrg. The boiler house of the Standard Oil Works, at the'Sharpsburg bridge, was con siderably damaged by fire yesterday, and John Stern, an employe, was terribly burned. A short time before 2 o'clock in -the afternoon, Jdhn-Stern.was working on a gas pipe in the boiler rooms. From a cause that is not. yet learned, the pipe broke and the gas ignited'from a light that Stern held in one hand. The clothes ot the man caught fire, and imalmost an instant he was enveloped in flames, the grease and oil on his apparel assisting the burning. His screams attracted the other work men about the place, and just as they reached him he had succeeded in gaining a position from which he sprang into a tank containing water. He was immediately nulled out. but was burned about the body to such an extent that he cannot live. In tin meantime the woodwork of the 'boiler room caught fire and an alarm was sent in from station S3. After hard work bv the department the fire was extin guished, the loss being about S800. Stern 'was removed in patrol wagon No. 5 to his .home in Sharpsbure. He is a married man. 40 years-old. Drs. Robinson and Dinsmore iattenoeu mm. TWO DIPOETAHT CHANGES la the rDepartmont of Public Safety To Day and To-Morrow. ChiefTBrown was seen yesterday, but de clined to-talk on the proposed change in po lice affairs. He admitted that he desired to turn over the Police Bureau in Superintendent-Gamble Weir'sUiands, but said the details of the change would not be arranged until to-morrow. To-day the chief will de vote his time to introducing Miles Humph ries to hib new position as'head ot the Fire Bureau. Mr. Humphries will be in actual charge at 7 o'clock to-night. Superintendent AArcir will be in actual charge of the Police Bureau by 7 o'clock to-morrow night, provided he and Chief Brown come to a satisfactory agreement. F0BEIGNEES TBAVZLING WEST. The limited Had Elghty-rour Chicago Pas sengers Ijast Xight. The limited carried a big load last night. There- were 101 passengers on board and of the number 84 were for Chicago. Among them were a number of foreigners. Frank Beichcllo, the Pullman barber, said that Englishmen were traveling AVestward in large numbers this year. "They are my best customers," he said. "But they are mighty particular. Every man of them takes a bath arriving and leav ing, and when they come for a shave they bring along their own utensils in a little rubber bag. They arc bound to get every thing ont of their trip over here that is ,in it." HAD TO BECOME CAVE DWELLEES. How Two AVell-Known Fittsbnrgers Eg. capccl From a Wrecked Yacht. Further details of the experience of the yachting party that was wrecked on Lake Superior show that they had an exceedingly exciting time of it. Two Pittsbnrgers, Mr. and Mrs. Brainard, were in the party. The yacht went to pieces at Castle Beach, and the party, after getting to shore, were forced to take refuge in a cave and lived on berries for three days. They could not be reached by water, but after three days a wagon was gotten through the woods, "and the shipwrecked party taken back to civili zation. TELL DOWN PE0M FATIGUE. Rheumatism and "Weariness Overcome a Man Without a Home. A man named Henry Fosherne, 40 years old, was found lying on the tracks of the Allegheny Valley Bailroad, at Thirtieth street last night at 10:30 o'clock. He was suffering from rheumatism and fatigue, and had fallen while walking on the tracks and was unable to get up. He was taken to the Twelfth ward station and from there sent to the AVest Penn Hos pital. He said he had no home nor money. LITTLE BITS OF COBNEE GOSSIP. HafftDuhw, 14 years of age, has been missing from his home, So. 503 Larimer ave nue. East Ena, since last "Wednesday, and his parents are greatly alarmed because the boy is delicate. His lace is paralyzed on the left side. When he left tlio houso lie wore a bluo coat and vest and striped pants. He has dark hair, gray cj es ana is veiy much tanned. Joitn T. Ford, the Baltimore manager who is here with the English Comedy Company, yesterday received from lion. Elihu Jack son, Governor of Maryland, his commission as delegate from Maryland to the National Prison Congress which convenes at Pitts burg early jn October. Peteb Thobstok, a West Penn Railroad brakeinan, who was lnj ured on the road on Saturday, died at the West Penn Hospital baturday. The coroner will hold an inquest to-day. Ed McMcrkat, of the music Arm of Echols, JIcMurraj- & Co., of Allegheny, is lying dan gerously 111 with typhoid fever at his home on Arch street. A water main on East street, Allegheny, burst about 2 o'clock yesterdaymornlngand the street wiis seriously damaged. Ilarconrt Place Seminary. The school for bright and earnest gir:s is Harconrt Place Seminary, Gambier, 0. M LITTLE LIYES SAVED. What Kind Charity Is Doing lor.Des titute Children. PITTSBURG'S FOUNDLING HOSPITAL Is Already Started and in a Fair Way to Become Prosperous. Its XECES5ITT IIAS LONG BEEN FELT Pittsburg at last has a foundling hospital. After several months'-effort on the part of benevolent people interested in the public welfare, such an institution has been started and gives every promise of prospering. The Iron City, abreast of the times in almost everything else, has up to this time been sadly lacking in accommodations for its unclaimed children. Benevolent people have frequently urged the necessity of following the example of sister cities in such matters, but heretoforetheir efforts have been in vain. One week ago, "as a re sult of the active work of several parties, the Pittsburg Foundling Hospital was started. A two-story brick house at No. 3933 Forbes street was secured for the purpose. Six Sisters of Charity from Greensburg vol unteered to assume the management and care of the institution. A small amount of money, sufficient to make a start, was se cured by subscription. Mrs. Mary Bren nan, matron at Central police station, started a $1 subscription list and soon had several others enlisted in the work. By these donations a sufficient sura was raised to rent the building and get things started. Those who interested themselves in it felt that tbey were making a venture, but they also realized that the only way to secure sufficient funds for the maintenance of such an institution was tOj make a start and thus demonstrate its feasi bility and usefulpess. This has been done, and those -in charge now hope to obtain more liberal support from the charitable public. Mrs. Brennan, when asked about the prospects of the hospital, 'said: A nbilE FOK THE DESTITtJTE. -"The object of the institution is the care of the abandoned and destitute infants of Pittsburg. All children under 2 years of age will be taken. There are accommoda tions for 35 now, and more room can be made if necessary. The hospital has been running several days, and now has 11 chil dren in charge. Six Sisters of Charity are present day and night to minister to the wants of these babies. In addition to these a trained nurse from the Found lings' Home at Cincinnati has been secured, and her services in assisting the Sisters are very valuable. People who know nothing of the suffering of children in this city cannot imagine the condition in which nearly all of those were who are now at the hospital. The Sis ters report that with one or two exceptions all the babies were suffering and ill from neglect and ill-treatment when received, and the greatest care and attention are re quired to make them strong and healthy. "The Foundling Hospital has a great work to perform. At present it is an en tirely charitable affair. It is supported by no society or organization, is non-sectarian, and is entirely dependent on the benevo lence of individuals for support. A com fortable building has been secured, but it is very scantily furnished and is wanting in many things which would tend to make it homelike and comfortable. It will take money to operate such an insti tution. AVe have several subscrip tion books out, but of couise, cannot reach everybody. I have no doubt thatmany charitable people, when they hear of it, will send us pecuniary help to carry it along. Children will be kep't at the hospital until they are two years ot age. The sisters will then see that they are pro vided with proper homes." The necessity of a home for foundlings has long been felt in Pittsburg. It has been needed not only as a measure of humanity for the scores of helpless infants not prop erly provided for, but also to prevent the death of many others. The crime of infan ticide is almost daily brought to light in police and court proceedings. SAW CHAPTERS OF CRIME. Public records are full of awful chapters in which a leu words ten stories ot many child murders. Nowhere does this feature of crime reveal itself more terribly than in the records of proceedings of the coroner's office. The following., extracts from the coroner's books will more than suffice to impress on the minds of public spirited people the necessity of providing some anti dote for this species of criminality: March, 18S7 Malo child found in cesspool. Cedar alley. Eleventh ward. June, 1887 Colored male child found in cesspool, Second avenue, Pittsbnrg. Mother found, iield lor murder and sentenced to Western Penitentiary. August, 18S7 Malo child found in cesspool, Braddock. Xoveinfoer 22, 1SS7 Male child found on Thirty-third street, Eifteenth wnrd, Pitts burg. Parent not tound. March, 1S8S Malo child found in Monowja hela river. Strangled. Stone tied around neck. Mother apprehended. Was a do mestic. Was sent to tlio workhouse for 18 months. This was her second offense. March, 18:7 Male child found in cesspool, Ilcrron stieet, Eighteeirlh ward, Pittsburg. Mother a domestic. Sent to penitentiary for one j ear. July 2, 18S8 Female child found in cess pool.'Socondfctrcet, Allegheny City. Mother contATimil tn npnitpiiHflTV. Mav 7, 1SS9 Malo child lonnd in cesspool, AVmdsor Hotel, Baldwin township. Mother a domestic Sentenced IS months to tlio workhouse. September, 1SS3 Female child found bet-neon bedtlcks, Jlidge avonue, Allegheny Citv. Mother a domestic. Held Tor court. ifovember, 1S89 Male colored child found in stable, East End. Mother a domestic Not found. February, 1S90 Male child found in a field, Eleventh ward, Allegheny. Mother a do mestic Sentenced ono year to the peniten tiary. March C, 1890 White male child found in river. Throat cut from ear to ear. Xo per son apprehended. July 17, 1890 Malo child found in cesspool. Spring alloy, Twelfth ward, Pittsburg. Mother a domestic. Sentenced six months to jail. THE I5ECOKD FOB TniS YEAR. JnlylS, 1891 Male child found' in river. So person apprehended. . June, 1891 Two male children found iu Monongahela river. Xo person found. - February, 1891 Unknown male child found in the Allegheny river. No person apprehended. February, 1S"U Unknown malo child found in cesspool. January, ItOl Unknown female child found in;tlio MonongaheU river. Xo person apprehended. This is only a portion of the records. During Coroner McDowell's term of office fully 25 children have been found in rivers and cesspools, concerning whose parents no trace could be found. The Coroner has been one of the most earnest advocates of a foundling hospital. "The horrors of infanticide," said he, "which develop so freauently in my work have convinced me that such an institution is absolutely necessary in Pittsburg. Prop erly conducted a foundlings' hospital would act as a preventative for a large majority ot this crime. If the general public but knew of the terrible state of aflairs iir this city there would be a flood ot money poured into the hands of the noble ones who have interested themselves in the cause. I earn estly hope the new hospital will receive the proper support." A WAIF PICKED UP YESTERDAY. A living example of the need of a found lings' home turned up yesterday. About 3 o'clock in the afternoon a female child, not over two hours old, was found In an out house in the rear of the residence of AVil liam Kerns, No. 123 South Seventeenth street. The discovery was made by & boy, who at once notified -Mrs. Kerns. She went out and got the child which was alone and crying lustily. The boy who made the discoveryAsaid he bad observed a woman wearing a torn blue brown dress, black waist and a sun bonnet with a black shawl over her arm, go through the alley and into the outhouse. In a short time she hurried oat of the yard and started up South Seventeenth street. She was seen to go as far as Twenty-first street. The police were notified. They are of the opinion that the woman was a stranger to the Southside, and came over to the city after leaving the child. Matron Perry, of the Twenty-eighth ward station, took charge of the child and placed it in the Southside Hospital. REVOLVERS AND KNIVES Do Deadly Work in a Riot at Four-Mile Run Joseph Demonnb Probaly Fatally Injured and Several Others Badly Hurt Two Italians Escaped. "What will probaby turn out to be a fatal disturbance occurred at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon on Sylvan avenue, near the Col fax schoolhouse, in the district known as the Four-Mile Bun. A gang of Italian em ployes of Booth & Flinn, who board in the neighborhood, were sitting on a pile of logs eating apples. They had been drinking and were somewhat intoxicated. AVilliam Pritchard, Xouis and Charles Bear came along and asked for an apple. . This was refused, whereupon one of the trio picked up an empty beer bottle and s'trnck one oi tne Italians, iosepu ueuieuuu, on the head. This was the signal for a general fight, which was witnessed by about 1,000 Schenley Park sight-seers. The Italians drew revol vers and knives and went at their assailants, shooting and cutting right and left. During the fight AVilliam Pritchard was hit on the head with a club and badly cut. Louis Bear was cut on the side of the head with a razor, and Charles Bear received a bullet through the fleshy part of "the right leg. About this time -the police heard of the riot and reached the.scene in time to arrest all the principals except two Italians, who .escaped down the run. An examination prdyed that the Italian, Joseph Demenno, was dangerously hurt. His skull was fractured and he had two ugly knife wounds on his body: Jle was taken to the Mercy Hospital, where the doctors pronounced his condition extremely dangerous, and said that there were slight hopes of his recoVery. Louis Bear, one of the participants, no, doubt owes his life to James McCourt, who got to the place just in time to prevent Demenno from drawing a razor across Bear's throat. Henry Korn was also arrested, as he urged the Italians on' to fight and threw stones at the others. The prisoners were placed in the Fourteenth ward station. Thev are AVilliam Pritchard, Louis Bear, Christ Bear, Dan Sullass, Paskia Brionia, Henry Korn. MAGISTRATES' VERDICTS. Gist of the Sunday Morning Hearings In the Various Police Stations Wife Beaters Come to the Front in Large Numbers. Police station hearings yesterday morn ing were reasonably well attended. They were characterized by a decrease in common drunks and speak-easy cases, and a decided boom in wife beaters. The dockets furnish the following: Not Many Sensations. There wero 36 cases at Central station. John Nugent got 30 days and a lecture for ill-treating his wife, children and mother-In-law. They live on AVebster avenue. Neely Burns, John Noonan, John Clark, Ed Dngan and Thomas Swee ney got 30 days each for con tinually loafing about Steen's coal yard. John Foil had interfered withOfflcer Fowler in the nrrelst of three of his drunken com rades and was himself arrested. The drunks got 48 hours to Jail and Foil 20 day3 to the workhouse. E.F.Hennlnghadbeen arrested while kicking and abusing his wife and little boy, whom he had put out on the streot at nearly midnight Saturday. He got a 30-day sentence. James K. Davidson has boon on a spree for a month and was (tr ies ted at the request of his friends. Ho will have another 30 days to sober up. Henry Thomas called vile names to Officer Shaffer, who was passing quietly by. Ho got 30 days. The case ot Martha Gunning, oi lored. arrested Saturday night on a charge of keeping a disordeily house, was not dis posed ot. Tlio arresting officer, Tooters, gave testimony showing that Martha kept a very bad house, and Thomas Fairfax, also colored, was brought to testify against her. When Mr. Fairfax (rot through, Mrs. Gun ning and a couplo of her friends turned on the old man and accused him of keeping the worst house on Uio hill. Fairfax and the woman had a lively wrangle boforo .tlio magistrate, who finally remanded them all for a further investigation and hearing. Southside Eavr Breakers. Magistrate Succop's hearing at the Twen ty-eighth ward station consisted of about 80 cases. Andrew Hint and Henry Casky, for fighting, wero fined $5 and costs each. Leonard lleyer, for knocking down John Adams on J?lus street, was fined $10 and costs. John Horton, of West Carson street, went home drunk Saturday night, assaulted his wife and attacked his brother-in-law with a hatchet. He was fined $50 and costs. John Snyder. Frank Snyder and John Baker had a keg of beer in a glass houso and were having a high old ttmo when arrested. They were fined $25 and costs each. John Smith, who attempted to clean out tho Lako Erie depot, was assessed $5 and costs. . Second District Doings. Magistrate Gripp disposed of 9 cases at tho Nineteenth ward and 12 cases at the Four teenth ward station. At the Fourteenth ward Michael Cairigan was fined $25 and costs for keeping a disorderly house, and six men were fined $5 and costs each for visiting the house. At the Nineteenth ward station Albert Jones nud Kobert Thomas wero sent 60 days to tho workhouse for fighting on Larimer avenue Satuiday night. Five Fighting Fathers. At tho Twelfth ti ard station five men were charged with beating their wives. They were AA alter Burke, of Fourteenth street, Miko Frank, of v Twenty-eighth street, Charles Skelka, of Twenty-eighth street, James Dodson, Jones avenue, and Thomas TIerney, Sixteenth street. Each wns fined $10 and costs except tho latter, who had to piy $23 and cos ts. Booze and bad temper were tho causes. . Tlio Stromr Man Goes Free. f Mayor Vyman had a Hghthearing yester day, no only sat in judgment on H cut prits. AVatson Hamilton, who wanted to take the place of tho strong woman at tho World's Museum, had only to pay tho costs. The other cases wore only ordinary. Chief Jones to Have a Test of His Own. Chief Engineer Jones, of Allegheny, in tends to test all the fire engines of the city for their capacity to throw water for his own satisfaction. Ou Arcdnesday he -will test an old Amoskeag that has been in use 16 yeais, but that the Chief rebuilt entiiely and believes to be better than ever. Tho Chief has a tank which will hold 11,000 gallons which he will use in his tests. Canght Up for Stealing Harness. Inspector McAleese yesterday had George Gamble arrested for stealing harness from Daniel McCaffery and the Duquesne Butter Company. Gamble has also confessed to a number of other thefts. The arrest was made by officer Yeager. PIHCHED BY THE STATUTES. Peter Eoberts, a vender of softs hell crabs and other kinds of lunches, was found on Liberty street at 6 o'clock yestoiday morn ing so drunk that the officers thbng'it he was doad. He was taken to Central station, however, and by tho use of the proper rem edies was restored to consciousness. AVilliam McMillex was arrested last night by Officer Lawlers and locked up In the Nineteenth ward station for insulting ladies passing along Frnnkstown avenue, East John Kaut, of Limerick, was arrested yes terday morning, charged with tho larceny of two boxes of beer. . Hr.NitT Fueemax, 'colored, was placed in tho Twelfth'-nard station last night, for try ing to kill his wife. TRIED A LONG TIME. Philadelphia Bronze Founders Ex- perimented With Nickel MORE THAN THIRTY TEARS AGO. An Account of Kesearches Made at That Time and Since, Given By THE SON OP A WELL-KNOWN METALLIST Since the exclusive publication in The Dispatch of Harrington's successful re searches into methods for alloying nickel and steel, inquiries have poured in from, all sides for particulars. Mr. Harrington said yesterday he had received 33 letters re garding the matter, and The Dispatch has been frequently written to for papers containing the account. Mr. Harrington stated last night that' application will be made within a day or so for letters of in corporation for a company to manufacture crucible nickel steel and steel castings. He also said he had already received a very flattering offer from a New York capitalist. Although me tallurgists, both here and abroad, have evinced the greatest interest in nickel steel, there is as yet absolutely no literature on the subject, with the excep tion of a paper read by Prof. James Biley before the '89 session of the British Iron and Steel Institute. Thomas 3 Harrington has demonstrated a greater knowledge of the properties of ' nickel than any other metallist, so far as known, and his exper ience of it has stretched over a number of years. In recent tests he has shown what may be expected from nickel steel, and he himself presages a great future for it. He was seen yesterday with regard to his earlier experiences with the subject and he related them with some diffidence. HONOE DUE TO THE FEESCH. "To the French," said Mr. Harrington, "must be accorded the honor of having first alloyed nickel with steel for commercial uses. The great interest taken in the sub ject by both American and English metal lurgists dates from the comparative tests of armor plate at Annapolis in September, 1890. The peculiar qualities of the CruezOt plates were manifested, and since then vari ous attempts have been made to successfully blend iron and steel, making nickel steel. The difficulty, however, has been to obtain a compound," perfectly homogeneous. AVho soever can do so, possesses the secret of making nickel steel, or in other words a material of remarkable tensile strength, tenacity aud ductility under manipulation, and extremely suitable for edged tools. A difficulty experimentalists have had to en counter is tne peculiarity of nickel that it has a remarkable tendency to porositjr and sponginess, which is increased when nickel is added to iron or other metals. To pro duce a nickel steel, under such conditions, which will be perfectly homogeneous, has been the problem to he solved. "The first nickel mine successfully operated iu this country was at Delaware Avater Gap, this State, and now owned by Joseph AVharton. The OTe was shipped to a smelting works owned by Buck, Simonian & Co., who refined it. At that time there was no known method by which the refractory character of the American nickel could be overcome. The loss attending the extraction of the cobalt, always found with nickel, became a matter of concern. This was about 1855. My father, Thomas Harrington, Sr., was then in the business of making German silver and bronze in Phila delphia, and was something of a metallist, He was accustomed to use a good deal of both English and German nickel in his work. PERMAN SII7VER OF AMERICAS NICKEL. The company called him in and he was asked to substitute the native for the for eign product, and overcome, if he could, the difficulty I have mentioned. He was fur nished with a seven-pound ingot, and this he placed in a crucible on an anthracite coal fire. The fire was maintained at its' maxi mum heat from 7 A. M. until 4 p. M. without fusion taking place. On another attempt, the fire being replenished, etc, the nickel was fused and incorporated into the first piece of German silver ever made with American nickel. My father used Ameri can nickel thereafter." It was sold in bars .which showed well externally, but resem bled a piece of sponge, it was so porous. To overcome the difficulty of fusing it the nickel was sold with an addition of 10 per cent of copper and some cobalt. My father made some refutation for his German silver, par ticularly for gun mountings, the greater part of" uhich was sold to James Bown, of this city, who retailed it. At about this time it "was suggested that the red copper cent be done away with pnd pennies made of copper and nickel substituted. This was done in 185G, and the pennies of '57, '58 and '59 were made ot this nickel, and known as the "Eagle" pennies. After the Harrington's had demonstrated that American nickel could be successfully manipulated, a large business was done in the business of silver plating and in brittan nia metal. Noticing some of the brilliant American nickel German silver, Joseph Meade, a large manufacturing jeweler, asked Mr. Harrington, Sr., whether he could make him some anodes for nickel plating. A GREAT DIFFICtTLTV OAT.KCOME. The senior was indisposed to the task, but Thomas Harrington, Jr., was willing to Try. Thinking the matter over, he concluded it must be almost impossible to cast nicXel in a sand mold. He concluded to add iron to overcome the porosity, and cast a mixture of 95 per ceut of nickel and 5 per cent of iron into plates 12 inches by 6 incites and half an inch thick. The first plates Mere imperfect, hut were used with highly satis- lactory results, ur, Aaams soon aiieruara took out patents on nickel anodes and salts of nickel, and, the use of the plates for plating brought up the price of nickel from 60 cents a pound to 3. This price put nickel, out of court for castings, eiceptmg for gun mountings. About 1877 a plater named Bates desired to have some nickel anodes made, but in such manner as would not conflict with Dr. Adams, who had placed a high royalty on his nnodei -Thomas Harrington, ."Jr., then in the bronze and German silver foundry business, was applied to. He conceived the idea of mixing nickel and iron, and nickel in the proportion of 80 and 20 per cent; and later of 75 and 25 per cent, with an addition ot tin. The results obtained from plating from these anodes were very satisfactory. These anodes were in the Cornelius build ing, near Eight street, Philadelphia. ALLOYING NICKEL AND STEEL. Harrington was satisfied he had made nickel anodes before Dr. Adams' claims were entered, and he confined to make them ot nickel nnd iron. At a suggestion from the late C. B. Street, master meebanic of the Panhandle shops at Dennison, O., Har rington was induced to pay some attention to tne alloying of nickel and steel, believ ing that such a material had a great future. He made a number of experiments and at length has finally succeeding in accomplish ing the union of nickel and steel in a com pound possessing complete homogenerity. What he knows of the subject he proposes to keep to himself. This much he says, that nickel added to steel imparts to it most desirable qualities up to au addition of 25 per cent of nickel, chief among them being a great addition of tensile strength, great brightness when polished, and a de gree of tenacity impossible to be obtained in steel alone. THE INSULATION IMPEBFICT. Superintendent Doren, of the Western Union, Objects to Underground Cables. D. Doren, superintendent of construction for theAVeitern Union Telegraph Company, waa at the Anderson'1 yesterday. Speaking about the vexed question of wire overhead versus underground, Mr. Doren said that until better insulation is obtained in the underground cables the latter system will, not ue a success, lie says the company recently laid an underground cable between the main office in Boston and a railroad terminus, and that much trouble was oc casioned by the imperfoct insulation. If an imperfection exists in the casing or covering a ground is formed, and in addition, moist ure entering through to the wires causes oxidization and subsequent decay. Mr. Doren says the plan has been tried in the river-side section of New York, but trouble has always ensued from the causes stated. The construction of new lines is being pushed as usual, Mr. Doren says; but he had no figures on the number of miles laid during the year. Mr. Doren commented on the recent re port that the Vanderbilts had obtained con trol of the UniOn Pacific He said that it would give them a road right through from ocean to ocean. Mr. Spencer, lately Vice President of the Baltimore and Ohio road, but now with Pierrepomt, Morgan & Co., was named in connection with the charge, and Mr. Doren says he is regarded as one of the foremost railroad men in the country. "Speaking about railroads," said Mr. Doren. "a man recently asked me if I ob served that the Pennsylvania Bailroodi made faster time with every change or schedule. That never occurred to me, but It is a fact The road is making wonderful progress. I observe it is straightening its tracks, cutting off curves and putting down strong bridges, and in time the system will become the very finest in the world." HIGH-PBESSUBE B0HEBS. A St. Eonis Manufacturer Says That Power, Is Dally Increased. E. D. Meier, who is connected with the manufacture of boilers in St Louis, was at the Duquesne yesterday. He says the ten dency of the day is toward a higher pres sure in boilers. Triple-expansion and quadruple-expansion boilers are going into greater use every day, and these typps re quire a higher pressure. His company is now figuring on a boiler for Edison, to stand a pressure of 225 pounds. Ho has seen boilers tested np to 900 pounds. Ma chinery is now very largely used in making boilers, and the quality of the work is per haps better. Mr. Meier says-there is nodoubt of ex Congressman Niedringhaus' sincerity re garding tinned plate. He met him the other day, said Mr. Meier, and asked him for an order for a boiler. He mentioned he was making one for the United States Iron and Tin Plate Company at Demmler, who were adding to their tinned plate plant. Mr. Niedringhaus replied that ne himself was putting up a tinned plate plant and would soon be turning out as much tinned plate as any mill in the country. THE LINE OF MABCH. Konte to Be Taken by the Swiss Parade Through the Two Cities. Every detail has been arranged for the Swiss-American celebration of the sixth cen tennial of the independence of the Republic of Switzerland to-day at Boss Grove, and with good weather it will be the most notable demonstration of the kind ever held in AVestern Pennsylvania. The line of march will be as follows: Madison avenue to Ohio street, to Federal, to Sixth, to Market, to Fifth avenue, to Smithfield street, to Liberty, to Ninth, to Sandusky, to the AVest Penn depot, where special trains will convey the people to j Boss Grove. The programme as published in The Dispatch will be carried out at the grove. M'KEESPOKT, PA., Is Not the Center of tho American Iron In dustry, But it is headquarters for three distinct specialties of the iron trade, viz., wrought iron pipes, planished .sheet iron and tinned plate. McKeesport has trebled its popula tion during the last decade and it will treble again in this one. Beal estate is in creasing all the time, and now is the time to secure some of the Highland Land Com pany's building lots while they are cheap, inquire at the office of AV. C. Soles & Bros., Agents, room No. 1, Bank of McKeesport building, McKeesport, Pa. Mwsn You'll get hints about new dress goods and silks "from our "ad" to-day take a moment to read it, if you haven't JOS. HOBNE & CO.'S Penn Avenue Stores. Shortsighted To leave stocks, bonds nnd valuables in safes accessible to others when you can for a small sum have your own private box in the safe-deposit vaults of the Farmers' De posit National Bank, G6 Fourth avenue. Administrators, executors, guardians and others will find it to their advantage to look into this. mwp Physicians Prescribe It. Beer manufactured by the Iron City Brewing Company is always pure, fresh, delicious and "exhilarating. Strength, purity and healthfulness are its essential in gredients. Telephone 1186. The incoming class at the "Western Uni versity promises tobethe largest in the history of the institution. Students de siring to compete for the entrance examina tion prizes will report at the University on the morning of Monday, September 14, at 9 o'clock. New dress goods and silks to-day. Jos. Hoeite & Ca's Penn Avenue Stores. Keystone Plan of Eots, Crafton. Public sale next Tuesday. Plans from Jas. AV. Drape & Co., 313 AVood street. D See Kensington advertisement 3d page. MWP Ladies' tan and blue blazers, 51 63, worth S3 SO, at Kosenbaum & Ca's. See Kensington advertisement 3d page. MWF FALL OVERCOATINGS. All the latest novelties in "Fall Overcoatings. Plain and mixed Suitings, in all shades and col ors, made to order on short no tice, and at very moderat e prices. EDWARD SCHAUER, 407 AVood street. FALL SUITINGS. an30 Arrived From PARIS, LONDON, VIENNA, ITALY : Our direct importation of Sixty" Cases of MABBLE, BRONZES, POTTERY, FUR NITURE and BRIC-A-BRAO. This large collection is now displayed in our Art Boom. Special goods for Exposition Opening. E. P. ROBERTS & SON, FIFTH AVE. AND MAEKETrST. au27-MTr EEC0KD OP SUNDAY B0EB0WS. Four. People Seriously Injured by-Falls In the Two Cities Testcrday. There were five accidents reported in the two cities-yesterday, and four of'them were caused by falls, one of which Will result fatally. The Hit-follows:. Baker Kobert Baker. 23 years old, em ployed as a fireman on the Pennsylvania atlroad. was Instantly killed in the Twen. ty-eigbth street roundhouse at 9 o'clock yestorday morning. Baker was caught be tween a wall and the engine and Ills life squeezed out. The deceased was single and lived at Bethany. Cicescr Lizzie, the 4-vear-old daughter of Louis Ciccsnr, who lives at No. 278AVyIIo avenue, was fatally Injured yesterday alter noon by falling from the third-story window of her home. Her skull was fractured, her legandrishtnnn broken and aha wns in jured internally. She cannot recover. iiRADurr jsawaru uraaiey, aged 7 years, fell from the top of a box car on the Pitts burg and Western Bailroad at tho foot of iixctrec street, -Allegheny, yesterday after noon. His. right arm wan broken at the elbow and his head badly cut. He was re moved to his home on Beaver avenue. McClaix John McClaln, an employe at the oorkworks. Twenty-fourth street, fell 'from a trestle yesterday afternoon and suf fered a fracture of his left leg and severe bruises and cuts. He was sent to his home, 63 Twenty-second street. Hassell Elmer Hansell, a young, man who lives on Soho street, fell down a steep flight of steps in the roar ofhis home veator- day morning. His right arm was fractured' ana. nis lace Damy cut. He was removed to ithe Mercy. Hospital. Found Dead In lied. Mrs. James McFadden, 50 years old, was found dead in bed at her home in Laueh- lin's row, between South Twenty-eighth andl South Twenty-ninth streets, earlvvesterdav- morning. Coroner McDowell was notified,! mm wiunoiq an inquest to-day. Hugus & Hacke. EXTRA BARGAIN offerinp- for 'this LAST WEEK of our Summer Clearing Sale. A choice at gio oo Each of the handsome Embroidered and Braided PARIS ROBES. The prices w.ere S15 00, 20 00 and $25 00. At 25c A YARD light ground, reg ular 55c quality, ALL WOOL FRENCH CHALLIS; no Styles re served; all go at the same price this week. AT $x 25 A PAIR alot of PURE' LINEN HEMSTITCHED PILLOW' CASES; usual price ?2 50. EMBROIDERED CASHMERE. FICHUS, entire assortment at very much reduced prices: $4 00 ones at $2 50. 5 00 ones at S3 00. Even greater reductions in those of higher price. Two Exceptional values in CHE NILLE" PORTIERES: Lot No. 1, Plain Colors, fringed top arid bottom, at $4 95 per pair. Lot No. 2, with Dado Frieze, and fringed top and bottom, at $$ 95 per pair. Cor. Fifth Ave. and Market St. an30orwTsu 2 SPECIAL SALES 2 i ONE WEEK. THE FIRST SALE The balance of our stock of 75c and 85c Night Shirts at 41c. THE SECOND SALE A lot of Pocketbooks and Purses purchased from a retiring merchant at 20c on the dollar will be sold at that rate. 15c Purses at 3c; 25c Purses at 7c; 35c Purses at 10c; 50c Purses at 19c; 65c and 75c Purses at 25c; i Purses at 39c. SEE THESE WONDERFUL BARGAINS. 43S MARKET ST.437. au31-nwr TheLeadUfcr Drygoods House. Pittsburg, Pa., Monday, Aug. 31, 1331. JOS; IEBE & eo:s PENN AVENUE STORES. AUTUMN SILKS -AJTD- Dress Goods. We now invite you to a view of a complete stock of new goods. Not one piece of the thousand that is not absolutely new, made abroad or in our own country, for us for the new season. We areconfident no more complete or attractive display of me dium and high class fabrics can be shown in this country. To the la dies of Pittsburg, Allegheny and sur rounding cities this first grand au tumn opening is of special interest. A quick glance over the wide field: NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Jos. Home & Co.'s. NOVELTY SUITINGS. 15 styles of 40-inch all-wool plaids, extra value, at 25c a yard. ' , 10 styles of 36-inch Bourette suit ings, at 25c a yard. 9 styles fancy Serge stripes, 36 inches wide, 25c a yard. 7 colorings of 36-inch plain all wool cloth suitings, at 25c a yard. 12 colorings of 36-inch all-wool , plain and mixed cloth suitings at ,374 a yard. 11 colorings of 36-inch all-wool Tricots at 40c a yard. 4 7 colorings variety of effective (Styles of 36-inch all-wool Plaid Cheviots, at 50c a yard. 8 colorings and a variety of choicc .styles 36-inch all-wool Camel's .Hair Cheviot Stripes, at 50c a yard. E2 colorings in all-wool Cheviot Mixtures, 36 inches wide, at 50c a yard. 10 colorings Plain Cloth Suitings, 50 inches wide, at 50c a yard. 9 colorings, variety of novel styles, fancy Camel's Hair Suitings, 42 inches wide, at 75c a yard. 12 colorings 50-inch genuine Scotch Mixture and Stripe Suitings, at $1 a yard. 8 colorings, variety of styles, 50 inch fancy-figured Camel's Hair Suit ings, $1 25 a yard. And in high class novelty suitings, of the best English, French and Ger- man manufacture, our new stocks for early Autumn are now ready and complete. PLAIN CLOTHS. Complete lines of colorine. from a Wight tan to a deep cardinal, in 50 .and 52-inch Broadcloths, the best fin dished fabrics obtainable, at Si, $1 15, Si 50 and upward to finest qualities. All new goods and new shades. AVe call especial attention to the extraordinary value of our $1 and $z 25 Broadcloths. You will not find their equals on any retail counter in the United States. 39-inch French Serges and 40-inch Colored Cashmeres, each in 20 new shades, both 50c a yard. Navy Blue Serges, in broad and narrow wale,. at 50c, 85c and $1 a yard. 50-inch Navy Blue Cheviots, all new shades, at Si, Si 25 and Si 50 a yard. 40-inch Bedford Cords at 75c, Si and Si 25. 50-inch Camel's Hair Serges, a special value, in 7 choice new shades, at Si 25 a yard. ROBES. 75 Trery elegant Combination Robe. Patterns, made in France, superior cloth and handsome work, best values ever offered at the prices Si 5, 5i7 5. S20 and S22 50 each. Also, Combination Dress Patterns, made in Germany, extra values at S15 each, in a variety of styles and colorings. BLACK DRESS GOODS. All the staple weaves, of which we have only the most reliable and worthy makes, and as well all the novelty Black Goods, of previous or of the present season's productions. Notable are the hew Jacquard Bed ford Cords, similar to the goods of the same name in colored novelties. SILKS. Choicest-Autumn- shades Gros Grains, Bengalines, Peau de Soie, Faille Francaise. New Crystal Silks for Tailor-made Suits, in all the latest street shades. New Crepe du Chenes in plain evening shades, 75c, 85c, ft and Si. 25 a yard. New plain-colored Jap Silks at' 40c, 50c, 75c and Si a yard. New Bedford Cord Crepe du Chene, a new weave, and one that will undoubtedly be;popular. Comes in evening shades. New printed Crepe du Chenes, new Embroidered Crepe du Chenes and new Jap Silks. New Moire Antiques, New Armures, ' New Bengalines, " New Faille Francafse, New Galloches, New Gros Grains, And all popular weaves in Silks now on display in full range of autumn,'' colorings, for street or evening wear New evening Brocades for the stylish Louis XIV Coats. VELV5ETS. NEW FALL-COLORINGS. 20-inch Velvets75c, Si,i.25,x.5o and S2 a yard. Handsome Brocade Velvets for the new Louis'XIV Coats. Velutina for children's suits, all colors, handsome finish, 75c and $i a yard. Velutina Cord for full costumes and for trimmings. ' : JOS. HORNE&r 607-62 iipENwBjg
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