APPEALTOJPATTISDN
PoAvderly aud Cassatt Present
the Beading Deal to
the Governor
ASD DEMAND ACTION.
The P. If. E. Man Sajs It's Just as
Bad as the South Tenn Case.
HAPS TO SHOW COHPETITION.
Attorney General Hensel Will Sow Hare
Opportunity to Act.
THE FLORIDA TRIP MAI BE POSTPONED
Tf FECI Kt. Tr LEGP.AM TO THE DISrATCH.l
RARKlSBCErt, Feb. 20. The Reading
deal U not completed, their leases and
other articles of agreements have been
draw n up and signed, but the party of the
third part the Commonwealth has yet to
be satisfied that the deal does not mean
that the anthracite coal of Pennsylvania
will not onlvbe rated as black diamonds in
the inspiration of poetic -writers of little
originality, but will be rated as precious
stones in the coldly commercial language of
the market price list. Governor Pattison
to-day received communications protesting
against the deal from T. V. Powderly,
blaster Workman of the Knights of Labor,
and A. .T. Cas-att, formerly a vice president
and still a director of the Pennsylvania
Railroad.
Mr. Cassatt does not conceal his thoughts
beneath imaginative flights of fancy, but
says that the deal is wholly and solely the
lease for fJD years of competing and parallel
lines. He calls attention to the facts of the
acquirement of the control of the Lehigh
Vallev and Central Railroad of Xew Jersey
by the Reading Railroad.
rrovinr His Case by Maps.
These three companies, he declares, are
active competitors in the mining and trans
portation of anthracite coal and in the trans
portation of general merchandise and passen
gers, and in proof of the assertion offers a
map of Central and Eastern Pennsylvania
and New Jersey showing the connections of
the roads with the three sub-districts of the
anthracite region where all three of the
railroaas are in two of the districts and two
in the third.
Counsel for the combination, he declares,
lias admitted that if two roads compete in
the same district one cannot legally leae
or control the other. Mr. Cassatt compares
the lines of the Beech Creek and Pennsyl
vania road with the lines of the combine,
which he declares arc more directly in
competition with each other. He also
points out that the South Pcnn Railroad
would certainly not he been a competitor
of the j'cnnsylvania Railroad to any crealer
extent than "those combined roads are with
each other. Mr. Cassatt incloses tarifl
sheets of the combined lines and a state
ment showing their coal tonnage during
IS9L
"Worse ami More or It.
As further ewdence, Mr. Cassatt incloses
clippings from teeral newspapers from
which it appears that in addition to the
consolidation of the Lehigh Valley and the
Xtvr Jersey Central ana the Reading under
one management, the control of the Dela
ware. Lackawanna and "Western ilailroad
has been seemed by Pennsylvania authori
ties acting with and interested in the com
bination with a view to preve nting compe
tition between that company and the com
bined roads. In conclusion, he says:
1 iUo inclose an editorial clipping from
tlir Philadelphia PiMtc ledger, of February
12, w hich may be assumed to speak with the
authority of the srentlemen who hae
brouaht about this combination. I call vonr
attention to the iact that it is practically
admitted that the pow er to fix the price of
anthracite coil 1n Philadelphia and else
where will rest with one man, although the
lione ceitainlv i exniejsed that this power
will be exei-cised in a beneficient w ay. 1 ha e
thought it right to collect together and sub
mit to von the abo-s e fact, which are all de
rived from public souices equally accessible
to-vou, so that j on may have the situation
clearly before vou and may take such action
as voii mav deem proper and right, if the
consolidation of these competing lines under
one control -nith the avowed purpose of re
moving comp-tition and ot securing the
ptiwer to regulate the production and fix
price ot anthracite coal snould seem to you
to be contraiv to public policy or to be in
i lolation of that provision of the Constitu
tion which prohibits the transportion com
pany lmm acquiring in any way the control
ofacouipetiting line
rowilerjy Uses Strong slanguage.
Mr. Powderly in the plain, blunt lan
guage of a man who is accustomed to direct
the policy of the innumerable hosts of labor,
says:
In the absence of any authorized form of
makirg complaint, I take this means of call
ing vour attention to the attempted viola
tion of the Constitution of this State by the
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Com
pnny. Within the last two weeks, a combi
lition has been effected by which the Cen
tral Rii!rod o! New Jerey and the Lehigh
Valles Railroad Company have been ab
sorbed b tlie Philadelphia and Reading.
The two last mentioned railroads are
parallel and competing lines, if snch exist,
-within the meaning of the Constitution.
They operate in the same field and tap tho
same coal beds. Section 4 of article 17 of the
Constitution of the State is positive in its
declaration against such a consolidation of
railwa interests as will be Effected if this
gigantic tnist is formed.
A- a citizen of Pennsylvania. I herewith
enter a complaint aeainst the formation of
the combination referred to. Article 17, in
every section and clause, is being violated
and set aside hv the actions of the Philadel
phia and Heading Company. If there Is in
the Constitution of this state any authority
for the actions of the railroad above men
tioned. I. as one citizen of the Common
wealth, would esteem H a great favor if it
be pointed out to me bv the legal authority
of the State itself. If there is no aucbwar
jant of authority in the Constitution of the
State, then I demand as requested bv sec
tion 4 of article 17 that the complaint be de
cided by S Jury.
Keferred to Attorney General llenseL
Governor Pattison, when an attempt was
made to interview him on the stand the ad
ministration would now take, refused to
give any information beyond showing the
following letter be has addressed to Attor
ney General Hensel at Lancaster:
The enclosed communications from Mr.
A. J. Cassatt, of Philadelphia, and Mr. T. V.
Powderly, of Scranton, are reterred to vour
department to take such action as will en
force the Constitution and bring all who
have violated It within its control.
The Governor, in reply to Messrs. Pow
derly and Cassatt, wrote that he had re
lened them to the Attorney General, "to
take such action as he may deem necessary
to enforce slue Constitution and protect
evcrv interest of the Commonwealth."
ltis hinted to-night that Governor Pat
tison will postpone his trip to Florida and
give his attertion to this new phase of the
Reading deal, but the Governor refuses to
denv or affirm that he has reconsidered his
invitations lor next Tuesday.
The Pennsy Keeping Its Eyes Open.
"VVilkeSBARKE, Feb. 20. Special, In
order to compete with the Reading system
the Pennsylvania Railroad has purchased
property in this city and vicinity valued at
$1,000, which will give them right of way in
their route to Scranton.
Tellow Fever Bad at Santos.
Sew Yoke, Feb. 20. SjxeiaL-
-The
British steamship Dalton, which arrived to
day from Brazilian ports, reports that the
ravages of yellow fever at Santos have not
abated. Two of the Dalton crew, who con
tracted the disease at Santos, died on the
voyage to New York and w ere buried at sea.
Henry Phillips died January 28, seven days
after the Dalton left the stricken city, and
Isaac Williams died February !), the day
before the steamer arrived at St Lucia.
CLEVELAND HAS THIRTEEN.
Hill Only Allows the Kx-Frcsldent the Un
lucky Number or Delegates totlie State
Convention Only One riatrorm to Be
Considered, TThlch Is I. B. nill.
Albany, X. V., Feb. 20. Special A
Democratic State Contention will be held
n this town on Monday. For weeks every
body has known just what the convention
would do and how unanimous it would b.
There is no fuss over the preliminaries, no
discussion, no feverish anxiety. Of the 384
delegates to the convention Senator Hill
has 371.
Everything that the convention will do
will be settled to-morrow, when Mr. Mc
Laughlin, of Kings county, arrh es. There
will be a conference in the rooms of Senator
Hill, at the Delevan House, or at the
Executive Mansion, and everything will befi
settled. Lieutenant Governor Saeehan will
go as a delegate from Buffalo. Chair
man Murphy, of the State Com
mittee, intended to go as dis
trict delegate from Troy, but in
compliance with the wishes of Senator Hill,
it is likely that he will go as one of the
delegates at large. Mr. Croker will be the
second delegate at large. Mayor Boody, or
ex-Mayor Cnapin, of Brooklyn, is to be the
third "delegate at 'aree. Ex-Mayor John
Boyd Thacher, World's Fair Commissioner,
and one of the few Hill men in Albany
countv. is to be the fourth delegate.
The Committee of Fifty has hired a little
hall on State street. The' protestors will go
before the State Committee on Monday
morning, and they will ask to dissolve the
convention and call a new convention in
May. The State Committee will deny their
request, and the State Convention will go
on and meet as though nothing had hap
pened. The Committee of Fifty will try
to get its protests before the convention,
and it will have a hard time of it there.
Then the committee will flock by itself to
discuss what shall be done.
Senator Hill was busy at his rooms in the
Delevan House to-dav, receiving delega
tions and visitors. He said he knew of
nothing to disturb the existing harmony,
and that no programme for the convention
had as vet been arranged. At present no
platform or set ot resolutions has been
agreed on. If Senator Hill makes a speech
there will be none, as his speech will be in
lieu of a platform. The only resolution, the
form of which is now discussed, is the one
presenting Hill for President.
OCEAIC CABLES KNOCKED OTTI.
How
the Big Snow Storm in England
AflVcted the Telegraph Service.
Kv Yohk, Feb 20. Specia7. The
effects of the big snow storm in England on
Friday, which broke the storm record there
and pretty much everything else, were
seriously felt on this side the ocean,
to-day, by reason of the interruptions
to telegraphic communication. Foreign
business was cry slow on the Stock Ex
change and theother exchanges, and in all
the other lines that depend on quick tonch
with Great Britain. The land line connec
tions of nearly all the cable companies were
badlv interrupted. The Western Union
cables were all right, and messages could
reach Landsend, but conld not get to Lon
don. An interesting point is that the East
ern Company's cables to India and the
far east land at Landsend and the Anglo
could handle anything from America for
those parts, but this did not do the brokers
much good. Communication might have
been had with London by way of Egypt,
by another return route, probably, but
stock speculations require and got a five
minute service between here and London.
The storm was principally in Devonshire
and Cornwall, and all telegraph wires in
that section were prostrated. The Western
Union cable lauds at Penzance. The Com
mercial lands at Bristol, and has the benefit
of a short land line route, which was not in
terrupted. By 5 o'clock in the afternoon
the wires were getting straightened out in
England, and the Western Union secured
one and began to work again.
AN INVESTIGATION NEEDED.
At First It Wasn't Considered Necessary,
But It Is All Bight.
Kingston, N. Y., Feb. 20. Special
The investigation of the accounts of Grove
Webster, late City Treasurer, who held that
office for nearly 18 consecutive years, is
nearly completed, and the Common Council
Committe is about to report. At the sev
eral hearings had by the committee, promi
nent business men and politicians were
subpoenaed and testified. It was shown that
the late millionaire, Thomas Cornell, was
permitted to withhold the taxes on his vast
property for three consecutive years, ag
gregating $15,000, while the Treasurer's
books were doctored to indicate that they
were paid regularly.
Public opinion lias been divided as to the
justice of the investigation, manv believing
that undue .notoriety was being given
Treasurer Webster, and that the most that
possibly could be brought against him was
that while treasurer he had befriended his
bondsmen and others and kept a peculiar
system of bookkeeping that could be de
ciphered only by himself There was not a
shadow of suspicion of a shortage in his ac
counts. It now turns out that Expert Will
iam Trenholm, of New York, discovered
that Mr. Webster should have turned over
about S14.000 more at the expiration of his
term on the 1st of January than he reallv
did.
THE MUGWUMPS SPEAK OTJT.
They Will Not Bo Content TTIth Any Can
didate Except Cleveland.
BOSTON, Feb. 20. Special "To nom
inate any candidate but Cleveland is to be
timid, and to be timid is to be weak and
impotent in the face of a combination
which is powerful, adroit and unscrupulous.
To nominate anv man not in sympathy with
Cleveland is to be false to the great cause of
just and equal taxation, which the Demo
cratic party proiesses to cnampion.
This was the creed spoken by Colonel
Charles R. Codman, President of the Massa
chusetts Reform CInb, which met at Young's
Hotel to-night to discuss the political situa
tion. The purpose ot the meeting was to in
dorse "a national conference of independent
voters at Xew York, to promote tarifl re
form, honest money and civil service rc
lorm," but the underlying current of senti
ment was a boom for Grorer Cleveland.
There were 100 in the banquet hall. Colonel
Codman's speech was the most important of
the evening, inasmuch as it will be the
platform of the Mugwump party in the
United States in the coming election.
The club, by a unanimous vote, indorsed
the proposition to hold a conference of
independent voters in New York City, the
arraugements for wiiich are to be left cn
tirelv in the hands of the New York
branch.
JONES BULL REBELLIOUS.
The Ex-Llentensnt Again Beady to Bolt if
Senator Bill Is Nominated.
BINGHAMTON, T. Y., Feb. 20. Ex
Lieutenant Governor Jones has written a
a letter in regard to the anti-Hill movement,
in the course of which he says:
Tho effort which starts forth with such
entnusiasm and vigor as a remonstrance
w ill but, result in still f uthur degradation of
the party ir its action is to be limited to a
protest. If we are but to "grieve and groan"
and then lall meekly into line, wo but
strengthen the chains that bind us.
We suppose the machine are looked npon
by the political engineers as malcontents
and soreheads, who, in the future as in the
past, will protest and scold and think indt
pendence and rebellion, but when election
day cornea we will vote the party ticket
MMHksiiiSJtVBjiiVn
Pf-tys
!i
THE
oven if Satan himself be the candidate.
Our denunciation should be made bioadly
in the interests of pure Democracy, and we
but weaken our efforts if we allow them to
bo construed as being for the advancement
of the political fortunes of any one man, no
matter how deserving ho mav bo in his own
merits, or in contrast with David B. Hill.
SEVEN MILLION PEOPLE
Directly Interested in the Indnstrial Con
ference to Open at St. Louia To-Mor-row
Plans or tho Movement To Go
Into Politics Labor to Be United.
St. Louis, Feb. 20. Special Many
of the delegates to the National, Industrial
Conference, which w ill open its convention
here on Monday, arrived to-day. The or
ganizations that will be represented in the
conference are the Reformed Press Associa
tion, Farmers' Alliance and Industrial
Union, Farmers' Alliance, Knights of
Labor, Farmers' Mutual Benefit Associa
tion, the Patrons ot Industry, Grange, Fed
erated Trades Union, Citi7ens' Industrial
Alliauce and the Colored Alliance.
The movement, it is claimed, represents
7,000,(K)0 people, principally in the West
and South. As to the object of the confer
ence and its probable results, A. F. Streetor
said to-day: "The conlercnce has been
called for one main purpose that of unit
ing all the.armies of labor into one party.
A uuion of all these will take from the
ranks of the Democratic and Republican
parties hundreds of thousands of voters who
have been for vears waiting for such a
chance to break away from them."
"I believe the platform adopted will be in
line with the policv of the third party
wing of the Farmers' Alliance. The chief
plank, however, will be a money plank.
The third party will favor free silver not,
however, that it is so much in favor of free
coinage of silver, but because that isthe
most practicable wav to obtain a sufficient
currency. There will be no plank relating
to the eight-hour law, no provision for
strikes, or anything of that character in our
platform."
The conference will issue a call for a
National Convention, to nominate a Presi
dental ticket.
EKFEB0R DOM PEDRO'S J0KZ.
Be Placed a Big Rock on the Track to Test
a Railroad Brake.
real-son's 'Weekly.)
The late Emperor Dom Pedro, of Brazil,
once gave audience to a young engineer who
came to show him a new appliance for stop
ping" railway engines. The Emperor was
pleased with the thing, and said: "We will
put it at once to a practical test. The cay
after to-morrow have your engine ready; we
will have it coupled to mv saloon carriage,
and then fire away. When going at lull
speed I will unexpectedly givq the signal
to stop, and then we will see how the ap
paratus works."
At the appointed time the Emperor
entered his carriage and the engineer
mounted his engine, and on they went for a
considerable distance; indeed, the young
engineer began to suspect that the Emperor
had fal'en asleep, when the train suddenly
came to a sharp curve round the edge of a
cliff", on turning which the driver saw. to
his horror, an immense boulder lying on the
rails. He had just sufficient presence of
mind to turn "the crank of his brake and
pull up the engine within a couple of yards
of the fatal block.
Here the Emperor put his head out of the
window an"1 asked what they were stopping
for. Thev pointed to the piece of rock, on
seeing which Dom Pedro burst into a merry
laugh.
"Push the thing on one side!" he called
out to the engineer, who had jumped down
from'the locomotive; and when the latter,
in his confusion, blindly obeyed, and kicked
the stone with his foot, it crumbled into
dust
It was a block of starch that Dora Pedro
had ordered to be placed on the rails the
night before.
A Safe Taken to the Woods and Cracked.
Reading, Feb. 20. Thieves stolen horse
at Topton, this county, last night aud then
broke into 'C. R. Troxler's store, stole a
number of articles and then hitched the
horse to a 000-pound safe and dragged it
through woods a quarter of a mile, where
they blew it open and released the horse.
The secured $15 and valuable papers.
Two Hundred Jurors for Fields' Trial. '
Xi:" York, Feb. 20 Two hundred ju-
jurs have been summoned to appear before
Justice Van Brunt in the court of Over and
Terminer Monday, when the trial of Ed
ward M. Field will be begun.
PEOPLE COMING AND GOING.
George (Pullman was on the limited last
evenln., going to Chicago.
J. L. Patty, of Lima, and H. Reynolds,
ot Klttanning, are at the Anderson.
II. B. Plummer, collector of the Phila
delphia port under Cleveland, is at the
Anderson.
R. G. Layton and William Lctohe went
to Washington last evening, to spend Wash,
ington's Birthday. '
Charles Morris, of Houtzdale, and R. P.
Kennedy, of Uniontown, registered at the
Schlosser yesteiday.
Fred Pearl, the advance man for "Yon
Yonson," and Albert Smith, of Washington,
are at the Scventli Avenue Hotel.
W. II. Keene, a Boston lawver, and
James M. Harlan, a Philadelphia manufac
turer, put up at the Duquesne last evening
Senator McMillen, of Michigan, with a
paity of friends, was expected to pasn
through Pittsburg this morning, bound lor
Detroit.
Mrs. De Lancey Cleveland, of Short
mils. N. J., a member of Xew York's 4Q0,and
3Iis Cleveland are among the guests at tho
Duquesne.
Assistant Postmaster Edwards went to
Atlantic City last evening, to see Postmaster
McKean. -Mr. McKean is recovering from
his illuess very rapidly.
W. Seymour Edwards, of Charleston, the
manager of the hunting grounds for the
Cheat Mountain Club, and E Knabe, the
Baltimore piano mannlacturer.are stopping
at the Jlonongahela House.
Alex. H. Irwin, a Western miner, passed
throvgh the city yesterday, on his way East.
He savs the Western poonle are much inter
ested in the game exhibit contemplated for
the World"s Fair. He says the ranch dlsplay
wiil be bomething fine.
Among the passengers ior New York last
evening on tho Pennsylvania road weie
Captain E. Y. Brcck, C. E. E. Childers, the
joint agent of the CentralTrafflcAssociation.
William Roseburg, the banker, S. C. 3111
bourno, the local passenger agent of the
Union Pacific road, and I. W. Becker, the
chief engineer of the Panhandle load.
Onr Better Halves Say
They could not keep house without Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy, especially for the
children. In a case a few weeks since at
the home of a neighbor the attending physi
cian had given up a case of what he called
dropsy. Mother happening in, told the
parents that in her mind it was a case of
lung fever, and advised the use of this cough
syrup, which they did. Result, the child is
well and the parents happy. Chamberlain's
medicines are used iu more than half the
homes in Leeds. Sims Bros., Leeds, la.
This remedy is not intended lor lung lever,
but for colds, la grippe, croup and whoop
ing cough. It will loosen a cold, relieve
the lungs and prevent the cold from result
ing in lung fever. 50-cent and $1 bottles
for sale by druggists. ttssu
Special Sale.
We will, during this week, have a special
sale, at which we will offer some Real
Bargains. Among other items will be 25
Genuine China Dinner Sets.former price $27,
now $21; 25 Decorated English Dinner Sets,
former price $13, are closing them out at
$9; 25 dozen Fine Plates, in dozens or singly,
at much below cost; 50 Decorated Chamber
Sets at 25 to 30 per cent reduction, 100 Beau
tiful Decorated Vase Lamps at from $138 up.
We wish to close these goods out at once
and have made prices that will do it.
Cavitt, Pollock & Co.,
No. 935 Penn avenue, a few doori from
Ninth street
PITTSBUKG- DISPATCH.
CAERIVl'S STAR IS UP.
Opponents of the Prussian Education
Bill Are-IiadiT Divided.
SHUTTING DOWN ON EMIGRATION.
Men of Military kgt Not to i!e Allowed to
Leave the Country.
A?f INGLISII DUKE'S GERMAN DOMAIN
rCOFTRTGBT. 1SSKL BY THE NEW TOUK tSSOCIATJSD
ritESS.l ,
Behlin, Feb. 20. The Government has
gained a distinct advantage in the division
in the ranks of the opposition to tlie Prus
sian sectarian education bill. The National
Liberals, headed by Herr von Bennigsen,
maintain their policy of nnion with the
Freisinnige party against the measure as a
whole. Another section supports Herr
Miquel, Minister of Finance, in his en
deavors to arrange a compromise with the
advocates of the bill.
Herr von Bennigsen's enemies assert that
he is actuated by a feeling of animosity
toward the Cabinet because he did not re
ceive a Ministerial post which he had long
coveted, and in relation to which many
promises had been made to him. Herr
Miquel, it is said, will surrender his princi
ples in order to retain his position as Fi
nance Minister. He has now for a time
been the champion of the compromise move
ment, and there can be no doubt that he
will refuse to change his course of trying to
avoid an open and absolute rupture.
Not Slnch Chance for a Compromise.
"However, as Chancellor von Caprivi and
Connt von Zedlitr, the Minister of Public
Worship, his colleagues, have shown no dis
position jo alter the measure so as to make
possible its acceptance by the country, it is
difficult to see where there is any chance to
apply the principle of compromise.
The hostility of the situation is aggra
vated by the revelations made by the Allije
tneine Zeitung, to the effect that Count von
Zedlitz, acting under orders from Emperor
William through Chancellor von Caprivi,
only submitted the bill to the Ministers as
a formality. The measure had been lnlly
elaborated" before Count Zedlitz placed it
before the Ministry. He was simply used
by the Emperor as an open channel for the
introduction of the bill in the Landtag.
The question of this departure from con
stitutional nsages will be brong'jt before
the Landtag, and unless Chancellor von
Caprivi can explain it, it will shake
the power of the Emperor to re
tain him as Chancellor. During the time
when Prince Bismarck's power was most
absolute the Ministry preserved the right of
being au courant on all legislative pro
jects. Emigration la to Be Restricted.
The bill regulating emigration from Ger
many, about to be introduced in the Reichs
stag, enacts that anybody wishing to leave
the country shall inform the police as to
his destination. The authorities will for a
month before allowing a person to emigrate
make public his declaration as to his pro-
Iiosed destination. Agents will not be al
owed to forward emigrants except in ac
cordance with a written contract, open to
the authorities.
No person between the ages of 18 and 25
years (the period covering liability to
military service) will be allowed to enter
into a contract to emigrate. Contracts will
not be allowed in the cate of diseased and
maimed persons or others, who will rot be
permitted to enter as immigrants the coun
tries to which they wish to go. The pay
ments made must cover the expenses of the
entire journey to the port of destination of
the emigrant. Agents will be responsible
for any losses'which emigrants may incur
in consequence ot delays in transportation.
All steamers used for the conveyance of
emigrants must be examined as to their
equipment and sanitary condition. Every
.vessel sailing between trans-oceanic" ports
and having room for 25 passengers other
than those carried in the cabin, will be
treated as an emigrant ship. Imperial in
spectors will be appointed at Hamburg,
Bremen, Stettin and other ports.
The Kaiser May Break Loose Again.
The previous speeches of the Emperor at
the opening of the Diet of Bradenburg have
led to the expectation bv the countrv of im
portant utterances by His Majestv on the
20th inst
Herr Herrfurth, Prussian Minister of the
Interior, states that the disease ot the kid
neys from which he is suffering is becoming
aggravated, and will probably compel the
resignation of his position. It is surmised,
however, that this is simply an excuse
brought forward on account of the education
bill.
It is rumored that the Duke of Cumber
land has assented to the proposition 'to re
open the negotiations looking to his surren
der of his rights in Hanover. These nego
tiations are based on proposals made by
Herr Loxten, land director ot Hanover,
that the Duke of Cumberland shall obtain
the right of succession in the Duchy of
Brunswick, with the control of the Guelph
fund. Queen Victoria and the Prince of
Wales are urging the Duke of Cumberland
to accept. The Emperor is also earnestly
urging this arrangement of the matter as
the last chance of a settlement before the
Guelp fund is swallowed Ty the Prussian
State.
A P0KTTJQUES2 BANKER ARRESTED,
He is an Ex-Cabinet Member and a Peer of
His Kingdom.
Lisbojt, Feb. 20. Scnhor Mendoza
Cortes, an ex-Minister and a peer of the
kingdom, who holds the office of President
of the Lusitano Bank, has been arrested on
a warrant signed by the Minister of Justice.
No doubt is entertained that the arrest is
due to the financial troubles between the
Government, the bank and the royal rail
way companv. Senhor Reis Suza, a direc
tor" of the Lusitano Bank, is now out on
$225,000 bail, and the Marquis da Foz,
formerly a director of the royal railway, has
been arrested in connection with the same
affair, frauds in connection with ,the railway
employes' pension fund.
It is stated that the affairs of the Banco
Lusitano and the Royal Railway Company
are so intermingled that the liabilities of
the one and the other can scarcely be dis
tinguished. A decree was recently issued
ordering the formation of a commission to
examine the books and affairs of the rail
way company. A similar commission was
ordered to examine into the bank's affairs,
and it is highly probable that the arrest of
Senhor Mendoza Cortez is an outcome of
this examination. These troubles led to
the recent resignation of the Portuguese
Ministry.
ENGL AUD AND IRELAND IN WHITE.
Wnrions Storms and Deep Snow Interferins
With Work and Traffic.
London, Feb. 20. Snow storms pre
vailed last night throughout the United
Kingdom. In London two inches of snow
fell and this morning the city was enveloped
in n dense fog. The weather remains cold.
In North Wales 10,000 quarrymen have
been thrown out of work by the'snow. All
outdoor work in the shipyards at Harte
pool has been stopped, owing to the yards
being buried in snow. This renders idle
7,000 laborers. The storm in the Midland
counties have brought all outdoor work to a
standstill.
Telegraph wires and poles are down in all
directions through Ireland, and railway
traffic ia interrupted. The snow is still fall
ing heavily in that country, and in Cork
and adjoining places .the roads are covered
to a depth of lour feet. , Much anxiety is
felt regarding the gaiety of several farmers
who left the markets bound for their homei
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SUNDAY, EEBRUAET,
at a late hoar yesterday evening, and of
whom nothing has been heard since.' It is
feared that unless they bbtained shelter in
some of the dwellings along the way they
must have perished.
TE NAKED LAHP IN WALES.
It
Finds an Accumulation of Gas and a
Frlclitrul Explosion Besnlts.
London, Feb. 20. There was an explo
sion of gas-to-day in the Craig coal pit, near
Aberdare, in South Wales. One miner was
killed and ten were seriously wounded. It
is feared that some of the injured men will
die.
The accident Mas due to the use of lamps
with naked flames by the men at their work.
They had been cautioned to use the safety
lamp, but paid no attention to the warning.
The result was that when a sufficient quan
tity of gas had accumulated in the mine it
was exploded by the flame from the lamps.
THE HEAD OF A CRIMINAL.
Wontlerfal Reproduction or an Injenlons
ntl Expert Wood Carver.
The model of a head in the museum of
the University of Pennsylvania has an in
teresting history. In 1889 Count Okuma,
the Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs,
i as severely injured by a bomb thrown into
his carringc. The would-be assassin, struck
down by an officer's sword, was easily cap
tured, and was duly beheaded. '
An ingenious and expert wood carver,
Hannenunia, saw the head, and after care
ful study made this model, which is a faith
ful reproduction of the ghastly original.
The livid flesh tint is imitated in a sort of
lacquer, and each separate hair of the head
is inserted in a cavity drilled for it The
head forms a part of tlie University's large
collection of Japanese armor, weapons and
Effected a Permanent Association.
The Washington Association of the Jr.
O. U. A. M. met last night at Sailer's Hall
and effected a permanent organization.
About 50 councils were represented and 70
names were added to the roll. The follow
ing officers were' elected: President, J. H.
Ginniff, Council Na 294; First Vice Presi
dent, W. W. Chaplain, Xo. 3G5; Second
Vice President, R. S. Thomas, No. 160;
Treasurer, George B. Donaldson, No. 117;
Recording Secretary, U. Byron, Jr., No.
107; Financial Secretary, C A. Hendnck
son, No. 110; Corresponding Secretary,
George R, Beech er, No. 3G3; Board of. Di
rectors, Scott Dibcrt. No. 107; L. A. Stern,
No. ."fij; J. Smith, No 12G; S. H. Frazier.
No. 325; J. R. Anderson, No. 1G0; H..E;
Stewart, No. G41; J. W. Holmes, No. 249
G. T. Fleming, No. 110. The association
will meet with East Tark Council, at No.
173 Federal street, Allegheny, Tuesday
night.
nis Friends Pa ill the Money.
Alderman Kerr said last evening that the
case of George T. McConnell, the default
ing Treasurer of the Model Building and
Loan Association, had been settled, and
that the charges against him would not be
pushed. At the time his peculations were
discovered, it was alleged that he had em
bezzled about $8,000. Careful investiga
tion showed the amount to be far less.
However, to secure themselves, Sara Wain
wright, on behalf of the company, entered
suit against McConnell before Alderman
Kerr, charging him with embezzling fS.XWO.
Different times had been set for the hear
ing but it was postponed. McConr ell's
friends came to his rescue and raised the
money to pay the association.
Portland's Public Bnllding Site.
t Washington, Feb. 20. Attorney Gen
eral Miller has advised the Treasury De
partment that while the law for a public
building at Portland, Ore., does not legally
prohibit the construction of the building in
T!ast Portland, its evident purpose and in
tent is that the building should be erected
within the limits of the city proper. As
Secretary. Crounz puts it, he holds.that thex
Could locate the building in East Portland,
but that they snould not do it. The Treas
ury Department has not yet acted in the
matter.
Ready for tho Boarmnn Derense.
Washington. Feb. 20. Mr. Oates,
Chairman of theBoarman investigating sub
committee of the House Judiciary Commit
tee, 'has'notified Judge Boarman, of Louisi
ana, that the sub-committee will hear testi
mony beginingthe 2Gth instant on the subject
of the charges against the Judge. Judge
Boar man has been notified that the commit
tee would like to hear what he has to say
about the charges made against him.
The President Under the Weather.
Washington, Feb. 20. The President
is suffering from an obstinate cold, and has
been compelled to decline a number of in
vitations for next week including the din
ner of the New York Board of Trade.
Secretary Foster will leave , Washington
Monday afternoon for New York, and will
sail for Europe the following morning, on
the steamer Spree.
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The Monterey Nearly Finished.
Washington, Feb. 20. The Secretary
of the Navy has authorized the ninth pay
ment of S146.G05, to the Union Iron Works,
of San Francisco, for work on the coast
defense vessel, Monterey. This vessel is
nine-tenths finished.
Another Claim Against Chile.
Washington, Feb. 20. The friends
and relatives of William Turnbull, one of
the sailors of the Baltimore killed in Val
paraiso, October 16, will soon file a claim
as&inst the Chilean Government ior indem
nity. On the Eollan
You can play the grandest overtures and
symphonies, all kinds of operatic music, the
most beautiful ballads and waltzes in per
fect imitation of an orchestra.
No musical education necessary.
A week's practice makes you competent
to rival the greatest performer in the world.
Accept our cordial invitation and come
and see this wonderful instrument On ex
hibition only at Mellor& Hoene's, 77 Fifth
avenue.
Thornton Bros.
Increase your income by spending it
jndiciously. We increase the purchasing
power of your dollar one-third. See the
crowds that take advantage of the cut prices
at the Cash Store. Every article under the
rejrular price made elsewhere. This week
special sale in black dress goods and linens.
Get near the counters if you are interested.
It will pay you. Thornton Bros.,
Federal street, Allegheny.
For the Ladies.
We have just the thing vou have needed
for years. What is it? The "Davis Fil
ter," admitted to be the best one in the
market to-day. What will it do? Give
you a supply of clear, pure water On wash
days, in your bathrooms, for drinking and
culinary purposes, instead of the dirty, un
healthy water you have been using. "Send
for catalogue and price list to the Pittsburg
Filter Company, No. 30 Sandusky street,
Allegheny, Pa.
Washington's Birthday.
Hendricks & Co.'s Photograph Gallery
open all day, No. 68 Federal street, Alle
gheny. Good cabinets 5L Bring your
friends and come early.
GOING TO MOTET
Then Read Monday's Dispatch
For special lists of houses for rent and for
sale.
Mondays and Thursdays are the days for
special advertisements in The Dispatch of
houses and stores, offices and business prop
erties tor rent.
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Watch the To tot Columns in Monday's
V Clapatch.
Thoy are unusually full and latiafaetory.
21. ' 189a
BLAND'S BIG SCHEME.
How He Proposes to Keep Silver Al
ways Away Up to the Front.
A PROGRAMME TO BE MADE 0DT.
The Democratic Tolicj to Be Considered at
the Cominjj Caucus. '
LITE NEWS ITEMS FROM TOE CAPITAL
Washington, Feb. 20. There is a feel
ing of uneasiness on the part of the Demo
cratic members in the House over the con
dition of the business in flie House, and a
disposition to get together and agree upon a
programme of business. At present mat
ters are simply drifting along, and it is de
sired to bring order out of the confusion
which prevails.
The silver question is the most disturbing
element. The tarifl bills and the regular
annual appropriation bills will soon demand
a great deal of attention, and it is agreed
hat there must shortly come a time when
the programme of business for some months
to come must be settled upon if anything'is'
to be accomplished.
The absence of Mr. Catchings has delayed
a meeting of the Rules Committee for some
days past, and the health of the Speaker has
made it necessary that he should seek a
respite from public affairs while the House is
temporarily in recess on account of a visit of
a number of members to Chicago. Mean
while, a call for a caucus has been issued.
This call has been presented to Mr. Hol
man, the Chairman of the caucus, and as it
has the requisite number of names the call
will be issued by Mr. Holman. That gen
tleman said to-day that it was s'mply a
matter as to the date to be fixed for the
caucus. He said this date would be fixed
early next week.
A Programme to Be Prepared.
It is probably that the whole Democratic
policy will be considered at the rfaucus, and
a prosrramnu; of action outlined, as far as
possible. The silver men all say they have
no intention to antagonize the tariff and
other measures, and that they are as good
tariff reformers as any other members -of the
House. Thev say, however, that they will
not consent that the tarifl and other meas
ures shall be used to prevent consideration
of the silver bill, and that if, as they do not
believe to be the case, they should ascer
tain that this is the policy of the promoters
of the tariff bills, they will insist, in season
and out of season, on taking up the silver
question.
Chairman Bland, of the Coinage Commit
tee, voiced the sentiments of his associates
to-day. He said: "Before we take up the
tariff bills and the appropriation bills there
must be an agreement on just what we are
going to do. There must be an understand
ing from the beginning, or else silver will
be here as long as the tarifl and appro
priations, and will be talked of as much as
anything else before the House. I am in
lwni rtf lo.iff rmFrwm .nil rf iAn.irl.nnff ilia
I.u.u. v. .a.... 1VIU1UI u .. v,u.w.m....f. ...
tariff bills, but if the programme is to keep
the tan 11 here always and not do anything
on the silver question then we will consider
them all together. There is no disposition
against taking up the tariff, provided we
can have an understanding that it is not to
be run as a machine to knock out silver.
Doesn't Believe All He Hears.
"I have heard the reports that the tarifl
was to be kept here, not for the purpose of
passing a tariff bill, butto kill silver. Iwant
it understood that I don't think there is any
such intention. It would be mere child's
play of the tariff to use it as an anti-silver
club- But if such an intention should be
disclosed we will take the opportunity to
force silver to the front and talk silver on
the tariff and every other bill. I do not
believe, as I have said, all these reports
and rumors about knocking out silv.T with-
the tarifl and the appropriation bills,
but if we find out ' that is the
game we have h way to meet it,
and use the silver bill as an amendment
to every bill which comes up. We do not
intend that a minority shall run over a ma
jority in that way, and we have a majority
in favor of the silver bill. The silver bill
will not be kept down by any-tactics of that
kind. Silver will be kept forward constant
ly, and by attempting to keep it down they
would make it the biggest issue of alL I
shall not obstruct the tariff bills, but we
must know what is to be done about con
sideration of the silver issue. They cannot
padlork a man's mouth or stop bringing up
the question," said Mr. Bland in conclu
sion, "and 'I don't think thev will attempt
to kill silver with the tariff"
A POSTMASTERS' CONVENTION
To Be Held March 9, to Talk Over Pro
posed Improvements.
Washington, Feb. 20. A conference
of postmasters of 45 of the largest cities in
the country which has been arranged for
the 9th of March is received, it is said, with
much favor by the postmasters addressed,
and the meeting promises to be a very in
teresting and profitable one. There are
many questions of ptostal reform, some of
them requiring modifications of existing
laws and regulations, that will come up for
discussion and interchange of views by the
practical postoffice men who will be present
on that occasion. The following are some
of the questions that have already been sug
gested as proper ones for discussion and in
terchange of views:
The consolidation of third and fourth
class matter (printed matter and meicban
dise) into one class, at the lowest existing
rate of postage, 1 cent for two ounces.
Modifications or amendments in existing
laws and jozulations governing the admis
sion of second-class matter.
The insuring against loss by tho Govern
ment ot parties sending registered matter.
The question of more rapid transportation
of mails between depots and postoITlces and
postoffice and stations in the large cities.
The consideration of ineasnios looking to
tho improvement and extension or the
special delivery system.
Consideration of the charge for money or
ders and the propriety of any amendment
of existing laws and regulations governing
the same.
The advisability of continuing extension
of facilities afforded by tho establishment of
tho $21-per-nnnum stainD agencies, and
whether the increased business accommo
dation lesuiting therefrom J ustifles the same.
The extension of the maximum period
of loss from flvo to ten years.
The advisability of establishment of a
branch of the dead letter office at San Fran
cisco or some otaer point on the Pacific.
THE LAST OF POLYGAMY.
Utah People Who Want to Corns Into the
States Close Their Case.
Washington, Feb. 20. The delegates
who have appeared before the Senate aud
House Committees on Territories, during
the past neek or so, favoring the bills to
give local government to Utah, closed their
presentation of the case this morning before
the Senate Committee on Territories.
Ex-Governor West, the last speaker for
the adherents of the bill, spoke of the dis
appearance of polygamy iu the Territory,
and'the nou-interference of the church in
public affairs and in politics. He thought
the passage of the bill would demonstrate
to the people of the country that the people
of Utah were sincere, and that they were
capable of governing themselves.
Mrs. Harrison's Xargest Beception.
Washington, Feb. 20. Mrs. Harrison
gave a. public reception this afternoon,
which attracted more people to the White
House than ever assembled there before on
a similar occasion. Sixty-one hundred
persons entered the Mansion, and when the
reception closed hundreds were still await
ing admission.
A nother Collector Removed.
WASHINOTON, Feb. 20,-The President
to-day directed the -removal from office of
.collector, a. x. wuoerty, ox Ausiinippi.
THE WEATHER.
--"" Ior Western Fenmytvania,
'FAIR I Trrrf Virginia, and OAio,
- ji ivonj trinai ana wjtcrauj
Fair Weather Sunday;
PrdbaUy Fair Monday.
One persistent ridge of high barometric,
pressure which hrts for nearly a week con
ditioned the weather, continues maintained
in nearly a semi-circular form overlylnR the
Atlantic from Florida to "ew England,
thence over the lake regions and continuing
in Kanas. There are present favorable
conditions for the shallow storm area over
the Gulf Cotton Belt, moving toward the
Carolinas. The temperature has chanced
but slightly, and theie fs no decided change,
anywhere Impending.
TZVrXBATUKX A1SD RAWrAtt..
.;, 4'
12 Ml 4S
J r. X 45
5 r. m
r. x si
Maximum temp M
Mlnlmnm temp 43
llean temp 47
Kange 8
Prec 11
RIVER NEWS AND NOTES.
Louisville Items The Staco ot Water and
the Movements of Boats.
rSranAI. TXIEORAMS TO THE DISPATCH.!
Louisville. Feb. 20. Business good. Weather
cloudy and cool. The river is rising, with ! feet 2
inches on the falls. 11 feet 6 Inches In the canal
and 27 feet 3 Inches below. The John K. Speed l
dne up from Memphis to-n'ght. The New South
leaves for Memphis to-morrow. The Grace Morrl3
jtot In veterday and n 111 lay over until Monday.
The Iloaz arrived last nleht and departed forFitts
burgthls afternoon with a toir of empties. The
Heaver Is due up. She 111 take another tow as
soon as she arrives and start back for New Orleans.
It Is sild that the Rorealis Is to be entered In the
Carrollton trade, making the third boat. Depart-ures-TUfT
Sandy, fir Cincinnati: Shlrlev. for Car
rollton: James Guthrie, for Kvansvllle. and City or
Clarksville, for Kentucky river.
What the Upper Gnoses Show.
ALLEOIIFXTJCXCTIOX River IB feet 1 Inch and
rising. The gorge Is now passing. Clear and
pleasant.
The News From Below.
EVAXSVILLE-Ktver 24 feet-2 inches and falling.
Cloudy.
W IlKELIvc Itlver 1.1 fret and rising. Departed
Courier. Pittsburg: He.iftml, l'lttsburgr Scotia,
Cincinnati. Clear and cool.
rAKKinsBCKG-Ohlo river IS feet 3 Inches and
rising. Keystone State np. Scotia wilt be late
getting down. Up-Henrv M. Stanley, Kescue,
Kayinond. Horner and Fred Wilson.
LNCiMfATI-KiirrSS feet and falling. Departed
Hudson. Pittsburg; New South, Memphis.
Cloudy and cool.
Cairo No arrivals or departures. KiveriS.7 feet
and falling. Kalnv anil warm.
MEMritis-Uena'rted Buckeye State. Cincinnati.
6r M.; Joe Williams, Ohio river. Iilver 21.7 and
rinlng. Wirm: raining.
NEWOBLIANS-Cloudv and warm. Departed
Choice and tow. City of lllckman. St. Louis.
COLLIDED WITH THE LAW.
The charges of false pretense agninst C. C.
Lance, madebefore Alderman McKenna,
have been dismissed.
Martin Lobotskt got drank last evening,
and proceeded to smash the furniture in his
home in Armstrong row. He was locked np
for tho night.
AViLaox FREEBony, colored, was arrested
last evening on Wood street, near Water, as
a loafer. He broke away from the officer,
but a couple of shots in the air brought him
luaiian, oauiy ingnicnea.
Johx Swolwell. of Boston, was bronsht to
the city, yesterday, and placed in Jail. Ho
is charged with a serious offense before
Squire V. L. Douslass of that place. MUs
Myrtle B. Baliler preferred the charge.
Patrick Cais, or Braddock.was committed
to jail yesterday by F. TV. Edwards, Justice
ofthe'Pence, or that place. He i3 held for
court on the charge of larceny. The charge
was preferred by Daniel Mullin, of Brad
duck. Andrew CARR.on behalf of Maggie Hen
sel, entered suit before Alderman Donovan
yesterday against Eugene Fitzgerald for as
sault. Fitzgerald was arrested at his home
on Shingiss street, and in default of $300 Dail
was remanded to-jail to await a hearing next
Friday.
Jakes Spearman was arrested at Twenty
eighth street last night, and locked up in.
the Twelth ward police "tation, on a charge
of disorderly conduct. Spearman was flght
ine with two men who ran when tho officer
appeared. Spearman claims that tho two
men insulted a lady passing, and lie re
monstrated with them, and that they both
struck him.
Mike Dickso.y, a Sonthside boy, was ar
rested and sent to jail yesterday afternoon
on the charge of malicious mischief. The
charge was made by John C. Schaffer, of the
Clinton mill, West Carson street. He charges
that the boy wilfully broke and punched
holes in the water pipes at the mill. He
will be given a hearing on Saturday next by
Alderman McMasters.
THETIBEEECOBD.
At Louisville, the Weller block, occupied
by Wulschuer's piano store and tenant of
flats on the three floors above. Loss, $23,000,
insured. "
At Scott Haven, Westmoreland county,
the company store. Loss on building and
stock, $8,000, partly covered by insurance.
Origin unknown.
Near Mulllcahill, N. J., the large barns
and outbuildings on the farm or Warren
Atkinson. Theio were 145 sheep, 2 hogs, II
horses and mules burned. Loss about $j,0O0:
insured for $3,300. Incendiary origin.
Ax alarm from box 93 last night was
caused by a car loaded with hot slag, ex
plodingat the Eliza Furnace, at Franfestown,
The hot metal set fire to the railroad track
and a frame house near by. The fire depart
ment arrivedpromptlv and extlngnished tile
flames. The house is owned by the com
pany, and was damazed to the extent of
$200. The car and about 400 feet of the track
were burnt. No person was injured by the
explosion.
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BURNED, AT i STAKE,-'
Hanging Too Good in the 3Iob's Eyes
for a Mulatto Scoundrel.
HIS VICTIM APPLIES THE TOECH,
And 6,000 Chivalrous Arkansas Watch, tho
Han's Dying Agonj.
LYNCH JUSTICE FALN'TLT DEPL0SID
Texaf.ka:na, Ark., Feb. 20. Ed Coy,
the negro who last Saturday eveningbru tally
assaulted Mrs. Henry Jewell at her house
about fonr miles from this city, was cap
tured this morning and is now in eternity.
The dead man wa3 a mulatto 33 years old.
Up to the last hour before his death he de
clared his innocence.
During a reporter's interview with him
this morning he said that he had been on
the run since last Saturday night, and gave
as his reason for leaving at that time that
he was told that the Sheriff was after him
forambling. Sunday morning Coy went
to the Little Kiver county, and Monday re
turned to a tie camp on the Texarkana and
Fort Smith Bailroad. At night he went up
to Texartana to "William Yancey's house,
intending to surrender, bat was told by the
negroes that if he did so he would ba
lynched.
Captared by a Private Citizen.
"Wednesday he went back to a house at,
the junction, and that night returned again
to Texarkana, going down the Texas Cen
tral .Railroad toward De Kalb. He returned
once more to Texarkana last night, he says,
intending to surrender. "When near the
residence of Calvin Scott, however, he was
captured by C Scott and kept under guard
by him all night.
This morning Marshal Crenshaw, accom
panied by a small posse, went to 3Ir. Scott's '
house and took the necjro in charge. He
was at once taken to the residence ot Henry s
Jewell and was promptly and fully identi
fied. "When taken into Mrs. Jewell's pres
ence, he said to her:
"Are these the clothes the man had on?"
"Xo, but you are the rascal." came the
instant rejoinder.
This afternoon a crowd of 1,000 people
secured Cojr Irom his captors as they were
bringing him to the city. Up Broad street
they marched with him, and through the
little city and to the Iron Mountain round
house. The Negro Brought to the Stake.
A large stake to which had been fastened
some guy wires was what they wanted, and
it was found here. The crowd had now
swelled to fully 6,000. Up to this post they
brought the cringing negro, and in a twink
ling he was securely bound to it. One of
themob advanced with a can of coal oil
which had been secured from a neighboring
honse, and the crowd then knew what fate
was in store for the negro.
"Where's" Mrs. Jewel?" was the cry front
many throats.
"Here!" responded a few voices on tha
edge of the crowd.
"Bring her forward I" was ordered by a
man who seemed to be master of ceremonies."
The woman made her way through tho
crowd, which willingly separated for her,
and in a minute was in front of the fright
ened negro. "Without a word the spokes
man placed in her hands a torch.
The TToman Applies tho Torch.
Mrs. Jewell looked at the negro, tho
torch and the spokesman, and falteringly
turned to the ctowd.
"Xo, no; apply it!" was the cry as tha
woman was seen to falter.
The torch was applied instantly by the
woman, who immediately turned and made
her way through the crowd. The flames
licked np around the negro's legs, and he,
was soon enveloped, all the while yellins;
lustily. In seven minutes he was dead,
after the most excruciating agony.
The good people ol Texarkana deplora
the necessity of mob law, is the verdict to
night, but the opinion is general that Coy
has been rightly served.
Lawrence Democrats for Cleveland.
New Castle, Feb. 20. Special Tha
Democratic County Committee met hera
this afternoon and fixed August 15 as the
date for holding the County Convention.
Resolutions were passed heartily indorsing
Cleveland and urging his nomination for
the Presidency. The delegates were in
structed to do all in their potver to .elect
"Wells C Clendennin, of this city, as dele
gate to the National Convention.
TALES OF THE TWO CITIZ3.
A brokes axle threw fonr freight cars
over the embankment at Twenty-eighth
street on the Allegheny Valley road last
evening.
The first of a series of musicales was given,
last night in the Electric Club. 803 Penn ave
nue. The club recently bought a new piano
which was dedicated last night. Xext Sat
urday evening a musicale on a more 'ex
tended scale will be given.
A slight wreck occurred last evening at
the scene of the recent landslide on the Pan
handle railroad, and the road, was again
blocked for over four hours. A temporary
track has been laid around the slide. Last
nightan East-bound extra freight was pulling
Into Birmingham station when one of the cars
left the track a few rods from the slide. Tha
train was running at a slow rate of speed,
and little damage was done.
scopic insects which feed on the
hair, and supply the roots with
energy and nourishment They
nrpvent inflammatinn an rlnor.
eine of the pores, the cause of
pimples, blackheads, rashes,
red, rough, and oily skin. They
heal rough, chapped, and fis
sured hands, with itching, burn
ing palms, painful finger-ends,
and remove the cause of shape
less nails.
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