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THE PITTSBURG- DISPATCH. .TUESDAY .MARCH 22. 189a
TWO TOUGH CHARGES,
'erjary and Bribery, Preferred
Against a District Attorney
JT HIS "WOBST POLITICAL ENE1IY.
t Bloodj. Shirt Found Neir a Tillaje in
Washington County.
?EWSI NOTES FRO KEAEBT TOWSS
IWECIAt TILIGKAM TO THI DKFATCII.1
GrEEXSBUKG, March 21. District At
orney MoCurdy, in open court to-day,
harged ex-County Detective Alcorn with
storting from one, Dr. Schneider, of Ken
ington,$60 in settlement of a. case of alleged
iquor selling.
To-night Mr. Alcorn went before Magis
rate Keener and swore out warrants for
he arrest of District Attorney McCurdy,
harginghim with bribery and perjury,
lleginc that during his canvass last fall
tlcCnrdy paid money to certain individuals
or the corruption of rotes, and that he
wore falsely when the oath of office was
idmihistered.
Mr. Alcorn is a Democrat and made a
igorons battle against the candidacy of
McCurdy last fall. Alcorn was formerly
bounty Detective, but upon Mr. McCurdy
aking hold of the office, he did away with
he office of County Detective, so Alcorn
est his position, and since then there has
jeen a constant fight between the two gen
letnen. SOKE BUCKEYE LEGISLATION.
Bl-Partisan Boards, Free School Books and
Regulation of Racine-
Coiotcbus, March SL Special Bi-Partl-ian
Boards of Trustees for the Insane Asy
um and the Institution for Feeble-Minded
fouth Is the object of a bill introduced to
lay. It legislates out of existence the
boards of Trustees or these asylums and re;
luires the Governor within 30 days to ap
point boards from the two leading parties,
The Superintendents will serve Ave
.'ears. Representative Griffln, of Lucas,
wrought the tiee school book agitation to a
ocus by the introduction or a bill providing
.hat each Board or Education shall furnish
-he necessary school boobs tree or charge.
The board is authorized to make such levy
is shall be necessary to rurnisu sucn scnooi
looks Tree of charge to all the pupils at
endlng the public schools.
Senator Gearlntroducedabill which seeks
;o prevent such cscaoades as the one in
.vliich the famous Polk Badget figured at
Latoma last summer. It is to bar out "ring
3rs" at races. It providesaflneof $1000 and
ix months in tbe county Jail, or fioin one
o three years In the penitentiary. A bill
a as introduced to-day to permit pool-selling
in race tracks in the State.
A WBECX AT FAIKM0UHT.
One Man Killed and Several Injured by the
Telescoping of Cars.
WheelIxq, March 2L A wreck occurred
in the Monongahela Elver Eallroad this
forenoon near Fairmount, about TO miles
astof Wheeling, in which one man was
killed and four others were badly injured.
A local freight train with a passenger car
ittached collided with a coal train, and ttie
freight car in front of the passenser coach
elescoped it, both cars being demolished
in a burned. A dozen passengers were in the
:ar, and all escaped but five.
The following is the list of killed and In
lured: TV. S. Stratber, of Fairmount, burned
to death; he was sitting near the car stove,
and was pinned between it and the seat;
Frank D. Watson, son of Otis Watson, owner
of Gaston mines, badly hurt: E. E. L. Bowie,
Monongah, seriously hurt; Daniel Cait
wright, Monongah, will i ecover; Brakeman
Gump, .badly cut about the head, may die.
HUEDEEEE HILLS ON TSIAL.
Only One Juror Is Selected Out or 2G That
Have Been Called.
Butler, March 21. Special The trial of
James F. Mills for the murder of Peter S.
Dugan began this afternoon. The prisoner
was dressed in a newnavy blue suit and
standing collar and showed no emotion. He
has four of the most able lawyers at the bar
to defend him.
The defense wanted the case continued,
alleging tbat the regular term of March ses
sions closed last Saturday, and as this case
had not been commenced the court could
not try it at this time. Their motion was
overruled and also their plea for a change of
venue. The work of impaneling a jnry was
then begun, and when court adjourned at 5
o'clock but one juror had been secured out
of tbe 26 called. The panel will be exhausted
before a Jnry is obtained.
Beaver County Licenses.
Rochester, Pa., March 2L Special AU
but one of the applications for license
against which remonstrances had been filed
were disposed of by Judge Wickham this
afternoon. That one is an application for
hotel license made by Henry Freiberger, of
Homewood, who is charged with refusing to
admit travelers at a late hour. His case was
laid over until the first Mondav In May. The
following w ere granted: In Beaver Falls,
Hotel Belvidere, L M Davidson, proprietor;
wholesale, Henry Hilberg, Pbilippisburg;
two wholesale, Godfrey Miller and Henry
Levy. This gives a total of ten wholesale
houses and 15 hotels in Beaver county, an
increase of lour lu the first Instance and
two in the second.
Johnstown Still on the Anxious Seat.
Johnstown, March 21 Special License
Court has been in session all day, but not a
single license has yet been granted. The
Judge is hearing arguments and filing away
the petitions and remonstrances, and no de
cision will be given until all have been heard.
This is contrarv to all precedent in this
court, and is helping to confirm the belief
that Judge Barker intends limiting the num
ber of licenses. Special prayers nave been
invoked by the pastors of all the churches of
the city that Judge Barker may be guided
by the right spirit in performing this duty.
A Bloody Shirt Found.
Washington, Pa., March a. Special
The residents or West Alexander, Washing
ton county, are excited over a discovery
that indicates a murder. On Saturday sev
eral boys, who weie playing in an aban
doned stone quarry, round a bloody shirt
under a stone. In the shirt bosom were
found several bullet holes, around which
were clots of blood. Some are of the opin
ion that the shirt belonged to a member of a
gang or Italians who have been working on
the Baltimore and Ohio Eallroad. The mat
ter is being investigated.
An Alleged Bigamist Arrested.
Washington, March 21 Special. Henry
Wokenour, who Is wanted in Erie on tho
charge of bigamy, w asxaptured In this place
to-night, Tbe woman. Mrs. Dora Weln
kamerer, with whom Wokenour eloped. Is
also here with her little child. The authori
ties at Erie have been notified.
Prof. Cooper Knocked Oat,
Erie, March 2L ISpecwrf. , Judge Gunni
son to-day refused to dissolve the injunction
granted to the trustees of the Edinboro
Normal School against Pror. Cooper, on . the
ground that the courts have no appellate
jurisdiction to review the decisions or the
trustees.
Dr. Agnew Is Sinking.
Philadelphia, March 2L Dr. D. Hayes
Agnew, the eminent surgeon, who has been
seriouslv ill from heart failure and bronchi
tis, is much worse to-night and his death
may occur at any time.
Below Zero Weather at Bellefonte.
Bellipontk, March 2L Special The
thermometer registered as low 5 below zero
early this morning and rose to 50 before
soon.
Trl-State Brevities.
A pack of wolves is terrorizing Ligonier.
Mansfield, O., has a spotted fever scare.
Six McKeesport speak-easy proprietors
were arrested Sunday.
The sixth annual State Sanitary Conven
tion will be held at Erie March 29-3L
Dr. E. C. Kearskt captured a burglar in
bis house at McKeesport at the muzzle of a
revolver Sunday night.
James Kellzt, a pugilist traveling with a i
theatrical company, was fined at Toungs
town for "doing" a porter.
The clothing of Mrs. James McCoy, at
Youngstown, caught Are at a grate yester
day, and she was burned to death.
Carton Is In a panic because two women
Just returned from nursing typhus patients
in a hospital have been stricken with tbe
disease.
Maggie Gearhaiidt, 11 years old, was acci
dentally shot and killed by a revolver In tbe
hands of James Keith, a 16-year-old boy,
inAltoona. The pistol wasn't loaded.
Jacob P. Maxitard. of Plketon, Va., was
found half-frozen to death In Dead Women's
Hollow, near Eipler, O., Sunday. He was
overtaken by the snovr storm. He la now on
the way to recovery.
The Christ Be formed parsonage was rob
bed or silverware. Jewelry, watches and
money Sunday night, whlld the pastor, Eev.
J. F. Mayer, was preaohlng. Most of the
articles stolen were Mr. Slayer's wedding
presents.
Hosea IIusted, a prominent glass molAer
of Jeannette, formerly or Pittsburg:, was last
August convicted of false pretense. For
somo reason he was not sentenced at the
time, but yesterday morning he was sen
tenced to nay a flue of $100 and go to Jail for
six months.
John Good, of East Liverpool, who kept a
stand at the Bursettstown fair ground at
the time Alex. Chappel Is said to have been
murdered "by Martin Eeed, says that one
evening during, the fair he saw two men ap
proaclj the fence near where Chappel gut
the'wTilslrtr thnt killed him. and hide a bot
tle, haying that it contained medicine for
sheep. This Is substantially the same story
that Reed put up for his defense, but there
is one discrepancy Heed claimed that one
of the men put tbe bottle to his mouth and
either took a drink or pretended to.
PICKED UP -BY THE POLICE.
Win Bennett, a peddler of eyeglasses, was
arrested last evening. W. H. Newman
charges him with substituting a cheap pair
lor a pair of gold spectacles while in his
store yesterdav.
Stephen Coli.ins, a puddler, and his wife
were arrested on Penn avenue last evening
for drunkenness. Officers went to their
home, in Spruce alley, and found a baby cry
ing from the cold. The child was taken to
the station house and fed. It will be turned
over to the Anti-Crueltj Society to-day.
Mrs. McGrundzb, Kate Curley and Annie
Mifflns were arrested on the Twenty-eighth
street bridge last night and lodged In the
Twelfth ward station. Mrs. McGrunder, it
was alleged, was assaulted by the other two
women and severely hurt. Sne was struck
on the head with a brick, receiving a severe f
cut.
The Police Department and the manage
ment of the Citizens' Traction Company
have determined to break up the practice of
boys along Penn avenue jumping on and off
the cais. Last night two more boys, Elchard
Shannon and Charles Q nailers, were arrested
and locked up in the Twelfth ward station
for a hearing, and more arrests will follow
until the practice is stopped.
TALES OF TWO CITIES.
The Coroner concluded the inquest yester
day on the death of Mrs. Mllley, shot by tbe
suicide, F. W. Milley, and a verdict of mur
der at the hands or her husband was ren
dered. W. G. Smith, proprietor of a boarding
house on Liberty street, thinks.he has a
domestic that is demented. Her name is
Bridget Maloney. Chief Elliott will investi
gate the case.
PCTHI Postitai, an Italian, was struck by
a cable car on tbe Fifth avenue line while
crossing the tracks near Washington street
last night. He was slightly cut about the
head, but was able to walk home.
Patrick O'Brien, a laborer employed at
the Homestead Iron Works, was. brought to
the Mei cv Hospital yesterday afternoon. He
was suffering from a badly fractured right
leg, which he received by a large wooden
beam falling across it.
A Sundat school institute will be held in
the First U. P. Church, Union avenue, Alle
gheny, on Thursday and Friday afternoons
and evenings next, under the auspices of the
Allegheny County Association. The insti
tute will be conducted by Pro I. Hammlll, the
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
for Illinois.
RIVER NEWS AND NOTES.
Louisville Items The Stage of Water and
the Movements of Boats.
rSFECIAt. TELEGRAMS TO THE DISPATCH.1
Louisville. March a. Business dull. Weather
cloudy and moderating. Tbe river Is falling
slowly, with 6 feet 7 Inches on the faUs, 8 feet
II Inches in the canal and 17 feet 4 inches below.
The Grace MlUer left for Salt rirer this morning.
The Mary Houston left for New Orleans last night.
The II. P. Frlsble and John Barrett passed down
with tows.
The new Ohio Valley Railroad transfer Camp
bell was launched by Captain Barmore. her build
er, from the marine ways at Madison to-day.
Sandy Tarpler. an old time negro deck hand, died
yesterday in this city. Sandy led tbe choir on the
forecastle of the boat that brought Kossuth to
Louisville from Cincinnati in 1852. and won
especial praise from tne noted visitor. Departures
j: or Cincinnati, jsig F-anoy: jor l
Kanawha; for Eransville, Tell City,
for Carrollton, Big
What Upper Gauges Show.
Allegheny Junction Elver 4 feet 8 Inches and
falling. Clear and pleasant.
Mobgantown Elver 5 feet and stationary.
Clear. Iherraometer30 at 4 P. x.
HRowNfaviLLE River 5 leet and stationary.
Clear. '1 hermometer 19 at 6 P. K.
Warren ItiTer 1.9 feet. Clear and cold.
The News From Below.
Uvansville River 18 feet S inches and falling.
Cloudy.
Wheeling River 7 feet and falling. Departed
Andes, Pittsburg; Ben Hur, ParLersburg. Clear
and cold.
Cairo Arrived Henry Lorrey. St. Louis;
George Lisle, fct. Louis. Departed John Gil
more. New Orleans River 6.7 feet and falling.
Cloud rand cool.
CiNCiNNATi-Kiverl? feet 3 inches and falling.
Departed Scotia, Pitt6burg. Fair and cold,
Parkersburg Ohio 8 feet 4 Inches and falling.
Snow goue. Parties here are talking of putting
a big steam cr to put in the Louisville and Pittsburg
trade. Captain Chancellor and George Campbell
are behind tbe scheme.
Memphis Departed Kate Adams, Arkansas
City; City or Providence. Natchez; Damon and
tow, St. Louis. 1th er 19 feet 6 Inches and falling.
Cloudy and cool.
A Problem for Worklngmen.
If the savings banks are paying you but
4 per cent, and you see a chance to invest
your savings in safe property that is sure
to advance to double its value in a year, is
it not business to make the investment?
The new town of Aliquippa, on the Pitts
burg and Lake Erie Railroad, offers such an
opportunity. It starts with a big steel
wonts, a oig snovei worKS, a tin piaie mill,
with others asking for locations. It is the
first purchasers who make the most money
in such investments. An investigation of
plans and information obtained at the office
of the Aliquippa Steel Company, room 30,
"Westinghouse building, will convince you
Aliquippa is a safe and sure investment.
Sale April 14.
Visit Our Uasement Bargain Department
To-Day P. C. C. C. Clothiers.
"We have placed all our 58, $10 and $12
men's suits in our basement and will sell
them of! for $5 9a This liberal offer should
crowd our basement to-day. The suits you
can buy for $3 90 are made of genuine black
or fancy cheviots, plain, neat cassimeres or
wide wale worsteds.
They are made in sack or cutaway stvles,
just as you prefer. Ask to see the $5 90
men's suits in our basement. P. C. C C,
Pittsburg Combination Clothing Com
pany, corner Grant and Diamond streets.
Hosiery! Hosiery ! 1
We open to-day nine cases (thousands of
dozens pairs) ladles and children's hosiery.
Our own importations.
Famous Stag Head brand.
"Which means that every black stocking
is dyed the fastest and best black' found in
anv stocking in the world.
These stockings are unapproachable in
every good quality. Prices 25c to $1 CO a
pair. Jos. Hoene&Co.'s
Penn Avenue Stores.
Huckiss' Celebrated Soups will be
served hot at our store every day this week.
Call and taste these delicious soups.
T. A. Rejtshaw & Co.,
Tuwi-s 901. Liberty st
$5,000 worth American watches at half
usual prices this week at Steinmanh's, 105
Federal street, Allegheny. tusu
You'be looking well. I'm taking Bisque
of Beef herbs and aromatics. 60c and IL
SAM STILL SHINING
As the Brightest Star in the Theatri
cal Firmament.
HER GREAT TRIUMPH AS LA TOSOA
U & I, Herrmann and O'Dowd's Neighbors
Win Favor -Again.
ALL THE PLATS IN TOWN CRITICISED
Sara Bernhardt, the greatest actress of our
time, illuminated the Alvin Theater last
night. She also put the life of her genius
into that revolting drama, "La Tosca," and
by her wonderful acting made ns forget that
Sardou's skill in constructing is about
the only real merit the play has. It will
be remembered, of course, that "La
Tosca" was in Fanny Davenport's reper
toire a tew seasons ago, and the story of the
play is familiar for that reason to most
theater goers. There is no need to institute
a comparison between the two Floria Totca
that Pittsburg has seen, but in justice to
Mme. Bernhardt it must be said that she
alone is La Totca. It is well that wo had
Davenport first.
Mme. Bernhardt has not aged a particle;
of course her genius is evergreen, and per
haps it ii her genius which makes her great
voice so fresh and true, her body so lithe
and vigorous, and her face a youthful as it
was ten years ago. An increase of flesh has
indeed made her more eomelv. But her
charms are not so much physical
after all; it is the divine fire
of the personality, the transcendent
art almost crowding her work with infinite,
most delicate details that electrify and en
chant the beholder. The finish of her act
ing is like that of the finest etching, and,
compared with her, the best of her tem
poraries in America come down to the level
of cheap prints.
Bernhardt' Marvelous Acting.
As La Totca Bernhardt shows us first the
willful, spoiled pet of the court and the
theater; the tender, jealous and soft
handed, warm-eyed woman. Her dalliance
wiin mono in Act a, wun its episoues oi
jealousy ventea upon a painting, anu mo
mocking attaok upon her lover's mustache,
ending in the sweet leave-taking at the door
of the chapel, was simply exquisite and
gave no hint of the tragedy to follow. The
second act was tbe least interesting, because
Bernhardt figured but slightly iD.lt. The
grandeur or the tragic scene in Act III,
thanks to Bernhardt, of course, concealed
the gory brutalltv and lnartlstio horror
which mark Its incidents. The battle of the
soul, not a lofty soul, but a weak woman's
nerved to boldness by great love, surely was
never better pictured than In this great
actress' face. We forgot to be disgusted
with the bloody details, as we were when
Davenport played this scene, because la
Totca's mental agony was so splendidly por
trayed. Again in the next act the gradual trans
formation of alight woman Into an aveng
ing fiend was admirably shown. Who will
forget, tbat saw it last night, this Florin
Tosca' suaden fixity of vision as the espied
the knife, and the murderous thoughts
trooped up its blade to ber brain t The sud
den look had a ferocity, a wildness that
literally froze one's blood. What a
careful and exact reproduction of a
murderer's momentary hesitation be
fore the deed there was in
La Ibsca't rolling eyes as IScarpia held the
permit before her! If the arrangement of
the candles about the corpse, and the plac
ing or a crucifix upon it were theatrical,
they could not vitiate the tragic force of tbe
situation. The melodramatic character of
the concluding scenes prevented Bomhardt
from further triumphs.
Albert Darmont aa Soarpia.
The company supporting Bernhardt is not
of her olass or anything approaching to it,
with one exception, Albert Darmont, who
played Scorpio. It is a vile character
and the temptation Is strong to the
man who fills It to swell it
out with violence, vocal and otherwise.
M. Darmont resisted this temptation, and
succeeded in making himself perfectly de
testable by cold and generally calm brutal
ity. In the excruciating scene with Ftoria
in net III., he caught her inspiration, and
put a diabolical earnestness into his en
deavors to extort tbe secret from her. For
the rest the good ' looks and amia
bility of Mario, the curious sugges
tion of the wicked lawyer in an Irish
drama which somehow arose from Scianone't
makeup, and the rather hearty jollity of tbe
Jddrquu Attavanti, were all tbe features worth
noting in a mediocre cast. The waits be
tween the acts were frightfully long one of
them over 20 minutes.
Of all tbe actors Bernhardt alone made
herself distinctly heard all the evening.
Her enunciation is perfect. She was dressed
in the high-walsted, rather homely style or
Napoleonic days. The audience, which was
a very large one, Including many notable
citizens, applauded her after the first act
vigorously. Four curtain calls at the close
of act III.: two after act IV. and a
double recall on the final curtain showed
that her work was appreciated. The li
brettos wonderful to relate were by far the
best ever provided in such cases. They
contained a clear and dramatic story of the
play, without attempting to give a literal
translation of the dialogue.
To-night "Leah" will be given.
LAUGHTER AT THE BIJOU.
V and I, a Funny Faroe Comedy, With Lots
of Songs, Dances and Specialties.
Herrmann's Comedians, headed by Harry
Kelly, Dutch Daly and Florle West, a host
of others and a bevy of pretty girls, In the
laughable farce of "U and I," which was the
attraction at the Bijou last night, repeated
its hit of last season. Tbe changes tbat
have been made in the cast since last year
are mostly for the better. From the rise
of the eurtaln until its final fall it was
one continuous roar of laughter and hearty
applause. When all are so good and
so evenly balanced, It would be invlduons
to make comparisons. Harry Kelly, who
took his father's, John T. Kelly's, place, was
very funnv as OWonovan Innti, and Dutch
Daly, as John Ungerblotz, compare more
than favorably with Gus Williams, who
played the part last year.
i the part last year.
There were song:
ere were songs, dances, marches, in fact A
specialties of all kinds galore, and a more
thoroughly pleased audience, which, by the
way filled the Bijou, bas rarely been within
its walls.
HEEBMANN IN W0HDEBLA5D.
Three Hours With tbe Great Magician at
the Duquesne Theater.
Tbat great master of the black art, Herr
mann, made his appearance at the Duquesne
Theater last night in company with an
entire new outfit of wonders. There may
have been greater illusionists in days past,
but there are none greater before the publio
to-day. In lost evening's perform
ance he extracted a rabbit from
an astonished young fellow's nose,
took a rabbit out of a man's pocket, a pair
of canary birds out of a handkerchief, and
otherwise mystified the audience with mar
velous feats of the prestldigltateur's skill.
He also introduced other new features in
a sort of magician's drama, in which all
sorts of startling acts were performed.
"Strobeika" is a new illusion based upon
a Kusslan romance. The great trick or
this act is the substitution of
one person for another. chained
to a plank in plain view of the audience. It
is a most ingenious performance and well
merited tbe liberal applause bestowed by
me large auaience present. Herrmann re'
i present.
mains thi
be balance of the week.
O'DOWD'S' NEIGHBORS
Tickled a Mighty Audience at the Grand
Opera Bouse Last Night.
One week earlier in the season of Dioniciut
Catar O'Doud as impersonated by Mark
Murphy and his clever company was not
enough for Pittsburg, as was evidenced by
the packed house which greeted the per
formance of "O'Dowd's' Neighbors" at the
uranu upera House last night. Tbe company
is substantially the same, with the audition
of a few new faces, among them tbat great
A-ltteDurz lavorite. Miss Lottie Gllson. a
very clever actress, who played the charm
ing Ktuie last night with lots of life and go.
Mark Murphy's impersonation of Dioniau
O'Dowd is likely to be treasured as a classic
creation of farce comedy, but it is not the
only good thing In the piece. The whole
show caused uproarious merriment last
night
The Harris Theater.
It has been a long time since tbat old-time
melodrama, "Escaped From Sing Sing," was
presented in Pittsburg. So long, indeed,
tbat it was practically new to the two large
audiences that witnessed it at Harris' Thea
ter yesterday. The company is a fair one,
Mr. Thomas E. Shea sustaining tbe leading
role very ably, and Frankie Carpenter prov
ing a promising sonbrette.
HABBY WILLIAMS' OWN COMPANY
Scores a-Hit at the Academy of Music in a
Good BUI.
One of tne most attractive vaudeville or
speolalty companies that have ever been In
Pittsburg are tbe artists known as "Harry
Williams' Own Speolalty Company." They
ocoupy the boards at the Academy of SIuslo
this week, and a right rousing reception
they had last evening by a crowded
house. It Is only fair to say that the com
pany has been seleoted with great care and
at muoh cost. Mist Emma Lee takes tbe place
or tbe late Lizzie Smith, and she fills the bill
admirably. Frank Bush is always entertain
ing and always droll. He convulsed the
audience last evening. Horace Wheatley's
hornpipes and Irish songs were excellent
and there really was a rare sweetness In his
"Bantry Bay." '
The term first-class can safely be applied to
"The Acme Four," Garnella Bros., Johnson,
Biano and Bentley, Miss Isabel Ward, Larry
Smith, Burke Bros., Saunders and Burdell
and Dot D'A I corn's appearance as "Mephis
to," when she Introduced the wonderful
eleotrio organ, was a great feature of the
programme. This organ is indeed some
thing morathan a novelty. It only has one
keyboard, but when In full operation It re
mind nnn of Gllmore's full band. From
start to finish the performance la the best
that has been seen at the Academy for a
long time.
Theatrical Notes.
The advance sale for "La Cigale," Lillian
Russell's oomlo opera, began at .the Bijou
veBterdav. and although it is still a month
away, more seats were sold than have ever
been taken on aa opening day.
At the World'B Museum yesterday a pretty
four act comedy drama called "The Lawyer
Detective," was acted by a clever company.
The play has a genulnelv interesting plot.
Boy, the dental nail extraotor, Evaleen, the
water queen, and 6ns Hell wan, the walking
tattoed art gallery, are also on view.
The performance, of the seven Japs at
Davis' Museum-Theater is really wonderful
infmany ways. Such athletes an d experts In
the arts of juggling, tumbling and gym
nastics are very seldom seen anywhere. Be
sides these Japanese wonders, there is a
good stage show, and many curiosities of
novel interest.
GREAT PIANO PLAYING.
The D'Albert Eecltal About as Fine as
Plttsburc Was Ever Treated To A
Counterpart Appears to Ton Buelow
and Bublnstein.
It may well be doubted if Pittsburg has
ever before heard pianoforte playing more
worthy from all points of view to be called
great, than that with which Eugen D'Albert
opened his present series, of recitals in
America, at Old City Hall last evening.
Are Rubinstein and Von Buelow,- then, to
be forgotten? Not by any means. But that
greatest of subjective planists.wbose intense
Individuality glows through all he does and
Irreslstably carries the hearer with him; and
tbat other, greatest of objective pianlsts.los
ing his own personality in that of the com
poser, whose convincing, authorita
tive Interpreter ho thus becomes
each finds his very counterpart in
D'Albert, In whom the noblest qualities,
both of heart and of head, meet and blend in
nicest equilibrium. Jnst such a true balance
between the emotional and the intellectual
is notably maintained in the playing of
Franz Bummel, who cannot be assigned to
either the subjective or the objective class.
Great From AH Points or View.
It is this Joining together of both hemis
pheres of the art, each well nigh ample
enough for a Bublnstein or a.Von Buelow,
into one grand sphere, perfectly, rounded
like the smaller one of Bummel, tbat makes
Eugen D'Albert so truly great Irom all
points of view.
His programme was as follows:
(a) Prelude and Fugue In D major.
, Bach-D'Albert
(ft) Sonata In C major. Up. S3 Beethoven
Allegro con brio Introduzlone e Finale,
(o) Berceuse. On. 57. ) ,.
(ft) Valse. Op. 42.
s. j
63 Chonln
(e) sonata. Op. I
jviururu ocucnu jjargu male. ,
(a) Impromptu, Op. DONo. 3....T Schubert
(ft) Valse Impromptu, l T ,
(c) Tarentelle, VeneilNapou."! Lls"
Having heard D'Albert ploy the "Wald
stein" sonata and tbe same smaller pieces
by Chopin at his former reoital here two
seasons ago. many in the audience would
have preferred to hear other selections last
night. This point aside, the above pro
grammo Is to be commended for represent
ing the best elements of tbe diversified
literature of tbo Instrument and for afford
ing excellent opportunity for the display
vi tua smsts powers in an cueir luiiness.
It were a pleasant task, did space permit,
to enter into a detailed review of the man
ner in whioh these works were interpreted
last night. Or M. D'Albert's technique it
need be said only tbat his consummate
mastery of the instrument has long
been the wonder and admiration of
all. But the virtuoso is in all
respects subordinated to the artist;
the technical mastery is Itself mastered and
made merely a means to the great end of
artistic interpretation. So that the hearer
not only lorgets to thinkof the player's skilL
but comes to realize that passages which at
the hands or others sound like meaningless
scales and figures, are in truth, as D'Albert
shows, luminous commentaries upon the
main themes of the work.
The Novelties of the Programme.
The novelties of the programme were the
Bach number, In whioh D'Albert, both as
transcriber and as performer, succeeded re
markably in reproducing tho massive
dignity of the organ's polyphony, and the
great Chopin sonata, whioh several well-informed
listeners united lu declaring tney
had nover before heard in public. The
titanic difficulty of tho work mav
explain this, but it is well worth
while to surmount all obstacles in order to
grasp the content of a work that sounds the.
depths and scales the heights of the human
heart's experience. Through tbat sonata,
as D'Albert played it, the emotions of a life
time seemed to surge. It was an experience
to be remembered a lifetime.
One might pile Pelions of poetio pbme
upon Ossas or subtle analysis, and yet mil
short or the unutterable eloquence with
which D'Albert's playing spoke to heart and
mind. Snfflce it to record further
that the large audience present fitly
overwhelmed the player with their
plaudits, calling him back to the
stage no less than ten times ana movmgbim
to respond by playing Chopinls "Heroic"
polonaise and Rubinstein's 'Staccato Etrede,
two extraordinary Selections forenenrn nnr.
poses, altogether appropriate to the extraor
dinary natuie of tne performance through
out. c W. S.
816 Men's All Wool Suits for 87 SO.
"We are selling to-day men's fine suits,
strictly all wool, tor $7,50 which will cost
you, from $14 to $16 in any other store.
These elegant suits come in straight cut
sacks or round cut sacks, also double
breasted sacks and in 3kaud 4-button cuta
way frocks. You can take your pick out
of about 3,000 suits. No such values were
ever offered by any clothiers in this country.
Be on hand as early as possible and ask to
see the $7 50 all wool suits as advertised.
P. C. C. a Pittsburg Combination Cloth
ing Company, cor. Grant and Diamond
streets.
OPENING DISPLAT CONTINUES IN
Suits and Jackets.
.All cordially invited to come and see
the new fashions.
Jos. Hokne & Ca's
Penn Avenue Stores.
What It All Means.
It means that Aliquippa, on the P. & L.
1 B. E., is destined to be a busy growing
town. If you are looking for in invest
ment or location to start a store, be at the
sale on April 14 and secure- one of the
choice lots at first cost, and do not wait
until prices have advanced. A big steel
plant, a shovel works, a tin plate mill and
other factories will place Aliquippa among
the foremost of our manufacturing suburban
towns. Call for plans and information at
the office ofihe Aliquippa Steel' Company,
Boom 30, Westinghouse- building, corner
Ninth street-and Penn 'avenue.
MILLINERY AND PAKASOL OPENINGS
To-Day.
All are invited. A grand display.
Jos. Hobne&Co.'s
Penn Avenue Stores.
If weak, languid, sallow and sick, use
Bisque of Beet herbs and aromatics.
THE VOICE OFTHE WOMEN.
WHAT THE LADIES HAVE TO SAT CON
CERNING CAMELLIA, THE QUEEN
OF FLOCK.
Have Been Using It for Tears and Declare
It Is the Finest Flour They Ever Used
Every Housewife Should Bead ThenC
Some time ago the Marshall Kennedy
Milling Company of this city advertised for
ladies to send for a copy of a beautiful
lithograph. Never, probably, has an ad
vertisement been so answered. They came
in by the thousands, a fact no doubt dne to
the wide reputation of this firm for honestv
and liberality which inspired such confi
dence in their offer.
Among the thousands of answers received
were hundreds from users of Camellia, the
qneen of flour, who, unsolicited, sent their
opinion of this popular brand. We publish
a few, but as the writers did not write for
publication we refrain from using names,
but we can assure our readers that every one
is bona fide. It would pay to prove this ev
idence by a trial of this popular home mills
flour:
PittBburg.
I want to inform von of mv experience
with Camellia. I had tried almost every
brand and find there are none as fine as
Camellia. I have used it steadily now for
over a year, and will' continue to do so as
long as I am honsekeeping. I am most par
ticular about my baking, and when I say
Camellia is simply grand I mean it.
Mbs. W. L. Ij.
Braddock.
"We have used Camellia for years'and
hope the picture will prove as satisfactory
as the flour always has. Jessie B.
Monongahela City.
If the picture is as good as Camellia I
shall be more than pleased with it
Ella F.
Pittsburg.
I have used Camellia flour for over seven
years, and I have gotten my different
neighbors to try it, and' they always con
tinue its use after my recommendation. For
my part I would use no other. In to-dav's
baking my bread came out beautifully, 'it
parted in the center as pretty and light as a
cake. Mbs. M. V. H.
' Bennett, Pa.
We would like one of your lithographs.
We are three sisters who think there is no
flour like the Camellia.
Mbs. Site M. & Sisters.
Pittsburg.
I beg to inform you that my wife has
been using Camellia for more tban two
.years. She says to tell yon it is the best
flour she ever used, and she would have no
otner brand. job K.
Johnstown, Pa.
Would say that your Camellia flour is the
best I have ever used, and as long as lean
get Camellia I shall use no other.
Mbs. H. P. G.
McKees Bocks.
We have used Camellia for years and will
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flour. Lizzie G. C.
Cumberland, Md.
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Tarentum, Pa.
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Mbs. L. M. H.
Pittsburg, W. E.
I have used your flour for over ten years.
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Foxburg, Pa.
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Ford City, Pa.
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Pittsburg.
I could not bake without Camellia flour.
It beats them all. Maggie M.
Allegheny.
Have used Camellia .flour for years. It is
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Allegheny.
I have always used Camellia and would
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Mrs. L. L.
'' . McKeesport
If that picture is as pretty as Camellia is
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Mbs. Wm. A. S.
Pittsburg.
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for years. Mrs. W. T. M.
Pittsburg.
I use Camellia flour with most pleasing
results. Mbs. Anita M.
Pittsburg.
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JURS. J. K.
Pittsburg.
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it has no equal. Mrs. M. A. N.
Beaver Falls.
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Mrs. L. A. D.
Pittsburg.
Have used nothing but .Camellia for over
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In my estimation Camellia is the best
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Pittsburg.
Camellia makes the richest, whitest and
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Mbs. AknteB.
Allegheny.
I nse Camellia. Would use no other. I
have beautiful bread. Mrs. S. E. F.
Pittsburg.
Have never had a failure with Camellia.
Mrs. E. L F.
Thorn Hill.
I highly recommend your flour to all. It
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Pittsburg.
Camellia makes lovely and good sweet
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Aitoona.
I feel certain your brand of flour has no
superior. Mrs. Jennie G. C.
Pittsburg.
It gives elegant satisfaction.
Mrs. M. J. H.
Pittsburg.
I consider Camellia the best and if my
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Camellia. I am an old and enthusiastic
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Pittsburg,
Camellia flour is the best flour in the
world, and is as white, rich and pure as
you advertise it It makes awfully nice,
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Pittsburg.
Have been using Camellia for five years
and can recommend it to all lovers of good
bread. Mrs. M. E. D.
Pittsburg.
Have used Camellia for 12 years, and
will have no other.
Mrs. Minnie W. F.
Tarentum, Pa.
Have used Camellia for more than ten
years. Mrs. Thos. O'M.
Wilmerding, Pa.
I always have good results with Camellia.
I am asked why my bread is always so light
and white. I say it is because I use Ca
mellia flour. Mrs. Geo. F.
Cratton, Pa.
I have been using the Marshall Kennedy
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Mrs. M. M. K.
Pittsburg.
Have used your flour for 15 years. It is
always A No. 1. Lizzie J. W.
, Hazelwood.
I will say that after a trial of years that
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The Minerva Musical
The Minerva Club
and Dramatic Club
was organized last
Thursday evening by a number of promi
nent East End young gentlemen. Their
aim is to have a musical and dramatic club,
and, as their roll of membership now shows,
has already quitea number of talented young
men of East End. The following officers
were elected for the ensuing term: Kobert
Connelly, President; Max Cohen, Vice
President: Abe L DeKoy, Recording Secre
tary; Will Staley, Treasurer; Louis Van Ul
lera, Sergeant at Arms.
. The next meeting will be held at the resi
dence of Mr. Abe L DeBoy, Boundary
street, East End, on Thursday evening
next
NEW ADTEBTTSKMTNTS
FHUrAveniKt
Pittsburg.
Aracsntf.
aur
TtlEu"1
"The whitewashed walL
floor."
The nicely sanded
Goldsmith.
THINK OF IT!
Only a little over a century ago when
Goldsmith wrote' "The Deserted Village,"
and even the meanest carpets could only be
purchased by the very,wealthy.
TO-DAY
The Most Exquisite Carpets
ARE
For a few (say a dozen) new designs and
color combinations in
MISTERS,
AND
EMS.
These are just hints, suggestions, of the
exquisite new designs for this season, of
which we have hundreds in stock. Then
the prloes:
ROYAL WILTONS, S1.75 AND S2.25.
BEST MOQUETTES, S1.25.
BEST TAPESTRIES 68 GENTS,
We only mention the best qualities.
We've got them cheaper if you wish.
LACE CURTAINS
Spring Stock Now Open.
BDT CARPETS i CURTAINS
Before the Rush of Moving Time.
CAMPBELL & DICK,
81, 83, 85, 87 & 89 Fifth Ave.
mhlD-33-D
GRAND'-:-EXHIBITION
OF-
FRENCH
PATTERI
HATS!
TO-HIND. TO-MORROW
Will be 'the crowning mil
linery event of the season.
Nearly every Parisian
Modiste of note is repre
sented. You will find here more
French Pattern Hats than
are displayed by any three
local houses combined.
YOU IRE INVITED.
IJ-Note! Our-Millinery
Parlors- have been
greatly enlarged, remod
eled and beautified,, and
are now beyond compari
son with any similar de
partment in Pittsburg.
mhS '
T'.w. AjfYiL3i
402 ,
WITHIN REACH OF EVERYBODY.
See Our inflow
MOQUETTES
KiMI'
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KIDFMAI
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
B. & B.
YOU KNOW DON T
YOU? that we have two
Cloak- rooms one for Ladies'
Garments and one for Misses'
and Children's Garments?
AND YOU KNOW that
the very best productions of the
best makers from the choicest
fabrics find their way into these
departments early in the season
very early?
AND THAT we are known
to sell these choicest and best
garments on the same basis as
goods by the yard the small
profit basis w h i c h means
much to each individual cus
tomer of this store?
THEN when we say on this
22d day of March that we are
ready to show you the spring
season's full production, you
are ready to come and we are
ready to receive you we'll ex
pect you to-day.
Misses' Military Cape New
markets, and Newmarkets with
hood and cape New and
Stylish Reefers and Jackets in
a variety of styles that will
afford a wide range for a satis
factory selection.
Misses' and Children's dainty
Gingham Dresses one and
two-piece suits Challie and In
dia Dresses look in the win
dow and get an idea of the
dainty effects.
Misses' Navy and Tan Mili
tary Cape Newmarkets, $6.50
each.
Misses' Camel's Hair Chev
ron Reefer Jackets, $5 each.
In the Ladies' Department
newest and most stylish Jackets,
Reefers, Blazers, Long Gar
ments. Newmarkets, with deep
capes, military cape and di
vided cape, plain back and
pleated back. Jackets with
pleated back Watteau back
Jackets Norfolk Jackets
Box back Jackets.
Ladies' Tan, Navy or Black
Diagonal Cheviot Reefers 28
inches long $4.25 each.
Ladies' Light or Dark Tan,
Gray, Navy or Black Cheviot
Reefers, with embroidered shawl
collar, $10.
Ladies' Tan or Black Long
Cloth Capes 40 inches $5
each.
Ladies' Long Cloth Capes at
all prices, from $5 to the ele
gant Bedford Cord, with Lace,
Jet and Faille Francaise com
bination fancy silk lined, $75.
Second floor take elevator.
BOGGS & BUHL,
ALLEGHENY.
mb23
EXTRA!
ON SALE TO-DAY,
18,000 YARDS
EMBROIDERED SWISS MUSLIN
FOR
Purchased at a recent big auction
sale in New York at
ABOUT 1-2 LESS
THAN
ACTUAL
VA1UK
Attention is also called to our new
importations of
IRISH POINTE
LACE CURTAINS,
The largest and most attractive dis
play we have ever made. Prices be
gin with an extraordinary value AT
$3 A PAIR a handsome pattern,
genuine Irish Pointe Lace. Curtain,
full 3 yards long, at only $3 a pair.
JOS.HORNE&CO.'S
Penn Avenue Stores.
mh2i
DESKS.
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