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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-18
STARVED THEIR SAILORS.
The First Captains of Oyster Vessels Ever
Convicted of Cruelty.

The First Captains of Oyster Vessels Ever
Convicted of Cruelty.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcH.I
BALTIMORE, January II. - Captains
Robert Mills, of the oyster schooner
Chicora, and Gabriel B. johnson, of the
schooner Minnie Estelle, were convicted to-
day of cruelty treating their seamen, and
also of not giving them sufficient food.
Their cases have been on trial for several
days, and the witnesses told some harrow
ing experiences while down the bay dredg-
ing for oysters. Those on the Chicora
were regularly beaten by order of the Cap
tain, the mate having been detailed to per-
form that duty. Two of the men had been
sent to Philadelphia to prevent them giving
testimony, but they returned Unexpectedly,
and it was their evidence that led to the
conviction.
Captain johnson, of the Minnie Estelle,
is colored man who treated his crew but
little better than did his white prototype.
They were found guilty by the Jury on all
counts in the Indictment, and Captain Mills
was sentenced to one year IN Jail and to pay
a fine of $500. Captain johnson was sent to
Jail for three months. This is the first time
a captain of an oyster vessel has been con-
victed on these charges. They generally
manage to get away with the witnesses.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-18
A MIDNIGHT WEDDING.
Alleged Widow to Secure n Fortune
Her Sisters Marriage Sworn
: to as Her Own-A

CHICAGO, January H.-There was a
strange disclosure to-day in the case of old
Mrs. Nemori Fairchild, who claimed to be
the widow of the wealthy supposed
bachelor lumberman, Colonel Walter S.
Babcoek, mysteriously murdered recently
in the house of his fancee at Gardener, Ill.
Mrs. FairchiId has been trying through the
Probate Court here to secure a share of
Babcock's estate, though previous to his
death none of his relatives or friends had
even heard of her.
She has almost conclusively shown that
Babcock actually did secretly sustain
marital relations with her, and has attempt
ed to prove that when she was in an ap-
parently dying condition Babcock called
in Rev. W. 81. Burns, Methodist minis
ter, who performed a marriage ceremony
shortly before midnight. The motive hlnted
at is that Babcock had borrowed consider
able money from the woman, and thought to
extinguish the debt by marriage, believing
her speedy death certain. The testimony of
the clergyman left no doubt that a wedding
under the circumstances described had taken
place.
To-day Mrs. Julia Brattan, a sister of
Mrs. Fairchild, was on the stand, and the
fact cropped out that the minister at Mrs.
Brattan's marriage was the same Rev. Mr..
Burns. Cross-questioning developed that
in every detail of time, place and manner
the Brattan wedding was identical with the
alleged marriage of Mrs. Fairchild to
Colonel Babcock. The trial was at once ad-
journed, the general opinion being that the
queer claim of the ostensible widow had
fallen to the ground,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-18
STRINGENT MARRIAGE LAW,
Peculiar Reasons for Which a Canadian
Union Is Sought TO be AnnulIed.

Peculiar Reasons for Which n Canadian
Union is Sought TO be AnnulIed.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcH.I
QUEBEC. January 1.-THE sensation of
the hour is the action by Emma j. Murphy
to annul her marriage with John A. Flan-
agan, after honeymoon of three days.
They are both Roman Catholics, and the
ceremony was performed by the Rev. Mr..
Love, a Presbyterian clergyman, January
2. The bride now asserts that she is the
victim of clandestine marriage, and that
neither the law which prevails in this
province, nor yet the Roman Catholic
Church, can recognize as valid marriage
between two Roman Catholics celebrated BY
a Protestant clergyman.
Immediately after the ceremony the bride
and groom repaired to their home near the
city. On Saturday, the 5th inst, the bride
came to town to see her friends, and failed
to return. 1t is said that she is now an in
mate of a convent, though the disconsolate
bridegroom cannot be persuaded that
she would not return to him if he could
only obtain brief interview with her. Her
friends wish to separate the couple, and
they told the wife she had been induced to
live as wife without being wife at all
in the eyes OF the law, or yet in the eyes of
the church A priest was sent for by her
friends, who assured her that the pre-
tended marriage had no valid or legal ef-
feet, and that it was her duty to separate
from him at once.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-18
Sporting Notes.

MUTR1E says he may give Wagonhurst try
in Wards place.
LEW BROWN, the once famous League catch
er died at Boston on Wednesday.
SULLIvAN's friends decline to believe that
he has resumed his drinking habits.
W. H. BEAZELL, the local amateur pedestri-
an, says he has retired from the cinder path.
JACK DEMPSEY will leave this city for New
York tomorrow night after his appearance at
the Academy.
WHARTON, the English sprnter, offers to
run Harry Bethune, of this country, 100 Yards
for 81 500 and allow sl25 expenses to run in En-
gland.
Mr.. P. TALBERT, of the Inwood Stud, has
sold to Messrs. Bowerman Brothers, for MIR. F.
ID. Stout, of Dubuque, Ia, the bay mare
Utility, 4 years, by Electioneer dam Consola-
tion, by Dictator, for $500
MANAGER MUTRIE. of the Giants, has
signed Atwood o. O.Wagonhurst, former captain
of both the Princeton baseball and football
teams He stands feet 10 inches in height and
weighs l65 pounds, and is an exceptionally
clever base runner. Last season he was en-
gagged by the Philadelphia club and played with
them short time, but was released in order to
curtail expenses.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-18
hUD RUNS DISASTER.
The Defendants Win the First Round of the
Trial for Negligence.

The Defendants Win the First Round of the
Trial for Negligence.
MAUCH CHUNK, January 1.-THE trial
of the employees of the Lehigh Valley Rail-
road, who were the cause of the accident at
Mud Run on October 10 of last year, bv
which 81 persons lost their lives, was COM
menced at Mauch Chunk to-day. The first
case called was that of Joseph Cook, en-
gineer of the first engine that crashed into
the train which was standing at Mud Run
station. The District Attorney then read
the indictment charging Cook with neglect
or failure to obey orders and willful mis-
conduct.
Counsel at once moved to quash the in
dictment, claiming that there were three
charges mentioned in as many counts, but
not one of them was specific or to the point.
The District Attorney sought to amend the
indictment, but Judge Dreher sustained the
objection, and the indictment was quashed.
The prosecution then drew up another docu-
ment and presented it to the grand jury,
which was still in session.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-18
THE EAGLE SCREAMS.
Continued from First Page.

that under a protective tariff, both imports
and exports are increased, and national
prosperity is assured. He denied that the
protective system is responsible for the de-
struction of the American merchant marine,
but declared that, even if this assertion is
true, he would say that our present general
prosperity is quite satisfactory, and, to pre-
serve that, he was quite willing the merchant
marine 60.
sUBsIDIzE STEAMSHIPS.
But he held the war responsible for the
destruction OF the merchant marine, ,and saw
in the future the evidence of progress in this
direction, and he urged that the subsidy of
steamship lines, which is the policy of En-
gland, is policy which may well be fol-
lowed by this Government. He said that II
the United States is to succeed in establish
ing supremacy on the seas, she must adopt
the same policy which has proved so sue
cessful with foreign nations.
Upon the suggestion of Colonel Joseph
E. Thropp, of Philadelphia, the meeting
sent to President-elect Harrison the follow
ing dispatch:
Accept from the American protective tariff
defenders, assembled at their first annual BAN
quet, their hearty congratulations upon your
election and the promise of the restora.
tion of the Government to the control of
the party which preserved it from enemies
within, and will now protect it from hurtful
competition from abroad. In you, in fact. we
have leader worthy to fill the seat honored by
Lincoln Grant, Garfield and Arthur. We
felicitate ourselves upon having in no small
degree aided in bringing about this result; but
without such candidates and such principles it
could not have hoped to win.
Other speeches and responses, were these:
Southern Industrial Growth the Strongest
Bond of Union and Peace" Colonel j. +.
Hanson, of Georgia, and "The Pacific
Coast-Its Development Under Protective
Tariff" the Hon. II. W. Morrow.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-18
HEADING OFF CRAIG.
The National Transit Company Will
Fight for the White Sand Oil.
ANOTHER BIG DEAL CONSUMMATED
By Leading officials Connected With the
Standard Pipe Line.
THE ACTIVITY OF THE NEW COMPANY
And Extent Of Its Operations the Cause Of an
Important Purchase.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPArcH.l

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO D1SPATCH.l
BUTLER, January 1.-THE largest deal
made in oil property in Butler county since
the Thorn Creek excitement was consum-
mated to-day. Leidicker Brothers sold all
their oil interests in this county to c. A.
Hite and G. T. Braden for cash consider
alton of from S55, 900 to $50, 900. The prop
erty consists of Is wells and leases in the
Glade Run district and two wells and 90
acre lease at Saxonburg. The gross produc-
ton of the II wells is 40 barrels per day.
Though c. A. Hite is a prosperous pro-
ducer and prominent operator, his connec-
ton as Division Superintendent of the
National Transit Company has been made
the basis of many conjectures, one of which
is that the property was purchased for the
National Transit Company. This idea
seems to be fact, inasmuch as G. T. Braden
is General Field Superintendent of the Ma
tional Transit Company. The fact that the
Western and Atlantic pipe line is boldly
pushing its way into the Butler field in
spires producers to believe that white sand
oil territory will increase in value.
FIERCE COMPETITION.
The pine lines are determined competitors
for this oil. 1t is but about two months
ago that Joseph Craig & Co. paid over
S100, 900 for half interest in the Bakers
town field, thereby securing large produc-
tion to be transported through the Western
and Atlantic lines to their refneries. This
new line unlike the former competitors of
the National Transit, is erecting pump sta
tions equal to those of the National Transit.
There is station at Bakerstown, one at
Valencia, one at Saxonburg, and one under
construction at Glade Run.
In the latter district Phillips Bros. and
Leideckers produce the bulk of the oil, and
it would appear that since this sale, the new
line would not receive much patronage. and
yet there are goodly number of small in
terests in the districts touched by the new
line. The Western and Atlantic have fitted
up an Office in this place, in which to buy
oil. There is buyer also at Millerstown
for the Accommodation of producers living
there and who operate in districts in the
southern part of the country.
HOPES OF PRODUCERS.
Naturally producers believe that with the
present competition for white sand oil that
the present premium of 90 cents per barrel
may be increased to 40 cents. Without this
white sand oil the high grade of refined oil
cannot be made. How long Joseph Craig
and the syndicate backing him can measure
swords with the National Transit remains
to be seen, but there are interesting days
neor ot hand
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-18
TRI-STATE NEWS.
Condensed Special Dispatches From Sur
rounding Communities That Are Tribu-


oo""e"'ou Spo''"'
tary to Pittsburg.
SHARON ia aritated over the approaching
contest for liquor licenses.
.psr,v.r;, ticket ofice ot
DI, M 'ousn"ooS a',,,a e 80 seo ear1v YESTERDAY
Ounpar WAS roDpeu oi so0 o'
A.. vorro Mans Pa.
nh now onioeiS " S ,raro instolIod
pupncan OIup VI In0hee0P0''
asc evening.
The house of Samuel Cooper, at onlonto"n'
burned down yesterday. LOSS s@'sV0' inSui
ance, si,ooo.
THE well drilled on the Hickman farm, YER
s.;,Io, ..,,..;. r.L. No,;ora1 Tube Works
Company, has proven a water well.
THE Reading Coal and Iron Company are
making extensive imnrovements along the
Mine Hi Railroad and its branches.
Nv -, ,,,d hall
- snn.sa -. o1';.. - bonor of Cow
arnor W;Iso, and 3Sa S,ata ag;slature
GRAND REGENT JOSEPH LANGFooT, OF tne
Pittsburg District Royal Arcanum, installed
the officers OF Versailles Council last night.
Rocco PAssoBELLo. an Italian, was con-
yicted at Altoona Yesterday of manslaughter
for the killing of Harrison Shone on July
last
ROBERT H. COLEMAN. of Lebanon, has
leased the Florida Southern Railroad, making
6Oo miles OF Florlda railroads now controlleo
NY nlm.
JOHN KELLY, recently pardoned out of the
penitentiarv Tn which he was sentenced for
eiob+ roor. Co. 800 :. dv;no of consrr,n+ion
ioi aieoA 10 uJns VI 'oii' p'ioA
d. ro''ssiie'
THE Blackhall Coal Works OF n. l. Bigley, at
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-18
OUTRAGES In MISSISSIPPI.
The Governor of the State Appealed to for
Needed Protection.

Needed Protection.
JACKSON, MISS, January ia letter
was received here tonight from S. D. Cham
berlain, Shagulak, giving description of
the recent alleged outrages in that vicinity.
Among other things he says:
Crimes have been committed that the out
side world have not dreamed of. Brutes feel
ing no restraints of law or honor have en-
deavored to see how deep they could steep
themselves in infamy Over 40 families have
been driven from their homes. Many of these
families by years of industry and economy
have paid for their lands. These people have
committed no crime. unless indeed it is crime
to be born black. No charge has ever been
made against them. Three families who sent
to me yesterday for protection have been noti-
fed to leave within five days One woman has
child ii days old and another child about
weeks old. Their limit will expire tomorrow.
We have been criminally negligent in permit
ting these outrages to go on almost at our
doors without giving any notice to the outside
world
1t seems to me that the Governor of the
State ought to place these people back on their
farms. and protect them there in the enjoy
ment of the fruits of their labor and the COM
forts of their homes if it should take the mill
tia Of the State to do 1t.
Governor Lowry is making diligent in
quiry into the facts, and will take all neces-
sary measures to suppress lawlessness.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-18
LOCAL ITEMS, LIMITED.
Incidents of Day in Two Cities Condensed
for Ready Reading.

Incidents of Day in Two Cities Condensed
for Ready Reading.
JOHN BATES, an injured brakeman, died yes
day at the West Penn Hospital.
DIR. FRANK MACDoNALD, of Penn avenue,
returned home from Chicago yesterday.
GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE left on the East
ern express for New York last evening"
THE last of the granite needed for the COM
pletion of the Carnegie library in Allegheny
arrived yesterday.
JOHN KANE was found by Officer Swift last
night under the Moorhead furnace gas flue,
almost smothered.
The Chicago limited express was an hour
and five minutes late last evening. A hot box
was the cause of the delay.
CHARLES CoNNELLY was honorably dis
charged at the hearing yesterday by Magistrate
Gripp. He had been found in tailor Eurich'S
house.
THE colored Republicans of the Seventh
ward met in the Franklin school last night and
suggested s. Wilson for Common Council and
j. g. Fluker for constable.
MI. BECKER, chief engineer of the Pan
handle lines in this city, has been honored with
the election of President of the American So
ciety of Civil Engineers.
THE Mission of the Novel," will be the sub
ject of a sermon by Rector Webbe, of st. Johns
Episcopal Church, corner Main and Butler
streets, next Sunday evening.
DR. E. M. WooD delivered his lecture on
"Pointers-How to VIM" before the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Department of the Y. NJ. c. A.
last evening, in the rooms on Twenty-eighth
street.
THE many friends of George j. German, late
cashier of the Mechanics National Bank, are
congratulating him his election to the
presidency of the bank, vice William Carr, de-
ceased.
THE officers of Venus Castle No. 291, knights
of the Golden Eagle, for the next six months
are: Past Chief, 7. A. Duff: Noble Chief, c.
Slack; Vice Chief, A. B. Young; High Priest,
]. r. Bell.
EUGENE ARNOLD, fireman, while walking
between the sections of cut train at the Union
depot yesterday, was fatally injured by the
sections coming together. He was removed to
the West Penn.
THE remains of Mrs. Caroline Bloomer,
lately of Washington. D. c., and daughter of
the late James s. Craft, of this city, were
buried in the Allegheny Cemetery yesterday
aftern Don. Mrs. Bloomer died in Washington
on Tuesday morning. aged So years.
INSPECTOR McALEEsE has received letter
from a Mr.. Mason, of New York State, asking
about George Mason who was injured in the
Wood street wreck, stating that he had son in
Plttsburg whose description Tailed with that of
the injured man. AS the victim has famiyiving
on Fountain street. and the other person is un-
married, it is evident they are different men.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-18
ALL OVER THE WORLD.
Pittsburg Electricity is Used on Nearly All
the Continents.

Pittsburg Electricity is Used on Nearly All
the Continents.
Yesterday the Westinghouse Electric
Light Company obtained the contract to
furnish plant of 3, 900 lights to the city of
Portland, Oregon.
The Pittsburg company has now about
14O plants distributed nearly all over the
globe. They are erecting the largest plant
in the world at London, England. Two
plants they furnished to the city of Havana,
in the West Indies; another plant is being
erected now on the Westinghouse plan in
Iniz De Fora, Brazil. Then they have gone
to the north as far as Duluth, MINI. Some
time ago large plant was established by
Canada capitalists in Toronto, which is to
open up the way for an extensive concern in
the British colonies.
Negotiations are also pending regarding
a plant to be erected in the Sandwich
Islands.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-18
Results at New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS, January E.-To-day's races
were run over a very heavy track, but the
weather was pleasant. although the sky was
partly cloudy. Following is summary of the
events:
First race, nine-slXteenths of mile-Benton
won in :Ol, Dot second, Porter Ashe third.
Second race. three-quarters of a mile-Probus
won in :23. Dudley Oaks second. No More third.
Third race, five-eighths of mile-kee Wee Ma
won in l:OSR, Lord Grosvenor second, l.. Vattell
third.
Fourth race, one mile-Mary Foster won in 1:55,
Norma second, Sherwood third.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-18
HAND WON'T WHISTLE
For the Money Claimed to be Due Him
From Whistling Mrs. Shaw.

For the Money Claimed to be Due Him
From Whistling Mrs. Shaw.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcH.l
BR1DGEToN, N. j., January 17.-An at
tachment was issued last evening at the in
stance of Lawyer A. Watson Atwood, of
Philadelphia, representing Elmer E. Hand,
upon the share of proceeds due to the Alice
j. Shaw Concert Company, who were per-
forming in the Opera House, and upon a
trunk belonging to Mrs Shaw.
Mr.. Hand claims that Major James B.
Pond and Mrs. Shaw, trading as the Con-
cert Company, owe him $3.50 for previous
services as advance agent. Mr.. Pond
was not in Bridgeton, but the claim was
'repudiated by the others. The proceeds
remain here until the matters shall have
been settled together with a deposit of $50
by the company as security for the trunk.
Hand is the son-in-law of Major Pond and
husband of Miss Edith Pond, the "singing
reader" member of the company.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-18
SENIOR PABLO MASENLLI,
A Chilli Government Official, Inspecting Our
Railroads.

A Chilli Government Official, Inspecting Our
Railroads.
Senor Pablo Masenlli, Superintendent of
Railroads of Chilli, South America, is STOP
ping at the Hotel Duquesne. The gentle
man has been to Europe, and is returning
home by way of the States and Mexico. He
has been instructed by his Government to
inspect the railroads of this country with a
view of improving their own.
The railroads of Chill are directly under
the control of the Government. One
thousand miles are now in operation, and
600 miles of road are now being built by a
New York syndicate, of which General
Field is the head. The cost will be between
5000, 900 and S20,000,0OO.
Senior Masenlli is in favor of the United
States supporting lines of steamers to the
principal South American ports, as En-
gland and Germany now control the trade.
Chilli is at peace with all her neighbors,
and is enjoying time of high prosperity.
Senior Masenlli will spend a day in the
city, and will then leave for Chicago. From
thence he will go to San Francisco. He is
accompanied by Mr.. c. Dawson, of PhiIa-
delphia.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-18
SUMMARY AND CRUEL REVENGE.
A House Burned and the Family Turned
Our TO Freeze or Starve.

CHARLESTON, S. c., January 17.-Last
Saturday party of men went to the house
of Butler Banks, in Newberry county,
where his wife and six little children, the
eldest being only 13, and set fire to the
house, compelling the woman to remain un-
til its destruction was certain. The men
then set fire to the eorncrib and feedhouse,
leaving the mother and little ones without
food or shelter, or sufficient clothing.
There is great indignation, but though
the names of the incendiaries are said to be
known, no arrests have been made. About
week ago Butler Banks lay in wait for a
man in the neighborhood and shot him,
though he is still alive. His friends took
this method OF revenge.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-18
NIUTRIE'S MISTAKE.
He Signed Wagonhurst Contrary to the New
League Rules.

Regarding the signing of Wagonhurst Sun
reporter asked Manager Mutrie if he has not
violated the new rules by not allowing Presi-
dent Young TO sign the player. Mutrie re-
piled:
~ don't know anything about the rules. 1
have not received any official notice regarding
the signing of players from Mr.. Young. Mr..
Dav toldlne to sign this man, and l signed
him. do not know how President Young can
grade him, for he does not know as much about
him as do. The lowest salary is only Sl.5OO,
anyway, and 1 guess there will be no trouble
about it,"
As soon as Manager Mutrie found that he
might have made break. he telegraphed to
President Young, stating that he had in view
promising young player whom the New York
Club desired to engage at once, and requested
PERMISSION to make a contract with him. Under
the new rules contracts are required to be made
by the President of the League, so the latter
promptly designated Manager Mutrie to act as
his agent in this particular.