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Operas f llany Kinds Invade the
Local Stage With Various Eesults.
JUCH SHINES IN T1NNHAUSBE.
De Wolf Hopper in WangTiight and Grand
Opera at the Iroqnesne.
JA5E ASD LAUGHTER AT THE ALTIN
A flawless performance of grand opera is
something hardly to be expected, especially
where the company is one that travels with
a long and varied repertoire. It would,
therefore, have been an extraordinary oc
currence had "Tannhauser" been given
without a defect at the Grand Opera Honse
last sight by the Jnch Opera Company. It
is not to be denied that lately there has
been a cropping out of the old concert style
of doing opera, and there were sfcns of
this in the performance last night.
The star system has always been as
inimical to the elevation of musical
and operatic art as it has proven
to he dramatic ever since it was introduced
into the realm of drama. Germany recog
nized this fact, and her advancement music
ally since so doing has been rapid. "Wag
ner's revolt against melody was probably
grounded in the temptation it offers to just
this sort of absurd thing. Stung by the
sneers of his opponents he practically dis
carded melody. All his works show a close
attention to minor roles, and in Germany
this is given to them as well as to the artis
tic rendition of the music, rather than the
glorification of the individual. "Tann
hauser," although one of "Wagner's earlier
operas, contains more of melody, perhaps,
than his later compositions. Nevertheless
this should not hi offered as an excuse for
neglecting to fill the minor roles as accept
ably as the more important. Miss Emma
Juch is a great artist, out she was the only
one on th? stage last night. It is true that
Franz Tetter has a full, well-rounded basso,
but he was snffe.-ir.g from a severe cold and
a hoarseness whioh in his "Greeting to the
Minstrels" was painfully evident.
Only Four in the Cast.
It is also true that the tenor, "William
Stephens, has a clear, pleasant voice, which
he handles well and sympathetically, but
there it stops. Neither he nor the
others filled the roles as "Wagner would
have had them filled. As Tannhauser he
doeB not come up to the- ideal, and in com
parison with Juch, he almost drops to in
significance. It is possible, very possible,
that in lighter opera he may be able to enter
more fully into the spirit of his role.
"William Mertcns, as Wolfrom, carries out
the idea of the disappointed contestant for
Elizabcih't love better than he puts his words
to music He seemed to have a faculty of
flatting, and his song in the last act. when
Elizabeth retires to die, was spoiled. It is one
of the best, melodiously considered, in the
opera, and itsrendition was a disappointment
Outside of these four there really
was no one in the production. Even the
chorus was far from rood. Particularly no
ticeable were invisible portions of the
"Pilgrims' " chorus in the first act, when
the Toices floundered about for a time as if
Searching for the lost chord. Later on,
however, the chorus sang very well, es
pecially at the "Contest" in the second act
Jnch' Usual Triumph.
Hardly enough can be said in praise of
Jnch herself. As Elizabeth she was at her
best. There were thre distinct episodes in
her performance that were worthy of special
mention. In the second act, when she dis
covers Tannhauttr't sentiments on the sub
ject of love and saves him from the multi
tude, she carried the audience with
her, and later on in the third act,
when she is discovered at the
cross praying for the return of Tann
hauser from ( his pilgrimage to Borne
whither he has journeyed to be purged of
his sins, she is "Wagner's own creation.
The third incident is'her unsteady, falter
ing walk to her home, where she is soon to
die. No accompaniment other than the or
chestra marks this walk, but there were
words in her every motion.
The orchestra did its part well, and Signor
Bevignani conducted with great ability.
In many cases it served to drown the de
fects in the chorus, but it could not drown
the fact that the chorus in its last number
did not know the word. The house was
well filled except in the back, but the mu
sical, the admirers of "Wagner, were all
there.
JANE MAKES LAUGHTEB.
An Old-Fashioned Farce on the London
Flan at the Alrtn Theater.
"Jane," a screaming farce in three acts,
and not a-comedy, as it is described on the
programme, was the novelty offered at the
Alvin Theater last night. It is from the
French originally, an adaptation of the
same play that in an Americanized form is
a vehicle for Roland Beed under the title
of "Lend Me Your Wife." But the only
trace of its French origin that is left is a
alight broadness, verging on riskiness, in
some of the (situations. Otherwise it is an
English farce of the old-fashioned sort.
It is built for nothing but laughter; there
is no contrasting of patho's and humor;
dialogue, situations, action and plot all
conspire for laughter. Sucbfthings are well
in their way, and there is art no doubt in
"Jane," though more of it in the playing
than the writing ot it. It were well acted
last night, and if roars of laughter was any
criterion served its purpose.
"Jane" is a story of the young bachelor,
so frequent in farce, who runs in debt and
falls back upon a usually complaisant uncle.
The young man in "Jane" to account for
his extravagance tells his uncle that he is
married, and the later being at a distance
believes it. Then the uncle comes on to
see this spendthrift wife ot his nephew, and
of course the young man h in a pretty stew
to avoid an expose He finally perouades a
'housemaid in his employ who lias married
his man-servant to pretend for a few hours
to be his wife. Jane the housemaid,
for a consideration agiees, the old uncle
arrives, and a series of impossible
but prodigiously funny incidents
occur. In the end, when the audience has
laughed for an hour or so, for the piece is
short, the nncle- discovers the truth, and a
regulation wind-up pairs off everybody hap
pily. The play is an example of what a
vast amount depends upon crowding action
and incident into a play. The plot of
"Jane" is the flimsies!, the dialogue is
mostly trivial and commonplace, and there
is no character in it that we hare not
known in stageland since farces were first
written: yet because the story unfolds itself
in action, not talk, in ridiculous,
situation upon situation, so quickly that
the audience haven't time to think how im
possible it all is, or to do anything but
laugh, "Jane" as an entertainment is a
success.
This happy result is due. as has been
said, very largely to the cleverness of the
actors; to Mr. Paul Arthur, who is 'the
debonair engaging young spendthrift, and
played the part in abreezy "Wyndhamesqne
style, to Miss Johnstone Bennett as Jane
to Mr. M. a Dalv at the old uncle, and to
Mr. It F. Cotton as the man
servant, YMiam. Miss Bennett very
skillfully portraved the servant-girl
disguhed as a fine lady, although the char
acter is not drawn with enough skill to
allow Miss Bennett anything like full scope
for her talents. The English accent and
the servants' hall air of Mr. Cotton made
Jus embodiment of William life-like. The
benevolent old uncle was happily presented
by Mr. Daly. The very slight background
characters were satisfactorily presented,
although the shock of seeing "The Little
Mountain Maid" of Adonis' days in such a
disguise as the frowsy, bio wsy. mother of
Tlit-paby maybe almo'st two much for the
admirer ot Amelia Summerville to
stand. The plav was prettily set, but the
walls of Mr. Sh'alcHton's room would testify
more to his good sense and taste if they
hadn't quite so many glaring daubj in cheap
frames upon them. No doubt a great many
will not care for the reiteration of the joke
about the baby, and it w"uld improve the
play to remove the suggestive passages, two
or three in number.
DE WOLF HOPPER 15 WAHQ.
A New Barletta Furnishes More Fun Than
Anything Else at the Bijou.
Dc"Wolf Hopper opened last evening at
the Bijou with the operatic burletta
"Wang." Mr. Hopper was assisted by a
number of pretty faces, an indifferent or
chestra and some remarkably handsome
scenery. "Wong," which, by the way, is
located in Siam, and might as appropriately
be entitled "Slam" or "Bang," does not
depend npon the musical score for success,
although there are several notably pretty
airs scattered through the piece. The
libretto, which is credited to J. Chcever
Goodnin, could not have taxed that gentle
man very severely, as he appropriated and
revamped a batch of nursery rhymes and
old English ballads, among them "Where
Are You Going, My Pretty Maid?"
and "Little Jack Horner," Inter
spersed with these were several rather
clever songs, those that caught the audience
being "Ask the Man in the Moon," and
"An Elephant on His Hands."
There is a plot in "Wang," but it is not
of sufficient importance to prevent the suc
cess of the performance, nor the climaxes
to produce heart failure or hysteria. In
fact, "Wang's" best recommendation is that
it is billed as an operatic burletta and not
as comio opera, which necessarily demands,
though it doesn't always get it, a plot of
some cohesion and a score with some consec
utiveness. Nevertheless "Wang" crowded
the Bijou, and, notwithstanding the heat,
held the audience until ll:30i o'clock, which
is, perhaps, the best evidence that it filled a
long-telt want.
Do "Wolf Hopper is, of course, the main
stay of the performance, and is as con
fidentially funny as ever. Samuel Beed. in
a low comedy role, if there is anything but
low comedy in a burlesque, was a good foil
to the star. Delia Fox made a very cute
boy Prince, and if all the future Presidents
were like her that tiresome query, "What
shall we do with our boys?" would never
be asked again. We would take good care
of them without advertising for help. Anna
O'Kecfe, Jeannettc St Henry and Marion
Singer have also been introduced to Pitts
burg audiences before, and were very ac
ceptable. Perhaps the feature of the even
ing was a quartet or little girls, who sang
and danced in a littfe girl fashion that
was very refreshing. The scenery is
unusually gorgeous and, in addition,
is artistic The throne room of
the royal palace at Bangkok
is one of the handsomest scenes, in coloring
nnd design, eyer seen in a Pittsburg theater,
and the costumes were in keeping with the
scenes. De Wolf Hopperhas amonstronslv
funny steed in the big elephant, which
every child in town ought to see. He makes
his entrance on this un wieldly beast, a most
life-like piece of stage fiction, and has lots
of fun with it The elephant's thirst, or its
throat wa9 out of order last night, and it
couldn't drink its beer.
TWO KIHDS OF OPEBA.
The Jolly Students and Cavalleria at the
Duqnesne Theater.
Rudolph Aronson's Opera Company sang
"The Jolly Students" and "Cavalleria Bns
ticana" at the Duquesne Theater last night
The first piece, a light opera coraiqnc in one
act, by "Von Suppe, is a pleasant trifle, and
it is well rendered better acted than
aung, though. Jefferson De Angelis
as an old miser was really power
ful in a dramatic sense, and his
work created a good deal of
enthusiasm. Louise Beaudet looked
charming and sang prettily as Frmla, and
the rest of the cast is qnite equal to its
work. The make-up of Harry McDonough
as an Irish valet shows how much art can
do to make a man hideous. Altogether
'The Jolly Students" is a merry and tune
ful little piece, without anything wonder
ful to recommend it
In the rendering of "Cavalleria
Busticana" the company was de
cidedly overweighted. Excellent sing
er as Pauline L'Allemand is, and
sweet as is her voice, she is
not suited for the role of Santuizo, and she
suffered, as did all the singers, from the
weakness of the orchestra. But if
Mme. L'Allemand was not heard to advan
tage, it can only be said of the others in the
cast that they were not equal to singing
Mascagni's music. It is too short a time
since Mme. Hauk and Montariol sang this
wonderful little operatic drama, and com
parisons to the disadvantage of the Casino
Company mnst be made. ,The singing of
the opera in English was not so apparent a
blessing as it might have been, for most of
the singers made the language Greek
as much as any other. The orchestra
is the best obtainable, no doubt, but it is
weak. Perhaps in a day or two both operas
will go better. As it is, the opera comique
is alone worth hearing, although Mme.
L'AUemand's singing is in itself, of course,
not devoid of charm. A fair audience was
present last night
"World's Mnseum Theater.
There is a varied and interesting pro
gramme at the World's Museum this week.
Prof. Matthews introduces his troup of ten
performing goats, and very good they are.
"Electra" still shocks people in a pleasing
way, and Annie Bell, with her avoirdupois,
is en evidence. Shintaro's troupe of Imperial
Japanese performers are a novelty, and pro
voked the wildest applause yesterday. They
must be s'een to be appreciated. A number
of clever specialty artists help to makeup
a delightful entertainment .The usual large
business was done both afternoon and even
ing, and the prospects are for large attend
ance all the week.
Davis' Museum-Theater.
The programme at Harry Davis Fifth
Avenue Museum this week is largely mu
sical, relieved by liberal slices of fun.
Wells' Lady Silver Cornet Band comprises a
number of clever artists who play with
taste and expression. Big Mary remains to
excite the wonderment of the audiences,
and is as fat and good natured as ever. In
the theatorium, McDonald, the musician,
discourses on a number of instruments, as
do the Fitzpatrick Swedish Bell Ringers.
Ando Downer is a good acrobatic clown,
and Prof. White has a comical mule, and a
no less humorous monkey.
Harris' Theater.
The popularity of Mr. Dowling and Sadie
Hasson is unquestionable, for two packed
houses greted the m enthusiastically yes
terday. "The Bed Spider" was the play
and in it Mr. Dowling rendered the
singular character known as Dakota with his
wonted skill, while Miss Hasson as Roxy
was as good a presentation of the. stage
Western girl as need be.
Theatrical Notes.
The Rcntz-Santley Company gave an en
joyable performance at Williams' Academy
last night It is full of fun and pretty
women.
The salo of seats for the Austrian Juvenile
Band concerts in the Auditorium next
week will commence at Hamilton's music
store Thursday morning at 9 o'clock. The
dates of tlio concerts are Tuesday and
Wednesday, the 24th and 23th.
The repertoire of the Juch company ha"
been changed to suit the popular demandi
To-night Miss Juch will appear as Mar
guerite in Gounod's "Faust" A popular
price matinee will he given on Wednesday,
at which "Cavalleria Busticana" and the
balcony .scene from "Borneo and Juliet"
will be given. Carmen will he given on
Thursday with Juch in the title role. On
Friday night Juch will be the Bantuaa in
"Cavalleria Bnstlcana.' Hiss Juch will also
sing at the Saturday matinee in tho same
opera.
THE PITTSBTJKG
JURISDICTION DENIED.
Continued From First Page.
I was unabo to collect the rent making a
loss of $50. Out of the remaining 1190 rent, I
paid $100 86 city, county and State taxes and
is per year insurance and $90 for repairs.
This is a Tery poor showing, Tet there are
tax payers in this neighborhood whose show
ing would be vastly worse. I place
mine before yon that you may see
that the reforms your committee
and the Committee of Public Safety propose
to make are urgently needed, and that they
need to be radical reforms, else property
owner must go to the wait
Bays the Hnns Were Terrorized.
Under the pressure of these circumstances
and the temptation of an extraordinary
amount offered by a Hungarian who could
be rolled upon to pay, I called a contractor
and built the Huna very rongh.cheap house,
into which he, a widower, with a family of
seven boarders moved abont the middle of
last April. This new class of tenants brought
me a new class of experiences which taught
me things I had no desire to
learn about the municipal Denmark
whoso rottenness yourself and committee
aro so diligently endeavoring to fathom.
The facts 1 discovered 1 feel it my duty to
lay before you, and I trouble you and
trouble myself with their details hoping
they will give yon a better insight of
the true character of an unfortunate
class which has, for probably a year past
been maltreated, terrorized and robbed
upon charges' that in almost every case were
nttcr falsehoods and in almost every case
were made by the notice.
An officer from .the Bonrd of nealth
limited my new tenant's boarders to ten
men. They are all recent importations from
Hungary, whero each left a wife and family,
nnd they are now engaged In a desperato
strucele to support themselves hero, their
families in Hungary and save enough money
to bring their families hereout of wages
that never exceed tl 50 per day.
Sinco these people first occupied
my house there has never been
quarreling, drunkenness or disorder
among them. To this I and a young man
and his wife who have part ofmy house rent
ed nnd koep a grocery store, nnd whose
dwelling rooms are but 15 feet apart from
theirs, a butcher, whose shop and
dwelling are directly opposite theirs witn
his wife, father and mother, they
and others living near, cheerfully testify.
Threw Out the Grooer.
Tet, on the last Sunday or Jnne, their
house was raldod. When tho DOllceNentered
the keeper of another boarding house near
by and two of his boarders hadjust called on
them, and also the keeper of the grocery in
my house. When the police announced
them all under arrest the keeper
of the grocery warmly protested, where
upon he was ordered out, and not comply
ing, he was pitched out and outside, begin
ning again to protest was promptly seized
by tho police, dragged in and declared
under arrest Another neighbor being
personally acquainted with one of the
policemen, interceded for the negro,
who was liberated and who
immediately came and urged me to come
quickly, assuring mo they were all sober and
had committed no offence. I asked an officer
what crime had been committed, and he said
they had been drinking and playing cards.
Said I. "I see that theso men are all
perfectly sober, nnd you see it, too. They
have the same right to drink beor in their
house that I have to drink beer in mine, if I
desire to do so, and you have no l ight to in
terfere or arrest these sober men."
"I have, madam, I have, and more, the
Brooks law requires us to arrest them," and
thereupon he gavo me a rendition of tho
Brooks law that, could I remember It
would, I suppose, surprise you ns much as
it did myself. Before he finished, the patrol
wagon and two more policeman arrlvod,
and an instantaneous change in the demea
nor, tone and language of all the policemen
ensued. To the poor Hungarians,
they grow insolence itself. A policeman
came to me and said, "You, madam, havo
bVen talking for your rent, you don't own
the honse, you havo it rented. Go mind
your own business." Judge of my feelings,
for a bystander whispered, "tnat fellow 1
know. He has just done serving a
two-years term in tho penitentiary.
The Police Were Never Called In.
When all the Hungarians were drivon like
sheep into the wagon, two policemen
guarded it while
the other two went
on a mad search of
the premises for
beer and whisky.
Alack for thirsty
expectation, there
wasn't a drop, thus
confirming tho gro
cer's statement that
they had none. Pre
vious to this raid of
my premises, there
had been many in
ft tne neighborhood
I anH T ltd !.
supposed that the
police were sum
moned by the neigh
bors, and perhaps
without serious
cause, as many of
the working people
have a bitter preju
dice against them.
I now learn that
the police alone
Instigated those
raids that my
WertheimrrOh, pro
ceed tnth business.
neignoors naa
but one opinion regarding them, viz: That
they were tho result of a scheme to plunder
a class whose poverty and ignorance of our
language and laws made them defenseless,
which opinion the proceedings of the May
or's office on the following morning con
vinced me was wholly correct.
At the hearing, the policeman, the grocer
and the Hungarian put in their appearance
and were speedily mustered in front of a
table and desk, where a one-eyed. Argus pre
sided over the books, and who now shouted
to someone in a crowd of policemen in our
rear: "How many of these vagrants were
there," and he seemed fairly to spit the vile
term out of bis mouth. Ten. replied some
body. (Pray why did the books not show
how many?) In the process of arranging the
poor fellows before this J udgment seatevery
word addressed to them, and every action
conveyed the- Insolence that you, sir,
as I, if a man, would resent
to death, would kick out of the brazen
under strapper who would offer It or be our
selves kicked over Jordan. During the
fleecing process at which $7 50 was collected
from each victim, the expounder ot the
Brooks law stood inside the brass rail. Out
side tne "temple of Justice" I asked one of
the men what had occurred at the hearing.
Conld Only Understand the Fine.
Said' he: "Two of the policemen made
statements in English and were sworn.
What they accused us of I don't know."
There was an interpreter of English and
German, but he did not interpret their
statements. The Mayor- arose and said
something in .English and the interpreter
arose and said, "The fine Is $7 50." I then
arose and began to state that I was
only a visitor, when the Mayor aroso and
said something very angrily, and the in
terpreter said in German "he bids yon sit
down." I did not comply, but again pro
tested, when the Mayor got up and. In a tone
of fury bade me sit down and, seeing my
case was hopeless, I sat down."
The Sunday previous to the raid on my
house the dwelling No. 557 East Ohio street
was raided. The house was kept by a young
married couple whose character was un
questionable, and I have been assured there
was no pretext for the raid. When the
raid occurred the husband was absent and
his wife, not yet 18 years of age and within
a tew days of her first confinement, was ar
rested with the boarders, treated with the
same rude insolence,aud,desplte her piteous
tears, sobs and entreaties, that for God's,
for Christ's sake they wonld not take
her, she was thrust into the wagon
and at the lookup thrust into a cell and
locked in. When her husband returned he
hurried to the office and deposited $10 and
brought her home. The following morning
she appeared before the Mayor "with the
others, and with them fined $7 50, I
have been told. After coming home
she went to bed and in con
sequence of the brutal outrage
two days after gave birth to a dead child.
In great suffering she lingered about two
weeks, when she died. Two days previous
to her death she grew delirious, and from
then until she expired her piteous appeals
to those around her to save her from the
police were heartrending.
Orders to Raid Heir's Island Homes.
In the latter part of the summer the
police raided a jo-boat on the bank of the
river not'far from where I live. The inmates
were all men, who when the police appeared,
undressed and sprang Into the river. All
were captured but one. he was drowned. He
was constable of the ward and I believe an
exemplary young men. Ho w he came to be
there is a mystery to his friends. A few
weoks ago his widow called upon me and
the death of this poor voung man and the
outrage that led to it became a subject
of conversation, when she told me
that after her husband's death in his
pocket she found a sealed, 'un
stamped, undirected letter, which, sun-
posing it to he her husband's she opened and
read. It proved to be an order from the
Chief of Police to a lieutenant of the" force
to raid all the boarding houses on Heir's
Island.
On MAtinn nf XfV TTnfAVe 4ti fWiat
man was instructed to procure a stenogra-
DISPATCH, TUESDAY,
pherto take the testimony sat the next
meeting.
On motion of Mr. Henrloss the report of
the auditors in relation to Mayors wyman
and Pearson was referred to Councils as the
report of the committee. The meeting
then adjourned.
Wyman Says He Is Well Pleated
After the meeting Attorney Hughey
stated that he and Mayor Wyman were
very well pleased with the committee's
recommendation that the charges be
brought before a court of justice,
and that no opposition would be
made to the resolutions in Coun
cils. He said that the latter body
would also be asked to make an investiga
tion. The Beform Association has retained
Attorney D. T. Watson to aid in the prose
cution of Allegheny officials.
Mr. H. O. Price, in an interview, yester
day, good-naturedly replied to some of the
criticisms made on his statement in The
Dispatch. "Why," said he, "I did not
say Koerner was a common laborer. I did
say he had charge ot the laborers at Exposi
tion Park, or, in other words, was Superin
tendent of the laborers. x If my critics will
Tead the interview they will easily see
that they misquote me.
"I was also misundestood by the reporter.
I did not say that I visited Mayor Wyman
to try and seenre the Police Chlefship. for
M. Koemer. I did say (although the re
porter did not so quote me) that at tne
suggestion of Koerner, I visited Mayor
Wyman, the former having told me that
I could aid him in securing a po
sition. What that position was I did not
kno'w. At all events Koerner did not
ask me to speak to the Mayor and urge his
candidacy for Chief of Police. He merely
told me a good position for himself might
be favorably considered after a word in his
behalf from me.
"But that toboggan slide episode re
ferred to by Mr. Henricks is funny. I'll
tell you about it Two or three
young men came over to the Park and
asked-me if I would lease them the slide
privilege, offering me CO per cent of the
gross receipts. I smiled at the young men
and said: 'Boys, I, tell you what I think
about this toboggan feature; it won't pay.
Here's what I'll do if you are
bent upon the experience. I'll give
you the lease and only ask 23 per cent
of the net profits, and I don't expect to get
a cent at that' Well. I didn't tret a cop
per. They ran it four or five nights all
told, I think.. My prediction proved true.
I never realized a cent, let alone a dollar.
They had the lease and full control of the
whole thing. That's the whole story of the
toboggan slide business."
CINCmUATTS WANT OF COAL.
Only Enough on Hand to last Six Beal
Cold Days.
Cincinnati, Nov. 16. Special There
is something like a six days' cold weather
supply of coal on hand. The price is now
sufficiently high to justify railroads in
hustling coal, and they are bringing in
abont enough to supply the present weather
demand.
The advent of a cold wave, which is
promised to begin to-morrow, will speedily
cot down the supply, and serious times may
then be looked for. Word was received
to-night that 500,000 bushels of Kanawha
coal is coming in light barges. It will
reach here Thursday.
MUSIC AS A MEDICINE.
The Secret or It Is That It Acts Upon the
Patient Hypnotically.
Illustrated News or the 'World.
It is not contended, of course, that every
body could be benefited by music in illness,
but I fancy there are few persons who are
not in some degree susceptible to the influ
ence of harmony. The physiciau will in all
cases judge of the advisability of patients
being treated to doses of music, well exe
cuted and softly played, and I do not doubt
that physiology can very aptly explain the
rationale of Canon Harford's scheme. In
brief, music, soft and low, acts hypnotic
ally. The soft strains serve, like the mo
notonous sound of a speaker's voice (often
illustrated, I regret to say, in church), -to
lull one to slumber, and this, by the process
of fatiguing, physiologically, the sense ot
hearing. The eve. in like manner, mav
conduce to sleep of semi-hypnotio descrip
tion, when by long gazing at a particular
object we tire out this sense and drop off to
slumber.
Beyond this sporific effect, of course, I
do not deny that music may, and probably
does, exert a very decided benefit in cheer
ing the spirits of the sick. This is the
mental side of music, illustrated, 'I pre
sume, by the fact that we pav admission
money to opera and concert, because the
"heavenly harmony" acts as a mind stimu
lant, or, at least as a brain tonic Possibly
the physician of the remote future may see
fit to number the viol and the sackbut among
the instruments of his profession.
BOTTLES FOB CHAMPAGNE.
he Pressure 'Acts in Some Strange Way to
Unfit Them for Second Use.
Pall Mall Budget
In bottling champagne the quality of
the bottles is an important matter. Un
less their strength is very considera
ble, there is "sure to be terrible waste by
breakage. Champagne bottles cannot be
used a second time, as the pressure to which
they are subjected seems, in some unex
plained fashion, to strain the glass so as to
make it unsafe for future use. Indeed, it is
stated that a thrifty manufacturer who once
made the experiment of putting new wine
into old bottles, to the number of 8,000,
speedily found his cellars filled with broken
glass and flooded with wine, less than a
score of bottles out of the whole remaining
intact After being bottled the wine is at
once corked, the corks are secured with an
ingenious contrivance which dispenses with
wires, and the bottles are usually kept in
the warehouses above ground, at a tempera
ture warm enough to encourage efferves
cence, unless indeed the wine contains suf
ficient carbonic acid gas to make it possible
to dispense with this stage. Then they are
sent down to the cellars, are stacked in a
horizontal position, and are left to mature
for a period varying from eight or ten
months to three or even four years.
WHITE E0BSES IN NEW Y0BK.
The Animals From All Over the Country
Seem tit Have Drifted There.
There are more white horses pulling
Broadway cars, writes Charles T. Murray,
from New York, than the most superstitious
person can find red-headed women to match.
All the white horses in the country seem to
drift into the New York surface railway
ranks. If there were anything in a white
horse, in fact, to influence the decrees of
Dame Fortune, you would never be safe
abroad without a red-headed girl on your
arm. Perhaps it is because the common
every-day white horse is more serviceable
perhaps ne is cheaper.
I must ask Colonel Dan Laraont about
that. At any rate'it is a subject for inter
esting speculation.
In this connection the marked deteriora
tion ot live stock on the Broadway line of
cars is noticeable. It used to be that the
best horses were to be seen there, and often
this was a pleasure t5 the front platform
smoker; but now well, the cable cars are
in the near future, and perhaps the manage
ment are economizing in horse flesh. The
old freckled, white horse will soon step
down and out
Carriage Wraps for the Opera and Evening
Wear.
Iiong garments, fur-trimmed and fur-lined,
the handsomest we have "yet shown, now
in our fur department.
Jos. Horne&Co.,
607-621 Penn avenue.
NOVEMBEB 37, 1891
WRECK AND MUTINY.
Ten Sailors Desert the Doomed Ves
sel With the Long Boat,
LEAVING OTHERS TO THEIR FATE.
The Cretr Decimated bj Waves Sweeping
Oyer the Sinking Ship.
AIL SUETITOES BESCUED AT LAST.
Victoria, B. C, Nov. 16. Several of
the crew of the ship Sarah, wrecked at Car
maha Point, have arrived here, giving the
first detailed information of their thrilling
experience. When the vessel drifted npon
the rocks the boats were .ordered to be
lowered, and the second mate and nine men
attended to the long boat, while Captain
Greenhalg, the first officer, and four of the
crew tried to get the whaleboat clear. One
sailor was knocked senseless by a wave and
washed into the vessel's hold, -which was
half full of water, where he drowned.
The captain's attention was drawn to the
starboard, and he was horrified to see the
long boat putting off. He rushed to the
vessel's side and implored them to save his
wife and child, but the crew refused to put
back. Por two days those left on the vessel
suffered greatly, being half frozen and
drowned, while the vessel was constantly
being broken up by the waves.
Another effort was made to launch the
whaleboat, but there was not enough hands,
and the men devoted their time to saving
what wreckage they' could and in making a
raft The Cantain's wife was lashed to the
raft, and the Captain and Steward were the
first to attempt to make the shore. The
raft was overturned and the occupants
nearly drowned. The raft was pulled back
to the ship by av rope which had been at
tached for greater safety.
At this juncture a huge wave swept a
sailor named Thornton overboard, and he
drowned before the others' eyes. The
wave also shifted the whaleboat so it could
be easily launched, and the survivors suc
ceeded in reaohing shore. The masts fell
and the ship finally broke up. The
narty were rescued by Indians, and a
boat went up and brought them to this city.
The ten mutineers who left Captain Green
halg and the rest of the crew to their fate,
were also picked up some distance from the
wreck by the same steamer.
THE FBESIDENI IN MAEYLAND.
Ho Once More Goes South In Order to
Chase the Festive Duck.
BKNOIES, Md., Nov. 16. Special
President Harrison, accompanied by Gen
eral Se well, of New Jersey, reached here
this evening in a private car. He proposes
to put in several days at the ducking shore
here, though the outlook .at this
time is not at all favorable
for sport A dense fog hangs
over the entire section, and a drizzling rain
is falling. The season has not at all been
'satisfactory, canvass-back and red-heads
being "very scarce, while only a few coots
are to be seen along the Susquehanna. Be
sides, the weather is much too warm to at
tract the fowl.
Nevertheless the President will try his
luck to-morrow. He was received this
evening by Edward S. Clark, President of
The Club, and "Aunt Emmeline," who had
laid in supplies, and was ready
with an .inviting supper. The
guns are in readiness, and
to-morrow moming early the distinguished
gunner will do the waiting act in the blind.
Before leaving Washington thiB morning
the President was called on by ex-Governor
Poraker, of Ohio.
X'KINLBY'S PLURALITY 21,500.
Not Expected to Vary More Than a Few
From That Number.
Columbus, Nov. 16. MajoIcKiniey's
plurality will be about 2t500. It will
not vary ten either way from that
figure. Official returns from 83
counties of the State received
by the Secretary of State give McKinley
355,75-', UampDell aji,M, Asnenuurst, io,
484, Seitz 22.661.
The abstracts from Clark, Hancock,
Lucas, Muskingum and Boss connties have
notyet been received. The semi-official plur
ality of Major McKinley in these counties
is 3,092. It is probable'the official vote will
be known by Saturday. The vote of the
People's party will aggregate a much larger
figure than was expected immediately fol
lowing the election. It will likelv be 23,
500, while the Prohibition vote will not ex
ceed 10,000.
Censuring the Mayor of Chicago.
Chicago, Nov. 16. By a vote of 32 to 9
the City Council to-night decided to receive
and refer to the Committee on Police for
action the remonstrance of the Trade and
Labor Assembly denouncing Mayor Wash
burne and Chief of Police McCkmghrey for
breaking up the Grief's Hall meeting of
alleged anarchists, and the police inter
vention at the Turner Hall gathering the
night previous. With few exceptions the
Republicans voted against, thus practically
censuring the Mayor, and the Democrats, as
a body, favored it
Another Anti-Chinese Law Decision.
Washington; Nov. 16. The United
States Supreme Court to-day granted the
applieation for a writ of certiorari to compel
the Cireuit Court to certify to the case of
Lan Ow Bew, a Chinese merchant of Port
land, Ore., who was refused admission upon
returning from a short visit to China.
In Memoriam.
Thibd National Bank,
Pittsbukg, November 14, 1891. J
The death of onr late associate, Henry
Dallmeyer, devolves on us the duty of plac
ing on record a brief testimonial ot our es
teem and regard.
In the many years during which he was
connected with the Third National Bank
we had learned to appreciate his sterling
qualities. Strict in his conception of honesty
and fair dealing, he had a hearty contempt
for all that savored of trickery and hypoc
risy. Unpretentious in manner and demeanor,x
kind hearted and sympathetic, he was a
friend who could be relied on in time of
need.
We view with sorrow his vacant chair,
but rest content in the knowledge that it
is the will of Him who doeth all things for
the best
To his family, stricken so suddenly, we
offer our heartfelt sympathy in their be
reavement, and direct that these resolutions
be placed on our minutes.
By order of the Board.
Chas. F. Wells, President
Wm. Steinmeyeb, Cashier.
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THEY JCAKE THE fllTH ATTEMPT AT
TRAD wBscxnro.
Thrilling;! Narrow Escape From Disaster
at Webster Yesterday The Wrath of the
People May Wreck Vengeance if the
Fiends Are Caught.
Mononoahela Crrr, PA., Nov. 16.
Special. Por the fifth time the valley has
been the scene of an attempted train wreck
ing, and like all the other attempts it baa
been within one mile of Webster, Just six:
miles south of this city. The other four at
tempts were made on the MeKeeiport and
Belle Vernon division of the Pittsburg and
Lake Brie, bat this attempt was on
the early express from Brownsville to Pitts
burg. This train left Brownsville about 6
o'oloek this morning, under the charge of
Conductor George Young, and Engineer
Prank White. At 6:50 it reached the Web
ster crossing near the old depot.
Swinging around the curve, White was
horrified at seeing before him a hastily
constructed barricade of railroad ties and
heavy stones, some of them weighing sev
eral hundred weight, piled up on the
track. The sight nearly froze the-blood In
his veins, but quickly shutting off the steam
he applied the airbrakes and the train
stopped with the cowcatcher almost against
the obstruction. Ten minutes' work by the
crew sufficed to remove the obstruction, and
the train proceeded to Pittsburg,
before when the train for TJniontown
went south, there was no trace
of the obstruction. Had it been
on the track at that time, there
would surely have been a wreck, as the fog
was very heavy. So determined were the
would-be wreckers that they had wedged a
boulder between a portion of the old station
platform and the raiL .
There was the greatest excitement among
the passengers when they discovered the
cause of the stoppage, and the more hys
terio began crying. But the passengers' ex
citement was as nothing to that of resi
dents of Webster. This attempt, coming
on top of the others has caused them to
wonder who among their number is a fiend,
and what is his object
The local authorities have 'been working
hard all day 'trying to discover the perpe
trators of the deed, and they
have been aided as far as pos
sible by the indignant residents of
Webster. The Pennsylvania Bailroad has
ordered a detachment of Its police force here
from Pittsburg, and has sent to Philadel
phia for the chief of its detective force to
take charge of the case.
GOSSIP IN POLICE CTBCLES.
Louis Jokes was arrested yesterday to
answers charge of assault and.battery pre
ferred by Albert Weber, of 193 Second ave
nue, before Alderman Reilly.
Dan HALsrandMat Burns were arrested
yesterday morning by Detective Johnson, of
Allegheny, for stealing a box of cigars from
John Stutz's saloon, on East street.
Michael Madura and Michael Miklus
were sent to jail yesterday Dy 'Squire Lew
T. Holtzman, of Braddoek, for trial at court
on obarpes of larceny, preferred against
them by John Ernkar,
S. P. Foordauoh yesterday entered an in
formation before Alderman RelUy, accusing
Allen E. Ware, or Wilkinstmrjr, of the lar
ceny of a dictionary. A warrant has been
issuM tor Ware's arrest
Alios Lei yesterday made an information
before Alderman McKenna accusing Clara
Crock, of S18 Madison avenue, Allegheny,
with keeping a disorderly house. A warrant
is out for the defendant's arrest.
Detectives Fitzgerald and BCblnson ar
rested Charles MoOulre and Daniel Sailor
yesterday on a charge of larceny from the
person, it being alleged they stole a dia
mond pin, valued at $115, from a gentleman
on Fifth avenne a few days. ago.
Jobs Guess, of the Twenty-seventh ward,
yesterday entered an Information before
Alderman Succop accusing John Nolten of
aggravated assault and battery. Gress al
leges that Nolten attacked him on Sunday
last near his home without cause.
John Haset and wife, of Jones avenue,
were arrested last nignt charged with, keep
ing a disorderly house. Mrs. Ann Simpson
'and Mary Burke, two lnmates.were arrested.
The Hanevs have tbree children who will
probably be taken in charge by Agent Dean.
Georoie Tatxor was committed to jail for
trial at court by Alderman Caldwell yester
day on a charge of assault and. battery pre
ferred bv Madgie Frelheifer. The two
women live at the foot of South Thirtieth
street in shanty boats and had a fight about
their children which ended in one assault
ing the other.
A MAX giving his name as William Rear
don is locked up in the Twelfth ward station
house, charged with attempting to pass a
piece of counterfeit money. He went Into
the saloon of William Henry, near Fifteenth
street, and got into a fie about the money
with the proprietor's son, Felix Henry.
Both men were locked up. Heardon bad a
genuine $5 bill in his pocket but no coun
terfeit money.
SNAP SHOTS AT LOCAL AFTAIES.
i
Krat new cases of diphtheria and IS of
scarlatina were reported to the Bureau of
Health yesterday.
Josxra Stijto, of tbe Soutbside, who was
assaulted and robbed Sunday evening of $U,
has not yet been able to establish a clew to
the robbers.
Mrs. Julia Barriito, of Conlterville, was
nearly drowned Sunday evening by the cap
sizing of a boat In which she was crossing
the Monongahela river.
Tess mangled body of tbe man who was
found on the Ft. Wayne tracks, near Mas
stllon, O., Sunday morning has been identi
fied as Isaac Nefler, a coal miner of Mas
slllon. Cohstabuc P. M. CoinncLLr, of the Ninth
ward, has written that he Is still in Ireland,
and that he may not return until after
Christmas. He says his health has not been
very good.
Thieves entered the house ot Mrs. Chris
tina Walker, or Mlllvale borough, Sunday
nlirht Thev did not succeed in secnrlnr
anything but a tin box containing some
deeds and insurance papers.
The Catbolto priest who took the girls
from the Allegheny City Poor Farm bus
mna to France, and should nothinz be
learned from the Allegheny authorities he
will be communicated with.
Detective E. B. Tods, bf the Perkins
Agency denies having been in charee of the
honse at Correv and Kllltmek streets, in
Allegheny, last Friday night He thinks he
was impersonated by one of the olty's force.
Tex method of removing bodies from the
Troy Hill Cemetery, Allegheny, has caused
considerable complaint. Superintendent
JioLauRlilin, of the Health Bureau, received
word of it yesterday, and realizing that such
a state of affairs would probably breed dis
ease, detailed a man to see that hereafter
the work is properly done.
The Brigg Case Appealed.
New York, Nov. 16. The Briggs Com
mittee on Prosecution have appealed to the
Synod from the decision of the New York
Presbytery, and have laid complaint
against the dismissal of the charges.
The Newark Fails to Get Away.
Bostox, Nov. 16. The United States
cruiser Newark dla not get away to-day, as
was expected, but it is thought she will be
ready to sail early to-morrow.
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PA., NOW OF WASHINGTON, D. C,
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tho Electrical and Medical Institute,
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WASHiiroTOir, D. C, Nov. 2, 1891.
Electrical and Medical Institute, 442 Penn
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