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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-01

Or. NorVln Green, President OF the West
ern Union, appeared before the Con-
gressional Committee. He argued against
Mr.. Wanamaker's postal telegraph plan,
using statistics freely. He was certain that
the scheme would result in monetary loss.
WASHINGTON, February 28.-Postmas-
ter General Wanamaker, Judge Tyner, the
Assistant Attorney General for the Post
Office Department, and q number of promi-
nent telegraph men, were present at the
meeting of the House Committee on Post
Offices and Post Roads to-day to hear DIR.
Eorvin Green, the President of the Western
Union telegraph Company, address the
committee in opposition to the proposition
of the Postmaster General to establish a
limited telegraph system in this country.
DR.. Green said he had no set speech to
make. He promised that everybody knew
that the European governments owned and
operated telegraph lines, but none of them
had operated them so cheaply and satisfac-
torily as corporation could. The govern
ments had assumed control of the European
lines to protect the Government; in this
from the Government.
PLENTY OF STATISTICS.
DR.. Green produced table containing
statistics concerning every telegraph COM
pany in the world. The table showed that
in this country 100000 messages were
sent, against 173.OOO,OOO for all the rest of
the world. This country had $4,000 miles
of lines, against 373, 900 for the rest of the
world, and 81, 300 miles of wire, against
l, Ill ,96S for the rest of the world. The
Western Union controlled ten-elevenths of
the wire in this country. The Postal Tele-
graph owned most of the remainder. His
position was that the Government of the
United States had no business with the
telegraph. 1t certainly could not do the
service better than the Western Union The
people certainly were not asking for the
change. Not more than 1000, 900 people
out of the total population of the country
used the telegraph in any one year. Forty
six per cent of the amount of the telegraph
business was purely speculative. The pool
rooms and horse races in New York City
paid the company $3.50. 900 last year. Very
much better would the Government take
the coal mines and the railroads, because
the people have more need of them.
In North Carolina the Western Union had
telegraph offices that did not pay 25 cents
day in gross receipts. At the AT places
named in the Postmaster Generals plan as
to telegraph offices, the Government owned
but 104 postoffice buildings. It was becom-
ing grave question as to whether it now
profted the Western Union to continue its
contracts with the railroad companies.
Originally, they were sources Of great rev.
enue, but now their business was Increasing
to such an extent that it was doubtful if the
telegraph company (Which handled their
business frse) did not lose by the agreement.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-01

WILL PRICES is the only place you can
get those lovely gray scaris at 30 cents. Al
Sixth street.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-01

Another Special Bargain in Colored Surnhs.
24-inch wide, best shades. only So cents a
yard. Attend this silk sale.
Jos. HORNE & Co.'s
Penn Avenue Stores.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-01
A VERDICT FOR $1.625

Awarded a Plumber for Fatal Injuries
Inflicted n Son.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM Tt THE DISPATCH,
HARRISBURG, February 2S.-James H. Lutz
a plumber of this city, obtained verdict of
81, ,625 for fatal injuries inflicted on young son
by a car of the Harrisburg City Passenger
Railway Company. During a parade the car
ran over the boys legs. resulting in his death a
few days afterward. Suit was instituted against
the company for $4,000.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-01
BOys' and Mems

Percale shirts, new spring styles.
Jos. HORNE & Co.'S
Penn Avenue Stores.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-01
Received Fatal Injuries.

WEST NEWTON, February Is. "A man
named Kelly tonight, while intoxicated, fell
from the Baltimore and Ohio platform at
suterville, into ravine, and received fatal in
juries.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-01
REAL ESTATE SAVINGS BANK, LINI.,

4O1 smithfeId Street, cor. Fourth Avenue.
Capital, S1oO, 900. Surplus, $50, 900.
Deposits of 81 and upward received and
interest allowed at 4 per cent IT'S
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-01
STRIKE AT WHEELING.

1t Includes Plumbers. Timers, Bricklayers,
Painters and Laborers.
rspECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPArCH..
WHEELING, February 2S.-The strike of the
carpenters and masons extended to-day to all
the building trades and about 1000 men are
idle, including plumbers, timers, bricklayers.
roofers, painters. laborers, plasterers, etc. The
Builders Exchange tonight. after three
hours session, appointed committee to confer
with The strikers,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-01
A WeII.Knowu Hotel Man Dead.

T1FFIN, O., February sc. E. Pratt. pro-
prietor of the Showhan House. and one of the
best known hotel men in the State, died sud-
denly tonight of apoplexy.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-01
The PEOPLE'S STORE
FIFTH AVENUE, PITTSBURG
CARPETS, LACE CURTAINS,
UPHOLSTERY - GOODS,

M0NDAY MoRNzNG. MARCH5, 1890, ws qbeu.
Ne0O Spring Stock Of CARPETS, Lace Curtains and
Lhokery e0ods Large this CARPET DEPARTMENT oUas
last year, has been made much larger this year by add
tonal floor in tile back 6udug being added On soaO
on this floor oAat comprised , floors of OrdI-
nary CARPET stores We eaeet this OiU be the greatest CARPET
season e0ev Aad and haze prepared for sach Oh
store sbace almost doubled stock Of goods usnrassed and
facilities for doing large business uuexeelzea
We make the claim Aat for those hO desire to obtain
good goods at the 0est cash bzce there the
country today better position to SUPPLY your and
sa0e y0n money!
Ne here TO do tie CARPET business of Pttsbu1e, and
will not resort to any Misrepresentation doubtful statements
attain that ena One brc and cash. has been the magnet
ah has constantly increased tade this means no bad
asb and to y0n sa0ins Of from 10 to cents yard
OUR STOCK IS ALL NEW-NO BACK NUM-
BERS Here you aOaH find the choicest Royal W0zs. Ar-
ministers, Moquette Wilton Teks, Body Brussels Tapestry
Brussels, and 3b hrgyaus. HI grades of cheaper Car
betaHgs, Matugs, Rugs, Art Squares, Lzn0leus and Oil
CotA We haze ovh0ut doubt the largest and best Curtain
and Upholstery IN these cltles Thousands of PAIRS Of
Curtains from so cents to the finest handmade Brussels Lac
at $50 bazrg00as Of direct iubortatlon through
the P1ts6uag Custom House,
BUY YOUR CARPETS Now Get the ehoies of
the sock 40Ola the rush. and haze them ~ead lay Just
OAen yon aOaut them.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-01
AY0UNG MAN MISSING.
Beaver Falls People Fear He Has
Been Foully Dealt With.
A MYSTERIOUS POISONING CASE
Will Probably Reveal Terrible Plot in
JOhnstoWn.
FACTORY BURNED AT PHILLIPSBURG
Several Cooperative Stores Started by Local Knights
of Labor.

The sudden disappearance of George E.
Liscomb, of Beaver Falls, has thrown that
place into lever of excitement. A child's
death, supposed to be from eating canned
goods, arouses doctors suspicious and he
refuses to sign certificate. The Knights
of Labor will start cooperative stores. The
match factory at Phillipsburg is cremated.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-01

WANTED-Sixth ward dwelling, between
Filth avenue and Bluff ST., or on Bluff st.,
at from s., 900 to So, 800. Owners only need
address Broker, box 446. city. Ths
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-01

WILL PRICES is the only place you can
get those lovely gray scarls at 30 cents. AZ
Sixth street.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-01

LADIEs-You will profit by reading our
silk lad" in this paper to-day.
Jos. HORNE s. Co. s
Penn Avenue Stores.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-01

BEAv Err FALLS, February 2S.-This
place was thrown into furor of excitement
this morning when it became known that
George E. Liscomb, prominent young
marie man and clerk of the City Council,
had been mysteriously missing since We'd
nesday evening. On that evening young
Liscomb attended banquet at Rochester.
About midnight it was noticed that he had
been drinking little, and he was taken to
the front yard of the hotel by friend. He
sat down on the doorstep and his friend left
him, but returned in minute or two. Lis
comb was gone, and from that hour to this,
he has not been seen. Every effort has been
made to find him, and a delegation visited
Pittsburg last night and searched everywhere,
but no trace of him could be found.
He carried superb gold watch, which he dis
played very recklessly, and it is feared a bad
gang noticed loafing around the hotel that
night saw the watch and when they caught
him outside knocked him in the head robbed
him aud then threw the body in the Ohio river,
which flows but few hundred yards distant
from the hotel. Detectives are at work today
on the case.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-01

WILL PRICES is the only place you can
get those lovely gray scarfs at 80 cents. AZ
Sixth street.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-01

Special Values in Coiored Sntin Rhndnmes
At s5c and 81 yard. Attend this great
silk sale. JOS. HORNE & Co.'S
Penn Avenue Stores
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-01

WILL PRICES is the only place you can
get those lovely gray scarfs at 80 cents. Al
Sixth street.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-01

WILL PRICES is the only place you can
get those lovely gray scarfs at so cents. At
Sixth street.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-01

WILL PRICES is the only place you can
get those lovely gray scarfs at 30 cents. AZ
Sixth street.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-01
WANAMAKER'S PLAN
Vigorously Condemned by the Presi-
dent of the Western Union.
GREEN BEFORE THE COMMITTEE.
The Postmaster General and Others List en-
to His Testimony.
A DEFICIENCY CERTAIN TO RESULT
If the Government Goes Into the Telegraph Business
as Proposed.

DR.. Norvin Green, President of the West
ern Union, appeared before the Con-
gressional Committee. He argued against
Mr.. Wanamaker's postal telegraph plan,
using statistics freely. He was certain that
the scheme would result in monetary loss.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-01
SPECULATIVE BUSINESS,

The Chairman asked how much of their
business the Western Union did in the free
delivery cities. DR.. Green replied that
about 80 per cent would COVERT. That busi-
ness was more largely speculative than the
remainder of their business, as it would in
clude the great money centers of the country.
The Chairman said that it was proposed
to pay the operators out of tie 2 cent charge
for the postage stamp; he would like to
know what the operating cost was. DR..
Green replied that close estimate placed
it at cents per message; in cases OF long
distance messages it ran up to 9 cents. The
average compensation of firstclass operators
was SIS per month.
The Chairman wished to know how the
rates suggested by the Postmaster General
compared with the present rates. DR..
Green replied that generally they were two
ifths lower. In the case of long distance
messages they were one-half lower. The
average message was 81 words, including
addresses and signatures. 1t was preferable
to continue the system of tree addresses to
insure accurate delivery. Under tine En-
glish system where the address was charged
for addresses were cramped and messages
frequently failed in delivery.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-01

WILL PRICES is the only place you can
get those lovely gray scaafs at so cents. AZ
Sixth street.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-01

WILL PRICES is the only place you can
get those lovely gray scarfs at 80 cents. At
Sixth street.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-01

NEcKwEAR, new styles. at James a.
Aiken & Co. s, 100 Fifth ave.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-01
THE WEATHER.

windS, aoih cold ,oave.
For West Virginia, decidedly colder, north
weSterly winds, snoao, folloooed dy fair
ueather;; cold and clear Sunday.
PITTsBURG. February 8, 1880.
The United States Signal Service oficerin
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-08-24
The Servant Girl in America.
L. L. .-I-.L--

Tho servant girl question still crops
mp iu the newspapers. II is not to be
wondered AT that the question presents
SD many difficulties. I'm that class i'm
America which boasts hereditary wealth
the question is being settled on the
lines followed in Euglaud-the eStab-
GShmeut of the clear and recognized re-
ation of mistress and servant. This
involves the formation of a ruling class
and q serving class, the settlement of
their respective rights and duties being
q mere matter of detail presenting no
serious difficulties But thevaSt major
it's of the people of the American con-
tiuent-and this is especially true Of
the people of Cauada-are included i'm
the great middle class from which alone
the main body of efficient servants
must come. The difficulty of setting
the relations of employer and employe
is thus doubly complicated, first by the
natural unwillingneSs of the employee 20
accept the mark of inferiOrity, and Sec
ond by the inability of the en-
ploycr 90 provide such accommodation
aS is necessary i'm order To enable the
employee TO live human life. In fact
We seek 90 establish here the feudal re-
lation without the money to provide
that absolutely necessary adjunct,
the servants hall. Where there
is but one servant. and
whore the life of that servant, when in
her employers house. must be passed in
tine kitchen and an attic bedroom, the
servant must either tranSgreSS necessary
rules or suppress the first element of
human nature, which is the desire for
human companionShip. Notin training
schools for servants, not i'm better wages
or kind treatment is the solution of the
servant girl problem TO be found, but in
the extension of those agencies which
now tighten the houSkeeper'S duties
the gas stove. the public laundry, the
central kitchen and others which are
now rapidly making their usefulness
felt.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-08-24

This, as well as all other things,
varies among different tribes At Ba-
thurt on the Gambia saw the women
loading the boats. their babies tied on
their backs with the bare little heads of
the infants exposed TO the fierce heat
of the tropic sun. The women were
divided into gangs. with a man acting
rs OverSeer or driver.
Housekeeping is a very primitive af-
fair among these children of nature.
There is very little of it to do. The
houses, as a rule, are made of plated
bamboo, matched with leaves. with a
clay floor and fire built in one end of
the house. The smoke to white per-
son is inSufferable, and the general ar
engagements repugnant in the extreme.
All over Africa, the plea for mission
aries is heard. Those pioneers who
have gone out, as / have done, to native
towns where no white foot has ever
penetrated before, have heard the APP
peal: 1--WE all be in the dark all desc
long gone years. We no want we child
rem to live in de night, all same as we.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-08-24
CARRIES PEN.
SECRETARY WHITNEY'S WIFE HAS A
TALK WITH WORTH.
The Dear Girls Dance With Flowing Hair-A Count
Of No account Meets His Match-Good
News for the Freckled Girl.

]
New YORK, August 21.-At last the
world begins TO appreciate the merits OF
the freckled girl. For two or three
seasons she has been loTly advancing
until now she stands in the very front
row. The poets and artists have taken
her up, and the glory Of her red-brown
hair. the cream of her ivory skin, with
its artistic fleckS OF burnt umber, and
her big long dashed hazel eyees-eyes
with no bottom TO them somebody says
are fruitful themes for pictures from
pen and brush She wears gowns of old
blue, with trimmings of dull red. wide
hats with dropping plumes, and long
classic draperies, for the freckled girls
form haS-so the poet sayS-''a lissome
grace" Sing hey for the freckled girl.
Mrs. Whitney, the wife of the ex-
secretary, who has recently returned
from a long stay abroad, says the report
that Worth is going TO revive crinoline
and hustle is all nonsense. Mrs. Whit
ney interviewed the great dressmaker
himself. And he showed her silks and
woods and brocades, all as soft and as
clinging as they could be made.
The more can follow the outline Of
the figure, the better results obtain. "
said Mr. Worth TO Mrs. Whitney. And
the change of style from very boufIant
drapery to these straight classic gowns
is the real reason why so many Ameri-
can girls are trying TO develop their
figures
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-08-24

Another girl who lets her hair hang
down and lets the corners Of her mouth
droop down and lets the whites of her
eyes turn up, and who wears cape
draped Hamlet-wise. and Romeo shoes
and a fifteenth century hat, and who
walks up and down the shore with a
melancholy stride. is the Stage-struck
miss who is practising in order that
| she may present hen self before Bouci-
cault or some other Judge of histronic
merit in the fall She coniiues herself
almost entirely to Shakcsperian work,
/ of course; for she means TO 'dO the
/ Legitimate" She means ont the woes
of Ophelia. nothing daunted because
some unappreciative boy from the pier
answers her with n dismal cat-call.
She shriekS the instrumentation
sentences Of Lady Macbeth. But once
| In awhile she deScendS to comedy, and
/ the very waves recede in terror as she
stamps up and down the sands person
ating Petrucchio'S Kate.
There is at Newport hotel the heayi-
est swell in all America. Not an ocean
swell: would-be English swell. No
body knows who he is. But the daugh-
ters of the Rhode Island farmers think
they know, for he has been around
among them, picking out the prettiest
ones. to whom he has told wonderful
tales of his ancestral acres and likewise
| his titles.
These innocent damsels have all Of
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-08-24

Miss Schcnck. the pretty n.'r
Mrs. Hicks-LOrd. who went abroad ssh
her aunt last week, had the most ,.''
bic shipboard gown that can nc n.
ined. II was of serge, just the >.a..
grey that sea water would not hgi.. a'
it was made with plain and lal.
fitting Jacket bound with blach 81
braid. A close round hat of fclt. 3D..
ted veil. and a neat tourists bag
pleted this very sensible outfit. AMI
She stood on the deck of the big -'.I
or waving her friends good-bye ,
looked trim and trig as a
should She had nothing with he
a small hand bag. whats the
she said, "of a lot Of luggage whc.
go over. We are going to buy
things, and there's no use OF ear
trunks both ways"
1t struck me as being vDr
idea. An idea worthy of %. i
girl. My friends often a.u- ".
waving the Star-Banglcd Bar'H '. "
occasions. but if you'll find me .. N'
duet OF any age that is cqua '' '.
American girl OF 1890, I'll 90 m .-
see what IL is.
CARRIE Gaze
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-08-24
AMONG CANNIBALS.
MISS SaARP TELLS ABOUT HER ELEVEN
YEARS AFRICAN EXPERIENCE.
As Pioneer Missionary, She Penetrated Where No
White Had Ever Come Beiore-African
Religions and Ritss-The Al
bino Girl Sacrifice.
COPYRIGHTED.


l went to Africa in 1879 and, with the
exception of few months vacation IN
1854. | have spent eleven consecutive
wears in that country. Much of this
time was occupied in missionary labor
among the Kroos, whose country proper
lies between SimOu and Cape PalmaS.
There is. however, large town OF
FKrooS in the vicinity of Monrovia, III
Liberia. and there | made my head
quarters.
During my life in Africa, which ex-
pect shortly to resume, IL has been my
fortune to see many strange sights ana
mingle among strange peoples, and the
record of my experience would NIL vol
umeS. | only purpose, however, giving
an outline of what ! know OF that won
derful country, whose division among
the leading European powers Is Just
NOW attracting the attention of the CIV
ilized world.
Nature has made Africa a beautiful
country. and il has no more beautiful
part than that in which my missionary
laborS began. found many agreeable
surprises among the KrooS, who are the
Seamen Of the West Coast, dong the
work of loading and unloading the ships
and steamers that come there. In the
entire West Coast, after leaving
Bathurst on the Gambia river, there are
no wharves. and the cargo has to be
sent to the vessels in small
boats and received in the same
manner | found the KrOss finely
built. brave, Independent race OF free
men who. although they never were
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-08-24

missionaries. generally object 10 TAKING
very old men for husbands and decline
to marry them for whom they have no
affection. They become somewhat IN
dependent on the subject Of matrimony,
and the result is that the missionaries
are prevented from getting as many
girl pupils as they would otherwise.
The natives don't like to have their i'm
memorial customs overriden. They say
of the girls trained in mission schools:
"They bring sass in We town
| have seen curious custom at Old
Calabar. with regard TO the training OF
young girls for matrmony. a hole is
dug in the ground, on the floor OF the
house. and the girl. who may be ten or
twelve years Of age, is made to sit in it
constantly, with an abundance of tempt
ing food within easy reach. Her body
is chalked TO prevent PRECIPITATION, and
she grows fat very speedily. Sometimes
this fattening process is continued three
years are more; the fatter the girl the
higher price she will bring. \ bride
who adds fat to other good qualities is
sure to find husband very quickly.
Among many of the native tribes a
sort of rude polteGeSS prevails that sur
prScs a stranger. If one native has a
! knife which another wishes to borrow,
the first will wipe il clean (?) on his legs
or feet before handing il TO the second.
Everywhere there is an anxiety to learn
| English. The KrOOS. for example. will
accept orders from no foreigners unless
they speak in that language; not even
from Spanish, German or French. They
/ try TO use it on all occasions, and the re-
suit is an odd tumble of sense and pro-
family sometimes, as in the case Of one
poor fellow who prayed: "Oh, God,
take cherry Id bad ting out OF my
heart"
need hardly add that l am in love
with my work in Africa. In the more
civilized part, where much missionary
work has been done. the people have
adopted American customs, and the
American language. In Liberia United
States money is in circulation, and in
the schools and missions the books arc
the same rs those used by American
children. The flag. too, is like the stars
and stripes, the only difference being
the lone star on the field of blue. The
native women, though their condition
has been somewhat improved. are still
bought and perform the work of slaves:
but they are treated with more consid-
Grafton than formerly. In my own
church, have seen a man rise and give
his seat to a woman-quite an advance
from the old savage days.
intend to close the century there, il
l live. MARY 4. SHARP.