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Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-01-11
ASPHYXIATED.

ASPHYXIATED.
TIFFIN, o., Jan. 11.-Whlle ser
vices were held in Grace Reform
church yesterday morning, a young
lady suddenly tainted. A few
seconds after she was taken out,
fourteen other members tainted.
Physicians were Immediately sum-
moned, and the sufferers were re-
stored to consciousness with great
difficulty. The physicians say the
people were axphyxiated byInatural
gas, escaping from a flue into the
church. The entire congregation
was affected, and is still suffering.
THE SENATE.
WASHINGTON, ID. C., Jan 1.-THE
vice president laid before the senate,
today, several official and other
documents including one from the
interior department asking an APP
preparation of $l50,0OO as the de-
fciency to supply subsistence to the
Sioux Indians. The senate judiciary
committee today decided to lay over
action until next Friday
the nominations of circuit judges.
This is done at the request of Voor-
hees who desires to enter protest
against the confirmation of Wood.
NOT COMPELLED.
WASHINGTON, Jan. II, - The
United States supreme court today
IN the interstate commerce case of
Charles Councilman, applicant, vs..
Frank Hitchcock, marshall of the
United States district court for the
1orthern district of Illinois, decided
hat witnesses cannot be compelled
% testify in any criminal cases
where answers might tend to cimi-
late them In any way.
DIR. GRAVES SENTENCED.
DENVER, Colo, Jan. 1l.-Judge
Rising this morning denied the
notion of DR.. Graves counsel for an |
Irrest Of judgment and sentenced
he condemned man to be hanged |
within two weeks beginning Janu-
ry 81.
HE UNITED STATES AND ITALY.
ROME, Jan. lit is again stated
hat negotiations between Italy and
he United States for the re-estab-
shment Of relations, are making
ood progress.
A REGISTER APPOINTED.
WAsHINGToN, Jan. 1.-THE
resident today sent to the senate
le nomination of Ralph X.
'ichols to be register OF the land
% at N Jrth Yakimt, Wash.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-01-11

REGISTER APPOINTED.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE
president today sent to the senate
the nomination of Ralph X.
Nichols to be register OF the land
nj % at Njrth Yakimt, Wash.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-01
AUCTION SALES.

GALE OF LAND BY THE UNITED STATES
y at Pfttsburg, Pa. Be it enacted by the.
Senate and House of Representatives Of the
mSsd Sf IN
hereby is, authorized and directed to sell
and convey to the purchaser or purchasers
all the right. title and interest of the United
States in and to all that certain parcel OF
ground, belonging to the United States. sit
uate in the city Of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania,
1T the northwest corner of Penn avenue and
Garrison alley, in the Fourth ward OF said
city, fronting one hundred feet on west side
of Penn avenue and extending northwardly
along the west line OF Garrison alley, pre-
serving the same width, to low-water line OF
public easementsas exist thereon and there
over. Depot Qrartermaster's Office, WASH
ington, d. c. February 6, 1892. Under the
gress, approved May 81. 1890, and by direc-
tion Of the Secretary of War. will offer for
sale at public auction at the Stock Exchange
Pittsbure, Pa, on FRIDAY, the 1lth day OF
March, 1892. at II o'clock A. NJ, for cash. the
property described in said act, together
with such improvements thereon as belong
to the United States. subject to the condi-
tions set forth in said act, and subject also
to the terms and conditions named in tho
printed circular of this date, copies of which
will be furnished on application to the un-
dersigned or to the Acting Assistant Quar-
termaster at Allegheny Arsenal, where also
plat of the ground can be seen. The right
Ii reserved to re1ecJ any or all DDS, or 20 ac-
cept any bid or bids subject to the condi.
tions prescribed in the circular referred to-
A deposit Of SIS 900 on account Of the pur-
chase will be required at the time of sale,
and an adjournment of one hour will be
taken to enable the highest bidder to COM
ply with this requirement., in default OF
which, at the expiration Of the time speci-
fed, the sale will be declared void, and the
property will then and there be reoffered
for sale. Payment of the remainder of the
purchase money must be made upon deliv-
cry of duly executed deed or deeds for the
property purchased, or the property may be
resold, without further notice, az the risk
and cost of the defaulting purchaser. The
cost Of all conveyancing will be borne by
the purchaser. GEORGE H. WEEKS, Dep
uty Quartermaster General, q. s. A JOHN
d. BAILEY, Auctioneer, Room No. g. Ex-
change Building, Pittsburg, Pa. fe5N
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-01
Suburban Residences For Sale.

FOR sALE-sharpsburg property-Double frame
Main ST.. a. 500; frame dwelling ofs rooms. bath
room and stable, on Eleventh st., n, 500; frame
dwelling Of rooms on Thirteenth st.: q 400; brick
dwelling of rooms on Main St.. g. 900: three frame
dwellings Of rooms and bathroom each on Main
st., o. 500. or s3. 200 separate; brick dwelling Of
rooms, lot 42x130 feet on Main St., q, 500 frame
dwelling Of IA rooms, bathroom, stable and ice
house, lot 50x200 feet on Main st., o. coo; frame
building and lot opposite postofice. e. 400 frame
dwelling Of rooms near sumner station, u, 800;
these are all desirable properties on paved Streets
electric lights and on line of Citizens Traction
road; we have also number of very fine proper
ties not noted above in good locations at low prices
and on easy terms. Robinson & Crea, Agents,
709 Main ST., Sharpsburg, Pa.
GLENWOOD-Sunnyside av., near Second. .
" two-story frame dwelling OFFS rooms, hall with
hardwood stairway to second floor and vestibule,
city water, good dry cellar house newly papered:
this property built by owner home and not for
speculation. Only one minute from Second av.
electric and two minutes from B. U. r. r. depot.
viii sell for g. 200 If sold within thirty days. d.
S06). Black Baird, No. IS Fourth av.
GQ 2OO-Emsworth. P. Ft W.. 4 @. R. B.; two
sDC, story Queen Anne frame house Of rooms;
grained and papered throughout; bay windows,
water in the kitchen, front and rear porches; lot
60x150 feet. with fruit and shade, and a small
stable: . nice location and . convenient and
pleasant home: Terms easy. H-90-3S6). Charles
somers, 10 Fourth ave.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-01
FOR SALE-PAYING INVESTMENTS

Well improved property renting for 1866 per
year; price, $500. (69c.)
Forty-seventh st.-Five brick dwellings
and store room, renting for $50 per year;
price, g, 500. Q3c.)
Main, near Penn av.-Three good dwell
fngs, renting for $500 per year ;price, s6, 500
(81c)
Gum sta good brick dwelling. eight
(15c.)
Pasture st.-Three houses, renting for S6l4
per year; price, 5000. (63c.)
These are all paying above per cent net,
after allowing for taxes insurance and re-
pairs. or some very easy payments.
w. A. HEBRON & SONS, so Fourth av.
fe167l-16, 1879 x, mh1
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-01
CHARLES F. McKENNA, No. 1s5 Fifth ave.
nue., Pittsburg.

CHARLES F. MCKENNA, No. 135 Fifth ave-
nue., Pittsburg.
TNRUSTEES SALE-FARM AND COAL
i property in Penn township, Allegheny
county, Pa.
By virtue of an order of the Orphans
Court made at No. February Term, 1892,
in the estate Of Samuel Ferguson, deceased,
1 will expose to public sale on the premises,
on WEDNESDAY, March %, 1892, at2 O'Clock,
P. NJ, all the right, title, interest and claim
Of the said Samuel Ferguson, deceased, in
tract of land situate in Penn township, Allie
gheny county, Pa, containing "a acres, more
or less, and bounded by lands of John F.
Stewart, Christopher Hershey, McGregors
& Stotler, and upon which is erected
dwelling house, tenant house, stable and
outbuildings.
This property is partly underlaid with
coal.
Terms of sale-One-third cash on conf1rma-
tion of sale, Q0 per cent thereof to be paid
on day Of sale), and the balance in two
equal annual tnstallments, with interest,
secured by bond and mortgage, with sci. ia.
clause and attorneys commissions.
C. S. GRAY, Trustee. Registers Office.
A. J. PENTECOST, .Auctioneer, 4l3 Grant
street, Pittsburg. mhl22-Tu
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-01
Elections.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF PIrrsBURG,
PITTsBURG. February q, 1892.
Elections.
ELECTION

The annual meeting of the members of the Cham
Der of Commerce of Pittsburg for the purpose of
electing officers, viz: President Vice President
and Directors, to serve for the ensuing year, will
be held in the rooms of the Academy of Science and
Art, Fifth street near Duquesne way, on TUES
DAY, March ], 1852, at II O'Clock A. NJ.
The polls viii be open from II O'Clock A. NJ. until
1o'clock P. NJ.
S. L. MCHENRY,
Secretary.
fe2s-1s2
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-01

OFFICE OF THE
Allegheny Valley Railway Co.,
PrrrsBuRG, Feb. %, 1892.
TNHE ALLEGHENY VALLEY RAILWAY
Il Company, organized by the purchasers
under judicial sale of the corporate property
and franchises of the Allegheny Valley Rail
road Company, will, pursuant to the order
of the United States Circuit Court for the
Western District of Pennsylvania, relieving
the Receiver and committing the property
to the charge of said Railway Company, take
possession and enter upon the operation of
the railway and property on and after March
j, 1892
All officers agents and employees in the
service of the Receiver will continue in the
service of the new company in the same re-
1ation ana with the same powers and duties
as under the Receiver.
BY order of the Board.
WILLIAM q. BARNES.
President.
DAVID MoCARGO,
General Superintendent.
7. BROWN,
Auditor.
THOMAS R. ROBINSON,
Treasurer.
EDWARD P. BATES.
General Freight Agent.
JAMES P. ANDERSON,
General Passenger Agent. mhl-5
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-01
FOR sA!E-LoTs
Rssl Estate.

Z cheap at the former figure: 90 acres on the
Allegheny Valley Railroad. near the city; S under;
which can be opened Within 80 feet Of the railroad
track: railroad station on the ground; coal works
this property may be secured at ! price much
below its value by prompt purchaser. (i-s1
Charles Somers. 10 Fourth av.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-01

FOE SALE
EAST END HOUSES.
Neat new houses of fine appearances, mod
ern fixtures; location very accessible.
BATH (sn
s55OO-s rooms, bath, laundry, storage
room. (8O
$6000-Just completed, o rooms, laundry,
BATH bay windows, front and back stairs (SD
A,OOO-6 rooms, attic, bath, laundry. 1857
$6,5S0-9 rooms (very elegantly fnished),
laundry, bath. (s5)
s6,sO0-s rooms, hardwood mantels, tile
facings and hearths, laundry, 2 W. c., 'front.'
and back stairs. (l6)
Call OF send for permits to examine these.
W. A. HEBRON & SONS,
fe2S-204 80 Fourth av.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-01

Display adverttsemeas one dollar per
square for one fnserfion. Qdssited real estate
udretisements on this page ten cent? per Tine for
each insertion, and none saken for less dtGn
thirty cents.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-01
EDUCATIONAL

DooKKEEPING BY THE VOUCHER AND
ID other modern systems, penmanship and
arithmetic thoroughly taught at the Park
Institute, 204 North av., Allegheny, Pa Day
and evening school. Students can enter at
any time. LEVI LUDDEN, A. M, Principal.
ia29-TTs
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-01
Financfal-Wanteo.

MONEY to loan at lowest rate Of interest: loan
WI granted promptly, no delay; have larg
deed with you, will guarantee prompt loan or M
charge. J. Z. McOrickart l40 Fifth av., Tele-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-01

MONEY to loan at lowest market rates on bond
Vu and mortgage; no delay. Reed B. Coyle
Co. cor. Fourth aY. and Grant st.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-01
FOR SALE-LOTS.

City Lots.
NINERsVILLE-Nea Wylie avenue electric car
Vl house. on Anderson ST.. vacant lot 25xl60. to
street; fine large shade trees on lot; cheap.
Samuel W. Black e Co., 90 Fourth av.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-01
AIlegheny Residences For Sale.

Allegheny Residences For Sale.
A LLEGHENY-$s.s Co., 10 per cent investment,
n substantial seven-room dwelling in First ward;
near Federal St. must be sold before April L N.
F. Ripple Co., Sc Fourth av.
pARGAIN-10 per cent less than cost near
ID Perrysvtle av. and Charles ST., new house
rooms. bath. laundry, sta. tubs. range, h. and C,
water, both cases. slate mantes, etc lot 25x150 f.
small cash payment; owner must sell: reason
able offer refused. A. NJ. Tressel & Co., Al Fed
eral st.
MARKET STAT q sacrifice, . good Allegheny
Iu house at the best point on Market ST.; brick,
Srooms. bathroom, attic, hail. fine cellar nice out
side laundry, shade trees. grape arbor choice lot;
clean paved street; owner must sell forthwith and
will accept the first reasonable offer. (3-13-6O.
Charles Somers, 129 Fourth av.
MO. 81 Beach st., Allegheny, fine two-story and
n mansard brick dwelling. 4 rooms, saloon
all conveniences, side entrance; lot 3Oxl00; re-
duced price and Oh easy terms. John Ramsey, 80
Fourth av.
op1 800 buys 4-room house in Second ward Allie
sDl, gheny: come quick If you want it.: rents for
si2 per month. Baltensperger & Williams, 143
Fourth av.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-01

ITO L0AN-a2oo. 900 on mortgages; eloo and up
i ward at per cent; $500, 900 At AZ per cent on
residences Or business property, vacant lots or
farms. s. II. French, LIS Fourth av.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-01

MONEY to loan on mortgages: lowest interest,
1u NO delay. Black d Baird. IS Fourth av.
MORTGAGES on city or Allegheny county prop
IM erty at lowest rates. Henry A. Weaver 4
Co.. 90 Fourth ay.
, 1892-01-27

SCENE OF TIE ATTEMPTED ESCAPE.
work what is known as the "badge-
game" This plan of robbery, or extortion,
as the case may be, is rendered compare
lively safe by the usual Discrimination of
the victims to court the publicity which a
trial would necessarily involve. The dad
ger game" is one in which women lure
chance male acquaintance to their apart
ments and there turn them over to the ten,
der mercies of their a~ccomplices, usually
men, who seldom fail by threats of dis
grace or personal violence to get a con-
siderable sum from the unfortunate who
has fallen into their clutches. Sometimes
checks for large amounts have been written
and afterward honored by their dupes.
Mrs. Annie Davis and Mrs. Alice Oates
are perhaps the two leading badger"
women of New York city. They are from
England and are sisters. They came to
America some years ago and married
crooks" They have been thieves ever
since they were old enough to know how
to steal. They are members Of the reg
ularly organized gang of badger peo-
Pile in New York, of which their husbands
are leading lights. They have committed
many robberies, and Inspector Byrnes
would rather have "A half dozen ordinary
criminals to look after than these two Eng
lish girls, for they are very shrewd.
The pretty names Jennie Hastings and
Hazel Corbett are owned by two of the
most persistent offenders against the law
in San Francisco. These young women are
SO well known in the police circles of the
Golden Gate that the ~ewspaperss seldom
devote more than a line or two to their ex-
PLOTS. But they recently did something
which caused them to be talked about gem
orally.
Jennie and Hazel were confined in the
same cell at the county Jail They had be-
tween them S1.30. This represented TWEEN
ty-six glasses of beer, thirteen apiece. Their
restless spirits chafed under restraint, and
they pined for the glare of the street lamps
and the merriment of the throng, to say
nothing of the twenty-six glasses of beer.
So, with an old poker, an iron spoon and
the handle of another they set to work to
dig through the wall. A policeman patrol
ing his beat heard the scraping of the iron
Instruments against the bricks. He ran
around to the front of the prison and noti-
fed the jailer, who at once proceeded to the
cell, where he found Hazel and Jennie en-
gagged in a game of cards. They innocently
inquired the cause of the disturbance, and
the jailer began to think that the police
man must nave been mistaken. But as q
precautionary measure he entered the cell
and pulled the bed to one side. He almost
tainted. There before him was a hole
which, had he not been informed of the
trouble, would have served as a means of
escape for his two "fair'' prisoners within
the hour. 1t is safe to assert that Jennie and
Hazel will be kept in safe cells hereafter.
OCTAvUs COHEN.
, 1892-01-27

RctLa Brown, Sarah Stanley and Ella
Whitney, but none of them seriously jeop-
ardizes Bertha's right to be considered the
queen Of footpads in the City of the Straits.
Major Osborne, a gallant officer in the
English army, has been ruined by a theft
committed prior to her marriage by the
woman is now his wife. This case shows
how shrewd n woman, even one born in high
life, may be when committing a crime.
When Mrs, Osborne was Miss Elliott she
paid a visit to her friend Mrs. Hargreaves
at her Torquay residence. There she was
shown some pearls of great value, which
were kept in a private compartment. Two
days after Miss Elliott's departure from
Torquny, Mrs. Hargreaves discovered that
her pearls had been removed. Detectives
who were put to work on the case soon
learned that a lady" had sold the jewels
to a London firm the day before Mrs. Har-
greaves had learned OF her loss. The same
lady" had cashed the check at a bankers.
Mrs. Hargreayes succeeded in recovering
her jewels, and the dealer who had them
identified Miss Elliott by a Photograph as
the person who had brought the pearls to
him, Major Hargreaves had been away
for a long time, and in his absence an in
innate friend Of his, a Mr.. Engelhart, had
Interested himself in the matter.
When Mrs. Osborne was accused OF the
theft she of purse Indignantly denied it,
and minated that 1t was not impossible
that Mrs. Hargreaves had disposed of the
jewels herself for the purpose of raising
money for Mr.. Engelhart, who Mrs. Os-
borne limited was more OF a friend OF the
lady han OF her absent husband. Mrs. Os-
borne so promptly retained the eminent law
yer, Sir Charles Russell, to proceed against
her traducers for libel that her story was
very generally believed. After the case had
been begun and Mrs. Osborne had testified,
evidence was discovered which removed all
doubt of the plaintiffs guilt. Every one
will remember what a sensation was Gre
ated when Sir Charles Russell arose In open
court and with much feeling announced his
withdrawal from the case. Mrs. Osborne
is now a fugitive from Justice, and her hus-
band is borne down by the weight of his
wife's disgrace.
Possibly in every large city, but certain
ly in New York, there is a class Of crimi-
nails whom the police experience the ut
most difficulty in Furnishing for their mis-
deeds. These are the men and women who
, 1892-01-27

Cranks were understood by the parents
of the present generation Of parents to be
useful mechanical appliances, but the or
binary acceptation of the term now is very
far from anything relating to machinery,
unless 1t be, indeed, the machinery of the
mind.
Crank" is now the designation of a per-
son whose brain seems to have lost the
ability to think ~protractedly on more than
one subject; but with reference to that
one, to be necessarily at work.
The advanced civilization of the present
day, and the easy opportunity afforded for
pursuing investigation in any direction for
which one has a natural bent, are in great
measure responsible for the startling null
duplication OF cases of m~onomania, which
in most instances result in full fiedged
crankism.
, 1892-01-27

The complaints were made by the victims,
each of whom related his experience with
the female brigand and wished to have her
punished severely. Things looked bluck
for Bertha; even she admitted that. To
the surprise of every one, the clouds which
had lowered over the adventures broke
away next morning and she was again at
liberty. Not one of the men who had been
robbed appeared against her.
Bertha's methods are certainly out of
the ordinary. She gives away all she steals
to her less skillful female friends. On one
occasion she took a large roll of bills fl ION
the pocket Of one of Detroit's swell young
men. She selected three fifty dollar bills
and one twenty, and then returned the rest
to its original resting place. The money
was missed and Bertha was arrested, but
the same thing occurred-arraigned, no
complainant, discharged. After she had
been liberated she told a detective as a joke
how she had robbed the fellow. She even
showed the money which she had left from
the l70 she had taken, and laughingly re-
fused to give it up. Most of the amount
she had already donated to acquaintance.
A man was once accosted by Bertha, who
inquired II he were not n policeman. The
answer was in the negative, but Bertha,
affecting not to believe him, said abe
, 1892-01-27
Say Botkin Must Vacate.

ARKALoN. Kas.. Jan. 26.-There is
no longer any doubt as to the purpose OF
the leaders of the recent mob. Judge
Botkin has received reliable intelligence
Of their ultimatum. which is that the
county attorney must drop the prosecu-
tons. recall all warrants and Judge Bot
kin must resign and he and some of9his
friends must move out OF the district.
The wishes Of the leaders must be con.
suited by the governor in the appoint
ment OF a successor to Botkin.
, 1892-01-27

sex is not deficient. II woman sought to
simulate only mans good works it would
be IN additional pleasure to record that
fact to her credit, put she initiates the
misdeeds of the lords of creation" as well
rs their p~raisewortby achievements. Some
old cynic said, "a bad man is bad, but a
bad woman is very bad" and this woman
hater may have come nearer the truth than
many persons are willing to admit, for
there is little trouble to find numbers of
female who would seem to bear him out
in his cynical theory.
Take for instance the case of the dusky
amazon, Bertha Mcpherson, who has
robbed men right and left in Detroit, and
yet has managed to escape conviction; de-
lection she does not fear in the slightest
degree. Bertha makes no secret of her
o Of earning" a livelihood. The police
force is generally cognizant of her every
misdeed, and yet she goes on with slightly
annoying interruptions on the part Of the
guardians of the peace, who deeply deploro
their inability to bring the woman to JUS
tice. Bertha's robberies are SO boldly ex-
ecuted that there is little difficulty expert
enced in tracing them to her, but when the
time for the examination arrives there is
nc prosecuting witness on hand, and Bertha
takes a fresh start in her career of plumber.
Bertha Mcpherson is a "plunger." One
night four Of her robberies were reported.
, 1892-01-27

The finest barber shop In the city is
under Kent's bank, where Julius Maley
and Charles Singleton have established
themselves. Porcelain bath tubs, latest
shower baths, best BARRIERS and attend
ance.
, 1892-01-27

An excellent plan adopted recently by
some druggists is to paste on any package
or bottle of poison sold a printed label
bearing full directions as to antidotes and
remedies in case of an overdose.
, 1892-01-27
WOMEN WHO ARE Willy
The Female Criminal Can Out
wit an Average Man.
SOME INSTANCES OF INTEREST.

Bertha McPherson's Criminal Career at
Detroit-DownfaIl of the Bride of an
English omcer-Ths Badger Workers
of New York-An Attempted Escape.
Women shine brilliantly in the world Of
letters and almost daily give evidence Of
their adaptability for some line ofIwork
for which men only had been previously
deemed competent. even in the possession
OF physical courage-an attribute generally
regarded as essentially masculine-the fair
, 1892-01-27
Boys, Here's Your Chancel

Not only to get way up" work done,
but also to get your darnIng, patching and
buttons sewed on without extra charge.
CHEYENNE STEAM LAUNDRY.