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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-09
CAVALRY TO THE FRONT.
Election of Ohicers and Preparations for the
Coming Horse Show.

At meeting of the Pittsburg Volunteer
Cavalry, held at headquarters, l27 Second
avenue, the following named officers were
elected: Captain, A. Wall; Lieutenant, WILL
lam Pass: Adjutant, Harry M. Willis; Quar-
termaster, r. G. Kimmel.
This troop will hold fair at Recreation
Park on Saturday, June 27, for the benefit of
the Allegheny County Veterinary Infrmary,
that it can obtain pair of horses and am,
bulance to take care of horses that are
hurt or injured in the street. At this fair
there will be competitive drills and prizes
awarded for swordmanship, riding, mount
ing and racing.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-09
TRIED LAST YEAR AND FAILED. >.
Once Before an Attempt Was Made to Dis
miss Miss Patton.

Another regular monthly meeting of the
Board of Managers of the Allegheny General
Hospital was held last night, but, as usual,
the charges against Miss Patton were not
taken up. Josiah Cohen, however, said the
member said the board would brook no In
terference.
In this connection it was learned last even
ing from a leader in the social and charita-
preferred the present charges made similar
ones against Miss Patton, asking for her re-
moval on account OF her religious beliefs
When Miss Patton heard of it she resigned,
but the board refused to accept her resigna-
tiOn.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-09
Could See q Little.

Mr.. Covert, of Sunbury, q blind man, was
going home yesterday after two weeks
stay with Father Mollinger. He claimed he
could see little, and believes his sight will
be partially restored.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-09
ALLEGHENY CONTRACTS AWARDED.
Firms That VIII Furnish Supplies During
the Coming Year.

the Coming Year.
At special meeting of the Allegheny Com
mittee on Public Works held last night
the bills and pay rolls of the various bureaus
were approved. The Eureka Coal Company
was given the contract for coal; Steiner &
Voeghtly for hardware; and NJ. Gallagher for
repairing the Bayard street sewer. The lat
ter contract was recommended to be let to
James Hastings by the committee as Gala
gher's bid was not regular. Controller
Brown, however, explained that the defect
was caused by an oversight of his and Gal
lagher was given the work.
The ordinance for the grading and paving
of California avenue from Island avenue to
Woodland avenue with block stone asphalt
or fire brick was afflrmatively recommended.
1t is to be paid for by special assessment RS
provided in an act of Assembly of May, 1870.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-09
Transfers to Borrow Money.

The Walls Improvement Company yester-
day assigned to the Iron and Glass Dollar
Savings Bank judgments aggregating SO, 1856.
The judgments were transferred as security
for O. note given for borrowed money.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-09
Those 81 30 Boys Suits.

The great offer of the year-the suits for
boys (sizes to 14) we sell at 81 80 each.
They are marked down from So so and g.
P. C. G. c., PITTSBURG CONDENSATION
CLOTHING COMPANY, corner Grant and
Diamond streets.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-09
Fruit jar Rates lowered.

The freight rates on fruit jars for points
west of Chicago have been lowered about 10
per cent. The classification has been
changed from the second and fourth classes
to the third and fifth.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-09
Contracts for Painting.

The County Commissioners and Controller
Yesterday awarded the contract for painting
93 county bridges to the Atlas Paint Com
pany for s., ,040.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-09
Oxford Ties.

Ladies' cloth-top fine dongola foxed,
patent leather tip oxfords at 81 25 and 81 80,
made for street wear, at G. d. Simen's, IS
Ohio street, Allegheny, Pa
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-09
Industrial Notes.

THE strike at Carnegie's Twenty-eighth
street mill was ended yesterday.
SEvENrY-FrvE crane men employed at Mar
shall's foundry struck yesterday for an ad-
vance of Is cents day.
W.T.. POWELL, Vice President of the Mas
ter Builders Association, who was stricken
by paralysis, is recovering. n
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-09
DIR. TALMAGE IN DIsFAvoR.

Pittsburg Preachers Who Take Little Stock
in the Brooklyn Divine.
The United Presbyterian Ministerial As
sociation met yesterday morning After
devotional exercises it transacted some un-
important business.
Rev. ]. C. Boyd read a paper entitled
"What Lessons Can We Learn From DR..
Talmage as Preacher A general discus
sion of the subject was indulged in by the
clergymen, in which the great Brooklyn
divine was handled pretty severely.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-09
Wall PaDer.

Lincrusta walton, pressed goods hand
made goods; also cheap and medium grades,
with ceilings, friezes and borders to match,
and full line fwood holdings, at Welty's,
12O Federal street, 65, 81, So and II Park
waV IT'S
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-09
And Still Thew Come.

Fifteen sick and crippled persons from
Wilkesbarre and Scranton registered at the
St James Hotel last evening. They came on
to see Father MoIlinger.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-09
Discharging Union Cokeworkers..

1t is reported that the coke companies are
discharging men at some of their plants be-
cause they attended union meetings. At
Bridgeport, it is claimed, seven of the best
unionists have been discharged for this
cause.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-09
Indorsed the Boycott.

The local Knights of Labor assemblies of
teamsters and brickmakers met last night
and by resolutions indorsed the fight now
being made by organized labor against the
Fifth Avenue Traction road.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-09
Went Mad and Died.

small dog which showed every sign Of
hydrophobia, was killed by Police Oficer
Hayden yesterday afternoon at Fourth ave-
niue and Grant street.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-09

HUNDREDS of rolls oil cloth from zoe per
yard to the best grades, at Welty's, 120
Federal street, IS, 81, SO and II Park way.
IT'S
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-09
Al a5. oxford Ties. 81 aS.

Matrons' comfort, soft flexible soles, bright
soft dongola. Honest goods in every par
ticular at Simen's, 7S Ohio street, Allie
pheny, Pa.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-09
a1 oo. Oxford rIes. al oo.

For ladies' wear, fine dongola, patent
leather tip, flexible soles, quality and price
unequaled, at G. D. Simen's, Is Ohio street,
Allegheny, Pa.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-09
G. Baeurlein
Brewing Company,

Bennetts, Pa, telephone 1918, brewers and
bottlers of standard lager and wiener export
beer. The trade and families supplied
TTF
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-09

ANGosTURA BrrTERs are the most efica,
cious stimulant to excite the appetite.
Trssu
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-09

LACE CURTAINS at any price you may
want, at Welty's, 120 Federal street, IS, 81,
SO and II Park way. - IT'S
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-09
A Lively Time Expected.

IAN adjourned convention Of miners from
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-09
NEW ApyERr1sEMENTs.

The Leading Pittsburg, Pa.
Dry Goods House. Tuesday, June9, 1esl
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-23
YOUTHFUL FIREBUGS.
THEY STARTED SEVERAL SERIOUS
FIRES JUST FOR THE FUN.

Philadelpha's Biggest Business Center in
Imminent Danger of Destruction-Nine
Fires Started by Three Boys-Their
Ages Range From 8 to Is.
tsPEcIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPArcH.I
PHILADELPHIA, Aug 22-Simply to see
the fire engines going at. full speed and en-
JOY the excitement incident to a disastrous
confagration, three boys, whose ages range
from 8 to Is years, set fire to nine
warehouses in the business section
of the city during the past
four weeks, doing considerable damage
This morning the Juvenile incendiaries were
arraigned before Magistrate Milligan. They
are William King, aged 13 years; Jerry
Rodgers, II years old, the alleged ring
leader, and Andy James, aged 9 years.
Fire Marshal Thompson had been hard at
work trying to locate the firebugs ever
since the first fire of mysterious origin
occurred about four weeks ago. The fire in
question was in a paper warehouse at
Elbow lane and Strawberry street. The
district is one of the largest mercantile
centers in the city, and spot where a con-
hagration would result in great loss The
escape from big fire was only due to the
early hour of the blaze and the prompt
ARRIVAL OF the department.
An investigation revealed evidences of
incendiarism. Eight of the fires in the
same district followed each other in rapid
succession and in every case there were evil
dences of incendiarism BY very sharp
work the Fire Marshal, aided by the police,
brought the evidence home to the boys, and
after their arrest they confessed to all the
fires, saying they started them for fun.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-23
SOME MYSTERIOUS FIRES.
Four Alarms Sent in From One Box for
the Same House.


the Same House.
The fremen responded to an alarm from
station No. SO at S:45 last night for the
fourth time inside of a hours. The first
alarm was for the house of James Murphy
and the next three fires were in Thomas
Brady's house, located next to Murphv's.
Mu-phy's house was a two-story frame To-
Gated on the hillside above the Eliza Fur
mace, Soho. 1t was unoccupied and at 1880
Friday night was discovered to be on fire.
1t was burned to the ground and Brady's
house adjoining was slightly scorch ed. At
12:40 the same night the second alarm from
station SO was received. 1t was for blaze in
Brady's house caused by some bedclothes
catching fire in an unknown manner. 1t
was extinguished with but slight loss. The
engines were hardly in the houses until the
same box struck the third time, again for
Brady's house. The fire was in a corner in
the kitchen. How it started was not known.
But slight damages resulted from it.
AT $40 last night station 90 sounded
again for Brady's house. The blaze started
in the kitchen and the kitchen and part
of the roof were badly damaged. The
fremen got through and the police were
then given a chance at the matter In none
of the four fires was it known how they had
originated. Assistant Chief Steele and the
police thought the matter very mysterious
and the affair will be thoroughly investi-
gated. Brady is millman and works at
Jones & Laughlins' blast furnace. His
house is a four-roomed frame and is occu-
pied by himself and three children. He
does not know what caused the fires.
An alarm of fire was sent in from station
127 at o'clock last evening caused by
lamp explosion at Joseph Allan's home on
Mint alley, Southside The only damage
done was the burning of carpet and hole
in the floor of the room in which the ex-
plosion occurred
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-23
ENTHUSIASTIC FOR THE TICKET.
Veterans of the Roundhead Regiment Pass
Stirring Resolutions.

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPArCHl
NEW CASTLE, Aug. 22.-At an enthusi-
astic meeting of old soldiers, held in City
Hall tonight, presided over by Captain
Joseph H. Gilleland, of the old Round
heads, the following resolutions were
adopted:
Resolved, First, that we hereby express
our most hearty approval of the action of
the recent State Republican Convention. in
presenting as their standard bearer General
Gregg, of Reading, for Auditor General and
Captain John W. Morrison, of Pittsburg, for
State Treasurer.
Second-ln these names we present candi-
dates who have already given ample eyi-
dence OF their entire fitness for public serv-
ice, and the unanimity with which the NOM
nations were made shows it to be the right
full expression of party will.
Third-General Gregg is among the last of
the great generals which Pennsylvania
furnished during the late war. As com.
mander Of a division of cavalry his great
abilities were everywhere recognized and
widely known. Captain Morrison ably
and valiantly served in that celebrated
regiment the One Hundredth PENNSYLVANIA
Volunteers (Roundheads) of the Ninth
Army Corps As soldiers both were actively
their devotion to our glorious country by
their valor, heroiSm and sacrifices upon
many hard-fought battle fields, and they
are now entitled to the recognition which
their brilliant and successful services de-
serve.
Forthwith these candidates there ex-
lists no reason why every Republican should
not be in the ranks determined with such
leaders to win victory in behalf of the party
that has always stood loyal to tho govern
to the ticket our hearty support and our ut
most efforts for its triumphant election.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-23
PEOPLE COMING AND GOING.

The following Pittsburgers are at Point
| Chautauqua: James X. Boyd, Mrs. Boyd and
Martha Boyd, Frank W. MoElroy, II. d.
| Stowett, Miss Name Stowett, Leo Campbell,
J. Frank Dixon, Miss Cora Fawcett and W.
| H. Wall. From Allegheny City are II. c..
| Gerwig. Charles H.koetha and wife and Miss
| Lille Albrecht.
Liberto Marcar and Funesto Marcar, of
yesterday with their .brother-in-law, E.
| Beilli, of New York. They left at night for
| st. Louis. The Marcars came from the
| frontier of Mexico, but could give no ac-
count of the manners and customs of that
section.
f. NJ Butz went to Washington last
night OH the fast line. He said the Columbia
| Iron and Steel Company was once again on
| a sound footing and that business was flow
| ing in. The company mad several contracts,
| including enc for $50, 900 in New York.
Superintendent of Police Henry Muth
| and Assistant Superintendent John Glenn,
| Of Allegheny, left last night for trip to
| Philadelphia, New York and Boston, where
| they will inspect the working of the police
| departments of those cities
FP Hays, the Philadelphia oil opera
| tor: W. B. Potter, an architect of Lynn,
Mass; George III. Ahrens, of jamestown, N
Y and james B. Ross, of New York, are at
| the Duquesne.
NJ. j. Mcmahon, accompanied by his
wife, left last night for Dakota, Washington,
October.
Mrs. Emanuel De Roy and children, of
Sheffield street, have returned from a de-
lightful trip to Mackinac and the Cheneaux.
Chief Clerk Eaton, of the Department of
Charities, will leave tomorrow for two
weeks stay in North Dakota.
The Misses Ford, daughters of President
H. P. Ford, of Select Council, have returned
from the seashore.
John G. Stephenson, Jr., of the Hostetter
Coke Company, is enjoying his vacation at
Lakewood.
Miss NJ. S. Mawhinney and Mr. W. F.
Hughes nave left for Keene, o. to spend a
few weeks.
Mrs Charles F. Hammond of Pine
Creek, is spending the heated term at At
lantic City.
Miss Mary J. McDermitt, of Vickroy
street, is spending her vacation at Atlantic
City.
Basil Brennan has returned from three
weeks vacation in New York and the sea-
shore.
Adjutant General McClelland came in
from Alliance and left later for Harrisburg
Miss Mary E. BAIL is visiting friends in
Massillon O.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-23
A NIGHT OF TERROR.
M artinique's Disaster Increases in
Horror as News Comes In.
EARTHQUAKE UNITED WITH WIND.
At Least 250 Inhabitants Killed and Thou
sands Are Wounded.
TWO AMERICAN BIRKS ARE WRECKED

ST. PIERRE, MARTINIQUE, Aug. o.
| The full extent of Tuesdays calamity can
not yet be determined From many parts
of the island only vague and indefinite re-
reports have so far been received. The
! mountain roads were in many instances OBJ
structed by fallen timbers and other debris,
thus rendering many villages extremely
difficult of access. Every fresh report
brings new details of the universal devasta-
tion.
The hurricane struck the island about 7
o'clock Tuesday night. 1t continued to
rage until nearly II. Hardly had the storm
died away when a sharp earthquake shock
added to the horror of the night. Many Of
the superstitious blacks thought that the
end of the world was verify at hand.
A NIGHT OF TERROR.
1t was impossible to convey an adequate
idea of the terror and suffering of Tuesday
night. People focked to the open spaces
and spent the long hours till daylight in
sleepless suspense. They knew not but
that the next moment a severe earthquake
shock might complete the destruction of
their already roofess homes. The morning
brought little sense of relief On all sides
the evidence of destruction greeted anxious
eyes, and as death after death was reported
the awful character of the disaster was
made more and more manifest Then news
began to come from other parts of the
island. Everywhere the same dreadful tale
of suffering and loss and death was re-
peated.
No place on the island so far heard from
hnc yrit i5
impossible as yet to give any es-;nate of
the money value of the damage / crops,
forests, houses and shipping Tue grand
total will be something enormous. Neither
can it yet be told how many people per-.
ished.
THE DEATH ROLL INCREASES.
On Tuesday the indications were that
some 60 to 100 had lost their lives On
Friday the death roll had mounted to 21s.
To-day it is known that $50 met instant
death. 1t is not improbable that more
accurate reports will add still more names
to the list of the dead. No attempt has
been made to ascertain the number of those
who were injured by falling walls and fly
ing debris, but it must mount up into the
thousands.
Efforts are being made everywhere to re-
pair the damage Here in st. Pierre the
first endeayOr is to get new roofs, for hardly
a roof in the entire city remains intact.
Many people are finding it extremely diff
cult to make repairs. The stock of roofing
material on hand is not sufficient to meet
the general demand, and the prices have
been sharply advanced.
The American brigs, White and Jennie
Pinney, were among the ships lost. Both
are total wrecks, but their crews escaped
unhurt. Not a single craft that was in the
harbor when the storm struck the island re-
mained afoat.
The village of Morne Rouge is total
wreck. The number Of lives lost there was
about 80. Fort de France, the second city
of the island, was nearly destroyed. 1t will
be months before the ravages of the storm
can be obliterated
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-23
A HUNDRED KILLED.
Continued from First Page.
came up with big black cat that they
found floating on plank in the cellar.
LIST OF THE DEAD.

came up with big black cat that they
found floating on plank in the cellar.
LIST OF THE DEAD.
The list of the dead is as follows:
Patrick Slattery, laborer; Annie Haeg-
nIeey' years old; John Gibbs,
l0 years old; an unknown
woman. charred beyond recognition;
William Berry, carpenter. He had been
married only five months. The four other
bodies (males) have not been identified.
Six more bodies were being taken out at
late hour, making a total of Is bodies recov-
cred.
There are many theories as to the cause
of the disaster. Chief Reilly, of the fire
department. was of the opinion that boiler
had exploded. Another believed that the
boiler in the restaurant had exploded and
caused the disaster. Then it was said that
some chemicals had exploded in the drug
store.
The most plausible theory of all how
ever, is that the wreck was caused by the
shaky condition of the building and the Vi
bration of the heavy presses running in the
lithographing and printing establishments
on the upper floor. 1t is generally ad-
mitted that there was an explosion
of some kind. But the collapse is
accounted for in no other way than the one
mentioned, when it is taken into considera-
tion that the building was condemned 13
years ago.
There was practically no mortar between
the bricks, and when they were looked at
after the smoke and fire had subsidized they
were Us bare as a board.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-23
A WONDERFUL SPRING.
STREET CAR BUSINESS WILL BE REvO-
LUTIONIZED WITH IT.

The Spring Is Intended to Propel Cars-If
Use for Electric or Cable Roads-A Test
Already Made.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPArCH.1
ANsoNIA, CONN, August GA few
weeks ago S. II. Shaw, of Kansas, came to
this place to find a manufacturer who
would make him a spring feet long,
IL feet wide and 3-32 of an inch thick. He
had been to nearly every spring maker in
the country, and came here as last resort.
Thomas Wallace, of the firm of Wallace, &
Sons, undertook the job, and to-day the
spring is ready to be wound on mandrel,
which is being made for it. =,
The use to which, this big spring is to be
put is to propel street cars. There are to
be eight of them under each car, each
wound up in barrels 26 inches in diameter.
The outer edges of these barrels form
sprocket wheels, from which run endless
chains, connecting with sprocket wheels
on the car axles. Each spring is
two-horse-power, making 16-horse-pow-
er to each car. These, it is
estimated, will drive a car four miles.
They are under the control of the driver;
can be disconnected by the turn of the
wheel, and in running down grade the
springs are partly rewound. On road four
miles long winding station, requiring an
engine, world have to be set up at each end.
The first test with regular car will be on
the line running from Manchester to Rich
mond, Va. A model, weighing 200 pounds
and carrying ten persons, made a successful
trip over the road few weeks ago, mount
ing an 8 per cent grade with ease If the
coming test is successful, the new method
OF street car propulsion will revolutionize
the business, as the cars can be made and
fitted at the cost of an ordinary car The
springs can be increased to run longer dis
tance.