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THE , PITTSBUKG DISPATCH, SATURDAY, IVfAKOH 16, 1889.
II LOCK JTBBBIIIL
Anson's Boys Win and All
Haye a Good Time.
THE SCOEE OF THE GAME.
p Baseball Officials Come to Blows at
coiumuus.
T; BARKER BEADY FOE JIMMY BEED.
A Scratch Team Arranged to Play the
Pittslurgs.
GENERAL SPOETDJQ KEWS OP THE DAT
Another large crowd of Englishmen
turned out yesterday to see the great Ameri
can game of baseball. The game was played
at Bristol, and as the All-Americas were
out of shape, the Chicagos beat them badly.
The day was clear but almost too cold.
tBT CABLE TO THE DtSFXTCn.2
Beistol, March 15. Copyright The
baseball party came over from London this
morninjr, to fill the date which they were
obliged to cancel last week on account of
the floods. They arrived at noon in a spe
cial car, and accompanied by a corps of
London newspapermen. At the station
here they were met by the Duke of Bean
fort, Dr. Grace, the cricketer, the American
Consul, and a number of representatives of
the local government, with this escort
they were driven to the Grand Hotel, in
which bung a huge American flag. Their com
ing bad been well advertised, and the streets
through which the drags passed were lined
with gaping natives.
A most elaborate luncheon was ready in the
main dining hall of the hotel, and to this the
boys, after having been introduced to the
Duke, were willingly inducted. His Grace as
sumed tbe bead of the table and presided over
the feast, with tbe American Consul, Mr.
Lathrop, on one side, and Mr. Spalding and Dr.
Grace on the other. The occasion was broucht
to a very cordial close by the drinking of three
toasts, "The QueeD," "The President" and
"The Visiting Players." Tbe Duke proposed
and spoke to "The Queen," and afterward pro
posed "The President" In very enthusiastic
words, referring with much Xeeliug to his sev
eral visits to tbe States. Consul Lathrop re
sponded. Mr. Spalding then answered for tbe
company. Three cheers were given all around
for everybody and everything, and an adjourn
ment was bad to the beautiful grounds of the
Gloucestershire Chricket Club.
Here 3,000 people were gathered. They were
regaled with au exhibition rather than a came.
Neither Crane norHealy was in form, and Tom
Brown went Into tbe box tor tbe All-Americas.
He did fairly well, but was pretty wild at times.
Carle was also out of shape, and at the end of
tbe fourth Inning gave way to Carroll behind
the bat. Ryan and Anson composed the Chi
cago battery. The day was deliehtf ully clear,
but much too cold, and the boys showed tbe
effect of the chilly atmosphere In their unusual
stiffness. At the close of the seventh inning
tbe score stood:
Chicagos 1 8 2 2 10 1-10
A.11 Americas 0 12 0 0 0 03
The game was then called in order to permit
Dr. Grace, his brother, and some of the local
cricketers of note to try their hands at tbe
bat. with Ryan and Crane successively in the
box. The cricketers afforded much amuse
ment to tbe crowd, but were nnable to do any
thing at all with tbe delivery, as they them
selves good-naturedly owned.
The party returned to London this evening.
They expect a great crowd at the Leyton
grounds to-morrow, as over 3,000 tickets have al
ready been sold. In Birmingham, where they
play Monday, a half holiday will be given to
the school children In order that tbe young
sters may have the privilege of paying 3 pence
each to attend tbe game.
Tbe pressure of social attention continues so
that it will be a positive rest to board the
special train, in which the boys are to start
Monday on their tour of the provinces.
BARKER IS WILLING.
He Consent! to Flay Jimmy Reed for the
Checker Championship.
It seems now certain that there will be a
chpeker contest for the American champion
ship between J. F. Reed, of this city, and
Charles F. Barker. Tbe latter has replied
through the Turf, Field and Farm to Mr.
Reed's challenge as follows:
I am ready at any time to play Mr. Reed, and
will give him the choice of the following: First.
I will play him a restricted match of 0 rames.
in tbe same manner that I played Smith, and
will bar the two jumps he wishes discarded,
and in addition will play the following 11 open
ings, as laid down in my treatise: Centre, De
fiance, Dyke, Fife, Glasgow. Laird and Lady,
Maid o' the Mill, Old Fourteenth, Souter.
Whilter and Will o' the Wisp, all the names of
the openings to be placed ra a bag and each
player to draw from it alternated until tb e con
test is decided. Second. I will plav him 62
games restricted and unrestricted in the same
manner as played in the 1864 match between
Wjllio and Martins. Third, I will play him an
unrestricted match of SO games. The terms as
offere&in his challenge to me are acceptable,
and on his advising me which of the above of
fers be accepts, I will at once send vou articles
of agreement to forward to Mr. Reed for bis
signature and deposit, which I bone he return
to you without any delay and further contro
versy. Charles F. Babkee.
THE ATHLETIC CLUB TROUBLE.
Tonus; Defendants State Some Interesting
Phases oi Their Case.
The case of the Pittsburg and Allegheny
'Cycling and Athletic Club will be filed In court
within a few days. The attorney representing
the contractors who are proceeding against the
club said yesterday afternoon:
"Of course several members of the club have
made statements to me, and in tbe majority of
cases the baby act is pleaded. Thevoungmen
tell me that they are not men yet, that is, ac
cording to year. Others claim they are Sot
members because tbey have not paid any sub
scriptions, and still some more of them claim
tbeir subscriptions have been paid and not ac
counted for. Altogether tbe young men seem
in a bad way, and tbey have a host of lawyers
engaged, tbe fees of whom would more than
pay the debt of the club."
PLENTY OF SPORT.
A Prize Fight Also Arranged for Wheeling
To-Klght.
There is to be a great programme of sport in
the vicinity of Wheeling, to-nightif the arrange
ments made are carried out. Besides the dog
fight mentioned In yesterday's Dispatch there
will be abig chicken main between birds owned
by Pittsburg and Wheeling parties. The main
will be the best of nine battles tor 125 each and
JlOOontbeoddone.
In addition to the above there will be a prize
figbt with hard gloves between a man named
Boswell and a young pugilist from Lawrence
ville. The battle will be for 8100 a side and will
be governed by Queensberry rules. It will
commence immediately after tbe dog fight
SchaeBter Against tbe World.
ISrECIAX. TXXK1BAU TO TOT DISPATCB.1
New Yoek. Mat;h 15. Richard Roche, the
backer of Jack McAuliff e, called at the Police
Oatette office to-day. posted SL000 forfeit with
Richard K. Fox, and fssuedacballege to match
Jake Schaeffer, the champion billiard player,
against any man in the world, to play from
COO to L000 point!, for 2,600 to tAOUO a side and
the championship: the match to be played In
New York and Richard K. Fox to be final
stakeholder.
Getting the Grounds Ready.
There aro now signs of tbe approaching ball
season at Recreation Park. Workmen are
buy fixing the fences, painting the entrance,
chairs, etc. It Is the Intention of the club di
rectors to have tbe buildings on the grounds
llook as cay as domIWk. Thnra will ba no lm.
E portant alterations maie.
HANKINs' STABLE.
The Famom Owner YUlts His Hones and
Reports.
Chicago. March li-George Hankins, who
owns the Chicago stable, hat returned from
JNashvllle, where his horses are being trained.
They are doing reasonably well, ha says,
though Macbeth is afflicted with a mild sort of
distemper. Terra Cotta does not appear to be
doing as nicely as ne might, though he it In as
good condition as he was at this time last year.
Egmontia hearty and full of life and shows
no signs of lameness. Galeo is eating heartily,
and Hanklns, though he bought him under the
impression that be was a fast horse over a short
course, thinks now be will be able to stand a
long journey.
Of the others Hankins says: "Kaloolah Is not
doing well enough to suit me. When brought
in after a canter she seemed all right, but after
she had been in her stall maybe an hour she
broke out in a profuse perspiration and seemed
distressed. She will probably not be raced un
til well along in the summer. Hnntress is
coming on finely ana is getting well of an in
jury she received in her race with Los Angeles
at Kansas City.- Jacobin has renewed his youth
and is as sound as a dollar.
"Of my younger horses Fanklng and Viking
show marked improvement, and Fanklng will
turn out to be good. I think Viking is a very
handsome fellow to look at. but his muscular
development behind is deficient, I fear, and
though he is a son of Thora I do not expect
great things of him."
WAY BEHIND THE TIMES.
The Baseball Tourists Have Lou to Learn
When Thoy Reach Home.
(SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THS DISPATCH. 1
New Yoiik, March 15L Walter Spalding re
ceived a letter from his brother, in which the
writer said that the letters directed to tbe base
ball party at Cairo hadn't yet reached them.
He also stated that tbe party had seen no
sporting papers from this country, and that all
the Information they had received about the
new rules was contained in a brief cable from
The Dispatch to its correspondent, who is
with tbe tourists. He said that neither he nor
Anson favored the graded system, but they
were not sufficiently informed in relation to it
to venture any specific criticism.
The players with tbe party do not seem to
favor the new plan, but, like Spalding, they
preferred to learn more about it before they
expressed an opinion. He had seen a story to
the effect that he had asked Mike Kelly to
meet tbe party in Europe, but it was not true
in fact, Kelly hart not money enough to se
cure a place in either team. They had got
along well enough without him, and tbe men
were better off for it. The letter was dated
Paris.
JIM IS SILENT.
Whitney Says Nothing; to Hewitt and the
Latter Explains.
A speciaTlrom Washington to the New York
Sun says:
"Not a word has been received by me from
James Whitney," said President Hewitt to
day, "since be left Washington in January.
He was placed in the classified list at $2,250 for
the season, and will not receive another cent,
no matter what threats he may make. After
the 1st of April, however, I do not expect any
further trouble with Whitney, for on that
date his salary begins, and every day after that
he refuses to sign a contract will be that much
money out of bis pocket. I have made an
offer to the Indianapolis Club to trade Whit
ney for Healy, even up, and would prefer to
have tbe latter in the interest of hkrmony
among tbe members of the team. Baseball
managers have rights which even players must
reapecLand that was one of the principal reasons
that led to the adoption of the classification
proposition. We put up our money, and cer
tamlv expect some return for it; but If tbe de
mands made by some of tbe players are acceded
to. the managers might just as well quit busi
ness at mice. Whitney has announced that he
wants 3.000, and that he will hold out until he
obtains that sum, bnt I think he will come to
his senses In due time."
ANXIOUS FOR HANLON.
Manager Phillips Writes Htm Again to
Slate His Terms.
Manager Phillips has written Ed Hanlon in
London, and expects a reply In eight or ten
days' time. Mr. Phillips has stated the entire
circumstances of Hanlon's tratasfer from
Detroit to this city, and asks the player to
name his terms. It is expected that Hanlon
will not demand more than be received last
season at Detroit, and if this is so it is under
stood that the club is willing to pay it.
Doubtless Hanlon will be signed without
trouble, and in litra Pittsbarg-will secure a
valuable man. His playing, in England has
been brilliant and shows that he is as expert
as ever. Manager Phillips has requested him
to write as soon as possible so that the team
can be made up without delay.
BASEBALL MANAGERS FIGHT.
Jlmmie Williams Knocks Ralph Lazarns
Dotvi at Colnmbns. -
COLUMBUS, O., March 15. The Columbus
and Kansas City baseball managers are having
a row over Ralph Johnson, the third baseman,
who has signed with Columbus.
This afternoon, on High street James Will
iams, ex-President of the American Associa
tion, met Ralph Lazarus, one of the directors
of the Colnmbns club, accused Williams of
making trouble for their club and assaulted
him. Jimmie put up his "du kes" and knocked
Lazarus down. They were then separated by
friends.
Notes From a Sporting Man's Diary.
Always touch a hunchback in his hump and
wish for luck. If ho is angry you can laugh at
him, for you can run faster than he can. Men
have lost fortunes by neglecting this simple
precaution.
Do not have mirrors in your house. You
would lose for a month if you broke one by ac
cident If you happen to win while sitting on a three
legged stool without a back always sit on It aft
erward even if it breaks your spinal column.
That is not as bad as going "broke" finan
cially. t
When in bad luck steal a kiss from an unsus
pecting colored lady. Take care to select an
old one. Otherwise some African gentleman
may pull his razor and give you a free shave
from your Adam's apple thorough to yourback
bone. Don't drink. Alcohol destroys the artistic
precision essential to stocking cards. It neces
sary to rope in a hayseed take' gin and water
and drink the water.
Never let another man see your cards. He
will win if be is playing against you.
Remember that 13 is an unlucky number for
tbe other fellows, when you deal.
Don't pay your steerers until yon are sure you
will not be sued by he losers. They may die
in the meantime, but that isnotyonr lookout
If the policeman on tbe corner will not take
a drink now and then try him with a $50 bill.
If that falls, give the money to one ot bis
friends.
Never use advantage cards. A system of
marks devised dv yourself is much surer, since
other men do not know it
Be kind to your family. If you are not, your
wife will steal your money and go off with the
other fellow. Thus you will lose your wife,
your money and your banker. Hew York Sun.
Will Piny the- Plttsbnrgs.
Manager Swartwood offers to get a team to
gether to tackle those players of the Pittsburg
club who report here on tbe 2othor 26th.
Swartwood thinks that a few games between
two such teams would be excellent practice
for all concerned and exceedingly interesting.
He makes the suggestion on the assumption
that there will be plenty of local team members
here, and that tbey are inclined to play a few
games.
Swartwood's suggestion is supported by At
Pratt and tbeir team will be made up as fol
lows: Catchers, Schukert and Berger; pitch
ers. Ad Gumbert and Blair; Fry, first; Swift,
second: Ollerson. shortstop; McShannlc,
third. The out-fielders will be selected trom
the batteries, Hutchinson and Mitchell. Man
ager Phillips is willing for the idea to be car
ried out
Their First Shoot.
The Allegheny Gun Club members held their
first shoot at their splendid grounds, Exposition
park, yesterday afternoon. The weather was
excellent and tbe attendance good. There
were two matches at 26 blue rocks, and each
was well contested. Tbe best scores in the first
match were as follows: Ed Painter, 25; F. F.
Davison,22; Frank Denny, 19: James Denny 19;
Charles Richardson. 18; Charles Boon, IS.
In the second match tbe following were the
leading scores: Ed Painter, 2Z; F.F. Davison.
22: James Denny, 20; Frank Denny and Charles
Robb, each IS.
Money Up for Schaefer.
New Toek, March 15. Richard Roche
posted to-day $1,000 and issned a challenge to
match Jake dchaef er against dhy other bllllard
lst in tbe world to play from GOO tb 1,000 points
for S2,bOO a side, or from that to 5,000. The
match must he played in this city.
A Ynlouble Dog Soli.
Mr. W. L. Washington, of this city, has sold
to Mr. Henry H. Carr, of Lynn, Mass his val
uable Irish tetter doc, Coast Option, Mil
Washington has parted with his dog because
he has a big stock ot his progeny.
Melsel Signs With OlansBeld.
Mansfield, O., March 16. Chris Melsel,
late manager of the Trenton, N. J., Baseball
Club, has been signed to manage a local club.
FOE THE MDD BON WRECK.
The Jnry Oat on the Engineer's Cose and the
Flagman on Trial.
Mauch Chunk, March IB. Judge Dre
herer this morning charged the jury in the
case of the Commonwealth against Henry
Cook, the Hud Bun engineer, charged with
criminal negligence. He said that it the de
fendant was in any way contributory to the
accident either through default or neglect in'
obeying orders or in assuming that the re
sponsibility devolved upon another he was
guilty as charged in the indictment. At
930 o'clock the jury retired.
Attorney McLean, counsel for James Han
nigan, the alleged negligent flagman, asked
that the indictment against Hannigan be
quashed for the reason that the indictment
tailed to set forth the defendant's abiding
place. The request was refused, and at 10
o'clock Hannigan was placed on trial. The
testimony shows conclusively that Hanni
gan did not go down the track on the night
of the Mnd Bun disaster. On the contrary,
he chatted with some girls who, had thrust
their heads out of the windows of
the rear car of the train which
was afterward wrecked. These girls
were killed in the collision. Hannigan
failed to place torpedoes on the track, as he
was required to do by the rules, and did not
even move from the station until after the
approaching train was seen rounding the
curve only 1,000 feet distant.
The jury in Engineer Cook's case has not
yet returned a verdict
.CAPTUBED AFTER A CHASE.
A Dion Charged With Arson Is Caught Near
Beck's Ran.
Peter Trautman, manager of the Hays
Coal Works at Beck's Bun, made an in
formation before Alderman Flach yesterday
morning, charging John Sauers with arson.
It was alleged that on Wednesday Sauers
set fire to a frame house belonging to James
H. Hays' estate, at Beck's Bun, which was
destroyed.
Constable Butler arrested the defendant
yesterday afternoon at Beck's Bun, after
chasing him for over an hour. Sauers .first
ran up the hillside at Hays' station and hid
in some bushes, and when found he ran
down to the river and was getting into a
skiff, when the officer caught him.
He was committed to jail without bail for
a hearing to-day. It is said he is mentally
affected, and was once an inmate at Dix
mont A KECK IN THE NOOSE. .
The Chief Instigator In the Rlel Rebellion
In Danger of Lynching.
1 SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
GRETNY,MANiTOBA,March 15 Gabriel
Dumont chief instigator of the recent
rebellion in the Northwest Territory, under
Louis Biel, arrived here to-day from Neche,
Dak., enjjroute to Winnipeg. There is much
feeling in Manitoba against Dumont, who
was responsible for' the death of many of
the soldiers sent from the lower provinces
of Canada to quell the rebellion, and there
are fears of a lynching if the Metis chief
remains here over night
Dumont appeared on the streets to-day, in
company with a number of half-breeds, and
openly boasted that having been granted
amnesty bv the Dominion Government, he
had no fear of his enemies. It is not
thought likely that he will get out of the
province alive.
IN PETTI EMBEZZLEMENTS.
Jacob Keefer Is Alleged to Have Depleted
an Employer's Funds.
Jacob Keefer was held for court by Al
derman Black yesterday afternoon on a
charge of larceny by bailee, preferred by
Joseph Faloon, for whom he drove a team.
Mr. Faloon keeps a feedstore at 2200 Sarah
street, and he charged Keefer with taking
out orders, collecting money on them, and
failing to turn it in.
In one case the amount collected in this
way was alleged to be $15 10, and it is said
that there were a dozen similar instances.
MORE MONET WANTED
To
Increase the Artillery Force of the
German Army.
Berlin, March 15. Emperor Francis
Joseph will visit Emperor William in July.
The Beichstag to-day discussed the supple
mentary estimate for the increase and re
organization of tbe artillery.
Count Von Schellendorf refe.red to
Prance's superiority in the horsing of bat
teries and said that other countries made
much larger expenditures for military pur
poses than Germany did.
NEW BEAUTY IN A NEW PLACE.
No. 37 Fifth Avenue Takes on Resplendency
Through Its Occupancy by Wattles &
Sheafer.
It was high time for the firm of Wattles
& Sheafer to seek new quarters. The growth
of their business demanded this, and the ne
cessity for a better and roomier place
wherein to display the beautiful objects
gathered from afar was an imperative one.
It was a want that has been fully met by
the firm through their occupancy of the
spacious and completely appointed stores at
37 Fifth avenue. Here Messrs. Wattles &
Sheafer find thrice the room at their disposal
as at their old quarters. This space is in
process of fitting up in a style that will
render tbe establishment one of the hand
somest and most complete in the country.
The gems of art will find a most appropriate
setting in the appointments and fittings of
No. 37, and the interior willTiresent so rich
and brilliant an appearance as to be worth
a long journey to enjoy. The firm is, how
ever, quite ready to welcome the public to
the new store and to show its beauties and
its contents to all. The evidence ot success
and prosperity embodied in this removal is
a matter of gratification to the many friends
of Messrs. Wattles & Sheafer, as well as to
the gentlemen themselves.
An Item of Interest.
Call at our store to-day and you'll find us
busy as bees with our ten dollar sale. We
want to start our immense spring trade with
a rnsh and concluded to open to-day with
one of-onr "popular sales." Ten dollars is
the price we have hit on, and 1,500 men's
fine tailor-made suits and spring overcoats
go for 510 to-day. The famous Glenmore
suits (our own exclusive style) go for $10,
as do also some of our finest new spring
overcoats. One of our 'specials" for to-day
is about 200 men's English box overcoats in
an imported light colored cheviot,silk lined
throughout, for 810; only 200 of them. Our
children's department Is just overflowing
with bargains for the little ones. P. O. C.
C, cor. Grant and Diamond sts., opp. the
new Court House,
Patriotic Instructive Entertainment.
Post 162, of Allegheny, has arranged with
T. de Quincy Tully, of Cleveland, O., to
produce in Old City Hall, Pittsburg, on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings,
21st, 22d and 23d inst, to exhibit .his mag
nificent illustratedrviews of campaigns and
battlefields of thewar. These views are of
the highest order and will be described by
Prof. Tully, In addition the best musical
and vocal talent of the two pities have been
secured and will aid in the entertainments.
Beserved seats can be secured at the follow
ing music dealers'; Mellor & Hoene, 77
Fifth ave., Pittsburg, and Alex. Boss, 117
Federal st, Allegheny, on and after 9 A.
M., Monday, March 18. Tickets, 25cents;
reserved seats, 25 cents extra; course tickets,
with? reserved seats, $i.
ST. PATRICK'S DAYT.Sra
past and present, with a full history of the life
and adventures , of Ireland's patron 'taint, it
described by Frank Fern in Co-morrow's Vis-
PATCH.
A PECULIAR SERYICE.
A Jersey City Colored Church Holds
. a Scripture Carnival
WITH VERY REALISTIC SCENES.
It Was for the Benefit of tbe Pastor's
Balarj, and He Declares
THESE WAS NOTHING SACRILEGIOUS.
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The Gu Turned Down at the Moment of the Unseen
Transformation.
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The Bethel African Methodist Episcopal
Church of Jersey City has held a Scripture
carnival. The proposed sacrificeTofjflsaao
was presented to an admiring audience.
The 12 tribes paraded to the tunes of
"Marching Through Georgia" and "God
Save the Queen." The pastor says the
performance is all right and will be re
peated next year.
Jebsey Oitt, March 15. The last per
formance of the Grand Scripture Carnival
for the benefit of the salary of the Bev. Jor
dan Christmas, of Bethel African Methodist
Episcopal Church, in this city, was given
in Excelsior nail," in Communipaw avenue,
to-night At the first performance the
children of the 12 tribes of Israel had a
broom drill; the second night the camp of
the Israelites in the wilderness was dis
played. In the hall last night the 12 tents
ot the 12 tribes were set, and ladies who rep
resented Israelites sat in them. Father
Abraham, Mother Sarah, and little lsaao
sat in a tent In the rear of the hall.
At the other end was the altar on which
lsaao was to be slain. A drum corps from
the Bethel Sunday school was stationed at
the street door to attract the people, and a
brass band was seated between the tents of
the tribe of Beuben and the tribe of Levi.
By 9:30 o'clock a hundred persons were
present, and the Bev. Mr. Christmas rang a
bell and said the performance would begin.
I" The center of the hall was cleared.
THE TWELVE TBIBES.
The twelve tribes filed out of their tents,
and, headed by Father Abraham, Mother
Sarah and Isaac, who carried an armful of
kindling wocd, they marched around the
hall while the German band played "March
ing Through Georgia." They had marched
around three times when Mr. Christmas
rang the bell again, and there was a halt
Mrs. Christmas, who represented the tribe
of Zebulon, carrying a Daby in her arms,
joined the ranks. Mr. Christmas said: .
"The occasion is a aolemn one, children.
We are here to offer little lsaao as a sacri
fice. We are going to see the Lord hold
Abraham's hand and then see the Lamb of
fered. Then we shall do as the Bible di
rects, and will sit down and, with our hats
and coats on, eat that lamb even as they did.
To-morrow night we will have another
what-is-it here. I don't know what you will
call it It is Solomon's temple, In all its
glory, with his wives ana the Queen of
Sheba. It will be covered with gold. I
don't know what it will be. I am going to
make the temple to-morrow, and will cover
it with gold, and Solomon will sit at -this
end and the Queen of Sheba at that, and the
Queen will visit Solomon, and it will cost
you 15 cents to see it and get a cup of tea or
coffee. Come one, come all 1"
The 12 tribes stood still while Mr. Christ
mas was speaking. Little Isaac looked tired
and dropped a piece of wood.' "Forward,
march to the sacrifice," said Mr. Christmas,
and the tribes started. Mr. Samuel Kellogg,
who owns a barber shop, stood behind
Abraham's tent with his hand on a stop
cock to turn off the gas.
LIGHTS TURNED DOWN.
At a signal from Mr. Christmas he turned
down the gas. The 12 tribes crowded
around the altar and Father Abraham took
the wood from Isaac's arms and laid it on
the other. Isaac, who was in a night dress,
climbed up on the altar himself and lay
down. The audience was on the tiptoe of
expectancy, and Mr. Christmas had to say:
"Children, keep quiet or you can't hear
what I say behind the altar." Then there
was silence again. Abraham's hand was
raised. He held a very large butcher knife
directly over Isaac's heart Mother Sarah
turned" a trifle pale and looked nervous.
Just then a pile of blue powder was set
on fire in a corner, and the light threw a
halo around the altar. Abraham still held,
the knife. The silence was intense. Sud
denly it was broken by Mr. Christmas, who
was behind a curtain:
"Abraham! Abraham! Stay thy hand,"
he said.
Then turning to Mr. Kellogg he directed
him to turn down the lights.
Mr. Kellogg had been so much interested
in the dramatic scene that his hand had
slipped and tbe gas had suddenly lit up the
room. The lights went down again at once,
and the voice of Mr. Christmas was again
heard, together with a shuffling sound on
the floor.
"Turn and see what the Lord has pro
vided." Mr. Christmas then gave the order,
"Let go the lights, Mr. Kellogg." The
lights sprang up. The blue fire died ,out,
and little Isaac climbed down from the
altar. ' Abraham laid down his knife and
turned around. In front of him on a table
he saw a roasted lamb and a box of bread.
A LITTLE SPEECH.
The 12 tribes looked on in wonder
and then began singing, "See the Bride
groom Cometh," and the band played, "God
Save tbe Queen." Mr. Christmas rang a
bell and all the tribes sat down on the floor,
while Abraham carved the lamb with the
butcher knife which he had prepared for
Isaac and began "milking sandwiches. The
tribes were first fed, and then the audience,
Mr. Christmas stamped his foot for order
and said: ' ,
"Brethren and sisters, this may be my
last pastoral year here, as 'well as my first;
but this is the first time since our ancestors
died, the first time in the history of tbe
world, that any attempt has been made to
show the people how things were done 1889
years ago and more. . This is the first and
only true representation of the sacrifice of
Isaac ever given, and-it is all my own. No
matter whether Mr. Christmas or Mr.
Thanksgiving or Mr. New Year or Mr.
Fourth of July is your pastor, don't
neglect to give this entertainment
every year for the benefit of the
pastor's salary. Bight here in this same
hall, too. We don't care what people sav.
This entertainment is not sacrilegious. It
is for a good cause, and now, before I stop
talking, I want to tell you that if you want
to see Solomon in a gold palace in all his
glory come here to-morrow night. There
will, be ice cream and coffee, all for 15
cents."
The entertainment was closed by the
singing ot the Doxology by the 12 tribes
led by Abraham. Isaac had gone to sleep
by this time, and Sarah carried him home.'
THF PRIinP Blakely Sail, in to
inu I iiuuu, morrow's Dispatch,
discourses on the decadence of American
women's greatest charm unconsciousness of
wrong or evil intent.
An Item of Interest.
Call at our store to-day and you'll find us
busy as bees with our ten dollar sale. We
want to start our immense spring trade with
a rush, and concluded to open to-day with
one of our "popular sales." Ten dollars is
the price we have bit on, and 1,500 men's
fine tailor-made suits and spring overcoats
go for $10 to-day. The ianious Glenmore
suits (our own exclusive style) go for $10,
as do also some of our finest new spring
overcoats. One of onr ''srjecials" for to-dav
is about 200 men's English box overcoats in j
an imported llgnt colored cheviot, silk lined
throughout, for $10; only 200 of them. Our
children's department is just overflowing
witn oargains tor tne little ones. E. U. U
0., cor. Grant and. Diamond 'sts. obo..the
'nnv uonn nnnu. - "
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D1DNT PAI THEIE TAILORS.
A Party of Giddy Americans Fall to
. Liquidate London Obligations.
tSrzCLU, TXLXG&UC TO TBI D1SFATCH.1
Hew Yobk, March. 15. A week ago to
day Blumentiel & Hirsch, lawyers.received
a cable dispatch from Sydney Davis & Co.,
tailors in London, to the effect that several
Americans had obtained goods from them,
and without' stopping to pay, had sailed
on the TJmbria for New York. A few
hours afterward another cablegram to the
same effect was received, this time from
Bowring & Arundel, outfitters, also in
London. Subsequent dispatches gave the
names of the alleged Americans as P. J.
Conlisk, Clay Wilson, C. E. Waddle, C.F.
Adams and Plain Smith, and also stated
that three of them had sailed on the City of
New York. '
Blumentiel & Hirsch got writs of re
plevin against Conlisk and Wilson.
Deputy Sheriff Delmourwas sent to serve
the writ on Wilson, and Deputy Sheriff
Burke visited Conlisk. Delmour stood
watch in front of Wilson's residence,
and when he saw him go out, entered
the house, and found a sable overcoat, de
scribed by one of the London firms, in the
parlor. The coat is now in the possession
of the Sheriff's auctioneer. Deputy Burke
visited Conlisk at tho St Cloud Hotel.
Conlisk politely showed him through the
rooms, but he could find nothing to re
plevin. Conlisk said that he did order the goods
ascribed to him, in London, and intended
to pay for them, but won't do it now until
Davis & Co. stop these proceedings.
Mr. Wilson has engaged Lawyer Leroy
B. Crane to get his coat back. He says that
he was an old customer of two firms in Lon
don, and had always had as much credit as
he desired.
AYOICEFBOMTHEPAST.
The Illinois Supreme Court Slakes a De
cision on the Anarchists.
Ottawa, III., March 15. The Supreme
Court of Illinois denied to-day the motion
to correct the judgment in the case of Field
en and others against the people, and at last
the "Anarchist case" has been disposed of,
so far as the Supreme Court is concerned.
After the United States Supreme Court had
refused to grant a writ of error, and those
condemned to death had been executed and
the others were in the penitentiary, their
attorney moved the Supreme Court to
correct the judgment The particular
portion of the judgment sought to
be corrected is the wording of the first part
of the order, "Now on this day again came
the said parties," etc., the defendants' at
torneys urging that the parties were not, in
fact, present as recited in the order.
The Court in denying the motion, holds
that it has no original jurisdiction of par
ties in such cases, its office being to review
the record by the trial court and determine
whether error has entered into the trial.
The parties appeared in this court by attor
ney. It would be impossible under the law.
the Court says, to bring parties convicted of
a crime irom tne penitentiary or jau to tnis
court to be personally present when the rec
ord of their trial was reviewed and passed
upon.
THBEE NEGROES STRETCH HEMP.
A Trio of Colored Murderers Pay the Death
Penalty.
Little Bock, Abk., March 15. Three
negroes were hanged at Arkadelphia to-day
for murder. Their names were Dan Jones,
Anderson Mitchell and Willis Green, the
latter a preacher. Sheriff Abraham granted
either or all of them opportunity to make a
final statement Jones delivered himself at
'some length of a disconnected wandering
harangue, but Mitchell and Greeu main
tained a stolid silence.
Jones confessed in a measure his guilt
Jones was dead in 5 minutes, Mitchell in
5, and Green in 11. The bodies were low
ered at the expiration of 15 minutes. They
died in the exact order of the relative cour
age and nerve evidenced by the conduct of
each on the scaffold. Green wore a smile
and carried himself without a tremor;
Mitchell, though evidently not so strong
and self-possessed, was still firm and meas
urably indifferent, while Jones was pitiably
weak. He had to be helped up the steps
and was supported by a deputy on the trap.
While only 23 persons witnessed the execu
tion, many hundreds surged to and fro
around the inclosure.
C0KYICTS GOING INSANE
At Sins; Sing- Because There Is No Work
For Them.
Sing Sing, March 15. Edward Broder
ick, aged 19, and Joseph Trogan, aged 24,
were taken to-day to the Auburn Insane
Asylnm for convicts. About 11 o'clock
last night the prison officials were startled
by shrieks coming from the seventh gallery.
Ongoing to the cell of Martin Donnelly,
aged 22, who was serving a three years'
sentence, the keener found Donnelly crouch
ing in a corner calling to . someone to save
him from the devil. A light was placed in
his cell and Donnelly calmed down.
Principal Keeper Connaughton savs that
fhe men are going insane owing fS their
having no work. "I trust," he says, "that
the Legislature will do something very soon
for the convicts. If they don't, we will be
kept busy all summer sending insane pris
oners to the asylum." Warden Brush has
returned from Albany where he has been in
the interests of the repeal of the Yates
prison labor bill. He said to-day that he
now has hopes that the bill will be re
pealed, and that ihe prisoners will soon be
put to work.
COUNTERFEITERS ARRESTED.
The Secret Service Dlnkes an Important
Cirptnre In New York.
Washington, March 15. Chief Bell,
of secret service, received information to
night of the arrest of a gang of counterfeit
ers in New York City, who for several weeks
past have been successfully putting spurious
silver dollars into circulation. The officers
of the secret service this evening raided a
house in Eldridge street, where the counter
feit money was being made, and arrested
Bichard Fisher, his wife, and an Italian
named Bobert Juegler, whom they found
there.
They found in the house nine sets of plas
ter paris molds, a complete outfit of coun
terfeiter's tools and considerable spurious
coin. It is said that the gang, of which the
three persons arrested form a part,has given
the secret service officers a great deal of
trouble, and that Fisher is a skillful coun
terfeiter, with a good deal of shrewdness in
escaping detection.
He tins Friends In Baltimore.
A telegram was received at police head
quarters last night from Mrs. Catherine
Conner, at Baltimore, inquiring for Martin
Conner s condition, he being one of the
victims of the Munroe boiler explosion.
In Less Toon Three Rounds.
William Wagner and "Tony" Newmeyer
were'arrested by Officer Shaefer, at the cor
ner of South Twenty-second and Carson
streets, last night, while fighting. They
were locked up in the Twenty-eighth ward
station.
Not Exactly Ihe Best Policy.
Detectives Fitzgerald and Coulson yester
day arrested Charles Wunderlich and Lai
Cariga on charges of policy and lottery
dealing. Thev are alleged to be part of the
same gang that was arrested last week.
Wunderlich gave bail, and Cariga was com
mitted for hearing on Monday.
RPAIITV & described byEvelyn Malcolm
"-U I I in tomorrow's Dispatch, to
gether with several suggestions for preserving
it and increasing the fairness of a tcemarfs
face.
A LEADING AMATEUR'S DILEMMA.
Bis Wits Says Be Is Insane, but Ho Can't
Sea It.
rirXCXlX.TXLXGIUl'TO THZ SISrjLTCB.l
New Yobk, March 15. Emerson E.
Sterns, one of the editors oi the Art Ama
teur, and until recently an active member
of theTorrey Botanical Club, is in Bellevue
Hopital insane pavilion, and a number of
doctors are trying to find out whether he is
insane or not He was committed on
Thursday by Justice White at the Harlem
court, upon the. complaint of his wife, Mrs.
Mary J. Sterns. She went to Captain
O'Connor's police station house on Wednes
day afternoon, and said that she was afraid
her husband wonld do mischief, "fie says
that he is the second Christ" she Kd "ana
that he is going to make John L. Sullivan
go down oahis knees and beg for meror,
and that he will destroy New York in four
years."
A policeman went around to the flat at
526 East Eighty-fifth street The floor of
the front parlor was littered with books and
papers that Mr. Sterns had thrown out
Mrs. Stems said that he had seized her by
the throat and choked her, anihad declared
that he was going to Jamestown to bring
back to life her son, who had died seven
years ago. Mr. Sterns went to the station
house with the policeman soberly enough,
and didn't say a word when his wife said in
court that he was suffering from religious
mania. At Bellevue he insisted that he was
perfectly sane, and that the cause of his
commitment was that in a quarrel with his
wife he had inadvertently scratched her.
Dr. Douglass said to-day that as yet he
had discovered no proof of his insanity.
Mrs. Sterns told a Dispatch reporter, at
her home, that her husband's mind had
been upset by worry over a botanical gar
den project conceived by the Torrey
Botanical Club. She said that he had been
in an asylum ten years ago for religious
mania.
HIS WIFE A COLORED GIRL,
A White Clerk In u. Philadelphia Store
Chooses a Mulatto Bride.
ISrXCIAL TZXXOIJLX TO THX DISr ATOB.1
Mt. Hollt, N. J., March 15. Charles
J. Peters, who is about 25 years old, and is
a salesman in a Philadelphia store, married
Miss Sallie Chapman here on Wednesday.
He is white and she is a light-corn-plexioned
negro girl. 'Pastor Whittaker,
of the Mt Moriah African Methodist
church, perormed the ceremony. The bride
is a very pretty girl. The wedding was at
her parent's house. None of the colored
residents were aware of the marriage until
to-day, when .Mrs. Chapman, who is a
widow, and who is employed as a washer
woman and a house cleaner, imparted the
information to a servant in one of the fami
lies where she was employed.
The groom is now in Phlladelpnia, mak
ing arrangements to go to housekeeping in
West Washington street He makes no de
nial of the marriage, and says he was a free
agent and had a perfect right to marry
whom he saw fit That anyone should see
anything wrong about the match ex
cited the liveliest indignation on the
part of Mrs. Chapman. "Isn't our family
honest?" she said, in a manner that brooked
no denial. "Then why should not Sallie
marry him? She's a good girl. Mr. Peters
is a gentleman,, and has treated Sallie
right" Mr. Peters was made a double or
phan by the death of his father, about a year
Bo.
LENDING THE STATE'S M0NEL
That Is the Chsrge Acalnst a Batch of In
diana Officials.
Indianapolis, March 15. Philip M.
Gapen, Treasurer of the Insane Hospital
Board, has been arrested on a grand jury
capias charging him with embezzlement
The amount involved is $3,000. Gapen
loaned John E. Sullivan, the defaulting
County Treasurer, $4,700 of hospital funds,
f 1,700 of which' was paid, but a check for
the remainder, signed by Sullivan, came
back protested. Gapen brought suit against
the Meridian National Bank to recover the
$3,000, claiming that the bank had con
verted the money to its own use. Gapen was
released on $5,000 bail. -
It is reported that a partial investigation
of State Treasurer Lemeke's manner of
loaning funds to John E. Sullivan was also
made by the grand jury, hiid that it will
further go into the matter at the next sit
ting. Lemeke loaned Sullivan money, bnt
received it all back. The question on the
State Treasurer's case is whether the funds
loaned by Lemeke to B alii van were State
funds or not
CLEVELAND'S CABINET CALLERS,
Three of Bis Ex-Secretaries Visit Blra
at
Bis New York Office.
rSPICLU. TXLIOBJLX TO TBI DISrATCBYl
New Yobk, March 15. Among ex-President
Grover Cleveland's callers to-day were
ex-Secretaries Bayard, Endicott and Vilas.
Mr. Bayard is visiting his sister, Mrs. Lock
wood. Mr. Endicott is making preparations
for his trip to Europe, and Mr. Vilas is at
tending to private affairs. To-morrow night
Mr. Cleveland will speak at the dinner of
the Friendly Sons of St Patrick, at Del
monico's. On Monday morning, with ex-
Secretaries Bayard and Dickinson, he will
start by rail for Cuba by way of Tampa and
the steamship Olivette. They expect to he
gone about ten days. The bankers' dinner
to Mr. Cleveland has been dropped.
Mothers, Brina the Children,
Before it is too late, to the Elite Gallery,
516 Market street Pittsburg. Use elevator.
Cabinets, $1 per doz.
Jos. McKee, Jeweler, 13 Fifth Ave., Will
Kemove
April 1 to 420 Smithfield street, one door
from Diamond street. Reduction of 20 per
cent on all goods until then.
The People's Store.
We are still doing business at our tempo
rary quarters, 531 and 533 Wood st
On and after Thursday, March 21, come
to the new store on the old stand, 83, 85, 87
and 89'Fifth ave. That we shall show you
a stock worth looking at goes without say
ing. Campbell & Dick, d
Jas. McKee, Jeweler, Will Remove April 1
To No. 420 Smithfield street Save 20 per
cent on diamonds, watches, clocks, jewelry,
etc., until then.
3,000 doz. regular made plain and striped
imported ladies' hose, 12Jc; genuine fast
black onyx, 25o a pair,
at uosenbaum &
xhs
Uo.'s.
Evebybody goes to the Elite Gallery.
516 Market street Finest photographs ana
lowest prices. Bring the little ones.
Look at the hosiery bargains this week at
Bosenbaum & Co.'s. Ths
Fisk, Clabk & Flagg's puff scarfs,
spring styles.
James H. Aiken & Co., 100 Fifth ave.
L. C. Bubwell, Esq., of the Hartford
Boiler Insurance Co., will lecture to-night,
at Curry University, on "Modern Tubular
Boilers."
CHINESE LABOR. JSVUSS:
row's Dispatch pices a detailed and inter
esting account of labor in China, the wages
paid and the work of their powerful trades
unions.
piDT V INC recounts some of his wild
winr I IMiH experiences in chasing and
fighting Apache entile thieves through the
Verde Valley, Arizona, in tomorrows Dis
patch. DIED.
TBACEY At his late residence, S2S Market
street Allegheny, on Saturday, March IS, 1889,
atlA.K,PATBicxT8AcxT;la the Ctthyear
of his age.
Notice of funeral hereafter.
QUEER COMBIMM
Bnmed-Out Philadelphia Market
Keepers Move Into a Theater.
CABBAGES AHD COMIC OPERETTA.
One Quaker Customer Eefasea to Ester tb
' FrivoluM Pkce, ' '
BET MIKES THE DEALERS COME 10 HIS,
Tesrjerary expedient Which furnishes Suae
LiBjhails Situations.
The burning of the Philadelphia market
house two weeks ago has forced the dealers
to repair to the Casino; a favorite summer
theater. The resujt is a number of decided
ly queer combinations. Produce, live stock:
and fancy scenery are jumbled together I
decidedly chaotic confusion.
Philadelphia, March 15. With its'
orchestra box full of push carts and oyster
shells, a slain hog grinning war down front
in the parquet and a stage arrangement that
would seem odd even in a had drama of
Dr, Landis, the Casino, Philadelphia's
summerlhouse of light opera, opened for the.
spring season yesterday as a temporary
market house.
A larffe and dissatmns fira rfpatrnvinor tint
i3road and Columbia Avenue Market dur
ing the night nearly two weeks ago, the
marketmen arriving next morning found to
their horror that even their weights and
measures that it had taken scientific discus
sion with the inspectors to get right had
been destroyed. A scene ot confusion fol
lowed, whereupon a committee of market
men consisting of P. J. Brenman, H. Hine
man, L. Lesser, A. J. Pusey andF. Korthaft
was appointed to secure new quarters. The
committee decided upon the Casino, a few
doors above the site of the late market, and,
after negotiation with Mr., Blackburn, tho
owner, which is not down in the libretto,
secured It temporarily at $100 a week and
the refusal of the place until June at th
price of $17,000.
opening scene.
The scene opened yesterday upon tha
marketmen moving into the Casino and its
formal opening as a public market The
cast is so large that it is not confined to tha
stage, but is scattered all over the house.
Outside on the boards is still announced
"Admission 10 cents," but the marketmen
say it will have to come down. They state,
that the admission is free, but remain sin
gularly silent about the cost of getting out
The box office h full of harness, and is
occupied by a discomfited harnessmaker,
who feels that he has a grievance. Tho
whole stage is set with the severest scenery
of pine boarding nnpainted, and presents a
joint tailor and plumber shop in rivalrr to
the "Little Tin Soldier." The complica
tions arising are inst as amusing, two-inch
pipe the size of dude legs often being found
modestly hidden In wide trousers.
From both the lower boxes were seen a lot
of cabbage heads,but the manager swore to a
reporter it was not done on purpose and had
no significance. He said he would take
them out and put them down in the front
row to avoid publicity. Tha butchers all
have stalls down front on the middle aisla
and say they feel quite English. The
comedian of tne company is a butcher with
a bald head, from Bucks county, who is
tearing out part of the orchestra box to get
nearer the stage.
A CEOWDED HOUSE.
A fat hog occupies two seats near his stall
and yet the house is crowded. A lot of
mutton heads nicely dressed may also ba
seen in the parquet Among other charac
ters are "Carroty," a huckster from Hes
tonville, who believes that the liye fire was
incendiary and looks upon the most inno
cent private citizen with suspicion. Tho
old lady who is opposed to going fnto a
"play theater" under any circumstances
has her marketing brought out to her on
Broad street by her exasperated egg and
butter man, whom she reminds of her long
patronage with bitter reproach at his de
generation.
Gushing spinsters now languidly insist
upon sitting down in the family circle and
having their butcher and milkman coma'
and take tbeir orders. Over in the south
east corner is set a pretty fishery scene, with
real fishermen, real scales, real fish, and tha
real odor which is left out of so many of our
best fishery scenes. In the background is
the notice: "Smoking prohibited only on
the balconv." A lot of bad eggs, so much
feared by the common run of actors, were
present and caused no alarm.
Tbe floor is laid in tiers, and a fat butcher,
forgetting this in a moment of abstraction,
stumbled at the first sharp decline and was,
sent forward on a dead run down the middle,
aisle with his cleaver raised threateningly
in the air. The plumber's boy saw him jusf
as he was about to clear the orchestra dox
and with a wild shriek fled back into the
flies. This little bit oi comedy business
caught the house.
DYNAMITE 8EEM038 TOO 8TE0NG.
An Evansellst Hopes Bis Feather Dustey
Talks Will Do the Business?
rsrzcLii. tzlxoiux to tsz distxjcb.1
Jeesey City, March 15. The revival
services that have been going on in tha
Congregationalist Church, under tha
management of Mr. Lincoln Sing, tha
evangelist, for a week, were brought
to an end last night by ths
announcement that the' services would bo'
discontinued. Mr. King is a Western man,'
and he brought his Western style of preach,
ing to Jersey City. His first sermon created
trouble. He" told Western stories in the pul
pit, and he said Jersey City was rotten. Mr.
Scudder, the pastor of the church, advised
him to preach in a different strain, and for
two nights he did. His sermons fell flat
He asked to be permitted to have his own
way again, and nis request was granted.
Yesterday Mr. Scudder said that owing?
to the fact that Mr. King's way was unu
sual, the people were not satisfied with it,'
and things had better stop where they
were. Last night Mr. King himself an
nounced that he would preach no more.
He bade good-bye to his congregation forever-
He apologized for anything ha
might have said to hurt anybody's feel
ing, and said he didn't think it right
that people shonld talk about him dispar
agingly, because he told tough stories. Ha
told them from choice, he said, and not bo
cause he could not tell refined stones if he
wanted to.
"When I am gone, he said, "and yoa
think of me, I hope you will decide that
that wild Western fellow was not such a
bad fellow, after all, and if I ever come here
again. I hope that it won't be necessary for
me to preach any more dynamite sermons
at you to drive you to heaven, bnt that my
feather-duster sermons will -do the wort.
Good-by."
DEITEN TO SESPAIE BI EEM0ESE.
A Nephew of Congressman Whltthorne Ends)
Bis Ufa with Posos.
rtnCUL TX1XOBAX TO TUX DISrjLTCH.l
BDJMiNOHAar, Ala., March 15. W. W.
Thomas, a nephew of Congressman W. C.
Whltthorne, of Tennessee, committed sui
cide in this city to-day by taking poison.
From letters found in his room it appears
that remorse drove him to the deed. Ha
has a wife and child in Goldsboro, N. 0.,
and another wife in this city.
Thomas was a reporter and telegraph
operator, but recently has been drinking;
heavily and has been ont of employment
He left a letter addressed to hii uncle, Con
gressman Whittborne.
CLARA BEU.Sj
sipy article on ihe Lenten diversions of Sets
York society and describe the pretty staff of.
wtv 0O4VCMW. Army,
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