lMB"V9naBa'HHiH r2 gcaBgawePSJMg public purposes, or may they also be im posed for the pecuniary advantage of such persons or classes as are able tp control Con gressional action in their favor? It seems to mo like a travesty on taxation to re quire, as the McKinley bill does, the farm er who srnws corn in Indiana, to pay a bounty to the farmer who produces' cane sugar in Louisiana, or to requite the farmer who grows wheat in Pennsylvania, to pay a bounty to ihi tarmer who produces maple sugar in Vermont; but it is nearer than tragedv to the masses of the people to in crease "the wealth of the very wealthy own. era of most of our protected industries. Who Will Fry the Fat. But even such inequality and injustice are the least of its evils, for while such a system endures, political corruption is abso lutely sure to increase, as such a system not only "invites but it requires the corrupt use ot money both at the polls and in Congress. It is ot "the very essence, that "fat" shall be "filed" out of its beneficiaries. Who shall happen to do the "frying," or who shall happen to distribute the "tat" upon any particular occasion, is a mere matter of detail; but while that system lasts both will continue to be done by somebody. And the evils of a system of legislative bounties, so far lrom stopping, only besin with those bounties secured to the indus tries protected by the tariff -The disas trous course of the Republican party on the silver question is an apt illustration of this trutli. It ought to be an honest money party, and it would be if it could; but while it demanded increased bounties for in favorite manufacturers, it could not refuse increased bounties to the silver producers, at the Totes they control were probably necessary to the passage of the SIcKinley bill. So situated the Republican party had no alternative but to pass the silver law of 1890, doubling the purchase of silver and requiring the building of more warehouses in which to store the useless metal. Pension Abuses Bother Ulm. The total purchases made bv the Govern ment amount to hundreds of millions of dollars, and would not realize, if resold, one-half their cost, while the poison ot a debased currency, whose work, however slow, is sure, is making itself daily more and more felt in every channel ot business and finance, and is inevitably driving gold out ot the country and leading us to all the evils ot a fluctuating and therefore desperate currency based upon silver alone. The Re publican party cannot take auy effective steps towards repealing the bill, for the silver men are very likelv, if their bounty is stopred, to so vote that the bounties of the SIcKinley bill will stop also. The abuses of the pension system furnish mother apt illustration of the evils sure to follow such a system of legislation. If Congress was to levy taxes upon the people to confer bounties upon certain classes of manufacturers, it was very natural that the pension agents should also join hands to in crease their fees byan indiscriminate grant ing of pensions. The result is that nearly a generation after the close of the war there is a stead v increase of the vast sums passing through the pension agents' hands, until now the total amount staggers belief, and has become of itself a very serious burden upon the Treasury. From the day ot Lee's surrender until now, no single voice has ever been raised against the most generous provision for every person who had any just claim upon the gratitude of the country; but surely there is neither reason nor justice in legislation which destroys all dis tinction between the discharge of dnty and the shirking of it, between loyal service and desertion of the colors, between wounds received m battle and diseases contracted in the pursuits of peace. Immigration Must Be Checked. There is still another great and increasing evil, chiefly traceable, in my opinion, to the maintenance of an excessive tariff since the' war, and constant meddling with it to make it higher, and that is the bringing to our shores of those vast swarms of undesira ble immigrants who degrade American la bor by their competition and threaten the stabilfty of institutions based upon an intel ligent love of country. JiiBt as the duties upon imported merchandise have been in creased, so has the grade of imported labor been lowered, until now, under ihe McKin ley bill, there are coming here every month many thousands of more ignorant, and therefore less desirable, laborers than ever before. It is not easy to exaggerate the moral evils they are likely to inflict upon our social order and our national life. As the Republican party is now definite ly committed to the policy of taxing the people for the purpose of giving bounties to such persons or interests a? can secure the necessary votes in Congress, so the Demo cratic narty is now definitely committed to the policy of restricting taxation to the needs of the Government for public pur poses alone. The gulf fixed between these tno policies of taxation is as wide and deep as can well exist between political parties; and I am also convinced that the other causes in which I am interested cannot hope lor success until the avowed policy of the Republican party on this subject is over thrown. Some Tilings Walt Until Then. Until then the right of eacli State to con trol elections within its boundaries will not be secure. Until then there is no prospect of enjoying the single and stable standard of value which other civilized and commer cial nations possess. Until then there is no hope of placing either our pension system or the regulation of immigration upon a just and proper basis. Until then the puri fication of our politicstwill continue "the irndescent dream" which high Republican authority has declared it must always re main. Until then any pretended reform of the ciil service must prove, as it has proved these past four years, a delusion "and a snare. 'And until then, even ballot re form, the best help yet discovered to honest elections, and already threatened with overthrow by the Republican mauagers in Maine, may share the same fate of betrayal in the house ot its pretended friends. All thesegood causes .are, in the very nature of things the relentles' fores of a system d! government by bounties to favored in terests, and such a system is their relent less foe. As I believe, for the reasons I have give,n, that the trne welfare of the country would be promoted by Mr. Cleveland's election, it is ray duty to vote lor him, and, as I recall the cij.acity, the fidelity and the courage with which he has heretofore dis charged every public trust committed to hi in, the duty becomes a pleasure. Sincerely yours, "Wayne MacVeagh. O'MABA. ACCUSED OF KIDHAPIHG. i A New Jersey Grand Jury Atked to Indict Him, hut lie Denies the Charge. Word was received in this city yesterday that l'rosecuting Attorney Ivins, of Mon mouth county, New Jersey, had asked the October grand jury, which opened there yesterday, to indict Police Superintendent O'Mara, of this city, for kidnaping. The charge is the'result of O'Mara's bringing Mollock, the alleged accomplice of Anarch ist Berkman, from Long Branch. When asked what he thought of the charee, the Superintendent s.ud: "The whole thing is absurd, not to say childish. Ihe police of New Jersey arrested the man and put him on the train. I got on the train afterward. 'Mollock made no ofler to get off, and I made no demonstration that would justify any such charge. If he had desired to get off the train in Hew Jersey I knew my business well enough not to resist him. After he crossed the line into Penn sylvania I might have prevented his leav ing the train, but he didn't try." Academy of Science and Art. The first regular monthly meeting of the Academy of Science and Art, season ot 1892-93, will be held on Friday evening next. On that occasion Dr. Eugene C Matson will read a pap er on Asiatic chol era, giving a history ot the epidemic, its symptoms, modes of infection, bacteria, description of the baccillus, the water sup ply and sewerage, its treatment and pre vention and personal and municipal hygiene duriDg au epidemic. Mfe'S -"jpr Tbe Soldiers' Orphans' Schools to Bet Merged Into In stitutions FOE INDIGENT CHILDEEN. The Association of Poor' Directors Will at Once Recommend ACTION BT THE LEGISLATURE. An Authority on Charity Matters Talks on the Subject. THE SCHEME IS.8AID TO BE POPULAR John D. Carr, of Unlontown, was in Pittsburg yesterday on his way to Erie, Pa., where he wilr next week attend the annual meeting of the State Association of Poor Directors, to be held in that city. Mr. Can; is Steward of the Payette County Almshouse. He is recognizjd as ad author ity on charity matters, and for many years he has been conspicuous in every move ment made in the State to improve the con dition of the poor. , The gathering of Poor officials at Erie next week will be decidedly important, and ope of the most interesting subjects to be considered will be the preparation of a memorial to be presented to the next Legis lature askine that the soldiers' orphans' schools be transformed into industrial schools forthe indigent children of the State. Mr. Carr will propose the undertaking to the Erie Convention. He has for several months been in correspondence with the Poor Directors iu every county in the State, and a majority of them, Mr. Carr says, have written him to the effect that they will favor the scheme. Governor Pattison has already declared himself in favor of the industrial schools and the Soldiers' Orphan School Commission will meet in Harrisbnrg on Oc tober 13 to consider the same subject. New Use for Orphans' Schools. There are at present four soldiers' or phans' schools in the State. Tbey are located at Chester Springs, Chester county; Harford, Susquehanna county, Philadel phia and Uniontown. No new pupils have been admitted to any of the schools since 1S87, and when the schools reconvened some weeks ago for the winter term, less than 500 scholars reported. The pnpils are dis charged from the schools at-the age of 16, and it is estimated that in three years all the schools will be closed, all the wards having by that time reached the age limit. "My proposition to continue the orphan schools as industrial institutions for the poor children of the State under the pro tection and management of the State au thorities is not a new one" Mr. Carr said. "At our last anneal meeting I suggested this scheme, but the delegates to the con vention from Philadelphia county jumped on me with both feet I was not given a respectful hearing. Since then, however, a great change of feeling has been worked and I have had great encouragement from every Post of the State. I have been asked to prepare and read a paper on the subject at the Erie meeting, and with these re quests have come assurances of support,and I am now confident the Erie Convention will unanimously petition the Legislature in behalf of such a law, and I am just as confident that the Legislature will find little or no trouble in legislating the suggested transformation in the Soldiers' Orphan Schools. Tbe Bights or Poor Children. "The proposition is not only feasible, but such institutionsare positively necessary. The State has very generously provided for all its unfortunates save the children, and the constant neglect of children is re sponsible for the greater part of our pauperism. Poor children have the same right to an education and a careful train ing as do rich children. Some of the best men our country has ever known were poor. They were successful only be cause they were looked alter and properly guided in their youth. Under our present charity laws a child cannot be kept in a poor house but for a short time. The laws say positively' that we are not allowed to keep them, but they do not say what we are to do with them after we turn them from our institutions. We are al lowed to keep children between the ages of 4 jears and 1G years jnst four months. Then we must dispose of them in some way not specified. No pro vision is made for their care and unless the' Ladies' Aid Society or some charitably dis posed persons take them up and care for them we must either cruelly turn them out to starve or else violate the plain letter of the law by keeping them with us. The Prevention of Pauperism. "I have always contended that the only possible preventive of pauperism is the education and training of our indigent chil dren. If we look after the boy the man, as a general thing, will look after himself. We have now asylums for the insane, institu tions for the blind, the deaf and dumb. We have almshouses tor grown people and we have hospitals for the sick, but we have ab- solutely no arrangement for the care of our indigent children, the absence of which in mv judgment makes many of the other in stitutions necessary. The people of the State are realizing our condition in this respect, and they are in dead earnest in securing some remedy. Onr Erie meeting will hear the report of the commission appointed to amend and re construct the chariy laws of the State. The report of the commission will by the con vention be lorraed into a bill which will also be submitted to the Legislature, and will, no doubt, be promptly enaeted into a law. The new law will correct many of the evils in our present system. It will prohibit the hiring out of paupers, and it will work many other reforms." Indorsed by a State legislator. M. B. Lemon, a member of the State Legislature from the Third district, Pitts burg, and also a member of the com mission of soldiers' orphans' schools of the State, said last night that he was heartily in favor of transforming the schools into industrial institutions tor the care ot indigent children. "Our commis sion has been considering this matter lor some months, nndwe will neartily join with the poor authorities in bringing about such an arrangement Our commission will meet in Harrisburg on the 13th and among O TO CURE PAUPERISM Expect not more from servants than is just, Reward them well if they observe, their trust, And, should your servant leave, you'll find her match By a small adlet placed in THE DISPA TCH. other things we -will discuss the industrial school question. The Go vernor" will attend onr Harrisburg meeting and it has already been announced that he will join with us in the proposed scheme" WILL GO THIS TIME, SURE. O'Hara Avenue Possibilities Expected to Cause a Demand for the Government Property It Will ,Be Offered' Soon More Plans Relative to the New Street Another attempt to sell the Government property at Garrison alley and Penn ave--nuc will be made at the Chamber of Com merce on November 16. John D. Bailey will act as auctioneer. This property was offered last winter and knockeddown to A. T. Bowand, but he failed to make good. Subsequently it was oflered again, but' no bids -at anything near its value were made. ' It is expected there will be no difficulty in selling the property this time at a good figure. Chief Bigelow'a proposition to open O'Hara avenue through that section has added considerably to its value- The new thoroughfare will cut through the strip. Chief Bigelow is anxious that some public spirited man will purchase the prop erty and, seeing the value ot the proposed new street, will assist in having the project carried through. It is expected work on the new street at its lower end Vill be commenced before the first of the year. Plans are now being drawn of the Point as it will be when tbe improvement is made. The network of narrow alleys which now intersect Mrs. Schenley's property there will be vacated and new street lines made in several in stances. Second street will be moved bod ily so that it will give the block house park a frontage on the corner of Second street and O'Hara avenue. The indications that the new street will be cut through to Small man street are improving each day.' Mr. Bigelow says he has never known a big im provement to receive such general and steady support from those who will have to bear the expense as has been shown in this case. Hardly a day passes but some property owners along the street call on him to promise their support and urge the immediate carrying out of the plan. This is just what he "wants, as the sooner he knows just what strength he will have be hind him the sooner a start will be made. A meeting of the Surveys Committee will be held this afternoon to take action on the ordinance locating O'Hara avenue from Water to Sixth streets. A full set of draw ings will be presented to the committee showing how the new street will be cut through.! TO STOP THE USE OF CALKS. Chief Bigelow Has an Ordinance to Prevent Their Use on Horseshoes. At the next meeting of Councils Chief Bigelow will have introduced an ordinance fixing a penalty for the use of calks on the shoes of horses in this city. The measure is expected to create considerable discus sion. That is what the Chief desires. While in Europe he found many cities where snch a law was in force. In Glasgow, he says, a city lully as hilly as Pittsburg, the law is in force and teams draw just as heavy loads with as much ease as they do here. t'l don't know whether the ordinance will be passed or not," said the Chief last evening, '"but I believe it ought to be, and will impress my. views on Councils. There is no doubt but the large sharp-edged calks on .the shoes of horses wear out our pavements. They cut up the asphalt streets rapidly and they wear off the square cat block stone pavements in a short time so that tbey become no better than old fashioned cobble stone streets. If judg ment was nsed as to the size of calks it would not be so bad, but the majority of horse owners have the calks made an extra ordinary length. I have seen them an inch and a half long. But calks are unnecessary. They do not assist a horse under ordinary circumstances and on slippery pavements are a serious drawback unless they are sharp and new. On the Broadway street car line in New York, there are hundreds of horses, and not one of them wears calks, winter or summer." EEV. HE. HUHTES DISLIKED. His Congregation Against Him Because He Opposed tho Coolers. Eev. Dr. McAllister, of the Eighth Street Reformed Presbyterian Church, is the father-in-law of Eev, J. H. Hunter, the Uniontown divine, who has played such a prominent part in the capture o'f the Cooley gang leaders. Last Friday Dr. McAllister visited his son-in-law. Last night, in speak ing of the annihilating of these famous bandits, he referred to tbe remarkable feel ing of the Fayette county people toward the Cooleys. "The sentiment down there," said he, "has always been in favor of the bandits. Mr. Hunter has always been against the Cooleys' methods. "Stranee as it may seem, he has thus made himself rather un popular. Eor quite a long time past half of his congregation have refused to speak to him because of his efforts in helping to bring these robbers to justice. Another evidence of this came to light when Bert Cooley was sentenced to the penitentiary. Immediately a remonstrance signed by 3G0 citizens was presented to the Court asking for the rescinding of the sentence. It was hard work to get 60 people to sign a re monstrance opposing it. I think the senti ment will change now, as it was maintained only through fear of the gang." PBEPAEIHG FOE COLUMBUS DAY. Meeting of Southsiders To-Uight, and Colored People's Meeting Friday Night. A public meeting to make arrangements for the celebration of Columbus Day will be held at the South Thirteenth Street Turner Hall to.night. Eepresentatives of various Souths'de organizations will be present and report. A meeting of tbe Executive Committee will be held to morrow night. Eecogniziug that the discovery of this continent marked the dawn of human lib erty which they have been for the first time in history enabled to enjoy, the colored people intend to join in the celebration of Columbus Dav. A meeting was held last night at the Union Club rooms, Grant and Diamond streets, at which it was decided to call a mass meeting on Friday night of' representatives of all colored religious, civic and secret organizations in the county. The call is signed by H. J. Fowler, A. T. Hall, W. S. Brown, E. a Maguire, D. a Mahoney and Lemuel Googins. UNIOH VEESU3 K0H-UHIOH. . A Wife Stands by Her Husband Against Her Brother. Patrick Kennedy was arrested yesterday on a warrant sworn out before Alderman Kerr by Mrs. Kate Enwrlght.v his sister, charging him with disorderly conduct. Kennedy is one of the locked-out men at Carnegie's Thirty-third street mill and the plaintiff's husband is one of the non-union men working in the mill Kennedy got into a quarrel with Mrs. Enwright's husband and became so violent that he was put out of the house. She alleges that he tried to get back and kicked the door and stoned the house and cursed so loudly that he at tracted the attention of every person in the neighborhood. Kennedy gave bail for a hearing to-night. W -THEY ARET0. CONFER. Generals Greenland and Wiley Hay To-Day Withdraw THE TROOPS FKOM HOMESTEAD. McLuckie Saya He Will Not Come Back to Pennsylvania Now. TBE MILL FENCE IS BEING TORN DOWK Brigadier General Wiley and Adjutant General Greenland will go to Homestead this evening-or to-morrow morning to care fully examine the condition of affairs there with a view to withdrawing the troops. General Wiley arrived in Pittsburg last night Shortly , after his arrival he was taken sick and confined to his room at the Seventh Avenne Hotel. He wai much improved at midnight and 'said he would be all right this morning. General Greenland will arrive from Harris burg to-day. Colonel Kreps, of the Fifteenth Regi ment, is now in charge of the Sheriff's dep uties at Homestead. Among the depttties are several privates and four or five officers in the National Guard, form erly connected with the commands already recalled. It Is believed by the officials of the National Guard that the deputies under their present arrangement are strong enough to prevent any outbreak or suppress any uprising that might occur. The responsibility for keeping the troops at Homestead has been placed by Governor Pattison upon General Wiley who will be allowed to act upon his own responsibility, in regard to recalling the soldiers. There are at present but 140 soldiers on duty at 'Homestead. The brigade head quarters have been abandoned and the ex pense to the State has been reduced to the minimum. Tearing Down the Mill Fence. Two hundred and fifty feet of the mill fence was torn down yesterday afternoon by workmen of the firm, and last night the outer mill yard from the restaurant to the company stores was open. The remainder of the fence along Eighth avenue will be removed by to-day, and the company houses inside the yard will be opened on to the road. The company offi cials say the reason for tearing down the fence is that so far as they are concerned the strike is practically over, and they de sire operations to continue just as they did in May. There was considerable interest among the lock-out men over this new move. Several hundred men gathered to watch the operation. At first thev heard that the strike was to be declared off, and wheu the real object was learned much disappoint ment ensued. Forty-tvi o new men were brought up on the Tide last night and will be put at work to-day. It is claimed the majority are skilled workers and will prove valuable to the firm when tbey aro familiarized with the workings of the plant. Last night the occupation of the Tide ended, tiie company feeling it was no longer necessary to trans port men and provisions by river. Mcl.ucklo May Be Brought Back. It is currently reported the Carnegie Steel Company proposes to take immediate steps to extradite John McLuckie, who is in Youngstown, A dispatch from Yonngs- towu last night saia: juurgess JMcLuckte, of Homestead, who has been here with friends lor ten days past, at last admits that he will not go hack to Homestead right away. After a consultation with bis attor ney he announces that he will remain on this side of the State line. v The reason he persists in giving is that if he goes back to Homestead he. will have to go to jail, probably, and remain there weeks awaiting trial. He declares when ever a date is fixed lor trial of the cases against him he will go into court with his counsel and cheerfully abide the verdict of a jury. He will ieave this city for a time, but says be will be within call ot his friends at any time. This is a complete change of iroutfrom his professed purposes of a few days ago. IHE WEONG HAH AEEESTED. He Was Thought to Bo Evan Jones, but Ho Was Not. Attorney W. J. Brennen yesterday went before Judge McClung and asked for an order for the release of the Homestead man arrested Monday as Evan Jones. He was arrested in Homestead by Constable Farrell on a bench warrant issued for Evan Jones on the charge of aggravated riot. Mr. Brennen claimed the prisoner was not Evan Jones. The Court fixed 4 o'clock for a hearing and at that time Mr. Brennen was present with witnesses. Officer Farrell was also present. The witnesses testified that they had known the prisoner for years, and he was (William Henry Jones, and not the man wanted. It developed, however, that when the arrest was made the prisoner and the bystanders would give the officer no satis faction, telling him the man's name was Patterson, Thompson, etc As a result he was arrested. His release was ordered. 1W0 MOKE HOMESTEAD AEBESIS, One Is Charged Witli Treason and tho Other With Riot , P. J. Fagan, another of tbe Homestead men charged with treason, waived a hearing yesterday and gave 510,000 bail for court. His bondsmen were Hubert Abies and John Eushe. John H. Niper, another Homestead man, arrested for aggravated riot,, tarnished $2,000 bail and was released. His bondsman was Thomas H. Baynes,oneof the Advisory Committee, who is under 510,000 bail him self on the charge of treason. No Return Made Set. The cases against Chairman Frick, Secre tary Lovejoy and others of the Canegie officials and Pinkerton detectives brought by Burgess McLuckie were before the grand jury yesterday, but no returns w ere made. WILL MEET IK DECEMBER. Tho National Reform Association Prepar ing for Its Annual Meeting. The Executive Committee of the National Eeform Association met yesterday in Ihe Y. M. O. A. building. A sub-committee reported on arrangements for the annual conference on the Christian principle of civil government, to be held in Philadelphia tho first week in December. In reference to divorce reform four new documents have been issued in the last two months. The constitutional amendment to make pos sible a national ..marriage and divorce law was reported as now pending before Congress. A sub-committee in charge of the work has be,en or ganized in Philadelphia, with .Bishop Whittaker in charge. Six documents on other departments ot the work have jpst been issued, among which is the recent decision of the Supreme Court affirming the connection of the American Govern ment with the Christian religion. Eev. Dr. Bittenhouse, of Philadelphia, was ap pointed special secretary for Sabbath ob servance. Eev. E. C Wvlie on labor ques tion, and Josiah W. Leeds, of Philadel phia, on peace and arbitration. The Rights of a Wholesaler. The case of John McCarthy, who was ar rested on the Southside on Monday for peddling without license, has been held over by Magistrate Succop. There seems to be a question of law involved that has not been settled, as to what rights a whole saler has to aell without a license. DIPHTHERIA ABATING. The Disease Is Slowly Leaving the People of the Yonghlogheny Valley West Newton Schools Are Now Closed Breeding Germs at Their Doors. . For the past year the Yonghlogheny Val ley has been steadily visited with diph theria. Luckily now the scourge is abat ing, but there still remains considerable of the disease. From Buena Vista to West Newton this malady has been the worst since last October, hundreds of cases, many of them fatal,having been treated in the val ley. Yesterday reports reached Pittsburg that West Newton was undergoing an awful scourge. The disease, it was said, had grown so bad that the schools had to be closed.' Investigation proves this to be in part false. The schools have been closed for two weeks. There are now about sfcc cases of diptheria in West Newton, but the physicians of the town think none of them are dangerous. During the past summer there have been about 100 cases in the town. Of this num ber eight proved fatal. This, of course, scared the people, and the other day, when a a little school girl took diptheria, it was thought advisable to close the schools. Other towns in the valley close to West Newton have suffered more than it has." Blythesdale -and Industry, mining towns down the river a couple of miles, have fared badly. The mortality has there been the highest. These towns are now about free from the disease. Mon 'day the worst case was removed by death. The others are convalescent. At Buena Vista there are six cases. One o"r two of them are considered bad. Here, as in the other towns, the disease is losing its hold. At Suter, several miles up the river, there is no diphtheria: at all, but the town is af flicted with typhoid fever. At present there are seven cases of the malady. What causes all this sickness is a query to the physicians. The towns of the valley do not nse the waters of the Yotighiogbeny, but get their supply from springs and wells. These, they claim, do not receive any of the drainage of the towns. Another thing which perplexes them is why the disease should have been so prevalent in the country and isolated dis tricts. There, the doctors say, thef had their worst cases. As for the towns, they are inhabited principally by miners. A visit gives one a fair idea of how the germ is cultivated. Mrny of the houses where diphtheria has raged in tbe towns outside ot West Newton are run on a very untidy plan. The garbage Is piled outside the iront doors, and in this way half the people have a germ plant right under their 'noses. THE KHIQHTS ACTED HASTILY. Major Dcnnlston Says So and Bishop Phelan Emphasizes It. Eelative to the resolution adopted by Duquesne Commandery Knights of St John, Major J. F. Denniston says their action was premature. The Major says he has not appointed his staff yet, and that thereforche has not slighted the Catholics as the resolution contends. He has named three men as his chief assistants who are not Catholics, but without a thought of their religious belief. Eeligion or politics, he says, will not influence his appointments, but every religion will be represented. The general impression is that the resolu tion ot the Knights was passed without proper consideration. It certainly does not meet with the approval of a majority of Cathofie Organizations. They are in hearty accord nith the expressed wishes of Bishop Phelan, who has strongly emphasized from the beginning of the movement, that he was averse to a distinctive Catholic celebra tion should the civic authorities determine to celebrate the day. He said it was a day for all citizens, irrespective of creed, class or color; that Columbus and his grand work were the heritage of all American citizens. This same sentiment he strongly urges in his official letter to the Catholic clergy and laity of this diocese, which will he pub lished in his diocesan organ this week. Bishop Phelan has caused it to be plainly understood that the action of the Knights' of St. John has not .the approval of Cath olic authority, but rather the reverse. WOMEN MISS10NAEIES Will Hold Their Seint-Annual Gathering at Mt Lebanon Thursday. The members ot the Women's Missionary Society of Monongahela Presbytery of the United Presbyterian Church will hold their semi-annual meeting to-morrow at St Clair Church, Mt Lebanon. They will meet at the foot ot the Castle Shannon incline in the morning, and go to Arlington station, from where they will drive to the church. Mrs. Eev. J. D. Sands will conduct the de votional exercises in the morning, and Mrs. T. J. Gillespie in the afternoon. A conference on missions will be opened by Miss Mary Stevenson, Miss Jlilla May et, Miss Essie Kcarns, Miss Clara Wilson, Miss Jennie Turner and Miss Agnes J. Mitchell Mrs. Mary Clokey-Porter will talk on "An Extra Penny a Day," and Mrs. Eev. Van Fossen will have charge of the Question box. Delegates will be elected f to the Women's General Missionary Society, which meets In Omaha next May. Mb. Dakiel ARsnEix has shipped' from Ottuwa, Cuuada, SO head of hoi sea, 20 of which uio cxtia heavy Canadian draughc horses: 18 head of hacking cobs aud English coach horses. They were noted as the best lot of horses that have left Canada this year, mid willariivo at the Arnheim Live Stock Company'b,Llniited,stable,52 Second avenue, on Wednesday morning. Wo invite all lovers of horses, whether wiqhinir to pur chase or not, to call' nnd see them. The Canadian horse is noted for hfc hardy con stitution and is considcied far superior for all purposes to any breed of horses wa have in this country. They will he sold at low margins. Prrrsnuno XATiosxi Bask of Cojtmeece, ) October 4. 1S92. Whereas, Tho members of this beard have learned with profound sorrow of tho death of Mi. Charles Arbuthnot, cssociated with them for many jeirs as a Uirecfor.it is rosolved that there bo spread upon the minutes their liifh appreciation of h:s genial ways, sound Judgment, upright char acter and sterling integrity. KesolvotI, That this resolution bo pub lished, engrossed nnd conveyed to his lam Uy with our sincere condolence. J. T. Colvis-, President C. L Wade, Cashier. OVERCOATS FOR FALL WEAR. Our Great SI 50 Offer P. C. C. C. It's caught on. Everyone wants one and no one is satisfied who does not see our great lino or men's fall overcoats at $7 50. They won't come to meet you, so hotter call at our store and look them over. All shades, black, brown, tixford, tan and gray, silk faced or plain with satin alcove-lining. $7 SO buys one to-day. Can't bo matched for less than $15 at any other store. P. C. C. C., Clothiers. . Cor. Grant and Diamond streots. WnET coin: to Canton, O., stop at the Harnett House; strictly first-class; refitted and refurnished thronghout Elegant ample rooms. Kates, $2 CO and $.3 30. DELP & BELL Barcalns ixx T&xmtxt?& 1 Wo have J ust placed on sale another carload of our wonderful Cabinet Folding Bed at $18. The regular price of this bed is $25 every where. They aie going fast Call early and leave your order. DELP & BELL, lit and 15 Federal St., Allegheny. N. B. See the bargains we offer in cham ber and parlor suits. se25-wKu TAXING STREET CARS. Allegheny City Proposes to Enforce an Ordinance Affecting Bapld Transit, Companies large Sams Long Overdue Salts to Recover May Be Entered. The sub-committee of the Allegheny Finance Committee this evening will dis cuss the taxation of the Pittsburg, Alle gheny and Manchester and the Pleasant Valley traction companies. Councilman C V. Lewis said yesterday that they pro posed to make the companies pay for every car as fixed by ordinance. The companies claim that the tax should be paid on the average number of cars run during the vear, but the seotion of the ordinance re lating to it is very explicit Section 22 is as follows: That for tho first period of five years after said company shall commence running their cars; they shall not be subject to tax on cars and dividends; for the second perloa or five years said company shall pay to tho Treasurer of tho said city $20 per year for each car, and S per cent upon all dividends declared: lor the third period of Ave rears, $30 per year for each c ir, and 5 per cent on dividends, and thereafter the sum of $40 per year for each car, and 5 per cent on divi dends; tbe pavment of tho snm assessed upon each car Is to be made one month after the beginning ot the second period of five years, and at the same date annually there after, and tbe said cars shall bo numbered as drays and i carriages are now numbered under tne ordinances of said city, regulattiug licenses of said vehicles. Tbe President of said co-npany shall annually on the first Monday ot J uly in each year make a written return under oath to the Controller of said city of the number of cars which may at anytime durins the vear run upon said road and the books -of said company shall at all times be open to inspection of tho Finance Committee or any other committee appointed for that purpose. "That," said Mr. Lewis, "is very plain. It is almost an exact copy of the set of the Legislature and was accepted bv both com panies and I think they are liable. We claim 51,106 80 more than the Pleasant Valley report as due and propose to get it. For the years 1876-77-73-79-80 and '81 there was a difference of 81,796 05, on which suit was entered and a decision rendered in our favor. It was taken to the Supreme Court and in 1884 that body affirmed the finding. Under that decision I think we can recover all that is due. The negligenceis partly due to the companies and partly the city's fault in letting it go by default There is also a sum due from away back in the sixties. We are waiting on a decision lrom the City At torney on this before we enter suit." The entire evening will be taken up with the discussion, and a plan will be formu lated for proceeding against the companies for the amonnt du& RP. & NEW ART DEPARTMENT. RED ROOM. Italian Marble, Keal Bronzes, Sevres Vases, Cabinets, Hall Clocks and Art Furniture. DRESDEN ROOM. Bare China, Donlton, Crown Derby, Royal Worcester, Dresden, lierltn and. Tienna Ware. BLUE ROOM. American Cut Glass Over 1,000 pieces from all tho most eclobrated makers. ONYX ROOM. Onyx, China and Gilt Clocks, Table, Lnmp3, ' Pedestals and Silver and Gold iloui Work. I Wedding Gifts a special feature. Corner Fifth Av. end Market St. ot3-uw HUGHS I HAGKE. This week we direct special attention to our new lines of Printed French Flannels; high class novelty designs, the handsomest -we have ever imported. Embroidered Flan nels, white and color ed, .new styles, just re ceived 65c to $3,00 a yard. Flannelettes, over 100 different styles dark and light color ings, in price from I2jc to 40c a yard. Eider Flannels in complete color assort ment In the Linen De partment we are show ing an exceptionally choice collection of D'Oylies, Dresser Scarfs, Center Pieces, Lunch Cloths, Side board Covers, etc., to which we call particu lar notice. These are hand-worked and prices very moderate. FIFTH NL UNO MMET 5T. o2c-nwrsa . Opening a Democratic Clabroom." The Democrats of the Eleventh and Thir teenth wards open np their dubroom, at the comer of Kirkpatrick street and Wylie avenue, to-night Enil instructions will be given on the Baker ballot law, and the rooms will be open, to all citizens In the evening. Tne Leading Dry Goods House. nttsbunr, ph., Wedesday,Oot6,lS0i JOS. HORNE & CO. It Is Time NoW To Looklnto the Question of FALL AND WINTER - WRVPS! We are ready with a full stock of everything that is new, nobby, stylish and fashionable I in the way of Ladies' Fall and Winter Over Garments. We are already very busy in this completely stocked Cloak De partment DIAGONAL CHEVIOT COATS, 30 inches long. A very stylish garment Only $j. ENGLISH CHEVIOTTOP COATS, double breasted. The fashionable shape at $10. Other extra good values in English Cheviot, loose front, double-breasted Jackets, at$io, $12 and $15. FINE CLAY DIAGONAL JACKETS, 30, 32 and 34 inches long, at the same prices. All the latest styles in tight fitting Cape Jackets, Cape Ulsters, Russian Style Jack ets .and Ulsters. Latest style ULSTERS, with Watteau plait in back, and with the big sleeve very stylish. 1 LOUIS XL CLOTH C APES the novelty of the season, in black and in the fashionable colors. FUR-TRIMMED COATS, at popular selling prices, in rough cloths trimmed -with' all the most fashionable furs. Now is the time to make your selections while the stock is complete. New styles in Cloth Wraps for elderly ladies. Daisy arrivals In this department of the very latest and newest ideas in Wraps and Outer Garments of every sort An early visit will save you the annoyance of the rush that usually comes later in the season. 607-621 PENN AVE. ocB EVERY PAIR -OF- SIMEN'S Gents' Shoes at $2.50 are above the usual in workmanship and fitting. Bluchers Balmorals and Congress tipped toes and plain toes, in Globe, New York, Paris, Opera, London and Picidilla. FOR NARROW and EXTRA WIDE FEET, extra heavy soles, cork soles, light and medium soles. English grain, Waterproof, Kan garoo, Clear Cut Calf and Puritan Calf. 'Six.(6) widths to fit all feet at SS2.50. CAN WE fit you in fine Dress Boots at $2.50, $3, $4 and 5? TRY G. D. SIMEN," 78 OHIO ST., ALLEGHENY,'. SC23-MTT JOS. HORNE & 00.
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