iW wwwmwmw" ' ' ft GREATGATHERING Of All the Leading Iron and Steel Men of the Two Continents, SIX HUNDRED DELEGATES, InclndingsManj Titled Persons, Expected From Europe. Are PLAKS FOE AN EXTENSIVE TODE. The Tisit to Pittsburg Will be One of the Chief Features. AN ELABOEATE PCOGEAHME AREANGED The details have been completed for the great international iron and steel confer ence in New York and Pittsburg this fall. In addition the foreign delegates will make a tour covering a Tery large portion of the country. , SrECIAI, TKLSOBAX TO TUB D1SFATCB. New York, May 23. The most im portant gathering of men interested in the steel and iron industries which has ever occurred in this country will take place in the latter part ot September of this year, and contlnne until the close of October. Two hundred members of the Iron and Steel Institute of Great Britain; 100 members ofthoVcrcin Deutichcr Eisonhuttenleute, (tbo leading German steel and iron asso ciation), and CO of the leading French, Belgian and Swedish metallurgies, will on this occasion lo tho guests of tlio Ameri can Inotltuto of Mining Engineers and other American societies Tho occasion will ho still further signal led by tho British Instltulo holding n special mooting during Its stay here. This great gathering of the moat famous scientists In the metallurgical Hold and of tho fore most and wealthiest Iron and steel manu facturers and inlno owners In tho world will be largely duo to tho efforts exerted many yean ago by tho most distinguished Amer leal metallurgist, tho late Alexander L. Ualley, of tills city. AX WAItNKHT WOIIKKU. Mr. Ualley mado many visits to Europe and established a reciprocity between tho metallurgists of the two countries, which, but lor him, would have been long In form ing. The Improvements achieved by work ers In the iron and steel field abroad he In troduced Into this country; vice versa, espe cially in regard to the making of Bessemer steel, In which this country long led tho European countries. In 1676, Mr. II alley suggested to the Iron and Steel Instl'ute ot Great Britain that it should hold a meeting in this conntry. Al though favorably received, the suggestion was not acted upon. A lew years later tbe British Institute itself revived the project, and informed tbe American Institute ot its action. The latter, however.at this time, was not ready to receive its English cousin on ac count of certain complications inopportunely arising, and it was decided to ask the Brit ish society to postpone its visit until a more favorable season. ALL COEDIALLT INVITED. Tbat season appeared to have arrived early in tbe present year and cordial invi tations were sent to the Iron and Steel Insti tute of Great Britain, and the Yerein Deutscher EUenhuttenleute of Germany, and, in the absence of similar bodies in France, Belgium and Sweden, individual invitations were sent to the most eminent French, Belgian and Swedishlmetallurgists. Although proceeding directly from the 'American Institute of Mining Engineers, the invitations were indorsed and supple mented by others from the American Iron and Steel Association, tbe United States Association of Charcoal Iron Workers, the American Society of Civil Engineers and the American Society of Mechanical En gineers. "" A gratifyingly large portion of the invita tions was accepted by those to whom they were .xtended and the whole bodyof visiting metallurgists, mine owners, ana iron and eteel manufacturers will number about 400. As 50 ot the British visitors have signified that their wives will accompany them, and as many of the continental guests are expected to be similarly companioned, the entire party will probably number not less than COO. These are the most eminent of the ex pected Tisitors, all members of tbe British institute, but many of them Germans, who belong also to the German institute. T1IF EXPECTED GUESTS. Members cf Council President, Bir James Kltson, Bart; Sir I Lowtblan Bell, Bart, F. B. &5 Lord Edward Cavendish, M. F.; Edward F. Martin, E. Windsor Wobards, G. J. Snclua, F. B. 8.. and William Wbltwell. Ordinary members Oeorce Adams, Alfred 11. Allen. Cbns Anderson, Ham u el Anderson, Thomas Ashbury. John A F. Asplnall, Frits HaarcHlr James lialn, Jauios It. Ualn, A. U. Mamlctt. Tboina llAntlck, T. Masslcks-llarlow, K. T. Harnett. T. Barlnefaatn, Paul Bayard. M. Jlayllss, William K. Beardnhavr, John Henry Bcckwilli Joseph Bedford. C. K. Bell. Hush HcIL Adoluli HlclcliTt, Ocorgo Bond, 11, O. Biadley. Joepli V. Brown, H. A. Brusttoln, wniiiuB MUUKiey, ii. neon lit Bush, luaao a. it iiyi. I). Campbell. Ocorge Oawley, Hamad Cliatwood, William T.Cnoosinan, John Henry Ovehlan. Arthur Cooper, Jonarrt V"l'B.r J- CeiiMiBkn, John Corner, Joseph Coventry, John Craven, Wilson T. W. Crawhall, H. T. Ciiadell. J. J. U Crosland, Clement Crowthjr, Win. Cunningham, Jl.M Uaelen, Oeorce lltn. John Jl.Uarby, Ber. nara Dawson, J!. Dleklnson. H. Dleklnson, John jJlekson, A. J. JJorman. Win. Uroiufleld, I). J, B. Uuncan. Juuieji JJuni.ael.le Jt . &,,,, ICdward ICaston, Herbert KecIes.J. Jl. Kdee Daniel Bdard. W, 11. Kduards, T. jjoonard Kills. Christmas Kv&ns jf. K. jivana Iteuben Farley, W. Faruworth. H. J JMIows. W. O. Fotslnk. Theo. M. P Fry, Ueorge Garrett, George Ueon. A. H. rinransson, Wallas A. linulty, John Green. W. U. Greenwood, Joseph Gregory, H. It. Quo. bins, Kuill Guilleaume, It, A. JladHeld, U. II. Hanrle.J. F. Hall. W. F. Hall. J. llallbaner! B. B Hansen, V. Hanson. G. It Harrison. O K. Harrison, W. it Harrison. Alex M, Hay. Jeremiah Head, Arthur Keen, John Kidder, Francis Koch, Fr. Korb, It. Lay. bourne, H. W. Lewis. Sir W. T. Lewis, Hamucl Lloyd, J. O. Lowond, IL Lure. Alfred 0. Lyon. G. K. McCarthy, H. Macco, CordyManby. Jules Margery. Henj. Marsden, It C. Marshall. W.H. Macsey, Ewlng Matboson, Wm. McGowan, Thomas Miller. Charles McLaren, William McUnoaux, Frederick Monks, Alfred Moore, H. V. 11 or ran, Claude J. Morris, Colonel Fagot Moiley. T. N. Mnller, John 8. Nettleford. W. K. Norbnry, Gerard O. Oakes, G. Ogllvie, John Page, William Parker, Henry F. Parkes, John Paulson. J. H. lVarann T. K. Pparinn. John Francis Pease, Joseph A. Pease, William Feile, Gustavo Cledboenr, James Piatt, B, Poensgen, Bamnol Pope, Alex Pourcel, F. W. Preston, John Price, Arnold Fre-Smitb, G. Hatllffe, Sir E. J. Reeam, B. M. Kenton, J. Blchards. George Riebardson, Joeph Kicbardson, G. J. M. Ridebalch, Ed ward Blley. T. N. Boblnson. J. H. Kogers, kh??.leZ Kummens, irancU W. Rummens, J. Bchllnk. E. Schrodter. George Scoular, Fred erick Seaman, Georjte Benlor. Georee Slddell, . u WeSe.n tfoderlck Biemens, Henry 5ln!?J?' S,' ? 5.lmJ'!ni Frederick Smith, G. J. KnJtbVIlHrtwBmJUhi W- Ford Smith, R. De Boldenhoff, T. W. Sorby. John W. Sparrow, John W. Spencer. E. L. feqnire, L. R. L. Squire Henry Steel. Jr.. Edward Bteer, fidgar "wrer. Sir Thomas Storey. W. J. P. Storey, W. 8torr, JTAV. Snmner, John Tate, J. B. Tay- ' 1ST' V- Thackray. A. Thleien, John 6. Thomas. jWilllam Tozer, Henry Wake, Joseph Walton teHrT Webb. Charles Wells, Jchn Whittle! ueorge WnHmnn, , nailer uucaion, J union null, irn, winiam mirnyoat, Jr.. Ueorco Butler, T. K. Ilutfnr. W. L livers. 4PJBH WUMMB . WJUtWBU, George W. Wllklnfon. John .Will iams, W. V. Williams, James UIHUms, Peter Williams. William William . W. .Will lamson. Alfred Wilson, a G. Wood. H. Wool cock, James Worton, T. Wrightson, Joso A. DeVharra. THE GEEMAN VISITOES. "While the German visitors will not be so numerous as those from Great Britain, they will constitute a thorough representation ot ell the prominent iron and steel works in Germany. The general committee which has been organized to prepare for this event numbers over 100 of the leading Americans engaged in the steel and iron industries. The officers of the committee are Andrew Carnegie. Chairman; B. F. Jones, of Pitts burg, Vice Chairman; George A. 9r0,cte! of this city, Treasurer, and O. Kirckhofl, Jr., of this city, Secretary. The Reception Committee, which is also practically the Executive Committee, con sists of the foregoing as officers, and the following: Abram S. Hewitt, of this city; Jamei C. Bayles. of this city; A. E. Hunt, of Pittsburg; T. Sherrv Hunt, M D., or Montreal; Prot. Henrv Horton, of Steven's Institute, Hoboken; "SV. H. Shenn, of Pitts burg, President of the American Society of Civil Engineers; John Bogart, State En gineer and Secretary of the American So ciety ol Civil Engineers; Charles MacDon ald, President of the Union Bridge Com pany; James M. Swank, of Philadel phia, Secretary ot the American Iron and Steel Association; Robert H. Coleman, of Lebanon, Pa.; John Birk inbine, of Philadelphia; Eckley B. Coxe, of Drifton. Pa.; John Fritz, or Beth lehem, Pa.; O. W. Potter, Henry S. Pick ands, Charles Hunrod and B. AV. Hunt, of Chicago; W. H. Chesholm and Samuel Mather, of Cleveland; R. A. Parker, of Marquette, Mich.; Ferdinand Scblessinger, ot Milwaukee; F. H. IeBardelcben and Judge H. G. Bond, of Birmingham, Ala.; A. M. Shook, of Kashville, Tenn.; H. S. Chamberlain, of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Wal ter Crafts, ol Anniston, Ala.; General Fitz hugh Lee, of Virginia: James A. Burden, of Troy, N. Y.; Frank S. "SVItherbee. of Port llenry, K. Y.; Joseph D. "Weeks, of Pittsburg, and David Williams, ol this city. IK THE EARLY FALL. The visitors will sail for this city in tho mlddlo of September, the British guests by the Servla, of tho Cunard line, and the Continentals by the Elder and tho Lalia, of the North German Lloyd line, and tho Nor inannla and tho Columbia, of the Hamburg American packet line. They are expected to srrlvo In time to attend the annual meeting ol tho Amcrlcun Institute of Mining En gineers, whlrh holds Its sessions In this olty on the '.'0th and flOlli of September. On the 1st, 2d and 3d ol Octobor tho British Insti tute will hold sessions In this city (probably In Ohlckerlng Hall) for tho rcadlDjr and discussion of papers, Tho details ol tho entertainment ol tho visitors while In this olty bavo not yet been worked out, but the Reception Uommlttco will hold a meeting at (ho Engineers' Club, No. 10 West Twenty-ninth street, to-morrow, for tho purpose of selecting a local en tertainment committee. On Saturday morning, October 4, the party will start for Philadelphia, whore Sat urday, Sunday and Monday will ho spent. An entertainment committee Is now being organized In that olty. On Tuesday, tho 7 tli, tho visitors will go Irom Philadelphia to Lebanon, at tbo Invitation ol Itohert II. Coleman, whose guests they will bo while there. They will there Inspect the Cornwall mines, the greatest in thecountry. "Wednes day, the 8tli, will bo devoted to the mines and industries of Johnstown and Altoona, THE VISIT TO PITTHBDBO. From tho 0th(Tbursday)to the 12th (Sun day) tbo visitors will be in Pittsburg, where two International sessions of tbe combined societies will be held the remainder of the time in that city being given to visiting the steel works, natural gas wells, coke fields and other objects of Interest there to be seen. On tbe 13th and 14th, Monday and Tuesday, respectively, the visitors will be in Chicago, where they will inspect the Pullman Worts and tbose of the Illinois Steel Company. They will receive special attention irom the Chicago World's Fair Committee. At Chicago the party will divide, one section to take a Northern and the other a, Southern trip. The former will leave Chicago on the night of the 14th (Tuesday) for Iron Mountain, and will there, on the 15th, inspect the mining plants and machinery of the Chapin Company, which expects to mine this year 800,000 tons of iron ore. Thence, the sight of the 15th, tbe party will visit the Gogebic range, spending the 16th there, and, turn ing back, xill reach Houghton, Mich., on the morning of the 17th. During the 18th and 19th (Saturday and Sunday) the copper mines of Lake Sune'ior will be visited, in-' eluding the Calumet a;d Becla and the Tamarack mines, with their stamp mills and refining works at Torch Lake. On Monday and Tuesday, the 20th and 21st. the iron mines and snipping docks at Marquette, Mich., will be inspected. ALL OVEB THE COUNTRY. On "Wednesday, the 22d, the visitors will see the Sault Ste.Marie canal, in Michigan, which passes more tonnage in a year than the Snez canal does. The same day the party will return southward by way of St. Ignace, Saginaw, and Detroit, Mich., to Niagara Falls, which they will reach on Friday, the 24th. In the meanwhile tbe party taking the Southern trip will have spent the time as follows: October 16 and 17, at Birmingham, Col era, Shelby and Anniston, in Ala.; the 18th, 19th and 20th, at Chattanooga and Lookout Monntain; the 21st, at Knoxville, Tenn., and Middlesboro, Ey.; the 22nd, at Pocahontas, on the line between West Virginia and Virginia, the most famous coal and coko district in the Sonth; the 23d, at itoanoKe, vs.; tneX4tn, at Luray cove; the 25th and 26th, nt "Washington, where they will bo received by the President. On the 27th, the two parties will reunite in this city and the official reception of them will be over. Mpoy of the visitors will re main longer in the country. GARFIELD 110KUMENT DEDICATION. 83 lo Cleveland und Itclurn Via ihoPeansyU raaln Lines. Tickets wilt be sold for regular trains leaving Pittsburg at 12:45 and 11:05 v. ., May 20, and for special train, which will carry the Washington lnfantrv and Wll- kinsburg Sheridan Sabres, leaving at 8 r, si. of tho 20th and running through to Cleveland without stop. Also for special train leaving Pittsburg nt 0:30. Allegheny at0:40 A. M. of 30th. President Harrison. with members of his Cabinet and other notables, will attend tho dedication, which will be an event of national Interest, Tickets good returning by special trains leaving Cleveland at 0:00 r, M. of 30th and 12 noon of June 1, or on regular trains until Jnne 2, inclusive, Tbssu 83 To Cleveland and Ueinrn 83 Via the r. & L. K. It. B., May 29 and 30, tickets good for return passage until June 2, giving ample time for excursions to De troit and other points. Tbe time via the Lake Erie road is from one to two hours quicker than via any other route. TTSu The SlnfTofLIfe. Bread is the staff of life, and good bread is more to be desired than great riches. -there is lire and health and happiness in pure, sweet, nutritions bread. It is for this reason tnat tho big factory of B. 8. Marvin &c-is kept so busy. Marvin's bread is used' by the best families in Allegheny county. All grocers sell it, and to use it once is to use It always. its A 83 OO 8x10 Photograph Free Of yourself or children with every dozen of cabinets at Hendricks & Co.'s, No. 68 Fed eral at, Allegheny, every day this week. Good cabinets f 1 a dozen. Life-size cravon only $3. NEBTOOS debility, poor memory, diifi dence, local weakness, cured by Dr. Miles' Nervine. Samples free at Jos. Fleming & Son's, Market st. Hen' Hammer Com For street, bouse, or office wear, English cloths, stripes, plaids and plains. JOS. UOBNE Si CO.'B renn Avenue Store, frHE EEMMLER MUST DIE, And That, Too, by Means of Subtle Electrical Current. the EULIXG OF THE SUPREME COURT That the State Legislators Has Fall Power in the Premises. THE SCHEME OP SENATOR BTANFOfiD. He Speaks In Behalf or Bis Bill to Establish a Land Loan Bureau, The last chance for Murderer Kemmler was obliterated yesterday. The Supreme Conrt declined to interlere, asserting that the State Legislature alone could "decide whether the punishment was cruel or un usual. The court has adjourned until October. "Washington, May 23. The Supreme Court of the United States to-day denied the application for a writ of error in the case of William Kemmler, under sentence of death by electricity. By this decision the last hope for life afforded "William Kcmmler, the New York murderer, was banished, and he will, accordingly, be executed in conformity with the new law governing executions in New York State. The decision was on au application for a writ ot error, made by Bogcr M. Sherman, of New York, counsel for Kemmler, argued last Tuesday. The Court was unanimous in denying tho applicatlbn. Chief Justice Fuller read tho decision in full. He re viewed the case and severally went over the, points made by Kcmmlcr's counsel, and ended by stating that the Court hod no hes itation In saying that they could not, on tho record as presented, reverie tho decision ol tho Now York Court of Appeals, TUB CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTION. Tbo Court, in Its decision, first considered tho question railed concerning crupl and unusual punishment. Tho first lognl enact ment In this regard, it was itated, was made when William of Orango bcoamo King of Knglnnd, and Iti purpose was to prevent the Infliction of barbarous punishment of oltl r.ens. Tho Now York Court of Appeals, In Its decision, stated that punlshraont of doitth by oleotrlolty certainly was new, and thoro foro unusual, but it was undoubtedly for the Loglslaturo to say whether tbe mode fixed upon was cruel, the Legislature hav ing all tho facts, after Investigation by a commission, boforo them. It wns not true, the Court stated, that tho Fourteenth Amendment materially changed our thcorr.'of government. Citizens of tho States were alio cltlruni of tho United States. Tho Fourteenth Amendment fur nished an additional safeguard against en croachments on the fundamental righti of citizens. Tho prlvllogci and Immunities of citizen of the United States were protected by It, but there are privileges and immuni ties arising out of the nature and essential character of the National Government, and they did not embrace tho privileges and Immunities of citizens of the State. TUB STATES' 81'ItltBB. The enactment of the State was within the legitimate sphere of the legislative power of a State, and the Legislature of the State of New York determined that electricity was not a cruel and unusnal punishment, and its courts had sustained that determination. Tbe Court, therefore, could not perceive that the State thereby abridged Kemmler's privileges or deprived him of due process of law. Tbe ease will come up before United States Circuit Judge Wallace, who made an order to operate as a stay of proceedings to save Kemmler's lile.until the United States Supreme Court could pass upon the questions involved. This order was issued with the understanding tbat counsel would immediately apply to the Supreme Court for a writ of habeas corpus. Their applica tion for such a writ was throwu out of court, but tbey were allowed a hearing on an ap plication for a writ of error, and it was this application which was to-day denied. The same questions were involved in this hearing as would oome before the Supreme Court on a motion for a writ of habeas corpus, the only difference being one of form and court practice. It is therefore supposed that Judge Wallace, when the order be comes returnable on the third Monday in June next, will vacate it, that being practi cally the understanding upon which the order was made. ANOTHEB DECISION. The Court also rendered an opinion af firming judgment in the case of Luis De Oteyza Y. Cortex, appellant, vs. John W. Jacobus and Miguel Suarez Guanes. The effect ot this decision will be to allow the extradition of Oteyza by the Spanish Gov ernment, which wants him for trial in Ha vana on a charge of embezzling a very large amount ot pnouc iunas in me latter part of 1889, while he was Secretary Controller of the department. He is in confinement in New York, and by the present proceedings sought to get out on a writ of habeas corpus. .Ex-senator mcuonaia maue a motion for a rehearing of the Mormon case and to va cate tbe mandate in the case. The Court re fused to grant a rehearing, but decided to allow the latter part of the motion, asking for the vacation of the mandate. The Court said it was satisfied that the conclusions reached were correct, but were not as to the decree entered, and would take this matter under advisement until next term. It is understood that the object is to ascertain if there be not some method by which the money accumulated by the Church of Latter Day Saints can be returned to some source that will not use the fundi for the propaga tion ol polygamy, there being a reluetanco to absolutely confiscate the property. The court to-dav finally adjourned until next term, beginning tbo second Monday In Ootober, STANFORD'S SCHEME. A SPEECH IN 0EHALP OP LOAN MEASURE, HIS LAND It Would Crenlo n Currency Adopted to Krory Knierarncy-No Lanier Any Pears of Contraction Referred to iboVlnance Committee of tfaeHenntc, Wahuinotox, MfrySS. Mr.Btanford to day addressed the Senate In advocacy of the bill Introduced by him tome days ago provid ing for the loans by the Government on agri cultural lands. Wo oan well understand, he said, tbe great advantages to tbe people at this time of a loan made to the national banks by the Government of 00 per cent upon its own securities. One hundred thousand dollars of Government bonds at per cent only produces (4,000, yet when its value becomes energized to tho extent ot 00 per cent J( which the Government advances) its power is so increased that the 90,000, In its activity, may in the course of a year aounie its vaiue ana pass irom hand to hand many times, stimulating tbe vari ous industries of the country. So, too, this bill will have a corresponding energizing ef fect. The money issued under it is not in tended to accommodate the farmer alone,bnt as it comes into circulation it will . put the means of prosperity within the reach of tbose wbo are engaged in tbe smaller and larger industries of the country. This money issned by the Government becomes auto matic. It will contraet when there is leu use for it, and expand when there is a greater demand, thus disastrous final contraction will cease to be possible. The bill, while not perfeet, provides fairly well the machinery to carry out its designs. If adopted with such amendments as shall seem wise to Congress it will largely increase tbe prosperity of the hum blest classes in labor and assist the wealthy to inccess la their enterprises. The bill provide! for what may perhapi PITTSBtJBGr DISPATdHTSAUtTBDAY-i ' - HAY 24, not improperly bo termed revolution in finance, and I do not expect that it will be adopted until it has been tally consid ered by the people and has met with their approval. I move that the bill be referred to tbe Committee on Finance. The bill was so referred. The bill was so referred. FATAL AND MINOR ACCIDENTS, A Few Camallles Reported Yesterday Jacob Father May Die From o Blow on the Bend While Failing Under a Trestle. Jacob Farber, a driver in the employ of John M. Clark, the Southside contractor, was seriously and perhaps fatally injured yesterday afternoon at the foot of South Thirteenth street. He was engaged in haul ing lumber from tho river, and in passing under the Pemickey trestle he rose up be fore the wagon was clear, the result being tbat he sustained a serious contusion on the head and was badly squeezed. He was taken to his home near St. Michael's Church, Twenty-seventh ward. The Coroner was notified last night that a boy had been killed on the West Penn Bailroad at Springdale. No particulars were given. An Inquest will be held to day. J. S. Steel, a worker in the steel depart ment of Jones & Laugblins mill, was burned severely about the hands and face yesterday. James Boyle, a roofer, employed on a house on Second avenue, Frankstown, fell a distance of 30 feet from the roof where he was at work yesterday afternoon and was seriously Injured. He was removed to the Homeopathic Hospital in No. 1 patrol wagon. Boyle's home is at Watsontown, but ho has been boarding at No, 113 Water street. John Harper, a resident of Bloomfield, fell from the wall of tho Thirty-third street railroad bridge yesterday afternoon while returning to his home on the hillside above be bridge. He had hli lelt leg broken In two places. C0MINO TO A CLOSE. Tho Asbovltlo Getiernl Assembly Pass Important Ilosolutlnnt. AsiirtVlLLit, N. O., May 23. In tho Goneral Aisombly to-day tho report of tho Standing Coramltloe on Education wni ndoptod. It recommends among other things tbat 25,000 bo raised ' to aid In tho education of young ministers. Tbe report of tbo Committee on Babbath Schools, show lng their gratifying condition, wai read and adopted, An overture from tho Synod of Arkansas, asking what wai to he considered tlioofllolal proocedlngi of the church court, and If an error was alterward found, how It was to ho corrected, was answered that when the min utes of a meeting were approved they b- camo tho official proocedlngi and a cor rection could bo mado at a lubiequont moot ing. Adopted. The report of tho Committee on Narrative was adopted. It says that not moro than 30 per cent of the ohurohoi have reported, but tbo report! received are highly satisfactory, The report denouncei the Sunday news paiior. The report of the Committee on tbo Sab bath wai adopted. The last elauio of tho report roferi to the Sunday newspapers oi encouraging evil. They flood the land, it says, with pernicious literature. Church members are asked not to countenance them in any way. Rev. Dr. Whlto, of Texas, introdnced a resolution asking lor tbe appointment of a Chair for Bible Study in the theological seminary; and Dr. Hemphill introduced one asking that the salary for 1890 of John W. UDuey, the recently deceased mission ary to Brazl,be appropriated for his family. Both were adopted. The report of tho Com mittee on Systematic Beneficence was brought up. A motion to add that the col lection February be applied to church erection was carried and the report was adopted. DEPOSITORS' 200E8 COLLECTED, Tho Committee Tarni Them Orer to the Fi delity Company. The Depositors' Committee of the defunct Lawrence Bank, which had charge ot the collection of the bank deposit books, has about finished its work. Tbe gentlemen comprising the committee were given a list of 400 names of holders of books by the Fi delity Title and Trust Company, and vester. day returned the hooks jthey had collected to the assignee. Nearly all the books were given up by the holders, but some refused to surrender theirs, fearing the books would not be re turned. LOCAL ITEMS, LIMITED. Incidents of a Day In Two Cltlei Condensed for Ready Readlnc. Anton Lipps, a resident of the Twenty seventh ward, will have a hearing boforo Alderman McGarey on a charge of cruelty to cnuaren, preferred by his wife. Mrs. Lipps avers that her husband is in tbe habit of drink ing heavily and whipping his children in a terribly cruel manner. To-mokrow tho members of the G. A R. will attend divine services at the Fifth Avenue 11. E. Church. Posts 230 and 41 will be present in force, and invitations have been sent to all posts in the city to attend. The sermon will be deliverod by Chaplain McGulre, a member of PostU. Kohket Patrick, one of Walter Riddle's teamsters, .was yesterday charged by Assist ant Humane Agent Horry man with abasing his horses on the hill at the bead of Federal street, Allegheny. Five persons wero yesterday flood S10 each for patronising Maggie Jones' speak-easy at No. 11 Rose alley, Allegheny, which was raided. The proprietress was lined M0. Tills sixth In tho series of sermons In tbo In terest of tho Woman's Indian Association of Pittsburg and Allegheny, will ba delivered by Dr. C. E. Kelton, of Christ M. It Church, Penn avenue, to-morrow ovenlng at 7:30 o'clock, AMitcitT TuoMPHoK, aged Iff, was arrested by Officer Devlin yesterday for baring In bis possession a lot of lead pipe, for which ho eould not aooount satisfactorily, L. a Nicely was yesterday confirmed by tbo nunaia as loiunaiior oi newloKley, Tim Committee on Charities will moot to or gsnlio this aftornoou. ' When, Kentucky Horses, The Arnhelm Llvo Btook Company, Limited, (52 Beeond avenue, I'lttsourg, Pa., received 23 bead of extra saddle, driving and carriage horses, Tho majority ol them ore premium winners, and all lovers of horses should call and see them, if wishing to purchase or not, as they will take pleas, ure in showing their stock to nil who may call. They havo also a good seleotion of draught horses on hand, and their mules' yard are filled with an extra fine lot of draught and pit mules. Men'b underwear, medium and light weight, -nt James H. Aiken & Go.', 100 Fifth avenue. B. t B. Ladies' derby shirts, complete lines to-day. Booos & Buhl. Black Surah silk 21 inches wide at 75c, 85c, $1 and $1 28 a yard. The best values ever offered. Huous Sc Hackb. TT83U Leghorn Hate White, black, navy brown, at very low prices, at Bosembanm & Co.'s. Tbs White and fancy vests,single and double breast. James H. Aiken St Co., 100 Fifth avenue. DIED. . SATTER-At tbe residence of his son-in-law, August Flach. No. 2208 Carson street, .Pitts burg, Southside. on Friday. May 23. at 7:15 a. M.. Josefh,Batteb, in his 70th year. Funeral BuiJDAY, at 1-3D P. Friend! of the family are Invited to attend. 8 r-lfrrfl. . WILD WINDAND HAIL. Continued from Tint Paga Westmoreland and Washington counties, and stories of damage to property come from almost every town and village. Bail road tracks have been flooded, trains de layed by landslides, buildings wrecked by wind or lightning, or damaged by high water in scores of neighboring -places. Special telegrams to The Dispatch given below show the extent of the ruin wrought. Gbeensburo William Fry, the gar dener at St Joseoh'jJ Academy, was struck and instantly killed by a bolt of lightning during the big storm. He was a German, and aged about 40 years. He was, at the time, standing under the barn, and a cow standing near him was also killed. Tbe heavy rains caused great damago by flood in the lowlands in this vicinity. Cellars and basement kitchens are flooded. Light ning also struck Colonel Huff's fine resi dence, the First Reformed Church and other buildings, doing great damage in every in stance. Washington, Fa. During a severe electric storm lightning struck a derrick in the course of erection on the Colonel Robert Wilson farm, five miles north of here. The derrick was shattered to kindling wood, and William Furman was instantly killed. William Gates and two others were badly injured. They were in the derrick at the time, working on its erection. Furman was a single man, and well known here. railroads damaged. CONNEI.I.STII.XE The rainfall was extensive and did much damage to the railroad. In the Third ward swamps the Southwest tracks are flooded several feet deep, and the trains were held two hours. The Baltimoro and Ohio is also a heavy sufferer. At Broad Ford the tracks are covered with water. A heavy landslide oc curred at Onkdalc, and, as it was being cleared away, a still heavier ono came down, covering both tracks. Tho flood In Mountz crcok carried away many small building!. ScoTTiMLn Tlio most deitruotlvo storm for yean visited this vicinity thli afternoon. Tho cellars along the principal streets aro uonrly filled with water, nftd tho goods that many ol the morohanti had stored away, aro aturatod, Tho oreeV li rising steadily, and the safety of a couple of railroad bridges be tweon hero and Falrobanoo aro endangered, and tho construction train has been ordered. Several of tho oltlions along l'HUburgitreet tbreaton a suit ngalnst tho borough In con lequonoe of tho Incapaolty of the sewers to carry off the surplus water. Pastime Ball Park has heoomo alako. Went Newton An Immcnio amount ol mud, rooks and trcci camo down on the llnlilnioro and Ohio tracks at Laytou'i station at fl o'clock. The oast-bound traok was cleared at 0 o'cloek, but later word says It hai again been ooverod lor a long distance by moro of the hill coming down, Tbo rain amounted almost to a oloud-burit, Train men say the streams from the bills flowed ovor tbo tracks. Tbe west-bound traok will not be cleared before to-morrow night, HiailUST WATKU HINOlt 1883, Oil Citv The rainfall In this section was very heavy last night and to-day. The river is rising at tbe rate of soven inches per hour, and Is 15 feet 4 Indies nbovo low water mark, tho highest ilnco 1883. Fur ther rise of four or live feet expected before midnight. On account of several washouts, trains are not running between here and Buffalo and Warren. Oil creek ii on tbe rampage, floodln. cellars, ground floors and flats along its banks, A later dispatch from OH City says: From 9 to 11 o'clock tbe river was at a standstill and it is now falling. The heaviest water camo from above at G o'clock. No lurtber rise is apprehended. Three rafts containing 1C0.O00 feet of lumber be longing to the United Coal and Lumber Company aro adrift. The loss is S2.000. Four men wero carried away on one raft, but got ashore safely at East Sandy, below Franklin. " Meadvjxle The lightning cut out all the electric lights, and several buildings were stuck, although none were severely damaged. Several streets were flooded, and extensive damage resulted in the lower portion of the city from the rapid rising of French creek. Three bridges, a slaughter house, and numerous small buildings and sidewalks were swept away. Reports from all directions indicate that the damage in this vicinity has been heavy. Near Union City, on the N. Y P. & O., a hole 40 feet long and 22 feet deep was scooped from un der the tracks. This accident was dis covered just before the arrival ot the Chi cago limited express. A BIG BRIDGE BREAKS. Erie. The long continued rains have caused a great deal of trouble on the railroads In this section of the State. On tbe Buflalo, New York and Philadel phia there were a number of washouts in the vicinity of Corry. On the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad were also washouts. The washouts near Corry necessitated the trans ferring of passengeis from one side of, the Howard tanning culvert. A cloudburst at Northeast covered the Lake Shore tracks, and also tbe Nickel Plate, stopping all trains. This morning a westbound-freight train on the Nickel Plate went through a bridge near Crayton, in this State. The bridge jvas a wooden structure and was 200 feet in length and 30 feet' high. Tbe floods had washed out the founda tions, and when Engineer Daniel Ellis struck the bridge his engine and almost the entire train went down into the sweeping torrent. Ellis was caught under the sub merged engine, but his brave fireman, William Nioholson, although badly hurt himself, was able through superhuman ef forts to relieve his engineer and get him on top of the wreck, and was assisted in his labors by Head Brakeman William John ston, who was also badly hurt. The tbreo men were taken off the wreck and attended to by physloians, Engineer Ellis is badly hurt and may not recover. Over 25 ears tumbled into the flood. Tho Nickel Plato trains aro running on the Lako Shore roud, KXVKIIS IM TUB BXliKKTS. CoititY Stroots were oonverted into riv en In some placoi two feet deep, tearing up the lovren and washing out tho roads. The railroad yardiwore completely inundated, the flood washing out somo of tho side tracks. At one tuna tho water between the Welli-Fargo and Amorlonn Expreii ofllooi and First avenuo was ilx feet deep, flooding both ofHoes and the largo platform an both sides of the Union depot, the water reaching the wait ing rooms. The builnesi men on First avenue. Main ana Center itreets have sus tained heavy losses. Tbe valley from Corry to Irvlneton, a distance of 20 miles, is a complete lake of water from ono to three miles in width, The loss will probably reach 9100,000 or more. The publla high ways In the surrounding country are nearly impassable, so tbat it will be a week before travel will again be resumed. KENTUCKY CATCHES IT. QREAT DAMAGE WROUQHT BY STORM IN MANY PLACES. THE FIbo Tobacco Fields Flooded Telegraph Wlr.ee Down Railroad Washed Out Building; Wrecked bv Wind or Swept Away by Water Propheclea of Disaster. rsrXCIAL TZXIOBAX TO TUB SIBFATCn.t Cincinnati, May 23. Tbe weather to day was exceedingly sultry and toward evening became alarmingly hot. About G o'clock the southern sky became black, the heavens were one blaze of light and the roar of thunder was incessant. By 7 o'clock wire communication with almost everv point in Kentucky was crippled, but all reported a dangerous storm. Telephone con nections with 30 places wero es tablished with great difficulty. At Berry station, Harrison county, a deluge of water fell and hundreds of acres of fine tobacco were either ruined or greatly dam aged, Near Nioholssville, Jessamine , 130O. county, 70 miles away, several hundred yards of grading for tbe new railroad were washed out, causing a heavy loss. At Richmond, Madison county, several houses were unroofed and one person sligbt lvjiurt. At Versailles. Woodford county, the river rose three feet in an hour, and tbe current was so swift it took all in its way. Robinson, Harrison connty, lost a dwelling and the steeple of the Baptist church. The wire to Cynthiana went down at 8 o'elock in a terrific storm, and little is known of its extent and violence, but the probabilities are tbat great damage was done. At this hour all communication with the points named is cut off, and the storm is still rag ing. It is not.probable that details can be had to-night. Incoming Chesapeake and Ohio, Louisville and Nashville and Queen and Crescent trains bring news of ovclonic winds, torrents of rain, and all prophesy disaster for the northern counties ot Ken tucky. WHEEUNG SUFFEBS, TOO. A Bridge Carried Away nnd Disaster Nar rowly Averted. rsrzciAx. tzlxokax to ihb dispatch.1 Wheeling, May 24. This city and the surrounding conntry was visited at 5 o'clock this evening by the heaviest .electrical and rain storm since July, 1888, when the stone bridge over the creek was carried away and a terrible disaster narrowly averted. About 2)4 inches ol rain fell in 20 minutes, delug ing the streets and flooding a number of business bouses in cellars and first floors. Travel on the Elm Railroad was stopped for several hours by a heavy landslide. The newlytplowed larm land in the vicinity suf fered severely. There are apprehensions of a big river. DEBEIS OF THE 8T0EM. Minor Accident! and Incident Attendant on Yostcrdai'e Storm. A new frame bouse on Harvard street was blown down. Loss, 1500. Tim roof of thohousoof John ilartman In Garfield vlllago, Nineteenth ward, was torn off. The damage was 8100. On Highland avenue William Fllnn lost his fonco around tho yard. It wm scattered over tbe sidewalk and street. Jam us McMillan, a bricklayer, was slight ly Injured by his buggy bolng overturned by tho wind wlillo driving on Illaek Horso Hill. A nkw homo bolng construotod by Thomas A. Mellon, tho real eitato man, on Ht. Clulr streot, was moved levoral Inches on Its founda tion. Lizr.is IIiolkv, a little girl, was walking along Larimer avenue, and wai blown against the sldo of A homo. She wai severely cut about tho head. Two new hotmoK on llrushton aronno wars tottorlng whan a largo tree was blown dawn and aaalnst them, and they woro demolished, Tho Ion Is about 13, VOU, THIS windows of the East End tolephnne onico wero blown In, and the storm damagvd tho oontonts ot the room, switchboards, elo., to tho extent of J3J0, A MjGiirtv.oo-rtotmD owned by Henri. Ma jors and Gordon, In a lot off Lincoln avenue, was blown down, Fortunately thero wero no riders on It at the time. Tiik orchard of Jamei W. Arrott, tbe Iniur anca man, on tho corner of Fifth avenuo and llcatty itrcet. wai ruined, Erory tree in the orchard was blown down, A H-yeaii-old boy named John Coyle. and a girl, wlillo passing along Shetland avenue last night, accidentally stepped on a fallen elootrlo wlro and wero very badly shocked. CoNSiniuiMiLB injury wae dono at tbo Home-wood Driving Park, About a furlong: ot tho fenco around tbo grounds was leveled and tbo judges' stand waa blown down. The brick walls being erected for the new house of II. W. Bkipp, on Penn avenue, near Lincoln avenue, were blown down. No one was injured. Tbe loss was about $250. Victor Milieu, a saloon keeper at No. 221 Frankstown avonue.had tbe number of bis house blown out of tne glass light In bis transom, the remainder of tbe pane being left intact. A non se attached to a buggy owned byW. B.Ward, tho baker, which was left standing on Fran kstown arenne, became frightened at the stor m and run off, smashing the bnggy. A two-story frame that was in course of erection on Highland avenue, near Ellsworth avenue, was completely wrecked. The loss on this house, which was the property of H. Tox terman, is 2,000. Two large trees were blown down on Fenn avenue, near Rebecca street. They fell across the tracks of the Citizens' line, and it was half an hour before they could bis chopped away, the cars of the line being delayed that length of time. THE BAPTISTS IN SESSION. The Seventy-Sixth Annual Meeting; of the Missionary Union. Chicago, May 23. The seventy-sixth annual meeting of .the American Baptist Missionary Union began this morning with an attendance filling tbe great edifice of the Immanuel Baptist Church. The large at tendance and the excellent spirit prevailing, place the gathering among the most inter esting and impressive ever held by the Bap tists' Union. The union is the foreign mis sionary society of the Baptists of the North ern States, and represents about 6,000 churches. George W. Nortbrup, D.D., of Morgan Park, 111., is President of the society, and alter the opening devotional services, deliv ered an eloquent address. He presented tbe obstacles and the encouragements .to for eign missionary work and closed by stating that Baptists, through tbe efforts of William Carey and his companions in England, had once roused the world on the subject of for eign missions. Now we are called upon to arouse the world again by sending 20O men at onoe into the foreign missionary work. THREATENED WITH THE S. T. A Southildo Hostler Taken Care of by Some of III Friend. John Bishop, employed ai hostler at the Pittsburg and Birmingham street car sta bles, wai arrested last night on a charge of disorderly conduct The oharge was merely a nominal ono,;Its object being to have Bishop taken caro of, He bai been In dulging In drink somewhat heavily, and appeared to be approaohlng tho lino of de lirium tremens. Ai tho patrol wegon wai carrying him down Carson streot Bishop leaped over the hand rail and ran up Twenty-fourth itreet before ho oould bo captured. Ha was iub equently recovered mid taken to tho Twenty-eighth ward station bouie, COULD NOT BEAU HEB SUEDES, Aa Allegheny Woman liana Herself While Troubled In Hlad. At 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon Mrs. Lizzie Newmaker, who lived with her family on Spring Hill, Seventh ward, Alle gheny, committed suicide by hanging her self In the attio of her house. Her little son, Freddie, was with her before she com mitted suicide, but his mother sent bim away (oquietthehaby, r.nd when he returned Freddie iound his niotber suspended in tbe air by a rope fastened around her neck. Mrs. Newmaker was suffering from milk fever, and the disease affected her mind. The inquest will beheld to-day. WHAT PEOPLE AEE DOING. Some Who Trarel, Same Who Do Not. nnd Other Who Talk. Ex-Mayor Roche, of Chicago, with his family, was on tbe limited last evening, return ing home from the East. He swears by tbe Windy City, bat says the Government must help to make the World's Fair a success. Congressman Bayne and his, wife are expected to arrive borne from Washington to day, and will remain about four days. The Colonel will speak to-night at tho Union Rlnlc onUeech street. Dr. Qale French, of 611 Penn avenue, after a ten weeks' illness with typhoid fever, is now convalescing, and will be at bis office as i usnal In a few days.- City Assessor Frank Case went to Har rlsburg last evening to see bis danghter. He said be would probably, visit Washington be-1 -W.KI - -B-UU- HOPES OP A REVISION, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY INTRODUCES . DEFINITE MEASURES. The Presbyterian Mlnlatrr Have Another Iniereailno; Dl.calon on Coastllallon andCoafrmlonof Fallh Tbe Resolution Folaled Remark by Delegate Rou tine Bnalneu. Sabatooa, May 23. After devotional exercises this, morning, the Presbyterian General Assembly wa addressed by Rev. Dr. Hammer, who spoke of the work of tbe Evangelical Lutheran Chureh. He was fol lowed by Rev. Dr. Cole and Rev.Dr.Cbam berlain, ol Brazil, and after these gentlemen had finished speaking- the all-absorbing topic of the Assembly was again reached, namely, the consideration of providing a committee on revising the constitution and Confession of Faith. Dr. Patton, who had been regarded as the leader of the anti revisionists, said: This Is the most serious moment in the life of this Assembly. We represent differences ot opinion. It is too late to raise the question as to the wisdom of the last Assembly in submit ting tho overtures upon which waare about to act, but it is my opinion that it was a very un wise act. SUBMITTING TO THE INEVITABLE. I will oppose Irom tho very bottom of my heart the submission of Dr. SicCracken's reso lution to the Assembly. Out of tbe 213 pres byteries of this Assembly only eight ask for an absolutely nawcieed. I" do not see tbe neces sity for any alteration in the Confession of Faith; but 131 presbyteries bare expressed themselves in favor ot it. and I bow to the opinion of the majority thns expressed. Great applause. Now. then, how hall we go at ltT It seems to be the general opinion that tbe best way Is to appoint a commit teo to consider the matter and report to the next Assembly. I don't care how VOU annoinC thn AnmmlttAA. bnt T)r. Mr. Cracken's resolution reads as though ho was living In tho Middlo Ages and wa assisting in tho appjlntment of a Doge of Venice, wo could do It in a much shorter way. We shold appoint this committee, be cause It Is a right thing to do. Tho church lias a right to revise her oreod, and I will defend that right. Hunsatlon. 1 But nbat Is tbo com mittee going to dof what aro they fur? I bopo wo shall not give this committee a roving commission. 1 wish them to understand that no clintigo xball bo mado that win in any way Impair tho Integrity of tho Calvinlstie system. fApplausc. Our confession of fnlth has been traduced, ami I want this Assembly to reaftlrm tho stand ards of bollef In the very terms In which this committee is appointed. I ilun't want to boa party to tbe mlsohlof of letting It go unro strloted. UNANIMOUHLY DIEHIIIltD. I want It Instructs, and In such terms that when ll Is appointed It will not ba with a slmplo miijurlty, but In a way that tho obiirch will reel that tho whole Astainhly is In favor of It. Let us have police. 1 would gu u llttlo further than that. 1 want them Instructed that tliey shall eonllno their labors to such conduction of phraseology as fiiay ha necessary to remove popular nilsundeMtandltigi. I will novercon tot that a total revision ot faith Is necessary, tiroat applause. I wish 1 had a voice that would reach oroniid tbo world to reaffirm that there never was, and never can boa juit foundation tor the oharge that wo Proibytorlans havo ever belluved In Infant damnation, or that tho dnotrtna I embodied In tho Westminster Hiandard. Ap plause. I oiler this amendment to Dr. Mo L'raoken'i resolution) Resolved, Thatcmnmlttee of ministers and elders. In number not less than IS. be appointed to consider the suggestions madoby the Presby teries, and report to the uoxt Assembly; and whereas, a minority of tho Presbyteries have desired that no chance bo maue. therefore Itosolved, That tbe committee shall not pro pose amendments tbat will impair in anyway the Calvinlst sjstom. and that they shall con Uno their Ubors to such changes In phraseology as shall remove popular misunderstanding. OBTTINO DOWN TO BUSINESS. Dr. Herrick Johnson moved that tbe as sembly begin debate on tbe appointment of a committee on revision, and that it con tinue until a final vote is reached. Adopted with applause. Elder Day said Dr. Pattou's speeeh was a great surprise to everybody. "It would surprise the entire country, brethren," he said, "the thing is done; revision is accom plished." Dr. Vandike, of Brooklyn, said: "Yes terday I trembled in the belief that the Presbyterian Church was on the verge of a great catastrophe, nut my trembling has greatly decreased since Dr. Patton's speech. The great transcontinental train of revision starts irom Saratoga to-day. The first stop will be at 'Princeton Junc tion. Laughter and applause. Get aboard, everybody, the train won't stop long. It has started, and. there's not sand enough in New Jersey, nor pig iron enough in Pennsylvaniapines in Michi gan, nor mountains in the west, to stop its progress to tbe Golden Gate. I will not con sent to any restrictions on the Revision Committee. I do not agree with Dr. Patton that it was unwise for tbe last Assembly to send out the overtnre to the Presbyteries. "I want the shadow of infant damnation rooted out of the confession. Dr. Patton's confession would leave the question am biguons. I don't want any ambiguity pat in God's solemn declaration that none shall perish. Why restrict the committee be yond the general declaration? "We will err greatly if we do." The afternoon session was wholly occu pied in discussing the methods of appoint ing the Committee on Revision. Rev. Robert M. Patterson, D. D., of the Chester Presbytery, addressed the Assembly at length. He was opposed to any revision, and added in conclusion: "I am satisfied with the Confession of Faith as it is. I am stronely inclined to vote for tbe consensus creed of the Reformed Churches. Dr. Agnew, of Philadelphia, alluded to Dr. Van Dyke's pleasantry about the con stitutional revision. "Trains stopping at Princeton junction long enough to take on President Patton as conductor well, as it goes west through solid old Pennsylvania, that contains one-filth of all the Presby terians in the world, thero will be an abundant supply of trainmen available. Set VI ro to the Rag. At 0:30 last evening some person, in pass ing tho house of William MuPhelly, No. 134 ICrlnltrcct, threw a match into tho open cellar window, setting fire to a lot of old rags and causing an alarm from box 31S. The prompt action of the No. 6 engine com puny pravontcd a serious fire. The lost will not exceed f JO. Tndigestion IS not only a distressing complalnt.'of Itself, but, by causing tbo blood to bocomo depraved and tho nystem en feebled, la .the parent of innumerable) maladies. That Ayor'a Saraaparllla In tho boat cure for Indigestion, oven when complicated with Llvor Complaint, is provod by the following; testimony from Mrs. Joseph Lako, of BrockwU Ccntro, Mich.: "Llvor complaint and Indigestion made my Ufa a burden nnd came near ending my oxistence. For moro than four years I suffered untold agony, waa reduced almost to a skeleton, and hardly had strength to drag myself about. All kinds of food distressed me, and only the most delicate could bo digested at oil. Within tho timo mentioned several Sbyslclans treated me without giving re ef. Nothing that I took seemed to do any permanent good until I commenced the use of Ayer's Sarsnparilla, which has produced wonderful results. Soon after commencing to take the Saraapa rllla I could see an improvement in my condition. My appetite began to return and with it came the ability to digest all the food taken, my strength im proved each dav. and after a few months of faithful attention to your directions, I found myself a well woman, able to attend to all household duties. The medicine has given mo a sew lease of life." Ayer's Sarsaparilla, PBxrasxn st Dr." J. c. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass , Prkel;slxbott2e,fc5. Worth $5 a bottle. THE LAKE SHORELINE 'J Besponsibld for the High Freight Bates on Coal to Chicago. A EEDCCTiOff OF FIFTI CEHT3 Would Probably Treble the Shipments . Prom Pittsburg. POSSIBILITIES OP 1 COMBIHATIOJr Which Wsnld be Strong Enoczh to Secure toe Reeded Concessions. ' Statistics show that the consumption of Pittsburg coal in Chicago has decreased about 35 per cent in the last five years, while the total annual consumption of bituminous of all kinds in thatcity has dur ing the same period increased over 20 per cent. The Lake Shore road, controlled by the Vanderbilts, is said to be tho principal opponent to a decrease of the all-rail freight from Pittsburg to Chicago. A combination of Pittsburg shippers and a combination of Chicago dealers is suggested as a remedy. SFZCIal, TH.XGBAJI TO Tflll DISPATCH:. Chicago, May 23. Mr. HA. Bischoff, of the Chicago Mack Diamond, is a walkinjr magazine oi tacts and figures with reference to the coal trade. For several years past he has received at regular interval! reports of the number of tons of coal brought into Chicago from each of the districts from which this city draws Its supply, and they are an so taouiated tbat tho visitor to his office can have access to them at moment's notice. Mr. BlsonoH statistics for tbe last five years, to go no further back, show more forcibly than words tho injury which is dono to Chicago and the coal shippers of the Pitts burg district by tho high all-rnll routofor tho carriage of coal from Pittsburg to Chicago. During 1885 the Importation of Pittsburg coal to Chloogo wai 423,028 tons. In 1880 It was 277,007 tons. Uu to May 1, 1800, 71,073 tons of Pittsburg coal camo to Chi cago, against 82,017 ton during the corres ponding period of 1HH0. In the face of this railing off In tho usu of Pittsburg coal, thoro has been, during tho samo five years, a steady luoreaso In tho consumption of soft coal InChloago In proportion to tho Inoreasa of population and tho growth of manufac turing Interests. COMl'AHATIVB lMQUItrSM. In 1885 the total amount of bituminous coal brought to Chicago was 2.011,015 tons, of which 1KI,(128 torn camo from i'eniisyl vanla. In 1880 tho total Importation wae 2,002,725 tons, or whloh 380.775 tons cime from Pennsylvania. In 1HM7 the total Im portation of coal to Chicago was 3,810,083 torn, of which 431,410 tons came from Penn sylvania. In 1HH8 tho total Importation of coal was 4,113,070 ton, of which 413,804 ton came from Pennsylvania. In 1880 tho total importation was 3,502,447 tons, of which Pennsylvania that Is Pittsburg and vicinnv mrnisneu -ti.Wi tons. In 1800, up to April 30, tho total Impor tation of soft coal to Chicago was 1,302,751 tons, of which only 74,072 tons came from Pennsylvania, and in the corresponding period lor the previous year tbe total Impor tation was 1,100,111 tons, ot which I'ltts burg furnished 82,017 tons. From these figures it appears that, while the annual consumption of soft coal in Chicago has In creased from 2,044.015 tons in 1885 to 3,502, 447 tons in 1889, or nearly 22 per cent, the amount brought in Irom the Pittsburg dis trict has, during tbe samo period, decreased from 423,028 tons in 1885 to 277,007 tons in 1889, or nearly 23 per cent, and that in spite of the acknowledged superiority of ther Pittsburg article. And it does not reqnire a great deal of business sagacity to see irom these figuresthat the coal dealers' assertion that the railroad companies, by charging ?2 25 per ton for freight, are cutting their own throats is not very far from the truth. MIGHT "WORK WONDERS. A decrease of CO cents perton might easily result in an increase in the coal carriage from Pittsburg to Chicago from less than 300,000 tons to 1,500,000 a year; and, beside, it would restore to Chicago the through traffic to tbe Northwest which now reaches its destination by way of Northern lake routes. The Baltimore and Ohio, the Pennsyl vania Company and the Pittsburg, and Lake Erie (with the Lake Shore and Michigan (southern.) control the all-rail routes between Pittsburg and Chicago. The freight rates on all are, of course, the same $2 25 per ton. Shippers wbo have tried to get lower rates have iound that tbe three companies have made an agreement with each other by which it seems no one is at liberty to de crease the rate without the consent of the others. All efforts at Chicago to get at tha precise nature of that agreement have been fruitless, tbe Chicago officials referring the, matter to tbe general freight agents of their respective companies at Pittsburg. But from outside sources it was ascer- ', tained that the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern officials have been the strongest objectors wben any scheme of reduction was talked of. Without the concurrence of the ; Lake Shore people the Pittsburg and Lake ' Erie can do nothing. The Pennsylvania Company objects to the reduction of the " througn freight because of the loss tbat -would necessarily follow Irom tbe corre- sponding reductions which the inter-State ' commerce law would compel it to make to Intermediate points, and Its traffic to inter mediate points is cons!derable,and thls'loss, it is said, would bo heavy. The Baltimore and Ohio Is believed to ha m in a better position than either of the other lines to reduce tho rate, because it has com paratively lew intermedlnto points for car shipment between Pittsburg and Chicago. ana Its Iom Irom a reduotlon of rate to those points would be comnnrnti vol v slight. Tho principal objection which Its officials' urge to the reduction ii that tho shippers of coiil from Pittsburg to Kastern point! would at once demand a eorruspondlng do arouse la tbo rate of freight charged to them. A solution of tbo problem which has been suggotted here, is that the shippers of Pitts burg coal to Chicago combine and throw all their patronage to the company whloh offers the best terms. The greatest difficulty In tbe way of this scheme is that the mines are located on all 'he roads named. It has also been suggested tbat tbe Chicago dealers combine and agree to draw their ti supplies over some one road, therebv In ducing it to give lower rates to the shipper .i Ul XibMUUIK. I.nillsa' Hummer Corael In a dozen best makes, in ventilated, pongee and other styles, lowest prices. Jos. Hokne & Co.'a Penn Avenue Stores. LADIES' Jackets and wraps, a choleai'j collection of the newest and most popular styles. huous ss iijLCKE.i; TTSStt Girl.' Trie jele From SO up at Harrison's Toy Store, 123 : Federal st, Allegheny. Children' Hnllor nail. Immense stock-from 18o to 52. BAUK & CO. Bosur- ThS. Novelties in men's neckwear at James I H. Aiken & Co.'s, 100 Fifth avenue. Bfen'a While GanBe Uoderreit For this warm weather at 25c each. Besin value ever offered at tbis'price. J03. HOBKE & CO.'S Penn Avenue Stores. Tnfant.' Cluki. "" -tM The largest variety and the lowest Drices-I We can suit everybody. Bosetbatm , 5 w. s3 'I T i x i ;i i m 3 - ?..
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