m mmmumukzLz nzrjrt; tax eefokm plans. all nT in wales- i -burr's d i voroe suit i a library she saved, feitebmas indorsed sisrsrr 1
I III I Alllill I Hill 111 IVl exhibitors in fixin? un the n. ii-i. t i.. . . ., . . i ... I v!a.i ti.; --.j .. : -Diii.k -jfli
An Opposition Ticket in the Field,
Insuring a Contest at the
Coming Election.
STATEMENTS FR03I BOTH SIDES.
The Claims Made by Those Who Are Ans.ion.9
for a Chagne From the Present Man
agement and Methods.
FRESIDEXT BIXDLEI'S TART KEPLT.
Ec SMts That There Is So IHserion in the Frtstnt
Board of Directors.
The demand for a change in the manage
ment of the "Western Pennsylvania Exposi
tion Society has taken form. Yesterday
the reformers sent out tickets to all the
stockholders, together with the following
circular, signed by a life member:
Believing it to be desirable to liavo a
chance In the management of the West
ern Pennsylvania Exposition Society, a
number of life managers met recently
and decided to support an opposition
ticket, which is enclosed, their special
object being to protect home indus
tries. Flease sign and leturn the enclosed
proxy by return mail, if possible, in the en
closed envelope to A. W. Cadman, 63 Water
street. If, through a misunderstanding, von
have signed the provy "-ent bv the present
board, or if willin? to ieconidcr that action,
vou can remedy the matter bv signing the
one enclosed, which will then legally take
piecedence.
On the new ticket D. C. Ripley, S. S.
Marvin, A. F. Keating, Robert Pitcairn,
D. C Herbst, M. Itosenbaum and H. J.
Heinz bae been marked out and a number
of new men opposed to the present adminis
tration put on. The regular ticket contains
the names of ,lohn Bindley, D. C. Ripley,
A. P. Burchfield, A. F. Keating. S. S. Mar
vin, H. Buhl, Jr., D. C. Herbst, W. B.
Lupton, M. Kosenbaum, Robert Pitcairn,
H. J. Heinz, J. M. Schoonmaker, Charles
Donnelly. The new ticket i as follows:
Charles Donnelly, B. A. Elliott, J. M.
Schoonmaker, John Bindley. E J. Ungcr,
A. P. Burchfield, A. W. Cadman, H. K. E.
Arnold, H. Buhl, Jr , Charles T. Klopfer,
"W. B. Lupton, John Hays and Peter Dick.
ConfldrntTlire Will Be a Change.
The men backing the opposition move
ment say they cm control 73 per cent of the
stock, and w ill be able to set control of the
board. They are counting on Donnelly,
Schoonmaker ard Burchfield being with
them. What they want is a complete
change in the management. They first de
sire to cet the scalp of Manager Johnston,
ana with the new blood to be infused into
the Board of Directors they say they can
chance the Exposition from what they call
a ribbon and calico display to a great in
dustrial exhibit which will be worth visit
ing. It is dercd to give the home people
a better show and bring out the manu
factories more prominently.
Clarence Johns,a leader of the opposition,
speaking on the matter yesterday said:
"Everyone sees the necessity for a change
in the management. This is best shown by
the fact that the receipts of the society fell
ofifSlj.OOO on the last show. This is largely
the fault of Manager Johnston, who has
not shown any special fitness for the place.
The board wasted 51,500 sending him to
Europe to get pointers and the only thing
he brought back was the electric fountain,
and even that had been exhibited in Cincin
nati two years before.
Features to Ite Brought Forward.
"Pittsburg is a manufacturing town, and
people come here to see that feature, not.
the silks and ribbon made in the East
There are hundred of small articles manu
facturedin Pittsburg, the process of making
which is extremely interesting. People
don't want to see a drygoods show every
year. The exposition is like a theater. It
mnst have something new. There would be
plenty of good exhibit's if they could get
space, and they could get it if the most
available places were not all given up to
things people can ee every day in the shop
windows. The art gallery too has been a
failure. You can't expect artists to take an
interest when they have to hang their pict
ures in a mere parage way."
President John Bindlev, of the Exposi
tion Society, r-aid yesterdav, in reference to
the opposition to the old board, that now
that the matter was before the public, he
desired to make a statement
"In the first place." he said, "the fact
that an opposition ticket has been placed in
the field gives color to the story that there
is dissension in the beard, when there is not
the leat foundation for such an idea. The
present board has the full confidence and
indorsement of the active promoters, not
only the life managers and aciivc members,
hut those alo who loaned the society ?100,
000 without interest.
Denies she Circular's Statements.
The circular sent out is misleading.
Some of the names are on both tickets,
which would lead iou to believe there is,
dissension when the fact is that there is ab
solute harmony as now constituted. I have
never been connected with a board in which
there has been a more inleues of purpose.
They have only the iutret of Pittsburg in
all their actions, sinking all individualism,
often neglecting their prhate matters in
the advancement of the interests of the Ex--position
Society.
"All the members of the board have
obligated thoufeelws financially in the
assistance to the society when it "has been
in financial straits, and at this time many
of the members arc financially aiding the
societv, and it is to be hoped that the suc
cessors of the present board who mav be
elected at the meeting will come prepared
to carry these obligations and see that the
Kocicty does not lack for want of means in
carrying out ticir plans to a successful
issue."
"Is not the opposition due to the fact that
several members are alter the scalps of
several members of the board, chief among
whom is Mi. Marvin," was asked.
"0," said Mr. Bindley, "I don'tthinkso,
and,as I said belore.that is where the crcular
is misleading. "Mr. Man in has been one of
the hardest workers on the board. Two
years ano he dcsiied to retire from the
board but was prevailed to remain as we
knew his worth and I feel confident he
would he willing to retire at any time but
not by defeat.
1 he Tronlilo With the Music.
"The crv is to protect home industries.
That is the exact object of the society.
Some of them talk about the music Did
we not have the Gre3t "Western Band
for four weeks? And in conse
quence nearlv every day we were
notified that this or that man did not belong
to some union or other, and would hae to
be discharged or a boycott would be placed
on the exhibition. Alter four weeks' trial
the Innes Band was secured and the marked
increase in the attendance was such that it
proi ed that was w hat the masses wanted. Ve
are perfectly satisfied to gie home indus
tries everything in our power, and I hae
for the past two years endeavored to have
a well-known local musician get together as
fine an orchestra as can be had "West of the
Mountains. He is at present working on
the plan and will in all probability have
the organization completed and ready for
business by the next exhibition.
"Others "have complained that the lasf ex
hibit was the same old things over again.
I say it was the best and most
successful one that I have known.
Thousands of dollars were spent by
exhibitors in fixing up the
various booths, and, as for it be
ing the same as previous ones, I cannot
exhibit drygoods when I deal in hardware
and vice versa. It is preposterous to think
these men are in the society for the sole
purpose of making money for themselves.
I say it is not so. Our idea is to boom
Pittsburcr. I have my own business to look
after, and if you look over the list you will
find that each and everyone is in exactly
the same boat, and I repeat it is for the
benefit of Pittsburg and not any selfish mo
tive that any one of them has to do with
the management of the Exposition So
ciety." THE WOLF-CHASE SUIT.
The Defendants It 111 Carry It to the Su
preme Court, if Accessary.
Messrs. Eaton and Rinehart went to
Greensburg yesterday with intent to enter
suit against Dr. Grimes, Paul Hacke et al,
for killing wolves in pursuance of the ob
ject of training young Russian wolf
hounds. Dr. Grimes makes light of the
matter. He says that so long as people are
allowed to pursue rabbits, which are not in
the least cruel, as are wolves; so long as the
Supreme Court regards shooting pigeons
from a trap as more merciful thin the
ordinary butchery of birds prosecuted in
the woods, so long as the wolf is an out
lawed animal, on whose head all States set
a price by paying bounties for their
scalps and as one of the animals
was known to be so vicious that thecus-
todians of Schenley Park wanted him put
out of his misery, they, the defendants, will
not allow the trainins of their hounds to be
neglected on account of the hysterical howls
of a lot of old women.
Dr. Grimes further wants to know, as the
States encourage the killing of wolves,
whether those who kill them are under obli
gations to have them electrocuted or first
rendered insensible by the use of anaesthet
ic He further says that if the Humane
Society get a verdict against them they will
carry the case to the Supreme Court, and
possibly follow it by bringing suit against
the society for malicious prosecution.
CHAEIES AMMON MISSHiQ.
'His Employers Have Not Heard From Him
for Twelvo Days.
The friends of Charles Ammon, residing
on Mt. Oliver, say that they have not seen
him for 12 days. He is a son of Squire
August Ammon's half-brother. (The young
man was in the employ of Schuetz, Renzie
hauzen & Co., the well-known wholesale
liquor dealers, who do business at Kos. 100
and 102 Market street. He was engaged
there as a shipper and also went out on the
road as a salesman through the Indiana and
Butler counties territory and the South
side hill district. Mr. Ammon started out
on one of his usual business trips on Tues
day, December 15, and was to have returned
by the close of the week. Since the time
he left the city he has never been seen nor
heard from in a direct manner.
Eugene Ammon, the missing man's
brother, when seen said he had heard
Charles had gone to Butler on a visit and
had been taken ill there. It is regarded as
strange, though, that in case he was ill that
he-had not notified his employers.
STEELIKG'S CONFINEMENT
A Cell-Mate Says That lie Was in a Very
"Weak "Condition.
Furthur particulars are coming to light
concerning the confinement of James Ster
ling for CO days in the "whitehouse" of the
workhouse Joseph Howard, a resident of
BrownsviUe, who was released from the
workhouse yesterday, says that when the
manuscript was found on Sterling he was
threatened with the dungeon if he did not
reveal the names of the party or parties
from whom he got his information. He
steadfastly refused to betray his informant
and was thrust in the "whitehouse."
Howard was confined in the dungeon
with Sterling for ten days and learned the
story from his own lips. Howard says Ster
ling is so weak and emaciated now that he
cannot stand on his feet. Several days ago
Mike Hennessey, an old man, was about to
be released, when it was learned he carried
a message from Sterling to some of his
friends on the outside Howard savs Hen
nessey was promptly re-committed for 30
dajs.
AN ALLEGED DEFALCATION.
The Firm Losing the Money Decides Not to
Make Any Prosecution.
A report was in circulation yesterday to
effect that the confidential bookkeeper of a
leading iron firm had been dismissed from
the employ of the firm owing to a shortage
in the accounts which amount to
about 30,000, if not more. It is stated
that the-finn isnot even aware of the full
amount of his peculations, as they extend
over a period of 10 or 11 years. The
money is gone and it is not their intention
to prosecute
An effort to obtain information from a
member of the firm only secured the an
nouncement that the individual in question
was no longer in their employ, and that
there was.nothing further to be "said on the
subject.
The B. & O. Gets 315 Flayers ThM Week.
This week the Baltimore and Ohio road
will handle 215 theatrical people coming in
and going out of the city. Division Pas
senger Agent E. D. Smith was feeling good
yesterday over the result The Sinbad
Company will occupy a special train of
seven cars from Cincinnati, and will arrive
here at 8 o'clock this evening. There are
Ub members in the company. Stuart Robson,
with his 21 people, will leave this morning
for Columbus and Detroit; 2Tat Goodwin,
28 members, for Cincinnati; the "Knotty
Affair" Company, for Troy, and Lizzie
Evans and her company will go over the
road from "Wheeling to Youngstown.
Coming in, the Baltimore and Ohio will
have Mansfield from New York, and Sam
Devere and hu players from Baltimore.
Failed to Get a Quorum.
There was to have been a conference yes
terday afternoon by the special committee
of Councils in relation to the fuel gas bill
due the Philadelphia Company by the city,
and which has not yet been paid. The bill
was approved by Select Council, but Com
mon refused to concur and asked for a com
mittee of conference The committee was
to have met yesterday, but there were not
enough memfers present to make a quorum.
Illness of Postmaster McKean.
Postmaster James S. McKean is confined
to his room in the Hotel Duquesne on ac
count of an indisposition. His physician
says he is not seriously sick.
ALWAYS GAINING.
The Cent-a-fVord columns keep growinff.
The latest comparative exhibit gives the
following flattering figures:
A diets for two weeks ending December It. 3 245
Far same two u-eehs last year i 049
Increase Due to Cent--Xford
The largest two weeks' increase pre
viously reported was
.1,596
1,397
No hetter evidence or tl:o real popularity
of these columns could he prodnced. Do
not fail to read them. It will amply repay
you to use and peruse th?m.
TAX REFORM PLANS.
Colonel Price, the Extensive Iron
Manufacturer, Here to Boom
BUSINESS
MAN'S CONFERENCE.
The Present System Entirely-Too Compli
cated and Unfair.
X0T ANT POLITICS IK TEE MOVEMENT
Colonel J. Prite, of Scranton, Pa., an ex
tensive iron manufacturer, Vice President
of the National Board of Trade, and Presi
dent of the Scranton Board of Trade, was in
Pittsburg yesterday. He was a guest at the
Duquesne Club and during the day he met
and talked with many Pittsburg manu
facturers. Colonel Price is an ardent ad
vocate of tax reform, and he is the recog
nized head of the movement looking to a
conference of all the business interests of
the State to formulate a representative con
vention to revise the tax laws and to secure
the passage by the Xeeislature of a tax law
that will bear equally and fairly on all the
interests of the State.
Colonel Price is an active yonng business
man. He has large interests at Scranton,
Philadelphia and New York, and he be
lieves the tax system of Pennsylvania is
faulty, and demands revision and recon
struction. The Colonel spent several hours
yesterday with J. D. "Weeks, who will be
one of the 30 representatives who will
gather at Harrisburg early in February to
consider plans for revising the tax system.
Trying to Untangle the System.
"The tax system of Pennsylvania is won
derfully confused and muddled," Colonel
Price said. "Our effort now is if possible
to untangle the system so as to protect all
our varied interests. In our conference we
will have five representatives from each
branch of business. "We will meet in Har
burg, and in an informal way we will talk
the matter over to see if we can get together
on any satisfactory system. If we find our
conference agreeable then we will arrange
for a covention to he held next fall, at
which a tax measure will be formulated."
"What is responsible for our present con
fused tax system?" was asked.
"The interests themselves," he replied.
The rapid development of our natural gas
our petroleum, and our iron, has worked
changes in our industrial world, and each of
these, probably through politicians, have
secured rights and iavors to the diadvantage
of other interests. The system has been
changed frequently, and it has rfevcr been
looked upon as permanent. In shifting
about to protect one interest or to favor an
other the system has become a sort of patch
work unsatisfactory to all. I have been
greatly encouraged in my work for reform
by finding that nearly everybody looks at
the matter just as I do.
The County Commissioners Represented.
"The County Commissioners in every
county in the State are interested, and they
have already appointed a representative to
attend our conference. The Grangers will
be represented, by their Legislative Com
mittee, and we have every reason to believe
that a happy result will attend our meeting,
and that a fair and satisfactory tax system
will be constructed at our convention to be
held later on."
"Does your contemplated work have any
political significance," was asked.
"None whatever. Our efforts are in be
half of the whole people. The tax laws of
the State must be framed without political
feeling or political color. "We will go into
the Auditor General's office and tabulate
the corporations and the tax they pay. "We
will have tabulated the property and the
tax paid upon it in the offices of "the Connty
uommissioners. v e will nna out where
there is high valuation and a low tax rate,
and where there is low valuation and a high
tax rate. All this we wil endeavor to
equalize and straighten out, and above all
we will strive to formulate a law that can
be understood.
Plenty of Complicated Cases.
"At present the Auditor General's office
is crowded with complicated cases arising
out of our muddled tax system. The Au
ditor General refers the cases to the At
torney General, and by turn they are thrown
into the courts. The conrtsare overcrowded
with them, and when they are disposed of
there are conflicting opinions just as the
court deciding them is surrounded by
prejudice or interest. You know courts are
only men at best, and their decisions have
only further muddled the tax muddle."
"What is your politics?" was asked the
Colonel:
"I am not much of a politician. I only
take the interest in politics that every good
citizen should take. I was formerly a Re
publican but I am now a Cleveland Demo
crat. His position on tariff legislation con
verted me. I am, you know, a manu
facturer, and am therefore interested, but
I am satisfied that Mr. Cleveland has the
right idea on the tariff question. Time, I
think, will certainly prove his position a
sound, sensible one."
Colonel Price left for his home in Scran
ton last night. He will return to Pitts
burg again before the February conference
is held. 4
LAKG HOLIDAY TKAVEL
Over the Pennsylvania Lines This Year.
The movement of passenger traffic over
the Pennsylvania lines was uuusually
heavy, both east and west during the
holiday season just ending, yet the
business was handled just as promptly as
during ordinary times, and with comfort to
all concerned. Only those who can look
behind the scenes know what care and un
ceasing watchfulness are exercised during
these seasons of crowds and bustle to enable
all to be carried as, promptly and comfort
ably as in less busy months.
A reporter to-day obtained the"following
figures showing some of the larger parties
booked to" leave and arrive in town via the
Pennsylvania lines this week:
OUT OF PITTSBURG.
Joseph Jefferson, 18 people, to Baltimore;
Maggie Mitchell, 15 people, to St. Louis;
Harry Williams' Own Company, 21 people,
to Cincinnati; Pete Baker, 15 people to Cin
cinnati. INTO PITTSBURG.
"Birds of a Feather," 21 people, from
New York; Harry Laey, 17 people, from
Youngstown; Sam Devere, 18 people, from
Baltimore; "Lord Fauntleroy," 11 people,
from New Castle.
PASSING THROUGH.
Nibo Company, 21 people, to Corning,
N. Y.
PITTSBCKG AND LAKE
ROAD CO.
EKIE BAIL.
Holiday Excursion Bates.
On December 24, 25 and 31, 1891, and Jan
uary 1, 1892, round-trip tickets will be sold
between all stations, also on December 23,
26, 27, 28, 29 and 30 between all stations on
the P., McIC & Y. and Bellevernon divis
ions. Excusion tickets will also be sold to
Cleveland. Erie and principal points oa the
Lake Shore and N. Y., P. & O. Kailroads.
All excursion tickets will be good for re
turn until January 4 inclusive.
Thornton Bros., 'Allegheny, 100 dozen
gents' fancy night shirts at 35c, the 50c
quality; 100 dozen gents' 59c unlaundried
dress shirts, double front and back, linen
bosom, 38c; 50 dozen jersey shirts69c, down
from SI; 160 dozen ladies' natural wool hose
at 15c, down from 25c See this bar
gain, 150 dozen gents' all wool camel's
hair socks, 18c, down from 25c;
100 dozen ladies' 35c vests now 19c;
29c for 54-inch bleached table linen, think of
the price, and bleached; 3,000 yards of serge
black and white dress goods and plain Sicil
ian rep goods 5c, Monday morning.
French seal muffi 1 49 up to S2 50 for the
55 quality. Tun CASH STORE.
The Rich Depo&i!t l.i L.i'l.or-il.i anil Aus
tralia The Snpnl.v In the Latter Country
Practically Unlimited How It Win Dis
covered. "The, tin production of the future is
largely .r located in Australia, U said a well
known - chemist?" yesterday. "Twenty-five
years ago the entiretin production of the
world was below 15,000 tons a year, and
now Australia alone yields considera
bly more than that quantity. If you
have noticed anything about it you must
have remarked the newspapers that arc dis
cussing the subject of 'Tin and the Tariff
speak as though the mines of Cornwall and
"Wales the ancient Cassiterides, which
were originally worked by the Romans are
still supplying the world. This is "not so,
however, hy any means. The Australian
mines have an importance of their own and
of a distinctive character. Talking about
duty, up to 1837 the Duke of Cornwall re
ceived a duty of 519 46 on every ton of tin
mined in Cornwall. This discouraged the
Cornishmen, and, while the matter was
agitating Parliament, a good many miners
emigrated rather than remain and starve.
So, when finally the duty was taken off, it
was found that the number of miners and
their capital of enthusiasm were lessened,
and that it was costing too much to work
the old mines. Hence the outlook was not
promising in those days, which marked the
commencement of the modern era of 3ritish
tin production. The sequel was marked.
While the abolition of the duty was under
discussion a deal of lawlessness occurred
among the miners, of whom there were
some transported.
"They have a quaint couplet, which runs:
We 'uns knows tin, like priests know sin!'
Prospecting about while confined there in
penal servitude, those men readily recog
nized tin when they came to see it in the
beds of the creeks, or underneath the basalt
in the old river basins. "Wisely keeping
their coifnsel. they had plans for profiting
by their discoveries, when, in anticipated
time, transportation should be abolished.
But, although this occurred in 1853, it was
more than 15 years before the convicts who
had discovered the metal were free to mine
it. Then came the" Australian gold fever,
and almost strange to say, thoseen turned
from gold digging to tin mining. "When our
California miners found, years ago, a mag
nificent tin deposit in the Teraescal Hills,
just below Los Angeles, the silver and gold
proved so much more attractive that they
neglected the tin. But in New South
"Wales it was different, and the Cornishmen
went to digging. That was the beginning
of the New England mining.
"The second year the export reached 4,571
5ns. Last year the value of the output
ached about 54,850,000. The supply is
practically unlimited, the colonial geologist
stating that the tin deposits of the province
cover an area of 5,440,000 acres, at the very
least."
A NEW YORK BAEBEE'S SUBPBISE,
He 'Was Never TJied to Giving a Bath and
Shave for One Price.
"It's surprising," said a barber who rc-
cently arrived from New York, "how much
Pittsburgers want for 15 cents. This is the
only city I ever worked in where you have
to shave a man and give him a bath for that
price. Did you see that fellow just going
out?" pointing to a man who was evidently
a mill worker with the dust and soot of his
daily surroundings liberally covering his
face and neck. "Well, he got mad when I
only sponged his face off with a cold water
dash. He wanted the sea,l guess. In New
York bathing a man's face consists only
of 'dampening the towel with water and
dropping on a smart portion of bay rum.
They never take their collar off down East,
because they don't expect you to perform
their ablutions for them. Many people here
want a 'neck wash with the high collar on.
That is a gross mistake, because where the
sponge does not touch above the linen band
a dirt ring is left, which is disgraceful to a
well-dressed man. It just looks like the
young boy who washes his face when he is
in a hurry to go out and meet a companion
who is waiting on him. We have baths for
people who want them at 25 cents, but none
thrown in with a shave."
WHEEE THE GLOVES GO.
They Are Bought Up by Itinerant Hebrews
and Cleaned for Second Sale,
What becomes of the old kid gloves?
That question was put to a haberdasher on
Fifth avenue yesterday.
Hundreds of pairs flf fine kid gloves are
soiled and thrown away every week by their
first owners. They are not thrown away
exactly, because in a week or so they reap
pear in public like the sonbrette who meets
with a frost in other hands.
Scarcely a young man who buys a new
Eair of gloves takes away the half soiled pair
e is wearing. The storekeeper gets them,
and in turn comes the regular weekly
Hebrew collector who buys the article at a
nominal sum only to bring them out by
cleaning, in new colors, fit to be worn by
any Beau Brummel of a dusky hue. Thus
the many gloves which one thinks go to the
jnhk pile are utilized by those who can
afford to give 25 and 50 cents a pair for a
second hand article.
Donations From Sabbath Schools.
A number of very handsome and useful
donations were received yesterday by the
Association for the Improvement of the
Poor. The donations were from the Sab
bath schools of the Fourth Avenue Baptist
Church, the Seventh Presbyterian Church
and the Parnassus Presbyterian Church.
B. L. H. Daubs, the well-known pho
tographer, is well pleased with his holiday
trade, which was larger than for several
years past, and attributes the reason that
people have become tired of cheap photo
graphs. Those Interested in Sunday Schools
Should see to it that none but pure con
fectionery is purchased for the children's
New Year's entertainment. E. Maginn, 913
and 915 Liberty street, Pittsburg, and 80
Federal street, Allegheny, 6ells nothing but
the best candy and always at the lowest
prices.
To Close Out.
Look at the bargains we offer this week in
order to close out certain lines before taking
stock. Cavitt, Pollock & Co.,
935 Penn avenue.
Stylish Saltings.
For a good fitting dress suit or overcoat
go to Pitcairn, 434 Wood street
COL MULBERRY SELLERS
Has returned to the
again in a new novel
world of literature
BY MARK TWAIN,
Which will he published in the Sunday issue
of THE DISPATCH, beginning
Sunday, January 3.
The title of the jjreat humorist's first story
for the press Is
The American Claimant,
And in it Colonel Sellers lays claim to an
English estate. It has a wonderful plot,
abounds in the most amusing situations and
will add another laurel to the crown of the
world-famoat author.
MARK TWAIN'S GREAT NOVEL
BEGINS SUNDAY, JAN. 3. -
DORR'S DIVORCE SUIT
Bobs Up Once More in the Shape of
an Action for Damages.
A CLAIM FOR 510,000 ENTERED.
Charges of False Arrest to Prevent Testi
mony Being Given.
PROCEEDINGS OP THE C0DNTI COURTS
Harry "Wells yesterday entered suit
against John K. Durr, the hotel proprietor,
for 510,000 damages for alleged false arrest.
"Wells states that in October, 1891, he came
from Butte City, Mont., where his home
now is, to testify in the divorce 6nit be
tween Durr and his wife. Durr, he alleges,
had threatened in Morgantown, "W. Va.,
Wells' native town, that if "Wells came
here to testify in the case, he would have
him arrested.
When Wells was in Pittsburg, on his
errand to give his testimony, Durr trumped
a charge of larceny against him, he alleges,
and had him arrested. Having no friends
here Wells was compelled to go to jail where
he remained some time before he was dis
charged. He now asks 10,000 damages for
the indignity he suffereU.
A CHABGB OF COLLUSION.
The
Failure of a Clothing Firm Causes
Some Serious Allegations.
Lewis Abrams, of the firm of Lewis
Abrams & Co., clothiers of New York, yes
terday filed a petition in Common Pleas
No. 2 to have paid into court the proceeds
of the sale by the Sheriff" of the effects of J.
Moltz, the Southside clother. The sale is
to be made on executions issued against
Moltz by J. Solomon and J. Bennett.
Abrams alleges that Moltz represented to
him that he was doing a paying business
and owed no money. The judgments given
to Solomon and Bennett on which execu
tions were issued, he claims, were given
without consideration, and were in pursu
ance of an arrangement between the three
whereby Moltz was to obtain credit for a
large amonnt of goods, and as soon as the
goods were received failed, and so de
frauded his creditors.
Abrams therefore wants the money paid
into court pending the determination of the
validity of the different claims against
Moltz.
Barliegh Sworn In Again.
District Attorney Burleigh yesterday
took the oath of office for his term which
commences the first Monday in January.
The oath was administered by Judge Ewing.
When it had been taken Judge Ewing said:
"Mr. Burleitrh, I congratulate both you and
the. county." The complime was con
sidered a great one in view of the fact that
Judge Ewing was opposed to the appoint
ment of Mr. Burleigh to fill the unexpired
term of the late District Attorney R. H.
Johnston.
A Snit Between Contractors.
L. M. Morris yesterday entered snit
against C. A. Balph, the contractor, for
523,672 09. Balph is the contractor for the
new building on Fourthavenue of the Pitts
burg Times. He sub-let to Morris, it is
stated, the contract for furnishing the iron
work for the bnilding. Morris fulfilled his
portion of the contract and claims that
Balph now owes him 23,672 09, which he
ha3 failed to pay.
The Answer of Joseph Z. 'Uainwright.
Joseph Z. Wainwright yesterday filed his
answer to the suit of S. 1C Campbell against
"Wm, FloydJ. Z. Wainwright and others,
stockholders of the American Bank, to re
cover a claim against me ouqk. amt. wain
wright states that he is not a member of the
defendant association, having sold out April
9, 1878.
Winding Up Their Affairs.
A petition was filed yesterday by Will
iam Flinn, the president of the company,
asking for a decree for the dissolution of the
Ligonier Valley Ice- Company. A decree
was granted for the dissolution of the Peo
ples' Mutual Building and Loan Association
of Banksville.
Motions for New Trials.
Motions for new trials were made yester
day in the cases of Honora Wall, trustee,
vs the Pittsburg Harbor Company; M. Joyce
ct ux vs same; Elizabeth Alexander vs J.
B. Hill, executor, and John Shaw vs Henry
squires.
A Church Wants a Charter.
An application was filed yesterday for a
charter for the Coraopojis M. E. Church.
The trustees are T. F. Watson, Roberl Dil
lon, M. A. Ross, J. D. Hamilton, F.'B.
Dillon, John I. Brown and C. W. Hol
singer. To Becover on a Note.
Paul H. Hacke yesterday entered suit
against the Mclveesport Light Company to
recover 83,700 on a note- dated July 11,
1891, and payable in 60 day.
Monday's Audit List.
Estate of Acconntant.
Mary 31. Miller Georpe F. Miller.
Catharine Schmidt .1. C. Dicken.
Henry IJiner T. G. Walther.
Chilstian Richmond.. .David Richmond..
John Wallace Theodoi e Doerflineer.
Jane Leonard Fidelity Title & T. Co.
Thomas Davage Charles S. Frisbee."
S. A. Dilivan Will J. Jones.
Samuel Palmer James W. Blown.
John P.Schmidt Henry Kline.
Michael Wehrman James F. Grimes.
THE TIME HAS COME.
Our Ble Reduction Sale on All Men's and
Boys' Suits, and on All Men's and Boys'
Overcoats, Commences To-Morrow, at
8 o'clock sharp. These are the Prices
that will Reign at the P. C. C. C.
All our 510 men's suits to-morrow for ?5.
All our 512 men's overcoats to-morrow
for $6.
All our 514 men's s'lits to-movrow for 57.
All our 515inien's overcoats to-morrow
forSlO.
All our 516 men's suits to-morrow for 510.
All our 518 men's overcoats to-morrow
for S12.
All our 519 men's suits to-morrow for 514.
All onr 520 overcoats to-morrow for 513.
All our 521 suits to-morrow for S15.
All our 54 boys' suits to-morrow for 52.
All our 55 boys' suits to-morrow for 52.50.
All our 56 boys' suits to-morrow for 53.
All our 57 boys' suits to-morrow for 53.50
The above prices will show plainly the
bona fide reductions we have made through
out the entire stock.
P. C. C. C, Pittsburg Combination Clothinc
Company, corner Grant and Diamond
streets, opposite the Court House.
Obliged to Stop Advertising.
There are stores and stores, but there is
only one Cash Drygoods Store. It's the won
der of Allehgeny. For weeks preceding
Christmas you noticed an absence of adver
tisements of the Cash Store while other
stores were doubling their usual space. Any
one of the thousands who visited our estab
lishment this month must have noticed how
customers were crowded for even standing
room. You found no such crowds elsewhere.
You know the reason, of course, "it's the
price:" "the easy prices that gathers the
crowds." Intelligent buyers of merchandise
know a bargain when they see it. You in
variably find they patronize the Cash Store.
XHORNTOIT BROS.,
128 Federal street, Allegheny.
For 30 Days
Hendricks & Co.'s best photographs re
duced. No. 68 Federal street, Allegheny.
How the Carnegics Are Making L'se of the
City Poor Farm Buildings Which Have
Already Been Erected Features of the
Near Fature.
The old City Farm, located at Homestead,
on the banks of the Monongahela river, and
purchased about one year ago by Carnegie,
Phipps & Co., is rapidly beiug transformed
into a manufacturing town, and will shortly
prove, a valuable adjudfct to the already
prosperous and most thriving little city of
Homestead. Immediately after the purchase
of the City Farm site by the Carnegie firm,
they commenced to extend their plant and
erected thereon numerous buildings. Among
the number is a mammoth new beam mill,
the largest and most complete of the kind
in the world.
There is also a department for the press
ing and shaping of armorplates, an immense
machine shop, an electric lightjilant, a large
warehouse for storing refractories and other
materials used in the works. But, with all
the building's above mentioned, there is
still space enough left to erect any number
of departments that may be required in years
to come. However, only that portion of
the property lying below the P., V. & C.
and P., McK. & Y. railroads, and extend
ing along the river bank as far as the
Homestead borough line, will be reserved
for manufacturing sites. All that portion
of the valuable farm that lies above the
Eighth avenue extension, and reachiite out
over the hill above Munhall nearly alialf
mile in lencth, will be placed on the mar
ket as building lots. The plan of lots has
just been completed and shows that there
are 387 lots in all, with a frontage of 50 feet
and a depth of 110 feet each.
But the most important feature in the
plan is the reserving of a library site be
tween Louise and Margaret and Tenth and
Eleventh streets, the dimensions of which
are 240x300 feet Upon this site Mr. Car
negie contemplates the erection of a free
library, which he will present to the town.
FAILED TO WOEK WELL.
Burglars Try to Enter an Fast End itesi
denfce, bnt Find Their Mistake.
A well-laid plan to rob the house of It. C.
Lyons, Neville street, East End, was foiled
Friday night. Presuming that Mr. Lyons
was alone at home one of the burglars went
to the front door and rang the bell, while
the other mashed a window to effect an en
trance in the rear. But it happened that
one of the servants was present, as well as
two of Mr. Lyons' nephews, who had been
spending Christmas there. The servant did
not open the front door, but asked who was
there. There was no reply, and a moment
later the crash of breaking glass was heard
in the rear.
The men of the house ran back just in
time to see the two burglars running out of
the yard. The police were notified, hut
have not yet captured the men. Mr. Lyons
says he keeps no money in the house and
cannot understand what the robbers were
after.
Commissioner Kaum Calls on Bengoagh.
Green B. Ranm, Commissioner of Pen
sions, was in Pittsburg yesterday on busi
ness connected with the patent refrigerator,
in which he is largely interested. He
called during the afternoon on Pension
Agent Bengough at the new pension office
in the postoffice building. The Pittsburg
pension office, the Commissioner said, was
one of the best in the department. Mr. Ben
gough's district comprises all the counties
in Pennsylvania west of the Susquehanna
river, and about 57,000 pensioners are
served from the office.
To Be Brought Back for Trial.
Charles Kain was arrested at Dresden, O.,
on Friday and confessed to having robbed a
little store in this city some two weeks ago,
when he stole two watches from Mrs.
Hughey, a second-hand dealer of Hich
street. Superintendent Weir was notified
of the arrest and confession and last night
Detective McTighe wen to Dresden to
bring the prisoner to this city for trial.
CAI.1XA I.AV4I.LEE,
The. Lafayette of American Musicians
Pianist and Composer.
Ex-President of the Music Teachers' Na
tional Association of America, and its dele
gate to the National Society of Professional
Musicians of Ensrland. 1887.
Calixa Lavallee is one of the most con
spicuous among American musicians. His
interest in and devotion to the cause of
American composers made him beloved by
the musicians of both hemispheres, and
gave him a world renown.
His compositions, which are well known
and numerous, are classic as well s.3 popu
lar. As a pianist, he made several tours in
Europe and America, everywhere creating a
popular furore, and being recognized as one
of the greatest pianists.
Calixa Lavallee, in his concerts, always
used the Henry F. Miller piano, about
which, September. 5, 1889, he said:
"It had net only the fine qualities com
bined of all other makes of pianos, but a
broadness of tone in orchestral effects which
no other possessed."
Have you heard that Thompson's New
York Grocery has moved to their spacious
new building, No. 311 Market street? It
has been pronounced by all to be the hand
somest store in Pittsburg. Eead the in
ducements offered for this week.
Choice roasted coffee, per lb 5 15
London layer raisins, clusters, 20-lb
boxes, only 1 50
Loose muscatels, 20-lb boxes 1 25
16 lbs large Valencia raisins 1 00
20 lbs English currants 1 00
1 lb Leghorn citron 25
1 lb lemon peel 12
16 lbs large California peaches 1 00
12 cans standard tomatoes (3-lb cans) . . 90
10 cans table peaches (3-lb cans) 1 00
6 cans white cherries (3-lb cans) 1 00
7 cans Bartlett pears (3-lb cans) 1 00
25 lbs white sucar 1 00
Sugar-tured hams, per lb 9
Suear-cured shoulders, per lb
7
Our 10-cent cigars, 50 in a box
Our 5-cent cigars, 50 in a box
Our special brand, La Odalisea, 50 in
a box
Our special brand, "Cherries," 50 in a
box
2 00
1 00
75
65
Don't forget the little ones. A large doll
given away with every pound of pure
baking powder, price 35a
As an inducement for you to try our teas
wc will give you 5 pounds white sugar with
every dollar's worth of 30c, 40c, 50c and 60c
tea, or 1 pound of cut loaf sugar with every
pound of tea.
. Goods delivered free to all parts of both
cities. To those living out of the city we
will prepay freight on all orders or 510
and upward to any station or landing within
100 miles of Pittsburg. Send for price list.
M. It. Thompson,
311 Market street, directly opposite
Gusky'a entrance.
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"Witli GFeat Unanimity at a Meeting
of the Allegheny Bar.
A COMMITTEE TO VISIT HARRISON.
Boyd Crumrine the Latest Aspirant for
Judge Heed's Shoes.
PRESENT CONDITION OP THE CANVASS
A meeting of .the Allegheny County Bar
was held yesterday afternoon for the pur
pose of indorsing a candidate for Judge
Reed's place in the United States District
Court. It was an adjourned meetiug from
the one held earlier in the week and was
largely attended. Major W. B. Negley
presided and S. C. McCondless filled the
Secretary's chair.
Wi L. Chalfant in as few words as pos
sible presented the name of ex-Judge
Charles S. Fetterman "as the candidate of
the Bar of Pittsburg." On motion of A.
H. Clarke the nominations were closed. On
motion of C. A. O'Brien, Judge Fetterman
was nominated on acclamation, after which
Colonel W. D. Moore presented the follow
ing minute, advocating the appointment
which was unanimously adopted and or
dered to be sent to President-Harrison:
Formal Action of the Attorneys.
Whereas, Wo have learned that the
present incumbent of the Distiict Court
Judgeship has resigned, we respectfuliyrep
resent that from our intimate knowledgo
of Hon. Charles S. Fetterman, born and
reared among us, we tako the liberty of
recommending to His Excellency, the Presi
dent, tlie appointment of Mr. Fetterman to
thei office of Judge of the District Courtoftho
United States for tne Western distr.ct of
Pittsburg.
Many of us have known him from child
hood, all of us trom personal and provi
sional intercourse and have knon n him only
to respect and honor him. A man wIioms
life has vindicated his claim to the poscs
sion of every quality of temper and manner,
as well as by his w orks, as by original gifts
and large acquirements to seek the position
for which his friends now present him. Ho
has been long a member of this bar, and for
a brief term of appointment exercised the
Qfll or Judge of the Court of Common
Pleas.
It is not saying too much to affirm that ho
deepened the regard of his earlier friends
and won universal confidence and respect
for his conduct or the cases brought before
him, for the gentleness and kindliness of his
manner upon the bench and for the care
fully coiisitleiedand well-prepared opinions
which he delivered.
We unanimously therefore recfbmmend
him for appointment to the position which
we seek for him rather than that he seeks,
believing that his conduct in that high po
sition will Justify our recommendation and
honor the administration; and believing
also that the population and business of
Allegheny county brought annually before
the court entitle Allegheny county to prefer
ence in the appointment.
In pursuance of the above minute we snb-
sciibe our names to the petition which we
heiein respectfully present to His Kxcel
lency the Piesident of the United States, to
appoint Hon. Charles S. Fetterman to the
Jiidie"hip of the District Conrt of the
United States for the Western district of
Pennsylvania.
A motion by George Woods prevailed,
providing for a committee of seven to con
vey the action of the meeting, together
with the resolution, to Washington and
present it in person to the President. The
secretary was instructed to prepare a copy
of the minute suitable for every member of
the bar to sign, for transmission to Wash
ington. The meeting then adjourned. In
side of an hour from the time the meeting
adjourned over 100 attorneys had signed the
paper provided for them. Last evening
Major Neglev appointed Major A. M.
Brown, M. A." Woodward. Walter Lvon, S.
C. McCandless, W. C. Moreland, Colonel
W. D. Moore and C. C. Dickey as the com
mittee to go to Washington.
A Claim for Z.egal Ability.
The latest aspirant for Jndge Reed's
shoes is Boyd Crumrine, of Washington,
the reporter of the Supreme Court. He
announced his candidacy a few days ago,
and his friends are very active in pushing
his canvass, A petition was circulated
yesterday among Washington lawyers in his
favor, and every member of the county bar
is expected to sign it. A letter wilrl the
recommendation of his fellow-attorneys will
be sent to the President to-morrow.
Mr. Crumrine was appointed State re
porter bv Governor Beaver five years ago.
and bis term will expire in a few months.
His friends claim that if Harrison sticks to
his rule and names the best lawyer, irre
spective of the influence of politicians, that
Crumrine will be the man. As State re
porter he has issued about 30 volumes of re
ports, and attorneys admit they are models.
The claim is also made that he has con
siderable literary ability, as the several
histories he has written indicate. He was
District Attorney of Washington county
and served in the army. Those in charge
cf his campaign have written letters to law
yers all over the State, and favorable re
plies are beinjr received.
So Soon.
Another year is ending is about to pass
away. Triumphs have crowded thick and
fast; acquaintances, friends, patrons and
business has increased grown enormously.
Margins have been small, but gigantic
sales make the result satisfactory far be
yond expectation. January is our month of
losses; onus and ends and unseasonable
merchandise we slaughter before stock tak
ing Monday. Cleaning up prices will rule
in every department. Cloaks get the deep
est cut. You will be surprised at the prices
made here; you will think them irrational,
but the season's over, they mnst go. If yon
had a bad arm or limb that would poison
your whole body and eventually kill you,
you would cut it off. Unseasonable mer
chandise carried over will condemn an en
tire stock in the eyes of customers. Get
rid of it at some price, is our method; its
absence is what we want; anything will go
at a price. Thornton Bros.,
Federal street, Allegheny.
THE
AND
TO BUY LOTS IN THE NEW CITY OF
KENSINGTON
'IS N 0"lV .
By purchasing at once property can be secured at prices origin
ally fired. Lots have not as yet been advanced in prices by "the
Company, though they are becoming more valuable daily.
Present purchasers not only cet the benefit of prices now in.
force, but can be better suited in location than if delaying a pur
chase some time later. Lots are selling rapidly. Many of tha
finest sites for business and homes are still open.
Go and visit Kensington. Free railroad tickets given thero
and return.
For further information apply at office of
THE BURRELL IMPROVEMENT CO.,
No. 96 Fourth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa.
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A TIsit to His Former HaunU.
General Passenger Agent Horner, of-tha
Nickel Plate road, was in Pittsburg for
several days visiting friends. He returned
to his home in Cleveland last evening; Mr.
Horner was formerly ticket agent at tha
Union depot for ten years. TheVander.
bilts have not seen fit to make a passenger
line out of the Nickel Plate, but Mr.
Horner has made a good record with tha
facilities effered him. The road handles-no
through passenger business, but the- local
traffic is quite extensive.
ART.
Blest with each grace of nature
and of art. Pope.
ARTISTICALLY HIDE.
The suit that is not cut
right ought to be cut to
pieces. It makes all the dif
ference in the world who
handles the blades that 20
through the cloth. If you
cannot say of a suit that it is
artistically cut, the less you
say about it the better. Mr.
I. Jackson personally attends
to the cutting department,
and he knows how the shears
are handled. That is one of
the reasons why our HOME
WADE SUITS are so supe
rior to others and defy criti
cism; in the making of our
suits it is needless to again
call your attention to the fact
that every garment is made
by our own tailors with the
greatest of care, with but one
object in view, and that is
"entire satisfaction."
OUR SPECIAL REDUCTIONS
Will enable you to procure
the grandest values you can
imagine. Special mentions
our home-made Cheviot Suits
at $12" and $15; our hand
somely bound Clay Worsteds
at $14, $15, $16 and $18.
The open winter leaves us
with rather a large quantity
of medium and heavy Over
coats, and before stock-taking
(January 1, 1S92,) we must
and will sell out if a low price
will do it. Sweeping reduc
tions, especially in Chinchilla
and Vicuna, reduces to $10,.
$12, $15 and $18. Don't
miss this rare chance. You
can positively secure a bar
gain at
Clothiers, Tailors, Hatters
and Furnisliers,
and 956 LIBERTY STREET.
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