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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-06
A VERY WARM TUSSLE.
Contesting Candidates for the Appoiutive
and Elective Positions on the Northside-
importance Derived From the Result of

Coutesfing Candidates for the Appointive
and Elective Positions on the Northside-
Importance Derived From the Result of
the DecenninI Census.
Allegheny is all astir with political ex-
citement. Mayor-elect Wyman will be
sworn into Office at noon tomorrow. The
City Councils will reorganize tomorrow
evening. Upon these two affairs great
things, great in the view of those who are
seeking office, depend. The chief import
ance attached to the elections or appoint
ments to Office at this time is derived from
the approaching elevation of Allegheny to a
city of the second class, where there will be
departments and bureaus, and certain people
will be chiefs and superintendents.
Mr.. Wyman will appoint only two po-
lice officers, subject to the approval of
Councils. There is but one appointment of
any importance to be made by him which
is not yet pretty we'll decided. This is the
appointment of Police Captain. The pres
ent Captain, Richard Wilson, appears to
be tolerably certain Of the appointment, al
though he has an opponent who is a very
active solicitor.
The Councils will select City Attorney,
City Physician and several other minor
officials. The two offices named are, for con-
tingent reasons, considered important. For
City Attorney. George Elphinstone is the
leading candidate. David NJ. Alston is ac-
lively in the field.
Drs. S. s. Woodburn, Thomas L. Haz-
zard and E. c. Huselton are candidates for
City Physician. DR.. Woodburn is the in
cumbent. DR.. Hazard is physician for
the Poor Board for the Eastern district of the
city. He is a brother of the celebrated
Colonel G. W. Hazard, of Monongahela
City. DR.. Huselton is not very active
candidate, having been suggested by some
of his friends.
The contest in Councils which excites the
greatest amount of discussion and wire pull
ing is that for Chief of the Fire Department.
The incumbent, Chief Jones, was the
favorite around City Hall last night, and
among the betting men odds were offered in
his favor. He has two active antagonists,
Messrs. John K. Lemon and John Seiferth.
Superintendent Armstrong, of the water
works, is opposed by Henry Brehm. For
street commissioner there are William
Meese, John Anderson and W. H. Barndol-
lar. For road commissioner there are Hen
ry Suaman, Christ Gass and James Nellie.
For clerk of markets there are David Hast
ings and Louis Kreiling; for meat and milk
inspector, John Lippert and c. Steinhauser.
and for wharfmaster, D. Lighthill, II. Ditt-
mar, P. Maui and VIM. Cavitt. The only
candidates having no opposition are Treas
urer McFerran, Controller Brown and Su-
perintendent of Gas Lighting David Hun
ter,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-06
LOCAL ITEMS. LIMITED.
Incidents of Day In Two Cities Condenss
for Ready Reading.

Incidents of n Day In Two Cities Condensed
for Ready Reading.
MRS. CATHERINE BURNS was arrested yes
terday and held for hearing tomorrow on a
charge of selling liquor on Sunday at her house
on Thirteenth street. The information was
made before Alderman ODonnen by Edward
Brearton.
AGGIE MORAN was committed to Jail last
night by Alderman McMasters on a charge of
gold bracelets from Sadie Thompson. In de-
fault of bail she was held for hearing on
Thursday.
HUGH NOLAN, the Southside conductor
who was sued before Alderman Succop by
Humphrey Campbell, on charges of assault
and larceny of a satchel, last evening waived
his claim for hearing and entered bail for
court.
SIX carloads Of em1grants Of various European
Municipalities passed through the city this morn
ing westbound, destined for various points in
several Western States
WORD was received in this city yesterday
that the towboat Enterprise, going down the
river with tow, had broken shaft this side
of Cincinnati.
BISHOP WHITEHEAD will preside at St. Ste
phen's Episcopal Church in McKeesport to-
day, when 20 young people will be confirmed.
THE Allegheny Valley road proposes to add
a steam merry-go-round and calliope to the
attractions of the Hutton picnic ground.
DELEGATEs representing Is Baptist churches
in this district lmet yesterday, and organized
the Oakland Baptist Church.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-06
NOT EVEN A RIPPLE
Made by the Suit Brought Against
the Brewers Association.
LOCAL BREWERS FAR TOO BUSY
To Bother About Debts They Say They
Never Contracted.
EASTERN MEN BLAMED FOB ALLOF IT

The suit threatened by Moore & innott,
of Philadelphia, against the Pennsylvania
Brewers Association, for 500, 800, as pub
lished Yesterday in THE DISPATCH, failed
to excite ripple among the brewers of this
city. In the first place, the brewers OF
Pittsburg are just now too busy with an i'm
portant local matter to bother very much
about State or general affairs. The license
court for Allegheny county will meet to-
morrow morning, after vacation of three
days, to take up the cases of the applicants
for wholesale license. The first IA wards of
Pittsburg are to be heard tomorrow, and
althou gh these wards include scarcely any
of the breweries in this city, the proprietors
ofthose establishm ents are busy with their
lawyers preparing for the hearings of Tues
day and Wednesday.
THE NATURAL INFERENCE.
Inquiry yesterday among brewers in this
city reveals the fact that the members of the
various firms are unacquainted with the
basis for the suit by Moore & Sinnott The
natural inference is that the dealings with
Moore & Sinnott we're conducted by officials
OF the various liquor and brewing associa-
tions in Philadelphia, without the knowl-
edge or sanction of the members of the asso-
Citations throughout the Commonwealth.
The sum sued for, S22, 800, is alleged to be
60 per cent of an amount loaned to the Anti
Prohibition Campaign Committee in June,
1889, by Moore & Sinnott, to pay up the
balance of campaign expenses. This loan,
it is alleged, was secured by Secretary
Crowell, of the State Association.
L. Al A
citation of Allegheny County, in the Phila-
delphia Company's building, yesterday,
there was to be found only young man
who is employed as clerk. He said that he
had not heard a word about the matter, and
was sure that no Allegheny county mem
bers had been served with process.
CAN'T UNDERSTAND IT.
Herman Straub said: 81 do not under
stand what this suit can mean. I am sure it
cannot affect US. The brewers in this county
paid their campaign assessments, which
were levied by the County Committee, and
that ended ii.
William Eberhardt, of the Eberhardt &
Ober Brewing Company, said: ''The only
thing have heard about the suit is what L
saw in The DISPATCH this morning. do
not know anything about it, and I am sure
there has been no service on any person in
this city. I do not see how we can be held.
In fact, am sure we cannot. We stood
our share of the assessed campaign expenses
and cannot be held for any private loan or
pretended loan which may have been made
in Philadelphia.
Damas Lutz, the senior member of the
firm of D. Lutz s. Son, said last evening:
81 don't know anything about the suit. 1
have not been served with any notice of
suit and am not bothered about it. We are
not bound by any loan made in the Eastern
part of the State. Wei paid our share, and
we are done"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-06
Facts About Cataract Blindness.

1t is an opacity of the crystalline lens,
located just behind the pupil.
1t may come at any age.
1t is most common between 65 and 70.
1t often comes without any known cause.
There is no known preventive.
Operative measures-extraction in the
aged and solution in youth-are the only
known means of cure.
1t is the most important and critical op-
Grafton in eye surgery, and yet the least
painful.
Those most skilled and delicate of touch
by experience in operating obtain the most
perfect results.
1t is possible in many cases to restore, with
the aid OF glasses, the natural standard of
vision for natural eyes, especially for read
ing.
Mr.. John c. Campbell, general agent for
Davis Sewing Machine Company, Cleve-
land, O., aged 40; Mr.. David Biery, father
in-law of Mr.. William Scott. Rebecca
street, East End, aged 78, and Mrs. Mar
garet Wilson, Burgettstown. Pa, aged so,
are cases demonstrating this assertion. DR..
Sadler, S04 Penn avenue, is authority for
these statements.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-06
A STATE PATRIOTIC LEAGUE.
The Pennsylvania Organization Created
Here Last Night.

The American Patriotic League of
Pennsylvania, was organi zed in Pittsburg
last night. Delegates were present from all
of the local leagues but two in the State,
one of Philadelphia and one of McKeesport.
A permanent organization was effected and
officers were elected. A committee was ap-
pointed to draft a constitution, with in
structions to report to special meeting to
be called in two weeks.
The principles of the parent league were
indorsed unanimously. They are: First
Restriction of immigration; second-Exten-
sion of the time required for naturalization;
third-An educational qualification for
every voter; fourth-One general non-sec-
tartan American free school system; fifth
Public funds and public property not to be
used for sectarian purposes; sixth-Ameri-
can lands for American settlers.
The league is secret organic zation. Amy
American citizen is eligible to membership.
The purpose is to secure the consummation
of the objects through legislation. Those
present at last nights meeting refused to
say much about the proceedings, but the
prospects are for large and influential
league in Pennsylvania.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-06
WHY HE WAS FIRED.

Postmaster HTcKean's Reasons for Dis.
charging Distributor Cutshall.
Postmaster Mexican was asked yesterday
to make statement in regard to the charge
that he had violated the civil service rules
in discharging Distributor Cutshall, o
Democrat and an old soldier. Mr.. Mexican
intimated that he preferred to allow Mr..
Cutshall to engineer the controversy over
the matter in his own way. He finally
said, however,
"Mr. CutshaH was removed for cause, on
the recommendation of the chief of his de-
partment, an official who has been Cut
shall's superior for over four years. So far
as I am concerned 1 care nothing for Mr..
was decided upon because of his lack of
abllity.''
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-06
WORK FOR MANY MEN
To Be Furnished by the City
the Coming Summer.
GIGANTIC IMPROVEMENTS
In Paving, Grading and Sewering,
That Will Cost
MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS

For the coming year the operations OF the
Department Of Public Works in the city of
Pittsburg will be upon a most gigantic
scale. With the preparations of Schenley
Park to be dotted with brightly dressed
babies, enjoying the fresh air, and nurse
girls gazing upon the 6-foot-3 park police
men, the useful is regarded as more i'm
portant than the ornamental, and material
improvements are contemplated which have
never been equaled In the history of Pitts
burg
The prospective Improvements, as mapped
out yesterday from estimates of Superin-
tendent W. Il. Browne, of the Bureau of
Engineering, by Mr.. Bigelow, include a
very large extent of territory and give an
earnest of very largely increased work for
the lsboring men, which they will 20 doubt
hail with delight. 1t will be noticed that
the improvements projected are scattered
very widely, although the East End seems
to hold its own to a large extent. and the
SOuthside is very slightly recognized.
COST OF THE IMPROVEMENTS.
These estimates, given below in detail,
include only the street improvements now
authorized nv ordinances. The amount to
be expended, in round numbers, is S1,24S,-
3S4, distributed as follows: Repaving, $685.,
500; grading, paving and curbing, SS56 $50;
sewer work, S151, ,634.
These estimates Superintendent Browne
said were made so as to allow for difficulties
which might be met in the shape of weather,
local distractions in the construction of
sewers, etc. For example, the curbing is
estimated at 81 per foot while in all proba-
bility the contracts would be let at figure
Is per cent below that, and crossings were
estimated on the same basis. Asphalt and
block stone pavements were placed at 81 per
square yard, and would probably be Is to 25
per cent lower on the contract. Irregular
block is placed at So per square yard, and
fire brick at S3 25, while grading is classed
at 25 to 60 cents per yard. Following are
the details of the work in the various classes:
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-06
TIE CITY'S SINKING FUND.
Controller Morrow Complimented for Hi
Watch Over the Money.

Controller Morrow Complimented for His
Watch Over the Money.
The Auditing Committee of Councils got
through yesterday afternoon with the work
of inspecting the sinking fund bonds. They
found everything correct and the city largely
indebted to Controller Morrow for his care
full watch of the fund in question.
As it stands now the total amount of
bond investments in the hands of the city is
81, SAG, 175 %. The claim against the late
borough OF TemperanceviIle authorized by
act of Councils in 1878 by loan is $50, 408 43,
making total in the sinking fund of
81, SIG, ,5S3 6S.
Upon this Controller Morrow said there
was. on rough average, 81 per cent in
come to the city, and he considered the in
vestment fully as good as Bank of England
stock, with large saving in postage. The
report of the Auditing Committee will cor
roborate the opinion of the Controller.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-06
Williamsburg, prohibition district, with
liquors.

liquors.
MIGHT HAVE BEEN, MORE.
Inspector McAleese said yesterday that
he thought there should have been 200 more
licenses granted, as the needs of the city
would require such an addition. He said
that 500 licensed saloons would give but q
Door excuse for the existince of speak
easy. In regard to the location of the Ii
censed houses he said that it would be i'm
possible to prevent the speak-easy nuisance
in localities where the Court had deprived
the people of the chances to assuage its
thirst. There should have been at least 500
licenses granted in Pittsburg.
The Inspectors opinion was that in such
places as the Thirteenth ward, for example,
it would be impossible to prevent the exist
ence of speak-easies. He thought terri
tory like that should have at least three
saloons, if not more.
Assistant Superintendent O'Mara said:
''You saw in my annual report that rec
commended 300 licenses, which if properly
distributed would fill all the requirements
of the city. AS to whether the licenses were
properly distributed or not cannot say, as
1 have not map of the city with red
mark at every saloon location, but don't
think any more saloons are needed than are
at present authorized to do business. The
speak-easy business derives its whole profits
from the Sunday work which the Depart
ment has always strenuously fought, as can
be seen by the records.
From an electric standpoint what opin-
ion have you Of the license awards?" was
asked of Superintendent Morris Mead,
of the Bureau of Electricity. He replied !:
81 should like to have had branch bat
terry under the bench which would control
the pens of the judges to the effect of plac-
ing signature at the foot of every appli-
cation. The electric method of granting
licenses would be grand success think, as
everybody would get license who could
pay for it, and would also have, if pos
sible, a method of making the license
holders confirm to the law under penalty of
deprivation of their license, if not of some
more severe punishment"
This was the same idea previo usly ad-
vanced by Assistant Superintendent
O'Mara, who thought the saloons should be
under control of the police authorities.
THE sPEAK-EAsY MUST GO.
Chief Brown yesterday said that, as the
number of saloons had been increased so
largely, the watch upon the speak-easies by
the police bureau would be intensified.
There were enough licenses granted to cover
the city, and he would at once give orders to
cover in the unlicensed houses as quickly as
possible and keep the matter worked thor
oughly up. This, in view of the fact that
the constables have been said to be rather
derelict in their reports in some places,
means that the speak-easy must 60.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-06
WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING.
Some Who Travel, Some Who Do Not. and
Others Who Talk.

w. c. Lyme, ex-President of the Pitts
burg Life Underwriters Association, and the
General Manager of the National Life Insur.
ance Company. was recently offered the Presi-
dency of an Ohio college, which he declined
Mr.. Lyme was formerly a popular educator
and since he has quit pedagogy has been offered
the principalship of one of the State normal
schools. and the chair of Latin and Greek in a
local college.
Judge Harry White, of Indiana county,
was in the city yesterday. He said he would
announce his list of licenses this week. The
Indge has a lurking suspicion that his con-
stituents are not as thirsty as some of the peo-
pie in other counties.
j. NJ. Chessbrough, assistant general
passenger agent of the Vandalia line, passed
through the city yesterday bound for the East.
DIR. J. j. Fronheiser, General Superin-
tendent of the Cambria Iron Works, was In the
city yesterday.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-06
NO ARB0R DAY IN PITTSBURG,
The Holiday TO be Observed Here by Being
Quietly Ignored.

Superintendent Luckey, of the Pittsburg
schools, has received from the State Super
intendent of instruction circular letters in
regard to the celebration OF Arbor Day in
May. Mr.. Luckey said yesterday: "Arbor
Day will not be celebrated in this city. We
have no grounds about our schoolhouses
for the planting of either trees or flowers.
During the first three years of the observ-
ance of the day in this State all the trees
were planted which we have room for.
Last year there was no observance of the
day and there will not be one now. The day
is chiefly valuable in the country districts.
There will not be any programme in the
schools, and the day will not be noticed in
Plttsburg in any way"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-06
Lucky Candidate for License.

John Phillips answered the following
questions satisfactorily and was granted
license. Do you love music? I do. What
instruments do you prefer? All. Where do
you buy your musical goods? At tGallinger's,
corner Twelfth and Penn streets. Why?
Because theay are the best. Any other rea-
son? Yes, because his prices are the lowest
in the city. Judge, do not forget me.
N. GALLINGER,
Thsu 1900 Penn ave.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-06
WHAT 1T is TO BE POOR.
Colored Waiter Who Hadn't Enough
Money TO Bury His Dead Wife,

The wife of Benjamin Weston, colored
man, died some time ago of consumption at
the Poor Farm. Weston is waiter, but has
been out of work for six months.
He hadn't any money to bury his wife, and
the body was left lying in rough box
at his parents home on Roberts street The
attention of the neighbors was called to the
sad case, and the police inspector called in.
A child of the unfortunate woman is
dying of pneumonia from lack of proper
care
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-06
The MAYORS MEN,
Official Announcement of the Appointees
From the Mayor.EIect.

Ohc1al Announcement Of the Appointees
From the Mayor.EIect.
The official announcement of the eight
appointments in the hands of Mayor-elect
Gourley were made yesterday, as they have
been already announced in THE DISPATCH,
with the exception of the Mayors Messen-
ger, in which change was made at the last
moment. They are at present as follows:
Police Magistrates, John Gripp, First dis
trict; B. F. McKenna, Second district; T.
B. Hyndman, Third district; c. E. Succop,
Fourth district; A. II. Leslie, Fifth dis
trict.
The Mayors clerk will be W. II. Nc
Cleary, until he steps into the field as an
assured candidate for Sheriff; Assistant
Clerk, Robert Ostermeir, and the Messenger
will be G. W. Gale, at present a colored
tonsorial artist on Grant street, who is very
highly Endorsed by leading Democrats of
the Second ward.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-06
e. G. HAYS & CO.'S
Eastcr Bargains.
Buy Your Pianos and Organs at II. kleber
& Bros, 500 Wood streer, Pittsburg.

Kleber's is the oldest and most reliable
music house in the city, and most people
would rather trust to Mr.. Kleber's choice
and representation than to that of any other
music dealer. At Kleber's the buyer is ab-
solutely safe against sharp tricks-thev are
the most honorable house in the trade. They
sell the great Steinway piano, the wonder
full Conover piano, and the charming Opera
piano-all warranted for eight years; also,
the inimitable Burdett organs and the new
church vocation organs.
Old pianos and organs taken in exchange.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-06
Americas Club Election.

The Americus Club met last evening.
The committees on charter and banquet re-
ported progress. Messrs. j. Howard Speer,
William NJ. Rees, T. B. Barnes, c. Traut-
man, William Lyons. Jr., J. H. Laird,
William L. Lapsley and G. A. McFeely
were elected as the Membership Committee.
W. H. Reed was elected Captain, L. R.
Davidson First Lieutenant and Horace F.
Lowry Second Lieutenant.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-06
q. D. CAMPBELL DEAD.
A Unknown Railroad Man the Victim of
Typhoid Fever.

Typhoid Fever.
H. D. Campbell, Secretary and Treasurer
of the Pittsburg and Western road, died
yesterday from an attack of typhoid fever
and some cardiac complications. Mr..
Campbell lived at 81 Monterey street, ALLIE
gheny. He was we'll known in business
circles, and his death will be q surprise to
his friends and associates. He had been i'll
for the past five weeks.
Mr.. Campbell was born in Butler county
and is now SO years old. His father who
died three years ago was prominent man.
Rev. W. A. Campbell, of Sewickley, and
J. 7. Campbell, a merchant of Franklin,
are his brothers.
Mr.. Campbell was good business man,
and was connected with the P. & W. road
for some years. Though not very wealthy
man, bs bad accumulated a comfortable
competence. He leaves wife and two
beautiful little girls to mourn his loss.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-06
MAGNITUDE OF THE WORK.

By calculating the rates at which the esti-
mates were made by Mr. Browne, Superin-
tendent of the Bureau Of Engineering, some
idea can be gained of the magnitude of the
operations contemplated by the Department
of Public Works Several other projects
are on hand, but not fully prepared, such as
the immense sewer at -Four Mile run, which
will cost about $500, ZOO.
Chief Bigelow's pet idea, the Schenley
Park. is not lost sight of in the multiplicity
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-06
Struck Hi. Wife With Poker.

Edward Kearney was sent to Jail by AL
derman Leslie last night to await hearing
on Thursday. He is charged with assault
and battery by his wife, Lizzie Kearney,
who lives on Forty-ffth street. Mrs. Kear-
ney states that her husband came home late,
and after an alteration struck her over the
face with heated poker.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-06
His Game Didu'r Work,

A young man named John Anderson was
arrested by Officers Bertges and Lintner, of
Allegheny, last night for attempting to
work fim-fam game in store on Ohio
street. He had not accomplished his trick,
when the officers were called in, and caught
him in the store. he was locked up for
hearing.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-06
Will be Ruried To-Day.

The funeral of Mrs. Margaret A. Du
Shane, who died at her home, 1704 Sidney
street, Southside, will take place from the
Carson Street NJ. E. Church this afternoon
at 2 o'clock. Unity Council, D. of L., of
which the deceased was member, will meet
at their hall at l o'clock and proceed to the
house in a body at 1:30.