'Jm : rT -" " . - V -.-If Transient AflTerHsenients EecM A. tho Branch Offices of Tlio Dispatch For to-morrow's issue tip to 9 o'clock v. it For list of branch offices in the various duv tncts see TH1KD PAGE. Transient Advertisements, " INCLUDING WANTS, TO LETS. FOR SALES. ETC., FOR" TO-MORROW'S ISSUE May ha banded in at the main advertising office of The Dispatch, corner Smithfleld and Diamond streets, up to midnight. tfMnm FORTY-FIFTH YEAR. PITTSBURG, SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1890 TWELVE PAGES. o? THEEE CENTS. V " ' 1MI fm Wigmtm 3 F BOUWJFJATII, Another and Fresh Supply of Natural Gas Surely Held in Reserve for PITTSBURG AND VICINITY After the Product of the Present Wells Shall Have Vanished. 2EW FIELDS TO BE DEVELOPED In Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana and South ern Illinois. THE EESEAECHES OF A GEOLOGIST t Harrv C. Freeman, a Geologist who ha"i made natural gas a special study, says th supply is practically inexhaustible. Ne wells will take the place of those wide jrive out. Much territory is stm to De aw Teloped. J rSPECUU. TELEGEAJI TO TH3 DISPATCH. 1 Chicago, July 4. Among the msfny bright professional men who hare been drawn to Chicago by the superior opportunities which the city offers, is Mr. Henry C. Free man, a civil and mining engineer and geol ogist, whose home is in Southern. Illinois. Mr. Freeman is an enthusiast In his profes sion, and is as much a student as a man of business. "When the war opened he went into the army as an engineer under Grant and Fre mont, and was afterward attached to the Thirteenth Army Corps, with which he did excellent work as a military engineer under Grant before Vicksburg. He is well-known as a member of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, is a member of the staff of the Illinois Geological Survey and has been one of the lecturers in the New York Academy of Sciences. HIS SPECIAL STUDY. During the last few years Mr. Freeman has directed special attention to the study of geology with reference to the production of natural gas. In the co'urse of a conver sation on that subject this evening he was asked by the Chicago correspondent of The Dispatch what he thought of the natural gas fields of Pennsylvania. "The most remarkable thing about the Pennsylvania field is its immensity," said he. "Like the petroleum of that region it has its origin in the Devonian slates, and, though it must be regarded as having limi tations, yet there is an almost inexhausti ble supply. The rate of draft on any giv en m& of it determines the rapidity of e.'Sstion, and, if the draft is gauged to within a reasonable amount of the supply, there is no reason why a long period oi years should not elapse belore a liberal commercial supply is exhausted. This is due to the large area of the bituminous slates and and their ereat thickness, a large portion of the thickness of which is Vitaminized, and to the large area which assists in supporting, by its flow, the local point from which the gas is drawn. ANOTHER SUPPLY IK RESERVE. "But even though the present supply of natural gas in the Pennsylvania region should be exhausted there is another supply to be drawn upon. The analogy drawn from a study of the gas fields in Western Ohio and west of that State indicates that Penn sylvania has another source of supply, but lying at great depths, in the Trenton lime stone." "Is there any means of determining how long the present supply in Pennsylvania will last?" "There is nothing that can be considered definite. But the history of two very well known instances shows what a gas field may do where the draft on it is not exces sive. The town of Fredonia, N. T has been lighted by natural gas for about 40 years, with no serious diminution in the supply, and a salt well on the Great Ka nawha river, in "West Virginia, produced a supply for 25 years, gradually lessening its flow, but no action was taken to keep up its flow by torpedoing it Those are the only instances I know of giving indications of longevity. In each instance the draft on the sources of supply was very moderate and it would seem that the duration of natural gas is in a manner proportioned to the rate at which the sources of supply is drawn upon. In both of these instances the source of supply was in the Devonian slates. The well on the Great Kanawha was on a pro longation of the axis prodncing petroleum in the Little Kanawha region." 2JO FIGURES CAN BE GITEN. "Do you think the present supply in Pittsburg is limited to any such period as 25 or 40 years?" "I conld not say because I have no data from which to form an estimate. I do not even know the r:e at which the pressure is lessening at existing wells there. That might be some little guide. Those wells usually start with an excessively high pres sure, which alter a short time is reduced to what may be termed a normal pressure, at which they continue for a long time without increase and without any great decrease. Now, if the pressure ot the wells were noted every few months, the rate of decrease in the normal pressure during a long period of time might furnish data from which a rude estimate might be made." "What about the second source of supply in Western Pennsylvania, of which you spoke a moment ago?" "If the Trenton limestone and the inter vening strata between that and the De vonian are conformable, as is presumably the case, then the same wells could be con tinued in depth to reach strata containing gas from the Trenton." "How much deeper would they have to 0?" "I cannot tell at what depth the Trenton limestone is to be found in Western Penn sylvania. I do not know whether that has cTer been determiiie-iby the Pennsylvania Survey or not The only way they could deteraale,it, besides by boring," is to go long duiMnwand measure the outerons and th ysleto Aclination. In that way they could approximate to "What is the character of the supply to be derived from that source?" "It would be like that of Western Ohio and Indiana, and would, in some cases, probably be accompanied with a supply of oil. The Western Ohio and Indiana fields derive their supply from the Trenton lime stone wholly." HOW OAS FIELDS ABE FORMED. Mr. Freeman explained that Trenton limestone was a stratum of rock formed in the lower Silurian age, upon which were superimposed numerous strata formed In the Upper Silurian age and others formed in the Devonian age, among which was the stratun, he termed the Devonian slates, and from which the Pittsburg natural gas is ob tained. Thus the Trenton limestone was formed ages before the Devonian slates. It lies deep below the surface in Western Pennsylvania andsEastern Ohio, but is com paratively near the surface at Lima, O., and Indiana and crops out in Illinois. From it all the Western wells draw their supply, including the few which splutter away in Southern Illinois, not far from St, Louis. He also explained the geo--ogical pec uliarities necessary to the forma tion of a natural gas field. There must be, first of all, a stratum producing the natural gas, which, in Pennsylvania, is the Devo nian slates, and in Ohio, Indiana and Il linois is the Trenton limestone. Above it must be one or more strata porous enough or sufficiently fractured to absorb and hold the gas escaping from the gas-producing stratum, and above that mnst be a hard, close stratum, clay for instance, which keeps the gas from escaping through the in tervening strata to the open air. In the typical gas field there is a ridge or wrinkle or fold, which in the language of the geolo gist, is termed an anticlinal axis, extending TnBOUGH ALL THESE STBATA, by which cracks or fissures arc made in the porous strata holding the gas. The axis is sometimes ten miles or more in width and may extend in a more or less straight line for several hundred miles. The gas naturally accumulates at the highest point oi the stratum, to which it is held, and is thus found distributed along the axis at its high est point and the typical gas well is struck when the highest point of the axis is pierced by the drill. He said that there is every reason to believe that in Western Pennsyl vania, about Pittsburc, there is a correspond ing wrinkle or axis in the Trenton limestone to that in the Devonian slates, along which the Pittsburg gas wells are located, and that, consequently, a fresh supply of gas or gas ind oil may be struck in any one of the suc cessful wells ot to-day if the drill goes deep enough. GAS FIELDS YET TO BE STRUCK. He was asked if, in his opinion, there were other gas fields yet to be struck. "I think there are," was his reply. "The pro longation southward of what is known as the Cincinnati axis should give, in some parts of Kentucky and Tennessee, one or more gas fields. Then the Indiana gas field is a prolongation of the Ohio oil field, but on another axis. It might be inferred that there should be another gas field in North Illinois, but that is not the case. Through out Northern Illinois' there are a few iso lated areas which furnish gas in small quantities from the Trenton, but nothing in commercial quantities. This ?s due to the factlhat the great a jial eh. f- I f ,ual ,Ior.ea ,l ?Te TVW i .: e .. fr., i..:- s. . f .v. ' filled instantly with water, and the entire tion of the Trenton brings it, too near the surface for the gas to' be retained In Western Indiana on a prolongation of the great Illinois axis is an area of territory which will produce gas from the Trenton limestone in liberal commercial quantities. That is a distinct field from the Indiana gas field at present operated. Then in Southern Illinois there are two axial lines which will no doubt produce gas in large commercial Quantities. DRAPING THE STATUABT. Some Clothes for the Worka of Art la the Deiroit Mani-uni. rSPECIAL TELEOBAM TO THE PISPATCH.1 DETROIT, July 4. The Detroit Museum of Art has some very clever plaster casts of noted statuary, including Venus, the Dying Gladiator and others of the nude type. The only trouble with these casts is that they represent the human form as made by the Creator, without dress or robes. Some old maids and other prudes addressed a letter to the directors last week asking that the nude statues be so drtped that they need not blush every time they glanced at the casts. The art students strenuously objected, but the prudes, backed up by two ministers, have carried the day. To-day the directors made public their order to the caretaker, that he cover the offending statues with clothes. The entire city is laughing at the directors, and it is probable that public opinion will make them abrogate their fig leaf order. WENT WITH A WHISTLER. A Now Tork Forger Arrested In Denver In Company With a Freak. New York, July 4. Inspector Byrnes to-day received a dispatch from Denver, Col., announcing the arrest in that city of Benjamin S. Bennett, wanted in this citv for forgery. Bennett was formerly the book-keeper and confidential clerk of William K. Hammond, a manufacturer of bricks, at 624 West Thirtieth street. The amount ot his forgeries is about Sfl nnn During the latter part of May he was given a vacation by his employer and three Havs alter his departure the forgeries were dis covered. When Bennett left he was accompanied by Hattie Stedfield, a dime museum whistler. He was traced to St. Louis, then to New Orleans, and finally caught at Denver. He has a wife and two children here. A FREAK OF IJGHTNING. A Child In lis Mother's Arni Killed Without Ii jurlnglhe Holder. rSrECIAI. TELEGRAM TO TUB DISrATCB.l Columbia, S. C, July 4. A remarka ble ireak of lightning was recorded near, Martins Point, in Berkley county, to-day. A negro woman was sitting in her house with a 2-year-old in her lap. Her husband was standing on the opposite side of the room. A thunder storm was in progress and a stroke of lightning descended upon the bouse. The child in its mother's arms was in stantly killed, its father severely, perhaps fatally shocked, and the mother was not in-' jured or even shocked by the, stroke. The same bolt of lightning killed a workman in a field near by. LEGAL POLYGAMY. A Family Noted for the Plenitude of Its DiTorces. rEPECIAL TELEGEAH TO THE DISPATCH. 1 Indianapolis, July 4. The oltenest divorced woman lives in this city. She has been divorced eight times, twice from the same man, and is now livinc with her ninth husband She is 37 years old, and comes of a family noted for its divorces. Her mother has had six divorces, and is livinc with her seventh husband. An nnnle and two aunts have each been married five times. They are still young, J AGONIZING ACCIDENT. Four Members of a Boating Party of Eight Drowned at McKeesport BEFOEE THE EYES OF HUNDREDS. Two Women Saved While Their Husbands and Children Perish. A YOUTH'S HEEOIC WORK OP RESCUE. The Other Fatalities Which Marred the Enjoyment of the Holiday. John Thompson and wife, Bichard Smith and wife, and the four children of the two families went rowing in an old boat at Mc Keesport The frail concern went to pieces and four of the party were drowned before assistance could reach them. rBPKCIAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DIM? ATCH. ' McKeesport, July 4. The day was not allowed to pass here without an accident of a most distressing nature. Four persons of a boating party of twice that number sank beneath the waters of the Youghiogheny river never to rise in life again under circum stances that were particularly agonizing. John Thompson, aged about 40, and his 14-year-old girl Bessie, with Bichard Smith, aged about 30 years, and the 2-year- old girl, named Alice, of the latter, were all drowned just opposite the foot of Eleventh avenue. The wives of the unfor tunate men and an infant daughter of Mr. Smith escaped. They were only saved through the courage of 18-year-old" Bobert Smith, who held with one hand to his mother and clung to an old boat with the other, while she held her infant above the water that it might not strangle. A TERRIBLE SITUATION. At the same time Mrs. Thompson held to the other side of the boat, and in this posi tion they remained until Allen, a 13-year-old son ef Mrs. Smith, rowed out into the middle of the stream in a skiff and saved them. It was a very sad ending of a pleas ant river party. The two families resided in Brick alley, this city, near the river, and, after seeing the parade, they concluded to row across the river and spend a pleasant afternoon under the trees on the onposite side. They pro vided a lunch and were well equipped for a family party in every way. They then en tered the boat, which was very old, with a rotten end. The entire party consisted of Bichard Smith, wife and three children, and John Thompson and wife and 14-year-old girl. PBESERVED THE BABY. As Mrs. Smith fell out of the boat she tightened her grasp on her babe, and, as she was about to sink, brave young Bobert, who sat unharmed in the boat, leaped into the water and managed to drag his mother to the boat, to which she clung with one hand, while struggling to hold her child's face above the water, and, aided by her boy, she managed to keep up until her little son Allen, who had seen the whole affair, reached her in a skiff, and carried the four agonized survivors to the shore. The re mains of the two fathers, with the two daughters, were recovered half an hour after. They were all together. When the boat reached the middle of the river, the heavy weight on the weak end of party, with the exception of Bobert, the 18-year old boy, who was rowing, were pre cipitated into the river. The two lathers sank at once and were not seen again. Mrs. Thompson succeeded in grasping the edee of the boat, while Bessie Thompson and Alice Smith sank close by where the men went down. They both came up three times before drowning, and .had anyone been at hand they could have been saved. They were helpless, however, and their agonized mothers saw them go down forever, utterly powerless to move a hand to save them. The fright, strangling and horror of being called upon by their daughters, whom they could not save, has told fearfully upon the poor women, who are so ill they may not re cover. The unlortunates were too lar out in the stream forothers to assist them, and hun dreds of unwilling eyes saw them drown be fore a hand could be extended. The Coro ner was notified of the sad affair at once. Both men were of English descent and were employed at the Tube Works here. AN UNFORTUNATE EXPERIMENT. A Young Sinn of Inquiring Mind Has na Arm Blown OK 1SPECTAL TELEGKAK TO THE DISPATCH. 1 Steubenville, July 4. While the young son of George Fickles, a prominent contractor, was experimenting with some explosives to-dav, a terrible explosion oc curred. The young man's right arm was blown off below the elbow, and he otherwise suffered severely. He had always been of an inquiring turn of mind, and was contin ually experimenting with powders of some kind. He hid found a powerlul explosive, and was pounding it with a hammer to test it when it went off. The powder was a queer mixture of several ingredients, but it seems that he had put in too much dynamite to stand the pressure of a hammer, and the accident resulted. Great sorrow is felt here over the affair, as the young man was a favorite with the peo ple. He is a nephew of the late David Fickles, formerly of the Chronicle Herald, of Pittsburg. ONE UTILE FIRECRACKER Conses a Serious Fire in Which One Life Is Lost and Koar Injured. East Saginaw, Mich., July 4. The Kinney Hotel, a two-story brick on Wash ington avenue, was set on fire this afternoon by the ienitingof a firecracker in a bedroom. The house was in flames almost immediate ly, and James Benham was burned to death. He was a native of Canada, aged 28, and unmarried. John Miller was terribly burned about the face, neck and head; Thomas Lynch was badly burned on the left hand; William Eeagan was badly burned on the hand and arm; Archie Kinney, the proprie tor, was badly burned on the head, neck and arms. Loss 55,000; partially insured. CANITON EXPLODES. An Oil City Yonng Man Instnntlr Killed While Celebrating the 4ih. Oilx City, July 4. Sylvester Young, a man aged 20, and the only son of a widow, was instantly killed this morning at fi o'clocfc. He was celebrating, and the 60 pound cannon he was firing exploded with fatal results. Hit by a Sky Rocket. Cincinnati, July 4. John McMullen, while passing through an alley last night, was struck on the head by a sky rocket, the stick penetrating his brain. He was taken to the hospital and the stick removed and he now lies in a very critical condition. Fell From a Skiff nnd Drowned. Cincinnati, July 4. Miss Annie Turner, of Walnut Hills, while attempting to step from a skiff into the United States snag boat, last night, fell into the river and ,was drowned, recovered. The body has not yet been STORjU jjn LAKE MICHIGAN. TERRIBLlf EXPERIENCES REPORTED BY LAKE NAVIGATORS. Vessels Turned Over Passenger Steamers Compelled to Seek Harbor Several Lives Lost Great Dnpiage Dons to Vessels In Chicago Bnrbor. Chicago, July 4. Lake Michigan was stirred from surface to bottom last night and to-day by a gale that wrecked shipping and threw on its beam-ends the programme of aquatic sports arranged by Chicagoans for the glorious Fourth. Vesselmen whose lives have been spent on the great lakes, unite in pronouncing it the severest storm for this season of the year, within the memory of the oldest The vessels that had braved the threatening indications during the evening and put out to sea were bela boring outside of the breakwater trying to make port. Sdtne were successful; others, less fortunate, tried to save themselves by dropping anchor. One vessel, the schooner Gladiator, turned over, and her commander, Captain Loroton, was lost. About midnight the steamer City of Chicago, with 1,000 passengers aboard, lay on her beam ends outside the breakwater trying to gain shelter. She left Chicago a few hours before for Grand Haven, loaded down with passengers. She was 25 miles on her course when her captain was obliged o put her about and run for Chicago. After a terrific experience in the heavy sea, rolling and plunging and at times shipping some water, she finally reached her dock without accident. The schooner Gladiator, however, did not" fare so well. She was loaded to the rails with wool and she labored terribly in the trough of the sea, seven miles off Gross Point. Soon she sprang a leak and took water rapidly. A portion of her deck load went by the board, and her waterlogged condition was eased for the while. But the leak enlarged and she was caught by a wave and turned keel up. Captain Loroton and his crew were carried by the waves some distance from the schooner. The Captain was unable to reach the craft again and was drowned. The crew caught the wreckage and managed to float until the life-saving crew, stationed at Evanston, came to their assistance. The schooner Naiad was caught in the blow some miles out to sea, and, after a hard struggle, reached the water just outside the breakwater, where a number ol vessels were anchored. The Naiad was in a bad way and suffering greatly from her encounter with the wind and waves. She had lost a man, Harry Berkley, and her forward rig ging was carried away. She dropped an chor, but the soft bottom refused it a place, and the vessel drifted with a crash against the schooners Surprise and White Cloud. These vessels had barely resisted the force of the sea, and when they struck the Naiad they pulled their anchors and the flotilla drifted out to sea. Signals of distress were displayed by the Naiad, and Captain St. Peters and his crew, of the lile-saving station, put out to her as sistance. Before they could reach her, how ever, a tug had steamed out and, throwing the Naiad a line, soon had her in tow. The collision cost the White Cloud her jibboom, fore-topmast and cathead, .and the Surprise was but little less fortunate. The Naiad was damaged forward. v The propeller Wissahickon and a number of other staunch vessels were also among the list more or less damaged by the storm. FELL FROM HIS HORSE. Probably Fatal Accident at McKeesport Daring tho Parade. rf FECIAL TSLEPBAM TO TUB P1SPATCH.1 McKepspoet, July 4. Jons M. Kin kaid, a well-known young man of this city, who was one of the aids and a color bearer in the First division of the parade, received injuries from a horse which, it is feared, will cause his death. While waiting on the main street, with other aids, until it was time for them to join the parade, his horse became frighteued, unseated him and lell on him. After the horse got up, Kinkaid also rose to his feet, but after walking a few steps he tell insensible, and has been so since. He is hurt internally, and it is feared he will not recover. He is a young and very popu lar member of the Junior Order United American Mechanics. POISONEDJCE CREAM. TWENTY PERSONS CAUGHT AT A PHILA. DELPHIA PICNIC. AH of Them Are Taken to a Ilonpltal nnd It is Feared That Some or Them May Die Tho Sudden Attack Which Put an End to n Merry Pleasure Pnriy. fSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.1 Philadelphia, July 4. Twenty people were poisoned to-day in Fairmount Park by eating ice cream. They had taken it out with them from the city in big coolers. The party included about 30 people, all young girls and young men living in one neighborhood. They started early in the morning in an open wagon to a picnic in the woods near Ridseland, in the east park. Among their refreshments were two large cans ot ice cream which came from the establishment of Edward Mulford. The cream was ol two flavors, packed sep arately, ten quarts of vanilla ice cream be ing placed in a twelve-quart can and five quarts of chocolate cream in a five quart can. The cream, together with the other refreshments, were placed under the shade of a large tree, where they remained until dinner time. The party spent the mornins in frollicking in the woods, and about 12 o'clock came back to their camping ground for dinner. All ate plentifully of the ham sandwiches, lemonade and other edibles and a ter the meal opened the ice cream can. Immediately upon tasting the chocolate cream several of the party noticed the pecu liar flavor of the cream. Eva Sassman remarked the first to her friend Bessie Campbell, and Mr. and Mrs. Hocks, who were of the' party, made similar comments. Nothing further was thought of the matter. Shortly after ward young Bendernagle commenced to feel ill, but ascribed it to the heat and vio lent exercise he had had in the morning. In the course of the morning the rest oi the' party began to feel sick, and ascribed it to the same cause. Ail partooii rreely of the cream in the course of the afternoon and at supper. About 8 o'clock the partv started out on their way home. Scarcely had they left the park when all of the party became vio lently ill and gave instructions to the driver to go at once to the German hospital. Prompt treatment was applied, but it is feared that some of the party may die. MARRIED IN THE CLOUDS. A Massachusetts Couple Wedded In a Balloon Yesterday. Lowell, Mass., July 4. Prof. J. K. Allen made a balloon ascension from the fair grounds this afternoon at 4 o'clock, taking with him Charles G. Stowell and Miss Lottie E. Anderson, who were married in the presence of upward of 10,000 people by Rev. W. W. Downs, of Boston. The balloon sailed away in a northerly direction and the landing has not yet been reported. Waited Until After the Fourth. An" alarm from box 156 shortly after one o'clock this morning and cansed by a fire in M. H. Mohler's confectionery store at No. 2718 Sarah street, Southside. The oriein of the fire was from shooting crackers and before the flames were subdued a loss of $1,000 had been entailed. The damage was principally to his stock of roods, whioh y nue aiuijt insured BELIEF OF BEA7ER. The Governor is Sure That Delamater Will Be His Successor. PATTISON A P0WEE PERSONALLY, Sat the Bepnhlican Banks Will Present an Unbroken Front BEALLY NO DISSENSION IN THE PAETI. The State Execntite's Tery Rosy View of the Political Situation. -' - Governor Beaver,. New York yesterday. xela- matsr is an exception , - .udidate, who will he.easil'jfci jm . Pattison, ac cording to his one-jtffc'opponent, is a nice man, too, but cannot overcome the heavy Bepublican majority. rtPECIAL TELEOEAM TO THE DISPATCH. ( New Yobk, July 4. Governor Braver, of Pennsylvania, was in town to-day. A reporter saw him in the parlor of the Astor House, and asked him his opinion of the nomination of ex-Governor Pattison by the .Democrats to head their ticket in the next election. Governor Beaver smiled as he re plied: Governor Pattison is an able man, and "Ilight as far as personal integrity goes, anf'l guess he stands well politically, but ours is a Republican State and I do not see hoie can be elected. Mr. Delamater, the, Bepublican candidate, is an ex ceedingly brilliant and capable man. He is the soul ot honor and possesses executive ability and business experience that will make him the right man for the place. The whole ticket is strong and clean and I see no reason why it should not be elected by a handsome majority. Of course it would be presumptuous to predict now what the cam paign will be, but I see no cause to be alarmed about the result." "How about the talk here that the rank and file of the Bepublican party are dissat isfied with the nomination of Mr. Dela mater?" "That is something that we know nothing' about at home. When we get outside of our State we hear talk of disaffection, and the further we go the more talfc we hear. The entire ticket is a good one and there is noth ing to prevent its receiving the full vote." PLUCKY BEPTOLICAira. Considering the Idea of Nominating a TIckot In South Carolina. rSPXCIAX. TELEORAU TO TBI DISPATCff.1 Columbia, S. C, July 4. The present indications are that for the first time in ten years a Bepublican State ticket will be in the field in a short time. It ts stated that Colonel Ellery A. Brayton, Chairman of the State Bepublican Executive Com mittee, will soon announce himself as a candidate for Governor. It was expected that Brayton would run for Congress from the Seventh district, but for the past month he has been watching the campaign in this State between the two 'tiijs of the Democratic party with inteuso interest, and he has probably decided that this is the proper time to make a dash for the Stale Government. It ii very certain that if eithe the Tillman party or its op ponents, the straight-out Democrats, are successful in getting the nomination they will not be supported at the polls by hun dreds, perhaps. thousands, of the other side. Again Capt. Tillman is endorsed now by the colored alliances and almost all of -the white Independents. Greenbackers and re cently converted Democrats from the Bepub lican ranks are rallying to his standard, and while they may assist in splitting the Demo crats it is very probable that later on, if the Republicans nave a ticket in the field, they will give that party their votes. The out look is more promising for the Republicans than it has been for many years. AH0THEB BUCKEYE TICKET. The Union Labor Parly Makes a Fall List ot Nominations. SPECIAL TEL1GBAM TO THE DISPATCH. 1 Columbus, July 4. The State Conven tion of the Union Labor party was held to day. E. M. Davis, of Cincinnati, was elected Permanent Chairman, and Charles Davis, of Knox county, Permanent Secre tary. H. F. Hickson, ot Kansas, an officer of the Farmers' Alliance, ad dressed the convention. The Commit tee on Resolutions presented a re port reaffirming the principles of the Uninn Labor party adopted at Cincinnati in 1888, and declarations of principles of relorm subsequently adopted. The following ticket was selected: Sec retary; of State, Ezekiel T. Curtis, Farmington, Trumbull county; Judge of Supreme Court, William Baker, Newark; Clerk Supreme Court, Joseph W. Leavitt, Columbus; and Board of Public Works, Eli Riub, Wood county. A number of members of the Executive Committee were selected. John Seitz, of Tiffin, was chosen Chairman of the committee, and Albert E. Bauer, of Cincinnati, Secretary and Treas urer. The convention adjourned to meet July 4, 1891, at Newark. KISNEB ON THE PLATFORM. The Ex-Chairman frura the Ballot Reform i'lnnk Is Weak and Insnfficleat. Sckanton, July 4. Ex-Chairman Kis ner to-day declared the ballot reform plank of the Democratic platform insufficient and weak in its construction. He, said it did not go far enough on the question. He declares the marked ballot provision in the Constitution must be taken out, and will be taken out before an honest vote will be re corded, no matter what the politicians say. Mr. Kisuer savs the partv should keep up the agitation until the leaders who wiped out much of the plank are made to realize what is best for the Pennsylvania Democ racy. gTT.T.m by A CRAZY HUSBAND. no Stabs His Wife With the Scissors and Says She Suicided. rarECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.1 New York, July 4. For something over a year past Martin Loppy and bis wife, middle-aged Canadians, have lived ,in two rooms on the top floor of a tenement house on Chrystie street. Mrs. Loppy was a tailor ess, and supported her husband, who was half crazy. A man who went into tne apartments this afternoon found Mrs. Loppy stabbed to death on the floor of the living room and Loppy sitting complacently by. There is little doubt that Xoppy killed his wife, buthe says she killed herself. Splashes of blood were found ou Loppy's clothes. There were two big cuts on the right side of bis head. Loppy, who was quite drunk, persisted that his wife had killed hersel with a pair of scissors. She had three stab wounds on the left arm. The wound that killed her was a deep stab in the left breast. There were blood splashes around the room, but an evident uort had been made to clean themnp. THROUGH THE RAPIDS. A FOOLHARDY ATTEMPT MADE TO SHOOT THE WHIRLPOOL RAPIDS. A Michigan Crank, With Luck on His Side, Successfully Swims a Portion of tho Rapids Many Narrow Escapes He Re ceives Slight Injuries. Niagaba. Falls, July 4. Samuel Smith, the Lewiston (N. Y.) boatman, who was to go through the whirlpool rapids in a rowboat with John L. Soules, of North Muskegon, Mich., flunked and would not undertake the foolhardy feat. Soules, not to disappoint the large crowds that had con gregated along the banks of both sides of the river and on the suspension bridee, an nounced that he would go through alone. The boat which he had concealed up the river and intended to eo as far as possible in, some one had cut from its moorings and let go through the rapids during the nignt. Not daunted by this, be made astart to swim the rapids with only his swimming suit on, consisting of a woolen shirt and trunks and a cork vest. At the sound of three shots from a rifle fired by his manager, William Leary, of Suspension Bridge, Soules at 3:18 P. M. entered the water about 75 leet on the Falls side of the cantilever bridge on the Canadian side. At 320 he was seen coming around the abutments of the cantilever bridge. The force of the volume of water forcing itself through the gorge causes an up current along the shore, nnd is known as the "Canadian Current." Soules struggled hard against the breakers that seemed to want to wash him on the large rocks that line the shore all the way down the river. When he escaped from the grasp of the current he treaded the water all the way down to the railway suspension bridge. He raised his hands once or twice above his head, waving them to the spectators, who seemed to be paralyzed at the nerve of the man who was tempting Providence. When the swift current caught hold of Soules it swept him under the bridge like a flash. Below the railway suspension bridge there are two large rocks. At times one of these is covered with water when large break ers dash over it, while the other towers far above all breakers. The current carried Soules up airainst the first rock and the spectators gave vent to a simultaneous yell of horror, expecting to see the swimmer's brains dashed out. But luckily just as he came in contact with the rock, a large breaker C3ught him up and he scraped over the obstruction. On he went with the current until the second rock was reached when most of the spectators covered their faces so they would not see the foolhardy man killed, but luck favored him again. The current swung him' around to the side of the rock, and be put out his hands and shoved himself clear of the rock. Then a large breaker caused him to turn a somer sault, submerged him for a few seconds and then kept him stationary in the eddy. The spectators yelled out. "He's killed," but in a few seconds lie was seen to swim out of the eddy and he went past the Grand Trunk pump house, sometimes submerged and sometimes swimming. When near the Whirlpool Rapids Incline Railway a large wave washed him into a large eddy near the shore and with the assistance of several spectators he scrambled out on the rocks. When be was brought up on the steps leading to the Incline Railway he was greatly exhausted. He had a deep hole in his left knee, near the knee cap, and a cut on his left foot. The first thing he said when he got out of the water was that his knee hurt him so much that he thought he would get ashore when the opportunity presented itself. He received the injuries when he was dashed against the last roek. His jmasaser asked hiai how he was and he replied "I am all rieht, and asked if he would continue his trip through the whirlpool, as he did not wish to disappoint the spectators that were stationed there watchingibr him. Leary said: "No, not with that leg," which was bleed ing profusely. After receiving some stimu lants, Soules attempted to walk up the steps to the incline railway cars, but was unable to lean on his injured leg. He was assisted to a car, and upon reaching the top of the incline, he was driven across to Leary's es tablishment at Suspension bridge. It is fortuuate for Soules that he was washed ashore, for had he gone through to the whirlpool he surely would have been killed. The place where he got out is about 100 feet above the spot where Webb is sup posed to have been killed. Soules was never over 30 feet from shore during his trip through the rapids. He says he will go through again when his knee is all right. BOGUS COMMISSION MEN. St. Louis Sharps Work a Scheme tho Western Grangers. Upon tSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.1 St. Louis, July 4. Two shrewd swin dlers, giving the names of C. A. Post and Joseph Foster, were arrested to-day for de frauding several hundred farmers of Illinois, Missouri and Arkansas. They did a "commission" business on the levee. They had printed a number of attractive business circulars, in which it was stated that the house had been estab lished since 1S80. Prospective customers were referred to the Continental Bank, St Louis; Weiss and Novel Com pany, aioux (Jity; israastreet s .mercan tile Agency ana all express companies in St. Louis. The bait was in the form of a scale of prices ranging from 10 to 25 per cent higher than paid by reputable com mission houses. Remittances by draft on the day of the arrival of produce were as sured. A small trial shipment was asked. These circulars were sent broadcast among the shippers of Missouri, Illinois and Ar kaneas. In many instances a small ship ment was first made by the shipper, who would promptly receive a draft. Thus encouraged, he would send in every thing marketable that he could pick up in his vicinity, the extra price being an in centive for extra energy. That would be the last he would hear from his consignment. There is a great stock of complaints at po lice headquarters, and the pair are believed to be $5,000 ahead on the scheme. NOT EXACTLY A PARADISE. Woes of Americans Who Were Induced to Go to Central America. tSFECIAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. New Orleans, July 4. The steamship Professor Morse arrived from Central America to-day with 262 passengers after ten days' detention at quarantine on ac count of the illness of 163 of her pas sengers. The passengers were taken from the steamship Oteri at Mitta. Four ol them died at quarantine, and a commit tee of experts visited the vessel to-day to determine whether the disease from which the passengers were suffering was contagious or not. The sick passengers were found to be suffering from malarial and bilious fever and dysentery, and the ship was allowed to land. The p'assengers are Americans, who went to Central America in April last to work on banana plantations in Sacete in Honduras. Most of them were unaccli mated and suffered severely from the diseases of the country, They say, also, that they were very harshly treated, that their food was bad and insuffi cient, and their quarters -without flooring or roof; that no beds were provided, and that after working three months many ot them found themselves in debt to their employers. Ten of the party died from disability. Many ot the men taken from the vessel to-day were in very bad condition; so wasted and weak that they bad to be carried ashore. Thev were very indignant against the owner of the plantation on which they worked and the employment office which sent them to Cen tral America, CELEBRAft-MM OLDEN DATS. Schenley Park CrowdecKf Earnest, Enthusiastic Patriots. A GRAED FOURTH OF Independence Day Objerved in a Befitting; Manner K Season of Unalloyed Happiness- 11 nsic, Eloquence, Sports, Fireworks and General Jollity Twenty Thousand Per" sons Kept Away by the Eain Not an Arrest or Accident Mars the Pleasure of tha Day Panther Hollow Kings With Patriotic Speeches The Eesult of Mayor Gour ley's Hearty Adoption of a Dispatch Sngsestion The Practice Not to he Allowed to Die Oat A Large Contribution for Next Tear's Celebration. A TtTrTTnAT r..l- on a new form in )j honor of the ceiebra- t tinn of an old-fash ioned Fourth of July. In the cool shade of leafy bowers, on the smiling green lawns and the verdure-clad slopes of Schenley Park 30,000 persons wooed her yesterday. She was no longer the stern-yisaged woman of the Revo lution, or the still darker days of '61-'65, calling for volunteers to throw themselves into the forefront of battle, but a sweet, winsome maiden, lavish with wondrous smiles that stirred the sluggish blood of men and made them dream of deeds of daring, while one elance from her sparkling eyes was sufficient to console wives, mothers and maiden for the sacrifice of their loved ones upon the altar of liberty. A. GBAND SUCCESS. It was a grand success. The old-time In- SCENE NEAB THE MAYOR'S HEADQUARTERS. dependence Day suggested by The Dis patch two weeks since and so heartily con curred in and so ably engineered by Mayor Gourley, has more than met the most san guine expectations. Everybody was there and in most cases he brought his wife and little ones. Every profession, every trade, every business pursuit was represented. There were officials from both cities, county officers, clergymen, lawyers, physicians, merchants, manufacturers and mechanics, all in gala attire. The man with millions rubbed shoulders with the day laborer as they stood together on the broad platform ot love of country. The crowds commenced pouring into the park at 9 o'clock in the morning. Long before that time the streets of both cities were crowded with family parties, dressed in their best and laden with picnic baskets, bent on reaching the park at the earliest opportunity. As the sun rose higher in the heavens the crowds thickened, and the cur rents of humanity flowed faster and faster toward their common destination. HOW THET GOT THERE. Every method of transportation was taxed to the utmost. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ran train after train to the park and every car was crowded. The Second avenue electric line carried thousands, but the greatest number was borne by the Fifth avenue tractidh line. The company bad every car out, and ran them singty and in trains but very few minutes apart, and yet the demand for transportation was greater than the supply. The man who owned or could borrow or hire a vehicle and drive out to the park was an aristocrat for a day. Everything that travels on wheels was there, from the gaily decorated barouche, its horses resplendent in glittering harness, to the old peddler's wagon, wiin lis wneezmg uag. nuuurcu. of persons who were not afraid ot a long walk, refused to be packed like sardines in a street car, and leisurely strolled out to the park. At noon the rnsh reached its height, and the people began pouring into the park, not by hundreds, out oy tnousanus. All o ciocic estimates of the number of people present varied from 30,000 to 40,000, and the former estimate is considered to be a very conserva tive one. ELEGANT AND ORDEELT. A remarkable eature about the crowd was its orderliness. There were, to be sure, one or two men iu the park whose appear ance denoted undue familiarity with the cup that cheers,fbuttbey were only notice able from their rarity. Several gentlemen went to the park expecting to find the rough element in control, but were agreeably dis appointed, and at once went to their homes and brought their families out. Another striking feature was the exemplification of Pittsburg's prosperity as shown by the in variably ueat and generally elegant attire worn by those present. And how they did enjoy themselves! The people had gone out to the park with the in tention of having a good time; not the good time ot modern days thrt necessitates first getting highly and artificially hilarious, bnt the simple, old-fashioned good time, which is not necessarily followed by a headache. A PATRIOTIC PICNIC, It Was a gigantic Picnic of catriota. In eyery leafy nook were little family groups - ver Thirty Thousand JULY DEMONSTRATION surrounding huge baskets, in which consid erable interest was taken, especially by tbo younger members of the parties, who had apparently acquired an appetite that nothing in the shape of pie and cake could satiate. Some of these picnic parties started in early. One group had its Dasket open at 9:30 A. si., and commenced a light lunch, which was still in progress at 2 p, it. Other parties carried hammocks to the park and contentedly swung in them while they listened to the eloquence of the oratora and the patriotic airs rendered by the band. The boys and girls allowed no opportunity for pleasure to escape them. They ran mad races through the grass, climbed the steep sides of Panther Hollow, played Copen hagen, joined in the singing, ate peanuts, pie and ice cream, drank ice water and pic turesquely colored lemonade, watched tha sports and fireworks, and were generally everywhere at once. They were out for fun, and to most of them the first old-fashioned Fourth of July in Pittsburg will be a red letter day indeed. THE HOME OF ELOQUENCE, The speech-making was a success. Tha orators were of the best, and of home-made Eroductiou at that, for Allegheny county as many eloquent men within her borders. The only disappointment was the failure of Major K A. Montootb to be present. While the audience was continually changing, like the scenes in a kaleidoscope, at no time were there less than 6,000 persons around the speakers' stand, and at times there wera 10,000. It is seldom that an orator gets an opportunity to impress his thoughts upon such' a mass of his fellow-citizens, and the speakers seemed to appreciate this tact. The Japanese fireworks achieved great popularity, especially a bomb which emit ting a weird, shrill whistle that could be heard for miles. The sports, however, were somewhat marred by the rain, which com menced falling about 2 o'clock, and fell heavilyfor nearly an hour. Nevertheless, all the important events came off, and were well contested and full ot interest. The ardor of the youngsters who contested in the boys' sports was not to he dampened by rain, and they carried one the programme to the letter. A LITTLE TOO DAMP. The afternoon rain spoiled to a large ex tent what was otherwise a most enjoyable day. As soon as the storm brthe every body sought shelter. Some took refuge be neath trees, but the heavy rainfall soon pen etrated their leafy tents, and they were driven out. Many'broke for the old farm house which bad been turned into head quarters for Mayor Gourley and the press, and others filled the big barn across the road. These places, however, could not af ford shelter for a tithe of the thousands in the park, and an exodus was at once inaug urated by the many who dislike setting wet. As they poured out of the park they were met by almost as many persons who cared nothing for the elements, but were bound to celebrate Independence Day in a properly patriotic manner. After a time the rain ceased, and those who stayed congratulated themselves upon their confidence in the weather clerk's discrimination. At dark people were still flocking to the park. Tne lack of shelter from sudden showers gave birth to the suggestion that in time to come several large sheds be built at different parts of the park to which people might flock and stay under cover until the storm was over. PERFECT ARRANGEMENTS. The day's arrangements were perfection. Chief of Public Works Bigelow, attended by his faithful lieutenant, Park Superin tendent James McKnigbt, were early on the ground, putting the finishing touches to the decorations, speakers' stands and rings and traces, and seeing that everything was in readiness for the visitors. Chief Brown, of the Department of Public Safety, was on hand, together with a large force of police, under the command of "Inspector White house. Mr. Morris Mead had telephones located at different points in the park and a patrol wagon was located near the speakers' stand. Mayor Gourley, to whose energy and ad ministrative ability the success of the affair is due. was everywhere. He acted as chair man of the meeting in Panthers' Hollow, kept the bands up to the mark, and took a general supervision of all that was going. He looked happy and proud, and he had an undoubted risht to feel that way when he saw the greatest gathering that Pittsburg ever knew. READT TOR MORE. Not a single accident or arrest occurred at the park. Not even a child strayed away from iu parents. The day was totally de void of any unpleasant incident, except the shower in the aiternoon. Mayor Gourley sa'd last night: "There would have been 50,000 people at the park ifithadnot been for the rain. That was theonlV thing that marred a perfect day. Just to' think of it 30,000 people on tha, nwitlHl an4 tinf 0 nVdot VIA mm t saIJi. fc This is the first old-fashioned Fourth ia ' fjiuuuu uu ajuv au atiwi uut on Abuiucil IS 5M '?. i
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