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MORE OF A MYSTERY
Prank Atwood Identified tlie
EeautiM Girl Found in
tlie Hudson as the
WE TOO DESEETED HDT,
But There Seems a Necessity for Some
body to Identify Atwood.
POLICE FIND FLAWS IN HIS TALE.
Evidence Tending to ShwThat the Case Is
2ut One of Suicide.
THE-PART PLA1ED BT A LITTLE-GIRL
'special telegram to Tire: EISPATCH.
Philadelphia, June 20 The beautiful
woman whose body was found in the Hud
Eon river, near Crotori landing, which was
first thought to be tho body of Dolly Davis,
the actress, and which, according to the
latest dispatches sent out from New York,
had been identified as the wife of Frank
Atwood, of Philadelphia, never was known
in tlie city as far as the inquiries of Chief
"Wood and his detectives liave gone.
Fr3uk Atwood kiniselfwho claimed to
Imvc his rcsidenneat 111 Vine street, Phila
delphia, and who said he was a traveling
talesman for a Cleveland hardware firm, is
also unknown to the police authorities of
this city, and diligent inquiry at the address
lie gae and anions the neighbors of that
locality failed to disclose the identity of the
man who bemoaned the f.itc of the woman
vrliosc lifeless body lay in the morgue at
Tarn town on Thursday." Chief AVood said
Shis evening that his men had thoroughly
investigated the case during the dav, and
that no person by the name of Frank At
wood had lived at 111 Vine street during
the past 14 j oars
Sumo Mjs-fery Abont Atwood.
"We liae also," he declared, "failed to
locate the firm winch Atwood said he
traveled lor. as there is no such firm known
in Cleveland." A reporter called this
afternoon at 111 Vine street, a plain three
Kory brick building, the first floor being a
butcher store. Mrs. Mceban, who at pres
ent rents the house, taid that she has lived
ia the house ocr one jear and that no such
jwrstm as h ranic Atn ood had lived there
during that time.
A m1! was then made at Mrs. Cnrtison's,
Twelfth and Wood streets, who sublets the
liti.is? to Mr Meelnn, and who lived there
for nbnut four years previous to Mrs.
M -Van, and the also declared that she l.a.1
never kno'in or heard of Frank Atwood,
aji-I that no familv answering the descrip
tive c- roomed in htr house. Tho police
Iiere believe t:.at Atwood 's story is an
unadulterated lie
The account of Atwood's alleged identifi
ca'ion of the hodj n: Tarrytown is quite
draimtic. A stronger with a brown-eyed
little girl entered the improvised morgue.
He look'-d at the fae' of the corpse long and
intently, then stood erect and drew his hand
ove- his eyes, and walked over to the win
dow. "It's my wife. I have found her," the
man said in a low voice.
llw Uttlo Girl Denied It.
Then with a sudden impulse he stooped
and took the little girl up in his arms and
brought her to the coffin, where he held her
cioso over the dead woman.
"Thit's your mother, Iiouise," he said
quie'ly.
The ehild' lips pothered in a pout, and
struggling to get down she said:
"That ain't my mamma."
The news that the body had been identi
fied read over the town, and in less time
than it takes to tell a buzzing crowd was
Fathered at the door. Soon the Chief f
Police came, and the men who formed the
Coroner's jurv, and they were admitted to
the shop, while the crowd was kept out.
Then "the stranger told his story to the
group that sat around him, and the little
Kin waiKen arouna anu looKea snyiy at
evcivbody, and allowed those whom" she
liked to stroke her hair.
"My name is Fnsnk Atwood," began the
man. "I suppose that is the bct way to
begin. It isnt a story that I like to tell,
still less eire to repeat, so I will be careful
to tell It completely. I am n traveling
salesman for 'Whit, Post & Co., a hardware
firm of Cleveland, O. The little girl is my
daughter. Her mother lies under that
black cloth.
The Story of His Marriage.
"About four years ago I used to ride
every day let ween Philadelphia, where I
lived, ard Gcrmantown, a suburb. One
day I met - beautiful girl in the cars, and
flirt-d with her and took her home. I
railed on lier .ei eral times, and after a brief
cnu'tship I m.imed her. Her name was
Purcell Morinij. a very singular name,
which I h.ul never heard before and have
not heard tinee She was boarding with a
family in Germantown, and I knew nothing
nlxmt her parents. I trusted her so fully
tliat I never asked her a single question,
and I did not want to know anything that
t-be did not care to tell me. bhe told me
lier parent" .ere wealthy, and that she had
If ft home because of a quarrel with them.
She bad necr done anything wrong, the
said, and 1 believed it, and I believe it to
day nlu-n she is dead in the box there.
"'! do not l.now where she was born or
wb.-re lier pan. Me were, or whether Fhe has
an;, friends. I took her for herself alone,
anil iiccr bothered my head about any
thing else.
"Snc was a beautiful girl when I married
l.er, though you would not think so now.
She said then that she was 21 years old, and
ht looked 17.
"Well, we were married, and we started
housekeeping ?t 111 Vine street, between
i'lr-d and Se ot d streets I was often away
irom JiOiiic for ianv weeks, but when I re
tjnied we wir" aHnys 1-appy. My wife
was a Lr.cht woman, always "in good spirits
nnd hap y, and she was very clever. Then
I.ouise rai born die is my iittle girl
and everything was pleaant until June 18,
1SW). I "liad been away from home four
w ccks.
llesertcd IVithont Any "Warning.
"I had left my wife with a kiss, and she
told nic to get back as msou as I could, so
you can sec I never expected what hap
pened. "Well, she had gone. They tele
graphed to me ok in Omaha, Xeb., where I
was a: the time, and I came back to Phila
delphia as fast as I coul 1. The house was
locked and desirtcd. and Louise, who was a
lutl-lab then, was with a neighbor. The
neighbor told me that my wife had left the
ili with bt r and said sli'e w ould come back
in. a few hours and and. well, gentlemen,
there isn't anymore to telL Ineer saw
her aain bee did not writs to me; she
lt-it no word, and I was completely dumb
founded. I could not imagine why she had
lelt me. Xo matter what she had done, I
would have forgiven her. I never said a
harsh word to her or wronged her in any
way.
"She had taken only a few dresses and
hardly any money, and I thought she would
cujio" back antii. But I never saw her
alive again. Aitcr waiting over a week I
-old the police all about it, and they sent
out. -in j-lnrut for her. Mylawjcrhad ad
vised rao to make a complaint" ot larceny
'-ainst her, as that would get the police
i Hire interested in it, but she had not stolen
ii vthing. They searched and searched, but
in Mr found evena clew to her.
"Then I began o look for myself, nnd a
eary task it was. Every time I read in
1 1 p'apers of an unknown'dcad woman who
swered in any way at all the description
. ..iy wife I went to tee the body. At first
I went to the dead house in Philadelphia
every day for a long time, buj I never
found her. Then I read in the papers of a
suicide in Chicago, and went out there. It
was not my wife. I went to Harrisburg,.to
Savannah," to Louisille, to Cincinnati, to
2Tew Orleans, to the "West Indies every
where to look for my wife.
The Search for the Missing.
"You can't imagine what it is, the feeling
with which I went around, hope and fear
and fear and hope making me happv and
miserable bv turns. I always took Louise
with me when I went to look at a body to
see if it was my wife's. It has always been
my desire that she should see her mother in
death, if not in life, and I did not want to
run the risk of their burying the body be
fore Louise could see it. "We saw
many a body, Louise and I, and we were
in many dead houses together. AVhy, I
have been to the morgne in 2Tew York 12
times to look for my wife. Once I saw in
the papers that a woman had been found
dead in Havana. Nobody knew who she
was, and Mr. Southwick, a friend of mine
who is connected with the Cuban steamship
line, advised me to go down and see the
body. He knows the whole story, and I
took his advice. We wept down there,
Louise and I, but it was not the woman I
wanted to see.
"Well, I searched and searched and
looked at more than a hundred bodies, and
I gave it up. Tw o days ago a friend of
mine sent me a newspaper containing the
story of this woman. I did not place any
faith in it, but he advised me to try, and as
I did not want to leave any stone unturned,
I came here.
"On the way from the station I almost
wanted to get" out of the carriage and go
back, so disheartened had I become from all
the other failures. You know the whole
storv now. The body in the box there may
not be that of my wife. Death is a. queer
thing and we can never understand it. But
as sure as a husband can be that he sees his
wife dead before him, so sure am I that she
is mine. Now that I think of it, my wife
had a mole on the back of her neck, right
under the hair.
lroving It by a Jttolo.
All eyes were turned to the phvsician,
who had examined the body, and wno had
listened to every word of the story. He
nodded and said':
"Yes, there is a mole on the back of the
neck. I noticed that the first dav."
Many questions were then asked, which
Mr. Atwood answered, though, it was easy
to see, much against his inclination. He
said, in answer to some of these questions,
that he could not identify any of the wo
man's garments, and th"at he hadn't the
slightest idea whether his wife had any
friends in the neighborhood.
Th mystery of the woman's death re
mains unsolved. At the Coroner's inquest
a woman testified that between 11 and 12
o'clock on Saturday morning last tvromeu,
one of whom she recognized as Frederick C.
the street, and she heard the other man,
w horn she did not know, say to Altz: "She
hollered and scratched me."
Chief of Police Nossiter learned that the
man who had said this was Edward Ailed,
who is know n about the brickyards. The
Chief of Police does not believe in the
suicide theory. He said he had noticed
many minor details which he did not believe
could accompany a suicide.
ANOTHER NEW DEFICIT
OF 829,000 FOUD BVTHE EXPERTS
IX BAItDSLErS STATEMENT.
WanamakerWlll Be Given Another Clinnco
to Explain The State's Money Tied ITp
In a Teculiar Way Bardsley's Check
Necessary to Get It.
Philadelphia, June 26. There was
but little developed publicly to-day in the
Bardsley FcandaL The expert accountants
are btill going over Bardsley's statement
and verifying it with his books, and it is
understood that they have discovered
another deficit of 29,000. Bardsley's coun
sel refuses to say whether he will allow his
client to appear before the investigating
committee and answer some pertinent ques
tions which he omitted to mention in his
statement read to the Court. The investi
gating committee will meet again on Mon
dav next and it is understood that they will
willingly give Postmaster General Wana
maker an opportunity to read the statement
should he desire to do so, regarding the
stock of the Kevstone Bank, purporting to
have been issued in his namej but the com
mittee do not intend to again ask the Post
master General to appear before them.
A very interesting question has arisen in
connection with the fund of S8."3,000 de
posited in the Farmers and Mechanics' Bank
to the joint credit of ex-City Treasurer
Bardsley antt state .treasurer Boyer.
Though the city is responsible to the
State for a largeportion ot the fund, it is
now beyond the reach of the city. The
State Treasurer and the Auditor General,
when they heard of Bardsley's resignat ion,
sent word to Chief Clerk King, of the City
Treasurer's office, to deposit to the credit of
the Commonwealth all receipts in which the
State might have an interest. As the city
had also an interest in it, Mr. King, instead
of taking the responsibility of turning the
whole amount over to the State, deposited
it jointly to the credit of Bardsley and State
Treasurer Boyer.
Uow the city cannot get possession of the
fund in order to make a regular return to
the State of the Commonwealth's share
without the joint check of Bardsley and
State Treasurer Boyer, and since the State is
demanding money from the city on a dis
puted claim; it is feared that the State
Treasurer will be reluctant under the cir
cumstances to surrender what he already
has partly within his grasp.
There is a suspicion that the State will
want to take the entire fund, and give the
city a credit on the Bardsley deficit. At
any rate, should the State not take this
stand, the money cannot be obtained with
out Bardsley's signature, and the authorities
do not rclisli the position of having to go to
the culprit for his check.
Notifications have been sent out of the
trial of H. H. Yard,on Monday next, on
the indictments charging him with conspir
ing with John Bardsley, as City and County
Treasurer, to profit from the use of public
moneys.
A COMPLETE PEIVATE MINT.
Half a Dozen Missouri Counterfeiters in tho
Custody of a Marshal.
Sx Louis, June 26. United States Mar
shall Buchanan has returned from Ballingcr
county, Mo., having in charge John C
Welker, his three sons, Jacob B., Alfred
and George, Welkcr's son-in-law, John C.
Limbongh, and Alfred G. Green, who have
been running a counterfeiting mill near
Lutesville, Mo.
On Welkcr's premises were found the
"mill," a quantity of material in the shape
of molds lor coining dollars, halves, quar
ters, dimes and nickels, the necessary metal,
plaster of paris, etc
THE HAT TBIMMING CASES.
Judge Blodgott, of Chicago, Will Decide
Them In Few Days.
Chicago, June 26. Judge Blodgett, of
the Federal Court, to-day heard arguments
in a number of cases wherein importers of
bat trimmings appealed from the decisions
of general appraisers in assessing import
duties.
The Court took the cases under advise
ment and will render a decision at an early
date
GORED TO DEATH BY COWS.
A Taterson Man Fooliahlj Tries to Separate
Two Fighting Animals.
Paterson, N. J., June 26.-,Tolm Tower,
aged 75 years, living on the outskirts of
Paterson, was fatally gored by two cows
yesterday morning. The cows were fighting
in Mr. Tower's vard. and he thinking tn
stop them, stepped bctw cen the animals and
tried to separate them.
This action apparently still farther
angered the cows, which turned upon him
ana pierced his body with their horns, mak
ing several fearful holes. The physicians
who are attending him pronounce nis case
hopeless.
FOSTER IS CONFIDENT.
HE SATS NO POWER ON EARTH CAN
DEFEAT MAJOR WKINLET.
The Farmers' Alliance Will Not Cut a
"Veiy Big Figure No Opposition to Mc
Kinley From the Knights of LaDor Ex
pectedFew Republican Kickers.
Washington", June 26. Secretary Fos
ter returned to" Washington yesterday from
a week's visit to Ohio for the purpose of at
tending the Cabinet meeting to-day.
"You can set it down as a fact," said the
Secretary, speaking of Ohio politics, "that
Major McKinley, the great exponent of Re
publicanism, will carry Ohio by a handsome
majority. No power on earth can defeat
him. The Farmers' Alliance, -while it
seems to be organizing in various parts of
the State, will not, I think, have any effect
upon the general result. Of course, there
are a few men who have been in every party
that was e er organized, and who are never
satisfied unless they are in some new
party, and they may succeed in having a
ticket nominated. The farmers as a class
are not dissatisfied. They are just now
most busily engaged in looking after their
fields. I never saw such magnificent crops
as the fanners of Ohio are blessed with
this season. The fields are magnificent,
and a walk in the country does me good.
Everything is prosperous, "and the tillers of
the soil have nothing to complain of.
"The Republican League of Ohio will be
very active during this campaign, and will
do some valuable work. There is a unanim
ity of sentiment in the League and in the
party that presages victory. All this talk
of ructions and feeling between the leaders
is but talk. The only place you find it is in
the papers. As a matter of fact, it does not
exist. There is no fight between the lead
ers. They and the people, the workers, all
present a solid front in battle array, ready
for the fight, which will result in the elec
tion of McKinley and a Republican Legis
lature." When asked about the reported action of
the Knights of Labor in carrying the plate
printers' trouble into Ohio politics, the
Secretary said:
"All that I heard abont that I saw in the
papers since my return. There is nothing
in it. The committee that had that matter
in charge for the plate printers were given
a fair oner. The men will be taken back if
they apply as others do. One of them made
application before I left, and possibly more
have done so. I do not see how it can have
any weight in Ohio. To do so it would have
to be presumed that the Knights of Labor
in Ohio were not intelligent men, but
mere machines, and this position I don't
think anyone will take. The laboring
classes of that State are not made of that
kind of stuff They are an intelligent,
thinking class of citizens, perfectly able to
discern what is right, and I don't think
they can be drawn off from the main issues
by this matter. For that reason I do not
see that the plate printers' alleged trouble
is worthv of Dcing considered a factor in
Ohio politics."
CEAZED BY TOTTEN'S THEOSY.
Tlie Predicted Millennium Turns the Brain
of a Brilliant Voting Minister.
6PECIAL TELEGRAM TO TUE DISrATCH.
New Haves, June 2(5. The theory of
Lieutenant C. A. L. Totten that the world
will end within the present decade has
already taken root, with a disastrous result.
To-day the Bev. Frank L. Stevens, who has
been taking a post graduate course at tho
Yale Divinity School, was committed to the
Hartford Insane Betrcat, a hopeless maniac
Mr. Stevens was the most brilliant man in
his class in the theological school, and
won a scholarship which entitled him to a
long course of study in Europe. Before
going he determined to take a- year
more here and so fell in with Lieutenant
Totten, with whom he became very inti
mate. It was not long before the young
minister became a most sincere disciple of
Totten's millennium theory. It proved too
much for his brain and he has slowly lost
his reason.
Mr. Stevens' insanity has taken the form
that he is the Redeemer whom Lieutenant
Totten predicts will again be on the earth
this decade. He has Tecn stationed in a
pulpit at Southington, Conn., but last week
was called to Brooklyn to supply a pulpit
there. While on the wav his wife detected
the first symptoms of the terrible malady,
3nd took measures to ascertain what she
feared but dreaded to know.
ROMANCE Second installment of Jules
Terne's great story, "The Californlans," In
THE DISPATCH to-morrow.
EDWABDS HED2S IN J0HNST0WH.
The Widow of the Grandson of a Direct
Heir Living In Hopes.
SPECIAL TELEOHAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Johnstown, June 26. Reports from
New York that a large fortune is awaiting
the heirs of Robert Edwards, who formerly
owned part of what is now the city of New
York, has created a sensation among the
heirs who are living in this city. Mrs.
Davis Edwards, of this city, is the widow of
the grandson of one of the direct heirs, and
in a conversation to-day said:
JIany years ago three brothers came to
this country from Wales. One of them lo
cated in Bedford county, this State, one in
Canada and ono in Xcw York. Robert, the
one in Xew York, was a bachelor, and his
great estates would revert to the heirs of
the other two brothers.
So far as the lady knows, her husband has
no near relatives living, his sister, a Mrs.
Bentsh, having died in Fayette county over,
a year ago. Mr. Edwards was a tailor by
trade, and died here in Octobera year ago,
leaving several children, all living near
here. Hon. John Cessna, of Bedford
county, has been retained by the
heirs of that locality, and Mrs. Edwards, of
this city, says she now has some hopes the
reports are true that each of the many heirs
are at last to receive their J550,000 as a share
of the estates.
THE OLD SUGAR THUST DISSOLVED.
Receivers Appointed for tho Constituent
Companies by a New Tork Conrt.
New York, June 26. Judge Bartlett, of
the Kings County Supreme Court, decided
to-day in the matter of the application for
the dissolution of the corporation known as
the Sugar Trust and for the appointment of
receivers for the various firms. He ap
pointed trust companies as receivers as fol
lows: The Peoples' Trust Company for De
Castro & Donncr and Oxnaud Brothers; the
Kings County Trust Companv as receiver
for Dick & Meyer, and the Brooklyn Trust
Company as receiver for Havemcyer.
The application in the Sugar Trust case
was made a few months ago. In his decision
to-day Judge Bartlett dissolves the corpora
tions composing the old Sugar Trust, and
appoints the trnst companies he names as
receivers of the corporation.
NORTH DAKOTA ALLIANCE HEN.
Tlie Modified Resolutions Ignore the Ocala
Platform Entirely.
Grand Forks, N. D., June 26. The
Alliance resolutions, as reported by the
committee to-day, are revised, omitting
woman suffrage, free text-books, the Ocala
platform and the mortgage resolutions, but
demanding Government ownership of rail
roads and silver coinage on an equality with
gold. '
False Economy
Is practiced by many people, who buy in
ferior articles of foot! because cheaper than
standard goods. Surely infants are entitled
to the best food obtainable It is a fact that
the Gail Borden '"Eagle" Brand Condensed
Milk is the best infant food.
and druggist keep it.
Your grocer I
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GfflLDEET H CLOVER.
Allegheny's Young Scholars Spend a.
Holiday in the Parks.
THOUSANDS OP THEJI WERE THERE.
"Weather Most Auspicious Made the -Day a
Great Success.
,H0W THE LOST ONES "WEEE CAKED FOR
HASING away all
thoughts of school,
Allegheny's rising
generation, or as
much of it as is
found in the public
schools, ceased ris
ing for the nonce,
yesterday, and
tossed and tumbled
all over Allegheny
Parks in innocent
sportiveness and un
bounded enjoyment
the annual
, jubilee. The weath
ijjj er, eo necessary to
the success ot ai
fresco affairs, was
perfect. The day was hot, and the
sun shed its effulgent rays over
the oasis of verdure in the waste of the
brick-built city with a degree of warmth
which might be taken as especially directed
in sympathetic beat with the pleasures, of
the joyous youngsters sporting beneath.
The rains of the past few days had given
fresh life to the grass, and the greensward
was soft and springy as any naughty little
girl and bad boy might care to dishevel her
or his tidy dress by rolling over. Gentle
zephyrs floated through the trees, and the
umbrageous shelter of the latter canopied
the holiday makers from too dangerous ex
posure to tho heat rays.
Plenty of Harmony in tho Air.
Melodies, patriotic and sentimental, from
half a dozen bands, added to the festive
character of the occasion and its harmony.
At One of the Ward Headquarters.
Vendors of lemonade and candy were to the
fore, and had none too much in stock for
the children. All but three of the 13 ward
schools were present, ,and probably 10,000
children, with half as many adults, were in
the parks during the afternoon.
The children were marshaled at their re
spective schools at 3 o'clock, and shortly
before 4 o'clock were formed in line anil
marched to the northwest parks, headed by
bands and the school directors. The bell
on the North avenue school rang out a
merry tune at 4 o'clock,' and this was the
signal for a general advance in force on the
playground. But the parks were by no
means empty when the body of childreu
arrived. Hundreds and groups of young
touuiers wiiu uieir nurses or parcuis were
sprinkled over the grass. They had come
from the ends of both cities to share in the
general fun. Some of the schools nr
rived a "little before time and were
held on the shady sides of the streets along
which they were'allowed to advance, until
the bell sounded. Then the little scholars
were formed in fours and led through the
entrance to the respective headquarters xf
each school. These were large tents erected
at convenient spots.
The Fun at High Tide.
Each company of children preserved its
formation until headquarters was
reached, when the teachers with
drew from authority and the fun be
gan. But who shall describe children at
play? How tell of these thousands of gaily
dressed, bright little things little, as a
rule, though some of them were bigenough
sporting over the grass and indulging in all
lighthearted fancies of childhood? There
were children of every age, from the mite in
its mother's arms to the young lady who
had ceased to De a scnoot girl, and had al-
Waiting for a Drink.
ready found the attentions of the yonng man
more agreeable than the chatter of her
schoolmates. And the "schoolmarm," the
demure, good-hearted and good-looking
schoolmarm, found time to give car to an
agreeable companion while she kept an
anxious eye on the vagaries of her charges.
For three hours the eight or ten bands
continued to pour forth melodious strains
for the delectation ot the youngsters, who
generally formed attentive listeners to the
music. The game of Copenhagen was an
especial favorite, and the number of young
sters who struggled against the kiss was
about equal to the number that passively
accepted it. Some of the girls gave the
boys a lonj chase before they paid the pen
alty for being caught. The chief attraction,
thouch. for those who were aware of it. was
the rustic house. This was set apart for
lost children, and during the afternoon a
crowd of people surrounded it. "What the
particular attraction was not certain at first,
but it soon developed.
Care for the Eost Children.
Shortly after 4 o'clock a couple of rc-
Eortcrs wandered in. It was then ocenpied
v B. E. Arons, "Who was present to take
.charge of the lost youngsters as the officers
brought them in. The exterior was guarded
by Officers John Blakeley and Felix Me
Cune, who did sentry duty at the door,
while Officer Joe Laughrey was an advance
post to keep a passage way clear. So far
no child had been brought in, but after an
interval two or three straying little qnes
were safely landed. About 4:30 o'clock
"Joe" Craig who has been head nurse
on the annual occasion for many
years put in nn appearance with
a couple of lumps of ice and
a tub or two. Forthwith Joe pro
ceeded to own things. He detailed one
officer to get water; but he didn't. Then
he ordered another to do duty with a
bucket, but he wouldn't; and finally Craig
had to get a park employe to fill his tubs.
Then Joe slashed water all over thefloor
which didn't at all need it and. made a gen.
eral mess in the house if ext ho snnnsrea
off the children's faces, and then ordered a
reporter under arrest because he didn't get .
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off the earth. But the reporter wasn't
arrested, and then Joe sought to move
the newspaper man who was quite harm
less pmd not saying anything off the
premises by force, but Joe's force -wasn't
sufficient and he gave up the job, while
everybody laughed very quietly, out of
fear. Up to 3:30 o'clock about 20 children
had been brought in, but they were de
tained only a short time before their parents
came in search of them. Joe said that one
year 123 children had been found straying.
, Excellent Work of the Police.
Captains Agnew and Bell, with a force of
about 40 men, were on duty during the after
noon, and did excellent work, as much in
picking up lost children as in keeping loaf
ers off the ground. Toward evening num
bers of business people turned into the
parks on their way homeward, and swelled
s.
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The New Floral Design.
the crowd. At 7:30 the Second ward school
bell sounded the retreat, and the children
were again assembled and sent homeward.
The bands which plaved through the day in
cluded the Grand Arinv, the Cathedral, the
Select Kniehts, the Grand Army, of Pitts
burg; the Keystone, the Eighteenth Regi
mentv the Pleasant Vallev and others.
The Seventh ward school picnicked at
Ross' Grove, and the Thirteenth ward
will have an outing there on Monday.
PITTSBURG PETS AT PLAY.
Children of the Eargcr City Also Enjoy the
Last Day of tlie School Tear Picnics
Given in Every Direction All Made
Hnppy.
Yesterday was a day of general rejoicing
among the school children of Pittsburg as
well as Allegheny, as it was the ending of
the school year. Many different ways were
resorted to by scholars to make the day as
enjoyable as possible.
The children of the four schools in the
Twenty-third ward spent the day on board
the MayfldVer, under the supervision of
Prof. Logan, and returned home a tired and
happy lot: The Grant School gave an old
time celebration and school entertainment
Thursday afternoon, and spent yesterday at
Sctienley Park, with the children of the
Soho school.
The Bellefield school children had a
spread at the school. The forenoon "was
spent in receiving visitors and examination
of the work of the pupils. In the afternoon
the older pupils and friends were enter
tained. The Fifteenth ward school cele
brated at Idilwood "Wednesday, and, conse
quently, was free yesterday to roam at will.
The Ralston school picnicked at the same
place yesterday, and spent a very pleasant
dav. ,
The teachers and pupils of the Seven
teenth ward spent the day in the arsenal,
grounds. There was an abundance of ice'
cream and cake, and lots of room for the
little ones to enjoy themselves.
The two schools on Mt. "Washington con
solidated, the "Whittier children marching
to the main building, where they all
were served with icecream and cake to their
hearts'Jcontent. One of the features of the
occasion was that the scholars paid for the
entertainment by saving their pennies for
the past year and turning them over to their
teachers for that purpose. At 7:30 o'clock
in the evening the two schools were each
presented with a very handsome flag, the
old ones having been flung to the breeze so
often as to 'be almost in shreds. Dr. Mc
Cord made the presentation, and they were
recehed bv President Nauman. of the school
board. Several other speeches were made
and the scholars sang national airs.
The Birmingham and Knox schools joined
forces and spent the day at Aliquippa,
their combined numbers being nearly 2,300.
Two special trains were sent out, and the
children returned dn the evening a tired
and happy lot.
The Humboldt scholars picnicked at
McKinney's Grove, on the Pittsburg, Vir
ginia and Charleston Railroad; nearly 2,000
were present and the day was passed in
playing games and other amusements.
The pupils of the Forbes school spent the
day on their lawn. The Cathedral Band
furnished the music The Lincoln avenue
school closed its doors without any special
Iprogramme. It will have a picnic later in
fthe 6eason. The Liberty schools celebrated
on the lawn, an orchestra furnishing the
music
The Springfield schbol will have its treat
to-day. Tho High School pupils will spend
to-day at Idlewild.
ADVENTURE Charles T. Enmmls con
tinues his walking taur across the continent
In THE DISPATCH to-morrow. A visit to
Pike's Peak is the feature.
THE FIRST FAIR BUILDING.
Work Actually Begun on the Woman's
Structure In Jackson Park.
CniCAGO, June 6. Work upon the first
of the "World's Fair buildings was begun to
day. The structure for which the digging
for the foundations was thus 'begun is the
"Woman's Building, to be erected according
to the plans of Miss Sophia G. Hayden, of
Boston. It is to be 200x400 feet in. size and
three stories high.
President D. C. Gilman, of Johns Hop
kins University, who has been tendered the
position of Chief of the Bureau of Liberal
Arts of the Fair, arrived here this morning,
and after consulting with Director General
Davis as to the duties pf the position de
cided he could not accept it. He found
that it w ould require all of his time, and he
was unwilline; tn sive this to the exclusion
of his official duties at Johns Hopkins.
Over 1,000 applications for space for exhibi
tion have already been received.
DUNHAM & CO'S C0NMTI0K.
The Total Liabilities 8809,033, But a De
tailed Statement Refused.
CniCAGO, June 26. The hearing in the
matter of the suspended Board of Trade firm
of R. "W. Dunham & Co. was continued this
morning. Partner Browning yesterday
promised to have a detailed statement ready
for presentation today, but when called on
for ltdeclined by advice of counsel to pro
duce it.
He said that a number of merchants and
other business men were debtors of the
firm, and that if their names were made pub
lic they would not pay. He, however, pre
sented the following statement as to the
cumiuiuu ui ine nrm: ijiauiiuies uue to
customers,?15,923; due to Continental Bank,
5194,000: total, $208,923.
UTLWAUXEE'S NEW BISHOP.
Dr. Nicholson Expects to Be Consecrated in
His Philadelphia Church.
Mil-waukee, June 26. Dr. Isaac L.
Nicholsor, of Philadelphia, has notified
the standing committee of the Episcopal
Diocese of Milwaukee that he "will accept
the Bishopric made vacant by the death of
Dr. Knight.
If his election is ratified Bishop Nichol
son will be consecrated in his own church
at Philadelphia on the 18th of October.
TRAVEL Queer Sights In Tunis In pen
and pencil In THE DISPATCH to-morrow.
KEYSTONE SOLDER
Who Helped Whip the Rebels and
Captured a Southern Bride.
THE DIFFICULTIES OF COURTING.
Eeminiscences Showing the Life ofaPri
Tate During the War.
HOW ONE TROOPER LOST HIS MIND
During January, February, March and
April, 1863, the Fourteenth Pennsylvania
Cavalry was encamped at Bolivar Heights,
above Harper's Ferry, says a writer in the
Baltimore American. During that winter
every week a Confederate spy came into our
camp. He was an Englishman, about 45
years of age, and passed himself as a ped
dler, and sold us many articles. After the
battle of Gettysburg this spy was arrested
and hanged near Frederick City, Md., by
some of the Army of the Potomac They
found on him maps of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, forts and breastworks around
Harper's Ferry and "Washington. This man
dressed like a citizen, and was liable to de
ceive anybody.
A.Confederate scout, dressed like one of our
officers, with a red sash around his waist,
once rode into our camp, but was soon de
tected. The worst man we had to deal with
around Harper's Ferry was Moberly, better
known as "Mobcly, the notorious guerilla."
Moberly was bora in Frederick county,
Md. He and his band stayed in the Blue
Ridge Mountains in Virginia, and their
chief object was to capture norses.
Tlie Work or a Guerilla.
A corporal of Company G of our regiment
was once detailed to take charge of six men
on a picket post in London county, Va.
Moberlv and his men. dressed in our uni-
l forms, came upon them from the Harper's
rerry side at daylight, lne corporal
thought they were Union soldiers, and that
he would be relieved, but Boon discovered
it was Moberly and his men. He offered to
surrender. "No," said Moberly with an
oath, "we neither take officers or non-commissioned
officers prisoners." He shot and
killed the corporal, who was about 20 years
of age. His remains' were sent home to his
mother at East Liberty, Pa.
One night Moberly was about to attack
our pickets, and reinforcements were
ordered out from our company. "When Cor
poral David Martin was rushing through the
door of his tent to mount his horse, his car
bine caught on the door of his tent, went off
and instantly killed Private John A. Hen
derson. An old citizen on the Blue Ridge
Mountains told us of an accident that hap
pened to some of Moberly's men. They
found a bombshell with a percussion cap at
tached, and, taking it into a house, put it in
front of the fire. "While examining it one
of the men dropped it onthe hearthstone. It
exploded, and killed two of them.
Courting and Flirting Around Harper's.
Some of our boys were doing some court
ing and others were flirting with girls around
Harper's Ferry. As "Will C. Ames" sweet
heart lived outside tne lines, AioDerly otten
fot in the way and would sometimes spoil
is plans. Ames was a sergeant of Com
pany K, and a striking looking man. He
was 22 years of age, 6 feet high,
and weighed 200 pounds. He was a bru
nette, with regular features, a calm, black
eye, fine, curly black hair and mustache.
He was, perhaps, the strongest man in the
regiment. He certainly could handle a
saber better than any of ns. His saber was
always hacked like a saw, for he was fond
of fencing. He was educated for a Meth
odist minister, but I never- heard of his
preaching.
He always carried his saber with him
when he went to see his sweetheart, and I
have heard him sny that he would like to
meet Moberly alone in a hand-to-hand
combat. I do not think that Moberly was
much of a fighter with a saber. However,
he was a good marksman and quick with the
revolver.
Early in May a body of Confederate cav
alry made a raid upon the Baltimore and
jiuo jiaiiroau in v est v lrgima. jii me
night of May 7 our regiment was ordered to
saddle up. "We crossed the Potomac on a
pontoon bridge, and took the cars at
Sandy Hook, Md., for Grafton, "W.
Va. "We were all night getting our
horses on the cars. Two of the
horses backed over into the Chesapeake
and Ohio canal. Both riders, a soldier and
a colored hostler were drowned. The two
horses swam around for hours, and as there
was no way to get them out of the canal, of
course they were drowned. In a few days
after we arrived at Grafton,some of the boys
began to receive letters from their lady
friends around Harper's Ferry.
'A Man Loses His Mind.
As the Confederate raiders left "West Vir
ginia before we arrived, we had no fighting
to do until July. "While the battle of Get
tysburg was going on we were fighting
around Beverly, "W. "Wa. Although 300
miles from Gettysburg, it might be said
that the detachment of Lee's army which
we were fighting was the tip of his left
wing at Gettysburg.
It was on the morning of July 2, while
encamped at Philippi, W. Va., that we
heard that Lee's army was in Pennsylvania.
Instead of moving toward Gettysburg, we
went in an opposite direction. "We traveled
all day and night, arriving the next morn
ing at Beverly, where there was an artillery
duel going on between our battery and the
enemy's.
The enemy fell back that night. The
next morning, July 4, our regiment, com
manded Dy Major tiiDson, started in pur
suit. At Huttonsvilie, 20 miles above Bev
erly, the enemy fired into our regiment.
"We were ordered to dismount and climb up
a mountain.
In this skirmish John "W. Mathews, of
our company, lost nis mind. lne enemy
fell back and we followed as far as Elk
"Water. "We asked Mathews what was the
matter with him. He said when on the
skirmish line, while the enemy was shoot
ing at him, he started to run to the rear,
when one of our officers pulled a revolver
on him. He immediately went crazy.
A Bayonet for Breaking Ranks.
Afterward it was a difficult thing to keep
Mathews in line. He would break ranks
whenever he chose. On .Inly 20 we were"
fighting some of A. P. 11 ill's corps at Hcdges
ville, "W. Va., who appeared to be taking
their own time on the retreat from Gettys
burg. That night when w e encamped in line
of battle Mathews broke ranks and went off
to himself. -During the night our General
discovered that the enemy was trying to
surround and capture us, so we fell back to
Hancock, Md., leaving Mathews behind. As
soon as daylight came the enemy discovered
Mathews' horse hitched to a tree, and think
ing that our brigade was somewhere in the
thicket, they began to throw shells.
Mathews was exchanged six months later.
When he came back he showed us a bayonet
mark on his breast. He said at Richmond,
while marching with other prisoners, he
broke ranks, and the guard struck him with
his bayonet.
Some of the boys still kept up a corre
spondence with the Harpers Ferry girls.
During the summer of 1864, in a skirmish,
Sereeant Ames was severely wounded in the
shoulder. He was sent to a hospital at York,
Pa. While there he received a letter from a
young lady who said she was his sister, but
no wrote that she was not. Getting a fur
lough, on his way to see his friend in Clear
field county, Pa., he called on the lady and
her father, who lived on the Pennsylvania
Railroad, and had hard work to convince
them that he was not their lost brother and
son. "When Ames returned he was sent to
Sandv Spring, Md., to get well. He imme
diate v made plans to communicate with his
sweetneart, near Harper's Ferry.
Went Conrtlng In a Blanket.
He had a suit made out of a blanket,
which he wore when he crossed the Potomac
river to see his lady love. Ad officer heard
of it, took the suit from him and burned it.
In the spring of 1863 Ames made a narrow
escape,
Moberly and his men saw him one
night and charged after Mm. Ames escaped
into a thicket,' and Moberly could not find
him. He swore that he would get "that
curly-headed Yankee sergeant" some day,
but he never got him. Moberly was killed
a few days later by some of Cole's cavalry.
Two infantrymen who were on the Hun
ter raid to Lynchburg, Va., told us of meet
ing with Moberly the summer of 1864. They
had got detached from Hunter's army, and
had made for the mountains near Liberty,
Va. They followed the Blue Ridge Moun
tains for over 200 miles and did not see a
Confederate soldier until they reached
Loudon county, Va., where they met Mo
berly. They had thrown away their guns.
Moberlysaidto them, "Give me yonr pocket
books,'' which they produced, but there was
no money in them. Moberly then put some
money in the pocket-books and handed them
back, and told them that they were too poor
to rob. After hearing the story "of their
wanderings, he told them go, that he did not
want them.
Ames Marries His Sweetheart.
In the latter part of Mav. 1863. after the
grand review at "Washington City, when the
soldiers were paid off and discharged. I saw
Sergeant Ames. He reported to his com
pany to be discharged with the rest of us. He
did not seem to be the same man. His wound
had greatly reduced his weight. The day we
left Washington for our homes he asked me
for a cent. He said ho wanted to make "a
ring out of it to keep for my sake. He got
the ring. That afternoon, when our regi
ment was on the cars, Ames bade us good
bye at the Relay House in Maryland and
jumped off the cars.
"There's something up. "Whvdid Ames
give us the slip?" asked a soldier. About
a month after I got home, while I was work
ing in the field with a hired man, I received
a letter. I knew Ames' writing at once.
He stated in his letter that after he had
left the company on the train at the Relay
House he took another train for Harper s
Ferry. He had married the little girl down
in Virginia, had taken her to his home in
Clearfield county, Pa., and was happy.
A NEW EPISODE FOUND
IN THE EITIGATION OVER THE CHES
APEAKE AND OHIO CANAL.
An Injunction Now Asked lor, Growing
Out of a Judgment That Was Awarded
Away Back in 1840 The Court Reserves
Its Decision.
FROM A STAFF COKItESrOIDEIfT.
"Washington, Jnne 26. The many
sided litigation associated with the Chesa
peake and Ohio Canal, in which The Dis
patch has been so deeply interested, found
a new episode to-day in the court atHagers
town, when Chief Judge Richard H. Alvey
heard counsel upon a petition presented by
the canal trustees, appointed under the
court to enjoin the Sheriff of Allegany
county from levying upon the property of
the canal company to satisfy what is known
as the Brady judgment for some 57,000, with
interest from 1849.
The case is a curions one The original
declaration was filed in the Allegany
county court at Cumberland in 1843, claim
ing 5700. This, it seems, was an error, for
five years later, defendants consenting, an
amended declaration was filed claiming
57,000. The judgment was entered up in
October, 1849, as of 1844, and to bear inter
est from 1849. By some mishap the cause
of action was mislaid or lost. Recently the
execution was levied at Cumberland upon
the wharf property of the canal company
and other real estate at thnt place, which
the judgment creditors claim is not neces
sary for the operation of the canal and is
not covered by the mortgage of the State of
Maryland, executed under the act of 1844,
which it seems, however, does cover all the
property owned by the company or to
De tnereaiter acquireu.
In the defense against this execution, the
trustees of the canal principally rely upon
the fact that the Circuit Court of "Washing
ton county has taken possession of all the
property of the canal company, to be ad
ministered under its direction and by its
orders, and it is not competent for the law
side of the Circuit Court of Allegany
countv, or for any other court to interfere
with it or any part of it, in any such pro
ceedings. J. W. S. Cochran, of Cumberland, ap
peared for the Brady claimants, while the
trustees of the canal were represented by
General Bradley T. Johnson, H. H. Keedy
and Hugh L. Bond, Jr. The arguments
were spirited and exhaustive, at the conclu
sion of which Judge Alvey reserved his
decision.
KNIGHTS NOT IN POLITICS.
Many Important Matters Considered
the Executive Board.
By
Columbus, June 26. The Executive
Board of the Knights of Labor continue in
session, engaged in the transaction of routine
business. The Bookkeepers' National
League, with amembership of 2,000, was ad
mitted to membership. The headquarters
of the organization are in Chicago. The
Marine Association, of Boston, applied for
membership and will be admitted as soon as
an objectionable clause is stricken from the
constitution. The difficulties between the
Knights and the Brewing Association of St.
Louis was considered, but no definite action
taken.
Considerable speculation is being in
dulged in as to the probable political ac
tion, if any, which will be taken by the
Execntive Board. Messrs. Powderly,
Hayes and Devlin are authority for the
statement that nothing of this kind has
been discussed in the meeting, and they
deny the report to the effect that the Foster,
McKinley and Sherman meeting at Mans
field this week had any connection with the
conference of the Executive Board now in
session. As to what political action, if any,
may be taken, they say it is a matter for the
future. The differences between tho
Knights and the discharged members at the
Government Printing Office in "Washington
will be considered, if at all, at a meeting to
be held in "Washington next week.
REBELS DECLINING FORTUNES.
Chilean Government Vessels Capturing
Ports WIthont Opposition.
Santiago, Chile, June 26. The revolt
makes no progress. The Government
squadron takes possession of port3 without
opposition in the provinces occupied by
rebels whose vessels and forces are
concentrated at Iquiquo. The Esmer
alda has occupied the Guano Island
of the Lobos group, destroyed
material and vessels and seized the em
ployes. The Government administered this
property entirely for the benefit of
holders of the Peruvian debts, whose inter
ests are thus sacrificed by the violence of
the rebels.
An extreme scarcity of provisions is com
plained of at Tarapace. The rebel army is
discontented, food being bad and pay being
in arrears. The Presidental elections pro
ceed quietly in 19 out of tlie 22 provinces.
TAK1NO "WARNING FROM A FIBE.
No More Cotton Will Probably Be Shipped
on White Star Passenger Steamers.
New York, June 26. The experience of
the steamer City of Richmond has lead the
authorities of the "White Star Line to con
sider the question of carrying cotton in the
cargo of the passenger and mail steamers.
Until a decision is arrived at no more cot
ton, will be carried on such vessels.
NO BODIES YET RECOVERED.
Searching Parties and Boats Seeking Vic
tlms of the Cincinnati Disaster.
Cincinnati, June 26. At midnight to
night not one of the bodies of the five pleas
ure seekers that were run down by a steamer
and drowned at Riverside last night has
been found.
The river is full of search boats and is
illuminated with torch fires.
BOGUS BURIED GOLD.
A Bunko Scheme Is Too Finely
Worked to Succeed on a Farmer.
THE TALE OF A SHAM DETECTIVE.
He Unearths Shining Metal Before
Conntryman's Eyes.
tha
TRIES TO SECURE HIS TICTrM'S 50TE
SPECIAL TKLXdRAM TO THE DISFATOT.
Lima," June 26. Levi DeLong, one of
the wealthiest farmers in this county, was
the victim chosen for a sleek bunko scheme.
A few days ago a stranger representing
himself as being a detective from Cincin
nati called at farmer DeLong's in Showner
township and asked for his supper. He
was accommodated, and during the meal the
stranger unfolded a tale that would make
the author of the Arabian Nights turn over
in his grave.
The substance of his story wasthat he was
a detective employed in the United States
Secret Service, with headquarters in Cin
cinnati. Several years ago thieves had
stolen a lot of molten gold in New York
and made their escape West. Detectives
were put upon their track, and they were
chased to near Hume. There they discov
ered the detectives were close at their heels,
so they decided to bury their stolen treasure
and separate.
A Tale or a Troubled Conscience.
He was assigned to the case, and after a
year's hunt he had discovered that two of
the men were murdered in a saloon row and
two had been drowned. The fifth one he
had followed, and, finally locating him, had
been compelled to shoot him in order to
save his own life. The thief lived a few
hours after the encounter, and during that
time his conscience troubled him, so he sent
for the detective and iust before his death
gave to him a copper plate upon which was
engraved, "Levi DeLong, Hume," and a
lot of figures, and said the plate would tell
where the stolen gold was hidden, near a
cross road running by Mr. DeLong's.
The alleged detective left and returned
in a few days with the mysterious figures
solved. He then took DeLong to a point
on his farm several hundred feet from the
road. The directions were followed, and
after several inches of dirt had been turned
aside, a mass of gold was disclosed to vie w.
The gold was carefully gathered up and
taken to Mr. DeLong'3 and weighed with
the steelyards. There were 13 potmds of
the precious metaL
.'Now," said the detective, "we have got
the elephant, what will we do with him?"
Tlie Farmer Refuses.
Then he began reducing pounds to penny
weights, and soon announced that the find
was worth 53,000, but that he would sell his
part of the day's work for 1,000. DeLong
was about to agree to the proposition when
the stranger spoke up and said that he was
afraid to carry so much wealth on his per
son, and that he would take Mr. De
Long's note for 51,000 on long
time. This made DeLonff sus
picious. He informed the detective that
he "guessed" he didn't care to invest.
Though invited to stay for dinner, the de
tective refused to remain longer, and tak
ing his half of the 13 pounds started toward
Hume, where he had nired a horse, which
has not yet been returned.
This morning Mr. DeLong came to Lima
and took samples of the "gold" left him
six pounds to the different jewelers, all of
whom tested it and pronounced it spurious,
though an excellent imitation, and one apt
to deceive those unfamiliar with the gen
uine. IN THE GLOOM OF DEATH.
Little Jennie Fox Run Over by aDuquesno
Car Two Men Meet Their Fate on Rail
roads A Boy Drowned, and Minor Acci
dents Make Up Testerday's Total of Eight.
Four persons killed outright, a boy likely
to die, and three other casualties is yester
day's chapter of accidents. The mishaps
are detailed as follows:
Fox Little 4-vear-old Jennie Fox went to
the Children's Jubilee at the Forbes htreet
School as bright a little thing as any there.
Her sadly mutilated body is reposing to-dny
in a coffin. When the band was playing the
last gay air at the fete yesterday even
ing at 6.30 o'clock Jennie. with
two older children, attempted to cross
Forbes street to the school house.
The music drowned tho noiso of an ap
proaching east-bound Duquesne car. No. 4,
and the children were not a ware of it until
it was nearly upon them. Losing their pres
ence of mind, tho older children let go of
Jennie's hand, and in another moment the
wheels had passed over her body, nearly
severing it in two. The child was dead
when picked up. The body was brought
to her home near Ann and Pride
streets. Her father, James Fox,
is In West Virginia. JohnLnbe, the motor
man, was arrested and subsequently released
on bail to await the Coroner's inquest. He
said ho lnd tho brake on when approaching
Stevenson street, but he did not seo the child
Intimotosave lier. The accident brought
the teachers' lawn fete to an abrupt termina
tion. GLASoow-Iames E. Glasgow, 31 years old.
of Alfred street, Wilkinsburg, died at tho
WestFenn Hospital last night from injuries
received on tbo Pennsylvania railroad ae
Swissvalo about 5 o'clock. He Jumped on a
train but missed his footing and fell under
the cars, tho whceU passing oer his
thighs. Amputation of both legs was per
formed at tne hospital, whence he was im
mediately takon, but he succumbed. Glas
gow was an employe of the Union Switch
and Signal Company, and was married, no
was steady and industrious nnd well-known
In Sliarnsbnrsr. where ho formerly lived.
r His body was taken to tho morgue. An in
I . in i.n Y.nt.
ljunfc will iro u;n.
McCarty James McCarty died at the
West Penn Hospital last night, from injnries
received Irom being struck by a train on
tho Pittsburg, Pt. Wayne and Chicago Kail
way in Allegheny yesterday afternoon. He
was walking on the track. The deceased re
sided on Shady avenue, Allegheny. An In
quest will lie held tc-day.
TVape Hichael Wade, of Fortieth street,
nn employe at Clark's mill, Thirty-flfth
street, fell from a wagon jesterday and,
broke his collarbone.
French Samuel French, of Clin street,
was thrown from his wagon on Center by
his horso running away and colliding with a
telegraph polo. French was removed to his
house, where Dr. Irwin dressed a deep gash
on his head.
Staytox Adam Stayton yesterday had hi3
leg broken whilo in a livery stable at No. 50
Fountain street. He was taken to his home
at 110 Crawford street in a patrol wagon.
Zoie Thomas Egie, aged 9 years, was
drowned yesterday while bathing in the
Honongahela river near the Point bridge.
His body was recovered a short time after
and taken to his parents' home In Temper-
ancovllle. ine coroner will nom an inquest.
Islet A 4-year-old boy named Isley,
who-ie parents live in McDonald's alley, was
run over nt the cornor of Franklin and Fre
mont streets about 7 JO lasfrevenlngby a Cali
fornia avenue car. both legs being badly
mangled and bis body -bruised. Ho was
taken home and the attending physician
stated that he would not live. Frank Wat
son, the motorman, gave himself up, but
was released on his own recognizance.
A BLOW AT COMMERCIAL AGENCIES.
Canadian Legislators Propose to Regulate
the Reports on Firm Standings.
Montreal, June 26. The bill intro
duced in Parliament by Mr. Sprouls for the
regulation of commercial agencies is causing
a great deal of talk in business circles here.
It is said that the commercial agencies are
opposed to the clause which forbids agencies
to report on merchants without the litter's
permission. On the part of one agency, at
least, there will be determined opposition
to the bill.
It is understood that Mr. Sprouls does not
expect the bill to pass this session. He
wants the principle of the bill discussed and
a special committee appointed to investi
gate the workings of tha commercial agen
cies. If Is understood, also, that he objects
to the commercial agencies not paying some
of their cnrrcsroidrnts, as he explains conj
rcspondiuts will make ctrcless reports.
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