A PECULIAR PEOPLE
Betnm of a Pittsbnrger From
a Canoe Trip on the
Eivers of Ecuador.
FBIEXDLYTO THE YANKEES
Iron City Hospitality Beciprocatedby
a Pan American.
PLATING OX A BAMBOO PIANO.
Indians Who TVear the Preserved Heads of
Iheir Enemies.
WOMEN PAYING STREETS WITH GOLD
"William H. Childs returned a few days
ago from an extensive trip through the gold
fields of Ecuador. He left Here in January
with O. S. Gage, Russell II. Lord and Hugh
McConncll, New York engineers and capi
talists, to make an examination of seveial
mining properties in the mountains of the
South American Republic. The party
traveled about 11,000 miles, and had a de
lightful time in addition to having a num
ber of adventures more or less exciting.
Mr. Childs is a lormer netvpaper writer,
and his instinct for good "stufl" that will
interest readers has not been dulled by con
tact with other occupations. His descrip
tion ct the country and his observations on
the habits and customs of the natives are
very interesting. He brought back with
him a collection of curious relics., some of
which will be presented to the museum of
the Carnegie Library when it is finished.
The party was well received by the peo
ple and the Indians in the mountains.
Through the kindnes of Government ofn
rial, the gunboat Cotopaxi was placed at
their disposal.
Canoeing Up the Santiago.
The boat met their steamer, the Quito, at
Esmcraldas, and took the Yankees and
their supplies on beard. It then steamed
IS miles up the beautiful river Kio de San
tiago to Barbon, the junction of the
Gavapas river. From this point np to
their source the rivers are about equal in
sire. At Barbon the party left the Cato
paxi and proceeded up the Santiago in
canoes of five tons capacity to Concepcion,
18 miles distant, and lrom there they went
to Plava de Oro, 12 miles farther up the
Etream, in smaller canoes. At no time was
the party more than 150 miles from the
coast, yet at stages they were in a country
claimed to have been unexplored by white
men before. Mr. Lord discovered a beauti
ful tails 250 feet higli that hitherto was un
known to geographers.
The travelers were royally entertained by
General Caamano, ex-President of Ecuador.
He was one of the Pau-American delegates
who viisted Pittsburg. Mr. Childs says he
pot to know the General very well, and he
found him to be one of the most popular
end influential men in the State.
"I1ip I'rirndlv People or Ecuador.
The people of Ecuador have the warmest
feeling toward the United States. Mr.
Childs soon discovered in the north of Chile
that the hatred of the Yankees in that sec
tion is most intense. This is the result of
the Itatn nfiairand the warlike talk that
developed after the Valparaiso riots. The
gold hunters on their return were in Pan
ama when Harrison's ultimatum to Chile
was delivered. The excitement was
most intense, and everybody understood
war bad been declared. All sorts
of Hers were made to the United States to
EUpply its troons with food, etc., on their
arrhal at the Isthmus. One man spent $20
ior a cablegram to the President offering to
furnish the American army wi'h meat.
"When the prospective war was declared off
there wasn't a more angry man in the Isth
taus. Mr. Childs says the South American
countries have been greatly misrepresente'l.
Ecuador, in particular, gets a very cold
deal in Mr. Curtis book. This is the man
who guided the Pan-American delegates
cround the country for Secretary Blaine.
He was treated finely in Ecuador, but lie
has failed to do the people and the Re
public justice in what he has written about
them.
Very Comfortable at "Ight.
"Somebody asked me to-dav," continued
Mr. ChiMs, "how I felt living on the
equator. You know our party was explor
ing on the equatorial line. "Well, I replied
I; was hot during the day, but I was glad to
jrt under a blanket at night. The atmos-
tAjie is always fresh and never oppressive.
This is probably due, as Mr. Lord thinks,
to the did Anarctic current, the proximity
ofthe Andes Mountains and the large,
rapid rivers rrshing down from them to the
ocean. Wc lound flannel shir's the most
comfortable to wear, and we lived in the
lints of the natives raised above the ground
lv bamboo poles. "We adopted the broad
nmmed straw hat of the country, and we
managed to get along without "suffering
Tcry much.
The negroes of Ecuador, as all along the
wen coat of South America, are descend
ants of tnc old Spanish staves. They are
a simple-minded people, very polite," lazv
ana careless, and lite in constant d read of
the Indians, who despise thf-m and kill
them whenever thev get a chance. A white
man is a novelty to them, and when they
saw us they bent the knee, took off their
liats, and kissed our hands. This is their
Sana of greeting, and if one of them mtt
you 100 time a day, he would go through
with the same salutation. In the presence
of an old man thev get on their knees and
uncover their head.
Have "o Thirst for Gold.
f "They are as honest as the day is long.
Tiiev haven't any use for monev and are
ratified with a little sugar cane aud plan
t'iu. Tins is about all they cat. They cut
the cane into strips with a long knife. "Wo
uA $J,000 in American money in one of our
canoes, but we never thought of putting a
guard over it. As we paddled up the rivers,
we would frequcntlv leave the boats, and go
Into the woods to explore. Hot a cent of
the monev was stolen bv the natives. The
tnn are too lazy to work, but the women do
ell the hustling needed They are very
6trong, and can carry great loads oh
tii'-ir heads. Strange to say, while
the men are so indolent, "they are
vtrv fond of canoeing, and I have seen
th.'iu paddling all day long agaiust the swift
cur.ents, the hardest kind of work, yet
thev aid not mind it The perspiration
wo Id roll lrom them in great drops, but
the were never so happy as when darting
around on the rivers in their IHtle canoes.
Tlu-if natives wear scircely anything. A
little cal.co or coarse cloth around the loins
is their customary dress. All along the
mers and in the sand there is plenty of
gold. Indeed, you couldn't pick up a
handful ol gravel anywhere without finding
b tew p.eces of the vellow 8tuff. The na
tives are in the habit of collecting the small
pieces of gold, which they hide in the hol
low bamboo. When they want to buv anv
thing tliey tloat down the rivers to a trader's
store aud pay for an article about ten times
what it is worth. The gold in the bamboo
is given in exchange for the goods, but it is
cot much that these people need.
Music frum a Hmbto Piano.
"Every now and then on a Sunday, a
priest visits the towns to hold religious
worship. They prepare a great feast and
have a good time. The festivities begin on
the Saturday evening before when the vil-
lagers meet and dance all night. They have
a peculiar musical instrument called the
marimba, that consists of long pieces of
bamboo laid horizontally. Below a series
of bamboo tubes is placed upright, and
leather or hide is used as a sounding board.
They beat the bamboo with sticks and on a
still night, at a distance, the marimba sounds
for all the world like a piano. It furnishes
sweet music, and the natives like to dance
to some of their quaint, weird airs.
"But it is of the Indians that I would
rather talk about than these innocent and
simple negroes. Iu many respects they are
remarkable, and thev differ radically from
our redskins on the frontier. The Cuyapas
Indians are a wonderful people. I never
saw such physical development. They are
not more than 5 feet 6 inches in height, but
their bodies are perfect. The skin is
copper-colored and without a blemish of
anv kind. They are very strong also, and
hate the negroes. The Cuyapas don't num
ber more than 1,000 souls, and they live
together in the mountains. They were
quite friendly when we visited them, and
offered us no violence.
Preserving Tlielr Purity of niood.
"These Indians forbid marriages outside of
the tribe. "When one of their number,
whether male or female, wanders off nnd
weds a stranger they never let up until thev
have killed husband, wife and all their off
spring, if they have any. Tne result is
that, by goodbreeding, they have come to
be perfect physical types. Their clear
skin shows there is not a taint in the blood,
and it is a pleasure for a civilized being to
look at them. They are strict in enforcing
their marriage customs, and it is not often
that a member of the tribe is foolhardy
enough to wed an alien. They marry
young, but the boy must have certain qual
ifications before he can take a wife. He
must be able to shoot a wild boar by the
way, the country is full of them, aud I shot
ten on my trip build his own canoe and
bamboo hut. "When a bov can do these
things then he is a fit candidate for matri
mony and not before.
"Another remarkable tribe of Indians are
the Xapos, who live in the northern part of
Chile, Iustead of wearing scalps at their
belts as trophies, like the American sav
ages, the heads of their enemies dangle
from their girdles. By a mysterious process
known only to themselves, they remove all
the facial aud cranium bones without cut
ting the skin or destroying the interior.
The head is then reduced without maiming
any of the features to the size of a man's
fist."
A Pleasant Trills for a Charm.
Mr. Childs brought one of these heads
with him' and he intends to put it in the
museum of the Carnegie Library here. In
San Francisco he showed it to the
County Medical Society, and the
doctors offered him 51,000 for it. He said
no sum of money would buy it. He thinks
there is one in the Smithsonian Institute,
and outside of his own he doesn't believe
there is another in the United States. The
Indians discovered they could sell the
heads to the whites at a good price, and to
prevent them from luring people into the
mountains and killing them, or murdering
the aged of their tribe and preparing their
heads, a law was passed forbidding their
sale. Through the kindness of General
Caamano and General Sorsby, the Amer
can Consul-General to Ecuador, Mr. Childs
secured the head. He says General Sorsby
has eight orders for heads from museums
and colleges in the United States, and he
is afraid he will not be able to get them.
The head and face that Mr. Childs has is
not as large as a baseball. By the secret
process the bones were removed aud the
features reduced. All the hair on the orig
inal head is still there. It is long and
black, and probably reached to the shoul
ders. The Indians put a string through the
lip for every enemy they have slain. This
head has lour strings in the lip, and the
mouth is drawn out of shape. In other re
spects every feature is retained. The eye
brows are "there, and you can see the hair
in the nose. The microscope reveals the
pores in the skin, greatly crowded together.
The Victim of a Violent Death.
The head was cut off even with the shoul
ders, and there is a hole in the windpipe
directly under the chin where the victim
was evidently stabbed. A number of peo
ple hate looked at the head, and all are
puzzled to know how it was prepared.
General Caamano thinks that immediately
after the bones are taken out that red hot
gravel is put into the head. The heat re
duces the size, tans the skin and makes it
hard and tough. Then the gravel :s re
moved. It is a most curious and hideous
sight, but well worth seeing.
Some archaeologists believe that the iDcas
Indians are descendants of the old Egypt
ians, Mr. Childs brought back with him
a rough figure made of clay that is an exact
icproduction of the head of the Sphinx.
"While out hunting one day he entered a
native's hut and lound the figure in the
house. He gave the negro a dollar for it,
and he was delighted. Mr. Childs learned
from the native that the bust was dug out
of an old mound 15 miles in the interior.
He had also collected other relics, old
knives, etc., that he had found in it. Mr.
Childs thinks the figure is strong proof that
the theory is true. Here was a simple
minded native who had the clay bust in hit
possession. He had never heard of or seen
the Sphinx, and his story about the mound
is certainly true.
While in the town of Conception the
women were busy paying the streets. They
had gotten the idea somewhere, and the
Americans were much amused watching
them at work.
Laying fnvements of Gold.
Mr. Childs says there wasn't a howe or a
vehicle iu the tbwn, and he couldn't see the
necessity for the paving. The women
scooped sand and gravel out of the river,
which they carried in large plates. Small
squares were outlined on" the streets with
stones, and then the space between was
filled with gravel and pounded down. One
of the party took several handsful of the
sand at random, and extracted the gold.
Mr. Childs has the result in a small bottle,
aud it shows that the country down there is
teeming with the precious metal. The vege
tation of Ecuador is most luxuriant. Mr.
Childs states that morning glories of all
colors and as I?rge as dinner plates were
quite common along the rivers.
"On our way home," said Mr. Childs,
"we were greeted in the harbor at Quinto
by the officers and crew of the Ninth of
July. This is one of their large battle
sIuds named after the date on which their
liberty was restored. I remember the first
officer very well. He was a little fellow,
intelligent and could speak a few words of
English, During the conversation I asked
him for his card. He didn't have one, and
was too polite to write his name on a piece
of paper lor me. The next day he sent
eight sailors in a boat to our ship, and as
they climbed over our vessel's side one of
the men handed me the officer's card with
his compliments. About a week afterward
we heard at Panama that the under officers
and men ofthe man-of-war had mutinied.
He IVos Little, bat Hero.
"They placed a revolver at the head of
the first officer and threatened to blow his
brains out unless he put to sea with the
ship. He refused, and thev were too cow
ardly to kill him. The little officer was
put in irons, and then they steamed away.
About 50 miles out they got frightened and
decided to return. "When they landed the
first officer, whose card I have, was pro
moted, and General Flores ordered the mu
tineers to be shot Later, I heard that the
sentence had been changed to imprison
ment. I wouldn't take a good deal lor that
officer's card. Jle is a hero. I have never
seen anything published in American news
papers about this revolt on Julv 9."
The gold mines that Mr. Childs with the
engineers examined are three in number,
known as the Cachavi, Uimbi and Playa de
Oro. They are located in Ecuador, near
the Colombian frontier. The tities are old
Spanish grants, held in lee simple and
recognized since the colonial period. The
Cachavi is capinlizd for $1,000,000, the
Uimbi for 52,000,000, and the Playa de Oro
for $10,000,000. The stock is all Bold and
controlled by wealthv New Yorkers. C.
G. Francklyn is President of the Playa de
Oro mine.
Special diamond sale this week. Call and
see the Immense display. Prices below com
petition at SL G. Cohen's, 86 Jflftli avenue.
HEARD HEAYEN'SCALL
Rivers Give Up Their Dead Through
. Nature's Canonading.
PATHETIC BT0KIES OP VICTIMS.
Tuesday'! Storm Develops a Suicide and
Ttto Accidents.
A DISTRESSED WIFE'S LONELY YIGIL
"Natural cannonading is the only power
that will force the waters to give up their
dead," Coroner McDowell said yesterday.
The Coroner was talking of the dead, who
he contends are always found floating in the
rivers immediately following a severe thun
der storm. "Dynamite and powder are
often successfully used to dislodge bodies in
the rivers," the Coroner went on, "but the
waters only respond to nature's cannonad
ing." After the severe thunder storm and elec
trical disturbance on the morning of May 4
three bodies were found floating in the
rivers in Allegheny county, and each ofthe
three had attached to it a mysterious story
that is as weird as it is pathetic Several
bodies, the Coroner says, were found float
ing in the river between Pittsburg and
Cincinnati, but those picked up within his
jurisdiction each tell a sublime and elo
quent story.
Just after daylight on the morning of
May 4 the body of Cornelius Schwalm was
found floating in the Ohio river at McKee's
Rocks. The body was sent to the morgue
A last Gift to Bis Motner.
On the dead man's person was found a re
ceipt from the Adams Express Company for
a package which he had sent to his mother
at Homeworth, O. Nothing els3 was found
in the clothes of the dead man. The re
mains were bnried and the Cor
oner began an investigation. He found
that Schwalm had been employed as
a freight brakeman on the Panhandle rail
road and that he had been discharged on
April 25 for drinlting. The receipt from
the Adams Express Company was also
dated April 25, and inquiry developed that,
after being discharged by the railroad 'com
pany, Schwalm went to the ex
press office and placed in a small
box his watch and chain, ?10 in
money, two lead pencils, a small
notebook, a penknife and a few other
trinkets and without a word of explanation
expressed the package to his mother. To a
friend who accompanied him to the ex
press office he made no explanation, but he
was never again seen alive. He had been
railroading tor four years and he was the
only support of his mother. He was 29
years old. Suicide was the verdict of the
Coroner's iurv.
The body of Nathaniel Wycofi was found
floating in the Monongahela river near
Elizabeth about 8 o'clock on the morning of
May 4. "Wycofi also mysteriously disap
peared on April 25. He was a prominent
young man at Elizabeth, and his friends
concluded at once that he had been
drowned.
Dynamite Died "Without Effect.
The parents ofthe young man employed a
dynamite company of Pittsburg to raise the
body from the water. Over 2,500 pounds of
powder were exploded in the stream, but to
no effect. The violent thunder of Tuesday
morning did the work the explosions failed
to do.
Ferdinand Horber was a mill worker
employed at "W. D. Wood's McKeesport
mill. He lived across the river just oppo
site the mill He went to and from his
work in a private skiff. On Saturday,
April 23, he received his month's par,
liquidated some debts he had contracted in
McKeesport and left a party of his friends
to go to his home. He was never seen
alive afterward. He was devoted to his
family. His wife, with his supper prepared,
awaited anxiously his coming until marly
midnight. Then she sounded an alarm, and
before morning his empty skiff, turned bot
tom side up, was found floating
aimlessly down the stream. His wife
was prostrated for a time. On the morning
of April 26 her friends found her sitting on
the river bank where her husband formerly
landed still awaiting his coming. The
calamity that had overtaken her had broken
her mental forces and she was for a time in
sane. She was taken home and for several
days her life was despaired of. When she
recovered she refused to be reconciled until
the body of her husband was found.
Waiting for Her Husband's Body.
All manner of explosives were employed
to dislodge the body and and while the shots I
were ueing nreu iua& seemeu 10 arain ine
river to its channel, the disconsolate wife
sat watching on the river bank in the hope
that her dead husband might be blown
into view. The explosives failed
in their purpose, however, and the
work of resurrection was only completed by
the storm of last Tuesday. Korber was
30 years old. He had only been married a
short time. The body was found floating
in the river at Brown's station just after
daylight on Tuesday morning. It was
taken to the morgue, where during that
afternoon it was identified by the young
wife. "When the distressed woman was led
into the deadroom, where her husband's
body was arranged for inspection, the scene
was extremely pathetic. The young wife
threw herself upon the dead bbdy, and it
was with difficulty that she was taken away.
She took the body home with her.
"The scientists will not agree with me
that some shocks of thunder dislodge dead
bodies in water," the Coroner said, "but my
experience ofthe ten years has convinced
me that electric shocks alone will dislodge
the bodies. AVe rarely find bodies floating
in the rivers in winter and a severe thnnder
storm never fails to develop a case for us."
KAGISTEATES MUST GIVE UP.
Gourley Holds Them Up for Costs In the
Health Bureau Cases.
The police magistrates ofthe city each re
ceived from the Mayor yesterday anote call
ing attention to the act of 1891, designating
their powers and duties, with special refer
ence to the imposition of fines and the dis
position of costs in cases of violation of the
iaws and ordinances relating to the city. It
has been a custom with the magistrates to
sit in judgment in a certain class of viola
tions, notably suits entered by the Bureau
of Health, as aldermen, thereby securing to
themselves and their constables the costs in
such cases. Under the act of 1891 the mag
istrates have supervision over any viola
tion of city laws and ordinances in their ca
pacity as magistrates, and any costs imposed
by them must be paid to the city treasury.
There have been a number of prosecutions
bv the Milk Inspector of the Bureau of
Health, but the magistrates treated them
as alderman cases.
The Health officials doubted their right
to do this and raised the question by re
ferring to the Mayor who promptly decided
in their favor. His note yesterday informed
the magistrates that hereafter in any case
covered by the act of 1891 they must return
all costs to the city.
Carpets! CarpetsI Carpets!
Why pay more? We will offer to-morrow
elegant new patterns 50c brussels at 39o, and
many, many his baigains in brussels and
ingrain. Read our locals elsewhere.
J. H. Kukkel A Bbo.,
1517-1319 enn avenue.
Kentucky Horses by Express.
Mr. Lee Thomas,orixin?ton,Ky.,shlnped
twenty saddle and drivine horses to the Am
helm Live Stock Companv, Limited, to be
sold at their aale Tnuisday, May IS. Call
and see them.
NiAPOHTAif Awmsgb, warranted sun fast,
at Mamaux & Son's. 639 Penn avenue, Thau
THE PITTSBUHG- DISPATCH, SUNDAY, MAT 8.
ANXIOUS FOR A UNION.
Grand Conference or A. if. E. Zlon Church
Offers to Unite With the A. M. E. General
Body Only Two New Bishops Wanted
Bishop Harris' Report.
The grand conference of the A. M. E.
Zion Church in session here favors union
with the A. M.E. Church of America. If the
union is formed the new Church will have a
membership of 900,000 colored people. All
yesterday's morning session was taken up
in the discussion of the Question. There
were several fights, but it passed by a vote
of two to one.
The resolution on union calls for the ap
pointment of a commission from this con
ference to meet a similar commission from
the African Methodist Episcopal Confer
ence now in session in Philadelphia. The
conference is to be held at Harrisburg on
whatever place the committee may decide
on. They are to meet and decide on a basis
before the two great conferences adjourn.
In case an agreement is reached the plan
will be submitted to all the annual and
quarterly conferences of the two churches,
and then a joint session of the Boards of
Bishops will call a. joint grand conference
to perform the wedding ceremony.
In the afternoon Bishop Harris, of Salis-
bury, N. G, read the quadrennial address."
In ft he went into detail and said all the
departments were in good order. He recom
mended a number of changes in the present
code. He strongly opposed the election of
three new bishops'and said two more would
be enough to relieve those who now have
districts so large they cannot cover them.
He also advised the establishment of four
additional theological departments in the
college at Salisburv. He said this institu
tion was continually crowded.
The membership of the church was re
ported to be 450,000. The number of edi
fices erected during the last four years was
nearly 500 and the interest in the whole
work of the denomination was shown to be
constantly increasing.
On Monday morning Rey. J. E. "Wilson,
D. D.t the fraternal delegate from the M.
E. conference at Omaha, Neb., will deliver
an address.
MAKIKG POLITICAL AFflDAVITS.
Charjei That Pressure Is Being Brought
to Bear Upon Allegheny Employes.
The legislative fight in Allegheny is just
now demanding the attention of the North
side politicians, and while the primary con
tests are yet two weeks off the fight over
there is hotter than it usually is in a Presi
dental contest. The fight in the First district
is especially bitter, and it is charged that
the element opposed to the reformers over
there have been making extraordinary
efforts to prevent the election of Dalzell
members of the Legislature.
Yesterday James McFarland, who has
been in the employ of Allegheny Citv as a
laborer for nine years, went before Alder
man Braun and made an affidavit that he
had been notified by Koad Commissioner
Snaman that unless he withdrew his support
from the Harbison-Kobeson Legislative
delegate in his district he would bo dis
charged from the city's employ. The son of
an Allegheny fireman has Deen running as a
Harbison-Robeson delegate, but on Friday
the firemen made affidavit that he was noti
fied that unless his son withdrew from the
contest the father would be removed from
the fire department. The notice, the fire
men alleged yesterday, was not served upon
him by Chief Jones, but by another Alle
gheny City authority.
AFTER A SCHOOL TEACHES.
Mrs. Allen, of the Sylvan BuIIdlnc, Charged
With Cruelty to a Popll.
Agent S. F. O'Brien, of the Humane So
ciety, yesterday entered suit before Alder
man Moore, of Hazelwood, against Mrs. M.
V. Allen, a teacher in the Sylvan Avenue,
Fourteenth ward, school, charging her with
cruelty to children. The suit was entered
by&gent O'Brien not without some reluc
tance and only after a thorough investiga
tion of the case.
The victim of Mrs. Allen's alleged cruelty
is an 11-year-old boy named Henry Mc
Allister, whose parents are in very poor
circumstances and who reside on the Four
mile Bun. The cruelty is alleged to have
occurred on Thursdav last when young Mc
Allister, who is a sickly boy, was whipped
for talking. The whipping, according to
Agent O'Brien, was so severe that the boy's
back was covered with large, red welts from
which he suflered great pain. Agent O'Brien
was notified of the matter on Friday and
entered the suit yesterday. Mrs. Allen fur
nished bail for a hearing.
xhe winnow glass wobkeks
Favor the Closlnc of the World' Fair on
Sunday.
The National Window Glass Workers'
Council yesterday took the initiative step
ot the labor organizations in asking for the
closing of the AVorld's Fair on Sunday. It
also favors the prohibiting ot the sale ot
liquor on the grounds.
The Liberty League has always advanced
the argument that if the Fair was closed on
aunday tne worKingmen would not nave a
chance to see it. Tbe Window Glass Work
ers' Association thinks different. The com
mittee can see no reason why the workmen
of Chicago cannot have time enough to visit
the Exposition during the week. As for
those outside of Chicago, it is held they can
well arrange to go during the six days.
This sentiment is indorsed by the 6,000
glass worfiers of the vicinity.
DENOUNCE A SOCIALISTIC PAPEB,
A Statement in a 24ew Tork Publication
Emphatically Refntcd.
Secretary Geo. King, of the Cigar
makers' Union No. 1374, yesterday re
ceived the following letter from the
Trades and Labor Assemblv of Western
Pennsylvania which explains itself:
To the Officers and Members or the Clgarmakert'
Union .No. 1374:
I am instructed to notify your organiza
tion that tho article appearing in a
paper called The People, of New York,
which stated that members of tho Socialistic
labor party had been admitted In the Trades
Assembly of Western rennsj-lvania, is a He
out of the whole cloth.
No such organization is, has been or will
bo admitted as Ion:; as tho present constitu
tion stands as the law of this body.
Yours fiatemally,
Tnos. McNamee,
Secretary of T. A. of "W. P.
. Jndgo TVIckham's Brother In the City.
Henry Wickham, a brother of Judge
Wickham, of Beaver; was in Pittsburg with
friends yesterday. Mr. Wickhatn was for a
long time engaged in the manufacture of
coke in the Connellsville region. He after
ward went to West Virginia, where he de
veloped a coke region there. He afterward
byname President of the South West Vir
ginia Improvement Company. He is now,
however, a man of leisure, having recently
resigned the Presidency of the company.
On May 14 Mr. Wickham will sail with his
family on the Arizona, and will spend the
summer abroad. In appearance Mr. Wick
ham resembles his brother, the Beaver
Judge.
Braun Hakes Another Bald.
Alderman Braun on Friday night ar
rested Essie Knox, 63 liobinson street,
Mary Burgin, of 33 Craig street, and Mollie
Woods, of 55 Craig street, for illegal liquor
selling. He did not want to turn them
over to the police until they had a chance
to furnish bail. He therefore put them
under guard in Mollie Woods' house. Yes
terday they secured bail for a hearing.
A Successful Remedy for Rheumatism.
'1 have trade for ten miles around on
Chamberlain's Pain Balm for rheumatism,
and believe it to be a perfect success." G.
M. De L. Smith. Middleway. W. Va, ttsu
AFTER SUNDAY BOATS.
Agent HcClure Takes a Hand
Excursions Down the River.
in
HE ARRESTS ALL THE PRINCIPALS
In the First Voyage of the City of Pitts
burg a Week Ago.
HOW THEY TRIED TO SETTLE THE CASES
Law and Order has taken a hand in the
running of Sunday excursions down the
river, and just now the propriet'ors and at
taches of the City of Pittsburg are trying to
settle with the society for last Sunday's
work.
All week McClure gave out that he was
not after Messrs. Clark and Klein and their
men. This did not turn out to be the case,
however. Tuesday morning the proprie
tors were informed that informations had
been made before Alderman Eohe against
them, the Grand Army Baud, the persons
who ran the lunch counter, the owners of
the tugboat Delta and all the other em
ployes of the two boats.
A Visit to A cent MoCInre.
Messrs. Clark and Klein went to see Mc
Clure. He informed them that they would
have to quit running on Sunday. They
tried to bring about a settlement with him.
They offered to pay into the treasury of the
society $50 each Sunday they took their boat
out. McClure refused the oiler. Xney then
raised it ?25. He then said he would lay
the matter before the Executive Cammittee.
Friday night the committee met, but refused
to accept the 575. Yesterday McClure and
the two gentlemen had another meeting,
but failed to settle. The cases will be
finally disposed of this week.
The City of Pittsburg will not go out to
day. All the arrangements had been made
for a trip, even to the ordering of their re
freshments. They will lose considerable
money, but think'it cheaper to wait until
the cases are disposed of. They feel sure
they will have to pay their fines. In this
case it is likely that last Sunday's trip was
the last one the City of Pittsburg will make
on that day for the rest of the summer.
An Excursion Tfill Go Ont To-Day.
Since these arrests have been made, the
owners of tugs are very guarded. It is now
impossible to get a tug to take an excursion
partv out Thev are all afraid they will be
fined and possibly imprisoned. The City of
Pittsburg owns its own tug, and
is not put out on that score.
The J. M. Gusky will take a party of ex
cursionists to Eochester to-day. The pro
prietor of this boat own a tug. " The owners
said yesterday they were willing to run the
risk of being fined. Agent McClure says
they will be lined if the boat goes out. The
case will probablv be tested in the courts.
The people along the wharf are pretty
generally in sympathy with the Sunday
boat owners. Yestciday it was given out
that there would be trouble if a Law and
Order man tried to make the trip on the
Gusky. As soon as he is discovered on
board he will be given a dip in the waters
of the Ohio.
ANOTHER FACTORY AT ALIQUIPPA.
The Bustling New Town Adds Another In
dustry to tho Els?.
It will no donbt Be interesting to the many
lot purchaseis at Allquippa and those con
templating au investment there to leam
that another industry signed papers for
location there yesterday. Tho new plant Is
n large boiler works, which will employ sev
eral bundled men. The buildings for the
new works will be started immediately, so
as to De in running order celoro tile ran.
This addition now gives Allquippa a work
ing population of ono thousand, which
means a town containing three' to four thou
sand people. When one considers that this
success lias nil been achieved in three
weeks, it really seems a marvel, espec
ially as Allquippi is the last in
the field as a manufacturing town.
Tho leasons for it are no doubt due to
the fact that tho public have become con
vinced that legitimate business and not
speculation are behind it. In a conversa
tion with the Treasurer of tho company, Mr.
J. L. Cooper, we learn that negotiations aro
pendins with several other factories for
sites. "We are very careful about the fao
tories wo have at Aliquippa," he said. "It is
our purposa to have Jis many different kinds
of industries at Aliquippa as possible for
several reasons. First, that a dullness in
ono line will not affect the prosperity of the
town as it would, wero our factories limited
to one sort of industry, and secondly, in a
diversity or industries greater opportunity
of finding work is afforded its people. Wo
nave Had quite a ntimoer or applications lor
sites which we have rejected, because of a
demand for a big bonus on tho part of tho
parties desiring to locate. We aro not pay
ing bonuses and every factory located tliere
has been solely on the merit ofthe town as a
manufacturing center. Our wotks are lo
cated thero in nddition to tho big shovel
works and tin plate mill, and it
is our desire to see a town
grown up mound them and I think
wo will have it, don't you? Since the prop,
erty has been on tho market we have sold
an average of about ten lots a day, with tho
interest increasing. The hotel will be
started shortly. It will bo a large roomy
one of 43 rooms. Why bavo wo been so suc
cessful? Because Aliquippa has the points
that assure success. 1 irst, we havo the fac
tories. All honest, substantial industries.
Then we have made many improvements on
the property, Instead of leaving it as an ex
pense to property holders. Then we put our
lots at an extremely low price, ond Have
not raised their value now that the success
of tho town is nssuied. Our lots average
only $300, and all aro 25x110 feet. You see at
such a price, with tho population anil
works it will have, thero is no danger of lot
values suffering tro'm a reaction, so often
tho case with towns wlicro values have been
inflated beyond l'eason. Then, too, the
proximity of half a dozen large established
towns within a few minutes' rido of Ali
quippa, such as Beaver, Beaver Falls,
Rochester and New Brighton, isabig advan
tage. Another feature about our lot sales
that I liko is that very few havo been
bought by speculators, but most nil have
been purchased by parties who lire now or
are intending to improvo it. Quite a num
ber of houses are now under way, and many
more will be built as soon as the works get
Into operation. Drop around about the mid
dle of the week, I think you'll learn some
thing more of interest about Aliquippa."
CARPETs! CARPETS! CARPETS!
A Few Facts on Trices!
We will offer to morrow and continuing
balance of week, entirely new patterns of
50c and 60c brussels carpet at 39c a yard; nnd
a beautltul assortment or 45c extra heavy
insrrain two-ply carpet at 29e per yard.
We will nlso continue to offer the brussels
carpet usually sold at 65c for 50c; tho grade
usually 80e for 68e, nnd somo handsome
styles of $1 50 and $1 75 moquettes and nx
minsters for $1 19 per yard. The same sav
ing ptoportionatelv in laco curtains and
floor oilcloths, no delivor goods to any
part or the city, and freight paid within lliO
miles of Pittsburg.
J. II. Kuxkkl & Bito.,
1347-1C19 l'enn ay.
Thornton Bros.
200 pieces of Duncastar pongees at 6ic; 2
cases ot challie at 14c: dark colors at 3c;
1,000 yaids of lemnants In linings at om-intir
price; 1 case of black Henriettas nt 59c, 3J0
chenille covers, yard and onc-hal- squuie,
61c; SOO fiingod covers (chenille) 9rc, samo
size; all our 50c all-wool summer dress suit
ings at 39c; 3,000 yards of cuitaln draDery nt
6Wc: the 10c quality, 5,000 yards scrim, Sc:
600 yards India dross silks, 29c: 3,030 yaids
Domet flannels, 6c. The 12Vfc quality on
sale Monday at the Cash Stoi e, 123 i cderal St.
II. Klebsr Bro.'s Musical Specialties.
Among tho manv high-class musical in
struments sold at Kleber Bros.' music store,
No. 606 Wood street, you will find also sev
eral genuine H. F. Meyer (Hanover) flutes
and piccolos; HIgham, Bosson and uourtols
cornets; Washburn mandolins and guitars;
Tiefenbrunner (Munich) zithers: Stowart's,
Fairbanks & Cole's banjos, and Klebers'
specialty banjos. The above makes are tho
leading ones and ropresent the cream of all
musical instruments. Klober Bros, aro sell
ing them at very moderate prices. Also a
large stock of vocal and instrumental lolios.
All the latest sheet muslo at half price.
Musical literature nnd photographs of com
posers and artists in stock.
Da. Szax, who makes the treatment ofthe
nose, throat and lungs a specialty, la now
located at 108 Fenn avenue.
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DO TOO EAT?
Send for Price 1.1st,
Special offer slips and order blanks. Make
out a list of goods vouwant. If you are in
doubt send it to us and we will figure on it.
Then, if satisfactory, send your ordpr. Ex
amine goods, and if not as represented re
turn at our expense
1 sacks elegant flour $1 75
6 Bs flake tapioca 25
6 lbs evaporated raspberries 1 00
30-tt pall applo butter (warranted pure
country goods) Just think of it 99
30-ft pail .Maryland vineyard jelly 75
1 3-fii can black California cherries 10
2.1 boxes Standard bag blue 25
7 Ss lump starch 25
20-tt box London laver raisins 69
7 Hs roasted coffee (fresh ground) 1 00
50 bars family soap 1 00
Weigh yourgoods family scales 1 95
SObaissoap (Scents size) 09
5 Rs tea (in all varieties) 1 00
3Bs50etea (in all varieties) 1 CO
9 3 rolled oats 25
7 fts dried lima beans 23
6 cans concentrated lyo 25
1 gallon New Orleans molasses 29
BBs currants 25
8 lbs white clover honey (pressed) 1 00
Will ship this honey to any station or
landing within 300 miles of Pittsburg,
freight prepaid, on receiptor 125
6-foot stepladder, complete 93
1 clothes hoi so (1 wings, 6 feet) 85
2-ffi can best baking powder In the
United States for 20
C Osgood cooking raisins 25
1 Ei cut pipo tobacco..... 23
lboxmold tobies C9
I will prepay freight to any station within
303 miles of Pittsburg, Pa.
Send for tho most complete prlco list ever
offered to tho pnblic. Freo. free to all.
Make known yonr namo and correct address,
and we will do tho rest. AU goods must be
first class or your money will be cheerfully
refunded. J as. J. Weldox,
No. 201 Market street, cor. Second avenue,
Pittsburg.
Our Frlce O l-4c.
Yon have read considerable about yard
wide challles at 7c; 6c Is our price. It
pays to trade at tlfo Cash Store.
TiionsTOJf Bros., Allegheny.
Carpets! Carpets! Carpets!
Why pay moro? We will offer to-morrow
new patterns of good 59c and 60c brussels
carpet at 39c. This is a special offer, but we
will also sell you good tOc brussels for 63c:
regular 31 brussels forSOc, and flnostjl 50 and
$1 75 moqnette carpet for $1 19. In ingialn,
trood heavy two-ply carpet worth 15c, for 29c;
65c carpet for 13c,and the best all-u ool 75c In
gi sin at 53c. J. II. Konkel & Bp.o.,
1317-1349 Penn avenue, two squares east
Union depot.
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E II TIP.
IF NOT, YOU'LL TRIP
"AN OFFICIALTRIPS
OR a private visit to our estab
lishment will convince you
that "we are the people."
OUR mode of doing business is
entirely different from that
of any other house in this
city. In the first place we
don't promise you a farm
with every suit. If to gain
your custom we must bribe
your children, we don't
wantyener trade.
QUIET, genteel people don't
like that kind of business
and we don't know as you
do. Our experiefice in the
clothing business teacliesus
the merchant that will
throw in a toy with your
ptirchase will charge yotc
twice for it.
TIP or information is what you
are after. Come to us.
We' 11 enlighten yeni on our
style of doing business.
First of all, reliable goods;
second, one price to all;
thirdly, money refunded if
not satisfactory, and last,
but not least, every garment
repaired by us free of
charge for one year.
AND $io, $12 or $15 buys
one of the handsome suits
displayed in our show win
dow. You can Judge for
yourself. The Cheviot,
Cassimere, fancy or plain
worsteds, Corkscrew or
Diagonal Suits all marked
in plain figures $10, $12
and $15.
DON'T be hired by great, big
advertisements. Yoxi have
seen the like before. Try
our honest home-made cloth
ing. You have nothing to
lose and everything to gain.
TRIP into our place and y vu '11
not be "tripped up," as you
often have in other houses.
Our line of Trousers yotc
can't appreciate until you
see it. Note the prices for
fine Pants $2.50, $3.00,
$3-5H $4-50 and $5.
Look into our windows.
Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters and Furnishers,
954 and 956 Liberty St
Star Corner, Oak Alley.
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TK
Miff ADVERTISEMENTS
THE CHANCE
OF
A LIFETIME
TO
MAKE MONEY,
BUY LOTS IN THE NEW
MANUFACTURING
CITY OF
KENSINGTON.
low Is lie Time to Buy.
You can double or triple your
money in a few months by purchas
ine one or more of these lots at
present prices.
The property is increasing in
value very fast. Don't delay in
making selections. You can be
suited now both in price and loca
tion. Hundreds are being added to the
city's population weekly and are
now occupying their own homes.
Dwellings are being completed and
occupied at the rate of ioo or more
each month.
No such opportunity was ever
offered to secure a home in a thriv
ing and newly-established city,
where the evidence is positive that
your savings, when invested, will be
secure, at the same time doubling
up in value.
If you withdraw your money
from banks and associations, where
you get but little for its use, and se
cure a lot and build a home at
KENSINGTON
You will have an investment that in
one year will be worth twice the
amount that it cost you.
It will pay you to take a half day
from your work and go and see the
wonderful growth and prosperity of
this new city.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
There is a great opportunity at
Kensington to use money where it
will bring large and quick returns
in building houses for rental pur
poses or to sell. There is a scarcity
of dwellings, and those who supply
this want will have a continuous
and paying investment.
The great factories of The Cham
bers Glass Co. will soon be ready
for operations. 1,800 men will be
employed in these works.
BUY PROPERTY NOW AT
KENSINGTON
And get all the benefits of its in
creasing values. Kensington will
be a city of 15,000 or 20,000 popu
lation within a year.
Free Railroad Tickets given to
Kensington and return. For further
information apply at office of
THE BURRELL IMPROVEMENT CO.,
No. 79 Fourth Avenue, First Floor,
PITTSBURG, PA,
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