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' ' THE PITTSBUKG- DISPATCH, SATURDAY. DECEMBER
IT, 18931
THE POPE SPEAKS
THROUMTOLLI,
Archbishop Ireland Takes the
lid Off the Eecent
Conference.
OTHER CLERICALS TALK
And Also Throw Kew Light on the
Church Mjstery.
Alleged Misleading Statements Cor
rected by a Catholic Organ A Split
on Secret Societies Pate of Satolli'e
Resolutions Mgr. O'Connell to Sail
for Rome To-Day The Pope's Mes
senger to RemainHere for Some Time
to Come He Has Ample Power to
Settle Disputes Between Blshop3 and
Priests.
Baltimore. Dec. 1G. Catholic officials
claim that the published reports give a
very misleading summary of the authorized
abstract of the proceedings of the recent
meeting ol the Catholic Archbishops. Some
of the most important parts of the summary
are omitted altogether. Alter Archbishop
Satolli had stated that the Pope desired to
have a permanent apooolyte' delegation es
tablished in the United States, with the
concurrence of the Archbishops, the official
proceedings state that he nas informed at
the third session, November 17, that the
metropolitans did not ieel warranted in
taVing any action in so important a matter
until they had taken counsel with their
suffragans, in view of the serious difficulties
connected with the subject An authority
on Catholic affairs said:
It Is well Known that Cardinal Gibbons
and all the Bishops are now and have been
all along very much opposed to any such
Papal official being sent here, and it is not
lively that Come will disregard their pro
tests. After tho most reverend delegate
had read his It propositions on the school
question, the Archbishops adopted the two
lesolutions of Archbishop P.yan, of Phila
delphia, which substantially reaffirmed the
electees of the Baltimoie Council on that
issue.
Satolli's Fourteen Resolutions Rejected.
Xor does the official report say that they
approved of the It lesolutions. They re
quested changes in them, which were made,
and at the last session of tho council Mgr.
Satolli gave "lurther explanations" and
promised to send documents amended to
the pi elates. iSut there is not one word
about the acceptance of Mgr. Satolli's docu
ment. On the contrary, all the private re
sorts concur that the Archbishops rejected
Archbishop Evan's official organ, the
Philadelphia Catholic Standard, speaking
yesterday of the conference, said in an edi
torial entitled "Attempting to Mislead the
Public:"
As bad been anticipated, the subject of
Christian education came up. Mgr. Satolli
presented a series of U propositions on the
subject. But prior to deliberating on them,
the Archbishops preferred to consider the
reports which they themselves had drawn
up in accordance with the Instructions of
the Iloly See and after consultation with
their resnective suffrarans. Thev unani
mously adopted two resolutions, offeied by
the most leverend Archbishop of Philadel
phia, which resolutions plant themselves
lalrly and squarely upon the decrees of the
Plenary Councils of Baltimore. "They refer
definitely to those decrees, and contain
specific directions for giving more practical
effect to them.
Corrlgan Against Secular Education.
Since the Xew York meeting Archbishop
Corrigan wrote as follows in a letter dated
November 27 to Father Dovle, the Paulist,
commending an article the Father had
written in the Catholic World: ,
The facts which you present so clearly
and so concisely furnish n new proofi-lf any
were needed of the insufficiency of merely
secular education. The experience of Eng
land, Australia, France and Italy is a coun
leipart of our own.
Archbishop Gross and Archbishop Elder
have also been quoted as caving that the 14
Satolli propositions are not indorsed by
the Board of Metropolitans. Besides these
two topics the official report etates that the
Beard ol Metropolitans, at the third ses
sion, commended the educational exhibit at
the World's Fair, and then refused to allow
a married Greek priest to officiate among
the United Greeks living here, urging that
this work should be given to the Basiliau
Fathers.
At the fourth session a refutation oi
some of the statements of Herr Cahensly
en the perversion of immigrants was sent
to Kerne.
Divided as to Secret Societies.
At the filth session the question of secret
rocieties was taken up. As there was a
diversion of opinion, a committee was ap
pointed to gather all intormation in the
matter and send it to the Pope for final
settlement. The Archbishop of Chicago
was authorized to send out the official call
for the Catholic Conference in Chicago at
the proper, time. Bishop Keane, rector of
the Catholfe University, was commissioned
to B-lect 20 Catholic speakers to attend the
Parliament of Religions to expound Cath
olic doctrines. Jhe proposition to beatify
the Cure of Ars was commended, and an
adjournment was taken to meet in Chicago,
September 12, 1891
Archbishop Ireland's Opposite View.
A dispatch from St. Paul says: When
lskcd to-day as to the mission oi Mgr. Sa
tolli and the extent of his powers, Arch
bishop Ireland replied that, in view of "the
contradictory reports put into circulation
regarding Mgr. Satolli and of the uncer
tainty into which, in consequence, the pub
lic mind has been thrown, he is not now
unwilling to speak, however persistent was
heretofore his resolve to be silent. He
said:
Mgr. O'Connell, who had been especially
chosen by the Pope to accompany ilgr. ba
tolli to America and to introduce lilra into
his new surroundings, sails from New Yoik
to-morrow, returning to his duties as rector
of the American College in Borne. His work
in America is finished and his departure
has no Jurther significance. Mgr. Satolli re
mains, nnd will remain with us for a good
while to come. The report that he has been
recalled by the Tope, or is likely to be soon
recalled, is simply aDsurd. This report and
others revealing a similar anlmu, are the
Inventions of parties whosuffardeteat from
lus presence and would be delighted if, by
creating a public opinion adverse to his in
fluence, they conld In some manner foice
him to retire from the countrv. But these
S miles know neither Mgr. Satolli nor Leo
IIL
The Tope Speaks Through Satolli.
Mgr. Satolli represents the Pope. Opposl
t on to him is opposition to the Pope. Dls
lespect to him, criticism of him. Is disre
spect to, and ci iticum of, the Pope. He was
sent directly by Pope Leo to speak to the
Aicbbishop assembled In Xew Tork tho
mind of Leo on the school question.
It is sheernonsense to say he was admitted
bv courtesy to tne conference. He told
the Archbishops, an the official report of tho
conlerence asserts, that ho spolre in the
name of tne Pope and declared the thoughts
1 the Pope. This school question had for
more than a year agitated the Church in
America. Amid the din of controversy the
ai peal to Rome was loud. The cry wentout
ceaselessly that Rome should speak and that
iiottun" else could re-establish peace. So
lroine resolved to speak, and spoke through
. living, accredited "representative. Those
wh wore sinceie In their appeal will now
be silent and satisfied.
The country will, without difficulty, see
that all attempts to minimize the authority
of Mtrr. Satolli, or to evade tho force of his
words, are simply the dying protests of un
repentlng error. The address of Mgr.
Satolli had been put into bis mouth by the
Pone before ha left Rnm una ilnce has
i been reported to the Pope verbally and has
received nis approval. This is a positive,
undeniable fact. The controversy Is finally
settled. Mgr. Satolli has also" received
amplest powers to settle all disputes be
tween Bishops and priests.
No Appeal From the Ablegate.
A copy of his powers has been sent to the
BishODS. In each case he is to have two as
sistants chosen from eminent members of
the clergy, and his decision is to be abso
lutely without appeal. The authority with
which he is invested is unusual; but this
shows that the Pope puts unusual confi
dence in him. To maintain, as heretofore,
the conrt of last appeal in remote Borne, is
to render very difficult and tedious the pro
ceedings leading to a conclusion. The Pope
has conferred a boon on all parties con
cerned by placing, for a time, at least, a
supreme tribunal in the country itself,
Some important cases are already before
Mgr. Satolli.
The papal representative has the further
mission to inform himself accurately about
American ecclesiastical matters In general,
and to report thereupon regularly to Rome.
As time goes on, new emergencies arlslng.he
will receive otner specific powers. My own
impression Is that, beginning as ablegate, be
win soon be Invested with the title and all
extensive powers of a regular delegate
apostolic Whether, alter his return to
Rome, he will have a successor, the Pope has
not yet decided. Much in this recard depends
on the work which Mgr. Satolli during bis
ueiegation may nnd coming to mm, anu on
the degree of good his presence and action
may bring to the Church.
As to the School Question.
The address on the school question covers
in its brief enunciations the whole ground,
and with a master pen marks out the
provinces or church and State. To the
Church, and to her alone, belong religions
instruction; but there is and there can be no
objection that the State lay claim to busy
itseir with the seeular part. Tho American
people will find, assuredly, naught to gain
say in these propositions. There can be no
loom left ror the old-time accusation that
the Church opposes instruction or de
pi ecates the efforts of the State to remove
ignorance from the children of the people.
A word on the reported difference be
tween Mgr. Satolli's address and the resolu
tions of" the Archbishops on the school
question: Whatever may be tho private
opinions of some prelates, a matter of which
I know nothing, I am very sure that there
is no contradiction whatever between the
official resolutions of the conference and the
discourse of Mgr. Satolli. The reading of
the resolutions and the discourse tells all
this. It Is absurd to suppose that the Arch
bishops would officially put themselves on
record against the representative of the
Pope, speaking In the name of the Pope.
They formally take In their resolutions, as
tho basts of their conclusion, tne decrees of
Baltimore and the decisions of the Holy See.
By tne words and decisionsjof the Holy See
they make room for all explanations and
developments of the decrees of Baltimore
which may have come from Rome since the
holding of the Council, as. for instance, the
decision in tho so-called Faribault case, and
the very teaching or Mgr. Satolli, voicing
for America the mind of Rome-
A COLORADO CANNIBAL.
Ills Strange Story Revived by Application
for Habeas Corpus A Camnlatlve Sen
tence for Five Killings C aimed to Be
Illegal His Tale of the Murders.
Desver, Col., Dec 16. A horrible
case of cannibalism, committed in Colorado
in 1873, was called to mind to-day by the
hearing ol an argument on a habeas corpus
proceeding brought by the attorney of Al
fred Packer, at present serving time in the
Canon City penitentiary, charged with
having killed and partly eaten five of his
companions.
Packer has had two trials, the first re
sulting in his conviction of five murders
and being sentenced to hang. His attor
neys appealed his case to the Supreme
Court, and this tribunal held that he could
not be sentenced except lor manslaughter,
because the law relating to murder was in
operative. Packer, in accordance with this
decision, was tried again, found guilty of
manslaughter and sentenced to eight Years
for each murder, each sentence to begin
after the other had ended until the terms
had been served. Packer has about com
pleted his term of sentence on the first
charge and his attorneys ask his release,
asserting that there is no such thing as a
cumulative sentence.
The story of Packer's awful crime has
often been told. Packer and five compan
ions were traveling from Utah to Southern
Colorado, where they became lost in a snow
storm in the mountains. Thev iell short
ol provisions, and the want of Food, accord
ing to Packer's story, drove them crazy.
Packer leiti their temporary camp for "a
short time to try to discover something to
eat. When he returned, he claims that he was
met outside of the camp by one of the party
who attempted to kill h'im. Packer fired
and the man dropped dead. On reaching
the camp Packer says he tonnd his other
companions dead and a piece of one of them
was roasting over the fire, having been pot
there by the man who attempted his lite.
Packer's awful hunger was too great to
withstand the sight offered then, and he ate
the meat with great relish. He continued
to camp there for several days afterward,
living on the flesh of his companions.
It was charged at his trial that the crimes
were committed (or the purpose of robbery.
He was arrested shortly after the crime.but
escaped and for ten years was at liberty,
when he was rearrested, tried and sentenced.
The Court has taken the case under ad
visement. EOT AH ANDHEWS INNING.
3Ir. nigby Gets Another Day's Advantage in
Ills Contest.
Meadvtlle, Pa., Dec. 16. Special"
The proceedings in the Andrews-Higby
election contest case came up to-day. This
is Uigby's inning, and the evidence offered
was much the same as in Andrews' case, an
attempt being made to prove defective
registration, imperfect affidavits, etc
There is a well-defined popular opinion
that the contest will be disastrous to the
Bepublican party in Crawford connty in
the event of Andrews winning the case on
mere technicalities. The Court made no
ruling of importance in the case to-day.
SUEK5IAK has been interviewed by
Townsend on the future or sliver for THE
DISPATCH to-morrow. He incidentally
tonches on the Homestead strike In the
election.
tjsed TO THE EAST END, PESHAPS.
A JIcKeesport Burglar Coolly Collects His
riunder in a Girl's Presence.
JIcKeesport, Dec 16. Special Two
more robberies are added to the long list al
ready made up for this city during the fall
and winter. A domestic in the household
of Mrs. Kane went to a room on the second
floor, where she found a stranger getting
together for removal all the valuables he
could carry. He kept right on making up
his collection in the presence of the girl,
and as he finished tying up $100 worth of
jewelry, the girl fled and he walked leis
urely away.
of a railroad ticket agent out of $20.
BABK WBECKEB EVANS' SENTENCE.
Practically His 'Whole Lifetime In Prison
and a Pine of 8200.
PHlLADELPHlA,Dec 16. In the United
States District Court this morning Jndge
Butler sentenced JTels on F. Evans, who was
largely instrumental in wrecking the Spring
Garden National Bank, to seven years' im
prisonment. A fine of $200 was also im
posed. Evans is a very old man and will scarcely
outlive his sentence. He was a director of
the bank, and, in connection with the Ken
nedy brothers, President and Cashier, re
spectively, he manipulated the funds in the
interest of other concerns, stealing many
thousands of dollars. The Kennedys are
now serving long terms of imprisonment.
WHEN PEOPLE DESIRE
A good room they invariably read the To Let
Room Columns of THE DISPATCH, v
NO LABOR CONGRESS.
The Federation Next Year Will Hold
Only Its Usnal Meeting.
STILL AT WAR WITH THE KNIGHTS.
Milder Action on Militia--Than th Com
mittee Becommended.
$300,000 TOTED FOE FUTURE STRIKES
Philadelphia, Dec 16. At to-day's
eision oi the American Federation oi
Labor, the proposition to hold an inter
national labor congress was defeated and
the federation decided to meet yext year
at the usual time. The committee in
charge of the resolution to investigate the
differences between the Federation and the
Knights of Labor reported that ft has been
proven that all efforts to heal the breech
between the two organizations while the
Knights continue their attacks on the Fed
eration are impracticable.
The report of the special committee
to whom were referred the numerous reso
lutions concerning the employment oi
militia and other armed bodies during
labor troubles was then received. The re
port, signed by seven of the nine members,
found that the powers designed to rest with
the masses of the people, as expressed by
the Federal and State Constitutions and
the laws, have been diverted, and these
powers are usurped bv.large corporations.
It is declared that unless a halt is called, it
will not be long until liberty gives place to
despotism.
The Governor's Prerogative Attacked.
The committee iavored a Board of Com
missioners on legislation, .to limit the
powers of the Governor in calling out
militia during labor troubles and that mem
bers of labor organizations be requested to
remain out oi the National Guard of every
State unless one of these propositions be
embodied in the State laws.
After considerable discussion, the recom
mendations of the committee were stricken
out and a clause adopted instead, favoring
the support of labor representation in the
administrative and legislative departments
of the National and State Governments,
and advising members of the Federation to
see that the friends of labor", rather than the
friends of capital, command the militia.
Af the afternoon session, the committee
to whom the proposition had been submit
ted to establish a sinking fnnd, reported
favorably upon such a iund for the purpose
of supporting strikes and lockouts, not less
than 8300,000. The report was ordered re
ferred to the Executive Council with in
structions to perfect the details of the plan
and submit it to the affiliated unions.
A Question of Representation.
A breeze arose when the Committee on
Laws reported unfavorably on a resolution
that delegates must be workers in the trade
which thev represent- In support of the
resolution', Delegate Goldwater, of De
troit, charged that men high in the counsels
of the Federation are subordinating the in
terests of organized labor to their own per
sonal advantage, and that it js through the
favor of the Committee on Credentials that
such delegates gained admission.
This brought the Chairman of the
Credentials Committee to his feet to ex
plain that the committee recognized home
rule for each of the affiliated unions, and
their right to choose such delegates as they
deemed proper. Other delegates explained
why they did not work in the crafts they
represented. Others called on Goldwater
to state the names of the delegates he had
attacked. Goldwater contented himself
with the reply that he did not refer to the
present officers. The report of the com
mittee was finally adopted.
Amendments to the consiitntion were
then taken up, and were under discussion
when the convention adjourned for, the
day.
HASSILLON A TEBM1NTJB.
Citizens Have Hard Work Raising the Dona
tion Required by tho W. & L. E. R. R.
Massillon, Dec 16. f!pecial Two
weeks ago the Board of Trade received a
proposition from the Wheeling and Lake
Erie Railroad Company to make Matsillon
the terminus of the road, providing the
company received $20,000 and 20 acres of
land. The board purchased a farm near
the city limits, laid part of it out in lots
and sold them to citizens, the rest to he
given to the railroad company. Last night
was the time set by General Manager Blair
to sign the contract for the company, pro
vided the stipulated sum was raised.
Yesterdav afternoon about $3,000 was
needed to close the deal, and the board de
cided to accept donations. About 5500 was
raised. Still there was $2,500 lacking.
General Manager Blair was on hand last
night, and a private conference was held
with leading citizens. In this emergency
some of the parties to the conference
pledged the amount from their own private
resources, and Mr. Blair promptly signed
the contract,
HE BTJCKED THE TIGER.
A West Virginia Station Agent Said to
Have Embezzled B. & O. Funds.
Pabkeesbubg, W. Va., Dec 16.
Special John Donahue, agent of the
Baltimore and Ohio Bailroad and the
United States Express Company at Davis
ville, in this county, was arrested there to
night by a special agent of the North
American Guarantee Company, charged
with embezzling $00 of the railroad com
pany's funds. ,
He was said to he short an equal amount
with the express company, but the de
ficiency was made ud. It is the old story
of bucking the tiger.
SECURE desirable boarders by a cent-a-Tiord
ad in THE DISPATCH.
BEBELLION BIFFED IH THE BUD.
Brazilian Autonomists Try to Make an Ex
Governor a President.
Bro JANEIRO, Dec 16. A military re
volt broke out at Wichtheroy to-day, the
object being to raise to the Presidency ex
Governor Portella, the, leader of the Au
tonomist party. Federal troops were at
once dispatched to the scene, and the revolt
was soon suppressed.
Two persons were killed and many were
arrested. It is rumored that several influ
ential persons are implicated in the plot,
and that 'they will be arrested.
The Pope Severe on Masonry.
EOME, Dec 16. The Pope has issued a
letter on the question of Free Masonry
which causes profound excitement through
out Europe Free Masonry would be the
ruin of Italy and Borne. He charges the
order with ruining religion, exciting a
thirst for riches, and indoctrinates young
minds with anarchism.
WONDERFUL PERFORMANCE.
The Particulars.
A striking performance is always an
attraction, and none more striking
are offered than those of Dr. Miles' new
heart cnrel Thousands of testimonials can
be shown, proving the wonderful oures it
has pel formed in every part of the country,
restoring to health defective hearts and giv
ing hack to life those who stared death in
the face. Heart disease symptoms frequent
ly are: Shortness of breath, pain in side or
arm, smothering spells, nsthmatio breath
ing, weak and hungry spells, fluttering of
heart. Irregular pulse. "My heart disease
get so bad that I became greatly alarmed. I
got a bottle of Dr. Miles' Now Heart Cure
and it gave me the greatest relief." U. Mo
Dourall, Auburn, Ind. Sold on positive
smarantee. Boole free at.druirirista or Dr.
Allies Medical Company. Elkhart, Ind,
FOSTER TO FOSTER.
The Canadian Minister Answers a Cabinet
Officer's Criticisms Secrets of the Re
ciprocity Conferences Coming Out
Wool a Stumbling Block.
Ottawa, Ont., Dec 16. Hon. George
E. Foster, Dominion Minister of Finance,
has made a rejoinder to John W. Foster,
Seeietary of State, of the United States,
who replied to the former's criticism oi
President Harrison's message. He said to
a reporter to-day:
After reading Mr. Foster's observations, I
era state that I have nothing to add to my
previous assertion in regard to the reci
procity negotiations on the subject of a uni-'
form tariff between the two countries.
When the proposition for reciprocity in
natural products was declined, and before
wider arrangement was discussed, Canadian
delegates inquired about the question of
discrimination. . We astced who would have
power to make the tariff and what would be
its range. For example, we asked whether
Canada would be free to arrange her own
tariff on wools. This artiele is on the free
list; here in the United States it is highly
taxed. To this Secretary Blaine replied very
emphatically that tho United States had a
heavy duty on wools, and if Canada fixed
separate duties the proposed reciprocity ar
rangements would be simply non-effective.
Now 1 must admit that I was surprised
that Secretary Foster said Canada made as
a basis of settlement of the canal auestion
the fiee navigation of tbe'Budson river by
Canadians. So far as my knowledge goes,
Americans never made free navigation a
sine qua non lor a settlement of canal dis
putes. At the Washington conference In
June last an Informal proposition was made
that the controversy might be settled by
the United States ill lowing Canadians free
navigation of the Hudson In return for
Canadians withdrawing their refusal to
grant rebates on grain trans-shipped at
United States lake ports. Anybodv can see
that this falls shore of a basis of settling
the whole controversy.
It will therefore be seen, added Mr. Foster,
that the Hudson river was not mentioned
in this nropositlou for settling the whole
difficulty. I can't recall any occasion when
Canada made a demand for free navigation
of the Hudson as-a settlement of the contro
versy. Let Secretary Foster prove his case
if he has documents.
WHY JUSTICE SHIBAB DISSENTED
In the Celebrated Lake Front Case That
TVas Recently Decided.
"Washington, Dec 16. The dissenting
opinion of Mr. Justice Shiras in the Chi
cago lake front case was to-day before his as
sociates of the Supreme Court in perfected
form. Mr. Shiras holds that the ownership
of a State in the lands underly
ing its navigable waters is as
complete, and its power to make them
the subject of conveyance and grant is as
full as its ownership and powers in the case
of other public lands of the State The act
of the Legislature of the State of Illinois
conveying to the Illinois Central Railroad
certain rights to these submerged lands he
holds to establish a valid contract, with
these restrictions only, that the company
shall not have the power to sell or alienate
such lands, nor to maintain obstructions to
the Chicago harbor or to impair naviga
tion. Should the railroad disregard any of these
restraints the State had the power of
judicially proceeding to enjoin it, or could
treat it as a legal ground for forfeiting the
grant. But so long as the railroad fulfilled
its part of the agreement, so long is the
State of Illinois, in his judgment, inhibited
by the Constitution of (he United States
irom passing any act impairing the obliga
tion of its contract.
MEXICO TIBED OF FOOLING.
Diaz Will Request President Harrison
to
Break Up tho Border Bands.
Monterey:, Mex., Dec.16. The Mexican
.Government will demand of President
Harrison that he take decisive steps toward
breaking up and wiping out the bands, of
revolutionists that have their rendezvous
on- United States soil in the lower Bio
Grande border country.'
LATIMER'S
WftL INTERE8T..rou,H..
45 -inch Black Lace Flouncings, $1.50 to
$2.50 per yard for grade which sold for-
merly for $3 and 5, but they are 5 to 7-
yard Remnants, and go in our great Dress
Goods Remnant Sale.
100 Imitation Seal Muffs
$2.50 . . '-.
That look real, for Holiday Gifts. Are
warranted.
Military Capes - . ' ".
Are the go this Holiday 'Season. Come
in and see our Capes and Muffs.
Lace Scarfs
j Are in demand this year. Have you got-
1
ten1 one yet? -
EB
T. M. LATIMER.
del7-rrs
EAR THE ROPE'S END
Are the Cooley Cases When the Pres
ent Trials Are Finished.
A VERDICT ON THE GIRLS TO-DAY.
The Qneen of the-Gang and Her Father Ar
Now Before the Ear.
PUBLIC SYMPATHY PARTII WITH HER
rsriciu. TiLiaiu.it to the dispatcili
Uhiontown, Dec 16. Immediately
after court opened this morning the Cooley
cases were resumed. Mrs. Cooley again
took the stand and was closely cross-examined.
She was shown all the goods again
and still maintained that she did not know
where they came from or anything about
the secret shed in the chicken coop. She
,said she thought her family and herself
were being persecuted, and after murdering
her boys thought she ought to be left alone.
Mrs. Cooley was dressed in black and dur
ing the trial, except while on the witness
stand, her face was hidden behind a heavy
black veil.
The Cooley girls and feussell each testi
fied that they had nothing to do with re
ceiving the goods found by the officers at
the Cooley homestead after FianlC Cooley
was killed. They admitted that the out
laws had brought some goods home, which
they said they had bought The defense
also called about 16- character witnesses to
prove that the defendants bore a good repu
tation for honesty, and had never been
known to be associated with the outlaw
band. The names of half a dozen others
were called for the same purpose, but did
not answer.
Irving to Prove Good Characters.
At the conclusion of the testimony for
the defense the Commonwealth called ten
witnesses in rebuttal, who testified in sub
stance that the family did not bear a good
reputation for honesty and that it was fre
quently said that the girls went with the
outlaws on their raids, and that the bandits
received substantial aid from the parents
and the whole family.
At the adjournment of court the jury had
been out an hour and a half, and had made
no sign of having reached an agreement.
Judge Ewing directed that when they had
found a verdict they should seal it and be
dismissed.
John H. Pastorius and his daughter Lida,
"the Cooley Queen," were placed on trial.
The man was blankly stolid and the daugh
ter was rather jauntily defiant. They were
arraigned for alleged "fence-keeping" in
the way of receiving and concealing stolen
goods. The defendants live up on the side
of the mountain in the very heart of the
territory known as the Cooley region, and
tbeir place was often a rendezvous for the
gang during their raids in the neighboring
country. .
The Stolen Goods Are Identified.
The Commonwealth had no trouble in
proving that the prisoners were found in
possession of stolen goods. Mrs. W. D.
Collier positively identified a beaded silk
mantle found at the Pastorius house at the
time the defendants were arrested. Jay
Collier identified a rifle, and Mrs. John A.
Walters, the old lady who was so cruelly
tortured by the gang, identified a handker
chief found on the head of the child of Lida
when she was arrested.
With this the Commonwealth rested and
the defense began. There was no attempt
to disprove the fact that they received the
goods which the witnesses for the prosecu
tion had identified as their own property.
Their line of defense was an attempt to
show that they bad bought the goods in
question as a common business transaction.
The "Queen" took the stand and made a
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piueky defense. There is unquestionably a
certain feeling of sympathy for the woman
in the minds of the mass of people, partic
ularly of the men. Lida testified, with
little apparent embarrassment, that she pur
chased the mantle from a strolling peddler
for ti 75 and that she paid Frank Cooley
?2 CO for the rifle,
Tho End Almost In Sight.
The handkerchief was not accounted for
in "the Queen's" testimony. The defend
ants themselves were the only witnesses
called to disprove the case set up by the
State, and after they had given their testi
mony an attempt was made to prove their
previous good character and general reputa
tion for honesty. The conn adjourned till
to-morrow morning, when the arguments
will be made.
When the Cooloy and Pastorius cases are
finished, this cession, whicii is called the
"Cooley court," will be ended, except one
charge of robbery against Charley David,
in which John A. Walters is the prosecutor.
As David has already been convicted on
enough charges to send him up for a long
term, it is probable that he will not ba tried
on this charge.
An Alleged Pittsburg Jewelry Thler.
YomrosTOWX, Dec. 16. Special' Two
weeks ago the depot at Meadville was
robbed, and among other losses was re
ported 56,000 worth of diamonds from the
sample case of Mr. Wolf, traveling sales
man for a Pittsburg jewelry concern. James
Wandls was arrested here to-night on sus
picion of boing the thief. Wandles says
his home is in Pittsburg, and he makes
general denial of the charge.
Five Dollars Will Buy IIow Much Fur
niture? Not much in quantity, but in quality and
variety a limit can hardly be reached this
time of year. Suoeseck & So:r.
711 Liberty, opp. Wood.
Cam You Bniin This. LADiEst-Ladles'
fine shoe polish. The celebrated "Gilt Edee"
brand, always sold at 25o per bottle; our
price only 9o per bottle.
Kautmasns' Shoe DEFAr.Tjnirr.
EMBBOnmtED silk and satin suopenders for
Christmas presents at James H. Aiken &
Co.'s, 100 Fifth avenue.
A STIRRING
"We will start to-day a 10-days' sale of Men's Suits and Overcoats,
winch will break all former records for
Unexampled Values.
IT IS no egotism on our
part to say that in every
instance we sell Fine Cloth
ing for less money than any
house in Pittsburg, and.furth
ermore,ve are showing ready-to-wear
Clothing to-day that
is the EQUAL OF ANY CUS
TOM work made in town,
and the prices are fully one
third less.
LIBERALITY
UKPARALLELED!
FREE
A SPLENDID GIFT 1
With every purchase of a Suit or Overcoat during this $15
sale we will present a beautiful hardwood
Medicine Cabinet,
as illustrated by the accompanying cut They come in pol
ished Oak, Cherry and Walnut, are elegantly finished, with
bevel-edged mirror, bras lock and key. This beautiful
Cabinet will be found not only highly ornamental, but ex
ceedingly useful as well. We have 500, all the manufacturer
had. If you wish to secure one come quick.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
YOU CAN
THE JOYS
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THE HOI.
CHEERFUL HOMES MAKE HAPPY
HOMES CHEERFUL.
YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD
For lareo or small needs. Selected from our extensive and varied stock of FUBN1TUBH
CAKFETS. Etc. Why make your borne cozy and NOT cheerful. A small ontlay of read
cash as a first payment will secure for yon what is necessary to glvo comfort, con.
venience and mako the house attractive.
MURPHYS' MATCHLESS TERMS.
Wo will sell you goods in such quantities as you may desire on these terms:
$ 12.00 WORTH. 50 Cts. CASH AND 50Cts. WEEKLY.
$25.00 -WORTH, $1.00 CASH AND $1.00 WEEKLY.
- $ 50.00 WORTH, $2.00 CASH AND $2.00 WEEKLY.
$ 75.00 WORTH, $2.50 CASH AND $2.50 WEEKLY.
$100.00 WORTH, $3.00 CASH AND $3.00 WEEKLY.
SPECIAL HOLIDAY REDUCTION SALE AS AS EXTRA INDUCEMENT. We in
He investigation of Goods, Prices and Terms.
MURPHY BROS. CO.
THE RELIABLE HOME FURNISHERS,
No. 27 Seventh Street, Near Penn Avenue,
PITTSBURG, PA.
N. E. All transactions strictly confidential. Goods nnstencllled and delivered in nn
marked wagons. del3-47-TTg
YOUGHIOGHBNT
Green oush Street and Gas Alley.
OFFICE, 108 GRANT ST.
Youghiogheny Gas and Steam Coal. White and River Sand.
49Prompt service to manufacturers and consumers generally.
Mills supplied with river sand. jhi-"t-TTJ
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Suite and Overcoats,
We propose to make this the greatest opportunity ever
presented to clothing buyers, by offering choice of this lot of
nobby Suits at the above price. They are all new, 'fresh, de
sirable goods. The most stylish dresser need not be ashamed
to wear them on any occasion, for they cannot be told from
the best custom work We have these Suits in extra sizes,
such as will fit a long, thin man, or a short stout one which
insures a perfect fit to everybody.
The styles are double-breasted, single-breasted and
'straight cut -Sacks, one and three-button Cutaways, made of
the finest Cassimeres, Worsteds, Cheviots, Homespuns, Clay
Worsteds, eta, etc, beautifully lined with Serge Silks and
Italians to match material They are equal to those sold
elsewhere for $22.
We ask you to take your unreserved pick for one week
of these handsome custom-like Overcoats and Ulsters, no
matter whether the prices were $18, $20, $22 or $25, at the
uniform price of $15. We candidly say that the equal of
these garments made by a high-toned merchant tailor would
cost anywhere from $30 to $35.
Long Coats (generously cut), Box, Poole, Covert and
Chesterfield styles of fine Imported Kerseys, Meltons, Vicu
nas, Shedands, Chinchillas, etc, in all the newest shades.
Italian, Cassimere, Silk, Wool lining, and fit perfectly.
Ulsters in Shetlands, Irish Friezes, eta, with warm wool
lining.
GENEROSITY UNHERRD OF!
FREE
OUR STORE ILL BE OPEN
SHARE
OF THE
TIDE.
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HEAETS.
OUE BUSINESS IS TO MAKU
COAL CO., LTD.,
T. S. KNAP, MANAGER
V Telephone 1070.
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THERE has never been
seen in this city an as
sortment that could compare
with ours. The styles are
perfect, the colors beautiful g
and the materials elegant.
Every visitor is astonished
at the magnitude of our
stock and the exceptional
low prices which prevaU
throughout our store.
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