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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-03
HE CHANGED COLOR.


| The Peculiar Disease Thnt An1icts II. r.
Kuake, the Cathedral Organist-He De.
scribes His Feelings, and speculares Ms
to tho Cause.
Mr.. H. 7. Knake, the popular organist of
St. PauIs Cathedral, is suffering from a
peculiar disease. The skin has been grad
ually changing color for nearly year, un-
til now it is very dark yellow. He re-
sembles a Spaniard of the darker type, and
Mr.. Knake used to be Of fair complexion.
Only the gentlemsn's hands, arms, face,
neck and feet are affected. His hands are
yellow, while the color deepens on the fin
gers until above the joints they almost be-
come black. His breast, back and limbs
are still white.
"Last July my friends began to notice
change in my color" said Mr.. Knake yes
terdav. 'I never observed it myself, and
was disposed at first to treat the affair
lightly. But people kept on calling my at
tention to my face. In September 1 met
friend on Diamond street who told me was
rapidly changing into Mexican. Others
advised me to try and stop the discolora-
tion, and at last I found that the trouble
was deep enough to seek medical aid. The
last time was out was six weeks ago, and
then the trip to town was.so fatigu1ng that I
had to consent to take a rest indoors The
confinement. is eneryating, and have lost
flesh in that way, but otherwise am in fair
health. have good appetite and sleep
we'll. As you see l simply lie around on
the sofas, and am not actually confined to
bed. 1 understand there are rumors
that I have what is called black
jaundice. My physician, DR.. Bingamon,
does not say it is that though. He never
told me it was jaundice, so 1 do not know
what you could call my disease, You
might see the DOCTOR"
The reporter called on DR.. Bingamon,
but the physician absolutely refused to talk
about Mr. Knake's case. on the ground that
newspapers have no right to invade the re-
lations between physician and patient. He
refused to say what was the matter with Mr..
Knake, simply remarking that the gentle
man was getting we'll, and that his disease
was an unusual one.
Mr.. Knake's position at the Cathedral
organ will be filled temporarily at the
Easter services.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-03
SUBURBAN IMPROVEMENTS,
A Town TO be Built on the Mornings
Road.

Electricity is still building up the
suburbs. Had Engineer Rea's advice to
the Pennsylvania Railway Company been
followed generally years ago, steam rail-
ways might have carried the surplus city
population out to green fields and pleasant
pastures as English railways do the London
masses, but the day seems to have gone by,
and within ten years electric cars
will be running in every direction from
Pittsburg 10 to 20 miles. Mr.. c. Yeager
stated some time ago that the PENNSYLVANIA
Insurance Company had sold tract of land
on Haight's run and the Morningside road
to syndicate for 81, 900. He tied a string
to the information and would not allow it to
be published. Since then a meeting has
been held in the Office of j. W. Kinnear,
Esq, on Grant street, and the Morningside
Land and IMPROVEMENT Company formed.
Mr.. Kinnear was empowered to get char
ter for in. and it transpires that the company
is the purchaser of the land spoken of by
Mr.. Yeager. The property is in the Eight
eenth ward, and was once known as the
Garrison property, on which many millions
of bricks were once made.
The capital stock of the company is S12,-
600, divided into 240 shares of $50 each.
Among the stockholders are NJ. c. Cameron,
w. L. Unverzagt, John T. Wheeler, John
A. Graves, Thomas Carde, W. A. Zahm,
George Carde, William NJ. Werner, Richard
Harris and j. W. Kinnear.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-03
THAT MYSTERIOUS BEER.
The Witnesses In the Oehling Case Don't
Know who Owned IL,

huO" VINO O"nco
Alderman Gripp yesterday gave hearing
to John S. Oehling, on the charge of selling
liquor on election day. In the License
Court he had been told his name
was on the speak-easy list. He had
denied it and the suit followed.
Clarence Burleigh looked after the interests
of the Department of Public Safety, and
James O'Donnell appeared for the defend
ant William Moorhead was the first wit
ness. He said Oehling had given him beer
on election day in a shed above Alderman
Doughty's office. He said there were four
others there, and one of them was Alderman
Doughty. He said Oehling had asked him
to take Democratic beer, and he had gone
there twice. The witness said OehIing
stated he was working for O'Donnell, the
Democrat. The shed is about 1S0 feet from
the polls.
Michael Cusick and John Ruff corrobo-
rated Moorhead's testimony. James O'Don-
nell said that Oehiing did not know the
beer was there until 10 o'clock in the morn
ing. When the witness was asked by Mr..
Burleigh if he did not buy the beer tor GER
tain people he refused to answer. Coun-
selor O'Donnell then denied that he had
purchased the beer and Alderman Doughty
did not know where the beer had come
from. The defendant was then put on the
stand and denied that he had ever sold beer,
but admitted to serving it on election day.
Alderman Gripp reserved his decision for a
few days
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-03
DEFENDING THE IRON.
What Leading Manufacturers Say in
Defense of Southern Pig.
L. A. 300 TO TAKE SECOND BALLOT
Another Conference Failed to Settle the
Oliver Strike.
A GLASS COMPANY AFTER A NEW SITE

THE DISPATCH has received letter from
the Tradesman, of Chattanooga, Tenn, in
regard to the Southern iron question. Some
time ago dispatch was sent out by the As
sociated Press relative to 2,000-ton order
of Southern ore rejected by Carnegie, Phipps
& Co., which was claimed to be misleading
and reflection upon the quality of South
ern iron. The current issue of the Trades
man contains a number of interviews with
leading iron manufacturers in which the
Southern iron is defended.
J. Bowron, of the Tennessee Coal, Iron
and Railroad Company, of Nashville, says
in general way that Southern iron is not
inferior to Northern, but admits that it will
not take the place in Pittsburg of Northern
iron.
A STRONG CLAIM MADE.
Lewis Colyar, president of three blast fur
naces and largely interested in ore opera
tions in Chattanooga, thinks the Southern
ore 10 be equal to the Northern, and predicts
that in the future eight-tenths of the lur-
naces will be located in the South, for the
reason, as he says, that nowhere in the
United States are such inexhaustible beds
of coal, ore and limestone lying in such
close proximity. AT no distant day, he
thinks, the States of Virginia, North Caro-
lima, Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia and
Alabama will form the manufacturing dis
trict of the United States, and more likely
the civilized world.
Edward c. Pechin, formerly editor of the
Cleveland Iron Reuie,o, and one of the best
posted iron men in America, says that no
brown ores ever yet discovered in America
hav da
poses, where a strong red short iron is re-
quired, Southern iron must take back
seat. He predicts that it will not be safe for
Southern ironmasters to eIpend much money
for years to come in blast furnaces.
WHAT MIR. WEEKS SAYS.
MIR. Joseph D. Weeks of this city, editor
of the Manufacturer and Iron World, said:
Southern iron is inferior to Northern, in
that it contains too much phosphorus and
too much sulphur to adapt it for use in the
manufacture of Bessemer pig iron. South
ern irons are best adapted to foundry pur-
poses.
A member of the firm of Carnegie, Phipps
& Go. was seen yesterday, and said
"The telegram sent out by the Associated
Press was misleading. because it should
have read ''pig iron" instead of ''ore."
The iron we ordered was refused because it
was not what it was represented to be when
bought. We received about 800 tons of it,
and as soon as we discovered that it was not
suitable for our purpose-for Bessemer
steel-we returned it and countermanded
the order. The iron had too much sulphur
and more phosphorus than we expected or
than the contract specified. No Southern
iroa has been found to be good Bessemer
iron. For some purposes, and particularly
foundry purposes, it is all right, but for
many others it is a failure
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-03
ANOTHER BIG PRIZE.

A Well Said TO be Considerably Larger
Than That ON Judge Overs Place.
Scarcely anyone travelling over the Pitts
burg and Lake Erie Railroad fails to notice
house on high hill opposite Coraopolls,
and apparently hanging over Hayesville,
on the Ft. Wayne Railway. 1t looks as
though it almost touched the sky. and stran-
gers speculate as to how the inhabitants
ever get up to it. That house is located but
a few rods from the big oil gusher struck on
Tuesday night on the farm OF Captain J. L.
Rhodes. 1t is difficult to tell at present
just how large the we'll is, some saying it is
200 barreler, others 500 and some 1000
Oil men say it is good we'll beyond
doubt, though John Il. HARRISON, Esq, one
of the owners, did not desert his office
yesterday while the reports of its immense
owned by the Ashborne Oil Company.
AS the largest well in that section
80 far has not done over 100 barrels a
day no special arrangements had been made
to take care of the grease, and considera-
BILE amount was lost before the tanks could
be connected with the we'll. The company
originally expected to get gas, but the SUBJ
stitute is very agreeable.
The we'll on Judge Overs place near by
is much better, says an eye witness, than
has been reported. In this connection it is
pertinent to state that strong effort is
being made to keep back intelligence re-
garding oil production in this county. Some
time ago some one said the Ferree well
at Coraopolis was making but Is barrels
day. The truth was that she was then
making Is inches in the tank each day.
The Tate we'll in the Charters field was re-
ported as making but 35 barrels day. The
fact was that she was pumping that much
each hour. The working barrel became
clogged with sand and was taken out, and
the owners themselves have no well-deined
idea Of what the production NAV be.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-03
OAKLEY SMILES SERENELY.
Bucket Shops May GET the Quotations, but
They Will be Lnte.

DuChos Shops Nay "ct INC Nuotahiouss Dut
They Will be Lnte.
John N. Oakley, the broker, smiled Sc
renely as he listened to the sound of his
ticker yesterday. Mr.. Oakley was about the
only broker in the city who had the Chicago
quotations.
81 am member of the stock board" he
said, "and they couldn' shut me out. Be
sides I have my own line. I haven't seen
any of the Others to-day, but if they are at
all sharp I suppose they can easily get
quotations. The move of the Chicago
Board of Trade was good one, and the
article in THE DISPATCH this morning
produced sensation among the bucket shop
brokers. Getting the quotations on the out
side had become great nuisance, and it was
time TO stop the practice. Men were betting
on the boards, and the business actually
amounted to more than what was bought
and sold. There is vast deal of money in
vested in bucket shops, as much should
say as is tied up in the whisky business, and
it is greater than the Government ITSELF
Though the tickers were removed yester-
day the bucket shop men were not without
the quotations. They bought them second
hand from the men who own leased wires.
There is nothing in the contract with the
Western Union to prevent it.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-03
ANOTHER BALLOT NEEDED.
The Window Glass Workers Must Vote
Again on the Presidency.

The Window Glass Workers Must Vote
Again on the Presidency.
The result of the vote for the Presidency
of the Window Glass Workers Association
will be officially announced at the meeting
of L. A. 800 tonight. The substance of it
is that ther. has been no election, and an
other baIlo! will be ordered. Wallace, the
New jersey candidate. and John P. Slicker
will be dropped on the next ballot and the
fghr will be between Patrick Clarey and
John P. Eberhart.
For the past two days there have been
some very startling rumors afoat, to the
effect that an effort was being made to defeat
Clarey by counting him out. The reported
resignation of Secretary Cake is regarded
as an indication that Clarey is the winning
man, provided he is given square deal.
The rumors, of course, come from anti
Campbell men, and although several of them
were seen yesterday, none of them would
venture to say anything beyond the asser-
tion that they had heard the reports re-
ferred to.
There is one thing about the election that
everybody don't seem to understand. On
last Friday evening it was given ont that
Secretary Cake had been instructed to tabu-
late the vote for the benefit of the council,
which was to have held a special meeting
tonight. so as to be able to report to-mor-
row night. 1t is now stated that the council
met last Saturday night and counted the
vote. In fact, the law governing the cleo
tion provided that the vote should be
counted at the regular meeting of the coun-
Gil preceding the meeting of L. A. 300.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-03
BACK FROM MEXICO.
The General Passenger Agents Were Roy.
ally Entertained In Mexico.


ally Entertained In Mexico.
General Passenger Agent A. E. Clark, of
the Lake Erie road, returned yesterday from
the annual meeting of passenger agents in
Mexico. Mr.. Clark gives a glowing ac-
count of the trip. There were 160 in the
party, and they occupied 13 Pullman cars,
travelling In luxurious style. Mr.. Clark
was much pleased with the Mexican Central
road. He said it was the best line they
passed over south of ST. Louis.
The Mexicans exerted themselves to enter
tain the agents. President Diaz received
them at his home and presided at the ban
quet. He declared he would have felt
badly, indeed, if the passenger men had left
the city without calling on him. Mr.. Clark
says he is progressive man, with plenty of
good common sense.
Continuing, Mr.. Clark said: "In some
respects Twas both disappointed and pleased
with Mexico. What they need the most is
peace, and the railroads will bring that.
Hitherto rebellion could break out in
distant part OF the country, and it would
take two months to get troops there. With
the railroads they could be put in the field
in a few DAYS and guell any insurrection."
The agents sat down to eight banquets on
the trip. At Austin they were entertained
in princely style. The Governor of Texas
presided at the feast in that city. The an
nual meeting didn't amount to much. The
agents met, elected officers and then ad-
journed.
A meeting of general passenger agents
was held in Chicago yesterday to fix rates.
It was decided to issue harvest excursion
tickets on April % and Nav 20.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-03
PULLMAN GETS THE JOB,
Tho Duquesne Traction Company Lets n
Contract fnr 100 Cars.

Tho DuQuesne TRACTION company Lets n
Contract fnr 100 Cars.
Yesterday the Duquesne Traction COM
pany let the contract for its cars to the Pull
man Car Company. Mr.. C. L. Pullman,
who is at the head of the street railway de-
partment, arrived here in the morning and
registered at the Anderson Hotel. Mr..
Pullman said that the cars would be double
trucked, and made in such manner that
when the storage battery system comes into
general use it can be applied to them.
The wheels will be the Allen steel tire
spoked ones. They are lighter than the
solid wheels.
There will be no smoking apartments.
Mr.. Pullman says the company did not
appear to take kindly to the idea. The in
tention is to put smoking cars on in the
morning and evening. The contract calls
for the delivery of all the cars by August
Is. They will be built on the style Of the
present cable cars.
When Superintendent George W. Elkins,
of the Fifth avenue line, was told that tine
Duquesne had contracted for 100 cars, he
knitted his brows, and said he couldn't see
what they would do with so many.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-03
MOVING THE MORGUE.
One of the Most Peculiar Features of the
April Exodus.

April Exodus.
1t is not very often that the dead move,
unless the increase of population demands
an encroachment upon old graveyards, but
last evening the public morgue removed its
Headquarters from Fourth avenue to the
corner of Grant and Webster. There were
two Subjects" on hand at the time and
paying no rent, nor having any RESPONSE
bility for street Improvements, they were
resigned to their fate and utterly oblivious
of the fact that the millage might be raised
next year by the Finance Committee, as
both Of them were more interested in
another resurrection.
There were probably about 900 people col
lected yesterday afternoon around the old
public morgue building while Superintend-
ent John McKindley got out the remains of
the morgue record and of the Italian who
was smashed in the skull at Stops Ferry
some two weeks ago.
The only thing left in the morgue proper
last night was the telephone, which is gen.
orally considered to be iii subject for an in
quest, as it is, next to drowned man, about
the most difficult thing to raise in Pitts
burg. A boy was left to watch the spas
modic breathings of the telephone box, and
the morgue on Fourth avenue is now a thing
of the past.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-03
A CONFERENCE HELD.
Oliver Bros. & Phillips Fail to Effect mn
Agreement With Their Men.

Oliver Bros. & Phillips Fail to Effect nm
Agreement With Their Men.
There was conference between the firm
of Oliver Bros. & Phillips and their Mill
Committee, together with the officials of the
Amalgamated Association. The conference
was held in the Office of the firm on the
Southside and lasted nearly all afternoon.
Neither side was willing to make any
concessions. and as consequence the
strike is no nearer settled than it
was two weeks ago. Several of
the persons interested in the strike
were seen last night. They said that it was
impossible to arrive at any agreement. The
firm seems to be determined that the dis
charged ruen shall not be reinstated, while
the strikers still maintain that unless the
firm comes to their terms the other mills
will be called out.
The steel works of the South Fifteenth
street mill was to have resumed operations
tomorrow. but it is stated now that unless
the strike is settled the men will not 90 back
to work until Monday, and possibly not
then.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-03
WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING.
Some Who Travel, Some Who DO Not, md
Others Who Talk.

R. S. Davis, Jr., formerly of Pittsburg,
writes his brother Captain Davis, the book
SELLER from Louisville that he stood on the roof
of Seelback's Hotel, just three doors out of the
track of the cyclone, and watched the work of
destruction. He says it was awful.
George j. Gould, son of Jay Gould,
was a passenger on the east-bound train last
evening. He was coming from st. Louis, where
he had been looking after his fathers railroad
interests. He thought the prospects for busi-
ness were very bright.
Jacob Kumm, of the Portland and Ore
gon Navigation Company. is stopping at the
Schlosser. Mr.. Kumm has come to Pittsburg
to buy iron supplies. He says railroads are
being rapidly built in the great Northwest.
Captain w. w. O'Neil went to Louis
vile last evening to see his children, and to
help his son get out two tows of coal to 20 to
New Orleans. He will return Monday
j. II. Leinberger, of Buffalo, joint
agent of the Weighing and Inspection Bureau,
was in Pitrsburg on one of his regular trips
yesterday.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-03
Lucky Candidate for License.

John Phillips answered the following
questions satisfactorily and was granted
license. Do you love music? 1 do. What
instruments do you prefer? All. Where do
you buy your musical goods? At Gallinger'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 1000 Penn ave,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-03

NEW WRAPS.
NEW WRAPS.
NEW JACKETS.
NEW JACKETS.
NEW SILK MANTLEs.
NEW SILK MANTLEs.
NEW SHORT CAPEs.
NEW SHORT CAPEs.
AT 50 00-An extra grade stockinet Jacket in
full line sizes.
AT s. OO-scotch Cheviot Jacket. A very
jaunty stylish garment.
AT 50 00-Extra grade Diagonal Jacket. bound
all round, with two rows braid on
lapel. pockets. etc. This is very
stylish garment.
AT SO 00-Shoulder Capes in heavy corded
silk with solid braid shoulder
lined with silk, ribbon bows, sash,
etc. Very snowy.
AT So 00-Very fine Ottaman Cloth Mantle
with long tab fronts. very nicely
trimmed with lace and gimp.
AT s11 00-A novelty in Mantle shape, light
weight, diagonal, handsomely and
elaborately braided, heavy fringe
etc. This garment will be very
popular.
AT $40 O0-Ottoman Silk Shoulder Cape. pro-
tusely trimmed with jet lace, barb
fronts, etc. very striking effect
AT s. OO-English Broadcloth Shoulder Capes
with satin ribbons, etc.
See our window display, giving few hints Of
what we offer.
BIBER & EASTON,
sos and 5o7 MARKET STREET.
P. S.-A full and complete line of Children's
and Misses Suits, in wash and wool materials,
at popular prices.
ap1TTssu
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-03
THE NEW TANK NOT COMPLETED.

james A. Chambers Snys IL Will Not be
Started for Ten Days.
James A. Chambers returned from jean
nette yesterday, where he had been for sew
eral days.
In speaking of the new tank furnace in
the course of construction at Jeanette, Mr..
Chambers said he could not tell when it
would be ready to go into operation. They
had expected to start it in few days, but
the work has progressed SO slowly that it is
thought now that it will not be ready for
ten days.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-03
To Get Uniform Pi,toIs.

The police have grievance. An order,
it is said, will shortly be issued to provide
the police force with pistols of uniform make
and caliber. Some grumbling is heard on
this subject, but Captain Dan Silvis says if
the order is given it will probably be upon
the basis of issuing the pistols and charging
for it, the amount to be returned when the
officer returns the weapon.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-03
A LEADER In THE CHURCH.
Bishop Foss Favors n National Prohibi-
tfon LAW.

Bishop Foss, of the Methodist Church, was
at the Duquesne for short time yesterday.
He was returning from conference meeting
in Kansas. The Bishop went East last
evening. He declined to discuss church
matters, but is much impressed with the
workings of prohibition in that State. He
favors a national amendment and he hopes
to see such law passed.
He says the crops are heavy in Kansas,
but the people are poor and many of them
think that if they were allowed to sell their
grain to the whisky men prices would be
better. The Bishop believes that things will
adjust themselves in time.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-03
THE WATER ASSESSMENTS,

Work Commenced for 1890 and a House.
toulouse Inspection Ordered.
The Bureau of Water Assessments yester-
day started to make assessments for 1890.
Fourteen men were sent out to make a
house-to-house canvass of the entire city.
each man being supplied with a neat little
badge, upon which is inscribed deputy
Water Assessor" The deputies have in
structions to note carefully where water
contrivances are used that allow a waste.
The deputies are all experienced men and,
as Assistant Superintendent Dimes remarked
yesterday, those who desire to be properly
assessed will do we'll to furnish the deputies
all the information asked for.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-03
A Decoy Duck Turned Loose.

Pesquali pellice, one of the Italians
captured at Stoops' Ferry, on Monday, was
released from Jail yesterday. This will
give him an opportunity to join his friends,
but he will he closely watched, and his
movements are expected to reveal some of
the secret work being carried on among the
Italian laboring colonies in this vicinity.