KggKg mmwmm's If .Vi . THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH THURSDAY, EEBRUABT 4 189 ,- ""v-. EaESJsasacsr-Jw HELPEDTH ENEMY, Democrats Place a Weapon in Their Political Oppo nents' Hands. BIG MA JOBIT Y MADE WEAK. A Preacher-Senator's Game Fight for Uniform Marriage laws. A COHMEXT ON STATESMANSHIP. Pittsburg's Collectorship Expected to Be Settled To-Day. GROWTH OP GOTEENMOT PRINTING XrtCIAt. TELEGRAPHIC ZXTTEB.1 Bceeau or The DrsrATCH, Washihotok, D. C. Feb. 3. Measured by their profession the Demo cratic leaders in the House are the most frank and most moral gentlemen this side of Paradise, but unfortunately their acts radically vary from their professions, as witness their persistence in favor of "riders" on appropriation bills. TJudoubtediy a majority of the great Democratic majority of the House are op posed to this vicious practice which the Committee on Rules has formally em balmed in the new code, but the sense of discipline and the autocracy of a few com mittee chairmen are so absolute that only a few of the boldest opponents dare to protest openly. The knowledge that the Commit tee on Rules and the chairmen of the Com mittees on "Ways and Cleans and Appropria tions insist upon the adoption of a rule agreed upon by a majority of the Committee ' on Rules is sufficient to secure almost a full party support for that rule. Democrats Throwing Away Chances. Why, at this time, with their mouths full of protestations of virtue, the Democratic leaders should persist in the adoption of a rule sanctioning and glorifying a form of legislation that has been condemned in all parliamentary bodies, though it may have occasionally operated for good as any other form of evil may at times is inexplicable. By means of A, the minority may be en abled to force through legislation ntterly objectionable to the majority, who have their choice either to accept it or to risk the failure of appropriation to which it is at tached if the minority can gain the conniv ance of the Senate. The Democratic majority of the House by this rule openly invite the small minority of Republicans of the House to co-operate with the small Republican majority of the Senate to devise legislation which could be enacted in no other way and attach it to an appropriation bill; and. the Democrats who insist on the privilege of such legislation will be compelled to assume the responsi bilitv for such enactment or for the failure of the appropriation bill to which it is at tached. A 'Weapon for the Enemy's Use. At this time, when the Democrats num ber tw o-thirds of the House and have their own quorum, even allowing for a large number of absentees, such a parliamentary enactment as tms rule permitting riaers or. to put it another way, the lack of a rule I pruuiuiiiugsutuiuicisu icijuiauoa on ap- propriation bills, seems little less than idiotic. The Democratic majority is so great that it can make or mar any 'legisla tion that comes before it, and every dictum of common sense suggested that the leaders should, as a defense against the minority and the Senate, stamp with their disap proval this objectionable form of legisla tion. It is to be presumed, however, that if the Democrats choose to put a weapon in the hands of the enemy the latter will not object. With the opportunity for riders on ap propriation bills, and that other opportu nity to filibuster afforded by the refusal of the Democratic leaders to adopt the wise methods for silencing obstructors which were in vogue in the last Congress, the Democrats ha e not only surrendered much of the powers of their great majority, but have given their approval to methods v hich should have noplace in an enlight ened parliamentary body in the last decade of the Nineteenth century. A Preacher-Senator's Work of Reform. Senator James Henderson Kyle, who in troduced the joint resolution providing for a vote of the States on an amendment to the Constitution giving the National Govern ment the sole power to enact laws for the regulation of marriage and divorce, and who to-day spoke upon his resolution, is a Presbyterian clergyman, and received his theological training at the 'Western Univer sity at Allegheny City.. He has not devoted himself wholly to the cause of religion during the last five years, how et er, as one might well conclude from the substantial fact of his presence in the Sen ate. Legislatures do not go hunting among the pulpits for United States Senators, while the pews are full of statesmen await ing a call, unless the pulpit has made itself conspicuous on the stump, at the polls and in the political convention. Mr. Kyle is an Ohio man. which, with his "Western Penn sylvania religious education, must come near making him, or any other man with similar ad ant ages, an invincible. Shrewdness of a Tonne; Statesman. The Soutn Dakota Senator started out to nse the bar as a stepping-stone to the Sen ate, but soon began to look at life more seriously, and came to the conclusion that the shrewd thing to do would be to strike for the highest honors in this world, and the next by choosing the profession of a clergyman, which would not debar him from the Senate, though it might lead him to feci somewhat out of his element, while the pro fession of a lawyer would go far to shut him on the outside of the gates of the JSew Je rusalem. Despite his calling he has reached the Senate, though he is only in his 38th year, Soutli Dakota having a special and commendable liking for youth and pietv. Mr. Kyle. I am glad to say, is an Inde pendent. He as elected alter a contest 27 days in duration, by a large majoritv over the profane candidates of the Kepublican and Democratic parties. Senator Kvle dis tinguished himself at once upon his'nrrival in the Senate by introducing the resoluiion proposing a constitutional amendment which will, if adopted, enable Congress to enact a general law regulating marriage and divorce. Necessity of Uniform Divorce Laws. It is a fine comment on the statemanship of 100 years of a moral and Christian repub lic that what is marriage in one State is immoral-cohabitation in another, and that per sons unhapily married in one State t here divorces are tedious and come high, though they must be had, mav go to another State and obtain a separation quickly, Quietly and cheaply. It will certainly be a laurel wreath on Senator Kyle's brow- in this world, and a strong recommendation to the kindlv offices of St Peter on his advent in the next, if he can accomplish a rational uniformity of laws governing marriage and divorce. It is to be hoped, however, that he will not in sist that it shall be too very difficult for the unhappily mated ones to restore themselves as" nearly as possible to the condition of single blessedness which obtained before marriage, and which will enable them to make a new experiment. Eepresentative Huff to-day recommended E. J. Vinton for appointment as postmaster it Jeannette, Pa. AFitUburc Appointment About Kipe. It is expected that the Pittsburg col- lectorship will be decided to-morrow, as it is Secretary Foster's day with the Presi dent, and he has signified his intention to brinjj the matter to a conclusion. It is pretty certain that the attempt to regulate and modifv the Government print ing will come to naught. The House has already rejected an opportunity to distin guish itsell in this matter, and the Senate takes hold of .it timidlv, as not knowing where to begin'or where "to leave off The bulk of Government printing grows enorm ouslv every year, and nine-tenths of itis absolutely useless to the general public. The tendency is to add to rather than to de crease the bulk. A proposition has been made to place the Congrcssunial Eccord, that inimitable lit erary annual, in every county of every State of the Union in a'wav that will place it within easy gra-sp of 04.000,000 people, who would rather abate one meal a day than be without thisnutritious intellectual bouil lon. PAssibly this proposal may really be a shrewd movement to reduce the bulk of printing, as some infidel critics assert that if the people at large could but read the Record occasionally they "would rise in their might" and demand that its publica tion cease altogether. One Way to Get In Print. If must be admitted that if there were no official publication of the proceedings of Congress there would be an enormous sav ing, not only in the cost ot printing the Sfcord, but in the time of Congress, for not one speech in a hundred which is now im mortalized in this most astounding of daily newspapers would be made were there no such publication. It is unquestionably true that if it were not for the faithful pub lication of every Congressional utterance, which encourages the Fool totep in where statesmen fear to tread, Congress would ac complish more in three months than it now can in six. Xot only is it true of the Record, hut it is also true of all departments of Public Printing, that the purpose for which such printing was instituted is defeated by the very bulk of matter put forth, to say noth ing oi the quality, which may be said to deteriorate in an exact ratio as the volume increases. Self-Importance of Consuls. There are about 1.000 consuls represent ing the United States in foreign countries, and each one imagines the Republic would cease to exist if he did not send in a report on something nearly every weeK. jNine tenths of these reports are either silly or worthless, or both, and yet they mut all be put into print to feed the waste baskets of the country. The Agricultural Department is a perfect Volcano in a state of constant and violent eruption of books that nobody wants, and whose only use, lor the most part, is for rural members of Congress to send to their constituents to remind them that they are remembered. And so on through the list of publications. It is idle, however, to talk of reduction. The proposed new printin? office will be double the capacity of this one and will probably before many years be worked to the last inch of space in composing, press and folding rooms. The greatest abuje of all is not referred to bv the reformers and critics, and that is the use of the printing office to print speeches of members at cost, to nse as campaign documents. But this, too, will endure unto the end. LlGHTNEn. EXPERT MAIL ROBBERY. POUCHES STOI.EX FKOal TVAUONS ON A nOBOKKN FJSKKT BOaT. A Mysterious Bis That Recalls a Similar Exploit No Clew to the Thieves An Organized Gang Believed to Be at Work. Kew Yobk, Feb. 3. Special. Seven pouches of first-class mail matter were stolen from mail waeons on the Hoboken ferryboat Orange on Tuesday evening under circumstances which have led the postofiice authorities to suspect an organized gang of mail thieves. The investigations of the inspectors have served to connect the theft, so far at least as methods are concerned, with the robbery of last De cember, known to the postofiice officials as the Hubbard case. A mysterious express wagon was one of its features. An equally mysterious express wagon is one of the features of Tuesday night's robbery. A little before 7 o'clock on Tuesday night two mail wagons left the postofiice for the Hoboken ferry at the foot of Barclay street John J. O'Keefe drove 3G, which was the smaller, and John Walker drove 55 The mail wagons stood, one behind the other, at the tail of the boat. There was no wagon behind them, but a one-horse express wagon which followed them immediately, drove alongside. It was also the last wagon on its side of the boat It tias driven by two un known men. Arriving at Hoboken, O'Keefe drove to the Hoboken postofiice and Walker to the Delaware, Lackawanna and "Western station. Ho one saw the express wagon again. O'Keefe reported to the Hoboken post master a pouch of local mail containing more than 2,000 letters and a bag of news papers. But when he unlocked his wagon he found only the bag of newspapers. Agent Thatcher, who received the railroad mail, hastily looked them over, and said: "There are some packages missing here, but I can't stop now to verify the list" The train left and "Walker hurried back to New York to report the affair. The train was reached by telegraph at Dover, and Thatcher wired back that six pouches had not been delivered. Four of them were for 3It Morris, Elmira, "Waverler and Scranton, respectively. The other two were for Buffalo, to be there opened and their contents distributed along the routes to Scranton and to Emporium. ELICTEIC CAE ACCIDEHTS. The Birmingham and Duqnesne lines Each Have a Smashnp. Car .No. 44 on the Duqnesne Traction road ran into the rear platform of car No. 14, at Col tart square, Oakland, about 5:30 last eveninc Both of the platforms were smashed, hut the car men and the passengers escaped uninjured. The collision was caused by a slippery rail, the motorman on the rear car being unable to stop. , About G o'clock car No. 4, of the Birming ham line, struck a wagon at South Twenty first and Carson .streets. The wagon wis loaded with gas pipe and was overturned and badly broken. Tho car was also dam aced. John Moore, the driver, was slightly bruised. The accident was caused by bad brakes on the car. Ninety-Eight Deaths In a "Week. The mortuary report for the week ending January 30, shows 98 deaths. Of these 12 -o ere caused by pneumonia, five from diph iheria, seven from consumption, four from convulsions, three from influenza, six from old age, and the others were from general causes; 94 were white and four colored; as were married, 60 were single, 12 were widows and 5 idon ers; 39 were natives of Pittsburg, 21 from other parts of the United States, and the rest were foreigners; 19 were under 1 year of aec. 15 from 20 to 30, and 8 from 70 to oO; 17 deaths occurred in the old citr. 41 in 'the East End, 32 on the Souths'ide and 8 in institutions; 8 were coroner's cases. Oischarsinc Messengf rs by tl holesale. Chicago, Feb. 3. Twenty express mes sengers in the f. mploy of the Adams .Ex press Company here have been discharged within two dax.More discharges, it is said, will follow. Most of the messengers are veterans, including the famous Dres bach, who fought a gang of robbers at Sey tnour, Ind., fn 1872, and successfully de tended 550,000 of express money. No reason was assigned for the action of the company. The men claim it is the result of a deter mination to exterminate the Brotherhood of Express Messengers. A. PITCHED BATTLE. Deer -Island Prisoners Revolt and Attack the Guards in a Body. A MOB OF OVER 250 EXCITED MEN, Armed With Knives, Hammers, Ice Picks ami Chisels, Fights UNTIL MANX A HAED IIEAD IS BROKEN rSPKCTAL TELEOllAM TO TnEJHSPATCH.1 BosTQlf, Feb. o. There are a score of prisoners on Deer Island with bruised heads, to-night, and a strong guard of Bos ton police surrounds the reformatory. The prisoners received their wounds from clubs wielded.by the policemen in quelling the worst outbreak ever seen at the place. The police had clubs, and tho prisoners had knives, iffe-picks, chisels and hammers. The reformatory guard was helpless, and while the Boston police were on the way to the place the rioters had complete charge of the institution. To-night the place looks as though a tor nado had struck it "Windows are broken in almost every wing of the building, and much other property was destroyed. Aflairs at the island have been in had shape for some time, owing to dissensions among the Commissioners of Public Insti tutions. The prisoners took advantage of the strained relations, and have had pretty much their own way. Causo of the Climax. The confinement of a prisoner in the guardhouse last night called forth from the others a peremptory demand for his release. This was refused, and directly nfter break fast to-day the tronble began. A concerted attack was made on the guard house, the two guards retreating be fore the mob, which numbered more than 250 prisoners. After breaking the windows and battering in the door the mob started for the sheds! Pickaxes, clubs, ice-picks and pitchforks were seized, and the -prisoners came back to begin an attack on the house of industry itself. They wer.t through the rooms, and were making things lively there about the time the police arrived. beveral of them had eone also to the store yard near the water front They threw hammers and o'ther tools into the water. One party headed tor the boiler rooms, but Chief .Engineer Page kept them at bay with his revolver. When the Boston policemen reached the scene the prisoners were in possession of the loafing room. Most of them were armed. Their yells were accompanied by a vigorous brandishing of implements. They threatened to kill the policemen if they entered the room. Before the attack Super intendent Gerrish fave them an opportunity to go quietly to their cells. Bine Coats Haye Their Effect. The sight of the blue coats had its effect, and more than half ot the rioters submitted to arrest The others were still defiant, and the order was given to charge. Clubs were used indiscriminately. The prisoners made a rush upon the officers. There were a few steps of retreat on the part of thepolice,and then a sharp advance. In their retreat the prisoners separated. This made easy work. Each officer seized a man and forced him to submission. In the cell room the men renewed the fight Those possessing weapons struck the officers. The prisoners on the upper division of cells hurled buckets aud chairs over the railing upon the heads of the police. There was a rain of chairs, stools and buckctsfor several seconds. The scissors and knives which the men who were employed in the tailoring department possessed came down from above during the melee. The riot lasted nearly three hours. The Mayor and commissioners of public institu tions visited the island after it was over, andwill remain there to-night It is inti mated that the Mayor will make a clean sweep of the commissioners and the Deer Island officials appoint an entirely new set WARD WATERBURY FOUND. THE KIDNAPED BOY RETURNED HIS ABDUCTORS. BY Two Men Arrested on Suspicion A Rela tive of the Lad's Father to Be Appre hendedThe Little Fellow's Story oi His Absence From Home. Greenwich Village, Conn., Feb. 3. Special. About 5 o'clock this afternoon Sheriff Dayton brought two men to the lockup in this place, accused 'of the kidnaping of ' little "Ward "Water bury. They were Samuel Sutherland and John McCann. A short time afterward Sheriff Dayton took McCann to his office and had a long talk with him. The Dispatch correspondent had an in terview with the Sheriff, but he refused to deny or affirm that McCann turned State's evidence, and said that he might say something, but would violate confidence in so doing. But he intimated that there might be some truth in the state ment. He said, however, that C. E. Water- bury would be captured before long and that there was evidence, he thought, enough to convict McCann and C. E. Waterbury. The Dispatch correspondent, by means of a boy, had an interview with Sutherland "through the jail grating, in which Suther land said that McCann had turned State's evidence and would probably reveal what he knew. Sutherland said he is innocent and had nothing whatever to do with the affair. The boy was brought home at 3 o'clocK this morning by John Close, of Stanwich, Conn., to whose house he bad been brought at 2 o'clock, aud left by a man to knock in the door. The little fellow told how he had been approached by two tall, plainly-dressed men about 4 o'clock Monday afternoon, as he was playing near the schoolhouse. They asked him to show them the way to a near by place, and he consented. After he bad gone a short distance, and as soon as they were out of sight of the school, they told him roughly he must go with them, and picked him up and started to the v, oods. He did not know where or how far he went, but only that long after dark that night he was taken to a small house, where he was kept until last night, when he was taken to the gate at Mr. Close's place and left, as .already described. TWENTY YEAE8 IN PRISON. Death or a Man M 1th Tnat Record at tho County Workhouse. Coroner McDowell held an inquest yester day on the body of Gottfried Engel, who died at the workhouse. He was 52 years of age and had a remarkable career. He was scnt'to the workhouse on January $ by Magistrate Hyndman for vagrancy. He told the hospital steward a few days ago that although he was a puddler by trade, and always made good mouey when working, he had done nothing tor 20 years. He seemed to take delight from imprisonment He had been in the county workhouse at Lancaster the greater portion of eight years, dating from 1870, and after that he spent a good part of his time in prison at Cleveland and other points in Ohio. He was removed to the hospital department of the workhouse January 25, and died yesterday morning 11UU1 CJkUUUSllUU. A.UV viuii:b cordance with these facts. was in ac- Becamo Weary of Hani Labor. Martin Muchenbach, who claims "no where" his home, entered the Fourteenth street, Southside, station house last evening and asked to be placed in durance vile. He did not loot- like the common "vae." but more resembled a hard working man, wh had become a victim of circumstances. Ser geant McQnaid questioned him and was in formed that he was a working man, but had got tired ofyworking and wished to live in ease for a while. He asked to be sent to the workhouse, fie was asked if he wanted three or six months. He counted the for mer on bis fingers to see if it would be until the winter was over, and decided to take three months. He will be given his sentence to-day. -" ACTOR CURTIS ON TRIAL. THE CTItST TESTIMONY FOB PROSECUTION IS WEAK. THE An Italian Saw Officer Grant and His Prls I oner, bnt Not the Shooting Ho Also Saw a Third Party Tho Attorney's Opening Speech. San Fbancisco, Feb. ?. The trial of Maurice B. Curtis, know on the theatrical stage as Sam'l oFosm, for the murder of Police Officer Alexander Grant, began to day. The courtroom was crowded with spec tators. District Attorney Barnes opened the case by stating that about 1 o'clock on the morning of September 11 Officer Grant was seen to turn into Folsom street from Fifth street He had a prisoner under ar rest, and took the south side of the street. When near the middle of the block there was a scuffle, followed "by three shots. Offi cer Grant fell to the sidewalk and the pris oner escaped and ran ,to Fifth street and turned south. Ho was followed by another officer and arrested. Upon his wrist were Officer Grant's nippers. The prisoner answered the description of the man who had done the shooting. During the address of Barnps Curtis apparently paid little at tention to what was being said, but his wife, who sat near him, turned somewhat paler. Officer Itussel was the first witness. After explaining the diagram locating the scene of the shooting, he was followed by Officer Jaynes, who testified to seeing Grant's dead body on Folsom street shortly after the tragedv. Augustine Marcoval, an Italian vendor of tamales, was considered by the prosecutiom as one of their most important witnesses. As Marcoval did not understand English well, an interpreter was necessary. He testified as follows: I saw Officer Grant on Sixth street at 12-10 o'clock on the morning of September 11. Grant was coming along Sixth street with a man. Two men weie going along side by side. Tho" officer was on the ont9ide. As they passed me they weie talking. They were not quarellng. After they turned the corner I, of course, lo9t sight of them and thought no more or it. There was one other man on the street corner. Marcoval admitted he had signed a paper at the request of the police, but he was con fused as to his knowledge of its contents. Curtis was then shown the pistol with which the killing was done, but denied it was his. Curtis denied all knowledge of the shooting, and said he had not been drinking. He said he had some trouble with toughs on Fourth street NEW GAS COMPANY FORMED. The Citizens Intend to Pipe the Flnld Into Xew Castle The Concern Has Plenty of Gas and a Good Field in Which to Operate. , It is a great pity that all the available gas wells within a radius of 60 miles of Pittsburg that were drilled in last summer and capped are not connected in one line and utilized in this city on cold days. There is still plenty of gas, according to the state ments of men in the business, bi the new fields have not been developed. About a year ago a party of Pittsburg and New Castle people leased 1,000 acres of land about five miles from New Castle to drill for lubricating oil. They put down two wells, and struck heavy gassers. The wells have a pressure of 500 pounds and were capped. Yesterday the own ers of the gas met in William Zahn's office, on Fourth avenue, and or ganized the Citizens' Oil and Gas Company of Pennsylvania. It was decided to pipe the gas into New Castle at once. The She nango Gas Company is now trying to supply the town with gas for domestic purposes, and some time ago they had to cut off the mills, owing to a scarcity of the fuel. Thev get some of their gas from the Wildwood field. The New Castle manufacturers are anxious to return to the use of gas, and wUl co-operate with the new company." In the meantime an ordinance has been introduced in the New Castle Councils for the right of wav in the streets. The officers of the Citizens' Conmanv. as elected yesterday, are William Smith, President: William Zahn, Secretary; Bobert Frew, Treasurer, and E. A. McMillen. of New Castle, Vice President. The other officers are from Pittsburg, The capital stock as fixed at $50,000, and an applica tion for a charter will be made immediately. A committee consisting of P. F. Smith, W. P. Bennett, W. C. Connelly, Jr., Robert Frew and E. A. McMillen was ap pointed to-draft by-laws and attend to other necessary details. It was estimated that the cost of laying the pipes from the wells to New Castle will range from 525,000. to wu.uuo. u.ne land is also located about eight miles from the new town of Ellwood, and in the future a Mne may be laid to that place. C. W. Bassett, General Passenger Agent of the Pittsburg and Western road, presided at the meeting of stockholders yesterday. ' HOEY WIHS OHE OF HIS SUITS. A New York Jndce Decides a Caso in Favor of tho .Ex-Express President New Yoke, Feb. a Special The complaint in the suit of Henry C. Sher burne against John Hoey. Clapp Spooner and Edward E. Taft was dismissed to-day by Justice Ingraham, 'of the Supreme Court The action was brought to recover about 5100,000 claimed to be due as plaintiff's share of a scheme by which certain New England express companies were to be bought by the Adams Express Company. Justice Ingraham decides that the alleged agreement sued on is invalid, as Hoey and Spooner were trustees of the Adams Ex press Company. The Justice says that Hoey was guilty ot a breach of trust, and that Sherburno'has a right of action against Taft for money he advanced to him. Through this action the disclosures were made in volving Hoey. The decision states: It appearing that the agiecmouf under which the monoy was paid to Hoey was an illegal agreement, and that the profits which were realized from the sale of tho property were the results of breach of trust on the part of Hoey and Spooner, to induco which they woie given an interest, tho law will not aid any parties in the distribution of any of the proceeds of a fund cieatedby such an agreement, but leave the parties as it finds them. A CASHIER GOES MAD. The Strain of a Bank Falluro Was Too Severe Upon His Drain. Louisville, Feb.. a Reliable informa tion :ached this city to-night that ex Judge John Bitter, cashier of the Glasgow Deposit Bank, which failed last week, had becomo suddenly insane. He had gone doun town to the bank this morning, as usual, but returned home about 10 o'clock. A little later he was seen running from his home perfectly nude, and it was with difficulty that he was .overpow ered. He was carried'back to. his home, and a doctor, who was summoned, pronounced him a victim of acute mania, brought on by great mental anxiety. Hitter owes the bank, his friends sav.. 20,000, but they claim his paper is we"ll secured. It is believed his .indebtedness is at least 25,000, however, and that it is largely unsecured. Beports got out that the bank was in a bad condition, and this caused a run which resulted in its suspen sion. The bank will pay dollar for dollar, however, so its officers claim. , HE LED A DOUBLE LIFE Harris, the Wife Poi oner Who Will Be Electrocuted, IS A HEARTLESS SCOUNDREL. He Has Wrecked Many Lives and Committed Enough Crimes to MERIT THE DEATH THAT AWAITS MM New York, Feb. 3. The counsel for Carlyle W. Harris, the wife poisoner, con victed last night, did not place him on the witness stand in his own behalf during the trial, and the reason was made apparent to day when, having fastened on Harris the murder of the beautiful and 'confiding young woman, the prosecuting attorneys made public a statement of the murderer's double life for the past dozen years. Assistant District Attorneys Wellraan and Sims, on whom devolved the labor of gathering together he mass of facts that proved Harris' guilt to the jurv, was pre pared to bring out the sad details of a bad record had Harris gone on the stand. Fol lowing are briefly stated some of these al leged clearly ascertained facts in the young man's career: The Murderer's First Victim. Toward the end of the first week of Har ris trial, a gentleman living in Connecticut sent a letter to" Mr. Wellman, telling him that he was greatly interested in the news paper reports ot the" trial, and that he could narrate some peculiar stories about a young man named Harris which might be of use in the trial. Mr. Well man at once telegraphed the Connecticut man, whose name is withheld, to come to New York, which the latter did, arriving in this city last Saturday week. He told Mr. Wellman that about seven years ago he was acquainted with a voung girl named Lulu Van Zant, who had been married at the age of 14 to a young man named Charles Harris, who was then 16 years old, and that the marriage took placein this city. Within a fortnight the girfwife discov ered that her husband's first name was Cailyle. He took her to Brooklyn to live. Her parents were residents of Plainfield, N. J. The Connecticut man said that Harris was well born and had an uncle who was a famous physician (Harris' grandfather, Dr. McCready, was probably the physician re ferred to.) The Girl's life Wrecked. The pair, it is affirmed left Brooklyn soon afterward and went to live in Connecti cut, when the young wife, it is said, soon detected her husband in an intrigue with another girl. In disgust she left him and returned to this city, where afterward a criminal operation "was performed. She subsequently consulted a lawyer here about obtaining a divorce from, Harris who had then disappeared. A search was made for this girl and it was found that she had been living with her mother in East Ninety-second street for three years, but had left there a year ago. It was also discovered that other parties had been looking for this girl a few days previously. These are supposed to be the emissaries of the defendant then upon trial. P Inspector Byrnes' detectives finally found me gin at jrerm jxuiuuv, x. tj., nucie auc tfas found to be a physical work. Nothing, however, could induce her to come to New York to testify against Harris, who had threatened her so that she lived in perfect terror of him. Making I.ove at All Times. The District Attorney was m also informed that Harris became engaged to the daughter of a Kentucky clergyman about two or three months after his secret marriage to Helen Potts. A letter was received at the District Attorney's office to-day from a well-known citizen, who stated that about the time of Helen's death he saw Harris flirting with a girl on a Broadway car as both rode down town one morning. During Harris' engage ment to Helen Pott3 he wanted to engage himself to a young lady in Asbury Park who was aware of his prior engagement' She said to him: "What are you going to do about Helen Potts?" Harris replied: "Ob, I am tired of her, aud want to shake her." About the same time Harris is said to have betrayed a girl at Asbury Park. It is stated that he was also engaged to marry a young lady living in Brooklyn who was a close friend of his mother. A Polished Scoundrel, xt has also been learned that Harris wronged a servant girl in this city. When she left the institution in which he placed her she was penniless and appealed to Harris, who had meantime been secretly married to Helen Potts. Harris gave her a trifle and told her to "get rid of the child" by leaving it on some door step. In July, 1890, Harris is said to have gone to a lawyer and sought his advice-about get ting a divorce from Helen Potts. This is about the time he nearly caused her death. Harris was at one time employed as a purser on the Old Dominion line steamers, and the officers tell many tales about his habits. It is said that his mother once told Mrs. Potts, Helen's mother, that Carlyle had been a constant source of trouble to her all his life, and his brother, McCready Harris, told Mrs. Potts that Carlyle was "a polished villain," and that he could not be trusted. India Silks. Our great sale of plain and printed Indias continues with increasing sales. Prices, 36e, 75c and $1 a yard. Attend if you want to pick up a bargain and save money. 1 J03. HOKIf E & CO. '8 Penn Avenue Stores. Special attention given to the interior decorating of public buildings, halls and churches. I have a large assortment of de signs made lor this purpose. John S. Koberts, 719 and 721 Liberty street, head of Wood. SITh Special Kent Lists Advertised to-day. Home-hunters should read them. ijNo better variety can be found than in The Blspatch To Let columns. New Dress Goods. They are coming in every day. See them, they are just lovely. Jos. HORjrn & Co., 600-G21 Penn avenue. Whek we recommend Minnehaha flour, and our advice is followed, we do a service to every good housekeeper and win for our selves her good will. tt India Silks. .Our great sale of plain and printed Indias continues with increasing sales. Prices, S(5c, 75c and 51 a yard. Attend if you want to pick up a bargain and save money. 'Jos. Horxe & Co.'s Penn Avenue Stores. , Special Kent List Advertised to-day. Home-hunters should read them. No better variety can be found than in The Dispatch To Let columns. ss0$0s4$s-s0$-$$$Os THE ALLECKENY BRANCH OFFICE OP THE DISPATCH AT 107 FEDERAL ST. Is open every day except Sunday until O P. 51. Advertisements will be received up to that hour for Insertion the next mornin; at rejrular rates. ss-4s-0ssys ' SIGHS OF A MUTDTY AT SEA. A Deserted Vessel Fonnd In Good Con dition and Some Sails Set. New York, Feb. a The steamer Bunic, which arrived here to-day from Liverpool, reports that on January 29, she passed the Norwegian ship Florida abandoned by her crew. The Florida's rudder was lashed, some of her sails were set and she was beaded south east, making considerable way. She did not appear to be much damaged and her side lights were burning. She had at the outset on her voyage trouble with a mutin ous crew. "10 LET-&Q 'AVM Large office on flrst floor; best location on street for Broiter's office. bo BLACK & BAIKD, 93 Fourth avenue. rro LET 108 Lare office room, suitable for Real Estate, Insurance or Broker'solHce. Kent low. . BLACK & BAIED, 93 Fourth avenue. ryo LET-lX FB1TI AVI! 3-Story Office BUILDING, Cholre location; only $1,500. can Rive lone" leae; rent BLACK ft BAIKD, 93 Fourth avenue. Ja31-11-D TO LET. THIRD AVENUE, 3!FRTHE POSTOFFICE. WITH FOURTH AV'E. ENTRANCE, Large, well-hzhted storeroom and cellar; suitable for salesroom or office, neat and light free. IMMEDIATE POSSESSION. RENT LOW. BLACK &BAIRD,95 FOURTH AVE. ie4-90-Thvsu ' TO RENT. OFFICES' IK Hamilton BuilcLing. (Most desirable Office Building in the city.) Elegant Front Suite. Finest in City. One fully furnished office, 30x63 feet, sec oud floor, rear; elegant light; every con venience. Alo, a tevr choice offices, -with fireproof vaults, etc., etc.; slnsle or in suites. Ofliceias low as $1 jO.INCLUDING EVERY THING. Inquire, at OFFICE, first floor, 91 and 93 Fifth ave city. jal9-24-TTS o:f TRICES ' BUILDING 121 and 123 Fourth avenue, -AT- MODERATE RENTS. de23-43-TT LANDLORDS, TAKE NOTICE. We want more houses to rent, large and small. We make a specialty of renting and collecting rents. Piompt returns made monthly. BAXTER, THOMPSON & CO., fei-O-Thssu 162 FOURTH AVE. f BUSINESS ROOM, J first floor and cel "j lar. between Wood I. and Smithfield sts. HERRON&SONS, SO Fourth avenue. TO LET. FIFTH AVENUE. Send for list. W. A Ja3Mi6-HTnTh BANK STATEMENTS. STATEMENT OF ENTERPRISE SAVINGS Bank, Allegheny, Pa. Notes discount $598,687 73 Bonds and mortgages 102,8IS 03 Real estate... 40,166 96 Stocks 14,650 00 Bonds 87 550 00 Cash on hand 147,328 49 $991,231 26 Capital stock $100,000 00 Suiplus 65,000 00 Premiums 1,650 11 Individual deposits 831,631 15 Dividend No. 33 unpaid 3000 00 $991,281 23 Attest: CHAS. F. ST1FEL, ) JAS. P. M'KINNEY, Aud. Com. H. LANDGRAFF. S T. LEE CLARK, Cashier. Mosdat. February 1, 1332. fei 28-MThs AT LATIMER'S. . LAST DAYS ' -OF OUR- CLE ANING-UP SALE If you want to know where the biggest bargains 'in the city are read the following facts: OUR CLOAKS AND WRAPS That were jS6o and $40 are now $25 and $20. UNDERWEAR DRESS GOODS. Our entire remaining stocks have closing-out prices put on them. As a sample we quote from hundreds of bargain lots: .3,498 yards Apron Ginghams 6c 5,386 yards best quality Cashmeres, all shades, including blacks, at i2c 5,986 yards Toweling at 3c 468 yards Curtain Scrim 3c HThe goods MUST be" sold; hence these sacrifices. T. M. LATIMER, 138 and .140 Federal St., 45 and 46 S. Diamond, AX,L,EGHBXY, XA. .AUCTION SALE. ORPHANS' COURT SALE. By vlrtno of an order of salo made by Orphans' Court the 23(1 of January, 1S9J; to fidelity Titla and Trust Company, Executorof Washington Beck, deceased, said execntor will offer for sale on the premises, No. CO South Sixteenth street, at public auction on MOKDAY, FEBI5TAET 13, at 10 o'clock, those certain three lots of ground 20x80, on which Is erected thereon a two-stpry frame building-known a the ma chine shop of the late "WASHINGTON BECK, together with all the FIXTURES. SlACIIINERY, BOILERS, ENGINES.TOOLS, lathes, drills, etc., contained therein. Ma chinery sold in lots to suit purchasers. A. LEGGATE & SON, 1a27-ll-D Auctioneers. AUCTION. AUCTION. ASSIGNEE'S SALE. 27 Fine Parlor Suites, 1 Piano, 1 Office Safe, Lot of Oil Paintings, Furniture, etc. FRIDAY, FEB. 5, at 10 o'clock, at the rooms, 24 and 26 Ninth St. For account of whom it may concern: 27 fine parlor suites npholstered in brocatelle, English rugs, tapestry, plnsli and hair cloth, two oak sideboards, nfano, office safe and desk, lot of pictures, 'etc.; also, at the same time, chamber suites in oatc and walnut, wardrobes, bookcases, desks, chairs and rocker lounges, elegant carpets for rooms and halls, dishes una glassware, clocks and ornaments, kitchen and laundry furnituie. Sale positive. By order of assignee. HENRY AUCTION CO., AUCTIONEERS. fe4 99 C. H. WEINHAUS, AUCTIONEER, B32 SMITUFIELD ST. Sales of merchandise at tore and residences promptly attended to. Cash advances made on all consignments. Ja 13-13 IlKSOKT HOTELS. Atlantic City. HOTEL HOFFMAN, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. Near beach. Heated throughont with steam. Ilomelike. J. W. CALLOWAY. jaSI-127-TTSsu THE WAVERLY, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. Opens Feb. 6. Under new management. Comfortable, steam heat, sun parlors and excellent table Ja31-123 THE SEASIDE, ATLANTIC CITY, HAS been thoroughly renovated and is now open. Every convenience and improvement has been added. maKlng it complete in all respects. Elevator, sun parlor, hot sea-water baths, and nicely warmed throughont. CUAS. EVANS. Ja25J3-D THE CHALFONTE, ATLANTIC CITY. Directly on tho Beach. Opens Jannary 30. 1892. C. ROBERTS A SONS. 5 Ja23-34-D Old Point Com Tort. HYGEIA HOTEL Old 1'olbt Comfort, Vo. Deservedly world-fained, this Immense and unique caravansary is situated a few yards from Fort Monroe, and lies along a beautiful sandy beach, washed bv the waters of Ches apeake Bay and liampton Roads. The won derful equable climate makes It an all-the-year-round reort, unsurpassed in health and general attraction. It is tho rendezvous lor prominent people lrom all sections, and tin atmosphere or comfort, luxury and re finement pervades the place. Dress parade, artillery practice, guard mounts, etc.,in the fort. Send for pamphlet. F. N. PIKE, Manager. del-43-TT8n INSURANCE STATKMENTS. STATEMENT OF TnE,ALLEGHENY IN SURANCE CO., or Pittsbnw, Pa., lor tho rear ending December 31, 1891: ASSETS. " Bonds and mortgages. ..$ 81.300 00 Bank stocks 17.3S9 00 Railroad stocks and bonds 20,110 01 School bonds 18 405 0!) Loans and collateral 1,1,000 00 Interest due and ac crued 2,512 16 Premiums in course of collection 3,633 03 Book account 33S 2i Cashin bankandofflce.. M339 it Office furniture 600 00 -4 174,679 90 LIABILITIES Capital stock. $100,000 00 Reinsurance reserve 14,256 93 Taxes, commissions and rent 973 17 Net surplus .? 59,449 80 -$ 174,679 90 RECEIPTS. Premiums $ 16,795 49 Interest, rents and all other sources. 8,833 50 -$ 25,633 93 EXPENDITURES. Fire losses $ 10,022 79 Return premiums and reinsurance commis sions 3,94196 Salaries, rent and all other expenses 8,143 99 Taxes 432 04 $ 22.542 78 Dividends 6,000 00 Bldks in force December 31, 1691. ..$2,484,072 06 C. G. DONNELL, Secretary. PrrrsBuno, January 30. 1S92. fe3-78 EDUCATIONAL. OOKKEEPING BY THE VOUCHER AND other modern systems, penmanship and arithmetic thoroughly taught at the Park Institute, 204 North av., Allegheny, Pa. Day and evening school. Students can enter at any time. LEVI LUDDEN, A. M., Principal. Ja29-TT3 TAILORING. Correct Winter Suitings and Overcoatings H. 4 a F. AHLERS, Merchant Tailors, 420 Smithfield st no23-54-TTssa At just half value. See the special bargain lot on center counter at 20c per garment. JO30-56-TT3 ': 1 v I iW iiWiP1 I ! Ill I il 'WHI'liil 1 i ! iyKt"' V- '"J mjiii'wi r V,
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