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. THE -PITTSBURG-- DISPATCH; PBTDAX J" OCTOBER 30, ' 189i:
THE TEXAS THEATER.
Amazingly Pretty Girls and PleDty
of Interesting Features.
THE PLAY LASTS UKTIL MORNING.
Villians Who. Are Keally Heavy, and a Very
Busy Prompter.
BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SEXES
At the risk of incurring the displeasure
of Gotham's lair dames and damsels, I will
make the statement that there were crowded
into the queer little barn-like theater, or
teatro, of this town last night more pretty
women than any theater in New York ever
held at one time, writes the San Diego,
"ex.. correspondent of the New York Sun.
me reason for this was thit nearly e cry
irl in the town was there, and there are
nineteen pretty girls in this place to every
plain ore. There are cities a-plenty in the
country which boast of their pretty girls
it would be a poor city that didn't but, to
my knowledge, none has so good a claim to
leadership in this regard as little old San
Diego, on the line of the Mexican National
ltailroad. about 50 mile soiitlm est of Cor
pus Chriti
AVlut peculiar cliroatir or other condition
exists to cause this most charming state of
thincs 1 cannot say; but certain K i that
,:i'l the girls here are as lo ely as tbey can
be, and all the men are well, just plain,
ordinary everv-dav men, v.ith nothing
about them to distinguish them from other
Teans. Meican senoritas with hau- as
blirk as night and dark, beautiful exes
irmged with a tangle of long lashes: i ith
rich olh e complexions, red lips, and gleam
ing white, even teeth; with delicately
chiseled features and full, shapely throats,
were there by the score. And here and
there in the audience which filled the the
ater were Tcas girl", born of sturdy Amer
ican nan nts who had come here when this
irontier wa full of danger and excitement,
and who had toiled and foueht to establish
and maintain their homes. These girls were
all, without exception, pretty, and tothe
natural grace charactt ristic of the maiden
who has lh ed always the free life of the
TcKas plains, was added the subtle, deli
cate air of coquetry which everywhere dis
tinguishes the women of Spanish descent,
and w hich the Texaa girls had taken on
ihrmigh constant association with their
Mexican Meters.
M)T EXACTLY FASHION' PLATES.
To be sure they were not clad in gowns
cut according to "the latcs- caprice of Paris
ian modistes, nor would their coiffures
hac been pronounced correct by Fifth
menue hair architects, bu- they wore won
dcriullv becoming dresses of simple white,
thin material, and, for the most part, their
hair was brushed smoothly back over their
shapely heads, a la Jlexicana, with here
and there a Texas lily gleaming like a star
in their tresses. And note this, ye maids
and matrons of Gotham not a woman in
the theater wore a hat or bonnet: They
came there with fleecv nubias or lace
sarapas arranged gracefully on their head,
and thee they removed upon their entrance
So lar as the women w ere concerned, they
were, without exception, in full opera
toilets. On grand nights at the Metropoli
tan Opera House one will always see many
women wearinir bonnets or hats, and to the
:esthetic eye they appear almost as much
out of place as a tweed business suit would
at a full dress ball, but here in San Diego's
little roui;h-boarded theater there was noth
ing of the kind to shock the eye.
In that marvelous collection of pretty
girls there were three or four who stood
out from all the others in the perfection of
their charms as so many jacqueminot roses
i n .a bouquet of old-fashioned garden flowers.
These three or four girls were more than
pretty they were all Mexicans they were
beautiful. They had that wonderful, pure,
Madonna-like beauty which Northern eyes
never see save in pictures of the Santa
Maria painted by the old masters. Any
one of the senoritas of whom I am speak
ing would have made a perfect model for
paintings of the idealized Madonna of the
ancient Italian or Spanish schools. JIurillo
probably used their great, great, creat
grandnioth--s for his creations of the Holy
Mother.
A BADICAL DIFFERENCE.
Bah! The pen with which I have described
in a poor, weak way the cbarmsif the sweet
girls who thronged that little teatro last
night splutters the ink and jabs holes in the
paper as I turn its use to telling of the men
w ho escorted them thither. "With a few
notable exceptions they were of the hair-slicked-down-on-the-forehead,
awkward-in-store-clothcs
order of mankind, and most of
them did not have on white shirts. They
were rough, good natured, capital fellows,
but they were not of the kind that onecared
to see as escorts to thos? beautiful cirls. It
was like a hod carrier with a bunch of wood
violets in his buttonhole. One would have
wished to have the senoritas surrounded by
caballeros of the days of clmalry, by
haughtv docs with courtly airs and fierce
munachio?, by slender youths with silken
hose and ribbon-hung mandolins. But,
then, probably the senoritas were satisfied
with the store-clothed youne men with slick
fcmi-circles of hair on their foreheads, even
if they were not exactly picturesque.
The teatro, for such the barn-like struc
ture is generally called in this two-thirds
Mexican town, belongs to Mr. Solomon
Levy, and he lets it out to traveling com
panies for 510 a night, exclusive of lights.
The light is furnished by kerosene lamps
and lanterns hung in various parts of the
teatro. For the footlights six lamps do
duty, aud the fly and wing lights are rail
road lanterns hung in plain view of the
audience. The hall will seat about 500,
w ith standing room for perhaps 100 more.
On one of the posts which helped to support
tle bare roof rafters was hung the sign,
"No Ee fumar." This was quite a necessary
precaution in this cigarette-puffing
community, for the means for ven
tilation in the teatro are by no means ade
quate. The walls were decorated in spots
with American, Mexican and British flags,
althoush w hy the latter should have been
chosen no one could tell. The stage was
very Email, and the drop curtain consisted
of strips of white muslin sewed together.
Iu the aisles and between the front row of
i-eats ordinary wooden chairs and the
stage, were very many dogs of various
breeds, from long-pedigretd pointers to yel
low Mexican curs. There were numbers of
babies and small children at the teatro, too,
snd toward the close of the entertainment
it lasted until 1:30 A. 3L some of the little
children lay on the floor asleep, with their
heads resting on the bodies of their friends,
the dozing dogs.
A SOLITARY SCENE.
The company appeared in the very dole
ful and terrible tragedv, "La Fornarina."
It was quite a remarkable tragedy as pre
sented in Solomon Levy's teatro last night.
The scenic effects and the costumes were
like nothing ever seen on a metropolitan
stage.- There was one scene which did duty
for a garden, an ancestral hall, a boudoir
and a dungeon cell. The only changes in it
were made by different arrangements of the
chairs and tables, and by the introduction
in the ancestral hall act of an easel with a
picture on it. The picture was supposed to
be that of R. JfarquU, who had died in a
duello and mysterionsly come to life again.
The face of the picture was unfortunately
turned from the audience, but Margania
stood before it and addressed it with much
emotion as "papa'mio" several times in
rapid succession. The easel was made of an
dd crippled stepladder with whitewash
stains on it. The lower edge of the picture
rested upon one of the steps of theladder,
and the upper edge was tied on with pieces
of clothes line.
Jlarranta, who was a pretty Mexican girl,
was dressed in a white gown which per
mitted glimpses of her ankles, aud her hair
was arranged in a most becoming old-fash
ioned way! She wore low Bhoes with gold
tassels. The old Jfarqiiesa vore a black
cloak, a big tin sword, circus trunks, and
balbriggan drawers. His socks were wbite
and were rolled down, to the tops of hit
congress gaiters to simulate white fur. He
was a gobd actor, though, and he had a
w onderiully deep toned bass voice. Indeed,
they were all good actors, and as for
Vio"lante she was really remarkably clever.
At times her touches of pathos brought
tears to the eyes of Lieutenant S. Allen
Dyer, from Fort Bliss, and his knowledge
of the Mexican lingo is limited. ' He is here
with the Government rainmakers, and yes
terday afternoon he lost his horse. He met
a Mexican and was overheard to ask:
"Hello, hombre! Have you seen any
thing of a bobtailed bianco caballo VamOOS-in-
Hnvn n rviminn with n lfiriflt tied to
his cabesa. "What! vou don't understand?'
If I had known that I might have asked
you in English. Adiosamigo."
Lieutenant Dyer afterward" denied that
he said this, but'the Mexican didn't,
A KEALLX HEAVY VILLAIN".
There was a villain in the play who could
give the heaviest villain who ever appeared
on Bowery boards a double discount and 44
Eoints out of 60. He had a glorious big
lack mustache which waved around in the
air like the tails of two angry serpents. He
also had a tin sword and a long black cloak.
He had a habit of pressing down the handle
of the sword.which tilted np his black cloak
behind in a peculiar manner. His drawers
did dutv as tights also. Maraarita was pur
sued by the villain until she went into a
callopintr consumption, and died in an arm
chair with a hectic flush and slow music.
The music was made by a piano out of tune,
a guitar and a mandolin.
After Margarita's taking off, the white
muslin curtain fell and all the men went
ontside to get tamales and black coffee.
The tamale as a betw een-the-act refresh
ment is peculiar, but exceedingly popular
here. It is not intoxicating, but has more
fire in it than Arkansas moonshine whisky
fresh from the "spring house." In the
little plaza in front of the teatro were five
tamale and coffee stands. At each stand
was a kitchen table covered with oilcloth.
On each of the tables were plates, knives
and forks and a lantern. The customers
sat at the tables while the Mexicans heated
the tamales and coffee at little fires bnilt of
mequite wood on the ground near by. The
coffee was of the regular Mexican sort,
chemically pure, concentrated, triple ex
tract, quadruple strength. It was as black
as ink, and left a jellow stain in the cups.
A SON-INTOXICATING EEFBESHMENT.
At other tables, presided over by Mexican
crones, were sweetmeats, and at one table
was a spindle, which might be turned upon
the payment of 5 cents. Bits of candy were
ranged in a circle around the spindle, and
whatever it pointed at where it Stopped be
longed to the player. There were horribly
grotesque figures of sacred personages at
several places about the circle. These were
the capital prires.
After the 15-minutc intermission the men
strolled back into the teatro with their
stomachs full of tamales aud coffee, and
their pockets full of confections for the
girls. A comic Spanish duet came next;
then another intermission, and then a one
act comedy. It was a street bcene for the
comedy, but that fact was only gathered
from the dialogue the scenery was the
same as in the tragedv.
Just beforj the comedy two young Mexi
cans from the audience clambered up on the
stage carrying pasteboard boxes with them.
AVhcn the curtain rose the Solsonas, father
and daughter, came on the stage followed
by the other actors. One of the young men
made a speech in which he eulogized
and complimented the blushing Violante at
great length. Then he opened one of the
coxes and took a gilded paper crown from
it- The crown was covered with gilded sil
ver coins and artificial flowers. Violante
knelt down and the young man placed the
crown upon her fair head. It was too small,
but Violante pressed it on hard and rose
to her feet without its upsetting. Then the
young man made another speech and took a'
red, white and blue silk ribbon from the
box. This was also thickly studded with
gilded money. He fastened this over one
shoulder of Violante and the orchestra
played a stirring march. Violante then
made a speech. She spoke with ease and
astonishing facility of expression, and
thanked the audience for their gifts, which
she said she would prize as her dearest
possessions while she lived. She spoke for
lully 10 minutes.
The father then came in for his
share. He also received a tricolored ribbon
covered with money. It was hung about
his neck, and the orchestra outdid itself.
Senor Solsona made a 20-minute speech of
thanks, and then the young men, accom
panied by a hairless Chihuahua dog,
climfled down from the stage and the
comedy went on.
A BUSY PROMPTER.
It was well acted, but it was evident that
none of the actors knew his lines perfectly.
The prompter had a hood in the middle of
the row ot kerosene footlights, and he read
the full text ot both the tragedy and
comedy, keeping about half a lap ahead of
the actors all through. His voice was quite
audible in all parts of the house, but no one
seemed to mind it or think it strange that
he should play such a prominent part. It
was like an echo preceding instead of fol
lowing the actors' voices.
It was 1:35 o'clock in the morning when
the curtain finally fell. The sleeping babies
and dogs w ere awakened, the girls put on
their pretty lace head coverings, the men
pulled their sombreros over their eyes, and
the teatro was quickly deserted. More
tamales and coffee was indulged in on the
little plaza, and it was not until 2 A.M. that
every one had gone away.
The teatro has a performance almost twice
a week the vear round, and good houses are
the rule. For such a little place San Diego
is one ot the best one-night stands in the
country.. N. A. Jennings.
THE CANADIAN CABINET FIGHT.
An Issue Between Catholic Quebec
and
Protestant Ontario.
Ottawa, Oct, 29. The resignation of the
Hon. J. A. Chapleau, Secretary of State and
the leader of the French Canadians, con
tinues to create great excitement throughout
Canada. Mr. Chapleau spent last evening
in consultation with his supporters. Tre
mendous efforts are being made to effect a
compromise. It is certain, however, that
Premier Abbott will not give Chapleau the
railway portfolio and antagonize Ontario,
the Protestant province.
It may be assumed, without going very
far astray, that Mr. Chapleau's communi
cation to the Premier, or ultimatum as some
call it, is based largely on the doctrine that
Quebec has been refused or not given the
Slace in the Cabinet to which she is entitled.
is view seems to be borne out by an article
in Le Canada, which not only claims the
portfolio of railway as a right for the
Province of Quebec, and turns the question
of Mr. Chapleau's portfolio into one of
Provincial rights, but brings up the race
cry as well. The next point urged in favor
ofMr. Chapleau's right to the portfolio of
railways is his position as leader of the
French Conservatives in Quebec.
CALIFOBNIA.
The Country of Delightful Winters.
California is the most attractive and de
lightful section of the United States, if not
ot the world, and itsniany 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
Bailroad. Pullman vestibule sleeping cars
leave Chicago bythis line every day in the
year and go without change or "transfer
through to San Francisco, Los Angeles and
Sau Diego. This is a feature not offered by
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.
MOTHERGBEATWELL.
The Deyonian Oil Company's JSlliott
Doing 500 Barrels an Hour.
WELLS WHICH ARE DDE TO-DAY
Troduction From the Gordon Sand Pool Is
Bapidly Coming Up.
W. L. MELLON DENIES CERTAIN RUMORS
v There are spots and spots in the McDon
ald field. Spots where big wells should He
found and are not, and spots where bis wells
are discovered when practically nothing was
expected. One of the latter spots is under
the Devonian Oil Company's No. 1, on the
Elliott farm. This well which was drilled as a
result of the showing of the Mary Robb
No. 1, of the Royal Gas Company, came in
several weeks ago. At no time since the
sand was reached has it shown any disposi
tion to weaken. On the contrary, "it has al
ways responded with vigor to tne touch of
tlie drilL -It started off at more than 100
barrels an hour, but owing to the
lact that the pipe lines were full of
oil, it was never really drilled in until yes
terday. "When the tools had been run a
short time it began to show signs of a big
increase, and before many minutes had
elapsed it was flowing at a gusher gait. The
gauge of the first hour following showed
that it had put about 520 barrels into the
receiving tanks. The second hour it had
decreased slightly, but not more than was
to be expected under the circumstances. This
well is located awav on the western edge of
developmcpts, where a few months ago no
operator in the field would have had the
nerve to drill a well. It is another obstacle
in the wav of theories and only more ior
ciblv reminds the scientific members of the
fraternity that they knqw nothing what
ever about the lay of the oil bear
ing Tock except in a general way.
The Mary Robb well is located about 700
feet southwest of it, on a 45 degree line,
while to the northwest, probably a quarter
of a mile, is the Oakdale Oil Compan v's No.
1, on the Sturgeon heirs' farm, which is
producing 20 barrels an hour.
Some of tne Other Wells.
The Devonian Oil Company is down 1,900
feet in its No. 2, on the Elliott,
which is near the line of the
Sturgeon heirs' farm. The same
Companv's No. 4, on the Fayall farm, is
drilling "at 1,800 feet Their No. 2, on the
Favall farm, stopped flowing yesterday. It
will be tubed and pumped. No. 3 Favall
is producing about 30 barrels an hour. Thev
are building the rigs for No. 5 on Fayall,
and Nos. 3 and 4 on the Elliott farm. The
Devonian Oil Company was recently
organized by Finegan, Downing
& Co., the well-known producers,
The prolific quality of the Gordon sand in
the eastern edge of the borough is just at
present attracting more than ordinary at
tention. About the first well to show a pay
streak in the Gordon in this locality was
that of VT. P. Rend on his property near
his Laurel hill coal mines. It
produced over 200 barrels from the Gordon.
Then Liggett, Haymaker & Co.'s well
on the Toward lot demonstrated that the
Gordon pool under the Rend farm extended
to the north and west It made from 300
to 350 from the third sand. Since then it
has been drilled to the fifth and from the
two formations is making about 30 barrels
an hour. They were agitating it vesterday.
and had apparently found a small
second pay in the fifth as it was
showing signs of increasing. About one loca
tion north of the Liggett & Haymaker
well, "W. P. Black struck a ten barrel an
hour Gordon well on the Charlier lot Tues
day. The Drill Started It
Yesterday he started to drill it through
the Gordon when it commenced to flow at
the rate of 800 barrels a day, or 33 barrels an
hour. Drilling was stopped immedi
ately, and efforts made to take
care" of ,the oil. Another good
Gordon sander was added to the list yester
day. It belongs to Clark & Bannister and
is located on the Hulet lot in flats about
half way between the Rend well and well
on the Toward lot Shay & Co. on the
Verschuren lot, 100 feet stuth of Clark
& Bannister's well, is drilling at
1,000 feet The Liberty Oil Com
pany's well on the Descamp prop
erty is down about 1,100 feet. Shay & Co.
are starting to drill on the Dougherty prop
erty, located about three-quarters of a mile
east and south of "W. P. Bend's well. The
Dougherty well is the farthest to the east in
this part of the field. The People's Gas
Company's .Nos. 1 and 2,jm the McDonald
heirs' property, are just on top of the Gor
don sand. No. lis located a couple of hundred
feet southwest of Conklin & Ferbig's
Christy lot well, below the railroad station,
and has' made one or two light flows from
the Gordon. No. 2, which is 60 feet south
west of No. 1, has been shut down on top
of the Gordon awaiting connections. The
"Wallace Oil Company expect to get the
fifth' sand to-day or to-morrow on
the lumber yard lot back of the railroad
station, and Hoffman, Hoyt, Schmidt & Co.,
on the George lot, one location south of the
lumber yard lot, are not far behind their
neighbors.
Somewhat Exaggerated.
The report from the Tourney lot well of
Thompson, Liggett & Haymaker was
slightly exaggerated "Wednesday night
They had the misfortune to lose
the bit just after breaking through
the shell above the filth sand. It started
to flow, but onlv at the rate of 12 or 15 bar
rels an hour. The bit was still in the bole
yesterday afternoon. "W. P. Rend intended
to shoot his No. 1 yesterday, but the hole
was found to be so full of paraffine that a
shot could not be put down. Bowman,
Dibert & Co. are having an extra
ordinary run of bad luck at
their Johns lot well near the McDonald
station. Some days ago they broke the jars
while running the tools, and dropped -the
whole string in the hole. Yesterday they
succeeded in fishing them out, but the hole
was not clear two hours. They rieged up
another string and had just started to
going nicely when the stem of the
second string broke, and left them with an
other fishing job on hands. Dibert '& Co.'s
well on the Scott lot, 300 feet east of the
old Sauters No. 3, is down about 1,800 feet
They have been delayed at this well by a
shortage in the water supply. A shot was
placed in Guckert & Steele's No. 2 Mevey
yesterday morning. It was not put offi
The hole" was filling with oil and they ex
pected it to make a flow last evening, after
which the go-devil would be dropped.
On Top or the Fifth.
Hays & Gartland's No. 7, on the Miller
farm, is expected to break into the fifth
sand to-day. Their No. 8,on the same farm,
is on top of the Gordon sand; No. C is down
about 1,400 feet; No. 9 is being spudded in,
and they are rigging up at No. 10.
The Oakdale Oil Company agitated its No.
2, on the Sturgeon heirs' farm, yesterday,
and increased its production from 40 to 150
barrels an hour. The Forest Oil Company's
No. 3, Shaffer, will get the pav to-dav.
Their No. 1, Shaffer, had made 900 barrels
in the 24 hours ending last evening.
Greenlee & JForst expect to get the fifth
sand to-day in their No. G on the Mevev
farm. It is located several hundred feet
south of No. Ion the same farm. The No.
1 on tbe Gamble farm back of Oakdale, be
longing to Greenlee & Forst will be in
the Gordon sand to-day. These parties
have 811 acres leased in the McDonald field
and are drilling 27 wells. They have already
completed six, which makes a total of 33.
These wells are located as follows: Six
teen on the Mevey farm, 4 of which are
completed; '2 on the Miller, back of Oak
dale, completed; 4 on the Gamble farm, 1
on the Bailey, 4 on small lots between
Noblcstown and the Mevey farm, 3 on the
Miller opposite the Mevey, 2 on the "Wade
farm and 1 on the J. R. Gladden. Guckert
& iSteele's No. 5 on the Mevev farm
was drilling in the sand last night, but had
not struck the pay at a late hour. It was
in probably ten feet when the last reports
were received from it
Near the Paystrcak,'
The Oakdale Oil Company's No. 1, on the
Hopper farm, Is still making about two bar
rels an hour, with a bit stuck on top of the
sand. The No. 1 Wallace of the
same company should be in the
second sand to-day. Their No. 2 "Wal
lace is about on top of the Gordon sand.
S. J. Fisher & Co.'s well on the slaughter
house lot back of Oakdale is expected to
reach the fifth sand to-day or to-morrow.
The Forest Oil Company's No. 1 on the
Etta Glenn will be in the fifth to-day. No.
1 on the R. "W. Glenn, and No. 1 on the
John McD. Glenn wero drilling in the Gor
don sand vesterday. They are on the east
ern line'" of developments, and east of a
linerom the Mathews to the Neevey wells.
The "same company's No. 3 on the Herron
was in the Gordon sand yesterday and
making a fair showing from that rock.
Dry Hole at McCurdy.
There was a dry hole completed in the
McCurdy field vesterday. It belonged to
Guffey, Mellon & Emerson, and was located
on the J. H. Andrews farm, 350 feet east of
the old Annie Adams well. "W. L.
Mellon was expecting to reach the
fifth sand last night in his No. 1
on the Jifertz. and No. 1 on the
Isaac Ewing farm. The rig of Pat
terson & Co.'s No. 2 on the Shafier farm "in
southwest McCurdy was burned yesterday
afternoon. It took fire from pas in the
Hundred foot. Their Shaffer No. 1 is on
top of the fifth sand, and will get the pay
early this morning. Mellon & Gartland.on
the Taylor farm, will get the last sand by
to-morrow. '"W. L. Mellon has 12 other
wells drilling in southwest McCurdy and
two rigs np. He expects to complete
several wells next wees, nob-tuns & uo.,
on the McMicbacl farm, were almost on top
of the fifth sand last night. They expect to
get the pay to-day.
Some Advance Ventures.
Venice Guckert & Xearn are putting
the first casing in their well on the Reed
farm south of this place. The Royal Gas
Company's well on .the Patterson farm is a
big gasser in the 50' foot sand. It is three
quarters of a mile west of south from
Venice. The "Wheeling Gas Company's
venture on the Moore farm is showing both
gas and oil in the 50 foot sand.
A Refinery Story Denied.
There has been a rumor in circulation for
several days among the oil men to the
effect that W. L. Mellon was about to com
mence the erection of a large refinerv at
Coraopolis. Yesterday afternoon Mr. Mel
lon was asked as to the truth of the story.
He said: "There is no truth in it so far as it
relates to me. I am not going to
build a refinery anywhere. Sev
eral days ago, however. some
parties leased ground from me-at Coraopolis
on which to build a refinery. I cannot give
you their names. The capacity of the
works will be about 500 barrels, I believe.
I have no interest in it and am not in
formed concerning the plans of the persons
who are putting it up. I do not
know whether work has yet been
commenced on it. Mr. Mellon
was then asked if he was interested
in a scheme to build a seaboard pipe. "No,
I am not," he replied. "I saw some re
ports sent out from Pittsburg several days
ago stating that I was interested with Mr.
Andrew Carnegie in such an enterprise.
There is absolutely no foundation for the
report I know of no surveys being made
Dy anyone lor a seaboard line.
It May Besnlt Fatally.
"Walter Gray, the teamster who was buried
in the fire at McDonald "Wednesday night,
is not expected to live. He is badly burned
on the back, and particularly so across his
kidneys. His hands, face and neck are also
in a terrible condition. Gray is only 23
years of age, and had just invested all of
the money he had in the team
which he tried to save. He was
stabling his horses in a small barn near the
well of Black ' & Co.: on the Charlier lot
Late "Wednesday evening he went into the
stable to clean the horses and carried a
lantern. As soon as he stepped inside the
door the lantern went put. Gray struck a
match to relight it, when an explo
sion occurred which threw him out
into the stable yard. He was
stunned" and bruised, but his first- thought
was of his horses, add he rushed into the
barn. Tne horses, dazed by the explosion
and maddened, by the flames, could not be
controlled. Finally Gray was forced to
abandon them when he had one in the door
way and try to save himself. It is the im
pression among the oil operators that the
stable was filled with gas, which had col
lected from the Black well, and only needed
the match which Gray unwittingly lit to
cause the disaster. Two other horses per
ished in the same stable.
Pumping by Hand.
An enterprising young American is lay
ing the foundation for a career as a multi
millionaire at Noblestown. He has secured
an old'250 barrel tank, and placed it beside
the brook which flows past the Mathews,
Herron and Bell wells, and which carries
away hundreds of barrels of escaping oil.
The young man with the tank has purchased
an ordinary water well pump and yester
day afternoon he was pumping about '15
barrels of oil an hour into the tank from a
little dam which he had built across the
stream.
Gances of the "Wells.
A guage of the big wells in. the field yes
terday showed them to be producing as fol
lows per hour: Guffey, Murphy, Jennings
& Cc'sNo. 1 Mathews, 300 barrels; Her
ron No. 1, 150; Herron No. 2, 70; Herron
No. 4, 260; Bell No. 1, 90; Bell No. 2, 150.
Oakdale Oil Company's No. 1. Morgan
heirs, 140; No. 1 Baldwin, 130; No. 1 Sttfr
geon heirs, 20; No. 2 Sturgeon heirs, 150.
Guffey, Murphy & Galey's No. 1,
Elliott, 90; No. 2 Elliott, 140; No. 1 Sam
Sturgeon, 80. Greenlee & Forst's No. 1
Mevey, 175; No. 3 Mevey, 130; ,No. 4
Mevey, 175. Hays & Garland's No. 1
Miller, 50; Nos. 3 and 5 Miller, 100; No.
4 Miller, 35. Roval Gas Company's No. 1
M. Robb, 45. Hoffman &Cp.'s No. 2 Moore,
40. "Woodlond Oil Company's No. 1 Gam
ble, 30. Devonian Oil Company's No. 1
Elliott, 450; No. 3 Fayall, 30. Bowman,
Dibert & Co.'s No. 1, 40. "W. P. Rend's
No. 1, 20. Conklin & Fertig's No. 1, 20.
Miller, Moyer & Co.'s No. 1 Maggie Mc
Donald, 65. Shaffer No. 1, 35. Black &
Co.'sNo. 1, 30.
The estimated production of the field
yesterday was about 66,000 barrels, or a de
cline of about 6,000 barrels since "Wednes
day. Pipe Line Statements.
The runs of the Southwest Pipe Line
Company from McDonald "Wednesday were
65,904.02 barrels; outside of McDonald,
17,115.81 barrels; total, 82,319.83 barrels.
The National Transit runs were 43,867.44
barrels; shipments, 55,189.20 barrels. Macks
burg runs, 902.34 barrels. Buckeve runs,
53,665.12 barrels; shipments, 49,009 barrels.
Eureka runs, 7,660.71 barrels; shipments,
1,971.65 barrels. Southern Pipe Line ship
ments, 15,589.39 barrels.
Yesterday's Market Features.
The market was dull and weak and the
range of fluctuations narrow. The opening
and highest for November was 59Jc: lowest
and closing, E9c. Cash was about the same.
There was no change in refined. Daily av
erasre runs, 107,895; dailv nveraco shipments,
84,839. Clearances were 90,000 barrels.
Oil. City, Oct 29, National Transit certifi
cates opened at 69c; highest, 59Jc; lowest,
69c; closed. 89c: sales, 36,000 barrels: clear
ances, jsu.uuu uarrels; shipments, 79,632 bar
rels; runs, H-M62 barrels.
Bradford, Oct. 29. National Transit cer
tificates opened at S9c; closed at 69c; high
est, 5?c; lowest, 69c; clearances,118,000 bar
rels. Clevxlaitd, Oct. 29. Petroleum quiet: S.
W., 110, 6c; 71 gasoline, 10c; 86 gaso
line, 10c: 63 naphtha. 6Ko.
Nbw Yobk, Oct. 29. Petroleum opened
steady, then became dull and remained so
throughout the day. Pennsylvania oil
Spot, opening. f,9c: highest, 59Jc; lowest,
RflVr? elOSlni?. fiQ-rV VnvnmVlA.. Anntn ........
8,000 barrels.
The Farmers' Deposit National Bank
Invite the public to call and examine their
new safe deposit vaults. Information con
cerning the renting of boxes and deposit of
valualiles cheerfully given. jiwT
NEW FIELDS OF LABOR;
Machinery Making Way for More
Men and Other Materials.
EEVIYAL OP PBETTT BRASS W0EK.
Celluloid Displaces Cutta Percha, Making
Kabber Valuable.
MINT MILLIONS IN USELESS BUTTONS
"With the introduction of new machinery
both men and materials are constantly
thrown ont of employment in some quarters,
while new methods of employment are
opened in other quarters. An application
oftypewritingmachmes,forinstance,istothe
production of copies of documents in cases
where not enough copies are required to
justify the expense of ordinary printing.
The typewritten copies have thus sup
planted various other styles of copies before
in use. For legal proceedings, when it is
requisite during the trial of a case to pro
duce a few copies of the minutes' for the
lawyers and the Court, typewritten copies
are almost universally used. This gives
employment to mechanics in making the
machines and calls for the production of
many kinds of ink. Sometimes a type
written copy is made in lithographic ink,
and this may be transferred to stone and
any number of copies printed. By the use of
inc riDDon in the typewriting machines
copies are made as indelible as any writing.
When Mrs. Langtry took a notion to wear
dresses without buttons the result was the
throwing out of employment of many but
ton makers, but when the fashion of buckles
and ornamental hairpins and hatpins came
in there was new demand for workmen.
The rapid introduction of electric lighting
has made a lot of gas fixtures obsolete and
created a demand for a new set of mechan
ics to make electrical apparatus.
CELLULOID DISPLACES GUTTA PEKCHA.
For many years gutta percha and India
rubber held the market for a thousand toys
and fancy goods, but celluloid came in for a
share of the profits and soon afforded em
ployment to thousands of workmen in great
factories. Gutta percha has about gone out
of the market, and India rubber has become
so valuable that nobody ever sees the all
India rubber shoes that used to keep dry
the feet of our grandmothers.
The revival of the popularity, of brass
work has created a new industry and set
thousands of men at work making beautiful
brass goods for domestic utensils, fancy
goods and ornamental work.
The discovery and invention of Daguerre
has undergone a thousand modifications and
improvements, so that the original process
has almost disappeared. Photo-engraving
has almost entirely dispensed with the slow
process of wood engraving, and has given
employment to thousands of workmen in an
entirely new branch of industry. A few
vears ago illustrated books were expensive.
Now they are cheap, and an army of artists
has been put to work on them.
Electro plating underwent a revolution
when nickel plating came in. Now they
plate with nickel buttons, stoves and steam
engines, and all this gives employment to
many workmen. The modern method of
stereotyping with the use of a paper matrix
has created a new industry in the stereo
typing of daily newspapers, and made it
possible to print a large number for quick
delivery. This gives employment to many
workmen not heretofore employed in the
production of newspapers.
Thus, along with the throwing out of em
ployment of many workmen by the intro
duction of labor-saving machinery, there
goes the opening of new fields of employ
ment created by new fashions and. new
methods ot doing business. Many labor
saving machines have been broken and
boycotted by workmen under the impression
that the use of the machines would starve
the men, when the result was, in fact, to
create eventually a demand for more work
men. The cotton gin, instead of condemn
ing workmen to idleness, created the de
mand for millions of them. The sewing ma
chine has opened a wide field for the em
ployment of more women by making sewing
so cheap that the poorest shop girl may
have a dozen tucks to her skirt if she wish
them.
MILLIONS IN USELESS BUTTONS.
It has been estimated that if every man
would forego the two useless buttons on the
back of his coat, there would be a saving of
millions of dollars. The fact is that the
fashion of putting on those two useless but
tons gives employment to many workmen.
The passion for bicycle ridihfr and roller
skating has produced another illustration of
the rapid development of a new industrv.
It is not long since the bulk of the grain
shipped in the port of New York was
shifted by hand. Now the grain elevators
take it from one vessel to another, or from
warehouse to vessel, with very little hand
labor, although, on account ot the increase
of the quantity shipped, more men than ever
are employed in the grain business.
The making of horseshoes by machinery
at first caused a strike among the black
smiths, who refused to put on the machine
made shoes; but the work was done so much
more cheaply that the machine shoes tri
umphed, and the result was that owners of
horses, as they got the shoes for less, had
the horses shod oftcner than before, and the
blacksmiths did not lose much, if any, work
after all. In ready-made cloaks and dresses
for women there has developed recently an
enormous business, and the cheapness of
the product has not only given employment
to new hands, but has enabled women to
dress better than ever for a given amount
of money, and to wear garments of style
and finish hitherto unattainable by many of
of them.
FOB BETTEE FEDEBAL BUILDINGS.
The American Institute of Architects to lay
the matter Before Congress.
Boston, Oct. 29. At the convention of
the American Institute of Architects to
day Henry Van Brunt, of Kansas City, pre
sented a series of resolutions looking to the
devising of means for improving the de
signs and character of national building.
The discussion on James H. "Windrim's
paper of "Architecture and the United
States Government," read yesterday, was
resumed and it was voted to adopt the paper
and arrange for its presentation to Congress
by a committee of the association.
The convention next listened to the read
ing of a paper on "Comparative Archi
tecture," written by Prof. Barr Ferree, of
the University of Pennsylvania. A vote of
thanks was tendered him and the paper was
adopted into the report of proceedings.
Prof. Charles H. Moore, of Harvard Uni
versity, then read a paper on "The Ante
cedents of Gothic Architecture." This
paper was also addpfed. A paper on
"Architectural Education," submitted by
the Cleveland Chapter, A. I. A., ended to
day's session.
Fresh Meatj Cheap.
Housekeepers can buy fresh pork loins.
loin chops, shoulders, shoulder steaks,
sausage, leaf lard, spare ribs; head cheese,
pig's feet and pork trimmings very cheap at
our packing nouse, Twenty-third street,
Pittsburg. Dunlevy & Beo.
BLAINE.
Free Trains Every Bay.
Get work, secure a home, make an invest
ment in the future great Monongahela Val
ley town. For tickets, maps, pries lists
and full particulars call at 129 Fourth
avenue.
The Blaine LandImpeovementCo.
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Bid You Get One
Of the fine frames given with every dozen
of cabinets at Hendricks & Co.'s,G6 Federal
street, Allegheny? See them every day
this week. Cabinets f 1 00.
A BOOM FOR BALLOONS.
GENERAL GBEKI.Y'S ISECOMMENDA
TIONS IN HIS KEPORT.
He "Would Have the Military Field Tel
egraph, System Improved Several Ways
He Suggests for tbe Accomplishment ot
His Purpose.
"Washington, Oct. 29. Brigadier Gen
eral A. AT. Greely, chief signal officer, in
his annual report to the Secretary of "War,
makes a special point of the necessity lor
the improvement of the military field tele
graph system. He speaks of the importance
attacked to this service in foreign countries,
where the most acute minds are now ap
plied to its development, and says:
The results of such inventions are quickly
applied in foreign armies to the solution of
professional questions arising in connection
with military duties, and if the professional
standing of tho American army is to bo
maintained similar application must be
made in this country, otherwise a few years
would leave the entire army unskilled in
the most important of modern appliances.
At tbe end of the rebellion the signal corps
of our army was the most efficient In the
world, and now, while foreign Govern
ments are extending and improving
their mqde of signalling, the chief
signal officer feels called upon to
urre the imDortance of niovidlnc- suitable
means for tbe regular instruction and drill
of the officers of the corps who otherwise
must steadily re trogade and he come unfitted
for such work under 'difficult conditions.
Arrmlo material and support are necessary
to raise a signal corps to a high standard of
efficiency and keep it abreast of modern
firoress. The telegraph, the electric flash
ight and telephone have brought potent
factions into civilized warfare, and any
neirlect to provide suitable means for a
military corps charged with the study,
practice and operation of the same cannot
commend itself to nnv thonghtful mind.
As a result of the improved efficiency of
their signal corps the "French military au
thorities congratulate themselves on the
speedy and accurate manner in which tbe
military mnneuvers of this j ear involving
the handling of 120,000 men over a limited
territory wero accurately and promptly per
formed without disorder or delay. The use
of a captive balloon as initiated by General
McClellan at Torktown in 1S62 has been car
l ied to a successful stage by European ex
perts. A captive balloon was kept In con
stant telephonic communication with the
commanding General in the French maneu
vers, and the post of observation was so
commanding that no movement of any con
siderable body ot troops by the enemy was
possible without speedy detection and re
port. The Chief Signal Officer has long appre
ciated the impnrtance of balloons in active
military operations, and ' he has made a
special estimate for the purchase and con
struction of a military balloon train, which
is a necessary adjunct to the permanent
equipment of the signal corps. A small
appropriation is asked for determining by
experiment the best mechanism for a power
ful flash light for night signaling and search
purposes.
LATE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Rudini i preparing a bill to reduce the
number of holidays in Italy.
Cambridge University, England, refuses
to dispense with tbe study of Greek.
A statue to the late General "Wickham.of
tbe Confederate Army, was unveiled at
Richmond yesterday. .
Illinois Unitarians, in session at Mon
mouth, have passed a resolution in favor of
Sunday opening of the World's Fair.
The Bussian Government will be peti
tioned to lower the duty on American grain
as a measure of relief for the famine suf
ferers. Twenty-one piles, driven for World's
Fair buildings, have been ordered pulled
up because they were not what the specifi
cations call for.
Henry Anderson, of Comber, Ontario,
died on a dissecting table in a Detroit hos
pital Wednesday, while under tbe influence
of chloroform.
Captain Alex McLean (American), of tbe
Hamilton Lewis, who was captured some
time aco by a Russian man-of-war and
'taken to a Siberian prison, is now on tbe
Pacific on his way to San Francisco, naving
effected his escape.
Prof. H. Y. Lauderbacb, Principal of the
bovs' academy which bears his name, at
.Twelfth and Chestnut strests,.Phlladelphla,
comxmiieu bujciuu in one oi lueroonia a& uie
school this morning by shooting himself in
tbe head witn a revolver. The only reason
assigned for the act was overwork.
A Kansas City and a 3Iilwankea train
collided at a crossing at Taopi, Minn., yes
terday, killing a tramp, who was stealing a
ride, and Engineer Chambers, of the Mil
waukee train. Fireman Lynch, of the Kan
sas City train, was fatally Injured. Both
engines were ditched.
Mason, the British subject, when ar
raigned before tbe Assizes at Shanghai,
pleaded guilty to thechoigeof having been
in eagne with the Kolao Hui (secret society
men), and to having transported contra
band anna and dynamite consigned to and
intended for the insurgents. He was sen
tenced to nine months' imprisonment with
hard la Dor.
Tlp North Shore limited express train
stopped at Chicago street, Buffalo, Wednes
day." A switch engine miking up a train ran
into the North Shore engine, and the shock
threw tbe light engine backward, disabling
the engineer, reversing the lever and open
ing the throttle. The switch engine ran
away backward and crashed into a yard en
gine overa block away, telescoping it. The
biir enirine of the North Shore was thrown
off the track and the passengers were badly
shaken up, though none were injured.
Some Fine Horses.
John Boyd & Sons,Nos.50to56"West Dia
mond street, Allegheny, have just received
another carload of fine horses. Among the
lot are several first-class teams. One pair
giays, 3,300 pounds; one pair bays, 3,000
pounds, aud one pair browns, 3,000 pounds;
also several cheap draught horses suitable
for hauling coaL Will exchange any of
these horses for others needing to go to the
country. Those who intend to purchase
horses will do well by calling on them.
Sickness Among Children,
Especially infants, is prevalent more or less"
at all times, but is largely avpided by giv
ing proper nourishment and wholesome
food. The most successful and reliable of
all is the Gail Borden "Eagle" Brand Con
densed Milk. Your grocer keeps it
Exhaust Steam Heating
By the "WilliamesVacuum System," with
out back pressure upon the engine. Guar
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of cracking or hammering in pipes, increas
ing efficiency of the heating system, saving
water and fuel. Send for new descriptive
catalogue to Warren Webster & Co., 491
N. Third street, Philadelphia,
Patentees and Mfrs. of Webster Vacuum
Feed Water Heater and Purifier.
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Invite the public to call and examine their
new safe deposit vaults. Information con
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Because there are counterfeits of Jo
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