WJfK" NATIONAL FINANCES.! United States Treasurer E. H. Nebeker Submits His Annual Beport. THEBEYEXTJES DECREASED Ordinary Expenditures Were creased Over Fifty Millions. In- BEDIJCTIOX OF THE PUBLIC DEBT. The Circulation of Gold Diminished, lut Other Moneys Gained. IMPEOYEMEN'T IX COINAGE CONDITION "Washixgtok, Dec 2. Hon. E. H. Xebeker, Treasurer of the United States, has submitted his annusl report in regard to the operations and conditions of the Treas ury to Secretary Foster. The net ordinary revenues of the Government for the past fiscal year were $392,612,447 or $10,468,535 less than thotc of year before. The net ordi nary expenditures, exclusive of the amounts paid in premiums on bonds purchased, were 5355,372.084, an increase of ?57,G36,19S. The surplus revenues were thus cut down from 5105,314,4 to 537,239,762, which last sum was applied to the reduction of the public debt. The postal revenues amounted to $65, 762,908 and the expenditures to $72,067,580, an increase of about $5,000,000 on both sides. On June 30, 1890, there stood charged to the Treasurer on the books of the department a balance of $691,527,403, representing the excess of previous receipts over expenditures. To this was added the receipts of the year from all sources amounting to $756, 821,305, which made an aggregate of 51,457, 348,708 to be accounted for. The disburse ments authorized by the warrants of the Department, including those on account of th.public debt were 5731,126,376, so that there was left a balance of 720,i22,332, for which the Treasurer was required to be able to produce cash or other assets. Balauces oI Several Departments. But besides being the bank of the general Government, the Treasury is also the de pository of the Postoffice Department, of the bank note redemption fund, and of the disbursing officers of the various services. The balance of these accounts, together with certain sums which had been paid in, bnt not vet covered by warrant, made the Treasurer's liabilities $787,432,157 at the opening of the fiscal year and $777,854,945 at the close, tor which he held cash and other assets the exact equivalent. These figures, however, include upwards of $28,000,000 of deposits which certain States over which he has no control, and upward of 51,400,000 of old losses from de ficits and defalcations, for which he is not responsible. After niakins these deduc tions the trnc assets and liabilities are found to have been 5757,915,708 on June 30, 1890, and 5748,347,866 on June 30, 1891, for which he held cash or crpdits, all instantly avail able, with the exception of comparatively small amounts of nncurrent coin. The reduction effected during the Tear in the principal of the bonded debt and the circulating notes w hich cannot be reissued, amounted to 5116,590.273, and required an expenditure of 5126,891,494, including the premiums on bonds purchased. This sum was made up by taking $89,751, TSlirom the reserve in the Treasury in ad dition to the surplus revenues of the year. The consequent reduction in the annual in terest charge was 54,322,092. The Amount ot aioney In Circulation. According to the "revised figures the amount of money in the countrv on June 30, exclusive of certificates in circulation ior which the Treasurv held deposits, was $1,676,078,102, of which $180,412,019 be lonsed to the Treasury and $1,495,666,083 was in circulation. There was a net loss of $49,000,000 of gold, a net gain of upward of $40,000,000 of other monev and a conse quent contraction of about $9,000,000 in the whole volume. The Treasurer computes that during the past ten rears there has been an average increase of $52,200,000 from the end of June to the end of December, in the amount of money actually in circula tion, followed bv an average decrease of $14,200,000 from the end of December to the end of June. The increase realized in the past vear has Deen nearly aoume tnis average ot sss.000, 000, and in the last two years the average has been exceeded by $43,000,000. Un usually large amounts of notes of small de nominations have been sent out to the West and South since the first of July, chieflv for deposits in the Sub-Treasury in Xew York. The aggregate up to the middle of Novem ber reached upward of $49,000,000 as against $61,000,000 for the whole preceding year. Measurable improvement in the con dition of the coinase, particularly the sil ver, has been effected, nearly 51,000,030 of uncurrent coins in the Treasury having been restored to full weight. The Stock or rractlonal Silver Bednced. As a result of this and of some special efforts in other directions the amount of fractional silver in the Treasury has been reduced. Many of the inquiries for silver specify new coins. It is believed that but forthe piejudice aeaiust all coins showing any signs of wear the Treasury Mould long since have been relieved of a'good portion of its load of fractional silver. The Treas urer points out that, this prejudice iu the case of the silver coins is altogether ground less, since they derive their ctirrcncv, not from their weight but from the stamp of the mint, and are received at the Treasury for full value so long as the stamp can be recognized, no matter how light they may be, provided only that the loss of metal be due to natural wear and not to wilful muti lation. Counterfeit silver coins, United States notes, silver certificates, national bank notes and fractional currencv of the nom inal face value of nearly $9,000 were de tected at the Treasury offices, a considerable decrease from the year before. Three new counterfeits have " appeared, all photo graphic. A sum of unsigned notes was stolen from the Kinsman National Bank, of Kinsman, O., snd they will not be re deemed at the Treasury. Out of the appro priation of $2,500 many years ago to redeem certain unsigned notes stolen from the Comptroller of the Currency, there has been redeemed the sum of 51,350, the last one in February. Decrease of Bom tn the Banks. There was a decrease of about $3,000,000 in the amount of bonds held for National banks as security for their circulation, as also in the amount held as security lor pub lic deposits. Nearly $07,000,000 of national banknotes were redeemed, an amount much above the average, if the contraction of this circulation be considered. The fresh de posits for the withdrawal of notes from cir culation amounted to nearly 510,000,000, while the redemptions from the fund aris ing from this source exceeded $25,000,000. The deposits of the new 2 per cents ex ceeded the v. ithdrawal of the old bonds, and there was an issue of new notes amounting to about 57,500,000. Some little difficulty hasbeen experienced in the redemption of national bank notes through the 5 per cent fund, owing to the narrowness of the mar gin within which it is necessary to work. Many banks have less than 51,000 on de posit, and the majority of them all have no more than ?2,250each. It frequently, hap pens that in the interval between one as sortment of a bank's notes and the next more of them are redeemed than these sums will take up. Trouble With the Bank Officers. In that case the Treasurer is obliged to notify the bank of the fact and to retain in his possession enocgh of the notes to secure to him the value he has paid out for them. It often happens, the Treasurer says, that a considerable part of a bank's circulation is in the Treasurer's hands. Correspondence is opened and the officers of the bank are brought to see that they must obey the law or suffer the consequences. To prevent a catastrophe they remit in one sum what they might have sent from time to time in a number of installments. The Treasurer gives some notice of the commission appointed last April "to re port on the best method of safe and vault construction, with a view of renewing or improving the vault facilities of the Treas ury Department." Tbey are expected to report soon. CONDITION OF THE BANKS. COMFTKOLLEB LACET REPORTS UPON THEIR BUSINESS. Over Two Billion or llar on Deposit In These Institutions Legislation Necessary tn Clearly Define the Duties of tho Director. "Washington-, Dec. 2. The forthcoming report of Hon. E. S. Lacey, Comptroller of the Currency, gives full information in re lation to the organization, supervision and liquidation of national banks during the year ended October 31, 1891. It shows that during this period 193 new associatsons were organized possessing an aggregate capital of $20,700,000. During the same period 41 associations went into voluntary liquida tion and 25 became insolvent. The number of banks in operation Octo ber 31, ISM, was 3,694, having a capital stock of $6S4, 755,865; bonds deposited to se cure circulation, $152,113,850; bank notes outstanding, $171,368,948, including $35, 430,721, represented by lawful money de posited for the redemption. Gross deposits, including amounts due to banks, arc stated at 52.039,180,188, and loans and discounts at $1,989,354,239, an increase in both items over any previous date. These banks held 5174,907,550 in United States bonds, of which 5150,035,600 were to secure circulat ing notes; also 5183,515,076 in specie, $97, 615.608 in legal tender notes and $15,720,000 iu United States certificates of deposit. Attention is called to the necessity for legislation more clearly defining the duties of directors; also to the need of further re striction upon the accommodations which may be lawfully afforded to officers and directors by way of loans and discounts. The Comptroller discussed the causes of the monctarr stringency of 1890. The failure of 102 banks is looked upon as the result of the collapse of the speculative spirit which has been generally prevalent for the past five years, greatly aggravated by the monetary stringencies experienced bv most of the nations with which we sustain com mercial relations. COAL MINERS ASK FOR AID. THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE BOARD ISSUES AN ADDRESS. They Declare the Indiana Strike One tn Which All Mine Workers Are Inter estedAn Assessment or Twenty-Five Cnats a Bead Is Suggested. Columbus, Dec Z Special Ihe fol lowing was issued to-day from the national headquarters of the United Mine 'Workers' crganixation in this city: To tlie coal miners of America Greeting: The National Executive Board of the United Mine Workers of America, after a careful investigation of the pending strike In tho State or Indiana, declare it to be one In which the interest, not 'only of the miners comprehended in the Chicago and North western Competitive District, but of tho entire country, Js deeply Involved. No srruccrle has ever taken nlace in this country more far reaching In its influence than that now wasred by the striking miners of Indiana. To carry it to a successful issue means an era of peace and the possibility of improving the conditions of miners else where. Let them bo defeated and you will erelong have to undergo their present ex perience or descend still further In the al ready low scale of wastes. Since the operators of Indinna withdrew n such a shameful manner from the inter-State agree ment they have been selling coal at prices so low that operators in other States were unable to meet them in competition. The result has been, that whenever miner" en deavored to increase their earnings, iney were mot wiin tao lepiy, tho "Dnng un Indiana." ior three veare. the miners of Indiana have by peaceful methods sought to remove the stigma resting on their State, and Just ai often have they been met with the cruel taunt by their employers that they were "ready to give the men a winter's starva tion." Patience at length ceased to he a vir tue. In your Interest as well as their own they have declared a strike. We do not think It necessary to do more than mention this case in order to appeal to you for finan cial aid; but in order that there may be a system, and that we may he enahled to give the men in the breach nroner sunnort. we ask every miner in the country to tax him self 25 cents per week. Let meetings be called at every mine at once and organize a system of collecting funds. The appeal is signed by John B. Eae.Pres ident; P. H. Penna, Vice President; Pat McBryde, Secretary; W. B. Wilson, W. C. Weeb, John Nugent, John Kane, National Executive Board. MANY DETB0ITJ5BS ASPHYXIATED. A Natural Gas Accident at Night, and tha FoJIce Arouse Half the Town. Detboit, Dec. 2. The natural gas sup ply was suddenly shut off last night through out the city, owing to an accident, and several families in different parts of the city suffered from partial asphyxiation. About 2 o'clock this morning the automatic trip regulator at the distributing station got out of order, shut off the flow of gas and extin guished all the lights and fires in the city. When the regular flow was resumed the gas permeated the homes of many families, the inmates of all of which were asleep. Safety valves on the meters undoubtedly saved many lives. The manager notified the police of the danger, and the patrolmen roused half the town. A call was also made upon the fire de partment, and all the men that could be spared were about the city, while the de partment remained upon'the alert, expect ing to-be called out every moment. Charles Kergan and Mrs. May Grenell, wife ot Bev. Mr. Grenell, were Doth seriously burned this morning by striking lights in the pres ence oi an accumulation oi gas. .Members of other families are also reported suffering from partial asphyxiation. CHICAGO ANABCHISTS ON TSIAL. Thcr Are Each Fined, but the Fines Are at Once Suspended. Chicago, Dec 2. A question of civil rights was decided by Police Justice Woodman this morning, and while the city technically won a victory, in reality it ias suffered a moral defeat. The decision grows out of the action of the police at the time of me AuorcuiBi uemonsiration on the anni versary of the execution of the Hat-market Anarchists, when they compelled the lead ers of the demonstration to display the American flag, and a raid upon another meeting a few days later. At the hearing'in Police Court the pris oners claimed that the meetings were not anarchistic and were entirely innocent of menace to the public welfare; that one of them was a meeting of the managers of a labor publication, and the other of a trade union. The Justice to-day expressed the opinion that the assemblies"raided were un lawful ones. He, therefore, fined the lead ers S100 each and the others $10 each. These fines, at the instance of the City Prosecutor, were at once suspended. This action was presumably taken for the purpose of avert lng'an anneal to the higher courts. Tt i understood, however, that the defendants will appeal, nevertheless. THE PITTSBURG THE GREAT OH SUIT. Prof. White, the Geologist, Pnmped for Four Days on the Stand. ANOTHER KACI LETTER IS READ. It Epesks of Fine Work, hut the Professor Denies Authorship. NEWSY NOTES FK0H NEARBY TOWNS rsrZCIAL TILEGKAM TO THE DISPATCH. MOEOANTOtra-, Dec. 2. The sensational oil suit of William S. Stevenson, of Pitts burg, against Ira DeWitt, also of that city, and Professors X. C. White, T. M. Jackson, Colonel C. I Smith and the South Penn Oil Company, promises still more startling developments than those of Monongahela county. The suit is really between Steven son and DeWitt, brought by the former to settle their partnership accounts in leasing lands, boring wells, etc. , Stevenson alleges that he has paid De Witt on account of his share of their ex penses, etc., $9,650, and that there is still a small balance due DeWitt which he is ready and willing to pay whenever the cor rect amount can be paid. On the other hand, DeWitt says that Stevenson was in his employ as agent at a salary of $100 a month, but admits that there was an under standing between them. Conditions of the Agent's Contract. If Stevenson would pay promptly one half the expenses in leasing and operating properties which remained after the sale to the South Penn Oil Company, and in car rying out the contracts with Prof. White, Jackson and the South Penn, he (Steven on) should become equal partner in Der Witt's interests; also that Stevenson claimed he could comply with these condi tions, but up to March 13, 1890, Stevenson had only made small pavments, amounting in all to $5,000, and up to June, 1890, Stevenson had only paid $4,650 in addition, making in all $9,650, and that Stevenson never offered to pay any more on their con tract. Therefore, "the p'laintiff was to have no interest in the leases, but was to receive back what he had paid. DeWitt also alleges that some time in April, 1890. he lost faith in Stevenson as his agent. Instead of giving his time to De Witt, Stevenson was secretly and fraudu lently conspiring with defendant White (State Geologist and professor in the State University) to defraud DeWitt out of his possessions in West Virginia. DeWitt also claims that his outlays and expenses in the business exceed his receipts for oil pro duced up to November, 1891, by the sum of $135,786 05. Prof. White Still on the Stand. Prof. White has been on the stand for four daye at intervals. In the cross exam ination he was asked about the following letter, dated "Monongahela Bouse, Pitts burg, September 4, 1890." Dear Stevensox I got there '-Eli" with S. P. on Paw Paw stun". C. is not so hard to got over. This makes up loss on Philadelphia deal. J. and S. are here, bnt vnn bimr T have to do all the fine work; they aro not up to It. DeWitt around several times. He don't seem to be on the anxious seat. Aro you sure he isn't "onto" something? You can't he too careful in this matter. We leave to-night. Tours very truly, L c. W. Prof. White I was at the Monongahela House about this time, as I learn by re ferring to the date of a deed made by DeWitt to Jackson and myself at that time, but I have no recollection of writing or sending such a communication as that Just read. The witness denied that territory sold in the Paw Paw district in Marion countv was in the interest of the defendant. A PBOMINENT OIL KAN KILLED. Arthur R. Blood, of Warren, Thrown From His Horse at a Creek. Wabrejt, Pa., Dec. 2. Special Ar thur K. Blood, the wealthiest business man of Warren, was thrown from his horse last night and instantly k'lled. Mr. Blood rode, to Clarendon yesterday to transact some business, and intended going on from there to Kane. Missing the train, however, he mounted his horse and started to ride back to Warren. About two miles out in the country Ar thur turned his horse into the bed of a little creek to give the animal a drink. Brvant, his brother, rode ahead about 100 yards when he heard Arthur shout to his horse. Turning, Bryant saw in the dim light a riderless horse snuffing at the creek. Arthur had been thrown from his horse and had struck on his head. He was found with his face in the creek and his neck broken. Nothing will ever be known as to the manner of the accident, Arthur was a peerless rider and preferred to travel over his extensive oil properties un uurseoacK. xne young man s body was brought home here shortly after midnight. His young wife is nearly crazed with grief, 8nd is now very low with nervous prostra tion: A. E. Blood was but 34 years of age and was worth from 500,000 to 5750,000, ac cumulated in ten years. His boyhood was spent in Erie. He was the inventor of a lampblack which yielded him much profit, he becoming the largest manufacturer of carbon black in the world. He was the or ganizer of the Muir Oil Company. HOW A SPLIT WAS A VESTED. The Eolldlng Committee Located a Pro- posed Church in a Swamp. BEAVER FALLS, Nov. 2. Special The meeting held here last night by a num ber of the dissatisfied members of the Pres byterian Church of this place to take pre liminary steps toward forming a Second Bresbyterian congregation, was quite a suc cess. A large 'number were present, to gether with Bev. J. D. Moorhead. pastor of the present church, and several of his elders and deacons. Harmony prevailed and com mittees on finances, location and the secur ing of names of those who would be willing to join in the movement, tvere appointed. These committees were instrumental to re port to another meeting to be held next jionany nignt, at wnicn time, if reports are favorable, delegates will be elected to pre sent the matter to the Shenango Presbytery Tuesday. During the meeting the fact was devel oped that the split, which has been con templated for over a year, was defeated last spring by a scheme quietly worked by those opposed to it The trustees met, and while they pretended to favor the move, their committee, it is said, located the proposed new church building iu the upper part of town in a swamp. O. course, no one wanted a church in a swamp, so that settled the matter for the time being. THE IRWIN SANE BESTJMES TO-DAY. Feter S. Fool and Eon Willing to Face the Probable Bun and Keep Faith. Iewin, Dec 2. Special The bank ing firm of Peter S. Pool & Son will fulfill their promise to-morrow morning. At 8:50 the doors will be opened and the concern will do business as usual. Cashier S. E. Pool expressed himself to night as follows: "We are more than pre pared to meet" every claim, and will make good the expense of every protest and oth erwise reimburse. our patrons for any losses due to the suspension." There will no doubt be a run on the bank to-morrow, but no unusual excitement is anticipated. DEAINAGE FE0M A CEKETESY. An Epldemlo or Typhoid Fever Is Attri buted to That Source. Alliance, Dec 2. Special Twenty five children in the Catholic Male Orphan DISPATCH, THURSDAY, Asylum, six miles west of here, are at pres ent ill of typhoid fever. Several have suc cumbed to the disease and other deaths are sure to occur unless the cause of the epi demic is found and removed. It is feared the disease will spread from the home. Superintendent of the State Board of Health has visited the Orphanage, but as yet the source of the disease has not been located. The opinion seems to be that it is due to impure drainage from the Cath olic cemetery, which is situated directly op posite the Orphanage. A EEJECTED LOVEE'B SUICIDE. He Kept His Word, Which His Frletfd Though Only an Idle Threat. Steubentille, Dec 2. Special A suicide occurred at Kilgore, Carroll county, Sunday. The suicide was the son of John H. Smith, proprietor of a hotel at that place and nephew of Key. George B. Smith, formerly President of Scio College. He had'been paying attentions to a voung lady who has many admirers, being in fact, the belle of the town. She did not recipro cate his ardent affection, and on Saturday night informed him that another had won her hand, and that his attentions must cease. He bade her goodby, say ing she would never see him again alive. While his friends were absent on Sunday after noon, he opened his vest, placed the muzzle of his revolver over his heart and fired. When his companions heard the shot, they ran back and found him dead. The young taay is prostrated over the affair. Oil. CANS WILL EXPLODE. A Foolish Woman Learns the Lesson at the Expense of Three Lives. Cumberland, Dec. 2. Special A coal oil can explosion occurred this even ing, by which one person lost her life and and two others were fatally burned. Mrs. Victoria Hoffman, a widow, undertook to light a lire with an oil can, when it burst, scattering the burning oil in every direc tion. Her two children were in the room at the time, and were unable to escape. In a mo ment their clothing were in flames. One of theni.a young girl, was horribly burned, and lived but a few minutes. The mother and the other child were terribly burned. They are not expected to live through the uigub. xi was wiiii uiiucuity mac me nouse was taved from destruction. Several neigh bors who went to their assistance received some slight burns, but not serious. A Long Sleep After a Dose. New Castle, Dec. 2. Spinal C. F. Keefer, a well-known citizen of West New Castle, has been asleep for 50 hours or more. Last Sunday he was not feeling well, and, thinking that he needed something to quiet his nerves, he left the house, and in a short time returned with a bottle containing some dark-looking liquid. He took a large dose and boon fell into a stupor from which he has not yet recovered. Physicians have done everything to resuscitate the man without success.' The bottle was not labeled, and it is not known where he obtained it A Murder In Indiana County. Indiana, Pa., Dec 2. Special At 8 o'clock this evening, at Black Lick, Will iam Clark, a young colored man, shot and mortally wounded a young man named Palmer: The shocting was the result of an old quarrel. CUrk was arrested. There are fears of a lynching bee. Not Guilty of Body-Snatching. Wheeling, Dec. 2. Special In the body-snatching case, the jury at 10 p. m. brought in a verdict of not guilty as to Taylor Foreman, and disagreed as to Dr. Pipes. Trl-State Brevities. Burglars made an unsuccessful attempt to blow oppn the safe of Logan's Bank at Parnassus Tuesday night. No clew. President Weihe, in an Interview at Yoringstown, ridiculed tho report of an or ganized fight against the Amalgamated As sociation. Amos Kukklemas, of Loyalhanna town ship, Westmoreland county, slipped and fell Into a threshing machine Tuesday, and both of his arms were torn off. Two boys named Peoples, of Ltgonier township, Westmoreland county, aged 7 and 9 yeais, found some wild parsnip.which they ate, and the younger boy will die. Harry Snyder, aged 13 years, of near Stablstown, while out hunting Tuesday, was accidentally shot by his biother, the .load taking effect in his hip. He will die. ' The paddling department of the Canons burg iron and steel mill was temporarily closed down Saturday evening, throwing 10 or 50 men out of work:. The company has a large puddled stock on hand. AFiTTsmnia and Western freight train left the track and was wrecked on a steep grade opposite Wampum Tuesday morning. The flieman and engineer were injured and an operator named Fansbach has died. The village of Hop wood, near Uniontown, is stirred up by a religious feud between the Methodist and the Methodist Protestant churches on one side and a Disciple evan gelist on the other. Tho latter, it Is alleged, has, through hls revivals, built up a flour ishing church at the expense of the older congregations. The new pastor was denied the use of the Methodist Protestant church, and is now holding services In the school house. HAD USE FOB SPLINTS AND LINT. Fight Unfortunates That Needed the Atten tion of Surgeons Yesterday. The total number of accidents reported yesterday reached eight, five of which con sisted cf crushed and broken bones received in the various manufactories. One man narrowly escaped being burned to death by li lamp explosion. Here is the list: Bubee Michael Burke, an Allegheny Val ley Railroad brakesman, had an arm crushed at Sharpsburg station yesterday. The injured member was amputated at the Weit I'enn Hospital. Browe3ky John Browesky, a Pole ein- plojed at the Keystone lion Mill, had hia right hand badly crushed last night by a lai ge bar of iron falling on It Morgan John Morgan, a. bov living at 52 Eckert street, Allegheny, had four fingers of one of his hands amputated yesterdavby car 110 or the Pleasant Valley line, which ran over him on McClure avenue. Speicher Fritz Spelcher, an employe of Jones & Laughlin, had his loft leg bioken by iwieuvy ucamjauiiiguu ib yesteraay TQorn ing. lie was lemoved to his home on Sarah street. McFadden James McFadden, while rid ing down Wylio avenue yesterday, the ani. mal took tright at a cable car and throw Mc Fadden off, dislocating one of his ai ms. Parks William Paiks was struck by a train at Verona yesterday morning, but es caped with a few bruises. Schellman Charles Schellman, a tinner, fell from the roof of the building at Water ana erry streets, ana was severely hurt. He was removed to the Homeopathic Hos pital. KeVnolds Edward Reynolds was badly burned by a lamp exploding in his hand at his lesidenco on West Ctirson street eaily yesterday morning. He will recover. vv0Wvvv OYER 44 PER CENT INCREASE. The attractiveness of THE DISPATCH cent-a-word columns Is dearly demonstrated by this statement: Adlets for September, October aridXt'o- Q ,uni veniber.ltai IO,frUI Same three months last pear 12,763 Increase due to cent-a-word.. c CQQ Those who do not watch these attractive colnmns miss bargains . of every kind, and mutt remain Ignorant of many special op portunities to buy, sell, rent or exchange. IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE. DECEMBER 3, 189L BLOWN INTO ATOMS. Dynamite Works Are Destroyed by a Disastrous Explosion. EIYE MEN INSTANTLY KILLED. Indescribable Scenes in the Yicinity the Catastrophe. of HOUSES SHAKEN TO THEIR FOUNDATIONS rSPECTAI. TELEGRAM TO THI DISrATCH.l Ntack, N. V., Dec 2. The entire east ern side of Bocklancfconnty was shocked at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon by a terrific ex plosion which was soon found to be at Haverstraw, at the dynamite works located near the base of the West Shore tunnel at that place. How it happened cannot yet be told, but throughout Haverstraw, Congers City, Nyack, Bockland Lake and other places within 12 miles, glass windows were broken and people were much startled. Immediately after the explosion occurred, people in Haverstraw rushed by hundreds toward the scene of the disaster, but as other buildings containing dynamite were 4 yet standing, they realizedtheir danger and stopped. A few, however, proceeded to the spot and learned the true condition of affairs. The building which was blown up was the main house, located near the river. It was a high frame building, 50x150 feet, and was used to put the dynamite in proper condition for blasting purposes. The Engineer Killed at His Post. When the explosion came John Wads worth, the engineer, was at his post, and all that has so far been found of him is two legs and a hand. Wadsworth was a mar ried man about 50 years of age, and leaves a widow and three children, two daughters married, and one son. Peter Carlossa, an Italian, whokeeps a peanut shop in Haver straw, was killed, as were also Joseph Will iams, aged 25, and Joseph E. Addler, an Italian. Perry Lounsberry, of Peekskill, in company "with another man had just rowed into shore. Lounsberry had stepped up on the dock a moment before the explosion ocenrred and was instantly killed. Elmer Nash, the foreman, was on the dock and escaped in jury. Two boys named Farrell and Mott were in the building when the explosion came and both miraculously escaped. Cor oner McGowan, ot Haverstraw, has charge of the bodies, and he said to-night that he could not tell when the inquest would be held. The Sensation Was Indescribable. Josiah Felter, Supervisor of Haverstraw, was walking through the tunnel at the time the explosion occurred, and he says he thought the world had come to an end. His sensation, he says, was indescribable. George Swartwout and his two daughters, of Bockland Lake, were driving along the road about 300 feet above tho scene of the explosion, and they were so startled that they have not yet recovered from the shock. There is to-night a terrible scene of devastation in the vicinity of the explo sion. Large trees, which have been grow ing for years, are torn off and in some in stances driven as if by lightning. The railroad tunnel being far above the building is uninjured. The effect of the shock at many points within a few miles up and down the river was terrific, houses along the shore trembled on their founda tions and those on the tops of adjacent hills had glass broken, furniture knocked over, and doors taken from their hinges. The dynamite buildings belong to the Clinton Dynamite Works, of which Wilson P.Foss, ot Haverstraw, is manager. There are sev eral buildings located front 100 to 150 feet CbC (T) 4) 3 HO- P-,VW 4W .W ilil v dJM 1 p-B-M AND $16 FINE CLOTH JACKETS AT (fcC vpitf These are all of the best imported cloths." ""J d1 QmSHORT WRAPS FOR MIDDLE-AGED LADIES, fc O r " These are last season's goods, but are good value. " " M LONG WRAPS AND NEWMARKETS. $ 5.00 Long Wraps at g 1.00 7.00 Long Wraps at 1.50 8.00 Long Wraps at 2.00 10.00 Long Wraps at 3.00 15.00 Long Wraps at 4.00 20.00 Long Wraps at 5.00 35.00 to $50.00 Long Wraps at - $8.00 to 10.00 MISSES' LONG WRAPS TO BE SLAUGHTERED. Good, Warm School Garments at less than one-fourth their value. LADIES' AND MISSES' FUR CAPES AT HALF PRICE. About 70 Capes that will be sold at $3, $4 and $5; worth $8, 10 and $12. 4 3 MARKET apart, and bat few men are allowed in either of them at one time. There Waa TJttlo Dynamite In Stock. In the main building, which is now a complete wreck, the number usually em ployed was from 8 to 12. It is said to-night that the quantity of dynamite in this build ing could not have been very large, as much of the explosive was taken away a few days ago. The works have been there some five or six years, and for some months past an effort has been made by those who have houses near by to have them removed. The cases have been a number of times in court, but the dynamite people have fought back, claiming that at least some of the houses have been built there since the works were established. There is much speculation in Haverstraw to-night as to the cause and ultimate effect of the explo sion, but no conclusion can yet be arrived at. A sense of fear is now felt by these citizens of Haverstraw, and there is no doubt that it will" develop into some form of opposition to the location of the dyna mite works. WOfiKED SEVEEAL STOBES. JhcU O'Brien Arrested for Obtaining Goods Under False Pretenses. Grant Herron and John, aljas Jack, O'Brien, were arrested last evening on a charge of obtaining goods under false pre tenses. After being arrested O'Brien ex onerated Herron from blame, but he will be held as a witness. It is alleged that O'Brien has been in the habit of ordering goods by telephone from prnminennt downtown stores, having the goods sent to other stores where one or the other of the men would go and get them. George K. Stevenson, the Liberty street grocer, and George Flemihs, the Market street druggist, are the only sufferers heard of to date, but others are ex pected to report to-day. Superintendent Weir had been on the lookout for the men and vesterday when Stevenson notified him tliat a basket of goods had been telephoned for to be deliv ered at Demmler Bros., on Smitbfield street, the Superintendent sent Inspector McKel vey to arrest whoever came for the basket. The order was given in the name of the Bo salia Foundling Asylum and were to be charged to Charles Donnelly. Soon after ward Grant Herron called for the basket. He was arrested and said O'Brien had asked him to call for the bas ket. O'Brien was waiting hi Dr. Wallace's office for the basket and he was arrested too. At police headquarters he acknowl edged the whole story to Superintendent Weir. He had worked three orders, one on Fleming for a lot of whisky and other articles, and two on Stevenson for grocer ies, Herron was innocent of how the goods were obtained. O'Brien is a former politician of the First ward and well known." Herron has been ar rested several times for running speak- Survey Committee Approves Petitions. The Allegheny Committee on Surveys met lost evening. The following petitions were affirmatively recommended to Coun cils: To change the line of Maple street between Maple avenne and Mclntyre street, Tenth ward; to establish the grade on Col well street in the McCreery, plan, Thir teenth ward, Milroy avenne, Tenth ward, Koerner avenue, Tenth ward, and Daisy alley, Second ward; to change the grade of Logan street, Sixth ward, Lemont street, Seventh ward, and Ehlers avenue, Second ward, and the opening of School alley Twelfth ward. The Bissell plan of lots, Tenth ward, was approved. The consider tiou of the proposition to widen Perrysville avenue was laid over. A Bargain forXmas Buyers. Over 100 genuine Japanese silk smoking jacket, plain or embroidered, at ?5 usual price 56 50, and at 56, usual price ?8 50. All colors and all sizes. JOS. HORNE & CO. '8 Penn Avenne Stores. READ! IT W CLOAK BEATS THE RECORD. We Promise Only What We Can Perform, JACKETS TO BE SOLD AT These are in Tans and Browns. JACKETS OFFERED AT Good dark shades and Black. STREET 437. NO PABENTS, BO HOKE, HO 7BIEBDS. An Unknown Lady Guest at a Hotel At tempts Suicide by Folson. OLATHE, Kan., Dec 2. A young woman came in on the 6 o'clock train on the South ern Kansas Bailroad from Kansas City yesterday evening, and asked for a room at the Syke's Hotel She retired early with out saying anything to anyone. While at breakfast this morning- she fell from her chair unconscious. A doctor was called, and she has been partially restored. She refuses to give her name, and says she has no parents, home or friends. She is well dressed, strikingly handsome and about 23 years old. On her table was found a note saying she wanted to be buried in the cemetery north ofOlathe, and to use her watch to pay ex penses. Her rings she asked to be left on her fingers. On her clothing are marked the letters "M. H." While she has some what recovered, she covers up her head and will not be seen by anyone. She says she wants to die. The doctor has been unable to learn what she took. A FEMALE FIREBUG. She Is One of the Can; of Conspirator Arrested in St. Paul. St. Paul, Dec 2. The insurance com panies have evidence that the Michaels and their accomplices have been setting fires for nearly a year. Owners of small buildings or stocks of good3 were sounded on joining a conspiracy to beat the insurance com panies. Early this morning a third mem ber of the gang was arrested in a second hand clothing and pawn shop. His name is Julius Bosenthal. Kosenthal carried away some of Marx Michel's goods before the house was burned and carries a policy of 5500 on stuff that is not worth half that amount. There is a woman in the case. This morn ing Ida Gees was arrested at her home. She is in jail and will have her hearing with the others. She was burned out some time ago, and it is said she turned over S500 worth of jewelry to secure Michael for his part of the insurance. France and the Pope. Paris, Dec 2. The newspaper Figaro has been fined 500 francs for opening a sub scription for the benefit of the condemned Archbishop of Aix. In the Chamber of Deputies to-day M. Hubbard gave notice of his intention to question Minister Fallieres in regard to the attitude of the Catholic Bishop, and to demand that the Govern ment notify the Vatican of the termination of the concordat at the end of the year. HOLIDAY FANCY GOODS! BKIC-A-BHaC, : POP.CELAIN, : BKONZE3 STERLING SILVER. SILVER PLATED.BRONZE AND IVORT ARTICLES. OPEN NOW. CHRISTMAS CARDS, :-: BOOKLETS, PAINTED NOVELTIES IN SILK AND SATIN. OPEN NOVEMBER 25. JOS. Bill k CO, 48 FIFTH AVENUE, nol9-S2-D Plttabursr. $1.00 $2.00 NT EST UCI1 de3-J v -,.. 1 'm-.t .. ,-L.a.H swie77 1 Tjj.
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