1B01 ?fflf- i -jlKWFir "jr awHgggssftsagqrgs THE' PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6,- 1891 15 WILD AFRCAN APES. How Gamer, the Monkey Lan guage Sharp, Proposes to Make Them Talk. A CAGE MADE OFALUMIXUM TVill Be Placed in the Dismal Forests for His Protection. EDISOX MAKING A PHONOGRAPH. a Elowgnn 'With Toisoiicd Darts to Kill Specimens of Lijj Game. SIGNIFICANCE OP A LATE rXrERBIEXT tWKITTKV FOR THE DISrATCHO Mr. E. L. Garner, wliose exhaustive re searches and interesting experiments in the language of the monkey have alreadv been referred to at some length in The Dis patch, is preparing to make a trip to Africa, here in the great equatorial forest he intendB to study the habits of the gorilla, chimpanzee and other giants of the genus simia. He hopes not only to gain much valuable information about the mode of life of these Interesting creatures, but is confident that he trill make discoveries in the line of his theory that the fcimians have a irell defined language, and will be enabled to make a great advance in his efforts to formulate the language and largely increase his vocabu larv of "monkey words." The details of the trip have not as yet been fully completed, but Mr. Garner has rnde plans for the construction of some novM and ingenious apparatus which, he believes, will enable him to carry on his investigations with a minimum of danger and a maximum of results. Hhe Aries Aie ot Xoctcrnsl. It has been the general idea, in conse quence of the experience of Stanley, Emin, Du Chaillu and other African explorers, that the great apes of the Dark Continent were nocturnal in their habits. Mr. Garner is inclined to question the correctness of these conclusions. In a conversation with Mr. Stanley durinc his last visit to this country Mr. Garner aked the rescuer of Ktnin the question if, when he met gorillas at night, his men were at rest or were mov ing. In nearly every case, lr. Stanley ad mitted, the men were moving, and -Ir. Gar ner finds that this is generally true in the experience of other explorers. A Case Made of Aluminum. While taking this view Mr. Garner in tends to go to Africafully equipped to study the ape, his language and his habits, even if be does attend to all his business after the sun goes down, and expects to spend many nights alone in the depths of the forest. In order to insure his spending more than one night thus, in condition to pursue his inves tigations, he has invented one of his most ingenious devices. It consists of a huge cage, as large as an ordinary room. At first he intended building the cage of steel, and Recording to his original plans it would have weighed in the neighborhood of a ton. Experiments proved to him that a combina tion of aluminum and hard wood would give equally satisfactory results, so far as strength is concerned, as would the steel, while the weicht would be reduced from a ton to about '00 pounds a mighty import ant item in such an undertaking. io as to make it doubly sale it will be anchored at each corner by heavy chains runnine from the cage to convenient trees. This will prevent the wild beasts fromeither overturning it or carrying it bodily away and thus making him an object of investiga tion instead of an investigator. It will be strong enough to resist the attacks of the most powerful animals in the African for ests. It "Will Work ly Electricity. When night comes Mr. Garner will enter the cage aud make himself as comfortable as a man can be alone in a dense forest at night, surrounded by all manner of ferocious beasts, from which he is only protected by slender bars of wood and metal, lie will thus await the appearance of the game for which he is hunting. The furnishings of the cage will be more not el and curious than the cage itself. Inside there will be an electric apparatus and a series of wires and buttons arranged to work tne various paraphernalia. iAt the top of each corner on the outside will be a powenul electric search light, so arranged that any portion of the forest can be lighted up. In the center of the top will be an instantaneous photographic apparatus working nith a flash light, which can be trained by means of electricity in any direction, and which can be focussed to any desired distance. Immediately under this instrument will be a dial with a phospho rized face, which can be read without diffi culty in the dark, by means of which Mr. Garner can tell when the camera is ready for work. One of the most important imple ments in the cage will be a phonograph, for it is with this instrument that Mr. Garner has accomplished so much in the discovery of what monkeys say to each other and how they s.ay it. Ixliscn V 111 3Iake a Special Phonograph. As a result of his former experiments he has been able to make several suggestions to Mr. Edison which will materially improve the phonograph for his pirposes and the Wizard of Menlo Park has promised to make a special instrument for this African expedition and for the general experimen tation in brute language. One of the improvements is an arrange ment cy wnicn inp receiving lunnel is divided, so that while one cylinder will give out the sounds which have already becu recorded another will record any sounds which may be uttered inio the funnel. The importance of this in Mr. Garner's experi ments is incalculable. He has found that by reproducing on the phonograph the sounds made by one monkey before another of the same breed the latter would chatter excitedly into the funnel. "With the old instrument it was impossible to catch this talk, and thus much important data was lost. With the improved instrument this point is not only made, but in addition the sounds made by one monkey can be used as a bait to catch the talk of others. This im proved instrument will be placed in ihe cage. Thus equipped Mr. Garner will wait the approach of the gorilla which he de sires to engage in conversation. If the animal, of his own free will, comes up to the cage aud talks into the funnel of tho phonograph, which will be so arranged that he can do so without trouble, well and good. If not, the bait, which will consist of a cvlinder containing the talk of some of the chimpanzees, or other high grade 3pes now in captivity, will be used. &ure to Interest tho Gorilla. Mr. Garner has no doubt that this will be successful, and that he will get many inter esting and instructive dialogues. Not only tbis, but be will, tiy means ot bis search lights and photographic instruments, be able to get valuable photographs. When the ape is talking into the phono graph the camera will be trained on him, and as mauy snap shots will be taken of him in that position as possible. These pictures will not only be of great help to Mr. Garner in his effort to connect words with actions as they relate to apes, but will furnish him withirrcfragiblc evidence of the truth of the many strange stories he ex pects to be able to tell when he returns to civilization. Another use of the Eearch lights and the camera will be in getting views of animal life in the sreat forest at nicht. When the man in the cage hears a noise in the woods j in any direction, by simply touching a "couple of buttons he can send a flood of light in that direction which will reveal the whole forest and its occupants; the touch ing of a coupl? of more buttons will set the camera at wirk, and the entire scene will be reproduced as many times as Mr. Garner desires and as long as anything interesting remains in sight. While his main object is not the destruc tion of the inhabitants of the forest, Mr. Garner will gp fully prepared to kill any specimens he may desire to save. lie Will Uo a Blowgun. Here, too, his ingenuity comes into play. Instead of loading himself down with rifles heavy enough to kill lions, elephants, goril las, and such like big game, and their con sequent big load of ammunition, he pro poses to go back to an improvement on the weapons of the savages themselves and will use a blowaun of his own invention. This he regards as a much more efficacious weapon tor his purpose than firearms both by reason of its silence and certainty. As to the gun itself not much need bo said, asif diflerslittle from the sumpitan of the native of Borneo or the blowgun ot the Amazonian Indians. It is in the dart that Mr. Garner's weapon shows its authority. This will consist of a hollow steel head and a light shaft, so arranged that when it strikes its quarry the shatt will fall off, and in doing so throw open the hollow place in the head. This hollow will be charged with prussin acid in sufficient quantity to produce almost instant death in the strongest animal. The whole weight of the missile will not be over halt an ounce. With a sufficient number of these darts Mr. Garner believes he can get all the specimens he desires, and he will not have to go far from the place they were struck in order to find them. One plan he will trv in dav time is to place his phonograph in some favorable position, bait it with a loaded cylinder and wait for the gorilla. When he "approaches the camera will be used as freely as pos sible. Other Kinds wf Bait Other bait will be probably used beside the cylinder with the expectation of secur ing different speaking impressions, as it ere, from the apes. Food and drink, lor example, Mr. Garner has an luea could be used to advantage, and what they say and how they act under the influence of the different baits, all of which will be faith fully recorded by the phonograph and camera, he thinks will be of much value. "I fully expect," says Mr. Game, "to return from the trip with a great store of information which w ill prove the truth of my theory bevond peradventure of a doubt, and which will add largely to my vocabulary of simian words. There will, of course, be many dangers to encounter, audi shall take every precaution possible to surmount the difficulties and evade the dangers. I cer tainly am not going to Africa to get killed if I can avoid it, and I have no doubt of being able to accomplish what I set out to do and to return with the results of my work. The only fact which has been defin itely decided is that I am going," he said. "I cannot as yet say who will be of the party. Perhaps several gentlemen will join me. Their attention, however, if they go, will be devoted to other branches of sci ence or to hunting big game." Advances in Monkey Talk. In the facility of holding communica tion with monkeys Mr. Garner has made considerable progress recently, and he is working now on a number of phonographic cylinders recording the chatterings of the simians which he has secured within the past two months. He gives a recent inci dent of his experience, showing great prog ress. With a friend he went to a cage where a monkey was confined. Before they went he explained to his friend that he would make a certain sound. If the mon key replied in a certain way he would ac cept of something to eat; if in another way he would accept of something to drink; if he refused to answer at all he would' take nothing. When they arrived at the cage Mr. Garner made the sound indicated. The monkey came at once to the front of the cage and looked curiously around as if to see where the other monkey was. Mr. Garner repeat ed the sound two or three times, and at last the animal replied with the w ord indicating that he wanted something to eat. A cup of milk was offered, but was contemptuously refused; then a carrot was thrust into the cage; this the monkey grabbed without hesitation and began to eat. Only Speak Their Own Language. In his experiments Mr. Garner has found that monkeys of different species make en tirely different sounds, and that no matter how long they may associate with each other they never learn each other's lan guage. Iu this way they differ somewhat from humans. For instance, says Mr. Garner, a Sapajon will never, no matter how long they may be together, make the same sounds as a crpucive, not even with a brogue, as it were, though these two species seem to be nearly related. There appears to be some radical difference in the tocoI organs of the two. "I know that at first glance an unthink ing mind regards the idea of holding com munication with the lower animals as a joke," said Mr. Garner, "but it is by no meaus ajoKe, ana l snail most surely prove that it is not only practicable, but almost as easy as it is for a German, for instance, to learn Spanish or a man ol any race or nation to learn the language of another." "Do you believe that monkeys will ever be able to speak the human language?" I asked. "Xo! I am sure that they will not. Their vocal organs are not sufficiently developed to enable them to form such sounds as are used for words by humans. We must go to them if we wish to talk w ith them, for they cannot come to us." SEED'S PREDECESSOBS. Sketches of the Speakers Apropos of the Election This Week. KENTUCKY FURNISHED TEE MOST. Of Them All James K. Polk Is the Onlr One Mho Got the Presidency. PENNSYLVANIA HAD THE FIRST 05E A J VZs. k-7 i M W f fWMTTEr FOB THE DISrATCn.1 Wednesday, the 4th of March, 1789. was the day set for the opening of the First Congress, but, when that day arrived, and for over a month fol lowing it, barely suf ficient were present to appoint a tempo rary secretary, go 'ji v through the formality ' "Jtewiig eacu uay ana wait until a quo rum would be on hand. On April 6 the secre tary rapturously an nounced that at last he had enough names F.A.C iTukTenbrrg. on his roll to organize permanently and get down to business. This was done, and then from among a dis tinguished company, including such men as James Madison, Roger Sherman, Fisher Ames and Elias Boudinot, there was chosen as Speaker one of the most able men the grand old Keystone State ever has produced, F. A. 0. Muhlenberg. The contest for the position was not char acterized by the hard political work that usually precedes the same affair in these days. When the first Speaker of the House of Representatives was elected the lines di viding the parties and issues were not so sharply defined, and the best man received the honor. Including Muhlenberg and Kecd, 31 different Speakers have presided over the Lower House during El different Congresses. This allows an average of about one and two-thirds of a session to each. Andrew Stevenson, oTVirginia, held the office the longest continuous period, seven and a half year, but Henry Clay conld have beaten him if his three different terms had been joined together. Kentucky the Mother of Speakers. Fourteen States have been represented in the chair, Ken- in mm ml ' Kfl'l I'll ..ife.vttn Jr A mzJlA ft;i John BeU. A VOED FE03I TEXAS. PNEUMONIA. IS FOLLOWED .ABSCESSES. BY xxrsa 1ars of lingering Suffering Death Seems Sure. FACT STEANGEK THAK riCIIOJf. Mr. William Roland, of Abilene, Texas, eight years ago had pneumonia. When ha became well enough to be able to get out again itwas found that abscesses had formed in the left lung. Soreness over the lungs and a continuous cough, raising quantities of cor ruption, which was discharged from the lung abscesses, caused his physicians to despair of ever being able to cure him. He employed three physicians, one after an other, "took various proprietary medicines, and yet his disease rapidly gained ground. For four years he was confined to the house, utterly unable to get any relief, and his constitution was slowly giving way to the drain on his system. Hearing of Pe-ru-na, as a last resort he tried a bottle of it, which so improved his symptoms as to encourage him to keep on taking it After taking it for a few months he was entirely cured, and is to-day a healthy, strong man. His recovery was a surprise to his physicians and friends, and all are astonished at the curative power of Pe-ru-na in such desper ate cases. This was undoubtedly a case of catarrhal consumption in an advanced stage. Pe-ru-na has cured many similar cases, and no doubt there are thousands of cases of consumption given up as hopeless whicn this remedy would cuie. For all chronic diseases of the head, throat and lungs, coughs, colds, catarrh, la grippe and influenza, Pe-ru-na is a specific A pamphlet on the cause and cure of all catarrhal diseases and consumption sent free to any address by The Peruna Drug Manufacturing Company, Columbus, Ohio Ladies' seal capes. Smiley & Co., 28 Fifth avenue. The monds.' eighth wonder, ' Who has them? 'Chemical Dia- iKSUAL HOLIDAY SALH Of Umbrellas. Choicest goods in the city. Smiley & Co., 28 Fifth avenue. tucky leading all the rest with reference to time 22 years. Virginia comes next with 13; then Penn sylvania, 11; Massa. chusetts, 10; Indi ana, 9; Maine, 81 y ler Jersey and North Carolina'Wl each 6; South Caro- V'"V lina and New York each 3, and Con necticut, Georgia and Ohio, 2 years each. As will be observed, the Southern States have been more favored than the Northern in one sense, eight States from that section having had the honor to sis in the other. However, as regards time, the North leads with 53 out of a total of 102 years. If Crisp and McMillin should both be defeated this wees (tnis was written belore tbe caucus yesterday), and either one of the other three prominent candidates, Mills, Hatch or Springer, be chosen, a new State will have entered the list. Again, if either Mills or Hatch win it will bo the first time the speakership has crossed the Mississippi. Thus, notwithstanding the fact that the United States are nearly 3,000 miles wide, this important office has never been allowed to stray beyond 800 from its home at the CapitoL Kentucky alone has held the office for more than one-fifth the time since the foundation of the Government. Penn sylvania started out strongly with Muhlen berg, but, after his second term, was not again recognized for 71 years. The First Speaker a Minister. Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg, the first Speaker, was a member of a distin guished family of that name. His father, a Lutheran clergy man, assisted in organizing the first Lutheran Svnod in the United States. Frederick had also been a min ister, but left his i;i pastorale to en- fhX' .v. UV UUVJUIl m field. He was successively a member of the Continental Con gress; member of the Pennsylvania House of Repre sentatives, and President of the State Con vention called to ratify the Federal Consti tution. He was in Congress during Wash ington's two Presidental terms, and shared his political opinions. Jonathan Trumbull, son of the famous old Governor of Connecticut, and a former officer of the Continental army, presided over the Second Congress. He had previ ously held a number of different offices in his native State, and left Congress later, to serve it again. He was elected Governor 11 times, dying in the harness in 1809. The Third Congress found Muhlenberg again in the chair, but in the Fifth Jonathan Day ton, of New Jesey, another Revolutionary officer, was chosen Speaker. His terms were not distinguished by anything worthy of mention. He subsequently served in the Senate and died in 1824. Tho Soldiers Were Popular. The Sixth Congress was controlled by still another Revolutionary officer they wereinnigniavor at the time but Theodore S e d g wick, of Massa chusetts, was a statesman as well as soldier, having served in the Con tinental Congress i i u .maiuu .,,i i. chosen Judge of y.'im the Superior Court. Nnthaniel Macon, of North Carolina, who was Speakerdurins the Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Con gresses, took part in the War for In- R.2I.T. Hunter. dependence as a private soldier. It is said he was offered a lieutenant's commission but refused it Macon was the first true Demo crat elected to the speakership, as well as the first Southerner. Altogether he was in Congress 37 years, and was afterward a Senator, during part of his team serving as President pro tempore of that body. Revolutionary veterans were still popular in 1807, and Joseph B. Varnum, of Massa chusetts, was elected Speaker,an office he held during the Tenth and Eleventh Congresses. He was a Representative for 12 years before his election to the chief office, and subse quently served six years in the Senate. We now come to a great and noble name, that of Henry Clay, of Kentucky. Clay was, without doubt, the ablest man who has ever held the office of Speaker. His ability was recognized as is shown by the tact that fa '&s wKm m m,. yx&mwk he was called upon to preside over the Twelfth, Thirteeth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth. Sixteenth and Eighteenth Congresses. Fate of Ambitious Speakers. He did not retain the position continn- ously.however. During the first sessionof tbe Thirteenth Con gress, he resigned to act as one of the American Peace Commission to ar range a treaty with England. As it is weil known h e ', fully for the faffing his last term Wl in 1824. and aeain j inl832 and 1844. xi is very geuerui i popularity and re peated failures to WnreU Colb. attain his ambi tion, gave rise to the belief, still held, that fate is arrayed against ambitious Speakers of the House. Eangdon Cheves, of South Carolina, was chosen to complete Clays's term in the Thirteenth Congress. It is not likely his tenure changed the history of that body in the least. When Clay resigned again dur ing the Sixteenth session, John W. Tavlor, of New York, finished what was left of his term. Philip P. Barbour, of Virginia, wielded the gavel in the Seventeenth and Clay tried it again in the Eighteenth. Tay lor, in turn, was called upon again in the Nineteenth and then came Andrew Steven son, of Virginia, for three and a part of a fourth Congress. John Bell, of Tennessee, filled out the un expired term of Stevenson. Bell is, with Clay, the best known of the earlier Speak ers, although he was the twelfth to hold the position. His career is extremely interest ing. He was an active worker with Clay in the Whig party, a member ot both Houses, Secretary of War in Harrison's Cabinet and a candidate lor President on the Constitutional Union ticket. The very next year we find him fighting to dissolve that union, and Edward Everett, the can didate for Vice President with him, endeav ing to preserve it Luck In Jfumher Thirteen. James 3C Polk's experience refutes the idea that Speakers of the House never suc ceed in their Presidental as pirations. He was not only Speaker of the Twenty- fourth and Twenty-fifth Congresses, but was, singularly enou: teenth ual to office. worthy of note that he is tho only one of the Speakers who have attained the highest honor in the land. R. M. T. Hunter was Speaker of the Twenty-sixth Congress. He was a very con spicuous political figure at that time and for many years afterward. His name was often mentioned in connection with the Presidency, and he came very near being President of tho Southern Conledsraov. Jefferson Davil deprived hiin of that doubt ful honor, but Hunter was completely ruined bv the failurf of the causo and retiied to a home in Virginia, where bo died four years apo, unknown and foi gotten. John White, of Kentucky; John W. Jones, of Virginia, and John W. Davis, of Indiana, the last, the fourth of a series ol "Johns," were respectively the Speakers of the Twenty-seventh., Twenty-eighth and Twen niuth Congresses. "White was aftcrnard District Judge in Kentnck-, and committed suicido while in that office. An Old Speaker Still Alive. It Is difficult to realize that a Speaker of tho House 44 years ago is still in the land of tho living. Robert C. Winthrop, who pre sided over the Thir tieth Congress and served a part of a term in the United States Senate, is still living at his home in Massa- cunsetts. In the earlier part of his career he was a Whig, but has been a Republican ever since the incep tion of that party. An anti-slavery cru sade brought out a warm fight for the speakership of the Thirty-flrst Congress, Howell Cobb, of Georgia, PDT OFF FOR AWHILE. Additional Jail Property Will Not Be Necessary Now. HEATIS G APPARATUS TO BE MOVED To the Old Criminal Court Building-, Providing- More Eoom. A DAT'S GLEANINGS FROM THE COURTS -(4 Vs. -J 11 rth,thethir-r tttfll, L , honidVth8 SMlkujU J) It is also WMAWftW , Schvyler Cu'fax. , .. y The subject of purchasing additional jail property has been postponed, and possibly will not come up again in many years. As stated in The Dispatch recently, the re moval of the boilers and other heating ap paratus from the jail proper to the old Criminal Court building will provide all the room necessary in the jail for some years. This was the only subject of importance considered at a meeting of the County Prison Board 'yesterday. The Commis sioners reported to the board that they have in contemplation using the old criminal court property for engineering, heating, etc., and that that they do not deem it ad visable to purchase or condemn other prop erty for jail purposes. A discussion of the matter ensued, and it was developed that by the removal of the light and heating plant from the jail premises there would be room enough made iu which to construct another wing, holding from 100 to 150 prisoners. xne board, as a- result, unanimously adopted a resolution postponing further consideration of the subject of purchasing more ground. BLACK GDIS HIS MONEY. bott, F. C. O'Brien, F. C. Neglcr, John Wallace, Henry O. Mueller, Matt W. Boyce, Thomas A. Pender and Simon RolL Applicants for Divorce. Three suits for divorce were entered yes terday. W. A, Blakeley filed the suit of Annie Lesko, by her next friend, J. J. Wolf, against Stephen Lesko. They were married in July, 1888, and It is alleged that he deserted her January 13, 1890. He also treated her cruelly. A. E. Goss filed the suit of Tillie Leech, by her next friend, W. J. Rainey, against Thompson Leech. They were married November 12, 18S2, and it is alleged he deserted her November 28, 1885. J. A. Murphy entered the suit of Sus sanna A. Stephenson by her next friend, , H. T. Marsh, against Fred J. Stephenson. They were married April 10, 1891. She al leges that he treated her so cruelly that she had to leave him. Decided for the Defendants. Jndge White handed down a decision yesterday in the case of the Enterprise Pot tery Company vs the McKeesport Working men's Co-operativeAssociation. Hesays:Tha goods in this case were sold on credit, but under the act of Jnne 7, 1888, all purchases and sales shall be for cash, and no credit shall be either given or taken except for wages. I cannot see how the plaintiffs can recover. To get and use the goods and then refuse to pay for them is downright dis honesty. Unon the facts we think the law is with the defendant and judgment is therefore entered. JV. P. UanU. which gave to Robert C. TYinthrop. tt "Wf J fc-S formerly Governor of that State and after- i c.....n rf tiin Treasury durinir Buchanan's administration, the honor. Linn Boyd, another Kentuckian, was Speaker of the Thirty-second and a'hirti third Con gresses. ,-,,. But if the contest for Speaker r. the Tblr-tv-flrst Congress had been warm -lint of the Thirty-fourth was simply "red hot. Fiom December 3, ISjo, until Februarys, 1855, frag ments of pal ties made tbe office a bono of contention. There wero pro-slavery and anti-slavery Whigs, pro-slavery and anti slavery Democrats. Free Soilers and Know Xothinss. 'Ihetioublo was settledby a com bine or anti-slavery men, Free-Soilers and a rnnrllr nnrtion 01 Know Nothings, which elected N. P. Banks, of Massachusetts, after an agreement had been readied that a plu rality instead of a majority should prevail. Banks is still living. When Senator Sherman Was Beaten. James L. Orr, of South Carolina, afterward Minister to Russia, presided over the Thirty fifth Congiess and then cameanother great c o ntest, when William Pen nington, of Xew Jersey, defeated John Sherman for tho speakership" after a fight that was only three days I. .l.an .linn f-fia Ut. 111.JL uuuu -iW one of four years before. Another Pennsylvanian i n the person of Galu sba A. Grow was Speaker of the first War Congress, and X W, Kcifer. the famous Schuyler Coltax that of tho second and the two following. Grow is still alive, but Colfax died in 18S5. Tbe careers of Blaine, Kerr, Randall, Keifer, Carlisle and Reed, the succeeding Speakers, are so recent and familiar a9 to require no repetition here. In this connec tion, it may be said that while Speaker of the House Elaine incurred the enmity of Ben Butler, regarding the membership of a committee. Butler never forgave the un questioned trick that was played upon him at the time, and to this tact, in a great meas ureso general belief goes is laid Blaino's lack of success in tho Presidental election oflSSi. J. Warren Keifer was perhaps the poorest Speaker the House has ever known. His election was tbe result of a bitter contest, concluded by a union of Pennsylvania and New York members, who wanted to obtain contiol of certain committees. Although well up in the rules, he was so partisan in his methods, and withal so slow and tiro some, that lie failed to receive even the cus tomary complimentary vote from his own party at the conclusion of his term. W. G. Kavtmjjts. fAY4? n f ' One of the Lawrence Bank Depositors' Who Comes Out Even. An opinion in one branch of the Law rence Bank was handed down by Judge White yesterday, in favor of Alexander Black, one of the depositors. Knowing the condition of the bank, the officials accepted certain deposits and placed them in en velopes, apart from the regular deposits. When Black demanded a return of his money it was refused by the auditor, pend ing a decision of the court. On the part of the creditors exceptions were filed, praying that the money be included among the other funds for general distribution. In dismissing the exceptions and granting Black's petition the Court says: "When Black deposited the money he in tended it as a regular deposit. If the bank had so received it he might not have re covered it. But it was placed in an en velope with his name marked on it, and the amount not entered upon the books of the bank. All the grounds of a rule that in solvency will not enable the depositor to re cover back his deposit where it has mingled with the other funds of the bank, fail when applied to a case of this kind." Salaries liaised and Terms Kcduced. The Judges of Common Pleas Nos. 1, 2 and 3 met yesterday to act ou a petition of the crier and tipstaves of the Criminal Court for an increase in salary. The tip staves at present receive S800 per year and asked to be increased to ?1,000. They were granted an increase of 5100 a year, and the crier was raised to 1,000. At the same time the judges adopted a new rule not asked for and probably not liked by the officers. It is that hereafter the tipstaves 6hall be ap pointed for one year instead of during good behavior as heretofore. The term will be from the first Monday of December to the same date of the following year. The offi cers of the Criminal Court are: Crier, John W. Patterson; tipstaves, Georgo W. Ab- , An Injunction Against tup City. Elizabeth Cooper yesterday filed a bill in equity against tho city of Pittsburg, E M. Bigelow, Chief of the Department of Public Works, and John Geddio. She alleges that the defendants, without right or authority, have started to dig a trench across a lot of hers on Wylie avenue, Thirteenth ward, intending to lay water pipes to property in the rear. She asked for an injunction to restrain them. The court granted a preliminary injunction, fixing December 9 for a hearing. Getting: Back at Schader. Jacob Kutasik and ' wife yesterday en tered suit against Joseph Schaffer for 2,000 damages for alleged malicious prosecution. It is stated thaf. on November 28 Schaffer sued Mrs. Kutasik before Alderman Kerr for larceny. At the hearing it developed that the alleged larceny consisted of Mrs. Kutasik opening and retaining a letter ad dressed to her husband, which she did with his consent. She was discharged and the suit was entered for damages. Cunningham vs borough of Chartiers; Lynch vs Pittsburjr Traction Company; Westerberg vs Pierce; Greely vs Federal Street and Pleasant Yalloy Railway Company. Court Slatters in Brief. A new trial wa3 granted in the ca3e of Fleming against the Baden Gaa Company. Tuoxas Tilbeook entered suit against James L. Carroll for $10,000 damages for slander. A petition was granted allowing Charles and Barbara It. Heffner, of Allegheny, to adopt an 8-months child of llary Clark, of Williamsport. AcHAETEnwas granted for the St, Mar garet Memorial Hospital, tbe ono founded and endowed by the iato John H. Shoenbor er in his will. James asd Jons M. Telfoed sued the I Philadelphia Company for $5,0C0for injury' to their property iu Plum township, by tho laying of a pipe line. A xoixe prosse was entered in the case of Holmes Anderson, charged with tho killing of John CollU.in West Liberty townsbip,and the prisoner was discharged. Is- the suit of C- A. B.lph against the Cent tral Traction Company, to recovera balance for work on the company's carhouse,a ver diet was given for $1,703 37 for tho plaintiff. EEroEE Judge Acheson, or the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting in. chambers, a hearing was had on th applica tion of William Ross, appellant, for an order on I. W. Grubbs, appellee, for an increase of the amonnt of bond for cost and the matter further continued to enable respondent to procure certain evidence necessary to com plete the application. Bfegfcfelgi ir --,. w 1,500 peo- Slx Tears for McMahon. Thomas McMahon, convicted of murder in the second degree for killing Xavier Steplein, a neighbor, at Oakdale, while shooting at a-dog,was sentenced yesterday by Judge Ewlng to six years and three months in the penitentiary. McMahon's counsel had moved for a new trial, which Judge Ewing said yesterday morning he would grant. When he did so, McMahon at once entered a plea of guilty to voluntary man slaughter. He was then sentenced for that offense. Monday's Trial Lists. Criminal Court Commonwealth vs George A. McWilliams, Peter Barnhart, August Sahr, Mrs. A. Cain, John Brestelschmidt, Harry Wyant and Edward Lautner. Common Pleas No. 1 Hemphill vs Hemp hill; Haven vs Pittsburg and Allegheny Bridge Company; Balph vs Central Traction Company; Clendenon vs Sales; Wells ct al vs McDonald et al: Dietrich vs Ralbfcll; Con roy vs Pittsburg Times; Barrett vs Pennsyl vania Company. Common Pleas No. 2 Pennock & Son vs Hippelly & Hopf; Howley & Co.vs Wall:Kon nedy vs Booth & Flinn; Bell v Gnlick & Co.; Schwab vs Jones; Coon vs White; iloran vs Tygard. Common Pleas No. 8 E?elberger vs Alle gheny Valley Railroad Company; Hager man vs Mangan; Dent et ax vs Mayo; Craw ford vs Peteriej Reed & Cava Lippencott; ...v(3ljWa'SQUAHrFEET'0N GROUND FLOOflT The various factories already built at Ellwood will employ pie, and more to follow. THE DEBWENT FOUNDRY COMPANY Have just completed contracts to immediately start a stove and light castings foundry at Ellwood. All this is because ELLWOOD'S SITUATIpfFOR BUSINESS IS UNSURPASSED. On two Trunk Lines (b? &a) and another coming in, affording com petitive freight rates, through shipments, no switching charges, no transfer charges. Ellwood has coal, fire clay, glass-sand, building stone, limestone, nat ural gas, electric lights, water power. The 160 houses built within the year (average value $ 1,800) are all taken, and over ioo applications in advance for houses to rent so buy and build at Ellwood; you can make 20 per cent a year at present prices. Wanted More houses for the employes that will be at Ellwood within six weeks. gAUTIFUL rift-Aijauj. -KlZSli)stw.V'.'l-i jfiCZM PR,$TEyEN$0NS RtiyDEriCE,. tk M P$ 0k IPk' '-toilMr VU7 . T ?", t w-j..--. ... ,?w.,.. ,. i. . ... --.- A GOOD MESTM1T .A-r.'.i- (Hotel Oliver.) Is also an ideal place for a home. All of it is charming, but the 100 acres of Park on the Conoquenessing is a fairyland. Come and see what nature has done and enterprise is doing. AS BUSINESS PEOPEKTY Because it la NOT? so near Pittsburg as to starve out a local merchant. AS RESIDENCE PROPERTY Because ita values are not destroyed by unsightly shanties. Ellwood is not being rushed ofi for commissions, but is being DEVELOPED FOB FUTURE VALUES. The sort of place to locate in. Call on or write THE PITTSBURG COMPANY, MERRETT GREENE, General Manager, 108 FOURTH AVE., Pittsburg, Or HOTEL OLIVER, Ellwood, Pa. no-U33 : T rA.T: OPPERBROS WELL KNOWN AND POPULAR STORES, 307 Wood St., Pittsburg. Our Grand Holiday Sale of Beautiful and Useful Presents for Christmas and New Year's is now on. The great wave of Holiday Business has begun, and we would suggest the advantage of early pur chases. The extent, variety and beauty of our stock requires a personal inspection to be prop erly appreciated. Such a vast assortment has never before been shown in Pittsburg. PARLOR SUITES. Ail Prices from $38 to $275. Parlor Suites in SilkPIush. Parlor Suites in Crushed Piush. Parlor. Suites in Embossed Plush. Parlor Suites in Brocatelle. Parlor Suites in Silk Tapestry. Parlor Suites in Satin. Parlor Suites in Hair Cloth, eta, etc. Parlor Suites are changing in style all the time. Sometimes the pieces are overstuffed: f now the wood work is exposed and the beauti ful carving shows to advantage; again odd pieces predominate, and the many pretty articles which are simply "odd" tend to decorate a room to great advantage. mmwm JiillIiffiill!iiiiiiiiiiiiiii)iiiin)lii'iT,i?i.wrJ ER SUITES Aii Prices from $14 to $375. Finished in Natural, Antique and Old English Oak and Ash, XVIth Century, Cremona, Mala chite, Light and Dark Mahogany, Walnut; Cherry and Pine. The lowest prices and best workman ship consistent with quality of material used in the manufacture. FANCY TABLES. Anticipating an increased demand for Fancy Tables this season we have purchased largely, and we can sur prise you with the variety of shapes and styles. We hava them in Brass, with Onyx Tops in gilt, with Hand Decorated Tops and Shelves, and in all kinds of woods and finishes, and in all sizes and shapes. LADIES' DESKS FROM $8 TO $30. Fits Allflts stopped free by Dr. Kline's Grea Nerve Restorer. So fits after first day' use. Mart Telous cures. Treatise and 12 CO trial bottle free to Fit cases. Dr. Kline. 831 Arch St., Phlla., Ta. Ladies' sable capes. Smiley & Co., 28 Fifth avenue. The latest invention, "Chemical Dia monds." "Who has them? Ladies' holidays. and gentlemen's umbrellas for Smiley & Co., 28 Pifth avenue. "Chemical Diamonds" defy experts. The eighth wonder. "When" leaving the city have us pack ancl ship your household goods. "We are re sponsible for loss or damage. Haugh & Keejtas", 33 Water street. WFSU FANCY ROCKERS. If you come in to see our line your eye will range over a greater number of these goods than you ever saw belore under one roof. They are upholstered in raw and spun silk, silk and crushed plash broca telle, leather, etc., and the prices we quote on them are such as should clean the en tire lot out in a very short time. The Rockers are finished in antique oak, English oak, light and dark cherry.canary, XVX Century, etc Prices run from f 3 up. SECRETARIES AND DESKS. We show a most varied assortment of fancy Desks and Secretaries, and this sea son has been productive of many new ar tistic finishes. "We offer you a Drop-icaf Desk for only ?8, and from this point the advance is gradual up to the dainty gold stippled desk of the time of Louis XVL Also, a full line of Office Deks, both roll and cylinder top; Office Chairs, Book cases, etc", at rock-bottom prices. REED AND RATTAN GOODS. The demand for these goods is con stantly on the increase, and we have kept pace with the timer, and can show a truly bewildering assortment, consisting in part of Chairs, Itocker3, Parlor Suit', Cribs and odd pieces of ever' description. The goods are finished plain, enamel and gold, bronze and dark cherry, XVL Century and in all new colors. I'UICES P.IGUT. CARPETS. AXMTXSXER3, ALL-WOOLS, "WILT02T3. TAPESTET, MOQtTETTES, INGP.AINS, BODY BRUSSELS. "We purchased largely before the recent advance in prices by the wholesalers, con spquently we are prepared to sell from 15 TO 'Si CENTS ON" THE DOLLAR !i cheaper than any other house in the city. ALL CARPETS MADE AND LAID FREE OF CHARGE, IMDn&TAAITI WHAT AN ELEGANT XMAS PRESENT I THE NEW HIGH ARM "DAVIS SEWING SfiSBADTAMTI IlllrUn I Mil I MACHINE, $25 LESS THAN ANY OTHER MACHINE IN THE MARKET. IllfrUlt I All I i All Ms Portafl Can to StoM Aw ail Mwi at Any Time MM Remember, whatever you may want in the way of a useful Holiday Gift, come to us for it and you will save money. WODPFR DRHQ Pfl PIONEERS OF LOW PRICES, i , 1 a . . " ' Mfii a . . ,. :J. """ggFrPMMWiWWBMial
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