THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, , SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1891;
WIUJAM'S WARNING.
j
Ominous Words of the Kaiser
Taken as a Menace to
Germany's Enemies.
ENGLAND HAS ONE ALLY.
Italy, and Perhaps Tayo Other Pow
ers, to Side Against Turkey.
GERMANY HAS 'SALISBURY FOUL.
He JInst Give the Prcibund Better Support
if lie Expects Aid.
A JIUTIXT OX THE PRESIDENTE PIXTO
IcorTRictrr. 1891, nr the new youk associated
tress.
Bri:i.lK, Sept. 11. There was a parade
to-day of all the troops stationed in the
Cassel district, which afforded a brilliant
spectacle. The Emperor and Empress, the
Xing of Saxony, the Grand Duke of Hesse,
the Grand Duke of S.xxe-Weimar, the Duke
of Edinburgh, Frince and Princess Henry
of Prcssis, and others of high rank were
present at the ceremony. Emperor "William
will now go to Erfurt, where he will review
the Fourth army corps.
Sonic of the phrases used by His Majesty
in his speech at the banquet at Cassel have
added to the uneasiness which now prevails
throughout the country. He recalled the
time when, as a staff officer, he entered
Cassel in 1$71 with the victorious Hessian
troops. He trusted, he said, that Hess'ans,
in the event of foreign struggles, wpuld
help him to fulfil his duties.
REGARDED AS A MEXACE.
Coming so soon after the allusions made
at JIunich to the future triumphs of the
Bavarian troops, His Majesty's utterance at
Cassel is felt to be a veiled menace to for
eign enemies and a warning for the country
to courageously prepare for tronbie. Still
the co'ivirtion remain? unshaken in official
circles that a prolonged period of diplo
matic intrigue i 111 precede a collision of
the powers.
The leading political development of the
week has been the practical adhesion of the
Italian Prime Minister, the Marquis di
lludini, to the policv of Lord Salisbury, the
linslish Premier. The Sultan of Turkey's
new bias in the direction of favoring Itus
sia, as instanced in the Dardanelles affair,
will now have to bear the weight of the
counter influence of Austria and Italy, and
probably of Germany, for it is stated that
JlerrVon Itadowitz, the German Ambassa
dor to the Porte, at an audience with the
Sultan "Wednesday, urged that a favorable
hearing be given to the view of Great
Britain, and through his rcpresertations Sir
"William "White, the ISritish Ambassador to
Turkey, was given an audience by the Sul
tan jestcrday.
KRAKCE BRACING UP TURKEY.
The gravity of the situation is indicated
in the Miminons calling the envoys of the
Porte at Vienna, Berlin, St. Petersburg and
London to Constantinople. The French
Ambassador, the Count ol Montebello, who
was on the eve of presenting his letters of
recall to the Sultan, has been instructed by
his Government to remain at his post in
order to prevent the Sultan, under pressure
ofother diplomats, from weakening and
breaking his resolutions.
The latest intelligence from Constantino
ple indicates the continuous success of
Eranco-Hussian diplomacy in Turkey. The
Sultan lias offered a place in the Ministry
to Chakir Pasha, a declared partisan of the
JiusMan alliance and known to be a foe of
England and the Dreifucd.
The Foreign Office here regards England's
difficulties with complacency. Lord Salis
bury's solicitations for diplomatic aid forces
England into closer union with the Triple
Alliance, and thus tends in the direction of
bringing a formal compact between England
and Germany, Austria and Italv. Hitherto
lord Salisbury has rejected all overtures
looking to England's becoming a party to
the Dreibund compact.
evsma's unsir.xs on- the bosphorus.
The Hamburg Correzpoiuiaiz makes the
statement that l:ii2 js preparirg a coup
by which hc w ill seize the Bosphorus.
report Hliich is circulated in diplomatic
circles, credos England with the intention
to M-ie and fortify Tcnedos and other
islands at the mouth of the Dardanelles in
the event of the failure to establish a re
newed entente with the Ports.
The JW points out how the Triple Alli
ance maybe drawn into intervening through
the Marquis Di Itudini committing Italy to
en active armed support of England.
Th agitation looking to the abolition of
the grain duties in Germanv is becoming
less fervent under better weather, increased
supplies and lower prices.
The Munich TaijdAall denies the official
statement that Emperor "William was ac
corded an enthusiastic reception on the
occasion of his late visit to the Bavarian
capital. On the contrary, it says, ihat he
was received with chilly "indiflerenc! by the
people. It attributes "this to the fact that
the people of Bavaria see in.the Emperor an
emblem of dearness of living and the source
of an approaching war, threatening the
ruin of the country.
A MUTINY ON" A WARSHIP.
The Chilean warship Presidente Pinto,
which has caused uneasiness to several of
the Powers by her attempts to procure
arms is, lying at Hamburg witli her crew
mutinous. Jler commander asked the as
sistance of the police to arrest three, sailors.
hut as the vessel belongs to a foreign Power
the police refered the request to the Senate.
The men are riotous, and refuse to perform
their work.
Since the successful issue of the negotia
tions for a treaty ol commerce, approaches
have been renewed bv the Triple Alliance
to embrace Belgium, lioumania and Servia
within the Zollverein on special terms.
The proposed Socialist Congress at Erfurt
has been postponed until October li. The
Congress will discuss a revision of the pro
gramme of the tactics of the young section
of the Socialist party, and will renew the
efforts to overthrow" Herren Bebel, Licb
knecht and the other Moderates who direct
the Socialist Committee.
A TUBBULENT TIME
In tho Trades' Union Congress Over the
Eight-Hour Question.
fLT ctni.E TO THE DISCATCn.
London, Sept 12. The Trades' Union
Congress terminated to-day, thanks to the
increased representation of Socialists and
faddist generally The proceeding: were
unusually turbulent and much important
business had to be abandoned, owing to the
time wasted by frothy talk. Tne congress
made itself specially ridiculous by its con
tradictory and impractible pronouncements
upon the eight-hour questions, and it would
have (.pent the whole week in personal
bickerings and academical dissertations had
it not been for the firmness and good
temper displayed bv Thomas Burt M- P.,
Hs president. Moderate men, belonging
chiefly to the great provincial trades
niuons.coinplaincd repeatedly that the dele
pates of London, unskilled workers and
London Socialists monopolized the time of
the congress, and thev openly avow their
intention of stopping tliat sort of thing at
the meeting in Glasgow rext vear.
John Burns, who although riot a dclecate.
orga-.i7ed the Socialists and did a lot of I
wirepulling at the congress, is naturally j
delighted. Ke told a reporter,this morning
that the Congress has been the most success
ful ever held, which is doubtless true from
his point of view. '
THE LABOR CONGRESS ADJOURNS.
An Assembly Marked by Intellectual Vigor
and Common Sense.
Newcastle, England, Sept. 12. The
Trades Union Congress closed this after
noon. "Ben" Tillett, the labor leader and
one of the delegates present at the congress,
in an interview to-day said : "This con
gress was a distinct advance on all former
trades union congresses. Its capacity for
debate was greater, and for intellectual
vigor, or economic grasp, and sound com
mon sense it will compare with the first as
semblies of the world. The voting displayed
a truly democratic spirit, and, so far as the
old and new unionists were concerned, good
temper, friendliness and frankness were
shown on all sides and prevented a wide
separation. All sections co-operated in the
real work of the congress.
Besolutions were approved in favor of an
increased representation of the labor classes
in Parliament, and advocating the appoint
ing of railway workmen as railway inspec
tors. A motion favoring a State Board of
Arbitration was negatived by a vote of 129
to 107. After the congress had closed 40,000
trades unionists marched in the streets.
GLADSTONE'S DECLARATION.
He Is Opposed to Salisbury's Policy on the
Eastern Question,
tnr cable to TnE dispatch.
London, Sept, 12. Gladstone has been
heard from this week in an echo from Bel
grade. A journal of this town publishes a
letter dated Hawarden, August 10, and ad
dressed to a Servian gentleman, in which
the Grand Old Man asserts himself with
regard to one featnre of the Eastern ques
tion. "I never," he says, "gave my uncondi
tional support to Lord Salisbury's new
policy. Should he have meant in his Man
sion House speech that he wants the Balkan
Teninsula, the rule of the Bulgarians, or
any other supremacy, I should entirely
separate myself from him. I feel warmly
for ali the nations of Eastern Europe, but
can make no difference between them, and I
have a decided dislike against any particu
larism." A TITLED SPENDTHRIFT.
Lord Gordon In the Bankruptcy Court
Overwhelmed "With His Debts.
tBT CABLE TC THE DISrATCH.J
London, Sept. 12. Another titled spend
thrift has appeared in the bankruptcy court
this week ir the person of Lord RS.UK
Stuart GordoD, a prominent patron of the
prize ring and member of the Pelican,
Corinthian and other clubs where men may
stay up all night and spend as much as they
likr Gordon owes about 16,000, and has
abou 1,500 to pay it with.
From his examination it appears that he
had an annual income of 1,200 and his
wife an income of 7,000, while under the
marriagi settlement he was allowed 800
additional per annum from his father-in-law.
Aside from that, according to the
statement of the official receiver, lie owes
thar. same obliging father-in-law.
TURKEY IS HARD DP.
The Snltan Is Coins His Very Best
to
Raise a Good Sized Losn.
BY CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.!
London, Sept. 12. The Turkish Gov
ernment is again in serious financial
straits, and civil and military officers are
clamoring for their arrears of pay so loudly
that it has been necessary, in order to avoid
a scandal, to put some of the noisier ones
into nrisou.
It has just transpired that, inclusive of
dancers, actresses, etc, the Sultan has daily
to clothe 1,500 female members of his house
hold and harem.
A French Mob's Hatred of "Wagner.
Paris, Sept. 12. A crowd of idlers in
front of the Opera House last night mobbed
M. Loze, Prefect of Police, and it became
necessary for gendarmes to surround the
Prefect in order to protect him. The police
afterward kept the crowd moving. It is now
said that "Lohengrin" will be produced
next "Wednesday.
Poshing 'Argentine Colonization.
Beklin, Sept 12. Acceding to Herr
Bieichroder's request, Chancellor yon Ca
privi has instructed the agent of the Argen
tine Bepuhlic to ask his Government to sup
port the Hebrew Colonizing Committee.
Excursion to Pittsburg.
Visitors to the Exposition from afar
should take advantage of our early fall car
pet sale. During this week we will sell
elegant 25c ingrain carpet at 18fc; splendid
45c heavy two-ply carpet at 29c; the reg
ular 50c grade at 38c; good COc wool carpet
at 4Sc, and the best all wool 75c carpet at
58c In Brussels at 30c the identical 50c
goods at most places, and for G5c carpet
worm ojc um out tnis item ana come and
convince yourself. Goods shipped free
within 100 miles of Pittsburg.
J. If. Kunkei. & Bro.,
1317-1349 Penn avenue,
Two squares east of Union depot
Before you start to seethe great Exposi
tion make a note of the articles you may
need for the coming winter. We shall offer
from da to day special bargains for the
convenience of those who do not often come
to the city. "We refer to anything in the
way of wearing apparel for yourself or
family. Gusky's.
Special bargains in every department
of our mammoth establishment every day
that the Exposition is open for the benefit
of our country friends. A money-saving
time for those who need clothing or fur
nishings. Gusky's.
After You Do
Th3 "Expo" go to Kennedy's for ice cream,
soda water, oysters, etc.
Sixth and Duquesne "Wat.
After Ton Do
The "Expo" go to Kennedy's for ice cream,
soda water, oysters, etc.
Sixth and Duquesne "Way.
Ilosiery and Glove.
"We show new lines at special low prices.
Fast black hose, 16c, ISc, 22c. 25c. Fine
ki.l gloves, 75c, 89c, 51, 51 25, 1 50, at
Iiosenbaum & Co.'s.
HouSEnoi.r goods packed for shipment
Haugh & Kecnan, 33 Water street
su
After Yon Do
The "Expo" go to Kennedy's for ice cream,
soda water, oysters, etc.
Sixth and Duquesne "Way.
Badges for lodges and societies at Mc
Mahon Bros. & Adams', 52 Fourth avenue.
Su
The place to see all the latest novelties
in children's clothing and at a price you
can afford to pay is Gusky's.
Visitors TFH1 Find
The best place to get a good meal is Ken
nedy's, Sixth and Duquesne way.
Every visitor to the Exposition should
see our grand showing of fall overcoats.
Nothing in the city to compare with it
Gusky's.
Visitor -Will rind
The best place to get a good meal is Ken
nedy s, Sixth and Duquesne way.
, Stores and business interests bought
and sold. Vuouct & Co.,
510 Smithfield.
SHE WANTS A BARON.
Wealthy Mrs. Livermoro to Wed an
Alleged Insane Nobleman.
AN ENGAGEMENT IN HIGH LIFE,
That Is Causing a Flutter in 5ew Tork
and Newport Society.
LABGE FORTUNE OF THE BRIDE-ELECT
New Tork, Sept 12. It is reported on
the authority of people, in high social cir
cles that Mrs. Charles F. Livermore and
Baron Seilliere will be married at Newport
next Tuesday. The friendship between Mrs.
Livermore and th,e Baron is one of long
standing, and several times before have
their engagement been announced, only to
he denied. This time, however, gossip
says, there is little doubt that the wedding
will take place. Baron Seilliere arrived
from France on September 7. His costume
was as eccentric as usual. While the
weather was very warm the Baron was
muffled up in a heavy tweed overcoat and a
large sealskin cap.
Baron Seilliere first arrived in this coun
try in 1880, when he accompanied the well
known noble ranchman, the Marquis de
Mores. The Magjuis had the entree to
New York society, and introduced his
friend the Baron to many influential and
well-kitewn people, who received him with
open arms. Another companion of the
Marquis was the Chevalier d'Ullman, an
amusing little man with a long gray beard.
The Baron was a great favorite in New
York, despite his many eccentricities, about
which many stories have been told.
In 1887 the Baron returned to France, and
shortly after was placed in the private in-,
sane retreat of Dr. Fairel, at Vannes. Ac
counts differ as to .the means employed to
get the Baron in the asylum, but the one
most generally believed is as follows: The
Baron was in the habit of boasting that he
was in possession of certain papers compro
mising the Orleanist cause. He was in
vited to dine with his aunt, the Duchess de
Bergues, the well known Orleanist, and,
while stepping out of his carriage, was
seized by a party of men, who, notwith
standing his struggles, placed him in a cab
and conveyed him to the asylum.
The Baron protested against his imprison
ment and claimed that he was an American
citizen, as he had signified his intention of
becoming naturalized while in this country.
(The Baron was released after suffering many
indignities, ana at ones came to this coun
try. He voluntarily placed himself under
treatment at the Homeopathic Asylum at
Middletown in this State and remained
there some three weeks He then left the
asylum and spent some time traveling about
the country.
Mrs. Livermore is the widow of Charles
F. Livermore, who died about two years
ago. He was at one time a partner of
Henry Clews, the firm name being Liver
more, Clews & Co. He amassed a large
fortune, which was left without reserve to
his widow. Mrs. Livermore's mother, Mrs.
"William Riley, married three years ago the
wealthy banker, James O'Brien, who built
the magnificent granite villa "Inchiquin"
at Newport.
GALES AND SHIPWRECKS.
Twenty-Four Men and Several Tesselt tost
inXova Scotia "Waters.
YAEMOTJrrr, N. S.,Sept 12. The schooner
Georgiana, of this place, while being towed
to Halifax, capsized, and the captain and
crew were drowned. Most of the unfortu
nate men live in Tusket "Wedge, near Yar
mouth. The list of the lost is as follows:
CAPTAIN ELEAZOK LE BLANC, agea 25,
of Tusket Wedsre.
JIOKEELL PORTEE.
It. A. LE BLANC.
K. SURKETT.
1 A. PORTER.
EUGENE SURRETT.
Ii. BOUDROT.
G. B. PORTER.
I PORTER, all of Tusket Wedsre.
LEONARD PORTER, of Plymouth.
J. M. SURRETT.
GEORGE SURRETT, of the same place.
ISAIAH PORTER.
AJI1LE BOUDROT. of Tnsiet Wedge.
AUGUSTO SURRETT, of Pinckney's Point.
The crew of the bark Camelia, lost at
Scatteric, consisted of the captain and eight
men. There is hardly a doubt that all
were lost. The storm of the early part of
tne wees caused mucn aamage to shipping
at Arichat The schooners Swan, Lettie
M., Hardy and Dolphin were badly dam
aged, and several fishing boats were lost. A
number of vessels were driven ashore at
Detousse, "West Arichat and Petit de Gras.
The steamer Hayter, while leaving for
Glace Bay, foundered when but a short dis
tance from shore, while the schooner Een
frcw went adrift and will prove a total
wreck.
A BBILLIAKT NAVAL FEAT.
The Strongest Squadron Kver Collected In
America at New York.
New York, Sept 12. Like a flight of
snowy sea fowl the squadron of evolution
came briskly through the Sound yesterday.
At a nine-knot gait the squadron threaded
its way through the narrow waters of the
East river and never checked its speed till
it anchored in the North river. After
rounding the Battery, where hundreds of
people gathered to watch them, the ships
kept their steady speed in such close forma
tion that no other craft ventured to break
througlu
"In point of numbers," said Admiral
"Walker last night, "this is the strongest
United States squadron that has been as
sembled under our flag since the rendezvous
at Key "West in 1S74. Of course, in point
of fighting power the ships at Key West
were far infencr to those here at present
As to their efficiency I need onlv point to
their performance to-day. There are not
seven other vessels in the navy that could
come through Hell Gate and the East jiver
at a nine-knot speed in close order which
means 200 yards from the center of each
ship to the center of her consorts ahead and
astern and make the short turn these ships
did in the North river. It is not because
the officers of the other ships are less capa
ble, but because only the officers of these
ships have had the necessary training in
handling them at close quarters with other
men-of-war. It is this training that our
navy needs, and it can be given in no other
way than in squadron formation."
THEN A B0MAHCE, HOW A FOBIUHE.
A Strange AttachmentWhich Itcsnlted
in
Good inck to n Yfidmr.
Washington, Pa., Sept. 12. A subject
of great discussion here during the past
few days has bees the report that Mrs. Asa
B, Wood, widow of the well-known re
porter, has been the recipient of a hand
some fortune, in amount about ?240,000, at
the bauds of a wealthy gentleman of Idaho.
Mrs. Wood refuses to give the .name of her
friend. It is William H. Jasper, of Lew-
iston, Idaho, a man supposed to be worth
about 52,000,000. He is a bachelor amLa
relative of William H. Vanderbilt. He
was In Washington a couple of years ago
and met Mrs. Wood. However, it is under
stood that he met her previous to that time
and that their meeting was of a romantic
nature.
Jasper, it is said, was acquainted with the
husband of the woman he has befriended
and admired him very much. Since -their
first meetiug Mr. Jasper and Mrs, Wood,
have been corresponding and about a week
ago H. W. Bodgcrs, Mr., Jasper's attorney
iu Lewiston, came here with several deed's
for property and seven sight drafts, the
latter aggregating 599.000. Mrs. Wood has
not. deposited her drafts, and of course
has has no idea whether they are good or
no:. As she stoutly refused to show her
papers her story was discredited by almost
every one. It was thought to be especially
unworthy of credence when she said she had
been told of her'good fortune by a clair
voyant. But her attorney, who was seen
this morning, admits that she really has the
papers.
INTRENCHED BY DEEDS.
arns.
HOPKJJfS-SEARI.ES PREPARED
FOR A WIIX CONTEST.
AH Ho' Property Made Over to Searlcs Just
Before Her Death Young Hopkins'
Lawyers Think This Very Damaging
Proof of TJndno Influence.
San Francisco. Sept 12. Special
Creed Haymond, attorney for the Southern
Pacific Company, who has just returned
from Europe, knows more about the Hop-kins-Searles
matter than anyone else. From
a friend who talked with Haymond it is
learned that there are fortifications about
the Searlcs pile of which the lawyers know
not a tithe, and even if the jurors of Salem
agree to break the will of the late Mrs.
Searles, her relict, need only fall back
within a fortress that is well nigh impreg
nable. Five days after the late Mrs. Searles
signed the famous will disinheriting Timo
thy Hopkins, her second husband, Mr.
Searles, becam; a member of the law firm of
Stillman & Hubbard in New York. There
upon Mrs. Searlcs signed a deed, by which
one-tenth of the income from her estate was
to be paid to the firm of Stillman & Hub
bard and Searles in recognition of their ser
vices. Further deeds were Signed for the
husband, and the law partners sniffed the
battle from afar it seems and paper after
paper was signed bv Mrs. Hopkins deliver
ing to her second husband all right, title
and interest in the different properties of
which she was possessed.
A noteworthy feature of the affair is that
the first deed concerned her house end lot
situated on Nob Hill and the next involved
an immense tract of red wood land in the
Santa Cruz Mountains. In case the Salem
court should decide adversely to Searles the
latter has simply to fall back upon these
deeds and bring about a legal fight that will
last till the lawyers have fattened and died
from an indigestion of fees.
Haymond liolds that Huntington strenu
ously advised Mr. and Mrs. Searles to re
member Tim Hopkins in the will with
?2,000,000 or 3,000,000, and maintains that
the railroad millionaire considered it a
great blunder in the will. B'oalt and "Wil
son, it seems, have consulted Choate and
Endicott in- this dilemma, and the four
legal lights conclude that the deeds made
by Mrs. Searlcs, five days after she had
signed her will in favor of Searles, form the
best evidence of undue influence. Choate
thinks that the deeds are very bad evidenoe
against Searles, and they will not serve him
before the Massachusetts courts.
THE NIAGAEA OF LABBAB0B.
Courageous Bowdoin Students Explore the
Foils L'nder Hardships.
Pour Hawkesbury, C. B., Sept. 12.
The crowning point of the Bowdoin College
expedition was reached September 1 by the
return of the party sent out to discover the
truth of the legendary accounts of the
Grand Falls of Labrador. The party of
four men, all graduates of the college,
headed by Mr. Austin Cary, left their
schooner on Sunday, July 25. On August
8 they reached a point five miles in ad
vance Of the furthest point reached by Mr.
HolmeJ In 1888.
Messrs. Cary and Cole proceeded towards
the falls, which had been reported to be dis
tant 50 miles. On August 13, after a three
days' tramp, their labors were rewarded by
a deafening roar in the distance. Their pro
visions were now nearly gone, stores having
been cached on the way up, but they pushed
resolutely on to the height of the Labrador
plateau. The spray of the falls was visible
for 20 miles. From the falls the water flows
through a canyon formed of archaean rock's,
the sides of which rise to a height of 500
feet and are heavily wooded at the top.
The height of the falls has been grossly ex
aggerated, and, while presenting a "grand
and beautiful sight, measure only 200 feet
in a perpendicular fall, the rapids leading
to this fall increasing the total altitude of
the falls to 500 feet. - On rafts the explorers
traversed the 300 odd miles to the mouth
of the river, enduring the greatest hard
ships. BALHACEDA'S CTJBBENCY LAWFUL.
The Junta Recognizes It, and Prosperity Is
Again in Sight.
Valpabaiso, Chile, Sept 12. The
Junta published a decree recognizing the
paper money issued by Balmac'eda. The
amount is 527,000,000, and it is almost the
only money in circulation. General satis
faction is expressed with the decree. It
has relieved the financial institutions and
the people of great anxiety. Immediately
after the news became known the whole
business part of the city assumed an ani
mated appearance. The first result was the
opening of all the banks. Until to-day
their doors had been closed since the entry
of the Junta' army into Valparaiso.
The action of the banks was followed by
the resumption of trade in ail the stores.
The city once more looks like what it was
previous to the commencement of hostili
ties between Balmaceda and his opponents.
The same encouraging news reaches us
from Santiago. The wise course of the vic
torious Junta is rapidly restoring order and
contentment throughout the country. Its
merciful policy toward its defeated foes
meets with unstinted praise from everyone,
including the foreign residents.
BOBBED BY HIS FEIEND.
John Daly, the Noted Gambler, Fleeced by
His Manager, Hollingsworth.
New York, Sept. 12. John Daly is said
to have been robbed of a large sum of money
by his manager, William S. Hollingsworth.
The money was taken from the safe in Mr.
Daly's gambling palace, No. 39 West
Thirty-ninth street, last Friday night The
amount is estimated at from ?60,000 to 5100,
000. The story is that Hollingsworth took
the money from the safe, of which he held
the combination, and used the greater part
of it to cover losses in Wall street
Hollingsworth has been for years the
trusted business manager of Dalvj and has
handled in that time several millions of dol
lars belonging to Mr. Daly. Hollingsworth
did not lcae the city, and it is said that
when Daly went to Jiim and demanded his
money Hollingsworth coolly informed him
that he had only taken what belonged to
him, and dared him to prosecute. Daly has
takeii no steps in that direction, because, it
is whispered, any action of that character
on his part would involve persons of prom
inence in the administration of fhe city of
Nsw York.
The Duckers Go Free.
Johnstown, Sept. 12. The trial of the
two boys charged with murder in duck
ing young Roberta under the water
until he died, took place to-dav. They
were acquitted, the evidence tending to
prove that the boy had been ill and died
from more natural causes.
From the furniture center of the world,
and we are showing an immense line of
chamber suites, sideboards, and in fact any
piece of furniture necessary to complete a
neat household,
Michigan Furniture Co.,
437 Smithfield street
Excursions to West, Northwest, Southwest
and South Via Pennsylvania lines.
Tickets on sale at all principal ticket
offices of Pennsylvania Lines September 15
and 29, good returning 30 days from date of
sale. , Thsu
MRS. WUCHTER'S FAST.
For a Year and a Half the Unfortu
nate Woman Hasn't Eaten,
TERRIBLE LIFE OF STARVATION.
The Eight of Pood and Water Causes Her
Intense Suffering.
CONVULSIONS OFTEN RACK HER FRAME
Aiaentown, Sept. 12. Mrs. Adam
Wuchter, of Whitehall, who was known for
238 days as the fasting woman, was called
upon by a reporter to-day. She was found
in bed on the second floor of the house,
which she says she has not left for over a
year and a half. On March 3, 1890, she
took to her bed, being then in an exhausted
condition, having existc 1 for several months
previously on very little food, taken mostly
in liquid form.
She grew worse from day to day, until
her left side became paralyzed, and she
almost completely lost her sight Fearful
convulsions racked her frame, and 15
minutes at a time was the longest period of
sleep she was able to obtain. Blood flowed
from her eyes and mouth, and the pain in
her head and stomach was almost unbearable.
Whenever food or even water was brought
near her it would make her very sick, and
a convulsion -would invariably follow.
no fraud in it.
Leading physicians from all over the
country visited the woman, most of whom
declared the case one of fraud, and said she
was shamming. Her family physician, Dr.
Sieger, of Siegfrids Bridge, said the fast was
genuine, offering to stake his reputation on
his decision,'aud he tendered the privilege to
any person or number of persons to watch
the-bedside, day and night, and see whether
Mrs. Wuchter partook ol any lood. JNoone
accepted the proposition, and so the case
gradually became lost to the public
Judging from the appearance of Mrs.
Wuchter to-day, she is very little better
than when it was reported that she had
begun to take food, December 18, last She
has a terrible cough, and though she had no
convulsions while the reporter was present,
the attendants say she has them every day
from one to a half dozen times. Her left
side is still paralyzed, and the twitching of
the arm and the sinews of the face have
never ceased since they began.
At first she objected seriously to being
Interviewed, saying that she had suffered
enough already through the newspapers,
and wished the relief from the gossip of
months past to be left unbroken. She
speaks little above a whisper, and what
food she takes consists of small pieces of
toast and soda biscuit She cannot drink.
snr: can scarcely swallow.
. Most of the liqmd which is put into her
mouth runs out again, and very few drops
enter the stomach. She declares positively
that she cannot swallow, and any attempt to
do so gives her much pain. She says she
has not lost faith in her God for a moment,
and though she has been a terrible sufferer,
she believes it is for the best
Her husband remained with her almost
day and night for more than a year, but now
manages to do an occasional day's work.
He was not at home to-day, the mother
being in the care of a daughter, now 16 years
of age. Dr. Sieger visits the woman regu
larly and says the case is as mysterious to
day as it was a year and more ago. He has
fiven positive instructions that no one shall
e allowed to see her, and whenever the
husband leaves the house hi3 orders are as
positive as the doctor's, that no one shall be
admitted.
How long the woman may live is merely
a matter of conjecture. It may be a year or
only a few weeks. She may live until
every particle of strength is gone, or she
may die during a convulsion.
The Unlontown Fhysiclan Found Guilty.
Uniontown, Sept. 12. Special.
After being out about six hours the jury in
the case of Dr. T. P. Walker, on trial for
causing the death of Miss Lida Lawrence
by a criminal operation, broughi in a ver
dict of guilty as indicted. Dr. Walker will
make application for a new trial.
LATE NEWS IN BRIEF.
The big brewers deny that their trust has
collapsed.
Universal suffrage will prevail In the
coming Chilean l'residental election.
Editor De Young, of San Francisco, says
California thinks herselfentitledtoa Cabinet
position.
Jlri. Mark Cohen & Son, a mercantile
firm of Sharon, has assigned. Assets, $20,000;
debts not given.
The Panama Star and Herald says the
Xicaraeua Canal project is as dead as that
of the Panama Canal.
The Ingnlls coal miners, near Oaklan
City, lnd., have struck for an advance in
wages of from 35 to 40 cents a ton.
A safe in the store of W. H. Nees at
Uniontown, O., near Akron, was blown open
by burglars Friday night and $4,500 taken.
Fifty persons on hoard tho Italian shin
Taormina were drowned at the time of the
recent collision with the Greek ship Tlies
salia. The ICO employes of the Detroit City
Glass Works are locked out. The men re
lused to accept a 10 per cent reduction in
wages.
The abductors of Millionaire Bailey and
his friend Albertson Sullivan, the detec
tive, and his two assistants have been held
for trial.
It is said in Burlington, la,, that ox-Governor
Gear, of that State, will succeed Judge
Cooloy on the Inter-State Commerce Com
mission. Mrs. Annio Ilollenschiedt, imprisoned
for lire in Jefferson City, AIo., forthemuraer
of her son-in-law, has served her sentence.
She died Friday.
A poverty-stricken Russian Hebrew
family, of Kew York, named Potruch, living
in a tenement house, are said to have in
herited $14,000,000.
The United States Court at McAllister,
I. T., has denied the motion to quash indict
ments against beer venders, thus reversing
the action of the lowor courts.
A duel was fought in Albany, Ga.,siveral
days ago, bv Jesso Moore, of Berrien county,
and R. P. Fletcher, of Irwin county, from
the effects of which Moore has just died.
Fletcher has fled.
Richard Hotham, a substantial citizen
of Derry township, Westmoreland county,
was found lying unconscious by the road
side near Mllwood yesterday morning. It
in thought he was stricken with paralysis.
He cannot recover.
In Salvador City alone 40 persons were
killed and 00 wounded by the earthquake.
At Comasagna the loss of life was very great,
and of .320 nouses only eight .ire now stand
ing. The shocks still continue, and the com
ing of the equinox is dreaded.
Of the $5,000,OCO subscribed by the Chi
cago citizens to tho World's Fair. Treasurer
Seeberger says $2,060,000 in round numbers
has been collected. When $40,000 more, which
will bo within n day or two, has been re
ceived, the $5,000,000 in bonds voted by the
city will become available.
Floyd Brewer, foreman of a crusher, met
a homblo death at the mines near Aurora,
Mo., Friday. The rollers became choked,
and be attempted to dislodce some of the
rock with aciowbar. The rollers suddenly
caught the bar, throwing Brewer over on
tho rollers, and he was literally crushed to
a pulp.
Documentary evidence, damaging
to B.
K. Musgiove, who tried to swindle
various
insurance companies by leaving a skeleton
to hum in a log cabin near Terre Haute,
lnd., lias jmt been furnished by Parson &
Co., of St. Louis, dealers in secret society
paraphernalia. It was this Arm that sold
the skeleton to Musgrave, and the letters
constitute the strongest evidence yot
brought against him, completely substan
tiating Charles M. Trout's confession.
Ocean Steamship Arrivals.
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THE GBAHABY 01" THE W0BLD.
A Prophecy For America That Is Near to
Fulfillment This Season.
New York Advertlser.i
"Many celebrated men have prophesied
that the United States would one day be
come the great granary of the world, just as
Egypt once was in the days of the Pharaohs.
Coming events cast a shadow which shows
that day to be near at hand. Throughout
Europe there has this year been a general
failing of crops; in this country, on the con
trary, the crop is the largest ever known,
and Europe has to depend upon us to sup
ply her citizens with food.
Chauncey M. Depew cables over from
London: "This is the greatest opportunity
America has had for a decade to grow rich.
It is a stupendous year. Let speculation
stand back and wealth will pour in upon
us. The farmers will have plenty of money
to improve their lands, build "new barns
and buy more supplies. This will give the
manufacturers more to do, and the waee
workers will share the general plenty.
Bail roads will reap a golden harvest, em
ploying more men, and more side
tracks will he built, increasing the
work of the mines anil iron mills. Wealth
will spread itself through the whole people.
Every man, woman and child in America
should be richer this year, but if any 'cor
ner is attempted this prospertty will
shrink up."
AN IBVENTOB'S GBEAT IDEA.
Having Tronbie to Head TTp a Barrel He
Futs a Boy Inside to Help.
New Tork Advertiser.
George Bump is a great inventor of North
Lyme, Conn., who as yet has invented
nothing useful, because all his time has
been taken up with a problem of perpetual
motion. As a distraction from the great
ambition of his life, he runs a small farm to
weeds. On Tuesday afternoon he was out
in the yard trying to put a head in a barrel
to be used for cider. He could not make
the head stay up until he tightened the
hoops, so, puttine-his deaf and dumb boy
inside the barrelto hold up the head, he
went on with his work. The scheme worked
first rate, and he soon had the barrel headed
up.
Leaving the yard he went out into a field
to dig potatoes, forgetting all about the boy
in the barrel. When the child was rescued
he was so frightened that he went in spasms,
and his life is almost despaired of. The
next day Bump's wife applied for her hus
band's arrest on the charge of attempting to
kill his son while insane. The examination
failed to prove his insanity, however, arid
Bump was accordingly released. In all
probability the incarceration of the boy was
one of Blimp's perpetual motion experi
ments, for the boy, being deaf and dumb,
and given to rolling, the barrel might have
been used as a motor for the cider mill.
ISLANBEES ATTACKED BY SHAEKS.
They Are Devoured After Their Canoes
Had Capsized in a Gale.
San Francisco, Sept. 12. The schooner
General Banning arrived from Flent's
Island yesterday with a cargo of cocoanuts.
Her commander, Captain Spring, reports
that while loading the cargo his vessel was
twice blown out to sea by severe storms.
On each occasion' about 100 natives were on
board and they hastened ashore in canoes.
The second time several canoes were cap
sized and the occupants thrown into the
water. The water swarmed with sharks,
and many of the natives were torn limb
from limb before they could be picked up
by other canoes. One young islander
plunged into the water with a long knife to
save his father. Both, however, were torn
to pieces. One young girl had almost
reached a canoe when a shark seized her by
the middle and dragged her down. Out of
38 people who were thrown into the water
eight were seized by sharks and killed, and
one man had a leg bitten off.
THE TIBE BEC0BD.
Air alarm from box 35 about 7:30 last even
ing was caused bv the burning of a mante
in the bouse of William Johnston, at No. 103
Wylle avenue. ,
The alarm from station 2 about 5:30 yester
day afternoon was caused a sligkt fire in tho
roof of Rees' boiler works, on Penn avenue.
Very little damage was done.
A small Are on the roof of the house of
Clarence Elliott, at No. 60 Clifton street, Al
legheny, caused an alarm to be sent in from
box '243, about 6 o'clock last evening.
A small fire in a shed at Knowlson's brick
yards, near Vickroy and Chestnut streets,
was the cause of an alarm from station 33
shortly after 1 o'clock this morning. The
damage will reach $20.
Fiue broke out yesterday morning in the
pork packing establishment of F. P. Bell &
Co.. No. 933 Liberty street, and a larae num
ber of ham-, were destroyed. The lire was
put out before tho building was damaged.
Elizauktii township was visited by two
fires Friday night. The residence of Farmer
Morrison was completely destroyed, but the
contents saved. Tho home of David R.inkln
was partially destroyed. Both fires origin
ated from defective flues.
At 11:40 o'clock last night an alarm of fire
was sent in from station 67. It was caused
by the burning down of a small two-story
frame house, occupied by A Boerstein,
Thirty-third and Smallman streets. The
fire originated from a defective flue. The
loss was $630. The house belonged to the
Denny estate.
At Richmond, III., Friday, a fire, which
started in the livery stable of Alexander
Dermont, quickly spread north and south,
there being no fire department to fight it,
and the principal hotel of the village, the
Richmond Hone, and the residence of
Theodore Shroeder were soon burned to tho
ground. Loss, $25,000; insurance light
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THE LBR GEST and LEADING MILLINERY HOUSE IN WESTERN PENHfl.
AS THE BLUE VAULT
OF SPACE
OVERSHADOWS THIS
TEHHESTHIAL
BAIL, SO DVEfl-
LOW PRICES
M&pdm
The Best Hypnotizer, So Far as Heard
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Come Early and Participate in the Good Things
WE'LL LAY BEFORE YOU THIS WEEK.
CI My- Ponnlar M DiarlMl!
This speaks louder than words, better than all the adver
tising we are capable ofj but of course there are reasons for
everything, and the reason for the immense patronage bestowed
on our most popular Cloak Department is not far to seek. Prices
right and attainable by all. Garments, best of their class to be
had in European or home markets, shoddy positively on the
prohibition list at Danziger's, and, to crown and sum up the
whole thing, our prices are fully 25 per cent lower than any
house in either city. Following are a few sample bargains for
this week:
Genuine Seal Plush Jackets that you'd
never grudge 15 greenbacks for,
this week we'll lay out a whole lot
of them to sell At $10 each.
Real Coney Fur Trimmed gio 50
Reefers this week por $7 49 each.
Real Astrachan Fur Trimmed Reefers
($12 50 ones) to-morrow
- For $9 98 each.
A very pretty range of $5 Diagonal
Reefers, 28 inches long.
For $3 99 each.
Don't miss those elegant Worsted
Reefers, 27 inches long,
For $2 99 each.
Then see the children's comfortable
Gretchen Coats, 6 to 14 years,
For $2 39 each.
IT'LLPAY YOU TO
Ladies' very fine Embroidered Hand
kerchiefs (40c handkerchief)
For 24c each.
Ladies' 15c All-Linen Colored Border
H. S. Handkerchief,
This Week 3 for 25c.
Ladies' 20c All-Linen, white H. S.
Handkerchief, for a day or two,
For 11c each.
Infants' prettily Embroidered Rich
Silk Hoods
At 49c, 74c, 99c, $1 49 and $1 99.
And the Children's lovely White
Eider Down Hoods (150 hoods)
Now for 99c each.
A Few Live Snaps From Corset
and Underwear Dep'ts.
Children's excellent 35c Canton Flan
nel Night Drawers
For 24c a pair.
Children's lovely 40c and 75c fine
White Aprons this week
For 24c and 49c each.
Children's nice 35c Corset Waists
to-morrow For 24c each.
They fit nicely, the Ferris & Dr.
Warner's Ladies' Corset Waists.
We've got 'em in white, black and
drab, And only $1 a pair.
New Stylish Dress Trimmings
at Popular Prices.
The choicest assortment in these two.
cities of black and colored Silk
Gimp Headings, they're really
pretty, and we'll sell cheap
At 10c, 12c and 14c a yard.
But the Crochet Headings are sim
ply, effectively beautiful
At 69c, 74c and 79c a yard,
And the narrow and medium Colored
and Black Gimps '11 sell
At 12c, 19c, 24c and 39c a yard.
The wide Gimps, black and colored
(very pretty they are),
For 24c, 39c and 49c a yard.
The lovely Iridescent or Steel Bead
Gimps
For 49c, 59c, 69c, 74c, 79c, 99c,
$1 24 and $1 49 a yard.
About 400 left of that 1,000 lot of $4, $5 and $6 Umbrellas.
It's the best Umbrella bargain ever brought to Pittsburg, and'
have been much appreciated. 600 sold in one week for $ 1 99 each.
In active preparation for our Grand Millinery Opening. ,
It'll be the finest thing of the kind ever seen in Pittsburg. Due
notice next Sunday. -
ALWAYS
.THE
CHEAPEST.
OUR ELEGANT MIL
LINERY DEPABTMENT
ALL
ATTEMPTS AT
COMPETITION!
en g
Stylish Gretchen
years
Coats 4 to 12
For $3 49 each.
Hundreds of Children's elegantly fins
Fur Beaver Coats
From $4 24 to $10.
And we've got about 150 of Walker's
genuine London dyed Seal Plush
Sacques, 40 inches long (they're
the 25 ones), next week our price
Triw Be $15 49 each.
A lot of Ladies' Newmarkets, heavy,
medium and light weights, that are
worth from S to $12,
Now for $2 99, $3 74 and $4 98.
Astrachan Fur Capes (Si 2 capes at
that) Now for $9 24 each,
I
SEE THESE THIS WEEK.
Come in and see our Children's Em
broidered Jersey Sacques
At 99c each,
Infants' fine Wool Vests
For 24c, 39c, 49c and 59c each.
Infants' Bootees, an immense assort
ment, At 9c, 12c, 15c, 24c and 49c pair.
Richly elegant, these Children's hand
some Silk and Plush Hats and
Hoods From 49c to $4 99.
A very nice assortment of Infants' fine
White Embroidered Flannel
Sacques
For 49c, 74c and 99c each.
Hustling Good Bargains From
Our Enterprising Jewelry
Department.
Souvenir Spoons are all the rage just
now, and we've secured a very
handsome lot. They') Pittsburg,
Allegheny and East Liberty Souve
nir Tea Spoons; very handsomely
and artistically chased and en
graved they are, too. They're
made from pure sterling silver,
oxidized; some of the bowls are
of silver, while others are of gold.
The exclusive jewelers get from $2
to $3 for them.
Our price is but $1 39 each,
A very pretty lot of Tea and Table
spoons, with any initial in the al
phabet; we'll sell the
Tea Spoons for 24c each and Table
Spoons for 49c each,
An elegant array of Rogers' Triple
Plated Tea Spoons all to go this
week For 99c a Set.
And Rogers' celebrated Triple Plated
Knives and Forks have all been
marked to sell this week
For $2 99 a Set.
io,ooo handsome Plated Butter
Knives and Sugar Spoons (they're
the regular quarter dollar goods);
to-morrow we'll'sell them
For 5c each
S SIXTH ST.
AND
PENN AVE,
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