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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-13
A MANSION IN RUINS.

Miss Mary p. Semp1e's Handsome Homo
in sewickley Is Consumed by Fire at
Loss of $15, 5,O0O-Much Valuable Brio
a-Brac destroyed.
About o'clock yesterday afternoon fire
broke out in the residence of Miss Mary
Patterson Semple, of Sewickley. The family
was away from home, and the fire was dis
covered by the servants when it had
gained good headway of the upper story.
The girl gave the alarm, and the fire depart
ment reached the scene BY the time the
flames were practically beyond control The
single line of hose which was available was
used to prevent the fire from spreading to
the adjacent house of Mansfield B. Cochran.
Nothing was saved of Miss Semple's
house except some of the furniture in the
lower rooms. At o'clock the chimneys
and foundation alone were left of what had
been one of the most picturesque houses in
Sewickley.
The loss, amounting to $4,000, is to some
extent covered by insurance, but the col
lection of bric-a-brac and valuable heir
looms, for which the Semple mansion was
famous, cannot be replaced. For instance
among the valuables consumed was cabinet
OF silver and gold spoon gathered by Miss
Semple during her travels in Europe and
the East, which may be remembered as
prominent feature of the loan exhibition 13
years ago at the Pittsburg Mercantile
Library.
Miss Semple, who is one of the most
highly respected residents of the valley,
reached her home when it was in ruins.
She bore the loss bravely, as did Miss Mary
Macrum, the librarian of the Pittsburg Lii
brary, who resided with her, and who lost
considerable personal property.
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TALES OF TWO CITIES

The course of lectures on Sunday evenings
instituted by DR.. White, of ST. Andrews,
strictly historical, allow wide range for the
exercise of scholarship. This evenings dis
course will be OH the climax and the closing
scenes of Savanarola's life in Florence, Just
previous to the commencement OF the
reformation proper
Miss Ollie FoERsTER has been appointed
postmistress c the Southside office to fill
the position made vacant by the death of
her mother. Miss Forester is % years old.
and has been the efficient assistant of her
mother for some time. and during the sick
ness of the latter has been in charge of the
Office.
IT was published in an evening paper of
Friday that John Berger, OF Allegheny, stole
a hahn. Mr.. John Berger of 90 Franklin
street, Allegheny, wants it distinctly under
stood that he did not steal that ham.
CHRIST KLTNKE, the waiter who tried to
kill himself because he was jealous of his
wife, was discharged from the Mercy Hos
pital. He will lose the sight OF his right eye.
A SPECIAL business meeting of Allegheny
County VIC. T. Z. will be held in the lecture
room of the Smithfelk kstreet NJ E. Church,
Monday afternoon ut o'clock.
ALICE OLIVER fell on Adams street, Ale
gheny, yesterday afternoon. Her right leg
was broken and she was taken to her home
on Fulton street, Allegheny.
THE East End Netcs yesterday signed the
printers scale. THIS is considered quite a
victory by the printers.
The limited was 80 minutes late last even.
ing. The time was lost on the middle, di.
vision.
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OBJECTIONS ENTERED
Against the Finding of the Grand
Jury in the Suit Against
INSPECTOR WHITEHOUsE.
His Wifes Attorney Asks Reconsideration
Of the Case.
ATTRACTING CONSIDERABLE INTEREST

The action of the arand jury in the
Whitehouse assault and battery case does
not suit the prosecution. w. D. Moore
yesterday filed in the Quarter Sessions
Court a petition asking to have returned to
the grand jury for reconsideration the bill
against Police Inspector Henry Whitehouse,
which had been ignored Inspector White
house had been charged with assault and
battery on his wife, and Mr.. Moore is at
torney for the wife
He states that the inculpating facts in
the case were detailed to him by Mrs.
Whitehouse and her mother, Mrs. Wells,
and if believed, make out a clear case of
cruel and wicked as we'll as causeless as
sault and battery under peculiarly aggrava-
ting circumstances. The ignoring of the
bill, he saws, was an act of cruel I'M ustice
and should not be allowed to stand. He
appended the testimony furnished before
the grand jury BY Mrs Whitehouse and her
mother, Mrs. Wells. and asked that the bill
be returned for further consideration.
The testimony given bv Mrs. Whitehouse
was that on August 10 or 20 her husband got
mad at her because woman had told her
that he had taken another woman, whom he
loved, to Atlantic City. He kicked and
beat her, she stated, and pulled her about
by the hair of her head. He continued to
beat her for half an hour
Mrs. Whitehouse's testimony was cor
roborated by her mother, Mrs. Wells, who
said she asked the Inspector not to beat her
daughter, because she was sick. The Court
has made no order in the case as vet
The case is one that has been watched
with considerable interest, owing to the par
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Union Benefit Society. Gielman is SO years
OLD. He has served in the United States
Navy and has record to be proud Of He
has spent all his life on the
water. In 1859 he entered the SER
vice of the California Marine Com
pany, and was mate on that lines ships
until 1868, when he went on board the gun
boat Woster of the United States Navy.
He was a boatswain's mate on that boat
when it engaged in the battles of Baton
Rouge and the Rip-Raps. He was injured
while on board the Woster while on the
Mediterranean Sea by running against an
obstruction and was disabled. He received
a pension while disabled, but he fully re-
covered. In 1865 he left the navy. He has
been on various voyages since and for the
past seven years has been a mate ON the
boat Scotia of this city.
While on the brig Annie Bradford, of
Maine, he was shipwrecked. The heavy
sea crushed in the side of the brig and the
men took to the boats, and after a terrible
experience reached barren island of the
Newfoundland coast The brig went to
the bottom. Gielman has two children, one
a boy who is now in the Annapolis Naval
Academy. When 13 years old the boy was
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-13
POLICE MAGISTRATES
Possibility OF tho Near Future Upon tho
Northside.

A Possibility Of tho Near Future Upon tho
Northside.
The matter of Police Magistrates is sched-
uled to come up at the next meeting of
Allegheny Councils. The sub-Finance
Committee at its meeting next Tuesday will
attemptto divide the city into districts, and
in their report to Councils will recommend
the appointment of Police Magistrates. The
appointing power is in the hands of the
Mayor, but it is not likely the matter will
be in shape to do anything until after the
election of Major Kennedy, thus giving
him the naming of the men who
will fill these positions Under
the charter of the city of the
second class which requires the appoint
ment, one of the five must be Of the oppo-
site political party. As Major Kennedy is
a Republican one will have to be Demo-
crat. The law does not compel the appoint
ment of aldermen or justices of the peace
to the position, so that any citizen can be
appointed to the place. At a meeting of
Councils some time ago an ordinance was
introduced providing tor the salaries of the
magistrates and districting the city, but it
failed to pass. In that ordinance the city
was divided into three districts.
The Magistrate for the Central district
was to receive about 81. 500 per year, and
the two who were to preside in the Eastern
and Western districts to receive 81, 900
each, and the others, who would only be
called on to preside when one of the regu-
lar Magistrates were absent, were to receive
5000 each. The sub-Finance Committee is
considering all ordinance much similar to
the one just mentioned, and their report
will no doubt embody much that was in the
old ordinance. If the ordinance passes,
two new station houses will be necessary.
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mile across the railroad where there
was Y in hollow. Five thousand people
gathered around, men, women and children,
and there were some of the most aristocratio
who came in their carriages"
''Did all of these people want to see the
man burned?"
"No. Only about 80 men had charge Of
the affair and nobody else could interfere.
The men who burned Mccoy were armed
with guns of ali kinds and revolvers"
Fruitless Appeals for Mercy,
Several times spectators climbed tele-
graph poles with ropes and begged in mercy
for the man that he should be hanged or
shot instead of burned. But they were
pulled down every time and were afraid to
make another attempt Then the negro
was tied by ropes and telegraph wires to
the stump of tree about ten feet high, his
face being against the stump. 80,
''Then the clothes of. the wretch were
saturated with oil; the woman he had at
tackled came to the front escorted by two
men, struck a match on the stump of the
tree above his head aud set fire to one side
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DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES.

The Date Fixed for Next Saturday After .
Lively Debate-The Lively Fight for
delegates From the Northside.
The meeting of the Democratic County
Committee yesterday was rather lively.
Charges and counter-charges, motions and
amendments were numerous, but the follow
ing was finally adopted:
Resolved, That the primaries to elect dele
gates to the several conventions shall De
held on Saturday, March 19, 1892, in the cities
and borougns between the hours OF 3 and
O'Clock P. NJ, and in the townships between
the hours OF 4 and7 p. NJ.
That the conventions shall be held on
Tuesday, March - 1892. as follows:
First district shall be held in Common
Council chamber. Allegheny City. at ESQ P
NJ, to elect three delegates to the state Con-
vention- Second district to meet at Select
Council chamber, Allegheny City. at 7:30 r.
NJ. and elect three delegates. Third district
will meet at Select Council chamber Pitts
burg, at 7:30 p. NJ. and elect three delegates.
house. Pittsburg, at 7:20 P. N. and elect three
delegates. Fifth district will meet at COM
mon Council chamber, Pittsbuls, at 1:3O p NJ.
and elect ten delegates Sixth district VIII
meet at Excelsior Hall, South Twelfth street,
between Carson and Sarah streets, at ii
O'Clock A. NJ. and elect five delegates.
Seventh district will meet at Select Council
chamber, Allegheny at u o'clock A; N ana ana
meet at Select Council cha mber, Pitts burg,
at II O'Clock a. N. and elect three delegates.
1t became evident that it was the friends
of Kunkel and Meyer who wanted the
primaries held on the 10th, and Hucken-
stein Frasher people opposed it. The first
named believed with the primaries on that
day, they would have an advantage over
their opponents. Ia The meantime friends
OF Meyer and Kunkel spread the work that
they are the only true Cleveland candi-
dates.
81 don't see how Tim O'Leary can deny
that he has been writing to people in the
Twenty-third district. claiming, that Huck-
ensteln and myself are Hill delegates" said
Lee Frasher to-day after the meeting of the
Allegheny County Democratic Committee
had adjourned. "Now here is proof" and
he produced a copy of communication
which O'Learv sent to John NJ. Kennedy,
of Sheffield street, Allegheny. The docu-
ment is as follow:
John NJ. Kennedy, Esq, Allegheny:
National delegates for Clcveland-Her-
mann Kunkel, Henry Meyer.
state edelecates-Andrew Pcyton, Eleventh
ward; Henry Landgratf, Sixth ward: Henry
Never, Second ward.
Hill national delegates-Johr Hucken-
stein, Lee Frasher.
T. j. O'LEART, JR.
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Observation-Disclosures.
Cornet. and Band instruments.


Brass bands and all players of band in
stoments will be glad to hear that the
celebrated Higham band instruments, of
Manchester, England. can now be had at
the old and reliable music house of H.
Kleber & Bro, Linn, No. SOC Wood street,
Pittsburg. This make has been in use in the
principal bands of the British army and
navy upward of so years, and their high
intrinsic qualities are known to all music
ians the world over. For Gghtness of
action, perfection of workmanship and
charming quality of tone the Higham in
etruments are Incompatible. Kleber Bros.
are offering them at lower prices than such
high grade goods are usually sold at. In
the line of lower priced, but reliable in
struments, we would recommend the Slater
(New York; and the Empire (Paris) makes.
Kleber Bros. have in the last ten years
furnished many bands with these
makes, in every instance giving entire satis-
faction. The above makes can be had only
at H. Kleber & Bros. Also Besson &
Courtois cornets in stock. Send for Kleb-
er's drum and band catalogues.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-13
Almost Killed HI, Sweetheart

Miss Minnie Freeman, a colored domes-
tic employed at No 21 Second avenue, is
lying at her home on First avenue in q
critical condition, and John Lincoln, also
colored, is under four months sentence to
the workhouse for beating her. Lincoln
had been in the habit of seeing her
home at night after she was through work.
Friday night he came as usual, but being
enraged by some trifing incident, struck
her on the face. knocking her down. He
then kicked her on the head and abdomen
until she became senseless. After that he
went to rear room; knocked down a young
man with chain and began a
search for butcher knife, which
he did not find. A young lady of
the house interfered and he attempted to
strike her. Just then somebody blew a
police whistle, which frightened Lincoln so
that he took to his heels. He was captured
later by Officer Peoples, after having at
tempted to swim the Monongahela river.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-13
Carpets! Carpets! Carpets!

The busy season for carpets is now at
hand and most houses have marked their
carpets up to the regular prices. Look and
see whether we are not right. But not so
with us. We will sell you an elegant
brussels carpet, usual 6Oc grade, for 42c;
Csc brussels for 50c, and very fine S5c carpet
for CSC. In ingram we ask you to see
whether you'll buy our 28c heavy two-ply
for less than 4Oc; our 371Sc grade for less
than Soc We have elegant patterns of 75c
best all-wool ingram carpet at 59c. 1t will
pay you to walk few squares further and
see whether we cannot save you money.
j. H. KUNKEL & BRO,
1347-1349 Penn avenue, two squares east of
Union depot.
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of his coat tail. Some of the people begged
for his life, but they could not save him.

of his coat tail Some of the people begged
for his life, but they could not save him.
Howlin- round the Sufferer.
'Stll well dressed ladies and gentlemen
and children howled around the suffering
man. One side of him burned while the
other side was untouched by the fire, and
although his body was blistered white and
the bones were exposed in the 15 minutes
before he died, he stood the torture like a
hero, although criminal, the only sign of
pain being an occasional groan.
'It makes me sick even now to talk of
it." said Mr. Ellis, "but 1 suppose must
finish the story. Well, his legs and arms
were burned off while he was still alive,
and when the horrible scene was over there
was nothing left but his charred bones and
skull. Il seemed to me like a frightful
dream, and now it is like continuous
nightmare. The woman who spplied the
match was about 80 years of age, married,
and not particularly progressing.
"The man undoubtedly deserved severe
punishment for his crime, but not such as
he did receive"
Caught by the Camera.
The photographs Of the tragedy, repro
duced above, are the property of Louis
Goldberg, of Smlthfeld street He received
them a few days ago from his sister, Annie
Goldberg, whose home is In Texarkana.
One picture shows the scene OF the capture
of the colored man. The other was taken
Immediately after the victim died at the
stake, showing his body, which had partly
fallen from its upright position.
'1n the letter accompanying the photo
graphs" said-Mr. Goldberg yesterday, ''my
sister tells few of the details of the terrible
affair other than those already published in
THE DISPATCH, except in regard to the
taking of the photographs These, it seems,
were taken at the express orders of the
ringleaders of the party. They sent for
the photographer and stayed proceedings
long enough tor him to do his work. The
assembled people were ordered to take off
their hats while the picture at the stake
was taken"
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Conlon Was Wearing the Coat.

Detective John McTighc arrested John
Conlon at the market house last night. He
is the man wanted for presenting an al
legged bogus check for s52 in payment for an
overcoat which he bought of L Gross, of
Sixth street, on Friday. At that time he
promised to wait until the check would be
cashed at the Diamond Bank, but before
MI. Gross returned he left the store. The
check is alleged to be fraudulent. When
arrested last night he had a similar check
in his pocket for S24. He also had on the
overcoat, which the owner identified at
Central police station. Conlon is 80 years
old, is an oil driller, and claims to live in
Butler
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-13
A Small PARTY of Immirrants

A batch of 20 immigrants reached the
Union station yesterday, bound for Michi-
gan. The party consisted of Germans,
Russians and Italians. These are the first
immigrants passing through Pittsburg
for a long time. Agent Pitkln can't &C.
count for the falling off, and from the pres
ent outlook he thinks the Pennsylyania
will not get large share of the business.
He is opposed to the otf-scouring of Europe,
and the old gentleman is very happy when
he has the pleasure of plotting people that
will make good citizens He has great re-
spect for the Swedes as class They 20
West and become farmers
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Carpets! Think of These Prices.

Elegant heavy two-ply, worth 40 cents,
for % cents; 50-cent heavy two-ply for 80
cents; the regular 65-cent grade for so, and
some elegant patterns of the best all-wool
75-cent carpet for So cents; very nice so and
60-cent brussels for AZ cents; 65-cent brus-
sells for so cents, and 85-cent brussels for So
cents. In lace curtains, in rugs, in por-
there's we can offer you the same low prices.
Why?
Because we sell strictly for cash. We buy
downtown stores We make specially of
medium-priced goods. Our expenses and
rents are very low. For these reasons we
afe enabled to give you closer than usual
prices.
Come and be convinced.
j. H. KUNKEL & Bro,
1347-1349 Penn avenue, two squares east of
Union depot.
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For Salei

Only two left OF those elegant new Queen
Anne houses, beautifully situated on Web
ster avenue, Heron Hill, where you can
enjoy pure air and as clear an atmosphere as
found in the country, and yet be in the
center of the city. From these houses you
have the grandest view in Allegheny county.
They are finished with hard wood cabinet
mantels and tile ~hearths; lots 37x100; price
S., 900; terms to suit purchaser.
GEO. w. BIGGS & Co.,
COL Smithfeld street, Lewis block, city.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-13
W0MEN IN MALE ATTIRE
Are Said to Have Been the Perp etrators Of
the lower ST. Clair Township Deed

Are Said to Have Been the Perp etrators Of
the Z over ST. Clair Township Deed.
Nothing new was definitely learned last
night among the Southside police in regard
to the Lower st. Clair township white cap
outrage, which occurred Friday night.
Neishaser, the victim, was reported as
suffering considerably from the beating he
received. but is able to be around. 1t is not
known definitely whether any arrests will
be made, but none had been reported up
until a later hour.
1t is rumored on Mt. Oliver that the
masked persons who committed the deed
were women in male attire This story is
given some consideration from the fact that
the beating was for cruelty to his family
and not on account of the alleged speak
eaSy.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-13
He Was Too Sharp for the Bows.

At $50 last night a telephone message
was received at the Fourteenth ward station
asking that an officer be sent to Patrick
Morrow's poolroom, Second avenue, Franks
town, to arrest colored man who was said
to be "feecing" a number of young men.
Captain Mclaughlin went out, but found
the offender had gone. He was a stranger
in the locality. He had gone to the pool
room and invited a number of young men to
play new game. In a shortotinif he had
won SIS from them, and they concluded
they were being cheated.
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Another Smoke Discussion.

The regular monthly meeting of the
Engineers Society of Western Pennsyl-
vania will be held on Tuesday at 8 P. NJ, in
the hall of the Academy of Science and Art.
Mr.. William Metcalt's paper "On Smoke, P"
read at the February meeting, will be dis
cussed. Under the directions of the board
the discussion will be limited to the points
mentioned in the paper of Mr.. Metcalf-
that is to say, the action of flames and the
control of smoke when burning soft coal,
and descriptions Of smoke consuming ap-
pliances, with notes on the practical man
agement and theoretical value of the same
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PLANO AND ORGAN BARGAINS.

j. NJ. Holman 3 Co., 537 smithfield Street,
Are offering q number of slightly used
pianos and organs at prices that defy COM
petition. The following are few of the
bargains: One Colby upright, of excellent
tone and construction and finish: one Hard
man, good as new; splendid Knabe and
Haines Bros square piano; also Mason
& Hamlin, Smith American and Need
ham organ. Call and secure an instrument
at an exceptionally low figure, at the music
store of j. NJ. Hoffman, & Co., 537 Smith
field street.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-13

Jacob Noel, of Bates street, Oakland, is
a prisoner at the Fourteenth ward station
on the charge of impersonating an officer
Noel came to the station house Yesterday
and wanted action taken about speak-easy.
According to the reports, he had been in
the house in question and was put out. He
blew policeman's whistle, and getting no
answer, went - the station house The
police say that Noel has been posing as a
special officer in the neighborhood OF Bates
street for some time.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-13
Hogs Tried to Eat Each Other.

A hearing took place yesterday afternoon
before Magistrate Succop, of the Southsde,
in the case of Jacob Trauerman, the East
End drover, who was charged with cruelty
to animals. Several days ago carload of
hogs assigned to Trauerman were side
tracked in the yards Of the Pittsburg, Vir-
ginia and Charleston Railroad, near
Thirtieth street They remained there some
days without food or attention. They tried
to eat each other. Anti-Cruelty Agent D.
L. Mcdonald, Jr., made information
against Trauerman. He claimed the hogs
were misshipped. He was fined SO and
costs
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-13

The personally conducted tour to the
Golden Gate, to be. run March "a by the
Pennsylvania Railroad. will journey West
in as fine train as ever crossed the conti-
nent. Six weeks is the time of the tour.
four of which will be spent in California.
The round trip rate of 1856 from Pittsburg
includes railroad fare, meals enroute and
several side trips. Application for space
should be made at once to T.. E. Watt, P.
A. w. D. Penna. R. R., Pittsburg, Pa.