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PHELPS' WILD TALK
He Says There Will Be No Peace With
the National League, and
Other Foolish Things.
AFFAIRS OFTHE LOCAL BALL CLUB
Eichardson and Connor Make Some Terr
Extraordinary Demands on the
Xew York Clnb.
AX ATHLETIC WAR VERY TROBALLE.
Slatin Talks About
Sporting
Snllivan's Challtnfe General
Sens of the Bar.
Locisville, Xov. 2. .SwricL There
arc to be ten clubs in the Association next
season, and there is to be no peace. This is
what Mr. Zach Phelps thinks, and he, as
President of the American Association,
ou;;lit to know.
Mr. Phelps was seen in his office yester
day afternoon by a reporter of the Couricr
Junnial. lie very gracefully submitted to
an interview, and was akcd about the dis
patches from New York City wjiich stated
that the League and the Association were
on the eve of making peace. Mr. Phelps
said he had received no propositions or
communications from the League. "What
was more, he did not expect any. In his
opinion the-e was little or no chance of a
national agreement hcing made for a long
time, not for a year at least. This was on
account of the League's demands. It wanted
the Association to lay down arms and sub
mit to whatever the older organization
would ask. This the Association would
never do and hostilities were likely to be
kept up for years.
TIic Association Circnlr.
Mr. Phelps -n as next asked in regard to
the Association circuit lie thought there
would be ten clubs. That was the general
wish of the Chicago meeting. It would cer
tainly be either 10 or 12 clubs, but the
chances were 10 to 1 in favor of the smaller
number. That vt ould mean only the addi
tion of a club in the list, as there were al
ready five in the "West.
Mr. Phelps was asked what city would
probably be admitted. That matter was yet
m doubt, but Brooklyn would probably be
the town. The President of the Association
was asked if the addition was to be made by
Byrne's Brooklyn League team jumping.
There had been talk of that, but upon this
subject he dm not care to commit himself.
In answer to a qnestion'if the schedule
would not be very difficult to arrange for a
ten-club circuit, "Mr. Phelps answered in
the negative. It had been done before.
The Association once played with six clubs,
hich was an odd number in the East and
"West.
Thinks It Practicable.
This matter had been discussed at the late
meeting and decided to be perfectly practi
cable. Toe solution was to have six Kast
crn club and four Western teams. Colum
bus was to be placed in the Eastern circuit.
In this way, when the Eastern clubs were
playing in the Kast and the "Western clubs
in the West, i, team would be idle. Mr.
Phelp- thought a ten-club organization
Mould be a perfect success, besides being a
great novelty.
When would the circuit question be de
cided? He thought within at least two
weeks. The members of the special com
mittee were instructed at the late meeting
to get together and decide the important
matter as soon as possible. Mr. Phelps did
not think another meeting of the Associa
tion vould be necebsary before the circuit
was fixed. A vote on the committee's re
port c ould be taken by mail.
Manager Chapman will leave for his
Brooklyn home next Tuesday, and will be
absent irom Louisville until next spring.
EXTRAORDINARY DEMANDS.
Richardson and Connor Simply Astound
the New York Club Directors Not Con
tent With SI, OOO Each a Year for Three
"Vein, They Demand Other Conditions
That Are Preposterous
Xnw York, Nov. 2. Special. Rich
ardson and Connor have gone to the City of
Brotherly Love and large promises. They
practically made up their minds to sign
with the New York club, and went to meet
the directors with that intention. As the
dismisMon progressed the players tacked on
a iot of conditions that made it impossible
lor the director:-to d. anything but bring
the conference to an abrupt close. Messrs.
John B. llay, E. B T.ilcott and J. W.
Spaldins were present at the meeting. The
olfer made by Mr. Day to the two players
of a three j ears' contract at S,000 a year,
which the other directors considered a trille
generous, was open to the men this morning
when thev met the directors.
In addition, the players insisted that
their stock should be taken off their hands,
that their salaries should be paid in full in
case of sickness or injury, no matter what
the causp, and wound up with a demand for
a personal guarantee th-it their money
would be paid to theiu When the directors
ot the New York Baseball Club, which has
always paid its plaers liberally, if not ex
travagantly, heard the astonishing proposi
tion, they simply adjourned the meeting
sine die, and announced that any offer they
It.ul made to Richardson and Connor was
oil", and that any further negotiations must
be conducted on an entirelv different basis.
Thereupon the players said they would go
to Philadelphia, and withdrew.
The directors are unanimous in the opin
ionlhat they have gone to the extreme
limit of generosity in their proposals to the
tn o players, and that the litter have not
acted reasonably or fairly. As a rr suit of
the seliHiness displayed by the players, they
have fallen in the esteem of metropolitan
7atrot:s of the game. Upon leaving for
Philadelphia the players said they would
net sitrn there unless the terms offered were
quite satisfactory.
LOCAL BASEBALL GOSSIP.
3Ianns;cr McfJnnnlgle and Secretary Scan-
clrett Confer on the rormert Contract.
Manager McGunnigle and Ed Ilnnlon
had a long conversation Yesterday and it re
sulted pleasantly to both parties. The
manager assured the player that as somas
he, the manager, had completed arrange
ments with the club and was definitely
signed, he would talk business with Han
lou. That means that Ed will be signed
after JIanagcr McGunnigle siens his con
tract. Secretary Scandrctt and Manager Mc
Gunnigle had a conference yesterday after
noon, and, after discussing a few details of
the latter's contract, it was agreed that they
meet to-d.iy at noon. The manager expects
to leave for the East this evening and if he
docs he will be gone seven or eight days.
BIllv Alvord, the third baseman, was "in
the city yesterday, willing to play for Pitts
burg nest year. There are worse players
than Billy in the League.
Various rumors were current regarding
the reason of Manager McGunnigle not hav
ing signed his coutract yet. Last evening
he stated that the delay was simply on ac
count of business matters and that lie would
sign to-day.
Snys It Wasn't Itonh.
Captain Proctor, of the East End Gym's
football team, speaking of Saturday's game
between his team and the team of the
Wn.hinston and Jefferson CoIIpso, aid: "I
am sorry that an idea got abroad that our
team indulged in rough play. We did no
such thing, and if there was any rough work
it was started and continued by the visitors
themselves. They were outplayed from the
start and acted like children by leaving the
field. The spectators who saw the game
know perfectlv well that there was nothine
unduly rough about ourulaying."
SLAVm 'AKD SULLIVAN.
The Australian Says He Is Delighted at
John I's Challenge.
According to the latest -news cabled from
England regarding Slavin and Sullivan it
would seem'that Slavin is very anxious to
lace the American. A Loudon cable goes
on to say:
Instead of being annoyed at Sullivan's
many contradictions, Slavin is delighted to
think that the American will at last give
him a chance to light Slavin told your
correspondent to-night that he would leave
for America during the last week of No
vember, and will then be prepared to make
a match with the big fellow for any stake.
The Australian stipulates that the battle
must be with small gloves and to a finish,
before any-legitimate club in the United
States. He bars New Orleans because
Mitchell can not go to the Crescent City
without getting into trouble with the
authorities, and where Mitchell can not go
Slavin will not. The Australian is sur
prised at Sullivan's denial of the meeting
m St. Louis. Slavin went there for the
express purpose of finding out whether.Sul
iivan wanted to fight or not. Sullivan then
told Slavin that he had retired from busi
ness. "But if I go back again," said John L.,
"you shall have the first chance with me."
This conversation took place in the big fel
low 's room, and was reported in the Globc
Democrat and nearly every paper in Amer
ica. Slavin cannot understand whv Sulli
van should deny it now. Slavin said:
"It is a pity that Sullivan did not accept
the offer made by the Melbourne Athletic
Club to find a purse of 5,000 and a side bet
of 5,000. No such arrangement as this
will be made by either English or American
clubs; besidesprize fighters do not usually
carry backers around with tbem. Anyway,
I will go to New York and'see whether
Sullivan will really fight. If he puts up a
forfeit with the Herald he can rest assured
that I will attend to it. I shall expect the
club giving the purse to furnish me my ex
penses. I would see that Sullivan got his
expenses if he fought in England or Aus
tralia." English sporting men are betting 3 to 1
that Sullivan will never go into the ring
with Slavin.
AN ATHLETIC WAB.
A Movement On Foot to Try to Down the
A. A. V.
Nr.w Yokk, Nov. 2. Special. An ath
letic war, second only to the fight between
the Amateur Athletic Union and the old
National Association of Amateur Athletes
of America, promises to shake the world of
amateur athletes in this country before
many days. It will be brought about by
Frederick William Janssen, of the Staten
Island Athletic Club, and the chief motive
will be revenge. He proposes to form a
new association to be called the United
States League of Athletic Clubs, which
will be in the nature of a close corporation,
and limited to wealthy members only.
A blow is aimed at the smaller clubs,
which, if successful, will ultimately freeze
them out of existence. Mr. Janssen's
scheme is worked out under belief that the
large clubs owning property are tired of
being governed and dictated to bv the
smaller but no less important athletic or
ganizations. Incidentally, he incorporates
in his scheme one or two side issues calcu
lated to mislead those clubs which would
not like to antagonize the Amatcnr Athletic
Union. The most iniportant'of these is the
formation of a fiee masonry between the
individuals forming the representative
clubs ol this country and Canada.
It has been said "that at a later date 3Ir.
Janssen proposes to do some more schem
ing and develop an arrangement by which
every individual member of the new league
can carry 55,000 wortlt of life insurance at
an astonishingly low rate. Jnst how suc
cessful he will be is vet an open nuestion.
but it is said that he feels much encouraged J
at mc support ne nas Dcen promisea.
Washington Ttesults,
Bexxikc.s Race Track, Washixq
isctos. Nov. 2. Special. The weather
here to-day is clear and bright. The track
is dry and fast.
First race, purse $300, Ave furlongs Wat
terson won, ltcx second, Bellevue third.
Time 1:02.
Second race, purscSWO, selling, one mile
Prather won. Cerberus second. Bally IIoo
third. Time 1:4
Third race, purse $500, for two-vears-old,
selling; live and a half lurlongs Cottonade
von, Rock Hill second, Constantinople
third. Time 1:09.
Fourth race, handicap, pnrso $000, mile
and a sixteenth. Senoritu won, Strath
lneath second, Larchmont third. Time M9.
Fifth race, handicap w ccpstakes, purse
$4W, full course. Gray Gown won Repartee
second, Hercules third. Time 3:17.
Reinstated by the Court,
Cincinnati, S'ov. 2. Judge Barr, of
the United States Court, at Covington, Ky.,
this morning disposed of the case submitted
to him at Louisville by the Branuon Bros,
against the Latonia Jockey Club by grant
ing an order that the club reinstate the
Brannon Bros, to all their rights and privi
leges in the Association. This is the out
come of the action of the Jockey Club with
reference 1o-the Polk Badgett race, where
it was charged that the Branuons won a
race by substituting a fast horse under the
name of Polk Badgett.
Think Well of Maher.
Local sporting men, particularly those
who take an interest in pugilism, are begin
ing to think that Peter Maher is a good
man. One prominent authority said last
evening:
"So far the Irish champion has not met a
good man in America, but he has polished
ofl the second and third raters in such
easy style that one of our best men must
at least face him next. They should give
bim a show because lots of worse fighters
than Maher have been pushed into promi
nence in this country.
Very Good Prospects,
Parnassus, Pa., Nov. 2. Special
From present indications the year 1892 will
be one of prosperity for the Parnassus Ath
letic Association, which was organized the
middle of last July. Already many appli
cations have been received for active and
honorary membership. Tiie Business Com
mittee is now negotiating for more suitable
grounds, several more tennis courts will
be laid out in addition to those already in
use. The membership is limited to 100 per
sons. Wants to Hun X.ong.
The folloying challenge which explains
itself was lelt at this office last evening ac
companied by a depositMf 523: "Ed Beck,'
of Sharpsburg, will run Long, of -McKces-port,
a foot race of 100 yards for $100 a tide.
Beck will meet Long at The Dispatch
office Thursday evening, at 8 o'clock, pre
pared to make a match. Beck now puts up
525 with the sporting editor of The Dis
patch to show that he meaus business."
Will Run Agnln. X
Monongahela City, Nov. 2. Special
Beatty and Jones, who recently ran a 200
yard race here for $100 a side, which was
disputed, have decided to go another 200
yards for double the original stakes in the
near future.
General Sporting Notes.
Billy Alvoiid thinks that Comisky Is sure
to play with a League team next season.
Masagek HcGrxsiQLE expects to sign
Hanlon and Galvin without much trouble.
A swiMMiso race of one mile hetw eon the
local swimmers. Fox and McEwan, is talked
of.
Bh.lv Alvord says that ball players are
very much afraid 6r the American Associa
tion. ' Mcch interest Is being displayed In tho
Pennsylvania-Princeton gamo Saturday
next.
ritrscETOif is putting up a style of play that
will mako her team one hard to score against
at any rate.
Daw Gould defeated John Sullivan in
their boat race on tho Monongahcla yester
day by one length.
Jack Glasscock Is still telling tho world
that he is inclined to "Jump" tho League.
Wliero will he Jump to?
PoMEitor did somo good tackling for Wos
leyans on Saturday. Meredith and Leo
played well at half back also.
Dan Lally, a popular and good player of
last season's local team, received his money
yesterday and lett lor home last evening.
Wesleyah has been working nnder disad
vantages this season, and it is no wondor
suo was not in tno game witu XTinceton Sat
urday. Catcher George Miller's young son Joe
entertained his little friend's in great style
Saturday evening. Joo is a "chip of tho old
UlOClw.
Dave Joxes has received tho forfeit put
up at this offlco for a footrace between
himself and Jem Eardley. The latter de
clined to run.
William Fdxk and Thomas Lane met at
this office last evening and mado a bet on
tho Ohio election. Funk: bet $S0 to $20 that
McKinley is elected.
Ex-Pbksidest O'Neil, of tho local clnb,
said yesterday that tno club could not pos
sibly secure n better financier tnan its
treasurer, Mr. Brown. Said the ex-presldont:
"Mr. Brown is one of the ablest young busi
ness men I've met."
Geoeoe Dixov, tho champion feather
weight pucllist of America, is to meet his
old rival, Cat McCaithy, this week. Dixon
has an engagement of ono week at Miner's
Bowery Theater. He will spar four rounds
at each performance during the week. Thoso
who havo so far consented to stand up
acninst him are Cal McCarthy, Eugene Horn
backer and Nick Collins.
Howard, whose wrist was broken In the
Princoton-Wesleyan game oiySaturday, is a
young man of nerve. When the doctor was
attending him after tho game he suggested
that the lootball man would be benefited by
a little brandy. "Will it interfere with
yonr tralnius?" asked tho phvsician. "Well,
I'm afraid I can't train any more this
season," said Howard coollv. "Pshaw! this
is tough luck, fellows, isn't It?" he asked, as
somebody ran for brandy.
The innato snap so noticeablo in tho Yale
and Princeton elevens of 18S9 has not put in
an appearance yet this fall. The men have
to be urged on with cries like: "Xow, fel
lows! line ud auick!" "Get a move on there!"
and "Hurry np, boys; they're winded." It ia
not pleasant to always refer to old timcs.but
think of "Snake" Ames, "Sport" Donnelly,
Cah, Cowan, Janoway, George, Poe, Chan
ning. Black and Warren together for Prince
ton, and also, of the 'S3 men, Corbin, Bull,
lieechor, Terry, Gill, Rhodes, and the rest
for Tale!
SUPERSTITIONS OF PAENELL.
He Abhorred Green and Would Allow No
One to Hand Him Salt At Table.
It is strange that many great men have
had a tinge of superstition in their compos
ition. Mr. Parncll's colleagues tell curious
talcs illustrative ot this weakness in a man
of so otherwise strong character, and some
of them have got into print, says James O.
G. Duffy in the Philadelphia Pres He
had a strange aversion to the color green, as
lie ilwajs believed that it brought ill luck
to his family a curious circumstance when
it is borne in mind that the House ot Com
mons is all upholstered in that hue. "When
he was in Kilmainham some admirers were
admitted to make a presentation to him of a
silk dressing gown and slippers and cap. In
all of these articles the dominant color was
green, and one of his colleagues who was
with him during the presentation describes
the contrast between the delicate courtesy
with which Mr. Parnell acknowledged the
presents and the anxious expression with
which the very instant the deputation had
left the cell lie implored the said colleague
to "remove those green things, thev bring
ill luck, and he retused even to look at
them anv more.
Parnell also had a great horror of anvone
passing him the salt at table. During a late
sitting of the House of Commons Mr. Par
nell was having a hurried supper at the bar,
when one of his colleagues oflered him the
salt, but Mr. Parnell pushed his hand bsck
and exclaimed in au alarmed tone:
"Don't vou k.now it is a most unlucky
thing to do" that?"
His colleague was inclined to smile at his
apprehensions, but Mr. Parnell was thor
oughly in earnest.
A still later instance of this peculiarity of
his was furnished a short time before his
death. It was on the morning on which he
addressed his last meeting at Enms. He and
his friends were at breakfast, Mr. Parnell
looking very grave, and in the course of con
versation he startled the company by saying
with an air of firm conviction:
"Poor Biggar appeared to me last night."
It was noticed that he did not say, in the
ordinary way, that he "dreamt" of him, but
that he "appeared" to him as if he had had
a waking vision.
THEIR HEADS GOT TANGLED.
Two Belles Who Do Not "Like Eth Other
Have Tronble in a Car.
New York Letter.
Have you ever 'seen two dogs with their
heads close together, showing their teeth
and not moving a muscle, or have you seen
two men who have no use for each other
standing shoulder to shoulder in front of a
grate fire, each determined not to yield the
other the infinitesimal part of an inch? If
you have, you know how two women look
when they sit on the cross seat of an L train
back to back, and each is trying to lean her
head back. Two such whiled away the
tedium of a half-hour ride on the Sixth ave
nue. Miss Snappy-eyes, with the precision
that goes with genuine tailor-made "clothes,
advanced to the seat, unhinged herself, and
sat down. According to instructions from
the bcauty-cultnre woman, she sat erect and
threw her head back slightly. Her back hair
hit the blonde's back hair, "and the fun be
gan. The blonde was there first, and wasn't
going to give way to any woman, even if
she was tailor-made. Miss Snappy-eyes
wanted to hold her head back, and was de
termined no one should prevent her. The
necks of both stiffened and their eyes glit
tered. The blonde pressed her head back a
little harder, Miss Snappy-eyes resisted her
with all her might. Thev shifted a little
this way and that, and one or two passen
gers peeped at them over the top of their
.papers. Just as we were sliding into the
Fourteenth street station the blonde
thought she'd had enough, or else she was
on the trail of a bargain, and made a sudden
movement to rise.
Horrors of horrors! Her hair was caught-
iast. ouappy-eyes ieit tne tug ana started
forward, pulling the blonde almost over the
back of the seat. They gave each other two
or three tugs, and an old lady with a reti
cule and a mohair ulster "came to their
rescue and untangled the golden tresses
from the mischievous filigree pin. Then
the blonde said something about "no lady"
and Miss Snappy-eyes sat down to look
steadily out of the window and bite her lip
for the rest of the trip.
THE INSTINCT OF HOME.
A Fox Returns Three Tltaies From Points
Seventy Miles Away.
The remarkable way'in which both dogs
and cats will find their way their way home
from long distances has formed the subject
of many an anecdate; and most persons can
recall instances of this remarkable faculty
on the part of domestic animals which have
come under their own observation. It is
not generally known that the fox also pos
sesses this power of finding its way back to
its usual haunts.
But a well-authenticated instance of the
kind is qnoted by Mr. Hurting in an inter
esting article in the Zoologist. He tells of a
fox wiich returned Uiree several times to
its "earth" from a place 70 miles distant.
The animal was caught in Yorkshire, and
sent to be hunted in Lancashire, the catcher
having marked it in the ear, so that there
was no doubt as to its identity.
CLARION'S GAS WAR.
All the Fuel Companies Consolidate
and Baise the Prices.
CITIZENS TAKE PROMPT ACTION.
Threats of Boycott Bring the Company to
a Reconsideration.
NEWSY NOTES FK0M NEAKBT TOWNS
rsriCIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Clarion, Nov. 2. There is a lively gas
war on in this little city. The Clarion and
Tylcrsburg Gas Company, incorporated a
short time ago, have purchased the property
and franchise of the old Light and Heat
Company, the Lucinda Gas Company and
the Tylersburg Gas Company, thereby
securing control of nearly nil the gas terri
tory in the northern end of the county.
Having secured a monopoly they -at once
issued notices to consumers of an increase
of gas rates, beginning November 1, of 33J4
per cent.
Indignant citizens at once called several
mass meetings and have now organized a
company and propose to lay a line from a
big well on which they have secured an op
tion, while many of the consumers have ar
ranged to use coal and the County Com
missioners have advertised for bids for
furnishing the Court House and jail with
coal. These strong protests and warnings
to the gas company that they will have no
customers this winter have resulted in sev
eral meetings of the stockholders and it is
thought a reduction in rates will follow.
JOHNSTOWN FLOOD OBPHANS
Made Glad by the Annual Distribution of
the Philadelphia Fand.
Johnstown, Nov. 2. Special An in
teresting annual event took place to-day,
beiDg tho regular distribution to the
orphans of the Johnstown flood of the fund
in the hands of the PhiladelphiaTrust Com
pany. There was 302 orphans present, each
of whom received ?7C, requiring the total of
f22,650 to make the rounds. There were 341
beneficiaries last year, but in the interim a
number had outgrown the benificinry age
fixed by the fund IG years while five had
died in the past 12 months, their annuity
going to the Flood Memorial Hospital.
Little Johnnie Hughes, a flood orphan,
who had both legs taken ofl by an accident
lately, being an especial ward of the Flood
Commission, received ?300 additional from
that body.
A Drunken Woman's Suicide.
Steubenvili.e, Nov. 2. Special Mrs.
JohnHanlon, wrife of a saloon keeper, com
mitted suicide last night. Because of this
being the second attempt to end her life the
affair has some sensational features. Last
summer, while Mrs. Hanlon was sobering up
after a spree, she walked down Logan
street and threw herself into the river, but
.was pulled out by some railroad men. She
had been indulging in the excessive use of
liquor for the past three weeks, in which
her husband joined. Yesterday her hus
band was taken to jail to sleep off the effects
of his debauch, and while his wife was
alone she attempted suicide, but was cut
down in time to save her life. This morn
ing she made another attempt and was more
successful. After taking a large dose of
pans green she had mixed with whisky, her
end came after great suffering.
A New Castle Concern Embarrassed.
New Castle, Nov. 2. Special It is
likely that an application will be made to
morrow in the courts of Lawrence county
to have a receiver appointed for J. P.
"Withcrow's large works in this city. The
works have been idle for a week or more,
owing to dissatisfaction among the em
ployes, who have not been paid for more
than six weeks. Several capitalists of this
city will help Mr. Witherow tide over his
present embarrassment, providing the re
ceiver is appointed. There is enough money
and over owing to Mr. "Witherow to pay all
his indebtedness, but the money is in such
shape that he cannot get at it.
Sleeping Passengers Badly Frightened.
Erie, Nov. 2. Special The sleepers
on a Lake Shore passenger train got a
severe shaking up this morning in the Erie
yard. Careless yardmen had left three
freight cars standing on the main track, and
as the passenger train came in at 30 miles
an-hour rate the train was on to the ob
struction before Engineer Haskins was
aware of it. Fortunately the momentum
of the passenger train saved it, although
the engine was stripped of her rigging. No
one was injured. Tho passengers were
thrown from their berths and badly fright
ened.
Equelehlnc I-Iquor at tho Folia.
MONOSTGAIJEIiA City, Nov. 2. Special.
A ludicrous event is likely to occur here
in the county to-morrow. The "Women's
Christian Temperance Union has heard that
there will be a large amount of liquors sent
here into a prohibition county by the man
agers of both parties in the county, and the
good ladies have determined to put a stop
to this by appearing either in person or by
attorney at the polls and prevent the liquor
from being distributed. Politicians promue
to give them a warm reception.
A Murder Committed by a Farmer.
Pakkersbueg, Nov. 2. Special
Word reached here to-day that Albert
"Weaver was shot and almost instantly
killed at St. Mary's yesterday. Newton
Hubbs had a hog-killing onj his farm ami
Weaver was present. He was a desperate
character, and after Jhe day was over quar
reled with Hubbs over some trifling matter.
Soon after Hubbs fired and "Weaver fell.
Hubbs claims to have fired in self defense,
while others claim that he shot "Weaver
through a window.
A Centenarian to Vote for McKinley.
Steubeitvili,e, Oct 2. Special. Wil
liam Kichards, the onlr centenarian of East
em Ohio, was 100 years old Saturday and the
occasion was celebrated at the residence of
"William Lewis, at Alikauna, this county,
where Mr. Kichards has made his home for
years. He is in very good health and was
so vigorous that he came to this place and
had his picture taken. To-morrow he will
cast his first Australian ballot in favor of
Major McKinley.
Allesheny County Sunday Schools.
McKEESPORT.No v. 2.1 Special. To-day
the Allegheny County Sunday School Asso
ciation held several sessions in this city and
a final meeting to-night. A number of
Pittsburg ministers and Sunday School
superintendents were present, and interest
ing reports were read showing the great
growth of the attendance in schools jn Alle
gheny county during the past year.
Itanker Dili Saves Bis Property.
CLEABFIELD, Nov. 2. Special The
personal property of "W. H. jpill was sold
here to-day by the Sheriff on a writ issued
by Mrs. DHL There were very few pres
ent, and the attorney of Mrs. Dill had little
trouble in bidding the property in at a total
valuation of $14,200. This places the prop
erty out of the reach of other creditors.
A Kexford Murder Suspect Bound Over.
PABKERSBtJBO, Nov. 2. Special
Charles Boacb, the Baltimore and Ohio
brakeman arrested Saturday for the Bex
ford murder, was to-day given a prelimi-
nary trial," andthe evidence against, him
was so strong that the Court bound bim over,
and in default of bail he is in jail.
A VEEY HONEST THIEF.
nig Queer Notions or Kcctltndo rand Him
in the Penitentiary.
Clarksburg, Nov. 2. Special "Wes
ley Jenkins, a queer character . of Monon
galia county, landed in the penitentiary
there to-day for-stealing a yoke of oxen.
Durintr the trial it was shown that Jenkins
stole the oxen from a farmer named Giles
and sold them to another man named Har
mer. Jenkins then became couscience
stricken, and, arguing probably that two
wrongs ought to make a right he stole the
oxen away from Harmcr, and driving them
back to Giles' place put them in the past
ure. He then gave himself up to the officers,
and when called into court pleaded guilty
"to save the county the costs of a trial,
and regretted that he did not have money
to refund Harmer. The Judge failed to ap
preciate the man's queer notion of honesty,
and sent him up for one vear. On going to
the pen he wanted to walk in order to save
expenses to a county he claimed to have im
posed upon. '
A Had Highwayman Captnred.
"Erie, Nov. 2. Special William Pow
ell is lying in the Erie jail, awaiting a re
quisition from the State of Ohio. Powell,
who is known as "Rochester Mickie," was
up at Ashtabula two months ago, and, in
company with three others, held up a Lake
Shore freight crew on their train. Conduc
tor Jack Burns resisted the highwaymen,
and was murderously assaulted. He was
frightfully beaten, but saved his watch and
money by" his plucky fight. It was Powell
who beat him almost to death. The Lake
Shore Itailrcad Company will prosecute the
case to the end.
THE WEATHER.
For Western Pennsylva
nia, TTest Virginia and
Ohio: Fair, Variable
Winds, SligM Changes in
Temperature; Warmer and
Generally Fair Wednesday.
Comparative Temperature.
Pittsburg, Nov. 2. The United States Weather
Bnreau officer In this cltr fuml3hcs the following:
OO-00 ssss$$
. s
V Kov.!,lS30. o- IfmS,lS31.
s .
s O fr O 3
O ss
O 8 AM 10 4 8 AM 37 O
o -
10 AM ... . $10 AM ... O
- -
Ham ... O Ham ... s
12 M 47 s t 12 M 41
s
2 TJt 49 O 2 rM 43
- - s
5 tm 48 5 r-M 43
o
8 rM 44 O 8 tm 10 O
s0 O
O , o o
s s A
TEMrEHATtJRE AND RAINFALL.
Mailmnm tern 43'R.inf;e 7
Minimum tern 31, Precipitation 00
Mean tcm S)
RIVER NEWS AND NOTES.
Louisville Items The Stage of Water and
the Blovementa of Boats.
Csr-KCIAL TELEGRAMS TO THE DISPATCILl
Louisville, Xov. 2. Business dull. "Weather
cold and cloudy. Iiher" stationary, with 3 feet 4
Inches In the canal, 12 Inches on the rails and 4 feet
2 Inches at the foot of the locks. Departures For
Madison. Lee Brooks; Cincinnati, city of drrnll
ton; Evansville, J. J. Odill; Carrollton, Big
Kanawa.
What Upper Gauges Show.
Allfguey Juxctiox River 1 foot 6 Inches
and tailing. Cloudy and cool.
Morgan-towx Ktver 4 feet and stationary.
Cloud v. Thermometer 42 at 4 P. it.
BnowxsviLLE Hiver4 feet 8 Inches and station
ary. Cloudy. Thermometer M at 5 r. si.
wabret River 0.4 feet below low water mark.
Cloudy and cool.
The Xewt From Below.
EVAXSVILLE-Rler2fcet2 inches and
Clear and cold.
falling.
Wheeling River 2 feet 10 inchct and falllne.
Deuarted Allen, "Parkersijiirg;. Cloudy and cool.
11EMPHIS-I)eparled-S. II. II. Clark. Hew Or
leans: Kate Adams, Arkansas City. Klverlfoot 5
inches and falling. Clear and cool.
CtNClNNATI-Ulvcr 4 luct 8 inches and risinjj.
CAtno River 2 feet 8 inches and falling. Cloudy
and cool. Ueparted Adams, south.
bT. Louis Arrived Cherokee and Fred Ilerold,
Mcmpnls; White Kaftle, Tennessee river. No de
partures. River down: 1 feet. Clear and cold.
New Oeleans -Clear, pleasant. Departed
Valley Queen, I.akeport.
THE FIBE BEC0ED..
At New Portland, Mo., Sunday, 17 houses
wore burned and 30 families were rendered
homeless. Loss, $jO,000; insurance $1(5,000.
At St. Joseph, 3Io., yesterday, the "Wyeth
Hardware and Manufacturing company's
stock and buildings wero damaged to tho
extent of $30,000. Stock fully insured.
TiiEnn was a Are alarm from station 27, in
Allegheny last evening, caused by a slight
blaze on tho roorof a Beaver avenue resi
dence. The damage was very trifling.
At Temberton, S. J., Sunday, the depot of
tho Fembcrton and Highstown railroad
hot e was burned to tho ground. Ono pas
senger coach and two froight cars wero also
destroyed. Origin unknown.
At St. Louis Sunday night the mie-storv
brick malt house of Henry Kunz, together I
with 30,000 bushels of malt, occupying moit j
of tho block bounded bv Ann and Kncll I
avenues and Dolman and Thirteenth streets., j
naaj;ii.:uuj jiio. X.US3, OU,WV; CQVeieCl U'
insurance
At Jersey City yesterday morning tiro
broke out in Lorillard's big tobacco factory,
where 50,000 pounds of tobacco were stored.
It was worth 810,000 nnd was totally de
stroyed. The damago by Are to that floor
is $10,000 and the damage to buildiii" and
floors below about $25,000. 'Loss entirely
covered by insurance.' About l.SOO "irU
were employed in the
factorv and all
escaped without Injury.
Origin unknown.
At Martin's Ferry yesterday ono of tho
worst flres in the history of the Ohio Valley
occurred. The Mearskegand barrel factory,
with its largo warerooms and other build
ings, wero consumed. Several earn on the
Cleveland, Lorraine and Wheeling Railroad
and 200 varus of trestle were also destroyed.
About 150 men are thrown out of work and
traffic on tho railroad will be suspended for
several days. Loss $G0 000, well covercil by
insurance. Origin incendiary.
To Keep From Growing Old.
Pharmaceutical Kra.
A swindling firm once advertised that it
would send,for the small sum of S3,a recipe,
which, if followed to the letter, would keep
folks from growing old. Some credulous
persons answered the advertisement, remit
ting the required fee, and received the iol
lowing reply: "We would advise all such
fools as vou to co mmit suicide at about the
age ot 25."
A New Way or Patting It
Pharmaceutical Era.
First Clerk What did your boss do when
you asked him to give you o more per
month?
Second Clerk He ignited me.
First Clerk What do you mean? t
Second Clerk Well, fired me, then, it
you can't understand good English.
Ocean Steamship Arrivals,
Steamer.
Bremen
l'avonia
ben la
Champagne ..
Carthagenlan
Queenmnoro..
Manltnban ...
Where From.
Destination.
.Huston.
.ltnernn
Hamburg
.Liverpool,
..New York Queenstown.
.acwiorlc Havre.
.Liverpool Baltimore.
.Liverpool Baltimore.
.Glasgow 1'hilalelphla.
Auranla Llvernool
.New York.
Ifoacmln Hamburg,
Workcndam Rotterdam Iew York.
TneQuceu Liverpool New York.
Anchorla Glasgow New York.
riew York.
VOTING BY SCHOOL CHILDBEN.
A Unique Election Heltl by a Hoard of dn
cationAnditor. New York, Nov. 2. Spcckd. In the
21 schools of the Children's Aid Society in
thiscitv a unique election took place to
day. The pupils are the children of the
very poor, nearly half of whom are foreign
ers. Colonel George T. Balch, Auditor of
the Board of Education, conceived the idea
of instilling patriotism by means of the bal
lot. He thought it would be a good idea to
let the children decide for themselves
whether or not they would salute the Amer
ican flag every morning.
Every school child 5 years old was to vote.
There were 5,132 pupils eligible to vote. Of
these 2,083 were born in foreign countries.
The result of the voting is to be announced
in each school AVcdncs day.
ELECTRICITY CURES.
Its Marvelous Power Even More Notable In
the Practice of Medicine and Surgery
Than in the 3Iechaniral Arts.
The more thoroughly one studies electro
therapeutics in all its relations, medical and
sui-sical, tbo cleat or it becomes that tho
leal scientific basis for the uso or electricity
in medicine and surgery is found in elcctro
pbysics more than in eicctro-pbysiology.
Now that electricity has become popnlar
in medicine, thero is. in some quarters, a
temptation to overdo the application, not
only -in strength, but In length and fre
quency; to treat all cases alike by routine,
mechanical applications, regardless either
of tbo disease or tho idiosyncrasies of tho
Jiatiout: hence in not a lew cases como in
urious Tcsults with disappointment on all
sides. The dorsge of electricity is a special
studv of tho greatest practical importance;
tho difference in result between a very Ken
tie and short application and a very stronsc
and protraetea one being, in somo cases, all
tho difference between agreeable success
and painful failure.
Tho position of electricity in the front
rank of tonics and sedatives and its prc-emi:
nent value in the treatment of nenralgia,
rheumatism, paralysis, sciatica, lumbaso,
etc., has now been so long confirmed by
eleetropathic specialists in this conntry and
Gormany that demonstration of these prop
ositions by casc3 is less needed than former
ly, yet here is one of Interest:
"I have been a terrible sufferer, as have
many others, from the after effects of la
srippe," says Mr. Thomas F. Robinson, the
well known boat-builder of this city, who
lives on Lafayette street, Hazolwood, Twen-ty-thiid
ward.
3Ir. Thomas Kobinson.
"I was attacked with facial ncnralia, and
have suffei cd since such tortures as man
seldom suffers from pain, continuous and
almost crazing, in my fuce and head. I was
also afflicted with lumbago, accompanied by
its usual terrible pains and aches. The
constant strain npon me finally resulted in
complete nervous prostration and insomnia
or sleeplessness, that nearly set me crazy.
"The pains in my head were so severe and
continuous that I could neither cat nor
sleep. Ir was in this condition tli.it I ap-
Jlied to the phvsiciaiis of tho Klectropatlnc
institute, 507 Peim. avenue. I was under
treatment less than a week when I began to
grow bettor, and I am .now completely
cured.''
There are persons who must be treated
not only mildly but at long intervals and
there are persons with, perhaps, the same
disease that can bear with advantage pow
erful and frequent applications; to distin
guish between these classes and the various
gradations that lie between the extremes of
tolerance nnd of susceptibility is the first
duty, and oftentimes the hardest study of
the eleetropathic specialist.
Free to AH Patient.
The charges for treatment at the Eleetro
pathic Institute are so low as to be witlim
the reach of all. AH necessary medicines
aro furnished to the patients of the Institute
free.
ELECTBOPATHIC INSTITUTE,
507 PENN AVE, PITTSBURG, PA,
(DO NOT MISTAKE TIIK XUMBEK.)
The lowest charges: the most thorough
and skillful Electrical Treatment to be ob
tained in Pittsburg. Facilities for electrical
ana medicinal ticatment unsuroassed in the
btate.
Dr. L. G. Davis nnd staff successfully treat
all patients suffering from chronicailments:
NEKVOrS DISEASES, UUECMATISM, EtOOD DIS
EASES, parnhsi.s neuralgia, scrolnla and
cat nnH, ar.d"all diseases of tho Eye and Ear.
Operations in electrical surgery
Ladies will flud a trained female assistant
in charge of their special department.
Office hours- 3 a. jr. to 12 H., 2 to 5 r. M., 7 to
8.30 p. ! Sunday: 10 A. 31. to I v. M. oc2t
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it 13 pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acta
fently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
iver and Bowel3, cleanses the sys
.tem effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures hahitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs 13 the
only remedy of its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac
ceptable to the stomach, prompt jn
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Fig3 is for S3le in 50c
and $1 bottles "by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
lOUISVlUB, KY. ., .'!' YOSK. U.Y-
JAS. M'JtfEiL
c2- BEO,
BOILEIJS,
TATENT
PLATE AND
WORK.
SHEET-IRON
SHEET 1V.OS -AKXKALCra
ISOXES.
With an Increased capacitv and hvdraullo
machinery. we ar0 prepared to fnriiish all
work in our lino cheaper nnd better than by
tho old methods. Kepairin; and general
machine work. Twentv-ninth street and
Allegheny Valley llailroatl. tele 67-TT3
FALL
Patterns in cool, llcht-weisht
suitings and trouserings. Tho
largest selection obtainable
The Corroot Styles.
H. &C. F. AHLERS,
MERCHANT TAILORS, x
420 SMSTHFIELD STREET.
Telephone. 13a). Je.14-rTo.-iu
f """Svs
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r u&psmsBm
NEW ADTERTTSEMESTS.
THE PEOPLE'S STORE
FIFTH HEBDE. PITT5B1C.
You pay us a visit,
The visit will pay you.
DEAR CHEAP
Dear to the Feminine Heart
Cheap to the Mis:uline Puna
Is our immense new stock of
FOB LITE FULL Mil fllKTEB.
It seems paradoxical to say they are
both dear and cheap; but the "dear"
has no , reference to price. The
"cheap"has! as you will allow when
you see the
GREAT VALUES WE OFFER.
Here are a few inklings, ideas and
items of our assortment:
M-WOOl SCfii
38 Inches Wide, 45c a Yard.
These are strictly all wool and come
in some very pretty and stylish com
binations 'in plaids and stripes. Warm,
comfortable and hard-wearing. 45c
a yard.
46 Inches Wide, 50c a Yard.
These are America goods, but the de
signs and combinations'are as pretty as any
foreign goods we ever Handled. They wear
just as well. ""What's in a name?" anyway.
If you must have imported goods, we have
All-Wool French Plaids
42 Inches Wide, 75c a Yard.
The -very newest designs and color Mend
ings. All pure wool and? good lasting colors.
Hotter qualities Mn imported goods np to
52 50.
Bedford Cords,
40 Inches, $1 00.
All the new shades and tints. A very fine
quality and only 51 a yard.
Camel's Hair Plaids,
42 Inches Wide, $1 00.
This is a specially cheap purchase. "Wo
conld only get them in the various shades
and combinations of gray. If we had all
colors they would be 81 o0,and cheap at -that.
56-Inch Broadcloth, 90c.
All the new and fashionable colors, 06
inches wide and only 00c a yanL
Still the center of attraction. Thousands of"
garments from $3 to $100,
At $6 50, $8 and $10
"We've the cheapest cloth and fur-trimmed
Jackets'ever oflered at those prices.
THOSE KEW XIGHT JACKETS that
are all the rage just now; plain or fancy
Cheviot, trimmed with mouiSoon or somo
other light fur.
We Have Them at $11.
2 SPECIALS 11 FEATHER BOAS.
1
3 Yards Long at $6 50.
These are being sold everywhere at Slo 00.
Coque Feather Collarettes
AliY 75c.
The same as most stores are advertising at
51 and 51 25.
FALL MILLINERY.
Hundreds of Pattern Hats ready for your
selection. This department is constantly
receiving new goods! Constantly changing
its variety! ALWAYS EETAINING ITS
LOWPIUCES!
GAIPBE1L
81, 83, 85,87 and 89 Fifth Avenue,
PITTSBURG.
no3-TT3
Asfc my a nits for W. I Douglas Shoes. If
not for sale in your place ask your dealer to
send lor catalogue, securo the agency, and
eat them for you.
-TAiii; "o stTBSTrnrx-sft
FOR
mine is the
W, L. DOUGLAS
$3SHOE
FOB
GENTLEMEN
The Best Shoe In the World for the Money?
11 Is a seamless shoe, with no tsck3 orwax thread
to hurt the feet; made of the bret fine calf, stylish
and easy, and because we make more shoes of this
;raue man any omermanaiacinrpr. is eqnais nana.
the finest
wot, calf shoe ever offered for f 00; equals
r reueu imported saoes nuicn cost irom 13 UJ to
?12 00.
ei OO nAXD-SEWEIl WELT SHOE, flnecalt
tIDtr. stylish, comfortable and durable. The best
(.hoc ever offered at this price: same grade as ens
torn-made shoes costing from t$ 00 to CO.
jQ BO POLICE SHOE: Farmers. Railroad Mem
IDO. and Letter Carriers all wear them : fine calf,
seamless, smooth Inside, heavy three soles, exten
sion edge. One pair will ivear a year.
ffifO 3U FINE CALF: no better shoe ever offered
D '. at ,! price: one trial will convince those
who want a shoe for comfort and service.
CJO 23 and $100 WORKINOMAN'S shoes ar
tDJ. very strong and durable. Those who have
given them a trial will wear no other make.
RfYVC pouaadJlTS school shoes are worn
UUIO by the boys everyv, here: they sell on
LADIES'
"4cu uiuxika, as i nc liivirnNiiK air7 "MiUT.
HAND-SEWED shoe, best
very stylish: equals .
tuuiou uu.
sr
CAUTION See that W. L. Donrlzs' namaanit
price arc stainned on the bottom of each shoe.
W. L. DOUGLASj, Brockton, Mass.
Sold by D. Carter, 79 Filth ar.; E. C. Sperber.
332B Carson si : H. J. ft G. il. Lang. 4301 Bnflerst.:
J.N. Frohrlng. 289 Fifth av.: Heury itosjer. "e
pheuy. E. J, Ilolbaan. So. J2Kebecca street, Allegheny,
P- TTl r
ELLO, CENTRAL, GIVE ME 139.
Hello, Whlteley, send for my shoes anfl
Ox whore needed and return them as quick
as possible. A. "WHITELEY, Plttsbnre
Shoe Sepairins Factory, 128-130 Third ave.
Second floor. mrl2-7S-T-
futon
Dress
Goods
GOP
& DICK.
Nil; 4lr I
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