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THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH.
SECOND PART.
PAGES 9 TO 18.
PITTSBURG-, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1890.
PLEA OF JPiOIISM
To Be Made by Gabrielle Bom
pard at the Trial of Her
self and Eyraud
FOR THE GOUFFE MURDER.
She Claims to Have Been the Victim
of the Strangler's Superior
Hypnotic Influence
AND ENTIRELY IN HIS CONTROL,
When She Held Her Lover's Arms as He
fiercely Strngcled for Life Against
His Hnrderer.
THE ETIDEXCE OP ANOTHER LOTEE.
Ijnti's Wife Loyil to Ens tsi Giinelle Witched Over
ry a Eid lid TrciMcl lisuitr c!
Other Ciyi.
A THOUSAND rEASCS TOE TICKETS
rax ciBLr to thx oisrATCH.1
London, Dec 13. The trial of
Michael Eyraud and Gabrielle Bompard
for the murder oi Toussaint August! n
Gouffe, wmch is to be begun in Paris next
Tuesday, promises to be one of the most
sensational causes celebracs ever tried in
France. Scarcely an element of the
grotesque, the horrible or the romantic
is lacking in the story of this
hideous crime; and aside from the tragedy
itself the scientific world takes eager inter
est in the detense put forth by the woman,
to the effect that she had been hypnotized
by the stranglcr, and acted under the in
fluence of his superior will when she held
the arms or her lover during the savage
struggle that ended in his death.
Difference of Medical Opinion.
It is not ret certain that the court will
permit this plan to be raised publicly, and
indeed, three medical experts have prepaied
a report, affirming that while her mental
condition was such as to reDder her liable
to hypnotic influence, she was responsible
for her actions. On the other hand a physi
cian of Saucy, who examined Gabrielle in
prison, considers that she was an irresponsi
ble agent at the time of the murder, entirely
under the control of Eyraud.
There are neaaly 0 witnesses to be ex
amined, one of the most important of them
being the dealer irho sold the trunk in which
Gouffe's body was carted away. Gabridle's
chief witness is 21. Garanger, for whom she
left Eyraud in America. His evidence will
prove how Gabrielle came to give herself
up to the police, and upon it would depend
the finding for her of extenuating circum
stances. The most famous criminal law
yers in Paris are engaged in the case. The
public prosecutor is Quesnay de Beaupe
paire. Eyraud will be defended by Maitre
Decori and Gabrielle by Maitre Henri
Eobert.
Eyraud's "Wile Loyal to Him.
Neither of the two prisoners is without
friends. Jlmc. Eyraud, who so soon as the
police were convinced of her husband's
guilt, brought snit tor divorce against him,
stopped the proceedings when he was ar
rested, and the lawyer who will defend him
on the trial is the same wbom his wife had
engaged to conduct her suit. Gabrielle has
an admirer iu a youth who knew her before
the affair Gouffe, who has given her jailers
carte blanche for her at one of the swell
restaurants. The result is that the lively
creature has a bottle of champagne at each
of ber three meals, and spends most of the
rest of her time in innocent slumber.
Eyraud has passed his time in prison in
writing a biography of himself. There is
great demand for admission to the court,
not only from tout Pans, but from nearly
ail the newspaper reporters and artists,
and a large traction of the medical profes
sion of England and the continent. As much
as 1,000 francs have been offered for a single
ticket.
LAUGHING AT EENAN.
Literary Paris Amusing Itself at the Great
Writer's Expense.
TUT CABLE TO THE D1SPATCK.1
London, Dec 13. Literary Paris is
amusing itself by drawing Ernst Benan, a
pleasure tnat it enjoys only at rare intervals.
It appears that the two brothers
De Goncourt, who have been called
"The Siamese Twins of Frtnch
Literature," had a pleasant habit when
both were alive, of jotting down every thing
tbey saw and heard. Edmond, the surviv
ing brother, is cow publishing these cotes
in large volumes. Among the incidents, he
relates that on September 6, 1870, he and bis
brother were at a dinner at Cape Bre
bant and so was Benan. The De
Goncourt journal says that Benan
declared that he had always been impressed
by the superiority of German intelligence
and wort, and that when there was a storm
of objection he retorted: "Yes, I say that
they are superior to us. The Catechism
stultifies individuality. The education of
the Jesuits and of the Brethren of the
Christian doctrine cramps all the inde
pendent faculties of the intelligence, whereas
Protestantism develops them."
Benan maintains that what he meant
at the time referred to by the literary
chroniclers was to extol the Germany of 60
yean ago, which be always admired and
does so still. However, as the great literary
iconoclast has lost his temper and taken de
Gonconrt's charge seriously, he is for the
first time in his life being laughed at, and he
does not like it.
QUEEN "VICTOEIA'S PEIZE BEAST.
It Dies st u Cattle Show, but Is Profitably
Bold.
fBT CABLE TO THE DISrATCH.l
LONDON, Dec 13. The great annual ex
hibition of fat cattle, sheep and pigs known
as the Smithfield Club Cattle Show has
been attended this week by a vast number
of farmers and others. Queen 'Victoria
was an unusually successful exhibitor, hav
ing won about a dozen prizes, including
the champion plate for the best beast in the
show. This animal, which fittingly bore
the royal name, "Princess Josephine IL,"
was & beautiful, bat painfully obese, short
born heifer. The change from the royal
farm at Windsor to a foggy exhibition hall
sapped its vitality. It rallied momentarily,
and is said to have smiled early in the trees
when the Prince of Wales visited the show,
bnt thenceforward it gradually pined away,
and on Thursday it died of congestion of the
lungs.
It is satisfactory to learn that Queen Vic
toria's anguish was materially assuaged by
the knowledge that Princess Josephine
II. was sold to one Jones, an enthusi
astic butcher from Wales, for 160, a snm
equivalent to 3 shillings per ponnd live
weight. The transaction means a dead loss
to Mr. Jones unless he considers the priv
ilege of making a check payable to the
Queen to be worth the money.
BATTLE OF KILKENNY.
THE ELECTION THEEE WILL BE AK UN
COMMONLY BITTEB ONE.
Both Sides Confident of Victory Hennessy
Not a Strong Candidate Healy Violently
Assails Parnell In a Speech An Echo of
the O'Sbea Case.
BY CABLE TO THE DI8FATCH.1
London, Dec 13. TheKLilkenny polling
takes place on Monday week, and the resnlt
will be declared on the afternoon of the fol
lowing day. It is doubtful whether Sir
John Pope Hencessy is the best candidate
the McCarthy party could have selected.
He is a member of the leading Tory club
and a stigma attaches to him. Parnell has
been much more fortunate in securing Yin
cent Scully. Both sides speak confidently
of victory, and with much spacious reason
ing to support their ideas. The battle will
be a hot one. All the political interest will
be centered there for the next ten days, and
it may reasonably be expected before the
time has elapsed that the blackthorn will
enforce convincing arguments on either side.
It seems likely, according to the latest de
velopments, that the contest will be between
Parnell's men and the priests, or, as a local
paper beads its column on the election, the
"Split P's."
Mr. Healy, in speaking at a midnight
meeting of Hennessv's committee at Kil
kenny last night, said: "Parnell has em
ployed mob violence to prevent his oppo
nents' arguments from reaching the ears of
the people, and is aiding the mob by sup
plying them with drink and spending the
money of the tenants on them." He said
that he and Biggar knew the facts of the
Eltham intrigue and should have strangled
it at Galway, but the unfortunate ulcer was
allowed to grow. He called Parnell the
savior of the Torv party and Mrs. O'Shea its
Joan of Arc Healy concluded by saying
that be is determined so long as his 'life lasts
to expose what he terms Parnell's treachery
and malignity.
It is asserted in well-informed quarters
that an attempt was made some time before
the hearing of the O'Shea divorce case,
through one of the highest ecclesiastical
dignitaries in the United Kingdom, to in
duce Captain O'Shea to let the suit drop iu
the interests of the Liberal party and of
homerule. The attempt was made in con
junction with an offer to secure the
pecuniary interests of Captain O'Shea and
of his son, and it was made with the full
cognizance of some of the most influential
English members of the Gladstonian
Liberal party. This may serve to explain
the extreme heat with which Parnell re
ceived, at the eleventh hour, the suggestion
that the Liberal leaders regarded his retire
ment as necessary.
The polling for the Bassetla'w division of
Nottinghamshire takes place on Monday,
and since Gladstone's speech on Thursday
the Liberals have become very hopeful of
success. There was, however, a large ma
jority against them at the last contest, and
if the seat is won it will rank as one of the
greatest Liberal victories since the general
election. Unfortunately, the present split
in the Irish party is having the effect of en
couraging the lukewarm Gladstocian voters
to absent themselves from the polls, and
morethan the average canvassing is wanted
to bring these cold-blooded ones to t, proper
sense of duty.
BEMEMBEBING TEE P00E.
Baron Rothschild Makes Stany Hearts In
Paris Happy.
rBT DUXLAT'S CABLE COMPACT. 1
London, Dec 13. News comes from
Paris of a liberal deed by Baron Boths
cbild. He has sent 1,000 francs to the city
authorities to be applied to the
special purpose oft paying the rents
of those poor people who are in
danger of being dispossessed during the
holiday seaFoo. He thus guarantees to
them that modicum of content that comes
with knowing that for a time, at least, they
have a roof over their heads and they are
Bpared the suffering of the streets, while the
whole world beyond themselves plunges in
pleasnre.
Baron Bothschild also sent 1,000 francs to
each one of the 20 arrondisements contained
in Paris, and with the money directions
that it be devoted to the purchase of eatable's
and such other gifts as will add most to the
Christmas happiness of the poor.
ONE OE THE IMMORTALS.
3L De Preyclnet Overjoyed at His Election
to the Academy.
1ST CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. 1
London, Dec 13. M. de Preyclnet,
"the little white mouse,", as he is nick
named in Paris, is prodigiously proud of
his election to the Academy. He attributes
his success to his literary merits, which he
has himself always rated much Higher tban
the world has done. In reality, his election
to a seat among the Immortals is dne to the
feeling that to him is dne most of the credit
for reorganizing the French army, which, it
is fondly believed by all Frenchmen, is cow
quite a match for the hosts of Germany.
A CHEISTMAS B0GIEMAN.
A Card That Is Causing much Merriment in
London.
TBT DCKLAF'S CAULK COSIPAStr.1
London, December 13. The popular
and prominent topio of the time has in
spired a Christmas card, which is being well
circulated and excites soma merriment.
4srs S3PI
telle
Justin McCarthy.
It is entitled "Hush; the Christmas
Bogieman." The bogie is represented,
in the likeness of Balfour, who is
shown to be a stuffed man, covered with
placards, all of them reading, "Ireland is
pacified." Flying away in the distance are
a number of Gladstonians, among them
MoreIy,who, in his haste, has tumbled down.
Harcourt crouches as if hoping the
cyclone will pass over him without a
scratch, and Gladstone himself flees like the
wind, turning his face backward, showing a
horrified countenance, wherein the artist
has endeavorea to depict the Grand Old
Man's well-known admiration for youthful
females struggling with his abhorrence for
old women.
Parnell is shown hastening up a fire
escape, as if to fly from the entire wrangling
mob and suggesting that he will certainly
be on top at the end.
A FAMOUS FAMILY EXTINCT.
The East of the Lafayette Passes Away in
Paris.
fBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. 1
London, Dec 13. With the death of
Senator Edward DeLafayette, the famous
family has become extinct. The last bearer
of the name was a kindly old gentleman,
very rich and very charitable. It is recorded
of him that at a recent soiree given by the
Governor of the Bank of France he was
twitted with being a bachelor, and that he
replied: "The family is all but dead; but
what does it matter? Our name will be for
ever associated with the greatest Eepublic
and most powerful nation the world has
ever seen America."
The United States legation will be repre
sented at the funeral.
A GREAT LABOR FIGHT.
BATTLE BETWEEN THE SHIPPING FED
EBATI0N AND SEAMEN'S UNION
That May Develop Into a Gigantic Strike or
Eockoutln the Spring The Federation
Thus Ear Victorious, hut the Unionists
Are Determined.
BT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.1
London, Dec 13. A very interest
ing labor struggle has been going on here
for the past ten days almost unnoticed, the
newspapers having room for scarcely any
thing which is not more or less connected
witb the political crisis. The struggle is
really a preliminary trial of strength
between the Shipping Federation and
the Seamen and Firemen's Union,
and it may be tbe precursor of a
gigantic strike or lockout next spring. On
the 3d inst. the United Labor Council, of
the port of London, issued a manifesto, ac
cusing the ship owners of breaking the im
memorial custom of engaging crews at
specihed sbipping offices, and compelling
the men to sign articles on board ship. The
accusation has not been disputed, nor do the
ship owners affect to deny that their action
was from the first directed against the
union.
By engaging men aboard ship and keeping
them there alter signing article?, the ship
owners have seriously hampered the opera
tions of the union officials, who find it diffi
cult to keep old members and impossible to
obtain recruits. The union has decided to
limit the struggle as far as possible, the
present time of year being unsuitable for
strikes, and they therefore attacked only
the three leading offenders, the
Shaw, Savill and Albion, the British
India and the New Zealand lines,
whose firemen and seamen were called out
on the 5th inst. The coal laborers in the
came service struck work, in sympathy and
are still out. The three companies all be
long to the Shipping Federation, and that
powerful body at once took charge of the
fight. It proves to be admirably organized
and up to the present has been victorious all
along the line, ships having been coaled,
manned and despatched with scarcely any
delay.
The unionists admit that they have been
worsted so far, but they will keep the strug
gle alive until the spring, and then widen
the area of battle. Both sides are actively
preparing for the great fight, in which it is
probable that the existence of all trades
unions connected with shipping decks will be
involved. Secretary Wilson, of the National
Amalgamated Sailors and Firemen's Union,
has been in Liverpool all this week organ
izing his forces there, but unless, the Ship
ping Federation should precipitate a crisis,
the men on the Atlantic lines will not be
called out before the end of March.
A MODEL LANDLORD.
He Vfas a Fine Old English Gentleman
Vfith a Heart.
BY CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.
London, Dec. 13, Lord Tollemache,
who died this week at the age of 85, was
considered the model landlord of England.
He provided each cottage tenant on his vast
estates with three acres and a cow, and
spent 150,000 in building farmhouses, and
132,000 in the constrnction of laborers'
cottages. His estates were broken up into
200-acre farms, as he always maintained
that was just the quantity of land upon
which a thrifty farmer could live and
prosper.
He used to say that the only real and last
ing pleasure derived from possession of a
landed estate is to witness the improvement
in social condition of those residing on it, a
sentiment which may be commended to
landlords in Ireland and elsewhere. This
fine old English gentleman rode to hounds
regularly until a week or two ago.
IT BEATS THE M'KtNLEY BILL.
France Copies the New American TarifTEaw
and Goes it Better.
Pabis, Dec. 13. The tariff bill, as now
sbaped under tbe hands of the Committee bf
the Chamber of Deputies, outbids the Mc
Kinley bill in protectionism. The amend
ments made this week by the commit
tee raise the duties proposed by the
Government on barley, malt, farming ma
chinery, sewing machines, pins, needles,
pens and other steel and iron goods.
A manifesto issued against it by the Com
merce Defense League reads like a transla
tion of tbe recent hostile criticisms of the
McKinley bill. It says that the new French
tariff is not protection but prohibition, and
that it will lead to terrible reprisals from
foreign countries, resulting in loss of markets
for French suppies.
Movements of Nathalie and Milan.
fBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.1
London, Dec. 13. Plucky Queen Nath
alie, having for the moment been worsted in
her fight with the Servian government, has
given orders for tbe printing of her piquant
memoirs in Switzerland. King Milan has
been having a riotous time in London, but
is now back again in his mucb-loved Paris.
His winter programme includes a visit to
Monte Carlo, where the gambling and sui
cide seasons have commenced, as usual,
spontaneously.
A Splrltoallstlo Novel Coming.
tBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. 1
London, Dec. 13. It is learned from
Paris that the widow of the late Laurence
Oliphant, who some months after his death
married a young assistant in his business, at
Haifa, in Syria, is now engaged witb her
present buslisnd and with a lady of fortune
from New York in writing out under tbe
dictation or tbe spirit ot Oliphant, a novel
of a mystical and psychical sort. '
Laa
Fine parlor clocks and bronzes at
uch's, .No. 295 Fifth aTe, Visa
CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS
By the Thousands Throng the Streets
and Stores of the City.
PBESEHTS TO BE FOUND FOR ALL.
Merchants Say That the Holiday Business
is Unprecedented.
K0TELTIES CATCH THE DKIPT OP TBADE
Christmas comes but once a year and
though that joyful event is yet 12 days
away, the turkey gobbles with a mournful
gobble and the quack of the duck sounds as
though he was about to be visited by the
doctor whose name he speaks.
Tbe dames of the ponltry yard are pre
paring their mourning garb for the eventful
day when all the world is happy except tbe
inhabitants of that sequestered spot where
the executioners ax rings out in the crisp
morning air and tbe dying struggle ot a
headless fowl is all that remains of the once
proud king of the flock.
Yesterday was the last Saturday but one
before the wants of old Santa must be sup
plied, and the people of Pittsburg took the
opportunity of seeing what there is to see
and also of purchasing many dainty articles
which will convey their good wishes and
hearty eodspeed to their friends. The
street? were crowded all the afternoon but
tbe shops where holiday goods were dis
played were ready to put out the "standing
room only" sign, as it was almost impossible
to do anything else but stand, or follow the
tidal wave of the crowd and take chances
of striking the right counter at last.
IN THE TOT SHOPS.
In the toy shops old Santa delighted the
crowds of youngsters who were glad to meet
the kind-looking, white-haired grandpa.not
withstanding the fact that they would prob
ably have been frightened had he taken his
artificial face off to get a little air. They
poured their wants into his ever willing
ears, and seemed satisfied that he could pro
duce anything from a dog cart to house and
lot at a moment's notice.
The merchants seem satisfied at the condi
tion of the holiday trade, and not one was
found to say that it is not above the stand
ard of preceding years. About the firBt
thing the holiday youth is supposed to do is
to look for an outfit in which to spend the
holidays, though some go in for something
elegant for the young lady before think
ing of themselves. At Gusky's it was
declared that business was never
better, notwithstanding the stringency
cf the money market. However, they
say their best trade does not come in until
nearer the holidays. Tbe store was crowded
yesterday, and their clerks had all it was
possible for them to attend to. In other
clothing stores it was the same, and business
seemed to be flourishing. At Kauimanns'
dozens of sleighs are being presented to their
boy customers to sort ot coax out a little
snow. Gusky's are trying to get ahead of
the question by giving away little wagons
which don't have to await the caprice of
nature to make them go. Other firms have
similar bait out to attract the eyes of the
boys.
MANY NEW GAMES.
Dozens of new games are set out to attract
tbe holiday shoppers at the toy stores.
Fleishman & Co. can show "Stanley in
Africa," send "Citizen Train Aronnd the
World," "Give Casey a Base on Balls" or
almost anything else in tbe way of indoor
amusements. "Pigs in Clover" have grown
to be porkers, and are not heard ot now,
while "Tiddlewink Tennis" leads the van.
Dozens of baseball games, with more or less
merit, are to be found to while away the
weary hours. These games are kept at all
the stores ol this character. The elevator
into the toy rooms was kept bnsy yesterday,
and there was a constant stream of people
leaving, loaded down with bundles.
Silver Lake and other skating resorts are
coated with ice, and that is what makes Al.
G. Pratt's bnsiness in skates boom. A pair
ot club skates are now worth 75 cents. Two
years ago they cost $1 25, and not many
years ago the same make of skate cost
several dollars. Magic lanterns, steam en
gines, etc., are rapidly disposed of. Mr.
Pratt says that snow is the panacea for hol
iday business of every kind, and that last
Monday while the storm was in progress,
more goods were sold than on any other day
this, winter. In such weather mothers always
want something to keep the boys indoors.
TOO BUSY TO TALK ABOUT IT.
Drygoods men were found to be too busy
to tell how busy they really were. They
say they never had better business, and last
season is not to be compared to it. Stores of
all character have out big holiday displays,
and the woods have been robbed of their
evergreen to beautify the shop windows of
the city.
The higher classes of jewelry, silverware,
watches, etc, catch the buyers of Christmas
presents this season more than heretofore,
and the cheaper grades are found to be in the
road rather than finding sales. S. F.
Boberts says tbat this season more than any
otber have they found that Fittsburgers are
buyers of high class goods. All the jewelers
were keptbusyyesterdav, and one store that
usually employs 16 clerks found that 30 was
not an oversupply. The candy sbops have
also begun to reap the benefits" of the holi
day season. Not that presents of confec
tionery are being bought so soon, bnt young
ladies out shopping are compelled to keep
the "sweet tooth" doctored up.
The shopkeepers will, of course, be sorry
when the holidays are over, but there will
be loud rejoicing on the part of those who
found It necessary to spend their hard
earned money for presents for their friends.
They can then rejoice that Christmas comes
but once a year and begin to save money for
next Christmas.
"WILL MEET AT.T. C0MEBS.
A Couple of Acton "Who Propose to Do
Great Things.
Bruno and Brractin are two actors who
are alone in their own special field. In or
der that the "dear people" may get some
idea of their beautiful contours they will
parade the principal streets to-morrow at 13
o'clock noon. Bruno and Brractin are two
huge bears that propose, with their other
accomplishments, to wrestle all com
ers at Harry Davis' Fifth Avenue
Museum every afternoon and evening this
week. They do not bar professionals.
They wilt wrestle catch-as-catch-can, Grseco
Boman or collar and elbow. If the bear
wins the stakes are ten pounds of drained
honey, and if the man wins he gets his sal
ary. An effort will be made to have a bout be
tween one of the bears and Henry Cooper,
the giant, who is said to be eight feet high.
The bears decline to contest without music,
and therefore a brass band has been en
gaged to accompany them.
Stuck to Bis Principles.
Speaking of covenanter conscience on the
peculiar tenets that separate them from
other organizations with whom an agreement
is held on all other questions, Mr. F.
L. Stephenson says he knew of a member of
the glass manufacturing firm of Campbell,
Jones & Co., who was of the Covenanting
persuasion, and who, when he found it was
necessary to keep men employed on Sunday
to keep the melting potshot, sold his inter
est In the company and invested in Law.
renoevllla property, and was mined, finan
cially, by the shrinkage of values that fol
lowed the panio of 1873.
THE KEWAEK'3 ILL LUCK.
The Accident at the First Trial Trip Re
peated at the Second.
Philadelphia, Dec. 13. The break in
the machinery which occurred during the
first trial trip of the cruiser Newark
"Wednesday, was repaired Thursday night,
and Friday morning the Newark was headed
out to sea again. The official trial bad been
in progress for three hours when the two
bolts in the radial gear of the low pressure
cylinder of the starboard engine, which had
broken on Wednesday and had been re
placed, broke again, and for tbe second time
the trial came to a close. The cruiser was
doing magnificently and bid fair to surpass
expectations.
Owing to the accident, no official returns
of the trip will be made to the Navy De
partment, but it was learned that during tbe
three hours of the trial she logged an average
speed of 19.7 knots, or about 23 miles an
hour. Although the indicator cards were
not worked out, it is thought that about
9,600 horse power, 100 more than the speci
fications called for, was developed. If this
proves true, tbe Newark builders will make
a handsome bonus.
LESS TOLLS AND NO LICENSES.
A Suggestion to Make Bridges free to Pe
destrians and Vehicles Tax-Free.
A Southside citizen who is tired of pay
ing bridge tolls offers tne following sugges
tion for free bridges in the Southside Newt:
"My idea is to have Councils appoint a
committee on the question to meet a similar
committee of the prominent bridge stock
holders or directors, and submit the follow
ing proposition: To endeavor to have the
foot passage ways declared free and still
maintain the rates on the driveways. The
onlv advantage gained at any time would
be all in the favor of the city. Then let the
city make a like sacrifice. Let an ordi
nance be passed relieving the owners of
teams from the payment of a vehicle license.
This would place everybody on an equitable
basis, and at the same time have practically
free bridges.
BANKETJPT PACKERS PBOSECTTTED.
Attachments Are Alleged to he Obtained to
Defraud Creditors.
Kansas City. Dec. 13. B. B. Cronch!&
Co., the American National Bank, the St.
Louis National Bank, the Armourdale Na
tional Bank, James A. Gregory, and the
National Bank of Kansas City, this morn
ing filed motions in the District Court of
Wyandotte county, Kan., to dissolve the at
tachments oi the Kansas City Packing and
Chase Befrigerating Company versus the
Kansas City Packing Company, all of Bos
ton. The motions allege that the attachments
are in excess of the debts owed by the de
fendants, and the said attachments were
brought by a fraudulent alliance of defend
ants for the purpose of defrauding creditors.
SUING FOB THELB SALABY.
A Hard Luck Story Told In a Magistrate's
Court.
A partial hearing was held at Alderman
McMaster's office yesterday morning in the
case of Howard and Thayer against George
V. Conners, manager of tbe World's Mu
seum, of Allegheny. The allegation is that
Howard and Thayer had a contract with
Conners to appear in a combination show
for one week. Instead of this, it is alleged
that the manager of the museum got certain
people to "hiss" them at tbe first two per
formances, and then discharged them be
cause they could not come up to the
standard.
Howard and Thayer say their show is as
good as any, and now sne to recover the
week's salary due them according to the
contract. Tbe hearing in the case will be
finished next Wednesday.
MEXICANS LEARNING TO PACK PORK.
The Beginners Believe a Retaliatory Tariff
Will be Enacted.
Kansas City, Dec. 13. A party com
posed of three Mexicans and one American
arrived here to-day from the City of Mex
ico to engage in the study of pork packing
and.manufactures connected therewith.
Mr. Bandall, the American, said to
night that the Mexican Government will
surely pass a bill retaliatory upon tbe
United States for the McKinley bill, which
would exclude American pork products
from the Mexican Republic.
A WEALTHY BOTCHES MaSSHTQ.
When Last Seen He Had a Large Sum of
Money in His Pocket.
Net?-York, Dec. 13. James L. Haw
kins, 70 years old, a retired butcher, said to
be worth 300,000 has been missing from his
home in Brooklyn since Thursday last, and
the police authorities of the two cities have
vainly tried thus far to discover his where
abouts. Mr. Hawkins left home to call on a law
yer in this city bnt he did not reach the
lawyer's office. He had $1,700 in his pocket
when he left home.
SIGNED BY THE MAY0B.
Chief BIgelow's Bill for Ills European Trip
Passed by His Honor.
Mayor Gourley yesterday signed the joint
resolution providing for the payment of the
expenses of the trip to Europe of Chief
Bigelow and Assistant City Attorney Car
nahan. The bill amounts to 913, Colonel
J. B. Scott having sent his check for $100,
for bis share.
The Mayor says hereafter he will oppose
the payment of such bills unless Councils
first authorizes the trips of city officials.
CRASHED INTO A STREET CAB.
Two Lady Passengers Seriously Injured by
a Locomotive.
Danbuby, Conn., Dec 13. A train on
the Netf York and New England Bailroad
ran into a horse car this morning.. The
locomotive struck the car in tbe center and
carried it 50 feet, when part of it dropped
and the rest was strewn along the track.
Alice Bennett and Nellie Kane were in
the car, and both were seriously injured. A
gateman's carelessness caused the accident.
A COMPROMISE AN CONCORD.
The Question of a Mandamus Referred to
the Attorney General.
Concord, N. H., Dec. 13. An agreement
has been reached between tbe Republicans
and Democrats, by which the question as to
whether or not a mandamus shall issue
affecting the Deputy Secretary of State to
permit the Democrats to inspect the returns
of representatives elected on file in his
office, shall be referred to Attorney General
Barnard, his decision to be final.
Canadian Turkeys for Christmas.
Ottawa, Dec. 13. A : special freight
train of 17 cars, laden with poultry, will
leave here to-morrow for the Boston Christ
mas market. The shipment is one of the
largest ever sent. Duties to be paid are esti
mated at $15,000.
Shot by His Father-In-Law.
Duband, Wis., Dec. 13. John Keys
to-day went to. the house of George Hill,
whose.Jdaughter Jhe married, but left to re
turn to her father's home, and in an alterca
tion that ensued, the girl's father shot his
son-in-law in the head. Kers is sot ex
pected to live.
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GALLANT COLLECTOR WARM CASTLE
PUMPING ON SUNDAY.
Gillespie Bros. Contend That Their
Wells Are Ruined by Rest.
JUDGE STOWE'S SATURDAY LEYEE.
Nearly All tee Nations of the Earth Bepre
sented in Court.
A SAD WIFE MAKES A FUNNT BLUNDER
The levee in the Quarter Sessions Court
yesterday was lively, though the trial list
wasn't large, and Judge Stowe and District
Attorney Johnston rattled off business at a
rapid rate. Persons to be sentenced were
made cut it short, as Judge Stowe said he
didn't propose to retry the cases.
Gillespie Bros., oil producers, furnished
the first entertainment. The cases were
those appealed from Alderman Bell's court.
One of the firm and its Superintendent were
examined after Captain Wishart had closed
bis case. Mr. Yost appeared for Wishart,
Eev. Dr. Beacom and several other wit
nesses from around Forest Grove testified to
having seen walking-beams walking, pumps
pumping and steam escaping from the en
gines on several Sundays, but they could
not discover men operating them.
Mr. Gillespie and the company's Superin
tendent admitted the truth of the charge
that they run the pumps on Sunday, but
held it a necessity to prevent the destruction
of the wells.
OFFERED REBUTTING TESTIMONY.
The testimony was the same as that offered
in the case of Smyser, whom Judges Magee
and White discharged, but as Mr. Yost in
sisted that his clients could rebut and show
that Snnday work was not a necessity and
wanted to develop matters more fully Judge
Stowe ruled that they should go on before
Stenographer Donnelly, and he refused to
further occupy the time.
Jndge Bredin raised the question that
some of his clientage had perfected a device
whereby the engines could be made work
without human oversight, but Judze Stowe
appeared skeptical, and laughingly sug
gested that it might become necessary to ar
rest the engines.
Judge Bredin evidently didn't relish the
joke, as he intimated that some of tbe farm
ers in the section might attempt to stop
flowing wells from flowing on Sunday, and
hens from laying eggs on Sunday. Anout
sider said he hadn't heard of any disposition
on the part of any of the aforementioned
farmers to stop their bonds and mortgages
from making interest on Sunday.
It was at Jenning's and Patterson's wells
where the engines were made work them
selves. According to the testimony, Gillespie
Bros, would lose, at present prices in oil,
about $95 a week by shutting down on Sun
day, and eventually have their wells de
stroyed before the time allotted to the life of
an ordinary pumper.
HANDICAPPED BY SALT 'WORKS.
While the decision of Judges White and
Magee will undoubtedly have its weight,
there was but one side brought out, the de
fense in Smyser versus tbe Commonwealth
not putting in an appearance. The prosecu
tion in tbe present case contends that it
is not necessary to pnmp the wells in
question, as there are 40 or SO more in tbe
neighborhood that do not require Sunday
pumping. To this the defense replies tha't
two wells may be within a few feet of each
other and one be greatly handicapped by
salt water while the other may be entirely
unimpeded.
After the Sabbatarian scrimmagers had
been thus disposed of, the Court turned its
attention to a conglomeration of humanity
that reminded one of that great day of the
feast of the Passover, when the gift of
tongues was bestowed upon the evangelists
at Jerusalem. There were present Celts,
Slavs, Semitics and Hamitics and all their
differentiations, though Aryan stock pre
dominated. Those who had been convicted
of grave offenses during the week were then
disposed of and following them were the
ordinary grist of surety and desertion cases.
TEE YUM COULDN'T UNDERSTAND.
Yee Yum was assessed $5 and costs, but
he could not be made to understand the
'7 wwfiMm
sentence, though Attorney Morris told it to
him in Dutch. He was finally sent, away
with a Deputy Sheriff who was presumably
required to make him understand.
Mesdames NoraKerenzkamp and Swoger
had a linguistic fight in Allegheny, in
which Mrs. Swoger said that Nora had
come to the honse of the prosecntrix and
used language that should not be spoken
and cannot be printed. After both sides
had told -heir stories, costs were divided
and Judge Stowe had something to say
about long tongues.
William Doyle, ayoungman, wascharged
by a young woman whose name was given
as Doyle, also, although she said they were
not married but had lived together five
years, with having beaten her on more than
20 days in some months, so that
she could show the marks of his cruelty.
William retaliated by saying the woman
had called him names at times until he had
lost his temper and had f truck ber on the
nose once or twice. He also said ber mother
kept a speak-easy. Judge Stowe said Will
iam must pay the costs and enter into his
own recogmzence to desist in fntnre or it
would not be good for him.
John H. Lewis, charged with desertion,
could not be found 'and he will be looked
after.
A WIFE'S SAD STOEY.
Last winter a story was published in The
Dispatch stating how a young woman
named Beynolds had traveled on foot from
the County Home, at Woodville, to appear
against ber husband, who had deserted her.
She arrived only in time to hear tbat his
case had been called, and she not appearing,
he bad been discharged. Weary and foot
sflre she was turned .over to Agent Dean.
Yesterday she appeared In conrt and stated
that her babv, which was born in
the home, had died. She said
she had grown to care but little
tor B. F. Reynolds, but .thought he ought
to be made do something for her, The
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TO THE RESCUE OF THE MILKMAIDS.
Court said that Mr. Beynolds should be
brought to book if the officers could find
him.
Mrs. Beynolds provoked a burst of merri
ment by mistaking the application of a
pronoun used by Judge Stowe in regard to
her husband. When he asked her if she
wanted him in the capacity of a husband,
she, rthinking he referred to Mr. Martin,
her attorney, turned sharply on him and
said: "Ob, no, I don't want him." Mr.
Martin blushed, the audience roared, and
the lady turned scarlet.
ROBBED AND ARRESTED.
A Saloon Keeper the Victim of Burglars and
the Law.
rsriCIAI. TII.IQBA3I TO THE DISPATCH.!
Chicago, Dec. 13. Burglars have been
having everything their own way iu
Chicago for the past month. Last night
two of them entered John Bruger's saloon
on Adams street, turned on the lights, put on
white aprons and began tending bar. They
had not lone been at work before the night
watchman appeared for a drink. He bad a
glass of whisky, and when he started away
without paying for it, as had been his cus
tom, the thieves demanded 10 cents. The
money was reluctantly paid.
Then the watchman called a policeman
and both drank liquor, for which tbey paid
20 cents. This morning saloon keeper
Brugers, besides finding himself out of
pocket to the extent of 570, was served with
a warrant for keeping his saloon open after
midnight. The thieves have not been
caught.
TEXAS WHITE REPUBLICANS.
They Hold That the Government Must Not
be Bun by Negroes.
Houston, Tex., Dec. 13. The white
Bepublican convention met here yesterday,
in accordance with a call published a few
weeks ago.The meeting was called to order by
G. C. Pelton, and S. B. Strong was elected
temporary Secretary. Dr. Max TJrwitz,
Judge Henry Clineand H.P.McGregor made
addresses advocating the supremacy pf the
white man over the negro, and holding that
the Government must be run by white men
and not by negroes.
Jndge Cline took a rather gloomy view of
the situation, as tbe attendance was small.
Mr. McGregor was sanguine, and thought
they would win in the course of time.
Resolutions were adopted indicating the
future course of the white Bepublicans.
BIG FXRE AT P0TTST0WN.
Half a Dozen Business Firms Sustain a Loss
of S1S0.000.
Pottstown, Dec 13. Halt a dozen busi
ness firms were burned out here this morn
ing by a fire that originated from an over
heated stove in John P. Shaner's clothing
store.
It is estimated that the loss will reach
$160,000. Among the heaviest losses are the
following: B. . Boot, 513,000; L. & W.
O. Beecher. $50,000; A. Evans, 15,000; H.
Leopold, S20.000; W. H. Smith (on build
ing), $20,000, and assignees of D. K. Hat
field (on buildings), $18,000. The insur
ance is not known.
TRESPASSING LIVE STOCK
Scarcity of Fodder Drives Montana Cattle
Over the Line.
Ottawa, Dec. 13. The Northwest
mounted police are experiencing some diffi
culty in preventing Montana cattle from en
tering Canadian territory in search of food.
Over 5,000 head are known to be in the Milk
river region.
Tbe Montana ranches are short of fodder.
Bange cattle in Montana are selling at $10
per head and a similar price prevails in Or
egon, while horses can be obtained for $40
each.
THE ARCTIC EXPLORERS.
Wells' Wife Thinks He Has the Endurance
to Come Out All Bight.
rSrZCIAt. TZI.EOIULM TO TUB DISFATCB.I
Cincinnati, Dec. 13. The wife of Ex
plorer Wells, for whose party now in Alaska
fear is felt, said to-day she thought her hus
band was all right.
He could live out of doors for years, and
she believed he would be able to" baffle tbe
rigors of the Arctic regions and come safely
home to her.
Desire the Tariff Law Amended.
New York, Dec. 13. A dispatch was
forwarded to Secretary Windom to-day by
the Woolen Goods Association asking the
immediate passage by Congress of an act ex
tending the time for withdrawal of goods
from bond from February 1 to July 1.
Imports From Canada Increasing.
Ottawa, Dec. 13. The exports from the
Ottawa district to the United States for the
past tbree months amount to $880,000, more
tban $100,000 in excess of the exports for the
similar period in 1889.
Black goods our splendid lines of
novelties and staples, all at reduced prices
during this month.
tzssu Huau3 & Hacks.
Solid gold spectacles and eyeglasses
$3 60 per pair at Hauch'a Jewelry Store,
No. 295 Ifiltb. ave.
Do you work hard? A glass of pure
lager will help you. Call for Iron City
Brewing Co.'s make at any good bar, or
order direct. Tel. 1186.
Paris robes and combination patterns;
splendid assortments and extraordinary
values, $12 50 to $30 now for patterns that
formerly were $18 to $50.
ttssu Huous & Hacks,
Fur Trimmed Jackets.
240 new ones jnst opened, below cost of
materials. Beal astrakhan and wool seal,
$12 to $18 75. Best for the money" ever
offered. Bosenbaum & Co.
Musio boxes Improved, patented,
guaranteed. Get mfrs. new reduced price
lilt, GAUT3CHI, 1030 Chestnut, Phils.
11 RIVER EXCURSION
Given by One of the Barons of
Brazil to the 400 of Para
on the Amazon.
THE CUSTOMS OF SOCIETY.
Pretty Senoritas Who Can Talk En
glish and Flirt Like Mad.
SOCIAL RECIPROCITY ADVOCATED.
A Shipload of Wine Free to the Gnest3 and
Ko Drunkenness.
BLOOD D0ESFT C0DST OX THE EQUITOE
rcoitEEsroOTdcx or the msrjiTcn.j
Paba, Bkazil, Dec. It The present
inhabitants of the Amazon Valley are mostly
of Portuguese, African and aboriginal Indian
descent, both of pure blood and with a wide
spread and indiscriminate mixture of the
three races. There is no color line In Brazil.
There is none of the prejudice against color
here that exists in parts of the United
States. The enly aristocracy that exists
may, perhaps, be called political and
monied. It is in no sense "blooded," al
though there is an- inclination to magnify
what blood con be traced bac& as far as'two
generations. Some of the "bluest" point
with pride to the "Pocahontas" grand
mothers, whose oil portraits adorn the parlor
wallsofsome of the most estimable iamilies
here, and of whom, if the pictures are cor
rect, they may well be proud.
One striking characteristic, not only of
the portraits, but also of tbe descendants, is
the frequent almost perfect symmetry and
regularity of the features, accompanied by a
dignified and genial composure.
r.EAi, live babons.
The Provisional Government of Brazil de
creed that those of its eminent citizens upon
whom the Emperor, Dom Pedro IX, bad
conferred titles should continue to enjoy, in
an honorary way, those distinctions under
the new republic, the titles, however, dying
with the bearer.
So there are several barons resident in
Para.
Probably the foremost in this line is the
Baron de llarajo. The title, pronounced
"mah-rah-zhaw," after the island at the
mouth of the Amazon, which is in itself
larger than the kingdom of Portugal, was
not purchased according to the custom, but
was conferred many years ago by the Em
peror fur distinguished services. The Baron
de 3Iarajo may be said to be the foremost of
the list of nobles here. He is, at least phys
ically, head ana shoulders above them all, as
he measures about G feet i inches in height.
The Baron is not only a large man physically,
but large in heart, with correspondingly lib
eral and advanced ideas for a Brazilian.
A COMPANIONABLE DON QUIXOTE.
Though apparently quite dignified, r
minding one by his striking personal
pearance of Don Quixote, as he saunf
along tbe street, he is socially one of
boys, though quite exclusive in his
panionship. The Baron is a Eepubl
and Chairman ot the committee on thr
bration of the Bepublic's first annive
He was at one time President of this
ince, and is now Mayor of the city
parents were Portuguese, but as a
born Brazilian none is more patrioti
he in the declaration of the popukjry,
confession of faith, "Brazil lor, BraAna-j
and Para for the Paraenses."
He was educated in Europe, and is by
profession a civil engineer, some of his
earlier work here being the laying of the
foundations of the Provincial palace. That
which will remain as one of the most grace
ful monuments to his taste and forethought,
however, was the planting on each side of
San Jose avenue, about 30 yean, ago, a long
line of beautiful palms, which are now the
admiration of all tbe visitors of this truly
tropical city. The noble Baron is not only
one of the interesting characters of this in
teresting place, bnt he is also the father of
a most interesting family, a majority of
whom are daughters. "All are accom
plished, but one is beautilul" One of the
daughters is living in New York City, the
wife of one of our prominent merchants.
FIRST FAMILIES. OV BRAZIL.
This family were educated in Lisbon, and
as the Baron was recently one of the Com
missioners to the Paris Exposition, his
daughters have all had tbe further ad
vantage of European travel, and are there
fore quite as highly accomplished as may
be found in any city, and may be classed as
the"F. P. B's."
I have always had a weak fancy for
brunettes, and on the occasion of my first
visit to tbe grand opera here, I was de
lighted to find that every single lady in the
vast audience was a brunette. They were of
all shades, from the rich yellow pine, to the
dark "West India mahogany. In this vast
sea of pretty faces and gay toilets, of the
many dark eyed beauties, my eyes finally
rested on one strikingly pleasant young
face, rather lighter than tbe rest, from
which beamed a most expressive pair of
dark brown eyes. She was elegantly at
tired in white, a full corsage, laced, in the
back, encasing a long and slender waist:
upon her hands she wore'a pair of white kid
gloves, the many buttons of which covered
a well formed arm. Upon inquiry I ascer
tained tnat tne apparition in wnite Oreis
and brown hair was the daughter of the
Baron; and my informant added: "She is
one of the nicest girls in Para too, and
speaks English very well."
A VEST POPULAB BEAUTY.
As I had not heard the voice even of an
English or American lady since I left
America, I was, of course, hungering and
thirsting for a tew pleasant words. But I
realized tbat it was, of course, out of the
question for a stranger, in a land where the
customs are so exacting, to hope to talk in
his native tongue, with the pretty daughter
of a real, live Baron. I could only attend
the opera every night thereafter, and have
the pleasure of admiring her at a distance.
There was nothing in the manner of the
young lady that suggested any attempt at
hauteur, or exclusiveness; in fact, I noticed
tbat she was very pleasant with those she
met, and she was certainly popular, as her
acquaintances were quite numerous and
gushing.
One day I happened to be on the same
street car with her. Sbe had a pleasant
word and smile for almost everyone, but
myself; and when ready to leave, the car
stopped long enougb for the popular lady
to give her hand to those tbat remained, as
if tbey were off on a long journey. The)
Portuguese driver smiled good-naturedly at
the delay.
A BAEON'a BX7EB PABTT.
Another Brazilian noble whom I have had
the pleasure of meeting is the Baron da
Ibiapaba, a wealthy, as well as most genial
old gentlemen, resident of one of the lower
provinces, who recently visited Para id the '
interest of this branch of a system of bank
in which he is concerned. His Para Insti
tution Is being managed by a nephew, Mr. '
Cnnda, a most accomplished young gentle
man, who might be quite an easy catch &
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