m W.CLAPLATFORM. Constitution and Strong Re solutions Adopted. LOCAL OPTION FAYORED. The Work Will be Confined to Tem perance Exclusively. HANI SOCIETIES READY TO JOIH. Mrs. H. C. Campbell, Mrs. Ellen M. "Watson, Mrs. Joseph D. "Weeks, Mrs. B. D. Bowman and Mrs. B. C. Christy, who attended the Philadelphia conference of non-partisan temperance women, returned home Saturday, much encouraged at the re sult of the meeting, which has already been published in The Dispatch. They brought with them the constitution and by-laws of the new State organization, and the resolu tions adopted by the conference, none of which were given out for publication in Philadelphia. The constitution is prefaced by the following preamble: Believing that woman's influence in an or ganized form is indispensable to success in temperance work, and to make it available, it most be divested of the spirit of partisanship, we, women of Pennsylvania, nnite ourselves for non-partisan, con-sectarian Christian temper ance work; and establish tbe following consti tution for our government: The name of this organization shall be tbe "Women's Christian Temperance Alliance of Pennsylvania. (This clause adopted subject to approval by the Cleveland Conference.) The sole object of this alliance shall be to in terest and unite the women of this State in non-partisan, non-sectarian Christian temper ance work, and, confining itsell strictly to such temperance work, it will devise and execute measures which, with the blessing of God, will secure total abstinence and the complete pro hibition of the liquor traffic The usual offices are created and their duties provided for. The Kxecutive Committee, com posed of all the general officers, shall have the general management of the affairs or the State Alliance. The Central Committee. consiiting of the President, Secretaries, Treasurer and Vice President at Large, shall transact all nec essary business between the meetmgs of the State Alliance. The Vice Presidents shall have the supervision of all the work in their respect ive counties, and shall be responsible for the organization of local societies. SOCIETIES DEPENDENT. As soon as a county is organized each local alliance shall be auxiliary to the county alliance and each county to the State alliance; but until tbe county is organized local societies may become auxiliary to tbe State Alliance. "Whenever a local or county alliance cannot be maintained a special auxiliary alliance, of which the State officers shall be officers, will receive the membership of all women, sub scribing to tbe State Constitution, and paying annually to the State Treasurer 65 cents. The annual meeting of the State Alliance will be held in October of each year, and will be composed of one delegate from each local alliance, with one additional delegate for each 63 paying members. The members will be re ouiredto subscribe to tbe following pledce when attaching themselves to the organization: "We hereby pledge oursel ves,God helping us, to abstain from all alcoholic beverages, and to employ all proper means to discourage the use otand traffic in the same." The by-laws adopted contain many fea tures which differ materially irom those of the old "W. C. T. TJ. They provide first that all delegates and members must vote in the meetings of the State and auxiliary organizations in person, and no alternate delegates shall be accepted by the conven tion, unless elected by the auxiliary which they represent. Tbe work of the organiza tion shall be carried on under three general divisions evangelistic, educational and legal; but the following detailed depart ments have been established: Evangelistic work, juvenile and Sunday school temper ance work, literature and the press, scien tific, temperance instruction, work anion? mothers, young women's work, prison, jail and almshouse work, legal and legislative temperance, railroad employes, soldiers and sailors, work among foreigners, temperance parlor socials and State and county fairs. Just before the adjournment of the Phila delphia conference the following resolutions were unanimously adopted: THE -WORK CONFIXED. Resolved, That this now formally organized "W. C 1. alliance, with a constitution carefully indicating its objects to interest and unite tbe women of Pennsylvania in Christian temper ance work, and to confine Itself strictly to such work, expresses great gratification at the com pletion of its organization and the encouraging prospects before it. Thatthestandardltfollows symbolizes a purpose greater and higher than the glittering generalities of mere political plat forms, ana should enlist an army that, with the blessing of heaven, will marcn to grand victories. Resolved, That while the reformation of the inebnate; the promotion of total abstinence and tbe complete prohibition of the liquor traffic are ever before us as the great purpose of the organization, and shall be unceasingly pressed, earnest and intelligent effort should be made to secure the adoption by the next Legislature of a local option law, so that the 29 counties which gave a majority for the pro hibitory amendment, and all the other counties of tbe State may by popular vote have an op portunity to prohibit the granting of licenses to sell liquor. Resolved, That the influence of this organi zation shall be given in the different counties by remonstrance and petition to the courts to prevent tbe granting of licenses and also to en force tbe penalties against tbe sales of intoxi cating liquor. Resolved, That we gladly recognize the fact that the con-partisan efforts of Christian tem perance women are rapidly gaining adherence throughout the State and country. That while we do not desire to antagonize any temper ance organization differing from us in confin ing our efforts strictly to non-partisan work, yet we cordially invite to auxilliaryship with us other individuals and organizations which may approve our principles and desire to co operate with us. Mrs. H. C. Campbell, of Allegheny, who was made the President of the new State or ganization, is well known in temperance work all over Pennsylvania, having been prominently identified with tbe old W. C. X, TJ. for several years. "When but 9 years of age she signed a temperance pledge filled ont by John B. Gough in Scotland and has been true to the cause ever since. She is actively engaged in the work of several charitable organizations in the two cities. She is Corresponding Secretary of the Home Mission Board of the TJ. P. Church, Re cording Secretary of the Children's Aid So ciety of "Western Pennsylvania, a member ot the Board of Managers of the Allegheny Day Nursery, President of the TJ. P. Wo men's Association, President of the TJ. P. Or phan's Home and a manager of the News boys' Home. She was President of the County "W. C. T. TJ. for three years and at tended three sessions of the State and Na tional Conventions. She was an energetic and faithful member ot the Johstown Flood Belief Committee. A BBIGHT OUTLOOK. "When asked by a Dispatch representa tive for a statement as to the future action of herself and the other Pennsylvania of ficers, she said she did not expect much to be done until after the Cleveland conference. "The outlook is bright for Pennsylvania," she said. "When we finished our business in Philadelphia we turned into our treasurv over $100. John I. Fulton, of Johnstown, sent us a check for $25, and a Philadelphia gentleman said he would be one of ten to raise us $1,000. "Ve are encouraged on every hand." A point that has not yet been brought ont is the fact that tbe new organization will confine itself strictly to temperance work, without reference to any other reforms. They start in with considerable strength. Butler, Chester, Tioga, Lehigh and Lan caster counties have already organized non partisan unions. The "Women's Evangelical Temperance Association of Philadelphia. with auxiliaries all over the State, has gone over in a body to the non-partisan alliance. e First i. W. C. T. TJ.. of Philadelphia. lent ereetings to the conference in that citr. saying they were ready to join with 160 members. As soon as the Cleveland con ference is over a very decided movement is likely to be made all" over the country. The new organization in Pennsylvania will probably find its greatest strength in Allegheny county. The Swift TJnion, of Allegheny, the oldest and strongest iutho couuty.is non-partisan. The Sterrett Union, of which Mrs. Campbell was one of the originators, is largely composed of non partisans, and the four Y unions are said to be almost a unit in favor of the new organi zation. A peculiar feature is that the Sproull Union, which is largelv composed of members of tbe Covenanter Church, is in favor of a third party, and will remain with the old organization, with its so-called par tisan policies. NOT WIVES OP BEPUBLICAHS. A gentleman who seems to be keeping himself prettv well posted on the division in the W. C. T. TJ. ranks, said yesterday in reply to the statement that has been made, charging the leaders of the new movement with being wives of Republican politicians, and the movement with being a child of the Republican party. "The statement will not stand a test Mrs. Campbell, the new State President, is the wire ofa Prohibition ist. Mrs. "White, the Vice President at large, is the wile of a Judge, who, while a Bepublican, should not be considered a politician. Mrs. "Watson, the Correspond ing Secretary, has been a widow for many years. Miss Sheppard, the Recording Sec retary, is not married, and Mrs. Phillips, the Treasurer, is the wire of the Chester Normal School Principal. "Where are the wives of Bepublican politicians." The same gentleman showed the reporter a quotation from the Union Signal, the organ or the "W. C. T. TJ., in regard to the famous St. Louis resolution of 1884. It has been charged that the leaders of the new movement who were opposed to the "W. C. T. TJ. lending its influence to any political party were the women who voted in St. Louis to lend that influence. Tbe Cnt'on i'io-na! says: "The discussion on the resolu tion lasted two whole days, Mrs. Foster leading the opposition, assisted by Mrs. "Watson and Mrs. "Weeks, of Pennsyl vania. This, coming from the organ of the parti san organization, seems like an honest vin dication. MBS. BBYCE'S STATEMENT. Mrs. A. P. Bryce, who has been for many years recording secretary in this county for the "W. C. T. TJ., and active in all its works, was interviewed by a Dispatch reporter last evening upon the generally mooted subject of the division in the temperance ranks, and thus summed up the situation and the causes which led to the present con dition of affairs. "The number of delegates to the recent convention in Philadelphia did not exceed 100, which is evidence of the proportions so far assumed by the seceders in this State. "At the National Convention of the onion held in St. Louis in 1884, a resolution was passed asking the three political parties to insert a temperance plank in their platform, and the general officers of the union were appointed a committee to present the same. This memorial was formally rejected by both the Democratic and Republican parties in convention. The committee, however, was most cordially received by the National Prohibition Convention then in session at Pittsburg, and the memorial was at once ac cepted. In passing this resolution the union pledged their moral support to any party accepting its conditions. "In 1885 the leaders of the present seces sion movement made tbe nrst move toward the dismemberment of the union in bring ing in a protest in the shape of a minority report against the readoption of this afore said resolution. This opposition has stead ily been kept up and managed to make itself heard, if not felt, in every annual con vention since, though having lost a large number of its first and most prominent leaders and adherents, and each succeeding year has marked a decrease in numbers with a relative decline in power, as is proven by the fart that in 1884 they counted 48 votes, and at the last convention only 12. " It is my opinion that this disagreement will result in real good to our order, in that it will have a tendency to spur us on to more active and energetic work. The W. C. T. TJ. has always been a strictly non-partisan and non-sectarian organization, the only requirement to full membership being the payment of 65 cents per annum into the treasury." K0 INDEPENDENT SOUL Dr. Townsend Says Man Has More and Finer Faculties Than Animals, Dr. Townsend, of the Unitarian Church, yesterday morning preached on "What is Man." In his remarks the doctor said : "So many new facts from the workshop of modern science have come to us, that we have been obliged to modify our notions of the nature of man. All admit that he is an animal, having the .same physical life and tied by the same material threads to the material world. But is he something more than animal ? Many curious definitions of man have been invented to divide him from the animal world. He is the being who laughs, weeps, uses fire, reasons, sins. But the animals reason, laugh, weep, use fire; even show pride, anger, jealousy, ambition, wonder and reverence. "What, then, differentiates man ? This, that man can say 'I;' has come to conscious ness so that the inspector becomes the in spected. Out of this consciousness is born Hamlet and the essays of Emerson language, writing and the like. Also man has, in full degree, the sense of right and wrong and the sense of the ideal from which rome the moral laws and art. "But does man have an independent soul? The human brain is the product of a long evolution. First a dot, then a line, then a strip, then a convolution, then, at last, the globed brain of man, and I do not see an open door, or even a crevice where an inde pendent soul can slip in. The difference between man and tbe animal is that man has more and finer faculty than the animal; im measurably more and finer. The animal has the drop, he has the iullness of the Infi nite Life. But he is related to tbe whole animal world, and to the pebbles under his feet. Tbe universe Is oneness. This idea does not militate against his immortality, for that power which has watched over the stream, through long evolutions, until it swells into the personality, man, "would not waste so precious a product. He who keeps irom everlasting can also keep to everlast ing." Mr. Townsend showed then the lines of a true human development MAT HEAR FE0H IT T0-DAT. Oil Well Work on Lower Moon Ran Cannot Bo Bone on Sunday. There was a watch-meeting held last night on the Burns farm, near the mouth of Moon Bun. The well is named Union No. 1. Had it not been for the unorganized Law and Orderites, who swarm in that neighbor hood, the result would have likely been de termined yesterday, but an attempt to do some Sunday drilling one day last summer cost tbe driller a $25 fine and trimmings, so there was an enforced rest until midnight, A mile or so above, the tools are stuck in the well on the Schmid farm. As the depth is not great, it is expected that the detention will be but temporary. Dorrington & Ewing are operating on the Schmid and Knopt farms. t A Cfrmnnaiura Added. Quite a valuable addition has been made to Mount Washington's reading hall by the erection recently of a very complete gym nasium. There are two classes, male and fe male, taking a regular course of instruction from a professional teacher. The young ladies are manifesting great interest in their manual of exercises. I'rccoclon Travelers. Hugh Wimms, white, 8 years old, and Eddie Westbrook, colored, 7 years old, who ran away from their homes in Steubenville, are now'in Central station. Inspector Mc Aleese yesterdav telegraphed the Chief of Police of Steubenville to notify the parents to senu. alter tne nrcnina. THE FOUND A PREACHER. Bather Tongh Experience of a Couple Seeking to be Harried. ME. MAXWELL DECLINED THE JOB. So Legal Impediments, bat the Church Canons Forbade It. DB. McClelland then tied the knot A very unusual episode in the personal history of two Ohioans who wished to enter tbe bonds of matrimony was disclosed by an occurrence at Trinity P. E. Church last evening. Directly after the close of evening service, a couple, dressed in the attire which would be supposed to appertain to the residents of some small village, came to the front of the church and indicated a desire to.be married. The couple went into the vestry and ex hibited their credentials, stating that they belonged to a small town in Ohio. The rector, Bev. Samuel Maxwell, queried the couple as to their antecedents and learned a story which seemed to surprise him. He called into consultation some members of the vestry, to whom he related the story, asking their advice as to the ex pediency of performing the marriage. They evidently indorsed his views, and he noti fied the couple that he could not further their matrimonial desiens. They departed regretfully in search of some one who would assist them to some purpose. "WHY THE BECTOB EEFUSKD. When subsequently seen, Mr. Maxwell explained his refusal to perform the cere mony by stating that although the papers presented to him were perfectly legal and all right, there was ahistorvin connection with the couple which led him to make up his mind that under the circumstances he preferred to delegate the performance of the ceremony to another minister, the canons of the Protestant Episcopal Church being very definite as to former history of all those who desired to enter the holy bonds of matrimony. Although there was n6 legal impediment to the marriage, there existed reasons which impelled his nations. Al though the rector had examined the docu ments, and knew the names of the wouldbe man and wile, he declined to divulge tnem, desiring to spare the feelings of the woman. Thecouplehadbeen, therefore, recommended to go elsewhere. failing to ascertain any further informa tion from the church authorities, a Dis patch reporter introduced himself to the man on the sidewalk outside. He seemed to resent any inquiry into so delicate a mat ter, and received the apologies ot the news paper man with suspicion. But being es sentially rural, he at last consented to relate the reason which had interposed in bis very laudable matrimonial intentions, his com panion preserving a strict silence. THEIB STOBT FOLLOWS. In a few words the story is as follows: The desirous bridegroom was married some years since in an interior town in Ohio to a wo man who disappointed his anticipations of a happy married life by developing an an nnite forliauor. Things went from bsd t worse, and she finally ran away with a fly by-night dramatic company. Time passed and news that she had died reached him. Feeling free to suit his inclinations, he married another woman, the ceremony be ing performed by the Bev. Dr. Somerville, a Presbyterian minister. This was about three years since. Not long after his second and happy marriage, he was horrified to re ceive a letter from wife No. 1, announcing that she was in the flesh. Although, troubled and distressed by the unwelcome news, wife No. 2 was prevailed upon to maintain her relations with the man. How he avoided a prosecution for bigamy he de clined to state. Last week he received the welcome news that wife No. 1 was really dead. After making a journey to the place where she had died and satisfying himself that there was no doubt ot her decease, he returned to wife No. 2. Securing a license, after the manner of commencing all over again, he came to Pittsburg to have the knot tied, as he desired to avoid further publicity. HIS EABNEST PBOTEST. He was very earnest in his protestations th'at tbe second marriage had been ignorantly entered into, and said that he had seized upon the earliest moment to make repara tion to bis companion. By her manner she seemed to be thoroughly satisfied with his intentions, and her present and prospective life, although evidently distressed at failing to secure the services of the first minister that had been applied to. The would-be groom declared his intention of being legally married if it took all night to secure the services of a minister. The couple started along Smithfield street in search of a minister. They called at the residence of Bev. Dr. E. P. Cowan, on Allegheny avenue. The doctor was out of the city, and Mrs. Cowan sent them to Dr. McClelland, of the Western Theological Seminary. They exhibited a marriage license, issued on Saturday from the Register's office. The nameson the license were Jacob C. Merryman and Miss Lorinda Mason. The couple were middle aged, and did not say anything about them selves. The residence of the groom was given as Pittsburg, and an Ohio town was the home of the bride. Dr. McClelland asked no questions, as they had the necessary creden tials. He married them, and the couple left the house. A bunt through the directory failed to discover the name of Jacob C. Merryman. Who he is, nobody knew who had a knowl edge of the story. BISHOP PHELAVS SEEHON. Men Who Live Up to tbe Chnreh Doctrines Mnke Good Citizens. The Bt Bev. Bichard Phelan preached a very able sermon yesterday before adminis tering the sacrament ot confirmation to about 300 children at St Philomena's Church. The discourse was founded upon the sacrament He pointed ont how divine grace would be implanted in the heart by a right reception of the sacrament, shielding and protecting those who received it from the world, the flesh and the devil. He said that in.these latter days people did not ap preciate and value a sacrament in propor tion to the power for good it has in the world. The divine sacraments penetrating the soul, fill the human heart with new im pulses, and those who worthily receive them are better men and women, both1 for the Church and the nation. IPa man lives up to the doctrines of the Church then surely he will be a citizen worthy the name. THE HESIDEXTS ALAEMED. Bernnrd Krngh's Honse Said to Have Been Burned by Incendiaries. The fire in tbe house of Bernard Krugb, in Knoxville, which occurred about 12 o'clock Saturday night, is now said to have been of incendiary origin. The family was away from tbe house for three days, and Mr. Krugh claims to have turned oil the gas in all fireplaces before leaving. ' When the fire was discovered the gas was burning where the stove bad been standing. The loss to tbe building will not exceed $200, but the residents of the hill are much alarmed at the idea of having incendiaries in their midst A Soeletr Meeting. The German-Austrian Beneficial Society met yesterday afternoon in the Flour and Grain Exchange building, corner of Liberty street and Garrison alley. Peter Holder presided. With tbe exception of some rou tine business, the only thing done was the initiation of Joseph Scnreiner as a member. The next meeting will be held February 9, PITTSBURG DISPATCH. SDICIDE AT THE PEN. John Evans Tires of the Plare After Two Montba He Made His Escape by the Torn Towel Boute Efforts lo Restore Him Prove Unavnillnff. If as the poet observes iron bars do not make a cage, they make a mighty conven ient support for the execution of.self-con-demned criminals, and were so ntilized at the Western Penitentiary yesterday by John Evans, alias James Pulton, aged 23, who was sent from Westmoreland county some two months aeo.sentenced to lour years and six months. His method of relieving himself and the commnnity of the burden of his existence was ingenious, but not original. He tore a towel up into strips, and, making a noose, fastened it to the top bar of the cell and swung off. The rangeman reported to War den Wright that he had spoken to Pulton not ten minutes before he must have com mitted the act, and saw no indications of in sanity or other unusual features in the pris oner's manner. Immediately upon the discovery of the suicide the body was taken down and every effort made to resuscitate him, but in vain. The electric battery, which figured so con spicuously in the difficulties of the "little doctor" at the penitentiary, was brought into requisition, but no sign of life could be discovered. The deceased has several rela tives who are well-known business people, and reside in the Ninth ward, Allegheny. His body will be turned over to their charge this morning after the conclusion of the Coroner's inquest, which will be held at an early hour. THE PENNY GITEN BACK. Bev. Father Tobla Denies That He Threw a Copper Cain at Mr. Swift. The Bev. Father Tobin was interviewed yesterday about a publication which ap peared relative to his throwing some pen-" niesoutof a basket at the monthly collec tion in St Mary's Church, Lawrenceville, two weeks ago. Father Tobin said: "A lie that is half a truth is even the more a lie. There is a little sprinkling of truth in Mr. Swift's statement He put a cent in the plate, as he said, and I returned it to him. But to assert, in the manner he did, about the way I gave him back the money, through the public press, is grossly false. Three Sundays ago Mr. Swift, with his wife, came into our church to hear mass. The pair were strangers to myself and the church. It was our usual monthly col lection, and I took it up at the service. We make a rule, which is gen erally understood by Catholics, to take up a monthly collection, and the peo ple know the practice is always to give a silver coin. When I reached the gentle man and his wife, he put a cent on the plate. I took it up quietly and placed it in the man's hand, which was resting on the seat, and said to him, 'keep it' Nothing further transpired, and nobody knew what was done. "Then there is another falsehood which I would like to nail. It is said that we will not receive less than 25 cents. Tbere has never been such a rule made during my or my predecessor's pastorate. We make it a rule to give silver, but no sum is speci fied." Mr. McBride, who was with Father Tobin when the collection' was made, stated that Mr. Swift's statement had a little truth in it, but a quantity of that commodity which is the reverse of truth. CRAZED BT JEALOUSY. A Husband Slashes His Roving Tonus Wife's Face With a Razor. Boland and Ella Maltby have been mar ried about two years, and lived at 3009 Smallman street with their 4-months'-old girl baby. Upon Thursday night last she left ber home, and was discovered on Satur day stopping at 44 Second avenue, where she bad gone with a man. On Saturday her husband found hex-and took her home, when she first told that she had gone to Chartiers to visit her sister, and had gone unwittingly into the other bouse wim a jrieuu. xuis waa uui ueueveu uy her husband, and she finally admitted the true story. Maltby, on promises of refor mation made by the woman on her knees. forgave her, and told her to attend to her household duties. Yesterday afternoon while he was shaving, disenssion of his wrongs came up again, and both grew angry at the turn the conversation, took. He turned around from the glass, and with a few back banded slashes of the razor laid open her left cheek in two places, and gave her a bad cut in the neck. He was arrested in a house in Sprnce allev about 4 P. M. yesterday, and placed in the Twelfth ward station. He acknowledged the cutting, but gave his wrongs as an ex cuse. It was claimed he had been drinking yesterday mqrning. He is well known in the Twelfth ward, is a roller in the Black Diamond Works, and makes good wages. His wife Ella is described as a beautiful brunette of vivacious manners and great personal attractiveness. It is more than probably the charge of "disorderly conduct" against "him will be changed to ielonious cutting to-day. A DANGEROUS FIRE. Narrow Escape of Seven Valnnble Horses From a Barnlng Stable. At 10 p, m. yesterday fire was discovered by Officer James Burk in the iron-clad stable of Allen Hirkpatrick at Ninth and Duquesne. Hastily giving the alarm from box 23 he returned and by his own exertions succeeded in getting out five of the seven horses in.the building, tbe other two being rescued by the firemen. The fire continued for a lone time among the forage in the loft and was thought dantcerous at one time. Just how the fire originated those in authoritv could not tell, but they stated that no fires had been left burning in the stable. The loss will not reach $800. It is fully covered by insurance. TURNED OUT OF D00ES. A Sufferer From Epilepsy Mistaken lor a Drank -He Died. Joseph J. Johnson, aged 31, a bricklayer, fell in an epileptic fit opposite No. 10 Smithfield street yesterday afternoon, and was taken into the nearest house open by Officer Frank Yerger. The proprietor of the place demanded that the officer take the man out, as she thought he was drunk, and would not be undeceived. The officei and another man removed the unfortunate to a neighboring alley, whence he was taken to the Homeopathic Hospital in an ambulance, and died there at 5 p. 21. He regained consciousness enough to tell that he came from Hartford, Conn., anj lived at No. 10 Boberts street LOCAL ITEMS, LIMITED. Incidents of a Day In Two Cliles Condensed for Bendy Rending. Mrs. Barbara Manqtjs was arrested by Special Officer Fitzgerald yesterday afternoon on a warrant from Magistrate Qripp. She is charged by Inspector McAleese with selling liquor without licence at her residence. No. 1 Center avenue. She was locked up in the Eleventh ward station, when she afterward gave $1,000 bail for a hearing Wednesday. James Curr, familiarly known as "Jimmy Tough," the newsboy, and a companion named James Fox, were arrested yesterday for rob bing a fellow newsboy of his stock of papers, 40 in all. Cuff will be sent to Morganza and Fox was committed to jail. An information for lar ceny has been lodged against both boys. JonN Connelit, 10 years of age, fell into the excavation on Forty-eighth street, where the new sewer is being laid, yesterday morning, and was injured internally. He was removed to Ins parents' home on Butler street, between Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth streets. The services In the jail yesterday were con ducted by Chaplain Milllgan, of, the Riverside penitentiary. Tbe mnsio was under the charge of Prof. Slack and tbe Missel Slack. Tub body of the man John TJnger, who was killed on the Lake Erie Railroad on Saturday, was yesterday shipped from the morgue to the parents' home in Youngstown, O. MONDAY, JANUARY 20, TO MANUFACTURE ICE The Chautauqua Co. Has Let a Con tract for an Artificial Plant. LAST TEAR'S SUPPLY EXHAUSTED. A Fair Outlook for a Settlement of the Carbon Setters' Strike. A COSFEEEKCE WILL BE HELD T0-DAX The Chautauqua Lake Ice Company has purchased a piece of property 50x100 feet in dimensions detween Thirteenth and Four teenth streets, on which an artificial ice plant is to be erected at a cost of $160,000. The contract was let to an Owensburg firm last Thursday, and it is to be completed and ready for operation by May 1. Two ma chines will be erected. The plant will cover the entire area, of the property pur chased, and will be a two-story building. The machines will be put on the ground floor, and the freezing vats will be placed on the second. The system known as the Compression will be adopted, and the capa city of the plant will be one-hundred tons of ice daily. Three wells will be drilled on the prop erty'for water to be used in the manufact ure of the ice. Work has already been commenced on one of these which is to be an eight-inch hole. It will require about 300 gallons of water per minute to operate the plant The water is boiled and stilled to take out the impurities. It is cooled, and then run through a steam filter, and then a cooling filter, into the freezing vats. "VEBY IiABOB VATS. These vats are 45 inches high, 11 inches wide and 22 inches long. They are placed within a network of iron pipes through which is forced ammonia brine, freezing the contents of the vats. Each vat holds a cake of ice averaging 310 pounds in weight. The plant will not be capable ot produc ing enough ice to supply the company's trade; in fact it would take five such plants as the one proposed, to do so, but it is the intention to give the manufactured ice a trial, and if it gives satisfaction, the plant will be increased, if future emergencies re quire it. In warm weather the average daily service runs from 00 to 600 tons, and if tbe plant can he made a success, tne com pany expects to save considerably on trans portation when the natural supply runs short. Heretofore, when they have been obliged to bring ice from the Northwest, the loss during shipment was so great that the profits were almost, if not entirely, de stroyed. Tbe Chautauqua Company will not be able to supply the trade much longer, unless a change in the weather comes. They have been compelled to buy up all the ice in the country available. C. P. Vallowe, the General Manager of the company, was seen at his home on the Southside last night. He said: "I don't know whereto get another carload. We have bought every pound we could find everywhere.. We have been compelled to refuse ice to outside dealers, except those who always were our customers. But I am afraid we will have to shut them off too before long." THE SUPPLY GIVING OUT. "How long will your supply last," was asked. "I cannot say. It depends largely on the weather. It won't last long at all events. I am still hopeful that we will have some cold weather yet, and I believe we will get a good crop of natural ice before the last of February. We didn't have a pound of ice cut at this time last year, but we bad about 35,000 tons of old stock on hands, and that let us out nicely. "We always cut about 300,000 tons, so as to have a good stock on hand to carry us over possible winters such as this; but there is such a terrible waste that even that amount will scarcely be sufficient, I am afraid." "How do you think prices will be next summer?" "I can assure you our company will do everything possible to keep the prices down, but I cannot tell anything about it. Last year we were able to prevent an increase be cause we had a large stock of old ice, and I am hopeful that we will soon get a new crop that will enable us to do the same this year. I depend on the month of February to give us a sufficient supply for next year." TO AMALGAMATE MINERS. They Will Also Advance tho Price of IUIn Inc 13 Cents. Chris Evans, President of District No. 10 Ohio miners N. P. TJ., who was in the city with President Gompers, of the Feder ation, left at midnight last night for Colum bus to attend the two conventions of miners at that place, beginning this morning. The first convention will be that of the Ohio State miners. It will be in session for two days. On Wednesday a joint national convention will be held. It will be attended by delegates from all over the country. There will probably be about 200 of them. The most important matter to come before the joint convention, will be the scheme to consolidate tbe two miners organizations. On account of numerous strikes and other causes, the membership in both the Knights of Labor and N. P. TJ. has fallen off con siderably. It is stated that if a consolida tion is effected, all the miners who have dropped out will come back again. There is a scheme on foot also to advance the price of mining at 'the expiration of tbe present scale May 1. The price now paid in the Pittsburg district is 73 cents. This will be increased to 90 cents. In speaking of the convention, last night, Mr. Evans said: "There is a proposition on foot to consoli date the two organizations and make one solid body. As soon as this is done the new or ganization will be attached to tbe Knights of Labor. There is nothing certain about it, but that is the intention now. If all the miners were in the Federation they would be better off. The N. P. TJ. is in, and there is no reason why the othersshould not be there also. If the members of N. D. A. 135 Knights of Labor would goon to the Fed eration, I think every miner wonld be well pleased. "The general condition of the miners is poor. The mild open winter is responsible for the poor trade. There was no demand ior a great amount of coal, and the miners were consequently thrown idle. I think the mild winter has effected the miners more than any other trade I know of. The ques tion of prices for next year will come up and will be decided. The Pittsburg price wilt be increased from 73 to 90 cents." The present membership of the Federa tion and affiliated organizations, according to the reports of President Gompers.is about 620,000. If they secure the Knights of Labor miners this will be increased about 10,000 directly and indirectly. HE IS EXPECTED TO EETUEN. Mr. Morenos' Departure Gives Rise to Sensntlonal Reports. President Morenus, of the Window Glass Workers' Association, left "for his home in Cleveland, N. Y., Saturday evening. It was reported on the Southside last night that he left rather unexpectedly, and "to some extent under peculiar circumstances. He told John Marsh, from whom he rented his room, that he need not hold the apart ments for him. It is said that Mr. Morenus confided to a friend who accompanied him to the train that the position of President was a tiresome one, and that he might not return. A dili gent effort failed to establish these startling reports last night. On the contrary everyone to whom Presi dent Morenus had talked about his depart ure gave as their opinion that he had only gone home to pay his family a visit. It is known that the reason he did pot aceom- 1890. pany ex-President Campbell to Washington was because he was not feeling well. His departure is not regarded with any special significance except by those who started tbe rumors. President Slorenus told a DISPATCH reporter the night of his in stallation that he did not intend to make his home in Pittsburg, as he could go home for a few days once or twice a montb. A CONFERENCE CALLED. Prestdent Gompers Will meet Allegheny Connty Llebt Company Offlclals To-Day An Enthusiastic Meeting The Strikers Slay Win a Victory Their Chances Good. A conference between President Gompers, of the Federation of Labor, and the officials of the Allegheny Connty Light Company has been arranged for to-day. It is probable that the matter will be settled before the de parture of Mr. Gompers lor New York, and it may result in a victory for the strikers. There is corisiderable of amisunderstanding, and the officers are willing to take a broad view of the matter. A special meeting of Local TJnion No. 3,696, of the Federation, was held yesterday afternoon in Labor Hall. Owing to a mis understanding the hall had been rented to L. A. 1,583, Knights of Labor musicians, and, after holding a partial meeting, the Federation people were compelled to adjourn to the headquarters of the Amalgamated Association. Mr. Gompers presided at the meeting. The other Federated executives present were Vice-President William Martin and Secretary Chris Evans. President Gompers was invited to speak first, but refrained from so doing. He asked for a general discussion on the trouble in order to get at the facts more closely. Quite a number of tbe members ot the union wbo had refused to strike were also present and gave their views. The discussion lasted three hours, when President Gompers took the floor. In the conrse of his remarks he said the Executive Council of the Federation had carefully considered the advisability of in viting representatives of tbe Allegheny County Light Company to meet them, but it was deferred. General Manager Blaxter, he said, had expressed to a reporter ot The Dispatch Saturday a willingness to meet the Council, if they should ask for a confer ence. In accordance with this, the Presi dent had sent him a note, asking if he would meet representatives from the Federation. Mr. Blaxter replied that if President Gom pers desired to see him, he could do so at the HotelDnquesne this (Sunday) or Mon day morning. President Gompers replied tbat he wonld be at the hotel to meet Mr. Blaxter at 11 o'clock Monday morning. Mr. Blaxter answered the last note by saying that himself and one or two other officers of the company would be on hand at the appointed hour to talk over the situation. Mr. Blaxter explained his hesitancy at not coming to tbe rooms of tbe Amalgamated Association; saying that his object might be misconstrued, and chose the Duquesne as a central ground. There was no feeling of discourtesy intended. After explaining the circumstances and tbe consequence, a suggestion was made to appoint a committee to act in conjunction with the Executive Council to meet the representative of the light company. The committee was given fnll power to take any steps they deemed advisable. The appoint ment of the committee was ratified. It consists of members of the union, who sus tained the strikers,and those who stood by the company. There are no strikers on the committee. Messrs. Martin and Evans, also made addresses in regard to the trouble, and ad vised the men what to do. The strikers are hopeful of success. Close Down for the Day. Armstrong Bros. & Co. have issued orders to close down their extensive coke works on next Tuesday in order to allow the employes to take part iu the funeral obsequies of their late manager, Mr. Samuel B. Patter son, whose death occurred last Saturday. Several orders, of which deceased was a member, will attend the funeral. The inter ment will be at TJniondale Cemetery. JAPANESE ENGINEERS. Tho mikado's Employes Inspecting tbe Con struction of Amerlcnn Railways. S. Kikkawa and M. Sengoku, two gentle men of Tokio, Japan, are at the Hotel Du quesne. They are railway construction en gineers, in the service of the Japanese Gov ernment. They have spent nearly a year and a half in Europe, most of tbe time in England, investigating railway construc tion, operation and management. They landed in New York December 29, and have been looking at American railways and talking with railway managers in Eastern cities. Mr. Sengoku said yesterday: "We came to this city this morning over the Baltimore and Ohio road, haying been advised by friends in the East to do so for the purpose of studying its gradients and curves in the mountains. The roads we are now constructing in Japan are in mountainousregions and have some heavy gradients. They are narrow gauge rail ways, 42 inches. For that reason my col league and I are specially desirous of seeing the Denver & Bio Grande Bailway in the Bocky Mountains, your most celebrated narrow gauge. "One of the objects of our visit here is to study the various advantages of the Ameri can and English railway equipments. We have the English system, with the short coaches, because English engineers built our first railroads. Oar own people are doing all the work now. We are much pleased with your style of cars, bnt we have not yet decided which is the best system. "We will remain here three or four days and will visit your railway offices and yords. We have a letter of introduction to Superintendent Pitcairn, of the Pennsylva nia Bailroad, and will call on him. We will then return eastward over the Pennsyl vania. We desire to visit the locomotive works at Altoona. After a short second visit to New York, we will go westward, and will sail from San Francisco for home on February 4." AS GOOD AS GOLD. Two Hundred tots Near Denver, Col., Free. Desiring to attract universal attention, we have adopted this novel and expensive method of placing our property before the people. The lots we are giving away are in Plainfield, a new suburban addition on the Fort Worth and Denver Bailroad, only a few minutes' ride from the TJnion depot at Denver, Col. These lots are 25x125 feet, wide streets, and nice park reserved. We keep every other lot for tbe present, and will not sell. Every lot that is given away will be worth 5100 in less than 18 months. We give only one lot to each person, and require no contract to improve. If you desire one of these lots send us your lull name and address, with 4 cents for postage, and we will mail you deed at once. Address Plainfield Addition Com pany, Castle Bock, Col. Jnnaary Clearance Sales In the curtain and upholstery departments. JOS. HOENE & CO.'S Penn Avenue Stores. These is greater demand every year for the unexcelled ale and porter made by the Iron City Brewing Co. All first-class bars keep them on draught. One Lot 50-Inch English Style Suitings. Imported goods, 51 formerlv $1 60. Jos- Homr e" & Co.'s Penn Avenue Stores. Parents Bring Your Children And have them photographed by Aufrecht, 516 Market St., Pittsburg, and you will be pleased. Twenty Special Lots cf Dress Goods At reduced prices. Jos. Hobjte & Co.'s Penn Avenue Stores, ADOLF CLUSS HERE. An Inspector of United Slates Build ings Reaches Pittsburg. HE VISITS THE OLD POSTOFFICE. This Morning He Will Call Upon Superin tendent M. L. Malone. GREAT POSSIBILITIES IN THE AIR. Adolf CIuss, the veteran Inspector 'of United States Bnildings, arrived in this cityjyesterday morning and is stopping at the Hotel Central. He came here directly from Detroit, and will remain here two or three days. His visit will probably be an interesting one for Pittsburg people. Mr. Clnss is an architect of 30 years' practice in Washington City. For many years his business was with Government buildings, being called in by the official architects as an adviser. Upon the ap pointing of Mr. Windrim as Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department, Mr. Cluss was called to his present position. He is a tall German, with gray hair and beard. Mr. Clnss remained iffhis room nearly all day yesterday. He caught a severe cold in Detroit, and is somewhat under the weather. During the afternoon he visited the old postoffice and looked over its crowded quarters. To a reporter for The Dispatch he said last night: "Tbebusinessof the Supervising Architect's Bureau has grown to be so im mense that it has become necessary to have a man traveling all the time, generally over seeing the construction of public buildings. I make the rounds regularly, so that my coming here at this time is no reflection whatever upon the management of Mr. Malone, the superintendent of ypur new building. No complaints regarding him have been put into my hands. HAS HO IKSTETJCTIOirS. "I have been away from Washington for three months, so that I have no direct in structions from the department in regard to my work here. It is probable that instruc tions have been sent to me by letter. If so the letters would be sent in care of Mr. Malone. I have not been able to get out to see him to-day, but will call on him at his office in the morning. "My business will have to do with both the old postoffice and the one now under construction. Your present postoffice is very much overcrowded, and some plan of relief must be found. Besides inspecting the Gov ernment buildings,' I have business here of another character. Some of your Pittsburg firms have contracts for making structural iron for federal buildings in other cities. I want to drop in on them and see how they are performing the work. "Since my visit here last October I have been inspecting public buildings as far West as Nevada. I spent some time in Chicago, looking over the postoffice and cus tom house there. For several years tbe building was settling, and large cracks in it resulted. The ceilings and floors were badly injured. Repairs made from time to time were not altogether eflective. because the settling was still going on. Now that settling seems to have stopped, so that other repairs can be m&de. They will not neces sarily be very extensive, some plastering and the laying of new tile floors. Iron rods were put through, the building about three years ago. woKKnro nr basements. "Notwithstanding the fact that the build ing is a very large one. the postoffice quarters are already crowded. Chicago's business has increased so rapidly. About 700 men are engaged at work in the base ment, where it was not intended that they should work. It is proposed to build large additions, of iron and glass, on the sides, to accommodate the postoffice work. My work there was done in conjunction with Mr. Bell, who was formerly Supervising Archi tect of the Treasury, and is now superin tendent of repairs in Chicago. "In Detroit my work was to see what could be done to enlarge the quarters of the present postoffice. The building there was erected in 1854, -when Detroit bad a popu lation of 20,000. Now its population, I am well satisfied after careful inquiry, is 250, 000. The office is very badly overcrowded. "My work in Detroit will give some idea of my work here. It is impossible to say now what recommendations I shall make concerning the present postoffice. My visit to-day showed it to be badly overcrowded." ImpuritiEB in the Liver. When the Liver is crowded or clotted with a mass of impurities, its action be comes slow and difficult. Pleurisy, Headache, Pain in Side, Tired Feeling and General Weakness ensues, result ing, if unchecked, in BROKEN DOWN SYSTEMS. When you have these symptoms, try a few doses of the genuine DR. C. McLANE'S Celebrated Liver Pills. Price, 25 cents. Sold by all druggists, and prepared only by Fleming Bros., Pittsburg. Pa. Beware of counterfeits made in Bt. Louis. jylO-srwr January Clearance Sales. JDB. HDRNE I CD.'B PENN AVENUE STORES. PirrsBUBG, Monday, January 20, 1890 With all the great sales that have opened the new season: Muslin Underwear, Scotch and American Ginghams, French Satines, India Silks, Embroideries, Etc, Etc, Yet the greatest of all events here now are the Grand January Clearance Sales, tnat extend all over the stores; This is a monster event and one of vast im portance to every buyer In the country. January is the clearance month and the bargain harvest. There Is no time like it in all the year, as there is no event like our January Clearance Sales In all this country at this or any other time. Tbere is no such another stock to be re duced; there are no such anxious thou sands waiting for the price reductions of other stocks; nowhere that such vast quantities of excellent goods are kept; nowhere that prices can be made so low as to move hundreds of thousands of NEW ADVEimSEJIEXTS. JOS. BOBNE fc CO. Continued. dollars' worth of goods In such an in credibly short time as one month. That month is January with us, when other people are dull. We mark lower prices in actual fig ures on fine goods than other stores mark on cheap goods. Dress goods some people mark down to 50c wers never higher than 50c here. Now the are 35c and 23c This shows what reducing prices means with us. DRESS GOODS : A glorious season for us in Dress; Goods this has been. If you care to fig. ure on reasons we make no objections, bnt better not waste your time. Coma here and figure how much yon can save buying dresses for tho future. Thou sands of pieces moving with, a mighty rush Impelled by prices. 52-inch All-wool Stripes and Plaids at 50c were IL 50-inch All-wool Broadcloths at Toe were 81. 50-Inch All-wool English Style Suit ings at SI were SI 73. 42-Inch All-wool Imported Suitings as 50c were SI and SI 23. 1 lot Plaids, beautif nl colorings, at 50c were SI 23 and SI 00. 1 lot Silk Mixture Stripe Saltings at 75c were SI 50. 1 lot Stripe Camel's Hair Suitings at SI were 52. 1 lot Genuine Scotch PUids, i inches wide, at SI 20. BLACK SILKS: Our Black Silks are the best makes and best valuos in the world. The re ductions have been the sharpest we ever made, and on tbe best and largest as sortment of fine goods we ever carried. The mark down prices on the fine goods (the finest qualities made)- put thorn within the range of popular prices. These fine goods offer even better values than the lower priced, though all are Greatly reduced. We have everything in Black Silks, and no better time will ever come to buy a Black Silk Dress at little cost. FINE BLACK BBOCADES: 90c a yard ones now 63c S7 50 a yard ones now 58. And all between reduced just so. FINEST BLACK CACHMIBE SILKS: At $2 50 reduced from S3. At S3 reduced from S3 50. At SI reduced from SI 50. COLORED SILKS: Of the new Indias there's a long and '' interesting story. The 60c, the 68c and the SI new ones, the best values ever shown on our counters. Bnt these aro clearance days. See how "clearance" prices look: SI 25 Indias reduced to 50c S2 23 Indias reduced to SI. 75c surahs reduced to 50c SI fancy style surahs rednced to 50c SI 25 21-inch style and plaid surahs re duced to 75c SI 25 figured pongees (27-inch) reduced to 50c 2 moire antiques, beautiful colors, at SL DRESS TRIMMINGS. Everything m trimmings going at the sharpest of bargain prices. All alike pnt to the blade. MILLINERY AND RIBBONS: These great departments with their beautiful goods have come in for an im portant share of price shrinking. Plenty of bargains is just what yon need. TABLE AND BED LINENS: Modest pockctbooks come here and feel that they will not be strained to keepnp appearances. The. values for little money in linens we have never seen equaled. A large choice of every thing. BLANKETS ANDQUILTS: Jack Frost has touched up the busi ness in these departments people can't buy warm bedding too fast now. But another hand has touched the prices when Jack Frost was skulking. There will be some cheap snuggling these cold nights. Thousands of the best blankets ever made, and the best comforts, going at scarcely half their former prices, with cost no longer a factor. THE CURTAIN AND UPHOL- 8TEBY DEPARTMENTS. Curtains, Hangings, everything. Brightness, beanty, cheerfulness hap piness, love, friendship, family, home, all kindred thoughts. Brightening the home is so cheap to those who.are taking advantage of these great mark downs. THE CLOAK DEPARTMENT. Read the Seal's story. You havef Then you know about the oeal goods. Another long and fascinating tale from each other line Cloths of the hun dreds of kinds. Plashes and all. Tho mild weather has left yoo to fill your pockets with onr proflts. Bnt wb be irrud"e it not. Yours in welcome free ly do"we jrive it as the air is clven. Wa urge you to take it. if you only take the roods. Our part is done. Prices aro moving these elegant Cloaks and Jack ets by hundreds now. and they are prices that have the full bargain side to tho bnyer. These aro tbe January clearance sales. Don't miss them. JOB. HDRNE I CD., 609-621 PENN AVE.
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