30,000 MORE HOMES.
Boomers Horse, Foot and Dragoons,
Bashand Conquer an Empire
BIGGER THAN 5 RHODE ISLANDS.
rioting Only Eeported at the Land Office in
Oklahoma City.
HINT WILL FLOCK BACK IN DISGUST
Er. Eeno, April 19. Jost at noon to
day, as provided by the President's procla
mation, the cannon thundered forth, the
tignal carbines repeated the din, and 25,000
men on horseback, in wagons and on foot,
rushed into the country of the Cheyennes
tnd Arapahoes, and this afternoon horse
flesh is Buffering. Animals drawn from the
Cherokee Strip to the country of the
Wichita, from Oklahoma to No Man's
Land, are rushing over flat and hollow, un
der whip and spur, madly racing for quarter
sections and town sites.
A field-piece had been hauled from the
tort and stationed on a rising knoll, and as
the hour for the opening drew near the
word went down the line.
About 10 o'clock the boomers began to
line up. In all places where there was any
considerable crowd there were detachments
of troops stationed about half a mile apart
where the country was level, and closer
when necessary.
The tine Well Kept In Order.
In the place which the soldiers were not
able to cover the people acted as a check
upon one another, and there were Tery few
men who drove an inch over the line before
12 o'clock. There were murmurings among
the boomers as they stood in line waitiug
that many men who intended to make their
ran on horseback disappeared from the
camp during the night
In the arrangement of the line the same
order was observed all along the border.
Horsemen were in front, the men who were
to make the run in wagons were second,
snd the few wagons which were only fol
lowing up the horsemen, took the rear place.
Bv 11 o'clock everything was in readiness
for the start.
Just at noon the sharp report of the can
non, followed by the cracks of carbines,
sounded, and the next second the horses
were off. The horsemen sprang away as if
they were riding a quarter dash. The
wagoners put the whip to their beasts.
There was a cloud of dust, and the flood of
palefaces swept into the country. The sol
diers, alter the signal, put spurs to their
horses and flew to get away from the rush
behind them.
Each Meering Straight for His Farm.
After a ride of a mile or two they formed
aline. Every man seemed to know just
where he was going and headed for his
longed-for land without even bestowing a
glance of attention at his brother rushers.
A few wheels were lost near the line, and
many more will be left in the gulleys this
afternoon, but there were no serious acci
dents. A light rain was falling when the start
was made and it deprived the scene of much
of its picturesque character. It did not,
however, dampen enthusiasm. The boomers
had gone through too many hardships to be
inconvenienced by such a little thing as a
soaking. They would have made the rush
just the same if the storm had been the
worst that ever swept a Western prairie.
It was very lortunate for many of the
boomers that the wait on the border was at
an end, as they had gone to the Iront with
scant supplies and had stood it as long as
they could. In the 'Wichita country, on
the border of County H., Sundav and yes
.erday, men went gun in hand demanding
-bat those who had provisions sell them
omething to eat These men will break
or the towns as soon as they have driven
.neir states.
Rioting at the Cand Offlce.
A dispatch from Guthrie saysj Miss Con
aie Sorenzen, of this place, who went to
Oklahoma City this morning to file a declar
ltory notice covering a claim in the
Cheyenne and Arapahoe country has just re
.urned from that place. She was
ir.iong the first who was admitted
.o the land office. She says that
chile she was filing her notice the
)pponents of the seat farmers outside
made an attack upon the line, and that
i riot resulted. People swarmed into the
land office, where the rioting continued,
several people were knocked down and
.rampled upon, among them being a woman,
lost of whose clothes were torn frem her.
Jne man, name unknown, was struck on
be head, had his skull fractured and was
"atally injured. Many others were less se--iously
hurt.
One thousand boomers made the race into
.he Cheyenne and Arapahoe reservation
the border opposite Higgins, Tex.
at only 16 per cent The great erptrt of the
negro settlers gathered at Iandstone and
Cimarron, the towns that were organized
at the time of opening of the Eastern reser
vation a year ago. From those towns
they prooeeded, most of them on foot, to
the eastern and southern boundaries of the
Cheyenne country, where they all settled
as near to one another as possible. Nearly
all the remaining negroes entered the lands
from the south and v, est, having come from
Texas.
The blanket Indiant amid all the rnihand
bustle, hurry and excitement, preserved his
indifference. The only thing that caused
anything near surprise was the number of
white people who entered upon his land. It
was the first time he ever came to know that
there are more people in the world than In
dians. He was not even enough interested
in the white man's scramble for land to stay
on his own claim to prevent its being
jumped.
There was, however, a special reason for
that To-morrow is ration day at the
agency, and nothing was ever known to
keep the Indian away from the agency
when anything to eat is in sight
Indians Still Look for the Messiah.
The blanket Indians are, as a rule, peace
ably inclined. The Arapahoes, especially,
are docile. They never have made,and prob-
aDiy never will, mace muen trouDie. The
Cheyennes, too, are good-natured enough so
long as they are left alone.
Indifference is not the only cause of the
Indians' want of surprise at the invasion of
tbeir lands. They have the promise of the
Messiah, that the white men shall be swept
from the earth, and that the Indian shall be
restored to his former dominion. They have
been engaging in ghost dances 'for a
month past and many of their wise
old men have had visions and have
conveyed to their tribes the Messiah's prom
ise. They were at first surprised that the
Messiah should allow the preparation for
the invasion to proceed; but when Chief
Left Hand received the revelation, to the
effect that the destruction of whites was de
layed only for a short time, their surprise
gave way to an abiding faith in the ultimate
extinction of their natural enemy.
the Business world.
How the Phonograph Company Is to
" Be Reorganized With
EDISON AS AN ACTIFE OFFICER.
Kenosha's Lumber and Manufacturing 4)is
" trict' Wiped Out
FIRES, FAILURES' AND RAILWAY NEWS
A COAL COMBINE
Controlling the Product of Hew England
end Pennsylvania Anthracite Fields,
ALBAiry, April 1& SpcciaL The re
port of the committee appointed to in
vestigate the coal combine, after reciting
the facts of the leases by which the
combination was formed and the arrange
ment by which there was an inter
change of directors between the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western Company and the
Central Kail road Company, of New Jersey,
says that it is evident that these agreements
will enable the Beading Company to control
three-fourths of the carrying trade of anthra
cite coal. The acquisition of the Poughkeep
sie bridge gives additional evidence that
the road intends to control nqt only the
anthracite coal market of this State, but
also that of the New England States.
The report concludes that the combina
tion is contrary to pnblic policy in that it
puts in the hands of corporations the power
of regulating or advancing the price
of one of the chief necessaries. The
committee recommends that the attention
of the Governor be directed to the as
sumed dangers threatening the people, in
order that he may take necessary action to
enforce the law. The report also recom
mends that the committee be granted leave
to sit during recess.
skiehishes with ihb law.
From the north and western borders of the
eservation fully four times that number
;ntered the lands. Only a few claims were
.aken up near the borders, the majority of
he boomers being bound for either the
iver bottom claims or the county seats.
The county seats of counties H, F, G and
E are distant from' telsgraphic communica
.lon all the way from 35 to 70 miles, and no
news from them is obtainable until to
morrow. It Is larger Than Many States.
The Cheyenne and Arapahoe reservation
is situated in the Indian territory between
the Cherokee outlet on the north and the
Kiowa, Comanche and Apache reservation
iu the sonth. Its eastern border adjoins
Oklahoma and its western the Panhandle of
Texas. Its area is much greater than it is
rtnerally understood to be. It would make
wo Oklahoma's or five Rhode Island's,
while the whole States of Connecticut and
tthode Island could be set down in it and
there would still remain room for four Dis
tr.cts of Columbia.
It contains about 6,500 square miles, or
1,000,000 acres. Our of this the resident
Indians have been allotted bv the Govern
ment 530,960 acres, giving to each of the
3,355 aborigines 160 acres each. There was
thus left ior general settlement about
J,5tu,uw acres, which, allowing a quarter
section, or 160 acres, to each home seeker,
would accommodate about 22,000 settlers
outside of the town sites.
Very few of the thousands who have been
waiting for weeks on the border and in the
frontier towns ior to-day's final rush, had
anvthing but the vaguest idea as to the real
"haracter of the land they were so anxious
.o possess.
Indians Get All the Good Land.
Exaggerated reports of the wondrous
fertility of the land were readily believed
snd were not easily contradicted, for only
very few people had the intimate knowl
sdje of the country upon which to base
successful contradiction; so when the rush
was made to-day, the boomers believed they
were entering into a' veritable Gar
Jen of Eden. When they had
reached their claims, had staked them
2 and had taken the opportunitv
to survey their broad acres, they iound that
ins' cad of a Garden of Eden, a promised
land flowing with milk and honey, as they
had fondly believed, they had really
possessed themselves of a section of verv
ordinary Western prairie land, flowing with
nothing but high grass and very brackish
streams bitter with alkali. That, at least,
is what a great majority of them found.
Some of the landas a matter of course,
that along the river bottoms and in the val
leys is excellent farming land, but the In
dians were sensible enough to choose the
most of it Of the land remaining to the
hi te settlers some of it is good but most
cf it is very poor. Many of those who
rushed in full of hope, will soon rush out to
take advantage of the next gift of land by
the Government
t here the Negroes Made Their Jlush.
The scarcity of the negro is one of the sur
prising things of the occupancy of the new
lands. An estimata places the proportion
ot negroes to the whole number of s ettlera
Gottfried Both, or 803 Shelly alley, South
side, Is charged with heating his wire.
Julius Isbaut and Simon Kunizlnskl en
gaged in a rough and tumble fight at the
Blacc Diamond Steel Works. Tney were ar
rested by Special Officer MiUigan.
Solomon Crist is charged with oontraotlng
with Mrs. Funk, or Kensington, eight
months ago, to build her a house, borrowing
Um from her to buy timber and disappear
ing. Robert Moore and David Graham entered
cross suits aeainst each other befoio Alder
man Donovan yesterday for assault and bat
tery. Mooro Is Graham's uncle, and they
cau a ngnt.
Charles Ashxr -and James Cooper were
nrrested by officer Beers, ot the Third
district, on Smithfleld street, near First
avenue, for raising a disturbance and kick
ing in a $60 plate class window.
Charles Kxrr, who formerly kept a
restaurant on Federal street, Allegheny, has
been held for court for leceiving a gold
watch stolen from a young lady in the
Fidelity building by two 9-year-old boys.
Albert Bnowir, colored, a resident or Oak
land and the janitor of tlio Third National
Bank, of Allegheny, was arrested last night
by Detective Stcrck on a serious charge, pie
lerred before Magistrate Hyndman by Mrs,
A. Messenden
Maet Hulver was arrested yesterday
charged by Mrs. Emma Kurtz with larceny.
The two women ate neighbors and reside
on Steuben street. Mrs. Kurtz alleges that
while she was absent from her home the de
iendnnt took a pocketbook containing a
small sum or money. Sho was held for a
hearing Thursday.
Charles Blake was arrested at Twenty
sixtn street and l'enn avenue yesterday
afternoon by Officer Kramer for fighting.
The other man escaped. 1 ater, the man w ho
eluded the police when Blake was arrested,
walked into the station house and said he
wanted to leave a forleit for Blake. He was
promptly arrested. He gave his name as
James Adrian. Both men claim to be from
Wheeling.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
New Yoke, April 19. There are a num
ber of persons in -Pittsburg who will be
pleased to hear .that there is a prospect of
sunshine ahead for the phonograph business.
Since ,the severe illness and subsequent
failure of Jesse H. Lippincott, who was a
resident of Pittiburg for many years, the
affairs of the North American Phonograph
Company have been very much complicated,
and for a time it looked as though a large
amount of money would be sunk in this en
terprise. While things are still far from
rosy, there is now said to be a hope of an
amicable and satisfactory adjustment of the1
chief difficulties of the company.
The North American Phonozranh Com.
pany Is a corporation of the State of New 1
Jersey. It was organized in 1888 by Jesse
H. Lippincott and some other capitalists.
Mr. Lippincott was firmly convinced that
the phonograph would in time become a
very desirable commercial article, and,
after careful examination and many
satisfactory tests, he purchased the
patent rights for North America
from Thomas A. Edison, its inventor, who
had just completed his improvements on
the machine. At the same time A. Graham
Bell, of telephone fame, patented and put
on the market the graphophone, which in
many respects was similar to the phono-
grapn, out. simpler in its mechanism.
There was a prospect of endless
litigation, as Edison claimed that his phono
graph patents had been much infringed
upon by Bell, while it was admitted that
Bell's invention had many new and valuable
adjuncts. After months of negotiating, Mr.
Lippincott secured an option on the grapho
phone, and later became the sole lessee
under Bell in this country.
The company, which was then formed by
Mr. Lippincott, had a capital of f6,000,000,
based upon the ownership of the phonograph
and the license of the graphophone, and fac
tories were soon built to turn out both these
machines, which were rented to the public
at $40 a year.
State Companies and Millions.
The North American Company did not do
business' with the publio direotly, but liko
other similar concerns it sold the rights in
the various States to looal companies for
large sums, taking payment partly in cash
and partly in stock of the local companies.
It is said that these state companies wero
were capitalized for a total Of about
su.uuu,uuo, that or New York-City alone hav
lng a capital of $3,000,000, the Boston com
know nothing regarding the lease, nor If it
has been or will be renewed. Jolly 250 men
will be thrown out of employment in
definitely. XXKOSHA BC0BCHED 9500,000.
A large Lumber and Manufacturing Dis
trict In Asbas.
Kesobha, Wis., April 19. The most destruc
tive lire that ever visited tins place, result
ing In a total loss of about (300,000, broke out
at 8 o'olock this morning and was not under
control until seven hours later. In a short
time the Northwestern Wire Mattress
Works were a mass of ruins. The Kenosha
Crib Company's plant was next wiped out,
followed by George. Baldwin's eoal sheds.
About 8 o'clook the entire lumber dlstrlot,
fully eight blocks, was a mass of .burning
timber. Numerous fires about town were
cansed by flying brand, but they were
quickly put out The Head & Sutherland
Company's large storage warehouse was
consumed, together with about 8,000,000 feet
of lumber. The Bain Wagon Company loses
about 2,600,000 feet or lumber. The North
western Wire Mattiess Company Is the
heaviest loser. Its loss will reach $350,000,
with an insurance of about (200,000, as fol
lows: 'Scottish Union and National, or Hart
ford, $5,000; Merchants', of Newark, $5,000;
Liverpool, London and Globe, $5,000; North
British and Mercantile. $5,000; Life and Fire,
of London, 13,000; Manchester, Scotland,
$5,000: Fbcenlx, London, $5,000; Oakland Home
Insurance Company, of California, $5,000;
Home lire, of Newark, $5,000; Northern Lon
don, $5,000: Caledonia, Scotland, $5,000; Lon
don Assurance, $1,000; Providence. Washing
ton, $2,000; other companies. $37,000. The
Bain Wagon Companv loses $40,000, insured,
Hartford, $5,000; London Assurance, $1,000;
Orient, Hartford, $500; Phoenix, Brooklyn,
$500; Lancashire, England, $500: Traders',
Chicago. $500; other oompanles, $18,000. Head,
Sutherland & Co. loses $45,000; Insured Phoe
nix, London, $2,400; other companies, $10,600.
pany's being placed at $1,000,000, that or
Philadelphia at $1,000,000, the Western Penn
sylvania Company at $650,000 and that in
Chicago at $2,500 000.
For a time all looked well and business
was good, the machines betas ordered In far
greater quantities than they could be
turned out The graphophones were
mane oy the American Graphophone Com.
A $17,000,000 TRANSFER.
The Vast DuBois Estate of 28,000 Aeres
Bought by the Pennsy.
DuBois, Pa., April 19. A report Is current
here that the DuBois estate is about to pass
out of the hands of John DuBois, Jr., who
was made sole heir of the vast estate at the
death of his uncle, which occurred some
three years ago. The Pennsylvania Rail
road Company is the purchaser and the con
sideration named Is reported to be about
$17,000,000 in all.
When Mr. DuBois died he left the estate In
trust to his nephew, John DuBois, to be
operated on the same general plan .which
be had inaugurated for a period or 20 years,
at the end of which time the property is to
be divided up among the heirs. There are
about 28,000 acres ot land In the tract, the
greater portion or which is underlaid with
coal. With the exception or perhaps 2,000 or
3,ooo acres, tne wnoie tract is neavuy tim
bered, and it is without doubt the most val
uable piece ot timber land in the State to
day that Is owned by a single individual. On,
the property are three large mills, a box
board factory and a machine shop with a
large number or other Improvements. Be
side these nearly the entire Third ward of
this borough belongs to the estate. '
TO HAVE A BIO PEHSIOK.
PEOPLE COMING AND G0IHG.
Prof. P. G Wagner, with ten students
from the cnglneeiuig department ol the
Michigan University, is at the Seventh
Acnue. It is the eighth nnuual tour, and
the class will visit mills in this city, Detroit
and Cleveland. The Piofcssor says Pitts
burg is the best place in the country in which
to study mechanics.
Eltes Brooks, of the Brooks New York
Band, which plays at the St. Augustine, Fia.,
hotels during the winter, was in the city
yesterday, and denied the reports that
typhoid and malaria were prevalent there
during the season just closnd.
D. D. Stainell, of the Big Pour road, VT.
G. Brown, of the Baltimore and Ohio, and
Henry C. Shields, or Columbus, met at the
Monongahela House yesterday and ohecked
up li eight rates.
Edward Ford, of the Pittsburg Plate
Glass Company, left for Chicago on the
limited last evening. Another elate elans
conference is on the carpet.
Among the passengers for Philadelphia
last evening were Joseph D. Weeks, Post
office Inspector Dickson, Calvin Wells and
F. Lechner.
W. C Anderson, of Clays ville, and S.
Grove, Jr., a chewing-gum maker from
Salem, are registered at the Seventh Avenue
Hotel.
J. W. Mitchell, of "Washington, and F.
D. Casanane, Superintendent ot the Ft.
Wayne road, at Ft. Wayne, ate at the Ander
son. General A. "V. Jones, of Yonngstown,
and C Wickelman. a Lyons silk manu
lactuier, were at the Duquesne yesterday.
A. A. Purman. of "Waynesburg. George
W. Conrad and A. F. Cooper, of Union town,
aie stopping at the Monongahela House.
Judge Nathaniel Ewing, of TJniontown,
was in the city yesterday.
Arnold ScbJaet,
at the Schlosser.
a New York oil man, is
FIttsbnrsers in New York.
New York, April 19 Special. The follow
ing Plttaburgoifc are registered at .New York
hotels: It. H. Campe, Imperial; J. S. Dick
sou, Imperial: C. P. McKnlght, St, James; G.
Morton. Windsor; J. Newell, Coleman; W.
J. Kay, Sinclair; a Spring, Metropolitan; J.
G. Stenhenson, New York; D. G. Stewart, St.
James; N. J. Young, Imperial; B, Doollttle,
Sturtevant; G. M. Laughlln, Holland House;
G. i.aughlin, Jr., Holland; . C. Renters,
Sweeney's: W. H. Singer, Fifth Avenue; Miss
Singer, Filth Avenue.
I'nrc and Wholesome Quality
Commends to public approval the Call.
Jornia liquid laxativo remedy, Syrup of
Figs. It is pleasant tothetate and by act
ing gently on the kidneys, liver and bowels
to cleanse the system effectually, it pro
motes the, health and comfort of all who
use It, and with millions it is the best and
only remedy.
pany In their factory at Bridgeport, Conn.,
and the phonographs at Orange, N. J., under
the general direction of Mr. Edison. The
North American Company paid dividends at
the rate or 6 per cent for several years out
ofitsoash earnings from local companies',
but there came a slackening of business and
dividends ceased.
The cause of this was partly the fact that
the public did not take to the machines as
was expected, and partly because of the
sudden and severeJUness of Mr. Lippincott,
who, as President of the phonograph com
pany, retained In his own hands the control
oi tne company, and practically the sole
knowledge ot much or the business or the
enterprise. After his illness he became in
volved in business difficulties, having in
vested his own fortune or over hair a mill
ion, as well as large sums put in by his
friends. Heavy payments became due to
Edison for the patents , and. to the grapho
phone comnanv for the leases of thnlr mt.
-ents and tle machines made by them.
t ura out uy a long ana piucicy struggle,
and tied down to his bed by something like
a paralytic stroke, Mr. Lippincott finally
had to make an assignment, and. his in
terests in the Rochester Tumbler Company,
or Rochester, Pa., the largest concern or
the kind In the world, and in the coke busi
ness In the Connellsvllle region and otber
profitable Investments were turned over to
creditors. As his illness continued and
still absolutely prevents his taking any part
In the business, others took hold of the
phonograph company and lor months have
endeavoied to duc it on a safe anrl nnvfn-r
basis.
Edison's Latest Machines Nearly Perfect.
One of the reasons which led to success
in a measure was the faith Edison had in his
offspring and the extremely valuable im
provements he has perfected in the meehanl-
al operation of the machine. Those who have
seen the latest machine supplied with all the
new additions say it is about as near per
fect as can be. It will clearly lecord a whis
per spoken at a distance and the manage
ment of the paits making the recoidhas
been greatly simplified.
At the annual meeting of the company in
February many schemes weie discussed and
the result has been the issuance of a call
for a special meeting of the stockholders on
the 29th Inst., at the Jersey City offices. This
meeting will consider a report of the Board
of Directors on the adjustment of claims
against the company and to take action
either by funding them, Issuing notes or
otherwise. It is reported that Mr. Edison
has agreed to take the new securities of the
company in payment of his claims and to
enter the Board or Directors and perhaps
become a leading officer or the company.
It Is also said that some understanding will
be i etched with the graphophone company
in regard to its claims, but us yet little has
leaked as to what n ill be done in this re
spect. The grapliopnone company is ac pres
ent turning out and selling machines on its
own account, claiming that the lease to Lip
pincott Is void, but it is likely it will consent
to a pooling or iatei ests. The slot machines
containing phonographs have made a great
deal of money and are to be largely in
creased in number, as will also be the man
ufacture of dolls and other toys con-.
taming minature phonographs. The bull,
ness of the vatious local companies
even under present conditions is said to be
sufficient to pay all actuarexponses outside
of charges on the securities. The net earn
ings of the Ndrth American Company at
present are about $150,000 a year.
THE PENNSY IN WAR PAINT.
It Cats the Anthracite Coal Bate to Tide
water 26 Cents a Ton.
Philadelphia, April 19. The Pennsylvania
Railroad Company has made a cut of 26
cents a ton in anthracite coal rates between
the mines and New York City. The reduc
tion will go into effect Saturday. In ex
planation of the proposed leduotion an
official or the Pennsylvania Railioad Com
pany said this afternoon:
"The open rate on coal to New York water
is $1 70 a ton. The Reading and Lehigh
valley Railroads have recently closed con
tracts wlth.mlneis and shippers or coal,
agreeing to give them 60 per cent or what
ever piice tney realize lor the sale of coal at
tidewater. That practically fixed the rate ror
transportation or the coal ut 40 per cent of
num. vuai sens ior at tiae. xne average price
for coal this month at tide is fixed at $8 60:
40 per cent or that is $144. We have made
out rate ut that figure, which is a l eduction
or26 cents a ton. That late will he changed,
or course, as the price or coal Is advanced or
decreased.
The redaction In carrying rates on anthra
cite coal by the Pennsylvania Railtoad
Company was rreely discussed by officials or
the Reading Company this afternoon, and
iiuiutuem lewas learned that, as the pro
portion or anthracite carried by the Penn
sylvania Company is but 8 per cent, the
Heading and its allies will, It is under
stood, make no 'reduction but maintain
the present rate as the Ion ost at which coal
can be carried to tidewater without loss.
The action or the Pennsylvania Company,
they said, can only be understood as a con
tinuation or its malicious policy toward the
Reading. It is a gloss violation of the rules
as to the making or rates, which has been in
existence lor years.
Manager Camp, of the New York Clearing
House, Will Be Betlred.
New York, April 19. Special. At to
morrow's meeting of the Clearing Honse As
sociation it Is proposed to Introduce resolu
tions under which W. A. Camp, for 85 years
manager of the Clearing House, may be re
tired on a pension of $7,500 a year for lire.
Mr. Camp Is 70 years old, and Is to be re
tired at his own request. He has suffered
much in recent years from rheumatism.
For 25 years his salary was $10,000. For the
last ten years It has been $15,030.
Among those named as candidates for the
place are Valentine P. Snyder, of the West
ern National Bank: Arthur W. Sherman,
cashier of the Gallatin National Bank; Bank
Examiner A. B. Hepburn and William
Sheter, at present assistant manager of the
Clearing House.
ELOPES Wlty- HEB ABAB L0VEB.
The Aged Father of the Pretty Maiden
Seeking Bis Lost Daughter.
Superintendent of Police O'Mara sent
out a lot of circulars yesterday to nearby
towns, giving a description of a 'young
Arabian peddler named Nadel Coram, who
abducted Maria Sarkts,., 14-year-old girl
of the same nationality, from her father's
home on Penn avenue last Monday after
noon. -The father, of the girl -reported the
matter to the Superintendent amid tears
and lamentations that hid the effect of
moving all his hearers to sincere sympathy,
and a promise was made the father that
every effort would be made to find the pair.
C&ram is but 20 years old, .of swarthy com
plexion, dark hair. and eves" and void of any
beard or mustache. He'carries a small case
of jewelry and tramps from house to house.
The daughter ii laid . td"ht pretty, of me
dium build, light hair, which she wears
short, and .clothed in a brown dress and a
woolen shawL ,
The father says the couple are lovers, to
which he "has no objection, but refused to
allow a marriage until they both became
older, lie is an old man'Of bO years.bowed
down with grief at the action of his only
child.
SH0BT 8T0BIES OF CITY LIFE.
Thx dog catchers were busy yesterday,
and captured a number of curs.
The Pennsylvania Railroad promises to
reduce the fare between the city and Edge
wood to 15 cents fox round, trip and $4 03 for
Oitioxr EinticH reported to the Allegheny
police that a number of chickens had been
stolen from the neighborhood of Linden
avenue on Sunday night. '
Two Sisters from St. John's Home, In New
York, were In the city yesterday with 24
boys taking them to Tiffin, where they will
be employed in a glass house.
Grace Episcopal Churoh, Mt. Washington,
has elected the following vestry: Thomas
F. Ashford, Sr.. William P. Linhart, Alfred
Marland, John S. McMillen, O. W. Sadler, O.
H. Stenson and John 0. Shaler, Jr.
Johb Ashto, a miner employed In the
Fidelity mines at Lucy ville, was cauzht by
a fall or coal and had his back broken and
his skull fractured. He was brought to the
West Penn Hospital, and will probably die.
At Harrlsburg' yesterday a charter was
granted to the Western Asphalt Blook and
Tile Company; of 'New Castle, with a capital
stock of $100,000. The directors are Frank J.
Farron and James McAfee, of Allegheny,
and William T. Wallace, Samuel C Graham,
William W. Thompson, or Pittsburg.
The following vestrymen have been
elected by the congregation of Emanuel P.
E. Church: Henry H. Smith, Thomas Irwin,
John M Clurg, Henry D. Ratton, M. A. Tan
ner, H. W. Robert, John Moorbead. Walter
Wormald, James Partlington, W. B. Hart
man, E. Covert and W. D. Briston.
Tnx First rehearsal of the chorus to ap
pear at the one hundedth organ recital, Car
negie Hall, May7, will bo held at Carnegie
Music Hall this evening at 7:45. City Organ
ist H. P. Ecker invites all choir singers and
choristers to attend. The entrance to the
music hall will be at the north door, on East
Diamond at.
The following foreign corporations have
been granted permission to open offices in
Pennsylvania, with headquarters in this
city: The A. C. Henderson Drug Company, of
West Virginia; Fidelity Building, Loan and
Investment Association, of Washington, D.
C; the Pacific Guano Manufacturing Com
pany, of Portland, Me.
ADVERTISEMENT.
GREAT BIG BARGAINS!
$
Every Department Alive to the Finger Tips
With Extraordinary Values.
Gentlemen,
what do you think
of this? A 3-but-ton
Cutaway Coat
and Vest of strictly
All-Wool, Plain
Blue "or Black Clay
Diagonal, bound,
perfect fitting and
well made, for
I.
You should also
see our Sack Suits
of the newest cut
and patterns at i o,
2$i2, and $15.
AND OUR
Spring Overcoats
At $9, $io, $12 and 15; unequaled
at $2 to $3 more.
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Ladies, we have
the most inviting
lineof Little Boys'
Suits.
Stylish Ve'st
Suit, Jacket, Pants
and separate Vest,
for
$3.
All-Wool Fast
Blue Jersey Suits
at $2.50.
Plain Blue
Reefer Suits at
$2.75.
All the newest things at lowest
prices in HATS AND FURNISHINGS-
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A Pair of Roller Skates or
a Baseball and Bat with
every Boy's Suit
M 4 m M a.
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CLOTHIERS, TAILORS AND HATTERS,
I6M63 FEDERAL STREET, ALLEGHENY.
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BUSINESS BREVITIES.
Thi B. & O. directors will probably declare
a cash dividend to-day.
Tnx Chicago, St. Paul and Kansas City
Ballroad has shut down on stop-overs.
The B. & O. has secured the World's Fair
entrance which was disputed by the Illinois
Central.
The appearances in the suit against the
Beading, brought by Attorney General Ilen
sel, have all been filed.
A federation of scamens' unions is the
scheme under consideration at a meeting
now being held in Chicago.
The Sheriff to-day took possession of the
stock of Edward Benjamin, a New York silk
dealer and commission merchant, under an
execution for U3,299.
TJifios Job and weekly newspaper printers
in Chicago demand an increase of Scents per
thousand ems, and threaten to strike If re
fused. Their present scale Is 35 cents.
W. B. Kimball, of Cincinnati, with a num
ber of capitalists from Beaver Falls, are or
ganizing to start a Second National Bank in
the latter place, with a capital of $200,OCO,
The contract for building the People's
Electric Street Bailway, of Bocbester, Pa.,
and the BeaverValley, has been let to Simon
Harold, of Beaver Falls. The road is to be
operated by July I.
The latest venture, of McKeesport c, Ital
Ists is to form a company to develop thi rich
?old quartz in the gold, mininir districts of
Utah. The company has a capital of $1,5C0,
000. and will be called the Tribune Sllning
Comnany.
Theke is prospect of trouble among the
transcontinental lines over the division of
immigrant business to the Pacific coast. One
Jilan of settlement proposed Is to appoint a
oint agent at San Francisco, who shall be
trusted to make a fair division of the busi
ness. The Olcott Reorganization Company of
the Blchmond Terminal announces that at
the close of business yesterday securities
amounting to $90,132,700 have been deposited
with or cabled to tho Central Trust Com
panv. The time for deposit has been ex
tended to May 2.
Charters were issued yesterday as follows:
Western Asphalt Block and Tile Company,
of New Castle; capital stock, $100,000; Dl
rectois, Frank J. Farron and James McAfee,
of Allegheny, and William T. Wallace, Sam
uel C. Graham, William W. Thompson, of
jfittsDnrg. xne ioiiowing ioreign corpora
tions were to-day given permission to oien
branch offices in this State, headquarters of
an to ne in .rittsDure: xne a. v. Henderson
Drue
Bulldlntr.
tlon.of Washington, D. C; the Paclffc Guano
A Speculator in Petticoats.
In New York Wall street is full of them.
They are the most reckless of speculators,
too, but not to be compaied to the woman
who risks the success of her bakimr And
peace and health of her family by using any
other than the Marshall Kennedy Milllnir
Company's famous Camellia and Bavard
Amber. Thev are the only solid unchange
able flour stocks to buy. They pay the
largest dividends In quantity and quality of
finest bread. The one thing above all others
that has made the reputation of their flour
is their unfailing regularity, and thef careful
selection of the wheat used In their milling.
The People's Store, Fifth Avanne.
Attend onr lace curtain sale to-day. Com
mences at 9 a. at See display "ad.'r
Cahfbzll & Dies.
Not So Bad After All.
. E. V. Wood, of McKee's Bocks, Alle
gheny county, Pa., in speaking to a travel
ing man of Chamberlain s medicines said: "I
recommend them above all others. I have
used them myself and know them to be re
liable. I always guarantee them to my
customers, and have never had a bottle re
turned." Mr. Wood had hardly finished
speaking when a little girl came in the
store with an empty bottle. It was labeled
"Chamberlain's Pain Balm." The traveler
was interested, as there was certainly a
bottle coming back, but waited to hear
what the little girl said. It was as follows:
"Mamma wants another bottle ot that medi
cine; she says it is the best medicine for
rheumatism she ever used." BO-cent bottles
for sale by druggists. wir
FORGET
ME
NOT.
FORGET
ME
NOT.
We Want Everyone
To visit onr basement bargain department
to-day. Special men's suit sale.
P. C. C. C., Clothiers,
Corner Grant and Diamond streets.
W. K. C. Fair.
Visit Old City Hall to-day and get a good
worthy object.
warm dinner and Supper and assist a most
jueais zs cents.
The People's Store, Fifth Avenue.
Lace curtain sale to-day. None sold before
9 a. m. See display "ad," this paper.
Campbell & Dick.
Company, of West Virginia; Fidelity
jjoan ana investment Associa-
Manufacturing Company, of Portland, Me.
THE FIBS BECORD.
A Big New Castle Fnrnaoe Quits.
New Castle, April 19. The big Eosena
furnace, which for two or three year has
been operated by the Olivers, of Pittsburg,
will blow out to-morrow, the lease having
expired. Mill owners and bosses are very
reticent regarding the tnrnaoe, and say they
Orlskany Falls, N. Y. E. B. Woolworth's
yarn mill. Loss, $50,000.
Fontalnbleau.France A fire has destroyed
the altar and oholr and the famous gifts of
Anna or Austria.
West Brighton, S. I. The Staten Island
Dyeing Works, with a quantity of goods
leady for shipment. Loss, about $100,000; In
surance, $40,000.
Fulton's, Ky. The Fanners' tobacco ware
house and the business house In which It
was located. Loss, $50,000. A burglar Is be
lieved to have stinted the flrew
School street An alarm from Allegnonv
box 78 was sounded at 10 o'clock last nlch'ti
foi a Hie In 11 P. is W. supply car at the foot
of School stieec. It caught from a passing
engine.
Herr's Island A chimney fire in a house
on Herr's Island, at 4:30 o'clock vesterdav
afternoon, occasioned an alarm from station
157, of the Allegheny Fire Department. The
loss was trifling.
Halllns, Aln. The Sample Lumber Com
pany's lumber vard and milling plant, with
moie than 2,000,000 feet of lumber, and also
several neaihy. Loss, ubout $70,000; insur
ance, auout ou,uw.
Salvador The warehouses of Messrs.
Mouin, Escobar and Alberto Salinas. Other
houses ldjoining were heavily damaged.
Total loss, $300,000, partly insured. -Three
persons were killed and several vi ounded by
the railing of a wall.
McKeesport The pretty new frame resi
dence of Bobert Robinson, located up Long
Bun. Loss $2,500 or more. The bouse was
just completed this week, and the owner
was about to move in and had already
placed some of Ills furniture there. Incen
diary.
If yon have n room to let and wish to se
cure a good tenant advertise It In the "To
Let Booms" cent a word columns of the
Saturday and Sunday Dispatch.
Pianos and Organs.
We have them for everybody; In the
list below you can find one that will suit
you.
The Prices Ahe Low.
2 Square pianos at $30.
1 Square piano at $75.
3 Square pianos at $100.
2 Square pianos at $125.
2 Square pianos at $150.
Oif East Payjtekts.
All of these Instruments came from
our repair room. Nearly as good as new
and are good for years of service.
A Few Good Upbjoht Pianos
at very low prices.
1 Upright piano at $225.
2 Upright pianos at $210.
Come in and see our stock. We have, as
yon well know, only good, reliable Instru
ments, and can please yon.
S. HAintTox,
91 and 93 Fifth avenne.
PATEN? MEDICINES.
"FORGET-ME-NOTS."
Hood's Sarsaparilla,
Regular price $1.
Burnham's Sarsaparilla,
Regular price $1....
Liebig's Beef, Wine and Iron,
Regular price $1
Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver
Oil, Regular price $1...
Danner's Essence of Health,
Regular price $1
Asthalter's Stomach Remedy,
Regular price $1
Pommerine's Cough Balsam,
Regular price 25c
Dclavau's Cough Remedy,
Regular price 75c
The People's Store. Fifth Avenue.
No old stock at our lace curtain sale to-day.
All new onndii nnened to.dav. Sen dlanlav
I "ad." ' CAJCTBILL 4 DlCX.
jfgrJlr ...
Jayne's Expectorant,
Regular price $1.
Nestle's Food,
Regular price 50c
Syrup of Figs,
Regular price 50c
Carter's Little Liver'Pills,
Regular price 25 c ,
Carter's'Little Nerve Pills,
Regular price 25c ,
A Straight Tip to all suffering
from gouty rheumatism, too much
adipose tissue, ' unhealthy flesh, con
stipation, indigestion, and -all dis
eases of the stomach is to use the gen
uine Carlsbad Sprudel Salts. They
have never failed. Eisner & Men
delson.Co., Sole Agents, N. Y. w
Carter's Iron Pills,
Regular price 50c
Beecham's Pills,
Regular price 25c
McLane's Pills,
Regular price 25c
Swift's Specific (small bot
tles), Regular price $1
Swift's Specific (large bot
tles), CI QQ
Regular price $1.75.. 4)LOv
68c
58c
48c
70c
75c
83c
I5C
50c
67c
40c
39c
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19
15
39
20
15'
75'
Wampole's Cod"Liver Oil,
Regular price $1
Dr. Hartman's Peruna,
Regular price r
Cuticura Resolvent,
Regular price $1.
Cuticura Salve,
Regular price 50c.
Cuticura Soap,
Regular price 25c
Warner's Safe Cure,
Regular price 1.25
Dollard's Herbanium,
Regular price $1...
Pond's Extract (small),
Regular price 50c.
Horsford's Acid Phosphate
(small), Regular price 50c
Ayer's "Vita Nuova,
Regular price $1
Allcock's Porous Plasters,
Regular price 25c
Belladonna Plasters,
Regular price 25c
Benson's Capcine Plasters,
Regular price 25c
Cuticura Plasters,
Regularprice 25c
Hostetter's Bitters,
Regular price $1
McGill's OrangeBlossoms,
Regular price $1
75c
70c
75c
40c
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35c
37c
88c
I0C
I5C
I7C
I8C
70c
75c
50c
Shaker's Extract of Root,
Regular, price 60c...
Kennedy's Medical Discov-
. Regular price $i-5o...3lasfcU
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on vnn auu. market .
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