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A DREARY OUTLOOK.
FittsbniK Falling Behind in the Mat
ter of Building Boats.
ME. JAMES EEES' VIEW OF AFFAIRS
High Triced Lumber and Labor Unions
Spoiling One Industry.
CAXXOT COJITETE WITH THE SOUTH
It is somewhat .discouraging to hear
Thomas Rees, of the firm of James Rees &
Son, the steamboat builders who have made
Pittsburg famous in South America and
Russia, state that this city under present
conditions, though so favored in many re
spects for the manufacture of anything into
which iron and steel enters, cannot compete
with other cities less favorably situated;
but such, he says, is the case, and he at
tributes it first to trade unionism and sec
ondly to the high price of timber. As to
the second there is no relief to be hoped lor.
"Vc once had plenty of good timber in "West
ern Pennsylvania, but the owners slaught
ered it and made themselves poor in the
slaughter, and new forests cannot be grown
in time to do this or the next generation
any good. As to the first drawback, there
is hope that in time matters may be adjust
ed, and all who have the welfare of this
section at heart will work for an improve
ment. James Rees & Son constructed the first
steel plate steamship built in the United
States, and alo revolutionized the river
traffic in South America and Russia. Their
first venture was the Francesco Mentoya,
built for the Magdalena Steam Navigation
Company, of South America. This boat was
ISO feet long, SO feet beam and 3 feet hold,
iully equipped as are the steamers on our
w estern waters. The boat had angle iron
ribs IS inches apart, angle iron deck beams
and steel plated hull The people for whom
she was built protested against the use of
steel instead of iron, contending that it was
liable to break from a sudden shock in land
ing or striking a snag or bar. Rees & Son,
however, persisted, and the result justified
their judgment, their steel plates standing
the shocks and resisting puncture from the
rocks in the Magdalena's channel better
than iron.
BOATS TOR SOUTH AMERICA.
Their first venture assured them the mo
nopoly of boat building for that rive'. The
boats are built here, taken apart and ship
ped ia New York to the place of destina
tion. Messrs. Rees & Sou also not only sent
skilled mechanics along to put the boats
together, but scut pilofcTto teach the South
Americans the science 01 rn er navigation.
By and by the fame of these SouthAmer-
ican stern wheelers reached Russia and
plans, specifications and mechanics were
sent lrom l;ees cc bons snop, ana on tne
Volga, Dnieper and other rivers in Russia
boats similar to those built for the Mngda
lena now ph.
At present Rees & Son have on the stocks
another steamer for the Magdalena. She
diners from the others turned out by them
in that all the steel used in her construction
i galvanized. She is 120 feet long, with 24
feet beam and 3 feet depth of hold. She will
be the lightest draft steamer afloat, drawing
less than 10 inches on an even keel, 8 inches
forward and 11 inches at stem. "When
fully laden she will carry 3,000 bags of coffee,
and with fuck etc., 800 hogs on 18 inches
draft ot water.
Another boat on the stocks is a composite
towboat ordered by the Government of the
United States of Columbia. She will be the
first stern wheel towboat to ply in the
Magdalena and will be used in the towing
of dredges.
IRO TAKLS THE TLACE OF TIMBER
She has a steel angle iron trame and iron
bulkheads and will be planked with South
ern yellow pine. She is the first boat of her
kind built in this city. She is likely to
supersede our present towboats on our own
rivers, as timber is growing scarce. She is a
duplicate of the towboat Blackburn.
Now, it would be naturally supposed
that as Rees & Son can send their work
into foreign countries and establish monopo
lies there, that they would be perfectly
satisfied with the situation, but they are
not "Mr. Thomas Rees states that until the
hours of labor are equalized by the trade
unions, and wages also, at least in a degree,
they will not be able to compete with down
river builders, who not only get cheaper
labor, but better lumber at 25 per cent less
than what can be gotten here costs. Here
lumber must be taken from a raft, and
down the river they get it ready sawed, and
there is less loss. He states that just after
their last contract was made came the de
mand for a nine-hour day instead often, as
worked down the river on considerably less
wages, and this demand, he states, had it
been persisted in, would have added 13 per
cent t o the cost of the boats. He also states
that since trade union regulations went into
effect there has been a depreciation in the
value of mechanics' services that only em
ployers can appreciate; that some old-time
workmen are" worth on an average three of
bome of modern turnout. He recommends
a policy that will make mechanics' interests
and those of employers the same.
MCCn LOSS JTKOII l-EESHETS.
In the second place Mr. Rees states that
the sudden freshets and strong currents in
our rivers are great drawbacks in boat
building. A freshet while a boat is build
ing becomes a serious matter and is liable
to cause great loss. In a yard on the Dela
ware, for instance, there is no necessity for
paving insurance on this risk.
Thirdly, there is no security when a yard
is established that a railroad will not be
built between it and the river and upset all
calculations.
Fourthly, the Ohio is so obstructed by
bridges that large boats cannot be built here
and run dow n unless chimneys are specially
constructed. These disadvantages com
bined, he says, entirely overcome all ad
vantages this city would be naturally sup
posed to have over other places for the
building of boats, and in addition to all
Pittsburg material for building is laid down
as cheaply at other points as here. There
being no wharf facilities Rees & Son find it
cheaper to build boats and ship in sections
to New York than to run them down the
river to the gulf. They have thus shipped
two boats this year.
All the different operations carried on by
this firm will be consolidated this fall, boat
building, engine and boiler making, under
the style of James Rees & Sons.
For the reasons assigned above Mr. Rees
thinks there is no reason to hope that the
building of whalebacks will ever become a
leading industry in Pittsburg. It is to be
hoped, however, that the shadows on this
picture have been deepened by the struggles
of the firm, as pioneers in any field must
struggle against many difficulties that time
and experience sometimes eliminate.
A Monument to the White Loagno.
Xw Ohlsass, Sept. 15. To-day there was
the most important celebration or the 11th
orSeptember anniversary that has yet taken
place. After the usual procession was the
ceremony of laying the corner stone of a
monument which is to commemorate tho
deeds of the White League and other citi
xens who took part in the fight on Canal
street that resulted in the overthrow or the
Kellogg Government 17 years ago.
Heavy Storms in Wisconsin.
AsnuLiai, Wis., Sept. 15. A heavy rain and
hall storm fell this morning. It Is estimated
that thousands of dollars of damage has
been done to crops throusrhout the district.
A heavy wind prevailed, ana several boats
on the bay were capsized. A special from
Iron river says a toniado rngea tbere this
morning ot 10 o'clock. A number of trees
were torn up bj the roots and the roof of
Pettiugcll's hotel was bmashed in by falling
NO LIEN ON THE STOCK.
James Chambers Says He Does Not Owe
Anything to the Jeannette Company
The Sale Will Take Place This Moraine
at the Sheriff's Office.
The 1,950 shares of Jeannette Plate Glass
stock belonging to James A. Chambers will
again be offered for sale at the Sheriff's
office this morning at 10 o'clock, at the Bait
of Mrs. Martha J. Chambers. As stated in
The Dispatch yesterday, these shares
were offered on Monday, but the sale was
adjourned until to-day. Tho notice pre
sented by Attorney P. C Knox that the
Chambers-McKee Glass Company would
enforce a lien it held on the stock was given
by Attorney J. S. Ferguson as the reason
for continuing the sale, as he wished to ex
amine into this claim. It was stated that
this lien would cover the entire value of
these shares, but Attorney Knox says that
the claim would not exceed $10,000. . This
claim due the company from Chambers
would, of course, have to be satisfied before
a transfer of the stock could be made.
An interesting fact in connection with
this matter came to light yesterday. An
official of the Chambers-McKee Glass Com
pany said that there was no such indebted
ness due the company from Chambers, as he
did not owe tho company a dollar.
Mr. Chambers was asked yesterday if this
was correct and said: "Yes, that is right,
the company holds no such claim against
me. Mr. Knox was not representing the
Chambers-McKee Glass Company in pre
senting the notice of that lien, but he rep
resented H. Sellers McKee personally, and
of course, as the company has nothing
against those shares, the sale will be pro
ceeded with and would have been on Mon-
$33."
Major W. G. McCandless, assignee, said:
"It's nonsense to talk of the company hold
ing a lien on those shares. Mr. Chambers
is still President of that concern and no
such action could be taken without his
knowledge and consent. The presenting of
that notice at the sale on Monday was the
action of Mr. McKee personally and the
companv had nothing to do with it. The
sale will take place to-morrow and this
matter will have no effect whatever."
Both these 'gentlemen were asked if they
thought that this might be a scheme to bear
the stock, by deterring intending buyers
from purchasing on account of this incum
brance on the stock. Thev said that such
might possibly be thecasej'but refused to be
quoted on that point definitely.
H. Sellers McKee was seen at his qffice,
but disclaimed any knowledge ot recent de
velopments in financial matters, saying that
he had just returned to the city.
A PITTSBURG MIRAGE.
How Three Young Men Bead a Sign at a
Distance and Close By.
On a recent warm Sunday three young
men took a notion to try a day in the woods.
After going up the Mt. Oliver incline they
took an electric car five miles up the coun
try. It was one of the hottest Sundays in
August, and by tho time the young men
had been out a couple of hours roaming
around over the hills they had accumulated
a thirst such as only can be accumulated in
Pittsburg on Sunday. With parched throats
they wandered around, their tongnes almost
hanging from their mouths. Soon one of
them spied on a gate in front of a farmhouse
a sign on which could be seen in plain capi
tal letters the words BEER and WINE.
It was like an oasis to a party who had
traversed the desert for days. Their eyes
brightened, and with steady steps they
hastened gleefully toward the farmhouse.
But, alas! As is often the case in the des
ert, the oasis proved only a mirage. As the
jaded travelers neared the sign and saw it
in its entirety their spirits, which had risen
in hope, fell deeper into despair. This is
the sign that met their gaze:
: Prime Pop and Root BEEB :
; We have for sale here; :
: If you taste this pop of mine, :
: You will have no more use for WINE. :
....... ...... ....... .......................
A few hours later three well-dressed
young men landed at Central station. It
was a speak-easy case.
KICKING AGAIHST TELEPHONES.
Many of the Downtown Ones Ruined by
.Electric Wires.
The telephone is too new to be condemned,
but its working in some portions of the city
is the subject of much profanity which is
growing from month to month. It probably
works under especial disadvantages in the
lower portion of the city, as in no other
city ib there so much business crowding as
in Pittsburg below the Union station.
Electric light andstreet railway wires seem
to give much trouble, as on some phones you
can hear all the electric cars for ten squares
running, but often you cannot distinguish
what the person talking to you is saying.
In the suburbs this difficulty is not experi
enced to any extent worth noting.
William Kerr, of Arbuckles & Co., said
that while their office telephone worked all
right, that in his private residence was
worth but little after 0 o'clock p. m. He
attributed it to. the fact that in the evening
the electric light wires were charged.
C. H. Love said his telephone seemed to
be troubled by proximity to the linps of
the electrio railway on Fourth avenue, and
was somewhat unreliable at times.
D. P. Black, of Black & Baird, seemed to
think their service might be improved, but
added that he didn't know just where to put
the blame, as some people said it was in
their own office.
To the rnblic
There is nothing we could say that would
so thoroughly convince the reader of the
great value of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Bemedy as a personal trial,
and what we do say is only with the hope
that you will give ft a fair trial and satisfy
vourseii mat our siaieuients are true, we
base our claims on 17 years' experience in
thj sale and use of the remedy, during
which time more than 2,000,000 bottles have
been sold. What we claim is that Cham
berlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Bem
edy isthe most prompt and most reliable
medicine yet discovered for bowel com
plaints. That it is pleasant and safe to take.
That it never fails when the plain printed
directions are followed.
That it ii ill cure pain in the stomach,
colic, cramp colic, painter's colic, printer's
colic, bilious colic or cholera morbus' in
their worst forms in less time than any
other known remedy.
That it will cure malignant dysentery, or
bloody flux, in its worse form, and even
when epidemicthat it has been used in
seven epidemics of that disease with per
fect success, and that it was the only remedy
or treatment used, in either of these seven
epidemics that would cure the worst cases.
We have many testimonials in proof of the
above statements.
That it will cure chronic diarrhoea, and
is the onlv remedy that has ever been
known to effectually cure that dreadful dis
ease. The large sale of this remedy has. to a
freat extent, been produced by people who
ave been cured by it, urging their friends
and acquaintances to try it. In almost
every neighborhood there is some one whose
life has been saved by it, or who has been
cured of a severe attack of bowel complaint
by it, and they are its most enthusiastic ad
vocates, honestly and sincerely so, because
they know of its merits from personal ex
perience. It is put up in 25 cent, SO cent and $1
bottles, and may be obtained from drug
gists. Chamberlain & Co., Props.,
wsa Des Moines, la.
THE PEOPLE'S STORE FIFTH AVENUE.
To-Day, To-Morrow and Friday.
Our first opening of fall and winter mil
linery. Don't miss this chance of getting
ideas of the coming styles.
Campbsm, & Dick.
GIRLS ARE SCARCE.
An Unusually Large Number of Male
Children Born in Pittsburg.
WHYTHESORPLUSISNEEDED HEEEJ
Interesting Statistics Taken From the
Health Records.
W0NDEEEDL GAIN IN SEVEN MONTHS
Som doctors say there are comparatively
few girl babies being born in these cities
this year, it appearing that the mothers of
Pittsburg and Allegheny are following the
exhortation of Mr. Macbeth to Mrs. Mac
beth. Tho record of the Bureau of Health, so
far as completed, shows that male births
were in excess of female last year, and this
is the usual record in Eastern cities, but
Pittsburg is overdoing it at present in this
respect For seven months of 1890 the birth
record was as follows:
Month. Male. Female.
January. 801 243
February S60 237
March 25J 242
April. 242 202
May 288 223
June 291 237
July. 287 2G8
Total 1,630 1,632
This shows a gain of 238 boys on girls in
seven months, but while the rate is abnor
mal, if compared with that of a nation, it is
not much out of the way as regards Pitts
burg, where the births of males exceed those
of females, as a rule, about 200 a year, and
for the last month computed there was but
one majority on the male side.
Statistics kept up for a long series of
years in France showed that births were 21
male to 20 female, thus proving inductively
what theologians had been laboring for
thousands of years, attempting to prove de
ductively, in an effort to show that polyg
amy was wrong and contrary to the law of
nature. Science agrees with theology, that
monogamy is the correct thing
so far as humanity is con
cerned and in a country where the
male hazard is not unduly great the sexes in
the absence of war will be nearly the same
in number, the normal excess of males being
offset by the ordinarily greater hazard of
their oocupatioc
MORE MEN" ABB NEEDED HERE.
This hazard is much greater in Pittsburg
and vicinity than through the country at
large, so that it does not appear that nature
proposes either to enforce polyandry or a
life of single blessedness on the excess of
males born. Ordinarily women are not
killed in rolling mills, blast furnaces, glass
houses or crushed under wagons. They are
less exposed to the elements and conse
quently a greater portion reach maturity
than of males.
Pittsburg doctors, so far as they could be
found, did not appear to have paid any par
ticular attention to the present rate of in
crease of either sex. Br. S. B. Jackson
said he had not noticed the discrepancy, but
was inclined to think it was not abnormal,
merely a coincidence He said that at
times an apparently undue proportion of
births of one sex would be noted, but
thought on the whole there was no great
variation from the rule, which is a slight
preponderance of male births. In his hos
pital practice he had noted a considerable
preponderance of male births.
Several doctors, among them W. T.
English stated that theirfine of practice of
late had not been obstetrics and in conse
quence they could not say whether or not
the preponderance of male births was
noticeable. Young Dr. Shaw, of Penn
avenue said very energetically that he knew
nothing about the matter and opened the
door with great eagerness to allow his visi
tor to depart
It is said one Fast End physician has
presided this year at the birth of sixteen
boys, and in all his practice has not come
across a girl baby this year,
WHAT IT MEANS FOB WOMEN.
Should Pittsburg experience prevail gen
erally for half a century, women will secure
all trie rights claimed for them by the uni
versal suffragists, as they will become so
valuable as to be the subject of sharp com
petition. In 30 years they have taken the
places of half a million men in departments
of labor previously considered exclusively
masculine. Except in the outlying country
districts nearly all school teachers are now
women, whereas 30 years ago there were
only exceptional boards of school directors
who thought women fit to teach. In this
country alone there are over 6,000 women
engaged as book-keepers, type and short
hand writers, so that even without
an increase in the male birth record, it be
gins to look as though the time is not far
distant when men must turn themselves to
laundry, kitchen and other domestic labor,
or findsomc new field of operation where
woman cannot compete. It seems that
aged civilizations produce this state of
affairs, for in all old communities there is
an excess of women. Massachusetts has
been suffering thus for years and the wail
of the old maid resounds from Martha's
Vineyard to Fitchbu.g. In Europe the ex
cess of women is also great, but there they
carry bricks and mortar, break stones on the
roads and do many other things that a Mas
sachusetts woman would scorn to do. The
Chinese overcome the difficulty by killing
the surplus girl babies, but civilization will
hardly reach that remedy in this country
for some centuries to come.even if the whole
nation follow the 4 example set by Pitts
burg. FRIGHTENED BY A BEEB WAGON.
Coraopolii Society Shocked by the Appear
ance of One In Its Streets.
Sour grapes eaten by some of the fathers
have set the teeth of the aboriginals of Co
raopolis on edge. There have been at times
people resident In the town who have had
shipped to them beer in the keg for domes
tic use, and some people slightly off color
from an orthodox prohibition standard
have at times been known to carry pocket
pistols, but they did it circumspectly, and
never since the old still-house went to ruin
was beer offered openly on the streets until
last week.
Lost week, however, a delivery beer
wagon was noted on the streets. It came
from the city and not many seem to know
whose it was or whence it came, but the
knowledge that it was there flew on the
the wings of rumor until pretty nigh the
whole village was ablaze with excitement
It is said a meeting of the Sanhedrim will
be called soon; and the matter will receive
the attention its importance demands.
Found a Horse and Wagon.
Yesterday morning John Phillips, of
Bobinson township, came across a strange
horse feeding in his woods pasture and ex
hibiting traces of hard usage. The dis
covery stimulated further research and
soon he came across buck wagon in a lane
back of hi farm. Later still he found a
set of harness under one of his hay-ricks, a
protruding hitching strap" disclosing the
place of hiding. Mr. Phillips made in
quiry about the neighborhood, but could
not find anyone who claimed ownership or
knowledge of the matter. It appears as
though the rig must have been abandoned
during the night, but whether or not a crime
was connected with the .disappearance of
the driver coujd not be ascertained.
B.&B.
Furs fur capes all kinds of fashionable
furs 18-inch to 30 inches deep $5 00 to
5200 00 each. Boqgs & Buhl.
THE PITTSBUEG- DISPATCH,
MISS "JONES' TRUNK AND THE CUSTOMS.
Nothing Dutiable Claimed to Have Seen in
It Circumstances of the Case.
Some days ago a telegram from New York
told how a trunk belonging to Miss Jones,
of the firm of Parcels & Jones, Pittsburg,
had been seized at the Custom House, New
York, on account of containing about $5,000
worth of ladies' wearing apparel which was
dutiable, but had not been "declared" by
Miss Jones to the Custom House inspectors.
This occasioned surprise, as, while it was
known that Miss Jones hod been for the
three months previous traveling for her
health in Europe, her establishment did not
deal in wearing apparel, but in the ma
terial for it, and it was known, besides, to
have its own purchasing agents in Europe
and regularly paid duty on its importations.
Nothing iurther could be learned until
Miss Jonas returned yesterday. The lady
'stated that the inspectors did nof even ex
amine her trunk before seizing it Merely
upon hearing that she was engaged in busi
ness they, held it. Miss Jones declared
positively that it contained nothing duti
able; that there was nothing in it b'ut
wearing apparel for herself, most of which
she iiaa worn and much ot which she had
actually taken to Europe with'her. . Miss
Jones showed a letter lrom her lawyer in
New York stating that the Custom House
authorities were now convinced they had
made a mistake, and that the trunk would
be treed from detention in a few days.
This is not the first case in which travelers
have experienced annoyance at the hands of
Custom House officers, particularly if they
were thought to be "in business." Not an
uncommon way of placating the inspectors
and getting out ot the fatigue of waiting for
hours at the landing wharl is to put a $10
or $20 bill on the top tray of the trunk to
be examined. But there are many travelers
who prefer the fatigue and even the at
tempts at annoyance by strict construction
of the wearing apparel clause on the part of
inspectors, rather than resort to this method
of getting an easy deliverance.
Indian Lands Ready for Opening.
Guthbie, O. T.,Sept. 16. Major Weigel
and Judge Davis, Special Government In
spectors, who went out to inspect the pro
posed county seat locations, returned and
wired their approval of the locations to the
President This was the last work to be
done and the Indian lands are now ready
for the opening.
Surveying for the Honolulu Cable.
Sajt Francisco, Sept. 15. The United
States steamer Albatross arrived last night
and went direct to Mare Island. The Al
batross is to proceed at once to make surveys
for a cable from San Francisco to Honolulu.
THE RUSH TO BLAINE.
More Free Boats and Trains Secured f6r
Saturday.
Tim now town on the Mononsahela seems
to be a decided favorite.
sale of lots, to take place Saturday next, is
so heavy that additional transportation
facilities" had to be provided.
So the Pittsburg and Lake Erie R. It will
send out two special trains, one at 10 A. M.
and another at 12:30 P. at, instead of the
regular 12:05 p. M. train.
Additional river transportation is re
quired, and will be supplied,
The trip, both by rail and river, will be
most interesting and enjoyable, and, be
sides, the new town presents the strongest at
tractions to workers, home seekers and in
vestors. All eyes are therefore turned up the
Monongahela, and the people of Elizabeth
are preparing to receive a great crowd.
Free tickets are Being . passed out at the
office of Charles Somers & Co., 129 Fourth
avenue. ,
The distribution will be discontinued
when enough have been issued to load boats
and cars.
Cloth, Cheviot and Beaver Beefers,
trimmed in Black Coney and Wool
Seal, made with high rolling collar, high
sleeves and full lengths, our prices $7 45, $8,
$8 75, $9 45, up to $18.
Fine Cheviot Reefers,
Trimmed with KEAL ASTRAKHAN FTJE.
imported clotb, good silk ornaments and
faced with good silk or satin, $7 50 $8 45,
$9 75, $10 60, $11 75, $13 50, $14 50, and up
to $30.
CLOTH REEFER JACKETS
At $3 45,
We are selling a good Cloth Reefer, full
length, with roll collar, perfect in shape, at
$3 45.
CHEVRON CLOTH REEEERS
At $4 45,
This Beefer is made of good cloth, rolling
collar, bound all around with black silk
braid, trimmed with large Pearl Buttons;
our price $4 45, value $G 75.
CHEVIOT CLOTH REEEERS
At $5 OO.
The cloth is extra good quality; they are
perfect in shape and finish, and bound with
braid. They would be cheap at $8 00; our
price, $5 00.
We are selling them at half the original
$3 00, $8 00 goods at $4 00. $10 00 goods at
$5 00. Just the thing for the season.
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Fur-TrimmeaReefers
HExposition Visit
ors Always Welcome.
sel6-4t-ws
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBEK
THE NEGROES' FRIEND.
Senator Palmer's Great Fight Against,
Illinois Black Laws.
FOR SUCCORING A COLORED 'HAH J
He Is Indicted, but Acquitted Through His
Effective Plea.
COLORED CLUB NAMED IN HIS HONOR
The John M. Palmer Colored Democratic
Club was formed in this city last week, says
the" Washington Fott. The club, as Its
name indicates.is a purely politiaal one,'but
whether it was called after the Democratic
Senator from Illinois merely out of compli
ment to the man or because it means to
"boom" for the presidency doeB not appear.
Whetever the club's future action may be,
it is certain that no colored man makes a
mistake in paying honor to General .John
M. Palmer.
In the nnti-slavery agitation during the
decade preceding the events of 1861-5 he
was a consistent friend of the race, and one
incident of his career during the war mark
ed his sympathy toward the black man in a
manner almost bordering on the tragic.
Until the close of the war among the
statutes of Illinois was what was familiarly
known as the "black laws" of the state.
These were an inheritance from the terri
torial government of Indiana, of which Illi
nois had been a part, and they were re-en-ficted,
with all their barbarous features, by
the First General Assembly of the state,
March 30, 1819.
ITATtntE OF THE LAWS.
They provided that no negro or mulatto
could reside or settle in the State until he
had first produced a certificate ol freedom
under a seal of a court record, which,
together with a description of the person
produciug it and his family, if any, was to
be entered of record in the county he pro
posed settling in, but the overseers of the
poorsould expel such family at their dis
cretion. Any person settling in any county of the
State for the purpose of emancipating his
lnM ...na winnirpH rt fTirB hnild of Si. 000
as guarantee that the emancipated person
would not become a public charge, and for
neglect or refusal of this he was liable to a
fine of $200. To harbor any slave or ser
vant or ninaei tne owner m reimnug a
slave or servant was a felony punishable by
restitution, or a heavy fino and whipping,
not to exceed 30 stripes Every negro or
mulatto not having a certificate of freedom
was deemed a runaway slave, who if not re
claimed or his freedom established could be
sold into servitude in the State for one
year.
Any slave or servant found ten miles
from home was liable to arrest and 35
stripes on the order of a justice, or if he
appeared at any dwelling or plantation
without leave of his master the owner of
the place was entitled to have him pun
ished by ten lashes on the bare back.
A WORSE LAW ADDED.
In the year 1853 a member of tho Illinois
Legislature introduced a bill to add to the
"black laws" a provision that if any free
negro or mulatto went into the State and re
mained ten days with the evident intention
of residing therein he should be fined 550,
and if the fine were not paid at once he
should be arrested, advertised and sold into
servitude to the highest bidder for a stated
length of time; and, further, that any white
citizen of the State who should take into it
any negro or mulatto should be subject to
arrest, fine and imprisonment.
John M. Palmer was a Democratic mem
ber of the upper House during this session
of the Legislature. Though born in Ken
tucky, he had inherited from his father, an
ardent Jocksonian Democrat, strong anti
slavery convictions, and he vigorously op
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HEW CLOAKS, 1JJMI, CWJOffll, &t
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GLOVES, UNDERWEAR, HOSIERY AND LADIES' AND GENTS FURNISHINGS in
general IS SUPERIOR to any shown heretofore, and contains many exclusive deagisofour
own importation, not to be had elsewhere. As to prices, we have marked them LOW ENOUGH
to satisfy the most economical, and want to state, that; buying our gooas in wrgc 4uuiuu
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Trimmed in Wool Astrakhan,
In these we show an immense, variety.
They are all made of good cloth, perfect in
fit and trimmed in the best possible manner.
Our prices, $4 50, S4 JB, $5, ?5 75, $0 75,
$7 45, $8 75, and up to 15. We have them
in black and colors.
COLORED CLOTH REEEERS.
Tan, Gray, Brown, Slate, Mode and Navy.
We have them plain or embroidered, braid
ed and bound with braid, trimmed in Astra
khan, Mufflon, Silver FoXj Marten, Brown
Bear and Mink. Our prices range from
$4 95 to $35.
We are showing 20 different style3 of Beal
Mink-Trimmed Reefers, tailor-made, fine
satin facings or satin linings, first qualities
only. Our prices : 16 50, $18, $19 75,
$21 50, $24, $27, and up to $50.
Misses' Jackets.
An endless variety of Misses' Jackets
and Beefers, made of Beaver, Cheviot,
Chevron, etc. Prices range from $2 50 to
$15 00.
Fur Capes.
We show over 50 styles in all fashionable
Furs from $4 75 to $75. We think we can
save you 20 to 33 per cent on each cape.
MUFFS.
jllil lines w iuuiw ux m &.iuua.ui wiccu- I
ingly low prices. '
ROSEN BAUM
510 to 518 Market St., Corner
16, 1891
posed the passage of the proposed addition
to the "black laws." The bill was passed,
however, in spite of his opposition, and
duly took its place on tHe statute books of
the State.
. The next year, at a special session of the
Assembly, he fought the repeal of the Mis
souri compromise on two sets of resolutions
and in the succeeding campaign, the Ne
braska question'being the party issue, he
refused to accept a renomination by bis
party, and this break separated him from ;
the Democratic ranks for nearly two dec
ades. PALMEB'S WAR BECORD.
General Palmer's part in the Civil War
is too well known to need recounting here.
During his service he was severely
wounded and was carefully and tenderly
nursed by a colored man, an escaped slave,
who had succeeded in crossing into the
TJnion lines. When sufficiently convales
cent, attended by his faithful nurse, be
tween whom and himself there had grown
up a strong attachment, he 'returned to his
uuuieia vjorimvmu, nxacoupin county, xu,
to-remain until he had recovered his full
strength.
Here, in the uniform of a Major General
of the United States 'Army, he was wel
comed by many old friends'. But the pas
sions engendered by the war were strong,
and jealous or malicious enemies of Gen
eral Palmer choBe a most unique way to
demonstrate their hatred of him. They re
membered that the "black laws" of the
State were still in existence, although they"
had long been in "innocuous desuetude, '
and under the very provision of the law
which he hod so strongly resisted in the
Legislature of 1853 they had him indicted
by the grand jury of Macoupin county for
bringing a colored man into the State of
Illinois.
IK HIS OWN DEFENSE.
The case was one of intense interest The
General disregarded the saw that oulyafool
Is his own doctor or lawyer. He appeared
in his own defense and his treatment of the
case proved that he waspassihg wise in hav
ing done so. In his address to the jury he
said in substance: "You have charged me
with violating a law of the Commonwealth.
You have made the charge, but you have
not proved it To do so you must have
witnesses of its truth. There are only two
persons in the world who have absolute
knowledge of its truth and falsity. One of
these persons is myself, the prisoner at the
bar. The other is in this courtroom in your
nresence. asked to come here by me.
"He Is a man with a black skin, but he
has a noble heart and a truthful tongue,
aud he would tell the truth If he were per
mitted to do so; but you dare noSput him
on the witness stand. He is here as dumb
as though nature had deprived him of tho
organs of speech, because your law makes
him incompetent as a witness. He might
convict me if he dared speak, but your
hatred of his race has closed his mouth. '
ACQUITTED BY THE JTTKT.
The force of the language was felt by the
jury, and It rendered a verdict of acquittal
without leaving the box. The circumstance
attracted the attention of the public to the
"black laws," which had been a dead letter
for many years until resuscitated in this
notable instance, and they were formally
repealed by the General Assembly of the
State in 1865. '
The Eepublican party of Illinois made
General Palmer Governor in 1868. He had,
however, never been a Eepublican, except
upon the question of slavery, and during
his Incumbency of the Gubernatorial office
his Democratio proclivities, as evidenced
by his administration of publio affairs In
many important particulars, gave great
ofiense to the dominal party in the State.
He was a Liberal Republican in the Greeley
campaign of 1872, and since that time has
been in full sympathy with the Democratio
organization of Illinois.
HORSFORD'S ACID PHOSPHATE
Imparts New Enerjry to the Brain,
-Giving the feeling and sense of increased
intellectual power.
JACKETS AND REEFERS.
These are made of the FINEST Imported
Clay Diagonals and Beavers. They are per
fectly plain with fine silk ornaments. They
arc very stylish and suitable for ladies who
prefer no trimmings on their garments.
LADIES' SEAL PLUSH JACKETS,
Made of rich Seal Plush, satin lined, hand
some seal ornaments, high collars ana sleeves.
Our prices, $7 50, $9, $9 75, $10 50, $11 50,
$12 50, and up.
LISTER'S SEALPLUSH SAGQUES.
We show them in great variety. Prices,
$13 75, $16 50, $19 75, $25, and up to $35.
MISSES AND CHILDREN'S GRETCHENS,
Made in latest styles, with and without capes.
Our prices, $2 75, $3, $3 45, $3 83, $3 95,
$4 23, $5, $6, $6 75, up to $18. Sizes 6 to 14
years.
OUR LINE OF LADIES'
Wrarjiers anfl ' Tea Gras
Was never as large as now. Many new
styles just opened. They come in black and
colored Cashmere, plain and striped Flan
nel, Flannelette, figured and striped. Our
prices are always the lowest.
Examine Our Styles
and Prices.
ExtFiiuTuir
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GRIST OF THE COURTS.
.Many Petty Offenders Given a Very
Salty Taste of Justice.
ONE GETS 60 DAYS FOR ESCAPING.
'James P. TOtherow Has a 'Sad Experience
as an Inventor.
MATTERS THAT KEPT LAWYERS BUST
In the Criminal Court yesterday Thomas
West and Peter Bowman, who were tried
for the larceny of some rope from Clarence
Kohler, were found not guilty. Mbrits,
Gerson and Benedict Streng were tried on
the charge of stealing some rope also from
Kohler, who owns the Jack's Bun oil well.
Moritz Streng was acquitted and Gerson
and Benedict Streng convicted of receiving
stolen goods.
Thomas Miller pleaded guilty to assault
and battery on W. H. Simmons on Carson
street, Southside, July 30. He was sen
tenced eight months to the workhouse.
John Hannon pleaded gnilty to selling
liquor without a license at Homewood. He
was fined $500 and scut six months to the
workhouse.
Hugh McCrorey was convicted of assault
and battery on J.'F. McCloskey at the Na
tional Tube Works, McKeessprt. June 13.
He was sent 30 days to the workhouse.
Patrick Cullen was acquitted of assault
and battery on John 0. Price at Industry,
August 1.
James Brumbaugh was convicted of a
charge of escape. He was committed to the
Allegheny County Workhouse from Jeffer
son county on a charge of horse stealing.
He escaped on June 2, 1891, but was re
captured and served out his sentence. He
was then indicted for escaping and con
victed yesterday. He was sentenced 60 days
to the workhouse.
Patrick Butler was convicted of assault
and battery on Mrs. Ella Connors, of the
Eighteenth ward, August 3.
Hugh Parker aud James Holly were ac
quitted of the larceny of a watch and ?5
from J. H. Hill on September 2.
Timothy Manning was convicted of enter
ing the St Paul's Cathedral with intent to
commit a felony. He was frightened away
before he secured anything. He was sen
tenced six months to the workhouse.
John J.Pierson, Jr., pleaded guilty to em
bezzling 5121 from A. J. Cox, of Philadel
phia. He was sentenced nine months to the
workhouse.
WITHEEOW WAS CAUGHT.
Ho Is Slow Trying to Recover Money lost
In Electrical Experiments.
A bill in equity was filed yesterday by
Jamos P. Witherdw against K. A. Didier.
It Is alleged that on November 11, 1889, the
two formed a partnership to develop by ex
periments a process for manufacturing
tuyeres coolers and fish plates, etc., by elec
tricity, and, if successful, to procure pat
ents. The experiments were made by
Didier, and Witherow furnished the money.
To conduct the experiments a dynamo was
purchased from the Ft. Wayne Electrio
Company. On September 30, 890,
it was shown that the original
device 8ad proven a hopeless fail
ure, and the partnership dissolved.
The defendant, however, now has posses
sion of the assets, the main portion of which
is the dvnamo valued at $2,500, which has
not been paid for. He is using the dynamo
and refuses to give it up. As a consequence
the court is asked to restrain him from using
the dynamo and to have the assets placed
in charge of a receiver.
Mrs. Bach Given Her Child.
A hearing was commenced before Judge
It is well known that we are THE
LEADERS in stylish Millinery. No such
assortments are shown by any other house,
and dur prices are always THE LOWEST.
All high-class novelties in FELT HATS,
FELT BONNETS, FANCY RIBBONS,
VELVETS, JET ORNAMENTS,
AIGRETTES, PLUMES, WINGS are
shown in ENDLESS variety.
Trimmed Hats,
Trimmed Bonnets,
Mourning Bonnets,
In greatest variety and trimmed in the most
artistic manner. All orders promptly at
tended to. Watch the papers for our regular
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KID GLOVES.
U Our own importations ar now open for
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LIABLE GOODS. Our assortment Is sim
ply immense, and we can snpply yon better
than any other house. We herewith name
a few of the many styles we keep:
Xadies' 4-button Kid Gloves, 75c, $1,
$1 25 to $1 75.
Ladies' 5-hook Kid Gloves, 85o and $L
Ladies' 8-button Suede Mosquetaires, 75c,
$J, $1 50. $2.
Ladies' 8-button Glace Kid Mosquetaires,
89c, $1 20, $1 751
Ladies' 7-hook fine Kid, $125, $150,
$175.
Misses' 4-button fine Kid, 75c.
Misses' 5-hook fine Kid, 75c and $L
Full lines of Cashmere and Silk Gloves
at all prices.
Genuine Trefousse Suede Gloves.
& CO.,
Liberty St.
Miiery.
Magee yesterday in the habeas corpus pro
ceedings brought by Mrs. Orlena Buch, of
Allegheny, to recover her 6-year-old
adopted daughter, Ruby Pearl Buch. Tho
child was taken from Mrs. Buch by the
Anti-Cruelty Society and given to Mis.
Mary Ecklcy. At the hearing yesterday
Mrs. Bueh produced a number of witnesses
who testified as to her good character and
fitness to have the child. Judge Magee con
tinued the ease until Friday, when tne other
side will be heard. Mrs. Buch was allowed
to have the child in the meantime.
KAHY TRUE BILLS F0TJ5D.
'Cases Examined Yesterday by tho Alle
gheny County Grand Jnry.
The grand jury yesterday returned the?
following true bills: James Abriola, Harry
Clark, George Lewis, George Jones, CaL
Henry, Mert. Henry, Hugh Canfield, feloni
ous assault and battery; William Allen,
Allen Beresford, James Haley, J. E. Hall,
aggravated assault and battery; J. B,
Beecher, Mary Bischoff, Victoria Cordona,
George Dnkestein, Leon Denauner, Max
Epstein, Kate Farley, JIartin Fifer, Will
iam Green, George Luther, Chris. Lucas,
John Orr, Felix Rodgers, Kate Rodgers,
M. Smith, James Welsh, Ellen
Welsh. James Wall, assault and bat
tery; Charles Britt, malicious mischief;
Theo. Blenfieck, George Johnston, Barney
McPoland, Thomas Williams, George Yate,
Jr., larceny; William Collins, carrying con
cealed vi eapons; Harry Clark, George Lewis,
George Jones, Cal Henry, Mart Henry, en
tering a building with intent to commit a
felony; J. J.' Pierson, Jr., embezzlemsnt.
The ignored bills were: John Burke,
aggravated assault and battery; Georgo
Grounds, Julius Peeters, Janette Roberts,
Lizzie Watkins, assault and battery; Eliza
beth Roberts, assault; John Erbin, C. P.
Tiers, nuisance; Harry Felser. malicious
mischief; Theo. Siffenbau, embezzlement;
William Sheppard, furnishing liquor to
minors.
To-Day's Trial Z.lsL
Common Pleas So. 2. Madden vs Sogers,
Fisher vs Fisher, Crouson vs Goldstrohra.
Soutn mtsbnr? P. M. Co. vs Leecliburg F.
& 51. Co., Flath & Kerr vs Martin, Stanner
vs Ilershberger & "Son, Black & Balrd V3
Frlcke, Hendriver, executor vs Black, Poor
s Patterson, JIcMaster Vs Powell &
Sargeant.
Criminal Court Commonwealth vs Mary
Calhoon (2), Hugh Parker, David Foliard,
Clarence Brown, Charles Clark. Antonio
Sobieszek. John Canghey (2), George B.
Owrey, Valley Koyock, George Vlroski,
Charles Wolt, Mrs. Fairfax, John Mitche
owskie, Joseph Balchen, Sandy Travis (2),
Ella Brown.
Note. From the Courts.
Joint S. Pzbkws yesterday entered suit
against C F. Goldstrohra for $2,000 damages.
lie alleges that the defendant assaulted him
without provocation June 13 at Dravosburg
and severely beat him.
JUDGE Acheson yesterday handed down a
decision refusing to reopen the caso of
Banner, Gibbs A Co. against Struther,
Wells & Co., In which It had been claimed
new evidence was discovered.
In Common Pleas No. 2 yesterday a verdict
was given for the plaintiff for $2SG 33 In tha
suit of H. C. Oakley ajratnstJ. Kaufmann,
M Bear and II. Cerf. Tho case was to re
cover for extra work In excavating a cellar
at Jeannette.
Getting Ahead of the Knsh.
Anticipating a great outpouring of people
at next Saturday's rail and river excursion
to Blaine, and a crowd of buyers that is
likely to absorb all the remaining lots in
the new town, investors are doing somo
quiet but energetic work, as evidenced by
the daily sales of lots reported. The demand
on Charles Somers & Co. for transporta
tion indicates that free boats and trains pro
vided for Saturday's event are going to be
heavily loaded. Tickets should besecured
at once by those desiring to participate in
the excursion.
87.50 Bed lounges Bed Lounges 830,
At Berger's, Liberty and Sixth avenue.
Hosiery.
Full lines of Ladies' Cashmere Hose, 25c,
37c, 50c, 60c, 75c
Misses Cashmere Hose, 25c, 30c, 37o
to 60c.
Fast BJack Fleeced Hose, 25c, 35c, 50c.
Fast Black Cotton Hose, imported, 16c,
19c, 25c, 29c, 37c, COc.
Full lines Misses', Boys and Infants'
English Cashmere Hose.
Ladies' fine Gray Vests and Drawers, 50c.
Ladies' very fine Natural Wool Vests,
74c, $1.
Ladies fine Ribbed Vests, 50c, 75c, $1.
Ladies' fine Merino Vests and Drawers,
38c to 50c.
Misses' fine Merino Vests, 25c to 50c.
Misses Natural Wool' Vests, 30c to 60c.
Misses' Scarlet All-Wool Vests, 25c to 73c,
according to sizes.
We offer extra values in Merino Shirts
and Drawers at 50c, 75c, 98c.
Fine Natural Wool Shirts and Drawers,
$1, $150, $2, $2 50.
Extra good Scarlet Wool Shirts and
Drawers, $1, $1 50, $1 75.
Medium-weight Gray Shirts aud Drawers
at 75c each.
Dr. Warner's fine Camel's Hair Under
wear at lowest prices.
A FULL LINE OF
M Dress Triiliis,
Art Embroidery, Fancy Drapery, Silks, -Lace
Curtains, Veilings and Neckwear of
an unas at our weu-snown lowest prices.
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