yjil lipilllP-"'-,- " swr V SECOND PART. TJTk Vj r . . TTSBU DISPATCH. PITTSBUKG, SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1891. PAGES 9 TO 12. RESULT OF A STRIKE The Trouble in the Coke Region Will Revolutionize the . Iron Trade. BIG DEALS, SMALL PROFITS, Will Hereafter Be the Motto of tho Manufacturers Who Have 10 COMPETE WITH TOE SOUTH. Thousands of Jlen Idle and ililes of Empty Cars ea Sidinjs. A'ECESsrrr foe lower fbeight bates icoEnEsroNDE.cT: or tue DisrJiTCH.i Youngstown, March 6. The situation Onions the blast furnaces in the Mahoning and JShenango valleys instead of clearing up seems to grow more complicated from day to day, and from week to week, so that Eo living man can forecast with any reason able degree of certainty the outcome ot these disturbances, which have combined to un settle all activity iu the iron line, or to kill wlfat the immediate future has in store for the iron markets, the pig iron manufactur ers and the kindred interests. One fact, however, stands out most boldly, and that is that the industry in these valleys has never before undergone such a continued period of depression nor have the results that have followed iu the wake of this com mercial calamity before been equaled for the number of industries afiected, the num ber of workers thrown idle, and the money loss to the various interests afiected. Prob ably the first and greatest loss is to the pig ron industry itself. Of a total of 37 stacks in the two valleys fully 30 nrc inactive, and the estimated daily capacity of these idle furnace is 5,000 tons and the loss in tonnage since the shutdown was inaugurated (January 10) is estimated at nearly 300,000 tons. The mean price of Bessemer and mill irons for the period is ?15, so the money loss by the stoppage of ihe production of pig iron is fullv ?!, 690,000. Thousands or Workmen Idle. The number of workmen thrown idle was estimated at the time the shutdown first went into efiect by the officials of the Ma jioning and Shenango Vallev Iron Manu facturers Association at 8,000, but owing to the re-employment of all the laboring hands to assist in making repairs about the I different furnaces the number of idle work JF men has been greatly reduced, and a con t Eervauve estimate now places the number at f .2.000, and the greater prt of this number arc railroad employes who have been sus , pended owing to the lark of traffi. The railroad interests probably come sec ond in the list ot the greatest sufferers. It is very difficult to secure actual figures re garding the Iota to the roads by lack of traffic occasioned by the shutdown. At the offices of th Lake Shore and Michi gan Southern Railroads Mr. F. W. Niles, the Superintendent, stated that business was never so dull since his connec tion with the road. He further stated that the volume of their traffic was injured about 35 per cent, and that this loss was almost in significant compared with the losses sus tained by other roads, as the Lake Shore road is only partly affected by the shutdown, lliey having only their share of the ore ship ments from Cleveland, the coke shipments west of this city to Chicago and the pig iron traffic to Cleveland, whereas the Eastern xoadshate the hauling of the coke and lime stone into the valleys and pig iron out of the valleys. 51 lies or Empty Coke Cars. Probably the best indication of the extent to which the railroads have been affected can be seen from the enormous number of empty freight cars lying along their tracks. "While on my way to Niles I noticed a con tinual line of empty ore cars be longing to the Nypano road reach ing from Youngstown to Girard, a distance of five miles. There is also just east o' Girard an unbroken line of Schoonmakcr and Youngstown Coke Company empty cars lnlly a mile and a half in length. In the Youngstown yards and the different furnace " yards there is not enough space left for another car, the entire sidings being filled with empty cars. All along the line ot .the Lake .Erie and the other roads leading into this city there are broken lines of empty cars, and a railroad ofhVial, when spoken to on this matter, stated the number of idle cars was indeed enormous, and exceeded anything in his experience. The Lake Superior ore interests have also come in lor their share of demoralization, owing to the shutdown. The condition of the oie market at present is extremely dull, and the outlook, uioieovtr, the worst possible. The Lake Superior mines during 1890 furnished 8,893,146 tons of 2,240 pounds eech, or a total of 51 per cent of the entire production of the country. Good authorities are of the opinion that the production o Superior ore this year will tall btlow the 0,000,000 ton mark. The stock of ore lying at the several lake poits is said to be enormous, and the general impicssion is that prices will greatly suffer. Every month's idleness among the fnrnaoes means a corresponding reduction of the con sumption of ore, and if the furnaces should not go into Idast before the latter part of this mouth the direct cutting off in the ore supply will amount to lully 1,000,000 tons. Injuring; the Lake .Shipping: Interests. This dullness in the ore trade will seri ously reflect upon the lake shipping inter ests, and the restricted business offering will produce a competition that will exert itself upon ore rates. The limestone business is also practically la3, work at the different limestone quar ries has ceased and the workmen are idle. The restriction in the production of lime Mane is estimated to reach 2,000 tons per liar. The last, but bv no means the least af fected industry, "is that of Connellsville cnke. The peculiar situation now prevail ing throughout the cko regions, and hav ing the Jjrm both of a strike and lockoutjby v Inch, it i estimated, 13,000 men have bteu llirown out of employment, lias, no doubt, been aggravated by the shutdown of the lur uaces. Many uon men here think that it is a blow at the fnrnacemen ove the shoulders of the workingmen; that the strike was a jnuch-desired measure by the syndicate, giv ing it a welcome weapon with which to Ftrike the furnace interests; that it is purely a war measure, an act of retaliation that was contemplated, and the demands of the men give the coke people the very opportunity 1 r which they were seel iug. Of a total oi ' .IPJoxcrs in fie r.gioii on!v 400 of the :;.u-y plant are n, operation, and the roduetof these is being shipped to the Jrown-Bonnell Company, in this city. t&im The abnormal depression in the price of .ig iron, primarily brought about by over production superinduced by the lare ship ments of Southern iron, is what has brought the remarkable change throughout a district which has heretofore been everywhere noted for continued prosperity and activity of its industries. Changing Business Methods. ,There are many who believe that the con ditions governing the iron market will un dergo a complete reconstruction as a result of this shutdown. In this the pig iron in dustry is only following in the wake of many other industries iu settling down to the question of large business and small profits. Heretofore the pig iron market has been susceptible to great advances, and probably never went below the cost of production as it is at present. This fact has created immense profits, and the knowledge becoming known outsiders con cluded to share in the enormous business, which resulted in new furnaces of great capacity being erected and old ones re paired and put in blast iu both the North and the South, until finally the productive capacity far exceeded the consumption of iron, and the inevitable followed and the day of reckoning is now at hand. This would not produce such serious re sults were it not for the action of Southern turnacemenin coming into this market. The conditions of the propinquity of the iron ore, coking coal and limestone are so favorable to the cheap production of iron in the South, and which conditions will always remain with them, that they are enabled, with the favoritism shown them by the Southern railroads in the way of cheap freights, to ship their product into this market at a com paratively much lower price than what lur naces here can produce iron. Most Reduce the Cost of Fig. Since it is manifest that these conditions will always stay with the side of the South, it is evident that Northern furnacemen must manufacture their iron cheap enough to compete with the Southern furnaces, and this must be at even a cheaper cost than they are to-day making it. It is claimed by re liable authorities that pig iron of a mill grade can be made in Alabama and Tennes see to-day as low as 9 per ton, and this with the freight added is cheaper than what it can be made for here. These are the reasons why Northern iron masters believe that the days of booms in pig iron are over, and that the high water mark of pig iron production in the North has been reached at least for the remainder of this century. It is believed by such authorities as Ed ward Atkinson that the center of the iron and steel production will shift to within a radius of 75 or 100 miles of the summit of the Great Smoky Mountains, or the crest of Mission liidge or up lands bordering on the Tennessee river, which is not far away from what is called the "center of gravity" of population of the country. Within the radius indicated there are located some of the finest blast furnace plants in the world. New railroads and immense industries are being built up, coal, iron and limestone fields penetrated, and the whole Sojth pulsated with the blood of a new life, and the importance of all these things, as well as their probable efiect on the Northern iron markets, should not be underestimated by those ironmasters located in the Nortn. Small Profits and Big Deals. In a conversation with Mr. J. G. Butter, Vice President of the Manufacturers' Asso ciation, he stated that there was no proba bility of Bessemer iron ever again advancing to 52,5 or 524; that the industry was under going a sort of a transubstantiation, and that hereafter it would be a question of large sales and close business, and that there must be cheaper ore, cheaper transportation, whether by water or rail, cheaper coke and labor in a word, economy is the Question that will determine whether Valley furnaces can fight against their Southern opponents. "Whatever will be the ontcome of the re quest by furnacemen lor cheaper freichts and cheaper coke and at the present writing there is no immediate hope for the settlement of the trouble I firmly believe that if they are not granted now and permit a resump tion of work it will in time reflect detrimen tally upon the iron interests. There is no question but what they will have to resort to this expediency in the course of time if they wish to maintain their supremacy of the in dustry. Furnacemen here are fnlly cognizant with the situation and seem willing to stand their share of the decreased profits if only the rail roads and the coke combine hearken to the voice sf reason and grant those requests which are absolutely necessary to again place the industry on its leet on a sound, conservatheand lasting basis. C. J. K. SCIENCE and Electricity in their latest phases are lcatures of TI1B DISPATCH every Sunday. A DISASTEOUS TIDAL .WAVE. It Breaks Many Bones and Does Great Damage on a Warship. Halifax N. S., March 6. The troop ship Orontes, with the first battalion of the Leicestershire Regiment, arrived here yes terday from Bermuda. Very bad weather was experienced, and a considerable field of ice was met on the Nova Scotia coast. Shortly after leaving England lor Ber muda the steamer was boarded by an im mense tidal wave. Everything movable was swept from the decks, and it looked at one time as it the ship would founder. A num ber of seamen were badly injured and some 25 soldiers more or less hurt. Some had their arms broken, others were badly bruised and in some instances legs were broken. Tne Orontes will sail Monday for the "West Indies and the Cape of Good Hope. FKAXK It. STOCKTON, the king of short htory tellers, lias neer written anything hettcr than "THE COSMIC BEAK," which begins In THE DISPATCH lo-moarow. AH EX-STATE TBEASUBEB ON TEIAL. The Stats or Wisconsin Will Try to Recover Interest on Public Bonds. Beaveis Dam, Wis., March 6. The pre liminary struggle over the proposed ex amination of ex-State Treasure? E. C. Mc Fetndge, in the suit of the State to recover the interest xeceived by him on deposits of public funds while he was State Treasurer, began belorc Judge Elwell, Court Commis sioner, yesterday. The first point to be decided is as to whether the State can compel the defendant to submit to an examination for the purpose of disclosing the facts in connection with the alleged receipt of interest on deposits of public lands. A PE0HHUTI0N POLITICIAN AEEESTED. He Is Charged Witli the Embezzlement of S2.000 From u Cleveland Man. Boston, March G. Thursday evening Samuel M. Fairfield, formerly a well-known lawyer in Boston and for several years a candidate for Attorney General on the Pro hibition ticket, was arrested, charged with the embezzlement of 2.000 from James P. Brewer, of Cleveland, in 1887. Fairfield appeared in the Municipal Court this morning and was held iu 54,000 until Friday, March 20. CHANCE FAVOES THE DEM0CEACY. Tho Republicans Lose In the Drawing of Long Term SenatorhUSeats. Bismabck, N. Dak., March 6. In the drawing for the long and short term seats in the Senate yesterday the Democrats were victorious. The even-numbered districts drew the long terms, and six Democrats hold over. Had. the odd-numbered districts won, only a sin gle Democrat would have retained his seat. "A tvobd to the wise is sufficient," but to the stupid five are necessary: "Use Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup." Price only 25 cents. ENDED HER MISERY. A Pretty Young. Woman Commits Suicide at the Union Depot. ALOKE,FEIENDLESS AND UNKNOWN She Tires of Dor Troubles and Takes Her Own TouDg- Life. THE BODY AWAITS IDENTIFICATION With a long roller towel as a rope, a pretty young Polish girl strangled herself in the toilet room of the ladies' waiting apart ments of the Union depot yesterday morning, and was dead before anybody knew of it. The prepossessing appearance of the girl and her actions about the depot before she took her life indicate something more than an insane desire for death, but the mystery surrounding the deed remains un explained, and whatever her storyof wrongs or suffering, she made no explanation and left nothing to show who or what she was. The girl entered the depot late Thursday evening, and is supposed to have come from TJniontown. At various intervals during the evening she reappeared at the station, scanning anxiously the faces of the crowds about the place. Late Thursday night she entered the ladies' waiting rooms, where Mrs. Elizabeth Hemp, the matron in charge, noticed her acting restlessly and running to the window frequently to look out Nervous and Preoccupied Actions. At the sound of an approaching train she would run out on the platform and watch the passengers filing out through the gate. The Unknown Suicide. She spoke repeatedly to herselr in an under tone and iu a language the matron could not understand. Mrs. Hemp saw the girl was agitated over something and endeavored to comfort her. She resisted all the kind efforts, trying to explain her case to the matron in Polish. The girl -spent the whole night in this way. At 4:30 o'clock yesterday morning Officer Fred Zimmerman had just called the ticket seller to prepare for train No. 20 from the west, when the girl ran out of the ladies' department. He stopped her and endeavored to find out her troubles. Her only reply was "New York." Officer Zimmerman thought she wanted a ticket to New York and took her over to the ticket window. She de clined tho ticket as not being what she wanted, making signs that she wanted a pencil. The officer gave her one and she went back to the wailing room apparently satis fied, and the matron noticed her writing on a slip of brown paper, but paid no more at tention to the girl until she got up suddenly and hurried into the toilet room. Discovery of the Tragedy, The matron waited a short time, and as" the girl had not appeared, knocked on the door. There was no response, and after knocking several times the matron ran out and called for assistance. Stationmaster Colbert, Officers Zimmerman and Grady and Porter George Fairfax came at her call, and, after consulting awhile, placed a ladder , up to the door and Fairfax climbed up. On looking down on the other side he uttered a cry oi surprise, jumped to the floor and in a mo ment had burst open the door. They found the girl hanging to the gas jet, with a heavy towel in a noose about her neck. She had been dead several minutes when discovered. Word was at once sent to the morgue and her body was removed there. Nothing was found on her person except two small Russian coins and the scrap of brown paper she had written on. The writing was in Polish and on being translated read: Pleae telegraph that I have committed sui cide because I did not stay in my native home. Ewa Bi-ocn, Address Wodnowski, No. 12, Olic. Wopolma, No. 36, in Warszawa, Russian-Poland. How the Unfortunate Was Dressed. Her attire and general appearance would indicate that she was of good breeding and not of the lower classes. Her face is re markably pretty, and her figure lithe and slender. She wore a dark cloth dress, with mink boa and muff, and was enveloped in a long traveling cloak. Her attire was not rich, but was of good quality. The general supposition is that the girl was waiting for a lover or dear friend and became so despondent on their failure to arrive that she suddenly determined to kill herself. At the morgue a number of people viewed the body, but no one could identify it. Owing to the illness of Coroner McDowell only a partial inquest was neia. an me meantime every effort will be put forth to unravel the mysterv now surrounding the case, and a continu ance of the inquest may throw some light on it. WAKEMAN has visited Yarmouth, and In THE DISPATCn to-morrow will describe all that is left of tho scenes upon which Dickens built up his Dai id Cqpperfield." THE P0WEE OP BEEE. It Is Too Much for a Prisoner Who Was Trying to Starve to Death. Beidgepoet, Conn., March 6. Jacob Seheele, the condemned murderer of Con stable Drucker, who had announced his de termination never to eat again, and had already lasted 12 days, ended his long abstinence yesterday, the moving power having been a bottle of lager beer, which was left in his cell. Some of the beer had previously been placed on the abstainer's lips, and when the attendants retired he could not resist the temptation to drink the contents of the bot tle. After draining it, a marked change came over the faster, and he announced his readiness to partake of food, which was then furnished. PE0H1B1TI0IT IN IOWA'S CAPITAL. The County Attorney Is Making Vigorous Efforts to Clean Out Saloons. Des Moines, March 6. County Attor ney Shurrier has began proceedings against come 25 saloonkeepers and the owners of the buildings in which the liquor is handled. The cases are set for hearing March H.when anefibrt will be made to have the defendants enjoined temporaiily, until the suits lor the permanent injunctions can be heard at the April term. This move on the part of the County At torney and the police will, it is thought, be quite effectual in cleaning out the s.Kg shops of the city. The authorities say that there are not over 60 places in Des Moines where liquor is sold, exclusive of the drug stores. (7 iSf Mr DOINGS INTHE COURTS. Two Men Who Will Serve Four Tears In tho Penitentiary for Burglary Got 8235 Damages From His landlord for tho Death of His Children. In the Criminal Court yesterday Harry Sin clair and Alexander Langcamp were con victed of breaking into and robbing the hard ware store of F. W. Hall, in the East End, on January 30. They were sentenced to the penitentiary for four years each. William Burns was found guilty of assault and battery on his wife and was sent to the workhouse for 30days. James Hickey was acquitted of a charge of aggravated assault and battery on F. Boudi. The jury is out in the case of Joseph Chuc, tried for felonious assault and battery. The jury is out in the case of James Cosgrove and John O'Malley, tried for robbinc Kev. T. D. Pitts of a gold watch valued at J100. During the progress of this trial some testimony was brought out that was of the most revolting character, the prosecutor leaving the court room for the timo being. MANY INDICTMENTS FOUND. True Bills Returned in a large Majority of Yesterday's Cases. The grand jury yesterday returned the fol lowing true bills: Andrew Bevender, Daniel Beaher, William Barr, Albert Campbell, Harry J. Deitncb, James Golden, George Murray. John Papedian, FranU Russell and Reuben Miller, assault and battery; .Edward Cunning, ham, Andrew Olean and Georgo Wessler, felonious assault and battery; David Harvey, Georgo Varoskl and Annie Varoski, aggra vated assault and battery; James Bnsie larceny from the person and receiving stolen goods; John Kneran and Charles Reese, larceny and receiving stolen goods; Mary Bnrcliell, Adam Miller. Mary McCollough, Emil Hess. John Lofink, John Matthes and Henry Meyer, sell Ins liquor without license; Bella Stone, selllne liquor without license and keeping a disorderly housp;holoinonlv.SpliK. aiias jac0b Langsdon immorality; William V. Hart, immorality: Mar tin Connelly, Mary Denmston. Ellen Flynn, Mary Hayne, James Hart. Kate Kohout. Will- T" ""uiuu, surety ot tne peace; Thomas Kemp Harry J. Park, Philip L. Wenzell, deser- ,' "B", "uiuen. cmoezzicment. The ignored bills were: John Seifert, Am brose Hildebrand. selling liquor without a license; Harry Nevergold, entering a building to commit a felony.-larceny and receivinc stolen goods: Jerry Keys, larceny and receiving stolen goods; A. Emench, larceny by bailee; Charles Dundais, immorality; Clara Gau sens,. immorality; Shancr Goskey, Thomas Ma.dden and Georca Rowe. assault and battery; Thomas Hadlc, falsa pretense; Mary A. Owens, larceny and receiving stolen goods; Albert E. Jones, allowing liquor to be drank on his premisos. NEXT WEEK'S TBIAIS. Those Who Will Shortly Have to Answer to Various Indictments. The following is the list of persons to be tried in Criminal Court noxt week, together with any jail cases acted on by the grand Jnry: Albert Campbell, William Craig, John Kureau, Ch?rlcs Hunkcy, John Atkinson, Adam Miller, John Spencer, Fred Wellor, Jr., Lonnie Billings, Martha E. Bronneman, Thomas Keenan, Michael McDowell, Ellen Oswald, John Tracey, Martin Carlin, James Bossie, Ed. Cunningham. Thomas Madden, Mary Burchell (8), Mary Mc Cullough (2), Charles Reese (2), James Golden, William Barr, Andrew Bevander. John Pape dian, George Veroski (2), Annie Veroski, John G. Quigley. Christian Buck. St., Christian Buck, Jr., B.H. Cohen. T. R. Hiller, H. J. Dietrich, M. V. Hart, Georeo E. Murray, Andrew Olean, George Wessler, Frank Russell, David Harvey, Daniel Boecher. ' EXECUTIONS ISSUED. Toople Who Invoke the Aid or the Law to Secure Their Money. Tho following executions were issued yester day: Blvthe & Co. against R. C. Snowden and wife, S1.0S7 76; N..Grew & Co. asainst John Templing, J675 19; Central Bank against the St. Anna Oil Company, $1,S5 62; L. Glesenkamp & Son against A. P. Kennedy, 8152 02; the Fidelity Title and Trust Company, trustee for use of the Western University, against the Mer chants' Insurance Company, oi Providence, R. I., S70 25; same against the Sun r"ire Office, of London, 8254 83; same ae.-unst the Niasnra Fire Insurance Co., of New York. 8127 42;Seiberlin Milling Company against John Haid, 8HU 67; A. G. Rosenthal against Lizzio Freeman, 8175. LOST HIS TWO CHTIDBEN. Thomas M. Carroll Claims That His Land lord's Carelessness Caused Their Death. A verdict or 8225 for the plaintiff was given yesterday in the case of Thomas M. Carroll against John Martin. The suit was for dam ages for tho deaths of; Carroll's two children. It was alleged that Martin, who owned the property in which Carroll lived, refused to have a cesspool cleaned. It anally overflowed and Carroll claimed that the fatal sickness of his two children was caused by it. To-Day's Trial Lists. Criminal Court Surety and desertion cases. Commonwealth vs Martin Connelly, Ellen Flynn, Mary Denniston. James Hart, Kate Kohont, Philip W.- Wenzell. William Wood ruff, Mary Hague, Thomas Kempe. Notes From the Courts. The Jury is out in the case of William Mc Coy against James A. McNally, an action to recover the price of a horse. A verdict for the defendant was given yes terday in the suit of Nancy J. Graham against Frank Hulick, an action for wages. A petition has been filed for a writ of habeas corpus to secure the release of Edward Legrand from jail, whero he was committed for felonious shooting. In the suit of the Grocers' Supply and Stor age Company against Hoeveler & Day, an action on account of storage, a verdict was given for the plaintiiTs yesterday for $299 67. In the suit of Otto Pfenninghaus against the McKeesport and Bellevernon Railroad Com pany for damages for a right of way, a verdict was taken by consent for 8500 for the plaintiff. Judge Reed, of the United States District Court, will hear naturalization applications during all of next week, except on Monday. There are about bO applicants awaiting to bo heard. The suits ot B. F. Rynd against C. P. Naser and A. A. Thompson and against E. L. Brand and A. A. Thompson, actions on contracts lor f ornishmg lumber, are on trial before Judge Eniug. Eliza J. Keaens has entered suit against tho Pittsbur;; and Lake Erie Railroad Com pany for 85,000 damages for injuries to her land in Crescent township, caused by laying tracks through it. J. Chatu.es Dicken recovered a verdict for 8281 against H. A. Dickson and A. A. Heiner, and Bailey & Boler a verdict of 81.806 15 against the same parties. These, were actions on con tracts for the manufacture of bricks. YOUNG PEOPLE cannot but enjoy that portion of THE DISPATCn to-morrow set apart for Paysie's Talry tales.Wobb's talks on science and natnro and Chadbonrn's enig matical nuts. OLEO DEALERS BREATHE FEEELY. W. F. Cook Will Best Tifteen Months In the Penitentiary. The reason for the dismissal of the many oleo cases Jhas just come to light, and the prosecutor, W. P. Cook, has just come to grief. For the next 15 months he will be an inmate of the Western Penitentiary, having just been sentenced in Ebensburg for em bezzlement in Johnstown. In Pittsbnrg he represented himself as the agent of the Farmers Protective Associa tion. He commenced operations here in April last year, and it is claimed that he settled most of the cases privately. He had brought 24 cases before Alderman Gripp and as many more before various Aldermen in Allegheny. His plan was to brine, the suits and then have them postponed from time to time. PHOTOGRAPHING In colors is tho latest scientific discovery. The principles of M. Llppraan's process will he explained In THE DISPATCH to-morrow. Peudently Bkeak Up Your. Cold by the timely use of Dr. Jayne'i Expectorant, an old remedy for Sore Lungs and Throats, and a certain curative for Coughs. BREAD Ofl THE WATER Colonel Thomas P. Roberts Shows How a Ship Canal Wonld-Carry FOOD FOE WORKING MILLIONS. Possibility of Pittsburg Becoming a Gr,eat Grain Market. BDrLDIXG DP A EIG NEW BUSINESS lo tho Editor or The Dispatch: The export of grain from the port of Philadelphia has greatly declined in im portance iu recent years, the result chiefly of the lower rates and better facilities for doing the business presented by the Erie Canal and the railroads of New York radiating from Buffalo. In its most palmv days it was all, or nearly all, "through grain," that is, shipped by all rail route from Chicago which passed through Pitts burg destined for the elevators on the Dela ware river. As little or none of it could claim the benefit of lake transport for any part of the distance, the opportunities for profit in handling it were afforded only during the five months' period of each year when the lakes and the Erie Canal were closed, when the rates were advanced on all the railroads 50 per cent. The Pennsylvania route suffered also in comparison with the New York rail lines by reason of the heavy grades encountered in crossing the Allegheny Mountains. The coup de grace was finally given the Phila delphia grain trade when the competition of the trunk lines for the oil and live stock traffic resulted in a compromise, in which the northern lines took the oil .and grain, leaving the cattle trade largely to the Penn sylvania Company's roads. Drove Away OH Refineries. The fact of a traffic in coke which returned empty cars suitable for cattle, at least as far as Pittsburg and Connellsville, was the factor, doubtless, in bringing about an ad justment which saved the Pennsylvania Kailroad, though the arrangement was in jurious to the great oil interests of Western Pennsylvania an incident of which was the removal of the oil refineries from Pitts burg, withiu the oil-producing regions, to Cleveland, outside of them. The same conditions are not now existing which entered into the traffic arrangements of the great trunk lines ten or more years ago, and this glance at the past it only per tinent in weighing considerations looking to the future of the grain trade should a ship canal be constructed from the lakes to Pitts burg. While.as has been remarked, the grain trade of Philadelphia has about become extinct, such has not yet become the case with that of Baltimore, though in that city there has been no growth proportionate with that of New York and Boston. Philadel phia is so 'distinctively a manufacturing city, and of such large and rapidly growing proportions that the loss of such an item in its foreign commerce as that of the grain trade was only temporarily felt. No Time to Hani Grain. Tt is Questionable, considering the sharp rivalries which have reduced the cost of grain carriage from the lakes to tidewater to such low figures, whether the Pennsylvania Railroad will ever feel disposed to re-engage in it even were the grain delivered to it at Pittsburg at Buffalo prices. Its main line east from Pittsburg is engaged now most of the time with more profitable through freight, and with such an enormous local business that facilities for doing such a busi ness with Pittsburg as the loading point, could only be provided for at a vast outlay. The case appears to be more favorable when we come to consider the inducements which the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad offers from Pittsburg to tidewater. This road has little local bnsiuess, and has but a lim ited population along its route, while its facilities for doing a much larger business than it now does eastwardly from Pittsburg to both Baltimore and Washington are very considerable, and admit ot further improve ment at comparatively small cost. The road is nearly all double tracked, so that the main requirements would be additions to its rolling stock. Maintaining Their Own Fleet. It would seem reasonable to believe that if for the carriage of grain from Buffalo to New York the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern and other railroads can find it ad visable, as tliey do, to operate lines of steamers in order to meet the competition of independent lake vessels on their own ele ment, a company like the Baltimore and Ohio could see a bright prospect before it, in receiving grain at Pittsburg direct from lake vessels. At all events, it is cer tain that vessels would offer grain in Pitts burg to any railroad company prepared to transport it to the seaboard. It may be worth while to mention at least two special inducements for encouraging such a business, which Pittsburg could offer the railroads in the event of the construc tion of the Lane Erie Ship Canal. First The delivery of grain from eleva tors east of the city proper. By this it is meant that if grain reaches Pittsburg via the canal, a great point would be gained in locating the receiving ehvators east of the city, as at Braddock or McKeesport This would avoid all the annoyance and cost or transfer over the crowded streets and bridges of the city. Streets Crowded With Through Freight. There is scarcelyanother city in the coun try so burdened with the transfer of foreign freights as the streets and railroad yards of Pittsburg. The day has long since passed when this species of business was regarded as a benefit and an index of the prosperity of way cities; in short, it is now generally looked upon as a nuisance and an injury to such places. Herein, then, the canal offers to Pittsburga great advantage, which no new railroad through its limits could possibly present. Second Grain received at Braddock or McKeesport, where ample area can be found for sidetracks and elevators, is exactly.in the situation where fuel in the form of natural gas, coal and coke, all of the best quality and lowest price abound. At such a receiving point on the skirts of a great manufacturing city which, with its immedi ate environs, has 411,000 population, and within the borders of a county with 550,000 inhabitants, there should bo erected flouring mills of the largest capacity. No Eastern city could hope to successfully compete with Pittsburg, under such conditions, as a flour manufacturing city, nor would there he any popular desire for such a competition, pro vided it was demonstrated to customers that they could obtain their flour cheaper from Pittsburg than they could manufacture it themselves. Bringing Food to Workers. With these resources once developed, as they should be in the grain and flour trade. every railroad radiating from Pittsburg would receive a benefit, and throughout Western Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio, v est Virginia and Maryland the people would receive an important necessary of life at a considerably less price than they are now compelled to pay ior it. The large area here defined, with a population of at least 5,000,000, is 'mostly a manufacturing and mining region, embracing the most mount ainous district of the Atlantic Slates. It is a region which, upon the whole, is illy adapted to agricultural pursuits, for not nearly enough of any cf the staple products is raised within it to supply the wants of such numbers. Wheeling, V.Va., Bellaire and Youngstown, O., New Castle, Beaver Falls, Pittsbnrg aud Allegheny, Johns town, McKeesport and Altoona, Fa., and Cumberland, Md. all great manufacturing, points are included within this area. AVhile this region seeks communication with the lakes, first, for the ore and lumber trade, and, second, a coal and coke trade in return, the benefit of cheaper agricultural produce to it would be un advantage which, in value, would be little less than any which the canal could confer upon them. The railways through this region are illy adapted to furnish the demands which exist for cheaper breadstuffs, and no material im provement need be hoped for until a direct system of water transportation between the lake3 and the upper Ohio river is inaugu rated. ,. T. P. Eobebts. LATE PUBLICATIONS. Some of the New Books Received Dnrlng the Week. The book press continues active, justifying in our day what Solomon insisted was even then true of his own time, to-wit: "Of the making of many books there is no end." We enumerate below some of those received during the week, leaving more elaborate mention of important works until there is an opportunity for careful reading: 37ie Eaydock's Testimony, by L. C. W. Published by request of the Christian Arbitra tion and Peace Society, Philadelphia, The ob ject of this society is to promote peace and good will among men; and this book is written in a lively and fascinating manner. It brings the Gospel in a practical way before the readers, and Is a graphic and well-told story. Weldin & Co.. Pittsburtr. Yankee Doodle Dixie, or "Love the Light of Life;" an historical romance, illustrative of life and love in an old Viririnia country home, and also an explanatory account of tho pas sions, prejudices and opinions wmen culmi nated in the civil war. by J. V. Ryals, of Vir ginia. Weldin & Co.. Pittsbnrg. Power Through Repose, by Annie Payson Call. Publishers: Roberts Brothers, Boston. This treatise is somewhat on an elaboration ot the Dclsarte Idea, and quotes as a Keynote one of Delsarte's savings, "Personality binds uni versality expands." It treats on "Mind Tram in;r," "Rest in Sleep." The Spiritual Sense of Dante's "Divina Corn media," dv William T. Harris, LL., D. Apple ton, New York, publishers; Pittsburg. Weldin Jt Co. Dr. Harris has made a study of Dante. Wo qnoto from his introductory remarks: "Mv first reading of Dante began as early as 1858, and continued at intervals for four years, by which time X had completed only the 'Inferno.' " This book is a valuablo contribution to the already not inconsiderable literature upon the subject. Dramatic Sketches and Poems, by Lonis J. Block. Lippincott, Philadelphia, publishers. A collection of charming little sketches and poems told in a beautiful manner. Weldin & Co.. Pittsburg. Positive Reliqion, Essays, Fragments and Hints, by Joseph Henry Allen. This book tells "How Religion Grows," "Religion as an Ex perience," "Religion and Modern Life." and makes one better by the reading of it. Weldin fc Co., Pittsburg; Roberts & Co., Boston. e Among other books received are Tin Types, taken in streets of New York, by Lemuel Ely Quigg; Cassell. publisher. Adventures on the Mosquito Shore, by E. G. Squier. with pho togravure illustrations. Worthinfjton Co., Broadway, New York. Z'old Alter Supper, by Jerome K. Jerome, author of "Three .Men in a Boat" and "Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow." Her Husband's Friend, by Albert Ross, author of "Thou Bhalt Not." G. W. Dillingham. New York-llConcri-esiman John, by Emma JMac Carthoy. These books are in pamphlet form and can be obtained at Weldin's. Winona: A Dakota legend, and other poems, by Captain E, L. Hugglns, Second Cavalry, United States Army. Publishers, G. P. Put nam Sons, Now York. There are many really beautiful verses in this book. It will be read with pleasure by many. Weldin & Co., Pitts burg. SOME Lenten menus by Ellice Serena In THE DISPATCH to-morrow. HAHY TIES THAT GALL. Just Half a Dozen Suits for Divorce Begun Yesterday. Six divorce suits were entered yesterday in Common Pleas Court No. 2. Cruelty was the ground alleged in the cases of Em ma Smith against' Thomas Smith, and Nellie Madden against Michael Madden. Infidelity was charged in thecase of Thomas Peacock against Alice A. Peacock. Deser tion was alleged in the case of Charles Lutz aeamst Sarah Lutz. The couple were mar ried November G, 1862, and Mrs. Lutz de serted her husband on April 4, 1887, after nearly 25 years of wedded life. Desertion was also charged in the cases of Lizzie Walk against Martin E. Walk, and Almira E. Mange against Hiram Mange. THE LATEST BALLET EEJOBH. Minnesota Solons Object to tho Exposure of tho Female Form Divine. St. Paul, March 6. In committee of the whole the Senate has recommended that the following bill be passed: That any female person who shall, upon the stage or platform, in any theater, opera house, concert hall, or any public place whatever, where other persons are present, expose ber nether limb or limbs dressed in tights, so called, or in any manner whatever so that the shape and form are visible to such other persons pres ent, shall be guilty of open and cross lewdness and lacivious behavior, and guilty of a misde meanor, and upon conviction thereof shall bo punished by a tine of not less than 85 nor more than 8100, or imprisonment in the county jail not less than 5 days nor more than 30. Another Waif Cared For. Dr. George Perman, Superintendent of the Poor of Lawrence county, was at the Department of Charities yesterday, and made arrangements for the adoption of a little 7-year-old girl from the Poor Farm. She is to be given a home in a New Castle family. Says His Partner Robbed Him. A hearing was given yesterday by 'Squire Gripp in the case of Amens Boyd who is charged by Joseph Johnston with em bezzling 100. Both men are colored and were partners in a billiard room at 3003 Penu avenue. Each gave testimony directly opposite to the other and decision was re served. BOB FITZSIMONS will explain various legitimate and illegitimate tricks in the prize ring in THE DISPATCH to-morrow. Ropes Ordered for the Nicely Boys. Sheriff Isaiah Good, of Somerset county, yesterday gave Alderman Bupp, of Woods' Kiin, an order for two ropes, to be used at the execution of the Nicely brothers on April 2. The ropes will be shipped next Monday. Alderman Bnpp will also be present at the execution. What's In a Name? Gamble Weir died Thursday evening at the City Farm from inflammation of the bowels. He was the little foundling who was picked up on a cinder bank out Second avenue several weeks ago, and named after the Superintendent of Police. The little fellow was about 0 months old. After Brntal McKeesport Drivers. Humane Agents O'Brien and Berryman were in McKeesport yesterday, where they succeeded in convicting Henry Berrows of beating a horse. The suit was brought be fore 'Squire Macm.irline. A fine of $10 and costs was imposed. Mothers, do not be witnont Shiloh's Cure in your house. It will cure croup and whooping cough. Sold by Jos. Fleming fc Son, 412 Mar ket St. Best Quality Biarritz Gloves, 90a All the new shades iu suede and glace kid gloves for ladies and children; button, lace and mosquetaire, $1 to 54. Try oar new seamless glove, perfect fitting. A. G. Campbell & Sons, 27 Fifth avenue. Tho Festive Easter Bonnet. The time ot the fstive Easter bonnet is rapidly approaching, and heads of families are quaking in their boots in anticipation thereof. Marvin's Easter creams are iust as lovely and delightful as the daintiest of Donnets, and they dou t cost anything like as much. Ask your grocer for them, ins BITHE QUEEN The Queen of Spades denotes ill-luck. Complete Fortune-Teller. There was a card party at the rooms of Naroumoff, a lieutenant in the Horse Guards. A long winter night haj passed unnoticed, and it was 5 o'clock in the morn ing when supper was served. The winners sat down to table with an excellent appetite; the losers let their plates remain empty before them. Little by little, however, with the assistance of the champagne, the con versation became animated, and was shared by all. "Howdidyougetonthisevening, Surin?" said the host to one of his friends. "Ob, I lost, as usnal. I really have no luck. I play mirandole. You know that I keep cool. Nothing moves me; I never chance my play, and vet I always lose." "Do you mean to say that all the evening you did not once back the red? Your firm ness of character surprises me." "What do you think of Hermann?" said one of the party, pointing to a young Engineer officer. "That fellow never made a bet or touched a card in his life, and yet he watches us playing until 5 in the morn ing." "It interests me," said Hermann; "but I am notdisposed to risk the necessary in view of the superfluous." "Hermann is a German, and economical; that is the whole of the secret," cried Tom ski. "But what is really astonishing is the Countess Anna Fedotovnal" "How so?" asked several voices. "Have you not remarked," said Tomski, "that she never plays?" "Yes," said Naroumoff, "a woman of 80, who never touches a card; that is indeed something extraordinary!" "You do not know why?" "No; is there a reason for it?" Just listen. My grandmother, you know, some 60 years ago, went to Paris, and became the rage there. People ran after her in the streets, and called her the 'Muscovite Venus.' Eichelien made love to her, and my grandmother makes out that, by her rigorous demeanor, she almost drove him to suicide.' In those days women used to play at faro. One evening at the Court she lost, on parole, to the Duke of Orleans, a very considerable sum. When she got home, my grandmother removed her beauty spots, took off her hoops, and in this tragic costume went to my grandfather, told him ot her misfortune, aud asked him for the money she had to pay. My grandfather, now no more, was, so to say, his wife's steward. He feared her like fire; but the sum she named made him leap into the air. He flew into a rage, made a brief calculation, and proved to my grand mother that in six months she had got through 500,000 roubles. He told her plainly that he had no villages to sell in Paris, his domains beinc situated in the neighborhood of Moscow and of Saratoff; and finally re fused point blank. You may imagine the fury of my grandmother. She boxed his ears, and passed the night in another room. "The next day she returned to the charge. For the first time Jn her life, she conde scended to arguments and explanations. In vain did she try to prove to her husband that there were debts and debts, and that she could not treat a prince of the blood like her coachmaker. "All this eloquence was lost. My grand father was inflexible. My grandmother did not know where to turn. Happily she was acquainted with a man whs was very cele brated at this time. You have beard of the Count of St. Germain, about nhoni so manr marvelous stories were told. Yon know that he passes for a sort of Wandering Jew, and that he was said to possess an elixir of life and the philosopher's stone. "Some people laughed at him as a charla tan. Casanova, in his memoirs, says that he was a spy. However that may be, in snite of the mvstery of his life. St. Germain was much sought after in good society, and was really an agreeable man. Even to this day my grandmother has preserved a genuine affection for him, and she becomes quite angry when anyone speaks of him with disrespect. "It occurred to her that he might be able to advance the sum of which she was in need, and she wrote a note begging him to call. The old magician came at once, and found her plunged in the deepest despair. Iu two or three words she told him every thing; related to him her misfortune and the crulty of her hnsband, adding that she had no hope except in his friendship and his obliging disposition. "'Madam.' said St. Germain, after a few moments' reflection, 'Pcould easily advance vou the money yon want, but I am sure that you would have no "rest until you had re paid me, and I do not want to get you out of one trouble in order to place you in an other. There is another way of settling the matter. You must regain the money you have lost.' '"But, my dear friend,' answered my grandmother, 'I have already told you tht I have nothing left.' " That does not matter,' answered St.Ger main. 'Listen to me, and I will explain.' "He then communicated to her a secret which any of you would, I am sure, give a good deal to possess." All the young officers gave their full at tention. Tomski stopped to light his Turk ish pipe, swallowed a mouthful of smoke, and then went on. "That very evening my grandmother went to Versailles to play at the Queen's table. The Duke of Orleans held the bank. My grandmother invented a little story by way of excuse for not having paid her debt, and then sat down at the table, and began to stake. She took three cards. She won with the first; doubled her stakes on the second, and won again; doubled on the third, and still won." "Mere luck I" said one of.the young officers. "What a tale 1" cried Hermann. rA. .ifsri i " myKr (WmMSMJ !& " 7"""&. i-uvkw. r a u. wr i "U"iwij-v-j n x "Were the cards marked ?" said a third. "I don't think so," replied Tomski. gravely. "And you mean to say," exclaimed Naroumoff, "that you have a grandmother who knows the names of three winning cards, and you have never made her tell them to you?" "That is the very deuceof it," answered Tomski. "She had three song, of whom my Cither was one; all three were determined gamblers, and not one of them was able to extract her secret from her, though it would have been of immense advantage to them, and to me also. Listen to what my uqple told me about it, Count Ivau. Hitch, and he told me on his wora of honor. "Tchaplitzki the one,you remember,who died in poverty after devouring millions lost one day, when be was a young man, to Zoritch about 300,000 roubles. He was in despair. My grandmother, who had no mercy for the extravagance of young men, made an exception I do not know why in favor of Tchaplitzki. She gave him three cards, telling him to play them one after the other, and "exacting from him at the same time his word of honor that he would never afler- XT)! Sv , "MAiU'M ift, " ' HykJiiM JS yv J'Mfy.a HL wards touch a card as long as he lived. Ac cordingly Tchaplitzki went to Zoritch, and asked for his revenge. On the first card he staked 50,000 roubles. He won, doubled the stake, and won again. Continuing his sys tem he ended bv gaining more tbsu he had lost. "But it is 6 o'clock! It is really time to go to bed." Everyone emptied his glas3 and the .party broke up. CHAPTER II. The old Countess Anna Fedotovna was in her dressing-room, seated before her lookia glass. Three maids were in attendance. One held her pot of rouge, another a box of black pins, a third an enormous lae cap, with flaming ribbons. The Countess had nj longer the slightest pretence to beauty, but she preserved all the habits of her youth. She dressed in the style of CO years beforeh and gave as much time and attention to her toilet as a fashionable beauty 'of the last century. Her companion was working at a frame in a corner ot the window. '.'Good morning, grandmother," said the young officer, as he entered the; dressing room. "Good morning. Mile. Lise. Grand mother, I have come to ask you a favor." "What is it, Paul?" . "I want to introduce to you one of mj friends, and to ask you to give him an invi tation to your ball." "Bring him to the ball and introduce him to me there. Did you go yesterday to the Princess'?" "Certainly. It was delightful! We danced until 5 o'clock iu the morning. Mad emoiselle Xiie'zKi was charming. "My dear nephew, you are really not diffi cult to please. As to beauty, you should have seen her grandmother, the Princess Daria Petrovno. But she must be very old, the Princess Daria Petrovna!" "How do you mean old?" cried Tomski thoughtlessly; "she died seven years ago." The young lady who acted as companion raised ber head and made a sign to the offi cer, who then remembered that it was an un derstood thing to conceal from the Princess the death of any of her cotemporaries. He bit his lips. The Countess, however, was not in any way disturbed on hearing that her old friend was no loncer in this world. "Deid!" she said, "and I never knew it! We were maids of honor in the same year, and when we were presented, the Empress" and the old Countess related for the hun dredth time an anecdote of her young days. "Paul," she said, as she finished her story, "help me to get up. Lisabeta, where is my sniifT-hnT?' And, followed by the three maids, she went behind a great screen to finish her toilet. Tomski was now alone with the companion. "Who is the gentleman yon wish to intro duce to madame?" asked Lisabeta. "Naroumoff. Do you know him?" "No. Is he in the army?" "Yes." "In the Engineers?" "No, in the Horse Guards. Why did you think he was in the Engineers?" The young lady smiled, but made no an swer. "Paul," cried the Countess from behind the screen, "send me a new novel; no matter what. Only see that it is not in the style of the present day." "What style would you like, grand mother?" "A novel in which the hero strangle neither his father nor his mother, and in which no one gets drowned. Nothing friehtens me so much as the idea of getting drowned." "But how is impossible to find you such a book? Do you want it in Eussian?" "Are there any novels in Bussian? How ever, send me something or other. You won't forget?" "I will not forget, grandmother. I am in a great hurry. Good-by, Lisabeta. What made you fancy Naroumoff was in the Engineers?" and Tomski took his departure. Lisabeta, left alone, toofc out her em broidery, and sat down close to the window. Immediately afterwards, in the street, at the corner of J. neighboring house, ap peared a young officer. The sight of hint made the companion blush to her ears. She lowered her head, and almost concealed it in the canvas. At this moment the Countess returned, fullv dressed. "Lisabeta," she said, "have the horses put in; we will go out for a drive." Lisabeta rose trom her chair, and began to arrange her embroidery. "Well, my dear child, are you deaf? Go and tell them to put the horses in at once.". "I am going," replied the young lady, u she-went out into the ante-chamber. A servant now came in, bringing soma books from Prince Paul Altxaadrovitch. "Say I am much obliged to him. Lisa. 1 JyilgttrMiMtJife
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers