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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-25

alarms a day. Less than one-quarter Of the
fires start between IL P. n. and P. NJ, while
and IL P. M. oddly the alarms are rarest be-
tween 6 and A. NJ, when fires for household
and business purposes are kindled gener-
ally. The busiest time for flremen is be-
tween and P. NJ, about the time that fires
for household purposes go out.
TO remember peoples names is great
thing A man in a great wholesale estab-
lshment in Chicago is paid $1,000 a year
Just for remembering names. His business
is to speak to everyone who comes in by
name and to introduce the customer to the
clerk of the department. sought II he does
not introduce the person to the clerk by
name. the clerk is expected to lind out the
gentleman near the door, who bids him or
her goodby by name. This always fatters
people and they come back again.
The fastest time in which train has
been known to travel q mile is 40 seconds
and a fraction. To accomplish the same
distance the fastest bicyclist who has hith-
erto ridden took 20 minutes. or over
three times as long. An ice yacht has trav-
eled mile in l minute and 10 seconds, .
running horse in one minute 35M seconds, Q
torpedo boat in minute and 90 seconds,
steam yacht in minutes and II seconds and
q fraction, and skater on ice, with favora-
BILE wind behind him, in 2 minutes and II
seconds and rather larger fraction.
The handbook by the Federation of
Labor shows the strength of the "a national
trade unions of the United States to be 675-
H.. The Carpenters Brotherhood leads
with 81. 900 members; Amalgamated Iron and
Steel Workers, 60 900: iron Molders' Union Of
North America, 1000; International Brick
layers and Stonemasons' Union. $4,000;
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
3O,00O International Typographical Union,
$4,000 Cigarmakers' International Union,
27.OC0; Brotherhood OF Locomotive Firemen,
%, 900; nited Mine Workers, 10000: Granite
men Bakers National Union, 1850; Jour
neymen Tailors' Union, 1900, and the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and
Brotherhood Of Painters and Decorators
each with 1900.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-25


the schools at Augusta, Ga, Aiken, S. C.,
Beauford, S. c., Chester, Charlotte. Concord,
Salisbury, Abbey yville, Ashev:lle. Henderson
Willie and Hot Springs. She made many sug-
gestions for improvements.
The meeting then adjourned until the
evening session.
the evening session of the Women's Home
and Foreign Missionary Societies of the
Presbyteries of Pittsburg and Allegheny,
Re1 Mas At tse conen
sion of the devotional exercises an ADDRESS
on Home Mission work was made py the
Rev. DR.. S. s. Holmes. He spoke at iengtn
on the importance of home missionary
work. He referred to the many Ignorant
emigrants coming to this country and sa1d
they should be looked after, that class or
people alone affording large field.
Music by the Haydn Quartette concluded
the meeting.
LAST night Mr. and Mrs. Hermann were
pleasantly reminded of the seventeenth an
niversary Of their welded bliss by fine
basket of flowers jointly given by Manager
Bloom, of the Hermann Company, ,and Man.
ager Bennett OF the "You and 1" Company.
An agreeable reciprocation followed in the
form Of ps9 'ops, eyer r. tha Mn,cH Hose I ana nn
Quesne.
MRS. EDMUND MooREwooD FERGUSON
entertained party of Il last night at the
"Cake Walk" The novelty Of the affair
amused the ladies not q little.
The recent agitation when the Malta was
spoken of by everybody, and lisped by those
tongues that we're not old enough to do
better, served to create an interest, deeper
than usual, in the fourth OF the series Of
lectures given by Mr.. Adams in the Club
Theater. A large audience was present and
listened attentively to the speaker. who,
with the aid of fine views, gave q vivid ac-
count Of "Sicily and the Mafla."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-08-27
JAY GOULD IN OMAHA.
rhe Wizard Loaded with Fish Storie
for the Reporters.

rhe Wizard Loaded With Fish stories
for the Reporters.
OMAHA, Neb, Aug 1Z-Jay Gould
and s III. III. Clark arrived yesterday
afternoon from Idaho, where Mr..
Gould has been fishining all summer
end Mr.. Clark keeping him company
for a month. Mr.. Clark sprang out Of
his car and walked rapidly up to his
office. while Mr.. Gould's private car,
the '~'Atalanta," was rolled into the
grateful IL not outrageous shade OF
the Tenth street viaduct for the dinner
hour.
Gould, who has denied himself to
reporters on this trip, with DIR. Munn's
concurrence, has laid in store a great
stock of fish stories. One is about a
fish that he hooked in Idaho. II was
so big that he called the trainmaster
to help him land il, but before a net
could be put under the fnny quarry it
struggled off and fell into the water.
THAT fish must nave been seven feet
long. said Mr.. Gould with q pang OF
regret But philosophical sast
for another as big. l. uss~ereU9he unds
Mr.. Gould ca.sies with him a t~antaliz-
ing vision of that seven-foot Idaho FISH.
lie would have traded a block of
Western Union stock for it on the i'm
pulse of the moment.
Mr. Gould aud his party started for
New York at 7 o'clock last night.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-08-27
IOWA NEWS.
A Disastrous Fire.

Sioux CITY, Ia, Aug. 2o.-The
main building and pickle sheds Of
the Sioux City Vinegar and Pick.
ing works at North Riverside were
totally destroyed by fire ut IN early
hour this morning. The fire was dis.
covered at 2:3o o'clock and two hours
later nothing was left but the barn
and six houses occupied by the com.
pany's employees. The works and ad.
joining sheds were nothing but n heap
Of smoking ruins. The fire Is n parti.
cularly disastrous one, not only be.
cause of the value of the plant and
stock which was destroyed, but be.
cause it seriously interferes with the
business of the company right in the
midst of tho picking season.
The main building was a large
three-story frame with a brick base.
ment and an engine room in the cal.
In front was n new Office building,
which had just been completed, and
on one side was a picking shed, csc
feet in length and containing two long
rows of watts. On tine other side was n
corncrib containing about GOO bushels
of corn, and near il was a shelter and
nn engine to run it. All of this
was swept away by the fire. Back
Of the main building is the barn
with sixty head of cattle, and to the
north is a row of houses built by the
company for some Of its employees.
The barn. live stock and these houses
escaped, although one of the dwellings
was scorched.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-08-27
u DAKOTA NEWS.
The Divorce Mil GrIst.

inc DlNOTte VI uIlsls
MITCHELL, 5. d., Aug. 1s.-The fall
1919 of the court of this district will
nave a number OF ulvorce suits to try,
two of which will be attractive to
those who like TO hear of the immoral
features connected with many Of these
cases. One Of these cases is that Of
Perry VS.. Perry, brought by an Illinois
gentlemen who is residing in this state
the necessary period and the lady who
defends the case is a resident of Peru,
Ill. The plaintiff alleges that several
years ago he was engaged to a worthy
and virtuous young lady Of his town
and that the nuptialG had progressed
t. the assembling of the wedding
guests on the day of the wedding
and that while there engaged
waiting for the words which would
bind him and the choice OF his
heart into one the was
rudely broken by the advent OF a law
yer and a sheriff of an adjoining
county who then and thereupon ar
rested the prospective bridegroom.
The allegations further state that the
plaintiff was taken away and while
in a state of intoXication was forced
to wed the defendant, who 1t is
claimed was q woman of doubtful rep
utation, and with whom he had not
heretofore been acquainted.
The lady in the case AYERS in answer
TO plaintiffs charges, hat prior to her
acquaintance with the plaintiff she
was a v~irtuous woman, but that under
promise of marriage the plaintiff Sc
duced her and that the marriage which
resulted after the arrest of the de-
PENDANT was entered into by him will
ingly and without protest in order to
protect her in her then interesting con-
dition. Both parties to the case
are wealthy and as the defendant
promises to fight the divorce proceed
ings to the bitter end, the case will be
of great interest.
The other case is right at home. The
wife in this case is the plaintiff and
the divorce suit will pobably be
brought on the ground of adultery
with n frail woman of African descent
The defendant is a wealthy ex-saloon
keeper.
Another case with salacious features
will be tried at the Hanson county
sSiLh "a Soui' AZ "hhSh youHS iarmef
will be tried on the ground of seduc-
ton, the victim being a young German
girl whose age is about Is. The par.
ties had been unduly intimate for a
long time. a fact which seemed to be
we'll known to the girls father and
did not seem to excite any I'M
due attention until the father OF the
girl got into "a row with the boys
father. and the present case is the re.
suit
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-08-27
GIBBONS AND CORRiGAN.
Not Likely hat the Cardinal VIII Quar-
rel With the Archbishop.

Not Likely That the Cardinal Will Quar-
rel With the Archbishop
BALTIMORE. Aug. 19-Now that Car
dinal Gibbons has returned TO the city
after a prolonged absence. there is a
good deal of speculation in church cir
cles as to whether his eminence will
take any cognizance of the recent con-
trovcrsy between Archbishop Corrigan,
OF New York, and Archbishop Ire
land, OF st. Paul, or rather, of the
covert attack of the former upon the
latter. Considerable feeling has been
manifested in circles close to the car
dinal over a recent interview in which
Archbishop Corrigan was reported to
have said hat certain dispatches from
Rome emanated from friends of Car
dinal Gibbons and Archbishop Ire
land, and that these friends were his
(Corrigan's) enemies. This was as
much as to say That he regarded the
cardinal in the light of one of his ene-
mics in the controversy over the Fari-
bault system, and the view has been
freely expressed that in making this
statement the archbishop was guilty
of n direct and wanton mark of disre-
bPOSt, ~ hobo abAOhg WV L
Cardinal Gibbons, who is the spiritual
head of the church in this country.
Amongst those most closely associated
with his eminence, however, it is
not thought that lie will take any
cognizance of the matter. Said Que
of them today: ''The cardinal is a meek
and mild hammered man He loves
peace and avoids controversy, especially
when it is likely to take on q personal
tinge. For this reason, therefore,
whatever he may think, l do not ina
CINE that he will take any cognizance
of what the archbishop of New York
has said. The friends of the latter,
however, have been wise in advising
him not TO GO too far. He has a right
to his own opinions. no matter how
positive they are, but he has no right
to so ventilate them as to bring re-
proach upon the church, and especially
to reflect in an unkind manner upon
our beloved cardinal. Ills recent ex-
perience with the vatican, it is hoped,
will have taught him the lesson hat
high dignitaries in the church should
be just as careful in rejecting upon
their official colleagues and superiors
rs are the priests under their charge +"
Cardinal Gibbons is in better health
than for some time. although he still
cannot be regarded as n well man.
1t is understood that he will shortly
take q trip through the west.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-08-27
Standing on His Head.

Wagner, the eminent composer, had
the nerves of an acrobat. Once he
was climbing n precipitous mountain
In company with a young friend.
When some distance up and walking
along n narrow ledge. the companion
who was following, called out that he
Vas growing giddy.
Wagner turned round on the ledge
of rock, caught his friend, and passed
him between the rock and himself to
the front.
His b~iographer, Ferdinand Praeger,
relates an incident Of a visit to Wag-
ner at his Swiss home. The two men
sat n morning on an ottoman in the
drawing-room, talking over the events
of the year.
Suddenly Wagner, who Mas 60 ear
old. rose and stood upon his head upon
the ottoman.
At that moment Wagner's wife en-.
tered. Her surprise and alarm caused
her to run to her husband, exciaiming:
"Ah! Richard! Richardl" Quickly re-
covering himself. he assured her that
he was sane and wished TO show thar
he could stand on his head at 50, which
was more than Ferdinand could do
EIGhdnge.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-08-27
MUST LIVE ON TIPS.

Rumored that Pullman Porters' Salar-
les Are to BE Abolished.
rCIucAeo, Aug. 2o.-The Pullman
porters On the lines centering in this
city have been considerably exercised
during the past few days over n report
that the Pullman Palace Car com 5any
contemplated a~bolishing the meager
salary now paid to the sable attend
ants, with the view Of making their
remuneration depend entirely upon
the tips fom passengers. Fifteen
dollars per month is the muni6cent
stipend now paid by this immensely
wealthy corporation to It's porters, but
small as it is the latter do not take
kindly to the idea Of losing 1t. The
amount received in tips varies accord
ing to the run and the muniicence of
the passengers. varying from $50 up to
Sl20 or more. No confirmation of the
proposed cutting off of salary an,
however, be obtained from the offices
of the company.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-08-27
She OBJECTED TO LABBY
The Queen Would Have None Of
the Brilliant Scoffer.
Truth Had Published Things About the
Royal Family Victoria Couldn't
Forgive---The Radicals Are
Growing Ominousiy.

LONDON, Aug. 1a.-There was SO much
surprise occSsioned by the omission of
Mr.. Labouchere from Mr.. Gladstone's
cabinet that the liberals, who fear that
the incident will arouse the hostility of
their radical allies. have concluded TO
out
1t thus becomes known that Lnbou-
chere's name was at first included in
the cabinet list. but at the mention of
IL the queen showed intense feeling
and declared hat she would never give
her sanction TO the appointment Of n
man who had persistently opposed the
royal grants and printed in his paper
what she termed disgusting trash
about the royal family. When
the formal list was pre-
sented to her majesty she eagerly
scanned IL to make sure That the OBJ
noXious name, Included in the tenta-
tive draft. had been dropped. This is
the only change, so far as known, in
sisted upon by the queen. Mr.. La
bouchere's disappointed friends think
that Mr.. Gladstone should have over
ridden the queens objections and in
sisted upon his right to choose his own
advisers The premier, however had
no disposition to show such unpre-
cedented~ discourtesy to his sovereign.
The tories are jubilant over the pros
pect of IA bouchere's causing trouble for
the Gladstonian government The st.
James Gazette remarks that others, to
gain office, have sacrificed character
and principles. This is not required of
Lnbouchcre, but he tried to
become respectable. In making
this effort he only succeeded in
becoming dull. This will be a loss to
him, as at his time Of life IL will be
hard TO return TO the cap and bells
business.
1t Is stated as a fact that when Pro-
fessor Bryce's name was pr septed to
the queen for the chancellorship OF the
duchy of Lancaster, her majesty said
she had never heard Of him and in
quired who he was. On being informed
of the professors record she expressed
her approval of the appointment
Nh. and Mrs. Gladstone, both look
ing bright and we'll, inspected the off,
cial residence in Downing street, which
the premier is to occupy during his
control of the government. They
planned various changes in the decora-
tions and furnishings. and resurrected
u number of articles belonging TO them
which had been stored in the cellar
ever since Mr.. Gladstone vacated the
premises on the overthrow of his pre-
vious ministry.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-08-27
1l&9l4Nol lIoE.
{ Rudderless steamer Runs Cedar Rapids
at Terrific Speed.

Rudderless SteamefR Cedar Rapids
at Terrific Speed.
MONTREAL, Aug. lo-The passengers
If the Richelie and Ontario Naviga-
ion com pany's new steamer Column
,ian, which a aground in the Cedar
,apids, reached the city this afternoon
md relates n thrilling story of their
experiences. The Columbian, which
vas on her way from Kingston to
Montreal, had about 200 American
tourists aboard. Everything went we'll
antil the steamer struck Cedar rapids.
When about half way through the
,hains connecting with the steam steer
ng gear suddenly broke. Pilot Ouel-
cite at once connected the hand steer
lng gear, but to his CONSERVATION that
also broke. The boat was darting
Down the rapids at the rate of fifteen
Or twenty miles an hour, but Ouellette
ordered all steam IN This was lone
TO keep the steamer from going
b~roadside onto the current and
tolling over. Under the impetus
The Columbian made with the rapidity
"a u lAilROld bidlu Obh d u hO WV Il IL
little island in the rapids known as
board knew what had occurred. None
realized how close they were to eter-
atty. Indeed, most of them thought
It vas part of the program to take
hem so close to the island, and that
before reaching it the steersman would
Iheer the boat off and she would con
iinue on her way down the boiling
'apids. Suddenly n crunching sound
was heard as the keel of the steamer
grated along the rocks. The Column
oian had gone ashore in the center Of
The dangerous rapids. The terrific
current, running like n mill ~sluice,
caught the stern and swung the ves-
vel broadside 10 the island. If she
mad not been hard aground the
current would have carried her
off the island and swept her
lopelessly down the rapids When the
passengers realized the situation great
anxiety was expressed to reach the
and, as it was feared the steamer
night at any moment be carried down
by the current A rope bridge to the
ISLAND was at first suggested, but
inally a temporary bridge vas made
by cutting down two trees. Hawsers
we're thrown out to the shore, and the
Columbian was held safe in her peril
ous position. About one-half Of the
passengers went ashore by the bridge.
There were three islands to be crossed
before they could reach the main land.
Between two of the islands the native
boatmen transferred the passengers,
and the trip was an experience that
few of them will ever forget. When
the main land was reached the party
was made as comfortable for the night
as possible under the circumstances,
and the navigation company sent
up the steamer Bohemian to bring
than IN Montreal
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-08-27
BROWN, THE HUMAN VAMPIRE
still Alive After Twenty-Five Years In
Solitary Confinement.

Holitary confinement.
COLUMBUS, o., Aug. 19.-The peni
tertiary board has directed its secre.
tary to notify the national authorities
that Jimmy Brown, the insane United
States prisoner, must be removed from
the prison within the next thirty days
Browns case is one Of the most noted
in the prison. Twenty-Five years age
his crime was the talk of the nation.
lie was charged with being a vampire,
and it was alleged that he lived on
human blood. Brown Is a Portu.
guese, and when about 22 years
old he shipped as cook on a
fishing smack for a trip up the
coast in the summer of 1867.
There was n crew Of about thirty men,
and one day one of the men disap-
pearcd. 1t vas thought that he had
fallen overheard. Next the mate was
missed. Two days afterward his body
was found hidden in the hold, and near
1t the body of the sailor. There were
small cuts in various parts of the
bodies. The men set a watch aud
were rewarded by seeing Brown steal
thily creep up to the bodies and move
them TO another part OF the hold. He
was placed in irons, taken back to Bos-
ton and tried for murder. The de-
Tense was insanity, but the jury
brought q verdict of guilty and
Brown was sentenced to be hanged.
A few days before the day set for the
execution President Johnson interfered
and ordered him removed to the gov
eminent insane asylum at Washing
ton. Before the transfer was affected
Brown killed one of his keepers with q
chair, and when discovered he was
Tapping his victims blood. lie was
sent to Washington and again back to
the Bay state penitentiary for fifteen
years He never saw the light of day,
being confined in a dungeon and alone.
When the government made arrange.
ments for the transfer of it's criminals
here Massachusetts, insisted that
Brown be taken along On arriving
here he stabbed a guard with a fork.
He will be removed to Washington.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-08-27
THE STRIKERS UNOISMAy:O
An Army Of 5000 Soldiers Tr,'ng
to Keep the Peace.
Only Thirty Trains of Freight We're hoV'
ed Out of Buffalo Friday .by the
Roads A~nected-Peace Com
ing to Coal Greek.

BUFFALO, n. ", Aug. 20.-The sec
ond week of the railroad strike opened
today. Three features are most prom
nent this morning An army OF 5000
soldiers is quartered in the city and
county and an attempt apparently I'M
successful so far, is being made to lift
the freight blockade, and the danger
of Il strike of kindred organizations is
no less imminent than heretofore.
Only thirty trains of freight were
moved out of the city yesterday by the
roads affected, as compared with the
usual average OF 200 a day. This would
indicate that more than the protection
of the national guard is needed to en-.
able the several roads 10 do business.
The real trouble seems to he
the procuring and drilling
of new men. Sheriff Beck is n busy
and much worried man these days.
He is damned for calling for the state
troops and he is damned for not call
ing them out sooner Personally
he does not think such an army OF
soldiers necessary. Today he will
LOOK Over tuc BEounu huu IL pa
finds they are all right and quiet~oI
the roads encountering no troHkn
will ask the government to
the troops, In the opinion
sheriff all Instructions TO the yard
business will disappear in q day or
two.
Today the big Erie shops will be
closed temporarily, throwing 600 men
out of employment, The lack Of
switching facilities and the little
traffic at this end has left the men
without any work to do.
At 1915 o'clock this morning a pas
senger train due to leave the Erie sta
ton at 1915 p IN, but which was de-
layed in starting, ran into an
open switch just after lcav-
ing the station. The switch was
the first one met and the light was
burning clear The first indication
the engineer had of danger was the
rumbling of the wheels over the
ties, After n further delay OF
two hours the train got under
way again, but by that time most of
the passengers had returned to the
hotels for the night. The miscre ants
who pcrpetrated the outrage were not
caught.