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down his throat The missile lodged and
gave the child the greatest pain, until ply
sicians gave him up. The child is reported
as rapidly recovering.
AN oPERAToR's FATAL BLUNDER
He Acknowledges 1t in Open Court to Saw
an Innocent Disnatcher.

He Acknowledges 1t in Open Court to Save
an Innocent Dispatcher.
ERIE, Jan. 29.-[Spccial THE case of
Mrs. Catharine Reiser versus the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company, operating the
Erie & Pittsburg Railroad, has occupied
the Court of Common Pleas this week. In
1885 two passenger trains collided near
Middlesex, and Engineer o. A. Bates and
Fireman Adam Reiser, were killed and
several others injured for life. 1t was al
legged that the operator, N. w. Crossman,
at Wheatland, copied train order wrong.
Mrs. Reiser brought action and secured a
judgment against the railroad company for
$500. A new trial was granted and the
railroad company, at the trial this week,
brought the operator who had sent the fatal
order, into court.
Crossman testified he made the mistake,
and 1T was not the mistake at the train
dispatcher's Office He said that, instead
of taking the train order on the manifold,
making thee copies of it, he took it on a
piece OF clip and then transcribed it. He
kept his secret until, hearing the Erie
lawyers were putting the mistake upon
Assistant Train Dispatcher j. f. Sheehy,
he determined to take the terrible RESPONSE
bility himself Upon the strength of that
evidence the Court gave the jury binding
instructions that the accident was the re-
suit of the carelessness OF a company en-
ploye, and therefore plaintiff could not
recovers Judgment was entered accord
ingly. Upon this case hinges other damage
suits, and if new trial is not granted all
the other cases will fall. Crossman is al
most an imbecile as the result of his mental
suffering.
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The Case Not Settled

New York, Jan. 29.-[Specidl. l-At the
meeting Of the directors of the New York
Baseball Club yesterday John B. Day made
a surprising statement to the effect that he
had received letter from President n. E.
Young, of the League, stating that the
Moran case had not been definitely settled,
and that in all probability the player would
be awarded to New Yo,k after all This,
coming, as it does, directly after Mr.
Noung's published stsement that Moran
had been assigned to 81 Louis, will be some
thing in the nature of "a puzzle to the base
ball public. President Young has either
been mIsquoted or he is trying to give an
imitation Of Il weather vane.
We've done nothingr' said the mag
mates, but they were only joking.
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ACARD ON THE DOOR.
Announces to Depositors That Chi
cora's Bank Is Closed, and
THIS TINE WILL REMAIN SHUT.
Cashier Hoyt Depended on Oil Men. Who
Failed to Pay Their Notes.
NEWSY NOTES FROM NEARBY TOWNS
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. 4,

|
| CHICoRA, Pa, Jan. 29.-The greatest
CONSERVATION prevailed here to-day when it
was announced that the Butler County
Bank had closed its doors, this time not to
reopen. This morning the following notice
was posted on the doors of the bank:
Being unable to realize on its assets and
| meet its immediate obligations and de-
| mands, this bank has been forced to close
| its DOORS and the undersigned has made an
| assignment to Francis Murphy for the bene-
fit of its creditors. H. J. HoYT, Cashier.
Last September the bank closed its doors
for few days, owing, as the cashier said,
''to lack of funds" Depositors patiently
waited until Cashier Hovt had made several
trips to P1ttsburg and Cincinnati, where he
said he would be able to secure enough
funds to resume business. Mr.. Hoyt then
returned to this place, when consultation
of creditors was called. Mr.. Hoyt pre-
sented a paper for their signature, which,
after some consideration, was duly signed.
This paper pledged the depositors to accept
the amount of their deposits in quarterly
payments of % per cent each
The bank then resumed business, and it
was hoped it was as strong as ever. De-
positors showed their confidence by making
larger accouDGS IHan ever, ana general
feeling of relief was expressed when the
| first payment of % per cent on deposits fell
due and was promptly paid.
To-day, however, the second installment
of 25 per cent fell due, and when depositors
came in from the country for miles around
to receive their portion of the deposit they
were confronted by the placard on the bank
door.
Cashier Hoyt refused to be interviewed,
but it was learned that the primary cause of
the banks failure was that several heavy
notes with apparently good signers and in
dorsers had not been paid. The bank had
depended on these notes tor their quarterly
payment to depositors. The notes were
from prominent business and oil men, and
their failure to pay has created general
feeling of distrust
This is the only bank here. 1t is known
that the bank has notes and papers in its
vaults from prominent business and oil men
of this city and county, and if they are
pushed one failure is likely to follow on the
heels of another. Francis Murphy, the
assignee, is of the firm of Campbell & Muir
ply, oil producers. 1t is believed that in
the end dollar for dollar will be paid. No
statement is yet available. as only Mr.. Hoyt
knows the banks standing, It is believed,
however, that the deposits will reach $50, 900,
with assets all of that. Mr.. Hoyt owns
large interests in the Cherry Run Coal Com
pany, of Clarion county, and has also large
oil properties
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NOTES FROM THE PRISONS,

JAMES RODGERS was committed to Jail YES
terday By Alderman McKenna on a charge
ofsurety Of the peace preferred by Mary
Burke.
THOMAS o BRIEN was arrested last night by
officer Carr and lodged fn the Eleventh
ward station, on a charge OF assault and bat
terry, preferred by James Williams.
BRAKEMAN KELLY was arrested yesterday,
charged with drawing the pay OF Engineer
Kelly, of the junction road. Both men
have the same name and the brakeman ha
secured his own and the engineers wages.
He was committed for court.
LOUIS SIMON and Charles Gueth, employed
at the Black Diamond Steel Works, quarreled
yesterday morning and Gueth hit Simon on
the head with a brick. The injured man
lives at No. 1880 Penn avenue. He may die
His assailant was locked up.
JAMES WELSH, John Adley. Peter Joyce
and Edward Connolly, small boys arrested
for robbing Thomas Flannigan's house in
the Fourth ward were before Magistrate
McKenna yesterday morning. Connolly was
sent to the workhouse and the others to
jail, pending further investigation OF their
cases.
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The Local Ball Club Trying
to Secure Mike Kelly
to Play Here.
PHELPS DEFENDS ROGERS.
President Young Approves Lyons
Contract With New York.
TROUBLE AMONG THE COLLEGES.
Charley Mitchell IssueSa Surprising Chal-
lenge to Sullivan.
GENERAL SPORTING NEWS OF THE DAY

II NAV be exceedingly interesting to the
local baseball public to know that the
officials of the Pittsburg Baseball Club are
making efforts to sign the ''Only Kel." In
other words, negotiations are going
on with the object of signing NJ. j..
Kelly, the famous catcher. 1t may
be that the news is being prematurely
made public and that the deal will, there
fore, be interfered with. So far nothing
has been heard from Kelly, but a telegram
was received from President Soden, of the
Boston club, Yesterday which held out
some hope that Kelly could be secured by
the local officials
A few davs ago the local directors held a
meeting and decided TO offer quite good
salary for Kelly, believing that he would be
an excellent attraction now that Grim,
Weaver and Lyons will not be here. PresI-
dent Soden was asked to assist in consum-
mating the deal and that gentleman wired
Yesterday to the effect that nothing could
be done at present. and that he was sending
4 letter to the Pittsburg officials with all
particulars.
1t is well known that the New York club
officials, at least q majority of them, are
anxious to have Kelly this season, but there
is a strong opposition in that city against
his going there. 1t is thought that as soon
as it is known that the Pittsburg club is
after him the New York club will sign him.
If this is not done, it is likely that he will
come to this city.
While Michael has had very erratic
career during recent years there is every
reason to believe that he will be on his best
behavior during the coming season, and If
he is, he certainly will be a great card for
any club in the League. He is an excellent
PLAYER and knows everything about the
game The letter from Mr.. Soden which is
on its way here may throw more light on
the matter.
Manager Buckenberger and Vice Presi-
dent Kerr were questioned on the matter
last evening, and while they regretted that
The news had become public, they stated
that they were irving their best to secure
Kelly. President Temple could not be seen,
hut he is as enthusiastic in his efforts to
sign Kel as anybody. If the deal is made
il will be undoubtedly a great benefit to
the local club
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TO ATTRACT THE LADIES.
They Will Be Given Many Privileges at the
Local Bah Games.

They Will Be Given Many Privileges at the
Local Bah Games
The directors of the local ball club held
another meeting yesterday and decided not
only to have "ladies' day" every Thurs
day the team plays at home, but to not
charge ladies for the grand stand. This a
very wise move and one that will no doubt
Weld profit yble returns
Pitcher camp Was signed yesterday, SO
that the y5ung man will wear q Pittsburg
uniform If all goes well. A letter was>te-
ceived from Connie Mack, and he is evi-
IDENTIFY laboring under the impression he is
released. He had two years contract
with the local club at s., 200 per season, and
as reduction of $500 is demanded now he
claims he should be given his release. He
saws he wants it. But the Pittsburg club
claims him and he will have considerable
difficulty of getting elsewhere if he refuses
to sign here.
President Williams, of the Western
league, wrote Grant Briggs yesterday, and
# that league returns to the Pittsburg club
the money advanced Briggs he can go to
the Western League. Murphy and Whit
nev are also to go into the pool and the
clubs or club wanting them must pay the
money already advanced to them by the
local club.
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YALE Is KICKING,
A Rumor That Her Athletes Are Sore at
Harvard and Princeton.

A Rumor That Her Athletes Are Sore at
Harvard and Princeton
NEW HAVEN, Jan. 29-There is more
mystery on the campus regarding meeting
which Yale and Princeton representatives
held in New York yesterday that sur
rounded Stages football signals last year.
Manager w. B. Franklin, Captain Muir
ply, of the baseball association, and w. B.
Wright, ofthe football association, returned
from New York last evening.
A conference was held with Princeton
representatives, and proposition consid-
cred to have the annual Thanksgiving day
football game played between Harvard and
Princeton instead of Yale and Princeton.
Yale does not favor the scheme, but it is
generally understood that Princeton is de-
sirous of joining with Harvard.
Yale's representatives state that Harvard
was not represented in the meeting, and
express surprise at her non-appearance.
All of them decline to discuss the stu
alton, but it is evident that there is i'll
feeling on the part of Yale toward both
Harvard and Princeton.
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YOUNG APPROVES LYONS CONTRACT,
And Says Few Very Plain Words About
Bomb astic PLAYERS.

And Says Few Very Plain Words About
Bombsstic Players.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2a-[S Special 1-'I
have just approved the contract of Denny
Lyons with the New York Baseball Club, T"
"and trust that will end the controversy
that has been going on regarding the loca-
tion of this player for the ensuing season.
There need be no heartburnings or future
pickering about this decision of the Com
mittee on Players, for Lyons was origin
ally assigned to New York, and no contract
was broken with any other club in giving
him his present assignment What is true
in his case applies with equal force to
Danny Richardson, with the Washington
Baseball Club, and Pfeffer, of the Chicago
team. Both these men were assigned to the
clubs named, and they will play with them
or not at all, unless the club management
make other and more satisfactory arrange
ments
Eve might as well put stop first as last
to the bombastic utterance of certain ball
players and teach them a salutary lesson.
If player is dissatisfied with his locality,
that is no fault of the committee charged
with the task of making assignments.
Catcher Moran has been given to st. Louis
for the reason that when the selections were
being made for New York he was only dis
cussed as possibility by that organization,
whereas President Won der Abe claimed
him outright and was prepared to sign him
Immediately. John S. Corkhill has been
assigned to the Pittsburg baseball organi-
zation by our committee, and he, too, will
have to play where we have sent him."
Other contracts promulgated by Presi-
dent Young to-day are: With Louisville:
j. E. Canavan, J. NJ. Hess, j. E. Seery and
Thomas J. Dowse. With Washington:
Pitcher Francis j. Foreman and Outfelder
C. E. Dufee. With Pittsburg: John s.
Corkhill and Walter Camp. With Chicago:
S. NJ DUNCAN and Martin Duke.
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General Sporting Noses.

THERE is letter at this office for Peter
Priddy.
WAsHINGroN's salary list will be $40 600 the
coming season.
MAUI received no advance money from
the local ball club.
New YORK will play Tiernan in center and
Gore in right field next season.
SANDowE defeated Ronaldo in the test of
stfTsq 9Th at the Academy last evening.
THE Chicago papers deny. that Manager
Powers has been in Chicago after Pteffer. =
RIs H1GHNKss is wintering at Jerome Park
and is said to have filled into a grand look
ing 3-year-old.
CHARLEY MITCHELL is again to the front.
He offers to fight Sullivan in a l6foot ring
and bet S., COO that he licks him.
CHARLEY JOHNSON, Sullivan's backer, has
gone to Hot Springs. He says that if Maher
whips Fitzsimmons he will give him fight
with the big fellow.
The Pittsburg Gun Club will have another
live pigeon shoot on March Is and 16. 1t will
be big affair. More than LOCO pigeons have
already been ordered.
IT would be exceedingly disappointing to
ali those players who threaten to leave the
the diamond if they don't get what they
want, if they were allowed to carry their
threat into effect.
"PIrTsBURG PHIL" has been missed at Gut
tenburg. Last year he lost about $40, 600 at
the hilltop track. He felt very sore over
some of the bets he lost; he was confident he
didn't gets run for his money. As he is
worth something like $500, ,00O'he can afford
to lay Off for q few months.
GEORGE HOGAN, who recently defeated
Jimmy keely, of Philadelphia, after hard
battle OF Is rounds, will meet Ike Weir at
the professional boxing exhibition TO be
held by the Manhattan Athletic Club. If
Hogan defeats Weir he will be matched to
fight Champion Johnny Griffin.
AUSTIN GIBBONS, it is claimed, had his
hands full with Jersey Gordon in Phila-
delphia on Tuesday night. Only two rounds
were boxed, when hostilities became so hot
that the curtain was rung down. Gordon
started off with some hard hitting, and
landed on Gibbons frequently. Honors were
about even.
CAPTAIN A. H. BoeARDus, the ex-champion
pigeon shooter OF America, has written to
il. h Fox that he would like to arrange
single-handed match ut live birds for the
cup and medals he won in England years
ago, shooting to take place under the
auspices of some gun club. The Captain
has been reading of some of the large scores
made by the crack wing shots lately, and is
anxious to try his hand with some of them.
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PEOPLE WHO CONE AND GO.

Joshua Douglas, Meadville lawyer, W.
L. Sanford, q Saginaw lumberman, and
Robert Molesworth, of the Irwin Plate Glass
Company, and his family, registered at the
Duquesne last evening.
E. c. barley, the Southern representative
of j. Z. Witherow & Co., started for Middles-
borough last evening. Nothing has been
done SO far to straighten out the firms
tangled affairs.
j. H. Limburger, the joint agent of the
Trunk Line and Central Traffic Association.
came i'll from Cleveland last evening. He is
stopping at the Seventh Avenue Hotel
w. L. Bowlus, commercial agent for the
Wabash road at Cleveland, and NJ C. Ache
son, Washington lawyer. put up at the
Monongahcla House last evening.
J. E. Walcott, of Akron, and w. w.
Potter, of Erie, are among the people regis
tered at the Anderson.
Major C. j. Wickersham went to Indian.
apolis last evening. He expects to return to
th e city next Tuesday.
H. C. Campbell, of Brookville, and w.
W. Maxwell, of Washington, are at the
Seventh Avenue Hotel
Linn Hartranft, of Philadelphia. a son
of the late Ex-Governor, was in the city yes
terday.
J. 3. Scott and his wife returned from the
East on the limited last evening.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-30
BUCK EWING'S ARM.
Efforts He Means to Make to Get 1t All
Right Again.

tSiSnt AGAIN.
Talking about Hot Springs" saws Harry
Weldon, lis reminder that Buck Ewing
has displayed excellent Judgment In his de-
termination to go to that resort for his bad
arm. There is no doubt about the curative
properties of its waters for the dead arm
complaint. But for Hot Springs both Rad
bourne and Latham would have been out of
the business. Rad had an arm that he
could not raise TO his head in 1880, and one
month at the Springs restored it so that he
put iprllftgGS s,i;s 6Esress, AID
would vet be pitching but for the fact that
he has so much money that the diamond has
lost its attraction for the old hoss. Every
body knows what Latham's arm was at the
close of 1890.
at was as dead as the Sunday law in St.
Louis He could scarcely put on his collar
Everybody also knows that last season
Latham was throwing about as good as anv
third baseman in the country. 1t was due
entirely to a three weeks soiourn at the
Hot Springs. Buck Ewing will leave for
that place about the 10th of next month,
and it is good bet that he will return with
his arm as good as it ever was. If he does
look out for the New Norlzs"
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M'MILLAN MUST HANG.
A Death Warrant for One Who Killed His
Wife With Red-Hot Poker.

"1Ie with q hed-Hot Poker.
HARRISBURG, Jan. 9.-[Specia. IA
death warrant was issued from the Execu-
tive Department to-day for the execution
of Edward Mcmillan, April Z. Mcmillan
murdered his wife in Luzerne county under
peculiarly horrible circumstances. He
went home drunk and quarreled with his
wife. He then beat her with poker and
burned her in such frighttul manner that
she died. Mcmillan shows no evidence of
repentance, but spends his time bias
pheming.
1t is likely that this years executions
will largely exceed those of last year, when
only seven men were hanged in this State.
During this month, the. first of the year,
three death warrants were issued-for Nc
MILAN, P'.trick Fitzpatrick, of Allegheny,
and Charles Wall, of Wyoming, both to be
hanged on March 8. The papers in the case
OF William H. Painton convicted in York
OF murder and robbery, have been received,
and his death warrant will be issued in
few days. During January two death SEN
tences were commuted to Imprisonment for
ife-Joseph Bucher, Jr,, of Philadelphia,
and Marion Crowl, Fayette.
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The News From Below.

PARKERsBURG-River6 feet 10 inches and sta
tionary. All the boats in port are in mourning for
Captain Bartlett who will be buried tomorrow
Navigation almost suspended by ice: The Congo
Is due up. The ferryboat is the only small boat
running. The Hawk, Ben Hur Heatherington
and Knox are in port. Elaine down with coal.
MEMPHIs-Smoky City and tow of coal passed
down at p. NJ. Arrived--New South, from Gin
cinnati: will hardly get away before morning,
River Il feet inches and falling. Clear and
cool.
VICKsBURG-River rising. Weather clear and
cool. Down-Mary Houston. Up-Harry Brown,
with tow.
ST. LoUIs-River feet inch. Ice gorge broken.
Clear and cool.
CAIRO-Arrived-J. B. Williams, Ohio. River
26 feet inches and falling. Fair and mild.
EvANsvILLE-River II feet inches and falling.
Clear
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least. He did not even know that Phelps
existed. He seems to think that no one
dares to question his acts But there are
several people who will dare to question his
self-assumed powers of running the 12-club
League to suit himself Rogers kept the
National League in hot water for many,
many years, and he is only too eager to in
fuse the spirit of throwing people down just
for pure meanness in the new League, but
in the new order of things whether or not
he will be allowed to carry things with a
high hand remains to be seen. The general
opinion is that he will not have his old-time
sway in the new League. He will be
stopped. 1t is safe to say the Rogers agree
ment, recently published and now before
the League for adoption, will not be adopted
by February 1, but will in greatly revised
form be taken care of at the March meet
inp"
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Racing at Guttcnburg.

GUTTENBURG. n. J., Jan. 29-The track
(as in good condition to-day. The attend
&nce was large.J
First race, fife and half furlongs-Mis.
sive first. Aunt Jane second, Marty third.
Time, Liz.
Second race, seven furlongs-Duke John
first. Turk second, Shotover third. Time
l:}3
Third race, six furlongs-Gladiator first
Or B second, Lupa filIy third. Time, l:l7s[.
Fourth pace, one miIe-MabelLe first, Brus-
sels second, Glenlochy third. Time, l:45I<.
Fifth rSice, five furlongs-Tonao first, No
hican second, Crab Cider third. Time I:0as
Sixth yrace, one mile and y sixteenth-fa
Grippel first, Joe Courtney second, Eleve
third. Time, l:545I.
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Tri-State Brevities.

THE recent cold snap killed much of the
game around Sharon.
BURGLARS raided S. J. Saints hardware
store at Sharpsburg Wednesday night. Their
haul was not large.
THREE McKeesport speak-easy proprietors,
Thomas Mclaughlin, Frank O'Neil and
Robert Middlemiss, were each fined 500 and
costs.
r. c. SNowDEN, of McKeesport, has made q
new-fangled street railroad cleaning ma
chine, and will soon test it on Pittsburg
line.
WILLIAM BENNINGER, of Ashley, Pa, whose
sister had died OF. an unknown disease,
watched her grave Thursday night against
body-snatchers. Being overcome by the
cold he fell senseless, his fall discharging
his gun. Through the medium of his dog
the cemetery keeper found him and thawed
him out. The grave had been tampered
with. but the report of the gun had fright
ened the ghouls away.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-30
A BRNEDICTs SAD SUICIDE.
He Was in Jail at the Instance of His
Father-in-Law for Perjury.

He Was in Jail at the Instance of His
Father-in-Law for Perjury.
CELINA, O., Jan. 29.-At Rockford, a
small village in this county, few days ago
travelling photographer named Frank
Zano, 20 years old, giving New York City
as his home, did some work there He
formed the acquaintance of Miss Rosa Cook,
the 17-year-old daughter of Thomas Cook.
Wednesday afternoon a marriage ceremony
was performed in spite Of the protests of
Miss Cooks father
He had his son-in-law arrested yesterday
on the charge Of perjury in swearing that
the girl was of age. Zano said he thought
the girl was IS. The Mayor bound him
over to court. He could not give bail and
was ordered to Jail. Last night, before the
officers could get ready to bring him to
Celina, he shot himself in the left breast
near the heart. Zano will die before morn
inc.