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THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH.
MONDAY, .NOVEMBER 30, 189L
BOOING!,,
Missouri People Think Bis Chances
to Be Speaker Are Good, hut
They Hay Jump to Mills.
CLEVELAND'S STRENGTH WANING.
Democrats Will Dodge the Free Silver-Issue,
Irat Will Mate a Tight on
the SlcKinlej Tariff.
A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE TVAXTED.
Mmy Soted Eonlhtra Sjktrs nd Soldiers rati
Ihrongh rittfbnrc.
A number of Missouri Congressmen, ex
Congressmen, ex-Governors, Southern
Colonels and other prominent Democrats
passed through the city last evening bound
for "Washington to boom Hatch for Speaker.
They occupied two Pullman cars, and will
begin to howl for their man as soon as they
arrive at the capital. Congressman Hatch
was in the party, and he thinks he will
make a grandstand finish on the home-i-tretch.
lie is a little late in opening his
headquarters, but the addition of his forces
on the cround will increase the spice in the
Speakership fight. All the Missouri Con
gressmen, except O'Xeil, who is pledged to
stills, will support him.
In the party were Congressmen Tarsney,
of Kansas City, the pension fighter whose
rabid talk on fnis subject made Republican
votes in Ohio; Dockery, Hurdc, 3Iansur
and Cobb, of Missouri; Congressman Bailey,
of Texas, who succeeded Judge Hare and
w ill be the youngest member in the next
House; Congressmen Rice Pierce, of Ten
nessee; Colonel .T. G. Prather, the Mis
souri member on the Democratic National
Committee; Colonel .Toe Rickey, famous
for the mixed drink that bears his name;
ex-Congressman A. G. Cochran, formerly
ot Allegheny; ex-Congressman George
Maham, cx-Lieutcnant 'Governor George
Brockmyer, Cornelius Voorhees, Editor
,Tohn Knott, of Hannibal, and Insurance
Commissioner Ellerby, of Missouri. To
morrow a second delegation, including Gov
ernor Francis and the other Congressmen,
will start for "Washington. They remained
iver in St. Lcnis to attend the celebration
in honor of Bishop Kendrick, of the Catho
lic Church.
Hatch's 7Ien May Jump to Mills.
Mr. Hatch is very confident that he will
win on the final ballot. He is in the fight
to stay, and believes his chances are better
than the two leading candidates. His
friends will stick to him to the end, though
Mr. Ellerby said if they saw he couldn't be
elected the delegation would jump to Mills.
Young Bailey will vote for Mills, but he is
not an ardent admirer of the noted free
iradcr. Rice Pierce is a McMillin man to
the backbone, and says the Tennessecan is
the second choice of the Southern and West
ern delegations. He believes McMillin
will have from 40 to 60 votes on the first
ballot. The Tennessee Congressmen are a
unit for him.
The "Western and Southern people are
turning their backs on Cleveland. In the
South, Mr. Pierce says, the farmers arc all
against him, but he still retains some ot his
popularity in the cities and towns. The
people don't like his silver views. Hill is
the stronger man of the two among the
Southern grangers. Mr. Pierce thinks a
Filver plauk will be put in the next Demo
cratic national platform, at least the party
will declare in favor of the free coinage of
the American output. In the South Re
publicans to a man are tor Blaine, except
the Harrison appointees, who feel that way,
but arc afraid to say so. If Blaine will run,
Mr. Pierce says, he can have all the South
ern delegations for a gift. The Democratic
farmers are in the woods over a candidate,
and don't know whom to support.
Congressman Tarsney wants the Morrell
pension bill remodeled. He is opposed to
paying pensions to bounty jumpers who
never smclled powder. He thought a special
tariff bill aiming at the weak points in the
McKinley bill would be introduced. The
object is" to keep the Republicans in the
position of defending the McKinley tarifiu
Rolrr or Grny tor President.
Congressman Dockery said no silver legis
lation would be considered. He was not
ure whether there would be a general or
special revision of the tariff; "In the com
ini: Presidental election," he said, "we
want to win. If the ljist can't acree on a
candidate, then (iovrnor Boiep, of Iowa, or
Gra, of Indiana, will be nominated. Cleve
land ccrtaiulv will not be the man. unless
. the New York delegation is solid for him.
The country can't be expected to sup
port a man hn is not upheld
by bis own people. Iowa is in the Demo
cratic ranks to stay, and prohibition had
nothing to do with the result. If an East
ern man is ohoieii. the Yice President will
then be Boies or Gray.'
Colonel Prather, of the Democratic
National Ojtnmittee, said Hatcii could be
the next Governor of Missouri if he would
run. The Colonel looks very much like
Vnolc .Terry Rusk, and has the Secretary's
kind and lathcrly way of speaking. He
doeut think a free silver plank will be put
in the Democratic platform. The Colonel
i conservative, and though a Silverman,
he thinks it best not to force the issue as
lone as it is unpopular in the East. It
won't bo the lault of the Democrats if they
can't win next year by straddling everyone
of their rccoenized principles.
Concrcssman Hatch declared the Demo
cratic policy would be tariff reform, free
ilvcr and econoinv in running the Govern
ment. The silver question will be kept in
the background for the present, sud the
srreat fight will be made "atrainst the 31c
K inlev tariff. All admitted that the next
House will be hard to handle, and it will
lcecp the wheel horses busy to throttle the
Alliance members and hold the kickers in
line
OPPOSED TO HOME BUXE.
An Irishman Claims American Money
Keeps up the Agitation.
Henry Dickson, of Belfast, was in the
city yesterday on private business. He was
bound for Chicago. Mr. Dickson is opposed
to home rule. He says the Irish people are
not badly treated, and if it were not for
American money the agitation would have
stopped five vears asro. Mr. Dickson claims
that the Yankee boodle goes to the politi
cians, and it is their business to keep up
the strife, or the supply would stop. When
a-ked if the Irish laws were not oppressive,
he declared th-y were not.
"They speak of the acts as coercion, ap
plving "a harsh term to make the laws
odious," he continued. "Well, all laws co
erce people, some more than others, to be
mre. The Irish arc a free people. I was
born in Ireland and lived there all my life.
I have liberty to go and come when I please,
and I exist under the same laws as my
biethrenin the South. I know that under
the plan of campaign a number of tenants
vho could have paid their rents declined to
do so and were evicted. .This is what th?y
v anted for the effect it would have oil
the country, and then they could cry ty
ranny. If a man doesn't pay his rent
in America he is given SO days
notice to get out. The same real estate laws
prevail everywhere. It is the only way
that the business can be conducted. I
haven't been in the South of Ireland for 20
years, and seldom attend any of the mass
meetings. Xo matter what may have been
Parnell'i morals, his ability is unquestioned.
He is recognized by the Irish people as a
great man. The constant agitation. I think,
has developed the Irish. Some of the ablest
men in the English nation are Irishmen."
A VEBY POPTJLAE HAN.
Mr. Phillips Dined at the Anderson Early
In the Evening, and Was in Good Health.
Jacob A. Phillips, who died so suddenly
at his home on Center avenue late Saturday
night, was a very popular and lovable man.
He took most of his meals at the Anderson
Hotel, where he was a general favorite
among the regular boarders. He was also
well known to the commercial travelers,
and many regrets were heard on all sides at
the hotel yesterday over his unexpected
death. .
At 7 o'clock he dined at the Anderson
with Ed .Tackman and Frank Daniels, the
actor. He was in good spirits, and seemed
to be in the best of health. At midnight,
when he got home from the store, he was
seized with a violent causbing fit, and be
fore a doctor could be called he was dead.
His body will be taken to Philadelphia this
morning, on the limited, for bnnah Mr.
Phillips was a well-to-do man, and built up
a large clothing trade in Pittsburg. He
leaves considerable wealth for distribution
among his heirs. He was fond of the
theaters and a great first nighter. One of
his hobbies was cultivating fine and rare
flowers. At his home on Center ave
nue, he has a garden and conserva
tory in which he spent much of his
time. He liked to work among the plants,
and. was quite successful in developing corn
flowers, the favorite flower of the Chinese.
A few days ago he appeared at the Ander
son with one of them fully opened. The
flower was put on exhibition in a floral
store window.
Mr. Phillips was very charitable in a
quiet way. He never cared to have his nu
merous benefactions published to the world.
SATURDAY'S SINNERS
Arraigned Before the Police Magistrates
Testerday Morning for Trial Many
Small Cases Disposed of at the Hearings
Only a Few JVorkhonse Sentences.
There was plenty for the magistrates to
do at the regular Sunday hearings yester
day, though most of the cases were of a
very common ofHer. There were 29 cases at
Central station before Magistrate Hyndman.
Kate McCauley and Mary McDonald got 90
days each to the workhouse for taking
possession of a carpenter shop in
Lemon alley Saturdav and bombarding pe
destrians with black mud. Both were
drnnk and caused considerable trouble be
fore arrested by Detective Coulsoc Alice
Lowry got GO days for allowing too much
noise in her house in the rear of Kb. 25
High street, where women and men were
drinking. The women, Jennie Foster and
Celia Miller, got 50 days each, and two of
the men received like sentences, but paid
fines instead of serving them. Two others,
one a messenger boy, were allowed to de
fart, being first offenses. The other cases
were common drunks.
Magistrate Leslie had a dozen cases to
dispose of at the Seventeenth ward sfation.
John Pickerage and Theodore Meswesky,
both Poles, wercdrunk Saturday night and
amused themselves bv throwing stones
through windows on Forty-seventh street.
They were fined $10 and cost each. Captain
Brophy made a raid on a Bloomfield house,
where a game of craps was in progress Sat
urdav night. The proprietor, Johnson, es
caped, but eight visitors were captured and
fined ?5 and costs each.
Magistrate Succop had 16 people before
him at the Twenty-eighth W3rd police sta
tion. There were 5 drunks, 9 disorderlies
and 2 vags. John McAvoy was sentenced
SO days to Clareraont for going in an auction
room at Xo. 1213 Carson street and calling
the auctioneer a Jew. Steve Berry and Al
bert Frewn were each sentenced SO days to
the workhouse for sleeping in an old box at
the Republic "Iron Works.
Magistrate McKenna had about 30 pris
oners to dispose of at the Twelfth ward sta
tion. Among them was Bert Lilly, who
has figured somewhat in police circles for
the past few days. On Saturday night he
is alleged to have visited the house of Mrs.
Rose Leech, whom a few days ago he had
arrested for robbing him, and insisted on
getting in, and an officer had to be called to
get him away." Mrs. Leech testified
that Lilly had been bothering her a great
deal and" she didn't want anything to do
with him. He was fined 10 and costs.
John Croznesky was accused of beating
and abusing his wife, for which he was fined
510 and costs. Bristen Welk amused him
self Saturday night by kicking in the door
of a Third avenue house and was assessed
10 and costs. William O'Brien was dis
charged from the Bethel Home and on
Saturday night he went back drunk and
raised a row. He was sent to the work
house for 30 days.
Magistrate Hyndman disposed of seven
cases at the Nineteenth ward station. John
Rogan and Mike Donnelly were fined ?10
andcosts for fighting on a Duquesne Trac
tion car Saturday night. Julius Mane, aged
13 years, was sent to Morganza for bad De
liavior by his parents. The others were
drunks.
Xine cases only were before Mavor Wy
man at the hearing in Allegheny. William
Reed was fined $5 and costs for disorderly
conduct on Laoock street Saturday night.
He was arrested by Officer Waugh, and as
the latter was taking him to the patrol box
a large man named Smith interfered and as
saulted the officer. The latter held to his
prisoner and grasped Smith until another
officer came "to his assistance. The prison
ers were then sent to the station. Smith
left r. forfeit, but did not appear at the
hearing. The other cases were common
ones.
THE ARNOLD LECITJSE.
A Big Itnn on Tickets Is Looked for
To-Day.
The sale of tickets for Sir Edwin Arnold's
lecture on Thursday evening is progressing
so satisfactoril v as to insure a large audience.
"Several lecture parties have been arranged,
and others are talked of. As the scats in
this hall are all good there is no great
choice, but the first in will have the pleas
ure of selecting to suit themselves. From
every point comes the word that the large
and elegant audiences are agreeably dis
appointed in the great poet and scholar.
His manner is even more fascinating than
his poetry.
The box sheet is at Ecker's music store,
75 Fifth avenue, where tickets can be ob
tained at any time prior to the evening of
the lecture.
James Bnnter Gets Scorched.
James Hunter, ex-President of Allegheny
Common Councils, was rather severely
burned about the face yesterday afternoon
at his home, on Perrysville avenue, Alle
gheny. He had finished dinner and went
down into the basement to attend to the
furnace. He opened the door to throw in
some coal. As lie did so a puff of fire came
out and burned his face, but fortunately did
not strike his eyes. Dr. Kirker was sent
for, and stated Mr. Hunter's eyes had not in
th'e least been affected.
ON THE N0RTHSIDE.
For the convenience ot advertisers, THE
DISPATCH has established
A BRANCH OFFICE
AT
107 FEDERAL ST., ALLEGHENY,
Where advertisements will be received on
and arter TO-DAT, up to J r. M., for inser
tion the next morning. This cow oilier will
be kept open every day except Sunday.
A BOOM IS IN SIGHT.
Iron Manufacturers Are looking for
an Improved Market.
GOOD BESDLTS OP THE ELECTION.
Poor Prospects for the Eeported Window
Glass Combine.
AFFAIRS OF THE GREAT INDUSTRIES
Local iron manufacturers say the market
has perceptibly improved since the recent
election. Orders are increasing daily and a
large surplus of stock that accumulated
during the dull season will soon be disposed
of.
G. A. Steiner, of Shoenberger & Co.,
said yesterday: "J think there is, without
a doubt, a better feeling throughout the
iron business since McKmley's election.
We shall begin to plainly realize this fact
about the first of the year, and by March
business will be very brisk. Had -the
Democrats carried Ohio it would have de
pressed business to a greater degree than be
fore election. Railroads have now become
very busy. They need rolling' stock, rails
and much other material. For years past
the roads have been buying very little from
the manufacturers. Many of the roads have
made as few repairs as they possibly could
and keep up their equipment
Serr Equipments Necessary.
"The rolling stock was allowed to decrease
because there was no freight to handle.
Now the big crops and other freight have
wonderfully increased their business. They
need cars and at present they have not got
them. They will have'to equip their roads
anew. These necessities on the part of the
companies will boom the iron business. In
fact we can say when the railroads are busy
business in all parts of the country is good.
"I have heard within a short time that a
reason for the many wrecks recently is be
cause the companies have failed to renew
their nils. The rails have been used so
long that they have become thin and break
very easily. I should not be surprised if
this were pnrtially true, as the demand for
rails for some time has been very light,
"Notwithstanding the poor business of
the year, the production all over the coun
trv has been very heavy. Nearly all the
mills have been running as full time as pos
sible. This heavy production has stocked
the market and brought prices down re
markably low. The reason of this produc
tion is that the cost is counted.
Must Go on Producing.
"If a firm whose general expenses are
81,000 produces One ton of iron, it is consid
ered that the one ton cost 51,000. If 1,000
tons are produced the cost isSl per ton, and
if the production is 10,000 tons, it is esti
mated that each ton cost but 10 cents. The
fact that the production is heavy is no indi
cation that business has been brisk. A firm
will always operate its plant with the ex
pectation of selling the stock when the mar
ket becomes better.
'There is nothing in the reported war on
the Amalgamated Association. The manu
facturers have never talked of it Next
spring I suppose if the manufacturers and
association cannot agree on wages the
trouble at Moorhead's mill at Sharpsburg
will only be repeated with like results. I
should not be surprised if next spring the
manufacturers should ask for a more equit
able distribution of wages in the depart
ments where rollers are employed. How.
ever, it is too early to talk of the scale. We
have never even thought of it
BELKVES TRUSTS ABE ILLEGAL.
James A. Chambers Tells How Manutact
, nrers Should Unite.
It is generally thought among glass men
that the window glass manufacturers will
fail to form the proposed combination at
their meeting to-morrow. Two reasons are
given for their failure. One is that some of
the manufacturers have held aloof from the
scheme, and the other is that laws recently
passed caused some of them to hesitate be
fore entering a trust.
The window glass men wished-merely to
form a pool to sell their glass through one
agent. They would retain the mauagement
of their plants and would receive profits in
proportion to the amount of glass they
manufactured. The plan that was to be
adopted at to-morrow's meeting was at best
a makeshift and could net be permanent.
I believe if the matter were ever taken
to court all trusts would be shown to be
illegal. About a year ago when the Ameri
can Window Glass Company was projected
prominent lawyers informed the members
that they would go into it at their own risk.
James A Chambers said last night: "It
is now almost impossible to effect a combi
nation. The law of Illinois, under which
the United Glass Company was chartered,
makes st a sort of conspiracv to join into a
combination to keep up prices. The only
way that manufacturers can combine is bv
forming a regular corporation and stock
company. Many manufacturers object to
this plan because their plants will be
placed under one general management, aud
the manufacturers will thus lose their in
dividuality. The United States Glass Com
pany and the United Glass Company
are both regularly incorporated concerns.
Annual .Election In D. A. 3.
Secretary Hoecbstetter, of D. A. 3,
Knights of Labor, has issued a circular to
the local assemblies of the district, calling
their attention to the district convention
which meets on January 20. At this meet
ing the district officers for the ensuing term
will be elected. During the month of De
cember officers in all the local assemblies
will be elected, as well as delegates to the
district convention. During the past year
the district has been making considerable
progress. The membership has greatly in
creased. Duriug the present quarter one
assembly has been organized.
WENT INTO IT "WHOLESALE.
Samuel larzmsn Wanted for Stealing Han
dreds of Fairs of Tronsers.
Detective Geyer, of Philadelphia, arrived
in Pittsburg yesterday and left last night
with Samuel Larzman on a charge of steal
ing 384 pairs of trousers from M. Svarttz,
a clothier of Market street, Philadelphia.
Larzman set up a shop as a tailor and had
some dozen gir.s sewing for him. He se
cured the cut goods to sew and afterward
pawned them, realizing about 51,000 by the
transaction. On the day he disposed of
them he eloped with a 17-year-old girl
named Garfingel, of No. 74 South Third
street, taking jewelry and money to the
value of 700 belonging to her father, and
after going to Baltimore came on here a few
weeks later. He claimed to have married
the girl. ,
On Friday a woman claiming to be his
wife called on Superintendent Weir and
asked to have him arrested for desertion.
In an interview with his wife at police
headquarters he promised to live wi'h her,
the complaint was withdrawn by the woman
and he was released. Later he was ar
rested on a telegram from Philadelphia and
was turned over to Detective Geyer of that
city yesterday, Larzman is but 19 vears
old and has a stranded theatrical company
here. The father of the Garfingel girl is
also here and will take jhis daughter home.
Thrown From an Klectrlc Car.
Mrs. Mary Brown, ofNo. 2503 Carey al
ley, was severely injured last . evening by
attempting to get off car No. 16 of the
Birmingham Traction Company's line
while in motion. She was thrown to the
ground, striking her head on a cobble stone
and cutting a gasS several inches in length.
NEW TRACTION OFFICERS.
Col. .Elkins Son to Manage the Fifth Ave
nue Xine, Col. Bice the Duquesne
Grips to Be Fnt on Old Dnquesne Cars
What M.igee Says.
The news from Philadelphia yesterday
that the deal between the Pittsburg and Dn
qnesne Traction Companies had been finally
concluded there on the previous night
caused speculation as to what changes will
result Among other stories heard
was a well authenticated one that
each line will have a seperate superin
tendent, subject only to President George
Elkins of the Pittsburg Traction Com
pany, who will, as stated before,
have general control of both lines, a posi
tion he is to assume Wednesday next
The new Superintendent of the Duquesne
line, according to the' story heard, is to be
Colonel W. H. Rice, at present the chief
engineer on 'that line. George McFarland,
who has made snch a popular and efficient
superintendent, is to be turned down, it is
said, on account of an old difficulty which
has existed between himself and "Colonel
Elkins since McFarland left an official posi
tion in the Pittsburg Traction Company.
The Fifth avenue line, according to the
same story, will be superintended by a son
of Colonel Elkins, who formerly held a re
sponsible position on one of the Elkins
Widener roads in Chicago, and is said to he
a competent manager.
Colonel Elkins is getting pretty well .up
in years and, it is said, desires to be re
lieved of much of the routine duty he has
been subjected to in the management of the
cable road, hence the position of general su
pervisor he will assume under the new man
agement will be very satisfactory to him.
Colonel Elkins is said to have told a
friend a few days a ago that as soon as the
combination of'the two roads is completed
the 60 big cars that proved such a costly ex
periment on the Duquesne line when it was
started will be changed to grip cars and put
on the Fifth avenue cable road. These cars
have been lying in the Duquesne Company's
car barn at Bellefield ever since the small
cars replaced them on the road. The ex
pense of transforming them into cable cars
will be small and they are so well construc
ted for the comfort of passengers they will
be an improvement on the old cable cars
But little additional information has
been received from the conference at Phila
delphia. The Duquesne Traction magnates
who are down there are expected home to
day. C L. Magee was interviewed in
Philadelphia last night and said:
"Nothing was done at the conference of
the Duquesne and Pittsburg Traction offi
cials yesterday bevond completing a traffic
arrangement which provides better service
for the public in transferring passengers
from one line to the other. Fares will be
equalized on December 1 by the Pittsburg
Traction restoring the 5-cent rate. If any
thing further should be done in the future
it will be done by the joint managements,
each company being represented in the
other's board,"".
OUTWITTED WHISPEE 0WNEBS.
How Captain Mercer Succeeded In Balding
Fonr More Speak-Easiei.
Captain Mercer and Lieutenant Cramer,
with a squad of police from the Fourteenth
ward, raided three gilt-edged spcak-easies
yesterday in a peculiar manner. The pro
prietors of the "speak-easies" in that dis
trict have formed so great a combination
against the officers that they can't get
within a mile of their house. Ry ts or
pickets are on the lookout all the time, and
just as soon as the officers make a move for
them the proprietors are notified and their
houses are closed up.
Yesterday Captain Mercer conceived an
idea aud loaded his ten officers into a cov
ered milk wagon and drove it right to their
doors. He caught two speak-easies in full
blast on Bates street The first -one was
that of James Murphy, at No. C3 Bates
street, where the proprietor and eight men
were arrested. In the house was a regular
bar, with working boards and ice box as
fine as any saloon in the city. The stock
consisted of 5 half barrels of beer, 1 barrel
of whisky, 1 barrel of ale, 8 quart bottles pf
whiky, 11 pint bottles of whisky and 8
boxes of soft drinks. The officers also
found 19 emptv half barrels, 4 empty quar
ter barrels and 9 empty eights in the cellar.
The empty barrels show that Murphy did a
large business Saturday night and Sunday
morning. ,
At Barney Devine's, several doors above
Murphy's house, on the same street, the
proprietor and nine men were arrested. A
full barrel of beer had just been tapped.
The officers found a half-dozen empty beer
barrels in the cellar.
The house of Bridget O'Hara, up the
Four-mile run, was also raided, but she was
the only person found in the house. A lot
of empty beer bottles were found in the cel
lar, but "no beer. Mrs. O'Hara is charged
with keeping a disorderly house, but Mur
phy and Devinc are charged with selling
liquor on Sunday. They are all locked up
in the Fourteenth ward station and will be
given a hearing this morning,
ALLEGHENY'S BIG BUGABOO.
Gossip in and About City Hall, and a Talk
From .Chief Murphy.
Considerable gossip and comment was
passed around Allegheny City Hall yester
day by the attaehes and habitues anent the
arrest of Mayor Wyman. There are, of
course, opinions both wise and problematical
on the affair, but the general thought is
that a crisis in Allegheny municipal affairs
is near at hand.
Mayor Wyman has gone down into the
wilds of West Virginia for a few days' shoot,
but will return in time for his hearing on
next Friday on the charges preferred by
Controller Brown.
Chief Murphy was seen, howevcr'at his
home resting comfortably in a big arm
chair, toasting his toes before the fire. Sev
eral friends were with him. He said "that
there was no ground for all this trouble;
that it was prompted by animus on the part
of some disgruntled "politicians on the
Northside."
"What do you intend doing in the fire de
partment cases as brought up in Council?"
was asked.
"I am not going to do anything; I don't
think it's necessary. There seems to be a
let of people over here who know more
about my affairs than I do myself. There
is nothing to do. The fire department was
never in better condition than it is now.
I am aware of the bad feeling existing be
tween Mr. Jones and Mr. Hunter, but that
cuts no figure with the workings of the de
partment; it is conducted better in Alle
gheny than in many other cities I know of.
I have received no official notice what I am
to do, consequently can take no action. I
think, as I have all along, that I will come
out all right. I am not saying much, but
some of these fellows who afe making their
'cracks' may have a chance to hear from me
one of these davs."
Slashed With a Razor.
Joseph McKee, an East End saloon
keeper, met with a painful accident yester
day morning. He was engaged honing his
razor, when it slipped and struck the inside
of his left hand, cutting it into the bone.
Several veins were cut and he lost a great
quantity of blood.
ECHOES ,0F A SUNDAY.
The grip is gaining strength In Wilkins
fcurjr. Several cases were reported by local
doctors yesterday.
Last kiqut the police picked up a young
Polish woman with a babe at the corner of
Fifth avenue and Smitbfleld street. She was
almost frozen.
Eakly yesterday morning some persons
broke in the window of Benedict lloeliin's
saloon, 2019 Smallman street, and stole there
from two bottles of whisky, three bottles of
champagne and two decanters of whisky.
A little child six weeks old. dhmed Mag I
dalena Schratts, was found dead'in bed yes
terday morning, at the home of her parents
on Gang avenue, Troy Hill. Coroner's
Clerk Urant Miller inquired into the case
and found she had been probably smothered
accidentally during the night No inquest
wilt be held.
QUITE A BUSY YEAR
For the Secretary of the Interior and
His Aids in All Branches.'
EXCELLENT BEPOKTS FROM ALL.
Expansion of the Public Domain for Private
Settlement.
RAPID BETTERMENT OP THE RED MAN
Washisgtojt, Nov. 29. Secretary of the
Interior Noble has completed his annual
report of that department The most im
portant portions follow:
The work accomplished duriug the last
fiscal year has been of immense volume and
of signal importance. The General Land
Office is nearly abreast -of its work: the In
dian Bureau is accomplishing the rapid dis
integration of the Indian reservation, the
severance of tribal relations and the educa
tion of the Indian youth. The Pension
Office is rapidly completing the allowance of
all pensions logally possiMe under the laws,
moving at the rate of about 0,000 a month:
the census has been taken and its publica
tions rapidly going on; the Geological Sur
vey Is keepiug up its admirable work and is
selecting the reservoirs for the nrid lands of
the far West and Southwest; the Railroad
Bureau is making ready for the maturity of
the debts due from the subsidized
railroads, the Union Pacific, and others; the
Bureau of Education, besides baying dis
tributed the vast sum allowed the agricul
tural colleges for white and oolored pupils
in the difierent States is engaged in new
plans for the accumulation and distribution
of information useful for the schools and
their better management; and the Patent
Office, having celebrated its centennial, is
still advancing in the volume and variety
of its interesting and great Investigations
and patents.
Besides all these the management of the
Yellowstone National Park, tho Tosemite
National Park, the Sequoia National Park,
the Hot Spiings of Arkansas, and of the
other institutions under the Secretary, al
most endless in number, is reviewed with
care and many valuable suggestions made
as to each.
The Settlements of Homesteads.
The report notes an Important fact, as fob
lows: ,-The years of the present administra
tion have been marked to a notable degree
by the expansion of tho public domain for
private settlement. European nations strive
with one another to plant colonies beyond
their borders, even in Africa and on distant
islands; but onr -country is so fortunately
situated that within its own boundaries are
vast tracts of fertile land heretofore unused,
on which communities can establish them
selves in a single day, and be protected by
an almost instantaneous but easy and peace
ful application of our system of laws and
government to their new relations. In two
previous annual reDortsof tho present Sec
retary the measures taken and results at
tained in this direction were net forth as tho
most important events occurring in this de
department under your supervision. The
narration must now be continued for the
year just past."
The history is then given of the opening of
the new Indian purchases in Oklahoma,
under the proclamation of the President, on
beptemDer -"J, Jtui, wnen nearly a minion
acres were taken by settlers between noon
and dark, while 2,718 Indians were elevated
to citizenshin by taking allotments of IriO
acres each. It is stated that, as before, so at
this second contest or thousands of our citi
zens seeking personal advantages nnderthe
most exciting and trying circumstances, the
sense of j ustice and regard for la w con trolled
all alike to such a degree that there was no
occasion for interference by military force,
and the only injuries received were purely
accidental.
Making Citizens of the Indians.
Over 16,030 Indians have already become
citizens of the United States, and about
4,000 more, by taking their allotments, have
signified their desire to become citizons. To
these numbers should Do added the 7,619
Indians in Oklahoma who have taken, or
agreed to take, allotments. A total of 27,619
Indians naturalized, and fotal of acres ac
quired for settlement of about 23,000,000 dur
ing the present administration alone.
The number of agricultural patents, which
includes those for homesteads, issued" for
1889 was 70,141; for 1890, 117.247, and for 1891,
114, K0, and there were lett of final entries
for such lands at the end of the hist fiscal
year, June SO, 1891, only 84,172. These are re
sults that reach beneficently our fellow
citizens in their homes far away from the
capital, and by placing in the hands of tho
pioneer the title paper to his homestead,
provo that his Government is mindful of it9
promises and capable of living up to its pro
lessions. Much promlnenc e is given in the report to
the subject of reservoirs and irrigation
ditches for storing surplus water of the
streams and conveying it to arid lands.
Referring to the act of March 3, 1891, which
authorizes the cutting of timber upon the
public lands, snbject to the rules of the De
partment, tho Secretary states that, while
this act was desirable In some of its pro
visions,iit would seem to require further
amendment. The law gives every license for
felling forests, the only restraint imposed
being that which tho Secretary may see fit to
eniorce. There is no limit as to the time
when the timber, or the lumber made from
it, is to be used. It is not provided that it
shall be for the use of the person cutting it.
It may be cut and stored for sale without
violation of law. The forests are essential to
the future welfare of our country, and should
not bo wasted or handed over to the spoiler.
Experience has shown it to bo very difficult
to preserve the public timber under laws im
posing penalties for trespassers, and it can
not be doubted that punishment will bo
much less certain for violations ot Depart
ment regulations.
Welfare of tlie Bed Man Improved.
While it is not claimed that perfection has
yet been reached in the Indian service, it is
mentioned that in common Judgment of
those familiar with and interested in the
wcllare of the Indians, this service has been
greatly improved? The Indian population
is reported as SoOjiS.'!, exclusive of natives of
Alaska. The number of Indian youth en
rolled and tho average attendance in the
schools has inci eased. The appropriations
for schools have largely increased from year
to year, and tho liberality of Congress has
been pronounced during the present admin
istration. In lbSS the appropriation for sup
port of Indian schools was $1,179,916, in 1891
$1,842,770, and for 1892 it is $2,291,650. Tho In
dians, as a rule, have consented so readily to
send their children to school that it was not
found necessary immediately to enforce at
tendance as authorized by act of March 3,
1891.
Tho Secretary refers to tho relief afforded
by the act of June 27, 1SU0, to thousands of
disabled veterans unci their dependent rela
tives. who through lapse of time are not able
to prove the origin of disability in the line
of duty as required by prior enactments.
While the amount expended in payment of
pensions is large there is no purpose, in the
opinion of the Secretary, to which it could
be more beneficently applied.
It is shown that first payments have
greatly decreased In amounts, that the al
lowance! of original pensions will soon all
be made, that there will then be a great de
cline in the sum necessary to pay pensions
and the lists will rapidly decline from death
and other causes.
The Secretary gives a statement of the
course of a claim through the buieau, and
expresses the opinion that the force em
ployed in the important oik of adjudicat
ing these claims pcrform.thelr duties faith
fully to the claimants and with loyalty to
the Government. There Is probably no
bureau in the whole Government where a
claim is more closely scrutinized it has to
pass three legal experts, three medical ex
uminers, a board of examining surgeons, the
war records, the Medical Keleree and the
Commissioner. Many penalties are inflicted
and enforced for any fraud.
Belief In the Eleventh Cenvns.
The Secretary expresses the belief that tho
eleventh census will stand as much fair
and honest criticism ns any work of the
same magnitude heretofore done either at
home or abroad. The wok has been done
accurately and more rapidly than atnny
previously census, and the great bulk of it is
completed. The per capita has been about
the same as that of the tenth census and the
estimated total cost will, after allowing for
the usual progressive enhancement per cap
ita cost of successive censuses, not exceed
other enumerations. The announcement of
the population, November 26, 1891, as 62,622,
250 has not been changed, and upon that an
nouncement the apportionment law was
passednearly two years sooner than at nrlor
census periods. It is estimated by" the
Superintendent of the census that to com
plete the work, including the inquiries au
thorized by Congress after the original ap
propriation was made, will require a further
appropriation of about $1,000,000.
The work of tho Tatent Office shows a
slight tailing off asveompared with the pre
vious fiscal year. The number of applica
tions received was 43,616, against 4.1,810 in
1890. A surplus of receipts over expendi
tures amounting'to $157,291 69 ,f. t"1.
into the Treasury to the credit of the patent
The Secretary invites particular attention
to the report of the Director of the Geologi
cal Survey. To this bureau's investigations
and to the aid it has given In ascertaining
and mapping the distribution orrooks, min
erals andores, fruitless labor in prospecting
is avoided, the cost of production dimin
ished and prices proportionately lednced.
The Secretary gives un abstract of tne
earnings of the several aided railroad com
panies, showing also the amounts due from
them to the Government, December 31, ibuu
It appears therefrom that the total debt,
principal and Interest, to the United States
of each company was as follows:
Union Purine: P'-iH'-Sl !i!
Central Pacitlc S3.6Sr.?!rr?
. cmrai raciuc, ....
3.'b.i,k;i so
diuu v vit) aim i auuu
Central Branch Union Pacific
3,414.1711 U
Total $lt2.5'2,613 06
He refers to the discussion, in his previous
reports, of the bonded indebtedness or the
Union Pacific Railroad Company, and again
urges that some policy should be adopted
and declared by Congress, whether it do to
extend the loan, which will mature within
the next six years, or to sell tho road, for it
seems to be conceded on all sides that the
company will not be able to pay the Donds
at maturity.
Work of the Bureau of Education.
The work or tho Bureau of Education dur
ing the year was directed, in pursuance of
the policy heretofore followed, to the collec
tion and distribution of accurate and perti
nent statistical information regarding the
condition or education and the operations
of educational institutions at home and
abroad. ,
The report'presents a summary of the in
formation contained In the annual reports
of the Governors of the Territories. Refer
ring to the declaration of the Mormon
Church, through its President, in Septem
ber, 1890, that plural marriages are not en
couraged nor solemnized by the Church,
and calling upon its members to refrain
from contracting such marriages, the Gov
ernor inclines to the belief that this action
is sincere, and should be so regarded until
there Is reason for thinking otherwise. The
majority of the Utah Commission in their
report uo not concur in tho views of the
Governor on this subject. They doubt the
sincerity of the Mormon Church in its doc
larationsagainst polygamy. They refer to tho
face that the Mormon Church has de
nounced tho commission through all the
years it has been administering tne laws of
Congress directed against polygamy, and
has strennonsly opposed every effort made,
whether through these laws, the action of
the courts, or of the commission, to put
down polygamy, and express the opinion
that wnile the declaration of the church
may be accepted as a progressive step, it
will do no harm to Utah or to the nation, to
wait awhile and see what this sudden con
version will bring about. Commissioner
McCIcrnand's minority report is also cited
and the proceedings of the late council of
LatterT)ay Saints set forth. The Secretary
finds in these reports no snch claim for
statehood for Utah as would seem to require
favorable consideration by Congress. The
Territory is progressing most favorably in
material wealtb and social elevation under
the present conditions. No doubt tne time
will come when it may be admitted into tho
Union with prido and safety, but it is be
lieved that that time is not at hand. ,
Much interesting Information, gathered
from the first annual report of the Governor
of Oklahoma, is presented.
Alaska and Its Necessities.
The Secretary concurs In recommenda
tions submitted by the Governor of Alaska
in his report, for legislation by Congress
providing for revision and amendment of
the laws relating to the Territory, for the
incorporation of municipalities and for the
holding of elections, for Government hospi
tals for treatment of natives afflicted with
chronic and hereditary diseases and for in
sane persons and paupers; for the establish
ment of agricultural experiment stations;
for a more efficient system of trial and pun
ishment of offenders, against the llqnor
traffic in particular, the enforcement of the
laws as they now exist being almost impos
sible: and for the definition of the legal ana
political status of the native population.
The report, referring to the Nicaragua
Canal, concludes ns follows: It seems ap
propriate that this great highway for the
products and manufactures from and im
ports to the United States should be con
nected with the Department ortbe Interior.
It is being built at the same time that the
gfeat waste places of the country are being
opened to settlement, the factories increas
ing, the railroads extending, and the popu
lation rapidly multiplying. Soon our com
merce mast reach, not only the States of
South America ana .Mexico, duc unina anu
the East bv this Western route. It is grati
fying to note that this short passage to some
of the greatest commercial markets of tho
world will be xeady by the time a demand
for it becomes imperative.
ANOTHER COJA WAVE EXPECTED.
Holatin; Flags on the Public Stations.
All the Signal Service stations have hoisted
cold weather flags and every indication
shows a continuance of severe cold weather.
Kailroad men, exposed to outdoor labor, in
fact, everyone, should take timely warning.
A celebrated storm paralyzer and storm
king should be procured, and here is a true
guide and warning how to procure them.
The great bankrupt clothing sale at 646
Liberty street is in progress, and the
astonishing bargains that can be procured
there will encourage you to buy, whether
you wish to or not, because every man's
suit, boy's suit, and child's suits, overcoats,
etc, et(, will be sacrificed at 23 cents on
the dollar. Advt.
Special Value Boys' Clothing.
One lot boys' reefers, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 years,
at $3 and 54.
One lot boys' kilt suits, 4, 5 and 6 years,
that were $6" and 7, now 53, $4 and f5
each.
Quantities not large; will soon be sold.
Jos. Horxe & Co.'s
Penn Avenue Stores.
The Farmers' Deposit National Bank
Invite the public to call and examine their
new safe deposit vaults. Information con
cerning the renting of boxes and deposit of
valuables cheerfully given. Sff?
'M'TWIT' A TflT TC lift Tlftf. ftTll COfc th P "R-
publican Convention, but she has the great
mills that make the famous Minnehaha
flour two notable distinction.
S10 Genuine Alaska Seal Muffs 810.
The only place in the United States
where you can get such muffs for 510 is in
onr seal department.
Jos. Horjte & Co.'s
Penn Avenue Stores.
HOLIDAY
UMBRELLAS.
Our reputation as an Um
brella House is so well
known that nothing remains
to be said about our stock,
quality and prices.
The Latest Novelties
Are now in, and we invite
your inspection to our
GRAND DISPLAY
jm -of-
XMAS UMBRELLAS.
435 MARKET ST. 437.
BoWorw
LABOR AND CAPITAL.
Father Sheedy Brightly Treats Ihis
Most Potent-Subject.
MISSION OP THE CHUBCH IS" LABOR.
Henry George's Single Tax Doctrine Is
Inconsistent.
THE FIRST OF FOUE INTERESTING TALKS
Rev. Father Sheedy, of St. Mary of Mercy
Church, last night Rave the initial talk of
four to be given during Advent on "Capital
and Labor." The announcement had the
effect of drawing a large crowd of people of
all creeds. The recent encyclical letter of
the Pope on the "Condition of Labor"
prompted Father Sheedy's discourse.
He began by reading a clause from the
encyclical letter, viz: "Neither must it be
supposed that the solicitude of the Church
is so occupied with the spiritual concerns of
its children as to neglect their interests
temporal. Its desire is that the poor should
rise above poverty and wretchedness, and
should better their condition in life, and for
this it strives." Then he continued in his
own words:
"To what higher and nobler purposes
could we direct our thoughts during this
season of Advent than the study of the
labor problem? No matter how we look at
the question it is one ot tremendous import
ance. It is important from the social,
moral and' political, as well as from the eco
nomic point of view. Until the problem
is solved there will exist many serious dif
ficulties in the way of peace and good will
among men which the Prince of
Peace came to establish on earth.
There necessarily must be strife
and conflict, dissension and suffering,
grinding poverty, hatred and injustice? sin
and crime all the more in the world as long
as the present condition of affairs continue.
T-abor Is a Kell;ioos Qaettlon.
"In short, society will be continually
menaced, trade and commerce at times dis
turbed, industry retarded and periodically-
paralyzed, and the material happiness or
the community sorely impared. The labor
question is a religious question, inasmuch
as it cannot be settled on any other basis
than moral right. As of old, the Church
raised aloft the spirit of redemption, so to
day the conflict that rages the world over
between labor and capital must raise the
Christian war cry of The Cross and Christ
the Lord.' "We begin by calling attention
to the mission of man both earthly and tem
poral, and to the divine institutions which
are now in sympathy with this paramount
question. "We not oply invite the Chris
tian ministry, but the labor element itself
appeals to the aid and assistance ot the
church."
Then he cited the biblical story of Christ
as the child of an artisan, who spent his
young days in the mechanic's shop.
He Bitterly Opposes Henry George.
Henry George, who refutes one of the
chief principles of the enevclical letter,
was touched up quietly by Father Sheedy
on "The right of private ownership in
land." Mr. George denies this right.
"His theorv," continued Father Sheedy,
"is the single tax system can alone remove
the evils of capital and labor. He asserts
that as the Creator gave land like he did air
and water, no individual had a right to own
land; it belongs to the community. Again
Mr. George says man has a right to possess
only what his labor produces. These two
assertions are implicitly condemned by the
Pope.
"We can possess air and water in com
mon, but not land. Mr. George says we
can possess only what we produce; we don't
produce land. His doctrine leads to com
munism. "Would it not be wrong to want
to give to the community gold, silver
precious stones, cattle, etc., simply because
man did not make tbem? If His theory
should exist England, Germany and China
would have as much rieht to us as we
have."
The speaker spoke of Andrew Carnegie's
opinion on the emigration question saying
that only the cream of Europe came over
here to live and work with us.
His main idea throughout the talk was to
impress upon the minds of his hearers that
the church's mission was not only to save
souls, but also to save society.
Eev. Father Coyne, of Sewickley, will de
liver the next talk on the labor question at
St. Mary of Mercy Church, on Third ave
nue, next Sunday night.
PUBLIC, TAKE NOTICE.
Remember Aufreeht, the Photocrapher,
Has left his Elite Gallery on Market street,
and is now located at 77 Fifth avenue,
where every lady is welcome. Finest cabi
nets 51 perdozen.
B.&B.
Do you shop on Monday? If so, see the
blacic and gray striped cashmere finished
serges, wool, "at 25 cents, 44 inches wide.
Black goods department. Boggs & Bum..
Hugus & Hacke
Commence this week their
ANNUAL INVENTORY
HOLIDAY SALE.
This sale offers unusual induce
ments to HOLIDAY purchasers, as
GREAT REDUCTIONS have been
made in all our various departments.
Special:
200 pieces SCOTCH ZEPHYR
GINGHAMS, very desirable styles
and colorings, regular 25c quality,
for the next 30 days the price will be
i6c a yard.
Ladies' Jackets:
AT $6 EACH we offer the BEST
VALUE ever shown in this market.
AT $10 EACH a line of ASTRAKHAN-TRIMMED
JACKETS that
everywhere else is sold at $15,
Cor. Fifth Ave. and Market SL
no29-jfwrsa
BEAUTIFUL
CUT V GLASS
-AT
E. P. ROBERTS & SOftS,
I'IFTII AVE. ASD JIAltKET ST.
Over 500 choice specimens
now on exhibition in their Art
Room.
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SEW ADVEKTISEtt3tT:.
TheLeadlnsr Plttsnurff, Pa-,
Dry G oods House. Monday, XoY. 33, 1S3I.
JOS. HOME &C0.'u
PZM A7ENH2 ST0X31
ALL -READY FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
OVER $100,000 WORTH OF
DRESS GOODS..
With all the extraordinary prepara
tions we have made in the way of
Christmas Fancy Goods, beating all
former efforts, it is still to the prac
tical and useful things for Christmas m
giving that we have given the most
attention. Think of it. More than
100,000 worth of Dress Goods alone,
especially gathered for this Holiday
Season.
Every piece is new, this season's
goods, the very choicest the market
affords, comprising every grade, from
the kind at 25c to the kind at $5 a
yard.
Here's a list of the best things for
to-day and this week:
At 75c a Yard:
A lot of French Plaids and Stripes,
42 inches wide, choice styles, never
before sold under $1 20.
At $1 a Yard:
A lot of Novelty Stripe Bedford
Cords, 42 inches wide, regular $1 50
quality.
At $1 a Yard:
A lot of stylish Tuft Spot Novelties,
40 and 42 inches wide, usual prices
$ 1 25 to $ 1 75 a yard. The lot go
at one figure now.
At $1 and $1.25 a Yard:
A lot (50 pieces) 42-inch fine qual
ity Cheviot and Camel's Hair Plaids, .
usual prices $1 50 and 2.
At $1 a Yard:
A lot of very fine Camel's Hair
Plaids," 42 inches wide, whose like
cn't be found for less than $1 25 or
$1 50.
At $1 a Yard:
A lot of novelty Broche Jacquards,
2 styles, 10 choicest colorings, worth
regularly $2 and $2 25. This is an
extraordinary bargain, and will be
among the first to close out.
At $1 a Yard:
A lot (20 pieces) fine Cheviot
Plaids, 46 inches wide. Would be
cheap at $ 1 50 any time.
At $1,50 a Yard:
A lot of Cheveron Camel's Hafrs,
seven choice colorings, 46 inches
wide, thatneversell forlessthan12 25:""
At $1.50 a Yard:
A lot of Mixture Camel's Hairs, diagonal
effect, 44 inches wide, would be at regular
times more than ?-.
At $1.50 a Yard:
A lot of Fancy Crepons, 44 inches wide,
in nine difierent choicest colorings, that but
for this sale would be sold for f 22o.
At $1.50 a Yard:
A lot of very high class If ovelty Plaids,
with distinct stripe efi'ect, 44 inches wide,
six different styles, all rich colorings, worth
not a cent less than 52 25 any time.
These are bona fide bargains, and are only
offered because we are determined to attract
to this Holiday Sjle every watchful and
frugal buyer in'these cities and vicinity.
In addition to-day we offer 50 high class
Novelty Dresi Patterns, onlv one of a stvle,
at K'Oeach. Regular ?30 and'S.!5 quality.
Besides, we are selling all of our hundred
of Imported Kobcs and Combination Suits
at extremely low prices.
At $ 30. regular value $12.
At .! 30, resnlar value, f 15.
At $10 50, regular value Hi 50.
At JB 30, reaular value $20.
At $15,. regular value f25.
And up to SjO all equally attractive in
values.
Also in all the lower grades of all-wool,
first-class quality Dres Goodq, from 25c to
5c, in every style and coloring, all the
newest of this season's goods, gojng now at
prices attractively low.
"We also continue the special sale of
BLACK GOODS;
All especially adapted to Holiday giv
ing. All the best lines and best
makes are here.
Black Silk Warp Henriettas, '
The best make in the world best in
fabric, best in finish', best in every way.
SILK WARP HENRIETTAS, $1.
SILK WARP HENRIETTAS, $L25.
SILK WARP HENRIETTAS, $U0.
SILK WARP HENRIETTAS, $1.75.
SILK WARP HENRIETTAS, $2.
SILK WARP HENRIEITAS, $50.
SILK WARP HENRIETTAS, $3. -SILK
WARP HENRIETTAS, $4
SILK WARP HENRIETTAS, $5.
Black All-wool Henriettas, best
French and German makes, 45 inches,
75c, 85c, 90c, $1, and $1.25 a yard.
Black All-wobl Cashmeres, 50c,
60c, 75c, 85c, 90c, $1, $1.25, $1.50
and Si. 75 a yard.
Black All-wool Cheviots and
Serges, 1 to finest.
Black Drap de Almas, 75c, $i and
125 a yard.
Black Bedford Cords, $1 to $3 a
yard.
Black Camel's Hairs, 75c to $3.50
a yard.
Fancy Brocaded Bedford Cords,
85c, $1 and $1.25 a yard.
Do yonr Christmas buying early. Don't
wait until the crowds grow so dense that
shopping is a task. Wc ill lay yonr pur
chases aside until yon need them. Also
come now while the stocks afe complete and
unbroken.
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607-621 Penn Avenue.
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