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THE PITTSBURG DISPATGH. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1891.
WAITING FOR WATER
local Rivermen Calling in Their
Down-River Boats Preparatory
to a Coal Barge Rise.
GROWTH. DURING GAS BEIGX.
Pittsburg's Mills and Factories Now Need
3hree Times as Much l'uel as
1Vas Used Eefore.
-JT MAKES THE HOME DEALERS HAPPI.
All the IYnnsrlvania Koaffs Cars CcnMnt IUol the
lYcsjnt Enpply. '
The announcement yesterday by the
"Weather Bureau, that indications point to
Tain, was indeed gratifying information to
the river coal men. The demand for coal in
the Southern markets is becoming active,
and the desire to get the coal there promptly
is almost consuming the dealers.
There are at present loaded and afloat in
the locks above rittsburg some 17,000,000
bushels, an unusually large amount
for this season of the year. To trans
port that number of bushels by rail
to any market it would require about 30,000
cars, or more than the entire freight equip
ment of the Pennsylvania Kailroad. In
some of the Southern markets Pitt sbu :g
coal is selling for from 10 cents to 13 cents
per bushel, and so long as the river is low
and the operators are unable to send out
their product this vast sum of money must
remain moored between Pittsburg and 2Sew
Genoa.
Coal Men Freparing-.for a Bl6e.
The operators were more cheerful yester
day than they have been for wee'is. They
are confident that tailing weather will fol
low the late cold snap, and they are
hopeful that sufficient water will
fall to raise the river to a boating
stage. Thoe who had boats in the lower riv
er when the water fell below the shipping
stage have ordered them home as promptly
as possible. As yet, however, those boats
cannot reach Pittb"rg, but many of them
have approached up stream as far as "Wheel
ing. Others have gotten within easy reach
of their owners, and can reach horn; within
a day when the expected rise come1!.
'"Of course we are anxious to get our coal
out." Captain Louis Brown said at the
1'nion t-tation last nicht. "But," he went
on, "there is not much competition among
the Pittsburg operators. We have our
regular ports and our regular agents
throughout th$ South and our efforts are
alwavs to supplv these. They do the re
tailing. While the demand for coal in.the
lower market is decidedly active there is no
foundation for the reports that the people
lonn there arc snlfering or that the price of
coal is beyondthe reach of the poor.
'o DeMre to liold Rack ISlack Diamonds.
"Coal is little, if any, higher than it has
been for three months, and, in fact, we are
the ones who are suffering. We have onr
money tied up and we are just as anxious
to set coal to the South as the South is to
liavc u set it there.
"It looks brijhterfor us now, though,"
the Captain said, as he looked with satis
faction at the colored sky. "It feels to me
like rain, and if we get falling weather
now we arc pretty certain to get rain
enough to send ont all onr coal. Our
anxiety just now i matcriall- increased by
the presence of winter. AVhile we have
not yet had winter weather the
t-eaon is fairly upon us, and we
have no guarantee that navigation
will not be closed by freezinc weather be
fore it is opened by rain. That's the posi
tion we are In." the Captain concluded, as
Tic hurried off to look alter a carload of
horses he was shipping to Mobile.
"This is a great year for us," said Will
Black, a loc?l coal dealer, yesterday. "For
three or four years, or since natural gas has
iwen reiining almost supreme in and about
I'ittsburc, we have been occupying seats
far back in the business congregation, but
we are away up front now."
Advances Dnring tlie TCelgn of Gas.
'The introduction and use of natural gas
stimulated entcrpiise, and business energies
reached out and factories and workshop
sprunc up with wonderful rapidity until
the draft upon the eas is too heavy, andlhe
tlemaud is greater than the supply. To
guarantee a sufficient supply of gas to pri
vate consumers the gas has been withdrawn
from many of the mills And factories, and
to-day the demand for coal is three times
Isiiyer than it was the vear before natural
pay was introduced. That is why we are
Jiappy non."
"How is the general supply of coal?"
was asked Mr Black.
"There is plenty of coal in Pittsburr.
All the dealers have snflicient to supply
their ci xoniers and their customers are be
coming more numerous every day. It is
not likely that anybody will suffer irom the
wan; of coal in Pittsburg this winter unless
it be the poor who have no raonev."
"Will there be any increase fn the price
of coal on account of the great demand?"
was asked.
"No. "We did not reduce the price of
roal v, Hen we were practicallv crowded out
of the market, and it is not likely that we
will inrreaseithe price when we are rein
stated in our own legitimate business."
55EKNHAKDT Is the best dressed woman
In tlie wuriiL Read the ecret of heranc
cetsinTJIi: DISrATCH to-morrow.
Jnlertlewed Tin Plate Men.
Colonel John A. Dyer, of Xew York, the
Government aient appointed to collect tin
plate statistics, returned home last evening.
He has been interviewing local manufac
turers for several days. He visited the
plant at Demmler.and nays they are putting
up six stacks and building a mill to roli the
sheets. Several men at Mclveesport, whose
names he couldn't remember, and Fleming
and Hamilton, "of this city, told him thev
would ensage in the business. Plants are
now being erected in Pittsburg Philadel
phia, Brooklyn, Cleveland, Anderson, Intl.,
ami other places He has been absured that
$:;, 000,000 have been invested in the United
State Mnce the McKinley bill became a
Ian. The Colonel was verv much pleaed
with what he saw in this city.
fftod Supply of Gas for Allegheny.
7. V. McGin'ey was among the passengers
for ;cw York last evening. He is now con
nected with the Allegheny Heating Com
jianv, and lie f-ays he has promised to keep
the "Xorthsidc -people well supplied with
gas during the n inter. Last year the short
ages were frequent and annoying. Mr. Mc
Ginlevays it wasnotdueto3searcityofgas,
"hut the fault was with the piping "system.
s.oin" changes have been mads, and he
thinks the Allegheny people will have no
cause for complaint this winter. 3Ir. Mc
Ginlev claims gas is plentiful fordomestic
purposes, and there is money jn the busi
jic for the companies. He doesn't believe
that the supply around Pittsburg has failed
to any great extent.
raise icononiy
7s piscticcd by many people, who buy in
ferior articles'of food because cheaper than
standard goods. .Surely infants are entitled
to the bet food obtainable. It is a fact that
the Gail Borden i'Eagle" B,rand Condeused
itilk is the best infant food. Your grocer
keeps it.
JOHN 0BMSBY 'PHILLIPS DEAD.
One of
rittsbnrg'a ttest-Known Men Dies
From ISIood Poisoning
The death of John Ormsby Phillips on
Thursday came as a great shock to the older
families of Pittsliurg and to his many
friends who knew him as a manly man. He
had been suffering from erysipelas for some
time aud it was believed he was recovering,
when blood poisoning set in and hurried the
end.
.Tohn Ormsby rhillips was born in Louis
ville, Ky., 50 years ago, but has lived all
his life in Pittsburg. He was the eldest
son of Captain Elias Phillips and Mary
Ormsby, his wife. He came of Revolution
ary stock on his father's side, and on his
mother's wa fourth in the line of descent of
the Ormsbys in Pittsburg. One of his first
successful business ventures was in 1855,
when he became a member of the lum
ber firm of "Walton, Phillips &
Co. Though Mr. Phillips had gone
into other branches of trade he was
still in the lumber industry at the
time of his death. He was also an exten
sive shipper of coal to Southern ports and
operated a number of mines along the Mo
nongabcla river. Beside this, he was a
member of the Phillips Glass Company
and was a director in the Marine Xationa'l
Bank. In the business world he wasknown
by his associates as a straightforward man,
honorable in all his dealings. As a brother
he was steadfast and true.
Mr. Phillips leaves a wife and five chil
dren to mourn the early demise of a loving
husband and a kind and' indulgent parent.
LOCOMOTIVES FOE CHILE. S
A Pittsburg Tlrm Receives a 151; Order
From That Southern Republic
A manufacturing firm in Pittsburg has
just received from Chile an order for two
light, locomotives. That does not look
much like war between the quick-tempered
little Republic and the United States. The
headlines in the newspapers over the war
dispatches were in their largest sized type
when this order came to hand, aud the
manufacturers were considerably surprised
at such a marked demonstration of peace.
The locomotives will be built at once and
shipped south.
Chile had onlv 1,050 miles of railroad in
1878, but in 1884 thW had grown to 1,400
miles, with nearly 7,625 miles of telegraph
in operation and additional lines of both in
progress. The principal line of railroad
connects Santiago with Buenos Ayres,
which goes over a pass of the Andes 6,000
feet high.
The demand for light locomotives in the
United States just at this time is dull, and
it is reported that most of the order3 com
ing to this firm are from foreign countries.
That speaks "volumes for the doctrine of
reciprocity and the quality of Pittsburg
iron.
DEPARTMENTS on society, tho stage,
xnaslc, sport, secret societies, the Grand
Armj, education, etc, each in the hands of
experts, for THE DISPATCH to-morrow.
Particular About Lighthouse Boats.
R. Zerple, an inspector of steel for light
houses along the lakes registered at the
Schlosser last evening. He has been in
Youngstown and Cleveland for some time.
Mrs. Zerple says the Government has be
come very particular, and unless the plates
and rivets are almost perfect the material
is refused. His work is confined chiefly to
the steel for the little tugs used in attend
ing lighthouses. He said they must be
made stronger than a man-of-war. During
a storm the big ships can put out into deep
water, but the small vessels are compelled
to stick close to shore and the dangerous
places. He added that he cot the most
satisfactory results in plates from a Pitts
burg firm. The rivets are made in Detroii,
and each one is carefully examined before
put in position. Another inspector then
goes over the completed tup, and if any of
them are a little loose the plate must come
off
Conger Thinks Blaine Will Be the Man.
Colonel A. L. Conger, of Akron, passed
through the city last evening bound for
New York .Tames A. Chambers met him at
the depot, and a short consultation about the
glass business followed. The Colonel is what
might be called a modern Blaine boomer,
and attended the famous Indianapolis meet
ing last summer. He was feeling good over
the Ohio election, and predicted that the
Secretary of State is sure to be nominated.
He thinks Blaine is the strongest Republi
can and most popular with the masses, so
that his election was almost assured. Ho
was shy about the Ohio senatorial election,
but rubbed his hands gleefully as he thought
how the Republican would redistrict the
State when the next Legislature met.
Annie Hurley Arrested Again.
Detective McTighe yesterday arrested
Annie Hurley at Xo. 145 Second avenue
for the larceny of a pocketbook and several
other articles from the house of Mrs. Truby
Shal on "Wylie avenue. The girl went to
Mrs. Shal, who had rooms to rent and en
gaged a room, taking immediate possession.
Soon afterward Mrs. Shal went out to a
neighboring store. "When she returned the
girl and money were both missing and she
notified the jiolice. Annie Hurley figured
in print about six months ago by pretend
ing to take a dese of laudanum, with sui
cidal intent, but it was found the laudanum
had been liberally diluted with water and
and she suflered no bad effects from it.
Stole Her Husband Away.
Mayor Gourley yesterday received a let
ter from Mrs. Mattie E. Moore, of Newark,
O., who is looking for her husband. She
offers the Mavor S5 if he will return her
helpmate. She says that Rosa Mcllray, a
Newark girl, coaxed him away from her,
and that the couple came to Pittsburg. She
also requested that Miss Rosa be held, if
found, until she could come and settle with
her. The matter was turned over to the
police.
LITTLE THINGS ABOUT T0WK.
Tnr. division parade committees of the
Jr. 0. 17. A. Jf., of Pittsburg, Allegheny and
temthside will hold meetings this evening.
A SEcoxn Presbyterian Church is to be
established at McKeesport. James Evans
has already donated $10,C00 toward it.
A TEjirnnAirci: meeting w til be held at No.
026 Fifth avenue to-morrow evening under
the auspices of the I.oyal Temperance Le
gion. OscAr.31oi.ijnt, an employe oftheXational
Tube Works of iLcKeesport, disappeared
from home the other day and lias not been
heard from since.
Rkv. J. B. Koehke delivered his interesting
and instructive lecture on "Ghosts" in the
First Congregational Church, at Franklin
and Manhattan streets, Allegheny, last
night.
R. KHrrTExnrjto, of the Anheuser-Busch
Brewing Association, and George Scbmitt,
tho local agent of the associasion, gave a
banquet to their friends at JIashey's Cafe
last night.
David Stozqkr, of Carson street, between
South Twelfth and Thirteenth streets, whilo
In Lawrenceville yesterday afternoon fell in
a fit and was removed to his home In a pa
trol wagon.
.Taxes Locgitret, the man Injured by
MichaeVCrowley, was resting easy last night
at the Mercy Hospital. The attending
nliysicians say his chances for recovery are
slight, as erysipelas has set in. .
It was reported last night nt the morgue
that a woman had died suddenly at 4707
JJberty nvenuo lnt evening. The name of
the woman or no other particulars were
learned. The Coroner will investigate to
day. At the meeting of the Secular Society at
University Hall on Diamond street, opposite
the Court House, ut 3 o'clock to-morrow aft
ernoon, an uddress will be made br Thomas
Grundy. His subject wjll bo "The Presi
dent's Thanksgiving Proclamation."
DR. PAINTER IS HOME.
What the Famous Koch Lymph Pa
tient Says of the Experiment.
HE ALMOST DIED ON THE WAY OVER.
It Only.PIays a Uide-and-Seek Game TVith
the Snotle Disease.
DOESX'T HATE AST USE FOR THE CDEE
Dr. Edwin T. Painter, of Oakland, who
was the first American to hurry to Berlin
after the announcement of Dr. Koch's dis
covery of a cure for consumption, returned
to Pittsburg yesterday, and with his wife is
now stopping at the East End Hotel. The
doctor Unhesitatingly pronounces- the Koch
lymph a failure. It has utterly failed to
cure him, and he lias no confidence -whatever
in it.
A year aco to-day Dr. Painter left Pitts
burg to investigate the Koch cure. He did
not, as it was generally supposed, hurry
abroad for treatment. He went, as he says
himself, to investigate the discovery, and if
he found it of value, to bring it to America
to be introduced into his practice. Dr.
Painter and Dr. Koch were college mates,
and the Pittsburger felt confident
that he could get -promptly into
the secret He had communicated with
each and had received encouragement. He
left here positive that he would soon return
and would brine back tidings of creat joy
to the vast army of people suffering from
pulmonary diseases. His visit was a posi
tive disappointment
"When three days out from Xew York Dr.
Painter fell sick. He had been in good
health before his leaving, but a sudden ail
ment of the back prostrated him, and when
he arrived at the Koch Hospital at
Berlin he was in his own mind
hopelessly sick. The doctor says that had
he not received the greatest possible care
during the voyage, and after his arrival at
the hospital, he could not have pulled
through. He was treated, he says, with
the greatest possible care, and for the atten
tion paid him while confined in the hos
pital he will always hold the famous Dr.
Koch in kindly remembrance.
Was Treated Jat Like a Patient
He remained in the hospital for several
months, andwas treated just as the con
sumptive patients are treated. The lymph
was injected into his back from two incis
ions on either side of his backbone. The
incisions have never healed, and both are
still discharging. There is, the doctor says,
a noticeable improvement in the quality'of
pus emitted.
Dr. Painter returned to America on July
10. He went at once to the home of his
parents at "Worcester, Mass., where he re
mained until "Wednesday, when he left for
Pittsburg.
Last night the doctor was surrounded by
friends at his hotel. He was enjoying a
lively talk when a Dispatch reporter
called. To all appearance he is in robust
health. 'He is a man of medium size and of
pleasant address. He is a pleasant, easy
talker. His round, well shaped and pleasant
face is covered with a heavy growth of
whiskers. His large, bright eyes fairly
glow when he talks. Since returning to
America the doctor has gained ten pounds
and he has gained 40 pounds since leaving
the hospital in Berlin.
"Give me your candid opinion of Dr.
Koch's cure," was asked the doctor.
He smiled and hesitated and then said:
"Ultimately Dr.Kocb. will have something,
but to-day I would not recommend his
treatment nor would I put his lymph into
the backs of my friends. His treatment
did me no good. Unlike most physicians I
have tried the medicine, which I had hoped
to be able to prescribe and I cannot advise
its use."
"Did you bring anv of the lymph with
you?"
Has No TTse for the Lymph.
"2Zo. I could not handle it conscientious
ly, aud I did not think it worth while to
bring any of it with me. Another physi
cian who returned from Berlin with "me
brought a bottle of the lymph. He intend
ed taking it with him to his "Western
home."
"Tell me of your treatment while at the
Berlin Hospital"."
"I was treated just as the consumptive
patients. I had all the care and attention
possible to give nlc, and was visited every
day by 20 or more American physicians,
who watched my Case with rare attention.
My temperature chart is a'positive curiosi
ty, and the many decided jumps marked
upon it are remarkible. When I inspect
that chart I wonder how I pulled through,
and my case was a surprise to many of the
physicians who watched with me through
the sickness."
"Will you resume practice in Pittsburg?"
"I have no intention of abandoning
Pittsburg, but I am going to return to the
East as soon as I can get away. "We are
here now to close up our "house in "Wilkins
burg for which we have been paying rent
for a year. After we conclude that busi
ness we will go back to my old home in
Massachusetts. My word for it I will get
to the front yet."
The short talk had worried the physician
somewhat His bronchial tubes he said
were suffering, which he claims are one of
the weak points in his body. He attributes
this weakness to the use of lvmph, which
he contends drives the affection from one
point to another in the system.
X.ATVGTJAGE or monkeys, by Prof. Garner,
In THE DISPATCH to-morrow.
Arrested for Stealing a Trunk.
Charles Ross, of New York, and John
Huber, a farm hand whose home is on Grant
street, were arrested yesterday and lodged
in the Allegheny Central police station.
An information charging them with larceny
will be made this morning. About 5
o'clock yesterday afternoon Ros3 and
nuber were passing along Federal street.
In front of Henderson's trnnk factory were
a.number of trunks. Huber told Ross to
take one of the trunks and that he could
sell it. Ross did so, but as he was about to
carry it away Mr. Henderson caught him.
Huber ran away. The proprietor, held
Ross until an officer had him sent to the
lockup. Officers Aiken and Zimmerman
last night arrested Huber 6n Eleventh
street, Pittsburg, and took him to Alle
gheny. Each will have a hearing to-day.
Tlie Amoskeag Engine Case Hearing.
Another hearing was held yesterday be
fore Master George' P. Hamilton in the
Amoskeag engine case. Messrs. Schueller,
Vandervelde and Brown gave additional
testimony on the test of Xo. 2 engine in
August The test was made by pumpinc a
stream into a sand flat lor one minute it
was afterward bailed out with buckets; the
weight was ll,479.5pounds, orl,101 gallons.
The hearing then adjourned for one week.
MONKEYS have talked to Prof. Garner.
Bead his description ' In THE DISPATCH
to-morrow.
Should Be an Interesting Lecture.
H. McL. Harding, Superintendent of the
"Westinghouse electric railway department
will lecture before the students of the West
ern University next Friday afternoon on
"The Evolution of the Electric Railway."
Mr. Harding superintended the construc
tion of the first electric railway in the
country, and is considered an authority on
everything pertaining to the subject
DK. B. M.Haxxa. Eye, ear, nseo and
throat diseases exclusively. Office, 720
Penn street, Pittsburg, Pa. ssu
A C0HTIHT;0U8 BAIX.
How an Ipxra Farmer TVoold So Away
"With Kailroad Joints. . t.
S. F, Steever, of Fairfield, la., has been
in the .city for several days. He went to
Harrisburg last night. Mr. Steever is an
Iowa farmer, and has been working on a
plan for the last nine years to do away
with rail joints. He thinks he has com
pleted his invention, and while here made
arrangements with a local iron firm to have
it tested. Mr. Steever's idea is to make a
rail continuous without the use of fish
plates. He says the iron men to whom he
submitted his scheme said it would make
the rail stronger, and is the best thing
out for marshy ground. He intends
to have the invention tried on
tlie Burlington road near his home.
Mr. Steever is an intelligent man, and re
marked that all the great improvements on
the railroads were worked ont by people npt
connected with them. He knew of 125 in
ventions that have brought the locomotive
to its present state of usefulness, none cf
which are due to the brains of railroad men.
He has spent on an average $500 per year
lor the last nine years, experimenting.
Mr. Steevertakes considerable interest
in politics. While in New York last spring
lie met an intimate friend of Blaine." He
suggested that the Secretary would cer
tainlv be the next nominee for President.
The friend replied that Mr. Blaine wonld
not run, as his wife disliked the public life
inthe White House. He set great store
by' Walker, and was training him to take
his place in politics. His death left his
father without further ambition.
WANTS TO BE A B0B0UGH.
McKee's Bocks Will Again Apply for a
Charter.
The question as to whether McKee's
Rocks shall be erected into a borough will
be presented for the third time to a grand
jury. Last winter the petitioners were
knocked out on account of the overwhelm
ing opposition of the large property hold
ers, such as farm proprietors, rolling mill
owners and the Pittsburg and Lake Erie
Railway Company. The second attempt
failed on account of a blunder in the publi
cation of the petition giving the date 1890
instead of 1891.
The petitioners now believe they have
prepared a case that will hold water, and
they rely on persistency and the adage that
the third attempt works the charm. An
attempt has been made in the present case
to sandpaper objectious until now it is said
that the petition will represent a majority
in both property interest and number of
voters, taxables, etc. The proposed line
runs from above Duff station on the Pitts
burp, Chartiers and Youghiogheny Railway
to the Ohio river. It takes in an immense
area and is claimed to include 5,000 inhab
itants. THE 0BB MUBDER INQUEST
win
Be Continued To-day, but the Mur
derers Are Still at Large.
The Coroner's inquest on the death of J.
H. Orr, the young glassblower who was as
saulted at Jeannette'October 10 and died at
the West Penn Hospital last Wednesday,
will be continued at the Coroner's office this
morning. The murderers have not been
apprehended. Constable Pitts, of Jean
nette, was in the city last night in search
of one of the Weber girls, at whose mother's
house at Jeannette four Italians are said to
have assanlted Orr. The girl could not be
iound, and her disappearance at this time,
when she is one of the principal witnesses
for the inquest, is considered strange.
Coroner McDowell went to Greensburg
yesterday and had a conference with Dis
trict Attorney Gregg, of Westmoreland
countv, who promised to have every possi
ble effort made to discover the identity of
and capture the murderers. Orr's remains
were interred at his home in Clyde, N. Y.,
yesterday. ,
SALOONISTS should be Christians and
they ironld do as much good as ministers,
says Rev. George Hodges Jn THE DIS
PATCH to-morrow.
Spending Thanksgiving In New York.
A great deal of local interest is being
taken by society people in the coming Harvard-Yale
football match in New York on
Thanksgiving Day. It is customary among
Pittsburgers who can afford it to go to the
metropolis about this time of the year to
have family reunions at the hotels. The
football event draws many college boys and
their friends to the city also. The occasion
is always welcomed bv the Nety York hotel
men. Pittsburg people have commenced to
move toward Gotham, and in a party last
evening who went to the metropolis were
Mrs. Joseph Dilworth, Mrs. Carter Beegs,
Mrs. Harry Sproull, Miss Beggs, Mrs.
Sewell aud Miss Bailev.
Did Xot Cmploy Workhouse ConTlcts.
Edward Chester, who has just been re
leased from the workhouse, is telling a tale
about the management Among other
things, he said Superintendent Hill was
hiring out convicts to individuals and firms.
As one of the firms, he mentions H. J.
Heinz & .Co., and says that 50 convicts were
hired to him at 50 cents a day. Mr. Heinz
was seen last night, and indignantly denied
the story. '
UIN0B CRIMINAL MATTEBS.
Charles Palmer yesterday made an infor
mation Deforc Alderman McMasters charg
Wjcliael Maloy with assault and battery.
.Tohx Havelin will have a hearing to-day
before Alderman Mclnerney on a chargo of
assaulting the daughter of Michael Seftus.
John McRoeerts was arrested by Officer
Dunn last night for driving along Franks
town avenue in a reckless manner. He was
locked up in the Nineteenth ward station.
GEortGE Call, of McKee's Rocks, was placed
under bonds by Alderman McMasters yes
terday afternoon to answer a charge of de
sertion preferred by his wife, Sirs. Jennie
Oill.
Jons JlcGLACKiif was arrested yesterday
by Officer Brown, of the third district, on a
charge of felonious shooting, preferred by
the officer. He was sent to jail tor a hearing
next Tuesday.
Harry Ritchie was sentenced 20-days to
jail by Alderman King yesterday for cruelty
to his children. Kitchie lives on Covington
street. The information was made by
Agent John A. Sweeney, of the Anti-Cruelty
Society.
Mrs. Veika Smith, of 132 Irwin avenue, Al
legheny, yesterday made an Information be
fore Alderman McMasters accusing her hus
band, M. C Smith, with surety of the peace.
Smith was arrested ana piacea under bonds
for a healing.
CnARLES Berner yesterday entered an In
formation before Alderman Charles Black,
of the Thirty-flrst ward, accusing Louis
Boff of malicious mischief. A warrant is in
the hands of Constable Langeiibacher for
BotTs arrest.
The; hearing In the liquor cases beforo
Alderman McKenna, In which Victor Doesch
enters snlt against a number of beer wagon
drivere for illegal Honor selling, has hen
postponed for one week owing to the in
ability of some witnesses to attend.
Alderman Btmxs issued a warrant yester
day for the arrest of John JTelker, charged
with assault nd battery by William Will
iams. Both men aro employed in the Penn-.
gylvanla Batlroad yards, and the suit is the
result of a fight yesterday morning.
Joseph Smitt, of Jeannette, was placed
under $1,000 bonds- by Alderman Hartman
last evening to answer charges of desertion
and assault and battery, preferred by his
wife, Maggie Sinitt. They have been separ
ated for nearly 18 months, and bqforo this
occurred Mrs. Smltt alleges that she was
assaulted by her husband.
Lawrehce Michel reported to Sergeant
Hedrick, of the Fourteenth ward station,
last evening that a sneak thief had entered,
his residence at No. 379S Fifth avenue, yester-'
day morning and stolen $25 In gold from his
w ife's dress that, hung In a closet in the
second story bedroom. Tho robbery oc
curred while Mrs. Michel was "ut a store
making n purelmse. The police are investi
gating tho affair.
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PBEPiEfflfi .CHARGES.
Solicitor Elphinstone Getting Alle
gheny Cases in Hand.
CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS FIRST
ind After a Verdict Is Secured Civil Suits
Vill Be Brought.
CHIEF MTJEPnr ANXIOUS FOE DELAY
City Solicitor Elphinstone, of Allegheny,
will hold a consultation with the auditors
to-day to decide what charges shall be made
against Mayor Wyman and ex-Mayor Pear
son and to adopt a course of procedure. The
plan proposed is to commence criminal pro
ceedings bclore an Alderman, and push
these cases to a verdict before Sivil suits
are entered. The members of the Auditing
Committee are now trying to decide how
much of the evidence they will bring
out in the preliminary hear
ing. They have enough affidavits
locked up carefully in a safe to make a book
about as big as a Bible, but they are afraid
to shoot off all the ammunition in the pre
liminary hearing for fear Mr. Wyman's
friends will induce the affidavit makers to
jump over the fence and fall in line with
him. It is thought that the witness fee
matter will be enough to have the accused
,hcld for. court, and that the other charges
can be kept in stock for a jury. v
0 Other Charges Held in Stock.
The accusations are many and varied.
There will be testimony produced to show
that Mayor Wyman collected tribute from
gambling house proprietors, keepers of dis
orderly houses, that he settled cases for his
own private gain, and the sensational charge
that Hungarian boarding houses were raided
for the purpose of extorting witness fees
from the inmates. The boarders at the
house at 666 East Ohio street, which Mrs.
McConnell referred to in her letter to Dr.
Gilliford, were examined before the letter
was read, and a number made affidavit to
the effect that there was no cause whatever
for their arrest. The butcher and baker
also added their testimony.
The case against the accused officials will
be in the hands of Attorney Elphinstone,
with Attorney Langfitt and probably D. T.
Watson as associates. The last two will be
engaged by the Citizens' Reform Associa
tion, which intended to commence a prose
cution if Councils had not acted promptly.
Mnrphy Will Be Heard Alone.
Mayor Wyman will have Attorney
Hughey and possibly Thomas M. Marshall,
Sr., to defend him. The Auditing Com
mittee, it is stated, will devote littletime
to hearing Chief Murphy. The opinion
seems to be that enough matter has been
unearthed to demand his tri in court, and
that a long hearing will be a waste of time.
He will appear before the com
mittee Monday night with 70 wit
nesses, and if the hearings
are continued until all are brought up
they will take up the greater part of next
summer. Delay is said to be what Chief
Murphy is after. His friends claim that
the odium connected with Mayor Wyman's
trial would do injustice to Mr. Murphy if
the latter were to4e heard near the same
time, and in order to separate the cases, if
he cannot keep his own from court, is be
lieved to be Mr. Murphy's object in ac
knowledging the jurisdiction of the Audit
ing Committee. ,
WANT PZNNY POSTAGE
A Representative of the Beform Assocla
tfon In Pittsburg.
J. J. Meyers, of Cincinnati, was in Pitts
burg yesterday in the interest of an associa
tion of Western business men who are agi
tating penny postage. The postage reform
ers claim they are acting in harmony with
the policy of Postmaster General Wana
maker, and are insisting upon the re
demption of the pledce made by the Re
publican National Convention-at Chicago in
1888. It is alleged that pennv postage
would save to the business world annually
521,000,000.
Penny postaee is not popular in Pitts
burg. Several business men who were seen
yesterday said that what they want is a
perfect postal service regardless of its cost
They argue that the postal system of the
"United States should be made within itself
self-supporting beforo there is any reduc
tion in the price- of stamps. Postmaster
McKean refused to talk on the subject It
is known, however, that he is more ab
sorbed in giving to Pittsburg an efficient
service than in advocating a reduction in
postal rates.
A Grievance Against Germany.
W. S. Burns, of San Erancisco, who
claims to have been in the secret service of
Balmaceda, registered at the Anderson
yesterday. He has a grievance against Ger
many which he is trying to have righted
through the State Department. He went
to England to purchase arms and ammuni
tion for Balmaceda, and finally drifted to
Berlin where the Chilean President had de
posited ?80,000 to his credit When he
drew on it, he was arrested and thrown into
prison as a suspicious character. He was
released and proceeded to Frankfort, where
he was again jugged. He claims his private
papers, money and jewelry were taken from
him and never returned. His food con
sisted of black bread. He has filed his
personal grievances against the Germans
with Secretary Blaine. He complains bit
terly of his treatment
George Sullivan Killed by Electricity.
George Sullivan, aged 2G years, was in
stantly killed yesterday morning at the
powerhouse of the Birmingham Traction
Company, on South Carson street. He was
engaged on some repairs, when his hammer
struck a live wire A flash from the wire
burned his face and lie fell across another
wire. The body doubled up and was thrown
in the air by the shock, fallingto the floor,
a distance of 16 feet. When picked up it
was found that life was extinct. Sullivan
boarded at 4749 Liberty avenue, and was
unmarried. His parents live near Browns
ville. Can Forfeit His Ball Again.
Charles Henry was arrested on the South
side by Officer Swick yesterday on a charge
of disorderly conduct. Henry is the man
who raised a disturbance at the Keystone
Rolling -Mill onMonday night and was ar
rested and then released on 815 forfeit by
Officer Swick. He failed to make his ap
pearance at the hearing and the officer was
suspended for taking less than the regular
xorieit wiiicu is coo in gucu cases, xjiewen
ant Synder was also suspended for not in
vestigating the case more thoroughly.
Henry was released on hail for a hearing
next week.
ON THE N0RTHSIDE.
For the convenience of advertisers, THE
DISPATCH has established
A BRANCH OFFICE
AT
107 FEDERAL ST., ALLEGHENY,
Where advertisements will be received on
and after TO-DAT, up to fl P. M for inser
tion the next morning. This new office will
be kept open everyday except Sunday.
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VILSACK FINDS A SISTER.
What an Old Becord Kevenled A Story or
SufTering and Abnse Told Tlie Brother
and Sister May Fall Heir to Immense
Wealth.
Thursday THn DisrAicit published the
story of the young man who went by the
name of Henry "Vilsacb and was making in
quiries at the Department of Charities for a
lost sister and family in general. Yesterday
the following additional light was thrown
on the story:
Mrs. Fanny Orris, who resides at Hite's
station, on the. West Penn Railroad, called
on Examiner Hoffman, showed him the
newspaper item, and asked for some more
light on the matter. Examiner Hofiman
could not tell her anything additional, and
she said that it had occurred to her that
"Vilsack might be her brother, as she had
often heard of Henry Beresford and Father
Richards. The onlv difference in her story
was that she had been at the Pittsburg Poor
Farm instead of the Allegheny City Poor
Farm. She said she had been under the
care of the old Guardians of the Poor as
Fannie Kammerer. On looking through the
old records a history of her life was found,
which reads as follows:
Jt,'2Sjs22,l?81.
Faie Kammerer
A child who wa indentured bv the Alle
gheny Citv Poor Farm to HenrvBeresrord.
on December 19. 1S78, and is the "daughter of
Mrs. Mary Kammerer. Mrs. Kammerer was
married to a man named Adam Kammerer in
August,1870. They kept house in Allegheny,
about one year after which they quarreled
and separated for a short time. A settle
ment was affected and they lived togetner
and parted a number ot times. After a
final separation Mrs. Kammeier went to
live with her mother at Tarentum for
a while, and on May 19, 1877, she
with her four cbildren were sent to the
County Home. They were then transferred
to the Alleghenv City Home, June 18,1877.
Mrs. Kammerer left the City Home April 3,
1S78, since which time we know nothing of
her. The child Fannie was born February
12, 1872. She was indentured to Henrv Beres
tonl December 19,1878, who then lived in
Millvuie borough, but who has gone to Pitts
burg and lives ome place In the Ea9t End.
She was returned to the farm and in
dentured to B. B. Fell, of No. 53 Gibbon
street, now living at 211 Market street, Alle
gheny. She was with Fell only a short time,
and was returned to the" farm again, to bo
nnauy discharged August 6, JSI.
Here the record of her life so far as the
Department of Charities is concerned ends.
After leaving the farm for the last time she
went to live with a family named Brown
residing in Homestead.
In speaking of this she said she was
awfully abused by certain members of the
Brown family and ran offi They then
moved to Crafton and she returned to them
a few weeks later. The abuse, she says,
was continued until one day a num
ber of the members ot the family
were poisoned and she was suspected of
doing the wore She soon left the family
and was married to Phillip Orris, a coal
merchant's son, and they now live at Hite's
station.
Vilsack afterward learned that he and
his three sisters were taken charge of by a
Catholic priest and given out to different
families for adoption. A few other little
points of his life corresponded with soms of
those of Mrs. Orris and it was then decided
that this would settle the question as far as
Vilsack is concerned.
It has since been learned that Mrs. Ham
merer's mother owned a large tract of land
near Tarentum which she willed to her
daughter's children at her death. This land
is still in the-hands of the administrator aud
is said to be worth thousands of dollars.
Mrs. Orris was given Vilsack's address
yesterday but on going to his home he was
not there and at a late hour lasf evening she
was still waiting for his return. The
brother and sister will now go to work and
endeavor to locate each member of the
family for the purpose of proving their
identity and claiming the land that has
been willed them.
PROHIBITION Is a failure bat license Is
not. Bead Bev.George Hodgeft' opinions on
the liquor question in THE DISPATCH to
morrow. INDIGNANT H0ME8TEADEBS,
A Fnbllc Meeting Held, and a Natural Gas
Company Is Roasted.
The citizens of Homestead held an indig
nation meeting Wednesday and .appointed
a committee to wait on the Low Pressure
Gas Company at its office in Pittsburg.
When the committee called it claims it was
snubbed by the company's officials, and told
if the people of Homestead did not want to
pay the nrice for the gas it would be turned
on".
As a result of the snubbing another indig
nation meeting was held last night. In dis
cussing the question the fact was developed
that the Low Pressure Gas Company is a
distinct company from the Chartiers Valley
Company to which thejranchise of all right
of way privileges were originally granted
through the streets and the Low Pressure
Company are trespassers in the borough. A
resolution was adopted for presentation to
Councils requesting an immediate investi
gation. It also transpired that the
Pittsburg, Homestead and Munhall Street
Railway Company, applying for right of
way through the borough, is composed prin
cipally of the same stockholders, who own
and operate the Low Pressure Gas Company,
and their application for a street railway
franchise will likely be refused. ,
The gas consumers not only propose to
shut off the gas, but fight the company to
the bitter end, and Hon. J. F. Cox is in
hearty sympathy with the movement, and
the people are depending on him as a lawyer
to see them through.
A Blind Entertainment.
,The Clipper Comedy Company, com
posed entirely of blind persons, will play
'The Broken .TugJ orthcHero of the South
side," a comedy written by Joseph P.
Link, who is also blind, on Saturday, De
cember 12, at Turner Hall, Jane street,
Southside. The proceeds are for the bene
fit of the Blind Musical Trio, Martin, Gane
and Link:
The New Variety Theater.
Dick Sands, the clog dancer, who has
been in Pittsburg looking for a site for a
new variety theater, said yesterday that a
Teal estate firm had secured the site and his
backer is expected here next week, when he
says active work will be begun. Mr. Sands
will abandon the stage to manage the new
theater.
Italians Going to Europe.
Another batch of 30 Italian with their
wives started for Europe last evening. The
exodus this year is unprecedented, and no
particular reason can be given for it, except
that the men have had a good summer on
the railroad and doing other contract nork.
Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 20, 1891.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors
of the Marine Kational Bank, held this day,
the following minute was read and adopted:
This Board has heard with sorrow ot the
death of John O. Phillips, a faithful and
much esteemed director since the inception
of this bank, and we wish to express onr ap
preciation of bis many admirable qualities.
He was an honorable,upright businessman;
a safe and faithful counselor to this Board,
and, above all, a generous,truc-hearted man.
We feel that we have lost a good and warm
hearted friend as well as a prudent and
careful director.
We offer our sincere sympathy to the
wife and familv of our late associate.
" William W. OVNeil,
President
W. Evox Bonnhoest, Cashier.
After a sleepless night use Angostura
Bitters to tone your system. All druggists.
TTSSU
B.&B.
To-day open kid gloves jirimrose and
golden rod shades. Boogs & Buhl.
See our novelties in fine neckwear.
James H. Aiken & Co.. 100 Fifth ave.
THE CARPENTERS AT "WAR.
An Election in the Brotherhood or Carpen
ters Will Have to Go a Certain Way or
There VJ ill Be a Split Other Industrial
Notes. .
The trouble brewingbetween the Brother
hood of Carpenters and the Amalgamated
Carpenters is assuming larger proportions
every day. Next Saturday night the Trades
Assembly will again meet and a lively ses
sion is looked for.
Jfext month the Brotherhood will elect
officers. Already the element opposed to
strikes is getting ready to try and elect
men who will work in harmony with them.
A prominent Brotherhood man said vester
day that if the old leaders were successful
in the election, there would be about 800
carpenters leave the Brotherhood and join
the Amalgamation. He said though he
felt confident that the present officers wonld
be ousted, since they had made so many
false promises to the members.
Firebrick Hates Made Uniform.
A conference of the Pittsburg, Youngs
town, Cleveland and Wheeling freight com
mittees was held at the Monongahela House
yesterday to consider the firebrick rates.
The main business was to line up a number
or intermediate points in the Middle States
and territory beyond Chicago with the bas
ing places. In some places it meant a reduc
tion in the tariff and in others a slight ad
vance. Since the basing rates were changed
a short time ago the brick rates have not
been uniform. Large quantities of bricks
are made in this locality and in Wheeling,
Bellaire and other points along the Ohio
river.
Getting Beady for Winter.
A larje increase in the travel on the
Pittsburg Traction Company's line is re
ported. As a result there is a shortage of
cars and the six trains of summer cars are
being remodeled for winter use. The Brill
Car Company, of Philadelphia, has been at
work putting side panels and windows in
the cars and they will be ready for service
by the first of next week. The seats will
be recarpeted and stoves placed in the
center of the cars. The seats in these cars
arc in the center and the passengers sit
facing the side windows.
Industrial Notes.
The Bradley Stove Foundry of Kensington
will increase Its plant.
The new assembly of carpet and furniture
salesmen received its charter last night.
It is said that a company will be organized
In Pittsburg shortly for the manufacture of
tin.
A partt ot Westmoreland county capital
ists have secured a charter and will start a
brick works at Lisonier, Fa.
The striking bricklayers claim that the
non-union men now at work aro represent
ing themselves as union men.
The elections in District Assembly Xo. 3
will be held in January, and so far but little
is being said about candidates.
Tux ltetail Merchants' Protective Associa
tion of McKeesport is talking of leaving the
national body and forming a union of its
own.
The Braddock Electric Street Car Com
pany is selling annual tickets for $25. A
person holding them can make as many
trips as desired.
The new assembly of Pittsburg.Allegheny
and Manchester street railway employes
will meet to-night, at which time it will re
ceive its charter.
The Pennsylvania Tube Works will make
an addition to Its plant so that 36-inch pipe
can be manufactured. Its capacity will be
increased to 109 tons daily.
The Building Committee of the "Presby
terian Church of Dubois, Clearfield county.
Pa., is receiving bids for the erection of a
handsome stone church. Tlie time will not
close nntll January 1.
DRESS GOODS
TO THE FRONT.
Extra Bargains in a line of
FRENCH DE ALMA,
75c Value at 50c a Yard.
MIXED DE ALMA,
50c Value at 37 l-2c.
46-inch Black and Colored-Henriettas,
one dollar value ar 75c
38-inch All-Wool SuitiDgs, copies
of French designs in Novelty Mix
tures, Chevrons, Plaids and Stripes,
at 374c a yard.
Express daily, choice addi
tions to Cloak Department.
Newmarkets, Inverness and Mili
tary Capes, plain and fancy cloths.
Ladies using fine tailor-made gar
ments will find extra values at $8,
$10, 13, $16 to $20.
Fur-trimmed, lined and unlined
Chevrons, fine Diagonals, Whip
Cords, Bedfords, Choice Fabrics and
Furs, perfect shapes, Jio to 30.
Novelties in GRETCHENS and
COAT EFFECTS for .children 8
to 12.
Our line of Fancy Coats, 2 to 6,
embraces stylish, nobby conceits at a
LOW RANGE OF PRICE.
All seasonable grades of UNDER
WEAR on a low plane of prices. As
sortment strong and varied, to meet
the needs of MEN, WOMEN AND
CHILDREN.
BIBER &' EAST0N
505 AND 507 MARKET ST. '
nol8-TTS30
TJ. and S.
Stuttgarter's sanitary underwear, union
suits, equestrian tights, abdominal he't-,
infants' band, knit eacctuers and bootees,
galterettes and leggins In Jersev, cloth and
wool. Hosiery In cotton, lisle, silk and
wool, and all silk. We make a specialty of
hoHiery and underwear for men, women und
children.
ULRICH & SPENCER,
642 Penn Avenue.
Open Saturday Evening.
nollrrs
THE
IITl 1 Timi Pmill" Warm Air Furnaces
and
Wrouelit steel Kanre-
CIXDERELLA UAXtiES AND STOVES.
UAS 1CAXGES AND BKOILEKS.
J. C. BAKTLETT,
ocS-rrs CC3M"ooa streotFliifburg,
f.-
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TS.
The Leadlns
Dry Goods House.
Pittsburg, Pa
Saturday, Nov. 21, 1331.
JOS. HORNE & COL'S
PENN AYENU2 ST0R31
A GREAT
BargainSaleTo-Day
-or-
CLOTH
LONG GARMENTS.
An unprecedented opportunity to
secure money-saving values in most
desirable and excellent warm winter
wraps.
Here are the principal itemsr
AT $6.50,
Usual Prices $15, $18 and $20.
A lot of Plain and Caped Newmar
kets and Raglans, sizes 32' to 44, in
Broadcloth, Cheviot, Serge, Diagonal,
Beaver and Corkscrew, some lined
throughout, sorrie lined to the waist,
some unlined; all colors and blacks.
AT $8,
Usual Prices $18 and $20.
Plain Newmarkets in extra heavy
weight Beavers, Broadcloths and
Kerseys, all sizes, good styles, black
and all best colors.
AT $10,
Usual Prices $23 to $35.
A lot of plain Newmarkets in black
Broadcloth and Beaver, all best colors,
all sizes, lined throughout.
AT $10,
Usual Price $23.
A lot of fine quality, all-wool black
French Beaver Raglans, all sizes,
from 34 to 46; good styles and good
colors.
AT $10,
Usual Price $20.
A lot of Diagonal Cheviot Ulsters,
reefer front, full length Astrakhan
shawl collar, cuffs of same, five hand
some Soutache Braid Ornaments.
AT $12,
Usual Price $20.
A lot of fine French Beaver New
markets, all sizes, from 32 to 40,
London style fly front,high shoulders,
edged with wool Astrakhan; color3
Navy and Black.
AT $10,
Usual Price $1?.
A lot of fine Diagonal Cheviot
Newmarkets, pleated back and front,
high shoulders, all sizes, from 32
to 42.
AT $15,
Usual Price $23.
A lot of imported Diagonal Chev
iot Newmarkets, sleeves of same
cloth or velvet, high shoulders, all
sizes.
AT $15,
Usual Price Hk
A lot of very fine Broadcloth Ul
sters, sizes 34, 36 and 38, leg-o'-mutton
sleeves, in plain cloth or vel
vet, quilted lining, edged with Per
sian Lamb fur; colors, Navy, Car
dinal and Gray.
AT $20,
Usual Price $33.
A lot of large-sized Raglans, in me
dium weight Camel's Hair Cheviot,
lined to the waist with satin Rha
dame, sizes 38 to 44.
AT $22,
Usnal Prices HO and $45.
lot of imported Cheviot Rag
in styles especially suitable for
A
lans,
elderly ladies' wear, lined throughout
with silk serge: all sizes, 38 to 46.
AT $25,
Usual Prices $15 and $50.
A lot of Camel's Hair Cheviot
Raglans, silk lining throughout,
Faille Francaise facing; all sizes.
Everyone of these garments is
made of excellent, wearable cloths,
in colors and styles the best to be se
cured, and the shapes are all good
and most desirable, and all tailor
finished.
This sale is continued to-day.
The first floor of our Cloak Depart
ment wiil be given up to it. Don't
fail to attend.
JOS. HORNE & CO.,
607-621 Penn Avenue.
no21
SPECIAL
ANNOUNCEMENT!
CARPET
PRICES
ALL
REDUCED.
In order to make room for next season's
stock we will on and after to-day otfer Car
pets at greatly reduced prices. The same
qualities have never been sold at the figures
now placed on them.
Body Brussels at U0c, worth $1 23.
Large lino of Hartford, Lowell and Bigc
low's Body Brussels, with Borders to match,
at $1 and $1 10; always sold at $1 50.
Very largo line bast Moquettes. not Rem
nants, at $1 25 per yard, worth l 75.
Large line Bigelow's Axmlnsters, with
Borders to match, at$l 50 to $1 60 these wa
have sold right along at $2 to $1 23 a yard.
EDWARD .
GROETZINGER,
627 and 629 Penn Ave.
noS-TTssa
ENGRAVED ..
Wedding Invitations, Calling Cards, Etc,
w. v. dermTtt & CO.,
407 Grant Street.
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