Pffi$bnx& UANTC Of all kinds urn .applied WH I O through the ONE CENT A WOBD columns UnDI ofTHE DIS PATCH. Sltua "Unix, lions are no cured quickly. The "AdleU" UCI D are growing in popularity. "' ' AMP All daues of Advertisers hare Unt an opportnnltr to utilize the clas sified columns PCIIT of THE DIS PATCH. The.Wtlll small. "Ads" are well read. They area good a UilRn and sure Investment. VVTUnU. FORTY-SIXTH YEAR. prrTSBunG, Thursday, November io," 1891-twelve psges! THREE CENTS j BANKING ON BLAINE Foraker's Mends in Ohio Make an Open Attack on Foster and Harrison. A LEAD OF ONE CLAIMED, But There Will Be Some Hard Hust ling Before the Caucus Meets. THAT JOURNEY TO THE CAPITAL The Secretary of the Treasury Again De clares for Sherman, and BELIETES TBE RESULT IS IN POUBT rSPECIAI. TELEGRAM TO TI1E DISPATCn.l Cincinnati, Nov. 18. Ex-Governor Foraker's friends here are indignant over Secretary of the Treasury Fos ter's speech in "Washington in which he came out and openly advocated Sherman's re-election to the Senate. They say that holding the important position he does in President Harrison's Cabinet ought to dis bar him from taking a hand in the present Senatorial canvass in Ohio and that if the Administration is going to fight Foraker it will find that that is a game two can play at. The Blaine wing of the party in this State are now claimed to be all for Foraker. All the younger clement, also, it is asserted. Is for the Cincinnati candidate. The work ers and the active hustlers are with him, and the fight will be the most hotly con tested Senatorial battle that ever took place in Ohio. The Brice-Thomas contest two years ago will not be "in it" compared to this one. Foraker Said to Be One In the Lead. A careful, conservative poll of the new Republican Legislature shows it to stand at present as follows: Foraker, 46; Sherman. 45. If the caucus nomination were held to night Foraker would surely win, but changes may be made before the snow flies on New Year's Day. The ex-Governor has returned to Cincin nati from lus visit to "Washington. He talks of his experience at the National Capital freely, and particularly calls atten tion to the fact that he spent a very pleas ant hour in conversation and driving with Secretary Blaine. He was asked by the re porter: "How did you find the President?" The President received me very cor dially, but I did not have any very extended interview with him. I simply called to pay my respects to him." "In view of Mr. Foster's entertnining you, were you not surprised at his pronun- ciamento for Senator Sherman? Not Snrprlsea at Poster. "Not at all. I had understood for some divs thnt ll intended to declare himself "lavoraliie to Sbernicn's'ccadidacy, butXind supposed the declaration would take the thape of a letter for publication to some friend in Ohio." ""What do you think of Mr. Foster's action?" ''Mr. Foster has the right of every Ohio man to declare his Senatorial preference. "We are not going to have any quarrel about that, nor are any of us going to quarrel be cause we may not happen to agree about the succession to Senator Sherman." "What effect will it have?" "I really cannot say. I have been out of Ohio for nearly a week, and know no more about the Senatorial situation than I did when I left Cincinnati last Thursday." "Vou state that you had quite an ex tended visit v ith Secretary Blaine. "What did you talk about? Anything about 1802?" "My conversation with Mx. Blaine was purely of a social nature. I was particu larly struck by his first words when I took him by the band, which shows his close re lations to the people. He asked me what news I had from my father, whose illness had been mentioned in the papers. The Secretary is in the very best of health. "When I saw him yesterday his entire morn ing had been taken up with several foreign ministers in the consideration of diplomatic questions. Instead of tiring him, this seemed to be a source of exhilaration, and when, after our drive, we alighted from his carriage at my hotel, he was far spryer than L" The Secretary Again Declares Himself. A special telegram from New York says: Secretary Foster received an ovation at the Fifth Aienue Hotel. Among the promi nent Republicans who called were Major McKinley, Governor-elect of Ohio; ex-Governor P. C. Cheney, of New Hampshire; Cornelius N. Bliss, Collector Hendricks and Congressman James J. Belden, of Syracuse. The Secretary talked freely with a reporter about the Senatorial fight in Ohio. He said that he certainly favored the election of Senator Sherman. "Some comment has been made in the papers upon the fact that Governor Foraker was with you before you delivered your speech to the Ohio Association in favor of Senator Sherman. Did the ex-Governor know your preference?" "Yes. The ex-Governor and I are per sonal friends, and he dined at my house the -evening before I made the speech. He knew that I wished to see Senator Sherman re-elected, and mv speech was no surprise. The contest in Ohio is a friendly one." "Do you thiuk Senator Sherman will be elected?" The Element of Uncertainty. '"I hope so. There is an element of un certainty iu the contest from the fact that the Republicans elected 20 more members to the Legislature than they expected. One county, largely Democratic, elected a Re publican representative, who will probably vote against the Senator. All but about 15 members elected were known to beln favor of one or other of the candidates. But how these 15 will vote is not yet known." The Secretary then talkedabout theissues between the two parties. He said that the Democrats had managed to misrepresent the wage earners' taritr soon after it went into effect. Some months ago the statistics of the Treasury Department showed that the country had not only increased its domestic exports, but that the imports had likewise increased. This was an infallible argument against those who derided the tariff and de clared that it would not give a market lor home products, but decrease generally the volume of exports and imports. In Ohio these facts ere made plain and the Repub lican vote was thereby increased. "Will the tariff be the issue of the na tional contest?" The Tariff Will Be the Issue. "Yes, almost exclusively. I do not think the silver question will come prompt ly to the front. The silver men managed to get a free coinage plank in the Democratic platform in Ohio; but I was pleased to know that more than a majority of dele gates in the Democratic Convention were not for fret coinage. X noticed that during the latter part of the campaign in Ohio the Democrats never referred to the silver ques tion. The Democrats in some 24 Western States have, by resolution, declared in iavor of free coinage." "Do you think they will put a silver plank in the next Democratic national platform?" "If they do they will make it somewhat like the Democrats in Maryland made theirs, which was so mixed that no one can tell ju6t what they mean, and in that foggy wav fight the campaign." The Secretary spoke -of reciprocity. He thought by the time of the campaign in 1892 reciprocity would certainly prove how beneficial it was for the countrv. AFTER BRICE'S SCALP. OPPOSITION TO THE OHIO SENATOR ASSUMES SHAPE. A Call to Tie Issued to Take Steps to Have Him Called Down Short Chairman King Details the Proposed Plan In an Interview. Youngstown, Nov. 18 Special"- "Will the Republicans of Ohio contest the election of Calvin S. Brice to a seat in the "United States Senate?" was the queston propeunded to Judge King, Chairman of the Bepublican State Central Committee, this evening. "Yes. My present impression is that they will. I intend to issue a call of the State Central Committee and prominent leaders of the party in the State for a meet ing to be heli nt Columbus, next Monday or Tuesday " evening, to consider what action should be properly taken to contest the seat claimed by Mr. Brice in the United States Senate," "What course do you think should be pursued in the matter?" "I have given the question considerable thought, and think the proper course to be pursued is for the State Central Committee to adopt a resolution setting forth that the election of Brice as Senator was procured by corruption, fraud and bribery, that at the time lie was not an Inhabitant of the State of Ohio or a citizen. The corruption, I think, can be clearly Bhown by John H. Thomas, of Springfield, and others, aud affidavits can by secured from residents of Lima showing thaf at the time he had no home there and had not re sided there for a yea', and the testimony of Brici himself, in qualifying to a bond for Paigj and others in New York, and hiB an swers to the Census Supervisor, stating that his home was in New York and giving the residence and number on Fifth avenue. This resolution should be placed in the hands of Senator Sherman, who, at the opening of Congress, before Mr. Brice is sworn in, can present it to the Senate, and, without expressing any opinion, can request the Senate to investigate the matter before admitting Mr. Brice. It seems to me that the Republicans have a clear case, and will have no difficulty in convincing the Senate th.it Brice is not elligiblc to a seat in that bodv, and give the Republican legislature u v7iiio on upporiuuny ui meeting iwu sterling Republicans as Senators John IJraanjmUos(UJhJ3eisonForaketlL KANSAS WANTS THESE SENATORS. A Move on the Part ot Republicans to Ut terly Ignore Peffer. Topeka, Nov. 1& 3perfaZ. The latest political movement in Kansas is the advo cacy of a scheme by leading Republicans to secure through the next Legislature the election of a Republican colleague to Sena tor Plumb, to look after the interests of the people of Kansas in Washington, and to be paid a salary of 55,000 by the State It is alleged that Senator Peffer vi ill be power less to do anything for the Stato because of his persistent "calamity wail" and misrep resentation of the State's indebtedness and the people's misfortune. The plan is to treat Peffer as a cipher, al low nun io mi oui jus term ana araw ins salary, but to select at the next session of the Legislature a prominent Republican to jro to Washington and work with Senator Plumb. W. E. Sterne, of Topeka, and a dozen other active Republicans throughout the State are urging this movement as an is sue in the next campaign. THE QUAY-DALZELL FIGHT. A Postolflce Fight at Indiana, Pa., to Figure in the Senatorial Contest. Indiana, Nov. 18. Serial. There is quite an interest shown here in the matter of the proposed contest between Congress man John Dalzell and Senator Quay for the position of the latter, as the odd-numbered Senatorial districts are to be filled at the next election. This connty, with its two representatives, will show a new front, or otherwise, in the next General Assembly. It is claimed that a man named Elkins, act ing for Quay, has everything set up, but knowing ones say that there is a roasting in store for the fisherman. In this, his former home, Elkins wants to oust Miss Fannie W. Nixon, the present postmistress, and upon this much depends the Legislature and the Dalzell Quay fight, The intimations here are that Mr. "Dalzell may not be included in the sup porters of Elkins' nominee, and that he may have some force with the powers that be." WASHING DIBIT LINEN. A Qnarrel in a Johnstown Democratic Clnb That Slay Disrupt It. Johnstown, Nov. 18. Special There is trouble in the Iriquois Democratic Club, this city. Many of the leading members are accused ot helping defeat the county ticket, and according to the rules of the club they will be asked to resign. A com mittee was appointed last Monday night to obtain the names of all who were not true to their colors at the last election, and if they refuse to accept the finding of the com mittee they will be given a trial before the club. Some of them will make a hard fight to hold possession of their membership, and will, no doubt, rake up old stories, which will make things lively in general, while some of the members feel that everv nrinei- ple of honesty has been violated by those wuo cui me uckci, anu declare it tbe offenders are not punished they will leave the club. McKinley and Heed In Boston. Boston, Nov. 18. poriat Governor elect McKinley, of Ohio, and ex-Speaker Tom Reed, of Maine, will be the big guns at the annual dinner of the Home Market Clnb to-morrow. Inhaled Natural Gas and Die 1. Dayton. Nov. 18. An aged couple, James Ellis and wife, were found dead in their home to-day at Troy, from inhaling naturahgas, and their three children were unconscious, but may liva The fire was left burning in the cook stove, but, from ir regular pressure, the fire went out. The valves being open, the gas soon filled the house. . Oft EQUAL - FOOTING. Pittsburg's Show for the Bepublican Convention Very Good. NO OTHER CITY STANDS BETTER. Minneapolis Likely to Mate Our Determined Opponent. Host LOTS OP GREAT ORAT0RT BOTTLED UP rsrlClAI- TELIGBAM TO TOB DISPATCH. 1 Washington, Nov. 18. The Repub lican National Committee will meet at the Arlington Hotel, Monday morning, at 12 o'clock, for the purpose of choosing a place for holding the Repub lican National Convention of 1892. The representatives and boomers of the nine cities that are striving to get the meeting have arrived in Washington and are preparing the speeches that will be leveled at the heads of the 48 members of the committee, one from each State and Territory in the Union. It is the general opinion that oratory is what settles the question of locating conventions. For the purpose of allowing this powerful lever to have full play, the committee sits as a jury and divides up the time equally between the, spokesmen of the contending towns, then a secret session is held and the com mitteemen vote according to the localities from which they hail, and without any re gard whatever to the speechmaking. Heretofore there have been just two con siderations that have had any weight with such committeemen as were unpledged. These were the questions of hotel and hall accommodations for the rival ambitious cities. Chicago Not in It This Tear. Chicago has of late years experienced no difficulty in demonstrating in just two min utes that no city outside of New York has half so many hotels as the prairie wonder, nor half so good. The Exposition Hall, and later the vast Auditorium.were pointed to as the answer to ail questions about a proper-sized hall, and against these posses sions outside cities could make but little headway. This year the case is somewhat different. Several other cities have erected big buildings where a crowd of any size can be stowed away, and point with pride to large and modern hotels built within the past three years. Moreover, Chicago is handicapped this time by the fact that several influential members of the committee are opposed to her application for political reasons. One of these objectors to the once overwhelm ingly popular metropolis of the West is J. S. Clarkson, Chairman of the Executive Committee, and a promising candidate for the Chairmanship made vacant by the resig nation of Senator Quay. Mr. Clarkson is opposed to the selection of Chicago this time for the reason that no political candidate, except Judge Walter Gresham, stands any show in Chicago. Too .Much Gresham in Chicago. In 1888 the representatives who came here and defeated their competitors for the convention prize promised that no prejudice whatever existed in Chicago for any partic ular candidate, and that if it did it would not be allowed to crgnjout. Onthe con-! -trury; noWeVer, ltTs""claimednbwTi&'rfiar ever since loop, that the galleries, tue plat form and all parts of the great Auditorium hall .not occupied by bona fide delegates, were packed with Gresham shouters, who were opposed to giving anyone but their favorite a chance. The -Blaine and Harrison men particularly the latter do not care to go through this Gresham fire again, and are therefore working more or less quietly for some other city as the place for holding the con vention of 1892. Chicago, moreover, is handicapped in the race by the fact that she is so busy with the World's Fair and the task of devising means for keeping that auimal alive that she has not made her usual vigorous fight for the prize and prob ably will not. She will tafce it if it is handed over to her, and do what she can to make it a success, but really she cares nothing at all about the matter. No repre sentative delegation has come from Chicago vet, but Senator Cullom, who has been here for a month or iriore, is representing her in a perfunctory sort of way. Minneapolis is the city that really in tends to make the big, noisy, earnest fight ot the campaign. She wants the conven tion, and wants it bad. San Francisco in Earnest. Next to Minneapolis San Francisco is the most eager aspirant. Editor Mike De Young, the committee member from the Golden State, is now bounding Eastward by fast express, bearing with him carte blanche authority to use in persuading his Repub lican colleagues to vote for a grand over land trip to the Golden Gate in the summer of 1892. As is well known, San Francisco has unusually good hotels and restaurants, and the lack of a suitable hall can be readily supplied upon short notice. The idea of a journey across the continent at the expense of somebody else is a very pleasing one to many Republicans who hope to be national delegates next year, and thus it is that while the older and presumably wiser heads are protesting againBt the policy of traveling 6,000 milos for the purpose of nominating a Presidental candidate, the younger and more enthusiastic element are saying many things in favor of the far Western tour, especially as De Young's promise of free everything is heard on every side. Cincinnati has not yet made herself heard in the skirmishes of the coming battle. There have been conventions there in the past that have not been at all satistactory to the friends of at least one man whose 'name may be on the winning banner next summer, and the recollections of 1876 are very bitter to more than one Republican statesman, who are not anxious to return to the city so near the Kentucky line. The Cincinnati hotel accommodations, more over, have not been improved in 15 years, and altogether, there seems to be a prevail ing sentiment among those Republicans who have thus far expressed an opinion that Cincinnati will not cut much of a figure in the fight. Pittsburg's Fine Claims Set Forth. Pittsburg is the latest aspirant for con vention honors. A canvass of that city has shown it to contain hotel accommodations equal to Cincinnati, while a guarantee fund -1 1fA AAA la wmvr lA1nn vniea1 A a of $100,000 is now being raised. A com. mittee will be here next Monday, headed by Mayor Gourley, C. L. Magee and other prominent men, and an earnest endeavor will be made to carry oft" the prize. Penn sylvania's membership on the committee is vacant. No selection has yet been made of a successor to Senator Quay. Tacoma's voice is to be heard here next week loud and long, and this enterprising town is ready to raise any bid that San Francisco sees fit to offer. Tacoma's agent has been in Washington for a week, and will be well prepared on Monday to sweetly ting the-praises of his'city and the attrac tions she has to offer before the commission that is to make the important decision. The New York delegation is looked for on Sat urday, and Mr. Depew is expected to make an appeal lor the metropolis as an ideal convention city, as eloquent as that unsuc cessful one which he made a year or so ago regarding the location of the World's Fair. Detroit is not making much of an effort to get the Republican Convention, relying upon the assurances of Don Dickinson and other enthusiastic Democrats that when a month or two later the Democrats meet to choose a convention city, the claims' ot the "City of the Strait" will ba put forward by suoh strong Democrats thatthey' cannot be ignored. A Decidedly Lively Skirmish. But whatever city is ultimately chosen, the contest next week will be a lively, in teresting and exciting one. Such cdntests are always marked by much hilarity and the politicians, lobbyists and other classes of American citizens who Will gather in Wash ington about that time, ready for the speak ership campaign and the long session of Congress that is to follow, will enjoy it to the utmost. There will be at least half a dozen headquarters open for five or six days, where eatables and drinkables will be free, and after the battle is over there will be a jollification at the expense of the victorsous city, at which time nominations will be de manded, and when all are welcome to all there is and no questions asked. The big crowd that will attend "these headquarter receptions will not be admitted to the meetings where the flood of eloquence in praise of localities will be let loose, but as a Washington crowd of politicians, hun gry officeseekcrs and ex-officeholders care' less for brain food than for more nourishing substances, they will not grieve much at being deprived of the pleasure of listening to the eloquence. Ex-Governor Foraker will return here next week, to let loose his unbridled tongue in the interest of Cincinnati, and each town that is an applicant will put forth tho man who has" the greatest gift of spread-eagle oratory. At present there are absolutely no indications as to which) city will win, especially as Chicago, which has come to be known as the ''conventionclty," does not seem to care whether she is chosen or not. SCHULTIES IS EXCITED. HE MAKES A FLTING, "BUT USELESS TItIP TO WASHINGTON. Too Much Worked Up to Read the News- Charges Against tho Last Steerage Pa. sengcrg of the Servia. Washington, Nov. 18. Special. Her man J. Schnlties, the enthutiastio commis sioner of immigration, -who came across tbe ocean as a steeerage passenger of the Servia, and subsequently created a temporary ex citement at the barge office', was in the city to-day. He came from New York last night for the purpose of seeing Secretary Foster, who was in New York whan. tMr. Schnlties left there. The commissioner was too much excited yesterday to read the newspapers, and was greatly disappointed to leam that neither Secretary Fosternor Assistant SeeretarvNet- tleton weie in Washington. Schulties talked to Assistant Secretary Spaulding, however. Subsequensly he called on Commissioner Owen. To both of these officials he reiter ated his published account of the improper conduct of the steerage passengers of the steamer in which he came across the ocean disguised as an emigrant. He did not sub mit a written report, but, in conjunction with the other commissioners, will make a report of his operations in Europe. Mr. Schulties, it is understood, claims that some of his statements have been exag gerated by the papers, that the newspaper men forced him to say things he had not in tended to say. He returned to New York this afternoon. The officious commissioner did not re ceive many congratulations or much en couragement in Washington, and it is even intimated that he may lose his job as soon as Secretary Foster has time to look into his case, gchultiesjias not been in good standintr with the labor onraniEntlnns from JljS4tftrx1Thereaa5swiDJiuohjeoiioa-to nis appointment "as (Commissioner last spring, and. 'it was ODenlr nhnrrrpfl tb.it Secretary Foster was misled as to his in dorsements by misrepresentations of fact. He put himself forward as the candidate of the Federation of Labor, but was openly repudiated by the local organization. He never was a workingman. After resigning his clerkship in the Interior Department, he became the promoter at the Capitol of legislation urged by the Federation of Labor. NO BOOK FOB BAD PICTUBES. Tho Treasnry Department to Exclude a Painting If It Is Naughty. Washington, Nov. 18. Josiah W. Leeas.of Philadelphia, has written a letter to the Treasury Department calling attention to the objectionable character of a painting by the Artist Eochcgrosse, called "The Fall of Babylon," and urging some action by the department to prevent the importation of such paintings into this country. In reply Acting Secretary Spaulding says the department fully sympathizes with his desire to protect the community from the baneful effects which would attend the pub lic exhibition of an improper picture, and has issued instructions to the Collector of Customs at New York, at which port the importation in question will presumably be attempted, to thoroughly investigate the facts, and in case Mr. Leeds' description of it be found accurate, to make prompt seiz ure of the picture under section 11 of the tariff act. Tbe Charleston Sails for Honolulu. Washington, Nov. 18. The Navy De partment has received information of the sailing of the steamship Charleston yester day from Yokohama, Japan, to Honolulu, Sandwich Islands. It is said at the Navy Department that it has been the intention to relieve the Charleston from duty on the Asiatic station as soon as the Lancaster ar rived, and it is believed that the latter ves sel, which went around Africa, will soon reach China. It is not known whether Ad miral Belknap is aboard the Charleston, nor will the officials of the department say how long the vessel is to remain at Honolulu. The cruiser Newark arrived from Boston to-day. A VAGABOND BOY HUSBAND Torn From His Fond Mother's Arms by His Indignant Bride. HAYWOOD, Ga., Nov. 1& Special There is a 15-year-old boy living near here who is very anxious to return to his mother. The obstacle in the way is a wife. John McTavock is a precocious youth, and at the age of 12 took upon himself the duties of courtship. Numerous young ladies were astonished after they had welcomed the lit tle boy to their homes that it was as a lover and not a little boy that he wished to be re ceived. About six months ago he began paying attention to Miss Dink Spurling. She was about 25 years of age. It was not long until the couple were engaged, and Borneo and Juliet were quite outdone. A month ago marriage took place, 'Squire McGee making one the two fond hearts. For three weeks the mature wife and pre cocious husband had lived in bliss, but one day last week the boy went home to his mother. He wanted to stay there, but his wife had him arraigned for desertion. The 'Squire who married them heard the case. He gave the young man a lecture on the duty of husbands to provide for their wives, and warned him that the chain gang awaited vagabond husbands. The triumphant wife took her boy husband by the arm and led him ofE A Husband Jealous of His Wire's Do;. Cleveland, Nov. 18 Special Minnie Schaefer sued her husband, Frederick, for divorce November 9. She alleged cruelty and neglect. To-day the husband filed a cross petition, in which he stated that Minnie never loved him, but lavished her affection upon a homely pug dog. Iu ad dition to her fondness for this pug dog, she once attacked him with a butcher knife, and he thinks tho balance of argument is sufficient to grant him an absolute divorce, j Foraker Trying to Oct Into the Senate MAKING .UP A SCALE. I Tin Plate Manufacturers Figuring on What to Pay Their Men. UNCLE SAM WANTS STATISTICS. Government Official Confers 'With the Board, of Managers. HFTY-FIVB MILLS NOW BEING BUILT Now that the tin plate business is fairly well established in the United Stntes the next problem is that of wages. The Board of Managers of the Association met at the Monongahela House yesterday to prepare a scale and attend to some other important business. The board is composed of seven members, but only four were present. These were J. W. Britton, Cleveland, the President; Alfred Marshall, Philadelphia; P. H. Lauflman nnd T. H. Neidringbaus.St. Louis. W. C Cronemeyer was also on deck, but claimed he was only a visitor. He gave his advice, however, whenever it was necessary. Clarence R. Britton acted as secretary. Mr. Britton remarked that ode mail in their plant, a roller of sheet steel, made 20 per day. They wrestled -with the scale problem all day, and it was partially made up. As the busi ness is new In America, and they don't want any, trouble with-thalr employes, they aretfolng-slowly, -The scale f wages paid in Wales ia known, and comparisons were made with it. On the scale question little information could be gathered, but there was plenty of light on other subjects. A Government Agent Interested. The McKinley bill provides for the col lection of statistics about the business by the Government, Colonel John D. Aver, of New York, was recently appointed to attend to this work. The Colonel met the Board of Managers, and a tabulated form for reporting statistics was prepared. A blank statement will be sent to every firm, and they must be filled out and sworn .to by tbe manufacturers. The output, quality, cost, wages, etc., are all wanted for the purpose of comparison with foreign statistics. Colonel Aver said that he had gained some information, but he regarded it as confidential until he reported to the Government Secretary Britton 6aid he was tired of hearing people ask if tin plate was made in America. He is working on the report of the Association, which will be ready in three weeks. The report will show just what has been done in the country since the McKinley hill went into effect Mr. Britton claims that from 10 to 15 mills are turning out tin plate at present, and that by next spring oa oona uue plants, costing 53,000,000, will be ready for operation. They will be able to produce one-fourth of the tin plate consumed in the country. Each plant will have a capacity of 1,500 tons per annum. The tariff act provides that at the end of five years the home man ufacturers must supply one-third of the American consumption! Mr. Britton said if they, could furnish one-fourth of the amount inside of a year, it only shows what can be done in the other four years remain ing. , Better for the Manufacturers. The fiscal year is counted from July 1. As the importations have greatly fallen off since the tariff went into effect the comDari- son in 1892 can be made with the output in 1891. This gives the advantage to the man ufacturers. Mr. Britton is confident .that in a much shorter time than was expected the Americans will be making enough tin plate to supply the home market At present thev are making from 500 to 600 boxes in Cleveland, but by .ccuruaryj. uieir pruuuuuon will D6 in Creased to 2,500 for the same time. He added that none of the Welsh makers so far had moved their plants to the United States, but it was only a question of time until they would. Their market is here, and it is now cut off. Another member of the hoard claimed they would be making one-third of the con sumption in 1893 as required by the act Ho insisted that he was not given to skyrocket expressions of opinions, but the Democrats who said tin plate could not be made in America would be disagreeably surprised. W. C. Cronemeyer suggested that a slight advance in the price would be agreeable as it couldn't he ex pected that such an industry could be started without some help from the people. This proposition was not consid ered, and the board stated that no increase ia rates was anticipated. They denied also that the price would go up after the heavy importations had been consumed. Not Afraid of the Democrats. The threat of the next Democratic Con gress does not scare the manufacturers, and they have decided to pay no attention to the work of the Ways and Means Committee. Any reduction in the tariff would be vetoed by the President and Senate. W. J. Britton exhibited some. sheets of bright tin that had been made in Cleveland. It ;vas marked a little by very small parallel lines. Tney could not be seen except when held up to the light Mr. Cronemeyer claimed the lines are found in all tin plate, no matter where made. Thev are caused by the oil in the rolls. The American finish is not quite so fine as the Welsh, but the home manufacturers are working on cleaning ma chines, and they hope to beat the foreigners in a short time. Strawbridge & Beaver are making good progress with their tin plate mill at Ken sington. Mr. Beaver said yesterday that their machinery had arrived and would soon be in position. They expect to have the ' - -i i by Hangi miljin operation by December 15 at the latest. State Senator N. ing, was in consulr Vhittaker,of Wheel- a.rh na fin nlntn men yesterday. L fo Rested in the ".' - V-iLU kUt LU U1QLC Crescent Iron' Work. "jVftj'hey intend to turn their sheet n,j '0 0Nn plate plant. He thought thaw.jK ..G-man- ufacturers in Wheeling womv .jto the business.' ". o '-- tfOnto Blaine' i Coat-Tail. nnr,mTnn ?' & iS 5 i not constructed properly ior the pur A GREENSBURG HORROR. ose and will be torn down. It cost 528,. FOCE LIVES tOST AT A DANGEROUS BAII.BOAD CROSSING. A Farm Wagon Cut In Twain by a Pas senger Kngine and Every Occnpant Instantly Killed or Mortally Wounded Two of the Victims Alleghony Boys. Gbeensbueg, Nov. 18. Special. A railroad disaster occurred near here about 4:30 o'clock this evening. James Walsh, William Galvin, Johnny McCain and Wil lie McCain were crossing the Southwest branch of the "Pennsylvania Bailroad in a common road wagon when the Yough iogheny express, behind time and running 60 miles an hour, dashed into the wagon, the pilot of the engine cutting the vehicle in two as if it were a piece of paper. The four unfortunate occupants were hurled fully 40 feet'through the air, Galvin, Welsh and John McCain being killed, while little Willie McCain was so badly injured his phvsicianB to-night have given him up. Probably the most remarkable feature of the accident is that not one of the killed was run over by the train, all instantly meeting; their death by tho mere force of concussion. They were ferribly bruised, their legs. ondarma being Jbrokeirinra'ddzen plates, while the skull of one was crushed to a jelly. John McCain was aged 8 years, and Willie, 6, and their home until recently was in Allegheny. Their mother died Saturday last, and after the "funeral Mon day, they were sent here to make their future home with Grandmother Galvin. To-night, on leaving for their country home, thev insisted on riding with their uncle and" his friend, Welsh. The ex press train was stopped, and the trainmen picked up the dead and still living boy. who were conveyed to the East End station, where their heart-broken relatives were permitted to sea them. James Walsh, the third victim, was 26 years of age, and was engaged with his father here and in Ligonier in brick manufacturing. Galvin was but 23 years of age, and leaves a wife and child. The scene of the accident was one of the most dangerous on the Southwest system, though the railroad people have time and again tried to protect it. It was there Patrick Cavanaugh was killed and Edward Rooney hurled from his buggy only a few days ago, and two days ago voung McCaffer ty was struck by an engine and nearly killed. ANOTHEB BANEEB GOBS WE0NO. A New Orleans Paying Teller Gobbles 88,500 and Sklpps Ont for Mexico. New Okleans, Nov. 18. Special Charles J. Wagatha, paying teller of the Trading Bank, of this city, disappeared yesterday and has not been seen since. There was reason to believe that his ac counts were short, and an examination made to-day showed that he had taken ?8,500. It is supposed that he stole some of this: money a month ago, and expecting then an examination of his accounts would be made shortly, as the bank does this every three month's, helped himself to some S6,000 more and left for Mexico. Wagatha is only 24 years old, and of good family. The money went mainly for a woman. THBEE CABS IN THE SAND. A Bailroad Accident Which Might Have Caused a Great loss of Ufe. Elkhart, Ind., Nov. ia Many of the passengers on the Lake Shore fast train on its way to Chicago had a narrow escape from a Serious accident six miles west of here thisJmorning. The train was running at the rate of 0 miles an hour when the two sleepers and the dining car plunged from the track and buried themselves in the sand up to the floors. .Had 'the cars overturned many would have been killed, but as it was, while sev eral were badly bruised, no one was seriously injured. A switch broke while tbe train was passing over it, causing the accident TABLE OP CONTENTS. Page. The Sherman-Foraker Contest 1 Pittsburg's Convention Prospects. ......... 1 Flans of Tin Plate Manufacturers....... 1 Another Pollco Station Setback 1 Fayette's Beign of Terror 3 More Charges Made Against Wyman. 2 A Hebrew Church Issue 2 Classified Advertisements 3 Editorial 4 ahoBealm of Society 4 Deaths Here and Elsewhere, .'. S The W. C. T. U. Convention 5 An Impracticable Pauper Scheme. 6 Problems Before the Farmers. 7 More Blows at Dictator Fonseca 7 News From Neighboring Towns "7 Episcopalian Diocese Decisions 7 Sporting Intelligence 8 Hotel Arrival nnd Personals 8 The Cold Wave and Weather Outlook.. S Hard Work for a Pardon 8 Friends of the Indians Meet 9 The Western Mining Congress 9 A New turcica! Feat 9 Canada's Troubles 10 Work In the Oil Fields 10 Financial and Commercial Markets 11 Court proceedings IS Cost.of tbe National Boad . 13 THE CITY- SHUT OUT. The Old-Criminal Court Building Will Be Torn Down Soon. NO POLICE STATION TO BE THERE. A Light, Heat and Power House for th Jail to Be Erected.- A "GREAT BATING IN THE CODNTrS CASH The old Criminal Court building, opposite tne county jailr has been rendered unavail able as a central police station by action of the County Commissioners. They intend to utilize it as. an addition to thejaiL The cold snap has hastened this decision on the part of the Commissioners. There has been a shortage of gas in the county buildings. The commissioners had impressed upon them the necessity of a change and decided to have no delay. A new boiler house and dynamo room will be provided and the old building across Diamond street will be used for the purpose. When the jail was planned in 188i nat ural gas as a fuel was not thought of and the plans provided for a coal cellar adjoin ing the boiler rooms in the jail yard on the south side of the hnilding. Subsequently the gas came and promised to be a perma nent economical fuel. The jail plans were changed and the coal cellar was changed to a dynamo room. Now, in event of natural gas playing out entirely there is no place for coal supply storage and none can be arranged with convenience. A New Building Promised. The old Criminal Court bdilding is 73x W feet in dimensions, and it is thought could be replaced bva good two-story build- ing; like the jail in'extemal appearance, at - . ; o nnn ti.-hi,ij. 000, but much of the material can be util ized in the new structure which will not need to be finished so elaborately as for a courthouse. Part of the old foundations may be used. A basement on or near a level with the Panhandle Bailroad tracks will he provided so that coal cars can be run in and dumped on a level with the boilers, also located in the basement A tunnel will be built from the basement under Diamond street to connect directly with the jaiL In this the steam pipes and electric wires will be placed. The ideas of the Commissioners have not extended any further than as outlined above, but au architect will soon submit plans in detail. A plan was made some time ago, but it was not accepted for various reasons. The arguments in favor of the change are numerous. One of the principal ones is that it will make unnecessary the purchase of the strip of ground between the jail and High street, so long in contemplation. This property, facing 170 feet on Fifth ave nue, 144 feet on Old avenue and 125 feet on High street, is owned by several parties, and $279,500 is demanded for the wholepiece. The commissioners argue that by adopting the old building for boiler and dynamo pur poses they will have .room to bnild a new wing to the jail with 80 cells, mak. ing 390 in alL This will be sufficient to ac commodate airdemands ior many-years to come, owing to the improvements in tha handling ofcriminal cases lately adopted in the local courts. The county will therefore be saved many thousands on the puichase of the ground and there will be no necessity for paying interest on borrowed money for additional property. The ground will re main there, they say, and if, 20 years hence, the connty needs it there will be no trouble about buying it. Jlelieve They Must Change Fuels. The necessity of making arrangements for fuel were made obvious yesterday. If the gas should play out entirely the jail could not be heated, and the prisoners would suffer terribly on a cold day. The Commis sioners are satisfied the gas is playing out, and they will have another fuel by the latter part of next year. Another argument in favor of the new plan is that it will keep the employes in the electrical and power departments out of the jail proper. At present the engineers, electric ians and others are inside the jail building and their presence with their coming and going is considered inadvisable in such a place. At present also the supplies for the engine rooms and electrical departments must be taken in through a wagon entrance on Diamond street and this is also consid ered improper. If coal were used for fuel under the present arrangement this gate would be open nearly all day and the possi bilities for the escape of prisoners would be numerous. Mayor Gourley, Controller Morrow and Chief Brown were disappointed when they learned that the old court building was unavailable for Central station pur poses. They seemed to have no idea whera another place could be secured. Chief Brown, it was understood, was opposed to the building a couple of weeks ago, -but has been persuaded to the views of the Mayor on the subject He said yesterday he was sorry the building could not be had. "While it might not be the most suitable place," he said, "we could save money, I guess, by renting it, and moreover, if we EUCO& UJ ICUkUIJJ 4., OUU UJVACVVtli, u had that to fall back on other holders of available property could not be so inde pendent as they are likely to be now, know ing the extremity we are in." MB. M'CLEIiAND A VBBY SICE MAN. The Adjutant General's Friends Fear Hi Attack May Be Fatal. Habrisbueg, Nov.18. jriol There was no change in the condition of Adjutant General McClelland to-night He was resting comfortably, but his friends who were allowed to see him declare he is still a very sick man. His trouble is confined wholly to his stomach, and his friends are fearful that it will prove fatal if he is not very soon af forded relief. 8EYEBAL ST2AMEBS OVERDUE. Hurricanes at Sea Making the Eastern Voy- age a Iiengthy One. New Yokk, Nov. 18. Special Tho usual winter voyage of the North German Lloyd steamship Eider from this port to Southampton is nine days. She left here on the morning of November 7, and thus will be 12 days out to-day. This indicates, the agents of the line here think, that she has been disabled, or that she has a dis abled steamship in tow. It may be that the Elbe, of the same line, which sailed hence November 10, and was due in Southampton to-day, is helping the Eider into port The Canard steamship Aurania, which steamed past Sandy Hook with the Eider, bound for Queenstown and Liverpool, encountered a hurricane on November 12, and had two of her lifeboats smashed and two seamen in jured. The Eider probably ran into the same storm. La Xouraine, the stately twin-screw flyer ottbe French line, one of the fleet that sailed away with the Eider, was delayed by heavv weathejnearly two days on her trip to Havre, where she arrived Monday. The Eider carried 32 cabin and 137 steerage pas sengers and 1,000 tons of cargo, including 1G,000 bushels of corn. ,. iaaki..''i!St- SsfiU&iSii -.4Lfaj." A&Z .V.-, iJg-&,gwfw-53CMKTg?'Wvtra
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