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THE PITTSBUBG PBESS. DECEMBER 9, 1899. 3 SATURDAY EVENING. A SATURDAY STORM. A NEW NERO ASSUMES THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, fLOERSHEIM'S TALE Of WOE.

120,000 Starving could not be found. The men looked In each other's faces In puzzled despair. Was the pond so deep thut they could not reach them? What did it mean? They must go to the village for stronger ropes, and more effective means. Meanwhile, the poor mother and father sat. side by side, in silence, gazing with hopeless eyes upon the yellow waters.

Over the black and desolate night the Subbatn morning dawned fair and cloudless, with delicate rose-tints in the east, and purple, curling mist above the valleys. The birds awoke, and poured forth a Jubilant outburst of song; the air was clear and balmy; and every blossom and blade of grass hung with lucid drops, gleaming -and flushing lik diamonds in the rays of the rising sun. God sun-God's Sabbath morning! Fair and glorious, though bom of a fearful night: eloquent in the revelation of the divine truth, that light is brought forth by darkness, and that life Is the offspring of death. But to the poor mother's heart this truth was by no means clearly revealed. God had dealt unkindly with her that was her one thought.

Then her half-bewildered mind went back to the preceding evening, and she remembered the merry prattle of her little ones. "Mother, I shall wur my new suit, with the bright buttons, to-morrow, shan't And "Mother, you'l curl my hair all over my head, and put on my pink sash when 1 go to Sunday school won't you?" But they would never laugh and prattle, never tease and treble her again. Why had they been taken from her? Did she deserve "such a siiarp and sudden trial? She had tried to serve God from her vouth up and love her neighbor as herself. She was endeavoring to bring up her children In the way they should go why, then, had she been dealt with so harshly? Was there any God at all any providence any guiding hand of love? Or was the universe ruled by a blind, fortuitous chance? Meanwhile the Sabbath light deepened and broadened; and the sweet sound of tolling hells came floating; from the village. The drugging of the pond went on, but the children could not be found.

"I can't understand it." said the oldest man of the party. "They can't be lit there; if they were, we should llsh 'em up, certain." A swift, tumultuous hope shot through Deborah's heart. After all. it might not be so. Obeying a resistless but seemingly foolish impulse, she rose to her feet and called, first on one name, and then on the other.

Clear and sweet through the thin, morning air, her voice arose, penetrating the remotest corner of the wood lot; and, after a moment's silence, a faint, childish shout came quivering back in answer. Tho father sprang to his feet with a cry of joy, and the men rushed to and fro In happy confusion. But Deborah kept on calling, and following the little voice that replied with flying feet. Over fallen trees, and through tangled copses, through reeking pools, cutting her lVet and tearing her clothing, until she came at last to a huge tree, whose trunk was hollow, and there, shaking himself like a young water dog, and not more than half aroused, stood Mark, Just emerged from the capacious cavern, while, on the wet leaves within, Ruthle still lav, her golden curls hanging In disorder over her rosy cheeks, and her dimpled hands clasping her plnalore, which was crammed with flowers and bits of moss she hud gathered the preceding evening. "Oh, Mark.

Mark!" sobbed tho poor mother, catching him to her bosom, "I thought you were drowned. Oh, thank God! I have found you once more!" Mark looked up at his father, and then at the soaring sun, and began to comprehend the scene around him. "Oh, yes," he suld, "we've stayed nil night! i meant to come home, father, but while we were at the pond, and I was Some arc so weak already they are falling by the way. And they will continue to fall out unless they arc given food, these hairs of yours. There are 120.000 hairs on an average head.

How many of these have you lost since yesterday? Since a year agor And how long do you expect this can keep up without your having thin hair, which is about as bad as baldness itself? Feed your hair, and give it more strength and vigor. Feed it with Ayer's Hair Vigor, the only genuine hair food you can buy. It will stop falling out and begin to grow thick and long. And this Vigor always restores color to gray hair, too, all the dark, rich color it had years ago. AJAX JOXES EFFECTS A REVOLUTION AXD RESTORES DIEIIL.

WANTED TO BURN PITTSBURG. Stranger Who Wua Captured at the City Kail Say Ills Name la William Hus Held far Examination as to llin Sunity Early Morning Riot on Washington Street. The mayor's office was the scene of an amusing incident early this morning, but AJax Jones, the mayor's messenger, was for a few minutes in a greatly perturbed state of mind. When he arrived at his post he found a stranger at the mayor's desk, and to his inquiry the latter replied that he was the new mayor. Ajax was so dazed at this startling statement that he could not speak, something very unusual for him.

as he Is generally able to give a good account of himself in any conversation that may be started. He dashed out of the office and hid in the elevator to collect his thoughts. He was sure that if there had been ah election yesterday ho had not been informed of it, and as he had been reading the papers regularly l.e could not understand it. He piued back and forth in the elevator until the attendant, thinking to pacify him, started tho elevator running up and down with great rapidity, causing the hair to stand. up on thu heads of the other employes in the hall.

"Let mo off at the second floor," commanded the messenger of tho elevator man. and a moment later he apin-ured before the self-styled "mayor." AJax says that when he re-entered the office the new executive had actually got down to business, and was aetuullv vetoing a number of very good ordinances. His new boss took a cigar out of his mouth and said: "Slave, bring me some paper, ami do not tarry or you will go to lunch with a broken pate." "What does your honor please to do with the paper?" asked Ajax, regaining his confidence. "I want to burn the town," roared tho executive, taking his feet off the polished desk. The messenger showed his loyalty to tho city by exclaiming, with some of the old animation that made him famous while stumping the hill district during election tune: "By the s'hados of inv ancestors, no conflagration shall crumble the walls of this ancient village If I can help it." He then made a grand gesture In imitation of on expert penman in the act of drawing a dickey bird perched on a woven wire net without taking his pen off tho paper and then disappeared like the vanishing lady at the command of the sleight-of-hand artist.

He returned, however, and, with the aid of a squad of policemen, effected a revolution. The new mayor was forced to abdicate and was taken to central station. After AJax hnd told tho above story to Magistrate McKenna, the prisoner was brought in. He gave his name as William Russ, and said that he lived at 022 Grant street, but later stuted that he boarded with his family at the Grand hotel. He also said that he had been In the employ of II.

Sellers McKee. He claimed to have been sent to the mayor's office by J. o. Brown. He acted queerly and It was do-elded to hold him over pending further investigation us to Ills sanity.

The court told Ajax not to bo Alarmed, as his friend. Mayor Dihl, was still in office, anil that his Job was safe. Ho complimented him on his adroit and decisive action, and said that had he brought tho paper to Russ the city might have been reduced to smoking ashes. Tliero was a fight on Washington street about 1 o'clock this morning, anl Lieut. McClelland arrived just in time to take a hand In the game.

It was a very lively affair, reminding him of bygone days when he gave clubbing festivals In the Y'ellow Row district. A half dozen men were at It hamn er-and-tongs, and In tho mix-up William Hartley was kicked In the stomach. McClelland succeeded In arresting Hurry Smith and took Hartley along for company. At the hearing this morning Hartley said he thought It whs Smith who kicked him. Smith denied hitting Hartley, and said that ho was not in the light at all.

JUcClellHiid Insisted that he saw Smith In tho fight, and that he was just as had I have used Ayer's Hair igor for many years and it has been in every way. I have recommended it to a treat many of my friends very satisfactory to me ana they have all been satisfied with it." Write the Doctor. By Elaine Carturright. It was Saturday morning, and Deborah Hunter worked briskly to get her domestic matters arranged in time: for she sacredly observed that beautiful New England custom of having everything in order by sunet, and spending Saturday night in peaceful preparation for the Sabbath. The morning hours soon slipped by; the sunshine reached and passed the noon-mark on the kitehen-tioor; and having done until there was nothing more to do, she put on a clean frock, braided up her dark hair, and with her great basket of freshly ironed clothes beside her, sat down to do her weekly mending.

The afternoon was a glorious one. The air was thick with a glimmering, golden radiance, and the sky hung overhead blue as a summer sea, dotted here and there with little patches of fleecy white, through which the sun, crowned with his brightest aureole of golden beams, was slowly descending westward to a gorgeous pavilion of tinted mist and billowy clouds. Beneath, the earth lay bathed in brightness; every hill crested with green; every valley starred with blossoms; every tree and Fhrub bursting Into tender shoots; and warbling birds, and humming bees, and tinkling bells, and mellow chorus of sylvan melody. Cm the green grass, before the kitchen door, sijt Deborah's three children, Mark and Ruthie building mimic houses for the entertainment of their baby brother; and ever and anon, while she worked, sewing on buttons and darning rents in tiny pinafores and chubby stockings, the happy mother glanced toward them with tender, glistening eyes, singing to herself in a subdued voice: "The Lord's my shepherd, I'll not want; Ho makes me down to lie In pastures green, and leudeth me The quiet waters by." After awhile the children wearied of their house-building, and had a race with pussy up and down the garden-walk; and then Mark ran In exclaiming: "Oh, mother! mother! do let us go down to the wood-lot and get some flowers to dress the house for Sunday. Won't you.

please, mother?" "The sun's almost too warm, Isn't it, dear?" "No, indeed, mother: little clouds keep runnin' over it; it ain't warm a bit let us go. You know papa liked the last flowers we got so much." "Well, bring baby In, and get Ruthlc's shoes." The boy obeyed with alacrity, and lifting Ruthio on her lap, tied the little, warm shoes on her fat feet, and put on her flapping sunbonnet. "Don't go fur, Mark; and take good care of Ituthie." "Yes, mother; I alftavs do take care of her don't Ruthle?" RuthJe assented by a nod of her flapping sunbonnet: and, talcing up their flower basket, the children started off. hand in hand, Deborah hearing their prattling voices and merry long after they had passed from her. sight.

She resumed her song and her sewing. pausing now and then to administer an admonition to baby, who was exploring the depths of the clothes-basket, and making ineffectual efforts to bite off every button that came in his way. By the time the sun had reached the outer edge of the door-sill, she had overlooked the last garment, and rose up to put her basket away. Then, with baby toddling after her, she went into her and opening a large chest, odorous with rose leaves and lavender, proceeded to lay out the Sabbath apparel, and to put fresh sheets on the two beds, her own and the low trundle, where Mark and Ruthle slept. Nothing now remained to bo done but to boil the tea-kettle, and spread the supper table beneath the grape arbor; and she returned to the kitchen and glanced at the retreating sunlight with a siirh of satisfaction.

It had left the door sill and was slowly creeping over the green sod without. The sight of it brought a warm light to her eyes, for It was a precious dial, and now marked the hour which had for years brought her husband home from his little schoolhouse. Smiling to herself, she lingered a moment to watch it, thinking how slowly it seemed to move in the early days of her marriagehood; and how swiftly It glided now that her hands were full of cares. While Deborah stood thus, smiling and watching the sunlight, a muttering rail of distant thunder fell on her ear; and hastening out to see from whence it cunie, she beheld, extending along the western verge of the horizon, a long ledge of clouds, which looked black and por-tentious beneath the glittering light of the descending sun. "Surely the children will hurry home," she, murmured, glancing anxiously toward the wood lot, "we shall 'have a storm before night." Then she ran about, getting chickens Into their houses, and putting wood under shelter, and doing sundry other things, such as a coming storm always renders necessary; wondering all the while if Nathan would get home In time, and expecting every moment to hear the voices of the children.

But they did not come: and by the time she had finished the clouds had so extended as to obscure the light of the sun, and zigzag lines of lightning played, at intervals, round their edges: and the warning voice of the thunder grew louder and more frequent. Catching up her babe, and closing her door, she ran acros sto her nearest neighbor, requesting her to take care of him until she returned. Then she hastened away in the direction of the wood lot. The wind rose In a sudden gust: the leaves on the trees shivered and trembled; and the cloud came on with fearful rapidity. Shaft after shaft of blinding tiamo shot from its angry breast; the thunder became one loud, continuous roar, and the darknes grew almost as deep as that of night.

Calling frantically on the names of her children, the terrified mother ran on until she was lost to sight in the gloomy depths of the wood lot. When Nathan Hunter came In sight of his cottage, the first big drops of the storm had begun to fall; and he was hastening on to escape It when the voice of the neighbor who had charge of the babe arrested him, and from her he learned that his children were in the wood lot, and his wife gone in search of them. Hurrying after them, he soon traced Deborah by her frantic cries, and succeeded in overtaking her just as the ful fury of the storm burst forth. But where were their children? The clouds rolled up in serried Hues, discharging peal after peal of deafening thunder, sheet after sheet of blinding flame; and then, as It all heaven had gathered together its artillery, down poured volley after volley of rattling hail. Nathan forcibly drew his wife under a covert of brushwood, and there they waited until the warring elements drew off their forces, and night let fall her starless curtain to cover their retreat.

"We must go for men and torches now," Nathan said, as they crept out over heap3 of fallen branches, and they started on, fear and love winging their feet. The news once out, flew with telegraphic speed, and in an incredibly short time men and lanterns were at Nathan's command. The wood-lot was nothing more than a bit of thickly timbered land, some two miles square, the favorite resort and play-place of the village children, and every man In the. little company knew each nook and cranny it contained. Separating at the edge of the wood, and designating the great chestnut-oak in the center of the lot, as their place of meeting, they started onward with the Joyful assurance that the lost ones would soon be found: and In a few moments the whole wood seemed bursting into a grand and instantaneous conflagration, the blazing torches casting a lurid glare for miles around them.

making the dripping branches glitter with dazzling brightness. But the anxiously listened for signal-shout was not heard; and after nn nour of fruitless search, the little band met, with anxious faces, beneath the chestnut-oak. The father and mother turned from one to another in dumb despair. "We've searched well; but we'll try It again," was tho simultaneous acclaim; and again they started out, and in another hour reassembled beneath the chestnut-oak, but without the children. "There's no hope for this place now where next?" Deborah started forward with a sharp cry.

"The pond! the pond! We have forgotten the pond!" Her words thrilled every heart with a feeling of terrible foreboding; and slowly and solemnly, like a funeral procession, they wound their way to the meadow, in which the little pond lay. Nathan and Deborah were In advance of the others; and as he flung his crackling torch from side to side, the mother's agonizing cry froze every heart with terror, and, following the direction of her pointing finger, they saw, upon the edge of the pond, a small basket, filled with flowers and pine-cones; and as the men came up and flashed their torches over the yellow water, far out in the center, whirling and drifting in the eddies, a little cap, which the poor mother instantly recognized as belonging to her first-born bov. With a piercing cry, and yearning, outstretched arms, she plunged forward: but strong arms held her back, and unable to resist, dumb-stricken, half conscious, she sat down on the trunk of a fallen tree and watched them while they drained the pond, murmuring to herself the while, "I did not deserve this! God has dealt cruelly and unmercifully toward me!" But, with all their efforts, the children Coal Operator's Exceptions to His Assignee's Accounts. TRUST COMPANY NEGLIGENT. MIXES FILLED WITH WATER AXD SOT PROPERLY OPERATED.

EXORBITANT LAWYER'S FEES. Henry Floershelm, the former well-known coal operator, filed exceptions, covering 12 pages. In common pleas court No. 2 this morning, to the account of the Pennsylvania Title Trust company, assignee of the assigned estate of Floershelm. S.

A. and C. M. Johnston are the exceptant's attorneys. Floershelm made an assignment In 181)8 to Marry C.

Levy and Nelson H. Boyd, which assignment the exceptant avers was forced by E. II. Jennings, the president of the Columbia National bank, as well as president of the trust company. The bank held a note for $10,000, endorsed by Floershelm, for which they wanted security.

Joslah Cohen was the maker of the note. Anions other things Floershelm says that Jennings threatened to sue on the note and force it to a judgment unless security was given. Fearing his property would be sacrificed if this was done, and to prevent a forced sale, he made the assignment. At that time Floershelm was operating the Germania and Nottingham coal mines, en the Wheeling branch of the Baltimore Ohio railroad. Floershelm then sets forth that as soon as the assignment was made Jennings Instituted proceedings to have the assignment set aside, alleging it was made for the purpose of defrauding creditors.

In addition a criminal action charging Floershelm with an attempt to defraud his creditors was brought before Alderman J. V. McMasters, on April lsttfj. Immediately thereafter, Floershelm says, he was taken to the office of Well Thorp, attorneys for the bank, and told that unless he agreed to the resignation of Levy and the appointment of the trust company as assignee and the assignment of a Judgment for $10,000, in favor of his wife, entered In Washington county, they would arrest and Imprison him. Under duress, he says, and with the understand ing that the assignee was to continue to operate the Nottingham mine with Floershelm as manager, he agreed to do as he was told.

The assignee failed to operate the mine to the great damage of the property, and he was not employed as manager. The exceptant protests against the payment of to Weil Thorp, as attorneys for the assignee, it being agreed, he says, when Levy was removed and the trust company appointed assignee, thut Levy whs to be appointed attorney and for a time he did act as such and for which services he has not yet been paid. He says Weil Thorp did nothing for the estate except to draw the papers In the lease of the Nottingham mine to the Pittsburg Fairport Northwestern Dock company. The most of the work In connection with the sale of the mine, It is averred, was done by James I. Brownson.

an attorney of Washington county, whoso charges were only Well Thorp, being attorneys for the bank, Floershelm alleges their principal work In connection with the estate was In trying to get a preference for the bank on the Cohen note, over other UK-secured creditors. Floershelm next excepts to the commission taken by the trust company, amounting to Its account shows that It received of which Iln.V 000 was from the sale of real estate and the exceptant thinks 3 or ilVi per centum Is ample compensation for the sale of the real estate. Floershelm says that W. M. Kennedy, manager of the trust company, threatened to sell the Nottingham mine for a price sufficient only to pay the secured creditors and to prevent this Floershelm after much work obtained a purchaser at a fair price.

Floershelm says the trust company, as assignee is guilty of gross negligence In the management of the estate, allowing the mines to till with water, damaging the machinery, the houses were left vacant and the fittings carried away. He asserts the property depreciated In value at least $25,000 and that by the refusal of the company to operate the Notting. ham mines, the estate lost $005 a month, or a total of The sale of a lot of personal property, Floershelm alleges was made at a great and unnecessary loss. The account Floershelm alleges should be final instead of partial, as there Is now in the hands of the trust company $15,000 to more than enough to cay all debts and expenses in full. Floer shelm asks the court to decree the ao.

court final that a balance be struck and turned over to him and tho trust company discharged. M. I. GENERAL, CONFERENCE. Tbe Next Quadrennial Session Will He Held at Atlantic City.

It has been the desire of the members of the Methodist Protestant of this vicinity, as well as! other Christian people, that the general conference hold Its next meeting in Pittsburg, and earnest effort has been made for some time past to find a suitable place to hold this meeting. It was decided that the Aiken Avenue church would be the most convenient place and an Invitation was extended to the genera'a conferenc, and the campaign to secure rae meeting was begun in earnest. There aro two directories in the Methodist Protestant church. One is located in Pittsburg and the other in Baltimore, the two great centers of the denomination. There are also two publishing houses of the denomination.

One is here, and its organ is the Methodist Recorder. The invitation from the First church, Shady Side, was Issued to the I'lttshurg directory, and transmitted by that body to the Baltimore organization. The Baltimore directory also had a candidate, Atlantic City, and replied to the invitation with the statement that for miinv (vnunna 1 hn ireneral pnnt'prpnfO should go there. The matter rested In that manner until several weeks ago, when it was decided that the place ought to be selected as soon as possible in order to give the church selected an opportunity to prepare for the meeting. Communications were sent back and forth by letter and by wire, and all the arguments with any weignt to tnem brought forward by the friends of each city.

The matter was finally brought to a vote. When the results were made known It was discovered that the members of the Pittsburg directory had voted solidly for this city, and that the Baltimore direstory had voted solidly for Atlantic City. Other officials of the church then brought their influence to bear, and Atlantic City was chosen. The official announcement has not been made, but will be In a few dayB. Th churches of Pittsburg are aware of the met that they lost the conference by not being able to furnish the representatives at the conference with entertainment.

Thia the Atlantic City churches were able to do. The general conference of the church meets each four years. Each annual conference of the church pays the expenses of its representatives so far as it is compelled to. This always Includes railroad fare and other incidental expenses. To cut down the amount of this the conferences are anxious to have the general conference representatives enter-tamed in the city where It mets by the local churches, as this cuts down the Item of expense.

The proposition of Atlantic City to pay these expenses was hailed with and was the influence which won the conference for that city. Christmas Piano At Hamilton's this year are better and mOir VUIieu UI oertio uwh tit; o.v.o shown hefore. Getting a piano is a rather Important matter, you know, and we don't believe that for your own sake you can afford to pass by this big store when you are deciding the piano question. We're glad to have people come In and see what we have, even If they don't buy. Besides the regular lines in A.

B. Chase, Fischer, Hamilton, McPhall, Capen and other pianos, we have a number of used pianos, toeether with some samples that had the finish Blightly dulled at the Exposition In October. The cases of these are not quite as bright as we'd like, but the Inside is perfect. We've marked these few way down. If you can't come in write for "The Christmas News," which has full descriptions and prices of these pianos.

S. Hamilton, Hamilton Building. Pittsburg. Open every even-IBS- v. A.

ban I rancisco, rcb. If you do not obtain all the iwnefits you daire write the Doctor ihout it. He will tell you juit will tend you hit book, on die Hair and Scalp if PURCHASING AGENT OPPOSED. Director Brown Says Such Official Would Have Too Much Power. THINKS PRESENT PLAN BEST.

tiir ruoi'osiin hi: THINKS AVIUM U1S lLI.HCAL. VIEWS OF OTHER OFFICIALS. Director J. O. Hrown, of the department of public, sufety.

does not favor the plan of having 1111 agent appointed to purchase ail the supplies used by the elty. Ho considers It an Impracticable suggestion and is nlso inclined to believe that a legal Impediment exists that would prevent It being curried out. When asked this morning for his views on tho subject he said: "In tin first place I doubt if a purchasing agent could be appointed with, out first having the legislature amend the city charter. The present charter confers great responsibility on thu heads of three departments and one of tho most Important duties assigned to the directors Is the purchasing of supplies. I doubt very much If this Work could bo assigned to any one man without legislation.

In the department of public, works and the department of charities Very little executive authority would bo left to the directors If they were not allowed to ptirchuse ull equipment and materials needed, "The practical side of the matter is of course the more Important one. A man to be a capable purchasing agent for tile city would have to lie possessed of broad Inorcutillle experience; such un experience as very few men have, A man of this quality would not serve un less he was paid a handsome salary. tlre.it power would also be vested in 1 the nfli and there would bo a chance for dishonesty that If taken advantage of by any person holding the position would bring in an Income greater than the combined salaries of the city olli-ciuls. I do not believe it would be possible for any person to become well acquainted enough with the needs of the departments to purchase supplies us Intelligently as Is now done by the directors. "it Is true that Mr.

Iilgelow and myself advertise for bids on the same articles at different tllncH and there is frequently a few cents difference in the price. The loss, If any, to the city is, however, very small. As a matter of fact, contractors for supplies frequently lose money In their dealings with the city. These contracts are mostly made for a period of one year and a' rie In prices subsequent to the letting of the contracts Is disastrous to the successful bidder. This is notably true tills in a number of contracts let by "this department last May.

A number of tbe contractors have complained that they are losing part leiilariy those engaged In furnishing articles in the construction of which Iron and steel are used. The rise In the price of iron and steel has made It impossible for them to supply many things at it prolit. "All these things and others that I might mention Indicate to me that a purchasing agent would not be nn advantage. 1 i Inly tin- directors would take a long time for consideration before agreeing to favor such a change." The late II. 1.

Oourlev. while oil.lrr.l. lor of the tt a Ihe eli I. 1 1.. I of a purchasing agent.

Assistant I'mi-troller S. Morrow believes In the Idea. It has been reported that Mnvor W. J. Iiichl's attention had been called to the suggestion but be denied this tu-dav.

He has not considered the subject, but said :1 USEFUL AND CM RISTM AS Here's a worthy list you 1K99, from the ute of the Vigor, the right thing to do, an recguut it. Addreta, Dr. J. C. Aym, swell, Mua, that as an off-hand opinion he did not think the city charter would permit of tho creation of such nn office.

WORK OF THE CORONER. Inqaeals Held on llodlen of Victim of Itullrond Accidents. Coroner Jesse M. MeCieary this morning held inquests In the cases of three men who met violent deaths on rnllroads. A verdict of accidental death was returned by the Jury In the case of John I.epro, of Midway, Washington county, the panhandle freight urakeman.

He was killed Thursday morning In tho Sheradert yards. Accidental death was nlso the finding of the Jury in the case of K. Dllleniuth, of Oakmont. Dlllemuth's body was found King on the tracks of the Allegheny Vulley, near Thirty-second street, Tuesday night. In the case of James Itowe of 507 Old avenue, who was instantly killed Thanksgiving night, by being struck by a Consolidated Traction car at High street and Old avenue, the verdict was accidental death.

The motorman, Kdward Mooney, was exonerated from all criminal responsibility. lieiiiuntlxiii Cured In a Iluy. Mtstlir Cure for Ilheiimatlitm and N'uralftla noll'i-ally cures in 1 to 3 days. Its action upon (lie system remnrkuble Hnd niystirltiti8. removes at once the caune ami the dlseawi Im-riii'iltRtely disappears.

The first dose generally benefits. 7ti rents. Sold by Jon. Fleming Son, 412 Market at. 1071a estate savings bask, 324 Fourth Avenue, Incorporated by and under the supervision of the state of 1'rnnsylvanla; receives deposits cf $1 and upward and pays Interest at tho rate of 4 per cent.

11 1311s Christmas Pianos at Jlellor's, It I 1 Fifth Avenue. The finest and most artistic pianos made In the World are the Sleinway, Chlckerlng, Krakaiier, Hardman, Mellor and Chaun-cey pianos. A most magnificent stock, In plain and fancy woods, now on exhibition. Kegina boxes, talking machines, mandolins, guitars, banjos, music cabinets, music books, sheet music, for Christmas. All of tho best quality, and at the lowest prices, at tho largest and oldest mush' bouse in this city.

Payments if desired. Send for free catalogues. Open every evening. Domestic Arts' Association Charier. An order was made In common pleas court.

No. by Judge John D. Shafer, granting a charter to the Domestic Arts association. Attorneys O. D.

Thompson and Walton Mitchell represented the ln-cortmrn I ors. MAX KLEIN'S LIQUORS. Sudden chantes like the pres ent weather is apt to give you a cold, A little whisky handy will break it up Bear Creek Rye at $1.00 per quart is a pure whisky, and is endorsed by physicians and used by them, too, in their practice. MAX KLEIN, Wholesale Liquor Dealer, 322 Federal Street, Allegheny, P. Send for catalogue of liquors.

Mailed free VJtiiklr PRACTICAL PRESENTS. to choose from. Sai'rtji Razors, llnznr Straps, Vwkfl Kniies, Air -Ask II (Hi AJAX REFUSED TO SKRVR A NEW MASTER. WYNN R. SEWELL DEAD.

His Demise Occurred Till Morning After a Ilrlef Illness. Wynn Reeves Sewell, a member of tho Allegheny county bar, and prominent in social circles, died at o'clock this morning, at his residence on Ridgn avenue, Allegheny. Death was due to heart failure, superinduced by ucuto Indigestion. The sudden death of Mr. Hewull tins cast a.

gloom over his host of friends, very few of whom knew that he was even 111. Ha was stricken Tuesday night, while In attemluncn at a dunce given by Mrs. W. J. Holland, at tho Hotel Schenloy.

He was removed to bis home, but his condition was not looked upon as serious. Yesterday he was up and about his home. Although a member of the Allegheny county bar, Mr. Sewell had not practiced law for tho past four years. At the time of his death lie was president of the l'ilts-burar club, vice president iind governor of the Allegheny Country club, and a member of tho Tnlor.

club, New York elty. Ho and his wife had but recently returned from an extended European tour. Mr. Sewell was 44 years of age, and Is survived by his wife, who Is a daughter of Mark W. Watson, president of the Kx- chanito National bank, lie was a member of the Kminanuel I'rotestnnl Kplsoopnl church, Allegheny, at which ho was a regular attendant.

No arrangements for tile funeral have, as yet been made. ANOTHERJNFORMATION. onulnlple Ilroileruiek Milken a Nevr Return AKillnxt Turn vereln. In quarter sessions court this morning another information was made by Constable Thomas Hroderuick against the Kast I'lttshurg Turnvi rein Kinging club. He alleged that the club continued to sell liquor without a llee'nsc and on Sundays, and asked that Joseph l'feffernian, the president, tiiul Nicholas Goltron, tho steward, he held for trial.

Attorney Wllltiim W. McKlhaney np-peun for the accused and asked that the Information be dismissed, as a similar information had been made some time ago, and an appeal 1h to be argued before the superior court next Monday. Judge White said It made no difference to the present Information that a trial on a similar one was pending. A hundred Informations might be made nguiiiHt a person, and he could be held to ball fin each one of them. In the case of 1'fi-fTer-man and Gollron he held them In ball for each.

In talking about the matter later Mr. McKlhaney said the whole prosecution was a matter of spite work. The eon- 1 Stable had been turned down by the club, and was determined to have his revenge. I His r. turn ought to liuve been made on the first of the month, but owing to bis condition it had not been made until this morning.

Installation of Punter. Rev. fi. Desklna will be installed pas tor of the Ml. church, Corey Mt.

7A avenue, JinulilO'k, on next Wednesday rvenltig. A large choir, with additional sinners from churches in this cm. will furnish the music. Rev. J.

Fulton, of Homestead, will charge the congregation, and Rev. J. W. of this eh v. the pistor.

The sermon will be prejieh, ,1 by Rev. J. W. IVtvne and prayers bv T. II.

Washington, of Rankin, and Rev. R. H. Haclev and Rev. l.

S. Scott, of tills city. Rev. A. M.

Lewis, of Allegheny, will lx" in charge of the services. Hebrew ODKreutttlon Chartered. An application for a charter for the congregation Ohel Jacob, "Tent of Jacob," was filed In common pleas court 2, Tbe Incorporators are well-known Hebrews of th" bill district making a boat for Ituthie out my rap, the storm came on, and we run, and run, and left the basket, and my cap, too. But we couldn't find the way home; and Ruthle cried so, I put her In there. But, my buttons! didn't it hail, father? Ruthie was scared but 1 wasn't." Nathan took the little fellow by the hand In silence, while one of tho men lifted Ruthie, still weeping, from her leafv bed; and with glad hearts they turned their faces homeward.

Deborah followed after, with a sharp regret at her heart for having doubted God's mercy, looking up at her living children, and at the smiling Sabbath sky with grntefm and streaming eyes. At home she began to bustle about, making things comfortable, while Nathan received the rejoicing neighbors who crowded in to speak their Joy at the recovery of the children. DEFENSE OF MOLIXEl X. Lawyer Weeks Spoke Confidently of Blueing the Guilty Mnn. New York, Dec.

first week of taking testimony in the Molineux case into t-entprdnv afternoon and though the stenographers have taken volumes of notes, scarcely any actual prog ress ha-s been made. 'I he last two tas were SDent in tho fiercest sort of legil fighting. Weeks combatted every Incn of ground, but the vehement Osborne hammered down his objections anil slowly but surely pressed on until he achieved his point, the admission of the alleged sgulsert nanaw ruing oi 4 of comparison. This done Osborne claims it will be easy to show that the address on the fatal pacliuge as written by the same nanu. when court closed judge and lawyers were well nigh exhausted with the nervous strain.

Just before court closed occurred the two sensations of the day. Weeks had been lighting each separate bit of writing, but finally Osborne started to secure the admission of the so-called Burns' letter, when Wevks cried out Impatiently: "Oh, we don't dispute the authorship of that letter. Defendant admits) that he wrote it." This letter is not in disguised handwriting, and hence it will not lie valuable for the purposa of leading up to the poison address, but is written upon that peculiar blue paper with the three crescent crest, upon which all the so-cabcd "Cornish" and "Barnet" letters are written and at the coroner's inquest Molineux positively swore that he never had nor saw any paper of that kind. It is suggested that this admission was made, because the police yesterday enticed into New York state the girl named Mal-lando, who used to take caro of the defendant's rooms in Newark and who, it is claimed, will swear she bought for the defendant a package of the identical paper. Osborne could hardly believe his ears when Weeks made the startling admission but the defendant's attorney wheeled on him and savagely sprung sensation number two as he declared: "It is not Inv onflow When ho nrooer time comeB we will produce In court samples of handwriting that no one car.

doubt are written by the same hand that addressed your package and wo will prove who that mnn was." "It was not the defendant, either, ho added grimly. This indicates that the defense has a surprise ready Hnd is confident of safelv springing a tremendous sensation that will open the prison doors for young Molineux. STIDYIXO THE "IIOSS." Conditions Which Hare Created Mm. Failures to Curb 111 Powers. From the Atlantic Monthly.

Tho boss is like the measles, a distemper of a self-governing people's infancy. When we filial', have become of ape, political! he will have no terrors for us. Meanwhile, being charged with the business of governing, which we left to him because we were too busy making money, he follows the track laid out for him, and makes the business pan out all that is In It. And he tights when wo want to discharge him. (if course he does.

No man likes to give up a good Job. He will fight or bareain. as he sees his way clear. He will give us small parks, play piers, new schools, anything we ask, to keep bis place, while trying to find out "the price" of tills conscience which he does not understand. Even to the half of his kingdom he will give, to be "in" 'on tho new deal.

He has done it before, and there is no reason that he can see why It should not be done again. And he will appeal to the people whom he is plundering to trust him because they know him. Oddly as It sounds, this is where he has his real hold. I have shown why this Is so To the poor people of his district the boss is a real friend in need. He Is one of them.

He do' not want to reform thorn; far from It. No doubt It Is very uriKrateful of them, but the poor people have no desire to be reformed. They ilo not think they need to be. They consider their moral standards quite as high as those of the rich, and resent being told that they are mistaken. The reformer comes to them from another world to tell them these things and goes his wav.

The boss lives among them. He helped John to a job on the pipes in their hard win ter, and got Mike on the force They know him as a good neighbor, and trust him to their harm. Ho drains -their standard even farther down. The question for those who are trying to help them is how to make them transfer their allegl-' ance end them Instead. An old physician's prescription Dr.

James' Headache Powders. as the rest of the crowd. The prisoners were each fined $10. and costs. Mary Kelly was drunk on High street last night, and was arrested by i'ollceman Harney McStay.

When brought into court for a hearing Mary insisted on holding a whispered conversation with McStay, and begged him not to be too hard with her. Wlillo he was officially reporting the caso Mary kept nudging him with her elbow and winking at him in a significant man ner. "Was Mary drunk again?" asked the court of McStay. "Indeed, she was. I tried to get her to go home, but she wouldn't do It, and I locked her up." "How about that, Mary'?" "Harney is right; but I was doing no harm.

I never do anything else but get drunk, and I hope you'll be easy with me." "Well, we'll let you down with a fine of $1 and costs this time." W. McCloskey was drunk on Fifth avenue at 11 o'clock last night, and Policeman Hartley placed him under arrest. The court lectured the prisoner on the sin of getting drunk just as the people were going home from the theater, and fined him $1 and costs or five days to Jail. OH.tlSHY DIVORCE SlIT. Testimony on Heliulf the Mbellant Filed in Court.

The testimony In tho divorce case of Charles A. Ormshy against (). O. Ormsby was filed In common pleas court, No. 3, this morning, by Attorney A.

O. Fording. The couple were married August -'7, lWiit. Mrs. Ormsby's maiden namo was Heed.

Tho libellant Is a traveling salesman for a Chicago typo foundry and In consequence ho was away from home a great deal. In his testimony ho states that on May 1 he revived a letter while In West Virginia from his wife, saying she and her two children were going to her parent's home, in Youngstown, and would not have anything more to do with him. He followed her to Youngstown and she told she was tired of him and that she had married too young, that she had not. seen enough of tho, world and did not want to be bound to him. Ormsby concluded that he always provided well for his family and that his wife's com-plants were not about the necessities of life, but because he would not continually give her money for theater tickets.

"She has a very violent temper." says Ormsby, and has frequently struck me and pulled hair out of my bead." Dmiiihkcm for Annault. A verdict for the plaintiff for $17.1 was rendered In common pleas court No. In the case of Kate M. Hill against John F. Tetley.

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