Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-27
LIFE In THE METROPOLIS.
A Famou. Gianre.. Dead.

Famous Giantess Dead.
NEW YORK BUREAU. SPECIALIST
NEW YORK, October 28-Mrs. Annie Price
is dead Mrs. Price, when in good health,
weighed 525 pounds. She was in good health
up until day or two ago, when she was seized
with congestive chills. Last night she died.
Mrs Price was for many years IN the employ Of
Adam Forepaugh, at salary Of $50 q week.
She travelled In special car and was attended
by two maids. Recently she has been the piece
de resistance in snap Bowery museum at q
salary of Sl2 per week. Fat women are cheaper
than they used to be; besides that Mrs. Price
couldn't travel for the last year or two and had
to take whatever the Bowery gave her. Mrs.
Price was born in Cookstown, County Tyrone.
Ireland. Al years ago. Her maiden name was
Annie Allen. She was very large evenas . girl.
She was married twice-onoe in private and
once in public. Her charms first caught the
eye Of a gentleman named Petit. He married
her and child was born to them. which has
since died. Then she married one-eyed, white
headed Albino, who was also a museum freak.
He weighed T pounds. The marriage took
place in the Bowery museum in which they
were both engaged. 1t was great and widely
advertised event and thousands of friends at
tended the wedding. at 10 cents per friend.
Mrs. Price will be buried tomorrow in . comm
six fee long, rs inches wide and q inches deep.
Reception 70 Seth Low.
The Brooklyn Club gave sx-Mayor Seth Low
"a big reception this evening to celebrate his
election to the Presidency Of Columbia Col
lege. Among the 500 guests present were the
trustees, faculty and prominent alumni Of
Columbia College and all the well-known edu-
Gators Of New York and Brooklyn.
Boycotred by Brewers.
The proprietor of an Eighth avenue wine room
and cafe. first opened this morning. is the vic
tim Of a unique boycott on the part Of the
pool" brewers. A week ago an agent Of the
Lion Brewery agreed to furnish him with beer.
Last Thursday, without any apparent excuse
the same agent refused to fulfil his part Of the
agreement When threatened with lawsuit
by the saloon keeper, the agent explained that
the former occupant of the saloon keepers
premises had gone out of the liquor business
$1,000 in debt to the Yuengling Brewing Com
pany, and that, according to an iron-clad agree
ment among the spooP brewers no member
of the pool can sell beer to a customer who
occupies the premises formerly occupied by a
tenant who is indebted to any member Of the
association unless the brewer who is to supply
the beer shall pay over to the brewer who has .
claim against the previous tenant the full
amount Of the Indebtedness. The Lion Brew
cry folk did not relish the idea of turning over
to the YuenglIngs more than 81 900 for selling
the Eighth avenue concern their beer. and so
declined to furnish any beer at all. The pro-
prietor of the new saloon says he does not pro-
pose to be punished for the misdeeds Of his
predecessor. whom he never saw nor heard OF
before. He will sue the Lion Brewing Com
pany for breach of contract.
This World Was Too Tame.
William Gebhard, Is years old, an invsterzts
reader Of tragic dime novels, blew out his brains
with q revolver this morning. William was
butchers boy. He spent all his leisure time
reading cheap novels. He frequently told his
boy friends that life in New York was too tame
for him. and that he would soon either run on
West or commit suicide. He tried to join Bar
NUNS circus. and failing in this attempted to
run away to Texas He was caught in Jersey
and brought home by his father. Then he
bought revolver and bull pup and became
the leader of band of would-be boy outlaws in
the Harlem goat district. To-day he told his
pal 'it wouldn't work; he had got to die" So
he locked himself in his room last night, made
viii disposing Of his 81 81, and shot himself in
the head. His employer found him dead in bed
this morning. A wheelbarrow load Of the
trashiest of cheap novels were found In his
room.
TalmaEe's New Tabernacle.
Ground will be broken for the new Brooklyn
Tabernacle next Monday There viii be slabo-
rate ceremonies, in which DR.. Talmage Rev.
Edward p. Terhune, d. D., Rev. Lyman Alb
bott, d. D., and Rev. John d. Wells, d. D.,
will participate. At o'clock DR.. Talmage and
the members of his congregation will gather
on the patch Of lawn in front of the Marshall
homestead, corner Green and Gates avenues,
and at the close of the exercises the pastor
will himself go through the operation Of break
ing ground, as an indication that the work of
rebuilding has begun. DR.. Talmage VIII de-
liver q carefully prepared address. A choir
will be on hand to furnish music. DR.. Tai
mage sails for Europe on Wednesday.
Farewell. Winnie Davis.
A number of friends bade godspeed this
morning to Miss Winnie Davis Daughter of
the Confsderacy," on the steamer La Gas
cogne.
WAITING AT HIS OWN DOOR.
The Strange Action Of Remarkably ABB