1 , ' ' . THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH. MONDAY, JklAUCH 3, 1890. r5 11 HOMEJ AFRO. The Lou? Journey Ahead of Mss Nellie F. O'Sullivan. A LIFE GIVEN TO CEABITY. Future of a Young, Beautiful and Accomplished Lady, A TYPEWRITER HER COMPAKION Farewells are now being said to Sister .Marie Therese, of the Sisters of the Poor, formerly Miss Nellie F. O'Sullivan, a fair Pittsburger, and a daughter of the late J. E. O'Snllivan, a prominent iron dealer of this city. The young lady will leave for Baltimore oti Thursday evening on her way to France to complete her novitiate in the mother house of the order at Latour. It is said she will be sent to Africa when she is professed. TOUXG AXD ACCOMPLISHED. Hiss O'Sullivan resiaed on Boss street, and is a noble type of American woman hood voluntarily sacrificing a life of pleas ure and enjoyment to labor among the aged poor in a distant land. She is in her l'Jth year, and is an accomplished musician, a fluent speaker of English, French and Ger man, and a Derfect mistress of the art of stenography, being formerly engaged as stenographer with the W. Dewees "Wood Company. She will take with her a type writer, which she expects will be a useful companion on many occasions, when she is shut out from the world. On October 13 Miss O'Sullivan entered the Penn avenue house of the Little Sisters. Mention was made ol it in The Dispatch at the time on account of the lively disposition of the young lady, the fact that she cLose the life of a recruit caused many of her friends to wonder iu amazement, especially as she had deter mined to join the Order of the Little Sisters, as that is considered the hardest one in con vent lile. THOUGHT HEB IK JEST. When she asked the consent of her mother to become a nnn, it was given readily, as Mrs. O'Sullivan thought her daughter in jest, and if she readily complied with the request, the daughter would not want to go. This she found out afterward was incorrect, and the young lady grew eager for the day. She has been an inmates of the Penn avenue house since that time and has proven herself to be such an apt pupil that she was ordered to sail for France on the 8th inst Very few young ladies get through the novitiate in this conn try in less than eight or ten months. Miss O'Sullivan has learned to speak French quite fluently during her short stay in the branch house and made herself a general favorite with the old folks who were under her care. Miss O'Sullivan is the only one who has gone from this city within the past three years and is only the third Pittsburg girl who ever joined the order. She will leave for Baltimore on Thursday night and will be joined by five other postulants. The latter will come from different parts of the United States. TO SAIL, OX SATURDAY. The party will sail on Saturday and will arrive at Havre about the 16th. From there they will go to the mother house at Latour, where thev will complete their novitiate. If the Pittsburg young ladr continues at her present rapid rate of progression she will be professed in about two years. iter iriends say tnat sne will likely be sent to Africa and will in ah probability be located in Algiers. The order has no house in that country and recruit's are wanted to go there and open one. "When a novice is professed she never knows where she will be sent and her orders generally land her the farthest point away from home. This is done to prevent old associations rom influencing the young ladies after they have been professed and are actively en gaged in the profession they have chosen. ALL THE ORDER'S TROrEEir. Miss O'Sullivan does not know now what date she will leave on he' journey to France, and the information will not be given her for several days yet. Everything she takes with her becomes the property ot the order. The typewriter she will take along is the same machine she had been using lor over a year. It is reported that Miss Jennie Hopper, a sister of Hopper Bro., the furniture deal ers, who W3S the last Pittsburg girl to join this order, i now in Baltimore, at the house there. She sailed for France about three years ago, and had been in that country since that time. IN BEHALF OF TE3IPEEANCE. Several Meetings Yesterday With Appar ently Good Results. Will J. McConnell talked temperance to a large audience for over an hour in the Centenary Church, Wylie avenue, last night. He took the ground that the saloon is an admitted evil, and the only question was that of what to do with it. He held that "the Pharisaical church members," as he termed them, had a duty to do in helping dtinking men and their families, and that a man who has signed and then goes to drink ing again should also be helped along. This week will close the meeting in this church. The Moorhead Union held its usual suc cessful meeting at Moorhead Hall last night. Mrs. II. H. Jones presided, abd the chief addresses were made by A. Cooper and Mrs. Toller. J. Boegs. Mrs. Swoger and L. Money ad dressed the Sons of Temperance at No. 68 Ohio street, Allegheny, last night. LEFT BEE NOETHSIDE DOME. Ad Allegheny Girl Disappears Because Her Mother Scolds Her. A woman named Mrs. Kirkpatrick, who lives on Logan street, Allegheny, went to the Allegheny Mayor's office last night to secure aid in finding her daughter, Alice, who ran away from home on last Monday. The mother says her daughter is but ii years old and so unruly that she cannot con trol her. On Monday she scolded the girl about ac cepting the attentions of a young man whom the mother did cot like, and the child put on her bonnet and left home. Bounds man Wilson traced the sirl to a house on Laurel alley, where she had been a few nights ago, but had gone away without tell ing here she was going. The officer ex pects to get her to-day. HE CAPTURED THE MILK. Inspector McCnicbeon cizes a Lot of tbe Flnld Fonnd Below Par. 3Iilk Inspector McCutchcon paid an un expected visit to the Panhandle depot, yes terday morning, about the time the early train bearing milk came in, and created some consternation by the capture of a quantity that was found to be below par. It is not long since that the inspector went down the road a short distance and confis cated a lot of milk, dumping it into the river. This was done because certain retail dealers told him that the milk was sold just as it came in from the shippers. As a re- formations will be made before Alderman Schaefer. AGAIKST REDUCING DUTIES. DIi. Weeks la Afraid Ibe Proposed Cot on Rolls Will Bo OIndc He Favors Tram and Combinations When Properly Con ducted Utilizing Waste Prodncis. Joseph D. "Weeks went to Philadelphia last evening. Mr. "Weeks said he was afraid, from present indications, that the "Wavs and Means Committee would reduce the 'tariff on steel rails from $17 92 to 12. He added that he couldn't see that such a move would help anybody. It would give the English rail-maker that much of a handle to work on, and the American manu facturers and workmen will be the sufferers. Mr. "Weeks claims that there is no necessity for tariff reduction. He doesn't believe in competition that becomes throat-cutting, and it is not reason able to suppose that a man can run a works at a loss. The object should be to ward off foreign competition as long as possible, but reducing the duties is only inviting it. Speaking further of combinations and trusts, Mr. "Weeks said: "The principles underlying both are good, if the combina tion is handled properly, but as trusts are conducted to-day thev are injurious. Properly managed trusts are the best thing for the manufacturer, workman and consumer. By aggregating large in dustries and heavy capital they can be made to yield more for all concerned by reducing the waste. "Why, I remember that nails were never so cheap as when the old Pitts burg nail combination was iu existence, and I might cite the Standard Oil Company in lowering the price of oil. The time is coming when much profit will be made from using what is wasted now. For example, if the coke men would adopt an oven in which the tar and ammonia from the coal could be saved, I know plenty of men who would pay 45 cents per ton for these pro ducts. Everything depends on how the coal is burned, and in ten years more the tar and ammonia will be utilized, instead of wasted as at present." TXPOGKAPHICAL NOMINATIONS. A List of tho Candidates Who Wont Office In No. 7. The regular meeting of Typographical Union No. 7 was held yesterday. Nothing was done but the nomination of officers and delegates to the annual convention in At lanta. The following are the names of those nominated: For President, A. McK. Mc Williams. Anson Ramsey. Calvin Wyatt and John A. Foster. For Secretary, T. J. Dicus and Bobert Baglin; Trustees. Julius Picbel. George D. O'Neill. Richard Sbortess and Thomas ttrennen; Ser geant at Arms, Frank Murphy and Louis Herd; Doorkeepers, T. Alex. Boullt and Harry Dolan: Delegates to the annual convention, JohnT. McCoy. George B. Acklin,T. T. Leni uion, 8. S. Smitb, John Hoover, J. A. Clark and "William F. Wetzel. The election will take place March 26. The convention will be held iu Atlanta in June. A resolution was adopted asking for tne Scale Committee to inquire into the question whether the eight-hour work day would be feasible ot adoption in the daily newspaper offices of this city. It was resolved, also, to levy a lU-cent assessment on all cards issued in April, and the same to be forwarded to the headquarters of the American Federa tion, to be used in case of any emergency springing out of the attempt to secure the eight-hour day. The Boston convention of the A. F. of L. provided for a two-cent assessment fur five weeks on every member of the Federation, to be levied when needed. So far no de mand for it has been made, but T. U. No. 7 voluntarily renders the amount in justice to the Federa ion. The meeting approved the action of Cor responding Secretary Lemmon in the com munication forwarded No. 101 composed of government employes, "Washington, D. C, which was condemnatory or them for re moving the restrictions heretofore existing in the different departments of the Govern ment Printing Office, which required only eight hours' work ironi the employes. The new system will permit them to work so long as thev please when necessary without putting on more men. THE BALLOT DISCUSSED. Wby the Australian System Should Replace Ibe Present Method. The "Working People's Debating Society held a meeting last night, at 102 Fourth avenue. The subject of discussion was: "The Ballot and Its Eelation to "Working men." The organization is composed of working people, and the expenses of the meetings are defrayed by voluntary contri butions. They meet every alternate Sunday evening. Quite a large audience was present and a lively discussion, participated in by nearly all, took place. Many maintained that workingmen should refrain from using the ballot under the present corrupt system of politics, as its use only makes the user a party to the cor ruptness. The general sentiment was in fa vor of the Australian system of voting. It was announced that at the next meet ing, two weeks hence, Mrs. Theresa Hughes, of the Southside, will lecture on "The Bights and Claims of Humanity." SMASHED A CAEEIAGE. Another Cable Car Accident on the Fifth Avenue Line. One of tbecarriages at the funeral of John B. Carney yesterday was run into by car No. 18, of the Fifth avenue line, at the cor ner of Grant street. The car was standing on the hill at the time the funeral was passing, but suddenly the car began to slide backward. The gripman said he could not hold it, and ran forward. One of the carriages backed into the car, and the latter only tore one wheel off the vehicle. LAEGEST IN THE WOELD. The Big Boiler to be Pat In Place at the Linden Steel Woiks. The Hazelton Tripod Boiler Company, of Chicago, under the direction of Captain Hallett, has jnst completed the foundation for a boiler at the Linden Steel "Works that will be 56 feet high when put in place, and the Captain claims it will be the largest boiler in the world. It is bnilt on a plan to secure perfect con sumption of the soot and smoke. WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING. Some Who Travel, Some Who Do Not, nnd Others Who Talk. Lieutenant A. W. Patch, of Canons burg, and Lieutenant Harnett, of Washington, were in the city yesterday. Lieutenant Patch belongs to tbe regular army, and a few years ago lost a leg in a brush with redskins in tbe Indian Territory. His horse dashed against a tree and crushed tbe limb to such an extent that it bad to be amputated. The Lieutenant is now on tbe retired list of the army. General Steinmetz, the Allegheny Free Library Architect, practically shook the dust of the city from bis feet yesterday when he went to New York to attend a meeting. He said he would have to crime back shortly to close tin some small accounts, but be Mas ready to go back to his old home. Mr. George A. Chase, City Solicitor of Titusville, is m tbe city. He is the guest of Mr. Frank L. Mitchell, at No. 179 Third ave nue. He is on Irs way to Nashville, as a dele gate from Crawford county to tbe national convention of Republican League Clubs. George Mclntyre, who has been the stoker of fire engine company No. 3, has been appointed by Warden Berlin an assist ant at the county jail. Ex-State Senator "W. B. Meredith, of Armstrong, went East last evening. He says his county will go for Stone, with Montooth a good second. Police Inspector John McAleese is confined to his house with a very bad cold, rltfr ttirA fane via a AAnnlnA ca f 41 WUIVM llfhUd V MB m KBUUIUO V3B V4 aUB grip. TEIED HARD TO WE. Determined Attempt of Samuel Mason to Commit Suicide. S. THIRTY-ONE SLASHES OP A KNIFE Fail to Release Dim From Ilia Physical and Mental Troubles. AWFUIi SCENE ON A PULLMAN CAR Samuel S. Mason, of No. 197 Fourth avenue, attempted on Saturday night to commit suicide by cutting himself desper ately with a pocket knife. The attempt was made in a sleeping car on the Western New York nnd Pennsylvania Railroad, near Corry. Mr. Mason left Pittsburg for Buffalo Friday evening, arriving in the Lake City Saturday morning. He went there to look for two men with whom he had recently had a financial transaction, which resulted in the loss of about $2,000 to Mason. It is probable that he failed to find his men, and that he was rendered despondent by the failure. Mason left Buffalo at 8:35 o'clock Saturday evenins, and would have arrived in Pittsburg at 720 o'clock yesterday morn ing. A teletrram received yesterday by The Dispatch from Corry givesthe fol lowing account of the attempted suicide: DETAILS OP THE AFFAIR. As the train from Buffalo to Pittsburg was approaching Corry last nizht, Samuel S. Mason, who occupied a section in the sleeping car, made a savage attack on him self with a large pocket knife. He made cuts in his throat in two places, stabbed himself twice in the region of the heart, cut his left wrist three times, and inflicted a number ot gashes in his abdomen. He cut himself in 31 places on his body. He was taken off the train at Corry. and was conveyed to the Phoenix Hotel. The physicians who were called said that they considered the gashes in his abdomen would render his recovery doubtful. Mason said that his bead bad felt very queerly for some months. He told the conductor of the sleeping car, coming out of Buffalo, that he lelt very strangely. He feared that he might be taken sick, and he asked the con ductor to look after him. Attention was called to him by his groans. When the conductor drew aside the curtains of the berth, he discovered Mason almost entirely undressed, covered with blood. BUSINESS TKOUBLES IN IT. The mau was so weak from the wounds and the bleeding that he could scarcely speak. When asked why he had done it. he said that it was on account of business troubles. He did not want to live any longer. After the wounded man had lain at the hotel, in a delirious condition, for about three hours, he apparently recovered his senses, and asked of the attendants what he had been doing. "When told, he exhibited great grief and anxiety. He said that he did not want to die, and requested the pres ence of a minister as soon as possible. Bev. Mr. Warren, of the Methodist Church, was called and spent some time in prayer with the unfortunate man. A lcllow passenger on the train with Mr. Mason who came into the city yesterday morning stated to a Dispatch reporter that when the berths of the Pullman car were made up last Saturday night on leaving Buffalo, Mr. Mason seemed in excellent spirits, and joked and laughed with other passengers. EVIDENCES OF ABERRATION. He seemed feverish, and alternately in dulged in bursts of laughter and fits of de pression. He retired to his berth at May ville, and the first intimation of the des perate attempt at self-murder was the moan ing of the wounded man heard by the con ductor of the train when passing through the car. Tbe news of Samuel S. Mason's attempt at suicide spread rapidly over the city yester day afternoon and caused a great deal of talk among his many friends and acquaint ances. Many of them bad seen him and talked with him last Friday before he left town. His friends had noticed his illness and depression of spirits recently and some of them say he exhibited at times signs of mental aberration. For three years he had been afflicted with a disease of the kidneys, which appeared to be incurable. He was constantly taking medicine, which gave him temporary relief. He would leave his house in the morning feeling comparatively well and would return in the artcrnoon suffering great pain and scarcely able to walk. To his Iriends he talked daily of ill health and was much depressed by it. A PHYSICAL SUFFEKEB. Lige Hall was with Mr. Mason Friday afternoon, shortly belore he left the city. Mr. Hall said yesterday: "Mason was tak ing medicine for a pain in his stomach. He was to take one drop of it in a teaspoonful of water, and instead of that amount, I saw him take 12 or 15 drops at once, just before he left. I would not be surprised if he took so much ot tnat drug that it anected his mind." Others said that they would not believe that Mason had tried to kill himself until they heard the full particulars of tbe affair. They thought it possible that some person might have attempted to murdcrjbim for money, or that he had been assaulted by some men with whom he had recently had a financial difficulty. Few men were better known about the city than Samuel S. Mason. He was born and raised in what is known as Pipetown, beyond Soho. He is now 44 years old. He is a son of the late John H. Mason and Mrs. Matilda Mason. For many years the family has lived in the Second Ward. Mrs. Matilda Mason lives and keeps a notion store at No. 204 Second avenue. "WHERE HE BESIDES. After Samuel Mason's marriage he bought the large brick residence on the northeast corner of Fourth avenue and Ross street, where he has since lived. The property is a fine one, occupying the angle between the two wings of the Fourth Avenue Baptist Church. Some years ago Mr. Mason represented the Second ward in the Common Council. His brother, William C, has just been elected to that body, for the same ward, for his second term. The brothers in early lite were rollers by trade. Recently Samuel S. kept a pool room in Diamond alley, until the selling of pools was stopped, about a year and a half aeo. Since that time he has not been engaged in any business, his health not permitting him to do so. He complained frequently of the amount of money which he was forced to pay for doctors' bills. Friday evening Mr. Mason lelt Pittsburg, by the Allegheny Valley road, for Buffalo, where he hadsome business affair to look after. Immediately after the receipt of a telegram from Corry, yesterday morning, Mrs. Matilda Mason and Councilman W. C. Mason departed for that town. JOINED BY HIS "WirE. Unfortunately, Mrs. Samuel Mason was at Monongahela City, having gone there Saturday afternoon, to visit some friends. A message was sent to her at once, and she returned to the city at 5 o'clock last even ing. She immediately took the Valley train for Corry, where she will arrive this morn ing. After her departure last evening her sis ters, who live at the house on Fourth ave nue, received a telegram from Councilman Mason, saying that his brother was resting easy, and that he would be broucht home to Pittsburg to-day. It was abnnt two weeks ago that the tran saction occurred iu which Mr. Masou was, as he believed, cheated out of $2,000 by per eous whom he believed to be his friends. The afiair occurred at "Braddock, and the men who defrauded him fled. This matter weighed on bis mind, particularly because he felt that he had been beaten by treachery. Peaks' Soap secures a beautiful complexion I rw.YT A Va TI11b kiim hTlf nti finrt nrvnn9 ill ALL OF THEM CANNIBALS. , Some Queer Sights Aronnd an Aqnarinm A Troc That Lived After Being Half Swallowed by Another of Ills Species for Two Hours. In the rear of A. J. Kaercber's drug store, on the Northside, arc to be found a large number of aquaria and a larce vat filled with thousands of different kinds of fish, in the cultivation of which Mr. Kaercher is an enthusiast. During a conversation on the subject last evening, the gentleman said: "Of all the cannibals in the world, the representatives ot'the fish tribe are the greatest examples. Every species seems to be not only at war upon every other, but also on its own. The larger prey upon the smaller without distinction. I have often noticed a small fish feeding on a worm. when along comes a larger one and gobbled both. I have also observed a craw-fish in one corner eating a fish, and a fish in another corner devouring a crawfish. So it is with them all. When I had the large aquarium in the window, many peo ple, particularly sympathetic women, were constantly rushing into the store to excitedly call our atten tion to the lact that one fish had eaten another seemingly unaware that that sort of thing has been going on as long as fish have been in existence. "Last summer a rather amusing instance occurred. A large frog gobbled a smaller one, but the latter was a little too large for the other's gullet, and the little fellow's hind feet stuck out of the other's maw for over two hours, when I took pity on him, and after considerable difficulty, captured the queer combination, and almost pulled off the feet of the little frog in the effort to get him out, and to my surprise he was lively and chipper as ever, and is living to this day, for all I know." EXPENSIVE CAR FARES. How a Ride on n Cnblo Car Can bo Made to Cost Any Amount. An episode occurred on one of the Pitts burg Traction cars coming into the city last night which caused considerable com ment among the passengers. A lady and gentleman entered it a short distance on the other side of Oakland, and after their fare was received the conductor went forward into the smoking compartment and remained there some time conversing with some friends. In the meantime the couple reached their destination, and, desiring the car to stoD, the gentleman reached upward and pulled the registration rope without appar ently attracting the attention of the con ductor. He pulled it again and the con ductor re-entered the main portion of the car, shouting in a loud tone: "That will cost you 5 cents for each time you pulled that bell." The gentlemen paid the extra money without demur, and got out, when the con ductor turned to the other passengers, and said laughingly: "That's the way to knock 25 cents out of them." The following question arose among the other passengers, and was freely discussed: What right had the company to place the registration ropes so that snch a mistake can easily occur, and compel the passenger to pay extra? In the second place, the con ductor was in no position to attend properly to the passengers, and if a mistake occurred it was certainly his fault. IN A FLODEISEING CONDITION. A Liberty Avenue Merchant Talks About the Fruit Trade. "It would surprise a great many to learn to what an extent the fruit trade has grown in this city lately," said Mr. P. Debe, of John Debe & Co., the wholesale fruit dealers on Liberty avenue. "We are only one of a number of wholesale fruit dealers in this city and we handle from five to six carloads every week. Of all fruits bananas have grown most iu popularity. "Wc handle more of that kind of fruit than any other, even oranges, which of course come next. Bv tbe way, Florida oranges are nearly done now. We have already began to receive the Massina and Valencia variety. Of the Florida fruit, the russet is the best, and I must say I have never seen as many russets on the market as during the past season. California grapes are done and the Spanish or 'Malaga grape,' as it is best known, will take its place for the time being. "I notice in the papers from time to time reference to the discovery of scorpions in the banana clusters. That is nothing so very unnsual. We have found quite a number of nests since we have been in this store. In fact it is only a short time since I discovered a very large one, which I cap tured and gave to a prominent physician, who is preserving it as a curiosity." THE IV0EY WELL VISITED. Hundreds of People bee tbe Gusher nnd Carry Away Samples of Oil. The oil well on the Ivory farm was visited by hundreds of people yesterday, notwith standing the very rough weather. Many had gone to see it out of mere curiosity, while many went for business only. These latter made the well, its location and product a study for future use, and many a pint of oil was carried off in bottles as a sample of her respectability. To the visitor other than those used to such scenes, the greatest attraction seemed to be the army of shell men and three-cara motite dealers, who were out in lorce and who did quite a business in their several lines. It is said there were dozens of them on the ground. A L1GIIT DOCKET. Mayor Pearson Deals Gently With the Erring- of Saturday Night. In contrast to the very larce hearing of last Snnday, Mayor Pearson had a very small one yesterday. There were bnt five prisoners taken in during the night. Henry Hatfield and William Jacobs, the two men arrested in company with Lizzie Jones, and all of whom were drunk, were discharged. George Etchell, the boy arrested for attempt ing to steal the pigeons in Dr. Dickson's stable, was held over. Mrs. Smith was also held, to await the action of Humane Agent O'Brien, who will be askedto look into her case. She is nearly an habitual drunkard, and has several children. LOCAL ITEMS, LIMITED. Incidents of a Day la Two Cities Condensed for Ready Rcndlns. A still alarm was sent to engine company No. 8 yesterday morning for a small fire In the basement kitchen of a house oreupied by Frank Harrison, on Broad stroet. The fire was ex tinguished without any damage. The Central Traction Company placed a safety cuard in the Wood street crossing yes torday morninc, which makes it almost impos sible for the Rnp to come in contact with the Fifth avenue cable. Robert Woods, a foreman of Eneine Co m pany No. 15, has been transferred from the Fire Department to the Thirty-sixth ward police station, where he will hereafter act as a policeman. Wednesday being tbe Feast of Purim, it will be celebrated by a grand masque ball at New Turner Hall, at which the elite of He brew society are expected to be out in force. Car No. Gi, on" tho Central Traction Railroad, broke its grip near tho corner of Wylie avenne and Frances street yesterday morning, and de layed travel about SO minutes. A woman mmed Mrs. Vulcan fell on the slippery sidewalk on Liberty sireet, Allegheny, yesterday and broke her leg. She was taken to to tbe General Hospital. Robert Lee. of Gibbon street, and Edward Mason, of No. 120 Elm street, were arrested Saturday for selling articles on the street with out license. The Duva fc Long Oil Company well No. I, on the Big creek, started flowing yesterday at the rate of 100 barrels a dav. OFF FOE NASHVILLE. The Delegation of the State Repnb v lican league Clubs En Route. STUART FOR NATIONAL LEADER. He is a Warm Supporter of General Hast ings for Governor. TAEIFP MEN REPRESENT PITTSBURG It was cold yesterday and the atmosphere was full of the fleecy flakes, but it will take more than raw air and snow to dampen the ardor of the Republican League clubs. The town was full of politicians and politics, all day, and the various club houses were thrown open to visitors and others. The fun began with the arrival of the Philadel phia delegation early in the morning, and they were reinforced by the boys from the northern counties later during the day, so that great ly strengthened by the Pittsburg contingent, a merry party started last night tor the scene of the National Convention of Re publican League clubs in Nashville. THE QUAKER CITY PEOPLE. The Philadelphia crowd was headed by Edwin S. Stuart, President of the State League, who is a candidate for the national presidency. With him were City Commis sioner Theodore B. Stubbs, Samuel M. Clement, C. J. Hoban, of the Ledger, and C. H. Hentis of the Inquirer. They registered at the Seventh Avenue Hotel, but they didn't stay there, long be fore representatives from the Tariff and Americus clubs appeared, and they were en tertained at both club houses. In" the after noon they visited the Allegheny Free Library, under the guidance of Detective Murphy, and they all declared it to be a magnificent building. President Stuart, like Saul, towered away above his fellows, and it is a question if he wis not selected as State leader be cause of his great height and generous pro portions. But Mr. Stuart is a very pleasant gentleman and deservedly popular. At the age of 12 years he entered Gearv's old book store in the Quaker City, and ten years ago he became proprietor of the establishment IN HIS FRIENDS' HANDS. In chatting yesterday about the coming convention and the work of the league, JMr. Stuart said: "Yes, I have finally consented junder the pressure of friends to allow my name to be used in connection with the national presidency of the league, but to speak frankly I don't want it. My busi ness will not allow me to attend to it prop erly. The league of clubs is certainly doing good work in keeping up tbe Republican spirit, especially in the country districts, where they lack the numbers and organiza tion always found in the cities. In the lat ter there is generally enough life to main tain clubs, but the rural people need to be helped and kept in line. We expect to have a good convention at Nashville. There are a number of clubs in tbe South, and we hope to make some advances in that section. HE FAVOES HASTINGS. "As for State politics, the people of Phil adelphia have just gotten through with a local figiit. and they haven't thought much about the Gubernatorial contest. Hastings is popular in the east, and I see Delamater there often of late. General Hastings is a warm personal friend of mine, and I would like to see him nomin ated. Pattison is the strongest Democrat in Philadelphia." Mr. fatuart asked a number ot questions about the feeling in Western Pennsylvania. He is an avowed champion of General Hastings for Governor. The local dele gates will vote for Mr. Steuart for the Na tional Chairmanship. FEELING AGAINST DELAMATER. 1 George H. Chase, the representative from the Titusville Club, said there was con siderable feeling against Delamater among the oil producers for his opposition to the Billingsly bill. Montooth, he thought, was gaining in popularity in the upDer counties, though Stone seems to have the inside track in the country adjacent to Warren. In the party who went from here fast evening to Nashville in a special car were John A. Neeb, Deputy Sheriff John Doyle, W. H. McCleary, J. S. Wilson. Vincent Stephens, B. H. Lindsav, M. B. Lemon, J. G. Seaman, J. C. Smith, D. K. McGonni gle and William Adams. The party was in charge of A. T. Beed, of the Pennsylvania Company. Most of the Pittsburg represent atives were from the Tariff Club. A DESOLATE FAMILY. Poverty, Accident nnd Mckness Among the Evils Oppressing It. The two children of the Italian lamp lighter, so badly burned at their home in Italiantown, on Friday morning, are suffer ing very much. Annie, the 8-year-old girl, is dangerously burned and may not recover. Michael, aged 4 .years, is also burned more severely than appeared to be the case at the time, though his prosppcts for recovery are brighter than his sister. The mother's condition, at first favorable, has taken an adverse course and is regarded as critical. The cause of the change in her case, and which applies as well to the chil dren, is the manner and place in which they live. Drs. Hengst and Gill, who have been in attendance on the cases, are of the opinion that if the injured persons remain iu their present habitation none of them may re cover. The familvlive in a little desolate looking shanty off Boquet street that is unfit for the residence of well people. It is poorly con structed and allows the air to pass right through tbe two small and squalid rooms that make up the dwelling. BUTLER COUNTY POLITICIANS BUSY, meetings of the Republican nnd Democratic County Committees To-Day. STECIAI. TELEQKAM TO THE DIBFATCJI.l Botlee, Pa., March 2. The Repub lican and Democratic County Committees meet here to-morrow for the purpose of fix ing dates for the primaries, and attending to other business pertaining to the cam paign. More than usual interest attaches to the Democratic Committee meeting, as delegates to the next State convention will be elected, and very likely instructions will be given them as to Butler county's choice of candidates in the Gubernatorial contest. Beside the selection 01 a nominee for Con gress, a full county ticket will be nomi nated. Altogether, it will be a busy season for the office seekers and politicians iu this county. CELEBRATED HIS SUCCESS. A Constablo's Manner of Notifying People Who no Wns. A constable lately elected, and who took the oath of office on Monday last, to fill the unexpired term of his predecessor in one of the several wards of the city, made matters quite lively for his constnuents the other evening by dress ing himself in a policeman's nniiorm, which he had secured somewhere, getting well loaded with "corn juice," and proceeding to paint the vicinity a carmine hue. He then proceeded to notify the people of his powers and what he intended to do in accordance with them. Cnndldntes for tbe Spoils. The new Council for Braddock will enter office to-night. Chief ot Police Donovan is a candidate for re-election, and has as a rival Benjamin F. Spancler. a veteran of the war. Ex-Burgess William Sherwin, W. H. Sbarah and James Petty are candi dates for Street Commissioner. A WIDE-OPEN TOWN. Qnlto a Contrnst Between Bis Horn City and rittnburs A Place Where Gam bling and Snnday Saloons Flourish OpcnlT Its Wonderful Climate. James McNeal, formerly of the South side, has returned to the city after five years and a half residence in Big Horn City, Wyoming Territory, to which place he intends returning in the spring. Mr. Mc Neal says that, in spite of the fact that Big Horn calls itself a "city," it is, nevertheless, a small place of about 150 houses, every one of which contains a raloon of some kind or other. It lies atthe foot of the Big Horn range of mountains, and its principal busi ness is ranching and gambling, although some few Government teamsters have their main places of residence in the town. Gambling is carried on openly and en tirely above board. If a party feels disposed to have a little game, generally what is known as "stud" poker, they need only take a box and place it outside on the pavement in front of one of the stores or auywnere it they have no house to go to and play for "stakes often running up into tbe thousands. No objection will be raised so long as thev do not inter fere with the egress or ingress of patrons of tne nouse. Very little is lost in gambling, as the town is so isolated that the money usually travels in a circle back to the party from whom it was won first. So long as it is not paid over to a hotel or saloon keeper, who may iuvest it in goods not oDtainble in the vicinity, it is not likely to leave the town. They have beer which commands 25 cents a glass; cigars at the same price in lact, very little ot anything can be purchased below that price. Sunday is the great gala day in this city. The saloons keep open house, in many bases the doors being taken from the hinges and locked up in a rear room until the great feast day 13 over. Notwithstanding the high price of everything obtainable everybody seems to always have plenty of money. Bywhat species of financiering this is accomplished is not explainable, bnt it is nevertheless a fact. The climate is simply wonderful, very little sickness of any kind being known. FIGHTING FOR SPOILS. Colored Carlisle Men Angry Because Tbey Get No Letter Carriers. lGrECIAL TELEGRAM TO TILE DISPATCH.! Carlisle, Pa., March 2. Postmaster Thomson yesterday made a raid on the Democratic letter carriers of this city. He had decided to retain them until the fall election was over, so as not to cause dissatis faction in the Republican ranks, but the pressure of the applicants, leading Repub licans and colored voters, became so strong that he was compelled to ask for the resig nations. These vacancies will be filled by Samuel Bertz, a Quay lieutenant, and Harry G. Brown. The colored voters of this borough have been asking recognition at the hands ot the Bepnblicans, and had selected a man of their race for letter carrier, but their claims were unheeded and ignored. The appoint ment of the carriers has pnt a climax to this movement, and has caused a great stir among the colored voters to such an extent that an independent club will be organ ized. DETERMINED TO DIE. Mrs. Campbell Crawls Down n Well nnd Tben Shoots Herself. ISrZCIAI. TELEGBAM TO THE DISPATCn.l Manor, Pa., March 2. Mrs. Mart Campbell committed suicide last night by placing a pistol to her head and blowing out her brains. She got up out of bed about 1 o'clock, dressed herself, went out to the well, opened the trap-door and crawled part way down before shooting. She had been dangerously sick some five years since and her mind was badly afiected at that time. Since then she has enjoyed good health, but has been somewhat worried of late on account of some trouble between her daughters and their husbands. She leaves a husband and three small children to mourn her nntimely end. Mr. Campbell has been employed by the Westmoreland Coal Company as tipple foreman at the "Westmoreland shaft for many years. THE BOY WAS NOT POISONED. A Coroner's Jury Find That Amnion Boyer Died From Typhoid Fever. rSrECIAL TELEOBJLM TO THE DISFJLTCU.l Johnstown, March 2. The Coroner's jury held an inquest on the remains of An msn Boyer, son of W. L. Boyer, who was supposed to have died from poisoning. After the result of a post mortem tbe jury rendered the following verdict: "After a careful examination of the witnesses before us wc find that the deceased, Ammon Boyer, came to his death from typhoid fever, and that no blame attaches to any of his family, and in our opinion all suspicion is removed." It is evident from this verdict that the mother and other son are suffering from the same disease, and that there was no poison about the case. CHARGED WITH n0P.SE STEALING. A Pccnliar Case, In Which tho Frosecntor Makes Ibo Arrest. S. H. Brown, deputy constable of tbe Twelfth ward, arrested a young colored man named Albert Jones yesterday and locked him up in the Twelfth ward station on a charge of horse stealing. The complainant in the case is Constable Brown, who owns a number of horses and has them working at Wilmcrding. Constable Brown alleges, in his informa tion before Magistrate Hyndman, that Jones I broke open the door of the stable and stole a 5 horse valued at 150. The warrant was placed in the prosecutor's hands and he suc ceeded in running his prisoner down. GOING TO SELL THU MULES. The Flensnot Talley Kickers Will be Tat Under tbe Hammer. The stock and all the stable property of the Pleasant Valley Railway Company will be offered for public sale, on Wednesday, the 12th inst. Tbe company owns about 250 horses and mules which they have no fur ther use for. All the furnishings abont the stables will go under the hammer. None of the cars will be sold, as the company ljas use for all lac 01a roiling siock. THE EAST AGAINST THE WEST. A Sllnlsterlnl Contest Which May Canso a General Rnptnre. Shamokin, Pa., March 2. Bishop Bow man arrived unexpectedly from Chicago this morning. His visit is supposed to be in the interest of Bishop Esber. The struggle is developing into a general rupture be tween the German element of the West, who sustain Esher and Bowman, and the Amer ican element of the East, who sustain Bishop Dubs, of Chicago. Constable Carney's Fnncrnl. The funeral of John B. Carney, late con stable of the Sixth ward, took place yester day from his late residence on Hill street. Over 60 carriages followed the remains to St. Paul's Cathedral, where the services were held. The interment was in St. Mary's Cemetery. Unron Braddock peakEasIc. The recently elected constables in Brad dock will be sworn into office to-day. They announce that they will close up all the speak-easies in that borough. There are at least half a dozen. DB.EW4H6T0 RESIGN. The Pastor of the Sixth U. P. Church Will Ask to be Released. HIS CONGREGATION MUST DECIDE Whether They Desire His Pastorate continued or Not. Dis- PEESBITERI WILL ALSO TAKE A HAND Bev. B. B. Ewing, D. D., pastor of the Sixth TJ. P. Church, on Collins avenue, surprised his congregation at the morning service yesterday, by announcing his inten tion to tender his resignation, and calling a special congregational meeting, to be held within the next two weeks, for the purpose of considering his action. This step is taken by Dr. Ewing owing to the controversy among the members of his church in regard to his recent marriage to the sister of his deceased wife. It had been announced that he had promised to make a complete statement to the congregation abont the matter yesterday, and asa conse quence the attendance was considerably larger than usual. Dr. Ewing stated that he had made no such statement, nor had he intended to make any explanations to the congregation about his private affairs. He had heard of some dissatisfaction among a few of the members, and he thought it best to give them an op portunity of deciding whether or not it would be for the future benefit of the con gregation for his pastorate to be brought to a close. notice of his intention. Dr. Ewing was seen in his pleasant home on Shady avenue, East End. yesterday afternoon, by a DisrATCH reporter, to whom he said. "I have given my congrega tion a notice to-day, and will repeat it next Snnday, that I will offer my resignation as their pastor. I think, it is the nroper thing to do in view of the dissatisfaction that exists amonc a few of the families. I have no quarrel with any of the members, but have tbe kindliest feeling lor one and all. But I understand that some of them are grieved, and desire that the Presbytery should settle the matter. I think the numbers who are dissatisfied or nt least those who express themselves as beingdissatisfied islimited to less than a dozen. Bnt they have their grievance, and of conrse they are entitled to a bearing, and I propose to throw no obstacle in the way of their securing a fair and im partial settlement of the whole affair. I also propose that the congregation shall have an opportunity to say whether I shall remain or not. TKEATEI) TEIiY WELI "I cannot tell what the congregation will do. The members have treated me with the utmost kindness since my return, but I can not judge from that whether they will vote to retain me or not. It is likely the Pres bytery will take the result of the congrega tional meeting as the basis for its action, and will regard it as evidence that I should either go or stay. I have no plans for the future. I am waiting patiently for the re sult of the two meetings. I cannot tell whether I will insist upon my resignation being accepted, even should both tbe con gregation and the Presbytery show a dis position to retain me. The real power, of course, is with the Presbytery. They placed me in charge of the Sixth Church, and they alone can release me." The Sixth TJ. P. congregation was organ ized in 1836, with about 140 members. At that time, and for many years a terward, services were held in a small, frame, chapel like structure, on what was then called Franklin, now Flavell street, in the Nine teenth ward. In 1876 a lot was purchased on Collins avenue, and a handsome edifice erected, at a cost of about $45,000. The con gregation now numbers about 400 members, and includes tbe names of many of the wealthiest residents of tbe East End. TWENTY YEARS IN CHAEGE. Dr. Ewing has beeu in charge of the con gregation tor over 20 years, and the greatest increase in tne membership, of the church has been the result of his labors. Peace and harmony have always prevailed until the present trouble began. There has not been the slightest dissension, heretofore, at any time, but on the other band, the church ha3 progressed with the utmost harmony. Even now, those who are condemning the pastor's action in the strongest terms, still retain a high personal regard for him, and have never ventured an unkind word to him. Tbe session of tbe church, recognizing its dnty to take some action, decided, at a recent meeting, to refer the matter to the Presby tery. This will, no donbt, be an interesting meeting, and the action of that body will be anxiously awaited by all interested. Death of John Flannngnn. John Flannagan, a well-known compositor of this city.and formerly of The Dispatch, died last night at the residence of his sister, Mrs. Daniel Bitchie, No. 207 Third avenue. He had been suffering for a" long time with consumption, which caused his death. Mr. Elannagan was only 31 years of age, and was one of the best-known printers in the city. Still Some Barsalas In Good Warm Cloaks nnd Jnckels. See yon through the cold snap and be new next whiter. Fine garments from So up, all less than one-halt price. JOS. HOBNK & CO.'S , Penn Avenue Stores. Everybody With Good TnMo nnd Jadement Patronizes Aufrecht's "Elite" gallery, 51G Market st, Pittsburg. Cabinets or one 8x10 photo for 51. Those who use Pittsburg beer are al ways pleased. Dealers. Or order direct. 'Phone 1186. B10 bargains in sealskin garments, tinuation of the great February sales. Con- Jos. Hokne & Co.'s Penn Avenue Stores. Don't fail to secure your tickets at Kle ber's to-dav for Otto Hegner's concert. Those who use Pittsburg beer are always pleased. Dealers. Or order direct. 'Phone 1186. Don't fail to secure your tickets at Kle ber's to-day for Otto Hegner's concert. Tky a rase of Pilsner Beer, teemed brew for family use. The most es- ImpuritiEB in fcfiE Liver. When the Liver is crowded or clotted -nlth a mass of impurities, iu action be comes slow and difficult. Pleurisy, Headache, Pain in Side. Tired Feeling, and General Weakness ensues, result ing, if unchecked, in BROKEN DOWN SYSTEMS. When you have these symptoms, try a few doses of the genuine DR. C. McLANE'S Celebrated y 1 Liver Fills. Price 23 cents. Sold by all druggists, and prepared only by Fleming Bros., Pittsburg. Pa. Beware of counterfeit maae in St. xxiuis. JylO-xwy IT WAS AN ACCIDEST. The Body of Georse W. Llicomb Fonnd la Ibe Ohio River Within u Few Rods or Wbere lln Was Last Seen He Was Not Robbed. The body of George "V. Liscomb, who dis appeared several days ago, was found abont 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon iu the Ohio river, a short distance above the hotel at Bochester. AH the articles of value which he carried about him, such as jewelry, were on tbe body. The remains were taken to Beaver Falls. Mr. Liscomb was the son of a prominent physician there and was well known. He attended a banquet in honor of some of his political friends' preferment several nights ago and was taken suddenly ill. Leaving the banquet hall in company of a friend he walked out in the air, hoping it would brace him np. After a while the friend returned, leaving Liscomb on the steps. When the friend went out, a few moments later, to see how Liscomb was getting along, he had disap neared. As there was a tough gang loafing around Bochester that night, friends ot tbe missing man feared he had met with foul play. Searching parties were sent out in all direc j3' ?Sme cominS to this city, hoping to find tidings of him here, but nothing was heard of the missing man until his dead body was recovered yesterday. A partial inquest was held, and Coroner Watson adjourned the investigation until to-day. Liscomb was 45 vears of age, and leaves a wife and several" children. His father is quite old and feeble, and an opin ion was expressed that the news might have a serious effect on him. A POSSIBLE CANDIDATE. Sir. Phillips, ot New Castle, Seldom Regis. ters His NMne Now. Mr. T. W. Phillips, of New Castle, who is generally supposed to be a candidate for Governor, was in the city at tbe Duquesne yesterday. For some reason or other Mr. Phillips seldom registers his name these days, bnt his face is so familiar that most of tbe city reporters know him. Mr. Phillips said he had just come from New York, and he was on his way home. He claimed he didn't know of anything new in politics or the oil business. JOB. HDRNE I CD.'B PENN AVE. STORES. Pittsbtjeo. Monday, March 3,'1S90, SILKS TO-DAY. SILKS TO-DAY. SILKS TO-DAY, To-day we inaugurate in earnest our Great Silk Sale. To-day and this week wa call special attention to tbe extraordinary values in Colored and Black Surahs. We have mentioned the very con siderable rise in Silks and that ours have ben in no way affected by this advance in price. Our Silks were bought before the prices went up. On Saturday these columns qnoted soma wonderfully interesting prices in Colored Sarahs. Four special prices to keep in mind; 75c, 66c. SI 00. SI 20. These are extra finish and very su perior goods, each number well worth 20c more per yard. But to-day we direct you especially to BLACK SURAH SILKS. Over 130 new pieces to-day. In every one of tho long list of prices and widths tha qualities are very much more than ordinary. In all that goes to make Silks superior these; excel. HONEST STOCK-The defects met in many Silks are never found in the Silks in oar department. Long years of experience, and direct deal ing with tbe most noted and re nowned of Silk manufacturers en able us to secure the best, and such only do we buy. SUPERIOR FINISH RlchneS3 In tho looks is attained. Silks that look handsome and elegant and wear well are the kind we sell you. THE LOWEST PRICES-In Black Surah Bilks especially, for spring and summer wear, our stock is always very large, and whatever advantage we bave by purchasing in such great quantities is given to tbe customer. This is an advantage you should not overlook. It means many dollars on your dres3. From this source we can secure you greater advantages now than ever before. Come to-day. Help us make this great Silk Opening a monster suc cess. No honest merchant lacks ap preciation, and we have prepared ourselves to give those who attend tbis opening a greater return for, their money tban they have ever had before. JOB. HDRNE 1 CD., 600-621 PENN AVE mhS- MjaBBSs)esBa1tk&oattBW
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