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At Least Ono Consolation lor the
Sonlhside Consumers of Monon-
gahela River "Water.
- THECOUMILHANIGINYESTIGATION
Apparently Convinces the Seekers After
Knowledge That Improvements
Have Seen Made.
THE SHOWIXG HADE BY THE COMPACT.
X Eonlhsiae Citizen Has a Scheme Therrty All
Could Get Pare Water.
The Conncilnranic Committee that has
charge of the Southside water investigation
visited the Southside yesterday and made a
most rigid investigation of the pumping sta
tion, reservoirs and tank of the Mononga
hela Water Company. The members of the
committee present were: Chairman Robert
son, Messrs. Ferguson, Mullin, Sunn and
Shannon.
The party were taken charge of by Mr.
Preuter, who is purchasing agent of the wa
ter company. At South Twenty-ninth street,
the first stop was made and the new
30-inch main that is being laid from the
pumping station to the reservoir on the hill
side was inspected. The work of laying
the new mam is well under way at present,
and the contract requires that it shall be
finished by September 1. The reservoir is
at present supplied bv a 10-inch main.
The committee then proceeded to the
pumping station, where they were met by
Mark D. Watson, Esq., President of the
Monongabela Water Companv, Superin
tendent Stengle, John H. Dalzell and Mr.
McCormack, the agent for the engines and
pumps now in use there.
IMPROVEMENTS IN OEDER.
Before making any inspection, President
Watson informed the members of the com
mittee that the company is at present ex
pending $150,000 in improving and enlarg
ing its plant. Among the added improve
ments are to be a new pumping engine of
10,000,000 gallon power. The present
capacity is 23,000.000 gallons per day. There
will also be two new batteries of boilers,
three in each battery. The average amount
of water pumped each day lor the present
year was 11.ODO.000 gallons.
After an inspection of the engines and
engine room the committee went down into
the receiving well, where a careinl inspec
tion of the water showed it to be rather clear
and pure. This is the well into which the
water is drawn Irom the river and then
forced up into the reservoir. The members
of the committee lound one objection here,
and that was that the wall abont the well
was not high enough. The argument used
was that a rainstorm would wash dirt down
into the water. President Watson explained
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that the washing of some dirt into the water
would be but a small matter, as the water
was pumped to the reservoir and there civen
time to settle before it was distributed to
the citizens.
The committee was then taken aboard a
steam launch, called "The Dart," and car
ried out into the middle of theMonongahela
river, where Superintendent Stengle said
the mouth of the influent pipe was located.
The depth of the water was measured at 12
feet; a corked bottle was then dropped into
the river, and allowed to sink to the bottom,
when the cork was pulled and a bottlefnl ot
the water obtained. This bottle of water
was taken charge of b v Chairman Bobertson,
who will have an analysis of it made.
Before leaving the pumping station Pres
ident Watson explained that among other
improvements to be made was new and more
commodious pumping stations, which will
be of brick and stone.
FOUND TO BE FAIB.
The next place visited was the reservoir
on the hillside above Thirtieth street. Here
there are two large b sins, one for receiving
the water and allowing it to settle. This
basin was iound to be in a very fair condi
tion. The other one contained the water to
be distributed to the lower wards. This
basin was found to be in a muddy state. In
some places the mud was fully four inches
deep. The explanation ot this offered by
Superintendent Stengle was that owing to
the intense heat and the unusual demand
for water they had cot had time this sum
mer to clean the basin out, but they
intended doing so at the first oppor
tunity. Prom this basin a new
20-inch main is being laid out to
the tank from which the hill wards are
supplied with water. At present only a 10
inch pipe is used. The distance to the
tank is 3 miles, and 3 miles of the line are
finished, and it is expected that this work
will be completed within three weeks. At
the reservoir pumping station there are
three pumping engines. One engine has a
capacity of 3,250,000 gallons, and the other
two a less quantity.
THE HIGHEST OF ALL.
From the reservoir the party proceeded to
the tank, which is located on the highest
hill on the Sonthside group, the exact
height of which it 00 feet above the level of
the Smithfield street bridge. The tank is a
massive one and holds 3,000,000 gallons of
water, Irom which all the hill wards are
supplied, the average consumption in these
wards being 2.000,000 gallons per day. This
tank is refilled every night, and President
Watson was positive that this supply was
even purer than that furnished the lower
wards, for the reason that it had
more time to settle. Mr. Watson
also explained that the company bad
already given out the contract
for another tank of the same capacity as the
present one. When asked as to the scarcity
of the water supply on that side, Mr. Watson
admitted that lor two or three days there was
short supply owing to the fail ore of the
gas. He was positive that the supply was
now equal to the demand, and that the
water was as pure, if not purer, than the
supply in the city proper. The new im
provements about to be added will improve
the plant fully 100 per cent, and, in Mr.
Watson's opinion, there would be no room
for growling.
The members ol the committee seemed to
bd rather lavorablv impressed with their
visit, with the possible exceptions of Messrs.
Ferguson and Mullin, who insist on a deep
er and more thorough investigation.
The Monongabela Water Company's side
i of the story was learned last night by an in
terview with its President, Mr. Mark Wat
JTn. who said: "Tne Southside water w.is
-ffana'yzed last May by Prof. Phillips, of the
Western University. He pronounced it
pure and per ectly fit lor all family purposes.
Although Prof. Phillips was instructed to
make an analysis every 30 days. I do not
thins: he has been doing it. Neverthe
less I believe it is perfectly pure. Last sum
mer it wis analyzed every 30 days and lound
to be all right, and the water was lower
. , then than it is now. I am willing to put nj
tiio Southside water against that of any city
dm is supplied from a river in a test f
purity.
"we have not been racking any attempts
to make the water mare 'pure because it is
not necessary. Last summer when every
iWrson nczrlf in the neighborhood oi tnv
feouse was suffering from typhoid fever, 1 j
brpnght Monongahela water over to my
house in jugs, and not one ol my family
was sick for a day.
"We are making greatimprovements in re
gard to supply. The company voted ?160,
000 for that purpose, and we are spending
it. This is not because of any shortage, but
because we want to be prepared for any
emergency.
GETTING PKEPABED.
"We are laying a 30-inch rising main to
our reservoir to take the place of
the present 20-inch main. The pres
ent 10-inch main from the reservoir
to onr tanks on the hill is being replaced
by a 20-inch main. The talk of a shortage
is nonsensical. In a short time we will
have a supply of water greater than all the
fire engines in Pittsburg could use.
"There was a shortage lor about two days
some time ago on the hill, but that was be
cause we did not have sufficient gas to run
the endnes. We are now putting in a 10,-000.000-gallon
pump and two new batteries
ot boilers so as to be prepared for any possi
ble emersencv. There is no longer any
shortage " on ' the hill. Yesteiday I
sent a man through the Thirty-fifth
ward who gauged a number of hv
drants. The lowest pressure was 25
pounds to the tquare inch and the largest
was SO pounds. There is no cause for com
plaint there, and when we went out to the
end of the influx pipe to-day we found from
12 to 14 feet ofvwater, so there can be no
complaint about the quality."
A citizen's scheme.
Mr. Jacob Schneider, a Carson streetmer
chant, has a proposition that, whether prac
tical or not, seems worthy ol consideration.
He has been considering the water question
for some time, and has an idea that the citi
zens could fnrnish their own water at a much
less cost than they pay now, and they would
always be sure of an abundant supply of
good water. His scheme is to have public
pumps, located at intervals of from one! to
two squares apart, according to the popula
tion around them.
Mr. Schneider has a well on his own
property. It is 110 feet deep and he has it
caed so as to prevent impurities Irom get
ting into the water.and he states that the en
tire neighborhood in which he lives is sup
plied with good water for drinking and
cooking purposes. He figures that the
average cost of each well would be about
SI 60 to $2. If every property holder on the
Southside would pay into a fund
$350 a well could be placed in every other
block on that side of the river that would
tnrnish a permanent supply for the entire
population. The total cost would not ex
ceed $10,000.
Mr. Schueider favors an appropriation by
the citv of part of this amonnt and he is sat
isfied the citizens would be willing to pay
the remainder themselves. In speaking of
the matter yesterday Mr. Schneider said:
NO DANGER IN IT.
"The workmen in the mills and glass
houes are supplied in this way, and thev
get good water. The only question that
would arise is one of plentvrbut there is no
danger if all the wells were drilled throusrh
the first rock and then cased. I shall find
out what the business men think ot the
scheme, anywav. I have already prepared
a list, and if I can get 30 men to pav $5
apiece we will put down a trial well along
Carson reet"
A reporter called on several people in
various sections of the Sonthside yesterday
for the purpose of ascertaining in what con
dition the supply of water is at present. Ex
Councilman Nisbet, of Allentnwn, said
they have plenty of water on the hill and it
is in a fairly good condition at present. It
was muddy for quite a wbile, but Mr. Nis
bet thinks that was on account of a new
main being put down.
John Beck, ot the Union Tea Companv.
said: "We don't use ihe hydrant water for
anvtnin? but washing, and it's scarcely fit
for that."
Dr. Arnholt said: "We get plenty ol
water, such as it is, but we nse Cresson
water altogether. I think Mr. Schneider's
scheme is a good one, and I believe it is prac
tical. A call was made at several private resi
dence'. The most universal answer was
that the water is not fit for use, and in many
cases it is not used lor drinking or cooking
purposes.
CLEANING OF FIRE PLUGS.
Superintendent Brown, of the water
works, was seen in regard to the responsi
bility of taking care ot the Southside fire
plug's. He said: "It is our dnty to look
out for the plugs in Pittsburg,
and we attend to those on the
Sonthside. The water is allowed to run
for a short time regularly to clean ont any
obstruction that may have lodged in the
pipes, and the fire plugs work all right, but
I can't say anything about the water pres
sure. I understand that in cases of fire the
water company are expected to increase
their pressure."
Statements have been made that water
was scarce when the fire department used
the Southside plugs, and James Stewart,
superintendent of the Third district, said
last night: "Localities between Seven
teenth and Twenty-first streets, and the
neighborhood on the upper side of Sarah
street, below Seventeenth street, are very
short of water, and, in cases of fire, the
pressure has been dangerously low."
FBESH BEEE IS BEST.
If Not Over Five Minnies From the Brewery
Il's Fit for Loids.
St. Louis Letter In Mew York Press.
No one who comes to St. Lonis is allowed
to remain long in ignorance of the St. Louis
claim that the best beer on this continent is
brewed here. There is a reslaurani here
known as Faust's, which is a semi-fashionable
eating place, that makes a speeialty of
serving this beer in ''steins" and "schop
pens." and not to have quaffed a "stein" of
beer at Faust's is considered as not having
become acquained with St Lonis. Faust
sells from 80 to 100 kegs ot beer daily, and
on this enormous trade is able to make
special arrangements by which his beer is
kept always at the same temperature "as in
the brewery itself.
He has an immense refrigerator vault,
where the temperature is kept exactly as in
the brewery, and the beer is never over five
minutes out of the brewery until it is in
this vault. He tells me that under this
treatment beer is always a satisfying and
healthy drink, and from experience I can
well believe it, for although not a beer
drinker, and having a positive distaste for
it as a beverage, I found it, under his plan,
to be fit for a kaiser. Here is a practical
hint lor New York beer sellers.
SAGE'S HUCKT.rHT.RBY FIE.
The Western Union Fire Put an End lo the
Financier's Favorite Lunch.
New York Press.
The destruction by the recent fire in the
Western Union building of the lunchroom
on the ninth floor was a sad blow to that
alert financier, Kussell Sage. It had been
his custom for years, upon the advent ol the
huckleberry season, to climb to the Western
Union lunchroom and indulge himself in a
quarter section of huckleberry pie. There
was, to his mind, no pie like the pie to be
found there. And after the fire he pros
pected around among the downtown cafrs
tor pie like it, but in vain. He was seen to
approach the pie counter of Delmonico's one
dav and order huckleberry pie. He tasted
it, laid down his knife, pushed the pie away,
heaved a heavy sigh ot disappointment and
le t the place.
Another dish of which Mr. Sage is fond is
potatoes boiled in their j icketi. "If yon
want to do a good day's work," Mr. Sage
has been heard to say, "make your break
fast ot potatoes and bread." Soup Mr. Sage
does not care or, partly because "it fills
you up without doin'you any good," aod
tartly became "the pesky stuff is always
j;c.ttin' in your whiskers."
the prrrURG DISPATCH.
HOW PITTSBURG
The New Arbuthnot Building an
THE AEBITTHNOT BUILDING. CORNER PENN AND EIGHTH STREETS.
The Dispatch this morning spreads before the Nation two splendid monuments to Pittsourg's growth and progress. They are
fit companions to those which have gone before, and are forcible object lessons of our solid prospsrty. The one shows the expansion of
Pittsourg's mercantile trade; the other indicates the demands of business for office quarters. Other equally imposing structures are
planned for various quarters of the Old City, and as fast as the architects cm prepare their plans The Dispatch will take pleasure in
letting the world know what onr solid citizens, who have the utmost faith in Pittsburg's resources and natural advantages, are do
ing in the building line. The features of the magnificent buildings shown herewith are appended:
Towering to the height of 140 feet, the new Arbnthnot structure now being run up at the corner of Penn avenue and Eighth street
will be the tallest mercantile building in the city of Pittsburg. Eight magnificent stories will accommodate 93,000 feet of floor space for
the great drygoods traffic conducted by Messrs. Arbuthnot, Stephenson and & Co., who expect to occupy the new quarters early-next
year, marking nearly the filtieth year of their business in this city. The frontage on Penn avenue will extend 90 feet, and ,115 on Eighth
street The architecture, designed by W. S. Fraser, places the building among the foremost in the city. Beaver Valley stone, the finest
used in Pittsburg, will form the piers and walls of the lower floors, while brick with stone trimmings will be employed on the rest of the
building. Three immense arches on thefillhfloor of Jbe Penuavenue side and nine on the eighth gnor will give the edifice an imposing
appearance. The main entrance on Penn avenue opens directly into the store room. The great number of windows make the Arbuth
not uneqnaled for lighting facilities. Woo'dwork in the interior of the building will be finished in oak. Steam heating, four elevators,
an elaborate suit of offices and toilet rooms for the employes on every other floor will add to the great convenience of the new strncture,
while sidewalks of flag pavements and Hyatt lightii will beautify the whole. The building will be fireproof. '
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The new office building to be erected on Third avenue by E. M, Ferguson, the well-known attorney, and his brother, Walter Fer.
guson, of Stamfoid, Conn., but formerly of this city, is shown above. The building will be 98 feet front by 85 feet deep, and will be
7 stories high, with a finished cellar. It will be built of Pompeian brick, something entirely new in this city, and the front will be of
brown stone. The orieh shown on the front of the cut will be of copper, which will be allowed to oxodize with the weather. There will
be three storerooms on the first floor, and the remainder of the building will be devoted fo office purposes. There will be 112 offices .alto
gether, and each will be fitted up with the latest modern convenience?. Among other things will be an electric clock, regulated every
hour from the Observatory clock at Washington, and a fireproof vault will be put in each room. The building will be fireproof, and no
wood whatever will be used, otilv when it is absolutely nece-sary. Iron beams and terra cotta lumber arches will support the floors. The
inside of tbe building will be neatly finished in quartered oak throughout The halls, lavatories, etc.are to be iiled,and the walls lined with
marble. It will be provided witlithree Otis Brothers high-speed elevators, with iron cars of the latest pattern. All the exposed iron is
to be made rustless by the Bower-Barff process. There wiil also be three hydraulic freight elevators in the front of the building. In the
cellar is to be located a complete electric plant, having two dynamos, with a capacity of 60U lamps each. It will also be arranged to
furnish electric power to each room, if desired. The entire building wiil be heated by steam, from boilers in the cellar. A well has been
snnk to a depth of 105 feet on the property for the purose of securing a supply of pure water for the building. On the seventh floor
will be a restaurant for the accommodation of the tenants in the building. (
HE IS HYSTEBI0U3.
Something Very Gratifying to Occur In
Reference to tbe World' Fair.
Chicago, August 15. It was reported
to-day that some of tbe members of the
World's Fair Buildings and Grounds Com
mittee had called upon President Stuyve-
sant Fieb, of the Illinois Central railroad.
PITTSBURG," SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1890.
IS PROGRESSING ARCHITECTURALLY.
Index of Our Mercantile Growth
Business is Demanding.
THE FERGUSON BUILDING, THIRD AVENUE.
and that some sort of an agreement bad
been made whereby the Illinois Central
Company was to pay for the filling in of
the lake, and that the made land at the
close of the Exposition was to be turned
over to tbe corporation for the mouey it had
expended, At. -the" same' time the Illinois
Central was togiveiip what ground it pos
sessed on the Like -Front to he used by tbe
directors during the holding of tlie fair. "
,pk J2s 4k J& jd
The Ferguson Block Shows What
This report, however, was emphatically
denied by Mr..01des and other members of
the committee. Vice President Bryan, of
the World's Fair Directory, said that some
thing would probably take place inside of
24 hours that would be exceedingly gratify
ing to all concerned, but declined to be any
more specific.
hwnP0PPlatt's Chlorides for all' house
hold disinfecting purposes.
A GOOD TEAR FOR ALL
Reports of the t Engineers' Society
Show European Trades to Be
IN A PROSPEROUS CONDITION.
Millions Lost to American Manufacturers
in South America.
BUEQPEAHS fAGAINST EIGHT H0TJES
Mr. Joseph Blaze, of South Seventeenth
street, has just received the thirty-ninth an
nual report of the Amalgamated Society of
Engineers, from the general office of the
society in London. It is a voluminous
book of nearly 500 pages and it gives a de
tailed report of the entire membership, the
receipts and expenditures not only for the
past year, but for39 years back, the number
of deaths and the amounts paid on each, tbe
result of the vote taken last year on the
eight-hour question, and also a report of each
of the 500 or more subordinate branches both
in Enrope and America.
The Amalgamated Society of Engineers
is a beneficial trades organization, composed
of workmen in all branches. Previous to
1851 each branch in England had its own
society. For instance, the brass finishers
were organized independent of anv other
trade, likewise the coppersmiths, turners,
fitters, millwrights, pattern makers, ma
chine joiners and planers, etc. In 1851 all
of these societies were amalgamated
under one head and the new organization
be?an its existence with a membership of
f 11,829. The society has progressed gradually
until it is not only well estaunsnea in
England and other European countries, but
also in nil of the British colonies, Australia,
New Zealand, Queensland, Canada, East
Indies and Malta, and in 13 States of the
United States, and has a total of nearly
70,000 members.
GOOD TEAR FOR ALL CLASSES.
General Secretary Bobert Austin, in his
report, says the past year has been the most
successful one for all classes. Wages have
advanced from two to three shillings per
week and improved rates of payment for
overtime have been conceded in many places.
A tabulated statement shows that Bussia,
Germ-iny, France, Argentine Bepublic and
the East Indies were the best customers for
machinery, engines and mill work during
the past four years. The fotal exports to
the South American countries mentioned for
last year are valued at 1,485,735, or over
$7,000,000, showing that quite an item is lost
to tbe American manufacturer by not hav
ing shipping facilities to South America,
The Amalgamated Society of Engineers
commenced the vear with 450 branches and
ended it with 469. The net income for the
year was 183,651 and the expenditures
132,642. The societv paid out in sick ben
efits 30,992: for superannuation, 40,170;
for accidents, 2,177; funeral benefits,
9,289, and for benevolent grants, 2,050.
In regard to the eight-hour movement
Secretary Austin has this to say: "Since our
last report this subject has again been
brought before the Trades' Union Congress,
at Dundee, and the results of tne discussion
and voting thereon were very unsatisfactory
to my mind, and the efforts of those who are
in favor of legislative enactment to
shorten the hours of labor seems to
be retarded for the time being,
as they do not receive that support which is
so necessary to move the legislative coach;
and, further, I am of the opinion that while
altare agreed that eight hours ought to be
the standard day's work, the great question
is, how is it to be obtained by voluntary
act or by act of Parliament? To my mind
this latter will take as long to bring it about,
if not longer than the former.
WHERE THE POWER LIES.
"It will no doubt be said tbat we have
the power in onr own hands at the ballot
box. This is true, and it Is also true we
have the power at tbe present time in onr
hands without waiting for a general elec
tion, viz., by the trades of the conn
try uniting together, and saying through
their governing bodies 'that eight
hours shall be the standard day s
work, instead of nine hours or any other
given number at present practiced by many
trades, and by this process no factory in
spectors would be needed, no extra costs
would be entailed, and every society would
maintain .its present form of government,
with a tew alterations in minor details."
When the vote was taken on the eight
hour question the societies voting had a
combined membership of over 175,000. Less
than 110,000 voted. Of these 67,000 voted
against eight hours and 39,000 in favorof
them. Tbe proposition to have it obtained
by an act of Parliament was favored by a
vote of 28,000 to 12,000.
There is a peculiar feature in the Amal
gamated Society of Engineers that has never
been made a part of any other secret or
trades organization. The tunds of the
various branches are equalized at the end
of each year, so that no one branch will
have more than a certain amount per mem
ber. This is done so that the branches in
prosperous districts may aid the less for
tunate ones, and it makes it possible for
branches to be established in places where
they could not otherwise be supported.
Pittsburg was benefited to the extent of 1
by tbe equalization feature last year.
an tobepehtaht snmEE.
He li Arrested for Dorse Stealing; a Day
After Leaving tbe Penitentiary.
Kansas Cut, August 15. Washington
Waterman, the most noted horse thief in
the West, was arrested again to-day for
horse stealins. Waterman is 88 years of
age, bnt has spent 25 years in the peniten
tiaries of Missouri, Kansas and Illinois.
He completed a ten years' termJn the
Missouri Penitentiary last Wednesday, and
upon bis release was heard to remark to a
fellow convict that he was going to Kansas
City, and would steal a horse before he was
there 24 hours. He more than made good
his promise, for yesterday he stole a team of
fine horses hitched to a buggy, and drove
westward into Kansas. He was arrested at
Leroy to-day with the stolen property in his
possession.
EE8EEVED ITS DECISION.
An Action to Recover on nn Erlo County
Salt for Infringement.
An argument was heard by Judges Mc
Kennan and Acheson, in the United States
Court, yesterday, in the case of J. F. Mc
Ginniss, administrator of Edwin May,
against the county of Erie. The snit is an
action to recover for the alleged infringe
ment of a patent on door locks used on the
public buildings. The point raised and
argued upon was that the statute of limita
tion would apply in a patent suit in a Fed
eral Court, and thus bar the suit.
K. B. Smoot, Esq., of Chicago, and Bruce
& Shields appeared for the plaintiffs, and
George H. Christy for the defense. The
Court reserved its decision.
Ao Unmnnl Attraction.
The Sons of Temperance, at 63 Ohio
street, Allegheny,twill have unusual at
tractions to-morrow night. Mrs. Buntly,
the evangelist, and tbe West Manchester
Lodgeof the L O. of Good Templars will
meet in a body. Meeting commences at
750 P. M.
Hemstitched black nuns' veilings, re
duced irom $1 to 75c a yard.
xtssu Huous & Hacke.
DIVIDED HIS WEALTH. .
Probate of n Peculiar Will A Division of
Property In Ireland and Allegheny The
Poor of Each Place to Benefli, nn Well an
Relative!.
Begister Conner yesterday admitted to
probate a certified copy of the will of John
Miller, ot Garvagb.County of Londonderry,
Ireland. The will was probated in Ireland,
and as there was property in this county to
be administered a certified copy of the will
was sent to Begister Conner. H sent a
commission to Londonderry to take testi
mony in tbe matter, and the report of the
commissioner having been received yester
day, tbe document was admitted to probate.
Mr. Miller's estate consists of property in
Ireland and several bouses in Allegheny
City. The property in Ireland is disposed
of in a large number of bequests to relatives
and friends, and a residne is to be held in
trust and tbe income from it distributed to
the deserving poor of the Covenanting and
Presbyterian religions in the parishes of
Enigal and Macosquin, Londonderry. His
1'roperty in America is to be disposed of as
follows: To Mrs. Jane Miller, tbe daughter
ot his nephew, Thomas Gibson, he zives
the house in Allegheny in which she lives,
and a house on Lacock street, Allegheny.
All the rest, consisting of houses on Hem
lock and Poplar streets, is to be taken in
trust by Prof. William", of Allegheny, and
sold. Out of the proceeds his nephew,
Thomas Gibson, gets $10; Mrs. Sarah Bob
inson, daughter of Thomas Gibson, $50;
James Gibson, $1,000; Mrs. Lizzie Paul,
51,000; William Boyd, of Lakewannock,
$59; Jane Boyd, $50; William Breunan, of
Venango, or family, $100; Charles Black, of
Indiana connty, $200; Mrs. Finlay, his
niece, $100; Anna B. Gilmour, his niece, of
Brisbane, Queensland, $1,000.
Tbe balance is to be invested, and of the
proceeds one-half is to be given to the de
serving poor of the Covenanting religion in
Allegheny, and tbe other halt is to be dis
tributed among the deserving of all the
other Presbyterian bodies of Allegheny.
The distribution is to be made hy Prof.
Wilson, in any manner or to whom he sees
fit. He is to choose his successor in the
trust when he wishes.
As no executor was appointed for the will
in this country, Begister Conner will ap
point an administrator of tbe estate for the
property here. The will was made October
17, 1889.
SETTLING ON A BATE
On Which Most Appropriately to Celebrate
n Historical Evenr.
As the 22d of September approaches our
colored fellow citizens are busily engaged in
furbishing up patriotic memories ot the dark
days of 1862. with them verifying the adace
that the darkest hour of the day is that just
preceding dawn. One of the most enthusi
astic among those who are keeping alive the
coal on the altar of the African heart, is Mr.
Isaac Morton, and he proposes to cele
brate the anniversary of President Lincoln's
emancipation proclamation in a fervid man
ner, as heretofore. For two years Mr. Mor
ton has been pricking tbe memory of Con
gressman Dalzell, from time to time, on the
subject of having Emancipation Day made
a national holiday, and Mr. Morton's zeal
does not cool with the lapse of time. Bnt
there is a division of opinion among the
celebrators as to which day they should
dedicate to the memory of the momentous
event. Some contend that January 1 is the
proper day, wbile others say the dav Presi
dent Lincoln fulminated the resolve that
made rebel hearts fail is the appropriate
one.
Mr. Morton holds to September 22, and
following American precedent, he nrges
his views with vigor. It is trne that
Augnst 1 has been celebrated in com
memoration of West Indian emancipation,
that being the day the edict of the British
Parliament went into effect in Jamaica, but
Mr. Morton holds, and with reason, that
the day the proclamation was made, an
nouncing to the rebels tbat unless they
came back to the fold within 100 days tbe
shackels should be stricken off tbe
slaves, is the proper one. He
holds tbat as Americans celebrate
July 4, as Independence Day, although
their independence was not achieved for
nearly eight years after, the precedent sec
should be followed by the colored popula
tion. Mr. Morton has been hnstling for some
time to perfect arrangements for a fitting
observance, and this is now the only ques
tion remaining to be settled, and the weight
of opinion seems to be on his side.
TAEENTTJ1I CAHPMKKTIHQ OPENED. '
An Interesting; Programme Prepared for the
Coming: Week.
The Tarentnm campmeeting season prac
tically opened yesterday, though there was
an informal service the evening previous.
Rev. Mr. Kidney ocenpied the pulpit, and
delivered an able and instrnctive sermon.
In the evening the address was given by
Bev. W. G. Mead. A volunteer choir fur
nished the music This morning Bev. B. S.
Boss, of the Emory circuit, will officiate,
and to-night Bev. D. L. Johnson, of Free
port, will deliver the address. To-morrow
Bev. W. H. Camp will officiate, both morn
ing and evening.
Monday Bev. Mr. Kidney and Bev. T.
N. Eaton will be heard, respectively, and
Tuesday Bev. T. N. Eaton will officiate at
the morning service and Bev. William
Johnson in the evening. Wednesday will
be "Children's Day." The programme for
this day is in the hands of B. S. P. McCall,
Esq., President of the Camp Association,
Mrs. L. E. Stofiel and Miss Lizzie Kennedy.
The details have not as yet been completed,
but the exercises will include brass band
music, dialogues, recitations, singing and
marching by the camp-ground children.
The auditorium and grounds will be beau
tifully decorated for this occasion, and the
Missionary Band will condnct a lunch
stand. Thursday will conclude the camp
meeting exercises. Tbe morning address
will be preached by Bev. S. T. Mitchell,
and in the evening Bev. O. W. Bodenbangh
will preside.
COLORED KNIGHTS TEMPLAB.
Election of Officers for the Year of the
Organization in Ohio.
Colttmbus, O., August 15. The annual
conclave of colored Knights Templar
ended with a banqnet here yesterday.
The election resulted: Most Eminent
Commander, Alexander Morris, of Louis
ville; Deputy Grand Commander, John
Cisco, of Cleveland; Generalissimo, H. B.
Jones, of Knoxville, Tenn.; Captain Gen
eral, Charles A. Cottrell, of Columbus;
Grand Prelate, George Nugent, of Louis
ville; Grand Senior Warden, S. H. Sum
mers, of Nashville; Grand Junior Warden,
A. Singleton, Springfield, O.; Grand Treas
urer, George Fields, Toledo, O.; Grand Re
corder, Jere Brown, of Clevehnd. The
next conclave will be held at Zjncsville,
O., August, 1891.
, GOOD FOB EVEEOBEEN.
An Enellsb Miner Predlcti That It Has Iron
In Paring Quantities.
It appears that prospecting for oil with
some success in the neighborhood of Ever
green is not the only thing that might be
done with profit. A gentleman tbe other
day, who claimed to be familiar with the
matter, said that on the farm owned bv Mr.
M. Theobald, back of where tbe oil wells are
being drilled, there is every indication of
iron ore in paying quantities.
On being asked bow he knew this to be
the case, he said that he had been raised
among tbe iron mines of England, and was
familiar with the outcrop, and that there
wjs as promising iron blossom as he ever
saw. in the locality mentioned.
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OUR BIG EAIL MILLS
Can Fnrnish Steel Link3 to Connect
Central America With
THE MARKETS OF D5CLE SAH.
A Pan-American Taorlst Talks in Honduras
and Earnestly
IND0KSES THE C0STIBE5TAL E0AD.
The last Central American mail brought
The Dispatch a copy of the Honduras
Progress, a neat little four column quarto.
It contains an interview with Mr. E. O.
Fiallos, Secretary of the Honduras Lega
tion, who accompanied Hon. Don Jeronimo
Zelaya, delegate irom Honduras to the Pan
American Con cress, during its American
tour. Mr. Fiallos is a civil engineer, and
is now at work in Honduras. In reply to
the qnestion, "How did yon like yonr so
journ in the United State3 and what im
pressions did you bring with you?" Mr.
Fiallos said:
"Well, you know of the exceptionally
fine conditions in which I visited the
country, consequently yon can easily
imagine the nature of my impressions. Bnt
even if I had not been a member of the Pan
American Conference, and as such a gnest
of the Nation, even if I had not enjoyed
the privileges and attentions lavished upon
us by the Government, the local authorities
the social clubs, the manufacturers and
private citizens; even if I had been treated
only with the common courtesy shown to
ordinary visitors I would have brought the
same feelings of admiration and esteem for
the people of the North, and an intense de
sire that we should imitate them.
"North America, as a nation, is progress
ing, expanding, rising higher and higher,
and with such a rapidity tbat tears have
been expressed by thinking men tbat such
an immense national strncture will soon
cease to be solid and secure; but my bnmbla
opinion is that so long as the truly demo
cratic institutions prevail, and the same
system of liberal education of Coys and girls
is observed throughout the country, so long
as the individual worth, the self-respect, tbe
love of peace and work aie the foundation,
the great structure will stand for centuries
to come.
BUSINESS NOT NEGLECTED.
"About the world-renowned excursion I
hardly need to add anything to what the
newspapers have already published. Tbat
was the way in which combining pleasure
and business the Government of the United
States thought fit to entertain tbe representa
tives of the Latin American nations, and, of
course we appreciated it in its full value.
The remembrance ol the excursion will be
ever pleasing to us and a source of pride to
them. The many souvenirs I brought, I
shall keep to show to my friends, so that
they may reciprocate the hospitality to onr
friends of tbe Nortb.
But it was not all pleasure and banquets
and 40-days excursion for tbe members of
the conference. They held 70 sessions and
did a good deal of work in connection with
the business of tbe Congress. There were
17 committees at work, most of which re
quired long and careful studies to be made
in order to produce an exhaustive report, or
to frame an important resolutlo'n- Mr.
Zelaya, the delegate ot Honduras, presided
the Committee on Extradition and was
member of that on Biilroad Communica
tions and on Monetary Union. He had also
to furnish especial reports relatio? to Hon
duras, whenever the other committees re
quired them.
"Which of the resolutions of the confer
ence are of greatest importance to Hon
duras?" PITTBUBO CAN StTPPLT ALL.
"Nearly all of the recommendations that
the conference made to tbe various Govern
ments are interesting to our own country,
but the ones that are especially important
are those relating to improved steamer com
munications by the Guli of Mexico and Car
ibbean Sea, communication by railroad and
the treaty ol arbitration. What we need
for national prosperity is peace, railroads
and lines of steameis between our North
coast and the great manufacturing cities
along the Mississippi river. The construc
tion of the Continental Bailway will be one
ol tbe greatest outcomes of the conference;
you know I am a believer in rails and loco
motives. The statement was circulated in
Washington that the Government of the
United States would generously contribnte
to the building of the road with the steel
rails required for the main line, Mr. Car
negie alone could supply them from his
great mills at Pittsburg. Congress has al
ready decreed the appropriation of $65,000
for the exploration of the line. A conven
tion ot engineers is to meet at Washington
at the end oi the present year.
"As an American engineer and being fa
miliar with this country and with the En
glish and Spanish languages, would you
like to represent Honduras iu that conven
tion?" POINTEBS FOR CAPITALISTS.
"I would not only attend tbe convention
with pleasure, but would gladly join the
corps of engineers who are to make the ex
ploration and to execnte the construction of
the road. Yet, I am sorry to say that for
private family reasons, over which I have
no control, I conld not leave Honduras for
any length of time."
"What do people think about Honduras
abroad?"
"Generally, very little is known abont
this conntry. Those who think about Hon
duras at all, believe it a good and rich
country, bnt which needs roads, peace and
security to investments. Many capitalists
interested in mining enterpises here called
upon us for information, which we readily
gave them. Some of them complained
about tbe mismanagement of some of their
superintendents here, and expressed their
regrets that on account of onr bad means of
communication and frequently bad manage
ment, the enterprises have not as far ad
vanced as tbey ought to be. It is evidently
clear that no enterprise can prosper without
the necessary amount of funds, and without
tbe help of men who are thoroughly ac
quainted with all the details of their pro
fession." THE BETALL SHOE DEALERS.
Tbey Adopt Some Resolutions In Reference
to Manufacturers Retailing Goods.
Boston, August 15. The annual con
vention of the National Association of Be
tail Shoe Dealers resumed its session this
morning. A resolution 'was adopted declar
ing that the opening of retail shoe stores by
manufacturers and jobbers who sell to retail
dealers (and throngn them get a reputation,
for their goods) and then compete with them
is unjust to the retailer and should be dis
continued. A resolntion to boycott, as far
as possible such manufacturers was rejected,
altbongh strongly advocated by some.
A resolution was also adopted that when
retail dealers feel that they have jnst cause
far complaint against unscrupulous manu
facturers and jobbers, who unjustly black
list them, they present the same to tbe sec
retary, who shall lav it before the Executive
Committee, and, it the committee thinks it
worthy of consideration, the Secretary shall
be instrncted to confer with the Secretary of
the New England Shoe and Leather Asso
ciation, and nse the influence of the Be tail
Shoe Dealers' Association to effect a jnst
settlement ot the claim and such retailers.
credit be unimpaired. The convention oo
dered tbat future annual meetings be held
iu July, unless otherwise ordered by the
Executive Committee. The Treasurer is
required to give a bond of (1,000 and will
receive a nominal salary. G. G. Fierce, oi
Chicago, favored' a plan of insurance.
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