0 "!Pn5cgfT?'ry'ir. wp ?W88S3 Y -fStf'iWzT grTjrsr- THE PITTSBTTCG- DISPATCH "SATURDAY JUNE 27, 1891. :iiHwU9SK!B IW.1 W ' JKMP3ff1RWnnndRiMnK!iHHHV; &VsllHHNHtS37?iHMF3&V!S$J? MyAVHLlJftifl i ,3-;,fl!UM.? " JWEM&2rTT ?ita,.?rw1 rrr''je&tcap FWrw,aorwnSRi i ..m mm in" vMMmmmmmmmMmmw" mi mimmmiiibmh'i ' i'MP". i mi F'm i ' n.w ' wi hiiwfi hii ' w ii wiwi mw'i ' . imm miim.' 'mm mii bmib ' ihihw ' iiiiii' "-- v-k - 5S?&p-"- -",, ViTr "'-' ' --Z'7S-WWV'''' W!W39JlliMIUMilUiJiL 'T JWaMBWOBKT - ' "r"T .""V-?. - W7 TX " . r. - -"v- - . , - . - wr-x -JH--- " - TTy'' , v ... '' - MORE OF A MYSTERY Prank Atwood Identified tlie EeautiM Girl Found in tlie Hudson as the WE TOO DESEETED HDT, But There Seems a Necessity for Some body to Identify Atwood. POLICE FIND FLAWS IN HIS TALE. Evidence Tending to ShwThat the Case Is 2ut One of Suicide. THE-PART PLA1ED BT A LITTLE-GIRL 'special telegram to Tire: EISPATCH. Philadelphia, June 20 The beautiful woman whose body was found in the Hud Eon river, near Crotori landing, which was first thought to be tho body of Dolly Davis, the actress, and which, according to the latest dispatches sent out from New York, had been identified as the wife of Frank Atwood, of Philadelphia, never was known in tlie city as far as the inquiries of Chief "Wood and his detectives liave gone. Fr3uk Atwood kiniselfwho claimed to Imvc his rcsidenneat 111 Vine street, Phila delphia, and who said he was a traveling talesman for a Cleveland hardware firm, is also unknown to the police authorities of this city, and diligent inquiry at the address lie gae and anions the neighbors of that locality failed to disclose the identity of the man who bemoaned the f.itc of the woman vrliosc lifeless body lay in the morgue at Tarn town on Thursday." Chief AVood said Shis evening that his men had thoroughly investigated the case during the dav, and that no person by the name of Frank At wood had lived at 111 Vine street during the past 14 j oars Sumo Mjs-fery Abont Atwood. "We liae also," he declared, "failed to locate the firm winch Atwood said he traveled lor. as there is no such firm known in Cleveland." A reporter called this afternoon at 111 Vine street, a plain three Kory brick building, the first floor being a butcher store. Mrs. Mceban, who at pres ent rents the house, taid that she has lived ia the house ocr one jear and that no such jwrstm as h ranic Atn ood had lived there during that time. A m1! was then made at Mrs. Cnrtison's, Twelfth and Wood streets, who sublets the liti.is? to Mr Meelnn, and who lived there for nbnut four years previous to Mrs. M -Van, and the also declared that she l.a.1 never kno'in or heard of Frank Atwood, aji-I that no familv answering the descrip tive c- roomed in htr house. Tho police Iiere believe t:.at Atwood 's story is an unadulterated lie The account of Atwood's alleged identifi ca'ion of the hodj n: Tarrytown is quite draimtic. A stronger with a brown-eyed little girl entered the improvised morgue. He look'-d at the fae' of the corpse long and intently, then stood erect and drew his hand ove- his eyes, and walked over to the win dow. "It's my wife. I have found her," the man said in a low voice. llw Uttlo Girl Denied It. Then with a sudden impulse he stooped and took the little girl up in his arms and brought her to the coffin, where he held her cioso over the dead woman. "Thit's your mother, Iiouise," he said quie'ly. The ehild' lips pothered in a pout, and struggling to get down she said: "That ain't my mamma." The news that the body had been identi fied read over the town, and in less time than it takes to tell a buzzing crowd was Fathered at the door. Soon the Chief f Police came, and the men who formed the Coroner's jurv, and they were admitted to the shop, while the crowd was kept out. Then "the stranger told his story to the group that sat around him, and the little Kin waiKen arouna anu looKea snyiy at evcivbody, and allowed those whom" she liked to stroke her hair. "My name is Fnsnk Atwood," began the man. "I suppose that is the bct way to begin. It isnt a story that I like to tell, still less eire to repeat, so I will be careful to tell It completely. I am n traveling salesman for 'Whit, Post & Co., a hardware firm of Cleveland, O. The little girl is my daughter. Her mother lies under that black cloth. The Story of His Marriage. "About four years ago I used to ride every day let ween Philadelphia, where I lived, ard Gcrmantown, a suburb. One day I met - beautiful girl in the cars, and flirt-d with her and took her home. I railed on lier .ei eral times, and after a brief cnu'tship I m.imed her. Her name was Purcell Morinij. a very singular name, which I h.ul never heard before and have not heard tinee She was boarding with a family in Germantown, and I knew nothing nlxmt her parents. I trusted her so fully tliat I never asked her a single question, and I did not want to know anything that t-be did not care to tell me. bhe told me lier parent" .ere wealthy, and that she had If ft home because of a quarrel with them. She bad necr done anything wrong, the said, and 1 believed it, and I believe it to day nlu-n she is dead in the box there. "'! do not l.now where she was born or wb.-re lier pan. Me were, or whether Fhe has an;, friends. I took her for herself alone, anil iiccr bothered my head about any thing else. "Snc was a beautiful girl when I married l.er, though you would not think so now. She said then that she was 21 years old, and ht looked 17. "Well, we were married, and we started housekeeping ?t 111 Vine street, between i'lr-d and Se ot d streets I was often away irom JiOiiic for ianv weeks, but when I re tjnied we wir" aHnys 1-appy. My wife was a Lr.cht woman, always "in good spirits nnd hap y, and she was very clever. Then I.ouise rai born die is my iittle girl and everything was pleaant until June 18, 1SW). I "liad been away from home four w ccks. llesertcd IVithont Any "Warning. "I had left my wife with a kiss, and she told nic to get back as msou as I could, so you can sec I never expected what hap pened. "Well, she had gone. They tele graphed to me ok in Omaha, Xeb., where I was a: the time, and I came back to Phila delphia as fast as I coul 1. The house was locked and desirtcd. and Louise, who was a lutl-lab then, was with a neighbor. The neighbor told me that my wife had left the ili with bt r and said sli'e w ould come back in. a few hours and and. well, gentlemen, there isn't anymore to telL Ineer saw her aain bee did not writs to me; she lt-it no word, and I was completely dumb founded. I could not imagine why she had lelt me. Xo matter what she had done, I would have forgiven her. I never said a harsh word to her or wronged her in any way. "She had taken only a few dresses and hardly any money, and I thought she would cujio" back antii. But I never saw her alive again. Aitcr waiting over a week I -old the police all about it, and they sent out. -in j-lnrut for her. Mylawjcrhad ad vised rao to make a complaint" ot larceny '-ainst her, as that would get the police i Hire interested in it, but she had not stolen ii vthing. They searched and searched, but in Mr found evena clew to her. "Then I began o look for myself, nnd a eary task it was. Every time I read in 1 1 p'apers of an unknown'dcad woman who swered in any way at all the description . ..iy wife I went to tee the body. At first I went to the dead house in Philadelphia every day for a long time, buj I never found her. Then I read in the papers of a suicide in Chicago, and went out there. It was not my wife. I went to Harrisburg,.to Savannah," to Louisille, to Cincinnati, to 2Tew Orleans, to the "West Indies every where to look for my wife. The Search for the Missing. "You can't imagine what it is, the feeling with which I went around, hope and fear and fear and hope making me happv and miserable bv turns. I always took Louise with me when I went to look at a body to see if it was my wife's. It has always been my desire that she should see her mother in death, if not in life, and I did not want to run the risk of their burying the body be fore Louise could see it. "We saw many a body, Louise and I, and we were in many dead houses together. AVhy, I have been to the morgne in 2Tew York 12 times to look for my wife. Once I saw in the papers that a woman had been found dead in Havana. Nobody knew who she was, and Mr. Southwick, a friend of mine who is connected with the Cuban steamship line, advised me to go down and see the body. He knows the whole story, and I took his advice. We wept down there, Louise and I, but it was not the woman I wanted to see. "Well, I searched and searched and looked at more than a hundred bodies, and I gave it up. Tw o days ago a friend of mine sent me a newspaper containing the story of this woman. I did not place any faith in it, but he advised me to try, and as I did not want to leave any stone unturned, I came here. "On the way from the station I almost wanted to get" out of the carriage and go back, so disheartened had I become from all the other failures. You know the whole storv now. The body in the box there may not be that of my wife. Death is a. queer thing and we can never understand it. But as sure as a husband can be that he sees his wife dead before him, so sure am I that she is mine. Now that I think of it, my wife had a mole on the back of her neck, right under the hair. lroving It by a Jttolo. All eyes were turned to the phvsician, who had examined the body, and wno had listened to every word of the story. He nodded and said': "Yes, there is a mole on the back of the neck. I noticed that the first dav." Many questions were then asked, which Mr. Atwood answered, though, it was easy to see, much against his inclination. He said, in answer to some of these questions, that he could not identify any of the wo man's garments, and th"at he hadn't the slightest idea whether his wife had any friends in the neighborhood. Th mystery of the woman's death re mains unsolved. At the Coroner's inquest a woman testified that between 11 and 12 o'clock on Saturday morning last tvromeu, one of whom she recognized as Frederick C. the street, and she heard the other man, w horn she did not know, say to Altz: "She hollered and scratched me." Chief of Police Nossiter learned that the man who had said this was Edward Ailed, who is know n about the brickyards. The Chief of Police does not believe in the suicide theory. He said he had noticed many minor details which he did not believe could accompany a suicide. ANOTHER NEW DEFICIT OF 829,000 FOUD BVTHE EXPERTS IX BAItDSLErS STATEMENT. WanamakerWlll Be Given Another Clinnco to Explain The State's Money Tied ITp In a Teculiar Way Bardsley's Check Necessary to Get It. Philadelphia, June 26. There was but little developed publicly to-day in the Bardsley FcandaL The expert accountants are btill going over Bardsley's statement and verifying it with his books, and it is understood that they have discovered another deficit of 29,000. Bardsley's coun sel refuses to say whether he will allow his client to appear before the investigating committee and answer some pertinent ques tions which he omitted to mention in his statement read to the Court. The investi gating committee will meet again on Mon dav next and it is understood that they will willingly give Postmaster General Wana maker an opportunity to read the statement should he desire to do so, regarding the stock of the Kevstone Bank, purporting to have been issued in his namej but the com mittee do not intend to again ask the Post master General to appear before them. A very interesting question has arisen in connection with the fund of S8."3,000 de posited in the Farmers and Mechanics' Bank to the joint credit of ex-City Treasurer Bardsley antt state .treasurer Boyer. Though the city is responsible to the State for a largeportion ot the fund, it is now beyond the reach of the city. The State Treasurer and the Auditor General, when they heard of Bardsley's resignat ion, sent word to Chief Clerk King, of the City Treasurer's office, to deposit to the credit of the Commonwealth all receipts in which the State might have an interest. As the city had also an interest in it, Mr. King, instead of taking the responsibility of turning the whole amount over to the State, deposited it jointly to the credit of Bardsley and State Treasurer Boyer. Uow the city cannot get possession of the fund in order to make a regular return to the State of the Commonwealth's share without the joint check of Bardsley and State Treasurer Boyer, and since the State is demanding money from the city on a dis puted claim; it is feared that the State Treasurer will be reluctant under the cir cumstances to surrender what he already has partly within his grasp. There is a suspicion that the State will want to take the entire fund, and give the city a credit on the Bardsley deficit. At any rate, should the State not take this stand, the money cannot be obtained with out Bardsley's signature, and the authorities do not rclisli the position of having to go to the culprit for his check. Notifications have been sent out of the trial of H. H. Yard,on Monday next, on the indictments charging him with conspir ing with John Bardsley, as City and County Treasurer, to profit from the use of public moneys. A COMPLETE PEIVATE MINT. Half a Dozen Missouri Counterfeiters in tho Custody of a Marshal. Sx Louis, June 26. United States Mar shall Buchanan has returned from Ballingcr county, Mo., having in charge John C Welker, his three sons, Jacob B., Alfred and George, Welkcr's son-in-law, John C. Limbongh, and Alfred G. Green, who have been running a counterfeiting mill near Lutesville, Mo. On Welkcr's premises were found the "mill," a quantity of material in the shape of molds lor coining dollars, halves, quar ters, dimes and nickels, the necessary metal, plaster of paris, etc THE HAT TBIMMING CASES. Judge Blodgott, of Chicago, Will Decide Them In Few Days. Chicago, June 26. Judge Blodgett, of the Federal Court, to-day heard arguments in a number of cases wherein importers of bat trimmings appealed from the decisions of general appraisers in assessing import duties. The Court took the cases under advise ment and will render a decision at an early date GORED TO DEATH BY COWS. A Taterson Man Fooliahlj Tries to Separate Two Fighting Animals. Paterson, N. J., June 26.-,Tolm Tower, aged 75 years, living on the outskirts of Paterson, was fatally gored by two cows yesterday morning. The cows were fighting in Mr. Tower's vard. and he thinking tn stop them, stepped bctw cen the animals and tried to separate them. This action apparently still farther angered the cows, which turned upon him ana pierced his body with their horns, mak ing several fearful holes. The physicians who are attending him pronounce nis case hopeless. FOSTER IS CONFIDENT. HE SATS NO POWER ON EARTH CAN DEFEAT MAJOR WKINLET. The Farmers' Alliance Will Not Cut a "Veiy Big Figure No Opposition to Mc Kinley From the Knights of LaDor Ex pectedFew Republican Kickers. Washington", June 26. Secretary Fos ter returned to" Washington yesterday from a week's visit to Ohio for the purpose of at tending the Cabinet meeting to-day. "You can set it down as a fact," said the Secretary, speaking of Ohio politics, "that Major McKinley, the great exponent of Re publicanism, will carry Ohio by a handsome majority. No power on earth can defeat him. The Farmers' Alliance, -while it seems to be organizing in various parts of the State, will not, I think, have any effect upon the general result. Of course, there are a few men who have been in every party that was e er organized, and who are never satisfied unless they are in some new party, and they may succeed in having a ticket nominated. The farmers as a class are not dissatisfied. They are just now most busily engaged in looking after their fields. I never saw such magnificent crops as the fanners of Ohio are blessed with this season. The fields are magnificent, and a walk in the country does me good. Everything is prosperous, "and the tillers of the soil have nothing to complain of. "The Republican League of Ohio will be very active during this campaign, and will do some valuable work. There is a unanim ity of sentiment in the League and in the party that presages victory. All this talk of ructions and feeling between the leaders is but talk. The only place you find it is in the papers. As a matter of fact, it does not exist. There is no fight between the lead ers. They and the people, the workers, all present a solid front in battle array, ready for the fight, which will result in the elec tion of McKinley and a Republican Legis lature." When asked about the reported action of the Knights of Labor in carrying the plate printers' trouble into Ohio politics, the Secretary said: "All that I heard abont that I saw in the papers since my return. There is nothing in it. The committee that had that matter in charge for the plate printers were given a fair oner. The men will be taken back if they apply as others do. One of them made application before I left, and possibly more have done so. I do not see how it can have any weight in Ohio. To do so it would have to be presumed that the Knights of Labor in Ohio were not intelligent men, but mere machines, and this position I don't think anyone will take. The laboring classes of that State are not made of that kind of stuff They are an intelligent, thinking class of citizens, perfectly able to discern what is right, and I don't think they can be drawn off from the main issues by this matter. For that reason I do not see that the plate printers' alleged trouble is worthv of Dcing considered a factor in Ohio politics." CEAZED BY TOTTEN'S THEOSY. Tlie Predicted Millennium Turns the Brain of a Brilliant Voting Minister. 6PECIAL TELEGRAM TO TUE DISrATCH. New Haves, June 2(5. The theory of Lieutenant C. A. L. Totten that the world will end within the present decade has already taken root, with a disastrous result. To-day the Bev. Frank L. Stevens, who has been taking a post graduate course at tho Yale Divinity School, was committed to the Hartford Insane Betrcat, a hopeless maniac Mr. Stevens was the most brilliant man in his class in the theological school, and won a scholarship which entitled him to a long course of study in Europe. Before going he determined to take a- year more here and so fell in with Lieutenant Totten, with whom he became very inti mate. It was not long before the young minister became a most sincere disciple of Totten's millennium theory. It proved too much for his brain and he has slowly lost his reason. Mr. Stevens' insanity has taken the form that he is the Redeemer whom Lieutenant Totten predicts will again be on the earth this decade. He has Tecn stationed in a pulpit at Southington, Conn., but last week was called to Brooklyn to supply a pulpit there. While on the wav his wife detected the first symptoms of the terrible malady, 3nd took measures to ascertain what she feared but dreaded to know. ROMANCE Second installment of Jules Terne's great story, "The Californlans," In THE DISPATCH to-morrow. EDWABDS HED2S IN J0HNST0WH. The Widow of the Grandson of a Direct Heir Living In Hopes. SPECIAL TELEOHAM TO THE DISPATCH. Johnstown, June 26. Reports from New York that a large fortune is awaiting the heirs of Robert Edwards, who formerly owned part of what is now the city of New York, has created a sensation among the heirs who are living in this city. Mrs. Davis Edwards, of this city, is the widow of the grandson of one of the direct heirs, and in a conversation to-day said: JIany years ago three brothers came to this country from Wales. One of them lo cated in Bedford county, this State, one in Canada and ono in Xcw York. Robert, the one in Xew York, was a bachelor, and his great estates would revert to the heirs of the other two brothers. So far as the lady knows, her husband has no near relatives living, his sister, a Mrs. Bentsh, having died in Fayette county over, a year ago. Mr. Edwards was a tailor by trade, and died here in Octobera year ago, leaving several children, all living near here. Hon. John Cessna, of Bedford county, has been retained by the heirs of that locality, and Mrs. Edwards, of this city, says she now has some hopes the reports are true that each of the many heirs are at last to receive their J550,000 as a share of the estates. THE OLD SUGAR THUST DISSOLVED. Receivers Appointed for tho Constituent Companies by a New Tork Conrt. New York, June 26. Judge Bartlett, of the Kings County Supreme Court, decided to-day in the matter of the application for the dissolution of the corporation known as the Sugar Trust and for the appointment of receivers for the various firms. He ap pointed trust companies as receivers as fol lows: The Peoples' Trust Company for De Castro & Donncr and Oxnaud Brothers; the Kings County Trust Companv as receiver for Dick & Meyer, and the Brooklyn Trust Company as receiver for Havemcyer. The application in the Sugar Trust case was made a few months ago. In his decision to-day Judge Bartlett dissolves the corpora tions composing the old Sugar Trust, and appoints the trnst companies he names as receivers of the corporation. NORTH DAKOTA ALLIANCE HEN. Tlie Modified Resolutions Ignore the Ocala Platform Entirely. Grand Forks, N. D., June 26. The Alliance resolutions, as reported by the committee to-day, are revised, omitting woman suffrage, free text-books, the Ocala platform and the mortgage resolutions, but demanding Government ownership of rail roads and silver coinage on an equality with gold. ' False Economy Is practiced by many people, who buy in ferior articles of foot! because cheaper than standard goods. Surely infants are entitled to the best food obtainable It is a fact that the Gail Borden '"Eagle" Brand Condensed Milk is the best infant food. and druggist keep it. Your grocer I I GfflLDEET H CLOVER. Allegheny's Young Scholars Spend a. Holiday in the Parks. THOUSANDS OP THEJI WERE THERE. "Weather Most Auspicious Made the -Day a Great Success. ,H0W THE LOST ONES "WEEE CAKED FOR HASING away all thoughts of school, Allegheny's rising generation, or as much of it as is found in the public schools, ceased ris ing for the nonce, yesterday, and tossed and tumbled all over Allegheny Parks in innocent sportiveness and un bounded enjoyment the annual , jubilee. The weath ijjj er, eo necessary to the success ot ai fresco affairs, was perfect. The day was hot, and the sun shed its effulgent rays over the oasis of verdure in the waste of the brick-built city with a degree of warmth which might be taken as especially directed in sympathetic beat with the pleasures, of the joyous youngsters sporting beneath. The rains of the past few days had given fresh life to the grass, and the greensward was soft and springy as any naughty little girl and bad boy might care to dishevel her or his tidy dress by rolling over. Gentle zephyrs floated through the trees, and the umbrageous shelter of the latter canopied the holiday makers from too dangerous ex posure to tho heat rays. Plenty of Harmony in tho Air. Melodies, patriotic and sentimental, from half a dozen bands, added to the festive character of the occasion and its harmony. At One of the Ward Headquarters. Vendors of lemonade and candy were to the fore, and had none too much in stock for the children. All but three of the 13 ward schools were present, ,and probably 10,000 children, with half as many adults, were in the parks during the afternoon. The children were marshaled at their re spective schools at 3 o'clock, and shortly before 4 o'clock were formed in line anil marched to the northwest parks, headed by bands and the school directors. The bell on the North avenue school rang out a merry tune at 4 o'clock,' and this was the signal for a general advance in force on the playground. But the parks were by no means empty when the body of childreu arrived. Hundreds and groups of young touuiers wiiu uieir nurses or parcuis were sprinkled over the grass. They had come from the ends of both cities to share in the general fun. Some of the schools nr rived a "little before time and were held on the shady sides of the streets along which they were'allowed to advance, until the bell sounded. Then the little scholars were formed in fours and led through the entrance to the respective headquarters xf each school. These were large tents erected at convenient spots. The Fun at High Tide. Each company of children preserved its formation until headquarters was reached, when the teachers with drew from authority and the fun be gan. But who shall describe children at play? How tell of these thousands of gaily dressed, bright little things little, as a rule, though some of them were bigenough sporting over the grass and indulging in all lighthearted fancies of childhood? There were children of every age, from the mite in its mother's arms to the young lady who had ceased to De a scnoot girl, and had al- Waiting for a Drink. ready found the attentions of the yonng man more agreeable than the chatter of her schoolmates. And the "schoolmarm," the demure, good-hearted and good-looking schoolmarm, found time to give car to an agreeable companion while she kept an anxious eye on the vagaries of her charges. For three hours the eight or ten bands continued to pour forth melodious strains for the delectation ot the youngsters, who generally formed attentive listeners to the music. The game of Copenhagen was an especial favorite, and the number of young sters who struggled against the kiss was about equal to the number that passively accepted it. Some of the girls gave the boys a lonj chase before they paid the pen alty for being caught. The chief attraction, thouch. for those who were aware of it. was the rustic house. This was set apart for lost children, and during the afternoon a crowd of people surrounded it. "What the particular attraction was not certain at first, but it soon developed. Care for the Eost Children. Shortly after 4 o'clock a couple of rc- Eortcrs wandered in. It was then ocenpied v B. E. Arons, "Who was present to take .charge of the lost youngsters as the officers brought them in. The exterior was guarded by Officers John Blakeley and Felix Me Cune, who did sentry duty at the door, while Officer Joe Laughrey was an advance post to keep a passage way clear. So far no child had been brought in, but after an interval two or three straying little qnes were safely landed. About 4:30 o'clock "Joe" Craig who has been head nurse on the annual occasion for many years put in nn appearance with a couple of lumps of ice and a tub or two. Forthwith Joe pro ceeded to own things. He detailed one officer to get water; but he didn't. Then he ordered another to do duty with a bucket, but he wouldn't; and finally Craig had to get a park employe to fill his tubs. Then Joe slashed water all over thefloor which didn't at all need it and. made a gen. eral mess in the house if ext ho snnnsrea off the children's faces, and then ordered a reporter under arrest because he didn't get . WA ...era c. wr& V Wi-vfe of Jktrk J B' off the earth. But the reporter wasn't arrested, and then Joe sought to move the newspaper man who was quite harm less pmd not saying anything off the premises by force, but Joe's force -wasn't sufficient and he gave up the job, while everybody laughed very quietly, out of fear. Up to 3:30 o'clock about 20 children had been brought in, but they were de tained only a short time before their parents came in search of them. Joe said that one year 123 children had been found straying. , Excellent Work of the Police. Captains Agnew and Bell, with a force of about 40 men, were on duty during the after noon, and did excellent work, as much in picking up lost children as in keeping loaf ers off the ground. Toward evening num bers of business people turned into the parks on their way homeward, and swelled s. 'Mm. J1 P- Hb s7 yjsT J" The New Floral Design. the crowd. At 7:30 the Second ward school bell sounded the retreat, and the children were again assembled and sent homeward. The bands which plaved through the day in cluded the Grand Arinv, the Cathedral, the Select Kniehts, the Grand Army, of Pitts burg; the Keystone, the Eighteenth Regi mentv the Pleasant Vallev and others. The Seventh ward school picnicked at Ross' Grove, and the Thirteenth ward will have an outing there on Monday. PITTSBURG PETS AT PLAY. Children of the Eargcr City Also Enjoy the Last Day of tlie School Tear Picnics Given in Every Direction All Made Hnppy. Yesterday was a day of general rejoicing among the school children of Pittsburg as well as Allegheny, as it was the ending of the school year. Many different ways were resorted to by scholars to make the day as enjoyable as possible. The children of the four schools in the Twenty-third ward spent the day on board the MayfldVer, under the supervision of Prof. Logan, and returned home a tired and happy lot: The Grant School gave an old time celebration and school entertainment Thursday afternoon, and spent yesterday at Sctienley Park, with the children of the Soho school. The Bellefield school children had a spread at the school. The forenoon "was spent in receiving visitors and examination of the work of the pupils. In the afternoon the older pupils and friends were enter tained. The Fifteenth ward school cele brated at Idilwood "Wednesday, and, conse quently, was free yesterday to roam at will. The Ralston school picnicked at the same place yesterday, and spent a very pleasant dav. , The teachers and pupils of the Seven teenth ward spent the day in the arsenal, grounds. There was an abundance of ice' cream and cake, and lots of room for the little ones to enjoy themselves. The two schools on Mt. "Washington con solidated, the "Whittier children marching to the main building, where they all were served with icecream and cake to their hearts'Jcontent. One of the features of the occasion was that the scholars paid for the entertainment by saving their pennies for the past year and turning them over to their teachers for that purpose. At 7:30 o'clock in the evening the two schools were each presented with a very handsome flag, the old ones having been flung to the breeze so often as to 'be almost in shreds. Dr. Mc Cord made the presentation, and they were recehed bv President Nauman. of the school board. Several other speeches were made and the scholars sang national airs. The Birmingham and Knox schools joined forces and spent the day at Aliquippa, their combined numbers being nearly 2,300. Two special trains were sent out, and the children returned dn the evening a tired and happy lot. The Humboldt scholars picnicked at McKinney's Grove, on the Pittsburg, Vir ginia and Charleston Railroad; nearly 2,000 were present and the day was passed in playing games and other amusements. The pupils of the Forbes school spent the day on their lawn. The Cathedral Band furnished the music The Lincoln avenue school closed its doors without any special Iprogramme. It will have a picnic later in fthe 6eason. The Liberty schools celebrated on the lawn, an orchestra furnishing the music The Springfield schbol will have its treat to-day. Tho High School pupils will spend to-day at Idlewild. ADVENTURE Charles T. Enmmls con tinues his walking taur across the continent In THE DISPATCH to-morrow. A visit to Pike's Peak is the feature. THE FIRST FAIR BUILDING. Work Actually Begun on the Woman's Structure In Jackson Park. CniCAGO, June 6. Work upon the first of the "World's Fair buildings was begun to day. The structure for which the digging for the foundations was thus 'begun is the "Woman's Building, to be erected according to the plans of Miss Sophia G. Hayden, of Boston. It is to be 200x400 feet in. size and three stories high. President D. C. Gilman, of Johns Hop kins University, who has been tendered the position of Chief of the Bureau of Liberal Arts of the Fair, arrived here this morning, and after consulting with Director General Davis as to the duties pf the position de cided he could not accept it. He found that it w ould require all of his time, and he was unwilline; tn sive this to the exclusion of his official duties at Johns Hopkins. Over 1,000 applications for space for exhibi tion have already been received. DUNHAM & CO'S C0NMTI0K. The Total Liabilities 8809,033, But a De tailed Statement Refused. CniCAGO, June 26. The hearing in the matter of the suspended Board of Trade firm of R. "W. Dunham & Co. was continued this morning. Partner Browning yesterday promised to have a detailed statement ready for presentation today, but when called on for ltdeclined by advice of counsel to pro duce it. He said that a number of merchants and other business men were debtors of the firm, and that if their names were made pub lic they would not pay. He, however, pre sented the following statement as to the cumiuiuu ui ine nrm: ijiauiiuies uue to customers,?15,923; due to Continental Bank, 5194,000: total, $208,923. UTLWAUXEE'S NEW BISHOP. Dr. Nicholson Expects to Be Consecrated in His Philadelphia Church. Mil-waukee, June 26. Dr. Isaac L. Nicholsor, of Philadelphia, has notified the standing committee of the Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee that he "will accept the Bishopric made vacant by the death of Dr. Knight. If his election is ratified Bishop Nichol son will be consecrated in his own church at Philadelphia on the 18th of October. TRAVEL Queer Sights In Tunis In pen and pencil In THE DISPATCH to-morrow. KEYSTONE SOLDER Who Helped Whip the Rebels and Captured a Southern Bride. THE DIFFICULTIES OF COURTING. Eeminiscences Showing the Life ofaPri Tate During the War. HOW ONE TROOPER LOST HIS MIND During January, February, March and April, 1863, the Fourteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry was encamped at Bolivar Heights, above Harper's Ferry, says a writer in the Baltimore American. During that winter every week a Confederate spy came into our camp. He was an Englishman, about 45 years of age, and passed himself as a ped dler, and sold us many articles. After the battle of Gettysburg this spy was arrested and hanged near Frederick City, Md., by some of the Army of the Potomac They found on him maps of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, forts and breastworks around Harper's Ferry and "Washington. This man dressed like a citizen, and was liable to de ceive anybody. A.Confederate scout, dressed like one of our officers, with a red sash around his waist, once rode into our camp, but was soon de tected. The worst man we had to deal with around Harper's Ferry was Moberly, better known as "Mobcly, the notorious guerilla." Moberly was bora in Frederick county, Md. He and his band stayed in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia, and their chief object was to capture norses. Tlie Work or a Guerilla. A corporal of Company G of our regiment was once detailed to take charge of six men on a picket post in London county, Va. Moberlv and his men. dressed in our uni- l forms, came upon them from the Harper's rerry side at daylight, lne corporal thought they were Union soldiers, and that he would be relieved, but Boon discovered it was Moberly and his men. He offered to surrender. "No," said Moberly with an oath, "we neither take officers or non-commissioned officers prisoners." He shot and killed the corporal, who was about 20 years of age. His remains' were sent home to his mother at East Liberty, Pa. One night Moberly was about to attack our pickets, and reinforcements were ordered out from our company. "When Cor poral David Martin was rushing through the door of his tent to mount his horse, his car bine caught on the door of his tent, went off and instantly killed Private John A. Hen derson. An old citizen on the Blue Ridge Mountains told us of an accident that hap pened to some of Moberly's men. They found a bombshell with a percussion cap at tached, and, taking it into a house, put it in front of the fire. "While examining it one of the men dropped it onthe hearthstone. It exploded, and killed two of them. Courting and Flirting Around Harper's. Some of our boys were doing some court ing and others were flirting with girls around Harper's Ferry. As "Will C. Ames" sweet heart lived outside tne lines, AioDerly otten fot in the way and would sometimes spoil is plans. Ames was a sergeant of Com pany K, and a striking looking man. He was 22 years of age, 6 feet high, and weighed 200 pounds. He was a bru nette, with regular features, a calm, black eye, fine, curly black hair and mustache. He was, perhaps, the strongest man in the regiment. He certainly could handle a saber better than any of ns. His saber was always hacked like a saw, for he was fond of fencing. He was educated for a Meth odist minister, but I never- heard of his preaching. He always carried his saber with him when he went to see his sweetheart, and I have heard him sny that he would like to meet Moberly alone in a hand-to-hand combat. I do not think that Moberly was much of a fighter with a saber. However, he was a good marksman and quick with the revolver. Early in May a body of Confederate cav alry made a raid upon the Baltimore and jiuo jiaiiroau in v est v lrgima. jii me night of May 7 our regiment was ordered to saddle up. "We crossed the Potomac on a pontoon bridge, and took the cars at Sandy Hook, Md., for Grafton, "W. Va. "We were all night getting our horses on the cars. Two of the horses backed over into the Chesapeake and Ohio canal. Both riders, a soldier and a colored hostler were drowned. The two horses swam around for hours, and as there was no way to get them out of the canal, of course they were drowned. In a few days after we arrived at Grafton,some of the boys began to receive letters from their lady friends around Harper's Ferry. 'A Man Loses His Mind. As the Confederate raiders left "West Vir ginia before we arrived, we had no fighting to do until July. "While the battle of Get tysburg was going on we were fighting around Beverly, "W. "Wa. Although 300 miles from Gettysburg, it might be said that the detachment of Lee's army which we were fighting was the tip of his left wing at Gettysburg. It was on the morning of July 2, while encamped at Philippi, W. Va., that we heard that Lee's army was in Pennsylvania. Instead of moving toward Gettysburg, we went in an opposite direction. "We traveled all day and night, arriving the next morn ing at Beverly, where there was an artillery duel going on between our battery and the enemy's. The enemy fell back that night. The next morning, July 4, our regiment, com manded Dy Major tiiDson, started in pur suit. At Huttonsvilie, 20 miles above Bev erly, the enemy fired into our regiment. "We were ordered to dismount and climb up a mountain. In this skirmish John "W. Mathews, of our company, lost nis mind. lne enemy fell back and we followed as far as Elk "Water. "We asked Mathews what was the matter with him. He said when on the skirmish line, while the enemy was shoot ing at him, he started to run to the rear, when one of our officers pulled a revolver on him. He immediately went crazy. A Bayonet for Breaking Ranks. Afterward it was a difficult thing to keep Mathews in line. He would break ranks whenever he chose. On .Inly 20 we were" fighting some of A. P. 11 ill's corps at Hcdges ville, "W. Va., who appeared to be taking their own time on the retreat from Gettys burg. That night when w e encamped in line of battle Mathews broke ranks and went off to himself. -During the night our General discovered that the enemy was trying to surround and capture us, so we fell back to Hancock, Md., leaving Mathews behind. As soon as daylight came the enemy discovered Mathews' horse hitched to a tree, and think ing that our brigade was somewhere in the thicket, they began to throw shells. Mathews was exchanged six months later. When he came back he showed us a bayonet mark on his breast. He said at Richmond, while marching with other prisoners, he broke ranks, and the guard struck him with his bayonet. Some of the boys still kept up a corre spondence with the Harpers Ferry girls. During the summer of 1864, in a skirmish, Sereeant Ames was severely wounded in the shoulder. He was sent to a hospital at York, Pa. While there he received a letter from a young lady who said she was his sister, but no wrote that she was not. Getting a fur lough, on his way to see his friend in Clear field county, Pa., he called on the lady and her father, who lived on the Pennsylvania Railroad, and had hard work to convince them that he was not their lost brother and son. "When Ames returned he was sent to Sandv Spring, Md., to get well. He imme diate v made plans to communicate with his sweetneart, near Harper's Ferry. Went Conrtlng In a Blanket. He had a suit made out of a blanket, which he wore when he crossed the Potomac river to see his lady love. Ad officer heard of it, took the suit from him and burned it. In the spring of 1863 Ames made a narrow escape, Moberly and his men saw him one night and charged after Mm. Ames escaped into a thicket,' and Moberly could not find him. He swore that he would get "that curly-headed Yankee sergeant" some day, but he never got him. Moberly was killed a few days later by some of Cole's cavalry. Two infantrymen who were on the Hun ter raid to Lynchburg, Va., told us of meet ing with Moberly the summer of 1864. They had got detached from Hunter's army, and had made for the mountains near Liberty, Va. They followed the Blue Ridge Moun tains for over 200 miles and did not see a Confederate soldier until they reached Loudon county, Va., where they met Mo berly. They had thrown away their guns. Moberlysaidto them, "Give me yonr pocket books,'' which they produced, but there was no money in them. Moberly then put some money in the pocket-books and handed them back, and told them that they were too poor to rob. After hearing the story "of their wanderings, he told them go, that he did not want them. Ames Marries His Sweetheart. In the latter part of Mav. 1863. after the grand review at "Washington City, when the soldiers were paid off and discharged. I saw Sergeant Ames. He reported to his com pany to be discharged with the rest of us. He did not seem to be the same man. His wound had greatly reduced his weight. The day we left Washington for our homes he asked me for a cent. He said ho wanted to make "a ring out of it to keep for my sake. He got the ring. That afternoon, when our regi ment was on the cars, Ames bade us good bye at the Relay House in Maryland and jumped off the cars. "There's something up. "Whvdid Ames give us the slip?" asked a soldier. About a month after I got home, while I was work ing in the field with a hired man, I received a letter. I knew Ames' writing at once. He stated in his letter that after he had left the company on the train at the Relay House he took another train for Harper s Ferry. He had married the little girl down in Virginia, had taken her to his home in Clearfield county, Pa., and was happy. A NEW EPISODE FOUND IN THE EITIGATION OVER THE CHES APEAKE AND OHIO CANAL. An Injunction Now Asked lor, Growing Out of a Judgment That Was Awarded Away Back in 1840 The Court Reserves Its Decision. FROM A STAFF COKItESrOIDEIfT. "Washington, Jnne 26. The many sided litigation associated with the Chesa peake and Ohio Canal, in which The Dis patch has been so deeply interested, found a new episode to-day in the court atHagers town, when Chief Judge Richard H. Alvey heard counsel upon a petition presented by the canal trustees, appointed under the court to enjoin the Sheriff of Allegany county from levying upon the property of the canal company to satisfy what is known as the Brady judgment for some 57,000, with interest from 1849. The case is a curions one The original declaration was filed in the Allegany county court at Cumberland in 1843, claim ing 5700. This, it seems, was an error, for five years later, defendants consenting, an amended declaration was filed claiming 57,000. The judgment was entered up in October, 1849, as of 1844, and to bear inter est from 1849. By some mishap the cause of action was mislaid or lost. Recently the execution was levied at Cumberland upon the wharf property of the canal company and other real estate at thnt place, which the judgment creditors claim is not neces sary for the operation of the canal and is not covered by the mortgage of the State of Maryland, executed under the act of 1844, which it seems, however, does cover all the property owned by the company or to De tnereaiter acquireu. In the defense against this execution, the trustees of the canal principally rely upon the fact that the Circuit Court of "Washing ton county has taken possession of all the property of the canal company, to be ad ministered under its direction and by its orders, and it is not competent for the law side of the Circuit Court of Allegany countv, or for any other court to interfere with it or any part of it, in any such pro ceedings. J. W. S. Cochran, of Cumberland, ap peared for the Brady claimants, while the trustees of the canal were represented by General Bradley T. Johnson, H. H. Keedy and Hugh L. Bond, Jr. The arguments were spirited and exhaustive, at the conclu sion of which Judge Alvey reserved his decision. KNIGHTS NOT IN POLITICS. Many Important Matters Considered the Executive Board. By Columbus, June 26. The Executive Board of the Knights of Labor continue in session, engaged in the transaction of routine business. The Bookkeepers' National League, with amembership of 2,000, was ad mitted to membership. The headquarters of the organization are in Chicago. The Marine Association, of Boston, applied for membership and will be admitted as soon as an objectionable clause is stricken from the constitution. The difficulties between the Knights and the Brewing Association of St. Louis was considered, but no definite action taken. Considerable speculation is being in dulged in as to the probable political ac tion, if any, which will be taken by the Execntive Board. Messrs. Powderly, Hayes and Devlin are authority for the statement that nothing of this kind has been discussed in the meeting, and they deny the report to the effect that the Foster, McKinley and Sherman meeting at Mans field this week had any connection with the conference of the Executive Board now in session. As to what political action, if any, may be taken, they say it is a matter for the future. The differences between tho Knights and the discharged members at the Government Printing Office in "Washington will be considered, if at all, at a meeting to be held in "Washington next week. REBELS DECLINING FORTUNES. Chilean Government Vessels Capturing Ports WIthont Opposition. Santiago, Chile, June 26. The revolt makes no progress. The Government squadron takes possession of port3 without opposition in the provinces occupied by rebels whose vessels and forces are concentrated at Iquiquo. The Esmer alda has occupied the Guano Island of the Lobos group, destroyed material and vessels and seized the em ployes. The Government administered this property entirely for the benefit of holders of the Peruvian debts, whose inter ests are thus sacrificed by the violence of the rebels. An extreme scarcity of provisions is com plained of at Tarapace. The rebel army is discontented, food being bad and pay being in arrears. The Presidental elections pro ceed quietly in 19 out of tlie 22 provinces. TAK1NO "WARNING FROM A FIBE. No More Cotton Will Probably Be Shipped on White Star Passenger Steamers. New York, June 26. The experience of the steamer City of Richmond has lead the authorities of the "White Star Line to con sider the question of carrying cotton in the cargo of the passenger and mail steamers. Until a decision is arrived at no more cot ton, will be carried on such vessels. NO BODIES YET RECOVERED. Searching Parties and Boats Seeking Vic tlms of the Cincinnati Disaster. Cincinnati, June 26. At midnight to night not one of the bodies of the five pleas ure seekers that were run down by a steamer and drowned at Riverside last night has been found. The river is full of search boats and is illuminated with torch fires. BOGUS BURIED GOLD. A Bunko Scheme Is Too Finely Worked to Succeed on a Farmer. THE TALE OF A SHAM DETECTIVE. He Unearths Shining Metal Before Conntryman's Eyes. tha TRIES TO SECURE HIS TICTrM'S 50TE SPECIAL TKLXdRAM TO THE DISFATOT. Lima," June 26. Levi DeLong, one of the wealthiest farmers in this county, was the victim chosen for a sleek bunko scheme. A few days ago a stranger representing himself as being a detective from Cincin nati called at farmer DeLong's in Showner township and asked for his supper. He was accommodated, and during the meal the stranger unfolded a tale that would make the author of the Arabian Nights turn over in his grave. The substance of his story wasthat he was a detective employed in the United States Secret Service, with headquarters in Cin cinnati. Several years ago thieves had stolen a lot of molten gold in New York and made their escape West. Detectives were put upon their track, and they were chased to near Hume. There they discov ered the detectives were close at their heels, so they decided to bury their stolen treasure and separate. A Tale or a Troubled Conscience. He was assigned to the case, and after a year's hunt he had discovered that two of the men were murdered in a saloon row and two had been drowned. The fifth one he had followed, and, finally locating him, had been compelled to shoot him in order to save his own life. The thief lived a few hours after the encounter, and during that time his conscience troubled him, so he sent for the detective and iust before his death gave to him a copper plate upon which was engraved, "Levi DeLong, Hume," and a lot of figures, and said the plate would tell where the stolen gold was hidden, near a cross road running by Mr. DeLong's. The alleged detective left and returned in a few days with the mysterious figures solved. He then took DeLong to a point on his farm several hundred feet from the road. The directions were followed, and after several inches of dirt had been turned aside, a mass of gold was disclosed to vie w. The gold was carefully gathered up and taken to Mr. DeLong'3 and weighed with the steelyards. There were 13 potmds of the precious metaL .'Now," said the detective, "we have got the elephant, what will we do with him?" Tlie Farmer Refuses. Then he began reducing pounds to penny weights, and soon announced that the find was worth 53,000, but that he would sell his part of the day's work for 1,000. DeLong was about to agree to the proposition when the stranger spoke up and said that he was afraid to carry so much wealth on his per son, and that he would take Mr. De Long's note for 51,000 on long time. This made DeLonff sus picious. He informed the detective that he "guessed" he didn't care to invest. Though invited to stay for dinner, the de tective refused to remain longer, and tak ing his half of the 13 pounds started toward Hume, where he had nired a horse, which has not yet been returned. This morning Mr. DeLong came to Lima and took samples of the "gold" left him six pounds to the different jewelers, all of whom tested it and pronounced it spurious, though an excellent imitation, and one apt to deceive those unfamiliar with the gen uine. IN THE GLOOM OF DEATH. Little Jennie Fox Run Over by aDuquesno Car Two Men Meet Their Fate on Rail roads A Boy Drowned, and Minor Acci dents Make Up Testerday's Total of Eight. Four persons killed outright, a boy likely to die, and three other casualties is yester day's chapter of accidents. The mishaps are detailed as follows: Fox Little 4-vear-old Jennie Fox went to the Children's Jubilee at the Forbes htreet School as bright a little thing as any there. Her sadly mutilated body is reposing to-dny in a coffin. When the band was playing the last gay air at the fete yesterday even ing at 6.30 o'clock Jennie. with two older children, attempted to cross Forbes street to the school house. The music drowned tho noiso of an ap proaching east-bound Duquesne car. No. 4, and the children were not a ware of it until it was nearly upon them. Losing their pres ence of mind, tho older children let go of Jennie's hand, and in another moment the wheels had passed over her body, nearly severing it in two. The child was dead when picked up. The body was brought to her home near Ann and Pride streets. Her father, James Fox, is In West Virginia. JohnLnbe, the motor man, was arrested and subsequently released on bail to await the Coroner's inquest. He said ho lnd tho brake on when approaching Stevenson street, but he did not seo the child Intimotosave lier. The accident brought the teachers' lawn fete to an abrupt termina tion. GLASoow-Iames E. Glasgow, 31 years old. of Alfred street, Wilkinsburg, died at tho WestFenn Hospital last night from injuries received on tbo Pennsylvania railroad ae Swissvalo about 5 o'clock. He Jumped on a train but missed his footing and fell under the cars, tho whceU passing oer his thighs. Amputation of both legs was per formed at tne hospital, whence he was im mediately takon, but he succumbed. Glas gow was an employe of the Union Switch and Signal Company, and was married, no was steady and industrious nnd well-known In Sliarnsbnrsr. where ho formerly lived. r His body was taken to tho morgue. An in I . in i.n Y.nt. ljunfc will iro u;n. McCarty James McCarty died at the West Penn Hospital last night, from injnries received Irom being struck by a train on tho Pittsburg, Pt. Wayne and Chicago Kail way in Allegheny yesterday afternoon. He was walking on the track. The deceased re sided on Shady avenue, Allegheny. An In quest will lie held tc-day. TVape Hichael Wade, of Fortieth street, nn employe at Clark's mill, Thirty-flfth street, fell from a wagon jesterday and, broke his collarbone. French Samuel French, of Clin street, was thrown from his wagon on Center by his horso running away and colliding with a telegraph polo. French was removed to his house, where Dr. Irwin dressed a deep gash on his head. Staytox Adam Stayton yesterday had hi3 leg broken whilo in a livery stable at No. 50 Fountain street. He was taken to his home at 110 Crawford street in a patrol wagon. Zoie Thomas Egie, aged 9 years, was drowned yesterday while bathing in the Honongahela river near the Point bridge. His body was recovered a short time after and taken to his parents' home In Temper- ancovllle. ine coroner will nom an inquest. Islet A 4-year-old boy named Isley, who-ie parents live in McDonald's alley, was run over nt the cornor of Franklin and Fre mont streets about 7 JO lasfrevenlngby a Cali fornia avenue car. both legs being badly mangled and bis body -bruised. Ho was taken home and the attending physician stated that he would not live. Frank Wat son, the motorman, gave himself up, but was released on his own recognizance. A BLOW AT COMMERCIAL AGENCIES. Canadian Legislators Propose to Regulate the Reports on Firm Standings. Montreal, June 26. The bill intro duced in Parliament by Mr. Sprouls for the regulation of commercial agencies is causing a great deal of talk in business circles here. It is said that the commercial agencies are opposed to the clause which forbids agencies to report on merchants without the litter's permission. On the part of one agency, at least, there will be determined opposition to the bill. It is understood that Mr. Sprouls does not expect the bill to pass this session. He wants the principle of the bill discussed and a special committee appointed to investi gate the workings of tha commercial agen cies. If Is understood, also, that he objects to the commercial agencies not paying some of their cnrrcsroidrnts, as he explains conj rcspondiuts will make ctrcless reports. :r
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