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THE PITTSBURG PRESS, SATURDAY EYITG, APRIL 2, 1898. TELEPHONING UNDER WATER. AN AGENT'S ADVENTURE. feeted by the rumor, as thy appear, ralll must be Inslgnlnrant. and for the time being 21 Yeart a Sufferer 1 STOCK QUOTATIONS, iatement of the New York fUsued this morning, shows the "owing changes: ervf.

Increase. ins decrease 4.317,200 Jtat tenders," decrease. 4,250.700 ecle, Increase 6.2HC,fl00 jposrtta, decrease 3,413,700 increase 4,100 JLraouht of reserve now held In "'excess of 'the legal require- I 30,740,790 The- loans of the hanks are now 851.400. 1 acainst strrtH.OOO.ooo a vear ago. TBerfsreeate of loans has been reduced since the war scare set In yt about six weeks ego -The dtnoslta of the barks are now against a year ago.

t' Dun's weekly trade review says: "In 'suite of foreign' conditions sine the de struction of the Maine on February 15, failure In three months are smaller than -in the first quarter of any years sine tne ratio or defaulted uaoimies iittYiueiiis uiruugn clearing uuubitb jihb been the smallest fur that quarter since JNM: the average of liabilities per firm In business has been the smallest since 1-SS0, and the. average of liabilities per failure has been lower than ever before In any fouarter. It is especially Hlgnltloant that the failures for less than 10U.KJ0. witn- out material decrease in number, were per cent smaller than last year in manufacturing, and 24 per cent smaller an trading. The war cloud, wnicn many have inferred must have greatly increased commercial disasters, does not appear to have any such effect as yet, and while there is some decline in the new orders for Industries nearly nil live works are cov ered far ahead that the difference Is i felt.

Kates for niont have advanced, 10 i If and the six per cent, which used to ne 1 X- the ruling rate in active times, again which compels ninny speculators to liquidate, nut me imports oi goiu go iar preent any real anxiety. Moreover, JValViougb part of the hypothecated ex-jf chaVge on Europe has been sold, there Is p'Tr known to be about more yet y.ln the banks at New York, und other citfcs, against which gold Is 5 liable 'to 'be imported, because there Is small prospect of any better settlement. -'The outgo of breadstuffs continues. At- exports being 2,510,220 bushels, flour for the week, against 2, 'ITS 'last year, and Pacific exports 542,147 hush-'els, against last year, and for the past live weeks from lioth coasts the ex torts nave been bushels, against last year. Meanwhile corn ex 161 ill! torts have been for the week 8,707,020 usneis, against 4,2111,021 last year.

ink clearings at the principal cities for 1 ween, eniiiriji yesterday, comparea the same week last year, as reported uraasireet Inc. :.5 York WIVaMl22 23.ilS2,424 17.7 'WX 'adelphla .15.1 burft 20.7 um more 10.0 ranclsco 28.fl 11.1 Inatl It CTil 9istta Citv 10 ivt 10.1 8.: 'Kvland cool ri1svtlle 5.1KHM00 7.1 ifralo 1.S28.S27 (I2U.072 224, 4.0 mbua 2.2 fnjttlo 205.1 eao 47 11.1.0 u.o s'o'i 7.0 23.0 20.3 14.3 1 ouncstown 'janion, kj. i rpringneld, O. 447,852,392 isVayton "1 i Totals. U.

i.Outside N. i( i L.OCBI morsi. ') Closlnp; bids and offers of the day were: I n4 province, the Spanish troops were contin ually on tne move to suppress tne growing disorders. Ambroslo was one of the far-sighted men who, warned the Spanish government of the troubles to come, but with that fatuity which has ever characterized the Spanish official no attention was paid to the warning. Had Bernardo been in position at the time of vfie revolu tion he would probably have bent all his energies to suppress It.

but he was young, as daring as hia father, impetuous, eager for promotion and landed tnat he saw in the revolution a better cTiance of fame than in the long waiting for place under the Spantah government, he therefore sided with the revolutionists, and at first with ill-fortune, for his hastily collected band of revolutionists was defeated. In the engagement O'Hlggins displayed heroic valor, himself leading the men to the charge, and even after the force had been routed and surrounded by the Spanish army he refused to Surrender, and with IIKK) cavalry cut his way through the Inclosing his force being reduced In half an hour's fighting from to pJ men. He escaped to Buenos AyVes, where the revolution had been successful and where he was wife. There, with the countenance of the Buenos Ayres government and a little assistance, he and San Marline began the organization of nn- army for the invasion of Chill. The point of concentration was Mendoza, directly east of Santiago, but separated from it by some of the loftiest mountains on the globe.

The diffi culties of the undertaking were enormous. In the first place, an army was to be col-lected. stores to be gathered, men drilled and held together until a sufficient force could be collected to make a decent show ing on the field of battle, and all without money. Even after the army had been assembled a stupendous task lay before It, ror tne lowest pass between Buenos Ayres and Chill was V2.7D0 feet high, Mendoza itself, the mobiliza ting point, be ing 4.4f- reet above ie level or tne sea. The pass of Great St.

Bernard, by which Napoleon marched into Italy and which Is said by some writers to be the same used by Hannibal, Is only feet, so that the passage of the Andes by O'Higglns with his army is in every respect the most notable feat of the kind in military History. After nearly thre years of preparation the army was finally ready, and on Jan uary 17, 1817. O'Hlggins began the In vasion with a force of 3,000 Infantry, 060 cavalry. muleteers and 120 laborers. Provisions had been supplied for 8,000 men to last three weeks.

The field artil lery and the stores were loaded on a train of mules. The commissariat was not varied, consisting of beef, maize, un leavened loaves, cheese, and especially, a large supply of onions, to be used as a remedy for soroche, a disease well known to natives of the Andes as being caused by the extreme altitudes, and for which onions are the best specific. In spite of toe utmost forethought the army suffered terribly In the passage which occupied three weeks. Over half the mules died, nearly tMj men succumbed to soroche and the fatigues of the march, and It was with a depleted and weakened force that O'Higglns descended on the Pacific, side of ed of his aDnronch. Ere the plains of Chill were reacheu a battle was rougnt in tne pass or unaca-hnco.

a irreat vlctorv won. and after an other engagement at the gates of Stin- tlago the capital was taken, men tne campaign began In earnest, for the vlde-roy of Peru at once dispatched re-enforcements to Chill and the Saratoga of tho war came on April 5, when the Spanish army was defeated by O'Higglns at May-pu, and the republic was established. The war, however, was not ended, for the government of Peru was preparing a fleet to land an expedition on the coast, so from the land turned to the sea, and fitted out the fleet, which put an end to Spanish power on the Pacific He had two old East Indliunen, once corvette and two brigs, nil commanded and, officered by Englishmen, the admiral of the expedition being the famous Lord Cochrane, the Hyron of the southern Pacific, whe, like the poet, was eager to fight In the cause of liberty. With this force the Spanish flotilla was met and overcome, and Cochrane, by parading up and down tho coast, capturing Spanish merchantmen wherever found, not only enriched himself, but completely drove Spanish commerce from the seas. Hlgglns was' supreme director of Chill from the time of the liberation until 1H(, but the history of his administration Is a record of the black Ingratitude of the men for.

whom he had rougnt. ror no sooner was the danger of Spanish Invasion removed than dissension sprang up among the Chilians themselves. Rival candidates for the presidency appeared, insurrections' against the government broke out In varloim parts of the country, and hoping that his absence might have a pacifying tendency upon the the liberator abdicated his power January 2H, W2li, withdrew to Peru, and passed the rest of his life on his estate nt Montulvan, In the valley, of Canete. He died In Lima In 1840, and no sooner was ho removed from the possibility of being a candidate for power than the Chilians recognized his greatness; his remains were translated to Santiago in and In 1H72 a splendid statije, one of the noblest monuments on the western contl-ent. was erected to his memory In the public square of the city which he deliver ed from spanlsn rule, it was a taray recognition, but the Chilians, in not acknowledging hia greatness during his life time, were in this respect not very dis similar from the people of other countries, 11 LA tilt; K.

BHICE'S TACT. How He Exercised it to Aver TroO' ble on a Steamboat. On one of Blanche K. Bruce's recent visits to New York he told of an experience which he had Just after he was elect ed senator from Mississippi, and it was an experience which Illustrates the tact and good sense which always character ized him, and which explained much of the success and resnect which hn milnod byhls public life In Washington. Ft was tnat the senator would go to Washington from his Mississippi home by one of the Mississippi steamboats, at least as far as St.

Louis on his way. The captain, a man or tne name of Leathers, was a typical Mississippi steamboat cab' tain, and ho was reported to have said that he would show the black senator when he got aboard of his boat that he would have to keep his place on that boat, and if he put on any airs because fie happened to be senator the captain wouut teacn mm nis manners. As soon as Bruce boarded the steamboat he sought the captain and said to him: Caut. Leathers. 1 am going to Washing ton and a part of the way aa passenger 1 1 1 uu jvu.

picni.iiuni. itiy iiaiiicr is and possibly you may have heard of me. What 1 wanted to say Is that I know perfectly well what the feeling of many people who are travelers regarding persons or my color is. 'i nev cannot nelD it. and cannot help It, and I am going to give them no occasion for any annoyance while 1 am a passenger on your bout.

I simply ask you that you see to It that I am made as comfortable os possible, and assure you that you will have no reason for complaint. Tne DlulT capinin stepped back a pace or two, looked Bruce over, and then held out his and said with great emphasis: "By you shall sit at my table; you shall sit on my right hand on the entire trip, and ll any man objects he will have to right me. A man who can talk as you have and who Is as fair as you are Is a sight hetter fitted to be a United States senator than some of the white senators I have carried on this boat," and on that entire trip of three davs the captain made Bruce hia guest, Holland, In Philadelphia Press. The farmer, the mechanic and the bl-cycle rider are liable to unexpected cuts and bruises. DeWltt's WMtch Hazel Salve the best thing to keep, on hand.

It heals quickly, and Is a well known cure for piles, 324Jlhs Clowes for Easter. Ladles, don't you pay exorbitant prices for those Easter gems till you've seen our splendid assortment at 75c, $1.25 and Campbell Smith. Fifth nvenuo, between Smhhfleld nnd Wood streets. To Insnre Attention. From the Indianapolis Journal.

"Did you ever make the embarrassing error of -mistaking a guest for a waiter?" "Me?" No. I find It a good plan, though, to mistake the head waiter for guest." A SPECIAL SALE of over 6000 pairs of splendid shoes, oxfords and slippers bot for cash atabout 50 centson the dollar begins Monday morning at Laird's. An unusual opportunity for bargains jn fashionable reliable footwear. -t LAIRD 400 to 410 Market st Sr I In In a be as be of THE O'HIGGLXSES. NAME AS MVCH KEVERED IX CD1LB AS WA9HISGTO IS HERE.

FAMOUS THIS NAME. Aa Irish Lad Who Became a Spanish 1 Xonle and (he Viceroy of Pera Hia Son, Bernardo, Who Liberated Chile From Spanish Role Some Facta Coacernlnc Hlia. S. Louis Globe Democrat The negotiations for the purchase of the Ironclad O'Hlggins from the Chilian gov ernment haa Revived the name of two men who irf their May were among the most celebrated on the continent and played a greater part lu history of the South American republics than any others, not even excepting the famous Bolivar. In the fact they were both Btatesrflfn, and great statesmen, and that one inher ited tne reputation, prestige and.

In a certain scns-3, the position of his. father. the two heroes of Chilian history etrlji. ingiy reeemoio the two Pills. Each was a man of transcendent ability.

The first rnade his way force of native talent, the second acaomnllshed as much as the first, but living In a era, under different circumstances, found before him a task of even greater difficulty than that which wag presented to his father; each left a fame which still endures. About 17 there was born In the little village of Bummerhlll, Ire-land, a boy who waa destined to fill a large place in history on the other side of the world. Hi was the son of peasants, his father being a laborer on a nobleman estate and his mother worked in the iields. garden and at the washtub. No surroundings could have eeotned more unlikely to pressage greatness than those of the little Ambrose Hlgglns, who was glad to earn a penny by running errands for the people of the grand house at the end of the village.

Just' as there Is a striking similar ity between the careers of the two O'Hlg gins aim or tne t'ltts. so there is an eauab ly marked resemblance between the boy hood of Ambrose HlKglns and that of Cllve. Each was a headstrong, bold. Im petuous boy: fearless, disobedient, reck aaring; apparent ncorr ble. and as the friends of Cllve were giud to get rid of htm by shipping him off to India, to make a fortune or to die of a fever as the case might be, the parents of Ambrose felt a considerable measure of re lief when a certain uncle of the boy, a priest in Cadiz, on learning of his dls- osmon, offered to take him and bring htm up.

With the Idea that holv orders might subdue his spirit and also that the uncle might possibly be successful when they had failed, the boy was sent, as soon after the- Invitation as he could be made ready, everybody In the town was glad he was gone, and although people felt sure that no good would come of him. yet they congratulated the parents on the possible chance that lay before the boy In the nouso or nis uncie. The reverend uncle found, however, dl reetly after the youngster arrived, that raising sue 11 a boy was no sinecure. Hlgglns had not the slightest taste for the ology, instantly rebelled at the restraints placed upon his liberty, refused to study. rose In Insurrection at the recitation of lengthy psalms and the endless repetition of prayers, and' when he was supposed to be in bed was In reality In the streets of Cadiz with other youths of the same age engaged in harum-scarum adventures, often of the most disreputable character.

The uncle had a system of education, and, relying upon his system, allowed the escapades and rogueries of the boy for a time, but when he attempted forcible restraint then came the crisis; the boy run away and hid on board a vessel bound for America. Cadi was then the great entrepot of American commerce. It wag easy for a lad to 'conceal himself on an outward bound phtp, a.nd, young Hlgglns left as a stowaway. The ship was bound for the West Indies, but where she landed is unknown, nor has anything been discovered of the movements of the boy from his arrivul in America" until five or six years afterward, when he turned up In Peru as a traveling peddler. Such was his Individuality, however, that even as a peddler he became conspicuous.

During hia stay la his uncle's house he had acquired a strong distaste for all things religious; In the imprudence of youth he had allowed his tongue to wag too freely, and thus camo under the notice and displeasure of the church. Orders were Issued by the officers of the Inquisition for his arrest, but, anticipating such a step, he fled to Chill, thus escaping into 4 different jurisdiction. During the course of his wanderings the young fellow had picked up a little knowledge of surveying, and by some means scouring employment In the service of the government, he soon distinguished himself by a proposal to build a road through the Andes from Peru to Chill. Being Intrusted with the work, he surveyed the line, planned all operations, set a large force of Indians at work, and, In a length of time that seemed Incredible to the lazy Spaniards, the road was Such executive ability naturally commended him to the government for a higher position, and he was next intrusted with a small expedition against the Arau-canian Indians, who had never been subdued, and who, in their mountain fastnesses, have remained unaffected alike by the arms and the civilization of the Spanish conquerors, Hlgglns seems to have managed matters more by tnct thnn by force, for he Induced the Indians to retire from conquests they had made, to give up certain tracts of land they had occupied, and finally established in- a strategic position a fortress so strong that It was Impregnable to all assault. The Araueanluns have never since given much trouble, and what la strange, they hold the memory of the man who negotiated the only permanent treaty with.

tnem in as mucn reverence as it is nem by the Spanish-Americans. After this the promotion of the young officer was rapid, and In a few years he had become the Spanish governor of Chill. Raised to such an office he con eluded that plain Hlgglns was too short a name for his dignity, so added the O', as being more changed Ambroso to Ambroslo and signed himself in state papers aa Don Ambroslo O'Hlggins. As governor of Chile he made such improvements In the Internal administration of the country as were never known before, hut what specially pleased the. court of Madrid was that he nearly doubled the annual amount of tribute sent by the government of Chile to the home treasury and after a successful career as governor of a province he was promised promotion.

tie extended the dominions of Chile further Into the Indian country than they had ever been before, rebuilt and fortified the City of Osorno. and as a rewnrd for his energy and diligence was created Mar quis of Osorno. In 1705 he waa appointed iceroy or Peru, delivered tne governor ship of Chile to his aviccessor and repaired to Lima, wh. re he assumed the government. The of viceroy in the new world was one of regal authority.

In everything but name the viceroy was a king. Separated by a sea voyage of at least six months from the mother country, he was allowed a liberty that would not have been accorded had communication with the home government been more speedy, and so almost without restraint he played the part of king. A grand finale this for the Irish peasant boy, who was pronounced utterly worthless by all who knew him. and It Is gratifying to know that In his property, at tne neignt or rower, Hlgglns did not forget his people in the old country, but sent home sums of money that placed in independent circumstances all of his relatives who still survived. O'Hlggins did not live lon to enjoy- a roval nos on.

His administration lasted only six years, when he died so suddenly as to give rise to suspicions of poison, which do not seem to have been verified by the facts. He Is said to have been the only instance in Spanish history of the son of a laboring man having been promoted to tfW? position of an American vlcejoy, and In his case the promotion was all the more remnrkahle because he was not by birth Spaniard, but belonged to a race for wnom mo rinnnlards have never felt or shown the least predlllctlon. Uernardo p'HIggins, the son of Ambrose, began where his father left off. lie was born In l.so and received the best education that the times afforded. After all the training that Chill and Peru could furn ish, he was sent to the military school of Cadiz, and after passing through that went to Englan.L spent some time In London, Oxford anil) Cambridge.

He seems to nave been ranee for a time. at least during Nuixjieon's reign, and to have made some effort to secure a commission In I V. 1 1.1 me 1- 11 uut was ivcttnrii Peru by his fatlier. who believed that better prospects pened before the young nan In Europe. man In America The.

old vlcero. seems to have had an iblous times ahead for nts in South America. Inkling 4f the tr Spanish govornn Even during his Jwn brief administration there werellmllc ions that could not be probably desired the mistaken. Hind presence aril a Ustance of hia son in the crisis tA felt sure Would come. 1820 all Spanish Amer- Between 1S1.A My lea was In tljubled state which pre- saged the fu1 outbrenK or lieu He- Demons 80tn( Vm Of.

formidable propor- ft ost annually In every I I is a lions, broke 1 advantage should be taken of the traoerr rai Ilea to Mil tock. T)ow Jonea" wired: "We lffirn from rood authority that there waa a conference ye.teiy day of som of the ptrnrttest financial Interpol In the street, at which the rltuatlnn waa thor 3 mighly dlacuKaed and an nnderntandlnit was rived at by which there will now be fi aunat conference for the present In rejard the market. Thi In itself le looked upon as step of Importance and rather tnolratea a con dlttnn of thlncs In the minds of leading bank Ins Interests which chIIs for co-operation and support In the Immediate fututje." "Josephs" wired: "The fate of Bpaln hangs by a thread. The neit two daya will deflnijely decide whether It Is to be peace or war. tan dldljr we hope for peace, but the shadow of trim war Is painfully present.

The market will be feverish, and the organised bears will seek out weak spots and force further 1'iutda tlon In Louisville Nashville, New York Central. Suwr. Hurllncton and 8t. Paul. It Is use less to discuss values or to harp on dividends.

Blocks are Intrinsically dirt cheap, but for the moment the fortunes of war are para mount. Government receipts during March were S5K.TM. a loss of about I3.sw0.wm as compared with March. The eipedltures aggregated rn.sS2.444. an Increase of nearly over March.

197, larrely due to expenditures for the national defise. The customs during tne months were over V.OtO.W less than March a year ago. which were then abnormally heavy on account of the nend tartrf act. 1 ne re. celpta from Internal revenue Increased last months about The Day Im Wall Sfreet.

New York, April I The stock market opened at declines of from to 14 points, but the tone was quiet, and there was no evidences of such excitement as might have been In view of the diplomatic situation as set forth this morning. A good effect was exercised" here by the comparative strength of the American mar ket In. London, where Irregular changes were Tn afUte diplomatic crisis was, how- i pver, feflecte reflected In a two points decline In Span ish 4 per cents, on reported heavy liquidation. United States government 4s were unchanged. Toward the close of the first hour's dealings rirther greater general pressure appeared, but the trading was still marked by an absence of any undue feverlshness.

The market toward the close became strong and general recoveries in some cases exceeding 2 per cent, were made. Dally rang of prices reportrl by Messrs. Henry Scroul A No. 226 Fourth avenus. members of New York, t'hiladelphla.

Pittsburg and Chicago stock exchanges, and Chicago board of trade: STOCKS, Atchison 11 2.5 16 a Ws 47 18 10 27 Jl'ii 11 I ll4 do pref 2r.4( 8471 jjf.i, Ualtlmore Ohio liny State Uas It I 16 1.M4 2 SIH Id 41 (4j 10 27 177 18 iei 1 Si Iii7 4.m Kuillnxlon Canadian Pacific Canada rioulhern Chesapeake Ohio C. O. St. Consolidated Gas 47 ISVjl IS 77 Z7 177'417 176 Colorado Fuel 1H 18H lS'i, Cotton OH do pref Lark, Ienverf pref Krle 'I do pref Oeneial Electric flocking Valley Illinois Central Illinois Hteel Jersey Central Kansas ti Texas do pref Lake Krle A do pn-f Luke Hhore Lead do pref Leather do pref 100 106 12 Site 32 32 32' 12 3.i 32 HI 45 91 Vi 91 '4 30Vi 32' 180 180 180 io3yt 178 2 108 f.7 9S 57 87 f.7 MV4 Manhattan Metropolitan Ht. ny 134 131:138 Michigan Centr Missouri I'aclllc 24 Nashville 4s 109 12 ft '4 22 Bl" 117 14'4 69 N.

V. Central 7 JO8I.1IIO 108 Norfolk Western do pref 44-21 4S! 44 North American Northern pacillo 5', Hi 118 2i! do pref Northwest Ontario Western Omaha lit. 144,1 14'i 23 my. 69 53 dn uref Mr. Pacific Mall Panhandle 23! 23' 43 Mi 1I2H 90 1B8 90 4'4 do pre! Penna.

II. Peoples Uas .......1 Pullmun Heading Itock Island Pope Twine 1I2H 113 Id 91 90 '83 Vt 8H 83 64 3- Kuliber 1Mi 10 62 f.r. '4 7 17 do pref 64 91 Pllver Southern Hallway do pref 25 '4 lfi Spirits 1 7 do prer lfi Ml 17 BuKar 1 U2H 115 do pref 8t. Paul M1 87', 19H; 1'4j s7i Tenn. C.

20 10'4 Wvi 115 19- 7s K. 84 1' 8 H4 38 51 I Texas Tobacco 10 SkS'i 100 dn pref T'nlnn Pad fid 19 6'i 84 7s ir, Wabash do pref Western t'nlon Wheeling Lake Erie, do pref Haw. Hugnr H. R. Transit t'nlon Pacific, pref 21 37 21H 38 51 20 31 40 The Oil Market.

The fitandnrd's price wns reduced 2 cents this morning, tu 75cents. The option closed at 74 cents bid. i The wells in the Whisky run pool, In Ritchie county. West "Virginia, are holding up better than was expected when the small acreage on which they are located Is taken Into consideration. The gauges reported last night were: Ablcht Nos.

1 and 2, 275 and 7..0 barrels, respectively; Joseph Payne No. 1, 27S barrels; Williamson No. 1. 2t.O barrels; D. O.

Pavne No. 1, barrels; Hulcher No. 1, 80 barrels, and Hamilton No. 1, 40 barrels. Ablcht No.

3 Is showing for 30 barrels a day. The pouth Penn Oil company No. 1 on the Sarah He Long farm. 400 feet south of the Williamson producer. Is expected to get the sand to-day.

It should show a southern exten- slon. The Plney Fork deep sand development In Wetnel county Is furnishing some very creditable producers, although none of them have yet equaled the gushers of Campbell's run, north of Mannlngton. The South Penn company has drilled In Its No. 2 on the E. Miller farm, and hns a producer good for 100 barrels a day.

The same company has drilled Its No. 6 McCoy, south of the Mills tra't, near the-Tyler county line, Into the stray above the Oordon, and hs developed a very strong gas pressure. This district, Including the I'lney Fork development. Is the most active of any of the deep-sand pools In the lower southwest. Ken York Hnnk Statement.

few York, April 2. The bank statement for the week shows the following changes: Loans, decrease 4.317.200 Iieposlts, decrease Circulation. Increase Legal tender, decrease 3,413,700 4,100 4.250.700 6, Slid. BOO 1,105,900 853. 425 1.609.325 Increase Kesei-ve, Increase Reserve required, decrease Surplus, Increase London Market.

The London market closed weak at the lowest prices of the day. The gravest apprehension was apparent In regard to the present situation, ueciines in Amer ican stocks ranged from 1 to 3 points. Spanish bonds were very weak In the late dealings ana ciosea at a aecune 01 aft points. Real Estate and Other Transactions. Black GUonlnger have leased for the Mer chants Manufacturers National bank of Pittsburg to the Lawton Mortgage company, the, first floor office, 20x50 feet, situated at No.

219 Fourth avenue, the room now occupied by John D. Ulggert. Insurance agent, for a term of five years. A. 7..

Byers and Co. have sold for L. M. Heyl to M. P.

Connelly five-room frame house, with lot 20x100 feet, situated on Grant street. Tenth ward, Allegheny; consideration 11,600. M. J. Ehrenfeld sold for the Sarah A.

Neely heirs lot 138 feet front on Tustln street and running southward to Hluff street 172 feet for 2l5.uOO Henry W. Armstrong sold for John M. Qoeh-rlng and Chatles W. Pahllnger to Charles F. Harwood lot No, i Dalsell place plan, on palzell avenue, Ben Avon borough, Ft.

W. C. R. size 60x223. for 21.350 cash.

Several tine houses will be built upon this plan within the next few months. George C. Norrls Co. leased for D. Bergman a storeroom and dwelling.

1421 Fifth avenue. They also sold for William J. Slnghose to Edna M. Hodgers a sma brick house, 1 Miller street. Eleventh ward, with' lot 2xlo feet, for II.

W0. Rheumatism Cared In a Day. "Mystic Cure" for rheumatism and neuralgia radically cures In one to three days. Its action upon the system Is remarkable and mys-erious. It removes at once the cause and the disease immediately disappears.

The first dose greatly benefits. 75 centi Bold by Jos. Fleming Son, 412 Pittsburg. 'See if whera you deposit your money there is government examination, a CAPITAL and 8tTRPLU8 nearly JflOG.oOu, as security, besides low interest and with drawal wltnout notice, ueposix wwn tne C.ERMAN kN NATIONAL. KAit ALLE.

GHENT, No. 200 Ohio gtreeu 2121a a 1 Device That Has Greatly Lessened the Dancer of DlTintj. From the Philadelphia Times. The perilous occupation of deep-sea dl Ing nas, in connection with the splendid work performed by the divers on the Maine, been brought very prominently to public notice during the past few weeks. As soon after the disaster In Havana harbor as possible divers were hurried the scene of action, and began perhaps the most important and gruesome, task that has even been Intrusted to the com paratively select band of men who make a living by going down under the sea.

First among the deep-sea divers to called upon by the government was Capt, Louis Sorcho, of Baltimore, who is rec ognized as the most expert submarine engineer In this country. Capt. Sorcho immediately dispatched his brother the wreck, and in a few days the captain nimseit win aiso taKe part in the diving. Capt. Borcho's services were in par ticular demand by the navy department on account of the wonderful submarine telephone and searchlight which he has Invented and perfected.

Six of the cap tain a teiepnones are now in use oy tne divers on tne Maine, ana tney nave prov ea or tne greatest service, under most advantageous circumstances work on the sunken ship is of the most dangerous nature, but these, phones have greatly lessened the peril of the divers by enabling tnem to communicate with their tenders Instantly whenever their life line becomes fouled or any accident to themselves or meir apparatus occurs, so that they may be Immediately drawn to the surface, or if that is Impossible another diver sent to their assistance. thout these telephones trie list of victims of the ill-fated Maine would in all likelihood have been increased. several of the divers have met with bad falls and other accidents which would have cost the men their lives had not assistance been promptly rendered. Captain Sorcho submarine telephone In use by the Maine divers Is simple and wonaenuiiy enective. me tender, or at tendant, can hear almost a whisper from the dlvqr, and vice versa.

The 'phone consists of a headgear for both diver and of elastic rubber. This fits over the right of a wooden pad, which Bhuts all sounds out of the ear and pre vents pain In the ear from the air press ure. The submarine waterproof cable passes through the front of the helmet by means of a stuffing box. The arrangement is such that the tender has the free use of his hands, which is very important in the handling of the lines connected wth the-dlver. The cable, which is waterproof, runs from the lower end of the brass strip, wnere tnere are also connections for the wires that lead to the batteries.

Of these there are from eight to 24 used, according to the depth at which the diver is working. They are drv batteries. Incased in a neat woode; chest, handy for carrying in a boat or moving about wherever needed. The receivers and transmitters look about like those of the ordinary long distance telephone, save that the latter are flat and about the circumference of the little wooden boxes the druggists put salve In. To be able to talk to a man away down in the ocean dentil Is truly novel and to hear him talking and telling of the strange sensations he Is enduring, the wontlrous sights he is seeing and to be able to get an accurate account of Just what is doing are still more interesting.

By- the use of the submarine telephone the diver can order he may need sent down to him, and can, by slmDle wire connection made on the sur face bv two tenders, even talk to another diver who may be working some distance away from him. A case is on record where a diver became entangled while working on a wreck and could not release himself! Another diver was sent for, but five hours elapsed before he arrived. It was then too late. Fright had killed him. Had he been equipped with a telephone he could have talked with his tender, who was near at hand, by which, means his courage would have been kept up unty he was Another advantage of tne teiepnone is that It la always ready ror instant use, There Is no calling up to be done, and in case of an accident tne diver can instantly call on his tender to haul him up, In the papers a rew.

weens, ago mere appeared an account ef a diver whose ar mor commenced to leaa oauiy. no bik nuled. by-the. old system of tugs, at the life-line, to be hauled up, but different divers have different signals, and -a new tender tnougnt ne wantea to pe lei uuwu further, so siacnea away on tne air and life line. Every frantic resulted In a tux ther slackening, Instead of tightening of the lines, and when the diver finally reached the surface he was nearly dead.

Such a state of affairs could not have existed had the diver been equipped witn a teiepnone. rinrinir the course of a conversation with Capt. Sorcho the other day, Just be fore ne dapartea ror tjuoa, regarumg ucep sett divine, in connection with the sub marine telephone, he said: The submarine searcnngnt in use on the Maine was also invented by Capt. Snrcho after four years of experimenting, His perfected light is exceedingly power- lul, UC1I1JS yvjivi, It Made Him Think. From the Cleveland "Oh, 3e0rge," the beautiful girl said why tlon't you have It shaved off? never did enjoy kissing people with bristly After that his manner was strangely cold and distant.

Kept His Word. From the Cleveland Leader. "Do you rest well at night?" the doctor asked. "Not verv." the catlent replied. "All right.

I'll give you something that 11 put you to sleep The lunerai was private. Overdoing From Brooklyn Life. "What makes you thing doesn't care much for his wife?" "Because he's always no attentive to her in public." i This spring take Hood's Barsaparllla to purify your blood, it will do you won' derful good. "Strongest In the World." A BIG DAY'S WORK. ,6 applications for Lif Assuranco Aggregating $453,500 Wers produced by 42 agents of th Western Pennsylvania agency of i The Equitable Life Assurance Society On Thursday.

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Sundayr, to IX Open Tuesday and Saturday evening 6 to 6. of Thieves After a Box of Money Open the Wrens; Packs Be From the Express Gazette. "I never had but one real adventure in my whole express experience," remarked the route agent. "It was when I was an agent down In the New Jersey pines, the last place on earth that any one would look for anything out of the common run. Mine was a little livelier than some of the stations, because it was a Junction, but the local traffic did not amount to anything to speak -of, except in the huekelberry or cranberry shipping season.

The rest of the freighting and expressing was oysters and fresh fish from the shore road and marl and general supplies coming down the road for general distribution. We had eight trains a day on the main line and two on the shore branch. The Junction consisted of a station between the tracks, with a waiting room, ticket office and freight house all tinder one roof. I slept in the ticket office, and took my meals at one of the six houses in the neighborhood, and you can Imagine that the life was about as monotonous as anything a young fellow could be assigned to. There was scarcely enough work at time to keep me awake In the daytime, and such a tning as a holiday waa not In he thought of.

I DUt In nearly three years at it before I had my adventure, and that secured me a change. Along early in September a tramp steamer came ashore about 18 miles down the beach In a thunder "quail and be came a hopeless wreck. Then came the wont of stripping ner ana senamg on ner cargo. It had to be done from tne snore, because she wag almost high and dry at low tide, and the stuff all came up by the shore branch and was transferred at the Junction. Most of it was in solid car loads, such as coffee and hides, but there was some light stuff which the owners ex pressed.

"One night. Billy Baker, the messenger or tne snore train, earner into tne omce wltn a box about a foot long an coverea with seals and turned it over to me. say Ing: 'Look out for tnat Ike. That money, and I guess you had better sleep on It -fill the owl I looked at the waybill he -handed me and saw that he had receipted for value of $3,200. I never had that much money in my charge before, and It mane me nervous, dui receipted for the box and stood it behind the door inside of the ticket office.

Five minutes later two strangers spoke to me on the platform and asked the road to Newberry. I told them and they went away. A moment later Jake Thompson, who lived up In his ramshackle wagon and unloaded a small box. saying: guess that'3 the last this season. There four nice big ones In there.

Kinder close quarters for 'em, but there's plenty of air noles, and 1 reckon tney ii go tnrougn all right. Send them up on the owl to- ght, "This was one of Jake's regular ship ments, and I made no comment. .1 was too busy thinking of the money package, ana somenow tne visit of tne two strang ers kept coming up In my mind. They looked like seafaring men, and tougn ones, too, and I wondered what they could want In Newberry, or whether they had really left the Junction. I got so nervous about them tnat began to listen tor noises ana to really expect a visit from them before 12:40.

when the owl wns due. I had an old revolver in the money drawer, but now that I thought I might need it I began to realize wnat a wortniess tning it was, The last time I tried to fire It I found that it would not go. off, and I had Intended to send It to town by one, of the trainmen and have it fixed. Just tnen was startled by a noise, and found It was my landlady's little girl come to teib me that I was late getting to supper. I told her that I could not leave, and asked her to bring something over.

I felt mucn braver alter getting some thing to eat and began to look around for a place to hide the box of money until the tram came. Tnere was a big pot stove in the waiting and I concluded that was Just the thing; but the box would not go into the door, and I had to dis joint the plpo and lift the top off the stove to get jt m. men i suinea 01a pa pers around It and put the top and pipe place. 1 teit easier tnen ana went back to the office, and had a little talk over the wire with a friend down the line, tel ine him about mv trouble. He promis ed to tell the crew of the owl how I was fixed, and he did It.

I then sat down and read a novel, for I did not dare lie down for fear of going to eeo, "It must have been close to 10 o'clock when I heard footsteDS on the platform and then the door of the waiting room was pushed open and two strangers came over to the ticket office and looked through the window at me. One of them asked about the late train, and as looked up to answer him I saw the muzzle of a big revolver looking over the ledge of the window and he said: "'Just unlock the door quick and don't awp or I'll put a bullet into your neaa. Move lively, now. You know what we want. We've come ofter that box that come up from the wreck this afternoon and we re going to get it if we have to kill you and everybody in tnis "I unlocked the door quick enough, and they both came In and looked around.

Not seeing the hox anywhere, they asked me where it was, and I told them I didn't know what they were talking ahout. All I got for that lie was a clip on the Jaw tnet Knocgea me over my oea, and a minute later I was tied hand and font and a saa between mv teeth. Then one picked up my lantern and the other dragged me into tne ireignt room, wnere thev tied me to a stanchion and ftt me while thev searched the nlace. "Suddenly one of them stumbled on to Jake's box and said: "Mere it is. ne hnln't even hid it.

Ben. This Is dead easv. Fetch that hatchet. It didn't tafce them a minute to rip the cover off that box. and then thev itimned back with a yell as out poured four of the liveliest spotted adders that ever grew, nen dropped the lantern and the other fellow threw down the hatchet as the snakes ran out their red and black tongues and raised their heads as If to strike.

'Rattlesnakes 1' yelled Ben, and they both dug out of that room as if the devil was after them. "Now, I never did like snakes, and used to handle Jake's freight with more care than I did anything else that passed through my hands. Here I was, tied to a post, with four of the reptiles crawling around the room, and, although I believed pine snakes to be harmless, I don't know but what I would have preferred the company of the robbers, who had lied and shut the door after them. I could hear them crushing and ransackng the office, and then I heard the door of the waiting room shut and their footsteps going down the platform. "The snakes disappeared behind some coils of telegraph wire In the corner, and soon I had no company but the lantern, which, luckily, righted Itself as It fell from the thief's hand and stood up to cheer me with Its light.

I knew that I had over two hours to wait, and my only douht was whether I could stand the strain without fainting. I don't know which hurt most, the gag or the tightly led cords on my wrists and ankles, soon found tnat it was no use trying 10 get loose, and that the best thin? to do was to keep quiet and try to bear the ever-Increasing pain. Then I heard the sounder faintly as it ticked In the far-off room. could Just make out that it was my Iriend down the road and he was alarmed about me because he got no answer to his calls. "The time dragged wearily after he stopped nnd finally I lost all knowledge of 4 affairs, guess swoonea, out i came 10 time to catch the sound of the Instrument again as It told that the owl was only 12 miles away, and that the crew was ready for trouble at the Junction.

Twelve miles meant not more than 15 minutes that case, but the 15 minutes seemed like a month to me. Then I heard the welcome whistle, and a moment later half dozen railroad men were searching for me or my dead body. They found me hanging limp by my cords and. cut me loose. The train was held 12 minutes be fore I could tell my story, and they could mill the stove apart and get the box.

Then 1 was dosed with a big drink of whiskv and put to bed. Next day I was pretty stiff, but I sent word to Jake to come down and hox up his snakes; and when he came I told him how the reptiles had saved my life and the company's property, and he said he thought it would a good Idea to keep a box of snakes In the station all the time as a 'layover for A few davs later I got a letter telling me that I would be relieved that evening, and to report at the main office as soon possible. They gave me a Job as train messenger on the main line, and after that became route agent ror tne ex press company. As She I'nderstood It. From the Chicagq News.

He I don't believe In a higher educa tion for girls. The -one I marry will know nothing of Latin and sucTt nonsense. She Pernaps not. I can reaauy under stand that the girl who marries you must very Ignorant, Indeed. Cause for Commiseration.

From Short Skits. Poor Dibbles! They say he got pair beautiful black eyes lately. I feel sorry ror mm. You needn't. He srot a very handsome girl with them." 10 Abbott Loring's derm -'Killer Dys pepsia Tablets Cured Lettie Payne in a Month They 1 KUFDlsease aenns.

LETTIE, W.ILSON: PATNE. Writing from her-home" in Allegheny city, Mrs. Lettie-' Wilson Payne says: "Abbott Loring's'Oerm-Killer Dyspepsia J. Tablets have cured' me of dyspepsia and indigestion of 21 iyears' standing. After taking them for-four weeks.

1-am able to eat and digest any hearty food without inconvenience, and I am Imrjroved in flesh and color. Before 1 took Lorlng's derm-Killer Dyspepsia. Tablets, I had from childhood had a very weak stomach 1 am -now well for the first time In my life." A great majority iof idiseases aro caused by weak stomachs. Most people make the mistake of -treating the effect and not the cause, and many dys- peptics doctor, for heart trouble, lung trouble or kidney trouble, many for nervous exhaustion, because weak digestion causes symptoms resembling nearly every disease disturbs and impairs every nerve and organ of the body. If you keep the' digestion good you-will be safe-from most forms dj yumying iue oioou, coring uerm Killer Dyspepsia Tablets clear the skin.

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1 Abbott Lorlng's Germ-Killer Dyspeps Tablets are sold bv. leadir Aacugglst Pittsburg, and are keDt in stocn-m Gllmore 428 Seventh Pittsburg, and by the George A. Kelly iui vvuuu x-uiHuurg. trice oi druggists or by mall 50 cents a hox. dnuhln size boxes, we send free literature on "DYSPEPSIA AND INDIGESTION." Dvsueotio folks should send for it.

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Traction (Ih IKl 103 Mlsctftltt Tract on Kbeale, Ktna Shnrpsliurg fls KK1 at man. j.vi.j nie paieS on exctianKe were: snares traction i.sy In1 9 miereai oil. Xotea of (he Markets. Fie 4ome market authorities think the lel length of stocksi in the face iof prph- le war is due to tne fact tnat war haa hiv in discounted, and that an actual dec-ltn! atlon of war on Monday would produce i lrnllr If there la real war. these au- i tiiritica who must le lone of the win be extremely luckv to have their twful anticit.ationa realized.

It is more tOv-that to-day's firmness was due t0 organized support decided upon the private confab of leading bankers I New i'ork last night or to a belief war will be postponed or averted. tainly, bull leadera were with the comparatively lirm 4'a of American securities abroad and 'IXh the rise of Spanish 4Vs in London to rjl against 40 yesterday. ''dandard Oil stock was quoted In New r-k tc-day at 3o24i .1." 0. Secretary Ogden reports the clearances Pittwhurir Rtork V.vchssntrft fnr 'Vlnh at tit) S7H Ahnrfrt nnlnut Ki.1, l'K'h. 18H7.

BMit-s 01 111 nrw iiiri. yesieruay snares. ugia Jhtii es say that an expression of ton arketw'tse at this time Is valueless. i Niw York Pally Stockholder estimates '-iten'st ana dividend disbursements In the Id plates this week at 20,000,000. i reserve is above 1174,000,040.

public dent at tne close of business to 81. less cash In the treasury, was 11.088,-il, a decrease for the month of 21,387,865. falling off of 55 per cent. Is reported In our with Cba In the period 1888 to 1897, tygb estimates are that by the end of the sent year the Kama win nave outlayed it 23, oOU.lXAJ 1 or oeiiermema. Hares for the week have been 2W In the States, against 260 last year, and 27 in ids, against 42 last year.

cording to the Railway Age, construction 'few mileage in the past four eonsecutlve 'A baa been leas than 2,000 miles. emallesy sales of wool for many years reported aft Boston, and at the three chief jets sales! have been only 1.4fi.,i00 pounds feeek land about a fifth of last year's i.the quarter. The stocks held by manufac- Im hat. vl'rintlv heen than ody supposed. bile sales on the Pittsburg stock exchange fiWarch show a falling off of oxer 60.000 I finm February, wnne the bond sales 4 less.

sj Louisville A Nashville ret Increase for uary was lnn and steel market shows no decrease, t1th works fully employed and seme addl-tfl works put Into operation for government pig Is not Iowct anywhere, and at Jburg a shade higher for bessemer, because reement by valley producers, while with-Hgreement of Mesaba mines the purchases st Cleveland were over 1,000,000 tons for Iweek. Henburg. Thalman Co. wired Whitney nepneuion: "ihe market In London this ung til feverish, but our last cable show rtnal advances above our rife new at this writing regarding (e 'uation, arid the t-rtlnty i ine nrst or oei leek, ot'r course, be sent I ana f. 1 7 A if at ol' Jt fee it MJv iJ-.