MONDAY, OCTOBER 2,(21 SS 4,79194 1.S30 25 3,008 34 3.494 S3 2,7 It 5.158 07 1 305 70 4,344 78 1,511 55 372 45 1.776 0G 4,332 3S 1,011 10 4 317 15 3 075 01 4 739 5G 2,im C 1,575 83 2.497 4S 2 49S 80 G,S27tS Totals 4 Conn ty Appropriation. !07,777 CO 4 SOS 00 169.515 27 G5.000 00 Grand Totals $29i,5S5 GO $234,515 : Working Out the Taxes. The five townships marked by a star Lave as yet made no report of their millagc, and the figures set opposite them are simply the amounts assessed in the previous year. The figures for 1890 in all the townships are taken from the report of the Secretary of Juternal Afi'airs. The sum of 584.808 put down as the county appropriation for this I year is the estimate ot the County Engineer J jnnra ia ms ia-i annual report, as me amount required ior the construction, re pairs and maintenance of bridges in the various townships. The total in the case of 1891 is contributed to bv innumerable frac tions not indicated in the table. It will be understood, of course, that no boroughs are embraced in the Allegheny county table. They pay no road taxes. The bullv of this assessment all over the State is "worked out." A few samples will serve to show about in what proportion the cash and labor tax stand. Sewicklev town ship, Allegheny county, has her millage of iC mills divided this way: 4 mills work and J4 mill cash. Franklin township di vides 4' mills exactly the same as Sewick lev. "V. .T. "White, the Supervisor of JUleppo township, wrote me: "There was 5475 road tax 'worked out in this township and no cash tax at all." "W. G. Lane, Supervisor of Patton township, writes: 'Our road taxes thii year are $j,000, of "nhich Sl,000 may be worked out." "W. B. Klliott, Supervisor in Forward township, wrote: "We have three mills levied for work -purposes, and one mill cash for special. "We had to make this large levy on account of big wash-outs and land-slides, and had a damage suit to pay. AVe never had more than two and a half mills before, find expect to keep it down to two mills next year." Another Feature of Expense. There was also a judgment against Patton township in consequence of injury from bad roads, and it has to be paid out of the road taxation. The liability of wash-outs, acci dents, etc., from the kind of roads the coun try districts now have explains in a great measure the difference between the sse's inents in some townships last year and this. The roads as at present cared" for arc abso lutely unreliable. "When the township sees winter approaching, it is not a question of how much money they have spent in repair im: the roads, but it is a question purely and simply of weather. One year they may pull through without a great deal of trouble with the road, but the next the highways may be very expensive. A glance through the' Al legheny county table will furnish many startling instauces of how one township may differ in it assessment in just two years. "With permanently repaired highways, all kinds of weather would be the same in their effect on them, and a more steady millage couldbc the result. l'rom which does the public reap the most good, the common schools or the coun try roads as they are at present kept up? Xt Jt is the EChooi sj-stem, one woulu natur ally suppose that, as the best investment, it frkould deserve the largest share of money raised from taxation. Yet "Washington county this year has paid $23,150 more for its poor roads than it has for its public scbooU. The azgregate of its sehool tax was $109.80:1, and its road taxes reached a total ot 5134,052. Mercer county this year assessed road taxes aggregating tll9,42G, and sehool taxes only to the amount of $Sfl, ' a diflcrence of S29.653 in favor of the roads. Lawrence county gives 59,172 less to schools than to roads. Clearfield county .-lights her schools to the extent of 534,989"; Chester to the extent of 542,129: Bucks, 52G, 090, and Cameron county by 52.000. Perhaps this is one reason why the school leathers in country districts are paid such miserable pittance, and that, too, when in many regions of AVestern Pennsylvania the roads git so bad that the children have to stop going to school. If the roads get the most ot the money and labor in some coun ties why don't they show for it'.' A 5w System Certainly Needed. The cry of the opponents to the proposed country road reform was that for the State to undertake a system of general appropria tion and permanent repairing of the roads meant increased taxation on the farmer. Tliose who framed the proposed law an swered this by saying: "There is no need for increasing the present rate of taxation a penny. lut pay over to the State what you now expend in labor and cash on the roads, and we will put it into something perma nent. There is plenty of money now raised if it is only extiendedproperlv." The figures submitted in this article de monstrate that idea very clearly. If 54,000 of a So, 000 road tax assessment he "worked out" by the farmers of Patton township, that conveys the impression that their labor -wasactnaliv worth 54.000. Labor that is worth 54,000 outside the farm fence is cer tainly worth $4,000 inside the farm fence. It would, therefore, to all appearances, be no harder for the farmer to pay his taxes in cash. The time he now wastes on the roads he would profitably put into work upon his farm. The benefit should, and, no doubt, would be tw o-fold by the cash system: First, the farm would become better," because not neglected: and, second, the roads would be vastly improved. "While the farmer ought to get better results from additional time for lii- own duties, he certainly would reap solid profit in the end from "the en hanced value of his property by reason of nccessibilitv all the year around: and from the sav ing of horse-flesh, vehicles, and time in transit from the town to his barn. In other words, if the bulk of five mil lions of dollars expended in muscle upon the country roads in the 49 counties enumerated above, be actually worth that much in money and honesty compclls vou to conclude that it is would it not be just valuable on the farm? If so, is there not tome better plan of spending the ?j.000,000,or more, that would then accrue to the town ships in actual cash, than by the present wasteful method? From now on the farmer will be block aded by bad roads, and may have plenty of time on his hands to ponder over these figures. E. E, STonnu 10 ABGTJE WALLEB'S CASE. Prominent Attorneys on Hand for tho Important Trial. Ex-Attorney General Kirkpatrick, Congressman Stone and ex-Assistant At torney General Snodgrass came to the An derson Hotel last night to be on hand to day to defend Superintendent of Public In struction "Waller, who refused to give place to Prof. Snjder, Governor Pattison's ap pointee. The case will probably come tip in Supreme Court this morning. The tiiree men are all prominent Repub lican politicians, and are confident that Gregg and Morrison will be elected. Mr. Kirkpatrick believes there will be little question about "Waller's right to complete his term. The case of the Factory Inspector, he said, was not n parallel, however, and the retention ot Waller would not indicate that "Watchorn would have to give over his place to Martin. Abusing a Woman. Officer Thompson arrested Mary and James Bell and John Martin yesterday about noon, in a house on. Spruce alley. jrenr Thirtieth street, and locked them up in the Twelfth M.rd station house. Martin aad Bell were intoxicated and are charged with abusing the woman. Plum 3,88 SO Tenn 15,521 03 "Pine 1,3J!I07 Patton 5.000 00 Robinson 3.UK C4 JTeterve s 401 85 Hichlaud 2.2P0 S3 5naler 4372 00 SpringrUale CSS G3 South Versailles 377 S6 Snowdeu 1,7S 70 bouth Fayette 3,n 7 Scwicklcy L&KOT Scott t,e3S IS Sterret 4,110 ns Stowe 12,387 S3 Upper St. Clair 1!9 41 I'luon 1.5S8 ttt Versailles 2,479 48 Wilkin:. v 3,335 14 AVe&t Deer 3,427 04 SUNDAY n on, What a Beautiful Day Will Bring Forth to Amuse the City Visitor at McDonald. LITTLE CESSATION OP ACTIVITY. Many Jlodes of Diversion Open to the Field lien in Gambling and Drink ing Eesorts. SLEEPING AND EATING LIKE SOLDIERS. Etligions Serricts and Athletic Sports Within Sight of Fach Other. It is worth any person's spare dollar to J take a trip out to McDonald on Sunday. Yesterday was an autumn day of rare beauty, and the gods who, in mythical lore, gambol through Bylvan glens, could not have wished for more fittigg weather. Everybody who reads the newspapers has heard about McDonald and its vast petro leum resources during the week, but its Sunday scenes are a bit more interesting, perhaps, to the average reader who does not possess a piece of the prolific territory. The trains to and from the mushroom village were crowded with passengers, the majority of whom had tickets labelled McDonald. Faces familiar on Fifth avenue were seen tramping and trudging through the grease covered meadows and woods, eagerly exam ining a new well or one about to come in, and scrntinizingly looking at the Matthews or McVey wells, out of which have flowed 000 to C00 barrels of crude ax hour. There is still lots of ready money in the earth for the speculative gentry, as only yesterday a gusher of 400 barrels capacity brought gladness and gain to the heart and purse of a big producer. The field is very productive, ana Dame Xature continues to issue the invitation: "You press the but ton, I'll do the rest." SO PLACE TO 3IEDITATE. The Dispatch writer was fortunate in haying an tip-country oil man, who is per fectly familiar with McDonald, and through his courtesy every point of interest was gained. The man who is wont to wander off on a Sunday, and sit him down in silent meditation, should never goto McDonald on the Lord's day. There is very little cessa tion of business in the bustling burg, and if one was not directed by the calendar, he would not know it was the day of rest. TJp and down the main thoroughfares people were hurriedly coming and going ever and anon. The mournful sound of the village church bell is .supplanted by the grating chug of the drill, working its" narrow way down to the aepths where the greasy fluid is found. In McDonald proper arc live churches, a Pres byterian, Lutheran, United Presbyterian and two colored congregations. These were established before the excitement broke out. All are very well attended. On the other hand, the non-chnrch-going element is largely in the majority, and any one who is disposed to while away his time about the gaming tabic, or quaff a cool cup of an exhilarating beverage beer, wine or liquor he can be accommodated with very little ado on his part The drills are as a rule shut down on Sun day, which allows the festive driller to fill up" his inner man with liquid refreshment solids are a trifle scarce out there. If he wishes to risk his hard-earned dollar on the ace, deuce or high card or wager and wait for the little ball ot the roulette wheel to drop into the hole, or sit down to a stiff game of "draw," he can have his speculative propensities satisfied with out going out ol the State. CHAJCCE GAMES ASI SPEAK-EASIES. There is no paucity of "speak-easics," and a native, when asked how many were in the town, replied that "about every third dooris a whisper joint." It is a sure thing that a hungry man will go in want longer than a thirsty individual. There is a big opening for a first-class res taurant in McDonald, for the scarcity and quality of food is something startling on Sunday. American pork finds its way into the town in very large quantities without any interference from the authorities, while barnyard fruit is a great product used in connection with salty ham. The reporter after a tour over the "field returned to a res taurant only to find apic and a glass of milk to appease his stimulated appetite. The Sunday visitors had devoured everything in sight. About ten so-called eating establish ments are doing business there, and one has the inviting sign over its door, "'French Cafe." It is not necessary to remark that its proprietor never conducted a place on the Champs d'Elysee, or back ot the Ave nue de l'Opera in Paris. The fumes eman ating from the "cafe" were very suggestive of Splaue's court or spaghetti. A PEEP IXTO A LODGE. A new hotel is now in the course of erec tion which will be a boon to the visitors and producers whq, desire to eat and sleep in comfort. Everywhere throughout the field where a rig is up, an improvised lodg ing and eating house is built for the drillers, tool dressers and other workmen. A look into many of these revealed a lot of sleep ing individuals ou rude bunks, some were reading, others playing with the uncertain pack of pasteboards, all seemingly content and happy. If vou would stand on the crest of the hill and look over the field any number of gaily dressed young ladies with their escorts could be seen. They did not mind the grease, and no doubt many a spot was car ried home on a Sunday female costume. A picturesque little cottage nestled in the woods on the McVey farm, was an attractive resort. The musical plunk, plunk of a banjo, with a mouth organ and guitar accompaniment, amused the pasersby. Songs not found in Moody and Sankcy "gospel hymns floated out upon the still Sabbath surroundings. Especially was this the case up in the Bel gian and French quarters. The toaming lager was flowing freely, while these foreign classes, carrying out the customs of their respective countries, had a gala day. INDULGING IN STOUTS. Games, such as handball, quoits, foot races and other diversions were freely indulged in, the women tak ing an enthusiastic part in applauding the contestants. ' By the way, these women arc as hard w orkers as the men. The latter mine coal, while their wives stay at home, and, when not performing domestic duties, make brick. It is a common thing to see a score of women digging clay, tramping it and molding it into shape for building pur poses. As a consequence they are all robust and healthful. In this connection it might be inserted here that since the discovery and production of oil at McDonald there has been a marked decrease in sickness and mortality. Dr. J. Jamison said that a year ago levers were very prevalent, but that the neighborhood was exceptionally tree from sickness. "Whether it is due to the odor of the oil which purifies the air and kills many germs is a question of scien tific research which he had not looked up. At any rate the undertakers here have had a vast amount of spare time at their dis posal lately. Yesterday the livery business was up to the top notch of activity, not a conveyance or horse. being obtainable. The people of high and low degree are all liberal spenders in the thriving oil town, if they only had a chance to dispose of their money outside of gambling. The streets last Saturday night contained no less than 15 fakirs with their different displays. Striking machines, Innjj testers, Mexican Joe with his herb medicines a panacea for all ills and "Honest Billy," the blacking merchant who is known to "every oil man in the upper region. All of these itinerant business men were munificently patronized by the mellow drillers who received their w cek's wages. AN OCCASIONAL KOW. Quite a number of intoxicated individuals were on the streets yesterday,-and an occa sional fistic encounter broke the monotony of the Sabbath. At 12 o'clock last night all the drills were started, and life bibulous laborer who feels the effect of too much liquor will start his fire and turni in under the boiler to sleep away the abnormal feel ing about his head. There is no more interesting specimen of the genus homo than the general oil field worker, when seen and studied in his native element, happy, genial, liberal, "with a rough exterior, "but a warm heart, bearing the burden of a rugged existence, cheer fully and philosophically he wins'youf ad miration, and impels one to step up. grasp his hand and encouragingly say in the Western parlance, "More power lb you, old man, you're a rough nugget, but you bet your life there's fine gold in you." j Among the Sunday visitors noticed yes terday were Barney Fors', one of the large owners of the McYey farm; Josiah Cohen, Major Steele, Alex. Hutchinson, H. M. Ileis, J. H. Sultzbach. of Philadelphia; A. Forst, S. Simon, M. Forst, C. ,T. Andrews, "William S. McXeelv, J. C. Baker and many other familiar Pittsburg faces. THE CITY ELECTRIC LIGHTING. Present Status or the Matter and Future Probabilities Relative Economy s Be tween Owning a Plant and Buying the Light. An announcement that Chief Bigelow may present to Councils to-day an estimate for an electric lighting plant for the city has attracted attention in electric circles. It was known that Controller Morrow and other officials had expressed themselves in favor of having the city supply its own light, but it was not understood that the Department of Public "Works was yet pre pared with figures as to the cost. At present the electric lighting for the city is done under contract by the East End Company, whose interests are supposed to be practically identical with those of the Allegheny Company. The price paid is about 5100 per lamp per annum. The citv bill lor electric lighting will amount to from 5150,000 to 5200,000 Yearly, and will be constantly increasing. The present con tract is to expire in April next year. It is contended that the great competition of electrical manufacturing companies has brought down the cost of machinery very much, and that by getting bids from the principal companies a plant can be got for the city to do its lighting at a cost so much below existing rates as to pay for itself 'in a few years at the farthest. Tliere is now no general competition in the electric lighting in Pittsburg. 1'ecent reports, however, indicate that if the city does not provide its own plant there will be one or possibly two or more com panies formed with a view of competing on the city lighting and undertaking a general business of sup plying private consumers also. There are no fewer than eight or nine ordinances which have been in the hands of the Corporation Committee of Councils for a long while pjst asking privileges for doing business. Thus iar the committee has not reported on any of them, the reason given to the various applicants being that all the wires were to be put underground hereafter, and that a general ordinance providing for un derground wiring was to be passed by Council'. The general ordinance to that effect was introduced some time ago with a flourish of trumpets and put through one branch, but it was referred back to committee and has not been heard of since. Mean while it serves to keep back the various petitions ior overhead rights. The necessity of using coal in place of gas has greatly increased the cost of producing electric light. Put there is still said to be room for large profits in it at the prices which exist in Pittsburg, when manufac tured "on a large scale. Nearly all the larger business establishments fine; great economy in haying plants of their own; and it is the view of Controller Morrow and others that the city would have "a like experience on a ninch larger scale when the quantity of its lighting is considered. .Nobody thinks of going hack to gas for street lighting. At almost any price with in reason the electric light is preferable. ABDUCTED BY ASISTEB. The Adopted Parents of Mary Grainey Making a right to Recover Her. Constable Harry Craven, of the Thirty fifth ward, was about soliciting the assist ance of the police yesterday in a peculiar case that has been placed in his hands. Mary Grainey, a 12-year-old child, was abducted from the home of her legally adopted parents about a month ago by her sister, a young woman who lives in Ohio, and the child is now in the possession of an uncle, Patrick Grainey, who resides at Xo. 341 Brownsville avenue. According to Craven's statement, the parents of the child died when she was a babe, leaving her and a boy three years her senior, who were placed in the Tannehill Orphan Asylum, this city. Soon afterward the little girl was adopted by Martin Kelly, of Bolivar, Pa., and was reared in the be lief that she was his daughter, he having no children of his own. About a month ago, so Craven states, Maggie Grainey went to Bolivar, and watching an opportunity when Kelly was away at work and Mrs. Kelly temporarily absent, she forcibly possessed herself of the child and took her away, the Kellys not knowing for a considerable time what had become of her, and fearing she had wandered away and got lost in the woods or the river, were in a great state of mind. Finally they learned of her in Pittsburg and, after making an un successful effort to recover her, placed the case in the hands of Constable Craven. He says the Kellys were legally made the pro tectors of the little girl, that she was kind ly treated by them, had a good home, was sent to school and in every way properly taken care of, and that "they will leave nothing undone to recover possesion. Patrick Grainey, on the other hand, claims he has a better rigiit and, while ad mitting that his niece stole the child away, absolutely refuses to give her up under any circumstances or to allow her to be seen. Police Captaid Dcnniston, to whom Cra ven applied, advised him to have Kelly come here and make a demand for the child, and if Grainey fails to accede, to enter suit against him aiid ail concerned. Ovation for Fathers Gallagher and Wall. A meeting of the members of St. Johns' Catholic congregation, of the Southside, was held yesterday afternoon for the pur pose of making arrangements to receive their pastor, Ilex. O. P. Gallagher, on his return from a trip to Ireland in company with Itev. Father Wall. There will be "a parade of the Cathedral and St. Johns' con gregations, with the Hibernian Biflcs acting as escort. Joseph McCarthy was elected chief marshal of the paiade. CALIFORNIA, The Conntry ofDelightrnl Winters. California is the most attractive and de lightful section of the United States, if not of the world, and its many beautiful resorts will be crowded with the best families of the East during the entire winter. It offers to the investor the best open opportunity for safe and large returns from its fruit lands. It offers the kindest climate in the world to the feeble and debilitated; and it is reached in the most comfortable manner over the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad. Pullman vestibule sleeping cars leave Chicago by this line every day in the year and go without change or "transfer through to San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego. This is a feature not offered bv any other line. Write to Charles T. Apple by, Traveling Passenger Agent, Room 303, Bank of Commerce Building, Pittsburg, Pa., if you desire any further information as to the country and the accommodations for reaching it. j A CONVENTION GITY. How a Big Exposition Center Could Ife Made Out of Pittsburg. THE PLANS OP HENRI B. THOMPSON An Englishman Claims Americans Hard and Long Hoars. Work INTERVIEWS ON A VARIETY OP TOPICS Henry B. Thompson, of Craftdn, has some good ideas' about making a convention city out of Pittsburg.' The subject was suggested to him by the views of citizens who pointed out where the next Exposition could be greatly improved over the one just held. In Jn intcrview,ycsterday Mr. Thompson said: "llie hngcr boards ot the commercial cross roads' say Pittsburg is the central city between the New England, Missouri River and Southern cities. Why not set out to make it a convention city of first im portance for industrial, commercial and political conventions? Is there anything to interfere with the success of an energetic effort to establish this city as the Mecca of annual commercial pilgrimages to a con stantly changing national trades exposition of glassware, pottery, hardware and food products. Xone of these trades b,avc their I established 'new product' shows. Pittsburg has a grand opportunity in this feature. The midway location favors it. Recent important developements in the glass trades certainly point to this conclusion. The annual convention of Master Mechanics and Master Car Builders and Superintendents of telegraph of American railways are con stantly requiring increase of accomodations for their varied exhibits made by manu facturers at these conventions. The elcc-" trie light convention recently held in Mon treal demonstrates the need of a proper exhibit hall for- annual displays. The Street Railway Association will never set foot in Pittsburg again unlessthe city is quick to supply their increasing needs. The splendid opportunity is now afforded to furnish them with an annual exhibition hall and a double track belt line railway for practical tests of cars, motors and similar eauinments. The association wants this facilities. Some city will do it, and soon, too. Why not Pittsburg? CONVENTIONS WOULD COME. "Many other national, industrial or polit ical conventions could be secured for this city if the facilities existed. My sugges tions arc that the North and Southside, East and West End railway companies complete a double track loop or belt line railway on the the triangle made by Du quesne" way Water,Graut and Tenth streets, operating it as a terminal loop during ex positions, conventions, festivals or other entertainments in the building described below, and keep this loop open for traffic arrangements with all street railways, and controlled by no one interest. Organize a convention and trade hall company among hotel proprietors, manufacturers and busi ness men for the purpose of building an iron and glass building, whicn wonld have a numbpr of practical uses. Locate the build ing on the Exposition Society's grounds at the Point. A horseshoe-shaped struc ture will afford greater facilities for all purposes. Its width would be from Duquesne wav to the river line, its length sufficient to be in correct proportion, and its exhibition spaces would be most of ., fin 1 1 1.1T. ...... t i. tne nrst noor anu a circmur mumu uuuuu 75 feet wide on the second floor, the length of its circumference or shoe. "The chief feature of the building would be its court shaped as the inside lines of a horseshoe, roofed and arranged as an audi torium to seat 4,000 people. The stage or platform of this auditorium should be ar ranged to seat 300 people, and be about 8 or 10 feet higher than the floor level of the mainbuilding. Thefloor of this iuditorium would rise to the level of the second floor, jthus giving a "stepped" construction so de sirable in seating large audiences. The first floor of the building would be under neath the outer lines of this court or auditorium, and extending to the outside walls of the horseshoe, thus giving an available first floor space equal in area to about two-thirds the area of the present lawn. A DESIRABLE BUILDING. "This building could be used by the Ex position Society for their purposes during the Exposition, and at other times its ex tended and complete arrangement, central location and accessibility over belt lino railway tracks ou all cars would enable the company building it to use it for the objects suggested, and by so doing place tne city in the front rank of desirable convention cities. "As for the present Exposition buildings, I would suggest to give the machinery hali to glassmen and potters for an industrial exhibit worthy of Pittsburg. Put in the building plate glass grinding, polishing, beveling and ' embossing, bottle making, pressed glass and window glass making, and pottery in its many attractive branches, and through the center, from end to end, place a complete display of the new products of glass and pottery for a na tional trades exposition. Insist on a new location and.new exhibition looth by every exhibitor in the main building. r Not one of these advertisers would think of keeping a 'stale' advertisement standing in the newspapers. Many change thera daily. Their exhibits should be revolutionized next year. The existence of the Exposition depends on thjs move. Place a national exhibit of food products in the first floor of the horseshoe or auditorium. Let the Ex position Society scratch the lunch shanty off the face of the earth and place a good restaurant in a conspicuous and convenient location under the auditorium floor and then build a long one-story building on the river bank extending the entire length of both the present buildings and make it in fact as well as in name a machinery halL "Advertise the exposition 500 miles from home, and don't deuend on a few of your country cousins. Fifty cities near you are ready to come, it the magnet is strong enough to draw. Carry out these or similar suggestions from others, and with a variety o'f musical entertainments and competions in the auditorium there would soon be dis covered the cause of a surplus triple that of this year to the society, and ten times the value to the city's trade. Pittsburg can be made a convention city." MAKES HEN LAZY. One of the Effect of Too Much Leisure In the Insurance Business. "It is hard to keep an insurance man down to work," remarked Charles A. Mc Feeley yesterday. "I don't know of an other business where you have such oppor tunities to loaf and become lazy. An agent goes out, and takes abig risk. He gets a good stake, and then it is the most natural thing in the world not to work again until it is used up. "I have seen this habit soon develop in first-class rfgents, and it is hard to break it up. It is quite human to hustle only wheu you have to. GETTING THEIR SHARE NOW. How the Fostofflce Removal Has Increased the Duquesne Travel. "I think the Duquesne now has the call on travel to the East End," said Frank Kohler yesterday. "Since the postoffice was moved they have had a decided advan tage. Convenience" is more important to the average man than 2 cents, the difference in fnre. I see lots of men getting on tho Duquesne at the postoffice, who used to ride on the other line. "A great many business men have a habit of writing important letters at home and bringing them down town in the even- ing to the postoffice. They now ride on the J Duquesne, because it takes them close to the office. The number who do this is large and growing. It makes a difference at the end of the week in the company's receipts." 4 S0HE BEITISBTVIEWi A Scotchman Complains That Yankee Food Is Too P.lch For Ills Blood. Two foreign iron manufactureVs, B. Mars den, of Manchester, and R. Miller, of Glas gow, are stopping at the MonongahelaHouse. They are traveling leisurely through the States seeing the country. Mr. Marsden was in America last year with the British iron and steel delegates. Like most English and Scotch they are critical, and insist on measuring the United States according to high standards. Mr. Miller has been observing the social side of America life, and this is what, he says: "Your food in this country is too highly seasoned for us. "We have great trouble finding something plain enough to eat. In Scotland we live on a more substantial fare, and as a result the people are rugged and hardy. It strikes me the children here look frail and delicate. The high way of living does not conduce to a strong progeny. The Americans move too fast. The street cars are rushed through the streets at a rapid rate. is a mystery to me that more people are not hurt or killed. Occasionally the cars do kill a child or an old man, but the people don't seem to mind it very much. I don't think the Americans enjoy life as much as we do across the water. The difference in wages paid workmen is not as large as it is made out. Your men work harder and longer hours than ours do. The mills here are keyed up to a high pitch, and the aim is to see how much can be produced. In England the hoursyworked are not more than from 52 to 54 r week, bnt it is CO in this country. This s a land of great re sources, and the Americans are chasing us in the manufacture of iron. We can still beat you in building ships." Mr. Marsden remarked that the Yankees are always talking about Maud S and a few otner last horses, but they never say how many slow ones thev have. The same is true of the speed of railway trains. Some run a mile a minute, but the majority are slow, and seldom on time. He said the United States was a country with a large capacity for production and consumption, but after all when the output is scattered over the western territory it becomes very thin, indeed. They caught a glimpse of McKinley at Alliance yesterday. The two gentlemen are interested in the Ohio contest, and are keenly watching the fight of the tariff. Thev sec the people are divided, and the feeling is strong on both sides. Mr. Miller complained with some justice that there is scarcely anything in the newspapers these days but politics. Mr. Marsden says too much time and money are wasted in America making contriv ances to do away with labor. In England if they had a job that required extra help to handle it they supplied the men and found it much cheaper than trying to devise a scheme to save the additional cost. S0EE 0K PITTSBUEO. Street Kallway Men Dissatisfied "With the Hotel Accommodations. J. L. Barclay, the Western agent of the Westinghouse Electric Company, still lin gers at the Duquesne. He said the street railway delegates left feeling that they never wanted to come back to Pittsburg again to hold a, convention. They were men of means, money was no object, and they were willing to pay for accommodations and services, but they couldn't get them. "What you need in your city," he con tinued, "are more hotels and a combination building like the Madison Square Garden or the Auditorium in Chicago. The com panies couldn't get a hall here large enough for their exhibits, and the display on the boats was very unsatisfactory. Yes. it costs a great deal of money to cart machinery around the country and set it up on exhibi tion for a few days, but it all comes back. The money was spent in Pittsburg and it 'will do good. Asjl expected considerable business was transacted during the conven tion. A larger number of contracts were closed than at any previous meeting. This shows how the street railway industry of the country is growing. It amuses me at times to see the claims some people make. Edison has just announced that he has de vised a system to do away with overhead wires. Taking his record in the past, I am not prepared to accept it. A few years ago he said he had discovered a method of making electricity directly from the heat, but I have never seen it applied commercially. Next came the phonograph, and we were told how we could talk into the machines, the words would be taken ' down on the wax cylinders, they could be sent through the mails, and the general method of conducting business was to be revolutionized. I tried the phonograph with other men, but the result was unsatis factory. The inventions of the are light and the reduction of the gearing on street cars, by which they make 'less noise, are some of the real advances made in electric ity, but we fail to appreciate their value. GREAT MONEY SPEHDEKS. New Torlc Hotelmen Like to Have Fltts nurgers Stop "With Them. Henry Rosier, the manager of the Still man House, in Cleveland, became well known to a number of Pittsburg people when he held a similar position at the St. James, in New York. This is what he says about them: "When I was in the metropolis, I would rather have had ten Pitts.burgers stopping in the house than 50 from other places. The Pittsburg people are great money spenders. They want the best and are willing to pay for it. I remember a number of wealthy men would come over to New York at Thanksgiving time and have a family reunion. Their children, who were going to school in the city or somewhere in the East, would be brought in and they would have a great feast. One Thanksgiving Day we entertained 28 people from Pittsburg, and if you know anything about New York a holiday there gives hotel men a fit of the blues, it is so very quiet. I was always glad to see the Pittsbnrgers. "I think, next to New York, that Pitts burg is the best city in the coun try in proportion to population. It is a great hotel town, and the old postoffice would be just the spot for another first-class house. The activity and energy of the peo ple arc remarkable." A Delay at the Water Works. The changes in the furnaces at the Brill iant Water Works, by which Lima oil is to replace coal for fuel, have not yet been com pleted, although it was expected the work would have been finished by Saturday night. While this work has been in prog ress one or two of the big pumps have been off duty, and in consequence tne water in the big reservoirs is down very low. On Saturday there was only six feet of water registered, but during the night and yester day, by reason of the large consumers being shut down, the pumps gained over two feet, and, byHhis morning, it was expected there would be 10 or 12 feet in the reservoirs. There iss usually 15 to 18 feet. Chief Bige low expects to get all the pumps to work to-day. Arranging to Move the Schenley Zoo. The animals at the Schenley Park Zoo will be transferred in a few days to winter quarters, ottheFifth Avenue Market House, where thev were kept last winter. It had been expected that the Eighteenth Regi ment and Battery B would have commenced the remodeling of the market house build ing into an armory, and that new animal quarters would be required for this winter, but owing to the strike and various other causes, the soldiers were compelled to wait over another season. AVorkincn are now fixing up the cages for the reception of Chief Bigelow's pets, and as soon as they finish, the transfer will be made. SWOOHED-AX ATRIAL Pretty Sadie Boyle Falls in a Faint, on Catching Sight of AMAN WHO BROKE INTOTHE HOUSE. Large Sunday Hearings Before the PiliceJ Magistrates. DOINGS AMONG THE CITV PROTECTORS Magistrate Hyndman, presiding at the Central police station hearingSvyostorday morning, had a case of an unusual cm--cp to attend to. W. R. Smith, a big. burly- colored man, had been arrested on Soho street as a suspicions character. When his name was called, and Smith was brought out from his cell, a young girl in front of the railing caught sight of him, uttered a cry and swooned. The crowd made way, and the girl was soon restored to consciousness. Then the case was started, and it was de veloped that the girl was there with her mother to prefer serious charges against Smith. Officer Sullivan testified to arrest ing the man late Saturday night while prowling around the house of Mrs. Mary Boyle, No. 20 Emmett street. He under stood Smith had been hanging about the house almost every night, to the great an noyance of Mrs. Boyle and her daughter Sadie. He had secured the consent of mother and daughter to appear against the prisoner. It was the latter who had just fainted on catching sight of Smith. FRIGHTENED HER BADLV. Sadie Boyle then took the stand. She is just 1G years old, with the pink and white complexion of a child and very pretty. Her story was that for many months past Smith has hung about the house watching for her to come out, and frequently following her. One night about four months ago she was awakened by the noise of someone crawling from under her bed. She caught a glimpse of Smith's black face and screamed. He then jumped out a window and fled down the hollow below Emmet street. She did not get over the fright for several weeks,and the sight of Smith made her shudder. Mrs. Boyle testified to being awakened by her daughter's screams and seeing Smith run away from the house. He had gained entrance through the kitchen window. After this testimony informations were made against Smith for entering a building and assault. The magistrate fixed the bail at 51,500 in each case. The bail was fur nished and Smith will await trial at court. He works in the Keystone mill. There were 22 other cases on the docket. Kitty West and George Raymond were making too much noise on High street, and were given 10 and 30 days respectively to jail. John Detker, arrested at the instance of George Carr, his brother-in-law, who said Detker had been annoying him by his presence for the past five years, was given 90 days. William Ctirnly was given 30 days on complaint of his wife for abuse, and John Gillespie paid f j and costs for trying to guy Officer Young by the intima tion mat ne was noi an .American citizen. EAST ESD SENTENCES. Magistrate Hyndman disposed of seven cases at the Nineteenth ward station. George Thompson, colored, was fined ?10 and costs for running a "crap" game in a stable on Rippey street. Charles Walker, George Lemmon, William Black, William Templeton, John Rodgers and Charles Hop- fier were fined $5and costs each for playing n the game. This accounts for a number of complaints at the police station by colored men of being buncoed out ot money. Magistrate Succop had 20 cases at the Twenty-eighth ward station. Henry Acker man, for beating his wife and daughter, was sent up for three months. John Barthold, while drnnk, used bad language to a Mrs. Metz and was given 30 days. Frank Levesky got into the cellar of Mrs. Jones residence, South Fifteenth street. When Mrs. Joifts. went to the cellar she observed the man's legs sticking out from among the barrels. Captain Stewart came to the rescue. Leve sky was sent to the workhouse Jbr 30 days. James Holiday, for abusing his family, was held for a further hearing. ' At the Twelfth ward Patrick Burns, William Bannetler and George Washington were each sent to the workhouse 90 days, and Kate Warren was sent up for 30 days, all on a charge of disorderly conduct. At the Seventeenth ward Catherine Exstine, charged with cruelty and neglect to her children, was sent to the workhouse for 30 days. There were 22 cases before Mayor Wyman of Allegheny. Gabe Johnson and Henry Richardson, colored, were fined $10 and costs each for disorderly conduct at East and Ohio streets. Mikeand Bridget Deg man, John Shed, and William and Lizzie Raffertv were fined 53 each, for drinking and fighting at the rear of 11 Walnut street, BPEAK-EASD3S HOT PLEHIY. ' Only Two Places Palled by the Police Yesterday. Only two speak-easies got into the police net yesterday. The place of Patrick Potts, at Fifty-fourth and Butler streets, was raided yesterday about noon. The pro prietor and six visitors wcre arrested. At the Seventeenth ward station Magistrate Leslie gave them an immediate hearirfg. Potts was fined $50, and five of the others were fined ?5 and costs. Mary Burtts was arrested in her house, on Stanton avenue, last night. A'charge of illegal liquor selling will be made against her. A Boarding nonse Row. The inmates of two Hungarian .boarding houses on Herr's island got into a fight yes terday because a man who had stolen some clothes in one house was sheltered in the other. Captain Bell, Lieutenant Thornton and a squad went to the place and arrested 21 men, including the proprietors, Joseph Lesh and Joseph Thomas. They were placed in the Allegheny central station to await a trial. Minor Work of The Police. Charles Kane was locked up in the Seven teenth ward station last night for raisins a distuibance around the car stables, at Eitty flfth and Butler streets. A BtmotAB entered tho house of N. Doyle,' Wayne street, early yesterday morning, but was frightened away before securing any plunder. Tho matter was reported to the p61ice. Officer Teeters arrested Henry Kaiser on Liberty street yesterday afternoon on sus picion of having stolen a handsomo black cashmere shawl which he was carrying, and beiny unable to tell where ho got It. . Fraxk Bitowir, Geokoe Smith and Jonn Stoxkr were arrested last night at the B. & O. depot on the arrival of a train from 31c Keesport, having raised a disturbance and created-more or less ctmfusion among the passengers. Preparing for an Inquest. Coroner McDowell and his clerk, Grant Miller, went to Sharpsburg yesterday to make inquiry into the killing of Jerry Buckley. A jury was impaneled and viewed the body at the late, home of the dead man. Drs. Kelly and Iiofiinson were empowered to hold a post mortem, and thewitnesscs were notified to be present at the inquest to be held at the Coroner's office nt 2 o'clock to day. Both the colored men at the jail have bullet wounds on their hands, which they claim were inflicted by the men they were lighting with. Arranging Tor the Tea Tarty. The ladies having in charge the annual Orphans' Tea Party held a meeting in the Episcopal residence of the Cathedral yes terday and elected officers. November 18 is the day set for the party and it vyas de cided to issue a limited number of tickets, owing to the hall being too small to accom modate all the people. PIITSBUBG'S WIDE FAME. A Switzerland Consul Inspecting Its Indus tries. Le Chevalier de Hesse-Wartegg, Switz erland, Consul o all the countries in Amer ica except the United States, came to Pitts burg yesterday to inspect the manufacturing and glass industries. He says Pittsburg' is known all over the world, and that it is more famous thnn any otier city in the I country except New York. Heis'oneof tne commission that is attempting to seme the boundary lines between Brazil and "Ven ezuela, and will go to South America in a few weeks to continue the work. He has traveled a great deal in America, and. was the first passenger to go over the Mexican Central Railroad. He thinksthe day will soon arrive when South American difficulties will be settled by arbitration in stead of war. PE.VDANTS, EARRINGS, BROOCHES, STUDS, RINGS. DIAMOND VSCAKF PINS, '"-Qrrirpvr'S Advance holiday design now on exhibition. Solitaire and nc. com. binationsin Ruby, Emerald, Sappt Opal and Pearls. E. P. ROBERTS & SONS, FIFTH AVE. AND MARKET ST. OC23-MWT Our previous efforts surpassed. We have the largest assortment F U ' R ... S -. '" See our stock and note prices. MRS. C. WBISSER, 435 MARKET ST 437. ocl9-Jnr Hugus & Hacke. SILKS. All our assortments in Plain and Novelty lines complete they com prise the best products of the world's manufacturers. A very attractive collection of NdVEL.TiES' in Black Grounds, with Colored Floral Designs, for combina tion or full costumes. For Wedding Dresses, White Bro- cades, Failles, Bengalines, Crystals and Duchess in large assortment. Re markable values in GENUINE White CANTON CREPES, $1 25 to $3 a yard. CREPE DU CHENE,22 inches wide, all the evening shades and black, excellent value, 85c a yard. SPECIAL attention is called to the elegant black Embroidered Crepe Du Chene, Gauze and Mousseline De Doie Robes, which we have lately imported. EXTRA VALUES IN BLACK SILK Rhadames, 24 in. wide 1 At Faille, 24 in. wide V $1 a yard. Gros Grain, 24 in. wide ) Worth $1.40. Cor. Fifth Ave. and Market St. oc23-Mwrsa The Leading Dry Goods House. PittsbuTg, Pa., Monday, Oct. 26, 189L JOS. HORNB & C0.'S HBHH AVENUE ST0RS1 THIS WEEK More than usual interest in all de partments. Many new and striking offerings which may mean money saved to you will mean it if you buy. Besides, all lines filled to over flowing with the very choicest goods' the market contains, in the largest and completest assortments we have ever before shown. We have never before been able to turn prices so much to the advantage of our cus tomers as now. New offerings in Ladies' Jackets. Complete renewed line of those remarkable $6 all-wool Black Cheviot Jackets finished seams, well made, 30 inches long a big bargain at $6. Fifty of these Jackets only last a few days here, and they are hard to get. If you want a good, low-priced, all wool black Jacket you will buy this at $ 6 without asking how hard it is for us to get them made at this price. Stylish Black Jackets, in the latest cuts, superior in fit and finish, the best values it is possible to offer, in Reefers and Reefer Skirt Coat, 28 and 30 inches lone, in Cheviot,Seree, Diagonal, Camel's Hair or Vicuna,jit ( il JS SpS JiJSW APVEKTISKMK.STa. $7 50, $8, gio, $ii, $12, $13 50 and $15 each. 4 Two specially interesting new styles at $15. A Black Scotch Cheviot Reefer, with a new French dart from shoulder, curving and forming the pockets on each side at $15. Also, a new Black'Scotch Cheviot, 26-inch, Box Reefer, made for us to meet the demand for a jaunty short coat double breast, well finished, with large pearl buttons at 15. Skirt Coats, best-shapes and cloths, . elegantly made and'finished, 20 and upward. Black Fur-Trimmed Jackets, in all fashionable cuts, all desirable ma terials, from ?7 50 upward. Since the time o'f the first adulter ation of pure Mohair Plush, when Seal Plush could only with difficulty be detected from Sealskin, there 1 "never was such need as now for care Inbuying Plush Garments. The ex-cessi-"": zeal to lead in low prices leads to-dishonesty. Would you t,uy where there is ab solute guarantee ;,f perfect wear given with every garmenv? We have only the best Walker's Plua d jf a garment is not right it g4s back to the manufacturer. AVe are n-t losers. We protect ourselves to protect our customers. You are sure to get intis faction when you buy here. Special values in 26-inch closed fitting Walker plush- Jackets, satin, lined, roll collar, at $12. 28-inch, satin lined Walker Plush, Reefers and close-fitting Jackets, stylish collars, 14. 28-inch, satin lined Walker Plush Jacket, rolling shawl collar, seal olives, at J 1 5. 30-inch, satin lined Walker Plusb. Coats, stylish cut collars, handsome silk braid military loop fastenings, at S18, $20 and $25. Fur-trimmed Plush Jackets, $25 and upward. Plush Coats, 4o,inches long, $20, S25, $30, $35 and 345. We call especial attention to our very carefully selected assortment of Mantle-shaped garments, variety of styles, in Black Cheviot and Camel's Hair, appropriate in cloth, cut and trimming, for elderly ladies or for mourning wear. Also, to our long garments, New markets and Ulsters, with or without capes, in all fashionable cloths. Fuller mention another time for Misses' Jackets and Dresses and for Ladies' Winter Suits. . DRESS GOODS. A perfect Dress Goods stock, as we unhesitatingly pronounce ours to be, needs no qualifying adjectives. You will find our buyers have far out stripped your own conceptions of Dress Goods, but you will find that these great stocks have been bought to please particular tastes as well as to educate. We call especial attention to the fact that while this department con tains absolutely every desirable new weave and shade produced this sea son in all popular lines of coods, it is especially notable for carrying all the hard-to-get kinds in such great vari ety that everybody must find some thing to suit them exactly in one or other of the great assortments. In the rough sorts of Dress Goods there never was such a gathering. From the one-color rough faced stuffs to the boldest designs, with a half dozen different shades, blended in rich profusion, in plaids and stripes and figures; there are hundreds of styles you never saw before. There are Camel's Hair Diagonals and Camel's Hair Cheviots and Cheverons, and Camel's Hair Novel ties in endless numbers of styles of stripes, plaids and figures, in rich array of colors qualities ranging in price from 75c to $3 a yard. Special values in Cheviot Plaids and Stripes, varidty of styles andcol orings, At $1.25, worth $150. At $1.75, worth S2.25. These are very choice goods and extremely cheap at these prices. We bought them at an advantage, and save you 25c or 50c on every yard. . Is that worth picking up? We open 25 pieces of new Bedford ' J' Cords to-day Greens, Browns, Tans , and Grays, all the asked-for shades, $1.50 to $2.50 a yard. Novelty Crepons, the coming nov elty, ahead of their time perhaps, but proving -this department always in advance. See them. Black Dress Goods in all the novels weaves as shown in colors. '&,' Specially complete assortments in elegant Black Cheviots, 40 to 50? inches wide, 75c to $3 and $4 a yard." JOS. HORNE& COs'f 4i V PENN AVENUE STORES. ocae!
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