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L.Reis, of Knoxyille, Tenn., is now " """ "" ' ' r --..-: Mwr -eas 1 -.. -.m I A wnnrtftrt f. w--L-e TlTBIAftfTV . i?reK ir.AH hA l-.m-a iitnAicr 1 -- vc-rtoia-eT .---- -- ib - JEW in The Immense Project of the f MiOliTer Company. LANS FULLY DEVELOPED. I The Structure to Cost Three Hundred Thousand Dollars. fflGHTIKG FOR THE EIGHT OF WAY. iponnection for the Proposed Birmingham Traction Eoad. TVA1TIKG FOE THE COUErS DECISION 'The Pittshurg and Mt. Oliver Incline Company has about completed arrangements to tate possession of $100,000 worth of prop erty on the Sonthside, and erect a new plane from the top of Mt. Oliver to Carson street, costinc 5300,000. The rjute for the plane was surveyed in the latter part of Novem ber, 1888, the charter having been previously secured. On February 6, 1889, the line which rnns from the summit of Mt. Oliver 20 feet west of the top of the present plane was adopted. . JAs soon as the equity suit now pending between the Mt. Oliver and the Pittsburg Company is settled, it is the intention of the Mt Oliver Company to proceed with their line, and all possible efforts will be made to have it completed within the next year. The plans and specifications have all been prepared, and bids are being received for the OLIVER GARRISON SUICIDES. A Brother of tlio WcJl-Koown ritt.burc Founder Shoot. Himself Despondency Supposed to be the Cause. Oliver Garrison, of St. Louis, brother of Abraham Garrison, the well-known founder and iron manufacturer of thl city, com mitted suicide yesterday. The account of the affair is told in the following special re ceived last nieht from St Louis. Oliver Garrison, one ot the oldest and most prominent 01 St. Louis citlions, committed sui cide late this afternoon, in Forest Park, by shooting himseUtnrough the head. For some time past he had been safferin? from kidney trouble, and during the past four years has not attempted to attend to any business. Despond ency at his incurable ailment, is undoubtedly the cause ot his self-destruction. He was born at Garrison Landing, on the Hudson riTer, "ew Tort, June f 18U. He came to 8fc Loms in 1S35 and ensaged in the ...t. Tnelni;s- He and CIS brother. D. R. Garrison, built the first steam boat to ply between St. iiouis ana xm ew une.. In 1818 lie went West with, the great crowds, and met his brother, Commodore Garrison, in San Francisco. Thoy entered into the steam, boat building business, and returned in 1&4 to St. Louis. He had amassed considerable wealth and in 1857 he was elected President of the Mechanics' Bank,in which position be served for M yeara. While President of the banK and receiver of the Missouri Pacific road, he teas made Vice President of the road and took It out ot tho hands of the receiver. He re mained Vice President until the road was Sid. t" Jay Gould. Mr. Garrison has three hrothers ltrlng-J. R. Garrison, ot Boston; AMtaa Garrison, of Pittsburg. wdR GarrSon, of St Louis, and a sister. Mrs. Bur S? n? Pittsburg. He leaves two sons in this city. D. E. and O. A. Garrison. A Dispatch reporter called at the resi dence of Mr. Abraham Garrison, at No. 218 Ridge avenue, last evening, for the purpose of ascertaining what was known by the r :r f Vio occurrence. Mr. Garrison, who is an old gentleman with snow white hair, and who has almost seen lour score of years, was found in tears. The news of his brother's death had shocked Mm, but be vond the fact of the death the family had heard nothing. They conld assign no rea sonfor the aft beyonl the fact that the dead man had been in poor health for the past three years. . ..,. Oliver Garrison was a resident of Sharps- COL-ROBERTS' YIEWS. Opinions of an Engineer Concerning the Canal to Lake Erie. NO DOUBT OF THE WATER SUPPLY. Traffic Awaiting the Opening of the New Thoroughfare. THE IMMENSE INTERESTS INTOLTED K,. rm rosier htm flJLw r I' I dux SECTION OF THE PBOPEKTT DESIRED FOB EXTEySKKT OP THE PLAyE. erection of the new plane. The plane will cost S300.000. It will run from the top of Mt. Oliver almost parallel with the present plane to Frederick street, thence by way ot elevated tracks across Bradford and Sarah streets to Cireon. street, the lower terminus being niidwav between South Eleventh and Twelfth"stre'ersr THEEE BLOCKS OP PEOPEBTT. The line cuts through the center of three blocks and the propertv crossed is valued at fully 5100,000. The principal properties over which the plane will pass are those of the Blesky heirs and Henry eiss, on Sarah street; Jacob Pleil and-George Pushold.on Brad:ord street; the Pfeil heirs, George Smith and Kolte heirs, Frederick street, and George Schaeier, on Carson street ... . An effort will be made tobny the propertv necessarv to cross. An elegant depot will be erected on Carson street, on the George Sclnefer propertv. The building will cost 520 000 and will he nsed as a station, offices for' the company and possibly a business block. . , C. J. Schnltz, president of the company, left for the East last night on business con nected with the new enterprise. All of the latest and most improved appliances will be adopted in the construction ot the new plane. The safetv of the patrons will be taken into j.. ..Mgiinn fiTirl the best safetv brakes and catches will be secured. President Schnltz said last evening: So iar as our company is concerned we would be satisfied with our present plane, but we have grown tired of seeing our patrons forced to walk three or four squares to reach the incline. BUILT FOE THE PATEOHS. "It is clearly in behalf of and forthe bene fit ot our thousands of patrons that the pres ent move is made. We have no fear of the Pittsburg Company defeating our plans, as we shall prove, when the proper time comes, thattbey are trespassing on our grounds and are doing so after receiving a legal no tice from us that the route was ours. Our companv will take all possible measures to guard against nny such accidents as the one which occurred in Cincinnati a few weeks ago. The new plane will be equipped in such a manner as i mane utu u uu an impossibility. We will not rely on the cables, but will employ safety brakes and catches." ........ At present no incline in the city has a patronage equal to that of the Mt Oliver plane. The number of passengers hauled daily averages more than 3,000, while an unusually busy day increases the number to C 000. On Decoration Day, two years ago, 7J000 passengers were taken up the plane, that being the largest day's business in the history of the incline. President Schnltz said last night that the enormous business v done by their companv is a great temptation to their opponents to fight them. NO JIOEE "WALKING. ' The new incline will be a great conven ience to patrons of the new Southside trac tion road, who live on the hill. The former disadvantage they have been put to in hav ing to walk three squares to reach the plane will be avoided. The company hopes to have operations on the new plane begun this fall. The company, after the charter had been secured, had the present line surveyed about a vear ago, stakes driven and all ar rangements made, and commenced work on the grading for the new line, when the trouble arose between the Mt Oliver Com pany and the Pittsburg Incline Company over the right of way. The Pjttsburg company obtained their cuaner raApru , 1889, and it was recorded on the twen tieth of the same month. On May 6 the Mt Oliver company notified the Pittsburg company that they had a. prior claim to the. route, and served a legal notice not to take possession of it In Jnly the Pittsbure company put men to work, after having pur chased considerable property along the line, and a riot was only avoided by the Mt Oliver withdrawing from the scene npop legal advice. Last week a suit In equity was entered against the Pittsburg company by the Mt Oliver company on the grounds that the latter had secured their charter, selected the route and commenced opera tions before their opponents had their charter. . Exploded bat Hurt Kobody. At 423 o'clock yesterday afternoon a boiler in Mcintosh & Hemphill's foundry, at the foot at Thirteenth street, exploded, land wrecked the boiler and building which contained it .no one was injure uj i Texclotlon. ad tk far o blame is attached burg for two years, where be was engaged in the sawmill business with his brother. They built a large mill there and sold it when the gold fever broke out DEMOCRATS IN COUNCIL. First Recnlar Campaign Meeting The 1'rocccdlcsi Secret, bnt a Ray Outlook Reported. The campaign on the Democratic side of the fence commenced in earnest last night -at a meeting of representatives of the Demo cratic clubs of the county, held at 138 Fifth avenue, to consider the best means of hold ing their own or getting that at present held by somebody else. The meeting was a rep resentative one, and included the Grover Cleveland Club, the Young Men's Demo cratic Association, the Jackson Club of Allegheny, the East End Young Men's Democratic Club, the WestEnd Democratic Association, the Brownstown Democratic Club, the McClellan Club of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth wards, and several others. The proceedings were kept as quiet as any political meeting could be, but as at all political meetings the reports presented showed a rosy outlook. Preparations were made for the coming fight by appointing ward workers and vigilance committees. Among those present at the meeting were J. P. Fleming, D. J. Boyle, D. O. Barr, W. J. Brcnnen, Hon John O'Ueil, Hon. J. "W. Echols, Samuel L. Houston, L. B. Nugent, Frank Hunber, J. C. Bohinson, C. 7. Watson, Hairy Watson, B. F. Mc Kennj, T. J. O'lieary and a number of other prominent Democrats. HITHEE AKD THITHER, aioTcuenli of Pltuborgera nnd Others of Wide Acaimlmnnce. William B. Wells, who is one of the active drygoods merchants o Chicago, was at the Seventh Avenue Hotel yesterday. He gave some reasons wSiy Pittsburg people should de sire the World's Fair to be located in Chicago. He said that if it v. ere in New York foreign visitors wonld stop there, while, it it were in Chicago, thousands of people from abroad would stoo en route in Pittsbnrir to sea thn great Iron and steel mills here and the work of natural gas. Heargnesalso that the trade re lations between the great Pittsburg houses and Clilcaco ae larger than between Pittsburg and New York. Captain Henry S. Wetmore, of Cleve land, has been invited by tbe Pittsburg Cham ber of Commerce to join with the local recep tion committee in welcoming the Pan-American delegates and the invitation has been ac cented. Captain Wetmore, after leaving tbe command of the Ninth Ohio Battery at the close of the war, was appointed secretary of the legation to Honduras and subsequently Consul to Parta, Peru, both appointments being made under Grant's administration. Ho resided in Central and bouth America until 1884 and is thoroughly conversant with Spanish andPortu guese. He was a member of the Cleveland Re ception Committee. J. E. Hall, representative in this, city of the Chicago, Rock Island 'and Pacific Rail road, and P. A, Lynn, of the Wabash, arrived last night from tbe West They say that there is the same difficulty on tbe Western roads in regaid to tbo fcbortaire of cars as there is In the vicinity ot Pittsburg. Railroads are running to tneir inn capacity anu nave as mucn Busi ness on hand as they can manage. Dr. Bauch, of Springfield, 111., -of the Illinois State Board of Health, passed through last night from attending the annual meeting of the'Public Health Association at Brooklyn, N. Y. There were 200 members preseit The meeting was f onr days in session. Crosby Gray, of tbe Department of Pnblic Safety, this city, was present Captain Croiby Gray, Chief Clerk of the Department of Pnblic Safety, returned yesterday morn'og from tbo session of tbe American Public Health Association at Brook lyn. He says the meeting was both interesting and important ' B. S. Davis, Commercial Agent of the Cotton Belt line at Cincinnati, is in the city. Mr. Davis formerly was connected with the same company in Pittsburg. Chief Clerk Joseph Lewis, of Collector Ford's office, returned yesterday morning from a two weeks' vacation spent in hunting. He reports good sport. ' A cablegram from Antwerp announces the safe arrival ot Mrs. F. L. Swift and party. The feasibility of the proposed ship canal from the lakes to Pittsburg having been so confidently asserted at the very first meet ing of the commission held in this city a few davs ago, a call was made upon Com missioner Roberts by a represeutative,of The Dispatch for his views upon the sub ject There is no question that if it be reasonably practicable to provide water enough in a canal for the navigation of lake vessels to .Pittsburg, the sooner the fact is demonstrated the better. A project looking to this end is of vast importance, not only to Western Pennsyl vania, Western Virginia and Eastern Ohio, bnt as well to the entire lake region be tween Buffalo, Chicago nnd Dulutb. It is by no means a new project, but owing to the manipulations of the State in times past in legislation, favoring railroads to the det riment ot its own once-ooasica waicr wuuj, it has been suffered to lapse into a state of slumber. Its awakening at this time, when even the railroad magnates are not violently opposing schemes looking w relieving themselves of the incubus of low-classed freight, crowded terminals and car famines, bodes well for the consummation of the pro ject ABUNDANT WATEE. In regard to the adequacy of the water supply for the proposed canal, Mr. Roberts staled that he never had entertained the slightest doubt "1 have discovered," he continued, "that many of our business men appear to have forgotten that we once had a canal connecting the Ohio river at Beaver with Lake Erie. Jit was lso mues long, auu was designed for boats of only 65 tons bur den, Dm, nevenneiess, u was uuiu a yiu. itable business tip to the last year of its operation, which was about 1870. A year or two prior to that time an attempt was made to have the State assist in its enlargement to a capacity admitting df 300-ton boats. Mr. W. Milnor Eoberts, who in the early forties had been the chief engineer of the canal, was called upon to report on the practica bility of the project. His report was thor ough and convincing upon the subject of the water supply, which, for 300-ton boats, he found to be ample and cheaply controlled. The only mistake then made was in pro posing that the State should assist a private corporation in doing the work. Neverthe less, there was throughout Western Penn svlvania, and particularly in this city.much enthusiasm created in favor of the project even on that basis. Every feature of the project was discussed in the newspapers at that time, and before the Board ofTrade, tbe feeble predecessor of our now vigorous Chamber of Commerce. nothing but apathy among the Legislators from the east ern end ol the State prevented the work of enlargement from becoming an accomplished fact The old canal proper never having actuallv come to Pittsburg, many persons, forgetful of this fact, confuse it in their memories with the old canal which name down the Conemaugh and erossedlrom Alle gheny into Pittsburg at Eleventh street That wp the Western division of the Penn sylvania canal." THE canal's capacity. "Is 300 tons capacity to be the limit rec ommended "on the canal, as now pro posed?" "Olbyno means. In the general talk over the situation at the first meeting, when Governor Beaver was present, the question ot the adequacy of the water supply lor the summit level was informally discussed at considerable length. The Governor comes from Bellefonte, an old canal boat town, and displayed the liveliest in terest in this most vital consideration. Mr. J. M. Godwin, of the commission, is a thoroughly competehtnydraulic expert and civil engineer, well known among the fel lows of the American Society of Civil En gineers by his writings, particularly on canal improvements. I have known him for several years personally, and can attest to his familiarity witn tne region, particu larly about the summit level of the pro posed canal, which he has covered with surveys connected with railroad, furnace and mining enterprises. "When he came to talk about the water supply, he assigned no limit for the capacity of the canal, except to remark that it was, or could be made, indefinitely large. The capacity can be fixed to suit any conditions which may best subserve the interests of the coal and ore trade." Mi. Boberts showed, in 1870, how even the natural low water discharge of French creek would provide ample water for a 300 ton boat navigation and leave a considerable surplus, and agreed fully with Mr. Godwin that without going outside of French creek valley the natural flow, augmented by a suddIv from storage basins, can be made to accommodate boats of 800 or more tons capacity, and of any desired draught a gbeat eesebvoib. "But this is not all," Colonel Eoberts said, "as Mr. Moody, the civil engineer of Erie, who appearea oeiorc us, ueiuonsiraieu from a chart based upon the State geological surveys, that we have within reasonable distance for a feeder canal, more than 4,000 square miles of the upper Allegheny river valley sufficiently elevated jto discharge its waters into the summit level of tho canal at Conneant lake. Tnis would be enough for De Lesseps' inter-oceanio ship canal. "It was a great satisfaction to have the question of water supply so well assumed at the start, for the commission will now be able to address itself to the task of eluci dating the project, more confident of a good final result, than it could have been with this important factor resting in doubt. The project is to be looked upon as a purely national undertaking, and as to its pros pects for business, the traffic statistics and freight rates which the commission will col lect bearing on the subject, will, I think, prove that it is worthy or construction by tho Government The entire lake region, rnnlndincr the Canadian borders and the towns and cities contributary to the great ports of the Northwest, particularly Chicago, Milwaukee and JJuiutn, are pared with rail rates as 811 to 183; that is to sav. rail transportation costs 4.43 times as much for given distances as is charged on tho water. On canals, such as the New York Erie, the rate is about 0.27 of a cent per ton mile, as compared with 0.80 of a cent on level railroad, though instances are on record where the rate has been reduced to 0.40 for grain in large quan tities. But no such a railroad can be built between Pittsburg and the lakes to haul with profit any freight at rates much, if anything, below 1 cent per ton per mile. ButI am not prepared to discuss figures of this kind. I feel intuitive ly that the commissioners will be able, be fore their work is accomplished, to set the :i. -f i.s ni-nnnevrl eanal before the Legislature in such a way as to insure the co-operation of that body and the Governor's indorsement in bringing it to the attention of the National Government Ministers Discnss This Perplexing Problem and Start a Branch OP THE NATIONAL SABBATH UNION A Society That Objects to UncK Barn's Work on the Lord's Way. ME. LAEKIH SAIS IT 18 IMPOSSIBLE IT SEEMS TO BE A GO. In t. !..... Prnnmn to Sinks Plate Glaac tbe nionongnbela Valley. News comes from New York that the deal spoken of in The Dispatch relative to establishing a mammoth plate glass works at McKean station, by Belgians, Is assum ing definite proportions. A 3elgian has returned to New York after making a thor ough investigation in this city, and has cabled his views to Belgium, and an answer is expected soon. It is expected to be favor able. The agent was the guest of Colonel Jftnes Andrews while here. The object of tho Belgian company was to lMimhunn a controlling interest in some -hliehr? Tl1ti I1(15S works ID tills City, but they found that they could not buy at what they considered a fair price. The agent stated that his company had a large American trade, but could no longer make glass in Belgium and ship it here and compete with American manufacture, and must either give up their American custom or come to this country to make the glass. He advises his company to locate as near as possible to a natural gas field and near Pittsburg. It is supposed the works will be erected n irmffiiLnnnl bv the Charlerol Land Company on the Monongahela river. This land was inspected by the agent last week and he thought it wouia mi we uni. CHAEITI WELL PLACED. ' Donation! of the Indiana Normal School to the City of Johnstown. The Board of Trustees of the State Normal School at Indiana, at a meeting held a few days ago, adopted a remarkable resolution. It is one, however, which will be universally applauded. It was decided to give to stu dents from the stricken city of Johnstown free tuition for oneyear. More than this, it was decided to give the furniture contained in 200 rooms at the school to the Bed Cross Society at Johnstown, and to buy new fur niture for the schooL The trustees say that they appreciate the patronage of Johnstown, from which city they have received more students than from any other town, except ing only the cities of Pittsburg and Alle gheny. A L0KG CHASE Keinhinir In the Capture of a Supposed Embezzler In Bnrsettstown. Abont two weeks ago an information was made before Magistrate McKenna by the American Tea Company, 340 Fifth avenue, against Morley Thompson, an agenij for embezzlement The warrant was issued, and the case placed in the hands of Detective Phil Demmel. Demmel first located his man at Columbus, only to find he had left, and next placed him in Newark, whence he went to Zanesville, bnt yesterday morning the detective caught up with the fugitive at Burgettstown, and landed him in the Cen tral station about noon. The prisoner is only about 18 years of age, stylishly dressed and carrying a handsome alligator skin grip.. The amount is small, being only a few hundred dollars. CONFERRING WITH BEATER. The New Commilon U Anxious "to Change tbe Poor Laws. Robert D. McGunnegle, Secretary of the Allegheny County Light Company, will leave for Harrisburg this morning to at tend the meeting of the Poor Board Com misiion. The latter will permanently organize and hold a conference with the Governor about a new code of laws govern ing almshouses. The new rules will supersede the present poor laws in the event of their adoption by the next Legislature. The present laws are behind the age and many of them are ob solete. The commission is composed of seven well-known Pennsylvanians who are interested in this work. rpi.. a nn iin w labor cmestion has fast be come a national issue. From the efforts of Captain Wishart in Pittsburg to extinguish Sunday trade in milk, tobies and soda water to a general order from the Postmaster General to all first-class postmasters tore port on the best means of cutting off the Sunday mail service seems a long stretch, yet such is the case. A telegram from a Washington correspondent ot The Dis patch says that two months ago a circular was sent out to each of the 30 first-class postmasters of the country asking such a re port, and lor the last two months meetings Lve been held by the ministerial associa tionsall over the country to debate the same question, and of course decided that it ough to result in a stoppage of all business on the baooam. HINISTEBS CONFEE ABOUT IT. A meeting was held yesterday afternoon in the parlors of the Y. M. C. A. of the Ministerial Association of the county, pre sided over by Dr. A. K. Norcross, which took the matter under consideration and ar ranged for a more thorough organization In December. . . A number of business men were spoken to on the subject, and their ideas are totally at variance with that of stopping Sunday mail trains. "Supposing," said one. 'that a train from the West reaches Cipcinnati just in time to be late on reaching Pitts burg before 12 p. M. Saturday, and it has to layoverfor24hours.it would be a pretty state of affairs if some notes were protested Postmaster J. B. Larkin was spoken tq last night on the subject, and reluctantly gave the following opinion : "I have not thought much about the re ligious phase of the question and have not ...j (, nrnAinr nf the meeting to-day. "but I feel that the tendency, ol the times is to make Sundav in the postoffice anything but a day of rest We sell stamps, deliver matter through the windows and receive and distribute matter as on any other day, al though not to the same extent A certain amount of this work seems necessary and is ordered by the Department, bnt my own judgment favors a reduction of hours and work on Sunday out of consideration for those employed as well as for the respect we have for the day. I do pot know any reason that makes it necessarv for postal employes to work on that day when there is such a general observance of it by other classes. I do not think the total abolition of work can he accomplished, and any attempt at that would very likely defeat the effort to reduce th6 labor on mat aay to mo luimmuu.. A QUESTION OP SALARI. Dr. Haya Will Resign Rather Than Preach for lien Money. Eev. I. N. Hays, for 11 years pastor of the Central Presbyterian Church of Allegheny, astonished his congregation on Sunday by announcing from the pulpit the fact that at the next meeting of the Presbytery he de sired to dissolve his pastoral relations with the church, nd giving as his reason that a communication from the Board of Trustees was to the effect that his salary wonld be reduced the coming year from $2,000 to $1,500. The proposed resignation was tbe only theme of conversation among the members of the church yesterday, and, as Bev. Hays is one ot the most popular ministers in Allegheny, a great deal of ex citement is a consequence. Some of the members declare if Dr. Hays leaves the church they will do likewise. The trustees sav that it is purely a matter of deficiency in the treasury; that, as a board, thev are perfectly satisfied with the s'eryice Dr. Hays gives the church, but do not feel like keeping the salary np to a figure their receipts will not warrant MORE GEIST HO THE HILL. Contracts for Tito Blai't Furnaces for the Soath to be GIren Here. G. L. Beis, ofKnoxville, Tenn., is now in this city to bring to consummation a very important contract' for the erection ot blast fnrnacesat Cumberland Gap, Tenn. Mr. Eeis will be joined to-night by an English capitalist who is concerned with other of his compatriots and Mr. Beis in the enterprise. Por some time past .Mr. James.P. With erow, the well-known engineer, has been en gaged on the drawings for the plant, and in a few days' time contracts will be entered into hv which this citv will profit to the ex tent of nearly a million of dollars by its erection. For the last two years a number of English and Scotch capitalists have been operating in the region referred to acquiring land, and taking measures ior tne aeveiop ment ofiu resources. They have con structed a road from Knoxvilie to Cumber land Gap, a distance of 64 miles, in cluding a tunnel 3.760 feet long. This road has resulted in bringing together the fuel and the ore, and the next step con templated is the erection of two largo blast furnaces at Cumberland Gap. Already the syndicate has Invested some $5,000,000 in the locality, and it proposes to expend an other $1,000,000 on the plant The contracts for these will be given in this city, and will be gotten in hands as soon as Mr.Keis' asso ciates arrive to conciuue arrangements. THEY DESIRED TO 60 TO MOEGAKZA Louisa's Actual Father Appears and Spoils ' All the Romance. SHE HAD LED THEB0I AWAI FROM HOME There never probably was such an exees sive waste ol sympathy as occurred in the Central police station on Sunday nignr, when the little girl and boy entered with their "drlven'from home" story. Tbe flinty hearted police shed tears and even tbe re porters were touched, while Capt Dan Sylvus registered an affidavityesterday that he would never again place credence in a hard luck story. Never, in the confiding days of childhood, was the cruel nncle who figures as the heavy nrillaln in "The Babes in the Wood," subjected to such opprobrium as the uncle who figured in the story of little Xonisa, who represented her uncle as mhK HeR Mr. Beis is accompanied by his wife, who, tuhiineher out of doors in the rain storm as well as her husband, is a native ot tuese of Sunday night parts. The PRESIDENCY OP L A. SOO. Election In Proeress, With a Sew Yorker In the Lend. The election of Mr. James Campbell's successor to th'e presidency of L. A. 300, Window Glass Workers' Association, Is in progress. Mr. Campbell has declined to stand for re-election. A.complete list of the candidates for the position includes: L P. Eberhart, James K. Tarr and Patrick Cleary, of this city; Granville Morenus, Cleveland, N. Y.; Peter Burkart, Balti more; Simon Burns. Kock Island, HI.; Joseph Biggins, Millville.N. J., and S. W. Church.Pittsburg. Voting papers containing the names of the candidates have been sent to all of the shops. They will be hliea m this week and returned to the headquarters office by Saturday, where the count will take place, and the result will be announced nt th( no-rt (wneral mpAtlnir. Among those who know, it is asserted that the next Presi dent will be found in the person of Gran ville Morenus. The term of office com mences with January 1. GIVING WAT TO ANOTHER, Mr. O'llara Works Still Idle. No new developments have occurred in the O'Hara strike. The expectation among the blowers is that the firm will give way. The firm says it will not ntiil Tjnintn. are ns lllllUIlL'U. 1U.11IIIH(VV vp - , - much interested as we are in the proposed canal. By the reports ot uoionei u. ju. Poe. TJ. S. A., in charge of the Saint Clair flats' canal, connecting lakes Erie and Huron, there is a traffic nt that point amounting to about 20,000.000 tons per annum, an amount of business nearly, if not quite, equal to the entire foreign com merce of the country by salt water. Those who think the trade on the great lakes is diminishing are wonderfully mistaken. But of this enormous volume of trade Western Pennsylvania can claim to be interested at present in only about 3,000,000 tons. IMUHXSE TBAFFIC EEADY. "It would be quite safe to assume that this 3 000,000 tons could be had for the" canal the first year it was opened. I think Messrs. Carnecie and Prick, with their ore, coke and finished product, conld almost alone furnish such a traffic. Small as 3,000,000 tons appear to be in comparison with the total of the lake trade, it is yet a much greater tonnage than tbe advocates of the Hennipen Canal proposed to connect the Itfixsis&inDi Bi ver at Bock Island with Lake Michigan at Chicago can with certaintly rely upon for a prospective business. Yet the Board of Engineers, TJ. S. A., and the Secretary of War, have urged Congress to undertake the completion of that work, on which in various ways $6,000,000 has already been spent "Very careful and elaborate statistics ot the business done on the St Mary's Palls canal, connecting Lakes Superior nnd Huron, during the year 1886, when 8,823 vessels passed, carrying G.581.1G9 tons of freight, demonstrated that , lake rates com This Is Said to be tbe Reason Why Wlshimap Wante to Resign. The resignation of J. S. Wightman, of the Twenty-second ward, from Common Council yesterday was much talked of in the corridors of the City Hall yesterday after the adjourn ment of his branch, which occurred early. The ioke sprung duriug the session of his I license application received its due meed rot contempt, as it naturally would in the case of any prosperous Dusiness man, wans his statement, made through a friend on the floor of Councils, that his business demanded all his attention, gave place to a surmise nt first whispered, but afterward loudly ex pressed, that his resignation was simply in tended to make room for the candidacy of another man in the ward. - LAWILRS TOO BUSY. Tbey Won't Have Time to Attend to the DInscnm Cnses for Two Weeks. The suits of the Commonwealth against Levitzky and other proprietors of cheap transitory museums which were to have been tried at 4 o'clock yesterday by Alder man MclCenna were continued for two -weeks. The lawyers on either side are oc cupied with important cases in the Criminal Court, and were unable to attend to the mu seum, cases yesterday or during any day this week. Both sides regard the suits and the main question which they raise as impor tant, and desire to contest them thoroughly. Bail was renewed for all the defendants. READY FOR THE VISITORS. Preparation for the Reception of the Pnn- Americnn Delegates. At a meeting of the Directors of the Chamber of Commerce yesterday afternoon, a communication from the National Con vention of the Commercial Bodies on Bank ing was received, but the reading of it was deferred until the next meeting, mi. ocoit, of the Committee on Arrangements forthe Pan-American delegates, reported that everything had been satisfactorily arranged. The display at Mechanical Hall will be an excellent one. The meeting adjourned until November 11. The Committee on Hotels, of the Pan American Reception Committee, met yes terday and awarded the contracts far deco rating the Monongahela House on the night of the reception to Boenigk Bros. The win dows In the parlors will be draped In colors to represent the national flags of all the na tions in the Congress. All the materials required will be silk. The contract forthe table flowers was given to A. M. and J. B. Murdoch, and calls for designs emblemat ical of Pittsburg's industries were issued. FELL TO THE GROUND. L1KLD HIS MEAT RAW. John Wood Sampled the Ear of Norman Jacobs nnd Liked It. John ood and Norman "Jacobs, both colored, engaged in an animated discussion at the corner of Wood and Water streets yesterday alternoon, in which Wood sam pled the ear of Jacobs as an artiele of food. Officer Thomas Paisley interrupted the lunch and the other proceedings, and after a hard fight took both the biter and the bitten to the Central station. Fought tbe Company. Mr. Pink, who owns the property at the corner of Pourth avenue and Market street, gave the electric light company a lively racket yesterday morning. The company's men dug a hole to plant a pole, ana Mr. Fink's men filled It Up as fast as It could be dug. This was kept up until the polico came on the ground, when the company got the best of the combat Simply Perfect. The Union Pacific Eailway, "The Over land Boute," has equipped its trains with dining cars of the latest pattern, and on and alter -august 18 the patrons' ofts fast trains between Council Bluffs and Denver, and be tween Council Blufia nnd Portland, Pre., will be provided with delIciousraeaI, the best the market affords, perfectly seryed, at K cents each. P.ullman's Palace Car Com pany will have charge of .the'servicc on these cars.- A Colored Man Tumbles nnd Severely In Jarei Himself. Edward Vincent, a colored man working on a scaffolding on anew building on Wylie avenue, near the corner of Pifth avenue, made a misstep and fell to the ground at 3.30 o'clock yesterday alternoon. He sus tained some severe cuts about the head, and his body was badly bruised. Ho was re moved to his home on the hill in the patrol wagon. LOCAL ITEMS, LIMITED. ORE BATES ADVANCED. The Price Will be'Sl SOPerTonPromLake Forts Next Month. It has been officially announced that on and after November 20 the rate for ore from the lake points will be ?1 BO per ton, an ad vance nf 25 cents uer ton on the existing rates. There is a considerable quantity of ore on the docks, and it will take at least two or three months to clear it off. Lake navigation is supposed to close on the date above mentioned, but the trade is prosecuted as long as the weather permits, and, should the season be an open one, the difficulty now experienced in transferring freight is likely to continue in face of the briskness in the iron, coke and coal trades. GIVING WAT BI DEGREES. Ten Foundries Have Conceded theBeqnlred Increase. The Union Foundry and Machine Com pany, employing about 35 molders, yester day conceded the demand, and their men will turn in again at once. This is the tenth firm which has signed the scale. One or two molders left for the West yes terday, but the majority believe In waiting developments a little further before seeking employment elsewhere. NO DIFFICULTIES AHEAD. Carnegie's Men Will Accept tbe Change In the Pay Day. Superintendent Borntraeger, of Carnegie, Phipps&Co.'s Union Mills, had a talk with a committee of the employes yesteraay with reference to the change in the pay system. The meeting was of the friendliest character, and the feeling among the men, was that it would be foolish to antagonize the firm on a matter of such trivial import ance. DISEASES OF CHILDREN. Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria Abounding la Iinvrrencerllle. Within the last 24 hours several cases of diphtheria and scarlet fever have been re ported in Lawrenceville. The infected dis trict is confined to the lower side of Butler iroet frnm Fortieth to Forty-sixth street The people in that quarter are becoming alarmed and fear a rapid development of the disease in that part of, the city. On Forty-second street there are eight cases of diphtheria and three cases of scarlet fever. So anxious are the people becoming that a child cannot be seen on the street during play hours. The children, however, are sent to sohool and there is no appreciable diminution in the numbers at any of the ward schools. New Brldao at Pravosbarff. The Dravosburg bridge will be completed by January 1, 1890, when the plan of lots so beautifully located on the hill, withi 5 minutes' walk of the Dravosburg station, will be brought within IB minutes walk to the business portion of McKeesport. They are now being laid out by the estate of John C. Bisher, deceased, some 30 lots having been sold already at very reasonable prices. It promises to be the most desirable place for residences withlu the vicinity of Mc Keesport The lots are being very care fully laid out with good wide streets, and the grade established on eyery lot. It would be well for anyone desiring a nice lo cation fora home to first visit the location before purchasing elsewhere. The November number of the School Be- Snnerlntendent "Boser O'Mara was the only one who sprinkled salt over the state ments, and said that they did not quite hitch. He could not exactly tell where, but there was something wrong, and the result .(......ns ...... ... hn nsvwA.. Early yesterdayaftemoon the girl s father, whom she had represented to be dead for seven years, called at the Central Btatlon and asked to see the youthful expert in menda city. She was brought downstairs, and asked if she knew him, bnt made no answer, and again being pressed, admitted that he was her father. THE TETTE TALE. The story. developed is a very curious one: Her father's name is Hoover, and he is a well-to-do mill man living on Tnstin street, he and his three boys having plenty of work, and the girl certainly Having notning k, complain of in her home treatment The little boy who was with her was not her brother, bnt an Italian bov named Andrew Purpnra, who lived with his sister, Mrs Myers, in Spring Garden alley, Allegheny. The girl's object in spinning so positive a yarn and giving herself up to the police par takes of the nature of a female Damon and Pythias story. It appears that a girl friend of hers named .turner, witn wnom sne asso ciated in school days, had been sent to Morgania and Louisa pined after her so ciety. LONGED FOB MOROAKZA. Hearing Indlf ectly from herfriend through another party, who visited her about ten davs ago, that she was well and happy and well treated and only regretted the loss of Louisa's society, made the latter resoive w relinquish her liberty to give her old-time companion the one thing necessary to make her completely happy, and took the means related in her story told in yesterday morn ing's DispAtch. The father took her home, and also took charge oftheboywhose relations are distantly connected wiw .rax. Hoover's family, saying he wonld turn the precious youth over to his people. John Mfttner, the uncle of tbe girl, called at the Central station last night He said he had not seen the girl for a long time, nor had she lived with him. As far as turning her ont in the storm, he wonld not do so with a tramp, much less to one with whom he was related. Sergeant Gray said that he was heartily tired of the yonng lady before midnight About 11:30 p. M. the matroncalled him op stairs to quell an Incipient riot Louisa Hoover and May Sullivan insisted upon playing "High Spy" through the rooms, and the boy refused to get ready for bed. A threat from the Sergeant of patting both ike insurgents in the cells brought them to sub mission. r EXCURSION TO BALTIMORE VIatheB.:O.K.R. The B. & O. B. B. will sell excursion tickets to Baltimore at rate: ot $8 for tbe round tripr from Nov. 7 to 12 inclusive, good to return until the 16th, on aeeouat of the Catholic congress, xrains leave xaiia bnrg at 8 A. M. and 920 P. M. i riAtxexY. The'M. BtV P. tV FreMct Kl Bttew Hay Follow 4. Theater Aeewed of Eajplulng- Scab Labor As reported la yesterday's Despatch Mr. Buhe was not present at tiw jsesting of the JH. M. P. U. on Snndav. The for hU absence transpired yesterday, awtk found in the fact that he Is no kegeT , President or a member of that bedy: ba hs . sent in his resignation. This fact, talus ia conjunction witntne statement made yes terday on good authority to te-eeSeet the Academy orchestra would very see follow the lead of the Graaa Otiera aad Bijon instrumentalists, rather dkeewte the" assertions made by some members of the M. M. P. U. on Sunday, that the b&Iob was not in any state ot disruption. In relation to the troubles amoethe musicians, allusions fo whieh bavo- -,y; peared from time to time in Thx !&- VATCtT litnflff jwi..t. lt..'.'Mj J ---,- B .. iu Tanous quarters against taaTnanagBaeat u. .uti unuu ipera .auuse to me eaeec ni, it employed scab labor, or in otfcenrertfi, uiiuicians ana mecnsBifls who naa oeea esc- pelled from an organisation or wen not k good standinc amonp their fellows. .Masa-' ger Wilt was asked last night whether tltr charges were tme, and- he said that so fcr from there being fouBdatioa frrtfcM tt all his men were tborengaly ogled, union men. In snpportof his statement ho proaucea we iollowing document: ' Frrrmnna'rViiiiiw'K ttmrn f .. w To Whom it Mar Concern i Thiols to certify that Local AseWy ,' composed of professional musicians, hog bees QUIT organized, and hold a. charter lnn.l har- the General Assembly, Knights ot labor, owl' are attached to District Asfteabiy No. 1 sad the lanslcfans emofoyed at the Gtaad Ooem' House, as well as ail t&e stage hands, aoo thor oughly organized and good Baton stes.aKre- yuiu tu iuo contrary HotwuonoiHnBg. I. N. 8008. D. SC Mr. Wil.t further said that owiseto'tta .false imnrpMinn which find miu -1- "' that he was unjustly ssbjeet to a noocoosoff 4 boycott oy labor organizations, woo woM no longer recognize mm In bis traeio rota tions, though he never aategoolood atgoa. izea laoor, out on the ooatrary supported it IS :'h JD3. HDRNE & UM PENN AVENUItSTOXlM : -," PrnsBCTg, Taoator.-Qoteoot .MWj How much do yon know aboit Dress of Can you look at two pieOes of goods, wboo'yomT are told that osr is pand uul ttu ntkr I tiui , , 3t so-called pastas need," aadteaJ whieh is wfesfeT If jeuoanyo are aa oxoovttoMl mmoo.II l?'! you can eves toU by fooHsg toost, osmmsmc tea weave or coasMng tho threads joost bo means below: to the majority of bsvofg" J AH the best maaBiaoterets have copyists styles, weaves and saaJss oieooir !-j tn.tr it iftTlrri gja jLhiAlSaBftsto Jt aaao 1m depend noon tho qsaJWtroiooti goofyoml wa tatorsr The.avsraeesooMorsalEoswsot seosso v the boat aad warts for tsWwoar topme woo softyooj ' Th. Vaimt I .ftf- Marvin's Little Lord Pauntleroy and Cinderella Cakes are jnst out, and are the finest on the market. The children cry for them and the old folks refuse to he com forted without them. Grocers keep them. TTSSU Cabinet photos, $1 per doz. Lies' Pop ular Gallery, 10 and 12 Sixth st TlSu - BIBER t EASJDN, 505' and 507 MARKET STREET, OCR CLOAK AND SUIT ROOMS are now filled with choice products from tbe most celebrated makers ot home and abroad. For variety, for style, for careful attention to shape aad nnian onr Cloak and Suit Booms invite comparison. PLUSH COATS PROM SIS TO iSB. In Plush Garments we Tray special zU tention to material, as to durability and finish. Also to large sizes aad extra lengths. PLUSH JACKETS from J10 to 5, all styles, plain, vest front, direcroire, and all otner new shapes. GENUINE ALASKA SEAL COATS. Ladles' finest c tai in fasblonable sh: Incidents of a Day to Two Cities Condensed for Ready Readlns. AT a mcetlnc last night, in tbo Chamber of Commerce, ot tbe Ninth Pennsylvania Re serves, the following officers were elected for a, year: President Charles H. Chamberlain; Secretary, Henrv V. Strictler; Treasurer, Alex. Mnrdock. It was decided to celobrate with a banqnet tlio anniversary of the battle of DraineiVllle, December 20. Wm. Walls, tho KV or L. lecturer, about 7 o'clock last evening, it is charged, accosted tho wife of Cintaln Lew Clark on Smlthflcld .1... Mre. rHsrl; dllAtl an officer, and ac cused'Walls of insulting her. He was arrested and locked np in Centra! station. Mrs. Shea, vihosc placo bn Spruco alley was raided on Snnday morning, was held by Magis trate McKenna yesterday in $2,000 on charges of selllus liquor on Bnnday and without a license. The bearing will take place on Thurs day. The child which was thrown across the room on Sunday afterndon in Spring alley by a drunken Pole is pronounced by the doctors to be lb a critical cnndttlon. Tbe man is In jail tiwaltlng tbe result ot tbe child's injuries. Coroner McDowell received a telegram last night from Constable William Linn, of DnqueSne, stating that a man bad been found dead in ucu at nis troaruing uouae la .uuiuesne. ... , . .1.. I....... ..nv. y.r .!.fa tfnolr View Will De out me miici w' ""- and will bo reidy for distribution on Mon day next. It is in many respects the best number that has vet been issued, contain ing many new and interesting features, among the most prominent being "Script Stories" lor the little folks, and a large amount of special matter for the elder scholars. As supplementary reading for the schools the Jieiiew is unsurpassed. Or ders for it should be sent to Percy F. Smith, Publisher, No. 65 Virgin alley, Pittsburg. Free! Free! If you hold a farailv ticket fof Hendricks & Co.'s photograph gallery, 68 .Federal street, Allegheny, uso it and get a handsome Jitc-slze crayon for Christmas of yourself or children, free. B. din. Hemstitched and embroidery 7 inches deep on 15-inch flouncings, 30c and 35o, to day. Bargain lot you want to see quick. There is no beer equal to Wainwright'i brew No other manufacturers produce such 'a line flavored, clear, wholesome bever age. All dealers keep it. Families sup plied direct if desired. Telephone 552o. TUSU Tbo Coioner will investigate the case During tbe two weeks past the Society for the Improvement of the Poor rendered aid to 4C9 families, embraolng602 persons. The Socie ty needs bedding and clothing. Dennis Dolas, an Iron worker G feet high, was arrested last night for running amuck In Woods' Run with a.butcher knife In his hand. Work was commenced on the pivlng pf Broad street with block stnno yesterday morn ing, iianin jnjee nasine contract. 1 1 . . Ti n -j. . .it. -!. t Wn. WELKn-LneS.polfccmaii..warrested L . HE iasbloaoble .ladies MrnetiralMlab on 1 the Southside last lilght-oai'cattitlJiiut abusjnz Dolls Given Away This week to all purchasers In our Infants' department. Fleishman & Co. Dou'l Lose The advantage given by Aufrecht's Elite Gallery club tickets offered until .November 1. Only a few days lelt, 510 Market street. uality SEAL COATS, i!inM nnd lencrths lost received. These are carefully selected by us, warranted pure London dye ana nnisnea in eiegani manner. c . fancy prices on any goods we handle. CLOTH JACKETS, colored and black, in plain and fancy weaves, in hundreds ol different styles and shapes, from $2 0 to 825. L03G GARMENTS. Newmarkets from $3 to $50, In newest colorings, shapss and designs. - Take Elevator for CLOAK AND SUIT ROOM. t BIBER &"eASTON.' OC26-TTS3U. -3FURNITURE R.J..H0Rip&C0., 61, 63 AND 83 WEP-I TWENTxVTHHlD ST., NEW YORK. LARGEST EXHIBIT, OP ARTISTIC FURNITURE IN AMERICA Ten Show Rooms filled wio tbe latet pro ductions ot tbo Furniture and Upholstery Art from the recognized maaafactarisg floa ters of the world. Novelties of London prodBattea. r Novelties of Paris production. N6veltles ol VioBaa prodaetioo. Our own importation. Novelties of Amerieaa prooMMss, lnoitfiMtc those of our own maaofaoMN. ViMtoM to New York ate ouiiUally ,c&U ,Sd Minim oar mmm umiiH.in Tin, The wear of avorpieeo of goods wo proves Its anility. It has booo ssade for the boot aaaaulaotarejivTbe stylos ae UTS V9Q nAOnvS bdo t69 A Jaokot bonjate we maekoCaoao oota howtkeyfead soobso aaay.bataoM A flao Hack atoefcteotte at ts Obo fcfodred of loom-this mnrahiaVii OUR PLUSH GARMBKTSwaar farther than to look thorn ovor sttXwi withy oat hoH-tako afcoaattat 0 DM and oqaoeeo It up. Soo how iJiigy. asdmoiiowaod Ufoiottv Taofs between good aad bod Plush aaoo' amisatloa There is a saozo lssosoaMi Tbo wear. Oar Plash sjarsunos sossttfi 01 testa. ' Aad as to stylet, aswais.ssmit.aao asd most popster. It vffl sat it know you're nothing for tho Seal Jackets aad BhohlTaoBaajc fit from tho best fitting Our linos of Sool OarmsBOs, Jrosm Newmarkets, ae assoalsti m Saw goods. Novelty Soal and FotoJoa only coBBgieie Mae l Western Jackets aad. Short Ceaosato too moots of the season aad the beet hero, SPSGXaL-Coasftoto fetes of lee garssoots, atf materia), oewoet1 1 style, for very stoat lodtes. Xe bete fitted here. TABLE 1JNHJM3 It doeom't I that k make mues dUsTereaee to too sorsM what sort of aaaoten tterell' table otots. Soaoooetfce pattern is as to arrest Mrod, worried, oaeot "Bewpffttey. Whore Myes)etitfn wot A soo pdee of two etotas. Ofoned ferte-day aaew feoot coeds from the DoOfamUao 8OBoSoosoiJaMeIioiiohs, y and pretty designs. These goodo rotate, tttotr gltsey after taoyare hMftoriod. Ckee as oood are the rooast of laBsdryteff. The MMsaootyDeOMimsatfc ft Feathers aad PeK, eaaeeAyie tbattejeetgc AadsMfefeesOot' Sohool Mats forthe ekiMeea. Tarn cySfanntBTS saoao to Area's Kj.t anvoni mm ' . . it.a j