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FOBTY-FITTH TEAE.
II HHISHEDEDIHCE.
The Splendid Carnegie Eree
'- Library Beady to Open.
A DETAILED DESCRIPTION
Of the Kicest Gift in Granite That
Has Yet Been Bestowed.
IT WAS EYOLYED IN TWO TEAES,
Bat It Is One of the Cheapest $300,000
.Structures of Eecent Date.
IHE PRESIDENT TERY SURE TO OPEN IT.
r To-morrow being the first of the days set
apart for the formal opening of the Carnegie
Free library and Art and Music Hall in
Allegheny, a description and review of the
building and its evolution, with the very
nicest of illustrations, is eminently in or
der. That President Harrison will take
part in, or conduct the exercises of Thurs
day, now seems certain.
', It is open to serious donbt whether any
eity in America possesses a more perfect
temple of art than Allegheny has in the
Carnegie free Library and Carnegie Hall,
the result of a private citizen's timely
munificence. Other cities have libraries,
public and private; other cities have music
halls; other cities have art galleries; but
nowhere else in the United States is there a
building in all respects comparable to Hhat
which bow occupies the Third ward square
of Allegheny City, in which literature, art,
sculpture and music are happily accommo
dated and there various requirements so
harmoniously blended.
INCBEA&ED BY $50,000.
The original gift ol this public-spirited
citizen, who can with propriety be claimed
by either of the two cities, in and around
which his immense interests are situated,
was the sum of 5220,000, to be used in creat
ing accommodations for a free library. The
manner in which the design has ex
panded and become a temple of art
has; been frequently noted in these
columns. But with this deviation
from the original plans in favor of a more
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comprehensive structure, housing fields of
art more extensive, has come a call for
nearly $50,000 more. That amount has
been unostentatiously met, and tbe result is
a structure which baffles scrutiny and in
vites inspection. It materially emphasizes
a saying that is becoming proverbial here
abouts that "Andrew Carnegie never does
anything by halves."
As a matter of record, it is as well to ad-
THE FEEE LIBEABV
vert briefly to the inception of the plan, the
action of Councils and the iormation of the
Carnegie Free Library Commission, to
whose :aithfnl espionage and labors the
public owes a debt in addition to the obliga
tion it is under to Mr. Carnegie. Mr. Car
negie had offered 5250,000 to Pittsburg
for the conduction of a free
library, just succeeding, in 1886
his foundation of the handsome
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Braddock library which bears his name.
The proposition was enthusiastically re
ceived by the Pittsburg public; but it was
found, upon making an investigation;
that there were legal limitations which pre
vented the acceptance of the generous offer.
A SELF-SUSTAINING PBOVISO.
This was owing to the very wise insist
ance by Mr. Carnegie that the city of Pitts
burg should make permanent provision ior
the maintenance of the library. It was
found necessary to defer the acceptance of
ANDBEW CABNEGIB,
the offer nntil legislative aid conld be in
voked. "With Allegheny City it was differ
ent, and it was rumored that Mr. Carnegie,
while not withdrawing his offer from Pitts
burg, was meditating a similar offer to the
sister city.
On May 13, 18S6, Councilman George W.
Snaman offered a resolution in Allegheny
Common Council offering and setting apart
Third ward Diamond square for library
purposes, contingent upon Mr. Carnegie's
giving 5500,000; with the additional pro
vision for an annual tax of $15,000 for the
maintenance of the library. The resolu
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tion was referred to the City
Property Committee and considered
therein. A committee, consisting qf Messrs.
Hugh S. Fleming, Thomas A. Parke aud
Arthur Kennedy, was deputed to wait upon
Mr. Carnegie and lay before him the entire
matter.
THET MET ON DECOEATION DAT.
On Decoration Day the Meeting was had,
Messrs. Henry Phipps and John "Walker
being present. Mr. Carnegie received the
TBONT AND COENEE.
proffer of a site, and said he would give
5250,000 for the purpose. His views were
subsequently formulated in a communication
to Councils. The City Property Committee
presented its report to Councils at a special
meeting held on Jnne 4. It was as follows:
four committee would respectfully recom
mend that the princely and generous gift be
accepted and that councils, on behalf of onr
fellow-citizens, return to Mr. Carnegie oar
heartfelt thanks for his great liberality to his
native city; and for .the purpose of carrying
ont the project we herewith present an ordi
nance: "Accepting tlie gilt to the city by An
drew Carnegie, Esq., for the purpose of erect
ing a Ore-proof free library building and music
ball, setting apart the Third, ward Diamond
Square, for the erection of said building, and
providing for the levying of an annual tax for
maintenance of same." feigned by A. Amnion,
Hugh 8. Fleminir, Valentino Gast. Arthur
Kennedy, Daniel T. Mulvey, Thomas A. Parke.
H. D. Benwiclc, P. B. Smith, C. W. Gerwigand
H. P. Staving.
THE ENABLING ORDINANCE.
"WHEREAS. By the liberality of Andrew Car
negie, Esq., the sum of 250,(100 has been donated
THE GENEBOTJS DONOR.
te the city for the purpose of the erection of a
Ore-proof free public library building and
music ball.
Section 1 Be it ordained and enacted by the
Select and Common Councils of the city of Al-
legbeny, and It is hereby ordained and enacted
by authoritv of the same, that the gift of An
drew Carnegie, Esq., to the city, of the sum of
250,000, for the erection of a Ore-proof free
public library building and music hall be ac
cepted. Section 2 That tbe building to be erected
under the said gift shall be of granite, or of
such other material as the commissioners here
after named may select; costing not less than
$250,000, and shall be erected on the Third ward
Diamond square, which said square is hereby
set apart for said purpose.
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HALL.
Section 3 That in compliance with the sns'
gestion of Mr. Carnegie, tbe following persons,
viz: R. C. Gray, Henry Phipps, Jr., John
Walker and James B. Scott nre hereby ap
pointed to act with the city officers in all mat
ters pertaining to tho construction of said
bnildinc.
Section 4 That the following named mem
bers of Councils (as requested by Mr. Carnegie)
be appointed, viz.: H. ri. Fleming. Arthur
Kennedy. Thomas A. Parke and George W.
Snaman, to act in conjunction with the above
named centlemen on behalf of tbe city.
Section 5 That in consideration of tho gift,
the city hereby agrees whenever said building
is completed, to levy a tax of a sufficient
amount annually, lor the purpose of maintain
inc the library and building, said tax to be
levied and collected at the same time and in
the same manner as other taxes are levied and
collected.
bection 6 That so much of any ordinance as
may conflict with or mavbe supplied by the
foregoinc be and the sanio is hereby repealed.
Ordained and enacted into a law in Councils,
this Hth day of June, A B. 1SSG.
Attest: r. t. "White.
Clerk of Select Council.
Jas. H. Lindsay,
President of Select Council.
Robert Dilwortjt.
Clerk of Common Council.
James Hunter,
President of Common Council.
Examined and approved.
james G. Wym an, Mayor.
Mayor's office, City of Allegheny,
June 14, 1880.
IT "WENT BIGHT FOB'jrABD.
The momentum of the movement was ir
resistible. The next evening the commis
sion met at the residence of Mr. Henry
Phipps, All were present. On motion of
Mr. James B. Scott, Mr. Phipps was made
Chairman; then Mr. John "Walker was
chosen Treasurer, and Mr. Arthur Kennedy
Secretary. At subsequent meetings a plan
for competitive designs was formulated, and
seven firms of architects, all of whom had
designed important libraries, were requested
to furnish plans, to be paid for at 5500 each
irrespective of adoption. At ope of tbe
meetings Mr. Scott moved to have the time
extended to December 1, 1880, which was"
aerced to. A number of plans were sub
mitted, and between the meetings of Decem
ber 10 and December 27, a committee con
sisting of Messrs. James B. Scott, Arthur
Kennedy and Charles Davis, consulting
engineer, repaired to Hew York and sub
mitted the plans to Mr. Carnegie, who was
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THE BEST PLAN SELECTED,
Messrs. E. 0. Gray, Henry Phipps and
John "Walker were also present. Alter a
detailed examination and discussion the
palm was awarded to Smithmer & Pelz,
or "Washington. Contracts were awarded in
due time, and Chairman Phipps, on Jan
uary 7, appointed the following named gen
tlemen as the "Building Committee:"
Messrs. James B. Scott, B. C. Gray, John
Continued on tht Eighth JPage.
PITTSBURG, MONDAY.
Jl plot is possible.
The Connt of Paris Did Not Sail for
America, as Was Announced.
HE IS SOW CONCEALED IN LONDON.
The Young1 Duke of Orleans Will Make a
Ylgorons Defense.
EXPENBE OF THE PARNELL INQUIRY.
The Method by Which a Qnornm is Coasted iS'Kn.
gland's Parliament.
Notwithstanding the positive announce
ment that the Count of Paris had sailed for
America, he is secreted in London. He de
nounces the act of the French Government
in arresting his son, the Duke of Orleans.
Parliament will be asked to appropriate
$250,000 to pay the expenses of thePar
nell Commission.
BT DtrKIO.r'8 CABLE COUFANT.l
London, Pebrnary 9. The Count of
Paris has not sailed for America, as an
nounced in the papers, but is remaining in
concealment at his residence, Sheen House.
A reporter who succeeded in being admit
ted learned that a cablegram had just been
received from influential friends in Porto
Bico advising him to proceed at once to
America. After waiting two hours for an
opportunity to see the Count he was discov
ered in a small room set aside ior his study.
In reply to the question what he thought
would be the result of his son's arrest n
Paris, the Count said: "I am rather sur
prised the Government should .have taken
such a step. I regard it as both unjnst and
indiscreet. I knew nothing whatever of
tho Duke's intention to go there, and the
only explanation now that I can make in
my own mind is that he was prompted Jby
either the chivalrio intention of offering
his services to the Government or that it
was simply a pleasure trip undertaken
with an attempt at incognito, and prompted
by the desire to see a city he has always
loved and had so little opportunity to en
joy." The Count expressed himself as having
been unwilling to give expression to any
views on this subject, and declared that
were it not for publication in America he
would under no circumstances permit him
self to be quoted in any degree.
"For America I have the greatest re
spect," the Count said. "I regard it as
having liberty in its true sense, and not the
ghost of liberty, such as stalks through
some Bepublics. If anything will accelerate
the restoration of a monarchy in Prance it
will be the recurrence of such incidents as
this arrest."
TO FIGHT THE CASE.
The Dnbe of Orleans Has Encased Counsel
to Make an Argument.
Pabis. February 9. The counsel for the
Duke of Orleans will argue that the new
recruiting law abrogates the clause in the
expulsion law forbidding French, Princes
tnftnterthe armv. and that the Dnke has
not therefore rendered himself liable to a 4
penalty.
The Conntess of Paris has telegraphed to
the Marquis of Beauvoir thanking him for
news of her son and adding: "I'm sure he
will always do his duty;"
SIX MORE CiRDINALS.
Italy Is to Have a Larger Representation
In tbe Sncred College.
Rome, February 9. Sixltalian cardinals
will be created in March, in yiew of the mi
nority of the Italian cardin3late as com
pared with the number of foreign cardinals.
The Pope has decided against the holding of
the next conclave outside of Rome.
The Pope is well, but in consequence of
the death of his brother, Cardinal Pecci,
His Holiness will seclude himself for a few
days. The body of the Cardinal is lying in
state.
CAN CARRY 1,300 PEOPLE.
A Macnlflcent Neir Vessel for tho Ham
bars-American Line.
London, February 9. The Hamburg
American company's new steamer Korman
nia was launched to-day at Govan. The
launching was to have taken place yester
day, bnt was prevented by a dense fog.
Both sides of the Clyde were lined with
spectators.
The vessel, which was built by the Fair
field company, is of 8,500 tons burden, 500
feet long and can carry 1,300 passengers.
A RUSSIAN PLOT PR0TEN.
Tho Persons Who Conspired to Murder
Ferdinand to bo Court Dtartlaled.
Sofia, February 9, A Russian named
Nadine has been arrested at Pustiohuk on
the charge of being an accomplice of the
merchant, Kalopkoff, who was arrested a
few days ago for complicity in the Panitza
conspiracy. KalopkofPs papers,it is asserted,
clearly prove that the plot was of Russian
instigation.
A court martial will assemble on the 20 th
inst. to try tbe conspirators.
DRUMS FOR THE SULTAN.
Eroperor William's Peculiar Present to tbe
Blonnrcb-ot Turkey.
BERLIN, February 9. Emperor William
is about to send Captain Plueskow to Con
stantinople with a present of 24 drums for
the Sultan. Hitherto drums haye not been
used in the Ottoman army.
Not Allowed Even to Cbnllengr.
tBY rJUNLAP'S CABLB COMPASY.I
Leipsic, February 9. Councilor Siegel
has been sentenced to two days' imprison
ment in the Fortress, for carrying a chal
lenge from Hoffman, president of the State
Court, to Attorney Werthaner, although
the duel was not foutrht.
Getting Ready far Another Strike.
London, February 9. Mr. Burns, the
labor agitator, has urged the dock laborers
to delay action until their union is strong
enough to enable them to strike for an ad
vance of 1 penny per honr in wages.
-Fourteen Seamen Probably Drowned.
London, February 9. The Greek steamer
Spyridion Fagliano, from Constantinople,
has been wrecked near Falmouth. The
captain of the vessel was drowned, and 13
others are missing,
A Historic Palace Destroyed,
Pabis, February 9. The former palace
of Marguerite of Bayaria.on tbeBuede
Seine, was burned to-day. It was occupied
by the Marquis of Osborne, The loss it
placed at 5400,000.
Portugal' Defense Food.
Lisbon, February 9. King Carlos has
subscribed 545,000 to the defense fnnd. The
Queen and Dowager Queen have subscribed
520,000 each.
Rnbrr an Exprnxivo I.nxarr,
BT DtTNLA.?'S CABLE COVrAXY.)
. London, February ft" Parliament wiH
be asked to vote 50,000 tn defray the ex
penses of the Parnell Commission. '
FEBRUARY 10, 1890.
HOW PARLIAMENT GETS QU0RUA1B.
The Chairman Counts All the Members He
Can See In the Ilnll.
London, February 9. Much interest and
still more curiosity has been aroused among
politicians hew by the cabled reports of
Speaker Beed's summary attempts to create
a quorum outside of tho roll-call test. The
thing is not understood here very clearly,
because no such test as a roll call exists.
Parliamentary usage here is a quorum of 40
members who are in view of the Speaker.
It a member desires to count out the Honse
he rises and savs to the Speaker, "I call
your attention to'the fact that there are not 40
members present." Thereupon two minute
bells ring throughout the whole building.
Those who wish to leave do so. Those who
desire to continue the session hurry in.
Theu the Speaker, takiner bis cocked hat in
his hand, which he never wears and never
uses for any other purpose, points with it to
each man as he counts them. It there are
40 the Speaker calls on the man having the
floor to resume; if not he simply leaves the
chair and tbe House is adjourned.
There is a good deal of latitute taken by
the Speaker in thus making the House. Ior
the doors, opening into the lobby are flung
wide open and he counts as far out in the
lobby as his eye can reach. So that mem
bers desiring to count out are careful to step
aside, out of bis visual range. It ought to be
added that formerly it was considered utterly
bad form to call attention to the absence of
a quorum, and noboMy ever did it until Mr.
Biggar entered the, Honse and invented this
system of obstruction. The Irish then
adopted it, and it is now a familiar weapon.
A NEW STREET CAR SWINDLE.
Over Forty Conductor Cnnffbt In tho (Same
Trick, in a Few Hoars.
rsrrcija. telegram to tub dispatch, i
New Yobk, February 9. A swirVdler
was busy in "Williamsburg and Greenpoint
from 7:30 o'clock Saturday night until mid
night ith the horse car conductors on half
a dozen lines. Just after dark he began
work on the Flushing avenue line. He got
on a car and said he waa sorry, but he had
not anything smaller than a 52 bill. The
conductor offered to change it, and while he
was makiDg up the required $1 95 the swin
dler started and said he believed he did have
just a nickel. While he was fumbling in
his trousers pocket the conductor returned
tbe bill nicely folded.
But the nickel could not be found, and a
bill which looked like the 52 one was handed
back to the conductor. The snave gentle
man got the change, and after riding a
couple of blocks alighted. He had given
the conductor a $1 bill instead of the 12 bill,
and was 95 cents in. He caught over 40
conductors .during the night.
HIS WIPE'S HAIR IN HIS POCKET.
Strange Tale Told by tbn Husband of a
Woman Who Was Fonori Dend.
Chicago, February 9. The dead body of
the wife of Benjamin Foster, colored, the
janitor of tbe Board of Trade, was found
in an alley, and to-night Foster was ar
rested. He said he went home last night
and found his wife dead on the floor. Being
unnerved at the sight and feeling too poor to
bury tbe remains, be carried them into the
alley. On the way to the police station
after his art est the prisoner drew from his
pocket a handful of his wife's hair and
dropped it on the street.
"When pressed for an explanatibn of this
act Foster said he had taken the hair as a
relic, but fearing that it would bo used
against him in court, he concluded to throw
it away. The police are investigating re
ports that the janitor ana nis wile naatre-
..fcftoent violent quarrels.
SAW THE RAILS SPREADING.
A Peculiar and Fatal Wreck on tbe Norfolk
and Western Railroad.
SPECIAL TltLEOKAM TO THE DISFATCTJ.1
Roanoke, Va., February 9. A singular
accident occurred early this morning on the
Norfolk, and "Western Railroad, which re
sulted in killing one person outright,
fatally injuring two others and seiiously
wounding two more. The train made up of
two passenger coaches, mail and a baggage
car left this city at 5:20 P. M. bound "West.
Just belore reaching Middleton's Mill and
while running at the rate of 40 miles an
hour the rails began to spread, the road bed
having become softened by the heavy rains.
The engineer saw his danger and reversed
the lever, but be'oe he could bring tbe
train to a stop it swung around a sharp
curve and immediately after left tbe track.
The engineer and fireman jumped and were
not hurt.
A SUICIDE'S LINGERING DEATH.
The 17-Y ear-Old boa of Wealthy Parents
Sshoats Himself Fatally.
'New Yo bk, February 9. Samuel Van
Dusen Abbott, 17 years old, took his life at
the home of his grandfather, Samuel B.
Van Dusen, 61 "West Thirty-Sixth street.
He shot himself behind the right ear with a
revolver this afternoon and lingered until
the evening, when he died. His death was
not reported to the police until to-night, and
the Coroner's attaches tried to keep the
matter quiet.
The boy comes of wealthy parent. He
was born in this city, but was bronght up in
Liverpool, where his parents still reside.
His eradfather is a dealer in metals on Cliff
street. No cause lor the suiciuecan be
learned.
PERJURY AND BRIBERY CHARGED
Against a High-Salaried Officer of a Kansas
Insurance Company.
Kansas City, February 9. James A.
Fuller, the secretary of the' Topeka Insur
ance Company, was arrested at Topeka to
day charged with perjury. "When a re
ceiver was apolnted for the company some
time ago, Fuller testified that he had bribed
several prominent members of the Legisla
ture. He also swore that at a meeting ot
the Directors it had been voted to pay him
a salary of 5150 per month.
The receiver now charges him with hav
ing committed perjury when he swore to the
latter-statement.
TAR AND DRY LEAVES.
Tbe Latest Southern Compound for tho
Benefit of Mormon Elders.
rSPECIAl. TELZGBAM TO TUB DllPATCn.'l
Bibmingham, Ala., February 9. Per
sons from Marion county bring news of the
experience of two Mormon elders in that
county. The elders were getting together a
party of converts preparatory to starting for
Utaf), when a crowd of masked men dragged
them from their beds. They were taken
into the woods, stripped o! their clothing
and covered with tar and dry leaves.
After warning them that if they did not
leave tbe county at once they would be mas
sacred, tbe crowd set fire to tbe tar.
A BULLET THROUGH HIS HEART
Ends the Career or a Despondent Traveling
Man From Kentucky.
Kansas City, February 9. J. J. Mc
Carthy, 40 years of age, a traveling man
from Maysville, Ky., committed suicide to
day at his boardiug house by shoot
ing himself through the heirt with a
reyolver, -Nothing is known of him beyond
his residence, aud the fact that he was
traveling for an Implement house. De
spondency was the cause of the act.
0ILINSTEAD0FSN0W.
The Plan to wIiich the 'Lumbermen
Are Kow Forced to Eesort to
SLIDE THE LOGS TO THE RIVER.
The Phenomenal Weather Will Affect the
Price of Timber.
250,000,000 PEE1 STILL IN THE WOODS.
Six Tears Here Will Practically Exhaust the l'cnasjl
Tanla Forest.
In default of snow the Northern Pennsyl
vania lumbermen- have covered the log
"slides" with crude petroleum. It works
fairly well, but, unless there is a decided
change, much lumber will be left in the
woods. This will probably affect the price.
If the mild weather continues another year,
the business will be revolutionized.
CTSOK A STAIT CORRESPONDENT. 1
"Williamsport, February 9. In the
lumber regions of Northern Pennsylvania a
curious expedient has been resorted to for
tbe purpose of getting the Iocs out of the
wbods. Hundreds of barrels of crude oil
have been sent to the. camps, and this fluid
poured over the "slides." This was intend
ed to take the place of snow. Logs can only
be gotten to the market over slippery
paths, so when there was no snow or ice
they greased tbe mountain slides, but in
spite of that the vast lnmber interests of the
State have suffered to a serious extent from
this mild winter.
The snow that fell Friday gave the lum
ber princes of "Williamsport and the idle
camp men a gleam of hope. The thaw yes
terday, however, knocked ont all tbis hope.
I understand that a snow would havo to fall
a good week, and be maintained by thirty
days of freezing weather to bring into the
streams the lumber now lying in the forests.
a new scheme.
This is the first time that crude petroleum
has been used to lubricate the slides to any
extent. Some of the slides are 12 miles
long, starting away back on the summit of a
mountain and rounding through the passes;
in some instances shooting up one hill and
down another in a series of inclines. The
momentum tbe logs gather with distance
sends them along with a furious rate of
speed, and the crude oil has been found not
to wear off for nearly a week. At the up
ward incline horses are hitched to the last
log, and by pulling this pushes possibly 30
logs in front, so easy does the petroleum
mike tbe slide.
Last week's snow caused a sensation in
Williamsport, These figures will tell why.
There are to-dav 250,000,000 feet of timber
lying in the woods, wnich ought to have
been in the booms of Williamsport by this
time. In other words, February 1 has usu
ally seen all that wonderful amount of tim
ber lying in the river here, and much of it
in the mills being finished for the market.
This forest blockade is worth millions of
dollars. The logs as they lie felled are
worth $4 50 per 1,000 feel for hemlock and
from $11 to $15 for pine.
FIVE THOUSAND IDLE.
Twenty different firms of this city are suf
ferers from, the blockade, while 5,000 wood
cuttersin thecamps are idle, drawing no
pay. Tn addition 'to all this there are scores
of sawmills, portable and stationary, up
through the forest counties which have been
shut down most of the winter because they
could not get tbe logs from the
woods. This, would add tens of millions
of feet to the above figures. For instance,
A. C. Hopkins, of Lock Haven, has 31,
000,000 logs lying in Elk and Clearfield
counties. Thus far he has only been able,
with the aid of greased slides, to get enough
timber down into Sinnamahoning creek to
form 30 rafts, and even since he has had
them there, there has not been water enough
to bring theta into the west branch of the
Susquehanna.
Cochran, Payne & McCormick, and
Deemer & Co., of Williamsport, are the
largest operators in the State. Mr. J. C.
Payne said to me to-day: "Ihere is not
more than oo.uuu.uuu leet on the river in the
neighborhood of Williamsport. This is
less than a fifth what we nsuallv have on
hand at this season of the year. As it will
require at least one month" of continuous
cold weather to get the 250,000,000 feet of
logs out of the woods, and as this is already
late in February, it begins to look doubtful
whether we will have large stocks on hand
this summer.
IT "WILL AFFECT PEICES.
"Of course I think this will affect market
prices for Pennsylvania lumber. The very
fact that we have had to go to so much
trouble to get out what little we now have,
such'as greasing the slides, and building
stretches of tramway, and buying addi
tional horses, must make a difference on
prices."
"What if the mild winters continue in
the future?" I asked.
"I have heard some people advance the
theory that the climates are changing, and
if that is true the lnmber business would be
revolutionized. Of course we would have
to meet it, though, as we have been doing
this year in a measure. I suppose tbe
building of great systems of tramways, or
even narrow gauge railroads wonld be the
solution of the problem. Although costly
at first, they would prove cheaper in the
end than the present method of hauling on
the snow, because then we would not be at
tbe mercy of tho weather. There wonld
then be no such interruption o trade as we
have suffered this winter. I know of one
firm now who has a narrow gauge railroad
with a light locomotive, and it works suc
cessfully." MOEE OPTIMISTIC.
Mr. Deemer, of a firm mentioned above,
had a mote bopeful view of tbe situation.
He felt confident that 'enough freezing
weather would yet be had to get all the logs
out of the woods, bnt to a ditect question he
had to admit that not for years has the busi
ness beep so held back, The present snow,
he believed, would bring out many millions
of logs.
The latter statement is true. I was in the
lumber country when the heavy snow gf the
week fell. The camps began to fill up with
men from all directions, and before night
fall on Friday nt Ieat 2,000 horses were
pulling logs through tbe forests to the top of
slides. It was a scene ot great activity.
The railroad trains from one way station
to the other were filled with these hardy
woodsmen, and as the crossroads grocery
man, the village milliner, and even the dis
trict school teacher, have all been depend
ent on the lnmber business, they, too, were
excited. Thin, the first real snow of the re
markable winter of 18S9 and 1890, was
certainly a glorious event. At night time
work did not cease, and I am told by Wil
liamsport capitalists that the forests of Elk,
Center, Clearfield, Cameron, Clarion, Potter
and Cambria counties sparkled all over
with torches on Friday night, while camp
fires looked like huge bon-fires.
A DEPBESSING CHANGE.
Bat by 10 o'clock Saturday morning the
thaw caused a big "drop in public enthu
siasm. The early evening indicated an
other freeze, aud again the men worked all
night, caring not for Sunday. All this
great lumber belt is drained by the West
Branch of the Susquehanna". The Sinna
mahoning is one of its chief tributaries,
bringing lumber east of the mountains from
as far down the low-grade division of the
Allegheny Valley Bailroaelg? Jefferson
county. ES,
The west branch is to WillIrt and
the country for lumber what th?4 'wionga
hela is to Pittsburg and the SLgjft'st in
the coal industry. But, or cours.o Sus
quehanna has not got, nor does il--gJ, the
fine slack water improvements wv ithe
Monongabeia possesses. The bY at
Lock Haven and Williamsnort. hioXw.
haye cost an immense sum of mtSJ
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uuiiu ituu UiaiUUUU. JLUBSO WCXB
That, bv the wav. reminded some oiA
lumber princes here to-day that Johnstown
ana .ruisDurg naa severely criticised ov
ernor Beaver for devoting some of the relief
lunds to the devastation in this part of the
State. Mr. Deemer alleges that the money
losses along the west branch of the Susque
hanna were 53 to $1 as against Johnstown's
financial loss. He added that, of course,
the people hero had to grin and bear it be
cause tbe awful loss of life in the Cone
maugh Valley caught the public sympathy.
AN UNKNOWN QUANTITT.
Just to what extent prices for lumber will
increase cannot, of course, be definitely
stated. There has been a good demand all
along, but not enough to indicate a famine.
Yet all these facts are worth weighing when
people begin to figure on the next building
season. These timber slides have cnt the
public roads up terribly in the northern
counties. It is a common thing for a team
ster to be delaved at a slide for 20 minutes
at a Wetch until the men above stop shoot
ing tbe logs down.
Were the roads good they could be util
ized, largely by the woodsmen in hauling
lumber wagons, but General Coburn, ot
Bellefonte, says that by the time the State
Legislature rebuilds the public roads in
Pennsylvania, there will be no more lumber
to haul. And that is not very long either,
he says. He allows six years yet for the ex
haustion of Pennsylvania foresta.
L. E. Stofiel.
AN ENTIRE FAMILY. DROWNED.
Tho Parents Perish While Attempting to
Keacae Their Four Children.
SPECIAL TH.EGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Kingston .Depot, K. Y., February 9.
A chain of four lakes, known as the Binne
waters, are located along the line of the
AVaterkill Valley railroad, a few miles from
this city. The third Binnewater, which is
between six and seven miles from here, was
tbis afternoon the scene of one of tbe most
appalling accidents that have ever occurred
in this vicinity. An entire family of six
persons were iped out of existence. TJp to
this hour the particulars of the sad affair
received from the nearest telephone station
are meager. It appears that tbe fonr chil
dren of Jacob B. Slater went skating on the
lake, the ice upon which was scarcely two
inches thicks
They had been skating but a little while
when the ice gave way and they rapidly
disappeared beneath the surface. Their
cries for help were heard by the parents
who rushed to the scene only to discover
that their beloved ones were far from the
shore beyond their reach. The mother,
frantic with grief and uplifted hands rushed
wildly in the direction of her children in a
vain attempt to rescue them. As she ap
proached the spot where they fell throngh
tbe ice gave way beneath her feet and she,
too, was floundering about in tbe water.
Slater, who was but a few feet behind his
wife, also fell a victim.
TEE GBEAT LAB0K CONTEST.
Great Preparations Are Heine Blade for tbe
Elaht-IIonr Movement.
J SPECIAL TZLIGItAM TO TUB DISPATCH. 1
Boston, February 9. The efght-hour
labor movement took definite shape in Bos
ton to-day when the building trades asso
ciations voted to demand a reduction in the
hours of labor as proposed by the American
Federation of Labor at its recent conven
tion. That a strong demand for eight hours
is to be made among the different trades
next May there is no doubt. Whether it
will result in a gigantic strike
or whether the employers will
meet their men half way and try
to arrange matters satisfactorily cannotjbo
foreshadowed at present. Every prepara
tion for the outcome is being made by the
several labor organizations, and especially
in tbe building trades. These are stronger
financially and numerically than ever be
fore. Many of the leaders of the movement
think that when tbe time comes to ask for
eight hours, the employers will not openly
refuse their request, but that they will de
cline to recognize any labor organization,
nnll, as on other occasions, decide to deal
with individuals only. If this course is
taken a strike is probable. Tbe American
Federation of Labor is prepared in case of
a strike to pay every striker $10 a week, it
is said, no matter how long the strike lasts.
THE TERK0R OF ALL LAID LOW.
Exciting Uniit After a JJIonster Panther
Which Had Killed Cattle.
ISPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCD.J
Caethage, III., February 9. An ex
citing panther hunt took place in Adams
county to-day, which resulted in killing a
ferocious beast that has terrorized the people
of that county all winter. A short time ago
Daniel Yoorhees, a farmer living near
Qumcy, came to that city and said that
early one morning he was attacked in his
barn by a huge wild animal, but after a
short struggle the beast fled into a neigh
boring strip of timber. Voorhees received
several ugly scratches.
Ee ports then came from other farmers
that cows, calves and even horses were be
ing killed and their bodies mangled by
some unknown animal, and a band of armed
men hunted for two days. The big panther
for such it proved to be was traced by
dogs into a dense thicket, and one or two of
the dogs were killed. A volley from the
rifles soon laid the big cat dead.
BATIIEE A LITELY FUNERAL.
A Husband Sends 323 O to Bury His Wife,
Which Mjo Spends.
RPKCIAL TILXQKAM TO Till DI3r ATOH.1
San Feancisco, February 9. The
divorce suit of Bookmaker Asa M, Hamil
ton, of this city, against his wife, Hannah,
has brought out some testimony. About
two years ago the Hamiltons visited New
York, and so enamored of life in tbe metrop
olis was Mrs. Hamilton that she wanted to
remain, and so her husband returned to
tbe Golden Gate alone. Mr, Hamilton
waited with Job-like patienco for bis young
wife's return.
One dav he was startled by the following
message flashed over the wires from New
York: "Hannah died last night send $250
for luneral expenses." Afterward it was
learned that his wife was still living, had
secured the money and spent it in riotous
living.
' ALMOST A COMPLETE H0X0P0LY.
A Syndicate Secures All of tbe Starch Fac
tories Except One.
Des Moines, February 9. President
Gilbert, of the Gilbert Starch Factory, and
Secretary Work, of the Sleeper Starch Fac
tory, of this city, have just returned from
Buftalo, N. Y. They state that the sale of
these factories had been consummated. The
sale was made to a syndicate said to be
backed bv English capital. The price paid
forthe Gilbert factory was 5500,000 and for
the Sleeper factory $120,000.
It is said this sale places the syndicate in
control of all the large starch factories In
the United States, with one exception.
THREE GENTS
HEELIE BLY'S DEBUT.
Her First Lecture Listened to by a
Largo Sew York Audience.
GIVEN A GENEROUS RECEPTION.
Sha Talks Easily and Naturally and Makes
an Impression.
INCIDENTS OF HER LENGTHY JOURNEY
The Beeelpts at the Box Olflee Eeica a Very Flat
terinj Kijnrc.
Miss Nellie Ely, the Pittsburg girl who
recently circled the globe, made her first ap
pearance on the lecture platform in New
York last evening. She was greeted by a
large and apparently appreciative audience.
The receipts at the box office amounted to
fl,400.
(SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
New Yobk, February 9. If the close at
tention of an intelligent audience for an
hour and a hair, withbnt the slightest evi
dence of weariness or disapproval, be
taken as a criterion, then Nellie
Bly will attract as much at
tention on the lecture - platform
as she has in her original and entertaining
line of journalistic achievements; Miss Bly
made her first public appearance to-night
at the Union Square Theater under the
management of J. M. Hill and was wel
comed by a house fnll of people.
Critics who were prepared to hear a
dull, commonplacs recital of journeying
from point to point, delivered with all the
nervous awkwardness that belongs to the
untrained amateur, were surprised to see a
modestly self-possessed young woman appear
before the footlights, and, without a trace of
nervousness, talk with as much ease and
freedom as though she were tete-a-tete with
an intimate friend. There was something
in the perfect naturalness of Miss Bly's
manner that maintained the interest in her
from the beginning to the close of the
lecture.
A STYLE OF HEB OWN.
She employed none of the arts that are
part and parcel ot tbe lecturer's profession,
she had no dramatic poses or thrilling clf
maxes to excite admiration for her aa
an actress, and no carefully pre
pared peroration to gloss over
tbe imperfections of the opening
sentences none of these. It was a plain,
every day story, told with the charming
naivete that brought every one of the
thousand peoDle in the theater in close
sympathy with the speaker at once.
Her voice, while not powerful, is musical
and well modulated, and could be heard
fairly well in all parts of the building, and
the spontaneous applause that greeted every
bright hit testified that the people were
pleased with the entertainment. Mr. Hill
came on tbe stage at 8.30 o'clock, and com
ing down to the footlights made a brief ad
dress. "It is my pleasure and privilege, ladies
and gentlemen," he said, "to present to you
this evening an American girl who "has
made the circuit of the globe alone, and she
is here to tell you how the trip was
made. It is her first appearance
before an audience, and she does not come
as a trained speaker, so that whatever im
perfections she may display you wifl under
stand the cause thereof. I feel quite sure,
however,, that you will extend to her a cor
dial welcome. Permit me to introduce Miss
Nellie Bly."
A WAEM GREETING.
The young circumnavigator appeared at
the center entrance of a set drawing-room
scene as Mr. Hill ceased speaking, and
advanced to the footlights. Her eyes
were sparkling, and her cheeks were
slightly flushed, but she displayed no em
barrassment whatever. She wore the same
dress that she wore in her great raceLagainst
time around the world, and no ornaments
except a pair of bracelets and a plain finger
ring. There was a salYo of hand-clapping
as Miss Bly bowed.
"As Mr. Hill has siid," began tbe globe
girdler, in an even, steady voice, "I am not
a trained speaker. I am here simply to tell
you of my journey around tbe
world and bow I came to make
it. Over a year ago I first got
the idea. I went to a railroad office and
got some time-tables and studied them
before even making the suggestion. I
had reached the conclusion that a journey
around tbe earth could be made in less
than 80 days. I was rather atraid to ofler
the idea at first, because I didn't know how
it would be received, bnt I did it finally,
and said I thought the trip could be made
in less time than it had been made by
Philea3 Fogg, the hero of 'Around tbe
World in 80 Days.' I was informed by the
editor that the scheme had been
thought of before, bnt that it would
not do to let a woman undertake the task
on account of the number of trunks it
would require. 'Well' said I, 'send your
man and I'll start out at the same time and
beat him.' Laughter. That was a year
ago."
A SUDDEN MESSAGE.
"One miserable, rainy evening in Novem
ber last I received a message at my borne to
come to the office immediately. This was
something unusual, but I did not stop to
question and hurried downtown. I
thought perhaps I had made some
blunder or other and wa3 in for a scolding.
The first thing I heard, however, was this
question, 'Can you start, day after to-morrow,
to go around the world?' I answered
'Yes' immediately, and was instructed to
makemypreparations-Iwenttoadressmaker,
a man, by tbe way, next morning, and asked
him if be conld finish a good serviceable
dress for me by nisht. I did not think
that he could, bnt he did, and this
is the dress I have on now. First
I thought I 'would have two dresses, but
that meant carrying a larger bag, or a bag
and a bundle, so I determined on the bag.
"Well, after getting myself ready, Xwent
down to the steamship on which I had en
gaged passage and felt rather blue. I
had never been away from my
mother before, and had never been at
sea. Tho world didn't seem at all
round. It looked like an awfully long
stretch, and I felt real bad. Tbe people on
board were very kind to me, and many of
them asked "me if I had ever been
sea sick. I had not up to that
time, but I experienced it be 'ore
we had been out many days. One man
looked at me contemptuously and said,
"and she is going around the world, too?"
I was determined not to get sick again, and.
I well, I did, hut I had the pleasure of
doctoring that man who had said, "and she's
going around tho world, too."
The receipts at the box office for the lec
ture were $1,400.
FIFTY ICEBERGS SIGHTED.
Evidence That There Is Winter Somewhere
"Along- tbe Atlantic Coast.
New Yobk, February 9. The steamer
Bania, from Hamburg, arrived here to-day
with the passengers of her sister ship, the
Suevia, which, on the 22d of January last,
broke her shaft and had to put back to
Queens town, after making five days of her
voyage.
The Bania passd throngh a large field of
ice in latitude 46 28' longitude 46 32' ana
and sighted at least SO icebergs;