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FEW COOL HEADS
jl Charge of the Abyssinia
Quieted a Panic and
Saved Many lives.
THE COMING OF THE SPREE
Happens Just in Time to Eescue the
fassenscrs and Crew.
. SHORT-LIVED PAlJlC OX BOARD.
ailcrs lose Their Heads, but the Captain
Restores Order.
TBE FIRE BEATIX BT BUT TWO HOURS
Loxdojt, Dec 23. The JTorth German
Lloyd steamer Spree, from 2few York, hav
ng on board the passengers and crew of the
urned Guion Line steamer Abj-fsinia, ar--ived
at Southampton last night. The
hird officer saj s that after the Abyssinia
'eft for Xew York December 13, everything
proceeded as usual until Priday, the 18th.
At 1:30 o'clock that day smoke was
noticed issning from beneath the hatches of
he third hold, in which the cotton was
tored. An investigation revealed the fact
he cotton was on fire, and the flames had
ained such headway that all the efforts to
ubdue them, or even rb hold them in
heck, were of no avail. The fire was
"ought as long as a single hope of saving
he steamer remained, but finally Captat
Murray decided that if the passengers and
:rew were to escape with their lives they
ironld have to leave the steamer to her fate.
He, therefore, ordered the lifeboats to be
nade ready.
Getting Ready the Lifeboat.
"Water and provisions were placed in
.hem, and the crews of the boats made
:verything ready for abandoning the "burn-
ng Abyssinia. The passengers then en-"
eredthe boats assigned to them, and the
unall craft, with their human freicht, were
lowed away from the davits and the falls
were cat 6fL
Captain Murray thought the burning
tfeamer might be "sighted by some passing
vessel, and he, therefore, gave orders to the
captains of the lifeboats to lie in the vicin
ity, so that if & vessel bore down to see
hat was burning they might all be picked
up. This was a wise precaution, for they
nad not been drifting long before the Spree
aove in sight, headed for the spot where
the Abyssinia was burning, and in a short
time all hands in the boats reachai the
leeks of the Spree in safety.
A passenger on the Abyssinia narrates a
story that does not asree in some of its
uinor details with the foregoing. This
iasenger.says that the flames spread with
uch rapidity that every -one knew that the
teamer was doomed. "When it became
tnown that there was no possible hope of
-aving the vessel, the most intense excite
nent prevailed.
The purser further said that when the
are was first discovered great excitement
irevailed for a time. This was speedily
lUbdaed, however, and the passengers and
rew afterward behaved admirably. "When
he order was given to abandon the ship
verybody left her as coolly as if they were
;oing aboard the tender at Liverpool.
Mr. Braendt spoke very highly of the
reatment accordedthe Abssinia's-neople on
joard the Spree. Captain Willigerod and
lis officers and crew dJd everytning for their
omfort and treated them in the kind
Jest manner possible.
The 3rew Lose Their Beads.
A number of the crew became panic
itricken and rnshed hither and thither with
10 idea of what they were doing. Two of
.hem jumped into the sea. There were
ome cool heads aboard, how ever, and no
.ime was lost in attempting to save the two
aien who had thrown themselves overboard.
Due man was rescued but the other was
Irowned.
Captain Murray preserved his calm de
meanor throughout the whole exciting scene,
md he soon restored tbe panic-stricken
members ot his crew to a state of perfect,
discipline. .During ine excitement tne
Spree tas seen in the distance, and her
presence, and the fact that she was heading
for the Abyssinia, tended greatly to calm
the excitement. When the Spree "neared
the Abyssinia she sent two of her boats to
help take off the people of the burning
steamer Some of the lattcr's boats t, ere
utilized in this service, and all hands,
passenge.s and "crew, were transferred to
the German steamer. All the passengers'
luggage and every bit of the cargo was lost.
It was 4 o'clock this morning when the
Erst of the Abv ssinia's people, comprising
34 passengers and 88 of her crew, reached
Waterloo station by rail from Southamp
ton. Parser Brendel Tells His Story.
The party was conducted by Purser
Brendel, and they looked depressed in the
midst of the dense fog which filled the sta
tion. They were met at the railway sta
tion by the agent of the Guion line who
sent the party immediately to Liverpool.
Prior to their departure an interview was
had with Purser Brendel. He said that
the Abyssinia had a fair passage until 1
n'clock'm the the afternoon of December
18. At that time he was told that the ship
was on fire. He looked and saw smoke
coming from the hold. Purser Brendel
added: .
"We got the hose stretched and the
donkey engines started. We worked as
hafd as we possibly could to get at the fire,
but almost immediately the flames burst
through where we were working and drove
us oil; at the same time the watch reported
that tbe Spree was standing up in the offing.
We signaled to her and she bore down to
us and sent off boats to our assistance. Be
fore two hours and a half had elapsed the
Abyssinia was a seething mass of flames."
The Best Thine for aStnbfoom Cough.
From IheKlmbull (S. D.) Graphic
While the columns of the Graphic are
open to any and all unobjectionable adver
tisements, yet it is quite impossible for us
to speak knowingly of the merits of the
various articles of merchandise advertised.
Particularly is this true of patent medi
cines. But there arc exceptions occasion
ally,' arid a noteworthy exception is the
celebrated Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
ThK now universally known medicine has
been advertised in the Graphic for four or
five years, but not until recently had we
an v personal knowledge of its "wonderful
efficacy, which has come about through the
prevailing influenza and the stubborn cough
that has sooftcn attended it. In the writer's
family this medicine has on several occa
sions this winter cured a cough that baffled
any and all other remedies; and the num
ber of families in Kimball and vicinity in
which this remedy has been used with like
effects attests to its i alee as a specific for
coughs and colds of every nature. Tisu
Pianos, Finnos,
" Organs, Organs,
Self-Plajinc ."Eollans,
Music Cabinet,
Stools and Covers.
The only things we selL Nothing not
first class. Hardroan, Krakauer, Vose
pianos; in organs more makes than we can
enumerate. Been in the business over 60
j ears, and know what is good and what is
not. Do yon know as much? If not, when
vou want a piano or organ yon had better
call on us. We'll treat you right. That's
the secret of our phenomenal success
Meixor & Hoese,
"Palace of Music," 77 Pifth nvehue.
Open every evening. "
BOWIE'S ATTACK OX LOCKE.
The Popular afetbodlst Minister Trill Not
Enter Into a Controversy.
The attack upon Bey. C E. Locke created
considerable comment in church circles yes
terday. Mr. Locke himself was not at all
worried by the remarks of Faith Healer
Dowie. He said he was very much Inter
ested and considerably amused upon read
ing the account of last night's meeting in
The Dispatch. He did n6t propose de
meaning himself, however, by answering
the vUlifications of a man who would get
up in the pulpit and call another minister a
liar. He would not enter into any contro
versy .with him whatever. Locke "said that
in the sermon referred to by Dowie he had
made no attack upon anyone in particular.
It was a general attack upon heresy and
other malicious evils that are liable to creep
into the church. He used an illustration
referring to the false teachers of Aus
tralia, but no names were used and
Dowie took up all the charges, as if
they had been directed person
ally against him. Locke said he had not
the time to comfort anyone whose discom
fiture was caused by his conscientiously
crying out against any evil of which he
may be guilty. It was a matter for the man
and his conscience alone. The charges
made in the sermon were directed against
all false prophets of the present day.
While Mr. Locke did not make use of
the old saw, "If the shoe fits, etc.," he
meant it and said that he had made no as
sertions in that sermon that he would re
tract His business was to preach the gos
pel and the truth as contained in it. He
had the subject under consideration for
some time and considered the time apropos
for delivering it when he did. The reason
he had not preached on the subject while
Dowie was in the city was because he did
not want to be charged with attacking
Dowie in particular, and did not want to
be accused of not having waited for the re
sult of Dowie's work in particular.
THE THSOEY OF GBAVES' DEFENSE.
Sirs. Barnaby' "O hUky Might Have Been
Drank by Stable Hands.
Denver, Dec. 23. In the Barnaby
Graves, trial to-day, the defense opened its
case by placing Edward Pield and Colonel
Daniel Ballou, tbe latter of counsel for the
defense, on the stand. Mrs. Barnaby finally
employed Colonel Ballou to contest her hus
band's will. By a compromise Mrs. Barn- !
aby was to receive 5103,000. Out of this
amount Colonel Ballou received $10,000 as
his fee. Colonel Ballou told about drawing
up Mrs. Barnaby's will. In the crosi ex
amination, Colonel Ballou said that he paid
Dr. Graves 5o00 for recommending him to
Mrs. Barnaby in tbe contested will case.
Two experts in handwriting swore that
although "the inscription on the whisky
bottle was similar to that of letters written
by Dr. Graves,, tbey didn't think that both
writings were by the same person. On
cross-examination, however, both of the
experts admitted that the inscription on
the bottle and thow on som-3 of Dr. Graves'
letters were in the same hand. Two vet
erinary surgeons were called to prove that
arsenic of potassium was sometimes kept in
livery stablis. The point to be made by
this testimony was to -show that as the
bottle of whisky had remained in the buggy
in a stablj over nighc before being deliv
ered to Mrs. Bqrnabr, that some of the
hostlers might have drank the original con
tents of the bottle, and in order to escape
detection, refilled it from the nearest bottle
at hand.
JUDGE M'ENBY. WILL BUN AGAIN.
He Accepts the domination for Governor,
Lottery and All.
EW OELEANS, Dec 22. ferial.
Justice McEury, recently nominated for'
Gorernor by the Democratic convention,
has formally accepted that nomination.
When Governor before he denounced the
lottery, and as he was known to be opposed
to it there was some doubt about his accept
ance. It was reported that he would not
accept unless an anti-lottery plank was put
in the platform. Judge McEnry, however,
accepts unconditionally, favoring the sub
mission of the lottery que$tion to the peo
ple, and he will make a vigorous personal
canvass of the State against the anti-lottery
candidate for Gqvernor, M. J. Poster.
It seems to be the opinion among the
leading Republican politicians here that the
split in the Republican ranks is as bad as
that in the Democratic ranks; that the two
factions will come together, but that two
full Bepublican State tickets will be placed
in the field. The lottery question and the
Federal offices are the chief cause of this
division. The Warmoth, or Custom House
faction, is anti-lottery, and has denounced
the lottery company in its resolutions. The
other faction took no action in the matter,
but is supposed to be friendly to the 'lot
tery. AN EXECUTION TOR 0TEB $5,000
Isiued in Favor of T. D. Casey Against A. A.
Welsh, MHlwricht
An execution was entered yesterday in
favor of T. D. Casey against A. A. Welsh,
doing business as A. A. Welsh & Co., mill
ti rights, with an office at 971 Liberty street,
in the same building with Mr. Casey. The
amount was $5,203 80. Mr. Welsh could
not be found last night and Mr. Casey de
clined to give any information. When
asked concerning the action taken he said:
"I know what the execution is for, so
does Mr. Welsh. It docs not interest the
public."
Reflects on Pittsburg's Garbage Burner.
Superintendent McLaughlin, of the Alle
gheny Health Bureau, estimates that he
will require considerable more money for
his work next year than this. Several items,
such as physicians' printed blanks for con
tagious disease reports, have heretofore been
overlooked and be claims that the appro
priation is unsufficient for operating the
garbage furnace. The appropriation for the
bureau was only ?G,000 this year, and the
Superintendent claims this is less than
Pittsburg allows for her garbage furnaces
which do less than one-fourth as much
work as the Allegheny furnace.
A Notice of His Death on the Door.
When John Conroy returned to his home
on Bidge avenue, Allegheny, yesterday
morning, he found a notice of his death,
giving the details of the funeral, tied to a
piece of crape and fastened to the door.
Conroy is quite old, and if it is a joke it
does not please him. He appealed to the
police, and after investigation they say a
number of arrests will be made. Conroy
can't understand it, and says his .neighbors
have always been kind to him, and fre-quently-give
him Christmas presents.
THEFIBEBECOED.
At River Point, near Providence, the. Clyde
Print Works. Los. $50,000.
At Detroit tho oil cake department of the
Union Mills. Loss, $150,000: insnranco un
known. Cause, spontaneous combustion.
At Quincj-, III., tho Tremont Hotel. Tho
Are was discoveredjust before Tuesdaymid
nlelit, but all the jrnesrs escaped. Loss
about $100,000; insurance unknown.
At Trentou.JT. J., three out of tho four
large buildings, togetberwlth their contents,
of Cook & Hancock's Crescent pottery Loss,
$100,000. Well insured. Five hundred per
sons thrown out of work.
at London the establishment in Totten
ham Court Road of the mercantile firm of
James Shoolbred A Co. and soaio adjoining
piemises. The burned place of business
was only one of the soveral in Londbh
which the Shoolbred firm owns.
At Sacramento, Cal., yesterday morning a
disastrous fire broke put in Baker & Hamil
ton's farm implement warehouse. About
1,000,000 sun cartridges were among tho con
tents, and their explosion kept up a lively
lusilnile. Forty pounds of sample powder
exploded Just h three firemen were enter
in? tne door. They were blown backward,
and serionsly but not dangerously wound
ed. Total loss about $SO,000. Tbe building
w ortli $3,000, was insured.
THEFTTrSBUB,Qr
A FEMININE GUITEAU
Caged in Time to PretentHer From.
Removing President Harrison.
SHE 13 PUTIN AN INSANE ASYLUM
it the Bequest of Her Eon-In-Law, After a
Medical Elimination.
ONE CRAM" TAK15 CARE OF -Iff TIME
New Yobk, Dec- 23. Mrs. Ada iTborp
Loftus, who, according to the. statement of
Kudolph V. Martinsen, came -to tb.is.coun
try for the purpose of "Mmoving"Presi
dent Harrison, was sent to the Blooming
dale Asylum this morning froih Belleme
Hospital, having been pronounced insane.
She arrived on the Britannic last Sunday,
and put up at the Pifth Avenue Hotel.
Mr. Martinsen, who is Mrs. Loftus' son-
in-law, occupies the position of President
of theMafwell Land Grant Company. He
firmly refused to make anjr reply to the
charges made by his mother-in-law that he
was conspiring to have her imprisoned.
"Mrs. Loftus is insane," is all he would
say, "and in justice to ner a, am lorcemo
proceed against her. It is perfectly true,
as she says, that I secured her commitment
to an asylnm in Paris. She has caused me
great trouble and is dangerously insane.
"I had hoped to spare my wife and
family," Mr. Martinsen said, "the publica
tion of the real facts in this matter, but nn
der the circumstances of unjust suspicion it
may be best to tell all
She Threatened to Kill Harrison.
"Mrs. Loftus threatened the life of the
President, and as a necessary precaution
against the possibility of such an awful
tragedy her incarceration has become abso
lutely necessary. This fact is not known to
me alone, for officials ot the Government
have been cognizant of it for' months.
"Mania in this terrible form came upon
Mrs. Loftus some time ago. Prior to that
her insanity had found vent in a trouble
some form of correspondence. Months ago
she demanded of me the immediate sur
render of my children. .She claimed that by
a natural law the grandmother's right to the
custody of her child's children was superior
to any other.
"Of course no attention was paid to her
ravines, which for the most part were car
ried on by letter. But the craze for posses
sion of thj children steadily grew in inten
sity, and threats began to accompany her
demands. She wrote that she would kidnap
them and that nothing should keep them
awav from her.
"We were all abroad when the matter
culminated in tho threat upon President
Harrison's life. I became cognizant of her
deadly purpose in this way: Mrs. Loftus
knewMr. Lathrop, the United States Con
sul at Bristol, very well. She wrote to him
one day, stating her determination to secure
possession of my children at any cost, and
telling how she proposed to enforce their
surrender.
The Authorities Promptly Notified.
'"I shall sail tit once for the United
Stales,' she wrote, 'and will go direct to
Washington. My purpose there will be to
see the President. He can help me. If he
refuses I will remove him there will be
no President'
"Mr. Lathrop, knowing of her insanity
and realizing the probability of her put
ting her threat into execution, lost no time
in taking action: He cabled the news to
Joel B. Erhardt, then collector, who at
once notified ray attorney, Simon Sterne.
He, in turn, cabled to me the startling in
formation. "Mrs. Loftus sailed for New York shortly
afterward, and then I employed Detective
Trovers, who met her upon her arrival
here,-interested her in a visionary scheme
of magazine publication in England,
and lured her back to Europe, where
she was examined . by famous lunacy
experts and - sent to an asylum.
But through the interference of injudicious
friends, upon whom she cleverly imposed,
she was released, and came here undoubted
ly with the old homicidal purpose in. her
crazed mind. Since her letter to Consul
Lathrop she has written in a similar strain
to me, showing the fixity of her mania.
"Her immediate incarceration was the
only thing to avoid the possibility of a
tragedy."
The doctors who examined Mrs, .Loftus
yesterday were informed of her threat to
"'remove'" the President, and Dr. Douglass
said last night that from the peculiar form of
her insanity he regarded her as capable of
perpetrating almost any crime. "Her insan
ity is very similar to Guiteau's," he said.
THESE PRICES FOB TO-DAY.
Take Time to Come Into Oar Fur Depart
ment To-Day.
Alaska Seal Jackets
AT BEDTJCED PEICES
At Jos. Horne & Co.'sPenn Avenue Stores,
A special sale of -nearly 100 Alaska Seal
Jackets, in different grades and lengths,
and in all bust .sizes from 32 to 44.
Lotl
23-inch length Jackets, good . quality, at
5105, reduced from 5150.
Lot 2
25-inch length Jackets, with high rolling
collar, high sleeves, at ?150, rediibed from
5175.
Lot3
27-inch length Jackets, high rolling col
lar and high sleeves, at $180, reduced
from $200. ,
Lot 4
30-inch length Jackets, with hiirh rolling
collar and high sleeves, at -5200, reduced
from 5225.
These are all good quality and guaranteed
genuine Alaska Seal.
The following lots are of a still higher
grade:
Lot 1
25-inch length Jackets, high rolling col
lar and high sleeves, at 5180, reduced from
5200.
Lot2
27-inch length Jackets, high rolling col
lar and high sleeves, at 5200, reduced" from
5223.
A still higher grade super extra qual
ity. Lotl
25 inch length Jackets, high rolling col
lar and high sleeves, at 5200, reduced from
5225.
Lot2
27-inch length Jackets, high rolling col
lar and high sleeves, at 5225, reduced from
5250.
Lot3
30-inch length Jackets, high rolling col
lar and high sleeves, at 5265, reduced from
$300. '
Please notice that each separate lot of the
Toregoing, as specified, is the same in qual
ity, the difference in qpst of same being in
the difference in the length. The former
prices on the garments having beenonade
extremely low for the .qualities, make them
cost you at to-day's reduced prices less than
thesamequalitiescanbepurchase'd for in any
other reliable establishment in the United
States The reputation and standing of our
house should be sufficient guarantee to
every buyer to the fact that you can rely
implicitly upon the statements we Wake in
regard to this special sale of Alaska seal
garments. The purchase of any one of
these garments is sure to give satisfaction
in every respect. ,
Cut this out
Bring it along and "we will show yon the
goods at prices specified.
Jos. Hoeke & Co.,
607-621 Penn avenue.
IT. B. Should any alterations be neces
sary they will be perfectly made after
Christmas.
Allmmti Fancy Goodt! Toilet Sets!
Christmas goods in great variety.
K. S. Davis & Co., 96 Fifth are.
TecJic and four-in-hand scarfs for .Christ
mas presents at James Hi Aiken &Co.'s,
100 Fifth avenue.
DISPATCH, THHRSBAY.
A TALE 07 TWO CONTINENTS,
Died at the City Farm, Though Possessor of
an Estate in Ireland.
Chief Examiner Hofiman .haa been inves
tigating the previous circumstances of a
woman known on the records as Mrs. Jane
Mullen, who died at the Poor Farm six
weeks ago. Mrs. Mullen, it will b remem- '
bered, was ordered to be sent back to Ire
land under the immigrant laws by Inspector
Layton, but when the notice was served the
woman had just died, leaving a child three
day old. The question of the child's na
tivity then became a serious question, hut it
died, leaving the problem unsolved, a-few
days after the mother;
Before her death Mrs. Mullen told Chief
Elliott that her husband had died, leaving
a large estate in Ireland, which his relatives
had appropriated, sending her to America
without a cent beyond her passage money.
Prom correspondence with relatives
of the deceased. Examiner .Hoff-
man has ascertained that Mrs. Mullen's first
husband was Body McMullen, a wealthy
man, whose estate included the Dublin race
track in County Galway. A year after
his death she married Martin Manning. A
letter addressed to his wife has been re
ceived from Manning by Martin 'Coyne, of
B95 Preble avenne, Allegheny, in which he
begs her to either come home or send him
gower of attorney to protect" her "interests,
oyne says he is a brother of Mrs. McMul
len or Manning, and he asserts that she is
the rightful owner of a large property in
Ireland. How it happened that she per
mitted herself to be separated from her hus
band and her property has not been ex
plained, but the Charities Department is
doing all it can to straighten out the story.
POSTAL SYSTEM8 OF CHINA.
The
Malls Are In the Hands ot Private '
Syndlcates,iBat Are Safe.
Youth's Companion.
An English missionary,.long resident in
'China, has a good word io say for the postal
system in'that part of the Empire where he'
was stationed the neighborhood of Hang
chow and Shanghai. The mails are gener
ally carried in foot-boats, so called because
they are propelled by a single long oar
which ' the boatman works with his leel.
The postal system is not a governmental en
terprise, and so far as I know the different
private offices which conduct its operations
receive no official subsidy. Yet money and
valuables can be entrusted to these offices,
and the letters are, as a rule, delivered with
great regularity.
In Hang-chow, where a purely Chinese
system is in operation, there are two deliv
eries every day, and twice also the post
man calls most obligingly for letters.
Newspapers and parcels arrive a post or
two later, but letters are delivered within
three days between Hang-chow and Shang
hai or Kingpo.
These private offices are more liberal
perhaps more audacious than the Postmas-tel-General
of Great Britain, A bank
draft for 5500, let us say, is sent by post
The sender writes on tbe "outside of the en
velope the amount of the draft; he pays
double postage, 120 cash about 12 cents
and the office holds itself responsible for
the whole amount x
THE SALESMEN OF MALTA.
Bow a little Joke Got Some Traveler
Into Qtilto a Scrape.
Youth's Compsnlon.3 .
Going to the quay, we made our passage,
by energetic pushing, through the lines of
Tenders of cigars,' tobacco, lace, oranges
and sponges. One man, with canaries in
cages, stopped us at the water's edge with:'
"Want a canary, sir?"
"Are they for eating?" I asked him, to
get rid of his importunity, and in a spirit
of Mark Twain Jocosity.
"No, nol They are for singing."
"Ah, if that's what they're for we don't
want tnem.
A brilliant thought BtruckfHe jnau, and
he bolted after us, shouting, ""Yes', ycsl
They are for eating. Very good pie! Buy
the lot!"
Leaving his cages in charge of an assist
ant, he made off to tell the canary venders
that here was a man' who ate canaries, and
might buy all there were in Malta, and a
fine time we had with cages until we steamed
away.
ONLY A FAIB EXCHANGE.'
The Jail Official Who Permitted Escape
Most Go to Prison Himself.
Beadino, Deo. 23. In court here to
day, Beuben Bhoades, night watchman in
the Berks county jail, who pleaded guilty
to gross negligence resulting in the release
of two prisoners Beatrice Collins, a noted
counterfeiter, and John Miller, burglar
was sentenced to one year's imprisonnien
and 5500 fine, and Warden Hensch, unde
whose. administration it is alleged the jail
has been the scene of gross irregularities,
was removed from office.
The Maiden of the Country.
Youth's Companlon.J
"Wise men are not above asking questions,
and often pick up valuable information in
places where it would be least expected.
Stranger This tree seems to be loaded
with apples.
Bural Miss Tes, sir; papa says this is a
good year for apples.
Stranger I am glad to hear that. Are all
your trees as full of apples as this one?
Bural Miss Oh, no. Only the apple
trees.
.A censed or Plotting Against tho Czar.
"Warsaw, Dec. 23. The Polish historian
Vladislav Smolensky has been arrested.
The charge against him has not been made
public, but it is generally understood that
he is accused of platting against the Czar.
Aid for Russians In Foreign Vessels.
St. PETEESBtruo, Dec 23. A committee
of ministers has sanctioned the temporary
employment of foreign vessels for trans
portation across the Black Sea grain for
use in the famine-stricken provinces.
The Anti-Slavery Convention Ratified.
PAbis, Dec. 23. The Chamber of
Deputies to-dav, -without debate, ratified
the Brussels Anti-Slavery Convention.
NO
Experiments
ing powders. Only baking powders thoroughly tested and proven by
long, practical use to be perfectly pure, reliable, and wholesome, must
be permitted in our food. There is no experimenting when Royal Bak-
ing Powder is used. It has been the standard baking powder for over a
quarter of a century, and its reputation is established as the' finished,
perfect leavening agent It is 'always uniform, never fails in its work,
makes food more palatable and wholesome than it can be otherwise
made, and because of its greater leavening power, as shown by the
Government tests, is the most economical of all the baking powder-
The U. S. Gov't Chemist says: "Royal Baking Powder
is undoubtedly the purest and most reliable baking powder
offered to the public." The Canadian Gov't Chemist isays :
"RoYal Baking Powder is pure, 33 psr cent, stronger, and
far superior to all others." j s
If any one attempts to experiment upon you, br with your food,
by, sending you any substitute for Royal Baking Powder send it back.
-DECEMBER 24, 189L
PLANS OF THE PLANT
Being Erected by tbe Chambers Glass
Company, Just Chartered.
A CAPITAL STOCK OF" $800,000.
Attorney Jergpon Talks or James Cham
"3er8,"'I'inancJal Affairs.
INDUSTBIAIi FEATURES OP INTEREST
A charter was Issued at Harrisburg yes
terday to the Chambers Glass Company, of
Pittsburg. The capital stock is 5800,000
and the incorporators are Martha J. Cham
bers, "Willam G. McCandless, J. 8. Ferguson,
Esq.,"W". J. Patton, George E. Moore and E.
G. Ferguson, of Pittsburg, and A. C.
Howard, of Philadelphia. Mrs. Chambers
gives 48 acres of land at Kensington for her
14,800 sharos, the par value of shares be
ing 550. This new glass works has been a
subject of discussion ever since shortly
after the financial troubles of James Cham
bers, and Mrs. Martha Chambers, of the
new company, is the mother of the
former head of the Chambers-McKee firm.
The contract for the erection of the new
plant is to he let in this citv to-day. It is
to be a window glass works exclusively,
will operate with the 'tank process and will
cost about 5350,000. The works will be
built on the 48-acre tract mentioned, which
is a part of the old Crawford farm. The
company has 110 acres in addition to and ad
joining' this tract, and it will be available
for the plant. The-factory will bo about
the same size and will have about the same
capacity as the window glass works at
Jeannette.
The work of erection really began about
a month ago and the foundation for the fur
naces and the tanks have been partially
built The proposals were advertised for a
month ago but it was decided not to let the
contract until the State had 'granted the
charter. This having been done 'the con
tract will be let and the work pushed for
ward as rapidly as possible. Attorney
Scott Ferguson, who appears as oue of the
incorporators of the company said last night
that he was only acting for other parties in
the matter and as soon as the business was
in proper shape he would turn over his in
terest' to them. He declined to say at
present wno the parties are.
Mr. Ferguson was asked how the busi
ness affairs of James Chambers were pro
gressing. "Very nicely," was the reply. "I would
not be surprised if Mr. Chambers would
have all his indebtedness wiped out within
a year. In settling up his business we have
developed several matters that were unex
pected and which have Been beneficial to
him and his creditors. Unless something
nnlooked for happens he will come out of
the difficulty in much better shape than an
ticipated." Mot SIovlnB to the West.
A telegram from Chicago stating that the
great National-Tube Works at McKeesport
were to be removed to Hammond, Ind., the
the capital of the company being 5750,000,
the new plant to cover ten acres and to era
ploy 2,000 men. The story is flatly contra
dicted by the officials of the company.
Assistant General Manager Pierce was seen
at McKeesport and said: "The statements
in the newspapers are most ridiculous. In
the first place, we are not going to Ham
mond. The capital stock of the company is
511,500,000 instead of 5750,000, and the mills
require 100 acres instead of-ten, as was re
ported, and we employ nearly 9,000 men.
There is positively not a Semblance of truth
in the report."
A Big; Contract for t'lttslrarjr.
The Pittsburg Bridge Company has se
cured the contract for furnikhing the struct
ural Iron and'steel to be'used in 'the con
struction of a monster new union depot to
bo erected at St.- Louis. The size of the
proposed building may he imagined when
it is stated that the cost of this pari of the
contract amounts to 'nearly 5350,000. The
depot roof will cover a space of 434,200
square feet, the largest area ever covered
under one roof for railroad terminal pur
poses in the world.
A Blast Furnace to Start.
The Edith blast furnace, purchased by
the Oliver Iron and Steel Company a ttr
months ago for $250,000, has been remod
eled and put in repairs and will be blown
in durirtg the first week of January. New
furnaces and a new engine house have been
built and new machinery has been put in
position. George Tener, of New Castle,
will have charge of the plant as manager.
Christmas Buyers' Opportunity.
Hamilton's music house will have to-day,
Thursday, on exhibition or in stock over
80pianos, every style, from 5175 to 1600.
200 organs, beautiful styles, 545 to 5200.
80 guitars, best qualities, H to ?50.
60 mandolins. Eiccl and others. SG "to ?50.
200 violins, extraordinary bargains, $ 1 to
5100. .
25 banjos, choicest styles, 81 to 540.
100 cornets, every style and finish, 58 to
tio.
100 drums, regulation and others, 25e to
525. '
1,000 harmonicas, wonderful stock, 5c to
51 50.
Music rolls, every style, 50c to $3.
Accordions, great variety, 50c- to 512,
Bows, bags lcathercases' strings, song
folios and instruments, 25e to 52.
Music boxes, most extraordinary trade. 50o
to 5200.
Anto Harps, beautifully toned, 53 50 to
525.
Aristophones, cabinets, music stands,
occarinas, xylophones, batons, flutes,
etc., etc., in endless variety; every
thing of the best, and to reduce this Im
mense stopk rare bargains will be given to
dav and to-night at Hamilton's. Terms to
suit all buyers. Bemember. Hamilton's. 01
and 93 Fifth avenue. If you cannot call
write or wire us.
Holtdat novelties gifts for everybody
-prices very attractive to-day.
Jos. Horne & Co.'s
Penn Avenue Stores.
With our food. Good
health is too highly im
portant to permit experi
ments to be made upon
us with the new, cheaply
made, crude, untried bak
JfEW ADVERTISRMEjrr8.
NEVER STOP-
UNTIL YOU REACH
HIMMELRICH'S
For Slippers or Shoes. Whether
you intend them as a present or
for your own wear, you'll find
the "
BEST STYLES,
BEST FITTING,
BEST FOR WEAR.
All at popular prices, besides
having all the comfort's while
making your selections in the
arrangements of the house.
OPEN.
Our house will be open every
evening until
Mi KlffiEf SI.
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JJrfpriEfcs
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acta
gently yet promptly" on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys
tem effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and trulv beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, it
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50c
and "jl bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on "hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it Bo not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
10UISV1LLE. KY. tIEW YORK. M.Y.
MAKE MERRY!
The joyful holiday is at
hand and you want to be pre
pared for it. A decanter of
old cogfnac, a bottle of some
choice wine or a demijohn of
rare whisky such as Max
Klein can supply you with,
will give an added zeSt to the
Christmas dinner. No other
liquor house in the State can
furnish you with the following:
i860 Overholt, $3 per quart.
18 7 1 Guckenheimer, $3 per.quart
1873 Finch, $2 50 per quart.
1 88 1 Overholt, $ 2 per quart.
Silver Age Pure Rye, 8 years old,
at Si 50 per quart. '
Duquesne, 6 years old, at 1 25
per quart.
We have In slock all kinds of imported
and domestic wines: still and sparkling
Scotch and Irish Whiskies, all braDds; Ja
maica, Vera Cruz and New England Bums,
Virginia and Maryland Apple Jack-and
Delaware Peach Brandy, foreign and do-
An absolutely pure 7-venr-oId Finch, I
Guckenheimer, Overholt, Uibson, Bear
Creek or any Pennsylvania Pure Bye 51 per
quart or 6 quarts "for 5. Four-year-old
Porf , Sherry or any other California wine
50c per quart or 12 quarts for ?3.
See our choice stock. Goods stripped any
where. MAX KLEIN,
2 FEDERAL ST.,
ALLEGHENY.
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OFFICE
OUTFITTERS.
Office Specialty Co.,
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CHRISTMAS
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KEY ADVEKTISEMENTS.
B.&B.
TWO HUNDRED PIECES
FINE ART POTTER?,
No two alike. Royal Worces
ter, Crown Derby, Sevres,
Doulton, Royal Bonn, Hun
garian, eta Choice shapes and
decorations. They were marked
at close prices heretofore. They
are to be sold; you'll get them
cheap from now until Christ
mas. The range of prices will be
$1.00-TO-$25.00.
Many other fancy goods are
reduced for these lastiwo days'
sales, but we-tell you plainly
that all fancy goods are not
reduced majority of them that
have been are the most expen
sive pieces but some of them
are not But wherever we have
a surplus of any kind of fancy
articles they are reduced. And,
so that there will be a fair
understanding, we state that on
any and all goods that are re
duced there will be no further
deviation in prices. What are
not reduced there will be no
change in price made. There
will be
S!
WILL YOU COME?
BOGGS&BUHL,
ALLEGHENY, PA. ,
P. S. Stores Open Every
Evening: Now.
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Za Grippe, Pneumonia, and Consumption
Often the Kesnlt or Neglected Catarrh.
While so many died last winter from la
grippe very few patients who had received
treatment from the phvaicians of the Ca
tarrh and Dyspepsia Institute were afflicted
toy that dlfiease. La grippe is always worse
and lrioro liable to be attended with fatal re
sults when there is catarrh in the System
The.eaoe or Mr. A. Welbllnger. 631 Ohio"
street, Allegheny, is of Interest as ltlnvolves
noEonlv tlin -lie3t and lunSS)but alsohU
stomach. H e
had a feeling of
weljrht and
tightness In his
client, short
breatb, and for
six months he
had a hacking
cough, with an
expectoration
of mncus. He
had oain in his
b.iok and tired .
feeling in the
morning. H e
had dizziness,
poor appetite,
distress after
eating, with soar
eructations of
gas. After tak-
nga course or
reatment h e
ays: "1 am glad
.0 add my testi
nonr with the
to a com-
A. iniHiiuir. plete cure re
ceived from the physicians of the Catarrh,
and Dyspepsia Institute. (Slimed)
'A. WEIBL1NGEK."
Drs. Lowe, Grubbs and 'associates charger
nothing for consultation and examination.
Katei and prices for treatment all can
afford. Special .rates to laboring men and
women, widows' and others in moderate
circumstances.
offlco honrs, 10 a. h. ro 4 p. m., and 6 to 8 r.
M. Sundaye, 1 to 4 p. M. Home treatment ry
correspondence. Send two 2-cent stamps
for question blank, ltemerooer tbe name
and place, and address all letters to the
CATARRH AND DY&PXPSIA INSTITUTE,
32 Penn av., Pittsburg. de2S-Trs
ifSTABUSHED 1S7U.
BLACK GIN
TOIITHB
kidneVs,
Is a relief and sore cure for
the Urinary Organs. Gravel
and Chrome Catarrh of tho
Bladder.
The Swiss Stomach Bitters
are a sure cure for Dyspepsia,
Liver Complaint and .every
TRADE MARK
rpecies of Indigestion,
Wild Cherry Tonic, themost popular prep
aration for cure of Coughs. Colds, Bronchitis
nrt lnirr'troilblec.
Either of the above, tlper bottle, or 8 for
5. Ifyourdruirgist does not handle tbesa
roods write to WM-P. ZOELLEK, sole M'l'r
Pittsburg, Pa. de30-56-Trs
Cactus Blood Cure.
DL I I CO
THAN SARSAPARILLA.
Tones up your system and gives
you an appetite that a lumberman
might envy.
Cures dyspepsia, stomach troubles,
constipation, and liver.or kidney dis
eases. In addition to this it cures
all skin affections and the. more vio
lent blood troubles.
Effects are immediate and cures
permanent.
Sold by JOSEPH FLEMING ASON.Dfug?
gists, 113 Market St., Pittsburg. sel3-rrs
M. MAY, SONS & CO.
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