Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-16
METROPOLITAN MURMURs.
The Picnic Was q Failure.

The Picnic Was Failure.
.NEw YORK BUREAU sPEcIALs.1
NEW YORK. August 15-More than 800 col
ored persons took q special train at the Long
Island Railway station in Brooklyn to-day to go
to AmityvilIe to attend the eleventh annual
picnic of the Bridge Street African Methodist
Sunday School The train was to have left at
o'clock. At II it had not budged. The cause
of the delay was the non-payment to the rail-
way of S3d5. the contract price for the use OF
the train. Elder John Brown Thompson col
lected s120. brt that was notenough. Desperate
but vain efforts were made TO raise the remain
ing s245 At l O'Clock policemen cleared the
train and busted the 800 colored Sunday
school scholars out OF the station. There was
plenty of threatening and swearing, punching
and kicking during the eviction, and two
razors were drawn, but no one wascut. During
the four hours waiting several of the negroes
accompanying the party had got drunk. At
last years excursion q girl was shot The mis-
management of the excursion to-day is ex-
pected to cause permanent split in the church.
RusseII Harrison's Case.
Russell B. Harrison, through his counsel, to-
day applied to the Supreme Court for permis-
sion to examine Colonel Schuyler Crosby, who
brought libel suit for 100000 against him
The purpose OF the examination, according to
Mr., Harrison's attorney, would be to enable
Mr.. Harrison to frame a detailed answer to
Colonel Crosby's complaint The questions
which Mr. Harrison wanted to ask were in
effect as follows: What the Colonel's financial
condition was at the time of the publication of
the alleged libel on April 80. 1887. and during
the preceding winter; where he lived and un-
der what circumstances for several years prior
to that time; what and where his business was;
with whom he associated: what females he met
and associated with; with whom and how he
spent his time, and what were his habits of life;
whether Colonel Crosby is married, whethenhe
and his wife have lived together since marriage
and are now living together; and If not. what
part Of the time have they lived apart; il they
are living apart, what the reasons are. and
fully as to their social relations since marriage
and whether divorce proceedings have been
pending are ow pending, and also as to all
allegations made in the nbelous publication.
The Court refused to grant the order for exam
ination. 4--.-.-
The Funeral of DR.. Mott.
The funeral Of DR.. Alexander B. Mott, son
of the late DR.. Valentine Mott was attended
in Trinity Chapel to-day by all the prominent
physicians in the city. Large representations
of Masons. the faculty and college Of Bellevue
Hospital, the County Medical Society, the old
guard and Dr. Motifs post of the G. A. R.
A Little Change In the Name.
A curious fact concerning Miss Adelaide
Moore, the actress, has,just come to light. Mr..
Moore, her manager, has always been intro
duced as her brother, and people have played
whole season with her and never known other
wise. 1t now turns out that Miss Moore Is
Mrs. Moore, her husband and manager being
rich man owning property in Catskill, N. Y.
It Was Not False Alarm.
Miss E. W. Low. a young artist, sleeps and
works in her studio on the second floor of No.
4S University place. In the store below here
there is particularly lively Office boy, who has
been playing pranks on the tenants. When
she was aroused this morning by loud knock
ing on her door and cries of Fire she thought
it was Jim and turned over on her pallet, wear
lily wishing the boy and his pranks in Halifax.
The air in the room was heavy and she wanted
to Sleep so she turned over on her pillow and
again slumbered peacefully. Suddenly her
door was burst open and troop of policemen
and firemen rushed in. With them came
cloud of hot and smo thering smoke. The house
was on fre. OF what followed Miss Low has a
very confused recollection, for presently she
fell in faint and was carried out to the street.
The loss was about $4,000. Miss Low is still in
bed suffering from nervous. shock. The office
boy is all right
Mary Anderson Quite Recovered.
Manager Marcus r. Mayer, Manager Abbey's
chief lieutenant, who arrived on the City of
New York had an interview with Mary Ander-,
son on August l. and reported to Mr.. Abbey to-
day that the actress has almost completely re-
covered from her collapse of last winter. Miss
Anderson was attending q matinee perform
ance of Coquelin-H Hading. at the Gaiety Thea
ter, in London, and Mr.. Mayer says she chatted
with perfect cleaness about herself and her
future plans. She was confident that she
could return to America In November to fulfill
her engagement with Manager Abbey.
BOUGHT HER OWN COFFIN.
A Coraful vVouuuu- Win Prauared for Her