Pittsburg dispatch. (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, August 16, 1891, Image 1

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DOUBLE NUMBER.
FORTY -SIXTH TEAE.
NOT ft SURE T
The Leaders of Major McKin-.
ley's Figlit Are Feeling
a Little Anxious.
TUT OX A BOLD FEOtfT,
But in Private They Recognize Somef-
Terj Uncertain Quantities
in
the Situation.
SOME CLAIM FORAKER IS SULKING.
The Tariff Champion Has Another Great
Day With the Fanners, and Gets -
in Some Good Work.
FACTS ABOUT THE CROCKERY RATES.
The Alliance Fcorle From Kansas Are Xot Daring
Teix Great Snecess Among the Buck
eye Tillers of the Soil.
amamcEs cocxt vixr unGFXi is onio
ttPFCUL TELFGItAM TO THE DISPATCH.
SandcMvY, Au. 15. Major McKinley
invaded the Democratic stronghold of Erie
county to-day nnd made by all odds his
best address iu the campaign so far. It was
a remarkable eflort, and when Democrats
and Bepublicans alike at its close joined
in the cliiers for the "American speech and
the next Governor of Ohio" there was noth
ing cracked or hollow in the sound.
He confined himself to an exposition of
the tariff and he did it in such a clear and
maMcrly manner that many were heard to
ay they couldn't see how any free trade
orator could get around it. If the Major
keeps up his present pace there will be lit
tle doubt about the outcome in Xovembcr.
About 10,000 people were gathered at the
farmers' picnic at Buggies Grove to-day.
It is 14 miles from, this place. Most of
them came to hear the tariff advocate speak.
Nothing like these open air annual meet
ings are held in Pennsylvania, except pos
sibly at "Williams' Grove. At present all
the farmers hers talk about is the tariff, and
the financial question.
A COLLARXESS AND SOCKLESS ORATOR.
As usual, the Kansas representatives of
the Farmers' Alliance were on the ground
getting in their work. One was a collar ess
and sockless individual who looked as if he
had not seen a day's work for years, and
-was too lazy to eat. By the side of the in
telligent, well-fed and well-dressed Buck
eye granger he was decidedly out of place
It must be said at this stage that the iui
Ci.ujit jik1 careless emissaries of theTPeiple'if
party are not adding anything to its strength.
They remind one of the Salvation Army
leadrrs, men and women who could not
succeed at anything. These leaders may have
June good work in Kansas, where the farm
ers were in distress through the bad crops,
but in a prosperous State like Ohio their
mission is ridiculous.
This seemed to be the consensus of opin
ion among the farmers in Buggies' Grove
to-Jay. The Alliance advocates, whenever
they got a chance, would engage in discus
sions with the farmers, and at times little
fcevys of men could be seen all over the
ground earnestly arguing about the present
condition of affairs.
ALLIANCE MKK FIGHT EVERYBODY.
Democrats and Bepublicans alike were
drawn into the contests, and the third
party leaders have no use for either. The
Dispatch man enjoyed the novel debates
and was an amused listener. One farmer
charged the Alliance, being opposed to
lrut. is not consistent in trying to get the
granger to hoard their wheats He wanted
to know if this was not the trust idea. The
Alliance man was not daunted, and denied
most vehemently that such an order had
been issued.
"What you people need in Ohio," said
Hie sockless specimen to a crowd, "is more
money. "
"Yes" replied a Democratic disciple of
Agricola, "no would have all the money we
need if you fellows out there wouldpay
what you borrowed from us. You growl
alnmt mortgages and high interest in your
Stale. You had better put up some of the
interest firt. I have not seen cither prin
cipal or interest since I loaned my money.
I want to say that the loan associations lost
more money in Kansas than the poor af
flicted farmers. Why don't you work for
your money as we do? It would be far
better for j our people now if they had not
borrowed a cent."
LAUOH AT Tltr. SUIl-TRKAhURY n.AN.
This speech was well received and the
discomfited Knnan rctiied to convert
some man who hadn't quite so much sound
sense. This is a sample of how these erratic
people work and how they are received.
The intelligent farmers decline to listen to
them and their sul-trtaury scheme is a
laughing stock. The Republican managers
have little anxietv about the intelligent
otcrs, but they are afraid these demagogues
will turn the heads of the men who baven't
brains enough to think for themselves.
Last evening The Dispatch man list
ened to a medicine fakir delivering an ad
dress in fa or of free trade. The usual
motley crowd of people had gathered
around him, hen he produced a black
board and reasoned thus: "Last year
N,000,000 worth of products were shipped
out of the country under a tariff, and yon
people are jut that much poorer."
This was said with a flourish and the
figures were placed on the blackboard. The
crowd, that should have known better, ap
plauded the peddler and his speech.
1 Jl'KINLEY'S ICKSPECTS TO CAMPBELL,
When Major McKinley appeared on the
platform this afternoon a little girl pre
sented him writh a large basket of flowers.
He stooped down nnd kissed the child. The
audience cheered heartily. He announced
his subject as the tariff, and he started in
by paying his respects to Governor Camp
bell. A few weeks since the Governor
made a speech at Cedar Point, near here.
He said he owned two farms and they paid
him nothing, while slock that he held in a
manufacturing concern brought him in
yearly dividends.
Major McKinley replied to this that a
IG
farmer by proxy never could hope to suc
ceed. He said ho was tired of .hearing the
gospel of woe and calamity preached from
every platform in Ohio.
Taking up a pitcher on the stand the Ma
jor remarked that he supposed it was
American as the duty on crockery was f5
per cent. "Who pays that tax?" somebody
in the audience cried out.
tells who tats inE tax.
"I can answer that question very easily
my friend," he replied. "To-day we pro
duce five-sevenths of the crockery consumed
in this country. Under the revenue tariff
of 2i per cent, the foreign pitchers per crate
cost ?99. "We put up the duty to 05 per
cent and built np the industry in America.
Now these pitchers are sold here for 541.
"Who pays the tax?" Loud Laughter. "
Crockery, at a tariff of 10 per cent would
put more money in the Treasury than at a
rate of C5 per cent, as more would be im
ported, but while filling the coffers of the
Government you would be extinguishing
the fires in our furnaces and closing up the
mills and factories. Every ship load of
crockery brought to this country displaces
just that much made here; it throws our
"workmen out of employment The tariff has
built np thisindustry and I am proud that
I have seen it building. To-day we have
the largest crockery factory in the world in
Ohio. Loud cheers. Cries of 'That's
good " I prefer the domestic to the for
eign goods. I like the foreign for taxation,
the domestic for consumption. Does my
friend want to know now who pays the tax?
Ask the Canadian farmers along this
border.
THE EFFECT OS WOOL.
"But they say wool has gone down. If the
tariff is a tax why should the price de
crease. Everybody knows thatthe price is
governed by the "markets of tb.e world.
Wool to-day is sold in London for 16 cents
per pound. This rate plus the duty of 11
cents and the cost of transportation must
be the the price in America. Suppose there
was no tarm on wool; wnere would you De
then? AVhy first-class wool can be bought
to-day in Canada for IG to 18 cents per
pound, and you farmers know it,"
The Major stated further that 30 years
ago 95 per cent of the hardware sold in
America was made in England; now 95 per
cent is turned out iu this country, and ths
prices, are 40 to COper cent cheaper. The
tariff has made the United States the great
est manufacturing country in the world.
Last year 579,000,000 of agricultural prod
ducts were imported, he said. They had
increased the duty on manv of these articles
with the hope that the bulk of the money
hereafter will be kept and spent at home.
Free trade would help old men with fixed
incomes for a time, but it would fetter the
young, who have their fortunes to make.
THE FARMERS ADMIRE HIM.
The speech was received with great ap
plause, and at its close the Major was forced
to hold an informal reception. The gran
gers crowded around him to shake hands.
lie remained on tho ground for several
hours discussing the tariff with little knots
of people. One farmer stated how through
Canadian competition he was forced to give
np raising barley.
Sandusky is a great bear and wine town;
large quantities of liquors are made here.
The brewers, instead of buying their barley
from the American farmers, found it cheaper
to cross the lake and get it in Canada. The
disgusted granger added that last year he
had over 200 bushels of barlev which he fed
to his horses rather than self it for the low
Srice offered, while he had the additional
issatisfadtion of paying 5 cents a glass for
beer which was brewed outof arivarserain.
In this instance there was not suflcient duty
to protect the home farmer.
'SHERMAN SAYS re's A CRISIS.
"""While the farmers want to Irtiow soifle
fhing'about.the tariff it is becoming more
apparent every Bay that the financial ques
tion is an important issue of the campaign.
Senator Sherman said this morning that the
Eastern people did not understand how
serious the crisis is and he frankly states
that if Ohio was lost this fall it would be
eoodby to the Bepublican panv in 1892. The
situation here is very grave, "but the Be
publican leaders are hopeful that everv
thing will turn out all right To the public
the managers wear smiling faces, but they
do not deny in private that victory is) an
uncertain quantity. " ' '
If the contest were between the two great
parties, Bepublican success would be as
sured, but it is not It is hard to tell what
the People's Party will do, and from what
side they will draw the more votes.
Foraker is still at Middle Bass Island.
Some seem to think that he is sulking.
His friends claim he will be true to the
ticket, to Foraker and his corns of lieuten
ants, to whoni has been assigned the task of
ripping up the Democratic State adminis
tration. State Auditor Poe declares that
Campbell dare not refer to his administra
tion on the stump. "W. S. Capeller claims
that the State institutions which were
ahead of their appropriations when For
aker retired have been badly managed . and
are now away behind. The cost of the ex
tra session will also furnish, he thinks,
some strong Bepublican ammunition.
TORAKER, BLAINK AND SHERMAN.
It is singular, but true that Foraker fol
lowers in Ohio are all Blaine men. The
House-Afire and the Plumed Knight travel
hand in hand in the estimation of their sup
porters. Foraker still has a strong grip on
the State Bepublican machine, and it is
surprising what an enthusiastic following he
has among the young men. Some of them
go so far as to assert that Sherman defeated
him for Governor two years ago, because
the Senator was jealous "and afraid of him.
William T. Cope, Bepublican candidate
from Cleveland for State Treasurer, was at
liuggle's Grove to-day with McKinley. Mr.
Cope is very hopeful about the outcome. He
says the party leaders have patched up their
differences, and added that Sherman and
Foraker had an understanding about the
senatorship, and that they were pulling in
line for the success of the ticket Few con
tributions to the campaign fund have been
made so far, but that is because people have
not been invited to send in their money.
THE WHISKY PLANK
rN the people's party platform
wile cost rr votes.
The Eiqnor Men and the Prohibitionist
Alike Opposed to It What the Master
of the Ohio State Grange Has to Say
Tree SIIer.
rsrECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Sandusky, Aug. 15. Among the speak
ers and visitors at Buggle's Grove to-dav
wasS. H. Ellis, Master of the State Grange.
He is an intelligent farmer and a Bepub
lican. The Grangers of Ohio are nrettv
well organized. The Alliance has a foot
hold, but it is not very tenacious. Speak
ing politically, Mr. Ellis said: "As a Be
publican I would like to see McKinley
win, but with a four-cornered fight it is im
possible for anyone to say what the out
come will be. All the farmers' organiza
tions in the State have declared in fuvor ot
free silver. They claim it was a mistake to
demonetize siher in 1884. Ot course, the
Grange Patrons of Husbandry and the Far
mers' Union are non-partisan, and when it
comes to the question of voting I think
every man will stav with his party.
"It cannot be denied that the People's
Party has some strength in this State, but
they will lose many votes through the
whisky plank in their platform. The new
party "wants the manufacture and sale of
intoxicating drinks put into the hands of
the Government Their idea i to eliminate
the element of profit from the business.
W IWfaofi
Under their regime the whisky seller would
be only a Government agent, and would
have no object in selling liquor to minors
and drunkards for the sake of making
money. The whisky men don't like this
part of their platform, and to begin with it
alienates them from the new party. The
Prohibitionists are- cquallv witn the liquor
dealers opposed to this Idea, and so the
People's Party can hope for nothing from
these two classes. I do not believe they
will gather much strength from the Demo
ocrats and Bepublicans, but it is natural to
suppose that they will hurt both parties a
little, ,
"The farmers arc divided on the tariff,
but not along party lines. I know one man
who has always voted the Bepublican ticket,
though a Free Trader."
ANOTHER FOR BLAINE.
LAWRENCE COUNTY OUT TOR THE
PLUMED KNIGHT IN 'OS.
The Phillips and McDowell Factions Clash
Again, the Former Wins A Wordy
War Over a County Committeeman
Charges and Counter Charges Made.
rsrECIAL T F.LEO RAM TO THE DISPATCH.
New Castle, Aug. 15. The white wings
of peace hovered over the two factions in
the Bepublican County Committee meeting
this afternoon, and for a short time at least
all was harmony. It was the magnetic name
of Blaine that caused a cessation of all hos
tilities, and the following resolutions were
passed unanimously, and with cheers that
continued tully ten minutes.
Resolved, That we endorse and heartily
approve the administration of President
Harrison, because of its conservative, clean
nnd thoroughly business methods, con
ducted as it has been for the best interests
of the wholepeople.
Resolved, That in James G. Blaine, that
American of Americans, who by his match
less diplomacy and championship of the
principles of reciprocal commercial inter
courseto our financial advantage with
full protection to our home industries, has
proven himself the statesman of statesmen,
we recognize one pre-eminently fitted to
lead the Republican party to victor' in the
Presidental contest ot next year.
There was a full representation present,
and when a motion was made to have the
Chairman appoint a committee to confer
with other counties in this Congressional
district to devise some plan of nominating
Congressmen, a long discussion followed be
tween the two factions. After a talk
amounting to a wrangle, the Phillips side
of the bouse won over the McDowell ele
ment by a small majority. Mr. McConncll,
an attorney of this city, was appointed a
delegate to the Constitutional Convention.
A resolution asking Frank Liken to re
sign from the County Committee, because
while acting as judge of election at the late
Erim3rics he had permitted proxy votes to
e counted for him, caused a war of words,
during which several members present were
accused of being elected to the committee
by a Democratic vote. The resolution was
finally tabled amid the cheers of the Mc
Dowellites. POLITICIANS AT CAPE MAY.
Many ol Them Go Down to Seo About
Harrison's Alleged Declination.
rSr-ECIAI. TELECItAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Cate May, Aue. 15. "Within the past
24 hours politics have warmed up here im
mensely, and the politicians have flocked
into town at a rapid rate. The publication
this morning that the President had de
clined to have a renomination, has brought
down many party leaders, who are anxious
to know what there is in the matter. This
afternoon, while the President was watch
ing the ball game, he wis approached by a
reporter, who asked him about the matter
of bis declination, and he bluntly; but
courteously, refused to discuss what he
termed mere newspaper rumors. It is in
terpreted here to-night that he will not
accept a nomination unless it comes with
the wishes of the people.
Captain Baker Corson, an old resident,
andan old-time Whig, stopped the President
and asked him if he might not have a chance
to shake hands with a candidate for a second
term, to which the President gave an evasive
answer and politely bowed himself out of
the Captain's company. Postmaster General
"Wanamaker and a number of politicians
from Philadelphia arrived to-night
BETTER FOR DALZELL.
Robinson Gets the Worst of a Hot Fight in
a CInb at Chester.
Chi-ster, Aug. 15. The anti-Bobinson
people in the Young Men's Bepublican
Club of this city won a signal victory last
night when President Parker appointed
delegates to the Scranton Convention who
arc opposed to the Senator-Congressman's
candidacy for "President of State League of
clubs.
The two forces were very evenly divided
in the club, and the vote authorizing the
president to name the delegates was 30
to 35. Mr. Bobinsonjs friends were in
censed at their defeat, and W. L Schaffer,
their leader, organized a rump meeting.
This means that there is to be a contest at
the Scranton Convention, but the delegates
who were appointed by President Parker
will bear the credentials irom the club, reg
ularly signed and bearing the club's seal.
This victory is considered but the forerun
ner of others which will ultimately result
in the overthrow of Bobinsou rule in Dela
ware count- politics.
CHABGED TO THE BOSSES.
Berks County Democrats Resolnte Abont
Philadelphia Rottenness.
ISPECIAIj TELEORAM TO THE DISPATCn.
Beading, Aug. 15. The Democrats of
Berks held their annual county meet
ing here this afternoon. Bcsolutions
were passed indorsing Governor Patti
son, Congressman Brttnncr and the
county's representative in the Legislature
and denouncing official corruption, bribery
and theft of public money by trusted officers
of the city ot Philadelphia and the State of
Pennsylvania and their political conspira
tors. The resolutions say:
"We chargo the responsibility of these
crimes upon tue dishonest and selfish bosses,
into whoso hands the Republican party of
Pennsylvania has fallen, and we w am all
who bolievoin public honesty nnd public
puritv not to allow their attention to bo di
v erted from the important State Issues of '91
to a discussion of National candidates of '92.
We charge the State Treasuier and Auditor
General with wilfully disobeying the plain
law of this State.
DEMOCRATS WEBE FOOLED.
They Attempt to Break Up a People's Party
Contention in Columlms.
SFFCIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Columbus, Aug. 13. The People's
Party County Convention was held here
to-day, and the Democrats made an effort to
break it up, but were unsuccessful in doing
so and a full county ticket was named.
The Springfield platform was indorsed
and several resolutions which that conven
tion could not stand were adopted as the
sense of the convention.
PATH SCOEES AUOTHEB TBIUMPH.
Thursday's Scenes of Enthusiasm Repeated
In Her Eittle Theater.
London, Aug. 15. The miniature theater
built as an addition to Mme. Pafti's Castle
Craig-Y-Nos and opened this weekwas to
night the scene of another performance, in
which Mme. Patti's singing jn selections
from Flotow's "Martha" and Gounod's
"Borneo and Juliet" elicited a repetition of
Thursday's scenes of enthusiasm.
PITTSBURG, SUNDAT,
HOT ON HIS HEELS.
Pitttsbnrg and Latrobe Police Chasing
Old Man Reese's Murderer.
CONFESSIONS OP A LITTLE ROY
Lead to the Discovery That Elmer Brnner
Did the AwM Deed.
TWO EORSES KILLED IN HIS PURSUIT
Inspector McAleese and Detective Sol
Conlson have joined in the search for the
murderer of old man Bccse, who was so
brutally slain on the doorstep of his mount
ain home, near Ebensburg, Thursday night.
They are acting on information received last
evening by The Dispatch from Latrobe,
where the officers have been following the
trail closely, and where they last night ar
rested a 13-year-old boy for complicity in tho
crime.
The Ebensburg officers have been in hot
pursuit, having driven across the mountains
like madmen after the guilty parties. Both
pursued and officers changed horses three
times, and the officers at last killed a fine
pair of grays in the flying race. They
reached Latrobe yesterday, and, following
their clew closely, ordered ' the arrest of
Charley Bruner. the 13-vear-old son of
William Bruner, a painter of Walls sta
tion, for complicity in the murder.
the boy breaks down.
Charley was defiant at first, but when
brought before Justice Geiger, broke down
and told a cold-blooded tale of thieving and
murder. He confessed that the murder had
been committed by his uncle, Elmer Bruner,
who was accompanied by a woman and him
self. The boy said they had been traveling
all through the East, nnd had stolen several
horses, wliich they disposed of at private
sale along the road. Thev had returned home
loaded with plunder and money from their
Eastern victims, but had decided to
rob old Sam Beese. The woman with
Bruner, a Miss Jackson, or Sadie Price, as
she is better known, had kept house for the
old man, and knew of considerable money
and valuables about the place. They drove
boldly through Ebensburg, from the direc
tion of Altoona, and on reaching the Beesc
houso found the old man was at work. In
his absence the house was thoroughly ran
sacked, and just as the three were prepar
ing to depart old Beese came to the door,
dinner bucket in hand. He had not time to
speak a word, as the boy Bays, before Elmer
stepped from behind the door and shot him
dead.
Chief of Police Cannon, of Latrobe, made
the arrest, and at once telegraphed to the
Sheriff at Ebensburg. Then Cannon, with
officers left for Walls station, where it is
thought Elmer and the girl went. If not
there, the boy says they will be found in
Pittsburg, w'here they intended spending
the night. The boy Charley does not ap
pear to be at all alarmed over his arrest,
nor does he realize what happened when old
man Beesc fell dead from an assassin's
bullet.
confession of the eittle boy.
Miss Jackson, or Price, is a well-known
tough character, who came to Latrobe about
two years ago. In Johnstown she had a
bad record, and while in jail there tried to
suicide, almost succeeding. Charlie Bruner
told a Btory in the presence
of Mayor Slater, Officer Cannon and
others, of Latrobe, that caused a sensation.
Olc-sttid ths three, -ElnwrTLOss -Price'-and
himself, had been in the East for some time
on a queer sort of expedition that Charley
did not exactly understand. In New York
State thev stole a horse and busrzv. drove
into New Jersey, where they stole another,
and at once started on their long drive
for their home in Allegheny county.
When within seven miles 'of Ebens
burg they sold their jaded animal.
and stole another from a field. In driving
fiast old man Beese's house, Elmer said it
ooked as if there was no one home. Miss
Jackson said the old man was at work, and
Elmer said if they would.stay outside with
the horse, he would go through the house,
and if anyone came Tie "would blow his
head off." Elmer entered the place, but
had hardly done so, when old man Beese
came to the back door and ordered him out.
Elmer pulled his pistol, and the old man
reached for a gun standing in the corner.
He never touched it, however, as ,Elmer
fired, the ball entering the old man's mouth,
killing him instantly. Beese fell to the
floor, and Elmer coolly told the two not to
be scared, but wait a minute. He then
went through the house, int what he secured
the boy did not know, as Elmer took care of
several bundles himself. Charlie, the boy,
was frightened, and when they neared
Latrobe he said he would stop over Sun
day, the other two going on toward Walls,
or "Pittsburg, where they said they would
stay over Sunday.
LOOKING TOR ELMER IN PITTSBURG.
A Dispatch reporter called at the house
of George Bruner, on Center avenue, near
Hcrron avenue, last night about 11 o'clock.
In answer to a knock an elderly woman
came out. When questioned In regard
to the whereabouts of Elmer Bruner
she seemed much agitated and stated that
he was not at home, nor did she know where
he was. She said that he had not been
home for two weeks. The reporter had
reason to suspect that the fugitive was in
the house or neighborhood, and saving
nothing about the object of his errand, he
left the family under the impression that lie
was merely there on business connected
with Bruncr's huckster trade. On inquiry
among the neighbors the belief that the
man was in the neighborhood was strength
ened. One of them went so far as to say he
had seen Elmer during the day.
Inspector McAleese was immediately
notified by a Dispatch reporter, and he,
together with Detective Coulson, at once
leaped into a buggy and dashed away in
search of the fugitive. The Inspector had
received information earlier in the evening
that a man named Brnner had arrived in
town vesterday with a horse and buggy,
which "he had sold for $9, but nothing more
was then known of him or his connection
with the Beese murder.
Chief of Police Martin and Constable
Harrl9, of Johnstown, arrived in the city
at a late hour last night to solicit the
assistance of Inspector McAleese and the
Pittsburg detectives to arrest the murderer
and his accomplice.
CALIFORNIA'S ELECTRIC RAILROAD.
The Santa Fe May Use Its Cars to Enter
the City of San Francisco.
San Francisco, Aug. 15. John W.
Hartzell, who is Connected with the project
ed electric passenger railway from San
Francisco to San Mateo, in the adjoining
county, said to-day it was expected they
would have cars running Into San Mateo
county by October 1.
Questioned as to whether the Santa Fe
Bailroad would use the Electric Company's
right of way to enter this city, Mr. Hartzell
said, while he had neither denied nor affirmed
that such would be the case, it was a pos
sibility, and there was nothing to hinder the
overland road coming in over their line.
Passengers could be brought into the city
nicely by means of the electric cars.
A HOPELESS LUNATIC.
Inventor Coxe,-Who Attempted Suicide, Is
Placed In an Insane Asylum.
SrECIAL TELEOKAJI TO THE DISPATCH.
Philadelphia, Aug. 15. Henry. F.
Coie, the talented young Philadelphia in-
AUGUST 16, 1891.
ventor, who attempted to commit suicide by
cutting his throat in the woods at Glen
Summit, Pa., on Thnrsday night last, is now
an inmate of Kirkbride Lunatic Asylum,
hopelessly insane. Mr. C6xe is but 35
years of age and has been married abaut
eight months. He is a mechanical genius
of brilliant ability, and his inventions have
already made him a rich man.
He was for some years in the office of
Chief Engineer Brown, of the Pennsylvania.
Bailroad, where his work in connectiop with
the block system of signaling proved of
such value that he was promoted to the"
office of Assistant Superintendent of Motive
Power, with headquarters at Altoona.
There his inventive capacity had wider
scope, and further improvements in the sig
nal system were the result He also in
vented a rail connection, which has been
adopted by many railroads, and several
other rail read contrivances have been pat
ented by him. During the past year his
health became so seriously affected as to
necessitate a trip to Europe and Asia. He
turning, he located at Glen Summit
A BEAVER VALLEY LASS
IS MRS. WHITCOMB.WHO ATTEMPTED
SUICIDE IN LONDON.
The Daughter of a West Bridgewater
Physician Once a Presbyterian, Now a
Sensation-LoTlmr Atheist A Belief
That She Didn't Intend to Die.
CSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
West Bbidoewater, Aug. 15. The
Mrs. Jane Whitcomb, wife of ex-State Au
ditor Whitcomb, of Minnesota, who is re
ferred to in London dispatches as having
attempted to commit suicide by taking
laudanum at the residence of Lady Sea
bright, with whom she had been living for
a long time, was born and raised here. Her
maiden name was Jane Smith, and her fam
ily is one of the most prominent and re
spected in he Beaver Valley. Her father
was Dr. Stephen Smith, now many years
deceased, and was in his day a leading phy
sician nnd druggist of this section.
Miss Smith was a handsome woman, of
unusual intellectual attainments and pos
sessing brilliant conversational powers.
She graduated in the old Presbyterian Sem-
i.inary, in what is now the Beaver House.
Soon after this sue secured a position as
teacher in Bochester, Minn., where she be
came acquainted with and married Mr.
Whitcomb. They were married in Phila
delphia by Bev. Dr. David Cunningham at
his residence. Bev. Mr. Cunningham was
then pastor of a leading Presbyterian church
of Philadelohia. but is now in charge of a
Igiurch in Wheeling. He was also at one
fme pastor of a church here, to which mem
bers ot the smith lamily belonged.
At that time Jane, or Jennie, as she was
called, was known as a true-blue Presby
terian, whose orthodoxy was unquestion
able; but of late years, and especially after
her marriage, she is said to have become a
confessed atheist. During her residence
in the West, Mrs. Whitcomb had made
frequent visits to this place, but of late years
she nas remained away from the old place
and her relatives, of whom there are many
in this locality, had, to a great extent, lost
sight of her. Mrs. Whitcomb is a half sis
ter of Hon. Daniel Maratta, ex-United
States Marshal, of Dakota, under President
Cleveland.
The news of the two attempts of Mrs.
Whitcomb to commit suicide, created a
great sensation among her relatives and
friends here. It is not believed by those
who know her best that she attempted to
actually end her life, but they say she had
her plans well laid to be saved in time.
Her K'Kiration from her husband is said to
naTe"" tar- conned ."jy,.dome.stifi. djs$:rd,
growing out of the too frequent visits of an.
ex-Governor of Minnesota, and that Mr.
Whitcomb became jealous. In fact, it is
thought here that the pretty little ortho
dox Presbyterian has gone very largely into
the world of sensationalism, with the at
tempts at suicide as merely incidents.
THE SEA SERPENT AGAIN.
A Yankee Skipper and Ills Crew Came In
With a Bona Fide Tarn.
CSPECIAL TELEGBAM TO THE DISPATCn.
Boston, Aug. 15. Another bona fide sea
serpent yarn was brought to port this morn
ing by Captain Frank Cooncy, of the Burgess
fishing schooner Clara S. Harwood, and the
Captain's yarn is backed up by the crew.
"We sailed from Bockport," said the skip
per, "a week ago Thnrsday, and by Friday
noon had reached George's Banks. The
wind had died out almost to a calm when
the lookout gave the w ord that there was
something ahead. All hands were on deck
at the time and they rushed forward, and
there, close under our bows was the ugliest
and toughest looking customer I ever saw.
He never offered to move until all on
board had a good look at him. He was
spotted like a leopard all over his back, and
all the spots seemed to be of different colors,
some very handsome and others not. He
drifted along with the vessel, nnd I should
say he was 70 feet broad. In a few minutes
he raised his bead, which was shaped like a
shovclhead-nosed shark, and feeling mad at
being woke up, he opened his jaws, then
made a dive for the bottom of the schooner.
With his big tail he lushed the sea into
foam, then went under our keel, scraping it
as he passed. The fact is, all on board were
glad enough when that gentleman was
gone.
NO MEDICINE FOB A SICK CHILI).
Her Estimable but Misguided Brother Be
lies Entirely on Faith Cnre.
Taunton, Mass., Aug. 15. Mrs. J. F.
Montgomery, one of the best known ladies
in the city, of a wealthy family and promi
nent in temperance circles in all movements
for the amelioration of human woEs, has a
year-old daughter suffering with dysentery
and other troubles,. whom the faith curists
have been treating for some time.
The girl has been gradually sinking, and
the pastor and many friends of the lamily
have expostulated in vain with Mrs. Mont
gomery, whose only regret seems to be that
she at one time disturbed the "treatment"
by giving the child some blackberry cordial.
The pastor. Iter. H. B. Cady, says it is a
case for the Societv for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children.
ESCAPED A LIVING GBAVE.
A Man Supposed to Have Died from a
Snake's Bite Returns to Lire.
Newton, N. J., Aug. 15. William P.
Elliott, son of H. M. "Elliott, who lives
near Branchville, Sussex County, was bitten
by a rattlesnake some days ago, and to all
appearances died, and the preparations for
his funeral were made. The doctors con
cluded to make a post mortem, and cut open
a sore that had formed under his arm.
To their great surprise, the young man be
gan to show unmistakable signs of life, and
restoratives being applied he came to and is
now getting well.
A PEISONEB'S TALE.
He Claims to Have Helped in Robbing the
Ocean Bank of New York.
TSrECIAL TEI.KQ11AM TO THE DISrATCU
Columbus, Aug. 15. John A. Valen
tine, serving a term in the penitentiary for
burglary, claims that in 188G, assisted by
Ned Lyons, who has just been released
from the prison, and George Miles and Pete
Curley, he robbed the Ocean Bank of New
York of about $500,000 in cash and f 100,000
in bonds.
He then went to Maryland, where he se
cured ?30O,O0O through another robbery
Bffimlri)
TWO SETS OF PRICES.
A Granite Ware Importer's Charge
Against Mr. Niedringhaus.
CANADA GETS GOODS CHEAPER
From the Protected St louts Manufacturer
Than tha States Do.
ALLEGED ABUSE UNDER TIIE TARIFF
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCn
New York, Aug.. 15. The Evening Font
this afternoon publishes an interview with
a "dealer in and importer of" granite or
agate ware aiming to prove tfcat the present
duty on those goods is unnecessary. In the
course of the interview "dealer and im
porter," makes some interesting allega
tions. '
"There arc two companies,"said this gen
tleman, "who practically have a monopoly
of the manufacture of this granite or agate
iron ware in this country. They are the
St. Louis Stamping Company and the La
lance & Grosjean Manufacturing Company,
of Woodhaven, L. I. The first named com-
panny is really Mr. Niedringhaus. His
company manufactures what is known
as granite ironware; the Lelance and
Grosjean Company make agate ironware.
The difference is on'y in the name. These
two companies have had a monopoly of the
manufacture of these goods for the last 15
years. They divided the territory between
them and control the entire trade. They
use the same price list pamphlet, only
change the covers and give the same dis
count. competition from abroad.
"For some time the duty on enamel ware,
that being the class under which these so
called agate or granite goods are rated, was
45 per cent. There was then little or no
competition. A few years ago, however,
Messrs. Stansky & Co., of Canal street, be
gan to import what is known as the blue
and white enamel steel ware (mostly
kitchen utensils), and in the last six or
seven years succeeded in building up a
good trade.
"The effect of this was felt by Niedring
haus, and he got the duty on enamel ware
increased in the McKinley bill to 60 per
cent for enamel ware in more than one
color. The imported ware is blue outside
and white inside. The domestic article be
mg white on the inside makes the im
ported ware very popular. The
importers, however, were satisfied
with their trade and did not particularly
mind the increase of 6 per cent on the
tariff, as they still could hold their own in
this country with the domestic manufact
urers in price, quality being considered.
A PUZZLE IN CANADA
"They claim they actually sell a far better
article for less money than the domestic
monopolists. But they were greatly puz
zled to find themselves beaten in Canada by
the very men against whom they success
fully compete in this country. In Canada
the import duty on enamel ware is 35 per
cent, so that the men who sell
the German ware there should apparently
have an advantage of 15 per cent in com
petition with the goods manufactured in the
United States, as compared with the com
petition in this country. But such is not
the case", and for this very simple reason:
'The manufacturers of granite or agate
wire in the United States, namelvithe SL
Louis Stamping Company (Mr. Niedring-
hnusiandriifrLatanca &..(3rosjean Manfl
factnring Company have two prices tor the
same goods, one for the people of the
UnitedStates and another for the people of
Canada. Investigation snows tnat to meet
a lower duty which is charged in Canada on
enameled goods, the manufacturers here
have a Canadian trade'price list, the prices
on which are 25 per cent lower than the
prices for this country.
CUT THEIR REDUCED LIST,
And, furthermore, the manufacturers in
order to get the" Canadian trade, go even far
below the published price list. Canadian
dealers claim that they can buy the goods
at 60 per cent off the Canadian price list,
with the goods laid down in Canada, freight
and dnty paid.
"That means," said the Evening Pott's in
formant, "that under ordinary favorable
circumstances, the Canadians get the Amer
ican made goods from 35 to 40 per cent
cheaper than Americans do. The injustice
of Americans being thus compelled to pay
into the pockets of the manufacturers that
extra 35 or 40 per cent more than is really
necessary to protect the manufacturer and
give him a little advantage over importers
must be apparent to every one."
Continuing his narrative, the reporter's
informant said: "If you ask the manufac
turers how it is they can sell their goods
from 35 to 40 per cent cheaper in Canada
than they can, or, at any rate, do at home,
they will tell you thaj the goods they send
to Canada are what is known as 'seconds.
THE GOODS ARE THE SAME.
That, however, is not true, as any com
petent judge of the goods will tell you and
as you can easily see for yourself. As a
matter of fact, the goods sent to Canada are
precisely similar in every respect to those
sold in this country. The two price lists,
the Canadian and the American, are identi
cal in all respects as to the descrip
tion of the goods, etc., the only difference
being in the prices. It is not reasonable
to suppose that the Canadian dealer or con
sumer when paying for the best, as per
price list (issued to Canadian dealers onlv)
would accept an inferior article, or seconds,
as the inferior article is termed.
"One sample from the two price lists will
be sufficient for an object lesson to illus
trate this. For instance, for what is known
as or described as an agate Windsor tea or
coffee pot, with patent seamless body and
agate cover, the price per dozen to Canada
is 524. To Americans the price is $30. It
is the same with every other article in
cluded in the list."
WANTED FOB KIDNAPING.
An Indiana Attorney Who Was After a
Reward for a Hundred Dollars.
SPECIAL TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Columbus, Aug. 15. J. W. McNeal, of
Biverside, Hamilton connty, secured a
requisition on the Governor of Indiana, this
evening for J. J. Hilton, an attorney of
Martinsville, Ind., who is wanted at Colum
bus on a charge of kidnaping James Mc
Neal, who was released from the Ohio Peni
tentiary November 15 last. McNeal was
taken to Morgan county, Ind., and con
victed of horse stealing, a crime which he
committed before being sent to the Ohio
prison.
McNeal's mother had compromised the
crime in that State by paying $50, and the
owner of the horse was satisfied, but Hilton
concluded he would secure the $100 reward
tfffered for all such cases in Indiana. The
warden of the penitentiary refused to
recognize Hilton and his papers, but he
secured the aid of police and carried Mc
Neal away in the night, taking him across
the country.
FELL FIVE H1JNDBED FEET.
A Female Parachute Jumper Meets With
a Frightful Death at Cincinnati.
SPECIAL TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Cincinnati, Aug. 15. Miss Anna
Hankes, of Indianapolis, whose professional
name is Xeroy, made a balloon ascension
thitt afttmnrm rtt Conev Island, a resort ten
'miles up the river. The balloon sailed about
a mile westward, and when 500 feet high
she cut loose witn the parachute.
The rope of the trapeze immediately
broke. The woman descended like an
arrow, striking the ground on her feet, and
was driven into the earth above her knees.
When reached, her lifeless body was found
mashed almost out of shape.
A PENNILESS DOCTOR.
ARRESTED FOR CHLOROFORMING THE
JMEMPHIS BANKER.
The Fact That He Dyed His Whiskersand
Afterward Cat Them Off Excited Suspi
cion He Was Hard Pressed for Money
Some Amnslnz Features.
SPECIAL TELXGBAM TO THE DISPATCIt.l
MEJirius, Aug. 15. Colonel It Dudley
Frascr, the richest banker in the city and
President of the Memphis City Bank, was
induced Thursday to visit room 364, Gayosa
Hotel, ostensibly to transact business with
one calling himself J. A. Morris, of New
Orleans, who represented himself as a
brother of the Morris of the Louisiana Lot
tary Company. On the second inter
view the stranger drew two pistols
and demanded that Mr. Fraser
sign a check for $5,000. Colonel Fraser re
fused, whereupon saying that his family
was starving and he was desperate, he re
duced the sum to $500. Colonel Fraser in
dorsed the stranger's check then, but in a
style that he knew the tellervonld not
honor. The check was not easy "ud the
stranger then chloroformed thy j ""id
nV1.n.I i.:. n CT? Tl.. iV -
ot fU). xne i . -r,'7
brought help, but the robber '"fltJO
prietor that his friend had the jimjia-, -Of
the Colonel was so scared he was afraid
1UUUCU U1U1 VA .lrr. .LUC V I "fT..
The funniest part was that after the rob-!
ber departed, the hotel attaches kept the
Colonel a prisoner under the impression
that he was insane. The story was such a
wild and woolly one that manv refused to-
believe it, but the check was there to show
for itself.
The denouement came to-night in the ar
rest of Dr. J. E. Clemens, a practicing
physician of this city, at his home on Vance
street. On August 3 Clemens closed his
front shutters, sent his wife to Holly
Springs, and put a sign out: "Will be away
from the city several weeks." Then
he went to housekeeping on the
back-door plan. This corroborates
the story that he was hard
pressed financially, his avowed reason for
pretending to be out of the city being to
keep creditors fronu the door. Earlytj
lhursday morning Clemens Jett his house,
leaving a note with a neighbor that he
would not return till night It was early
Thursday morning that Morris registered at
the hotel. That evening at dark his neigh
bors noticed that his beard was dyed. Fri
day morning they observed that he had his'
beard amputated entirely.
These and other suspicious circumstances
led to his arrest His wife told the detec
tives he was out of the city at first, but
afterward produced him. Neither he cor
his wife expressed any surprise nor asked
any questions as to the cause of the arrest
At police headquarters, in spite of his
ehansre of whiskers he. was identified bv the
hotef employes, and in addition the small
vause fie carried was identified bytnenouse
keeper.
A SMOLDERING -SENSATION.
Ugly Rnmors Rise With the Smoke Fromi
Braddock's Burned Church.
SrECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Braddock, Aug. 15. Tho citizens of
this place are thoroughly aroused over the
fire last night which reduced the handsome
All Saints Episcopal -Church to ashes;
There seems to be no .question whatever
that the fire was incendiary, and the best
efforts of the police bid lair to land the A
guilty party in jail before many days. The
fire marshal of Pittsburc has" been notified.
and will be here Monday to investigate the
mailer, wnen lb is auogeiuer imey a prucm-.
nent man of this citv will be asked to ex
plain his queer actions and whereabouts
during the past few days.
As yet there is nothing but a rumor, and-
every one hesitates to even name the party,)
DUt an arrest iur arsuu win ue niuue Here
soon that will create the greatest sensation
in church and social circles ever known in
this place.
A HEAVY CINCINNATI EATLTTBE.
John. Bon to, Sons & Co., Rope and Twine l
Makers, Make an Assignment.
Cincinnati, Aug. 15. Late this after
noon the rope and twine firm of John Bonte,
Sons & Co. made an assignment to John B.
Boutet. The failure was caused by dull
trrde and inability to compete with other '
firms which were cutting prices.
Liabilities, $100,000. The assets are.
placed at about the same amount. Nearly
all these, however, consist of machinery.,
No preference.
PRESIDENT BARILLAS POPULAR.
An American Consnl in Guatemala Denies .
That a Revolution Is Impending.
Chicago, Aug. 15. Florentine Souza,,
American Consul at Champeri connty, Guate-j
mala, is in the city en route to Vashington
and Europe.
He denies recently telegraphed reports of
an impending revolution against the alleged
dictatorship of President Barrillas. The
latter, he savs, will undoubtedly be re
elected this fall, and he feels that this will,
be the free choice of the people.
THE DISPATCH DIRECTORY.'
Contents of the Issue Classified for the
Convenience of Readers.
The issue of The DiSPATcn to-dajr consists
of 20 pages, made up in three parts. Tho first
nine pages are devoted to tho news of the
day and editorial comment. The special
feature will be found as follows:
Page S. ,
English rolitics. Spiritualists' Convention.
Swiss Independmce Day. Farnr on Lowell.
Quay and Mogee FltAKK A. Bdius
ragilO.
Low ell and Jones Jonx Russell Yotrso
The Mnstc World C. "W.S."
Page It.
An Onion Paradise BaYAbd WTm as
The Tf ant Column. To Let Column. .
For Hale Notices.
Page 12.
The Social World. Dramatic News.
News of the Courts.
Page 13.
Fashions fur Men Bessie Bramble
Secrets of Doctors Suirlet Dahe
Workiug toy System Maroabet II. Welch
Late Fashion Notes.
PagtU.
Homes of the Dead...
Amusement Notices,
Pugeli.
Beemule the Japs....
The Crooked bDlue....
T. C. SToriEL
Select Knights Oojslp.
..FltAXK O. ClRPEHTEB
..J. P. B.
A Gem In the Rough CLIVTOX I.LOTD
The Californlans .Jcles Vebe
Page 16.
On flfmonth Rock...
An Ideal Bohemia....
Pumping Out Bhouls.
Paget!.
The Greatest Abyss...
Bill Nye
..Jeaxf.ttk I.. Gilder.
Late Science News.
...Charles V. Lnpus
The Witch's Warning..
l'AYSIK
1'uzile Department E. B. Cuadbocbn
Beauties In Black EdqabL. Wakkmax
The Book orNahum BEV. GEORGE Hodoes
Page li.
Bevlcw of Sports Pnt.voLE
Gossip of the Day. Wilkie
ABcantyof Chile Fannie B.Ward
A Useful Bcrrant. Electrical Applications.
Page 29.
The Secret Societies. Tne Market Reports.
The Grand Army.
The summer Resorts,
mge w.
Business Cards.
TWENTY PAGES.
ETVE GENTS
PULLINGjnTnKES,
A Welsh Tinned-Plate Manu
facturer "Ym Transfer His
Plant to Joliet, 111.
OTHEBS MAY FOLLOW ITIM.
Englishmen Investing 5650,000
the New Industry in
the South.
in
THEY LOOK FOR A GEEAT RESULT.
Expert-Figures on the Relative Costs at
Home and Abroad.
TIN ABOUNDS IN THE BLACK HILLS.
Englishmen no longer sneer at the possi
bility of Americans making tinned plate.
They at length concede that the McKinley
tariff act will enable this to be done, and
they propose to benefit br it themselves.
"e of the largest manufacturers in Wales
Jo "ided to move the bulk of his plant to
i "1-ii-.r. and an English corporation in
ftj 'iVfl""' an(' aa English corporation ia
'""7A jlt' erect a tinned plate plant ia
conu. C Y hits blast furnaces already in
operation
It C. Jeneins is a tinned plate manufac
turer with works in South Wales and Mon
.mouthshire. At Maestcg, in the latter
country, he is in partnership in a manufac
tory with W. H. Edwards, a son-in-law of
William Williams, of Llanelly, known as
'the "Tin-plate King." Mr. Jenkins' other
tplant is at Maechen, in South Wales. The
capacity of both plants is nine mills, equal
to an output of 4,200 boxes a day.
In letters to Pittsburg gentlemen Mr.
(Jenkins has expressed his intention of
moving over herev He will ship the bulk of
his plant and bring with him as many of hi-5
men as he may require. He has studied tho
contract labor law, and can find no reason
"why heconldnt do so. He has been offered
(strong inducements to come across tho
watermclnding the offer of 25 acres of freo
landaUJoliet, 111.
BOUND TO COME TO AMERICA.
MrJenkins says he has accepted the offer-
h and will prepare to move in abont two
months time. He says that Englishmen,
now recognize that Americans can make,
and undersell them in tinned plate, and
tftat, as they are already experienced in the)
lrade, while Americans are not, they do not
see whythey should not enter the field un
der the 'new conditions. Mr. Jenkins also
adds that William Williams and his son-in-law,
W. H. Edwards, are seriously thinking:
of following his example. They may locate
here within the next six months. Mr. Jen
kins says he is aware that steel plates can ba
bought in Chicago at cheaper cost than in
England and the difference in wages is not
so mizch as to prevent a handsome profit
on. the investment
"When Mr. Williams was in Pittsburg'
last October he told a Dispatch reporter
that lie would have no hesitancy in invest-"
ang capital in the manufacture of tinned
plate in this country, if he felt any security
in the duty being maintained. He admitted
that he came here as much for the dutdoso
of investing capital in this business as foe
anyotner. At the same time he scolicd as
the idea of tinned plate being made at a re
munerative price it the Welshmen united
in lessening cost and reducing profits. Sub
sequent events show that while they may
have been content with a smaller profit it is
because the cost of material and lahor h.ivi
both become greater in Wales. Advices
lrom wales to Pittsbnrgers point to a gen
eral acceptance of the States as a competf
tor, and it is admitted sooner than was ex
nected that the protective nolinv of the Mft-
Kinley act will throw half the Welsh mills
idle. "
ANOTHER ENTEKPKISE AFOOT.
It developed yesterday that there wa
another body of Englishmen, not associated
with the tinned plate making industry, who
are arranging to go into that business ia
this country. The Embreville Freehold
Land, Iron and Railway Company is a cor-,
poration with $2,000,000 of capital, all of
which is held in England. It owns 58,000
acres of mineral land in East Tennessee,
and has had two blast furnaces in operation
for some time. The elective committee,
consisting of three titled Englishmen, have
been here for some time obtaining data on
the cost of a tinned plated plant. In com
nanv with their ffetierai manager. "Mr. Lnvp.
iithey saw Mr. John F. Wilcox, of the Pitts-
Durg iron and btccl Engineering Uompanv,
and entered into negotiations with him in ta
matter. The committee sailed last week to
consult with the board of directors. Their
project is best outlined in what Mr. Wilcox
said yesterday in relation thereto.
"Tne Embreville corporation," he said,
"is composed entirely of English capital,
and its enterprises have so far escaped news
paper notice. It has 58,000 acres of land in
Tennessee, and two blast furnaces in opera
tion. The enterprise, which has been estab
lished for three years, has paid such hand
some dividends that the directors deemed it
advisable to extend operations. They sent
an executive committee of three over here
to investigate. These gentlemen called me
in and made exhaustive inquiries into the
probabilities of a steel and tinned plate
plant being a remunerative investment. I
prepared comparative costs of manufacture
here and in England, and also plans.
CONFIDENT OF RETURNS.
"I went with them very fully into tho
matter, and at length was able to advise
them that capital invested in a tinned plate
plant in this country could not be other
wise than a good investment. The result
of several meetings was thatthe committee
decided to recommend the project to their
board They sailed for England last week
for that purpose, and I only await instruc
tions to put the plans into practical effect.
The plant is estimated to cost SoVX,000, with
a capacity of 6,000 boxes of finished plates
per week, and 200 tons of steel slabs for tho
open market
"I do not think there is the
shadow of a doubt," continued Mr.
Wilcox, of -the security Of a tinned plate
plant as an investment. The cost of a box:
of tinned plate shipped at Swansea is?;!.
The labor on it costs 58 cents. I can afford
to pay just double that amount and yet
have a profit of $1 25 per box. The Ameri
can manufacturer has the best of the Welsh
men in ttjll but labor. His steel plates are
cheaper, so is his coal, and so is the lumber
he uses for packing. Of course American
manufacturers are going , slow, and
will for some time They desire
to get at the best method ot making.rolling,
pickling, etc., before going into the busi
ness. But there is no ultimate donbt of
the possibilities of making plate success
fully. Indeed, it is no longer gainsaid.
There are men in Pittsburg to-day who
would put up 1500,000 to erect a plant, and .
they will do so just when the time is ripe."
MANY INQUIRIES FOR ESTI3IATES.
From another engineer it was learned
that a good many inquiries were being re
ceived for tinned-plate figures. There are
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