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A. G. BURGOYNE.

ALL SORTS

OF

PITTSBURGERS

SKETCHED IN PROSE AND VERSE,

BY

ARTHUR G. BURGOYNE.

PITTSBURG, PA.:
The Leader All Sorts Co.
1892.

Ckxi 107

^{c APOLOOY. 3|e^

nTHE interest manifested by the public in the character sketches ground
out daily for more than a year by the "poetical machine" of the
Pittsburg Leader, and the consequent demand for the publication of the
best among them in book form, constitute the author's apology for the ap
pearance of this volume.
Changes have necessarily been made in many of the rhymed sketches,
owing to the fact that under the conditions, political and otherwise, existing
when they were written, a coloring was imparted the force of which would
now be lost, and the retention of which might perhaps have a prejudicial
influence. From some of the more aggressive political lyrics it is impossible to
eliminate the tinge of strong feeling growing out of the policy of " partisan
independence," which marks the course of the Pittsburg Leader in all its
departments. The professional politician is, however, a fair target, and the
writer has, therefore, no regrets to express for having occasionally hit the
bull's eye with an arrow of extra keenness in criticising the public record
of gentlemen whose private life may be of an admirable character.
At the same time, if, in seizing upon the grotesque side of human
nature as a subject of illustration, the semblance of unkindness is anywhere
presented, the reader should be prepared to make allowance for exaggera
tion due to a literary prerogative of which writers on rhetoric somehow
omit to make mention, to wit: poetic "licentiousness."
(iii)

Jv APOLOGY.
. No special consideration is claimed for the verses in this volume, be
cause of the rapidity with which they were produced. Newspaper poetry
and newspaper prose ought to be on the same plane, in the estimation of
THE AUTHOR.
Pittsburg, Pa., June, 1892.

ANDREW CARNEGIE.

Bow down, ye folks whose worldly store
Is miserably slim ;
In abject reverence before
This dignitary grim ;
That plenipotential beard of his,
And stony British stare,
Betoken clearly that he is
A multi-millionaire.
From Scotland's heather-covered braes.
In babyhood he came, ^
And early fixed his childish gaze,
On lucre and on fame ;
As a messenger boy he went so slow,
That none with him could vie,
And so he got an extra show
A lofty kite to fly.

His boodle grew at a rapid rate,
But bitter was his cup,
So fast did the wealth accumulate,
He couldn't count it up ;
Of grief he might have died, they say,
If he hadn't struck the plan
Of giving a few odd millions away.
Which made him a happy man.
On public libraries he spent
Of shekels not a few ;
A goodly slice to Pittsburg went.
And to Allegheny, too ;
But still the loss he doesn't feel.
It cannot hurt his health.
For his mills keep on with endless zeal
A-piling up the wealth.

So skillfully he flew his kite.
That wondrous was his luck ;
He reached for all the cash in sight.
And rich investments struck ;
At railroads, likewise coke and coal,
He took full many, a fling,
And was cast at length for the glorious role
Of steel and iron king.

Since he became a prince sublime.
This burg for him's too small ;
New York upon his royal time
And interest has the call ;
His courtiers puff him to his face.
As the starry-spangled Scot,
But he can't go back on this good old place.
Which gave him all he's got.

(5)

Sometimes this personage in dreams
A future bright beholds ;
Around his form a toga seems
To cast its lordly folds.
Big flights of eloquence he tries
In Senatorial tone,
And knows that myriads of eyes
Are turned on him alone.

Is it because his eloquence
Is in the House admired ?
Is it because of his defense
Of Reiter, who was fired?
Is it because he helped to pass
McKinley's tariff dodge?
Or tried to keep from going to grass
The Force bill, framed by Lodge?

What puts his fancy on this lay ?
Why should his dreams come true ?
Is it because he's carved his way
To fame and fortune, too ?
Is it because he's been o'erpowered
With flattering words of praise ?
Or else because his grip he's held
Through troublous, stormy days ?

Is it because he's spick and span,
Well-dressed and neat-mustached—
A social, genial little man.
Not easily abashed ?
No, no ; these things don't fit the case,
The reason's plain to see 
He knows that Quay will lose his place,
And he'll be legatee.

(6)

JOHN DALZELL.

TJON. JOHN DALZELL, the distinguished member of the House of
-*--*¦ Representatives from the Twenty-Second District, was bom April 19,
1845, in New York City, and was brought to Pittsburg by his parents in
1847. He received his education at the common schools, at the Western
University, and at Yale College, graduating from the latter institution in the
class of 1865.
Mr. Dalzell studied law with the late John H. Hampton. He was ad
mitted to the bar in February, 1867, and practiced in partnership with his
preceptor as attorney for the Pennsylvania Railroad and its connections,
and also in a wide range of civil cases. In 1887, Mr. Dalzell was elected
to Congress, and has since served continuously in that body, making a
national record for himself as the most brilliant representative from Penn
sylvania. His speeches on the tariff, the Federal elections bill, and other
measures of superior importance, have challenged widespread attention and
inspired a strong sentiment in favor of sending him to the United States
Senate. In 1 89 1, Mr. Dalzell was a candidate for the presidency of the State
League of Republican Clubs, but was defeated by Hon. John B. Robinson,
in whose favor Senator Quay, jealous of Mr. Dalzell's prominence, set the
Republican machine in motion. Immediately after this rebuff, Mr. Dalzell,
instead of resenting the treatment accorded him, took the stump for the
Republican State ticket, and earned new laurels by a series of magnificent
speeches. There is no readier speaker in the State than he, and none who is
capable of competing with him in point of statesmanlike qualifications.
(7)

>^^>-ic.

HON. J. H. COLLIER.

The law — dry, musty, crabbed trade,
Which seems specifically made
To set men by the ears.
Although its slaves their hands must soil
With many a soul-destroying broil.
There's one of them it could not spoil ;
His portrait here appears.
Of course you know him — who does not ?
Few others like him have we got.
Whose virtue naught can quench,
In whom, through all the court-room grind.
True grace of manner and of mind
Survive — that's why we're glad to find
Him seated on the bench.
Few could against him keep the floor
In thoroughness of legal lore.
On this the world's agreed ;
And he who haply would rely
On ready wit or dodges sly.
To close his Honor's eagle eye.
To hump himself would need.
The judge is getting old and gray.
But in his youthful prime, they say.
He was a lively lad ;

(8)

Excitement had for him its charms —
When war broke out he shouldered arms,
BraVing the battlefield's alarms
And red-hot times he had.
He cares not of his feats to boast.
But sticks to his Grand Army Post
Where cherished comrades are ;
And always on Memorial Days
The soldier spirit he displays.
And loves in trumpet tones to praise
The heroes of the war. '
His tastes are simple ; naught he cares
For sporting fashionable airs'
And being in the swim ;
When work is over he unbends.
Pores over books and gently tends
His flowers— pretty, faithful friends—
They're good enough for him.
He lives in Sharpsburg, but his face
Is known and welcomed every place
3X8 Nor does he e'er begrudge '
A word or handshake, for he treats
With friendship half the folks he meets
And so our Muse his Honor greets  '
Here's looking at you, Judge

REV. DAVID MCALLISTER, D. D.

Here's a type of the real ascetic,
A Calvinist straight-laced and prim.
In clerical work energetic
And blest with a countenance grim.
Deep scholarship lurks in the wrinkles
On his forehead, productive of awe.
His eye controversially twinkles.
And there's force in his ponderous jaw.

When he gets in the pulpit he r.iises
Particular Cain with the stage ;
The drama, in some of its phases.
Excites him to absolute rage.
T'he ballet girl dancing so sweetly
In tights, he'd consign to the shelf.
And he rips up "Thou Shalt Not" con-
pletely
As written by Satan himself

He's a stickler for Scottish tradition
And orders his flock not to vote,
For he says that the way to perdition
The laws of this country denote.

Dire evils the Union must menace.
He vows, and quite plainly he sees
That the name of this nation is Dennis
If it don't come and join the R. P.'s.
Just now he is fighting like thunder
And up to his eyes in debate.
And really it isn't a wonder
That he rants at a terrible rate —
For a group of young preachers (just
seven)
Demanded permission to vote
And he wants them all barred out of heaven
And stripped of the clerical coat.
Alas ! for the weakness of clerics,
Which serves zealous movements to
wreck !
In spite of his prayers and hysterics
He's getting it right in the neck.
The synod by methods decisive
Rebukes him, and therefore, thinks he.
Since the rest all are growing divisive,
He's the only surviving R. P.

(9)

In elegance of dressing
And appearance prespossessing.
Who on earth could help confessing
That the chap above's a paragon ?
He's learned the winning art of
Playing modestly the part of
Bluff King Hal, who broke the heart of
Pretty Katharine of Aragon.
But bless you ! he's not taking
Any interest in breaking
Maidens' hearts,though they be aching —
No ; there aren't aijy fears of him.
He has but one ambition,
Which is as a politician
To compel his recognition
By the nation — when it hears of him.
V/hen the civil war was raging
None could keep him from engaging
In the awfullest rampaging
Where the fray was waged most heatededly.
He slashed the rebs like pullets,
Cutting gashes in their gullets.
While the records say that bullets
Pierced him through and through repeat
edly.

When the war was over, then he
Rambled back to Allegheny,
And he scored successes many
In his office-getting scrimmages.
No opposition stayed him.
County treasurer they made him.
With a lot of clerks to aid hira
Handling Miss Columbia's images.
Tom Bayne once knocked him silly
(Twasn't with a handy-Billy)
When he wanted, will he, nill he.
To be presidential delegate.
But yet, despite that licking.
To the same old claim he's sticking,
And twill take some pow'rful kicking
To the rear his boom to relegate.
His talents now embellish
A hotel that's very swellish,
And he views with keenest relish
Sundry " bood " that keeps a-bowling in.
In fact, he's such a clever
Sort of Boniface as never
Heretofore or wheresoever
Made the shekels come a-rolling in.

(lo)

WILLIAM WITHEROW.

DIG, cheery, good-natured William Witherow, mine host of the Hotel Du-
quesne, — who does not know him, and who that knows him does not
admire his sunny disposition and the many other good qualities that go to
make him the beati ideal of an American gentleman? Mr. Witherow has
been for years a figure of prominence in AUegheny County. He was born
on November 7, 1843, and received his education in the Allegheny public
schools. Just as he attained manhood the Civil War broke out. In 1 862
he enlisted in Company E., 123d Pennsylvania Volunteers. He took part
with his regiment in many severe engagements, among them the second
battle of Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, and both fights at Chancel-
lorsvUle. When his time expired he was honorably discharged, but re-
enlisted later on in the heavy artillery. He was sent to Fort Delaware, and
detailed there as postmaster until the close of the war. In 1865 he was dis
charged by a general order, thus being distinguished with two honorable
discharges. For a man with so fine a war record nothing was too good in Allegheny
County, and accordingly Mr. Witherow easily drifted into the field of public
life and political activity. He became a book-keeper in the U. S. Depos
itory under Collector Thomas Steele, and served as a clerk in the Clerk of
Courts' office under W. H. McCleary, and as Chief Clerk under Shepiff Wil
liam Hunter. In 1881 he was elected County Treasurer. In 1887 he took
charge of the Hotel Duquesne, and by his rare tact and administrative abil
ity made that establishment one of the most admirable of its kind west of
the Allegheny mountains. Mr. Witherow's cares as a host have not caused
him to forsake politics absolutely. In '88 he made a fight for Republican
National Delegate against a powerful combination, and was beaten by only
two votes. Few men are happier than he in the formation of strong and
permanent friendships', and few are more generally respected and esteemed.
(11)

You have heard about Paul the apostle, of He was president once of the same, and

he's yet
'Way up in the stalwart Republican set,
And to work for the party he doesn't forget
When he's needed the hostiles to drub.
He's dov/n upon Quay — there's no doubt
about that —
And he's trying his utmost to paralyze Matt
And to strengthen the cause of Dalzell ;
For he thinks that the man who's a sena
tor should
Have the brains and the will for his state
.... to do good.
There at turmng out tools with attention instead of being merely a figure of wood,
devout Such as honest contempt must compel.
He keeps on, and the profits are high ;
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course.
Who was famed fo.r his graceful and flu
ent discourse.
In a period long passed away ;
Now the subject we sing of, though he, too,
is Paul,
To his prototype bears no resemblance at
all.
And for work apostolic decidedly smaU
Inclination is known to display.
Verona, not Tarsus, is where he hangs out.

gance great
Employ in the trades that they ply.
Apropos of his being in politics strong.
We may mention the fact that he's proud
to belong
To the famous Americus club.

(12)

ique ;
But he is not a target for matchmaking
dames.
For he's married, and done with premari
tal games,
And the satisfied cut of his visage proclaims
That the joy of his home is unique.

HARRY S. PAUL.

''PHE handsome face and athletic figure of Harry Paul, the dashing young
-•- Republican leader, are famiUar to every man about town in the cities
of Pittsburg and Allegheny. Mr. Paul shines as a society man, as a suc
cessful man of business, and as a duly commissioned officer in the brigade
of stalwart Republicans.
He was born on Ross street, Pittsburg, February 13, 1856, and was
educated at the Birmingham public school. In 1863 his parents moved
across the river. Young Paul left school at about the age of 14, to learn the
printing trade. After spending eighteen months at that occupation, he se
cured a position at the Crescent Steel Works, and remained there for a
period of eighteen months, after which he removed with his family to
Verona. In 1873 the Verona Tool Works were established, and Mr. Paul was en
gaged as shipping clerk. Two years later he took charge of the factory, and
coming to Pittsburg assumed the management of the city office. In 1881
he became one of the firm. The Tool Works proved a profitable concern,
and built up for the Paul family the large fortune which they have for years
enjoyed. In 1886 Mr. Paul was elected president of the Americus Club, succeed
ing Captain John A. Reed. He served in that capacity until January, 1891,
winning golden opinions by his success in maintaining and elevating the
prestige of the Club, and its potency as a political force of the best type.
Mr. Paul resides in Oakmont borough, and takes a prominent part in
the management of thfe borough's affairs. He served eight years as coun
cilman and four years as school director. (rS)

Here's a Congressman new-made
Who's a barrister by trade ;
On the North Side he is Tommy Bayne's
successor.
Though not long ago he came
From Tioga, yet of fame
And of influence immense he's the pos
sessor.
From Tioga county here
He transferred his worldly gear.
Occupying at the time but httle compass.
Little thought our people then
That this quietest of men
Would in pohtics some day stir up a
rumpus.

Then did Tommy Bayne step down.
And his legislative crown
He consigned at a convention to our hero ;
^Vhich exploit so strange and bold
Made the people's blood run cold
Till the temperature thereof went down
to zero.

How the party hacks did swear
The " Old Lady " tore her hair ;
All agreed, Bayne's legatee would be de
feated :
But he proved that he was game.
And succeeded just the same,
So that finally in Congress he was seated.

.As a lawyer he pitched in
Notoriety to win,
And thereto, he found, quite easy was the
journey ;
For when once he'd made a hit
He was honored with a "sit"
Acting locally as Uncle Sam's attorney.

Though his record's still to make
Yet he seems so wide-awake
And intent upon his duty squarely doing.
That with justice we may say
Allegheny folk to-day
Needn't fear that yet their choice they
will be ruing.

(m)

WILLIAM A. STONE.
TJON. WILLIAM A. STONE, who represents the twenty-third district
-*- -*¦ (Allegheny City) in the lower house of Congress, was born in Delmar
township, Tioga county. Pa., in AprU, 1846, and received a common school
education. When the war broke out, he enlisted as a private in Company
A., 187th Pennsylvania Volunteers, and was subsequently promoted to a
Ueutenancy. On his return from the army he resumed his studies, and in
1868 graduated from a state normal school. He then studied law with
Stephen S. Wilson and J. B. Niles, in Tioga county. In September, 1870,
he was admitted to the bar and entered upon a' profitable practice in the
civil courts.
Colonel Stone has been District Attorney of Tioga county, and served
as U. S. District Attorney for Western Pennsylvania under the Hayes, Gar
field, Arthur and Cleveland administrations.
In 1890, when Congressman Bayne was nominated for re-election to
Congress, he requested the Convention to transfer the nomination to Colonel
Stone, and the recommendation was adopted. As considerable adverse crit
icism was aroused by this proceeding. Colonel Stone announced himself as
a candidate on his own merits. New primaries were called and a new con
vention held, and the result was that Colonel Stone carried off the palm of
victory, in the face of spirited opposition from the friends of George Shiras
III. It is too early as yet to estimate Colonel Stone's powers as a statesman,
but it may be truthfully said that he gives evidence, at the outset of his Con
gressional career, of a determination to serve his constituency with sedulous
fidelity. ('5)

EUSTACE S. MORROW.
Here's the counterfeit presentment of a He's a good deal of a morahst, and often
functionary bland, gives advice
Who directs financial matters with a quiet. To wicked young reporters, who of life
steady hand ; enjoy the spice ;
He's the watch-dog of the treasury, a solid And he goes to church on Sunday in a
touch-me-not, solemn broadcloth coat.
Just show him a marauder, and he'll nail Just like the Village Blacksmith in whose
him on the spot. praise the poet wrote.

Though mild of disposition and gentle in He is not a poHtician in the ordinary
his ways, sense.
Try to work him with "inflooence," and Though he holds a paying office, and his
you'll see his optics blaze ; grip on it's immense ;
For where many men are crooked he can For the people are his backers, and deny
hold his head on high, it if you can,
And honestly and squarely look the public He don't need to seek the office, for the
in the eye. office seeks the man.
(i6)

E. M. BIGELOW.

" I am monarch of all I survey ;
My right there is;none to dispute ;
From the Hollow de Panther to points
far away,
I'm lord of the fowl and the brute.
" An army of vassals I own ;
I've a cinch on their bodies and souls.
Oh, doesn't it make the Democracy
groan
To see 'em march up to the polls ?
"At a dollar and upwards a day
My henchmen their leisure consume ;
As long as the city comes down with the
pay,
The labor may go up the flume.
" Like the rulers of Rome and of Greece,
I have wild beasts in stock by the score,

And if taxpayers choose to intrude on
my peace.
Why, the beastlets will bathe in their
gore.
"I'm a dandy on getting up schemes.
Which Councils are bound to support ;
With plans to spend money my intellect
teems,
And ordinance making's my forte.
" Do the people dislike me ? Come off ;
I'm a monarch that can't be flim-
flammed ;
Let the taxpayers kick and the news
papers scoff —
All I say is, the public be — Vander-
bilted !"

(17)

When a man gets in hoc for a deed homicidal
And thinks that the jury will likely convict,
Nine times out of ten, with a hope that's not idle.
He sends for the gent whom above we depict.
For he knows that, though caught in flagrante
delicto.
His chances are good if he trusts to his nobs,
Who vows he can clear him, and well knows the
trick to
Bamboozle a jury with fireworks and sobs.

At the trial he proves that he hasn't been boast
ing,
He poses exactly as shown in the cut,
The district attorney he treats to a roasting
And sets half the witnesses clean off their nut.
In a speech he winds up that makes every one
quiver.
A martyr he makes of the murderer pale,
Who, instead of being hanged, is sent over the
river.
Or straight-out acquittal with triumph can hail.

'Tis a trait of our hero that ducats won't tempt him
The commonwealth's side with his talents to aid;
To help prosecutions no pow'r can pre-empt him.
Such service, he thinks, would his honor de
grade.

But that doesn't keep him from scooping in
lucre.
No slouch of an income he's able to earn,
And, if only he's certain the hangman to euchre,
The box receipts don't give him any concern.

In the past as a statesman he made a beginning;
He helped the Republican party to found,
But base politicians in time had their inning
And ran their shenanagin into the ground.
In rage and disgust to the Mugwumps he bolted
And ran independent for Congress — but oh !
There wasn't enough of the party revolted.
To save him from eating a diet of crow.

For the bench his admirers at intervals name
him,
But he sticks to the bar, where his prestige was
gained,
Where as " Glorious " the multitude first did pro
claim him, —
No wonder to leave it he's always disdained.
So onward he potters, a noteworthy tigure;
Though years may have bowed him and silvered
his locks,
They haven't diminished the shrewdness and
vigor
Whereby his competitors silly he knock
i)

THOMAS M. MARSHALL.

THOMAS MERCER MARSHALL, the Father of the Allegheny County
Bar, as by virtue of years and status he may weU be styled, was born
in the county of Londonderry, Ireland, November 20, 18 19. The family
emigrated to the United States in 1822, his father purchasing a tract of land
in Middlesex Township, Butler County. In November, 1826, Thomas M.
Marshall came to Pittsburg to reside with his brother, James Marshall, the
founder of the Farmers' Deposit National Bank. In 1839 he became a
partner with his brother James in the wholesale grocery business. Weary
ing of commercial pursuits he entered, in 1843, the law office of Hon.
Charles Shaler, then Judge of the District Court. Here the great fire of
AprU 10, 1845, found Mr. MarshaU a student.
In 1846 he was admitted to the bar and entered upon general practice
in partnership with Stephen H. Geyer, a life-long friend. His next partner
was Major A. M. Brown, and his present partnership comprises his son,
Thomas M. Marshall, Jr., and A. M. Imbrie, under the firm name of Mar-
shalls & Imbrie.
Mr. Marshall's services have been enlisted in almost every great crimi
nal trial that has taken place in Western Pennsylvania for the past thirty
years ; and, while he is opposed to capital punishment and has never ac
cepted a retainer where there was a prospect that human life might be sac
rificed, he has tried more homicide cases than any other lawyer in Pennsyl
vania. His civil practice has been almost equally extensive.
Mr. Marshall has never sought political preferment, although for forty
years he was constantly before the people as a political speaker, first as an
anti-slavery Whig and afterwards as an aggressive Republican. He was a
member of Pittsburg Councils from 185 1 to 1856, and was president of
Common CouncU during all that period. The Republican nomination for
Congress from the Twenty-second district was tendered him in 1858, but he
declined the honor. In May, 1882, he went as a delegate to the State
Convention to urge the nomination of his nephew. Major A. M. Brown, for
Judge of the Supreme Court. Despite his protest, the convention, amid
great enthusiasm, nominated him for Congressman-at-large. On his return
home, regardless of the importunities of his friends, he declined the nomi
nation, as no honor could induce him to leave his home and children.
(19)

Our artist portrays in the picture above Hence, although he's a man of a well-
A political sharp of the genus kid-glove, balanced mind,
Who for common ward hustlers don't har- So tough the perpetual drain does he find
bor much love, That, in desperate moments, he's often
Though such feelings he's bound to con- inclined
ceal. To rush out and achieve something
Preferment he,'s gained, and the cause of rash.
the boon
Is because he's a solid commercial Mul- ^" .^P^*^ °^ '^J^ '^^°' ^™oyi"g details,
This casting of anchors and trimming of
sails.

doon,
And, in this case, the wire-pullers altered
their tune
In order to do the genteel.

Though thusly a lucrative "sit" he has
found,
Well he knows that the job don't in pleas
ure abound ;
For the "boys " rub it in on him all the
year round
And work him for places and cash.
(20)

\\'hich a good man in office once placed
never fails
To view with alarm and disgust,
This mild-mannered gent never gets on
his ear.
But a plain middle course he is able to
steer
And still keep his conscience untroubled
and clear.

For he does the square thing by his

trust.

JAMES S. McKEAN.

JAMES STITT McKEAN, Pittsburg's model postmaster, was born in
New Abbey, Dumfrieshire, Scotland, January 28, 1850. The same
year his parents emigrated to the United States and took up their residence
at Newburg, N. Y. In the following year they removed to AUegheny, and
shortly afterwards went to Chartiers Creek. Here they resided until the
close of the war, the coming Postmaster attending the district school and
the Mansfield Academy. In 1866 the family removed to Washington
County, settling at the place now known as Charleroi, where Mr. McKean
worked on his father's farm. In 1876 he came to Pittsburg, and with Mr.
W. G. Duff established the agricultural implement firm of Duff & McKean.
The firm prospered, and Mr. McKean by his geniality of disposition and
other admirable qualities attached to himself many valuable friends, so that,
when the time came for the appointment of a postmaster by President
Harrison, his claims to the position were urged by the best people of the
two cities, and the President readily decided in his favor.
Mr. McKean was commissioned Postmaster December 20, 1889, and
took charge of the office February i, 1890. His predecessor had left
affairs in excellent shape, but to the business-like mind of Mr. McKean
there was room for doing still better, and he set out to make his office
equal, if not superior, to any other in the country in every detail of man
agement. That he has been successful in this undertaking is attested by
the splendid service furnished and the acknowledgments of Mr. McKean's
efficiency publicly volunteered by his superiors.
(21)

Here's the very beau ideal of a theologic editor.
Whose weekly lucubrations to humanity a credit
are;
United Presbyterian
He is, and from Cimmerian
Obscurity poor sinners would redeem;
All the universe is shaken when he thunders con
troversially,
And well he knows his thunder is of value great
commercially ;
In proportion to his vigor
His subscription list grows bigger,.
And with wealth his Calvinistic coffers teem.
'Tis superfluous to say that he's Scotch-Irish by
nativity;
That's proven by his militant sectarian proclivity ;
He was quite a nimble-handed
'Prentice typo when he landed
In the States and for a footing cast around;
With a Philadelphia printer his probation he com
pleted.
Then he hankered for a pulpit, and with aspira
tions heated,
Buckled down to studies drastic
In a school ecclesiastic,
Where a steady grist of pulpiteers is ground.
It dawned on him at length that his intention was
chimerical,
Dame Nature hadn't built him with a turn for
functions clerical;
And the certainty came o'er him
That a triumph lay before him
If the journalistic quill he chose to wield.
Into journalism, therefore, in the Buckeye State
he drifted.

And his Presbyterian voice in such stentorian
tones uplifted,
That the world soon learned to prize him,
And with wonder recognize him
As an editorial Richmond in the field.
All the small fry publications of the Calvinist
complexion
Were absorbed in course of time " beneath this
editor's direction;
Here in Pittsburg he combined them.
And their patrons came behind them,
Laying patronage enormous at his feet.
In his printing house, besides, he runs off journals
out of number
For his neighbors, most of which are sure provo
catives of slumber;
Books and pamphlets, too, he sets up —
And artistic matters gets up —
His equipment is undoubtedly complete.
With the preachers he's a favorite; in assemblies
he is prominent,
And rarely fails in argument to make himself pre
dominant.
He's as jovial as they make 'em.
And you'll very much mistake him
If you think that he's a zealot harsh and cold.
Ask the people in Sewicldey, where for years he's
been a resident,
And none of them you'll find with inclination to
be hesitant
In voting him a sample
Of good fellowship as ample
As was ever in newspaperdom enrolled.

(22)

HUGH J. MURDOCH.

HJ. MURDOCH, one of the proprietors and business manager of the
, United Presbyterian, is a native of Belfast, Ireland. Before leaving
his native land he acquired a limited knowledge of the printing business.
His apprenticeship was completed in the establishment of W. S. Young, in
Philadelphia, where he had for his fellow-workers such distinguished jour
nalists and printers as John Russell Young, of the New York Herald, John
Caison, of the Philadelphia Ledger, John Blakely, of the Philadelphia Even
ing Star, and James M. and George S. Ferguson, now prominent printers
and publishers. Mr. Murdoch was subsequently induced to go to Westminster College,
New Washington, Pa., with the intention of studying for the ministry ; but
he was so infatuated with journalism that he soon abandoned his original
purpose and became connected with the Westminster Herald as its pub
lisher. Under his able management this paper was very successful. At a
later period it was consolidated with the United Presbyterian, and the Presby
terian "Witness, of Cincinnati, was also absorbed, thus giving Mr. Murdoch
control of one of the best and most widely read religious journals in the
country. At the present time, in fact, the United Presbyterian has a larger
circulation than any other paper of its class outside of New York City;
The printing of the paper is done by Murdoch, Kerr & Co., book and
job printers, who also print the Christian Advocate, Methodist Recorder,
Evangelical Repository, American Manufacturer, 'Workman, Labor Tribune,
American, East End Bulletin, and all publications of the United Presbyter
ian Board, besides carrying on an extensive job business.
Mr. Murdoch was also at one time associated with the electrotyping and
printing establishment of Ferguson Bros, in Philadelphia.
Hugh J. Murdoch is still in the prime of Ufe, and his proverbial capacity
for hard work remains undiminished. He is active in the Employing Print
ers' Association, and in 1886, when the Leader Publishing Company had
trouble with its employees, Mr. Murdoch left his own large business to set
type for his embarrassed neighbor.
He is highly esteemed in the United Presbyterian Church, of which he
has been a consistent member since the union in 1858, In Sewickley,
where he has resided for a quarter of a century, he is known as a man of
undeviating probity and sterling qualities. In business matters he is shrewd,
prompt and decided, and socially he is noted for agreeable manners and the
knack of making and retaining staunch friends.
Mr. Murdoch is a valued member of the Pittsburg Press Club, and
stands in the highest esteem among the newspaper fraternity.
(23)

Above we show a classic face
Upon an easel mounted.
Which, in its tawny-bearded grace,
Is not to be discounted.
The straight-out look that's in those eyes
Will tell you in a minute
That on his Nobs there are no flies,
And that he's strictly in it.
The railroad business is his trade,
And like a book he knows it ;
He's learned the ropes in ev'ry grade,
And in his work he shows it.
For twice ten years he's skirmished round.
For passengers a-gunning.
And such success his toil has crowned
That all admit his cunning.
A thriving road he represents ;
Both east and west it branches ;
The river front it ornaments
And wants another franchise.

But that of his is no affair —
Such matters don't concern him ;
From city jobs he's free as air
And simply says, " Gol dern 'em."
.All sorts of catching tricks he tries :
His bosom friend's the printer ;
His hobby is to advertise
Excursions in midwinter.
Trainloads to Washington he hauls
Through ice and snowdrifts frightful.
And swears, no matter what befalls.
That ev'ry trip's delightful.
He revels in domestic bliss.
And, when each day is ended.
He wouldn't for a fortune miss
The joys at home extended.
The youngsters climb upon his knee
And vow that, will he, nill he
They, too, boss railroad sharps will be,
And knock their father silly
( 24)

ED. D. SMITH.

ED. SMITH, the genial and wide-awake division passenger agent of the
• B. & O. railroad, was born on Third Avenue, Pittsburg, April ii,
1852. He received his education at the public schools. At the age of 18
he went to work for the Pittsburg & Connellsville railroad as clerk in the
ticket department, and continued in that capacity until 1872, when the
P. & C. raUroad was taken by the B. & O., the latter having completed its
line from Connellsville to Cumberland.
After the absorption of the P. & C. road, the chief ticket office was
moved to Baltimore. Mr. Smith then went on the civil engineer corps,
performing in that service the only work ever done by him outside of the
passenger business.
In 1875 he was appointed city ticket agent of the B. & O. road, and
was afterwards transferred to the depot. Four years later he was appointed
division passenger agent of the B. & O., in charge of the Pittsburg division
and its branches.
Mr. Smith inaugurated the running of cheap popular excursions from
this city, on a basis of i cent per mile, and has kept up the practice ever
since. He also, in 1873, inaugurated the custom of annually taking out the
newspaper men on an excursion, which has since been kept up by all the
railroads. Another idea originated by Mr. Smith is that of midwinter ex
cursions to Washington and Baltimore.
During Mr. Smith's management the B. & O. has handled more special
traveling parties than any two roads in the city. He has a particularly
happy knack of catching theatrical traffic.
Mr. Smith labors early and late to make his department of the B. & O.
road a success, and leaves nothing undone to promote the interests and
revenues of the company. He is a prime favorite with the writers of
the city press, and has a host of warm friends in all trades and professions.
He was the first associate member of the Pittsburg Press club.
(25)

In Ireland the Shannon of rivers is king,
And poets its praises melodiously sing,
Recording in verse that this picturesque
stream
Is the Father of Waters in glory supreme.
From the region of fact no departure we
make,
When this river belov'd of the Irish we take
As the prototype fitting in name and re
nown
Of an oil-king in Pittsburg whose wealth
is his crown.
With thoroughbred Yankees our subject
is classed ;
In the county of Clarion his boyhood he
passed,
Till, when yet but a youth of sixteen, he
took flight
From collegiate shades for the Union to
fight.
'Twas at Parker, one day, so the records
recite.
When the oil craze was just about reach
ing its height,
That the thought came upon him in wells
to invest.
And accumulate millions forthwith, like
the rest. (26

He did it, and lo ! like enchantment it
seemed,
Riches came to him faster than ever he
dreamed,
And the more he produced and developed '
and leased,
The more his monarchical greatness in
creased.
While he lived in the oil country, strong
was his hand
In poUtics of the Republican brand ;
He was burgess of Millerstown ; later the
mayor
Of Bradford, and served with ability rare.
For Assembly and Congress as well he was
named,
But business was stern and his energies
claimed.
And rejecting the honors they laid athisfeet
He migrated to Pittsburg, new rivals to
meet.
What more does he need to round out his
success ?
Not a thing on this earth that we know of,
unless
Shannon;s stream he may covet, as part of
his kin.
But it's not in the market, and can't be
bought in.
)

R M. SHANNON.

PHILIP MARTIN SHANNON, distinguished as a leading spirit among
the independent oil producers of Pennsylvania, was born at Shannon-
dale, Clarion County, Pa., September 2, 1846. He was reared in his native
town, and had just entered upon his college course when, inspired by Presi
dent Lincoln's call for troops to put down the Rebellion, he enlisted, de
ceiving the enrolling officer as to his age, and was assigned to Company C,
62d - Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, under Colonel Samuel W. Black, of
Pittsburg. He served in the Army of the Potomac until the battle of
Gaines' Mills, when, being disabled by a wound in the right foot, he was
honorably discharged and returned home. On his recovery, he went to
Pittsburg and secured employment as a traveling salesman.
In 1870, Mr. Shannon went into the oil business at Parker. He was
one of the pioneers at Millerstown, Butler County, operating largely in that
field until the spring of 1879, when he went to Bradford and there became
associated with the largest operators. The firm of Melvin, Walker, Shan
non & Co., alone controlled 10,000 acres of territory.
In 1890, Mr. Shannon moved to Pittsburg, and was one of the pioneers
of the Shannopin oU field. He owns extensive and valuable property there,
and has realized largely upon the investment. He is also engaged in oil
production in Wyoming, and is interested in the development of 150,000
acres of territory in that State. In Forest County his holdings aggregate
12,000 acres, and he has other leases scattered throughout the country.
He is prominently connected with the independent producers' movement,
and acts as one of its managers.
Mr. Shannon was for many years active in Republican politics. In
1874 he was elected burgess of Millerstown and filled the office acceptably.
In 1876 he was a candidate for the Legislature, but the Butler County ring
threw the vote of the oil section out of the Convention, thus defeating him.
In 1885 he was elected Mayor of Bradford. Shortly before his removal to
Pittsburg he was urged to run for Congress, but declined, and has since re
mained out of politics.
Mr. Shannon was married on June 18, 1 881, to Miss Hattie M. Mcin
tosh, of Bradford. He stands high in the Masonic order, having reached
the 32d degree in that fraternity, and is a past eminent commander of
Trinity Commandery No. 58, K. T. He is a man of admirable social qual
ities, and has a host of friends in all parts of the State.
(27)

Rotund and fair
With scanty hair
And eyes that gleam expressively ;
In manner blunt
For 'tis his wont
When bluffed, to act aggressively.
Precise, exact,
And full of tact,
He's just the business sharp he looks ;
The man we mean,
It's easy seen,
Is he who keeps the county's books.

When hand in hand
The pow'rful band's^
Of county servants made a break
For pay immense,
On no pretense
Would he be classed as on the make.
The job he fought ;
Officials ought,
He held, unlike viscounts and dukes,
To peg away
On modest pay
Like him who keeps the county's books.

From youth he's been
Through thick and thin
In business plunged untiringly.
Upon his ways
The public gaze
Has long been fixed admiringly.
In Semple's store
And Home's he bore
The name of one who never brooks
A crooked deal ;
He's true as steel.
This man who keeps the county's books.

Perchance 'twill be
The case that he
Will meet with base ingratitude.
That thus, in fact.
Republics act
In somewhat of a platitude.
But this we know
Will be a go,
If e'er reform gets in its hooks,
That, first of all,
Reward will fall
On him who keeps the county's books
(28) '

JAMES. A. GRIER.

JAMES A. GRIER, the efficient Controller of Allegheny county, was
born in the Fourth ward, Allegheny, February i6, 1849. He received
his education at the public schools, which he attended for eight years. In
1863, at the age of 14, he entered William Semple's store in Allegheny as
errand boy, and in the following year he went to C. Yeager's establishment
as a salesman. After an experience of four years in that capacity, he went
to Joseph Home & Co.'s wholesale house as salesman, and remained there
during the years 1868-9. ^^ 1 870 he began business for himself in the re
tail furnishing line on Penn Avenue, and he was thus occupied for 10 years.
In 1882, after a brief venture in the coal business, Mr. Grier became assist
ant chief clerk in the County Controller's office. In the fall of 1890 he was
elected to the Controllership, and on assuming office speedily signalized
himself by undertaking to give the people a clean, economical, business-like
administration. With this end in view he repeatedly went into court for
authority to dispense with superfluous employees and sources of expendi
ture, and his opposition to the county salary grab is still fresh in the public
memory. Controller Grier's reform methods have lost him the favor of pro
fessional politicians, but he has gained the good-will and cordial en
dorsement of the people, and his blameless official career is a sure passport
to popular favor in the event of his again seeking recognition at the polls.
(^9-)

Sing hey, sing ho
For the days of long ago,
When a plentitude of blood was on the
moon,
And the boys that wore the blue
Went and whipped the rebel crew
For the sake of giving freedom to the coon.
Then the chap above exhibited — a printer
he by trade —
Laid his typographic implements away.
And the call for Union fighters with alac
rity obeyed,
And went marching off in regimentals
gay-
Through thipk and through thin
He bravely waded in
And rebel blood in cataracts he shed ;
So ferocious was his wrath
That he cut an awful swath
And sent hundreds to a sanguinary bed.
Then home he came exultant and was
clapped upon the back
For the way that he the enemy had slain.
And once more he settled down upon the
old familiar tack.
Setting type in that discarded " stick "
again. (30

Each " take " that he took
From off the copy hook
He mangled, just to keep himself in trim.
And whene'er his blood got warm
He'd go off and "pi a form,"
Fighting tactics were a habit still with him.
Later on he tackled politics and struck a
paying "sit"
In the treasury, and froze to it, you bet;
For he wouldn't have been ousted and he
never would have quit
If he hadn't got a snap that's softer yet.
As it was, the G. A. R.
Helped along his lucky star,
He got in among the presidential pets ,
And a whopping prize he drew— I
Not a blessed thing to do
But to pay their monthly stipend to the
vets.
He won't wear a bogus title Uke -some
other men of rank ;
He is courteous and makes every man
his friend.
And for commonplace vicissitudes he
doesn't care a blank,
For his comrades will stick by him to
the end.
)

H. H. BENGOUGH.

HERBERT H., better known as " Harry," Bengough, was born in Pitts
burg June IS, 1845, of English parentage. He was left an orphan at
the age of four years, and was adopted by Captain William Burns, of Mt.
Oliver, Lower St. Clair Township. He attended the common school at Mt.
Oliver, and for one season was a pupil of the late Prof. Andrew Burtt, who,
as the warm personal friend of the youth's parents, assumed the responsi
bility of acting as his guardian. To Prof Burtt's interest in his welfare Mr.
Bengough attributes much of his success in life.
In the fall of 1858, Mr. Bengough entered the office of the Pittsburg
Gazette, and he was a printer on that paper when the Civil War began.
On September 11, 1861, before reaching the age of 17, he enlisted
as a private in Co. K, 78th P. V., and went with his regiment to the
front in General James S. Negley's division. This command was ordered
south via LouisviUe, and from the day of its advance towards Nashville
until the fall of Atlanta, was engaged in all the briUiant achievements of the
Fourteenth Army Corps, commanded by General Thomas. The three years'
term of Mr. Bengough's regiment expired at the time of the capture of
Atlanta, and his regiment was mustered out at Kittanning on October 12,
1864. During the entire three years Mr. Bengough was never once absent
from active service, and, considering the dangers which his regiment went
through, he was fortunate in escaping with two slight flesh-wounds.
Returning home, he regarded his soldiering as ended, and entered upon
a course at the Iron City College. But excitement was at its height in the
spring of 1865, and he could not resist the temptation to re-enlist along with
some of his old comrades. He helped to organize Co. K, 104th P. V., and
became its orderly sergeant. The company reported at Norfolk, Va., but
was mustered out soon afterwards, as the war was brought to a close.
Mr. Bengough looked after the interests of his foster-father until 1869,
when he returned to the printer's case. In 1874, at the request of his old
commander. General Negley, he accepted a clerical position in Washington,
but found it uncongenial, and returned to Pittsburg in the following year.
In 1882 he became a clerk under R. D. Layton, then General Secretary
of the K. of L., ahd in the foUowing year he entered City Treasurer Dennis -
ton's office, and was by him appointed vehicle officer. During his service
in the treasury he handled millions of dollars, absolute faith being reposed
in his integrity.
On November 17, 1890, Mr. Bengough was appointed U. S. Pension
Agent by President Harrison, over the heads of many influential contestants.
The unanimous support of his comrades in Western Pennsylvania contrib
uted chiefly to this result. Since his appointment the business of the pen
sion office has greatly expanded, but Mr. Bengough has proved equal to all
demands upon him, and his administration has been in Une with the record
of prudence, honesty and strict regard for duty which has marked his whole
lifetime.
(3O

What should a doctor foster?
Should he pose as an exhauster
Of the deepest learned lore?
Should he potter through the mazes
Of queer eccentric phrases
And o'er heavy volumes pore ?
Work in pathologic highways
And in anatomic byways.
Tackle hygiene and such?
No, not much, much, much, much, much,
much, much.
Should a doctor thus employ himself? Not
much.
Of the tribe we show a sample
Fully qualified to trample
On ideas long played out.
Though professionally prudent
And a very zealous student
In his college days, no doubt,
Yet no midnight oil he uses,
Nor his leisure moments loses,
Over works that are abstruse.
What's the use, use, use, use, use, use, use?
Of researches scientific what's the use?

When prescriptions he's not writing,
Or the formulas reciting
Which physicians all get off,
He enjoys emancipation
And the signs of his vocation
He is mighty glad to doff.

Then he joins the hustlers gallant,
AVho by dint of special talent
On the reins of statesmanship
Have a grip, grip, grip, grip, grip, grip,
grip;
Yes, he, too, would like to have a solid grip.
'Twould be difficult to mention
A Republican convention
In the county that he fails
To attend ; because he labors
Out at Crafton 'mid his neighbors
And in politics prevails.
Some for Congressman suggest him.
And 'tis doubtful who could best him
If he'd only make the race;
That's the case, case, case, case, case, case,
case;
Yes, in district Twenty-four it is the case.
From these data 'tis apparent
That those medicos who daren't
Make in politics a fuss.
Lest their dignity might suffer,
Hover near the genus duffer,
That's the way it looks to us;
For if trade must always claim 'em
How can anybody name 'em
For a legislative job?
There's the rub, rub, rub, rub, rub, rub, rub,
Yes, ye stiff and starchy doctors, there's the
rub.

(32)

D. G. FOSTER, M. D.

"TlAVID GILMORE FOSTER was born at Rossview, Scott township, in
'-^ 1849. He received his early education in the common schools, and
at the age of 18 went to Wooster College, Ohio, where he graduated three
years later. In 1869 he went to Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia,
and from that institution he graduated on completion of the usual course.
Returning to his home near Crafton, he began the practice of medicine,
which he has since carried on steadily and successfully in that locality.
Dr. Foster takes a keen interest in politics on the RepubUcan side, and
regularly attends County Conventions as a delegate. When President
Harrison was nominated, he was an alternate to the National Convention.
He is Major in the Fourteenth Regiment, and attends every encampment.
His name has been mentioned for Congress in the Twenty-fourth district,
and in view of his great personal popularity and the services which he has
rendered the party, there is no doubt but that in the event of his nomina
tion, he would be an easy winner.
He is a whole-souled, liberal-minded man, quick to sacrifice his own
convenience for the benefit of others, whether in the practice of his pro
fession or in the pursuit of politics. Hence there is none among the medi
cal practitioners of Allegheny County who is more generally respected and
admired. (33)

This pretty fellow with features symmetri- Business may lag, but he'll never lay
cal, down,
Flies a high kite in the business theat- Whoops 'er up lively and catches the
rical ; town.
Bosses a play-house where every one goes
And rakes in the shekels, as every one Handsome he is— he's what you might
knows. call a man,
Dresses in costlier raiment than Solomon.
With his Prince-of- Wales beard and his
Frenchy mustache,
How can he help it, if hearts he must
smash ?
Maidens, beware, for he is not avail
able.
Seeking his smile is the next thing to jail-
Rivals he has and don't care a cuss for able;
'^^! But if it's to reUsh good acting you seek.
Says if they kick, it's only the worse for He'll welcome you all every day in the
week.
(34)

Among royal fellows he's always the
royalest,
Sticks to his friends in a manner the
loyalest ;
In the reg'lar profession he hasn't a foe,
From the star at the top to the super
below.

em.

R. M. GULICK.

RM. GULICK, manager of the Bijou Theatre, was born in Brooklyn, N.
. Y., August 15, 1854. His father is of Scotch and Irish extraction,
and is now a retired tea merchant in New York City.
It was the desire of Mr. Gulick's parents that he should follow in his
father's footsteps, but hi^ tastes led him into other fields. Having located
in Pittsburg, he perceived, with sagacious foresight, an opening in the the
atrical business for a man of energy, enterprise and executive ability. Ac
cordingly, in 1886, he acquired an interest in the new and popular Bijou
Theatre, which has since crowned his hopes with fulfiment by becoming
one of the best paying houses in America. For a while it was a hard
struggle, but perseverance and strict application on the part of Mr. Gulick
led up to merited success. To-day, though a young man, Mr. Gulick is re
cognized as among the most conspicuous factors in the nurture of the drama
in this country. The firm of R. M. Gulick & Co. has, in fact, established a
perpetual claim on the gratitude of the people of Pittsburg by making this
city a center of attraction to the best dramatic talent of the world. Among
the stars and organizations brought here by them may be mentioned : the
divine Patti ; the great New York Casino success, " Erminie," with Francis
Wilson; Pauline HaU; Marie Jansen; the noted English artists, Mr. and
Mrs Kendal; Francis Wilson in his charming comic opera, "The Merry
Monarch;" De Wolf Hopper in "Castles in the Air" and "Wang;" the
queenly Lillian Russell in the Garden Theatre success, " La Cigale," with its
magnificent scenery and costumes and other elaborate features in original
detaU. This engagement was one of the crowning society events of the
season of 1891.
The name of R. M. Gulick & Co. has become a synonym for honesty
and integrity, the business transactions of the firm being conducted on the
bed-rock basis of square dealing.
While there are, of course, fluctuations in the artistic worth of attrac
tions produced at the Bijou, public opinion never changes in its apprecia
tion of the pure and elevated tone of the entertainments seen at this pros
perous temple of Thespis.
Personally "Dick" Gulick, ag he is known to his friends,, is one of the
most popular men of his calling. He is tall and distinguished-looking ; the
pink of affability and refinement; in short, in all respects, a true type of
the cultured American gentleman. (35)

There is not, we should judge, an Ameri
can resident
Here, but has heard of the man
Who declared he would rather be right
than be President ;
Such of his life was the plan.
Now without any bother
You'U find such another
Good soul, of unselfishness bright.
Who without entertaining
Ambition, or training
For office, is glad to be (W) right.

In '76, when the west he grew weary of,
Hitherward gaily he came,
And though lathing's a trade that before
he was leary of.
That's what he tried, just the same.
Not a jobber or master
Could lath any faster
Than he — 'twas an elegant sight
When he worked ; yet he quit it
When once more admitted
To serve at the bar — was he (W) right?

In the days antedating his manhood's
maturity
Lathing he learned as a trade.
But a lather, you see, is condemned to
obscurity.
Totally left in the shade.
So from Syracuse, where he
Was reared, to the prairie
He skipped by the moon's misty Ught ;
And he soon made his way in
And ran a caf6 in
Chicago, wherein he was (W)right. (36

That's a question, the answer to which is
affirmative
Since a success he has been ;
And it's lucky he has not himself made a
hermit of,
Seeing the cash that rolls in.
He's big, fat and healthy,
Enormously wealthy,
And 'twould be of folly the height
To assume the position
That William's condition
In life doesn't prove that he's (W) right.
)

WILLIAM J. WRIGHT.

TN his particular walk of life, WiUiam J. Wright is as well and as favorably
-*• known, perhaps, as any other citizen of Allegheny County. He was
born at Syracuse, N. Y., in August, 185 1, and attended the common and
parochial schools until the age of 14. On leaving school, he learned the
trade of lathing, but never followed it, other pursuits presenting a more
congenial aspect. At the age of 19 he left Syracuse and went to Chicago,
where he managed a cafe for three years. In 1876 he came to Pittsburg
and went to work at his trade. He was considered the fastest lather that
Pittsburg had seen up to that time.
Subsequently he re-entered the liquor business, opening up a, hand
somely appointed establishment at Nos. 2 and 4 McMaster's Way. He has
remained in that location, and the house has become noted as headquarters
for the best whisky in Pittsburg. Mr. Wright keeps his whisky till it at
tains a ripe old age before serving it to his patrons, and handles only supe
rior brands. He is Secretary and Treasurer of the Virginia & Pittsburg Coal and
Coke Company, and has other valuable interests, making him independ
ently wealthy. He lives in good style in the East End.
(37)

A federal officeholder this ;
Not one of those who place obtain
Through eagerness. for sordid gain,
And are in moral sense remiss.
Like some that we might name.
Not he ; for, blest with riches great,
Tis but for glory that he bears
The burden of official cares.
And honestly to serve the state
Has always been his aim.
Like him we sang of yesterday.
Financially a masterstroke
He made by selling coal and coke.
And fast to fortune pushed his way
By dint of steady toil.
Monongahela's valley holds
His mines ; a townlet there he made.
Which bears his name, by him
swayed.
And mammoth interests enfolds
For him who owns the soil.
An orator he is, and oft
His gift of rhetoric appHes
To help the G. O. P. to rise
From out the depths and soar aloft
Defiant of the foe.

Paternity the party owes
To him and other braves who met
In our old hall — the Lafayette,
And waked the country from a doze
Nigh forty years ago.
A legislative seat he held
In '88, and, sad to say,
He nominated Matthew Quay
For Senator, thereto impelled
Erroneously, of course.
Then, after Benny took his place
As President, through Matt's support,
Our man was chosen of this port
Collector — so, you see, the case
Was one of horse and horse.
is To prohibition he inclines ;
'Twas he that introduced the biU
Forbidding men to make or swill
Beer, whiskey, rum, or even wines —
That notion's now non est.
He lives at Beaver, and so well
Do people know his upright ways
And model life in every phase
That of his virtues oft they tell
With ardor unrepressed.
(38)

JOHN F. DRAVO.

HON. JOHN F. DRAVO, a prominent factor in the coal dnd coke inter
ests of Pittsburg, was born at West Newton, Westmoreland County,
October 29, 18 19. He is the grandson of Anthony Dreveau, a florist, who
came to this country as a follower of the Marquis De Lussiere in 1794, and
became the pioneer horticulturist in Pittsburg. Michael Dravo, Anthony's
eldest son, and the father of the subject of this sketch, is still living with
his daughter, Mrs. J. D. Long, at Oakland.
John Fleming Dravo was brought up in Allegheny County. He re
ceived his early education at the public schools, and studied at Allegheny
College for two years, when failing health compelled him to abandon the
course. He was about 17 years old when he came to Pittsburg, and was
just entering manhood when he moved to McKeesport to engage in the
business of mining and shipping coal, in which he acquired prominence and
fortune. He planned and founded the town of Dravosburg, on the Monon-
gahela River.
In 1868 he disposed of his extensive coal interests and engaged in the
manufacture of coke, establishing large plants at Connellsville, and organiz
ing the Pittsburg Gas, Coal and Coke Company, of which he became Gen
eral Manager and Treasurer, and afterwards executive head.
From i860 till 1870 he was President of the Coal Exchange, and in
1884 he succeeded the late General J. K. Moorhead as President of the
Chamber of Commerce. He has labored for years to secure the improve
ment of the Ohio and Monongahela Rivers.
Captain Dravo's early political efforts were made in the AboUtionist
cause. He was one of the organizers of the first Republican Convention,
which met at Lafayette Hall, Pittsburg, February 22, 1854, and when the
party took the field in 1856 he became one of its leaders. He possesses
splendid oratorical powers, and has delivered many notable speeches on
finance and the tariff. Two addresses delivered by him on the death of
Grant are among the classics of latter-day oratory.
In 1886 Captain Dravo was induced to go to the Legislature from
Beaver County. It was he that introduced the famous prohibition amend
ment, and he also had the distinction of nominating M. S. Quay for the
U. S. Senate.
President Garfield appointed Captain Dravo Collector of the Port in
1 88 1, and he fiUed the position with fidelity untU after Cleveland's election.
President Harrison appointed him to the same office in deference to public
opinion in western Pennsylvania.
Captain Dravo is a director and stockholder in many corporations of
prominence. He is also a Trustee of Allegheny College, Meadville, and
President of Beaver Female College.
He was married in 1842 to Eliza Jane Clark, and has completed, ac
cordingly, a round half century of wedded life. Ten children were born to
him, of whom five are living. (39)

There's a ward that sits up on the top of
the hill,
And its boss in our picture we show.
He controls ward elections with singular
skiU
On behalf of Magee, Flinn & Co.
For many a year
He's helped to steer
The doings of Councils — and isn't it
queer. That, though privately straight,
He don't hesitate
To wink at such jobs as the ring may
dictate ?
A mortgage is held on the gavel he wields
By Billy and Chris, it is said.
And he's bound to respond when these
two puU the strings.
Or else he'll be knocked on the head.
But he does so well
That Christopher L.
United to boost him with Johnny Dalzell :
¦ For the post-office they
Made a desperate play
On our hero's behalf, but were wal
loped by Quay. (40

Quite oddly the man who caught on to
the place
Is a Mason high up in degree,
While the other, who couldn't catch up in
the race.
Is as high up a Mason as he.
Their lodge is the same.
And both of them claim
That neither would fain put the other to
shame. But there's many a slip
'Twixt the password and grip.
Which was proved by the fight for the
postmastership.
Now, though on this office our subject got
left.
He thinks there is hope for him yet,
For he firmly beUeves that a man of his heft
Some lofty preferment should get.
But he don't need to flop,
For Magee is on top
And on mail-handed Matthew has gotten
the drop ;
So some day, per request,
He'll Ukely be blest
With a chance to officially feather his nest.
)

H. P. FORD.

TTENRY P. FORD, who is best known to the Pittsburg pubUc as the pre-
-^ ^ siding officer of Select Councils, was born at Hudson, N. Y., October
IS> 1837. He is an expert accountant, and in that capacity has been con
nected with many of the leading manufacturing concerns in Pittsburg. In
1853 he commenced his business career as assistant clerk at W. S. Harmer's.
In the following year he became bookkeeper for the Associated Firemen's
Insurance Company; and when that concern wound up, he took charge of
the books of the Eureka Insurance Company, his connection with which
continued until 1861. He was then engaged as bookkeeper by Singer,
Nimick & Co., with whom he remained for ten years.
In 1 87 1, Mr. Ford established the firm of Emerson, Ford & Co., saw
manufacturers, at Beaver Falls, his interest in which continued until 1876.
In February, 1878, he was employed as book-keeper for the Crescent Tube
Company, Limited, and afterwards as Secretary and Treasurer for the same
Company. In 1881 he went to the Pennsylvania Tube Company as book
keeper, but gave up his position in May, 1882, on account of typhoid pneu
monia and death in his family. For three years, from May, 1882, until
1885, he was thrown into litigation with the firm of Ford & Lacy. He has
not been in active business since.
In February, 1881, Mr. Ford became a member of Councils from the
Eleventh Ward, and has since been regularly re-elected. On AprU 2, 1888,
he succeeded Mayor Gourley as President of Select Council, and at once
made his mark as a clear-headed presiding officer. He was President of
the Young Men's Republican Tariff Club in 1891, and is now Vice-Presi
dent of the Republican County Committee.
(41)

Who couldn't tell who this blooming old
stager is ?
Easily known the phiz of the major is !
With his Frenchified beard and his digni
fied look
On the North side the major is known
like a book.
Slick as you please, no crook could bam
boozle him.
Hebrew? Why, cert; though he's not
from Jerusalem.
Germany shoulders the blame of his birth.
Though he swears that this country's the
finest on earth.
In the Rebellion he battled courageously ;
Sabred the gray -coated rebels rampage-
ously ;
Rode with the troopers, and made such a
hit
That promotion he gained on the strength
of his grit. (42

After the war this renowned AUeghenian
Looked for a trade he might turn an odd
penny in.
Idleness gave him a fit of the blues.
So he gave up his time to the selling of
booze.
Business poured in till, with cruel asperity.
License dispensers attacked his prosperity.
Knocked out his license at retail to sell.
And threatened to stop his wholesaling as
well.
Still he survives and gets along swimming
ly,
Fills up the bottles for customers brim-
mingly,
Fattens himself on his good lager beer,
And rides with the vets on parade once a
year.

)

MAX KLEIN.

ly iAJOR MAX KLEIN, the leading wholesale liquor dealer in AUegheny,
-'-'-•¦ and as estimable a man as ever tapped a barrel of Old Monongahela,
was born in the southern part of Rhenish Bavaria, January 3, 1843, and was
educated in the common schools of his native place. In 1859 he came to
the United States, and proceeded from New York to Cincinnati, and thence,
six months later, to Vicksburg, Miss., where he remained until the breaking
out of the war. He came up the Mississippi on the steamer "Emma,"
which was the last vessel to pass the blockade. In 1 861 he went to Keokuk,
la., and in August of the same year enlisted as a private in Co. F, First Iowa
Cavalry. He served until August, 1863, and re-enlisted in the field. He
was honorably discharged at Austin, Texas, while serving under General
Custer, having completed a total term of service amounting to five years all
but five days.
After his discharge. Major Klein located at Keokuk, la., and remained
there two years, during which time he was married. He then went to Cum
berland, Md., where he spent a year, and in 1870 came to Pittsburg. Since
that time he has resided permanently in this locality, and has built up a
reputation second to none as an honorable and enterprising man of business.
Major Klein's estabUshment is located at No. 82 Federal street, Alle
gheny. He has a large permanent trade in the two cities, and ships ex
tensively to the East, West and South. (43)

Old King Coal
Is a money-making soul.
And a money making soul is he.
His principal vicegerent
And most notable adherent
In the portraiture above you see.
In immensity of riches,
A consideration which is
Enough to make him happy as a clam,
Very few come near encroaching
On his status or approaching
The magnificence of Captain Sam.

Blooded steeds
By the score he breeds,
He's a race track patron famed ;
Nor in history or fable
Has the equal of his stable
To the world been yet proclaimed.
His heart it fills with rapture
When he manages to capture
Racing trophies ; and with truth he brags
That there isn't in creation
Such another aggregation v
As the Captain's peerless nags.

Of collieries three
The proprietor to be
Is a blessing that's enjoyed by few ;
That's the captain's situation.
And the same with admiration
Poor humanity is wont to view.
Coal from near the Youghiogheny
Brings him in a pretty penny.
And from coke he makes a large-sized
stake ;
So you'll notice in divulging
That his money-bags are bulging
Not the semblance of an error do we make.

A feature great
Of the Cap's estate
Is his recently acquired hotel.
'Tis the oldest in the city
And — this really was a pity —
Into monetary straits it fell.
But, though no one would have thought
it.
In the nick of time he bought it,
And has placed it on the old-time plane ;
Its revival thus from deadness
Proves that cash and go-aheadness
Never unify their pow'r in vain.

(44)

CAPTAIN S. S. BROWN.

pAPTAIN " SAM " BROWN, coal and coke operator, turf magnate, hotel
^ proprietor, and "citizen of the world," as Goldsmith has it, is one of
the financial piUars of Western Pennsylvania. He was born near Pittsburg
in 1844, and received a thorough education at the common schools and at
Washington and Jefferson College. His father, W. H. Brown, established in
1847 the vast coal and coke interests of which, at his death in 1875, S. S.
and Harry Brown became proprietors under the firm name of W. H. Brown's
Sons. The firm operates three extensive collieries in the Monongahela
Valley, turning out annually 14,000,000 bushels of coal of superior quality,
and also owns large coke interests at Dawson, Pa. Branch offices are lo
cated at Cincinnati, Memphis, Arkansas City, Terrene, Greenville, Natchez,
St. Louis, and New Orleans.
Captain S. S. Brown is a famous patron of the turf, and owns a magni-
cent string of racers. He has extensive stables at Newport, Ky., and also
owns the old Bascombe racing track at Mobile, which he uses as training
quarters for his horses. Troubadour, which won the suburban handicap,
was one of his stud. He is also the owner of a small railroad in the South.
In 1890, when the Monongahela House fell into difficulties. Captain Brown
bought in the establishment and infused new life into the management, with
such excellent results as to make it now one of the best paying hotel pro
perties in Pittsburg.
Captain Brown owns a delightful country seat in the mountains above
Uniontown. He is a great traveler, spending the winter season usually in
'the Southern States or the West Indies ; and his immense fortune enables him
to take out of life all the tangible enjoyment there is in it.
(4S)

This is a pleader — a limb of the law ;

He is fiinny, pathetic, or tragic at will,

In a spoilt reputation he'U heal any flaw. And works on a jury with marvelous skill.
Be you ever so wicked, just put up the

fees.
And he'U wrestle with justice as nice as
you please.

Cross-examining is a diversion for him.
He gets hold of a witoess and makes his
head swim ;
Of the district attorney he's certain to
speak
As a bloodthirsty miscreant grinding the
weak.

In his boyhood he valiantly shouldered a
gun.
And for three weary years helped to keep
on the run
The rebels— confound 'em— and great ^ut although he sticks up for the crooks
was his glee, many a time,
On the day that brought round the sur- He's a square man himself, with no liking
render of Lee. for crime.
And when death comes along he need feel
In pleading a case he'U try every resort, no alarm.
He can crack a broad smile or shed tears For he'll play on a harp with a wonderful
by the quart ; charm.
(46)

CHARLES F. McKENNA.

CHARLES F. McKENNA, Attorney-at-law, was born in the Fourth
Ward, Pittsburg, in 1845, his parents being among the early settlers of
the city. He received his education at the day and night schools of his
native ward. At the age of 14 years, having developed a strong predilec
tion for sketching and drawing, he was indentured as an apprentice to learn
the art of lithographing with William Schuchman, in his day the pioneer in
that business in Western Pennsylvania.
After a service of two years, Mr. McKenna exchanged the engraver's
pencU for the soldier's musket, and in' 1862 responded to the caU of Abra
ham Lincoln for 300,000 more men to defend the Union. He enlisted as a
private in the l5Sth Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers, then being recruited
in Pittsburg by Colonel E. Jay Allen. In less than ten days from enlist
ment the young soldier, who had not yet completed his seventeenth year,
stood reported to the Army of the Potomac under General McClellan, and
participated with the newly recruited regiment in the forced marches of the
Maryland campaign and the victory at Antietam. For three long weary
years following, Mr. McKenna took part with his company and regiment in
all the sanguinary campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, under Generals
Burnside, Hooker, Meade, and Grant, until the final surrender of Lee at
Appomattox, in April, 1865. Mr. McKenna has ever since been active in
Grand Arrtiy and Veteran Legion work. In January, 1892, he was compli
mented by being chosen Colonel of the Union Veteran Legion, Encamp
ment No. I, of Pittsburg, an organization of three years' veterans, number
ing about one thousand members.
After the war, Mr. McKenna studied law in Pittsburg, and was admitted
to the bar in October, 1868. He has ever since applied himself closely to
his profession, and has acquired a very large and lucrative practice. He is
in the prime of life and energy, and notwithstanding the professional de
mands upon him, has found time for recreation in the shape of several trips
to Europe, the benefit of which he shares with his old war comrades, by
giving at the camp fires and posts stereopticon views and descriptive
lectures. Whilst not a politician in the sense of becoming a delegate or active in
conventions, Mr. McKenna has always been a pronounced Democrat, and is
relied upon in State and National campaigns to give his party the benefit of
his ability as a stump orator.
Mr. McKenna was married in 1872 to Miss Virginia White, of Virginia,
and for some years has resided at the Monongahela House.
(47)

We've seen many giants colossal,
Old Chang, who from China came o'er,
O'Brien, the museum fossil.
Cap. Bates and a good many more.
But the chap in the cut above knocks off
The spots from the other galoots ;
He's seven feet high with his socks off
And pretty near eight in his boots.
He's a medical sharp by profession.
And knows all the tricks of the trade,
The science that's in his possession
Casts Galen & Co. in the shade.
It makes people go into raptures,
Such sweet diagnoses he makes.
So that plenty of custom he captures
And rakes in some elegant stakes.
The political fever attacked him,
(This incident's sad to record,)
Magee and the rest of 'em backed him
In a South Side Republican ward.
The people of Birmingham sent him (

To Councils to strengthen his grip.
But this didn't fully content him.
So he asked for a Senatorship.
" Not much," said Magee, " you are gun
ning
For a place that you never wiU get ;
A relation of mine, who is running,
WiU knock the persimmon, you bet."
Now the Doctor got riled at the snub
bing
And flatly refused to withdraw,
But, alas ! he came in for a drubbing.
For Magee's simple dictum was law.
Of late he's been zealously fighting
The battles of Senator Quay ;
He thinks that thereby he is righting
The wrongs of an earlier day.
And his hopes are so very much greater
To-day, that he's ready to swear
Up and down that he'U occupy later
A State Senatorial chair.
48)

DR. A. J. BARCHFELD.

T^HE towering form of Dr. A. J. Barchfeld, of the South Side, is as well
-*- known in Pittsburg as is that of the "TaU Sycamore of the Wabash"
in the State of Indiana. But the parallel ends there. Dr. Barchfeld is just
as uncompromising a Republican as Voorhees is an uncompropiising Dem
ocrat. The Doctor is a Southsider "from the ground up." He was born
in the Twenty-ninth Ward, then the borough of Birmingham, May i8, 1863.
After passing through the common schools and the Central High School,
he began the study of medicine in the office of Dr. E. A. Wood. In March,
1884, he graduated from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, and en
tered at once upon the practice of his profession. In 1886 he made his
debut in politics by capturing a school directorship. In the following year
he was elected to Councils, and was re-elected in 1888, but he decUned to
serve, having fixed his eye upon higher game in the shape of a seat in the
State Senate. He made a sturdy fight against Steele, who had the Magee
backing, but the odds were against him, and he was defeated. When the split
occurred between Quay and Magee, Dr. Barchfeld declared for Quay, and he
has since maintained his loyalty to the man from Beaver. In the Dalzell—
Robinson fight for the. presidency of the State League, he was active as a
Robinson organizer. He is now out a second time for Senator Steele's
place, and promises to give his opponent a hard battle.
Dr. Barchfeld possesses phenomenal energy and firmness of purpose. He
is big, brainy and whole-souled, and counts his friends and admirers by the
thousand. (49)

^VVv

Behold a star
Of the county bar,
He shines with radiance luminous ;
He loves the look
Of a statute book.
And his whiskers are voluminous.
Nerve and vanity,
Christianity,
Bids for applause which savor of quackery.
These you will find
In his make-up combined
To suggest a creation of Dickens or
Thackeray.
He held the fort
in the license court,
The judges both gave ear to him.
That he was there
To run the affair
Appeared to be perfectly clear to him.
Like a Vandal,
Gossip and scandal,
Hearsay evidence, bluffing and blustering.
These did he use
To put on the screws,
The timorous appUcants rattling and flus
tering. (

O'er and oe'r
His rivals swore
At the court for not rebuking him ;
But all in vain,
He still raised Cain,
And there wasn't a chance for juking him.
Hard as iron.
Even a siren
Singing her magical song couldn't settle
him ;
Never a hair
For abuse did he care,
And the biggest of roastings was powerless
to nettle him.
In politics he
The G. O. P.
Supports, although a cold-waterite.
The wrongs that booze
Inflicts in slews
In '89 he sought to right.
Tricks surprising,
Advertising,
Manners dramatic and feats oratorical
Make of this sinner
A many-time winner,
And a prop of the law in a sense meta
phorical.
SO)

B. C. CHRISTY, Esq.

TJABITUES of the liquor license court have reason to be familiar with
-*¦ -'¦ the heavily-bearded countenance of B. C. Christy, Esq., the war-horse
of anti- license agitation. Mr. Christy has had a checkered history — the his
tory of an individualism strong in native ability, courage and tenacity. He
was born September 15, 1842, and received a good elementary and aca
demic education. At the beginning of the Civil War, he was a student at
Mount Union College, O., and in 1862 he left that institution to bear arms
for his country, enlisting for nine months service in Company C, 123d Penn
sylvania Volunteers. At the battle of Chancellorsville, on May 3, 1863, he
was severely wounded in the left groin. On his return from the army he
taught school in Forward towns,hip, and devoted his leisure hours to the
study of law. In May, 1865, he was admitted to the bar. Mr. Christy
rapidly rose into prominence, and in addition to acquiring a lucrative law
practice became a figure of note in the field of politics. In 1873 he was
elected to the Legislature, and he served in the sessions of '74, '75 and '76.
He was acting Speaker during the famous all-night session of 1875; when
the Herdic boom bill was the bone of contention. In recent years he has
confined himself strictly to his legal practice, and he is to-day one of the
most widely known and influential practitioners at the bar of Allegheny
County. Although representing the "no-license" element in the license court,
Mr. Christy is not himself a crank on the subject of temperance. His con
nection with the W. C. T. U. and like organizations has been in a purely
professional capacity. In private life he is a model of geniality and refined
good-fellowship.
(SO

Whoever consorts
With the folks in the courts
WiU identify promptly this victim,
Whose voluminous chest
And big biceps suggest
That it's mighty few feUows have Ucked
him.
Athletics he loves.
And is quick with the gloves.
While he's fiery at times as a dragon.
Thus, at least in the past.
By his friends he was classed,
And about it their tongues they're "stUl
waggin'.
Though a hefty physique
Oft is known to bespeak
Mental functions a trifle besotted.
From dullness he's free.
For he took his degree —
'Twas at Notre Dame CoUege he got it.
For gymnastics his thirst
Placed him easily first :
Wasn't that a fair basis to brag on ?
Even now with delight
His exploits he'll recite ;
Yes, about them his tongue is still waggin'.

When he'd chosen a trade.
All the States he surveyed
From McKeesport around to Missouri.
And on Pittsburg he lit
As a place where he'd hit
A soft snap with the average jury.
" Out of lawsuits," thought he,
" I'll pull many a fee ;
All the better the longer they drag on.''
So it turned out, and hence
He makes boodle immense
By the way that his tongue is stiU waggin'.

He's a Democrat stout ;
To find one more straight-out
You'd have quite a large distance to jour
ney.
Many think he'd have won
If he only had run
Against Burleigh for district attorney.
His partisan soul
Rejects ringsters' control —
That's the staff that he runs up his flag on.
None are harder than he
On the chums of Magee,
And about them his tongue is stiU waggin'.
(52)

WILLIAM C. STILLWAGON.

'pHE athletic proportions of W. C. Stillwagon, the attorney of Fourth
-'- Avenue, might seem better adapted to the gymnasium and gladiatorial
arena than to the dry-as-dust business of law. Nevertheless, Mr. Stillwagon
is not only loyal to his profession, but excels in it, and commands a large
and valuable clientage. He is of Washington County stock, and was born
at Claysville on July 12, 1852. After passing' through the Claysville public
schools, he went to the West Alexander Academy, and there prepared for
college. An initial collegiate course at St. Francis' College, Loretto, Pa.,
paved the way for the completion of his studies at the CoUege of Notre
Dame, Ind., where he graduated in 1871. In October of the same year Mr.
Stillwagon came to Pittsburg, and entered the law office of Hopkins &
Lazear. In April, 1874, he was admitted to the bar, and has been practis
ing steadily ever since.
Mr. Stillwagon is a Democrat of the true Jeffersonian stamp, and is a
consistent advocate of a belligerent policy on the part of the Democratic
minority in Allegheny County, as opposed to the doctrine of expediency
enunciated by a time-serving element in the party. He has been talked of
as a candidate for district attorney, but has as yet shown no signs of ambi
tion to hold office.
Mr. Stillwagon lives in Knoxville borough, and is a leading spirit in the
development of that thriving suburb. (53)

A fig for the county court judges,
A fig for the judges supreme.
Of justice the scale never budges
For them without trouble extreme.
There is one who can totally shame 'em.
Offenders regard him with awe,
And the South Side is proud to proclaim
him
Its Lord High Dispenser of Law.
It was not through Blackstone and Purdon
Our subject shone forth as a star ;
He thought jurisprudence a burden
And never was called to the bar.
Instead of preparing for pleading.
He handled the plane and the saw
In his youth, and that's why he's succeeding
As Lord High Dispenser of Law.
Then again in achievements financial
He thought with the foremost he'd rank.
And secured a position substantial
As clerk in a popular bank.
But the bank, ere it long had enshrined him,
Dropped right into bankruptcy's maw ;
So instead of a banker we find him
A Lord High Dispenser of Law. (S4

'Twas then that an opening he tried for
In politics upward to soar ;
A City Hall job he appUed for
And got it from Sammy Kilgore.
And 'twas not very long tUl from Beaver
A squireship he managed to draw.
Which prepared him for working the lever
As Lord High Dispenser of Law.
His job is a safe one, and therefore.
He fears not the finger of fate ;
No iron-clad power need he care for
Nor any poUtical slate.
Yet he's always "in line" at elections.
And labors with never a flaw ;
Giving out at the polls his directions
As Lord High Dispenser of Law.
The thoroughbred shiftless pretender
Judicially always he'll sock ;
But a good man who's been on a bender
He'll readily keep out of hoc.
So if ever you should be a goner,
Roped in on a South Side hurrah,
You will get a square deal from His Honor,
The Lord High Dispenser of Law.
)

CHARLES E. succor

'T^HE scales of justice on the South Side are nicely balanced in the hands
-*- of Magistrate Charles E. Succop, who holds the office of Police Judge
for that district. Judge Succop was born in the Twenty-eighth Ward, Pitts
burg, in December, 1855. He obtained his early education at the public'
schools, and also attended the New Castle Academy. When he was 13
years old his parents died. He was then apprenticed to the carpenter's
trade, and later on secured a position as clerk in the grocery store of Dan
iel Brown on South Eighteenth Street. After spending about two years in
this employment, he took a business course at the Iron City College, and,
having graduated there, became messenger and afterwards teller of the
Union Savings and Deposit Bank, of the South Side. This bank suspended
during the panic of 1873. In 1874, Mr. Succop was employed as a clerk
in City Treasurer Kilgore's office. He resigned this position to assume a
clerkship in the employ of Cunningham & Co., the glass manufacturers.
Subsequently he went into the plumbing and hardware business, and in
1885 he established himself in the real estate and insurance business, which
he stiU conducts. On March 16, 1888, he was appointed Alderman by
Governor Beaver, to succeed James Salisbury. His administration of the
office received an emphatic endorsement from the people at the election in
1889, when he. was returned for a term of five years without opposition.
In 1890, Mayor Gourley singled him out from a host of applicants for the
office of police magistrate, and his service in that capacity has been such as
to justify fully the wisdom of the Mayor's choice.
Judge Succop is a steadfast Republican in politics, and commands a
large following. (S5)

Travelers at the Union Station
Looking for a light collation
Or a solid meal,
Run against a figure stately,
Supervising things sedately.
Handsome and genteel.
Statesmen, actors, foreign tourists,
Poets, painters, soldiers, jurists.
Stats of public life,
Daily from the trains alighting
Seek his banquet hall inviting,
There to ply the knife.
Clara Morris, Blaine and Thurman,
Booth, Modjeska, Cleveland, Sherman,
Ben and Matthew Stan ;
Folks like these, no outlay sparing.
Trust him with the task of caring
For their inner man.
Steaks and cutlets, roasts delicious ;
O ye gods and little fishes,
What a glorious spread !
Oysters, pastry, prunes and catsup,
In such lavish style he sets up.
That they'd tempt the dead.

(S6)

Of old Ireland he's a native.
But he's long been in a state of
Thorough Yankeehood.
In the civil war no braver
Soldier made the rebels waver ;
Fight? You bet he could.
As a fighter he persisted.
Being mustered out, enlisted
For a second bout ;
Proudly bore the Union pennant,
And he ranked as first lieutenant
When the war gave out.
Philadelphia's peaceful, quiet
Hostelries with Quaker diet
Next took up his time.
Later to Altoona going,
Travelers he took to showing
Catering sublime.
Here ten years ago he started.
Getting in his open-hearted
Enterprising licks ;
Never yet a failure was he,
And the reason is because he
To the railroad sticks.

JOHN LEE,

THERE is no better known railroad restaurateur on the American conti
nent thah John Lee, the proprietor of the Pittsburg Union Station
Restaurant, and none who, in his day, has met and conversed with so many
notable men and women of both hemispheres. Mr. Lee's experience as a
caterer to the patrons of the Pennsylvania railroad covers a period of 24
years, fourteen at Altoona and ten at Pittsburg, and throughout that time
his career has been one of unbroken success and prosperity, natural adapt-
abUity to the business, coupled with the address and geniality of a thorough
man of the world, having contributed to bring about this result.
Mr. Lee is an Irishman, and was born at Limerick, January 6, 1844.
His parents emigrated in 1846, and settled in New York State, where young
Lee was educated and fitted for a business career. In 1861 he enlisted in
the Ninth Independent Company, N. Y. State Sharpshooters, and continued
in active service until August, 1863, when he was mustered out. In 1864
he re-enlisted in the 203d Pennsylvania Volunteers, and was immediately
made , color sergeant. Promotion to the rank of first sergeant soon fol
lowed, and in October, 1865, the young soldier, now a veteran in point of
gallant service, was commissioned lieutenant, his regiment then being at
Fort Fisher, N. C. On July 3, 1865, he was mustered out with his
regiment. Directly after the close of the war, Mr. Lee went to New York and
engaged in the hotel business. In May, 1866, he left the metropolis to as
sume a position in a Philadelphia hotel, in which he remained for three
years. At the expiration of that period he went to the Logan House,
Altoona, where, it may be said, his high reputation as a restaurateur was
primarily achieved. Leaving Altoona in 1882, he came to Pittsburg as
Superintendent of the Union Depot restaurant, and in 1887 he became sole
proprietor of that establishment.
Mr. Lee's excellent menu is too well known to the public to demand
special commentary. It is sufficient to say that he has the reputation of
standing a head and shoulders above all competitors doing business on the
lines of railroad travel. (S7)

This chap may not be recognized by or
dinary lubbers.
But he'll certainly be known at once by
all Columbus clubbers.
At Columbianic seances his face is rarely
missed.
And 'tis hinted that the club without him
never could exist.
He's a Democrat consistent and — to speak
without evasion —
An up-and-up adherent of the CathoUc
persuasion.
With the enemies of Rome he doesn't
hesitate to cope.
And but very few can touch him in allegi
ance to the pope.
'Twas at Emmittsburg, in Maryland, he
got his stock of learning ;
By reverend enthusiasts his heart was set
a-burning
With a love of things scholastic which he
failed not to indulge
Till on every hated rival he completely
had the bulge.
The day he graduated was the kind they
call red-letter ;
He spoke a piece so finely — 'twould be
hard to speak it better ; (S8

The fountain-head of eloquence success
fully he tapped.
And with hefty polysyUables the cUmax
fairly capped.
Though his brother is a bishop, yet he
showed no disposition
For bishopizing Ukewise; 'twas his lot to
court perdition
By abandoning himself and his acquire
ments to the maw
Of that soul- destroying business which
we're wont to call the law.
He studied sheepskin volumes till his oc
ciput was aching.
And wrestied with old Blackstone till he
got his final raking
From the stony-faced examiners, who met
him with a frown.
But he gave them all a non-suit and they
failed to turn him down.
In catching on to practice he has proved
himself a winner.
Though he claims to be a barrister who's
not a hardened sinner ;
And, phenomenal as this is, he has lots of
friends who say
That his claim of being guileless is religi
ously O. K.
)

A. V. D. WATTERSON.

\ V. D. WATTERSON, one of the foremost Catholic lawyers in West-
¦'^' ern Pennsylvania, was born in Blairsville, Indiana County, Pa., Octo
ber 4, 1855. His father was born in CarroU County, Md., in 1805, and
came to Pittsburg in 1826. Here he' taught school during the day and in
the evening kept books until 1829, when he moved to Westmoreland
County, and soon afterwards married Sarah McAfee. He then embarked
in mercantile business in Blairsville, and continued that pursuit until his
death in 1870.
The subject of this sketch, Alfred, the youngest of eleven children,
was sent to Mt. St. Mary's College, Emmittsburg, Md., from which he grad
uated in 1875. He is now President of the Alumni of that institution.
Soon after his graduation he began the study of law with Major A. M.
Brown, and was admitted to practice in 1878. He has given his attention
entirely to the civil branch of his profession, in which his ability and indus
try have made for him a high reputation. His clientage is large, and his
services are enlisted in many of the most important cases that come before
the civil courts of Allegheny County.
Mr. Watterson was one of the projectors of the Columbus Club of this
city, and is at the present time its president.
He spent the entire summer of last year (1891) in European travel,
and a series of entertaining letters written by him efi voyage appeared in the
Pittsburg Leader.
He is a stalwart Democrat, and takes keen interest in the affairs of his
party, although the extent of his practice prevents his responding favorably
to the demands made on him to run for office.
(S9)

" O grave, where is thy victory?"
A writer once inquired,
Some demon contradictory
The sentiment inspired.
For if from out the grave there were
No victory to come.
The giant in our picture ne'er
Could get a boost therefrom.

Of numerous and varied sorts
His undertakings are.
Processions lengthy he escorts
Whereof he is the star.
And if some tongue that idly wags
His mission foully warps
And asks him for a ride, his jags
Will answer, " Yes, of corpse."

Let poets sing howe'er they please
In verses full of gloom ;
The price of many a life of ease
Is gathered from the tomb.
The trappings of consummate woe
Tbe casket, hearse and all
Are things from which some blessings flow ;
So thinks our subject tall.

He wears a suit of solemn black,
A hat of hefty brim.
And has a most artistic. knack
Of looking sad and grim.
And though a gloomy life he lives
His heart it always cheers
When somebody comes round and gives
An order for " two biers."

When business hours are over and
The graveyards all shut down,
It does him good to take a hand
At buying up the town.
In B. and L. societies
His interests are steep.
And he hastens every chance to seize
To purchase buUdings cheap.

Thus though his load of years is light
His store of wealth is great.
In business he is " out of sight ''
And quite a heavy weight.
His name in truth's a synonym
For enterprise, and why,
Since death keeps up a man like him.
Should folks regret to die ?
(60)

JOHN J. FLANNERY.

TT may seem odd to refer to an undertaker as " popular" in his profession,
-^ but setting the gloomy phase of his business aside, there can be no
question as to the wide and genuine popularity of the ubiquitous Flannery.
The term "ubiquitous" is used advisedly. Mr. Flannery always has his
hands full, the bills of mortality in Pittsburg being usually extensive, and he
is to be found everywhere in the two cities, relieving death of some of its
terrors by the admirable character of his post-mortem ministrations.
Mr. Flannery was born in HolUday's Cove, W. Va., in 1854. In the
following year his parents brought him to Pittsburg, and subsequently to
New York, returning, however, from the latter city to reside here perma
nently. Young Flannery had the making of his own career, and he proved
amply equal to the contract. After completing his studies at the parochial
schools, he was apprenticed to a stair-builder, and later learned the under
taking business with John McKeon and W. H. Devore. In 1874 he started
in business for himself on Grant Street, and has since prospered greatly,
being to-day in command, probably, of larger patronage than any other
undertaker in the country.
He is thrifty as well as enterprising, and has accumulated a comfortable
fortune, much of which is invested in improved real estate.
In 1877 he was happily married to the daughter of Commodore
Rodgers, and he and his estimable wife became prominent in a social circle
which has no more valued members.
Mr. Flannery cares little for office, but when he chooses to become a
candidate he is a veritable tower of strength. He was elected to Councils
five times, and only retired after having satisfied the public that no man in
his ward could defeat him. (61)

You will find it in the guide-books that the Vati
can at Rome
By the thousand counts its antiquated rooms.
And thfe foreigners will tell you that there isn't
here at home
Any building that to rival it assumes.
Now we don't propose to squabWe
With a pesky foreign rabble,
But we'll wager any day a heavy roll
That a hostelry far bigger
Here in Pittsburg cuts a figure
With a jolly Irish landlord in control.
As you'll notice from his features he's a sunny
tempered boy,
Who of blarneying adroitly has the knack;
To America from Dublin he came out, like Pat
Malloy
In the s.ong, because his bank account was slack.
In the West, no duty shirking,
Long he toiled at railroad clerking,
And he helped to ladle out the weekly pay,
Never dreaming then that later
To the public he would cater
In the mansion that he occupies to-day.
In the old St. Clair hotel, the haunt of actors
years ago.
The requirements of a Boniface he learned.
Whereupon an opposition house to hire him
wasn't slow.
Recognizing that distinction he had earned.
(62

To an honored post they called him J
As chief manager installed him,
And his talents were so thoroughly admired
That in course of time promotion
Was the fruit of his devotion,
And a partnership he finally acquired.
Years rolled on, and the dimensions of hisjpile
kept growing fast,
For the sun of fortune on him always shone,
Till his partner tired of business and withdrew
from it at last,
Then the hostelry was his and his alone.
Now he's closed it, thus permitting
An elaborate refitting
And refurnishing, which promise by and by,
In their tastefulness and sweetness, '
Free from European effeteness,
To knock the poor old Vatican sky-high.
Now our Boniface (we mention this in confi
dence) has just
One small weakness — none need view it with
alarm ;
As a military expert he'U be recognized or bust,
And a uniform his soul is sure to charm.
Many's the password and the grip,
.Signs of mystic fellowship,
That he's mastered, and he loves such trifles well;
But affairs like this don't hamper
Him, or ever set a damper
On his mammoth, handsome Smithfield street
hotel.
)

JOHN ROWAN.

TT IGH on the list of first-class family hotels is the Central Hotel, on Smith-
^ -*• field street, extending from Second to Third Avenue, of which John
Rowan is now the sole proprietor. Mr. Rowan was born in Dublin, Ireland,
September 4, 1847, and came to America in 1864. He had an excellent
education, and being of an active and enterprising temperament, experienced
no difficulty in making his way in his adopted country. For five years he
served as assistant paymaster of the Union Pacific Railroad. In 1869 he
came to Pittsburg, and was employed as clerk in the old St. Clair hotel,
where he remained until 1875, in which year he went to the Central hotel as
head clerk. He secured an interest in the latter establishment, and became
the active manager, the hotel being conducted under the firm name of
Anderson & Rowan. On February 29, 1892, the firm dissolved partnership,
Mr. Anderson retiring, and Mr. Rowan assumed sole charge. He at once
proceeded to remodel and refurnish the establishment throughout, and at
the time when these lines are written the work of renovation is still in pro
gress. AU that money can procure and art can accomplish is being drawn
upon to place the hotel on a level with the finest in the land, and it is for
that object that Mr. Rowan is laboring.
Mr. Rowan is a member of many secret and military organizations, and
stands in high repute in all of them. He is a man of thoroughly genial dis
position, even-tempered and courteous, and a master of the art of making
friends and retaining them. Herein consists, to a great extent, the secret of
his success in the hotel business. (63)

There are occupations lucrative which many folks
esteem,
In the horny-handed category classed.
Yielding up unto their votaries a never-ending
stream
Of emolument and pleasure unsurpassed;
But of all the operatives
Who electrify the natives
By the ease wherewith Dame Fortune they be
guile,
There is none who's such a ripper.
And of others an outstripper
As the plumber with his monumental pile.
In our photographic cut we show a sample of the
tribe.
A Leo-nine and handsome-visaged chap,
WTio lets nothing in creation his endeavors cir
cumscribe
The climax of prosperity to cap;
In the Fourth ward, where McKenna
Plays in politics gehenna,
He was born, and there to-day he lives in style;
There he gets the homage due him,
For with awe his neighbors view him
As a plumber with a monumental pile.
His beginning was a modest one : at first he served
a term
Keeping books where he is now-a-days a "prop ; "
But it wasn't long until he was admitted to the
firm, (

And found himself financially on top;
Ever since, 'in wintry weather.
He is in the fullest feather,
.Sending bills around that measure near a mile;
That's the operation which is
At the bottom of the riches
Of the plumber with his monumental pile.

Our subject is a Democrat — a loyal one at that,
And he often helps the enemy to drub.
Whenever over politics he cares to have a chat,
He frequents the County Democratic Club;
A Columbus club man noted
He is also, and devoted
To the club room, there the hours away to wliile;
And in each association
Members look with admiration
On the plumber with his monumental pile.
Now, to young men who are looking for a busi
ness that will pay,
And a model whom to copy would > be well.
Without any hesitation we feel competent to say,
Be a plumber like this plutocratic swell;
'Tis a trade that's far outshining
Either gold or silver mining.
And to master it is really worth your while.
Since the world its worship tenders,
And its pocket-book surrenders,
To the plumber with his monumental pile.

64)

J. LEO McSHANE.

J LEO McSHANE, while he may not exemplify the accuracy of the pro-
" position laid down in the comic journals, that every plumber is a pluto
crat, is at all events a good exemplar of prosperity achieved in the plumbing
business, the firm of which he is a member being squarely " on top of the
heap." Mr. McShane is a Fourth warder born and bred, and still lives in
Magistrate McKenna's bailiwick. The date of his nativity was November
I, 1856. Mr. McShane was educated at the parochial schools attached to
St. Paul's Cathedral, and supplemented the curriculum pursued there with
private study. In 1877 he became book-keeper for the plumbing firm of
H. Houston & Co., and in 1884 he acquired a half interest in the business,
the firm name being changed to Houston & McShane.
Mr. McShane was active in the formation of the Columbus Club, and is
to-day one of its prominent members. He belongs to the County Democ
racy, and, although without visible ambition in the direction of office hold
ing or honorary preferment within his party, takes a lively interest in poli
tics, and is a well known figure in Democratic circles. He is financially
interested in the South Pittsburger, the brightest and most popular journal
ever conducted on the South Side. (65)

Editor Albert ! Why call him thus?
Is he, strictly speaking, one of us?
Does he wield a pei^ that is full of fire
And work a private political wire?
Does he diagnose society's fads
And lay the ropes for lucrative ads?
Does he scrap with printers, strikes defy.
And hear complaints from " Vox Populi? "
Does he make cheap demagogues shake in their
boots
And appear as defendant in libel suits?
Not he; for Albert's a type that's rare —
A journalistic restaurateur.
Of course you're acquainted with Albert's stand
On Fifth avenue — Wood street's close at hand;
One-half is used as a fine caf6
Well stocked in the eating and drinking way
While the other — pray mark what a curious
schism —
Is devoted solely to journalism.
And here (this isn't an empty boast).
Like the statue that straddled from coast to coast.
Stands Albert, mounted with much address
On the caterer's art and the power of the press,
And hence he comes the title to bear
Of journalistic restaurateur.
Sometimes his visitors may complain
Of politics mingled with their champagne;
Of a " city brief" or Fitzsimmons " scoop,"
Inserting itself in their chicken soup ;
Of a blue law sermon, cold and drear.
Acidulating their lager beer.

Or a hoary-headed Jim-Blaine fake
Served up along with a sirloin steak;
Or an appetite may be decreased in size
When the man who wants a correction dies;
But for such things little does Albert care,
He's a journalistic restaurateur.
Of course there are times when things go wrong,
And Albert is driven to language strong;
His nerves receive an unpleasant jar.
When manuscript's handed in at the bar;
And it fills his soul with the deepest gloom
When his meat frequents the composing room,
Or those bothersome wholesale liquor men
Send barrels of rye to the editor's den;
While "Constant Reader," that meddlesome chap,
Keeps moseying round where the beer's on tap;
All cf which is enough to whiten the hair
Of a journalistic restaurateur.
But Albert, being a Frenchman gay.
From Paris, manfully works away
With the same eclat and politeness true
As he showed when he bossed the Duquesne's
menu.
" Mon Dieu," he'll say, with a shrug unique,
" Why ze populace should 'e come here and keek,
Eef ze joys of ze table togezzaire unite
Wiz ze literature? " and there he's right; ' '
For the bar and the table along with the press , ,
Can mingle in double blessedness.
And great is the glory that falls to the share i
Of the journalistic restaurateur.
(66)

ALBERT MENJOU.

A LBERT MENJOU was born in Bordeaux, France, of French parents,
¦'¦ ^ in 1856. He was educated in his native city, and on completing his
studies went to Paris, where he spent several years as an employe of the
Bon Marche. Having saved some money, he came to New York in 1875,
and entered the hotel business. During his stay in the metropolis, he was
employed at different times at the Gilsey House, Delmonico's, and the
Hoffman House. In 1880 he went to San Francisco, where he engaged in
business with his brother, remaining on the Pacific Coast untU 1887, in
which year he came to Pittsburg and took charge of the Hotel Duquesne.
In 1889, the hotel was sold, and Mr. Menjou resigned and went to Chicago,
where he took charge of the Richelieu under the present management.
Returning to Pittsburg, he again associated himself with the Hotel Du
quesne, taking charge of the catering department, and remained there until
1 89 1, when he opened up the Cafe Royal, a fashionable resort on Fifth
Avenue, The success of the Cafe was instant and pronounced. Over 60
persons are employed in this establishment, serving daily from two to three
hundred " business lunches," besides a large table d'hote. Mr. Menjou was
the first to introduce in Pittsburg the European style of dinner with a pint
of claret. He is a typical Frenchman, polished, courteous, and refined,
and makes it his business to enlist and retain the entire confidence of his
patrons.
(67)

" Impudent Barney,
None of your blarney,"
So murmured the pretty
Young lass in the ditty
Which teUs of the dashing.
Soft-spoken, heart-smashing
Young Irishman, Barney O'Hea.
Now the Bamey we sing of.
While certainly king of
Palaverers, that trick
Owes not to St. Patrick.
The sweet land of Erin
His birth had no share in.
And yet he is Erin's to-day.
He is not poetic.
Nor super-aesthetic ;
His ways are prosaic.
Distinctly Hebraic ;
The fugitive dollar
He struggles to collar.
And gets there with elegance great.
With dazzling devices
The world he entices
To open its coffers
And buy what he off"ers.
And odd are the capers
He cuts in the papers
With "ads" that excitement create.

(68)

He has rings hymeneal
Of gold that's like real ;
Few people are slicker
In selKng a ticker ;
Catch his eye for a second.
And lo ! ere you've reckoned
The cost, why, the purchase is made.
His diamonds in brightness.
And rare out-of-sightness.
Completely lay over
The starlets that hover
Above us, and hence his
Good fortune immense is
In getting a cinch on the trade.
A mUitiaman steady
He was — aye, and ready
If need be to ratde
A foeman in battle ;
In tactics he's posted.
And never gels roasted
For making mistakes on review.
His acquaintances like him.
Financially strike him.
Rejoicing in knowing
How swiftly is growing
His wealth ; for the truth is.
This wideawake youth is
'Way up 'mid the prosperous few.

BERNARD E. ARONS.

T^HROUGH the columns of the Pittsburg press the name of "Barney"
¦^ Arons, the jeweler, has become famiUar as a household word. Mr.
Arons was born in Boston May 8, 1852. He was the sixth of ten children,
aU of whom are living. His parents were of excellent social standing, his
father having been a bosom friend of ex-President Cleveland and other
notabilities. The elder Arons served through the war under Millard Fill
more in the Union Continental Regiment, which was composed of business
and professional men of Buffalo, in which city he resided in the '6o's.
Young Bernard was but 7 years old, and had not long commenced his
studies in the Boston public schools when the family moved to Buffalo.
There he finished his education at higher institutions, including the High
School. In 1869 he struck out for himself, coming to Pittsburg to engage
in business, and, having met with success here, in 1872 he brought his
mother to Allegheny, where she still resides.
Mr. Arons has been in business on his own account since 1888, and
has prospered remarkably, being gifted with a more than ordinary share
of tact and perseverance. He is well known in Democratic circles, being a
member of the Randall Club and the County Democracy, and few political
fights occur in which he does not take an active hand.
He has been a member of the National Guard for the past 14 years.
He rose from private to second lieutenant in Company A, Eighteenth Regi
ment, and in Company D, of the same regiment, he rose from private to
captain. He has four commissions from as many Governors — Hartranft,
Hoyt, Pattison, and Beaver.
Voltaic diamonds are Mr. Arons' hobby, and he has found them a gold
mine. (69)

Our town of wonders has its share,
A goodly share at that.
To make inquiring strangers stare.
And knock our rivals flat.
The list we won't enumerate.
But the king-pin of the lot
Is that character uniquely great —
The Pittsburg polyglot.

To occupy his leisure hours
He runs a German sheet ;
It's anti-ring, and with the pow'rs
That be won't stoop to treat.
But Democratic Germans here
Know well enough what's what.
And toast in large-sized mugs of beer
The Pittsburg polyglot.

He thinks in English, writes in French,
And talks in purest Dutch,
Hungarian doesn't make him blench.
Nor Spanish phase him much.
On Tuscan and on Portuguese
A solid grip he's got ;
He handles all alike with ease.
This Pittsburg polyglot.

When shipping business duU doth wax
And journalism as well.
The social pleasures he attacks.
And plays the heavy swell.
Wagnerian concerts he attends.
And theatres could not
Survive, were not am'ong their friends
The Pittsburg polyglot.

Where Austria's consul rules the roost
Our man headquarters makes ;
By giving steamship lines a boost
Big profits in he rakes.
Exchanges, too, he makes, and bills
For Europe can be bought
From the hustler who the role fulfils
Of Pittsburg polyglot.

Now that we've fully diagnosed
His traits, we'd have you guess
From what far European coast
To come he must confess.
You give it up ? It does demand
Acuteness great to spot
As a true-born son of Yankeeland
The Pittsburg polyglot.
(70)

ISAAC E. HIRSCH.

ISAAC E. HIRSCH, the present proprietor of the Steamship and Foreign
Banking business carried on under the firm name of Max Schamberg &
Co., was born in Carver County, Minn., of German parents, in 1859. On
account of the Indian disturbances in the Northwest, the family came to
Pittsburg in i860, and in 1862 the father died, leaving a widow and two'
sons, the subject of this sketch and a younger brother, Louis Hirsch. In
spite of adverse circumstances, and although yet quite a young woman, Mrs.
Hirsch has remained a widow all these years, devoting herself with all a
mother's love to the bringing up of her two fatherless boys. She lives here
still, honored by all who know her and happy in .the success of her two sons,
and is the object of their fondest devotion.
"Ike," as he is familiarly known to his host of friends, attended the
third ward public schools of this city, graduated from the commercial de
partment of the Central High School, and was employed, while yet attend
ing school, at the early age of 1 1 years, by Mr. Max Schamberg. Mr. Hirsch
has been connected with the firm ever since, that is to say, for a period of
over 22 years, gradually advancing from ofiice boy to general manager, and
finally becoming the owner of the business about five years ago, when Mr.
Schamberg retired in order to devote himself solely to his duties as Austrian
consul. Mr. Hirsch has always been a hard worker and diligent student. He is
proficient in German, French and Italian, and understands enough of many
other languages for business purposes. Hence, during a trip to Europe
some years ago, he found it a hard matter to convince his friends that he, is
really a native American.
The firm of Max Schamberg & Co. is the oldest in this section engaged
in the Foreign Steamship and Banking business. It represents about a
dozen of the most popular transatlantic steamship lines, and is in direct cor
respondence with prominent banks and bankers in all the large cities of
Europe. Since its establishment in 1866 by Consul Max Schamberg, when
the office force consisted of the founder, a book-keeper and an office boy, it
has had continued prosperity, until to-day it gives employment in its various
departments to about fifteen persons.
Mr. Hirsch is also the president of the Pittsburg Volksblatt Publishing
Company, publishers of the daily, weekly and Sunday Volksblatt, of which
his brother, Louis Hirsch, is the business manager. The Volksblatt was es
tablished in 1859 by C. F. Bauer. It is a bright, newsy, independent Ger
man-American journal, is the official paper both of Pittsburg and Allegheny,
and is the most widely circulated German newspaper in Western Pennsyl
vania. (71) •

In Municipal Hall, very close to the roof.
And not very far from the skies.
From human society holding aloof.
And shunning inquisitive eyes.
Every day in the week, Uke a wizard or
seer.
This little chap works with appliances
queer.
There are jars upon jars, aU piled up in
rows.
Though family jars he eschews ;
And wires upon wires, though as every one
knows.
To pull them he'll always refuse.
There are batteries, too, by the dozen dis
played.
Though artillery practice is none of his
trade.
Then, to crown the whole outfit, the City
Hall clock
Is immediately over his head.
And strikes now and then with a quiver
and shock
That should certainly waken the dead. ( 72

But he's used to the ticker — the shock he
can bear.
And the racket he hears without turning a
hair.
Jars, batteries, wires, and the clock in the
tow'r.
Are the paraphernalia grim.
Which give this enchanter a magical
pow'r.
That subjects the whole city to him.
PoUce and fire laddies, when called by
him, come.
And the hurry-up wagons are under his
thumb.
Why, then, should he not be respected
and feared.
When a part so important he plays?
What wonder that timorous folk should be
" skeered "
Lest, some one of these very fine days,
When luck goes against him and fate
seems to frown.
He might just touch a button and wipe
out the town ?
)

MORRIS W. MEAD.

TV T ORRIS W. MEAD, Superintendent of the City Bureau of Electricity,
-^'-'- was born at UnderhiU, Vermont, October 20, 1854, and came to
Pittsburg with his parents in i860. He was educated at the public schools,
graduating from the Central High School in 1873. For two years he
studied law with J. H. Baldwin, but the death of his father compelled him
to abandon this pursuit in order to provide for his mother and sister. He
became an employee of a grocery store, and then spent a year and a half
in oil operations in Venango County. Returning to Pittsburg, he became
head salesman in a florist's establishment, and in 1 879 became an operator in
the fire alarm ofifice. Three years later he was made chief operator, and was
afterwards made Superintendent of the Fire Alarm Telegraph system, com
bining with that function the duties of Secretary of the Fire Commission.
He is the only man that ever held those positions jointly. The Bureau of
Electricity was created under the new city charter, and in February, 1888,
Mr. Mead was elected its Superintendent. In his office are 10,000 points of
connection of wires, and 11,000 feet of wire used in connecting the respect
ive key-boards and switch-boards.
Mr. Mead is admirably fitted for the position which he occupies. He
is an indefatigable worker, a close student of electrical science, and a master
of its practical application. As an illustration of his tenacity of purpose, it
is interesting to note that he paid his way to the High School, furnishing
himself with the books and other paraphernalia needed, by selling news
papers on a carrier's route.
On November 11, 1886, he was, married to Miss Helen Morris, then a
prominent teacher in the city schools. (73)

No rubber baron, fierte and bold.
With grave designs on gems and gold.
Is he whose phiz you here behold,
;•- ~c. Though rubber he Reveres.
His reputation is lum-tum,
And extra heavy is his sum
Of virtues ; and that's why, by gum —
No criticism he fears.

That job he afterwards resigned.
To roving being stiU incUned ;
In Armstrong county next we find
Him clerking in a miU.
Then once again his equipoise
Gets shaken up when John Dubois,
To open an hotel employs
This man of varied skiU.

Before his rubber era came,
Life was for him a shifting game.
Diversified and nowise tame.
As circumstances prove.
At 1 2 years old, with care and pains,'
He captured his initial gains
As newsboy on the railroad trains,
Which kept him on the move.
The oil excitement made him hump
Himself to Parker, there to pump
The wells, but cards were rarely trump
For him, and so he quit.
Soon after out to Iowa,
He happened by good luck to stray.
And there as a hotel clerk gay.
Upon his feet he lit.

As changing tastes still in him lurk.
In Pittsburg next he goes to work
As private corresponding clerk.
And earns a stipend neat ;
Then rubber chiefs came on the hunt
For one to be their head and front
And made a proposition blunt,
Which he was glad to meet.
His roving now at last was done.
His thread of travel had been spun.
And so since eighteen eighty-one
To rubber-y he clings ;
Prosperity upon him waits.
Because his vigor ne'er abates.
And all around through many States,
His reputation rings.
(74)

A. R COCHRANE.

A P. COCHRANE was born October 31, 1859-, at Cochrane's Mills,
¦^' Armstrong County, Pa., a place called after his father, Michael
Cochrane, who was a judge on the' Armstrong County bench. Mr. Coch
rane received his early education at the rural pubUc schools, and supple
mented the training thus received with private study.
In 1 87 1, he started out for himself as a newsboy on the P. R. R., and
continued in that employment for sixteen months.' He went to Parker
during the oU excitement and was for nine months engaged in pumping oU
wells. In 1875, he went to Davenport, la., and clerked for the Burtis
House. Two years later he returned to Armstrong County, and obtained a
position with the iron firm of Rogers & Burchfield, at Apollo. In the win
ter of 1878—9, he opened the Dubois House at Dubois, Pa., for John Du
bois, the millionaire lumberman, since deceased.
On February 4, 1880, Mr. Cochrane came to Pittsburg as correspond
ing clerk for Bailey, Farrell & Co. He remained one year with that firm,
and in 1881 went into the rubber business as manager of the Revere Rub
ber Co., the Pittsburg department of which is at Water and Wood Streets.
That position he still retains, discharging the responsible duties attached to
it with signal fidelity, energy, and business capacity. Few young business
men in Pittsburg have a wider connection, or enjoy more fully the confi
dence of the business world.
The Revere Rubber Company has its headquarters in Boston, its fac
tories in Chelsea, Mass., and stores in New York, Buffalo, Chicago, Minne
apolis, San Francisco, Pittsburg, and St. Louis. Mr. Cochrane manages
the St. Louis as weU as the Pittsburg department.
(75)

Here's a lawyer big and chunky.
Who's professionally hunky.
And is master of a heap of learned lore,
lore, lore ;
Civil cases are his hobby.
Though in any sort of job he
Don't object to putting in his little oar,
\ oar, oar.

Thus by race as weU as science
He attracts a heap of clients, /?.T.a
For the Teutons love to squabble over
cash, cash, cash ;
And though folks he won't entangle
In a broken English wrangle.
He gets lucre out of many an idle clash,
clash, clash.

'Twas at Yale he got his knowledge,
And electrified the-coUege
By the wonders he accomplished in the
crew, crew, crew ;
Poor old Blackstone went to bl — zes.
While he hustled in the races.
But in spite of his diversions he got
through, through, through.

He's politically active.
As you'll gather from the fact of
His for office having formerly come out,
out, out ;
For a place he made a battle.
Which is now the private chattel
Of one Burleigh, who'U hold on to it, no
doubt, doubt, doubt.

He is German by extraction.
And he points with satisfaction
To his race. Would he go back on it ? Not StiU
much, much, much ;
" Deutscher Advokat " is printed
On his sign ; whereby it's hinted
That he's anxious to be soUd with the You
Dutch, Dutch, Dutch.
(7&)

But although he's been snow'd under
By Mageeocratic thunder,
he labors for the Democratic weal,
weal, weal ;
And in judges nominating.
Or big guns for'office slating,
wiU find that he comes in on many a
deal, deal, deal.

HENRY MEYER, Eso.

"PMINENT among the attorneys whose mastery of the German language
^^ gives them a large German, as well as English-speaking clientage, is
Henry Meyer, Esq. Mr. Meyer was born in Pittsburg on November 26,
1848. He attended the common schools, and graduated successively at the
Iron City College and the Western University. In 1869 he went to Yale
CoUege, and graduated there in 1873. While at Yale he distinguished him
self as an athlete, and was one of the crack oarsmen in the college crew.
Returning to Pittsburg, he studied law in the office of Miller & McBride.
For the better completion of his studies he took a one year's course at Har
vard Law School, at the termination of which he passed the examinations
with credit. Mr. Meyer was now unusually well equipped for professional
practice. He was admitted to the bar in October, 1875, entering then upon
a career which has since been uniformly marked with success.
In politics Mr. Meyer is a staunch Democrat, and the soundness of
his judgment, the solidity of his attainments, and his high standing in the
community, give him merited prominence in the councils of his party. In
1883 he made a brilliant fight against W. D. Porter, now Judge of Common
Pleas Court No. 3, for the District Attorneyship, and, despite the normally
heavy Republican majority in Allegheny county, was defeated only by 1500
votes. Mr. Meyer helped to lead a forlorn hope as a candidate for Auditor-
General in 1888, and again for the State Senate against Hon. John N.
Neel in 1890. He has served as a member of Select Council from the
Eleventh ward, ,and takes an active interest in securing a clean, well-ordered
municipal government. He is now a resident of the Second ward, AUe
gheny, and is one of the representatives from that district in the Demo
cratic County Committee. (77)

As he stands behind the bar,
He's as stately as the Czar
Or the king of Zanzibar
(Wherever that is).
If you've cash he'U sell you slews
Of the stuff that knocks the blues.
And it's many's the friendly booze
He deals out gratis.

He's" a Democrat, and sticks
Up for Foley's schemes and tricks,
And gets in his little licks
On O'Leary ;
But it happened once that Tim
Made short work of Pat and him
Through that slippery "d-v-l's Hmb,"
Scott of Erie.

He has tanglefoot on hand
Of the Jack the Ripper brand,
To declare it wrecks the land
Simply fudge is ;
That's the reason why, no doubt,
He but once went up the spout,
That was when he was knocked out
By the judges.

'Twas in Grover's last campaign
Here the Democrats went insane ;
They had delegates on the brain ;
Foley got 'em.
The chap above credentials bore,
But O'Leary had the floor,
And at Harrisburg out the door
Timotheus shot him.

In his ward — the Twenty-eighth —
Every man in him has faith ;
That's because the prophet saith
Wine is hunky.
He has served in councils, where
Chris's badge the boys all wear,
Though of him, he says, they ne'er
Made a monkey.

But his heart it never sinks,
And he keeps on selling drinks.
While of vengeance still he thinks
On the traitor ; - .a
And though Tim with aU h'is skiU
Labors yet to cure the iU
That he wrought, the victim will
See him later.

(78)

E. S. KENNEDY.

"P S. KENNEDY, the Democratic war-horse of the South Side, is of Irish
-L^' parentage, and was born in this State in 1848. In 1849 his parents
came to Pittsburg, and it was here that he received his education, acquired
partly at the common school and partly through self-tuition. In 1859 he
went to work in a glass-house, where he fearned the trade of glass-blowing.
When the chimney blowers' strike occurred in 1877, he embarked in busi
ness for himself, going into the wholesale and retail liquor trade on Carson
Street. His success was rapid and complete. The urbanity of his disposi
tion, coupled with excellent business qualifications, contributed to make his
house one of the most popular on the South Side, and to place him high
on the list of prosperous and widely-known business men.
Mr. Kennedy has long been an influential factor in Democratic politics
in Allegheny County, and has been frequently honored by his party. He
was elected to Common CouncU in 1879, and served untU 1887, one term
excepted. He then dropped out and declined to become a candidate again.
He has been a delegate to every Democratic State Convention for five
years past. His candidacy for State Delegate in 1888 was notable by rea
son of his carrying the South Side delegation to the local convention to a
man. He is Vice-President of the County Democracy, and well-known as a
Democratic organizer.
Mr. Kennedy is a man of abUity above the average, and has broadened
his views by study and travel. In 1889, he made a tour of Europe.
(79)

This is a type of the legal fraternity,
Posted on all things in time and eternity ;
Though but a positive youth he appears.
He's as ancient in knowledge as youthful
in years.
Somerset county's his place of nativity ;
There he developed his studious proclivity ;
Rose above others in talents so far
That his folks set him down as cut out for
the bar.
That's what he wished, and before he could
wish again
Off he was whirled to the CoUege of Mich
igan ;
Browsed upon Latin and pastured on
Greek,
And filled up on law every day in the week.
Soon he became for degrees a petitioner ;
Got them, and then was a fuU-fledged
practitioner ;
Hugged to his bosom the dignity sweet.
Wrote his name with an " Esquire," and
grew a few feet. (80

Then to the city of Pittsburg he hied him
self;
Down to additional law study tied himself;
Kept up the grind at a terrible rate.
And was called to our bar in the year '88.
Little he cared for invidious buffeting.
Seeking alone for occasions of profiting ; •
Clients came in on a regular string.
And a pgean of joy he was able to sing.
Closely to work as he's wont to apply him
self.
Nevertheless he finds time to enjoy him
self;
Now to his favorite books he resorts,
And anon waxes happy o'er out-of-door
sports.
Summing him up — all the habits and ways
of him
Warrant conclusions embodying praise of
him ;
All who know Joseph must truly confess
That in ev'ry respect he's a Howl'ying
success.
)

JOSEPH HOWLEY.

JOSEPH HOWLEY, Esq., was born in Somerset County, Pa. He re
ceived his preliminary education at the common schools, and attended
both the literary and law departments of the University of Michigan. In
1887 he was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Michigan. Com
ing to Pittsburg, Mr. Howley continued the study of law with Pier & Blair,
and in 1888 was admitted to practice at the bar of Allegheny County. His
close application as a student and his assiduity in promoting the interests of
his clients bore fruit in securing for him a large practice, and to-day his
name is justly prominent on the list of the younger members of the legal
profession. Mr. Howley's personal characteristics include a pronounced literary
bent and a fondness for athletic sports developed naturally during his uni
versity career. Few men of his years stand higher professionally and
socially. (81)

Ancestrally tied to the town of Jerusalem,
Is our friend in the picture — there's none
can bamboozle him.
Keen as a razor and quick as a flash
Is he in the science of pUing up cash.
Moses and Aaron were failures financially.
Yet their descendant has prospered sub
stantially.
Though by birth he's a German of gen
uine brand.
He came to the States as the true prom
ised land.
On the North Side he settled and, since
folks were swilling it —
Whisky, we mean — he took to distilling it.
Joined with a firm that makes extra old
rye.
And straightway proceeded to boom it
sky-high.
In Freeport the bank has made him its
president,
The works are up there, though here he's
resident.
He bosses the business with sound com
mon sense,
And treats his employees with kindness
immense. (82

Allegheny's Third ward picks him out un
remittingly
In Councils to serve, and he does it quite
fittingly ;
Finance he watches with laudable care
And gives ring officials full many a scare.
In politics now quite strong his position is.
To make laws for the State his darling
ambition is ;
And, since he's a hustler, 'tis fair to
suppose
He may yet make the riffle in triumph—
who knows?
As a club man he taxes his energies fear-
fully,
Camps with poUtical fishermen cheerfully,
Smiles in a business-like way at the bait
Which Murph and the rest of 'em like,
when it's straight.
The Concordia, though, gets his principal
preference ;
There he's a pusher whom all treat with
deference.
In fact, in all quarters away up he
ranks,
Except among crochety cold water
cranks.
)

EMANUEL WERTHEIMER.

P MANUEL WERTHEIMER is the head and main-spring of the vast
^ business interests of the firm of Guckenheimer & Bros., the distillers,
and is one of the most substantial and generally respected Hebrew citizens
in the State of Pennsylvania.
He was born in Wuertemberg, Germany, October i6, 1834, and came
to the United States in 1850. He settled in Pittsburg at once, and has been
established here ever since. In 1857 he became connected with the Guck
enheimer firm, in which he has since risen to the chief place. Under his
judicious management, the Guckenheimer distillery at Freeport, Pa., has
developed into the largest and finest on the American continent, and its
product is famed the world over.
Mr. Wertheimer is a resident of the Third ward, Allegheny, and has
represented that ward in Councils for thirteen years, serving in the Common
branch from 1879 to 1889, and since then in the Select branch. He is
chairman of the finance committee, and exercises a powerful influence for
good in determining the economic policy of the city administration. His
trained business faculty and clear insight into affairs of legislation make him
an exceptionally valuable representative of the people.
In addition to supervising the city business of the Guckenheimer firm,
Mr. Wertheimer manages the distillery at Freeport, and is president of the
bank at that place.
He is a genial, courteous gentleman, liberal in his views and philan-
thropical of disposition. The Concordia Club in Allegheny owes much to
his inspiration, and he is never behind-hand in contributing to deserving
charities and seconding public enterprises. (83)

When Blackstone finished up the grind
Upon his legal tome,
It never dawned upon his mind
That yet a day would come
When one small, unpretentious head
Would hold it all, but lo !
There's one who's got old Blackstone dead.
His phiz above we show.

A glorious thing it is to see
Him plead a knotty case ;
He drives a witness up a tree.
And knocks him off his base.
The judge with arguments he hits,
The jury with display.
And when a rival downs him it's
A very frigid day.

His features strength of mind express
And latent power to fight ;
'Tis easy from their cast to guess
That he's an IsraeUte.
That nasal curve you'd vainly seek
In non-Semitic folks ;
The Galway that adorns his cheek
High compliments evokes.

In politics he takes a hand.
And shows he's not a chump ;
He's been a county chairman, and
He's lightning on the stump.
A stalwart he, from A to Z ;
No matter who's on top.
He's faithful to the G. O. P.,
And ne'er was known to flop.

He's very largely in demand,
And earns tremendous fees ;
The Hebrews flock from ev'ry hand
With ev'ry kind of pleas.
But Hebrews don't monopolize
His time and brains — oh, no.
All sects his office patronize,
And get a quid pro quo.

Alas, that Moses can't get here.
To witness for a spell.
How in this lawyer reappear
The hopes of Israel.
Among the great men of th^ day.
He proudly takes his stand.
And hence of him it's safe to say.
He's reached the promised land.
(84)

JOSIAH COHEN.

JOSIAH COHEN, Esq., the leading Hebrew lawyer of the State of
Pennsylvania, was born at London, England, November 29, 1841. He
studied law with Kirkpatrick & Mellon, was admitted to the bar in January,
1866, and has since conducted a successful civil practice. Mr. Cohen
stands very high in his profession, and has a large clientage. He is an
orator of unusual power, and ranks among the most efficient platform ex
ponents of Republican doctrine. His service on the stump covers a period
of over twenty years. He is an active member of the Republican county
committee, and has served as chairman of that body and of some important
conventions, and in 1884 was a Blaine elector.
Mr. Cohen was the first of the Hebrew race admitted to the Allegheny
County bar, and although many of his brethren have since entered the pro
fession here, he still remains the most distinguished type of the intellectual
power and other admirable faculties of the descendants of the "chosen
people." He is closely identified with the leading Jewish organizations
throughout the United States, and is Vice-President of the great order of
B'nai Brith (Sons of the Covenant), an order, the membership of which ex
tends through all parts of the country. He is also Vice-President of the
Union of American Hebrew Congregations, which organized the Hebrew
Union College, of Cincinnati, as well as being a member of the Executive
Committee of the American Jewish Publication Society.
*(8s)

Go search the world over and pass in re
view
The hostelries famous the universe through.
And the upshot we rightly foretell.
When we say that you'll nowhere a Boni
face meet
Ahead of this gent, who on Liberty street.
Conducts a palatial hotel.
In Paris and London, BerUn and New
York,
Hotelmen get in with adroitness their
work,
And some of them really excel.
But, bless you ! the best of 'em isn't a patch
On their rival in Pittsburg, for how could
they match
The Pittsburger's corking hotel.
For lo ! since he came in the year '88,
Singled out, as it were, by the finger of fate
Applause as a host to compel.
He has lifted the house to a plane of suc
cess
That inspires the beholder with awe to con
fess
That the world couldn't spare this
hotel.
(86

His waiters, the pink of perfection they are.
And the artist in drinks who presides at
the bar
Is the howlingest kind of a swell.
While the clerks — here we pause — words
are pow'rless to praise
Those beings majestic, with diamonds that
blaze.
Shedding radiance throughout the
hotel.
Our Boniface comes of that go-ahead race.
The Scotch-Irish, who when they give
fortune a chase
Show a vigor that nothing can quell,
And though he is calm, and no ardor re
veals.
He's with business imbued from his head
to his heels.
And it shows in his stunning hotel.
He lives where he labors, in elegant style.
And steadily watches the growth of his pile
As if by a magical spell.
To the poor and the needy he gives from
his store,
And hence evil fortune ne'er passes the door
Of this favorite Pittsburg hotel.
)

B. C. WILLSON.

^'A /TINE HOST" WILLSON, of the Seventh Avenue Hotel, is of Scotch-
-'¦'-'- Irish extraction, and inherits the best traits of his ancestry — thrift,
industry, and shrewdness in business affairs. He was born in Washington
County, Ohio, and came to Pittsburg ih 1868, when he became connected
with the Leechburg Iron Works and the Chartiers Iron and Steel Company.
In 1888 he severed his connection with those concerns and became proprie
tor of the hotel, his management of which has since proved conspicuously
successful. The Seventh Avenue Hotel is the largest in Pittsburg, having accom
modations for entertaining 350 guests without in the least overtaxing its
resources. It is located at the corner of Seventh Avenue and Liberty
street, and is two squares from the Union Station, and closely contig-uous to
aU the theatres and other places of public resort. The hotel has two pas
senger elevators and a large and well-fitted dining-room, and the entire
building has been equipped with all modern conveniences, electric lights,
etc. The apartments are provided with bath-rooms, natural gas, and incan
descent lights, and are supplied throughout with the finest furniture, made.
from special designs for the hotel.
Everything in the equipment of the establishment is of the very best,
from the table and sleeping arrangements to the minutiae of the house, and
this is so well known throughout the country that the Seventh Avenue
Hotel is the headquarters for commercial men staying in Pittsburg. The
reputation of the house and the popularity of the proprietor have achieved
this gratifying result. (87)

WILLIAM WEIHE AND JOSEPH EVANS.
The industrial question's a hard one to Each one of these chaps is officially
solve, bound
And points that are puzzling it's known to To keep things a-moving the whole season
involve ; round ;
So, to clear the thing up, we have placed So, when one fuss is over, and peace is
upon view begot,
' In our picture the long and the short of it, They stir up another to keep the mill
too. hot.
On the one hand, six feet and a half of In easy chairs lolUng Havanas they puff,
sound sense. And deplore that the lot of a toiler's so
A brawny colossus quite free from pretense. rough.
With capital's cohorts he copes without While reports they grind out in the sweat
fear, of their brow.
And they say, in his way, he is reaUy sin- Giving capital fits, as full well they know
cere. how.

On the other, five feet of importance and Each hopes yet to shine as a statesman of
nerve, note
Always ready the cause with his jaw to By the help of the mighty industrial
subserve. vote ;
In debate or in action he's rampant alike. So, with all of the hard-handed class they
And is never so glad as when bossing a stand in,
strike. And expect later on a bonanza to win.
(88)

JOHN R. MURPHY.
If you live on the North Side, you'll drop Ah, those were the halcyon'days for this
right away chap.
To the cut of this gentleman's jib. He remembers them now with a sigh.
And confess that correctly his character What a pleasure it was to catch on to a
gay snap
Is described in this lyrical squib. By letting folks close up his eye.

From boyhood a ward politician he's been.
Hanging on to a boss's coat-tail.
Though of late a high prize he has man
aged to win.
Which has raised him a peg in the scale.
He was once a detective and-^this is the
truth —
He displayed such phenomenal skiU,
And enacted so ably the role of Old Sleuth
That folks smile at the thought of it
still.
The crooks and the pubUc aUke, it is said.
Were so pleased with his quaUties rare.
That, as soon as the coppers were minus
a head.
He was given the job by the mayor. (89

There was fun in those times, for the gam
blers were flush.
And the mansions of shady repute
Stood in, as did also the sellers of lush,
And they voted our hero a " beaut."
Things have changed in the meantime ;
the city is drest
In a new suit of second-class clothes.
And, in line of promotion, his Nobs with
the rest
To a still higher dignity rose.
When we witness what power and what
honors are his.
Acknowledge the moral we must.
That the man who would prosper should
stick to his biz.
And be slick in discharging his trust.
)

There is much to admire in
The things that environ
This worthy, like samples of choice bric-a-brac.
In a manner the smartest
Our ax-swinging artist
At the grocery trade takes a desperate whack.
While, above it all looming.
The grocer assuming
An air of commercial importance is seen.
With what cares he is weighted
His brow corrugated
Attests, for o'erloaded with business he's been.

Yet although he's thus saddled,
And mentally addled
With buying and selling and similar cares,
He still finds a measure
Of casual leisure
To help in the running of public affairs.
The people elect him
From fraud to protect 'em
In Councils, where schemers and plotters abound;
The ringsters detest him,
So sorely he's pressed 'em,
And wish he was planted in six feet of ground.

What with tea and with coffee,
With loaves big and puffy,
And sugar that's guiltless of sand intermixed;
What with flour and potatoes,
Canned goods and tomatoes,
And window exhibits with prices affixed;
What with hams and with salad,
And butter that's palUd,
And people that never will square up their books.
It's really a wonder
He doesn't go under :
That he can't stand the racket you'd judge from
his looks.

But he's bold as a lion
And keeps a close eye on
The dodges of Chris and the capers of Doc.
He's down upon shamming
And William Flinn flamming.
And poor farm sculduggery he labors to knock.
He's so square and undaunted.
For Mayor he's been wanted,
And it will not be strange if he's talked of again;
For there isn't a warmer,
More earnest reformer,
In a town which can boast of but few honest
men.

(90)

J. C. O'DONI^^ELL

THIS notable exponent of reform in municipal government hails from the
neighborhood of Millerstown, in Butler County, where he was born in
1835. About nine years later he moved with his parents to Brady's Bend.
He was educated in the common schools of Armstrong County, and subse
quently, in the same county, he worked at glass furnaces and in a rolling miU.
In 1854 he came to Pittsburg and secured employment as a roller in
Zug, Lindsay & Co.'s mill. He worked afterwards as a puddler in the mills
of Shoenberger & Co. and of Graff & Woods.
In 1866 he went into the grocery business opposite to the location
where he is now established (No. 3340 Penn Ave.), and built up a lucrative
trade. Mr. O'Donnell's political history is a record of consistent, strenuous op
position to misgovernment in all its phases. He is a Democrat in principle,
and in practice a strictly honorable representative of the people at large.
For seven years prior to 1882 he represented the Fifteenth ward in Councils.
His removal to the Sixteenth ward lost him his seat in that body, and eight
years elapsed before he was again elected. Since his return to Common
Council in 1890 he has been especially prominent as the champion of re
trenchment and reform, and bis voice is always uplifted and his vote cast
against "jobs," wastefulness, and the fostering of monopolies at the people's
expense. Hence at the February elections of this year (1892) the powers that
control the municipal government strained every nerve to defeat him, and
the Sixteenth ward became the scene of one of the hardest fought battles
that ever occurred in Pittsburg. The result was a splendid victory for the
defender of the people's rights.
Mr. O'Donnell has been frequently mentioned for Mayor, and was once
a candidate for .the nomination. Of late, however, he refuses to let his name
be used in connection with that or any other public position of emolument.
(91)

Of gentlemen who nourish
Hopes in pubUc life to flourish
There are more around our city than
you'd ever shake a stick at.
But of all the aggregation.
Few have reason for elation
Like the candidate who's running on the
Straight-out county ticket.
¦ He's a hustler from away back.
Never, never would he stay back
From a legal undertaking, but, as active as
a cricket,
He'd jump in wherever wanted
And present a front undaunted.
As he's doing just at present on the
Straight-out county ticket.
Horny-handed chaps admire him
And professionally hire him
When capital sees fit the sons of toil to
take a lick at ;
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Then, great Scott ! you ought to hear him,
His opponents can't come near him
Any more than they can swipe him on the
Straight-out county ticket.
His opponent, CI  ry B  h,
Must get up exceeding early
,If he hopes to make the rifile with his
candidacy wicked ;
Which, backed by Tim O'Leary,
Makes Republicans quite; weary
And has forced the nomination of the
Straight-out county ticket.
Where our man's a residenter —
Down at Emsworth, it's a center
Of enthusiasm marvelous ; 'tis wonderfiil
how quick it
Spread from there rill all the quarters
Of the compass yield supporters
Who will certainly elect him on the
Straight-out county ticket.
2)

L. K. PORTER.

T GUIS KOSSUTH PORTER is a resident of Emsworth, where his fam-
^ ily has long stood in high repute. He is a son of David Porter, Esq.,
and was born at Bellevue, May 15, 1856. He laid the ground-work of his
education in the public schools, and completed his studies at Mt. Union
College, O., where he graduated with honor at the age of 22. In Decem
ber, 1880, he was admitted to the bar, and shortly afterwards formed a part
nership with W. L. Bird, Esq., which was maintained until 1887. Since that
time Mr. Porter has practiced independently, and he has built up a reputa
tion second to none among the younger members of the bar. His fearless
ness in the pursuit of duty, his conspicuous ability and his earnest attention
to detail, have suggested him naturally as a fit subject for advancement.
Hence, on more than one occasion when the Republican party was in
danger of nominating undesirable candidates, he has been solicited by some
of the ablest and most conservative members of the bar to run independ
ently, but this consistent partisanship prohibited his doing.
In the summer of 1891, however, when the celebrated fusion ticket for
the judiciary and the district attorneyship was put up, Mr. Porter came for
ward as the "Straight-out" RepubUcan candidate for district attorney, and
received flattering support, his vote falling little short of 20,000.
Mr. Porter has practiced in all the courts, but particularly in the crimi
nal and license courts. He is frequently called upon to represent the labor
interest in cases of importance, and has a host of strong friends among that
element. ^93)

Adonis, they say, was surprisingly handsome.
But above is a youth who is handsomer still;
His raven mustaches are worth a king's ransom.
And the smile that he cracks — well, it's just fit
to kill.
He's a lawyer by trade and no slouch of a
pleader,
His jaw he can wag and his arms he can
wave.
Which, as every one knows, are the signs of a
leader
Who to honors forensic the high road would
pave.
The political sharpers in old Allegheny
Were tickled so much by his personal grace
That they bid him step in where the chances were
many, '
And bag a soft snap on the strength of his
face.
The Councils he struck, and they made him ad
viser-
in-chief to the town with a neat little sal.
Which made him feel big as a king or a kaiser.
And suited the ringsters who wanted a pal.
(94

When the N'orth Side a second-class ticket was
claiming,
His Nobs was the center of clamor profuse;
Such a queer lot of acts he succeeded in framing,
That Old Nicholas himself was in Councils let
loose.
But he knew he was solid and couldn't be hum
bled,
And acts upon acts he drew up by the score.
Till he'd drafted so many he got them all jumbled.
Then he hired other lawyers, who drafted some
more.

The second-class ticket was finally granted.
And he failed not the whole of the credit to
claim;
And that's why to-day he is solidly planted
On the uppermost rung of the ladder of fame.
If thus he keeps on, who knows where he'll be
stopping?
For his nerve is so great that he never will
blench.
There is even a chance that some day he'U be
dropping
His work at the bar to climb up on the bench.
)

GEORGE ELPHINSTONE.

GEORGE ELPHINSTONE was born in Baltimore, Md., February S, 1852,
and came to Allegheny City in i860. He was educated at Washing
ton and Jefferson College, leaving that institution in the senior year. He
studied law under John Emery, was admitted to the bar in October, 1877,
and has been practising ever since. On April i, 1888, he was elected City
Attorney of Allegheny, and he has achieved considerable distinction by his
able discharge of the duties of that office.
During the first ten years of his professional career, Mr. Elphinstone was
employed in a large number of homicide cases, notable among these being
the "Bloody" Abernethy case in 1878 and the case of Mrs. BunneU in 1887.
Mrs. Bunnell was charged with poisoning her nephew, Eddie Thaw, a rela
tive of the late WiUiam Thaw, and the prominence of the parties concerned
gave the trial an exceptionally sensational character. Mr. Elphinstone ap
peared in this case for the prosecution.
Ih the Abernethy case he appeared for the defense. Abernethy was
tried for the murder of " Curley " Leslie. He was convicted, the jury bring
ing in a first-degree verdict. Mr. Elphinstone took the case to the Supreme
Court, and made an argument lasting two hours, which led to the settlement
of several important points of law relating to criminal evidence. The ver
dict was reduced to second degree, and Justice Sharswood sent for Mr.
Elphinstone and publicly complimented him.
Mr. Elphinstone was also engaged in the prosecution of the boodling
Allegheny officials. Market Clerk Hastings and Mayor Wyman, both of
whom were convicted and sent to jail.
Although yet a young man, his record compares favorably with that of
the oldest and most famous practitioners at the Allegheny County bar.
(95)

In the ranks of the men who stand highest
In jurisprudential pursuits,
The brainiest, shrewdest and slyest
In managing legal disputes.
There is one whom but few can compare
with.
His notion of law's no burlesque.
For in pleading, the blows he gets there
with
Are thoroughly SulUvanesque.
'Twas in Butler, that region romantic.
Where mines saponaceous exist.
That he mastered with efforts gigantic.
The law's every turning and twist.
He strove for a lofty ideal.
And — this he need never regret —
Through the medium of bonds hymeneal.
Caught on with the Pittsburg Gazette.
Six years in our courts he's been pounding
Away, with the best of returns ;
As a worker his grit is astounding
And petty retainers he spurns.
In the federal courts and the civil
Alike you will find him on hand.
Knocking out cheap practitioners' drivel
With the genuine law of the land. (

For office he has no ambition
Though sure to get there, if he chose ;
He holds that a pure politician
His chances of fortune foregoes.
Yet in '80, when Garfield was running.
He sent our man out on the stump.
And he showed such rhetorical cunning.
That the Buckeyes proclaimed him a
trump.
Though pre-occupied with his profession
And buried in documents duU,
Yet to pleasure he makes a concession
Which cannot his business annul.
Sweet music enlists his artistic
Emotions and sets them aglow,
While his better half's gems pianistic
He seconds with fiddle and bow.
Now here is a moral veracious :
If in law you would fain make a hit,
Study up near the mines saponaceous.
And emigrate after a bit.
Make speeches where Buckeyes are
plenty,
Stand in with the ancient Gazette,
And we'll bet you a hundred to twenty.
You'll be the boss barrister yet.
96)

CHARLES A. SULLIVAN.

CHARLES A. SULLIVAN, Esq., was born at Butler, Pa., November 26,
1846. His father, Charles C. Sullivan, was a lawyer of narional repu
tation and practiced in the principal courts of Pennsylvania for about 35
years. He was an Abolitionist and a fearless Whig. He died in i860.
Mr. Sullivan's mother, nee Susan Catharine Seltzer, was of German extrac
tion and a native of Lebanon County, Pa. Patrick O'SuUivan, the paternal
great-grandfather of the present representative of the race, came from the
north of Ireland, and landed in Virginia early in the 1 7th century.
Charles A. Sullivan was educated at Nazareth Hall, the Moravian
school at Nazareth, Northampton County, Pa., from i860 to 1863, and was
a pupil at the Military School at West Chester, Chester County, from 1863
to 1867. In 1868 he read law at Butler with Judge James Bredin, and in
1870 he was admitted to the bar. In the same year he was married to the
youngest daughter of General George W. Reed, of Butler, sister of Nelson
P., George W., and Joseph P. Reed, formerly of the Pittsburg Commercial-
Gazette. In 1886 Mr. SuUivan came to Pittsburg, and soon became known here
as an " all-round " lawyer, engaged in active practice in all the courts.
The late President Garfield was an intimate friend of Mr. Sullivan's,
and during the campaign of 1880 sent him on the stump into Ohio and In
diana. The young lawyer's wit, originality and fund of anecdote, often
couched in genuine Irish brogue, won for him the title of " The Young Irish
Patrick Henry of Pittsburg." Despite his power of dramatic oratory, Mr.
Sullivan prefers to stick to the law rather than chase the will-o'-the-wisp of
political advancement.
During his academic days, Mr. Sullivan was noted as a classical scholar
and a lover of history. Euclid was also a hobby of his, and he added to
the sum of his accomplishments the mastery of the German language and
of the violin. His wife being a fine pianist, they spend many happy musical
moments together.
While at the Chester Military School, Mr. Sullivan was captain of a
mUitary company and an adept in all athletic exercises. He has main
tained the physique thus built up, and is to-day as straight as a rush.
Eagle eyes and a Roman nose make his face one that would attract atten
tion among a thousand.
Since he came to the AUegheny County bar, in April, 1886, Mr. Sulli
van has been engaged in the trial of many important cases — civil, criminal
and equity. He is an . indefatigable worker, guided by an indomitable will,
and will fight every inch of ground for a meritorious client.
(97)

CAPT. CHAS. W. BATCHELOR.

AMONG the pillars of the river industry in Western Pennsylvania, Captain
Charles W. Batchelor stands facile princeps. Captain Batchelor comes
of sturdy American stock. He was born in Steubenville, O., in 1823, and
received his early education at private schools in his native town. In 1841
he apprenticed himself on a Wheeling steamboat to learn to be a pilot. In
1845 he became a full pilot, and in 1849 he bought the interest of Captain
John Klinefelter in the steamer Hibernia No. 2, of the Pittsburg and Cin
cinnati Packet line, and assumed command. In 1853, he took command of
the famous Allegheny in the same line, and in 1854, he built the Americus
for the Pittsburg and Nashville trade. In 1855, the Americus burned, and
he left the river to become the active Vice-President of the Eureka Insurance
Company of Pittsburg, and acted as the general agent in setting marine
losses. In 1 861, he was appointed by President Lincoln as Surveyor of the
Port and United States Depository at Pittsburg, in which dual capacity he
continued until September, 1866, when he was removed by President John
son on account of his political opinions ; Captain Batchelor being an un
compromising Republican — in fact, one of the founders of the Republican
(98)

party. During his official career he disbursed over one hundred million
dollars, and wound up with the Government in his debt. It was during this
period that his ability as an organizer of public enterprises was first mani
fested. In 1864, mainly through his instrumentality, the Pittsburg Sanitary
Fair for the relief of sick and wounded soldiers was organized and carried
out with magnificent success. He was a personal friend of President Lin
coln ; was a delegate to the convention which nominated Lincoln, and when
the President passed through Pittsburg on the way to be inaugurated. Cap
tain Batchelor escorted him in company with Mrs. Lincoln to the train.
The President had been threatened with assassination, and was going by an
unusual route to avoid danger. "When I got him and his party in the
car," writes Captain Batchelor, "I said, 'Good-bye, Mr. President; may the
Lord love you as the people do.' He held my hand for a minute, and said,
'What is that? Say that again?' I repeated it, and then bid them all good
bye.'' The President's coolness in the hour of danger, and his faculty of
interesting himself in passing manifestations of popular sentiment made a
profound impression on the mind of tbe loyal Pittsburger.
In 1867, Captain Batchelor became President of the Eagle Cotton Mills
Company, and continued in that position until 1873. He was President of the
Masonic Bank from 1868 untU 1884, when he resigned to become acting
Vice-President of the Keystone Bank and President of the Pittsburgh Petro
leum Exchange. He is now President of the Merchants' and Manufacturers'
Insurance Company, and also of the Natural Gas Company of West Vir
ginia, and Secretary and Treasurer of the Natural Gas Company, Limited,
of Pittsburg, which inaugurated the use of gas for manufacturing purposes
in 1875. In 1885, he was made Chairman of the Committee of Arrangements and
Commodore of the Fleet, for the celebration of the opening of Davis Island
Dam. Captain Batchelor is one of the most prominent Masons in the United
States, having received the highest degree that can be conferred. He was
Right Eminent Grand Commander of the Knights Templar of Pennsylvania
in 1883-4. His has been a life of rectitude and usefulness to his feUow men, and it
has been deservedly crowned with prosperity and with the world's appro
bation. (99)

South Siders say,
Don't you know this gay
And popular physician ?
In ward Twenty-six
, He gets in his licks.
And is very much in requisition.
He combines good humor with the best of skill.
Cracks merry, merry jests when he compounds a
pill,
And is merriest of all when he presents his bill,
Which he does with great precision.
He bears the brand
Of a foreign land ;
He's a real Franco-Dutch Alsatian ;
But his prejudices blind
He wisely left behind
When he came to join the Yankee nation.
He studied for a doctor till he'd learned enough
In a Cincinnati college, where they cram and stuff';
Then he went across to Strasburg, where they
polished him off
In shape to make a reputation.
The Birminghamites
He got dead to rights
Till his headpiece was expanded;
Whereupon he made a break
For an office-holding stake,
And the prize adroitly landed.
In the School Board, Councils, and the Senate of
the State,
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And the old Board of Health, he served with ele
gance so great
That he wanted to be may'r, but there the hand
of fate
Interfered, and he thus was stranded.
Twice o'er the ring
Refused to swing
The delegates that he needed :
" If I can't be may'r," he said,
" By the nose I won't be led,"
So from politics he then receded.
Unlike Doc Barchfeld, who went over to Quay,
When the gang wouldn't let him always have his
own way.
Our man dropped out and stuck to practicing for
pay,
Wherein he has extensively succeeded.
Eight years have passed
Since aside he cast
His political pretensions.
And his freedom now from care
He's accustomed to declare
Brings him happiness of large dimensions.
He keeps fast horses — they're a hobby that he's
got,
When Magee gives orders, to the front he needn't
trot.
And it's safe ' to say he wouldn't now exchange
his lot
For a cinch upon a dozen of conventions. ,
oo )

DR. M. A. ARNHOLT.

T TNTIL within a few years past, one of the most familiar faces in the Pitts-
^ burg Council chambers and in the Legislative halls at Harrisburg was
that of Dr. M. A. Arnholt, of the South Side. It was long a source of pride
to Dr. Arnholt that he was able to achieve success politically and profes
sionally at the same time, a dual exploit which is rarely accomplished out
side the ranks of the legal profession. Of late, however, he has held aloof
from politics, and devoted his attention exclusively to his practice as a
physician. Dr. Arnholt was born in Alsace, then a French province, on December
25, 1836, and came to the United States in 1849. He attended the public
schools and the academy at Joliet, 111., and graduated in 1857 from the Ohio
Medical College. In the fall of 1858 he went to Europe, and became a
student at the Strasburg School of Medicine, from which institution he
graduated in 1861. In 1862 he returned to his adopted country and located
on the South Side, where he has ever since enjoyed a career of unbroken
popularity and success.
Dr. Arnholt was repeatedly elected by the people of his district to rep
resent them as School Director, Councilman, and State Senator. At one
time he was urged to become a candidate for Mayor, and would undoubt
edly have made a strong run had he succeeded in capturing the nomination
over the head of the slated Republican nominee. He is independently
wealthy, indulges a taste for fast horses, and without subscribing to the Epi
curean doctrine, manages to get the maximum of enjoyment out of life.
(101 )

Who does not know this face aglow
With manly zeal and pride ?
The owner he is six foot three
In height, and more beside.
His grandsire's name is George ; the same
Was on his sire conferred ;
On him as well the heirloom fell,
And hence he's George the Third.
At college trained he was, and gained
Thereat an honored name :
Cornell at first assuaged his thirst
For literary fame.
And then at Yale such heights to scale
His spirit high was spurred.
That LL.D.'s fell on their knees.
And worshipped George the Third.
'Mid lawyer men he mingled then.
And hung his shingle out.
Prepared to make the judges quake
In many a telling bout.
The hope to seize enormous fees
But Uttle was deferred.
For cUents rushed and squeezed and
crushed.
To get at George the Third.

Ambition yet his soul beset.
And so he buckled down
To learn the tricks of politics
In Allegheny town.
By methods neat, he won a seat
At Harrisburg, and stirred
Up many a fuss ; industrious.
Indeed, was George the Third.
This epoch past, his eye he cast
On Congress — there he thought
High eminence and fame immense
To gain he surely ought,
With Bayne and Stone he held his own
Till finally occurred
The crack of doom, which smashed the
boom
Worked up by George the Third.
Now on his oars he rests, and pores
O'er projects of reform ;
For Murph and Wyme 'most all the time
He helps to make it warm.
Don't think he's quite dropped out of sight,
The thought would be absurd ;
For the time's at hand when none can stand
In front of George the Third.
(102)

GEORGE SHIRAS III.

^' r^EORGE SHIRAS, Esq., was born in the city of Allegheny, January
\J I, 1859. Graduated at Cornell University and Yale Law School.
For eight years he has been associated With his father, Geo. Shiras, Jr., in
the practice of law." — Smull's Legislative Hand-Book (i88g).
Mr. Shiras has had a brilliant career. As a scholar, he achieved
marked distinction at Cornell University, graduating in the course of His
tory and Political Science. Later, at the Yale Law School, his positive
views on the benefits of the Protective Tariff led to a series of public
debates, and his success in combating the free trade theories inculcated at
Yale by Prof. Sumner was such that, in his senior year, the presidency of
the Yale Kent Club, the great debating society of the University, was unan
imously tendered him.
Mr. Shiras' career af the Pittsburg bar has been conspicuously success
ful. The court records indicate the importance of his causes and the
character of his clientage.
In politics he is an earnest RepubUcan, keenly alive to the conserva
tion of his party's best interests. While a pronounced partisan in national
politics, he is an earnest advocate of independence in the administration of
local government. In 1888, Mr. Shiras was elected to the State Assembly
by 1700 majority from a district Democratic in the preceding election, and
he repaid the compliment by a devotion to duty such as is rarely manifested
in modern politics. In the session of '89 he was one of the most valuable
members of the Judiciary General and other important committees, and
through his industry and ability in debate secured the passage of a number
of useful enactments.
In 1890, he became a candidate for Congress against Colonel Bayne in
the Twenty-third district, and made a splendid fight against Colonel Stone,
who, after the nomination had been improperly transferred to him by Col
onel Bayne, went into new primaries and with difficulty wrested victory from
the hands of his courageous young opponent.
Mr. Shiras has taken profound interest in the reform movement in
AUegheny City, and to him the people of that municipality are mainly in
debted for the strides made in the direction of honest government.
Few men in public life enjoy, in the same measure as this energetic
young lawyer-politician, the respect and confidence of the community.
(103)

1^'

The lawyer- politician is a type we're all
acquainted with.
The combination's one that isn't rare ;
False modesty is something he's not usu-
aUy tainted with.
And at obstacles he's not the chap to
scare.
An undercrust of brilliancy, an upper crust
of joUity,
With legal learning sandwiched in be
tween.
Are the attributes which, varying in quan
tity and quality.
In samples of the genus may be seen.
Such a gentleman above you see in all of
his sublimity ;
Since publicly to hustle he began.
He's been looked on by the public with
decided unanimity
As being what is called a " coming man."
'Twixt politics and legal work his time's
split up exclusively ;
Anon he's making speeches on the
stump ;
Then again you'll find him plastering a
jury up delusively.
Or making opposition counsel jump.
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In Homestead he resides, which with the
South Side wards united is
As legislative district Number Six ;
There the populace admires him, and ex
cessively delighted is
When politics with law he'll intermix.
Assemblyman they've made him, and he's
always been on deck in time.
Where other legislators were remiss ;
And they'd send him back to Harrisburg
right willingly a second time —
But, no ; he's after higher game than
this.
He would like to go to Congress, there to
make a record national.
And serve the State with honor, like
Dalzell,
To make speeches full of fire, exploding
theories irrational.
And otherwise in statesmanship excel.
In the meantime, while his bonnet har
bors yet the bee Congressional,
And prospects rosy-hued he entertains.
He industriously labors in his character
professional.
And mountainously heaped up are his
gains.
04)

JOHN F. COX.

THE cause of labor has had few more earnest and skilful champions than
Hon. John F. Cox, the well-known attorney-at-law, of 403 Grant street-
Mr. Cox was born in Mifflin township, October 6, 1852. He was reared on
a farm, and obtained his early education in country schools. The higher
branches he acquired at Westminster College, and later at ML Union, grad
uating from the latter in the class of 1875. For four years he taught school
in the Monongahela Valley, and then forsook the ferule to study law in tbe
office of Moreland & Kerr. He was admitted to the bar in 1880, and has
been an active practitioner ever since.
PoUtics had a special fascination for Mr. Cox, and his mental gifts and
admirable social qualities rapidly brought him to the front in the political
world. He was elected to the Legislature in 1884, and again in 1887, from
the Sixth legislative district. In 1889 he sought the Republican nomination
for District Attorney, but withdrew before the convention was held. He
was also a candidate against J. W. Ray for the Congressional nomination,
and his defeat was only secured by a process of political barter.
Mr. Cox is recognized as a staunch friend of labor, and has always been
identified with court cases involving the rights of labor organizations. Dur
ing the famous strike at Duquesne, he was attorney for the mill men, and
made a masterly defense of their interests. He was the originator of the
anti-conspiracy law which was passed unanimously in the lower branch of
the Legislature, but was defeated in the Senate by one vote. The same
measure was revived and passed in the session of 1891.
Civil and criminal law receive a like share of Mr. Cox's attention. In
the Fitzsimmons-Clark murder trial — a recent cause celebre — he appeared as
counsel for the defense.
He resides in Homestead, and is, perhaps, the most popular citizen of
that borough. His frankness, generosity and kindliness of heart have made
John F. Cox one of the most generally esteemed men, in or out of the legal
profession, in Allegheny County. (los)

Sure the green flag of Ireland must flutter with pride
When the name of this noted Hibernian we
utter.
So we'll just lay his famous cognomen aside
And not give the green emblem the trouble to
flutter. In boyhood to keep him
John Bull (divil sweep him)
Refused, so he started
From home, heavy-hearted,
And sailed from old Ireland on board of a spanker,
Just like that young mariner, Casey-bianca.
Though beautiful Cork he had left far behind.
Yet he knew that abroad there was prospect of
boodle ;
Inspired by this feeling, he soon grew resigned
And to keep up his spirits struck up " Yankee
Doodle." In Pittsburg arriving,
He set about striving,
With judgment discerning
To brush up his learning
And soon there was not in this Land of the Free
A more wide-awake business-like Yankee than he.

When manhood he reached lo Venango he went.
In the hope that a fortune in oil he'd be striking.
But a year found him back again, solely intent
On the grocery trade, which was more to his
liking.
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From sugar and coffee
And similar stuff, he
Raked profit extensive
And sought for a chance of
Investing the same where he could, if he chose,
Later on have a million or two in his clothes.

" Eureka," he cried, when he'd hit on a scheme,
" Rye whisky's the thing that'll make me a
Croesus; "
Forthwith of Old Red-eye he buys up the cream
And a lucrative trade on the instant he seizes.
The whiskey consumers.
Attracted by rumors
Of liquor seraphic.
Expanded his traffic,
And that's why to-day it's in order to greet
Him as principal Croesus of Liberty street.
His house is the oldest in town, he declares.
And so is his liquor — at least, so he claims;
And th'fe look of profound satisfaction he wears
Shows how little he cares for Prohibitive
games. Four youths and four maidens
Decorous and staid 'uns.
His home help to brighten
And Ufe, too, to lighten.
The Temperance folk up the creek wouldn't fly
Were they half as well fixed as this dealer in
rye.
06)

T. D. CASEY.

'pHE name of T. D. Casey is a "household word" in the wholesale liquor
-L trade of the United States. Mr. Casey is a native of Ireland, having
come into the world at CharleviUe, County Cork, in 1840. At the age of
10 years he came to this country and settled in Westmoreland county. In
1865, he removed to Pittsburg and took a course of study at the Iron City
College, where he subsequently graduated. In 1866 he went to the Venango
oil field, but returned the following year to Pittsburg, and started in the
grocery trade in Allegheny City. In 1868, he moved to Pennsylvania
Avenue, continuing in the same line of business. The turning point of his
fortunes was reached in 1869, when he formed a copartnership with Robert
Woods in the liquor business, and laid the foundation of the lucrative trade
which he now controls. Mr. Woods retired from the connection in 1870,
and James and T. D. Casey continued the business under the firm name of
Robert Woods & Co. In 1872, Thomas C. Fogarty joined the concern and
the firm name was changed to Casey & Fogarty. It continued in this form
until 1 88 1, when Mr. Fogarty retired. Since then the firm has been known
as T. D. Casey & Co.
The house is the oldest in the liquor trade in this city, having been
founded originally by Robert Moore in 1837. It is justly famed for the ex
cellence of the varied brands of Uquor which it controls, some of which are
reputed to be without a rival in the American market.
Mr. Casey is a man of agreeable social qualities, and while thoroughly
domestic in his habits, is loyal to his Club (the Columbus), and frequently
takes a hand in politics on the Democratic side. He is the father of a
happy family; resides in a handsome mansion in Allegheny, and stands
high among the "solid men" of that city.
(107)

A star of Westmoreland we've pictured
before,
'Tis his brother that's done up to-day.
And the one, like the other, a plethoric
store
Of shekels has garnered away.
He was poor in his youth, but he isn't so
now.
No reverse his prosperity mars.
And the reason he prospered, he's wont
to avow.
Is because he "don't scare at the
cars."
At Pithole, way back in the year '64,
He made his first lucrative hit ;
The town went to smash, and unlucky ones
swore.
But he didn't worry a bit.
For he'd raked in a pile and had lots in
the bank.
While few others escaped without scars ;
And for this, he declares, he's just one
thing to thank,
'Tis because he "don't scare at the
cars."

At GrapeviUe his brother and he struck it
rich.
They both made the riffle in gas.
And it's really a puzzle to calculate which
In luck may be said to surpass.
They're Democrats both, and the one we
describe
Is one of Democracy's stars.
And swears that the reason he's high in
the tribe
Is because he " don't scare at the cars."
He hustled for WaUace, but took" off his
coat
For Pattison, scorning to flop.
When a friend sent to ask how he'd bet on
the vote.
Not a moment to think did he stop.
"Micks, Mugwumps, and Methodists"—
that's what he said —
"Have the caU, and we'U bet the
cigars."
There are few who could thus show as
level a head
As the man who "don't scare at thfe
cars."

(108)

W. S. GUFFEY.

YKT S. GUFFEY, the well known oil and gas operator, was born in Mud-
''' • dison, Westmoreland County, Pa., in 1842. He was educated at
the Sulphur Spring school house, and the curriculum of that rural estab
Ushment constituted the beginning and the end of his academic training. In
education, as well as business, he is a self-made man, and yet to-day he has
a conversational polish and general fund of information sufficient to put col
lege graduates to the blush.
The tidal wave of the oil excitement carried Mr. Guffey to Pithole in
January, 1865, the first well having been struck there in the preceding No
vember. The phenomenal history of Pithole is known to everybody. At
one rime it had a larger post-office than Pittsburg. Now the last trace of its
existence has vanished. Mr. Guffey stayed in the town until $30,000
houses were selling at $1,000 apiece, and left shortly before the final crash
came, which left Pithole only a name. He is one of the oldest members of
the Pithole Pioneers' Association, of which about 60 survivors remain, and
he still attends the association's annual banquets.
It was in 1866 that Mr. Guffey left Pithole. From that time until his
coming to Pittsburg, in 1881, he turned his hand to a great variety of enter
prises, with more or less success. Since his establishment in this city, he
has been chiefly engaged in the oil business, and although he never joined
hands with the Standard monopoly, he has become a very wealthy man.
He is one of the most ardent Democrats that ever swore by Jefferson
and Jackson, and contributes largely to Democratic campaign funds. During
Gov. Campbell's campaign for re-election in Ohio, Mr. Guffey rendered him
valuable service. In fact, there is no reasonable call made upon him by his
party to which he does not cheerfully respond.
(109)

In the year '49
From Ireland came over
A frisky young rover
In hopes to discover
Of riches a mine.
And his fancies were lurid,
Because he felt sure he'd
Achieve his design.
"Now, courage," said he,
"There's good luck in the distance."
And so with persistence
He fought for existence.
Betwixt you and me
His first wage of a dollar
A week was much smaller
Than these days we see.
His progress was slow
But with heart never quailing
He thought not of failing
And took to retaiUng
Tobacco, and so
Success came to crown him,
And no one could down him
Nor yet lay him low.

'Twas thus it befell
That with pride unaffected
And zeal well directed
In time he erected
His Fifth Ward hotel
In a goodly location
Which high admiration
Is bound to compel.
In public affairs
He's been active' — who wouldn't
Thereof be a student ?
A school boarder prudent
He's been, and the cares
Of Councils he's tackled
And the name of unshackled
Assemblyman bears.
What more does he seek?
Why nothing ; his measure
Of hard-gotten treasure
And fairly won pleasure
Is full, and his cheek
Still glows when recaUing
That vision appalling —
A dollar a week.

(no)

JOHN O'NEILL.

OF the "solid" citizens of the Fifth Ward, none occupies a higher place
in the estimation of the residents of that district than Hon. John
O'Neill, proprietor of the Sixth Avenue Hotel, at the corner of Grant
Street and Sixth Avenue.
Mr. O'Neill is a thoroughbred Irishman of the best type. He was
born in the County Cork in 1839, and emigrated to the United States when
he was ten years old, coming almost immediately to Pittsburg. Here he
was educated and made his start in life. Fortune was not prodigal of her
favors to him at the outset, and he often recalls his youthful experience
when his labor was rewarded with the meagre stipend of $1.00 a week.
By dint of patience and thrifty habits, however, he pushed his way forward
and laid the foundations of a comfortable fortune. In August, 1863, he
went into business as a tobacconist, and later established himself in a profit
able liquor trade. The Sixth Avenue Hotel, of which he is sole owner and
proprietor, was completed in August, 1891. It is a handsome brick edifice
containing 75 rooms, is equipped with all modern conveniences, and fur
nished throughout in the latest style, and in its management and aU its ap
pointments is second to no other establishment of the kind in Pittsburg.
Hence the popularity and liberal patronage earned by this hotel within a
very short time.
Mr. O'Neill has always been a conspicuous figure in local politics. He
has been a member of the Hancock School Board, and served six years in
. Select Councils and two terms in the State Legislature. He is a Democrat
and a member of the Randall Club. (Ill)

While this personage we do up.
Who in Pennsylvania grew up.
And is native-born, for he himself has said
it:
There's a Pinafore quotation
That just fits the situation,
" He's an English\m.n," and that is to his
credit.
Shakespeare author of the claim is
That there nothing in a name is
But the present case leads not to that con
clusion.
For a cursory inspection
Carried on in this connection
Shows that Shake was simply spreading a
delusion.
Down from Blaii: — a melanchoUc
Little county and bucoUc —
Came our subject to this town to find his
level.
And secured a situation
With a South Side publication
In the literary role of printer's devil.
Being capable and ready.
Soon he got employment steady
(I

Setting type for Uving wages on a daily ;
While his brothers found enjoyment
In the very same employment
Mangling "copy" expeditiously and gaily.
But in typographic durance •
Long he stayed not ; for insurance
Was for him a fascination and a hobby ;
And no sooner did he try it
Than he filled his pockets by it
And began to cut a figure ultra nobby.
People quickly came to relish
His display of habits sweUish
And the politicians couldn't overlook him ;
Club men specially extolled him.
The Americus enrolled him
And was tickled in its membership to book
him.
John Dalzell to-day he's backing.
And Boss Quay with vim attacking.
Stirring up on ev'ry hand deUght and won
der;
All the world must fain admit it.
Keen he is and ready-witted.
And knows how to put the EngUsh on like
thunder.
12)

H. D. W. ENGLISH.

IN business, in society, and in politics, "Harry" English, insurance man,
^ club luminary, and political captain, is alike widely and favorably
known. He was born at Sabbath Rest, Blair County, December 22, 1855. His
father. Rev. G. W. English, a Baptist minister, was his first preceptor, giv
ing him a sound and wholesome training. The remainder of his education
was received at Milroy Academy, where he spent four years. In 1871 he
came to Pittsburg, secured a position as office-boy for the South Side
Courier, and eventually learned the printing trade. It is a curious coinci
dence that Mr. English and his brothers, G. W. and Dr. W. T. English,
were all printers at one time, and had the reputation of outrivalling all com
petitors in rapid type-setting.
After serving three years as a compositor on the Chronicle-Telegraph,
Mr. English became associated with his brother G. W. in the insurance
business. In 1881 the latter went to N,ew York to take charge of the Berk
shire Life Insurance office as Manager for the City and State. H. D.,W.
English bought out his brother's interest and assumed charge himself
His record as an insurance man has been uniformly above par. He is ener
getic and pushing to an unusual degree, and is in all respects signally
adapted to the business to which he has devoted himself ,
Mr. English is an ardent Republican, and a leading member of the
Americus Club. He was chairman of the Executive Committee of that or
ganization from 1884 to 1890, and has been chairman of the Committee of
Arrangements at almost all the banquets given by the Club in this city.
(ti3)

Behold on his steed
Of mysterious breed
A rider of grim-looking mug ;
Like a dime-novel hero
He wears a sombrero.
And Isaac's the name of his plug.
His mustache, big and red.
And his greatness of head.
Should indicate plainly to you
That Isaac's possessor
Is nobody lesser
Than the high muck-a-rfluck of the Zoo.

There's a grave-looking owl
That sits, cheek by jowl.
With an eagle that's tired of his bunk ;
There's an elephant youthful.
Who (let us be truthful ! )
Don't carry his clothes in his trunk.
There are guinea-pigs cute.
And a queer looking brute
From Chili, or maybe Peru ;
And they all howl like blazes
When singing the praises
Of the high muck-a-muck of the Zoo.

O'er his novel domain
Supreme is his reign ;
He has vassals all dressed up in gray.
Who devote themselves mainly
To prancing inanely
Around, and to drawing their pay.
¦ The power he divides.
So that Hokey presides.
With the aid of a nondescript crew,
Over what Uttle work is
Achieved in the circus
Of the high muck-a-muck of the Zoo.

There are also the coons,
And the frisky baboons.
And the monkeys just bubbling with glee.
Small wonder, now is it.
That thousands should visit
The place where these wonders they see ?
With pleasure untold
The young and the old
On Sunday go out in a slew,
And you'U find all competing
To tender a greeting
To. the high muck-a-muck of the Zoo.
("4)

JAMES Mcknight.

"PVERY man, 'woman and chUd who has been to visit Schenley Park ought
¦L' to be familiar with the cheery face and trim figure of " Jim " McKnight,
the big-hearted and easy-going, but in all respects thoroughly efficient. Su
perintendent of the people's pleasure ground,
James McKnight was born in County Down, Ireland, November ii,
1854, and was brought to this country by his parents in 1859, coming direct
to Pittsburg. The family settled in Pitt township, now the Fourteenth
ward, and has lived there ever since.
Mr. McKnight was educated at the public schools, and devoted himself
principally to clerical pursuits until 1884, when he became a conti-actor, in
which capacity he still carries on business. In 1890 he was appointed Su
perintendent of Schenley Park, and all improvements made there have been
executed under his personal supervision.
He was one of the first to take men and money to the relief of the
panic-stricken people of Johfistown on the occasion of the disastrous flood
of 1889. It was under his supervision that the famous dam at the stone
bridge was opened, out of which a great number of bodies' were taken.
After three other contractors had faUed to clear the water-course, Mr. Mc-
- Knight undertook the work on Wednesday, and had it completed at 3 p. m.
on the following Saturday. For this admirable service he was congratu
lated by Governor Beaver and General Hastings, who pronounced it th^
most effective piece of work done since the occurrence of the flood.
¦ While at Johnstown, Mr. McKnight employed as many as 2,200 men and
600 teams at one time.
I He is a Republican in politics, and one of the best known men in Alle
gheny county.
("S)

With gteen flag:s proudly flying
And regimentals gay,
Hibernians come
To the beat of the drum
To Celebrate the day.
St. Patrick's feeling happy
To know it's aU for him :
And the saint's chief aid
In the big parade
Is gallant Captain Jim,
The Galway men look hearty,
The Dublin men look spry j
¦ The lads from Clare
Look devil-may-care
As their serried ranks go by ;
• And the boys from Tipperary
Are stout and clean of limb;
But none of them are
Upon a par
With gallant Captain Jim,
The Captain earned his title
At home in the N, G. P,
If war Was in sight
He'd have husded out to fight,
But he didn't get the chance, not he

So in days of peace he labored
A company to get in trim.
And the boys got their fill
Of expert driU
From gallant Captain Jim.
From the P. R. R. he parted
Not many years ago ;
In the Company's pay
For many a day
He'd been, but found it slow.
A restaurant palatial
He thought would suit his whim ;
. And on Liberty street
None now compete
With gaUant Captain Jim.
He sits in Common CouncU
And helps to legislate.
In ward No. Nine
He's right in fine
And heads the reg'lar slate ;
And whenever there are elections
You'll find him in the swim.
For the powers that be
A helpmate see
In gallant Captain Jim,
(116)

J. J. McGUIRE.

/^APTAIN J. J. McGuire, proprietor of the well known cafe on Liberty
^ street, opposite the Union Depot, formerly Deshon's, has long been a
leading spirit among the Irish Catholics of Western Pennsylvania. Oddly
enough. Captain McGuire is not a native Irishman. He was born in Glas
gow, Scotiand, March 1 1, 1850, of Irish parents. The family emigrated to
America in 1852, and settied in Danville, Montour county. Pa. In 1864,
young McGuire with several companions went to Philadelphia and surrepti
tiously enlisted in the navy. His father took him out and sent him to the
College of St. Charles Borromeo, in Philadelphia, where he spent two years
studying for the priesthood. In 1867, he removed with his parents to Pitts
burg, where the family remained for one year, during which time he
graduated from the Iron City College. The fa,mily, returned to Danville in
1868. On May 25th of that year. Captain McGuire was married to his
present wife, and took her and his parents to Pittsburg. He worked at
Shoenberger's blast furnaces for three years, and, was in business on Penn
avenue for nearly four years, after which he entered the employ of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and served as assistant depot-master and
later as conductor. Retiring finally from the railroad business, he invested
his savings in a hotel and restaurant on Penn avenue, and suosequently sold
out and moved to his present location.
Captain McGuire has been a Hibernian since he was 18 years old. He
had charge of a Division for four years, and was State Secretary for two
years. He was for nine years a member of the Ralston School Board, and
is at present the representative of the Ninth ward in Common Council. He
has also served in the National Guard, and was for two years Captain of
Company B, Eighteenth Regiment.
("7)

Perchance our readers, gazing on this gent's famil
iar face,
May consider him as being just a trifle out of
place.
For instead of being around the ticket office —
bless his heart ! —
To-day he's in the gallery — a gallery of art.
In his academic temple he exhibits to the view
Every week a set of object lessons picturesque
and new,
On the salutary influence of which himself he
prides
Very justly, since the lookers-on can't help but
split their sides.
There is natty Tony Pastor, who is vocally a
power.
And warbles funny things about the topics of the
hour,
And little Bobby Manchester, whose grimaces and
¦ chaff
Would make a graven image waken up to take a
laugh.
There's Kernell, the lanky Irishman, who never
fails (the rogue !)
To paralyze the audience with his Connemara
brogue.
And who gives the foreign lingoes many a capti
vating touch —
He can diagnose the Dagoes and can paraphrase
the Dutch. ("

There's the famous aggregation that is known as
Lily Clay's,
Which semi-operatic incongruities essays; .
The lady with the skipping-rope, the walker on
the wire,
The Hercules who swings the clubs and never
seems to tire.
There's the juggler with his sleight of hand as old
'as Adam's fall,
The gymnast whose trapeze exploits faint-hearted
folks appal.
The girl who warbles ditties that would touch a
heart of stone,
And the chap who plays on every blesged instrn-
ment that's known.
All of these our hero shows us, and he makes the
business pay.
For he always can distinguish 'twixt an actor and
a jay; .
He himself once wore the buskin, and was pickea
out to support
Stars like Forrest, Adams, Cushman — heavy
drama was his forte.
¦ From the time when as the manager of Trimble's
house he shone ,
To the present, when he's opening the 'steenth
season of his own, . i
He has always been considered, with respedt that
ne'er abates, i '
The squarest little manager in these United Slates.
8)

H. W. WILLIAMS.

HW. ("HARRY") WILLIAMS, the estimable proprietor and manager
of the Academy of Music, was born at Baltimore, Md., December 5,
1841, and there attended school, graduating from the Baltimore High School
in 1856. His first business venture was in the fish and produce trade, with
his mother, and he spent three years as a tinner's apprentice.
A natural fondness for the drama asserted itself, however, and he be
came second low comedian in the stock company of the opera house at Nor
folk, Va. He played variously at Washington and Baltimore theatres for
several years, and during an engagement in the latter city, on September i,
1861, was married to Miss Lucy Clifton. His greatest success behind the
footlights was made at Canterbury Music Llall, Washington, in May, 1862,
when he appeared as "Beau" Hickman in a local drama. In September,
1864, he went to the National Theatre, and remained there eight months,
returning then to Baltimore, where he continued as stage manager and
business manager of a music hall until 1866.
On August 9, 1866, Mr. WUliams came to Pittsburg, where he has re
mained ever since, excepting during two brief periods, which were spent in
Buffalo and Philadelphia respectively. From November 24, 1868, until
January, 1870, he was manager of the "Old Drury," which place he left be
cause the roof was in bad condition and the lessor refused to repair it.
Shortiy after he left, it was torn down.
On November 10, 1877, Harry WiUiams's Academy was opened to .the
pubUc. The house had previously been in bad hands, and it required her
culean efforts on the part of Mr. Williams to change its unsavory reputation
and make it a source of profitable enterprise. In this task he has achieved
superlative success. His name has become a guarantee of fair dealing, and
the fact that he makeg it a rule to engage none but attractions of the high
est order of merit in the vaudeville line has won him the entire confidence of
the public. It matteirs nothing how business may be at the other houses,
I-iarry Williams's is crowded every night with an enthusiastic audience. No
theatrical manager in America stands higher than Mr. Williams in the good
graces of the profession, as weU as of the general public.
("9)

There was one Mr. Riley who kept a hotel
And whom history speaks of as doing quite
well ;
He was quite a high-flyer.
But never soared higher
Than he whom we sing of to-day.
For with all Mr. Riley's smart Gothamite
tricks —
And 'tis said he got in some phenome
nal licks —
'Twould open his eyes up
1 If only he'd size up
Our man and his North Side cafe.

Though the South Side he owns as his
birthplace, his name
Is Dutch, and to German descent he lays
claim.
And hence he's_ resorted
To beer that's imported.
For Deutschland his love to' display ;
And draws from the cask in a fashion Teu
tonic
The lager that ripples like music harmonic
Till Johann and Ernest
Are tempted the dgrndest
To enter that North Side cafe.

As you see by his likeness the North Sider
sports
A nobby appearance, that fitly assorts
With the glittering, glancing.
Imposing, entrancing
Effect of his hostelry gay ;
The diamond he wears is as big and as
¦ bright
As the headlights the traction cars hang
out at night.
No raiment in beauty
Lays over the suit he
Puts on in his North Side cafi. (1

He goes off to New York every once in a
while
New ideas to get and keep up with the style ;
The license court knows him
As solid, and shows him
No reason on earth for dismay.
He's single as yet, though he's slated to
marry.
So, girls, round the depot you don't need
to tarry ;
Henceforth he'll be sou(e)r
On charmers who showei?
Their smiles on the North Side cafe.
20 )

JOHN SAUER.

TF history is not a deceiver, the art of being a good inn-keeper is often
hereditary, and the care of a first-class hostelry passes from generation
to generation without abatement of its popularity. Thus we find John
Sauer, the proprietor of the leading cafe in Allegheny City, at Federal
Street, perpetuating the business left to him by his father, and keeping the
reputation of the house up to the standard of its palmiest days in the past
generation. Mr. Sauer was born in Pittsburg, May 20, 1866. He attended the
common schools, and at the age of 18 entered Duff's CoUege, where, after
a year's study in the business course, he graduated with honor. He then
entered the employ of the Pennsylvania Company as mileage clerk in the
C. & P. office and remained there three years, when the death of his father
nedessitated his taking charge of the cafe on Federal Street. HiS manage
ment of that establishment has been such as to give it a status far above
that of any other resort on the North Side.
Mr. Sauer, while debarred by his business interests frqm indulging po
litical aspirations on his own account, takes a lively interest in local politics,
and is recognized as an influential worker in his district. He is a frank,
affable gentleman, and has the respect and confidence of the business com
munity. (121)

Here's a seignior as potent and grave as you'd
find
If you'd travel around for a year,
A man of a thoroughly well-balanced mind
Whom no one can shove to the rear;
As you see by the cut, he's a fine-looking gent,
With a neat pair of whiskers by Providence sent
As a trademark distinctive, with special intent
To make his identity clear.
From the county of Butler, that wildest of haunts.
Of nature primeval, he hails;
Thence, deserting his "sisters and cousins and
aunts,"
He came here to spread out his sails.
This he did like a thoroughly zealous Jack Tar,
Using every available spanker and spar.
Till to port in a "prominent place at the bar
He was wafted by favoring gales.
You have heard of his uncle — a glorious soul —
Well, the " une." gave him many a boost;
In fact, through the latter, his reaching the
goal
Extra quickly was superinduced.
Together they practiced for many a day
Alike on the civil and crimimal lay,
Till their business piled up in so crushing a
way
That the bond which had held them was
loosed.'
(I

Our hero went off by himself, and he hit
A magnificent trade right away;
When a newspaper into a libel suit lit.
He was hired as a prop and a stay.
Ev'ry time that an editor got in a mess,
He was helped out again with such signal success
That our man got a regular cinch on the press,
And no one his pow'r could gainsay.
The " une." seeing this, took him up on the Mount
And showed' him temptations below;
"Come out independent," he said, "and the
fount
Of preferment will certainly flow.
If you like, from your office you don't need to
budge.
The respectable voters will make you a judge
Of the highest degree;" but the nephew said
"P'udge;
A promise like that doesn't go."
For other positions he's often been named.
Such as judge of the county and may'r;
But ambition for small things he's always dis
claimed.
He'll have naught but what's gilt-edged and
rare.
In the absence of which, from political breaks
I-Ie refrains, though Republican speeches he makes,
And the joy that in popular taffy he takes
Counteracts disappointment and care.
22 )

A. M. BROWN.

"I TAJOR A. M. BROWN, one of the pillars of the bar of AUegheny county,
-^^ was born at Brownsdale, Butier County, Pa. He studied law with his
uncle, Hon. Thomas M. MarshaU, was admitted to the bar in 1853, and
remained in partnership with Mr. Marshall from that time untU 1865. The
law firm of Marshall & Brown attained high rank in the profession, and on
its dissolution, Messrs. Marshall and Brown struck out upon separate paths,
leading in parallel lines to the goal of successful ambition.
Major Brown practices in all the courts, and is equally at home in civil
and criminal cases. His versatility and sound judgment caused him to be
chosen as attorney for several of the leading newspapers of the, city, and
for many years he has been associated with almost every newspaper trial of
importance. He has also been concerned in a great variety of "causes
xelebres," involving the exhibition of a thorough knowledge of jurisprudence
in all its departments, together with exceptional power as a pleader. In
point of forensic ability, quickness of perception, readiness in argument,
skiU ih influencing a jury, and logical dexterity in the construction and
elaboration of his cases. Major Brown is without a superior in his profession
in Western Pennsylvania. He has been frequently mentioned for the State
Supreme Bench, but prefers to retain his immensely lucrative practice.
Major Brown is an ardent Republican, and in State and National cam
paigns freely places his eloquence at the disposal of his party. He has the
reputation of being one of the most brUliant and effective platform speakers
in the State. (123)

ANTHONY F. KEATING.

Thoughtful looking and austere
Is the city financierj
With his iron jaw and forehead full of wrinkles;
Of diplomacy his nose
All the evidences shows,
And his eye with Machiavellian 'cuteness twinkles.
In the outline of his lip
Lurk the signs of statesmanship,
In his chin there is determination stony.
And it cannot be denied.
When we view his social side,
That there isn't the smallest doubt but that he's
Tony.
In Councils he's a staunch
Member of the upper branch;
The philosophy of business there he teaches.
For whenever there's a deal
Which the boys would fain conceal,
"Cover it up," he always says, "with windy
speeches."
On this plan he takes the floor.
Opposition to deplore,
And the kickers to rebuke with acrimony,
All of which the daily press
Notes, while people must confess
That there isn't the smallest doubt but that he's
Tony.
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He's not easy to abash
As regards the public cash
In the annually fixed appropriations,
And although enough be spent
To run up taxes 'steen per cent..
The outrage he will bear with Christian patience.
And on this account, you see.
He's beloved by Chris Magee^
They're as thick as Joe and little Annie Rooney,
And the game between the two
Is tickle me and tickle you,
Oh, there's not the smallest doubt but that he's
Tony.
Though he's firmly tied to Chris,
Yet he claims, in spite of this,
That his principles are strictly Democratic,
Which is odd, so much they smack
Of being off the stalwart track,
Or at least of being a little bit erratic. ,
Thus he hustles right along
City diplomats among, ,
And of every staunch Mageeite he's the crony; .
So that all the local gang
May remark without a pang.
That there isn't the smallest doubt but that he's
Tony.
24)

JOSEPH O. BROWN.

"When I started in first, I made my
mark
In the humble post of prothonotary's
clerk ;
I grubbed along with accounts complex.
And with documents I wrestled that a
saint would vex.
Of documents and sich, I made such a
mess
That now I am the ruler of the D. P. S.

" When I quit prothonoting, I soon did see
That the bar stood in need of such a man
as me.
I read old Blackstone without learning
much law
And then hung out my shingle with im
mense eclat ;
And this shingle was so elegant, I must
confess.
That now Lam the ruler of the D. P. S.

"At last my boss was laid upon the "As I hadn't any cUents, I had time to
shelf, spare
And I turned in and tackled the pro- To lay the ropes for getting of the spoils
thonoting myself my share ;
I prothonoted at intervals quite at my ease I cultivated heelers and stood in with Magee
And assumed an air of business whue I TiU they passed the city charter and took
gathered in the fees. care of me.
I gathered in the fees with such great And 1 worked my little boomlet with so
success much address
That now I am the ruler of the D. P. S. That now I am the ruler of the D. P. S."
(i^S)

ROBERT C. ELLIOTT.
Get on to the farmer ; he's tiUing the soil And when schemes by the gang were

cooked up, you can bet.
To make room for the farmer they didn't
forget.
-As far back as man's recoUection can run.
He's managed the paupers and had lots of ,
fun.
Giving people a game on the gardening
craze,

In the most approved manner, according
to Hoyle.
His number twelve boots and his hat
steeple-crowned
Proclaim him a ruraUst down to the ground.
Time was when this chap led a noisier life,
In the midst of the city's wild racket and
strife. " .
In the First ward he labored with elegance Though his crops cost their weight in hard
gi-gat ^ money to raise. ¦
At poUtical jobbing— votes found while He pointed with pride to beets Uving and
, , . , , , To cabbages costing eight dollars a head,
As a volunteer fireman he had not a peer ^o potatoes and onions at prices as steep.
He belonged to the Vigies," then famed And to heifers and colts costing thousands
far and near. f^^ y.
In the smaU hours of morning fuU oft was
he seen. So pleased with his farming the public be-
As he raced like the dickens behind a came "
machine. That they begged him forever to stick to
the same,
When the ring came along to wield abso- And that's why our picture the gentieman
lute sway, shows
With his ward at his back, he stood in With his rake and correct agricultural
right away ; clothes.
(126)

THOMAS P. DRUITT.

Say, newsies, here's a chap you know,
Full many a time he's staked you ;
Likewise when off the track you'd go.
Full many a time he's raked you.
He's stuck to you, whom fortune shuns,
And ne'er was known to rue it,
With charity an account he runs,
And never overdrew it.
In earUer times he held a case.
That is, he worked at printing.
Though friendship for the human race
At other work was hinting.
A vision in the air he saw,
Which bade him go and do it.
Like pictures that the artists draw —
' 'Twas Providence that drew it.
He first joined "Murph " and shook the cup
Which holds seductive Uquor,
And when the old thirst flickered up,
He just said " Let 'er flicker."
(I

Street Arabs then he sought to win.
He Uked them, and they knew it ;
And once he got his hand weU in.
He never once y^K'Ca.drew it.
He loaned them nickels, found them beds
And grub times out of nuir.ber,
And got a home where weary heads
Could find relief in slumber.
Cold cash it took this noble plan
To start and to get through it ;
But, by his zeal and pluck, our man
From wealthy pockets drew it.
Now all is lovely where his crowd
Of Arabs are located ;
Their princely mansion makes them proud
And largely elevated.
Their lives are lightened with the dawn
Of pleasure, as they view it ;
From poverty the sting is drawn,
And he's the man that drew it.
27)

HON. THOMAS M. BAYNE.

Here is a genius who's known quite exten
sively.
Cuts a wide swath, and does it expensively ;
Mental pre-eminence don't interfere
With his methods of making a splurge in
his sphere.
Boodle he's got, and he's made royal use
¦ of it.
Barrels he's tapped when he'd get an ex
cuse for it ;
Grateful constituents voted him square.
And, sent him to Congress with baUots to
spare.
Once he got there, he didn't begin to rest.
Worked in the big manufacturers' inter
est ;
"Who wants high tariff?" he'd yeU, "I'm
the man
That'U pile up the d — d thing as high as
I can."
That's what he did at the first opportu
nity.
Helped BUI McKinley along with impu
nity,

Harped on the bogus free trade bugaboo,-
Wanted the earth, and got half of it, too.
So things went on, till 'twas time for retir
ing him,
Then he found out folks were talking of
firing him; \
Out came the barrel, and just as before
The North Side Republicans chose him
once more.
Strange to relate, when he'd got things all
fixed again.
What does he do but make them get
mixed again ;
Offered the people a man of his own ;
They didn't want bread, yet he gave them
a stone.
Oh, how the hardshell Republicans jumped
on him !
AU sorts of evil predictions were dumped ,
on him.
"Bye-bye," he said, "your confounded
alarms
Can't keep me, at least, from obscurity's
arms."

(128)

WM. FLINN.

When Pittsburg's Tycobn, in the height of
his power
Had the ground knocked from under
his feet.
He was stung to the quick as his former
right bow'r
Supplanted the boss in his seat.
But the crestfallen ruler was too keen a
blade
His hatred and rage to betray.
So he just cracked a smile while the other
essayed
The role of Mikado to play.

His Mikadoship royally carried his crown.
And royally carries it yet ;
He quickly established his grip on the
town
And made slaves of the City Hall set.
He ran the elections in elegant style.
Both branches of CouncUs controlled ;
From municipal contracts he raked in a
pile,
TiU the courts left him out in the cold.
(I

Pooh-Bahs he created whenever he chose ;
City purchases suited him well,
Till the Glew farm affair like a spectre
arose
And the press on his Jags rang the bell.
As a maker of statutes the record he broke.
He introduced' bills by the score,
Till the Harrisburg Solons were ready to
croak
And voted his " flyers " a bore.

He's been raked by the press of this town
fore and aft
As the rockiest prince in the land.
But his hide is too thick to be pierced by
a shaft
That is thrown by an editor's hand.
So we still must endure his Mikadoish
games.
Which keep honest folks on the rack,
WhUe a burning desire many bosoms in
flames
That the poor old Tycoon may come
back.
29)

JOHN J. DAVIS.

Though a soldier-like aspect he sports
And wears a big badge on his breast.
This little man never consorts
With the warriors Uke whom he is drest.
About striving for glory
As long as it's gory
He don't give a blankety blank.
Milder methods he's followed
To make himself solid.
He's a secret society crank.

On occasions of state you should see
The dignified air he assumes.
Pie's a corker, all judges agree.
In his elegant gold lace and plumes.
When he goes to conventions.
Upon his pretensions
It's always a safe thing to bank.
For, though others may hustle,
He'll win in the tussle.
This secret society crank.

He belongs to the X. Y. of Z. ;
He's the boss of the P. D. of Q. ;
He estabUshed the C. O. of D.,
And thg Mystical Howdah Yah Doo.
Round his numerous lodges
He steadily dodges.
The cash for his dues down to plank ;
And those dealings extensive
Are found quite expensive
By the secret society crank.

At a desk in Municipal Hall,
In the daytime he scribbles away,
With a smile and a jokelet for all.
Perennially happy and gay.
When festive reporters
Drop into his quarters.
He greets them with courtesy frank ;
And it makes the boys glad to
Donate a free "ad." to
The secret society crank.
(130)

JAMES HUNTER.

The Sultan of Turkey's a despot notorious.
So is his Highness, the worshipful Czar ;
But to hunt up an autocrat tenfold as
glorious.
Oddly enough, you don't have to go far.
Pittsburg must bow to
A chap that knows how to
Give pointers to tyrants 'way over the sea ;
While over the river
The populace shiver
At the frown of the boss — Allegheny's
Magee.
Above is the latter's presentment pictorial ;
Bearing his model's phizog. on his shield.
He, like the other, asserts a seignorial
Right to control the political field.
In affairs councilmanic
It's simply satanic
, The way that he works things, and, 'twixt
you and me,
There's many an ally
Of old Pleasant Valley
Who's mortgaged his soul to the Northside
Magee.
Few can come near him in squeezing out
franchises :
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Only the Manchester stands in his way,
And in Councils the size of his pull in both
branches is
Tantamount fairly to absolute sway.
Wyman he backs up,
And Murphy he cracks up.
The heads of departments in Queer street
would be
If they didn't adore him —
This high cockalorum,
Common Council's last chairman — the
Northside Magee.

With the boodle he's made now his state is
imperial ;
Royalty hasn't a costlier home ;
Splendor surrounds him, and vassals se-
verial
Treat him Uke CKsar Augustus of Rome.
Europe's not in it ;
One can't help but grin at
Crowned chumps who suppose they're on
top of the tree ;
For whoe'er would set eyes on
A boss with no flies on,
Needn't hunterround far from the North-
side Magee.
31)

HERMAN HANDEL.

Dot's der bicture von mein back —
Ach, es ist so schoen !
Dot von beauty I've no lack
Kannst du sicher seh'n.
Efery one mein veatures knows — ¦
Freunde hab' ich viel.
I trinks mein peer und vears mein glothes
Im echten deutschen Styl.

ShtiU to mein barty do I shtick,
Stets treu und kreuzfidel ;
So long als I gan dum a drick
Da steh' ich zu Befehl.
A voUower von Yackson I ;
Bin an der rechten Seit',
A Temogratt I'U Uf und die
Auf aUe Ewigkeit.

In bolitics I'm bretty shmart—
Das ist ja Wohlbekannt.
You'U find in der Campaigner's art
Ich bin kein DUettant.
Vonce for Regorder I game out—
Ach, Gott ! das war ein' Schlacht,
Mein vriends — boor souls ! vos put to rout
Wie Niemand je gedacht, (^32)

Aldough I'm in der hayseed line
Und Land und Vieh besitz'
Dere's no Alliance fake in mein-
Das ist ja bios ein Witz.
So if folks tell you I'm a chay,
Dran glauben soUst du nit —
But gome und zee me any day
Und triok' ein Glaeschen mit.

PROF. B. WEIS.

Who doesn't know this German face
And whiskers mutton-choppish,
Attractive, but without a trace
Of affectation foppish?
Their owner in this town maintains
A prominent position ;
The ear he charms with beauteous strains,
For he's the boss musician.

In street parades they proudly march.
Dressed up in outfits splendid.
And at their head, as stiff as starch.
His Jags, with cheeks distended,
A B cornet Uke sixty blows ;
High sentiments inspire him ;
All eyes are fixed on him, he knows,
And all who see, admire him.

He leads a military band,
A famous aggregation.
Whose music meets on every hand
With glowing approbation.
Comets and altos, big trombones,
Bass horns and drums that clatter,
Unite in deftly blended tones
Sweet harmonies to scatter.

Sometimes the band shifts off to strings,
Orchestrally combining.
Our hero then the baton slings
And shows his talents shining.
Applause on every side rings out.
And great is his elation.
For, 'tis agreed, without a doubt.
He knocks out aU creation.
(133)

Loyal, staunch and true as steel (e^
Is this party prepossessing.
In his countenance expressing
That he owns a conscience clear.
Who he is we won't reveal,
Though his likeness goes a great way
To identify him straightway
As a city bank cashier.

With suavity immense
He receives 'em. It's amusing
How, consenting or refusing.
Still he makes himself appear
To derive delight intense
From the regular persistence
Of the chaps who want assistance
From the city bank cashier.

From the bottom to the top
He has made his way in banking,
His associates out- ranking
In position year by year.
And his progress naught could stop.
For it pleased him well to shoulder
AU the cares oi a. freeholder
And a city bank cashier.

He's a bachelor as yet
And with triple-plated anguish
Maidens numerously languish
Who his home would like to cheer.
But while thus he is beset,
For his beauty and his siller
Nothing of a lady-killer
Is the city bank cashier.

Folks with promissory notes
Come, attracted like the needle
To the pole, our man to wheedle
And to whisper in his ear.
Frisky chaps that sow wild oats.
And run short of ready lucre.
Seek to play financial euchre
With the city bank cashier.

Out of politics he stays.
Though he's one of Chris's cousins,
And inducements has by dozens
Crafts political to steer.
So you see the part he plays
Shows discretion unremitting.
And a rule of Ufe befitting
Any city bank cashier.

(134)

JOHN F. STEELE.

\ PROMINENT figure among Pittsburg financiers is John F. Steele,
^^ cashier of the Freehold Bank on Fourth avenue. Mr. Steele was
born and reared at Brady's Bend, Pa. When he was yet a lad, his family
removed to the Fourteenth ward, Pittsburg, and there he attended the public
schopls until he reached the age of fifteen. He has been about fifteen years
with the Freehold Bank, working his way up from the foot of the ladder to
the position of cashier, which he assumed in 1884.
Mr. Steele is a bachelor, handsome and much sought after by the
ladies ; but so far has been proof against temptation. He is wealthy, hav
ing accumulated a handsome fortune through judicious investments. He is
of a courteous and obliging disposition, and his personal popularity has
contributed more largely to the prosperity of the Freehold Bank than
almost any other influence. He likes a good horse, and is often seen driv
ing a fast team on Forbes street. He is a cousin of C. L. Magee, but the
relationship does not inspire him with political ambition, conservative appli
cation to business being an iron-clad rule with him, aside from such demands
,-as society makes upon his time. As regards tact, foresight and correct
judgment in financial undertakings, Mr. Steele is justly regarded as having
few superiors in local business circles. (133)

Have you ever thought, dear reader.
When perchance an eye you cast
On the pages of the Leader,
With appreciation vast.
What a quantity prodigious
Of white paper we must use.
As each day with zeal religious
We keep grinding out the news?

From the time of his beginning
Right along his trade increased.
And success he's had in winning
Reputation in the east.
And from towns on the Atlantic
Big suppUes he gets by freight.
Which he sells in lots gigantic,
ReaUzing profits great.

By the mile it keeps a-running
Through machinery immense.
Which of scientific cunning
Is a wondrous evidence.
And the man who keeps supplying
It as fast as we can print.
May be mentioned, without lying.
As the owner of a mint.

At a national bank — the Second —
His headquarters may be seen ;
There by methods shrewdly reckoned
He conducts his trade machine.
And since coming here from Beaver —
That's where first he saw the light-
Enterprise has been the lever
That has raised him " out of sight."

His pictorial presentment
Here we offer, and you'U trace
An expression of contentment
On his classic-looking face.
His mustache is independent.
Self reliant is his nose,
WhUe integrity resplendent
In his every feature glows.

(136)

So hereafter, when perusing
What the Leader has to say.
The remembrance don't be losing
Of what's told to you to-day.
Recollect, the " Uttie joker "
Of this journal, we confess.
Is the jolly paper-broker
Who suppUes our printing press.

J. F. McCAUGHTRY.

JF. McCAUGHTRY, although his establishment in business dates only
• from 1884, is to-day the most extensive dealer in paper in the city of
Pittsburg, and the only broker selling paper by the car load. Mr. Mc-
Caughtry was born in Beaver County 38 years ago, and early developed the
keen commercial instinct which has since marked his undertakings. Since
he came to Pittsburg his progress has been exceptionally rapid, the trade
which he has built up being alike extensive and remunerative. He occupies
a commodious office in the Second National Bank building, at the corner of
Ninth and Liberty streets, where he carries on transactions in book and
newspaper stock with New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore, besides com
manding a large local trade. He represents the two largest western manu
facturers of straw boards, friction and binder's board, and in print, book and
manilla papers he represents the largest eastern manufacturers. Glass
manufacturers' wrapping paper is one of his specialties.
Mr. McCaughtry is endowed with all the characteristics that go to make
a successful business man. He is far-seeing, energetic and industrious, and
the embodiment of integrity in all his dealings.
(137)

When the judges in the license court with dignity
decide
As to who shall be the chosen ones and who shall
be denied,
Never a moment do they hesitate to grant the
license boon
To the bluff Fifth avenue Irishman that runs the
boss saloon.
He's a County Galway thoroughbred — a Celt
from tip to toe;
Connemara's stamped upon him, though he left
it years ago;
A visage beaming brightly as the sun that shines
at noon
Marks the bluff Fifth avenue Irishman that runs
the boss saloon.
Thirty years ago petroleum producing was his trade ;
He kept dodging round the oil wells, and full
many a spec he made;
Cash returns were quick and hefty, but were used
up mighty soon
By the bluff Fifth avenue Irishman that runs the
boss saloon.
'Twas when Bradford was the centre of his oper
ations vast
That in Pittsburg he appeared and with high-
rolling folks was classed;
Into favor here instanter, like a dashing big dragoon.
Charged the bluff Fifth avenue Irishman that runs
the boss saloon.
He was cheek by jowl with Dan O'Day and other
chaps Uke that;
His heart was always open and his wallet always fat ;
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So his Pittsburg friends enticed him here— they
sang a siren's tune
To the bluff Fifth avenue Irishman that runs the
boss saloon.
Here he came, in fine, and settled down, invest
ing wealth profuse
In a hostelry the like of which the town could
not produce.
" It's finer than the red, red rose that's newly
sprung in June,"
Said the bluff Fifth avenue Irishman that runs
the boss saloon.
But with this he wasn't satisfied, although pre
eminent,
Three hundred thousand dollars in a hew lay-out
he spent,
And his patrons were invited at the opening to reune
By the bluff Fifth avenue Irishman that runs the
boss saloon.
To the new Aladdin's palace full of wonderment
they came.
Statesmen, business men and editors, and others
known to fame;
They ate and drank and speechified till fain with
pride to swoon
Was the bluff Fifth avenue Irishman that runs
the boss saloon.
When historians in time to come record the marvels
great
That have been elaborated in this section of the State,
First of all they'Uput the monument artistically hewn
By the bluff Fifth avenue Irishman that runs the
boss saloon.
38)

JOHN NEWELL.

ik "PACILE PRINCEPS" in the cafe and restaurant business in the west-
-'- ern part of Pennsylvania is John Newell, owner and proprietor of
the magnificent establishment on Fifth Avenue below Smithfield Street.
Mr. Newell is a native of County Galway, Ireland, and came to this country
when he was eight years old. His family settled in Boston, and remained
there until 1861, when his father, Anthony Newell, moved to Titusville.
There John Newell entered the oil trade, and he has dealt in oil almost con
tinuously ever since. He was located for many years in the Bradford terri
tory, and during his operations in that section spent most of his time in
Pittsburg. In 1 89 1, Mr. Newell bought the propertj^ at No. 99 Fifth Avenue, and
in March of the present year (1892) opened up a cafe which good author
ities pronounce the finest in the world. It seats 400 people, and more than
one thousand meals are served daily. The building and furnishment cost
$300,000. John Newell has always been accustomed to invest on a large scale.
When he obtained his first start in the oil business he made money rapidly.
The loss of $40,000 in a single day knocked the ground from under his
feet, but he recovered himself, and since that time has prospered steadily.
His friends and acquaintances are numbered by tens of thousands, and
among them are the most substantial people of Allegheny County.
(139)

What personage pre-eminent.
In whom both pomp and power are blent.
Does this engraving represent? —
Some folks may want to know.
An emperor, maybe, or a king.
With countless minions on a string?
Oh, no ; his Jags is no such thing.
Though looking largely so.
A plainer sphere in life he fills,
ReUeving common people's ills
With nauseous draughts and odious piUs,
As laid down in the books.
Yet, though this plain " profesh " he pUes,
His aspirations reach the skies.
And in his planning he's as wise
And wily as he looks.
Time was, when in a minor " sit,"
The radiance of his genius lit
The workings of a madhouse, fit
To make the angels weep. (I

Some day he'd surely fiU, he thought.
The boss's shoes, but all for naught ;
The job a hated rival caught.
Whereat his wrath was deep.
His failure in this little deal
Induced him next to make appeal
To have the paupers imbecile
In quarters new installed.
Assemblymen vouchsafed the boon ;
The Governor will confirm it soon.
And changed will be our hero's tune —
To boss it he'U be called.
He is a Democrat, you see.
And surgeon to the N. G. P. ;
Thereon he rests his present plea —
What more could people ask?
Besides, for Mayor the dark horse plan
He's often tried, and so our man
May cheerfully the future scan —
In fortune's smile he'll bask.
40)

C. CHASE WILEY, M. D.

A PLACE of honor on the roll of medical practitioners in Allegheny
County is occupied by the name of Dr. C. C. Wiley, who is also
prominent in military and political circles. Dr. Wiley was born at Peach
Bottom, York County, Pa., March 22, 1853, of distinguished ancestry. His
grandfather, J. D. Wiley, was an officer in the war of 1812, and received the
award of a land warrant for meritorious services. Dr. Wiley was reared and
worked on a farm. He carried mail and drove a stage between York and
Peach Bottom, and afterwards clerked in a country store. He was educated
in the common schools and in a select school at Bangor, Pa., and also at
tended the York High School and York County Academy, after his father,
having been elected sheriff of York County, moved to the county seat.
Dr. Wiley read medicine with his uncle. Dr. N. B. Bryans, and Dr; Mc-
Kennon, physician in charge of York City Hospital, where he studied ner
vous diseases and insanity. Pie also attended the College of Physicians and
Surgeons at Baltimore, Md., where he took the degree of M. D. in 1875.
During his studies he was connected with the College of Maternity hospitals.
In July, 1877, he was appointed assistant superintendent of Dixmont Hos
pital for the insane. In 1883 he resigned to engage in general practice, and
in the same year married Miss Kate McDonald, daughter of Captain J. V.
McDonald, of Beaver, Pa., and located at Hazlewood. He was then ap
pointed surgeon to the B. & O. Railroad Association and to the Elba Iron
Works. In July, 1877, Dr. WUey was commissioned by the Governor as assist
ant surgeon of the Eighteenth regiment, N.' G. P., with the rank of first
lieutenant In August, 1888, after passing the board of examiners, he was
promoted and commissioned surgeon of the regiment, with the rank of major.
Dr. Wiley is a member of the AUegheny County Medical Association,
of the Pittsburg Gynecological Society, of the National Association for the
Prevention of Insanity and the Protection of the Insane, and of the Medico-
Legal Association of New York. He is an ardent Democrat, and takes keen
interest in the movements of his party. (141)

O Germany, why did you ever let slip
This gentleman flip
On an out-going ship ?
You'd have done so much better his wing-
lets to clip
And keep him the Kaiser to serve. ;
For .'tis plain from his phiz that his intel
lect's vast,
Striking people aghast
With the science amassed
In the days when his rivals at school he
outclassed
In industry, quickness and nerve.
'Tis a fact worth recording that when he
came here
From the country of beer '
And of dialects queer
He was blest with such wonderful quick
ness of ear
That he learnt our tongue in a trice ;
And having performed this remarkable feat,
A would-be complete
MetropoUtan sheet
Took him on as reporter, and paid him a
neat
Little sal, and he proved worth the
price.
(I

He turned into EngUsh the stories of
Grimm,
And articles trim
With exceptional vim.
And in excellent language, were ground
out by him
Who in Dutch was accustomed to think ;
And by all those who knew of his work ,
'twas agreed
To be curious indeed
That he'd ever succeed
In producing aught else but what surely
must lead
To driving the public to drink.
An electric high roller observing his skill
Employed him to fiU
A job where the quiU
Comes in mighty handy — he's holding it
still —
'Tis to get up remarks for the press ;
His salary's large, and he's prospering so
That he's taken in tow
For weal or for woe
A helpmate from England, and thus does
he show
That there's nothing succeeds like suc
cess,
42)

ERNEST H. HEINRICHS.

ERNEST H. HEINRICHS, the trained journalist who acts as advertising
agent for the Westinghouse concerns, was born in Germany, April 3,
1862. He studied at the public schools, the Real Schule, and the coUege
at Wesel, and learned Enghsh at Reading, in Berkshire, England, where he
served for a time as a tutor. He came to the United States in 1885,
worked on the English- American in New York, and in 1886 came to Pitts
burg and became a reporter on the daily papers, holding at different times
positions on the Commercial-Gazette and the Dispatch. His original stories
and translations from the German in the columns of the latter journal gave
him a wide reputation. At present he devotes his entire attention to the
service of the Westinghouse concerns, and principally of the Westinghouse
Electric Company.
The Westinghouse Company, although little more than five years in
existence, leads the world to-day in the manufacture of electrical machinery
and apparatus, every variety of which is turned out at the company's work
shops. Over one thousand patents, covering the most valuable ideas in
the electric art, are controlled by this concern. The Westinghouse Com
pany inaugurated the system of incandescent lighting known as the West
inghouse Alternating Current system, which is conceded to solve the prob
lem of cheap and convenient illumination, and rises permanently superior to
competition. The success of the Westinghouse Company in other departments of
the electrical industry is similarly remarkable. Notable instances are
furnished in the manufacture of apparatus for arc lighting, for the long
distance transmission of power, for stationary power plants, and for the
electrical operation of railways.
The apparatus for the long distance transmission of power is a great
boon to mines, mills, and manufacturing plants, especially where fuel is
scarce. The Westinghouse Company also provides the ideal system of electric
rapid transit, represented by their generators and railway motors. The
gearless motor, introduced by this company, is a triumph of mechanical
science in point of combined simplicity and utility. Hundreds of rapid
transit lines throughout the country use these appliances.
The Company has three large factories located in Pittsburg, Newark,
N. J., and New York City. (143)'

If music has charms savage breasts to appease
Then behold a philanthropist true,
Who never omits the occasion to seize
To give music, sweet music, its due.
With countenance glowing
And eloquence flowing.
He'll prove in a logical way
That the outlook most dire is
Unless your desire is
To buy a pianofortay.
His first love was the law, and he studied awhile
With no shortage of vigor and vim.
But Blackstone he found was a rusty old file,
And a vast deal too crooked for him.
So from law-book^ he parted.
And down-town he started
As a dealer in instruments gay.
'Mid his friends in he waded
And many persuaded
To buy a pianofortay.
Having proved his ability, promptly he shook
The partnership then by him held.
And set up an estabhshment on his own hook
Where his profits quite rapidly swelled.
'Mid uprights and grands he
Indulges his fancy,
(I

Pure musical taste to display;
And with all sorts of graces,
The people he braces
To buy a pianofortay.
Though his store is in Pittsburg, his home is
abroad.
In the neighboring burg he resides.
There he sits in the Councils and looks to the
rod
That in pickle for ringsters abides.
Into boodlers degraded
He fearlessly waded
And made them the penalty pay
For their crimes; so they fear him
And ne'er will come near him
To buy a pianofortay.
He was marshal-in-chief of the cause of reform
In May'r Kennedy's recent campaign.
And 'tis whispered around that his loyalty warm
To pure government is not in vain.
Political boomers
Are sending out rumors
That as May'r he'll be chosen some day;
Yet, however he's splurging.
Folks still he'll be urging
To buy a pianofortay.
44)

JOHN R. HENRICKS.

THE Henricks Music Co. Ltd. is chartered under the laws of the State of
Pennsylvania, and is composed of John R. Henricks, W. P. Hanna,
Wm. E. Wheelock, Chas. B. Lawson, and Mark Porritt.
This company is the largest music concern in Pennsylvania, and occu
pies the large store rooms and basement running from Fifth avenue to
Virgin alley, covering 14,400 square feet.
Mr. John R. Henricks, Chairman of tbe Company, was born in Alle
gheny City in 1S53, and has resided there ever since, and has been in later
years prominently identified in public affairs of the city. Mr. Henricks has
been in the music business over twenty years, and has a thorough knowl
edge of its different branches.
Mr. W. P. Hanna, the Secretary and Treasurer of the Company was
born in New Castle, Pa., and after studying music some years, completed
his studies at the Boston Conservatory of Music, and afterwards conducted
a music store in Sharon, Pa.
Messrs. William. E. Wheelock and Charles B. Lawson, Vice-Chairman
and Manager, respectively, of the Henricks Music Co. Ltd., reside in New
York, and are members of the Wheelock & Co., Lindeman & Sons, and
Stuyvesant Piano Companies, which are ranked among the leading piano
factories of the country.
Mr. Mark Porritt, one of the Managers of the Company, is a native of
England, and after studying music there, and under Monsieur Courras at
Uie Paris Conservatory of Music, left the old for the new world, and estab
lished himself in Pittsburg about seven years ago.
The leading makes of pianos and organs are handled by the Henricks
Music Co. Ltd., including the celebrated Weber, Lindeman & Sons, Whee
lock & Co., and Stuyvesant pianos, and the renowned Farrand & Votey,
Palace and Kimball organs.
The business done covers the States of Pennsylvania, Ohio and West
Virginia, and embraces the custom and endorsement of the best musicians
and families in the different sections.
A visit to the Henricks Music Co. Ltd. will be both instructive and
enjoyable, as the utmost courtesy is extended to visitors as well as to
customers. (I4S)

There is kindliness effulgent,
Generosity indulgent,
And good nature in the visage that depicted here
you see.
Which is why you'll scarce believe it.
Or be able to conceive it.
That a regulation undiluted highwaym.'xa is he.

' Now, perchance this observation
May lose force on explanation,
Since he isn't a Dick Turpin robbing people on a
boss;
For instead of robbing stages
And engaging in rampages.
Of the highways and the sewers in the East End
he's the boss.

In the period exciting
When the North and South were fighting,
With enthusiasm boyish, on the telegraphic key
For the North he operated.
And his service culminated
When he went with Old Tecumseh from At
lanta to the sea.

Days of peace came on, and found him
With a million wires around him,
Supervising for the P. R. R. its lines of tele
graph;
(I

Then the city fathers hired him
As an expert, and required him
To control the fire alarm and boss the operative
staff.

He put in the Gamewell system ;
Little wonder that they missed him
When he wandered to the eastward, filled with
restlessness of soul;
And that when at length returning
To the friends that had been mourning,
He got back his old position and his dear police
patrol.

Later on, by law exalted.
Into pow'r and prestige vaulted
Eddie Bigelow, and took our subject bodily along.
Saying, " I'm the boss now, Sammy,
And in consequence, why damme,
You will be the East End highwayman, a theme
for tale and song."

Sammy took the place thus tendered.
And has yeoman service rendered.
Booming Highland Park and supervising labor
on the street;
Hence the natural confession
That his choice of a profession
As a highwayman eventuates in victory complete.
46)

SAMUEL T. PAISLEY.

OAMUEL T. PAISLEY, Superintendent of the East End Department of
vj Highways and Sewers, was born in the Fifteenth ward, Pittsburg, in
May, 1846, and has been a resident of Pittsburg aU his life, excepting a
period of about three years. He graduated from the public schools and
Central High School, and also attended Harvard University. On leaving
Harvard in 1863, at the age of seventeen, he entered the service of the War
Department as chief telegraph operator, in which capacity he continued for
two years under Sherman, Burnside and Rosecrans. He was with Sherman
in the famous march to the sea.
Returning home in May, 1865, Mr. Paisley came through Washington
with Sherman's "bummers," as they were called. On arriving in Pittsburg
he became chief operator for the P. R. R., and had control of all the lines
and operators between Pittsburg and Altoona. He left the employ of the
Railroad Company to engage in the service of the City as Superintendent of
the fire alarm and police telegraph. It was under his supervision that the
Gamewell system was introduced, and his management of the work of con
struction elicited the highest commendations. After seven years' service in
this position, Mr. Paisley went east to fill a position of similar character. On
his return to Pittsburg three years later, he was reappointed Superintendent
of the fire alarm, and held the place for a further term of three years, when
he resigned to become Superintendent of the East End Highways Depart
ment, which place he now holds.
1 Mr. Paisley also has the entire supervision of Highland Park, the en
largement and improvement of which are largely due to his untiring efforts.
He has held unopposed the office of School Director in the Twentieth ward
for six years. On the death of his mother eight years ago, he inherited
about $75,000, and he is to-day one of the largest property owners in the
East End.
Mr. Paisley is a widower, and again in the market. He says there is
one period in his life which he would like to live over again — a period in
which the helpful influence of his life-long friend, "Ed." Bigelow, and of
Chris Magee, both of whom stuck to him through thick and thin, stood him
in good stead.
|- Mr. Paisley is an excellent official, whose value to the city commands
constant recognition. He is firm in the enforcement of city ordinances, and
enthusiastic in the work of street improvement. To his subordinates and
the citizens who come in contact with him he is all kindness and considera
tion. He is a power in politics, a high-degree Mason, and while he does
not profess to be a society man, enjoys the regard of an immense circle of
friends. Modest, unassuming, and the soul of generosity, "Sam" Paisley
thoroughly merits the place which he has won in public esteem.
(47)

'Arrah musha, bedad, sure to know me is " Whin we hould our convintions, there's
always big shindies.
But meself is the lad that knows how to
preside :

aisy.
Just look at me phiz an' you're sure to
catch on ;

I'm a bould Irish boy, an', you bet, I'm a I hoUer out, 'Boys, kindly rise up the

daisy
Of min of me class there is only the
wan.

windeys
An' throw out the fellers that ain't on
our side.'

" I left the ould dart to get shut of the „ ^^ j ^^^^^p ^^j^ ^^ ^ ^^.^^ j ^^'^
Saxon,

An' now I have wealth, an' inflooence,
begob ;
I'm a Dimraycrat thrue — a disciple of
Jackson,
An' carry the vote of the ward in me
fob.

I ain't in it,
I take a revenge that is betther than
talk;
Whativer the party attimpts I'm agin it,
An' soon they find out who's the cock
o' the walk.

"At the primaries — Och ! sure it's there " So in poUdcs here I'm respected an'
I'm a la-la; dhreaded ;
I know all the ropes, an' I work things I'm a bad man from Badville, me rivals
to suit ; declare ;
Whin I set up the pins, then I'd shtake An' I'm glad that they say so— it keeps
me last doUar, up me credit
They can't be pulled down by no kickin' As a statesman with whom there ain't
galoot. none to compare."
(148)

PATRICK FOLEY.

THERE are few Democrats in Pennsylvania as well known and none
known better than Patrick Foley, the war horse of the Allegheny
County Democracy. Mr. Foley was bom in the city of Cork, Ireland,
January 6, 1840, and emigrated in September, 1849, settiing at Washington,
Pa. He went to school until he was thirteen years old, when he commenced
driving carts on the Hempfield Railroad. Later on he tried farming and
brickmaking. In 1861 he married, and in 1863 came to West Pittsburg,
now the Thirty-fourth ward, and worked as a blacksmith's helper. After
wards he worked as a puddler's helper in Singer, Nimick & Company's mill.
At the end of 18 months a furnace was given him in Painter & Sons' mill,
where he worked for many years. He became an active member of the
United Sons of Vulcan, and attended three national conventions of the
order. In 1870, Mr. Foley was made Superintendent of the puddling depart
ment of Painter's miU. He held this position until 1880, when he resigned
to take charge of his large livery stable in the Thirty-sixth ward, and to
engage in railroad contracting.
Mr. Foley is a life-long Democrat, has been Chairman of the City Com
mittee for many years, and is never missing from the County and State con
ventions of his party. He is an admirable presiding officer, and no man
knows better how to bring order out of chaos when warring factions come
together in the convention haU.
For five years he was a member of the West Pittsburg Council, and in
1872, after consolidation, was elected to Pittsburg Common Council from
the Thirty-fourth ward, serving nine years in that branch. He also served
in Select Council, being elected from the Thirty-fourth and Thirty-sixth
wards respectively. !He was a member of the Riverside School Board for
twelve years, during ten of which he acted as President of that body, and
it was largely through his efforts that, the fine school-house in the Riverside
district was secured.
Mr. Foley is now a member of the World's Fair Commission from
Pennsylvania, and stands in high repute v.ith the Pattison administration.
His history exemplifies throughout the triumph of natural intelligence,
fixity of purpose, patient industry, and an instinctive capacity for perceiv
ing and seizing opportunities of self-advancement, over the disadvantages
which beset a man whose start in the world is made at the foot of the
ladder. (149) .

In the classic shades of Bloomfield, nigh to Jus
tice Leslie's ward.
There lives a fighting Democrat, who's held in
high regard;
Our artist here has done him up with intent to
reveal.
In black and white, the man who used to boss
the jury wheel.
His experience in politics isn't lengthy, but, oh
my 1

Next came Secretar)' Harrity, with places to allot,
And offered our man a clerkship, which he gob
bled on the spot.
Thus a double set of jobs he held, but still was
proud to feel
That none could swipe the man who used to boss
the jury wheel.

Something's always sure to drop whene'er you
hear his battle cry;
Other workers may be elegant in a dicker or a deal.
But there's none of 'em downs the man that used When lambasted by the man who used to
to boss the jury wheel. the jury wheel.

When for State Convention Delegate he ran, not
long ago,
The Brennen crowd opposed him, and they
thought he had no show;
But, bless your heart ! 'Twas ludicrous to hear the
ringsters squeal

Twas in '89, or thereabouts, he made his maiden In selecting decent jurors, he was never known to
fight, fail.
To secure the jury commission ership and reach a Though the old "Com. Gaz." and Larkin cooked
lofty height, up quite another tale;
And the blood of the chaps who tackled him then Whereon of condemnation stern Judge Ewing set
must even now congeal, the seal.
When they think about the man who used to boss While he eulogized the man who used to boss the
the jury wheel. jury wheel.
He was first to start the local boom for Pattison's Just one weakness has our hero, which is really
second term, mighty odd.
And it filled his heart with joy to make the Wal- He looks up to Mr. Harrity as a sort of demi-
lace boomers squirm; god.
The Governor, when elected, thanked him kindly But the populace makes light of that, and seeks
for his zeal, not to conceal
Quite delighted with the man who used to boss Its affection for the man who used to boss the
the jury wheel. jury wheel.
(150)

JOHN W. JILES.

COINCIDENT with the accession of Hon. William F Harrity to the lead
ership of the Pennsylvania Democracy has been the rise of John W.
Jiles from the status of a local politician of moderate prominence to that of
a recognized representative of Allegheny County in State politics. Mr.
Jiles was born in what is now the Sixteenth ward, Pittsburg, in 1863. After
completing a common school education, he engaged with his father in the
sand business, and continued at that occupation for several years. In 1887
Mr. Jiles entered politics, taking an active part in the mayoralty fight. He
was elected a State Delegate in 1888, and carried the Lawrenceville wards
almost unanimously. In the same year he was elected to the State Com
mittee, and also to the office of Jury Commissioner. .He stUl retains his
membership as a State Committeeman. In 1890 Mr. Jiles signalized him
self as a Pattison enthusiast, and took to Scranton 15 delegates in the
.interest of our present Governor. On the installation of the Democratic
administration, in 1891, he was appointed Assistant Corporation Clerk
under Secretary Harrity, which position he now occupies.
In January, 1892, Mr. JUes was a candidate for re-election to the State
Committee. All the local leaders, with the exception of Pat Foley, antago-
nized him, and his opponents even went the length of endeavoring to dam
age his official reputation. In the face of these discouraging circumstances,
Mr. Harrity's Ueutenant won a splendid victory. To no other Democrat in
the county have honorable triumphs come as easily as to John W. Jiles.
(ISO

liilliL

If of high official dignity the acme you would
see, ^
Here's its counterfeit presentment just as like as
like can be,
With his chest so wide expanding
And his optic so commanding.
Never had a king or kaiser such a roval look as
he.
¦He's a thorough A.nglo-Saxon,
Who will freely use the ax on
Shallow chumps who give him trouble with their
kicking and their tiffs;
But, you'll find, for no amount he
Would go back upon the county
Which employs him to hold sessions over acci
dental stiffs.
He's a native-born Fourth warder, and is always
done up brown
By the boys vvho run elections in that section of
the town.
"Arrah now," they'll say, "just cell us
What you're wantin' from us fellers.
And we'U see to it that no one is allowed to turn
you down."
With these forces to support him,
City bosses have to court him.
And to let him in the running of things local
have a part,
Great has been his luck in winning
Such a pull, for his beginning
Wasn't much — as "Barney's" constable in life he
got a start. (^5

When the art of nabbing criminals he thought
he had acquired
V.'ith ambition to excel as a fly copper he vvas
fired;
Then an agency he got up.
Which in rapid order shot up
To the pinnacle of fame, and still is everv'where
admired.
But this feat did not content him.
He was after more per centum
On the value of his influence, and hence he made
the run
On the legislative ticket.
But the opposition wicked
Knocked him out of the " posish " by a majority
of one.
Bitter, bitter were the tears he shed, and then he
went to Chris,
Who said to him " Cheer up, dear heart, and I'll
attend to this;
If there's nothing else, why, damme,
You can size up bodies clammy.
And the sal's enough to raise you to the seventh'
heaven of Ijliss."
All was settled in a minute
And oar subject vpas right in it, '
With his deputies the county he has numerously,
socked.
And, although a pompous noodle
Has cut short the flow of boodle.
Yet we honestly can say that the persimmon -he
has knocked. . ,

HEBER Mcdowell.

,TTEBER McDowell, the popular and efficient Coroner of Allegheny
-'¦-'¦ County, was born in the First Ward, Allegheny, October 29, 1854,
and is a son of William and Margaret McDowell. He was educated at the
First ward public schools of Allegheny, and at the Iron City College. His
first entry into business life was as a messenger boy in the employ of the
Western Union Telegraph Company, and he afterwards occupied a similar
position in the freight department of the C. & P. R. R. Later on he went
into the express business with the Merchants' Express Company. Having
considerable political strength in the Fourth ward, he became a candidate
for Constable and was elected easily. His association with Magistrate Mc
Kenna increased his influence, and helped to place him fairly in line for the
preferment which afterwards came to him.
For some time Mr. McDowell conducted a detective agency with con
siderable success. On January 7, 1887, he was elected Coroner, and has
occupied that position ever since. He has been a model official, and the
Coroner's office under his management has become a very different institu
tion from what it was under the old lax order of things. A complete sys
tem of records and provision for identification has been established, and
the Coroner has been making strenuous efforts to secure legislation enabling
the establishment of a public morgue. (153)

CAPTAIN ALEXANDER WISHART.

Now Pittsburg opens wide her gates.
For lo, the red-nosed delegates
Are flocking in from aU the States ;
They make a solemn show.
A godly and a zealous throng
Of folks who never can go wrong.
Because, you see, they aU belong
Unto the L. & O.

Each crank in turn ,will work his jaws,
And win unlimited applause.
By cracking up the old blue laws
With sanguinary zest.
Soda, cigars, and milk-shakes, too.
They'll pledge themselves to fight anew.
While street cars must be lost to view
Upon the day of rest.

Behold the saintly Pittsburg clan.
With Blowhard Wishart in the van,
A lantern-visaged, four-eyed man —
Above you see his phiz.
Arrived in the convention hall,
Wishart wiU open up the baU,
And teU, with his accustomed gall.
How great a chap he is.

No wonder that these fellows boast.
For far and near they rule the roost ;
Of stupid laws they make the most
With arrogant pretense.
Take courage, though, for there's no doubt
The blue laws yet will peter out.
And crankdom wUl be put to rout
By solid common sense.
(154)

JOS. GITTINGS.

Here's a dumpy little chappie
With a countenance quite happy.
On his merry face you'd never see a
frovra.
And his brains, it may be stated.
In his fingers are located —
He's the boss piano-player of the town.

In a concert or recital
He can clearly prove his title
To a place among the elect in his line.
With his spike-tail coat and glove-
lets.
Snowy white as wings of dovelets.
The appearance he presents is superfine.

In the smaU hours of the morning.
The seductive pillow scorning.
Up he jumps and grinds out classics by
the yard.
When the midnight hour is sounding
StiU the ivories he's pounding
Till the neighbors wish he'd go gehenna-
ward.

Thus by pounding unabated
He has wealth accumulated.
And his name and fame have traveled far
and near.
If you're any sort of guesser
You'U catch on to the professor
For we've tried to give you just the proper
steer.

(155)

The solemn look engraven
On this visage cleanly shaven
Is suggestive of a preacher with the vir
tues of a saint ;
But we teU you, in aU candor,
Off the track you wiU meander
If you take him for a clergyman. Oh, no !
not much he ain't.

In this mood he cleared his stable.
Introduced the grip and cable.
Which made luxury of travel, and soon
caught the public taste.
Rivals didn't dare to scoff at
The idea, but to profit
By so useful an example ev'ry one of
them made haste.

In his youth he was the greenest
Kind of modest young machinist.
Though he'd lots of grit and muscle, and
could always push his way.
And though all with him was hunky.
While with tools he had to monkey.
He was shrewd enough for higher things
his little plans to lay.

Nowadays this lallycooler
Is the rich and potent ruler
Of a score or more of railroads by a syn
dicate controlled.
Out in LawrenceviUe he's solid.
By the voters he is followed.
And in Lawrencevillian politics can knock
the ringsters cold.

Very simple is the story
Of his rise to wealth and glory ;
'Twas at supervising horse-cars that his
first success he made.
But the hybrid kind of stock he
Had on hand turned out so rocky'
That he looked around for something to
cast horse-cars in the shade.

Is there any one can blame him.
If for May'r he lets 'em name him?
He's a joker from away back, and he
loves to start a row.
Yet, they say, despite his funning.
That some day he wiU be gunning
For the mastery at City HaU, and to get
there he knows how.

(15c)

MURR.W VERNER.

QUITE a large niche in that part of the temple of fame which belongs to
^^ the city of Pittsburg is filled by the stalwart figure of Murray Verner,
street railway magnate and all-round capitalist. Mr. Verner is an athlete,
and comes of athletic stock, and to that circumstance, perhaps, is attribut
able the straight-out-from-the-shoulder fashion in which he has worked his
way along the road to fortune, until now, at the age of 38 years, he finds
himself at the goal. He was born and reared in Pittsburg, and made his
start in the world in this city. In 1874 he was appointed clerk in the re
ceiver's office of the Citizens' Passenger Railway. In 1876 he became Su
perintendent of the line, and remained in that position until 1890, when he
resigned, to accept the position of General Manager for the Pittsburg and
Birmingham Traction Company. While the Birmingham line was being
altered to a traction road, Mr. Verner served as General Manager for the
Rochester, N. Y., street railway syndicate, and also as Manager and Vice-
President of the Buffalo, N. Y., street railway system. On the completion
of the Birmingham Traction Road he was made its President.
Murray Verner possesses great strength in city politics, although he
seldom chooses to exercise ' it. He has been frequently mentioned for
Mayor on the Republican ticket, and would have little difficulty in being
elected if he consented to become a candidate. He is married, and is the
father of a family of the brightest children in Allegheny County. Mr. Ver
ner resides on Penn Avenue, East End, and is the owner of an entire resi
dence block in that section. (157)

The managing editor — yes, this is he,
A wiry and brisk-looking chap,
Who resembles Doc. Watts's exemplary
bee.
Which forever had business on tap.
Day and night he keeps striving,
Inventing, contriving.
Slick schemes other journals to beat.
For his paper discloses
A mania to pose as
A "great metropoUtan sheet."
He's a Celt by descent and by birth a
Kanuck,
So has earmarks of both hemispheres ;
From home he was driven, blaspheming
his luck,
By the influx of Yankee cashiers.
'Twas reaUy alarming
How bankers kept swarming
Across when they'd been indiscreet.
So he came here a-chasin'.
And worked at a case on
The "great metropoUtan sheet."

He went on sticking type till he finally
caught
The boss editorial eye.
And was given a tip that in future he ought
His hand at reporting to trj.
This he did with such glory
'Twas not long before he
SUd into the city "ed's " seat.
And with vigor uncommon
Made things fairly hum on
The "great metropolitan sheet."
One day quoth the Chief, " Now confound
the expense.
You shaU be our right bower from date,
Though in moulding opinion we sit on the
fence.
We want to be otherwise straight."
His heart this did gladden.
Though 'twould, by George, madden
An average hustler to meet
AU the trials of temper
And deadweights that hamper
The "great metropoUtan sheet."
(158)

GEORGE A. MADDEN.

MUCH of the credit for the elevation of the Pittsburg Dispatch to its
present place in tbe front rank of American journalism belongs to the
managing editor, George Albert Madden, who, as an all-round newspaper
man, familiar with the details of his profession from Alpha to Omega, has
not a superior in the state.
Mr. Madden was born December 13, 1850, at Newburg, Ont., Canada.
His father was a Canadian and his mother a Frenchwoman, of the Thibeau-
deau family, one of the oldest in Lower Canada. While attending school he
surreptitiously spent most of his time in a printing office. His penchant
for the business finally led to his securing parental consent to his learning
it. At the early age of sixteen be had mastered the art preservative. After
graduating as a "jour," he worked at cases in Toronto. Then he crossed
the line to Buffalo, and in the winter of 1 870, he came to Pittsburg and
secured cases on The Paper. When this journal died of inanition, Mr.
Madden went to the Dispatch composing room. He held "ad" cases there
for a couple of years, and also served as assistant foreman. From the com
posing room he was called down to edit telegraph and do local. Finally he
accepted a position on the local staff under the late NeU Shaw. After a year
under Mr. Shaw, he went to the Commercial Gazette and worked a year on the
local staff of that paper under "Judge" Ramsay. He then returned to the
Dispatch and took charge of the telegraph desk. When the Times changed
hands he was associated with Messrs. Welshons and Self in its reorganization.
After a few months with the Times, he again returned to the Dispatch and
succeeded Mr. Shaw as managing editor. It was in 1885 that Mr. Madden
assumed this responsible position, and from that time up to the present he
has never relaxed his energies in the endeavor to keep the Dispatch in the
van of the newspaper procession. To the versatility of talent essential in his
position he adds a capacity for genuine hard work that is simply amazing.
Friends have held up a warning finger, and George Madden's break-down
has been ominously predicted a hundred times over ; but stiU the busy
editor keeps up his daily sacrifice on the altar of progress without tbe slight
est depreciation of results.
Mr. Madden's tastes, out of business hours, are domestic. He is
married and the head of an interesting household.
(159)

You may talk about your jurists intellectually
hunky,
Whose solemnity and dignity the county bench
invest
With a character of sanctity wherewith none
dares to monkey.
And which seems to come expressly from the
regions of the blest.
You may talk of saintly Porter, with his Tim
O'Leary label,
And of Saints McClung and Kennedy, whom
Chris put on the slate,
But you won't convince the people that these
paragons are able
To lay over him that's shown above — the
Straight-out candidate.

On his genial personality no need there is of
dwelling;
Who that ever ran across him don't appreciate
his worth ?
Though he's dignified, there's nothing that is
freezing or repelling
In the way in which his right to be respected
is set forth.
But he sticks to it that self-respect in men who
would be judges
Don't require that they should strut around in
arbitrary state.
And be placed in nomination by the very worst
of dodges —
No such monkey work is needed by the Straight-
out candidate.

Far and wide throughout the county people know
his visage smiling;
No pretense he makes of being too exalted to
submit
To the judgment of the voters, which, as being
too defiling.
To be exercised on Chris's men the gang would
not permit.
No; our man is not afraid to face the dictum of
his party,
And to scout the claims of Chris and Flinn the
bench to dominate;
And the citizens, because of this, extend a greet
ing hearty
To that royal, staunch Repubhcan — the Straight-
out candidate.
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Is he qualified? None better; he's been through .
the mill already;
When Judge Sterrett was promoted, then "Old
Straight-out " took his place,
And with judgment always cautious and a solid
nerve and steady.
He showed that he could wrestle with the very
toughest case.
But the ring was not in love with him, nor liked
his way of ruling.
And that's the reason why they took to knifing
him of late;
But they're finding out at present that the voters
aren't fooling.
And that victory is certain for the Straight-out
candidate.
60)

CHARLES S. FETTERMAN.

EX-JUDGE FETTERMAN is famous in the dual capacity of a skilled
jurist and an apostle of stalwart Republican doctrine. He was born
in Beaver County in 1841, and moved to AUegheny County with his parents
when he was eight years old. He was educated in the common schools on
the South Side, and later took an academical course. In 1864 he was ad
mitted to the bar, and a year later commenced the practice of law. His
success was immediate, and the rapidity of his professional advancement is
often cited as an instance of what intellectual force seconded with indom
itable industry and enterprise can accomplish.
On the occasion of Judge Sterrett's appointment by Governor Hart
ranft to succeed Judge W^illiams on the Supreme Bench, Mr. Fetterman was
appointed to fill the vacancy. His record on the bench was unexception
able. He was notably impartial ; his rulings were models of clearness and
accuracy, and the Supreme Court never found it needful to reverse his de
cisions. In June, 1891, when the Republican County Committee assumed, con
trary to party rule, the responsibility of accepting the Governor's appointees
to the bench of the new Court of Common Pleas No. 3, as Republican
rlominees, and thus undertook to pool issues with the Democrats, Judge
Fetterman became a "Straight-out" Republican candidate for the bench,
and, in spite of the opposition of both party machines, polled over 20,000
votes. The family of Judge Fetterman has been known in Allegheny County
for three-quarters of a century, and is among the oldest in the State, dating
back to 1750. His uncle, W. W. Fetterman, was admitted to the bar in
1822. His father was admitted in 1825, and afterwards went to Bedford
County, whence he was sent to the Legislature in 1827 and 1828. During
that time he introduced the first common school law in Pennsylvania.
Jonathan Plummer, the great-grandfather of Judge Fetterman, came tc
America in 1750. He was Commissary to General Braddock in 1755, ac
companied General Forbes when he took possession of Fort Duquesne in
1758, and remained in Fort Pitt under Colonel Bouquet until 1761. He
then retired to private life.
Judge Fetterman's first vote was cast for Abraham Lincoln, and he has
'ever since been an unswerving Republican. (161)

ANDREW MORROW.

Talk of thoroughbred conductors— why, we'd like All think the world of Andy, and tht happy mo-
to bet a V, ment bless
That there's not another living like the one that When he took the supervision of the Beaver
here you see; Falls express.
Who he is, it's very easy from the cut of him to
guess, In the evening, just at 5 o'clock, from town he
'Tis the well-beloved " Andy," of the Beaver Falls starts away,
express. And 'tis then the ladies— bless their hearts— at
tired in garments gay, ¦
Ever since the line was started— forty years ago Come thronging into Andy's train, and force him
or more — to confess
In the role of ticket-taker he's been always to the That heaven is not a marker to the Beaver Falls
fore, express.
But his being antiquated doesn't lessen his suc-
•^^^5 , Now since Andy's such a worthy lad, his bosses
As the plenipotential ruler of the Beaver Falls often thought
express. -pjjat to take a through express and bigger salary
he ought;
That's the train they call the " gilt-edged," since But at Beaver Falls he's got a wife and children,
it's patronized by swells; whose distress
In its complement of wealthy folks it certainly Would be keen if he played traitor to the Beaver
excels. Falls express.
Morn and evening the observer the conviction
can't suppress So here's looking at you, Andy, here's your health
That aristocrats are plenty on the Beaver Falls in ticket punch, ,
express. You're worth as much as any six conductors in i
bunch;
The banker and the broker, whose finances are And hence, we say, a man will miss one-half his
immense, life, unless
The merchant who in dollars and cents has He goes in for daily travel on the Beaver Falls
reached pre-eminence, express.
(162)

WILLIAM J. BRENNEN.

Here's a bluff Irishman, fond of publicity ; For Auditor General next he came out.
Thirsting for fame is his great eccentricity. But the measly Republicans put him to rout.
'Mid Democrats here he's an eminent
man After the State had thus rudely rejected
And he runs for an office whenever he him,
can. Democrats here as their chairman elected
him.
One time he worked in a miU homy- Once more ambition his heart did consume,
handedly. And he started a lively Congressional boom.
But, as he said to his friends very candidly.
Nature had blessed him with quickness of Speeches he ground out which made the
jaw, boys rally up.
So he gave up perspiring and took to the Hired a brass band which played Uke a
law. calliope ;
Went through the town with his musical
Great was the hit he made as a barrister, mokes,
JusUce shed tears for the way that he Who furnished rich matter for newspaper
harassed her, jokes.
Clients poured in on him ; shekels the
same. Sad was his fate, though the Democrats
And the country-side speedUy rang with stuck to him,
his name. Musical mokes had brought Uttle luck to
him.
Statesmanship now took his time up ex- Knocked out he was; but he said, "Though
clusively, I'm beat.
Phantoms he chased, which dodged him The next time I run I'U get there with both
elusively, feet."
(163)

Take off your hats,
Ye Democrats,
And make your bow respectfully
To your local head.
Who can't be said
To discharge his trust neglectfully.
His royal figure above is shown.
There isn't much fat, but lots of bone ;
He rules with hand
Of iron, and
He's proud to be on a Jacksonian throne.

In CouncUs he
Opposed Magee
And ring exploits antagonized ;
By boss control
His heart and soul
FuU many a time were agonized.
When votes around him went for sale,
To score the ring he never would faU,
And, spite of jeers.
Rebuffs and sneers,
From many a job he rent the veU.

Not very far
From Dwyer's bar
In the Eighteenth ward he flourishes.
In Hatfield's groves
He sometimes roves,
And dreams ambitious nourishes.
He was called to the bar — not Dwyer's,
you know.
But another one just as full of woe,
And so did shine
In the legal Une,
That to Councils atlast he was chosen to go.
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'Twas very plain
In the last campaign
That he'd mastered the wUd, unholy
gang. Who won't unite.
But always fight —
The O'Learyites and the Foley gang.
For Pattison every mother's son
Turned in, and thus was victory won,
And so with pride , '
He's glorified
As a worker that yanks the poUtical bun.
64)

HENRY T. WATSON.

A S a representative of the best type of Democracy, as well as a success-
¦^ *•' ful attorney, H. T. Watson enjoys a wide reputation. He was born in
Armstrong County in 1850, of an old and well-known family. His great
grandfather was one of the three people who first settled in Apollo, and his
uncle was Sheriff of the county. At the age of sixteen he moved to
Westmoreland County, where he worked on a farm. After he had taken a
thorough course at Mt. Union College, he went to the oil country near
St. Petersburg, and remained there three years, during which period he
earned the money which supported him while preparing for the legal pro
fession. Mr. Watson then came to Pittsburg and read law with John F. •
Edmundson. He was admitted to the bar in 1881, and engaged at once in
active practice. At the same time he rose into prominence in Democratic
politics. He served eight years as Select Councilman from the Eighteenth
ward, retiring at the end of that time of his own volition. For two years
he was Chairman of the Democratic County Committee, and acquitted
himself ably in that position. He is now out of politics, and devotes him
self entirely to his law practice, which is extensive and yields him a hand
some income. (165)

In this youth, so gay and dashing.
With an eye like sunlight flashing.
And the air of
One whose share of
Worldly goods is nowise slight.
You perceive the highest order
Of refined Eleventh warder.
Quick and ready.
Slick and steady.
And distinctly "out of sight."
His patronymic is euphonic.
For his parents are Teutonic.
Round they shifted,
Here they drifted.
Long before this chap was born.
Wealth they were not slow in gaining.
And they gave the youth a training
Literary,So that nary
One his gifts could treat with scorn.
When his coUege days were ended,
He secured an opening splendid /
With his father.
Who would rather
That in bus'ness he should shine.

(i66)

They with capital extensive.
And connection comprehensive,
In full feather
Worked together
In the wholesale liquor line.
Right away the junior partner
Found that trade was no disheart'ner.
Custom precious
In the meshes
Of his drag-net soon was won.
Ever since he's hit it neatly.
Downing rivalry completely.
Like historic
King-pin Warwick,
With the whiskey of Pike's Run.
Oft in politics he dabbles.
Though averse to petty squabbles.
And he'U labor
For a neighbor
Out of friendship day and night.
But preferment he'U not hear of.
And entanglements keeps clear of.
So that fairly
Judged and squarely.
He is strictly " out of sight."

FRED. MUGELE.

"PRED. MUGELE was born in the First ward, Pittsburg, in September,
•'- 1859. His parents came from Germany in 1853, and have ever since
been residents of Pittsburg. Fred. Mugele began his education in the
First ward public schools, and finished in the Western University. In 1881
he started in the wholesale liquor business in the Eleventh ward, and in the
same year formed a partnership with his father, which is still in existence.
In 1888 the firm began buying Pike Run whiskey, and in one lot secured
500 barrels in bond, lying in Bremen, Germany. On this transaction the
firm cleared several thousand dollars, and the reputation then acquired for
their stock was practically the foundation of the present prosperity of the
Messrs. Mugele. Fred. Mugele takes considerable interest in Eleventh
ward politics on the Republican side. He is noted for rendering valuable
assistance to such of his friends as entertain political aspirations, but he has
never run for ofifice himself.
The establishment of the Mugele firm is located at the corner of Fifth
Avenue and Dinwiddle street. (167)

Sturdy is the builder, aye, and staunch,
Mighty staunch,
With an iron cheek that's never known to blanch.
Not a blanch,
He can hustle, hustle, hustle,
From the morning till the night,
While his indurated muscle,
Stands the constant strain and tussle.
With such ease that he is quite
Out of sight, sight, sight, sight, sight, sight,
sight,
As a hustler he is truly out of sight.
On the river first he started when a boy,
Cabin boy,
And he studied how to yell out, " Ship, ahoy !
Heave ahoy ! "
Then went rising, rising, rising.
Till a pilot he became,
And a captain with surprising
Ways and means for advertising
As a naval sharp the fame
Of his name, name, name, name, name, name,
name,
Yes, indeed, it' was a celebrated name.
But his sailor garb he changed for other clothes'
Soldier clothes.
And went forth to play the deuce with wicked foes,
Rebel foes.
At a cannon, cannon, cannon
In a battery he toiled,
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And the spot he once began on
He would never leave a man on
Whose appearance wasn't spoiled,
Thus were foiled, foiled, foiled, foiled, foiled, foiled,
foiled.
The Secessionists — Great Scott ! but they were ,
foiled.
When the war was done he struck another trade,
Lumber trade,
Down in West Virginia, nor was he afraid, ,
Not afraid, '
Of the howling, howling, howling.
Of the Hatfields and McCoys,
But with both got cheek-by-jowling.
Caring naught for wicked scowling.
And he shared in all the joys
Of the boys, boys, boys, boys, boys, boys, boys,
Of the sanguinary West Virginia boys.
Nowadays he has a bus'ness of his own.
All his own, v;
As a builder, and by none is he outshone, , . ;'?
Ne'er outshone; , ]i
He's kept, going, going, going, >
Though non-union men he keeps.
And a harvest overflowing.
Periodically growing.
In the Second ward he reaps,
'Mid the weeps, weeps, weeps, weeps, weeps,
weeps, weeps.
Of the Unionists — their salt and bitter weeps.
68)

LOUIS c. Mccormick.

T OUIS C. Mccormick, the weU known builder and contractor, was born
^ on the SteubenviUe Pike, Allegheny County, November 29, 1844. He
was educated at the public schools, and afterwards took a business course at
Duff's College, where he graduated in 1866. His studies were not com
pleted, however, without a lengthy interruption. From the time when he
was 10 years old until the war broke out he was a steamboat hand. When
war was declared, young McCormick, then but 17 years of age, enlisted on
the dispatch boat " Niagara," and served one year on the Ohio, Cumberland
and Tennessee rivers. After the battle of Pittsburg Landing, he took the
typhoid fever and came home. No sooner had he recovered ' than he en
listed on August 1 1, 1862, for three years, in Captain J. J. Young's Indepen
dent battery, and ^erved until the end of the war, being honorably dis
charged on June 22, 1865. He is now a prominent member of the Veteran
Legion, and is able to point proudly to a record of loyalty and personal
bravery second to none.
After his discharge from the army, Mr. McCormick returned to the river
and continued steamboating as pilot and captain untU 1873. He served for
a time as deputy under Sheriff Fife, and later went to West Virginia, where
for three years he was engaged in the lumber business in the wild region
where the Hatfield and McCoy factions reigned supreme. In 1881 he was
employed as foreman for the late J. T. Natcher, contractor and builder.
When Mr. Natcher was shot and killed, Mr. McCormick succeeded him and
has since been sole proprietor of the business, his office being at No. 117
Second avenue. Mr. McCormick is an example of a thoroughly successful
self-made man. Though stUl comparatively young, he has amassed a com
fortable fortune, and is constantly extending his business.
(169)

Day in, day out, the license miU
Keeps up its steady grind ;
For some there waits a bitter piU,
For some the other kind.
The wholesale beer men soon must toe
The niark, expecting fits ;
But there's one whose cake will not be
dough.
And that is German Fritz.

At Try street is the fountain-head
Of Fritz's foamy stock ;
His reg'lar brand's immense, 'tis said.
And stunning is his bock.
Milwaukee, Cleveland, Pittsburg, too.
Not one among them hits
It like the Cincinnati brew
Dealt out by German Fritz.
Fritz is not solus, for his dad
The, business helps to run.
And aids the enterprising lad
In all the work that's done.
Between them opposition firms
Are made to lose their wits.
And many a helpless agent squirms.
Knocked out by German Fritz.

When Fritz from. Deutschland sailed
away
He was a baby yet.
And hence he at the present day
His birthplace must forget.
But German ways and German speech
To use he never quits.
And none in Dutch can overreach
Or do up German Fritz. ,
In scholarship he's in the swim ;
A college man is he.
And so is in the proper trim
A shining light to be.
And that a shining light he is
'Most every one admits ;
The signs thereof are in the phiz
We show of German Fritz.

He's married, and domestic taste
Exhibits, as he ought ;
The East End with his home is graced.
And there by friends he's sought.
But the greatest joy that he discerns.
When down to think he sits.
Is the king of foreign beer concerns
Controlled by German Fritz.
(170)

F. H. BRUENING.

¦PRITZ H. BRUENING, one of the most active and intelligent young busi-
¦•¦ ness men in Pittsburg, was born in Prussia, in 1866, and came to this
country when he was three years old. He was educated at the common
schools, the Western University and the Iron City College, graduating from
the latter institution.
Immediately upon the completion of his educational training, Mr.
Bruening went into business with his father, Joseph Bruening, whose name
stands high in the local world of commerce. At first their establishment
was located at Eleventh street and Penn Avenue, where they remained three
years. The business was then transferred to Second Avenue and Try street,
and is still carried on at that place.
The Messrs. Bruening are sole agents for Moerlein's Cincinnati beer, an
ambrosial beverage, of the merits of which it is unnecessary to inform a dis
criminating public. The agency is the largest in Allegheny county handUng
foreign beer, and its trade far exceeds that of most of the home brewers.
Fritz H. Bruening enjoys an extensive acquaintance, and is popular
with all classes. He is married to Emma, daughter of John Herman, and is
the father of two children. He resides in the East End.
(17O

Permit us here to introduce
His nibs, the ex-recorder,
A dapper-looking chap and spruce
Of no inferior order.
Observe the quickness of his eye
Than lightning flashes brisker.
Likewise the air of do-or-die
That lingers round his whisker.

Nine years he held that office fat, '"
And from it would not sever
Had people not informed him that
He couldn't stick forever.
So out he went, and casting round
For means his grief to cure up,
A solace for the same he found
In making trips to Europe.

The ex-recorder went to fight
When he was young and active.
War struck hira as a vision bright
And deucedly attractive.
A West Virginia regiment
He joined ; the noblest Roman
Of all he was, and boldly spent
His wrath upon the foeman.

He's in the Pleasant Valley clique
With Stone, who's Bayne's successor ;
'Twas he make Shiras take a sneak
When Stone became possessor
Of Colonel Tumrhy's laurel crown
Removed by abdication.
Which caused a tempest in the town
And red-hot indignation.

Friends gathered round him later and
Inflated his ambition ;
They vowed that he possessed the sand
To make a poUtician ;
Recorder, then, he vowed to be,
And, therefore, resurrected
His army record, and Magee
Forthwith had him elected.

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Now in the Secretary's chair
The road's affairs he handles.
Pets CouncUmen, and seeks to scare
Slick journalists — the vandals ! —
To church he goes whene'er he can
And looks so meek and pretty.
That he passes for the nicest man
In AUegheny City.
172)

WILLIAM H. GRAHAM.

TinLLIAM H. GRAHAM,' soldier, politician and business man, is a typi-
' ' cal example of Yankee versatility. He was born in Allegheny City,
August 3, 1844. He attended the public schools, but left school at the age
of twelve years and carried newspapers for J. J. East, his earnings going to
support his widowed mother. For a time he was employed by Maffat &
Old, brass manufacturers, his situation with whom he gave up, however, to
respond to the call for volunteers to put down the rebellion. Pennsylvania's
quota being filled, he went to West Virginia with the Washington Rifle
Guards, which became Company A of the Second West Virginia Infantry.
The regiment left Wheeling under Colonel Kelly in the famous West Vir
ginia campaign under McClellan, and Mr. Graham's company had the honor
of bringing down the first rebel killed in the war. In 1863 the regiment
was mounted and enrolled among the cavalry. Mr. Graham was engaged
in the battles of Rich Mountain, Allegheny Mountain, Cross Keys, White
Sulphur Springs, Kelly's Ford, BuU Run (second), Beverly, Rocky Gap,
Droop Mountain, and Cloyd Mountain. He was wounded in the battle of
White Sulphur Springs, and brought home to the West Penn Hospital.
He also took part with Sheridan in the famous Valley campaign, was
in the battles of Winchester, Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek, Waynesboro,
'Petersburg, Dinwiddie Court House, Five Forks, Sailor's Creek, and Appo
mattox, and was a spectator of the surrender of Lee. Being sent with a
message to Sheridan, he found him at the historic residence of Major Mc
Lean at Appomattox Court House, witnessing the arrival of Lee and Col
onel Marshall, of the Confederates, and Generals Grant, Ord, Custer, and a
number of others on the Union side.
After the grand review at Washington, Mr. Graham returned to civil life,
entering the leather business in AUegheny. He has since taken an active
part in Republican politics. He served in both branches of AUegheny
Councils, two terms in the Legislature, and three as Recorder of the county.
(173)

Permit us now to introduce
The dext'rous electrician.
With subtle fluids fast and loose
He plays like a magician.
Slim, spectacled, and keen of glance.
And full of facts specific.
His thoughts don't dally with romance-
He's strictly scientific.

Although his partner then was Stern,
And might have been unyielding.
The chance was open wealth to earn
And prestige to be wielding ;
And so the twain wired back " T. E.,
Your agents we will be, sir.
And represent you to a T
And likewise to an E, sir."

No need has he abroad to roam.
Nor ever think of bolting ;
He keeps his batteries at Ohm,
And there he does his volting.
Whoever would with tricks allure,
Or catch him in a drag-net ;
He'll bang him with an armature
Or floor him with a magnet.

Thus do we find our man installed
In quarters that are kingly ;
His partner elsewhere has been called,
And now he goes it singly.
Folks anxious to turn on the Ught
Come daily round him flocking.
And purchase queer machines, that might
Be frowned upon as shocking.

What wizard ever called him forth ?
We hasten with an answer ;
The famous Wizard of the North,
Tom Edison's the man, sir.
From Menlo Park the edict ran
To Pittsburg, where it met him,
"We're looking for a Silverman,
And by the pow'rs we'U get him."

As he's a scientific swell,
And glory now enfolds him,
There's many a fair electric beUe
That longingly beholds him.
But maidens' charms he won't devour,
Nor even slightly glance at ;
Ambition is the only pow'r
That gives him rapid transit.
(174)

J. H. SILVERMAN.

'pHE electrical appliances patented by Thomas Edison, the king of modern
-*- inventors, constitute a landmark in nineteeth century progress, and no
where is their value more significantly emphasized than in Pittsburg, where
they are brought into direct rivalry with the triumphs of Mr. Edison's arch-
competitor in the field of electrical industry. The local agency for the
Edison Company is in the hands of J. H. Silverman, a wide-awake young
business man, whose management bears the marks of exceptional sagacity,
tact and enterprise. Mr. Silverman was born in Pittsburg, AprU 13, 1862.
He attended the common schools, and at the age of 1 7 graduated from the
commercial department of the Central High School. For a period of six
years he was employed as a bookkeeper. He then formed a partnership with
Mr. Stern in the electrical supply business, the firm name being " Stern &
Silverman." After one year's prosperous existence, the firm secured the
general agency for the Edison Company, which they conducted for two
years with conspicuous success. At the end of that time the Edison Com
pany bought out the concern, placed Mr. Stern in control of the Philadel
phia agency, and installed Mr. Silverman as manager here. Since then Mr.
Silverman has had absolute control of the company's business in Pittsburg,
including the electric railway supply department, as well as that of lighting
apparatus. He is stiU a bachelor, and is an undeniably eligible gentleman
from a matrimonial point of view. The demands of business do not prevent
Mr. Silverman from taking a lively interest in the great public questions of
the day, and considering the nature of the industry in which he is engaged,
it goes without saying that he is a straight Republican in politics.
(175)

Up from the depot that's called Duquesne,
Day in, day out, in shine or rain,
Like cars triumphal, rumbling past
Come wagons, ponderous and vast.
Groaning beneath the heavy weight
Of Pennsylvania railroad freight.
Sixteen of 'em there are in aU
That from the Point those burdens haul ;
Their owner is a man of mark.
Of teamsters he's the patriarch.
Look at his picture — you'll catch on,
Of course, and say it's Captain John.
His flowing beard, as white as snow.
Through which irreverent breezes blow ;
His brow — a lofty dome of thought ;
His glance, with youthful fire still fraught ;
His whole get-up, which seems to say
"I'm good for many another day " —
AU show that chipper as a lark
Is still the teamsters' patriarch.
On Scotland's heather- covered braes
The Captain spent his infant days ;
No later influence could spoil
The love he, bore his native soU.
But native soil, his parents found,
Was highly unproductive ground ; (1

Hence, since in Scotland things looked
glum.
To Yankeeland they chose to come,
And lucky was the bounding bark
That bore the teamsters' patriarch.
For two-and-forty solid years
The Captain's steered, as still he steers.
Those blessed wagons which one meets
Where'er one goes on Pittsburg streets,^
Wearing away, through thick and thin.
The handiwork of Booth & Flinn,
And once a year — on New Year's day
To dinner hauled the newsies gay.
Making the little chaps remark
"Long live the teamsters' patriarch."
But though he's reached a ripe old age—
Three-score-and-ten — he throws the gage
Of bold defiance at the feet
Of Father Time, who can't deplete
His wealth of energy and grit.
Nor him for active Ufe unfit.
So still, like distant thunder peals.
We hear his hefty chariot wheels.
And people smile and murmur " Hark ;
There goes the teamsters' patriarch."
76)

JOHN W. HANEY.

HTHE entire hauling of freight from the Duquesne depot of the Pennsyl-
'^ vania Railroad is in the hands of the veteran teamster, John W. Haney,
one of Pittsburg's oldest and best known residents. "Captain" Haney, as
he is generally called, was born in Gallowayshire, Scotland, in 1823. He
had one year's schooling in the land of Bobby Burns, and then at the age of
six years came with his parents to the United States. The family settled in
PhUadelphia, from which place, in 1832, Captain Haney came to Pittsburg.
He has resided in this city ever since. He began the draying business in
1850, and in 1861 he took charge of the hauling at the Duquesne depot.
His business increased largely, until at present he and his partner, Edward
Pearson, have sixteen teams continually at work.
Captain Haney's bluff, cheery, independent ways and his sterling
rectitude of character have earned for him the esteem of all with whom he
is brought into connection either in business or socially. He is a staunch
friend of the newsboys, and for twenty-one years gave the little fellows a
ride annually to the Pittsburg Leader's New Year's dinner.
He has never been a politician, finding an ample field for his energies
in the business which for nearly half a century he has prosperously carried
on. Despite the fact that he has reached the Scriptural limit of three-score
and ten, he is still as sturdy and active as he was twenty years ago.
(177)

" Scots wha hae wi' WaUace bled " —
That's what Burns, the poet, said,
Thus prophetic Ught he shed
Upon a future hero ;
But this hero hates to breed
St;rife, or warring Scots to lead.
And the chances that he'U bleed
Are largely down to zero.

Out he went when Grove was downed,
Sought another stamping-ground.
Opportunities he found —
Better ones than ever ;
Blew in all his ready cash
In a reservoir of hash.
Doughnuts, coffee, succotash,
And pies of make-up clever.

All the scraps wherein he takes
Active part, or holds the stakes.
Are but Democratic fakes —
Politics begets them ;
For he cuts a figure gay
On the Jeffersonian lay ;
With the Deras he'll always stay.
No matter what besets them.

Folks must have their grub or die ;
So it came that by and by
People got to Uke his pie.
If once the same they tested.
When of wealth a large extent
Filled his safe, to court he went,
Got the judges to consent
When license he requestfed.

In the RandaU Club he stands
High in rank, and s(!| commands
Great esteem, and often lands
In local fights a winner ;
Thus, when Cleveland set the pace,
In a nice post-office place
He held the fort with ease and grace.
Although a mere beginner.

Fortunate he is, methinks.
Liquids now with soUds links,
Serves out Democratic drinks
With a lordly bearing.
Petty public place he spurns,
And to warfare never turns ;
Foi his namesake, sung by Burns,
Not a rap he's caring.

(178I

THOMAS J. WALLACE

'PHE Fifth ward, Pittsburg, is famed as a nursery of Democratic spiritS)
-*- and not the least notable among those who Were reared in that district
is "Tom" Wallace, the cafe proprietbf of Fifth Avenue, below Wood street.
Mr. Wallace was born in 1861, and has beeh a life-long resident of Pittsburg.
He received his education at the public and parochial schools. In I879 he
began an apprenticeship at the trade of moulder in the Atias foundry. This
he abandoned about a year after he had learnt the trade, aiid in 1883 he
entered the livery business.
When Grover Cleveland was elected President, Mr, Wallace was ap»-
pointed stamp clerk in the Pittsburg post-office. After serving the Govern-
ment for eighteen months he resigned, and opened a restaurant on Fifth
Avenue. This undertaking prospered, and its success was still further en
hanced when Mr. Wallace secured a license, and combined a handsomely
appointed cafe with his restaurant.
Mr. Wallace is an influential member of the Randall Clubj and an en-
thusiastic Democratic partisan. He has been urged to run for office, but
wisely refrains, owing to the demands of business upon his time and atten
tion. He is a thoroughly honorable, straightforward gentleman, and has a
host of friends throughout the county, (179)

" God save the Queen," the British sing
With loyalty uproarious.
Beneath a royal lady's wing
They think that life is glorious.
And so they guy
Us Yanks, and cry
" Come on and take a view of her."
That's what we call
Confounded gall,
For we've a Queen worth two of her.

His throne is of another class
From Vic's historic chair of state,
'Tis made of wells of oil and gas.
And is not an affair of state.
The crown he wears
Is made of shares
Of stock and prime securities ;
His scepter gleams
With gilt-edged schemes,
A costly thing for sure it is.

This Queen of ours — the truth to state
Can't boast of femininity.
But that's a thing that can't abate
His sovereign-like divinity.
Should curious folk
Sharp questions poke
And make him for his rank account ;
To them at once
He'll make response
By pointing to his bank account.

— In rulership he's not alone —
King Wesley's his associate —
Together on a common throne
They dicker and negotiate ;
Together reap
The profit steep
That regularly emanates
From weUs immense.
And people hence
Of both the fame disseminate.
(i8o)

EMMET QUEEN.

'POR ten years past, Emmet Queen has occupied a conspicuous place
¦•- among the active, brainy men of business to whom Western Pennsyl
vania owes the development of its oil and gas industry. Mr. Queen was
born in Armstrong county in 1855. His father, John Queen, was a sub
stantial citizen engaged, at different times in mercantile pursuits and in the
milHng business. Educational facilities were limited where the family re
sided, and aside from the somewhat meagre course of study in the rural
common schools, Emmet Queen had no literary opportunities, and may be
described accordingly as a self-educated as well as self-made man.
In 1874 he commenced ih the oil business, and for several years after
wards operated successfully in Armstrong and Butler counties. He came to
JPittsburg in 1882, and for two years operated independently, with this city
as his headquarters. In 1884, he formed a partnership with W. S. Guffey,
under the firm name of Guffey & Queen, and the partnership has been
maintained ever since under circumstances of gratifying prosperity.
The Governor Pattison well in the Wildwood field — the largest ever
struck there — was bought in by the firm on the day of Governor Pattison's
great victory over Delamater in November, 1890. It has a capacity of 25,-
000 barrels a day.
Mr. Queen married Miss Susan Borley, of Johnstown, and is the father
of one child — a boy. He resides in a stylish mansion in the East End.
|. (181)

There's a German high-flyer of local repute
Whose picture above you'U remark :
His commercial solidity none can dispute.
And he's chipper and gay as a lark.
The path of fair dealing he never forsakes.
And he needs not a magical wand
To establish the truth of the statement
he makes
That his word is as good as his bond.
He comes from the kingdom of Wurtem-
berg, where
There is plenty of music and beer ;
The prospect of wealth led him here to
repair,
In the hope that he'd broaden his sphere.
For a time he kept books, but a clerical
" sit "
To his views didn't seem to respond ;
Something better than that he felt certain
he'd hit
Since his word is as good as his bond.
When they asked him to stay, he exclaimed
on the spot
" No, it's aU ober-now-or I would :"
Then he left his employers and speedily got
A dead cinch upon something as good. (1

In the Sixth ward he opened a warehouse,
and vowed
That confounded he'd be and dog-goned
If the ward of his business soon wouldn't
be proud.
Since his word was as good as his bond.
Of liquors ambrosial he laid in a stock;
And of wines an enormous supply ;
There was claret, port, sherry, Mumm's
extra and hock.
And the finest of mellow old rye.
Quoth he ; " If there's any snide dealer
around.
Right away he had better abscond.
For the man who sells liquor to prove
should be bound
That his word is as good as his bond.
Need we say that he prospered ? — He did
so, of course.
And he's made a whole army of friends,;
In politics, too, he's a positive force.
And Democracy's honor defends.
He belongs to the RandaU Club, honored
therein.
And since ever the status he donned
Of a citizen, praises he's managed to win,
For his word is as good as his bond.
52)

HERMAN OBERNAUER.

TTERMAN OBERNAUER was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, in 1856.
-*-¦*¦ He attended the public schools at his native place, and graduated
from the High School. In 1880 he came to the United States, and located
shortly afterwards in Pittsburg. For a few months he was employed as a
bookkeeper, and then he engaged independently in the wholesale liquor
trade, opening up a large establishment at the corner of Fifth avenue and
Stevenson street. Through hard work and intelligent management, Mr.
Obernauer succeeded in building up an extensive and profitable trade, and
his strict business principles and absolute integrity have earned him a repu
tation which is the envy of his competitors. His motto is, " My word is as
good as my bond," and he lives up to the letter of it.
Mr. Obernauer is a Democrat, and belongs to the Randall Club and
other Democratic societies. He is an enthusiast in politics, and works
zealously for the success of his party, attending all the conventions, and con
sistently using, his voice and influence in support of Democratic candidates
and principles. He is married, is the father of three children, and resides
in a comfortable home on Centre avenue.
Mr. Obernauer is abstemious in his tastes, and, while possessing more
than the average share of the world's goods, is free from ostentation. In all
his characteristics he represents the best type of the Americanized German.
(183)

Maxwelton's braes are bonny.
And this is Bonny, too.
In poUtics
To Chris he sticks,
And that's what sees him through.
And that's what sees him through.
And that's what sees him through,
In poUtics
To Chris he sticks.
And that's what sees him through.
He's of ancestry distinguished.
His blood is azure blue.
Blue-bloodedness Helps more or less
Likewise to see him through.
Likewise, etc.
In a postal job, long years since.
He rendered service true.
And his record there.
He's wont to swear.

Has helped to see him through.
Has helped, etc.
He's tried his hand at banking.
For well, indeed, he knew
That to rise in rank
In a solvent bank ,
Would surely see him through.
Would surely, etc.
As a statesman next in public
He made a slick debut.
And stayed on deck
As private "sec"
To Chris, who saw him through,
'Twas Chris who, etc.
Of the county he's Recorder
Just now, and holds the view
That with friendship firm
For another term
The boys will see him through.
The boys, etc.

(184)

GEORGE M. Von BONNHORST.

GEORGE M. Von BONNHORST, Recorder of Allegheny County, was
born in the First ward, Pittsburg, October 26, 1847. He comes of one
of the oldest and best famUies in the State. His father, Sidney F. Von
Bonnhorst, was Postmaster under Lincoln. His mother, nee Mary Murphy,
was a native of Humesville, Bucks County, Pa. George Von Bonnhorst was
educated at the Second ward public schools and the Western University.
In 1865 he became a clerk in the Pittsburg postofifice under his father, who
was then serving his second term. He left the postoffice in 1866, to assume
a clerkship in the People's Savings Bank, where he remained for eight years.
About five years after his connection with the bank had ceased, he entered
the City Assessor's ofifice in a clerical capacity, and remained there tv/o
years. He was then, and is yet, private secretary to C. L. Magee, and at
various intervals acted as Chairman and Secretary of the Republican County
Committee. The Chairmanship was' in his hands at the time of President
Harrison's election, in 1888, when Allegheny County rolled up a larger
Republican majority than it or any other county in the United States ever
gave before. Mr. Von Bonnhorst's activity in that campaign won him
¦golden opinions, and paved the way for his election as County Recorder in
1890, to which office he was chosen without opposition. Mr. Von Bonn
horst has labored sedulously to outdo his predecessors in efficiency, and he
is able to boast that under his administration, for the first time, there are
ipractically no arrears in the work of recording deeds.
He resides now on the farm in Chartiers township where his mother
was married, and where she is stiU living, happy in her son's prominence
and prosperity. Mr. Von Bonnhorst is man of estimable disposition, the soul of gener
osity, and noted for the tenacity with which he sticks to his friends, both in
politics and in private life. (185)

Not far from the court house, that temple
of awe.
Which harbors an army of litnbs of the law.
There's a snug Uttle tavern, cozy and neat.
At a corner where strings of law-offices
meet.
It used to be run in a commonplace style.
With little the lawyer-like soul to beguile ;
No odor Blackstonian around was diffused.
Inspiring attorneys who quietly boozed ;
In fact the concern from perfection was far,
TiU Ed was triumphantly called to the bar.
It was not in volumes with covers of calf
Or of sheepskin that Ed was enabled to
quaff
The learning that solidly stands him in
stead
As professional aid to his forging ahead ;
Philadelphia first was the scene of his tasks.
There he studied the logic of flagons and
casks.
The cocktaU seductive, the julep divine.
The blandishments subtle of roseate wine ;
And the firmament truly was minus a star
TiU Ed was triumphantly called to the bar.
(I

Five years have gone by since to Pittsburg
he came,
A practitioner bright with ambition aflame.
The Hotel Albemarle was his earUest stand.
And he managed things there with a dex
terous hand ;
In the Hamilton next until '90 he staid,
A record creating that never could fade ;
The guests of the hostelry always agreed
That his destiny marked him for taking
the lead.
And fame had to leave the door standingajar
Until Ed was triumphantly called to the bar.

Dependence forever he recently shook.
And set out as a barrister on his own hook.
Located quite handy to justice's home
With a stock-in-trade made up of spirits
and foam.
And although on the bench Eddie never
has sat.
Yet he'll issue to topers a straight "caveat"
Or a "fiery faces," intended to show
That habituals elsewhere for toddy must.go.
And away in the rear other hostelries are
Since Ed was triumphantly called to the bar.
86)

E. J. Mclaughlin.

'pHE "Court of Common Pleas No. 4" would be an appropriate titie for
-'- the establishment conducted by Ed. J. McLaughlin at the corner of
Grant and Diamond streets, directly opposite the court house ; inasmuch as
there are frequently more ornaments of the legal profession to be found dis
cussing the bill of fare at McLaughlin's than could be counted at one time
in any of the regularly constituted courts of justice. Proprietor McLaughlin
was born in PhUadelphia, October 7, i860, and received a good common
school education in that city. In 1876 he entered the hotel business, and
served as room clerk at various times in the Merchants', Washington, Amer
ican and St. George hotels. Coming to Pittsburg in 1887, he assumed
charge of the Hotel Hamilton on Penn avenue. In 1891 he opened up his
present establishment, and equipped his cafe and bar in superior style, lay
ing the foundations of a business which is now both select and profitable.
Mr. McLaughlin prides himself on the fact that the appointments of his es
tablishment, the cuisine, and the wines and liquors, are on an equal plane of
excellence. His connection extends to Philadelphia, Atlantic City and other
eastern points, where he is well and favorably known. He is married, and
resides on Dinwiddie street. Proximity to the court house, with its dry-as-
dust associations, lessens neither the urbanity of Mr. McLaughlin's disposi
tion nor the mellowness of his Old Monongahela.
(187)

His folks in Ireland wept and wailed
When o'er the broad Atlantic sailed
A youth who ne'er to murmur failed.
Excelsior.
Arriving in this friendly land.
To honest toil he turned his hand,
And all his doings bore the brand. Excelsior.
In Allegheny work he found ;
He drove a cracker-wagon round,
Obedient to that axiom sound, Excelsior.
¦' Crackers to-day?" he'd ask, and^smile;
'' We serve 'em up in ev'ry style,"
Yet inwardly he sighed the while. Excelsior.
And when folks said his wares were snide.
And hurtful to a man's inside.
In piteous tones his Jags replied, Excelsior.
At selling goods he persevered,
And quite a handsome profit cleared
Through sticking to the motto weird,
Excelsior.
And when enough he'd laid apart,
He made an independent start.
The word being graven on his heart.
Excelsior.
The West Penn depot's near at hand
To where his factory took its stand

To furnish crackers of the brand, Excelsior.
There, lo these many years ! with zeal
He's labored; making people feel
The force of that profound appeal, Excelsior.
On all sides now the legend's heard.
His wagons bear the magic word,
And by it many a heart is stirred. Excelsior.
No avalanche has he to dread.
No snow and ice 'way overhead,
Like that poetic chap who said Excelsior.
Not much ; with wealth his coffers teem.
Respect is his, likewise esteem.
And everything bears out his dream. Excelsior.
Above our artist neatly shows
How he to church on Sunday goes.
While all exclaim who note the clothes.
Excelsior.
Those pants of acreage untold.
That stovepipe hat of vintage old.
That poodle — all the tale unfold; Excelsior.
Thus on his old familiar plan,
Not caring " shucks " for any man,
He plods along as he began — Excelsior.

(i88)

E. MAGINN.

THERE are Napoleons of finance. Napoleons of tariff legislation, and
other Napoleons more or less brilliant and distinguished ; but none of
them is a whit more Napoleonic in his sphere than is the Napoleon of the
cracker trade, Mr. E. Maginn, whose Excelsior brand of crackers may be
said, without trenching too far on the domain of the advertising agent, to be
a staple article of diet in every quarter of the globe, " from Greenland's icy
mountains to India's coral strand." Mr. Maginn is an Irishman, born and
bred, and is about 60 years of age. He emigrated to the United States in
1857, 3^"*^ settled in Allegheny City, establishing there on a very modest
scale the foundations of his present large business. The partnership con
cern then started, under the name of E. & C. Maginn, achieved rapid suc
cess, and controlled a constantly growing trade until 1876, when, the firm
dissolved, and Mr. E. Maginn assumed the sole management. Under his
guidance the business developed to mammoth proportions, and he is to-day
the proprietor of establishments in Pittsburg and Allegheny which are
among the most extensive of their kind ift the country.
Mr. Maginn is married, and lives in Allegheny. He has a large circle
of friends, and is very popular. (189)

Who'-s this, with a phiz so determined and
stem
That it frightens transgressors away ?
Does he boss a tremendous judicial con
cern
And the role of an arbiter play?
Does he serve as a preacher
Or public school teacher
Whose methods are deucedly grim ?
No, indeed ; 'twould surprise him,'
If up you would size him.
As other than Councilman Jim.

There's a restaurant, too, at the famous re
sort
Which at Diamond and Smithfield he
keeps ;
His cooks straight from Paris he's said to
import
And the premium for lunches he sweeps.
The popular fiat
Proclaims that the Pi-att
His place puts him right in the swim ;
And it's useless competing,
They say, with the eating
That's set up by Councilman Jim.

He's a Buckeye by birth and a sharp '
at that.
As Ohio men frequently are,
But to Pittsburg he ties since 'tis here
stands pat
In the business of keeping a bar.
When the Ucense court's sitting,
With dignity fitting
And many folks' chances are slim j
Then the judges demurely
Say " License ? Why surely ;
Just give it to CouncUman Jim."

un What wonder, in view of this public ap-
plause,
That the voters who live in his ward
he Elect him with pow'r for the town to make
laws,
And support him with common accord?
And so 'mid those fakirs,
The local law-makers,
He sits, filled right up to the brim
With importance and vigor,
And none of 'em's bigger.
In brain power than Councilman Jim.
(190)

JAMES W. PIATT.

JAMES W. PIATT was born in Belmont county, Ohio, in 1 854, and was
educated at the public schools of his native county. He came to Pitts
burg in early manhood, and in 1879, started in business for himself in the
famous old "Tammany Hall" on Third avenue. In 1887, he removed to
his present location at the corner of Smithfield and Diamond streets, where
he conducts a cafe and restaurant of high repute as a resort for profes
sional and business men.
Mr. Piatt is a Republican in politics, and is always found in line for the
"grand old party." He is a regular attendant at County and State Con
ventions, and a prominent member of the Young Men's Republican Tariff
Club and other political organizations. He organized the first Beaver Club
that was made up in the State.
He was elected to Select CouncU from the Second ward in 1886, and is
now a member of Common CouncU from the Third ward.
Mr. Piatt is very popular, and has a large personal following, which
proves valuable in close political contests. He is liberal, outspoken, and
proverbiaUy faithful to his friends. (191)

Were you ever indicted? If so, you'll be
glad
To examine the phiz of this fine-looking lad.
By whose hand with dexterity,
Grace and celerity.
All the indictments are writ ;
Of the courts he's a pUlar ; they couldn't
dispense
With his services — no, not on any pre
tense ;
For justice would tumble.
And equity crumble
To bits, if he gave up his sit.
He's a Lawrenceville boy through and
through, and was born
In the Seventeenth ward — to deny it he'd
scorn ;
For a true Lawrencevillian,
Would not for a miUion,
Go back on that district renowned ;
'Twas there he imbibed for the classics a
taste.
And resolved, lest his inteUect might go to
waste.
On the law's hocus-pocus
His talents to focus.
And never therein to be downed. (19

'Twasn't long till he thus rose away above
par
And with honor was finally called to the bar.
Where, when ne'er an indictment
Employs him, excitement
He stirs up, as well he knows how ;
And when Johnston — poor Dick ! — was in
office, he'd say,
" Take my place, will you, Charley, old
rtian, for to-day?"
Then Charley would go for
Each criminal loafer.
And kick up a deuce of a row.
Where next wiU he land ? That is fiirther
along.
There's no reason, indeed, why a Demo
crat strong.
Both brainy and active.
With person attractive.
Should not to pre-eminence climb ;
But he's youthful as yet, and the young
folks must wait
Till their elders themselves with publicity
sate.
Though he's got a fair whack at
The statesmanship racket
And soon to the summit may climb.
2)

CHARLES A. PAGAN.

CHARLES A. FAGAN,. the expert indictment clerk o\ Allegheny
County, was born in the borough of Lawrenceville, now the Seven
teenth ward, Pittsburg, July i, 1859. He attended St. Mary's schools and
Ewalt Academy in Lawrenceville, and completed his studies at the Pittsburg
Catholic College.
In 1877 Mr. Fagan was appointed to his present position, and his com
plete mastery of its duties has gained him the reputation of being the best
authority on indictment pleadings in Western Pennsylvania.
Incidentally Mr. Fagan took up the study of law, for which his profes
sional associations gave him a natural taste, and on December 31, 1886, he
was admitted to the Allegheny County bar. He acquired immediate recog
nition as a leading light among the younger practitioners, distinguishing
himself especially as a jury lawyer. Frequently Mr. Fagan is called upon
to act as District Attorney, and in such emergencies acquits himself with
conspicuous credit.
He is a pronounced Democrat, pinning his faith to a mUitant party
policy, as opposed to a policy which invites combinations with the opposi
tion and jeopardizes party stability. He was a delegate to the Convention
at Scranton which noniinated Governor Pattison, and took the stump for the
Democratic ticket in the ensuing campaign. This year (1892) Mr. Fagan
has been chosen presidential elector from the Twenty-second Congressional
district He is a member of the Democratic County Committee, and be
longs to the Columbus club, the Randall club, the Grover Cleveland club,
and the McCleUan club.
Mr. Fagan was married in 1887, and is the father of three children.
(193)

First warders, 'tis Georgie himself that
you see,
A gentleman he
Who's considered to be
In your neighborhood up at the top of the
tree.
Inasmuch as he's pretty well fixed.
A drug-store he keeps, and don't need to
lament.
Since a thousand per cent.
Is about the extent
Of his profits, and multitudes daUy frequent
His place, to get medicines mixed.
On George's "phizog" there's a good-
humored glow —
He's a joker, you know,
And will never let go
A chance to make merry with friend or
with foe
And to try the keen edge of his wit.
For although he's a druggist his earnings
are high
From selling old rye.
Which dull care doth defy, ,
And perhaps that's the reason he likes to
let fly
Funny cracks, making many a hit. (I

He's the beau of the Diamond — a Brum-
mel in fact.
With abundance of tact
In the deUcate act
Of dressing with spruceness and neatness
exact.
Oh yes, he is quite lah-de-dah.
And he's good-looking, too ; aye, indeed,
he's a catch.
An elegant match
If he'd come to the scratch.
Instead of remaining a steady old "bach"
Whom the girls to the altar can't draw.
He's a Democrat, strong in his ward, and
has been
To Councils sent in
Without caring a pin
For Emperor Chris or King WUliam Flam
Flinn ;
More pow'r to you, Georgie, for that.
And in view of his clever and good-
natured ways.
It would not amaze
Us if one of these days
He should mount higher yet; and the
card that he plays
WiU be trump, we will bet a new hat.
94)

GEORGE S. FLEMING.

TTNDOUBTEDLY the best known druggist west of the Allegheny moun-
^ tains is George S. Fleming, of Market street, and corner of the
Diamond. Mr. Fleming was born in Allegheny City, in 1861. His father
was Joseph Fleming, also widely known in the drug business. His mother
was Elizabeth Smith, daughter of Albert Smith, a prominent brewer.
George Fleming was educated at the public schools of Sewickley borough.
He started in 1874 as errand boy in his father's store, and worked his way
up to the position of clerk, then to that of manager, and was finally, in 1888,
admitted by his father as a partner. Two years later Joseph Fleming died,
and his son succeeded to the proprietorship of the business, which he con
tinues to conduct with signal success.
The history of Mr. Fleming's establishment occupies an important
place in the commercial annals of Pittsburg. It was founded in 1840, by
Coughran & Miller. Joseph Fleming was their clerk, and after fifteen years'
service, succeeded to the business in 1855. For years the house has been
famous not only for its reliability in the compounding of prescriptions and
the handling of absolutely pure drugs, but also as a headquarters for the
finest brands of foreign and domestic wines and liquors. Judicious adver
tising has done much to extend its reputation in these lines, and to-day the
volume of business transacted is enormous, and extends through many
states. George S. Fleming is still a bachelor, and it goes without saying that
lie is considered a highly eligible "parti," as the French put it He takes
an interest in politics on the Democratic side, and is recognized by Gover
nor Pattison's administration as one of its most valuable supporters.
(19s)

" Is this a dagger that I see before me ?"
It is the King of orators that speaks.
With genius mantling on his royal cheeks
And passion ringing in his accents stormy —
An out and out Macbeth.
He does but act, yet inwardly he's certain
That he's Macbeth himself — he feels the part.
Sees spectral things, dees murder in his heart;
Aye, and before the falling of the curtain
He'll die a real death.
Anon his cheek's aflame, anon it whitens;
Rage, hope, fear, gladness, in succession trace
Themselves upon his ever-changing face.
Which thus the marvelous illusion heightens.
Like some enchanter's spell.
No sawing of the air, no rant bombastic.
Such as your ham-fat Thespian loves to use,
Painting a character in garish hues.
Find place in his delineation plastic —
His art's concealed too well.
The stage to him is merely a diversion.
In pedagogic haunts his lines are cast.
And there, like a refined iconoclast.
He breaks youth's idols — truth's gilt-edged per
version —
And sets up standards just; (

Teaches the young idea how to revel ^
In outbursts oratorical, with voices
So trained that he who hears perforce rejoices.
And views as machinations of the d  1
What other trainers do.
Profound his learning — many chairs he's sat in.
In colleges and schools. The higher flights
Of mathematics he has dead to rights;
Discourses fluently in Greek and Latin
And other tongues abstruse.
A poet, too, he is — his dainty verses
Make him — this King upon the stage —
A Byron when, his longings to assuage.
His soul in rhythm melodic he immerses.
And turns out gems profuse.
We might go on ad libitum recounting
This many-sided artist's traits unique,
Did we not fear that some designing sneak.
Respect for our Macbethian friend surmounting,
Might cry out, " Hold; enough."
Therefore a truce to further summarizing
Of faculties whereof we're proud to sing,
Giving to us a Byron and a King,
One who — a fact that's proof agaiiist disguising—
Is made of classic stuff.
196)

BYRON W. KING.

pROF. BYRON W. KING, actor, teacher of elocution, interpreter of the
-'¦ Latin and Greek classics, lecturer, ventriloquist, and author, is perhaps
the most versatUe genius that claims the attention and applause of the Pitts
burg public. He was born at Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland County, June lO,
1859, and received a liberal education, the drift of his studies tending nat
urally in the direction of the refined literary pursuits which have of late
years engrossed his attention. When the King School of Oratory was
established, its founder was comparatively unknown in Pittsburg ; but his
talents, exhibited in a rapidly widening sphere, soon made him a public
favorite, and his services on the platform, on the stage, and in the capacity
of instructor, have since been in constant demand. He excels in the culti
vation of dramatic powers, voice, gesture, pose, facial expression, and the
faculty of intelligent interpretation being developed with equal facility under
his direction. As an actor. Prof King is equally at home in tragic and
comic roles; as a lecturer he passes from grave to gay, from the depths of
pathos to the height of grotesqueness, with the comprehensive skill of a
master ; as an elocutionist he runs the whole gamut of human emotions, and
never fails to strike the chord he aims at so as to evoke a sympathetic
response. Prof King is a poet of no mean order, and he is also the author of a
work on "Practice of Speech," which has become a standard elocutionary
text-book. (197)

Jacob's ladder of Ught is deserving of
note.
For its Uke we can't nowadays claim.
But some Jacobs there are who attention
devote
To ascending the ladder of fame.
Of the species to-day we a type represent ;
In appearance he's clever and keen ;
He's right bow'r to the man who was
moved to invent
The first money-recording machine.
With magnificent frenzy his optics will
flash.
When upon his machine he dilates.
Explaining how nicely it counts up the
cash
For the youth who on customers waits.
Down goes sale number one ; up comes
sale number two.
Marked in figures quite plain to be seen.
So that truly profound admiration is due
To the money-recording machine.
(I

Click ! click ! 'tis the money draw'r now
that unlocks ;
Now it's open, and quickly within
A miraculous agency legibly chalks
What the cost of a purchase has been.
Now the whole's added up, and to show
that it's done
There's a beU that intrudes on the scene.
With a cute ting-a-ling — was there ever
such fun
As the money-recording machine ?
An Ohioan born is the man who controls
This mechanical auditing scheme ;
Not long he's been here, yet in lucre he
roUs ;
His bonanza's a popular theme.
And whene'er he's defunct, and consigned
to the tomb.
Folks will stUl keep his memory green
As the man who stirred up a remarkable
boom
With his money-recording machine.
98)

M. N. JACOBS.

N. JACOBS, the energetic manager of the National Cash Register
Company, is a native of Marietta, O., and was born August 17,
1859. His educational training covered a period of seven years, spent at
the common schools and High School of his native place. He entered
commercial life as a bookkeeper, and continued in that position for two
years. In 1888 he -came to Pittsburg to assume the management of the
National Cash Register Company. The ofifice of the company was then
located in the Eisner building, but has since been changed to the north
eastern corner of Fifth Avenue and Wood Street. Under the intelligent
administration of Mr. Jacobs the business has been very successful, and the
cash register is now a standing institution in local restaurants, cafes, and
other places where a special check needs to be placed on the employees.
The register performs seven different functions. It shows to a customer
the amount of his purchase, drops the record of the previous sale, unlocks
the money drawer, throws the drawer open, registers on the inside, adds up,
and rings a bell. A more useful and ingenious contrivance of its kind can
not easily be conceived.
Mr. Jacobs is married, and lives at the Monongahela House.
(199)

" Are the Straight-outs still surviving?" is a ques
tion that you'll hear
Asked by many since the ringsters won the day.
Yes, you bet they are, with 20,000 votes their
hearts to cheer,
And they're arming for another fiery fray.
Here is one of them — a leader who was never
known to quail;
At the threats of Chris's plugs he doesn't scare;
With the South Side at his back, he is determined
to prevail
As an anti-boodle candidate for May'r.
If there's gloom upon his visage, don't take any
stock in that,
'Tis professional, and speaks not from the
heart;
He's been raised to undertaking, and had early to
get. at
And of simulating grief acquire the art.
But at bottom he's a jovial soul — a German
through and through,
Who of social celebration likes his share.
And the children of the Fatherland have vowed
that they'll be true
To the anti-boodle candidate for May'r.
All his life he's been an enemy of ringsters and
their tricks,
And the livery of Magee he never wore;
He has held a seat in Councils, and full oft got in
his licks
When against Mageeite deals he took the floor.
( 20

Few, alas ! were the reformers who along with him
would vote ;
To run counter to the gang they didn't dare;
But he's made his record anyhow, and hence has
off his coat
As an anti-boodle candidate for May'r.
He does business in the ward where Shafer used
to be the squire,
And when "'Shate" last for election took the field
With the city ring behind him, then our hero
opened fire.
And it proved that he tremendous pow'r could
wield.
When they counted the returns it was the people's
turn to whoop;
Where was Shafer? Echo sadly answers,
"Where?"
He was beaten two to one, and knocked com
pletely in the soup
By the anti-boodle candidate for May'r.
In the Straight-out fight again he showe^ bis
mettle like a man;
Took the stump and had his workers at the polls;
And whoever takes the trouble of his ward the
vote to scan
Will perceive the big contingent he controls.
So with all this in his favor, why on earth should
he retreat.
Or the standard of reform omit to bear.
Since he thinks that his opponents will he puz
zled to defeat
Him as anti-boodle candidate for May'r?

F. C. BEINHAUER.

^OU wiU remember the rough and ready Beinhauer, the implacable foe
1 of jobs, hurUng defiance at the ring." So spoke John S. Lambie
on the floor of Councils, and in this brief characterization is summarized
faithfully the whole of Mr. Beinhauer's public career. He is a man of the
people, devoted to the principles of pure popular government, and an en
thusiast in his antagonism to all phases of misrule and corruption in politics.
F. C. Beinhauer was born February 22, 1858, at Saxonburg, Butler
County, Pa. His family moved to Pittsburg when he was three months old,
and located in what is now the Fifth ward. The future reform leader at
tended the Grant and Hancock schools at various times until he reached the
age of fifteen, when he was obliged to suspend his studies on account of ill-
health. In 1876 Mr. Beinhauer became his father's partner in the livery and
undertaking business on Third avenue. Three years later the family moved
to the South Side, and the stable was also transferred to that district. In
1882 Mr. Beinhauer was elected to Select CouncU on the Republican ticket
from the Twenty-sixth ward. He served six years, and was finally " legis
lated out" by the new charter. The people of his district in 1890 elected
him alderman for a term of five years.
Throughout his career in Councils, as well as in politics generally, Mr.
Beinhauer was noted as a reformer. He fought the proposed Lidlie street
improvement at the head of the Penn incline, and brought about tbe some
what anomalous result of a victory for a minority over a majority, thus sav
ing $100,000 to the taxpayers. He was chairman of the committee on the
investigation of Monongahela water ; labored to secure the establishment of
the office of sealer of weights and measures, and introduced a variety of other
useful ordinances, his advocacy of which, however, was nullified by the power
of the city ring.
In the famous county campaign of November, 1891, Mr. Beinhauer led
the Straight-out Republican forces on the South Side, and contributed
¦largely to the strength of the popular movement. His staunch independent
Republicanism has become an article of faith with the Republican majority
in his ward, and it is on this basis, with clean government as the chief issue,
that he founds his present candidacy for Mayor.
Mr. Beinhauer is married, and is the father of five children.
(201)

In the wilds of old Westmoreland many years ago
a youth there was,
Humble was his station and his aspirations
slim.
He had little hopes of winning fame and fortune,
yet in truth there was
A rcsy-tinted future looming up ahead of
him.
Golden vrere the days when with precocious inde
pendence he
Dodged the country school-house and went
fishing with the gang.
And this sturdy spirit later was the cause of his
ascendency.
Which grew until the country with his reputa
tion rang.

Was it divination or his lucky star that aided
him?
Little matters that, for anyhow he made the
break.
And whatever was the happy inspiration that
persuaded him.
He bored for gas at GrapeviUe, and got there
and no mistake.
Straightway after that our hero upwards like a
rocket went.
Never had been struck an opportunity so
rare ;
Day by day the cash in mighty heaps into his
pocket went,
Until he reached the status of a semi-million
aire.

When he reached the years of manhood through
the oil fields he would skip away,
Buying leases cheap and selling out at prices
high.
It was rough upon the sellers when they saw what
they'd let slip away.
But this hustler banked the profits while he
winked the other eye.
Finally he quit the trade of leases speculating
in,
And struck another royal plan a fortune to
amass;
Examples had been set him which he thought
worth emulating in
The line of getting wealthy through a lucky
find of gas.

He dabbles some in politics, and sticks to the
Democracy,
Getting in his licks for Willie Wallace when
he can;
Bitter is "his hatred of Republican autoc
racy.
And he thinks if Satan walks the earth, that
Matthew Quay's the man.
Friendliness and frankness, open-hearted genial
ity
Count among the cards he plays, conformabty
to Hoyle,
And it's everywhere agreed that such a goadly
personality
Merits the financial boost it gets from gas and
oil.

( 202)

JAMES M. GUFFEY.

TAMES M. GUFFEY, the Pittsburg oil and gas king, was born in West-
J moreland County in 1840. He received his elementary education at
the common schools, and finished his studies at the Iron City College, of
which he is a graduate.
Mr. Guffey went to Pithole at the opening of the oil excitement, and
acquired about the same time large interests at St. Petersburg, in Clarion-
County. Subsequently he selected Bradford as a \base of operations, and
about ten years ago he came to Pittsburg, where he has since been perma
nently established.
Mr. Guffey opened up and and controlled the GrapeviUe gas field until
it was taken by a corporation. This was the greatest of aU the gas fields,
and brought great wealth to the enterprising operator. He also acquired
large interests in the Murraysville field. As a result of the development of
the natural resources of those districts, several new towns sprang up and
thousands of people were directly benefited, thanks to the intelligence and
energy of one man.
The quaUties which have caused Mr. Guffey to achieve phenomenal
prosperity in business have also contributed to make him a power in poli
tics. He is a Democrat of the old school, firm as adamant in his loyalty to
the principles of his party and always ready to make personal sacrifices for
the party's benefit. At the last Democratic Convention (April 13, 1892),
he made a magnificent fight against Secretary of the Commonwealth Har
rity for the succession to the late W. L. Scott as National Committeeman,
but was defeated through the resources of the State administration. He
was elected National Delegate, however, and laid the foundation of better
things to come in future State contests.
Mr. Guffey is married, and lives in the East End.
( 203 )

Ih him above, whose mien august
Attests his high degree.
Of politics the upper crust
Exemplified you see.
State robes to wear
He does not care.
Nor yet a golden crown.
Although his fling
He has as king
Of Allegheny town.

How did he ever rise to fill
That place which men revere ?
Explain the circumstance we will,
If kindly you give ear.
By making flour
That's known to tow'r
'Way upwards in renown,
He -cast a spell
On folks that dwell
In Allegheny town.

The Fourth ward is his dwelling-place ;
To Councils thence he went,
And sought to knock out dodges base.
Felonious in intent. (204

When, hand in hand,
A noble band
Of workers joined to down
The ring machine.
He helped to clean
Out AUegheny town.
J. Wyman being placed in hoc,
A may'r the people sought.
Trustworthy, soUd as a rock
And never to be bought ;
A man who'd try
To keep an eye
On folks like Murph and Brown ;
The miller thus
Became the boss
Of Allegheny town.
No more for fishing and the chase
Or oarsmanship he cares :
His feats henceforth alone embrace
Municipal affairs.
Whoever dreams
Of shady schemes.
Himself as well might drown,
For firm and square
Is now the may'r
Of AUegheny town. >
)

WILLIAM M. KENNEDY.

TTTILLIAM M. KENNEDY, the reform Mayor of Allegheny City, is a
' ' figure of peculiar interest in local politics, representing, as he does,
principles that are rarely triumphant under the prevailing political conditions.
Mayor Kennedy is a son of R. T. Kennedy, and was born in 1844, on
Western avenue, Allegheny, in the house now occupied by the McKnight
family. He was educated at the Western University an Russell's Military
school at New Haven, Conn. In 1875, he was united in marriage to Miss
Eliza McClintock, daughter of Washington McClintock, an old Pittsburg
carpet merchant. He entered the Pearl Milling Company (R. T. Kennedy
& Bro.) about 1868, and in a short time acquired a thorough practical
knowledge of the miUing business. In 1870, he became a member of the
firm of Marshall, Kennedy & Co., which succeeded the Pearl MiUing Co.,
after the latter's plant had been destroyed by fire. His partnership in that
concern still continues, and has been the means of placing Mr. Kennedy
amofig the wealthiest of Allegheny's citizens.
Mr. Kennedy entered politics three years ago, becoming a member of
Select Council from the Fourth ward. He sided with the reform element
from the first, and when the Allegheny Reform Association was organized,
became one of its most valuable members. After Mayor Wyman's seat had
been declared vacant and a successor was sought, William M. Kennedy won
the Republican nomination easily, and was elected without opposition to
the executive chair which Mayor Voegtly had occupied temporarily before
him. He was inaugurated on May 2, 1892.
Mayor Kennedy is an enthusiastic hunter and fisherman, and is Presi
dent of the Cheat Mountain Hunting Association, a member of the Western
Pennsylvania Sportsmen's Association, and one of the founders of both or
ganizations. He has also taken a keen interest in the promotion of oars
manship, and was a leading supporter of the old Columbia Boat Club.
His residence is at 21 Cedar avenue. Fourth ward, Allegheny.
("205)

" Oh, the spring, the beautiful spring," And the newsies his coming hilariously
Is a song that this chappie might suitably greet
sing. When they see him parade with his club
Not the season that comes when the win- on the street.
ter is gone.
But the kind of a spring that we slumber ^t . r v..- i • u
^ ° He cares not a rap for political jobs,
^ ¦ And the chaps in the league of Republi
can clubs
He's a hustler in business, and makes lots Will tell you he harps on this singular
of cash ; tune
'Mid Republican clubmen he cuts quite a Since the one time he ran he was floored
dash ; by a coon.
The Americus marchers he's drUled by the
, , '. . ,,,.,,. , XT Perhaps it's as well that he's out of the
And commissions he s held in the Na-
1 G d '^'^^
For empty preferment and boss-ridden
place ;
At the home of the newsboys a big man is For in business, they say, he don't meet
he, with a hitch,
Drillmaster he's been, and he's still a And is happy, contented, and bound to
trustee ; get dch.
(206)

A. J. LOGAN.

MAJOR A. J. LOGAN was born in the East End, Pittsburg, in July, 1857.
He received a liberal education, going through the public schools,
and subsequently attending the Pennsylvania Military Academy at Chester,
ivhere he studied for two years.
In 1876, Mr. Logan engaged in the upholstering business — his present
occupation — 'in this city. Six years later he bought out Roenigk, Gill &
Co., in which firm he was a partner, and in 1888 he built his present mam
moth establishment on Third avenue near Market street. This building
measures 60x85 feet, and is seven stories high. It is the largest of its kind
in the State.
Mr. Logan is Quartermaster, with the rank of Major, in the National
Guard, and is one of the most ardent mUitary enthusiasts in Western Penn
sylvania. He is also a director in the Chamber of Commerce. He is a
RepubUcan in politics, and takes just pride in having been one of the found
ers of the Americus Club, in which society he has held the offices of trustee,
treasurer, and captain of the marching organization.
, In all the relations of life Mr. Logan exhibits a uniformly estimable
character. He is one of those happily-endowed individuals who make friends
easily, and rarely lose them. He is married, and resides in East Liberty.
(207)

The "Doc?" — Aye, indeed, that's himself, you
can bet,
A hail fellow, well met.
With no cause to regret
That he's not an M. D., but is known as a
" Vet,"
And of horses the maladies heals.
It rejoices him vastly to think he eludes
The fancies and moods
Of invalid dudes.
Which a four-footed sufferer never obtrudes.
Though ever so badly he feels.

The "Doc" is a born Philadelphia lad.
And before him his dad
Wide celebrity had,
And has it as yet, with the consciousness glad
That in years he still leads the " profesh."
So by force of example and precept it came
That the son proved his claim
To inherit the fame
Of his parent, and honors the family name
By keeping the pride of it fresh.

Gilt-edged is his trade, and his talents entice
Folks to take his advice.
And to put up the price.
Which is fixed at a figure decidedly nice —
No M. D. could do better than that.

He's a State veterinarian, and justly he brags ,
That for fire laddies' nags
Striking physical snags
He was first to prescribe, and at present he
bags
A moderate stipend thereat.

For superior horse flesh, the "Doc" has an eye,
And keeps a supply
Of animals spry.
Wherewith on occasion he makes the dust fly,
And wearies the Forbes street hacks.
In society likewise he holds up his end,
And has many a friend
Unto whom he'll extend
A welcome, whereon it is safe to depend
That it ne'er in sincerity lacks.

He's a stalwart Republican clubman, whose grip
On his citizenship.
We'll give you a tip.
Is as firm as a rock, and he's managed to slip
'Way up as a Mason besides.
He's married, and counts as a family man
Who goes on the plan
That in life's little span
He should have as much comfort as ever he
can.
And be happy, whatever betides.
(208)

DR. R. JENNINGS, Jr.

T\R. R. JENNINGS, Jr., the eminent veterinary surgeon, may be said to
-Lf have acquired his professional talent by inheritance. His father, R.
Jennings, Sr., is the oldest veterinarian in the State. The elder Dr. Jen
nings organized the first veterinary college in America, which was chartered
in Philadelphia in 1852, and served as its President. He is also the author
of numerous standard treatises, among them "The Horse and His Diseases,"
"Cattle and Their Diseases," "Sheep, Swine, and Poultry," and "Horse
Training Made Easy."
N Dr! Jennings, the younger, was born in Philadelphia in 185 1, and was
educated at the public schools of that city. After four years' service in the
wholesale and retail drug business,, he entered the Philadelphia Veterinary
College, where he graduated in 1871.
Pittsburg offered a promising field, and here the young practitioner
settled down, and opened up an establishment. His efficiency early placed
him upon a prosperous footing, and he has since been regarded as occupy
ing the first place in his profession in this part of the State. For nineteen
years he has had charge of the horses of the Pittsburg Fire Department,-
and his services to the municipality are highly esteemed.
Dr. Jennings has been a member of Select Council from the Second ward
for several years. He was Chairman of the City Property Committee from
1886 to 1888, being the only Second ward Councilman who ever held that
position. He is a Republican, and always a sincere and zealous partisan.
Socially Dr. Jennings is held in high regard. He is the soul of hospi
tality, entertains liberally, and the number of his friends is legion.
( 209 )

Though he's shaved off his beard, which He got into the School Board and did
the artist has shown, quite a neat
The face of this chap should be easily Stroke of work with his booklets, and
known ; after this feat !
Like a monarch in Councils he sits on his In Councils he readily captured a seat.

throne
And the gavel right royally swings.
He's a "popular" ruler, because he takes
care

For with folks in his ward he is " Mike." ¦
Now he thinks since that other official of
note

In making decisions to act on the square . , , ... ...
T, ^, , , , . 1 . , As book agent and sich was in just the
By the boys from whose backing the ^

principal share
Of his puU with the CouncUmen
springs.
Like another official who's in 'the top
grade.
As an agent for school-books some boodle
he made
And political cards so ingeniously played
That bonanzas he managed to strike.

same boat
As himself, he's entitled to take off his
coat
And run for the other chap's place.
But these seemingly parallel cases don't
gee,
For the other's reformed, and our hero,
you see,
Doesn't shout for reform. If he does, he
will be
Ignominiously barred from the race.

(210)

GEORGE L. HOLLIDAY.

GEORGE L. HOLLIDAY was born at Perth, Canada, May 19, 1845, and
came to Ohio with his father when he was twelve years old. He at'
tended an academy at Northwood, O., until he reached the age of eighteen,
and then attended the Normal School at Lebanon, from which he graduated
in the classical course in 1866.
Shortly afterwards he came to Pittsburg, and from 1869 until 1881 was
the local representative of Harper Bros.' Publishing House. He then be
came the representative of Ivison, Blakeman & Co., of Chicago, handling
school-books only.
¦ - A year after the consolidation of the South Side with the city, Mr.
HoUiday became a member of Councils from the 35th ward, and has since
served uninterruptedly, part of the time in the Select branch, but for several
years past as president of the Common branch.
Mr. HoUiday has been frequently mentioned for the Mayoralty, al=
though he has as yet declined to seek the office.
In his business affairs he has been very successful. He is president of
.the Duquesne Inclined Plane Railroad, of which he was one of the original
^projectors and is one of the heaviest stockholders.
, He was married in 1870 to Miss Mary T. Pringle, of New Concord, O.
(211)

This chap with the big mustache
And the keen and piercing eye
Is a merchant who locally cuts a dash.
And we'U tell you the reason why ;
Shrewdness and grit,
Quickness of wit,
Industry, vigor and vim j
Hand-to-hand tussling,
And toiling and hustUng
Have made a high roUer of him.

Of hammering metal he tired ;
'Twas a job that lacked in " tone ; "
So his tools in a sewer he fired,
And set up in a "biz " of his own.
A mine of luck
He speedily struck
With the novel instalm.ent plan ;
'Twas no mistake
To make the break,
For it made him a wealthy man.

Low down he made a start,
To his name he hadn't a cent,
But he never was known to be faint
heart.
And his hopes were of large extent.
For many a day
He plodded away
As a blacksmith, with hammer in hand
But 'twas easy to see
That some day he Would be
A high muck-a-muck in the land.

His political faith is plain ;
He belongs to the G. O. P.
of Of Matthew and Benny and old Jimmy
Blaine
Devotedly fond is he.
, By his Club he swears,
And oft declares
; The Americus cannot be downed ;
And in every way
His career, they say,
Has been with prosperity crowned.
(212)

WILLIAM H. KEECH.

THE pioneer and most successful operator in the installment furniture
business in Pittsburg, is W. H. Keech, whose advertisements have
made his name familiar to every man, woman and child in Western Penn
sylvania. Mr. Keech was born in Washington County, July 17, 1854, and
was educated for three winters at the public schools in his native place. On
leaving school he went to work for his living, and at the same time applied
his savings to securing private instruction after each day's work was done.
In 1869, he came to Pittsburg, and after spending three years in various
occupations, entered a furniture house as collector. In 1879, he started in
dependently as a furniture dealer, and prospered from the outset. He be
gan in a modest establishment on Wood street, and as through honorable
dealing and judicious advertising, his business kept on increasing, he moved
to more commodious quarters on Wood street, and finally to the palatial
building on Penn avenue, which he now occupies. ,
Mr. Keech is married and is the father of three children — two boys and
a giri. He is an ardent Republican, and has been for seven years one of
the leading spirits of the Americus Club, holding successively all the offices
in the Club except that of President The latter dignity was repeatedly
offered to him, but he refused to take it on account of the demands of busi
ness. Mr. Keech has never been an aspirant for public office, but is a
.vigorous worker within the party lines. He is a bright, wide-awake, enter
prising citizen, and American to the core.
(213)

This shrewd-looking gent with the short
age of hair
And the surplus of fiery-hued beard.
In politics hustles with cleverness rare.
And is widely respected and feared.
They call him a hayseed because he re
sides
In a township 'mid rustic galoots,
Though it's Uttle hayseediness ever abides
In this slick individual's boots.
In his youth from the " Black North " of
Ireland he came,
And he sticks to his Scotch-Irish tricks ;
He holds fast to King WUliam, and thinks
it a shame
That the world should be bothered with
Micks.
But for very good reasons he don't give
away
His anti-papistical views.
For in working the voters it never would
pay
This racket in public to use.
(2

As the boss of his township he's every
where known.
But he isn't contented with that ; .
In county conventions his talent is shown
For knocking his enemies flat.
If he once forms a grudge, he holds on
like a leech,
As tenacious as any bull-pup.
And the victim can't hope to get out of
his reach.
For on scrapping he'U never let up.
He's a Quay man at heart, not afraid of
Magee,
And no heeler to backcap him dares—
Thus it comes that his Nobs was elected
to be'
A director of county affairs.
From this height he looks back on the_
boodle he's made
Building wagons, and joyful he feels
When he thinks what a cinch he has now.
on the trade
Of " spoking " political wheels.
14)

JAMES G. WEIR.

JAMES G. WEIR, the leading wagon-builder in Western Pennsylvania,
was born in County Derry, Ireland, in 1835, and vv'as educated in the
common schools of his native country. From 1852 to 1857 he lived in
Lanarkshire, Scotland, and emigrated thence to the United States, coming
direct to Pittsburg. He learned the trade of wagon and carriage maker on
Seventh avenue, and in i860 started in business for himself on the same
street, opposite the old Neptune Engine House. In 1861 he removed to
where the Union Station now stands, and in 1863 made another transfer,
locating on Washington street, where he remained until he was burned out
in the riots of 1877. He then established his factory on Liberty avenue
between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets, and continues to carry on there
an extensive and lucrative trade. Mr. Weir received the only medals and
diplomas awarded by the Pennsylvania State Fair during the years 1881,
1882, and 1883.
In 1887 he entered politics as a candidate for County Commissioner,
and was defeated in the convention by only one vote. Three years later he
ran for the same office, and was easily nominated and elected.
Mr. Weir is one of the most valuable men that have ever served as Com
missioner. His business habits and traditional Scotch-Irish prudence and
far-sightedness, coupled with rigid honesty, render him an efficient guardian
of the people's interests. He lives in O'Hara township, near Sharpsburg,
and enjoys a wider range of acquaintance throughout the county than falls
to the lot of more than one man out of a thousand.
(2.5)

Let not this gent's engaging air.
And smile so innocent,
Persuade you that he doesn't bear
A power of large' extent.
For though he sports civilian dress
And unofficial looks,
That he's a corker all confess.
When he gets in his hooks.

Unto the fallen he's a friend.
Full often we've heard teU
How rounders he would recommend
To Warner's big hotel.
Thieves, buUies, murderers and thugs
Alike his friendship know ;
He fills his album with their mugs
And takes them all in tow.

A great phUanthropist is he.
And souls he seeks to win ;
For, if his men poor sinners see.
They always scoop them in,
And then this chap his tender care
Upon the waifs bestows,
And lets them have a change of air.
Likewise a change of clothes.

Speak-easies tremble at his name,
Card-sharpers shirk his eye ;
High rollers dodge him just the same
As do the smaller fry.
And so this aU-potential sharp
Will plod on, till allowed
To play forever on a harp
And loaf upon a cloud.
(2X6)

JOHN McAleese.

AMONG the host of officials employed in Allegheny County there is none
who enjoys a greater measure of public confidence, and enjoys it more
deservedly, than John McAleese, the Warden of the county jail. Twenty
years of service rendered the public in various capacities, without a blemish
in his record, is the platform on which Mr. McAleese contested for and won
the wardenship, at a time when the public demanded with one voice that
only an absolutely trustworthy and competent man should receive the office.
Mr. McAleese was born on March lo, 185 1, in the Thirteenth ward,
then known as Pitt Township. His family is one of the oldest in the town
ship, his father having resided there for 60 years. The future Warden re
ceived his education in the public schools, and at the age of 17 learned the
carpenter's trade. In 1872 he joined No. 5 Engine Company, and he was
the foreman of that company for ten years. In 1888, Chief J. O. Brown
appointed him Inspector of the First police district. The responsibility at
tached to this position was great, and involved extraordinary labor and vig
ilance. Mr. McAleese, however, acquitted himself with conspicuous ability,
purged the down-town portion of the city of the thugs and loafers with
which it was infested, and kept the political interlopers at bay, so that on his
retirement after four years' service the press of the city was unanimous in
commending his work and congratulating the prison board on his appoint
ment to take charge of the jaU. This event occurred on October 13, 1891,
shortiy after the escape of the notorious outiaw, Fred. C. Fitzsimmons,
which led to the withdrawal of Warden John Berlin.
¦ Warden McAleese owes his success to his strict and inviolable fidelity
to duty, coupled with a fuU consciousness of his obUgations to the pubHc.
Hk life is regulated by military rule, and it may be said of him, as of few
'Others holding public place, that he is an official "without fear and without
'reproach." (217)

Hamlet, getting off the handle.
Owing to domestic scandal.
Struggled hard to find the key
To the question, quite perplexing,
Whether 'tis, midst troubles vexing,'
Best " to be or not to be."

One herewith we're introducing.
Who in policies producing
Shows adroitness unsurpassed ;
Youngest he of managerial
Experts, yet to him imperial
Conquests keep a-coming fast.

Hamlet's views, of course, don't matter ;
He, poor fellow ! at his latter
End was rather prone to scoff;
'Tis enough to be aware of
This, that when we've had our share of
Fun we all must shuffle off.

Down on Wood street, near the bankers
And the brokers — there he anchors
Solidly his spanking craft ;
" Home, Sweet Home," approximately
Is its title ; thither lately
Lots of trade the breezes waft.

Man, proud man, since this the case is, Perseverance and endurance

Since against collapse our race is
Absolutely unsecured ;
Don't, like Hamlef, take to idle
Thoughts and musing suicidal ;
Go and get your life insured.

In the line of life insurance.
Just as elsewhere, must succeed ;
Hence, this young man enterprising.
With faciUty surprising.
Moves ahead and takes the lead.
(218)

H. B. MOESER.

HTHE distinction of being the youngest insurance manager in Pennsylva-
••¦ nia, and a highly successful manager to boot, belongs to H. B. Moeser,
who has charge of the affairs of the Home Life Insurance Company in the
western district of Pennsylvania. Mr. Moeser is the son of Louis Moeser,
the German consul in Pittsburg, who has resided here since 1842. The
young man is a native of this city, and was educated in AUegheny. For
three years he was associated with his father in the management of a large
shipping agency, and also in the pursuit of architecture. Eleven years ago
he entered the insurance business, his natural adaptability to which gave
him a quick mastery of its details. After spending a considerable period in
the employ of another company, he accepted the position of manager for
the company which he now serves. His efficiency is, perhaps, best attested
by the fact that in four months, dating from the time of his appointment,
three times as much business was done under his control as had been done
in an entire year previously.
Mr. Moeser claims for his company that it is the best of its kind in the
country. The local office at 533 Wood street is one of the most commodi
ous and handsomely-appointed in Pittsburg, reflecting in its equipment the
prosperous condition of the company's business under the competent guid
ance of the young manager. (219)

^^'

In this age of invention.
When all is contention
To see who in brains is supreme,
The railroad contractor
Stands high as a factor
In helping the workings of steam.
Though of patents he's heedless
And finds that it's needless
Original schemes to concoct.
Yet the railroads require him
And know when they hire hira
They're bound to be heavUy socked.

For Wallace he struggled
And fain would have juggled
With Pattison's iron-clad grip ;
And now Uke a lion
He's loose with his eye on
A national delegateship.
In looks he's a daisy
And sets the girls crazy ;
He's single, and, therefore, you know.
For his beauty and riches
The cute little witches
Would cheerfuUv take him in tow.

The one that we sing of
Makes quite a good thing of
The contracts that drop in his lap.
And — most comforting this is-
It's rarely he misses
His profits, or meets a mishap.
Democracy's banner
He hoists in a manner
That shows he is ready to slap
Any Quay-ridden sinner.
And so he's been winner
In many a desperate scrap.

Though of jobs no supporter.
He lives in the quarter
Where Chris is the monarch of all.
With the gang cheek by jowl he
Stays, wondering howUl he
In poUtics e'er make a haul. .
But with visage that's cheery
He faces O'Leary
And others that train with the ring.
For however they view him
They cannot hoodoo him
Nor keep him from having his fling.
(220)

WILLIAM E. HOWLEY.

'PHE raUroad contracting business furnishes a field for some of the most
-*• progressive and brainy of our citizens, and in this category William E.
Howley may fitly be classed. Mr. Howley was born in old Pitt township,
now the Fourteenth ward, Pittsburg, in 1861. He was educated at the
ward schools and the High School, and is also a graduate of Duff's College.
From 1875 to 1880, he was employed as a clerk in the Crescent Tube Works^
He then assumed a Clerkship in the City Assessor's office, and retained that
position until 1882. From 1882 to 1887, he was in the service of the Penn
sylvania Company. He then entered the railroad contracting business, his
aptitude for which was such as to place him almost immediately on the high
road to prosperity. Large and remunerative contracts were entrusted to
him from the first, and his profits nowadays entitle him to rank among our
most prosperous citizens.
Mr. Howley is a Democrat on principle, and labors to emphasize his
political principles by rendering material assistance to his party. He at
tends the party conventions and uses his best efforts to procure the strength
ening of the Democratic county organization, and rescue it from the in
fluence of the local Republican ring. He is one of the pUlars of the Colum
bus Club. ( 221 )

He that's endowed with these features
symmetrical, ,
Odd though it seems, is an expert elec
trical.
Curious secrets of science he knows.
Yet thereof not a trace in his visage he
shows.
Wires he supplies that play havoc with
gloominess.
Bearing a fluid of radiance luminous,
Currents estabUshes, sure to surpass
In effect the enfeebled achievements of
gas.
Searching his record for facts biographical.
Early we find him at work typographical,
StruggUng in Beaver, and hard was his
case.
For he slaved at the " galleys," and " pi "
had .to chase.
Next he went out to a land territorial,
Opened up there the first manor seignorial.
Stayed in Dakota for many a year.
And in farming was reckoned a bold
pioneer.
(2

Home he returned with the triumph he
merited.
Tackled thereafter a business inherited,
Handed right down from the sire of his sire,
Insurance it was against losses by fire.
Soon came the day when that project
ideaUzed, \
Lighting by wire, was substantially realized.
Into the field with his partner he went.
And he never had cause of the act to re
pent.
Now we may say without verging on flat
tery,
No one knows better the use of a battery ;
The flashes from Ughtning, from thunder
the bolts,
He extracts for his ohms and revamps for
his volts.
Young though he be — stiU from forty re
mote he is ;
Fairly on prosperous waters afloat he is,
Murkiness never encounters his gaze.
But his atmosphere's fiUed with a lucra
tive haze,
22 )

GILBERT A. HAYS.

TTT'HEN the electrical industry began to receive active development,
' ' Gilbert A. Hays was one of the first Pittsburgers to perceive and take
advantage of its possibilities. Mr. Hays is practically a native of this city,
having been born just outside the municipal limits. He is now 37 years of
age, and has spent most of his life in Pittsburg.
Thrown on his own resources at an early age, he was compelled to leave
school sooner than most boys, to earn his bread and butter. He learned the
printing business at Beaver Falls, and was a compositor there for ten years.
He then went West in the interest of Clark & Thaw, and opened for that firm
the first farm in Dakota Territory, thus earning the title of the pioneer
farmer of Dakota.
On the death of his grandfather, Mr. Hays returned to Pittsburg and
assumed charge of the fire insurance business established by his relatives.
His grandfather had been proprietor of a prosperous agency for thirty years,
and Mr. Hays has continued the business for thirteen years, in connection
with a partner, under the firm name of Hays & Lowry, at No. 59 Fourth
Avenue. Three years ago, Mr. Hays organized the Iron City Electric Company
at No. no Wood street, and he is now president of that concern, with Hor
ace F. Lowry as secretary and treasurer. Mr. Lowry is well known as the
i'founder of the Telegraph, now merged into the Chronicle-Telegraph. The
^original capital of the electric company was only a few hundred dollars, but
it now does a business of $60,000 per annum, and is patronized by the best
firms in the city.
Mr. Haysv married Miss Fleming, daughter and heiress of Joseph Flem
ing, the druggist and wine merchant, and has five children.
(223)

" Marron glace," the Frenchmen say —
It means a frozen chestnut.
But thus to twit and basely hit
The man above you'd best not.
With all his faults, 'gainst such assaults
He's proof, and in his chosen
Pursuits is free from ways that be
Chestnutical or frozen.
Observe him well — his looks should tell
At once that he's a lawyer.
In books immersed and deeply versed
In Terminer and Oyer.
His eye is fierce as though 'twould pierce
An enemy with fury ;
By all accounts he thus surmounts
The views of judge and jury.
In rhetoric he's deuced quick.
And never gets bombastic ;
But, when he likes, right home he strikes
With language that's sarcastic.
(2

At crucial times his tongue he primes
With language vitriolic ;
And so to make opponents quake
Appears to him a frolic.
Like Cicero he lets 'er go
When he defends a felon ;
His fluent tongue and strength of lung
The court-room cast a speU on.
The witness that might knock him flat
He hastens to belittle ;
And when he's through, what can they do
But grant him an acquittal?
So too he floors forensic bores
In litigation civil ;
And drives the spear of logic clear
Through prosiness and drivel.
That's why he stands a head and hands
Above those chaps who star on
Pure nerve and brass, the only class
Described in French as "marron"
24)

JOHN MARRON.

TN point of ability as a criminal lawyer, and especially as a cross-examiner,
*¦ John Marron, Esq., is inferior to none and excelled by few of his
brother professionals in the State. His tact, keenness and faculty of ready
retort have made him feared as well as respected, and the possession of
these qualities renders him a veritable tower of strength in pleading crimi
nal cases. Mr. Marron was born in the Eighth ward, Pittsburg, in 1856.
He attended the public schools, and finished his studies under the direction
of private tutors. His bent was naturally towards the law, for which pur
suit he prepared himself in the ofifice of the late Marshall Schwartzwelder,
a memorable figure in his day. Mr. Marron was called to the bar about 15
years ago. His brilliant talents placed him at once upon a prosperous
footing, and he has been conspicuously before the public ever since. He is
an indefatigable worker, tenacious, irrepressible, never yielding an inch of
ground to an adversary without a hard struggle.
Mr. Marron takes an interest in politics without developing into a poli
tician, and leans to the Democratic side. He is unmarried, and lives with
his mother in Allegheny City. (22s)

From the handsome hotel where this gen
tleman sits
In the pride of proprietorship.
He looks back to the days when he used
to give fits
To the people who came
His attention to claim
And with foot-gear themselves to equip.
World-famed were the pedal adornments
he sold.
And with him it was bootless to vie ;
Though of sUpper-y customers oft he got
hold
Who'd dishonor a biU,
Yet no whiteness of Gill
Or confusion in him you'd descry.
A magnificent fortune of course he amassed.
And from mercantile channels retired ;
Then his eye on a gilt-edged investment
he cast ;
'Twas a Wood street hotel
With a patronage sweU —
And the same he directly acquired.
The previous owners from ages remote
Had been Democrats straight through
and through,
(2

But the newcomer gloried in casting his vote
And in doing his best
With unusual zest
Right along for Republicans true.
StiU political feeling can never affect
His engaging and pleasant address.
The courtesy polished that trav'lers expect
He exhibits in ways
That win nothing but praise ;
As a host he's a real success.
"AU the comforts of home," he wiU teU
you, are found
In his house, and its glories to paint
He is able in periods flowing and round.
Which we needn't recite.
Though record it we might
That the hostelry's named for a saint.
Do you marvel that when he goes over
his rooms
(They're a hundred in number, 'tis
said,)
That an aspect of pleasure supreme he
assumes.
And stoutly contends
That his mansion transcends
Ev'ry rival and stands at the head?
26)

CHARLES S GILL.

'pO the traveling public the name of Charles S. Gill is suggestive of that
^ combination of hospitality and tact which is essential in the ideal land
lord of an ideal modern hotel. To a very large circle of Pittsburgers it
suggests a personality long and favorably associated with local progress and
naturally an object of esteem. Mr. Gill is the proprietor of the St. Charles
Hotel, at Third avenue and Wood street. He was born in Allegheny City,
of Scotch parents, in 1838. His mother is still living, having attained the
ripe age of 87 years. She is a pleasant, lovable lady, well versed in Burns
and other poets.
Mr. Gill was educated in the public schools. At the age of 14, he en
gaged in mercantile pursuits with his father on Wood street. In 1872, their
place of business was removed to Liberty street, but they returned to Wood
street later on.
In 1888, Mr. Gill became proprietor of the St. Charles Hotel, an estab
lishment of high reputation. The house contains over lOO rooms, is con
ducted on the American plan, and contains all modern conveniences, includ
ing natural gas and incandescent lights throughout. Mr. Gill believes in
the efficacy of home comforts as distinguished from the bare and inhospit
able accommodations which foreign visitors are wont to describe as the
curse of hotels in the United States. He aims at making his patrons enjoy
their visits, and the fact that his establishment is always full is the best
possible demonstration that his policy is the fight one.
Mr. GiU was married in 1868. In politics he is a consistent adherent
' of the Republican party, and he is the first of that political creed that has
ever controlled the St. Charles. (227)

From the features of this person you wiU
readily observe

'Mid the bulls and bears he operates, and
helps the lambs to shear,

That he's blest with lots of shrewdness and For shearing is the business of a financier.
a large amount of nerve.
You might think him a detective, or a ,.- .. .. u ¦ i •
s 'If you want to buy on margins, he is sure
lightning auctioneer,
But he does a quiet business as a finan
cier.

to treat you right ;
As long as you've the cash, he'U buy you
everything in sight.
And when your pile's exhausted, he wiU
drop a briny tear.
And remark that you're not built to be a
financier.

There's a ticker in his office which won't
tell you what's o'clock,
For it's not the kind of ticker that a fellow
puts in hoc.
It keeps grinding out the figures which r. j: .. r .• ..u i.- t, i „„
^ * , f , ° By dint of operatmg thus, his bank ac-
are needed to make clear

The proper lay to work on as a financier.

count he's swelled ;
His buUing and his bearing never yet have
been excelled ;
When he's sized the figures up, our hero And so the little fish on 'Change this lucky
gaily saUies forth, chap revere,
And proceeds to shake the market up for For they know he's made the riffle as a
aU that he is worth ; financier.
(2Z8)

GEORGE B. HILL

'pWENTY-FIVE years of tireless industry, together with a remarkable
i genius for financiering, have placed George B. Hill at the head of the
fraternity of stock brokers in Pittsburg. Mr. Hill's history is that of a self-
made man, who sought and found his own opportunities, and is able now, at
the summit of his prosperity, to make the pardonable boast that he has to
"thank no man for a dollar." Mr. Hill's first business venture is a signifi
cant index to the whole character of the man. When a mere boy he took
advantage of a school vacation to open a store, in partnership with a young
companion. The assets did not exceed $ioo, and for their capital the boys
were indebted to a good-natured merchant. The partner managed the
store, while George went abroad and drummed up business. On the third
day the partner decamped with the assets. George reported the calamity
to the merchant, and undertook to devise means of paying off the indebted
ness. The merchant owned some property which had long been unmarket
able. Young Hill went among the capitalists, found a purchaser, and his
commission on the deal more than paid the indebtedness of the defunct firm.
In 1865 Mr. Hill came to Pittsburg, and in 1867 commenced business
as a broker and dealer in stocks. Since then he has figured in some of the
greatest stock deals on record in the State. Perhaps the most extensive of
these was the famous gas stock deal, out of which grew the Philadelphia
Gas Company. In July, 1 88 1, Mr. W. I. Mustin was admitted to partnership, and three
years later Mr. John D. Nicholson was also taken into the firm, which has
since been, known under the title of George B. HiU & Co.
Mr. Hill's individual interests are large and varied. He is a director
of all these companies : The Pittsburg, AUegheny & Manchester R. R. Co.,
the Pittsburg & Manchester Traction Co., the Second National Bank of Alle
gheny, and the Standard Underground Cable Co., and he is President of the
Allegheny Traction Co. The ofifices of his firm are at No. 1 11 Fourth
Avenue. (229)

Is he French? Is he Dutch? Is he a Rus
sian or a Swede?
Is he Spanish, Swiss or PoUsh, or of Anglo-
Saxon breed ?
Not a bit ; just see his face.
And you'll quickly tell his race ;
To find out that he's an Irishman a glance
is all you need.

Many a year he worked in Pittsburg mak
ing safes and bolts and locks,
Which would stand the heat of Hades and
the worst of earthly shocks ;
And such headway has he made
That he now controls the trade.
And whoever would compete with him to
smithereens he knocks.

There's pugnacity and jollity, good-heart-
edness and grit,
AU together in his features by the hand of
nature writ,
It would take a stupid crank
To mistake him for a Yank,
For a brogue that's rich and meUow-toned
sets off his Irish wit.

You can see his products picturesque in
offices and stores.
Or sized up by the populace as they're
hauled to upper floors.
Far and near they're in request.
North and south and east and west,
And they carry the maker's name in great
big letters on the doors.

There was little to be gotten in the verdant
land of Pat,
So he traveled to the land where all are
rich and sleek and fat.
When he bid his friends good-bye,
" Don't forget," he said, " that I
WiU come back when I'm a milUonaire "
(the Irish aU say that).

Will he e'er go back to Ireland to remain
and spend his pile?
Only ask him till you see him crack a
monumental smile.
He'U admit that it would be a
Most nonsensical idea
To return and Uve his Ufe out in that one-
horse little isle.

(230)

THOMAS BARNES.

TTTHEREVER the famous Barnes Safe is used — and that means every-
' ' where throughout the United States and in many foreign countries —
the name of Thomas Barnes is known and respected. Mr. Barnes was born
at Dublin, Ireland, in December, 1817, and was educated in his native city.
He emigrated to the United States in June, 1836, and in the same year set
tled in Pittsburg, securing employment in the first safe shop established here.
There he learned the rudiments of safe-making and laid the foundations
•of the prosperity which came to him in later years. The young Irishman
was too enterprising to be kept long in the capacity of a subordinate. See
ing a field of wider scope before him, he entered the safe business on his
own account as a member of the firm of Burke & Barnes. This concern was
a success from the start.
In 1872, Mr. Burke withdrew from the firm, and Mr. Barnes assumed
sole control. He at once began the enlargement of the works, and by judi
cious management the business was extended to mammoth proportions,
untU now it is the largest of its kind in the State.
Mr. Barnes has been a lifelong Democrat. He served three years in
Common Council from the Third ward, but, aside from that experience, he
has never surrendered much of his time to the pursuit of politics and its
rewards. He is a plain, unassuming gentieman, noted for the integrity of
his character and his insistence upon strict business principles.
(231)

Base amateur, scoot, with your measly kodak
At the art photographic don't dare take a
whack
While the chap in the picture's around ;
For 'tis he has the knack, there is nary a
doubt,
On demand ev'ry kind of good looks to grind
out;
There is no room for tyros when he is about —
Their efforts he's sure to confound.
Size him up as he stands with Delsartean grace,
A majestic expression appears on his face,
Which seems very plainly to say :
"I'm boss of my trade and my rivals defy;
Your tin-types and such like are all in my eye;
I alone can take hold of a regular guy
And make him look fairer than day."
With an eye for effect that is cunning and keen.
His victim he plants at a posing machine,
With a landscape built round him to suit.
" Now, steady," he says, " crack a heavenly
smile;
Don't stir for your life, or the plate you will
spoil,"
Then he slings round a little brass cap for awhile
And, eureka ! — the picture's a " beaut."
(2

When he touches 'er up, then the fine work comes
in;
The long and the short folks, the fat and the thin,
The pug-nosed, and people who squint.
Must be done up in style with a delicate brush,
Till Adonis and Venus are put to the blush
And the subjects are sure o'er the likeness to gush
And pay for the same without stint.
His devotion to art has repaid itself well,
So that now he is socially known as a swell,
A high-flyer at fashion, in fact.
And they say that his profits in oil have been
steep.
Which enables him thoroughbred horses to keep.
And go fishing for tarpon in Gulf waters deep.
Where Quay does the fisherman act.
There are others who try to keep level with him.
But they never can make it — they're not in the
swim,
The cream of the business he nabs;
And though envious tongues at his handiwork
strike.
He lets them abuse him as much as they like.
For he's top o' the heap, and he feels that he's
Mike,
And despises their mean little dabs.
32)

B. L. H. DABBS.

BL. H. DABBS, the leading photographer in Pennsylvania, was born in
. London in 1839. While he was stUl a child, his parents came to this
country. His father, George Dabbs, was one of the pioneers of the photo
graphic supply trade in America, being first a member of the firm of L.
Chapman & Co., of New York, and, subsequent to 1856, senior partner in
the firm of George Dabbs & Co., of Philadelphia. Thus the young B. L.
H. Dabbs early became conversant with the details of the business in which
he has since taken such a high place.
Mr. Dabbs came to Pittsburg in 1861, and opened a store for the sale
of ambrotype and photographic supplies. In the same year he purchased
the gallery of a Mr. Rorah, Nos. 90 and 92 Federal street, Allegheny, and
entered the field of artistic photography. His work was a revelation to the
people of Pittsburg and vicinity, and commanded prompt appreciation.
In 1864, Mr. Dabbs removed to Pittsburg, and established the largest
photograph gallery in the State at 46 and 48 Sixth street. So rapidly did
the demand for his photographs increase that, in 1869, he sold out bis busi
ness as a dealer in photographic materials. Since then he has devoted all
his time and talents to the taking of portraits and the development of the
photographic art.
In 1876, he removed to his present quarters at 602 Liberty street-
There he has gathered around him a corps of operators and auxiliary art
ists not excelled in the country. Mr. Dabbs is thus enabled to turn out
pictures unrivaUed in the two cities for their striking, truthful and singularly
artistic character. He has the rare gift of discerning the most natural ex
pression of his subjects, and his manner inspires confidence.
Mr. Dabbs is quick to adopt the latest inventions, and experimental
study has always had his closest attention. He stands among photog
raphers, as with the public, in excellent repute ; his energy is unabating,
and clientage is his constantly increasing.
He resides with his family in a handsome mansion on Hiland avenue.
East End, where he has one of the finest art libraries in the city.
(233)

W. C. CONNELLY.

See the Colonel on his charger, just a
thirsting for the fray.
You can tell from his habUi ments that
fighting is his lay.
With his flashing sword and buttons bright,
deny it if you can.
If ever there was a soldier slick, the Colo
nel is the man.

In private life the Colonel drives a journ
alistic quill ;
He's worked the racket for many a year
and means to work it still.
He sends the news all over the globe from
Oshkosh to Japan,
And if ever a scribbler struck it rich, the
Colonel is the man.

Determination lurks in those mustaches
fiercely curled ;
The cut of his beard and whiskers bids
defiance to the world.
When Providence of humanity blocked
out the final plan
She topped off with a soldier, and the
Colonel is the man.
The Colonel's on the Governor's staff, and
that's the reason why
He never has had a chance to fight, though
blood is in his eye.
But if the God of battles e'er the uni
verse should scan
For a chap to take Napoleon's place, the
Colonel is the man.

If the Colonel's asked the question, can
he decently afford
To recognize the graphic pen as mightier
than the sword ?
He answers, " Both are weapons that place
a hero in the van."
And of course, if ever a hero lived, the
Colonel is the man.
When Pattison's term runs out, alas ! the
Colonel will collapse.
With other eminent Democrats, that hold
official snaps ;
But if ever a Democrat proved his claim,
since history began.
To posterity's kind remembrance, then
the Colonel is the man.

(234)

CONTROLLER JAMES BROWN.

Perhaps you'll think this chap's a jay
Because his attire is " neglige ; "
If so, and you feel incUned to scoff.
From the truth you'll be a long way off;
For, though he don't hustle or raise much
fuss.
He can turn a trick with the best of us.
And he's studied the art from baby
hood
Of sajdng little and sawing wood.
The groundwork in this line he laid
In early life at the carpenter trade ;
"A higher plane I'U seek," thought he;
"But filed away I'U never be."
Vice charmed him not the smaUest bit.
And his chiseled face was always lit
With a smile, for he augured nothing but
good
From saying little and sawing wood.
In Allegheny, his dwelling-place.
His circle of friends increased apace,*
And, urged by them, he set his cap
For a modest Uttle poUtical snap —
(2

Assessor's clerk was about his size
As a starting-point from which to rise.
And he got there because of the likelihood
Of his sa/ing little and sawing wood.
As a politician he forged ahead
"Try for Controller," some one said.
Out he came as a candidate.
And captured a place on the winning slate.
Though twenty years since then have
passed,
To the self-same job he still sticks fast.
And he holds his own, as few people could.
By saying little and sawing wood.
Morals in verse don't amount to much.
But we'll sling one in for a finishing touch :
The man who raises the biggest hurrah
Is only too often a man of straw ;
While quiet ducks, Uke our North Side
friend.
Are apt to come out on top in the end ;
For there's nothing that wins fame, friends
and " bood "
Like saying little and sawing wood.
35)

Here's a canny son of Scotland, who for
sook the Land o' Cakes,
And came hither with an empty purse to
play for heavy stakes ;
A fortune he could shovel up, by>some one
he was told.
Since the streets were strewn with jewels
and the sidewalks heaped with gold.

Later on he went to Councils, and ar
ranged with Chris Magee
In twenty thousand years or so to make
the bridges free ;
Says Chris : " Old man, you're welcome
bridge arrangements to control ;"
Whereupon he winked at Andy — aye, and
Andy smiled a smole.

Now this fortune-making process some
how didn't come to pass.
So our hero came to Pittsburg, where he
worked at blowing glass ;
And he blew with such dexterity that
'twasn't very long
TiU he found himself distinguished and
politically strong.

Now the South Side bridges are not free,
but Andy's quick to claim
That the cash to free them vanishes, and
that he is not to blame ;
And you'll notice that in stating thus the
merits of the case
An entrancing look of innocence Hlumi-
nates his face.

When the horny-handed sons of toil per
ceived his happy knack
Of speechifying publicly they clapped him
on the back.
Saying, "Andy, boy, you're just the lad to
plead the workers' cause ;"
Then they sent him down to Harrisburg
to work at making laws.

Andy's now a fuU-fledged barrister — un
usually flip ;
He would dearly love to get the county
prosecutorship ;
But if he's going to manage it we really
•can't see how.
Though both Chris and WUUam seem to
think he's strictly in it now.

(236)

A. C. ROBERTSON.

THE "canny Scot," who combines shrewd caution with close-fistedness, is
, not exactly typified in "Andy" Robertson, who, though a Scotchman
born, has all the free-handed, easy-going tendencies of Cousin Pat, of the
Emerald Isle.
Mr. Robertson was born in the city of Glasgow, May 4, 1856. He was
left an orphan at the age of seven years, and spent one year in an orphan
asylum. Young "Andy's " independence was not to be cramped, however,
and he took French leave of the asylum, returning to the friends among
whom he had spent his infancy. He secured employment as water boy in
a glass house, and thus, at eight years of age, earned his own living.
' The youth's educational advantages were small, his only schooling
being what he had obtained in the orphanage. In 1863 he was bound as an
apprentice to learn the glass trade. Two years later he deserted his em
ployers and came to the United States. When he landed in New York he
had just ten cents in his pocket. A friend took him to Philadelphia, and he
worked at the glass trade in that city and also in New Hampshire and
Massachusetts. After one year's sojourn in this country, he returned to
Scotland on a visit, and remained there five months.
In 1867 Mr. Robertson came to Pittsburg and secured work here at his
trade as a bottle-blower. This calling he pursued for sixteen years, work
ing at it in almost every State where glass-houses are located.
Meanwhile he managed to educate himself, and his gift of oratory,
coupled with other talents, made him prominent among the labor element,
and finally brought him to the front as a politician on the Republican side.
In 1882 he was elected to the Legislature, in which body he served contin
uously untU 1888. In that year he resigned, to run for the unexpired term
of the Select Councilman from the Thirty-fifth ward. He was re-elected
twice afterwards, and is now serving his third term. He has been a delegate
to, aU the Republican State Conventions in the past five years, and in the
convention of '92 he made the speech nominating the present State Treasurer.
Mr. Robertson commenced the study of law in 1887, and was admitted
to the bar in June, 1890. He has a good practice, which keeps constantly
growing, and he has been engaged in the trial of all kinds of cases, from
murder down. (237)

The General Agent to-day we describe And deprived of some privilege granted
And an exceUent sample he is of the tribe the rest.
Whom the railroads incessantly keep on
the go With so much to engross him, you'd think
To give business a boom and keep traffic without doubt
in tow. That his intellect early would have to
play out.
He is not an underling — that you may That the Erie and Western certainly must
guess Fill his place pretty soon or be likely to
From the dignity great that his features " bust."
express.
But ofiicially stands at the top of the tree Now the fact of the matter is this : He's
And to multifold interests carries the key. the kind
Of a bustier that thrives on a terrible
Complaints he considers and rates he ad- grind,
justs And when work's mounting up in a des-
For firms, individuals, syndics and trusts ; perate way
Other agents he meets and profoundly He just beams through his glasses and
pow-wows, marks it O. K.
It is thus they stave off periodical rows. Withal he's a sociable, affable soul
To Andrew Carnegie he'U mention a price Who won't measure a man by the size of
For shipping steel raUs, or he'U tender his roU ;
advice And whatever of corporate sins we may say.
To the humblest beginner who thinks he's Not a symptom of guilt does the Ageijt
oppressed display.
(238)

SAMUEL P. WOODSIDE.

A N excellent specimen of the vigorous, pushing railroad man is S. P.
¦^ Woodside, General Agent of the New York, Lake Erie & Western
R R. Mr. Woodside is the son of Hugh Woodside, of Allegheny, and was
born and reared in that city. He attended the public schools and finished
his education at Newell's Institute, Pittsburg. His start in life was obtained
as a clerk with the Pennsylvania Company under C. L. Cole. In this em
ployment he remained from 1877 to 1880, and then became a clerk with
the New York, Lake Erie & Western Company, under Sam P. Shane, at
that time General Agent for the Company.
In the early part of 1884, the Pittsburg & Western Railroad enlisted Mr.
Woodside's services in a clerical capacity, and he did duty under F. A.
Dean until June ist of that year, when he was appointed agent for the
Globe Fast Freight Line. That position he held until February, 1885. He
then entered the Globe Line's general office at Buffalo, where he spent three
monfhs paving the way for fresh advancement.
From Buffalo, Mr. Woodside returned to Pittsburg, having been appointed
contracting agent for the New York, Lake Erie & Western road under Mr.
Shane. In 1886, he served the B. & O. Railroad in the same capacity under
C. S. Wright, and continued with that road until the latter part of July, 1887,
when he returned to the New York, Lake Erie & Western, this time as gen
eral agent, succeeding Mr. Shane, who had been appointed general freight
agent for the same Une. Mr. Woodside still holds this position, and dis
charges its responsibilities with capability above the average. Railroad
men regard him as one of the brightest and most useful men in the business.
His courteous and obliging disposition renders him a universal favorite, and
visibly enhances his usefulness to the Company.
(239)

PROF. B. C. JILLSON.

See the dignified geologist, his hammer in his And expatiates on animals that elephants would
hand, dwarf,
After stony curiosities he dodges through the Loafing down around the river bank and sleep-
land; ing on the wharf.
Real Enghsh are his whiskers, and the wind that "
whistles through Xhen he strikes the glacial period and reels off
Their luxuriance extensive has as much as it can stories queer,
do. Of the neighborhood's being frozen through and
through for many a year,
You can guess it from his countenance that teach- And if any one should doubt him, he demolishes
ing is his trade, them quite,
He looks so dictatorial, methodical and By producing labeled cobble-stones to prove that
staid; he is right.
In his eye there lurks the evidence of thoughtful-
ness profound. Of our local people's college he was formerly the
And he loves the young idea with his learning to bosg
confound. But he left to take the West by storm, and many
mourned his loss;
First he bangs them with the records of the meta- Yet the West would not be stormed, and like the
morphic age, needle to the pole,
When there weren't any animals upon this To the college he came back, though in a second-
earthly stage, ary role.
Then he springs the early fossils, and goes on
with purpose fell If you want to get a glimpse of him, meander up
Of the strata that come later fishy narratives to the hill,
tell. On the top of which he labors useful knowledge
to instil],
On the era carboniferous he dwells with ghoulish And amid the " A's " and " B's " and " C's " and
glee, " D's," as they are called.
Making cracks about the woods that in this You will find this festive scientist triumphantly
region used to be, installed.
( 240 )

PROF. J. P- McCOLLUM.

Shade of Mozart, though it goes hard
To recall you from the tomb.
You may trust us, 'tis but justice
Leads us thusly to presume.
Since we sing of one who's king of
Mozart clubmen, and whose track
Nicely gees with and agrees with
Yours — we mean Director Mac.
He is pensive, inoffensive.
Massive-browed and dreamy-eyed.
Moods harmonic are the chronic
State in which his thoughts abide.
Strains entrancing keep a-dancing
Through his brain, nor does he lack
Power to bring 'em forth and sing 'em
Strong-lunged is Director Mac.
When before his eye the score is.
And the baton in his hand ;
Then he'll tower high in power.
Greatest monarch in the land.
Softly, loudly, gently, proudly.
Drawing with artistic knack
From the chorus chants sonorous.
Glorious is Director Mac.

Periodic feats melodic
In the elder City hall ;
To the classes and the masses
He suppUes and suits 'em aU.
Mozart's measures, priceless treasures,
Valiantly his aids attack.
All are captured, quite enraptured.
By this same Director Mac.
Mac no longer as in younger
Days elusive wealth must chase.
When perspiring, he was firing
Type in at a printer's case.
Nor when braving fate and craving
Fame he struck another tack.
With surprising vocalizing.
Bent on being "Director" Mac.
Now he collars shining dollars
With surpassing grace and ease ;
Upper-tendom to commend him
Hastens and planks down the fees.
Singers pet him and beset him
With demands their claims to back.
Wholly bUssful and successful
Is this same Director Mac.
(241)

PROF. H. W. FISHER.

Tell us not of Pestalozzi,
Widely known to fame because he
Ran a school-room in a quasi
Philosophic way.
Give us, please, a rest on Froebel,
Lauded as the first man able
Kindergart'ning on a stable
Basis to essay.
These back numbers are exploded;
Why with them be overloaded
And well-nigh to madness goaded
By their tiresome names.
When the latter-day professor.
Though a luminary lesser.
Is of genius the possessor,
And distinction claims?
He of whom we show the features
Typifies our modem teachers.
None of your fandango-preachers.
Full of puff and blow;
But an earnest, zealous plodder.
Always hunting mental fodder,
No one in his line a broader
Intellect tan show.
Openly our man confesses
That in Bedford's wild recesses
(Nature there full sway possesses)
Youthful days he spent;
There he was in the ascendant.
Served as county superintendent.
Carried off a name resplendent
When away he went.

(242)

Lawrenceville with unaffected
Joy received one so respected;
Principal he was elected
Of a thriving school;
Three .schools now he has, and collars
Every year two thousand dollars.
Being over hosts of scholars
Authorized to rule.
Should his young dependents fidget.
He commands attention rigid
By a motion of his digit —
How is that for skill?
And he gets up High School classes.
Which in number none surpasses,
Brainy little lads and lasses
Learning with a will.
On the platform he delivers
Eloquence that flows in rivers.
Foolish arguments he shivers,
Knocks 'em all to smash ;
Nor does he in manner tedious
Borrow from encyclopedias
Big words used by chumps egregious —
Psychologic trash.
Having thus with unrestricted
Ease and grace his points depicted,
Need we say why we've inflicted
Him upon your gaze ?
'Tis because what's here recorded
Should with favor be rewarded.
Not because our man's a sordid
Fisher after praise.

HENRY PHIPPS, JR.
The bland-looking, prosperous, dignified Thus he's put up a plant-house, which
gent, cost like the deuce.
Whose visage and figure above we pre- And gave it away for the popular use ;
sent. And again on the people he got in his
Possesses the pow'r, Uke King Midas of hooks
old. By planking down boodle to keep them in
Of turning whatever he touches to gold. books.
Since the star-spangled Scotchman his He's deserving of warm resolutions of
banner unfuried thanks
As the boss that controls the industrial For setting his foot down on humbugs
yfoxld and cranks.
Second fiddle to Andy our hero has Recreation on Sunday he thinks is
played, O- ^-j
And an elegant second he's known to And he won't be roped in on the Puritan
have made. 1^7-

Like his leader, he's piled up more wealth So you see, gentle reader, when all's said
than enough, and done.
Though, like Andy again, he's quite free He's a modern Midas m more ways than
with his stuff, o°^'
And don't scruple to lavish on other folks' For, besides pihng up precious metals at
weal will, 
The profits he grinds out of iron and He wins golden opinions with magical
steel. skill.
(243)

'Tis a bold Johnny BuU that this lyric is He waded right in and directors selected.

writ on.
Who served in the Red-coats and fought
for Queen Vic,
But his pay it was small, so he skipped
from Great Britain
And came to the land where the shekels
are thick.
He was sanguine at first, but soon found
that the dollars

The chaps he picked out coming right
at his caU,
Then levied a tax and a building erected.
With himself as the principal — wasn't
that gaU?
Later on he got hold of a better position
As the boss of a gilt-edged and popular
school,
Don't come of themselves, but take But by this time he'd grown a confirmed
hustling to get ; politician
So he hastened to hang out political colors, And, gavel in hand, helped in Councils
Which speedily got him in out of the wet. ^o ^^•
To-day after taxes unpaid he goes gun-
In the Twelfth ward a pull he expertly uing,
caught on to. He captured the job by the grace of
Unaided he split the school district in two. the ring ;
" What matter," quoth he, " if the people But 'tis widely believed that, because of
, don't want to? his cunning,
I'U start a new school house and show He's still far away from the end of his
them who's who." string.
(244)

PROF. W. R. FORD.

FOR nearly thirty years. Prof William R. Ford has been before the Pitts
burg public in various capacities, never unfavorably and often under
conditions attesting in a signal manner his value as a servant of the people.
Prof Ford was born at Bath, England, January 5, 1832, and was educated
at private schools in his native country. In 1856, he came to the United
States, and engaged in the dry goods business in Cleveland. In the follow
ing year he came to Pittsburg, and after a brief sojourn here, went to the
northern part of Indiana county, where he engaged in school teaching. He
held the position of principal of the Blairsville public schools until 1864,
when he returned to Pittsburg and entered the grocery business in the old
Ninth ward.
In 1865, he was elected to Common Council, and he continued to rep
resent the old Ninth ward in that body until 1 867, in which year he was
elected to the Legislature.
In 1869, he became Principal' of the Twelfth ward (O'Hara) public
schools. That position he held for three years. He served six years as
Principal of the South school. Second ward, and specially distinguished
himself there by carrying off the palm for the best trained High School
classes. Prof Ford was again elected to Councils as a representative of the
Fourteenth ward, serving one year in the Common branch, and he was
President of that branch for six years.
He was elected Delinquent Tax Collector in 1887, and was re-elected
this year (1892) for a second term of five years. His administration of his
duties has been thoroughly business-like, and he has saved large sums to
the city by recovering taxes which a less careful oflficial would have been
disposed to class as uncollectable.
Prof Ford has been elected Grand Master Workman of the A. O. U. W.
in Pennsylvania, and is one of the representatives in the Supreme Lodge of
the State. He is still a resident of the Fourteenth ward, and is a paterfamilias on
a fairly large scale. ( 24s )

Here's a masculine charmer of beauty so The militia lads think him the finest of
rare men ;
That the girls the effect of it scarcely can He's worked 'em before and may work
bear, 'em again.
So they blush Uke a roselet and murmur He does the square thing by his big br6-
" Ah, there," ther when
When they see him go by on the street. In political scraps he succeeds.
But he's single as yet, and not anxious to He owns quite a business — a boomer, you
bet.
Another chap had it, and might have it
yet.

For he's one of the boys, and don't mind,
it is said.
If he gives them a hand when they paint
the town red — ^., , , . , , , , , •.
T- , , , , „, Had he mst been on hand when the city
He s as gay a young blood as you 11 , ,
° -^ -^ ^ ' dads met.
And stood in with his nobs' little
scheme.
In the hot summer days he goes down to So fortune our hero inclines to assist,
the shore. In his line he is rknked pretty high on the
'Mid the folks at Atlantic he makes a fu- list,
ror, And he's piling the boodle up hand over
For in every diversion he puts in his oar, fist
And in all the high jinks takes the lead. By dishing out doughnuts and cream.
(246)

PHILIP S. FLINN.

QTICKLERS for puritanism in politics might object to the political code
^ exemplified by Philip Flinn, younger brother of Senator William Flinn ;
but Philip's bonhomie, good humor and free-handed liberality are such as to
disarm the keenest of his critics and to insure him always a strong following.
Philip Flinn was born in the Sixth ward, Pittsburg, April 30, 1865, and
was educated at the public schools. At the age of 15 he became foreman
for the contracting firm of Booth & Flinn, and at 21 he was appointed assist
ant superintendent of highways. This position he filled until the occur
rence of the Johnstown flood in 1889, when he became associated with
James McKnight, the chief contractor for the removal of debris at the
ruined city.
Mr. Flinn remained at Johnstown two months.' On his return to Pitts
burg he engaged in the jestaurant business, conducting a profitable estab
lishment in the Diamond market. He is now the senior member of the
FUnn Stone Company, which owns and operates extensive quarries.
The Flinns are a family of RepubUcans, and Philip is no exception to
the rule. He is a tower of strength in the Sixth ward ; represents that dis
trict in Select Council, and never fails to make a creditable showing on
election day.
Mr. FUnn is a strapping six-footer, good-looking, and a bachelor.
(247)

Our artist with his trusty knife.
Carved out this likeness true to Ufe,
(There are no flies on him) ;
The subject we need hardly name.
For seeing it, you will exclaim,
" Why, that's Contractor Tim ! "
He comes from Ireland, and his face
Of Celtic humor bears the trace ;
He's strong and lithe of limb ;
His talk has a persuasive tone —
He must have kissed the Blarney stone.
This same Contractor Tim.
The first of Yankee life he saw
Was out in distant Omaha.
('Twas then a townlet slim) ;
He worked on the Pacific road.
And fortune little care bestowed
Upon Contractor Tim.

Next in Chicago settling down.
He bossed the sewers of the town.
And kept them well in trim ;
Among the noted people there.
Not one in high and mighty air
Surpassed Contractor Tim.
But, by ambition high inspired.
New worlds to conquer he desired —
'Twas not an idle whim.
For fresh renown he sought to win.
In Pittsburg — aye, and Booth and Flinn
Employed Contractor Tim.
He's wholly independent now,
And glory's crown is on his brow ;
Its lustre naught can dim.
The Randall Club he helps to run ;
Gets out of life both cash and fun ;
Good boy. Contractor Tim.
(248)

T. M. SCANLON.

IRISH pluck, progressiveness and adaptablity to circumstances find an ex-
^ cellent exemplification in the person of Timothy M. Scanlon, the well-
known Pittsburg contractor. Mr. Scanlon is 41 years old, and was born
and reared in County Kerry, Ireland. He attended the national schools
until he reached the age of 14, when he emigrated to the United States.
Young Scanlon first settled at Omaha, Neb., and in 1872 was employed
on the Pacific railroad. In 1874 he went to Chicago, and became foreman
in charge of the construction of sewers in that city. In 1875 he came to
Pittsburg, and secured the position of foreman for Peter O'Neil. He also
served at different periods as foreman for Evan Jones and for Booth &
Flinn. After having accumulated a snug bank account, Mr. Scanlon embarked
independently in the contracting business. He prospered, and is now one
of the foremost contractors in the western part of the State.
Mr. Scanlon is a strait-laced Democrat, owns stock in the Randall Club,
and stands in high repute with the 'members of that organization. He is a
worthy man and a model citizen. (249)

DAVID McCARGO.

Physiognomists need little thought to divine
From the portraiture over this ditty,
That the subject thereof is well fitted to shine
'Mid the solid Muldoons of the city.
Like a seaworthy vessel he travels along,
Unencumbered by any embargo.
And he keeps up the same old refrain to his song,
" I'll always take care of my cargo.''
Like a cockleshell frail, which a gust might de
stroy.
He started on life's stormy ocean;
With Carnegie and Pitcairn — a messenger boy.
Well posted in slow locomotion.
But he breasted the waves without any mishap,
(Who'd have thought that he'd ever so far go?)
And kept right along the same motto on tap :
" I'll always take care of my cargo."

In the telegraph service he spread out his sails.
And scudded along like a clipper;
No icebergs obstructive or bothersome whales
Could hinder his progress so chipper.
Duty's flag at the masthead was riveted fast,
As in ships of the line that to war go;
And he stuck to the same old refrain to the last,
" I'll always take care of my cargo.'' (

A railroad (the Valley) caught on to him next;
He was now quite a heavy-weight schooner;
By no sort of maritime hardships perplexed.
Being ready to see them all sooner.
And as Frenchmen derive inspiration from wine.
Be it Clicquot or old Chateau Margaux,
So his heart felt a thrill as he hung out the sign;
" I'll always take care of my cargo."
To chief supervisor his rating was raised.
Full-rigged he became, and was ready
Td show that his value was rightly appraised,.
And that none was more solid and steady.
It wasn't his plan to be reckoned as slow,
Or, as musical sharps put it, " largo."
But to clap on all sail, while he sung out "Yeo
ho!
" I'll always take care of my cargo."

He's now in his prime, and his doings attract
A vast deal of popular notice;
The public admits — and he's proud of the fact —
That no worthier vessel afloat is.
And so (please to pardon a metaphor mixed),
Ever upwards he watches his star go.
While the legend is still to his masthead affixed :
" I'll always take care of my cargo."
250)

CHARLES EHLERS.

Widely known in Allegheny is this comical
"phizog,"
There is Germanism stamped in ev'ry line,
While his nose is of the type that seems to mark
a jolly dog
With a penchant for " Gesang " and " Weib "
and " Wein."
Now he may not be so jolly as his bugle would
suggest
And his tastes may toward another quarter veer,
All the same a host of voters toes the mark at
the behest
Of his jags, the festive German engineer.
He's quite slick at plans and surveys and the rest
of the details
Which to civil engineering appertain,
But the Fatherland affords so little chance to men
of brains.
That he left and sailed across the raging main.
By the denizens of Dutchtown he was welcomed
like a king.
And they drank his health in whopping mugs
of beer
While Ohio street and East street made the wel
kin fairly ring
With the praises of this German engineer.
In the art of being a statesman he got posted
right away
And for capturing an ofiice laid the ropes,
So that when he'd got his papers out, there wasn't
much delay
(25

Till the politicians satisfied his hopes.
Of the higliways and the sewers he obtained the
full control,
For he vowed to give the "gang" the proper
steer;
When they asked if he'd stay with them, "Don-
nerwetter, poys; ja wohl,"
Was the answer of this German engineer.
He stuck nobly to his promise to the " gang's "
intense delight,
Such improvements Allegheny never saw
As in highwaying and sewering he made by day
and night,
While the Dutch looked on with wonderment
and awe.
Thus it came, when to a higher plane the city
made its way,
He was elevated likewise in his sphere.
To be chief of a department with an increase in
his pay.
Which rejoiced the festive German engineer.
Since his recent elevation he feels wonderfully big,
Kaiser William isn't in it with him now;
To reporters he professes that he doesn't care a fig
For the press, to which most other men must
bow.
O, vanity of vanities ! when thus you get a hold
On a dignitary, very much we fear
That your paralyzing consequences yet will knock
him cold;
So look out, you festive German engineer !
o

To what land of nativity would you aUot Then he sits up in state and sends orders
This gent who seems born to com- around,
mand ? Which nobody dares to transgress.
Is he Welshman or Irishman, John Bull or While in every direction his praises re-
Scot, sound
Or a son of the old Fatherland ? And his glories are sung by the press.
That he hails from some monarchy, plainly
you see. He's chairman, director and high muck-a-
And of pow'r he's had more than his muck
fill, Of sundry financial concerns ;
For he's been a dictator, and, 'twixt you Philanthropists think that he brings them
and me, good luck
The marks of it stick to him still. And society after him yearns.
He's commercially solid, ranks A Number
Whenever a popular movement's on tap One,
To achieve something big for the realm. Over poUtics loses no sleep ;
You'll find, as a matter of course, that And so, in our townlet, when aU's said and
this chap done.
Is the first to lay hold of the helm. He's squarely on top of the heap.
(252)

JAMES B. SCOTT.

IN all undertakings pertaining to the material progress of Pittsburg, and
the elevation of its status among the cities of the country, James B.
Scott is a leader and counseUor. Nor is his energy limited by municipal
bounds, for Mr. Scott's personality is known and his influence felt through
out the entire state.
James B. Scott was born in Pittsburg, February 20, 1839. He was
educated at the public schools, and entered business Hfe, when quite a
young man, as an employe of the firm of John Dunlap & Co., wholesale
tinners. His abUity soon enabled him to branch out for himself, and he be
came a member of the firm of Park, Scott & Co., manufacturers of copper.
By the death of D. E. and James Park, Jr., the control of the business
passed into Mr. Scott's hands, and the firm name was changed to James B.
Scott & Co., remaining thus up to the present.
Mr. Scott has other and varied interests. He is a vice-president of the
Chamber of Commerce, a member of the State Board of Charities, presi
dent of the Board of Trustees of the Western University, and a trustee of the
Real Estate Bank.
Perhaps the most interesting chapter in his career is that which details
his share in the work of relief at Johnstown, after the flood of 1889. When
the visiting relief committee from Pittsburg was organized, Mr. Scott was
chosen chairman. He went immediately to the scene of the disaster, and
devoted himself so earnestly and efficiently to the execution of the hercu
lean task imposed upon him that, at a mass meeting of citizens, held to pro
vide a temporary organized government with a view to bringing order out
of chaos, he was unanimously chosen Dictator of Cambria County. Mr.
Scott modestly discarded this title in favor of the less pretentious one of
Director. He exercised dictatorial power, nevertheless, and by his judicious
and forceful administration of affairs suppressed disorder, guided the labors
of the relief committeemen so as to produce the best results, and finally
estabUshed in the ruined district a solid basis on which to buUd up a new
Johnstown — the thriving, substantial place which exists to-day. When Gov
ernor Beaver assumed control of operations, he recognized Mr. Scott's splen
did services by appointing him a member of the State Flood Commission.
Mr. Scott is a genial, courteous gentleman, popular with aU classes, and
happy in the knowledge that he is reaping the fruits of a well-spent life.
(253)

'Tisn't long since we recorded.
In an exquisitely worded
Little lyric, the perfections of the North
Side Chris Magee ;
And thereto this is a sequel
Since we here present the equal
Of the Pittsburg's boss's counterpart — a
statesman sharp is he.
Young he is and enterprising.
With a genius for devising
Schemes for reaching as a diplomat the
highest stage of bliss.
And the consequence thereof is
That he's ceased to be a novice
And is pointed to with pride as Alle
gheny's other Chris.

He has interests colossal
And has had the chance to boss all
The possessions of an EngUsh dame who
owns a big estate.
Which his father had the care of.
But the youth preferred a share of
An industrial establishment producing
profits great.
(2

There, all other lines forsaking,
Finest hollow-ware he's making
And employs brigades of workmen —
Yankees, Irish, Dutch and Swiss ;
Special wares he makes for plumbers.
And his bath-tubs they are hummers —
We have pictured one along with Alle
gheny's other Chris.

Hard campaigning gives him pleasure,
And the cost he doesn't measure.
Many votes and sundry CouncUmen he
likes to call his own ;
And there's little doubt about it
That the Shiras men were routed
By the big financial backing that he gave
to Colonel Stone.
Then for Chairman Parke he hustled
And victoriously tussled.
Being solid with the Solons, and — ^just
stick a pin in this.
That, however comprehensive
Be the contest, or expensive.
It won't frighten in the slightest Alle
gheny's other Chris.
54)

F. J. TORRANCE.

PRANK J. TORRANCE was born in Allegheny in 1859, and received
¦*- his education at the Seventh ward public schools and the Western
University. He entered business life in 1875 as a clerk in the employ of
the Standard Manufacturing Company. His connection with that concern
has continued up to the present, and he is now its treasurer and general
manager. Meanwhile his control of large capital has led him into other
productive fields, and he has acquired a variety of interests, for the most
part yielding heavy profits. In addition to his ownership of stock in many
other enterprises, Mr. Torrance is president of the following concerns : The
Western Asphalt Block & Tile Company, the Journal of BuUding Publish
ing Company, the Pittsburg Natatorium Company, the firm of Arrott &
Torrance, and the Riverside Land & Improvement Company.
Mr. Torrance devotes much of his leisure time to politics. He is a
RepubUcan to the backbone, and, when his services are needed, he never
hesitates to do all that lies in his power for the furtherance of his party's
interests. He is married, and lives on Western Avenue, Allegheny.
(255)

CHARLES REISFAR.

Ward school principals and teachers
Ought to recognize the features
Of this littie chap that's writing in a book,
book, book.
Central boarders, too, should know
him.
For the cut above this poem
Reproduces to a dot his very look, look,
look.
He's a genial chap, and pretty.
So it really is a pity
That he's not a blooming bachelor so gay,
gay, gay ;
But old Hymen hasn't spared him,
Many years ago he snared him.
And sweet glances on him now are thrown
away, way, way.
Still the school marms all adore him.
For they monthly file before him.
To receive their little tickets for their
bood, bood, bood.

And with gratitude in torrents.
They o'erwhelm him when their war
rants
He gives out in his accustomed gracious
mood, mood, mood.
He and Luckey loaf together.
Though it's very doubtful whether
They could star as the " Two Johns" upon"
the road, road, road.
For the little chap's a Ught 'un,
While the other is a Titan,
And would make a pretty hefty wagon-
load, load, load.
Now so high our hero's rated
That his stipend's elevated
With unfailing regularity each year, year,
year;
Nor is anybody jealous
Of his luck, because he's zealous.
And gives all who come along the proper
steer, steer, steer.

(256)

MICHAEL HANNIGAN.
Get on to Captain Mike; he is a-sliding down Cheering on the boys to duty, and no human
the pole, pow'r can check
Like a reg'lar acrobatic sharp, and cuts a figure His phenomenal propensity to jeopardize his
droll. neck.
Bing! bing! the gong has waked him from his
slumbering serene. In the riots of '77 a heap of property he saved;
And, like a streak of lightning, he gets out with The vengeance of a howling mob for duty's sake
the machine. he braved,
„ . . He's been often hurt so badly that his hopes of
Laptain Mike's the real type of what a fireman life ^g^g vague,
ought to be, And was swiped once by the nozzle of a measly
tlear-headed, quick, and prompt to act where Amoskeag.
others are at sea.
There's fun in his Milesian face, and a sort of jj^,^ ^ handsome chap, is Captain Mike, and well
devd-may-care ,v. , ^ ^ , he knows it, too.
Expression about^his flashing eye that shows he s ^j,^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^,^^^ j^.^ ^^^j^ ^^^
" "'""''' they view;

hard to scare.

He tackles the hose carriage often when to drive
he has a mind.
Through Smithfield street he tears as if Old Nich
olas were behind;
The pace he takes is awful ; no one else could do
the like;
Which is why the people run and yell : " Hooray
for Captain Mike."

But he doesn't mind the silly things who round
about him prance;
He sticks to duty manfully, and cusses all ro
mance.

The chances are that Captain Mike would hold an
office high;
But he happens to be a Democrat, and that's the
reason why
But it's at the scene of action that he best gets in The lightning of promotion isn't likely him to
his work, strike;
Where the flames are most destructive, there he And so he's doomed to plod along as simple
labors like a Turk, Captain Mike.
(257)

:m^: V'^

if i% 'im

.'. -^i-

"Ahorse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse!"
So said King Rjchard, and he needed one of course.
if Richard had been sensible instead of nasty nice.
He'd have got one from the chap above at less
than half the price.

Talk about menageries with animals replete.
With the stable that his nobs conducts there's
none that can compete;
Bear the news to Jimmicknite, and watch how he
will weep,
Since practical zoology is held thus cheap.

Glossy • coated fellows just as docile as a
lamb,
Heavyweights for teamsters with an extra lot of
strength,
And mules that kick like fury and have ears a
foot in length.

All of these he handles and a rousing trade he
drives ;
Scarce a week goes by but what a new supply
arrives.
When enough are gathered folks are brought
from far and near
Although of bears and elephants he doesn't keep To see him doing business as a festive auctioneer.
a stock,
Nor dabble much in camels, nor sell lions from

the block;
Though with kangaroos and monkeys and the like
he never fools.
He is lightning upon horses and a terror upon
mules.

Never from a contract will you find him hanging
back;
Now he has arranged to sell six hundred at a
whack;
Some of them but skin and bone and others bone
and skin,
Naught he cares for that if but the cash comes in.

Nags he has that trot a mile before you've time
to wink;
Jog-alongs whose pace would drive 'most any Though his face betrays that he's a Hebrew by
man to drink; descent
Steady-going roadsters for a doctor's buggy fit. By birth he's an American, and here his life has
And brawny Rosinantes full of true get-up-and- spent;
git. And experience entitles him to print upon his
sign.
Saddle-horses likewise, which with ladies take the "The Tattersall of Pittsburg, never equaled iniis
palm, line."
(258)

DANIEL ARNHEIM.

"TvANlEL ARNHEIM, the leading horse dealer in AUegheny county, was
*-^ born in Jefferson county in 1858. At the age of five years he came to
Pittsburg, and here received a good educational training at the Ward schools
and the High School.
The extensive horse»deallng business which has made the name of
Arnheim a widely advertised one was established by the father of Daniel
Arnheim. Five years ago the younger Arnheim took charge of the con
cern. He advertised largely, and otherwise added to and improved upon
the paternal methods, with the best results.
Mr. Arnheim has not a superior in the country as an authority on
horse-flesh. He makes a specialty of selling horses and mules, which he
procures from Kentucky, Illinois and Ohio, and from three to five thousand
head pass through his hands every year. He supplies all the coal men in
the Twin Cities with mules, and has many other standing contracts, besides'
realizing largely on the public sales which he holds periodically on the arri
val of large consignments of stock from the breeding farms.
Mr. Arnheim is a thoroughly upright business man, owing his success
entirely to honest, steadfast endeavor. (259)

Vou have heard of Boulanger, the Frenchman so
gay,
Who when leading an army was strictly O. K.,
But, whenever he tried the political lay,
Got in trouble right up to the neck.
Tn the picture above there's his double exact,
Who likewise in battle could never be whacked.
While in working the festive political act
His prospects he managed to wreck.
What a fighter he was ! — as a Federal scout
In the War of Secession he helped in the rout
Of the rebels, whose tricks he was quick to find
out
While he carried his life in his hand.
The record he made won him honors untold.
In Congress his valorous deeds were extolled
And they voted to give him a medal of gold,
As a hero high up in the land.
Alas ! that such glory should drop out of sight ,
Like the fall of a star that plumps down in the
night,
But the craze for preferment o'ermastered him
quite,
And he joined the political crew.
(2

He hustled like sixty and drummed up a crowd,
Which in boosting his interests did itself proud;
While the ring was forninst him, he could not be
cowed.
So his boomlet extensively grew.
He was chosen to serve as the Clerk of the
Courts,
An official who closely with big-wigs consorts,
Then the county controller attacked his reports
And endeavored to put him in hoc.
When acquitted, he made the mistake of his
life;
He pulled off' his coat and went into the strife
For District Attorney, and oh ! but the knife
Was used' to obtain his defeat.
Though paralyzed thus, yet he never lost heart,
He tackled the law and he made a good start.
And of gathering in shekels he's mastered the
art,
While of friends he still numbers a host.
On a rural domain in Verona he dwells, ¦
Like Shakspeare's traditional couple of swells.
And in virtues domestic, they say, he excels.
Which is more than Boulanger can boast. '
60)

ARCHIBALD H. ROWAND, Jr.

A RCHIBALD H. ROWAND was born in AUegheny City, March 6, 1845,
-^*- and was educated in the common schools. Although a mere boy
when the war broke out, Mr; Rowand entered the service as a member of
Co. K, 1st West Virginia cavalry. He was detailed as one of General
Sheridan's scouts, and during his three years' service executed numerous
missions of the most daring character. His bravery was rewarded with a
commemorative medal from the State of West Virginia, and he also received
a medal from Congress at the special request of General Sheridan.
On his return from the war, Mr. Rowand entered business pursuits, and
was for some time chief bookkeeper for the Allegheny Valley Railroad. His
first appearance in the field of politics was as a candidate for Clerk of the
Courts, and although not in touch with the local "machine," he won "an
easy victory. It was then demonstrated that Mr. Rowand commanded a
larger personal following than any other individual politician in Allegheny
county. While serving as Clerk of the Courts, he studied law with George Shiras,
Jr., and on January 7, 1885, was admitted to the bar. His wide popularity
secured him a large clientage, and he is now in the enjoyment of a remunera
tive practice both in the civil and criminal courts.
Mr. Rowand is a big-hearted, impulsive man, generous to a fault, and
greatly beloved by those who are brought into close contact with him. He
is of domestic tastes, and spends aU his leisure time in the bosom of his
family at his pleasant villa in Verona borough.
(261)

'Way down on a farm in the township of
Penn,
Many winters ago — we don't need to say
when —
A youngster was reared, whom the finger
of fate
Singled out to be ranked among barristers
great.
'Mid rural surroundings to manhood he
grew.
And studies profound he rejoiced to pursue.
In pure mathematics enjoyment he'd seek.
While he fiUed up with Latin and topped
off with Greek.
O'er the Ust of professions his optic he ran.
And tried engineering, but that didn't pan.
And as wealthy attorneys aU 'round him
he saw,
"Eureka," he cried, " I'U go in for the law."
When he'd waded through Blackstone and
Brightly's reports.
With other Ught reading that's known' in
the courts.
He was caUed to the bar and was recog
nized soon
As a jurispiudentiaUy soUd Muldoon. (2f

In civil proceedings especially fine
Were the feats he achieved, being always,
in Une
When a bankruptcy muddle drove judges
insane.
Or a row about land raised particular Cain.
When the Straight-out Republicans, par
tisans true.
Took arms and opposed the non-partisan
crew.
Our man they picked out for a judgeship
to run,
Believing him second in fitness to none.
Though beaten by Chris and his aUies at
length.
His vote — twenty thousand — exhibits his
strength ;
The Mageeites and Democrats jointly
found out
What a pow'r was this barrister, brainy
and stout. '
Perhaps in the future we'll have to record
That the people his service see fit to re
ward ;
But, be that as it may, let it be understood
That the law pays him weU, as it certainly
should.
12)

JAMES FITZSIMMONS.

A STURDIER specimen of American manhood, both mentally and
¦'¦ *¦ physically, than James Fitzsimmons, of the weU-known law firm of
Robb & Fitzsimmons, it would be hard to fi!nd. Mr. Fitzsimmons was born
on a farm in Penn township, AUegheny County, on June 2, 1845. His
early education was obtained in the common schools and at academies in
Wilkinsburg and East Liberty. In 1865 he dropped his studies for a time,
and went out with an engineering expedition into the neighborhood of Oil
City. The pursuit of engineering was not congenial, however, and he left
the corps to take a position as bookkeeper for the Ardesco OU Company,
which he held tiU September, 1867. In that year he entered the Western
University, where he graduated in the class of '69. He now entered the
oflSce of Robert Wood, Esq., as a student at law. He was admitted to the
bar on November 8, 1871, and has been practising ever since.
Mr. Fitzsimmons stands in the front rank of civil lawyers, and has made
a fine record for himself through his expert handling of some of the most im
portant cases in the history of jurisprudence in Pennsylvania. He was coun
sel in the famous insolvent bond case, Hope vs. Smiley, the law as laid down
in which has since been accepted as precedent ; also in that of Spencer vs.
Jennings, one of the leading real estate cases under the Act of '53, better
known as the Price Act ; also in the case of Courtney vs. Keller, from which
an important precedent was evolved, and in many others of like calibre.
In 1891, Mr. Fitzsimmons was nominated forjudge on the Straight-out
Republican ticket, and made a magnificent run against heavy odds. He rep
resents the Twenty-first ward in Select Council, and is a consistent advocate
of honest government. His rugged honesty, keen wit, and great intellectual
power, make him a natural leader in his profession, and one who enjoys the
respect and confidence of a numerous clientage.
( 263 )

PRCF. E. E. RINEHART.

Boys and girls most every place
Ought to know this ancient face;
Eyes so bright.
Whiskers white,
Look of joyous glee.
Though his head is minus hair.
Lots of common sense is there;
In the schools
Proudly rules
Father Do Re Mi.

.Sometimes on a pipe he'll blow
Sounding like a rooster's crow.
In this wise
He supplies
Just the proper key;
Then he gives an opening growl
And in one tremendous howl
All unite
And delight
Father Do Re Mi.

Fvery day he makes his rounds
Stirring up harmonious sounds;
Little folks
Look for jokes
When his face they see —
For he is a merry chap.
Has hilarious songs on tap;
None you'll meet
That can beat
Father Do Re Mi.

Children's concerts oft he steers
Then in glory he appears;
Face aglow
Gloves like snow;
Coat-tail like a V.
Waves his baton, starts the mill,
Keeps 'er going with a will ;
All who hear
Loudly cheer
Father Do Re Mi.

Teachers greet him with a smile
For he helps them out in style;
Straightens out
Things in doubt
Plain as plain can be.
With his little vi^ Un
Propped against his ancient chin
Tunes he'll lead;
All must heed
Father Do Re Mi.

In vacationhe'U be found
At some far-off camping ground
Where the game
And fish proclaim
Their scorn for such as he;
Ne'er a trophy home he'll bring,
Yet he's happy as a king.
Grief and care
Seem to spare
Father Do Re Mi.

(264)

B. F. JONES.
What figure is this, so majestic and But in case the loss threatens to hurt his
grand, affairs.
With the air 6f a potentate born to com- He gets Congress to, ran up the tax on
™^"d ? his wares ;
"British duke," did you say? He is no Then he bids all his subjects to raise a
such a thing,* hurrah
But a genuine Pittsburg industrial king. For the blessings conferred by the new

His rule over thousands of subjects ex
tends.
And woe to the wight who his greatness
offends ;
For his wealth and "inflooence" his right
will uphold
To issue an edict and knock the chap
cold.

tariff law.
Trades unions he hates, for they all do
their best
To keep wages up when he wants them
depressed ;
And the worst thing that bitterness adds
to his cup
Is a strikers' committee — it breaks him
aU up.
On account of his boodle he's sometimes On the whole, though, his reign passes off
trepanned with eclcit;
By political sharps into taking a hand The masses regard him with reverent awe.
At the statesmanship game for a national While it's needless to say that the social
stake, elite
Till the barrel gives out, when he gets the Falls prostrate before him and kisses his
cold shake. feet.
(265)

Tom Moore, the poet, strove
Bravely for fame's sake,
That isn't Tom above,
Merely a namesake;
One who would never try
Sweet thoughts to versify —
That he cannot deny,
Even for shame's sake.

Figures for many a year
Busied him solely;
Thereof an atmosphere
Shrouded him wholly.
Daily with spirit glad
Columns of cash he'd add.
Such as are never had
By people lowly.
Being what one might term
Expertly gifted,
Into Carnegie's firm
Fitly he drifted.
There labored quite a while.
Doing things up in style.
Till, when he'd made his pile.
Elsewhere he drifted.
When Westinghouse was stuck,
Like young Jack Horner,
Somehow through evil luck
Caught in a corner,

Our man the audit made
WJiich George's wealth displayed.
All doubts and fears allayed,
Cheered every mourner.
Boomers of rural land,
Knowing his vigor.
In schemes they had on hand
Asked him to figure.
Into the thing he went.
Acted as president.
Heaps of cool cash he spent.
Worked like a " nigger."
From rise to set of sun
Things kept a going;
And out at Kensington
Great was the showing.
Lots went at prices high
Kept bidders on the fly.
Realizing by and by
Profits o'erflowing.
Though a Sohoite, you'll see.
Noting his ardor.
Push, tact and grit that he
Is a Fourth-warder.
There he was born and " riz,"
No ward's ahead of his,
Still of its fame he is
Watchman and warder.

(266)

SAMUEL E. MOORE.

'T^HE reputation of being the leading expert accountant in Pittsburg is
•^ generally conceded to Samuel E. Moore, now President of the BurreU
Improvement Company, and for many years previously identified with large
industrial enterprises. Mr. Moore was born on Fountain street, Pittsburg,
and attended the public schools of the Fourth ward.
He received his first employment in August, 1862, from Mr. D. A.
Stewart, who was at that time freight agent in Pittsburg for the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company. After leaving this service, which continued until 1868,
he obtained his start in commercial and business life with the well known
iron firm of James Wood & Co., in whose employ he acquired a funda
mental knowledge of the science of accounts. The experience thus gained
by him was utilized to such good purpose that he established his title to be
considered the father of the system of accounts now used by all the pro
gressive iron manufacturers in Pittsburg.
D. A. Stewart, who was afterwards Chairman of Carnegie Bros., and Mr.
Moore, entered the Carnegie firm together, Mr. Moore becoming a clerk in
the auditing department. He was promoted rapidly, being made auditor on
January i, 1884, and finally a partner.
In February, 189 1, Mr. Moore became President of the BurreU Im
provement Company, a concern which has achieved phenomenal success in
a Une of business requiring brains and enterprise above the common, as well
as large capital. The BurreU Improvement Company purchased in July,
1890, a large tract of land situated 18 miles from Pittsburg, on the Alle
gheny Valley Railroad, and in June, 1891, laid out the town of Kensington,
which, in less than a year, has developed into a wealthy and populous in
dustrial center. The Kensington boom has been literally without precedent
in Pennsylvania, and it is rendered all the more noteworthy by the perma
nence of its results. (267)

The credit of this red-letter achievement is largely due to Mr. Moore's
foresight and executive ability, and the writer of his epitaph will not do his
memory justice unless Mr. Moore is immortalized as the founder of a town
which sprang into existence as if by magic, and is to-day one of the livest
places in the State.
Mr. Moore has large interests in the lumber business in Michigan, and
is president of the Ontonagon Lumber Company. He is also president of
the water, gas, heat, tight and power, electric street railway and brick com
panies located at Kensington, all of these being sound and profitable enter
prises. Despite the multiplicity of his business pursuits, Mr. Moore has found
time to travel extensively. He has been all round the world, and has visited
Europe many times over. On his travels he has always made it a rule to
abstract himself wholly from business cares and devote his time to studying
Ufe in all its phases, and generally enlarging his store of information.
As National President of the Bichloride of Gold Clubs, Mr. Moore oc
cupies a position of intercontinental prominence. This organization, which
was founded by Mr. Moore in April, 1891, consists of men formerly ad
dicted to the use of intoxicating liquor, but who have been cured of the
disease of alcoholism through the genius of Dr. Leslie E. Keeley. At a
convention of the Bichloride of Gold Clubs, held February 16, 1892, at
Dwight, IU., and attended by over 300 delegates, representing clubs from
every State in the Union, Mr. Moore was elected National President of the
prganization, which now numbers over 10,000 members, and which promises
in the near future to be the controlling factor in regulating the abuse of
liquor. His whole heart is in the movement to nationalize the Keeley plan
of redeeming drunkards, and he takes pride in raising from the gutter and
restoring to social usefulness young men whose lives have been wrecked by
the liquor habit. He never exacts promises, but he does more for those
who need a strong and kindly hand to lift them out of the mire of degrada
tion than any one but himself is aware of
That a man of Mr. Moore's many-sided genius and true phUanthropic
spirit should command widespread regard is self-evident. The approbation
of society is his without seeking. (268)

JOHN GRIPR

''TUDGE" (jRIPP, as the Rhadamanthus who deals out justice at the
J Pittsburg Central Station is generally called, was born on Pike street,
in the Ninth ward, Pittsburg, in 1857. He was educated at the ward schools
and the Central High School. After leaving the High School he entered
the office of Magistrate Peter Kreuter. Three years later he became asso
ciated with Magistrate John Burke, whom, in 1886, he succeeded as Alder
man of the Third ward. Prior to this time he was window-clerk in the post-
office under Postmaster W. H. McCleary, and was promoted to the super-
intendency of the registered department. Meanwhile his ability as a
political leader commanded special recognition from the Republican man
agers in Allegheny County. In 1883 he was chosen Secretary of the
Republican County Committee, and he held that position for five years.
During " Andy " Fulton's campaign for the mayoralty. Judge Gripp was
Secretary of the City Committee, and in recognition of his services. Mayor
Fulton made him his clerk. When Pittsburg's new charter became a law.
Mayor McCallin appointed him a police magistrate. He was Secretary of
the City Committee in the Gourley campaign, and at the same time a can
didate for re-election as Alderman of the Third W9.rd. There being no
Democratic opposition, he was returned without a contest.
Judge Gripp has been a member of the County Committee since he
attained his majority. In 1891 he was elected chairman, and he has no op
position for his second term. He has attended every State Convention for
the past ten years, and was this year an alternate to the Republican National
Convention. He is a leading member of the Young Men's, Republican
Tariff" Club, and as a representative of that body has attended every State
and National League Convention for years.
Judge Gripp's inflexible firmness in the administration of his ofifice as
police magistrate of the First district has made him the terror of evil-doers.
In private life he is affable, genial and loyal to his friends, whose name is
legion. (269)

No matter what project's on foot in our Which is what you might caU an experl-
town ence sad
Of a popular character, in it you'U see For a gentleman noted in pubhc affairs.
The hustier above, for he thirsts for re
nown.
And in all things aspires to be ranked You'd wonder that, having such draW-
as king bee. backs to fight,
He should prove to be prosperous, great
and renowned ;
Go down to the Expo., and there you wiU But the bushel's not made that wiU cover
find his light,
His record emblazoned as foremost of And in shrewd advertising his secret is
men, found.
And you can't call the dark days of Johns
town to mind
Without bringing his name to the sur- He's a boomer from BoomerviUe, ready
face again. and slick.
And always revolving some scheme in
his -head
With organized labor a tum-up he's had ; To put a quietus on people that kick,
The unions decided to jump on his And prove to the world that he's quite
wares ; ihotaagh'bread.
(270)

S. S. MARVIN.

WHEN public-spirited citizens are needed to take hold of enterprises in
volving the well-being and advancement of the people of Pittsburg
and Allegheny, S. S. Marvin is always among the first in the field, and his
name accordingly occupies a place of honor in the annals of our city.
Mr. Marvin is not a native Pittsburger. He was born in Monroe
County, N. Y., fifty years ago, and came to Pittsburg in 1863. On his
arrival here he established himself in the cracker business, and founded the
house of S. S. Marvin & Co., now one of the largest concerns of its kind in
the United States. The prosperity which he enjoys is due entirely to his
own force of character, true commercial instinct, and unremitting attention
to business. Few men have worked harder than has Mr. Marvin in his day,
and few can boast of having made their labor tell more effectually in its
financial results and its meed of public appreciation.
Mr. Marvin is a leading member of the Chamber of Commerce, a
director of the Commercial Bank, and president of the Western Pennsylvania
Exposition Society, and holds many other positions of honor and of trust.
He is also a member of the G. A. R. •
In June, 1889, when the news of the destruction of Johnstown reached
Pittsburg, Mr. Marvin hastened to contribute by his individual efforts to the
relief of the survivors, large quantities of food and clothing being forwarded
to the ruined city, at his expense, as fast as they could be used. Later on.
Governor Beaver appointed him a member of the State Flood Commission,
with the titie of Purchasing Agent for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
In this capacity he discharged his duties with credit, showing throughout
that his sympathies were stirred to the utmost by the mournful exigencies
which brought his services into requisition.
Mr. Marvin is a man of fine appearance, enjoying the fuU vigor of the
prime of life. A m"ore alert, keen, progressive man of business is not to be
found in any community. (271)

From ocean to ocean, or down from the Lakes
To the Gulf you may travel afar,
But you won't find a line in your travels that
takes
The palm from the old P. R. R.
With its elegant road-bed and rolling stock fine,
The boss it's conceded to be.
And the royalest spirit controlling the line
Is the chap that is known as " R. P."

Aside from the railroad he's made quite a stake
By cautiously dabbling in stocks;
He has captured a slice of the Westinghouse cake.
And a neat little dividend knocks.
With margins and fly-the-track " specs " he won't
fool.
Nor venture as much as a V,
Unless with a judgment that's perfectly cool
He sees it will profit " R. P."

Above is his picture; it shows him to-day
With the stamp of success on his face.
What a change there has been, as the years rolled
away,
Since he entered on life's trying race !
As a telegraph messenger, honest and smart,
He began, and fate chose to decree
That Andy Carnegie the same way should start.
And climb upwards along with " R. P."'

Like Andy he mounted the ladder that leads
To fame with rapidity great,
Till the railroad, which keen representatives
needs.
Made him boss in this end of the State.
Since then far and wide has been spread the be
lief
That the road would be wholly at sea
Were it not for the brains of the pusher-in-
chief.
Whom the populace knows as " I'i. P."

Thus one way and another his pile has in
creased
To a really phenomenal store;
They say it amounts to two millions at least —
With the prospect of swelling to more.
But wealth hasn't tended to harden his heart;
There are few straighter Christians than he.
And the church and the Sunday-school bag a large
part
Of the riches possessed by " R. P."

You'll observe from this sketch that in ev'ry
detail
The parallel started in youth
'Twixt him and Carnegie kept up without fail.
Which is quite a remarkable truth.
They began just alike, and their worldly affairs
Seemed to strike the same prosperous key.
And the balance, in judging the two million
aires,
Don't tip up on the side of " R. P."

(272)

ROBERT PITCAIRN.

ROBERT PITCAIRN, the stalwart, brainy Superintendent of the Pittsburg
division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, is a Scotchman by nativity, and
was born May 6, 1836. He came to America with his parents while yet a
child. After a short stay, th^ family went back to Scotland, but returned in
1846, and settled in Pittsburg.
Mr. Pitcairn's educational advantages were limited, as at the age of 12
years he was removed from school and set to work as a telegraph messenger
boy. He used his opportunities to master the art of telegraphy, and in
course of time was sent to Steubenville as assistant operator. Thence he
was called to Pittsburg as operator, and remained here untU 1852. In that
year Mr. Pitcairn obtained the position of operator and ticket agent at the
Mountain House, HoUidaysburg. In 1854, when the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, which had been using the old Portage road, completed its own
line, he was transferred to the office of the General Superintendent at Al
toona, where, with the exception of a year's interval, he served until 1861.
Mr. Pitcairn was now made Superintendent of the Middle .Division, be
tween Conemaugh and Mifflintown. , The reduction of divisions from four to
three deprived him of his place, but a new one was found for him as Super
intendent of Transportation.
The outbreak of the war afforded him the occasion to exhibit his ex
ecutive skill to the best advantage, large bodies of men and quantities of
supplies having to be constantly hurried over the road. In 1862 he acted
as Superintendent of both the Middle and Pittsburg Divisions. Meanwhile
he had his eye on the Superintendency of the Pittsburg Division, a position
to which he attained in 1865. Ten years later the general agency of the
P. R. R. at Pittsburg was also placed in his hands.
In addition to the railroad business, Mr. Pitcairn is engaged in many
other enterprises, notably in the industries controlled by George Westing
house, Jr. He stands high in the Masonic order, being a Past Grand Com
mander of the Knights Templar of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Pitcairn is a practical Christian, and seeks both by example and
precept to preserve ahigh standard of morality among the army of railroad
employees under his control. His career has been throughout a model of
usefulness and rectitude. ( 273)

up in the court house, where law is pre- Bigelow knows, to his sorrow, how slick
dominant, he is,
'Mid the attorneys this gentleman's prom- Since he had Edward hauled up for a
inent ; trick of his ;
In the "profesh" he has not many peers, Flinn knows as weU that he's quite "out
And he's been at the bar over twenty-five of sight,"
years. For the rivermen hired him the wharf
biUs to fight.
Equity business pours in on him steadily.
Criminal work he don't take to so readUy ; Stamped on his face is a bull-dog' tena-
Whatever he does, though, he does with city,
a dash, EquaUed alone by his hustling capacity ;
For he's keen as a razor and quick as a These are the things which have built up
flash. his trade.
And Uttle by Uttle his fortune have made.
Cases he pleads with a cunning that's
mystical ; Politics don't interest him a particle ;
Puzzles the Court with contentions sophis- Piling up cash in his creed's the first
deal; , article;
Shuffles up statutes, and cuts them and He lives out in Oakland, and keeps in the
deals, swim,
TUl the enemy can't tell his head from his While by aU it's confessed there's no dis-
heels. count on him.
(274)

J. SCOTT FERGUSON.

IF it were left to a popular vote to decide who is the most effective pleader
at the Allegheny County bar, the chances are that J. Scott Ferguson
would carry off the palm by a large majority. Mr. Ferguson's reputation
does not depend upon advertising' or other extrinsic aids, but is the out
growth of a career of persevering industry and brilliant success in every
department of jurisprudence.
"Scott" Ferguson, as he is best known, was born in Allegheny 50
years ago. His education was obtained in the common schools, the High
School, and at Allegheny City College, then in charge of Profs. Newell and
Davis. He began the study of law under Robert Woods, Esq., at the age
of 18, and was admitted to the bar in 1 8(53, when he was 21 years old.
His logical habit of mind, fluency of speech and tact in the influencing of
juries, early attracted attention and placed him, while yet a very young man,
on a level with the ablest local practitioners.
Some of the most important cases tried in Allegheny County within
the past quarter of a century have passed through Mr. Ferguson's hands.
Among these were the famous Cubba-You-Quit case, involving vast inter
ests in Lawrenceville ; the ten million-dollar bond case, viz. : Gloninger and
others vs. the B. Sz; O. Railroad, which was a suit in equity to declare void
ten million dollars' worth of bonds issued by the P. & C. R. R. Co. to the
B. &. O. R. R. Company ; the Miller Oil Refinery case, viz. : the Common
wealth vs. A. D. MUler & Sons, being a criminal action to have an oil refin
ery in Allegheny declared a public nuisance ; the wharf case, viz. : the
Commonwealth vs. E. M. Bigelow, Chief of the Pittsburg Department ot
Public Works, and the Allegheny municipal prosecutions of recent celebrity.
In his younger days, Mr. Ferguson interested himself somewhat in
politics. He never sought offjce, but rendered valuable service to the Re
publican party as a stump speaker. In Grant's last campaign, his speeches
were especially good, and evoked admiring commentaries on every hand.
Mr. Ferguson is married, and lives in a fashionable mansion on Fifth
Avenue and Shady Lane. (275)

ROGER O'MARA.

The romancers have covered with glory On confidence games he's a terror ;

Old Vidocq, of European fame ;
You'U find, too, in song and in story
One Hawkeye's illustrious name.
But the tales of these fellows are hazy —
You can see by the cut of his jib
That there's no laying over the daisy
Whose likeness is over this squib.
Many years he has been a thief taker,
And he's gotten his art weU in hand ;
He knows every swindler and fakir,
And pickpocket, too, in the land.

You should see him run bunkoers down,
And he rarely drops into an error —
This lynx-eyed Old Sleuth of our town.
Like aU men of note, he must suffer
From people who get in their hooks
By running him down as a duffer.
And a chap who stands in with the crooks.
But envy to him is no new thing.
Well he knows his superior pow'rs.
And so he goes on with his sleuthing —
This wide-awake watch-dog of ours.

(276)

PROF. WM. GUENTHER.

Toot, toot, toot.
On his meUow-sounding flute.
With a sinking and a swelling
Ups and downs of passion telling.
And with here and there a trill,
Or roulade done up with skill —
Ah, professor, as a tooter you're the boy .
that fills the biU.
Toot, toot, toot,
On the piccolo to boot.
Like the Highland pipes a-squealing
High enough to crack the ceiling.
Till again, like Jack and Jill
Down the diatonic hill
He comes tumbling — ^Ah, professor, you're
the boy that fills the bill.
Toot, toot, toot ;
He'U play any air to suit —
Up from "Wink the Other Eye," sir.
To "Walkyrie" and "Tannhaeuser,"
And although a vocal pill
' Such as " Comrades," makes him ill
Yet he'U swipe it — Ah, professor, you're
the boy that fiUs the bill.

Toot, toot, toot.
With his waxed mustaches cute.
And his evening dress neat-fitting,
'Tis a treat to see him sitting
Like a Spanish alguazil
Stiff and straight and fit to kill.
With his band — Ah, yes, professor, you're
the boy that fills the biU.
Toot, toot, toot.
His experience bears fruit
Teaching tyros, who — confound 'em ! —
Make an awful racket round him.
Till he'd like their gore to spill
Or their blarsted bones to grill ;
But he stands it — Ah, professor, you're
the boy that fills the bill.
Toot, toot, toot ;
Is there ever a galoot
Who would risk a competition
With this superfine musician ?
Let him venture if he will
Such a contract to fulfill ;
Won't he suffer ! — Ah, professor, you're
the boy that fills the bill.

(277)

JUDGE JAMES W. OVER.

Mother Nature has imprinted, with a hand that
seldom errs.
Honesty, straight-forwardness and zeal
On the face that's here immortalized, and surely
she confers
A compliment from which there's no appeal.
No one can deny it ; not an atom of deceit
' Marks the doings of this model among men.
Ask any one that knows him, and the same he will
repeat Over, over again.
Gentle though he is, he doesn't know what's
meant by fear;
He proved his mettle thirty years ago.
When Lincoln called for patriotic souls to volun
teer.
For service in the South against the foe.
'Twas sad to leave the dear ones that he loved the
best of all,
For a fate that must be hidden from his ken ;
Yet he felt that he would gladly draw the sword
at duty's call
Over, over again.
He enlisted in the cavalry — as Anderson's 'twas
known.
And fairly won his spurs in Tennessee.
You'll find it on the records that from first to last
he hhone
As a fighter; stauncher soldier ne'er could be.
(2

And, although when with his comrades in a
smoke-house he was locked
Down in Nashville for his colonel's sake— ,why,
then
He declared that for the colonel he would will
ingly be socked Over, over again.

Need we tell you how he's busied now — his place
is in the court
Which to orphans renders guardianship and
care;
People long ago decided him to be the'proper sort
That grave responsibility to bear.
His fairness and ability no commentary need,
Nor puffing from the editorial pen.
So in running for election he is certain to succeed
Over, over again.

His dwelling is at Osborn ; truly rural are his ways.
Though he's nowise puritanical or prim.
He eschews the city's bustle and the mob's in
quiring gaze;
Quiet living is the kind of thing for him.
He's so thoroughbred a gentleman, so genial and
so bland.
That the chances are no more than one in ten.
That his like could e'er be found, although you
search throughout the land
Over, over again.

78)

^^^^^A^'

JUDGE J. 'F. SLAGLE.

High in a chair of awful state
He sits, Uke Alexander ;
An arbiter of human fate—
What function could be grander?
Placid at times, at others firm.
Again, in splendid fury.
He makes the cringing lawyers squirm
And terrifies the jury.
Who would have thought, when first
tried
His 'prentice hand at pleading
In petty suits, and viewed with pride.
His prospects of succeeding.

That, ere he passed his manhood's prime,
He'd leave his fellow drudges
And up to power and glory climb
Among the county judges ?

He might have' knocked our charter out.
And done it quite discreetly.
For he would thus, without a doubt,
he Have floored the ring completely.
But all things show he knows his "biz,"
Nor should the world mistake him.
For, in his quiet way he is
As usefiil as they make 'em.
(279)

A Daniel come to judgment here behold.
Youthful in years, in ripe experience old,
Whose erudition
Led Uncle Sam to take him by the hand
And give him, at the popular demand,
A high position.
No interloper he, but raised right here.
And on this town the Ught of his career
DeUghts to scatter ;
Here he read Virgil and old Cicero —
The Western Univers'ty was, you know.
His alma mater.
Here he read law, and the success he had
In handling Blackstone made exceeding
glad The heart parental
Of him who used at Dixmont to preside
Long ere the Minnick case made folks de
ride That place ungentle.
Rapid his rise when at the bar he took
His place, and with forensic thunder
shook The court's foundation.
(2

Judges looked dazed when he began to
talk.
And opposition counsel " took a walk "
In consternation.
Knotty, indeed, the legal paradox
That he and his sagacious partner, Knox,
Could not unravel.
Cases abstruse that others couldn't touch.
They handled with pronounced adroitness
such That none could cavU.
So, when the place of federal district judge
Was vacant, who could the appointment
grudge To one so gifted ?
So thought Ben Harrison, and that is why
We find our hero to distinction high
By Ben uplifted.
Now does it come within his sphere to try
Cases that come 'neath Uncle Samuel's eye
And might confound hira ;
But, if the records are to be believed.
And otherwise deponent's not deceived.
No flies surround him.
80)

J. H. REED.
JH. REED, ex-Judge of the United States District Court of Washington,
• Pennsylvania, although not yet 40 years of age, has reached the high
est plane of distinction in the legal profession. He is the son of Dr. J. A.
and Elizabeth H. Reed, from whom his refined tastes and force of intellect
are inherited, and was born in Allegheny City September 10, 1853.
In 1872 he graduated from the Western University, and then studied
law with his uncle, David Reed, a practitioner of considerable distinction.
As a member of the firm of Knox & Reed he acquired a high reputation,
especially in the pleading of large corporation cases. So thoroughly were
his fellow members of the bar impressed with his capabilities that when the
appointment of Judge Acheson to Judge McKennan's place on the bench of
the Circuit Court left the district bench vacant, a practically unanimous de-
inand was made upon President Harrison for the appointment of Judge
Reed. The President readily acceded, and in February, 1891, Judge Reed
received his commission and ascended the bench, to the general satisfaction
of the press and the people.
His health failing somewhat, he resigned his office on January 15, 1892,
and, after a period of needed rest, returned to his old place in the firm of
Knox & Reed.
Judge Reed is married, and lives at Shadyside, as happy in his home
relations as he is in the enjoyment of merited distinction at the bar.
(281)

Who on the world benignly beams
As one who never, never dreams
Of set-up jobs and plots and schemes?
The candidate.
Who in his youth at farming wrought
And of distinction never thought
Till by the people he was sought?
The candidate.
Who shouldered arms when war broke out.
And shared in many a bloody bout,
A " Roundhead " soldier, brave and stout?
The candidate.
Who, when the cruel war was o'er.
Enlisted in a picture store.
And dabbled in artistic lore ?
The candidate.
Who watched his chance to fish for fame.
And grabbed it straightway when it came,
In hopes to play a winning game ?
The candidate.

Who took a school directorship.
Knowing — for he was pretty flip-

(28

That thus he'd get a firmer grip ?
The candidate.
Who in the Bellevue CouncUs took
A seat, expecting thus to hook
Things higher ? — thus ahead he'd look — '
The candidate.
Who by the Northside folk was sent
To Harrisburg, with full intent
That to no jobbing he'd consent?
The candidate.
Who did such very useful work.
Getting his licks in like a Turk,
That of the House they made him Clerk?
The candidate.
Who, when the treasury's been sacked
By politicians, now is backed
As guardian of the funds to act ?
The candidate.

And who (this is ah afterthought)
A monumental battle fought.
And earned the glory that he sought?
The candidate.
2)

JOHN W. MORRISON.

CAPTAIN JOHN W. MORRISON, the present Treasurer of the State of
Pennsylvania, was born in Philadelphia, February 12, 184 1. He at
tended the ward schools of that city until he was ready for admission to the
Central High School, in 1854, when his parents moved to Mercer County.
There he was for several years engaged in farming, and also clerked in a
country store.
In 1858 young Morrison came to Pittsburg, entered a business house as
errand boy, and in a short time was promoted to be a salesman. At the
outbreak of the war in 1861, he threw up his position, returned to Mercer
County, and enlisted, along with two of his brothers, in the One Hundredth
Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, better known as the " Roundheads."
The young volunteer took part with his regiment in a series of hard-fought
campaigns, including the South CaroHna campaign of 1861, BuU Run,
Chantilly, South Mountain, Antietam, tbe siege of Vicksburg, and Burn-
side's brilliant campaign in Tennessee. In March, 1863, he was made ser
geant-major, and in May of the same year he was commissioned Second
Lieutenant of his company.
In December, 1863, the old "Roundheads" re-enlisted, and afterwards,
as a part of the Grand Army of tbe Potomac, participated in the stirring
conflicts of 1864, under Grant and Meade. In nearly all the battles of that
exciting period Captain Morrison was actively engaged, and no braver
soldier than he fought under the Union flag.
On his return from the army. Captain Morrison resumed business in
Pittsburg, and made his mark among the substantial men of the city. He
represented the Fifth Legislative District in the lower branch of the General
Assembly in the sessions of 1881 and 1883, and subsequently served as
Journal Clerk and Chief Clerk of the House.
When the success of the Republican State ticket was threatened, owing
to the Bardsley scandal in Philadelphia, Captain Morrison and General
Gregg, both old soldiers and men of conceded integrity, were selected as the
party's candidates for State Treasurer and Auditor General respectively, and
the confidence reposed in them by their feUow-citizens found expression in
a plurality of over 54,000 votes.
Captain Morrison is a great favorite with the "boys in blue." He be
longs to the Patterson Post, No. 88, G. A. R., and to No. 6, Union Veteran
Legion, of Allegheny. He has also held a commission in the Fourteenth
Regiment, N. G. P., and has been Captain and Aide-de-camp on the staff
of General Beaver. (283)

^"^j^i

In the upper branch of Councils there's a
stately-looking chap.
Who is never in the background when
discussions are on tap ;
His spectacles, his features and his figure
trim and neat
Are done up in our picture with fidelity
complete.
When a youth he graduated at the High
School on the hill.
And subbed for a professor there with
some degree of skUl ;
But he didn't stick to teaching, for he
hoped to be a star
Shining bright among the legal lights that
sparkle at the bar.
That he didn't fail to sparkle everybody
will admit,
For he studied like a Trojan and had lots
of ready wit.
He got Blackstone at his fingers' ends
and wasn't such a jay.
If a knotty point confused him, as to give
himself away.
In his leisure hours at politics he took a
quiet whack.
And sometimes for an office ran when can
didates were slack ;
(2

He thought he'd make the landing in
some high " posish " at last.
So he practiced making speeches of a
solid Stalwart cast.
The Pennsylvania Senate seemed to be
about his size.
But he couldn't make the riffie, to his in
finite surprise ;
So he nowadays consoles himself by stir
ring up a scare
With Pickwickian withdrawals as a candi
date for May'r.
His chance of being elected May'r is not
a certain thing.
Since he hasn't got a record of devotion
to the ring ;
For he's quite a soUd Christian of the
hard-shell U. P. brand.
And in shady ring transactions doesn't
care to take a hand.
There's what comes of being honest in
this cussed crooked town,
A decent chap can't hope to gain political
renown ;
And the wonder is, accordingly, a Chris
tian man to meet
Who can hold -his grip, like this one, on
a Councilmanic seat.
84)

JOHN S. LAMBIE.

PUBLIC recognition in a measure above the ordinary and in many fields
has come to John S. Lambie, the well known Pittsburg attorney, as the
reward of a life of earnest and well-directed effort. He is equally prominent
as a barrister, as a popular representative in Councils, as a public speaker,
and as a leader among the veterans of the war.
Mr. Lambie was born in the old Sixth, now the Eighth ward, Pittsburg,
November i, 1843, and lived for a time in what was formerly the borough
of Birmingham. He graduated from the Central High School in 1862, and
then applied himself to the study of law with the firm of Marshall & Brown.
Upon the dissolution of that firm, Mr. Lambie became associated with A. M.
Brown, in connection with whom he has been practising law since his ad
mission to the bar in 1865.
In July, 1864, he enlisted in the 193d Regiment, Pennsylvania Volun
teers, under Colonel J. B. Clark, for 100 days, and served honorably for six
months. Except during his short period of residence inBirmingham, Mr. Lambie
has always lived in the Eighth ward. In 1876, he was elected to represent
that district in Select Council, and he has been re-elected seven times, six
times unanimously. His voice and influence always make themselves felt in
Councilmanic proceedings, and few subjects of importance come up without
bringing into play his eloquence and lawyer-like adroitness in argument.
He has always been a Republican ; voted the first time for Lincoln in
1864, and has since been a uniformly faithful worker for his party. His
services as a stump speaker are enlisted in all important campaigns, and he
has been a member of nearly every County Convention for years, and of sev
eral State Conventions. The Tariff Club counts him among its most honored
members. Mr. Lambie is Past Commander of Post 3, G. A. R., and stands in high
repute with his comrades. He is a consistent member of the United Pres
byterian Church, and illustrates by his life the solid worth of practical
Christianity. ( 28s )

JOSEPH WALTON.

Sing yeo, heave ho,
When the stormy breezes blow
And the waves run mountains high;
When there's danger on the larboard
And destruction on the starboard
And hard-a-port the breakers fly,
Then with telescope in hand
And an aspect of command,
111 language to the point, though brief,
Come directions for salvation.
Clearing up the situation,
From the Lord High Admiral-in-Chief.
Does he navigate the brine
Round the equinoctial line
Or the ice-clogged southern main?
Does he wrestle with the frantic.
Foaming waves of the Atlantic,
Or cruise along the coast of Spain?
No — abroad is not the place
Where to danger he gives chase,
And promises to come to grief;
On the rivers right around us
Do the naval feats astound us
Of the Lord High Admiral-in-Chief.
Ancient mariners describe
Him as oldest of the tribe.
Half a century a riverman he's been;
And with stories of his fleet
He's alarmingly replete.
And endless are the yarns he's prone to spin.

He will tell cf nights of woe.
When the smoke-stacks had to go.
And all hands were piped the sails to reef.
While each eye with tear-drops glistens,
Which are drawn by reminiscence
From the Lord High Admiral-in-Chief.
Very great has been his luck :
Though occasionaUy stuck
On a sandbank or smashed against the pier
Of a bridge, he's wont to make
Quite a comfortable stake
From the shipments that he sends away from here.
Never yet has pirate king
Tried his funny work to spring
On the coal tows — rich booty for a thief —
So that fortune rarely wavers
In concentering her favors
On the Lord High Admiral in-Chief.
Riches now he has galore.
And upon him still they pour;
Commercially he's rated at the top.
He's ruler of a bank,
And has high official rank
In 'most every paying "spec" that's gotten up.
Though old sailors mostly swear.
This 'un hies himself to prayer
Where the Methodists find solace and relief
On North avenue, and truly
Few can worship more true bluely >
Than the Lord High Admiral-in-Chief.
(286)

^.Ai

A. J. EDWARDS. I
Good-looking? You bet ! He's a pearl The political bosses received him with joy,
without price. And gave him a job in the county's em-
As fair as a lily and ten times as nice. ploy,
A susceptible chap, and a bachelor, too ; And his puU at elections being soon recog-
Now, girls, here's the chance of a lifetime nized,
for you. The industrial census he next supervised.
Who is he ? Well, that we're not giving When the census was over he didn't get
away ; left.
He's young, but he's climbed fairly high 'Twouldn't do to go back on a chap of his
in his day. heft.
Suffice it to say that his ancestry hails An appointment he got, with his usual luck.
From some place with a name that's jaw- As left bow'r to a federal high muck-a-
breaking, in Wales. ' muck.
With the aid of the Welshmen he first To give him his due, we are bound to
blossomed forth, ' confess.
And worked the eisteddfods for aU he was He's "enveloped" in glory and "stamped"
worth. with success.
For speaking at blow-outs he had such a His " address " is perfection, he's truer
knack than steel.
That he soon got the soUd Welsh vote at And his future is marked with prosperity's
his back. " seal."
( 287 )

Here's a thoroughbred Scoth-Irishman, as solid
as a rock,
He inherits all the ear-marks of a Puritanic stock,
In business he's the boy that's up to every turn
and trick;
If you want to drive him crazy, just mistake him
for a " Mick."
'Tis in rocky county Antrim that his clan is to be
found.
At Culbrim near Ballymoney is their famous
stamping ground;
There his boyhood's days he spent and useful
knowledge he amassed.
Till he got a start at clerking in the city of Belfast.

In the interim, he hasn't failed to get a solid grip
On what humorists are wont to call the art of
statesmanship.
And with characteristic shrewdness he in time
achieved the feat
Of holding up the voters for a Councilmanic seat.
Of his Machiavellian wisdom the high rollers
soon took note,
Jimmy Hunter came and asked for his "infloo
ence," and his vote,
"I'm with you," cried our hero, and such zeal
he did evince, '
That he's served as Kaiser Hunter's chief lieu
tenant ever since.

The smallness of his stipend made him quickly
change his base.
At Liverpool and at Glasgow to Dame Fortune he
gave chase.
But Fortune proved elusive, and because she
turned him down.
He made a bee-line right away for Allegheny
town.

He doesn't sit in Councils now, but it suits him
to be known
In the mystical capacity of pow'r behind the
throne.
He haunts the floor of Councils and the lobby he
pervades.
Buttonholing cranky kickers and instructing
Hunter's aids.

Two and twenty years have passed since then, and
all along he's struck
Since landing in America the very best of luck.
From a clerkship in a rolling mill, by industry
and skill.
He has risen to be head and front of an Alle
gheny mill. (2i

Some give vent to the opinion — you may view it
as you please —
That he's one of Allegheny's aggregation of
Magees,
Presupposing sundry bosses independently to
shine,
Asa ruling spirit, anyhow, he's always right in line.
8)

ROBERT McAFEE.

TN the political and business circles of Allegheny City, Robert McAfee is
-*¦ a widely known and active figure. He is a native of County Antrim, in
the North of Ireland, and was educated in Belfast. After leaving school,
Mr. McAfee was employed for two years in a large mercantile establish
ment at Liverpool, England. He went from Liverpool to Glasgow, Scot
land, where he assumed a similar position.
In 1869, he emigrated to America and settled in Allegheny, assuming
the position of shipping clerk at the Wood's Run miU of the Oliver Iron &
Steel Company. In 1878, he became manager of the mill, which position
he still holds.
Mr. McAfee early identified himself with politics as a member of the
Republican party. For twelve years he served the citizens of the Eleventh
ward in Councils, occupying during that period the chairmanship of several
important committees. His business abiUty and close observation of public
affairs made him a valuable representative.
Although ostensibly " out of politics," Mr. McAfee continues to be a
power in his district, and the Republican managers look upon his services
as indispensable. (289) •

In history's page, if you've ever perused it. Though his office is here, he lives over the

You've certainly found 'mid the gentie-
men smart.
Who captured distinction and never
abused it.
That the Rogers played always a prom
inent part.
There was old Roger Ascham, EUzabeth's
teacher.
And young Roger Mortimer, killed with
an axe ;

river.
In sweet Allegheny, where Quay has the
call.
And the folks over there once saw fit to
deliver
The contract to him to get law for them
, all.
As city soUcitor great was his service ;
Good reason he has to be proud of
himself ;

Sir Roger De Coverley, kindly of feature. But the thought of the practice he lost

And Rogers who made some poetical
cracks.

Now the cream of the lot and their ulti
mate essence
Is living and thriving in Pittsburg to-day.
Behold him above, in a state of quiescence,
The same that photographers always
portray.
A lawyer he is with a practice gigantic —
The like of it heretofore never you saw.
Not a rap does he care. for pretensions
pedantic,

made him nervous.
And so he gave over the office to " Elph."
For McKeesport he stiU is the legal ad
viser.
And — notice of this 'tis important to
take —
He was picked out by Hartranft— -no
choice could be wiser—
A code for all classes of cities to make,
For the Leader he's counsel, and fights
like a hon
The Puritan cranks and their Sunday
law craze.
But buckles right down to legitimate So you see, of the Rogerses never a scioa
law. Is abler than he or more worthy of praise.
(290)

WILLIAM B. RODGERS.

TN making slates for judgeship contests — an operation which affords special
^ enjoyment to lawyer-politicians and newspaper editors—one (7f the first
names to be considered is always that of William B. Rodgers, ex-City Solic
itor of AUegheny, and noted throughout the county as a well-read, clear
headed and conscientious advocate.
Mr. Rodgers was born in the Fourth ward of Allegheny City, June 30,
1843. He attended the Fourth ward pubhc ^schools, and went, in 1858,
to the Webtern University, and afterwards to Allegheny City College, where
he graduated in 1862. He studied law in the office of Judge Kirkpatrick
and John Mellon, and was admitted to practice in 1866, since which time he
has practised at the Allegheny County bar without interruption, acquiring
an extensive and valuable clientage.
From 1870 until 1888 Mr. Rodgers was City SoHcitor of Allegheny,
and rendered distinguished service in that capacity, and he is now one of the
solicitors for the city of McKeesport. He was a member of the Municipal
Commission appointed by Governor Hartranft to prepare a code for the
government of the cities of the State. This code was the foundation of the
form of government imposed on cities of the first class, and on it is based
also the system now applied to cities of the second class.
Mr. Rogers has been engaged in a large number of cases of the first
importance. The qualities to which Mr. Rodgers owes his professional eminence are
briefly these — studiously developed legal scholarship, a keen, logical habit
of mind, close application to business, and a scrupulous regard for the in
terests of his clients.
Mr. Rodgers was married to Miss Ada Mevay, and still lives in Alle
gheny, as fortunate in his home life as he has been in his profession.
(291)

Irving, the actor— that's what you'U say,
If your tastes are in the dramatic way.
Observing the facial traits embraced
In the portrait here by our artist traced ;
The lofty brow, the Norman nose.
The mouth determined and beUicose ;
The massive chin, the eagle eye.
The general air of do or die :
AU these at once the beholder strike
As being decidedly Irving-like.
Reader, we cannot tell a lie.
This is no melodramatic guy.
Passions to tatters he does not tear.
Nor sentimentally saw the air.
Nightly ovations he ne'er would seek.
Nor expire eight times in a single week,
(Two of those times at rhatinees)- —
He hasn't the time for such pranks as these.
No, no ! Though an Irving-like face is
his,
A simple Shoemaker— that's what he is.
Seeing the trade that our hero's at,
'Tis odd that he never yet has sat
On the bench, but steadUy pegs along.
Healing and patching when things go
wrong.
"Tips" he suppUes of various sorts,

And he sometime^ gaily the "upper" courts,
While if ever by cranks his sole is tried
He boot's them out with an air of pride.
But however he happens to use his boot
The mark he never can overshoe-t.
Need we remark that his trade is vast.
Since he never fails to stick to the last?
Customers — clients he calls them— flock
To the place where he keeps his wares in
stock ;
And judges passing upon the same
Their merit in ruling clear proclaim ;
Aye, and the Governor of the State
In '83, with discernment great,
Made him the deputy, thoroughly fit,
Of the man who then had Harrity's " sit."
Of course, you perceive, he's a Democrat,
Or he wouldn't have held that ofifice fat,
And the party relies on his active brain
In a national or State campaign ;
For, bless you, this Shoemaker's fit to teach
Old Gladstone himself to make a speech.
And, the fact no longer we'U hide from view,
He happens to be a barrister, too.
Which accounts in part for the liberties
great
That we've taken with Irving's duplicate,
(292)

JOHN C. SHOEMAKER.

JOHN CRESSWELL SHOEMAKER, an attorney of State reputation
J and a personage of considerable prominence in Democratic politics,
was born at Academia, Pa,, AprU 7, 1857. He was educated at Tuscarora
Academy, Chambersburg Academy and Lafayette College, graduating from
the latter institution in the class of 1877.
Mr, Shoemaker's adaptability for the legal profession early manifested
itself. Immediately after taking his degree he began reading law in Cham
bersburg with Hon. J. McDowell Sharpe, under whose tuition he gained a
thorough knowledge of jurisprudence. He was admitted to the bar of
Franklin County on September i, 1879, and in March, 1881, he was ad
mitted to practice in Allegheny County.
Within a short time, Mr. Shoemaker built up a large connection here,
his mental endowments and excellent social qualities receiving prompt re
cognition from a community which is always quick to recognize personal
worth. From January 22, 1883, to February i, 1887, he served as Deputy
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania under Governor Pattison,
and'fulfiUed the duties of that ofiice with credit Since then he has carried
on a remunerative law practice in Pittsburg.
Mr. Shoemaker is a model Democrat, possessing strong political con
victions and acting upon them with unbroken consistency. Since the erec
tion of a one-man power in his party in this State, he has cast his lot with
the anti-administration Democrats, and is now concerned with ex-Senator
Wallace, WiUiam M, Stenger and others, in a movement for reform within
the patty. (293)

This good-humored looking party,
Lusty, big-mustached, and hearty.
And developed Uke a gladiatorial Grsek,
Greek, Greek,
As a sample always passes
Of the truly rural classes,
For he hails from somewhere out near
Turtle Creek, Creek, Creek.

From 'most every hill and valley
Rustic voters round him rally
When some office to corral he makes a
start, start, start ;
Hence he's long been coadjutor
To the public prosecutor,
And in county cases takes an active part,
part, part.

There he's plowed full many an acre.
And beat all as a Haymaker —
So at least he says when votes he wants to
catch, catch, catch.
But for aU he is a Granger,
We should think there would be danger
In permitting him to boss a garden patch,
patch, patch.

When the higher-up position
Was vacated, his ambition
At the prospect of promotion took a leap,
leap, leap.
But his nose it was disjointed.
For one "Clarry" was appointed,
And the swear words of his Jags were loud
and deep, deep, deep.

For since manhood he attained to,
Legal practice he's been chained to.
Caring nothing for the labors of the farm,
farm, farm ;
Crops- with loathing he discusses.
Hayseed weather lore he cusses,
But in nursing high ambition finds a charm,
charm, charm.

Where is now his royal prestige?
One would think that not a vestige
Of the same remained since "Clarry"
knocked him flat, flat, flat —
But, look out ! — the rural regions
Now are sending in their legions
To elect a Straight-out or a Democrat,
'crat, 'crat.

(294)

JAMES C. HAYMAKER.

'T^PIE responsible duty of overseeing and instructing the grand jurors of
-*- Allegheny County is in the hands of James C. Haymaker, the cap
able Assistant District Attorney, and Mr. Haymaker's face is, therefore, a
famiUar one to all who bave occasion to get into the latitude of a "true bill"
or an "ignoramus." The Cerberus of the grand jury room was born near
Turtle Creek, in Patton township, this county, September 2, 1853. He re
ceived a good education, completing his studies at the Laird Institute, Mur
raysville, Pa. His brother, J. S. Haymaker, was already a practising attor- '
ney, and with him the young man read law. On July 17, 1885, Mr.
Haymaker was admitted to the bar, and at once entered upon the general
practice of his profession. While building up his clientage he incidentally
interested himself in Republican politics, and acquired a strong following.
Hence, when, in 1887, he announced himself as a candidate for Assistant
District Attorney, his claims were recognized by the local leaders, and he
secured his election without difficulty.
On the death of District Attorney Richard H. Johnston in 1891, Mr.
Haymaker was prominently mentioned for promotion, and, in fact, received
the votes of some of the judges, to whom the law entrusted the election of
a temporary incumbent. Clarence' Burleigh secured the office, however,
and was subsequently endorsed by the people, through the efforts of the
famous "non-partisan" combination of Republican and Democratic politi
cians. The situation was accepted gracefully by Mr. Haymaker, and he is
considered accordingly to be fairly in line for promotion when the next
opportunity occurs. (295)

Like the ancient colossus the chroniclers mention.
Which straddled a channel and tow'red to the
skies,
The subject here pictured, beyond contravention.
Though he straddles no strait, is a corker in
size.
As he walks on the highway with bearing defiant.
His air and his stature are vastly admired,
And the populace murmurs, " Get onto the giant
Chief Justice of Bayardstown— lately retired."
To look at him now, with his aspect so lofty,
A solid Muldoon from his head to his toes,
That in earlier times as a mill hand full oft he
Worked hard at a furnace you'd scarcely sup
pose;
Yet such is the fact, and he's proud to descant on
The way that he formerly toiled and perspired.
Building up the prospectively big, adamantine
Chief Justice of Bayardstown — lately retired.
He was first known to fame as a Democrat sturdy
In Bayardstown's precincts controlling the
boys;
Then he came out for Squire and, as no one de
murred, he
Was chosen the scales of Dame Justice to poise.
This he did in such elegant style that the fellows
Who might have been kickers were duly in
spired
With respect for the hefty, big-bodied and zeal
ous
Chief Justice of Bayardstown — lately retired.
(2

On fine summer evenings the boys would all
muster
In cane-seated chairs round his honor's front
door.
And gathering there in a sociable cluster.
They'd set up political jobs by the score.
In his own chair of state the "confabs " super
vising,
A toby's aroma he gently respired.
And nobody thought of opposing the rising
Chief Justice of Bayardstown — lately retired.
Four terms he put in, but, alas, for his laurels !
The ring had a man with an eye on the place;
So they managed to stir up some factional quar
rels.
And finally froze him right out of the race.
There was weeping and wailing and plentiful
gnashing
Of teeth when folks found that His Honor was
fired;
Who'd have thought cruel fate would have jumped
on the dashing
Chief Justice of Bayardstown — lately retired?
Now, the Squire is no slouch, and though stripped
of his function,
Not a tittle of dignity did he abate,
But, near his successor, with little compunction.
Set up as a dealer in real estate. ,
Success has attended his enterprise spunky;
Of boodle a snug little pile he's acquired;
And he still is the same old majestic and hunky
Chief Justice of Bayardstown — lately retired.
96)

CORNELIUS J. O'DONNELL.

RESIDENTS of the Ninth and Tenth wards, composing the district for
merly known as Bayardstown, look up to ex-alderman C. J. O'DonneU
as the Nestor of the neighborhood, an unerring authority on matters of law
and politics, and a trusty adviser in all the affairs of life. Twenty years'
service as magistrate and a familiar acquaintance with every man, woman
and child within the limits of his old bailiwick, form the basis of the Squire's
title to paternal supremacy, the validity of which is rarely questioned.
The Squire was born in Donegal, Butler County, February 2, 183 1.
He attended the common schools and, as soon as he was old enough, sup
plemented his studies with outdoor work, the fruits of which are still visible
in his erect figure and magnificent physique. In 1852 he came to Pittsburg
and worked in a rolling mill as a puddler and as a roller. He stayed at this
work until 1864, when he enlisted as a sergeant in the 77th Regiment, Penn
sylvania Volunteer Infantry. After one year's service he was honorably
discharged. In 1866 he was appointed government oil inspector, and served one
year, when the office was abolished. Subsequently he was appointed in
ternal revenue storekeeper, being the first appointee to that position in the
United States. After an incumbency of fourteen months, he resigned the
office. In 1869 he was elected alderman of the Ninth ward, in which capacity,
as already stated, he continued for twenty years, performing his magisterial
duties to the entire satisfaction of his constituency. He was sent to Council
in 1864, and for many years he acted as treasurer of the Ralston School
Board. Squire O'Donnell is now in the real estate and insurance business on
Penn avenue near Twelfth street. He does business as a soldiers' claim
agent, is engaged in settiing up estates, and is frequentiy selected by court
to act as administrator. He is also a director in the City Savings Bank.
The Squire is a faithful exponent of Jacksonian principles, and is never
found wanting in important political campaigns. His absolute integrity and
straightforwardness and his kindly disposition make him a general favorite,
and his reputation as a worthy citizen extends to all quarters of the county.
(297)

PROF-. GEORGE J. LUCKEY.

You should hear him at institute powwows
Orate with Demosthenic vim ;
All creation must go to the bowwows,
You would think, if it wasn't for him.
At argument he's a first-rater.
His eloquence every ohe charms ;
There's no discount on this educator.
He's the pet of the gushing school
marms.
He's disposed to admire innovation
And imports every fad from the east ;
He puff's up the "New Education,"
And is glad that the Speller's deceased-
He has rivals who fiercely assail him.
But nothing his spirit alarms.

For there's one thing that never can fail
him —
He's the pet of the gushing school
marms.
There are cranks, too, who sometimes at
tack him
And claim he's not fit for the place.
That he's got poUticians to back him
And is really a very hard case;
Does he mind them ? Not much, for he's
plucky ;
No abuse his solidity harms.
And always in this he is lucky —
He's the pet of the gushing school
marms.

(298)

THE DOG SHOW.
With basso bow-wows and soprano ki-yis.
Come the canines of goodly array.
Every one of them looking dead sure of a
prize
At the dog show that's starting to-day.
The racket prodigious
Sounds just like a hideous
Machine without oil in its cogs ;
But the noise and the flurry
Don't anywise worry
The people who go to the dogs.
Tis a picnic to gaze on those blue-blooded
"purps,"
Penitentially boxed up and chained ;
No mongrel a footing among them usurps.
They're of lineage pure' and unstained.
Some in nakedness enter,
While some round their centre
Wear flannel and similar togs ;
And from firstly to lastly
The whole tickles vastly
The people who go to the dogs.
Look at Mr. St. Bernard — ten thousand's
his price.
And he seems well aware of the same ;
To rescue the trav'ler from snow-drifts
and ice
Is a practice to which he lays claim.
But on such circumstances
He's taking no chances ;
Through Ufe he luxuriously jogs,
Finding lots of employment
In giving enjoyment
To the people who go to the dogs.

There's the bandy-legged buU-dog as ugly
as sin.
Who makes people feel glad that he's
tied;
The wolf-hound from Russia, quite shaggy
and thin.
And the Dachshund, that's Germany's
pride.
There are greyhounds attractive,
And lap-dogs inactive.
That Ue in their kennels like logs ;
. Littie terriers barking.
And poodles skylarking
With people who go to the dogs. (299)

Now, observing these animals, all must
confess
An impression peculiar prevails ;
It sticks out in the vocal display of dis
tress
And the fidgety wagging of tails.
All would seem to be swearing
* At mortals for staring
As though they were cattle or hogs ;
When they think themselves greater
And morally straighter
Than people who go to the dogs.

GEO. WASHINGTON.
This is G. Wash.,
As you may see,
A-chopping down
The cherry tree.
His hatchet keen
He firmly grips.
And deals the tree
Some awful chips.
Soon wiU approach
His parent grim.
With hefty club
Prepared for him.
But George wiU look
Him in the eye.
And say " I can
Not teU a Ue."
With this remark
The cunning lad
Will paralyze
His angry dad,.
Who thereupon.
With tears of joy,
WUl drop the club
And hug the boy.
The moral's plain :
SmaU boys' should try
To put it on
Their parent's eye.
So let us drain
A friendly horn.
For on this day
G. Wash, was bom.

INDEX.

PAGE
A.
Arnheim, Daniel  258
ArnhoU, Dr. M. A  lOo
Arons, Bernard E  68
B.
Barchfeld, Dr. A. J  48
Barnes, Thomas  230
Batchelor, Capt. Chas. W  98
Bayne, Hon. Thos. M  128
Beinhauer, F. C  200
Bengough, H. H  30
Bigelow, E. M  17
Brennen, W. J  163
Brown, Capt. S. S  44
Brovm, James  235
Brown, J. 0  125
Brown, Major A. M  122
Bruening, F. H  170
C.
Carnegie, Andrew  5
Casey, T. D  106
Christy, B. C  50
Cochrane, A. P  74
Cohen, Josiah .  • • ¦ 84
CoUier, Judge F. H  8
ConneUy, W. C  234
Cox, John F  104
D.
Dabbs, B. L. H  232
Dalzell, Hon. John  6
Davis, John J  130
Dravo, Captain J. F  38
Drmtt, T. P  127 (30

_„ PAGE
E.
Edwards, A. J  287
Ehlers, Charles  251
Elliott, R. C  126
Elphinstone, George  94
English, H. D. W  112
Evans, Joseph  88
F.
Fagan, Charles A  192
Ferguson, J. Scott  274
Fetterman, Charles S  160
Fisher, Prof H. W  242
Fitzsimmons, James  _ . . 262
Flannery, John J  60
Fleming, George S  194
FUnn, Philip S  ... 246
FUnn, WUUam ... .... 129
Foley, Patrick  148
Ford, H. P  40
Ford, W. R  244
Foster, Dr. D. G  32
G.
GiU, Charies S  226
Gittings, Prof Joseph  155
Graham, William H  172
Grier, James A  28
Gripp, John  269
Guenther, Prof WiUiam  277
Guffey, James M  202
Guffey, W. S  108
GuUck, R. M  34
H.
Handel, Herman  132
O

302

INDEX.

PAGE
Haney, John W  176
Hannigan, Michael  257
Haymaker, John C  294
Hays, GUbert A  222
Heinrichs, Ernest H  142
Henricks, John R  144
Hill, George B  228
Hirsch, Isaac E  70
HoUiday, George L  210
Howley, Joseph  80
Howley, William E  220
Hunter, James  131
J.
Jacobs, M. N  198
Jennings, Dr. R., Jr  208
Jiles, John W  150
JiUson, Prof B. C  240
Jones, B. F..  265
K.
Keating, A. F  124
Keech, W. H  212
Kennedy, E. S  78
Kennedy, W. M  204
King, Byron W  196
Klein, Max  42
L.
Lambie, John S  284
Lee, John  56
Logan, A. J  206
Luckey, George J  298
M.
Madden, George A  158
Maginn, E  188
Marrow, John  224
MarshaU, Thomas M  18
Marvin, S. S  27O'
McAfee, Robert  288
MjCAleese, John  216

PAGE
McAllister, Rev. David  9
McCargo, David  250
McCaughtry, J. F  136
McCoUum, Prof J. P  .241
McCormick, L. C  168
McDoweU, Heber  152
McGuire, J.J  116
McKean, James S  20
McKenna, Charles F  46
McKnight, James  114
McLaughUn, E. J  186
McShane, J. Leo  64
Mead, Morris W  72
Menjou, Albert  66
Meyer, Henry  76
Miscellaneous  299
Moeser, H. B  218
Moore, Samuel E  266
Morrison, Capt. John W  282
Morrow, Andrew  162
Morrow, E. S  16
Mugele, Fred  166
Murdoch, Plugh J  22
Murphy, John R. . . '  89
N.
Newell, John  138
O.
Obernauer, Herman  182
O'Donnell, CorneUus  296
O'Donnell, John C. • ¦ ¦  90
O'Mara, Roger  276
O'Neill, John  no
Over, Judge J. W  278
P. ,
Paisley, Samuel T  146
Paul, Harry  12
Phipps, Henry, Jr  243
Piatt, James W  190
Pitcairn, Robert  272
Porter, L. K  02

INDEX.

303

PAGE
Q.
Queen, Emmet  jgo
^ ' R.
Reed, Judge J. H  280
Rinehart, Prof E. E  264
Reisfar, Charles  2i;6
Robertson, A. C.  236
Rodgers, W. B  290
Rowan, John  62
Rowand, Arch. H., Jr  260
s.
Sauer, John  120
Scanlon, T. M  248
Scott, James B  252
Shannon, P. M  26
Shiras, George, III  102
Shoemaker, John C  292
Silverman, J. H  174
Slagle, Judge J. F  279
Smith, E. D  24
Steele, John F  134
Stillwagon, W. C  52
Stone, Hon. W. A  14

Succop, Charies E  54
SuUivan, Charies A. ....... . 96
T.
Torrance, F. J  254
V.
Verner, Murray ... .... 156
Von Bonnhorst, George M  184
W.
AVaUace, Thomas J.  178
Walton, Joseph  2 86
Watson, H.T  164
Watterson, A. V. D  58
Weihe, William  88
Weir, James G  214
Weis, Prof B  133
Wertheimer, Emanuel  82
Williams, H. W  118
WUlson, B. C  86
Wishart, Captain A  154
Witherow, William  10
Woodside, Samuel P  238
Wright, William . '  36
Wylie, Dr. C. C  140

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