PITTSBURGH COMMERCIAL THE QUIET OBSERVER. Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies, And Vents sets ere Mercury can arise. -Pope. Dear Quiet Observer--Can you tell why so many men of learning never marry? You may think strange, perhaps, of me asking this question, but I have been a about the world some, and to school great deal, and wherever I have been that peculiar fact has impressed itself upon me. Everywhere you go educated, scholarly men are pointed out, with the remark that they are unmarried.
This question was often discussed among the girls at Vassar, but as far as I know, it has never been settled. T11 recent readings concerning literary men I have been surprised to find so many who never married, or, having married, lived unhappily. Naturally enough, you will suspect me of a motive other than mere curiosity for coming to you with this problem and I will be candid enough to say I have, and an honest one, too. A young lady of about my age, whose name I need not mention, is quite fond of a certain professor in a very tony school. His specialty is literature, and hopes some day to write his name to some books that will make it famous.
He is a close student, so close that books often take the place of regular meals, and cause him to forget to change his collars, brush his clothes and to get his hair cat. But, for all this, he is a most charming man, good hearted and confiding. And as for cruelty, there isn't a vestige of it in his makeup. His reason for not shaving is as pointed as Bill Nye's was for not wearing a mustache. The professor says he never could manage to think of it at the proper time, 90 he just forgot it altogether.
However, his mustache doesn't interfere with eating soft-boiled egge, or soup. to any great extent, yet he ought to have some one to teach him the use of the napkin. There is not the slightest doubt that this man needs a wife, and needs one badly. He says he does, and seems perfectly willing to marry, but can't spare the time to make love to a woman. To be candid about it, I really think he doesn't know what love is.
Indeed, he says he doesn't, unless it is his affection for books, There, now, don't say none but a fool would marry such a man. This professor 18 abundantly able to keep wife comfortably, but whether he can keep one happily is quite another thing, The young woman who is Interested in him ie of a literary turn, but well up on the ways of the world. She is bright, a good talker, and makes a fine appearance, and would like to mingle with literary people. The Idea of dropping into the hum-drum of life, or becoming the wife of a wage earner, or of a drudging business man, is very distasteful to her. But here is a tender point.
Although she has given him all the encouragement she dare without overstepping the bounds of propriety, he has never given the least sign to indicate that he knows she is In love with him. He Is quite fond of her company, calls on her frequently, but to no purpose. His talk is all about books and authors. The young lady feels quite certain that, if she dare lead in the matter of wooing, the trouble would soon be settled. doubt at all, but he would take her suggestions kindly, and thank her for being so thoughtful.
But how would it look? There are lots more things the young lady would like to tell you, but I suggested these were enough for one time, MAI MEL. How girl like! After hunting up the lives of literary men, and finding that many of them never showed a disposition to marry, and that those who did woo and win, or were wooed and won, were mostly failures as husbands, she turns right in and begins scheming and plotting to get her best and dearest girl friend married to a typical professor of 8. pronounced literary stripe. Is It any wonder women have been charged with being persistently inconsistent? It the professor is as absent minded as she saye, and so deeply wedded to his books that he cannot give attention to a handsome woman long enough to fall in love with her, he would be very apt to forget that he had a wile. And the chances are that 12 she kept reminding him of the fact he would feel annoyed and make it unpleasant for her.
Men of this type are easily led 9.8 long as the way suits them, but when they find they are being led away from their haunts and their ways, they usually become more or less obstreperous. Nor is it an easy task for anyone, even for fond and dutiful wife, to eater successfully to their whims and ways. Then, it is very doubtful about this young lady loving the professor. She thinks, probably, that he le a soft, easy sort of a fellow to get along with, has means sufficient to make her comfortable, and that his social position is such as would place her among the sort of people she likes, or thinks she likes. As his wife she would expect to have her own way, which, in the estimation of most women, is something worth struggling for.
However, if she loves the professor, and feels that she can put up with his queer ways, and make him happy, she may as well take him for better or worse. And she should not forget the "better or worse." As to taking the Initiative in the matter of courtship, she need have no qualms, because no one need ever know about it, unless she should tell it herself, for more than likely he would not notice it at the time, nor think of it afterwards. And yet, if she should happen to arouse him to a keen sense of the fact that she is his wife, he might insist upon her explaining how he came to get Into such a scrape. whoever she may be, has been discussing in some of the magazines the propriety of women Wooing, or at least choosing their mates. The argues that under certain circ*mstances it is entirely proper for a woman to propose, and cites just such another as the one outlined by our correspondent.
It is quite true that on more than one eccasion great poets and authors have made their heroines woo, and that without losing on lota of their charm. Shakespeare's fair and faithful Olivia must needs have made the first advances in any case, for was she not a great lady, while Cesario was but the favorite page of her peer, the Count Orsino. 'And she never lays aside her maiden modesty, even in that passionate by the roses of the spring, By maidenhood, truth, honor, and everything I love thee so--that maugre all my pride, Nor wit, nor reason, can my passion hide." who, In anguish of soul, cried-. Then there, is the lily maid of Astolat, "I have gone mad, I love you, let me but who could blame her for it? Had not Lancelot pressed her to confide to him the dearest wish of her heart that he might give it to her? Had he not worn her sleeve upon his helm, and told her she was the first maid whose token ever graced it? Yet, after all is said, there is something more or less repugnant to women, even those of the advanced school, in taking the initiative in such a matter EUS 9 070- posal. of marriage, and few of them can agree with Olivia when, with sweet sophistry, Love she says: sought is good, but, Given unsought.
is We must wait a while longer before woman may woo without forfeiting her own self-respect. Episcopal Sunday Schools. The Protestant Episcopal Sunday School union of this diocese begins its annual conference in St. Peter's church to-day, to continue until Monday. Miss Eleanor I.
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TEN PAGES. Senator Pettigrew is becoming more rational. Petter, of wheel and whisker fame, says: "I have no managers anywhere." The more's the pity. According to a local contemporary "the nail trust has nothing left but a coffin nail." the 1. c.
has another guess. It remains to be seen what kind of a Christmas any, Cleveland or congress will present to Weyler. Another evidence of the progress the ray is making in securing a standing for Itself is furnished by Lefere of Denver in a decision admitting the ray photographs as secondary evidence in a malpractice case. The world is moving right along. The best sizing up of the operations of the Raines liquor law in New York appears to be embodied in the opinion or Dr.
Funk, the substance of which 1s that under the former law illegal liquor selling was universal, while under the Raines bill it is not quite universal--that while the new law is bad the old one was worse. As usual a number of the writers of the so-called leading articles on current problems in the magazines for this month confine themselves to diagnosing and leave the prescribing for others. It is not difficult job for an individual with a good command of language to, grind out that kind of literature. The report of the director of the mint shows that during the past fiscal year the United States mints coined $71.188,468, which included more silver, as will be seen from the report, than had been colned from the beginning of the government up to the "crime of And all the money coined during the past year will continue to be worth 100 cents on the dollar. One good thing about the recent campaign was the manner in which it freed prominent Democratic newspapers of the South from the partisan necessity of making no references to the outrages perpetuated on suffrage by the Democracy.
Even the Courter-Journal has broken the Ice to this extent: "According to the census of 1890 Mississippi had then 120,611 white voters and 150,469 black voters; and yet the total vote of Mississippi this year was but 61,803. South Carolina had 102,657 white voters and 182,949 black voters; and yet the total vote of South Carolina this year was 68.938, Comment would be superfluous." The manhood of the South will not much longer tolerate these wrongs. The conference at Harrisburg yesterday between Senator Quay and Gov. Hastings seems to have lacked nothing in the way of harmony and the spirit of fraternity, which are always excellent things in this often cold and discordant world, The position of a representative in the United States senate from the great commonwealth of Pennsylvania is one to which any capable Penneyivanian may creditably aspire, and for which he may properly put forth his best efforts. That efforts of that character will be put forth by those who aspire to the seat of Senator Cameron may be jotted down a8 a prediction reasonably certain of fulfilment.
The competitive action may be expected to be spirited, but it ought to wind up as harmoniously as the little conference held at Harrisburg yes- terday. MORE CAUSE FOR WORRY. Here is a matter that should be attended to promptly. Matters of tariff, revenue and international considerations may well wait until it has received the requisite attention. Not to waste further words, let it be said at once the charge appears in relation to the recent pug festival in San Francisco that the fighting of one of the participants was "clean and manly," while that of the other fellow was "rough and unfair." Has it really come to this? Can it be that any one has found his way into the select ranks of the price fighters who has so dishonered the profession as to be rough in his interpretation of the noble and aesthetic art? Surely there must be some mistake about the report noted.
It would be a pity, indeed, if it should be found to be true that an individual of rough ways has crept Into the profession which heretofore has 80 conscientiously excluded from its ranks those classes of humanity grading from class A brutality down through the stratas of loafers and thugs to the most vicious and dangerous class of criminals outside the penitentiaries. That any one should now become identified with the profession who is "rough" in his work or his nature is something the publio will be slow to believe. There is another matter spoken of in connection with the festival which may cause a throb of regret to the public. The referee, it appears, was a nobleman from Arizona, who had Do shortage of experience in shooting aftrays, and carried a shooting iron with him to the ring side. This was removed from him by the police through fear that In a moment of absent-mindedness or overwrought excitement he might drop a few people like he used to in Arizona.
When he rendered his decision at the conclusion of the festival and a great uproar was raised about it he was unarmed and therefore not in a position, even if so disposed, to reply with the old Arizona retort courteous to his accusers. As he is now armed again and the breathings of vengeance upon him continue very pronounced, the particular thing which the public should sit up nights to worry over is that there may be an encounter in which he will annihilate the whole outfit and in turn be taken in hand himself by the law. Could the country be reasonably expected to survive such a calamity? An article in the North American ReTHE REGULAR BRYAN AN RING. view has the interrogatory title, Has the Election Settled the Money Question?" The article is both preceded and followed by the name of the writer, but it was hardly necessary to put it in either place. The reader of the article would naturally and correctly ascribe its authorship to the Hon.
William Jennings Bryan of Lincoln, Neb. The publication of the name was not necessary to indicate that such sentences as these were from the leader of the Chicago combination: The campaign did not afford sufficient time to bring clearly before the people an important truth which investigation must reveal, namely, that on the money question the Interests of the money-owing classes are not identical with the interest of the wealth-producing classes. A dollar which Increases in purchasing power is un advantage to those who trade in money and to those who hold fixed investments. but it is an injury to those who owe money end must purchase it with the proceeds of toil. Without the attachment of his name anyone would credit that to Bryan.
It is his cid song that a dollar which is a sound one, worth .100 cents everywhere and all the time is not as good a one to receive for labor and its products as to pay for labor and its products. It is the same old idea that a cheaper dollar is EL desirable and legitimate thing with which to discharge an obligation contracted on the basis of a genuine dollar. Carried to its logical conclusion it la the idea that when a large enough number of people And themselves in debt the proper course for them to pursue is not to pass a general law cutting the obligation in two, but to indulge in the roundabout process of allthorizing a cheaper kind of money with which to accomplish the same object. If under 8 silver standard enough of such obligations had accumulated the logical position to take would be that the silver dollar as well as the gold dollar should be considered too dear a one for "those who owe money and must purchase it with the proceeds of toil," and that the proper cource to pursue would be to make a change to still cheaper money, either paper or some substitute between silver and that extreme of fiat. The proper course for Mr.
Bryan to pursue is to drop this sort of agitation and direct his energies toward stimulating the Investment and circulation of the money that la good; also to bring more of it to this country by helping to promote protective tariff legislation and thus atone in a measure for the part he played as a member of the ways and means committee in the framing and passage of the Wilson-Gorman tariff bill, which, with its deficit creations, has increased the indebtedness which Bryan would pay with cheaper dollars. Answers to Correspondents. Reader, Johnstown, Pa--Ira David Sankey, the famous singer and composer, now doing evangelistic work in connection with D. L. Moody, on, was in Edinburg, Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, August 28, 1310, and is consequently in his 57th year, Eugenie, Blairsvilie, Pa.
-The sixtieth anniversary of the accession of Queen Victoria, which, should she live 90 long, will be celebrated with great pomp and splendor, will occur June 20, 1897. She is evidently looking forward to the event with great interest, since she is even now arranging the details the celebration. She will be 78 years of age on the 24th of May next. Watcher, City official returns of the popular vote for the presidency have not yet been secured from about one-third of the states. There have been full statements made at the capitals of all the states not officially reporting.
and from these totals have been prepared which will not differ materially from the official figures. Counting the votes cast for Bryan and Watson in the column for Bryan (except in Pennsylvania). where the vote was reported as the columns foot up as follows: McKinley, Bryan, Palmer, Levering, MoKinley's plurality over Bryan, 812,018: majority over all, 657,288. The total vote was 13,766,508. Wilkinsburg Street Work.
Wilkinsburg street improvements are finished for this year, and the Anal timates have been handed in. There were ten and one-half miles of streets graded and paved with vitrified fire brick, requiring 15,000,000 brick, and nearAfteen miles of curbing. The cost of this work, exclusive of damages to property and cost of engineering, amounts to $297,000. When the sidewalks are finished this borough will be one of the best paved in the state. THE DEATH ROLL.
Thomas Jamison. Thomas Jamison, president of the Monongahela National bank, died yesterJay at his home 66 Unions avenue, Allegheny. His Iliness was an attack of grip, which left a severe cough. A fit of coughing broke a blood vessel, hastening death. Mr.
Jamison was born in the old Fourth ward, Allegheny, sixty-five years ago. He was educated in the public schools. When young he entered the Pittsburgh drygoods store of James McCandies3 on Wood street. From that modest start he rose steadily, and finally became a member of the firm, the name being McCandless, Jamison Co. He married a sister of the late Campbell B.
Herron, the well known manufacturer, and of Dr. James Herron of Allegheny. Mr. Jamison's father died when he was quite small. The cares of the family were borne by himself and his brother, Robert, as soon as they grew old enough.
They were engaged in business together for some years, and until the time of Robert Jamison's death. The latter was a brother-in-law of the late Charles Arbuckle. About six years ago Mr. Jamison organized the Monongahela National bank, and became its president. He had since put his entire business atention to the workings of this institution, with unqualified success.
Mr. Jamison was a member of the First United Presbyterian church of Allegheny for the most part of his life, and one of the church's leading spirits. For many years past he had been an elder of the church, and spent much of his time and wealth in its work. He also held the position of treasurer of the United Presbyterian general assembly of North America. The business men of Pittsburgh held Mr.
Jamison in very high esteem. He leaves one son, Will, a student at Princeton college. The funeral arrangements will be announced later. Rev. Dr.
W. J. Robinson, pastor of the Fret United Presbyterian church of Allegheny, will likely conduct the funeral services. Samuel H. Jackson.
Samuel H. Jackson, one of the oldest and most respected residents of Wilkinsburg. died at his residence, 735 Penn avenue, in that town yesterday, In his 75th year. Mr. Jackson came to Wilkinsburg about fifty years ago, entering the grocery store of Edward Thompson as clerk.
and afterwards married 9 daughter of Mr. Thompson and carried on the grocery business himself. Later he joined the engineer corps of the Allegleny Valley Railroad Company, and was with them for nearly twenty years. About ten years ago he gave up business altogether, living a retired fife, not having good health. His wife died about six years ago.
He left two sons, both in business in Wilkinsburg, Edward T. real estate dealer, and Samuel a druggist. Joseph T. Wells. Joseph T.
Wells, aged 50, a well known citizen of McKeesport, died last night from the effects of a stroke of paralysis he received Tuesday last. He was an old soldier and newspaper man. He was born In Brownsville and edited the Advocate of that place for four years, afterwards doing newspaper work in McKeesport. He was a member of Post 50, G. A.
and served almost three years in the army, and was badly wounded at Kingston, N. He leaves a wife and three children. Albert Arouson. New York, Dec. Aronson.
the theatrical manager, died to-day at his residence in this city. He was one of the Aronson brothers under whose management the Casino theater In this city achieved its greatest success. Mr. Aronson had been suffering from lumbago for the last six weeks, but persisted in attending to the business of the Bifou theater, in the cafe of which establishment he was prostrated last night. He was 48 years of age.
Mrs. Eliza McBride, Butler, Dec. Eliza McBride, widow of Francis MoBride deceased, died to-night at her home in this city. She was the mother of Kerr H. McBride, a prominent oil operator who died last Friday.
She has been in feeble health for some time and her death was probably hastened by the shock caused by the death of her son. She is survived by a daughter and a son. The latter is Isaiah L. McBride of this place. Obituary Notes.
Herman Mewes, aged 54, died Thursday at his home on Brownsville avenue. He was for many years a grocer on Mt. Oliver. He was Mason and oddfellow anu prominent lit church and charity work. W.
Wilson Skillen, son of Samuel Skillen, postmaster at Parnassus, died Thursday of consumption. Mary, wife of Prof. J. H. Apple, formerly teacher of mathematics in the Pittsburgh High school, died at Frederick, Md.
She was a native of Clarion. Kate, daughter of Cathrine and the late Henry Shock, died last Thursday morning, after a lingering illness. She was an earnest Christian and a member of the West End Methodist Episcopal church. and of Pride of Welcome council, D. of L.
She will be buried from her late residence. Division and High streets, Elliott borough, on Sunday afternoon at 2:30. Frederick B. Kampf, formerly the editor and proprietor of the Auglaize county Democrat of Wapakoneta, died at Colorado Springs, where he went for his health. AT THE MERCY OF THE FIRE.
Had No Means of Fighting It-Loss $87,000, Not Halt Insured. Ligonier, Dec. -The latest estimate of the loss by this morning's Are is: N. M. Marker Sons, loss on property and.
contents, $21,000, insurance, I. M. Graham's loss on Echo office $1,1500, Insurance $600; Mrs. Emma Marker's loss in millinery goods 8400, no insurance; L. B.
Weller, hardware, loss 85,000, insurance 82.500; F. O. Fowler, hardware, loss $1,000, insurance $650; C. M. Clifford Son, drygoods and notions, loss $2,500, Insurance W.
W. Murdock, jewelry, 1055 $2,000, insurance $1,100: A. B. Beaty, barber, most of goods saved, no insurance; John C. McCune, harness, loss $150, no insurance; Frank Hartman, loss on househould goods and silverware, $850, no insurance; C.
8. Vannear, of Somerset, los8 on buildings $3,200, insurance $2,000. ings were placed in the Diamond, and The 1 goods from the stores and dwellduring the night some persons were caught stealing from them, and others are known. A trunk with $600 in it was carried to a neighbor's and left sitting in the yard all night unmolested. Will1am Carns was badly injured by falling timbers.
The people of Ligonier were almost helpless to fight the fire. They had never experienced anything of any consequence in the way of Ares before. The large brick residence of C. F. Marker was saved by the use of the chemical fire extinguishers from the Frank hotel, which proved of great value.
Thirteen thousand five hundred dollars worth of water bonds were sold to Farson, Leach Co. of New York about two hours before the Are was discovered, and the water works will be completed as soon as possible. SIAMESE TWIN PUPS. Two Dogs in One, With Eight Legs and. One Head.
New Waterford, Dec. Waterford can boast of one of the greatest monstrosities of the country. It is a double dog, or puppy. It has one perfectly developed head and two distinct bodies from the fore shoulders back, each body has two perfectly formed hind legs, each body a perfect tail. It has two perfectly formed fore legs, and additional two legs and a breast on top, which has the appearance of another puppy laying on its back with its fore legs sticking or pointing upward.
These legs are also perfect. All the parts are perfectly developed and reminds one more of the work of art than of nature. It is of a beautiful spotted specimen and is the property of John Wagner, of the Wagner house, whose slu*t gave birth to the monstrosity. It only lived a short time, but it has passed through the hands of Richard Seager, a taxidermist of this place, who has done a splendid job, and give the puppy a lifelike appearance. Mr.
Wagner refused $50 for the puppy before it was mounted. ALL M'KINLEY'S RELATIVES. An Editor and His Wife Entertain Distinguished Visitors. Lorain, Dec. (Special.) -Two of President- elect McKinley's sisters and one of his nteces were entertained by Editor and Mrs.
S. L. Bowman at this place last night and to-day. They were Miss Helen McKinley, youngest sister of Maj. McKinley, Mrs.
A. J. Duncan, another sister, and Mrs. George Morse, a daughter of All elder brother of Maj. McKinley.
Mrs. Bowman is a daughter of Mrs. Duncan, and President-elect MeKinley's niece, so that there were two sisters and two nieces of the next president in the party. Mr. and Mrs.
Morse are residents of San Francisco, and came east to pay their respects to Maj. MeKinley and visit other relatives. Mrs. Duncan and Miss Helen McKinley accompanied them here to visit Mr. and Mrs.
Bowman. Before returning to Cleveland this afternoon the party visited the site of the old furnace on the river where Maj. McKinley's father was vears ago employed. Miss McKinley, especially, took a good deal of interest in the trip. TO CONNECT AT JEANNETTE.
Short Cut from the Brash Creek Road to the P. R. R. Jeannette, Dec. of the Brush Creek railroad have been in Jeannette and vicinity for several days, looking over the route of a proposed new railroad between the Brush Creek road in the northern part of the state, and the Pennsylvania road at Jeannette.
The new line will enter Westmoreland county at Saltsburg, and will then follow the Loyalhanna to White Thorn and will cross the northern pike 8 few miles east of Congruity, and thence come across the country to Jeannette, where it will intersect with the Pennsylvania railroad. Those who are at present looking over the line are very reticent, but it is known that if the proposed road is decided upon it will be in active operation within one year and will open a rich district of coal and timber. WORKED STOPPED AGAIN. Another Injunction Served on the Pennsylvania Road. injunction sone months ago.
Swears Only in His Sleep. Rochester, Dec. force of men began work yesterday afternoon on the Pennsylvania Company's switch near the locks at this place, but were stopped to-day by the sheriff with another preliminary Injunction, issued by Judge Wilson on the petition of the North Shore Railroad Company. The grounds on which the Injunction was issued are similar In many respects to those upon which the first Injunction was issued and which was dissolved by Judge Wilson this week. The work on the switch was at the point at which it was stopped by the One man living in Oil City would give thanks for the balance of his lifetime provided he could get.
rid of an eccentric habit for which he is indirectly responsible. For several years he has dreaded to retire each evening, for as soon as he reaches the land of Nod oaths seem to flow from his lips as freely. as water from a hydrant. The language used would frighten a hyena, and to save annoying the family he now sleeps in a corner of the house quite remote from the others. At times, while cursing, he awakens himself and wonders who exploded a bomb on his premises.
He never uses tobacco in any form, doesn't drink intoxicating liquors nor swears while awake, but between oaths, while sleeping, inquires for cigars and tobacco and issues orders for whisky by the bar- Oil City Blizzard. The Curfew Up to Date. New Brighton, Dec. For several months past the council of this city has been discussing the advisability of passing an ordinance instituting 8 curfew bell in the town on account of the number of bad children who run the streets at a late hour at night. At a meeting of council, however, last night the idea was abandoned, and instead orders were Issued to the police to arrest all disorderly children found on the streets at any hour.
The reason the councilmen gave for not passing the curfew ordinance is that such an ordinance would be a step backward, and that a curfew was not consistent with modern ideas, and smacked too much of the old blue laws and Salem witchoraft. Sheriff's Election Contested. Bellefonte, Dec. Contrary to the general expectations, Abram V. Miller has determined to contest the election of W.
M. Cronister, Democrat, to the office of sheriff of Centre county. Papers in the case were fled to-day, alleging irregularities in counting the vote in many of the precincts of the county. Mr. Miller charges that in from twenty to twenty-five precincts in the county there were more than 500 illegal votes counted for Cronister.
Cronister won by only 16 majority. An Old Man's Awful Accident. Wooster, 0., Dec. Joseph Evans, aged 88, of Canaan was standing on a box he lost his balance and fell forward on a picket fence, two of the pailings penetrating, his throat. The old man remained in this position for several minutes before being discovered.
He was nearly dead from the loss of blood, and it was thought death would ensue, but he rallied and is now in a fair way to recovery. In Honor of the Football Team. Morgantown, W. Dec. -The dance given to-night by the yuung ladies of Morgantown for the benefit of the West Virginia university football team was one of the most beautiful SOcial functions ever: given in this place.
The decorations were elaborate and exquisite. Two hundred cadets participated in the dance. Wants $10,000 for Slander. Canton, Dec. W.
Martin wants $10,000 damages from W. P. Martin, who, he alleges, damaged his character and deprived him of a position as teacher by the false and mailcious story that the was TOO intimate with the big girls of the school to be a good teacher. M'CONNELL-ELVERSON. A Pittsburgher Weds a New Brighton Young Lady.
trip. BRUTAL ASSAULT BY They Maltreat Woman and Her Baby While Alone In the House, New Brighton, Dec. Elverson, daughter of W. H. Elverson, ay wealthy pottery manufacturer of this place, was married last night to Walter McConnell, a young civil englneer of Pittsburgh.
The ceremony was performed at the home of the bride's parents by Rev. Mr. Shrom of the East End Pittsburgh Presbyterian church, and Rev. S. H.
Thompson, the bride's pastor, at this place. The attendants of the bride were six young friends: Misses Louise and Elia Merrick, Lois Simpson, Isabel Kennedy, Ella McKinney and Ida Bartow. There were about eighty guests present and the affair was quite 8. 90- cial event. The young couple will reside in Pittsburgh, after an eastern wedding Parkersburg, W.
Dec. -While Samuel Stephens, a Rockport farmer, was working on his farm, two tramps burst in the doors of his house and overpowered, tied and assaulted his wife in a brutal manner, kicking several of her teeth down her throat and frightfully mutilating the face of his 2-year-old baby, who annoyed them by its screams. Mrs. Stephens managed to crawl to where her husband was at work and gave the alarm, but when her husband reached the house the assailants had escaped. The county is being searched for the men by a large crowd and great excitement exists.
Highwaymen at Fairmont. Fairmont, W. Dec. few nights ago William Cunningham came to Fairmont from his home near Mannington and was waylaid and robbed. The thieves who searched him, however, only got a few dollars, overlooking a roll of bills containing $105, which he carried in his hip pocket.
Word has just reached here of an attempt to hold two men up near Mannington a few nights ago. Charles and William Ashby were returning from Mannington, where they had spent the day, and as it was dark they started to run when called upon to halt. They were pursued, but drove off their pursuers with stones. Married Him After He Shot Her. Johnstown, Dec.
4-(Special.) -Albert Koontz shot his sweetheart, Miss Laura Stiffer, October, and for some time she was in a hospital in a serious condition. The father of the girl was about to prefer a charge of attempted murder agains Koontz, but to-day everybody was surprised when he made the young lady his wife. She is just recently out of the hospital. STATE AND NEIGHBORHOOD. -George Nungesser, a farmer, was frozen to death near Bucyrus, O.
-Deputy Sheriff Wesley Hallam was ktiled near Fairmont, W. by a log rolling over him. -Oliver Haines was caught in a shaft wheel at Williamsport, and whirled around until he died. -A bursted water pipe at New Lisbon, flooded Rosenthal's clothing store, doing about $1,000 damage. -The bricklayers at the Buhl steel mill, at Sharon, won their strike and returned to work yesterday.
-Owing to the prevalence of diphtheria the schools of Dalton and Hamtown, Wayne county, Ohio, have been closed. -J. H. Allen, who started the society paper, The Supper Table, at Washington, in 1885, has sold out his interest to his partner, F. B.
Wilson. -Benjamin A. Bartleson, one of the farmers of the vicinity of Washington, died there of cancer, aged 74. The following West Virginia postoffices have been ordered discontinued: Peerless, Kanawha county, mail to be sent hereafter to Lewistown; Redhill, Wood county, mail to Murphytown. -A rock biast at Monongahela, hurled a huge stone through a window, striking Mrs.
Henry Clayburn, colored, on the head and inflicting a dangerous wound and damaging the house considerably. -Postmaster S. T. Wilson of Huffman, W. says unknown parties have destroyed $400 worth of Hits property and threatened his life.
United States allthorities have the matter in charge. -The new St. Matthew's church at Tyrone, will be dedicated of next the Tu- Imesday, which is the feast maculate Conception. Rev. Bishop PheIan of Pittsburgh will officiate.
-At Findlay a chemical fire engine, dashing at full speed to a fire, ran into an express train on the Lake Erie Western road. One horse was killed and the engine badly damaged, but the men almost miraculously escaped, -John w. Carson is now editor and proprietor the Beaver Falls Republican, and the first issue under his management is bright and full of news readably dished up. COMMERCIAL MEN DINE. Enjoyable Gathering Where Drammers Feast and Speak.
A grand banquet was given to the Pittsburgh commercial travelers, their wives and daughters, at the Central hotel last evening. The proceeds, amounting to about $100, were donated by the proprietors of the hotel, Messrs. Casey and Roth, to the commercial travelers' fair, for the benefit of the building fund of the Commercial Travelers' home at Binghamton, N. Y. The table was spread In the dining room of the hotel, which was finely decorated.
Wine was not included by order of the committee, but if Its stead was Lithia water, donated by Col. B. De Frece, director general of the con nercial travelerg' fair. The following program was carried out: "Welcome, C. Frazee, chairman of the banquet mittee; "Our Country," J.
J. Westling vocal selection, Miss Coxyn; "'The Cimmercial Travelers' Home," C. H. "Greater Pittsburgh, John G. Ransom; "The Traveling H.
E. Fowhi; mandolin and guitar, Walter B. Fowhl; "The J. V. Parks; "The Commercial Traveler as a Facto: in J.
K. Garson; vocal selection, Frank B. Parks; "The R. T. Mitchell.
The music was donated by the Columbia orchestra of Allegheny, H. H. Morris, director. C. Kelly J.
V. Parks, two of the speers, are members of the national board of managers of the Commercial Travelers' Home association. Several telegrams expressing regrets were read, among these one from James Boyle, private secretary to Maj. McKinley. Affairs much similar to the banquet last night are being carried out all over the country for the benefit of the fund.
The local committee is composed of C. r. Frazee, chairman; Edward Gregg, H. E. Fowhi, J.
V. Parks, J. J. Westling, William Jahn, J. P.
Dunn, C. H. Kelly, Jobn H. Neibaum, J. K.
Garson and T. L. Wright. Killed By an Express Train. Herman A.
Heurich, foreman in Armstrong's cork factory, residence Wilkinsburg, was killed near Twenty-eighth street station on the Pennsylvania railroad at 5:30 yesterday afterr oon. Heurich was crossing the track wher run down by the Youghiogheny express. He leaves a wife and five children. The body is at the morgue. LOCAL NEWS IN BRIEF.
A fire in the drying room of the Illinois Leather Company, 175 South Canal street, Allegheny, was damaged $1,500 by fire yesterday. The work the Larimer avenue division of the Consolidated Traction Company has been completed, and the cars on that branch will run around the new loop to-day. Fitzhugh, who was sued before Alderman Toole on a charge of forcible detainer, is not of 44 Fourth avenue, Ag reported. That is the number of a promipent business office. Louis De Witt was discharged by Alderman S.
J. Toole yesterday. He WaS charged with being a common gambler. Charles Garber alleged that De Witt made his living by gambling and games of chance. The prosecutor failed to appear.
FIRE LOSSES. Marietta, Dec. -At midnight last night the tipple and engine house of the McKinley Coal Company at Lathrop were entirely consumed by fire. The loss will reach $10,000, with only partial insurance. The fire was clearly incendiary, as the buildings, which stand a considerable distance from each other, burned simultaneously.
East Corinth, Dec. postoffice and other buildings burned to-day. Loss, $20,000. Minneapolis. Dec.
wires caused a disastrous fire this morning in the hardware and general household supply house of T. M. Roberts. The stock, valued at $86,000, was damaged to the extent of $60,000, fully covered by insurance. A system of trap doors In the elevator shafts and stairways confined the flames and prevented a total loss, most of the damage suffered being from water.
EXPERT LITTLE'S FIGURES. Many Overstatenient: Made--An Inte teresting Statement. Baltimore, Dec. The of Stephen Little, the expert accountant, to the Baltimore Ohio reorganization sommittee was made public to-day. The accountant finds, among other thing, an over statement of the net income amounting to $2,721,067 from June 80, 1891 to 30, 1895.
This amount was divided as follows: For 1892, For 1893, for 1894, for 1595, $621,230. He also Ands that of $6,269.007 paid in dividends during the period mentioned only $871,446 was earned. The items withheld from operating expenses and the methods of swelling recelpts in each year were given in detail. By writing up the values of stocks owned and other such. practices, the net Income was swelled by amounts that should have gone to profit and loss.
Two Improvised profit and loss accounts were opened, one designated "general adjustment account," and the other "securities adjustment Mr. Little says there Is a mischarge of wornout equipment to profit and loss instead of the Income, amounting to 843,596. Charges to income of $2.064,741 were 1m- of properly capitalized under the title "construction, main stem," etc. Improvements and betterments of leased and dependent roads, amounting to 458, were improperly charged to capital account. The total of these improper entries is $11,204,858 for the seven vears and two the period ending under scrutiny there were demonths November 30.
1895. During clared $2,956,920 in stock and $3,312,086 in cash dividends on the common stock. Concurrent with the stock dividend of 2 per cent in November 1891, was the sale to a syndicate of $5.096,000 additional common stock, and in February 1892, $2.161.800 more common stock was issued in exchange for 120,100 shares of Pittsburgh Western common stock at $18 a share. Mr. Little says that the liabilities of the company, as of November 30, 1895, that were understated by $5,481,834, and the floating debt was $16.212,730.
The net increase in liabilities in the period under review has been $22.180,073. Under the head "Under estimate of linbilities." Mr. Little, after giving a table of items, says; "The under-statement of its liabilities to which I refer and of which no official mention has been made publicly, consists of the $5,481,834 70. Not being a direct debt, it has no on its books, but the company is, nevertheless bound by its indorsem*nt. These loans, however, are still further secured by the pledge of its own collaterals in conjunction with those of the Pittsburgh Western and the Valley rallway of Ohio." THE PRIZE PICTURES.
Fine Arts Committee's Selections Announeed and Approved. At a meeting of the board of trustees of the Carnegie fine art and museum collection, heid in the Carnegie building at 2 p. m. yesterday, the various prizes for meritorious paintings now on exhibition at the art gallery were awarded. The fine arts committee of the beard had carefully considered the merits of the leading pictures during the past month and had agreed upon their recommendation last Monday.
The committee is composed of John Caldwell, president; E. M. Bigelow, D. T. Watson, Joseph R.
Woodwell, A. Bryan Wall, Willian MoConway, S. D. Warmcastle and W. N.
Frew, ex-officio. This committee recommended two pictures for the chronological collection, which carried with it the giving of two bronze medals and also the Carnegie prizes of $5,000 and $3,000. These pictures, it was stipulated, must be the work of American artists, and when awarded the money prizes, would beeome the property of the art gallery and form the nucleus of a collection of paintings by American artists, to be added to each year, thus forming an object lesson on the progress of art in America. The $5,000 prize was awarded to Winslow Homer of Scarborough, for his painting. "The Wreck." Mr.
Homer is purely an AmerScan artist, The $3,000 prize was awarded to Geri Melchers for his painting, "The Ship Builder." Mr. Melchers is a citizen of this country, temporarily residing in Parts. Medals for the best three pictures in the collection, without regard to the nationality of the artist, were awarded as follows: A medal of the first class to 1. Lavery for his painting, Lady in Mr. Lavery is of the Glasgow school.
A second medal to Raffaelli for his painting, "'Notre It 1s a view on the Seine, with Notre Dame in the distance. The artist is of the French school. A third medal goes to Miss Cecelia Beaux for her painting, "Ernesto." It represents a nurse leading a child. Miss Beaux is an American and resides in Philadelphia. The fine arts committee did its work systematteally.
It so happened that the recipients of the prizes are widely scattered as to residence, America, Scotland and France being represent ad. The fact that no prize was awarded to Pittsburgh artists is an evidence of the strict impartiality with which the awards were made. HE LOVES THE POLICE. Director Riter Before the Philadelphia Committee. Philadelphia, Dec.
Riter of the department of public safety was again on the stand before the Investigating committee to-day. He was interrogated closely by Attorney Pettit of the Citizens' Municipal association. The director admitted that he has the impression that certain police officials have not beeen closing "speakeasies." Regarding houses of ill-fame he said the committee was touching upon the most difficult question that a municipality has to deal with. It refers to 8 vice that has existed from the beginning of time and one which he does not contemplate trying to wipe out of existence. He sald he believed that whenever an attempt is made to wipe it out completely it only results in greater evil.
The result of cleaning out some of the dens of New York has been to spread the inmates of these places among the small cities and towns of the surrounding neighborhood, where they have done incalculable harm. Any radical change of this sort in the currents of city's life means the endangering of neighborhoods that have previously been free. He also said that the evil is greater if a person of this class is established in a furnished house than in a place that is known room to be bad, because of the conpolluting tact with young people of respectable surroundings. Speaking in general terms of the police Director Riter said: "I consider the police system of Phila- force delphia admirable, and the admirable. police I have itself I consider most for It, should an think myself happy if indeed, almost affectionate regard, tithe and of that regard should be returned one by the Further evidence was given regarding the unlawful conduet of recent the police election.
in the Fifteenth ward at the Americans Alone Recognized. London, Dee. Constantinople corof the Daily Mail hears that has decided to decline the respondent the porte for mas- payment of all claims for advanced indemnity by Amerisacres except those cans. TERSE TELEGRAMS. Keane will sail from New York -Bishop to-day for Rome.
-Russia is said to be preparing to invade the Caucasus. -The Cook county, Illinois, grand jury is said to be looking into the beef trust. -A man giving the name of Ranson has been enlisting soldiers at Denver for Cuba. -Dr. J.
Sidney Goodmanson of Pender, has been arrested charged with polsoning his wife to get her $12,000. -James McGaffigan of St. John, N. yesterday lost his suit $20,000, against brought the Pullman Company for because cold caught in one of its cars. of a -In a fight with deputy sheriff's near Newkirk, O.
Dynamite Dick was killed and another outlaw wounded and captured. -Rev. G. H. Houghton of New York, rector of the Church of the Transfiguration, Little Church Around the corner'), is dangerously ill from pneumonia.
-Two Austrian mil. tary officers are colonel said to have been exonerated by their after refusing to fight Vienna editor and subsequently waylaying and woundir.g him with their swords. -The Minnesota game warden at St. Paul yesterday seized 30 tons of venison being illegally shipped to New York and Boston. The fines will amount to $50,000, and the state can sell the venison for $10,000.
-It is said that oll operators In Japan make as high as 113 per cent profit on investments. No statistics regarding the output of Japanese kerosene have been published since 1894, when it was 9,054,458 gallons. -United States Consul Mathew, at Para, Brazil, warns Americans without money and a knowledge of Portuguese, to keep away from that country. -The Union Bridge Company recelved the contract for the $20,000,000 bridge over the Hudson at New York, and It is said the Philadelphia and Reading rolling mill at Reading will start on the material January 1. -The Canadian government has sent two ministers into the state of Washington to examine and report the country' condition.
The Canadians think of contributing to a railroad to be run through Eagle Pass by the Canadian Pacific. THE PICNIC WON'T DOWN. Saengertest Committee to Be' Held Responsible for the Sale of Liquor. W. H.
Fetter of New Brighton, county detectiva of Beaver county, was In the eity yesterday armed with instruments from District-Attorney Daniel Twiford, to secure evidence againet the Central committee of the Saengerfest. who held the picnie at Aliquippa park August 12, at which it la alleged that unlimited quantities of liquor and beer were sold and drank. A citizen of Aliquippa preferred charges against Alderman Succor, John Dimling, Peter Huckestein and many others, and a time for a hearing was set at the office of 'Squire Hall of Aliquippa No witnesses appeured and 'Scutre Hall had to release the accused. Detective Fetter said that District- Attorney Twiford expected the constable from Hopewell township would make a return of the illegal liquor selling at the next term of court, which the constable had failed to do, as he could secure no witnesses. Witnesses who agreed at first to appear before the court disappeared about the time they were wanted, The grand jury meete in two weeks, and Datective Fetter will make a return of the case.
LIEUT. WALLACE'S FUNERAL. Comrades of the Eighteenth Will Attend It To-Morrow. Col. Norman M.
Smith of the Eighteenth regiment, N. G. ins? night issued OTders in relation to the funeral of the late Lieut. James W. Wallace of Company who committed suicide on Thursday evening.
A provisional battalion for escort of Companies and will assemble on Sunday, December 6. at 1 p. to act as funeral escort. Members of other companies who desire to turn out, will report to Maj. William H.
Davis, who will command the provisional battalion, and who will assign them to companies. The other commissioned officers will report in citizens clothes, unless assigned to duty with the provisional battalion, and will assemble at the armory at the hour named above. Each company commander will detail one sergeant to act as pallbearer, who will report r. light marching order, without side arms. The band will report at the game time and place.
The usual badge of mourning will be worn. Nothing new was developed the inquest on the body of Lieut. Wallace yesterday, and a verdict of suicide by shooting was rendered. From all the facts known the logical conclusion is that the act was done under temporary mental derangement. WILD NAIL STORY.
Fake Telegrame Purported to Have Been Sent to Injure Makers. A story is current that telegrams have been sent to nail jobbers over the country as follows: Pittsburgh, December 1, 1896. We will sell quantity wire natis not ceeding 5,000 kegs, 90 days' delivery, 85 cents basis at Pittsburgh. PITTSBURGH WIRE NAIL CO. The second was similar and follows: Wheeling, W.
December 1, 1896. We quote cut nails, December and January shipments, Immediate acceptance, 65 cents basis, f. o. Wheeling, two off ten days. JEFFERSON STEEL CO.
Orders came pouring in on the firms, but they knew nothing about the telegrams, and are of the opinion that some one sent them to Injure their trade. As the nail pool recently dissolved, much attention has been attracted to the nail business and a big drop in prices is expected, but no one suspected that It would come 80 swift. Nails are still listed at $1 65, base price. HIS SCHEME FAILED. John Hunter Arrested for Working an Alleged Banco Game.
John Hunter, alias Fitzsimmons 01 Hart, was caught yesterday by Detective Thomas Richards for working 8. clever bunco game. Last Tuesday Hunter advertised for a young man a8 collector, "one who can. drive; reference and security required." Thursday there was a big bundle of letters for him in response to the advertisem*nt. Hunter told his scheme to the messenger who went for the letters.
He intended to g0 to the addresses, see the writer, get from him the required reference and eecurity, realize on the latter and let his victim search for the job. The messenger had a troubled conscience over the matter and told the police. Hunter was found by Detective Richards on Diamond street. Hunter came here three weeks ago from St. Louis and has been rooming with two companions on Chatham street.
WOOD HELD FOR COURT. Charged With the Murder of Young Edward Swartz. Henry A. Wood, the man who shot and killed Edward Swartz, during a wedding celebration In Collier township, the night of November 24, and whom the coroner's jury acquitted, was given a hearing before Alderman John Gripp yesterday afternoon. The dead boy's mother is the prosecutor and charges to Wood with murder.
Wood was held for court. He will into court this morning and efforts will go be made to secure his release on bail until his trial comes off. Braddock Kirness. The second night of the kirmess at Carnegie hall, Braddock, under the direction of the Ladies' Hospital asec.lation, was a success and it WAs beauty and grace that the dances were given by scores of young nociety people. The kirmess closes this evening and the ladles expect to add considerable to the treasury of the hospital fund.
Miss Margaret Matlack again performed the part of kirmess queen. The stately ininuet was given again, also "the Highland representing Scotland. Holland was rep: resented by the "Dutch wooden shoe reel." Representations of Christopher Columbo and lone fisherman' were given. Other productions were the May pola dance, march of the nations, southern darkey's song and dance and the dance of the dudes and dudines. Wilkinsburg Polities.
Wilkinsburg borough polities are becoming quite warm, and candidatea, pecially for the tax collectorship, are very numerous. Those who have 8.0- nounced themselves for that position, which is considered worth $3,500 per anIncumbent, W. H. Kiser, Harrison, A. Manning, present the A.
G. Bruce, Daniel Krider, R. B. Tomb J. D.
Irons, J. D. Carothers, ex-postmaster. James Wilkins. For Justice of the peace the candidates are John J.
Walker, the present incumbent, and George L. Shaner, constable for 'Squire Creelman, and Campbell, at present burgess. For burgess: M. M. Henning.
John 8. B. Mercer and Capt. Arthur Stewart. Injured By an Electrie Car.
Henry Hyttets, a diver for an undertaking firm, was Injured internally and had a leg broken about 1 o'clock this morning by being struck by an electric car on Tioga street, Brushton. John R. Fellows Ml. New York, Dee. John R.
Fellows, who has been ill for some time, in 2 critcial condition to-night. BUSINESS TROUBLES. Hollidaysburg. Dec. T.
Bentley, proprietor of the Logan house, a leading hotel, has assigned for benefit of creditors. The Baueriein Brewing Company of Allegheny Mr. county is the preferred creditor. Bentley WAS the president and manager of the Lancaster club in the state league for two years and his financial reverses are attributed to his devotion to the national game. Kansas City, Dec.
The J. B. Owens Drug Company has failed here 88 a result of the Missouri National bank failure. Atlanta, Dec. Dunwoody Hough, retail drygoods dealers doing business on Whitehall street.
this city, made an assignment Liabilities this afternoon to Willis E. Ragin. assets, $71,000. Waco, Dec. E.
Dupree, dealer in hardware and agricultural implements with branch stores in several nearby towns, fled a deed of trust to-day to J. C. Birkhead for the benefit of creditors. Liabilities are about $250,000, local banks and creditors being preferred. Assets are largely in excess of Habilitles.
Eldorado, firm Dee. 4. -Armstrong the oldest In Eidorado, dealers in general supplies, failed to-day. Liabilittes, assets about same. The stock was sold to Ritchie Co.
and H. P. Smead of Carden. The firm did a large credit business with cotton planters. Hicks -There Is something that have forgotten, but I cannot reinember what it is.
Wicks--Then how do you know that you Hicks- -Because I remember have forgotten it? distinctly. that I have forgotten It. -Boston Tran-.
