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WON ASJETCTIVE,
Bliss II. J. Cusack Gains Ac
cess to a Convent.
m TOT SINGULAE STOEY.
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Ms Sister Gonzalez Illegally Immured
at Diimont?
WHAT HISS CUSACK'DISCOYEEED
Tate on Wednesday-evening a letter was
received from Miss M. J. Cnsack, the Hun
of Kenmare, asking The Dispatc5 to in
vesticate the case of Sister Gonzalez, of the
nUrsnline Convent, who recently was placed
in Diimont as insane. Having no desire to
"be onesided or unfair. The Dispatch
waited until yesterday, and sent a reporter
to Diimont to see what could be learned.
"In what follows is an interview with Dr.
Hutchinson and the Numof Kenraare's let
ter, which runs thus:
A Case lor Investigation In ttbe -Interest of
Humanity.
To trie Editor of The UIsDltct:
I appeal to the public of Pittsburg, Protestant
and Catholic, to call for an inquiry into the
..case of the Ursuline Sister who has been sent
;to Dixmont Lunatic Asylum. It may be asked
"why I, a stranger, should interfere in such a
matter. I do so for the best of reasons be
cause I have known cases in which Sisters have
teen sent to lunatic asylums withoutvjn the
knowledge of their Roman Catholic relatives.
and treated most cruelly, the sole cause-of their J
Imprisonment being that they protestea against
evil.
AM-rSIOlT TO THE BISHOP.
In this case there is well-known to have been
so much trouble between the Bishop and the
Bisters that, in justice to all concerned, the
strictest Inquiries should be made. Surely
priests should not be allowed to be the judge
and jury in their own case. I know the horror
and terror endured ty one Sister, who, though
perfectly sane, was committed to an asylum. I
know also how easily a person, and above all a
Sister, can be represented as insane, and how
political Influence will be nsed to have this
cruel punlsbmentdnflicted. M. J. Cusack,
(TheNun of Kenmare.)
"With the above letter in his possession, a
Dispatch reporter went to Diimont, bent
on a little private investigation of his own.
Arriving at the asylum, Dr. Hutchinson
was seen, and when the letter was shown,
and the reporter hadstated his errand, the
medical gentleman said:
"Urn 1 reporter, eh? "Well, I don't see
anything to make a fuss about. Sister
Gonzalez is here, of course, but she was com
mitted by due process of law. She is under
no more restraint than any other patient in
her condition, and is cheerful and content
ed. She realizes, in a measure, what is the
matter with her, and is annous to recover.
She passes her time sewing, quilting and
doing fancy work, and I eipect her complete
recovery in a few months. At present she
is phvsically ran down, so to speak, but her
health is mending, and as hef physical con
dition improves her mental condition will
Seep pace with it. She has no particular
hallucination, and, while I do not wish to
mix religion in the thing, I think her in
sanity was caused by the troubles at the
convent"
"How about seeing her?" ventured the
reporter.
JfOT SEEING ANYBODY.
"Well, her friends have been allowed to
see her until lately, when she said that she
wished to see no more visitors, as seeing
them made her homesick. I then issued
orders to that effect. There is really no
basis for such a letter as Hiss Cusack
writes. If Sister Gonzalez were sane and
confined here against her will, I individu
als would be liable to imprisonment; and X
assure you that I am not courting any such
irsixet. Sister Gonzalez is a very quiet pa
tient, and the 2fun of Kenmare will do
more harm than good by sending these let
ters to the papers to be published, because
the patient, who is allowed to read, will see
them, and such things tend to excite her or
any other person in her condition."
Xesterdaythe Nun of Kenmare visited
the Ursuline Convent accompanied by a
Pittsburg lady, a friend tt Mother Al
phonse, the deposed Superioress. Miss
Cusack was introduced as an English lady,
and she says she had no trouble in seeing
Mother Alphonse and the Sisters who ad
here to her. Iiast night the Nun of Ken
mare furnished the following interview of
what she saw to a reporter of the Pittsburg
News Agency, and it was furnished to all
the morning papers. In the interview Miss
Cnsack says:
"We were shown into the rooms occupied
by Mother Alphonse and the other French
sisters. I did not make myself known to
Mother Alphonse, but, as soon as she was
informed that I spoke French and was in
sympathy with her, the reservi" that might
have been expected in communication with
a stranger disappeared.
the nun's stout.
"I was introduced to a sister who spoke
no English at ail, and she told me the whole
story of the division in the convent and
what has come of it. How the French Sisters,
after building one of the most splendid con
Tents in the country, were deposed is well
known to all Pittsbureers. But it Is not
known that these same Sistere, in this nine
teenth century and right in the midst
of its proudest civilization, are under
going hardships which are the re
finement of cruelty, and which can only
have one end insanity or the grave. They
Vare debarred from communication with the
balance of the household, are confined in a
lew rooms, improperly fed and clothed and
are even denied the consolation of needle
work, so dear to every French woman's
heart. It is not fair, perhaps, to charge that
ithis restriction of liberty and deprivation of
L H.
comfort and necessities is due to an ulterior
purpose on the part of those iu authority,
but it looks very mnch that -nay.
"One ol the chief objects of my visit to the
convent was to ascertain the truth concern
ing Sister Gonzalez, one of the adherents of
.Mother Alphonse, who was recently taken
to Diimont. I learned that there is no
doubt of her insanity, and that Dizmont is
probably the best place for her. Mother
Alphonse distinctly declares that the re
striction of her liberty is responsible for the
insanity of Sister Gonzalez in other words,
that she was driven insane. How long it
will be before her companions join her in
Diimont I would not like to conjecture.
They cannot long endure their present con
dition and remain sane.
"The hardships of the French Ursuline
Sisters," continued Miss Cusack, "are ag
gravated by the fact that it was their money
that built the splendid edifice that is now
their prison, and that they are eager to re
ctum to France if they can get back what
belongs to them.
she met a sister.
"On the way out of the convent I met a
sister of Mother Gertrude, the present
liMotber Superior (there are three of the
Burns sisters in the convent, I believe). I
wss surprised to have her tell me that she
disapproved of the treatment of the French
Sifters; that for a long time she has not
spoken to the members of the faction now in
control, and is also undergoing many hard
ships. I 'gathered from her talk that
Mother Gertrude was not the willing op
pressor of the French Sisters, but was mere-
sly carryiug out the directions of her
superiors.
V'I, ...... mnw Km tl. rnrttc T nn. 5
M., HUdM.,, Uiaj W- ..... .Hwve, .& ukU U11IK
EAlo the bottom oi this case. "What I shall do
. am not now prepared to say. Bnt I shall
E"3iot restas long as there is a possibility of
Wreucb Sisters."
;-A call was made at Bishop Pbelan's resi
dence last evening to set iiis side of the
slftory. but the Bishop was out of the citv.
VAtihe convent the buildings are closed
frfjjtr dark, and it was needless to try to see
fthe Mother Snneriar.
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UNEMPLOYED CRIMINALS.
The Barrel Factory Closed Oat at the Work
honae Pipe Lines Hnvo Rained (he
Cooper Trade.
The regular monthly meeting of the Alle
gheny County "Workhouse, Managers was
held iu the office of the institution at Cl&re
mont yesterday afternoon. Tbe condition
of affairs at the works was pretty thoroughly
discussed, but very little business, outside of
approving monthly bills and pay rolls, was
transacted.
The managers are in a sort of quandary
just now over the question of how to find
employment for several hundred inmates.
The barrel factory is practically idle. For
merly 300 to 350 men were employed in the
establishment, and 700 barrels were made
daily. The business nas dropped off until
scarcely that many are turned out in a week.
There has not been a barrel made this week.
Superintendent "Warner said yesterday:
"Tbe change in the manner of transport
ing oil to the East has been a hard blow for
us. The Bear Creek refinery formerly took
all the barrels we could turn out. Now oil
is transported in tanks and pipe lines, and
we have scarcely anything to do. "We can
find some employment for our nhort term
people, but we will still have nearly 200
prisoners who will be entirely idle."
"Is there anything contemplated as a sub
stitute for the barrel industry to furnish
work for the men?" was asked.
"Nothing particularly. It is hard to tell
how long the present dull season will last.
"We have been in the same condition before,
bnt it never lasted so long."
There are 646 prisoners in the workhouse
now, and as the winter is here the number
will sjon be increased, so that unless some
thing is done to provide a substitute for the
barrel factory, hundreds of the inmates will
put in Idle months. Superintendent "War
ner is very much pleased with thelaslmeet
ing of the National Prison Association, re
cently held in Nashville, Tenn. "It was an
interesting meeting, said ne. Jfrison
government was lully discussed. There
were no important changes in the rules for
the government of prisons, and (nothing at
ail was done that will auect any of the local
institutions. This was the second meeting
in the South, and it was held down there
this year for the purpose of interesting the
Southern managers in the matter of prison
reform."
"How do! the Southern prisons compare
with those of the North?"
"They are not to be compared at all,
although both meetings of the national as
sociation have had a good effect, and some
good reports may be expected from the
South in the future. Some have already
been received. The death rate in the Ala
bama prison last year was reduced 11 2-5 per
cent over the previous year, and that of the
Tennessee institution was reduced 6 per cent.
That is a considerable improvement, and
yet when it is remembered that taking the
19 years that the Allegheny County "Work
house has been in existence, in which time
over 48,000 prisoners have been admitted,
the death rate has been less than one-fourth
ofl per cent, there is still some room for
work among the Southern prisons."
"Will you account for this difference in
records?"
"It is very plain.4 The difference in the
condition of the institutions, bow they are
managed and cared for tells the story.
BAKDALL CLUB ELECTION.
A Bis and Harmonious Meeting of tho
Crack Democratic Club.
The election of officers for the ensuing
year took place at the Randall clnb last
night, when the following gentlemen were
elected: President, Frank J. Weixel; Vice
Presidents, John M. Crickart, Herman
Handle, Joan "W. Echoles; Becording
Secretary, Edward Busman; Treasurer, H.
T. Morris; Corresponding Secretary, John
J. O'Leary; Trustees John J. Fletcher, H.
Mamaux, T. O'liearv, Jr., John O'Neil,
Lew Cella, John J. Kane. Seventeen new
members were elected.
A committee of three, consisting of John
E. McCrickan, J. J. McCaffary, and J. J.
McCane was appointed to meet a similar
committee from the County Democracy to
fill vacancies on the city committee, before
the coming Mayoralty election. The fact
of the clubs taking coincident action, may
mean that a candidate for Mayor has been
chosen, who will be acceptable to both
clubs. Mr. McCaffary threw out a hint
that it . : possibl : J ndge Bailey will be the
nominee of the Democratic party.
The following resolution was passed by
the club on the death of O. H. Fergusson: "
Whereas, The members of tbe Randall
Club bare beard with pain and deop sorrow of
the death of our honored member, O. H.
Fergusson; therefore be it
Resolved, mat nis noDie qualities as a mem
ber and his rare worth as a man have endeared
him to all of us in a remarkable degree.
Resolved, That our profound sympathy he
extended to his family in their great bereave
ment. Resolved, That the flae ot the clnb be placed
at half-mast until after tbe burial of the de
ceased, and tbe hall of the clnb draped in
mourning for the space of 30 days.
ALLEGHENY C0MH1TTEES.
The Terr Important Business Transacted
by Them Last Night.
The Gss Committee of Allegheny met last
'night, and approved bills amounting to
5875 99.
The City Property Committee was re
quested to put in a sewer on Braddock
street, near the electric lieht plant.
It was reported to tbe committee that a 1
solid foundation could not be secured for
the electric light plant. The superintendent
of gas, city engineer and the architect of the
new bnilding were appointed to look into
the matter and act as they think best.
The Committee on Streets and Sewers
also met last night The ordinance for the
repaying of Stockton avenue was amended
to include the street from Federal street to
Union avenue. It was also decided to
amend the ordinance for the improvement
of the streets about the new library build
ing, making the pavement on Ohio street
asphalt instead of block asphalt.
This committee will meet in special ses
sion Tuesday evening, December 17to con
sider the plans for the improvement of the
Butchers' run flood district. All interested
citizens are requested to attend the meeting.
DRIFTING TO THE LEE.
The Mysteriously Assaulted Man Dying; In
the Sontbslde Hospital.
It was reported last night that "William
Dean, the man in the Southside Hospital
suffering with a fractured skull, might not
live until morning. He is sinking rapidly,
and cannot possibly recover.
The theory that he was assaulted is being
revived again. Dr. Prossman said last
night that he made a careful examination
of Dean's injuries, and found that there
were no evidences of rugged bruises or cuts
such as a man would be likely to receive
through a falL The cut on the head is a
clean one, and is the only one about Dean's
body.
The police have not been able to discover
any clew by which they can substantiate
the theory that Dean was assaulted, and are
inclined to believe that the man tell from
the trestle while drunk.
Brnddoclc Office.
Burgess Shallenberger, of Braddock, will
be a candidate for re-election next spring,
and will be opposed by Georce F.' Sims and
Alexander Campbell. For Borough Justice
of the Peace, George H. Clementson and
"W. "W. McCleary are candidates ; and for
Township Justice, Joe L. Campbell and
Thomas Lowry.
Sad End of the First Lesson In Whittling.
Two" weeks ago the 3-year-old son of Mr.
John Schwartz, of Corabpolis, Pa., had a
present of a knile and began whittling to
ward him. Almost instantly it slipped and
was driven deep into his right eye. All ef
forts to save the eye were unavailing, and
yesterday Ur. Sadler removed the ball.
?THB,
EN&INES IN QUESTION
Fopnlar Opinion Touching tbe Amos
keag's Latest Exhibition.
CHIEF EVANS IN ITS DEFENSE.
A Detective Smelling Oat the Origin of the
Simultaneous Flames.
LATER INCIDENTS OP THE ETENT
Exciting altercations took place among
citizens relative both to the power of some
of the engines employed and as to the man
agement of the fire. Mr. T. J. Blackmore,
whose place of business is directly opposite
the Monongahela House, states that the
stream of one of the'engines was unable to
break the glass iu the fourth story windows,
and he seemed to think that as a fire ex
tinguisher it was ot mighty little use.
A friend of the Amoskeag engines in
sisted that they did good work, but that the
engine in question was so far away from the
bnilding as to be powerless for good. He
thought it might have been placed closer.
An insurance man demanded to know why
the standpipe at the southeast corner of the
building was not utilized.
A number of New York traveling men
who watched the conflagration with the keen
eyesof cosmopolitans, applauded thebravery
of the firemen, and their energy, but jeered
at the engines in use. One remark made
by a man who would never run to a fire
while walking was good, was overheard by a
Dispatch representative. He said:
"Well, if those are the best engines Pitts
bure has,it's a surprise tbe whole town does
not burn." His opiuion was taken up very
generally and the crowd, which surged
around the fire ropes, made all manner of re
marks uncomplimentary to the Amoskeag
engines. It was apparent that something
was wrong, either with the engines or their
direction.
AMOSKEAG ADMIEEE3 PLENTY.
On the other hand Mr. H. M. Long said
he was an old fireman and felt competent to
judge, and he held that the department did
the nest that could be expected of it under
the circumstances. Mr. Long did not ex
press any opinion as to the power of the
engines.
Inspectors McAleese and McKelvey, both
old firemen, who were on the spot from the
time the fire started, until it was ex
tinguished, said that they had seldom seen
a fire better handled, the best proof of which
was in the fact that the building was still
standing.
-r Chief Evans, of the Fire Bureau, was
asked concerning the alleged incapacity of
the No. 1 Amoskeag engines last night, and
said:
That is tbe simplest nonsense in tbe world.
Neither of the No. 1 Amoskeag engines played
an outside stream. No. 2 had three streams
running, one into the cellar, where the fire
originated, and two up the stairs to the roof,
so that we could cut off any of the lines as we
quencbed tbe nre m one place or anotner,
alternating the streams. The line up the
ladder on Water street got away from the two
men who bad bold of it, as the stream was too
strong, and we found it impossible to get near
the building on account of the wires. We
could cut tbe single wires, but the cables we
could not get away with, and the same diffi
culty existed in other places.
As for the talk about being unable to throw
a stream to the top of the bnilding engines Nos
4 and 5 were the only ones that threw from the
outside, both carrying two streams. I will
venture to take any third-class, harp tank en
gine and throw a stream on top of the building
notwithstanding the comments of the curb
stone engineers who can always tell more than
the firemen.
LOCATION OP -WOBK.
Both Nos. 2 and S, the first-class engines, were
doing inside -nork underneath and on the roof,
and were not doing the pinnacle act at all, the
men handling them knowing well that tbe place
to hi t a fire Is right where it is burnimr. As far
as the power of tbe engine is concerned, I can
give you an instance right from this very nre.
When wo were coiling up before going away
we saw a board lying across the telegraph
wires, and, to prevent its falling on myone's
head, coupled on a length of hose and shot a
stream at the board. It was thrown 30 feet Into
tbe air when struck by tbe stream and put out
of barm's way. Idon't want to be considered a
bettine man, but I think I can risk 1500 that
this engine can outplay and squirt over any
thing in the country of a different make.
Engineer Daniel Eccles, of No. 2 Engine
Company, said that he had 170 to 180 pounds
water pressure on the engine during the fire,
and 90 pounds of steam. Tho engine was
fixed to blow off at 95 pounds, so that it
conld never have got above that pressure.
"As for the capacity of the engine," re
marked the veteran engineer, "why, we
could play all over the town."
THE INSURANCE POLICIES SAFE.
The Owners Were Ember Anxious to Make
Snro ThereoC
"When appearances indicated that the
whole building would be swept away, Mr.
Anderson secured the policies of insurance
and other important papers and placed
them in the hands of E. D. Wingenroth,
the real estate representative of the lessees
of the building. The insurance policies
were during the afternoon, examined in
Mr. "Wingenroth's office, by the owners,
their attorneys and numerous representa
tives of the insurance agencies involved in
tbe loss.
The policies remain in the possession of
jsir. Wingcnrothnntu further developments.
By the terms of the lease Messrs. Anderson
&"Woogwere to maintain the insurance
upon the building. The owners were, there
fore, somewhat anxious to see that the poli
cies were all right and in negotiable, or,
rather collectable shape.
It was stated from an inside source that
there was $160,000 insurance upon the build
ing and 545,000 upon the furniture. The
distribution between local and foreign com
panies is said to be quite impartial.
SPECULATIONS G1YEN F0KM.
The Origin of tbe Fire Seems to Worry n
Frw Citizens.
There are still grave doubts as to the
origin of tbe fire and (be choice of position,
if choice there were, could not have been
better calculated for a piece of successful in
cendiarism. It is stated by persons who
were among the first on the ground that two
fires had been started, one under the drag
store and the other 40 feet distant at the foot
of the elevator, where a quantity of oil was
stored, and old boards and boxes saturated
with oil were scattered around.
The two places where the fire is said to
have started were separated by a stone wall
in the cellar, and the attention of the police
was called to the subject last evening. An
investigation will be made to-day.
NO SALE INTENDED.
The Story of the Trantfcr of the Monon
sahetn Property Incorrect.
It was published in one of tbe evening
papers yesterday that the Monongahela
House was about to be sold to "W. H.
Holmes & Son, the wholesale liquor dealers,
for $450,000. Mr. Charles J. Clarke, one of
the owners of the property, said last
evening that there was no truth in that
story, that there was no intention of selling
the property to anybody.
A gentleman who was authorized to speak
for the firm, mentioned as a possible pur
chaser, said last night that the firm had
offered to bny.out either Mr. Anderson's or
Mr. "Woog's interest in the lease, and to as
sume all liabilities of the interest pur
chased. DR. 0KR AUKBSTED
While Attempting to Enter tho Burning;
Bnilding He Was Taken Into Custody.
During the heighth of the excitement at
the fire Dr. J. P. Orr, of Second avenue,
attempted to rush up the stairs of
the .hoteL He was palled v back
JTHSBTTBB'
several times by Chief Brown's finest, and
tried to force his way upstairs, ' After sev
eral efforts to storxhim Inspector McAleese
gave an order which resulted in the re
moval of Dr. Ofr to Central station, where
he was held on a charge of interfering with
and obstructing the police.
Later he secured bail. He claims that it
was entirely owing to malice that Inspector
McAleese ordered him into custody, and he
threatens a suit for damages.
HASTINGS SPEECHIFIES.
Tho Tariff Clnb Hear tho Bellefontian's
Eloqnence The Annual Election of
Officers Takes Finer,
General D. H. Hastings was given a re
ception last evening at the Toung Men's
Bepublican Tariff Club. It was the regular
December meeting of the clnb, and about
175 members were present Every chair in
the assembly hall was occupied. Among
those present were C. L. Magee and "William
Flinn.
The special business of the meeting was
the nomination of candidates for the club
offices. The election is to be held on Thurs
day evening, January 2, and the nomina
tions were made in opes meeting. There
was some expectation of a lively contest be
tween Coroner McDowell and Hon. A. C.
Robertson for the Presidency of the clnb,
but it did not occur. President Thomas M.
McFarland was renominated, without an
opponent being mentioned. The following
nominations were made, the contests being
only for First Vice President and Treasurer.
President, Thomas M. McFarland: First Vice
President. Heber McDowell and H. P. Ford;
Second Vice President, Thomas W. Baker;
Corresponding Secretary. Thomas R, Perry;
Recording Secretary, H. Grant Miller; Finan
cial Secretary, George N. Trcusch; Treasurer,
John F. Geissenhainer and Thomas G. McClure;
Directors, William B. Klrker, William Flinn,
C. L. Magee, Morris W. Mead. William H. Mc
Cleary, John Dovle, Gamble Weir, E. N.
Randolph, W. C. McKinley, James Riddle, M.
J. Price, Heber McDowell, A. O. Robertson. T.
G. McClure, D. K. McGunnegle, D. Sandusky,
H. P. Ford, John Gripp, John F. Geissen
hainer, Robert Berry, John McCance, Fred W.
Edwards, George W. Miller. H. E. Stewart, W.
J. T. Saint, Philip B. Flinn and William Cbates.
Ten directors are to be elected out of the list of
27 nominated.
While the meeting was in progress it was
announced that General D. H. Hastings had
just arrived in tbe city and was at the
Hotel Anderson. The president was author
ized to appoint a committee to visit the
hotel and ask the General to accept the
hospitality of tbe club. Tbe president ap
pointed "W. H. McCleary, A. C. Bobertson
and H. P. Ford. They wenf to the hotel,
and at about 10 o'clock they appeared at the
club with General Hastings. As the tall,
straight figure ol the Adjutant General was
seen, he was saluted with ringing cheers.
President McFarland introduced the Gen
eral to the club. He said that at the time
the club quarters were dedicated, tbe mem
bers had desired to have General Hastings
with them, but that gentleman was then un
able to be present. He had at last been
captured, and he knew that the club wonld
like to hear a speech from a man so
eminent in the civil and military life of the
Commonwealth.
General Hastings spoke about ten min
utes and received frequent applanse. He ex
pressed his pleasure over the occasion. He
remembered the Tariff club when he was
here last September. He had then met
many of its members and was glad to be un
der its roof. The Tariff club,, he was sure,
was doing good work. All tbe clubs of the
State were doing well, and the recent
strong growth of the club system was mak
ing itself felt in the Bepublican work. It
showed excellent results in the last elec
tion. It was bound to reveal better results
in the future, in preserving the Bepublican
principles to the people of Pennsylvania.
"The people of this Commonwealth," he
said, "adhered to Bepnblicanism because
that meant the continuance of tariff protec
tion. Pennsylvaniaus know practically
what are the benefits of the protective sys
tem, and cannot be persuaded from their af
fection for it by the speciousness of theo
rists. On the motion of Coroner McDowell the
hospitality of the club was unanimously
tendered to General Hastings, during, his
stay in the ity.
After the formal meeting was adjourned
General Hastings was given a hearty recep
tion by the members. He shook hands with
nearly every one of,them, and remained at
the club rooms, in social intercourse, until
nearly midnight.
The General is enjoying the best of health,
and is looking robust and good tempered.
He has been over the State to some extent
recently, and finds Republicans everywhere
hopeful and in good shape politically. He
will remain at the Hotel Anderson until
noon to-day, when he will leave for his
home in Bellefonte.
WILL KICK FOR BIG STUFF,
Lawrence Bank Depositors Will Present
818,000 Worth of Checks To-Day.
The depositors' committee of the Law
rence Bank are not going to be caught
napping. Senator TTpperman with the de
positors' committee will present to-day three
checks to Cashier Hoerr for payment. One
will be for $15,000 and another for $3,000.
The Senator said the bank officials might, if
they were tricky, easily oust them from
their position for 30 days, if after the lapse
of 29 days they paid tbe three checks pre
sented on "Wednesday, which only amounted
to $500.
By demanding payment for larger
amount, the Senator thinks the bank can
not pay them, and in this way they will
gain the end they have in view. All the
checks which the bank refuse to honor, the
Senator said, will be sent to the Auditor
General as protested checks.
HITHER AND THITHER.
Movements of Plttbnrger and Others
of
Wide Acquaintance.
H. Myers, general superintendent of
the American Express Company at Cleveland,
arrived in the city last evening. He will spend
several days here inspecting tbe service, and
will be the guest of local agent M. E. Vaiilant.
Bev. Fathers Jerome Kearney, pastor
of St. Bridget's Church, of this city, and James
Nolan, of McKecsport, have gone to Florida to
spend the winter. Both of them have been in
ill health for months.
H. H. Swaney, T. C. Jones and Samnel
B. Carothers. of McKTeesport, are candidates
for the legislature. Thomas Tilbrook is out
for the office ot burgess.
W. M. Clark, commercial agent of the
Missouri Pacific Railroad in this city, left last
evening for Hew York on business connected
with tho company.
Major James P. Speer, vice president
Freehold Bank, left last night for New York.
LOCAL ITEMS, LIMITED.
Incidents of n Day In Two Cities Condensed
for Bendy Rending.
Acme Council Ho. 219. Jr. O. U. A M., was
paid a fraternal visit last night by members of
Suquesno Conncil No. D.Q. BunkerHill Council
109 and Southsido Conncil 171. Several ad
dresses were made touching the proposer! con
solidation of all patriotic orders and otli -topics.
The Acme boys made It pleasant for the
visitors.
Butcheb Jonif Wise, of Braddock, was
railroaded by Agent O'Brien yesterday. Wise
had been plaving pig-sticking with a steel In
strument. inflicting very serious injuries. A
telephone message brought Agent O'Brien to
Braddock and Wise was arrested and com
mitted by 'Squire Holtzman for court.
TA Hunoabiah who had been struck on the
foot with a pick and severely injured, while
working on tho Ft. Wayne road, was brought to
tho Allegheny General Hospital. His name
conld not be pronounced.
Hkwbt Fahnestock, a workman for Bums
& Jahn, was kicked in the abdomen by a horse,
and was taken to Mercy Hospital. He lives on
Lincoln avenue. His recovery Is doubtful.
Haehy Canovas was arrested at his home.
No. 2519 Sidncv street, while flourishing a
knife and mating things lively for the famfly.
He was locked up to cool off.
Chas. kjizFEBT, of Bloomfleld, fell from a
window in his bouse yesterday, sustaining a ,
slight fracture of the skull. He Is attended by
Dr. Gacrtnec- '
LAUGH AND GROWEAT
fiye and Riley, the Princes of Fan
makefs, Appear Here.
THEY DIDB'T PEDDLE CHESTBDTS.
Stories, Witticisms, Pathos, Batho3 and
Jests Their Weapons.
A GKEAT DUAL EflTEETAIMENT
If the old saw "laugh and grow fat" were
literally true the corpulency of the hearers
of the Nye-BIIey lecture last evening would
have been merrily augmented. The closing
act of the screaming farce was when every
body had left the hall and the janitor
swooped around and gathered up a quart of
buttons.
Fan and merriment reigned iu various
stages the whole evening through, princi
pally the superlative stage, however, and
the faces of the audience in the different
contortions that excessive mirth produced
were a side-splitting study iu themselves.
The capacity of the hall and galleries was
taxed to the utmost to accommodate the
laughing, shaking mass of humanity.
Round after round of applause, and peal
after peal of laughter, greeted the humor
ists at every move, word and look.
The fun commenced when Nye, in a dress
suit, pair of glasses and bald head, informed
the audience that he was fond of rural
sports; that he especially enjoyed fox hunt
iucr. and he wanted a good red or grey fox
'that would come home nights. He said he
owned one once, but it had a fashion of get
ting in the pound just when he wanted to
hunt it. And it was dreadfully inconvenient
to have to search all over town for the fox
you were going to hunt after the party were
all mounted, he said.
THE POX THAT PTHKED.
The fox he was the proud possessor of
was a light red fox and it went lame in the
off hind foot and crawled under tbe barn
the last time he wanted to hunt it, where it
remained until after the bunt was over. Iu
buying a new fox he wanted a light red, or
iron erav variety, a young.'flealess fox, a
good roadster, and one that would come up
and eat out of his hand and yearn to be
loved.
He was also desirous ofpurchasing a tall,
red horse with a sawed-off tail, a horsethat
could jump a barbed wire fence without
mussing the fence up with the fragments of
its rider. Anyone having either animal
with the necessary acquirements, he in
formed the audience, would do well to com
municate with him. He was to be found in
the summer time on his estate spread out
under a tree engaged in thought.
In Biley's first appearance the audience
was regaled with a dialect impersonat'Kii of
an old bachelor who, in an inexpressibly
funnv manner, took his friends into his con
fidence one day and told them why he had
never married.
The storv. in substance, was that loving a
stepsister to distraction he was jnst on the
point of proposing to her one evening, as
they were riding home together on a load ot
hay, when she turned and kissed him, and
in his own language he had a bigger load of
heaven than he had of hay jnst about that
time. But when she explained her cafess
by telling she was so happy because she was
going to marry Mr. Brown, his feelings
struck a partnership with the sunset and
went down.
HE WENT APTEB THE WIDOW.
The wedding occurred and the couple
went to Illinois to live. In due time the
husband died, and the old bachelor went out
and brought the widow and children home,
and gayly told his listeners he had just come
into town for to get a marriage license for
to marry Mary Brown.
Mr. Nye reappeared and said while Biley
was recovering his breath he would tell them
' story; itwould be a true story, for he liked
to deviate from the usual programme occa
sionally. It was a reminiscence of
his boyhood days, when he attended the vil
lage school. One rule of the school was
that if any article of the schoolhouse furni
ture was mutilated a fine of 55 would be im
posed on the offender. One day while
thinking of the tariff, he said, he whittled
the desk. He was given his choice between
paying a fine or taking a whipping. He
said he didn't have the cash with him, but
when he went home that night he told -his
father about it, andpnt the case to him very
strongly, and asked him for the loan of the
necessary money.
AN IMPLACABLE PABENT.,
His father, he said, was not inclined to
beebme a broker, and said he could stand a
great deal of corporal punishment taken in
the proposed way. The father was finally
persuaded, after exacting a promise that it
would be the last offense, to furnish the $5.
On the way to school the next morning
Nye said he thought over the matter care
fully and prayerfully and concluded that
$5 00 was too large a sum of money to fritter
away on a school district that had never
done anything special for him, and so when
he got there he took the whipping and re
tained the $5 00. It was, he said, the first
money he ever honestly earned and with it
he went to the circus with a portion and
bought arnica with the remainder.
Biley then, to the great satisfaction of his
Roarers, became tbe old man thinking of his
boyhood days, when he and his little brother
were accustomed to visit old Aunt Mary
and be regaled with jam and jelly and all
sorts of pickles that called fortn a wonder
ful smacking of lips just from memory. He
also portrayed the Germ an-American dia
lect in "Dot Little Poy oi Mine" in such a
way that when the death of dot little poy
occurred the grief endured called forth many
a tear from his hearers.
LAEOE, EXPENSIVE WOBD8.
Mr. Nye then became a schoolboy and
convulsed his hearers by reading one of his
own articles written with the large, ex
pensive words that were in vogue when Mr.
McGufiery was fond of standing around and
reporting conversations.
The boy from Zewe was then characterized
by Biley and a whole host of street urchins
who were interested in the boy from Zew in
all of bis exploits, from blacking ope ot
their comrades eyes to breaking his own
arms at every opportunity. v
Nye then Baid by the request of many
citizens of Pittsburg that were not there he
would describe a dog he was once associated
with. When he first went West, he said, he
didn't own a dog because he didn't think
himself poor enough, but after becoming ac
quainted with the various mines in theWest
be thought he possessed the necessary pov
erty for one dog at least.
It was a tramp dog, brindle colored where
it had any hair left and seal brown where it
was worn off. His tail had been intimately
acquainted with a pail of boiling water, and
as a consequence looked like a new sausage,
was a bald-headed tail.
IT WAS AN INSECT DOG.
He named it Entomologist because he
learned that entomologists made large collec
tions of strange and peculiar insects. Its
appetite was immense, it would spend the
daytime away from, home eating all kinds
of indigestible food and return to the cabin
at night and vocally regret it. He always
returned to do his regretting. One day in
visiting the town he came across a lot of soft
plaster of paris and enjoyed eating it. Nye
said he could see right 'away the dog was
sorry he had done it, but doctors could not
help him, he curled himself up in a small
globular wad and died. On his table now
Nye has a paper weight which he says is a
plaster of paris cast of Entomologist in
terior view made by himself.
By request of the audience Mr. Biley re
cited "Tbe Educator," previously given in
Pittsburg, and Nye appeared to close the
programme with white cotton gloves on that
exaggerated the size of his hands to a won
derful degree, and an essay tied with blue
ribbon in imitation of the college graduate.
It was some time before auiet reigned tufli-
cientlrtor him to even speak a word, for
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peal after peal of tatghtt at his ualqw
appearance fairly shook the hall.
His closing piece was an original poem he
said he had just hastily scratched off, and
was about the autumn leaves, and runs as
follows: When tbe autnmn leaves is fallincr,
falling here and there, falling in the atmos
phere and likewise in the air, falling in the
afternoon and falling on the lawn, falling
where the grass is green, and also where it's
brown.
At the conclusion of the original poem
Nye retired amid ringing applause.
BE0OMS BEGIN TO BOOJf.
Higher Prices for Saw materials Hake It
Necessary to Advance Prices.
Broom corn, one of he most important
products of several "Western States, has been
steadily advancing In price for the last few
months, and is now from $25 to $30 per ton
higher "than it was this time last
year. This, with the advance in
the price of wire, which went into
effect some time ago, has tended to advance
the price of brooms. The prices were ac
cordingly advanced about October 31, but
there was a lack of confidence in each
other among the various manufacturers and,
to secure uniformity of action among them
selves, a meeting was held in a downtown
office a few days ago. After fixing the
sizes and weights of brooms, the question of
the advance was considered, and after some
discussion, those present signed a paper
binding themselves to put up prices 25
cents a dozen.
Some half doze'n firms were represented at
the meeting, but one of the largest in this
branch of business in the city had no repre
sentative present, and it was at first thought
that the firm wonld not sign. It has since
been learned, however, that the signature
will likely be obtained.
A prominent manufacturer was seen by
a Dispatch reporter last night, and in re
sponse to inquiries, the gentleman, said:
"I regard the advance as a perfectly
healthy one, consequent on the advance in
thepricesof raw materials. There will be
no flurry in broom corn because buyers are
disposed to be conservative, as the last
time corn was boomed, things turned out
disastrously for all concerned. The corn,
which commences to come in about Septem
ber, is now all ont of the hands of the
growers, and in the possession of the specu
lators and manufacturers. The advance in
price will affect the lareer and finer trades
of brooms more especially, as good, long
corn is scarce.
Superintendent Warner, of the work
house, claims to have enough com on hand
to last him for a year and a half. He also
says that the advance is doe to the increase
in price of raw material.
There are eight or ten broom factories in
Pittsburg and Allegheny and altogether
they make a large number of the very use
ful household article. The two prisons
penitentiary and wo-khonse make about
100 dozen a day each, and the two largest
outside factories make about 50 dozen a day
each. The smaller factories make about 100
dozen a day, and the total output foots up
to aSout 400 dozen or 4,800 broom3 a day
made in the two cities.
Hampton College Students.
General O. S. Armstrong, Bev. H. B.
Frissell and the Hampton quartet will ar
rive this morning, and appear to-night at
St. Andrew's P. E. Church in a programme
of rare interest. Addresses will be made br
various of the Indian and African students
of Hampton College.
THE NEW CABINET BEAUTS",
Tho I,ntest Thing Ont.
One of the most gorgeous improvements is
the new Cabinet Opera. It has been
specially designed by a celebrated New York
artist for the holiday season, and it is beauti
ful beyond description. The elegant case
alone is worth the money asked, while its
music captivates every ear. Truly, a Christ
mas present snch as this beautiful Cabinet
Opera would set the entire family circle wild
with delight. Call at H. Kleber Ss Bro.'s.
COG "Woodist, and see it
S. Hamilton's Specialties.
In response to the growing demand, we
have just opened a department of small
goods embracing everything kept in a first
class music house. Violins, guitars, banjos,
drums, fifes, strings of all kinds; indeed
everything needed for home orchestras,
bands, etc. All our goods are from the most
reliable and celebrated makers. Full value
is assured you. Please favor us with an
order and tell your friends. Personal at
tention given to orders by mail.
Drop
A 910 bill'in our salesman's hand and get a
fine chinchilla overcoat, worth from $18 to
S20. P.O. C. C,
Cor. Grant and Diamond sts., opp. the new
Court House.
The Joyons Holidays.
Christmas is coming right rapidly, and
everybody is preparing for it. It is well to
remember in this connection that no holiday
dinner will be complete without Marvin's
famous wedding fruit cake, or golden plum
pudding. They are made of the purest im
ported materials, and grocers keep them. D
A ?2 50 French Felt Hat at $1 and all
choice and beautiful styles.
Jos. Hoene & Co.'s
Penn Avenue Stores.
Drop
A $10 hill iu our salesman's hand and get a
fine chinchilla overcoat, worth from $18 to
$20. P. C. C. C,
Cor. Grant and Diamond sts., opp. the new
Court House.
Everything Now Heady.
The stock is-complete. Come and exam
ine goods and prices. You will save money
by dealing at Hauch's Jewelry Store, No.
295 Fifth avenue; established 1853. wrsa
We Are Deceiving Dally
New ribbons, new birds, new hats, new tips,
new velvet, new wings, new plumes, new
beaver hats, new sash ribbons, all at popu
lar prices. Campbell & Dick.
Drop
A $10 bill in our salesman's hand and get a
fine chinchilla overcoat, worth from $18 to
$20. P. C. C. C,
Cor. Grant and Diamond sts., opp. the new
Court House.
New Plashes.
24 inches wide at $1.75. fully worth $2.25.
Jos. Hohne & Co.'s
Penn Avenue Stores.
"When overworked you will be greatly re
freshed and benefited by a glass ot Frauen
heim & Vilsack's Iron City beer. Insist on
having it
Dolls given away, worth from 25c to $2,
with purchases in all departments this week.
Busy Bee Hive, Sixth and Liberty.
Blbbons for Fancy 'Work,
Every shade and width, on our counters at
the lowest prices; yon will wonder how these
heavy, all-silk No. 22 satin and gros grain
ribbons for home decorations can be sold for
25 cents per yard.
Caupbell & Dick.
lfno Parlor Clocks
In marble, onyx, bronze and wood; large
stock to select irom; our prices are 20 per
cent less than elsewhere, at Hauch's Jewelry
Store, No. 293 Fifth ave. -WTSu
See tho Wheels Go Aronnd!
Then come see onr gas fires.
O'KeefeGasApplianceCo.,34 Fifthav.
EvENiNa shades in woolens and silks,
the most beautiful ever shown.
JOS. HOBNE 3B CO.'S
JPeaa Avenue Stores.
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BEER"EMS TO BOOK
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Two More BrewiBg Companies Con
template Enlargements.
EBERHARDT fc 0BER TO DOUBLE UP.
A Willow Station Concern Also las in
Tie Big Additions.
THEEE SEEMS TO BE BOODLE IS BEER
Though Judge White slaughtered so
many saloons iu Allegheny county, "the
brewing business goes ou apace. The
various brewers around Pittsburg are
alarmed, not on account of prohibition
measures, but because they have not
enough facilities to brew the beer.
Notice has heretofore appeared in The
Dispatch that 'two breweries, namely
WainwrigSt's and Frauenheim &Vilsacks,
are making extensive improvements on their
properties, which will largely increase their
capacity for supplying thirsty Pittsburgers
with the popular beverage. Two other
brewers, on the Allegheny" side, are going
to follow the example of the Pittsburg
brewers, and enlarge their respective busi
ness premises.
Eberhardt & Ober, on Troy Hill, Alle
gheny, have under consideration apian- for
doubling their present capacity. They turn
out now 40,000 barrels of beer annually,
but with their annex they will have au out
put of 80;000 barrels.
HATE BOUGHT MOEE LAND.
They have acquired a considerable tract
of land facing Troy Hill, and upon this
cround they propose to build an immense
rannex to their present large strncture. The
building is to be of brick; and stone. Au
office will be built in connection with the
new addition. A complete brewing appa
ratus will be fixed in the new place. It
will be run quite independently of the
present brewery. The annex will be fitted
out with new engines, ice-making machines,
storage rooms and.drying rooms.
The boom in the brewing trade will give
additional work to over 500 men. beside
giving the various contractors and their
men plenty of work to tide them over until
the advent of spring.
ANOTHEB PIBH FOLLOWS SOTT.
Enz & Schafer, of Willow station, are
also going to improve and enlarge their
brewery. They have only a small place, but
their business has become so large in these
days of limited license that they find it
necessary to have better facilities for trans
acting their business than heretofore. They
intend to bnild an entirely newbrewery, and
dispense with their present incommodious
building. It will be replete with all the
requisites for brewing beer with great ra
pidity. They will connect a malting house
and large storage cellars with the brewery,
so that they can always keep ou hand a
large stock.
A PATEOLHAJTS DEATH.
Officer Zionls Zoog, of the Sontbslde, Sue
enmbs to tbe Grim Reaper.
Officer Louis Zoog, who has been a mem
ber ot the police force in the Third district,
under Mayors Liddell and Lyon, and then
since the present administration gained
control of city affairs, died at his home, 3028
McClurg street, Southside, last evening at 5
o'clock. Mr. Zoog had been ailing for
several mouths, but remained on dutv until
within abont four weeks ago, when he was
compelled to ttke to his bed.
The deceased was an efficient officer, and
was -verr popular with the people on his
beat, which was located at tbe Pittsburg and
Lake Erie Depot, He leaves a wife and
three children. The Southside police will
attend the funeral, which takes place to
morrow, in a body.
Officer Zoog was a brother-in-law of B. F.
and J. A. Mackey, employed as letter
carriers in this city.
Charged With Perjury.
Michael Smultvitz was arrested in Mc
Heesport on Wednesday night by Constable
Murphy, of Alderman Gripp's office, on a
charge of perjury, made at Greensburg, by
M. Gross. The charge was made against
the accused some time ago and is claimed to
be tbe resnlt of a transaction by which he
profited to the extent of about $100 through
representations under oath that Gross claims
are illegal. Smultvitz was brought to the
city yesterday morning and taken to Greens
burg iu the evening by Constable Murphy.
Oleomargarine Sellers.
George Hoeffher, charged before Alder
man Succop with selling oleomargarine, was
held in $500 bail for court last night. Al
derman Succop stated that there were sev
eral other dealers violating the oleomar
farine law on that side of the river, hut it is
ard to get sufficient evidence to convict
them.
HatchInsonDrnvo.
W. B. Dravo and Miss Jennie Hutchin
son, ot McEeesport, were married last
evening by "Bev. James Nolan, of St.
Peter's Church.
-LA2INEBS,
Weakness, Indisposition to Work,
Headache, Dullness, Heaviness,
Lack of Appetite, Constlnatlon,
all Indicate that you need a few doses
of the genuine
Dr. McLane's Celebrated
LIYER PILLS.
They strengthen the weak and purify the
BLOOD.
They are prepared from the purest
materials and put up with the great
est care by
FLEMING BROS., '
Pittsburg, Pa.
Be sure you get the genuine. Count
erfeits are made in St. Louis.
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THE CHINA STOBE.
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GIFTS
of greatest elegance and largest
variety. Ton shonld inspect the
stock of
Frsncfi, KEndrick I En.
618 SMTTHPIELD STREET.
Our Art Department occupies
the whole of the third floor.
t Telephone 1570. Electric Elevator.
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Froflriseat Clergymen Whs Were
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Greensbnrg Wreck.
Bev. Father O. P. Gallagher, rector of,.
St. John's Church, on South Fourteeutbr
street, and Eev. Father Windoline,'o'f St.
Michael's Church, on Pius street, ,arrived
home yesterday from Greeniburg.- 4TIieT(
were both In the wreck of the day 'express -on
Wednesday, but were fortunate enough
to escape injury.
In speaking of the controversy now beinjc
carried on between Father Sheedy and Bev.
McCrory, Father Gallagher stated last",
nigh (that the two gentlemen ought to lhakav
bands and then pay attention to their rer?
spective parishes. ' '""-
Xoar Grandfathers and Ysnr Sires ;
All nraise our elezant cas firm a.
O'Keepb Gas Appliance Co.,34 Fiittiat?
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PENN AVENUE STORES,
PmsBTJEG, Friday, December 8, 1SS3.
Too near Christmas to stop buying because ttr
rains, or because it's cold, or because the day ,
happens to be Friday. You will think of many
things ttHlay. Come right here and get them.
Probably umbrellas will claim your first
thought If it keeps on raining. Umbrellas for
yourself or one for a friend you had thought of
buying for Christmas. At least, you needn't
wait In buying either for yourself or your friend.
Buy no w and keep till the giving time comes.
Our holiday umbrellas are counted now by
thousands. We've quit describing them. Tho
varieties are endless. Every make hXs many
Ideas, and we have hero the best from many'4',
makers. Ladies' umbrellas in the center of the"!,
store, men's umbrellas In tbe men's owndev
partment.
Thi3 Men's Department Is a world to itself.0
A little limited in your horizon, but there Is
nothing wanting to make it complete. Every
masculine want, in the way of furnishings, has
been looked after, and fully provided for In
best possible manner, and to make the least
possible cost on the purse of the buyers.
Many minds are turned toward Christmas
fancy work. Beautiful Silks, beautiful Kib
bons and the hundred and one articles in tbe
Art Department are turning into money every
moment of the day. What you pay isn't all for
us. A little to us and a little to everybody who
has to do with it. Can you imagine that these
dainty bits have provided for a Chritmas treat
for a good many people before they reach your
hands? Their mission, perhaps, began years
ago. Don't let it stop. There are ways, with
your help, for them to brighten homes and
hearts for a long time to come.
Have you seen our beautiful Handkerchief
window on Penn avenue? You get from it a1
little notion of our holiday stock of Handker
chiefs. Merely an Idea, though, if you have a
good Imagination.
Thousands of dozens is the way we have to)
speak of them. And they will all be sold be
fore Christmas. When? The bulk In the last
two weeks. We want more people to begin
right away. As much for yourself as for us.
Jnst look at the crowds at the counter any day
now. Then multiply indefinitely to get ths
Christmas scramble. Come to-day.
LADIES', GENTS' AND CHILDREN'S
HANDKERCHIEFS.
Do you know the prices ou these Pans Robes
are half of what the Robes were imported to
sell atr We have told you so before. It is
true. Good reasons for it, but not in the goods
themselves. The new $7 SO Robes were sold
early in tbe season at 113 60, and the same way
up to finest. Come and ask the reason.
The tumble in the prices of , those Paris Felt
has kept things stirring in the Millinery De
partment. A special lot of very choice ones for
to-day.- See them, sure, to-day.
JDS. HDRNE k CO.
609-621 PENN AVENUE.
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STORAGE.
THE PENNSYLVANIA STORAGE COv
39, 40 and 41 WATER BT
Beg to call attention to their superior
facilities for storing and caring for all
classes of merchandise.
Separate Aoartments rented for house
hold goods, etc
Telephone, 1620.
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CHRISTMAS GIFTS. -
DIAMONDS, JEWELRY WATCHES,
SILVERWARE, POTTERY,
" CUT GLASS NOVELTIES.
A stock of superior excellence and design.
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