itwirill "7 -FfVJfi W4!,7Wt&W!?9W ' .. THE PITTSBTJR& DISPATCH. WEDNESDAY, MAT . 11, 1892. commissioned and licensed and acted for the Law and Order Society, and that it was his dutv to enforce the Sunday observance laws. !rhen he said he bad signed the in formation he made against Sharp, but when Major Bronn deliberately arose and presented to him for identification the in formation sworn to as the one against Sharp by Alderman Kobe, the star de clared there was not anv of his handwriting upon the information 6liown. He said: "I identified Sharp in Alderman Kohe's office as the man of whom I bought the paper. I swore that I bought the paper at 7:20 or 7:30 o'clock." Then the curtain descended on the interesting scene, and all of the actors, populaces, et cetera, went out to eat theirproaic luncheons. Major Brown handled the star after court resumed, and asked some leading questions that had a tendency to make the star be come stage struck in a mild sort of way. "Aro vou certain you bought that paper from Sharp" queried Major Brown In bland tone. "Xii, "ir; 1 am not positive about It," re turned McCIurc "Didn't you swear you bought a paper from Sharp when you made the Information?-' "From information received I did." "Didn't vou draw up the information!" "Mv clerk did." "When j ou weie examined before the Alderman, ixlien did you say the paper was hoURlit?" "lietween 7:20 and 7J on Sunday." "U'hat time did j ou -swear byT" "Central time." ot Certain of Ills Own Habit. " ro you in tho habit. Mr. McClure, of making Informations before a Pittsburg Alderman by Central Instead of Eastern time?" "Well. I don't know." "Did j ou not hunt up the paper you say you bought of Sharp and mark it on pur pose to deceive us?"' was Major Brown's next question. 1 (iiu not. ' Several other actors of minor importance then took the tand and discoursed as learn edly as possible upon the particular theme they linen about A very dubious piece of actins was then done by Mr. Patterson, at torney for the star. The witnesses to tes tifv to the character of Mr. McClure were c tiled, and when Insurance Agent A. B. Campbell, of McKeesport, took his seat in the box, Mr. Patterson asked him if he knew the general reputation for veracity and truthfulness of Agent McClure. Mr. Cimpbell replied that it was cry good. Then came Attorney Brown with a few m ords that created the most startling climax of the d.iy. "What lo you know of the general repu tation of Robert McClure as a law-abiding citizen?" asked the Major in soft, soothing tones. Objected to by the Defense. Colonel Moore, Mr. Patterson and Mr. Marron spr.i ic simultaneously to their feet. 'Ohje t, object," cried they as in one voice. "Immaterial to the point of truth and vcrpcity." but the Court waved them softly back and Major Brown spoke. "This is material, as it is necessary for me to find out what they mean by their general knowledge of the reputation of the defend ant." There were a great many points raised, but the Court decided in favor of the prose cution and Major Brown continued with his witness "Xcn thcn.Mr. Campbell." said the Major, "You say jou know Mr. McClure to hate a reputation as a (rood, law-Rblding citizen; ate jon nwaic of the fact that he has boon tiie-i and convicted lor a breach of the l.i n?" Mi. Campbell danced imploringly at the con-u' ini the defense, but they were not looking that way, and Mr. Campbell faltered a reluctant "Yes." "Do jou know he had been convicted and sentenced to piyhalf the costs in several ca-os he lias piosecuted for barratry?' "Yos."' responded the insurance man, "I believe I have heard something of the sort." Are ounot sine?"' "Ye-, 1 am "-nre.v Ye', you know his reputation to bo good for eracitv, truthfulness, and general good Citizen-hip?"' "I do." Where the Witness Get Pointers. "From whom do you get this knowledge?" "From arious p-oplo with whom I have talked." "Has the defendant's name been discussed regarding his tiuth and veracity?" t "It has." "l!y whom?" "Hy cliuich members, professional men and other reputable people." "And among those people tho impression prevail- th.it Iris truth and veracity is un ci tio-lioiiabie?"' It doe," replied Mr. Campbell and he lesumud his inconspicuous place among tlio s-catcd populace w liich were in the minority. Mr. Campbell was followed by a score of people who were put through the same ordeal aud so piominently was this testi mony adduced that the 12 good and true jurors had the facts drilled into their mem ories so well that it teemed to hangover them in a little sta;e halo. Busiuess men, protessional men and detectives, from the white-haired detective to the attorney, all told the same story that McClure's reputation was good, but that they had heard of his unfortunate escapade with the minions oi the law. All seemed more or less allected by Major Brown's searching questions. Theie was a little wrangle between the attorneys over an offer on the part of the defense to place in evidence the record of the suit against Sharp. An appeal had been taken from the judgment of Alder man Robe and withdrawn, because with out doing this the suit for perjury could not have been brought. After some discus sion the offer was withdrawn and the case closed. Tiie arguments, or the third act in the drama, will be made to-day. THE SUBJECT WAS ALIVE. Dr. Venn's Stait.lajr Story or the TjTO AVoinan Offered Illni by a New Jersey Co'crod Man lie Was to Get Her Tor $150. Tun Dispatch yesterday published the story of the murder of Mrs. Ann Xewby, at Camden. X. J. August Venn, the young medical student to whom the body was ofleied, is now in Allegheny visiting his father, lie was seen last night and tells the lollowing story: Along about tlie first otJIav I was walk ins wnr the Pfiinsylvania Unfvenlty building and came upon :i dental student and a colored man or about 45. The colored in.in was trying to oll the young man a body, but as ho was a dental student be had no need for It, and turned the fellow over to me. The man told me his name was John Jloultcn and time lio lived at 1142 bomb, ixth sticet, Ciimden. He gac me the staitling information that he hart a good fat coi pse of a colored woman 73 years ld. He said she was fat and lulcy, just the kind doctors liked. I asked him vhcio-he was and he s.ild at his home. I did not quite understand how to get her to the college if I bad wanted the empse. Moultcn noticed this and ?aid that would be an easy matter, a-she was still alive. This startling Infor mation stunned me, but the man was not at a loss how to answer. He suggested that it would be an easy matter to destroy lite alter I had performed all tho operations I might desire to. Moulteu told mo to come to his liou-e with a wagon and tell the old woman 1 was from the Philadelphia Home for Ai,cu toloi ed l'eople. She w anted to en ter the Home and -would go with me. All that I was to do for him was to get $150 that was on the old ladj 's person and give It to linn. I asked him why he wanted to remove the lndj. lie said -he had grown so old that shu was no longer fit for anything butn dis secting tabic. 1 told the man I would see him in a few days. 1 then informed tho police. Two of them went to the houe in the disguise or medical students and were told the same story. There is a general opinion among the colored people near the University that It they knock one of their number down and tuke the corpse Into the school they can sell It. 1 suppose this is -w hat Moultcn had in lew w hen he killed the woman. struck by a Steel KaP. The Coroner's office was notified last night of the death of E. S. Follansbee at Homestead. It was stated in the report that he had stepped in front of the rolls at Carnegie's mills at Homestead and was hit by a steel rail as it emerged from the ma chinery. He was so badly injured that he died at 3 o'clock. He was 23 years of age auu ureu ai iiuumuh siauoc IT IfBEJURDER, John McClarren Dies at Dix mont From Injuries Re ceived at Ebensburg. HIS SKULL FEACTUEED. The Cambria County Sheriff Confessed to flavins Clnbbed Him. ARRESTS WILL BE MADE TO-DAY. Imajrinarj White Caps Drove the Insane Man to Violence. TIIE COEOXER'S INQUIRY COXTIKDED John McClarren, an inmate of the Dix mont Insane Asylum, died at that institu tion at 5 o'clock on Monday evening. His skull had been fractured in two places, and Sheriff George C Steinman, of Cambria county, will be arrested charged with the killing. McClarren was committed to Dixmont on May S, 1892. He was indigent and had been violent. With the order of court com mitting him to the asvlum Judge A. V. Barker, of Cambria county., sent to Dr. Hutchinson, Superintendent of Dixmont, the following: "I know but little of John McClarren, this day committed to Dixmont, except that he has been violently insane before, and is said to have been an inmate of your institution before, possibly ten years ago. He has been a locomotive engi neer." Dr. Graham, the assistant superintendent at Dixmout, received McClarren from the Cambria county authorities. The patient had been accompanied from Ebensburg by the Sheriff and a deputy. "When they reached the institution Dr. Graham says McClarren was in a sort of a stupor. McClarren Had Been Knocked Down. The Sheriff, Dr. Graham says, explained the patient's condition by saying that he was violent before leaving the Cambria county jail, where he had been kept over night, and that it had taken five men to handle him. The Sheriff" also told Dr. Gra ham that it had been necessary to knock McClarren down with a club a couple of times before they could control him. After a superficial examination by Dr. Gra ham, McClarren was sent to a room in the asylum. The next morning Dr. Hutchinson, the superintendent, called to see the patient. He found him in a semi-unconscious condi tion. He examined his head, and at once pronounced the unfortunate to have been fatally hurt in some manner. He called in his assistant, Dr. Graham, and then for the first time heard of the assault made on McClarren by the Cambria county authorities. He ordered the patient to he carefully watched over until he died. After death Dr. Hutchinson immediately ordered a post mortem. Dr. Graham per formed the work. He found that Mc Clarren's skull had been fractured in two places and pronounced both fractures to have resulted from blows by some blunt in strument. Both fractures are on the left side of the skull, but one of them extended over the entire top of the head, almost from ear to ear. The skull was pro nounced to have been unusually thin The Coroner Takes a Hand. i .The Coroner was, yesterday morning no tified of McClarren 's death. Alderman Mc Kenna was deputized to hold an inquest. District Attorney Burleigh and County De tective Beltzhoover were notified and the arrest of Jicuiarren s assananis was or dered. At the Coroner's inquest yesterday after noon some ugly evidence developed against the Cambrina county authorities. The dead man's friends has been notified of the death, but only one of them, a cousin, appeared at the institution and he had little informa tion regarding the dead man whom he said had been for many years considered insane, but harmless. McClarren was about 45 years old and in early life had been a well developed roan. It is said that a love affair drove him insane. There is no record of his having been in Dixmont previously. Recently, however, he developed a fancy that he was being fol lowed by White Caps, and when nnder that peculiar spell he would become violent and dangerous, and would at times run for miles to escape his imaginary enemies. The day before he was brought to Dixmont he jumped through a window in the room in which he was being kept, taking the window sash with him. He fell on his head and sustained a slight scalp wound. He was not badly hurt, however, and he ran away. He was captured, however, and was confined in the Cambria county jail where it is alleged he received the injuries from which he died. Never Recovered From the Shook. Dr. X. S. Hutchinson was the first wit ness examined by the acting Coroner. The doctor said: "John McClorren, deceased, was sent here May 5, 1892, by the court of Cambria. I was nut present at the time he was received, but the next morning the nurse called me in and showed me a cut on McCIorren's head which was V shaped This cut was on his head when he was re ceived at this institution. I called Dr. Graham in. The deceased was acutely intane. He was unable to tell me how he received his injury. He was in a state of shock, and he never rallied. He never re gained consciousness or reason, and died at 5 r. M. on May 9, 1892. I told the nurses to take good care of him, and in case of death I would insist upon a post mortem examination, which I did, and found that he died from violence. Dr. Graham knows more about the case than any other person." James T. McClarren, who lives at South Fork, Pa., and who is a cousin of the dead man, said: "The deceased was about 45 years old. He was a single man, and lived about Summerhill, Cambria countv, Fa. I don't know anytning about his injuries. I have seen him since his death." Ed S. Kennedy, the Southside liquor man, testified to knowing John McClarren. He said: "I saw him on Sunday, May 1, 1892, at his home. He was flighty, but at times rational. He talked to me and told me he imagined White Caps were after him, and he jumped out through a window and tooc the sash with him. I noticed a slight cut on his head, and that is all I know of his death. I saw him before he was brought to Pittsburg. He had several cuts on his head." McClarrnn'K Body Badly Braised. Robert McGiffin said the deceased whs put under his care about a week ago. He was all bruised and had cuts on his head. There was only one wound visible on his head, but black marks over his bodv. A. K. Morrow, supervisor of the -male department, said: "I received John Mc Clarren and took him to the ward. I saw he had a large scar or flesh cut on the top of his head, and was marked on . head and breast. There was no deep cuts, but on the top of his head, that I saw. I left him in charge of a nurse after seeing him sleeping. He was brought here on Thursday, May 5, 1892, by two men. I was ' told one of them was a Sheriff One of them said thev had a very hard fight with McClarren and that it took five men to handle him; that they bad to beat him to bring him along and said he was a dangerous man. He did not say who beat him; simply 'we.' Both men were present when the statement was made, also Dr. Graham." Dr. G. G. Graham testified: "I received this man Thursday, May 5, 1892, from the Sheriff of Cambria county. Hesaidhe knew nothing of the case except that the man had been very violent and he received an order from Court to brine him here, and that he had jumped from toe window and taken a sash with him and got up, shook the sash from him and ran away. felled Blm Vf Ith Club. "He was again captured, and when he went to bring him here he was so had that they had to knock him down with a club or stick to bring him along. X examined him and found a cut on his head. He died at 5 p. M. on May 9,1892, and I sent for his friends, and when" they arrived this morning I in--sisted on a post mortem examination, and they consented, and I opened the skull and found two fractures. I think that the in juries produced death. The injury on the top of the head was only super ficial, as he got up and ran, but other injuries found'were produced later. There was an inflamed condition of the brain, and a clot of blood. I exam ined the organs and found none unhealthy. The lungs were filled with air and there were no adhesions. The heart and lungs were normal. The Injuries would be pro duced by a blunt instrument such as would not cut the scalp. The injury was received upon the opposite side from the laceration of brain tissue. Death Came From a Beating. "I cannot see how the injuries or fracture I found could be caused by his fall or jump from the window as described at all, as the prominence of skull would receive the bruise first, and it did not in this case. I don't know the names of the parties who brought him, I would recognize the man who said he had to bit him with a club to bring him along, and thought at the time that the cut on the head was what he referred to, but my post mortem examination reveals the fact that he was beaten on the head by some blunt instru ment. Two fractures show depression of skull. Where they struck him at I cannot say." The inquest will be continued on Satur day afternoon, when it is expected that the deceased's fnends from Cambria county will attend. T. V. POWDERLY TALKS. He Says the Member of the K.of L. Are Favorable to the People's Party The Keaaln-r Deal and the World's Fair Touched On. The General Executive Board of the Knights of Labor did not hold a session yesterday as was intended, owing to A. W. Wright, of Toronto, Canada, failing to get here. He had not arrived last night, but is expected in time for the meeting to-day. General Master Workman Powderly, of Scranton, John Devlin, of Detroit, John W. Hayes, of Philadelphia, and John Davis, of Kansas, the other members of the Executive Board, arc now at the Central Hotel. "We have considerable business to trans act," said Mr. Powderly yesterday, "and will be in session tor several dfcys. I do not know just what will come up. The Roches ter clothing trouble may be considered. together with a number of other grievances from different parts of the country. It has been said the Knights ot Labor leans toward the People's party. This is true as far as the members are individnally con cerned. The greater number of them will vote that ticket in the future. "I do not think the Reading deal will be brought up in our meeting, it may be though. As far as I am concerned I am opposed to the Reading deal. I think it unfair and unconstitutional I think it's the Governor's duty to denounce it as such. "There is a great deal of talk just now of closing the World's Fair ou Sunday. Some labor organizations have expressed them selves as being in favor ot closed gates. I am not, unless the people of this country are willing to close all workshops on Sun day. There are things which run year in and year out on Sunday that do a great deal more harm than the fair will do." Messrs. Powderly and Wright will ad dress a mass meeting in Lafayette Hall to night Labor affairs in general will be dis cussed. BISINO ABOVE THE TIDE, The JMoorhcad-McCIeno Company Will Meet Its First Payment on Time, The Moorhead-McCleane Company is swinging swiftly above and away from its recent embarrassment The old firm is still operating the plant,but the creditors have a representative present in the person of Su perintendent J. H. Miller. The basis of the compromise was as follows: First year, 10 per cent; second year, 15 per cent; third year, 25 per cent; fourth year, 25 per cent; fifth year, 25 per cent When runniug full-handed the capacity of this mammoth mill is: 40 tons ot sheet iron, 30 tons of skelp iron, 50 tons of tank iron and 30 tons of armor plate. This makes the creditable total of 150 tons. Not withstanding the recent desertions all along the line ot the oldest and most skillful em ployes, the Soho mills have, in spite of ad verse influences, weathered the storm and will be prompt with the last payment to those who gave them the extension. BUY TEE CHEAPEST COAL. Mr. D Armitt Says the Selling Price and Not Qnnllty Governs Kallrnadt. W. P. De Armitt started for Duluth last evening to attend the meeting of a dock company in which he is interested. He says the Hocking Valley operators continue to whine about the equalization of freight rates and the superiority of Pittsburg coal. The purchasing agents for railroads don't buy coal on a chemical analysis, and they never stop to inquire which coal will do the most work. They don't understand this business. All they ask about is the price, and the lowest one gets the contract from the boards. Mr. De Armitt added that the haul from the Hocking Valley is 50 miles further to the lakes than from Pittsburg. The opera tors pay nothing for this extra distance. In addition their digging costs less. Al together he claims that the local operators have not yet received from the railroads what their location, entitles them to. Improvements for PerrysvIUe Avenue. The Survey Committee, of Allegheny, met last night and approved the official pro file ot the City Engineer relating to the im provements to be made on Perrysville avenue, and referred the same back to bis office for ten days. This is done to give those who object to any of the proposed im provements a chance to file their appeals. The proposed widening ot Benton avenue again came up for consideration, and after some discussion the width of the street was fixed at 60 feet NO matter where yonr rooms are located It they are deslrahlo they can be rented by advertising In the To Let Booms Cent a YVoi d Columns of the Daily and Sunday DISPATCH. 8:50 P. M. SATURDAYS Is the latest momontat which small advertisements will be received at the For Insertion in the SUNDAY DISPATCH. On week days the office wilt remain open un til's r. ic as usual. A LIFE-TIME CHANCE. Mr. Farqnbar Says Local Business Men Don't Appreciate the Fair. PHILADELPHIA FORGING AHEAD, And Leaving- the Greatest Hannfactnring City in the State Behind. HOW PITTSBURG WOULD BE BENEFITED It won't be A. B. Farquhar's fault if Allegheny county is not well represented at the World's Pair. The Executive Com missioner for the State is an old-fashioned hustler, and he is loaded with facts and ar guments which he reels off by the yard to show how Pittsburg will be the city next to Chicago most benefited by the Exposition. Mr. Farquhar met President George A. Kelly and Secretary Follansbee, of the Chamber of Commerce yesterday. He com plained to them about the lack of interest taken in the fair by Allegheny county man ufacturers and business men, and finally it was decided to call a citizens' meetins: for next Monday afternoon. Mr. Farquhar will be present to stir up enthusiasm and answer all questions. Before returning home last evening he said the Philadelphia people were wide awake. Over 350 merchants and manu facturers had applied for space, while not more than 50 from Pittsburg have informed the commission that they would exhibit Mr. Farquhar says he won't be satisfied until this number is increased to 300 from Allegheny county. He hopes that the number of exhibitors from the State at large will not be less than 1,500. Most Get in li-forn Jnly 1. The space will be allotted July 1, and np to that time all applicants will be on the snme footing. After that those applying must take chances on what is left For this reason, he savs, he wants the local people to bestir themselves, as their industries are amoug the most important in the State, and he would be sorry if they are not properly represented. The Commissioner compli ments the women of Pittsburg and Alle gheny. He says they have made more progress than the Philadelphia ladies. If the men were only as alert as the women, Mr. Farauhar adds, he would have no cause for complaint Some ot the manufacturers have com plained that it is too expensive to send a man to Chicago to arrange their products. To obviate this the commission has hired au expert to attend to the work tor them. All that the commission asks is that the ex hibits be sent, and the expert will do the rest. He will be regarded as an agent for all exhibitors. After the fair opens, the Commissioner advises all business men to have representatives on the ground to dis tribute circulars and attend to sales. A mere show ot goods will not amount to much unless there is an active man around to point out their merits. Mr. Farquhar said: Plttshnrc's Greatest Opportnnity. .Next to Chicago, Pittsbunr will be the city most benefited by the Pair. Why? The question Is easily answered. It Is on the line between tho East and West, and is a first class stopping place. It leads the world in tho manufacture of Iron, slass. steel and other commodities. Visitors who see the city's products exhibited in Chicago will naturally want to stop off on their icturn liotne to inspect the plants, and it will bo well worth their time to do so. I ran bank ing a great deal on the South American trade opened up to us by reciprocity. The people of Mexico and Central America and below and above the equator have been piosperons agriculturally, and they are coming to the Fair In droves. I wiU wager that after they KO home they will tnln!t thore is no other land like America, and their trade will come to us. ir theso people see Philadelphia well rep resented, they will naturally conclude that it is tho only business city in Pennsvlvania, and, whon they want to buv, will romember this fact. Here is where Pittsburg will lo;.o the opportunity of n century, if its manu facturers allow tho Quakers to cct ahead of them, lly interest is with the Stato at large, and I do not favor one scotion abovo another. 1 want all the Industries fully rop- lescnteu. A Chunoa to Coax Bnyom. Another point, Pittsburg Is nn Inland city. Tho aim of the pcoplo should bo to got buy eis tocomo hero. Ton know theroaio lots of foreign buslnoss man who go to New York and nowhere else. Tlioy Imagine the metropolis Is the whole coun try. Pittsburg will never have a?ain probably such an opportunity to show off their lndustrlrs and the olty to strangers. Think of the South Americans and Euro peans wno will pass through this place on the way West A creditable exhibition- at Chicago will attract their attention, and thev will surely visit the city on their re turn. This will bo the chance to sell and advertise business. Why, I am already shipping engines to South Amei lea as a re sult of reciprocity. Our manufacturers have no idea what trade in that section they have missed by not cultivating these people. Then again I have pride in my State. I suppose Illinois will make the most credita ble display, and I think Pennsi Ivanla will coiro next. Up to date e can show a larger nurabor of prospective exhibitors in pro portion to population than anv other State in the Union except Illinois. I don't want the interest to lag, and I hope we can keep np onr reputation. Allegheny coanty so far has taken less interest in tho fair thun any other section. I think it is because tho peo ple are very busy, and the matter has not been brought to their attention in a striking way. I believe the meeting next Monday will do much good. Once aroused, the busi ness men here will go in with a rush. Used Diplomacy on John Bull. Mr. Farquhar recently returned from Europe as the representative of Director General Davis. He visited all the Euro pean countries of any importance, and paid his own expenses. He said he had agreed to do this work long before he was con nected with the State Commission. He has gained a great deal of practical and valua ble information, and Pennsylvanians will get the benefit of it In England he said he told them to stay away; that it would help the Yankees capture South American if the English were not represented. The attention ot these people would be turned constantly to the United States, and John Bull wouldn't be in it This line of argu ment had its effect, and the English stopped growling, bottled up their pride, and at once commenced to talk business. Mr. Far- 2uhar thinks the English manufacturing isplay will be the best from Europe. Over in France the French howled abont the McKinley bill, and said it was useless to'try to trade in this country. "But," said the Commissioner, "I am a Democrat, and these barriers to trade may be torn down some day. Then the Germans may be on the ground floor, and will get the busi ness. Besides the Yankees must buy an nually from France a great many articles that they can't produce at home." Tlck'lng the French Manufacturers. This tickled the French, and the thought of hated German rivals getting the best of them made their blood seethe. No further argument was needed, and without further parley they offered their finest works of art, and the manufacturers commenced pre paring exhibits. Mr. Farquhar says the French art display will be magnificent, and Holland wU be a close second. In Spain the commissioner was well re ceived, and the nobility and the trades took the most lively interest in the Fair. At Genoa he found, in the museum, a fine lot of relics of Columbus. He saw a number of letters written by the great explorer and other objects that would interest Americans. The Genoans readily consented to bend the collection, as the Fair is intended to com memorate the landing here of their illustri ous compatriot. Mr. Farquhar said the women of Alle gheny county asked for fCO per month to carry on their work, and he soys they shall have it They intend to put np a building of glass 30x40 feet The Pittsburg Plate Glass Company has offered to erect it for nothing. This will be done, and the women s display from Allegheny county will appear in this glass house. They in tend to show how glass etching is done, aud there will be other interesting features. RESPECT FOR YANKEES. Blaine's Foreign Policy Has Hail a Good Effect on Europeans General Ncgley Tells What Americans Lose by Neg-l-ctlng tho Merchant Marine. General James 8. Kegley was a passenger on the limited last evening, bound for the Pacific coast. He recently returned from Enrope, where he spent a year and a half. He says he is still living in Flainfield. The General has not been in Pittsburg for tour years, but he hears good reports from the city. He added that Pittsburg is destined to become a great place. He stated that a city with such diversified industries, ac cumulated capital, skilled mechanics and cheap fuel is bound to prosper. "I am no longer a factor in politics," he said, "but I think Harrison and Cleveland will be renominated. The aggressive for eign policy of the Administration has had its effect on the other side. Europeans never had so much respect for the Ameri cans as they have now. They have learned that we are a bad people to tamper with, and in the future the Americans will be left alone. Whenever a President stirs up constant attacks upon himself from Enrone, you mav know that he is a good one. The foreigners haven't any use for a country with a weak, vacillating policy. I was sur prised to see how the Yankee attitude toward Chile and in the Bering Sea affair made Europeans more respectful when they spoke of the United States. "It is marvelous how our country is grow ing. England in the lost decade bns de clined as a manufacturing center 18 per cent, wnlle Jbrance, Uermanv and even Italy have improved. England, however, continues to be the banker of the world, and her financial institutions are as strong as ever. Their immense carrying, trade brings into English coffers anniiallv $700, 000,000 that ought to come to the United States. In the last year England's ocean tonnage has increased 1,000,000 tons. The capacity of the vessels is enlarged, but the number has not increased. Our people started on false premises. Instead of being patriotic and subsidizing the merchant marine,the agrarian element in Congress has constantly objected to helping the ocean carriers. These people have not been edu cated to the point where they can see what we are losing. Politics has entered into the question, and if the Republicans favor subsidies the other side sneer at them as at protection. Meanwhile England is reaping the harvest, but our day is coming. If the men who have fought the merchant marine could be banished to Europe for six months, they would be cured of their madness. With the famine, Anarchists, disease, floods and bad weather, the poor Europeans have had a hard time of it in the last two years. America is ray country, and I altvavs come home from abroad more patri otic than ever." EAILE0AD UP CHEAT BT7EB. It Is Hearing Completion and Will Bn a Short Itonte. S. P. Kretzer, Assistant Engineer of the Baltimore and Ohio Kailroad, was in Pitts burg last night on his way down to Con nellsvilje and Uniontown. His mission there is to adjust some right of way diffi culties of the State Line Railroad. This new line is being rapidly completed and Smithfield, which lies nine miles from Uniontoirn, will have com munication by June 1. The entire line will be finished by next spring, which will open up the rich and fertile country along the Cheat river through to Morgantown, which connects with the road already in operation between that point and Fairmont, where it meets the main line of the Baltimore and Ohio. The present distance from Pittsburg to Cumber land is 150 miles, but by the building of the State Line the route is only 12G miles as surveyed. Mr. Kretzer does not think that pas senger traffic will decrease on the pictur esque Baltimore mid Ohio in winter, but when the new road is in full operation be thinks that summer excursionists will pre fer it to the old on account of the vast num ber of camping clubs which visit the banks of Cheat river. Several hundred go up there every summer. As a freight thorough fare the State Line will be more preferable on account of the difference in distance to Cumberland, while it will give the Balti more and Ohio double facilities to expedite matters in that direction. THE A. H. E BISHOPS. Rev. Jehu Ilallld.iy 11 ns Good Chances of B'lng One. Bishop C. B, Harris, of North Carolina, opened the A. M. E, Zion Conference yes terday. The following names were submit ted to the assembly as candidates for Bish ops: Drs. E. H. Curry, of Kentucky; B. H. G". Dyson, Washington, D. C.; L C. Clin ton, South Carolina; A. Walter, New York; J. B. Small, York, Pa.: W. H. Day, Har risburg. Pa.; Jehu Hallidav, Pittsburg; G. W. Offeley, Philadelphia, Pa.; J. W. Al stok, Alabama; K. A. Fisher, Petersburg, Va. From the number ot names three Bish ops are to be elected. Rev. Jehu Hallidav, of Pittsburg, stands a good chance of get ting one ot the plums. The report of the Financial Secretary showed that during the last four year's 569,180 10 had been paid out to the Bishops for salarv and expenses incident to their work; 15.170 77 hdd been paid to the Liv ingstone College, and the increase shown tor the last four years was $11,695 04 in the general fund. The afternoon session was devoted to hearing opinions on the work of the Star of Zion, the official organ of the church. THE TIHI0N DEPOT DUDE WAITER Is Takrn to Chicago to Answer for Steal ing 81,800. Detective Forsythe, of the Pinkcrton agency, left for Harper's Ferry last night, having in charge W. Q Edemy, a colored man 23 years old, who was arrested at the Union depot yesterday by Detective Robin son for the larceny of $1,800 in Chicago. After his arrest Edemy confessed to the robbery, and said he had left 51,400 of the stolen money with a relative at Harper's Ferry. He will be taken there to secure the money and then will be taken on to Chi cago to stand trial. Edemy has been in this city for two weeks and boarded at 30 Hazel street He spent nearly 400 for new clothes, and was the dude waiter at the Union depot The National Flower Decision. The lady judges in the national flower content have at last pome to a unanimous conclusion. Their work was not an easy task, not because of the great difference of opinion among the voters, which was all one-sided,a few scattering votes being given the golden rod and roses.but these were lost beneath the flood of ballots cast by the ladies in favor of Camellia, the queen ot flour. On account of its purity, richness, regularity and a reputation as the highest bread baker in the land, the judges decided that a sack of "Camellia" in a wheat field, supported by two loaves of luscious bread, bhall be the national flour emblem. Try it once. Saddle, Driving 'and Cnrrlage Horses at Anction. Fifty head ot the finest saddle, driving nnd speedy roadsters have arrived at Am heim Live Stock Companv, Limited, stables, 52 Second avenue, Pittsburg, Pa. Among the lot are 25 head combined saddlers, well bioken to ride nnd drive; five (5) speedy pacers, two (2) of which can mice In 2:30. Thirty head oi single drivers "nnd urnied teams shipped to us bv the best handlers in Kentucky, and to be sold without reserve. Call and sue them befoie the Dale. The Arn helm Live Stock Company, Limited, takes pleasure In showing their stock. Every horse guaranteed as repicscntod. You need not to he a Judge to buy. Salo positive, rain or shine, Thursday, May 12, nt 10 o'clock a. ic Thi greatost spring and summer beverage is tho Iron City lire wing Company's lager beur. SICKNESS IX SCHOOL The Thirty-Sixth Ward Balldlnr Dec'ared . to Be Unfit for Its Pnrpo A Vote to Bo Taken on Putting Up Another Struc ture. There is trouble in the Thirty-Sixth Ward School Board over the unsanitary condition of the schoolhouse, which has been in use for more than 45 years, and all the repair ing and additions made to it the past few years have only proved a useless expense. Parents whose children occupy rooms 2 and 4 make frequent complaints about the, dampness and badJight of these rooms, giv ing the children colds- and affecting their eyes, and no remedy seems possible except to erect a new building on the site of the old one and to put in proper drainage. Some taxpayers, on the other hand, who either have no children or whose children are grown up, object to an increase of tax which such a change will necessitate, and, as the sentiment is nearly divided, the' school directors are undecided what to do. The building.which faces on Steuben street. near the city line, rests on the hillside and water is continually soaking through the stone wall into the schoolrooms, often ren dering the blackboards useless anoVnecessi tating a fire at all times in the lower part of the building to diminish the dampness. More than half the children of the school are quartered in the old wing, and the school is increasing in number all the time. President H. Q Bankerd, of the School Board, said yesterday that a resolution will probably be presented at the June meeting of the board asking for a vote from the citi zens of the borough on the question of erecting a new school building. He added that the new wing would be built just be low the brick building and the old wing used tor school purposes until the new one is completed. He also states 'that the Thirty-sixth ward school is run on less money than any other school in Pittsburg, 3,000" being expended upon it yearly, with on attendance this year of 406 "pupils. He says the building is undoubtedly the most unfit of any in the State, ami it is due to the extreme care of the teachers in charge that sickness is not more widespread among the pupils. AN advertiser writes: "Please top my adlet rooms rented." One sm tit advertise ment In the Cent a (Vord Colnmni of THE DISPATCH did this. IN LADIES' OXFORD TIES SIMEN Has some -of the greatest bargains in Oxfords that for Style, Com fort and Wearing Quality are Unequaled. HERE IS AN OXFORD FOR YOU. Genuine dongola kid, patent leath er tips, at 75c; solid leather through out; sizes, 2j4 to 7. Then you see a better one at $1. AT $1.25 You get one that cannot be equaled for general makeup; hand-turned, flexible soles, nice soft dongola, patent tips, well worth 25c a pain above $1.25. IN THE $1.50 Oxford Ties you will find several new styles and shapes that will please you. A COMPLETE Assortment of comfortable Oxfords for those desiring something easy on the foot. Why not have a look at these? ' They cost nothing extra, and you run no risk as to quality at SIMEN'S, 78 OHIO ST., ALLEGHENY, PA. Store closes at 6 p.m., except Sat urday. my9-jtwr HUGUS&HACKE DRESS GOODS. Something of interest for all in our Magnificent Assortment of Spring and Summer Goods. New Homespun Suitings, all wool, gray, beige and brown mixed color ings, 50c a ya;rd. Several lines of Scotch and French Vigoreaux Suitings, stripes, checks and mottled effects, were' $1.25 and $1.50. This week at i A YARD. French Jacquard Suitings, ex quisite designs and all the new shades, $1 to 1.50 A YARD. In French Crepons we show some choice new designs, mixed and plain colors, in a variety of .prices ranging from $ 1 to S3 A YARD. 50-iNCH wide All-Wool Serges for tailor-made costumes, all the de sirable colors, two special qualities, gi. 50 and $2 A YARD. Handsome Novelty Robes and Individual Dress Patterns at greatly reduced prices. Cor. Fifth Ave. and Market St. iiivS-nwrs DIAMOND FINGER RINGS. New trooils. Just received Fine White and Blue White Ucuis, perfect, brilliant and handsomely cut, mounted In solitaires, 2, 3 and K stones nnd cluster, and combined with Kubv, Emerald, Sapphire, Opal and Pearls. Price-) exceedingly moderate. A pleasute to show our stock. E. P. ROBERTS & SONS, FIFTH AVE. AND XAliKET ST. niyU-xwr TtEW ADTEKTISEMEOTS. The Leading Dry Goods House. nttsbur"; Pa Wednesday, May 11, 1991 JOS. IBM k Cfl.'S PEM AVENUE STORESL TO-DAY BEGINS OUR First Great Spring REDUCTION SALE or JACKETS, CLOAKS, WAISTS, SUITS. This sale, always looked forward to by the people with intense interest, will this season be of greater import ance than ever. We will make on the very best garments, lower prices than you ever before heard of. The stock is clean, new and every garment desirable and fashionable, suitable for spring or early summer wear. At the prices at which they go during this sale you will, if you buy, actually save money. Don't miss this sale. .The first garment will be sold this (Wednesday) morning at 8 o'clock. The people who are on hand earliest will have the largest range of choice. There will be no goods kept back. The best will be shown to the people who come first. All the Goods Mentioned Here, Excepting Suits, Will Be Found on the First Floor. BLACK JACKETS. A large lot of 24, 26 and 28-inch Jackets in Cheviots, Diagonals, Ker sey Cloths, Corkscrews and other new materials, in best Reefer and close fitting shapes. c 512 00 AT 5 were to (?15 00 (51 AT 18 were (82i 5 00 to 820 00 520 00 to 530 00 AT f!2 were COLORED AND NOVELTY JACKETS. A complete and sweeping reduction all along the line every garment new, the latest and best shapes, ma terials and colors Novelties, Reefers, Box Coats, Watteau Pleats, Russian Backs, etc. in tans, browns, navys and grays, all appropriately and fash ionably trimmed. (513 c AT $12 were and (518 C 513 00 00 (518 00 AT 515 were 1 and (520 00 (522 00 AT 518 were 1 and (525 00 (528 00 AT 520 were and (530 00 (533 0C AT 525 were and (535 0C r 533 00 00 C545 00 AT 530 were and (550 00 BLACK AND COLORED NEWMARKETS. Including Novelty Cloths, Diag onal, Cheverons, Clay Diagonals, Jacquards and Worsteds in Newmar kets, Ulsters and Circulars, unlined, half lined or full lined, new styles, every one good, and every garment such a bargain as you never bought -before. Sample reductions: $12 Garments Now $8. $i& Garments Now $10. 28 Garments Now S15. $35 Garments Now S15. 35 Garments Now S20. WAISTS. A comnlete assortment of Wash Silk London Shirts, celebrated Star make, choicest patterns and colors, all now At $2.50, Were $3.50 to $5. LADIES' SUITS! A complete stock of the latest Spring and Summer styles, every one new, made of imported Stripes,Plaids, Checks, plain and novelty Cloths, in the best new fashions, with the popu lar Bell Skirts and newest-style Waists, plain or tastily trimmed, and all now at greatly reduced prices. AT $10, were $14 and 15. AT 12, were S15 and $18. AT $14, were $18 and $20. AT S15, were $20 and $22. AT $25, were $30 and S35. And Suits that were 30 to $75 similarly reduced. This Sale Begins To-Day. JOS. HORNE & CO., 609-621 PENH AYENUEL
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