T ' e S I 16. SAVED FORT SHIRLEY An Important Event in Local Indian History. t AEMSTBOXG'SBOLDATTACK The last Murder by the Eedskins in Western Pennsylvania. A CABIH THAT RECALLS THE STOET prxrrrzx ros th dutixcb. : FTEE the defeat of Braddock on the Mononjrahela, the ) incursions of the In dians into the fron tier settlementi of Virginia and Mary land became more frequent ' and -bold. Indeed, bo terrible had become their .! ht most of the settlers had fled I protection, either to the nearest stockade forts, or to tbe older settlements east auu nntVi nTthe mountains. Emboldened by the success of their forays Into those provinces, the savage noraes swept over the border into Pennsylvania, and laid waste the beautiful valleys of the Juniata and the Kiskiminitas, carrying away whole families of women and children prisoners to their towns north of tbe Ohio, while statis tics show that upward of 1,000 white settlers were killed during these incursions. Washington had been recently appointed Commander in Chief of all the forces then raised, or to be raised, in the colony of Vir ginia. But the jniiitia laws of the province woe so inadequate to the enforcement of proper discipline that he had a sorry time bringing to subordination the beggarly ar ray of recruit who reported for duty after an urgent call. Atthis timetbere came to the younc Commander heartrending appeals from the border for protection. Hp was deeply moved nt the deplorable condition of the helpless people, and resolved that a peedy and decisive blow should be struck at their stealthy and deadly foe. A EEXDEZVOTJS -A.T KITTAXIOKQ. Scouts had brought in word that tracks of a numerous band had been discovered, tending toward Fort Duquesne, and an escaped urisoner reported that they were hostile Delawares and Shawnees, that Washington's former ally, Shingis, and an other Chief, called Captain Jacobs, were their leaders, and that they had a ren dezvous on the Allegheny, 25 or 30 miles above Fort Duquesne, called Kittanning, whither they carried their prisoners and plunder. Colonel John Armstrong, of the Pennsylvania militia, undertook the punish ment 'of this murderous band. He took with him Washington's beloved friend and seighbor, Captain Hugh Mercer, who the rear before had been severely wounded at Braddock's field and from the thicket, where he lay disabled, had witnessed the atrocities of the Indians. With 2S0 picked men, well mounted.with reliable scouts in advance, they marched rapidlv and silently over the mountains and through the forests to the Allegheny river. Irving savs they kept on till they reached the Ohio. This is a geographical error, un less be applies tbe name to the Allecheny, which, prior to 1748, was called the Ohio, as well as the river below Pittsburg, bv the Benecas and several other tribes, let as vearly as 1753, Washington in the report of bis mission to Venango, designates the ' .aorthfojk of tbe Ohio as the Allegheny, ?and other cotemporary writers do the same. Betting ont as Armstrong's party did from .jort'jbhirjpy in the Juniata Valley, and sgcelerlty and secrecy being the essence ol the jkBnaeruKinc, tneir most direct ana seciuaea - 3youtewould .be .tbroujrh the defiles of the ..fountains,- in or near., the Cohemaugh -' rnziohf and thence through the valley of the - ICiski'niinitas to the Allegheny. Captain Armstrong's dispatch to Gover nor Denny, covering this excursion, con tains the Jollowing: On the 7th. in tho evening, heing' within six miles of Kittanninc, the scout discovered a fire In tbe road and reported that there were two or at most lour Indians at it. It was not thought proper to attempt surprising those In dians at that time, lest if one tbcultl escape the town micbt be alarmed. So Lieutenant Hose .-ltn 32 men, was lett to watcb them, with or ders not to fall upon them till daybrealc, and our forces turned oaf of tbe path and passed by without disturbing them. It was afterward a cause of wonderment and chagrin to M. Dumas, then in com mand oi Fort Duquesne, and to his red al lies, that so large a force of mounted men could march undiscovered into their enemv's country, where Indian scouts and detachments of French soldiers were con stantly on the alert HOEKOES OP IHE SCALP TJAKCE. It was a clear moonlight night in Septem ber when the avengers neared the end of their perilous ride. They were guided to the town by tbe whoops and yells of the lavages, who had just returned from an other murdering foray, and were celebrating their triumph with the hideous scalp dance. It wonld require the pen of Hugo or tbe pencil of Dore to do Justice to this weird and awful scene, in which the warriors, fan-j tastically decorated with feathers, beads and war paint, circled about a great fire in the monotonous dance, carrying aloft on the ends of poles tbe variously colored scalps of their recent victims. Armstrong's men bad secreted their horses some distance back in tbe woods, and had cautiously made their way on foot to a dip In the land about 100 yards from the place. Here they we're ordered to "lie still and hush" till moon set. From this cover they had a full view of the horrid spectacle. The stalwart dancers went round and round, and as the moonlight and firelight gleamed suddenly on the Snow-white tresses . of an aced woman lifted high by a sinewy arm, the fury of the white men could hardly be restrained. But, remembering that the success of the attack depended upon it be ing a complete surprise, they controlled. their wrath. The savage rites were long, " tint thpv ended fit lAt .ndsah Tridfank as L 7A. YSSf t- W lUlwrntng Fromxt Foray. i-t (.'bad huts retired to tbem, and those who.had ': mPjt, bu"' fires n neigjibonng,cornneId--.to :, Jjprotect them from the myriads ot gnats thai Infested the place and lay down there 'to rest, the last cuttnral "TJghl TJgh!"hed died away and all slept heavily. But there was another -weary wait for the white, men tilt tbe moon set and the fires burned' low. JLBHSTBOXO'S ATTACK. History says, that as the 'first streak of dawn revealed the outlines of tbe lodges, Armstrong divided his men into two-parties and they made a simultaneous attack upon tbe corn field and the village. Chief Jacobs being roused by the first shot, sounded the war whoop, and the braves in the field, although, surprised, hearing the cry of their Chief, (ought desperately till several ot their number were killed. But Armstrong's report says: As soon as day appeared and the town could be seen, the attack on the cornfield began, through which our people charged, killing sev eral of the enemy, and entered tbe town. The' lodges, some 30 in number, -were set on fire, and Chief Jacobs and his people, within, ordered to surrender. They re fused. But as the fire made headway many of them rushed from their burning homes. A few escaped, but many were killed and scalped after their own fashion. Among tbe latter were Chief Jacobs and his giant son, said to have been seven feet high. The women and children fled to the woods, says Irvine, Bancroft and Lossing, but older ac counts state that many of them perished in the town. - Armstrong's account of the affair, which he sent bv an.express to Governor Denny in Philadelphia; and which is found published in the Portsmouth, Hew Hampshire, Gazette for October 1, 175C(a copy of which is in the possession oi Mr. Joseph Forsythe'of this city), relates that Jacob's squaw-was killed and scalped as she attempted to escape through a window, and says further: The Indians had a number of spare arms in tbeir bouses, loaded, which went oil as 'the Are came to them, and quantities of gunpowder, wbich had been: stored in every house, blew up from time to time, throwing some of their bod ies a great height into the air. PERISHED IK TBE FLAMES. Armstrong also says "that a squaw was heard crying in one of the burning bouses." It is therefore inferred that she and perhaps others of her sex perished in the flames, as the leg of a child was blown by one of the L v The Scalp Dance. explosions into the midst of the white troops. TKe discharge or spare guns and the heavy explosions referred to. attest how well French emissaries kept the savages sapplied with the mnnit'ons of war. In the action 17 of the'whites were killed, 13 wounded and 19 missing at roll-call. Among the wounded were Colonel Arm strong and his second-in-command, Captain Mercer. It does not appear frohi the various accounts of the affair that the faithless Shin gis was present at the destruction ofKittan ning. It is probable that he had gone to Fort Duquesne, as his tribe was accustomed to transport thither their most valuable prison ers and booty. And it is Known that they ob tained from the French commandant at' that place part of their supplies. Armstrong's dispatch to Philadelphia also says: Eleven English prisoners were released and brought away, who informed the Colonel that besides the powder (of which the -Indians boasted they bad enough for ten years' war with the English) there was a great quantity of Roods burnt, which the French had made them a present of but ten days before. The timeliness of Armstrong's attack is proved by further testimony of the rescued prisoners, given in his Philadelphia dis patch: The prisoners also Informed ns that that very day two bateaux ot Frenchmen, with a large party of Delaware and French Indians, were to join Captain Jacobs, to march and take Fort Shirley; and that 5 warriors had set out before tbem tbe preceding evening, which proved to be the party that had kindled the fire the night before; tor our people returning found Lieu tenant Hozg wounded in three places, and learned he bad in tbe morning attacked the supposed party of three or four at the fire ac cording to order, but found tbem too numerous for him. He killed three of them, however, at the first fire and fought tbem for an hour. when he lost three of bis bestmen, tbe rest, as he lay wounded, abandoned him and fled, the enemy pursuing them. Lieutenant Hogg died soon after of his wounds. THE MISSING ALL SAFE. Armstrong relates further concerning the Kittanning raid: Captain Mercer, being wounded fn tho action, was carried off by his eDSign and 11 men, who left the main body in tbeir return to take another road, and were not come in when the express came away. He had four of the- re covered prisoners with him, and some of the scalps. At the foot of Armstrong's dispatch the Gazette adds: Since receiving the above return from Fort Lytueton we are informed Captain Mercer "and 23 persons are returned safe, wbich makes up the missing, and tbe four released prisoners. The Gazette account has been freely quoted because it differs in some particulars from that In the histories, and contains in formation not found there. Also, because it is direct from tbe commander of the ex pedition who presumably' gave an accurate The Harvetl lAly. report. It Is surprising that historians are content to comment upon the signal blow suffered by tbe enemy in the loss of- their most famous leader and their depot of sup plies, but make no mention of 'the very im portant immediate result of that blow, viz, the scattering of the assembling forces des tined for the attack- on Fort Shirley, and that, too. at -the last critical moment; for had Armstrong's troops arrived in the vicin ity of Kittanning 12Tiourslater they would, in all probability, have been cut' to piece's,. and'Fort Shirley, -with its meager garrison would have fallen, into the hands of Jacobs, as did Fort Granville, r Fort Granby, as Armstrong calls' it, the preceding year; .and the Juniata Valleywould have been laid as waste and desolate as was Wyoming 32 years later. FAST OF THE ATTACKXKQ. BODT, It was daylight when the work of de .ft rf THfi struction was finished, and the 'sun rose upon the smoking ruins. There was not a moment to lose, for says Armstrong's re port: A'body of the enemy on the other side of the river fired on our people; and being seen to cross the river at a distance, as If to surround our men, they collected some Indian horses found near the town to carry off the wounded and retreated, without going bask to tbe corn field to nick np the scalps ot those killed there in the bejlnnlng of the action. Taking with, them the released prisoners, the troops hurried back to the woods where their horses were corralled, mounted In haste, and made their way homeward as silently and cautiously as they had come. The" fact that a body of the enemy fired upon Armstrong's party from the opposite side of the river seems further to confirm the testimony of the rescued prisoners con cerning the proposed attack upon Fort Shirley. It is reasonable to suppose that they were a body destined for the expedi tion, arriving thus early at the rendezvous. The astonishment and alarm ot the Ohio tribes at this direful visitation of the colon ists put an end to their outrages for some time to come. On the frontier a feeling of security was, in a measure, restored, and the settlers in large numbers returned to the homes they had abandoned. It is pleasing to note in connection with this daring ex ploit of Armstrong's militia that the popu lous town of the white men, with its foundries and rolling mills, and its beau tiful homes and churches that now covers the site of the old Indian rallying place, has not been rechristened, but retains the musi cal Delaware name of Kittanning. Hecfce welder, the best anthority on Lenni Lenape significations, says it is a'corruption of Kit-han-niak, which means the main stream, or on the main stream, and with the Dela wares denoted the stream as well as the town. HONORS FOB THE BEBOES. It is also in accordance with the eternal fitness of things that the county of which Kittanning is the capital, bears the name or Armstrong, in honor of the man who by a signal act of retaliation opened tbe way lor its settlement. The corporation of Phila delphia presented Colonel Armstrong with a piece of plate, and also gave to him and to each of his officers a silver medal and to every private in the troop a medal and a small present of money in recognition of their intrepid conduct on the expedition. The treaty of Fontainbleau did not bring to the borders the. tranquility so earnestly hoped for, and not until after the close of Pontiac's war was there actual safety for settlers beyond the shadow of the forts. After a few years, however, the remnants of such tribes as remained north of the Ohio, being now at peace with the English emi grants, tempted by the cheap and fertile land, began to push farther West and North on ibe manor tracts of Pennsylvania. With these came James Kirkpatrick, of Franklin county. Pa., bringing "with him his wife and three children, the youngest not yea year old. They crossed the Alle gheny river at the point where, a quarter of a century before, had stood the Indian town of Kittanning. Here they piled their house hold effects on the backs of pack horses and nushedinto the wilderness some ten miles b.-yoad and to a little stream called Cherry run. kiekfatbick's foeest home. With the help of a distant neighbor Kirkpatrick bnilt him a cabin and began to clear his land. Encouraged by the quality of their purchase be and his wife toiled cheerfully, for both were young, buoyant with health and hope, and charmed with the novelty of their woodland life. The elder children, too, were happy as linnets in the midst of their new surroundings, and as the ax was lustily plied, watched with eager interest tbe swaying of-each tree, and beard with boisterous shouts the crash when the great trunk shook the earth with its fall; while the baby .brother, joined in their glee, he knew not why. So the boundaries of the clearing extended further and lurtheras time went bv. and the crops grew apace in the rich, new soil. a tew inaians remained in a camp not many miles away, bnt they were friendly, and sometimes came to tbe colonists to bar ter moccasins and furs for potatoes, turnips and qther products of the farm. The latch string of the young pioneers was always out to the few travelers who passed tbeir way, but beyond an occasional party of surveyors, a hunter or a militia man or two going or coming from tbe blockhouse of his district, they had few visitors. ' Born of religious parent), the young peo ple kept up in their new home the pious ob servances to which they had been always ac customed. Indeed, their isolated sitnation gave new fervency to their devotions. It so happened on the morning of tbe 28th of April, 1791, a day ever after memorable to tbem, that George Miller, who was the first white man who had settled in this section, coming in 1766, and another militiaman, had stopped at the cabin. Young Kirk patrick, as was his habit, before beginning work for the day, read a chapter in the Bible, and all present knelt in prayer. the last INDIAN attack. As they arose from their knees, one of the militia men hearing some stir outside, opened the door to ascertain the cause. As he did so, an Indian standing near the honse, fired at him, inflicting a terrible wound in his side. He was falling out of, the open door, when bis companions, Miller and Kirkpatrick, springing forward, dragged him in aud barred tbe door. Miller' then barricaded tbe window with the bed ding, table and such other articles of house hold furniture as would help to make it bullet proof, while Kirkpatrick, seizing his rifle, ran up the ladder to the loit and began shooting through a loophole in the chunk ing. Having been entirely engrossed with the labor of bis farm, and not expecting hos tility from the Indians at that late date, he had rnn no bullets for some time, and so had but few in his pouch. He had not fired many rounds, when a shot aimed bv the as sailant sped through the crack above the large wooden door latch, struck the inno cent baby, and it fell back bleeding and gasping. At this moment Kirkpatrick called down the ladder to his wife to mold some bullets as fast as possible, for his supply was nearly exhausted. There was no time now to wash the blood stains from the cruel wound or to pillow the drooping head upon her throbbing breast; no time to give way to a mother's yearning or a mother's anguish only time to lay, with trembling hands, tbe tiny, limp form in the sugar trough cradle, that might never again rock: him to slumber; only time to snatch with nervous haste the lead, the mold and the ladle for melting from the rode shelf, rake the embers from under tbe back log and essay her difficult task that her husband might save their lives or sell them as dearlr as he could. MOLDING THE BULLETS. It was easy enough to melt the lead on the glowing coals, but tbe shaking fingers could not guide the molten stream .into the throat of tbe mold. Seeing this, tbe wounded mil itiaman, holding together with one hand the gaping edges of,his wound, crawled to the fireplace, and with.the other hand steadied the ladle for her. In this way they filled and emptied the mold many times over, while Miller, having secured the house as well as he could, stood at the fobt of the lad der, trimmed the bullets, loaded the spare gun, passed it up to Kirkpatrick, took his empty one, loaded it and exchanged, loaded and exchanged again and again. Counting the shots and the intervals be tween' them, the white men judged there were three assailants. After a time, how ever, the shots were less frequent and farther off. They concluded from this that one of the Indians was either killed or badly wounded. The other two had by this time moved to the edge of the clearing and far enough away from the boose to be seen from the loop-hole. One of them had just fired his piece, the charge burying itself in the log near Kirkpatrick'a head. The other one was In the act of loading. Kirkpatrick having now for the first time a chance to take deliberate aim, leveled his rifle and fired; his bullet struck the ramrod out of the Indian's hand and entered his body. He threw np his arms and fell to the groucd. but scrambled to his feet again and tottered into the woods. The other one ran away at fall speed, and the firiugxeased. A GOOD INDIAS FOUND. When the besieged white men opened the door and looked warily est, aa Indian lay .PITTSBtJEGr .'DISPATCH, dead in the'ysrd -wltH'a bullet bole through! his head. Assured "that they .were-at lastT alone, every effort. Was made to "alleviate the sufferings or the wounded man -and child. But the soldier was beyond all aid; ha lingered in great agony until near noon, when death came- to his relief. The baby lay breathing fee,sly and white as marble. The brave husband oould not tarry to soothe the grief of lis wife or the terror of hit children, but hastily prepared to carry tbem to a place of safety, lest the savages might return la greater cumbers and massacre them all. A white boy at that time a prisoner with the tribe among whom the three Indians were living after his escape told Kirkpatrick that thev had expected to find him alone with his family, and that bnt one of tbe. tnree returnea to toe camp. A.ir&pabru;ii collected as many ot his effects as could be packed on the horse behind his wife and ehildren.and, taking Miller, the surviving militia man, as a guard, hurried his family off by a-circnitous route to the blockhouse at Hannahs town; the mother, carrying her wounded child on a pillow upon her lap. It was a dangerous and painful ride of nearly 40 miles, and scarcely had they en tered the sheltering walls of the fort when the baby boy breathed his last, LAST OF THE MUKDEES. So far as there it any record, this was the last murderous attack" by Indians upon a' settler's home in Western Pennsylvania,' Thefas.have been, published no less than four: different, versions of the story, including the one in Massie Harbison's book, which Mr. J. T. Kirkpatrick, a grandson of the pioneer James Kirkpatrick, pronounces incorrect in several particulars. It is believed the ac count here given it the true one, as it was obtained directly from Mr. J. T. Kirkpat rick, who.had it from hit grandparents, who were tctors in the scene. There are likewise three different theories regarding the Indians who made the attack. Some of the border people believed them to have been among the young children who survived the fall of Kittanning, who, after long yean, thus sought revenge for the death of their people and the loss of tbeir lands. Pressley Neville and others, then at Fort Pitt, suspected that they were Senecas, who, though seemingly friendly, sometimes proved treacherous. While other men, as capable of judging as anv, were of opinion that they were Shawnees from Beaver Dam, who were wreaking vengeance upon the whites in return for the feat of Captain Sam. Brady, "The Injun Fighter," who had killed six or seven ot their braves and taken from them some English prisoners and 'stolen horses. The scene of the tragedy is on the old road running north from Kittanning, A jannting party passing through that region some time ago, fonnd the old cabin still standing, for the woodmen ot those days builded better than they knew. It is true the clapboard roof, as clapboards -will do, had curled up like fur on the back of an angry cat; the sash was gone from tbe small square window, aud tbe door from its hinges, but the four log walls and the chink ing were almost as perfect as when young Kirkpatrick built it. A single glance around the dismantled interior, however, re vealed to the visitors the "abomination, of desolation." THE STEIKINO CONTBASTS. In one dark corner lay some broken and obsolete farm implements. Heaps of sticks and clay filled the wide open fireplace, from which a hundred years ago the steaming copper and the ever-useful Dutch oven sent ont savory odors to the nostrils of the hun gry pioneers. On the sunken hearth lay the fragments of .a swallow's nest, broken in its fall from tbe top or the outside chimney. And, as if to complete the air of utter aban donment as a human abode, a family of bats were drowsing.away the daylight on one of the blackened rafters overhead, where once the thrifty housewife had hung bundles of fragrant herbs and hanks of bright-colored yarns of her own dyeing. No more striking contrast could be pre sented between tbe past and tbe present, the old and the' new order of things, than the forsaken cabin and its prosperous and cheerful surroundings. The cabin stood on the edge of a grain field, over which the light summer breeze made golden billows from end to end. .The click of a patent reaper in the adjoining meadow called at tention to the machine, which was drawn by a pair ot long-stepping Clydesdale horses, and leaving in its wake wide, even swaths of timothy. n THE HAEVEST LILT. In an angle of the worm fence, dividing the yellow grain from the pale green timo thy, and giving a dash of vivid coloring to the landscape, a tall stalk of lilium su perbum, or harvest lily, lifted its crown of cardinal blossoms, as red as tbe blood of the victims that had stained the cabin floor. Overlooking all from the slope beyond, stood a roomy modern farmhouse with a thriving orchard for background, and flanked by a huge bank barn with its light ning rod and weathercock, and its attendant cluster ot ricks and sheds. The payroll of one of the companies be longing to Armstrong's troop, just exam ined, is also a curious illustration of the progress made in the educational advan tages of the masses' since 1756. The com pany were mostly Pcnnsylvauians, and yet more than half of them bad receipted fort their money with, their mark. Thanksto; the free school system, it is safe? to say that to-day among a bo'dy of troopsjcomtainfng twenty itimes their' number there will be found scarcely one. native-bornHnilitiaman or United States soldier who. -cannot write his name. ;' f- LATE MWS IN BRIEF. At a publio meeting at Montreal resolu tions in favor of CanadianLlndependeace were" adopted wun cneers. In a fire at Faterton, N. J., 10,000 roondSjOf- cartnages iook nre; ana tne uuuets were. flying in evejy' direction. ' Nobody was hurt, how ever. .w Captain Joseph W. King; Qfjllinoiaijas been annotated Snnerlntendent ol-the Pemlon ' Office building, vice Captain Filler, transferred J le me ciencai uiviiua. A farmer named Both and his entire fam ily, a wife and four children, perlshed.ln'the flames of his burning dwelling Thursday night, near. Birmingham, Ala. The St. James Hotel Mansfield, O- was damaged to the extent of f 10,000 by an early morning flro yesterday. Loss covered by Insur ance. There was no loss of life. Milan, ex-King of Servia, recently lost S0Q, 000 francs while gambling at Monaco. It was tbe loss of this money that caused his depres sion and led him to threaten to commit suicide. George Fleinmlng, alias Will Morris, alias The Pin," wauted, for burglary and. other crimes committed in Monroe county, Mich., and Knox county, O.,- was arrested at South Bridge, Mass. Nothing is known among the shoe manufac turers at Lynn, Mass., of the reported combine of American manufacturers. Prominent shoe men say such a coalition Is impracticable, owing to many peculiar conditions of business. A message was received at Grand Forks, Ni D., yesterday by Chief Justice Corless, from Mr. wlushlp at Bismarck, saying: "The lottery scheme will be defeated, and you can bet on It." The excitement is running very high on this issue. The charges of bribery made against mem hers of the .Elgin. III., city council in con nection with-a street railway franchise are be fore the grand jury. That body began an in vestigation Friday which will last several days. The matter has created a great local, sensation. Secretary Tracy continues to gain in health and strength, audit lS-now his intention to re sume.bis duties at tbe Navy Department Mon day morning. Yesterday be had a long talk with Policeman Cattell, Chief Parrisb and Fireman Wright, tbe men who rescued him from the fire. Anthony Kalveratzky, of Yonngstown, Ohio, tged 14 years, died yesterday which caur.d an investigation. Before bis death the boy said to a neighbor. "My father killed me and I don't want him to come near." Tbe lather de clines to make any statement pending the In quest. The viewers appointed to assess theamount of damages wbich .would result to tbe farm of Marsh ilcDonard, at West Economy, by the proposed improvements of the Pittsburg and Lake Kris Company' at fiat point, have fixed the amount at HSOO. The amount claimed was 30,000. A collision-Friday at Dennott, Arkansas, a station on tbe Central and Northern Railroad, resnltedin. the death of. Peter. Joyce, John Qtflnn and Matt Tevedf, employed ln.bulldidc tho road. Several Others were seriously, in jured. The conductor Vas arretted, charged with criminal carsleunna. WThn TTfiftAtf St&tM Cnnrt hajt 1nri an tm jaucttosr tralnUig ; eoUoMa,ef tuna J SUNDIy. EUBRirABT - levied In: Minnesota upon the Pullman' Palace . Car Company. Tbe company has been fighting the assessment, for several year, and tliu case has been carried from court to court. Mrs..Gertrude WhiUcre and Frank Allen, her cousin, are In jail in Lansing, Mich., for forgery. Allen obtained J3.6O0 on forged drafts in New York a year ago, and Mrs. Whlt acre drew S2.000 from a Lansing bank on' a draft on New York, and lolned Allen in Can ada, and- both were subsequently traced to Colorado. A committee for theeqnal rights' conven tion waited upon President Harrison and pre sented a copy of tbe address adopted by tbe convention. The President expressed his sym pathy with the movement, and assured tbe committee that he would do all be could within the law to ameliorate the condition of the col ored people. Charles Miller was arrested Friday night at Lebanon. Ind charged with the murder of George Purdy, who was shot on October 2(, 1KSS. Tbe murder was cold blooded, Purdy being on his way home when he was shot from a buggy driven rapidly by. Large rewards were offered for the murderer. Miller is the son ot a prominent farmer. There are 7,827 voters in Salt Lake City as shown by the registration just closed. Of these 4,905 are pronounced Gentiles, and -2,922 Mormons. The Gentiles have a majority on tbe face of the registration returns, of 1,933. The majority on Monday, the election day for city omclais on account' of absenteeism, will probably.be between 600 and 700, By a fall of roof and rock in the Lacka wanna colliery at' Olyphant, Pa.? at' noon yes terday.'Mme Foreman Cragerfthd three Hun garians were terribly crushed' . The men were engaged In putting fn props' where a faulty roof existed, and while tannluz for a suuoort the mass fell upon them. ' Two of 'the Hungarians, uieu: uB loremau anu guiera wui prooauij re cover. Postoffiee inspectors at Chicago have arrested D. O. Gallear, J. McFadden, J. B.' McFadden, Jr., and Annie Burns, who arc charged with carrying on schemes tor defrauding Innocent country people. Tbey have received a great deal of mail" and have defrauded a number of people. The postal authorities have received more thaii L00O complaints from varions parts of Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana. Latest reports from Portland state .that the Williamette river is falling rapidly, and tbe losses aggregate a much less .figure' than before roughly reckoned. The Southern Pacific Rail road is probably the greatest loser, and- this principally by washouts. Portland's riverfront r.uifered a loss of something over- $10,000, while Independence and Salem, points lower down the river, were each damaged'several thousand dollars. Only one life was lost Trains on the Northern Pacific are making schedule .time. Specific charges of drunkennessand cruelty have been filed with Secretary Tracy against Captain M. A. Healy, of the revenue steamer Hear. The acts are alleged to bave.been com mitted during a recent cruise of that vesssl in Alaskan waters. The Secretary has 'directed an investigation of the charger, and a board of revenue officers will be appointed for the pur pose. It will naturally convene inSan.Frac cisco, as Captain Healy aud the necessary wit nesses are in that neighborhood. The robbery ef tbe steamer La Plata, dis covered after her arrival at Antwerp from Buenos Ayres. proves to have been a deep-laid affair. An oiler and quartermaster bf tbe steamerare missing. They are undoubtedly English professionals, but the collaborator at Antwerp is said to be an American. Some cipher letters and telegrams have been found in lodgin js he formerly occupied In London which, so far as they can be construed, inti mate tbat the same parties have patiently worked on La Plata and other boats, and once missed a much greater haul. than the 10,000 which has rewarded their efforts. i Lively a Cricket, Not sluggish as a tortoise, Is the condition de sirable lor tbe kidneys. Peril impends -when they become inactive. Renal diseases at ma turity seldom yield to medication.. Use there fore, the wholesome diuretic stimulant, Hostet ter's Stomach Bitters, when inaction of these important secretive organs is early perceived. Biliousness, constipation, malaria,- nervous rheumatism remove when the Bitters is used. A Are Yon Golna Into a Nevr Bonnet If so, now is a better time than later in the season to select your new cajpe'ts. The lines are all full and contain many, novelties in'wiltons, axminsters, moquettes, vel vets, brussels, agra and ingrain -carpets, -which will not be found after the moving season fairly opens. Select youfgoods'now; we will store them till you are ready to have them laid, and charge you nothing. extra. Ed-wabd Gkoethngeb,,, ' 627 and.629 Penn avenue-- Gents' Handkerchiefs Special. 160 dozen extra fine hemstitched, -.white, pure linen, six for $1 OO.worth fl 50-'a dozt, at Rosenbaum & Co.'s. You can make no mistake if yotttlck.to Z. Wainwright & Co.'s brew of .Ale and beer, the favorite family beverages. ' 'Phode 652S. wsa Pbof. Witndkam's German -Vegetable V Stomachal Elixir and Toothaches-Drops. All leading druggists v HARRIS' THEATER; Week Commencing Monday,;Feb. 10, Every Afternoon and Evening, v ' WILBUR OPERA GO. -A3D- SUSIE KIRWIN.;. :t 50--IN THE O0MPANy-5Cv IK THK rpLTO-WISO RBPEOTOIBE: ' Monday, '.'Ermlnier Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, "Nanonf Friday, "Bohemian Girlf.' Saturday Matinee, "Nanon?' Saturday night, "Erminle." Week Feb. 17-PBCK'B BAD BOY. f9-20 HAMLIN'S FARCE COMEDY COjVTPANY. I ' ' HHE FAKIR. Wheeling, Monday, February 10. Easf'Liverpool, Tuesday, Febru ary XL MoKeesport, Wednesday, Febru ary 12. ' Oonnellsville, Thursday, Febru ary 13. Boohester, Friday, February 14. w - Altoona, Saturday, February 15. " fe9-100 A T OLD CITx-HALL, ILLUSTBATED LECTURE COURSE -BY THE REV. JOHN a. ECCLESTON, D. D.. Friday, Febrnary7 "Westminster Abbey." Saturday, February 8 "Romance of Waverly." Monday. February 10 "Tha Early British Church." Tuesday, February 11 "The English Reforma-. tinn." , Each lecture illustrated by 0 large views. fe7 pUENTHER'S ORCHESTRA Furnishes ATusic for Concerts, 'Weddings, Receptions, etc, etc. Lesonns on Flute and Piano given by PROF. GUENTHEB, 0Woodst. selS-U-su oc(L irwmnp! 88' J:6cirS obtained' the only gold medal awarded solely for toilet SOAP in competi tion with all the.pdrld. Highest 'possible distinction,?. . v -.; '.'. 9, ' 1890. NEW 'ADVERTIBEM'EXTS.' ' GRAND 0K88e. Mr. IS. D. Wilt, Lessee and Manager. One' Week, Commencing FEBRUARY 10. Matinees "Wednesday and Saturday, EVENT OF THE SEASON. Appearance of the Comedian, MR, STUART ROBSON And company of players, under the direc tion of Mr. "W. R. Hayden, presenting Bronson Howard's greatest success, MR. ROBSON... AS.. .BERTIE THE LAMB Every attention will be given to details; tbe play will be mounted with the aid of special scenery, properties and stage furni ture. .. SCALE OF PRICES: Parquet and first three rows in Circle.. ..Jl 60 Balance of Earquet Circle 1 00 Dress Circle, first three rows 75 Balance of Dress Circle 69 Gallery 23 Next Week - DIXEY, IN THE SEVEN AGES. feS-140 BIJOU THEATER WEEK FEBRUARY 17, The Celebrated Actress, 'Will Present the Following Kepertoixe: Romeo and Juliet, As You Like It, The Honeymoon, Gretchen, Leah, and The Lady of Lyons. Sale of Seats will com mence next Thursday at 9 A. M. XeS-133 CRAND OPERA HOUSE MR. E. D. WILT, Lessee and Manager. Week commencing MONDAY, FEB. 17. Matinees Wednesday and Saturday. Engagement of the Artistio Comedian, DIXEY. DIXEY AS THK BABY. DIXEY AS THE SCHOOLBOY. MR. . OIXEY HENRY E DIXEY AST RE LOVER. . Supported by Rice's Company of Players, In a grand production ot Messrs. Gill and Dixey KALETO08COPIC REPRESENTATION Entitled the 7 AQES! Mnslo by Mr. Rice. Original Costumes, scen DIXEY A3 THIS SOLDIER, AITS BIS PORTRAITURE OP GEORGE WASHINGTON DIXEY AS THE JOLLY JUSTICE WITH IMITATIONS. ery and. annointments as presented at the Standard Theater. .New Xorlr, 153 consecutive times. SCALE OF PRICES. Parquet and first three DIXEY AS THE GRAND OLD MAN. rows Parquet Circle, SI 60. Balance Parquet Circle. JL First three rows Dress Cir cle, 75c Balance Dress Cir cle, GOc Gallery 25c Sale of 8eats commences DIXEY. THURSDAY, FEB. 13. fe9-lS9 WORLD'S MUSEUM, ALLEGHENY CITY, ST. VALENTINE'S WEEK; FEB. 10, Grand Prize Crazy Quilt Competition. 12 Handsome Prizes Offered 12. Photographs to ladles free day and evening all week, MONR LEONARD, MAJOR HERTS AND WIFE. MAMIE CLAYTON, THE LTJCASSIES. CHRISTINE YOCHKEE, And other .wonders. All new stage show In Theater. Saturday, February IS, every bov gets a bag of marbles, everv plri a jumping rope. February 17 Etta Lake, elastic skin woman. February 2-4 Captain Paul Boyton's seals. March 3-B. F. F. M. Ie9-23 "Paris T?snhnrifYt TiHIffl Marptlair NEW ADrteTlSEMEKTS. . & THEATRE. "Under tbe director) of K.M.liikraK&OfeL ONE WEEK, BEGINNING MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, MATINEES WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY. The Most Thrilling and Realistic of All American Plays, The Military Romance, HELD M 111 BY THE M 0k T r BY THE MMYMEM v J?Jjp?r o An American Drama by WM. GILLETTE, Esq: , Founded on Inoidenta of the Oivil 'War. Presented with Beautiful Scenio Embellishment and a Powerful Speoial Oast, including All the Old Favorites. " BIJOU PRICES BESEBVES SEA.TS, Week Feb. 17 MABGARET MATHER in Repertoire. MISSADELEAUSDEROnE, The favorite' pupil ot Liait, WiUelvo TWO PIANO RECITALS At Old City Hall on Tnursday and Friday evenings. February 13 and 14, commencing at 8 7. M. promptly. Tickets for sale at H. Kleber fc Bro.'s, Wood street. Admission, JL So extra charge fbr reserved seats. ieS-ol ' IMPERIAL HALL, Cor. Seventh ave. and New Grant street. THE IMFEKIAL BALL KTEBY THURSDAY EVENING. Matinee every Saturday afternoon. Mozart and Royal Italian Orchestras. Thursday, Feb. 20, Grand Masquerade. fe9-69 THE . NAME . AND , FAME -ov- KEECH'S Mill HOUSE -IS TOWER OF Commanding the Attention. and Admiration :; of Every Thinking Person m :: j: in Western Pennsylvania. J :: It is no longer a matter of conjecture as to which Bouse is the! best one to patronize for FURNITURE,,; CARPETS, etcjF the palm for reliability has long since been conceded to' Keech's. fhd reliability embraces everything: Good goods, desirable' styles, low prices, satijiac tory treatment, faithfulness to the 'interests df every patron. J$' There are plenty of so-called installment houses in this city-gtho never expect to sell goods to a customer' but orice. O.H3UT. THAT ONCE1 The consequent troubles,- trials and tribulations of tha&fine transaction preclude the slightest possibility of your cjVer re.tarning.to that house. ... . How far different are things at Keech's. Here business is done with a view to your future as well as your present custom. KEECH'S WANT TO SEE YOU AGAIN, AND THEY GENERALLY', DO. Why? Because you have been satisfied with the goods you bought and the treatment you received. You' have not. been dunned to deith by un gentlemanly collectors', but have made your payments on tne easiest terms one could possibly expect. And now you come back again, feel ing assured that you will get the right goods, the right prices' and the right terms. Verily, Keech's is a house WITH, FOR. and OF THE PEOPLE. OUR NEW AND GIGANTIC SPRING STOCK -or- CARPETS : and : FURNITURE Is now gradually arriving. , Many novelties are already on sale.. It will pay you to look at them. aSTClosing out sale of last season's goods stiil continues. "KT" "TP TP Gash aid' Credit House, '.m and 925 IfcsTead? ICsrixi33ti.';S1X'ee-b:. VTOpn S&tardax Xltfrti W110 v -.-."- jEE : 75, 50 and 25c. fe3-29-su MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 10. Matinees, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. HYDE'S BIG SPECIALTY COMPANY. The Clipper Quartet. Ward, Hart. Curran and White. Mclntvre & Heath. Mis Uelrne Mora. Fields 4 Hanson. James McAvoy. Miss Edith Sinclair. Ed. M. Favor. Frank Howard. Snow & Whallen. W. M. Hogan. And the original picture ot Southern lire "BeXo da Wa'," called "WAY DOWN SOUTH." Fefirnary IT QUS . HILL'S WOULD OF NOVELTIES. fe9-6 E A- STRENGTH,. f Fnn avenue A. cfdLoekl FURNISHING nil s av-: NSn,r'15j
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