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SECOND PART.
ft PESKY BAND
TRIG TO POSE
ASJUTLAWS,
The Cooleys Aro Beally Only
a Pack of Petty Hen
Boost Eaiders.
MEAIT TO THE TERY CORE.
TVithont a Single Trait Tkat Would
Suit a Dime Novel Hero.
Still Nobody Seems Willing to Under
take Their Capture Fayette County
Either in Sympathy With Them
or Afraid or Them The Reason
They Aro Feared la That They Are
Cowards and Bullies Who Their
Parents Were Bad Boys From the
Start How the Lazy Whelps Organ
ized What They Call a Gang Not a
Heroic Crimein Their Record Very
Small Potatoes to Keep a Whole
County in Subjection,
rTEOSI A BTXTT COBRESFOfDEST.'l
Uxiojttowj.-, Aug. 6.
XLT a favored few
of the law-fearing
citizens of Fayette
county know the
trnth about the
Cooleys and their
band. As a matter
of course every
man, woman and
child in Fayette
and the adjoining
counties know of
the existence of
the gang, but you
may wander
through the sec
tion from Union
town to the State
line and you will
not find more than
a score of men who
know the complete
ecord.
And yet for more than 11 years the
Cooleys and their associates have been
busily engaged in committing all sorts and
conditions of crime. They have burglarized
almost every store and shop in the villages
of Fairchance, Haydontownand Smithfield;
they have robbed old men of the fruits of
years of toil, they have tortured and
maimed women, they have abducted chil
dren and slaughtered cattle.
Enjoy a Sort of Toiiularltr
They have committed all these overt acts
and yet number their friends by hundreds.!
ana enjoy a Kind ot ghastly popularity in
lYtmk Cooley, the Ileeogniied leader.
the community. The best proof of their
social standing can be gleaned from the more
or less varied experience of the Sheriff in his
eflort to disrupt and capture the gang.
Time and time again has SheriffMcCormick
rode to Fairchance village and wasted his
eloquence and energy in a vain attempt to
organize a posse of reputable citizens. He
has always had his trouble for his pains.
Directly they learned that they were ex
pected to aid in bringing the Cooleys to
Justice these peace loving people of Fair
chance declined point blank to do the
Sheriff's bidding, and, figuratively speaking,
washed their hands of the whole businesss.
In point of fact, 700 of the 1,000 people of
Fairchance are in sympathy with the gang,
and make no bones in saying so. The re
maining S00 cordially hate the gang, and
would rejoice over its downfall, but the
majority of them are restrained from mani
festing their true feelings, either by word
or deed, by fear of the consequences. At a
liberal estimate, there are SO men in Fair
chance to-day brave enough to join in an
organized attack of the Cooleys, but when
this is said all is said. Every time that
SheriffMcCormick has attempted to "round
up" the outlaw herd his posse has consisted
for the most part of men from TJniontown.
There's a Trizo for the Brave.
And the oddest feature of this most de
plorable situacion is that the man, or men,
who capture Frank Cooley, the acknowl
edged leader of the gang, will pocket a re
ward of 51,000 and earn the admiration and
respect of every respectable man in the sec
tion. One thousand dollars in crisp new
bank notes would mean a fortune to many
a man in Fairchance, who has it in his
power to pocket it by betraying the gang.
Just what will be the ultimate ontcome
of the present muddle it is difficult to say.
McCormick, the Sheriff, has certainly done
all in his power to break up the gang, but
thus far his eflorts have proved worse than
r.selets. After every attempt to capture
thera tr.e outlaws grow bolder. The Sheriff
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is alike disgusted and dispirited at his lack
of success. He has, so he says, spent 5500
of his own money in organizing posset, etc.,
and has received nothing in return. He
still believes that a posse of 300 men could,
if properly directed, surroand and capture
the gang. But the great difficulty Is to
find 300 men who are qualified an d willing
to start on the man hunt
JlcCormick intends to make one more ef
fort to induce his iellow citizens to aid him
in vindicating the majesty of the law. If
he fails, and judging from the records of
the past he will, hu will allow Cooler and
his gang to do pretty much as they please.
Knowing all these things the Sheriff if sat
isfied that nothing but a regiment of the
WW , dwLfy
THAT SIAK FBOM MONTANA, AND JACK BA3ISET.
National Guard can succeed in extermina
ting the gang.
The Individuals of the Baud.
At this writing the Cooley gang consists
of nine men. They are: Frank Cooley, the
bead and front of the organization, "jack"
Banisev, "Jim" Hutchinson, "Bill" Mar
tin, "Ted" Carl, "Sam" Yeager, Isa Tate,
"Bunt" Frey, and a stranger from the
"West familiarly known as "That man from
Montana. "
These nine men are all young, none of
them being over 30, and from a physical
point of view are splendid specimens of
manhood. Living as they do in the mount
ains tbey are weather proof and are capable
of enduring almost any kind of physical
strain. Tbey are for the most part tem
perate in their habits and drink compara
tively little liquor. Jacti one or the nine
numbers among bis earthly possessions a
Marlin repeating rifle of the latest and
most approved pattern, six Smith &
Wesson revolvers, a long keen edged dirk
knile and a heavy cartridge belt of the
finest make.
As a rule tbey travel in pairs, but if the
"job" 1b a big one they work as a unit.
They have a dozen rendezvous in the ra
vines of the picturesque Chestnut Ridge, a
spur of the Alleghenies. Their field of
openious is a large one. It includes the
villages of Fairchance, Haydontown and
Smithfield, the fertile vaUeys in the neigh
borhood of these villages and the hamlets
located about the head waters of George's
creek, York's run and Bedstone creek.
The Woman In the Cage.
Frank Cooley is the acknowledged leader
and his right hand man is Jack Ramsey.
But most of the bead work is done by a
young and pretty woman named Ityda Pas
torius. She is the mistress of Frank Cooley
and is exceedingly popular with the out
laws. She is known through the entire sec
tion as "Cooley's Queen," and her influence
with Frank and his associates is simply
marvelous. Every outrage perpetrated, by
the gang is planned by this woman. But
"Cooley's Queen" is such a very clever
little woman that she has succeeded thus far
in keeping out of the entanglements of the
law.
The Cooley homestead is an age-stained
house of stone still standing in the south
ern corner of Fayette county. Thirty-six
years ago this very month Lute Cooley
made a dark-eyed maid of 17 bis wife and
brought her to this old stone house to live.
The house, the fields around it and the
clump of woodland In the rear had belonged
to the Cooley family for more than half a
century. At the time of his marriage Lute
Cooley was a fresh-faced, strong-armed fel
low ot 24. His prospects were roseate. To
be sure but three acres of his land were
capable of yielding crops, but as he was a
shoemaker by trade and owned the only
cobbler's shop in George's township, the
lack of tillable land did not worrv him. He
owned the bouse and the garden and as his
bride was both pretty and energetic he
tackled the momentous problem of living
with all the light-heartedness and energy
of youth.
Thrlr Brood of Petty Bnlllrs.
For a year or more all went well. Lnte
put in his days in making and mendingtbe
shoes of bis neighbors and his leisure hours
witn mi young wiJe. But then children
began to arrive, and with their advent came
the first genuine trouble of the young cob
bler's life. It was not that his children
were weak or ill-formed, for It is a matter
of record that everyone of the Cooley chil
dren werestrong and lusty from their very
birth. His daughters, and thev numbered
five in all, were well behaved and gave
their parents no trouble, but it was differ
ent with the 11 sons. Strange to relate
all these youngsters developed at a compar
atively early age a penchant for making
trouble. 2xo matter how hard he tried Lute
couldn't make his boys behave. All his
waking hours he devoted to the thankless
taskot keeping the boys in order, but as
each baby grew to boyhood and proved in
corrigible Lute became disheartened. Fi1
nally he gave it up as a bad job, and, save
for an occasional protest, allowed the lad?
to do pretty much as tney pleased. He
tried to drown his sorrow in drink, and so
it came to pass that when hisoldestboyhad
celebrated his 18th birthday Lute Cooley
was a prematurely old and very badly
broken man. He lost heart in his work,
the natural beauties of his arcadian home
no longer charmed him, and, sad to relate,
his only happy hours were spent when his
head was muddled by the product of the
county distilleries.
Kicked Oat or ths Hon.
As a natural sequence Lute Cooley and
his family were in a badly demoralized con
dition in the spring of '81. Those of his
son s who were old enough to go to school or
work positively refused to do either, the I
trade of the little shoeshoD down in Filr- I
chance village had dwindled to small pro
portions and there were a thousand and one
other trials and tribulations for Lute Cooler
to endure. One night after an especially
dull day in the shop he went home and held
an exciting interview, with his son Frank,
who was at that time a tail, deep-chested
stripling of 17. Frank had committed some
aggravating act of devilment, and when his
father reproached him he laughed at him.
THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH.
THE
Hot words ensned and it ended in Xute or
dering his son out of the house.
There was 'an unpleasant domestic scepe,
but at 7 o'clock, on the night of the 20th of
May, 1881, Frank Cooler turned bis back
on his parents and left the bouse. He went
across the strip of turf to the dusty Smith
field road, and a moment later was lost in
the gray shadows of the eventide.
Ten minutes later he met his chum, Jack
Bamsey. The precious pair threw them
selves on the grass by the side of the yel
low country road, and indulged in a whis
pered conference which lasted for more
than an hour. When it was pver the two
lads had sworn to stand by each other
through thick and thin.
The fruit of this nocturnal conference
were the now notorious Cooley gang.
Exploits as Chicken Thieves.
For the first two weeks after Frank's
banishment from home he led the life of a
wanderer, sleeping in barns and picking
up his food from the farmers in the neigh
borhood. One day he met his brother Dick,
jnst as that young gentleman was engaged
in the more or less difficult task of robbing
a benhouse.
Dick was two years the Junior of Frank,
bnt the latter was duly impressed with
Dick's inherent cussedness and offered him
a place with the gang, which was then in
process of formation. Dick accepted the
invitation with alaricty and manifested so
keen a relish for the work that Frank was
delighted.
Just about this time Jack, another of
Lute Cooley's sons, joined the gang. Jack
was a mere boy at the time, but be proved a.
welcome addition to the band. He was
ready to turn his band to any j6b, from pil
fering a hen roost to out and out robbery.
All through the summer of '81 the three
Cooleys and Jack Ramsey lived in the J
mountains. They finally perfected their
plans and completed the organization of the
outlaw band. In September the marauders
began active work. They committed all
manner of ngly crimes in rapid succession,
and in less than a month bad succeeded in
making the name of Cooley familiar to
every law-fearing citizen ' in "West
ern Pennsylvania. As the fame of
the gang increased its numbers grew
with alarming rapidity. Every tough
for miles around sought admission to the
charmed circle of the Cooleys. But a ma
jority of them had their trouble for their
pains. Young as he was, Cooley was
shrewd enough to know that it was less
difficult to handle a dozen men than it was
to command 100 hardened citizens. He
politely declined to increase the numerical
strength of the band, hut with a native
shrewdness all his own( picked out a baker's
dozen of the most promising of the crowd
of would-be outlaw, and sent the others
adrift.
Jack Coolej's First Arrest.
Then having reorganized he renewed op
erations. It was late in the fall of 1881 that
the gang as a gang met with its first reverse.
During the December session of the court
Jack Cooley came down from the mountain
retreat and walked boldly through the main
Jack Cooley.
"he only food one of the Rang he's dead.)
street of Fairchance village. He was mora
than, three-quarters drunk at the time and
the two local constables found it a compar
atively easy task to capture him. Jack was
arrested and taken to TJniontown. Once
there he was called UDon to answer the
charge of larceny madVby Farmer Henry
Willard. While the authorities were pre
paring for his trialJsck suddenly decided
that he preferred the mountains to the jail
and in some mysterious way made bis
escape.
At this Interesting juncture old Lnte
Cooley broke loose. One Sunday morning
he walked into the Fairchance colord MT
E. Church and astonished the congregation
by swearing at the minister. The service
was demoralized and old Lute was put in
jaiL He was sent to the workhouse for
this little "break" and when he came out
he seemed a different man. He told his"
frieuds thatfthia was a bad, bad world, and
VLSbf wCT
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PITTSBURG DISPATCH,
afc-
what is more
point, he made his
the other boys.
thicker than well
peace with Fra
"ijioou," ne
water, an I believe the boys do mean well.
even if they be a little quick with their
guns."
From that time on Frank Cooley and bis
comrades were welcomed to the paternal
roof, and they visited the homestead at fre
quent intervals.
Served a Term In Jail.
After the escapo of Jack Cooley and the
sudden change of front on the part of his
interesting sire, Frank Cooley and bis com
rades contented themselves for a long time by
simply Jlying off the farmers in the vicin
ity. In fact it was not until the fall of
1881 that they again attracted general at
tention. At the September .session of that
year one James Monteith charged Frank
and Dick Cooley with assault and battery
and attempt to discharge firearms at an-
otner person, xu two ooya were captured
at their father's house and taken to Union
town for trial. They were tried and found
guilty. On September 8 they were sen
tenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs. This
they refused to do and tbey went to jail
and served their time.
More than a vear later another member
of the Cooley family, William Oooley by
name, was prosecuted for assault on a
woman named Sallit E. Hlbbs. At the
same court and on the same day, Oliver B.
Cooley, another brottier, had a hearing for
surety of the peace on oath of Miss Rachel
M. Davis.
Both these cases were settled and then
William and Oliver Joined the ganj. The
outlaws wintered in the mountains, and
aside from stealing chickens and food from
the neighboring farmhouses, committed no
depredations. However, when the spring
flowers bloomed again the gang settled down
to serious work. In March, 1888, Frank
and Dick Cooley were charged with assault
and battery by a farmer, James M. BowelL
The brothers eluded arrest, but Bowell
pushed the charge before the grand jury,
and the indictment is still pending against
Frank and Dick. A few weeks later a
woman named Mintie McCullough and a
man named John Rhodes entered criminal
action against Jack and William Cooley,
charging them with aggravated assault, but
the cases were compromised.
Later on in December, 1886, Dick Cooley
was indicted for entering a building for the
purpose of committing a felony and re
ceiving stolen goods. The agents of the
law put in two solid weeks in a vain
attempt to capture Dick on this charge.
Decided to Try Bnrglary.
It was during the fall and" winter of 1889
that Frank Cooley resolved to extend the
field of operations and increase the business
of the gang. He had tired of robbing hen
roosts and "holding up" small boys, and
decided that nothing short of out and out
bnrglary wonld satisfy his thirst lor ex
citement and replenish the treasury of the
band. After taking a mental inveutorv of
the neighborhood, Frank made up his mind
that a nocturnal visit to the home
of Miss Mollie Ross would prove
both profitable and exciting. This Miss
Ross was a maiden lady of sixty or there
abouts. She was living alone in an out of
the way neighborhood some three or four
miles from Fairchance village. The lady
had somehow or other gained the reputa
tion of being exceedingly close in money
matters. Frank Coolev fiad been told that
there were several tbousands of dollars
stored away in the Boss homestead. On a
certain Saturday night in February Cooley
and his fellow-outlaws loaded their guns
and started for the Boss farm. They
arrived at the farmhouse shortly before
midnight. The front door was barred, but
the gang effected an entrance by smashing
in a window. Miss Boss had been a life
long victim of rheumatism, and on the
night in.question she was in bed unable to
.more band or foot. Cooley and bis men
burst into the room. Frank made his way
to the side of the bed and in a gruff voice
ordered Miss Ross to hand overall her
money. -
Tortnrlne a Feeble O'd Woman.
The lady refused. Then Cooley and Jack
Bamsey drew their revolvers and politely
informed Miss Mollie that it was a ques
tion of either surrendering her possessions
or her life. Miss Boss never weakened.
She told the outlaws that she would never
give up her money. Finding that threats
were useless Frank ordered his companions
to seat the victim in a chair and bind her.
The brutal command was quickly obeyed.
"Bare her feet and hand me a candle,"
growled the ruffian as he removed his coat
and rolled up his shirt sleeve?. Jack Bam
sey handed a tallow candle to Frank. The
latter struck a match and ignited the wick.
Then he put the flickering flame to the soles
of the woman's naked feet. There was the
smell of burning flesh. For full two
minutes be held the flames close to the
flesh. The woman must have suffered un
told agony, but aside from a half-suppressed
groan she gave no sign.
"Now, old girl muttered Cooley, will
you tell us where you have got the stuff hid-
aeny-
But Mollie Ross was adamantine. Four
times did the blistering breath of the lighted
caudle burn her flesh, but never once did
she falter. At last Frank swore, a tre
mendous oath, and struck Mollie full in the
face with his clenched fist. Then he turned
to his companions and ordered them to search
the bouse from cellar to roof, while he
stood guard over the helpless woman. A
half hour later the fruits of that seach were
piled upon the bed. There was more than
$600 in bank notes and a heap ot small sil
ver pieces. Cooley put this money into his
pocket and after warning Miss Ross to bold
her tongue led his men to their mountain
retreat.
Convicted, bat Broke Jail.
Naturally when the details of this hor
rible outrage leaked out there was a tre
mendous sensation. A warrant was sworn
out for Frank Cooley, and a few days later
he was captured and brought to Unlontown.
He was tried at the March term of the
court on the double charge of robbery and
bodily torture. He made a weai defense
and was convicted of the charge and re
manded to jail to await sentence. His mo
tion for a new trial was promptly denied
and a day was set for his sentence. But he
broke jail and escaped before sentence had
been pronounced. He has been at large
ever since. "
Miss Boss is an incurable cripple from
the injuries received on the night of the as
sault In June, 1889, the Quarter Sessions docket
shows: "Commonwealth against Frank
Cooley and others, laroenv: Jesse Stewart
prosecutor; defendants found guilty."
They did not tnrn up for sentence, and a
process is still out tor them. At the De
cember sessions, 1890, Calvert Sliger ap
peared in court as prosecutor against Bert
Cooley, charging him with assault and bat
tery. The case was compromised on the
payment "of costs by the defendant
at the instance of A. S. Beese.
Oliver Cooley was convicted at
March court, 1888, of disturbing a religious
meeting. Criminal proceedings against
Jack Cooley were instituted at the March
sessions, 1889. He was charged by Dr. H.
B. Greiber, one ot the School Commission
ers of George township, with having set fire
to a public school house. Despite the fact
that the grand jury found'a true bill against
him, Jack Cooley was never captured, and
never will be, as he met a tragic death a
few days ago from the trapgnn which
Farmer Thomas Collier bad set in his milk
house. On of the Boys in th Fen.
Frank, Dick and Jack Cooley and. Jack
Bamsey were found guilty ot robbery dur
ing the session of tne Oyer and Terminer
Court last March. Mr. Robinson was the
prosecutor. Dick was the only one of the
quartet who was captured and tried on this
charge. He was sentenced to two years in
the western Penitentiary, and is now serv
ing time. He is the only member of the
gang who is now behind prison bars.
The shocking death of Jack Cooley seemed
to have no retarding effect on the gang.
Hardly had Jack's mutilated body been
tflSeie
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SUNDAY. AUGUST 7.
consigned to the grave when the desperadoes
indulged In another outbreak. Julv 25
Wesley Sisler, who lives at Haydentown,
three-miles distant from TJniontown, is a
living witness to the fact that the mere
matter of killing one of their man does not
stop the Cooley gang from continning their
unholy practices. Sunday, July 25, they
watched the funeral of their dead comrade
and a dav later they were at their law
less work with as much vigor 'as
ever. That evening about 7 o'clock
Wesley Sisler rushed into the Central Tele
phone office in Fairchance and breathlessly
asked Mr. Henvpsted to telephone Sheriff
McCormick to eome at once to his' place, as
a(x of the Cooleys had just been there and
driven him from home, Sisler Uvea alone,
and has a cirl keeoinp house for him
.the same girl over which Frank Cooley
and William Bobinson fought, and who was
the indirect cause of sending Dlok Cooley
to the workhouse for two years.
The Sheriff Betased to Go.
He says that the men were all heavily
armed, and that tbey drove him from the
house and then maltreated the girl. Sisler
was in a great state of mind and feared to
return borne without protection, and Sheriff
juciiormicic retused to come, saying that it
would be no use, as he Cooleys would be
far enough away by the time he got to Hay
dentown. This outbreak was unexpected,
the general impression being that the gang
would remain in retirement for a time at
least
Lida Pastorious, or as she is better
known, Cooley's "Queen," is a petite and
exceedingly pretty young woman of 22 or
thereabouts. There is no manner of doubt
bnt what this brown haired woman with
the big eyes and faultless figure is a very
firominent and popular member of the out
aw band. Ever since she lost her heart to
Frank Cooley, which by the way occurred
some years ago, she has done the planning
and scheming for the Cooley gang.
Mentally she is as Bright as Frank is dull.
The gang from Frank down realize
and appreciate the fact They are very
proud and fond of her. They call her
"Queen," and obey her commands with
alacrity. The influence of this woman over
the gang of reckless ruffians is simply mar
velous. It is safe to say that as long as
Lida remains true to her lover and his com
rades it will be an exceedingly difficult
task to entrap them. She has it in her
power to work these men at any time. If
she cared to betray them she could lead
them to an ambush without the slightest
difficulty.
A Talk With the Outlaw Queen.
For reasons best known to herself the
"Queen" spends most of her time in her
father's house, near Haydentown. It was
here that the writer found her yesterday
evening. The house stands in a secluded
valley. It is two miles from any road, and
unless one knows the country well it is
most difficult to locate. As luck would
have it Queen Lida uas at home and in an
nerroAaVtlA mnml izrTin iya avn (at S .11...1
She stood in the doorway with aj&be in
her arms and a bunch of wild flowers in her
belt
"Yes," she said, as she led the way into
the house, "I am the common law wife of
Frank Cooley, the so-called outlaw. I don't
care to talk about him; in fact I won't say a
word. He is not half as black as he is
painted, and he hasn't committed half the
crimes charged against him. I could tell
you where he is this minute, but I won't
If you want to talk to me about the baby
or the chickens out in the field
I will listen, but I am not such a tool as to
talk about tne boys. When Frank is home
he lives right in this house with me. But
he isn't home to-day. Now, I want to
change mv dress, and vou had better go."
Lida's father is a blacksmith, and with
his daughter's consent lives in bis own
house.
IX NO MAN'S LAND.
A Country That Is Ixxlnc Its lawless Char
acteristics Ths Fertility or Its Soil At
tracting a Better Class of Settlers A
Haibor for Brigands.
"No Man's Land may be opened to immi
gration within a short time," remarked A.
L. Hanna, of Dennison, Tex., while at the
Duquesne Hotel .yesterday. Mr. Hanna is
a prominent financial man, at his Texas
home, and is the Secretary of the Texas Im
migration Committee.
"This strip of territory," he continued,
"which for years past has borne the most
unsavory reputation of any part of the
United States, is tillable soil and would be
of considerable value and will undoubtedly
serve as a great inducement to immigrants.
The history of No Man's Land abounds
with tragical occurrences. It first became
notorious as the headquarters for the in
famous band of guerrillas under the cap
taincy of Colonel Quantrel. On account of
the great distance the territory was from
a civilized community, its distance from a
military fort and the neglect of all authori
ties to the territory, it gradually became a
safe harbor for cattle thieves, outlaws and
other disreputables, who gradually .filled it
up, and the guerrilla chief heard of it and
harbored his cut-throats there. That was
during the war, and as Quantrel's presence
was so contaminating and baneful the strip
was shunned by everyone who made any pre
tense to decency or lawfulness. After the
war the Fort Dodge bandits made their re
treat in No Man's Laud and spread conster
nation among cattle owners and ranchmen of
the neighboring States. No one's life, who
bad not one or more awful crimes to his
record, was of any consequence. Murder
was not even cloaked, and the most astound
ing crimes were committed without the
slightest remark being made about them.
"In later years the Jesse James gang of
bandits retreated to No Man's Land, and
again were graveyards filled with people
whose only crimes was the possession of a
little money. But now aflairs are different,
the gradual approach of habitation to its
borders has thrown a better atmosphere
about the territory, and the men there are
less lawless than formerly."
Worse Than a Lock-Oar.
The statement of Mr. J. Sterling, of
"SVickliffe, Ky., will be of especial Interest
to mechanics, many of whom have had a
similar experience.
"I am a cooper by trade, and for many
years worked in Chicago. About 12 months
ago I had an attack of diarrhoea, which be
came chronic: I was treated by two prom
inent physicians of Chicago, but from them
received no permanent benefit I then
went 'to Texas, where I was again treated
by a leading physician with results' similar
to those JL had previously experienced. In
May I came to Wickliffe, Ky., in a. very
debilitated condition, consequent upon this
long continued trouble. I went to a drug
store for relief. Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy was recom
mended. The first dose relieved me, and
two 26 cent bottles cured me. I consider
myself well te-day.'r
Mrw Sterling is 62 years of ape and a very
nice old gentleman, and reliable in all mat
ters. He came here in a verv low state of
health, but now says he feels perfectly well
and buoyant and has had no symptoms of
uiarruuea ior tnree or lour weens, unamber
laln's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
is very popular here. G. W. Shiveli,
Druggist, Wickliffe, Ky. WThsu
A Sign on Tonr Home
Some time ago may have brought you an
occasional tenant for vonr rooms, bnt not sa
nowadays. The cent-a-word advertising
columns, nnder "Booms To Let" In Tbe Dis
patch, answer that purpose with better re
suits to-day.
Excursion to Atlantlo City
Via B. A O. B. B. on Thursday, August U.
Bate tlO the ronnd trip, and tickets good for
12 days and stood to stop at Washington
City. Trains leave Pittsburg at 8 A. x. and
9.-20 r.'K.
Small in size, great in results; Do Witt1
Little Early Risers. Best mill for constipation
best for sick neadaebe and lour stomach.
1892.
FRAUDS IN ENGLAND
I
Quite as Prominent at Klcctio'ns as
They Are Anywhere Else.
VOTES CAST FOR MEN LONG DEAD,
And Other Desperate r trails Torced on the
lories Notradajg.
GLADSTONE HEAUU IS NOT IMPROVED
tETCiBLITOTlIEDISrATCir.l .
LOHDpK, Aug. 0. Copyright.. The
opening of the new British Parliament has
been marked by a strange smoothness in
comparison with the heated discussion of
the general election. As a matter of fact,
nothing was left to chance. Everything
between the two great parties was arranged
beforehand by the whips, so when Mr, Peel
was proposed as speaker all went as harmo
niously as though there were no two parties
in the State. Members have since been
sworn in, and contrary to expectation, no
objection was made to Michael Davitt, sev
eral Tories having threatened to oppose h Is
taking the oath on the ground that he was a
convict who had not completed bis time.
Of course this was pure malice, as Davitt
was released on a ticket of leave and his
time has long since expired.
The great battle opens on Monday, when
the Liberals move a vote confidence in the
Tories, with the certain result that Salis
bury, Balfour and Co. will be ousted from
office. The Irish Nationalists will vote
solidly for the grand old man, though there
is some soreness on the part of the Healy
ites that their champion was not invited to
confer with Mr. Gladstone at the same time
as Dillon, Davitt and Sexton. That, how
ever, will wear o before the supreme de
mand for a united front on behalf of Ire
land. Bard Work to Get a Division.
The Parnellltes will also help to turn out
Salisbury, while reserving to themselves
the right of independent action later in the
event of the measure of home rule not being
sufficient to meet their views. But they
have not yet put in an appearance at West
minster. John Bedmond, however, has in
timated his intention of speaking on the
no-confidence resolution, and as so many
others have given similar notice it is oe
lieved to be Impossible for the House to
divide so soon as Tuesday night The
whips on both sides, however, p.io doing
their utmost to effect this.
The number of election petitions which
have been lodged against Tory members
has been further increased this week, and
shows to what desperate straits the party
was driven to maintain its position in the
country. The most significant objeot of all
Is that against Mr. Balfour, whose agents
are charged with wholesale "treating and
bribery." Beside this, some of the
voters, by an unexampled dis
play of cunning, voted three times,
while a number of unscrupulous Tories
voted for Liberals and Tories who bad re
cently died. The petition alleges that gen
eral corruption prevailed, and all the state
ments go to show that this is true. The
trial is not likely to take place before No
vember. ,Fnn for tbe Nw Members.
The new members seem to find the House
of Commons great tun. They walk about
filled with wonder at the series of ever
unfolding surprises. The palatial suite of
dining rooms, the patrician private smok
ing rooms looking over the river, tbe state
ly library and the delightful series
of writing rooms, with their unlimited
supplies of crested paper for the use
of honorable members all. these excite the
admiration of the new legislators. Their
questions are strange and varied; in partic
ular they all take a deep private interest in
Mr. "Parnell, ruminating at the table where
he usually ate or smoked, or dropping slyly
into tbe fallen chief's chair. Upon the ter
race they skip and race.
One of Justin McCarthy's recruits was
walking in the corridor, yesterday, when a
policeman touched his hat as he nassed.
The honorable member stopped, and think-1
ing it tne proper thing to do, shoot hands
with "X 92."
I mentioned last week the anxiety which
was felt in regard to the Grand Old Man's
health. I regret to state that, from the re
sult of the exhaustive inqniries I have
made, Mr. Gladstone is visibly failing.
There has been no great and sudden change,
but he has no longer that robust
vigor which made him the wonder
of the age. Only a short time
ago he showed invariably the
sprizbtliness of youth. To-day he morei
frequently shows the lassitude of the old
man. Tbe strain of the general election has
been great The strain of conducting the
affairs of State will be greater, and with
such a measure as home rule to be con
ducted through the House, it is imperative
that the great leader's strength should be
husbanded for those final efforts which he
alone can make.
Gladstone in His Own Way.
The Liberal lieutenants recognize this, but
the greatest obstacle to this care-taking
process is tbe Grand Old Man himself He
cannot bear to be anywhere but in the front
rank when the battle is raging. JTeyerthe-'
less, only the constant pressure of his doc
tor and wife are effectual in making
him realize that to fall before ac
complishing the great task upon which
he has set his heart will only be
playing into the hands of the enemies of
Ireland. Seeing ho w much the Liberal leader
needs repose, some members of his family
are urging him to take a seat in the House
of Lords, under the title of Lord LivernooL
But the Grand Old Man says he does not
aesire a new name, and be adds pathetically,
"When I die I want men to read on my
tombstone '"William Ewart Gladstone.' "
The first public appearance ot Hon. E.
Blake before an English audience at the
Eighty Club this week was a distinct suc
cess. His speech was carefully prepared
and read from manuscript Hejwas sup
ported by a number of advanced Badi
cals and Irishmen, and the Liberal papers
all speak highly of- his performance.
He made one distinct hit. When refer
ring to the British House of Lords be de
clined, he said, to assume beforehand that
the Lords would reject any bill which was
passed by the Commons "after a general
election following unon six vears' discus
sion in the country. "Time enough," said
Mr. Blake, "to Bid the devil good morning
when you meet him."
The War Thnt Is Ronnd to Com.
The English Foreign Office has been
fluttered by the appearance .of a ititvsinn
flying column on the Pamirs, the horsemen
having advanced asfaras the Hindoo Koosh.
The party are only explorers, but they
uia.v uo making notes ior more inrmi
dable forces later, and the dispatches
of an English party of observation
show how much alive Lord Boberts is to
a possible Bussian descent upon India. Old
Anglo-Indians, however, regard the Rus
sian movement" as directed more against
China than India. They hold thit such a
descent would be" iatal to anv
force seeking to attack Indi
When the decjnt upon England's
great Asiatic possessions does take place,
they argne that it must Come through
Afghanistan. Nevertheless everyone feels
sure that sooner or later the war between
England and Bussia must come, and that
Asia will be the battlefield.
An Epistle on Parochial School.
Bomb, Aug. 6. The Prefect of the Pro
paganda has written letters to the Catholic
Bishops of the United States, urging them
to devote much attention at the coming
Synod to the important question of parish
schools. The Prefect congratulates the
satire clergy of the United States upon ths
mntnajl good will and spirit of concord
which prevails among them.
MURDERED A PRINCE.
Jealousy Causes a Terrible Tragedy In an
Aristocratic Russian Ballroom.
Moscow, Aug. G. At a grand ball ar
ranged by the officers corps of the Czar's
Body Hussars, held here last night at the
Casino, First Lieutenant Iven Battovitch
suddenly stepped into the middle of the
room, drew a pistol from his dolman, took
deliberate aim and shot Prince Nicholas
Susslovitcb, a brother officer, who was
waltzing with the lieutenant's affianced.
The Prince, who received the bullet in his
heart, fell dead, dragging his partner with
bim to the floor, Tbe assassin, amid the
wildest excitement, stepped over tbe body
of his comrade, raised the head ot his af
fianced by clutching her hair, and then
blew his own brains out
All this happened in less than 30 sec
onds. So quickly were the shots fired that
interference was impossible. The cries of
the terrified women first gave the alarm to
those in other parts of tbe hall. The young
lady who was dragged from the grip of her
murdered partner is now lying at the point
of death. The deed has created the wildest
exoitement in Bussian upper circles, where
all parties concerned are well known. The
Cir has ordered a special report to be for
warded to him by telegram. The murdered
Prince bad been warned beforehand bv Rat
to vitch not to attempt dancing with the lat
ter's intended.
BA80H BIBSCH'S FAILTOE.
Bis Hebrew Colony In the Argentine Trans
formed Into a Mob of Idlers.
LOTfDOir, Aug. 6. A letter printed in
yesterday's issue of the B&rtu ChronUZ
confirms tbe failure of Baron Hirsch'a col
ony in the Argentine Republic. The writer
declares that the condition of affairs at
Molseville, the nam of the colony, baffles
description.
The land selected for tbe settlement was
ill-chosen, and an enormous number of fam
ilies are huddled together in tents and
sheds, where they have been living for
months in idleness and intrigue. The ef
forts to reform-the colony made by Colonel
Goldsmid on his arrival was the cause of his
receiving heaps of threatening letters, and
Colonel Goldsmid was obliged to ask for po
lice protection. He, therefore,. broke up
tbe colony. Bight hundred ot the colo
nists have sailed for Europe within a
month.
A Iiowell Memorial in Westminster.
LOXDOX, Aug. 6. Leslie Stephen writes
that the subscription has been opened for
the. proposed Lowell memorial. He says
the committee having the matter in charge
have already received more than sufficient
support "to insure the windows as planned
in the chapter house of "Westminster Abbey.
The character of the commemorative tablet
to be placed under the window, he adds,
depends upon the amount of subscriptions.
Mldloililans 'Won't Oppose Gladstone.
Loxdox, Aue. G. At a meeting of
Unionists in Midlothian to-day it was
decided not to oppose Mr. Gladstone when
he comes before the people for re-election
on accepting office.
Nine Tunisians Drowned.
Ttrsns, Aug. 6. A ferryboat plying on
the Mejorda river was capsized in mid
stream to-day, and nine of the persons on
board of her were drowned.
KEECH
-AND-
FURNITURE.
The two are intimately connected in the mind, especially
when you consider Fine Furniture at moderate prices. Our
prices are always moderate, but just now they are far below the
average. It's the end of the season with us, a splendid season
it has been, a big, busy, busding season, and we can afford to
be generous with what remains over.
We Furnish Your Home,
We Furnish Your Hotel,
We Furnish Your Office,.
We Furnish Your Store
B&cOMPLETE-3
MANY PEOPLE
Are taking advantage of our sale of
BEDROOM SUITS,
And thereby saving many dollars.
If you are likely to want anything in
this line in the next few months, it
will pay you to call and see the fine
goods we are offering at extremely
low prices.
IT'S A FINE TIME
In which to select a Carpet We are showing numbers of
styles on which we have reduced prices, not because they would
not sell, but because they sold so fast as to leave us with limited
quantities on hand. Many odd lengths of beautiful designs at
greatly reduced prices.
Scores of Odd Borders with" which, to enlarge your Carpet
can now be had very cheap.
CASH OR CREDIT.
FURNITURE
AND
KEECH,
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PAGES 9 TO 20.
OniJMSnDAY
Many of the Russian Famine
Sufferers Keep Body
and Soul Together.
PEASANTS' NEED LITTLE.
A Contractor Makes Money Giving
Tour Meals for Nine Cent;?.
GREAT DANGER PROM CHOLERA.
Tie American Donations Were the Means
. of faying Many Lives.
CARPENTER'S TISIT TO HIJNI-N0YG0R0D
rcOITBMTO'niNCI Or TOT DtSPJITCir.l
Samaba, Bussia, July 24
A3I now in the heart
of the worst of the
famine districts of
Russia. I entered
them about Moscow,
and I passed through
hundreds of miles of
famine territory in
coming to the Volga.
The hunger and sick
ness were great in
Kazan and Nijni,
which provinces I
visited on my way to
Samara, and all along
this great river from here to the Caspian
Sea there are to-day millions who are de
pendent on the supplies they get from
charity.
The typhus fever has to a certain extent
subsided, but the report has just been re
ceived here that the Asiatic cholera, which
has been ravaging Persia, is steadilymarch
ing into the regions about the Caspian sea,
and that it is already at the mouth of the
Volga at Astrakhan. The fright here re
garding it is terrible, and should it make
its way northward, as it in all probability
will, the horrors of the last winter will be
surpassed by those of the coming falL
Not Strong Enough to Fight Cholera.
These millions, who have been half
starved for months, are not in a condition
to fight with disease, and the cholera can
bring but one result the death of millions.
The authorities are doing all they can to
prevent such a terrible disaster, but the
trade of Volga is so great and its travel so
immense that it is hard to see how they can
succeed.
At this writing in July the people are
fearful as to the present crop. Grasshoppers
have begun to make their appearance and
there is danger of drought A few days
of good rains may turn the scale and bring
everything out all right, but a continuance
of the present weather will ruin the pros
pects of a good harvest I saw to-day a vast
assemblage of peasants going out with the
priests into the country to pray for rain.
Xhey were bareheaded and barefooted
and they carried tbe sacred banners of
IN MATTINGS
Prifes have taken quite a tumble.
We can sell you a really fine Matting
at a less price than you have been
paying for second-rate qualities.
There's nothing nicer as a Summer
Floor Covering than a good Matting.
Specially attractive are the patterns
this season, and the best in finish
and quality we ever offered.
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