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THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH.
SECOND PART.
PAGES 9 TO 12.'
PITTSBURG TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER- 16, 1890.
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SEEKING F0RD1V0RCE
Examination of Local Court Records
Shows a Big Increase in
Applications for
SEVERING THE KUPTI1L KKOT.
For Some Unexplained Reason Wires
Erin? Snit Far Oftener Than
Their Husbands.
DISTURBERS OF HOUSEHOLD PEAC.
A KoteI Theory Tint Hstaral Gas
eluded in ti Category.
Should h la-
People who reply in the affirmative to the
question: "Is marriage a failure?" buttress
their opinions in a measure by an appeal to
the records of the divorce courts, and, al
though they do not show as much in the way
of support in this county as in some States
where trains stop SO minutes at county towns
for the accommodation of nuptial-tie
severers, yet our court records show that the
number of divorces is more thau keeping
pace with the growth of population.
The subject has attracted attention in the
East, and there it has been discotered that
not onlv are the greater part of the appli
cants women, hut that, as a rule, husbands
do not interpose objections, but allow
the tired sister to seek some other
male support with apparently but little
feeling in the matter. Then some one has
suggested tnat a dissatished wi.e is much
like a carbuncle on a man's neck, and he is
only too glad to see it transierred from his
own to some other man's neck, and so rarely
od poses the application for severance, pro
tided he can get clear of alimonr. If the
wavward rib prefers to "wander lonely as a
cloud," he does not object, and it does not
seem that the children of the couple are
considered in the matter.
WHAT STATISTICS SHOW.
"Whether owing to the growth of woman's
xights sentiments, or to the increased
avenues open to women to make a liveli
hood without the drudgery of housekeeping,
or on account of an undue and dispropor
tioned growth or "cussedness" on the
part of "God's last and best gift
to man," certain it is that of
late two and two-thirds women apply
for divorces to one man. This evidence is
txken from the record, which is the highest
evidence in a court of justice. During seven
months of the present year the courts have
acted on the various stages of divorce cases
011 17G cne, in which the male applicants
are but 48 to 128 female. The causes as
signed coet all known to law, and no doubt
there is collusion in some cases, n here the
parties are mutually tired of each other.
It is suggested that some lawyers are a
fruitful source of diorce applications, as
when an applicant seeks counsel such law
yers are experts in sbowingpeople how very
Unhappy they aie and suggesting grievances
but halt perceived by the applicant, the fee
in the case being the stimulant. The de
mands of society also, in the way of dress,
household adornment and the general keep
ing up of appearance"! are believed to be
A riHGHTTX STIMCLAXT.
to connubial misciv as well as the main
cause ol so much celibacy, which would in
a snort time threaten depopulation, were it
not for the constant inflow of immigrants
who neither know of nor care for the ttach
ings ot Maltha, hut unconsciously follow
the advice of the New York alderman on
the subject of the propagation of gondolas.
This class may auarrel and throw pots,
skillets, pans and other articles of domes
tic use, but it rarely seeks relief in the di
vorce court. An-oug classes higher up in
the social scale, however, marriage is under
stood to be nothing if not a voluntaty asso
ciation, and as these do not care to try phys
ical conclusions in the settlement of strife,
they quietly dissolve partnership.
In the East it is said the applications
for divorce made by women are nearly six
times as numerous as those made by men.
In Allegheny countv the proportion'is less
thau holt ns great, but large enough to bear
out the assertion that the marriage tie usual
ly galls women more than men, or they have
lets delicacy m washing family linen in
public
KKADT TO SEEK DIYOECE.
It is also possible that men give the most
occasion for offense. Iu the abstract, women
who di'cuss the subject are greater sticklers
for rigidity in divorce laws, but all the
same, the records show that they are taking
advantage of the slackness of the laws more
thau the men.
It has been suggested that the humdrum
of woman's domestic duties makes her dis
satisfied, and that cither divorce or elope
ment frequently appears to her a tempting
mirage, to follow which she at times he
comes powerless to resist,but Mr. Harry Arm
strong, of Common Pleas Court No. 2. savs
that the increase in divorces in this county
is attributable to the very general use of
natural ras for fuel. H k.iv th.t in ii.
Use has become common, women have not
been sufficiently occupied to prevent their
minds from becoming diseased housekeep
ing does itsel , and unless women have
Mental resources Satan finds employment
for their idle hands to do, and discontent
bleeds domestic rupture.
FROM PEKUSING THE DOCKET.
While this may be a Hon causa pro canca,
and a slander on the weaker vessel, Mr.
Armstrong appears to be honest in his be
lief, and he has opportunities to see most of
the applicants for marital severance.
One may extract a melancholy interest in
the perusal of the divorce dockets. It is true
they are very incomplete, as in hnmlrerU nf
case", begun 10 or 15 years ago, the result of
me application is not noted in the dockets
the clerks having forgotten to complete the
record in this shape, though it is obtainable
elsewhere. Unless for a specific pur
pose of great importance, however,
the tracing of caes to the end
would be unprofitable employment, but it
is not much labor to find out how many have
applied for relief were they not put in
the same list with lunatics, habitual drunk
ards, etc
The great Smith family, with it cognates,
Schmit, Schmidt, Sniythe, etc., seems to
have been very happv in its marital rela
tions, either showing that John Smith,
though he does get into the lockup fre
quently, is a pleasant domestic animal or a
good judge ol sunny-tempered women.
RECORD OP THE SMITHS.
Since 1879 bnt 27 Smiths, of both sexes,
have applied for divorce in this countv.
The Mcs. and the Os. also seem to have be
haved themselves pretty well, there being
but 74 applications from the former and 29
from the latter in the same number of years,
while the letter "Q," suggestive of quibbles,
quarrels, quirks and quaudaries, furnished
but five applicants for divorces in 11 years.
Many cases fall through or are compro
mised and are not prosecuted to comple
tion, so that a full expose of marital misery
and its consequences cannot be had, but if
it be true that the use of natural gas is
promotive of marital miserv and divorce,
some comfort may be extracted from its
frequent advances in price.
Knlen L"p by tlie Flamm.
Philadelphia, September 15, Early
this morning the tour-story brick building
nt 237 North Second street, occupied prin
cipally by Marcus Abrams & Co., window
shade manufacturers, was destroyed by lire.
Loss, 525,000; mostly insured.
DUMPED IN THE MUD.
PECULIAR SUIT FOR DAMAGES AGAINST
A CAB COMPANY.
An Action to Recover on & Judgment for
8160,000 The Gnrtid Jorj'i Work
Yt but AVn Done In the Connly Court
Yeaterdny.
The suit of Martha Taylor against the
Excelsior Express and Standard Cab Com
pany for 5,000 damages was begun yester
day. The plaintiff claims she was to be
taken from the Union Depot to her home
on Herron Hill for SI 50, and that after
reaching the Center avenue car stables at 1
o'clock at night she was put out and com
pelled to walk the balance of the way. She
alleges that it was raining, and suddenly
and in consequence of the exposure she suf
fered an illness.
The defense is that the roads were so
muddy that the driver was not able to con
tinue the trip further. The jury is out
SORTING THEM OUT.
Tbe Grand Jury Take Action on a Number
of Indictments, '
The grand jury yesterday returned the
following true bills: John Ashbaugb, ma
licious tresspass; P. S. Brown, W. K. Gil
lespie, James L. Keller, aggravated assault
and battery; Ben Johnson, felonious assault
and battery; W. C. Cummings, Pat Davin,
Jeff Haney, William Grobert, A. J. D.
Hasting, John Hixon, George D. Kelly,
William Lougbrey.Peter Lannigan, Charles
Masser, assault and battery; George Clark,
larceny; Daniel Clowry, Louisa Engleman,
S.irah D. Kelly, Clemeuce Najinsky, John
O'Brien, selling liquor without license;
John O'Brien, Daniel Clowry, selling
liquor on Sunday; Sarah D. Kelly, selling
liquor to minors; It. J. Edward, misde
meanor. The ignored hills were: Bichard Wood
waid, horse stealing; Guswv Olson, lar
ceny; Louis L neher, perjury; Wm.
Loughry, pointing firearms; Peter Schu
znacker, Alary Holland, assault and bat
tery; Anuie Flinn, aggravated assault and
hatterv; John Connell, "Win. Kelly,
Thomas Marlin, malicious trespass; Thomas
Simpson, The. Sample, malicious mischiel;
John McCauley. nuisance; Andy Sardie,
Anna Sardie, keeping a disorderly house;
Win. "Wilson, false pretenses.
SUIT OK A JUDGMENT.
Trying to Get Action on a Valuable Tract of
land.
Judge Acheson further considered the
case of Robert Cutting against the Cameron
Coal and Iron Company yesterday by the
action of the plaintiff, who filed a bill set
ting forth that he has received
a judgment of $160,000 against
the defendant. Certain property is
alleged to have been purchased by the com
pany, and the title put in the name of F. C.
Miller, the son or the President. It is
asked that this be decreed to be the prop
erty of the company and put in the hands
of the receiver.
Argument by the defendant company yes
terday set forth that Mr. Miller, not having
been made a party to the suit, no decree
could affect bis title. Judge Acheson took
the papers and reserved his decision.
To-Day' Trlnl T.lt.
Criminal Court Commonwealth vs. James
Fontigs. Thomas Francis, William Mc
Cntcheon, W. E. Cummlngs, Jobn Keys, Jobn
Davison, Frank Dunn, Mary Dougherty, B.
Trappman, Clem Lees, Mrs. AT Swartzwclder,
George Lees, Eugene Hwartrweider, Emma
Swartzweldcr. Mrs. Cable G. D. Kelly,
Clements NajinsKy, John Hixon. John Aah
baugh. rcter bavin and JeE Eaney.
Common Fleas Court So. 2 Costello vs. Ob
servatory Hill Passenger Railway Company;
City of Allegheny vs. Allegheny Stockyards
Company; Black & Batrd vs. Frlcke; McGrath
vs. People's Mutual Livestock Insurance Com
pany. To-Day' Audit LUt.
Estate of Accountant.
Susanna McCandless...J. H. Armstrong.
Charlotte Geauf William Geauf.
Emma B. Kelly J. C. Dicken.
John Krodel Margaretta Krodel.
James D. McKee AlargaTet H. McKee.
George McCandless....J. H. Armstrong.
William Dllnrortb Graham bcott.
Edna B. bimon W. C. Curry.
Samuel Braddock William Braddock.
Cyrus Kiley. GeorgaN. Riley.
Brief Legal mention.
G. F. Fetzek yesterday Issued an execution
against G. T. Herrlck, dealer in mantels, etc.,
for J7.S32 0. Tbe writ was given to the Sheriff,
who closed up Hemck's place ol business.
In tbe suit of William Latham against Jobn
Bnrkctt, tried betoro Judge White yesterday,
a verdict was given for$L656 24 for the plaintiff.
Tbe case was an action to recover for bricks
furnished tbe defendant.
The suit of Peter LohneB and the Keymer
Brewing Company againlt John Binder. Henry
Binder, ri. J. Alt and others composing tho
John Binder Fishing Club Is on trial before
Judge White. The case is an action to recover
$116 for beer alleged to have been furnished the
club while m camp last summer.
William C. Detjry fc Co., of Wasmngton,
D. C, brought suit yesterday against William
H. Scberman and Young, doing business
n this city as William H. Scherman &. Co It
is anegea uy tnc piainuu tnat
he Khinnri thn
firm a car load o goods valued at Sl,b0t( 25. that
.'I ?.?" ?eU. oa commission. They re-
mined them tSOO only and refused to send them
a uaiance or renuer mem a statement.
SUIT was entered yesterday by Samuel Mac
Cartney against E. W. Qagan, of 609 bmitb.
field street, for tbe recovery of ',00, the value
of a bor-e owned by tho plaintiff and alleged
to be killed by negligence of the defendant.
Tbe plaintiff alleges that he gave Hagan a
borse to keep at his pasture at Arden, Wash
ington county, and that while grazing the
animal fell over a bluff and was strangled by
being caught by vines hanging over the boogbs
ot a tree.
In tbe Criminal Court yesterday, Valentine
Helm was convicted of assault and battery on
his wife. Joseph Husrhild was convicted of
assault and battery on Jacob Oatuian. He was
fined $20 and costs. Georgo Kirkkrass plcuued
guilty to stealing a borse from Ben Hcrr. He
was sentenced one year to tbe workhouse.
Mary Brawdy was acquitted of assaalt and
battery on Ann Sharp. Henry Greiner was
convicted of assault and battery on his wife
Mary and was sentenced one year to tbe work
bouse. BLOW AT TEE GAS TBUST.
A Bill to Forfeit the Cbnltor or Clilcaeo
Companies lb Tiled.
Chicago, September 16. A bill to for
feit the charters of the Chicago Gaslight
and Coke Company, the People's Gaslight
and Coke Company, tbe Consumers' Gas
Fuel and Light Company, the Consumers'
Gas Company, the Equitable Gaslight aud
Fuel Company, of Chicago, and the Chicago
Gas Company was filed this noon in the
Circuit Court Clerk's office by Corporation
Counsel Hutchinson, on behalf of the city
of Chicago as complainant. The charge is
that they illegally combined under the title
of the Chicago Gas Trust, the name of
which was subsequently changed to (he
Chicago Gas Company, for the purpose of
surpressing competition and creating a
monopoly, with the result that the city and
individual consumers are charged exorbitant
rates.
The court is asked to forfeit the charters
granted by the city to the four companies
and the trust; to set aside the transler oi
stock from tbe four companies to the trust,
and to perpetually enjoin the companies
from further exercising and enjoying the
privileges granted by tbe city.
Striker Arrested for Idllnc.
Bixghamton; September 15. Nine
striking cigarmakcrs, acting as pickets,
were arrested to-day. Th charge against
them is that they violated a city ordinance
in idling upon the streets.
UNIQUE BALLOT LAW.
New Jersey's New Voting System to
lie Given a Trial Next Month.
TICKETS TO BE PUT IN ENVELOPES.
The Citizen Secretly to Prepare His Ballot
to Snit Himself.
SAFEGUARDS AGAINST ANY FEAUD
New Jersey's new and rather unique bal
lot law will have its first trial at the munic
ipal election in Newark next month. Tbe
eyes of not only that State, hut ot all oth
ers, will be turned upon that election, for
with ballot reform one of the uppermost
topics in the country the result of
New Jersey's experiment will be
awaited with deep interest. The Jer
sey Bepublicans do not look with any
degree of marked favor upon the new law.
PKEPAKING
Tbey voted for its passage only after they
found that a bill of their own could not get
through the Legislature. They claim that
there are in it loopholes 'for fraud, but they
accepted it finally as the next best thing
they could get. The Democrats, on the
other hand, claim that the new law, while
having a flaw here and there, places a posi
tive safeguard around the ballot, renders
voting absolutely seciet and purchasing im
possible. Booms will be devoted exclusively to the
preparation, reception and counting of the
ballots. The voter parses into the room, re
ceives an official envelope from one
BECETVING
of the officers, walks to one of the
closet-like booths arranged along the side of
the room, where an ample supply of tickets
is on hand, makes bis selection, with such
tlfltif f "etifLt n" o o Via rtarit-ao nnA
I places it in his envelope. This he carries
uac-K to tne officers, wno place it in tbe oal
lot box. No one but the election officers
are allowed within tbe railed inclosure of
the voting room. Each party, however, has
tbe power to appoint watchers for the polls,
but they must keep outside the railing. No
electioneering of any sort is allowed within
100 yards of the voting place.
Just what sort of boxes will be used for
the reception of the ballots is an unset-
counting
settled question as yet The patented
boxes, with crank, alarm, registering, num
bering and stamping arrangements, which
cost so mucb, will not, it is thought, re
ceive the enveloped tickets, much less hold
the great bulk they will make in precincts
where the vote runs up to 500 or more, yet
the law compelling the use of these ma
chines, which have been demonstrated to be
useless as checks on fraud, remains on the
books, and it is hard to tell what will be
done to overcome the double difficulty.
HI uUerlnc Ended.
Syracuse, September 15. V. W. Hunt
was found drowned in the Skaneateles out
let this morning., He had been suffering
from heart disease, and it is thought suc
cumbed to a sudden attack while working
near the stream. He leaves a wife and
eight children.
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LOOKING FOB A NEW MABKET.
The Tariff BUI Will Shot Oat a Number of
Canadian Product!.
rSFICXU. TSUOBAH TO TUB SISFATC&.I
Oxta-wa, September 15. The large in;,
crease proposed at Washington in tbe
United States tariff, if carried into effect,
will practically close that market against
$14,000,000 worth of products exported to
that value annually from Canada to
the United States during the past
few years. This is equal to 33J
per cent of the total yearly exports from
Canada to the American market. The pro
posed increase in duty on agricul
tural products will strike a se
vere blow at Canada, as out ot toe total
value of exports of agricultural products
last year (813,414,111), S9.125.707 went to
the United States. The Dominion Govern
ment are now looking to the south, and, in
the hope of extending trade relations with
Jamaica, have appointed a commissioner to
inquire into the possibility of extending
trade in that direction.
From official returns it is shown that of
the total imports into Jamaica last year 55
per cent went from Great Britain, 9.2 per
cent from Canada, 33.9 per cent lrom the
United States, and 1.9 per cent
HIS BALLOT.
from other countries. The total
value was 1,597,600. As regards
exports the United States took 50.2 per cent,
GreatBritain 37.3 percent, Canada 2.3 per
cent and other countries 10.2 per cent; total
exports, $1,614,824. Trade with the United
Kingdom is falling off.
TRIED TO KILL A DETECTIVE.
An Unknown Miscreant Altrmpts to Shoot
a Man In Cold Blood.
Mabshalltown, Ia., September 15.
A nearly successful attempt was made here
early this morning to 'assassinate Detective
THE VOTE.
J. C. Burkes, who figured so prominently in
the notorious Bainsburger and Henry Johns
murder cases in Hardin county. Burkes
has been stopping here, at the Wilson
House, for some time. Last evening the
night clerk got him to take his place in the
office while he went out of town.
Shortly before 5 o'clock this morning
Burkes was passing through the office when
he heard a pistol shot from the outside, and
at the same instant a 38 caliber crashed
through the side window and missed Burkes
by about two inches. It passed through a
partition nail and struck the opposite side
wall aud rebounded on the floor where it
was found later. The detective ran out in
off.
time to dimly see his would-be assassin
skulking down an alley. He followed and
fired four ineffectual shots after the mis
cieant but the latter escaped.
Burke3 arrested Marx and Bice in Cali
fornia last spring and brought them back
here for trial for the murder of Henry Jones,
brother-in-law of Hainsburger. The boys
have since then made repeated threats
against the detective's life, and this attempt
is presumably another outbreak or the old
deadly Bainsburger vendetta. It is evident
that the end of the feudal warfare is not
yet.
Cnnal Gales Closed.
Albany, September 15. The gates al
lowing entrance to .the Ch'amplain canal at
Cohoes and "Waterfoiti are to be kept closed
on account of the high water in the Hudson
river.
GREATCHUBCH EVENT
Fourth Annual Congress of the Ger
man Catholics of the Nation
JO BE HELD HERE NEXT. WEEK.
Eight Bishops, Three Abbots and
' Hundred Friests Expected.
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THE " PROGRAMME AND COMMITTEES
All the necessary arrangements have been
made for the Fourth Annual Congress of tbe
German Catholics of the United States,
which will be held in this city on Tuesday
and Wednesday of next week. The session
will be tbe largest that has yet been held.
It is expected that about eight bishops, three
abbots and 600 priests will be present
Among the bishops who are almost certain
to be here are: Bt. Bevs. Seidenbush, of St
Cloud, Minn.; F. H. Krautbauer, of Green
Bay, "Wis.; Flasch, of LaCrosse; Bada
macher, of Nashville; Dwenger, of Ft.
Wayne, and Leo Haid, O. S. B.,of Charles
ton, S. C. Among the abbots will be Mund
voiler, of St Meinrad, Ind.; Wolf, of Atchi
son, Kan., and Andreas, of St Vincent's,
Westmoreland county. '
The school question and a general or
ganization among the Catholic young men
will be among the most important part of
the business. The entire proceedings of the
Congress will be printed in German and
English in pamphlet form and mailed to
each ticket holder us soon as printed. The
priests are makijg special announcements
that all those fho bny admission tickets are
requested to write their name and post
office address on the back. o
Meetings have been held almost every day
and evening among the different congrega
tions in the last month, and these will be
continued through this week. The various
committees bave all been made up and those
to serve on them are as follows:
THE APPOINTED COMMITTEES.
Executive Committee Hevs. H. Gaebel. J.
B. Duffner, Anton Fisher. Leanuer Scbnerr
and Bernard Hehl; Messrs. Joseph Breil, Anton
Glamser, Charles J. Jaegle, Edward Frauen
heim and Bernard Gloeckler.
Local Committee Rev. H. Gaebel, President;
Rev. Joseph Suhr, Vice President; Father
Fisber. Secretary, and Father J. B. Duffner.
, Treasurer; Corresponding Secretaries, Fathers
jjuauuer oennerr, uregor, nyacintn, fiaeus,
Leo. Ludvoig, Werner, Leutsch, Zielenbacli.
Schroab. Williams, Anton Jarvorskf, Bernard,
Christuph, Bernardin, Wendelin, Lang3t,
Schramm, Kirner, Vogt, Krogmann, Steger,
.Kincazer, naecKier, .Bauer, naiu, aieir, Ziroick
ert. Wertz, Frueling, Woelfel and Mollioger.
The Committee of Priests for the Society of
Yonng Men Fathers John Otten, of BE
Peter's, Tarentum, president;) Grego. Freuau.
Leutsch, J. J. Vogt, Wendelin and Langst.
Tbe latter is assistant priest to Fatber Mollin
ger on Troy Hill.
Parade Committee Father Bernard, Presi
dent, and Messrs. Peter Fromm, secretary;
W. F. Eickenlaub, Louis Modispacher. John
Holler, Frederick Mansraann, Louis Waag,
Joseph Pauly. Conrad Paffert, Phillip Jage
mann, Leopold Wodenmiller, Lorenz Kern, J.
Junker. J. Tbeobold, Frederick Keiser. A.
Schneidcrlachner, G. M. Leffig, J. Meyer, A,
M. Riflerger, A. Grammes Joseph Cappcl
mann. Andreas Stock and Goonro K. Kunkel.
Hotel Committee-Father Williams, of MIII
yale; Charles Jaegle, Jacob Keller, Victor
Miller. Fred Scbmitt, George Scbaefer, J. M.
Diederli and Charles Fusseneger.
Music Committee Father richnerr, of St
Mary's, Allegheny; Franz Langer, Albert Frau
enbeim, Joseph Bullion, Charles Bullion, An.
thony Schiffer. Joseph F. Pauly, Charles
Gutherl and John Knollinger.
Committee on Decorations Fatber Duffner,
Fatber Werner and- William Bernard!; A.
Roothleni, Joseph Wieleman, GeorgeJBurger,
M. H. Hagcr, F. X. Belter, Franz Kossler and
A. Dietrich.
VARIOUS other committees.
Young Men's Committee Father .John
Otten, President St Pbilomena Church
George Schuster, F. J. Hauck, Joseph H. Rei
mann. St Michael's Church Anthony
Bishop, Charles Ocb, H. J. Kemper, Franc
Volker, Anthony Hohmann. Holy Trinity
Church Joseph Mueller. John Kramer and
William Etzel. bt Augustine's A W. Lieb
ler, Louis Kenzmger and John Link. Sc Mar
tin's Church John Stumbelllig, Frank Koss
ler and Joseph Kankcl. St. Peter's Church,
Southside Albert Gessner. M. P. Wehrle. F.
Mnenstermann. St. Joseph's Church, Mt.
Oliver John Itabl, Jobn Fromm and Jacob
Darr. St. Mary's, Sharpsburg John Wagner,
Jacob Fnedrlck and Peter Wielemaui
Railroad Committee Father S. C. richranmj
Charles Jaegle and Anton Hell.
Press Committee Father Duffner and
Charles Jaegle.
Programme Committee Father Chrlstopb,
M. Adler and Titius Berger.
Order Commltte for Tuesday St Philomena
Church. Peter J. Rosswag, Charles Roth,
Joseph H. Relmann. St. Michael's, J. A.
Stand, Frank Yochum. and John Friedel. St.
Mary's Allegheny, Fr. Mausmann, Joseph
Kemfer, and Emanuel Kinzbacber. Holy
Trinity Church, Joseph Scbmitt. George Leide
mann, and August Scbubart. Sc Augusttrie's,
S. W. Liebcr, Jobn Link and William Frecker.
St. Joseph's. M. T. Oliver, Joseph Recteu
wald, George Armbem and John Fromm.
St. Martin's, Frank Cornelius. Joseph Beck
and Edward Werling. St Peter's Southside,
Wm. Weiss. Ambrose Bacbner and Charles
Siegwartb. St Mary's, Sharpsburg, John and
Sylvester Wagner ana Edward Bragg. For
Wednesday, for the same churches, F. J.
Hauck, George Hinger, Michael Schumaker.
Charles Ocbs; Adam Mausmann, Henry Aver
beck, John Mueller, Theodoie Locfiler, Frank
volker, rank nocggemann.Jonniladlsjacher,
C. P. Plum. Henry Woerries, Theodore Uietz,
John Reardou, Frank Founder, John Schoen
bachler, George Pryll, Albert Gessner, M. P.
Werble, Frank Mueustermann, John Recten
wald, J. Armhein. J. Froinin, John and Syl
vester Wagner and Edward Bragg.
order of exercises.
Following is the programme for the open
ing exercises, as well as for the congress
proper:
Monday afternoon at 2.30 o'clock a meeting
of tho committees is to be held in St. Philo
mena Hall. In the evening at 8 o'clock will bo
a grand torcblignt procession, after which wel
coming addresses will be'mado by Very Rev. S.
Wall, V. G., and Mayor Gourley at the Central
Rink.
Tuesday morning at 730 o'clock there will be
a solemn pontifical high mass aud sermon in
St. Paul's Cathedral. The celebrantof tbe mass
cannot be made known until tbe meeting of nil
the priests and bishops, but It is thought that
it will be Bishop K. Krautbauer. of Green Bay.
And tbe sermon will moat likely be delivered
by Fatber Farber, of ML Louis. Tho first
opening will be after services at the cathedral,
aud in tho atternoon at 1 o'clock the first meet
ing for the young men. At 3 o'clock will occur
the first Sf crot session of all the bishops aud
priests, and at 7:3'J p. si. the opening of the first
general public meeting. 'J. neurit address Mill
bo by Rev. Wilhclin Tagjarl; subject, '-The
Roman Question." Mr. William Ssteuerly. of
Louisville, will speak on Casinos. 'Tho
Church and State," by Monsignor Schroder;"
Tbe Christian Women," by Wilbelm Helner;
"The Beauty of tho Catholic Church," by Lord
Matuska.
Programme for Wednesday, 7.30 o'clock. A
solemn requiem, in St. Jlichael's Cburcb,
Southside. At 11 o'lock, meeting of the clerg ;
1 o'clock p. m., last ineetingfor the young men.
At 3 o'clock, second secret session of bishops
and priests, and at 7:30 p. JL. second public
meeting, Biiujecis ma ocnuoi, uy Air. Alltel
"i ill i.nrnn.n u
Hie Christian Mechanic" by N. Conner, tir.
Ernest M. Lieber will debate
ON THE SCHOOL QUESTION.
Mr. Lieber is from Germany, and he makes
this his second special trip to this country in
order to attend this Congress. Rt. Rev. Leo
Haid O. h. B., Bishop . of South
Carolina will speak on tbe Kulturkamp. Bishop
Leo Haid is a Pittsburger by blrtb. In the
early days of his boyhood he entered the St
Vincent's Monastery, where he joined tho or
der of Ut Benedict and was ordained a priest
by tho late Rt. Rev. Bishop Domenic His
great piety and learning ctnsed tbe Sacred"
Colleco at the propaganda at Rome to appoint
him Blsbou of Charleston. S. C.
Programme for Thursday. At 7.30 p. m ,
solemn pontifical hign mass in St. Mary's
Church, Allegheny, by Bisbop Leo Haid; at 10
o'clock, last meeting of the clergy, and at 12
o'clock, banquet.
(The torch light procession will start at 8
o clock on Monday evening from the corner
of Smithfield and Water streets,. and will
move to Grant street, to Fifth avenue, to
Wood street, to Liberty-to Fourteenth street
and along Penn avenue to Central Elnk.
The procession will consist of three divi
sions. Marshal ot the First division will
bo Andreas Stock; of the Second division
Iindwig Waag, and of the Third division
B. (jfoeckfer. Tbe Uniformed Knights
St George will head the parade. Tbe
Michael's congregation will then follow in
the lead, and the young men will head each
of their respective congregations.
A MONO LAKE EAETHQUAKE.
It Set Hnyttock, Woodpile and Freight
Wngon Waltzing.
San Francisco Call.
The southern end of Mono L,ake was con
siderably agitated last Sunday, says the
Homer Index, and dwellers on that shaky
locality were much perturbed. Steam was
issuing from the lake as far as could be seen
in sudden puffs, and the water was boiling
fiercely, like a bean-pot. while huge waves
rolled up on the beach and receding left the
sand smoking. Iu a moment the air was
thick with blinding hot sulphurous vapor,
and subterraneous moans and rumblings
made the witness think that old Nick was
holding high carnival down below. The
fences wobbled up and down and sideways,
the woodpile at Nay's Banch locked arms
with a big freight wagon and waltzed around
the barnyard to tbe dismal bellowings of
tbe dismayed cattle and the shrill neighing
of terrified horses.
This appalling fracas lasted about two
minutes. Then came a blessed quiet for a
moment, followed by a sudden twitch of the
earth, as a horse jerks his hide and dislodges
a bothersome fly. The shock threw men and
animals off their feet with bruising violence,
but it was the wind-up of the entertainment,
which Mr. Nay hopes Kill not be soon re
peated.
It was some hours before the lake ceased
to emit columns of steam, and tbe water be
came very hot. Two springs near the house,
loDg noted for the coldness and purity ot
their water, changed their character and
spouted hot mud for two days, when they
flowed cold water again. A stack of 200 tons
of hay was moved 70 feet south without dis
arranging it
MONEY FOB STEIKEES,
Bnt tbe Knlgliu Who Returned to Work
Won't Get Any.
Albany, September 15. Grand Secre
tary Hayes, of the General Executive
Board, K. of L., and Lecturer Maguire
reached here this afternoon. The strikers
hung around headquarters for hours, await
ing a division of the funds which it is sup
posed Hayes brought The amount for
each of the six local assemblies whose men
are out on strike will be given to the Master
Workman of each assembly.
It is estimated that there are about 1,000
men among whom the money is to be dis
tributed. Secretary Hayes would not say
how much money he brought with him. He
is closeted with leaders of the strike at his
room in the Brunswick Hotel. None of tbe
strikers who have returned to work will re
ceive any money, no matter how long they
remained out on strike before they went
back.
DBT7EN BACK BY THE FLAMES.
Fire In a Burning flouae Cat OITEscapo by
tho Stairtvny.
1 Danbuey, Conn., September 15. Fire
broke out at 3 A. M. to-day in Tulley's
boarding house, adjoining the Danbury and
Nnrwalk railway station on Main street.
Twenty people were in the place, and the
flames which were about the stairway cut
off the only nsnal means of escape. Many
of the occupants, some oi them women,
scaled down the front of the building to the
cornice. -
'Jennie Hanley, who was on the third
floor, swung out on a blind, which broke,
precipitating her 30 feet to the sidewalk.
She was fatally injured. The fire was ex
tinguished. Damages, $3,000.
IT WILL OTUBE HEW Y0BK.
The nejolt of the Order Regarding Good
fehlpped in Bond.
Ottawa, Ont., September 15. The
recent order of the United States Treasury
Department that all goods bonded for
Canada must be corded and sealed, excites
much adverse comment on the part of
Canadians who import ship goods in bond
through'the United States. When a pack
age reaches the United States frontier the
Customs officials place a cord around each
package and affix the customs seal thereon,
making a chaige of 10 per cent per package.
This order, it is thought, if persisted in,
will check importation via New York and
the ' shipment of goods from Ontario to
British Columbia.
FBTJIT MEH AGADIST THE BILL
They Proiett Agnlnat the Enforcement of
the Tariff Law October 1.
New York, September 15. A meeting
of some 30 members of the Foreign Fruit
Exchange was held this afternoon for the
purpose of protesting against the early en
forcement of the new tariff law. Desola
tions were unanimously adopted, to the
effect that it was the sense of tbe meeting
that the early date fixed by the Senate for
the tariff bill to take effect (October 1)
would work great hardship among mer
chants and importers, and asking that tbe
date be set not earlier than November L
Also that the date set for the removal of
goods from bonded warehouses be postponed
at least one month.
THE CffWLES CASE SETTLED.
A Flue of S300 Ilnpo.eil on tbe Man With
the Revolver.
MONTEEAL. September 15. When th
case of C. C. Hale, of Cleveland, charged
with shooting with intent to kill his brother-in-law,
Eugene H. Copies, in this city last
June, was called in the Court of Queen's
Bench this morning, the counsel for the
prisoner said he wished to withdraw (he
pica of nofguijtyof tbe charge and substi
tute one of guilty of aggravated assault.
The opposing counsel accepted the pica,
and said they were unwilling to prosecute.
Judge Cross summed up the rase and said
he would impose a fine ol $500. which was
promptly paid and the case came to an end.
GOLD B2ATEES QUIT WORK.
Tlicir Employer Refuse to Grnnt nn In
crease In Rntra.
New-Yoke, September 15. Aboiit 150
gold beaters are now on a strike in this city.
They quit work to-day. At the recent con
vention of journeymen gold beaters it was
decided by the local union of gold beaters
to demand an increase in rates for beating
from $4 toSjfi 20, or an advance of $2 20 on
the old rates, and $13 50 for men who work
bv the week.
'The bosses, a'ter considering the demand
for a week, declined to accede to the in
crease. In many instances the smaller
shops responded to the demand made upon
them, but the larger shops still hold out
I0ST UT THE T.'VB.
Eight Men rerlli With a cbopncr Wrecked
In n Gale.
Mabquette, Mich., September 15. The
schooner Comrade, owned by Gilchrist, of
Cleveland, has been lost with her crew of
eight men on Lake .Superior. She parted
her tow line from the Columbia during a
west southwest gale Saturday night, and a
two days' search has failgd to find any trace
of bout or crew.
The schooner was loaded with 1,600 tons
nf iron ore from Ashland, and was valued at
35,000.
Lottery
A PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDY.
CHAPTER I.
This is a truthful confession of all that
passed in my mind at that time.
I have written it down as a document of
psychological interest.
At that time I was living in Paris as the
clerk in the office of an underwriter in the
Bue du Quatre Septembre. I was 30 years
of age.
My parents . were dead. My one sister
lived with my grandmother in the north of
England. I was exceedingly attached to
both. I used to write every Thursday to my
sister,and every Sunday to my grandmother.
When I could afford it, I used to send a
little present to one or to the other. This
was not very often, however, for I was not
very rich. My salary amounted to 12 a
month, which was considered handsome.
My room cost me 309. a month; my board,
taken at a restaurant in the Bue de Biche
lieu.came to 5; and Ispent2 10s. a month
L on clothes, for I was very particular about
preserving a tidy and respectable appear
ance. I invested 30s. every month in the
French Postoffice Savings Bank in view of
my old age, and applied the remainder to
minor expenses, pleasure and pocket money.
I was a man of great method, and had a
character with my employers for scrupulous
punctuality and great application. I do
not think that at that time I had ever once
arrived late at the office, either in the morn
ing or after the hour allotted for dinner.
It has been said that every man has three
characters, and that his own estimate of
himself is as different from his real nature
as it is from that which exists in the opinion
ot his acquaintances.
However this may be, I believe I am
right in saying that at that time I was a
man of scrupulous honesty, and if there
was one good trait in my character more
pronounced than any other it was that my
word was sacred to me. I should as soon
have thought ot breaking a promise as of
dishonoring my signature.
I was not an ambitious man. My idea of
happiness iu life was always to be able to
earn by work sufficient to live in decency
and comfort. I never could understand tbe
anxiety which is shown by so many people
to amass large fortunes. It always seemed
to me that the advantages of wealth can
hardly compensate one for the trouble of
managing a large estate. And another
thing which made me congratulate myself
on the mediocrity of my position was the
comparative solitude it procured me. If I
had been a rich man I should almost cer
tainly have been surrounded with friends.
Now, by my nature I am of a retiring dis
position, and, though by no means a misan
thrope, preferred my own company, and
that of my books, to society. I had only
one friend, and there was only one family in
Fans that 1 used to visit.
The friend was a fellow clerk in my
office. His name was ISrunot. He was
much older than myself, but not being a
man of great capacity, was in a lower po
sition than I was. His salary was only JE8
per month, and, as he was married and had
children, was hardly an adequate one. I
had liked him from the first His appear
ance was sympathetic, his views were in
unison with mine, and he was an excellent
player at chess, which is a game I was very
fond o Indeed, it was lirunot who first
taught me to play, and I thought I could
never be sufficiently grateful to him for
having so initiated me. '
We used to meet almost every evening,
now at his house, now at mr room, fur
the purpose of the game. We were of
about equal strength. I won as often as I
lost
It was one morning about three months
ago that Brunot, in a moment when there
was no work on hand at the office, remarked
to me, after reading a paragraph in his pa
per, "The lottery oi tne uecorattve .arts do
ciety is to be drawn in two months. I see
that tbe committee has at last come to a de
cision. And not too soon either. I bought
mv tickets a year ago."
'"Do you mean to say," I cried, "that you
waste your money in lottery tickets?"
"I do indeed," he answered. "I have 30
and mv wife has 10. The big prize is
500,000f. Just think how it would butter
our spinach if we were to win it, or even one
of the smaller prizes sjy 50,000.'! And
there is really no reason why I should not
be the lucky man. As my wife says, that
although wc are constantly complaining
about fortune we have never really given
her a chance to show us any favor.
The chief entering just then, our con
versation was interrupted, and I thought no
more about its subject until that evening,
when, taking mv seat at Brunot's chess
table, my friend informed his wife, who was
arranging the figures on the board, of the
decision of the committee. The lady a
faded blonde clapped her hands. "In two
months," she said, "we may be rich. It
won't be too soou, after years of wretched
ness. We should move into the country,
and I would breed poultrv."
"While I planted roses,' siid Brunot
"Aud Monsieur would come down every
Sunday to see us," added his wile.
"Yes," cried her husband, "and play
chess with me iu an arbor on the lawn. I
see it from here. It would be all covered
with Virginia creepers. No stay; I think
I should cover it. with Spanish haricot
beans, which grow quicker and arc oi a
thicker foliage."
"Charley would go to the Lycee."
"Grandmamma would have a fixed al
lowance." "The girls would be dressed at the
Louvre."
"And we should not forget the pooreither.
I would sej aside so much every month for
them."
"And I,"siid the wife "would see that
every tramp who knocked at tho gate got a
good" bowl of soup."
This lottery and thehopes he based on it
were tho incessant tonic of my friend's con
versation on tho following days. As the
date fixed for the drawing approached he
became quite excited. I saw him consult
ing the advertisement columns of bis news
paper, and marking such country houses as
were advertised for sale as seemed likely to
suit his requirements.
I am unable to tr.ue the inception of the
feeling tbat grew up in me, but I am
ashjmed to confess that alter listening to
his rosy predictions of happiness lor him
self for some weeks I began to grow jealous,
and found myself comparing my very
humble lot with what would be his when
his expectations were realized. Thus, once
whence lunching meagerly at my restaur
ant in the Bue Bichclieu, I remembered
thinking that when Brunot had won the
grand prize bis fare would be very superior
to what was then be'ore me. It did not
seem fair why should he bo so favored?
I felt angry with him for having takeu
tickets. Although I had no wish to win
the money myself, I did not want him to
get it We were all very comfortable
together before; wby should he disturb us
bv moving into auother sphere of life?
Shortly after this it begin to be my earnest
hope that he should not win. I hoped that
some workman in the South ot France, or
an association of people say a religious
society might carry "off the prize. Let
Brunot win 20 or 200, but not 20,000.
I have mentioned that there was only one
family besides that of my friend that I
visited. It was that of a retired tradesman
in the Bue St Denis. This gentleman had
a daughter named Celestine, aud it was my
intention to make her my wife. She seemed
to me endowed with every quality requisite
to maKeagoou wne to a man in my position.
She was orderly, economical and industri
ous. She was not pretty, and did not ap
pear to have so much taste in dress'or art as
most Parisian ladies have; but that was a
defect if defect it be that was fully com
pensated for by her housewifely excellencies.
It was understood both by M. and Mme.
Maillard, as well as their daughter, that I
came to their house in the character of a
suitor, but, as I bad frequently remarked to
them, I did not think that any man should
marry before he was 32 years of age and
possessed at least a sum representing double
his annual income for three years an opin
ion they most warmly applauded. The fact
that X had not yet declared myself was not
a matter of surprise. Celestine was 20. She
would be 22. at the time I was expected to
ask for her hand.
It was on the Sunday previous to the day
on which the lottery was to be drawn.
As usual I had been spending the evening
with the Maillards. While; tea was being
served, previous to my departure, I told
Mrs. Maillard about the foolish hopes of my
fellow-clerk, against whom, as tbe day for
the realizations of his expectations drew
near, my irritation had steadily increased.
M. Maillard had not heard of the lottery.
"What is tha'prize?" he asked.
"There are several," I said, "but I be
lieve the grand prize is 20,000."
"And what is the price of the tickets?"
asked Mme. Maillard, looking up.
"Only a franc each."
"Have you any?"
"No," I answered, "I do not care to wasta
my monev like that."
"Omy a franc," repeated Madame. "I
say, Maillard, we ought to have a few. A
cousin of mine won 50,000 f. once in a lot
tery at Lille. Jnst think what a good
dowry we could give to Celestine."
"Yes, we might as well take a few," said
the husband. Then he turned to me and
added, "And yon also might take one. If
vou were to win, that would singularly
hasten the realization of your dearest
hopes." As he spoke he glanced at Celes
tine, who flushed slightly, and said:
"Yes, do take one, too."
I crumbled a little. It was against mv
principles, I said. A lranc wasted was a
franc lost
Meanwhile Mme. Maillard had rung for
her servant, and was giving her a few
francs.
"You give a franc, too," she said, address
ing me. "Then the girl can just bring tea
tickets."
I gave the franc somewhat reluctantly,
and shortly afterward received in exchange
from the servant girl one ot the blue tickets
of the lottery of the Decoratire Arts. I
crushed it contemptuously into my waist
coat pocket, and tbat nihton reaching my
room entered the franc as "wasted" into
the account book in which I kept the record
o: my personal expenses.
I did not think ot the matter again until
ou the evening of the following day (Thurs
day), when I was walking home from the
office and heard the street hawkers crying
out tbe list of the winning numbers of the
lottery of the Decorative Arts. It then
struck me that Brunot whose absence from
the office all tho atternoon had appeared
strange to me, must have been away a, the
drawing, which was public.
"I wonder if he has won!" I cried, with a
lump rising in my throat My anxiety wa3
such that I dined very badly, and as soon as
possible hastened off to his house, where I
was expected tbat night
"I shall be able, to tell by his face," I
said to myself as I climbed the stairs to
the filth storv on which he lived. "I shall
be' able to tell at a glance if he has won or
not."
It was my friend who opened the door.
His appearance was the same as usual: his
expression such as I had always seen it
one of resignation under difficulties and of
calm content.
Well?" I said, baiting at the threshold.
"It is very good of you, my dear friend,"
he said, putting out his hand' and grasping
mine. "It is really kind of you to show
such interest in my little hopes. But I am
sorry to tell you that they are not to be
realized this time. I have won nothing, not
even a nine nine bank note of l.OOOr." I
felt greatly relieved. Then a feeling or dis
gust at my own meanness came over me,
and I cried out: "I am really very sorry;
you bave counted so much on a piece of
good fortune. It is a real shame. Nobodv
more than you deserved to be lortunate." I
was almost profuse in my condolences, far
more so indeed thau was at all warranted by
the condition of my friend, who seemed
singularly resigned. "Luckily," he said,
after he had again thanked me for my sym
pathy, "I have got six tickets in the Al
gerian lottery. You know tbe one which
was got up to succor the native farmers who
lost their crops by the plagne of locusts. I
am sure to win something then. Tne draw
ing is in May."
Madame Brunot was very much less re- '
signed. I found her sitting at the dinner
table, which had not yet been cleared, com
paring her tickets with a printed list that
was propped up against the tureen.
"It is a real swindle," she cried when she
had seen me. "Not one of opr tickets has
uu uuymiug, ami we naa vj. xnen,
turning round to 'her husband, she added
very irritably, "It was just like you to go
and waste 40 francs on that rubbish" here
she pushed the bags of tickets con
temptuously aside "40 francs, as if we
could spare them. Just think of all the
things we want we sadly want absolute
necessities of which wa have to deprive our
selves, and which we could have bought
with those 40 francs. Charles' boots are
quite worn out, and the girls haven't a re
spectable frock among them. I don't say
anything of all the things I want for myself,
for, of course, I don't count"
Then, grumbling and scolding, she bczan
clearing away the dinner things. While
she was washing ud in the kitchen, Brunot
took up tbe prize list
CHAPTEB II.
"I wonder-who has won," he said. "No.
307,625. I was not within 20,000 of it with
any of my 40 tickets. All the same," he
added, dejectedly, "it would have been
splendid to have won something."
'What did you say," I cried, superbly
indifferent to his suffering. "Whatwas the
number?"
"Number 307.623," he answered. "But
what is the matter?"
"Oh, nothing!" I said, mastering my
emotion. The truth was, that, to the best of
my belief, that was the very number of tho
ticket lying in my waistcoat pocket A
minute later, Brunot's back being turned, I
was able hastily to convince myself that my
memory had not betrayed me, and that it
was I I who had won the grand prize.
I was the possessor of a fortune of 20,
000. I said nothing. I thought it was best
to be cautious. I am of a reserved nature
secretive and discreet. Besides, I was able
to condone the curious meanness of this
silence with the reflection that to have pro
claimed my good lortune would have
singularly added to the disappointment of
my excellent friend.
"I really thought you had some good '
news," repeated Brunot. "I thought yoa
might have had a ticket and have won."
"Ob, Monsieur," said his wile, catering
the room and overhearing her husband's
remark, "has better use for his money than
you bave. He is not such a fool as to go
and throw away francs and francs on such x
nonsense. Not he!"
I gave a little laugh. Jt pleased me to '
hear that the lady had such a high opinion
of my sagacity and prudence. For, alter
an, nau x not won, tnat tranc would havn
been completely wasted. But I safd
nothing. Brunot did not seeji able to re-i
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