2 9 ballot restated: Palmer, 322; Weissert, 2.0; Snfcdburg, 177. Greatenthusiasin was mani fested by the Sew Tork delegates during the second ballot, when Palmer led from the start, and was elected with a rush. Captain John Palmer the new Comman-der-in Chief, was born on Staten Island, March 22, 1S42, and nas a splendid war rec ord, lie enlisted in the Ninety-first New York Volunteers, Seitember 10, 1P6L ana was constantly with that regiment until it as mustered out, July 13 1S65, taking part in nil the engagements. He was seriously injured at the battle of Five Forks, in the combined charge of cavalry and infantry. Since the war he has been engaged in the fresco painting and decorating business at Albanv, N. Y., and had the contract for all ' the decorating on the new State Capitol. As a member of the G. A. R. he was for several terms commander of Lew Benedict Post No. 5, was elected Commander or the New York Department, and in 1879 was elected Senior Vice Commander-in-Chief, all of which im portant positions he filled with credit. He is said to be & forcible speaker, a model presiding officer at Department and Nat ional Conventions, and has frequently been placca at the head of important com mittees by both State and National Encamp ments. IfAMES OF THE OTHEK WrSTTEBS. For Senior Vice Commander in Chief there was but cne candidate, Henry M. Duffleld, of Michigan, being ohosen by acclamation, x. E. Clarkson, of Nebraska; Peter B. Ayers, of Delaware, and Albert E. Sholes, or Georgia, were nominated for Junior Vice Commander in Chief. Clarkson won on the first ballot. Tor Chaplain there were three candidates, S. B. Pavne. of Florida: D. C.Mtlner, or Kan sas, and A. B. Kcndrich, or Iowa. Mr. Payn o was elected. Surgeon General Benjamin T. Stevenson, of Connecticut, was re-elected by acclamation. Pat Commanderin Chief William Warner, Chairman or the Committee on Address or the Commander in Chief, reported resolu tions, which were adopted, petitioning Con gress foi legislation providing ror the cu6 todv and care or Mt. McGregor Cottage, and foramendments to the Revised Statutespro vidinc move explicitly that prelerence be given old soldiers In Government appoint ments and employment. To-day clones the business sessions of the order, and the veterans are fast leaving the city. It has been indeed a week of reunions. No less than eight national organizations are in session or have adjourned, and the encampment iu Its many innovations has certainly been a greater success than any which have preceded it. KICK OF THE EX-PKISONEKS. A sensation has been created by the ad dress or the President of the National Asso ciation of Union Ex-Prisoners of War, E. H. AVilliatns, of Indiana. Rererring to the treatment accorded the ex-prisoners, ho said: "It would seem that the suffering and death ol 47 000 or our comrades who are buried around the Southern prisons should ever be kept sacred, in memory or what they suffered ror their country. Tor by the sacrifice of 6uch men civilization survives. Around the names or Andersonville. Flor ence and other prisons will ever linger the memory o: misery and suffering which has no parallel in history, yet for 25 years our Government has never so much as given us a vote of thanks for the sacriBce made." This portion of the President's address was formally apnroved by the association. Aroongtu:Moports of committees made was one embodying a bUl to be presented at the next Msion of Congress in behair or the toidier? wh- t ere in prison ror a period of not lcs than 60 days, providing that they shall rece've $2 for every day of their con finement from the Government. The society known as the "Comrades of the Battle Field," which includes both the blue and the gray, met and effected a na tional organization by the election ofthe following jfliccrs. Major General, George E. Dolton. of St. Louis; Lieutenant General, Lewis W. Allen, of Battle Creek, Mich; Reg ister General, Thomas Teake, of St. Louis: Quartermaster General, J. R. Moore, of Washington; Juusre Advocate, James f hivelv. ot Anderson, O.; Surgeon General, Dr. D.'H. Briggs, of Battle Creek, Mich.: Ex ecutive Council, Colonel E. T. Lee, Dr. D. H. Itrtegs, Eugene Payne, or Iowa; John M. Hcnness, of Ohio; Robert S. Giberswn, or Illi nois, and c. J. Murphy, or Illinois. THE WORK OF THE LADIES. The Fifth National Convention or the Ladies of the G. A. E, to-day received the fraternal greetings of the G. A. R. Encamp ment, and elected their officers ror the com ing year: National President, Mrs. M. J. Cartledgc, Kansas; Senior Vice, Mrs. Alice Bishop, or Massachusetts; Junior Vice. Mrs. Nettie Saniord Chapm, or Iowa's Treas irer,, Mrs. Anua Grubb, New Jersey; Chaplain, Mrs. Alo:izo Page, or Illinois. The following resolution was introduced and carried unanimously at the Michigan Reunion ot Mexican War Veterans: "That an effort be made by the officers to invite the surviving veterans or Mexico to meet the American survivors or the Mexican War at the next general encampment at Wash ington, and that Congress be asked for an appropriation therelor.'' TheifRUf. an extraordinary scene at last Bight's reunion of the Seventh Michigan In fantry, when Major Robert II. Hendershot, known to Grand Army history as "The Drummer Boy of the Rappahannock." was called upon to prove to the satisfaction or the regiment that he had really crossed with the Seventh. General Alger was among those present. Hendershot produced letters supporting his claim from Lincoln, Burn side, Grant, Horace Greeley and others, but on being put through a vigorous cross-examination became greatly confused. In re sponse to a call, a score or comrades from Massachusetts. Maine and other States, rose to their feet, and facing Hendershot, de clared that they had not seen him on De cember 1 , 1SG2, when the regiment crossed the bridge. The scene was dramatic in the extreme, and finally it was decided that the "Drummer Boy"' title pioperly belonged to John 1, pillane, a police officer of Detroit. THE PEOPLE FOE PROTECTION Is How E P. Dennett, of Cincinnati, Sizes Vp the Feeling In His State. E. P. Bennett, or Cincinnati, was a passen ger on the Eastern express last night. He was on his way to Europe, and proposed to take a trip into Russia before returning. Mr. Bennett has made rrequentvisits across the water, and was in a position to speak intelligently on the question or free immi gration. He says that in Ohio the restriction of immigration is regarded as a necessity of the times and allied with the protective policy. "It was a protective policy," he said, "that built up the country, and only through a iirotective policy i n it continue to flourish, t is now a necessity that some restriction be placed on the quality o; the immigrants sent over here. Uudec a free trade regime there could be no hope of expecting legisla tion in th is direction. On the contrar y Dem ocrats could not rationally exclude for eigners when admitting tlie'ir product. Un der such a tenure of government we would soon find a leveling down of wages to the plane or v hat I have seen m Nottingnam. England, where good mechanics can earn only $7 ."0 a week, and a clerk is well paid, indeed, ll he gets S200 a year. The protec tive policy is in the direction or maintaining wages on a fair level, and to effect this it w ill soon be found necessary to exclude the worthless element in the rlai'-es now sent to these shoics. 1 see that 55,oon Italians were shipped to this country last week. If the really useful element In this number were picked out I w onder how many would have arrived at New York?" Mr. Bennett thinks that McKinley is sure to cany Ohio at the next election." Hesajs the people now see the benefits derived from a protective policy and u ill uphold it. NO LONGER UNIDENTIFIED. The Body of a Man lulled on the Railroad Claimed by Friends. The unknown colored man who was killed on the Pennsylvania Railroad at Brnshton, Wednesday morning, was identified at the morgue last night, as Charles Moten, who was employed as a carwashcron the Citi zens' Traction line. Moten had been missed from his work for a couple of days, and word was sent to the morgue inquiring ror him. Upon learn ing there was an unidentified body there, the assistant superintendent or the com pany went to the morgue and identified him. He was single, and lived at Homewood. His rather and two brothers, It was stated, are employed as cooks at the Union depot. His friends will not learn of his death until to-day. The inquest in the case will be con cluded to-day. LEFI THEM HALF HAEBIED. An Alderman's Discovery in the Middle of a Wedding Ceremony. Joseph Fischler.of Itsl Industry street, and Miss Helena Schmeill, of Cleveland, pre sented themselves before Alderman Hart man, or the Twenty-seventh ward, yester day, with their marriage license, and asked to be made man and wire. They were told to stand up and the ceremony began, but when about hair through the 'Squire discov ered they were Catholics, and rerused to pro ceed with the exercises, as ho has always made it a rule never to marry Catholics. The lialf married couple went to Father Schuer's residence in Allent-own and were made happy. THE FIRM IS READY. Sharpsburg Merchants Ask Moor- liead, Bro. & Co. to Give Their Men Another Hearing. MB..M00RHEAD GIVES HIS CONSENT Immigrant Inspector R. D. Layton Cautions Mr. Kiedringhaus Against Too Hasty Action. ALUMINU3PEXPECTED TO BE-CHEAPER. President Arlington Leares the City on a Hurried Business Trip. The citizens of Sharpsburg yesterday made a move to have the trouble at the "Vesuvius mill settled. At their request the Borough Council held a meeting and sent a committee headed by Burgess Lloyd, to the office of Moorhead, Brother & Co., to have a conference with Mr. Moorhead. That gentleman was in and quite a lengthy con sultation followed, the object of the com mittee's call being to devise some plan, if possible, to have the matter fixed up. The committee stated to Mr. Moorhead that the call was on a mission of peace; that the commercial interests of the borough are being injured seriously by the strike, and that it is of the utmost import ance to all business men to have the trouble declared oS. Mr. Moorhead replied that he recognized the situation fully and that he was ready and willing to enter into any feasible plan that would bring about an amicable settlement. THE MEN WILLING TO CONFEB. "Well, what we want you to do," said Burgess Lloyd, "is to have another confer ence with your men. "We think this mat ter can he settled, and the men are willing to talk it over if you are." "I have never refused to confer with my men when they desired me to do so." re marked Mr. Moorhead, "and will not deny them now. I am ready to hold a conference any time they desire to confer." if o time was arranged for a conference between Mr. Moorhead and his men, but it may be that one will be held to-day or to morrow. The story of an alleged riot on "Wednesday created a great deal of amusement yester day among those who saw the affair. Even Mr. Moorhead said that nothing serious had happened. Mr. McCullough, the locked-out plate roller, said: "I was not at Sharpsburg when the supposed trouble occurred, but I understand that it was created by boys and women and amounted to nothing. Of course, there would be an effort on the part of the firm to make it appear to the public that we are troublesome. But if such a riot had occurred as was reported in the morn ing papers, how long would it be until the Sheriff and a lot or deputies would be in Sharpsburg? FEW POLICEMEN NEEDED. "There are less than hair a dozen officers or any kind around the place. There is no need for anymore. We have been com mended by the citizens for our good be havior, for we have simply stayed away from the mill altogether. A large number or the men have left the town altogether and are working elsewhere." President Riddle, or the Amalgamated lodge at that place, denied the riot story in toto. The following reference to the difficulty will be made in to-morrow's issue of the Labor Tribune, the official organ of the Amal gamated Association. "The issue of wages and profits made by Moorhead Bro. & Co. in their circular to the emploves of the firm should have been pro posed in the June scale conference, when it could have been conveniently reterred to the A. A. or L A S. W. Convention then in annual session. The consideration or such matters is one important duty or the annual conference and convention, as Mr. John Moorhead, the managing partner or the Vesuvius mill, was a member or the coher ence, there was every opportunity to bring the issue before those bodies. Notwith standing this, it was alter both conferences had adjourned that the firm announced the demand for a reduction of wages. "Now, if the boot be placed on the other leg, in what estimation would the public hold the A. A. or L & S. W. Convention? ir, after the scale had been signed by a majority of the A. A. conferees, the member not shrnlns xhavlngbeen absent and not intimating a disagreement on his part, he had some weeks atterwaras sprung in ine mm in wnicn ne was employed a demand for increase of wages, what would have been the result? Why certainly the A. A., if it did not discip line him, would be ladened with public rep robation and accusation or bad faith by the mill owners. Tet in fighting inlate Julyand early August that which should have been determined in June, Mr. Moorhead has placed himself in the position that our sup posititious case places the workman mem ber of the conference." ME. MOORHEAD DISINCLINED TO TALK. Mr. Moorhead was seen in the office of the company yesterday afternoon and asked for a reply to the point raised in the above. He said: "1 would like very much to answer that, but I do not want to get into any more newspaper controversy than is absolutely unavoidable. There has been too much of this now. But I'll promise to answer that for you in detail, if desired alter the trouble is settled." "What will yon say in answer to Mr. Oliver's statement?" "Well, I cannot understand why anything that Mr. Oliver would say should have any thing to do with the case. I was not at the conference the day the scale was signed. The last day I was there I talked myself hoarse almost trying to show up the Injus tice of the plat millscale, and the only re ply I could get from the Amalgamated con lerecs was that the association had fixed their scale and they were pow erless to make any alterations. Well, 1 left and did not go back. T cannot see how Mr. Oliver's signature would bind me, because I never gave my consent for him to sign forme, and he might just as well sign a check or note for me as to sign a scale without my knowledge. The manufacturers were not organized. The conference was not held with the manufact urers as members of the Iron Association, because it is out of existence, and I have it from one of the most prominent manufact urers in the city that ir I found I was in a position to reject the scale I could do so without breaking faith with anyone." "Is it true there will be an injunction ap plied for to restrain the strikers from going about the mill?" "Yes, sir. That step will be taken Satur day." The men say this will be unnecessary, as they have been staying away from the mill anyway. Mr. Moorhead says he can prove this is untrue by photographs taken and numbered, showing who have been around the works, and the dates upon which they were there. President Weihe is expected home to-morrow. The Association will hardly do much until he returns. He was in Lancaster yes terday, and in Philadelphia on Wednesday. He has sent a letter home stating that he will be in the city Saturday. It is not likely the men at Sharpsburg will do much until he returns. Granted Them Charters. The following charters were granted local concerns yesterday: The Oliver Coke and Furnace Company, the West Deny Glass Company and the Reserve Premium and Loan Association. The first two have been previously mentioned in The Dispatch. Miners' Dispute Settled. Secretary Parker, or the United Mine Workers, at Scottdale, has received a letter from Cokeville stating that the dispute there between the employes and the company over wages, which was likely to end in a strike, has been adjusted. Buying a Chicago Plant. A number of Toungstown capitalists are engaged in negotiations to purchase the plant of the Calumet Iron and Steel Works, located in Chicago, which was built by n THE.' Joseph H. Brown, of the former city, and others, ana unauy passea into mo uauuaui 11' It is probable the deal wlllbe closed in a few days. ME. NIEDBIKGHATS CAUTIONED. Immigrant Inspector Layton Thinks He Had Better Go Sow. The controversy over the tin plate work ers continues with unabated interest. The' statement published exclusively in yester day's Dispatch that Mr. Niedrlnghaus was on his way to Washington to see Secretary Foster before Amalgamated officials could get there created considerable excitement. Immigrant Inspector Layton said yester day: "Mr. Niedrlngliaus had better be cau tious, or he will get himself into a hole that is very difficult to got out of. Let Mr. Nied ringhaus first try the American workmen who are here, and from all I can learn are perfectly competent to fill the bill, before he endeavors to Import workers." The American Manvfacticrer for this week will contain an Interesting article on labor in tin mills. "There are in this country quite a number of workmen who have worked in tin plate mills in Wales. Some "of these, beyond any question, are skilled tin house men. The methods of work in Welsh tin houses have changed very materially in the last five or six years. The Jenkins, Taylor, 8truve and the Edwards pots are now largelv nud cr. liQfr n wrti-t-mnY, Trhn Tntffbt hftrn been skilled five or ten years ago is behind tne times to-aay. it is accoramgiy ciairaea that while some men with skill enough to take charge of certain departments or work can be round in this country, some will have to be Imported, ir employes are to be taught and our works got in successtul operation rapidly. But the number needed, it is said, will be very small." And this statement is in direct variance with that or P. H. Laufman, who has been making tin plate for several months, and who is on record as saying that the Welsh workers are the inferior class, and that those who come directly from Europe are unde sirable as compared with those who have been here for some years. NO PIPE TBTJST F0BHED. The Meeting Yesterday Was of a Simple Routine Character. A meeting of manufacturers of wrought iron and boiler tubes was held in Philadel phia yesterday afternoon. No trust was mentioned The purpose or the meeting was to discuss the condition or the trade and the low prices now obtained. It was the opinion or those present that unless bet ter prices can be obtained for tubular goods the ultimate result will be, not only the shut down of a large numDer of mills, but also a reduction in wages and of general expenses necessary to meet the present ruinous com petition. The only conclusion reached at the meeting was an agreement upon a re duction of 2K Per cent in the rate of dis count to the trade, thus increasing the man lacturers' price to that extent. A representative of the Pittsburg Tube Works said yesterday: "The idea never was to form a trust. The only arrangement that was suggested was one to equalize the trade. If a manufacturer gets a ,arge order now that he cannot fill, he ships a part of it off East and vice versa. What we want to do in cases of that kind is to keep the business in its respective districts." HOW ALtJMUniJf DB0PPED. The Price of the Metal as Compared With That of Steel. The reduction in the price of aluminum has brought out some interesting informa tion regarding that metal. Shortly after the manufacture or aluminum began on any considerable scale it was worth $50 a pound. It soon fell to $30, then to $16. about 13 years ago; six years ago it sold at $5 a pound and is now quoted at $1 a pound pure, 90 cents for the commercial metal above 90 per cent pure. This being the most abundant metal in the world, round in all common clays, those In terested in it seem to think its cost will soon drop to 15 or "JO cents a pound. It is loss than one-quarter the weight or Iron, with greater tensile strength. Steel has fallen from $128 to about an average or $28 a ton in 20 years. The decline in aluminum has therefore been much more rapid, and ir it continues at the same rate Tor the other five years, an almost insignificant low price would be reached. WILL BE BACK TO-NIGHT. Mr. Arlington Only Went Home on a Flying Business Trip. President Arrington, of the Green Bottle Blowers League, left the city .yesterday morning for his home In Ohio, .but he is ex pected to return tor the meeting of union No. 6111 to-night, which will be a lively one. It is understood that he promised those in terested in the internal fight in the organi zation tba he would come back. Mr. Goss is still about the city. He will be here for ten days, during which time an effort will be made to bring about the much talked or amalgamation w ith the Flints. FOB HALF THE PBICE. Cheap Telephone Service to Be Given to the City of McKeesport. A telephone company was organized yes terday in McKeesport, composed or re sponsible men. The phone to be used is a new one, and they will cover the local field. The instrument will come at one-hair the Srice oharged by the Bell Company, and will ) elude a day and night service. That city has been baaly in neod or a new telephone company, and the one organized will re ceive a hearty support. DALZELLITES ELECTED. The Tariff Club Instructs IU Kepresenta tives to Oppose the Actions of the Execu tive Committee C. I Magee Makes a Very Significant Speech. The Young Men's Republican Tariff Club met last evening and elected delegates to the Scranton Convention. A resolution was passed instructing the delegates to use their endeavors to have the delegates from every properly organized Kepublican club admit ted to full membership in the convention. Forty-seven new members were admitted and over 200 members were present at the meeting which was presided over by A. C. Robertson. Thomas W. McClure was instructed to cast the vote of the club lor C. L. Magee, W. H. McCleary and John Doyle as delegates to the Scranton convention, and for Senators William FUnn and John Upperman and Po lice Magistrate John Gripp as alternates. This having been done, Mr. Magee said: "Mr. President, as I understand the object of forming Republican club organizations, it is for the purpose of furnishing support to the principles and to the candidates of the Republican party. As one of the delegates elect to the convention of the League Re Sublican Clubs of the State from the Young en's Republican Tariff" Club, of Pitts burg, which is known as one of the oldest and strongest Kepublican clubs in the State, I w ould ask for an expression from the club of its opinion as to the action of the Executivo Committee of the State League in arbitrarily shutting the doors of the Stato Convention upon the representa tives of all clubs organized during the pres ent year, no matter ho w properly such clubs may have been organized, and no matter how closely they may have complied with and followed the provisions and directions of the constitution or the State League. "As it is well known that the club has al ready unanimously indorsed one or its hon" ored members, the Hon. John Dalzell, for" the presidency of the State League of Re publican Clubs, and as, in my opinion, the ermanency and usefulness of the State eague depends upon the admission of all properly organized Republican clubs, I would respectfully suggest that the resolu tion expressing the opinion of the club on this question siiou'd be free from any refer ence to the individual candidacy of any body at this time. The question at issue is a vital one to the State League, and im mensely greater than the interests of any individual." Messrs. George H. Treusch, James Mc Knight and Gamble Weir were appointed a Committee on Resolutions. The reported the following: "The Young Men's Republican Tariff Club, with a pardonable pride in the record it has made iu past campaigns; with a greater pride in the glory and achievements of the Republican party; believing from its own experience that Republican clubs le gitimately organized ror the purpose of fur thering Republican principles are useful auxiliaries to the party organization; there fore directs its delegates this night elected to the State Republican Convention of League Clubs to use all honorable endeav ors to have the delegates from every prop erly organized Republican club recognized and admitted to lull membership in that convention, without regard to tne date of the club's organization." The report was unanimously adopted and the meeting adjourned. Harcourt Place Seminary. "The school for bright and earnest girls is Harcourt Place Seminary, Gambier, O. ih 'wlm PTTTSBTRG DISPATCH, TmTjlT) ,4 PTXTfi. T( dU(W i l 1 1 i I rt.XtXXt VJI IV VA-LbV IT .Locai Capitalists Discussinsj the Ad visability of Building BOATS TO TAKE COAL MANY MILES. 'Whalebaeks That Have Carried Great Ton nage With little FueL MEN OP MEANS GETTING INTERESTED Some people, for whom to-day is always sufficient, do not value the advantages of position and general resources that their city possesses, but are more or less, in the matter of appreciation, like the heathen we sing about, who, perfumed by the spicy breezes that "blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle," still in intellectual blindness "bow down to wood and stone." They seem to prefer the Pittsburg of the day when the United States was forced to come to her for her wares, forgetting that' there are people in other cities less favored, naturally, who are ambitious to take our prosperity from us, and who re inforce their lack of natural advantages -by energy in the pursuit of markets and study in perfection of detail, and who have already diverted millions of yearly earn ings that might have been kept here by a tithe of the same effort that supplanted us. THE IMMENSE TONNAGE OF PITTSBURG. It is unnecessary to specify what might have been done to those who have seen our nuil trade, and a considerable portion of our glass business go to sections less favored naturally. Speaking of what the census of 1890 would show, a wide-awake business man some time ago said it would show that "Pittsburg controls more tonnage than any other city in the world, and more than the entire Atlantic seaboard and Gulf of Mexico combined, from Nova Scotia to Mexico;" that It "Is the center or iron, steel and glass industries, coal and gas and oil production, and the manufacturing center of this great continent." And this notwithstanding that much has been lost by many of its people standing open-mouthed waiting for the plum to fall therein, instead of clawing with both hands to catch it. The percentage of illiteracy hereabouts is small. Most people can and do read, and yet how many people know that every five coal trains that leave the city on the Pitts burg and Lake Erie Railway carry to the lake over 6.000 tons of coal an entire aero? How many know, when they are told that coal can be loaded into sea-going vessels at Mobile cheaper than from Pittsburg, that a ton or coal at Mobile means the run or the mine, lump, nut and slack, and that a ton or Pittsburg coal means what passes over an 1-inch screen, and that the residunm itself constitutes a nne pronii Even some of the men who make the most money by the extension and development or the oity and its manufacturing interests ex hibit an indifference to any movement out side of the daily routine of their immediate occupations that could scarce be duplicated even in Mexico. TO BUILD WHALEBACKS IN PITTSBURG. There is talk of establishing a plant in this, city for the building of the new but already celebrated craft, the "whaleback," an account of the success of whioh was given in The Dispatch on Wednesday, and capi talists who take a lively interest in the city's welfare have suggested to a reporter that it would be interesting, if nothing more, to know whether there was a possibility of nickel steel playing an important part in the making" of steel boats, as he understood it would be, as giving additional toughness and standing greater strain in storms. He added that a certain local manufacturing company "ought to be able to tell something, and you might do well to call on them." A visit was made accordingly to the company's office. After visiting several apartments the caller was ushered into the presence of a respon sible officer. The subject was introduced with the remark that it was important in view of the lact that if such barges were constructed here competition would be dis tanced, etc., etc. The manufacturer seemed to think the matter of nickel steel one of small consequence and not worth talking about. He finally intimated that so far nickel steel bad not become a commercial factor, but all in all he did not speak as though it was worth while having any opinion on the subject at Issue, notwithstanding that many men of means who have the power of making a movement effective, are deeply alive to its importance. Modesty may have been the controlling factor, but It looked more like Indifference. Some people attribute the in difference of some manufacturers to abundant prosperity. If, as stated in a foreign Journal, such craft can be built ror half the cost of vessels or similar capacity built in England, the imagination is stag gered In attempting to contemplate what may be accomplished right in this city. SOME BESUITS OF EXPERIENCE. In order that some idea may be gotten, the following memorandum made by Captain McDougal and copied by the writer from the original, is to the purpose: "We got 12 cents Superior to Liverpool. We lightened nearly the whole cargo from Kingston to Montreal at 2f cents. We run the rapids of St. Lawrence on a draft or 5.9 forward, 6.6 aft. The boat was 263 feet long and had a 12-foot wheel. The vessel that run the rapids can carry 3,300. The limit of length, 265 feet, going through Welland Canal, but would prefer same vessel was 300 feet long, all other dimensions the same." The writer's style is lerky, like the waves of the lakes on which he has sailed so many years. The Charles W. Wetmore, the whaleback mentioned above, that carried 87,000 bushels of wheat from Dulnth to Liverpool, less by more than 10 Jiercent of what she can carry on the akes, was 10 days running from Sydney, Cape Breton, to Liverpool, and her coal con sumption was but 1,365 tons, but per cent of the weight of the cargo. A 4,000-ton ves sel of the same shape can be ran on less fuel comparatively. It is suggested by a man in the ooal busi ness that wheat can be carried from Duluth to Buffalo in a McDougal at 40 cents a ton. One of the craft could be loaded here at a tipple and sent to New Orleans on a coal boat rise for about the same money, the dif ference in distance beiujr compensated bv the greater satety of the river and the fact that the current assists. It is said that the short, rocking waves on the lakes are a harder strain on the vessel than is the long swell of the ocean. The present cost of carrying coal by steamer anil barge to New Orleans is about $1 a ton. THE COST OF CARRYING COAL. Though during a year past there has scarce been a month when such vessels as the whaleback might not have been laden and sent out from this city, yet the pro moters do not count on coming higher np, as a rule, than to some point below the falls at Louisville, as from thence to the gulf navi gation is practically uninterrupted, and as there would be no lighterage such as the master of the Wetmore was com pelled to pay on the St. Lawience, it is safe to venture the estimate of $1 50 per ton for carrying coal from Pittsburg to Bio Janeiro, and if absolutely necessary in order to dis lodge the British from their footing it could be dolivered at a small profit at just half what John Bnll has been getting from the South Americans, to say nothing of the nut coal and slack which can be disposed of at home or shipped as circumstances may dic tate. A McDougal of full size would take away three acres of coal at a trip, and a few of them would soon make an extensive inroad on the 45,000 acres or coal yet left in the Con nellsville seam. But the 7,000,000,000 bushels ot coal still left in this seam, added to the ooal and slack will suffice to furnish energy for some time to come, and when our suc cessors find it necessary to look for the lower measures they will probably flud them as easily worked with the aid or con stant accretions of science as we now find the outcroping seams. As that lying under the beds of our rivers has already been. Satented by experienced operators, they onbtless thought it worth securing to their posterity, ana when we come back centuries hence to indulge in retrospect we may have more than Bip-Van-Winkle obstacles to overcome In taking our hearings. AS MUCH PROFIT AS FUN IN PT. One thing, however, seems to be assured, and that is that in the near' future coal will be taken from this city for profit and not for fun, and if, as stated in England, whalebacks can be built in Duluth for half what British-built vessels of simllarcapacity cost there is all the more reason why they shall be built in Pittsburg and save cost of freight on steel plates from here to Duluth. It is not like chair manufacture or any other article or which lumber is the main ma terial. Lumber enters not into the compo sition or these steam barges in any lorra ex cept in the furnishment or the .small quart ers necessary ror the crew. It is said that iron pit-posts will within a rew years take the place of wooden ones in coal mines, and it ERIDA AUGUST 7 seems a matter of astonishment that the idea was not sprung in practical shape many years ago, and it is characteristic of the last few years that practical ideas which would have been considered chimerical 20 years ago, have been broached and put into effect before the average man caught on. Iron pit posts would not burn in cases of mine conflagrations and while these fires would be rendered much less destructive the rem nants of our forests might be saved and an enormous business interest developed by their manufacture. L00KXKG FOB HIS SISTEB. Edith Martin Thought to Be the Daughter of Bespectable Parents. A very respectable appearing man of middle age called at Mayor Gourley's office yesterday and requested a visitor's ticket of admission to the workhouse. He strongly suspects that the girl who was arrested in the VIckroy speak-easv is his sister. She gave the name of Edith Martin, but that is believed to be fictitious. The man said his sister had mysteriously disappeared from home about three months ago, and that nothing had been heard from her since. A rule of the workhouse forbids prisoners who have been there less than 30 days from seeing visitors, but the appeal of the man was so touching that a permit was issued to him. HIUTABY MEH MOVING. The Washington Infantry Leave, in Parti for Camp Near Ravenna, O. Captain A. P. Shannon, Lieutenant J. Eibaumand25men of the Washington In fantry left last night for camp at Sandy Lick, five miles from Ravenna. O. Quarter master Sergeant J. B. McEwen and a detail were busy loading the paraphernalia during the evening, and the squad left on the mid night train. Lieutenant Gcilfus and the rest or the regiment, about 25 men, will leave to-morrow. Some or the men from the Arnold camD came into town last night by way of a change. Several or the Eighteenth Regi ment boys went down last night inycivilian dress, but carrying their accouterments. Died From His Injuries. " Timothy Geary, aged 44, or No. 81 Locust street, died last night rrom injuries sus tained last Friday at Godfrey & Clark's paper warehouse. While piling up a stack of packages Geary fell a distance of several feet, striking on his left side. He paid little attention to it at the time, but a day or two ago he began to suffer. His doctor says the fall produced apoplexy, which caused death. The Coroner will hold an inquest to-day. WHAT KEEPS THE POLICE BUSY. Robert Graham was found displaying a police badge yesterday and impersonating an officer. Officer Ford arrested him. John Price, Charles Butler and Dan Manly, three colored men, were arrested in Allegheny last night for bathing in the Alle gheny river just below the Sixth street bridge. Lie Paler, of the Twenty-seventh ward, was arrested yesterday to answer a charge of aggravated assault and battery made against him by Michael Arizonleck before Alderman Hartman. WitLiAK CoorER, colored, who lives on State alley, was placed under $500 bail by Alderman Cahill yesterday to answer a charge of assaulting John Thomas, a colored boy, several days ago with a club. On inrormation made before Alderman McGarey, or the Twenty-sixth ward, by C. H. Stolzenbacli, Charles Dolan was arrested yesterday for false pretenses in obtaining $3 due Frank Killain from Stolzenbach. Thomas McMahon was arrested in this city by Captain Brophy yesterday and taken back to Butler county by Deputy Sheriff Reddick, of Butler, on a charge of contempt in failing to answer a summons in the Butler courts. Chris Clare, of the Southside, who has been wanted in Pittsburg since last April for stealing $210 from his brother, was captured in Greensburg yesterday. He was brought back bv Detective Demmel and placed in Central station. Constable Linpeb, of the Twenty-sixth ward, yesterday arrested Annie nerber, of Fox alley, near South Twenty-fourth street, ror stealing a carpet from the parish house or Grace Lutheran Church. The carpet was found hidden in the cellar of the girl's home. John Cdrtin, of Larimer avenue, East End, was arrested by Constable Slercer, of Alderman Means' office, yesterday morning on three charges, assault and .battery, pre ferred by. his wile, and malaoions mischief and entering a building with felonious in tent, preferred by Mrs. Kate Hawk. Mart Sweeney made an information be fore Alderman Kerr yesterday charging her husband, Jerome, with aggravated assault and battery. She lives at 4709 Plum alley, and alleges that her husband whipped her, knocked her down and kicked to such an extent that she was internally injured. Andrew Patterson, of McKeesport, who served a sentence of ten years in the West ern Pennsylvania Penitentiary, which only expired in May, was arrested yesterday on the charge or stealing $25. He is wanted at McKeesport, and was picked up in this city by Officer Ford. An inrormation was made before Alder man McGarey, of the Southside, yesterday by Mrs. Kate Yeaglev, of the Twenty-sixth waid, charging Herman HugginB with mal icious mischief, he having filled the water and sewer pipes of a house belonging to Mrs. Teagley with small stones and rubbish. He was a tenant and had been ordered to vacate. Peter Shields, the Teal estate agent, or Grant street, has made inrormation before Alderman McGarey, or the Southside, charg ing 14 persons with malicious mischief, in trespassing on some of hiB property in the Twenty-third ward and destroying some valuable shrubbery. Two of the accused, Daniel Black and Mary Parker, have been arrested and entered ball. Warrants are out for the other 12. A NEW MUSICAL INTENTION. Is It an Organ or a Piano? All the objections to the parlor organ are at last done away with by this new in vention. It has seven full octaves (as many keys as the Steinway Grands) and looks exactly like a fine upright piano. There are no stops in view, nor any un sightly bellows pedals, but the instrument is worked by two pedals exactly like those on a piano, and a 6-year-old child is able to work them with ease. The delicacy and va riety of its tones are wonderful, and the touch so light and quick that the most diffi cult piano pieces can be executed thereon without difficulty. It is a marvelous im provement on the common parlor organ.and has created a great sensation in musical cir cles. The price is not higher than that of the ordinary organ. H. Kleber & Bro., 506 "Wood street, are the sole agents, and they invite all, whether purchasers or not, to call and see it. Ton Who Have Not Made a Trip to the Sea shore on One of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's Great seashore excursions can do so by tak ing advantage of the fourth of the series, on Thursday, August 20. The rate will be 510 00 for the round trip, good ten days from date of sale, and to either Cape May, Atlantic City, Sea Isle City or Ocean City. These trips have been very popular, which is demonstrated by" the success they have met with. A special train of Pullman parlor cars and East Lake coaches will leave Union station at 8:50 a. sl. Tickets will also be good on regular trains on that date 4:30 and 8:10 P. M. Pullman sleeping cars on night trains. Men Who Wear the Stag's-Head Shirt Are comfortable the year round. It fits perfectly. ' ' Examine this Stag's-Head shirt. Jos. Horne & Co., 607-621 Penn avenue. Atlantic City Excursion On Thursday, August 13, via the B. & O. E. B. Bate, 510 the round trip; tickets good for ten days. Trains leave at 8:15 a. M. and 950 P. M. Always Popular! My cloth top patent leather tip ladies' button shoes; prices ranging from $2 to 53 50, at Simen's, 78 Ohio street, Allegheny, Pn. wf Eleven coaches and a buying crowd went to Irwin yesterday. B.&B. A special sale linens to-dayj towels, nap kins, etc. Boggs & Buhl. 1891" - v Nt) PAPERS NEEDED. An Allegheny Sub-Officer Breaks Every Record in Police Annals. HIS BRIGHT FUTURE BLIGHTED. City Clerk Booth Beats a City Printer in a Free-for-AlI Fight GLEANINGS FB0M THB SISTER CITIES Two of the most ludicrous incidents ever known in police annals occurred in Alle gheny yesterday. In one case a sub-policeman went to Alliance to catch a man for whom a reward was offered. He caught the man and brought him to Beaver, Pa., with out either warrant or requisition papers. The man got away and the officer got his discharge. The other was the case of Hans Pullerton who, under Detective Kornman's instructions, drove a team of horses into Allegheny. On the way he got a jag and when he arrived he got arrested. The story of the first case is woven about the elocutionist Albert Irvine Christy. The young man is 20 years old, and lives on Shady avenue On July 2 he was arrested by Detective Johnson on a serious charge preferred by a young Allegheny girl, and locked up in the Allegheny Central station. He was held for court. A Pittsburg shoe dealer, Mr. Scott, went his bail. Christy very promptly jumped the same, realizing that he was Scott free. As a result the shoe dealer howled for his money, and offered a reward of 520 for the capture of Christy. SHADOWED BT A SLEUTH. While the embryonic tragedian lay in durance vile one J. P. Shoemaker, who, by the way, is no relative of the shoe dealer, stood guard over Christy. Shoemaker is a sub-policeman, one of those heavy-browed, lantern-jawed fellows, with a mysterious air and an abundance of nerve. He had prob ably patrolled a beat for two nights, and probably dreamed forhlmseir a future as brilliant as that of an Inspector McAleese or the far-famed Inspector Byrnes. He learned of the reward and also that Christy was at Alliance, O. To his mind regular detectives did not know their busi ness, and he would show them what a pro fessional could do. Without saying a word to Superintendent Muth he started for Al liance. On Wednesday he reached there and caught the man. That evening Superin tendent Muth was surprised at receiving a telegram : "Will be home to-morrow with prisoner," and signed "Shoemaker." The Superintendent was at a loss to know who Shoemaker was or anything about the identity of the prisoner. Yesterday he was more surprised when a man entered his office -and asked if he had received his telegram. "What telegram?" asked the Superintend ent. "The one I sent from Alliance." "Who In the are you!" "I'm Shoemaker." "Where's the prisonert" "Gone." "You had better go yourself." Shoemaker then explained that just below Beaver he had allowed Christy to get a drink, and that was the last he saw of him. He admitted that he had no warrant or requisition papers, but said he did not think they were neeaed. HIS ENTHUSIASM DIED YOUNG. When the Superintendent learned who the man was he told him to turn in his mace, badge, keys and manual, as he still had de tectives enough to do the work. It was also developed that Shoemaker had bought a ring from one or the prisoners in the lockuD while he was on duty there. The second chapter Is on the team and wagon filled with vegetables that was stolen rrom the market house on Saturday by the two Halton boys. The team was owned by ThaddeusT. Beck. On Wednesday Detec tive Kornman round the team at Freenort. He secured the services or Hans Fullerton, a local light, to drive the horses back to, Alle gheny. The detective then came back and re ported to Superintendent Muth. In the meantime an accurate description or the horses was furnished to the .police and no other instructions were given. On the way down yesterday Hans drank more frequently than the horses and had all that he could carry when he reached the city. He had hardly passed the line when Lieutenant Thornton recognized the horses and ar rested him. Hans protested, but as he was not sober enough to make any explanation, he was sent to Central station. After stay ing thore for a time the detective arrived and had him released, hut not until the man with tho German name had knocked the skin off one fist pounding against the bars. CYCL0BAMA HALL NOT SOLD, But the Indications Are It Will Not Be Long in the Market. At a meeting of the stockholders of the Cyclorama Company yesterday afternoon it was finally decided to dispose of the build inz as soon as possible. The meeting, held in the office of the Western Insurance Company, W. P. Herbert presiding, was called for the purpose of considering a prop osition which had been received in regard to the purchase of the building and lease, which runs till 1908. The deal wasnotclosed, however. Another meeting will be held in a few days, when it is probable that they will come to terms. One of the stockholders said yesterday they were anxious to get the building on their hands, as it had been anything but a paying investment. Mr. Herbert said the building and the painting together cost the company $90,000, and to-day the great au ditorium stands empty and the picture has been cut up and distributed among the various G. A. B. posts of the two cities. The great circular hall in which the painting was exhibited is 120 feet in diameter and has a seating capacity, as it is arranged at pres ent, of ahout 3,000. This could be increased by the addition of a gallery to about 4,000. It will probably be fitted up by the purchaser as a public hall for the use of conventions, concerts, etc. TO THE IX0WEEY KINGDOM. Two Mongolians Start on a Visit to Their Native Land. Yee Gob and Yee Lee, accompanied by Rev. . It. Donehoo, called on Mayor Gour ley, Assistant Postmaster Edwards and Sur veyor of Customs Dravo yesterday and secured their signatures to passports that will enable the two Chinamen to return to this country after a visit to their native land. Yee Lee Is a Homestead merchant, 22 years of ago, and is going back to visit his wife whom he has not seen ror four years. Yee Gob is 24 and has been employed as a clerk in a Chinese store at 179 Second avenue for seven years. He Is going to Canton, his blrtn place, to get married to a young wo man his parents have selected for him. He knows nothing about her, not even her name, but will many her, remain with her for a year, and then with his traveling com panion, Yee Lee, will return to America, leaving wives behind on account of the Chl neese immigiation restriction act. BEST BADLT W0HSTED. City Clerk Booth and a Public Printer Have a Enock-Down Argument. Yesterday afternoon a lively scrimmage occurred in,the City Clerk's office between City Clerk Booth and Thomas Best.one of the city printers. Mr. Booth had been quoted in an evening paper on Thursday as criticising Best rather severely for delay in getting cer tain of the contracts in his charge com pleted within the stipulated time, thereby inconveniencing the clerks with their work. Best went up to the office yesterday after noon and denied the charges, but the City Clerk was certain or their truth, and as he was trying to prove them by the records got into a dispute with Best, who applied an op- Erobrlous epithet. This was resented by a low straight from the shoulder that sent Mr. Best spinning, but he recovered and en deavored to grapple. Then he received an other blow that decided him. He started off vowing the vengeance of the law. Beats His Young Wife. Nick Smith, of Stueben street, West End, is in Jail on.a charge of assault and battery preferred against him by his wire, Mary Smith. The suit was brought on the advice of Humane Agent O'Brien, who says that Smith does little else but beat and abuse his wife. Mrs. Smith is but 19 years old and was married at the age of 16 years, while her husband was many years older. The case 1 will be np before Alderman McMasters to day. HEE D00E NAILED UP. Bow Sirs. Julia Ryan Says She Was Treated by Her Family. Mrs. Julia Ryan, of Brownsville avenue, made information yesterday before Alder man Hartman accusing her husband, John Byan, and Mrs. Frank Bradley with assault and battery, and Frank Bradley with forci- These people all live in one house, andi Airs, nyuu scales that alter giving ucr a severe beating her husband put her out of the house, and Bradley nailed the door shut in order to prevent her from re-entering. She succeeded in getting in, however, when she was assailed by the three and driven out again. Warrants have been issned. Snap Shots at City Matters. Chie Bnowji's third annual report has just been issued in book form. It is an ele gantly gotten-up volume. The house of Dr. John Herron, at 62 Union avenue, Allegheny, was robbed Wednesday night or about $100 worth or silverware. Aldeiimait F. M. Knro, or the Thirtieth ward, had a valuable poodle dog killed yesterday by a Birmingham electric car. The report or the Allegheny police tele phone system shows a total of 344 alarms and 370 arrests. The patrol wagons traveled 513 miles duiing the month. The Allegheny Sub-Committee on Water last night approved of the pay roll and ad vised Chief Ehlers to drop seven of the thirteen plug inspectors. James McCoue, a contractor living at 77 Arthur street, fell in a fit on Wylle avenue yesterday afternoon. Ho was taken to his home in Jfo. 2 patrol wagon. The Southside Review was disposed of by the Sheriff yesterday. The entire plant was ' bid in by J. Boyd Duff for $236 50. He held a judgment against the plant of $999 40. CniER Tattebsox, of Criminal Court, yes terday married Thomas Smith and Ann Gulson at the marriage license office. The groom was 57 and the bride 50 years of age. The funeral of Hon. G. H. Anderson, who died August 2, at Trinidad, will take place at 10 o'clock to-morrow morning, from the residence of J. K. Few, on North Highland avenue. A meeting of Pennsylvania Railroad sur geons has been called ror September 3, at Cresson, for the purpose of forming an asso ciation. There are about 100 in the service of the company. Mas. Makt Beans, a widow, aged SO, was taken to the Twelfth ward police station at an early hour yesterday morning. It Is thought she Is insane. She was afterward taken to St. Francis Hospital. Owing to the illness of Coroner McDowell, Alderman Gripp acted in his stead yester day. A verdict of heart failure was ren dered in the case of Anthony Forrester, who dropped dead at Shoenberger's Mill. The Epworth League and the congrega tion of the First M. E. Church of Connells vllle will picnic at Allequippa today. Eighteen cars were sent up last night by the Lake Erie ready for their transportation. The report of George P. Murray, the aud itor appointed to report a schedule for dis tributing the assets or J. G. Frauerman, was filed yesterday. It will be confirmed by the Court, if no exceptions are filed within 30 days. - JThe Sub-Committee on Public Safety, of Allegheny, having in charge the smoke con suming matter met last night, but could do nothing, having no information on the sub ject, rne committee invites suggestions on the matter. 'Ekoise CoMr-Airr No. 5 answered a still alarm yesterday morning for a small fire in the house of David Jones, on Soho street. The fire was caused by a defective flue in the kitchen which set fire to the wainscot ing. The fire was extinguished with several Babcocks, with slight damage. Last evening about 6 o'clock a hearse be longing a Homestead undertaker named Scbuchman was struck by a Birmingham electric car at the corner of South Tenth and Carson streets. The hearse'was a new one, JuBt being taken from the city, and was Jiretty badly damaged. The driver was try ng to get out or the way or an up car, but got rattled when he saw one coming in the opposite direction, and pulled directly in front of it. Hugus 8i Hacke. We are showing some specialties in early ' Fall Dress Goods. English- Suitings, Cheviots and Serge Cloths in styles which we con trol exclusively. SUMMER GOODS At Greater Reductions than -ever, to make room at once for our other consignments. SILKS. High grade printed India Silks, beautiful designs and colorings, best goods imported, that have been sold until recently at $i and $i 50, now 75c and $1 a yard. z5 pieces extra quality Black and White Habutai Silks, regular price $1 50, now $1 a yard. Choice styles in Wash Silks; have all been $1, now 50c a yard. DRESS GOODS. 40 pieces All-wool Plaids and Stripes that were $1, now 50c a yd. Cheviot Plaids and French Suit ings reduced from 1 25 and J150 to 75c a yard. WASH GOODS. Scotch Zephyr Ginghams, the very best styles and finest qualities made; the prices were 40c and 50c, now some at 16c, some at 18c and the choicest 25 c a yard. CLOAK DEPARTMENT. We place on sale this week the best assortment of Ladies' Mackintoshes ever shown in this city. Special Bargains in all depart ments on Fridays and Saturdays. Cor. Fiftli Ave. and Market St. au2-jrwrsn PURE, BLUE, WHITE, PERFECT, BRILLIANT DIAMONDS Are the goods we offer our customers, and we do believe we give better goods at lower prices than can be had elsewhere. E. P. ROBERTS & SON, TIFTH AVE. AND MABKET ST. au5-3twr j.ffj!Pm$ : ?&&??' Arrested for Sunday Work. John Faslnger built a flight oi steps last Sunday at his house, No. 43 Gregory street. In consequence he is now nnder bail to an swer to a charge of performing worldly em ployment on the Sabbath. The information was made yesterday by Mrs. Wilhelmina Bash. "i The Leading Pittsburg, Pa, Friday, Aug. 7, 1831. J3ry Goods House. JOS. HOME I CO PENN-tAYENUE ST0BE3L LA BIG FRIDAY CLEARING SALE OF CURTAINS AND UPHOLSTERY STUFFS, CENTER TABLE TO-DAY. MANUFACTURERS' SAMPLES OF LACE CURTAINS Of every kind, parts of Curtains use ful for sash curtains, for transoms, for vestibule windows, for splashers, and anything where a short curtain can be used all perfect, clean and choicest patterns, to be sold to-day and to-morrow. AT 1:5c UP TO $1 PER PIECE. The prices asked are not one fourth of what they cost to make. On some the price asked is ridicu lously low somebody will get, to day or to-morrow, for $1, the big part of a lace curtain that would and perhaps is now selling in our depart ment for $50 a pair. The ends at 15c each are curtains that sell from $1, to $5 a pair. THESE WILL BE IN THE CENTER OF THE. STORE TO-DAY. ALSO, A lot of all-.CHENILLE TABLE COVERS,; full six-quarters size,; in C phofc'1 assorted colors' " " ', '"' ' . AT 75c EACH, Regular $i Quality. ALSO, Odds and Ends In Upholstery Fringes, Printed Silks (for mantle draperies, for pillow covers, tidies, etc.); Tapestries (for chair seats, mats and fancy pillows) and washable sash-curtain stuffs all in center of the store only for to-day and to-morrow at prices that will quickly clean them out. Should make them go in a day such prices. JPerhaps they will. If you need them come early to-day and make sure. JOS. HORNE & CO., 607.621 PENN AVENUE., au7 HELP Us to make room for our Fall Stock. It Will Pay You; GENERAL MARK DOWN SALE THIS WEEK. $2 23 Table Covers at 90c 26c Sateens at 9c 38c Hose at 25c 25c Half Hose at 12io 65c Underwear at 25c 50c Ties at 25c $2 00 Parasols at $100 $5 00 Parasols at Jl So 12 50 Madras Shirts at $1 20 50c Boys' Waists at 23c $5 00 Jackets at $2 25 $3 50 Curtains (special) $1 75 12 00 Curtains at $100 A lot of odds in the Umbrella stock on the Bargain Counter at $1, $1 50 and $2. Less than half price. 435 MARKET ST.- -437- au3-jran 1" w -i 4k.' 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