TH& 5TEEpR6-rlBPE0HsDNDAT,BE5TEIMBBR&- 27; 1891
AFTER MANY YEARS
The Pittsburg Tostoffice Abont to Bo
Kemovcd Into Adequate and
Appropriate Quarters.
A GEASD TKAXSFOR3I1TION SCENE
That Is to Tate Tlace at Midnight Wednes
day, and Thursday Morning
All Business Is
TO BE TRANSACTED AT TIIE SEW STAND.
Description of the IHeprnt Edifice Into Which Cncle
Sara Is Going.
At the stroke of midnight on the 30th,
next Wednesday, the old postoffice building
will be vacated, and
before the 1st of Oc
tober is five minutes
"old, Uncle Sam's
; mail business will be
in full swing in the
new officer Post
master McKean said
j esterday that there
would be no cessa
tion of business.
i "Work will cise at
12 o'clock, midnicht,
in the old offices,
only to be carried on
at 12:1 o'clock A. si.,
a few blocks away.
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ll'tndoir.
The public will find everything inapple pie
order at the new stand on Thursday mora
ine. The general plan and arransements of the
new Po-stotEce can be described in a few
words. The department occupies and is
confined to the entire first floor of the Fed
eral bniklimr. The structure of the edifice
is in quadrangular form. Along three
rides ol the square are located the
principal offices, and the workingroom is in
the enter of the quadrangle. It is
enclosed by a massive screen and is 12! feet
long by SO feet wide. The Postmaster's
rooms are in the Smithfield street and
Pourth avenue corner; the Money Order
Dhiion occupies the corresponding corner
at Third .nenue; the Itegistry "Division is
at the corner of Third avenue and Cherry
- alley, and the remaining corner, at Fourth
arenuc, is devoted to the cashier.
VlinnX THE ENTRANCES ARK.
The buildinc has three public entrances
one on each avenue and one on Smithfield
street. The latter is the main entrance.
Here there are five doors, 10 feet high by S
feet wide, hung in pairs on substantial brass
hinges They are made of Spanish mahog
any, are 2r inches thick and have 9 panels,
the center one of which is sunk en and em
bellished with a foliated molding. Over
each door is a transom of heavy plate glass.
The trimmings are of the same material as
the doors aud exhibit artistic design
and neat workmanship. The mid
dle door of the five admits to
a vestibule 14 feet by 14 feet formed by the
necessary heavy masonry work of the tower.
Arched openings through the walls open into
the corridor on either hand. The ceiling of
the vestibule is artistically wrought in
ttuccn, and the soffits, joints and architraves
of the an-1ie- show chaste design and
skilled execution. The front corridor, ex
tending ri'jht and left from the vestibule, is
13 feet it inches u ide. The walls are wains
cotted in Tennessee marble, surmounted by
a handsome Maintscot of Spanish mahogany
in panels.
orncis or tut. i-ostmasteu.
Tlie postmaster' offices comprise a pub
lic room and a liriiate apartment for the J
po-timister, eaeh with
freparate entrances
from the corridors.
The public room is 20
feet by S3 feet, and is
lichted by four double
windows. Kutr.ince
from the corr.dor is
obtained through a
pair of handsomely
finished doors ot'Span
ish mahogany, with a
circular fan light
above. The spandrels
over the arch aie
artistieallvcarved aud
the whole nork is
varnished. The win
dows are wrought in
the same material and
similarly finished.
"Wsinsroatine five feet
in height, aNo ol Span
ish umliosam, with
sunken panels, runs
aruuud the room to a
point vJiere a railing
lonus an enclosure for .Inmrlmf ih n,i-, in
desks. The enclosure is laid with Lvonnaise
tiling with a black border. The wainscot
ting, continued from the woodwork within
the railing, is of Tennessee marble. The
ceiling is wrought in stucco and finished in
Imfl" color Tin. windows are of polished
jilate glass, shaded bv nankeen curtains.
The fireplace is arranged for natural gas,
and is inclosed bv an evccedinglv hand
some mantle-piece of Tennessee marble in
three shades. The design is ornate. -NT
vtia arranged toilet rooms.
On the Fourth avenue side a stairwav
leads to private toilet rooms. These ate
ncatlj; arranged. The Postmaster's private
room is reached from th public room. The
communicating door is of Spanish mahog
any with nine panels and the usual trim
mings including a circular fan sail, and a
handsome pediment surmounting the frame
work. The prhate room is 20 feet bv 11 feet 6
inches. It is wainscoted similarly to the
other room, and is lighted bv a large treble
window. At the back are the -vaults, with
acloset aboio. The ceiling it, very hand
somely frescoed. Kxit from this room to
the corridor is through a short passage, each
side of which is fittingly framed in wood
work. The corridor door is a duplicate of
the inside door, and is finished with archi
trave, soffit and pediment. The furniture
of the doors is brass and of the best design.
It should be noted that Postmaster McKean
bupplied the decorations oi these two rooms
Irom his private purse, so th-it he will be
undisturbed by artisans once he takes pos
session. THE MONET ORDER DEP VRTJIFNT.
Tlie money order division quarters are
tlaplicatet in point of size and architectural
leaturcs o 1 the
Postmaster's, but
they are difierent
ly arranged. The
principal room is
divided in two by
a screen, consist
ing of a counter
with a panele.I
mahogany front
surmounted by a
screen. This i s
pierced by three
windows with
brass grills and is
dhided by plate i
glass panels,carry
inghandsomebrass scroll work. The
public portion of
the room is tiled.
The smaller room
adjoining contains
the vaults and
store closet, and is
fitted with a wash
hand stand. This
is a private room
A A'eal Stairway.
for the clerks of
ithetfiivision.
A similar stairway to that in J
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the Postmaster's room leads to toilet rooms
below. The architecture of these rooms is
the same as the opposite corner. The walls
and ceilings are plain white.
Next to these rooms is a passenger ele
vator, and beyond, the staircase. Thb is a
handsomely designed structure of iron with
wide marble steps. The soffits of the stairs
arc molded and painted in three shades of
green. Beyond is the Third avenue en
trance. Three doors of similar design and
finish to these of the main entrance open
into a wide vestibule. The ceilimj of the
vestibule is handsomely wrought in stucco
and the manner in which the jambs, soffits
and architecture of the arches, all in ma
hogany, are wrought is very creditable. It
may here be noted that the general design
of.t"hc architecture of the offices, and for the
doors, fireplaces, tiling, etc, throughout
the postofhee floor is similar to that of the
Postmaster's room.
DIMENSIONS OP THE WORKSHOP.
Beyond the Third avenue entrance is the
inquiry room, next to it a private room
w ith vaults and store closets, and bevond it,
on the Cherry alley corner, is the Registry
division. This is 24 feet by 32 feet A sec
tion about 12 feet square, "entered from the
corridor, forms the public office. The screen
is similariii design to that in the Money
Order division. In the opposite corner is a
smaller inclosure where mail men receive
their letters for delivery. The furnishing
and architecture are as already described.
The Cashier's department is the same size
as the Begistry office, the public portion
being cut off by a mahogany and brass
finis.ied screen, similar to the others. As
before, the appointments of this division are
similar to the others. Xext in order is a
private room, and adioining is the Superin
tendent of the City Division, Colonel T. J.
Hudson's room. Washbowls are provided
in these rooms with the necessary closets
and vaults. The office furniture is the same
all through, and is sufficient. The Fourth
avenue entrance, elevation, etc., are
counterparts of those on the Third avenue
side. This completes the enumeration and
description of the offices, 10 in number,on
this floor.
The screen inclosing the working loom lg
ort-ery handsome design. The material 1 s
bpanisu mahog
any and plate
glass is freely
used. The piUars
supporting the
upper floors di
vide the screen
into20bays. Each
bay has a purted
transom for light
and ventilation.
The pillars are
encased in richly
wrought wood
work with square
finished molded
base, flutcdpilast
ers and richlv
carved and mold
ed capitaK The
"letter drop" cor- One of the Slonograms.
ner is to the right on entering from Smith
field street and at the Third avenue corner.
Two bays face the front corridor. One bay
has two windows for retailing stamps, and
the other has the "special delivery," ''city,"
'foreign," J'East" and "West" drops
legibly inscribed on brass plates.
STAMP WINDOWS IN TLENTr.
The stamp windows are 30 inches high
by 19 inches wide and arc flanked by plate
glass windows. A handsome pediment
surmounts each window. Around the
corner are the "'north" and "south," "cir
culars" and "paper" drops. This side of
the screen has three bays of lock boxes
numbered from 1050 to 1920, the numbering
commencing on the Fourth avenue side, on
the end of the corridor with the newspaper
exchange boxes, of which there arc 33.
Four bays on this side are given up to
boxes. i
To the left on entering from Smithfield
street are the general delivery windows.
The ladies' general delivery is at the side,
while the men's faces the front. Also on
the front corridor are the advertised letters
and wholesale stamp windows. On the
side corridor, in the order named from the
ladies' general delivery, are the windows of
the superintendent of boxes, the superin
tendent of carriers, and I the box window,
taking up-four bays.
tOTsJOP ROOM FOR All.
The interior of the working room is am
ply commodious for tlie greatest stress of
business the department may have in many
years to come. It extends right through
from the front corridor to Cherry alley
where a receiving and shipping annex has
been constructed. As Superintendent of
Mails Palmer remarked in showing a Dis
patch reporter through the offices, "the
mails come in at one end and are rushed
through the various hands down the length
of the room onto the wagons at the other
end." Each department is railed In to it
self. The general delivery and advertised,
letters section is enclosed by a railing, and
the adjacent department, the wholesale
stamps, is likewise fenced in by a railing
eight feet high. From the latter
department access is had to extensive
vaults situated in the basement of the
tower in the rear of the vestibule to the
main entrance. On the other, or Third
avenue side of the tower are the retail
stamp windows, also railed in. The clerks
in this section also have vaults in which to
secure their stock. The corner is occupied
bj- the drop letter tables and tables for col
lecting. The latter are inside, and the
space is ample for convenient working.
EXCELLENT FUKNITrRF. EVERYWHERE.
The furniture in all these offices is of
the best kind, and the clerks will not
have any occasion
to nod, fault with
Uncle Sam for not
seeing to their com
fort. The desks
of Supt of Special
Delivery, A. J.
Brush; of the Su
perintend e n t of
Carriers George B.
Young; and of Su
perinten dent of
Boxes Thomas "W.
Ulam, extend
along the Sixth
avenue side from
the general deliv
ery corner, are
raised above the
general floor and
each is railed in.
The carrier's desks
are ranged in four
rows from front to
rear of the room
and are 80 in num
ber. Immediately
in rear of them
The Massive Pillars.
are the city
distribution tables threebcing for papers and
ten lor letters. These are constructedso as
to range octagonally around the pillars.
The distributing clerks work inside of the
octagon, and the carriers take their mail
front the pigeon holes from the outside.
I Inch pigeon hole is numbered inside and
out. to correspond with the number of the
carrier's table. Close by is the observatory,
entirely enclosed and reached from the
basement, from which an inspector can at
any time see what is going on without him
self being seen.
The Superintendent of Mails, L. E.
Palmer, has a neatly furnished office en
closed by a railiDg on a platform on the
Third, avenue side. Communication with
the public is had through a window. Mr.
Palmer has had his ideas carried out in the
design of his office fixtures and some of the
cabinets for filing awav records, etc., are
extremely ingenious and convenient In
deed, in selecting the equipments for the
various offices the judgments and opinions
of the heads thereof have been consulted so
that the machinery for conducting the busi
ness should work as smoothly as possible.
From the drop letter corner right through
to the mailing shed is an uninterrupted
space for the passage of the trucks laden
Mith mail matter.
NO LACK OF LIGHT.
The ceiling, 22 feet above the floor, is flat,
and of glass through which abundance of
light streams down from a lantern light of
the same area in the roof. Tlie nillars sun-
porting the upper floors are handsumely
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moulded and finished in three shades of.
green. Entrance to the working room is ob
tained through a small door on each side of
the corridor. These doors are for private
use only. The basement is reached rrom tho
working room bv a stairway. Here are store
closets for supplies, extensive lavatories and
the heating arrangements. The .building
will be steam heated, and the artificial l'Rht
ing will be by gas. The gas fixtnres, all of
which are brass, are also arranged, for elec
tric lighting, but no arrangements for a
plant have yet been made. The system ot
ventilation is the same as empioycu iuo
Court House. The air is sucked in, driven
into the air chambers, thence into the rooms
and forced out through the ventilators.
BEAUTIES OF TIIE ARCHITECTURE.
The real beauty of the architecture and of
the details of the woodwork, stucco and
stone carving can
only be made appar
ently a close inspec
tion. In point of
architectural beauty
the new postofflce
will undoubtedly
compare more than
favorably with any
other in the country,
and Postmaster Mc
Kean 's opinion of the
working facilities
is that the Pitts
burg office will
surpass an v other.The
fittings have been
generally mo deled
on the New York
type, but the ener
getic Postmaster has
himself devised and
suggested improve
ments which will be
noted in detail at an
other opportunity.
Mr. McKean has been
an untiring worker
around the floor dur
ing the week, and
Mr. Palmer and
Colonel Hudson ably
seconded him. Sup
erintendent Joseph
X. Tattison has had
charge of the con
struction and has
since that the floor SeauHesof the Arches.
kept the promise made some months
would be ready for the de
partment bv the first of October.
The rest of the building is still in the
hands of the plasterers, and the carpenters
are preparing to fix the woodwork. The
cost of fitting the postoffice department can
not yet be obtained. The building has been
ten vears under construction, and will, when
finis'hed, have cost oveJ J20,000,000.
The owners of lock boxes in the old build
ing were yesterday morning notified to call
at the box window in the old office for keys
for their boxes in the new building. A
deposit of 25 cents was required for each
key. The keys for the present boxes will
be"redeemcd as soon as possible after Thurs
day morning.
Now and Then
Stoughton & Stulcn would be asked
by
their customers and friends if they did not
think that their fine art wall paper store,
101 Market str et, was not too far down
town. But it has been demonstrated that
they have made no mistake. Market street
property is becoming more valuable every
year and is coing to be the principal busi
ness thoroughfare in the city. They have
secured a fine location and have the best
and most favorable storeroom for showing
troods in this citv: besides, they are con
stantly receiving new gpods and also carry
a stock of Lincrusta Walton, pressed
papers, raised felts, etc., etc, of many
different designs, with picture mouldings to
match. They also have all the gems from
all the lea ing wall paper manufacturers.
They still carry on the house, sign and
fresco painting, and in this connection we
might add that when they do the painting
and papering the people so engaging them
can feel satisfied of the fact that every
thing they do will be done in an artistic
manner and a perfect harmony will be
secured. Don't forget their new location,
101 Market street, corner of First avenue.
2Jew goods arriving daily.
In the Summer Time, .
SpeciaV excursions arc always "run to the
seashore. "We are again in the midst of the
heated term. You can escape the heat by
taking advantage of the low rate made by
the Pennsylvania Bailroad to Atlantic City,
on account of the Firemen's Com ention.
Tickets are now on sale, and will be con
tinued until October 2, good to return until
October 6, at single fare for the round trip.
Trains leave Union station as follows.: 1:20,
2:20, 8:00 a. ju; 4:30,7:15 and 8:10 p.m.
Special trains will run between Philadel
phia and Atlantic City, leaving Market
street wharf on September 29 and 30, Octo
ber 1 and 2, leaving at 8:00 and 9:30 A. M.
Beturning special trains will leave Atlantic
City on the above dates at 6:05 and 10:00 p.
31. Tickets, sleeping car berths and seats in
the parlor cars can be secured on application
at this company's offices, 110 Fifth avenue
and Union station.
naif Itates to Firemen's Tournament at
Atlantic Citj Tla B. Jfc O. R. K.
For the firemen's tournament at Atlantic
City, September 29 October 2, inclusive,
the B. & O. K. B. will sell round trip tick
ets from Pittsburif at one fare for the round
trip. Tickets will be sold from Septembr
25 to October 2, inclusive, and will be valid
for return passage until October Conclusive.
This low rate is not restricted to firemen.
but is open to the public, and presents the
last opportunity of the season to enjoy a
cheap trip to the seashore. The B. & O.R.
P. provides fast limited express trains via
"Washington, with Pullman service.
Visitors to the Exposition,
"When you come to 128 Federal street,
Allegheny, stop and examine the goods on
exhibition in lront of store. It's tne Cash
Store, and all regular prices made elsewhere
are cut here. Tickets in plain figures tell
the tale of the continual rush of trade.
"When you see how cheap goods are sold you
will join the crowd inside. A complete
line of dry goods, notions, hosiery, gloves,
laces, curtains, upnoistery, cloaks,
etc., at the popular Cash Store.
rugs,
Thornton Bros.
Do Ton Want to liny n Carpet?
Bemember onr low prices continue.
New
patterns just added.
J. 11. KtUTKEIi & Bbo.
Harvest Excursions
To principal points in the West, Northwest
ana Southwest via the Baltimore and Ohio
Bailroad at very low rates on September
29. Tickets good for return 30 days from
date of sale.
Fall Saltings,
Trouserings and overcoatings now ready
at Pitcairn's, 434- Wood street.
Exposition Offering.
Your picture free, and handsomely
framed, given away during the Exposition,,
by Hendricks & Co., No. 68 Federal street,'
Allegheny, with every dozen. Cabinets, ?1.
Great sale of moquctte carpets at Ed
ward Groetzingcr's this week.
Tho Best Flace
To go for photographs is Lies.' gallery, good
cabinets Si 60 per doz: reliable work. 10
and 12 Sixth street, directly opposite new
Alvin Theater. ttsu
Visitors to the Exposition,
If you want to see a crowd of buyers visit
the popular cash dry goods store.
Thoknton Bros.,
128 Federal street, Allegheny.
Great sale of moquette carpets at Ed
ward Groetzinger's this week.
Thornton Bros,
Every store can and does offer some goods
cheap to bait customers, but there is only
one store that offers everything at a bargain.
It's Thornton Bros.' Cash Store, Allegheny.
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IRISH TAKE THE LEAD.
Points Picked Up by Charles F.
HcKenna on the Emerald Isle.
AMERICAN SCHOOLS SURPASSED.
Recollections of Wbbj Prison and Some
Attempt to Escape.
OTHER TALKS GATHERED AND RECORDED
Attorney Charles F. McKenna returned
last week from a trip through England and
Ireland. He is a close observer and in an
interview yesterday recounted some of his'
experiences.
"Whilst in Liverpool, one morning in
court," he said, "I witnessed a practical
enforcement of the compulsory education
law in operation in England. The authori
ties take accurate and frequent census of the
children of school age in each district, and
of the school attendance, and are liable to
learn the truants. The parents in the case
in question were arrested and given a hear
ing, and being all very poor people were
not fined, or even subjected to costs, by the
Judge. He heard their eAuses and admin
istered to each either a warning or sugges
tions, as the case warranted. The parents
took the reprimands and suggestions -in
good part, and no doubt increased school
attendance will follow, In our cities we
should have a census taken of the number
of children of school age, who attend no
schools.
EACH SCHOOL IS INSPECTED.
"In addition to the most modern equip
ments and the high standard of studies in
the National schools, the Government has
ml dp ted an excellent plan to maintain the
efficiency of teachers. A corps of in
spectors recruited from the best class of
teachers is employed to visit each school
several times a year for the purpose of
conducting tests or examinations of the
progress made by each of the pupils. The
law prohibits auv intimations to be given
to the teachers as to when the Inspector
shall pay his required visit, consequently,
the schoolmaster must always be ready.
The Inspector keeps a record of theresults
or percentages attained by each pupil, and
the greater number of pupils the teacher
graduates to the maximum percentage, the
more his salary is increased.
ME TKISHMEN TAKE THE IEAD.
"This most liberal Governmental pro
vision for the education of the people has
been producing great results. A proof is
found in the census reports of the great de
cline in illiteracy in Ireland. At the ex
aminations held in Jdondon for Government
positions many Englishmen complain thai
the highest positions in the civil service,
awarded as a result of competitive exam
inations, were carried off by Irish candi
dates. The Boval Irish Constabulary, a
force of upward of 10,000 men, and phys
ically a fine body of men, are required to
undergo a strict educational examination
before being accepted. They are all natives
ot Ireland and graduates ot tne scnools.
"Evidence of prosperity in Ireland, was
indicated by the extraordinarily successful
annual horse show held in Dublin, the last
week in,August. Fully 50,000 of the yeo
manry, and yeowomanry, and their families
attended from all sections of Ireland. Their
fixe apparel and general appearance of com
fort and happiness would compare with the
people of any countrv.
"The Duke of Cfarence, (the Prince of
Wales' eldest son) some day, if the Monar
chy lasts, to be a King of England occu
S'ed a box on the principalstand during the
ublin races. The Duke is about 28 or 29
years of age, and is extremely tall and
slender, and has not a distinguished appear
ance. No more attention was paid him at
the horse show or in Dublin, than if he were
an ordinary individual, instead of an heir to
the purple."
BEMIHIECEHtteS OF LIBBY.
.Captain Orcntt Describes the Efforts Blade
to Captnro tho Prisoners.
The production of a war play at a local
theater during the week stirred up mem
ories of the war in many old soldiers pres
ent. For some the scene of the escape from
Libby prison had peculiar memories. As,
for example, Captain D. S. Orcutt, who was
confined in Libby prison for a period of 20
davs. He was captured at Beams station.
June 29, 1864, and was sent from Libby to
Andersonville. At the period of Colonel
Rose's escape, on which the play is mainly
based, Captain Orcutt was serving with his
regiment, the Eleventh Pennsylvania
Cavalry, at Williamsburg, 20 miles from
Bichmond.
"When the prisoners escaped from
Libby," he said, yesterday, "they had to lie
very close,for fear of being recaptured. They
did not know friend from foe, for the rebels,
to capture them, used to don the Union uni-'
form. We were ordered to be beat the
country, and we had to charge and capture
our own men just as we would the enemy.
It was different, though, for the escaped
men offered less resistance, when they knew
who we were, than the rebels. When Colo
nel Bose was stationed at the recruiting
station here, a year or so ago, we had many
talks about that escape from Libby. He
generallv charged that the Union soldiers
were not as active as they might have been
in covering the escaping prisoners. He
may have taken that view because he was
recaptured himself.
"1 was only in Libby for 20 days, being
sent thence to Andersonville. Every pris
oner was obliged to strip when brought in,
and an officer seated at a table told him to
hand over all his valuables and thev would
be returned to him when he was liberated.
When it came to my turn I heard a voice
near me, apparently coming through a crack
in the wall, saying: 'Don't give up any
thing; they'll never return it.' This I
afterward found to be one of the usages of
ar. 'Who is that?' I asked, and the voice
mentioned somo name, an officer in the
Fifth Illinois Cavalry. I had ?15 about me,
and this I slipped th'rough the chink in the
wall to the officer. Some time after a man
came up to me and asked me if I wasn't
Orcutt He returned me the 513 I had
slipped to him through the walL
"Such attempts at escape," continued
Captain Orcutt, "were often made at Ander
sonville. I remember on one occasion we
had succeeded in burrowintr a hole bier
enough for a'man to crawl through about 50
yards. We dug it with our fingers and an
old jack knife for want of better tools.
When it had been driven nearly far enough
the whole thing was given away by some
fellow for a plug of tobacco."
DTJTTES OF A BUSINESS MAN.
The Exposition Manager Drops Easily Into
a Little Iloinlly.
Talking about the patronage of and in
terest in the Pittsburg Exposition, Manager
Johnston said yesterday: "The way in
which the people support their Exposition
is gratifying to the Board of Managers, of
course, but I sometimes think that there is
not as much interest shown in it by busy
men of the, citv as the importance of the in
stitution deserves. Citizens should remem
ber that they are responsible for the success
of the Exposition. It is their duty to see
that it is properly supported. When, a man
is in business, be he a merchant, manu
facturer, lawyer, or what not, he is to some
extent a public character. He cannot do as
he pleases altogether. He cannot say,
This is my way of doing things. If the
public do not like it, they need not'
"If he persists in this sort of behavior he
will bo n failure, ultimately, unless he is a
millionaire and is not conducting his busi
ness for profit He must regard the wishes
of his customers, and he must either please
them or go out of business."
THthcr Molllngcr and Ills Patients.
Father Mollinger yesterday denied that
he had ever been treated for lameness by a
Bonthside female doctor," as the latter
claims. He also said that the reports of
people who come to see him being stranded
here for want of funds, and obliged to call
on the city to get transportation home, are
greatly exaggerated. Father Mollinger
reputation for liberality, his friends think,
should protect him from some of such talk.
BACINQ WITH LAWYBBS.
Kailroatl Claim Acents Hmtle to
Get
Ahead of the Legal Talent.
Daniel McJilton, Claims Agent for the
Baltimore aud Ohio Bailroad, was busy yes
terday in looking after the wounded in the
accident at Linden station. Asked If he
experienced much difficulty in settling
claims for accidents, he said:
"Well, it takes some hustling. The main
point is to see the people before they engage a
lawyer, or the lawyer engages himself to
them. Often it is a race which of us shall
get there first, and frequently, hustle as
w e may, we find a lawyer has been before
us. Then the real work begins, for lawyers
like nothing more than a good accident case
with a fat railroad corporation as defen
dants. The main point is to get bold of
people who may have claims right at tho
start, and before the lawyers get in."
Testorday's Criminal Court Hearings.
In the Criminal Court yesterday a hear
ing was had in the case of Mary Cole,
against whom an information for surety of
the peace had been made by her stepfather,
Tobias Kennedy, of Allegheny. Miss Cole
had been rearing Kennedy's two daughters,
her half-sisters, and he went into the
Orphan's Court and had the children
taken from her and placed in tlie
Home of the Good Shepherd. At the
time Miss Cole occasioned a scene by faint
ing in the Court room. Kennedy alleeed
that she threatened him. ,Tudge.Kennedy,
after hearing the case, allowed Miss Cole to
go on her own recognizance 'to keep the
peace. Jacob Engel was held in S300 bail
to keep the peace for a year, on informa
tion of Bosa Bosenwald. The surety of the
peace case of Catharine Bennertz against
Charles Bennertz, was continued until
further order of the Court. The desertion
case of Mrs. Maggie Thompson against
William Thompson, was dismissed.
Upturns to n ilnlo.
Attorneys George C. Wilson and W. S.
Pier yesterday filed their returns in the
rule taken by the Sheriff requiring Will
iam Loeffler, preferred creditor, and the
Eastern creditors of W. E. Schmertz to
show cause whv the proceeds of the Sher
iffs s.i'e should not be paid into court on
the one hand or to Loeffler on the other.
The arguments were postponed till to-morrow
afternoon at 3 o'clock, when they will
be heard before Judge White.
Do Ton Eat?
Consumer, if you do not save money from
now on you never will. With an over
abundant crop of fruit, vegetables and
grain, and the duty off sugar, why shouldn't
groceries be cheap?
are YOtr alive
to the fact that in paying high prices for
your goods you are systematically robbed to
pay the bad debts of others who never pay
for anything? Send for price list and com
pare prices. Send in your order and you
can't be deceived, as every article must be
first-class. If not, your money will be re
funded. I will give with all orders of ten dollars
($10) and upward the benefit of the follow
ing prices:
25 lbs white coffee sugar 51 00
24J4 lbs granulated sugar 1 00
30 cans sardines in oil 1 00
4 sacks good grade family flour. ....... 4 00
4 sacks best Minnesota flour S 80
5 cans California apricots 1 00
5 lbs tea (in all varieties) 1 00
3 lbs 50c tea (all varieties) 1 00
8 lbs best California prunes 1 00
15 lbs good raisins 1 00
7 lbs roasted coffee Xfrcsh ground) 1 00
4 lhs chewing tobacco. 1 00
4 lbs Wcyman's tobacco 1 00
8 lbs white clover honcy(straincd). ... 1 00
50 bars family soap 1 DO
Weigh yottrgoods familyscales 1 95
30 bars soap (5 cents size) 1 00
8 lbs dessicated cocoanut 1 00
10-lb kit lake herring. 59
3 cans table peaches (yellow) 23
6-foot fit ep ladder, complete 98
1 clothes norse (4 wings, 6 feet) 85
1 gallon New Orleans molasses 30
2-lb can best baking powder in United
States for 20
Goods delivered to all pnrts of two cities.
To parties living out of the city will prepay
freight on all orders of 510 and upward.
Send for price list before ordering.
Jas. J. Weldon,
No. 201 Market street, cor. Second avenue,
Pittsburg.
The Cash Store, 123 Federal Street, Alle
gheny. Any city lady will tell you that if you
hnve drygoods to buy go to the Cash Store
and get posted, and tne plain figures on
merchandise in front of the store will con
vince you we have no competitors. Where
can you find a store in cither city that will
cut black dress goods and silks at margins
that satisfy us? They don't exist. You
read lots of advertisements on silkB every
day, but you don't see auy that offer 24-inch
black surah at 35c, or 21 inches at 25c, or
24-inch black failles at 89c, or black and
colored all silk rhadames at 49c, or plaid
surahs at 49c, wash plushes 98c, China
silks 25c, Washington mills dress goods
at 98c, English suitings 98c, silk warp
Henrietta at 69c, the SI 00 one elsewhere.
Plaid dress goods 36 'inches at 9c, indigo
blue prints 4Xc, and silver grey morning
prints 4Xc There is nothing new in the
phraseology of the above ad, but the
S rices will strike our competitors as being
ecidedly "fresh." Thokntox Bros.
Visitors to tho Exposition,
Make note of this. The trade of the Cash
Store is mado up of shrewd city buyers,
ladies that are out shopping every day and
know a bargain when they see it This is
the class of trade that we cater for. Our
competitors are looking after customers not
qnite so well posted; you will find their
advertisements in all the country papers.
They have long- since ceased to be com
petitors of ours. We have monopolized the
cash trade of the city without spending ?1
for advertising where they spend thousands.
If you want to avoid paying for the adver
tisement in the county paper you have
been reading the past "year come to the
cash drygoods store.
k Thorxton Bros.,
128 Federal street, Allegheny,
Opening
Thursday,
Wednesday and
and October 1.
September 30
Our ncw department for misses and chil
dren; choice and exclusive styles in party
and dancing dresses.
Parcels & Joxes,
29 Fifth avenue.
Bailings, counters and shelving.
Hauoh & Keenan,
su 33 and 34 Water street.
81 OO Until November 1 S3 50.
12 fine cabinets 51, or a life-size crayon
for 53 50. Bring the little ones; use ele
vator. At Aufrecht & Co.'s Gallery, 516
Market street
Great sale of moquctte carpets at Ed
ward Groetzingcr's this week,
Hemoval.
W. M." Greenlee has removed his Adjust
able Truss business from 230 Second avenue
to 204 Second avenue, city.
The hearty approval of the historical
drama,
Abraham Lincoln
By the Grand Army comrades insures its
success. Grand Opera House next w eek.
Great sale of moquette carpets at
ward Groetzinger's this week.
GOOD PLACE. TO LITE.
Another Opportunity Offered to Pur
chase Lots in Knoxville.
GREAT AUCTION SALE TO-MORROW.
All the Comforts of a City Without Any of
Its Drawbacks.
BEAUTIES AS A PLACE OP RESIDENCE
Some time ago it was rumored that the
new Pittsburg and Knoxville Electric Line
had purchased the Knoxville Inclined Plane.
Happening to mention the matter yester
day to a gentleman who is in a position to
k,now he said: "Yes, the line has virtually
made the purchase. The papers in the case
are in the'hands of the attorneys, and the
deal will, be closed as soon as they can be
drawn up."
He said further that he was ..not
at liberty to give the figures, but from
his .manner, would judge it to be a
good round sum. The company have com
menced laying the rails down Eleventh
street and will connect with the short line
via the Tenth street bridge to the city. Up
on the hill the cars will run on Washington
avenue to Maple avenue, to Georgia, to
Charles, to Jacunda street in Knoxville.
The time to reach the city will be from 20
to 30 minutes.
Wliat is there to make a man more hnppy
than a beautiful home in the country, with
all the advantages of the city, rapid transit,
paved streets, city water, etc. In tact, a
Kntxville gentleman said yesterday:
"Let'us give credit where credit isdue.
L'et us look at the question of locating a
home in the light of tlie past andpresentex
pcrience, and there can be only one con
clusion to arrive at; let us consider
the case first of the mechanic.
His name we will say is John Smith.
He works in some Southside factory, and
apropos there are thousands of just such
mechanics. John has a wife and several
children, and while his income is only or
dinary, he 'finds This earnings would keep
him comfortably if it was not for that gauut
monthly specter that he always has in mind
rent He knows, too, that to live in a
rented house makes one careless. He Is apt
to feel that if he cannot own a home with a
little yard attached, where his wife and
babies could breathe pure air and keep
healthy, he might as well live in the crowd
ed wards, and lie loses heart.
how to become independent.
"To all such there is consolation in the
fact that no man need be a tenant who de
sires to become his own landlord. Land is
too cheap after all for an enterprising young
man, and even if he has got but a few dol
lar 'a" aside for a rainy day it is enough to
start him on the road to independence. "The
mechanic, clerk, business man and laborer
who once possesses himself of a
house , of his own does become in
dependent It gives him courage
to fight the vicissitudes of everyday life
with a greater vigor and such people are
the ones that always succeed in acquiring
more than a home and become our best citi
zens. There is no place on the face of the
earth where the workingman particularly
stands in so much need of a good healthy
living spot as the Southside. Among
the first to appreciate this were those
who projected the now beautiful borough of
Knoxville, a town that has grown to be a
garden spot in this industrial community, a
town pf good streets, fine shade trees.thappy
homes and health and wealth. Most people
would hardly believe that Knoxville has
1,800 inhabitants but such is the case and
we defy anyone to point out a prettier or
liealthier place around Pittsburg than this
is. Here is where our young mechanic
John Smith should buy and where every
one who finds himself like situated should
follow his example."
In order to reach all, the Knoxville Land
Improvement Company has arranged for its
second great auction sale of building lots,
to tnke place to-morrow, September 28, at
10 a. m. H. B. Smithson, the well-known
auctioneer, will officiate and explain the
barcains to be had on the crround. All who
can should attend, and if they have never
been in Knoxville they will be astonished
at what they will see.
can easily be reached.
Knoxville is not only beautiful, but is
easily accessible. It is only one and one
half miles from the postoffice in the heart
of the city. Think of this, reader, you who
have looked out upon the dingy brick walls
of the closely-built city, that it is onlv one
and one-halt miles from the seat of all your
discomfort'to a place possessing the beau
ties and comforts of the country and all the
conveniences of the city. The borough is
easily reached in from 10 to 15 minutes
from the Southside market by way of the
great Pittsbnrg and Knoxville Inclined
Plane, from Bradford and South Eleventh
streets, a ride on which is a pleasure in it
self. It will be but a short time'until the
electric railway win aciiver passengers
into the heart of the city in from 20 to 30
minuter, and just think of it for the
one fare 5 cents from Knoxville to the city,
the railway having secured the inclined for
that purpose. Work has already been
started and it will be completed as rapidly
as possible. Knoxville is not an out of the
way place, but lies on the line of the two
most important highways, Brownsville and
Washington avenues. These are the two
main highways traversing rich andpopulous
districts of the country, over which thou
sands of people travel every day. These
important avenues passing through Knox
ville will have the effect of materially ad
vancing the value of property adjacent to
them. In short, property in Knf ville is
front property, such as property on the im
portant streets of the citv proper and not
back-out-of-the-way land that never ad
vances in value. Knoxville is a delight
fully pleasant and healthful place to live in
the winter as well as in the summer, for it
has a southwest exposure u hich has brought
health to many who were delicate when
they settled there. The streets of the
borough are handsomely laid out and paved
and are lined with shade trees.
A PLACE OP BEAUTIFUL HOMES.
The houses are all set back from the
streets and are largely built of brick. City
water is supplied on all streets and thev are
lighted by natural gas. The borough" has
uiic ui uie iiueai. aiuiie uuuuiugs in ine
State, while the Presbyterian, Methodist,
U. P. aud Lutheran congregations have
handsome edifices. The Catholics, Episco
palian, First Christian and Baptists have
bought lots and are preparing to build.
There are a number of good stores, but
there is room for plenty more. The Pitts
burg Shoe Company employs 100 persons,
including many girls. Beside this there is
a brick yard, stone quarries, coal mines and
l j... 7 : t. :n i.. , .
uuicr ministries. xiuujiYiiie iuib are oemg
sold rapidly, and the time has come for you
tobuy. It you are not ready to build now
get your lots while you can. It you want
to make money, buy now. Values of prop
erty in this beautiful town will continue to
advance, and he who buys lots in Knoxville
now wiH be a sure gainer in the future. All
should go to the auction sale to-morrow
morning at 10 o'clock, you will not regret it.
The terms of the sale are 10 per cent cash at
time of the sale. 15 per cent at time of
taking deed,vnd73per cent on bond and mort
gage payable in five annual installments,
or in 99 years with interest from date, as
may be 'desired. The Fidelity Title and
Trust Company will guarantee all deeds for
a sum not to exceed 20 per lot. To those
who may wish to build at once the company
will furnish all the material for house and
include the price of same in the mortgage,
or it will build complete and finish the
house on plan (.elected by the buyer on pay
ment of one-fourth cash and balance on
mortgage. '
The -Electrical Construction and
Maintenance Company,
Electric Engineers and Contractors. Eloctrio
Bells, Burglar Alarms, Annunciators, etc.,
Incandescent Light and Bell Wiring a
specialty. Sole agents for the Jonney motors.
1555 FIFTH AVENUE Pittsburg, Pa.
Telephone 177i. JylSsu
SEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
THE LAR&ESTand LEADING MILLIKERYHOUSE IN WESTERN PEN.
Soon as Created
and Brought
To Light, All New
Ideas and
Fashions in La-.
dies' and
Misses' Headgear
NOTWITHSTANDING THE SWELTERING HEAT, OUR
FALL 1LLIIRI OPEIIIG
Proved a glorious, unqualified success, attested to by the pres
ence of tens of thousands of Pittsburg's fairest and delighted
daughters; also, many thousands more, for miles and miles
around about us, added their meed of praise. Without the
slightest inclination to vain boasting, it certainly was very grati
fying for us to listen to the many remarks and commendations
bestowed upon our honest; untiring, humble efforts, which have
again so triumphantly crowned us Pittsburg's Leading Milliners.
Without going into wearying details, would simply say that in
New York itself a better assorted stock of Millinery cannot be
found under one roof A lovely range of Toques and Bonnets
for street and evening wear, Round Hats, Wide Brims, Carriage
Hats, English Turbans, eta, etc. It's impossible to enumerate
all, but will merely mention a few-of the Leading Beauties to be
found in our immense stock:
Patti, Crescent, Senator, Vigo, Creole,
Sharon, Cotero, Savoy, Topeka, Norman, -Avenue,
Cotillion, Goodkind, Primrose, Violet,
Addie, Hixon, Malvern, Clifton, Hussar,
Redfern, Sylvan, Stephanie, Windsor, Winthrop,
Felix, Dudley, Auburn, Dakota, Duchess,
Niobe, Gypsy, Mercury, Jerome, Royal,
Mischief, Finette, Surrey, Narron, Harriet
And very many others. But come and see them. There's styles
and qualities enough to suit all tastes and pocketbooks. Then,
the Trimmings. They're certainly both lovely and nobby, calcu
lated to please the hearts and adorn the headwear of Pittsburg's
and surrounding districts' beauty. We've got the largest and
most magnificent aggregation of Birds, Aigrettes, Pompons,
Jets, Tips, eta, eta, eta, you ever beheld, besides all the new
shades in Ribbons and Velvets. And, as you all know, our
prices are rom 20 to 25 per cent less than anywhere else.
Still, irrespective of this fact, we'll continue, as heretofore, when
all materials are bought here, to make
NO CHARGE FOR TRIMMING.
NOVELTY! VARIETY! VALUE!
Onr Laflies' Sacpes, rap, Etc.Jtc.
This triple combination you'll find not only exists but emphatic
ally luxunates-here. We ve literally overshadowed and obliter
ated all former efforts. We care not from whence in these two
cities the assertions come, there doesn't exist a newer, better
assorted or equal value Ladies' Wrap stock anywhere. Now,
just glance, please, at following quotations, but, by all means,
come and judge for yourselves. Well pleased and satisfied
you're sure to be.
Conviction bearing proofs in Ladies'
Fall Jackets, black and colored,
medium andwinter weights, lined
and unlined :
$6 Garments now for $3.99 each.
$8 Jackets thisweek for
$4.98 each.
$10 Jackets to-morrow for
$5.98 each.
11 Jackets we'll charge
$6.49 each.
$12 Jackets'll now be
$7.98 each.
15 Jackets are now
$9.98 each.
$18 Jackets will sell for
$12.49 each.
$20 Jackets for only $14,24 each.
Now, the above only represents a very few of our many elegant novel
ties. Finer goods we've got in variety and abundance, all at same tempting
low prices. But, as we said before, we desire to repeat with emphasis, come
and judge for yourselves. In every respect your most sanguine expectations
will be realized.
ANOTHER PLUCKY PURCHASE. '
From a well-known celebited New York manufacturer his
entire stock Summer Blazers and Reefers, in Tan, Black, Navy
and Slate Colors. They're right here, and we'll sell them at
the rate of 33 cents on the doliar. Come soon if you don't
want to get left
ALWAYS
THE
CHEAPEST.
CHEAPEST. UI1I1L UL Ul RENNAVB 1
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Find Their Way
To This, the Rb-
pository of
High Art Millinery
at
Popular
Prices.
-IN-
Novelties in Capes, black and color
ed, studded, jetted, fur, fringe and
feather trimmed, light, medium
and heavy weight:
The 10 Capes can be had here for
$5.98 each.
The J$i2 Capes here will be only
$7.49 each.
The 55 1 4 Capes just now only
$8.49 each.
The Si 6 Capes are marked only
$10.98 each.
The $i& Capes this week for
$12.49 each,
The $20 Capes to-morrow morning
$15.74 each.
The $22 Capes will sell for
$18.49 each.
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