THE PITTSBURG 'DISPATCH, MONDAY; DECEMBER 9, I m& 1889. J V jSc vvv lOLTSjniES, The Moorhead's Hall Meetings Budely Disturbed. POLICE HELP IS ASKED. 'A Scared Man Asks a Lady to Pro tect Sim From Assault if SHE ESCORTS HIM OCT OP DAKGEE The good ladies of the W. C. T. U. No. 2 have for the last three years been conduct ing a most successful mission in Moorhead's building, 'with the object of saving young men from evil influences and the taste for liquor, and thence guiding them into the church. They claim to have saved a large number of young people through the in fluence of these meetings, and are very proud of their work. Sometime ago the roughs of the locality made up their minds that, as the people at the head of the move ment were only women, they would break up the meetings, and commenced a system of persecution. In this they were mistaken, however, and the little band of women held, its ground, although every effort was made to disturb the meetings by groaning, hissing and other demonstration. The ladies' held the fort like little men, and the rough element waxed bolder in its disturbances. About a month ago the ladies' applied for police protection, and for three weeks an officer was detailed on duty at the meetings to pre serve order. Inspector McAleese, believ ing that an officer in plain clothes would be of more use in catching the disturbers than one in uniform, made no detail for last night, and the scouts of the toughs seeing no officer around, commenced operations again, and were soon reinforced from the outside. The meeting was nearly half overwhen a Dispatch man visited it last evening, but there was a considerable crowd of boys and half-grown men around the door of me build inz. who passed ieerine remarks on those who entered. Upon the stairs groups of boys whose mothers had evidently never studied the advice of Solomon, and conse quently raised spoiled children, were hang ing around each landing, and making as much noise as possible, while occasionally one would steal up to the doors of the meet ing room and bang or kick the doors and then clatter downstairs, 2JOT TEET OKDEBLY. On entering the room there were some 250 people present, principally lads ranging from 14 to 25 years, a fair SDrinklmg of men and brit very few girls or women. They were about as orderly as the ordinary ses sion of a Democratic convention, and it was with great difficulty the ladies con ducting the meeting could make themselves heard. The principal desire which seemed to animate the audience was the privilege of squabbling emong themselves, and some five or six distinct fishts were in progress simultaneously which it kept the ladies and ushers constantly busy to quell. Mrs. Allen, the president of the union, was in the chair, and upon the floor were Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Duffy, Mrs. Sneed, of Allegheny, and several other well-known and energetic members of the institution. Mrs. Jones was sorry that no police pro tection had been sent,"but said they did the best they could without it, and after all the conduct last night was not at its worst. A disposition to encore the hymns and to drown the prayers by loud talk were mild forms of amusement compared with what they have had1 to suffer. The meet ings had been overrun by members ot the Owl gang and worse, if possible, and she really felt that the good work should be as sisted by the authorities to the extent at least of keeping order. "They thought because we were only women they would scare us," and here the gritty little woman clinched her teeth as if she wished to have the neck of an Owl be tween them, "but they lost tbeir reckoning. "We have shown them before that we are not afraid, and we can do it again. W have been the instruments of converting a num ber of people through these exercises, and we cannot be frightened by a lot of hoodlums from ourlife work." SHE STOPPED THE NOISE. And then, with the military ability of a soldier in petticoats, the lady made a flank movement on a crowd of unruly little toughs and dispersed it. Mrs. Duffy, who had ably seconded the motion, returned, and said she was by this time accustomed to these interruptions, but was none the more in love with them, and on the whole could dispense with variations of this kind to the regular exercises of the evening. Mrs. Sneed, who contributes the high musical talent possessed by herself and her daughter to these meetings, also deplored the manner in which the meetings had been annoyed when there were no police present, and urged that an appeal should be made to Chief Brown to prevent the ladies from being insulted while doing what was prompted by a sense of duty and conscience. Mrs. Allen, the President, was also sorry for the turn affairs had taken, but hoped for the best, and was sure, when the circumstances were understood, that there would be no difficulty in hiring an officer on duty for the short time the meeting lasted. Just at this moment one of the most laughable incidents on record in meetings of this kind toak place. A man, evidently about 40 years of age, and whose appear-' ance would be much improved by the opera tion ol either a barber or a guillotine, ap proached Mrs. Jones, and, asking for a private conversation, begged her to escort him up the street, as he had been threatened by several of the unwelcome element with extermination or some other dire calamity. -He spoke loud enough for the little crowd "around Mrs. Jones to hear his request, and a very neany laugn was indulged in by all at tfiis reversal of the laws of etiquette. Rowise disconcerted, he persisted in asking for the lady's protection, as he was afraid to go alone, and wearied with the importuni ties OF THE BIG CALF, as well as with the night's annoyances, she said: "Well, my good man, if you are afraid to walk up the street alone T shall ac company you and no one shall touch you." And away went the strangely assorted" pair, the woman aB bold as a lion apd the man as valiant as a sheep. On leaving the building a crowd of youths, neither men nor boys, was still in attend ance and flung jeering remarks at the ladies as they passed out, using vulgar and pro fane language, and yelling, "Who's the next -to be converted?" "That's my girl," and other remarks as obtrusive as th'ey were idiotic. They were still in progress as the ladies passed up the street for fully a block. Inspector McAleese was asked after the meeting was over why the detail was not made last night and he replied: "These ladies applied and we guarded the meeting for three Sunday nights, during which time not an arrest was made, and although there were some rough boys around such as you may expect at any open meeting in the locality, there were no disturbances. I had intended to have man down there to-night in plain clothes and I shall investigate why it was not done. I shall attend to the mat ter to-morrow." Working; on the Monument. During the week ground was broken and the foundation work begun for the Wash ington Monument in the Allegheny parks, which is to be erected by the Junior O. U. A. M. of Western Pennsylvania, The site selected is at the head of Sherman avenue and the foot of Webster street, possibly the best position for a monument in the entire park. The corner stone will be laid on ; Washington' birthday, February 22, and a U jear Uter the statue will be-unveiied. THE SEW CHURCH BEADY. Cumberland Presbyterians Will Worship in a Bloorlsh Building A No Tel Musical Inurnment. Arrangements have been completed for the dedication of the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church, corner of Wylie ave nue and Congress street, which has been finished. The services will be held on Sun day, January 6. Eev. Dr. W. J. Darby, of Nashville, said to be one of the most distinguished JVrrf Cumberland Prabyterian Church. ministers in the Cumberland Church,, will preach the dedicatory sermon at 10:30 in the morning. In the afternoon Eev. A. D. Miller, President of the Waynesburg Uni versity, will officiate at a communion service. The services will conclude with a sermon in the evening by Eev. J.B.Koehne, the pastor of the congregation. Special music will be arranged for the occasion, and will be under the direction of Miss Warden, a teacher in the Pittsburg Female College. The church building is one of the most unique structures in the city. It was de signed bv Mr. Jacobs, the architect, and is fashioned after the Moorish style of build ing, the same as was used during the first century of the Christian era, and is the only one of the kind in this city. It is a two story structure. On the first floor is a lecture room, parlor and study, and on the second is the auditorium, with a seating capacity of 600. The interior is handsomely dec orated. Light will be admitted through large stained glass windows by day and will be lurnished by electricity at night. The church is to contain a novelty in the way of a musical instrument. Instead of a pipe organ a vocalion has been purchased. This is a new style ot instrument of foreign invention, and is said to have been named by Gladstone. He gave it the name of vocalion because its tone resembled that of a human voice. The instrument looks like a pipe organ in appearance, bnt double the volume is produced by the vocalion than by a pipe organ of the same size. Miss Warden has been engaged to manipulate the new in strument. The church has been erected at a cost of $25,000. The lot on which it has been built cost $15,000 and a 54,000 parsonage is con nected with the building. John H. Trim ble, the contractor, built the church, hav ing commenced the work last March. George Smith, Frank Murray and David Steen compose the Building Committee. The First Cumberland Presbyterian con gregation has been organized nearly 50 years. The membership numbers about 150. When the new church is dedicated the congregation will worship in it almost entirely unencumbered. HIKE AND 3I0LLT. Inspector McAleese Wonld Not Pot Asunder Sinn and Wife. Mrs. Mollie Barry was arrested on Satur day night for disorderly conduct and Judge McKenna assessed her S3 and costs for the offense yesterday morning. In the afternoon her husband, Michael, in a noticeable state of hilarity, entered the station with the money to procure her release and asked to interviewhis sponse, who remonstrated with him for his condition, saying, "Whenever I came down to get you out I stayed sober, anyway." After he had received a curtain lecture, which would have done honor to Mrs. Caudle, Inspector McAleese, knowing that if Barry went on the street in the condition he was then in would be arrested, kindly gave him chamber No. 12 in the east wing of Brown's leading hotel and marked "drunk" on the register, after his name. The Inspector probably remembered the in junction not to put asunder those who had been properly joined in the holy bonds of wedlock, so they are both in the hotel at present writing. SUNDAI ENTERTAINMENT. A Man Who Imagines Himself an Artist Talks From a Box Car. A man giving his name as John Haslett and his home Cherry alley, Allegheny, en tertained a very large audience ot South side citizens, at the head of South Nine teenth street, yesterday afternoon. He oc cupied a box car on the Pittsburg, Virginia and Charleston Bailroad, and with a few hundred people around him he delivered a speech on the art of drawing, and illustrated his remarks by rude and unshapely sketches of the crowd and surroundings. The man claimed to be a professional artist, and tried to induce several people to allow him to make portraits of them. Offi cer Wright locked Haslett up in the Twenty-eighth ward station house. It is thought he is demented. AN OFFICER LAID TO BEST. The Funeral of Louis Zoos; Attended fay a Large fiumbrr of People. The funeral of the late Policeman Louis Zoog, of the Southside, took place yesterday morning. The police of the third district turned out in a body under the command of Captain Stewart. Officers James Cohen, Michael Dierken. J. J. Grogan, Hugh O'Hear, Patrick Kelly and William Mc Donough acted as pallbearers. The police headed by the Great Western Band of Allegheny led the procession from the Holy Cross Church, where the services were held, to St. Mary's Cemetery. The funeral was one of the largest that has taken place on the Souihside for some time. FATAL LAMP EXPLOSION. Death Cornea to an Allegheny Woman From Burning pit Mrs. Barbara Hillighan, of Beatty street, Spring Hill, Allegheny, was fatally burned on Saturday night by the explosion of a lamp'in her room. She was sitting beside a sewing machine, on which sat the lamp when it exploded. The burning oil ignited Mrs. Hillighan's clothing, and the latter was burned from her body. Dr. P. W. Herron was called, but the woman was burned so severely that nothing could be done for her recovery, and she died yesterday morning. The Coroner will hold an inquest to-day. A Great Furnace. No. 3 open hearth furnace at Kirkpat rick's Leechburg mills has" run out 1,260 heats. This beats the record in the United States. It is said that no repairs were made to the furnace from the time it was built uuui iao reoi wu in. i . ?- . . SAYS HE IS CHRIST. A Strange Visitor Startles the Con gregation of Zion Church. BOLDLY ANNOUNCES HIS MISSION. Surrounded and Catechised by the Fol lowers of BusselL HIS MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE The congregation of the Church of Zion, which meets on Federal street every Sunday afternoon, was favored by a remarkable visitor yesterday afternoon. While Bev. Mr. Enssell, the leader of that little sect, was expounding to a fairly good audience the true interpretation of the Scripture, a man about 40 years old, with black hair and beard, wearing a faded brown overcoat, slipped quietly into the hall and sat down upon a chair iff the rear. He was unob trusive and quiet, and few noticed him ex cept to glance at him as a stranger. There was no peculiar look about his eyes. He might have been any ordinary man from the country or even from an unpretentious part of the city. He listened to the services and said nothing until Eev. Mr. Bussell had said the good "words of parting blessing. When the people arose to leave the hall he also arose, tall and solemn, and looked over the gathering. "Brethren," he said, "I ask you to listen to me a little while. I have been sent by the Father to speak to you and to all men.' I am the Lord Jesus, sent to warn the world to depart from its sins. The time is drawing near." HE AMAZED THEM. 'Plis atavtlAft man anrl wnman naURftil fln T listened in amazement. A few smiled and v wagged their heads. Then the stranger burst lorth with a hymn, wmen ne sang, those who heard him say, with a good voice. He then took up again his exhortation and ' declared himself to be the Messiah, come again to earth to teach men and prepare them for the end. A number of 'the men and a few of the women crowded around the stranger and put to him many questions. To every query he had an answer, either evasive or direct. Some asked him 'his name and whence he came. His only reply was that he was the Lord Jesus, and that he came from the Father; that God spoke through him. The man was evidently sincere. His face showed his earnestness and solemnity of feel ing. Nor did his countenance reveal to the uninitiated any indication of insanity. His features were not strong ones, however, and did not reveal a keen or powerful mind. But he was very much in earnest. "Do not reject me, he said, holding out his hands. "I am sentr to you to save you. Believe in me." Some one said to him: "How is it that you told us that you would not come again in the body?" Such is the way in which the followers of Bussell interpret the Scrip ture. The stranger answered only, 'Tarn the Messiah, and the Father has sent me. Cursed shall he be who does not believe in me." THEY ASKED QUESTIONS. Others poked at him different questions and began to make sport of him. At that most of those who were in the hall began to leave, and finally every one had gone out, leaving the strange prophet alone with the empty benches. A 'short time'after that the individual was seen stopping people on the street, de claring his mission and urging them to be lieve in him. Then he disappeared, and no one could be found who could tell where he had gone, though the general notion was that he had gone home, through the back alleys, for his supper. One of the most zealous of the members of the Church of Zion said: "His appearance serves to add strength to Mr. Bussell's in terpretation of the prophecies, that the end is near, for Christ himself said that when the time was drawing nigh false Christs should appear, deceiving many. 'Many,' He said, 'shall come in my name.' This is but one of the many signs of this time, showing that the consummation is at hand." CONFLICTING THEORIES. McDonald Is Supposed to Have Shot Him self Accidentally, Yesterday-Coroner McDowell viewed the body of Joseph B. McDonald, the boy who shot himself in Allegheny Saturday night, and fixed the inquest at 11 o'clock to-day. The ball touched the lower part of the boy's heart. His body was taken to the home of his brother, John McDonald, 55 Decatur street, yesterday. The general impression is that McDonald shot himself accidentally. When he arrived at his mother's house Saturday night he said he had come home to hid 'his people goodby, and he meant to go to Cincinnati on a Sunday boat. His sister was in the city, and he went out to the steps to await her return. It was shortly after this that the shooting occurred. A friend of Mr. McDonald's, a young man named Clyde Harkins, said yesterday that he understood that McDonald and Miss Minnie Jones, of Brunot's Island, had been married last summer. McDonald did not have steady work, and they did not live together, Miss Jones securing a position as a domestic with a family in Allegheny. Harkins said that McDonald was quite de spondent over this, and had told some of his friends that he would do something and they would know of it on Snnday. Mr. McDonald's brother was as ted about this story, but had heard nothing of it, and was inclined to believe the shooting was ac cidental. A THOUSAND DISTRIBUTED. The St. Vincent de Paul's Society to Reor ganize Their Work. A general meeting of representatives of the various conferences of St Yincent de Paul's Society met last night in the base ment of St. Paul's Cathedral for the purpose of awakening interest in the old charitable organization. Among the delegates were a half dozen members of the new colrred conference organized at the Catholic Col ored Chapel some weeks ago. Addresses were made by Eev. Father F. L. Tobin, pastor of St. Mary's Church, in Lawrenceville; Bev. Father J. T. Murphy, President of the Holy Ghost College; Bev. Francis Kane, pastor of the Sacred Heart Church; Ee V.Bernard Hey, of StMichael's; Bev. Christopher Schiesl, Dr. George H. Keyser and W. A. Golden, Esq. Another meeting will be held the first Sunday in Lent in St. Peter's Church, Alle gheny. Father Bernard distributed a $1,000 bequest among the district conferences. The bequest was made by a deceased member. GOING TO COLUMBUS. The Randall Club Will Help Boost Camp- bell Into the Chnlr. The Eandall Club will go to Columbus to attend the inauguration ot Governor-elect Campbell. About 150 members of the club will leave about midnight Monday, January 6. The ceremonies will take place the fol lowing day. The club will go iu new uni forms, and under the command of General P. N. Guthrie. The fare for the round trip will be f 11. This will include transporta tion, lodging, meals, etc. A committee composed of B. J. Foley. Joseph Cnneo and Edward Sussman have the arrangements in charge. , Well Cared For. Mr. John Britton, of '282 Second avenue, has improved enough to be taken to a hos pital. His case was inanired into bv .A cent JDean some time ago. The old gentleman is reu eared for few hie efcildww. j ;.- , ," - A TEMPTING OFFER. Fenn Avenue Catholics Will Give 868,888 lor tho Batter M. E. Church It May Mot be Accepted. The Butler Street Methodist Episcopal Church, which is one of the largest and most influential in Pittsburg, may shortly be sold to the Catholics. The Bev. W. H. Pearce, pastor of the church, in speaking to a Dis patch reporter yesterday, stated that the authorities had received an offer from the Catholics of 560,000 for their property. The Butler Street M. E. congregation own the building and land adjoining the church, which -was purchased by them for (6,000 about six months ago. No definite action has been taken by the official board about the offer. It will, how ever, receive their consideration in a short time. Whether or not they will dispose of the propertv is problematical. No member of the board will talk upon the matter. Quite a number of the members of the church are opposed to selling the property because such signal success has been achieved in the past, and fortune, even now, smiles upon them. It is said the Catholics of the district are in quest of better facilities than they have at present, and they hope soon to acquire this property. They offer a tempting price which it is thought the Methodists will not sneeze at. If they gain their end the build ing will be completely transtormed. A member ot the Butler Street Church said last night: "I have heard that the Catholics offered J60.000 for our church, but as to the sincerity of the offer I am unable to say. It is my private opinion the offer will be refused. I shall bitterly oppose any scheme for disposing the property in such a manner. I cannot conceive how such a project has a chance of being crys tallized. No, sir, Butler Street Church, with its 800 members, must remain intact. However, I speak for myself, and what I believe is my duty toward the Church. Every member of the congregation must be consulted before it can change hands, and the responsibility of accepting or refusing the ofier is with them." Within the past year 'a number of the Butler street church members migrated toward East Liberty. These people still hold their certificates of membership, and it is hinted that they would like to have the church moved nearer their homes, because they have been associated with it from its inception. It is thought that these people may bring some influence to "bear upon the balance of the congregation, to persuade them to accept the offer, and rebuild a new and more modern church in the aristocratic quarter of East Liberty. What the outcome will be is still shrouded in darkness, and no reliable forecast can be made. FUN IN .A CELLAR. Great Entertainment at the Expense of All Sorts of People. The basement of the Edmundson building, at the corner of Diamond street and Cherry alley, is occupied by a detective agency, and some of its members have had royal fun for months by practicing a sort of ventriloquism on passers. The basement is so constructed that a practiced person can by talking with his mouth toward different angles throw his voice in any direction he chooses. The dis covery was made by accident, and the occu pants have garnered no end of fun by it. For instance; a newsy or bootblack is passing. He is called apparently from some window ia the opposite building for a paper or a shine. The gamin, if not on his guard, is quick to catch on, and he is sometimes sent to a dozen different rooms before he finds that he is being guyed, and for a long time the fraternity could not fathom the mystery. Perhaps the most amusing thing, and at the same time the most distressing to the victim, is to inform a young lady from some angle that her bustle is awry, or of some other disarrangement of her dress. Though she be ever so certain that her harness must be right, yet she cannot refrain from an in vestigation, and by the time she leams of the trick she is speechless with rage, and cannot locate it. She soon persuades her self that the legal fraternity is not to blame, as it is often as ignorant of the origin as herself. A local poet, philosopher and statesman was for a long time a victim of the gang, but at length he discovered who were his tormentors, and going down into the base ment with club in hand he made a scatter ing among the jokers He hasn't been dis turbed since. READ! IN FOUR WEEKS. Cnrs Will Soon Spin on the Central Traction Bailroad. The laying of the conduit where the cable of the Central Traction road crosses the Fifth avenue line at the corner of Wood street, was continued yesterday. , A great deal of curiosity was manifested by pedes trians. The street was literally blockaded with people. Traffic, with the exception of the Fifth s,venue cable cars, was entirely prevented. About 40 men were employed Saturday night, and 25 were at work yester dav. The comnanv exnects to have the work completed by Thursday, and then the circuit will be completed. , One of the cables for the road has ar rived, and is at the power house on Wylie avenue. It is the cable for the Center ave nue end of the road, and is to run at the rate of 12 miles an hour. The other cable is expected in a few days. The road will be in operation in about four weeks. The company will use High street' pend ing the decision of the suit against them by the citizens along that thoroughfare. NEW MEDICAL S0CIETI. The Pittsburg Academy of Sciences Organ ized br Physicians. A new medical society has been organized in this city. It is to be known as the Pitts burg Academy of Medical Sciences. The prime movers in the scheme are Dr. Irwin J. Moyer, the police surgeon, and Dr. J. M. Broekerhoff, of Fifth avenue. The first meeting was held lastThursday evening and a preliminary organization formed. An other meeting will be held in two weeks. The object of the association is the promo tion of sciences, art and medicine. The an nual election of officers will take place next month. About 15 well known yoffng phys icians are interested in the society and have been enrolled. A SMALL PIPE LINE CAPTURED. J Allegheny Officers Slake a Hani Early Yes terday Morning, About 1 o'clock yesterday morning Offi cers Dierken, Blakely and Kelsh, of Alle gheny, discovered two men and a woman in a skiff near Lindsay's mill with about 400 pounds of iron pipe. They could not tell why they were moving the pipe at that hour, so they were sent to the lockup. They gave their names as Esau Lynch, A. W Miller and Elizabeth Eodgers. They were sent td the workhouse for 30 days. HITHER AND THITHER. Movements of Flltsbnrgers nnd Others of Wide Acquaintance. Nikola Tesla, the well-known elec trician, returned last night from an extensive European tonr, and put up at the Duqnesne. He said that Europe was 60 years behind thi -oountry in electrical appliances. Harry Hamilton, son of the Superin tendent of the Allegheny parks, arrived home on Saturday last from his father's cattle ranch in the San Luis Valley. Col. He will remain East until after the holidays. Disorderly on, a Train. James McKeag, alias Dock, of Turtle Creek, was arrested on Saturday by Special Agent Hampton Houghton, of the P. E. B., and charged before Magistrate Gripp with disorderly conduct on the Greensburg ac commodation on the 16th of November. HowfiBd10HdooBte. . , , ATISITOEJOMEOME Honsignor O'Connell, Bector of the American College, in Town. COLONEL KEEDWOH'T BE A PEIEST The Frelate Talks on the Differences in the School Systems. ADTICE TO PROTESTANT MINISTERS Monsignor D. J O'Connell, rector of the American College at Borne, is a guest at the residence of Rt "Rev. Bishop Pbelan, on Sherman avenue, Allegheny. He arrived in the city Saturday night, and will spend several days sight seeing, etc Father O'Connell is a native of Bich mond, Va., and is in charge of the college for American students who are studying for the priesthood. He was one of the repre sentative delegates at the Catholic Congress, and since then has been traveling about the country. He has been in Canada, and came to Pittsburg from Baltimore. After visiting different points of interest in this city he will journey on West. In a talk with a Dispatch reporter last evening Monsignor O'Connell spoke of the flourishing condition of the college, and the large number of Americans who are now en rolled in the institution. He said: "The American college is an institution for the education of young men from this rnnntrv who desire in untAr 'the nriMthnoil The college is the preparatory conrse to the Propaganda. We have a large number of students from the United States, but none at present from this city. The nearest one I think to Pittsburg is a young man from Harrisburg. BEACHING PAPAL BOMB. "The college is the only avenue by which Americans can reach Papal Borne. The Government has no affilial relations with the Vatican, and the only way to reach it is through the college. Although the Vatican has no temporal power the most friendly re lations exist between the representatives of the two Governments. There is no bitter feeling between them. I have heard that the latter is the supposition in this country, but this state of affairs does not exist" "How does the school system of this country compare with that of Italy, and is there any feeling between the Catholic and other schools?" "I do not know much about the systems in this part of the country, as the schools are conducted to-day, but'l think that re ligion must be a part of a child's education. In Italy we have the Catholic parochial and the municipal schools. The latter are about the same as the publio schools in this country. They are sustained by the' city government, and are very good institutions. There is no conflict between the representa tives of the municipal system and the Catho lic Church authorities. The schools are so well managed and conducted in accord with the Catholic idea that in some districts it is not necessary to establish parochial schools." INTEBESTED IN MISS CTJSACK. Monsignor O'Connell made many in quiries in regard to the city, population, how divided, etc. He was much interested in the recent exploits of the Nun of Ken mare, of whom he has often heard. He ventured the opinion ithat she would again see the error of her ways, and come back to the Catholic chnrch. He was much sur prised when told of the interest taken in the nun by several Protestant clergymen. He said: "I am much surprised at the actions of the people who are backing the misguided nun, presumably for the sole reason that she is preaching against the Catholic church. My idea of Pittsburg people was that tbey were sober minded and sensible, particu larly the clergy. If some of the Protestant 'ministers allow their prejudices to carry them away I think they are behind the times. With all your natural gas L think your people need a little illumination on the matter of religion. It is not Christianity for a minister to in dutge in such practices, and I wonder that the people tolerate it. Pittsburg is a unique city in many respects on account of her manufactures, and is known all over Europe. I am afraid; however, that this intolerant, bigoted spirit does the people more harm than good. The attacks on the parochial school system shows that those who make the attack need to read up a little and become enlightened on other than purely local matters." Monsignor O'Connell is authority for the statement that "Colonel" Beed, the well known young colored man of the hill who went to the college to study for the priest hood, has given up the idea. It is pre sumed that he failed to pass the examina tion. This is the young man who, it was said, would take charge of the negro Catho lic congregation on Falton street when he became ordained a priest HE POUND M'GINIT. Tho Laugh Turned on a Supposed Snnday Spy Police Precautions. During the progress of the work on the crossing of the Central Traction road yester day several people not connected with the work were noticed to be very curious in get ting the names of bystanders, as well as of foremen of the different gangs of laborers. The report was soon current that the in quisitive people were a new installment of Wishart detectives getting data for actions for performing worldly labor on the Sabbath day. This gave rise to a good deal of chaff, and one of the seekers for knowledge ap proached a foreman, who was in thetrench exhorting his men to increased exertions in a choice Hibernian brogue, and asked his name. "My. name; sure I'm McGinty," replied jthe man at the bottom of the hole, without stirring a muscle. The laugh that followed drove the spies, if they were such, away from that part of the work at least. The Department of Public Safety will place officers this morning to prevent wagons and other vehicles from turning up to that point Officers will be located at Market and Fifth, Smithfield and Fifth, Diamond alley and Virgin alley on Wood street, to turn drivers up those streets, unless they have business on Fifth avenue, between Market and Smithfield streets. ,The Transverse Passenger Bailway will transfer passengers at Fifth avenue and Wood street until the crossing is completed. HIBERNIAN OFFICERS ELECTED. A School of Instruction lo be Opened In the Rifles' Hall. At a meetfhg of the First Battalion Hibernian Bifles last night officers were elected for the ensuing term. The battalion officers, commissioned and non-commissioned, will meet on the second Monday of each month at headquarters, Hibern'ia Hall, on Wylie avenue, for in struction. The annual reception of the bat talion will be held at Imperial Hall, on new Grant street, on January 31. WILL ATTEND THE DEDICATION. The A. O. H. Will Join In the Ceremonies at Su Agnes' Chnrch. At a special meeting of the A. O. H. of B. E., held last night, it was unanimously resolved that all divisions of the order take gart in the dedication of St. Agnes' Church, oho. on the 15th inst Formation of the divisions will be made on Grant street, right resting on Fifth avenue, at 9 A. H. on that date. William Batchford will officiate as Marshal. Mes. De Simpson-, assisted by Prof. Byron W. King, Mr. D. M. Bullockand Miss Irene Sample, will give an elocutionary and, musical entertainment at thePittsburg Club Theater on Thursdav eveninc?. Dec. 12. Twketfl t KajBlg sta store. .Wfi OLD SAM GOLDEN. The Aged Monongahela. Porter Is Saddened Ho Bewails the Fate of the Fnraoas House. One of the most humble and unpretentious of the employes of the Monongahela House was not temporarily dismissed by the pro prietors after the fire of last week. Were be let go the old house would go into deeper sorrow and desolation than that now hang ing about it He is a part of the Monon gahela, and it is a part of him. No one has visited that historic hotel who has not seen the venerable sable face and agile form of Uncle Samuel Golden, the porter. Nobody knows how old Uncle Sam is. He does not know himself. His years are probably almost as many as those of the typical Uncle Bam wnom all Americans love. In rare moments of reminiscence he tells his friends of an incident of his boyhood, and that alone must serve to approximate his age. He was born a slave in Virginia. When he was a well-grown lad, perhaps 12 or 15 years old, his master took him with him on a trip to Washington. That city had just been built. It was only rising from the waste lan'ds along the Potomac The boy went with his master to see the Presi dent It was an era in the young slave's life and was deeply seared into his memory. The President was Thomas Jefferson, who entered upon that office over 83 years ago, and went out over 80 years ago. Uncle Sam will not go further than this to give the in quirer a clue to his age. He has been employed at the Mononga hela House over 40 years. A few more circles of the sun and his term of service will be fitly described by his name. For a few years he had been at the St Charles, which is even an older hotel, perhaps the oldest now standing in this city. u nele Sam received a shoes: by the hre. It was a disaster to his dearest friend, and seemed a stab at his own life. But every day since the fatal Thursday he has -gone to the building. He could not stay away. He has walked through the dismantled halls and corridors am walked away again. He was there again yesterday, solemn visaged and thoughtful, his daughter by his side. Last evening a reporter went to see Mr. Golden at bis'home on Fulton street It is a comfortable home, and all about it, out and in, is tidy, cozy and domestic. A graceful balcony hangs upon the front, and a stairway leads to it at one side. Inside, the visitor is struck by the elegance of all the furnishings. It is a home of taste and refinement and the evidences of the pres ence of a careful housekeeper are every where discernible. When Mr. Golden was called he came tripping down the stairs with the quick step of a boy. He looks like a man of 60 years, instead of 90 or more. He has scarcely any stoop to his shoulders. His hair shows lit tle gray. His short mustache is just the least bit grizzled. His black eyes still gleam with the keen glance of his early years. It was told him that the reporter desired some memories of his younger days and some tales of the Monongahela House in the period of its youthful prime. The old man shook his head sad and slow. "It would do no good," he said, "gazing fast upon the hearth rug; "it would do no good. Mr. Lyon is dead. Mr. John Crossan is dead, and Mr. James Crossan, his father, is dead. All the old people are gone. It wouldn't do any good." Urging and pleading would not move him. He could not bring himself to speak of the old but sad memories, nor would he give a reason for his reticence. The reason was, perhaps, too near to his inner and secret affections. "Manyjreat men came there," was all he wonld yield, "bnt I can not go over their names. It is no use. The names are all in the old books. From the beginning I have kept the registers, and the names are all there." Then his visitor said something about the talk that the old house might be torn down to the ground, and a modern, new-fangled block put up. At once his soul was up in arms. "Not a bit of it," he said, and his black eyes sparkled. "They'll not tear it down. Mrs. Crossan wouldn't listen to such a thing. Mr. Miller wouldn't think of such a thing, either. Oh no, there's no danger of that Why, the house is just as sound as a dollar, as sound as a dollar. On the outside you wouldn't 'know there had been a fire in it, except that one little bit in the corner toward the bridge. When Mr. Lyon put that house up he ' put it up to stand. The ceilings are all that are hurt, and they can just scrape those ceilings off and put new ones on. And they can put in better ceil ings now, too. They have a kind of plaster now that has no lime in it It comes in bags, and it'll stick to that smooth door there. They used some of it last summer in the fixing they did. The dining rooms are all right You say there are uneven places in some of the halls. That isn't because the building has been settling any. That was done once when Mr. Lyon had the iron front put in. They kept the jack-screws under the house too long. That ain't nothing. The house is just as sound, as a dollar. Don't I know it well, every inch of it? "It's too bad about that fire, too bad. Just after the fixing up last summer. But the didn't fix any in that part where the fire was. I've seen manv a fire in the house that was mastered, but this one got the up- Eer hand of us. The trouble was we didn't ave the appliances that we had in the old days. Mr. Lyon had things fixed so with water pipes and hose all over the honse that a fire could be put out mighty quick." Mr. Golden said the origin of the fire was a mystery to him; there never had been any fire kept near where the conflagration started; he could not understand it He was again urged to tell some yarns of the past, but he would not. "Some time maybe you will," the reporter said. "Well, may be," he said, with a cheery laugh, as he bade the visitor a good night Good Advlee. The holidays are approaching, and you are doubtless thinking of how you will glad den the hearts of your family with a beauti ful piano or organ. Many pianos are offered. You will,hardly know which to buy. Take the Kranich & Bach, and run no risks. It is the very best the market affords. Its con struction is superior to any' piaro made. The increasing sales attest its popularity. We can refer to hundreds of purchasers iff the two cities. We have also the elegant "Stultz & Bauer" and Jas. M. Starr pianos. Miller and Packard organs. Prices and terms to suit all. Warerooms open evenings until after the holidays. LECBXEB & SCHOENBEEGEK, 69 Fifth avenue. Store Open Till 9 O'clock Every evening until Christmas. Our stock is more varied than ever before and will amply repay inspection. JOS. ElCHBATTM & Co., 48 Fifth avenue. Holiday silk handkerchiefs and muf flers. James H. Aiken& Co.,100 Fifth ave. B. & B. Paris Dress Robes At half price this week. See the large choice assortment Boggs & Buhl. New, Sweet, Delicious. Marvin's royal bread possesses all these properties. If you haven't tried it do so at once, ityou want to renew your youth and be happy. D FnrE neckwear. ' James H. Aiken & Co., 100 Fifth ave. Call for Frauenheim & Vilsack's cele brated Pilsne,r beer, on draught at all first class bars. Men's underwear. James H. Aiken & Co., 100 Fifth aver Everybody Goes To Anfrecht's Elite Gallery for fine photos and crayons at lowest prices. 516 Market street Bring baby. Use elevator. , Holiday silk and satin suspenders, plain and eabroidered. ' ? JASIM B, Axkbk CO.. 199 Fin aye. NEW" CHURCH 0RGAHIZED. Oakland Baptists Cut Toose From the Fourth Avenue Congregation They Will Go It Alone. At the close of the evening services at Linden Grove Chapel in Oakland, yester day, a congregational meeting was held for the purpose of considering a chnrch organ ization. Linden Grove Chapel is at present under the jurisdiction of theFourth Avenue Baptist Church, and the latter'organization made the proposition that the members of the chapel congregation form an inde pendent church of their own. This propo sition is made necessary by the fact that the section of the city in which the chapel is situated is growing very rapidly, and an in dependent church would be much more beneficial than a branch of the downtown organization. Bev. Wm. Ward West, the assistant pastor in charge of the chapel, presided at the meeting. After some disenssion, it was voted to accept the proposition of the mother church andiorm a separate organiza tion. A committee of two was then ap pointed to visit the Baptists in the neigh borhood and see if they would furnish the money necessary for the support of the new congregation. This committee is to report next Sunday night, and it is expected that they will he very .successful in securing promises of financial aid. After some further disenssion the meeting adjourned. The chapel organization was formed just two years ago last night and the meeting partook of the nature of an anniversary gathering. The chapel, and the ground on which it stands, corner of Bates and At wood streets, belong to the Fourth avenue congregation, and, when the new church is fully organized, the property will be deeded over to it as a free gift It will be seen, therefore, that the new church will start under extraordinarily favorable auspices, as the securing of a site and the erection of a building thereon, with the consequent debt, have always been causes of a great deal oi trouble to a new organiza tion. Indeed, many churches have struggled for years under a heavy debt, and were com pelled to disband at last The pastor of the new church will likely be Bev. William Ward West, who now has charge of the chapel. He is a young man and welLliked by the members of his flock. After the meeting the reporter had a short talk with Mr. West, and in the course of the conversation the geatleman said: "The rapid growth of this section makes the new church a necessity, and I expect that it will be a success from the start. We have now a congregation of over 100 active members, and more will joinafterthe organ ization is perfected. There are a number of Baptists in this vicinity who go to the city to attend morning service, but when our new church starts they will attend here. You see, we do not hold morning services at present, but only Sunday school and the evening meetings. Everyone seems anxious for the success of the new undertaking, and I devoutly hope that they will not be dis appointed." Mr. West also said that the separation was entirely without animosity on the part of either the chapel people or the down town church. The only reason was that given above. TOOK AN 0YERD0SE. Miss Mnggle Alexander Very Sick From Too Much Laudanum. Maggie .Alexander, 18 years old, em ployed as a domestic in the family of Mrs. Van Byan on Penn avenue, between Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth streets, was taken to the West Penn Hospital early yes terday morning in a very precarious con dition from an overdose of laudanum. It seems that the girl was suffering with the toothache, and in order to alleviate the pain secured an ounce of laudanum, and instead (of taking it in small doses, she took the whole dose at one time. This had the effect of making her deathly sick, and a physician was called, and on his advice the girl was .removed to the hospital. Died From His Injuries. Elmer Myers, aged 25, a fireman on the Pennsylvania Bailroad, died at the West Penn Hospital at 4 A. m. yesterday from the scalding received in the wreck at Greensburg last Wednesday evening. In- quest this morning. The German Delegate. The only business transacted by the Ger man Trades Assembly yesterday, was to elect Gus Adam as delegate to the Federa tion of Labor, which meets in Boston, De cember 10, 11 and 12. ImpuritiEB in Hie Liver. When the Liver is crowded or clotted with a mass of impurities, its action be comes slow and difficult. Pleurisy, Headache, Pain in Side, Tired Feeling and General Weakness ensues, result ing, if unchecked, in BROKEN DOWN SYSTEMa When you have these symptoms, try a few doses of the genuine DR. C. McLANE'S Celebrated Liver Pills. Price, 23 cents. Bold by all druggists, and prepared only by Fleming Bros., Pittsburg, Pa. Beware of counterfeits made in St Louis. jylO-arwT ELEGANCE -nr- CHRISTMAS GIFTS. DIAMONDS, JEWELRY. WATCHES, - SILVERWARE, POTTERY, CUT GLASS NOVELTIES. A stock of superior excellence and design. E. P. ROBERTS i SDNB, JEWELERS, CORNER FIFTH AVE. AND MARKET ST. deS-61-MWF JOJti MU& THE CHINA STORE. i CHRISTMAS ' -on- BRIDAL GIFTS of greatest elegance and largest i variety. You should Inspect the stock of FrEncii, Kendrick & En., 613 SMITHFIELD STREET. Onr Art Department occnples the 'whole of the third floor. TelefJionel878L Eeettio Elevator. t lf jl i ' , ' M-xirvi JSs"SjV UstilB? HEW ADVERTISEMENTS. JDB. HDRNE & ED.'5 PENN AVENUE STORES. PrrrSBUBG, Monday, December 9, 1S88. These stores, all over, are one grand Christ mas Gift Emporium. To-day is the grand final holiday opening. Here you have a world-congress of good things. Count your cash. How much do von Intend'to spend for father, for mother, for brother, for sister for wife, for children for friend. Then come to us to learn the "what to get" Gifts for every member of the household. Gifts for the baby gifts for grandparents. Gifts to correspond with the circumstances of every recipient. Gifts beautiful and appropriate, from cheap est to finest to fit every pocketbook. We have published a little book called "X Christmas Story," hastily thrown together, but which, in an entertaining way, enumerates thousands of items appropriate for Christmas gifts, and is designed to help you solve tho -problem of "what" Get it at the store free of charge. It is not complete merely hintfuL Begin to tell where? A Sealskin Sacque at $600. Or a Pocketbook at 50c. A Dress as a Christmas gift represents the practical idea. Our Colored Dress Goods Department pre sents a notion of completeness that you can only appreciate by seeing. The popular method of cutting up the goods into pattern lengths has met with a wonderful favor. Good, serviceable plaids, stripes, cheeks, tricots and wool cashmeres. 80c and 40c goods in 10 yard patterns, f nil and generous, at only $3 50. Thousands and thousands of yards of choice goods cnt into patterns and neatly done up especially for holiday buying $2 50, S3 00, S3 60. 11 00. 50, $5 00, 16 00 and 87 50. Finer patterns to finest All our fine Paris patterns, hundreds of them, are now actually at half former prices on the same goods. Not all our sacrifice wo sacrifice the profit the gds themselves would bring us. But Christmas is too near. That profit to you. New, beautiful goods read the prices and what they would be if the price standard kept up. The now S7 50, would be $13 50. The now $10, would be S20. The now 11 would be 324. The now S12 50, would be tS. The now $15. would be $25 and S30l The now $18, wonld be $30 and $35. None the less acceptable because the price are down. Buy two where you thought of buy ingone. Your choice of black goods Is greater than yon are likely to find out When you've mada your selection you have just begun to find out what is there. Tell your price limit and gen eral style of goods desired. Quick minds will conceive your wants and in less than no time, despite all the hurry and bustle, you will nave just what you came for. Now for a little list to guide you: French Wool Cashmeres (40 and 43-Inch), 45c, 50c, 65c, 70c, 75c, 85c, 90c, $1 and $1 25. French Wool Henriettas (40 and 46-inch), 75c, 80c, JL $1 25, $1 35, $1 5tt Fine Warp Henriettas, best make in the world, standard widths (40 and 42 inches), 85c, $1, $1 25, $1 35, $1 SO, $1 75, $2, $2 25, $2 50, $2 75, S3, $3 60. $4 and $5. Silk Warp Drap D'AImas, O, $1 25, $1 60, $1 75, $2 and $2 6a Silk Warp Melrose. $1 50, $1 75. $2 and $2 50. Silk Warp Armures and Crepe Cloths, $150 and $1 75. Camel Hair Cloths, for costumes and wraps 75c. $L 11 25, $1 50, $1 75, $2, $2 25. $250,$3to $45a - "Lupins" French Merinos, extra wide, 75c, $1,51 25 and SI SO. "Lupins" DrapdeEte,48 inches wide, $2 60 and J3 60. French and English Serges, 40 to 58 Inches wide, 60c, 75c, $1. $1 25, $2 to $2 BO. tfl English Diagonals, narrow, medium and Vida.. wa!e,Jl,$125.$r35adSl6a - Fine Wool Tricots, 40c. Fine Wool Cloths, 50c, 65c, 75c, 85c and $L V Fme&Imported Broadcloths, sponged, ready for the cutter, the best goods of the best mak ers, $1 25, $150, $1 75, $2 00, $2 25. $2 50 to $3 60. Fine Diagonal Cloakmgs. $2 to $3 5a Beaver Clotbs and Kerseys, 14 to to. Side Border Novelties, $125 to 52. Fancies, for house dresses and combination costumes, in stripe? and beautiful designs of figured Jacquards. 75c. $1, $1 25, 51 50 to $2. Think of over 200 grades to select from in the Black Silks. For whom would you buy? Many kinds will suit perfectly the purpose some might not All the kinds for all pur poses here. Every new weave and every old one. Only reliable qualities, but a long range of prices. Surahs 50c, 65c, 75c (26 inches wide), 85c, $1, $1 20, $1 25. $1 50, $1 75 and S3. Gros Grains. 60c, 65c, 75c. 85c, 90c. SL $1 15, $1 25, $1 35, $1 50, $1 75 and $2. Cashmere finish Gros Grains, 14 grades, from $1 to $4 a yard. Satin Rhadame, 9 grades, from 65c a yard up to $2 50. Satin Merveilleux, in 6 grades, from 90s to $3 a yard. Satin Luxor, 8 grades, from $1 to $2 75. Ten (10) grades of Pau de Sole, $1 to $3 60. And 10 grades of Black Armures, from 75c to $2 50 a yard, in many weaves. Satin Regence, from $1 25 to $3, 7 grades. Sixteen (16) grades, from 75c to $7 50 a yard, in the new Brocades, the richest and most ele. gant of the Black Silks and the best stock we have ever had. Ten (10) patterns of Striped Surah and twenty (20) of Fancy Stnpe Merveilleux. Elegant Matelasses for wraps, in i grades $l-$7 6a The same idea of completeness and elegance and big value, both for quality and style, in Fancy Flannels, and Beautiful Satines for house wrappers and tea gowns. A Cloak and Suit House a building to itself, where you and everybody near you are of the same mind. Practical and experienced people to serve you, and a stock unsurpassed. Noth ing lacking for completeness. A $5 Stockinette or Beaver Cloth Jacket A $175 Sealskin. A $10 Cloth Newmarket; A $600 Sealskin. A $10 Astrachan Shoulder Cane. A $500 Russian Sable Cape. . , Fine Suits for ladies, mlsses.and children; aQ new, stylish materials and stylishly made. This for the Cloak and Suit house in brief. The great Fur Departmen tin detail: Sealskin, the genuine-Alaska, and best Lon don dye. In Capes, $40. $45. $50 and $55. In Jackets, $94, $120, $130, $135. $140, $150. $165, $175. Long Coats, $100. $125, $150, $160, $175, $180, $180, $200 to $275. Ulsters, $225 to $600. Wraps, $85 to $200. We said "begin where" better say, "stop where." Right here. i ' One grand item more. Lovers of lace and there are thousands wh will read this an opportunity for you. We have a large stock of real duchesse lace collars, collarettes and black thread lace capes, barb3 and fichus, that do not seem to meet en tirely this peculiar season's idea of styles. They always have been popular. They will, and must come np again. But for the present this stock must go. A reduction of just 50 per , cent all around has been ordered. Last sea- ' son's prices just divided by two. Real duchesse collars, some all lace, others with point gauze, were $18 to $33, are now $9 to .. , $16 50. , . Collarettes, all lace and point gauze combina tions, $13 to $24. are now $S 60 to $12. ," Black thread lace points, all handmade, were) , Xu up now s up. Barbs were $9 up now $4 SO up. In the lace department to-day. JDB. HDRNE 1 ED. 609421 PENN AVENUE, ,-.TS3sr-- i . rr",-'t-ij- 'x .. 1t lL-Tj&a5 .. 'j .-ra&'A jAVvf ;&&? tJteK--"."a, r J z,T .