Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-12
GOSSIP OF GREAT GOTHAM.
4 woman In The, Case.


NEW YORK BUREAU sPEcIALs.I
NEW YoEK, October 1l-There was lively
scrimmage at the HOFFMAN House about !
o'clock this morning. Maurice Barrymore, the
actor, and James Barton Key, who was form
erly one of Mrs. James Brown Potter's mana
gers were seated at one of the tables in the cafe
in friendly discussion. Mr.. Keogh, who form
erly looked after the interests of Mrs. Lang
try in managerial way, approached the table
and was invited to drink. This gave Keogh
the chance he was looking for to insult Key,
whom he has hated and quarreied with for
years. He let out mouthful Of epithets In
conjunction with Mr.. Keys full name. The
next minute q left-hander from Key tumbled
him over barrymore Barrymore scooted for
the door. A rough-and-tumble fight followed.
Leaves, legs. fists, glasses and bottles were the
weapons. Everybody but the principals sour
ried out Of the room and shouted for Billy Ed
wards the Hoffman House bouncer. Eventu-
ally bartender and detective tackled the
fighters just as they upset the last upright table
in the cafe, and threw them out Of doors
After blow or two on the sidewalk the bellig-
erent managers separated. Each pulled the
ragged remnants of his overcoat around him.
put on his badly battered hat and without 3
word of explanation hurried OF homeward.
There is said to be q woman in the case.
VIII Go Into Temporary Refirement.
John B. Bradley. the negro sailor of the
United States steamer Galena who killed .
negro shipmate, John Beckwith, with razor
at colored wedding In Brooklyn last August,
was to-day sentenced by Judge Moore to 10
years and months if States prison. Bradley
was indicted for murder. but was convicted Of
manslaughter in the first degree.
The Funeral of Actor Bishop.
The funeral Of Charles B. Bishop the genial
comedian, who died suddenly while performing
in Lord Chumley'' at the Lyceum Theater.
took place shortly before noon to-day from the
Thirteenth street Presbyterian Church. The
Rev. Dr. Worrall, friend Of the dead actor,
oficiated. The pallbearers were Messrs. Frank
W. Sanger, f. F. Mackay, Rowland Blackstone,
Louis Aldrich, ". E. Kennedy, John Wheelock.
e. H. Sothern and Daniel Frohman. Delega-
tions from the Actors Order Of Friendship and
the Players Club attended the services. The
interment was In the Maple Grove Cemetery.
All About Parrot.
An old green parrot has stirred up an un-
heard of row in the classic neighborhood Of
Gramercy Park, has set at defiance the COM
bined authority of the ponderous health board,
the police, the corporation ordinances and Mrs.
challenger. The bird was given to Mrs. Alley
20 years ago by her husband Mrs. Alley Is
wealthy and widow. Since Mr.. Alleys death
Mrs. Alley has kept the parrot as memento,
and has allowed it to scream, whistle and talk
daily In her back yard despite the repeated
complaints Of her neighbors. When Mr.. and
Mrs. Gallagher moved into the adjoining house
this summer, they began to quarrel with the
widow about the parrot. This quarrel cul-
minated week ago in the fling of 3 complaint
by Mrs. Gallagher with the Board Of Health.
The substance Of Mrs. Gallagher's complaint is
that whereas, she works some times late, wants
her sleep in the morning and objects to being
reused at A. M..by the parrots calls of 'come,
get up for breakfast" and extra, 'ere's yer
extra" Hence she prayed that the bird
be dealt with officially as nuisance
detrimental to health and dangerous to life.
The board thereupon ordered the removal or
execution of the parrot Commodore Alley. Of
the Larchmont Yacht Club, who is Mrs Alleys
son, subsequently appeared before the board in
executive session and argued at length that the
25-year-old pet was too intelligent and too dear
to the Alley family to be disposed of so sum-
marily. As an offset to Mrs Gallagher's COM
plant Commodore Alley laid before the board
the following category of charges: First. chop
ping wood in the yard at 8 A. M. in his (Mr.
Gallagher's) undershirt; second, loud and Dois-
ferrous talk in bedroom at all hours Of the night;
third, beating carpets on back fence after dark;
fourth, airing bed clothes in yard. The claim
that the parrot is an early riser is not denied,
but the counter claim il made that no one has
any business to sleep until "a. M. The Board
of Health to-day had . policeman sitting at
Mrs. Gallagher's back window from A N. to
8 P. NJ. to hear the parrot talk and decide
whether it was nuisance. The bird refused
to open its bill. The policeman is under orders
to listen again tomorrow. II the parrot should
remain as discreet as he was to-day. the Alleys
will triumph and Mrs. Gallaghers petition win
be refused.