TvTi r??WW 4.9 PKJT iW SSRpiWxgwreft , -'--' . ", DISPATCH. TUESDAY. AUGUST 'fh. I89S. 12 THE PITTSBTJKCi ' & fiFFV- 'J A SILVER CONCLAVE. The Twenty-Fifth Triennial Gather ing of the Knights Templar. DENVER WILL BE FULL OF THEU. Arrangements for Entertainment and the Pennsylvania Quarters. FEST1YITIES TO OCCUR AT OMAHA tSFECIAI. TELEORAJt TO THI DISPATCH.1 Dexver, Col., Aug. L Embracing among its members men of every rank and condition of life, of every nation and clime, and of eTery religion which acknowledges a Supreme Being, the Knights Templar will open their twenty-fifth triennial conclave in this city during the week beginning August 9, under propitious circumstances. The last conclave was held three years ago in Washington City, and it was there the Knights decided to hold the twenty filth encampment in Denver. It being the twent -fifth assembly, it is therefore the Silver triennial conclave, and is appropri ately held in the greatest silver State in the "West. The grand commanderies of States owe common allegiance to the grand encamp ment of the United States, composed ot the present and past grand commanders, repre- General S crctary D. S. Joiselyn. senting 110,000 men of high standing. Of this large number 60.D00 Knights will be here, together with 125,000 visitors of the Masonic order. The General Reception Committee, composed of several hundred members of the Colorado commandery has made arrangements for the accommodation of 200,000 people. Onarters ot the rennsylvanlans. Pennsylvania commanderies have been aligned quarters in Denver as lollows: Grand Commandery, of Philadelphia, Brow n's Palace Hotel; Philadelphia Club, "Windsor Hotel; St. John's, Philadelphia, cars and AVarren's, Xo. 1739 Champastreet; Hary, Philadelphia, cars and at 1655 Court Place; Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, cars and .Nicholas & McSIinn, Jfo. 1545 Champa street; Club, Beading, cars; Tan cred, Pittsburg, cars; Ascalon, Pittsbursr, cars; Allegheny, cars; Harrisburg, cars aud at " 1033 Court Place; "Williamsport, cars; Meadville, cars; Philadelphia, curs; Oil City, cars; Jacques de Molay, Washington, 1427 Tre mont street; Dieude Vent, 'Wilkesbarre, cars; Kadosh, Philadelphia, cars and at 1742 Lawrence street; Melita, Scranton, cars; Cocur de Lion, Scranton, cars; "Wyom ing Valley, Pittston, csrs; Northern, To vauda, cars; Temple, Tunkhannock, cars; Jit. Olivet, Erie, cars. The true Western hospitality has already been extended to the visitors and during their week's sojourn, making laws to gov ern the State commanderies, the Knights will go on many excursions from the beau tiful city and its balmy, bracing climate. The session of the conclave will be held in the new Masonic Temple, a grand and imposing structure of brown sandstone. It is in great contrast with the first Ma sonic building in Colorado which was built in 1859. It was then nothing more than a log cabin containing a door and a window. The llecrption and Decorations. A sub-committee will be sent out of the city to meet each of the incoming trains bearing the Knights. After they shall have arrived at the Union depot the mem bers of the committee will meet them and drive them in carriages to their respective quarters. Most elaborate plans have been laid for the decoration of the city and the illumination of the streets. All commanderies have been preparing themselves for the drill parade by acquaint ing tbemseh es with the pretty, new mili tary maneuvers. The drill, squads will be composed ot 3G men each, and the 60,000 Knights will make a procession that will be distinguished. It will be the grandest 1'oinpatic display of military pageantry tver seen in the West. The festivities are to be solely Templar, while those at Omaha the succeeding week are to be tor Shriners, so that there will be no clashing of interests. This was arranged by the Imperial Council of the Older of the Mystic Shrine at its annual session held at Niagara Falls last year. The Mecca Temple and New York battalion of Knights Templar pilgrimage, which will comprise both Templars and Shnners, will go pre pared to take active part in both. As Templars in Denver they will be provided i ith their uniforms and parade under their respective grand commandery banners. In Omaha they will don the fez and claws. Jn route their caravan nill be 'royally re ceived. One lirenk In the Arrangement. But there is a storm brewing among the Shriners. They made" arrangements to en ter the street parade without first having consulted the imperial potentate of Cin cinnati. As noon as this dignitary heard ot their intentions, be issued a mandate in structing the Shriners to take no part in the Templars procession, and positively forbidding the Shriners to appear in a body, either by themselves or in connection with the Knights. The Templars' Bitual Committee! con sisting ot one representative from each of the grand jurisdictious, will hold a meet ing a few days preceding the conclave. At the Denver meeting a general ritual for the use of the order will be adopted. The ritual wili be submitted by the committee, and with its adoption a question that has caused much trouble in tiie order will be settled. Each jurisdiction will send in its recommendations on the ritual by the first of the month. There are now over 44 grand lodges, comprising about 15,000 subordinate orders. The Masons now stand prominent among the institutions established for the im provement of mankind for their benevolent purposes. . Q.TJAKEE CUT KHIOHI. ENTEKTAINED. Detroit People Trent litem to Drives and a Grand Jtanqnet. Detroit, Aug. L St. John Commandery No. 4 Knights Templar, of Philadelphia, u received and entertained in royal style by Detroit Commandery to-day. They are on their way to the triennial conclave in Denver. There are -about 45 of the visiting Knights and 20 ladies. Their Eminent Commander, Sir. J. J. Gilroy, was sick when the train entered the Michigan Cen tral depot this morning, and he was driven at once to the Hotel Cadillac, where he went to bed. It is stated, howe.ver, that his illness is not serious. Accompanying the Philadelphia Knights are Most Eminent Sir John P. & Groom, Grand Master of the Grand Commandery of the United States, and the KightEminent Sir Leighton Coleman, Grand Prelate of the Grand Commandery . of the United States. There are a number of Past Com manders in the party. The programme for the entertainment of the cuests included a ride in carriages around tbe city and Belle Isle this afternoon with atrip to Des-Chree-Shos-Ka, where this evening a banquet was given. The party returned from Des-Chree-Shos-Ka in time to take tho mid night train for Chicago. A H0TKLKEEPER SUED. The TYldow or Teter MeClaren Asks Tor Damages lor Her HusDand'a Death Contesting a Will News or the County Courts. A statement w as filed yesterday in the suit brought by Mrs. Margaret MeClaren, -widow of Peter MeClaren, and her five children, against Samuel S. Brown. Dam ages are asked in the sum ot $20,000 for the death of Peter MeClaren, the husband and father. It is stated that on July 15, 1891, Brown was the proprietor of tho Mononga hela House, and as suoh was a licensed re tail liquor dealer at tho corner of Smith Held street and First avenue. On the data given MeClaren was drunk and Intoxioatcd, and Brown wtlfntlv lurnlslied him liquor when In that condition. As a lesult a short time afterward MoClaren fell at the cornor orsmtthfiold street and Third avenue, re ceiving Injuries from which ho died. Brown, ft Is claimed. Is responsible, and 120,000 dam ages aro asked. MeClaren Is tho man for whose death Jnmes Breen, a bartender, was chanted with murder, Breen liavins knocked him down In a dispute. Breen was acquitted. TRYING TO BREAK A TRUST. Heirs or Julin Ballantyne Protest Against Ills 1YI1'. All argument was heard byBeslsterConner yesterday in the matter or the protest against admitting to probate the will or the late John Ballantvne. The deceased, by his will, made a tinst estate of his property, ex tending to his grandchildren. Ills two dauslners, who are iztven a life Interest, filad a caveat protesting against admitting the will. They alleged testamentary Incapacity. Tetlmony relative to the peculumtles of Mr. Ballnntyne was taken by the Beslster and yesterday the case was arsued. Ch-rles E. Cornelius, Eq., iepreentcd the con testants, and Attorney D. Q. Ewing, for the Fidelity Tltlo and Trust Company, trustee under the will, argued In support of tho will. At the conclusion ot the aranment, Attorney Cornelius made a motion asking that an lssno be awarded to tho Common Fleas Court for a Jury trial of the case. Eeglster Conner reserved his decision. Improvements Rained Their Health. Lewis Kosenthal yesterday entered suit against Annie Pfaff for $5 000 damages. The plaintiff states that in 1S90 ho rented from the defendant four looms on the second floor of tho premises at No. 16 Vine stteet, I'lttsuurir. Tho defendant, whllo the plain tiff occupied the place, coustructed another building In the back yard. The roof was extended to the one over Kosenthal and a linle cut through the celling of his bed loom. Ills wife was sick in bed and their Infant son was also made 111 by the cold and exposure. The tailing plaster also mined the furni ture, etc. In the room. The child has never recovered. DimngeR for Palling Over a, Pine. Henry Kllngensmlth yesterday enteied suit against James Xeeson for $5,000 dam ages. Keeson Is proprietor of the premises at Co. 2S22 Penn avenue. On December 19, 1S91, Kllngensmlth, according to his allega tions, was walking along the sidewalk. As he passed Xeeson's place he stumbled over Rn Iron pipe, protecting the valve ot the water pipe, w hich projected above tho side walk about 3 inches. Ho fell upon his left hand and burst the palm open, severely ln j m ins himself. Xoeson, he alleges, for not keeping his sidewalk In pare condition, Is liable to him iu the sum of $5,00u. Fell Through the Platform. A statement was filed yesterday in a suit for damages brought by Sarah M. Qnlllen against the P., C, C. & St."L. Ey. Co. She states that on May 21, 1892, as she was alight ing from a train at the Point .Bridge station, her foot caught in a hole In the platform and she fell. Her spine was injured aud she was severely hurt otherwise. The company, she olalms, is liable, for not keeplne the platform In a safe condition. She asks $10, 000 damages. Big Damages Asked for Slander. B.C.J. Qualters yesterday entered suits against George Clark, J. Shaffer and Cath arine Lntz alias Sehell, for $10,000 damages for slander. She alleges they made lemarks reflecting on her character. Michigan to Have More Legislation. Laksino, Mich., Aug. L Governor Winans this afternoon issued a proclama tion calling a special session of the Legisla ture to meet Fri day at noon for the purpose of rearranging the Senate districts and ap portioning anew the Representatives among the counties and districts, and for the trans action of such other business as may be laid before it. LATE NEWS IN BRIEF. The eruption of Mount Etna la subsiding. The flow of lava is decreasing. Some one stole $12,600 from the pnrser of tne ban joso on ner last trip irom san f ian Cisco to Panama. The Cltv Council ot Mexico has voted tbe sum of $3,00 for the purposes of exhibi tion at the Chicago Fair. The cruiser Charleston arrived at San Francisco Sunday. Although her sciewis reported twisted the seemed to make good time. While the Indians near Rockford, Wash qnarrel over the presence of squatters and prospectors, no serious outbreak is ex pected. Arthur Strobel, an insane German from Hew York, was shot ana killed Sunday, by a constable of Garvansea, CaL, wulle resisting arrest. Cholera has broken out in Toungoc, Bar man. Many shops have been closed on ac count of the death of the owners and busi ness Is almost at a stands till C L. Shimp, Justice of the Peace of Allen township, ., was lodged in Jail yes terday morning, charged with stealing $159 fiom the counter In a hardware store at Rossville. s Jesse Wilson found his father abusing his mother Sunday at Conno rs vlllu, Ind. He Eicked up the first thing handy and struck lm. Jeose borrowed $100 of his brother and has not been seen since. Seven robbers have been shot in tho town of Santos, Mexico, for the murder of a merchant named Francisco Valejo and his wife, who were killed tor a small sum of money and three burros. Returns of the triennial election helds In the provinces of France, Sunday, lor mem bers of the Connsel General have been re ceived from 1,132 districts. They show a Republican gain of 110 seats. Considerable excitement has been caused nt Rio Janeiro by events arising out of bad teellng between Brazilians and Italians. Several fights between parties of both cliques have recently occurred. Nineteen Chinamen arrived at Halifax, N. S., yesterday, in bond, having come from China via the Pacific and across the continent. They are booked for Havana, where they will work on plantations. Several of the papers of Paris to-day re port that an attempt was made Sunday night to blow up with dynamite a number of buildings in Versailles. Searching In quiries, however, fall to confirm the rumor. The negotiations between the Irish American peace commlssloi and the two Irish parties are proceeding quietly. Con ditions of absolute peace have been agreed to, and If the negotiations prove successful the deals will not be published. Tbe third biennial national convention of the Brotherhood of Painters and Decora tors of America was called to orderatl r. if. yesterday by General President George A. Thompson, at at. Louis. .Nothing hut the routine ot organization was attended to. Tbe entire non-union, crew of the bark Richard the Third was kidnaped by union, sailors at Xanalmo Sunday and made pris oners for several hours. Two of the leaders of the union sailors were arrested, tried and fonnd guilty and sentenced to 14 months' Imprisonment each. Gabriel Renville, the venerable chief of" the Slsseton and Wahpeton tribes, the best known of tbe Indians in tbe Nortbwest,dled yesterday at his house at the agency. Ron ville was a bright man, and well known over the country owing to Ms frequent -visits to Washington In tbe Interest of bU tribes. THE SURGEOHMSIFE. fiemarkable Case of the Removal of a Tumor From the Aorta. IT WAS "00 NEAR THE HEART. Grafting Frog tkin and Taking 3 Inches of Steel From a Brain. 1 WOMAN'S EFFORT TO LITE FOREVER Xew York, Aug. L One of the mosf remarkable operations performed during the season took place at Bellevue Hospital last week. It was an emergency case and could not be delayed. The patient suffered from the unusual complaint of a tumor of the aorta, which is the arterial trunk rising from the left ventriole of the heart. Miss Mamie Bernard, 26 years of age, who is the unfortunate sufferer, is the subject of only the fifth operation of this kind on the hos- pital records of the world, oat of which only one has been successful. If she recovers it will be one of the most heroio attempts at life-Baving performed by surgeons. Miss Bernard is the young housekeeper of a wealthy family who dwell on Madison avenue, this city. Her story, as told at the hospital, confirmed by her friends and narrated by Dr. J. S. Hammond, is that the cause of the tumor is due to having been struck in her left breast by a swiftly thrown baseball some years ago while witnessing a championship game at the Polo grounds. The injury was by no means a small one. Her rios were fractured, as was also her breast bone. She Refused the Operation. Three months after the injury she grew weak, and complained of a peculiar feeling in the breast not that of sharp pain, but as if something was working near where she supposed her heart to be. She was sent to New York Hospital by her mistress to con sult with Pror. Frank Hartley. He in formed her that a tumor had formed itself on the aorta, which should be removed at once, to avoid death, and that she must sub mit to an operation. This she refused, say ing that she had a horror of the surgeon's knife,' and would rather die than undergo the treatment. As a natural consequence, the poor girl spent a small fortune in medical attend ance, and was finally taken to Bellevue Hospital in an unconscious state. A consul tation of many prominent surgeons from the different hospitals of the city was held over her almost lifeless body on the after noon of tbe day she arrived at the hospital. But the surgeons disagreed. Mauy ot them decided that cure was impossible, and that it would be nothing less than a human vivi section to undertake an operation. But the majority were in favor of a bold attempt to save her life, arguing that she would die in two or three days, and that it was the duty of the surgeons to lake up every possible chance of recovery in such a case. The Dellcicy of the Operation. The. patient was removed to the operating amphitheater and prepared for the ordeal. "While ether was being administered tbe operator addressed a large audience of stu dents and professional men, saying: The removal of aneurism of tbe aorta with success Is almost an unheard of thing in this country. I recall one case, says Dr. Hammond, In which one of these tumors was removed with success, but this one case was operated upon by Prof. VJlllam T. Bull be fore It bad grown to any mentlonable size. The late famous London surgeon. Prof. Sir Astley Cooper, made three of the five re corded attempts to cme patients suffering with this terrible affliction, by operations on which he studied for years, but none of them weie successful, and in disgust, he gave up the study. One of bis patents lived 13 days and the professor's success made quite a stir in medical circles abroad. But since tbe patient died on the thirteenth day, that day in the life of a patient after a remarkable operation is always one of great anxiety. "It Is moie difficult in my opinion to re move a tumor from this artery near the heart than it Is from the brain. .That there Is a tumor on the aorta of the sufferer before us, there can be no doubt, as here In plain sum are all the symptoms, even to the varicose condition of the veins. I be lieve the case belore me to be an extraordi nary one of its kind, too, as in none of those 1 have Been was the swelling In the upper pait of the back.; nor had the dllltation eroded the ribs and vevtobice; nor could the Sulsutlon be felt distinctly by placing tbe and against tho skin. If wo are allowed success In the undertaking, whloh we hope to acoompllsu, it will be a case for tbe hos pital records of the world; but if we are not successful tbe patient will be saved much suffering and probably die a day or so be fore the disease would have claimed her life. Attacked Near the Heart. As the patient was now ready for the knife, the surgeon began by making a small incision in tbe back over the swollen artery. As this was done the tremendous substance immediately projected through the wound, and it was found necessary, in order to get at it, to saw a piece lrom one of the ribs, which was also connected to the aneurism. He then pushed the sae gently inward, and upon inspection found that the connection was further up the big artery than he could reach. As this was discov ered, complete silence prevailed. Nothing, it was thought by those present, could be done under such circumstances. Thus this legitimately should have been the end of the struggle. The tumor was evidently near the heart, and to touch it meant im mediate death. The operating surgeon stood for a mo ment in an attitude ot deep thought, when suddenly he seized the knife which he had surrendered and moved his hand toward tbe wound. The medical men present all stood aghast. The surgeon appeared to be overcome with his devotion to the noblest of all sciences, and could not decide that the patient was beyond all surgical aid. Exposed the Heart to View. The wound in the back was enlarged in an instant, revealing to sight the full ex tent of the aorta aneurism. Even the heart was exposed. Again the tumor was pushed inward, and deeper and deeper the surgeon's slender hand sunk iuto the wound until he touched the aorta where it enters tbe heart. He quickly ran his fingers along the big artery trunk and discoveredlhat the tumor attachment was at its farthermost end too near the heart to even think of removing it. The surgeon called tor a suture, still hold ing the aorta with his left hand. A knot was quickly made and passed around the pulsating artery with great dexterity, and in asecond a fine ligature tied. The surgeon watched the patient's face as the knot was tightened to discover an expected change of expression upon it The change came and lor an instant he almost broke down, but suddenly the face went back to its old expression. This ended the operation. The wound it as closed partly and dressed. The patient breathed irregu larly at first but finally improved. The pulsation of the arterial tumor ceased. In this condition Miss Bernard was removed to commence the actual struggle for life, of which the surgeon was the only one who had come to her aid. 4 Prog Skin Successfully Grafted. A little girl named Annie Green was the subject of the frog skin treatment at Pres byterian Hospital a short time ago. She was taken from a large tenement house fire .on Fitty-third street two weeks ago and in different places on her body the skin wag literally destroyed. Frog skin was the only treatment for cure in such cases and was administered with unusual success. In fact, it is not always successful. The little patient was discharged yesterday morning in good condition. She was assigned to the ward of Dr. Bel mont who is much interested in experi menting with frog skin. Other physicians at the hospital tbonght he ought to take pieces of skin from her arms and graft with natural skin, but the attending physician believed in frogskin and thought it would do the work. Many surgeons who have at tempted the art have been compelled in the end to graft the human skin from theit patient's own body. It was thus in the case of Thomas McGlnne, of No. 26 Desbrosaes street, who was a patient at Chambers Street Hospital for many months, as the result of experiments with frog skin grafting. His case, how ever, was not burns, but worse yet, an un usually large ulcer on the upper part of his left-arm and the chances of snecess were less than usual in his case. Dr. John Yan Kensselaer, of Chambers Street Hospital, experimented on the latter case and was compelled to abandon frog skin and graft the human skin from the patient's limbs to the nicer on his arm. Then he achieved success. Eating Lemons Destroys the Teeth. Dr. William H. Dwinnelle tells a rather droll story of a patient who tried a queer way to prolong her life. The heroine is of middle aye and a member of New York society. Dr. Dwinnelle says that about three vears ago he received a letter from the Jady postmarked Nice. She had been traveling on the continent and had made tbe discovery that her teeth were decaying very rapidly and she became alarmed. She gave an active description of the condition of her molars and requested advice on their treatment A few months previous the doctor had examined her teeth here, that is before she went abroad, and put them in perfect condition. Therefore he was unable to comprehend the cause of their condition aft?er so short lapse of time. He advised her to return immediately and his patient desiring teeth in her head dropped social circle and came at once to this city. An examination only added to the doctor's bewilderment The teeth appeared to be rapidly wasting away. There were deep ridges across them, such as might be caused by some powerful acid. He asked her if she had not been taking something con taining acid. She denied that she had at first, but when the doctor persisted that nothing else could possibly have put her teeth in such a condition ot decay, she said: "I believe lemons are sort o' acid, are they not?" The doctor was sitting in bis office chair, and as he heard this he staggered to his feet, saying: "Well, I should say they are. Have you been eating many of them?" "Oh, yes," was her reply, "quite a few. You see, I met a woman at Nice who told me that if I ate a lemon every night before retiring I would live forever, and I thought I would like to try it, although you know I didn't believe in it much." "Then it 'is no wonder that your teeth are in their present condition. How did you eat the lemons? Your teeth look as if you had held the juice in your mouth." "No; I was in the habit of cutting a lemon in half and placing it between my lips and teeth so as to squeeze the juice out. Then I allowed it to remain there during the entire night" Three Inches or Steel In His Head. An emergency case brought Into Bellevue Hospital during the past week which is now causing considerable interest In med ical circles is a man who was wounded in the skull with a knife, the point of which was broken off in the brain. At first the surgeons questioned how to treat tbe pa tient, who gave his name as George Hado. and said he was an Austrian. It was the opinion of all that to remove the piece of steel would cause death, and yet it had to be removed soon. Drs. Cushing and Dorsey were in charge when he was brought in unconscious. However, he did not remain so , after the adminis tration of a few proper medicines. His story was that on Sunday night, it be ing very hot, he had gone into the cool cel lar at his boarding place to smoke, when two men followed and tried to murder him. When he had got this far with the story he lapsed iuto unconsciousness and was re moved to ward, No. 12, where an operation was performed. The doctors were afraid to remove the piece ot knife blade belore thoroughly con fident what should be done for the patient, as he would die soon after they removed it That night an operation followed, and the piece ot knife blade was then withdrawn. The surgeon was surprised to find that it measured about three inches in length. The man had lived two days and this was a mystery to them all. He survived the operation and is still alive, but very weak. His life is uncertain. "" ' BAKE DEFAULTERS IN JAtL They Think They 1T11J Not Be Prosecuted but' They Are Mistaken. Nashville, Tenn., Aug. ,L Gale and Turner, the defaulting bank employes, reach ed this city late last night from Mexico in charge of Chief of Police Clark, and were placed bshind the bars. Turner says he was a defaulter to the amount of S500 and Gale to the extent ot $2,600, when Gale pro posed to him to decamp. Gale, he says, took the money, held on to it. and onlv naid him small amonnts a he needed, and lie does not kqow how much of tne tant s lunas uaie tooc witn mm wnen he left They both seem to think they will not be prosecuted, but the attorney for the guarantee company says they will be to the extent of the law. INSANE A8YLTJM BUSHED. Two Hundred Inmates Escape From "the Barnlni; Building. Attstut, Tex., Aug. L Lightning strik ing the wires leading from the plant which lights the State Insane Asylum here to the building, set fire to the west wing of the structure at an early hour this morning, and that portion devoted to female inmates was destroyed. The remainder of the building was saved. Tbe female inmates, some 200 in number, were removed in safety, none escaping from the attendants. The loss is 135,000, with no insurance. Bid yourself of the discomfort and dan ger attending a cold by using Dr. D. Jayne's Expectorant, an old-established curative for coughs, sore throat and pulmonary affec tions. From Pittsburg to Denver mnd Return, S31 35, Via the Popular Route Penn sylvania Llnef. ' Tickets going and returning via same route Will be sold August 2 to 6 Inclusive at above rate; tiokets going one route ana re turning another west of Chicago and St. Louis at moderate additional cost Return couuons valid until October 12 lnolustve. Proportionately low rates lrom principal ticket stations on Pennsylvania lines, ticket agents ot which, will furnish details upon application. . - NIAGARA FALLS AND RETURN, 8 75. Toronto, Canada, and Retnrn, S5 75, Tla Alleeheny Valley Railway, Saturday, August 0. Tickets sood five days returning. Trains of JSastlake coaches and Pullman buffet parlnr and sleeping cars leave Union station at 8:20 x. u. and 8.50 p. at. T-rrs REAL ESTATE SWINGS BANK. LI3L, 401 Smlthfield Street, Cor. Fourth Avenue. Capital, (100.000. Surplus, $75,000. Deposits of $1 ana upward received and interest allowed at 1 per cent its A Sign on Tour House Some time ago may have brought you an occasional tenant for your rooms, but not so nowadays. -The ceut-a-word advertising columns, under "Booms To Let" In The Dis patch, answer that purpose with better re suits to-day. A Wise Hove. There Is nothing 'better tban openlmr a bank account with the Peoples Savings Bank:, 81 Fourth avenue, bv depositing $L They allow lnterost on deposits. tts Call on your druggist for Pulaski mineral water, a pleasant and healthful drink with highly medicinal qualities. Bottled at Pn la ski, Lawrenoe county. Pa. Pittsburg office 102 Fourth avenue. TeL 2125. PiKTXCT action and perfect health result from the use of De Witt's Little Early Ulseri A perlecf little pill. Very small;, very sure Ginr'a shoes make friends. WliyT They are comfortably fitting and wear well. TTS SOS MAKKXT STBXXT. THE AUGUST SKIES. hat Can Be Seen by an Observer During the Current Month. METEOE MOVEMENTS DESCRIBED, Together With Those of Sirins, Brightest Star of Them AIL PjANETARY FACTS TERSELY NOTED Throughout the month of August the sun hurries away toward the South and the days shorten, the lengthened nights admitting of satisfactory repose after the heat and humidity of the dog days. Bather more than nine degrees of declination mark the path of the sun between the first and the last days otthe month, his speed being half as much greater at the close than it is to day. From this it can be plainly seen, says tbe New York Times, that as the sun recedes from the summer solstice the days decrease more rapidly. The August moon fulls on tbe 8th away down in southern declination, at which time it always seems so much nearer and clearer to us than when it passes high overhead nearer the zenith, as is the case when it has a corresponding northerly declination. The nearly full moon and Mars are in conjunc tion on the 7th, but the distance separating the two, added to the brilliant light of the moon's full disc, detracts from the beauty of tbe event. On the 13th the meeting with Jupiter is a very close one indeed, but it happens in the early morning hours and there is again too much moonlight for proper effect. Tbe day after last quarter is billed for a meeting with Neptune, followed ' two days later by a meeting with Venus, and four days after there is conjunction with Mercury, which we are not permitted to see as the two are so very close to the snn at theime. On the 24th there will be quite a pleasing tableaut in .which Saturn figures conspicuously, the moon completing her monthly course by passing very close to Uranus on the 27th, at almost noontide with us. Mars Has the Place or Honor. To Mars, without question, 'must be ac corded the place of honor in the monthly annals, and those of us who have watched his progress and increasing brilliancy will no doubt take a genuine pleasure in reading all about what the scientists will discover on the 4th, when be is in opposition with the sun, and comes above the horizon about the same time that the sun disappears on the opposite side. This phenomenon of opposition occurs once in 780 days, his synodic period, at which time he is in line with earth and sun. It is only once in every IS or 17 years that the earth and planet are so situated as to bring them to their closest approach. The earth at her most distant point from the sun is 3,000,000 miles further from him than when at her 'nearest) point. Still the dis tance between these two points is com paratively small. In the case of Mars her nearest to and farthest from the sun is 13, 000,000 miles. On August 4 Mars is nearly at his least distance, while the earth is about at the fxeatest distance, so that the two being in Ine they must be , almost at their nearest point of approach. The distance between them will be 33,000,000 miles, whereas if opposition occurs when Mars is at aphelion, or at his furthest, then the distance is ex tended to 61,000,000 miles. The apparent diameter and brilliancy of Mars vary greatly with the changes ot distance, the planet being four times as bright when in opposi tion unier the present circumstances as it is when at its greatest distance. Improvement or Instruments. The instruments for accurate observation are so greatly improved over those formerly in use that it is not too much to expect that some new light may be thrown upon the perplexing problems of double canals, in undations, and melting polar ice caps. On the maps of Mars already printed we find names given to the grand divisions of land and sea, and these are fully as familiar to the professional as the markings of land and water on the terrestrial globes shonld be to us. It will be 1909 before we again have a chance similiar to the present, and this to many of us means positively our last chance. Jupiter's throne is again in danger, as he no longer reigns supreme among the morn ing stars. Venus is there to challenge him and wrest from him the glory that he has been enjoying for the past few months. He is, however, growing larger and more beau tiful, aud we find him at our meridian well above the horizon about 4 o'clock every morning, some five hours in advance of his charming rival, who rises abont two hours ahead ot old Sol, a fitting herald to ap proaching day. On the 14th Jupiter is sta tionary in his course among the fixed stars, after which he majestically begins to retrace his steps, in which direction he continues until December. It is only to the early risers that Venus appeals, but she is lovely to gaze upon as she appears above the horizon. Her color frequently changes rapidly from red to a bluish-green during the first few degrees of her trip toward the zenith. So mnch are these changes noticeable that she has fre quently been reported by vessels' lookouts as a ship's colored light, and the bright eyed man on the watch often gets well laughed at for not being able to distinguish the one from the other. Saturn is evening star, but is too near the sun and too far from us to play a very important part in the monthly annals. His rings, however, are becoming more and more distinct Still, it will be seme little time before we notice a very great change in this planet. Mercury Not of Great Moment. Mercury is not of very great moment to us just at present; he is too much overpow ered by the sun, which he is rapidly ap proaching, and with which he will be in in ferior conjunction on the 25th. At present he is an evening star, and is to be found in the constellation of the Lion. Uranus can be found as to his where abouts on the 27th, at which time he is in conjunction with the moon, only a portion of a degree separating the two. We can not, however, pick him out with the unaided vision. With the exception of this meeting with the moon there is nothing of import ance to be said about Uranus. Neptune is morning star, and Is in the Taurus group, where we have been used to look for him these many weeks past. His right ascension is 4 hours 33 minutes, and his declinatlMi 20 31' north. He is ap proaching the position of quadrature with the sun, which be will attain early in Sep tember. "Who does net know that very beautiful occurrence which we call a shooting star, or which, in its more splendid forms, is some times called a meteor or fire ball? A small body, perhaps as large as a paving stone or larger, more often perhaps not as large as a marble, is moving round the sun. There are at the present moment inconceivable my riads of such meteors moving in this man ner. They are too small and too distant for. our telescopes, and we can never see them except under extraordinary circumstances. Movements ot Meteors. At the time we see the meteor it is usu ally moving with enormous velocity, so that it often traverses a distance of more than 20 miles in a 'second of time. Such a velocity is almost Impossible near the earth's surface; the resistance of the earth wbuld prevent it Aloft, in the emptiness of spaceK there is no air to resist the meteor. It may have been moving round and round the sun for thousands, perhaps for millions, of years without let or hindrance ; bat the supreme moment arrives, aud the meteor perishes in a streak of splendor. In the course of Its wanderings the body comes near the earth, and within a few hundred miles of its surface of course begins to en counter the upper surface of the atmosphere with which the earth is inclosed. To a body moving with the appalling velocity of a meteor a plunge into the atmosphere is usually fatal. Even though the upper lay ers of air are excessively attenuated, yet they suddenly check the velocity almost as a rifle bullet would be checked when fired into the water. The friction causes the meteor to gradually become red .hot, then white hot until it is finally driven off into vapor with a brilliant light, while we on earth, many scores of miles below, exclaim, "Look look quickly. See that beautiful shooting start Small as millions of these missiles prob able are, their velocity is so prodigious that they would render the earth uninhabitable were. they permitted to rain down unim peded on its surface. "We must, therefore, among the other good qualities of our atmos phere, not forget that it constitutes a kindly screen which shields us from a tempest of projectile the velocity of which no artillery could equal. It is, in fact, the very fury of these missiles which is the cause of their utter destruction. Their haste to strike us is so great that friction dissolves them into harmless vapor. The Wide Contrast. Wide, indeed, is the contrast between the splendor of the noonday sun and the feeble twinkling of even the brightest of the stars. This contrast, so forcible to our ordinary observation, can be submitted to tbe test of of actual measurement Let us take the most brilliant star Slrius. In the bright darlight it cannot even be seen, much less can its light be measured. But we can take the full moon as an intermediate step be tween the glory of the sun and the feeble twinkle of Sirius, and bv these comparisons we find that the sun is'about 20,000,000,000 times as great as the light from Sirius. Our earth is, however, not properly placrd for an impartial comparison between the splendor of the two bodies. To make such a comparison the earth should be mid way between, the two, so that we could look at Sirius ou one side and the sun on the other, under precisely similar circumstances. Into such a position our earth never has and never will come, and we mnst have re course to other means. That which most naturally suggests itself is the matter of distance, and the star being so much further from us than the sun, the tables are turned against the latter and we find that Sirius sheds actually 48 times as much light as the sua doe IKON HALL SUSPENSE BELIEVED. Supreme Justice tsomerby Makes His Tf hereabouts Known. Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. L The sus pense into which the public, and especially the holders of policies in the order of the Iron Hall, has been thrown by the non appearance of F. 'J. Someroy, Supreme Justice, and by the ugly rumors that he has used something like three-fourths of a million of tbe order's money in his (private) Philadelphia bank, will be somewhat re lieved, perhaps, by the following telegram. It is the first utterance of the Supreme Jus tice and the first official announcement of his whereabouts since a receiver was ap plied for: Detroit, Mich., Aug. L To the Indianapolis News: I learned late Saturday nlzht of the diffi culty. I will be In Indianapolis to-day. I have been detained on account of a sick wife. F. J. Sokerbt. The first general circular iisned by the Iron Hall early in the eighties will be re called by those who saw it when it is men tioned that it had this heading: "You don't have to die to beat this game. The order's literature has been decorated from that dar to this with lurid quotations from every source available lor empnasis. DBIVEH INTO THE HUD. The Fate of a Balloonist tVbose Parachute Did Not Work. St. Paul, Minn., Aug. L Prof. Edward Hope, the balloonist, met instant death at Ihver Grove in a peculiar manner yester day. After his balloon had eone up abont half a mile it began to drift rapidly toward the Mississippi before a west wind. Becoming alarmed, Hope cut away his parachute and began to descend. The ma chine worked badly, however, and he dropped to the earth like a shot He fell in a slough and was driven 12 feet into the soft mud. It required nearly an hoar to dig his body oat Fat Not Tonr Faith In Princes. But rely Implicitly upon tbe power to cure of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, the third or a century oldremedyfor malaria, dyspepsia, debility, constipation, liver and kidney in activity, rheumatism and nervousness. To make you eat, sleep and digest well this Is the tonic. The delicate, tho aged and con valescent nse it with advantage. A wine glassful thrice a day. Our Monster Fire Sale of Slightly Dam aged Suits and OrercoaU Still Going On With Great Success People Coming From Everywhere to Attend the Great est Fire Sale on Record P. C. C. C Clothiers, Corner Grant and Diamond Streets. We know that in order to sell out the bal ance of our slightly damaged stook or cloth ing at this season of the year extraordinary Inducements must be offered to bring every purchaser of clothing to our stores. And this we are prepared to do we shall sell men's fine clothing, only slightly damaged, at prices you would never dream were pos sible. This sale will be a record breaker, and the boomlnst success of the season. We guarantee that not a customer will leave our store dissatisfied. Don't you miss ltl Thousands or finest men's, boys' and chil dren's suits and heavy and medium weight overcoats at less than one-third their Teal value. It will save you money to purchase now and lay these goods away for future use. This Immense stook of slightly dam aged clothing must be converted Into cash as quickly as possible you have the pick of the finest stock or clothing in Pittsburg only slightly damaged by smoke or water. Note the prices, and when you call we guar antee yon will find everything' exactly as represented. Men's wood-brown suits at $2 43, worth $10. Men's black cheviot suits. In sack or cut away, with patch pockets, at $4 41, worth $12. Hen's black fancy wonted suits at $3 45, worth $11. Men's jpigllsk whipcord suits, sacks and frocks, narrow and wide wales, blue or black, all sizes, for $5 90, worth $13. Men's velour finished cheviot suits retail at $13, our price $6 80. Three shades of heavy fur beaver overcoats, with silk velvet collar, sold at regular sale for $12, our price $4 44. Boys' overcoats that we have sold for fi, your choice for $1 83, sizes 14 to 19. lion's silk-mixed casslmere suits at $7 25, worth $18. Men's Imported mixture?, Vicunas and llockannms, at $8 90 worth $24. A great line of boys' suits, sizes 4 to 14, neat and fancy patterns, at 78o, worth $3. Thirty styles of boys' suits at $1 20 and $1 47. A complete line of men's punts, fancy worsteds, at 83c, worth $2 SO. Eighteen styles of men's One dress pants at $1 73, worth S3 SO and $4. Hats and furnishing goods at your own figures. This U a genuine fit e sale. No bio w or bra;, but solid, lndlsputablo facts, and yon can prove It by calling at our store. P. C. C. C, Clothiers, corner Grant and Diamond streets. . LOW BATES TO DBNVKB. A ngntt 2 to 6, Inclusive. The Pittsburg and Western Hallway will sell excursion tickets to Denver, CoL, cood to return until October 1L Bate from Pitts burs $21 83. Kaunas City and return, same dates and limit, $17 33. Grocers Know a Good Thine That's why all grocers who desire to suit their customers and thereby extend their tiade sell the celebratod "Rosalia" and "Our Best" flours, made by the Iron City Milling Company. Positively no finer flours exist, and their tremendous sales is but a case of true merit justly rewarded. rrhs Tolktbmn, Made from tbe best malt and hops, no adulteration, guaranteed strictly pure. A summer drink made by the Ebernardt & Ober Brewing Company. On tap at all flrst olass restaurants and saloons.- Bottled or in bulk by tbe manufacturers. Sitmmeb blankets, all wool, full bed size, $4 quality at $3; $3 qnality at $4, and finer ones similarly leduted. Jos. Horitk i. Co.'s Penn Avenue Stores. The favorite rr reitorlng life and color to the blr Parker's Hair Balsam. , . HiKDEBcOBKs, the bcstcure for corns, 13 cent. V - ' Been Gone for a Week. sr.fo Williams has been mlssine from hU home at No. 4,912 Scotia street for a week. ae was a painter aau "" uiucium money when he left home. His wife feara he has been foully dealt with and has asked assistance of the police. The Change of Life. The sole aim of women nearing this critical period should be to keep well, strong, and cheerful Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is peculiarly adapted to this condi tion. Girls about to enter woman hood find its Assistance invaluable. It cures tbt vorrt fbrmi of fault Compllintf. Beariar cswa Fcclln, Wrik Biclc, Lenrorrhat, nllloff ud Die -ilicemiot of tbt Womb, iDfl&mmitloii, C'triaa Trouble, and mil Organic Olaealea of the Uterua or Womb, Bloatiflf. and la Inralnable to tbe Cbanre of Life. Dliiolrea and expels Tumors from tbe Uterus at an early stare, and checks any tsndeoC7 to Cancerous Bomor. Subdues Falntnees, Excitability, Nerrous Prostration, Xj aausuon, Xldner Complaints, and tones the Stomacb. AH Druggists sell It. or sect by mall, in form of Fills of Lexenges. on receipt of Sl.OO. Llrer Fills. SJSe. Correspondence rreelr answered. Address In ceufldenee J-YDIA . FUXIIAM MED. CO, LX3X, aUAI. Don'tBe Disconragetl For We Have Good NeWs in . Store for You. r slJQ Suits of stylish Merchant-Tailor-yO Made Suits were snapped up by our agile purchasing agent, and made up by the best tailors in the biggest town on eanh. They are here with us now. Our price for them ' $11- Not one of them was made up to order for less than 25, and that up to 40. Note the price and patterns of Trousers in our two display windows. OPPOSITE CITY HALL. anJTTSsn FOR SALE. THE TWO FERRYBOATS, JljiSij-Sr Cincinnati Belle and Newport Belle, alBgnssSSi heretofore running between Cincin nati ana viewport. Machinery 8 boilers 22 ft. Ion?, 40 in. diameter, cylinders 18 In. diameter, 5K ft. stroke. Machinery 3 boilers 20 ft Ions;, 33 In. diameter, cylinders 16 in. diameter, o ft. stroke j Length of each boat 110 ft, 0 ft wlda overall. Boats In No. 1 running order. Address JNO. A. WILLIAMSON, NEWPORT, KY. HU2-Jl-TTd GRATEFUL COMFORTING. EPPS'S COCOA. BREAKFAST. "By x thorough knowledge of the natural laws whlcn govern the operations of digestion and nutri tion, and br a careful application of the fine prop erties of well-aelected Cocoa. Mr. Eppa has pro Tided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavored beverage which mar save us raanv heavy doctors' bills. Itls bythejudlclousuaeof such articles of diet that a constitution maybe gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to dis ease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us ready to attack wherever there li a weac point. We may escape many a fatal shift by keep ing ourselves well fortlfled with pure blood and a properly nourished frame." "Civil Soviet Ga zette " Made slmplT with boiling water or milk. Sold only In half-pound tins, by grocers, labeled thus: JAMES ErP3 X Co.. Ilomceopathle Chemists. Je25-M-Tus London. England. DESKS. OFFICE OUTFITTERS. Office Specialty Co. 10S Third are. Je33-Tii IT IS A DUTT yon owe yourself and fam w to et the beat value for yoar money. Economize In yon r footwear by parchaalnsr W. L. Douglas Shoes, which represent the will teatlf neat vtt aine sor prices tteakcu, .uousaMitisi tlfr. Car-TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE..! W. L. DOUGLAS 9 SUnE rxUT??Mu THE BEST SHOE IN THE WORLD FOR THE KOnir. A genuine sewed ahoe, tlial will not rip, fine calf, seamlesa, smooth Inside, flexible, more com fortable, stylish and durable than any other shoe even sold at the price. Equals custom made i costinirfromibt5. . suns &A and 35 Hand-sewed. One calf shoes. The f shoes. The JJ "T most styusn, easy ana auraoie snoes ever soia at the price. They equal Jlne Imported shoes costlag from $5 to $12. . tW All other grades of the same high standard of excellence. . CAUTION. Beware of dealers substituting shoe without W. L. Douglas name and the price stamped on bottom. Such substitutions are fraudu lent and subject to prosecution by law for obtaining money under false pretences. W. t. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Maaa. Sold by D. Carter. 71 Tlfth avenue: J.N.yrohrlng.189 Tip avenue: II. J. ft O. M. Lang, 01 BuOer street, Pittsburg; Henry Hosier. No. 108 Federal street; E. O. Hollman. No. 72 Rebecca street. Allegheny Uutcheson Bros., Ho. 2S0 Beaver are., Allegheny jy-iv-.4a f.ii is 111 asjg . '
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