" PAGES 1 TO 8. 1 m FIRST PART. FORTY-MFTH TEAR. PITTSBURG, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1890 TEN PAGES. THREE CENTS. TO THE MO JURY, A Formal Demand for the In vestigation of the Work house Made by FIFTEEN SOLID CITIZENS. The Various Allegations ef Extrava gance and Mismanagement Summed Up and AN OPEN INQUIRY REQUESTED. Special Attention Paid to the Sale of To ,bacco Without a Eejular Inter nal Eevenue License. STOKI OF SUPRI5TENDENT WAENEE. Et Eijl That There it Kot a Bildow cf Truth is tit Chtrgej, tat That They Miy it So De sisted a to Midsid Kmy. iKTERVKTV WITH ONE OF TEE PETTTIOKEES The foundation for a local sensation of unusual proportions was laid in the grand jury room yesterday. The murmunnes against the present management of the workhouse, which have heretofore at various times made themselves conspicuous in the press, there found emphatic expression in a petition handed to Assistant District At torney Haymaker. It was read by him to the jury. A copy of the paper follows: To the Honorable the Grand Inquest or the County of Allegheny; Me. Foreman and Gentlemen: The pres sure of it hat j our petitioners feel to be an im portant public duty impels us to direct your official attention to what we regard as a flagrant abuse ol a public trust, manifested in the mal administration of the direction and control of the affairs of the Allegheny County M ork house. The daily routine of duty of your honorable body we know to be arduous ana exacting, and vc are not unmindful of the fact that there is More Than Enough Criminal Business requiring attention at jour hands to keep you at all times busy, but, nevertheless, we feel that the facts in the case we are about to present to you are of such a character as to practically demand your most serious consideration. The workhouse is one of the most conspicu ous and important institutions in the county, and it is in every way essential that its manage ment should be conducted strictly in accord ance with the law, and in a manner calculated to reflect credit upon the people who maintain it for their protection and for the public good. (That it has not been properly conducted for a long period is a fact very well known to large numbers of citizens and taxpayers. One proof of the verity of this statement is to be found in the record of failure made by those nhohave from time to time, and recently, attempted to have the methods of management investigated. These attempts failed because the Board of Managers has become a close corporation which protects its tavoritcs in office in the k orhhouse, and turns a deaf ear to the appeals of the public for retrenchment and reform in the administration of The Affairs of tho Workhouse. It is because the public cannot obtain a fair aud unprejudiced hearing from the Board of Managers that j our petitioners have resolved to ask at your hands that justice shall be done to the people in the management of this institu tion. As mil appear from facts presented to you the Ian is permitted to lie as a dead letter in the internal government of the workhouse. Bad methods, from constant use, bave come to be the prevailing rule, and there is no relief be cause the management, from the superin tendent up to the Board of Managers, has fallen into and become a part of the system of misrule. In fact, it is easily susceptible of proof that the Board of Managers is a body of figure beads, which works automatically at the pleas ure ot Superintendent Warner, who dominates them as though they were lay-figures. At the outset tho management of Superintendent "Warner was everything that could be desired, but of lato he has sadly degenerated. This is partly because ho has become rusty in office, but moro largely for the reason that, in Violation of the Rules of the Board for his government, So has become interested in outside laud speculations to which he gives bis time to tho detriment of the public trust imposed in him. In effect, while his attention Is given to bis private affairs his public duties are shifted to the shoulders of subordinates, who, having no properly guarded responsibility, neglect their duties and depress, where they do not destroy, the discipline of the institution. Gentlemen, your petitioners here charge di rectly that Superintendent Warner has been guilty continuously of gross neglect of duty, that he has permitted tho management ot the institution to relax in discipline, and in several cases to flagrantly conflict with the law and with the regulations; that he has violated the law governing his own appointment and con tinuance in office, by deoting his time to pri vate affairs, and that he has not in fact or ef fect for many months discharged the duties of his office as required by law. During an in definite period Superintendent Warder per mitted his assistant, Burt, to conduct within the Workhouse walls A Tobacco and Notion Business n violation of the laws of the United States. When this fact was made public, and it was Shown that the official peddler bad thriv ed by bis illegal and extortionate business. (Superin tendent Warner hurried to the protection of his underling and begged Collector Warmcastle not to prosecute him Could there be a more glaring defiance of the law, or of the regula tions for the government of the workhouse for the enforcement of which he was made Super. IntendentT Your petitioners will proceed now to show your honorable body that this appeal to you is really necessary as a last resort in the effort to bave the affairs of this costly institution prop erly administered, Earnest, repeated, the pub lie efforts bave been made to rouse the Board of Managers to a realization of the deplorable condition of affairs, but that body has been deaf to all appeals, while Superintendent War ner has been left to the prosecution of his pn rate business, and the administration of the ifeCairs of the workhouse has been practically committed to irresponsible and incompetent subordinates. The press came to the aid ot the public in demanding an investigation; many instances of neglect of duty, or worse, by the officials were published but up to this time no attention has been paid to the ex posures. These Public Exposures Began Last April, When on Saturday, April 12, an evening paper published a column leader under the following caption: IS IT CROOKEDt The County Workhouse Officers UndirFire Charges Against Mr. Burl A Store Be ing Operated m the Works by the Officers A Reporter Makes an IniestigalwnHe Gets Himself Sent Upas a Suspect for SO Days. That article gave currency to tho reports that the officers of the institution were using their positions to extort money from the prisoners; that Assistant Superintendent George D. Burt is growing rich by such practices: that the rations were bad, the food being untlt to eat; that the food supplies raised on the farm were diverted to favorites instead of being fed to in mates; that punishments were frequently brutal and illegal, and that the Superintendent and Board of Manacers wero apparently blind to these abuses, and did nothing to remedy or re form them. In the issue of the paper printed of April 13 the reporter generalizes his experience of SO days, charges Burt with extortion, recites Cases of Terrible Cruelty In the punishment of prisoners, declares the medical treatment of sick men to be farcical from a scientific standpoint, and inhuman from a philanthropic standpoint. In the issne of April IS, the reporter points out the fact that the corps of employes of the institution was much more numerous than was necessary. On April 17, the newspaper, through the mouth of Mr. John Jj. Kennedy, formerly Superintendent of the Workhouse, shows that the management of the Workhouse has been extravagant and wasteful, and that many thousands of dollars have thus been lost to the taxpayers of the county. This waste and ex travagance appears to have run through every department of the institution, and was caused by the neglect, incompetence or collusion ot the Superintendent and his automatons, the Board of Managers. On April 21, through a prisoner whose name and address is given, the reporter shows that the officers purloin the desirable portions of the prisoners' rations, bribing tho cook to prepare the food. On April 20, a columi and a half story de tailing their reporter's experience with the Board of Managers was printed. Apprised of the published charges the managers treated the matter with contempt and refused to begin an investigation. Open Investigation Asked For. Now. gentlemen, we believe enough has been shown to you to fully warrant a compliance with our request that, acting well within your rights and clearly In the line of your Quty, you will order an open investigation of the management of the workhouse, exacting that the County Commissioners shall have, at least, one repre sentative on the Board of Investigation to look out for and protec. the rights of the people where they may conflict with the Interests of Superintendent Warner and the Board of Man agers. Thomas Mattier, C. Maloke, s. ireland, t. b. htjlings, James Barrett, Fillmore Taylor, H. F. Becxjian. R. S. Duganne, Wit, McPhilliamy, Henry Horrz, W. N. SINGLET, H. C. RINK, John Cable, W. Shannon, John Ts Booth. Some Figures Furnished. Accompanying the petition was the fol lowing supplementary accusation! Among other things, we would respectfully call your attention to the exorbitant and need less waste of the public funds in the follow ing, viz.: The building of a new barn at a cost of flO, 000. ,,. ..tow . The "building ot a Tiarrow" gauge railroad, 20,000. This road is oly about one-quarter of a mile long. The building ot a new piggery (pig pen), SL150. A fountain on lawn, 11,763 28. Three green houses elegantly furnished with out regard to nse and cost, t The salaries of officials 137,557 SO Tho salaries of barrel and keg factory employes 5,316 69 The salaries of broom factory em ployes SS7 19 Making a total pay roll of.... $43,761 IS A vast increase over the pay rolls of the two preceding Superintendents, Mr. John-L. Ken nedy and Mr. Henry Cordier, and why should this be so when the business, work done, and revenue therefrom is nothing now compared to the two former administrations! This should be looked into by you and reported in your presentment to court. This action will have the effect of sharply increasing publio interest in the presentment of the grand jury. ONLY A SHADOW OF TRUTH. SUPEBINTEDENT WARNER EXPLAINS THE CHARGES AGAINST HIM. Valuable Buildings That Cost Nothing but the Price of the Materials Baking a Question for the Secretary of the Interior to Answer A Riot Claim. Alleged to be at the Bottom of the Trouble How Politics Were Brought Into the Matter.; Superintendent "Warner was seen last night at the West Penn depot and asked for his explanation of the charges. He had been to see "Hamlet," but neither the ren dition of that famous tragedy nor the re cital of the plea for his investigation weighed heavily upon his soul. "Without a moment's hesitation Sir. "War ner saidt "All thesehingB have a shadow of truth about them, but nevertheless they are very misleading. I did write to Col lector Warmcastle abont the sale of tobacco in the workhouse, but not to ask protection for Mr. Burt "The Board of Managers gave Burt the authority to sell to the prisoners such arti cles as they needed, including tobacco. We did not think about taking ont a Govern ment license, which is bnt $2 50 a year, as tobacco had been sold without it in the workhouse for 21 years. Institntions of this character throughout the county have never paid this tax, and as I doubted whether we jtveia not exempt from payment, I wrote to Mr. "Warmcastle asking him to refer the matter to the Secretary of the Interior. He did so, but the Secretary has not yet rendered .his decision. Valuable labor That Cost Nothing. "The other charges have about the same quota of truth in them. "We are accused of having a $10,000 barn, a costly narrow gauge railroad, a $1,450 pig pen, a $1,763 fountain and costly greenhouses. The barn cost $2,300 for the material; the labor was furnished by the prisoners, whom we had to keep and feed anyhow. We value the barn to-day at $12,000. "The workhouse payroll: has increased during my nine years of administration. The number of prisoners has more than doubled in that time, and as a matter of course our payroll has also increased. An other thing I believe in paying good sala ries. It is true that IJbave been interested in some pieces of real estate, and have been for years, but I do not believe that that fact has interfered with my administration of the affairs of the workhouse." "I am always willing to have the institu tion and its administration investigated. Our doors are wide open to the publio and the officials, and they can see for themselves how the place is run. I know what is back of this talk, and I may as well tell yon. A Story Dating Back to the Blots. "Some years ago, when I was County Commissjontr, James G. "Weir, now County Commissioner-elect, held a riot claim for $13,000. I refused to allow it, and finally he took the case iuto court and recovered a verdict against the county for $6,200, less than 50 percent of his claim. From that time he has been opposed to me, and he and a man named Lang started this agitation. When I ran again for County Commissioner I did not get a single vote in Mr. Weir's district "Lang wanted to supersede Bart as Deouty Superintendent of the "Workhouse, and he and Weir hustled around to get votes, nntil they suddenly found out that the only way the position could be obtained was through my appointment Later on I got Burt to run for Justice 6f the Peace, as it is very convenient aud almost necessary to have such a functionary in the "Workhouse. Lang opposed him, but was defeated. Very Willing to be Investigated. "For years now they have kept np this agitation about me and the affairs of the workhouse, but I do not fear it, and am per fectly willing that the crand jury should make an investigation, even when, as you may not know, Mr. "Weir is ioreman of that body." Mr. Warner was warned by the yell "all aboard" to cnt short his remarks, bnt he boarded the train with the same calm de meanor he had maintained all through the interview. Mr. Miller, a brother-in-law of the Super intendent, was seen at Claremont earlier in the evening, and his opinion of the origin of the charges was similar to that expressed by Mr. Warner. He also referred to the riot claim, and said that while his brother-in-law had made many friends and sayed mil lions to the county by his course in regard to such matters, he had also made.some very bitter enemies. WANTS WARNEB EXONERATED. Thomas Mattier Gives His Reasons for Sign ing the Application. Mr. Thomas Mattier, one of the signers of the application to the grand jury, was at his home at Claremont last evening. He stated that the paper had been presented to them by Mr. John Cable for his signature. He said: "I know nothing about the conduct of affairs at the Workhouse, but there has been so much talk about that, I think it should be investigated. I think Mr. Warner should have demanded an investigation be fore now. The Superintendent should be exonerated or new officials should be ap appointed. I am not nor have been inter ested in any not claims, nor, so far as I know, were any of the gentlemen whose names are attached to the paper." A POWERFUL WEAPON. Successful Test of a Bis Steel Rifled Gun at Sandy Book. rsrxcxit telegram to the nisrATan.1 ASBUBTPaek, N. J., Dec. 22. The gov ernment engineers stationed at the gun test ing grounds at Sandy Hook tested the new 30 foot cast steel rifled gun to-day. The gun has a 12-inch bore. The tests were made under the direction of Lientenant Taylor,' the en gineer in charge of the works at Sandy Hook. The gun was first loaded with 100 ponnds of powder and a hollow shelL The charge of powder was gradually increased until 250 pounds were used at a load. The gun stood the heavy charge, bnt the reports were heard nearly 40 miles down the coast. Private Adley was terribly injured in the head by being struck by" a heavy steel bar, which was hurled froni the gun carriage with great Jorce by theJieayy recoiljiL.the, hUge,weaponr" "V The gun was pointed out to sea, and Cor poral McDonald was sent off shore in a small boat to see how far It threw the big shells. The men in charge of the gnu were warned by signals this afternoon to stop throwing shells into the sea, as several ves sels were approaching the mouth of the har bor. Corporal McDonald says the big gun hurled the shells a distance o? nearly 15 miles. A DYING HUSBAND Brought to Court on Ilia Bed. In a Divorce Case. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISrATCR.l New Yobk, Dec. 22. A suit brought by Moritz Bosenbloom, of this city, to annul his marriage to Lena Bosenbloom, was tried before Judge Buchoff to-day in the Court of Common Pleas. Bosenbloom is 78 years old and Lena is 56. They were married in October, 1876, in this city. The ground for the present action is that Lena had at that time, and still has, a previous husband, Benjamin LefkowiU, who is in Hungary. Lena made no defense. She merely attempts to excuse herselt by saying she did not think Lefkowitz was living at the time she mar ried Bosenbloom. She afterward wrote to Europe to inquire, aud learned her mistake. Bosenbloom is partly paralyzed, and is said to be dying. He was brought to the Court House to-day in his bed in a carriage to give his testimony, but it was found that the trial was appointed for the afternoon and tne carriage, after waiting an hour and a half, took him back to his home. The trial went on in the afternoon without him. Judge Bischoff told counsel to have the testimony written ont and submit it SWINDLED OUT OF $200. Mrs. William Astor Victimized by a Paris Dressmaker. rSriCCIAI. TELEGRAM TO TUB DISPATCH.! New Yobk, Dec. 22. There were a num ber of interesting bits of news to-day about the Custom House and appraisers' stores. First of all, two dresses sent from Paris to' Baldwin & Co., express men, and consigned to Mme. Gorman ior Mrs. William Astor, were seized on the charge of undervaluation. The invoices gave the value of the dresses at 1,000 francs, or $250. It was apparent that they were worth more than this, aud Mrs. Astor, when she learned of the trouble, drove to the Custom House and showed Collector Erhardttbe receipted bills for the dresses. These bills showed that she had paid 2,000 francs, or $500 for the two dresses, and had paid the duties in advance on that valuation. Mrs. Astor will receive her dresses, bnt it will be necessary for her to pay half the duty over again. This will amount to about 200, and that is the amount out of which her dressmakers in Paris have mulcted her. This is an old trick of certain Paris dressmakers. PAYING THE PIPES. Eight Students Arrested for Burning Up Beer Barrels. rSrZCIAI. TELEOEAJI TO TBI DISPATCH. 1 Galesbubg, III., Dec. 22. Eight students of Knox College were arrested to day on criminal charge of maliciously burn ing up a large number of beer barrels at a recent college celebration, the barrels having been carried from the premises of a whole sale liquor store. What makes the offense more grave, is the fact that some of the bar rels contained liquor. The students failed to come forward and settle the damages claimed, although threatened with arrest for larceny if they did not do so. "When eight of their number were arrested this afternoon there was great hustling around among others implicated to secure attorneys and effect a settlement withoutgoing into court If the cases are prosecuted, doubtless a number ot the young gentlemen will be ex pelled lrom the college, in addition to being fined for the part they took In the celebration. SENATORS SWINDLED By an Original Confidence Man Who Persuaded Them That He Had NAMED A BABY AFTER EACH 0KE. Valuable Presents and Crisp Bills Sent to the Happy Patter. THE VICE PRESIDENT ALSO CAUGHT rSrXCIAL TELEGRAM TO TUX DISPATCIM "Washington, Dec. 22. The greatest joke of the season on the IT uited States Sen ate has just leaked out A confidence man in Baltimore has been writing to the Sen ators flattering them and saying that he has namedhis baby after the illustrious Sena tor from such and such a State. The letter is written in the most flattering language, and expresses the delight of the happy father in having such a splendid baby boy, and that he is able to name him after a United States Senator. The letter ends with a delicate little appeal to the recipient that a little token for tHe baby would be thank fully received. Vice President Morton was so pleased at the letter that he sent a beautiful silver cup to "Levi P. Morton Duvall," Senator His cock sent ?5 to little "Frank Hiscock Duvall," while Senator Evarts bought a beautiful "Washington souvenir silver spoon and had engraved on the back "William Maxwell Evarts Duvall." Senator Morrill, of Vermont, was one of the first and sent a silver mug marked "Jnstin Morrill Duvall, from Justin Morrill, of Vermont" The Discovery of tho Scheme. The story came out by Senator Manderson showing his letter. Then 35 letters were bronght forth, and with them 35 certificates showing that the supposed baby has been baptized by a clergyman by the name of the Senator receiving the letter. The letters were all signed 'William Duvall, and the one to Mr. Manderson, which is a sample of the others, reads as follows: Baltimore, Dec. 20. Hon. Charles F. Mandersoi: Dear Sir Inclosed you will find the bap tismal certificate of my little son, Charles Man derson Duvall. whom I named in honor ot you. How I came to name him after you was that 1 wanted to name him after some prominent Re publican, and chose you because you are from my native State. I have seeu you on several occasions, and always have been an admirer of you. .Little Charles is getting along first rate, and I bope that he may live and be as upright and honest as the man after whom he is named. He is our first born, and an soon as wo have his pictnro taken I will send you one. Also in closed you will find five tickets for an enter tainment which is erven for my benefit. I would not bavo troubled you with them, only last week 1 bad my leg broken while at work, and my friends are giving this for my benefit. All the income I bad was what was derived from my daily labor, and hope you will take them to aid me. If you do not wish them you can return them. My wife and little Charles are well, and I hope this will find ynuthe same. Please answer by return mail and let me know if you received the certificate all right. Honing this will find you well, and wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I remain. William: Duvall, 825 East Baltimore street, Baltimore, 5H. Answer by return mall, as I will be anxiously awaiting a reply from you. A Benefit Performance Include j. . The tickets which were inclosed had on their pink surface the printed announce ment', "Grand entertainment for the benefi: of "William Duvall, to be held at Byrnes' Hall, Wed Osday. -December 31, 1890 TTckeHSirr,r "" 5W rlrF ' Now, Senator Manderson a lew days ago had seen a sim,ar certificate in which the name of this first-born child was declared to be "Justin Morrill Duvall," and he like wise knew that the venerable Senator from Vermont had torn $5 off his salary and sent it to the suffering father at 825 East Balti more street. Convinced that if Mrs. Duvall conld be the mother of two first-bm children she might have given birth to a few more at the same time, Senator Manderson began to in vestigate the matter, and the result of his inquiries caused the laughter, whiob, in the Seuate to-day was "frequent and painful" and free. There were very few Senators who did not receive one of the certificates,' al though Mr. Quay and a conple of others claim to have escaped. A Very Impartial Individual. The certificate which was sent to Senator Manderson is similar in every respect, save the name of the alleged child,' to those which the other Senators have regarded with so much satisfaction. The document is a little more than 12 inches long and about 10 inches wide. It Is printed in the highest style of ecclesiastical art on calcined paper. Allegorical imagery and Scriptural phrases abound. Shepherds with lambs, shorn and unshorn, seemed to haunt the designer. Encircled by scroll work, a square-rigged boat sails on a sun-lit sea toward a rocky promontory on which stands a church, and Deneatb this lithographic gem is the informa tion that "Charles Manderson Duvall, child of Mr. William Duvall and his wife, Mary F. Duvall, born at Baltimore, December 1, 1890, was baptized in the First E. L. Church on the 16th day of December, 1890." The sponsors we're Anna Duvall and Mary Jones. The officiating clergyman's signa ture is that of Charles Bay, pastor. Illggins Was the Most Generous. Senator Gorman refused to say what he sent, but Vest went down in his pocket fur $5. Carlisle was the first Democrat caught, while, so far as amounts sent, Senator Hig gins was the most generous. He sent a crisp, new ten-dollar bill. Blair sent a pretty letter and $5. The Democrats are shy of saying what they were caught for, but the republicans laugh over the joke, and now every one in the Senate is asking how the baby is to-day. The Senators who were caught held an informal caucus this morning, and Senator Manderson, after reading the letter, moved that it be referred to the standing committee to audit and charge to the contingent ex penses ot the Senate. DIDN'T BELIEVE IN BANKS. Masked Bobbers Enter a Farmer's House and Secure 84,600. (SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATOH.l Hannibal. Mo., Dec. 22. Last even ing, between 6 and 7 o'clock, two men went to the residence of Beland McElroy, an elderly and wealthy farmer living near Huntington, in Bolls county. They knocked at the door, and when it was opened by Mr. McElroy, they covered him with revolvers. One of them took charge of the family, while the other ransacked the house, in his search kicking open a trunk and stealing $4,600. They then left The men were masked. An alarm was at once given, but no clew to the robbers has been found. Mr. Mc Elroy did not believe in banks, bnt kept his wealth concealed in the house. The mask of one of the marauders slipped partially off his face, and a fairly good description of him was had, which has been placed in the possession of the authorities. JEALOUSY AND MURDER. Lovetz's Shot Hit His Wife, But Be Failed to Kill Himself. New Yobk, Dec 22. This afternoon Charles Lovetz, a cigar maker, shot and killed his wife, Martha, at their home, No, 87 Division street Lovetz then attempted to kill himself, but did not succeed. He was arrested and taken to the poliift station. Lovetz is 21 years old and has been married four years. His victim was 20 years old. The husband left the house to-day, anil on his return asked his wife to write a letter for him. She consented, and followed him into the front room. Soon after Mrs. Lovetz's mother, Mrs. Brown, was startled by a -pistol shot, fol lowed by a piercing shriek. Bushing into the front room, Mrs. Brown saw her daugh ter lvine on the floor, her face bathed in blood, which gushed from a bullet wound in her temple. Lovetz was standing over the prostrate form with the pistol in his hand. He made a motion as if to shoot his mother-in-law, but she fled from the room. Lovetz turned the weapon upon himself, but the bullet passed through the brim ot his hat. The wife murderer was taken into custody. Mrs. Lovetz died instantly. An examina tion revealed that two bullets had pene trated her skull. The supposed motive for the crime was jealousy. The couple had one child, but it died. TWO FAITHFUL HEARTS AT LAST MADE ONE, AFTER WAITING TWENTY-FIVE YEARS. J. J. -Porter, of Pittsburg, a Principal Ac tor In a Romance of Love and Fidelity That Ends in a Happy Wedding in Ohio. 18PECIAL TELIQBAK TO TUB DISPATCH. Springfield, O., Dec. 22. The wed ding of Miss Mary J. Cloakley to Mr. J. J. Porter, which occurred in the United Presbyterian Church of this city, marked the culmination of an interesting romance of love and fidelity, not unmixed with pathos. The story of noble self-sacrifice has just become public, and alter waiting a quarter of a century two faithful hearts are made one. Many years ago the Bev.Joseph Cloakley.D. D., father of Miss Mary Cloak ley, fulfilled his first duties as a young Presbyterian pastor at Point Pleasant, a rural village in Eastern Ohio. During his pastorate there he married the parents of Mr. J. J. Porter. From this event a friend ship arose between the two families, and there Mary and James, who are nearly of the same age, passed their childhood. From the constant association of early years an attachment was formed which ripened into mutual affection. Subse quently the Eev. Joseph Cloakley accepted a call to Allegheny, Pa., after which the two families were separated, Eev. Mr. Cloakley coming to the United Presbyterian Church in Springfield in 1885. There are six children in the Cloakley family, three sons two of whom have followed the steps of their father in the ministry and three daughters. At different times in the fam ily history all except Miss Mary married. She, with a high sense of filial duty and of love for her parents, who were growing old, expressed it her will never to wed during their lifetime. After a pastorate of 25 years, the Bev. Joseph Cloakley passed away December 8, 1884. True to her resolve, Miss Marj- re mained with ber widowed and invalid mothe.. During this time correspondence did not cease between the lovers, although the years of waiting had been long. Sev eral times Mr. Porter, who had become a wealthy wholesale merchant of Liberty avenue, Pittsburg, visited Miss Cloakley at her pleasant home, on West Jefferson street Just one year agj last Fourth of Julv her .mother, who was an almost helpless inva lid Hipi? A hnrt limp" flftpiurnri3 IMtaa '. ffjloakle went ttf'ifay; 'wliere-sKe made''her nome witn iur. ana Airs, urury, tne latter her sister, until her wedding. Mrs. Porter is a lady of rich mental endowments and an ardent missionary worker in her church, and a host of friends in Springfield have cause to regret her departure. THE SAWTEIXE MURDER, A Great Deal of Evidence Submitted by the Prosecution. Doveb, N. Hy Dec. 22. In the Sawtelle murder trial to-day, Postmaster John Green field, of Bochester, testified to discovering the grave of the murdered man. It was leveled off and pino boughs were scattered over it. Witness also found the collar but tons, a bullet and an empty cartridge shell and clotted blood on the reaves. Willis Sinclair testified to selling Isaac the lamp February 5, and swore he saw a perfectly smooth shaven man in the carriage with Isaac at that time, and that the latter was driving as the team departed. Sinclair also said that the man he saw with Isaac was dark complexioned. This point had not been made publio before the trial and as this smooth-faced man is the mystery of the case this additional information attracted much interest There was much evidence submitted on the part of the prosecution, Prof. E. S. Wood testifying that the blood on the ar ticles found was human. NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY. The Pennsylvania Branch Gives Its Usual Annual Banquet Philadelphia, Dec. 22. The tenth annual banquet of the New England Society of Pennsylvania was given to-night at the Continental Hotel. About 250 guests were present, prominent among them being Hon. William McKinley, of Ohio. After the opening address bv the presiding officer a letter from Hon. Charles Emory Smith, Minister to Russia, who is President oi the society, was read. Toasts were responded to as follows: t "The Pilgrim and the Quaker," Hampton L. Carson, Philadelphia; "Descendants of the Pilgrims in New York and Pennsyl vania," Bishop Henry C. Potter, of New York; "New England and the Future," Hon. William McKinley, of Ohio; "The New England Spirit in These Later Times," John Temple Graves, of Georgia. HEAVY TEXAS FAILURE. Bateman Brother j, of Fort Worth, Make an Assignment Fort Woeth, Dec 22. A sensation wag caused here to-day by the failure of Bate man Brothers, wholesale grocers, the oldest firm of wholesalers fn Northern Texas. A deed of trust was filed this morning, men tioning exclusively home creditors to the amount of $128,000. The principal among these are the Farmers and Mechanics' Na tional Bank, $25,000; Merchants' National Bink, $37,600; State National Bank, $95, 800; Traders' National Bank, $15,000. The deed of trust only conveys the stoek and store fixtures. These and the accounts, which are not included, are estimated at $300,000. The total indebtedness is not as certainable. THE COLUMBIAN FAIR. Illinois Legislature May Give 81,000,000 for the State Exhibit Chicago, Dec 22. Governor Fifer and the State Board of Agriculture visited Jack, son Park to-day and selected eight acres of land to be used for the Illinois State exhibit at the World's Fair. The governor is of the opinion that the State Legislature at its coming session will appropriate $1,000,000 for the State exhibit, if 'that sum shall be deemed necessary. Closes P. Handv, chief of the Bureau of Publicity and Promotion, was at work to day pntting his office in order for the be ginning of actual work on January 1 next His official title will be Promoter General, WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH THIS? Allegheny Is in the SecondClass. So is Pittsburg. Let's Embrace and Go in the First Class. BEATER'S SIGf TURE "j( In. Attached to a Certificate wae'ft. gheny i3 Bis Enough to be O Vn - A CITY OF THE SECOND CLASS. Some Changes Were Made in the ment at the Last Moment. Doen- THE PASSAGE THAT WAS ELIMINATED rSPZCIAL TELEQBAM TO THE DISPATCH. HABBiSBtTEG.Dec. 22. Governor Beaver this evening issued the certificate advanc ing Allegheny to a city of the second class. It is as follows: Whereas, It is provided by an act of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth, en titled 'An act dividing the cities of this State into three classes with respect to their popula tion and designating the mode of ascertaining and changing the classification thereof in ac cordance therewith," approved the 8th day of May. A D.. 18S9; that the classification or cities, respectively, shall be ascertained and fixed by reference to their population according to the last preceding United States census, or any municipal census taken later, and whenever it shall appear, by any such census", that any city of the second or third class has attained a popu lation entitling it to an advance in classifica tion as therein prescribed, it shall be The Duty of the Governor, under the greatseal of the Commonwealth to certlfthe factaccordlngly. And. whereas, it appears by the official returns, as presented to me, of the eleventh census ot the United States, being the last preceding United States census, that the city of Allegheny, in the county of Allegheny and the State of Pennsylvania, a citr of the third class, has a population of 105.237, Therefore, under authority of the Constitu tion and laws of said Commonwealth in such case made and provided, I do issue this certifi cate, which I have caused to be sealed with the creat seal of the State, hereby certifying and declaring that the said city of Alleehenyhas attained a population of 103,237 according to the last preceding decennial census of the United States. Given under my hand and the great seal of the State at the city of Harrisburg this 19th day of December, in the year of our Lord 1890, and of the Commonwealth the one hundred aud fifteenth. By the Governor, James A. Beaver. J. H. LONQENEOKBR. Secretary of the Commonwealth. Seal. A Change In the Wording. The certificate of the Governor originally contained the following (which was elimi nated to-day) at the conclusion of the proclamation: And is thereby entitled to an advance in classification from a city of the third class to a city of the second class, and that upon the per formance of the several conditions set fortb in the said act of Assembly will be entitled to ,an advance in classification to a city of the second class at the time and in the manner therein prescribed and therenpon and there after the city government sbali be controlled and regulated by the laws of this Common wealth applicable to the same as a city of the second class under the classification therein fixed and appointed. AN OUTRAGED HUSBAND. His 80-Tear-OId Wifo Bobs Him of 813,000 and Elopes. SrXCIAT, TELEOrLAM TO THE DISPATCH. Louisville, Dec. 22. "My wife has robbed me of $13,000 and eloped with a younger man," was the opening sentence of a remarkable story told by John Grubbs, who admitted being 80 years of age. to the Chief of Detectives this morning. Mr. and Mrs. Grubbs have been married one year moro than 50, and have half-grown great-grandchildren. Mrs. Grubbs is 69. They live in Anderson county, where until recently they had a fine farm. A few weeks ago John Dolt, a well preserved man of probably 60, went to the Grubbs' farm to live. Shortly after this Mrs. Grubbs induced ber husband to sell the farm, which he did for $13,000 cash. This monev was kept in the house. Dolt talked well and made an impression an Mother Grubbs. One day last week Dolt, Mrs. Grubbs and the $13,000 turned up missing. The two had eloped and had taken the money with them. They were traced to this city and followed by the out raged husband, who reported the case to the detectives. THE COCKTAILS DID IT. An Expert Liquor Mixer Left 810,000 by a Grateful Millionaire. JsrKCIAL TELXOBAM TO TITS DISPATCH.1 Philadelphia, Dec. 22. Lawyer J. E. More, of Allegheny City, who has charge of the estate of the late millionaire iron manufacturer, A. J. Hughes, wrote to-day to Pat Fury, at one time a bartender at Green's, assuring that lucky youth that no doubt exists that he is the talented cocktail mixer who was remembered in the dead man's will to the extent or $10,000. Hughes was an old bachelor, whose tastes for stimulating beverages was never fully satisfied until Pat served him with a soul stirring mixture, in which absinthe and other nerve-producing ingredients were mingled. The ingenious liquor tosser took this compound to the millionaire's room at Green's many times a day, and when the grateful recipient felt the approach of the inevitable end, he assured him that he would receive a substantial reward. More has as sured him that he will receive his legacy on the first of March. fc INDIANS SURRENDER. f. Vo S, 9jS ALL OF SITTING BULLS' FOLLOW ERS COME INTO CAMP. They Are Followed by Big Foot's Band, Leaving No Warriors in the Field so Far as Colonel Sumner Knows Others Anx ious to Come In. Bapid City, S. D., Dec. 22. The dis patches received this morning by General Miles from Pine Bidge, Fort Bennett and from Lieutenant Colonel Sumner at Cherry Creek, on the Cheyenne show that all, or nearly all of Sitting Bull's followers together with Big Foot's band have sur rendered to him. Colonel Sumner in a dis patch says this disposes of all the Indians along the Cheyenne river, and if there are anymore of Sitting Bull's people out he does not know where they can be. General Brooke reports the arrival of friendly Indians at the Lands camp, and says the capture of Sitting Bull's people and Big Foot's forces will aid the efforts of the friendlies to briDg in the hostiles. An Indian scout reports to General Brooke that Short Bull's followers are anxious to come in but are withheld by the threats of Kicking Bear, one of Sitting Bull's agents. The scout thinks. however, that the friendlies- .. will at last succeed in bringing out Short Bull's followers. A report has reached General Miles via Missoula that two companies of soldiers in the Yellowstone region are sur rounded north of Cave Hills by 500 or 600 Indians and have sent couriers out with notification of danger to the settlers. Gen eral Miles says there are Indians in that vicinity, but discredits the report that the troops are hemmed in.. He has, however, ordered reinforcements sent A BARBAROUS CEREMONY. Horrible Self-Torture Over the Graves of Four Execnted Indians. rSFXCIAL TXLIQEAM TO TUX DISPATCH.1 Helena, Mont., Dec. 22. The bnnal of the four Indians, banged at Missoula Friday, took place Sunday at St Ignatius' Mission on the Joko reservation, and fully 2,000 Indians were present The ceremony was a simple Catholic burial rite. In the evening the families of the deceased and relatives gathered around the graves and prepared to hold the weird ceremony of the Indian funeral. The agent and Indian police arrived, but not until the squaw of La La Z t had cut her head and the wife of Antley had severed two fingers and thrown them into'the open grave. The two women had also cut small slits in the scalps ot their children, and when the police arrived the families were standing over the half-open graves, while blood dripped into them. The Indians were taken in charge by the police and their barbarous ceremony ended. No trouble is expected to resnlt from the execution. A FAVORITE SON. Kobert E.- Wright Being Pushed for the Attorney Generalship. rSFXCIAL TKI.EGItAlI TO THE DISPATCH. Philadelphia, December 22. Governor-elect Pattison was visited to-day by a committee of prominent citizens of the eastern interior part of the State in behalf of Bobert E. Wright, of Allentown, whom they would like to see appointed Attorney General in Mr. Pattison's Cabinet The committee held a conference at the Girard House, and elected Dr. A. J. Martin, ot Allentown, as chairman and spokesman of the party. They proceeded to Governor-elect Pattison's office, where they were cordially received, and, after an introduction, Dr. Martin ex tolled the merits of Mr. Wright The Governor-elect, in reply, stated that he had several competent men under consid eration, ard in making a selection for the office would consider Mr. Wright's name with the rest TO ttet.p THE STRIKERS. Money to Support the Employes at tho Clark Thread Mills. Fall Biver, Dec. 22. At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Cotton Mule Spinners' Association, held this afternoon, the strike at the Clark mills in Newark, N. J., was indorsed and the delegates pledged to extend all possible sup port It was voted to give $150 from the national funds to support tbe strikers, and it was further voted to call meetings of the unions everywhere to grant money from the treasuries or levy assessments on all mem bers. THE CRUISER NEWARK On Her Trial Trip She Averaged Otbt Nineteen Knots an Hour. Delaware Bbeakwateb, Dec 22. The cruiser Newark to-day passed to sea on her official trip at 8:10 A. M. She returned about 7 P. M., having successfully main tained ber horse power and speed for four boms. Unofficially it is understood that, the Newark exceeded 9,000 horse power,' which will give the Messrs. Cramps, the builders, over $50,000 premium. She aver aged in speed 19,9 knots per hoar. PBIEoT$J POWER, The Candidate Supported by Them Said to Lead in the Kilkenny Race. NO- OFFICIAL STATEMENT 0ftheEe3nlt of the Election Can Yet he Obtained, bnt PAENELL'S OPPONENTS CLAIM IT. The Leader Himself Bejards the Contest as Very Close. ST0EIES OP STAETATION IN LONDON rrJT CABLE TO TIIXD1SPATCB.1 Kilkenny, Dec 22. Squads of police and companies of soldiers were stationed at every polling place in the North Kilkenny district to-day. As a resnlt, while there are qnite a number of broken heads, which have come to be regarded as a regular feature of the campaign, there has been no trouble of serious proportions. As indicated in previous cable dispatches the priests were out in force, marching their adherents to the ballot boxes in columns and voting them in the same style. Mr. Timothy Harrington says that priestly coercion was rampant to-day, and that the Parnellites have good grounds to petition against the validity of Sir John Pope Hen nessey's election should the latter be shown to have headed Mr. Vincent Scully at the polls. The Besult of the Contest Nearly 5,000 persons exercised the right of suffrage in the district to-day, which is regarded as a very heavy vote. At a lata hour tbe result of the struggle is still en shrouded in doubt, and the adherents of both parties are shouting themselves hoarse upon the streets. The official announce ment of the count will not be made until to-morrow afternoon. However, taking into consideration all that can be learned, and allowing for the active work of the priests, many well-posted observers agree that Sir John Pope Hennes sey, the anti-Parnell candidate, has received about 500 more votes than bis antagonist. Michael Davitt claims that Hennessey's majority will reach 1.000. In an interview, Mr. Parnell says he ex pects the majority would be small, which ever party wins. He hoped the bitterness of language that marked the contest would be forgotten, and, in fact, considering all things, he thought the battle had been fonght with little ill feeling on either side. A Kumor Which Caused Trouble. A rumor which caused considerable ex citement was circulated during the morn ing. It wa3 to the effect that a large num ber ot miners had been confined in a coal pit to prevent their voting. Wild threats were soon made by both sides, and it was aanounced that tne miners would be res cued at any cost An investigation of the report, however, showed it to be nothing more alarming than "a campaign lie," and howls of derision were exchanged between tbe opposing parties when it be came known that the miners referred to would later in the day march in a body to the polls. Mr. Parnell said to-night that his eyes were much better. He will go to Avon dale to-morrow and will remain there a day, proceeding thence to Paris. He will not re sume the campaign in Ireland until Janu ary. Messrs. Bedmond and O 'Kelly have left Kilkenny on their way to Paris, where they expect to meet Mr. O'Brien. At a convention of League delegates at East Galway to-day it was resolved to support Mr. Parnell. There was a srflall riot at Garrick:on-Suir to-night between the two' factions, in which a number of persons were wounded. THOUSANDS STARVING. TERRIBLE DESTITUTION AMONG THB LONDON DOCK LABORERS. Ninety Thousand Men Out of Employ ment In the Great City Many Deaths From Lack ot Food Reported Fighting for a Chance to Work. TBT DUltLAP'S CABLE COMPACT. LONDON, Dee. 22. Appalling reports of starvation at tbe east end of the city startle the aristocratic West End. Tbe leaders of tbe docEers'union say that tbe great difficulty is want of employment, and the situation is the worst that has been known ior years. At every meeting of the Executive officers, it is said, stories of death from starvation are sure to come forward not such starva. tion as would lead to a Coroner's verdict, but death brought about by want of the ab solute necessaries of life. The people live in houses which are being gradually stripped ot every stick of furniture to be sold for the purpose of purchasing food. In the Victoria ahd Albert dock districts affairs have never been worse since the docks were opened. At the Fresh wharf the men stood clinging to the gateway for hours in the bitter frost waiting lor a call and the ticket that gives them "the right to earn a few shillings. Some climbed the lamp posts, and, falling, rolled on the heads of the crowds standing on the ground in the desperate fight for tbe coveted ticket Mr. Mann has made an estimate that there are 90,000 men unemployed in London at the present time. He is going in for rigorous campaign in favor of municipal workshops in order to absorb this mass of unfortunates and ameliorate their condition. THBEE THOUSAND OUT. A Big Strike on Scotch Railways That 14 Growing Rapidly. PBT DDNLAP'S CABLE C0XPAXT. Glasgow, Dec. 22. Three thousand Scotch railway men are now on strike and another 1,000 are expected to come out to night The traffic is congested to a most inconvenient extent The North British. trains are running fairly well. On the Caledonian, Glasgow and Southwestern, the goods and mineral traffic is almost en tirely suspended. To-night constables are patrolling the stations. There has been no disturbance and public anxiety is on the rack. At a meeting of the employes of the Caledonian, Glasgow and Southwestern Bailway, held at Greenock to-night, a gen eral strike over tho whole system was re solved on, to take place to-morrow, Late advices say that tne strike is developing rapidly. The rsaeienger traffic, especially on the North British line, is much inter L .Continued on seventh page,') W 1 mtjumtisfa SHuDxi
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