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THE PITTSBURG1- " DISPATCH, MONDAY. " DECEMBER s ' 21, 1891'
AOEPUTIJ CHARGE
Of the Internal Eevenne Office After
To-Day Until a New Collec
tor Is Appointed.
WARHCASTLE'S TIME HAS COME.
It Is Only a Question of resignation or
Eemova!, and This Point Will Ee
Settled in a Few Honrc.
THE CHIEF AGENT NOW IN PITTSBURG.
Colonel Swords Talks en Hie Difficulty and General
rolitic.il Topics.
General P. D. Sewall, Chief of the Reve
nue Acents, arrived in the city yesterday,
and stopped at the Honongahela House.
The General is a small man with a
moustache and goatee as white as snow.
He was frank enough to admit that he
was here in connection with the "Warm
castle case.
The Pittsburg Collector will know his
fate about noon to-day, He will be out of
a job,-but whether by removal or resigna
tion nobody seems to know. As soon as
3Ir. "Warmcastle severs his connection
with the office Secretary Foster will ap
point one of the deputy collectors to run it
until a successor is named. Mr. "Warm
castle's bond covers all his deputies, and he
will be responsible until the new Collector
qualifies.
A. Selection to Be Made.
It has not been decided which one of the
deputies will be selected to fill the place
temporarily. It is claimed that General
Pewall is here to look over the list and pick
one out, but on this point he was silent
The General was asked if he knew who
would be appointed to the office, or if the
vacancy would continue for any length of
time.
To the first question he replied that he
had nothing to do with the politics of the
case, and he couldn't answer the second.
He remarked that he had heard Jlr. "Warm
castle highly spoken of, and he was sorry
for him.
Mr. "Warmcastle states that the Govern
ment hasn't lost a cent through him, and
the revenue agents admit this fact Tliev
one and all expres sympathy for him, and
they regret the laws are such that he has to
po. The trcneral impression is that Mr.
"Warmcastle will return to his old place in
the freight department of the Pennsylvania
Company. Xobody will be happier than
lie when the agony is over, for he made up
his mind from the start that he would have
to go.
The Position or the Collector.
Mr. "Warmcastle feels that all the facts
are known, aud that the people understand
wherein he did not carry out the strict reg
ulations of the Kevenue Department. Mr.
V.'armcastle worked hard to have the offices
on the second floor of the Government
building fixed up as soon as possible. His
successor w ill have elegant quarters, and
the revenue office will be moved this month.
Colonel H. I Swords, Purchasing Agent
for the Crated Slates Treasury, reached
Pittsburg from the "West yesterday morn
ing. He returned to "Washington last even
ins. He stopped over to attend to some
details in connection with the fur
nishings of the Pension and Kevenue
ofilccs. He said he would be here again in
January 10 provide for the Court rooms,
r.ml he thought they would be ready for oc
cupancy by April.
All Ilxnress Their Sympathr.
The Colonel was sorrv for Col'ector
"Warnicuitle, but remarked t-at ignorance
of the law was not excusable. The Col
lector has done nothing wrong, but he
wasn't aware of certain regulations that are
, insisted upon rigidly by the Dapartment,
This is the sum of his sinning.
On political subjects the Colonel had
more to ay. He had a talk in Chicago w ith
Clarksou, and the latter assured him that
Minneapolis would be prepared to take care
of the croud. The wealthy people of th
town with large homes will remove their
families about that time and throw open
iheir houses to the delegations He thinks
that whether Ulaine or Harrison is nomi
nated, the Convention will be a very quiet
affair.
The Colonel had a chat with Maine re
cently, and lie says the Secretary is looking
much better than when he was on the stump
in 13R8. He has a healthy brown color, and
the bulging sacks under his eyes have dis
appeared. The only s-ign of advancine age
apparent it r. slight stoop of the bhoulders.
TCiaine's Mind Not Made Up.
Colonel Swords believes that Blaine
doesn't know what he intends to do, but it
is only fair to the friends v ho are working
for him that he should declare himself. The
Democrats and Mugwump are more favora-
hly impressed with him than they were in
1R4, when they feared he would conduct a
jingo administration. The Secretary has
demonstrated that he is one of the most
conservative and reasonable of men.
Wherever Colonel Swords jroes he savs
Republicans admit freely that Harriso'i has
been a good President, and if Blaine won't
run there is a strong disposition to renom
inate him. His administration has been
' satisfactory to the people, but some of the
politicians are disgruntled. The Colonel is
inclined to think that the appointment of
Goff and Elkins is to be taken as an indi
cation that Blaine will decline to run.
LINN NOT THE SECEETABY.
Rob Lindsey Says Jack Robiniton nad No
.Authority to Appoint Hun.
"Who will be the next to jump into the
Senatorial fight? The announcement of
Jack Robinson that he had entered the list
caused no surprise in Pittsburg, Since the
League convention of clubs was held local
politicians are prepared to expect anything
from him. Those who remember how he
backed down before Cameron last winter
have no faith in the vacillating statesman
from Media. The sendofi' which his friend
Bill Linn, as Corresponding Secretary of
the State League, gives him, is laughed at
here.
A reporter met ex-Secretary Bob Lindsey
on the street yesterday. Mentioning Rob
inson's name to the 'Squire is sure to stir
him up.
"I see Bill Linn is Corresponding Secre
tary of the League," he said. "Robinson
had no right to appoint him. The office was
created originally by a resolution, and none
was passed by the last convention. There
is nothing in the by-laws or constitution
giving the President authority to appoint
anybody to the position. What
will Robinson's candidacy amount
Jo? He would not have been
elected League President without the
aid of Senator Quay, and where will he get
votes now. ThiB is a different kind of a
fight from manipulating delegates in a con
vention. The people will have something
to 6ay in this contest. Dalzell never goes
into anything without first canvassing the
situation. He will set up legislative candi
dates all over the State. I know of a prom
inent man in Warren who will run on the
issue that he will vote for Dalzcll lor
United States Senator. "Hiram Young will
hive charge of the Congressmen's canvass
in York. Mr. Dalzell is assured that the
people are with him. He will make a red
Lot fight for the place."
A TOTAL LOSS OF $44,000.
The Da mace Caused by the 3bs Explosion
and the A mount of Insurance Not Much
Credenco Git en to tho Story of a Mys
terious Unknown.
The total loss from the fire on Liberty
street Saturday night was 44,000; the in
surance as carried by all the losers was
$29,500. The heaviest losers were Siatta &
Fugassi. wholesale fruit dealers, who occu
pied the cellar and the first and second
floors of the burned buildinc. They had in
the building at the time1 of the fire
three carloads of bananas, two carloads
of lemons and one of oranges. Beside
this there were stored awav scveralhun
dred bushels of nuts of different varieties
and other fsnev fruits. The goods were
valued at S2O.C00, aud evervthirsr was a
total loss. The firm carried $11,500 insur
ance, of which 54,000 was with the German
Fire Insurance Company and $7,500 with
the AMemannia Company. Camp & Co.,
who occupied the two top floors and who
were engaged in the manufacture of tobies
and cigars, lost heavilv. They had
over 1,000,000 cigars and tobies and several
hundred cases of leaf tobacco in stock; all
this, in connection with several valuable
molds, was destroyed. Mr. Alex. "Wilson,
who in reality is the head of the firm, was
seen. He said their loss would amount to
about $11,000. They carried about ?G,000
insurance, divided between lloss & Fleming,
of 108 Fourth avenue, and the Citizens' In
surance Company. The building was owned
bv the Dalmever heirs, and was valued at
about $10,000." They carried $7,000 i-isuranca
with the German Insurance Company.
John Fite, whose Imtter and cheese house
adjoined the burned buildins, suffered to
the extent of about $5,000. The back end of
the buildinc on the side nearest the Dahl
meyer building was crushed in and 700
cases of eggs, 300 cheese and 150 cases of
honey were destroyed. Mr. Fite carried
enough insurance to fully cover the loss.
It was reported that immediately after the
fire broke out a man was seen crawling out
from the basemen, of the building. This
was investigated and found to be incorrect.
A man who was passing the building at the
time of the explosion was thrown down.
He got up and went off by himself, how
ever. This, perhaps, led to the story.
NEW MAIL TRAIN 05 TIME.
Railway Mall Superintendents I'leased With
the fast Express.
The new mail train from New Tork to
Chicago on the Pennsylvania road made
its first trip last evening. The express was
made up of three cars packed to the roof
with mail matter. An extrg car will be
put on at once. The train left New Tork
at 9 in the morning, and arrived here last
evening at 9:10. One car was sent to Chicago
on the limited, and another went to St.
Louis. The cars will be fitted up with steam
pipes in a few days, as the sleepers on the
limited are heated in this way.
Superintendent It. C Jackson, of Xew
York; Superintendent A. Bunt, Cincinnati;
It. A. Smith, chief clerk at Philadelphia,
and Chief Clerks F. C. Gore. Harristiure;
James McConnell, Pittsburg, and O. T.
Holloway. Crestline, were on the train to
see that the mail was properly handled, and
loaded and unloaded promptly. Stops
were made at Harrisburg and Altoona.
Mr. Bunt said thevwere pleased with the
first day's run, and aftcc the men got
familiar with the work the business would
run smoother. The annual increase in the
mails between New York and Pittsburg is
large and some provision was necessary to
take care of it.
OKDEKS FOB 20,000 CARS.
The Result of thn Freig'ut Blockade on the
Railroads.
Joseph D. "Weeks wen. to New York last
evening. He thinks the defeat of Mills for
the Speakership has partially restored the
confidence of manufacturers. It is taken as
an indiciton that no radical changes will
be mad; in the tariff. He believes Crisp
will follow Itandall's policy, and special
bills modifying some feature of the McKin
ley law will be passed.
The outlook for the iron business is good.
A large numbe of sales have been made
recently. The freight blockage on the rail
roads has resulted in orders for 20,000 cars
in the last threy weeks. Contracts for 600,
000 tons of steel rails have been distributed
amoug the mills, and Mr. Weeks thinks
these signs are hopeful. It will require a
great cleat of iron to make the freight cars,
and thsj will help the industry. The stock
of pig iron piled up in the valleys is noth
ing unusual, and is not as large as the sur
plus in former years.
ISiddy Tox Creates a. Disturbance.
Mrs. Biddy Fox, with her 3-year-old
child, from Limerick, was arrested yester
day o.i Wac-sh avecue. West End, and
lodged in ths Thirty-sixth ward station, on
a charge of disorderly conduct. It is alleged
by OffiTS Tanny and O'Donnell, who ar
rested her, that of late she has been getting
drunk and acting so bad that her husband
lef her. and yesterday she came to the
West End to hunt him. " By the time Mrs.
Fox appeared on Stenben street she had
several hundred people following her. The
excitement attractei the attention of the
officers, and after a severe struggle they
placed her in the patrol wa?on, and she
was locked up in the station house. The
officera will make a complaint to Agent
O'Brien to have the child taken from her,
as she does not give it the proper care.
Deanes Robbed hy His Roommate.
David Deanes, of Steuben street. West
End, was robbed early yesterday morning
by a fellow boarder at his boarding house.
They both retired early Saturday night, and
when Deanes awoke in the morning he
found his partner had left, taking a silver
watch and chain, a leather satchel contain
ing two suits of clothes and $22 in money
belonging to him. Mr. Deanes notified the
police at the Thirty-sixth ward station, and
Officer Kinney traced the robber to Char
tiers, where he learned that he had left for
Greensburg, Pa.
Arrested by Her Hnsband.
Last night about 11 o'clock a big, strap
ping negro walked into the Twelfth ward
station dragging a little cringing Pole. He
said to Lieutenant Holmes: "I want this
man arrested. He chased my wife from
Twenty-sixth to Twcntv-ninth streets."
The negro's name was William Strathers.
and he owns a barber shop at 2821 Penn
avenue. The Pole, who gave his name as
Morris Brusnisky, offered no defense aud
was locked up.
ASouthsIde Fokrr Joint Raided.
The Soutbside police were on the lookout
for disorderly houses yesterday, and as a
result two places were raided. At the
house of Standish Wemchinsky, 2509 Car
son street, a game of poker was going on,
and the proprietor and six players were ar
rested. The alleged disorderly house kept
by Louis Amman, in Enou alley, was
raided and the proprietor and six inmates
arrested.
No Appeal to be Taken.
County Controller Gricr has decided,
after consideration, not. to appeal the
salary increase case to the Supreme Court.
He will, however, refuse to accept the
extra $4,000 per year which he could secure
for himself. It is felt that an appeal
would be useless, as there is no reason to
believe that the lower courts view of the
case would not be sustained.
Bought an Overcoat In Partnership.
Frank Dennis and James Krotze bought
a big overcoat, each paying half and agree
ing that they should take turns in wearing
it Recently Dennis has been running a
Duquesne t car, and Krotze claims he
woiildn't give him a chance at the coat or
pay his share. He now charges Dennis
with larceny by bailee.
BIGELOW AFTER OIL.
He Will Search the Allegheny Clear
to Oil City to Discover It.
COMPLAINTS ABODT THE WATER
ire Once More Made, and With More Vigor
Than Ever Before.
DIFFERENT VIEWS OF THE D0CTOES
The howl about the condition of the city
water has revived. This time Allegheny
unites with Pittsburg in the general com
plaint. The oily taste complained of a
couple of weeks ago has returned with rein
forcements, and the general nastiness is as
bad as ever. For a week or two there
seemed to be an improvement in the water,
and Chief Bigelow and Water Superintend
ent Wilcox, who have been watching the
matter closely, began to think the trouble
was over, for the present at least.
A few days ago Chief Bigelow noticed
that the nasty oily taste had returned. He
had satisfied himselt that the Bear Creek
Oil Refinery had not been allowing any re
fuse matter to flow into the river. The re
finery had been closely watched and it was
demonstrated that the trouble did not
originate there. The oil well of the Phila
delphia Gas Company back of Verona was
also kept under surveillance and proof se
cured that no oil came from that source.
Just as Had Up the River.
Having covered these points, the only
local ones that he could think of as the
cause of the trouble, the chief sent a man up
the river to Tarentum to ascertain if the
oily condition prevailed there. The report
showed that the water was as bad there as
when it reaches Pittsburg.
"I am determined to locate the origin of
this trouble," said Chief Bigelow yester
day, "and, having covered every other
point I could think of, I propose sending a
man up the river as far as Oil City, if
necessary, to discover the place where this
stuff comes from. After we learn definitely
its origin we may be able to put an end to
the trouble. I should not be surprised to
learn that an abandoned oil well in some
out-of-the-way place had begun to flow
again, or that a spring of oil had burst forth
somewhere in the bed of the river and was
causing the trouble."
A great many physicians of the city have
been interviewed in relation to the water
snppl7 and, while nearly all have united in
the opinion that the water is bad and unfit
for use, a few have held that it is no worse
than former!, and take a stand directly op
posite to the'maprity. Among these is Dr.
Chris Lange, of Penn avenue. In a con
versation on the subject yesterday he said:
A Possible Redeeming Feature.
"Notwithstanding the complaints about
oil, I am inclined to think it is no worse
than it has been for years. People fre
quently take petroleum "by the tablespoon
Jul as a medicine for throat troubles. I
don't thitk it any good as a remedy, but it
doos no harm. That it does not affect a
man injuriously is shown by the men en
gaged about the oil well. There they are
saturated with it. They take it into their
bodies constantly by absorption, they
breathe it in the air, they drink it with
their water and they even get more or less
of it in what they eat You never hear of
any bad effect: from it on those men.
'But take any other branch of business,
as lead works, for instance. It is not long
after a man goes to work in a lead fac
tory until the evil effects of the
lead is made painfully visible
on his system. -Now it oil
is not injurious to these who
you might say, live in it, how can. the
small amount taken in with our drinking
water hurt anyone. I don't believe the
water is to blame for any of the diseases
that have been charged to it and I think
there is no more to be feared from it than
from the smoke we are breathing in the
air."
Not Fit tor a Do; to Drink.
Dr. J. H. Heiber, of 1705 Penn avenue,
takes quite a different view of the subject.
"Is the water bad?" he answered, "well, I
should say so. It's not fit for a dog to
drink. It not only tastes but it smells bad,
and should not be used without filtering. I
know it is to bhjme for many complaints
among children. Not serious troubles, but
very disagreeable ones. It is hard on the
stomachs of grown people, too. Filtration
helps it some, but don't remove the oil
As far as the oil is concerned, I don't be
lieve it to be the cause of the trouble. It
seems to me it must come from the refuse
from oil refineries. Oil don't mix
"with water, but this refuse, contain.
ing poisonous matter, does. Then
the surface drainage and sewerage
that gets into the Allegheny river is some
thing awful. That is what produces disease
and makes the unhealthy smell in the
water.
"But I must say that in the Ninth, Tenth
and Twelfth wards, where my practice is
largest, there is less disease nf a serious na
ture than for the corresponding season for
ten years. I attribute this largely to the
improved sanitary condition. We have a
good many cases of a mild form of the grip.
It is a peculiar form, too. A combination
of grip and tonsilitis. It is not dangerous
and confined largely to young people."
THINKS IHE LOITEBY WILL WIN.
A Louisiana Man Darzled by the Glitter of
Gamblers' Gold.
F. L. Maxwell and Major Waddell, of
Madison Parish, La., two directors of the
Yicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railroad,
passed through the city last evening en
route to New York. Mr. Maxwell said the
Democrats were badly cut up over the lot
tery issue, but he thinks tho pro-lottery
candidate for Governor will win. The Re
publicans are not a unit on the question,
and will divide up between the two Demo
cratic factions.
Mr. Maxwell favors the lottery for the
revenue that the infernal concern promises
the State. A bonus of $1,500,000 per year
for the extension of the franchise to 1920 is
too much for him. He defends his position
on the ground that Louisiana needs levees
and other important improvements, and the
people are too poor to pay the taxes. He
thinks also there are worse forms of gam
bling than lotteries selling futurities, he
cites, as an example: The people in the
South have no fuither use for Cleveland,
and they favor the nomination of a Western
man.
Two Poles Used Up In a Brawl.
Molinto Miknitus and W. Sodoblsky,
Poles, were arrested by Detectives Fitz
gerald and Sterck last night at the house of
John Dickson on the hillside above Soho.
The prisoners with several other Poles were
drinking in the house of Dickson, and a
fight occurred, because one of them refused
to set up the drinks, in which knives, beer
bottles and glasses were used by the Poles.
They fought out of the house onto the rail
road tracks, when the detectives appeared '
and arrested Miknitus and Sodoblskv.
Miknitus was struck over the head with" a
beer bottle and badly cut Sodoblsky was
stabbed in the right hip with a penknife,
ana nis neaa was oaaiy cut.
Got Too Hilarious at a Dance.
A colored dance was held in North Dallas
on Saturday night. The guests got drunk
and terrified the citizens by firing off re
volvers in a reckless manner. Ernest and
Rufus Moore and James Reynolds were ar
rested. Magistrate Hvndman gave them 30
days apiece to the workhouse.
Onlllnser, Jeweler,
Still at the old stand, 1200 Penn avenue.
Call and see him.
THIS IS THE CHIEFS' DAY.
Bigelow, Brown and Elliott Will Be Re
Elected Without Opposition A Traction
Ordinance That May Be Considered
Some of the Reports Ready.
The election of the chiefs of the three de
partments of the city government is to be
made at the special meeting of Councils
called for that purpose to-day. J. O. Brown
will be re-elected Chief of the Department
of Public Safety, E. M. Bigelow Chief of
the Department of Public Works, and R, C.
Elliott Chief of the Department of Charities,
there being no opposing candidates. Their
terms of office are four years, Chiefs Brown
and Bigelow each receiving $5,000 per vear
and Chief Elliott $4,000, and each Chief be
ing required to furnish a bond of $50,000 for
faithful performance of duty.
The election will require but a short space
of time and afterward the Councils will
probably consider a number of ordinances
before them, including that one recom
mended by the Corporation's Committee on
Saturday, which allows the Duquesne
Traction Company to extend its Highland
avenue branch to Bunker Hill street, two
squares beyond its present terminus, and
also to "lay a track on Highland
avenue across Penn avenue, connect
ing the Highland and Ellsworth ave
nue Branches at the intersection
of Center, Highland and Ellsworth avenues.
It was stated that an ordinance to carry
into effect the issue of bonds authorized by
the recent election was to be presented, but
no one could be found who knew anything
about the matter.
Chief Brown will submit his report of
expenditures for the past year and amount
required for next, to Mayer Gourley to
day. Chief Bigelow savs his will be ready
to-morrow. Chief Elliott could not say
when his would be readv.
CHABLES L. DAVIS BEC0VEBED.
His Conservatory to Be Opened To-JJlght in
Honor of Jefferson.
Charles L. Davis has completely recov
ered. Though Mr. Davis is looking well,
he has left 20 pounds of his form somewhere
near the grave he has so narrowly missed.
He was ill for 19 days, and the cause was
a carbuncle, together with two ab
scesses in his neck, and afterward blood
poisoning and erysipelas set in. At three
times all hope was. given up, but through
the caieful attention of the doctors and the
nursing of Mrs. Morris Mozer, a relative,
his life was saved. Last night Mr. Davis
said he had received every attention.
Flowers and fruit had been sent to him by
the Elks and others, and one table was oov
ered with letters and telegrams from all over
the country asking about nis health.
Ever since he has been able to talk he
has been hard at work giving orders about
his conservatory which he is having ar
ranged under, the direction of the famous
stage manager, George L. Stout. As a com
pliment of Mr. Davis' appreciation of
Joseph Jefferson, it will be opened to-night
temporarily. it will not be com
pleted until after Mr. Davis is able
foput the finishing touches himself. The
conservatory is 35x80 feet and is 26 feet
high. In the center an exquisitely moulded
white fountain shoots a spray up 20 feet
into the air. It is in the center of a charm
ing fish pond walled in by moss-covered
rocks. AH around the edges are many col
ored fairy lamps and down beneath the
waters of the pond shinf out incandescent
lillies. The conservatory is fitted like a
garden while the walls are painted so that
the painted shrubbery and the real
blend together so perfectly that the
deception is complete and the scene
stretches away until it loses itself in the
distance. The ceiling represents the
heavens, from which myriads of electric
stars twinkle. There are rustic seats every
where and the intention is to make the
place a promenade between the acts. La?t
night Mr. Davis said he would give concerts
there before the curtain rises, provided the
people could be induced to attend.
SUNDAY'S UNFORTUNATES.
Two Pei sons Badly Burned and Two In
jured in Yesterday's Accidents.
A colored man was burned by an ex
plosion of gas and a child was almost burned
to death by its clothes catching fire from the
grate. The usual rapid transit accident oc
curs a man falls irom a cable car and had
his sknll fractured. The list follows:
McGladioex Willie, the S-j ear-old son or
Thomas McGladigen, who lives on Forty
third street near Penn avenue, met with a
serious accident on Satnrday night. He was
playing In front of the fire, when his clothes
became ignited In some way and In a mo
rnent he was a mass of flames. Ills screams
attracted his mother, who tore his clothes
off and wrapped him In a blanket. She was
badly burned herself about the hands and
arms. The child was reported in a critical
condition last night.
Brooks Imsen Brooks, who lives on Thirty-eighth
street, tell on tho sidewalk on
Penn avenue, near Thii tieth street, yester
day afternoon and broke his arm and cut
his head badlv. He was removed to the
West Penn Hospital.
Quebbevan Bndolph Quebboman, aged 35
years, fell from the platlorm of car Xo. 11
on the Fifth avenue lino at Fifth and Oak
land avenues last night, and had his skull
fraotured. He was picked up in an uncon
scious condition and carried to his home at
3800 Forbes street. The fracturo is danger
ous. Grubb James Grubb, a colored man, aged
35 years, employed at the Manchester elcc
trio line power house was rather severely
burned by pas in an engine room yesteidav
morning. He had a light in his hand and
passed a pine from which cas was leaking:.
This ignited and flared up, burning his face
and hands. His eyes did not, however,
suffer. He was removed to the Allegheny
General Hospital. His home is at 121 Town
send stieet, Pittsburg.
NO GAS AT M'KEESPORT.
The Citizens of That Place Have About
Given Up All Hope.
The last hope of the people of McKees
port for an increased pressure in the gas
mains has about died out, the last straw
being the report that the pressure in (he
lines of the National Transportation Com
pany, conveying gas from the best of the
oiagasnems, is iauing rapiuiy. -Luis line
is considered one of the best, and its
failure is considered the knell of natural
gas in that district at least.
The costly pumping engine located on
the line of the "Versailles Gas Company is
not satisfactory as yet, thus lessening "the
supply away below the demand for the fuel.
Window-Breaking; the Rase Now.
Saturday night some unknown party
lifted the screens off the window of a shoe
store between Twenty-eighth and Twenty
ninth streets, broke the wjndow and was
just reaching in for some of the displayed
goods when scared off by an officer. No ar
rests were made.
Reported and Paid for the Glass.
Late Saturday night five drunken men,
returning from the fire, staggered into the
front of a store at 1030 Penn avenue and
broke a $40 plate glass window. No arrests
were made, as they, in a fit of maudlin re
pentance, paid for the damage
ALWAYS GAINING.
The Cent-a-Word columns keep growing.
The latest comparative exhibit gives the
following flattering fi;nres:
Adletsfor two weeks ending December It. 3,245
For same two weeks last year 1,649
Increase Due to Cent-a-Word 1,000
The largesl'two weeks'' increase pre- I OQT
vtously reported was IjOJJI
"So better evidence or the real popularity
of these columns conld he produced. Do
not fall to read them. It will amply repay
j on to nseand pcro.se them.
THE ARSENAL PARK
May Yet Become a Reality, to the
Delight of 50,000 People.
MOVEMENTS ARE NOW UNDER WAY
That Bid Fair to Secure a Breathing Spot
for Lawrenceville.
STATEMENTS FROM THOSE INTERESTED
The indications are that the once aban
doned scheme to secure a park for the peo
ple of Lawrenceville will yet be carried to
a successful conclusion. Since the present
session of Congress began, a movement to
secure a portion of the arsenal ground for
park purposes has been growing. Hugh
Ferguson, Common Councilman from the
Seventeenth ward, is at the head of the
work, and has, as a matter of course, the
encouragement and assistance of Chief Bige
low, who would allow no one to excel him
in an effort to provide anything in the line
of parks. Mayor Gourley is also in with
the movement and other powerful allies arc
only waiting for an opportunity to lend a
hand.
A few weeks ago, Councilman Ferguson
presented a resolution in Council providing
for the appointment of a joint committee,
which, together with the Mayor and HJbief
Bigelow, will have authority to go to the
United States Senators of this State and
the Congressmen of this vicinity, and ask
for their assistance in securing the park.
The resolution was adopted and the'eom
mittee appointed, Messrs. Ferguson and
"V. A. Magee being named from the Com
mon, and A. F. Keating from the Select
branch.
The Committee Sanguine of Success.
The committee is now preparing a plan to
be followed in securing what they desire,
and the members are sanguine of success.
There is a general impression among Law
renceville poople thatthelastefforttogetthe
arsenal property was not properly made,
and many of them openly charge that Con
gressman Dalzell was to blame because the
proposition met with so little recognition
by Congress. Bnt judging from a state
ment made recently by Chief Bigelow this
charge is unfair. In a conversation, about
the time of the death of Major McKee, the
Chief said:
"The Major was a fine man, but he kept
us from getting the Arsenal Park. "We
had worked almost night and day on the
matter for over a week, and Mr. Dalzell at
last got it narrowed down to a point where
the consent of but two persons was required.
One of these was Major McKee. The other
man agreed to consent if the Maior would.
"We were happy. The Major had promised
to am us a lew flays Delore. He was tele
graphed for and went to Washington, but
he had for some reason changed his mind,
and he positively declined to recommend
the transfer of the property. We could do
no more and the matter was dropped."
Only Wanted as a Loan.
Councilman Ferguson thinks there is no
doubt but that with the assistance of Sena
tors Quay and Cameron and Congressmen
Stone and Dalzell it will be comparatively
easy to get the park.
"We don't propose to ask the Govern
ment to deed the ground to the city," said
he, "as was done the last time. We will
only ask for the use of it until the Govern
ment needs it. If we get it we can make a
few walks, put in some benches', and make
a few other improvements that will not cost
much, but will answer all purposes and
give 50,000 people a much needed breathing
spot. In case of war and the. Government
needs the grounds we will stipulate in our
request that a simple demand by the Gov
ernment will be promptly responded to by
the city.
"Congressman Stone will help us, because
many people at Mill vale and the upper end
of Allegheny, in his district, will be able to
avail themselves of the use of the park.
We need a park for our people. Lawrence
ville and the Eighteenth, Sixteenth, Fif
teenth and Twelfth wards contain a larger
population of working people than any dis
trict in the city, but they are far removed
from any of the city parks, though they are
anxious for such a breathing spot.
How snch a Park Would Be Used.
"An illustration of this is 6hown by the
crowds which have thronged the arsenal
grounds during the last three or four years
on Jubilee Day of the public schools. In
the day the grounds were crowded with the
children and in the evening the parents and
older people gladly embraced the oppor
tunity for an hours's recreation in that
beautiful place. It will be a grand thing
for our people if we can get this park, and
no effort will be spared to that end."
Joseph Lemington, a Butler street mer
chant, is one of the many enthusiasts on the
project- "Why," said he, "the situation
of the park is accessible to 50,000 people.
We area large, industrious community and
if the city can't provide us with a park the
city's officers should help us in getting this
one. Mr. Ferguson is doing all in his power
for us and I have no doubt will be ably
assisted by Chief Bigelow and the Mayor.
Magistrate Leslie said: "Schenley Park
is a beautiful place, but if Lawrenceville
gets Arsenal Park you will see that it will
have more daily visitors than any park in
the city."
Dr. H. H. Clark said: "It would be in
the nature of a godsend to the thousands of
little children in this part of the city if we
could get that park. Many of these little
folks have never experienced the pleasure
of rolling on the grass and never saw it ex
cept through the arsenal railings. I am,
like every man in this part of the city,
heartily in favor of the plan."
FIVE S330 PIANOS AT 8230.
A Great Holiday Offer.
Do vou intend purchasing a piano for
a Christmas gift? If so, save time and
money by going direct to the music store of
J. M. Hoffmann & Co., 537 Smithfield
street, where you will find the unrivaled
Sohmer pianos, the standard pianos of the
world; the superb Colby pianos, renowned
for richness of tone and solidity of construc
tion, and the magnificent Schubert pianos,
the best pianos lor the money now made.
As a special holiday offer we will sell five
splendid full size 7-octave upright pianos,
with latest improvements and excellent
tone, fully warranted for six years, worth
$350, at $250, including cover and stool.
For a great bargain call at the music store of
J. M. Hoffmann & Co.,
537 Smithfield street.
For liquors of all kinds, foreign or do
mestic, go to Max Klein, Allegheny. ,
Gents' Gold Illnjs and Lockets.
Many new and choice designs. Plain,
Roman and richly chased mountings set
with diamonds, emeralds, sapphires,
jacinths, cat's eye, opal and garnet many
novel ideas that will please any gentleman.
Our stock of gents' scarf pins is an elegant
one. We can please you at E. P. Roberts
& Sons', Fifth avenueand Market street.
Open evenings. mwp
Do you want to make a conquest of your
girl? Then buy her a gold watch at K.
Smit's, Smithfield and Liberty, and 311
Smithfield street
Pokt, sherry and
Klein's, Allegheny.
Tokay wines at Max
The Home Girt.
A trunk filled with silver touches the
heart of the housewife and makes her face
beam with jov. X most complete variety
at prices from $20 to $500, at
Hardy & Hates',
Jewelers,
629 Smithfield street.
Three doors from City Hall.
Open every evening till Christmas.
PRICES OF SATURDAY SPREES.
A Realistic" Production of What a Differ
ence in thaMornlng Larte Heads and
Pocketbooks Kednced by Police Magis
tratesScenes at the Hearings.
There were 30 prisoners at the morning
hearing yesterday at Central station.
Twelve of them were drunks, all of whom
received light fines or brief sentences to
jail, except two, one of whom desired to go
to the workhouse and was given 90 days
and another who swore off for year and
was discharged. James Kedick was sent to
the workhouse for 60 days, without a fine,
for cutting TJobert White with" ainife dur
ing a quarrel at the Union depot. Thomas
Duke and James O'Brien, vagrants, picked
up by Detective Shore, were sent
to the workhouse for 30 davs each.
Hugh Kennedy got a like "sentence
for insulting ladies on the street.
Frank Evans was arrested while
beating a man in a house on Shingiss street
and an officer broke in the door on hearing
a woman scream murder. Evans was drunk
aud did not know the man he was beating,
and had an imagined grievance against him.
He got 30 days. A ncariv similar case was
thatofErne9t Hvde, who entered a house
on Wylie avenue with an open knife in his
hand and threatened to kill a woman. She
ran and took reluge in a nearby barber shop
from whence he was arrested." He alto got
30 days.
Magistrate McKenna had 19 cases to set
tle at the Twelfth ward station. 3Hke
wells went to nis house at in renn ave
nue, where his wife keeps boarders, Satur
day night, and raised a disturbance. He
paid $20 and costs.
Albert Goodser went into McEiroy's
store, on. Penn avenue, near Seventeenth
street. Satnrday night, and wanted to fisht
the proprietor. He got 30 days to Clare
mont. John Smith tried to persuade Officer
Thompson Saturday night that he had no
right to arrest a friend of his. He paid $10
and costs.
Magistrate Succop had 15 cases to dis
pose of at the Twenty-eighth ward station.
Oliver White was arrested by his wife, who
alleged that be came borne drunk and
abused his family; he was fined $25 and
costs. Eobert Ward, when full of liquor,
insisted on fighting Officer Hagerling and
as a result was fined $5 and costs.
Magistrate Leslie had a light hearing at
the Seventeenth ward station yesterday
morning. John Vogle, an old timer and
regular tramp, was retired to Claremont for
60 days. Harry Day entered the house of
Maggie Coatcs, at Thirty-fifth and Charlotte
streets, Saturday night, and was given 30
days in the workhouse.
Magistrate Hyndman disposed of 17 cases
at the Nineteenth and o cases at the Four
teenth wards police station yesterday morn
ing. Most of them were common disorder
lies and drunks, who were given the usual
fines.
There were 19 cases before Mayor Wyman
at the hearing in Allegheny. None were
of special interest, John Longhrin was
fined $5 and costs for acting disorderly on
Lacock street. Samuel McFadden was sent
to the workhouse for 30 days, the charge
being suspicious character.
Adam Schoener Will Recover.
Adam Schoener, who attempted suicide
by cutting his throat Friday last at his
home on Howard street, Allegheny, was
resting easy at the Allegheny General
Hospital last night. It was stated that
his chances of recovery are good.
OUR LAST SEASON
-FOR-
FANCY GOODS.
The entire stock must be sold be
fore Christmas.
FANCY PIN CUSHIONS,
WHISK HOLDERS,
SATCHET BAGS,
SCRAP BASKETS,
WORK BASKETS,
PLUSH BOXES,
ORNAMENTS, Etc,
Less than half price.
Now is the time to sell them.
This is the place to purchase them.
435 MARKET ST. 437.
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Hugus & Hacke.
Last week's WONDERFUL BAR
GAINS surpassed because of the
limited time before our stock-taking.
DRESS GOODS.
All now at MARKED - DOWN
PRICES, an almost unlimited dis
play in this the lightest, brightest and
altogether the most attractive Dress
Gopds Department in the city. Serge
and Cloth, Embroidered and Astra
khan Trimmed Dress Patterns worth
from $15 to S30, now from 8 to
$15 each.
LACE CURTAINS.
Odd lots, two, three and four pairs
of various weaves and qualitiei: to
'quickly close we mark at about half
actual values.
Handsome Chenille Portieres
AT S5 PER PAIR.
Newest designs, the best value
and finest assortments ever shown at
a uniform price.
Cor. Fifth Ave. and Market St
delO-MwTsu
ELEGANT
CHRISTMAS GOODS
AT
E. P. ROBERTS & SONS',
JEWELERS,
COB. FIFTH AVE. AND 1IAKKET ST.
The handsomest stock of
JEWELS, SILVER & BRIC-A-BRAC
In the City.
Visit Art Boom.
Open Evenings.
del6-xir
11 M 1 iS9SM
JTETV ADVERTISEMENTS.
The Leading
Dry Goods House.
Plttabnrf, Fa.
Monday, Dec SU, 1391
JOS. Bill co:s
PEM A7ENUE STORES;
CHRISTMAS WEEK
DAYS
MORE
To buy Christmas Gifts.
Our Christmas
DRESS GOODS SALE
Is the biggest we have ever made,
because people never were able to
buy such "good goods" so cheaply.
NEW FRENCH CHALLIS,
1892 Styles, 1
At 50 cents a yard,
Which have been selling so fast.
WOOL CREPONS,
Plain and Fancy Colors,
BEDFORD CORDS,
PLAIDS, STRIPES,
Fancy and Plain
CAMEL'S HAIRS.
Fine and Stylish Dress
PATTERNS
At mark-down prices.
Our special sale
Of
FRENCH ALL-WOOL
CASHMERES
Now going on a complete assort
ment of -shades.
Our Holiday sale of
BLACK DRESS GOODS
Crowds this department prices
never before were so low on
such excellent goods.
Black and Colored
SILKS,
Including plain and printed India
Silks, Satins, Brocades, Failles,
Surahs, Crepe de Chines no wonder
this department is busy and we are
selling so many
Black Silk Dress Patterns-
To practical Christmas buyers.
Don't forget
To see the bargains in
Blankets and Down Quilts,
From good to finest grades.
Down Pillows,
Jap Screens,
Brass Beds,
Lace and Heavy Curtains,
Table Linens,
Towels,
Handkerchiefs,
Mufflers,
Umbrellas,
Real Laces,
Sterling Silver Goods,
Silver Plate Goods,
Leather Goods,
Silk Stockings,
Kid Gloves,
Mittens,
Canes,
Smoking Jackets,
Traveling Bags,
Muffs,
Fur Capes,
Alaska Seal Jackets,
Fur Sets for Children,
Cloth Newmarkets,
Shawls,
Cloth Jackets,
Wrappers,
Children's Dresses and Coats,
Baby Clothes,
Baby Bonnets,
More Handkerchiefs.
JOS. H0RNE & CO -
607-621 PENN AVE.
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