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The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-06-28

THE Rev. Alfred Cleaveand Coke, Bishop
of Buffalo, has discovered a new evil in
the world. 1t is the bicycle-rid.ng habit
among young women. In an address to
graduating class of an institution for the edu-
cation OF young women the other day the
good Bishop raised warning voice against.the
bicycle, and said he hoped never to see any of
those to whom he spoke astride Of this new
invention of the enemy. This outcry of
Bishop Coke may have an effect if something
is not done TO counteract it. Amateurs
Of the bicycle should take some action
There can be little doubt that Bishop Coke
exaggerates the evil there may be In bicycle
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-06-28

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The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-06-28

The entertainment to be given next Tues
day evening, June 30, at o'clock, in the base
ment of st. Stephens Church, corner of Twenty
fifth street and Pennsylvania avenue, for the
benefit OF the Sunday school, s promised to be
representing buttercups, daisies bluebells, and
poppies, the soloist, The Naughty Butterfly"
being personated by little Miss Florence
O'Brien. TableauX, with vocal and instru-
mental music, will make up an attractive
programme.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-06-28

Reduced Rates for Fourth OF July.
On July 3 and 4 the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company will sell round trip ex-
cursion tickets at all stations on the line at
greatly reduced rates as a concession to its
patrons who may desire to avail themselves
of the holiday to travel for business or pleasure
East of the Ohio river tickets will be honored
for return passage until July z, inclusive,
and west of the Ohio river until July 8,
inclusive Apply to nearest b. & o. agent
for rates.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-06-28
District Affairs.

The Commissioners have rejected the bids
made to supply the District with sewer pipes
and new bids will be called for.
The proposal made by the Ivy City Brick
Company to supply the District with paving
brick at $lO25 per thousand has been ac-
cepted.
Mr.. Thomas j. Cassidy has been appointed
a special officer for duty at the Corcoran Art
Gallery at the request of the board of
trustees.
The testimony taken by Captain Lusk In the
investigation of Inspector of Sewers stubbs
has been submitted to Commissioner Robert
for his decision.
A permit was granted by the Commission
ers yesterday to the Rock Creek Railroad
Company to open street from Fourteenth
to Eighteenth streets and the Boundary from
Eighteenth street to Connecticut avenue, for
the purpose Of laying the tracks for that
road.
The Commissioners yesterday upon the
recommendation of Captain Rossell passed a
regulation which deals very strictly with the
employees Of the surface division of the District
Government The regulation provides that
they shall not use Intoxicating liquors, borrow
money, or accept gift from any person while
on duty.
The following contracts have been awarded
by the Commissioners To j. L. Summers, 10,-
600 cubic yards concrete and paving sand at
50 cents per cubic yard; $50 cubic yards fine
screened sand to j. b. Lord at 60 cents per
cubic yard; to j. Il. Summers, 100 cubic yards
of pebbles at 95 cents per cubic yard; to g. g.
Smith & Son, $500 cubic yards broken stone
at $175 per cubic yard. Owing to the dredg-
ing in James Creek Canal provision will be
inserted In all contracts requiring deliveries
to be made at such points along the canal and
In such quantities as may be ordered.
the District of Columbia of violating internal
revenue laws and sentenced to six months in
prisonment and TO pay a fine of $1,000, the
President has remitted the fine.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-06-28
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The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-06-28

"Faust Beer" is pure.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-06-28

In the case of James Warren, convicted in
the District of Columbia of violating internal
revenue laws and sentenced to six months in
prisonment and to pay a fine of $1,000 the
President has remitted the fine.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-18
THE ELKs' REST DEDICATED.
Members Attending the Louisville Reunion
Present at the Ceremonies.

Members Attending the Louisville Reunion
Present at the Ceremonies.
LOUISVILLE, May 1.-THE sixth annual
reunion of the Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks began here to-day. Delega-
tions are present from indianapolis, Balti-
more, Erie, Pa, Cleveland, Ohio, Butler,
Pa, Columbus, Ohio, st. Louis, Chicago,
Reading, Pittsburg, Kalamazoo, Grand
Rapids, Detroit, Birmingham, Ala,
Greenville, Miss, Middlesborough, KY,
Hartford, Conn, Washington, New York,
Boston and San Francisco. The meetings
will continue three days. This afternoon,
at Cave Hill Cemetery, in the presence of
10000 people, the "Elks' Rest" was dedi-
Gated. Judge W. B. Hoke, of Louis
vile, made the first address, deliv-
ering the grounds to the order, and
Exalted Ruler A. Apperly, of the Louis
vile Lodge, accepted. Prof E. Eichhorn,
then gave cornet solo, "Nearer Ny God to
Thee" The unveiling of the monument by
Grand Esquire w. C. Dudley, of San Fran
cisco, was next in order, followed by ad-
dresses by Grand Exalted Ruler DR. Simon
Quinlan, of Chicago, the reading of Will
Castleton's poem, ''Cover Them Over" by
Exalted Ruler William H. Fariday, of
Brooklyn, an address by Past Grand Chap
lain Rev. Henry G. Perry, of Chicago, and
the benediction by Grand Chaplain George
A Reynolds, of Hartford, Conn.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-18
A DEFICIENCY FEARED
BY SECRETARY FOSTER ON ACCOUNT
OF PENSION PAYMENTS.

The Secretary Charged With Withholding
the Payment of Pension Certificates by
Reason of This-Gen. Raum Bearing the
Brunt of Attorneys Clamor.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcH.J
WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE Washing
ton Gazette to-day charges that the payment
of pension certificates in cases that have
been completed is being withheld at the
order of Secretary Foster, who fears that
there will be large deficiency in the Treas
ury at the end of the fiscal year. The
Gazette says the pension attorneys, who have
hundreds of cases on file, are writing to
the Pension Office every day asking
why certificates for the completed cases
are not issued, and in most cases the letters
of the attorneys remain unanswered. 1t
appears that Commissioner Raum is acting
under instructions from Secretary Foster, to
ward off a large deficiency, which seems in
evitable, instead of issuing certificates for
cases in the completed files, for the Pension
Office is pushing with all the force at its
command cases filed under the disability act
of June, 1890.
Last month 80, 900 claims, under the act
of June, 1890, were issued, and compare
lively few cases on the completed files were
touched. The Commissioner understands
the position in which he is placed and
hence he is willing to let the completed
files rest, take all the criticisms of the at
torneys and listen patiently to thefales of
woe the claimants pour into his ear, if he can
only avert the deficiency. There is a ma
terial difference in the amount received by
the pensioner whose claim is filed under the
act of June, 1890, and the claim in the COM
pleted file. The average difference is be-
tween 500 and $500.
''Is the Commissioner would issue certif-
Gates for the completed cases." said prom
inent attorney, 'it is doubtful if there
world be anything like surplus left in the
Treasury after the pensions for June and
July have been satisfied. OF course, it is
possible that the pension appropriation may
be strung out until the beginning of the
fiscal year, when the appropriations made
by the last Congress become available, but
in order to do so the Commissioner must
greatly curtail the issuance of pensions.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-18
FIRE RECORD.

THE heading factory at Paragould, Ark,
burned yesterday. Loss, $4,000; insurance,
$s,O00 Fifty hands were thrown out of en-
ployment.
THE stock of VanVleet & Co., wholesale
druggists at No. 361 Main street, Memphis,
was damaged to the extent of $50. 600 by fire
last night.
FIRE yesterday at Meridian, Miss, de-
stroyed cotton sheds of the planters ware
house and 800 bales of cotton. Loss SIS, 600;
insurance, $4,000.
AN alarm from box 8 was turned in in Allie
gheny yesterday afternoon for slight fire
under the porch of John Donchs saloon, on
Mcclure avenue.
THE sawmill of R. S. Davidson & Co., at
La Crosse, Wis, was totally destroyed by fire
yesterday. The loss is about 200, with no
Insurance. The fire is supposed to be of an
incendiary origin.
A SPARK from a locomotive set fire to the
trestle work at Herr's Island stock yards
yesterday morning. A watchman fearing
the bridge would burn turned in three
alarms from box 1855, calling out the entire
department.. The loss was only slight.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-18
AFTER PERPETUAL MOTION.
Two Mechanics in the Far Northwest Think
They Have Found 1t.

They Have Found 1t.
SEATTLE, WASH, May 1.-Two me-
chanics, John Peterson and Lindblad, after
II years of labor, claim to have discovered
perpetual motion, and have constructed a
model for a patent. The model, made
of wood, is about three feet in diameter. 1t.
is not a cylinder nor wheel, yet the princi-
Piles of both are utilized. A gravitated ro-
tary motion is given to the thing by means
of sliding arms, which shift as required
upon short spokes, the latter again being Sc
cured to revolving shaft. These spokes
are not secured wheel fashion, but three of
them are fixed side by side at different
angles to the perpendicular. Upon these
are fixed short spokes. Long arms slide by
means of small wheels which facilitate mat
ters, preventing friction.
By these arms the heavier weight is con-
stantly kept to the momentum side of the
revolving shaft, thus keeping it in motion.
When they reach certain angle, just past
the vertical point, at 1876 or 100 degrees, that
is, when the half five or ten degrees past the
upper vertical pole to a similar number of
degrees beyond the lower one, the sliding
arm is raised by means of pulley and
lever. Mechanism is so applied as to lift it
within a guard rail and extend its upper
end to its utmost limit. Extending this arm
upward at an angle of five or ten degrees,
just past the upper vertical pole, is what
gives the gravity momentum to the revolu-
tion. The sliding arm is prevented from
slipping back by guard rail of about
quarter of circle, and the lever used to
raise it is regulated by drop-cog rod and
pulley at one end and a weight at the other.
Each arm has its own Independent guard
rail and lever mechanism, and. at the end of
each arm are attached small wheels to pre-
vent friction with the guard rails. Peler-
son and Lindblad are confident that they
have discovered perpetual motion and they
invite investigation.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-18
wANAMAKER's WELCOME.
His Sunday School Pupils Give Him q
Hearty Greeting After His Absence.

His sunday school Pup1lS Give Him q
Hearty Greeting After His Absence.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcH.1
PHILADELPHIA, May 17.-After an alb
sence of four weeks, Postmaster General
Wanamaker was heartily welcomed back to
his old place as Superintendent of
the Sunday School at Bethany Pres
byterian Church this afternoon. When
he entered the schoolroom the
assembled scholars greeted him with exclam-
ations, which expressed no little pleasure
at his return. On the platform had been
placed large pillow of pink and white
roses, across which had been traced in blue
immortelles the words "Welcome Home"
After short review of, the lesson of the
day, Mr. Wanamaker gave an interesting
history of his recent tour.
He said that one of the most gratifying
of the many pleasant experiences he had
passed through was the fact that
not day had passed during the
entire journey without his having
met someone who had been connected
with Bethany Sunday School At small
town in Arizona, where the Presidential
train had halted for but few minutes,
among the first to greet him personally were
two Indian girls, Bessie Purson and Mary
Sedden, who, while being educated in this
city, had been regular attendants at the
Sabbath school.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-18
A NEW LINE TO PITTSBURG.
The West Virginia Central Railroad Makes
Profitable Arrangement.


ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcH.l
BALTIMORE, May 1.-THE West Vir-
ginia Central has completed an arrangement
with the B. & o. and Pennsylvania roads
by which important connections are OBJ
tanned. The West Virginia, which is de-
veloping coal fields, has been look
ing for a Western outlet. They
tried to buy the Western Maryland,
but could not secure the property
By the agreement now made they obtain a
through line to Pittsburg, and thence secure
connection to the lakes. Besides the West
Virginia is building line from the present
Western terminus at Elkins to Belington,
distance of IS miles, where it Will meet
the Grafton and Greenbrier narrow gauge
road, which is controlled by the Baltimore
and Ohio, and is, by agreement, to be made
of standard gauge.
At Grafton the main stem of the Balti-
more and Ohio goes to Paramount and a
branch line to Morgantown. From there
the Baltimore and Ohio agrees to build a
line to Uniontown, in Pennsylvania, and
this point reached connection is made
through to Pittsburg by both the Pennsyl-
vania and Baltimore and Ohio roads. This
will complete the northern connection of
the West Virginia Central To the south
from Elkins, the present western terminus
of the West Virginia Central, the road is to
be extended in the direction of Lynchburg,
the purpose being to connect with the Warm
Spring branch of the Chesapeake and Ohio,
and thus secure the same advantages South
that are now enjoyed North.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-18
NEW HAVEN's LAST SLAVE.
She Is the Oldest Person in the City and
Was Sold in 1926.

Was Sold in 1926.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATCHl
NEW HAVEN, May E.-Aunt Louise
Triton, the oldest person in New Haven, is
dying. She was the last slave sold in New
Haven. She was sold at auction on the
green where the founders erected the first
church in 1858. She received the name of
Triton by having been the property of
General Triton, of the British Army. Mrs
Triton was financially stranded in
New Haven, and to raise money enough
to get back to Nova Scotia she
parted with Aunt Louise and the
fatter's mother, for loan from John Nicoll.
The two slaves remained at the Nicoll
homestead until 1925, believing all this
time that they were free. One day in that
year High Sheriff Elihu Monson came
around and conducted Aunt Louise to the
auction block on the green, and she was bid
off by Anthony Comstock for 5000.
1t was the custom to parade the slaves
through the streets prior to the sale, and the
route was from Broadway to Chapel, to
State, to Elm, thence to the green. Three
drum taps announced that the slaves were
to be sold. Years afterward, by money
earned doing extra work, Aunt Louise was
able to purchase her freedom.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-18
A woMAN's ABDUCTION
On the Plea of Insanity Stirs Up the Anti
kidnapping Union.

kidnapping Union.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcH.1
NEW YORK, May 1.-THE Anti-Kidnap-
ing Unions Central Committee passed on
Saturday night vote strongly condemning
the reported seizure of a young woman on
Friday night at Thirty-sixth street and
Broadway, and her abduction in close car
riage by four men, on the ground that she
had escaped from a lunatic asylum. On the
pridciple that no one has lawful authority to
carry off any person in this way unless on
written order from Judge, the committee
voted to investigate the case. The commit
tee will also look into the incarceration of
the son of General Franz Sigel, Rudolph F.
Sigel.
Resolutions were adopted that the state
ments of the National Association of In
sane Asylum Superintendents, just pub
lished, that no sane person has ever been
unlawfully confined in lunatic asylum, is
fatty contrary to the facts in multitude
of recorded cases adjudicated by the courts,
among which is the case of Mrs. Harriet E.
Beach, of New York City, and that the i'm
prisonment of so illustrious lady as Anna
E. Dickinson under the designation of an
insane pauper, without medical examination
or any lawful authority whatever, was an
unspeakable outrage and national disgrace.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-18

inch projectiles for the 100000 allotted for
that purpose. The Carpenter Steel Works,
of Reading, offered to furnish a few more
projectiles of each calibre, but taking into
consideration the fact that the latter's COM
pany would not allow any inspection of the
proiectiles while in course of manufacture,
the department determined that the Mid
vale bid was the most advantageous.
The bid of the Midvale Company states
that the projectiles will be manufactured by
the Hotter process, the right to use which
in the United States has been recently ac-
quired by this company. The Holtzer pro-
jectiles are recognized by ordnance experts
throughout the world as the best made, and
ever since the building of high-power guns
was commenced in the United States efforts
have been made by steel makers and by the
ordnance officers of the War and Navy De-
partments to secure the right to make them.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-18
RAILROADS.


DlTTSBURG LAKE ERIE RAILROAD COM
L PANY-Schedule in effect May 10, 1891, central
time. p. & L. E. X. R.-DEPART-For Cleveland,
4:30 $500 a m, '1:50, 4:20 +945 p IN. For Cincin-
natl, Chicago and st; Louis. 4:a0 m, -1:59, 'o;S
m. For Buffalo, 500 IN, 4:20. '9:I5 m. For Sal
amanca, 500 N, .I:5o, .S:45 81 m; For Yogngs- %
-4:2O -9:45 pm. For Beaver Falls, 4:SO 700, $500,
9:55 m, 1850 1880. s4:20. 5:20 +9S m. ForChar-
tiers, 4:30, $500 5:35, 1855, 700 1875. $780, 1900
s:45 910. 9:55, IL 80 m, 1910, f12:5, 20, $780,
"4:25, 1850, 1856, $40 IS 80, 500. fs, 10:SO m
ARRIvE-From Cleveland. $40 a m, '12;S0,
$40. T:5O pm. From Cincinnati. Chicago and ST.
Louis, $40 m, 1890 m, *75o P m. FROM buI-
fllo, $40 M 1890, 10:05 p M. From Salamanca,
-10:00 IN. T:30 p m. From Youngstown and New
Castle '6:40 1000 q IN. 1890 $40. so. l0:01
pm. From Beaver Falls, SEQ, $40, 7:aO, 1000
Il IN, +12:30, 1:2O $40, ~7:50, 1905 pm.
p, C. & Y. trains for Mansfield, 7:35 m. 12:10
4:S5 pm. For Esplen and Beechmont, 7:3o m,
r, G. & Y. trains from Mansfield, 7:O5 1l:50 m.
4:25 pm. From Beechmont, 7:05. IL: m.
p, NICK. & Y. K. R.-DEPART-For New
Haven, TOTO m, $500 p m. For West Newton.
s1010 m, 300, SIS pm.
ARRIvE-From New Haven, 900 m, $40
pm. From West Newton, 6:15, 900 m, $40
For McKeesport, Elizabeth, Monongahela City
and BelevernOn, 6:45 II :05 IN, 3:35, 5:25 m.
From Bellevernon. Monongahela City, Elizabeth
and McKeesport, 6:l5. 7:4O. lao In, f4:O5, $40
pm.
City ticket Office, $50 Smithfeld st.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-18
scorcH.1RIsH AT PRAYER.
An Old-Fashioned Covenanters' Meeting
Attended by the Delegates.

An OId-Fashioned Covenanters' Meeting
Attended by the Delegates.
LOUISVILLE, May 1.-THE delegates to
the Scotch-Irish Congress tonight conducted
an old fashioned covenanters' meeting at
the Auditorium, the largest hall in the city.
An audience of 5000 was present and many
were turned away. The lining out of the
hymn and the careful explana-
tion of the Scriptural reading were the
main characteristic features. The Rev. C.
n. Hemphill, of the Warren Memorial
Church here, presided, and the Rev. j. L.
McNair, of louisville, led the singing.
There was no instrumental music but all
Joined with hearty good will that brought
back the earnestness Of the old Scotch Pres
bvterian in singing the One 'Hundredth
PsalmFto the tune of "Old Hundred" The
invocation was then made by the Rev. DIR.
Bryson, of Huntsville, Ala, the Rev.
Stuart Atchison, of Toronto, read Acts ",
1887, and the Twenty-third Psalm was sung
to the tune "Martyrdom."
The text was explained at great length by
the Rev. j. S. Mcintosh, of Philadelphia.
Prayer was offered by Rev. Nevin Wood
side, of Pittsburg, and Psalm Forty-sixth,
to the tune arlington" was followed by
the sermon by the Rev. John Hall, of New
York, on the Prophecy Of JOEL" A prayer.
by Rev. George MacLoskie, of Princeton,
Psalm Sixty-eighth, to the tune sfBalerma,"
and the benediction closed the exercises,
which would probably have been tedious to
a modern audience, but for their novelty.
DIR. Halls sermon received close attention
To-day the Presbyterian pulpits of the city
were occupied by Drs. Macintosh, Wood
side, Atchison, j. Hall MacLoskie, Thomas
Murphy, Robert McElney, of Saintfeld,
County Down, Ireland. A number of the
delegates will tomorrow 60 on an excursion
to Mammoth Cave
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-18
COOKERS MAY RETURN TO WORK.
They VIII Decide at a Meeting To-Morrow
What Is Best to Be Done.

lSfEClAI IELEOhAM ~ lie DlofAICHJ
ScoTTDALE, May 1.-THE leaders here
are gathering their forces, and strengthening
their lines in order to make good showing
at.the meeting Tuesday, when the strikers
voices will be heard in a vote either to con-
tinue or to abandon the strike. Several
mass meetings were held throughout
the region this afternoon, which
were largely attended, and the intention to
remain out was freely expressed. 1t is
thought, however, the hopeless aspect of
the strike will prevail upon the men and
they will vote to return to work. unless
something is done to encourage them
1t was noted at the meetings to-day that
the foreign element was especially firm, and
stated that they could win the strike if the
men only remained firm, as they thought
the plants that are running now are only
being run at loss 1t is stated that the
operators will also make showing Monday,
and will start several new works, which
they will man with imported labor, though
they acknowledge they would rather have
their old men back.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-18
THE END OF MRS. MAILER.
Her Dead Body Washed Ashore by the Tide
on Staten Island.


ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPArcH.1
NEW YORK, May 17.-Patrick Payton
was drawing wood on Saturday afternoon
from Barnes Beach, Staten Island. About
8, o'clock negro boy, who was assisting
him, called his attention to body that
the tide was washing in. As it drifted
in Payton found that it was the body of
O woman, almost nude and so badly decom-
posed as to be unrecognizable. Under the
arms was securely tied paving stone
Payton pulled the body on shore, and, after
covering it up, went to summon the Cor
oner The body had evidently been in the
water many days. The right hand and
portion of the forearm were gone, and the
left hand looked as if it had been cut off at
the wrist.
At o'clock tonight two well-dressed
young women visited police headquarters at
Stapleton and asked to view the body. They
were Emma and Maria Mailer. Both iden-
titled the body as that of their mother,
Emma Mailer. 1t is said her life was in
sured for $4,000. Besides owning a dress
making establishment, she had considerable
property. Her daughters thought it possi-
Bile that she might have committed suicide,
as she was respondent at times.