MbHCC Trrsrw -v a rp-' yj THE PITTSBURG- DISPATOH, SUNDAY, MARCH '13. 1892. THE KUYORMOinnES Into tlieExpenses of Pittsburg as Compared With Those of Other Cities. OUE VALUATION HIGHER r-y One-Third Than Either Detroit, Bnfl'alo or Cincinnati. MILWAUKEE'S ONLY HALF AS BIG. 5 lie l'iilaje, Though, Is Much Heavier Tiian That Adopted Here. TiGURES THAT ARE OP CvTEREST NOW "With a view to learning how Pittsbure compares with other cities in the way of municipal financial affairs, Mayor Gourley recently sent letters to the proper officials of a number of cities in various Darts of the country asking for information which would make the comparison plain. To each city he sent the same list ol questions as to their population, their taxable valuation in 191, tas millage and amount raised thereby, amount derived from other sources, amount of city debt, and expense of city government per capita. Tor some reason many of those who sent replies cither did not understand the ques tions or were indisposed to go to much tronble in the matter, . and their statements did not give the information desired, and from the figures given it would be impossible to cal culate the points covered in the Mayor's queries. Three notable exception were Buffalo, Detroit and Cincinnati, each about the size of Pittsburg, and, therefore, in a comparison of this kind of more interest than borne of the more important cities might be. Buffalo's Talnatlnn and Taxation. Bufialo, with a population of 256,000, had iu 1S90 a taxable valuation of SlSO,000,000, on which S2,M6,000 was raised by a tax rate of 16.93 mills. The amount raised from other sources was 51,110,000, and the total expense of the city government for thej-ear was $3,906,000, or a rate of 13.40 per capita. The city debt is Sll.428,000. Detroit's population is 206,000. Her tax able valuation last year was 5173,000,000, on which 52,306,000 was raised in 1891 with a tat rate of 16.7 mills. Prom other sources there was derived S1.13S.O00, and the total expense of the city government was S3, 644, 000, tliousli the total appropriation for 1S92 isonlv t2,9oj,000. JLne expense per capita is 516" 40, and the city debt only 52,356.300. Cincinnati has a population ot 300,000 and her taxable valuation for 1892 is 183, 000,000, estimated to yield 53,056,100, on a tax rate ot 16.67 mills. The estimated rev enues from other sources are 1,604,590, and it is expected the city government will cot 4,660,690, at an expense per cap ita of $13.30. The city debt loots up 24, 30,500. The other cities heard from give interest ing information, but not in the lorm asked lor. From the Philadelphia figures it is lound that the taxable property valuation is 5732,300,892, and taxable personal prop erty 3.395,850. xpenges of the Quaker City. The tax rate is 8.5 mills. Last year's total expense for citv government was $23, 232,671 12, of wnich' 53,233,183 was lor the Department of Public Salety, 57,071,680 lor public works and 5584,123 tor charities. The city's funded debt is 54, 473,620. Some interesting statistics come lrom Baltimore. Her population bv the census of 1S90 is 434,000. Her lunded debt is 531.7M, 030, an increase of 51,692,263 dur ins 1891, but she has 7,476,126 ol this in tinking funds on which she pays interest to hcrselt. Her taxable valuation is 5280, 867,063, and theie was collected up to the first of this year S4,668,5S4 in taxes for 1891, that being a little more than 72 per cent of the whole. The millage is not given. The city debt-includes 55,000,000 ol bonds recently voted by the people for improve ments, of which 51,750,000 was for sewers, 5400,000 for schools, 5250,000 lor improving the parks and the balance for widening and rcpaving streets. The parks of Bait" vore cover S59 acres and there was expended last lear for maintenance 5224,459, of which 5174,916,64 came lrom the street railway companies in the form of a "park tax." Minneapolis has a population of 165,000, a net funded dcht of 50,802,569, a taxable -valuation of S13S, 444,562 aud her tax rate in 1891 was 23.10 mills, including 1 mill, the revenue from which the law requires to be set aside to provide for the principal of oonas wnen aue me revenue lrom taxa tion in 1891 was 52,684,744. Milwaukee's Low Valuation. Milwaukee's population is 205,000. The assessed valuation is 113,075,120 (about two-thirds the cash value), and the tax rate 2L59 mills, which is less than for several years past. Her netdebt is 53,827,000, but will be increased 325,000 this year on bonds to be -issued for park, bridge, school and other improvements. The population of Xewark, X. J., is 1S2, 000. Her taxable valuation in 1891 was 119,321,094 (about 80 per cent cash value) aud tax rate 18.20 mills, which has been the rate lor several vears. The citv's net lunded debt is 7,898,881. The statement ot Pittsburg's financial condition on the basis of 1891 compares favorably with the cities above noted. Her pOjuUliou is estimated at considerably more than 240,000 now, though the census oi 1890 gave her only 239,000. Her net lunded debt on February 1 was 59,462,602 and she had money in her sinking lund to cover the remainder ol 3,741,800 ot her gross debt. With a tax rate of 12 mills on a net valuation ot 5240,000,000 will yield easily ?2,bSO,000. The cost of operating the citv government last year was 54,4C5,000 and this year it is estimated it will cost 54, O:19,802, which includes a considerable amount for permanent improvements and purchase of property. An Old Soldier Appointed. Postmaster Gilleland, of the Allegheny postotSce, has appointed Prof. James G. Morrow assistant postmaster. Mr. Morrow is well-known on the 2torthside, where he has taught school lor a number of years. He xias formerly principal ol the Sixth , ward school, and holds the position ol Pro lessor of Mathematics at the Allegheny High School at present, which he will re jbig.i the first of the month to assume his new duties. He is an old soldier, having sen cd all through the late war. Ituntin; for Ills Son. G H. Frazicr, an oil broker of Pittsburg, has been consulting with the police of Youngstown, searching for a son who left home this week. "J.he young man is 17, and Mas just preparing to enter college. He had a mama lor dealing i itocks, and the tit I cr believes ne went there to confiect himself with a broker's office. But no trace nf liiiu was obtained. The father has of fered a reward for any information concern ing him. The AppropriMlon Ordinance Slcned. Mayor Gourley yesterday affixed his sig nature to the' appropriation ordinance, passed at Thursday's meeting of Councils. The collection ot taxes will not begin before the latter part of this week or the first of next, as considerable time is required to get l books readv in the Treasurer's office. DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES. The Pate Fixed for xt Saturday After a ilvo'y Debate The IJvcly Flcht for lclegates From the Jforthtide. The meeting of the Democratic County, Committee yesterday was rather lively. Charges and counter-charges, motions and amendments were numerous, but the follow ing was finally adopted: Resolved, Tliat tho primaries to elect dele gates to the several conventions shall he held on Saturday, March 19, 1892, in the cities and borouuns between the hours ot 5 and 7 o'clock r. jr., and in the townships between the hour- ot 4 and 7 r. ji. That the conventions shall bo held on Tuesday, March 22, 1892. as follows: First district shall be held In Common Council chamber. Allegheny City, at .o0r. si., to elect three delegates to the State Con vention. Second district to meet at Select Council chamber, Alleehenv City, at 7:30 r. M. and elect three delegate. Third district will meet at Select Council chamber. Pitts burg, at 7.30 r. at. and olect three delegates. Fourth district will meet r.t Halston school house, Pittsbure, at 7:20 r. si. and elect three delegates. Fifth district will meet at Com mon Council chamber, Pirtsbuig, at 7:30 r. M. and elect ten Uelezates. Sixth district will meet at Excelsior Hall, South Tw ell th street, between Carson and Sarah stiects, at 11 o'clock a. m. and elect five delegates. Seventh district will meet at Select Council chamber, Allegheny, at llo'cloek a. x. and elect three delegate'. Eighth district will meet at Select Council chamber, Pittsburjr, at 11 o'clock a. ar. and elect three delegates. It became evident that it was the friends of Kunkel and Meyer who wanted the primaries held on the 19th. and Hucken-btcin-Frasher people opposed it. The first named believed with the primaries on that day, they would have an advantage over their opponents. In the meantime friends of Meyer and Kunkel spread the work that they are the only true uievetana canui dates. "I don't see how Tim O'Leary can deny that he lias been writing to people in the Twenty-third district, claiming, that Huck enstem and mvself arc Hill delegates," said Lee Frasher to-day'after the meeting of the Allegheny County Democrstie Committee had adjourned. "Now here is proof," and he produced a copy of a communication which O'Learv sent to John M. Kennedy, of Sheffield street, Allegheny. The docu ment is as follow;: John 31. Kennedy, Esq., Allegheny: National deleiates for Cleveland Her mann Kunkel, Henry Sleyer. Estate delegates Andrew Peyton, Eleventh -ward; Henry Lundgraff, Sixth ward: Henry ilevor, Second ward. Hill nationa' delegates John HucKen stem, Lee Frasher. T. J. O'LZABT, JR. W0IIEN IN MALE ATTIBE Are Sa'd to Have Been the Perp etrators ot the lower St. Clair Township Deed. Nothing new was definitely learned last night among the Southside police in regard to the Lower St Clair township white cap outrage, which occurred Friday night. Kei3haser, the ictim, was reported as suffering considerably lrom the beating he received, but is able to be around. It is not known definitely whether any arrests will be made, but none had been reported up until a later hour. It is rumored on Mt. Oliver that the masked persons who committed the deed were women in male attire. This storv is ziven some consideration lrom the fact that the beating was for cruelty to his family and not on account of the alleged speak easy. Almost Killed His Sweetheart Miss Minnie Freeman, a colored domes tic employed at 0.21 Second avenue, is lying at her home on First avenue in a critical condition, and John Lincoln, also colored, is under a four months' sentence to the workhouse for beatiug her. Lincoln had been in the habit of seeing her home at night after she was through work. Friday night be came as usual, but being enraged by some trifling incident, struck her on the face, knocking her down. He then kicked her on the head and abdomen until she became senseless. Alter that he went to a rear room; knocked down a young man with a chain and began a search for a butcher knife, which he did not find. A young lady of the house interfered and he attempted to strike her. Just then somebody blew a police whistle, which frightened Lincoln so that he took to his heels. He was captured later bv Officer Peonies, after havmg-at-tempted to swim the Monongahela river. Hoes Tried to Eat Each Other. A hearing took place yesterday afternoon before Magistrate Succop, of the Southside, in the case of Jacob Trauerman, the East End drover, who was charged with cruelty to animals. Several day& ago a carload of hogs assigned to Trauerman were side tracked in the yards of the Pittsburg, Vir ginia and Charleston Railroad, near Thirtieth street. They remained there some days without food or attention. They tried to eat each other. Anti-Cruelty Agent D. I. McDonald, Jr., made information against Trauerman. He claimed the hogs were misshipped. He was fined 510 and costs. He Was Too Sharp for the Boys. At 9:30 last night a telephone message was received at the Fourteenth ward station asking that an officer be sent to Patrick Morrow's poplroom, Second avenue, Franks town, to arrest a colored man who was said to be "fleecing" a number of young men. Captain McLaughlin went out, but found the oflcnder had gone. He was a stranger in the localitv. He had gone to the pool room and invited a numberof young men to play a new game. In a shortotime he had won $15 from them, and theynconcluded they were being cheated. . Posed as a Special OQcer. Jacob Noel, of Bates street, Oakland, is a prisoucr at the Fourteenth ward station on the charge of impersonating an officer. Noel came to the station house yesterday and wanted action taken about a speak-easy. According to the reports, he had been in the house in question and was put out He blew a policeman's whistle, and'getting no answer, weni to the station house. The police sav that Noel has been posing as a special officer in the neighborhood of Bates street for some time. TALES OF TWO CIXIEa The course of lectures on Sunday evenings instituted bv Dr. White, of St Andrew's, strictly historical, allow wide range for the exercise of "cholarsliip. This evening's dis course will be on tho climax and the closing scenes of Savanarola'slile in Florence, Just previous to the commencement of tho refoi mation proper. Miss Oix: FonnsTEK has been appointed postmistress A the Southside office to All the position made vacant by the death of licr mother. Miss Foerster is 23 years old. and has been the efficient assistant or her mother for some time, and dnnng the sick ness of the latter has been In charge of the office. It as published in an evening paper of Friday that John Berger, of Allegheny.stolo u ham. Mr. John Berger, of 12 Franklin street, Alleghenv, wants It distinctly under stood tliat he did not steal that bam. CunisT Klixke, the waiter who tried to kill himself because lie was Jealous of his "i ife, w as discharged f i om the Merey- Hos pital. He will lose the sight of his light eye. A special business meeting of Allegheny County W.C. T. U. will bo held In the lecture room of the Smithfleld-Street JT. E. Church, Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Alice Oliver fell on Adams street, Alle gheny, yestei day afternoon. Her right leg was bi oken and she was taken to her home on Fulton stieet, Allegheny. The Eatt. End Jfew yesterday signed the printers' scale. This Is considered quite a victory by the printers. The limited was SO minutes late last even inz. The time was lost on the middle-division. Dr. B. M.Hasxa. Eye, ear, nose and throat diseases exclusively. Office, 720 Penn street Pittsburs. Pa. bsu WOESE THAN INDIANS. A Pittsburger Witnessed the Jam in? of McCoy at the Stake.- -- DETAILS OP A HORRIBLE DEED. Many of 'the Host Inhuman Features. Iever let narrated. A BLOT ON ALLEGED CIYIL1ZATI03 The burning by a mob of the negro, Ed ward McCoy, has been described in the telegraphic accounts to the newspapers, but it is still more graphically and thrillingly narrated by a resident of Pittsburg, who was an eyewitness of the "sickening' scene. This witness is J. C. Ellis. Mr. Ellis, when found at the residence of his ..father, Kobert Ellis, 2fo. 18 Tannehill str-et, yes terday, talked readily upon the subject, al though surprised that The Dispatch had learned of his experience, for"the reason that he had arrived In Pittsburg only on Friday evening. "Texarkana," he said, "is a town with a population of about 10,000, and is located in both Texas and Arkansas. I met Mr. C. H. Smith, manager of Ghio's Op'era "House, about 9 o'clock in the morning of the day 'that the frightful tragedy took place. He asked me if I wanted to see a roasting. I did not understand him, and he then ex plained. x Details of the Horrible Deed. "They had the negro confined in a livery stable. The stable was guarded by a posse. They dragged McCoy out with ropes around his neck, legs and arms. The ropes as they were stretched seeming like spiders' cob webs as they were passed from hand to hand. It was the first intention to burn the mac at State line and Broad street, but they took him a A SKAP SHOT JUST mile across the railroad where there was a Y in a hollow. Five thousand people gathered around, men, women and children, and there were some ot the most aristocratio who came in their carriages." "Did all of these people want to see the man burned?" "Xo. Only about 30 men had charge of the affair and nobody else could interfere. The men who burned McCoy-were armed with guns of all kinds and revolvers." Fruitless Appeals for Mercy. "Several times spectators climbed tele graph poles with ropes and begged in mercy for the man that he should be hanged or shot instead of burned. But they were pulled down every time and were afraid to make another attempt Then the negro was tied by ropes and telegraph wires to the stump of a tree about ten feet high, his face being against the stump. "Then the clothes of the wretch were saturated with oil; the woman lie had at tacked came to the front escorted by two men, struck a match on the stump of the tree above his head aud set fire to one side Wb 1 """fV-v"'- X p -V-.,.. --O -.--, a' - . -v i : & rv-'iv . '.-'? aw. hi :& t isX -? THE CROWD AT THE STAKE of his coat tail. Some of the people begged lor his life, but they could not save him. Howllntr round the Sufferer. "Still well dressed ladies and gentlemen and children howled around the suffering man. One side of him burned while the other side was untouched by the fire, and although his body was blistered white and the bones were exposed iuthtlo minutes before he died, he stood the torture like a hero, although a criminal, tlie only sign of pain being an occasional groan. "It makes me sick even now to talk of it," said Mr. Ellis, "but I suppose I must finish the story. "Well, his legs and arras were burned ofi while he was still alive, and when the horrible scene was over there v as nothing left but his charred bones and skull. It seemed to me like a frightful dream, and now it is like a continuous nightman'. The woman who applied the match was about 30 years of age, married, and not particularly prepossessing. "The man undoubtedly deserved severe punishment for his crime, but not such as he did receive." Caught by the Camera. The photographs of the tragedy, repro duced above, are the property of Louis Goldberg, ot Smithfield street He received them a lew days ago from his sister, Annie G.oldberg, whose home is in Texarkana. One picture shows the scene of the capture of the colored man. The other was taken immediately after the victim died at the stake, showing his body, which had partly fallen from its upright position. "Iu the letter accompauying the photo graphs," said-Mr. Goldberg yesterday, "my sister tells lew ot the details of the terrible affair other thau those already published in The Dispatch, except in" regard to the taking ot the photographs. These, it seems, were taken' at the express orders of the ringleaders of the party. They sent for the photographer and stayed proceedings long enough for him to do'his work. Tne assembled people were ordered to take off their hats while the picture at the stake was taken." TTall Faptrt Trail Paper! Wall Papsrl Don't pay fancy prices! See our prices. Alio read our carpet "ad" to-dav. f J. H. KrJfKrir. & Bfo. - 3 Vi. vs Y-. : POLICE MAGISTBATEB v - A Possibility of tho Near Future Upon the Korthstde. The matter of Polioe Magistrates is sched uled to come up at the next meeting of Allegheny Councils. The sub-Finance Committee at its meeting next Tuesday will attempt'to divide the'eity into districts, and in their report to Councils will recommend the appointment of Police Magistrates. The appointing power is in the hands of the Mayor, but it is riot likely the matter will be in shape to do anything until after the election of Major Kennedy, thus giving him the naming of the men who will fill these positions. Under the charter of the city of the second class which requires the appoint ment, one of the five must be of the oppo site political party. As Major Kennedy is a Republican one will have to be a Demo crat. The law does not compel the appoint ment oi aldermen or justices of the peace to the position, so that any citizen can be appointed to the place. At a meeting of Councils some time ago an ordinance was introduced providing for the salaries of the magistrates and districting the city, but it failed to pass. In that ordinance the city was divided into threo districts. The Magistrate for the Central district was to receive about 51.500 per year, and the two who were to preside in the Eastern and "Western districts to receive $1,000 each, and the others, who would only be called on to preside when one of the regu lar Magistrates were absent, were to receive 600 each. The sub-Finance Committee is considering an ordinance much similar to the one just mentioned, and their report will no doubt embody much that was in the old ordinance. II the ordinance passes, two new station houses will be necessary. AN AGED SEAMAN Is Given Assistance Toward Reaching a Sailors' Home. Peter C Gielmah, an old "sea dog," was given transportation yesterday by the Board of Charities to Harrisburg. He will there he given a free pass to the Sailors' Snag Harbor Home, where he has obtained ad mission through the Seamen's and Boatmen's AFTER THE CAPTURE. Union Benefit Society. Gielman is 59 years old. He has served in" the United States Navy aud has a record to be proud of. He has spent all his life on the water. la 1859 he entered the ser vice of the California Marine Com pany, and was a mate on that line's ships until 1883, when he went on board the gun boat "Woster of the United States Navy. He was a boatswain's mate on that boat when it engaged in the battles of Baton Rouge and the Rip-Raps. He was injured hile on board the "Voster while on the Mediterranean Sea by running against an obstruction and was disabled. He received a pension while disabled, but he fullv re covered. In 1865 he left the navy. He has been on various voyages since and for the past seven years has been a mate on the boat Scotia ot this city. While on the brig Annie Bradford, of Maine, he was shipwrecked. The heavy sea crushed in the side of the brig and the men took to the boats, and after a terrible experience reached a barren island oft the Newfoundland coast The brig went to the.bottom. Gielman has two children, one a boy who is now in the Annapolis Naval Academy. "When 13 vear3 old the boy was tSv V . .JssAvMT -:2 -. .."Vr STANDS TOR A PHOTOGRAPH. placed on the schoolship "St Mary," which lay in the New York harbor. The son is now 21 years old, and bids fair to become an excellent seaman. His daughteras a Mrs. Dothman, of Easton, Pa. Conlon Was Wearing the Coat Detective John McTighc arrested John Conlon at the market house last night He is the man wanted lor presenting an al leged bogus check for ?52 in payment fofan overcoat which he bought of L Gross, of Sixth street, ou Friday. At that time he promised to wait until the check would be cashed at the Diamond Bank, but before Mr. Gross returned he left the store. The check is alleged to be Iraudulent When arrested last night he had a similar check in his pocket lor ?24. He also had on the overcoat, which the owner identified at Central police station. Conlon is 32 years old, is an oil driller, and claims to live in Butler. A Small Party of Immigrants. A batch of 20 immigrants reached the Union station yesterday, bound for Michi gan. The party consisted of Germans, Russians and Italians. These are the first immigrants passing through Pittsburg lor a long time. Agent Pitkin can't ac count for the falling off, and from the pres ent ontlook he thinks the Pennsylvania will not get a large share of the business. He-is opposed to the off-scouring of Europe, and the old gentleman is very happv when he has the pleasure ot piloting people that will'make good citizens. He has great re spect for the Swedes as a class. They go Wcst'and become farmers. Arrested as Ho Leaves tho Workhonse. William Neubert was arretted yesterday afternoon on an information made by his wife, charging him with surety of the peace. Detective Johnson, of Allegheny, made the arrest, catching the man as he was released from the workhouse. Neubert was sent 3Q days to the workhouse for assault on his wife. His time was up yesterday, and upon his release he was rearrested. -- ''..'.. S ". ! if '-. '-' - - "" " . w "-i.l A' - .. .1 - . r -r i JO MR TO PROGRESS. The Failure to Sell the Government Property Not a Disaster. TOO MANY CONDITIONS ATTACHED To the Last .Terms Proposed hy the Federal Authorities. SI10ULD BE DIVIDED IJiTO SECTIONS Since the failure to get a purchaser for the Government property ou Eenn avenue, at the third offering the other day, there has been considerable speculation as to the effect it will produce on lower Penn avenue property. Many seem to think the reason for the failure was that the demand for property in that locality has fallen off, not withstanding the improvement in the real estate business generally. But inquiry among real estate brokers shows a totally different situation, both as to cansc and effect In fact one prominent real estate man says values on that part of tne street have advanced within 30 days and he looks for a future advance during the next tew months when the erection of a number of handsome business blocks, already con tracted for, shall be commenced. When John Herron, of W. A. Herron & Sons, was spoken to about the Government property he said: "Tne Government prop erty would be no criterion to judge Penn avenue realty by, even if it had been sold at the figure ofiered by Mr. Bowand a few weeks ago, ?250,000. That no bid was offered on Friday anywhere near that sum does not indicate there is no one wanting Penn avenue property. Too Many Conditions Imposed. "We have had offers for a lot fronting 25 feet on Penn avenue near this particular piece within a short time for even a better figure, although it is not much over a third as deep and has no outlet at the rear. The reason for the failure to get a purchaser for the Government property is that it is tied up in too many conditions. First, it must be sold for cash. There are very few men in this or any other city who can lay down 250, 000 in cash as an investment in property, and the few who can are not the class who make such purchases. Second, the property is too large for any one branch of business. Purchasers could rendilv be found for the Penn avenue front of the propertv and at almost as good a figure as 250,000, but it would be necessary to cut it up into small lots. If the portion extending from Fayette street totlje river could be sold separately I have no doubt it could be sold within 60 days for a manufacturing site. "But such a purchaser would have no use for the valuable frontage, and would have to take chances on gettinc rid of that to get his money out of it Tbe,third reason is the uncertainty of the highest bidder get ting the property. The Government officials have said they would consider no bid under $250,000, biit there was no assur ance that such an offer would be accepted, and I know several parties who did not attend the sale because they feared that even if they made a bonafide offer there world be some sort of a juggle with the Government officials by which the sale would be prevented. I have no doubt that if the propertv were placed in the hands of an agent to sell at $250,000 he conld dispose of it at nrivate sale within 30 davs, and the purchaser conld make from $50,000 to 5100, 000 out of it with very little trouble." Conld Be Sold for More. D. P. Black, of Black & Baird, expresse similar views. "I was consulted," he saidi "and fixed the value of the property at 5250,O00,before the first attempt to sell, and though tfiat is a fair price under the handi capped condition of sale, the property would easily bring more if divided up and sold at private sale. The effect on neigh boring property will be rather stimulative than otherwise, and I look for an increase in value all along lower Penn avenue. It's hard to sell a man 50 feet frontage when he only wants 25, and there are few who want more. The government property will be hard to sell for the same reason that the Christ Church and the Brimstone corner church properties are. The owners won't sell less than the whole piece. "It's not long since we could have sold 25 feet of the Christ Church property for more than the owners ask, and they are asking somewhat more than $2,000 a front foot, but thev declined to sell less than the whole. The Brimstone corner propertv, at Seventh avenue and Smith field street, is held at $4,000 a front foot, but no one.wants 50 feet at that price, and, though it could be sold with comparative ease in separate lots, the owners refuse to entertain any such proposition. I am afraid the Government will wait a long time before they sell the Penn avenue property under the handicaps they have put on it" Tho IVork Being Delayed. Superintendent Williams, of the Blairs ville Tin Plate Company, was in Pittsburg yesterday. Speaking of the new plant, he said: "The mill is being delayed by the railroad compaiv by its delay in putting in the tracks to the mill. The machinery is all made and is now laving in the store room of the Leechburg Foundry and Ma chine Companv, where it was manufactured. W-' had hoped" to get it In operation bv April 1, but we may be kept back a month longer." May Chango to -a Tin Flate Mill. The company which was formed in In diana, Pa,, some time ago to manufacture flint glass bottles, is now considering the advisability ot adding $25,000 more to its capital slock and esiablishinga tin plate mill. The only drawback to the change would be that the' town ot Blairsville, 16 miles south of Indiana, is also preparing to go into the business. , Only IVben a Vacancy Occurs. Some of the afternoon papers yesterday said the Pittsburg, Allegheny and Man chester Traction Company was now dis charging all the men whom it employed dur ing the strike, and was reinstating the ex strikers. The management of the company denv this, and say the men will only get positions when vacancies occur. Here Getting Pointers. Labor Commissioner Powell, of Minne sota, is in Pittsburg looking up the benefits to be derived from labor organizations so that he may more easily manage the affairs of the office at home. He will remain here for several days, visiting all the labor head quarters. A Redaction of Force. George A. Macbeth & Co. yesterday laid oil 33 shops of their factory. This will throwbout 120 persons out of employment. The claim is made that the firm is over stocked, and the only way to keep within the limit is to reduce the production. Recovery or tile Typhus Patient. Angelo Matero, the typhus fever patient, at Ko. 1135 Penn avenue, who created such great excitement in the city when, the nature of his illhess was first discovered has entirely recovered and is now able to go out The man has been taking dally walks up and down Penn and Liberty ave nues and is rapidly becoming as strong and Wealthy as any ol his lellow countrymen. Only Oral Testimony Allowed. It seems to .be definitely determined that testimony given for or against an applieant fOT liquor license to sell liquor must be oral this spring, and this is causing more tribu lation to some people than anything else at present They would dearly like to give a black eye to some applicants, but shiver , at the thought of going; on the witness stand. A MANSION IN RUINS. Miss Mary F. Sempte's Handsome Home In Sewlckley Is Consumed by Fire at a Lou of Slff.OOO Much Valuable Drlc-a-TJrnc fen troy ml. ' About 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon a fire broke out in the residence ot Miss Mary Patterson Semple, of Sewickley. The family was away from home, and the fire was dis covered by the servants when it had gained a good headway of the upper story. The girl gave the alarm, and the fire depart ment reached the scene by the time the flames were practically beyond control. The sinsrle line of hose which was available was used to prevent the fire from spreading to iuc au lucent nouse oi -uansueia a. uoenran. Nothing was saved of Miss Semple's house except some of 'the furniture in the lower rooms. At 5 o'clock the chimneys and foundation alone were left of what had been one of the most picturesque houses in Sewickley. The loss, amounting to $15,000, is to some extent covered by insurance, but the col lection of bric-a-brac and valuable heir looms, for which the Semple mansion was famous, cannot be replaced. For instance among the valuables consumed was a cabinet of silver and gold spoon gathered by Miss Semple during her travels in Europe and the East, which may be remembered as a prominent feature of the loan exhibition 13 years ago at the Pittsburg Mercantile Library. Miss Semple, who is one of the most highly respected residents of the valley, reached her home when it was in ruins. She bore the loss bravely, as did Miss Mary Macrnm, the librarian of the Pittsburg Li brary, who resided with her, and who lost considerable personal property. Another Smoke Discussion. The regular monthly meeting of the Engineers' Society of Western Pennsyl vania will be held on Tuesday at 8 p. M-, in the hall of the Academy of Science and Art Mr. William MetcaH's paper "On Smoke," read at the February meeting, will be dis cussed. Under the diredtions.of the board the discussion will be limited to the points mentioned in the paper of Mr. Metcalf that is to say, the action of flames and the control of smoke when burning soft coal, and descriptions of smoke consuming ap pliances, with notes on the practical man agement and theoretical value of the same. Next to the Last Sleeting: The regnlar meeting of Councils will be held to-morrow afternoon. After it only one more meeting of the present Councils will be held, the newly elected members as suming their seats then. The only bills of importance to come up will be the ordi nance regulating the construction of side walks and that defining certain limits in the city for coke ovens. The former has, passed Common Council. A Tonne Girl Drowned In Ball Creek. Coroner McDowell was notified last night of the death by drowning of Maud Hillard, a 6-year-old girl living five miles from Tarentum. From a message received it ap peared the child was playing with several companions about a pool in Bull'creek, in Fawn township, and fell in the water and was drowned before she could be reached. Claims He Was Bobbed or 832. Jack Welsh was arrested last evening out Penn avenue, charged with larceny from the person. Jerry Skelton, a colored man, says Welsh asked him to set up the drinks, which he did. He had $32 in an envelope, and cnt the money in his over coat pocket He charges Welsh with taking it So Offloe Balidlnc This Tear. After all the valuable newspaper space wasted on the proposed office building or hotel to be erected at the corner of Liberty and Sixth streets,rit will not be built this year. Yesterday the tenants who have been on the anxious seat for the last month were notified that they could stay for another 12 months. A Doctor's Dangerous Illness. The many friends of Dr. A. D. Brewster will be pained to hear of bis serious illness. At a late hour last night it was learned that the Doctor was not expected to live through the night The Doctor is suffering from a severe iCttack of pneumonia. Dropsy has also set in, which makes the case almost hopeless. CarpMa! Carpets! Carpets! The busy season for carpets is now at hand and most houses have marked their carpets up to the regular prices. Look and see whether we are not right But not so with us. We will sell you an elegant brussels carpet, usual 60c grade, for 42c; 65c brussels for 50c, and very fine 85c carpet for 68c. In ingrain we ask you to see whether vou'll buy our 28c heavy two-ply for less than 40c; our 37J grade for less than 50c. We have elegant patterns of 75c beA all-wool ingrain carpet at 59c It will pay you to walk a few squares further and see whether we cannot save you money. J. H. Kunkel & Bbo., 1347-1349 Penn avenue, two squares east of Union denot A Palatial Train to San Francisco. The personally conducted tour to the Golden Gate, to be run March 24 bv the Pennsylvania Bailfoad, will journey West in as fine a train as ever crossed the conti nent. Six weeks is the time ot the tour, four of which will be spent in California. The round trip rate of 5355 from Pittsburg includes railroad fare, meals enroute and several side trips. Application for space should be made at once to T. E. Watt, P. A. W. D. Penna. E. K Pittsburg, Pa. .For Sale! Only two left of those elegant new Queen Anne'houses, beautifully situated on Web ster avenue, Herron Hill, where you can enjoy pure air and as clear an atmosphere as lound in the country, and yet be in the center of the city. From these houses you have the grandest view in Allegheny county. They are finished with hard wood cabinet mantels and tile -hearths; lots 37x100? price $5,900; terms to snit purchaser. Geo. W. Biggs & Co., 601 Smithfield street, Lewis block, city. Hot Remarkable at All. Not strange the quantities of pianos and organs we sell, when one knows their qual ity and durability, and low prices and easy, terms ofiered. Standaeds in Their Lise. None not first-class. Hardman, Krakauer.Vose pianos.. At lowest prices' consistent with their worth, and on most reasonable termsof pay ment. All kinds of organs. All prices. Meixok & Hoese, 'Talace of Music," 77 Fifth avenue. Select a House From the special to let lists in to-morrow's Dispatch. They will be very complete. Spring Sultincs, Trouserings and overcoatings now ready at moderate prices at Pitcairn's, 434 Wood street . Hoasa Hunters Will be interested in the very complete to let lists iu to-morrow's.Dispatch. Add 20 drops of Angostura Bitters to every glass of impure water you drink.TTSSt; Watch for the To-let IJtts In to-morrow's Dispatch. They will be un usually satisfactory. Bargains In Kid Gloves. Misses' 4-button, 65c, worth $L Ladies' 8 B suedes, 68c, worth $1. Ladies' 5-hook tans, 75c, worth tii Ladies' 5-hook Vincent, 81, worth SI HO. Ladies' 8 B French Biarritz, 91, at Bosen haum & Co.', OBJECTIONS ENTERED Against the Finding of the Grand Jury in the Snit Against POLICE INSPECTOR WHITEH0DSE. Bu Wife's Attorney Asks a Beconsideration of the Case. ATTRACTING C0XSIDIRABLB INTEREST The action of the grand jury in the Whitehouse assault and battery case does not suit the prosecution. W. D. Moore yesterday filed in the Quarter Sessions Court a petition asking to have returned to the grand jury for reconsideration the bill against Police Inspector Henry Whitehouse, which had been ignored. Inspector White house had been charged with assault and battery on his wife, and 3Ir. Moore is at torney for the wife. He states that the inculpating facts in the case were detailed to him by Mrs. Whitehouse and her mother, Mrs. Wells, and if believed, make out a clear case of cruel and wicked as well as causeless as sault and battery under peculiarly aggrava ting circumstances. The ignoring of the bill, he savs, was an act of cruel injustice and should not be allowed to stand. He appended the testimouv furnished before the grand jury by Mrs. Whitehonse and her mother, Mrs. 'Wells, and asked that the bill be returned for further consideration. The testimony given by Mrs. Whitehouse was that on August 19 or 20 her husband got mad at her because a woman had told her that he had taken another woman, whom he loved, to Atlantic City. He kicked and beat her, she stated, and pulled her about by the hair of her head. He continued to beat her for half an hour. Mrs. Whitehouse's testimony was cor roborated by her mother, Mrs. Wells, who said she asked the Inspector not to heat her daughter, because she was sick. The Court has made no order in the case as yet The case is one that has been watched with considerable interest, owing to the par- I ties concerned, xne oeienciant has figured prominently in the police bureau for a long time, as is well known in the city. Divorce proceedings were entered some time ago, but the case has not yet been decided. HICHAM SLATER E3IPIBE. Cornets and Band Instruments. Brass bands and all players of band in stfements will be glad to hear that the celebrated Higham band instruments, of Manchester, England, can now be had at the old and reliable music house of H. Kleber & Bro., Lira., No. 506 Wood street, Pittsburg. This make has been in cse in the principal bands of the British army and navy upward of 50 years, and their high intrinsic qualities are known to all music ians the world over. For lightness of action, perfection of workmanship and charming quality of tone the Higham in struments are incomparable. Kleber Bros, are ottering them at lower prices than such high grade goods are usually sold at In the line of lower priced, but reliable in struments, we would recommend the'Slater (New York) and the Empire (Paris) makes. Kleber Bros, have in the last ten years furnished many bands with these makes, in every instance giving entire satis faction. The above makes can be had only at H. Kleber & Bro.'s. Also Besson & Courtois cornets in stock. Send for Kleb er's drum and band catalogues. Carprts! Think or These Friers! Elegant heavy two-ply, worth 40 cents, for 28 cents; a 50-cent heavy two-ply for 39 cents; the regular 65-cent grade for 50, and some elegant patterns of the best all-wool 75-cent carpet for 58 cents; very nice 50 and 60-cent brussels for 42 cents; 65-cent brus sels for 50 cents, and 85-cent brussels for 58 cents. In lace curtains in rugs, in por tieres we can offer you the same low prices. Why? Because we sell strictly for cash. We bny in large quantities for our uptown and downtown stores. We make a specialty of medium-priced goods. Our' expenses and rents are very low. For these reasons we are enabled to give you closer than usual prices. Come and be convinced. J. H. Kunkel & Bro., . 1347-1349 Penn avenue, two squares east of Union depot riAJfO AND ORGAN BAEGA1NS. J. ST. Hoffmann & Co., 537 Smithfield Street, Are offering a number of slightly used pianos and organs at prices that defy com petition. The following are a few of the bargains: One Colby upright, of excellent tone aud construction and finish: one Hard man, -good as new; a spleudid Knabc and Haines Bros.' square piano; also a Mason & Hamlin, a Smith American and Need ham organ. Call and secure an instrument at an exceptionally low figure, at the music store of J. M. Hoffmann & Co., 537 Smith field street OnrLliu of Spring Hosiery Is larger than ever for ladies and children. Great values in cotton, plain and ribbed. double knees and feet, 25c, 35c, 50c, 75c and tl 00; lisle from 50c to 51 25; silk from 75c to $5 00; every shade and style. You can save money here. A. G. CAMPBELt & SONS, 27 Fifth av. THE LARGEST LINE OF CARPETS West of New York now on Exhibition EDWARD GROETZINGER'S, 627 AND 629 PENN AVENUE. During the past week we received a lot of new styles in fine carpetings, and the assortment is now complete. We have in stock patterns which can not be found in any other Pittsburg house. Prices are lower now than at any tice for five years, but manufacturers have advanced goods for future de livery. Our entire. stock will go at the low prices, no matter what a new line costs. Our LACE CURTAIN stock was never so full. All grades, finest to cheapest. We have also opened a large line of China Mattings of our own im portation. Parties who expect to move or re furnish their houses should call now before the rush begins. JSsAll goods jobbed at lowest Eastern prices. mh6-TTSsa ENGRAVED WEDD1XU IXV1TATIOXS. CALLING CAKDS, ETC. W. V. DERMITT 4 CO- 407 Grant street and 39 Sixth avenna. feT'Trsau IfEW ADTZ31XU&M.1..N M. . .....,..-,- - l..l-...-iW V....)W. ! 1 MARSHELL, THE CASH GROCER, WILL SAVE YOU MONEY. We Ho-w Have the Most Complete Slipi ill OrflBP Wi't IN THE STATE. No space other store has equal to ours facilities and for handling MAIL ORDERS. .We have a floor space of over 5,000 SQUARE FEET in our Order De partment alone. , An Electric Elevator. A "CHUTE FROM THE THIRD TO THE SECOND FLOOR AND ONE FROM THE SECOND FLOOR, WHICH DELIVERS THE GOODS DIRECT IN THE WAGONS. During the past year pur order trade was so large it was simply im possible to ship goods promptly. We know some of our friends quit sending us their orders on this ac count. We ask you to favor us again and we feel safe in guaranteeing you wilL have no further cause for com plaint. We Have 17 Employes in Our Order Department They have no duties in any other department and we can guarantee accuracy of work, which was im possible under our old system. Send for our large Weekly Price List and see how much money we can save you. MARSHELL, Corner Ohio and Sandusky Streets, . ALLEGHENY. 24 and 25 Diamond Sauare, PITTSBURG. mhl3-sa BIBER & EAST0N. HOUSEKEEPERS Can Save Money. Table Damasks, Sheetings and Shirtings, Feather Pillows, Blankets and Comforts, Towels and Napkins, OFFERED FOR ONE WEEK AT BARE COMMISSION Over Actual Cost. EXTRA HEAVY LOOM DAMASK, At 40c, usually sold at 50c EXTRA 66-INCH CREAMTABLEDAMASK Att5oc, usually sold at 65c CRASH, CRASH, At 5c, 6c, c, 8c, ioc Much better value than usual. ONE HUNDRED White Crochet Quilts At 1.25. Our $1.50 grade. LACE CURTAINS, Chenille Portieres and Covers At prices to compel YOUR ATTENTION. BBER & EAST0N, 505 AND 507 MAEKET ST1 mhl3-TTssa HUGUS & HACKE. SILKS. Our entire SPRING STOCK now ready for inspection. An extensively varied assortment of the LATEST PARISIAN NOVELTIES. GREAT SALE -OF- INDIA SILKS THIS WEEK. 80 pieces STRONG HEAVY DRESS QUALITY in new printings, light and dark colors and plain shades, 50c A YARD. 27-inch wide PRINTED SHANG HAI and JAP SILKS, latest Spring designs and colorings, were imported to sell for $1 a yard, AT 75c. . An unusually attractive collection of LYONS PRINTED SHANGHAI and JAP SILKS, in one and several colors, including ILLUMINATED and JARDINIERE EFFECTS, light and dark grounds, in EXCLUSIVE DESIGNS, $ 1 to $z per yard. ILLUMINATED SURAHS, 24 in. wide, soft finish, high luster, two and three-toned effects, $1.35 and S1.50 a yard. ILLUMINATED GLACE AND PEAU DE SOIE SILKS in beauti ful effects for SKIRTINGS. Cor. Fifth Ave. and Market Si, - mhlSorwra
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