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The Arteries of a Great City Choked Up by the Se
verity of the Storm, Delaying all Business.
MAM DAGGERS APPEAR 0JT EYERT HMD.
Wires Charged With Deadly Electricity Lying in the Street or
Hanging Over the Heads of Pedestrians.
PITTSBURG UNDER THE RULE OH THE STORM KING.
Street Crossinjs Buried From Sight Under Muddy Slush Sake Walking and Swiraminc
Go Hand in Hand Traction Lines Get in Occasional T3, but the Time Cards Were
Lost in the Eush Dorse3 Who Aru Martyrs to tlCause of Chained Lihtninr
Tamed Loose in the Streets House To's Covered WitlijSnow Object to the Burden
Amatenr Glaciers Tumble From Goofs Upon the He-fls of Dnsuspecting People
Telegraph and Telephone Wires Torn D.jwn and Busin'a Paralyzed.
Sever in the history of Pittsburg was
there a storm similar in all its pecnliar
phazes to that -which began its course yes
terday and is still creating sad havoc, as
well as fears fortbe safety of that small por
tion ot the city that has not already been
damaged to some extent.
Some said it was a rain storm, others said
it was a snow storm, and all declared that it
was the mo't abominable weather ever forced
upon the public Not once during the day
was it more pleasant than at any other time, 1
though at times it was more disagreeable
than i.theit. That might look a little off
color, but simmering it down to facts, each
succeeding minute seemed worse than its
immediate predecessor. None ventured
out unless it was absolutely necessary, and
those who were compelled to brave the
rigors of the storm hurried along, jostling
each otLer and splashing through slush and
snow at a great rate.
Wading Through Slush and Snow.
The first great loss noticed was the street
crossings, which sunk out of sight be "ore
the break of day and refused to be found,
except by traveling through sir inches or
more of muddy slush. People bought gnm
overshoes to Veep the water out and imme
diately found that the slush was over the
tops and the water was kept severely m.
Thus they walked along, keeping time to
w.eir muddled thoughts with lhe-jxanch.pf
the water in their overshoes. Gum boots were
the only protection against the dampness
beneath, while nothing was found to guard
Egainst that from above, as it would cling to
and soak through the heaviest garments. At
times the snow or rain did not seem to be
falling, but rather permeated the atmos
phere with a sickening dampness.
Everybody and everything seemed af
fected, and even the staid old city clock
that has chimed out the time for years with
out interruption felt aggrieved. "While it
faced the music from all four sides and has
sever been known to turn its back on foe or
friend, it positively refused to do business,
and at 7:30 the last hour was registered.
Xater on considerable persuasion was used
and the old lady finally went on dnty again,
redestrlanism Becomes a Borden.
A storm that would stop a clock would do
almost anything else that was vile. For in
stance, it blinded pedestrians, who rushed
pell-mell into each other, and after a while
people decided that it was not necessary to
apologize for a little thing like knocking a
hat off iuto the street, cracking a couple of
ribs, or dropping a huge bundle on a man's
pet corns.
These little things were accepted as only
A STEAHDED
freaks of the weather that no one could help.
One man was crnshed beneath the weight of
an amateur snowslide falling from a roof
and crashing onto his umbrella, and a young
lady was enveloped in white by a similar oc
currence, but no one laughed at the sight,
nor, indeed, paid any attention to it, as it
was only an occurrence to be expected with
the elements playing such pranks of famili
arity with pedestrians.
Boob Crashed in by the Snow.
In fact, the snow that didn't slide did
more damage and caused more consternation
than that which did. Many a roof refused
to stand under the weight of its burden of
snow and collapsed, spreading a panic
among the occupants of the rooms below.
The danger became so apparent yesterday
afternoon an order was issued by the Build
ing Inspector that all flat-roofed houses must
be divested of the snow, for fear ot too
numerous breakdowns and also accidents
with fatalities in connection. There were
more men at work during the day clearing
isg fi
i sum Pin.
the snow faix the roofs than those doing
duty with shirels on the streets.
Perhaps thtthost dangerous element of
the weather jfcs the breaking down of wires
of every lacription charged with electricity.
id therein every direction were seat-
tefed wires more deadly than those used by
the electrocntionist, and several horses were
.effectually Kmmlerized. Bnmors floated
over the snow with the rapidity of lightning
to the effect that numerous men had gone to
the happy hnnting grounds via the electric
route, but the Coroner declared with all .due
gravity that business was dull and that he
knew of no fatalities connected with the
visit of the Storm King.
All Street Car Lines Blockaded.
The street care- were decidedly slow all
day, although the greatest efforts were made
Stalled on Fifth Avenue,
to keep them on the move. No one system
prove'd better than the other and the old
mule motor did business about as well as the
modern chained lightning or cable. Not a
car in the city did regular time, and there
never was a day that travel was so com
pletely choked up.
Telegraph and telephone offices were be
seiged by hundreds of people who wanted to
know a great many things, regarding all of
which they were informed. Wires were in
such a snarl that a telegram started for
Wilkinsburg was as liable to go to Kanis
chatka as McKeesport. Talking through a
telephone a man would be sent wild by a
hundred voices coming back at once all ask
ing what was wanted. One might be ac
cused of anything who wouldn't be satisfied
to take his choice from such an assortment
of voices more or less musical, but the aver
age man who wants to hello through the air
generally knows the proper destination of
his remarks. As a result the telephone ar
tists did did not give the best of satisfaction
yesterday though they put forth their best
efforts in the matter.
The storm seemed to turn every thing
topsv turvey. Friends met friends and
failed to see them, while all bowed to un-
MILK "WAGON.
knowns with whom they had the misfortune
to meet in head end collisions.
UNDER A MANTLE OF SNOW.
THE EAST EOT) TODEBGOES A MAGICAL
TBAKSFOBMATIOH.
Fresh Beauties Added by the Storm King
Business Almost Blocked No Pathways
and hut Few Street Cars Youngsters
Find Ton In the Weather.
Out in the East End, and in fact through
out the entire Liberty valley, the transfor
mation was complete.
Magnificent lawns that but a day or so ago
still showed many traces of autumn beauty
were one great robe of white. Fields that
were drear and desolate had taken on a
covering of purity that made them fair to
look upon. The bushes and shrubbery that
but a few short weeks ago filled the air with
flowers and delicate odors were bent low to
the eronod with the weight of snow that
covered their nakedness as if In borrow,
PITTSBURG,
while the slender branches gave evidence
that only the touch of the Creator's hand
conld ever bring them back to the glories
they bad known. The trees in their somber
hues and barrenness stood forth like dis
figurements upon fair picture.
In the outskirts of the citr horses and
cattle conld be seen here and there in fence
corners or on the protected sides of buildings
making the best of a very disagreeable situ
ation. Every change in the weather seemed
to be for the worse, and the chief pleasure
for mortals who were forced to be ont of
doors was the thought of home with the
blazing grates and multitude of comforts
that awaited their return.
Snowdrifts Blocked the Way.
Throughout the whole of the East End
business was interfered with very exten
sively. The street car lines fonnd it neces
sary to remove the snow from their tracks
into the remaining portions of the thorough
fares over which they pass, and the result
was that travel on the outside of the tracks
was next to impossible, as the snow was
piled two and three feet high all alone the
main driveways. The greatly diminished
travel was evidence enough in itself that
only those who found it necessary had ven
tured out either for driving or hauling mer
chandize. '
Huudredsof side and cross streets were
next to impassible, and on many of them
not a single path had been broken by any
form of conveyance. The beautiful laid
just as it had fallen from the realms above.
This was particularly true of thoroughfares
over which the Dnqnesne Traction lines
pass, and which have not yet been com
pleted. Aiken avenue and the streets
crossing it were broad, unbroken strips of
snow, and many more could be counted in
the same list, dn scores of sidewalks only
narrow paths had been broken, and the
slightest departure from the same meant
either a headlong plunge into the generous
shakedown or knee deep and a flounder in
the same. Away from the main streets but
few people were to be seen ont of doors.
Fan for Boys and Girls.
Half-grown boys with their stout bodies
tingling with the flow of vigorous life could
be met here and there in pairs or small
groups "showing off" as only half-grown
XX EAST END HOUSE
boys can in a big snow storm. Rosv
cheeked school girls were also more or less
conspicuous, and they enjoyed the antics of
the hearty lads, but these two classes had
almost full swing. It was no kind of a dav
at all for the older boys and girls who have
passed into the realms of society, and they
cut a slight figure out of doors. Old age
wheeled the chair nearer the fire and
dreamed of other days ere their lives had
taken on the winters that narrow the path
ways to eternity. .
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So far as conld pe ascertained no enons.j .7 .,T ,....-" l, - .. r"---it u .Tr.i
t.t, ir ,-.iii"-n-1 Af 'UtU'Wilir Viit HoraTffigtiroken: electric light arms lay
nusnaps.tccsrrea lu mis par or me citv, 1 w t - ,.-'
Manv irrns. uartlenlarlv everereens. that about Street cars Were stalled, and aito-
Hany trees, partiqqlarly evergreens, that
held tne.snrrw in CTeat quantities, nao. weir
limbs badly stripped and broken, and a few
old buildings were damaged. Lots of elec
tric lines were broken down, and repairmen
bv the score were to be seen scattered here
and .there roosting uoon the poles and re
pairing the damages. All work on the
Dnqnesne line had to be abandoned, and it
will be a number of days before it can be
started again. The general verdict was
that the effects of the storm were the worst
known to that section of the city for years.
ALLEGHENY SNOWED IN.
TBAVEL BADLY lM'EBFEEED WITH AHD
SLUSH ALMOST KNEE SEEP.
Nearly All Communication by Wire Cut Off
The Electric Cars Stopped for a Time
General Business Eorcedtoa Standstill
Telephones Knocked Out.
Allegheny suffered just as much as Pitts
burg yesterday. The same troubles were ex
perienced there as m Pittsburg, and alto
gether there was such a state of affairs nshad
never before been seen in the city across the
river. The snow was just as deep, and the
peonle had the same difficulty in crossing
streetways.
Federal, Ohio, Sandusky and the other
thoroughfares were practically deserted,
except by. those whose business compelled
them to breast the storm, and the business
houses could hardly muster a corporal's
guard of customers during the entire day.
Tbev looked dreary and dismal.
The electric cars did not run, except at
short intervals in the late morning, and
then again tn the late afternoon. The snow
had stalled them, as had also the touching
wires. The electric wires had stopped their
flow and just along their kide the telephone
and telegraph wires had also quit their
pulsations.
The snow difl something that otherwise
could not have been done except by a pair
of nipper, and that was to break the wires.
Many were strewn along Federal, Ohio
and Sandusky streets. People stood on the
corners, and when they saw a stray wire on
the ground they would not cross it The
people gained confidence when a man was
seen with gloves on his hands climbing up
a pole, and straighteningout tangled stein J.
The greatest sufferer was probably the
Telephone Exchange. There are 650 tele
phones in Allegheny, and one-half of them
were knocked out. And this was not caused
by the heft of the snow on their own wires,
but was due to other electric wires. Trol
ley wires and electric wires knocked them
out
It was abont 9 o'clock yesterdav morning
when the telephone people asked the electric
light people to shut off their power, in
order that the Telephone Exchange might
work on the few wires that were left This
request was granted and the current was
turned off.
Why telephone wires were the victims it
is hard to tell. The Allegheny Telephone
Exchange was knocked helter-skelter. On
the roof of the upper story, at the corner of
Sandusky street and South Diamond, the
girls who have double ears were listening
and answering the many calls that came in.
The mumbling voices of subscribers could
not be understood as a rule, and then there
would be a sweet-voiced reply, "I'm so
sorry."
THEY. WERE PREPARED.
Pennsylvania Passenger Men Wore Enbber
Boots Xast Night.
The old conductors on the Pennsylvania
road going out last evening profited by past
experiences' and were supplied with rubber
boots.
It is not a pleasant task to'get off the
train in the mountains in snow knee deep,
as freauentlv happens dnrine the winter
when everything is not going smoothly.
More than one poor fiacman has been
ciuj;at in a snowstorm -with only light shoes
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1890 TrTELYE
on his feet, and compelled to walk back
through it all in attending to his duties.
The boys are not in love with such experi
ences. "
LIKE A CYCLONE'S PATH.
tttb DIBASTBOire EFPECT8 OF THE STOBM
OH THE SOUTHSIDE.
Carson Street Strewn With Wires, Broken
Telegraph Poles and Other Wreckage
Street Cars and Inclines Meet With Many
Mishaps Scenes In Different Sections.
A trip np Carson street, Southside, yes
terday was like following in the wake ofi a
cyclone. "
The storm struck this section with a seem-
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Repairing Broken Electric Light Wires.
ing vengeaDce, and evidences of its de-
SHOWED UNDER.
sfructive effect conld be seen from the Lake
Erie depot to Thirtieth street Hardly a.
nerson was met bnt had some new story to
tell of broken wires, roofs caved in, breaks
at inclines, etc.
'All alone the street linemen were seen;
hurrying to repair breaks and many of the
office force of the different companies pnt-on
their rubber boots and hastened to assist the
linemen. "Wires by the hundred weri
strunoheVJn confnsron To
gethir the scene was oneof confusion per-
sonihea.
The hilltop sections caught the full force
of the snowstorm, the snow being 18 inches
deep on lit. Oliver. On the streets where
there is little travel, it was nearly impossi
ble to get about The Mt Oliver street cars
were snowed under early in the day.
The Street Blocked by Debris.
From South First to South Second streets
there was a continual mass of wires, broken
electric light arms and tops of telegraph
poles.
Abont 7-o'clock yesterday morning a pole
at Sonth First street fell. The falling pole,
with its snow-laden wires, twisted off the
tops of three other poles and caught two
electric light arms. All came down with a
crash, blocking the street for some time. A
Cleaning Off the Sidewalks.
number of men on the pavement barely
missed being strnck and a number became
entangled in the wires.
In the afternoon a Pole norned Koyis
honskrattempted to throw one of the wires
to'one side, and received a severe shock.
At Sonth Twelfth and Seventeenth streets
a lot of wires were down. A number of
poles on Jane street also succumbed to the
heavy weight of snow on the wires, bnt the
worst scene of wreck was at South Twenty
third and Twenty-fonrth streets. About
9:30 in the morning a pole at the corner of
South Twenty-fourth street fell and took
with it three other poles. Some were broken
in pieces, and appeared as thoagh twisted by
a cyclone. A tree was also caught by the
wires and was pulled down.
Stopped the Street Cars.
Telephone, telegraph, electric light and
street car wires lay in a jumbled mass and
completely blocked the street. A large force
ot men was immediately pnt at work, and it
took until 4:45 o'clock to eet the street car
tracks clear. Ths Birmingham cars ended
their trip at Twenty-third street until the
line was 'clear.
"When the first pole fell at Twenty-fourth
street car No. 15 of the Birmingham line
was just passing, and barely missed being
crushed. As it was, the passengers were
pretty thoroughly frightened.
A funpy sight was witnessed on Carson
street vesterday. Birmingham street car
No. 11 became entangled In a mass of wires,
and went up the street dragging a string a
half block long. The mass of wires wab
bled and danced around the street like a big
serpent
The Southside police had a hard time of
it yesterday. The patrol service wires were
all ont of working order, and it was impos
sible to call the wagon when an arrest was
made. They simply had to send for the
wagon or tote their prisoners to the station.
Patrol wagon No. 7 got stuck in a snow
drift in front of the Sontbside station yes
terday. The boys had to get out and help
the horses.
Inclines Stopped by the Storm.
The inclines all, fared badly, The snow
on the tracks caused a stoppage for a time in
some instances, but last night all were run
ning again. "V
The 8:10 "car on the Kooxville Incline yes-
CosttRed on SeventhJPsge,
RAGING JIG RIVERS
Predicted Unless the Fall of Rain
Ceases and Cold Weather
Sets in To-Day.
LIKE THE STORM OF '84.
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TwoFeetofSnowin the Mountains
at the Headwaters and
IT IS STILL EAPIDLT PALLING.
Old Boatmen lalk About 'the Probabilities
'of High Waters.
BISTOKY OF OTHEE GREAT SNOWFALLS
Jnst such a storm as the one now raging
caused the great flood of 1881,- when prop
erty amounting to millions of ddtars was
swept down the Ohio and never recovered.
That storm came upon the people without
warning, the river rising from little better
than nothing to the greatest height it has
ever known, within 24 hours and the greatest
jump was madeln less time than that, and
there was no chance to save one's property
from floating away.
Last night's reports from the mountains
show that a flood is possible at the present
time unless the storm closes un in very short
J order, which the Signal Service people do
not promise. Two feet of snow is lying on
the mountains in which the headwaters of
the rivers leading to the Ohio are to be
found. Nor is1 that all, for the snow and
rain is still falling and the reports from the
dangerous sections say that it does not look
likely that a cessation will come lor hours.
Blvermen Hoping for the Best.
. With these indications, at least a big river
is assured, though persons connected with
the river interests are hoping that nothing
beyond that will come.
The flbod of '84 was caused by a snowfall
of 18 inches, mingled with small amounts of
rain. This storm continued two days al
most uninterruptedly. In the mountains the
snowfall was much heavier. The present
storm opens up with quite a water fall. TJp
to noon yesterday it amounted to 1.20 inches,
and after that hour it snowed until the lat
ter part ot the 'afternoon, when rain began
again, and it was difficult to sift the snow
from the rain. This puts the water fail up
pretty high, and it is now verging on the
danger line.
,. The barometer continued to fall until 2
o'clock, when it became stationary for the
nime being. "Whether it brings rain or
Lshow it bodes no good. With the thermom
eter also falling it looks some like snow,
and with a freeze the danger would be
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when, it does go. Tiivennen say that if the
storm continues a day or so and 'then the
snow melts 'off" at once it will be bad; but
they -hope to see it go gradually. The
barometer at 8 o'clock yesterday morning
registered 29.90. At noon it bad fallen to
29.76, and at 2 o'clock it had reached
29.71.
Greatest Snowstorm for Five Tears.
The temperature is to decide whether it
be rain or snow, with chances slightly in
favor of the former. The highest yesterday
forenoon was 39 above, and the lowest dur
ing the night was 31. At 11 o'clock it
was 36, and it remained unchanged at 12.
At 2 o'clock the mercury had gotten up to
38, and was apparently stationary for a
time. This caused the Signal Service people
to look for rain, from the indications taken
at that hour, although a freeze and snow
were considered among the possibilities.
TJp to the hour mentioned, 2 o'clock, the
snowfall had reaohed eight inches, which is
the greatest since January 8, 18SC, and in
fact it is the only important snow storm
since that time. At Parkersburg up
to 2 o'clock .76 inches of snow had
melted. Ojl City reported no great
snowfall, bnt there is six inches now
lying on the level there, and has been for
some time. Warren made the same report
The most important places could .not be
reached on account of the want of tele
graphic communications. That was the re
port from the Signal Service office, bnt
private communications give the snowfall
very great, and the storm was reported simi
lar to that now raging in the immediate
vicinity of Pittsburg. At the weather office it
was stated that the fact that communications
aro broken off bodes no good, and they are
looking for the first reports that come to be
bad ones.
Sure of Enough Water To-Day.
The rivermen are not badly scared at the
state or affairs; but for that matter they de
clared just before the flood of 1884 that
everything was solid and there was no possi
bility of a big river. The next day they
were almost paralyzed to find everythine
just as thev thought it wbuldn't be. Cap
tain James A. Henderson is one of those
who declares that it's all right, and he gen-
erally knows exactly what he is talking
abont
"Of course we expect more water," said
he, "but not like unto a flood. Jt all de
pends on the condition up river, and that I
know nothing about"
"Well.snppose there were two feet of snow
on the mountains. What would that
mean?" asked the reporter.
"That would not improve matters any,"
replied Mr. Henderson, "but I can't say
that it would cause another deluge. This is
a big storm, I must confess, and it is liable
to be worse than any of us anticipate.
About the only way to decide is to await de
velopments." The majority of the rivermen are of the
same opinion, but there are those who be
lieve that there is bound to be a big rise.
It was very aptly illustrated by one of the
clerks at the Pittsburg and Cincinnati
packet boat. Someone was growling abont
the necessity of climbing the wharf through
the slush and water up to Water street,
when Gus Hofsummer remarked: "Just
stiv in the boat until some time to-morrow
and I'll guarantee to land you mighty close
to Water street" He has been on the river
for some time, and bis opinion is certainly
worth something -under these circumstances.
There are numerous others of the same
opinion who point out the lact that the
gronnd was trozen beiore the storm began,
and the water is now flowing rapidly into
the river.
Bavy Snowfalls on the Hilltops.
Another significant fact was pointed ont,
that Sit Oliver has 18 inches Of snow on its
summit, and some,of it has drifted down the
sides. The snow is wet and soggy, and is
melting and rapidly getting ready to add
its mite toward the swell of the rivers That
the snow everywhere is solid and more com
pact than that of the flood years it also
PAGKES.
pointed out They say that first It snowed,
then rained, then snowed agajn until it be
came a solid mass. This puts a broader face
on the possibilities of a high river, and the
only thing to prevent it is a change in the
storm.
This is the only important snow of the
year. In January there was only a trace.
In Februarr the total'was only 2 inches.
In March 8.9 inches of snow fell, 3.5 inches
of which was on the 19tb. In April there
was simply a trace, as there was also in
October and November.
In 1889 the biggest fall was bnt 3 inches,
on March 3. In 1888 the largest fall was
3.5 inches on February 26. In December of
that year the total fall was 6 inches. The
year 1886 had quite a storm. It began at 6
P. M. of the 8th and continued until 9-15 P.
ai, on the 9th, and amounted tn 18 inches.
In 1885 the fall Was very slight, and 1884
was the memorable flood, year, when, on
January 8 and 9, IS inches was measured,
and the great damage was done to property
by the rise in the rivers.
No Signs of the Storm Abating.
Local indications taken at 8 o'clock show
that the storm Js not over, and it is liable
even to increase. The barometer continued
to fall until nearly 8 o'clock, when it began
a slight rise. At that honr it recorded 29.8.
The thermometer is falling very rapidly,
and at the hour mentioned it registered 33
above zero. It requires considerable cold to
get the better of the slush, but a freeze was
expected, which will send the thermometer
down to the neighborhood of 25, and pos
sibly considerably less. An interview with
the Signal Service officials last night by tel
ephone, which saved climbing seven
flights of stairs, developed the fact that they
have found a time when tbey will not take
chances on making amistake.
"We have nothing to judge by," said the
operator, "except what we can see righ t here in
the office. No communications of importance
have been received so far and that leaves us
in a state of doubt The storm at present is
the same aa it was this morning and we can't
tell how long it will last From local indi
cations it appears that the snow will 'con
tinue. That is the result looked for when
the barometer takes a tumble and the ther
mometer accompanies it on its downward
flicht Things are so uncertain that we can
make no predictions. That the storm has
been severe so far is easily seen by the con
dition of affairs outside. Our indications
to-night are that the storm is general in this
section of the country, and traveled along
until now all the Eastern States are affected.
We believe that Pittsburg and vicinity has
the worst of it, however."
A BOY SUICIDE.
MISERY AT HOME, RELIGION AND LOVE
COMBINE TO INCITE HIM.
He Made His Preparations Deliberately,
bnt Scattered Scraps of Incoherent Writ
ing Denoted an Unsound Blind One
Note Contained a Strange Bequest
Chicago, Dec. 17. Fred C. Martelle, a
boy 15 years old, who was employed in the
office of F. A. Woodbury, attorney, com
mitted suicide last night by shooting him
self. The deed was done in the office of his
employer, and the boy's body was found
stiff and cold this morning. The deed was
evidently done last night after the other oc
cupants of the office had left'it Tho'boy's
body, ehtirely divested of clothing, was
stretched.onr the middle of the floor. There
was a 'b'ullet hole, from which. tW blood
had flowed profusely; ASS-calibrepiece of
lead had gone entirely through the body.
The boy had made most .deliberate prep
arations Jor suicide. After disrobing he had
tied two towels around the middle of his
body, and lying down on the floor had shot
himself. Scattered abont the room were
dozens ot sheets of small note paper covered
with writing in a stiff, boyish hand. Mnch
of the writing was illegible, and most of
what could be read was incoherent On dif
ferent scraps of paper he had scribbled the
declaration that he was not afraid to die,
and that he wonld die praying for all his
friends.
In a pigeon hole in the boy's deik was
found a note, in which the boy said that in
case the shot was not fatal "and be lived auy
length of time, he wanted Miss Ida Mc
Lean, oi the Belden Avenue Presbyterian
Church, called to act as hfs nurse.
The suicide seems to have been prompted
by a mixtnre of religion, love and unhappi
ness at home. His mother was divorced
some time ago, and married a man between
whom and this son there was a pronounced
dislike, and the bitter feeling between them
preyed upon the boy's mind.
DENIES THAT HE TOOK BRIBES.
Controller Stevens Testifies Before the Ohio
Investigating Board.
Cincinnati, Dec. 17. At to-day's ses
sion of the Legislative Investigating Com
mittee Edwin Stevens, City Comptroller,
whose appointment of the members of the
Decennial Board of Equalization has been
the suDj'ect of testimony to the effect that he
sold the appointments, took the stand.
He said he never asked nor received any
thing for his appointments, nor did he au
thorize any one else to do so. He denied in
derail Mr.Zumstein's testimonv that he had
maiked on paper the figures $4,000 as the
sum needed to secure Zumstein's appoint
ment He admitted that he had borrowed
money of Zumstein, but it bad been through
the agency of Meyer Freidber?er, who had
been his financial agent for three years.
KILLED BY HER DESERTED SPOUSE.
She Befosed to love With Her Husband and
He Took Bloody Vengeance.
LEAPVILI.E, Dec. 17. J. F. Phelan shot
and instantly killed his wife, last evening
at 11:30 o'clock, at Cardiff. He barricaded
himself in the house after the shooting, and
defied the authorities and the crowd. An
engine was sent to Glenwood Springs, and
the Sheriff and a doctor brought to Cardiff.
The Sheriff and the crowd closed in noon
the house and. captured Pbelan.
Phelan was at one time a section, boss at
Cardiff, and his wife conducted a boarding
house. Over a year ago they separated as
they conld not agree. Phelan lately re
turned and threatened his wife that if she
didn't return and live with him he would
kill her. She refused and the threat was
only too well carried ont
NO HOPE P0R THEM.
Tho Pardon Board Befnses to Interfere In
Several Cases.
fSPKCIAL TELXOhAlt TO THE MSrMTCH.1
Habbisbueo, Dec. 17. The Board of
Pardons refused pardon recommendations
in the following cases: Phebe Collins, Alle
gheny, sentenced May 31, 1889, to three
years in the penitentiary for larceny and re
ceiving stolen goods; H. H. Mclntyre, Mc
Kean, convicted of assanlt and, battery;
Henry F. Laborn, of Westmoreland county,
sentenced May 17,. 1889, to five years in the
penitentiary; Sarah Smith, of Philadelphia,
convicted of perjury.
The board will hold meetings on Monday
and Tuesday for the'purpose of disposing of
all the cases on the calendar before the new
administration takes hold.
A NEW GAS COMPANY
Chartered to Supply Pittsburg and Alle
gheny With the Article.
rspictAi. Txt.Eor.iu to ths dispatco.1
PTabbisbuko, Dec 17. The Common-.
wealth Gas Company, capital $10,000, wis
j chartered to-day. It proposes to produce
gas in Hampton, McCandless, Richland,
Pine, West Deer and Indiana townships
and furnish it to the pople in Pittsburg
and Allegheny, S
The directors are Jacob B. Decker, Thorn as
M. Erwin, Norman W. Nolan, Frank B.
Dodson and John Hancock, all of whom
have an equal number of shares of stock.
A BIG BANK SUSPENDS.
THIS TIME U IS 8. A. EEAK & CO., A
WINDY CITY CONCERN.
Their Business Outgrew Their Capital,
Which Necessitated Closing Their Doors
for the Present Defaulter Kerr, Now
in the Pen, Worked the Bank.
Chicago, Dec 17. The private bank
ing house of S. A. Kean & Co., one of the
oldest in Chicago, will not open its doors to
morrow. Mr. Kean made a statement to
the press to-night, announcing the suspen
sion. He declined to estimate the assets or
liabilities, but was of the opinion that every
claim would be paid in full.
"Why did you close?" was asked of him.
"Because we have found we could go no
further in justice to our friends. We have
been negotiating for some time for a re
organization as either a State or a National
bank. We expected that we would be able
to reorganize withont stopping or closing
onr business. That was onr intention up to
6 o'clock to-night, I then fonnd that it
would be impossible in a short time to raise
the necessary fnnds to continue the business
with safety pending the reorganization. It
was thereupon determined to accept the next
wisest course, suspension."
"Onr business hasigrown too rapidly the
last year or two fo our capital, and the
stringet?Ttnf the money market made it im
possible "-vto turn, over securities again
atonnr fj vnaioaneu money on tnem,
OuVnbAoy- 9-aslOO,000,butin on:
nr
Q '-.lwould
be tnllv
500,000."
The firm of
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Treston,
Kean & Co., as it
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has
done a large busi
ating
city, countvand p
bblic
-"" jtbo
bonds,
issued in the "Wen. The bbatwhen not
otbtrwise disposed of, wonld bepledged to
the banes tor pall loans. At JNew
York, where thf firm has a branch
office, these loans have recently been
called heavily as well as at other
Eastern points, and the drain on the Chicago
house apparently reached the limit to-day,
at which temporary expedients would not
suffice. Another factor was the cirenmstance
that the demand for the securities of com
paratively newly settled districts, such as
dealt in by Kean & Co., fell off to a consider
able extent, at the very time when large
quantities were thrown back on the' firm by
Eastern banks calling in loans on such col
lateral. The defalcation of Cashier Kerr,
now serving a long term in the Joliet peni
tentiary, was made from this bank. Kerr
escaped with funds amounting to nearly
75,000. .
CHASING THE GHOST DANCERS.
The Indians Are Headed for Canadian Ter
ritory, With Troops In Pursuit
Dickinson, N. D., Dec 17. A courier
arrived here last evening with news Irom
Captain Fountain's command, the Eighth
'Cavalry, The regulars left this point
shortly after .sunrise yesterday -Tnorului;,'
with' rations sufficient to last until Satnrday.
Thetroops met .no red men yesterday, and
camped last night on the banks of the
Cannonball river, near New England City.
Teamsters from the "South report that the
Indians are encamped at White- Buttes. It
is evident they are preparing for flight
across the country to the British possessions,
in hope that they will not be molested
there. The cavalry moved southward at
daybreak to-day, and hope to intercept the
savages bfore nightfall. They are about 50
miles away. '
AT BAY m A CAVE.
A New York Outlaw Defies the Whole
State to Capture Hlm.
Whitb Plains, Dec. 17. Considerable
excitement prevails at Summerville, a small
village near here. Some time ago a man
living near the town shot and killed the
marshal, who was trying to arrest him. The
murderer escaped to his home, behind which
is a large cave in which he lives, armed to
the teeth, and boasts that there are not men
enough in the State to capture him.
He has a small terrier dog chained near
the entrance to the cave, which gives the
alarm when any one approaches. A large
reward is offered for Iris capture.
THEEE BUCKEYES SWING TO-DAY.
Isaac Smith, Elmer Sharkey and Henry
Fopp, AH Murderers, the Victims.
Coiuxbus, Dec 17. Three murderers
will be executed at the Ohio Penitentiary
to-morrow night, being Isaac Smith, who
killed his cousin, Stephen Skidmore; Elmer
Sharkey, who murdered his mother, and
Henry Popp, who killed a saloonkeeper.
Great pressure has been brought on Gov
ernor Campbell (o-day for a commutation of
the sentence of Smith and Sharkey, but to
night he decided not to interfere in either
case, and has prepared a statement to the
public giving the reasons for his action.
HE WILL STICK, HOWEVEB.
A Decree Ousting Kecorder Denworth Ren
dered Mult by an Appeal.
rtrXCIAt. TXXXGKAK TO THS DIJPiTCS.l
Habbisbueo, Dec 17. To-day the Dau
phin1 County Court entered a decree declar
ing James B. Denworth, Becorderof Will
iamsport, ousted from his office because of
the unconstitutionality of the act under
which he has beeii serving. The case will
be appealed to the Supreme Court, and
Denworth is likely to remain in office until
the expiration of his term.
A BAKE PRESIDENT ABBESTED.
He Is Accused of Receiving Deposits After
Knowing His Bank's Insolvency.
KAXsas Cut, Dec 17. Deputy Mar
shal Keshler returned this morning from
Chicago with Charles K. Nichols, presi
dent oi the defunct Nichols Bank, who was
arrested in that city in answer to a telegram
from Marshal Stewart.
He will answer three indictments, charg
ing him with receiving deposits knowing
that the Nichols Bank was in an Insolvent
condition.
A TBIBuTE TO THE OLD E0MAK.
Jndze Thurman's Neighbors' Give Him a
Brilliant Complimentary Dinner.
CoLUMBtJS.Dec. 17. Seventy-seven mem
bers of the Columbus Social Club this even
ing tendered a complimentary dinner to
Jndge Thnrman, which was brilliant in all
its appointments.
The speeches were mostly tributes to the
home lite and neighborly character of the
honored guest. Governor Campbell was on
the programme.
President Mayer Eo-Elected.
'Baitimobe, Dec- 17. At the regular
meeting of the Directors of the- Baltimore &
Ohio .Eailroad Company to-dav, Charles F.
Vavr tvtts
unanimously re-elected ren-'
deat of the coapany.lor the ensuing year,.
THREE GETS.
rami DEATH,
Eyraud Refuses to Go to the
Guillotine Without His Fair
Accomplice.
HIS SOLE OBJECT IN LIFE
Now is to Make Sure the Conviction
of La Belle Gabrlelle.
PAKIS IS WILD OYER THE TRIAL.
The Two Prisoners Fitted Against Eaci
Other by the Court.
1I0EE SENSATIONAL JSY1DESCE G1TE5.
rirr pcsior's cauls coiipxst.i
Pap.is, Dec 17. The gamins of the city
are crazy over the Eyraud trial, and crowds
are gathering about the Palais de Justice
and at every convenient corner singing the
now popular refrain:
She lured the man into her lair, tra-la.
And her lover he strangled him tnere, tra-la;
With a kiss and a hue;
Ana a rope and a tug
They did the job neatly and well,
Oh, LaBelle Gabrlelle I '
They knew that he carried a check, tra-la.
And to grab it they twisted his neck, tra-la.
It is a pecnliar sight that the crowds of
youngsters and aged rouzhs should congre
gate in crowds at all point3 where they can
hear the first report from the trial. It is ab
sorbing more attention than has any other
event in this city for years.
Unabated Interest In the Case.
Those members of fashionable Paris who
are sufficiently fortunate to hold tickets for
the drama now being enacted in the Court of
Assizes de la Seine were up again betimes
this morning, and they, too, flocked to the
palais in great numbers to witness the strug
gle for life between Eyraud and Bompard,
the self-confessed murderers of Goufie.
The interest in the case has now become
divided between listening to the exciting
testimony that is given and speculating as
to the fate of the lemale prisoner. It is the
impression that the chances for her going to
the guillotine were much increased byTues- '
day's testimony.
Another sensation which the audience
promised itself when leaving the court room
on Tuesday evening, and from which it ex
pected all sorts of pleasant diversions, was
the examination of Garanger, who is La-.
Belle's latest admirer, the one who enticed,
her away from Eyraud, and under the in-
fluenceof whom she was induced to maker
the confession Of the part she had taken, la
the nreDaration ot the murder of Goulfe.
probably because Garanger feared the.ven5
geance of Eyraud and wished to get him out
rormeway."
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Errand's Hatred of His Rival.
The only time that tho prisoner lost his
temper during his examination yesterday
occurred when be was asked about his bated
rival. On tbit occasion he said savagely to
the court: "When Garanger comes to taka
my place on the stand I shall be able to
prove that Garanger distorted the trntb.
"I will fight him foot to foot," he said
fiercely, "until I force him to admit he used
his influence as a Government official to
make me appear blacker than I am."
As at yesterday'o sitting, the portion ot
the court occupied by the public, resembled .
the auditorium of a thea:er during the
progress of a matinee. Xhe female spec
tators were as two to one in number com
pared with the men, and both sexes were
dressed in the height of fashion. There
were gay bonnets and luxurious furs and
dainty gloves grasning jeweled opera
glasses, on the ladies' side of the room;
The men were in morning dress. Many
wore bouttainaires. There were scarcely
any young men, although there were scores
of girls of 20 'or thereabouts accompanied
by their fathers and mothers, and altogether
the scene was thoroughly Parisian.
A Decided Change of Scene.
Beyond the rail which separated the
audience from the court, however, all like
ness to a place of amnsement ends, and a
grewsome appearance is presented. Prom
inent in the heap is the trunk which onca
contained the dismembered body of tba
victim, the tablet of which still is stained
with his blood. This is surrounded by legal
documents and other ghastlv instruments
of the crime, among them being the red
and white silk cordelierc which Gabriella
took from her waist and placed around tba
neck of the man whom she was lavishing
with endearments, and whom she professed
to loye so ardently.
Then there is the sack which she made for
his shroud, and the pulley block and the
cord with which it is alleged the crime wss
committed. Another Telle of the tragedy is
a pair of socks, on which was a label stating
they were worn by Gonffe and used by D.
Lassagne for his autopsy.
President Robert and his two associates
on the bench, teemed more than usually se
vere, and the Prosecutor General was savage
and pitiless as usual. The jurors looked
graver than yesterday, and the counsel of
the prisoners were even more serious than
before The stranglerand his accomplice
looked much the same as they did whea
they made their first appearance on Tuesday
morning.
Not Willing to Die Alone.
Eyraud wore an expression of dogged de
termination, and with his respectable bald
head and gray beard doe3 not seem to be s
man to be dreaded, yet in the depths of his
little rat-like eyes there are occasional
gleams of a dauntless determination and Sr
murderous ferocity. This is particularly
noticeable when Gabrielle stands up to tes
tify against him. He acts and talks to'his
jailers as thongh he had abandoned all hope
of escaping the guillotine, and his whole
object in life and in this trial is to bring his
accomplice to the same doom, and to blacken
the character of Garanger.
Gabrielle, when she entered the court this
morning, was dressed as qnietly as she vh
yesterday, in black. There was no indica
tion of fear in his eves when she turned
them toward Eyraud's savage countenance,
when testifying to his crimes, nor an embar
rassment in her demeanor as she replied to
the searching questions of the procureur and
the President. Vanity at the present mo
ment is the predominating characteristic in.
her mental condition, one leeis sne is a
heroinelike those she has read of in the ro
mances that helped to poison her girlish,
mind. '
Rather Enjoys the Situation.
She is the center of interest in the court-' c
room that is crowded with the beauty and
fashion of Paris, and she knows that her
name is being discussed to-day throughout,
the length and breadth of France. Sfe . .
looked to-day as if she felt that the present
notoriety she has achieved was well worth
any price she may hereafter be called uposf
to pay for it.
President Boberts opened the proceedings
to-aay rjy canine upon uauncuo .compara, .,j
to arise, ana men cross-examined sscm
cross-examined her as to the details of Ut
J murder, endearorinz by eyery ww.Mtfctia
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