THE PITTSBURG- DISPATCH WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 28 1891.!
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mortgages and little money could be
realized in that war.
The prospects are that the suits against
Doerrlmqcr il! come before the Court in
a very oliort time. This is made manifest
H the fact that the suit for embezzling' S6,
("00 from the Dexter Spring Company en
tered Mondaj rras before the grand jury
yesterday. A true bill was found against
Lira.
A FAIXT SHOP ABLAZE
Ii:!he i:car of the Central Hotel Causes
Seme Excitement Anions Guests The
Loss Not 0 cr F jrteen Thousand One of
lv:intniaii:is ItiiiUUns.
1'ire parti-illy Jestroved the three-story
brick bmldinir. Xo. 139 Second avenue, lat
nisht. It va discovered about 11:13 o'clock
sad nn alurm was sent in. By this
sitae the two upper floors were in
flame and if took hard fighting
Je subdue them. The Electric Mining
Machine Company occupied -the lower floor.
.VIkuc 1'iN was the paint shop ot Charles
Walter and in ih? rear W. lr. AValtcr con
ducted a nioi.ld.aiakiiJ! establishment.
The lss in building and stock will not es-c-tti
t-l.VKlO. Tlie former is parr of the
property recently purchased by Kaufmauu
Jro.
The fire, while not larsre, cawed consid
erable excitement on account of its bein;
directly in the rear of the Central
Hotel. "Word got out that the
hotel was afire aud people flocked
lr the scene from all directions. This
iisiires-ion was strengthened by the great
liclit paused by burning paint and
oils. Guests of the hotel vacated for a
time but soon saw they were in no danger
and returned to tlieirrooms.
The' b.anlii'g iion-e of Adam Xivon. No.
1ST Second at emir, iins slijh'lv damaged,
sum building Xn. 141, occupied by the serv
ant K'rl of the Central Hotel, was scorched.
The girls acatel the building and took up
quarters in the hotel. The storage room of
the hotel was m tire two or three times,
awl the position of the hotel adjoining the
burning imildiiig was damaccd considerably
by aa:er.
CALLS FOE ASSISTANCE.
One
Death and Several Jllnor Accidents
Reported Testerdav
One man killed and a boy loosingafoot on
the railroad w ith the usual cable caraceident,
teveral men seriously injured in the various
mills none :eriousry,wasthe accident record
yesterday. The list follows:
15rrs Thomas Burns, need CO, of Fortape.
attempted to board a freight train on the
lennsvlnnia llailmad nearSouth Foikyes-te-flay.
lie mis-ed His footinj;, aud fell
under the train. He was instantly killed.
Doicn (in- Doucli. the Woods' Kun black
smith. wa& kicked on the breast 1 a horse
vestcrd.iy while slioein- him. lie will be
laid up for sonic time.
Smackkt. Frederick Smacker, asod about
12 veai. tiad hit. loot cut off last eveninz bv
n rittHirg, Virginia and Charleston Kail
rojd imin, near feduth Twenty-seventh
street. He was removed to his "home on
Jane stieet, where his injuries were at
tended to
StATai Thomas Slater, a driver for
Thomas R. Herd A Co.. was Injured in a col
lision with a lVnn avenue car on lllack
Hore Hill yesterday morning. The horses
wore Injured m badly that one of them died,
and Hie other had to be shot to put it ont of
misery.
Sv.-4htzwi:ldei! Cliarles Swart3welder. a
workman in Carnegie, riiipps&Co.'.sTliirtv
thlrd street mill, met with a erious accident
yesterday. About three ton of iron tell on
tiim and crushed one le so badly that it
will have to be amputated. Ho'was re
moved to the t. Francis Hospital.
IF.Y3iFi Frank ljmein had his left
band crushed lv on i'njrot filling on It at
I'.irk Bros. Jfc Co.'e works last night.
1!hot'. John Brown, while ut work at the
same place, had his ankle fractured by some
plates tailing n him.
"mw-Mmoi-l Shaw, while handling iron
at Caiueic's Thirty-third street works last
nlshr, had one of "his hands pierced bv an
iron rod.
ScniLLirsKt I'eter Schilliuski, while at
work in Carnegie's mills last nizht, bad botn
3ii limbs crushed by some heavy timbers
falling on him.
WILL THEY CONSOLIDATE?
A Import That the rifth and Second Ave
nue Lines U'ill I'ool Issues.
It was reported that W. Jj. Elkins was in
I'ittsbuig Yesterday conferring with some
local street car magnates, with the view of
consolidating the Fifth Avenue Traction
and the Second Aenue Electric roads.
George B. Hill and J. Dawson Callery were
t-aid to be ia the deal, but the former, when
asked for a statement, said he was not aware
of any deal whatever in that connection.
He had heard many reports as to the
pooling of interests ot the Fifth avenue and
Duquesne lines, also the Manchester and
Pleasant Valley, but was at a loss to know
how the Fifth avenue and Second avenue
roads would be benefited by going together.
The lines are not parallel and no competi
tion exists between them. He rather
thinks that the Duquesne and Fifth avenue
tractions will soon be under one manage
ment Ulissin? Since l.ast Jane.
Katharine Beazagenska, a native of South
ern PrustJa, has been missing since June 5.
Her parents reside on South Twenty-sixth
street, and early in the summer sent for her
to join them, she having been living with
her grandparents sincj her parents
had come to this country. On the
way over she lost the" nddrcs: of
her parents, and was taken care ot by the
order of St. Ilaphacl in New York, until
she finally remembered that her destina
tion was Pittsburg. She was placed on a
train in charge of the trainmen, but never
reached her destination. Her parents are
very much worried oer her disappearance,
and have appealed to Consul Max Scham
berg for assistance in finding her.
An Omnlbns Company Chartered.
The Carretc Company to operate a stage
and omnibus line in Pittsburg, with a capi
tal stock of 510,000, was chartered by the
Allcs brothers yesterday. Their object is
to run hacks and other vehicles through the
parks and to other points of interest in the
city at a low fare. The Daughertv Type
Writing Company, canital stock $100,000,
was also chartered. The natnre of the cor
poration has been written up in The Dis
patch. Leech Missing Since Sunday.
Nicholas Leech, bookkeeper 'for Holmes,
Ilowlen & Co., the J'Zast End stock dealers,
has been missing since Sunday morning. It
is not known that there is any shortage in
his accounts, but experts will be put to
work at once to ascertain If there is any
thing wrong. Mrs. Leech stated that she
had received a note trom her husband, in
which he said that there was a little trouble
at the office, and he thought it better to go
away for a short time.
To He DlscnsKPd This Evening.
A Jarcc crowd is expected at the public
meeting in Allegheny to-night to discuss
the issue of 59 30,000 in bonds for improve
ment purposes. The question will be de
bated on both sides by able speakers, and
then a general discussion will follow. Yes
terday 1U tin boxes were received to be
placed in the polling places for the recep
tion of votes on this subject
ltes of First Snow.
The carpenters over in Wilson's planing
mill and carpenter shop, on Third avenue,
have kept a chalk record against a door of
the first snowfalls here for several years
past Their record is as follows: Novem
ber 1, 18.S3: October 'i, 1884; October 5
1HM; October 0, 1886; October 21, 18S7; no
rcgistrv for 1888; October 7, 188'J; October
27, 1890; October 27, 1891.
The Mohicsn to Be Repaired.
San- Francisco, Oct 27 The United
States man-of-war Mohican sailed to-day for
Mare Island, where she will be put at once
on dry dock for repairs.
CLLE0TP0LICt
Officers Needed to Quell a Lively
Democratic Discussion in Al
legheny Last Night.
CONFUSION KEIGNED FOR A TIME.
A Eepullican Meeting Held in the Eleventh
Ward Addressed' by Burleigh
and Others.
HASTINGS CONFIDENT OP M'KINLEI
British American Association Indorses the Straight
out Ticlet.
A pair of four ounce gloves would have
been a very appropriate standard at the" Al
legheny City Democratic Committee which
met in Common Council Chambers last
night. Talk about a Sunday mght meeting
of the Lime Kiln Club! There never was
a vocabulary which contained words and
expletives enough to comprehensively give
the reade'.a correct report of the proceed
ings. Sir. Edison's phonograph would have
probably become imbued with life, the rc
ceivinc cylinders refused to act, and im
ploringly said, "for goodness sake, gentle
men, wait till I catch up."
Chairman William Brennen wended his
way over the bridge from his Pittsburg
stamping ground, and essayed to put in a
word for the good of the Democratic party.
This attempted usurpation was objected to
by Chairman Huckestein, who allowed that
Allegheny contained just as "pert" people
as Pittsburg, especially when it came to a
political or parliamentary issue. Edward
G. Lang acted as secretary. The mcetinir
became so animated alter ir"had progressed
awhile that the police were called from City
Hall to quell the impending trouble.
rANMKMON-IUSI REIGNED.
It, indeed looked, like a hand to hand
contest, so excited were the people present.
Motion, pro and con were made, amid pan
demonium, aca li tney naa ueen tost Dy a
vote, the movers were saved the humilia
tion of defeat,' by losing them in the hurrah.
To an outsider, an excitintr Chinese Fan Tan
game was articulately more comprehensive.
Shouts of "order" and the heavy tap of the
gavel were as much noticed as an advertis
ing dodger on a busy day.
After the appearance of the police the
meeting assumed a more placid aspect The
business transacted was not of much import,
for the reason that the attempted discus
sions monopolized much of the time. The
main object of the meeting was to select
men to man the polls, of which there are 71
to cover on election day.
Fred J. Manlev, of the Eleventh ward,
had a resolution he desired to introduce,
and through the presentation of this the
trouble commenced. His resolution was:
Resolved. That the Democratic City Com
mute of Allegheny CU3' earnestly Indorses
tliS Democratic Stnte ticket and the Demo
cratic count ticket as nominated by the
Democratic State aud County Convention.
TVonldn't Hear the Motion.
This resolution the Chairman would not
hear nor countenance its presentation at the
tinre on the ground that it was not in order.
A general cry went up from the members
of the committee against the decision.
John Sullivan was heard above the noise
to say: "Mr. Chairman, you are tyrannical;
you are a Czar, aud your ruling is unjust."
Henry Dedig, of the Fourth ward, walked
almost up to the Chairman's desk and de
manded that Mr. Manley be given the priv
ilege of reading his resolution. Mr. Man
ley at the same time attempted to make
himself heard, and succeded after consider
able confusion. He said: -"I ofTer this
resolution "
The Chairman No, sir, yon cannot
Mr. Manlev What are we to vote for, a
county or a city ticket?
The Chairman We will not hear your
resolution.
Mr! Manley (madly ") The Chair knows
what the nature of "the resolution is, and
therefore will not entertain it.
Sent for the Police.
At this point the demand was made, al
most uuauimously, that the resolution be
read. The Chairman then sent word for '
the police, and to this call Lieutenant
Thornton responded. His appearance had
the .effect of quieting the meeting, and
although there were several other out
breaks, yet nothing like tha previous dis
order was manifested. The Chairmrn fre
quently declined to hear the resolution and
peremptorall refused to entertain several
motions that were made to adjourn. An
amendment was at last offered to the reso
lution by Thomas Keenan to the effect that
none but Democrats be voted for on the
local ticket This amendment was lost,
and the original resolution was submitted,
aud was carried by a vote of 16 to 4.
The committee then adjourned.
AID F0S THE STEAIGHTOTTTS.
The County British-American Association
for the Ticket.
The British-American Association of
Pittsburg met in its rooms in Moorhead's
Hall last night The meeting was very in
teresting from the fact that the as ociation
decided to support the Straightout ticket in
Allegheny county.
Joseph Preece presided, and after a few
remarks introduced Hon. Alfred Marland, a
representative of the Straighout party. He
made quite a lengthy address on the issues
of the campaign in Allegheny county. Ex
President H. R, Heppinstall followed
him, and spoke very vigoronslvv
against the manner in which
the politicians have been and still are trying
to perpetuate machine rule.
At the conclusion of his remarks he made
a motion, which was carried, that the asso
ciation support the Straightout ticket in
Allegheny county this falL The Secretary
was instructed to notify the members
throughout the county of the association's
doings.
ALLEGHENY REFORM COMMITTEE.
A Meeting "Which Only Bore Frait in a Fre
Uminary Way.
The Citizens' Reform Committee, of Alle
gheny, met last night at its headquarters in
the Third National Bank building. Noth
ing more than a permanent organization
was effected, with the election of John
Walker as Chairman and Gilbert Follans
bee Secretary.
A very fair representation was present,
and a number of resolutions were adopted,
which would not be given out for publi
cation. There was no discussion of luture
methods, and those who were 'snpposed to
know merclv said that it was a preliminary
gathering which would make itself more
prominent at the next meeting. This will
take place at the call of the chairman.
Among those present were James Bovard,
James li McCord, James G. PontefractJ
Theophilus Sfironl and others. The meet
ing was only in session a half hour with the
above result
They Expect a Big Turn Ont.
Great preparations are being made for the
mass meeting of the Southside "straight
outs" at Birmingham Turner Hall, Jane
street, to-morrow. A parade will precede
the mesting, in which a number of men
have expressed a desire to join. The-Alderman
Beinhaucr political club have expects
to have nearly 300 men in line. The club
has had printed 15,000 hand bills, an
nouncing the meeting, which are bein" dis
tributed all over the Southside and the ad
joining boroughs. The club has had several
banners painted and will have a large brass
"batid.to lead their part of the parade. On
one of the bannersis painted tne following:
"We are straightonts," "Bosses ranst go,"
and "We demand equal taxation." The
campaign issues Will be .discussed at the
meeting by John S. Jtobb, W. D. Moore, L.
K. Porter" and Alderman F. C. Beinhauer.
THE STRAIGHTOUTS ROASTED.
Clarence Bnrlelgh Fays Ills Respects to the
Leaders of the New Faction Kites and
Culbertson Also Deliver Addresses In
the Eleventh TVard.
The Republican meeting held in the
Eleventh ward school building last night
was particularly noteworthy in the enthusi
asm displayed for Clarence Burleigh. The
meeting was called to order by George
Chambers, after which John Spratt
was chosen as Chairman. A long list
of vice presidents was read. Among, them
were the names of Robert Sproul, Robert C.
Gray, John H. Detker, Dr. R. J. A. Irwin,
Samuel Barckley, Revs. J. F. Patterson,
John H. "Vasham, IT. P. Ford, Hon. J. F.
Slagle, A. (E. McCaudless, William Hanes
and Samuel Gilson.
Ex-Auditor General Jerome B. Niles, of
Tioga county, was the first speaker. He
said he had the pleasure of knowing Mr.
Morrison, and he could safely
say that a more honest man
never entered the State Legislature. He
spoke of the Democratic party trying to
lead the people to think that because one
man out of half a million forgot his honesty
and is now in the penitentiary that the whole
Republican party is dishonest. The
speaker did not expect the State of Mary
land and Louisiana to go Republican, be
cause .Democratic treasurers had robbed the
treasuries.
H. J. Culbertson, of Lewistown. dwelt at
considerable length on the question of pro
tection and a free ballot In conclusion, he
spoke of the blind bigotry of Governor
Pattison in accusing the Senate of Pennsyl
vania ot not being an honest body.
Clarence Bnrleigh made the closing ad
dress and was given a royal welcome.
He said there need be no fear
but that Allegheny county would roll
up its old-time "majority. Tho claim
that the three Judges were nominated by
C L. Magee and William FlinYi was non
sense, said the speaker, and the men who
say it know better. The Judges were ap
pointed by Governor Pattison, whose hon
esty no one could question. Nothing can
be said against the three men named, and
Mr. Burleigh asked why they should be
taken from the positions they so
ably fill. At this point he was interrupted
by J. M. F. Foster a colored man, who had
to be hustled out of the house by the po
lice before Mr. Burleigh could "finish his
talk. He roasted the managers of the
Straightout movement and said they were
soreheads.
PBEDICIS MCKINLEY'S ELECTION.
General Hastings Thinks the Major Will
Have 80,000 Majority.
General D. H. Hastings with his charm
ing wife, were guests at the Duquesne yes
terday. The giant General was looking
remarkably well. He was stylishly attired
in a neat, black cutaway coat, and his
trousers were ultra-fashionable, even to the
crease. General Hastings was booked for a
speech in the Eleventh ward last night, but
owing to a severe sore throat he was forced
to refrain from imparting more eneourg
nient to local Republicans who would gather
to listen to him.
"Out in OhiD," said the General, "I have
given the Staie a pretty thorough canvass
and I predict that Major McKinley will be
elected bv 20.000 or 23,000 votes. He is a
great man and the people of Ohio are proud
of him, not only for his diplomatic and
public worth, but from a personal stand-
fioint I have met Governor Campbell, and
le is a charming fellow. His views politi
cally on the paramount issue of
the campaign are net to my
taste, and there are several hundred
thousand Ohio voters who are of the
same opinion. As to Pennsylvania, I can
see no dissaffection in the Republican
ranks. The only detrimental feature which
might hurt us on election dav is the apa
thetic feeling of the voters. They will not
come ont to vote in great numbers perhaps,
as at a Presidental and Gubernatorial elec
tion, but I think there is sufficient interest
heinir evinepd to hrine out an PTceTitinnftllv
"large polL"
The General did not care to be quoted cithv
on the extra session or the proposed Con
stitutional Convention. His wife inter
posed here that they had not seen a Pitts
burg or Philadelphia paper for some weeks,
consequently they werepracticallystrangers
to the daily" goings on of Pennsylvania of
importance. The General had a business
engagement in Philadelphia to-day, in con
sequence ot which lie left on the last line
last night for the Quaker City.
OUT OF TOWN CALLERS.
The Work or Frcparins Poll Hooks For the
Election Districts Completed.
Business was brisk around the headquar
ters of the Republican County Committee
yesterday afternoon, and a large force of
clerks were busily engaged in mailing cam
paign literature. Secretary Miller stated
last night that a large number of out of
town workers had called during the dny.
and their reports were of a very encourag
ing nature for the full Republican ticket.
The work of preparing the poll books for
each election district in the county w as com-'
pleted yesterday, and the books are-now
ready for distribution to those entitled to re
ceive them. They can be secured at the
headquarters.
New Cure for Ilydrophohln.
A new cure for hydrophobia is said to
have been discovered in an extract from
African palm. The juice, after suitable
preparation, is injected under thp patient's
skin, and its immediate effect is to cause a
moderate fever. The fever soon subsides
aud on from the fifth to the seventh day the
cure is complete. It is stated that of 67
cases treated in this way G5 recovered, the
other two dying of weakness. The remedy
is claimed to be equally efficacious in cases
of snake bite.
A Brake-Beam Wrecks a Train.
St. Makt's, Oct 27. Special. By the
dropping of a brake-beam on a car on a
train on the Lake Erie and Western Rail
road at Blaine, 40 miles west of this city,
this morning, 12 cars loaded with grain and
live stock were thrown off the track and
went into the ditch. The wreck is one of
the worst the company has experienced -for
some time.
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Brought Oat by the Loss of a Bank
Check for County Taxes.
THE GOVERNMENT ON THE TRAIL.
Probable Fatal Shooting of a Small Boy
While at Play.
HAPPENINGS OP. A DAT IS TWO CITIES
A missing bank check and the efforts to
locate it have brought out an interesting
legal question concerning the payment of
taxes. A Government expert is on the trail
of the paper, and Delinquent Tax -Collector
Ford is figuring on the- means of securing
his usual JlQper cent commission on unpaid
revenueffipi.
On WmZI Thomas Marshall, of the
MarsMp.Jondry aud Construction Com
panyMnijB'clieck on a Pittsburg bank to
the County Treasurer for the amount of his
county taxes. The check and other neces
sary papers were put in an en
velope, making quite a bulky passage.
This was dropped in a letter box at Twenty
eighth street, and Mr. Marshall had been
accustomed to paying "his taxes this way,
just "as hundreds of other business men do.
He thought nothing more of the matter,
supposing it was all riciht, until a few days
ago, when he went to his .bant to square up
accounts. There he discovered that the
check for his taxes had never been pre
sented for payment .
Mr. Marshall went at once to the County
Treasurer's office, where he found there was
no record of the receipt of the check, and
his taxes had been turned over to Collector
Ford. This made a difference of 15 per
cent in the amount, as at the time tne
check was mailed a 5 per cent
reduction was offered, while at
present there is an increase of 10 per cent
over the regular amount. Mr. Marshall
went to Collector Ford, but the only satis
faction obtainable was that his name was on
the delinquent list and payment would be
demanded.
The next move to be made was to find out
what had become of the check. A state
ment of the case was sent to the Postoffice
Department at Washington and a special
agent was sent on. He is now at work on
the matter. Mr. Marshall says the letter
has been traced to the Court House. Any
supposition that somebody in the County
Treasurer's office appropriated the check to
his own use is manifestly wrong, as in that
case it would have been cashed before this.
The conclusion, then, is that the paper was
mislaid and lost in the handling of large
numbers of similar ones.
The peculiar feature about the case is
Tat amount Mr. Marshall will have to pay.
He claims that if his check reached the
County Treasurer's office during the time of
the 5 per cent discount he could not be
made pay more than that. If the paper
was lost or mislaid in that office it is no
fault of his. On the other hand, Collector
Ford insists that as Mr. Marshall's name
appears on the books he shall have his com
mission. Mr. Marshall is not inclined to
pay this, and the point of law will probably
be tested.
SHOT HIS COMPANION.
-V Revolver Goes Off Accidentally,
and
Badly Injures a Boj.
Albert Perrv, aged 16 vears, was acci
dentally shot, and probably fatally injured
last evening by Ralph Ilollis, a companion,
who is also 16 years old. A number of
young folks had gathered at the residence
of Mrs. Rinneg, on Phillips street, Twenty
seventh ward, to spend the evening, and
among them were Hollis and Perry.
While gathered about a table with a num
ber of other companions, Hollis took a re
volver from his pocket and was playfully
handling it when he accidentally discharged
the weapon. Perry was sitting opposite
Hollis, and was struck by the bullet just
below ihe risrht eye. He was leaning for
ward a little, aud tin ball passed through
the cheek bone and down until it struck the
lower jaw, and from there passed back to
tho base of the brabi where it lodged.
Dr. Mundorft' dressed the wound. The
doctor could not say whether the shot would
be fatal or not, but thought it very serious,
as inflammation will likely set in. Hollis was
arrested and locked up in the Twenty-eighth
ward police station to await the result ot the
boy's injuries.
Alderman Cases Alone Penn Avenue.
There was quite a number of petty alder
man cases along Pcnn avenue last night
Johanna Larkins was committed to jail by
Alderman Burns for a hearing Friday on a
charge of disorderly conduct made by
Johanna La ska vage. The same magistrate
issued a warrant for the arrest of William
A. Cunningham, of Nineteenth' street,
charged with abusins his wife. He dis
charged T. M. Sedge wick, the street car con
ductor, who was charged with assault and
battery bv Lawrence Rcilly.' Alderman
Donovan committed James O'Brien-to jail
for hearing to-day on a charge of assault and
battery preferred by Phillip Owen, as a re
jsultofa street fight. Alderman Warner
sent Mary Kavetski to jail for a hearing
Saturday charged by Anton Kavetski with
aggravated assault and battery. The case
grew out of a family quarrel.
No Proclamation Issued.
Burgess Lloyd, of Sharpsburg, did not is
sue a peace proclamation yesterday. The
excitement over the Buckley murder has
subsided considerably, and Mr. Lloyd has
concluded not to move in the matter unless
further indications of trouble arise.
SNAP SHOTS AT CITY ITEMS.
Seven moro cases of diphtheria and Ave of
scailatina were reported to the Bureau of
Health yesterday.
Officer Smith lockedFrcd Zimmerman up
in Police station No. 5 last night for fighting
on the comer of Liberty and Pearl stieets.
Johw ScnwAn was committed to jail last
night by Alderman McPike on a chargo of
surety of the peace, preferred by David
James.
EnwABD Kestker, who was so seriously in
jured by being struck by a Birmingham
electric car on Monday, is much better, and
will probably recover.
David Weaver, aged 70 years, a slater,
dropped dead yesterday afternoon while
working on the roof of 208 Locust street.
Allegheny. He lived at 93 East Diamond
street.
Testerdat's weather was a decided taste
of winter. The temperature fell below 40
and snow fell several times during the day.
Happily the Weather Bureau promises fair
and warmer weather soon.
Mayor Wymak, like the Pittsburg authori
ties, has called a halt on masquerade balls,
and there will be no more of them in Alle
gheny if ho can help it. An application for
a license to conduct such an entertainment
was refused yesterday.
Condemning Hennepin Canal Land.
Peoiua, III., Oct. 27. The suit of the
United States against 82 property owners
for the condemnation of land for tho Hen
nepin Canal was to come up in the United
States Court tp-day, but a't 4 meeting of in
terested parties the matter was compro
mised ana Judge Blodgett and the jury
merely assessed the damages.
The Lottery Magnates Arrested.
Sioux Falls, S. D., Oct. 27. At a late
hour this afternoon District Attorney
Sterling received word from New Orleans
that the lottery defendants have been ar
rested, and asking on what date they should
give bonds for their auDcarance here. He-
will have the cases for an adjourned term in
jjecemoer.
SAVED BY A LASSO.
An Advcntnrous 'New Jfersey Woman' Ex
perience on Tike's Teak.
Philadelphia Times,
Mrs. Schmults, of New Jersey, visited
Colorado last winter, and after many lesser
excursions set her heart upon making the
ascent of Pike's Peak. A young guide,
Steve Brown by name, undertook "to seet
Mrs. Schmults safely up the mountain and
down again. She rode a little Indian pogy.
"It was wonderful," said Mrs. Schmults,
"what intelligence the pony showed. The
guide kept ahead on his mustang, looking
back now and then to see how I was getting
along. From the pommel of his saddle
hung his lasso, and when I inquired its use
he told me that he often had to tie travelers
round the waist with it on thedescent to
keep them from losing their scats.
"Alter we had got above the timber line,
the horses wire scrambling up a very steep
bit of the trail when my pony began to slip
back on some loose gravel. I thought I
was gone. If the pony lost control of him
self we should ccrtainlv go down the mount
ain together. Steve heard the grating of
the pony's hoofs and turned like a flash.
The next instant his lasso was swinging
about his head, and before I realized what
was going on, ithad settled over my head
and pinioned mv arms to mv sides. With
one turn of his wrist Steve pulled me from '
me pony, wno, relieved of his Dttruen,
quickly recovered his footing."
CHICAGO ON A CETJST OF CLAY.
It
Is Very Dangerous to Build the High
Structures Now Contemplated.
"Under existing conditions," said Gener
al Fitz-Simons, of Chicago, to a Tribune in
terviewer in that city, "I would not invest
a cent in one of those tall office buildings
being erected downtown. Chicago is now
confronted with a very serious problem.
While I am not an alarmist, I must say that
a grave danger exists from the big build
ings, "Chicago is practically afloat We are
resting npon a semi-fluid mass which is
covered by a ctust only 16 feet thick. The
pressure of the tall 'buildings upon this
semi-fluid mass has a tendency to force this
substance upon either side, it's Just like
placing a brick in a pan of dough. The
brick sinks down and the dough rises up on
all sides of it. The same thing must hap
pen with the buildings. As I said before,
the crust, which is of tough clay, is 16 feet
thick. Beneath this there is a soft substance
which is almost a fluid. It is from 30 to 36
feet thick, resting upon a stratum of indu
rated clay, directly underneath which is the
hardpan. Now, as'long as the crust remains
intact we are all right; but break the crust
and the most disastrous results would fol
low." A DOG AND A ST0BK.
Amnslng Argument Between Them Over
the Possession of an Apple.
An amusing scene was witnessed in Lin
coln Park, Chicago, the other day. A stork
and dn "ornery" yellow cur furnished the
fun. The dog being young was flighty and
foolish. The stork was just as grave as the
dog was undignified. The pup fonnd an
apple and naturally wanted to play with it.
'The stork's eye lit on the apple and he had
a desire to eat it Not countenancing prac
tical jokes, he pursued the pup, swept him
aside with his long neck and seized the
apple.
'But he could not eat it without jabbing it
to pieces with his bilL The dog would give
him no chance to do this, so the stork held
the apple in his bill and looked down at
the dog with the solemnity of a spectacled
Heidelberg professor, while the pup barked
rudely and danced around on his hind legs.
In a moment of abstraction his storkship
dropped the apple, and the pup pounced
on'it and scampered ofE Witn two strides
and a half the bird was on him and recap
tured the fruit Then the dog began again
to exasperate the stilt-legged stork, and
when darkness fell they were still wrangling
about the apple.
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LETTERS IN CAHN0N BALLS.
At the Siege of Stcenwlck Communication
Was Kept Up InEead Spheres.
At the siege of Steenwick, in 1581, leaden
cannon balls were used, each weighing about
five pounds. These were hollowed ont on
one side, and a letter or other missive was
placed in the cavity, which was afterward
closed with a lead capsule. 'To the other
side of the ball was attached a piece of
tarred rope.
When one of these balls was fired from a
cannon into the town, as a messenger from
the camp of their allies, the blazing rope in
formed the inhabitants that the ball con
tained letters, and it was then opened.
Similar projectiles were used to convey
messages during the siege of Turin, in 1610.
IN THE HANDS OF THE LAW.
Edward Frabeleski was given a hearing
by Alderman Beinhauer yesterday and held
for trial at court on a serious charge, pre
ferred by Maiia Shifkaskie.
Maqqie Gamble will have a hcaring.before
Alderman Gripp to-day on a cnarge of as
sault and battery preferred against her by
Clara uanaguer, oi ivnsnragion street.
TnoMAS Bri-se was committed to jail Dy
'Sqniro' J. W. McCreedy.of Mansfield, yester
day, to answer a charge of assault and bat
tery preferred by Frank Wilchesofskle.
William Noakes was sent to jail'yesterday
by Alderman McKenna on a charge of as
sault and batterv pre ferred by his wife.Mary
Ann Noakes. He will have a hearing on
Friday.
George Brows, colored.'of Elizabeth, was
sent to jail yesterday in default of $1,000 bail
by 'Squire J. W. Graham, of the same place,
tb anawer a charge preferred against him by
May Jones.
Frank Nichols, who is charged with stab
bing John Costcllo, in Allegheny, on Sunday
night, wns held for court in tlie sum of
$1,000 bail. Costello will recover if gangrene
does not set in.
John E. Scuihmel is in jail awaiting trial
at court on a charge of stealing $70 79 from
his employer. He was committer! by Alder
man McMasters.before whom John M.Bruce
made the charge.
ALDERMAN Kino committed J. Mtcholsky
to jail last night on charges of fraudulently re
moving goods and false pretence Drefened
by A. 1. bcott. Tho defendant will be given
a hearing on Friday.
Edward Siiaugiinesst and John Burns,
two oil well drillors from McDonald, were
arrested last night for creating a disturb
ance in the house. No. II Second avenue,
where they had become obstreperous and
broke a window.
Frank KodoerS, colored, was held for trial
at court by Alderman McMasters yesterday
on a charge of assault and battery made by
jure, juary .acKerman, a w niie w oman. xno
assault is alleged to have taken place at a
restaurant at No. 10 Smithfield street.
August Tozzalis was sent to Jail by Alder
man Beinhauer yesterday to answer a charge
of assault and battery made by Joseph
Baluk. It appears the men had a dispute
over a game of pool at a Southside poolroom
on Monday evening, wntcn enucu in Taz
zalis striking Baluk.
Louis Tunkle reported to Assistant Sup
erintendent of Police Glenn, of Allegheny,
last night that ho had been bunkoed out of
$9. Ho was met by a man and was asked to
Join the Locomotivo Brotherhood. He paid
$9 for a certificate and tlie man left to get it
for him, but did not leturn.
Michael Coiiasisski will have a hearing
to-night before Alderman Hartman on a
chaigc of assault and battery, preferred by
Mary Kascik. Mrs. Kascik is a tenant of
Comasiuski, and sent him the rent by her
little daughter. He took the money and re
fused to give u receipt for the same, and
when Mrs. XCascik called for it ho knocked
her down, breaking her nose and-otherwise
injuring her.
Levi Coates and lsaac'Hosenblatt were
given a hearing before Magistrate McKenna
yesterday, on charges of larceny from the
person, preferred by Detective Fitzgerald.
The defendants are alleged tn have stolen a
ring from H. V. Powell, of Younjstown, at
the corner of Eleventh and L'borty streets,
on Sunday, aud to have attempted to steal a
wntcli trom his pocket Both were commit
ted to Jt.il for court
NOT Df SHAPE YET,
Standard Plate Glass Meeting .Post
poned Till November 27.
STOCKHOLDERS ARE SATISFIED.
The Outlook Enfconragins for a Successful
Continuation.
FORD BROTHERS AFTER S03IE STOCK
Much interest was evinced among the
plate glass men about town in the adjourned
meeting of the Standard Plate Glass Com
pany at Butler yesterday. The prime object
of the meeting was to increase the capital
stock from 5750,000 to 51,000,000. This was
an adjourned meeting, which was held only
in compliance with the law, which requires
60 davs' notice, in order that a republica-
t tion of the fact is not made necessary. It is
done simply to retain a position under the
law.
Since the embarrasment of J. A. Cham
bers and W. E. Schmertz, the stockholders
have been more than satisfied with the
smooth sailing of the Standard under the
jurisdiction of Receiver D. E. Wheeler. In
the opinion of many it was thought that the
companywould not be able to again con
duct its business successfully, but
the result has been most flattering
and encouraging. There were two or three
f-rced .sales of stock bofore the failure of
Mr. Schmertz, but now since the increase of
capital stock no doubt the shares will be
taken up with aviditv. It was said last
night that the Ford Brothers were nego
tiating to take all tne increased capital
stock issued. This would materially en
hance the value of the commodity from a
speculative point of view.
The par value ot the'shares is 5100, but a
few of the timid holders got shy of their
stock at as low a quotation at 523. This was
immediately after the Schmertz and Cham
bers embarrassments.' v
A last night's special from Butler says:
The meeting of the stockholders to vote on
the proposition to increase the capital stock
of the Standatd Plate Glass Works from
S750.000 to 51,000,000 was continued until
Novemb'er 27. The time wis extended at
the instance of the Chambers and Schmertz
interests. It is not thought that'their stock
will be in shape to vote by that time, and it
is believed the adjournment was made in
their interests in order that they may have
time to sell their stock without making too
great a sacrifice. The glass works are in
good shape, and their enpacitv will be in
creased by one-half as soon as the additions
now being added are finished. ,
BAIXB0ADS AND MINING.
A New Line That Will Stake Some
Old
Now Slexican Property Pay.
New Tork Telejrram. 3
"TJie mining industries of New Mexico
are undergoing a great development," said
Louis M. Kirkland, who is at the Gilsey
House. "The mines are all being worked,
and worked on business principles. The
greatest trouble with us now is the insuf
ficient railway accommodations. As soon
as the El Paso short line is finished we will
be in direct communication with the Trini
dad and Pueblo smelters, which will re
duce the cost of the wore to such an extent
that all of the mines will pay big. As we
are now, the ore has to becarted over 31
miles.
"In Raton, where I am located, we are
introducing i hew system of water works
that w.e expect to' finish in about four
months. Then we expect factories to be
started. Our irrigation system is working
well and the farmers are getting fine crops.
Everything in Now Mexico is on the boom."
Wood and Paper.
While paper is being used for'dozens of
purposes formerly monopolized by wood or
even a harder material, such as car wheels,
boxes, barrels, tubs, pails and so forth,
wood is rapidly driving other ingredients to
the wall in the manufacture of nearlv all
tne cheaper grades of paper. Wood pulp is
made by a comparatively lengthy process,
but by taking the mills to river banks
where there is raw material and water
power at hand, it can hi produced at less
than half the price formerly charged.
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
NOVELTIES in Black Grounds, with
Cblored 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, i 25 to S3 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 J At
Faille, 24 in. wide $1 a yard.
Gros Grain, 24" in. wide ) Worth $1.40.
Cor. Fifth Ave. and' Market St.
0C25-MWTSU
f PENDANTS,
lAIRIVn
DIAMOND
BROOCHES,
STUDS,
KINGS,
SCARF PINS.
ILOUKETS.
Advance holiday designs now on
exhibition. Solitaire and new com
binations in Ruby, Emerald, Sapphire,
Opal and Pearls.
E. P. ROBERTS & SONS,
IIFTH AVE. AND JIAKKET ST.
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WE FOUND IT.
The cheapest and best place to buy a fine
Suit, Overcoat or Trousers Is at
EDWARD SCHAUER'S,
407 WOOD STREET.
BBACK AND BLUE
DIAGONAL SUITS
I $30,
English Trousers from $8 to 18.
Overcoats from $25 to $75.
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'The Phi Gamma Delta Convention.
The annual convention of the PKi Gamma
Delta fraternity will open to-day at ths
Monongahela House. Over 100 delegates,
representing all the prbminent colleges in
the United States, will be present, together
with as many moTe Pittsbiirgers. The con
vention lasts three days, winding np with a
banquet Friday night
The Leading
Dry Goods House.
Pittsburg, Pa.,
Wednesday, Oct 23, 1S91
JOS. HOENB&GOS
PENN AVENUE STOm
Handkerchiefs!
Handkerchiefs!
Handkerchiefs!-
To-day we place on sale One Thou
sand Five Hundred dozens of
Linen
Handkerchiefs
(Slightly damaged and imperfect),
Being a manufacturer's entire stock
of Handkerchiefs-that did not satisfy
the inspector as to perfectness. These
goods consist of
Hemmed,
Hemstitched,
Embroidered,
Colored Borders,
Woven Borders
and
Mourning Handkerchiefs,
And will be sold at the following ex
traordinary low prices:
LJDIES 5c, 7c, ioc, i2jc,
15c, 18c, 20c, 25c up to 40c each. -
MENS 10c, i2c, 15c, 20c,
25c, 30c, 35c and 40c each.
CHILDRENS 4c, 6c, 8c, ioc
and I2jc each-.
Being about one-half the regular
prices. These goods are oijly slightly
imperfect or damaged, a loose thread,
a coarse thread, a little off square,
or a pinhole being the only defects,
which, in -most cases, are scarcely
perceptible, and will not affect the
wearing qualities-of the goods.
Also will be offered from the
"WHITE JSHIP" all those Hand-'
kerchiefs that were used at our great
Exposition Show. They are only
slightly soiled,-and-will go at greatly
reduced -prices.
NOTE The above' goods
will be sold only in lots of one-
Jialf-dozen.
JOS. HORNE & C0.,
607-62 1 Penn Ave.
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Our previous efforts
surpassed.
. We have the largest
assortment
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See our stock and note
prices.
MRS. C. WEISSil
435 MARKET ST. 437.;
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