THEY SUCCEED
lu renting their ;rooms who ad
vertise in The .Dispatch's Ceat-a
Word Colemn. A few adlets trill
usually bring a desirable tenant.
YS -
FORTY SEVENTH YE
AB.
BOIES
BOOMERS
BLOW VERY LOOD
But Don't Claim Oyer 80 Yotes
for Their Favorite on
the First Ballot.
.NOTHING AGAINST GROYEB,
rBut They Just Think Their Man Can
Carry the Most States.
Availability Their Battle Cry Tho Sec
toral Vote of the Hawkeye State
Pledged to the Governor if He's Nomi
nated for President Second Place on
the Ticket Wouldn't Be Refused
Senator. Vest Still Shouts for Cleve
landOne Hill Man Reaches Chicago
and Tries to Start a Boom for the
, New York Senator Arguments of the
HOI Men.
TOOK A 6TATP COBBESrOVDEXT.l
Chicago, June 15. "Will Governor
Boies take second place on the Democratic
National ticket, if he cannot pet first?"
The Dispatch correspondent asked Dele
gate at Large L. M. Martin, of Iowa, to
night. "I do not think there is a Democrat in the
land who would refuse either position on
our ticket this year," Mr. Martin replied.
"Our Governor, though, is not a candidate
for anything. He is the choice of the peo
ple of Iowa, and of the entire "West, and we
are pushing him lor President only."
"How many votes will he have on the
first ballot?" was asked.
"Eighty, at least, and his personality is
Ench that his strength is certain to grow. I
have not estimated the support of the other
candidates, but I do not think Cleveland
will have over 500 votes on the initial call.
. I will admit that it would not take many
more than that to bring him dangerously
close to the nominating line. But we have
nothing against the ex-President, except
the conviction that Governor Boies is a
stronger candidate, under existing circum
stances, particularly in New York."
Boles' Boomers Hard at Work.
The Boies boom is part on the ground,
and its managers are most sanguine. By
high noon, Sunday, they expect to have
15,000 Hawkeye howlers in Chicago, en
deavoring to convince the Democratic dele
gates that Iowa is the center of the poli
tical universe.
E. "H. Hunter, Chairman of the Iowa
Democratic Committee, in speaking of his
favorite, said: "Iowa Democrats are for
Governor Boies, because they feel that he is
the only available candidate so Jar pre
sented. He'll the only candidate who will
( have behind him the undivided support of
his own State. Concerning his candidacy,
they have no fear that his equipment for
the great office of President will thoroughly
impress itself upon the country long before
the day of election if he shall be the nom
inee. His record is invulnerable, his char
acter unassailable. He is instinctively
Democratic, and his head has always been
with his heart in support ot Democratic
principles. On the issues now dividing
the parties, and on the essential lines of
division between the parties, he has always
been a Democrat He has always opposed
the high tariff laws, class legislation and
centralizing tendencies.
A Pennsylvanian to Name Him.
"By the way," said Mr. Hunter to The
Dispatch correspondent, "the man who
will place Governor JJoies in nomination is
a native of your State of Pennsylvania.
He is Hod. John P. Duncombe, now of
Fort Dodge. The convention which in
structed for Governor Boies pledged to him
the electoral vote of the State. "We feel
sure that if he is nominated that pledge
will be redeemed, and with it will go the
electoral votes of a large number of other
Northwestern States which have hitherto
been in the Republican column, The
qualities of Governor Boies as a leader can
not be overestimated. He has twice swept
Iowa, so would he sweep the country."
Boies is the only candidate for whom
regular headquarters have been established
as yet Delegates and politicians, though,
are becoming more numerous, and the rooms
of the "anti-snappers" were thrown open to
day.. Only a few of the representatives of
New York's May convention have arrived,
however.
Gorman has several warm admirers here.
United States Senator George G. Vest, of
Missouri is on record as being the first
Cleveland Democrat of national repute to
get on the fighting ground.
rnstor Tent Shouts for Cleveland,
"I was going to say I was almost out of
politic," said the Missouri champion of
the ex-President, "but I guess it isn't quite
as bad as that "But I can't give you any
pointers on the situation. In fact, I am
not here to attend the convention, my pres
ence here at this time being merely a coin
cidence. I have been out in Kansas City,
attending to some private business, and I
am not at all posted on the situation. But
I can tell yon one thing, at that is that
Grover Cleveland will, in my opinion, be
the Democratic nominee. Everything
seems to point that way. The Missouri
delegation w ill vote for him solidly, first
and last." m
"Do yon think Mr. Cleveland will be
able to get a two-thirds vote on the first bal
lot?" "I believe he will be nominated. He is
the'ehoice of a large majority of the Demo
cratic voters and can be elected." Mr.
Vest is quoted to-night as saying he is afraid
Cleveland cannot carry New York.
J. J. Malone, of Tacoma, is the svant
courier of the "Washington delegation. Mr.
Malone says "Washington. Montana and the
coast States, so far as he knows, are for
Cleveland. He thinks Cleveland will bt
nominated and elected. Delegate at fcrge
Griggs, of Washington, is the only anti
Cleveland man in the delegation.
A Callfornlan for Grover.
John C Kays, of San Francisco, delegate
to the National Convention, has been, cast
for some time, and says he is somewhat out
"of touch with the California delegation.
He does not know the views of his col
leagues. He thinks Cleveland will be nomi-
nated.
iJlhe announcement that Senator Palmer
BsssssssHsffiB&tY''- -"-aTWlK&Tittr Jrh AilffiTfiitiii mi l "fair aBflMMsr r
has withdrawn is generally discredited by
his Chicago followers, and they declare that
all his Cleveland utterances are for the pur
pose of fostering up his strength and to as
sist in placing him as the legitimate heir to
the Cleveland forces, should a' break be
made. Some are inclined, however, to be
lieve that he has arrived at the conclusion
that his chances are hopeless, and will pat
his shoulder to the wheel for Grover.
Only one Hillite has so far put in an ap
pearance, and he is Charles P. Peck, of
New York. But this individual has enough
enthusiasm for a half dozen men, and is
loudly proclaiming the virtues of David B.
and his great ability as a vote-getter. Mr.
Peck savs: "I am opposed to Cleveland
because his record as a vote winner shows
that he is not available. Carrying New
York in 1882 by 192,000 plurality, two
years later by 1,100 plurality, and losing it
in 1888 by 17,000, is not a record to encour
age Democratic workers in New York,
Every one of the, 72 delegates from New
York is a personal and political friend of
David B. Hill, and will work and vote for
him continually.
Some of New Tork's Reasoning.
"IfNewYorkistobe the battlefield of
the coming campaign then I claim that as
New York Democrats are the ones who will
be obliged to do the fighting they should
have the greater voice in the selection of a
leader. David B. Hill has led ns to victory
before. He is more popular to-day than
ever before, and can most certainly carry
the State.
"In urging the candidacy of Mr. Cleve
land under existing circumstances his
friends are thereby admitting that he would
willingly set at naught all political ethics
and brazenly defy every political precedent
in the history of American politics.
To consider Mr. Cleveland capable
of such monstrous political greed
as the permission of the use
of his name as a candidate for President in
opposition to the wishes of the solid delega
tion from his State would signify, is in fact
to charge him with a degree of political
perfidy never yet accredited to Senator Hill
by his most virulent enemies."
The name of ex-Governor Campbell con
tinues to be frequently heard in connection
with either the temporary or permanent
chairmanship. In the latter position,
though, Senator Carlisle is looming up. It
is urged that he would be just the man to
reply to McKinley's protection keynote at
Minneapolis and that at least this much
honor should be given to the South, which
is relied upon to furnish so large a propor
tion of the Democratic electoral vote.
Banceoft.
NOT MANY CONTESTS.
Only Fonr Reported The Mew York Fight,
However, Is Hard to Handle How the
Democracy Handles These Family Jars
at National Conventions.
Chicago, June 15. Up to this afternoon
the Secretary of the National Committee,
Mr. Sheerin, had learned of only four re
ported contests, and the information in
these cases came indirectly, there being no
requirement that delegations should file
papers with the National Committee when
ever contests are to arise, the committee of
ficially knowing nothing of them.
The principal contest aside from the fight
in New York between the February-and.
May convention d:le-ations will come from
Louisiana, where there n a hot fight
between rival organizations arising out of
the .lottery question. One district in Penn
sylvania is also the subjecf of contest and
from the District of- Columbia. Nores and
Davis come here as the regulars and op
posed to them are William Dickson, a
member of the National Committee, and
one associate. The former are Cleveland
and the latter anti-Cleveland men. In
Florida an ugly fight threatened to develop,
but it was averted by the patching up of
difficulties under an agreement that each
side should have, one-half a vote each.
Instead ot the Democratic National Com
mittee reporting a prima facie or tem
porary roll, what will be done here will be
to have the roll of States called and each
State will respond in turn. Tickets to the
seats are turned over to the National Com
mitteeman for each State and distributed by
him. The records of preceding conventions
of the Democratic party show that it has
"been quite customary for States having eon
tests when they are readied in the roll call
to request that they be passed, and that no
members of the Committee on Credentials
and other committees be appointed from
such State pending a final determination by
the Credentials Committee and the conven
tion of the persons entitled to the seats. In
this way a State does not become the judge
ot its own case.
In New York State the conditions of the
contest are extraordinary, and it is not
known here whether or not the usual method
will be followed or the regularly elected dele
gates take part in organization and ignore
the claims of the anti-mid-winter men. Bnt
with this-the National Committee will
have nothing to da Speaking of this mat
ter Secretary Sheerin said: "Mr. Cauda
and I have a great deal to attend to, bnt it
is all executive and not political, and if it
were not for the tickets, placing of seats
and work ot that kind we could all go ont
and plav ball."
The New York fight is expected to open
Friday. Mr. Croker, the head of Tam
many Hall, Edward Murphy and Lieutenant
Governor Sheehan, who represent the Feb
ruary convention people,may arrive to-morrow
afternoon or else early Friday morning.
Late to-morrow night, ex-Mayor Grace, Mr.
Frederick R. Coudert, E. Ellery Anderson
or some of the other prominent figures in
the anti-snap movement, will probably
reach the city.
DEPEW HAS BEEN POSTED.
He Declares Tammany Will Support Cleve
land and Cockran Is to Name Him.
New Yokk, June 15. Special. The at
tention of Chauncey Depew was called to
day to a Washington dispatch which states
that Tammany had concluded to throw Hill
overboard, and he said: "The position of
Tammany Hall in this campaign is perfectly
clear, audi have known for months the in
tentions of the organization. If it is found
next week that the national Democracy de
mand the nomination of Cleveland, Tam
many will wheel into line, although Tam
many has no love for the ex-President. In
fact, it dislikes him cordially.
"But the situation is this: If Cleveland
gets the nomination and Tammany comes
home and sulks, Messrs. Coudert, Fairchild,
Whitney and others, with the national De
mocracy at their back, will proceed to set
up a rival organization in this city. That is
just -what Tammany doesn't want Why,
Bonrke Cockran is preparing the greatest
effort of his life in seconding the nomina
tion of Grover Cleveland in behalf of Tam
many Hall."
BSIPE 8A.T8 Irs GE0VEB.
He Doesn't Seem to B Anxious to Defy
the Whirlwind.
Columbus, O., June 15. Special Be
fore leaving the city to-night Senator Brice
is reported to have stated, in conversation
with several personal and political friends,
that Cleveland would be nominated on the
first ballot While he did not indicate his
-personal preferences, he could see nothing
in the situation of affairs that would result
jin the defeat of the ex-President, and there
$m$m4
PITTSBURa THURSDAY. JUNE 16. 1892
was nothing in the Senator's conversation on
which to base his conclusion that he would
antagonize the nomination of Cleveland.
The following Ohio Sergeant at Arms of
the National Convention have been ap
pointed: "J. J. McNally, Youngstown: Pat
rick Kelly, Marion; John Bolan, Toledo;
Lawrence O. Neal, Lima, and J. L. Weis
ner, Wapakoneta,
WHITNEY WOULDN'T HAVE IT.
He Says No Lieutenant or Cleveland's Conld
A ccept a Nomination.
LOWELT., MASS., June 15. The Evening
Star to-day received the following autograph
letter from ex-Secretary of the Navy Whit
ney: New Yobk, June 14.
Dzar Sirs Many thanks for your kind
thoughts of me and your flattering words,
bnt I must Bay to yon, in all seriousness, that
I not only am not a candidate, bnt have told
my friends so in such a way that they un
derstand.it and no one will Work for me. I
do not wish the nomination. No lieutenant
of Mr. Cleveland's, particularly one who Is
so well known to the managers of tho party
as I am, can take the nomination. Ho
would Instantly be charged with sobeming
for himself, and for that leason, if for no
other, I would say, positively, If I thought it
necessary, that I would not take It if it were
tendered me. It will not he because I have
tied the hands of my friends, If for no other
reasons. I appreciate your friendship, but
this Is the truth, and there Is nothing under
the bush. Yours truly,
W. C. WHrrjjrr.
A special from New York savs: Ex
Secretary of the Navy William a Whit
ney was much put out this evening when he
learned thai this personal letter
had been made public. "I wrote
that letter, not to the paper
that published it, but to its proprietor,"
said Mr. Whitney. "I also marked it
-Private. It was written in reply to one
containing clippings from the paper advo
cating my nomination. I had no idea the
letter would be published. Of course. I
j have been approached now and then, and
support has been ottered me trom impor
tant sources, which I have refused, but I
have not considered it necessary tor me to
rush into print every day. One can tell
whether a man is coqnetting with a nomi
nation find ont if his iriends are qnietly
working for him while he is looking virtu
ous, with his back turned."
Hill Won't Go to Chicago.
Washington, June 15. Senator Hill
to-day said he bad never expected to attend
the Chicago convention, and that unless
something unexpected occurred he would
not go to that city.
BLOODSHED AT HOMESTEAD.
RIOT AT THE STEEL WORKS IN WHICH
.- TWO MEN ARE HURT.
Workmen Object to What They Consider a
Restriction of Their Privileges A Clash
With a Railroad Watchman Numbers
Too Much for Authority.
Homestead, Juno 15. Special
Homestead is in a ferment of excitement
to-night The cause was the assault of one
of the men employed in the steel works by
a watchman for trespassing on the tracks
of the Pittsburg, Virginia and Charleston
Railroad, which runs through the steel
works property.
A great pan of the workmen have been
acoustomed to use the railroad track' in
going to and from work, as it 6ffers the
nearest cut.. As has been stated In Tnn
DlSPATCHj the Carnegie Steel Company i
has erected furnaces along the railroad
on the border of Its property, and to-night
a watchman who was in the employ of the
railroad company was stationed at the en
trance to warn all persons that they must
not use the tracks.
This created great indignation, as the
tracks have been so used ever since the steel
works had an existence. John Gibson, when
he came up, got into an argument with the
watchman, which ended in blows. Both men
were badly used up. t
Gibson returned in the course of an hour
with about 150 men, and cleared the track
from the City Farm to Munhall. No
violence was used, as there was no force to
oppose them. Gibson then made an inform
ation against the watchman and J. F. Dovey,
yardmaster, who, it is alleged, assisted in
the assault They were given a hearing
before Squire Oeffher. Manager John R.
Potter signed Dovey's bail-bond, bnt the
watchman was locked up in the borough
jail, not being able to get bail.
The town is wild, and the mob which con
gregated about the 'Squire's office threatened
to make short work of the accused, as the
matter was thought to be another sign of
oppression by the management of the steel
works, bnt so far as can be learned the
watchman was in the employ and under the
direction of the railroad company.
The men declare they are not ready to
yield their privileges so long as no strike is
on, and consider the prohibition uncalled
for. Such excitement has not been known
here since the last strike in 1889. The
move has aroused the bitterest feeling, and
farther trouble may occur.
The management is severely criticised on
every hand here, and this occurence which
has resulted in the spilling of human blood
is looked upon by the labor leaders as
auguring ill for an amicable settlement of
the crisis at hand.
UBS. DEAC0M IN CALIFORNIA.
The Heroine of a Famous Scandal Living In
Retirement.
San JOSE, Cai, June 15. Special
The Evening Nam to-day says that Mrs.
Deacon, the cause of the tragedy at Cannes,
France, in which M. Abeille, ber lover, was
hot and killed in her apartments in a hotel
by her husband, has recently arrived in
this city and is living at the home of her
brother, Charles Baldwin, near Blackberry
farm, a short distance from San Jose. Mr.
Baldwin has a magnificent establishment,
and one ot the most valuable country homes
in the valley
Mrs. Deacon Is desirous of avoiding no
toriety, and is living in retirement, and (the
few who have chanced to see her say she is
an exceptionally handsome woman.
SOME CABINET CHANGES.
Tracy Said to Be Slated for Blaine's Place
and Other Shifts to Come.
BALTIMORE, June 15. The Evening' Newt
says that one of the most prominent Repub
licans in the city received a commnnication
from President Harrison this morning. The
commnnication speaks in glowing terms of
General Felix Agnus' services to the ad
ministration during the past four years.
The gentleman who received this letter
said Secretary Tracy wlllbe given the
portfolio of State, Secretary Elkins will be
pnt in charge of the Navy Department, and
General Agnus will be created Secretary of
War. '
Free 811veritea After Electors.
Winnemucca, Nev., June 15. the Ex
ecutive Committee of the silver clubs has
issued a call for a convention for the pur
pose of nominating-three Presidental elec
tors pledged to vote only for a free coinage
candidate.
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DEMTTMIL
Bey. Pather Mollinger Passes
Away at His Handsome
Home on. Mt. Troy.
THE FAMOUS PHYSICIAN
Yields to an Affliction That Science
. Conld Not Heal.
MAHY PILGRIMS DISAPPOINTED.
Thousands
Living Who Can
Dead Man's Skill
Tell of the
ABRIDGEMENTS FOE THE FUNERAL
Rev. Father Mollinger, priest and physi
cian, whose fame, like the kindly light of
the church he always served, burned out
beyond the limits pf civilization, died at
1:50 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Death came to the aged apostle like a
generous messenger, and his end was calm
and peaceful. With bis last breath he told
the cheerful story of his unfaltering faith
and his spirit was winged to heaven by the
holy sacrament and the extreme unction ad
ministered by his associate priests who had
assembled to smooth his pillow and to stay,
if possible, the impending storm of dis
solution. Without a lament, but with un
bounded hope the great friend of the suffer
ing passed from life. He had saved others,
but could not save himself. The story of
his wonderful healing had been told in every
land, and his home on Mount Troy under
the shrine of St Anthony and almost hid
den by shrubbery and waving pines stood
out to the unnumbered sick like the star of
Bethlehem to the bewildered shepherds.
Affliction in all its ghastly forms turned to
the famous physician like the halt, the lame
and the blind had turned to and followed the
Savior in the days of old. His patients
came to him from far and near and none left
him without feeling in a striking degree the
effects of his magic touch. Men and women
were carried to him on stretchers and walked
away completely cured, A huge stock of
crutches, canes, invalid chairs and other
evidences of disease and distress abandoned,
by their owners,but now in the dead priest's
museum on the mount, testify to his extra
ordinary skill, and the tongues ot unnum
bered cured will forever tell in eloquent
words the story of bis miraculous work.
His chapel of St Anthony, into- which he
has gathered from the holy land the relics of
half a thousand saints, forming a
a collection almost invaluable and
rare beyond all others outside
the ancient monasteries cEome, will ever
stand conspicuous as a monument to his de
votion to hisjeligion and his affection for
his patron saint f
He Was a Rematkab'e Man.
Rev. Father Mdllirgi w a peculiar
and a remarkatljnai" He was a giant
physically andraehfally. fie was strong
willed, yet he was tender as a flower. His
life was bright and cheerful, and when him
self almost prostrated with affliction he
never heItated to extend relief to the con
stant train ot sufferers who journeyed to
him-and were content with his blessing and
advice. ,
S. G. Mollinger, the dead priest and
physician, was born in 1830, in the Province
of Flamland, between Holland -and Bel
glum. He was raised in Maestricht, Bel
gium. He was of royal birth. His lather
was a General in the Belgium army, and
his grandfather was a General in the Hol
land army. He has a brother who is a rich
sugar grower in the West Indies, and he
has a maiden sister living in Cologne. His
father was a Protestaut and his mother was
a devoted Catholic. The children were
raised and educated in the Catholic Church.
The dead priest was educated for a physi
cian at a university near Amsterdam.
In early life he determined to come
to America. His mother opposed his com
ing, and to satisly her he promised her to
become a priest Immediately after coming
to America, about 35 years ago, he entered
St Vincent's College, near Latrobe, where
soon alter he was ordained a priest His
first charge was that of a little church in
Clarion county, Pa., where he had three
chapels and where he was exposed to great
hardships while riding on horseback look
ing alter his scattered flock. He afterward
became the assistant to a Pittsburg priest
and was afterward placed in charge of the
church at Wexford, on the Perrysville road,
14 miles from this city. Just 24 years ago
last Sunday he removed to Mount Troy,
where he established the Church of the
Holy Name. His congregation, at first
small, has grown until it now embraces 450
families and at every service crowds his
church beyond its capacity.
His Work ns Priest and Physician.
Father Mollinger was always accepted
as an earnest, industrious and de
voted priest He had a phenomenal
memory for names and faces and he seemed
never to forget an v one with whom he had
ever talked. In all his work he acted as
priest and physician to his congregation,
but his reputation began to spread about
ten years ago until his name and fame are as
wide almost as the universe. He was re
ported to be a millionaire, but the exact
amount of his wealth could not be told last
night by his most intimate friends. He has
valuable possessions in Belgium inherited
from his parents. His income from his
medical practice on Mount Troyit is said,
brought him about 50,000 annually. He
expended vast sums on the construction and
arrangement of Bt Anthony's Chapel
and his collection of sacred relics there is
estimated to have cost $200,000. One of the
dead priest's friends last night said that a
careful estimate of the patients who had
visited Father Mollinger during the past
ten years bad fixed the number at 323,750
persons. A vast majority of these had
been cured, others had been benefited and
others were at least contented with the
priest's efforts to heal them.
HIS SAFE SIIXL LOOSED.
The Combination Died With Its Owner
His Will Locked Dp.
Last night there was a constant stream of
visitors to the parsonage. A number of priests
were present, including Father Wall, who
represented the Bishop of the diocese,
Father McTighe and others. J. D. Miller,
Father Mollinger's attorney, was also pres
ent An expert had been at work trying tf
open the safe, but was unable to do so, and
he left to secure his tools and up
to a late hour be had not? returned.
Father Meyer said that he felt sure
that he had made a will but did not know
its contents. He had asked him earlier in
the day if there was anything he wanted
done before going through the operation,
but he answered in the negative, assuring
him that his affairs had all been arranged:
It was impossible to learn what disposition
he has made of bis possessions, as he was
the only person who Knew the combination
of the safe. At 11 o'clock the committee from
the church and Father Wall, representing the
t
ltt$mfci,.
, ' s : :
- TWEL'VE PA'
church, agreed to posti
the safe until 4 o'clocl
request was sent to
Publio Safety for two
house until the will i .
tor, whoever he may
Eight years ago la
opening of
fternoon. A
epartment of
to guard the
and the execu-
take charge. .
the residence
of Father Mollineei '
tered by thieves,
who secured cons
le Dooty, amoi
vwhich was (2,800 4,-
.reenbacks.a eoldeni.
chalice set with dia -onds valued at ?l.wo,
besides several other articles valued at
about $5,000. Detectives Murphy and
Kornman were detailed on the case,
i
and upon going to the house,
Father Mollinger, in explaining
to them what he had lost, picked np a small
basket and dumped on the table abont
$10,000 in greenbacks and coin. He then
left the room to get them a glass ot wine,
leaving it piled up before them. The chalice
with the diamonds was the only thing re
covered. It was secured in Steubenville by
Superintendent O'Mara.
THE CAUSE OF DEATH.
Strangulation or the Bowels Causes the
Tteath of the Ifoted Priest and Phy
tVlan The Fxmeral Arrangements Are
' lu Order. .;v v fa
The primary cause of the death of'Father
Mollinger was strangulation of the bowels.
At 10 o'clock yesterdaymorning, Dr. O. B.
King, assisted by Doctors McCann,
Murdock, Todd and Anderson performed an
operation on the venerable priest, by which
it was hoped to prolong his life, but owing
to his weakened condition he was unable to
stand the shock. As one o'clock it became
evident to the watchers that the end
was approaching. Father Meyer asked
him how he felt and he replied that he felt
very restless and at 150 his spirit passed
peacefully away. Many visitors called
yesterday and left expressions of regret and
condolence at the parsonage, and np until a
late hour last night a large crowd was gath
ered about the gateway conversing in
whispers and relating incidents in the life
of the great healer. Father Meyer stated
that large crowds were at the
chnrch early yesterday and the
day before, bnt he had advised
them to go home after he bad given them a
general blessing. "The church was crowded (
to its utmost capacity. It took me over
two hours to give the blessing," the priest
said. v
The body will be removed to the church
to-day and will lay in state until Saturday
morning, when the funeral services will
take place. At 9 o'clock the office for the
dead will be performed and 9.30 high mass
will be conducted by Rev. Father Willms,of
Millvale. The interment will take place
in the Cemetery of the Most Holy Name,
in Reserve township. Wnile lying in state
to-day and to-morrow the body will be
guarded by members of the following so
cieties: The Most Holy Name Temperance
Society, Knights of St George, Catholic
Mutual Benevolent Association and St
Anthony Literary Society.
HIS LAST W0EK.
He Appears in His Chnrch for a Short Time
on St. Anthony's Day.
Rev. Father Mollinger's last services
were performed on Monday St Anthony's
Day. A vast crowd had assembled at the
Mount Troy church on that occasion to
receive from the venerable priest
his blessing. Father Mollinger did
not appear at the earlv masses on
that day. He did appear fn the church,
however, about 11 o'clock in the morning.
The grand old man pronounced a bene
diction and then hundreds scrambled al
most over each other in their desire to even
touch his robe. The sick and infirm that
had waited for honrs bended forward that
the holy water might touch them. In car
riages doors were' thrown open and mothers
held on high their babes that on them
might fall even a drop of the sacred moist
ure. The aged priest was too ill to bestow
individual blessing and retired to his home,
where he remained until death overtook
him. '
A DELIGHTED PATIENX
He Traveled 2,000 Miles to S:e the Great
Fhvsleian and Was Healed.
While The'XUspatch reporter was waif
ingonacarforthecityastrangcrapproached, and hearing thoV'general talk about Father
Mollinger, be said; 'Tarn the luckiest man
in existence.; I traveled over 2,000 miles
to visit Father Mollinger. My name is D.
J. Mclnerney, anil my home is at Living
ston, Monb; my occupation is a boiler
maker. I suffered severely from nervous
Srostration aniKwas unable to find relief,
earing of tb rfonderful cures effected
by Father Moll pger, T- concluded to make
a pilgrimageihe ( On last, Saturday I suc
ceeded in seeing1 hm and received the bless
ing I sought tor,'i To-day I am a well man.
When I think; 'qf- the many Who have ar
rived too .late, ray sympathy goes out to
them, and I thanfC-Godl am not among the
number. I shall remain oyer for the funeral
to pay my respects to this great.good man."
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The Relics X ill Remain.
The disposition 'to be made of the sacred
.relics in St Anthony's Chapel, which were
the exclusive jproperty of Father Mollinger,
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created considerable comment last night
among the -crowd assembled on Mount Troy.
No definite information was given out on
the subject It is generally believed that
the relics will remain where they are and
xrill he ned in healinir the afflicted by the
d Priest's successor, who, it is said, will
Y . "-d hrr the Tlishnn.
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Oil City, June
conference was
held here this afternoon between the Relief
Committees of Oil City and Titusville, and
it was decided that at least $200,000 would
be needed to carry out the relief work of
the two cities.
One hundred and twenty-five thousand
dollars have been subscribed for the work to
date, and a telegram was sent to Pfttsburg
and Philadelphia asking for aid to raise the
$75,000 that is needed to complete the work.
CLUBS ARE NOT SALOONS.
Legitimate Organizations Decided by a
Philadelphia Judge to Be Without the
Pale of the Brooks Law A Mo-.t Impor-
tot DeetMan. -
TBhilAdelShia? June 15 Specta!. la
Quarter Sessions Court No. 1 this morning,
before Judge Heed, the jury in the case of
Edward Worsley, charged with selling
liquor without a license and on Sunday,
after being out since Monday evening, re
tured a sealed verdict of not guilty.
This was a very important case, it being
the first in which the question arose as to
whether a steward of a legitimate clnb had
the right to furnish liquor to its mem
bers. Worsley was steward of the Fair
hill Independent Political Club, of the
Nineteenth ward, whose headquarters were
at No. 518 West Lehigh avenue. At the
trial the evidence showed that it was a per
fectly legimate club, organized for political
and literary purposes purely, and not as a
subterfuge by which to evade the law.
Judge Reed in charging the jury said
that for its instruction he would assume
that where a club had been formed for
legitimate purposes it could not be consid
ered within the restrictions of the high
license law, and that if a question of law
should arise it could be decided hereafter.
A somewhat similar case was that of Pat
rick Tierney, steward of the Ellsworth
Club, who was convicted before Judge Pen
nypacker, who delivered an opinion hold
ing that clubs could not sell without a
license. The case was appealed by Max
well Stevenson to the Supreme Court, where
the sentence was affirmed: but the higher
tribunal did not discuss the law point in
volved, as it was plainly evident that this
clnb had been formed to violate the law.
A BIG FACI0BY BTBNED.
The lire StllLRailng'and Threatening the
Town ot Elizabeth, W. Va.
Pabkebsbtjbg, W. Va., June 15.
Special The Independent Bung Factory,
the largest enterprise of its- kind, situated
at Elizabeth, 20 miles above, caught fire at
noon to-day and has been destroyed, to
gether with all the machinery, buildings
and stock on hand. The loss is estimated
at $300,000. The concern is owned by New
York capitalists and managed by Captain J.
O, Hale.
At three o'clock telephone dispatches say
the fire is still raging, and that Burns
Brothers' and Huffman's saw mills, the
largest in the Kanawha Valley, have caught
fire and that other buildings will necessarily
go, as there is neither water works nor en
gines in that town. There was no insur
ance on the factory.
A Storm Swept. Valley1 Near PotUvllle.
Ashland, Pa., June 15. Last evening
at dusk a terrific wind and hail storm, ac
companied by thunder and lightning.passed
through the Deep creek valley, a farming
district about eight miles west of this place.
Great damage was done to crops. In many
instances entire orchards were uprooted,
fences were torn down and many buildings
razed to the ground. The storm affected
the country for a distance of 15 miles, and
the loss will be thousands of dollars.
THIS MOKMNG'3 NEWS.
Topic. Page.
Grover Growing Stronger Every Hoar,... 1
Death and Skelch of Father Mollinger.... 1
An Awful Bridge Disaster 1
The Iron Scales All Presented. 8
Strange and Sad Freak or Nature s
Good News for P. & M. Depositors....,.... 2
Editorial Comment and Social Gossip.,.., ,4
TatkTVIth Traveling Politicians 4
Oath's Brerzy Chlcaso Chat
Tltnsvtlle's MIH Race l'roolem 0
Ohio Drmocx-its for the Strongest Man... 7
Salvation Recruits Who Mean Business.. 7
A Fatal Cyclone Hits Montreal. '. 7
The Ball Scores and Other Sports 8
iDoable Hardar Ncnr Latrobe. ....... ...... 8
Spain's Colnmbus Jollification O
Pittsbargers in Atlantic City.. 9
The News or the Business World 9
Work of the County Courts 10
The Oil Scout's Field Reports 10
Live Stock and Commercial Markets II
Siiversnd Tin Plate in Congress. 1SJ
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vertise la The Dispatch's Ceat-a-Werd
CelHmn. A few adlets will
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THREE CENTS
BRIDGE BREAKS,
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Two Pittsburg Contractors
Tall in tie Wreck of
Their Own "Work at
A CHCLMATI SUBUBB.
The False Work Gives Way Without
. One Moment's Warning.
Timbers Apparently Sound Succumb in
a, Twinkling; to Torts Upon Tons of
Iron An Eye Witness' Graphic Ex
perience The Worlc of a Heroic Diver
Eecovery of the Dead SUU in Prog
ressOne of the Victims a Litigant
Looking; TJp Evidence Against the Con
tractors The Story of a Bepresenta
tive of the Firm in Pittsburg.
CnrcnrarATi, June 15. A casualty such
as sends a thrill of horror through the civil
ized world happened on the Licking river
between Newport and Covington, Ky., this
forenoon.
A wagon and street railway bridge was in
process of construction between the two
cities. The Chesapeake and OhioBailway
bridge crosses the Licking about 500 yards
above this point. The banks of the Licking
are very steep at the point where this road
way and street railway bridge is to cross.
Their slope is at least 50, and they are very
higb.
The contractors for the iron workofths
bridge were the Baird Brothers, of Pitts
burg. They were Andrew and Bobert
Baird. Ever hereafter they will be spoken
of in the past tense, for they both went
down to death with their two score or more
of workmen.
The bridge was a strong, wrought iron
structure. The great stone piers on each
side of the river were finished, as also were
the approaches to them. The iron works of
the approaches are very massive.
A Description or the False Work.
The span between the two piers looks to
be 360 feet. The height of the truss which
was to form the bridge span between these
two piers was 65 feet above low water.
False work of piling and timbers had been
constructed in the river. On the top ot
this false work the construction of the iron
truss began exactly midway between the
two piers, and the work was pushed from
the middle both ways.
Five sections of the ponderous iron work
had been constructed. Each bent or sec
tion was 30 feet long, making nearly half
the span. On the top of this was an ap
paratus known to bridge men as the "trav
"eler," which is used to extend the structure ,
from the ends. This "traveler" rose some
30 feet above the main structure. It was
full of men at 10:30 this morning, and some
of them near the top of it were nearly 100
feet above the water.
The timbers of the false work were beams
about 16 inches square. They were old and
weather-beaten, and had evidently been
used before. However, in bulkiness and to
all outward appearance they were strong.
Ther facts show they were not strong
enough for the immense weight they were
required to bear.
The Enormous Weight on the Work.
The burden of 33 or 36 men, or, for that
matter, of 3,600 men, would have been as
nothing for these great beams of yellow
pine. It was the mass of iron, weighing
hundreds upon hundreds of tons, that over
matched them, wrought -ruin and gathered
an awfnl harvest of death.
It was about 10:30 o'clock this morning
when 36 men were in the traveler, and no
one alive can tell how many men were work
ing below when the awfnl moment came.
It came, too, like a bolt from heaven. No
warning came trom those over-taxed beams
of sturdy pine. Suddenly, as if broken by
some resistless,invisible force,they buckled,
broke and crushed down into the river be
low, a mass of ruin, under which a score of
human lives went out.
Ot course, there was a rush to the scene
from both sides of the river. The debris
filled the deep stream from bank, to bank.
People filled both shores, but from the con
figuration of the wreck aid was most easily
rendered from the Newport side. The
stream was soon full of skiffs, and the work
of rescuing the living began and went on
Draveiy wnnout a airecuug uauu. hjucdu,
it was done quite as well perhaps better
than it would have been done by an organ
ized life-saving corps.
The Work of Rescue Still in Progress.
This work was kept up all day, and it is
still going on to-night. The police of the
three sister cities were soon at the scene,
and they rendered noble service in caring
lor the dead and in removing the wounded
to homes or hospitals.
,At the hour of the accident there were
few other than the workmen on the bridge
near the scene, which leaves the few sur
vivors among the victims as the only ones to
tell the story. Bruce Thomas was working
on the truss. He says:
"Iwas sitting lnasllnj working a rachet.
Tho first thlnz I knew I was falling. I heard
no cracking of timbers, no outcry of hnman
voices. I only knew I was golnsc down. I
had hardly time to think when I found my.
self on the bottom or the river in ten feet of
water about 20 feet from shore. I arose to
the surface I don't know how. Then I
'heard cries for help. Ayonns man near me,
whose name I don't know, shouted, 'Tm
killed, I'm killed." Ha only had an arm
broken. I helped him ont. I helped three
others out. I have heart disease and I
worked till I got deadly sick, I only sot
"braided a Hula on the leas. I saw several
others that escaped. I don't know their
real names. We know each other by nick
names. At a cottage on Thornton street, New
port, not 200 yards from the bridge, lav the
'dead bodies of John B- Boby and his
brother, William Eoby. Mrs. Catherine
Baer, the occupant of the house, was the
inother-in-law of John Boby, a sturdy man
of 32, who leaves a wife and two children.
One of the Houses of Mourning.
The two brothers were taken there to die.
John died first. His dying brother, Will
iam, said to the young widow: "Don't cry
Annie, John will get welL" When told
that John was dead, he said: "Then I want
to die, too," and these were his last words.
Jn the same house was C H. Fetters, of
fronton, O. His back was injured and his
left ankle was crushed. He talked lreely.
,Said he:
Tho crash came without warning. I heard
no sound, saw no excitement, only knew
that we were all going down In a heap. I
nrmmhlpil nn on some timbers, some one
Jrescned me in a boat, and here I am
Charles H. Wilkerson is a hero. Hit
hame is 631 East Main street, Louisville.
His work was at the engine on the Newport
approach "and near the pier. He rushed to'
the rescue. He says the timbers of the
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