THE -PITTSBtrak DISPATCH. SATURDAY. 'MARCH'- 21, r I89L
pie talk of coming out all right with cura
tive legislation, but it it all nonsense. Cur
ative legislation is the outgrowth of diseased
minds, and the Supreme Court will soon
bcitle it.
Mr. O'Donnell's motion for 5250,000 had
only his vote to lock it, and the original
sum was agreed to, Mr. Ferguson alone vpt
inc in the negative.
The next matter taken up was "schedule
A," being a specified statement of appro
priation No. 35, for street repairing. The
various streets areas follows:
Appropriations for Street Paving.
Huoiber alley, from Erin street to
Kirkpatrick street 5 3,377 50
Duquesno way, from Water street
eaatnardly 10,000 00
Valor street, from Duquesne ay
eastnardly 10,000 00
Liberty avenue, from Mam street
eastwardlv 30,000 00
Market strest, from Water street to
Fourth avenue S.I47 50
Cherry aller. from Filth avenuo to
Liberty avenue 10,000 00
Stanton avenue, from Uutlcr street
southwardly 20,000 00
AVylie avenue, from Fifth atcnueto
Tunnel street 6.5S7 50
Seventh avenne, from Liberty avenue
to Grant street 9.345 00
VaJip avAnue, from ulton street
eastwardly 10,000 00
G.tii.iiiu .iiie, troni Kiixlu aivuue to
Strawberry- alley V783 00
East Carson street 15,0110 00
Fourth avenue, from Grant street.
castwardlj 4,000 00
Diamond street, trom bniithfield
street to Old asenne ,. 10,570 00
Forbes street, from Eradv street east
wards ... 55.900 00
Fifth aveuue, from Boquetstreet east
wardly. 34.000 00
Butler street 15.000 00
13rad street, frum accond aveuue to
Tustui street. 3,4.o 00
Boyd street, from Old avenue to Lo-
ru-t street. 7,005 00
hixth avenue, from Old avenue to
Wshcatcnne 4,130 00
bixtb avenue, from Smithftcld street
to Libertyavenue S.178 00
Halkct btreet wall 27.0U0 00
Third avenue, from bmiibQeld street
to Wood street 4.355 00
Wabash avenue, from end ot present
pavement to Independent street.... 4,000 00
Logan street 1,500 00
Bailer street (sharnsuurg bridge
west) 5,000 00
Slnlheny alley. truM EleventU to
Thirteenth streets 2.825 00
Total 5322,078 50
Apuropriation No. 36, for bridges, is ex
plained in the schedule as follows:
Monongahela river....... 3100,000
Mecley run. Larimer avenue extension. 30,000
Forward avenue 20.000
Total J150.0C0
Mr. King, of the Fourth ward, moved to
strikeout the item of $10,000 for paving
Dnquesne way, and inserting the same sum
to repave Penn avenue from Fifth street
uestwardly. The amendment was lost. Mr.
Kid?, nothing dismayed, made the same
motion in regard to Water street, and was
voted down again. Xo changes were made
in the schedule.
At this point the Chair announced a com
munication from Controller Morrow, which
he proceeded to read. It was as follows:
Controller Morrow's tittle Warning.
To the iM-Iect and Common Council:
Gentlemen I desire to direct the attention
of your honorable bodies especially to the item
of miscellaneous receipts and city tax of cur
rent year, as reported by the Finance Com
mittee in the pending appropriation ordinance.
The brief time at co.a:aaad is insufficient to
enable me to obtain from the committee an ex
planation of the sources of revenue which will
bring the m-ccellaneous items to the amount
they estimate, wbich is I150.CO0 more than was
received last year, and I have no information
wbich will lead me to expect any increase in
the item whatever.
The amount the committee estimates from
city tax is based upon an allowance of only
107.003 for discounts, lost taxes and taxes not
collectable before tbe end of the fiscal year.
This, in my opiuion. guided by roy on n andtne
experience of all former Controllers, is not half
Fufflcient,espccially as tbe committee estimates
the revenue from uncollected taxes of previous
years at about the full strength of tbe receipts,
thus deprivinc themselves of every margin of
safets to make their aggregate estimates cood.
Without tbe latter item tbe S107.UOU referred
to might pass without comment, but as tbe
items water rents, engineennc and liquor
licenses are in my opinion 5O,00Q too large. I
cannot but form a deficit ou tbe face of tbe
bill as reported by tbe committee of bardly
Icss tban S3U0.00U.
Xmv, as any proposed curative legislation
wbich the city may obtain, in relation to the
street and sen er assessments may itself beset
aside by tbe Supreme Court, thus finally im
posing upon her a debt of perhaps $1,500,000. it
seems to me unwise to permit now a certain
deficiency of so large amount as tbe ordinance
before you will make. In this situation.you
should sufficiently increase the rate of tax to
meet tbe appropriations reported from com
mittee, or ele correspondingly cut down the
appropriations to a figure which the present
rate ot tax will produce. Re'pectfully,
". S. Monitow, Controller.
Estimated Receipts All Approved.
The Utter was received and filed and esti
mated receipts were taken up. They were
all approved. The only point raised was by
Mr. Ferguson, who ridiculed the estimate
of 51,000 for all the street railways, when
vehicles, which have to pay 45,000 in
licenses, have to get out of the street car
way.
The ordinance was then taken up in proper
form. The ruillage as published in yester
day's DisrATClI was approved except the
o'd city special tax of 4-10 mills. This was
stricken out, as the debt has been paid.
The ordinance was passed finally by a
vote of 38 ayes to no noes, and Council ad
journed. IN THE SELECT BRANCH.
A Late Start Made on the Appropriation
Oidlnance Mr. Keating Answers the
Controller The Otiestion of Curative
Legislation Members Who Want to Go
Slowly.
It was after 4 o'clock when Select Coun
cil got its turn at tbe appropriation ordi
nance. After the first reading of the ordi
nance, the Chair, read tbe communication
from Controller Morrow. Mr. Keating then
began a long statement in answer to the
Controller. He said the larger part of tbe in
crease of 136,000 in the item of miscellaneous
expense was covered by the money the
Finance Committee expected would be paid
in by the curative legislation, to be secured.
As to the valuation and taxation he said
that the Assessor's figures, if all taxes were
collected, would bring in 2,800,000, and
the committee only counts on 2,700,000 be
ing collected, after all exonerations, lost
taxes, etc., are accounted for. Mr. Warm-c.-istle
asked a number of questions and Mr.
Keating produced figures to snow that these
expectations were well founded and were
carried out by the experience of past years.
The Controller thought the estimates for
engineering, water .rent and liquor
license were 50,000 too high. As
for water rents, which the committee
estimates at 600,000, last year's receipts
were 520,000, and 129,000 are delinquent,
of which 50,000 had been paid yesterday.
Licenses, he thought, would bring more than
last year, as tbe new act gives all the fee to
the city. Engineering was an uncertain
quantity, and depended on the street work
done. The question of curative legislation
was relerred to.
llussla Preferable by One Gentleman.
Mr. Keating If the Supreme Court de
clares such legislation illegal, tbe best thing,
in my mind, will be to change the form of
government. I would rather live under the
Czar of Russia, where such questions are
settled without any trouble.
At this point President Ford, who was
suffering from a severe cold, rsked Mr.
Keating to take the chair. Mr. "Warm'
castle moved to take up the ordinance seri
atim. Mr. Robertson objected on the score
of waste of time. He suggested that amend
ments be offered as desired, and not waste
timj in reading the entire bill.
"Mr. Warmcastle I never beard of such a
travesty. The gentleman talks of waste of
time. We are asked to vote away 4,500,000
and take no time about it. It will not make
any difference in the end, 1 suppose, hut it
should not be considered in such haste. We
don't know how this bill compares with last
year. Mr. Robertson, I venture to'say, can't
tell how the price ol fuel this year at the
Brilliant pumping station compares with
last year.
Mr. Robertson couldn't Mr. "Warmcastle
made a further plea lor hit motion. Mr.
Robertson claimed he had been misrepre
sented and amendments could be made as
the bill was read by the whole. The motion
was lost.
Chairman Keating directed the clerk to
read the bill n second time, and said any
member could offer an amendment as the
reading progressed, practically a seriatim
reading.
"When the item of .public parki was
reached Mr. "Warmcastle asked what sum
was owed for lands bought for the park.
The Chair answered $179,000.
Mr. "Warmcatle I would like to ask "the
object of the 120,000 appropriated for com
pletion of paving contracts?
For the Benefit of Contractors.
Mr. Keating Thai is intended to be ad
vanced to the '-contractors who have incom
pleted street works on hand, in order that
they may go right ahead. It is virtually
only a loan as we expect to get all the
money back when wc get our curative legis
lation. Mr. Treusch moved to amend the repair
ing schedule by striking out the Duquesne
way item and inserting Seventh street, from
Duquesne wav to Liberty street. The
amendment was defeated. Then Mr.
Treusch moved to strike out the Water
street item and insert Penn avenue, from
Fifth street, westwardly.
Dr. Evans The gentleman had better let
these things alone. He voteJ to place these
matters in the hands of the Chief of the De
partment of Public Works and there is no
use now in tugging at the chains he helped
to forge.
Mr. Treusch I got no chance to talk
about this in the committee, and now you
say I must not say anything here. Where
am I to talk?
Dr. Evans Nowhere. Ton are just like
the rest of us.
The amendment was defeated and the bill
went to final passage and was adopted by a
vote of 29 ayes to 1 no. Mr. Treush cast the
negative vote and Mr. Warmcastle went
out be To re his name was called.
Mr. Lambie I very much regret the ac
tion Councils have taken. In an hour's
time this body voted away 4,500,000. Not
a man present would buy a house lor a lew
thousands with such short consideration. I
never saw the ordinance until it came into
this meeting and I cannot say I understand
or approve of it.
Dr. Evans I feel the same way, and
though I vote aye it is with regret.
At 6 o'clock Select Council adjourned.
TO BE READY TO-DAY.
Attorneys Almost Through With the New
Bills to Pull Pittsburg Oat of Her Street
Improvement Trouble Chief Brown
Hunting Up the Law on Health and Fire
Bureaus.
The conference of attorneys on the new
street laws was kept up all day yesterday.
The work of getting up the bills has proved
very laborious as every feature of the law
must be very carefully considered in order
that the Supreme Court will not
find any objections to them. As
previously stated in The Dispatch
the bills will be ready to-day. One will
provide for curative legislation, and an
other for future street improvements. The
meetings of the attorneys have been kept
secret, and none of the participants are
willing to talk much on their progress.
Senator Flinn is still in the city and will
remain until the bills are completed, in
order to take them to Harrisburg and secure
their passage as soon as possible. One of
the strong points urged in favor of curative
legislation is the decision of the Supreme
Conrt in the case of the city of Chester, one
section of which reads:
"The principle has been repeatedly recog
nized in this State that when the Legisla
ture has antecedent power to authorize a
tx, it can cure, by retractive law, an irreg
ularity or waut of authority in levying it,
though thereby a right of action which had
been vested in an individual should be di
vested." Chief Brown decliues to talk on the point
raised that the duties of the old Board of
Health and Fire Commission were trans
ferred to tbe Department of Public Safety
contrary to tbe Constitution. Nevertheless,
the Chief is collecting all the law he can
find on the subject, with the probable object
of having a bill introduced in the Legis
lature specifying the duties of the bureaus
of fire and health.
STOCKTON'S story, "The Cosmic Bean,"
in THE DISPATCH to-morrow. An entire
page Is set apart for younc; people, with this
great story as the leading feature.
A SLAP AT JEBEY SIMPSON.
Joe Cannon Thinks Either Mills or Springer
Would Make a Good Speaker.
Ex-Congressman Joe Cannon, of Illinois,
and Congressman Barwig, of Wisconsin,
were on tbe limited last evening, going
home. The veteran Cannon was in a merry
mood and talked freely. "The Democrats,"
he said, "have promised earth, sun, moon
and stars, and they will have a tough strug
gle to deliver the goods. They have guar
anteed good times, free trade, free silver and
everything else the cranks wanted. Indeed,
the partv has been promised out of sight
There will be plenty of music in the next
House. The Congressmen have offered their
constituents so much that one grand scram
ble is sure to follow, and the Speaker will
be an object ol pity."
Mr. Cannon spoke well of Mills and
Springer. He said Mills had a violent
temper, hut he bore no malice, and the re
sponsibility of the speakership might help
him to curb his impetuous spirit. He was
inclined to believe that Mills would make a
good man, though he added that the Demo
crats would make no mistake in selecting
Springer. When asked if he knew Jerry
Simpson, he said: "If the Lord doesn't know
Jerry any better than 1 do Jerry will belost
in the last great shuffle. I never saw him,
but I think he is flying above bis level."
GLAD HE'S HEABLY THROUGH.
Collins, the Faster, Now on the Last Day of
His Task.
Last evening Elmer Collins, the faster,
astonished his physicians by starting on
what he called his "final spurt." This
meant a phenomenal change in the condi
tion of the faster. Declaring that he had
been reserving his vitality for the past three
weeks he requested the loan of a pair of
dumbells in order to prove the trnth of his
statement. The dumbells were sent for.and
to the surprise of his attendant physicians
Collins went through several minutes' exer
cise with the instruments. "In this," said
Surgeon Major Wylie, "he displayed a re
serve power that is simply beyond parallel."
Collins Tetired early, to prepare for the
fatigues of to-day. At 10 p. m. to-day
Prof. Lyons will announce the close of the
fast, and Manager Davis will present Col
lins with the remaining half of the prom
ised 1,000. Collins will then break his fast
upon a light meal of clam juice, milk and
chicken broth, presented by James Piatt.
The various physicians and watchers will
then make oath regarding the truth of the
fast. When Collins saw by his watch, last
evening, that the final day of the fast had
begun, he leaped from his seat and executed
a wild pirouette about the platform.
His Old Age Saved Him.
Adolph L-eyser, aged G2 years, has been
held at the Fourteenth ward police station
since last Wednesday for the larceny of a
coat supposed to have been stolen from John
Dolan, proprietor of the Central Hotel at
Vanderbilt, Fayette county. Mr. Dolan
arrived at the station house last night and
identified the coat; but he said he wonld
not prosecute Leyser, owing to his old age.
Dk. B. M. Haxna. Eye, ear, nose and
throat diseases exclusively. Office, 720 Penn
street, Pittsburg, Pa. s&sa
BELIEF IN THE LAW;
Two Thousand Italians Assemblo in
Mass Heeling and Protest
AGAINST KEW ORLEANS' METHODS.
They Believe Uncle Sam Will Do Their
Countrymen Justice.
FOREIGN IKTERFEKENCE DENOUNCED
There was a mass meeting in New Turner
Hall, Forbes street, last evening, but no one
would suppose that the 2,000 and more
Italians who packed the building were there
with feelings excited by the recent affair at
New Orleans, for the meeting passed off a
quietly as a church festival, and did not last
quite an hour. It was called to protest
against the lynching of the Italian prisoners
tried for the tnurderof Chief Hennessey.and
when a few temperate speeches condemna
tory of the deed had been passed, the Ital
ians quietly dispersed to their homes. The
flag of the Societa Fraterna hune from one
gallery in friendly rivalry to the Stars and
Stripes dependent from the other.
When, shortly after 8 o'clock, Mr. J. F.
Cnneo rapped for order a sea of sun-tanned
visages extending over the hall and filling
the galleries looked up at him in quiet but
intense expectation of what was to follow.
A. Giammartini was Vice President; Telideo
Canuti, Secretary, and the -committee of
management included Joseph Corda, F.
Miraglia, G. Pandolfi, H. Gasser, Joseph
Natali, O. Bertoni, A. Ivol and F. Neapol
itan. Mr. Cuneo, in assuming the chair,
said be had -much pleasure, and was hon
ored by being called upon to preside at a
mass meeting having ior its object me
presentation of a formal protest against the
massacre of Italians at New Orleans on the
14th of the month.
Object of the Mcetlnc Announced.
The Chairman briefly alluded to the
history of the affair, and said that speeches
would be made calling upon the American
Government, in the name of their fellow
countrymen at New Orleans, to punish the
perpetrators of the massacre. When a pro
longed burst of applause which greeted this
remark had subsided, Mr. Cuneo called
upon the meeting to show that American
Italians and Italians in America could as
semble in mass meeting and calmly and
quietly discuss the resolutions which would
be presented for their acceptance. He said
that each speaker would be allowed five
minutes and be asked attention to what was
said.
Secretary F. Cauuti then read the min
utes of the last meeting, and related the his
torv of the events which led upto the af
fair of the 14th and the names o'f the vic
tims. The Chairman then introduced Luigi
Cassaboni, ot Philadelphia, editor ot 11
Vesuvio, whom he said would address them
in English, though he was an Italian.
Mr. Cassaboui severely deprecated the
statement made in a morning paper that the
meeting was to be one of vengeance. So far
from this being the case, he had only to
point to the extreme orderliness which pre
vailed to discount any suph idea. The speak
er characterized the "massacre as an ont
raee, and not only an outrage on
humanity and tbe government of New Or
leans.but also as a violation of the Constitu
tion which gave to every American subject
the privilege of a fair trial for any alleged
offense against the law." They were Ital
ian', he said, by birth, but Americans by
choice, and they had unbounded faith in
the Government of their adopted country
giving them justice in this matter.
Allusions to War Deplored.
Some of them had been talking of war,
and others that pecuniary indemnity should
be paid for the massacre of these men, but
he deprecated all allusion to war as absurd.
A Pittsburg paper had said that Italians
were revolutionary, but this was not so.
Thev believed in the law and were content
to abide by its decision, but they did jsk
that when a mob broke the law that it should
be punished just as tbey would be if they
were guilty of such an outrage. The meet
ing didn't ask for anything more than this.
F. Dooarelli followed in a historical illu
sion to the chivalry which characterized the
Italian nation, and drew a contrast with the
treatment accorded to his countrymen at
New Orleans. A. Depsodesis came next in
a few terse comments, in which he said
that he was intimately acquainted with the
Italians of Pittsburg and Allegheny, and he
could say that they had no sympathy with
secret organizations such as the Mafia. Nev
ertheless, they could not but demand' retri
bution for the inhuman treatment accorded
their countrymen at New Orleans.
Angelo Ivol, editor of H Progresso
Italiano Americano, of New York City,
came next. He said what they desired to do
was to ask Mr. Blaine to punish the mob
who had perpetrated the New Orleans out
rage. The flays of lynch law had passed,
and such actiou was inexcusable.
F. Descalzi said that they were there to
protest against the outrage. The mob had
broken the laws of New Orleans and the
Government of Louisiaua showed no dispo
sition to punish it. They were there in mass
meeting to protest against the brutality of
that mob and to express tbe opinion that
the Government of the United States should
intervene and be appealed to to punish the
offenders. They had now done all they
could in the matter and'they could noldo
more.
An Address Made in English.
F. Canuti next addressed the meeting in
English. He deprecated the false reports
purporting to lie signed by the Mafia and
sent out ironi New Orleans, and said that
secret societies ot that kind did not exist to
the extent mentioned in .the papers. He
said that there was no reason to suppose that
the victims of the massacre belonged to the
Mafia or any other society. It was rather
the other way. What would men who were
husbands and fathers have to do with such
societies; as men who had families to sup
port and a character to sustain tbey would
be anything but affiliated with such people.
Messrs. Perladi and Bacciglieri concluded
tbe addresses in similar sentiments, the
former throwing such vigoroas action and
intense feeling as roused the hitherto quiet
audience into a prolonged shout of appre
ciative applause.
The Chairman then read the follow
ing resolution in English, the secre
tary having previous read it in Italian:
We, natives of Italy and naturalized Amer
icans at 1'lttsburg, Allegheny and snrronnd
ings, in mass meeting assembled, with deep
anguisb and sadness for tbe atrocious need
which happened on the 11th inst. at New Or
leans, La., when 11 countrymen of ours were
murdered,
Resolve, unanimously. That the said deed Is
barbarous, inhuman and horrible: that it will
remain for tbe city of Now Orleans a disgrace
ful, abominable blot on tbe history of hu
manity. That the local authorities were partly re
sponsible for the misdeed. They knew that the
outrage Has possible. They had notice of it in
the cowardly attempt of one who shortly after
the arrest tired against the prisoners. They
have, therefore, tacitly approved tbe massacre.
That the horrible stain impressed by tbe deed
will remain forever disgraceful to the civiliza
tion of this great people if the instigators ot
the crime are not severely punished.
Unanimity on the llesolution.
Chairman Cnneo then put the resolution,
and asced that all who were in favor of its
adoption should answer "Yes." Before he
had well concluded one prolonged chorus of
of "Si 1" (yes) sweft over the hall andzhook
the Italian flag and American ensign tfhich
floated from opposite balconies.
Mr. Cuneo then said that the object of the
meeting bad been accomplished, and he re
quested that they would all depart at once
quietly and in silence to their homes, as be
fitted men who had approved of law abiding
methods in place of rhdical means of re
taliation. And then as one man, the, big
crowd faced- around, and with cries of
"Viva Cnneo," "Viva 1' Italia" and "Viva
1' America," passed out of tbe hall and
went peace I ally homewards to the astonish
ment of a good many people, and especially
to the lour of the finest members of Chief
Brown's force, who had been detailed to
preserve order.
,H0T A UNIT OH APPBOVAL.
Jndgo Tardco Says the Best Teople of New
Orleans Condemn tbe Mob.
Thomas B. Kerr, formerly patent lawyer
of the Westinghouse Electric Company,
passed through the city last evening bound
for New York from New Orleans. He was
there arguing a case before the United
States Court when the mob tilled the
Italian prisoners.
Mr. Kerr said he never saw such a crowd
of men work so orderly without a break.
The excitement was intense, but it was not
visible. Some of the best and most respect
able people were in the mob, but the ma;
jority were' wnrkingmen. Thre was an
absence of negroes and boys, and it was too
early in the morning for them to get drunk.
The mob is ready and quick to answer
any argument against the killing. The
people claim that the outside world is una
,ble to judge of their conduct, and only those
who have lived for years in the city can
understand the situation. When Polizzi
was hung he was dressed in his night cloth
ing, and part was torn off. One of the men
placed his coat around the body with the
remark that they wanted no indecency.
Mr. Kerr said when be bade tbe Circuit
Court officials goodby, Judge Pardee told
him to tell his friends in the North that the
best citizene of New Orleans did not ap
prove the work of the mob. He talked also
with a number of prominent lawyers, and
they expressed the same opinion.
ALDERMAN CASS1DY DEAD.
Unexpected Kesult of a Case of the Grip A
Well-Known Face and Ficnre That Will
Bo Misted Conscious to the Last Brief
Sketch of His Life.
The death of ex-Alderman M. F. Cassidy
yesterday morning was a shock to a great
number of people in this city, who have, in
their outgoings and incomings, been iamjliar
with the 'Squire for the greater part of the
last half century.
'Squire Cassidy's death was unexpected.
He bad been suffering from in fluenza for
some time, but the case was not supposed to
be serious. Last Saturday he was com
pelled to go to bed, but on Thursday even
ing the attending physician did not expect
a serious result. Early yesterday morning
Mr. Cassidy's breathing became heavy, and
at 10:30 o'clock he passed away, remaining
conscious nearly to the last
'Squire Cassidy, though a stiff Democrat
and usually foremost in political frays, was
very independent, and finally he came so
embroiled in a tangled political fight that he
The Late Alderman.
lost the aldermanship of the First ward in
1889. He made a game fight, and many
people felt his mailed band in the license
court, after the election, and he made a fight
against some applicants this spring. He
held the office from 1873, until the time
mentioned.
'Squire Cassidy was born at No. 17 old
St Clair, now Sixth street, in 1839, and was
educated at a parochial school in this city,
and at Loretta, Cambria county. His father,
Henry Cassidy.kept a tailor store, and when
young Cassidy left school he became book
keeper for Duffy & Kane, tailors, at No. 11
St Clair street, and subsequently estab
lished himself in the commission business
in the Central Hotel building on Third ave
nue. He was a genial companion and well
liked by his intimates. His father died
years ago, and also his two brothers. His
mother is still living, but is seriously ill of
the same disease that caused the death of
the 'Squire.
The funeral will be from the residence of
the deceased, No. 94 Third avenue, to
morrow alternoon, at 2 o'clock. Services
will be held at the Cathedral, and the in
terment will be in St Mary's Cemetery.
GOSSIPY cable letters will prove enter
taining reading for all. Get to-morrow's
bin DISPATCH.
ENDING THEIR TROUBLES,
S. T. Ilarvcy Takes Bat Poison and Dies At
tempted Solcldo of J. S. Mackey, Who
Jumped Off the Seventh Street Bridge
Benjamin Bell in a Critical Condition.
S. T. Harvey, whose home was at No. 44
Dinwiddie street, died at an early hour yes
terday morning from the effects of a dose of
poison. About a year ago Harvey moved
with his young wife to Dinwiddie
street He had been married only a
short time to a young lady of
Allegheny. They rented out several rooms
to young men friends of Mr. Harvey and
lived in comfort and happiness until' a few
weeks ago when the young couple had some
difficulty. It culminated Wednesday in
Mrs. Harvey leaving the house and going
to her mother's home.
Becoming despondent at the situation of
affairs, Harvey secured a box of "rough on
rats" and took" the greater part of it. At 4
o'clock he went into convulsions, and a
phvsician was summoned. But the poison
had done its work, and Harvey died a few
hours later. His wife was notified and ar
rived in time to be present as he died. Tbe
Coroner will hold an inquest at 11 o'clock
this morning.
J. S. Mackey, a horseshoer residing in
Wilkinsbnrg, attempted to commit suicide
vesterday afternoon by jumping from the
Seventh street bridge. About 2 o'clock
Mackey, while under the influence of
liquorwalked out on the bridge to near the
center, when he climbed over the railing
and dropped into the water. Though a
large and heavy man he did not sink after
coming up tbe first time, his overcoat
spreading out and floating him along. He
floated down as far as the Sixth street bridge,
where some men rowed out in a skiff and
drew him from the water.
He was almost unconscious hut soon re
vived. He was taken in charge by Officer
McEvoy, who took him to Central station,
where he was locked up on a charge of
drunkenness. Mackey is a Scotchman
about 48 years of age.
His story was that some time ago he
deeded his property over to his wife. After
he had done so disagreements occurred and
finally resulted .in a separation. About six
months ago she sued him for a divorce.
Since then Mackey, worried by his- do
mestic troubles, has been drinking heavily,
and yesterday while intoxicated attempted
to end his life. His wife with their five
children is now living in Emswortb.
Benjamin Bell, tbe East End plasterer
who attempted suicide Thursday night by
cutting his throat with a razor, was in a low
condition last evening at the Mercy Hos
pital. This is not, however, owing to the
self-rnflieted wound itself, but to pneumonia,
which has set in. Bell spoke to the physi
cians yesterday in regard to his attempt at
suicide, for which he expressed sorrow, and
could not tell what prompted him to make
tbe attempt, except that be was suffering
from the grip.
FOUND 0NA GRAVE.
A Western Man Suicides From Grief
Over the Loss of His Wife.
THE BODY C0YERED WITH SNOW.
Its Whereabouts Kevealed in a Dream to
His Sister, Nellie.
THE JI0THER KEFDSED TO LOOK AT Hill
A young girl with a singularly attractive
face, but wearing a very saddened expres
sion, sat in the Union depot yesterday after
noon, waiting for a Western train. She was
arrayed in a dress of deep black, and was so
preoccupied with her sorrowful reflections
as to be unmindful of tbe busy world about
her. She was accompanied by a young fel
low, and from the many points of resem
blance between them' it was apparent
he tfas a brother. The boy was
restless and chafed under the delay.
He paced up and down the depot, and fre
quently wandered ont to see the trains' ar
rive and depart, at the same time keeping
his sister posted on the snail-like movements
of the clock.
The girl's name was Nellie Hendricks,
and she bailed from New Hampshire. She
was going West again to settle up the estate
of her oldest brother, having a few days ago
seen the bodies of himself and wife depos
ited in an Eastern grave. She was taking
the younger brother with her to help in tbe
work. The dead one had met his fate by his
own hand, under peculiarly distressing cir
cumstances, and tbe poor sister had not yet
recovered from the shock.
A It oman co in Xteal Life.
Six years since George Hendricks with
his young wife went West and located on a
ranch some miles in the interior of Wyo
ming from .Rawlins station, on the Union
Pacific road. He thrived in the cattle busi
ness, and every fall came East to sell off his
stock. Last August his wife died, and
feeling very lonesome in the wilderness he
sent for his sister Nellie to keep him com
pany. Nellie gladly, and willingly re
sponded, and went to spend tbe winter
with her brother on the ranch. She
found him on her arrival waiting for her at
Kawlins statioo, but he was sad and de
jected. He tried to smile, but like a sun
beam chased by a black cloud, it passed
away into a look of despair. The sister
tried to cheer upiier brother, but the loss of
his wife preyed so on his mind thtft to re
lieve his sorrow be took to drinking. lie
kept the bug juice in big jugs in the cellar
until he discovered that Nellie was pouring
it away as fast almost as he brought it borne.
He then hid it in a hay stack and other un
suspected places. Neliie reasoned with him
in vain, but he went from bad to worse.
One day he disappeared and she never
saw him alive again. She looked and
watched for his coming, and the farm hands
scoured the country for miles around with
out finding a trace of the missing brother.
A heavy snow had fallen in tbe meantime,
and everybody felt snre be must be dead.
Even Nellie no longer could escape the
terrible conclusion.
Dream With a Terrible Meaning.
About a week after his disappearance she
had a dream. She thought she saw her
brother lying on the grave of his
wife with a bullet hole in his temple.
The phantasm was so real as to awake her
and she sat up trembling. She tried to
sleep again, but the horrible picture was
constantly before her. Next morning she
was up bricht and early, and putting on
snow shoes, she went with two of the hands
to the grave of the wife. It was on a little
knoll not iar irom the house, tine ordered
the men to clear away the snow, and there
snre enough was the body of her brother
George. A revolver lay by bis side, and
the ground was covered with frozen'blood.
His sorrow had driven him to suicide, and
he had committed the rash act over the last
resting place of the one he loved best
Nellie fainted at the sight, but the men
rubbed her face and temples with snow and
she soon recovered physical strength, and
with it her composure. The body was well
preserved, and she decided to take both
wife and husband home to New Hampshire
for burial. The bodies passed through Pitts
burg several weeks ago, but it was one ot
the many things that are bound to escape
the vigilance of reporters.
Turned Against Hor Dead Son.
The mother is a Christian woman of the
old school, with a fanatical turn of mind,
and when she heard how ber son died she
refused to look atbis face, and objected to
tbe body being brought into the house. She
declared he was a had man and had gone to
hades. The minister and other ladies in
the chnrch reasoned with her. and she
finally consented to take in the body, but
she would not look at tbe face of her son.
Husband and wife were buried side by side
in tbe old family lot. The funeral was a
very large one.
Yesterday Nellie, with her younger
brother, passed through the city on tbe
way to the ranch. They intend
to sell the property and return to tbe East
She is a bright girl, about 23 years old, and
her sudden trial has aroused all the latent
powers within her. She was a little hyster
ical at times as she told the story, but she is
a brave girl and it is safe to say will accom
plish her work. Her father is dead, and
she now being the oldest felt it her duty to
settle up the estate.
CAItrENTEU tells some good stories
about famous men in THE DISPATCH to'
morrow.
SQUEALED ON HEB I0VEB.
Bertha Bark Confesses, Implicating a
Pheasant Valley Employe.
A sequel to the robbery of Mrs. Bradley's
home at Beaver Falls turned up in Alle
gheny yesterday, when 'Squir Piper wired
the Allegheny police to arrest J. H. With
erspoon, stable boss at the Pleasant Valley
car stables. In the cellar of the Bradley resi
dence,Bertba Bark, the domestic of the fami
ly, was found bound and gagged. She was ar
rested on suspicion and made a confession,
in which she said Witberspoon was her
lover and tint the two had planned and ex
ecuted the robbery. He came there as a
tramp and sbe admitted him. After doing
the job he bound her to throw off suspicion.
Detectives Glenn and Johnston arrested
the man at the Pleasant Valley powerhouse
last evening. He denied the robbery, but
said he went to Beaver Falls that night to
see his wife, who lives" there.
LOCATING THE BEAVE DAM.
United States Engineers Making the Keces
sari Surveys.
Engineers are at work making the sur
veys to locate the Beaver dam. The river
men think the safest place is at Vanport, a
little below Beaver. The dam will proba
bly be built at a point near the Beaver Poor
Farm.
Captain Martin, of the Davis Island dam,
has immediate supervision of the work. It
will be built after the pattern of tbe Davis
dam, but will not be so expensive. As
soon as tbe location is determined work will
be commenced.
Wanted to Be a Plnkerton.
Charles Zimmer was arrested in Alle
gheny yesterday by Officer Speer on the
charge of impersonating an officer. Zim
mer is alleged to have called on several
"business men and collected money from
them, representing himself as a private
watchman. (
BEAL ESTATE. rNSTJKANCE.
Myor GaUlnger,
Toder law building, corner Fifth and WyHe
avenuw. Telephone, 1707v. Take elevator.- J
THEY WILLN0T ACCEPT.
Itev. Dr. J. K. HcClurkia Notifies the Wash
ington U. P. Congregation That He Re
fuses the Pastorate Itev, air. Siangan
Does Not Go to OU City.
Since the death of Dr. J. K. Johnston,
the pastorate of the Washington, Pa., U. P.
congregation has been vacant, and the peo
ple do not know where to look' for a candi
date. , They expected that Dr. John K. lie
Clurkin, professor of theology in tbe K. P.
Seminary in Allegheny would accept the
call, but he last night notified the congrega
tion that he wonld not.
This is regarded as further confirmation of
the report already published that the pro
fessor had decided to resign in consequence
of his disagreement with ministers on the
question of voting.
It was also learned yesterday that Rev.
O. B. Milligan had changed bis mind and
will not accept the pastorate of the Second
Congregational Church in Oil City. He
has given no reason for refusing to accept
tbe mission, and it was understood he had
acquiesced. Bev. Mr. Milligan is a candi
date for the Washington U. P. Church, and
he may possibly take it
FOUND HE WAS WANTED.
A Sonthsider Who Has to Take a Little Trip
to Beaver.
John Jordan, ot South Twenty-seventh
street, heard that he was wanted by the
police, and" called at the Twenty-eighth
ward station last evening to find out about
it He learned that a warrant for bis arrest
had been issued in Beaver county, and that
the constable was looking for him.
He gave bail for his appearance in the
morning, when he will be taken to Beaver
to answer, a serious charge.
LIFE In the Sooth Seas is an exquisite
poem, according to Robert Louis Stevenson.
Another of his charming letters in THE
DISPATCH to-morrow. .
AN UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE,
Clerks So Badly Worn Ont the Store Had to
Close for the Day.
It is not often a business househas to close
its doors because of having bad too much
custom. Such was the case yesterdav, how
ever, at Laird's shoe store. No. 433 Wood
street, next door to the Weldin building,
that was destroyed by fire last week. For a
week past there has been a fire sale going on
at the store of boots and shoes, slightly soiled
by water. Tbesegoods were placedon sale at
a big reduction, and the result wa's that the
store has been thronged ever since to such an
extent that the clerks have all been com
pletely worn nut. So badly used up were
they that it was found necessary yesterday
to close the store in order to allow the em
ployes to get some rest owing to tbe unpre
cedented rush. The store will be reopened
this morning at 8 o'clock, when the fire sale
will be resumed and kept up until all the
stock that was in any way touched by the
water has been disposed of. In this con
nection it may be well to mention that
special bargains in boots and shoet are to be
had just at this time at Laird's Market
street store, where a full and complete line
of goods is kept constantly on hands.
A large force of extra help at both stores
secured for to-day and all next week. All
goods warranted with privilege to exchange.
WE MARK GOODS CHEAP
To Sell Them Quick.
To-day we will sell 1,000 men's sprine
suits and COO men's spring overcoats at $8
each. Most of these superb garments are of
our own manufacture, made at our New
York tailor shops, where tbe most skilled
cutters and best tailors are employed.
In this $8 collection you'll find men's
elegant sack and cutaway suits, made from
all-wool cassimeres, worsted, tweeds, twills
and cheviots, plain black or mixed. You'll
see a grand line of spring overcoats, silk
faced or plain. Price $8 to-day.
P. C. C. 0., Pittsbubgii Combination
Clothing Company, corner Grant .and
Diamond streets, opposite the Court House.
GIVE ATTENTION, PLEASE.
Do Ton Want a BarsainT
If you do, eo into Hamilton's music store,
91 and 93 Fifth avenue, lor in addition to
the large stock of new pianos and organs
being sold, he has a large stock of second
hand squares, upright pianos and organs of
every style and make; he trades in so many
every week that they accumulate very fust,
and to dispose of them must be sold at prices
offered ior-them. Don't be withont music in
the home when you can get a good instru
ment lor SIC and upward at S. Hamilton's,
91 and 93 Fifth avenne.
Beautiful Small Honse To Let
That two-story brick house, No. 4 Grant
avenue, Allegheny, to let at reasonable
price. It has six rooms, bathroom, marble
mantels, both gasses and nice yard in rear.
The healthiest and most desirable location
in Allegheny. Accessible by two lines of
street cars, and only 15 minutes' walk from
Pittsburg. Inquire at Kleber's music store,
606 Wood street
B.AB.
Unmatched men's while shirts three for
$2. Gents' furnishings. Saturday.
Bogos & Buhl.
Fink neckwear for Easter. The largest,
most varied, and most complete line ever
offered in this citv.
James H. Aiken & Co.,
100 Fifth avenne.
The People's Store, Fifth Avenue.
See our display ad to-day.
Campbell & Dick.
Highest Novelties in Millinery,
Jackets, suits and neckwear at Bosenbanm'
& Co.'s opening to-day.
All lovers of delicacies use Angostura
Bitters to secure a good digestion, ttssu
Moderate Prices.
Suits to order $25, and pants 6 and up
ward at Pitcairn's, 434 Wood street
Elegant new blazers, reefersjackets and
suits, just opened at Bosenbanm & Co.'s..
Use O'Keefe's "O. K." Shoo Blacking.
WALL :-: PAPER.
CHOICE NEW DESIGHS
LINCRUSTA- WALTON
IN STOCK.
J. KERWIN MILLER & CO.,
S43 SM1THFIELD ST.
CALL AND SEE OUR LINE OF ME
DIUM AND LOW PRICED PAPERS.
ARTISTIC IN DESIGN, BEAUTIFUL
IN COLOR.
Iel7-71-TTS
u. & s.
New Spring Hosiery and Uijderwear.
LATEST STYLES.
, BEST GOODS, LOWEST PRICES.
ULRICH & SPENCER,
SPECIALTIES IN
Hosiery and Underwear,
For Men, Women and Children.
642 Penn Avenue.
BhU-TZS
MAY HAVE TO PAY ROYALTY.
A Jamestown Company Threatens to Sue
the City Patents Claimed to Be In
fringed by a Rival Company In Fitting
Up the Controller's Safe.
The County Commissioners yesterday
awarded the contract to furnish 1260 rolling
shelves and abont 900 compressing files for
the Prothonotary's office to the Feton Me
tallic Manufacturing Company, of James
town. The cost of the job will be 54,695.
H. N. Booz, the company's representa
tive, was at the Anderson yesterday. He
said his company fitted up the office of the
Conrt Honse with shelves and files, hut
about the time the work was finished the
Office Specialty Manufacturing Company, of
Bochester, filed an interference suit against
his firm for alleged infringement ot patents
on a hand-hold and perpendicular roller. On
March G the patent examiner decided that
the patents of the Jamestown compaqy were
valid. Now comes the rnb, and some liw
snits are liable to follow, tbe city being
among the nnmber of sufferers.
In the meantime the Office Specialty Com
pany fitted up the vault in Controller Mor
row's office, and they also did some work for
the Marine National Bank of Com
merce, as well as odd jobs
here and there throughout the city and in
adjacent counties. Mr. Booz said that his
company intended to .collect royalty from
the city and tbe other local victims. If the
royalty is not paid on demand, suits to re
cover will be instituted and based on the
patent examiner's decision. He remarked
that the other company had used their
patents in work done for Washington
county, but as the officials had recently
given his firm a large order, this connty
would not be asked to pay royalty.
BIBLICAL names occur in remarkable
frequency in Western Pennsylvania. Inter
estinc facts In THE DISPATCH to-morrow.
Feels Snre of His Case.
J. C. McKlnuey, the Titus ille oilman,
was at the Anderson yesterday. He thinks
he has a .sure case against Barney Forst and
C. D. Greenley for conspiracy and false pre
tenses. He says he will push the charges to
the extreme. He has the stub book, he
claims, which shows how the job was ar
ranged. THE ERA
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SPECIAL SALES
CONTINUES AT
EDWARD
GROETZIHGER'S
THIS WEEK.
TAPESTRY BRUSSELS
GO OUT
WITH THE TIDE.
100 rolls Tapestry Brussels Car
pets, consisting of three grades,
about 20 different styles in each
grade, at 25 PER CENT LESS
THAN PRESENT PRICES:
At 50c, sold at 65c.
At 65c, sold at 85c.
At 75c, sold at $1.
These goods were bought last fall,,
and the rolls are freshly opened.
Like our other Special Carpet Bar
gains, the above patterns were not
reproduced this spring.
Special Ingrain Sale
Will continue for a few dayi
longer:
BO pieces at 30c, sold at 45c
50 pieces at 40c, sold at 60c
100 pieces at 60c and 65c, sold at
85c. This lot is best Lowell
extra supers.
The Place for Bargains
IS AT
627 and 629 Penn Ay.
E3?A11 goods jobbed at lowest
Eastern prices.
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BiBER i EASTDN.
MEDIUM WEIGHT
BPRINE.WRAPB
-AXD-
JAEKETB !
New Shapes in Jackets.
Ladles' Jackets, tight fitting to tbe waist,
with full skirt. Tight fitting Jackets in French
Diagonals. Wide Wale Cheviots, Clay Worst
eds, etc Tbese are perfect In shape and work
manship, and ranging from $3 to 315.
Close fitting Reefers and .Blazers in Cheviots
and Plain All-wool Cloths, tailor-made, cloth or
nilk facings, handsome buttons or braid orna
ments, IS ranging from 15 to 115.
AT J4 oO A very showy Cloth Blazer with
braided collar, sleeves and pockets.
AT t5Refer Jacket, in black and colors,
neatly made with wide collar, cloth facings,
etc Also a very attractive Black Jersey Jacket,
revere fronts, with effective braid trimming
and stitching.
AT tS Medium weiebt Ladies' Blazer, in
black and colors, handsomely embroidered in
silk and gold. We snow several other equally
attractive garments atffi.
AT 57 A very Jaunty Reefer Jacket, in fine
twilled cloth, with wide collar, silk embroid
ered fronts, silk facings, etc "
AT IS A Stylish Jacket In extra fine mate
rial, with elaborate braiding. This garment is
especially pretty in the new shades Coachman
Drabs.
AT S9 AUD $10 An almost endless variety
ot fine tailor-made garments, embracing many
new Ideas as to shape of collar and use of
trimming, (tltcbinc, etc
AT tii OP TO S20-We ofTer hundreds of
Foreign and Domestic Wraps and Jackets, in
fancy novelties and fine staple blacks, perfect
in shape and elegant in finish and material.
BIBER I EASTDN,
Sos and 507 MARKET STREET.
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HO MEETING HELD
J JSj the Luster Mlninc Company on Account
of Lack of a Quorum.
Some SO or so shareholders of tbe Luster
Mining Company met at the company's ef
fices in the Bakewell building yesterday,
but no business was transacted, owing to
lack of a quorum. The meeting was con
tinued until the 6th of April, at the same
place. Jluch has appeared in print regard
ing disaffection anion; some of the share
holders of this company on the score of mis
management of the property, for which it ia
declared there is no foundation. Tbe law
of Jlexico provide that a certain amount of
development must be performed yearly, and
the earninzs have gone chiefly in this di
rection. No bona fide offer of purchase of
any portion of the property has been made
to the directory. The increase ot $50,000 in
tbe capital stock is required to further de
velop the property, and the directors wish,
it understood that the fullest information
on these and other points will be forthcom
ing, if required, on tbe first Monday ia
April.
Tbe meeting lasted abont 15 minutes, and
there was no discussion. That there is no
uneasiness in the minds of shareholders
respecting tbe company's property is
evidenced hy the slim attendance.
The Leading
Dry Goods House.
Fittsburr. Pa
Saturday, March 21. 189L
JDS. HDRNE i EEL'S
PENN AVE. STORES.
OPENING
or men's
EASTER NECKWEAR
TO-DAY.
We open to-day our complete spring
importations of two
makes of
EHGLISH HECKWEAR, I
J. H. Buckingham & Co.
and
Welsch, Margetson &'Co.
With another now in the Pitts
burg Custom House ready to
be taken out of bond. With
these three immense lines of
fine Neckwear, ' supplemented
by complete lines from all the
best American manufacturers,
more than a half dozen, we are
confident that we are affording
the gentlemen of these cities
. the , widest choice from -tha
largest assortments to be found
in any Men's Furnishings stock
in the country. Few, if any,
houses in this country control
as many of the best makes of
Men's Neckwear.
Ot the styles there is no end.
Plains from white to black,
spots, stripes and checks in
black and white and in endless
combinations of pattern and
color. Fancy Silks, Indias,
Foulards and Satins. Ascots
and Four-in-Hands, rerersible
or one-sided. Tecks and Puffs
in entirely new shapes. New
English Dress Bows in all
colors, and in white and in
black.
A special display of fine
Windsor Ties, over 125 dozens,
coming extra long and wide, in
all materials and all colors, in
'myriad designs.
New spring stock of
Men's Hosiery,
Men's Suspenders,
Men's Gloves and Handker
chiefs,
Boys' "Star" Percale Waists.
Our $i Unlaundered
White Shirt
Has no equal.
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JDS. HDRNE S LTL.28
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6o9-6?i PENN AVENUE.
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OFiTCIAL-PrrTSBTJKG.
OrncEorTHE citttreasubeii, i
Mosicjfai. Hall, SstrrnTiELD St. (
NOTICK IS HEREBY; OWES THAT ALL,
owners (whether resident or non-resident
of the cltyof Fittsbnrgjof drays, carts, wagons,
carriages, bugcies, etc, to pay their licenses at
this office forthwith.
All licenses not paid on or before the first
Monday In March, 1891, will be placed in the '
hands of vehicle officer for collection, snbject
to collection fee of 50 cents, on each license.
And all persons neglecting to pay on or before
first Monday in May, 1H31, will be subject to a
penalty double the amount of the licenses, to be
recovered before the proper legal authority, ot -said
city. The old metal plates of last year
must be returned at the time licenses are taken,',,
out, or 25 cents additional will be charged on ,
the license.
Rates of license: Each one-borse vehicle, SB; "
each two-horse vehicle, 110; each four-horse,
vehicle. 112; each four-borse hack, 115; omul-"
busses and timber wheels, drawn by two,
horses, 110. " . ,
One extra dollar will be charged for each ad-,"
ditlonal horse used in above specified vehicle.'
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