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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-02
PEOPLE WHO COME AND 60.

Billy Rice, Choctaw chief, passed
through the city last evening. bound for Wash
ington to see the Great Father. He couldn't
quart bottle OF whisky to show what buck can
drink.
Representative Marshall, of Allegheny,
returned to Harrisburg last evening. He said
the committee appointed TO investigate the
State banks would begin its work in Philadel-
phia this week.
Lewis Walker, brother-in-law of G.
W. Delamater, registered at the Duquesne yes
terday morning. He returned to Meadyille
early in the afternoon.
Attorney O'DonneIl went to Green's
burg last evening to assist taking testimony
about the Mammoth mine horror before the
legislative committee
The Hanlon "Fantasma" COMPANY
passed through the city last evening en- route
to Altoona. Ida Maussey, the leading lady,
was with the troupe.
C. W. Willis, Of the Louisville Times,
was at the Monongahela House for short
time yesterday.
-Ex-Sheriff Ed Kyle, of Somerset county,
and ]. L. shipley, of Meyersdale, are at the
DuQuesne.
"A. w. Todd and j. B. Aiken, of Wash
ington, are at the Monongahela House.
M. J. McMahon and T. S. Adams left
for New York last evening.
e. G. Beatty. of Clarion, was at the
Seventh Avenue yesterday.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-02
a MAD MURDERER.
He Stands Up Until His Legs Swell and Has
to Be Tied to His Bed.

He Stands Up Until His Legs Swell and Has
to Be Tied to His Bed.
John Higgins, John and Anthony Mo-
leika. cousins, Andrew Andrullus and John
Hatchey are to be tried to-day for the kill
ing of fellow Hungarian in shanty-boat
row at CHARTERS last fall. Higgins is
charged with the murder, and the others as
being accessories to the crime. Since John
Moleika's incarceration in the county Jail
he has become insane. He spends hours at
a time yelling at the top of his voice. He
refuses to lay down, and persists in standing
on his feet until his legs are swollen out of
all proportion. The Jail officials are
compelled to tie the man down to his
pallet in order to gel him asleep.
Occasionally Moleika will stand at
his cell door and allow his hands to hang
through the bars until his fingers become
black. At other times Moleika will stick
his face against the bars and if 1t is pushed
back he will let his head fall forward again
as if his neck was broken. The Dixmont
authorities won't take the man until the
court has passed upon the case, which will
be done to-day.
William j. Faulk, the Laurel wife-mur-
der, has recovered his sanity. He acts
nationally and is in every way of apparently
sound mind. On two or three occasions he
has expressed desire to talk about the
crime he committed, but the Jail officials
will not converse with him on the subject,
as it is against the rules of the institution to
allow a man to criminate himself
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-02
THE LUCKY THIRTEEN.

An Order for a Meeting of the Social IS to
Look After the Man Who Shot at John
Steel-The Presidents Order.
John H. Detker, President of the "Social
13." musical organization composed of 13
members which meets monthly, on the 18th,
at No. 13 of Thirteenth ward street, has
issued the following order:
WHEREAS, A dastardly attempt has been
made to assassinate one of our members, two
shots having been fired at John Steel, con-
ductor l3 on the Central Traction road, last
Saturday by an Italian, therefore be it
Resolved, That the members OF Social Is
meet next Tuesday evening to take action
which will lead to the arrest and conviction of
the guilty parties.
Saturday afternoon about dozen Italians
boarded Central Traction Car No. 13, and
after Conductor Steele collected the fares
and returned to the rear platform one of the
Italians claimed that the change was wrong.
The conductor replied that he was sure it
was all right, but the leader Of the crowd
did not seem satisfied.
When the gang got off the car at the end
of the line it demanded more change and
was again refused. After going about ten
yards one of the Italians turned and fired
two shots, but as the conductor got down on
the floor both missed. The balls lodged in
the wall of the Heron Hill waiting room.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-02
A BULLET IN HIS BREAST.

Gustave Stero Is Thwarted in Love and At
tempts Suicide-Romance of Hungar-
ian Tenement House-He Still Carries
the Ball Imbedded in Bone.
The Allegheny police stumbled on a
shooting on Saturday night that had oc-
CURED about 3 o'clock on Saturday after
noon. Officers Donovan and Smith were
told about midnight that man living in a
Hungarian boarding house at 9S Adams
street had been shot. On investigation they
could learn but little about the affair. be-
cause of the non-speaking English about
the premises, and they arrested five men
and one woman that were located in the
building. Among them was man named
Gustave Stero, who had bullet wound in
his breast
When the prisoners arrived at the lookup,
DR.. Hazard probed the wound in Stero's
breast and found a pistol ball in it, but as
it was firmly embedded in the breast bone it
would not be dislodged. The wound is not
a painful one and will not cause any serious
result and so when Mayor Wyman heard
the case Yesterday morning he fined Stero
$40 and let him go.
1t appeared from all that could be CLEANED
from the investigation that Stero had shot
himself with the intention of committing
suicide. The woman he loved had Tilted
him and married another, and after brood
ing over the matter since last Tuesday, on
which day the marriage had taken place. he
resolved to end his sorrow in death. 1t ap-
peared also that his fellow boarders had
kept the affair quiet and no doctor had
attended him, and as he seemed to be in
different to the injury, the Mayor thought
he was not capable of suffering, and for that
reason allowed him to depart. The fine he
put on the prisoner was for violation of a
city ordinance in carrying fire arms.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-02
TOO THIN TO EXIST.
Michael Delano's Weight Dwindles
From 1856 to Al Pounds, When
DEATH ENDS AFIVE-MONTHS' FAST.
An Injury to the Spine Paralyzes the
Digestive Organs, and
HE DIES SLOWLY FROM STARVATION

The thinnest man in Allegheny county,
and probably in the world, died yesterday
at the Allegheny General Hospital.
In the early part of last September Mich
ael Delano, stalwart Italian laborer, was
injured by fall of earth while digging in
a trench. His employers, Dunn & Hast
ings, sent him to the hospital, where it was
found that the mans spine was severely in
iured, and that his body below the waist
was paralyzed. The case appeared hope
less from the first, but every exertion was
made to excite the activity of the nerves
centering in the spine. Electricity was
used. but without any apparent effect, and
the man entered upon five months siege,
where death calmly invested the citadel of
life, and patiently waited for the capitula-
ton which was sure to come.
When Delano entered the hospital in
September he weighed 1 IS pounds. He
was feet 1011 inches in height. very mus
cular and we'll proportioned. When he
died yesterday he weighed but Al pounds.
He was literally nothing but skin and bone.
Every portion OF the framework stood out
with startling distinctness; the joints
appeared entirely out OF proportion, while
the prominence of the ribs gave the trunk
the appearance of cage fitted for bird of
carrion. The skin clung tightly to the
bones, and the stomach lay so fiat that the
outline of the spine could be traced through
it. The face was pinched and bore a weary
expression, but the hair clustering on the
forehead. the mustache and beard softened
its harshness and lent it some degree of
roundness. The skin was wa1y and skinny,
and looked like the parchment on an old
and often-used drum. The corpse, as it lay
in the morgue, looked unreal, and was sug-
gestive of the chamber of horrors in a
wa1-work show.
The immediate cause of Delano's death
was simply starvation. The digestive Or
gans were paralyzed and utterly unable to
perform their duties, and as result no food
would assimilate. For five months De-
lano's lamp of life was fed by his reserve
stock of flesh and blood, assisted by strong
vitality. When that was consumed, the
flame fiickered feebly and sank to a spark,
which quickly faded out. The fact that
Delano suffered but little pain prevented
any heavy drafts from that cause upon his
vital forces.
Coroner Mcdowell will hold an inquest
on the body this morning, after which it
will be inferred in st. Mary's Cemetery, as
Delano was a Catholic. So far as is known
Delano had no relatives or friends in this
country, and Messrs. Dunn & Hastings, his
late employers, have taken charge of the
funeral.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-02
WILL FINISH TO-DAY.
The Ship Canal Commission Meets
This Morning to Arrange for
PRESENTATION OF ITS REPORT.
A Very Voluminous Document. and Full
of Valuable Details.
DESCRIPTION OF TIE ROUTE SELECTED

The Ship Canal Commission will meet to-
day in Captain John A. Wards Office and
make final arrangements for presenting its
report on the feasibility of the project to the
Legislature.
The duty of bearing the report to Harris
burg will be delegated to Eben Brewer, of
Erie, who has acted as Secretary to the
Commission.
The report is understood to be nearly COM
pleted. 1t will be printed i'll pamphlet
form, and would fill three pages Of The
DISPATCH. 1t has been compiled with the
greatest care, and in very great detail, SO
that any question which might be asked in
connection with the subject can be answered
from the pages of the report.
Mr.. Goodwin has furnished quantity OF
valuable statistics with special reference to
railroad rates to and from points which
will come within the radius of supply OF
the canal.
Opposition in View From Railroads.
1t is expected that the various roads will
meet the project with aggressive hostility,
and the commission proposes in its report
W 'norousniy iniorn 'ne -,
80 po-N' "n VIC
MAKE any pretense Oh opposl'ion. >,
.Ihe route which the commission Will
suggest as being the most feasible, runs IN
slightly winding line from Conneaut, cross.
inc the State line at a noint opnosite James.
-, I'D thonoa to Sh.rs,,;IIo r..,iro r.
AZ - s So SL a,is,I. f p,,.sl;
Tue west oi onafon anu hi'uieSeA' uia'A'
New Castle to hochester. AT THIS poin'
the canal ends and the Ohio is reached.
The report contains the most complete
details of every foot of this route and full
illustrations are afforded by profile sketch
OF the country, and plan showing the line.
The profile sketch shows that the whole line
of country between Rochester and Conneaui
is practically fiat, and that there are no en-
gineering difficulties at all to be sur
mounted. The cost of this work is esti.
mated to be So, 100000, and the opinion o.
the commission is that it can be constructed
in four years.
The report also covers the alternate routes
One is from Erie in a winding direction to
Conneautville, thence to the State line
which it crosses, and returns in a loop
Thence it travels eastward to Shaw's Land
ing and the upper waters of the Allegheny
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-02
CALLED DOWN A PREACHER

Lively Scenes in the Buena Vista Street
Methodist Episcopal Church-The Pastor
interrupted in the Middle of His Dis
course-His Truthfulness Questioned.
The congregation of the Buena Vista
Street M. E. Church, Allegheny, met yes
terday morning as usual Rev. J. 81.
Miller was in the pulpit, but before the
service ended he had several assistants
among the members of his congregation.
The pastor took his text from the twelfth
verse of the ffty-frst Psalm. In expound-
ing the text, he stated that at one time in
life all persons are pure and good. He be-
lieved that state could be regained, and
said it would come with conversion.
The preacher here paused to give emphasis
to his remark, but a member of the con-
gregation took advantage Of the silence to
rise and declare
That is not so %
This outburss was followed by several
others, who questioned the truthfulness Of
Rev. Mr.. Miller's statement, and for time
the congregation was in a demoralized con-
ditlon. When the pastor tried to explain
several members walked out of the church.
The cause of the trouble is due to the fact
that there are two dOctrinal beliefs held by
the members in this Methodist congregation.
One party seems to believe >that sanctifca-
ton or regeneration comes with conversion.
That is the class to which the minister be-
longs, and it was his arguments along that
line that called forth the attack The other
section of the congregation holds the belief
that God has fixed a probationary period
between the time OF conversion and sanctif-
cation. 1t was from this branch that the
questions came during the progress of yes
terday's sermon.
Last night the congregation seemed
thoroughly ashamed of the scenes of the
morning. Although the members confirmed
the above statements, they refused to tell
anything more about the matter.
An attempt was made to interview the
preacher, but ne said newspapers had no
right to publish such Matters He de-
clared he had nothing for newspapers, and
then left hurriedly
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-02
SMALL SCRAPS OF LOCAL NEWS.

AMAN who gave his name as King, and his
residence as l22 Second avenue, Pittsburg was
found Yesterday in Irwin after lying out all
night, having suffered q stroke of apoplexy.
He will recover.
JAMES KAUFMAN. Of Forty-sixth street,
aged Is years, had his left leg broken yesterday
afternoon by fall from the abutment of the
Thirty-third street railway briuge.
JOHN RUNTz, aged years. fell from the p.
4 w. R. r. trestle at the foot of Charters
street, Allegheny, yesterday, and dsiocated his
right shoulder.
A STILL alarm was sent to Engine Company
No. IA Yesterday for a small fire In the house of
w. C, Smith, on Neville street.
JOHN ALTERS was yesterday elected Presi.
dent of Local Union No. g. American Flint
Glass Workers Union.
THE receipts of the Allegheny Mayors office
for the month Of January were 81, 2T 45s-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-02
A COLD WAVE COMING.
January Was Warmer Than the Average
and Has a Low Rainfall.

January Was Warmer Than the Average
and Has Low Rainfall.
Sergeant Stewart yesterday afternoon
promised colder weather for to-day. He
said an Arctic wave was coming from the
West, and he expected it to reach Pittsburg
last evening. The temperature, be thought,
would drop to 300.
Mr.. Stewart was busy yesterday preparing
his report for the month of January. He
finds among other peculiar features that it
was warmer than the normal. The average
temperature for this month has been 800,
but $50 was The prevailing height of the
thermometer for the January just passed.
Pittsburgers have a dim recollection that it
raiued considerably also, but the rainfall is
below the average. The normal is 1928
inches. but in January 2.43 inches of rain
fell
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-02
HOME HUNTERS!

Who Read the To Let Columns of The Dis
patch This Morning
will find attractive properties advertised fol
rent by Van Gorder & Lloyd, d. Behen &
Son. W. A. Heron & Sons, Humphrey &
White, Morrison & Banks, McManus &
Co., Geo. Johnston and the Room Renting
Agency, the last named being the only firm
in Pittsburg handling both furnished and
unfurnished rooms. Any of THE DIS.
PATCH's readers who may have tried tc
personally visit these widely scattered
agencies know that it requires half days
time and the expenditure of 40 or so cent.
car fare. The convenience of these special
lists will, therefore, be appreciated. Mon.
days and Thursdays are the special rent list
dayS,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-02
WORKING THE REVEALS.

Pickpockets Reaping a Rich Harvest at
Eyangelistic Meetings in Allegheny.
John Hughes, alias "Duke," and Frank
Kelly, two very slick pickpockets. were ar
rested in Allegheny last night by Detectives
Steele and johnson. Both are crooks of
national fame. Hughes gives Cincinnati as
his present address, but a lew months
earlier it was the Columbus penitentiary
Kelly comes from Chicago. They had been
working the revival meetings at the U. P.
churches where Major Whittle was speak
ing.
Numerous complaints have come from all
the places where these revival meetings
have been held. Last night Detectives
Steele and johnson attended the meeting at
the First U. P. Church on Union avenue.
At the close Of the meeting they caught the
two men, who then gave tneir names as
John Jones and Frank Malin. The police,
however, claim that "Malin" is Kelly, of
Chicago, and that he is a member of the
Columbus penitentiary alumni, while
"Jones" is John Hughes, q recent graduate
from the same institution. He is known as
''the little dude in polite crook circles.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-02
AN EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.
Sealskin Sack, Diamonds, Overcoat and
Other Articles Stolen.

Sealslin Sack, Diamonds, Overcoat and
Other Articles Stolen.
The robbery at the residence of W.
Devices Wood, corner OF, Forbes street and
Meyran avenue, Saturday evening, proves
to have been more extensive than at first re-
ported. The articles stolen were, one seal
skin sacque, two large pearl finger rings,
one necklace set with diamonds and pearls,
one set of silver chain bracelets, one breast
pin set with diamonds, one diamond scarf
pin, seven gold hair pins. three pairs of
gold shirt studs, two pairs of gold cuff but
tons, two gold hairpins with pearl setting,
one lady's gold beaded chain, three fine sill
yer brooches, one Pullman car ticket to
Chicago, and railroad ticket and one over
coat.
The thieves gained an entrance to the
house by climbing over the rear porch and
forcing open bedroom window. The
robbery occurred between andZ o'clock.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-02
CUT OFF FROM THE WORLD.

Only a Telephone Wire Connected the
Sonnblick Observatory.
The death of Herr Ignaz Reiacher, owner
of extensive gold mines in the Rauris Val
lev, and originator of the Sonnblick OBJ
servatory, the most elevated in Europe, re-
calls the important part played by the tele-
phone iu communication with the world of
the virtually exiled superintendent of that
institution. During several months of the
year he is, by the difficulties of his situation,
cut off from personal association with the
world except by telephone. He hears each
day living voices through this instrument,
but otherwise he is isolated, and has only a
dog for companionship.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-02
FOR A KEG OF BEER.

A Fight Among Italians, and Vincent Gabrio
Got the Worst of 1t.
About 8 o'clock last evening Vincent
Gabrio, an italian, was taken into Teas
drugstore, Thirty-fourth street and Penn
avenue. suffering from severe scalp wound,
from which the blood was freely flowing
The man who took him to the drugstore ac-
counted for the wound by stating that Cab
rio and several other Italians had engaged
in fight on the hillside above Thirty-third
street, the occasion of the fight being the
struggle for the possession of keg of beer
which each of the Italians claimed.
Gabrio succeeded in securing the keg and
had started down Thirty third street, when
he was struck in the head with large
stone. He recovered shortly after, but the
keg and the other Italians had disappeared.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-02
A YOUTHFUL ROMANCE.

His Story of Being an Orphan Disproved by
His Fathers Appearance.
The little boy, John McCauley, who ap-
piled for lodging at Central Station on Sat
urday night and told Inspector McAleese
that he had been an orphan for six months
and had been living on the streets during
that time, was called for by his father yes
terday and taken to his home, No. Hamil-
ton Place, Allegheny.
Mr.. McCauley said the boy had left home
Saturday morning without cause. His
parents are both alive and he had good
home.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-02
NOT ENOUGH ROOM FOR THE DEAD.

The Coroner's Business Increasing Rapidly
and Larger Morgue Necessary.
There were eight bodies in the morgue
yesterday, and the dead-room was badly
crowded. Coroner Mcdowell hopes that
the bill providing suitable morgue for
Allegheny county will pass the Legislature,
and relieve this state OF affairs. As the
city grows the number of violent deaths in
crease proportionately, and the present lim-
tied facilities are found to be wholly made
quate for the business.
During the month of January Coroner
McDowell>,had 81 cases, and yesterday. the
first day of February, he was notified of four
deaths needing investigation.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-02
TWO SMALL ROBBERIES.
A Fifth Avenue Book Store and Southside
Barber Shop Visited.

Fifth Avenue Book Store and Southside
Barber Shop Visited.
Early yesterday morning the store of R.
S. Davis & Co., at 96 Fifth avenue, was
visited by burglars, who forced open a win
dow in the rear and with sledges pounded
the combination to pieces and forced the
safe open. The visitors were after money,
only, as they scattered large number of
checks about the floor and threw a bundle
of bonds into a corner. They secured in the
neighborhood of 5000. and in their haste
overlooked several small sums. The thieves
left no clue behind.
Joseph Horsdonwiez, who keeps barber
shop at S25 Carson street, Southside, re-
ported to the police last night that his shop
had been robbed. The thieves had gained
entrance to the shop by forcing open back
window and after ransackIng the shop de-
parted, taking with them razors, pair of
hair clippers and guitar. There is no
clew to the thieves,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-02
A HEROIC MILL MAN

Jumps Into the Allegheny River to Save a
Boys Life.
George Pole, small boy who lives on
Stanton avenue, Eighteenth ward, was
nearly drowned yesterday morning in the
Allegheny river, at the foot o! Fifty-secoud
street. He and several companions were
rowing in frail boat when the boat cap
sized and the boys were thrown into the
water. All but Pole held to the upturned
boat and were able to reach shore. Pole,
however, was caught in the current and
despite his efforts could not reach the land.
He drifted to Forty-eighth street where
two millmen, em ployed at the Lucy Furnace,
were standing. One of them, man named
Everson, sprang into the river and saved
the boy. The latter was almost exhausted
when taken from the water, but after rest
he was able to go to his home.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-02
A FLOURIsHING LINE.

Stockholders viii Inspect the Wheeling
and Lake Erie Road.
General Manager Woodford, of the
Wheeling and Lake Erie road, with ten of
the New York stockholders, passed through
the city last evening on the way to Steuben-
ville Mr.. Woodford stated that various
extensions and improvements had been
made, and the stockholders were going over
the road to see what was done.
The Wheeling and Lake Erie now reaches
Wheeling, and Mr.. Wooiford hopes some
day to see the line run into Pittsburg.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-02
LOOKING FOR THEIR SON.

Charles Ziegler, Midway Butcher, Leaves
Home and Disappears.
The parents of Charles Ziegler, OF Mid
way, Pa, were in the city last night seek
ing to gain some clew to the whereabouts of
their son. They reported his absence to the
police.
Ziegler is young and good-looking man,
Wednesday he left for Pittsburg, and had
about S1OO and gold watch with him. He
has not been heard from since. Ziegler has
been married three years, has two children,
and his habits were very correct.