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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-06
PERILS OF BUILDING.
Some Of the Weighty Problems Which
Trouble the Contractors.
EFFECTS OF THE LABOR UNIONS.
Strikes Usually Cause Heavy Losses on Both
y Sides Of the Fence.
INVENTORS TOO SWIFT FOB THE AGE

The fall Of the scaffolding at the Hamil-
ton bnilding, on Fifth avenue, during the
storm the other day set W. s. Sharon to
commenting on the perils that environ the
building trade these days. He said that
when the architect, Captain Barr, took
charge it was understood that he was to put
the job through without regard to strikes,
the agreement being made before
the date Of the carpenters
and bricklayers' strikes. Accordingly
Mr.. Barr was forced to grant the eight-hour
demand. He had much trouble notwith-
standing, and among other things some of
the carpenters blum dered, and the ieists
were cut too short and a considerable
amount of lumber damaged, as the architect
was obliged to get men as he best could.
After tine strike failed the men worked nine
hours.
Mr.. Donovan had the contract for the
brick work. He paid his foreman 81 30 per
day, and he ran the work as best he could.
Some days the brick1ayers' union pre-
vailed and on others it was GO
as-you-please. Though the Building
Inspector had allowed the fifth and sixth
stories to be put on the owners finally be-
gan to fear the old walls were not sufficient
Iv beavv and the last storv was In conss-
areno. - nade I q ~ oonh;n.t;o, Z of hrioL wau
4usnoo n@us n-'n u DiioA wall
ana nansafo rooi'
MIXED UP BY MANY BOSSES
FINALLY disagreement spranp nm betweenv
tb. n,vner. ond conto;n Re-r .nd tba f,,La-
0s. ~ iNIlo ON oap p'n Nnu ~. -1'noi
o! tne latter was oeputea TO see tne JoD I'm
lshed. He put George 8. Fulmer, Build
ers' Exchange man, on and this caused
more trouble with some of the carpenters
and the final result was that the building
came entirely under the management Of
Builders Exchange regulations. Mr..
Sharon states that the various vicissitudes
which befel the work made it cost some
S., 900 or 8, 900 more than it should have
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-06
A PITTsBURGER Is PRESIDENT.
Meeting Of the Teachers of Dancing at New
York Last Week.

Meeting OF the Teachers of Dancing at New
York Last Week.
NEW YORK, Sept 5.-[Specid. Teach
ers of dancing from all parts of the country
had convention from Tuesday to yester-
day at the Grand Union Hotel. They were
members of the American Society of Pro-
fessors of Dancing. No one but full-hedged
professor was allowed to be present. A
committee appointed to tell the newspapers
what happened has issued report which
says that the business transacted was of
special importance to the dancing COM
munity. Many new compositions were pre-
sented, talked over and tried, but the So
ciety does not adopt dances until they have
been in use year.
The ''Oxford Minuet," composed by
Horace w. Beck, of Chicago, dance
played on trial at last years convention,
was adopted and new figures for the german
were introduced. These officers were
elected: J. B. Brooks, of Pittsburg; Presi-
dent; J. 7. Urls, of Brooklyn, Vice Presi-
dent; @. H. Rivers, of Brooklyn, Secretary,
and Joseph I. Martin, of this city, Treas
urer.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-06
Room for An the Mechanics.

UNIoNTowN, PA, Sept 4. 4.-[Special. i
The following has been sent out by Chair
man Graft to the members of the Jr. o. U.
A. M who intend to visit Uniontown dur
ing session: SIN some manner a rumor has
been circulated that it will be impossible to
get accommodations in this city during the
sessions, which open on the 18th, also that
some of.the members are going to bring
sleeping cars to sleep in while here. This
story is uncalled for, as there are ample ac-
commondations for all. If applications are
sent to me will assure comfortable and
pleasant quarters, and will answer all let
ters, giving street and number of quarters
assigned to them"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-06

are large. Twenty-eight-inch and 20
inch terne plates, used for roofing,
cooking utensils, lining bath tubs, ETC., are
being sold for $14 per box Of 122 pounds,
and have been sold at this price for years.
The cost of this size plate is S6 10 per box,
and since the Pennsylvania Railroad COM
pany has been paying this price before the
Mckinley act was framed, the difference
between cost and selling price cannot be
laid at the door of the tariff.
c. S. Trench & Co., New York tin plate
brokers, in circular under date the 28th of
August, say: "The market has become
very active this week, and a large business
has been done, both dealers and consumers
buying. Cheap parcels have been picked
up and prices have improved freely 10 to 10
cents per box this week. As the packing
season has another two weeks to run on
peaches, and as there promises to be q
large pack of corn and tomatoes which will
run well into October, we cannot
help thinking the outlook is excellent
for prices being advanced, as the stock of
coke tins is known to be very limited, and
because no coke can be imported from Eng
land at present under % to 80 cents per box
over present prices ruling here, on account
of the heavy Mckinley duty.
NO DECLINE LOOKED FOR.
't1t is very doubtful if we will see any
decline on present English prices for some
little while, as fully 40 per cent of all the
English works are closed, and the
works that are running are turning out
very small quantities. The present stock at
English shipping ports is about 100000
boxes We have not been able to trace any
American manufacturers who have been
able to turn out cokes available for canning
purposes, so we do not see any indication of
relief from this quarter. 1t seems to us our
canning trade must stand, as best it can the
tax levied on this industry by the
bill.
Judging by the intention to make turned
plate;so manifested from every quarter, this
is the last time, in oil probability, the New
York importers will seek to blame Ameri-
cans for not meeting demand they were
for.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-06
COUNT HATzFELDTs DEBTS.
His Wealthy American Father-in-Law
Huntingdon, Pays All of Them.

his "e6ltny Aner1C8n EdJncr-1n-18Wn
Huntingdon, Pays All ofThem.
rBT CABLE TO THE DIsPATcH.l
LONDON, Sept. 5.-It is currently re-
ported that Mr.. Huntingdon has paid all
his son-in-law's debts acquired by his con-
nection with the Freitzensteins In their
racing schemes. This has enabled Count
Hatzfeldt and his wife to be re.
ceived once more at the German court
The marriage contract Between Monsieur
Rene Duval and Miss Jennie Urquhart will
be signed on the 22d inst. The civil
marriage will take place next day and the
religious ceremony on the oath. Quite
mild sensation has been caused by the an
nouncement that Monsieur Duval, aged 80,
grandfather of the prospective bridegroom,
has promised to be present at the religious
marriage, wearing all his decorations
The old gentleman refused to attend the
wedding of his last grandson. on the ground
that the bride was not pretty enough for
DuvaL 1t is not generally known that Miss
Urquhart's courtship was of very brief
duration. She met Duval on July at
Putoit, and Duval proposed and was &C.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-06

cepted on the oath Of the same month. Mrs.
James Brown Potter will give her sister
superb wedding dress. Miss Urquhart is
living at the Hotel de Hollande, Paris, and
her friend, Countess Hatzfeldt, has taken
rooms in the same hotel in order to help
along the wedding preparations.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-06

peror William to please the South German
Federation as shown In his determination to
attend the Bavarian military maieuvers,
under the Bavarian flag as guest of
Bavaria and not as Emperor Of Germany.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-06
Tield Marshal Won Blumenthal Resigns.

BERLIN, Sept. 5-Field Marshal Count
Leonard Won Blumenthal, Chief of the Gen
eral staff Of the Prussian Army, classed as
one of the most distinguished strategists of
modern times, has resigned command of the
Fourth Army Inspection district, compris-
the Third, Fourth and Thirteenth Army
corps (Lingdom of Wurtemberg) and the
two army corps of Bavaria Field Marshal
Won Blumenthal has been succeeded by
Prince Leopold, of Bavaria. This is taken
80 be another instance of the desire of En-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-06
The Yough Gas Price Advanced.

WEST NEWTON, Pa, Sept. 6.-[Spscial. J.
The Yough Gas Company served notise on
their patrons to-day that the rate for the
ensuing year would be advanced As per
cent, commencing October 1. Ninety per
cent of the consumers will return to coal
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-06
TO SAVE HIS SON,
The Duke of NorfoIk's Devotional Efforts
for Crippled Offspring.

LONDON, Sept 5.-The Duke of Norfolk
has been on visit to the famous shrine at
Glastonbury, in the hope of beneftting his
crippled son, on whose behalf he has prayed
probably at every well-known holy spot in
Europe.
The Duke is, next to the Marquis of Butte,
the wealthiest Of the Catholic peers of Eng.
land, and his visit to Glastonbury has been
followed by report, which is probably
well founded, that the ruins of the grand
old abbey are to be purchased and made
habitable for a settlement of monks of the
Benedictine order. Three-fourths of the Wis
itors to Glastonbury are American.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-06
HOW LINCOLN WON
Colonel Mcclure Describes
His First Nomination
for President.
TWO MEN SELECTED HIM.
They We're Curtin, of Pennsylvania
and Lane, of Indiana. :
SEWARD'S ATTITUDE ON SCHOOLS
Made Him Useless for Drawing Votes a
0ctober's Elections.
WEEDS DISAPPOINTMENT
TWO MEN SELECTED HIM.
SEWARD'S ATTITUDE ON SCHOOLS
Made Him Useless for Drawing Votes a
0ctobers Elections.
THURL0W WEEDS DISAPPOINTMENT
WRITTEN FoFTHE DIsPArcH.J

T was the uner-
pected that hap
pened in Chicago
on that fatefull8th
of May, 1860,
when Abraham
Lincoln was nom.
mated for Presis
dent of the United
States. 1t was
wholly unexpect-
ed by the friends
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-06

FEET without corns are pearls of high
price. Daisy Corn Cure is positive and per
manent in its effect 10 cents; all druggists
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-06

of Seward; it was hoped for, but not conf
IDENTIFY expected, by the friends of Lincoln.
The convention was the ablest assembly
of the kind ever called together in this
country 1t was the first national delibera-
tive body of the Republican party that was
to attain such illustrious achievements in
the history of free government. The first
national convention of that party, held in
Philadelphia in 1856, was composed of
loose aggregation of political free thinkers,
embracing many usually denOminated as
"eranks.'' The party was without organi-
zation or cohesion; its delegates were self
appointed and responsible to no regular
constituency.
THE NoNIIN ALTON OF FREMONT.
It was the sudden eruption of the intense
resentment of the people of the North
against the encroaehments of slavery in
Northern Territories, and neither in the
character of its leaders nor in the record Of
its proceedings did it rank as a distinctiyely
dehberative body. 1t nominated a romantic
adventurer for Presidents man untried in
craftsmanship and who had done little to
commend him to the cOnsiderate Judgment
of the nation as its Chief Magistrate in
period of uncommon peril. The campaign
that followed was one of unusual brilliancy
and resulted in anchoring nearly all of the
old Democratic States of the West in the
Republican fold.
In 1860 the principles of the Republican
party had been clearly defined; its organi-
zation had been perfected in every Northern
State, and each delegate to that convention
in Chicago was regularly chosen and repre-
sented great party, inspire by devotion
to its faith that has seld..- Jeen equaled
and never surpassed in all our political his
tory. The halo of romance that encircled
General Fremont, 'the Pathtinder," four
years before had perished, and he was un-
thought of as a candidate.
THE PARTY GREATER THAN SEWARD.
For nearly two years before the meeting
Of the Chicago Convention in 1860 the Re-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-26
THAT WASTE BASKET.
ITS FRAGMENTARY CONTENTS THE ONLY
EVIDENCE SECURED
OF Crookedness in the Calf ,rnia Senatorial
Observation-Disclosures Fail to Find Jones,
to Whom the Money Was Paid - The
Committee Presents Its Report.

SACRAMENTO, March 25. - The Joint
Committee of the Senate and Assembly, ap-
pointed to investigate the contents of the
waste basket, found that the money wrap
pers discovered in the basket were covers
of greenbacks drawn from the Fresno Bank
and thence sent to the Crocker- W Wool worth
Bank of San Francisco. and that the latter
bank had paid the money to John B. Jones,
the messenger of the Southern Pacific
Railroad, and the money must have been
brought to the State Capitol within 13 hours
thereafter. The report says the total
amount of m oney so drawn out by Jones was
$500. 1t also cites that Assemblymen DibDle
and Marion were in the private room of the
State Library for As minutes prior to the find
ing of the money wrappers, and that in the
waste basket there were some torn papers be-
longing to Dibble. The only other persons in
the library prior to the discovery of The money
were the State Librarian and his assistant
The report concludes as follows:
"1'he committee found nothing to show that
the 81. 500 in currency was used in any manner
to influence any member of the Legislature IN
reference to the senatorial contest. NO money
was used in behalf of candidates TO secure
their election as United States Senator. and if
the 1850 in currency had been improperly
used before the Legislature. the committee is
unable 10 state 1or What purposes II was
used.
"The committee issued subpoena for Jones
and private detective was employed to as
certain his Whereabouts within two hours after
it was known he received the money from the
bank, but up to this time both the Sheriff of
San Francisco and the detective have been un-
able to find Jones' The committee has handed
the original exhibits, us arranged by the COM
mittee to the Lieutenant Governor, the Presi-
dent of the Senate, and recommended that
they be turned over to the Governor for such
action as he may deem proper, and as the CON-
mittee is unable to procure any other wit
nesses before adjournment tonight. it presents
the foregoing report"
In the Senate to-day Preston introduced
resolution instI ucting the Attorney General to
turn over the evidence found 10 the waste
basket of the State Librarians office to the
grand jury of sacramento county for further
investigation to the disposition of the
money. which was shown by the report of the
investigating committee to have been brought
to the Capitol u debate UPON the resolution
then followed, Preston urging the members to
have care for their regulations, but the motion
TO refer the matter TO the Judiciary Committee
was eventually carried.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-26
CAPT. M'KEAGUE DISCHARGED.
THE UToPIHs COMMANDER GUILTY ONLY
OF POOR JUDGMENT.
A Verdict of the Marine Court Given-The
Damage to the Wrecked Vessel Smaller
Than Was Supposed-MoresB Bodies Are
Recovered and Buried.

GIBRALTAR, March 25.-The Marine
Court, which has been inquiriDg into the
loss OF the Anchor line steamer Utopia,
which sank in Gibraltar Day during the
night of Monday, March 16. after having
been impaled on the spur of the ram of the
British warship Anson, decided to-day
that Captain McKeague. commander of the
Utopia, was guilty of a grave error Of judg-
ment in attempting to enter the anchorage
behind the New Mole without knowing what
vessels were there at anchor. The court also
decided that Captain McKeague was guilty ofa
grave error of judgment in attempting to turn
the Utopia out of the anchorage across the
Anson's bow.
The Marine Court was also unanimous in the
opinion that its decision, gwen ABOVE, SUI
ticiently marked the Courts finding. There
fore, the Court came to the conclusion that 1t
was not necessary TO deal with the question as
to whether or not Captain Mckeagues certln-
cate as master should be suspended or can
celled. In the Police Court. later in the day,
Captain Mckeague was discharged from Gus
tody, after having surrendered to his bail, the
magistrate deciding that the charges OF wrong
full acts. improper conduct, negligence and mis-
management made against him when lie was
arrested March l9 could not be pressed In view
of the verdict of the Coroner's jury, as well as
in view of the finding of the Marine Court.
A diver reports that the damage tn the
Utopia is shghter than was at first supposed.
The Anson's ram ripped the steamers plates
Utopia lies on the Anson's anchor. twenty
five more bodies, recovered to-day, were buried
at sea. The diver says he believes that there
are still many bodies IN the wreck.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-26
NINETEEN SAILORS DEAD.
FURTHER NEWS OF THE WRECK ON THE
NORTH CAROLINA COAST.
The Bleak Waste of Sand on Which the
British Steamship StraithairIy Met Her
Fate-Difficuities in the Way of the Life
Saving Crew.

NORFOLK, VA, March 25.-The steamer
which went ashore mile below Chicami-
comico life-saving station, on the North
Carolina coast. yesterday morning, is the
British steamship Straithairly, bound from
Santiago de Cuba to Baltimore. Out of her
crew of 26 persons 10 were lost, including
all the officers except the second mate. The
steamer will be a total loss.
1t is difficult to imagine a more desolate
coast than that on which the unfortunate
steamship was wrecked. For 100 miles south
from Cape Henry there extends strip of sand
cast up from the sea and separated from the
mainland by many miles of broad salt sounds.
Sometimes this strip broadens to a width of a
few miles anu then shrinks to a mere thread of
gray sand. The Inhabitants are few, scattered
IN solitary dwellings and without means of
communication with the world save the occa-
slonal oyster soop or fishing boa5 that at lrreg-
ular Intervals cruise along the sounds. Their
living IS derived from the sea, and the strip is
nearly barren of vegetation On the seaside
long sandDars run out aud reels abound. SO
that the vessel wrecked upon this coast is sure
to strike at distance from the shore and be
speedily torn to pieces by the tremendous
Hatteras surees that have made the vicinity
the dread of nayjgators for a century.
The life-saving service is of the best IN the
country, but owing to the character of the
coast the most useful of their applianceS-the
lifeline thrown from gun-can rarely be used,
and the crews are compelled to rely largely
upon their surfboats. which they manage 10
launch and land with marvellous dexterity.
The steamer Straithairly was British vessel
of 1856 tons. She was commanded by Captain
Wynn. She left Baltimore February 25 for
Havana, where she arrived March T. She pro-
ceeded from Havana on the 18Th for Santiago
de Cuba, where she arrived on the 10Th. Sine,
was on her homeward trip from Santiago to
Baltimore when she went ON the North Caro-
lima coast with such fatal results.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-26
THE OLD MAN SIGNS.
Jimmy Calvin Puts His Name 10 q
Pittsburg Contract.
BALDWIN'S CASE STILL UNHEARD.
Magnates Meet in Cincinnati to Decide the
Clubs Future.
GENERAL SPORTING NEWS OF THE DAY

After any amount of dickering and ofsr-
ing terms and refusing terms Jimmy Gal
vim has finally been signed by the local ball
club. This will be very pleasing news to
the very large number of Old Sports ad-
mirers in and about Pittsburg, for no player
was ever more popular with the local cranks
and fans than Gentle Jeems
Manager HanIon sigued Jimmy yester-
day afternoon and both parties had so we'll
made up their minds on the matter that
Galyin's contract was signed within three
minutes after the player and manager had
met. Last evening Manager Hanlon de-
clined to say what Galvin's terms
were. The only remark made by the manager
was "the contract is quite satisfactory to both
parties" But it is understood that Jimmy is
to receive $500 for the season and an addi-
tional $500 if he pitches satisfactory number
of winning games. The signing of CALVIN
makes four pitchers under contract with the
local club and they are good ones, viz, STRAIT
ton, Staley, Baldwin and Calvin. Of course
there are other pi chers under contract but
only these four will be retained. Calvin was
quite pleased to remain here. He has been in
the city quite long time and his family is To-
Gated here and have formed many associations
that Jimmy did not want to break up. He has
the earnest wishes of all local lovers Of the
game to go in and make glorious record.
The team will leave this morning at 8 o'clock
for Florida over the Baltimore and Ohio road.
Browning and Baldwin will join the team at
81. Augustine. Connie Mack. the catcher and
Jocko Fields arrived yesterday. The former
was looking well and spoke very highly of the
prospect of the team.
While the team is away work will be pushed
on the grounds as they are in very bad con-
ditioD. There will be no time to spare to get
them fixed up before they are needed.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-26
THE NICELYS' DOOM.
SATISFACTION EXPRESSED THAT JUS
T1CE is NOT DEFEATED.
The Death Trap Tested i'm Plain Hearing of
the Prisoners-Why Dave Decided Not
to Join the Church-Gilkinson's Death
Yielded Them Pleasure.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPArcH.;

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPArCH.i
SOMERSET, March 25.-The news received
from Harrisburg that the Board of Pardons
had refused to reopen the case of the Nicely
boys gave great satisfaction to the people.
The question has passed from mouth to
mouth perhaps thousand times in the last
day or two, '"Is it possible that the old man
Umberger's SIS, 900 and the persistent efforts
of shrewd lawyers will once more defeat the
ends of justice"
The Board of County Commissioners,
with the Commissioners clerk and the
Sheriff, visited the Jail yesterday to test the
free workings of the ponderous heavy iron
trap doors through which the murderers will
descend. They gave the hanging lever and
other parts of the apparatus thorough oiling.
and then proceeded to spring the trap several
times. 1t was found to work smoothly and
perfectly. The DOORS however. descend with a
great bang and crash, flying back and catching
on latchet, the whole making quite great
noise.
The condemned men plainly heard these re-
peated trials of the trap, knew what it meant
and exhibited great uneasiness. Joe continues
to work the insane racket though 1t Is the
universal opinion that he is Shammlng. lie
slept well last night, and this morning ate a
hearty meal. Dave is quite resigned TO his ap-
preaching doom and is comparatively cheerful.
He expressed great satisfaction upon hearing
of the vio.ent murder of Detective Gilkinson,
saying: "Tn t man did some dirty work against
us, and now he is dead before l am" A short
time ago Dave expressed desire to be bap-
tized and join the church. but upon hearing
that the immersion woulr have TO take place Ill
bath tub, in the prison. h.; gave up the idea.
Neither of the murderers have shown any con-
cern to the future, nor made any religious
professions. Their minds dwell entirely upon
the question of Communication Of sentence, re-
prieve or escape.