f I MURDER IN THE I Colored Lovers Quarrel and the Girl Gels Stabbed in the Back With a Large Knife. HER INJURIES ARE VERT SERIOUS. A laborer Brutally Beaten 'Without the Least Provocation and Not Ex pected to Survive. SPEAK-EAST RAIDS SOMEWHAT SCARCE. Hearings and Other Mice Easiness All Oier ritts burg and Allegheny. Notwithstandine; the fact that police cir cles were exceptionally quiet yesterday.Swo very serious atlairs occurred, both of which roar prove fatal. John Moorhead was brutally assaulted on Liberty street and lies at the point of death. Laura Morrison in in a similar condition from the effect of a knife wound made by her lover. The latter af fair, the result of a triflinc quarrel, was somewhat sensational. P.oth parties are col ored. The girl lives on Greenfield avenue, Twenty-third ward. For some time past she has been receiving attentions from James Kenning, alias Fisher. Yesterday afternoon she paid a visit to the Brown family at No. 117 Soho sticct. She had been there but a short time when Kenning appeared. The lovers talked together for an hour or more when finally some remark made by Kenning aroused the girl's ire. She refused to be consoled and left the house pouting. Kenning was persistent and followed. STABHED IX THE IJACK. Outside the house the girl stopped and the two passed some angry words. Sud denly, with an oath, Kenning pulled a larce knife from his pocket and plunged it into the girl's back. Leaving the weapon sticking in the wound Kenning took to his heels down Soho street Miss Morrison screamed loudly for help and fell to the ground senseless. Mrs. Prown heard her cries and ran out. The girl was carried into the house. The knife was removed and after a short time she recovered con sciousness. In half an hour her condition was improved so as to allow her being taken home. Her condition is serious, as the wound is very near the heart. The police are on the hunt for the guilty lover, but late last nicht had not captured him. He lives in the Twelfth ward and works at Jeannettc. Early yesterday morning John Moor head, a laborer, 5.1 years old, who lives on Carpenter's alley, Sixteenth ward, was as saulted and terribly beaten. He was walk ing along Liberty" street near Pearl street to his.home when he was approached by a man whom he did not know except by sight. The man knocked him down, kicked him in the stomach several times, injuring him in ternally, and also kicked him in the face. The assailant then fled, leaving Moorhead in an unconscious condition. The latter was picked up shortly after and sent to the Seventeenth ward police station. THE CASE CALLED SERIOUS. It was at first supposed he was intoxi cated, but soon after his condition became apparent and he was sent to his home. Physicians were summoned and pronounced his case serious. Should erysipelas set in he will probably die. "When Police Captain Brophv called at the honse Moorhead said he had given the man no provocation for the assault. He was not certain about his assailant's name, but thought it was Herman Kinzen. He furnished a description and the police began a search. In the afternoon Kinzen was ur rested. He answers the description per fectly. "When asked about the assault he declined to say a word. He will be held to await the result of Moorhead's injuries. Espea Carrana, the Syrian who was stabbed by Gabriel Coria in Basin alley early yesterday morning, was restinc easily at the'Mercy Hospital last night. The phy sician in charge thinks he will recover. SPEAK-EASY VICTIMS. Folice Work In This Direction Bather Slow Allegheny Gets Ahead With Tour Raids rittsbnrj: Goes Dry and Only One Place Found Kunnlng. Allegheny got ahead of Pittsburg yester day in speak-easy raids. But business in this line was very slow on both sides of the river, the two cities furnishing but five al together. This was considered rather sur prising.as it was expected the warm weather would act as a stimulant to illegal liquor seller. The onlv explanation for the dearth of raids in Pittsburg is the fact that a large proportion of the old-timers in the speak easy line are serving time in the work house. Of late the police have made it a special point to keep these people behind the bars. Lieutenant of Police Mclvelvcy, of Alle gheny, raided three speak-easics yesterday The first was at noon, in No. 4 Charticrs street, occupied by Mrs. Margaret Martin. The officers got Mrs. Martin and seven men in the place. No evidences of liquor could be found until a watery substance was seen Turning out of the stove in the kitchen, and on opening the door two bottles of whisky and several of beer were found in it, where they had evidently been placed in a hurry and w here one of the bottles had burst. Another place closed was that of Charles Messplev, at No. IS Benton street, who is known by the sobriquet of "Circus Char ley." He keeps a little cigar store and sells soft drinks, but the officers allege lie has been selling a sluggish drink known as "swankey," :i half-breed beer. Msspley is said to be a Prohibitionist and a temperance worker. He was arretted, however, for selling "swankey" some six months ago by Lieu tenant McKelvey. Six men found" in his store were sent with him to the lockup. Later in the dav the Lieutenant raided the house of Mrs. Mary Murphy, at No. 100 "Wilkcns street. Fiveinen were found in the house, lined up against a bar that was once a popular one before the Judges of the Quarter Sessions Court refused Mrs. Mur phy a license. IScer and whisky both were found behind the bar. All of the customers were locked up with Mrs. Murphy as well. In addition to these raids OfhccVs Miller and Shaw broke up a little bottle party yes terday afternoon in a yard on West Dia mond" street. William Lane, Fred Foster, William Shaw and John Anderson had a bottle between them and were passing it around when the officers took them in for violating a city ordinance. Altogether "there were 31 prisoners taken to the Allegheny lockup yeterdav between 10 o'clock in the morning" and midnight, a larger number than on any day except one Muce Superintendent Muth assumed the duties of his oifio-. Only one place wa pulled in Pittsburg. Lieutenant Lewis raided the house of J. J. "Welsh. No. 1722 Pcnn avenue, yesterday afternoon. Seven persons, including the proprietor, were arrested and sent to the Twelfth ward police station. Hot Clm up by an Officer. Yesterday morninz, about 2 o'clock, as Officer Busha, of Allegheny, was passing the residence of Nathaniel Hogg, on Cedar avenue, he heard a noise in the rear of the yard, and started to investigate. Discover ing four men in the yard he approached iif n afiM Sfiri mSK -'- EfcaflifcfcMtfSMBBBWBHBBB SSJtS5555iS5BSSi5555BSSBJjaiasMj4 n ." t tTTT'''-u!mmSintif them, when one hurled a brick at him and all ran. The officer commanded them to stop, but they scrambled over a fence and gained th street. He then fired three shots after them, but failed to capture any of the men, as they took to the West Penn Bail road yards and hid among the cars. Mr. Hogg's premises were examined, but no evidences that the men had been trying to get into the house could be found. WICKED TWELFTH WARD Comes to the Front With More Police Ilear j. lngs Than Any Other Portion of the City Work or tho Regular Sunday .Courts. Police hearings yesterday morning were not very large. The Twelfth ward district, usually a quiet one, came to the front with more than any of the others. About a dozen persons were sent to the workhouse from the two cities. Scenes at the Central. At Central station there were 23 eases. Six of these received workhouse sentences. William Grimes had gone to the house of Ed. Thomas, in Greasy alley. a court off "W'ater street, and was looking for Thomas, threatening to kill him. He failed to find Thomas, but threw a brick through the win dow. The magistrate gave Grimes a 30 days' sentence. Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Thomas and Lillv Britton got drunk and going to Thomas' house assaulted hin for having Grimes arrested. Officer Yeager heard of the disturbance and reached the scene in time to arrest Mrs. Thomas. The Britton woman had escaped. Thomas was lying on the floor bleeding and unconscious" but was soon re vived and found to be only slightly hurt. Mrs. Thomas will have" a hearing this morning and the police are after the Britton woman. Nathan Hunt was fighting with his wife on Fifth avenue Saturdav night and had attracted a crow d of over a hundred when Officer White ordered him to move on. Hunt drew a big knife and went at the officer, but was disarmed and after a hard struggle the officer, assisted by a couple ol citizens, arrested him. He got a 30 days' sentence. Frank Grant put his family or; of the house on Yine street and had lipsi t the stove and was breaking up the furniture when arrested. He got 30 days. Joseph Davis, fichting on Old ave nue, James Fife, disorderly on Cliff street and Ed Hoffman, drunk and fighting on Center avenue, each got 30-day sentences. A Ol er Ilall a Hundred. At Magistrate McKcnna's hearing in the Twelfth ward George Thomas, G. Hamilton, J. Coleman, James Britton, G. Daniels, John Young, G. ICidd, Jennie Holman, Lizzie Moss were charged with fight ing in a Stockholm avenue house. ICidd, who fired three shots from a revolver, was fined 25 and costs. The others got off with f3 and costs. There were'52 other cases disposed of at the same hearing. Early in the morning the house of Lewis Lotti,48 Seventh street, was raided by Detective Sol Coulson, as a gambling house. Seven arrests were made. The proprietor was fined 525 and costs and the others ?5 and costs. A game of poker was in progress at the time of the raid. James Hauck was held for court trial to answer a charge of burglary, preferred by Frank Deabner. It was alleged that he broke into the vault at Spencer's brewery, Twenty fourth street, and stole a keg of beer. Sonthsiders In succop's Court. Magistrate Succop has 20 cases to dispose of at the Twenty-eighth ward station. William Helke, accused of interfering with Officer Brown while he was making an ar rest, was fined ?5 and costs. John Karsch, 1G years old, who was drunk and disor derly on the street, was fined 510 and costs. John McLauchlin and Mary Lone, a pair of old offenders, were sent to the work house for30 days eachfor disorderly conduct. Thomas Cleary, by reason of good sense on his part, got himself out of trouble. Saturday night Cleary and John Smith were arrested for disorderly conduct by Officer Boscnbcrger. On the way to the box Smith showed fight and began biting the officer on the neck. Cleary went to the officer's assistance and held Smith until the wagon ar rived. At the hearing Smith was find $10 and costs and Clearv was discharged. George Miller, who has teen wanted since July 3, was arrested on the Southside Satur day night, and was held for a hearing on Thursday next. The charge against Miller is assault and battery preferred by Carl An tone, who alleges that the defendant as saulted and beat him without cause. Miller has been keeping out of the way of the police, but finally was run down. "" . Disorderlies Belore Hyndman. Magistrate Hyndman disposed of ten cases at the Fourteenth ward station yes terday morning? Susie Young, William Shoults, Alexander Young, Joseph Melesky, Anthony Ugune, Charles McCups, Andy McCups, Joseph Barnett and Mike Sclinsky were fined 55 and costs for acting disorderly in a house on Second avenue. The others were drunks. Allegheny Sinners. There were 18 cases at Mayor Wyman's hearing. Charles Lindsay, who was ar rested at the World's Museum on suspicion of stealing a pocketbook, was sent to the workhouse for CO days. John Lyons, who was found covered with blood on Church avenue about midnight, claimed he had been attacked and robbed of 50 cents. Officer Millitran, who found him, said he saw two men ran away as he approached. The man was discharged. Andrew Kitner, a demented tailor, was turned over to the Poor Board and sent to the City Home. The other cases were common ones. An last End Burglar Caught at "Last. One of the East End burglars has been caught in Philadelphia. The authorities there detected a man, giving his name as Joseph Hogan, pawning a lot of jewelry and silverware, Saturday morning, which tallied exactly with the description fur nished by the Pittsburg police of that stolen from the residences of J. C. Boyce and W. L. Kyle, at Holket and Fifth avenues, last Sunday night. Detective Gumbert left last night to bring Hogan to this city. The latter is not known here, and the police think he is a Philadelphia thief. Crownlesi Hats at Half Price. Two little newsies were standing before one of the large Penn avenue millinery stores, last evening. In the window were displayed some French hats, minus crown, with a huge placard, offering them to the public at halt price. The hats and the sign caught the eye of one of the little fellows, and very philosophically he remarked to his companion, "I 'spose they're selling them oft cheap 'cause they hain't got no tops to 'em." Charted With Stealing a Banjo. Joseph James, colored, was arrested by Patrolman Dunn, yesterday, on a charge of larceny, preferred by Thomas Carney, who alleges that James stole a banjo from his house on ltiver avenue, last Saturday night Harvest "excursion. On September 20 the Chicago and North western Kailway Company will run a har vest excursion to points in'lowa, Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Colo rado, Wyoming, Utah, Idaho and Montana. Tickets for these excursions will be first class in every respect; will be good for re turn passage" within 30 days from date of purchase, and will be sold at such favora ble rates as to afford an excellent opportu nity for home seekers and those in search of profitable investment to examine for themselves the many advantages offered by the great West and Northwest. For rates and detailed information apply to any ticket agent; to Charles Traver, traveling passenger agent, Marine National Bank building, Pittsburg, Pa., or W. A. Thrall, general passenger and ticket agent, Chicago and Northwestern Itailway, Chicago,-IlI. W3 THE, , CHURCH ANDOTVENT To Be Erected at the Forks-of-tlie Boad, to Cost Considerably M0BE THAN A QDABTER MILLION. A Gas Explosion at Jonc3 & Laughlins' Shakes Up the Southside. HAPPENINGS IN TJTE BIG TWIN CITIES The congregation of St. John the Bap tist's R. C. Church will have.a new church, school, convent and parochial residence in the near future. The edifice will be erected on Penn avenue, near the Forks of the Boad, and will cost 5200,000. The build ings are to be of stone, and will make a handsome addition to that portion of the city. At a meeting of the congregation, held yesterday, the purchase of the property which was in the hands of Thomas McCaf frey, the real estate dealer, was approved. The entire block is about 340 by 100 feet, and costs 563,500. The ground was pur chased from the following parties by Mr. McCaffrey: L. Vilsack, 145 feet 6 inches by 100; Scott heirs, 04 feet by 100; March lewitz IColench, 42 feet 8 inches by 100; Hcnrv Schmidt, G4 feet by 100, and Anna Lindenseltzer, 24 feet 4 inches by 100. The present buildings of the congregation are on Thirty-second street, above Liberty avenue, and consist of a brick church, resi dence and a frame sehool building. They arc altocether inadequate for the congrega tion, which has been steadily increasing. The grounds also have become valuable for manufacturing and other purposes, the Pennsylvania Itailroad having run its switches almost to the door, and being very desirous of securing the property. The convent is at present on the old McKee property, on Penn avenue, near Thirtieth street, and is entirely too small for the pres ent needs of the Sisters. Mr. McCaffrey is being congratulated on his success in securing the property, which is in a desirable location. The negotiations have been going on quietly for some time, and were only awaiting the approval of the congregation to be completed. CLEAEINO OFF A DEBT. Father McDcrmott's Plan to Do Away With Chnrch Fain and Picnics. Bev. Father McDermott last evening ex plained his rauch-talked-of plan for paying the debt of St. Paul's parish, due on account of building improvements and original pur chase. "The debt," said he, "has been reduced to about 51G5,O00, and my plan is to redistrict the parish, or rather district it so that col lectors can be sent out to work only certain territory. Our parish extends from Gist street, on Fifth avenue, to the Ohio river, with slight exceptions. Each priest ap pointed will at once proceed to get ac quainted, and to him subscriptions will be made in amounts to suit the donor. It is an old scheme to pay this debt, and by it we shall do away with pic nics and fairs, by which means money has heretofore been "raised. In the diocese of Baltimore these church picnics and fairs were legislated against, and while there is nothing really bad about them, we have decided that it would be best to discontinue them in the way that they have been carried on." "You will raise the money?" "I hope so; we were recently offered 5800,000 for the ground on which the epis copal residence and Cathedral stand, so that we are in good business shape." KNEW WHEN HE WAS EOBBED. How an Intelligent Dog Got Even With n Badge-Thief. For some time past a regular business for sneak thieves has been the stealing of regis tered badges from the collars of dogs. This badge insures the dog his right to live for one year, and by intelligent dogs is consid ered to be the proper thing. There is a dog on Sixth avenue that is the pet of all the children. He is an Irish setter, and a very handsome animal. He is owned by a stock company, which includes the entire neighborhood. Yesterday afternoon two hoodlums came by and noticed the tag on the dog's collar. After coaxing the dog to an alley one of the bovs started to pry off the recistery tag from the collar, while the other boy patted him and attracted his attention. Their efforts were successful, anil having secured their booty the boys started on a run dow n the alley. It then suddenly dawned on the mind of the dog that he had been robbed, and he gave chase. He caught the robber down near Fifth avenue, and with a fierce growl sprang upon the boy and fastened his teeth in the rear of the lad's clothes. The boy roared with pain and dropped the badge, upon which the intelligent dog let go his hold and picked up the badge in his mouth, and trotted away with it. THE SOUTHSIDE SHAKEN UP By an Explosion That Caused Store Ex citement Than Loss. At 9:30 o'clock last night the fireman in charge of one of the batteries of boilers in Jones & Laut;hlins' American Iron Works undertook to fire the boilers, when a terrific explosion followed. The report was suffi cient to shake all the buildings in the vicin ity, and nearly frightened the life out of the inhabitants. A considerable quantity of gas had escaped into the boilers, and when the fireman applied the torch an explosion followed. There was force enough to blow out the brick walls from about the boilers. A section of the gas pipe was also blown off, and the gas becoming ignited there was a huge blaze. It looked for a time as though the mill would be consumed. An alarm was at once turned in from box 157, and the engine companies responded promptly, but their services were not re quired, as the gas was shut of! and no dam age was done by the flames. It is a singular as well as a fortunate thing that no one was injured, although there were a large num ber of men at work in the mill at the time. The explosion caused a grea. deal of ex citement in the neighborhood, as many thought the boilers had exploded. CANNOT BE SECIABIAN. Pupils of the Public Schools Have to Be Ad mitted Free to the Exposition. The following on a postal card was re ceived by Tnn Dispatch yesterday: Dear Dispatch Please tell mel why the Expo, management does not want Roman Catholic patronage. Mycliildien feel very blue when the public schools get free tickets and thcCatbollo schools ar 3 Ignored. A very good w ay to keep Catholic away. A call was made on Manager VTohnston yesterdav. Upon being shown thte card he baid: "Why, this is nonsense! W simply follow out "the provisions of our charter, which stipulates that the childrerA of the public schools of Pittsburg and Allegheny be admitted. We cannot afford to fce sec tarian. If the Catholic schools were granted the privilege then all other private schools would demand the same for them. VVe don't ask anyone what their religion is when they come here. It is a business transaction, and is treated as such, and nothing further is thought of it." The Sale of Standard Gins Stock. The sale of Standard Plate Glass Company stock, belonging to James A. Chambers, will take place to-day at the Exchange building. This sale will be watched with great inter est, as the value of the stock of this company will then be" ascertained. PITTSBUEG DISPATCH, UMBEBTO CONGBATULATED. Italians in Pittsburg Send Him a Telegram on' September 20. Dr. M. L. Xardyz and Mrs. Nardyz enter tained a number of leading Italians at din ner yesterday, in honor of the 20th of Sep tember, the anniversary of "United Italy." The history of this occasion is interesting. When Louis Napoleon withdrew his garri ion from Borne in 18(36 Mazzini called upon the people to seize the Eternal City, and Garibaldi, in 1807, dis closed his resolve to take Rome, or die. Battozzi, who was in power, ignored the obligation which bound "Victor Em manuel to defend the Papal frontiers, and he hoped that France would tolerate a volunteer invasion. Louis Napoleon inter fered. Disturbances occurred at Eome and Garibaldi gained a victory at Monte .Botondo. Meanwhile the King appealed to the Italians to preserve his honor, and the Emperor sent a new garrison to Bome. Garibaldi's volunteers surrendered to the French and Papal troops and he was ar rested. The closing scene was near at hand. When the victory of Sedan overthrew the French Empire in 1870, Victor Emmanuel was released from his obligations, and entered Bome on the 20th of September, making it his capital. Pope Pius IX. was allowed to retain the Vatican with its dependencies; the State voted him a large income, and he was kept in the position of a prisoner. Victor Emmanuel died in!878and was succeeded by his son Humbert in the same year. Pius IX. died during the same year and was suc ceeded by Leo XIII., the reigning Pontiff. Since then the only disturbances in Italy have been regarding" internal affairs. The anniversary of tne 20th is yearly ob served by Italians everywhere. Last year there was a banquet held in this city, but this year the celebration was confined to Dr. Nardyz's guests, who included Messrs. Cappa, maestro of the Seventh Regiment Band; Descalzi Antonio Bellucci, President of the Italian Orchestral Society, of New York; J. Natali, A. Barbera, M. J. Salo mons and others. The host and hostess en tertained their friends at a very enjoyable banquet, at which choice wines from the vineyards of sunny Italy were conspicuous. During the evening the following dispatch was forwarded to King Humbert: Loner life and prosperity to King Humbert and Itnlv, from friends fn America: Sep tember 20, 1E9L Do. akd Mrs. M. L. Nabdtz. O. A. Cat-fa. SENSATIONS LOOKED .JOB In the Report of the Investigation at the Connty Jail. The police got no news of Fitzsimmons, the jail breaker, yesterday. Several good clews have turned up and are being care fully followed, but as yet they have de veloped nothing. The Quarterly Commit tee of the Prisqn Board has one or two days more work before it in its investigation at the jail. "Work will be started at !) o'clock this morning. Just when the committee will be able to make its report is not yet settled. A vast amount of testimonv has been taken and considera ble time will be required to get it in shape. It is said several sensational circumstances have developed during the investigation and the report promises to make interesting rending. But the committeemen positively refuse to reveal any of their secrets until after the report is presented. All state ments as to the facts revealed are simply speculations. The following copy of a circular request ing the apprehension of two escaped crimi nals is at this time interesting, and shows how Fitzsimmons has been eclipsed in the jail-breaking line. The circular is dated September 17 : SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS KEVTAED! The town of Davis, Tucker county, W. Va., will pay $75 rewurd for the arrest and deten tion in any safe jail of J. B. Ewing nnd his son, Albert M. Ewine: Ewing is wanted for breaking into jail and assisting his son to es cape, nnd also for burglary. The son is wanted for entering houses and stealing dif ferent sums of money. J. B. Ewing is about 33 years old, 5 feet 8 inches high, nnd weighs lbO'to 170 pounds: is of florid complexion and has light mus tache. Fifty dollars reward for the arrest of the father alone. Albert M. Ewinir is 10 years old and of fair complexion: $25 reward for him alone. E. C. Killer, Slay or. ECATTEEED OVEB THE TBACKS. Tho Body of an Unknown Woman Fonnd Near Clifton. The body of an unknown woman, about 60 years old, was found by a freight crew on the tracks of the Ft. "Wayne Bailroad, near Clifton station, about daybreak yesterday. It was scattered all over the tracks and had to be gathered up and placed in a box. It is supposed she was walking along the tracks some time during the night and was killed by a passing train. The body was removed to undertaking rooms on Beaver avenue, Allegheny. The woman wore a dark green plaid shawl and a small bonnet trimmed in black. She also had with her a small package containing her wearing apparel, such as slippers, sun bonnet, stockings, and underclothing. In her pocketwas a dollar bill, a silver quarter and a gold ring. A trunk check numbered 4045 was found in her pocket and traced to Freedom, where her trunk was found and opened. Nothiug by which she could be identified was in it. Tho Second Homestead Victim Dead. Jacob Lynn, one of the men injured in the explosion at the Homestead mill Satur day, died yesterday morniug. His remains, with those of James Maguire, the first victim, will be buried to-day from the Methodist Episcopal Church, Bev. Mr. Mc Ilyar officiating. The interment will take place at the Homestead Cemetery. The departments of the mill in which tlie men were employed will be closed down till to-morrow. Mr. Maguire was a mem ber of the Jr. O. U. A. M., and Mr. Lvnn belonged to the I. O. O. F. Edward Will iams, a third of the injured men, is ex pected to die. The Coroner's inquest on both cases will be held at 2 o'clock this afternoon. , A Tonne Woman Strangely Missing. Etta Foudersmith, 20 years old, disap peared from her home, No. 110 Elm street, last-Friday morning, and has not been heard of since. Her brother reported the case to the police last night. When the young lady left home she said she was going to the Ex position. Shehad a pleasant home and seemed happy in it and her parents are greatly worried over her disappearance. The girl does not appear to be over 17 or 18 vcars old and is stout and short of stature. She is of fair complexion and has light hair. A Case Calling for Charity. j-jauie uunninguam, agea ii, was an in mate of the Twenty-eighth ward station last night. Yesterday afternoon Special Officer Carrigan found him on Carson street. The lad was weeping bitterly and said he had no home and no place to go, as botli his parents were dead. Officer Carrigan took charge of the boy, and after giving him a good meal, made him as comfortable as the circumstances would permit. The case will be turned over to Agent Dean. Itecovered a Stolen Horse. Detective Gumbert recovered a horse Sat urday night that had beenjstolen from Fred erick Bedman, of Wilkinsburg, last Febru ary. The animal was found on the farm of Mrs. K. J. McMath, of Plum 'township. She bought it from a colored man for J65. The Dear Will Be Interested. . Mr. H. A. Wales, of Bridgeport, Conn., Vill have on exhibition at the Mononga lifela House Tuesday, September 22, his in vention for the relief of deafness, which ha3 been, the cause of such a large decrease of deafnfcss in this country and Europe. MONDAY. SEPTEMBER HABHONT IN SIGHT. Local Factions in Mnsical Circles Coming Nearer Together. WORKING TO SETTLE THE FIGHT. Carpenters Withdraw Their Delegate From the Listrict Council. A PKEACliER ON LABOR AND CAPITAL The Mutual Musical Protective Union of Pittsburg, which has been dormant for the last few months, presents evidence of re newed vitality and of active antagonism to its rivals in the Knights of Labor Assem bly of Musicians. The latest phase of the matter is developed in the defection of the William Guenther Orchestra of 14 men yesterday from the Knights of Labor and their return to the first named body, of which they originally were members. The Mutual Musical Protective Union obtains, it is so said, additional strength from the wording of a clause in the newly adopted constitution of the Trades Assem bly of "Western Pennsylvania. Section 2 provides that no labor organiza tion shall be entitled to representation in the assembly that is composed of members who left another orgauization in a dishonor able manner. It is freely charged by the musicians of the Mutual Mnsical Protective Union that its members which drew out last year and formed the Musicians' Assembly of the Knights of Labor did so in just that manner. MUSIC NOT ALWAYS IIAKMOSY. The Knights of Labor musicians have al ways declared they left the parent body with every cent owing to the body paid up, and that they were quite entitled to join the Knights of Labor if they chose. Since this ,time there has been a struggle between the two Docnes, which has resulted in tne Knights of Labor controlling the orchestras of the principal theaters. "When Charles L. Davis was ready to organize his or chestra the Knights sought to obtain control of his orchestra also, but unsuccessfully. Their officials, however, agreed with Mr. Davis to allow Knights musicians to play with his own men until an arrangement as to what body .his musicians should belong to was settled. Mr. Davis, by signing the-the-atrical attaches' scale, binds himself to em ploy none but American Federation of La bor men in his house, and so must hire men in, or cause his own musicians to join, the Mutual Musical Protective Union, which is affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. Mr. Davis' musicians will all be Federation men, and by so becoming will draw down upon themselves the enmity of the Knights of Labor, who have all along antagonized the American Federation of Labor musicians. STTPrORT FROM TIIE FEDEEATIOIT. In seeking to strengthen and develop their organization, the Federation musicians have the support of leading officials of the Federation, notablv that of General Organ izer William J. Dillon, who has declared that the Federation Union of theatrical em ployes was properly organized, and would be supported by the organizations in gen eral. While the musicians are distinct from the theatrical employes is effect, they are allied both in theory and practice, and it is emphatically stated that American Federation of Labor Unions, whether of theatrical employes or musicians, will be warmly supported by Federation men. The Mutual Musical Protective Union is, as well as being a Federation Union, allied with the National League of Musicians, an organization which extends throughout the countrv. As an illustration of the good feel ing which prevails between tlie local and the national union, Bandmaster Cappa's Seventh Eegiment Band was invited to be present at the regular meeting of the M. M. P. U. held yesterday week. They were there in a bodyand were congratulated on their ability by President Buhe, who added it was an educational ad vantage to Pittsburg musicians to hear Signer Cappa's band. Their presence in the city was an incentive to local members of the body to seek for more recognition. MOBE STRENGTH TO BE SHOWN. The local Federation musicians will show their strength again this week. They pro pose to entertain Signor Cappa's band in a public manner, and the Grand Army, Ca thedral, Select Knights and Post 3 bands, reckoned among the finest in the city, will escort the visiting musicians to where thev will be banqueted. The occasion of Cappa's band being here will be taken to inspire confidence among Federation musicians, and not alone will the Alvin Theater be se cured, despite the attacks of the K. of L., but a Fifth avenue house will also shortly have only Federation musicians. The Mutual Musical Protective Union is daily gathering strength, and, hacked up by the American Federation of Labor, will, it is said, soon regain its old-time ascendency. The meeting held on Saturday pointed strongly to this need, and next Sunday's meeting will, so it is said, be fruitful of re sults. One effort toward which the Mutual Mnsical Protective Union musicians are exerting themselves is the establishment of a music hall in the city, which shall be commensurate for the growing needs of such an institution. Already President Buhe has been promised substantial support in this laudable undertaking, and it is gen erally conceded that if the organization be comes active in this project, it will receive the cordial support of the public and the federated bodies. THEIB DELEGATE WAS EEFDSED, So tocal 330, of tho Carpenters, Withdrew From the Council. The carpenters' local union Ho. 230 recently elected A. U. Holmes as a delegate to the District Council. The council de clined to receive him, whereupon, on Fri day night, local 230 withdrew their del egates from the council. It is understood that they will appeal to the General Ex ecutive Board at Philadelphia on the sub ject, and have nothing further to do with the District Council in the meantime. This action is regarded as very significant and as showing the direction of the wind, in dicating strained relations between the members and the council. Workmen claim that the District Coun cil, as at present constituted, usurps alto gether too much power and fails to recog nize its proper responsibilities to the men. It is also rumored that if there is not less of the dictatorial spirit of the "master" who lives to rule, rather than to properly repre sent and wisely consult the workmen's best interests, there will be danger, as in a case like this of Local 230, of men going out of the present organization in very large num bers and forming a local and representative independent organization of their own. There is a great deal of talk among the men indicative of dissatisfaction. The Position of Lnbor and Capital. Bev. O. A. Emerson preached an in structive sermon last evening at the Centen ary M. E. Church on "Labor and Capital." The reverend preacher took the general view that any success on the part of either the tforkingman or millionaire in life should have a foundation on righteousness, and that neither brains, ability nor capital would ultimately avail if this "was absent. He looked to education to tide over the bridge which now separated labor from capital, and he expected that the training the children of this generation were receiv ing would effect means for harmonizing the chords of future straggles between the two fires. Fall Saltings, Trouserings and overcoatings now ready at Pitcairn's, 434 Wood street. 21, 1891. APPLES TOO PLENTY. A Superfluity of the Fruit About Pittsburg What a Walk Up the Chartlers Valley Discloses Pears Abundant, but Grapes About All Picked. Apples and opportunity are both ripe. If the farmer boy doesn't glean these golden windfalls other people will. Within five miles of Pittsburg's postofiico luscious apples in riotous abundance lie neglected upon the orchard grass as thickly as leaves in autumn. Apples yellow and red, apples white and russet brown, apples streaked, apples flecked and apples spotted,-pples hard and apples mellow burden the pendant boughs of neighboring orchards until they swing downward into the lap of mother earth, whence, with the blessing of light and sun shine, theirfruitful pink and white blossoms recently had birth. A walk up the Chartier's Creek. "Valley, thence out the Steubenville pike a mile or so, and afterward backnlong'the hills and ridges, is one way of observing with what a prodigal hand nature has lavished her fruits upon this section. But apples are not all, for pears also abonnd. The grapes have been picked pretty thoroughly, too much so for the comfort of the passer-by whose industry is only rewarded with here and there a scattering handful. In the matter of tomatoes, however, the gleaning has not been so complete, and brilliant colors still reflect the sunbeams from thousands of points about the fields. It is astonishing to see such extensive to mato crops. They are not only cultivated hereabouts by the acre, but by rich ncres added to acres". A three or four acre patch of tomatoes is a pleasant thing to look upon. Cucumbers by the acre are now past their prime, having reached a yellow and even mellow old age. The typical colors of autumn, red and yel low and blue, already greet the observing eye at many different points. As yet the leaves of the forest trees show little marked attraction in the way of decided changes in color. They are getting dingyand withered, sear and brown, and now and then show a little color. All will come in due season, and it is well worth waiting and watching for. SPOILED A SENSATION. Queer Solution of a Scries of Shrieks on Sixth Street. A long, loud, blood-freezing wail was flung out of a second-story window on Sixth street, last nlht, about 11 o'clock, and after vibrating to and fro, rose and started away toward the midnight sky. The few late passers by stopped as though petrified when their tympanums were jangled by this awful shriek. There was a momentary,hesitating pause, such as is always to be observed in cases of emergency, while each looks with startled, questioning eyes at his fellows, waiting for someone else to take the initiative: Then, as another hair-lifting scream rose and fell and died away in a gurgling quaver, there was a simultaneous rush of the listeners and a vociferous banging of the street door. One of the party ran for a policeman, and gasped out, "hurry up, now; there's murder down there; some one is being tortured. I never heard such screams of mortal agony before. " Af ter the battering had continued for some time all was quiet above, then a big, gouff voice dropped from the window: "Well, well! Get a gait on, now. What's the ma'.tcr with you? This ain't no speak easy. You want to sneak, now, or I'll have you run in. See?" Then a small, low-voiced thing, with a dimple in its chin appeared and said as sweetly as though ad dressing a vast audience: "Oh, I can't sing anymore to-night, really. I thank you ever So much for your demonstrations of ap preciation, I'm sure, but there will be no more music to-night." A half dozen disgusted men tramped ' "the Sixth street bridge in silence. Almost a Slldnlght Flro. A gas jet in the cellar set fire to the floor of George W. Ache's harness store at 428 Wood street, about 11:30 o'clock last night. A large hole was burned in the floor before the fire was extinguished, and considerable water had to be thrown which did some damage t goods in the cellar of Shuman Brothers' fancy dress goods establishment at 426. Ache's loss is 5200. The fire department was put to great inconvenience by the action of workmen on a building across the street who had covered a plug with brick and refuse. Struck by an Eloctrlo Car. Thomas Boyle was struck by electric car No. 9 at the corner of Forbes and Lawn streets last evening and seriously injured. He had just got off a car from the city and started across the street when car No. 9 struck him. He was knocked to the side of the street by the pilot. His head was badly cut, his shoulder blade fractnred, and he was hurt internally. He was removed to his home on Lawn street. A Prize Fight Which Was Stopped. Beports were current out Pcnn avenue, last evening, that a mill had occurred be tween a man named McClelland, residing on Summer street, and another named Flatterv on Saturday night. The men are said to have met in Howell's back yard and to have fought three rounds, when half a dozen policemen appeared. The combatants and spectators moved and no arrests were made. Preparing for the Convention. The Bandall Club held a meeting yester day and informally discussed matters relat ing to the convention of State Democratic clubs to be held in this city at the end of the month. Xo action was taken on ex Congressman Scott's death, but many indi vidual utterances ot regret were expressed. Horses and Mules. The Arnhcim Live Stock Company, lim ited, of ."2 Second avenue, Pittsburg, Pa., have just received 40 head of draught and general-purpose horses. Among the lot are several matched teams, weighing from 3,200 to 3,500 per span. Anyone wishing to pur chase a horse or team should not fail and call, as the Arnheim Live Stock Company, limited, will take pleasure in showing'thcir stock to all who maycall.acdtheyarc noted in this part of Western Pennsylvania to sell horses or mules for less money than any dealer in the market. Their mule yards are filled with 75 head of choice mules, for draught and mining pur poses. Protection. The ordinary safe does not offer the pro tection you should have for valuables or papers. You can have that protection iu the safe deposit vaults of the Farmers' De posit National Bank, Co Fourth avenue. Boxes rented at ?o and upward. Mtvr Exposition OfTerlng. Tour picture free, and handsomely framed, given away during the Exposition, by Hendricks & Co., No. 08 Federal street, Allegheny, with every dozen. Cabinets, $L Special Kates to Beaver Fair. The Pittsburg and Lake Erie Bailroad Company will sell tickets to Beaver and re turn ou September 22, 23, 24 and 25 at one fare for the round trip, good for return un til the 2Gth, inclusive. Orphan' Court Sale. Next Tuesday at 10 o'clock a. m., houses and lots at public sale on Second avenue, near old Gas Works; estate of PatricK May, deceased. Safe Deposit and Tkust Company of Pittsburg, Administrators. d Mr. Wilfred S. Bailey, the Supreme Organizer of the Protected Home Circle, will-deliver an address on temperance on Tuesday evening, September 22, at Schling man's Hall, Twenty-first and Carson streets, Southside. All are invited. NO NEED OF ALARM. Local Physicians Declare There Is Ko Occasion for Solicitude. BECAUSE DIPHTHERIA IS HERE. It Isn't Epidemic, and the Best Judges Are Certain Jt Won't Be. SOME THINGS THAT CAUSE THE DISEASE The fact that 1G new cases of diphtheria were reported to the Bureau of Health Sat urday created an unusual disturbance among the physicians of the city yesterday. The cause in nearly every case has proven to be bad drainage, or surface filth. "Diphtheria," said a prominent doctor, "is worse than smallpox or yellow fever in this climate. The former is not fatal, though a loathsome disease, and the frost kills it. but with diphtheria there are con ditions which puzzle ns all. It may spread and become general, though at present there are no indications that it will." Inquiry at the Bureau of Health elicited the fact that more than usual interest was aroused in the matter and that the necessary precautions were being taken. "AVhat is the most usual cause of diph theria?" asked a Dispatch reporter. "Filth, bad drainage and the presence of decomposing matter." NO KEED OF ANT PANIC. Dr. Fleming, of 301 Penn avenue, who is very much opposed to advertising or to ap pearing immodest or unprofessional, was re luctant to talk on the subject. "It is bad policy," said he, "to report this matter, as it only creates a panic among the parents of children of school age. As a matter of fact I have had no cases of diph theria, and know of none, except a' reported through the Bureau of Health. 'Undoubt edly the disease has made its appearance in the" city, but without examining the records and seeing where these cases are located I could not give an opinion as to its cause. Diphtheria, of course, is epidemic, and the school authorities are wise in not accepting pupils who have come in contact with it, but there is no need of alarm. It is wrong to report these few cases in the. public prints at this time, because it un duly alarms people and has a depressing eflect on business. The Board of Trade," continued the doctor, "should take some steps to prevent the impression that diphthe ria is spreading from being published. If I bad those reports, and could see just where each can be located, it would be possible to determine the cause in many of them, but I have not, and no physician in this city has." SYMPTOMS OF TIIE DISEASE. "What are the svmptoms of diphtheria?" "A fever usually the child breaks out in a fever, which is often mistaken for an other diseae. Then the throat becomes affected, the mucous membrane of the air passages closes up, and it becomes a battle for life. When this strange matter forms on the pharnyx. it is evidence of croup. The two diseases should not be con founded, however. Diphtheritic croup is common when that disease is prevalent, but it can easily be distinguished from either the ordinary croup or diphtheria. Well, I hardly know what to say as to preventives; that all de pends upon the case. Cleanliness, however, is requisite." . He thinks the Board of Trade shonld look after the matter, especially now that the Exposition is in progress. Diphtheria, the doctors say, is the term applied to an acute infectious disease, which is accompanied by a membranous exudation on a surface, generally on the tonsils and back of " the throat, or pharynx. Although popularly believed to" be a newlv discovered disease, there are distinct evidences that diphtheria was known to ancient physicians as a ma lad v of great virulence. Under the name Malum Egyptiacum, Artieus, in the second century, gives a minute discription of a disease, which, in all its essential char acteristics corresponds to diphtheria. EPIDEMIC IK OTIIKR CENTURIES. In the sixteen, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries epidemics of diphtheria appear to have frequently prevailed in many partsof Europe, particularly in Holland, Spain, Italy and France, as well as Eng land, and were described by physici ans belonging to those countries under various titles; but it is probable that other diseases of a similar nature were in cluded in their descriptions, and no accurate account of this afTection had been published until 1821. By some physicians it is re garded as primarily a blood poison, the manifestations being local and not essen tial, while others hold that diphtheria is at first a local disease, the constitution becom ing secondarily affected or poisoned from affection. This latter view receives sup port both from an inoculation of the dis ease in animals, and from the discovery in the diphtheritic membranes and surround ing tissues, as well as in the blood and other fluids of persons suffering from diph theria, of the lower forms of vegetable organisms, which are supposed to be the infecting agents, both in the local affection and the constitutional effects. THE TOOTH OF TEE FOOL Is Better Than That of the Man Who Is ' Using Ills Brain Constantly. Pall Mall Budsct.: Has the fool better teeth than the wise I man? He ought to have, if the theorv put forward by the President of the British J Dental Association to account for the detu ! rioration of the British tooth be correct. Mr. Smith Turner says: "Another competitor with the teeth for sustenance is the brain. Phosphorus is one of the great essentials to the center of the nervous system. In starvation certain nrrans are the latest to sutler, and are nourished and sustained at the expense of the rest of the body. One of these organs is notably the brain.'and so we are entitled to infer that in any deficiency of the phos phates the ever-active brain, with its copious circulation and energetic metabolism, is more likelv to appropriate its full or ap proximately full share of the phosphates than are the teeth, where hitherto we had hardly looked for the catabolic process." It is, at any rate, some satisfaction to re flect that, if the world is becoming more toothless, it is at the same time becoming more wise. But will not the phrase "wisdom-tooth" want amending, if progress in wisdom entails not the gain of teeth, hut the loss of them? Ulalne's Health to Ho Tested. Kansas City Star. J It fs i eported that England is scheming to gobble up the Sandwich Islands. If she succeeds it will prove that Mr. Vlaine is a very sick man. Found. The place to buy furniture and carpet is 24 and 2G Ninth street. Sales every Tues day and Friday. WEDDING GIFTS ART ROOM SILVER DEPARTMENT. The handsomest stock we have ever shown. Special exhibit or Fall and Holiday Goods. An examination in vited. E. P. ROBERTS & SON, ririH AVE. AND MARKET ST. seis-srwr AVEESE TO HAWAHAN AHNEXATI0IT. It Would He Unpopular Among the Citizens of the United States. HevleTT of Reviewg.3 The measures hitherto adopted by the United State.?, iu order to secure in Hawaii such control as may be necessary to the security of their Pacific coast and of its rapidly growing commerce, have been hitherto confined to efforts for obtaining an exclusive right to a fortified naval station at the islands, and, lately, of securing a supervision of their foreign relations, while undertaking to suppress possible disorders. There has been manifest all along a great indisposition on the part of the American people to incorporate Hawaii politically with the United States. The annexation of outlying countries is a policy that liuiU little favor with the American public. Ac cording to present information any move ment toward the annexation of Hawaii as a State or as a Territory would be unpopu lar with the American people, and would encounter a great weight of opposition in the Senate. At the islands, a pleasant ideal, and one much and hopefully entertained, has been that of a permanentfv independent State under the friendly protection of the Great Powers unitedly, or of the United States singly. It has been hoped that such a State might efficiently fulfil all the need ed duties of hospitalitv and protection to the commerce of the Pacific. Hawaii has justly been very proud of its continued independence and autonomy, alone among all the groups of the Pacific. It has owed tills to its good conduct and capable Government, and to the very friendly offices of England, and .especially of the United States. This sentiment o'f Eatriotic attachment to Hawaiian autonomy as been peculiarly strong in the hearts of that large body of American citizens and their children, who for 50 years have been closely identified with the growth and de velopment of Constitutional Government and with that popular education which is in dispensable to such Government. Associ ated with these are many ot English and German origin who share the same attach ment for the Hawaiian flag. It is with the greatest regret and apprehension that the-e persons observe the apparently inevit able consequences of the new period of mul tiplied commerce which is about to open. It is with pain that they have to admit that no considerations of Hawaiian national sen timent arc likely to withstand any pressing necessities of tlie situation. America has hitherto been to Hawaii a friend of unex ampled generosity and indulgence. But they may most naturally distrnst anv re spect being paid to Hawaii -a time of war, however capable and efficient the littlo kingdom might prove itself to be in time of peace. It will not be strange if an early date witnesses a change ot policv when efforts to secure a mere lodgement for naval supply and security will be exchanged for more positive action. The present rapid enlargement of the United States Navy prints strongly in that direction. The same reasons which c.-;Il for increase of the navy tend toward the occupation of strategic points like Honolulu. America is not likely to "take any chances" in so serious a matter. EVz the United State3 is Interested 'in keeping the Dardanelles free from obstruc tion and tho English will not be permitted to hold Sigrl without ft vigorous protest. Chicago 2Cew$. Philadelphia stevedores get beastly drunk by merely inhaling the fumes of sngar in the holds of vessels where it Is stored. A few moments of fresh air dissi pates the saccharine "Jag." Hugus & Hacke. SILKS. Fall and winter importations now open, embracing the richest and most varied stock we have ever shown. Black Brocaded Faille, Bengaline, Satine and Gros Grain, Black and Colored Ground Pompadour Bro cades, a large assortment of these latest productions of Lyons looms. BLACK SILKS Sterling values and complete lines of all the popular weaves, Peau de Soie, Satin Duchess, Rhadames, Faille, Gros Grain, Ben galine, Crystal and Armure,85c to S3 per yard. An elegant assortment of AVhite Brocades, Satin Duchess, Bengalis and Crystals for wedding dresses. An excellent quality ot 22-mc wide Crepe du Chene at 85c a yard; 38 different colorings. Bedford Cord and Diagonal Crepe du Chene, the great novelty of this season for handsome evening cos tumes, in a variety of the most ex quisite shades. A line of white rea Canton Crepes at just half cost of importation, Si 25 to $5 per yard. SPECIAL VALUES Black Silks, 24 inches wide, three weaves, Gros Grain, Rhadames and Faille, at $1 a yard. A five piece lot of 22-inch Guinet Black Gros Grain Silk at Si 10; un til recently this quality has sold for Si 50 a yard. Cor. Fifth Ave. and Market SL Se20-3TWTSU QUESTION. ??????? Is it too early to buy Furs? NO. Not when we offer such inducements to the early buyer. We will sell them, this week at closing-out prices: French Seal Muffs at Si 85; price later, $2 50. Astrachan Muffs at $2 50; usual price, S3 50. Black Hair Muffs at 41c. Astrachan Capes at $11 50. We are not afraid to quote prices, for tVe know th'at they cannot be com pared with. Our assortment is one of the largest in the city. Our line consists of Capes, with Muffs to match in Coney, Astrachan, Mink, Otter, Beaver, Persian Krim mer, French Seal, Marten Seal, etc., in the latest cuts and collars. We in vite your inspection. NOTE. Look for our Millinery Announcement. , 435 MARKET ST. 437.
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