3tffisJflfc'ygjfcMp33BSpg "vwxyf fr -I.Y, APBIL 26, 1892. THE PTTTSBUB& DISPATCH, &(& ?rsBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBMtBBBBBBB sjsvr?vs3 2 M MART SURRATT'S CRY. The Awful Sound That Yet Rings in the Ears of an Unwilling WITNESS OF LINCOLN'S DEATH. An Actor in the Tragedy Who Became a Victim to Drink, But TVASCUMD AFJER TWENTT-FITB TEARS "I can almost hear Mary Snrratt scream ing yet," Harry Kovre said, while talking frith a number of theatrical friends at the Grand Opera House last night. Kowe is an old actor himsel He was playing at Ford's Opera House in Wash ington on the night of April 11, 18G5, when President Lincoln was assassinated. He, with other members of the company with which he was playing, was arrested imme diately after the great tragedy, and he was telling last night of the hanging of Mrs. Snrratt, Lewis Payne, Darld E. Har rold and George A. Atzeroth, the chief con spirators in the crime. Iiowe is a picturesque character. He hat spent all his life on the stage, and he has traveled all over America and has made seven trips to Europe. "I have played in some of the best and some of the orst com panies on the road," he said, while discuss ing the subject, "and in my theatrical ex perience I have drank enough rum to float this Opera House across the continent. He Y ill Sever Drink Again. "Bnt, boys, I've quit it Yes, sir; I've quit it for good, and I tell you I'm 25 years younger than I was before I quit liquor. I'm a new man, and I am soing back to the stage whenever I can land just where I was before the habit tripped me." "How did von come to quit drinking rum?" one of his friends asked. "Well, I'll tell you," Eowe answered. "You remember when our party returned lrom Europe eight years ago. You remem ber how mr nose was swollen out like a tomato. Well, I was all broken down. I had been living on whisky straight lor ten years. Eating was the last thing I ever thought of. I had got to neglecting my work and I was released when the company arrived in Xew York. I didn't have a cent, bat I had to have whiskv. I begged and borrowed monev and finally I came out here to Glenwood where my mother lives. This was a new field for me and I drank around for months until my ragged figure was familiar to everybody in that section in all the cheap barrooms in the city. Manv a time I borrowed 10 cents from my mother for cariare to the city. I would buy a drink and walk in and out; that's just how I liked the old stuff. A Large and Valuable Staff. "I used to have certain people on my staff, from whom I borrowed money. Dr. C C Wiley was on my list and about twice a week I used to go to his office to borrow a quarter. He never refused me, but he often looked like a man that was more or less weary. The fact that he was weary didn't satisfy my appetite for the booze, however, and I kept calling on him regularlv. "Finally one morning when 1 walked into the doctor's office I remember it well, too; it was some time last August the doctor was reading a paper. He looked at me fully a minute. He then threw down his paper and began laughing. Finally he jumped to his feet and said: " 'Look here,Kow e,I don't object to giving you money occasionally, but every lime I do I am conscious of the fact as a physician that I am simply intensifving a condition which with you has reached a point abso lutely beyond"your control, and which is a positive disease, and moreover a mania, as much so as with scores of patients I have had under mjr care at the State Asylum for Insane at Dixmont, and who are regularly committed there by the courts for dipso mania. I am going'to cure you of this alcoholism. military in the jail yard drowned the sound from the scaffold and we could hear no evi dence of the hansing. .Miss Snrratt was E rostrated for weeks alter the hanging of er mother. The next day we were released from the prison, and to tell Ihe truth I havo never had much use for Washington lince that time." LATE NEWS IN BRIEF. The Second Nationalist Club of Boston has passed resolutions favoring free sliver. An attempt was made to rob a west bound train on tho Kansas Pacific at Wal lace, Kan., Saturday night, but the robbers m ere di i ven off. Near Smlthsonla. Ata., Morris Barker, colored, ana Tom O'Brvan cot into a trouble, one using a fcnlfe and the other a revolver and both will die. Peter Areola, an Italian vendor, Is in Jail, charged wltli catching .1 rat, pouring kerosene over it and setting flre to the poor rodent, burning it up. Andrew Saunders was shot and killed at Houston, Tex., Sunday while trying; to make peace Detween a mamcu .mj.. w .., L,ucy Foster, did the shooting. At ft. Wayne, Ind., a panic occurred in a Catholic Church Sunday caused by some decorations catching flre. 8everal people were slightly injured In theorusu. Miss Mary FeenevwaB burned to death at her home near Montleello, 111., Sunday evening. She was out in the field burning corn stalks when her clothins caught fire. A rowboat containing four men capsized on Beaver Lake, Wis., Sunday afternoon and three were drowned: Peter House, aged 17; Sohn Pisborg, 17, and Hugo Heberbur-r. 22. At Cambrldgeport yesterday William E. Cunningham, a harness maker SO years old. who lived In Boston, shot Miss Magcle Will iams, a domestic aged 20: and then shot him- sell twice, xue gin is ueau auu iunmui;uttiu will die. J. J. Hallowell, 21 years of age, cashier of a West Superior, Wis., bank, -who, -with the President, succeeded in skipping away from that town last Wednesday with (35 000 or the bank's cash, was captured in Phila delphia yesterday morning. At Duluth Sunday night 28 large vessels were lying off the harbor entrance unable to cet either in or out. To-day the number is increased. At no time for a week has the Ice been so packed in as now and "nles the wind changes It Is liable to remain packed in some time. A frhrhtful explosion at Tbomnson's sawmill about four miles north of Fremont. Col., occurred Snnday evening, killing Clark ntlldine and possibly fatally injuring James Grove. The explosion threw the boiler over over 300 yards up the mountain. Georce M. Babbitt, an old recluse llvin at Mansfield, Mass., has been robbed of $24, 000 In stocks and bonds which he had con cealed in barrels, trunks and tomato cans about nil house. Hii grand? on, Georce V. Seward, 18 years old; J. M. Traut, of Great Falls, N. IL, and Dr. J. M. Haines have been arrested lor the theft. DECOYED 10 HIS DEAIH. Mysterious Murder or a Young Bailroad Physician In Maryland". Wilmington) Del, 'April 25. Dr. J, H. Hill, of Millington, Md., received a pro fessional call to Massey Cross Roads at a late hour Saturday night Yesterday morn ing his wife found his team at the stable, with her husband's body jammed in between the shafts and front axle, and his throat cut from ear to ear. Inspection of the wheel tracks showed that the vehicle had been in tercepted between Millington and Massey'a and turned homeward. Nothing is known of the murderers. Sev eral months ago a colored man came to his death, apparently from a blow on the head, received in some disturbance at Millington, but his assailants escaped conviction through testimony that the man's injuries were not sufficient to have caused death. There was some talk among negroes at the time, that a white man would have to sutler before jus tice could be obtained. Dr. Hill was a young man, and physician to the Queen Anne and Kent Bailroad. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. STRUCK A HIGH VEIN of the people onle of famine stricken Russia 32,000 tons of breadstuff's, The macniflccnt offerlntr of the State ol Iowa to the peon gathered under the direction of the Society of the Red Cross by the women of that great Western State will leave New York within the next two or three days, transported by the steamer Tyne Head. I Masked Venom. Koncht Bis List prink of Whisky. "The doctor insisted on giving me a dose of medicine, and I agreed to take the medi cine if he would give me a quaiter after ward. We struck a bargain. I took thi medicine, and then before I got the quarter he made me promise to come back and sea him the next day. I went out and at the first saloon I came to I spent the money for whisky. That was the last cent I spent for drink. I haven't tasted a drop of intoxi cants since that day. I continued taking medicine lor a month. You all know how I used to like it, but I have no more dis position to drink whisky now than you have to drink water," he concluded, punch ing one ol his friends in the short ribs. "But the marvelous cure aside; I began telling you of the hanging of Mrs. Surratt. The conspirators were tried by a military commission. They were taken from the jail every day to the trial, and myself and two or three others who had been arrested just on suspicion were left in our cells while the trial was going on. We were not allowed to see each other but we could at night hear each other talking and we kept to an extent posted on the progress of the trial. The inquiry and investigation were exhaustive and it was, I think, on the 6th day of July, 1865, that the military com mission returned a verdict. Mrs. Snrratt Condemned to Death. "The commission condemned Mrs. Sur ratt, Faync, Harrold and Atzeroth to death. Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, Samuel Arnold and Michael McLaughlin were sentenced to im prisonment for life at hard labor on the TOrtugasandEdward Spangler was sentenced to six years' imprisonment. "Mighty short shrift was awarded the four conspirators condemned to death, for as toon as the verdict of the military commis sion was handed to President Johnson, he ordered that the execution should take place the very next day in the jail yard of the old penitentiary building in Washing ton. To the very last everybody thought that Mrs. Surratt would be par doned. She was. of course, greatly dis tressed, but she thought she would be par doned at the last moment. Her daughter Mary, then full grown, had been allowed to spend the night previous with her and she, too, was confident that they would not hang her mother. "The 7th of July, the day of the execu tion, was an intensely hot day in Washing ton, and the city, crowded with strangers, was fairly trembling with nervous excite ment. There was great fear of an organized attempt to rescue Mrs. Surratt, and about 8,000 soldiers, all under arms, were on duty about the jail and in the jail yard. As I say, everybody was excited, nervous and anxious, aud of course the people in jail were more excited and anxious than those on the outside. Well, sir, we could hear each other breathing, the strain was so heavy and great. The Order for the Execution. "Finally a low rumbling sound disturbed everybody. You all remember how Four and One-Half street in Washington was paved with cobble stone. The rumbling was, a carriage approaching, and when it stopped immediately in front of the jail we all involuntarily jumped to our feet. We all thought .a reprieve tor Mrs. Surratt haJ come. Everybody listened. General Hart ranft, late Governor of this State, had charge of the jail, and he also had charge of the execution. I can hear the old jail door swing back on its heavy hinges just alter the carriage stopped, and I can hear Gen eral Hancock as he entered the prison say with his usual military air: 'Get ready Gen eral. Let no time be lost now.' A general collapse followed. We all knew then that the jig was up with the poor woman, and that she too wonld be hanged. "In less than an hour the four cendemned conspirators were marching to the scafiold, forming their own luneral procession. It was then that Mary Surratt's screams, pain ful and agonizing, 'went up from the prison like a lament from a lost souL I can almost hear her yet, poor girl. A movement of the Doe anybody imagine that he or she can breathe air impregnated lth malaria for any length of time and yet go scatheless? If any such tnere be let them incur the risk and then doubt. The poison in disguise as surely enters the system as a dose o: prnssic acid Kwnllowea with suicidal Intent. Hos tetter's Stomach Bitters is the sole reliable defense against the malarial virus. Rheu matism, dyspepsia ana constipation are remedied by it. Have you an extra dollar? Place it with the .Peoples Savings Bank, 81 Fourth avenue, TTS Bread, Biscuit, f AKES, raised with Royal Baking Powder, will be whiter, sweeter, lighter, finer fla vored, more deli cious and wholesome, than if made with any other baking powder. The last spoonful in a can of Royal Baking Pow der will be found as good as the first, and the last cake will be as light as the first, because the Royal has keeping qualities which all others lack. A spoonful of Royal will go further than a spoonful of any other powder. It is the strong est because it is the purest TAKE TOOK PICK. 5,000 Men's Fine Suits at 810 Each, Worth 818 and 820. T.CCC CLOTHIERS, COR. OltAKT AKD DIAMOND STREETS BEAD WHAT $10 WILL BUT. Wtere others show a few styles we pro duce hundreds we are In the field with the gi eatest $10 line ever shown. Our great and Fiushin? special for to-day and Wednesday two days) Is a $10 line of men's fashionable salts for business and dress wear. The styles, materials and make stand out clear as bnlliants and overshadow any other $10 line offered tn this city. Many salts, lormcr prices $18, numbers that sold for $20 and $27, and thousands or$17and$16 carmen tsare now in this great sale marked $10. This is no news paper jabber, the goods can be seen and bought at onr store to-day and Wednesday P. C C C, Clothiers. The publlo gets just what we adveitie. Other houses make a big cry and then only show you a few meas ly styles at $10. We show you hundreds. Did you ever co to a butcher's for Jewelry, or to a hardware store tor hats, or did yon ever ask for coal at a book store? Then don't go to stores that seU mixed merchan dise (dishp&ns. ladders and ladles' wear) for men's suits. Go to a solid clothing bouse. Come to us, the exclusive clothiers of Pitts burg. Our grand specialty Is clothimr, and we sell you good clothing cheaper than any other house. Our $10 men's suit sale for to day and to-morrow is only another of many E roots. Here are a few of tho styles: Single reasted round cut sacks, straight cut sacks, all styles of cutaways. Prince Albert coata and vests and double brested sacks. Plain and fancy cassimeres, little neat pin checks, small mixture", tans, wood browns, change able plaids, fine whipcords in chocolate, browns and grays. Elegant plain blaok cheviots, fancy mixed cheviots, fancy diag onals, fancy worsteds, hairlines, plain bluok corkscrews and a hundred Cher styles at $10 each. Don't delay. Don't miss to-day's and Wednesday's great $10 men's suit sale at our store. P. IX C. C CLOTHIERS, Cor. Grant and Diamond streets. ECONOMY. ffi&P' Northrop's Patent Paneled Metal Ceilings Are neat, durable and artistic for all classes of buildings. As the oldest manufacturers in the country, ire can furnish the greatest variety and newest designs, put up com plete, at the lowest figures consistent with good work, send for estimates to South Twenty-third and Mary streets. A Korthrof & Co., tts .Pittsburg, Pa. Tins Iron City Brewing Company uses nothing but the choicest qualities of malt and hops In the nmnufactuie of its favorite brands oflager and Pilsner beer. This beer is guaranteed to be four months old, un adulterated and a most delicious beverage. Fifty thousand barrels of It on hand in the vaults of the lion City Browing Company. Purity, age and quality combined. Cnntom Is a Great Thing. There are thousands of women to-day who have been uslnjr "Lawrenceville Amber" flour for years. It has given such universal satisfaction that they will use no other. Why don't you try itT tts Gold Watch Given Away. The winding up and sealing of a lady's solid sold watcb tabes place next Friday afternoon between 2 and 3 o'clock in Sailer & Co.'s window, corner Smitbfleld and Dia mond stieets. But Llttell's $1 laundried white shirts; best In the world lor the price; five sleeve engths. 203 Smitbfleld stieet. ttssu Bug ike cots you but 25 cents a bottle. It roaches, bedbugs, etc, that come costi nea: ts any fit thi eir lives. T Tmcher.It by the use of Wolff'sACMEBIacking you save one pair of Shoes a year, ani a bottle at 20 cents lasts three montho, for how many rears blacking will one year's saving in shoe Leather payt 10c Will pay rbr Uie Cost 10c in. of Changinc Plain White 1n- J X C . Glass vessels to Baby, J X C IOC Emerald, Opal, IOC in. or other Costly Glass. 1 Q m FOR RUSS WILL DO IT. I &STXTW mi I7q LOG.lp0rtfi?fliTs, WMFREi HAYNSS cJOHN c: BosTn DIAMOND Healthful, Agreeable, Cleansing. Cures Chapped Hands, Wounds, Sums, Etc, Removes and Prevents Dandruff, AMERICAN FAMILY SOAP. Best for General Household Use. In the ultra fashionable CLOTHING FIELD. Our agent was hastily summoned to Wash ington, D. C, last Thursday, and he consum" mated a deal with eight leading merchant tailors of that city. In this pickup you will FIND ONLY THE VERT LATE8T PRODUC TIONS. THE BOOTV CONSISTS OF P1 Extremely Fashionable Merchant Ot Tailor-Made Suits, sacks and cutn aways. made up originally for $35, and that up to $50; OUR tfin TO C09 PRICE FOR THEM JIS I vl ? HO Pairs Nobby Trousers in all weights, ll 3lzes and colors, made up to order for sums ranging from $8 to $16; OUR PRICES FOR THEM 53 ft ggQ O-We warrant a perfect fit. ap2STT8 A BARGAIN Can be had in any of our many de partments. Bargains in Bedroom Suites. Bargains in Parlor Suites. Bargains in Bedding, etc. Bargains in Stoves and Ranges, the largest selection in the city. Bargains in Odd Dressers and Wash Stands. Bargains in Odd Bedsteads. Bargains in Refrigerators. Bargains in Baby Carriages. CASH 01 CREDIT Wfly DEPARTMENT, HOPPERBROS.&GO., 307 WOOD ST. ap7-Ti MEW ADVERTISEMENTS. . .. i ( .L ,. B.B. FINE INDIASILKS A SALE That eclipses any and everything ever attempted; 239 pieces, 15,000 yards ART PRINTINGS. And as to quality, they arc the best ever imported, and from the best makers in the world. Its the greatest sacrifice purchase we ever made. The importer lost more money on this transaction than any large store retailing Indias would make in a year. Original and intended import re tail value of these INDIASwasi and 1.25. The sale price tb-day 50 CENTS A YARD. If ever there was a time (and there has been in this store) that buyers were 2, 3 and 4 deep at a counter, it will be at this INDIA SALE. But additional counter room and salespeople have been provided so all can be waited on. SEE THE SILKS. They speak for themselves. So ex traordinary are they that this sale will extend the fame of our Silk De partment far and wide. W!W ADVERTISEMENTS. THE ELEGANT CLOTHING MeTeikitefwS story in the great increase of the business. The fact of the matter is we will not sell a. thing unless we know it wilt give good wear, and the people have learned to know it At the same time prices have been so moderate that buyers are coming from every part of the two cities. You've heard the prices $25, $30 and $35 of course you can have higher. Certainly; but we want you to know you can get reliable Suits at these prices. Ready-Made Spring Overcoats. INI k GROWN HOTEL ANDERSON BLOCK. 39 SIXTH STREET. apia J. B.VANDERGRIFT COAL COMPANY, Limited VANDBRGRIPT BUILDING. TELEPHONE, NO. 191. YDUGHIOGHENY GAS UNO STEAM GOAL WHITE AID BIKER SARD, JO-Prompt service to manufacturers and consumers generail y. Jims auppueg wun rtrer sang. apia-5-TT SPOONS GIVEN AWAY. To show oar appreciation for the patronage bestowed npon us we will for this week only present a PITTSBURG OB ALLEGHENY SOTJVENIE SPOON with every pur chase of One Dollar or orer. SOLE AGENT FOR CHEMICAL DIAMONDS, SMIT'S, COR. LIBERTY AND SMITHFIELD, AND 311 SMITH FIELD ST. aplO-TTgq BOGGS&BUHL ALLEGHENY. ap2S-46 GRATEFUL-COMTOETING. EPPS'S COCOA. BREAKFAST. thorough knowledge of the natnnl Uw which govern the operation of digestion and nu trition, and by a careful application of the ana properties of well-selected Cocoa, Mr. Eppihaa Srorlded our breakfast tables with a delicately arored beverace which may save as manyheaTT doctors' hllh). It Is by the Judicious use of such articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every ten dency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us ready to attack wherever there s a weak point. We may escape many a fatal haft by keeping ourselves well lortlSed with pure blood and a properly nourished frame. Civil Service Gazette. Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only In hair-pound tins, by grocers, labelled thus: JAMES EFFS CO., Homceopatlilc Chemists, London, England. mylHO-Tns ESTABLISHED 1370. BLACK GIN KIDNEYS, Is a relief and sure onrefor the Urinary Organs. Gravel and Chronic Catarrh of the Bladder. The Swiss Stomach Bitters nre asnre cure for Dysuerjsia. T&aDEVABX Liver Complaint and every species of indigestlqn. Wild Cherry Tonic, the most popular prep aration for cure of Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis and lung troubles. Either or the above, SI per bottle, or 8 for $5. If your druzgist does not handle these coods write to WM. F. ZOELLEB, sole MTr, Plttsburjr, Pa. Ja2-K tts Tl BI1IS ONLY. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY We offer 300 pairs of our $1.25 OPERA SLIPPERS AT 89 CENTS. 5MOiS shoe: house 52 6U! SI JAS. M'NEIL & BRO., BOILERS, PATENT PLATE AND TVOKK. SHEET-IRON BOXES. SHEETIEON AUNEALINO With an increased capacity and hydraulic; machinery, we are prepared to furnish all work in our Hue cheaper and better than br the old methods. Bepairinx and senaral machine wort. Twenty-ninth street and Allegheny Valley Bailroad. fels-eo-rts EDMUNDSON & PERRINE CARPETS AND MATTINGS You'll avoid this great depart ment if you do not wish to save money you'll come here if you do. The Carpet-seeking crowds show our popularity. The choicest and newest patterns and colorings in all grades of Car pets, from the finest Axminsters and Wiltons to the moderate-price Ingrains, are shown in profusion in our spacious salesrooms. We advise early selection, as the work rooms always busy will soon be overcrowded with work. Carpets selected now will be made up and delivered when wanted. INGRAINS, 25c, 45c, 60c, 65c. TAP. BRUSSELS, 65c, 80c, 90c. BODY BRUSSELS, $1, $1.15, $1.25. VELVETS, $1, $1.20, $1.35. f MOQUETTES, $1 to $1.50. AXMINSTERS, $1.50 to $1.75. In Mattings There is a scarcityW the lower grades. It is believed that no more can be secured this year when the present stock is gone. At pres ent our stock is ample. FURNITURE. CQO 7C 0Vorth 45) for this tDuZ. f Q Solid 0ak Bedroom Suit; full size Bed, Dresser and Washstand; beveled mirror. We have 1 25 of these finely up holstered Bed Lounges. While they last you can buy them at $8.69 !h "IMgiiaBiBHsmv $11.65 For this magnificent Couch, solid oak frame, fine tapestry covering, good springs. Worth $17.00. $u For a large Sideboard, antique finish, large drawer, double cup board; worth 20. SOUR MILK And Soft Butter will never be heard of in your home if you use THE GLACIER REFiUGEMITOi). We are the sole agents. MOTHER WONT Be so tired after she buys one of our nobby BABY BUGGIES. Any price you can think of. LADIES' WRAPS. The army of the 1892 WRAPS. Mantles, Jackets, Wrap3, Capes, Newmarkets, Blazers, everything in the Wrap way that Dame Fashion countenances, are at your com mands on the second floor. You never saw such picked beauty and novelties a size selection in ALL, from the smallest to the most ex treme. The very, very choicest only of what the wrap experts abroad and at home make. Nothing but the extreme of ex cellence. Nothing outside of wrap perfection. Such dainty colorings ! Smooth tans, soft grays, deep blacks, rich navies. The sorts, the shapes, the styles, the varieties, congregate in too many clusters to name in a doxen cloak chapters. "Little Prices" Is First Lieutenant 93, mi mi $5, IS, 17. IN OUR BASEMENT YOU'LL FIND lic CHINA. Each for fine CUPS and SAUCERS. Elegant DINNER or TEA PLATES. of 3' 5 Q Q 15 styles to select from tJ.Of iQ 100-piece Hand somely Decorated. Dinner Sets. C Your choice of hundreds Decorated Fruit Saucers. SILVER. Qj" For Rogers' Triple 4)1 WW plated Knives or Fork's. C Rogers' Triple-plated Sugar Shells and Butter Knives. 39 24 C Rogers' Triple-plated After- Dinner Coffee Spoons. TEASETTS, PIE KNIVES, BERRY SPOONS, GOBLETS. TINWARE. 2c i-pint Tin Cups. 4c Large Bread Pans. 5c Jap. Dust Pans. 5c Large Wash Basins. 8c Large Coffee Pots. 0c Brass Trays, round or square. 69c Large Wash Boilers the dol lar kind. $9.50 Fine COOK STOVES. WOODWARE. 5C Useful Towel Rollers. IOC Large Chopping Bowls. 10c Large Knife Trays. IOC Good Rolling Pins. 10c Fine Salt Boxes. 5c "Wood Buckets. 49c "The Best" Ironing Board. 44c Covered Hopper COFFEE MILLS. OPEN SATURDAY EVENING. TERMS CASH, OR EASY TERMS OF CREDIT. 635-637 SMITHFIELD STREET. 635-637 abM-21-TT3 ' I
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