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CURTIS FULL OF HOPE
Tor the Millennium of Politics With
Civil Service Reform.
MORE PRAISE FOR CLEVELAND,
Tlo Onlj Man In the late Administration
on the Eight Side.
SECRETARY. TEiCI GETS HIS DDES, TOO
Baltimobe, April 28. Lehmann Hall
was well filled to-night with a brilliant
audience to hear George 'William Curtis de
liver his appointed lecture opening the an
nual meeting of the National Committee of
the Association for the Reform of Civil
Service. The following were significant
extracts of the address:
A hundred years ago In Eneiand tho King
bought votes In Parliament; to-day in
America parry buys votes at the polls. The
party system has subjected the citizen to
the machine, and the first great resource of
Its bribery fund is patronage. Workers must
be paid, and the patronage of the govcrn-
ment, that is to say tho emolument of place,
is the natural fund for such payment. This
is the simple plea of the spoils system. It
places every party on a wholly venal basis.
Under its control party is no longer a com
bination of citizens for public ends; it is a
trading company seeking the advantage of
the leading parties. It is the selfishness of
the individual, not tho public spirit of the
citizen, upon which it rests.
This sophistry of the sooils extends itself
readily beyond elections and appointments
and assessments in the Civil Service not
only into the whole political system, bat
into every department of national life. It
is undoubtedly truo that whether there wore
a spoils system or not great interests of all
kinds In tho pursuit of their own advantage
would always attempt to bribe Legislatures,
and that public officers and voters would
still be bought at the polls.
The Big Advantage of tho Ins.
We are approaching the third Presidental
election since the League was organized.
Does any intelligent observerdoubt that tho
party of administration controlling the vast
salary fund of the Civil Service, which is
practically a corruption fund, enters upon
the campaign with an immense but wholly
illicit advantage! Like every administra
tion party it is Justly entitled to every ad
vantage that arises from a wise policy, from
the honest and efficient conduct of affairs,
from strict adhesion to the promises by
wliicu it solicited public support, and from
I the laithfnl fulfillment of voluntary execu
tive pledges. To all thco legitimate ad
vantages the party is entitled. But so far as
its administration has expended (0,000,000 in
salaries with a view to the next election and
to the continuance of the party in power, so
far it has betrayed the principle of popular
government, because so far it has deliber
ately bought party support with public
money.
Tho disposition of that fund was com
mitted to it in trust for the public welfare,
mm every cent 01 it wnicn tuts administra
tion has spent to advanoe a party interest
has been pent in betraval of a public trust.
It tho national patronage fund were $000,
000,000 instead of $00,000,000. it is not impossi
ble that, in the present development of the
party ystom, the party or this administra
tion, as of any other, by tho shrewd ex
penditure of that sum might maintain itself
in power.
A Tale of Two AdmlnItrations.
It will not be forgotten not only that the
party of the President of lour years ago had
not demanded reform, but that its controll
ing sentiment was hostile to it. All that was
done nndcr the last administration and
what was done gavo the question of reform
a place in practical politics which it will
not lose until the reform is fully achieved
was done by the President alone. JJxcept
forhisco'irage and fidelity to hi personal
, convictions, the reform law of 1SS3 would
hate been practically nnlllllcd, and the. re
form ignored and discarded.
Tried by the standard of abolnte reform,
he failed as President Grant failed ten years
ueiore, ana tor tile same reason, tho liostu
j ity of his party. But tested lv the actnal
situation ot to-day, notwithstanding the ex
ecutive yielding to party pressure, the pure
llamc of retorm sentiment not only was not
extinguished dnring the late administra
tion, but burned more brightly in the public
mind as the administration ended burned
so brightly, indeed, that the opposition
party in the platform upon which they cir
lied tho election made tho strongest pro
fession of reform faith and purpose that
anv party ever made.
The present administration came into
power not with tho uual vague platitude
upon the subject, but with a definite prom
ise of reform and the distinct pledge to ful
fill its pledges. But it celebrated tho suc
cess of its party with a wild debauch of
spoils in which it promises and pledges
were the me-its ana tho drinks that wero
riotously consumed.
W hat tle Present Regime Has Done.
nevertheless, the reform law has been as
faithfully observed as by its predecessor,
and tho scope of tho reformed service has
been greatly enlarged. The Secretary of tho
Xavy, in the Interest of the public, and he
could have done his party also no greater
service, has introduced tho retorm into the
skilled and unskilled labor systems of the
navy yards. In his Into speech in Rhode
Island, a carefully and skillfully prepared
defense of the administration" and the
strongest presentation of Its claims to pub
lic confidence that will probably bo made
dnring the pending campaign. Secretary
Tracy sa:
I believe I am Jnstlfied in saying that so far as Its
ndmlDitratIon is concerned the navy lias never
been treated 60 Utile in the spirit of a party ques
tion as It 1 to-day; the regulations of the depart
ment within the lat year have eradicated ail po
litical considerations from the employment of navy
j ard labor, and have made that employment de
ixnideut upon the skill and effldenc of the work
men. A more sigral illustration of the practical
progress cf reform cannot bo tound, es
pecially when we add to this action of a Re
publican secretary of tho Xuvy the fact that
a Democratic memberofthellouseof ltepre
scnt'itlves has unanimous- reported Jiom
rue committee or wiiicn lie is chairman a
bill to nalre the order of the Secretary in
one department-tho law in all dcpaitments
ol tho Government.
POSING AS JACK THE RIPPER.
Deeming Again Said to Have Confessed the
CTliitechapel Crimes Homicidal Mania
Bis Probable Defense Bis Plea of Not
Guilty Withdrawn at the Trial.
Melbourne, April 24 The Central
Criminal Court this morning decided that
the trial of Deeming must go on. There
upon Sir. Lyle, Deeminjj'p solicitor, with
drew from the case and Mr Forlongs, bar
rister, took charge of the defense, receiving
instructions directly from Deeming. The
latter looked pale and more hollow-checked
than when placed in prison, but he kept up
an appearance of coolness and glanced
around almost with defiance at the crowd
that thronged the courtroom. Deeming
listened closely to the prosecutor's speeph,
paying no attention to the crowd that
thronged the courtroom eager to see the
criminal whose many evil deeds hae
brought him world-wide notoriety.
Evidence was given as to the" finding of
the body of Mrs. Williams, as the name
runs in the indictment, under the floorin"
of the empty house at Windsor. Dr. MuC
lens testified that In his opinion the woman
had been struck a violent blow on the bead
prior to her throat having been cut. A
number of witnesses gave evidence to es
tablish the identity of the woman. Some of
the passengers on the steamer Kaiser Wil
helm II, on which Deeming and his wile
came out from England, testified that Deem
ing appeared to treat his wife kindly on the
voyage.
Counsel for the prisoner asked the Judge
to disregard the plea of not guilty previous
ly entered by Deeming. He had pleaded
thus, counsel said, against the advice of his
lawyers, and he now desired to withdraw
that plea. The Judge said that at a later
stage of the proceedings he would ask the
jury concerning the request of the counsel.
The court then adjourned for the day.
The Melbourne 'Standard to-day states
positively and without reserve that Deem
ing has confessed to having committed the
greater number of the murders in London
attributed to "Jack the Kipper." The gen-
eralimpression in Melbourne is that Deem
ing is claiming to have committed these
crimes with the view of establishing a de
fense of homicidal mania.
'SQUIRES MUST SWEAR.
Recently-Elected Aldermen and Justices of
the Peace Must File Their Bonds and
Take the Oath This Week Sixty-One
Commission Issued.
Eecordcr Von Bonnhorst has received
from the Secretary of the Commonwealth
the commissions for 61 aldermen and jus
tices of the peace who were eleeted last
February. Their terms commence next
Monday, and those wishing to commence
business at that time must file their bonds
and be sworn in this week. Heretofore the
commissions have been received several
weeks betore the beginning of the terms of
office, but this year they were late, and but
little time is 'left the 'squires to take
the oath and get their commissions.
The following are those who have been com
missioned: George J. Bleichner, Twenty-filth ward,
Pittsburg: George Barnes, Mifflin township;
C. G. Barclay, Fawn township: Jacob Beak
ert. Reserve township: C. Berrlnger. Ben
Avon borough; H. F. Byron, Beltzhoover
borough: John Cahill, Eurhth ward, Pitts
burg; George A. Cole, Duquesno borough;
John Cress, Hampton township; John A,
Clugston, Patton township: A. J. Claney,
Bellevue borough, Thomas D. Calhoon,
Esnlcn borough: David Davis, Ninth ward,
Allegheny; William H. Drury, Harrison
township: J. K. Day, Glenfield; David 8.
Dicksou, Richland township; D. H. Ferrel,
Ch.irtlers township; William N. Fcrrell,
Fawn township: James B. Hyndmun, Twen
tieth ward, Pittsburg; Frank Harklns,
Eleventh ward, Allegheny; L. F.
Holtzman, Braddock; W. L. Uarfcey,
Wltmerding: William B. Hodgson,
Verona; W. D. Jdoughtelin. Oaltmont; A. B.
Huffman, Jefferson township; Jonn S. Jones,
Pattou township; William Kroeger, Mc
Candlcss township; AVilliam Lyon, Crafton;
K. li Lyon. 1'atton townsmp; w. it. Lewis,
Vest lilizaboth borough; J. C. Livingston,
Sterrett townshln: A. J. E.
Means, Twenty-
first ward, Pittsbu
u;i.
A. Madden. Mill-
vale borough; Joseph
ISCDll jUC
Morgan, Reynoldton;
Jacob Miller, Lower StXlalr township; Alex.
McClintock. Ben Avon borough: John llc-
Noal, Hampton township: E. E. McCorkle,
Indiana Urn nship; Newton Petrle, Chavtiera
township; M. J. ftafferty. Sixth ward, Pitts
burg: David Rlggs, Snowden township: Will
iam Robinson, Scott township: IVm. Robin
son, Suarpsburg borough: James McB. Robb,
orth Fayette township; Frank J.Schellman,
Sixth ward, Allegheny;Janies A. Skelly,
Fourth ward, McKeesport, John Schmld, Es
pleu borough; William Stuart, KnoxvlIIo
borough; John Shroads, Moon township;
David Scott, Vest Deer township: John
Trimble, Upper St. Clair township; William
A. Thompson, North Fayette township;
George A. Voir, Eighth Mard, Allegheny;
John Woekley, Tenth ward, Allegheny; S.
D. White, Alleppo township: John Way, Jr.,
Leet township; Joseph G. Weller, Snowden
townsmp; unaries a. uneim, oouiii ray
ctte township; John J. Walker, Vilkinsburg
borough; John Wilson, Sr, Bethel town
ship; David B. Sword, Lincoln township.
THE WOMEN OBJECT
To the Ordinance for Garbage Floats A
Petition Presented to Mayor Gonrley
The Baltimore System Declared to Be
the Best.
Mayor Gourley yesterday received a pe
tition from the Women's Health Protective
Association urging him to veto the garbage
dumpboat ordinance and to call npon Coun
cils to adopt the same system of handling
garbage that is in vogue in Baltimore.
Pittsbnrg,it is stated,is tbeonlylarge cityin
the country that bos no system ior the dally
removal of garbage and asbes,and in a num
ber of the cities the street cleaning depart
ment does the work, removing the refuse
from houses every morning.
The communication calls attention to the
menace to the health of the city resulting from
its present unsanitary condition, and states
that when the ladies of the association de
manded of certain city officials that a gar
bage removal system be adopted, thev were
met with the argument that it would cost
too much and would increase taxation. This
argument they think is easilv confuted by
the simple fact that several cities with a
lower tax rate than this city have a. com
plete garbage system.
No description of the Baltimore system is
given, but it is referred to as the best in the
country, and references are given so that it
can be ascertained. The Mayor is further
requested to have passed a sanitary law re
lating to the conveyance of manure In the
city. In other cities it must be baled be
fore removal, but here it is hauled, loosely
thrown into open wagons, through the
streets to an open boat on the Allegheny
wharf, where it lies for davs, breeding dis
ease and sending forth noxious odors to the
danger and discomfort of the dwellers in
the lower part of the city. Attention is
also called to an open garbage boat on the
same wharf, which Chief Brown was peti
tioned to have removed several (recks ago,
but has failed to notice.
The objection to the ordinance now In
Councils is the same as against the manure
and garbage boats on the wharf. If there
were a dozen or more of such boats all about
the city, as the ordinance provides, the
ladies ask, what will be the effect?
IT MAY BE IXINN.
The Incarcerated I & O. Man Thought to
lie Guilty of Another Oflensp.
Thomas Flinn, the Law and Order detect
ive, now in jail, had another offense charged
np to him yesterday, but it has not been
clearly proven yet
Oa Tuesday a man, representing himself
as an officer, called at Sirs. Dolton's
grocery store on High street. He de
manded that she let him go through the
house. He was so impudent that she was
scared, and allowed him to follow out
his wishes. He made her show
him all her insurance papers
and different things of value. She at last
ordered him to go out, but lie refused to go,
flashing a star-shaped badge on her. He
finally left, saying he would be back the
next day.
The next morning Mrs. Dalton saw that
Flinn had been arrested, and his description
tallied with that of the man who had been
to see her. She visited the jail and took a
look at Flinn. She is not sure he is the
man, but thinks he may be.
One of the Law and Order men said yes
terday that he was sick of his job and that
he and a half dozpn of the Law and Order
detectives were going to quit. General
Agent JlcClure could not be ;eenlast night.
Alderman Rohe said he did not know of
the movement. An attempt was made fo
see Ednard Poole, the assistant manager,
but he was out at a church festival and
could not be found.
Speak-Easy Wltnes Charged TWth Perjury.
Mary Dunbaker, of South Nineteenth
street, was held for court Inst night by
Magistrate Succop on a charge of illegal
liquor selling. During the hearing Fred
Snyder said he had never seen any beer sold
in the defendant's house. Three other wit
nesses testified they had seen him in the
place when beer was served to him. In
spector KcIIey made an information against
him for perjury.
Eynamitlng for a Body.
The body of James Wycotte, the young
man who was drowned in the Mouongahela
Tuesday last at West Elizabeth, has not
been recovered. Wednesday a number of
charges of dynamite were exploded, with
the hope of raising the body to the surface
of the water. One ot the? cans IromBattery
D was taken to West Elizabeth yesterday
for the same purpose.
A Boom for the McDonald Field.
C B. Buchheit, the well-known druggist
of McDonald and" successful oil operator,
last night telegraphed to The Dispatch
that the wild-cat well on tho Meise farm,
owned by Lynch, Buchheit & Co, was only
six leet in the Gordon sand and was doing
1,000 barrels a dav. .He expects it will do
2,000 barrels when it is drilled in.
THE 'PITTSBURG DISPATUll, FRIDAY,
THE DOOR'TO FREEDOM
From the Tyranny of Stimulants
Swung Open at Bellevue.
THE WILEY ALKALOID INSTITUTE
Enters Its Home Embowered Amid.Enral
Beauties.
A DESCRIPTION OP THE TREATMENT
The "Wiley Alkaloid Institute, for the cure
of alcoholism, opium habit and nervous dis
eases, at Bellevue (Neville station), on the
Ft. Wayne Bailroad, two miles below Pitts
burg, was formally opened yesterday. There
was no pomp or ceremony attendant upon
the opening. Tne President of the com
pany, the Board of Directors, the medical
director and manager and several restored
patients who had been attended privately
by Dr. CL 0. Wiley, at his Penn avenne
offices, were the only ones present.
This institute company is a chartered in
stitution with a capitalization of $100,000,
with the privilege of increasing the same at
any time to 500,000. It proposes and in
tends organizing auxiliary companies in the
leading cities of the United States. The
capitalization of these institutions will de
pend .entirely upon the population ot the
different cities and the capacity of the insti
tute started in such cities. All of these in
stitutes, however, will be managed and
controlled by the parent company, which
has its headquarters in Pittsburg.
The officers of this organization are W. J.
Hammond, President, a Board of Directors,
consisting of several well-known Pittsburg
ers, and Dr. C. C. Wiley, medical director
and manager. The general offices bf the
company are rooms 601, 02 and 603, Ger
mania Savings Bank building, Pittsburg,
Pa., and consulting offices at 812 Penn av
enue, with hours from 1 to 4 P. M.
A Dream of Rural Beauty.
. The Institute is delightfully located. Had
all the State been searched a more satis
factory spot could not have been found
upon which to locate a resort far the treat
ment of the habitues of liquor or opium.
Upon an eminence, towering high above
the surrounding country, the institute
BELLEVUE
Pittsburgh
stands, a model of beauty and a magnificent
monument to the good taste of its designer.
It is a rural dream in its picturesque sur
roundings," and it is certainly unrivaled for
its healthfulness. It overlooks the Ohio
river in front, and from its broad porches
on either side one commands an
unobstructed view of fertile valley,
islands and waters for fully
20 miles in extent, while vast wood lands
just swelling their buds form a sort of
natural entrenchment on either side and
back of the place.
The building is a substantial one and is
nearly new. It was formerly the palatial
residence of W. J. Hammond and is now
owned by the company. The interior of the
big bouse is finished in hard wood, and its
arrangement And equipment have been com
plete. It has just been rearranged for its
new purpose, and its furnishment, selected
by the medical superintendent, especially
adapts it for the use to which it was yester
day dedicated,
feet In a Sea of Green.
Six acres of lawn that yesterday looked
like a calm sea of green plush surrounds the
building. Unique figures in flowers, skill
fully arranged every here and there, relieve
the green surface of the lawn. Innumerable
shaae and fruit trees are growing about. A
large fountain, constantly flowing, a con
servatory that seems one huge boquet of
rare flowers, adequate outbuildings, shrub
bery of all descriptions, and everything that
nature can supply or art suggest have been
united in making the place attractive and
enjoyable.
In a large summer house just adjoining
the main building are being constructed
electric, steam, hot, Bussian and Turkish
baths, while in the tower of the same
structure is arranged an extensive and
roomy smoking apartment that to the
average person would seem the most de
sirable retreat about the delightful place.
The main building is indeed modern in
all its arrangements. It is heated with
natural gas and steam and lighted bv arti
ficial gas. It is supplied with hot and cold
water. The rooms are all large, airy and
convenient The floors are all covered with
a lively shade of brusscls and velvet car
pets. The walls are hung with pictures
and paintings, and ail furnishments are in
happy accord with the surrqnndlngs. In
short it looks more the home of a retired
gentleman than one would expect in an in
stitute for the treatment of alcoholism.
Two Patients Already Admitted.
Two patients were admitted to the place
yesterday afternoon. After closely inspect
ing the institution one of them turned to
Dr. Wiley and laughingly said: "I think I
will just stay here all summer. This is cer
tainly one ot the prettiest places I have ever
seen."
Last night, when a Dispatch representa
tive visited the institute Dr. Wiley's as
sistant was just assigning the new patients
to their apartments. Doctor Wiley himself
seemed enchanted by his cheerful'surround
ings, and he was talking interestingly of the
institute and its purposes. He posi
tively refused, however, when
asked, to discuss individual cases
that had been restored, stating that was a
professional confidence that should and
was by the profession kept inviolate, and
such disclosure is neither professional,
ethical nor just. In the discussion of the
geueral subject the reporter learned, how
ever, that the morbid conditions existing as
a result of alcohol, opium, absinthe and
haschlsch were analogous to the conditions
producing insanity, and the statistics of one
were largely applicable to the other, and
that two notable influences, race and tem
perature, were always to be considered in
the question ol their consumption and use,
and that within the isothermal lines 77
Fohr., north and south of the equatorial
Hue ot 82 4' Fahr., the native tribes seek
self-complacency and oblivion in opium or
hasheesh. Between the isothermal lines
77 Fahr. and 60 Fahr. north and south,
lies the region where wines are principally
made, while bovond the 50 Fnhr.. north
and south, the stronger beers, and distilled
spirits are mostly consumed.
Distant Prom Temptation.
"We are strictly private up here," ho
continued. ''We have to an extent srnlten
away from the world, and the patients with j
LEVLKAIOID JjgriI
jmrnKmrnmimmmm
iwhciii. yv'nijiw yyf iwr 'Mtfst
unrestricted liberty, while discontipplng the
use of alcohol or -opium, are remarkably
free from temptation incident to the pres
ence of saloons, the nearest belng'twd miles
distant. While inebriety is considered a
disease of a complex cbaractei. it is really
surprising how little Is generally known of
alcoholism, it ,reany seems to nave oeen
given but little scientific attention iby the
profession inJ proportion to what its fre
quency would naturally suggest, and surely
not as much as other diseases that are by no
means as general."
"Then van believe alcholism or con
tinued drunkenness to be a disease?" was
suggested.
"Certainly I do or rather the oondition
Eroduced by the long-continued use of alco
ol and opium, absinthe or baschisch is a
disease or perverted function of the'nerve
cells, and as such it is amenablei to treat
ment and susceptible of cure. Of course,
individual coses require specific and in
dividual treatment," I have set forth
in the Medical Jiecord, of New York, our
xnodo of treatment concisely, which is
original, scientific, effective and humane,
comprising the most advanced plans and
procedures effecting "complete stimulant
and narcotic quitting, and obliterating the de
sire tor them in from six to ten days, thereby
avoiding the unpleasant effect occasioned
by abrupt discontinuance or tiresome and
unsatisfactory delay incident to temporizing
or gradual disuse.
Allaying All Nervousness.
"While discontinuing their use a tranquil
sedation or satiety is produced by, the skill
ful and persistent employment of specific
alkaloids of marked therapeutic utility and
positive physiological action in allaying
cerebral hyper-excitability and restoring
normal nerve cell equilibrium and function,
thereby destroying the disease of desire.
Two requisites are essential to cure: First,
freedom from organic brain disease; second,
an honest desire to recover. In suoh cases
a cure can be effected in from three to six
weeks, according to the severity and dura
tion of the disease.
"The use of alcohol" the doctor went on,
"is first usually an experiment, then a
habit, then a disease, and finally a mania.
The word alcohol is presumably of Arabio
origin, though the Egyptians and Greeks
both claim it The term Al-ko-hol, when first
known, described a subtle essence and was
originally employed to designate an im
palpable powder" used in early times by
women of the far East to tinge their hair.
The same term was given to other subtle
powders and it was also given to the spirit
of wine exalted to its highest perfection.
Several Styles oT Alcohol.
"Lemert was among the first to use the
word as a verb, 'to alcoholize.' Thus the
spirit of wine well rectified was called the
alcohol of wine. It will be observed, how-
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-'..: I!" aH P 1X7 SlIJVl'
rANPViLlE STATION PF!VACR.R,
I
ever, that alcohol is a product of fermenta
tion and distillation, and by mutation this
product is evolved. There are several
kinds of alcohol, among which are prolyl ic,
dentylic, butylic, pentylie, of different va
por, density and specific gravity. Mithylio
alcohol is very volatile and quickest in its
action and easily eliminated from
the system. While alcohol is usually
considered a stimulant, many of
the best authorities and experimenters
hold that all alcoholic fluids are in reality
depressents, contending while at first
they exhilarate and excite normal
forces, they, of themselves supply no force
and cause exhaustion by an expenditure of
nerve force already existing and 'which is
expended entirely on the alcohol ultimately
inconsequence thereof leading to exhaustion
of cellular nerve force and eventually to
nerve paralysis with a general reduction of
animal temperature, etc. Statistics show
that a large proportion of alcohol is used in
the arts and sciences. Yet a greater part is
used for general aud indiscriminate con
sumption. Alcohol can be appropriated
many ways either by drinking, inhalation,
absorption or injection. Its Intricate effect
upon the nerve cells of the brain is too com
plex and technical to discuss just now.
In short, it may be said, however, that
from tea, opium, chloral to haschlsch stimu
lants, narcotics and hypnotics are modified
and influenced largely by race, nationality,
altitude, climate, temperature and environ
ment .-
"The more carefully I inquire into this
subject aud consider the pathology of the
alcoholic disease and the intense craving
for intoxicating drinks and opiates that ex
ists with many, the more fully I am con
vinced and the more clearly I recognize the
individual as a victim ot disease and one
that can only be cured by proper treatment.
Ineflectualitr of Will Power Alone.
"The habit for strong drink and opiates,
and the condition produced there bv, once
established in the constitution like any
other disease, acts independently of the will,
and though the victim may resolve and re
resolve that he will not gratify his appetite
and will discontinue its use, he cannot con
trol the craving or obliterate the desire by
will power alone.
"Yes, alcoholism producesa great amount
of insanity. In exactly the same way as the
body fails or ceases to exert its forces so the
mind begins to go. The amount of mental
disease produced by alcohol and opiates
first began to be prominently discussed
about 20 years ago. At that time little
seems to have been definitely known
or determined on the subject and nothing of
importance was said or wrjttten on it of
a truly scientific character. It is
now generally admitted, however, that
a large amount of insanity is produced di
rectly and through heredity by the influence
exerted by alcohol and opiates npon the
brain cells. It is estimated that in some of
our prominent asylums at least 40 per cent
of ail the cases are produced by the indirect
influence of alcohol, aud at least 14 per cent
of all cases are produced by the direct
influence of alcohol.
I.iqnor iih a Producer of Insanity.
"In my experience in compiling statistics
relating to the insane, where the term ex
cesses has been used, alcoholism represented
at least GO per cent of such cases."
"Is alcoholism hereditary?" was aked.
"No. Alcoholism per se, like insanity,
is not hereditary, but the conditions that
make insanity or alcoholism possible or
probable are hereditary and children of
such parentage are more liable to
become dipsomaniacs than are the
children of parents who do not use stimu
lants or narcotics to excess. Why, even ac
quired mental traits are hereditary, and by
the way this question of heredity, scien
tifically considered, is one of the most ab
sorbing and fascinating I know of. It is a law
ot vital physiology, however, that while off
spring may not always follow in the exact
wake of parents they usually exhibit teonie
form of mental obliquity or mental disorder
traceable to a deterioration ot physical
structure caused in the parents originally
and by indiscressions and excesses.
. "BUt," the doctor concluded, "the sub
ject is too exhaustive for intelligent discus
sion in the limits of a hasty newspaper in
terview." The createst spring and summer beverage
.beer
is tho Iron City Brewing Company's latter
'APRIh? 29, 18C2.
THE BUSINESS WORLD.
Lehigh Company Official Testifies
in the Beading Case.
LIST OP PHILADELPHIA LOSSES.
The Business Section of Hudson, Ohio, Is
Entirely Consumed. '
FIEES, FAILUBES AKD EAILWAT NEWS
. Philadelphia, April 28. The taking
of the testimony before W. W. Hart, master
in the bill in equity filed by M. H. Arnot
in the Court of Common Pleas of Lycoming
county against the Beading leases, was re
sumed to-day. . Joseph a Harris, President
of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Com
pany,' and Vice President of the Heading
Coal and Iron Company, said the anthracite
coal regions cover about 500 square miles.
He knew of no anthracite coal basin of any
magnitude outside of Pennsylvania. There
was some in Rhode Island, West Virginia
and Colorado, but not much. Prior to
February 11, when the Beading leases were
made, the Beading carried between 20 and
25 per cent of the anthracite tonnage, and
the Lehigh Valiev "not far from 20 per
cent."
Mr. McCormick wanted to know what
corporation, if any, owned or controlled the
stock of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation
Company. He answered: "No corpora
tion. The stock is very widely distributed
among individuals." In reply to a ques
tion regarding the ownership of the stock
of the Lehigh Valley Company, he said
"he did not know." "When asked whether
the Lehigh Navigation Company was a
party to the lease of the Jersey Central by
the Port -Beading, he replied it was not.
Mr. Harris explained the relations existing
between the Jersey Central and the Lehigh
Navigation Company, and showed the im
portance of the former to the latter.
The master also heard testimony by
Israel W. Morris, General Land Agent o'f
the Lehigh Valley Coal company, and W.
N. Throp, General Superintendent of the
company. The testimony related to the
Lehigh" Valley Coal company's possessions
and to the location of the coal basins and
was not important. After these witnesses
had been examined the hearing was ad
journed until May 24.
FAEMEES TO COMMAND PE1CE3L
The Weekly Bevlew of the Grain and Flour
Situation in the Northwest.
Minheai-olis, April 28. The Northwestern
JUUler says: The grain movement In the
week ended Saturday was no larger than It
was a year ago, and In the present week, to
end next Saturday, does not promise in noli
better, though there is more grain going to
the country elevators from farms. In the
southern parts of the spring wheat country
the hurry of wheat seeding Is over, and
though there Is oats seeding and flax seeding
to be done, there Is time enough to sell wheat
and to haul It If farmers were disposed to do it.
The price la too low. They are able to sell
It and they are able to keep It. Some will do
the one and moro, perhaps, will do the other,
keeping up a movement equal to the de
mand of shippors and consumers. Prices
hardened during the weok. and that is what
snippers are waiting for, thoush there will
need be more of It to bring grain forward
rapidly. Seeding progressed well during
the past week, and that put in early is start
ing well.
As a result of one large mill shutting down
for repairs, the flour output last week fell
off a few thousand barrels. The aggregate
production for the week was 181,455 barrels,
averaging 30,237 barrels dally, against
1S7.790 barrels the previous week, 161,770
barrels for the corresponding time m
1831, and 139,800 in 1890. There were 18 mills
running Wednesday, and they w6ro grind
ing at the rate of about 31,000 barrels per 21
hours. Some Arms which are getting out the
most flour are not to allow their mills to lose
a minute's time. The demand for flour for
a week back has been somewhat improved,
and in a majority of cases the mills have
booked orders for as much as they made:
The domestic trade has taken about Its usual
amount of patent in small lots. In foreign
business there has been more Interest shown
in bakeis'and low grades, and since Mon
day quite heavy orders of tho latter have
been placed.
IHE PHILADELPHIA LOSSES.
A Detailed Statement of the Financial Be-
sntts of the Great Fire.
Philadelphia, April 28. Tho following is
a statement, compiled late to-day, of the
insuiance and losses on last night's fire:
Central Theater, loss $85,000, insurance
$40,000; No. 813 Walnut street William C
Poulson, loss $20,000, no insurance: estate of
John C. Poulson, loss $4,500, insurance $4,000;
Nos. 804,806, 80S Sansom street Dekosenko &
Iletlicrlntoi), ornamental brass wonts, loss
$100,000, insurance unknown. Times Publish
ing Company loss $300,000, insurance about
$200,000; No. 810 Sansom street Hamilton &
Dissinger, loss $75,C00, insurance $35,600;
southwest corner Eighth and Sansom
Kitchen & Kounds' restaurant, loss entiie,
insurance unknown; M. O. Callahan & Sons,
Bilk badges, loss total , Insurance unknown;
No. 124 South Eighth Frank H. Vetterllcn,-
nrst lioor, cigars, iota $-,ow, insurance milt
third floor, Charles F. Vctterllen, loss f3,000,
coveied by insurance: second floor, Henry H.
Kardr.loss partial. Insurance unknown; No.
lMSouth Eighth A. J.Coultor,gents' furnish
ings, loss $5,000, no Insurance; npper floors,
the Herald, published by Lum W. Smith, loss
total, insurance unknown; No. 123 South
Eighth street William H. Saunders, hats,
loss $5,000, insurance $3,500; No. ISO South
Eighth Bond's Japanese store, loss $300,
covered by insurance; No. 816 Chestnut
Earle's art gallery, loss $4,000, insurance,
$4,000.
HUDSON'S HEAVY AFIXICTION.
The Entlro Business Section of the little
Ohio Town Wiped Ont.
Hudson, O., April 23. Fire broko out in
this village at 3 o'clock this morning and
destroyed the entire business section. Fif
teen store bnildlngt, including one brick
block, were destroyed. The fire started in
the rear of tho Mansion House. There were
two saloons side by side at this end, and fire
was raging in both. The Are started in tho
midst of a long row of buildings, and the
flames spreadrapldly. The buildings the
middle of the row were filled on the second
floor with poor families. The spacious park
was soon covered with pil03 of furniture
and household goods.
The loss is estimated at about $SO,000: C
H. Beers, general merchandise. S10 0CO; a
millinery store, Eockart's saloon and tnat
of the Mansion House, each 51,000;, Mansion
Houbo and barber sliop, $8,000: drygoods
store adjoining, $3000; Wendltng'smeat mar
ket, $1,000; S. Miller's shoe store, $3,000;
Jewelry more, $1,000; postofllce, $1,000; D. J.
Joyce, groceiy store. $3,000; meat market of
George Miller, $1,500; barber shop, $1,000;
meat market, $1,000; harness shop of C.
Campbell, $3,000; Bentlcr block, $40,000. Ail
tho looses aie now thought to be covered by
Insurance. The mail matter and nearly all
the fixtures of the postofflco were saved.
About 40 persous were rendered homeless.
IRON WAGES WEST OF PITTSBURG.
Manufacturers and Amalgamated Repre
sentatives to Meet After May 7.
YonHQSTOwn, April 23 Special. An im
portant meeting of the iron manufacturers
operating l oiling mills, Included in the Sixth
district of the Amalgamated Association
west of Pittsburg, was held hero this after
noon to discuss tho wage question for the
coming year after the expiration of tho
present scale. The views of each maun
lacturer were obtained, after which the
meeting adjourned to convone In Cleveland
Thursday, May 5, when it is expected a scale
will be formulated.
A letter as addressed to Vice President
McEvey, of this city, stating that after
Saturday. Mny7,1thoy would bo ready to
meet tho Conterenco Committee of the
Amalgamated Association residing the
scaio. The sentiment was against meeting
In conference with tho Pittsburg manu
facturer and in favor of nettling the scaio
question in the district. The Amalgamated
Association official stato they will meet
them here or elsewhere in tho district,
whenover desired.
The Permgy's New Coal A gent.
Philadelphia, April 23 J. G. Searles has
been appointed coal freight agent of tho
Pennsylvania Railioad to date from May 1.
Mr. Searles will have speolat charge of the
coal and coke business. Mr. Searles has
been In the railroad service since 180. dur
ing which period ho has filled a number of
positions In the freight department and ac
quired a wide knowledge ot tho special in
terests now intrusted to him. Mr. Searles Is
promoted from the position of division
freight agent of the Northern Central Rail
way at Baltimore. John B. Thayer, Jr.. has
been promoted to the position mado vacant
by Mr. Searles' advancement.
Bonds Found Bidden in a Car.
AtToosA, April 23. While repairing a
passenger Car In the shops -here Tuesday
workmen found 16 $500 bonds sticking In the
water closet ventilator. They were drawn
In favor or Smith county. Tenn., by the Ten
nessee and Nashville Railroad, lost night,
in the same car, 24 $250 bonds or the same
kind wore found. It is supposed they were
hidden In the car by a hard-pressed thief.
. Gould Buys Another Krllroad.
Er. Paso, Tei., April 2a One of the larg
est and most Important railroad deals in the
history of 1 Paso was consummated to-day
when Jay Gould became the owner of what
Is known as the El Paso and White Oaks
Railroad, for tSO.OOD. The line will be pushed
through the State line between Texas and
Mexico, but the ultlmato destination is un
known. BUSINESS BHEVTTIES.
Johxstows is fishing for a piano factory.
Moktp.eal will make another effort to
secure union stock yards.
Aix the lumber mills at La Crosse, Wis.,
have closed down owing to labor troubles.
The organization of the re-formed Lake
Carriers' Association was completed at De
troit yesterday.
The Minnesota Title Insurance and Trust
Company of Minneapolis is defendant In 13
cases begun In Boston.
The three Central City glass works at
Huntingdon aro all now in operation, em
ploying nearly 600 men.
Insurance rates in Nashville have been
advanced 20 cents on each $1C0 insurancc.and
even more on very tail buildings.
The suspended Commercial Bank at St.
Paul may resume to-day, the other banks in
the city coming to the fescue.
Eastern sales agents of tho Anthracite
Coal Company yesterday agreed npon the
following advance: ' Ten cents on grate, 15
cents on egg and 25 cents on stove.
The PhcEnfcr. Powder Works at Kellogg,
Pa., resumed operations yesterday after an
idleness since last January, caused by the
explosion which demolished almost the en
tire works and killed several persons.
J. C. Mares & Co., wholesale liquor and
cigar dealers of Birmingham, Ala., were
olosed veterday by attachments amount
ing to $55,000. The stock and accounts aro
worth $1(0,000. Dull trade caused the
failure.
RAILWAY INTERESTS.
The Chicago and Northwestern will
shorten the time between Chicago and tho
Pacific coast.
S. H. H. Clark will soon resign as general
manager of the Missouri Pacific, with a view
to giving his whole time to the Union Pa
cific. The trainmen's brotherhoods have pre
sented their new scale to the Southern Pa
cific Bailroad Company. The onlv change
proposed is in the method of compnting
overtime.
All tho freight crews of the Southwest
Railroad, who run Pittsburg or Derry
freignts, have been ordered to make their
homes at Everson, to be within reach when
wanted. This necessitates the removal of a
number of families from Pittsburg and
Derry.
The Chicago grand jury has knocked in
the Gead the crusade against ticket scalpers
by refusing to return Indictments against
them. .Ab a result, some or the general
passenger agents have expressed themselves
as opposed to anv reduction of rates dnring
during the World's Fair.
THE FIRE RECORD.
Jackson, Miss. The Aetna mills.
$20,000: partly Insured.
Loss,
Mlllersbnrz, O. John n. Heyd's dwelling.
Loss, $3,6C0; insurance, $450.
Thirtieth street Waste caught Are in
Park's mill last night. No damage.
Locust street Box 53 was pulled at 6
o'clock last night lor a chimney fire on
Locust street. '
Chase, Mich. The entire business section
of the village, about 63 stores, dwelling and
hotels. Loss about $100,000; insurance small.
Frankstown avenue Denholm Bros',
stable and hayloft, corner of Frankstown and
Filth avenue, was burned last evening.
Loss, $509; insured.
Butler street Blllln's migrating photo
graph gallery, located on Butler, near Forty
seventh Btreet, was consumed yesterday
afternoon. Loss, $000. The flro was caused
by chemicals.
Eldred, Pa The Coleman House. The
guests escaped in safety minus their per
sonal effect", but C. M. Coleman, the pro
prietor, who returned to his room to save
what he could, was burned to a crisp.
New York An explosion of naptha caused
a fire in the flve-storv flat building, the
Cayuga. Two bodies were taken rrom upper
apartments after the flames wore extin
guished. Dr. Patriok Briggs and Mrs. Cathe
rine Mooro were severely burned.
HATE yon noticed the To Xt Booms cent
a word advertising; columns of the Daily and
Sunday Dispatch?
GETTING THE BOYS 15.
Sunday School Workers Hold a County In
stitute on the Sonthjldo.
The Allegheny County Sunday School
Association held an institute last evening
in the Southside Presbyterian Church. Rev.
F. R. Farrand presided. There were prob
ably 100 Sunday school teachers present
and several topics of interest to them were
discussed.
Rev. W. H. Knox, pastor of the Eleventh
TJ. 1'. Church, Wylie avenue, explained the
benefit a boy's brigade had been to the
schools on the hill. A band of boys are
brought together weekly for drilling pur
poses and by keeping them constantly to
gether they are drawn into the schools and
finally into the church.
Mr. Samuel Hamilton, Superintendent of
the Butler Street M. E. Church school, read
a paper on what the music in the Sunday
schools should be, what its value is and how
it can be made more general. Rev. J. F.
Price, of Marion. Ky., was to have read a
paper on "Stimulating the Pupil to Study,"
but for some reason he was not present, and
Controller E. S. Morrow read his paper.
A query box containing a number of in
teresting questions was disposed of.
PALL OF A CUPOLA.
Costly Accident at Cunnlnjhjm Si Co.'
Glasshouse.
An accident occurred at the glasshouse of
Cunningham & Co., on the Southside, yes
terday afternoon that will result in a loss
of about $5,000 and a suspension of opera
tions for some time. Shortly before 3
o'clock and just about 15 minutes after the
workmen had left the factory, the cupola
fell, carrying a portion of the roof with it.
down on to the furnace. No one was hurt
and there was no, damage done to the fur
nace, but the greater portion of the roof
will have to be taken down before the
building can be repaired.
An alarm of fire was sent in from box 154.
but the services of the department were not
required.
A Fonrteen-YenrOlcl Girl Disappears.
Catherine Peters, of the Sixth ward, Alle
gheny, applied at the Anti-Cruelty Society
for aid in finding her 14-year-old daughter
Maggie A few days ago the girl leit her
home to go to work for a family named
Fisher, who live at Mansfield, on the Pan
Handle road. J3he never arrived at her
destination, and the mother is much alarmed
at her disappearance, fearing foul play.
Be Dad a Kelapse.
David Mall, a demented man, was picked
up on the Southside Wednesday night
Mall had been an inmate of the insane de
partment of tho Allegheny City Home up
until last August. He was then discharged
as cured. He will be taken back to the
'Allegheny City Home. j
9
NErtT ADVERTISEMENTS.
B. & B
D
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When a Parasol buyer goes
into the market and buys a
thousand Parasols assorted
very few of a kind of the
novelties, but about a hundred
kinds from fourth as many
different manufacturers, and
gets together a collection as
shown here it was no easy
task, and we believe the ver
dict will be that the buying
was a success, and only the
"chic" new things were adopt
ed. We are determined to do
a large PARASOL business,
and instead of fancy profit
prices on these fancy goods
that are always dangerous mer
cantile property we have
marked them at SMALL
PROFIT PRICES, and the
range of prices is from
$2 TO $15 EHC1,
Instead of $2.50 to $20, as
generally sold.
Note a few specials:
CLUB COACHINGS
Tan with a dark-brown selvage
border, Navy with red selvage
border, Grey with b'ack sel
vage border. These selvage
borders are -inch wide, and
we believe the opinion of those
who ought to know is that
they are dignified and dressy
$4.
CLUB COACHINGS
With self-colored Jacquard
woven spots, cases or covers
of identically the same as the
Parasol material
$5.
PARASOLS Deep fluted
ruffles put on bias, combina
tion colorings, details of fin
ish, etc., superb. It's plainly
evident that the designer and
maker of these is an artist
vpO
100 COLORED GLACE
Coachings, $2.50.
ioo SATIN DE LYON,
22-inch, COACHINGS,
Stripes with Plaid Borders,
Tans, Greys, Blues, Garnets,
eta, perfect in combinations,
$2,
CHILDREN'S PARA
SOLS Hundreds for selec
tion, 25c to $2.
Space prevents mention of
the GLORIA andSILK UM
BRELLA Stock the largest
and best we've ever shown
not inferior-goods, so that we
would be enabled simply to
quote low prices in an adver
tisement (and, alas, too many
low-priced goods are of little
or no value other than for an
advertisement), but Umbrellas
that have merit, from
65c to $10,
And thousands for selection.
We have a special depart
ment and the most convenient
way for both customers and
ourselves to show these goods
in the large archway in the
front of the store, and we ex
pect several hundred people
will do us the pleasure of look
ing to-day and to-morrow. We
believe they'll indorse the
goods if they buy they'll save
dollars.
BOGGS&BUHL,
ALLEGHENY.
ASDLS
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