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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-25
IN THE NICK OF TIME.
The General Rain Worth Nlnuy Million
Dollar. TO the Country.

The General Rain Worth Nlnuy Million
Dollars TO the Country.
The most encouraging feature of yesterdays s
business was not mentioned by financial
writer's. or. if it was it was a hindrance to
trade. 1t was the general rain. People in the
city only appreciated it as dust-layer, and
some of them shuddered over the fall in tenn
perature more than they appreciated the dust
laying, but that rain will have more effect
on future trade than all the work
performed in the speculative markets In the
Union. Rain was more needed than at any
other time in the past five years. The ground
had been so soaked by Is months moisture.
that it was like paste to an unknown depth and
ten days wind and sun had baked it until it
was as hard as unleavened bread. In clay lands
the plow could not be used and the smiling
vegetation of md-winter was fast assuming the
sickly hue of dog-days. During the winter
there wasn't sufficient freezing to leaven the
soil and another week of drouth would have
made famine prices hold for garden vegetables
during the greater part Of the summer, If not
all of it.
The roads were generally dry. but covered
with 500pound clods that made wheeling on
them dangerous. The rain will soften them so
that they will soon be pulverized. Passengers
on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago
Railway report that the rain battered on the
car roof all the way from Fort Wayne to Pitts
burp
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-25
WANTS THE BOOKS CHANGED.
Tho Non-Pnrtisnn w. C. T. U. Displeased
with the Text Books Now Used.

Tho Non.Pnrti.un w. C. T. U. Di.plea.ed
with the Text Books Now Used.
The first monthly meeting Of the Non-Par.
tisan W. G. T. O., Of Allegheny, was held yes
terday afternoon in the Fourth U. 2. Church,
Allegheny. Mrs. Joseph d. Weeks presided.
owing to the absence of the President, Mrs. II.
Z. Campbell, who could not attend on account
Of the sickness of her brother. The business Of
the session was embraced in two addresses. one
by Mrs. NJ. v. Hughes, County su-
the other by Miss Mary Monroe,
county Superintendent Of Juvenile Work.
Inc address of Mrs. Hughes was counned 70
!ne lnsufnc1ent stress laid on temperance sub
JeGts IN the text books of the public schools OF
Adhegneny a. sn and Pittsburg. She quoted the act
hygiene which SHALL in each division OF the
suDJect SO pursued. include special reference TO
tne enects OF alcoholic drinks, stimnlants and
narcoLcs. upon the human system, shall De In
cluded IN the branches of study now required
by law to be taught in the common schools, and
snail be introduced and studied as a regular
branch by all pupils in all departments Of the
public schools of the Commonwealth"
In reference to this the speaker stated that
several OF the text books used had only a slight
reference to the power of alcohol opium and
tobacco. She named DR.. W. 7. smiths book
entitled "The Human Body and Its Health" as
an Illustration of the neglect of this law to
great extent In conclusion, the speaker rec
ommelded the adoption of the Union Series"
in the public schools, and stated that the aboli-
tion of drunkenness was possible only by edu-
cational influence to that end; the employment
OF officers to that the act of 1885 was carried
out, and the careful appointment of teachers.
Miss Monroe's speech was almost similar to
that of Mrs. Hughes, and treated of the
proper influence which should bear on chill.
dren. The next meeting will be held May 20.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-25
A CHANCE TO GAIN TRADE,
An International Exposition TO be Given In
jamaica Next Yenr.

An International Exposition TO be Given In
Jamaica Next Yenr.
A circular letter has been received by Super
intendent Follansbee. of the Chamber of Com
merce. announcing a proposed international
exposition on The Island of Jamaica in Janu-
ary, 1891 The exhibition will be under the
management of the Government of Jamaica
and an exhibit of American goods is particu-
larly desirable by the committee in charge. The
letter states that a very large space has been
set aside for the display Of American manufac-
lures, and that no duties will be assessed on
goods not sold on the island. There will be no
charge for space, and this will be most excel
lent opportunity for those who desire to in
crease the export trade of the United States.
New ana very large buildings have been erected
by the Jamaica Government for exhibition pur-
poses. In addition to the accommodations al
ready possessed, large hotel is now in course
of construction near the grounds, and will be
under American management.
The circular is signed by William Lane
Booker, Her Britannia Majesty's Consul Gen.
eraI at New York. who is Chairman of the
committee and Thomas Amor Secretary
Stewart building. No. $50 Broadway. New
York. The communication was referred to the
Committee on Manufactures.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-25
PRESIDENT SACHS VIEWS,

Tho Noted International Sportsman Ex.
presses Himself Very Freely.
G, M. L. Sachs was at the Anderson yester-
day. on his way East. He has been in Cali
fornia for several months for his health, which
is considerably i'm proved. and he expects to
sail for Europe in a few days. Mr.. Sachs is,
perhaps, the pest known amateur sportsman in
Anne rica, President Of the National Cross
Country Athletic Association, and member of
the New York Athletic club, he has been
closely identified with all national and interna-
tional sports. He has taken a number Of
American athletes, including Lon Myers. to
England. Speaking of the situation in baseball
matters Mr.. Sachs said:
Il am sorry to see the thing overdone in this
way. AS 1t stands now, one association or the
other must surely go to the wall, and the whole
thing cannot but help but result disastrously
to the national game. 1t is pity to see one of
our best sports juggled with in this way"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-25
DIR. COOKE ON REVISION.
A Wheeling Divine Pays His Respects TO
Pfttsburg Presbyrerianism.

Piffsburg Presbyterianism.
Hon. William T. Hearne, President of the
West Virginia Pottery Company, of Wheeling,
and DR.. William H. Cooke, pastor of the Sec
ond Presbyterian Church of that city, passed
through Pittsburg last evening on their way 70
Baltimore. where Mr.. Hearne is to place his
son in Johns Hopkins University. In an inter-
view DR.. Cooke said: THE latest report re .
garding the vote on the revision of the con-
fession of faith will be given IN the Phila-
dephia Presbyterian, which will reach
you tonight. II will state that 102
Presbyteries nave voted for revision and 54
against, having so yet to be heard 'front.' don't
think that the Pittsburg Banner will give
these figures. because it is earnestly opposed to
revision. 1 understand why the Banner takes
the position that it does and why the Western
Pennsylvania Theological Seminary is SO firmly
opposed to revision. Both represent the Pres
byterianism of Western Pennsylvania and
that is Presbyterianism of the intense con-
servatism of the Scotch-1rish kind. Both take
the position that they do because of the locality
in which they are. But the spirit of the time
will bring about the changes that are necessary,
and the extreme things said and done are only
incidents in the great change that is surely
coming about.
THE time is passing away when clergymen
will say, The Presbyterianism that was born
under and ordained under is good enough for
me- They will see, in time, that few changes
IN the confession of faith will leave Presbyte-
rianism the same grand old Presbyterianism it
was before the faults in its so-called creed were
eliminated
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-25
WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING.
Some Who Travel, Some Who Do Not, md
Others Who Talk.

Others Who Talk.
-Messrs. Austin Ready, S. J. Edwards,
William Merrill George Keller and ]. H.
Ferris, Council committee from Connells-
vile, Ind, were at the Anderson yesterday
accompanied by Mr.. E. E. Keller and Mr.. E. ].
Dimerdale, of Chicago. They are looking up
electric light matters.
M. j. O'Neill, contracting press agent
for the Forepaugh show, which is billed for
Pittsburg May 10 and 20, is visiting friends on
Ohio street, Allegheny.
MIR. John McKeown, the oil producer, of
Washington, and Mr.. w. L. Curtis of the Oak
dale Gas Company. OF Braddock, are at the
Seventh Avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. James W. Drape re-
turned yesterday from an extended trip to the
Blue Mountains and springs of Virginia.
MIR. w. c. Connolly, the local Asso-
ciated Press agent, with his wife, returned
yesterday from visit to Chicago.
Mr.. John Van Derelde, Of Cleveland, a
member of the Standard Oil Company, is at the
Duquesne.
Judge Edward Campbell, of Uniontown,
registered at the Schlosser last night.
MIR. j. H. Hosmer, a prominent lawyer
Of Franklin, is at the Duquesne.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-25
KENTUCKY QUITTING RACING.

Mr.. James E. Pepper, of Lexington, Says
Breeding Is Displaci Speeding.
Mr.. James E. Pepper and Mr.. d. D. Bell,
prominent residents of Lexington, KY, passed
through on the limited last evening bound for
their home in the Blue Grass country. ''Rac-
ingT said Mr.. Pepper, arching his brows and
struggling his shoulders. Il thought everybody
knew was out of the racing business. tell
you, down IN Kentucky we have all quit racing
and gone to breeding. 1 have been in the East
buying brood mares. If 1 wasn't too modest 1
would tell you that Elias Lawrence is the best
horse in Kentucky, and that own Elias Law
renee but that would be putting myself.
mo, to tell you the truth, while the racing
season will be up to the average this veal, many
of the heaviest owners in horsefeSh have quit
the track and gore entirely to breeding"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-25

MIR. Martin Wants Manufacturers TO Organ.
ize Before the Conference.
The programme for the next convention of
the Amalgamated Association is in the hands
of the printer. 1t will contain all suggestions
for changes in the scales that have been re-
ceived from the various lodges. Secretary
Martin says they have received no intimation
of probable organization of the Association
of Manufacturers of Iron and Steel Nails, but
he hopes to before the time for the conference.
He adds:
while we have no doubt as to the ultimate
outcome on the scale question: If presented to
individual firms for signature, the Anal
gamated Association prefers to deal with the
manufacturers as an organized body, so that
when a settlement is reached it is accepted by
all, without the signature of individual firms.
1t is better for all concerned, and among the
reorganization of the A. Nj. of l. and 8. N.
would be hailed with Joy"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-25
SOME SECRECY EXPLAINED.
Clerk Dilworth Snys the Outsiders Made
Too Much Noise.

II do not think the result of the election will
be changed" said Clerk of Allegheny Common
Council, Robert Dilworth, last night, IN speak
Ing of the statement made that the election of
health officer was illegal. THE matter Of ex-
cluding the public from the meetings when the
officers are elected is not customary, although
it was done in this case 1t was not because
there was any occasion for secrecy, but there
was such large crowd present that it was
almost impossible to transact business. The
loud talking of people outside the railing al
most drowned the voices of the committeeman.
and to get through in time the audience was
requested to retire. l have no idea that any
thing will come of it'
James Hunter. President of Common Coun-
Gil. said: II favor viva voce given in public,
and there was no occasion for secrecy. l do not
know why outsiders were excluded. as was not
present at the meeting on Monday night. 1t is
customary to allow everybody to attend these
committee meetings If they wish to do So"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-25
Buy Your Pianos and Organs Mt II. kleber
& Bros, SOC Wood Street.

Why? Because Kleber & Bro. are the
Oldest and most reliable dealers; because
Kleber & Bro. are the only ones in all Pitts
burg who are and have been for years prac-
tical piano teachers and piano makers; be-
cause Kleber & Bro. are the exclusive agents
for all the best pianos and organs made In
this country; because Kleber & Bro. are ad-
mitted TO be the most honest and trustworthy
music dealers in Pittsburg and Western
Pennsylvania; because Kleber & Bro. sell
lower, take smaller profits, and give easier
time payments and longer warrantee than
any other house, etc. At Klebers' you can
buy the wonderful Steinway, the great Con-
over, the popular Opera, and the sweet
Emerson pianos; also the lovely Burdett
organs and the unrivaled vocation church
organs. If you want the lowest and best
prices, call at Kleber 8 Bros.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-25
A GRADUATE OF The DISPATCH.

DR.. Everett, Prominent Lutheran Preach.
er, Recalls Hi. Newspaper Life.
DR.. T. T. Everett, pastor of the Messiah
Lutheran Church, of Harrisburg, passed
through Pittsburg last night on his way to
Louisville, where he will speak Sunday, at the
dedication of the new Warren Memorial
Church On his return he will spend several
days in Pittsburg. visiting his brother-in-law,
w. II, Collingwood, of Rissel Co.
II have very kindly feeling for Pittsburg."
said DR.. Everett. Much of my early life was
passed there. 1 was city editor of THE Dis
PATCH in 1854 Afterward l worked on the
Commercial. with Mr.. Brigham, and some time
after was appointed Secretary to Governor
Pattison. married later and went into the
ministry, but shall always remember my news
paper life in Pittsburg with a great deal of
pleasure"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-25
WEST VIRGINIA TOURISTS.

They Express Themselves Regarding Labor
and Politics Mt Home.
Judge Campbell of the First Judicial district
of West Virginia, was in the city last night on
his way to Washington. He stated that e1-
Governor Wilson. of the Charleston district,
has announced himself as a candidate for the
next Congress, and is making things more than
lively in a political way. The soubriquet of
WINDY Wilson" still sticks to the astute poll
tician.
Judge Campbell was accompanied by Benja-
min Fisher, of Star Stove Company of Wheel
ing and William V. Simpson. of Simpson &
Hogue. The travellers stated that the mechan-
ics' strike in Wheeling is still on with no pres
ent hopes of settlement but in the glass and
iron industries every wheel was running, with
no prospect of labor complications.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-25
SENATOR ALLISON COMING.
Sure to be Here To- Morrow If Excused
From Making n Speech.

Sure to be Here To- Morrow IL Excused
From Making n Speech.
The following gentlemen of the Americus
Club left last evening for Washington, D. c., to
act as committee to escort to Pittsburg the
Washington guests of the clubs banquet to the
memory of General Grant: Messrs. A. ]. Logan,
w. H. Keech. ]. D. Littell and John A. Reed.
They will arrive at Washington this morning
and will scatter among the guests and place
them in possession of all needful information.
The afternoon will be devoted to stocking the
b. & o. special train with edibles and other
necessares. The train will consist OF Vice
President Kings private car and Two sleepers.
The former will be the headquarters on the
trip.
The train will pull out of Washington at
about 10 o'clock tonight. with the guests on
board, and will arrive in Pittsburg tomorrow
morning. The list of guests must be amended
to include Senator Allison, who has promised
to come if excused from speaking The day of
Saturday will be devoted to sightseeing and
entertainment and a lunch at The Duquesne
Club. given by Mr.. John w. Chalfant and
others to the guests will be feature of the
programme Indications for a notable oc-
casion, both gastronomically and oratorically.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-25
TIE COKE STRIKE is on.
IL Wns Declared by n Mass Meeting oi
Miners Held Yesterday.

The strike of 500 miners in the Smithton dis
trict, near Connellsville, was declared on at
mass meeting yesterday afternoon. A few
machine men are working at Port Royal, but
they will join the strikers in couple of days.
The miners say it is the companys purpose to
discharge all of the leaders, even If settle
ment is effected, to which the men will not
submit.
miners to remain firm, but to commit no rash
acts. The companies wanted the miners to re-
main at work under the wages of the old agree
ment, but this was declined. The trade in the
Smithton district has been quite brisk and a
suspension OF several weeks will be attended
with damaging results.
No settlement has been effected at Wheeler
d Morrells, and the 500 men are still on a
strike. mass meeting will be held at Mt.
Pleasant TODAY
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-25
BOTANISTS MONTHLY MEETING.

Prof. Carey, of Allegheny College, Reads
nm Interesting Paper.
The regular monthly meeting of the Botani-
cal Society of Western: Pennsylvania was held
last evening in the parlors of the Pittsburg
College, Meadville. read paper on Notes on
Native Food Plants of the Northern United
States East of the Mississippi River"
Prof. Carev is the authority on botany in tho
northwestern part of Pennsylvania. His paper
was an interesting study of this subject, which
was treated in a mastery and learned manner.
There was large attendance at the meeting
to hear the paper.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-25
RESOLVED TO MAKE AMENDS,

A Pop Dealer Receives n Small Coutribu-
tion TO the Conscience Fund.
Mr. Thomas Murray. a dealer in mineral
water and pop. at 2S and 30 Fourth avenue. last
evening received the following note from some
consclence-stricken person-evidently little
boy. from the handwriting and photography 1t
is needless to say that Mr.. Murray forgives the
poor fellow:
To Thomas Murray, % and 30, Fourth ave
Dear sir inclosed you will find (35 cents some
time ago took seven bottles of pop from one OF
YOUR wagons. wilst the driver was making a de-
livery, looking in 10 the errors of my past have
resolved TO make amends, Singed
CoNSCHENs.
Forgive me.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-25
A MATTER OF EXCHANGE.
The Policy of the M. NJ. p. U. Called Down
in Positive Terms.

Secretary Miss Laura A. Powell, of d. A. 8,
K. of l., in her communication to the Trades
Journal this week, says, in regard to the NJ. NJ.
P. q. difficulty: where would the NJ. NJ. P. q.
have been had our district opposed them in
1887 when they initiated members into their
order who belonged to d. A. 8? What became
of our amateur assembly which numbered
almost 100 members? They certainly are not
with us and il they are organized at all tt ey
must be with that august body, the M. NJ.
P. U.
we had the amateurs, and they had the pro-
fessionals, now we have the professionals and
they the amateurs. 1 see no reason why men
should be compelled to belong to any organiza-
ton which is obnoxious to them, and from
which they receive no support. simply TO oblige
few individuals. whose policy has always
been to rule or ruin"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-25
MACADAM FOR MAHONING.

Cheerful Prospects for Youngstown md Its
Surrounding Towns.
Mr.. George ID. Wick. of Youngstown, is at
the Duquesne. Mr.. Wick and his family own
about half of what is worth owning in the
thriving county seat of Mahoning county. Mr.
Wick speaks with confidence of the prospects
of Youngstown. A new railroad is to be cut
through from Youngstown TO Salem.
Mahoning county is agitated over the dues-
tion Of macadam roads. II will be put to vote
and as Youngstown itself has population
enough to carry the vote, there is little question
but MahonIng county farmers will have to go
down in their pockets and pay for the improve
nent
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-25
OUARRELED OYER A CORPSE.
Two Women Claim 10 be the Deceased's
Widow and Come to Words.

Yesterday morning Mrs. James Morgan
brought the remains of her husband to the un-
dertaklng establishment-of w. h. Devore for
fnterment. The deceased formerly kept a
shooting gallery at Ill Carson street, and died
at the West Penn Hospital. The funeral was
to take place in the afternoon at 3 o'clock. At
that hour Mrs. Morgan visited the undertake
ing establishment. In the meantime another
woman had arrived and claimed to be the law
full widow of Mr. Morgan.
The two women demanded proof of each
other as to their separate claims to the position
of chief mourner. and at last Undertaken De-
vore was called on to pacify them. Mrs. Nor
gan No. l took the first carriage and Mrs Nor
gan No. 2 followed close after. Both claim to
have been married to the deceased, one In At
lanta and the other in Pittsburg.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-25
SOLONS TO MEET NEXT MONTH.
The Supreme Lodge Of the Order Will As.
semblc on May %.

will meet in Pittsburg on May %. at No. 80
Fifth avenue, and will be in session several
days. The order was founded in Pittsburg
some four years ago, and now has some 1000
members. Within the past year women have
become eligible to membership, and there are
now 900 of them on the rolls.
At the coming session there will be, in addi-
tion to the supreme officers, ten delegates,
of which Pittsburg with its 25 lodges elects
four. The election in the Pittsburg district
was held yesterday. the choice of the lodges
being c. B. Woods of Monongahela City: l. B..
TAYLOR, of Irwins; o. II. Schroeder, of McKees-
port, and Mrs. R. H. Godfrey, Of Pittsburg.
Mrs. Godfrey is the first woman ever elected a
representative to the Supreme Lodge.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-25

Mr.. E. B. Serross, of New York. now living in
one of the most beautiful parts of Harlem.
mo-" he said, in reply to reporters ques-
tion, Il haven't anything to say further than
that am going to visit my friend, Judge
Proper. at Tionesta. Pa. Yes, still have oil
interests in that part of the State and the OBJ
ject of my trip is to look after them, but my
principal object is to rest and visit"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-25
A Special BnrRnin.

To-day we shall sell $50 mems suits in
sacks and cutaways, manufactured express
ly for fine trade from expensive cheviots and
cassimeres, at S12 each. These garments are
always sold at S1S and $40. P. C. c. G.,
Cor. Grant and Diamond sts., opp. the
Court House.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-25
TOWNSHIP ANNEXATION POSTPONED.
The Names of Three Fifths Of the RESIDENT
Wanted TO the Petition.

Wanted to the Petition.
The special committee of Allegheny Councils
appointed to consider the advisability of an
nexing Reserve township to the city met last
night City Solicitor George Elphinstone was
present and explained the legal points involved
in the marriage OF township to the city. He
said it would be necessary to secure the names
of three-fiths of the taxpayers of the township
to the petition before it could be acted upon.
1t was decided to postpone action until the
necessary signatures could be secured. An
other meeting will be held next Thursday af-
ternoon at 2 o'clock, when some definite action
will be taken.
ship were also present to object to the annexa-
tion. Among the city objectors is President
Lindsay of Select Council. 1t is said his wife
owns 65 acres of land in the township, and he
does not think annexation would beneht the
ground to any great extent.