DO YOU WANT A SITUATION? NUMBERS OF GOOD OPENINGS ADVERTISED EVERY HORNING IN THE COLUMNS OF THE DISPATCH. THIS IS THE SEASON TO SELL AND KENT HOUSES. BUYERS AND RENTER LOOK FOR BARGAINS IN THE EVKKY MORNING DISPATCH. FORTY-SIXTH TEAR. PITTSBURG, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1891., THREE CENTS. PICK BILL FIGHT, Prominent Persons Make Weighty Arguments Before the Joint Committee. EMERY AND LEE ON HAND. Both Plead Vigorously for the Pro- dncers and the Debate Becomes Personal at Times. TflE STANDARD IS EEPKESENTED Through Its Tice President, Who Makes Answer to the Arraignment of That Powerful Corporation. A STEOXG PETITION PEOM 1'ITTSBDEG Directly Cmtndictisg Ettttcenti u to the Position. Tsktn ty Orgtiktd Litor Upon tit Erijsct TEE COST OF TOIL AS IMPORTANT. fEATURE fSFXCIAI. TSIXOKAX TO tux dispatcb.i Hakeisbueg, Feb. 19. The argument before the joint meeting of the Senate Judiciary and House Committee on Cor porations on the Burdick bill attracted a large number of representatives of the Standard Oil Company, producers and re Users. All of these manifested great inter est in the final talk on the bill before its disposition by the committee to which it has been referred. Among those in the Supreme Court room, where the argument took place, were S. C. T. Dodd, J. D. Archbold, H. H. Rogers and "William H. Cnriiss, of Xew York; Calvin N. Payne, of Titusville, and Charles Miller, of Franklin. These gentlemen, with a large number of others, hoped for unfavorable action on the bill. Ex-Senator Emery, who is said to have taken part in its construction and been largely responsible for its introduction in the Legislature, occupied a prominent posi tion in the loom. Catting Down the Length of Speeches. Ex-Senator Lee, the champion of the oil producers in the fight for reduced rates of transportation and storage, was seated among a number of his frisnds from the oil regions. The Corporation Committee was the first to be on hand, and ,before the ar rival of the Senate Judiciary Committee, it 3iad dispatched some of the preliminary business. Chairman McCreary announced that the Knights of Labor in iavor of the "H would be given, the first opportunity to be heard. Realizing that much time would be consumed in discussion, he stated that the committee had decided to call down any laan who drew out his speech to an inordi nate length. JL H. Butler, of the Knights of Labor legislative Committer, said he had nothing to say particularly, and preferred to wait until something was stated which might re quire any answer. Representative Baker, of Delaware, insisted that the members of the order who intended to address the com mittee should proceed, but Mr. Butler simply stated that the Knights of Labor in dorsed every line in the bill. The Position of Organized Lai) or. Chairman McCreary then asked if any member of the American Federation of Labor was present who desired to be heard. To this inquiry there was a response by a gentleman in the rear of the room, who said that Philip Wiiletts, of Titusville, would represent the order. Mr. Wiiletts said he represented the Pennsylvania Coopers' Union in his opposition to the bill. He also spoke for Knights of Labor Assembly Ko. G921, of Titusville, which had protested against its passage. He believed the measure would be a blow at the workingraen of the oil regions. It would not hurt the oil producers, but would drive refining interests to the seaboard. The eifeet of this would be to do away with the manufacture of oil barrels in the petroleum region. He was not disposed to say anything fa rerable of the Standard Oil Company.but in the treatment of its employes it had exer cised more charity than some of the oil pro ducers. In 15 years it had but one wage dispute. The company had kept up the standard of wages. The Knights of Labor wanted to be let alone in this matter.and not be dragged into the contest. "With the statement that the passage of the Burdick bill would destroy the oil interests, Mr. "Wiiletts retired from the discussion. Grounds Given for a Protest. The protest of the Titusville Knights of Labor was then read, in which a stand against monopoly was taken and the belief expressed that the proposed law would re tult in two monopolies where only one now exists. Ex-Senator Emery here stated that he would speak at the prop-r time as an oil producer, a pipe line man and a refiner. It was suggested by members that he proceed, but he contented himself by stating that he was favorable to the bill, and that hp would shew later that it would be beneficial to all the interests he represented. He preferred to hear the arguments of the opposition be fore he gave his views at length as to the propriety of the proposed legislation. Representative Hays, of Venango, had read a resolution adopted by the refiners of Oil City, who declared in favor of the storage rates provided for in the Burdick bill, but opposed the rates of transportation fixed by it. There was a lull in the discussion a"nd Mr-Warner, of the National Oil Company, ol Titusville, suggested that Enierv pro ceed with his argument. It was finally - greed by the committee that the introduc tion of new matter by the friends of the bill at the close of the debate would not be per mitted, as no opportunity would be afforded lor a reply. Emery Complains of Unfair Treatment. Emery said in his 13 years' experience as a Senator and member of the House be had known of no action like this, but the com mittee showed no disposition to yield and he procreded to point out the necessity for trjc projoscd legislation and the good points in it. The measure was almost a duplicate of that which was defeated by the Legislature of 18S7. Then there was not an independ ent refiner in the oil region and outside ofl it against the measure. lucre w jio thing -in the argument that the bill would result in building up refining interests at the seaboard, because the re finers in the oil region would be placed at a' great disadvantage with those who refined oil in Philadelphia and other Eastern points. Under the operations of the bill it would cost a shipper in the Bradford region about 33 cents a barrel to get his oil to the sea board. There was a time when the same ex pense was involved in transporting a barrel of oil to Philadelphia bv rail, but this price did not drive the refining interest to the sea board, but independent refineries sprang up in large numbers in the oil region. But subsequently, through discrimination, they were wiped Irom the valleys of the Alle gheny and Oil creek and from the shores of Lake Erie. The difference in the price of fuel in favor of the oil region was an Important item to consider in the discussion of this question. Where fuel costs 2 cents in his county it costs from 10 to 12 cents in Phila delphia. A Personal Report Denied. Ex-Senator Emery pointed to a man in the room who, he said, had beep ungrateful enough to make the statement that he (Emery) was negotiating for the location of a refinery in Philadelphia in the event of the passage of the Burdick bill. He was astonished that a gentleman with whom he had an acquaintance of 25 years should be gumy oi spreading such a report, de ferring to the statements mads that the Bur dick bill would not benefit the producers, Emery asked whether it would not be bene ficial to the great mass of th people. Hun dreds of thousands of people were interested in cheaper oil. The seaboard cry was idle talk. He had been a refiner in Philadelphia six years and was In a position to know that there was noth ing in it. Fuel was not only much cheaper lu the oil regions, but labor was better and cheaper. He thou referred to the position the Standard OH Company was taking In the fight. He had suDposed lrom the statements given to the public that the corporation was taking no interest In the proposed reduction of transport ation rates, but from the number of distin guished representatives of the company here he thought that this idea was a delusion. The men engaged in the oil business, ho said, simply existed because that company graciously allowed them to exist. Possessed of extraor dinary advantages in tbo matter of plpo lines it could crush out these men as easily as the key to a gas fixture in tbo room could be turned. The statement of Wiiletts, that a compromise between the oil producers had been established in 1SS7. after the defeat of tho Billingsley bill, was nonsense. Senator Quay and the Uillingsley BIB. Ho then related an interview he had with Quay when he was State Treasurer, showing that that official was in favor of tho Uillingsley bill. Quay said the measure was in the House with Ins knowledge and that he expected to be ablo to assist in its passage that it was j ust and fair and that he would vote for it if a mem ber of tho Legislature. Tho producers, Emery said, were not only for this hill, but tho repre sentation of refiners opposing it was small com paratively. The price fixed for piping oil was not too low, as he knew, from his own expe rience, that it conld be carried at a profit of 5 cents a barrel. Instead of refiners being hurt by this bill the existence of many depended on its passage. J. H. .Donnelly, of Warren, spoke In favor of the bill after bo bad paid his compliments to Mr. Wiiletts, of Titusville, whose arguments he thought wero full of inconsistencies. He nettled Representative Baker, of Delaware, by his replies to remarks which that gentleman Injected into the discussion, and the committee finally decided that ho was not confining him self to the question. The committee's inter ruptions were so frequent that he terminated his argument much earlier that he had ex pected. Mr. Donnelly was followed by Mr. Warner, of the National Oil Company, of Titusville. who read a speech which occupied tho attention of the committee about an hour. The only argu ment used for the passage of the bill, he said, was that it would benefit the producer. Tho E resent arrangement was Satisfactory, and the egislature had hotter not Intorfero with itr The passag-i of the bill would be followed by tho reduction of the valuo of oil producing properly and the decrease in the price of oil. He -i not favorable to the Standard Oil Com pany, but it had discovered the uses of oil and had voluntarily communicated its discovery. Against Building New ripe Lines. The Burdick hill was a declaration against the construction of new pipe lines. It would prevent them from being built, necanse no money could made at the price fixed for trans portation of oil. Many people In the oil region believed tho standard was at the bottom of tbo measure, because its effect would be to destroy competition with the corporation. Perhaps the company was vow smiling because the pro ducers had put themselves into this hole. Tho bill was conceived m prejudice and ignorance. It would mako the Standard moro powerful than ever, and it Mas the height of folly to keep capital out of the on region by reducing trans portation rates. The workingmen would par ticularly suffer if the bill were oassed. Contrary to Emery's statement Mr. Warner contended that fuel was as cheap in Phila delphia as in the oil region, and mentioned ad vantages that refiners had in that city over those at the seat of oil production. Ho denied the statement of Emery that none of the oil refiners were against the Billimrslev bill, ami said that his firm and other firms in Craw ford country wero opposed to it; Senator Gobin wanted to know what effect the Burdick lull would haTo on the consumer ol oiL Mr. Warren answered that it might tem porarily benefit him, but in the end be would likely suffer because ot the probable bad effect on independent pipe lines. Emery wanted to put some questions at Mr. Warren, but tho lat ter would not permit himself to be drawn into a controversy except that he said in response to a question of Emery, that it was impossible to state how much expense was involved in tho transportation of a barrel of oil because of the varying conditions. An Impossibility Among the Requirements J. 3. Vandegrif t, of Pittsburg, in a letter to Representative Baker, which was read, says: "The requirement that the pipo lino company shall deliver oil produced in any section at points in other districts presents an utter im possibility." The reduced prico of transporta tion wonld render competition absolutely im possible, says Vandegrif t and adds: "I am surprised that instead of reducing the pipeage those who profess to have the best interests of the producers! at heart do not put the pipeage up as they do tho storage and make it illegal to take less tor the servico so as to make the field a better ono for attracting capital into that branch of tho business. It is idle to say that 12 cents per barrel affords sufficient profit. It may bo well for you to weigh the question very seriously whether tho security and advantages offered by such an organization (the National Transit Company) whoso integrity has always been above suspicion and which has always been able and reaay to provide transportation facilities regardless of immediate and prospect ive benefit, is not ol much greater moment to those engaged in the oil business than having a multitude of small companies. It is unjust to those engaged in a great enterprise to require them to conduct it at a loss. The public should not no deluded into the idea that the bill is for tho benefit of those whom it can onlv injure." David McKelvey, Chairman of the Tidewater PiDe Co., in alettertoGeneralMcCreary.Chalr man of the Senate Judiciary Committee says: "Notwithstanding our immunity from the con templated legislation, I think it but courteous and fair to give you the reasons why in our judgement any legislation favorable to the bill would be very unwise. These reasons arc. First An examination of our accounts show that our cost of gathering in the local field and delivering to our main line at Itixford, amounted in the year lSbS, 12.52 cents a barrel and in ISS9. 11.43 cents. The average of these two j oars is 12 cents per barrel. Our Method of Computing this Cost includes a charge to the local division of three fifths of the general expense of operating tbo telegraph lines. The amount charged for in terest covers much less than the monev em ployed in the local fields outside of the cost of the plant. If to this 12 cents per barrel there Is added, as there should be. a charge of 6 per cent on the Jl.O'i3.O00 invested in tbo local plant, and a depreciation of say. 6 per cent upon the cost of the plant, these two later charge' will amount to G 63 cents per barrel on tho 4,359.000 handled in two years, so that our cost in the local field, including Interest and deprecia tion averages for to years. 17.63 cents per barrel upon all the oil handled. "Second Because a part of the" service ren dered by existing pipe lines to producers is tho going to isolated wells at a large cost and tak ing care of the production when the amount of such production is utterly inadequate to com pensate for the service rendered. Should the bill under consideration or anything like it be come a law tho lines would, of course, be obliged to cat nil the nnn-paving branches to tho great detriment of producers and land owners, "Third Because the bill enacted would prac tically monopolize the business in the hands of the existing pipe lines." In conclusion, Mr. Mc Kelvey says: "I am aware that many charges have been made of collusion hetwonn the-nine yines and railroads as to the fixing of a rate I or doing this business, but I think it will be mani fest to any thoughtful student of the situation that there should be bui an adjustment of rates as not to stop railroad ..affic, and certain ly the producers should be the last ones to com plain of some understanding between the rail roads and the pipes, it such understanding is based on any fair consideration of the subject.' Concerning the Producer's Assembly. At the close of tho argument this afternoon, Olmstoad wanted to know of ex-Senator Leo how he got to be u. delegate to tho Producers' Assembly, and intimated that ho was simply a substitute. Lee thought Ol mstoad was getting down tc small matters and the adjournment put an end to the by play. At the session to night John D. Archbold, Vice President of tho Standard Trust, opposed the Burdick bill. He said that the Standard Oil Company had no monopoly in any branch of the oil business un less it acquired it by surpassing its opponents in excellence of quality and cheapness of price. Hedeniedtbe statement of Sena tor Lee that tho company had grown to its present propor tions of 590,000.000 from an original capital of 1100,000. and declared that the pipe line system had cost over $40,000,000; that into the allied in terest more than 00,000.000 of actual cash or Eroperty at a cash valuation had been paid in y outside parties who were not originally con nected with the Standard Oil Company at all. The stock of tho Standard Oil Trust, he said, instead of being held by four or five men, as was commonly reputed, was actually held by nearly 2,000 people, a very large number of whom were residents of Pennsylvania, and all their Interests in Pennsylvania wero not in this form of foreign corporations, but under Penn sylvania charters, subject to Pennsylvania law and Pennsylvania taxation. He said that their companies have paid over 200,000 per annum in taxes to the State. He said that in the single year 1890 the company had been corapellod to expend over 3.000,000 in removals, renewals and substitutions of its pipe lines owing to changes in the oil produc tion in the different territories, and tbat for several years previous thereto it had averaged nearly S2,000,000 per annum He said that at the present cost of piping and storing oil tbo company was able to pay 10 per cent dividends, which ho thought was not an undue profit con sidering tbo risk to be run and the extra ordinary expenses and liabilities incurred. Lee and Emery's Statements Contradicted. Most of the general statements heretoforo made by ex-Senators Lee and Emery be con tradicted, and gave figures in answer to what he styled "The -lurid and gymnastic style of oratory." Ho was asked a great many ques tions by the committee and by Leo and Emery, and gave ready replies. At the conclusion of his argument Olmstead said that if it was tho desire of the committee to close tho discussion to-night himself and Gil bert, who, on behalf of the Standard Oil Com pany, had intended to make arguments, would waive that privilege and stand upon tho elo quent address they had jnst heard from a prac tical business man. Gilbert said tbat they had received information that some kind of a com munication had been forwarded to the com mittee by the President of the Tidewater Pipo Lino, which is the lino built in opposition to tho Standard, and the only rival line to tho sea board. Chairman McCreary presented the communi cation, which was read and showed that tho service of piping and storing oil for which the pipo companies now charged 20 cents per bar rel, cost them, as nearly as could be estimated, abont 17 cents per barrel, so that at the rato contemplated by tho pending measure,namely, 12 cents, there would be an actnal loss to the company of over 5H cents per barrel. There was also presented a petition of which the fol lowing is a copy: The Text of a Petition. "The undersigned manufacturers and citi zens of tho State of Pennsylvania, all of whom are large : engaged in manufacturing enter prises within tho State, and largely interested rath general welfare and prosperity of the State, believing that the passage of an act now before the Legislature, entitled 'An ac. to regulate the transportation and storage of petroleum by means of pipe lines and tank, to limit the chargo therefor, to regulate deduc tions for sediment and other losses, and to prohibit the removal of the scveTal lines running from producing petroleum fields to the seaboard from this or any other State and, imposing penalties for violations of same, would be detrimental to ou' interests as manu facturers and to thousands of men in our em ploy and in the employ of other manufacturers from whom we purchaso materials, and also detrimental and inimical to the best interest of the Commonwealth, respectfolly pray that such proposed bill be not enacted into a law." The petition was signed by Carnegie Bros. & Co Lim.; H. C. Frick, Clinton Oil and Steel Company; F. M. Hofstat, Treasurer; Nimick 4 Co.; Keystone Rolling Mill Company; James H. McKutcheon, Treasurer Moorehead Bros. & Co.; annocK ian, oi jicjhdmu a. u., tfostotter Coko Company! George 1. Whitney, President Whitnev, Stevens & Kimble Iron Company; John S. Sla cel. Treasurer Charlotte Furnace Company; George S. Miles; William A Nimmick: Will iam Li. Butt, Chairman Allegheny Bessemer Steel Company; Robert Frank, Treasurer Riter-Colney Company; William B. Scalffe's Sons; Columbia Iron and Steel Company, E. M. Butts, Treasurer; Kelly & Job,. Company, GeorceM Jones. Treasurer; Kirkpatrick A Co., William Leach, Treasurer; W. Dewoe'a WoodComnany, W. D. Wood, President; J. W. Fre &' Co., AV illiam Rymsnyder; Union Foundry and Machine Company, F. W. Zim mer. Treasurer; Chartiers Iron and Steel Company, M. W. Leach, Treas ure, Roblnaou-Rea Manufacturing Com pany iWiiliam II. Rea, Secretary; James M. Bailey. wnitman iron company, u. C. Morrow, Treasurer; A. Snyder Manufactur ing Company, R. J. Wilson, Treasurer; H. Lloyd, Son & Co.; Moorehead fc McCleane Com- Eany, W. B. Morehead, Treasurer; John A. Lelm; Lockhart Iron and Steel Company, F. J. Gillespie, Treasurer; Millville Iron Company, G. N. Hofftat. Treasurer; Cary, Firm & Co., H. U. Trowues, Treasurer; Pittsburg, Fairporc and Northwestern Dock Company; Sbauner Gas Coal Company, F. L. Robbins, President; Oliver Iron and Steel Company, H. W. Oliver, President; F. H. Hoffstatt & Co. At 2:50 A. M. the House Committee on Cor porations was still in session considering tho Burdick bill. The Senate Judiciary Committee will meet at 0:30 in tho morning to dispose of it. BARB WIRE NEGOTIATIONS OPF. It Is Now Asserted That tho Monopoly Never Intended to SelL Chicago, Feb. 19. The barbed wire manu. facturers and the representatives of the Wash-burn-Moen patents monopoly failed to-day to bring their negotiations to a conclusion. All left the city to-night disgusted. According to ono gentleman, who was pres ent, obstacles arose at every turn, and the prospect is now for another fight on the old lines. It is intimated that Washburn fc Moen never intended to sell out. If another meeting is held it will probably be in Pittsburg. SHIPWRECKED SAILORS IN PORT. More Abont tho Loss of the Bark Topsy in the West Indies. New York, Feb. 19.. bo steamship Dorian, Irom Morant Bay, West Indies, got into port to-day. She brought five seamen, survivors of the crew of the bark Topsy, tbat went ashore on Cayman's Island in the latter part of Decem ber last. Captain Mackenzie, two mates a seaman and the cabin boy of the Topsy were drowned. RECENT INDIAN ATROCITIES. Children Murdered and Hnng Up by Their Heels to a Tree. DUBUQCE, lA., Feb. 19. Some time ago thoro was published an account of tho murder of Anthony Dewster by Indians near Pine Ridge, S. Dak., and the scalping of three of his chil dren, who could not bo found. Information has .been received here to the effect that one of the children, a boy, has been found hung up by tho heels to tbo limb of a tree. Nothing has been heard from the other children. H00SIEB LAW MAKERS. They Pass a Bill Curtailing the Governor's Prerogative Over a Veto. Indianapolis, Feb. 19. Tfce bilWapplying civil service regulations to employment in the benevolent institutions was defeated. The na tional building and loan association bill was also killed. The bill to place the appointment of State Oil Inspector in the hands of the State officers, instead of the Governor, was passed in both Houses over tho Governor's veto. TWO CHILDREN CREMATED. They Wero Lett Alone in a House, Which Burned AVith Them. Monticello, Wis., Feb. 19. A. farmer named Johnson, living north of here, was at New Glarus, and on returning home found his house burned to the ground and his two little children burned to death. The lady of the bouse was away some dis tance after water, and knew nothing of the fire, until sue got in tight el the buioins-boiue A WIFE'S TESTIMONY Tells Strongly Against the Man'Ar rested as Jack the Kipper. HE HAS A MOST TERRIBLE TEMPER. Knew Every Nook of Whitecnapel, and Carried a Dagger Knife. PAENELL TO PAI A TI5IT TO AMEEICA CBT DCNLir'S CAELB COMPACT. London, Feb. 19. The interest of the public, especially in and about Whitechapel, still centers in the question whether the man Sadler is or is not Jack the Ripper. With a vie w of throwing light on the matter, a reporter has interviewed Sadler's wife, who, on account of his furious temper, is un able to longer live with him. According to her story the sailor is a man of most pecu liar temperment, who flies into an ungov ernable rage over nothing at all, and com mits daring these spasms the most violent actions. "I would not live with 'im again," added the poor woman, "for when he's in them tantrnms he's best left alone. I used to 'umor him like, but I've seed him behave like a lunatic, and many's the time as he's got up rows in cold blood when nobody was naggin' of 'im. But one thing I will say for 'im: never 'av I knowed 'im lose five minutes at 'is work. "No matter how bloomin' drunk he might 'a bin the night afore, he. alius comes to time thenext mornin." On being asked whether her husband had a knife, Mrs. Sadler replied that he had a strange-looking clasp knife, with a long, dagger-like blade. She also declared that Sadler was acquainted with every nook and corner of London, and especially' of White chapel. Another late development in the case is that Sadler has written a letter to a member of tbo union to which be belongs. In this communi cation Sadler asks his fellow unionists to get tho newspaper press to watch tbo case, declar ing that tho police are quashing evidence favor able to him with the object of hurrying his conviction. PARNELL'S NEXT VISIT TO THIS COUNTRY IS SHROUDED IN CONSIDERABLE MYSTERY. It Has Been Decided on However Dillon and O'Brien Change Prisons Tenants Making Feace With Their Landlords McCarthyltes to Press tho Funds Ques tion. rST DUXLAF'S CABLE COMFANT.l London, Feb. 19. Considerable mystery seems to surround Parnell's visit to America, but tbat he has concluded to go appears to be decided. Many communica tions have passed between the Parnellites here, and those leaders in the United States who favor the cause, and all the arrange ments for an enthusiastic reception have been made. The only thing now left to be done is to fix a date. This cannot yet be named, as the time of Parnell's departure will depend altogether upon the exigencies ot the campaign in Ireland. At a meeting of tho supporters of Justin McCarthy held to-day, it was resolved to press for information as to whether tho S15.000 part of the 40,000 released from the Paris fund, concerning which there has been much discus sion, has or has not been applied to the relief ot the evicted tenants. The meeting repudi ates the imputations cast upon O'Brien's honor. Messrs. Dillon and O'Brien were to-day re moved from Clonmel to the ancient town of Gal way, 116 miles west of Dublin.whero the jail is more commodious. Tbey wero taken from Clonmel at 7 o'clock this morning in a special train composed of a saloon carriage and an en gine. As the train passed Tipperary a cheer was raised by a lew persons who had heard of the intended change of quarters. Otherwise tbo journey was without incident. The depopulation o New Tipperary. founded by Dillon and O'Brien and settled by those tenants of the Smith Barry estates who de cided to withhold their rents, in accordance with the plan of campaign, is proceeding rap idly Eleven more tenants have now decided tbat the plau is a delusion and a snare, and have in consequence made peace with their landlord by paying up their arrears to the agent. The Princess of Wales is reported to bo assiduous in the attention she pays to the Zet-land-Balfour fund and for tho relief of the suf fering poor of Ireland. The Princess and her daughters have sent contributions and have also solicited subscriptions for the same char itable purpose. A POLAR EXPEDITION. Br. Nansen,, the VJanish Explorer, to Lead One to the North Pole. nrr duklaf's cable cojipant.i Copenhagen, Feb. 19. Dr. Nansen, the distinguished Greenland explorer, proposes to start on his new Polar expedition about the middle of June. Ho will endeavor to force his way through Bering straits to the New Siberia group of islands in the Arctic Ocean. There be hopes to find open water, stretching far toward the North Pole. His crew will bo com posed of only eight men, and his vessel will be provisioned for a five yeais' cruise, although he hopes to reach the Pole within two. The Danish Government has contributed 2,750. Thesame tents that were used in former ex peditions will be taken to enable the party to encamp on the land or ice, in case the vessel should be disabled. Strong boats will also be provided. Dr. Nansen expects to find undis covered land in the neighborhood of tho Pole. MAY LESSEN" THE BREACH. France Will Make Up With Germany If tho Empire Takes Her Part. IBT DUHLAP'S CABLE COMPANT.J PAKIS, Feb. 19. Tho Empress Fredericka's arrival excites lively comments in well in formed circles, as it is thonght to be connected with Emperor William's long suspected wish to visit France, and tbat Her Majesty is to sound the French Government as to what places it would be convenient for him to visit in journeying through France and Spain. It is rumored tbat a hint has been conveyed to the Empress that the Emperor William will have a good opportunity to lessen the breach between the two countries by supporting France in her opposition to England's deter mination to prolong her occupation of Egypt. TO MEET MACKAY. . An Important Conference In Relation to Cable Matters. TBY DUXLAP'B CABLE COMPANY. Paius, Feb. IV. M. George Belleville, the chief manager of tho French Cable Company, will sail on Saturday by. the Umbria on a special mission to meet John W. Mackay in New York. When seen to-night he said: "I prefer not to disclose tho motive of my visit to America. I admit, however, tbat it con cerns some important matters in connection with cab'o affairs between America and foreign nations." LECTURE BY BOOTH. Tho Salvation Army General Has a Distin guished Audlencoln Denmark. TBY OCNLAP'S CABLE COMPANT.l Copenhagen, Feb. 19. General Booth lectured here to-night in the presence of alarge and distinguished audience, which inclnded the ministers of the Danish Church and the British Consul General. Tho general is very much pleased with the results of his tour in Scandinavia, and after leaving the peninsula ho will go to Germany. Royal Visit to Ireland. BT DUNLAP'S CABLE COMPART. London, Feb. IB. The arrangements for the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Ireland cailypext -summer Are being rapidly. pushed forward. The visit will be made in response to pressing invitations by the Viceroy," Lorn Zetland, and Chief Secretary Balfour. ' ITALY -AND ,FRANCE.- Great Importance Attached to a Visit or a Diplomat to Ttudlnl. rOY DUNLAP'S CABLE COMPANY.l Rome, Feb. 19. SignorRessmann, a member of the Italian Embassy'inParls, was summoned hither by Signor Rudini, tho new Prime Minis ter. He visited Signor Crispl yesterday, and held a protracted interview with Signor Rudini to-day. The gieatest importance is attached to his visit It is reported that he comes to pave the way for the restoration of friendly political and commercial relations be tween France and Italy. It is stated on the best authority that he has besn empowered by the Parisian house of Rothschild to promise substantial as sistance in extricating the Italian Government from financial embarrassment. If the scheme receives tho assent of France, the latter will probably indorso tho financial arrangement only on condition that Italy recedes from the triple alliance. Arbitrators of the Delagoa Dispute. IBY DUNLAP'S CABLE COMPAKY.I Beene, Feb. 19. Tho Federal Council has appointed Judge Bloesi Soldan and Prof. Henssler to act as arbitrators in theDelagoa Bay Railroad dispute. DUNCAN'S HARD LUCK. Tho Matrimonial News Man Pays Damages for Breach of Promise. By Associated Press.1 London, Feb. 19. Leslie Frazer Dun can, late editor of the Matrimonial Newt, has paid Miss Oladys Knowles the reduced amount of damages, 0,500, with costs, awarded to her as a result of her suit against him for breach of promise of marriage. On the first trial of the suit, early last summer. Miss Knowles secured a verdict of 10,000 damages. To avoid payment of this sum tho defendant transferred his interest in tho Matrimonial Xfews and fled to the Continent, and afterward declined to accept Mis3 Knowles proposition to compromise the matter by pay ing her 2,500. Later bn Mr. Duncan went through the bank, ruptcy court, and during the course of his ex amination the fact leaked out that he was mar ried in Juno to the Hon. Mrs. Whyte-Melville, widow ol the novelist of that name and mother of Viscountess Macserene. Mr. Duncan ap pealed against the verdict as being excessive, and the court, after due consideration, reduced tho amount of damages as already stated. In Bpito of the Darment of tha sum awarilefi for .damages, together with the costs, the criminal acuon commenced oy miss snowies win still proceed, but j. mitigation of the offense will bo pleaded. The Lord Mayor a Plagiarist. London Tho JPall Mall Gazette today pub lishes in parallel columns a sermon which Rev. Charles H. Spurgeon preached in 1864, and an address delivered by Rt. Hon. Joseph Savory, Lord Mayor of London, last week at the Poly technic Institute (Young Men's Christian In stitute for Apprentices. Artisans, etc.) The two discourses are identical in almost every particular, long passages in the Spurgeon ser mon being delivered unchanged in the Lord Mayor's address. The Lord Mayor, whose at tention was called to this singular coincidence, said that he had never, to tho best of his knowledge, seen the sormon referred to. Newfoundland Questions In Parliament. London Baron Henry De Worms, Political Secretary of the Colonial Office, in the House of Commons to-day, in answer to a question npon Newtoundland matters, said tbat the government of Newfoundland had protested against the fact that the convention between Newfoundland and the United States bad not been sanctioned by the Imperial Government. Baron DeWorms added tbat the documents relation to tho French modus Vivendi and the Washington convention negotiations would bo laid before the House before the vote on the colonial estimates was taken, so as to enable the Houso to discuss fully the homo Govern ment's action in the matter. A Threatening Aspect In Belgium. , Brussels The resorve forced of the. Civics Guard have been called out in the Charlerol district in view of the threatening state or af fairs caused by the workmen's demand for the passage of a universal suffrage law. The Workmen's General Committee regard this action upon the part of the authorities as a menace and as an indication of the refusal of the Government to revise the electoral laws or to grant universal suffrage. Tho Workmen's Committee has replied to this so-called men ace by addressing a manifesto to the militia asking them to refuse to obey orders, to tako sides with the workmen and ts resist what they term the Government's attempt to bring about a civil war. Storms and Fires in Hnngary. Vienna A terrific storm passed over Pre burg. Hungary, to-day, unroofing houses, tear ing up trees by tho roots and doing other im menso damage. A number of fires broke out. One of the buildings that ignited was a girls' academy, and several of the occupants were injured by jumping from windows. No one was seriously injured. League Orators for McCarthy. London A. majority of the executive mem bers of the National League in Great Britain have decided that speakers at branch meetings on St. Patrick's Day shall advocate Mr. Mc Carthy for the leadership of the Irish party. A Firo in tho Czar's Palace. St. Petersburg Fire broke ont yesterday in the apartments of the Empress, but the flame3 were promptly extinguished and only slight damage was done. Tho Czar personally directed the operations of the firemen. An Earthquake in Spain. Madrid A slight shock of earthquake was felt in Valencia to-day, causing much alarm. . CONFESSED THE CRIME. A TonDg Fatrlcldo Tells the Awful Story ot the Murder. ISPECIAL TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH! LYONS, Feb. 19. The murder of old William Lambert at Rose Tuesday, and tho arrest and confession of hi3 son, George, have created great excitement in tbls vicinity. The son, George, who for the past year has not borne a good repntation, was arrested Wednesday on a charge preferred by his brother. He was brought here yesterday afternoon and broke down, confessing his guilt He said that he had had some words with his father, who seized a stove lid to throw at him. Before he could hurl it, the son grasped a piece of wood and struck the old man across the bead, rendering him insensible. The son then dragged the body out into the orchard, and procuring an ax, struck him a number of times He then washed his hands and walked a whole day, bnt finally was so overcome by remorse that he came back to the scene of the tragedy to give himself up. THE WOMAN PRIZE WALKER. Actress Zoe Gayton Counting Ties Between Detroit and Buffalo. St. Thojia!?, Feb. 19. Miss Zoe Gayton, the actress who is walking from San Francisco to New ifork for a prize of $2,000, was expected here last night, and a large crowd awaited her arrival at the city limits, but she decided to pass the night at Shedden, tho second station on the Michigan Central Railway west. Miss Gayton, who Is accompanied by her manager and another man representing tbe prize winner, is walking the road from Detroit to Buffalo, and left Windsor to-day. The operators are keeping record of the party, which had been called the "Sunset special." A SHORTAGE PAID IN FULL. Tho Delinquency of lix-Stnto Treasurer Woodruff Made Good. Little Rock, Feb. 19. This afternoon Rep resentative South, of the Houso standing Com mittee on Auditors' and Treasurers' Books, re ported to that body that through his sureties ex-State Treasurer Woodruff had just paid State Treasurer Morrow and taken his receipt for 83,740 50, the full amount of tbe shortage shown to exist in Woodruff's cash account. EX-GOVERNOR FOSTER DENIES. Ho Says the President Didn't Summon Him, bnt no Conversed With lliro. New York, Feb. 19. Ex-Governor "Foster, of Ohio, this evening said the President had Sent no telegram to summon him here. He talked an hour with President Harrison to-day, however, but would not state -about, want, . GRAFTING OF BONE. Official Eeport of the Eecent Experi ment in That Line. THE UNION WAS HADE COMPLETE, Bnt the BhrinSing of the Dos Prevented a Clear Success. THE OPERATION IS STILL POSSIBLE lerECIAL TELEORAM TO TUB DISPATCH. 1 New Yoke, Feb. 19. Tho Medical Rec ord, issued to-morrow, will print an inter esting official account of the recent bone grafting experiment in Charity Hospital, Blackwell's Island. The case attracted widespread attention at the time the experi ment was in progress, and the actual results and the observations of Dr. A. M. Phelps, of this city, who had the matter in charge, are now for the first time made public. The article will say: "The operation is a success, in so far as it establishes the principle that it is possible to grow large masses of tissue from an animal to men, and to establish the circu lation until the union takes place between opposite specie3 without danger to either. It also demonstrates that a growth of new bone takes place when a section of bons is trans planted and its nutrition maintained by the artery of the animal. This, if continued for four or five weeks, would probably unite a fracture. Contact Mast Bo Maintained. "Owing to tbe inefficient dressing, which is apt to occur in all early operations, the contact of the transplanted bone could not be continued sufficiently long for bone to unite to bone. But I am confident, after viewing the specimen and taking all the conditions and surroundings into account, that the bony union would have taken place if actual coniact could have been maintained for a longer period. "The stimulation of the graft, however, has excited a reparative process in the frac ture, and it now promises fair to unite. The boy walks with the aid of one crntch or a cane. In the month of November, last year, tbe patient at Charity Hospital was sent to me for operation. Briefly the history of the case 13 this: "The lad, John Gethins, was suffering from an ununited fracture of the lower third of tbe leg, the result of an operation to remedy an anterior curvature of the tibia, which had ex isted and had slowly increased from early childhood, until he was compelled to go upon crotches. There was no paralysis of the limb, neither was it atrophied, excepting from non use. The muscles were perfect in every re spect. Wiring the Bone Tried. "A few months after the operation of oste otomy, I cut down upon tho fracture and wired it, but failed in getting union. After a, few mouths I again operated, removing all clca tricial tissue, carefully stitching the periosteum together and wired the bone. This failed. A few months later 1 again cut down upon the fracture, removed all cicatricial tissue, and again freshened the ends of the bone, and en grafted decalcified bone chips, according to Senn's method. This failed; tbe chips came away from tbe wound a few weeks after the operation. "I then resorted to Thomas' method of ham mering, damming and adjusting an appliance for the boy to walk upon. This he wore tor several months, but again we failed to secure union. In the meantime the boy had returned to his home. From time to time I received let ters from tbe lad, beseeching mo again to make an effort to restore his limb to usefulness and avoid an amputation. He returned again to New York and was referred to one of the larg est and best hospitals in tha city; and one uf the most eminent surgeons of this country opcr. ated on him twice, with a failure each time. The poor boy, discouraged, returned to his home again. Agreed to Transplantation. "Last fall, in October, 1 received a most pa thetic letter from him. asking if I would again attempt to unite the fracture. A letter was written to him, stating that an attempt at hone transplantation from a dog, of which I had previously told him, would be tried if he de sired. In answer to my letter his parents also sent him to New York. He was sent to Charity Hospital. The limb, at the time of operation, November 16, 1EW, was in very good condition, excepting tbe shortening of about four inches, tho result of previous operation;, which had boen performed to unite tbo fracture. A dog 2 years old was secured and prepared for the operation, carefully cleansed with soap and water and made aseptic with a solution of bichloride of mercury. While the patient was being anesthetized and the ends of the frac tured bones freshened, my assistants, Drs. Plympton and Mooney, prepared the dog in tho following manner: She was etherized and then enveloped in a thick layer of absorbent cotton to the thickness of several inches, while placed in the natural sitting posture. Over this soft covering of cotton a few turns of plaster-of-pari3 bandage wero made to hold the dressing in place. The dog was encased in plaster-of-paris. The right foreleg of the animal pro truded through the dressing. Beady for the Operation. "This leg was carefully shaved and again made eseptic with bichloride of mercury, and finally with iodoform and ether. The dog was now ready for the operation. Two elliptical incisions were made down to the fracture four inches in length, removing the old cicatrix and cicatrical tissue about the united ends of the bone, together with an elliptical piece of tbe sqf t parts. "With a saw tbe ends of the bone were fresh ened, leaving a space of about one inch be tween them. The portions removed proved to bo ebnmated and more like ivory than bone. My assistants now prepared tbe limb of the patient for the next step in the operation, by enveloping it in a plaster-of-paris bandage, commencing six inches above the Incision and extending to the upper third of the thigb. The foot and ankle were also covered with a plaster-of-paris bandage. "While tbey were skillfully preparing thispart of the dressing, we were preparing the dog. An incision was made through the skin, for the purpose of cutting a piece which would accur ately fit In tho elliptical-shaped wound of the patient's leg. The elbow was now quickly ex cised; the radios and ulna were severed one half inch in front of the elbow joint, and the humerus three inches above it, and removed, leaving all soft parts. The extremity near the paw was amputated, leaving a piece of bono one inch in length attached to a branch of tbo brachial artery, among the soft parts. Making the Bone Attachment. "The attachment of tho biceps tendon was detached from the bone and loose superfluous muscular tissue- removed. In the dog the nu trient artery enters tbe bone one inch in front of the elbow joint. Catting the bone, as indi cated, saved tho nutrient artery from Injury and secured the nutrition to the fragment of bone, from which we had hoped that the new bone would be thrown out and at the same time stimulate the human bone to a reparative effort. "Tho dog was placed by the side ef the patient's leg, the head toward tho patient. An aluminum dowel pin was passed through tho medullary cavity In the long axis of the Done. The piece of bone was placed between the ends of tho bone of tbe patient. Tbe bone3 were crowded together, tho dowel pin entering the bonos of the patient above and below. A silver .wire was passed around tbe entire graft and se curely tied. This held the bone firmly in place. Musclo was stitched to muscle and skin to skin, the parts being evenly coaptated. The Attachment Made Complete. "Band iron was bent and adjusted over the wound,' from tho upper plaster cast to the lower ono of the boy's foot, thus leaving room for dressing. A large drainage tube was inserted for drainage, which opened posteriorly. A few turns of the plaster of paris bandage secured the iron rods to the" leg, Tho wound was dressed antlsepticaliy. ' "Through the entire operation the most rigid antiseptic methods were carried out. Constant irrigation prevented the possibility of wound infection. The oDeration can be performed in ono hour.with efficient dressers. Bofore the operation was performed tbe vocal cords ot tbe dog had been carefully severed, under ether, to prevent any disturbance of tbe pa tient. At the end of two weeks, however, the cords had again reunited, and the voice of the dog soundediully as strong as before the op eration. "The wound was found perfectly healed by nricMrr union without a single drop of DUL jbnly tgr the difference m the color ot tho okla-J FEET A TlilFLE DA3IP, But a Little Toasting With o Natural Gas Fire Will Fix Them. it would have been difficult to detect tho lino of union. Bond of Union Severed. 'FinaV. at the end of 11 days, there was an apparer '4nkage of the dog in the dressings. This a &, "-notion, and it became evident thatti I&X &tr 0 pulled from its attach ment whft, 'yj Consequently, much as I desired toir , 0 --TDeriment, I con cluded, as a atcnJ,'tntt "'JgjT humanity, to sever tbe bond of nn.- l'0(fn 9A. "The dog was cblororoy..a -he oper ation. While the graft was-vf jmed and the leg of the patient dressed,'..' illey skill full seenred tbe artery and nlcelj stitched up the "stump of the dog's leg. She was then placed in bed and cared for by the nnrso. As the graft was trimmed down to the parts still attached a free oozing of blood took place through tbo graft, which demonstrated tbe fact tbat union had taken place, and that cir culation had been established between the pa tient and the dog. -Both patients rapidly con valesced." HE IS AN 1NDECRAT. SENATOR KYLE, OF SOUTH DAKOTA, DE SCRIBES HIS POSITION. He Is the Resultant of tho Two Foroes of Democracy and Independency Tho Democrats Say the New Senator Will Tote With Their Party. Yankton, S. D., Feb. 19. Senator-elect Kyle defines his position and political ten dencies in the following remarks made to night before a meeting of the Independents and Democrats at Pierre: "When two forces acting in opposite di-' rections meet they produce anew force, which continues to move in a direction dif ferent from eitberof tbe other forces. Tbls new force is called in mechanics a resultant, To-night I feel that I am a resultant formerly a Republican, then an Independent, and now that! have been elocted by both parties I am a resultant of both parties. Iamanlndecrat. I have always been in favor of a new tariff, and about four years ago, when the Republican party decided in favor ot a high tariff, it was too much for me, and I sought a more congenial party, which I fonnd in the Democratic party. After the Independent party wa3 formed last year I found that its principles were still moro congenial. The Independent cannot affiliate with the Republicans. The Republicans' ring rule and high tariff have made affiliation im possible." The Democrats claim that Senator Kyle may bo counted with them on party issues, and it 13 believed tbat he has pledged himself to this ef fect. He acknowledges that he owes his elec tion to the Democrats, who voted for him on receiving assurances from Illinois that tbo Alliance would support Palmer or some other Democrat. All tbe party leaders admit tbat in the future South Dakota will be classed among the doubtful States. The election of Kyle will strengthen the Domocratic and weaken the Republican party in tbe State. THE H0N0N TE0TJBLE. The Application of a Kecelvcr Said to Be In a Plot Against tho Management. Chicago, Feb. 19. Master in Chancery Boyesen began taking testimony to-day in the application of W. S. Alley for the appointment of a receiver for tbe Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railroad. Before the investiga tion was fairly commenced, however, it was. agreed to suspend proceedings until next Mon day in order that tbe Monon people may have a chance to file an answer to Alley's sensational bill. President Breyfogle is still in New York, but is expected to arrive here as early as next Monday. Amongdisinterested railroad men the opinion prevails that the filing of the bill is simply the initial move in a preconceived plan tbat has for its object the onstlng of tbe present manage ment of the Monon. Tbe next annual meeting of the company will be held March H, and it is said to be tbe hope ot tbe dissatisfied stock holders to secure control of tbe meeting by working up a feeling against President Brey fogle and the present Board of Directors. STREETER GAINING GROUND. The F. M. B. A. Men at Springfield Are Now Supporting Him. SPBraoyrEXD, H.L., Feb. 19. The F. M. B. A men catechised A. J. Streeter, candidate for tbe United States Senate, this morning, in re gard to his position in relation to the principles of that party. He declared tbat he would up hold tbe party in all matters. On outside ques tions he would vote with the Republicans. Ho favored free silver coinage and a Federal elec tion bill, though he thought tho Lodge bill too radical. The F. M. B. A. men thon pledged him their earnest support. In joint assembly, later, the one hundred and ninth ballot was taken, with the following re sult: Palmer, 101: Streeter, 88; Oglesby, 14: Post. 1. Subsequent ballots brought recruits to Streeter from the Republican ranks, till on tho one hundred and fourteenth the result stood: Palmer, 101; Streeter, 94; Oglesby, 9. After an other vote, at the expense of Oglesby, the joint assembly adjourned until to-morrow. A WHITNEY BOOM. It Is Said to Be Quietly Under Way at the National Capital rSPICIAT. TEtEOBAM TO THE DlSPATCILl Washington, Feb. 19. The presence of ex Secretary Whitney in Washington during the past few days, consulting with well-known Democrats in both houses, has caused a great deal of gossip. It has been said by several gen tlemen tbat plans are being prepared for or ganizing a Whitney Presidental boom and that some facts about the availability of the ex-Secretary will soon reach the public. Mr. Whitney called at the Senate Chamber to-day, and sent in his card to tbo Democratic leader. Mr. Gorman, who promptly responded, and the pair of big Democrats went upstairs to the Maryland Senator's private room for a cozy chat. The meeting was regarded as quite sig nificant. . TWO EDISON COMPANIES AT OUTS. One Alleges in Court That It Earned a Dividend Wliich Never Came. New York, Feb. 19. Suit was begun In the Supreme Court against the Edison Electric light Company by Martin A Frank, who charges that its property has been diverted to purposes not contemplated by the company and tbat the Edison General Electric Company has obtained much of the stock ot the Light Company. The Light Company has earned a dividend, but none has been detlared, the com plainant alleged. Mr. Frank recently obtained an order for the examination of Edward H. Johnson, who is an officer in both companies, and Judge lugraham was. asked to vacate the order. Ha took the papers and reserved decision. SCOURGED By ITER Pittsburg and Allegheny as. They Appeared Yesterday Above the Flood, BUT UNDER ACL0AK OF MUD Mayor Wyman and the Police Kept Busy Believing the Sufferers, FIGHTING FOR BLACK DIAMONDS, Many Hardships Caused by tho Laci of Both Ga3 and CoaL LNCIDEKT3 OP THE 6EEAT DISASTER The flood of 1S01 is practically over. All day yesterday the water's receded at a rapid rate, and now, with bnt few exceptions, tha rivers are confined within their banks. The marks left behind are now causing tha real work, and winter will be only a re membrance before the last traces are cleared away. The loss will reach the figures given yesterday. Streets and floors are left with a carpet of from two to six inches of mnd, and the cellars are still filled with water. So far but few attempts have been made to remove the water from the basements and cellars, because the. riveris still so high that it backs up in the sewers and apze3 from the ground and walls on all sides. But the work on the upper parts of the houses has commenced in dead earnest. In the ware houses and siores men are busy running the shovel through tbe mud and the knife through prices. In the homes regular house cleaning was not a marker to the operations of yesterday. Vigorous Mopping and Scrubbing. Windows aud doors were all thrown open except in a few instances where those ad-' juncts had been broken out aud washed away. Mud and dirty water was sent flying from every opening, and pedestrians had only to choose between the flying; mud of the pavements and the placid, slime of the streets. Inside were pio' tnres of water-soaked furniture with an oc casional dismantled piano. These, parts though, only served as a background for tbe women armed with shovels, brooms and scrubbing brushes. As a rule a towel was the headdress, and the skirts were worn at half mast in memory of the destruction. They could not be said to be in full dress, . for tbe costumes were only worn decolletta ' at the bottom. Along the wharves the scene was exciting. The barges and boats that had been tied up there served to collect the wreckage, and both sides of the river was lined with' debris, On the Pittsburg side bat few. marks of the flood were apparent , except the drift ou the streets. On1 Ninth street an old barge was left standing in front of St. Andrew's Church. In tha" rgrcateryartof the city between Pena ave nue and the river much inconvenience wa caused by the lack of gas, but there was no ' real suffering in Pittsburg. Streets Still Covered With Water. Over in Allegheny the flood still holds! sway in a part of the Fourth and Eighth wards. Up until late last night the water still covered Kilbuck street. Although there are no very bad cases of destitution, the entire flooded district is suffering from a fuel famine. The coal in all of the houses is too wet to burn, and on account of the broken pipes the natural gas cannot be turned on until after the water is ont of the cellars. What coal there is in tho city is being given to tbe sufferers, but the sup ply is not near enough to do much good. Even when they have the coal it is almost impossible to secure wood to start the fires. Although there is an awf nl want of coal, thousands of bushels of it are anchored in barges scarce ZOO feet Irom the shore. It cannot be drawn in to tbe bank because steamboats cannot be taken nnder the bridges, and it would be dangerous to attempt its removal in any other way. The work ot relief was resumed again at day break. Mayor Wyman had purchased 1.000 loaves of bread and 200 ponnds ot coffee, seven wagon loads of meat and provisions were donated by the stall keepers at the Allegheny market, Haworth fe Dewhurst sent 100 ponnds of coffee, Dllworth Brothers sent 60 pounds and Arbuckles sent in another 100 pounds. All these provisions were placed in the patrol wagon and such other vehicles a3 could be ob tained, and under the direction of Mayor Wy man, Chief Murphy and Alderman Brown tbey were distributed all through the flooded dis tricts. Many of the people had not been able to leave their homes and were almost starved, but nearly all who received aid were persons who conld have afforded to purchase the stuff. Gifts From Numerous Sources. In addition to this the toCO donated by Mrs. J. M. Gusky was distributed in the shape of fuel and provisions. James Geary, manager of tho World's Museum, telegraphed yesterday to Mayor Gourley. from Ft. Wayne, Ind.. direct ing him to buy 1.C0O loaves of bread and draw on him for the amount. It was not considered necessary, however, to buy any more bread. At the Fourth U. P. Church, Montgomery avenue and Arch street, tbe ladles of tha: church gave out dry clothing and provisions to large numbers of' tbo sufferers. The Ladles' Aid Society did not make any attempt at pro viding relief. Tbe matter of supplying coal was in charge of Major Hunker, ot the Poor Board. He bought up all the coal there was to be had in the city, but it was far short of the needs. Thomas De Pny helped bim ont by contributing 1,000 bushels. David Hollander gave ZOO bush els. D.& F. S. Welty 100 bushels and Marshall, Kennedy & Co. all tbey had at tbeir mill in tha Eighth ward. Arrangements were made to have coal sent over tbe Sixteenth street bridge from Pittsburg, but even then there was not enough. To-day. however, the water is ex pected to be down far enough to allow the coal barges to be brought to the shore. Tbe only method of distribution was by wagons. The coal was thrown in piles on tha Btreets, and such scenes have never before been witnessed in Allegheny as were to ha found in this connection. The coal would hardly touch the street before itwasgathered up. The black diamonds were clutched as eager, ly as if they bad been transparent gems. Men. women and children crowded about every wagon. Everything imaginable was used In lieu of coal buckets. Hats, aprons, dish pans, wooden bowls and boxes were the most used, and even the old-time "growler" was pressed into service. Restored to Liberty Once More. . At 6 o'ciocktfast evening the water had re ceded to Kilbuck street in the "bottoms" west of Federal street and the housed up fami lies were availing themselves of their new found liberty to" restore their domiciles to tha old condition of things. This was not so easy, however.as tbe cellars were still filled with water which In a good many cases must be pumped out. House-cleaning was tho order of the day througbont the district. From a tour made through the section In tha afternoon it was found tbat there bad not been much suffering during tho flood. There was a good deal of hardship caused by want ot coal to cook provisions and boil the coffee, and generally tbe rations consumed were eaten cold. Early in tha morning, and daring tbe day large quantities of bread, meat, coffee and coal were distrib uted by means of skiffs and wagons .under the supervision of Chief Murphy and a detail of police, which helped the imprisoned people along until the waters went back. Coal was more ardently longed for than food, because of tbe drop in the temperature and tbe desire for , a hot drink. Tbe children suffered most lor want of the latter, and tbe death of a 3-year-old child on Darragh street may have been hastened by lack of proper nourishment. Several days of hard work will be required to remove the accumulation of drift wood and debris from the Sixth street bridge along tha river bank to Smoky Island, In the P. and W;
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