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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-05
NUMBERED BY BLOCKS.
Success of a System of Designating Country
Houses-The Postmaster General Con-
siderine the Scheme for Use in Extend
ing the Free Delivery.

Houses-The Postmaster General Con-
sidering the Scheme for Use in Extend
ing the Free Delivery.
WASHINGTON, March 4. - Special +
The ten-block system of locating and num-
bering country houses, successfully intro
duced in Contra Costa county, California,
has recently engaged the attention of the
Postmaster General, who wanted to see if it
is not of Importance in connection with the
extension of the free delivery into the
country.
The practical working of the Contra Costa
plan is especially gratifying to all friends
of rural free delivery, because it removes
service in the country. Starting from a
convenient center, say the county seat, each
mile is divided into ten equal parts or
blocks, having a frontage of so rods. Two
numbers are assigned to each block.
Wherever two or more country houses are
near enough to be situated within the same
block they have the same number, but are
distinguished by letters A, B. etc.
The distance can be quickly calculated
from the county seat by dividing the differ
ence by two-there being two numbers in
each block-and the result by ten for the
answer in miles. The second step is the
instantaneously decimal method. For
instance, No. 425 is % blocks or lengths of
miles, equivalent to q miles from the
county seat or point of departure. Signif-
cant and appropriate names are given to
roads, and all by-roads are further indicated
by three words, local, conne1 and exit; the
first having no outlet. and for local con-
venience, the second applied to short con-
Meeting roads, and the third having no out
let by land, usually ending at a landing
with water exit.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-05
AFTERMATH OF INTEREST
In tho Rumors About the New York and
New ENGLAND Deal.

In tho Rumors About the New York and
New England Deal.
BosroN, March 4-[Spacsal 1.-THE e1-
element in New York and New England
ended with the smart decline Of yesterday,
but the aftermath came to-day in numerous
rumors, much gossip and various efforts to
explain it all Nobody seems to know just
what was at the bottom of the wild excite
ment Of yesterday. That the entire amount
OF outstanding common stock should be
sold almost twice over in one day in itself
is calculated to cause talk for more than "a
hours. Mr.. Parsons has come out with an
emphatic denial that the road was offered
to the Vanderbilts, and the idea fingers,
that even if q deal has missed connections
there is q notion that another one will be
arranged. Still, there is not wanting
opinion that the whole thing was specu-
lative affair which accomplished its object
New York and New England officials in
Boston decline to say anything whatever
about pending negotiations Mr.. Reynolds,
assistant to President Corbin, will neither
confirm nor deny the story that Mr.. Corbin
is to resign, but current report has it that
one conference has been held in New York
to-day, and that another will be held to
morrow. The people who are friendly to
Corbin are said to have sold out, and this Is
considered confirmation of the report that
MI. Corbin will retire. The New York and
New England directors will meet tomorrow
in New York.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-05
MORROW ON THE AUDIT.

Tho Controller Returns From the East
jects-He Thinks a 12-Min Tax Rate
Will Be Sufficient
Controller Morrow returned from the
East yesterday morning and repaired al
once to his Office, where he put in the day al
hard work on business accumulated during
his ten days absence. He finished up and
sent to the Finance Committee the figures
and other information requested for use in
preparing the appropriation ordinance.
The committee may have q meeting to-day,
but none had been called last evening.
When asked what he thought of the
amendment to the audit ordinance placing
the responsibility for an audit of the books
of city officials on his shoulders, he said:
IT am not in position to say much. about it,
and would prefer that other officials should be
given that work to do. particularly in refer
ence to the books of the Controllers Office.
I have desired an audit Of my books by
some one authorized to do so for several
years. This ordinance has only been passed
by one branch of Councils, and may not be
finally passed before the present Council
term expires, tnere DeIng only TWO moro
regular meetings, but if it does pass in its
present form I will not shirk the duties it
provides for me- I will audit the city s
books and accounts as well and thoroughly
as or anyone else could do it."
In regard to the payment of number Of
city employees for time lost while they were
off electioneering at the polls on election
day, the Controller said that only in the
case of policemen, fremen or such other
employees as are employed by the day has
the city any right to hold back their pay for
time lost. The clerks and officials of all
grades are employed and paid monthly, and
If they work but week in the month, can
by law compel the payment OF full
months salary.
The Controller thinks the Finance Com
mittee will recommend to Councils 12-mi1
tax rate for this year, and thinks it will
meet with general approval, saying: 'There
will be no difficulty in getting through
with that rate if they only cut down the ap-
to a reasonable limit. Our out
warrants this year amount to S35S,
600, but with the phenomenal increase in
valuations made by the assessors IL mills
will bring in an immense amount of taxes"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-05

part of the vast area will be packed with
cannon, from the 15-inch monster to the
little six-inch rifle which looked like toy
by comparison-some finished and all the
others nearly finished-suficient in number
apparently to arm every vessel now build
ing and every one contemplated in the near
future. It was sight to make the nom
combatant shudder and to delight the soul
of the gallant marines who talked OF gore
by day and dreamed of it by night during
the incident" at Chile. These huge.
awful, death-dealing machines may come
handy when the 'incident" with Great
Britain anent the Bering Sea controversy
grows ripe.
The Allegheny Postoffice Trouble.
At the Postoffice Department to-day
much less was known in regard to the ar
rest of Assistant Postmaster Myler, of Al
legheny, than was published in The D4s-
PATCH this morning, and no one directly
concerned in the matter officially would
even drop hint as to the disposition of the
case of Postmaster Gilleland. From the
silent answers made to numerous questi ons,
however, it is inferred that the postmaster
may be, and possibly has been, asked to re-
sign, as, If he had been duly and lntelli-
gently attentive to the duties of his office,
irregularities in the methods of his subor-
dinates might have been impossible.
One official admitted that the mere fact
that Mr.. Gilleland kept in position as his
most responsible associate person who
was known to indulge in expensive e1-
cesses would have very serious bearing
on his case. Mr.. Wanamaker is not an
official who would look with any leniency
upon such lack of judgment in the selection
of assistants, or on the negligence which
could permit unreliable assistants 10 con-
duct the affairs of the Office without rigid
supervision. He looks upon such scandals
as not only affecting the locality immedi-
ately interested, but also the integrity of
the entire service and the efficiency of the
Department management. 1t may be safely
predicted that there will be thorough re-
organization of the Allegheny Office.
Object of the Inspections.
1t is now known that the sending of the
second special agent was not on account OF
any doubt of the truth of the report of the
first one but rather to conceal the real
nature of much of the information given,
some of which was not submitted in the re-
polt until the chief inspector and his
assistants could put the finishing touch to
the investigation. 1t is now known that
the second report went even farther than
the first, and the reason for the extreme
secrecy with which it was guarded is ex-
planned by the arrest of Myler, which has
been in contemplation for two weeks, de-
pendent on the final conclusions of the
chief inspector.
Representative Dalzell left this evening
for Pittsburg, for brief business visit, and
may also have a word upon political mat
ters to his friends. He tells me that his
from various parts of the State
during the last week has been extremely en-
to his canvass for the Senator
ship. LIGHTNER.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-05
BILLY FLORENCE'S WILL.
THE ATTEMPT TO BREAK IT COMES
BEFORE COURT.

Mrs. Florence Accused Of Havin. Missing
Codicil-A Search for 1t Fails to Producs
It-Surprise About . Baby Florence
That Died.
NEW YORK, March 4.-C Special 1.-The con-
test over the will of the late actor, Will
lam j. Florence, began this morning in the
Surrogate's Court. The actors widow and
brother-in-law, Commodore Tooker, were
among those present. The actors brother,
Edward B. Conlin, is the contestant ofthe will.
His contention is on the ground that there
is no provision in the document for any Of
the members Of his family. He claims that
his brother told him he intended to leave
something to his crippled brother, John
Conlin. He alleges that there is q missing
codicil, which Mrs. Florence has.
Police Inspector Peter Conlin, a brother
Of the contestant and of the testator, was
called to the stand. He said that after
Florence's death his valet gave him the
keys to the dead mans strong
box, where his papers were kept,
and that he had given them to Mr.. Villas, of
the Fifth Avenue Hotel, where his brother
had lived. Mr.. Villas, for some reason, had
given them to Mrs. Florence, and he had
been unable to search for the codicil which
he suspected was in existence.
Mr.. Fettretch, on cross-examination,
asked the inspector if his brother had ever
had any children by Mrs Florence. '.Not
to my knowledge" was the answer. Mrs.
Florence, when she heard this, could not
refrain from an exclamation OF surprise.
"Didn't he write you from Chicago, some
years ago, that baby had been born, and q
year later did ne n OF tell you of her death?"
'This is all news to me-" said the wit
ness. II never heard of the baby's exist
ence."
Counsel for the contestant demanded that
the strong box be produced. The referee re-
fused to make such an order, but Mrs. Flor
ence agreed to take the inspector and Law
yer Reymert up to the bank and show all
the papers in the box. The codicil was not
found
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-05
A BUNGLING GUILLOTINE
Makes Horrible Work in the Execution Of a
Poor Wretch at hanover-Twice 1t De-
.scends Upon His Neck Without severins
His MRngled Head.

Makes Horrible Work in the Execution of 9
Poor Wretch at hanover-Twice 1t De.
,scends Upon His Neck Without Severins
His Mangled Head.
BERLIN, March 4-The details of a most
horrible story were received in this city
to-day. A man named Hageman, in Slade,
small village in the province of Hanover,
was convicted of charge of murder and
was sentenced to death by the guillotine.
To-day was the date set for the execution,
and all the preparations being completed
the condemned man was led forth to the
place where the guillotine was erected. He
was securely bound and the executloner
placed him in the usual position on the
board beneath the sharp steel blade.
When all was in readiness the knife was
released and fell upon the neck of the pros
trate criminal To the horror of the specta-
tors, the knife failed to sever the head from
the TRUNK, and the result of this was to leave
the neck of the murderer in a terribly
mutilated condition. The awfulness of the
scene was increased when the executioner
seized the knife of the guillotine
and made horrible attempt to wrench
off the head of the unfortunate man with
his hands, while the blood rushed in tor
rents from the gaping wounds. But in
spite of all his tugging and twisting at the
victims half-severed head he failed to tear
it of, and he again placed the body in posi-
tion under the guillotine and tried second
time to behead the man by means of the
knife.
Again did the blade descend upon the
neck ofthe poor wretch, and again did it
fail to successfully perform its deadly work,
only leaving the remains in a more mutt
lated condition than before. The exc
cutioner then decided to abandon this means
of decapitating the man and tried
another method. He procured a sharp
knife and hacked and slashed at the back of
the victims neck, at the same time fasten-
ing his fingers in the mans blood-soaked
hair and pulling the head with much force.
At length, after chopping through most of
the flesh which still held the head to the
body, the executioner succeeded in tearing
the head awav
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-05
HOW sxUeaLIRs ARE FOUND OUT.

Sensational Results OF q Recent Public
Horsewhipping in Chicago.
CHICAGO, March A horsewhipping
here has led to Government investigation
into alleged wholesale smuggling of dress
goods Yesterday 8. 9. Wade, young En-
glishman, soundly castigated j. A. Cum
mings, manager Of Kate Reilly's fashion,
able dressmaking establishment in this city,
claiming that Cummings had grossly in
suited his wife, who was employed in the
place. He also alleges that his wife and
many other young women were induced to
leave England by Kate Reilly's representa-
tives, who promised them large salaries and
also induced them to smuegle large quanti-
ties Of wraps and Psxisian robes, which Nj.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-05
DIR. HAWEs HELD FOB TRIAL,
Though He Declares He Is Innocent of
Any Wrong at All.

Though He declares he Is Innocent of
Any Wrong at All.
BOSTON, March 4.-[SpeciaL DR. Ma
thaniel Ware Halves, the Back Bay dentist
whom the United States grand jury indicted
for an alleged attempt to influence one of
their number in the whisky trust cases,
presented himself in the United States Dls-
trict Court this morning for hearing DR..
Hawes was accompanied by his counsel,
Colonel j. h. Benton, and the Government
was represented by Assistant District At
torney Marshall Judge Mason directed the
defendant to be held in Sc, 600 until the next
term. Dr.. Hawes says:
SIT does not make any difference what
they say about me, as my reputation for in
tegrity is too we'll established to be broken
down by wild rumors 1 have a host of
friends in Boston, and they will all stand by
me-indeed, number of them have already
given me to understand that 1 have nothing
to fear. 1 want to aud that when 1 met Mr..
Prince in his Office / did not know he was
counsel for the whisky trust, which shows
that 1 had no ulterior motive in doing what
did"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-05
Wade claims was the only object in bring

Wade claims wss the only object in bring
ing them over.
He has laid this information before the
authorities, who visited the place and seized
several robes which it is claimed Kate
Reilly herself smuggled into this country.
They made an inventory Of the goods in tho
place, and seized all not duty paid. Mr..
Wade has given the authorities list Of
names of women who have recently been
brought to America by Kate Reilly, and
who each brought over from 81, 500 to IS, 900
worth Of dresses and wraps without paying
Uncle Sam his fees
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-05

HARRISBURG, March 4-Governor Pat
tison has issued call for a meeting of the
State Board of Worlds Fair Managers on
Thursday next in the Senate chamber. This
meeting has been called to elect successor
to Executive Commissioner Whitman, whose
resignation takes effect on that date.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-05
work tor the unemp,oved.

BERLIN, March 4-On the suggestion Of
Emperor William, in order to help alle-
viate the prevailing distress, the Anhslt
Railway has decided to equip its line with
electric Improvements. which will cost
800 900 marks.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-05
A Society Mans Suicide.

LONDON, March 4-Frank Vanzantd, Of
Newport and San Francisco, committed
suicide in Browns Hotel, Dover and Albe-
marie street, Tuesday night, by shooting
himself through the head. The motive is
not known. Vanzandt was the son-iu-lsw
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-05

BERLIN, March AT . meeting of Ger.
man Anarchists to-day, motion was
adopted in favor of the decentralization Of
Of the party. A Socialist, Herr Werner.
pathy with the Anarchists. The movement
is regarded rs premature, the masses being
not yet prepared for it.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-05
TANPERED WITH THE PAY ROLL

Fau OF Another Man Prominent In Church
and Y. M. C. A. Affairs.
ST. JOSEPH. March At. E. Rawlins,
agent for the Missouri Pacific and Hannibal
Railroad, was relieved from duty few days
ago at the request Of the Hannibal road,
whose officers accused Mr.. Rawlins of ir.
regularities in connection with the pay roll
As Mr. Rawlins is leader in the Presby-
terian church and prominent Y. M. G. A.
man, the announcement of his discharge and
its cause has created q profound sensation.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-05

NEW YORK, March 4-[Special Marie
Nevins Blaine, who has just obtained a
divorce from James G. Blaine, Jr., arrived
in New York tonight, from South Dakota
She was met at the depot by her mother,
and went directly to the New York Hotel.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-05
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.

DERsONAL-New patents issued March I, 1892:
i list from o. D. Lewis. patent attorney. 131
Fifth av.. (next Leader), P1ttsburg. Pa: estab-
lished over 20 years in patent business; United
States and all foreign patents secured: Harry W.
Althouse. Ashland, Pa. boiler tube; Oswald Beck
n. Chadwick. Jeannette, Pa. furnace door; latham
A. Chang Cadiz, o., chain cutter; Isrsn Necker.
man, assignor OF one-half to John y. Baglon, of
Pittsburg. car coupling; Timothy Dolan. Welling-
ton. o., carriage gearing; Charles P, Ehrentraut,
dow; John A. Hopkins. Murray o., rope oiling
device; Hugh Kennedy, sharpsbnrg, Pa. coke
d. Cory G
Pittsburg, Pa, manufacture OF metallic vehicle
tongues; Alexander Wurts Pittsburg. Pa, circuit
Germany, adding and counting apparatus; Alfred
II. Warren. Glen Loch, Pa, fertilizer feeder;
line A. Whipple, London, England, needle en-
ployed in the manufacture of felted fabrics.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-05

THE Cars Pancake II new kind OF bomb
described in THE DISPATCH tomorrow
by valerian Gribaysdoff. Its part in . now
Nihilistic plot
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-05

POMP Of the dead in the tombs Of Monte
video, by Fannie b. Ward, In THE DIS
PATCH tomorrow.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-05
AM Old Bism.rck Ide. Revlved.

An Old Bismarck Idea Revived.
BERLIN, March At is reported that
Chancellor Won Caprivi is to revive the
attempt made by Prince Bismarck to create
State monopoly of the manufacture Of
brandy in Germany.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-05

Over 100 Portuguese Drowned.
LISBON, March 4.-According to an of
fetal estimate, 105 fishermen were drowned
in last Saturdays storm.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-05

HARRISoN'S nomination secrets and
other unwrittsn history given by Frank G
Carpenter In THE DISPATCH tomorrow,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-05
No Municipal Relief for Unemployed.

BERLIN, March 4-The municipal au.
thorities have rejected the Socialist motion
for urgency in the starting of public works
for the purpose Of alleviating the distress
prevailing here.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-05

ODD customs OF the people OF Uruguay, by
Fannie b. Ward, in THE DISPATCH to-
morrow.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-05

For SALE
EAST END HOUSES.
Neat new houses of fine Appearances mod
ern fixtures; location very accessible.
s5,6OO-s rooms, reception hall, laundry,
bath. (3O
s5,5OO-s rooms, bath, laundry, storage
room. (sD
s6,Oo0-Just completed, 9 rooms, laundry,
bath, bay windows, front and back stairs (S7l
$,000-6 rooms, attic, bath, laundry. 1857
$6,5S0-9 rooms (very elegantly 1nished),
laundry, bath. '(85)
$6,sO0-9 rooms, hardwood mantels, tile
facings and hearths, laundry, 2 ". c., front
and back stairs. (16)
Call or send for permits to examine these.
W. A. HEBRON & SONS,
fe282N3-58 so Fourth av.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-05

of Sir Jacob Lubbock, and well-known in
the fashionable society of America and
England.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-05
FOR RENT.
3 Choice 6-StDTy Warehouses,

MERCANTILE BLOCK,
On New Grant St., near Union station, Sew.
enth ave. and Liberty st.,
And adjoining the new Bindley Hardware
Company and C. d. and P. Telephone Ex-
change buildings, each floor BOXES, with pri-
vate office, vault, elevator; steam heat fur
nished.
BLACK & BAIRD,
mh299 95 FOURTH AVE.
, 1892-02-16

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StatementShowiag Profits for,,First
Six Months Business of the
Olympia Building 4 Loan AssC.


Ihcre mfe aN saafea ta fa8ee At fhe present
#mc thc nei proHt neF share 81 therefore $i.$G
THE eauateG amount af tho Investment tor tlle
SIX months ending December ist. is &S. This
shows cleas pro4t of Il per cent
lm addition te thie profit % The investors
Olympia has becn benefited as t7Fa erection of
three ncat aud tasty homes
AZ the lasi meeting 81 the trustees it was de-
eidci iD 0ron up another series and the books
are now oncn fa receive subscriptions 90 the
same at The office of the secretary, room S chill
berg block