THE PTTTSBTTRGr DISPATCH. TUESDAY, AUGUST -28, im PATTISONS POLIC! Caustically Criticised at the Meeting of a Democrat ic Organization. CITY OFFICIALS SCOEED. Keadir? of the County Platform Pre cipitates a Hot Debate. IT IS FINALLY RECOMMENDED. Colonel Stone Named on the Lairrence-Eut-ler Judicial Commission. TWEXTT-FOUETE PISTEICT MUDDLE The purity of Governor PaHison's Democ racy and the Homestead strike stirred up the general Democratic Committee on County Platform last evening. This com mittee, composed ot members appointed by the a arious Senatorial and Legislative con ventions, met in the headquarters on Dia mond street, and heard the report of the sub-committfe appointed last week to draft a platform. This platform caused a lively debate, but was finally accepted under the pressure of the previous question, and re commended to the district conventions, which are to meet later to make nomi nations. The sub-committee having finished its work in secret, the committee at large was called to order by Attorney John F Miller, nho s-iid that the sub-committee was ready to report through its chairman. 7ohu B. LarLin read the platform agreed upon. He said that the committee had held three protracted sessions, and had agreed upon its work unanimously. He read the platiorm as follows, the first four resolutions being intended for the congressional and legislative conventions: Anirnrni Ihr Stlom! riatform. hcolved. That we lieartilv approve of the principles of tho Democratic pirtv as set forth In the Democratic National platform, adapted at Chicapo, and we ratify, indorse, and will zealously support tho nominees of that convention, Grover Cleveland and Atllai E. Stevenson. llesolved, Thai the spirit of unrest In this and other States, the violence to law and so ciety, orinins destruction to lile and prop ertv, is the result of the pernicious class lezi-latio'i of the Republican party: that the present tariff means the emlcliment and the election of the few and tne Im poverishment and tho degradation of the many, as it taxes, restricts and shuts out from abroiil the thinjjs which labor produce-, whilo It encouiaces and maintains untaxed, unrestricted and absolutely free trade in labor. ItselC It also clones tho marKets of the world against America's sur-plu-. poods while in vitins to our shores, for unfair competition with American work men, the labor of the world. Resoled, That wo cheerfully Indorse the wise, conseivativp and conscientious ad ministration of Governor Pattlson, and commend him for his jndlcions action in restoring the supremacy of the law In this county. Eo-olved, That we sympathize with or ganized labor in Its present strussle for recognition, and favor the enactment of laws under which labor may organize and bo incorporated: that wo deprecate any rcort to violence and demand a strict com pliance witli the law; that we express oar continence in tho power of the Mate of rnmvlvania through its constituted au thoiities to enforce the law, preserve the peace and protect the property of its citi zens, and that the use of any band of armed mercenaries, uon-resldenis of tho Commonwealth, whether known as Pinker tons or bv -ome other title, is an unwar ranted assumption ot power, and should be nude impossible hy law; that we lavor the repeal of all laws that slve to corporations, organized capital or any class of citizpns rights or privileges which at e not available to the masses of tno people. Dimaid th Repeal of Btun Lrnrl. Th e l esolutions referring to the Legislative districts alone are as follows: UesolveJ, That we demand the repeal of the B'ue Laws of 1734, and favor the enact ment of legislation which, while maintain ing with a strong hand the peace, good order und -ancttty of the Sabbath, will also mani fest a due i cgard for the comfort, the con venience and the rights of the individual citizen. Vheieas, Tho now city charter has been in force over four years, most liberal ordi nances have boon passed to carry it into effect, its operation has been fairlv tried and the promised good results have not been ob tained; and Wiieieas. Under its provisions heads of departments ure created and invested with unlimited power, and with the largo expen diture of money and the largo patronage within their plSt. tmy ate enabled and Uo control municipal affaiis, elect members of Councils of their own choice and who are seiileto them: and Councils In return elect the heads ot departments, hence they are independent oTand de!y the will of tne peo ple. Incompetent men hac been retained and are now holding responsible positions to the great detriment of tho department to which they nie assigned. Our fire deoaitmont is insufficient and in ndcaunte to to the wants of the city, owing tci tho puicliaoof worthless hose, and the lack of pins er ot our engines, which are pur chased from favorite manuTactuiers at vji ices equal to good midlines, who have long imposed their infeiior articles on the c.t. Under its operation large snms of monev hii e been expended and large tracts of land liaeleen purchase! tor public parks re motely situated, and without color of law, or the consent of tho people, and easy ot access only to a favored lew: syndicates of political bosses, city officials and contractors are favored, who have a monopoly of all city contracts and who aro in close touch with heads of departments and who have ciown suddenly rich at the expense of over burdened taxfaers. and to whom millions o. dollars of traction railroad franchises have been granted without one dollar of re turn to the city. Th- Coit of Banning the City. The annual appropriations have increased year after year, until this year it has reached the enormous figure of $5,000 000, which is spent by the various departments without rendering any account whatever to the peo ple. To meet tnls vast appropriation valu ations have been inflated rar above their cash value, and taxation increased to such an extent that it is driving manufactories and business out of the city. Therefore, we believe that the new char ter is unwise legislation, enactod for the pur pose of centralizing power under the con trol ot an irresponsible oligarchy that now holds dominion over our city and ought to be repealed. Therefore Resolved, That we appeal to the citizens and property holdeisot Allegheny connty, in the interest of our candidates for Senate and membersof tho Legislature, all of whom are pledged to tho repeal of at least that portion ortho new charter which provides tor (he election of the heads of departments br Councils, and also to enact such legisla tion as will restore to the chief executive of the city the power which rightfully be longs to his office. For the two Allegheny legislative dis tiicts whereases and a resolution were recommended similar to those referring to the charter of Pittsburg. Ir. Larkin then moved the adoption of the platform as a whole. illiam E. Howley asked why the reso lutions were to be adopted at that time. J. C O'Donnell, a member of the sub committee, said that the resolutions should be adopted only as the sense of the com mittee, and recommended tc the district conventions. The platforms presented, he said, pertained only to the districts wholly or partly within the two cities ot Pittsburg and Allegheny, and he suggested a resolu tion for the country legislative districts, pledging their candidates to assist in the re peal oi the charters of the two cities. Ohj-cted to a Final Adoption. "W. J. Brennen arose in one corner to say that be agreed with Mr. Howley, that the platforms ought not to be adopted, but merely recommended. Mr.'Larkin said he asked merely that the general committee should adopt or reject the work of the sub-committee, and after wards dispose of it as thev pleased. William Dickson, of" Sewickley, then arose and spoke his mind fieely, while many of the committeemen shuffled in their seats and looked about uneasily. Mr. Dickson said: "Before that report Is ac cepted I want to put in my protest against one clause of it; that is, the commendation of Governor Pattison. He is a leader whom the Democracy has followed for ten years to its sorrow. The Democracy of Pennsylvania has for years been lar away from Democratic principles. All I ask is for them to get into line with the Dem ocracy of the nation. Our party in this State" built up and fostered anti-Democratic principles under Mr. Randall. "We have a club in this citv named after him. He did more than any other man to destroy the Democracy ot Pennsylvania. Governor Pattison came here and allied himself with the people who brought armed mercenaries into our midst. He frowned on organized labor, and used the weight of all his moral and political influence against it. I would be ashamed to commend him in a Demo cratic body." The Flatrorm Simply Recommended. There was an evident fear of stirring up the animals and nobody had a word to say in answer to Mr. Dickson when he sat down. P. M. Carr softl v arose in a back corner and asked Mr. Larkin to withdraw his motion to allow another motion to receive the report and discharge the committee. Before Mr. Larkin could establish a center of gravity and arise from his seat Charles Lordan moved Mr. Carr's idea as an amendment, and it was carried. John L. Sullivan then moved to recom mend the resolutions to the various Con gressional, Legislative and Senatorial Con ventions, and having found a second, went on to make a speech. ."I want to say in re gard to Governor Pattison," he said, "that he merely did his duty. He waited for several days before he called out the militia, and when he did so " At this word Mr. Howley called out, "we have no strikers here to-night." 'No," responded Mr. Sullivan, "but the strikers have sympathizers here." "You can't pnt the Homestead matter out of this," said Mr. Dickson. Then some body moved the previous question. Mr. Sullivan's motion to recommend was car ried, and the meeting hastened to adjourn before anybody else could set match to a bomb. TO THE OLD CONFEREES. The Congressional Nomination In the Twenty - Fourth District Transferred Prom the County Chairmen to Repre sentatives From Each Connty. The Republican County Chairmen of Washington, Fayette, Green and Alle gheny counties met yesterday at the Monon- gubela House to arrange for nominating a candidate for the unexpired term of the Kte Congressman Craig, of the Twenty fourth district. The County Chairmen present were Messrs. John B, Byrne, of Fayette; James A. McGifiin, of Washing ton; Allen P. Dickey, of Greene, and John Gripp, of Allegheny. Frank Fuller, Gen eral b. -Bl. Bailey and others prominent in politics in Fayette county attended the meeting and industriously urged that Colonel Stewart be named as the candidate for the unexpired term. John Gripp acted as chairman of the meeting. George W. Miller was chosen secretary. Atter the situation was dis cussed a" resolution was adopted referring the nomination to the conferees from the several committees in the district that nominated Colonel Stewart for this place nearly two years ago. The confeeres are ap portioned according to the Republican vote of the several committees. Allegheny county is entitled to 18 representatives, Washington connty 16, Fayette county 14, and Green connty 5. These confeeres will meet in Pittsburg on September 8, for the purpose ot nominating a candidate. Chairman Dicky, of Greene county, rep resented the Acheson wine of the Republi can party in his county. He was authorized to call his committee together to name con ferees to assist in the nomination. Before the meeting of the Chairmen ad journed the following resolution was adopted: That we recommend to the Republicans of the Twenty-ronrth Congressional district, Pennsylvania, that the committees of the different counties agree upon a plan or method of maUing nominations satisfactory to the different counties comprising said district. It was decided to make the organization ot County Chairmen permanent until after the November election, meeting at least once a month in the different counties at the call of the Chairman. After the meeting adjourned General S. M. Bailey said: "We are here to secure the nomination of Colonel Stewart. Our county demands his nomination." General Bailey is one of the most popular Repub licans in Western Pennsylvania. He served a term as State Treasurer, and he has several times refused a Congressional nomi nation iu his district. COLONEL STONE IS CH0SEK. He Is Earned on tho tAivrence-Beaver Jodtrial Commllon. After a mild battle lasting with bnt a short intermission from 10 o'clock yester day afternoon until after 11 o'clock last night, the parties directly interested in the Beaver-Lawrence Republican judicial nomination determined upon Congressman William A. Stone as the third member of the commission, whose duty it will be to name the oandidate. The commission as originally chosen was oomprised of ex-Senator J. W. Lee, of Venango county; George H. Andrews, of Lawrence county.and Judge Stowe, of-Allegheny county. Judge Stowe refused to serve on the commission, and the remaining members of the commission, the candidates tor the place and all their friends devoted their time yesterday in selecting his successor. The new commission will meet in Pitts burg on Monday next to nominate a judicial candidate for the district Considerable feeling has developed among the friends of the two candidates ior the Judceship, and a number of lawyers and politicians from each of the counties con cerned attended yesterday's meeting. The raudidates are William D. Wallace, of Lawrence county, and John M. Greer, of Butler county. The Judicial District is Republican by about 700 majority. FIFTH DISTRICT HAMKB. The Committee to Name Candidates Trill Meet Next Week. The committee of the Democratic conven tion of the Fifth Legislative district ap pointed to suggest candidates has called a meeting of the convention to be held in Common Council Chamber at 7:30 P. ar,, on Tuesday, August 30. The committee con sists of T. O'Leary, Chairman; J. W. Pat terson, Secretary; Frank J. Miller, John C. O'Donnell, P. M. Carr and E. P. Carnes. The names they will present for the con sideration of the convention are F. L Rut ledge, Twenty-first ward; A. P. Bengwin, Twenty-third ward; Fred H. Lauer, Twenty seventh ward; Adaitf Schusler, Twenty-first ward; Charles E. Breitweiser, Twenty-ninth ward: George W. Acklin, Thirty-first ward, and William Walls, Twenty-seventh ward. Other names may be added before the con vention meets. Printers Enter Politics. The meeting to form a printers' People' party club Sunday afternoon was attended by 38 members of the printing fraternity. An organization was effected bv electing Hugh D. McGiw, President; B. D. Lowrv, Secretary Hugh D. McGaw. J. Ahl, J. K. McClelland, T. J. Dacins, Stanley Downs, E. Boyd and W. J. a Marshall, Executive Committee. A committee was appointed to visit all trade unions of Allegheny county to help organize clubs. A Republican Picnic. The Fifteenth Ward Republican Club will entertain their friends at a picnic to-morrow atldlewlld. A special will train convey the guests, to the park, leaving Thirty-third street nt 8 o'clock. The Gernert Orchestra will play the dances. i NEW FEATDRES FOR TO-DAY. Allegheny County Teachers 'Will Listen to Advanced Plans of Instruction Tester day's Session of the County Institute Intereiting Talks. New educational features will be intro duced to the teachers of Allegheny county now in session at the High School by eminent educators from Eastern and West ern cities at to-day's session. Miss Ma thilda E Coffin, Assistant Superintendent of Schools of Detroit, will snggest a new plan of instruction in reading, and Prof. Emory P. Russell, Superintendent of musi cal instruction in Boston, will suggest a new plan of teaching music The forty-second annual session of the Teachers' Institute of Allegheny county met yesterday, but the brunt of work will be transacted during the next four days. The Allegheny Teachers Institute is con sidered one of the best managed and most efficient in the East by the educators the land over. Miss Coffin, in speakingof her proposed work, said the instruction in reading was most important and there is good ground for advancement. "My plan," resumed Mis3 Coffin, "is to instruct pupils in rapid and instructive reading. I favor a teacher sacrificing a certain small amount'of elocutionary science for the betterment of a pupil's rapid read ing acquirements. As, for instance, to teach a pupil to read hastily so he may quickly catch the drift ot the subject and not pay so much attention to the various inflections. I also favor the adoption ot readers containing instructive rather than thrilling subjects. Seographical, scientific and similar studies are alike in teresting and instructive and would prove agreeable to the pupils." Pro I. Russell says music in the publio schools should be taught mentally as well as superficially, "The pupils should be so instructed that they absorb music mentally just as they do their examples in arithmetic and studies in geography, eta They should be taught by tone instead of by note. If music is taught to be forgotten, it is a fail ure, just as every other study so taught is. A pupil should be taught to learn mnsic mentally, and In so learning they will no more forget it than they will forget their spelling and arithmetic:" THIRSTING OS SUNDAY. New Movement Against Restaurateurs by the Law nl Order Society. The Law and Order Society's movement against the pernicious selling of milk, etc., after 12 o'clock Saturday night is occasion ing a great deal of criticism. Alderman Rohe says there are six or seven informa tions being prepared by the society for the violation of the law, but thinks the charges against the dealers are for selling ice cream and cigars. He stated that anyone brought up before him charged with selling milk, ice or bread on Sunday would be discharged. He considers the application of the law to the selling of a glass of milk as stretching things too iar. A gentleman who had just gotten off a train went around the city Sunday morn ing about 1 o'clock iu search of something to quench a thirst which he had been culti vating for many miles. He first tried the saloons, but found none open. Next he plead with the drug store clerk even for a glass of vichy, but to no avail. He became desperate at last and went into a Smith 6eld restaurant and meekly asked for a glass of milk. He nearly fell from his seat when the waiter informed him it was against the law to sell milk on Sun day without being served with a full meal. He sat meditating ior awhile, then with a great deal ot reluctance said: "Can von give me a glass ot water without violating the law?" After forcing the liquid down his throat he went out muttering to himself, in not very complimentary language, about the kind of a place he had fallen into. CHINESE TO BE REGISTERED. A Big Taslc Imposed Upon Deputy Revenue Collector Mitchell. Word was received from Washington by Deputy Revenue Collector Mitchell yester day to proceed at once and obtain as near a complete registration of the Chinese labor ers in this district as possible. As the word laborer, according to the instructions containded in the blanks includes all Chinamen engaged in any kind of work, who have not capital invested in any kind of business, the registration will include nearly every celestial in the district. According to Rev. Donehoo's calculation there are about 200 Chinamen in Allegheny and Pittsburg, and it is said there are about 600 scattered through the 24 counties in the western part of this State, which comprises this district. There will be ten deputies placed upon the work, but, as there is no time required by the Government to have the report filed, they will not rush themselves. Economy is the department's caution, as only a limited amount has been set aside for this purpose. Depnty Mitchell said he expected to have the report finished early In the fall. A HEW DEPARTURE. The United Pretbyterlan Church Synod to Meet at RldgcvieTr. The Pittsburg Synod of the United Presbyterian Church will make a new de parture in the order of their session, and instead of the usual two days' meeting in a church they will go to Ridgeview Park for a tour days' session. The Synod will meet Thursday of this week at 2 o'clock at the park, and will continue the sessions until Monday morning. A feature of the meet ing will be the conferences arranged for afternoons and evenings. Thursday, the first day, is Reform Dav; Friday, Denominational Day, with the women and children largely in charge; Saturday, Temperance Day, and Sunday will be devoted to sermons and con ferences. The gates will be open and no admission will be charged during the week, but on Sabbath they will be closed, and no body will be allowed to enter after Satur day night. RECOVERED HER BARE. Mrs. Kantzman Has Her Child Returned to Her by the Court. Mrs. Gertrude Kautzman whose husband, after deserting her had taken from her their four months' old babe, yesterday by order of court had the child returned to her. The case was heard before Judge McClung. The testimony in the case showed that Joseph Kautzman, the father of the babe, had separated from bis wife. He afterward went to her and got the infant, telling her he intended to get it christened and would bring it back to her. He did not do so and relused to let her have or see the child. Judge McClung gave Kautzman a severe lecture for taking the infant from its mother and said it might prove fatal. He ordered the child at once turned over to the mother and put the costs on the husband. - The Father to Be Arrested. The daughter of Josiab. Guinn, a justice of the peace at Dravosburg, Mifflin town ship, upon whose oath a number of young men were brought to trial, some of whom were convicted and are now in the peniten tiary, has confessed that they were wrongly accused and that her own father is the criminal. A warrant has been issued for the father's arrest. A THOUSAND ARRESTS To Be Made of City Merchants Who Fail to Obey the Order to EEM0VE STEEET OBSTRUCTIONS. One Hundred Informations to Be Entered This Horning. MBERTT STREET DEALERS GIYE IN At least 1,000 informations will be en tered before the various Police Magistrates of the city against merohants who failed yesterday to obey the sidewalk obstruction ordinance. These figures 'were given by Superintendent O'Mara last night. They are based on the report of the officers all over the city. Of course it would be a physical impossi bility to have all these Buits entered in one day. It is the intention of the authorities to enter at least 100 of them to-day, and the same number eaoh succeeding day until every merchant or resident of the city com plies with the sidewalk ordinance. It seemed yesterday that the majority of sidewalk obstructionists paid no attention to the order. Under the order issued by Chief Brown all the police in the city noti fied all the merchants on their respective heats last Friday and Saturday that on and after yesterday absolutely nothing in the way of a display of merchandise, signs or other obstructions should extend beyond the bouse line of the street in iront of their places of business. The Notice to Bo Enforced. This notice was given in good faith, and the police burea intends to fully enforce it The text of the ordinance requires that not even an inch of the sidewalk shall be ob structed from the ground up, and, obnoxious as it may be, no exceptions are to be made. Probably the strict enforcement of the law will result in its repeal, but, be that as it may, the officials declare their intention of obeying it to the letter. All day yesterday Mayor Gourley and the police headquarters were besieged with merchants ot all kinds, from every section of the city, desirous of further information regarding the law. Some wanted to know if they had not the right to occupy the out side or the inside edge, or all but six feet of the sidewalks. Others asked if they were not privileged to have shelves extend from their Bhow windows three or four feet over the sidewalk. Some came to inquire if there was really any serious intention to en force the ordinance at all, whether it was not only a bluff", as had been frequently the case in the past, and whether the order would not be relegated to the rear and for gotten within a few days. ivcrylhlng Must Go. To all the answer was the same. Every, thing on the sidewalk must be taken off everything over it taken down. A man Irom Sixth street, who has a small show case filled with collars and cuffs, about a foot square and set up about three feet above the pavement, wanted to know if it must come down. He said that when Chief of Police Gus Brauu made his famous raid on street signs ten years ago, an exception had been made in favor of his little show case and it was allowed to stay. Similar appeals came from other parties with similar state ments of defense, but all received the same answer. Their little obstrnctions must go, notwithstanding the orders of previous police officials. Even barber poles must go if they are placed on or project over the sidewalk. The ouly place where the sidewalk order was observed to not'ceable extent yesterday was on Liberty street. Mayor Gourley, who started the present agitation, allowed the commission merchants there six ieet, and Chief Brown will recognize the Mayor's limitation. Miiklnj Boom for Pedestrians. Yesterday there was a broad swath through the forest of baskets and piles of melons on that street, in most places being fully eight feet wide. The observance of the order was general there, and unless some of the merchants on other streets complain of unjust discrimination and insist on the Liberty street sidewalk being cleared the same as theirs, no further trouble is ex pected. Few people know how strict the side- waltc laws really are. There is one ordi nance which requires the occupants of every building fronting on a street to sweep the sidewalk at least twice a week, to keep the cutters clean and in winter to sweep off" the snow within 12 hours after it tails, under a penalty of $2 for neglecting it. Any person rolling a barrel atrng a side- .walk, or throwing dirt of any kind on it, or driving a beast of any kind along, is liable to a fine of SL The penalty for obstructing the sidewalks, under the ordinance the police are now enforcing is only So, but in case of vending fruit or merchandise irom the side walks the fine is 320. There are several other ordinances which impose penalties for various sidewalk offenses, and now that the police have taken the question in hand those that have heretofore been honored in the breach may be strictly enforced. At midnight, when the'day force of police reported off duty, those at Central station turned in a memorandum of 168 per sons in the lower part of the city who had failed to observe the no obstruction order. No figures came from other stations, but an estimate from the Southside gives the number there as nearly 200. The others are expected to be equally large. ACCIDENTALLY KILLED BY A HAM. The Coroner's Jury Returns a Verdict on Elijah Woods' Death. Magistrate Gripp yesterday afternoon concluded the inquest in the case of Elijah Woods, who died suddenly at S. L. Mar shell's store on Diamond street Friday. The mystery surrounding his death was cleared up when Ida Donley, a girl em ployed in the store, gave her testimonythat she had accidentally knocked a ham down the elevator shaft and it struck Woods on the head. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death, and censured Miss Donley for care lessness. They also censured the firm for not providing a guard on the elevator shaft. Vineyards and Forests Horned. The farms of John and Charles Rotb, on the hill above East street extension, in the Fourteenth ward of Allegheny, were swept by fire yesterday afternoon. The blaze was started by a brush fire in a garden, and, the grass and fences being dry from the drought, the fire spread rapidly, and a large section of forest and vineyards was burned over. The firemen had to run a line of hose 1,500 feet long to the top of the hill before they could reach and stop the ascending flames. The loss to the Roths is about 2,000. All His Capital Consumed. A blaze was discovered in a stable on the corner of Forty-seventh and Hatfield streets, occupied by Robert Lucas, lost evening. The building, containing four valuable horses and a lot of harness, was totally de stroyed. The building was not worth more than $160 or $200, but the horses were valued at $250 apiece. The harness was worth abont $200. The loss is a severe one to Mr. Lucas. He had no insurance and his stock is said to be about all the capital he had. Tonne Farmer Badly Beaten. Joseph Loll, a yonng man living in Lower St, Clair township, was assaulted by an un known man on the highway near his home, Monday night, and) is seriously injured. The most dangerous injury is a kick in the stomach! Dr. W. H. Riggs, who is attend ing Loll; thinks he will reoover. The yonng man dan give no1 discription of his usailanti, DEATH ON THE WIRE. Frederiok F. Schmidt Electrocuted on Top of's Bnlldine Death Was) Instanta neous Touched One or the Allegheny Connty Company's Flectrlo Llcht Wires. Frederick F. Schmidt lost his life yester day by coming in contact with a live elec tric light wire of the Allegheny County Light Company. The United States Fire Escape Company have been engaged for two months or more erecting a fire escape upon the back part of Jos. Home & Com pany's bnilding. On the back part of the building there is a small one-story addition. It was upon the roof of this building that Schmidt and M. R. Zahniser were working yesterday when the accident occurred. There is a perfect network of wires above the court and passing over the roof. About 1 o'clock, as Zahniser was bending oyer some work, he heard a sickening groan come from Sohmidt, who was standing fonr feet away from him, and, turning, saw him doubled up lying over two electric wires. Zahniser realized the situation and ran over to Schmidt, pushing him off the wire with his foot He was afraid of being shocked himself if he nsed his hands. When Schmidt iell to the root he gave three or four gasps and then died. A doctor was called in, but could render no assistance. Schmidt's body was removed to the morgue before 2 o'clock. During the afternoon Schmidt's father came to the morgue and identified the boy, saying he was but 18 years of "age. several of the Allegheny County Light Company's people visited the morgue and examined the remains for marks of the burning. The only marks found on the body were on the right hand. Mr. Miller, of the Allegheny County Light Compauy, said: "I cannot account for the accident. The wires were fully in sulated, being the standard underground wire, and we cannot think it possible that such an affair as this conld occur." When told that the officials of the fire escape company claimed that they had notified the Allegheny County Light Com pany to place the wires in a different position and that the men sent by the company did not follow' the instructions given by their men. Mr. Miller said, "I think it was about two months ago we received word from that company to remove some of our wires on Home's building. We sent our men, and they fixed the wires under the direction of one of the men who had charge of the work." The wires which caused the young man's death run from the wall of the Hotel Schlosser across the roof of the one-story addition, and could hardly be avoided by men working on the root. Schmidt had been warned to keep away irom the wires several times during the morning. Schmidt was a single man, and had been in the em ploy of the United States Fire Escape Com pany for four weeks. He resided with his father at 563 Ohio street, Allegheny. EVEN 8ACRED MTJSIC BARRED. Law and Order People Now After the Pop ular Snnilay Park Concerts. President McCrory, of the Law and Order Society, is alter the Sunday sacred concerts in Schenley Park. He was in City Hall yesterday seeking information as to who paid the bands furnishing the music. Controller Morrow, to whom he applied, could not tell, but he agreed with Mr. Mc Crory that the Sunday concerts were a des ecration and should be suppressed. Mr. McCrory started away declaring he would see about the matter at once. The first Sunday concert was given by Mrs. Gnsky, but it is generally understood that the last two have been furnished by other parties. An Amateur Hangman Arrested. John Riddle, an employe of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, was arrested at the Tenth Street Bridge yesterday afternoon for menacing the men who were passengers on the Tide steamboat for the Carnegie mills at Homestead. Complaint was made by Captain Clark, of the boat, who said the man had been there every day for a week and as the boat passed up would make a pantomine show with a rope and motions as of hanging the non-union men. After More Letter Boxes. Postmaster McKean left for Washington last night to consult with the postal authori ties there to induce them to give Pittsburg more corner letter boxes. Application had been made for the boxes some time ago, but a reply was received saying that the request would not be granted until someone came on to give a more definite idea of what was wanted. To Cell brate Discovery Day. An encouragiug meeting of the Columbus Club's Committee on the Celebration of Dis-. coverv Day was held last evening. It was reported that the Mayors of both cities would give their fullest aid. Representa tives from a number of Catholic societies promised a full and grand parade ot their organizations. SAVE MONEI And Still Get the Best. Chickorinj, Haidman, Krakauer, Vose pianos. An immense stock in losewood, Fienchand American walnut, antique oak, mahogany and other fancy wootls, arriving daily. In magnificence of design and finish of case they surpass anything heretolore shown in'tbis market. Rich, chaste and beautiful. In our line of goods wo have the largest, finest and most complete stock of. instiu rnents in this part ot the country. , We Invite poison.il Inspection of our In struments; their perfection and superiority will at once bo apparent. Our prices aie most reasonable considering quality and durability. Old pianos and organs taken In exchange. New pianos rented, and rent applied on purchase. Full line of low price pianos and organs on hand. Plain, but substantial. Cash or installments. Cata logues and full information free to any ad diess. llELLOR & HoEXE, Established 1831. . 77 Fifth Avenue. ISO Head of Horses at Ancllon, The Arnbelm Live Stock Company, limi ted, at 53 Second avenue, Pittsburg, l'a., will offer at auction Thursday, August 25, at 10 o'clock a. x. 87 head or sinzle drivinsr horses, pacers and trotters, without record, that can beat 2:10. 12 Kentucky saddlers, broke to do all gaits. 9 teams of matched carriage horses. CO head of horses and mares that weigh 1,100 to 1,700 lbs apiece; suitable for all pur poses. 3 imported Percheron stallions and ono impoitedFeicheronniAie, registered in the American and French stud book. Full ped igree given at the sale. 10 (three) 3-year old Fercheron colts. Also consignment 60 head of bus horses and mares. All stock sold without reserve to the high est bidder. The Arnhelm Live Stock Com Sany, limited, condnct their salei on pnre nslness principles. No by-bidding allowed at their sales. All stock guaranteed as lep resented. Sale positive; no postponement on account of the weather. Poor Flour Won't Make Good Bread. Everybody wants good bread. This is why grocers receive so many calls for and are sellimr so much or the celebrated "Rosalia" and "Our Best" brands of flour. Thero is no better flour in the world The Iron City Hilling Company manufactures It. rrs last Excursion to Atlantic City Via the B. & O. Railroad, Thursday, August 25, at the popular rate of $10 the round trip; tickets eood lor 12 days, and good to stop at Philadelphia, Baltimore nnd Washington re turning. Trains leave Pittsburg at 8 a. v. and 9:20 p. it. Djelnc to Iilvc, and Irving to Dye. Pfeifer, the dyer, has been dying for 25 years. Has he dyed for yout If not, try him. MS Sraithneld street, 100 Federal street, Allegheny. Telephones 1-61 and 34S9. ttsu Bttoncz kills roaches, bedbugs, etc, in stantly. 25 cents at all dealers. BECOMES A FOOTPAD. Havers Thought to Have Turned Up as a Highwayman. BOLD NIGHT ROBBERY AT VERONA. B. A. Ianghner Beaten and Then Shot at by the Miscreants. DETECTIVES WEARY WITH CIIA8ING S. A. Laughner, who lives near Verona, was assaulted, knocked down, robbed and then shot at near that place Saturday night by two men. From his decription of the assailants to Superintendent O'Mara yes terday, that officer believes one of them was Charles Havers, the desperado who escaped from the workhouse a week ago. Mr. Laughner is employed at the 'West inghoute Electric Works in this city. Sat urday evening his wife and two children were in the city and he walked down to Verona station to meet them at the 9:30 train. Only the children came on that train. They owere taken home, a neiehbor of Mr. Laughner's accompanying him and the children part of the way." At a lonely place alonz the railroad a tall man wearing a broad brimmed slouch hat, met them and asked the distance to Liughlin station, on the Plum Creek branch of the Valley Rail road. He was given the information aud started away. T-auchner As.anlted nnd Robbed. An hour later Mr. Laughner was passing the same spot on the way to meet his wile, who was coming in on the next train, when the same stranger agnin hailed him, asking the time and the distance to Langhlin. Mr. Laughner was answering the questions when another man sneaked up behind and struck him a heavy blow behind the ear. He dropped like a log. His assailants jumped upon and kicked him in the stomach until he was exhausted. Then they went through his pockets, took $10 and some papers from him and walked a short dis tance away where they stood talking. Laughner lay stunned for awhile, but finally recovered, and picking up a large stone started for bis assailant, demanding the return of his money. The tall man drew a revolver and exclaimed: "Stop! Don't come another step or we'll kill youl" Laughner hesitated when he saw the gleaming weapon. ''Give it to him any how!" cried the tall man's companion. The order was obeyed. A Ballet Went Through TIIb Hat. Laughner dodged just as the revolver was discharged and the bullet passed through the crown of his, derby hat. Then he ran down to the village and gave the alarm. A crowd of men started out after his assailants but after an hours' search gave up the chase. The local officials think Havers was the man who first struck Laugh mer and they have a suspicion as to the other's identity which may result in his arrest The Allegheny police found no positive traces of the missing man yesterday. Sev eral reports reached Superintendent Muth that the fugitive had been seen here and there, but none of them seemed to be trust worthy. One fellow claimed positively that he had seen Havers in the West Park, bnt when he was shown a nnmber of -photographs, including one of Havers, he picked out the wrong man. The detectives are weary with their many chases, but have not given up the search aud still hope to ' land the rascal behind the bars. Escapod From the Workhouse. It was reported last night that George BIBER & EAST0N. AUGUST SALE . LADIES' AND GENTS' 13 SPECIAL BARGAINS. 50 dozen Embroidered Silk Hand kerchiefs At 25c, Worth 35c. 30 dozen Sheer Hemstitched Hand kerchiefs, embroidered, At 18c, Worth 25c. Ladies' H. S. Embroidered Hand kerchiefs, 100 dozen, At 10c, 12c, 15c. Gents' H. S. Colored Borders, in immense variety, 10c, 12 1-2c, 15c, 20c to 50c. Gents' extra size Sheer All-Linen H. S., 1 inch, ij4 inch, 2 inch hems, 25c, 40c, 50c. Special loir prices on finer grades from 60c, 75c, $1 up to $4. BIBER & EAST0N, IOC AND 507 MAREKT S"C nu20-rrssu IF1 JL Ij L, 18 9 2. THE LARGEST EXCLUSIVE CARPET AND CURTAIN HOUSE IN THE WEST IS Packed From Cellar to Roof With Goods-, of Our Own Im portation. Come in and look through the stock, whether you wish to buy now or not EDWARD GROETZINGER, ! Saunders had escaped from the workhouse. He was employed with an outside crew, and, getting into the bushes, managed to make off. He was a short-term man, commit ted for vagrancy. The Leading Pittsburg, Pa, Dry Goods House. Tuesday, Aug. 23, WS. Jos.Hrortie&Co.'s Penn Ava. Stores. The Last Week Of our August Clearance Sale. We continue to offer attractions that will keep up the record of this most remarkable summer business. In Dress Goods To-day we offer, besides the bargains in summer goods, a number of lines designed espe cially for Fall wear at prices much below their actual values. About 1,500 yards, 4 good styles of stripe-mixture effects, in a dozen different regular Fall shades, all wool and full 36 inches wide, at 25c and 35c a yard. In season these goods would be sold for double these prices. Also about the same quantity of good all-wool 42-inch Plaid Suitings, a variety of styles, good new Fall colorings, at 50c a yard. Regular value 'of these goods is 75c. There'll be nothing more stylish this Fall than Storm Serges and there is no more attractive offering in this big houseful of bargains than these genuine all-wool Storm Serges at 50c and 75c a yard. The first is 38 inches wide two widths, 44 and 50 inch, at 75c Both the 50c and 75c lines come in Black, Brown and two shades of Blue, and in both broad and narrow wale. Good dark colors in Bedford Cords just the colors you will select in the Fall. Take our word for this These Bedfbrds are 42 to 50 inches wide, at 75c, $1 and $1.25 a yard. The same goods will cost those who do not take advantage of this offer from 25c to 50c a yard more in a week or two from now. A lot of 50-inch real English Suitings Navy Blue ground with fine white hair lines form ing stripes from to 1 inches wide at $1 a yard. During the season these goods sell for $1.25. The biggest saving for you yet mentioned is a lot of genu ine Scotch Home-Spun Suitings at ji they re fully $1.50 under their regular season price. The styles are good diagonals and fancy stripe-mixtures and the colors all just right for FalL Price at regular times $2.50 now only $1. The French Challies are 25c, 38c and 45c a yard finest goods made. LansdoWne. There is but one real Lans downe, and Lansdowne has no peer, perhaps, among all the sorts of fabrics for house or evening wear. Lansdowne is always one price here $1.20. , ' We have all shades. Jos. Hrortie 8l Go., 609-621 Penn Ave. anJt J. K. MILLER. & CO. Contract for papering churches, schools and public buildings. All Grades of Wall Paper. 543 SmithfieldSt., Pittsburg, Pa. Jyw-ra Fine Stationery. Blank Books. CARDS. Calling, Reception and Wedding Cards, en graved or printed; best styles; low prices. W. V. DERM ITT 4 CO., 407 GRANT ST. AUD J9 SIXTH AYJS, Law Blank. '?
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