THE PITTSBURG DISFATCa i PAGES 9 TO 12. SECOND PART. j j PITTSfeTTRG, SATUEDAT, OCTOBER 4, 1890. THE REYJSIOI ISSUE To be Taken up Once More at a Meeting of Distinguished Presbyterians IN THIS CITY NEXT WEEK, The Committee on Change of Creed to Begin Work on Wednesday. DIVINES AND LATHES OF NOTE Appointed by the General Assembly for the Difficult Task. IMPORTANT ETEXT IX CHUKCH CIRCLES The most important eTent in Presbyterian circles this year will be the meeting in this city next "Wednesday of the General As sembly Committee on the Revision ot the Confession of Faith. The outside com munity is watching to see what these modern theologians will do with the work of the "Westminster divines. If those "fathers" were alive they would probably give the committee a tnssel in the argu ment, tut they will not be able to "rise and explain." The long-continued agitation on the sub ject oi revision culminated in the last meet ing of the General Assembly when the com mittee was appointed. It was constituted of 25 members, 15 clergymen and 10 laymen, including many of the ablest and most prominent gentlemen of the denomination. The clergymen all have big titles, and Eeven of tbem have been moderators of the Presbyterian General Assembly, and seven arc theological professors. Tito other! are college presidents. DISTINGUISHED COMMITTEEMEN. Among the laymen, all of whom are ruling elders, are some of the most prominent men in the United States. The following are the members of the committee: Ministers, Prof. Francis L. 1'atton, D. D., LL. D., Pro-. William Henry Green, D. D., LL. D., President Thomas S. Histings, D. D., LL. D., Prof. Matthew 15. Kiddle, D. D., LL. D.. Prof. Willis J. Beecher, D. D., Prof. Edward D. Morris, D. D., LL. D., Prof. Hcrrick Johnson, D. D., LL. L, Prof. William Alexander, D. D., President "Will iam C. Roberts D. D., LL. D., William E. 31oore, D. D., Henry J. Van Dyke. D. D., Hbsntzer Erskine, 1). D., James T. Lett wich, D. D., Samuel J. Niccnlls, D. D., LL. D., Edward R. Burkhalter, D. L The elders are: Ex-United States Jndge William Strong, ex-Senator Samuel J. 1L McMillan, ex-Judge Alfred Hand, Hon. E. E. White, Judge Henry B. Siylor, Hon. Winthrnp S. Oilman, Hon. Barker Gum mere, Hon. William Ernst, Charles M. Chanley, Esq., and George Juukin.'Esq. These men are from Hew York, Philadel phia, ashington, Baltimore, Pittsburg, Cincinnati, St. Louis Chicago, San Fran cisco and various other parts of the country. One-h:tli oi them are natives of Pennsylva nia, and several of them are foreigners by birth. It looks like a bold thing for this commit tee to hold its first meeting in Pittsburg, as it will next Yednesday, in tbe heart of an ..uti-revision community. But as so many of them are Pennsylvanians, so many op posed to revision, and nearly all the rest very mild revisionists, they may meet here without peril. The sessions of the commit tee will be held in one of the lecture rooms of the Western Theological Seminary, which may thus become the "Jerusalem chamber" of the institution. THE riKSI BUSINESS will be to elect a permanent chairman, to which position it is very likely the Rev. "William C. Roberts, the present temporary chairman, will be elected. The committee will then probably proceed to draw an ex cathedra distinction between cupra-lap sari anism and sub-lap sananism, and define the doctrine and place ol pretention in the Cal vamstic system. The real work of revision will now begin and the real difficulties ap pear. The Dispatch will keep its readers informed as to the progress ot the work. The eminent gentlemen ot this committee will probably be in this city many days and be heard in various pulpits Sunday, October 5. Below are brief personal sketches of the leading members of the committee, which is to be historic in the church: "William Ernst. Dr. William C. Roberts is the temporary chairman of the committee, with a good piospectof becoming the permanent chair man. He is a native of Wales and was long settled over the largest Presbvterian Church in Elizabeth, N. J. He was for several vears Secretary of the Board of Home Missions, and was once offered a chair in the Western Theological Seminarv, which makes him at home in Pittsburg. He was Moderator of the General Assembly of 1889, and is now President of Lake For est University. On revision he wants bnt little, and could get along without any. He is physically one of the handsomest men on the committee. TIIC PEESIDENT OP PRINCETOV. Dr. Francis L. Patton is one of the brain iest men of the committee and of the whole Presbyterian Church, tie is second to none 4 in intellectual vigor and influence. He isn native of the Bahama Islands, and a gradu ate of a university in Canada. He was for many years the "pastor of Jefferson Park Presbvterian Church in Chicago, and while there he achieved a national repntation by his masterly trial of David Swing. Dr. Patton was Moderator of the Presbyterian General Assembly which met in Pittsburg in 1878, wheu he became well acquainted iu tins city. He is now the very successful President of Princeton College, the successor of Dr. McCosh. His conduct in the last General Assembly as an anti-revisionist won the admiration of all, and it will not be a surprise should he be elected Chairman of the Committee on Revision. He is qnite likely to be the most influential member of the committee. The Hon. Emerson E. White, of Cincin nati, is ..11 elder in the Presbyterian Church, of which Dr. William McKibbm, late of Pittsburg, is the pastor. He w as for several years the President of Perdue University and afterward the City Superintendent of Common Schools in Cincinnati. He vat prominently mentioned for tbe position of Commissioner of Education under the pres ent administration. He has been an elder in the Presbyterian Church for several ' lr T Rtv. If. E Moore, X. D. years and was a member of the last General Assembly. He is the author of a series of school books and of a work on pedagogy. He is in favor of as much revision as the majoritv of the committee may desire. Rev. Dr. William E. Moore, of Colum- BET. WILLIAM C. EO BEETS, D. D , bus, is one of the most widely known men on the committee. He was elected Modera tor of the last General Assembly by nccla mition. Dr. Moore was born in Strasbure, Pa., in 1823, graduated at Xale in 1847, studied theology privately under Dr. At water, of Princeton, and after a 22 years' pastorate at Westchester, Pa., he " took charge of the Second Presbyterian Church of Columbus in' 1872, where he has been ever iter. Hcrrick Johnson, D. D., LL.D. since. Dr. Moore is the author of the "New School Digest" of 1860 and of the "Digest of the Reunited Church" of 1873 and of a second edition of this in 1886. Dr. Mooreserved in the reserve corps of the Christian Commission during the war, and in the Gettysburg campaign as a lientenant of artillery in a Pennsvlvania batterv. He is the chaplain of the Fourteenth Reeiment ot the Ohio National Guard and is a very active member of tbe Grand Army. He is permanent clcrt of the General Assemblv and slated clerk of the Synod of Ohio. On the subject of revision he is very moderate. One of the most eminent elders of the committee is Judge Alfred Hand, of Scranton. He was born iu Honesdale, Pa., in 1835, graduated at Yale College in 1857 and was admitted to the bar in 1859. He has practiced in Scranton since 1860. He was made a District Judge iu 1879. He was appointed to the Supreme Bench in 1888, where, during his year of service, he made an enviable record. He has always been prominent in philanthropic and charitable movements. He has been an elder in the Presbyterian Church over 25 years, and will make his voice felt in the deliberations of the Revision Committee. He will cautiously consider every step taken. POBMEELT A PITTSBUBO PASTOB. Herrick Johnson, D. D., LL. D., is well known in Pittsburg, as he was for five years the very popular pastor of the Third Presbyterian Church. While here he re ceived the title of D. D. He was born in New York in 1832, graduated at Hamilton College in 1857 and at Auburn Theological Seminary in 1860 and at once became co pastor with the celebrated Dr. Beman in President Fiancis L. Patton, D. D., LL.D. Troy. After his pastorate in Pittsburg from 1862 to 1667, he took' charge of the First Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia. For six years he was professor of pastoral theology in Anbnrn Theological Seminary, and in 1880 he accepted a call to the Fourth Presbyterian Chnrch.of Chicago. He is now professor ot sacrer rhetoric in McCor mick Seminary. He was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Chnrch in 1882. He is father of the Board of Aid for Colleges. He is the author of several books and tracts and is a very popu lar preacher. He is a radical prohibition- WW ist He has written a great deal on the sub ject of revision, favoringjhe movement to some extent " Rv. Thomas Z. Hastings, the President of Union Tbeoloeical Seminary, New York, is probably the most advanced revisionist on the committee. He is a highly cultured man and an eloquent speaker. He is a leader among the theologians of his type oi doctrine. In the revision discussion in the Presbytery of New York be took a very prominent part. He will make his influence ielt in the committee. Mr. William Ernst, of Kentucky, is one of the wisest and ablest elders in the whole Presbyterian Church. He is the oldest Sabbath school superintendent in the de nomination. He haB been an elder and Bab bath school superintendent in the Presbyte rian Church of Covington, Ky., for over 50 years continuously. He is a native of Penn sylvania, and a graduate ot Center College. After long and careful study he sees no need of revision, but will not object to a few ver bal changes. He is well versed in theology, and no member of the committee has a more familiar knowledge of the scriptures. FOB AND AGAINST BEVISION.. Rev. Prof. Matthew B. Riddle, is well known in this city, as well as his "grand father," and his face is so familiar we need not reproduce it As a learned professor and an eloquent preacher he stands very hieh. He is opposed to revision. Rev. Prof. Willis J. Beecher, ot Auburn LL.D., THE TEMPORABY CHAIRMAN. Theological Seminary, and Rev. Prof. E. D. Morris, D. D., LL. D of Lome, are in favor of revision. Dr. Morris was Mode rator of the General Assembly of 1875, at which time he spoke against revision. Rev. Samuel J. Niccolls, D. D., a native of Pennsylvania, is well known in this city. He was once offered a professorship in the Western Theological Seminary. He was born in Westmoreland county in 1839, edu cated at Elderseidge Academy and Jeffer son College, and studied theology in the Western Theological Seminary. He was first settled in Chambersburg, Pa., and served as chaplain of the Twenty-sixth Reg iment Pennsylvania Volunteers during the war. He settled over the Second Presby terian Church of St Lonis in 1865, and this church has grown during his ministry of 25 years to be by far the largest in the State of Missouri, and west of the Mississippi river. He was Moderator of the General Assembly of 1872, and has been the chairman of many important committees. His position on re vision is well known and he will make his influence felt in the committee from the start Hon. William Strong, ex-Justice of the United States Supreme Court, for nearly CO years an elder in the Presbyterian Church, has pronounced views on revision. Ex-Senator Samuel J. R. McMillan, of Minnesota, is an advocate ot revision. Judge H. B. Sayler, of Indiana, and Hon. Winthrop S. Gilman, of New York, as well as Hon. Barker Gummere, of New Jersey, and Charles M. Charnley, Esq., of Chicago, win exert a oeciaea innuence in tne de liberations of the committee. A LEABNED CLEEGYMAN. Rev. Prof. William Henry Green, D. D., Rev. EamuelX. Niccollt, D. D LL.D. LL. D., professor of Hebrew in Princeton Theological Seminary, is one of the most learned men in the Presbyterian Chnrch, and one of the greatest living Hebraists. He would long ago have been a Moderator of the General Assembly, bnt when he hears of a movement in that direction he does not go. He at first declined to serve on the Committee on Revision, but has changed his mind and will be here with bis wife. He is a native of Pennsvlvania and married in this region. He is opposed to revision, bnt can be relied on to carefully consider proposed changes in the standards of the chnrch. Prof. Green is the anthor of a Hebrew grammer, of several books and able magazine articles. His reputation as a scholar extends all over the Old World. Prof. William Alexander, of San Fran cisco, professor of theology in the Theolog ical Seminary of that city, is a native of Pennsvlvania and opposed to revision, as Rev. Ebenezer Erskine, D. D., another Fennsylvanian. RevI James T.-Leftwicb, formerly or the Southern Presbyterian "Church, now settled in Baltimore, and Dr. Edward R. Bnrk halter, of Cedar Rapids, la., are also mem bers of the committee. The Rev. Dr. Henry J. Van Dyke, of Brooklyn, an ex-Moderator of the Genera! Assembly, is one of the leaders of the re vision movement He has written a great deal on the subject and although he never went throngh a theological seminary, he is one of the leading theologians in the Pres byterian Church to-day. On Wednesday these American theolo gians will cross swords with the Westmin ster divines, and probably the fire will fly.. TELEGRAPHIC communication with every section nnd sood correspondents everywhere canrnntec nil tbo nctri. TOE DISPATCH to-morrow will cover the world. IRELAND, England and Continental Europe ef THE DISPATCH. A bl budget ! pri promised for To-ttUrrw' mammoth, ,sne,. MSU A TDM OF THE TIDE. The Trade of Titusville is Now Coming Toward Pittsburg. RAILROAD FACILITIES BETTER Than 6omaTime Ago, Though There is Boom for Improvement. THE EEALCENTEE OF OIL OPERATIONS Complaint was made to The Dispatch from Titusville that business which would naturally come to Pittsburg, from that sec tion, was diverted to other places by reason of the better facilities for travel'and freight transportation in other directions. The Dispatch ordered me to Titusville to inves tigate and to see the railroad officials about the matter. Alter interviewing many merchants, shippers and receivers of freight at Titus ville, and the officers of the Allegheny Valley Railroad, The Dispatch is glad to state that the facilities are now better than ever and that trade is coming this way more than it did formerly. Titusville long ago fell into a bad habit of dealing at other places for varions reasons, bnt is now break ing that habit Some improvements could be made and the Allegheny Valley people have been trying to make them. Arrived at Titusville, I asked Editor H. C. Bloss what he knew of the matter. He replied: "In a general way I think tbe facilities are not good. 1 have thought that with fast trains running through with out chance of cars and without passengers having to stop at Oil City, travel to and from the East would go through your city more, and more people would go to Pitts burg to trade. no complaint to make. C. P. Devereaux, boots and shoes Facilities are much better between here and Pittsburg than between here and Buffalo, and freight rates are better. I certainly have no complaint to make. Mrs. Henry Kehr, milliner No, I don't know that I have any complaint to make about the facilities for travel between here and Pittsburg or the freight rates, only that from Philadelphia we must pay two rates, while from New York we pay only one. 1 wish that could be changed. J. Westheimer, boots and shos: "We can get goods Irom Buffalo in one day. It takes longerfrom Pittsburg. That is about tbe only difference. That is quite an advantage when we want anything to fill out an assort ment of goods." Fletcher, drygoods: "We onlv buy one line of goods in Pittsburg, blankets. Nearly all our shipments are from Philadelphia and New York by Empire line. "We don't have much success with ordinary freight We have no complaint to make against facilities between here and Pittsburg." L. Ullman, drygoods: "Don't know any thing about it. We don't ship any goods from or to Pittsburg." ANDTHEB OPINION. Robert Kernochan, hardware: "The facili ties are bad. It takes 13 to 19 days to get ireigm irom .riusourg. uan get goods from Chicago in less time. We don't trade in Pittsbnrg for that very reason. It is an out rage. No, we don't buy a dollar's worth of goods in Pittsburg. There is no travel that way either. Everybody goes East by the Philadelphia and Erie." S. S. Bryan, hardware: "We ship eight or nine car loads a month from Pittsburg. We have no complaint to make. Tbe facili ties are goftd, much better than between here and Buffalo. We get pipe and heavy hardware in Pittsburg altogether and some of our light hardware. What we don't buy there is the fault of the jobbers in your city and not the railroads. But there has been great improvement In the harwnre jobbing houses in Pittsburg in the past ten years. I used to live there and was employed in one ot the hardware jobbing houses. It is 30 miles farther to Pittsburg than to Buffalo, but the fourth class rate from Pittsburg is only 9 cents, while from Buffalo it is 10 cents. We have more to coinplaiu of in local rates when we shin goods to Warren, Kane or Bradford. More trade is going to Pittsburg than formerly." Titusvilie Iron Works We have no com plaint to make on that score. We are the heaviest shippers in this city, and get more freight from Pittsbnrg than anyone else. We don't think either Titusville or Pitts burg is injured. Rates are lower between here and Pittsburg than between here and Buffalo. Of course we would like lower rates, but are satished with those between here and Pittsburg. Between Pittsburg and West Virginia is where we have to put up the tariff It is outrageous down that way. There is no complaint to make on the grounds yon speak ot. GOOD FACILITIES. H. Spitler, hardware I have no com plaint to make. The facilities are good. I buy all my heavy hardware in Pittsburg, but can buy much light hardware to better advantage elsewhere. I buy some articles made in Pittsburg .cheaper in New York than I can buy them in Pittsburg. And I can buy some goods made in Warren, just over in the next county, cheaper in New York than at the factory. We like Pitts burg goods. G. Stinson, leather: "Everything is sat isfactory. I have no complaint on that score. Ship a great deal Irom Pittsburg. Facilities are good." Colonel J. J. Carter: "That subject needs consideration belore it is discussed. I am a railroad man myselt and would have to know all the difficulties and phases of the case belore I could answer the question. But I can say I think the trend of trade toward Buffalo is more a matter of old habit than anything else. We had facilities for reaching that place betore we had any means of reaching Pittsbnrg. Then a few years ago a lady cotild not think ot going shop ping in Pittsburg without getting her clothes dirty and her hands and face soiled, while Buffalo was a nice, clean city. But the people are looking more friendly toward Pittsburg now than ever before, and I think trade is turning more and mor6 in that direction. People up this way are just be ginning to realize what a great center of trade Pittsburg has come to be. ONE FEATT7BE. "We who are in the oil business are drawn more to Pittsburg. It is now really the home and center of the trade, and we feel at home there. A good many oilmen went to Buffalo to live when Bradford was the soene of activity. Dan O'Day, H. L. Taylor, John Satterfield and others. It is now a question whether they will not have to pull op and move to Pittsburg. Of ennrse we would like better faeilities for travel that way. Tbe new fast trains which run solid between Pittsburg and Buffalo are greatly appreciated, and if the train leaving here in the morning and returning in the evening could be run the same way it would be appreciated. However, I suppose the railroads have good reasons for running trains as they do. "The situation is this: Old habit has the trend of trade the other way. Pittsburg has been gaining lately. To get the trend turned that way two things are necessary. Special inducements offered by Pittsburg itself and first-class facilities lor people to get there. Something might be done in both directions in the line of improvement With these pointers I went to Mr. O. B. Price, Superintendent of the River Division Allegheny Valley Railroad, and asked him to tell The Dispatch what he could about tbe matter. Mr. Price said: "The train you speak of nsed to run solid between this city and Titusville. We have tried reneatedlv to ret the Western New York and Pennsylvania road to restore this orderof things. "We would be glad to make that arrangement. At the same time I can not blame that road for not doing it From Titusville to Oil City is a very short run. They start the train at Titusville and run it on around nnd up the river to Olean. The connection in the morning is good, however, and there is nothing against it bnt the change of coaches. So far as men are con cerned that is rather in its favor. Most men prefer to change into clean coaches. CONSIDEBINQ THE QUESTION. 'Returning in the evening, however, Titusville passengers have to wait in Oil City about an hour for the train down the river. We are considering that qnestion now, and I am trying to get the other road to make close connections with us, either by starting their train earlier from Olean, or rnnning faster down the river. This may be accomplished in the new schedule to be nut on in about n month. I hope it may be. But we don't feel like changing our tram. It is rnn now so as to nicely accommodate our patrons, nnd get our Franklin and Oil City patrons home in time for supper. It was formerly run later, necessitating a stop at Foxbnrg for supper, which was very an noying to passengers for points nortli ot that. But I hope the connection at Oil City may be remedied. "As to the two rates from Philadelphia, I don't think any of that freight comes over our road. I would be glad to know that it does, but I fear it don't. The Pittsbnrg and Erie naturally carries that freight as far as it can, which would be to Irvineton, or Corry. It would not be turned over to us at either point I am glad onr new fast trains are appreciated." U. D. McCargo, General Freight Agent of the Allegheny Valley, said the Philadel phia freight for Titusville did not come over the Valley at all. He confirmed the statement that the freight rates between this city and Titusville were better than be tween the latter point and Buffalo. Briefly, then, Pittsburg is gaining in trade. United effort on the part of our tradespeople to offer proper inducements to our neighbors to come here, and such im provements as may be made in the facilities for communication will bring the trade here. Improvement has already been made. As the traffic grows other improvements will follow. Ceum. READY FOR PATT1S0N. PREPARATIONS COMPLETED FOR HIS RECEPTION TO-DAY. Colored Democrats to Form Fart of His Escort A Torcbllsht Parade Through Downtown Streets All the Candidates on the State Ticket Expected. Chairman A. T. Watson, of the Demo cratic County Committee, and Chair man Morrison Foster, of the Democratic Clubs Committee, have completed the ar rangements for the reception to-day of ex Governor Pattison and the other candidates on the Democratic State ticket. The elubs will form on Water street, the right resting at the bridge opposite the Monongahela House, and will move promptly at 7:30 P. M. as escort in the fol lowing order: Platoon of police. The Randall Club. The County Democracy. Tne Colored Men's Democratic Club. Governor Pattison, Lieutenant Governor Black, Chairman Watson, Hon. Morrison Foster. Captain W. H. Barclay, Hon. W. TJ. Uensel, Presidents of the County Democracy and George B. McClellan Club. Hon. R. Jones Monaghan, Major Moses P. Veale, Presidents of the Grover Cleve land Club and Randall Club. The Grover Cleveland Association in carriages. The George B. McClellan Club in carnages. Reception Committee in carriages. Other Clubs and delegations of citizens. Governor Pattison and other guests will take their seats in the carriages at the Water street door of the Monongahela Houte -as soon as the Colored Men's Demo cratic Club has passed. Tbe captain of each club will detail four torch bearers of his clnb to march on either hand beside Governor Pattison's carriage. The route of the procession will be as follows, viz.: Move at 7:30 p. m. along Smitbfield street to Fourth avenue, to Grant street, to Seventh avenue, to New Grant street, to Tenth street, to Penn ave nue, to Sixth street, to Liberty street, to Seventh avenue, to Smithfield street, to Fifth avenue, to Market street, to Diamond street, and halt On the arrival of the head of the escort at the Diamond Square, the clubs will halt and take open order,' in two lines, to enable Governor Pattison and the other guests and the Reception Committees to drive between these lines and pass into Old City Hall, preceded by the band of the Randall Club. After they have passed in the clubs will immediately dismiss. The gallery in Old City Hall will be re served for ladies and their escorts. COOKERY U covered by nn expert In To Slorrow'a 20-Pnce issue. IX BROKE THE RECORD. Nearly 800 Cnsea Disposed of by the Hrllrlntr Grand Jury. The grand jury completed its work yester day, and was discharged by the Court. In discharging the jury Judge White compli mented them highly on the work done. The jury during its session, which lasted five weeks, parsed upon 784 bills. Of these 467 were true bills, and 273 were ignored. There were 17 desertion cases and 30 case of surety of the peact. This is the largest amonnt of work ever done by any grand jury. Previous to leaving thejury room the members pre sented their foreman. A. H. Rowand, Sr., with a handsome gold-headed cane. The true bills returned yesterday were as follows: Angelo Condo, felonious assault and battery; S. A. Camp, assault and bat tery, M. M. Dewey, misdemeanor; James L. Keller, aggravated assault and battery; Mark Navish, Patsey Holahan, William Murdock, larceny from the person; Daniel Townsend, receiving stolen goods, (2); Mike Deuin, assault and battery. The ignored bills were: John Diley, perjury; John Gilacs. assault and battery, (2): "Lincoln Owens, Harry Patterson, malicious mis chief;, J. A. Vogle, false pretense; Joseph Werner, pointing firearms. XH THE UNITED STATES COURT. A Suit to Decide Whether nn Overissue of Bonds Is iieffal. Judge Acbeson, of the United States Court yesterday heard arguments in the case of R. D. Wood and others against the Corry Water Works and the Farmers' Loan and Trnst Company. The suit is an action to have declared void an alleged illegal is sue of bonds. One hundred thousand dol lars' worth of bonds were issued to pay for the erection of a water works, and it is claimed the works did not cost over $60,000, and the bonds issned for more than that amonnt are illegal. The defendants claim the issue of bonds was legal and the work cost at least $100, 000. R. C. Dale and S. Dickson appeared for the plaintiffs and Messrs. Shiras and McCleave for the defendants. The Court took the papers and reserved tbe decision. FOR BSOWARSKY'S PARDON. Tbe Man Who Insulted Judce Single Would Like to Get Out. Notice was served on District Attorney Johnston yesterday that an application would be made for a pardon for Hyman Brpwarsky, who some time ago was convict ed of assault and battery, aggravated assault and battery and contempt ol court, and was sent to the workhouse for one year. Browarsky is the man who, in open court, assailed Judge Blagle. and applied a vile' epithet to him. - WLDOWAffl) WIDOWER The Former Sues the Latter for Damages for Breach' of Contract, SHE 0HLY WANTS FIVE THOUSAND. lira. Carr Files Exceptions to the Distribu tion of the Estate. A BUST PEIDAI IN THE CODET EOOMS A statement was filed yesterday in the suit of Amanda Cavatt against Joseph Woodal for damages for breach of promise of mar riage. Mrs. Cavatt alleges that in March, 1890, Woodal, who is a widower, after pay ing her attentions and t isiting her at her home in Allegheny, proposed marriage. She accepted him and he continued to visit ber regularly several times a week, from March to June. Thev were to be married in Au gust, which would be one year after the death uf Wood a) 's first wife, and tbe end of the period of mourning. Mrs. Cavatt began to prepare for the nuptials and her mother and relatives were aware of the intended event When the wedding month arrived, how ever, Woodal, without any reason, did not keep his promise, and now avoids and re fuses to marry her. He has rendered her life unhappy and made her the subject of sname ana scandal, ana sue ascs lor (a,uuu damages. Woodal, she says, is worth at least $20,000. A JURY OF FOUR. Spenk-Ensy Cases Disposed of In the Criminal Court. There was rather a peculiar jury trial in the Criminal Court yesterday afternoon. The case of Mary "Williams vs Mary Mc Carthy, for assault and battery, had been called and the wore: of securing a jury be gun. Tbe crier kept calling name after name until the panel was exhausted and only four jurors were in the box. This was rather a perplexing state of affairs, as Dis trict Attorney Johnston was -nxious to have the case, which was a trilling affair, dis posed of. What to do the District Attor ney didn't know, bnt finally the parties to tbe suit helped him ont by declaring they were satisfied to go ahead with a jury of four. Judge White was consulted and agreed to go ahead. The case was then tried by the four jurors, who returned a verdict of not guilty without leaving the box. The jury in the case of Mrs. Lin Badger, charged with selling liquor without license, returned a verdirt of not guilty and the de fendant was honorably discharged. A E Garbig and M. G. Cook were yes terday convicted of a charge of assault and battery. A. E. Garbig was also convicted on another charge of assault and battery on Mary Moore. Edward McCullough was convicted on a charge of aggravatod assault and battery. The juries are out in tbe case of Mary "Wasson, charged with selling liquor with out license, and Charles Eirschner, charged with aggravated assault and battery. FIGHTING WHilAM CARE'S WILL Hli Wife Objected to tbo Distribution and Wanti All Back Bents. An argument was heard in the Orphans' Court yesterday in the matter of the settle ment of the estate of William Carr. The point at issue is a matter in dispute between Mrs,.Carr and tbe trustees of the estate, J. M. Kennedy and J. B. Jackson. Mrs. Carr refused to take under the will of her hus band and elected to take under the intestate laws. This gives her a share of tbe personal property absolutely, and a life interest in one-half of the real estate. The trustees apportioned vthe estate, and recently set aside to Mrs. Carr her share ot the real estate. Tbe portion Mrs. Carr received, though equal in value to the other half, was productive of a somewhat larger income, bringing better rents than the other prop erty In masing the distribution of the income of the estate from tbe death of Mr. Carr up to the time of Mrs. Carr receiving her por tion of the property the trustees allowed Mrs. Carr her pro rata share ot the whole income. She objected to this, and claimed that she was entitled to the rentals of the property which had been set apart to her back to the date of Mr. Carr's death. An exception was taken to tbe distribution on this point, and it was argned yesterday. D. T. Watson, Esq., appeared for Mrs. Carr and Attorney Guthrie for the trustees. The decision was reserved. After the Commodore's Stock. William Braithwaite yesterday issued an execntion attachment against J. M. David son, R. H. King, R. W. Drum and W. H. Adams. He alleges they hold 1,405 shares of stock in the Pittsburg, 'Allegheny and Manchester Passenger Railway Company, which i3 recorded in their names, but which they bold for William J. Kountz. Braith waite holds a judgment against Kountz for 525,113 25, which he obtained in court, and he wishes to attach the stock mentioned as the property of Kountz. A Kcmlnilcr of the Blots. In the snit of the Citizens' Savings Bank of Detroit against Allegheny county a ver dict was given yesterday lor $150 for the plaintiff. Tne bank was the holder of some of the riot bonds of the connty. Some of the interest coupons were lost, and the Connty Controller refnsed to pay the inter est without the coupons. The suit was then brought, and tbe Controller anthorized by the verdict of the jury to pay the interest. In Favor of tbe Stierift. In the suit of D. R. Mclntyre against Sheriff McCandless to recover the value of goods alleged to have been shipped away by the proprietors 'after the Sheriff bad taken possession, a non-suit was taken by the plaintiff yesterday, thus ending the case in favor of the Sheriff. Trial List. Cbiminal Court Surety and Desertion cases: Commonwealth vs. Servetus Birkel, James Coatee, Frank Denk, Jane Eegley, Will iam Loadman, Gottlieb Riehtcr, Ferdinand SohaHer. Theodore L. Wiggins, George S. Getting, William Bntier, John Kreuter. Nates From the Courts. Tbb jury is out in'the snit of .Pauline Auber lie against B. B. Conrsin, an action for rent This case of J. J. East against C. M. Logue, a suit on a mortgage and agreement, is on trial before Judge EWlng. The suit of Phllllpena Hommerly against John Koorrfor datnageslor slander, was settled yesterday by tbe defendant. paying tbo costs. IN the suit of Fred Stroop against Christo pher Piper, to recover on a judgement, a ver dict was given yesterday for 154 for the plain tiff. Bobert E. Maoonbeat yesterday received a verdict for $222 60 in bis suit against H.B. Blaterbeck and S. J. Topping, an action on a contract Iw the snit of O. P. Haser against J. R. Johnston, to recover for tne keep of a horse, a verdict was glyen yesterday for til 90 for the plaintiff. A petition wa filed yesterday for a writ of babeaB corpus to seenre the release of Mrs. Ebbertfrom the -Workhouse. It Is claimed that no offense was shown and the commit ment was without fine, Saturday was fixed for a hearing. PART I THE PROLOGUE. "CHAEGING AN AE3IY." As the afternoon drew on Avantageur Non-Commissioned Officer Von Ronheim, of the First Regiment of Prussian Dragoon Guards, fell into a reverie as he sat erect and motionless in his saddle. The First, Third, Fourth and Fifth Squadrons of his regiment forming portion ot the Bine Bri gade, under General Count Brandenburgb, had marched at i o'clock on that morning of August 16, 1870, to St Hillaire, to do duty there, and get news of the departure of the French troops from Metz. But as the cannonade from the Metz direction became louder, the Fifth Squadron alone wa3 left in the ordered position, while the three others marched out and reached Mars-la-Tour at about 8. Ever since then these three squadrons had remained near the vil lage, and had succeeded by general maneuv ering in deceiving the French as to the real weakness of this German mine; so that for hours they did not venture to make any comprehensive attack. It was toward 5 o'clock in the afternoon when Non-Conimissioned Officer "Von Ron heim fell into this reverie. The pitiless sun flamed upon his bras3 helmet; his light blue coat, with red facings on collar and sleeves gallooned with yellow braid, showed up astonishingly clear against the white wall of the straggling outhouse; his brown mare, sweating under this con stant maneuvering, protected throughout a sultry day, bowed her head and champed her bit listlessly. Her rider, armed with saber and revolver, sat upon her motionless, half overcome by heat and fatigue. His small blue eyes, fixed in a sort of reverie, saw nothing before him. Yet before him, there, in wide champaign stretching toward Metz, the full tide of cattle rolled, ever nearer, ever nearer along the silver thread of the road running to Verdun, strung like beads with pretty villages, each with its church tower along lines of poplars stretching interminably along the busy valley to the north, crammed with French infantry from the heights above it, whence the" deadly rattle of a mitrailleuse battery incessantly sounded. The attack so long postponed was develop ing. But for the moment Non.Commissioned Officer Von Ronheim sat there all oblivious of it. He was voted a stupid soldier among his fellows of the regiment A huge, clnmsily made dreamer, with nothing of martial smartness about him; a mechanical font, who knew his duty to the letter, but who did it without enthusiasm; a cure, capable after huge feasts of sausages and immense draughts of beer, of remaining for half an hour at the time gazing sentimentally at the moon. A nice sort of sentimentalist, truly, with his large red nose turned upward like some pig's snout; his stubby, untrimmed, red mustachio; his peepy blue eyes, half buried between his overhanging eyebrows and great, prominent cheek-bones! And yet the fellow, who was capable of a danzer ons secretiveness, was suspected iu the regi ment of being this very thing. Three mouths before the regiment left Berlin, Von Ronheim had been seen keeping Quixotic guard ontside a fashionable perfum er's shop, not a quarter of a mile from the Belle Alliance Strasse, in which a notoriously pretty impudent bag gage named Rose Sucher served behind the counter a baggage whom all non-commissioned officers of the regiment believed to be no better than she shonld be, but regarded at the same time as a prize for their masters. When, therefore, Von Ronheim had been caught on patrol outside the palace of this enchantress, candid friends bad not been found wanting to say unkind things of the goddess, and to entreat him, for the sake of common sense, to desist But Von Ron heim had not taken this frankly proffered advice kindly; while to those who hinted rumors adverse to Rose's virtue he showed himself a very violent critic, indeed. In a duel which followed the expose his sus pected courage was rehabilitated. His com panions were content to hold him as an idiot since they were no longer in a position to consider him a coward; and though they shrntrged their shoulders meaningly when Rose Sucher's name was mentionea to her adorer, they mentioned it no more. And it was Rose Sncher who was the sub ject of Vbu Ronheim's reverie on tbe fated afternoon of that 16th of August, 1870, as he sat on his fagged brown mare nnder shelter of that whitewashed outhouse on the right of Mars-la-Tour. Jaded by this long field day, protracted since 4 in the morning, his mind grew unconscions of his present surroundings, bis eyes blinded to the panor ama open before him of an ever-advancing battle, his ears deaf to the constant rain of Cbassepot bullets which rattle about the outhouse, where he stood half concealed. His peepy, pig-like eyes, fixed in a'senti roental stare, pierced tar away through the thickening smoke clouds, which yonder in the plain began to wrap in the" growing ferocities of the fight, far away to the qniet Prussian village, with its quaint old mill, its foaming tront stream, its rows of dream ing linden trees, its gray church spire, where Rose Sncher and be had been boy and girl together, and as boy and girl played the prologue in the growing drama ot their love. Rose bad then arranged to be an im prisoned Princess in a Castle on the Rhine, and he was to be a peerless knight in shin ing armor who shonld rescue herl And this forecast of the future had worked itself out bv her becoming the beautv of a Berlin per fumery shop, aid he becoming a non-com- missioned officer in the First Prussian '. m ucbuuime.iiuuvui- Dragoonsl "Well, the life thus early canvassed had turned ont to be, so far as he was concerned, a prosaic thing enough, and yet in this sad den decline from romance, poetry had not wholly died. Detached mind pictures rose) before this dreaming dragoon's eyes of his courtship of this now celebrated village beauty. He remembered his at first de lighted surprise at her arrival in Berlin, a surprise which grew into a fevered jealousy as he heard the fame of her beauty bandied by coarse lips. He remembered her blush ing avowal that this daily incense of flattery nanseated her, and that she had made up her mind to enter business in Berlin only that she might be nearer the man she lovedl How was it possible, he thonght at the time, that this belle of the garrison; with dovelike violet eyes, her wealth of wavy flaxen hair, her exquisitely carried figure, her whole incomparable beauty which had led a great painter to re produce her perfect German type as the Marguerite of his great picture of Faust how was it possible that he should still con tinue to see the ideal shining knight of her childhood in him, the nugainly, awkward, non-commissioned officer of dragoons, now that the full flower of her loveliness was opened to the admiring world now that wealth and rank clustered enthusiastically around her? Well, he had had the final answer to that qnestion when on the short furlough taken early in the sprin?, they had walked once more the path of their child hood nnder the lindens of their native village, by the brawling trout stream, snd the old mill looking gannt and haunted in the moonlight where she had listened with her dove-like eyes downcast to the final protestations, of his love, and had promised, in a burst of affectionate rapture, to be his "for ever and ever; his true wife in sickness and health; for better or worse; so long as she lived in this present life; and far be yond it into the life to come." And had not he, Von Ronheim, with his honest heart, thankful to heaven for the inestima ble treasure that it had here granted. him, pnt then and there a bracelet on her wrist one simple band of silver on which was inscribed, "Rose God keep you"? Truly, he had! For this awkward non-commissioned officer in his simple way was a man persuaded that he walked ever in a Great Taskmaster's eyes; and his simple re ligious fervor had been duly quizzed by the enlightened of hi3 regiment As he sat there erect, motionless, in the blazing sun, while tbe growing voices of battle rolled ever nearer toward him, these reminiscences filled the non-commissioned officer with a quiet joy. But into this joy a single regret presently mingied a regret that opportuni ty had not been granted him to say goodby to his future wife before leaving Ber lin for the front. For Rose Sucher, whose aptitude had raised her into a prominent post in her business, had been sent to a branch of it in Munich some months before the outbreak of hostilities; and it was from Mnnich that her lover had received in a short letter her broken-hearted farewell. The tender-hearted dragoon grieved that he had not been allowed to clasp this treasure of his life to his heart before going down into the battle. But things were as heaven willed them; and whatever befell him, Rose herself, depend upon it, would be safe. Did she not wear clasped on her wrist that gift of his, that bracelet, that plain band of sil ver which committed her safety to God? Non Ronheim smiled a broad smile of satisfaction as this thought recurred to him. Bnt the smile died upon his lips as the ever advancing tide o; battle, which through his reverie had been closing swiftly upon him, burst into such a loud-menacing roar as told him unmistakably that a crisis of the fight had come. The van of Prince Frederick Charles' army, but 50,000 strong, had at tacked Bazaine's whole army nnder the ap prehension that it was tbe rear guard. The sangainarv contest sustained by the Prus sians for seven hours was beginning to col lapse. Constant maneuvering of the cav alry brigade no longer deceived the French, as to tbe real weakness of the position. And amidst triumphant shouts they began to press forward fiercely. The day for Ger many seemed lostl v At this moment General von Voigts Rhetz, Commander of the Tenth Army Corps, answered Bridadier Count Branden burgh's remonstrance that his brigade now consisted only of the First Dragoon Guards, and, that considering tbe great number of the compact infantry of the enemy, he could not promise success unless he were per mitted to choose the moment of attack him self, by these ever memorable words, spoken coldly: "The regiment is not expected to succeed; bnt if it hold the enemy in check: only ten minntes, and fall to the last mas, it has fulfilled its tass." Count Brandenburgb. galloped to Colonel von Auerswald, tbe commander of the reg iment told him the order briefly and clearly, and shook hands with him with deep emotion, saying, "Ride with God! Auers wald: I'll come too." Tne French attack was now fully de veloped. The Thirteenth of the Line in skirmishing order in front, the Forty-third about 50 paces behind, advanced from the northeast on Mars-Ia-Tonr, while the Fifth French Battalion of Chasseurs pressed for ward up a bnshy valley from the north. Oa the other side of the gully stood long rows of French infantry, with a mitrailleuse battery on their right wing and artillery on the heights behind. Avantagenr Non-commissioned Officer Von Ronheim.-who rode as skirmisher be fore the first squadron, looked on this pros pect and read death. He stirred his brown mare slightly with the spur, and rode down gronnd was bedgv. He got over several of u diuuc uuicuv. jur luuuk uv ruui lqh these hedges, trotting up to them, and 'Anally! over a board fence Intoji long i m 1
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