-, - -,'?' ' ?WZM; 't - ttsg?'r ','- ros? rj 13 THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH. WEDNESDAY -JANUART, . 20, 1892L J -V Jjfr ? T w MAYING FOR PEACE. The Chaplains in Both Houses Ask That It May Be Continued. MEXICAN AWARDS CONSIDERED.; Appropriation Eills for Euildings Passed by the Senate. tfiE FIEST EILIi AWMTl.NG SIGNATURE Washington, Jan. 19. The Chaplain had a somew hat larger audience of Senators to-day than he had j esterday and once more he thanked heaven for peace and prayed that it may be preserved to this nation and to the great family of nations. The first paper presented was a report from the Secretary of State, in reply to a Senate resolution, as to the 'Hexican awards under the convention ol 18GS. Secretary Blaine's report jrives the full amount of the award' ai?3,SC3,000. all of which had been paid by Mexico in 14 annual installments in perfect accordance with the terms of the convention. Mr. Stanford pave notice that he would next Tuedav submit some remarks to the Senate on hi bill to increase the circulating niedh.m. The Senate bill to change the times for lioldms the District Courts of the United State for the "Western District of Missouri vas passed. Mr. l'ettigrew, of the Indian Committee, reported the bill to carry out in part the pro isions of the bill for the division for the lands of the Sioux nation of Indians and to secure the relinquishment of the In dian title. Placed on the calendar. AppropriRtiniK for I'ubllc Ur.lldinss. The Senate then he;an the consideration of business on the calendar. The following hills were passed: Appropriating 510,000 for a postoflice building at Mammoth Hot Springs in the Yellowstone Xational Park. To aid South Dakota to support a school of mines at IJapid Citv, Pennington county. Appronriating 5250,000 for a public build ing at Hastings, Xeh. Appropriating 520, 000 to increase the accommodations of the Marine Hosnitai at Detroit, Mich. ApDro pnatine 5100,000 for a public building in Mansfield, O. Appropriating 5250,000 for a public building at Norfolk, Neb. Appro priating 575,000 for a public building at Jacksonville, I1L Appropriating 5100,000 for a public building at Fergus Falls, Minn. Appropriating 5100,000 for a public build ing in Zancsille, O. Mexican Award Hill Sent Over. At 2 r. 5L the consideration of the Mexi can award bill, which was before the Senate yesterday, was resumed and Mr. Vest con tinued his argument against it Mr. Mor gan replied to Mr. Vest, and then the bill went ocr till to-morrow without action. The enrolled House bill fixing the time of the sessions of United States Courts in the Northern district of Iowa was signed by the Vice President and-is the first act of the present sesion to go to the President for his approval. After a short executive ses sion, the Senate adjourned. THE HOUSE. The Printing and Bindins: orrnblic Docu ments KladA (ho Subject for a Long Discntginn A Sew Codo of Kales to Bo Considered. "Washington, Jan. 10 Throughout the corridors of the House wing this morn ing, the emploves (most of them old sol diers of the Kebellion) engaged in an earnest argument over the prospect of war with Chile. This was also the topic of conver sation in the press gallery and among the many spectators who occupied the public galleries. In his prayer, the Chaplain, after his opening invocation, said: "Inspire, uphold and direct Thy honored servant, the Presi dent of the United States, his constitutional advisers and members of the two Houses of Comressin this solemn crisis of onr history. Let all that sha'l be advised, decided upon and done be for the snfety, honor, dignity and welfare of the nation," in the spirit of justice and conciliation to all ,-ther nations, and have the sanction and blessing of the Prince of the kings of earth. " Tlio Time for Iloldinc Court. Mr. E. Taylor, of Ohio, from the Com mittee on Judiciary, reported a bill fixing ine iime lor noiaing terms ol the Circuit and District Courts for the "Western district of Wisconsin. Passed. Mr. "Watson, of Georgia, asked unani mous consent to discharsc the Com mittee on Judiciary from the further con sideration of the resolution instructing that committee to investigate the organization of the Pinkerton . Detective Agency. Mr. Oates, of Alabama, objected. The House then resumed consideration of the bill providing for the public printing and binding and the distribution of pnblic documents. Mr. O'Neill, ot Missouri, op posed the measure and moved that it be referred to the Committee on Printing. After considerable debate Mr. Richardson, of Tennessee, moved that the further con sideration of the bill be postponed until Friday next, pending which Mr. O'Neill, of Missouri, moved to lav the bill on the table. Agreed to yeasj 137; nays, 102. l'nblic Document Bill Killed. Mr. O'Neill moved to reconsider and lav this motion on the table, pending which Mr. Springer, of Illinois, moved an adjournment, which was lost 89 to 112, amid laughter on the Republican side. Mr. O'Neill's motion to table the motion to re consider was agreed to. This defeats the bill. The new code of rules has been practically decided upon, and will probably be sub mitted to the full Committee on Rules to morrow with a view to its report to the House on the following dav. CHAHGES IN THE EXILES. Filibustering to B Prevented and Speeches to Be Cat Off Short. Washington, Jan. 19. It is now known that there will he onl r a few changes made in the rules of the Fiftieth Congress. The modified Holman rule of the Forty-eighth Congress, under which legislation was per mitted on appropriation bills when germane and in the line of retrenchment in expend itures, will be readopted. A rule will also be added limiting to one hour the call of States on Mondays tor the introduction of bills, the object being to prevent filibuster ing on suspension days by wasting time in the introduction and reading of long bills. It is also likely, although this has not yet been absolutely decided upon that a rule will be framed to prevent prolonged filibus tering by enabling the House to bring to a vote any measure on which it desires to close debate. This rule will probably give the Rules Committee authority to bring in a special order fixing a time at whichde bate on any specific measure shall cease, the approval of the order by the House, of course, being necessary. HABEISOM'S STATE DINNER. It Was Attended bv tho Members of the Cabinet and Their T Ives. Washington, Jan. 19. The President and Mrs. Harrison gave the first state din ner of the season to-night in honor of the Cabinet. The White House was brilliantly illuminated and handsomely decorated for the occasion. The table decorations were violets in various designs, the center piece being a floral representation of the national coat of arms. The ladies favors were Watteau bows of violet colored rib bons with the guest's name painted on one ttreamerand a picture of the White House on the other. The cuests were: Vice President nnd Mrs. Morton, Secretary and 31m. Elkins, J the Attorney General and Mrs. Miller, the Postmaster General and Mrs. "Wanaaiaker, the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of the Interior and Mrs. Noble, the Secretary of Agriculture and Mrs. Rusk, General and Mrs. Schofield, Commodore and Mrs. Ram sar, Senator and Mrs. Culloni, Senator Gibson, of La.; Senator and Mrs. Walthall, Senator and Mrs. Gallinger. Repre sentative Herbert, Representative and Mrs. Reyburn, of Pa.; Mr. George W. Childs, of Philadelphia; Mr. and Mrs. George B. Roberts, of Philadelphia; Mrs. Sheridan, Mrs. Dimmick and Mr. and Mrs. Russell Harrison. Secretary Blaine expected to attend up to the last honr, but was pre vented from so doing by the prevalence of a heavy snow storm. Among others invited who were unable to be present by reason of illness were Secretary and Mrs. Foster, Mrs. Wilmerding, Mrs. George W. Childs and Speaker and Mrs. Crisp. OFFICERS PE0M0TED. Nominations Sent to the Senate by tho Pres ident. Washington, Jan. 19. The President to-dav sent to the Senate the following nominations: Henry E. Kryger receiver public moneys at Neligh, Neb.; Captain E. B. Mosely, Assistant Sergeon, to be Major and Surgeon; Lieutenant Colonel John J. Upham, Third cavalry, to be Colonel; Major Eugene B. Beaumont, fourth cavalry, to be Lieutenant Colonel; Captain Sinford C Kellogg. Fifth cavalry, to be Major; First Lieutenants Robert London, fifth cavalry, and John G. Ballancc, Twenty-second infan try, to be Captains; Second Lieutenants E. L. Mitchie, Second cavalry, Arthur T. Cur tis, Second artillery, and William S. Pierce, Second artillery, to be First Lieutenants. ANIMAL PARASITES. A KECKNT DISCOVEKr GIVES SCIENCE ANOTHER STAET. The Department of Arlcultnro Trying to Find Means to right Them It Has Made a Great Discovery V Work of In terest to AIL Washington. Jan. 19. A recent dis covery to the effect that the trichina: of pork, which caused the American hog to be shut out of Europe so long, are from rats hasgien new impetus to the pursuit of a line of investigation which has been claim ing the attention of th United States Gov jnent. Dr. Leuckhart, the great Leipsic professor, who made the discovery, ascer tained by the dissection of rats that 40 per cent of them were infected by trichina. Rats are cannibals. They eat their own off spring and each other, "and spread the in fection. Whether they ever die of trichino sis is not known, although it makes them lame sometimes. Pigs devour them and contract the complaint. Human beings in their turn eat the pigs, and the trichinae develop, 'with latal results frequently. The Department of Agriculture is at pres ent giving earnest attention to the study of animal parasites, with a view of finding out methods for fichting against some of them which cause a loss of many millions of dol lars yearly to farmers. It has made a big discovery recently in relation to the fatal disease of cattle called Texas fever, which is caused bv a minute animal called a proto 70on, that feeds on the red corpuscles in the blood and destroys them. Recent develop ments of knowledge reveal the protozoa as producers of morbid complaints. It has been ascertained that the cause of malaria is a protozoon which feeds on the blood cor puscles, and another microscopic foe of like description is responsible for certain forms of dvsentery. Undoubtedly manv disorders not now understood will eventually be re ferred to a similar origin. The department is trying to discover means for combatting Bnother parasite, which causes a loss of rearlv 53,500,000 a year in cattle slaughtered in Chicago. It is the dreaded heel fly, which lays its eggs on the backs of the animals, the worms hatched from them boring through the skin and re maining buried for several months in the flesh. On cmerginsr they fall to the ground and lorm the chrysalis condition, come out as perfect flies, ready to lay their eggs on the backs of other cattle, that being their only method of reproduction. Another insect, known in the West as the gadfly, attacks horses, laying its eggs on the animals. The horse' licks itself and conveys the eggs to its stomach, where they are hatched, the worms clinging to the stomach walls. Very often they bore through the stomach and kill the horse. A parasitic worm known as the liver fluke at taches itself during a certain stage of its being to the liver and lungs of cattle. During its early growth it goes through' a series oi astomsning metamorphoses, devel oping a new self inside of its old self in a different shape several times. Finally it leaves the body of the beast, and what be comes of it is not known precisely; but there is no doubt that it is transformed into a species of snail that lives in wet places. It certainly must lay its egs in such spots, where the cattle lick them up, thus com pleting the cycle of its being. Only a beginning has been made by the Government in the work of fighting the parasites of animals. By always condemn ing the pigs which are infected with trichina; the disease will be rendered less common. Heel flies and gadflies are com batted successfully and destroy ed by spread ing tar ointment oer the bodies of the beasts attacked. In its labors the Bureau of Animal Industry of the Department of Agriculture devotes its attention first to studying the life history of each parasite, in order to find out at what stage of its exist ence the enemy can be attacked to the best advantage. Having procured a full knowl edge of the habits and manner of existence of the adversary, it is comparatively easy to interfere with its operations. THE WOELD'S FAIB TIED UP. Another Unseemly fiquabblo Delaying the Work at Chicago. Chicago, Jan. 19. All the signs indi cate a deadlock over the question of hand ling exhibits. President Baker, of the Local Directory, summoned all the depart ment chiefs to appear before his new Com mittee on Rules and Regulations yesterday. Each department was catechised concerning certain changes in the existing department and general rules which it is proposed to make. Director General Davis, represent ing the National Commission, denies the right of President Baker to summon the chiefs to a conference of any official char acter whatsoever, saying he should have been called in it a Directory Committee purposed to suggest any change in the rules which had been made by his depart ment cuieis. All the work of the several departments is tied up pending a settlement ot the ques tion. The City Council took a hand in the fight last night by passing a resolution de claring that under the agreement between the Local Directory and the National Com mission forming a Board of Control, the Director General is the representative both of the local corporation and the nation and of supreme authority, and calling on the Local Directory to take measures to put an end to the conflict so highly detri mental to the interests ot the fair. Di rector General Davis says there is no trouble between himself and the directorv, but that the conflict arises wholly out of the position taken by President Baker without authority. GOLD-PLATED QUAETEES. A Dangerous Counterfeit on 910 Coins Now Circulating in Chicago. Chicago, Jan. 19. Although the new silver coins have been in circulation only a few days, an attempt has already been made to swindle people with the 25-cent piece by gold-plating it. The new quarter bears some resemblance to a 510 gold piece, and when it is plated it could easily be passed on a careless person. A number of the plated quarters have been passed on the shopkeepers here. SCIENTIFIC ODDITIES. An Ancient Process of Glass Making Brought to-light Again, TUBING FOR ELECTRIC CONDUITS. The Tast Tower That Is Stored Up in the Falls of Xiagara. A NEW USE IS FOUND FOR BROWN COAL During the year that has just closed there has been perfected an invention at Pendle ton, Xnd., about which but little has been said, but which is destined to prove of ines timable value in the commercial world. In searching the ruins of ancient Pompeii some years ago the searchers came across glass or porcelain tubes, and with this discovery ended all knowledge of a lost art until some three years ago, when a New York man conceived the idea of manufacturing glass into tubes and pipes. Going to Pendleton to gain the advantages of the deposits of glass sand aad also of natural gas, he set to work to develop the idea he had conceived to give to commerce an article hitherto un known. Success has crowned his efforts, and within the next two months glass molded in various forms of pipes, jars, vases, eta, will be on the market. The invention includes the making of glass into electric conduits, gas and water mains, sewer and closet pipes; also into fruit and butter jars, vases, tombstones, "statuary, and various other articles for orna mental uses. The first-named, however, is meant to be the principal article manufac tured, and its mode of manufacture is both simple and unique. The glass is first melted in an ordinary tank furnace, from which it is removed in ladles to the molds. These consist of an iron tube, whose inside diame ter is just equal to the outside diameter of the tube desired to be cast; divided perpen dicularly into two equal parts, and joined by hinges on one side and a latch and handle on the other. The mold is closed and the latch fastened, and then molten glass is Doured in at the ton until the mold is full; plungers, the size of the bores desired, arc now applied from above and below simultaneously,and the bore forced into the mass of glass; there being no avenne of escape for the glass forced out of place by the plungers it is compressed into the barrel of the tube.giving it a remarkable degree of solidity. The plungers are with drawn, the mold opened, and the glass tube moved to the tempering oven, where it is carefully tempered, according to the use to which it is to be armlied. Tubes ranging from 2 inches to 4 feet bore diameter are cast in this same manner, in sections varying from 2 to 3 feet in length. The other articles are cast in much Jhe same way, differing onlv to suit the shape of the desired article. The uses to which these are applied are various, but the main object is for conduits for placing electric wires under ground. Glass being the best non-conductor known, and alto impervious to the action of acid or the elements, is eminently fitted for the use to which it is to be put. Keir Plan ol Xlectrlc Transit. A new plan of electric transit, which does away with the trolley wire and poles and which is pronounced" as cheap of construc tion and of operation as the trolleT system is to be tried in St. Louis. The following description of the method of operation is found inlthe Brooklyn ICaqle. The current is carried by an insulated wire in tho con duit, connected with a series of pendant switches 12 feet apart. The switches are in sulated when thev hang vertically, their natural position. Underneath the car, at tached to it by thin metal posts running through a slot slightly narrower than that in a cable road, is what is called a shoe. This shoe is a thin piece of metal with an insulated bottom, 13 feet long, about 8 inches wide, and with the insulator i inch or less thick. As the forward end of the shoe touches the bottom or brush of one of the pendant su itches it pushes it out of plumb, and in that way establishes a con nection through the switch with the insu lated current-bearing Mire. The switch is kept pressed at an angle allowing a free flow of the current as long as the shoe touches it When the shoe passes the switch falls back by its weight and the current is cut off. But the switches are 12 feet Apart and the shoe is 13 feet long, so that before it lets go of a switch behind the forward end has caught another, thus supplying a continuous purrent through the shoe up to the motor in the car. The St. Louis road will be done and cars running on it by March 1, when Brooklyn and other Eastern street railroad men will be asked out to look it over. One element in the cheapness of the new scheme, as claimed by its promoters, is that there is practically no los of current in transmis sion, while with overhead wires an allow ance is made for a leakage of 10 per cent in ordinary weather, and in wet weather and fogs the loss is much heavier, as everyone knows who has tried to talk over a tele phone on a rainy day. Bnrnlnjj Brick With Browncoal. In'Germany and Austria browncoal in a rawstate is used for burning brick, stone ware and drain tile, for which purpose it is preferred to any. other fuel. Brick clays and fire clays are otten fonnd in close proximity to the browncoal, and the manufacture of brick, fire brick and tiles, at an extremely low price, is thus rendered practicable, and a great number of mines have brickyards in connection with them by means of which thev are enabled to make use of all their coal, even what would otherwise he refuse. At one of the large brick works on the Rhine the experience of several years trial proves that a firing with a mixture of brown coal briquettes and raw brown coal gave better results in actual work thin stone coal alone, stone coal with briquettes, or stone coal and raw browncoal, and at the time of my visit works were just being completed for briquetting their browncoal for use in this manner. In using this earthy, browncoal for such firing purposes, or under steam boilers and elsewhere, due attention is given to the ar rangement of the fire-boxes and grates to suit the fuel. If a flat grate is used the grate bars are made vary narrow and with small intervals between each. The favorite grate, however, is called the "treppen rost," and is a grate arranged in a series ot steps by which the air gets proper access to the browncoal without need of a blast sufficient to carry away the smaller particles un burned. ' The Power of Nlncnra. The public has heard much of the progress of the work at Niagara Falls, on the canal and tunnel which are in progress of build ing by the Niagara Tails .Power Company. The canal above the falls and the tunnel which takes off the water after it has per formed its service will be finished next fall. About these there are no particularly new engineering problems to solve. But'it was a serious problem how to utilize the power 120,000 horse power developed by these works. It has been reckoned that one horse power can keep two men busy that is in a machine shop employ ing 1,000 men a power of 500 horses will be needed. Therefore it will be seen that to attempt touse this great power uuuicuiaicij abxiiarara wouiu involve the building of one of the very largest cities in the whole of the United States. But great cities do not spring up at command, ana the. projectors of this enterprise,Jwhtle bearing in mind the value and making provision for the use of a great deal of this power on the Bpot, have found that oven then there would be much more to spare than had been used. It was found in endeavoring to solve the problem of how best to utilize this surplus that while American engineers had shown great skill and ingenuity in the use of water power where it ,was i generated they were far behind the European engineers in their ability to transmit such power to a lone distance. Buffalo is the largest town within easy reach of Niagara, "being some 18 miles awav. This was where the, power company wished first to get, but by any of the methods used in America the loss of power was so great that it would not pay. In this emergency Dr. Coleman Sellers, of Philadelphia, was asked to visit Europe and see what he could learn there that would enable the company to do what it wished. He found that the Swiss were transmitting water power very cheaply and effectively, and that in Paris and Birming ham compressed air was being used with great satisfaction. But even after seeing all that he could, he did not feel equal to making plans with which he was entirely satisfied. He, there fore, at the expense of the company. organ ized an international commission, with Sir William Thompson as Chairman. On this commission besides Sir William were Dr. Sellers, representing America; Colonel Turrenttini: Mayor of Geneva, representing Switzerland; M. Marichas, of the French Institute, and Prof. TJnwin, of London. This commission received plans f Kim. all the greatest electrical engineers in the world, and awarded prizes aggregating 525,000. These plans showed that to take the power to Buffalo was entirely feasible, and that while the power could be sold at a great profit on the spot at S10 per annum per norse-power, it could also be sold in Buffalo at a price very much under the cost ot steam generated there in the usual way. Kfw Tuning Under the Thames. The London County Council have signed a contract for the construction of the much debated tunnel at Blackwall. In three years the completion of this work, which will be of" incalculable value to that busy and populous portion of the metropolis which lies east of London Bridge, may be looked for. When the Metropolitan Board of Works received its quietus, the County Council began de novo to consider the best means of communication across the river. They consulted Mr. Wolfe Barry, who recommended a bridge; but, aftor a thor ough examination of all the pros and cons, tho decided upon a tun nel 27 feet in diameter.- Mr. Binnie, he chief engineer to the County Council, has prepared the plans and specifications. On the north side the entrance to the tun nel is in the East India Dock road, quite in the heart of a busy and densely populated district. On the south side it will debouch on Greenwich Marshes, about a mile and a quarter from Greenwich Hospital. The heavy traffic from the docks will be able to reach Greenwich, Deptford andthe popu lous districts of South London by way of the tunnel, instead of making the circuit of London Bridge a saving of at least ten miles. The gradient, of which so much has been made, will not be a serious obstacle. It is leas than that of the roadway at St, Martin's Church, leading from the Grand Hotel to the corner of the National Gal lery. BE KIND TO H0BSES. C. W. Bolton Says a Tew Interesting Words About Man's Friend. Piiii,ATni,rniA, Jan. 19. Special Charles W. Bolton, an agent of the Women's Branch of the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, delivered a short talk about the "national and Humane Management of Horses," in Nata torium Hall, on Saturday night.. His lec ture was illustrated with a docile white horse. The lecturer, in a practical manner, showed the cruelty which is sometimes un wittingly practiced on horses. This, he slid, began almost as soon as a horse was foaled. The majority of horses are put to work too earjy. They should not be har nessed to n wagon until they are between four and five j cars old. Kindness, rather than a whip, is'more effective in educating a horse. "Fondle him," said Mr. Bolton, "tell him and show him what you want him to do, and he will do it." The cruelties of the check rein, the enrb bit, blinkers and the whip were touched upon at considerable leneth. Docklnir horses' tails, and the clipping of horses in winter were also spoken of,, and the audi ence asked to do what it could to have them discontinued. "Of all the horses in the city," the speaker declared, "fully 75 per cent are lame, and in a majority of cases this lameness can be traced to improper shoeing. By placing hot shoe3 to a horse's foot the natural oils are dried up, and it is only a matter of time when the horse will become lame." Mr. Bolton also spoke in favor of "a change in diet for the horse," contending that "it is just as necessary for a dumb animal at ii is for man." MORE TH0UBLE AT DEEE ISLAND. More Than 100 Prisoners Kefase to Work mid Mike a Big Racket. Boston, Jan 19. SpxiaL The prison ers at Deer Island have been rioting again. Signs of an outbreak among them were ob served yesterday, and the officers of the in stitution were not surprised this morning when 125 of the prisoners not only refused to begin their diflerent tasks, but set up a systematic racket-making that was deafen ing. The officers tried to restrain the pris oners, but failed, and, as a very last re source, the news of the riot was telephoned to the Board of Directors of Public Institu tions, with a request that the Commission ers go at once to the island. Therefore, at 11 o'clock this morning Chairman Jenks and his companions boarded the steamer J. Putnam Bradle, and soon they were at the scene of the trouble and did everything in their power to quiet the disturbing ele ment. The racket was continued most of the afternoon. " It was only a few weeks ago that a simi lar trouble occurred at the island, the men claiming that they were brutally treated by some of the officers. The Commissioner gave ear to the grievances of the prisoners on that occasion, but nothing came of it ex xcept a warning to one of the officer to be more careful in the future. In this con nection it should be stated that tor a long time there has been trouble among the offi cers themselves, and this trouble was re cently the subject of the formal considera tion of the Commissioners; but so far as the public knows the Commissioners failed to make any radical changes of men or polioy. DIFFEB WITH LB. KEELEY. German Fhysiclana Don't Believe Asafcotlda . Will Cure the Grip. Berlin, Jan. 19. A statement was pub lished here on Friday that Dr. Keeley says he has found a specific for the grip in asa fcetida. A correspondent has interviewed some physicians on the subject. While they acknowledge that they have not used this remedy, they think it will be found in practice to be scarcely all that is claimed for it. One says: t "Asafretida has long been known to us as possessing certain anti-spasmodic proper ties, and nervine-alterative qualities have been claimed for it. Its use has, however, been greatly restricted, partly on account of its objectionable odor, and partly, if not chiefly, because such properties as it does possess are not marked to any great extent Still, its stimulant effect may be beneficial in certain cases. "We must remember, too, that, as far as our experience teaches, climatic Influences hnve something to do w ith what J may call the virility ot the disease, and this it would be well for physicians who see many cases of influenza to study." HORSFORD'S ACID PHOSPHATE For Night Sweats Of consumption, gives speedy benefit. Ulster anil Overcoats. The low prices at which we sell men's ul sters and overcoats bring the crowd to our1 store. Every minute we give awajr$ll ul sters for 57 and men.'s $12 overcoats for f 6. A big variety to choose from and a money saving sale for vou. P. C. C. a, Pittshurg Combination Cloth ing Company, corner Grant and Diamond atreets, opp-. the Court House. A -HOT-BED OF CRIME; One Weird, Wild Spot in Colorado Where Mysteries Abound. LATEST IN DEVIL'S HEAD ANNALS. Barn Burning and the Attempted Poisoning of an Old Trapper. TIIE OBLITERATION OP A EQUATTEE Denver, Jan. 19. Devil's Head is a lonely spot about 35 miles southwest of Denver. In this quiet sequestered nook many crimes have been committed. About two months ago Daniel Ecker's barns, hay stacks and ranch house were set on fire in several different places and were burned to the ground before assistance arrived. An old man named Fred Albans, who lived near Ecker's ranch, wa suspected of the crime, and foot tracks in the snow marked a trail from Ecker's ranch to "Dutch Fred's" cabin. But asthere was no direct proof that he committed the crime nothing could be done in the matter. There was no motive for the burning of Ecker's property. One half mile from "Dutch Fred's" cabin a man named Parke lived alone in a cabin which he al ways locked when he went an ay. Three or four days after the foregoing incident he returned after an absence of three weeks and found that the staple which fastened his cabin door had been pulled out and then replaced.. Poisoned hy NcTvOInde Bread. He found everything as he ha.d left it ap parently, and proceeded fo cook his sol itary meal. He made bread as usual and did not notice anything' wrong with it, but he hardly begun to eat before he was seized with flponifciiio1 -nains. With difficulty he made his way to a saw mill near bv, where he was given all the homely antidotes for poison that could be found. This was a little after noon, and after lying apparcnUy between life and death for hours, at 10 o'clock at night he had nearly recovered. He afterward examined the bread and found it to be of a greenish coppery color. He baked a loaf with flour taken from the bottom of the barrel, and it was of the same color. He took it to his neighbor, Chris Gottschalk,who pronounced it to have been liberally mixed with arsenic of some form. About a week after Ecker's barn was burned, J. S. Myers, a ranchman of Devil's Head, was going down a gulch leading to the creek. This was the last time that any one there saw "Dutch Fred." This was on the 2dr 3d of December. As time passed on nnd he was not seen, people began to in quire about him. Banchman Myers tells the following story: "On Sunday, January 3, I took my gun, thinking I would go huntins, and in tending to go around- by 'Dutch Fred's' to seo if I could buy some "hay from him. As I came near his house I could see no tracks. I went on until I came to where the house had been and then I saw that it was gone. A Region or Desolation. Tho only thing that broke the monotony of. the level Mas a charred and blackened wagon that stood about ten feet south of where the honse had been. There was no sign of life save a flock of magpies that flew away at my approach. It was late then and I did not investigate, but went on to my home. "When I got home my wife was worried about it and urged me to investigate the matter, so next morning I went and got Chris Gottschalb, with whom I went, leav ing his place about noon, to where 'Dutch Fred's' house had stood. We took boards and carefully scraped the snow from the part of the house where he had lived and found nothing but some pieces of the stove, some charred pieces of meat and the barrels of his double-barreled rifle. The hich wind, of the night before had partly blown away the snow from the ground where the stable had been, leaving parts of the dead horses exposed. This was the first we knew of the horses having been burned. There seemed to be the bodies of six or eight horses, and this is all I know." Daniel Ecker, whose barn and house were burned, corroborated Mr. Myers story. Since these things have been known no effort has been made to clear up the mys tery of "Dutch Fred's" disappearance. Engineer for the Valley Road. Charles T. Manning, one of the Baltimore and Ohio engineers in the Pittsburg 'office, has been appointed engineer maintenance of way for the Valley road. He will leave for Akron to-day. Mr. Manning is a brother of W. T. Manning, who formerly held the same position on the Pittsburg division. Hemes of Meirj. What a blessed thing is memory! How it brings up the pleasures of the past, and hides its unpleasantnesses! You recall your childhood days, do you not, and wish they would return? You remembtr the pleasant associa tions, while the unpleasant ones are forgotten. Perhaps to your mind comes the face of some friend. It was once a pale, sad face. It showed marks of pain, lines of care. It seemed to be looking into the here after, the unknown future. And then you recalled how it brightened, how it recovered its rosy hue, how it be came a picture of happiness and joy. Do you remember these things? Many people do, and gladly tell how the health returned, how happiness came ba,ck, how the world seemed bright. They tell how they were once weak, nerveless, perhaps in pain, cer tainly unhappy. They tell of sleep less nights, restless days, untouched food, unstrung nerves. And then they tell how they became happy, healthy and strong once more. You have heard it often in the past, have you not? You have heard people describe how they were cured and kept in health? You certainly can remember what it is that has so helped people in America. If not, listen to what Mrs. Annie Jenness Miller, who is known universally as the great dress reformer, says: "Six years ago, when suffering from mental care and overwork, I received the most pronounced benefit from the use of that great medicine, Warner's Safe Cure." Ah, now you remember. Now you recall how many people you have heard say this same thing. Now you recollect how much you have heard of this great Cure. Now you are ready to admit that memory is usually pleasing, that the highest pleasure comes from perfect health, .and that this great remedy has done more to produce and prolong health than any other discovery ever known in the entire history of the whole world. ' 4aU8 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. NO FALSE ALARM! In ours, but a REALISTIC SCENE of genuine, unheard-of bargains. NO FICTITIOUS QUOTATIONS PUT IN PRINT for the unthinking to nibble at The announcement, of this special f SALE Was first made known to the public last Sunday through the leading newspapers. Monday morning the building was crowd-, ed with ladies and children, all taking advantage of the . . REDUCTION From the already marked-down price. The administrators in sist upon an immediate settlement; consequently every Overcoat Suit of Clothes and Pantaloons will be SACRIFICED at the UNION CLOTHING CORNER EISNER & PHILLIPS, FIFTH AVENUE AND WOOD STREET. ja'iQ-ID-WT SIX BARGAIN DAYS THIS WEEK. And everything in our stock included. We must make room for spring stock and WILL SACRIFICE everything this week. We offer unprece dented bargains in every department. CCRTAIKS, CUTIvBRY, H'URXITtriWffl, PIC5TCRES. Everything for Home or Office Furnishment at a guaranteed saving of 25 per cent. Come and name your price. K E E C H, CASH 923, 925, 927 PENN AVE.. - NEAR NINTH STREEE OPEN SATURDAY EVENINGS. B. & B. BOTH THE Ladies and Misses' CLOAK ROOMS ARE TO BE Cleared This Week.' The important part, and what will interest the people, is that it's all our medium and fine garments that are virtually thrown away as to prices. Misses' Fine CM Mrs Trimmed .all the way down front with Mink Sable, Black Marten, Wool Seal, etc., 14, 1 6 and 18 years, that were $15 to 25, all at $7.50. Misses' Assorted REEFERS, Fur trimmed 10 and 15 garments, at , -bo. Misses' LONG GARMENTS and a large stock, of them assorted into 3 lots, to be sacrificed at $3, $5 and $7.50. Ladies' rich Black Silk Plush MILITARY CAPES, Jet or Passa menterie and Feather edge trimmed, 45 and 50 garments, at $25. Ladies' Fine Lone BLACK WRAPS odd assorted lots without capes, that were $20, $25 to $35, $7.50 Each. Rich and handsome MILITARY CAPES, Tans, Greys, etc., that were 18.50 to 25, all put in at one price, $10. Ladies' Elegant MILITARY CAPES, Tans, Greys, etc., were $25 to $42, all one price,' $15. Three long center tables, several hundred LADIES' REEFERS, Jackets, Fur-trimmed, Plain, Silk lined, etc. Blacks, Blues, Tans, etc., at 4.50, $s, 7,50 8.50 and $10, that are new and desirable, will clear this Cloak Room faster than any cloak room was ever emptied. Ladies' Bedford Cord Reefers Tans and Greys sizes only 30, 32 and 34, Moufflon trimmed, 33 goods, now $15. Space prevents mention of hun dreds of other items in medium and fine garments in these Cloak and Fur Departments that are going to be moved regardless of loss. BOGGS & BUHL, ALLEGHENY. josa-si t'J f OF BOYS AND CHILDREN'S .SUITS AND OVERCOATS OP- CREDIT Jala LADIES' WHITE MEflINO (INDEHWEnfl, Reduced from 50c to 38c. Reduced from $1 to 65c Reduced from $1.25 to 1. UDIES" HATDH1L WOOL BHDEHHEiH. Reduced from 65c to 50a Reduced from $1.50 to $r Reduced from $1.60 to $i. .LADIES' CAMEL'S HAIR UNDEBWEAB, Reduced from $1.50 to $1. LADIES' SCARLET WOOL UNOEHWEAH, Reduced from $1 to 75a Reduced from $1.25 to $1. Reduced from $1.50 to $1. UDIES' SWISS RIBBED WOOL VESTS, Small Sizes Only, Reduced from $1 to 50c Reduced from $1.25 to 75c. Reduced from $1.50 to $1. FLEISHMAN & CO., 504, 506 and 508 Market St. Ja30 TMBLE I DDK We make Pantaloons tn Order thai- rannnt j( be surpassed. We have taken our entire- stock, and make iust two prices on them for the month of January. All of our $7, $8 and $9 grades down to $6 per pair. All of our $10 and $12 grades down to $8 per pair. We ought to do the Trouser business of the city. The qual ity of our goods is untouched although the prices are squeezed down. P. S. Look in our windows and see the high class goods re duced to $6 and $8. i nmm k brow, 39 SIXTH ST. Hotel Anderson Block. - - 0 f . - ' . ' ' -.' " w . a - ,.-1" - .. ....n -. Y-r- -- .i. f..,Jv
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