I . K tented by Bepublicans mar be even more exciting'than those of the" districts repre sented by Democrats. If Mr. Harrity shows no greater acuteness in his manipu lation of the Pennsylvania appointment;, or in his attempt to control them, than he did in his so-called peace-making in regard to the Inauguration Committee of the Dis trict, he will make a fine mess of it. As in Pennsylvania so in the District, there are two factions of the Democrats. I do not think that any factions in the country hare a monkey and parrot time more constantly or with a greater show of energy than' here in the District, where the people have no right ot suffrage. The Chairman as Peacemaker. James L. If orris, the leader of one faction, got his crowd recognized by the National Committee. As the boss of the District Democracy, therefore, he proceeded to ap point his committee to take charge of the arrangements ior the inauguration. It is considered a great honor to be placed on this committee, and a position in the list is sought after by every man who wants an office, as it is considered to be a high stepping-stone toward success. Norris" impudent act in assuming the richt to alone dictate this important com mittee, which is always supposed to be non partisan, raised such a row that Harrity was called upon to act as peacemaker. He paid a visit to the city, remained for several days, and then appointed a committer which was practically the Norris committee, ex cept that it was not so "representative." Nothing has been said about his blunder in the public prints, but it has been talked of privately to such an extent that he will probably be compelled to revise his list Two Important Factors Turned Down. The Hebrew citizen is a great power here, as he is everywhere, and notwithstanding the fact that no inauguration committee lias been lormed for long Tears without a rep resentative of that race being prominent in the list, Mr. Harrity tailed to remember, or was too Iresh in the business to remember, this important feature-of his peacemaking. Mr. Norris did not remind him of it, prob ably for the reason that Mr. Norris did not like the interference of Mr. Harrity, and thought that he might have remained at home attending to his own business. A number of the wealthiest and most public-spirited gentlemen in the city are of the Hebrew race. Some of them have been recognized in the most complimentary manner, -with high appointments by other administrations. All of them hare taken foremost placet at various times in great public demonstrations, and to ignore them entirely, as Mr. Harrity did in his ignorance of the'district, was a faux pas of which no shrewd politician could have been guilty. Another blander, though not so serious as this one, was his neglect to appoint a representative of the press to take charge of the press arrangements. This has in variably been done. In fact, it is a necessity. Mr. Hkrrity, however, though cosmopolitan in his views of the control of Pennsylvania patronage, forgot two of the mightiest levers employed in the world-moving process, the Hebrews and the press. HEATED BY ELECTRICITY. The Chartiers Branch of the IVest End Rail way Opened Now Method for Tt arming Cars Heavy Passenger Traffic Calls for lletter Equipment A Itapid Increase. The long expected opening of the Char tiers branch of the West End Railway took place yesterday. The Temperanceville branch was opened two weeks ago, and since then has been driving a brisk trade. No system for beating the cars has yet been adopted, but experiments are now being carried on with a new system that promises to be a success and will probably be adopted. It is a plau recently invented, and nil the heat will be furnished by elec tricity. Electricians put the motors on one car last week, and as the experiment has fully met the expectations of those inter ested, it is understood that all the cars may be supplied with them. The system is in use in a number of cities in this country, but it is entirely new in Pittsburg. An electrician of the company last night, in ontlining the plan, said: "An induction coil will be placed in each corner of the car, which will be supplied with a current direct from the power honre. It has been proven that by this means a uniform heat can be produced with little expenditure of power. It is very simple yet effective and will not only not take up any room, but will do away with all the objections to the old way o'f heating with stoves" or steam. It may be sometime before all the arrangements are completed, but I think the plan will meet with much favor." Up to this time there has been some com plaint because of the lack of cars to carry the heavv passenger traffic This has been very noticeable during the evening and morning hours, as the men going to and coming from their work crowd the cars. There is a general demand for more cars lrom the residents of the AVest End, as few cars now cross the Point bridze that do not contain a number of passengers who cannot get seats. The company has 22 cars on the road, hut this number is expected to be in creased. BEKEHBEEED DEAD COHEADES. Tost 128 Held Its Thirteenth Annual Me morial Service Yesterday. The thirteenth annual memorial service by Lieutenant James M. Lysle Post No. 128, G. A. B-, was held in the First Pres byterian Church of Allegheny yesterday afternoon. The service was a tribute to the memory of "William C Ilea, second class seaman; Jacob Douch, Company C, Fourteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry; Henry B. "Wilson, Company B, Fourth Pennsyl vania Cavalry; Sebastain Bupp, Company D, Third Pennsylvania Artillery; Jesse D. Johnson, Company G, Seventy-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers; Bobert Hughey, Company D, One Hundred and Second Pennsylvania Volunteers; Josenh Hoehr ine, Company H, Eighty-eighth Pennsyl vania Volunteers; James M. May, Com pany C, Fifth "West Virginia Cavalry; Andrew Porter, Company K, Ninth Penn sylvania Beserve Corps; Baphael Beiter, Company F, Sixty-second Pennsylvania Volunteers. After the opening of the post by Com mander Louis Horst, the records of the de ceased comrades were read by Adjutant D. M. Morrison. The regular ceremonies of the G. A. B. were then gone through with, an address was delivered by Senior Vice Department Commander "William O. Bus cell, and the audience was dismissed with the benediction by Bev. "W. E. Donaldson. A SEOBI BOUIE. rittsburg May Be Brought Within Easy Beach of Jefferson County. Judge Harry "White, of Indiana, Pa,, was in Pittsburg yesterday. The Judge is inter ested in electric railways. Just now he is in a scheme to make a short route from Jefferson and that tier of counties to Pitts burg. The idea is to connect Punxsutawney and Indiana by an electric road. The dis tance is about 28 miles, and engineers say the road can easily be built It now takes a day to come from Punxsutawney to Pitts burg, but if this new road is built the round trip can be made in a day, leaving the traveler considerable time to" spend in the city. A Bis Temperance 2Ioetin. The union temperance meeting held by the combined organizations in Carnegie Hall, Allegheny, yesterday afternoon was well attended. John "W. Moreland pre sided, and addresses were made by John M. Kelly, A. M. Brown, J. K- Barbour, Eras mus Wilson and others. After the meeting a number of pledges were signed. The as sociation hopes to be able to recure Francis Murphy for next Sunday nieht, in which event a meeting will be held in the Grand Opera House. "WHEN PEOPLE DESIRE A pood room they Invariably read the To Let Boom Columns of THE DISPATCH. SAFER INJHE JAIL, Homestead Non Unionists Feel Strongly Against Prisoner Eeatty. LYNCHING IS THREATENED More Deaths Attributed to the Use of the Poisonous Powder. GREENSBUEG REPORTS A CASE. Hungarian laborer I'ies in the Allegheny General Hospital. A GDEST PJISOXED'AT A RECEPTION If all the reports emanating from Home stead are true, it is well for Bobert J. Beatty to be behind bars rather than on the streets under $5,000 bail. The non-union men in the mill, who have had a siege of . sickness, are very much wrought up over the story of the poison plot, and according to rumor have started an organization with the avowed purpose of exterminating the men implicated in the scheme, and particu larly Beatty. The conservative element, hpwever, is against the plan, and now the poison regime is past are content to allow the law to take its course, il convictions can be secured. The feeling against Beatty in the big plant is strong, and more than one hot-head has been beard to say that he would be glad of an opportunity to string him from a lamp post. Such expressions under the circum stances are quite human, but the sensible fellows are opposed to violence of any kind. A paper was drawn up last week by a few of the non-union workmen, and was circu lated in the mill for signatures. The object was plainly stated to be that every signer agreed to draw lots, and the man who got the blacK ball should put Beatty out of the way if he got a chance. Several of the Workers Signed. A number, it is said, have signed. It was presented to one man who furnished this in formation, and he was astonished after reading the document. He advised the men to drop the dangerous idea at once, and visited his personal friends in the mill to see Jhat none of them, in their excitement, joined the rash crowd. The workman stated last evening that he has beard all sorts oi threats made against Beatty, and it wouldn't be safe for him to be seen near the works, for the feeling is so strong he would surely be lynched. As far as could be learned, a partial organization for the above purpose was effected. Every day new cases of men whose health was badly shattered in the Homestead mill and of some deaths from disease contracted there are coming to light Only a bare mention has been made of the demise of Hugh Kennedy, who was one of the guests at the reception given by Restaurant Keeper "Wolf to his wife on her arrival from Indianapolis. Bob "Watson, Alfred Davis, Mr. Langthorn, a young engineer gradu ated from Columbia College, Kennedy and others were invited and attended. Glosser was also there. Mr. "Wolf told the boys not to eat any supper, as he intended to have a special spread ior them in honor of his wife. Poison In the Hamburg Steak. One of the dishes served was Hamburg steak, and it was remarked afterward that everybody who ate of the meat got sick. The meal was prepared by the regular cooks in the mill. Kennedy left tbe recep tion early to go to work, but on the way to his place he was taken violently ill. He was seized with an attack of purging, and soon blood streamed from his throat caused by a hemorrhage in the stomach. He died before he could be removed to the hospital. It is the general belief of the men that Kennedy's death was due to poison placed in the steaK and coffee. A telegram lrom Greensburg yesterday stated that the physicians now think that Samuel Neighley, who died there Septem ber 10 after a few days' illness, was poisoned at the Homestead works. Keighley was lor several years engineer at the county borne, and when he went to labor in the mill was a man of vigorous and robust health. He soon got sick and was sent home Dr. Kline diagnosed his ailment as typhoid fever and treated bim for the disease, but he died. Physicians who saw Neighley say that while there were symp toms of typhoid, unmistaken evidences of poisoning were present, and subsequent de velopments confirm their suspicions. SHU Workers "Who Still Suffer. Of people whose health has been injured in tne mill, trie examples are numerous. James Freeland, who lives on Atwood street, is a notable instance. He was a brakeman on the Ft. "Wayne road before he went into the mill, a man of great physical strength and good heelth. Now he is the shadow of his former self. After a few weeks' experience in the mill, he got sick, and has not been able to recover. He is weak, thin and his eyes are sunken. Bobert Watson lost 40 pounds of flesh the first two weeks he worked at Home stead, and then he quit eating in the mill. He is now troubled with rheuma tism, and Dr. Joseph K. Dickson thinkij the poison has settled in his bones and is gradually working out of his system. Other non-union men complain ot the same thing. Joseph Dabbs, a son of B. L. H. Dabbs, the photographer, is another Home stead victim who is much the worse for his experience in the big steel plant. Langthorn, the Columbia College gradu ate, was taken to bis home in Brooklyn several weeks ago. He was slowly recover ing lrom what the doctors thought was typhoid malaria,. For. two weeks he was confined to bis bed unable to keep anything but milk on his stomach. The organ was in a highly irritated state. He lost flesh rapidly and his skin became saffron colored. Other patients had tbe same symptoms. The men say that the drug was first put in the coffee and finally into the soup. The Soup Was Too aiach for Him. Jim Freeland stooped eating everything but the soup, and still he did not ieel well. Finally be had to quit and go home. Some of the men noticed that the coflee, when poured out foamed like beer, and they be came suspicious and avoided it. They found that as long as tbey did not drink the coffee they felt tip-top until somebody tampered with the soup, and then they dropped this dish. George "Williams, a young man employed by tbe Carnegie Company as steward dar ing tbe time when Gallagher says the poison was put into the coffee, tells an in teresting story about two mysterious strangers who were emploved tfiere as waiters. When seen yesterday Mr. "Will iams said: "On August 241 secured a situation in dining room No. 7, which was situated just back of the 33-inch milL Gal lagher was employed at No. 1, but later went to No. 8. From No. 3 he returned to No. 1, and aftemard went to No. 6. About a month alter I went there I begau to hear complaints about the coffee in the other dining rooms, and everyone was at a loss to know what was the matter. The coffee in my place I made myselt, and this wot really the only good coflee on the place. Detectives Employed as Waiters. "About the 1st of October two young men came to me and Inquired If I could THE PITTKBTJR& give them situations as waiters. Being satisfied with the men.1 had I refused thera work. Thevsthen went to Superintendent Potter and later Potter came to me and in sisted that they be given employment. "We, became quite well acquainted and one night they intimated that they were placed there to find out who was trifling with the coffee in the other dining rooms, and that they knew well who it was. They also said they had heard ot it in Chicago and they came from there direct to Homestead. Both young men are really Pittsburgers and can be seen almost every day on Filth avenuo and even in the Carnegie Company's office." Captain E. Y. Breck smiles grimly when anybody intimates that he' hasn't the evi dence in reserve to prove the poison case. The fact is the company has 205 witnesses on the list, and the officer! are now at work serving the subpoenas. This job has been assigned to Deputy Pat Farrell, and every man summoned is asked to keep quiet. The indications are that several arrests will soon be made in New York and Bos ton. The members of the advisory board said to be implicated in the plot ere re ported to be in the East, and if everything works all richt they will shortly be pinched. The company would like to Fee Beatty break down, and tell what he knows. Th firm is not after this man, but larger game. It is the peo ple back of Beatty who are wanted. The company officials'claim they have consid erable evidence against Dempsey and he knows it The Pinkerton men state that Beatty is very foxy, and not much can be pumped out of him. POISONING CHARGED. A Homestead "Workman Dies at the Alle gheny General Hospital Had Wasted Away Prom 180 to Less Than 80 Pounds The Coroner Investigating:. Louis Sims, a Hungarian laborer from Homestead, died at the Allegheny General Hospital yesterday morning. The cause of death assigned by the attending physcinn was dysentery and pneumonia. The de ceased was taken to the hospital by a brother and several friends on Saturday. They said he had been poisoned. The hos pital report says there is no proof that he had been poisoned. Coroner McDowell is investigating the case, and will ascertain the truth if medical skill will do it. Sims was 42 years of age. He was taken to the hospital on Saturday in a state of collapse. His brother said he had been working in Carnegie's mill until eight weeks ago, when dysentery symptoms which had appeared sometime previously became so severe that he was unable to work. He grew worse each day until his death. Pneumonia developed during bis iliness and cause death. The body presents a remarkable appear ance. It is a mere skeleton covered with skin, weighing not over 75 or 80 pounds. The Coroner says it is the most peculiar case he has on record. Sims' brother says that before his illness he weighed 180, and was a big, robust fellow. He had never been sick a dar in his life. He lived in Munhall's hollow, was married, and had worked in the mill before tbe strike. The Coroner has ordered a post mortem to be held this morning. Dr. Stewart, of Homestead, who sent the case to the hospi tal, is ordered to be present, and the inves tigation is to be most searching. The liver, stomach, and kidneys will be sub jected to a chemical analysis. "What grounds the dead man's friends have for charging his death to poison are not known. PE0GEESS IN EVIL. Man's Course Is Always Downward and Finally Leads to Destruction. Ber. E. B. Donehoo, pastor of the Eighth Presbyterian Church, in his sermon yesterday on "Progress in Evil," said: "No man is to-day precisely what he was yester day. He is either better or worse nearer to the goal of man's highest endeavor, which is Heaven, or nearer to that dread doom from which the most stolid ot man kind shrink away in horror. "Juvenal has said 'no man became utterly bad all at once.' Apply this law "to any wrongdoer, and "it is true. He may never have been a saint or a model of virtue and uprightness. He may even have always been what we would term a bad man, but still, when his life is passed under review, it will be dis covered that his course has been downward from the outset; a constant progress in evil. There was a time in his past life when the deed which he now perpetrates without a qualm of conscience would have filled him with fear and horror eveu in its contemplation. "Said Lord Bacon: 'Things alter for the worse spontaneously if they be not altered for the better designedly.' This is a ter rible law. Many there are to-day who live without God and without hope, who enter tain no respect for God's law nor for duty, who were yet ior once professedly the chil dren of God. Gradually thev grew slack in the discharge of their religious duties; they declined in their morals; they threw off the restraints of religion, and so, from step to step, they kept on In the downward career until God and truth and duty were utterly ignored. There is no stopping place on the way to hell short of turning squarely around and heading resolutely for the king dom of God." HIS HEAITCEUSHED. A Vandal Robs a Corpse of a Pocketbook at the Lake Erie Depot John Bodgers, a motorman on the Bir mingham electric line, was killed early yesterday morning on the Smithfield street bridge. Fred Wilhclm and he had been about the city during the evening, and the two boarded the horse car about 1:30 o'clock in the morning for their homes on the Southside. While crossing the bridge "Wilhelm dropped some car fare on the front platform on which part of the car both were riding. Both stooped over to loot for it about the step and Bodgers stood so that his body ex tended out some distance. Just at the time they were passing the tower over the south pier, aud Bodgers was rubbed against it and knocked off the car. Beloro the driver, Charles Miller, could stop Bodgers bad fallen and rolled under the wheels. His skull was crushed, and he was dead before tne passengers ran to him. His body was f put on the car ana moved to the Pittsburg and Lake Erie station and placed on a truck, where, it is alleged, some vandal robbed the corpse of a pocketbook. Mr. Wilhelm said he knew the book con tained a $5 bill and another bill, the de nomination of which he did not know. Bogers was 24 years old, single and lived at 2209 Sarah street Nothing is known of his relatives, as he was a stranger. An in quest will be held to-day. SH0BT BOTES OF CITY LIFE. The religions services at the jail yestor day were conducted by J, W. McFarland. The music wan under the direction of Prof. Lytle, of the PIttsburs Academy, assisted by a class of young ladles from the Academy. John WEiDtraaEB, a brakeman on tho Panhandle, fell off the rear end of a train passing through the tunnel near the Union station yesterday iuominr and had his arm broken in twoplaces. He was removed to the West Penn Hospital. Guitars. . Violins. Mandolins. The beautiful Imperial guitar" and man dolins never inll to please. We have also the famous Bruno guitars and Bowman mandolins. The finest in the world. Our low prices will astonish you. ALEX 1103S' jnuSIO ilOUBE, iu x euerai street KAUTiAlrt, open eveninjs this week. Kauimann.' open evening's this week.. J" Open Evening! 'Til Christmas In all 'departments. Take advantage and avoid tbe great crowds of the day time. Jos. Hobse 4 Co.'s Penn Avenue Stores. DISPATCH, MONDAY, DECEMBER ' 19, 1893L SUFFOCATED BY GAS. An Allegheny Girl Killed by the Ig norance of Her Boommato. ONE GIRL NARROWLY ESCAPES. Annie Kaab Tarns Oat tbe Gas and Then Ipens the Valve Jgain. AMELIA GUTKN'ECUT ASPMXIATED Annie Baab's ignorance of gas fixtures caused the death of Amelia Gutknecht yes terday and came near ending her own life as welL Both girls were employed as domestics in the residence of Bernard Forst, the well-known oil producer, at 131 Fayette street, Allegheny. They roomed together, slept in the same bed qpd were both about 19 years of age. On Friday night Amelia Gutknecht, who was the kitchen servant, retired early. Annie Baab, the chambermaid, had been out during tbe evening and went to bed at 11 o'clock. Her roommate was asleep at the time. Not wishing to arouse her Miss Baab, lor tbe first time in her life, although she has lived in the city ior several years, turned out the gas. She must have turned it off and then on again, for in the morning they were both found unconscious and nearly dead. Miss Gutknecht died yester day morning. By extraordinary efforts of three physicians Annio Baab's life was saved. Three Physicians Hastily Summoned. Mr. Forst and his family are greatly dis tressed over the' occurrence. To Acting Coroner Brush Mrs. Forst yesterday re lated all she knew about it. On Saturday morning she arose at nearly 8 o'clock. Hearing no stir in the house she went to call the chambermaid. The sound ot heavy breathing in the girls' room surprised her. AVhen she opened the bedroom door a strong odor ot escaping gas drove her back. She called Mr. Forst who ran into the room and closed the gas jet, which was partially open, and threw open the windows. Calling to the girls he iound them unconscious. Mrs. Forst hastily dressed and ran for the Dr. McCarrell, while her husband tele Dtioned lor Dr. Campbell. The physicians came quicklyand began the work ot resusci tating the asphyxiated girls. All the reme dies known to science were applied continu ously for five hours before either ot the vic tims showed any sign of returning con sciousness. By 4 o'clock in the atternoon Annie Baab had so far recovered as to make her removal to her home on Thirty-third street possible. She has since fully re covered from the gas, but suffers lrom the effects of the heroic treatment necessary to revive her. Amelia Gutknecht Was Dead. Miss Gutknecht did not respoud to treat ment. Hot jars and poultices were applied until her flesh was burned and blistered, but she gave no sign ot feeling. Yesterday morning she died without having recovered consciousness. Her mother, whodives at Kensington, had been summoned and was by the girl's bedside when she expired. The body was removed to Kensington last night for interment. The dead girl was a great favorite with the Forst family where she has lived since last August She was bright, intelligent and of attractive appear ance. Annie Baab's statement is that after turning out the gas she got into bed and fell into a doze, but was awakened by the odor of escaping gas. She called Miss Gutknecht's attention to it, but she replied that it was only imagination, and went to sleep again. Miss Baab was even then suf fering from the gas, as she had no inclina tion to get up aud investigate. She thought of it, but was so drowsy that she fell asleep before she could decide what to do. Miss Baab had not been accustomed to gas at home, and since living at Forst's her room mate had always attended to lighting and turning out the illuminant. AM E2EANX CAEEEE. Bev. O. O'B. Strayer Dies a Sad Death at the "West Penn Hospital. The death of Bev. O. O'B. Strayer at the "West Penn Hospital Friday night was one of peculiar sadness. It marked the end ot a brilliant but errant career and for varied experiences and romantic episodes has few equals in the lives of men. A youth full of promise and a young man full of ambition, equipped to battle with life's hardest battles, he ran his course and his life weat out amid com parative strangers. Mr. Strayer started out in life as a Baptist minister. He was naturally inclined to literary pursuits, which led him to take charge of a number of papers. He was the author of a number of well-known books. His views of religion became more liberal than was allowed by the tenets of his Church, so he left the ministry. He was President of a college at Ainericns, Ga., a number of years, during which time ho went over the South in the cause of the colored people. He wrote and lectured for the cause he espoused. Last September his wife died at Browns ville and soon after he came to this city thoroughly discouraged. He became an insurance agent for a time in order to earn a livelihood. On November 8, he was taken sick at a boarding house on Penn aveuuc and his old friend Bev. Dr. Mitchell had him removed to the "West Penn Hospital, where he lay sick untit last Friday. There was a suspicion of suicide, but the physicians say he died a natural death. He will be buried this morning in TJniondale Cemetery through the generosity of two lellow pastors, Drs. Mitchell and Donehoo. " Thnmpcd tho Ho y Sailor. "William Perry was arrested yesterday by Officer Devlin at his home, S3 Shingles street, for unmercifully beating James Bogers, a ragpicker known as the "Holy Sailor." The latter lives in the same house with Perry, who is compelled to pass through Bogers' room to get to his own. Early yesterday morning Bogers was asleep in bed when Perry went home and abused him. v PICKED UP BY THE POLICE. Jons JIitchel got 90 days for beating lira. Moore, his landlady. Joan SnoELocK, a Frankstown Hungarian, got drunk yesterday and tried to brain his wife with a hatchet. He was locked up. Tiieue were 21 piisoners at Central station yesterday morning.' Judge Grlpp presided. Eleven of the prisoners wero given 30-day sentences, some lew of whom paid them and escaped ttie confinement. LISUTEJ.MHT Al Teeters raided the gam bling house of Nelson Foster, in the rear or 17 Diamond alley, Saturday nlxlit, and ar rested tho proprietor and seven visitors, tfostor was fined $:0, and the visitors $5 or 30 days to the workuouao. At Magistrate Snccop's hearing Elarry O'Brien was fined $25 and costs or 30 days to the worKuouso for auuslns his mother aud Smashing furniture. Mary Edwards was soaked $100, or lour months to Claremont, lor keeping u disorderly house. Fire ot tne Victims caught in tho place got $5 apiece. J. A. Elsesser -a as before Alderman Les lie yesterday for abusing his wife and family. W. J. Lamkemeyer, a neighbor, testified that Elsesser was In the habit of getting drunk and abasing his family, and did not provide lor tliem. His case was held over, and the Anti-Cruelty Society will be notified. KAcrotAJins' open evenings this week. Kuulmaiins' open evenings this week. Open Evenings Til Christmas In all departments. Tafee advantage, and avoid the great crowds or the day time. Jos. Hokne & Co.'s Penn Aveuue Stores. THE PROSPECTS BRIGHT. Oakland Is Likely to Have an Episcopal Church of Its Own The First Meeting Held Plenty or Financial Aid Has Been Assured. A soore of people gathered at tbe Keeley League Club rooms in Oakland yesterday afternoon to discuss the feasibility of estab tablishing.an Episcopal parish in Oakland. Bishop "Whitehead was there and explained to the people the undertaking they had in mind. The sense of the meeting was to estab lish a church. The Episcopalians and there are a good many of them are with out a place .of worship, unless they come down to Trinity or go out to East End. This they have been doing for years, but since Oakland has gotten to be one of tbe most thickly populated resident portions ofthe city, a number of the Episcopalians think they can support a parish of their own. To "them one of the great drawbacks in not having a church is the lack of a Sun day school. The older frequenters of that church can come downtown or go to East End for worship, but the distance is too far for the little children to travel to Sunday school. Nothing definite was done at the meet ing. The possibilities were just discussed, and from the sentiment of the gathering the chance for an Episcopal church in Oak land is excellent. The people want it, and say there will be 'no trouble in raising all the money necessary. Bishop "Whitehead told the people very plainly that if a parish was to be established that be wanted it done on a sound basis. He said he did not want an institution that the people would reier to as "the mission." A committee was appointed to visit the houses in Oakland and see how many Epis copalians there were who would be willing to aid In the undertaking. No more meet ings will be held until after tbe holidays. Br that time it is hoped that the matter will be in shape so that definite plans can be made, TO SAIL FOB SOTJIHEEN WATEES. Chares J. Clarke Now Owns One of the Finest Small Yachts Afloat. Charles J. Clarke, of this city, has just launched the Alma, schooner-rigged twin yacht, built by Charles L. Seabury & Co., at Nyack-on-the-Hudson, that is one of the most complete vessels of her class afloat. She is 56 feet long, beam 10 feet, and draught 2 feet 6 inches. The hull is built of oak frames and keek She is furnished in the fipest style and complete in every particular. The sails and rigging are of ample size to run her at a good speed with out her engines, which will develop enough power to make eight or nine miles an hour. The Alma starts for Philadelphia Saturday and will proceed to Florida, stopping en route at all the principal cities. BECEIVED A SH0CZ, A Repairman Comes in Contact "With a Live "Wire. "William Jones, aged about 26 years, of Seventh avenue, Pittsburg, while fixing an arc light in front of McBride's restaurant, in the Allegheny market house last night, received 50 volts of electricity, his left arm accidentally coming in contact with a live wire. He was thrown from the ladder to the pavement, ten feet below. His ar.n was badly burned, and he was hurt by fall ing on his head He was taken to the Allegheny General Hospital. The physi cians say tbe electric shock did not hurt him much, and he will be all right in a day or two. A PECTJLIAE LEIXSE. A Bliisinc Old Soldier's Family "Wants a Pension, bat Doesn't Want Him. A letter inquiring about Albert M. Cooper was received at police headquar ters yesterday from his wife and daughter at Louisville. The letter states that Mrs. Cooper is applying for a pension. Her husband was an old soldier, but she has not heard from him for eight years. Then he was running on the river between Pitts burg and Louisville. If he is dead Mrs. Cooper wants a pension, but if he is alive she requests that he be not informed that his family had inquired after him. TBIHI1Y "WILL HOI BE MOVED. William Penn Donated tho Site and It Can not Be Used for Other Purposes. There has been talk that Trinity Church was to be moved to the East End, and a big office building be erected on the present site. Bishop "Whitehead was spoken to about the matter yesterday. He laughed and said h had never heard of the scheme. He also added that such a thing could not be done. The present site was donated to the church by "William Penn to be ever used for church purposes. BE0KE A WIHD0W. Thieves Steal a "Got of Cutlery From B. T. Jackson's Store. The store of B. T. Jackson, 56 Federal street, Allegheny, was burglarized some time on Sunday morning. The thieves broke a plate glass window in the store .front, and stole a lot of cutlery valued at U. 2. cuucutiuu ui eitvcrnarc was iu me window, but was not readily accessible, and it is supposed the burglars were frightened away before they bad time to complete their work. The police made no report of the affair. Harried Sunday Afternoon. Al DeBoy, ticket agent at the Schlosser Hotel, and Miss Hannah Geldcr were mar ried yesterday afternoon. She is a daugh ter of Isaac Gelder, of "Wylie avenue. The marriage ceremony was performed at the bride's residence. YOUE rooms will not -long be empty If you advertise them la THE DISPATCH cent-a-word ads. Chairs, Conches, China Closets, Desks Tables, And everything you can think of. Our ware rooms not far from the central shopping points. Take a look around, wo may have something to please you. P. C. SCHOEXECK & HOTS, 711 Liberty street, opp. Wood. Three Christmas Gifts In One. An insurance policy on your life made out in your wife's name. It is a gift to yonr wife. Aglttto yonr children. If you live 20 years a gift to yourself. To see how much your sbaie would be fend your age to Edward a. Woods, Manager, S16 Market street. Fine Fruits. We have now in store a Inrze stock of all the finest evaporated and dried fruits, both domestic and foreign. We can do you uood on these goods. Send for price list. Goods delivei ed e vervwhere. Miller Bros., Fino Groceries mid Table Delicacies, 182 Federal street, "Allegheny. KAtrruATOs' open evenings this week. Kaufinann's open evenings tills week. Tables for ladies nnd gentlemen at the Rustic Breakfast and supper served. Open until 9 p. M. this week. Between Smithflcld and Wood streets. 55 AKD 57 DlAMOKD STREET. KAtnrutiras' open evenings this week. Kaulmanns' open evenings this week. Hewitt's Little Early Risers. So griping, no pain, noiausea: easy pill tp take. KAUMAifMS' open evenings this week. Kauimauns' open evenings this week. Open Evenings 'Til Christmas In all departments. Take advantage and avoid tho great crowds of the day time. Jos. Horke & Co.' -Penn Avenue Stores. ROLLS OVER A PRECIPICE. An Allegheny Man Falls Off a Cliff In an Allegheny Graveyard Alights on a Ledge 30 Feet Below Only Slightly Braised. George Grouzniski yesterday rolled over one of tbe numerous cliffs on Troy Hill, alighting on a ledge SO feet below and as many feet above the street, He escaped with only a few bruises. Grouzniski, the police say, has been drinking heavily for some time. Yesterday he was intoxicated and in his wanderings got into "Voegtly's graveyard. He stag--gered about among the tombstones and finally got over to the precipice on the Ohio street side. The ground is elevated 60 feet abore the street and it rises like a wall, it onlr being broken by a narron ledge 30 feet above the street About 2 o'clock in the afternoon some boys were in the cemetery. At the edge of the precipice a hat and an overshoe were found. Looking down over the edge they saw a man lying on the ledge. An officer was told, and he, with some firemen, res cued the man. One of the party was let down by a rope and Grouzniski's body was drawn up. He was still unconscious aud seemed to have suffered more from ex posure than from the ialL Held Over for Investigation. Thirteen cases occupied the attention of Judge Hyndman at the hearing yesterday morning. Marshall Sterling, arrested by Lientenant Cramer on suspicion of being implicated in the robbery of John Green, the colored man who died under suspicious circumstances in tbe East End a couple of days ago, was held over. Sice headaches promptly cured by Bromo-Seltzer 10c a bottle. Open every night this week till 9 o'clock. SIMEN'S UPPER QPECIAL ALE. The greatest money-saving bargains ever offered to the buying people. An assortment of an almost endless variety, at prices that are one-third less than you can buy elsewhere. Gentlemen's genuine Plush Slippers, at $1.50, cost you $2 elsewhere. Men's fancy Chenille and Em broidered Velveta all styles, at 1; sold at other stores for $1.25. Gentlemen's finest Patent Leather Dancing Pumps, $2 ; cannot be bought elsewhere for less than $2.50. Youths' Velvets at 50c. Youths' Imitation Alligator at 65c Boys' Velvets at 50c, 75c and $1.00. Boys' Imitation Alligator at 85c Don t fail to see the 85c Men's fancy Chenille Velvet Slippers, worth $1. 10, or Men s Goat Slippers at $1.00. Men's Black Velvet Opera Slippers at $1.50 are real beau ties, and the 75c Velvet Slip pers are great values. Don't fail to see the greatest line of Men's Fancy Slippers in the two cities at prices lower than the lowest; at ' G. D. SIMEN'S, 78 OHIO ST., ALLEGHENY, PA, del9-jrw Larcest nnd Leading Jewelry and Art Stores. KR & Open Evenings Till Christmas. G O L D J E W E L R Y A conglomerate hint of what to buy, to be read by both ladies and gentlemen. Suit able gifts for all may be se lected from this little list: PENDANTS, BROOCHES. LOCKETS, NECKLACES, BRACELETS, FINGER RINGS, EARRINGS, STICK PINS HAT PINS, BUTTON HOOKS, CUFF BUTTONS, CUFF LINKS, STUDS, -WATCFI CHARMS, "WATCH CHAINS, E.P: ROBERTS & SONS, Fifth Ave. and Market St- del9-uwr CLEARANCE SALE OF FURNITURE AT COST. IMMENSE BARGAINS. DELP & BELL, 13 AND 15 FEDERAL ST., ALLEGHENY. H019-XW7SU PrrrsBtrso. Pa., Monday, Deo. 19, 1S93 JOS, HORNE & CO.'S. PENN AVE. STORES. . OPEN EVEBY E8 THIS WEEK. ' Ghrfsfnias WeeK. 7 SILK AND DRESS GOODS Si . BARGAINS, Practical Christmas presents offered at prices absolutely the lowest ever known. If -you have some one you wish to remember in a substan tial and handsome manner these sales afford you such an opportunity as you have nevei had. Both these great depart ments are .overflowing with special values for this busy time. These items direct you to the best of them: Black Dfess Silks. ioo full Dress patterns of fine Black Gros Grain Silks, at $10.00 per pattern, that you could not at ordinary times buy for less than $15. Proportionate values at $12 and $15 per pattern in finer qualities of extra width Black Gros Grain Silks. Black Pekin Stripe Satin Duchesse, regular $2 quality, are $1.25 a yard for this sale. And special values in all the popular weaves of Black Silks, Surahs, Crystals, Crepe du Chenes, Peau de Soie, Satin Duchesse, In qualities ranging in price from 75s to 3 a yard, all extremel? fashiona ble, and will make a handsome gift. The prices are all specially made for. this Christmas "Week Sale. Tho goods yoa select will be pat up la a neat box and delivered at any time and to any place you direct. We call especial attention to our own importations of rich Lyons Black Silks, which you will find on sale nowhere else. The finish is soft and beauti ful and of high luster. Prices from $1.25 to $2.50 a yard. Golofed SilKs. . Beautiful figured India Silks, of the finest grades, that reg ularly sell at $1 and $1.25,3 yard, are for this sale made 50c and 65c respectively. Figured and striped Glace Silks, se lected styles and beautiful colors, qualities never sold under Si. 25 and $1.50, are now 85c and $1 a yard. .Evening shades in plain India Silks, that have been 7Sc, are 65c to-day. Special values in all qualities of 'pure White India Silks from 50c to $1.25 a yard. , Colors and all evenine shades in all the desirable and fashionable weave", without exception, are this week marked at specially low prices. DRESS GOODS AND HOLIDAY DRESS PATTERNS. This Dress Pattern sale is not a sale of cheap trashy goods, but of good, new and fashionable goods. That is why we have sold so many thou sands of them already and expect to sell thousands more this week. Patterns in Armure Stripes and Cords, Fancy Stripe Cheviots, Fancy Herringbone Stripes, Plain Cheviots and Tricots, Camel's Hair Stripes, English Stripes and Checks, Fine French Cheviots, Cashmere and Broadcloths; Prices $1.50 to $5 Each. All below regular value. Lupin's fine French Cashmeres, extra weight and extra width, are selling at a saving to you of 25c en every yard present prices 50c, 65c, 75c and $1 a. yard. Forty shades. Fine French, 46-inch Serge, in 25 different shades, regular ti qual ity, are 75 c a yard. All-wool Camel's Hair Suitinss, black and colors, $1.00 quality, at oOc a vard, 50 inches; 5 yards for a full Tlress Pattern. A new lot of 40-inch Wool Plaids, reg ular 50c qualitv, lor 25c a yard. 20 pieces fancy Serge Plaid, 40 inches wide, $1.00 goods at 60c a yard. j 2 styles of fine, high class Epingaline Plaids, 44 inches wide, $2 and $2.25 quality, at 5L25 and $t 50 respec tively. Bargains in Black Dress Goods, Broadcloths, Cashmeres, Cheviots and everything suitable for general or .for mourning wear. Black lancr weave stripes $1 value, at 60c a yard. Black and grav stripe and plaid Camel Hairs, iu two grades worth $1 and $1.25, are all 50c a yard. Black French all-wood Henriettas, 45 incnes wide, $1.50 value, for $1 a vard. This is an extraordinary offer, but this sale means extraordinary offers. JOS. HORNE & CO., 609-621 Penn Avenue. deU The Leading Cry Goods House. '.- 1 -- - ( r M?iftlNrfM''i
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