,"l r'f the prrrsBimG dispatch, Tuesday, October 27, 1891 SHE IS GAMES YET. ilinnie Hauk Sings With Great Effect in Bizet's Masterniecc. G1UXD OPERA IN GOOD STYLE. The Power of the Press Stronger in Scenery Than Anything Else. ALL THE PLATS CRITICALLY EXAMINED The audience was distinctly fashiona ble and, being so, unusually enthusiastic that fairly filled the cheery Duquesne Thea ter last evening to hear the opening per formance of the Minnie Hauk Grand Opera Company. It was a pity that the threaten ing weather kept at home quite a number of persons who had bought their seats and helped to make up the extraordinary Monday night sale reported at the boi office. It may be well to mention here, since the customary hour for ringing up the Duquesne curtain is 8:15, that the lengthy grand opera performances begin promptly at S o'clock. Kot a few were misled into tardiness last night. Mrs. Hauk reappeared before a Pittsburg audience in the same role she assumed upon her last appearance here. That was early in ISSfi, when "Carmen" was given by Colonel Mapleson's troupe at Library Hall, with Hauk, Del Puente, Eavelli and Dotti in the cast, Ardita at the Etand and Caval azzi on the light fantastic toe. Pittsburg has been exceptionally fortunate in hearing Georges Bizet's stirring opera. "We had it in Italian, with Marie TJoze, during its first season in America; '79 or 0, was it not" Then Selina Dolaro and "William Carlcton wore heard in an English production. Minnie Hauk and the other just named cauie next, and Jmve been followed by several performances in English by the Boston Ideal', with Zelie de Lussan end by Emma Juch aud her troupe. as om AcyrATXTAN-cn. iV ouslit to know "Carmen" fairly well fcy this time So ought everyone, indeed, fr it has constantly and increasingly held the boards ihrouihout the muiicalHorld since toon after its first production at the Paris Opera Ooinhjue March 3, lS7o. H tUe way, the title role was created on that occasion by Galli-Marie; the Toreador by Bouhy. at night's house bills were, thereibie. not strictly correct in underlin ing these roles as the "original character" of Mrs. Hauk and Mr. Del Puente, respec tively In effect, however, this claim on the prima donna"s part is justified by the fact that it was her first performance of armrn at Brussells, and soon afterward at l.ondon, which went far toward assuring the great success of an opera that Paris had not at all raved over. To anyone present to enjoy, rather than to carp and cavil, last night's performance may be set down as highly enjoyable. Jus tice to Mr Bizet and his famous librettists Veilhacand Halcvy,howevcr, makes it nec--ary to advert to certain shortcomings of this production, asfouiparrd with what they intended it should In-. tU course, the or chestra ought to haw been nearly twice as large for the complete exposition of the rij;innl score However, despite this cus tomary deficiency and the strangeness of half his force, Mr. Heurens tried and trusty Katon broucht cut the salient points of BWrt's delicious scoring nith surprising ef 'e'tircness. The rhorus was fairly large and more larccly fair than the traditions of Italian opera would lead one to expect. The ring Jan tenors t-honc by contract to the rather weak volume of tone produced by the mass. Same broken and complicated choral pass ages were ragged and uncertain; while there vere manv good spots, it cannot truthlully be affirmed tiat reasonable justice was done to the fine nraicjanly choral writing in vhichthis pera is exceptionally rich. There was no 'taller, nor any attempt at spectacular dis play in the grand cntrv opening the last a-i. Costumes anil bcencry v.ere all that could 1) asked. INEVITABLE SHOIITCOMINGS. But all the-e shortcomings are to a large ih-grec inevitable in travelins troupes. "We are used to overlooking such matters, if only the principal roles are in themselves adequately presented and are not altogether too much " interfered with by ensemble de ficiencies. Of Minnie Hauk's impersonation of the capricious, impulsive and impudent gipsy girl not much need be said. Her name is now permanently identified with the character; her conception of it has fixed its standard interpretation. In no ssential particular did she deviate from her former performance, unless it be that he seemed to tone down a trifle the more unpleasant element the indications of willful, cold-blooded badness, of malicious treachery that some of us have necr thought to be truly char acteristic of this fickle, passionate, fatalistic child of nature. There is still less difference to be noted in Mrs. Hauk's ringing. Her voice has lost none of its lascious richness or of if velvety smooth ness "or has,it apparently diminished in olumc or compass As she lias not yet reached her IKrth birthday, there is no reason why this rarely-gifted American artistp should not fully" hold her own for many years to come. A DECIDED SUCCESS. Mr. Montariol, the new tenor, scored a decided success in the trying role of Bon Jose His voice is not one of a particularly pleasing qualitv, but in forte passaec it is clear-and resonant to a degree barring his upper A, which was husky. Naturally his unging was more effectiv- in the impas sioned passages than in those of tenderness or pathos. The hapless fate of Don Jose gave him ample opportunity for displaying his best points and he fairly electrified the audicne; at the climactic moment. Mr. Del Puente's assumption of the reck less, insouciant Toreador is well known for its finish aud fidelity. He was in fine fet tle last evening, and sang and acted up to his own high standard. Mrs. Louise Xatali, as Micltaela, repeated her former successes in this city. Her artistic singing of the lovely ana in the thtrd act riehly earned the encore it received. Messrs!. Delaco, Pcakes an'd Kudolfi, Miss Itisly and Miss Holmes did excellent service in their less important roles. Altogether the warm applause of the audience, plentifully tipnnkled through the evening and includ ing three hearty curtain calls, was amply justified. This evening the bill comprises the first aetof "Traviata," followed by that most phenomenal of modern operatic successes IVtro Ma-cagni's one-act opera, "Caval leria Itusticaua," with the following cast: s-.-ntavT, Mrs. Basta-Tavary; Lo'a, Miss Helen Dudley Campbell; Lucia, Miss Ber nice Holmes Turiddu, Mr. Henri Bovet; Mfie, Mr. Del Puente. Jt has been decided to exchange Thursday evening's bill, as an noauced, with that of Saturday evening, so that "Faust" will be given on Thursday and "Troratore" on Saturday evening. C. "W. S. THE COUNTY FAIB. AUail Proe and the Ileal Horse Race at the Altin. "The County Fair" is not new in Pitts Imrjr, and its merits were discussed in these columns last season. Last night it aunuvpil a large audience at the Alvin Theater. The play brines out the refresh ing flavor of New England farm life to the full, and its humor, its very small modicum of pathos, and lmot all the characters are strictly racy of "down East." Fortunately moreover the scenery is of a sort to helpthe illusion of locality, for the landscape, the climpses of the farmyard and the interior of the farm house, are trutlifullv and artis tically reproduced by Mr. Young, the Y painter. It is a plaV that depends very much upon its realism, and although far from an accurate transcript of If ew Eng land life, or of any life, it is not wanting in human interest. The main character, Abigail True, is the creation to alarge ex tent of that strange man If eil Burgess, but it has many of the generic femininities in it, and they are mostly amusing. Marie Bates plays the prim old maid with much cleverness, and the company is strong enough for the work elsewhere. The audience fol lowed the simple story with laughter and applause, and the wonderful realism of the horse-race as usual brought down the house. By the way, is it not somewhat of a fraud upon the public to put Neil Burgess name on the programme and bills, just above the play's title? Mr. Burgess made the play a success doubtless, and perhaps has a finan cial interest in it always, but as he is not the author, nof the manager, nor an actor in the cast, the posting of his name in such prominence savors of swindling. NEW PLAYS-AND OLD. Tho Power of the Press Beautifully Staged at the Bijon Lilliputians at the Grand The County ralr All the Amuse ments. At the Bijon Theater last night "The Pov er of the Press," a drama by Augustus Pitou and George H. Jcssop, was played for the first time in Pittsburg. It had been heralded as an original play, dealing with New York life, and an improvement upon the common run of melodramas. It is not new in anything but some unimportant twists of the plot, and most of the charac ters are old acquaintances and are over colored, and while it is better than a great many of the cheap melodramas, nobody could hail "The Power of the Press" as an important addition to the native drama. Perhaps the trumpeting of the heralds betrayed us into expecting too much oi Messrs. Pitou ana Jessop s production, but the disappointment is none the less positive when wc are forced to con sider it as a melodrama of respectable in tentions and antique form. It is painful to think what a very turgid and tasteless mess the play would be had it not re ceived a setting of uniiual beauty and realistic power. The scenery is far beyond the ordinary. In this respect, "The Power of the Press' is a true reflection of many interesting bits of New York. The massive doorway of the Manhattan Athletic Club house is one scene; another is a ship yard, with the frame of a vessel on the stocks, another a very well painted view of the shipping and wharf at Old Slip, and the irot striking of all, the bark Mary Vale at anchor off the Battery, shotting the shin risins giganti from the water, and with such realistic detail in ri?gin, etc., as to make the picture most effective These sets are all of remarkable solidity, yet the waits between the acts were not unduly long. Almost every scene in the play, and there are onlv 13, is in itself worth looking at. So, pictorially, "The Powerorthe Press" is as strong as it can be. "Now, the story of the play is the old one of the weak but well-intentioned man who falls a victim to drink, bad companions, and other evil influences. Steven Carson is a character that has extorted sympathy, not always righteously, from" the jjods in a few score plavs that might be named. He begins by being flabby and tiresomely vicious and after a thoroughly deserved seclusion in Sing Sing, comes out purified and strengthened in character. He is guiltless of the par ticular crime laid to his door, and when he comes out of jail, after a fruitless endeavor to obtain work, he takes a prima donna's advice and invokes the aid of a newspaper in the hunting down of his persecutor, the villain of the piece The newspaper does not figure in the phvy, except by telephone when the hero calls tin the editorial rooms of the Standard and talks to tne editor in a way tnat would be pure to spoil a "scoop" and the drama is happily unblemished by a comic reporter. The name of tho play might just as well have been "The Power of the Scene Painter," or "The Power of an Old Plot." Beyond a few platitudes from the prima donua a happily chosen mouthpiece, for who could more sincerely acknowledge the press' power? the newspaper interest is represented by a well-nigh surperfluous newsboy, who is, as usual in melodrama, a girl ou crutches. "Well, to return to the stor3 after getting the newspaper to take up his cause, Steve Canon goes ahead and runs the villtin down aboard the Mary Vale, bound for Bio Janeiro. The police seize the villain, and the play ends in orthodox reunion and more or less sermonizing on the evil of im bibing rum and the high vocation and power of the press. Thi6 is the main story. Tacked to it is the prima donna and her husband; the latter goes to Sing Sing, and upon his release reforms after a week's stand of sin. Then there are the "Usual low comedy lovers, the dude who is a foil to the manly workingman, and a slightly original swell who handles his fives with science and opportunely floors the vil lain when he insults the heroine. This athletic dandy's appearance in the play is apparently to'give point to the introduction of the exterior of a New York club as one of the scenes. He is not guilty of aisisting the action of the play. Yet when all is said the fact remains that the play has an interesting story, if it is poorly told and crudely drawn as regards character, and with its wonderfully good scenic setting will please a great many no doubt. If it were as well acted as it is mounted the play would be very much more effective. Miss Ida "Water man as Annie Carson threw a great deal of true pathos into all her work, and at such points as the parting from her husband in the jail, in the appeal to the union work men to eive the ex-convict a chance to wok, brought tears to many eves. Nearly every one else was stagey to a degree; and .Tames E. "Wilson a the hero and Charles Mnson as the villain never let go traditional methods in melodrama, and as a matter of course were unnatural. They,and others still more, suffered of course f'romthe author's choice of stage types rather than human beings as the character models. Here and there was a burst of nature; once from a red-headed and cheerful Irish woman Miss Millie Saekett but the greater part of the play walked on stilts and burlesqued life. The play was applauded generously by a big audience; curtain calls were numerous, and almost every piece of scenery drew plaudits on its own account. A VOYAGE TO LILLIPUT. The Royal Midgets Make 11 Via the Grand Opera Jlouse. "Guliiver Among the Lilliputians" was given last night at the Grand Opera House to a fair Monday evening audience. The programme tells us that "Gulliver" is a musical extravaganza, written by Messrs. Bankin and Gordon, who also perpetrated "Abraham Lincoln" on an unprotected public earlier in the season, and that it is founded on Swift's "Gulliver's Travels." It sounds as if Bankin had told his recol lections of Swift's book to Gordon, who forgot them and then wrote up what he forgot. The play is just as bad as it can be, and without even the saving grace of an absurdity to brighten it up. Bung for which a small boy would be whipped occur with fearsome frequency. Everyone knows nil about "Gulliver's Travels." Gulliver was a bis; man, ship wrecked among a tribe of little people called Lilliputians. The Boval Troupe of midgets gathered from all over the land represent the dwellers in Lilliput, An operatic singer, Harry De Lorme, with not a bad voice, took the part of Gvtliver, and took it seri ously, more's the pity. As Harry De Lorme is at least C feet tall, the comparison of giant and dwarf is nicely accentuated. The little people are really a bright lot of specialty performers. Of course, they don't act; they are like many full-sized actors in this. But some of them dance well, some of them sing well, and the remainder are curious looking and worm staring ar. xwo oi tne periormers do some really clever work. One is a small boy. onlv7 years of asc. who, inaccordance I with the peculiar ctbiw which govern farce comedy, shows-up in Lilliput in the garb of art American policeman. His Dutchness and his clog dancing arc very en joyable, and much of his work has the freshness of spontaneity. The other is in the character of a policeman also, and is a dwarf 22 years old. These two players save the show, for otherwise the mere curiosity evoked by the midgets would be worn ofT before the curtain goes down on the first act The stage setting does not seem to carry out the idea of Lilliputianism, for, though Oidliver laments oneratically that the trees are not up to his shoulder, he afterward sits on a lounge that Iooks home like enough to be found in any parlor in Pittsburg. Other Amusements. "Peck's Bad Bot" is still able to amuso large audiences at Harris' Theater. Austin's Australian Novelties were shown to a big andienco with satisfactory results at Harry Williams' last night. "Ukcle Tom's Cabin" seema to have lost nono of its attractivencss.for it drew crowds to the World's Museum yesterday. The play is well done by the C. G. Phillips company, little Daisy Sloshler playing Eva with great clovernes for a child. In tho Curio Hall Signor Dodrctti resists four men successful ly with his jaw; Texas Bill plays the piano well, and, among other things, ".La Belle Min nie's trained dog is interesting. At Harry Davis' Fifth Avenuo Museum the lady rowers proved a strong attraotfon yesterday. They made good time in their rowing machines, as shown by the electric dials, and there are not many oarsmen In Pittsburs now who could approach them. The ladies issue a challenge to any amateurs to try conclusions with them. Tho stago show in the theatorium is stronger than at any time this season. Illndle, llefron, the one-legged dancer, and Miller, Mack and Hines are all clever performers. In spite of the rain the place was crowded all last evenimj. THE MOHICAN IN PEEIL. Another United States Warship Narrowly Escapes a Wreck. SAK FrtAXCISCO, Oct. 26. The Mohican, which arrived from Bering Sea yesterday, had a narrow escape from destruction when three days out from Ounalaska, the outboard delivery valve chamber being cracked nearly through. The crack occurred ou a big pipe which furnished cold water for the condensers. The vessel was put under sail, and after 12 days' work a new valve was substituted. The oflicers say that had there been a break instead of a bad crack, the vessel would probably have gone to the bottom. As it was, in spite of their efforts the cracked valve leaked several thousand gal lons before the aperture could be temporar ily closed. It was very difficult to get at the valve to repair it. The Mohican's boil ers are in very bad condition, and it is be lieved she will go out of commission shortly. GEAIN GOING TO ETIN. Kansas Tanners Literally Swamped With, Wealth Going to Waste. Atchison, Kan., Oct. 26. E. G. Arms by, cashier of the Kansas Trust and Bank ing Company, who returned from the "West ern part of the State last evening, said: "TJn threshed wheat in that section is dam aged from 25 to 50 per cent on account of wet weather and poor shocking. The grain has already commenced to growand many of the stacks are green. A good deal of new wheat still remains in the shock. This is ruined. "Farmers are busily engaged in threshing the crops, but will not get through before the first of the year. The acreage of wheat put in this fall will not be as large as last fall. This will be a good thing for the farmers, as they will be better able to care for the crop." BUN AGAINST THE LAW. Joseph Bell was sent for 30 days to the workhouse by Magistrate McKenna for beat ing his wife. Officer Maktin arrested two 16-year-old hoys under tho Ft. Wayno bridge last night as suspicious characters. Mayor W'ymah yesterday fined each of the 21 Hungarians arrested for lighting on Hcrr's Island Sunday $5 and costs. Maut Burke, arrested in Lawrenccville Sunday for Illegal liquor sellini, was sen tenced to the w orkhouse for 60 days yester day. Mart Likdsat was sent to jail yesterday for trial at court on a charge of keening a disorderly house, preferred by Mary Cal houn. Edmusd Fbobelski was sent to jail yester day by Alderman Beinhauer on a serious charge preferred by Maria Shif koska. Ho will be given a hearing to-day. In default of bailJames Perkins was sent to jail by 'Squire Miles Bryan, of McKee's Bocks, yesterday to answera charge of horse stealing preferred by Charles Schoff. Arthur Murray is under bonds to answer a charge of assault and battery before Ald erman McMasters. Tho information was made by Clara Jackson, of No. SO Second avenue. T. M. Sedrich, a driver on the transfer line of the Butler street cars, will have a hcarinjr to-day before Alderman Burns charged with assaulting Lawrence Keilly, a passenger. Joseph Seal is in jail awaiting a hearing before Alderman Donovan Thursday on a charge of obtaining coods uuder. false pre tense. The information was made by An tonia Trumphia. Henry FEunrxo was sent to jail yesterday by Alderman McMasters on a charge of de sertion, preferred by his wife, Mrs. Mary Fehrinsr, who alleges non-support for her self and child. The case will be heard on Wednesday. John E. Schivubl Is nnder bonds to ap pear before Alderman McSIasters to answer a ch-irso of stealing from hi9 employer. Ho is accused by John M. Bruce, ot Shady and Wilfc'in avenues, with tho larceny of "$7G 79 while acting as col.ector. Jons Leishauck, aged 12 jenrs, wa9 brought to the Twenty-eighth ward police station by his parent last evening and locked up on a charge of incorrigibility. They accuse him of running away from home and leading his little brother into bad company. He will probably be sent to Morganza. IIehby Kaiser was arrested on Sunday, having a cashmero shawl in bis possession which ho failed to account for. Yesterday Mrs. A. F. Cowell Identified the shawl, and said it had been stolen from her at a Fifth avenue theater on Saturday. An informa tion was made again3t Kaiser for larceny. Alderman Donovan held a .hearing yester day morning in the case of Robert F. Will. iam, who sued his brother, James L. Will iams for surety of the peace. The case wns aismi'sed for lack of evidence. James I.. then cntcreil a cross suit against Robert for the samo offense. He gave bail for court. Jacob REicnENBAroir, an Allen town con tractor, yesterday entered an information before Alderman Beinbaueraccusing Albert Vierhellcr, a well-known liveryman, with assault and battery. Keichcnbaugli says ho and Vieihe,ller met on the street yesterday and without any provocation Vierheller as saulted him. The case will be civen a hear ing this week. 1'ffectg of Smokeless Powder. Judging by the observations of an En glish officer who attended the late French military maneuvers, the use of smoke less powder is likely to have a peculiar effect on the morale of soldiers in battle. He says that again and again he found him self in a position where he could hear vol ley after volley, field guns, too, sometimes being fired, so far as tound could indicate, within 800 yards, and yet after gazing in tently for mi nutts he tried in vain to dis cover the whereabouts of the fixers. One moment the sound would seem to be quite close, but a puff of wind would cause it to appear to come from miles oil". If the men who fire are at all hidden, and are station ary, it would seem almost impossible to dis cover them at, say, 800 yards. Importance of a IJetter. A Bign made of cardboard letters, hung on a wire in a furnishing store, announces to the public of Boston that the establishment is Blank's Shirt Store. But the s of the final word somehow slipped along toward the pre ceding word, and the passers by were sur prised to read: Blank's Shirts Tore, Off THE STILL HUNT. The Prohibitionists Conducting a Quiet, but Active Campaign. OBJECT TO TAB NEW BALLOT LAW. Kepnblican Managers ITolil a Conference TVith Ward Workers. TIIE MOXTOOTn CLUB EOOMS OPENED Mr. Andrew Bryce suggested yesterday that the Prohibition party might some day demand as much recognition as any of the others at present. He said they were not working like Democrats and Bepnblicans Jwho were after the bird in the hand. Pro hibitionists, however, he said were ticketed to win eventually, and were at work just as hard as though they expected to make their calling and election this fall. A call was made at the headquarters of the Third party in the Moorhead building, on Second avenue and Boss street, where President Cole, ot the Eiecutive Commit tee, Jlessrs. Williams and Martin and other gentlemen, were found busily at work mail ing tickets and campaign literature. The room looked much like political headquar ters generally, except that there was the ab sense of the political rooster, which of itself would indicate that the Prohibition ticket is not likely to win this fall, for whereso ever the carcass is, there will the eagles be gathered, but none the less all were hard at work, and if voters do not vote the cold water ticket they cannot claim that they could not get the "tickets. DISFBANCHISED BY THE LAW. President Cole said the main trouble his party labored under was its disfranchise ment by the leaders of the old parties. "In order to have representation," he continued, "we must amount to 3 per cent of the politi cal strength of the State, or else appeal to the Legislature 5,000 strong within" 49 days of an election under the workings of the in famous Baker ballot bill." He held that the provision is unconstitutional, and the people would soon see that it was nullified if they were awake, as a party has a right to representation regardless of its numerical strength. Mr. Cole further stated that it was to the interest of tho liquor power to have but two parties, for so long as such is the case it has little trouble to make itself the balance of power, and it will ordinarily tip the scale in favor of the party that will obey its behest. Mr. Cole regards it as necessary to get the best elements of each of the old par ties under its hammer. It will be accom plished, said he, or the country will be ruined either the rum power or the Gov ernment will go down in the struggle. ALEUT IN M'KEESrOKT. Mr. Williams, of McKeesport, ceased work long enough to say there was more solid temperance work" being done in that city this year than ever before. People are subscribing money, not spasmodically, but with intent to keep the fire going, and intend to stay with the party until it se cures victory. Mr. Martin said there was a prohibition club in every district, and the leaven was working. No matter what the Prohibition ists expect to win this heat, they work with as much vim as the other parties and with out the accompanying stimulants, but this is, perhaps, not strange, as they eschew stimulants, anyhow. Thry are not taking anv organized part in the judiciary fight. The same report in effect came from all the other political headquarters, Bepubli can, Democratic and Straightout Republi can. Mr. K'rker said the Eleventh ward meeting would be well worth attending, as Generals Hastings and Kiles and Congress man Culbertson, the latter of Lewistown, would make speeches. At Democratic head quarters, Mr. Kiley reported an influx of country visitors. Secretary Dunn, of the Straigbtouts, said the only 'fight they had on was the regular one, and not an internecine one. He "also called on some, of his conferees on the subject, and they agreed with him. Messrs. William Walls and Porter ad dressed a meeting at Clinton on Saturday nicht. Hitherto there has been but little political illumination out that way this season. HUSTLING "WILL HOW BEGIN. Republican Lenders in Consultation With the TFara Worker,. Real active political work among the Re publicans of the city began yesterday after noon with a meeting in Chief Brown's office in City Hall, at which were present besides Chief Brown, who played host to the visitors, Chairman John Gripp, Secre tary George Miller, and Treasurer S. P. Conners, of the County Committee; Sena tor William Flinn, Chief Elliot, Chief Bigelow, W. A. Magee, and others of equal prominence in local politics. After the adjournment of Councils, vari ous members of that body and the tried and true Bcpublicans from every ward in the city filed into Ch'ef Brown's office, which was crowded from 4 o'clock until aiter G. Every man who came in seemed to know exactly where to go, and after going inside the Chief's office would remain a few mo ments in some cases, or a half hour in others, and then withdraw, leaving the hall at once. The character of the business transacted was indicated by Chief Brown. He said: "We begin to-morrow the active work always necessary within a few days of an election. The County Committee has called in the men upon whom we can rely to work for the straignt ticket, indorsed by the Re publicans and Democrats of the county and for Gregg and Morrison. The committee has subdivided the city into districts, some including a whole ward and others only an election district, in which three good, re liable men are made a sort of executive or vigilance committee to get out the voters. see that their ballots are cast and counted and look after our candidates on election day. Every ward in the city has been represented here to-day and the reports the representatives bring in show our organi zation to be in excellent condition. We will have reports from the balance of the county in a day or two, and from what we have heard have no doubt of a substantial victory for the whole ticket on November 3. IN H0N0B OF MAJ0S M0NT00TH. A Club Named for Him Open sits Ilea d quar ters last Night. The Major E. A. Montooth Republican Club, of the Fifth ward, opened its club looms at No. ST Wylie avenue last night with speeches, music and a feast. The club is of recent organization, too recent for its delegates to get a vote at the Scranton con vention, but it has a membership of more than 100 representative men of the Fifth ward, and is growing rapidly. The club rooms occupy the second floor of the build ing, are neatly furnished and handsomely decorated. Over the mantel in tho assem bly parlor hangs a life-size portrait of the gallant soldier whom the club has honored by giving it his name, and on the walls in conspicuous places are portraits of other distinguished Republicans. Major Montooth delivered the initial address at the opening exercises last night, ana took occasion to make it a first-class campaign speech for the party ticket. He was followed by District Attorney Bur leigh, S. U. Trent, Esq., County Chairman Gripp, Morris W.Mead and Coroner Mc Doweil, each making speeches appropriate to the time and occasion. The Symphony Orchestra, Leon J. Long and Daniel Gallagher enlivened the occa sion by interspersing the speeches with music, songs and recitations, and the affair wound up with a fine collation. Colored Voters Indorse tho Ticket. A largely attended meeting of the Union Republican Club of Allegheny county was held at their rooms, corner of Grant and Diamond streets, last night. The club is composed entirely of colored voters. Lem uel Googins presided. District Attorney Clarence Burleigh addressed the meeting. Ho spoke at length on the State ticket. He then referred to the county ticket, and told how the regular County Committee stood in the fight.. "Mr. Burleigh received a very cordial reception. A resolution was passed indorsing Gregg and Morrison and the reg ular county ticket. After the meeting re freshments were served, and a most enjoya ble evening was spent. INTOXICATED ON GASOLINE. The Odd Practice of a Little Six-Year-Old Maryland Hoy. Baltimore, Oct. 2G. Sptriaf. Willie Grant Webb, the G-year-old son of Mrs. Johanna Webb, at Hampden, is ad dicted to a very singular and dan gerous habit which is puzzling the physicians. For some time past the boy's mother has detected a strong odor of gasoline oil about her son, aud was at a loss to know the cause. Yesterday she found him Iving unconscious on the floor and a can of gasoline oil by his side. She called in a doctor, who succeeded in bringing the boy back to consciousness. Upon investigating the case, Dr. Mitchell discovered that the boy had a morbid desire to inhale etherized gasoline oil. How the child ever acquired the habit is a mystery. In order to inhale the ether he removes the stopper from the can and inserts his nose in the hole, remaining in this position until he becomes intoxicated. It is the first case of the kind known to physicians here. Accused of 28 Forgeries. Pontiac, III., Oct. 26. W. H. Furs man, under indictment on 29 charges of for gery, aggregating over 5200,000, pleaded guilty in Circuit Court this morning, and was sentenced to seven years in Joliet Peni tentiary. Twenty-eight indictments are still pending against him in this court. lESTEEDAI'S HOTEL AKKIVALS. DiTQuraxE J". Goldsmith apd wife. Cleve land: Merritt Greene, Ellwond; C. D. Law, Ft. Wnvne; Lewis Walker, Meadville; J. P. Foley, New York; W". H. Owen, Washington, I. C; C. E. Wolf, New York; W. Wiltinson, Boston; L. S. Newell, Donver; M. V. Stone, Chicago; S. Wood and wife, Now York: G. A. Barnard, Salem; B. S. Keen, Chicago; Porter Pollock, Youngstown; L. F. Shepard, Phila delphia; F. Funistone, Easton; A. C. Earlc, P. J. Garvcy, Philadelphia; S. II. Robinson, Parker. Mosoxoahela J. II. Setohel, Cuba; Georse Smith, Chicago, George Loneliest, Chicaso; Pedro Moutt. Santiago, Chile; William Young, E. G. Snow, New York: A. C. Hoover, Hamilton; Adam Gray, Cincinnati; W. B. De Camp, Cincinnati; O. S. Belknap, Mas sllloii: Gcorgo O. Cromwell, Toledo; J. E. Blake, Attleboro: H. T. Ingraham, Cleve land: E. Salger, Cleveland; Saville Johnston, Chicago; II. Green, Easton; Madame Cosse, New York: A. M. Swan, Chicago: John A. Kruse, Jefferson, Tex.: Leo Slnnnout, Lon don; C. S. Stephenson, New York; G. G. Stage and wife, Greenville: Silas 31. Clark, Indiana; C. W. Jenkins, Baltimore: U. W. Greenwood, New York; A. L. Ivory. Clarion; J). B. Bell, Du Bois: J. F. O'Neil and wite. New York; A. Smedley, Oil Citv; T. C. Link, St. Louis; John Rend, McDonald; F. W. Mitchell, C. Heydrick, Franklin; A. T. Barnes, Boston: M. W. Thomson, Altoona; G. W. Lumley, Pierre, S. D. Anderson H. Frankel, New York; John W. Wright, Rochester; C. L. Kutle, C. P. Monash, Chicago: C. S. Lillev, Columbus; Teter Schwab, Hamilton; ll. M. Clark, Tidloute; J. I. Metcalf, N. Attleboro; Cvms A. Allen and wife, Buffalo; Crichton "Mal colm, Now York: H. M. Booz, Philadelphia; F. A. Bogg, Cleveland; W. H. Danielson, Boston: M. L. Fltoh, Grand Rapids: Rich ard Fisher, Philadelphia; Arthur Wilson, Boston: A. V. Camburg, Newark; Wm. Rob inson, F. M. Phe an, B. Clemens, G. Goslar, F. M. Wright, G. G. Balnett, II. II. Dewey, Henry Lippman, A B. DeBost, New York; W. K. Dougherty, Philadelphia; A J. Weil, Chicago; William Parker, Hon. William Hasson, Henry J. Beers, Oil Cltv; Jos. B. Pierce, Sharpsvillej Rev. Dr. Maxwell and wire, Monongahela City; T. E. Dougherty, Chicago; W. E. Meek and wife, Houtzdale; A. C. Fairchild, Paterson: John If. Cooke, Paterson; H. W. Roberts, Connellsville; Chailes Kudderow, Jr., Philadelphia; F. J. Root, Hamilton; Henry Hirschman and Miss Tilly Hirschman, Salt Lake. City; J. J. Leach aud wife, Ft. Wayne; W. E. Tingle, Louisville; W. II. Hostettor; Cleveland; Schlosser J. Mayer, Philadelphia; W. Frank Smith, Lock Haven; G. E. Schmita lani, Indianapolis: A. M. Grose, Cincinnati; C. H. Itosenham, L. B. Hansman, New 1 ork; S. Bohrens, fhiladelphia; S. W. Curriden, Washington: H. L. Engel. Wllliamsnort: H. Ellis, E. Liverpool; W. II. Demarest, New York: H. W. Howard, Warren; J. C. Gibnev, Bradford; W. E. Deville, Wheeling; J. M. wartnen, umcago; ueorge n. xorrev. Oil City: J. A. Erben, Philadelphia; J. R. Beck ley. Hannibal; II. S. Pell, Akron; J. W. Fer guson, R. Hashagen, New York. Sevektii Avenue Miss Ethel Sherwood, Cleveland; H. D. Gilbert, Chicago; J. W. Brown, Columbus; Hon. Chillies W. Stone, Warren; C F. Atkinson, Philadelphia; Ash toh Coats, Philadelphia; S. Schenthal, Balti more: Frank Sheridan. Joseph Flynn, New York; C. D. Greenlee, Butler; Otto Koehler, Meadville; W. J. Kennedy, Binghamton; Miss M. E. Oliver, Duquesne: S. II. Fink, Washington; J. E. O'Bifen, Williamsport; N. Tavaey and wife, St. Louis; E. F. M. Erhart, Cleveland; S. N. Warden, Mt. Pleasant: C. M. Dillon, Menden; D. B. Hibner, DuBois; J. M. Dickey, Franklin; T. C. Cassel and wife, New York: W. LWallis, Sharon; R.D.Scott, Cleve land; M. V.Miller, BeUa.ire; C. D. Reed.Evans vllle; W. M. Dodson. Johnstown; Thomas II. Means aud wife, Brookvillc; F. L. Nuse, Titusville; F. C. Chadrick, Jacksonville: L. II. Beaver and wife, Boston; J. B. B.irbour, Oil City: George Hill, Ebensburg; M. Rox mau, Rochester; William Canby. St. Paul; Charles T. Hollowell. Oil City; Horace Whit comb, Denniston; W. R. Funk, Scottdale; William Morrison, Lexington, Mo. St. James F. II. Morris, C. II. Morris, Youngstown; Charles E. Brown, Slaine; James Funk, Dankinsville; E. Griffith, Paiker; P. Theiss, Columbiana; S. S. Steele, Green Tree; J. S. Briggs and wife, Warren; D. A Hoffman, Latrobe: R. R. Reardon, Delmont; F. B. Maltland, Oil City; Chauncey Pitts, Queenstown, J. K. Beattv, Murrays ville; W. F. Pennrich, Cleveland; W. G. Stewart and wife, Baltimoie: C. W. Stenger Chicago; C. E. and E. W. Tinker, Grove City; F. J. Miller, Gallitzin; C. L. Goodwin, South Fork; Joseph Nowland. Lncinda; It. L. Mlldrcu, East Brady; O. J. Faloon and wife, East Brady. Central Jame9 Miller, Boallville; A. A. Vier, Delaware; W. H. Brown, New Yoik; E. D. Ford, Bradford; Ph Wirsching, Salem; D. P. McLougbrcv, Greensburg:S. Smith, Jeffer son; S. M. Smith, Waynesburg; J. F. Hulswit, Altoona; Harry Chute, New York; F. G. Roberts, Washington; A. C. Collins, Mt. Vernon; William Stephenson, Washington, D. C: Dawson Lawience, South Bethlehem; J. M. Bashline, New Castle. St. Charles. John McLeod, Wilmington; the Misses Jackson, Warren; Frank B. Meyers, F. W. Humble, Buffalo; J. F. Thompson, McDonald; W. A. Best, Dawson; J. A Freeman and wife. Cleveland: Harry DeLonue and wite, Baltimore; C. L. Blazier. Baden: A C. Dibert, Johnstown: C. II. Sasse and family, Atlantic City; E. C. Heppley, Grove City; Frank Bowles. Toronto, O,: Elmer Harris, Parkersburg; A. T. McClure, Washington; II. It Miles, Chicago; John OConnor, Johnstown; W. H. Baker, New York; Thomas Morgan and wife, Johnson; H. E. Smith, Chicago; W. W. Thomson, Baltimore: A. L. Thomas, Lancaster: E. T. liirfc, Washington; Chas. W. Berg, Baltimore. Plttsbnrgers In New York. New York, Oct. 2C Special. The follow ing Pittsburgers nro registered at tho lead ing hotels: II. B. Birch, St. James; W. D. Corcoran, Westminster; C. II. Grillin; Ori ental Hotel; C. D. Hotmail, Barrett Honie; G. Hubley, Hotel Imperial; W. Shroder, Hotel Birtholdi; S. It Vt alker, Grand Union; J. Weil, Union Square Hotel; L. J. Welsh, Grand Central; M. Winter, Uhion Square. People Coming and Going. Mrs. B. W. Carskaddon and son left ou a short visit to her parents in Philadelphia, last evening. George Wcstinghouse went to New York last evening, in his private car, Gleu Eyre, which was attached to tho fast line, George H. Reynolds and A. W. Marshall, two piomluent business men of Chicago, were passengers on the limited last night, bound for home after a short business trip east. A. C. Robertson left for Harrisburg on the fast line cast last night, where he will appear before tho Pardon Board on behalf ot Frank Barker, now serving a term in the Western Penitentiary. As the Years Go Cy. Philadelphia Times. "Your husband said ho wouldn't love you when you were old? That'd odd. I wouldn't stand it." "I didn't mind it. You see he's GO and I'm 17, so by the time I'm old he's notlikely o be here to love anybody." FASTEST ON RECORD. The Empire State Express Makes the Best Time Ever Accomplished. JUST SEVENTY MILES AN HOUll. rour Hundred and Forty Jliles Covered in Less Than Nine flours. HOW THE EUSIIIXG JOURNEY WAS MADE rSriCIAL TELEGRAM TO 'LIIE DISPATCH. 1 BurFALO, Oct. 20. The Empire State express of the New York Central and Hud son River Railroad, on its first trip to-day, demonstrated its right to be called the fastest train in the world, by traversing the 440 miles between New York and Buffalo in 8 hours 41 minutes, aud achieved, be sides, at one stage of the journey, a speed never before attained by so heavy a train. The attempt to run a regular passenger train between the two cities named in 8 hours and 40 minutes is a result of the fa mous experimental trip of September 14, when the unparalleled record of 440 miles in 433 minutes and 44.eeconds was made. The new train was announced almost immedi ately after that performance. It was ex tensively advertised, and more than a hun dred persons bought tickets this morning for its first trip. The train was composed of a combination buffet, smoking and library car, the Wagner buffet drawing room car Luxor, two Now York Central coaches, and Vice President H. Walter Webb's private ear Mariquita, which carried officials of the road and reporters. The same engines drew it that pulled the flyer of September 14. STAP.T OF THE SPEEDT MOXSTEK. It was a minute and a quarter past 9 o'clock, the hour of starting, when Engineer Archie Buchanan set the big 64-foot drivers of ponderous engine 870 agoing for the tunnel, the Spuyten Duyvel curves, and the other difficult places that make up the 15 miles from New York to Yonkers. Twenty-five minutes had been allowed in the schedule. Engineer Buchanan passed Yonkers 2 minutes and 12 seconds ahead of time, speeding along toward Albany at a gait of 43 miles an hour. Except for little spurts that resulted ina rate of a mile a minute or thereabouts, in the neighborhood of Tarrytown and again near Poughkeepsie, where a man with a camera took a snap shot at the flyer, the scheduled rate of speed was kept up all the way to Albany. The train pulled in the station there nftcr a 143-mile run, at 11:42:45, 2 minutes ahead of time. En gine 870 was uncoupled and engine 876, the exact counterpart of the other except for her 5-foot 10-inch driver!, backed down and hooked on for the run to Syracuse, 148 miles away. TIME DROPPED BY THE WAY. The start from Albany was at UnjO, ten seconds behind time. At Utica it was five minutes late, and 28 seconds were snatched of the two minutes stop there, and lost again with other prejeious seconds before the train had gone half a dozen miles. Crowds thronged the street crossings to-day in all the towns between Albany and Syra cuse through which the Empire State express took its way. Probably not less than 5,000 Syracusans turned out to witness the flight of the fastest train in the world. The train was due at Syracuse at 2:45. It was eight minutes and 45 seconds late. A few miles back it had been 16 minutes late, so the people in Vice President Webb's car grew a little more hopeful. Besides, was not Engineer Charles Hogan, of many famous runs, sure to make up the lost time with fast No. 882. "Hogan's feelings were probably not cheerful when the train was turned over to him,nearly nine minutes late, to be landed on time in Buffalo, 149 miles away, when the regular schedule called for something like a mile a minute. It was Hogan whose unlucky engine came near spoiling the fast run of September 14 with a hot box. HOGAN PICKS UP LOST SECONDS. Whatever his feelings were, Hogan took hold in earnest, grabbed two minutes off the stopping time at Syracuse, and started out six minutes and 45 seconds late, at 2:50; 45. The total weight of the train was 278 tons. That was 47 tons more than the intended weight on ordinary occasions. When on an especially good stretch ot track, engine 802 did miles in Si, 58 and oi seconds, and when the conditions weren't so favorable she did miles in 80 seconds, or some other absurd figure. Then she lost two minutes at Rochester taking water. So from being 6 minutes and 45 seconds late at the start, 862's speed rose and fell until she was nearly 13 minutes late at Batavia. Buffalo was 30 miles away. Everybody gave it up, but west of Batavia the track is remarkably straight and a little down grade. It was remarked at Crittenden that Hogan was picking up a few seconds. Then came a mile in 55 seconds. That was 05 milesanhour. Otherswift miles followed, 54 seconds, 53, 52, 51, seventy miles an hour. Timekeeper Sinclair started up with the announcement that no such achievement in speed had ever been made, considering the weight moved. The watchers cheered. Then the switch lamps began to multiply in the gathering darkness. The train was spinning along through a mass of tracks. LESS THAN TWO MINUTES LATE. A minute more and Engineer Hogan had pulled up in tho station at Buffalo, at 5:43 o'clock, three minutes after the schedule time, but the train had started a minute and a quarter late, and he thought a minute and three quarters out of the way in a run of 440 miles onght not to count. His passen gers agreed with him. Among the officials of the New York Central who accompanied Vice President Webb on the journey were: General Super intendent Theodore Voorhees, General Pas senger Agent George H. Daniels, Superin tendent of Motive Power William Buchanan, designer of engine 870, and General Baggage Agnt F. J. Wolf, J. O. Yaeger, of the Wagner Palace Car Com pany; Theodore Butterfield, General Pas senger Agent of the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad, and H. C. Duval, Dr. Chauncey M. Depew'a private secretary, were also of the party. Oscar "WItrte's Head. A year or ttvo ago Mr. Henry nealh took diagrams of the heads of many prominent people. Among other diagrams he took was one of Oscar Wilde's head and one of the head of his late majesty King Cetewayo, .the Kaffir monarch. The diagrams were almost exactly alike and very nearly circu lar in form. To tho Saloon and Trlvate Trade. As the season is now at hand for ale and porter, the Straub Brewing Company take pleasure in announcing to the saloon and private trade that they are prepared to fill all orders promptly. We also claim that our celebrated brands of "Pilsener" and "Munich" lager beer cannot bo excelled by any brewers of the States. We guarantee onr beer to be four and one-half months old and all our goods are made of the very best quality of hops aud malt. Ask the saloon trade for it or telephone No. 5038. Tnn Straub Brewing Co. Corner Main street and Liberty avenue. TTS BLAINE. Free Trains Every Day. Get work, secure a home, make an in vestment in the future great Monongahela Valley town. 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