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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-24
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Distribution of Chile's Money.

A few days ago the Legislative Depart
ment turned over to the Navy Department.
the s75, 900 indemnity recently received from
Chile in settlement of the claims Of members
of the Baltimore's crew killed, injured and
1 imprisoned in Valparaiso on octoher 10,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-24
READING
FOR XMAS.
TO-MORROWS DISPATCH
WILL BE A WELCOME VISITOR TO
EVERY HOME IN PITTSBURG.
Yule-Tide Tales

From Speaker Crisp. Secretary of the Treas
ury Foster, General Mcclellan, Nat Good
win. Amelia E. Barr and numerous other
welI-known people. The tales are all
short and beautifully illustrated. The
most attractive Christmas features ever
offered by q newspaper.
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difficult to dntermine whether or not they ever
belonged to the sunken Hussar. or, II they did.
what part OF tho ship they came from. A pieco
OF sheet lead about six inches square. punc-
black substance. Capt. Simonds thinks is n
part OF the lining OF the Hussar's powder mag
azine. He says the black substance is gun
powder
Day before vest erday two or hree grippe shot
were brought to the surface. and yesterday y
piece OF a bolt Every scoop brings up several
pieces of flint 1t is said that the Hussar
used by tho British army here. as flint was
difficult to obtain in th "a country. Tho fints
found by Capt SimondS IRE supposed to be a
portion OF this cargo.
Two things were found Yesterday that did
not belong to tho Hussar. one Is divers
rubber shoe. the other an umbrella handle.
Old Cncle John Grimes. who dived in search
still living: reporter. saw him in Port Nor
ris yesterday. He said the umbrella handle
was one he had dropped overheard at the time
he was In search OF the wreck. and that the
rubber shoe was similar to the kind the div
ers used in those days. Can't Simonds says
that the finding OF these things shows that the
current at the bottom has propahly not
1t has not been determined yet when Capt.
Simonds's diver will make his first trip to the
bottom. The submarine electric search light
has not come yet. hut as soon MS II arrives q
descent wi he undertaken. Each Of the divers
shoes weighs fifteen pounds. Besides these
no will wenr 100 pounds OF lead about his
waist to sink him to the bottom.
Hussar Wreckine Company have come here
from New England. and will visit the Little
Giant and Capt. Simonds to-day to see how tho
work Is getting along.
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sroIs TO DIssnAos HEN rA1sHR.
She esys Ne Tssa her % 90 nreyv- Her
Baby ssA Lock for WORT.

Baby ssa Lock for worh.
EIdzAsETH. July 1e-susan Lindner. a mar
RED woman. aged 10. holding her year
OLD baby In her arms. was q prisoner In
the Police Court here to-day. accused Of
stealing diamond ring valued at SEQ and
silk dress from Mrs. Katie Albenesius
OF l33 East Jersey street The woman
had confessed her guilt and told how
she sold the ring in secondhand store In
newark. Tho dress was at her last boarding
place. Both articles were recovered by the
police and restored to their owners. The pris-
oner was asked by Justice HetHeld why she
committed the crime and she replied:
Simply to disgrace my father. who turned
me and my baby away from his door to starve.
He told mo to 60 drown tho infant and look
for work"
Tho woman being asked to tell her story to
the court. said that her father was John Kraus
an engineer. who lived at 45s Elizabeth nve-
nue.. Her mother for the past twelve years
had been an inmate OF the Morris Plains In
sane Asylum. Nearly two years ago the
daughter married Frederick Lindner. who was
nm machinist at the Singer works In Elizabeth.
port and only 20 years old Her father was
opposed to tho match. but afterward seemed
reconeilcd. Last February her husband sailed
for Germany to see his mother and took his
wife and baby along,
Nhen they reacnsu Berlin. Dindncr was IN
formed Ivy u friend that the German Govern
mcnt knew Of his arrival and that he was to be
arrested next day MS u deserter. He had fled
to America, when lie was lS to escape military
service. Ho became frightened on hearing
this. and that night ho deserted his vito and
child and made his why to Hamburg, where he
managed to get on board n vessel bound for
Anerica without being discovered He landed
Iii2nbeth. and then went t., New Haven since
whtch'ttms all trace o! him has been lost.
Meanwhile his forsaken wife and bnby might
Kindness OF some friends. who took care of
would send money to nay their passage hnck
elapsed and nothing was heard from him. the
can Consul. who last month sent Mrs. Lindncr
back to the United States. On reaching this
city she was Informed Of her husband having
gone to New Haven. and she started there to
hunt III m up She became pennless in that
city and Ind to apply to q charitable society.
which paid her fare back to Elizabeth on
July IL.
Then she went to he father for assistance
and he. she said sent her adrift. She got tenn
porary lodgings with the woman from whom
she stole tho ring and dress. and then formed
becoming thief. Mrs. Albenesius refused to
mike any charge against tho prisoner. aud
Justice Hetf,eld. who was deeply affected by
her story OF trouble. discharged her. A chart
table woman has given Mrs. Lindner n home
until sho can obtain some work at which to
earn n living ;or herself and child.
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p,,cr,m,nnt,uu Aeu,n,t ouah.

OMAHA. July 10.-The Interstate Commerce
Commissioners this morning sent for Euclid
Martin. Worlds Fair Commissioner. to inquire
into the alleged discrimination OF railways
using the Union Pacific Bridge here. This
discrimination has been complained Of for
several years by Omaha people. but until to-
day it has never been taken up by the Inter-
State Commission. The Council Bluffs mer-
chant who ships into Nebraska beyond Omaha
pays freight only from Omaha. but the Omaha
merchant who ships into Iowa pays cents
Mr.. Martin said he estimated that. in order
to avoid paying the S cents to the railroads.
drnyage over the wagon bridge. McCord Il
Brady alone spent $4,000 for their drayaRe
s Sea .ts X he i. %ere h no tUr r3s
sioners against the Union Pacific and other
roads. charging them with this discrimination
against Omaha.
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Jersey City Appropriations.

Tho Board Of Finance Of Jersey City fixed
yesterday afternoon the appropriations for the
fiscal year beginning Dec. /. Here are the
figures:
Street and Water Commissioners. $211.-
1904: Aldermen. SIS. 500. 70: Police Com mis-
sioners. s4l4.s43.8s; Fire Commissioners.
s157.749.92: Board Of Education. 1852. S25. IS:
Tax Commissioners. S1G.949.S8: Commission.
ers OF Appeals. S4.O99.92: Sinking Fund Com
missioners. Sl.!D942: Board Of Finance.
$!ti634S2O. Total. So. 1874. 1864.
From this Is to he deducted the amount to
be received from the state for school purposes.
about the same amount to tho State for school
tax. it will make no difference in the amount
to be raised by tax. There are two or three
new appropriations. Among them are Sl.2O0
each to Christ Hospital and ST: Francis Hos:
pitn for four free public beds. 1t Is calculated
by tho BOARD that the amount, obtained from
The county tax levied on Jersey City is S432, :
"a LOO and the amount to be raised for Stlte
school tax is S2G5 222. making the amount OF
taxes to be raised In Jersey City for State.
county. school. and city purposes. $2.522.-
T3O4S
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Unsettlsd Passenger Rates.

Sr. LOUIS. July 1e.-The passenger rate dis
turbance at this terminal centre which has
existed since July 1. chiefly on account OF tho
New York Convention OF the Society OF Chris
tian Endeavor and the National Education
meeting at Saratoga. has nearly subsidized
The only cut still announced to points east OF
the Mississippi Is Il 81 round-trip rate. st.
Louis to Louisville. which will continue until
July &c. over the Louisville and st. Louis Air
Line, Next week. however. commencing on
Monday. the COLORADO CHEAP round-trlp tickets
Conclave will go on sale from hero and the
disturbance west bound will set in OH an ex-
tensive scale. killing Off all further Colorado
tourist-rate business for the balance OF tho
season. Tho scalpers are reaping q golden
harvest here this summer.
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CROPS GOOD, BUT LATE
Wheat Seems All Right, but Cora and Oats
Are Very Late for July.

Are Very Late for July.
WARRINGTON. July 1a-The report OF the
statistician OF tho Agricultural Department
gives the comparative acreage Of corn. pota-
toes. and tobacco. and the condition on the
first day Of July Of corn. winter and spring
wheat. oats. rye. barley. potatoes. tobacco.
the grasses. fruits and other. minor crops.
The July returns show the acreage OF corn
as compared with tho actual area OF last year
to be $50 per nt.~-The reduction OF area Is
not equally distributed. being mostly confined
to the great corn-producing regions OF the
country. This decrease. the report says. has
been considerably Offset by the increased
acreage in the South. whore. during the last
year. eleven cotton States have given consid-
cradle land to the cultivation OF corn. The
condition OF the crop lSl.l per cent? is tho low
est July average ever reported By the depart
ment.
The condition OF wheat is very favorable,
there being only slight decline in several OF
the minor producing States, The condition OF
oats. S1.2 per cent. Is the lowest July condi-
month shows a slight increase in rye: the con-
dition. however. IL slightly below that OF 1891
Barley has changed but little during the
month. hut the average reported is the high
EFT ever known In July since 1895.
The acreage OF potatoes is very low. there
States The early appearanc%s, I q the potato
Yielding ono in the year. The returns from
tobacco, although very favorable. are smaller
than for the corresponding month last year.
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7RAPPkD A GREEN GOODS MAN.
No Was Dealing with u Post Onace Inspec-
Tor. Not the Cnnuek lie ThouGht.

Tor. MOI the Snuuck he lhOuGhts
A smooth faced 10-year-old lad who says
that he Is Henry Schlling and that he has for
gotten the number in Fifth street at which he
lived. was arraigned before United States Com.
missioner Shields yesterday morning on q
charge OF sending green goods circulars
through the mails. and was held in 81 500 bail
for examination. schlllnG is member Of the
gang to which Bill Harris and Rody Phean
belonged. Their headquarters ut Oliver and
Byrnes last winter
Rowan. Ont. got one OF the green goods cir
culars and sent it in with n complaint. In
spector Coates Of the New York Post Office
took the letter. By using Fick's name he ar
York. and was directed to go to the Altman
House. at Fourth avenue and Tenth street.
He went there and did not meet his mon
soon afterward he got letter from the gang
ing another meeting Mt the Same place offer
Ing him 81 900 in green goods Tor lis trouble.
In accordance with this letter Coates went
tered. Early yesterday morning Settling
came IN to his room and gave the sigma 8
which had BEEN agreed upon. Schilling said
that tho goods were rendy. and started out
and Jacobs were In the street waiting Tor
Coates. As soon as he appeared Schilling was
Sehlling told Commissioner Shields that he
or about green goods gang. He said that he
was standing on the corner OF Fourth avenue
and Tenth street when two men came along
IN the Hlman House and brnS The
he would find there. Schilling said that up to
. year ago he worked in Dennng's store.
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O'KEEFE'S BLOW WAS FATAL.
DRAWN INTO MS BRoTHER's QUAR-
REF WITH THE REARDoNs.

Says william and John and Two or Three
Others Attacked Him AID He strueh
WiIism In seIEderence-John Ouce SUE.
Pected OF Murder and Hanged In Emsy.
In fight at 103d street and Second avenue
on Monday night William Reardon was
knocked down and received a wound In the
head which seemed slight atthe time. He was
sent to the Presbyterian Hospital and died
there at 8 o'clock yesterday morning OF frac-
ture Of tho skull.
The police meantime had arrested Dennis
o'Keefe. who had struck Reardon. O'Keefe 10
70 years old and tends bar at 922 Second ave-
nue. for Michael O'Connor. He boards at S91
Second avenue. and was taken out OF bed
there at2 A. NJ. by Polcem ZEN Pertell and Allen
OF Capt Schmittbergers command.
John Okeefe. n brother OF the prisoner lives
Mt 1888 Second avenue. He went homo In an
ugly mood on Saturday night. There was de-
lay In the preparation Of his supper. and he
struck his wife in the eye He was locked up.
and Mrs. O'Keefe went to the house OF her
cousin. John Reardon. at 2O02 Second avenue.
for the night On Sunday morning. with her
baby on her arm. she went to tho Harlem
Court and persuaded Justice Voorhis to lot her
husband of.
okeefe was still angry. That evening he
went to John l,eardon's house to thrash him
for harboring his wife. William Reardon
answered his summons. but refused to admit
him. O'keefe tried to thrash william. and
several blows were exchanged. Then O'Keefe
went home. william told his, brother what
had happened. and they started out together
in search Of O. Keefc. They didn't ind him.
but they did find Dennis OKeefe. There was
quarrel. but no fight
On Monday evening Dennis O'Keefe started
out t. visit q sister who lives in 1O4th street.
At lO.}d street and Second avenue there was q
crowd on the. corner Tho Reardon brothers
were there. They had not yet found John
Okeeie. When Dennis, reached the corner
about So'ciock tho Reardons aud two or three
others. he says. fell upen him. Dennis says
he Knocked William RearAon down. but did
not think he had hurt him much. Finding the
oudS too heavy against him he lied.
William teardon was n horsesnocE He was
~ ye4rs old, and had a wife and four children.
husband had Just gone out for the third time
that evening to inh n doctor for her. when he
got into tho row which ended In his death.
Jonn Rearuon was arrested on Feb. IL last
on suspicion Of murder. He lived at that time
ut ~ East Tooth street. and had n room
mate named Michael Renrdon. to whom. It is
said. he was not related. Michael l!eardon
his skull crushed in. Drinking had been go
ing on in the Reardons' room until late. and
there were stories OF quarrel there. John
Reardon was arrested. but was let go after an
exam ination. His neighbors then hanged
him IN etligy from tho roof Of the tenement
don has lived with his brothers family. He
is a horseshoor.
In the Harlem Court Yesterday Justice voor-
his committed Okeefc without bail to await
tho action OF tho Coroner. and sent John Rear
don to the House OF Detention.
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TIE READING DEAL AGAIN.
Its Legality Involved In the Settlement OF -
Petty Civil Suit.


Petty Civil suit.
BATAVIA. July 19.-JudEo Daniels MS referee.
took Testimony to-day in tho suit ofthe Lehigh
Valley against Frank D. Perry and vito. which
involves tho legality Of tho Heading deal The
Lehgh Valley wants Perry's farm condemned
80 that It can build track to connect with the
New York Centrals branch to Niagara Falls
Mr.. Perry declines to sell. and as defence
alleges that tho LehiCh Valley Is merged in
the Reading combine. and that such being the
case tho Lehigh has no. interest in this pro-
cneding sufficient to authorize it to maintain
this action.
The first witness was General Supcrintend-
ent Stephenson OF the Lehigh Company. Ho
was, asked whether the Lehigh Valley, had
became merged and consolidated with the
Philadelphia and leading. bur the question
was vigorously objected to. Judge Daniels
decided to take proof concerning the consoli:
dation. thus opening up the whole question OF
whether the Lehigh Valley has corporate ex-
istence or not.
Superintendent Stephenson answered the
question by saving That he only knew from q
circular sent him that the Iehigh had been
leased TO the Philadelphia and Reading.
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LIVE WASHINGTON TOPICS
A Resolution In tho House to Investigate
New York Federal Elections.

WASHINGTON July 19.-In tho House this
morning the first business in order was
privileged report by the Committee on Rules
on the resolution recently introduced by Mr..
Fitch Dem.. N. ". citing that there had been
gross abuses In the administration and super
vision Of the election laws in the city and
county OF New York. by which the right OF
suffrage had been denied to many people. and
authorizing the Speaker to appoint a special
committee OF five members to investigate the
election laws and methods. 80 far as they re-
late to the election Of Congressman. and re-
port to the House at the next session.
Mr.. Catchings Dem. Miss demanded the
previous question on the adoption OF the reso-
Nj, Burrows REP; Mich, desired action de-
layed until an amendment INCLUDING the cleo
scented. but MI. Gatchines insisted on q vote.
and tho. resolution was adopted-yeas 1877.
nays y. the Republicans refusing to vote.
Paul G. Botticher. Superintendent Of United
States Custom House and Post ONCE at New
ark. N. j.. selected as expert on behalf Of the
Treasury Department to examine the build
York mas rePoGted that nome Of the Buildings
To- which oblections have been made have been zen
ali existing defects. He says he regards the
buildings as we'll adapted for their purposes.
with reasonable care. they will last for not
less than thirty years.
Pursuant to request Of the Immigration
Commissioner Weber OF New York and GER
tain Treasury Department officials to be
again heard BY the Joint Immigration Commit
tees Of the House and Senate. charged with
il has been decided BY that body to reopen It's
hearings. beginning on Thursday morning
and sitting for twenty-four hours. the m Meeting
to he presided over in turns Of relief by Sena-
Stump and Geissenhainer.
Tho Cabinet meeting to-day was attended
BY all the members Secretary Elkins laid
before tho Cabinet tho statement OF Capt.
that he sold or showed the plans ofthe French
Notifications to representatives OF other Gov
The report is very voluminous. going into
the minutest details. and is a general denial
q the allegations; In It Capt Borup asks that:
inquiry be granted to him. The matter was
known.
Count Koutousow Tolstoi. nephew Of the
famous Russian novelist. is In the city with
his wife. They are on bridal tour. He is a
handsome young fellow Of not more than 80
years. He 10 an officer in the Russian navy.
world. The Count eonfesses that he does not
like the "Kreutzer Sonata"
veto message from the President. the first
OF this Congress. was received in the Senate
bill to amend the law creating tho United
that this law provided that there should be m no
appeal in Indian depreciation cases. OF which
H. %ss to Il.
on the Judiciary.
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Cr.nd.lr. De nnee 1. Insanity.

BUFFALO. July 1a.-The trial OF Bryant B.
Crandall. indicted under several counts for
defrauding an insurance company. has begun
in the Court OF Sessions here. Mrs. Crandall.
wife OF the defendant, was the first witness.
She sworo that she had ALWAYS supposed her
husband dead. Nelson o. Tiffany. secretary OF
the Masonic Life Association. testified as to
I Ia said fhat hd o nd bsd o,
ton as tar as possible OF the money obtained
on Crandall's policies.
Crapdall then told the story OF his disap-
pearance. He claimed to have bsen mentally
derangcd. and that II was not until two years
after he left Buffalo that his memory returned.
how he got to the Pacific coast. He claimed
that no did not know. that he. was wanted In
Buffalo He did not intend to cheat the insur-
ance companies. and did not know what he
was arrested for until he was told.
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A New York Recsivershir Asked FOR, with
an Ipjuuctior AGAINST the Bousateu,c.

an Irjunetion Against the Bousstouic.
The motion to mako permanent the tempo.
rary Injunction Charles A. Whittier and George
II. Norman. trustees OF tho first mortgag e
bonds OF the New England Terminal Company.
and Bondholders Coffln and Stanton obtained
with view OF keoping the com pany and assets
intact was argued before Justice Lawrence OF
the Supreme Court yesterday. David Mcclure,
in behalf OF the plaintiffs. said that II the New
York and New England and the Housatonic
railroad companies would live up to their
agreement the Terminal would become sol
vent The Housatonic had however. been abb
sorbed by the New York and New Haven. and
its traffic had been diverted. lie asked that
their position, BY tho court and made. re.
ceivers. and that tho New York and New
England and tho Housaton be res trained from
q decision is rendered in tho PLANTING suit to
compel them to keep their agreementan and raj se
1sH esht ssa # Tho TITS
out OF the jurisdiction Of the Connecticut re-
Wheeler II. Peckham, In behalf Of the Housa.
tonic and the New York and New Haven. said
tns the 20 seha int s3o
than by the Now York and New Haven. The
Terminal had failed to pay its expenses and
w. b. Hornblower. in behalf Of the New York
and New England. said his client had not d.
the agreement. He denied the jurisdiction Of
our courts. and said the companies involved
were foreign corporations. and the courts OF
Connecticut properly had jurisdiction. De-
cision was reserved.
suit ia to be begun bv the Long Island
erGns Tor aS% dsm
ages and yesterday. on the application OF
Lawyer ". ]. Kelly for tho Long island COM
BROOKLYN. signed an attachment for 800. 900
against the property Of the Terminal. year
aGo tho Long Island entered en-; into contract
hive charge of the traffic between Oyster Bay
and Wilson's Point. On Thursday last. as
heretofore reported. all traffic. both passenger
and freight. By this route was stopped. the
Terminal Company having withdrawn its
steamer Cape SmnrIrs: wuhout notitylnE the
provision to carry out its contract.
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HALIFAX. N. s.. July 1o.-James Knight, a
saloon:keepc here. separated from his wife
some time ago. and has since been living with
another woman Yesterday. while Knight was
out of town. Mrs. knight and her eldest
daughter, provided with clothes line and an
other woman. They succeeded in getting a
moose around her neck. and dragged her into
the. rope over a sign to lynch the woman the
police lnterfered.
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CHICAGO QUOTATIONS RESTORED.
The War Against Small G amblers In Prod
ucs Has Beea . Failure.

Tho Chicago Open Board Of Brokers and tho
Produce Exchange Of Now York gave up open
" yesterday tho tight against tho bucket
shops. Laws have boon adopted in most OF
tho States for the purpose OF preventing
petty gambling In grain and stocks In the
bucket shops. but they have been useless
buck ct shops from obtaining the official quo
tatlons. and the petty speculations have gone
along with only occasional Interruptions.
Three years ago direct communication be-
tween the Chicago Board OF Trade and the
New York Produce Exchange was cut of In
the that the email would not
ON. ali the same. The bucket shops have
thriyed. Yesterday the wires were restored to
tho Produce Exchange. and now the Chicago
boys and their New York brethren may oper-
ate as In the old days. Meanwhile the bucket
shops and the pool rooms are thick In lower
Broad and New streets.