i.xrar -'V "'.'Ml . " 12 EIGHT GASES HEAED. The List of Arguments Made Before the Supreme Justices. SENTENCES OP PETTY CRIMINALS. Judge Over Decides a Point on-Mortgaged Ileal Estate. DOINGS OP A DAT AMONG THE COURTS Eight oases were argued in the Supreme Court yesterday. Justice MoColluni was not present owing to the death of his son. An argument was heard in the case of the Commonwealth vs W. Jr. Gillespie and A. Vomer, appealed by the defendants from the Quarter Sessions Court The appellants were oil operators and appealed from their conviction of violating the Sunday laws for working their wells on Sunday. An argument was heard in the case of C J. Clarke et al. vs the Western Assurance Company, appealed by the plaintiffs from Common Picas Ho. 2. The suit was on a fire insurance policy. An argument was heard in the case of A. P. Clever ct al. vs J. JI. Guffcv. an action mi an oil lease, appealed by the plaintiffs irom Common Pleas No. 1. The case of H. O. McKniglit vs the Mann- " facturcrs' Natural Gas Company, appealed by the defendant from the Common Pleas of Washington county, was argued. The case was an action on a lease. An argument was heard in the case of J. McGinley vs J. Follmcr & Bro., appealed by McGinley from Common Pleas No. 1. T!:e case was an action on a mechanic's lien. The case of McKecsport borough vs Eliza Puller, appealed by the defendant from Common Pleas No. 2, was argued. The ap peal was on a sewer assessment. The case of Braunn & Fitts vs the Illinois Dairy Company, appealed by the defendants from" Common Picas No. 1, was argued. The cafre 'vas an action to recover on an account for oleomargarine sold. An argument was heard in the case of S. O. Rhodes vs W. B. Rodgers, appealed bv the defendant from Common Pleas No.2. The "uit was for personal injuries received by the plaintiff in a fight oer an account tor coal shipped. MAN? JtTNOIt OFFENSES Record ofthe Trials In tho Criminal Court Testcrday. In the Criminal Court yesterday, John Kcrsch, aged ten years, was convicted ofthe larceny of three kegs of beer from a wagon of the Keystone Brewing Company, on Josephine street, Southside. William Weaver was tried for the larceny of S2S 50 from Daniel Sullivan. They were roommates in a boarding house at No. 65 Second avenue. Weaver was acquitted. louts Jones was acquitted of the larceny ofSlO from George Johnston. The two were roommates in a boarding house at No. 139 Elm street. Michael Caveny was tried for assault and battery on J. H. Moore, at No. 213 Web ster avenue, on October 22. Caveny was acquitted and the costs were divided. Judson Taylor was convicted of assanlt on Lizzie Ilolletiback, a resident of Arch street, Pittsburg, on October 17. C L. Ream, a collector for W. G. Johns ton & Co., the Wood street stationer, was convicted of embezzling 149 53 from his employers. He was sentenced four months ' to the workhouse Thomas Morrow was convicted of the larceny of SD9 from Elizabeth Toung at Hurniersville on October 5. John Thomas pleaded guilty to the lar ceny of a pair of trousers trom Somou Sch'ubinski, of No. 1110 Penn avenue. He was sentenced three months to the work house. Horace Taylor is on trial for felonious as sault and battery on P. R. Bailey. Both are colored and quarreled on Jones avenue, Twelfth ward, on October 1. Are Entitled to Their Money. Judge Over yesterday handed down an opinion on the estate of John Kingan, who died in 1S73. The decedent's property was divided among his heirs, among whom was Mr. Elder, who mortgaged his share to Jaines McGlnnis, and which part was sold at Sheriff's sale to the petitioners, who sued to recover the amount of owelty. Judge Over decides that the decree in partition was not perfected, as the owelty was not paid and the petitioners are entitled to the owelty charged on the estate. Wants TJamages for an Eye. AVilliamT. Bunt yesterday entered suit against George Conner and Edward Keenan, comprising the firm operating the World's Mnseum, for 525,000 damages. Bunt states that on September 11 he purchased a ticket and entered the place An emplove in the t-heoting gallery, he alleges, while liandling a gun accidentally discharged it and the shell striking Bunt in the lett eye destroyed the sight ot that organ, and its removal was required. To-Dnj's Trial List. Criminal Courts-Commonwealth vs W. J. Artcrs, James Blakeley.Frank FnUerton (2), L. Kosen, alias Carey, Louis Schmidt, Van wlof Frymofskie, John Thomas, Charles Neghton. Execntion Against a Glass rirm. W. J. A. Keunedy, trustee, yesterday issued an execution against the Architect ural Glass Company for 59,247 56. AFTEB LONG DELAY. Judge Ewlns Demands a K-uort In the Stayton-Wymun Case. This month is expected to wind up the contest between Messrs. Stayton and Wy luaa for the determination ofthe possession of the Mayoralty of Allegheny City. Judge Ewiug has ordered that the testimony for the contestant's part be all taken by the 14th iust, and that of the respondent's by the 21st, and that Commissioner John D. Shafcr be given until the end of the month to get it in Bbape for submission to court. At the rate the matter has hitherto pro grefsed but little more will be accomplished. Long ago Mr. Shafer refused to adjourn to any specifced time, as he shuddered at the thought ofthe pile of money the case would cost if carried on in the usual way. 8o one day he adjourned the matter sine die, giv ing the parties to understand that when they got ready to do anythinglhere would be a resumption. As Mayor Wyman didn't appear to care and Stayton's counsel did not object, the matter there rested until Judge Ewing called for a report. To the Saloon and Private 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 be excelled by any brewers of the States. Wb guarantee' our beer to be four and one-half months old and all our goods are made of the very best quality of hops and malt. Abk the saloon trade lor it or telephone No. 503a The Stkaub Brewing Co. Corner Main street and Liberty-avenue, TT3 For Comfort. Breakfast jackets in silk and fancv French flannels, and also fine assortments of lovely tea gowns. Parcels & Joke's, its 29 Fifth avenue. Mas. Wlitstows Soothing Syrnp is an un excelled medicine for children while teeth ing. 25C TTSWk A MYSTERIOUS SUICIDE. AX ENGLISHMAN SHOOTS HIMSELF IN A NEW VOISK HOTEL. No Clew to the Cause or Hi Act, Except That His Nerves Were Affected Toy Two Bccent Tragic Events Fonnd DyaBoll Boj. New Yohk, Nov. 2. Captain Algernon Horner, 45 years old, formerly Captain in the British army and of late in the employ, it is Raid, of the English Secret Sevrice, committed suicide yesterday afternoon in his room at the Victoria Hotel by shooting himself through the right temple. At 7 o'clock this evening a note was sent to the hotel, addressed to Captnin Horner. The boy who took it to his room could not get any reply, although tho key was on the outside of the door, which was bolted on the inside. Repeated knocking failed to bring any response. The door ot the priate bath adjoining Captain Horner's room was forced open and an entrance effected that way. In the bed room, lying upon the bed with only his night clothes on, lay Captain Hoincr. Hjs right hand, which lay across his breast,held a revolver from which one cartridge had been fired. A bullet hole in the right tem ple told where the missing bullet was. The man had been dead several hours when he was found. Very little is Known about the suicide. Not a single letter or paper of any kind which might give any reason for the suicide or in any wav tell anything of his connec tions inEngland, was found about the dead man. The only thingbesides a lot of corres pondence was a letter whirh authorized Captain Alegernon Hornerto act asthe agent in this country for the Router Telegraph Company. Early last summer Captain Horner, while staying at the Victoria, received a cable gram whiclncnused him to go go to England the following day. He took passage on tho steamship City "of Richmond, and it was during this trip that the steamship took fire in midocean. Captain Horner has Binco then often said that his nerves have never recovered from the thock. He was a warm personal friend of Actor Dennison. the liipmhr nf flm irpmlnll pomninv who re cently committed suicide in the Aruo flats, and ihe tragic death of his friend seems to prey upon his mind even to the extent of keeping awake nightx BURNED TO ASHES BY A LIVE WIRE. Horrible Details or the Deatlt or a Man From Electricity In Panama. Panama, Nov. 2. This city has had an appalling experience of the electric wire's power to slay, first a horse and then a man having been stricken with instant death and the latter partially incinerated by a live wire. On the afternoon of Saturday some street urchins at play detached a naked telephone wire and caused it to hang from the support to the ground, trailing over the street lieht circuit wires. About 7 p. M. a nolicc lieutenant discovered the wire hanging and commenced to haul it in and coil it about an old gas-light post. Suddenly the officer was seen to spring violently back into tho air and fall uncon scious. Fortunately he had not received the full force of the current, and soon re covered. Meanwhile a cab came driving rapidly olong, and upon the wife. Instant ly the horse plungsd heading to the ground, its flesh sizzling. The driver sprang out, and, regardless of warning yells, he grasped tho trailing "string" that had up set his horse. At that instant the wire swung across his forehead, went right through the skull almost to the cars and there remained although the unfortunate victim fell forward over the horse. The electric fluid filled the man's head, and in a moment brain and eyes had been completely incinerated. Then the flesh and skin smoked and sizzled until they also were reduced almost to ashes. All this while the sparks played about the head in an awful shower The body was partially burned to ashes, and the head completely so. A LASTING MONTJHENE Charles Donnelly to Dedicate a Foundling .Asylum to His Wire. Charles Donnelly, the well-known coke manufacturer, has decided to erect a $5,000 monument to his deceased wife, which is not only commendable as a testimonial to a good and public-spirited woman, but the continuation of her work in tho cause of suffering womanhood. Yesterday Mr. Donnelly received the title deeds to the property on Cliff street, formerly occupied by the TJrsuline Sisters as an academy for young ladies. Mr. Don nelly donates the property for the estab lishment of an institution to be called "The Eosalia Foundling Asylum and Ma ternity Hospital." Mrs. Donnelly was a prominent worker in this direction before her death, which fact inspired Mr. Don nelly with the idea of completing her work and naming it after her. It will be non sectarian. The location is a beautiful one overlook ing the city, and ttie grounds are spacious and the situation salubrious. The building is admirably adapted for the purposes in tended, and contains between 40 and 50 rooms. Running an Engine With His Throat Cat. Paekersbuhg, Nov. 2. Special. Walter Layman, a well-known engineer, made a thrilling run last night. An eccen tric slipping on the engine caused a delay, and to make up time the train was covering the ground at a rapid "rate. When the engineer put his head out of the, cab some one neai' the traok threw a large' stone at the engine, cutting a deep gash'iu the man's throat, making an ugly wound. With'the blood spurting, the engineer was dazed for a moment, but stuck to the throttle. For several miles he suffered from the injury, but he brought in his train before having, dressed the wonnd. The stone came with force enough to kill him had he been struck on the head. Impish Freaks Are those of a disordered liver. But when that organ Is thoroughly disciplined with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, tho bile is ade quately secreted, diverted from the blood. Into its proper channel, digestion grows ac tive, the skin and eyeballs lose their 0lhou3 tinge, piin In the vfcinltyof tBoliver ceases, sick headache and nausea depart. The bit ters is an incomparable preventive of ma laria, rheumatism and kidney complaint. Dan Biggs, the popular and well-known hotel clerk, formerly ofthe McClure House Rnd Windfcor Hotel, Wheeling, W. Va., and late of the Seventh Avenue, Pittsburg, Pa., begs leave to anupunce to all his friends and former patrons, that he is now at tho Hotel Albion, near Union depot, Pittsburg, where he will bo glad to see and entertain them whenever tliey visit Pittsburg. Don't forget the name, Hotel Albion, near Union depot. Notice. I desire to inform my friends and patrons, though burnt out, I have made arrange ments to fill all orders intrusted to me promptly, as usual. Extending my thanks for past tavors, and soliciting' a continuance ofthe tame, lam, very respectfully, Alex McCmjbe, Twenty-seventh street and A. V. Ii. R. . Did Ton Get One Of the fine frames given with every dozen of cabinets at Hendricks & Co.'s,68 Federal street, Allegheny? See them every dav this week. Cabinets 81 00. 15. &B. To-day, plaids. New wido wale, soft serge, medium bright plaids, double width, 35 cents. Center dress goods room. Boggs & Buhu Lad IKS having any kind of goods to be cleaned or dyed can direct a postal to ns and we will send for them. E. J. Liunekin & Co., 174 Federal street, Allegheny. Tel ephone 3104. t tuS THE PITTSBURG A PHANTOM FOREST.! Wonderful Phenomenon Encountered by Tourists in Now Mexico. ACBES WITHOUT A LIVING TREE. Cabins of an Eccentric Monk Founded a New Religious Sect. Who THE MIRACLE OP A HIDDEN SPRING Santa Pe, Nov. 2. From one of the members of a tourist party who recently made the ascent of the famous twin moan tains peaks in Northern New Mexico, known as Old Baldy, the following interest ing story of their trip was learned to-day: The party reached the base of the peaks late one evening in the middle of August. The next morning having secured guides, the party stnrtcd, the ladies mounted on burros, thegentlemen afoot. For about three milesf the way lies through the finest of tim ber, and something like a mile of the latter part of the ascent is over paths 'rough and rugged.tryingto the men and difficult to the animals and their riders; but time and patience conquer all things, and at last the brow of the mountain was reached. Look ing back, but little over 100 vards seemed to cover the distance over which they had come. A Veritable Phantom Forest. Around them aa far as the eye can reach stands a huge forest of dead timber. When, or why, it died, no guide or settler can tell; no tradition of the events linger on the lips ofthe traditional oldest inhabitant. But there it stands in all the melancholy grandeur of death, not a living tree throughout its wide extent, though thou sands upon thousands of cottonwoodo are springing up at the feet ot the dead giants. A half-mile's journey through this phan tom forest brings the palty to a cabin built of logs, from beneath which flows out a hold and beautiful spring, its water clear as crystal and cold as ice. For another half mile the way leads through the dead forest, the path being marked out by crosses re clining against the trees. These emblems of tho crucifixion have evidently not been disturbed ior ages. Then another cabin comes into view. It is smaller than the one at the spring, and differs from it by having neither door nor window nor chimney nor nny other opening, except an aperture near the ground, which cannot be of greater dimensions than 10 inches in height by 30 inches in length. Thrco Massivo Wooden Crosses. This cabin is situated on the very edge of the dead timber, immediately in front of it, and at the distance of about i00 yards, are three immense crosses, representing those; of the Savior and the thieves who died with Him. They are so massive that they look as though twenty men would not be suffi cient to handle one of them. Neither are they planted in the ground, but aro main tained in an upright position by tons of stone piled around their base. This is called the station of the crosses, and from it there falU upon the view one ofthe loveliest and most picturesque scenes to be found in all New Mexico. On the mountain top the dead timber has disap peared, to be succeeded by an open glade, dotted over with clumps of trees lovely in their luxuriant foliage, while the glade is carpeted with grass of freshest green. From this spot of scenio grandeur, tho guide leads the way to yet a third oabln, smaller even than tho last, which a slight undulation in the lade had hidden from view. Like the cabin at the crosses, the roof of this one is flat, covered with earth and overgrown with grass and brambles. Like the other, also, it had no opening of any character, except a slight oblong hole. Not Very Easy to .Enter. In both cabins this opening had its four sides thickly studded with long projecting nails making both ingress and egress a tedious and painful performance. Unlike the second cabin, this one. which goes by the name of the Home of the Sacred Her mit, consists of two parts, a kind of veranda and a sleeping apartment, the latter not be ing more than four feet wide and eight feet long, and of so scant a height that a man of ordinary stature cannot stand upright in it. A spring or pool about six feet square is inclosed in a kind of framew ork near by, and has so sluggish a current, if current at all, that a thick and uninvitingscum accumu lates upon its surface. The guide, upon Mb knees with hat reverently removed, brushed away the scum and drank heartily of the water, vainly urging the party to follow his example. This, he said, was the Blessed Spring, and its history, together with that ofthe crosses and the cabins, was thus given by him when the trip had ended. A Mania for Making Crosses. Some time in the year 1662 there ap peared among the people of the Gal Unas valley, a man of peculiar mien and austere habits. He said ho was an Italian monk, that his home was on tho top of Old Baldv, and that he had corns to teach the people the way of the Lord more perfectly. He would accept nothing but the bare necessities- of lite, and then only in the most meager quantities. His chief occupation was the making of crosses; and so assiduons was he in this employment that on the north side of the mountain, where the ascent is the most difficult, and where he made a trial for himself, the entire way is lined with crosses 'of his construction. From this the people generally called him Juan de las Cruces John of the Crosses but his imme diate followers called him Christian John. Soon he had 42 converts, whom he formed into an order, which he called bv a Mexican .name signifying The Third. His opponents ,said that his system was a mixture of H;nristianitv ana mbdelity, or ot some heathen religion; but as the organization was altogether a secret order, itMs some what doubtful as to what they founded 'their assertion on. The Story of a miracle. At length it was concluded to build a. cabin for the monk, which should mark the) sanctuary of their order, on the top of Old Baldy. The faithful assembled and the' work was begun; but soon they ran out of water, the supply having been brought to luc iuu ui iuc .jiiuuuituH in noii oarreis lashed to the backs of burros. 'The guide who told the story was one of the boys that had driven the water-laden beasts. Ihe monk, however, bade them go to a certain' place beside the path, and there they would find water bubbling up from the earth. They did as directed; and though they had passed and repassed the place hundreds of times, and never seen a sicn of water. they obeyed the oommand and found the. Sool which ever since has been called the lessed Spring. The fame of so great a miracle went through all the country, and people from that time to the present have, continued to come from far and near to drink at the spring and to carry awav.it1 waters for medicinal purposes. That the? authenticity of this miracle might be beyond. be beyond cavil, me nun Darreis in wnicn tne water' had previously been carried were placed in. the spring, and there they remain to this day. Christian John had often informed his followers that he could remain in one place neither longer nor less than exactly three years and 40 days. So in trie year 1865, on the very day the time expired, he disap peared as mysteriously as he had come, and his people have seen him no more. Beport, however, has it that he was shortly after ward killed by the Indians, whom he at tempted to convert to his theories. When mind and body are out of sorts,. with cold extremities, a yellowness in the skin, costiveness, dull headache, and an in disposition to stir about, be sure you are in for a bilious attack, springing from a more or less disordered liver. Dr. Jayne's Sana tive Pills will bring the liver to a healthy condition, and speedily remove all biliary distress. I'SE Brown's Bronchial Troches for Couglis, CoMs ani all other Throat Ttoublcs. "Pre-eial-nenily the best." Kev. Henry Ward Bencher. DISPATCH, TUESDAY, FRENCH DISCOVEHIES IN AFHICA. A Tribe of Dwarfs Who Hunt Elephants and Traffic In Ivory. New Yobk, Nov. 2. For the past three years the French agents on the Kongo have been conducting a series of very interesting explorations through a region hitherto unknown. After the expeditions of the brothers De Brazza on the Licona and Likoli rivers, in 1885,'which took them somo 600 miles from the mouth of the Kongo, no more exploring parties ventured into th.2 north until three yeafs later, when Paul Crampel, then private secretary of M. de Brazza, obtained from his chief authority to explore the region between the Ogoone river and the Cameroon mountains, which divide the French and German possessions He was able to establish the French pro tectorate as far as the frontier between the 10th and 12th degrees oi longitude. The courses of two very important rivers were traced, one, the Ivindo, being the principal tributary of the Ogoone, and the other, tho Crarapo, forming part ofthe northern fron tier line. Crampel'a account of his journey contains an interesting description of a tribe of dwarfs, the largest of whom was a little over ono metre in height. They inhabit the marshy forests and live by hunting ele phants for the Pohouin chiefs. They ex change the ivory for food, etc., but thoy are not slaves or even menials. In fact, they are very independent, and if they become the least discontented with their chief they disnppear in the forest and look up a new field of action. The Pahouins are only too glad to transfer the dangerous occupation of elephant hunting to theso skillful little men, who have been seen by several ex plorers since Crampel. It was in the course of this joirrrev that Crampel "married," that is, adopte'd, the little Pahouin girl, Niarinzhe, whoso bizarre appearance and eccentric manners created such a sensation in Paris, whither she was brought by tho explorer. Some months later an agent of the French Kongo, M. Gaillard, retraced the route followed by tho Crampel party, making a slight detour to the west, thus completing the map of the country north of the equator as far as the German frontier. There still remained a large blank between the Ogoone and Oubanghi rivers. RAVAGES OF A PBAIBIE FIBE. Ono Bravo Woman Almost roses Her Own Life to 9-vve Her Stock. Mandan, N. D., Nov. 2. Persons from Oliver county tell of severo 'experiences that the farmers and ranchmen had with the recent prairie fire. More damage was done than was first supposed. Several thousand tons of hay were lost, largo ranges burned, and it is estimated that at least 20 settlers had their houses and stables consumed. Mrs. John Day came near losing her Hio in attempting to save 400 sheep. Her hus band and the farm hands were away and the sheep were in the corral. The corral took tiro, and not until hor hat was burned from her head, her hands badlv burned and clothing almost all destroyed did she give up her attempt. Two settlers, named Nel son Hunter and Smith, lost horses and cattle as well as buildings. All the build ings in Sanger were burned except the post office. BURGLARS' BOLD CRIME. They Bouse a Cashier at Ills Homo and Compel Him to Open tho Bank, Homeb, Neb., Nov. 2. The State Bank was robbed at 2 o'clock this morning of 51,600 by two masked men. The robbers went to the residenco of the cashier Freese, and, waking him up, compelled him at the point of a revolver to accompany them to the bank. They also forced him to open the safe, after which they bound and gagged Mm. Mr. Freese suoceeded in gaining nis liberty, but the robbers had made good their escape. Fireman Craijr Gets a Thousand. The regular meeting of the Fireman's Disability Board was held yesterday after noon in Mayor Gqurley's office. A resolu tion was passed granting Isaac Craig 81,000 for permanent injuries received by falling from a ladder at No. 10 engine house May 4. His right hip was dislocated, disabling him for life. The claims of David w. Thompson, of Hook and Ladder Company B, Otto Hauck, of Engine Company No. 1, and John Hart, of Engine Company No. 2, for sick benefits were granted. The state ment of funds for October was made as follows: Balance on hand October 1. 818.- )314 44; receipts, 3497 CO; expenditures, S1G2 84, leaving a balance on band of 518,. --049 10. Mr. Motto Acting for Mr. Roma. Washington, Nov. 2. The Marquis Imperial, in charge of the Interests of (Italy at Washington, has informed the Sec retary of State that the Chevalier Motte, the Italian vice oensul at Boston, has been S laced in charge of the Italian consulate at Tew Orleans during the temporary.absence of Mr. Roma. The customs officials at New Orleans have been instructed to recognize the offioial-actsof Mr. Motte. JSdlson Suffers a Partial Defeat. Boston, Nov. 2. Edward B. Welch has scored a partial victory in his suit to re cover 5260,000 from Inventor Thomas A. 'Edison for an alleged breach of contract iKThe defendant made a motion in the United States Circuit Court before Justice Nelson, to appoint an auditor to bear the plaintiff's .claim, andtho Jndge has denied-the motion. Troublesome throat diseases are rapidly and permanently cured by Dr. Bull's Oough, (Syrup. Talk of the Town.. TwtHarge show windows literally packed with, loose 'diamonds and also mounted in j,ear drops, lace pins, hair pins, bracelets, jieuuaato, uco&iacea, rings ana siuus. nie eieKBuv uisproir uuu boiq will uou tinne all this week, ana I cordially Hnvito ,the public to examine tbese-fino diamonds on which I pride myself of being the first direct Importer in this city. My thanks for the. liberal patronaeo bestowed ution me. I still continue to superintend the sale -personally and assist purchasers in their se lection. Persons so desirin? can call now nnd make their selection for the holidays and, ;nave tno gooas iaia awayaree ot charge. M. J. Burr, 811 Smithfield street, ttssu Opp. New Postoffloe. BLAINE IS HEBE. Up tho Bnsy Valley Bristling With Fac tories. A delightful and healthful' location, two -rrailroads, a navigable river, rioh fields of ,oalandga8, elegant water, fertile country, jpopulons, prosperous and refined district, l-uuvcwcuucb uuu (ajiuiuris oi .an old community; the largest sate manu facturing works, and numerous minor in dustries this is Blaine, on the Monongo hela river, 22 miles above Pittsburg, where lots ore cheaper ana investments sater at the present time than anywhere else. Free trains every day to and from the new town. Tickets, maps, price-lists and full particu lars at 129 Fourth avenue The Blaine Land Improvement Co. KEAI, ESTATE SAVINGS BANK, MM. 401 Smithfield Street, Cor. Fourth Avenue. Capital, 5100,000. Surplus, 575,000. Deposits of 51 and upward received and interest allowed at 4 per cent tts t B. B. Handsomest new imported dress goods and suitings ofthe season opened to-day. Boggs Ss Bum 51 quality' zigzag- chevrons, 42 inches wide, at 75c a yard to-day. JOS. HOBNE & CO. '3 Penn Avenne Stores. NOVEMBER "a,- 189L HISTORY OF VOTING. Modern Australian Ballots Were Em ployed by tho Old Romans. GREEKS USED A SECRET BALLOT. The Pope Chosen by a Two-Thirds Secret Yote of the Cardinals. HOW A VENETIAN DOGE WAS ELECTED Where did the ballot come from? Like Topsy and most other human institutions, it "growed." And in its growth it has taken such varied forms as will make an inter esting study. Of course, in the good old times, when all civilized countries were gbvemed by kings, there was no use for a ballot. A primitive, self-governing tribe, like those of the ancient Germans, were satisfied with viva voce voting. The Hebrews, before they had kings, might be called a self-governing people. Strictly, however, their theory of government put everything in the hands of God, and in technical terms was a theocracy. If a public officer must be chosen, he was named by God's representative, the priest or prophet. Or else lots were cast, and it was expected that God would tend the right lot to the right man. It is not unlikely that such casting of lots gave the first hint of a secret ballot. According to a writer in the New York Evening Sun, the ancient Greeks used the ballot in enacting laws and in courts, where there were a large number of fudges. The ballot there was originally a pebble, whole for a yes vote, or pierced with a hole for a no. Voting by Wheels and Febbles. . Sometimes there was only one stone, which was dropped into a yes or no box. Later the pebble was changed for a little bronze wheel. A few of these have been found in modern times, stamped on one side with the words "Official ballot" and on the other with the number of the judicial dis trict. In electing officers the Greeks voted by show of hands. Often officers were ap pointed by lot. White and black beans were used for lots, and those who were un derstood to be hungry lor office receivedthe suggestive name of beaneaters. The idea here was that every citizen was good enough to hold office, andfthis was the most impar tial way of dividing the spoils. They never used a'secret ballot to vote for candidates in the modern fashion, but only to vote against them. "If party spirit was running high, and the power of a boss was growing dangerous, a vote of exile was ordered. Each citizen wrote a name on an " yster shell or a piece of broken crockery, and put this vote se cretly into the box. Any boss against whom there was a sufficient majority must leave the country for ten years. Ostracism Llko a Modern BaUot. This peculiar institution, called ostra cism, is really the nearest approach the Greeks made to a modern ballot system. Ostracism went out of use because on a cer tain important occasion the thunderbolt failed to hit either of the prominont lead ers, but struck a comparatively obscure person. The details are not quite clear. It has been suggested, however, that the great bosses made a deal by which they were to let each other alone, and give all the votes to a troublesome third party man. This re sult was so unsatisfactory to tho people that ostracism was given np. The ballot was introduced into Borne in tho second century B. C. This was the real Australian ballot. The voter received a wooden slate covered with wax on which the names of oil the candidates were scratched. He made holes in the wax op posite those of his choice and dropped his tablet in the box. After the downfall of the Bbman Repub lic popular government took a long Bleep, and there was little use for a ballot till quite modern times. Still, some of the most curiously elaborate ballot systems known were developed in the small govern ing bodies of the middle ages. Cardinals Voting for a Pope. One of these is the form for electing a Pope, which has continued to our own time. All the cardinals are locked np together in a suite of rooms at the Vatican, and for bidden t6 have any communication with the outside world till they have ma'de a choice. Food is passed in to them, bat-if the Pope is-not elected within a few days they are put on prison rations by way of quickening their work. A ballot is taken every morning, followed by another, to .give an opportunity for changing votes. Each cardinal receives a printed blank. He first signs it then folds it over so as to conoeai tne signature, and seals it. On the uncovered part of the 'paper he writes the name of his candidate. If there is not a two-thirds majority the ballots are burned, and the smoke tells the waiting crowd outside that there is no election. The same process is repeated every even ing. Whenany candidate gets the necessary two-thirds the sealed signatures are opened, to make sure that no unauthorized person has voted. Then the election is publicly 'announced. This carefulness, however, Is nothing to that which was used in electing a Doge of Venice- The Venetian legislators, despair ing of getting an election which would not be controlled by politicians' intrigues, called in the lot as their helper. The Election of n Dogo of Venice. When a Doge was to be elected the Great Council of between 400 and 500 members was called together. Those below 30 years of age were shut out and the names of the rest were written on sIIds of paper. A small boy was then picked- np on the street and brought in to draw out-30 names. Oat of these 80-nine were'ohosen to go on with the election. They were to choose 40 others. Four of them nominated five each, five of them four each; and each of the 40 must be confirmed by a two-third yote of Hhe nine. Out of these 40 names 12 were taken by lot. The 12 in the same way chose a new board of 25, the chairman nominating three end each of the others two, a three-fourths vote being necessary to eleot. Lots were again drawn for nine of the 25. These nine in the same way choose 45 others of whom the lot pick out 11. These 11, still in the same form, nominate 41 to elect the Doge. Each of these must be confirmed by a majority vote of the whole of the Great Council. Then the 41 were locked up together to go on with their election. While they were locked up each of them was furnished with whatever he asked for, regardless of expense. But the same niUBt be given to each of the 41. For instance, there was once an eleetor who wished to read in iEsop's Fables. He got his book, but not till all Venice had been ransacked to find the necessary 41 copies. At another time one of them ordered a rosary. Forty-one rosaries made their ap pearance in due form. A Trying Time for News Seekers. This treatment was expected to make the electors so unanimous that at least 25 of them would a:;ree on a doge. When this took place the rigmarole was over. An evening newspaper, trying to follow the re turns in Venice at that time, would have had painful times. Coming back to the ballot as used by com mon mortals, and coming down to this cen tury, the Hungarian ballot of 30 years ago is one of the most interesting. The voter had fiven to him a stick from four to six feet ong. With this he went alone into a room where the ballot boxes were placed, eaoh bearing the name and color of the candidate. In one of these he must place his stick. The object in having snch a large ballot was to make sure that there were not two or three extra ones concealed in the citizen's pockets. But this has now been replaced by prosaio paper. In Greece at the present-dajMheiallot is a little lead ball. There is a box for each candidate, divided into two compartments. A clerk coes from box to box with the' voter, carrying a bowl full of these balls. At each box the voter takes one, ruts his hand into a funnel, out of sight, and drops his ball into the yes or no compartment, making a vote for or against the candidate. If he wishes to vote ior more than one party there is nothing to prevent him. In Italy each voter, on registering, gets a ticket of admission to the polling house. Here a stamped blue paper, with copy of the law printed on the back, is handed to him. On thh paper he must write his vote. The French ballot system is much like what the Amtrican was five years ago. England uses the Australian ballot. A Capitalist Commits Suicide. San Francisco, Nov. 2. William Cen ter, a capitalist and a son of John Center, a well-known capitalist, who was formerly associated with large shipping interests here, committed suicide to-day, firing two shots through his head. It is supposed the deed was due to despondency caused by illness. OUR CLEARANCE SALE FINE FURNITURE AT COST A Great Success! We still have some unexcelled bargains in fine Mahogany, Walnut and Oak Chamber Suits, . . Sideboards, Leather Chairs, Leather Gouches, Library Tables, and Hatracks, Compare our goods and prices with others. YOU will see we can save you money. DON'T FORGET THAT OUR NUMBER IS 51 AND 53 FEDERAL STREET, ALLEGHENY, PA. JACOBS & no3-46 0 AND IDIWEAR AT SAM ffi garments were -never-before -placed on sale for so little money. Fine Far-Trimmed Jackets, fall ehawl collar, SS 73: others ask $10. Extra Fine Astrakhan and Liphe Fur-Trimmed and Embroidered Jackets, $10; value f 13 to S16L One lot of well-made Cloth Cheviot and Astrakhan Trimmed Bee& ers, $4 60; Talue $6 SO to $8. One lot of Real Seat Plush Jackets, full lengths, high shoulders, 8 73; value iri. One lot of Real Seal Plash Saeqnes, satin lined. (10 to $13. Newmarkets with Lonjr Capea, from $12 75 to $25; $13 95, 1S 50; $19 75, $2175. Long Capes, $8 75 np to $35. Special bargains in Heal French, Cony. Astrakhan, Sealette, Mink, Cape Seal, Monkey and other Fur Capes, from $3 S3 to $33 -each. BARGAINS IN UNDERWEAR. Visit our Underwear Department and you.'ll be surprised to see how far a dollar, will go. We show an immense variety ofthe finest winter underwear. Note these prices: Heavy Ribbed Vests, Ions sleeves, 250 and 48c. Fine Merino Vests, 35c, 40c, e. Fino Woolen Ribbed Vests,75c, 050, $1. Fine Gray Vests, 50e. Fine Natural Wool Vests, 74c, L CisFine Fur-ToppedLined Kid Gloves for Ladies, Gen tlemen and Children, 75c, $1, $1 25, $1 50, $1 75 and $2. Best values ever offered anywhere. , ose; PS 510-518 MARKET STREET. REMOVAL. On Monday morning.next we take possession of our new store in the Hotel Anderson -Block known as No.. 39 SIXTH STREET, and we propose to do a first-class merchant tailoring business ex clusively in all its various branches at popular and attractive prices. We needn't tell you that we go.tothe-raills of this couptvysaj)d Europe, and buy the best goods at the closest prices whichxan be "produced. So that by placing your orders with us you only pay one small profit. We, shall be ready to serve-you in our newioca tion with an abundant stock of foreign and domestic 'woolens and the broadest variety of patterns in? this or anyother pity. Give us a call and see what you can save by direct dealing. Clothing made to order with distinguished success. INAMAKER 39 SIXTH. STREET, Hotel Anderson 'Block. The Value Not Vet Determined; Ihe viewers appointed by court to fix value on the lots of Milton L Baird taken by the city in the erection of the Schenley Park bridge met in the City Attorney's office yesterday morning. The statements of three witnesses were heard and then an adjournment was taken until November 17, when the matter may be settled. New York Drygoods Assignment. New Yobk, Nov. 2. Charles Schneider & Co., dealers in drygoods, Brooklyn, made an assignment to-day to Charles H. Eeilly, the general credit man of Fred Vietor & Achells, this city. The liabilities are said to be 5110,000 and nominal assets 5200,000, the actual value of the stock probably being $70,000. The Dominion Cabinet. Ottawa, Nov. 2. William B. Mere dftr !der of the opposition in the On ir pWature, has accepted a portfolio it. Krailoion Cabinet, tendered him by P. .r Abbott. Nothing has been settled as yet regarding Chaplean. OP- M'GILVRAY. a Our buyers secured some extraordinary values in Cloaks-for cash on their recent tour of the Eastern markets. We will share the " benefit of these lucky purchases with our cus-. tomers. Come and examine the goods-and note the prices. We do not expect your order until you are thoroughiy'Satisfied-that such bargains as we offer, are not to be .ob tained elsewhere It costs nothing to inves tigate, and investigation is exactly what we are after. We know that such high-class Extra Fine Scarlet Vests, $L Misses' Soarlet.Gray and White Vests, 23o to 75o. Fnll lines of Gents' Scotch Gray and Natural Wool Underwear, 50c, 73c, $1, $1 25, $1 50 each. no&TTgsu & "J, iiljin&l 3& BROWN I
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