assaaFsa rmm n rm TTTTC PITTSBURG. DISPATCH. MONDAY. DECEMBER 28, .. 1891 f WILL HAYE A LEAGUE. George Macpherson Talks About the Xeiv Cricket Scheme. CLUBS THAT ARE KEADI KUOIN IT Baseball .Magnates Figure on Mating Lots of Monej Kext Season. INDOOR SrORTS AT THE EAST END George Jracpherson, who is taking an ex tremely active part in trying to organize a cricket league for Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio, will call a meeting to discuss the matter next week. It is ex pected that teven or eight clubs will be represented and that an organization will be effected. During 3 conversation yesterday Mr. Macpherson said: "The proposed league is a Mire go, as already I have heard from a sufficient number of clubs to form a good organization. Tiiere arc three or four teams in and about Pittsburg, and there are also teams at Jeannctte, Sew Castle, Youngs town. Eat Liverpool and one or two more nearby places. I think all these clubs will be willing to join the league. "The came": will be arranged to sui the players who have to work every day, and I think a pleudid trophy will be offered to be competed for by the teams. Of course, it would be premature on rav part to say what the conditions of the contest will be. Very likely they will be the same as the condi tions in the English cricket competitions. Hut I cannot sav. Cricket playinz will re ceive a greater boom in and about Pittsburg nest t-eaon than it has ever done oeiore. "When the new league is organized tiiere will be an increased interest in the game in seven or eight towns. "Our great idea will be to have the various teams equalized in strength as much as possible. In Pittsburg we could get together a verv strong team, but it is our intention to place a few of our good men on weak teams and we can fill their places with stron; player Wilkinsburg will have a good team, I think, and I won't be surprised if the Sonthside gets ogcther a good team. Of course, the league will not preient our having an all-Pittsburg team. will have the latter next season, and we intend to tackle the best teams in the country." "When the league is organized it is ex pected that Mr. J. E. Schwartz will be made President of it, as he has been for years the most enthusiastic patron of the game in Pittsburg. It is also likely that Jlr. Macpherson will be appointed Secre tary, a there is not an abler or more ener getic worker in the State. Altogether the indications for a cricket league are execed- lnglv bright. J0HKS0N EXPLAINS 2IATTEES. The Backer of Jehu I. Sullivan Wil. to Make a Match. Charles Johnson, Sullivan's backer, writes ae follows regal ding matchiug the champion against Slavin: "I read yesterday an alleged interview with John L. Sullivan's business in.inaj:cr, J.-ck Barnitt, in which the latter states that Arthur I.nmlcy has no anthority to act for fu'livan in regard to the champion's pro posed match with Frank P. Slavin. 'Now, I have full power to arrange this affair a1- 1 deem proper, but having been confined to my home for some time by sick-nc-i I requested Mr. Lumley to meet Slavin and Mitchell and ace for me. I did not want to ee thee people get away with any bluffs, nnd anything Mr. Lumley agreed to icznrd insthiMiiatch of Sullivan and Slavin at that meeting I will stand by. "I wih pIso to t-tate that I am John L. Sullivan's backer, and the $2,500 forfeit po-ted for the champion in mv uioncv and wa put up by me, not bv Jlr. Barnitt. In lact, Karnitt and others said I was foolish for posting money. They thought I should have waited until Slavin put up first, but I might ha e been waiting until doomsday. I expect 10 be able to meet Mr. Slavin at the Herald office on Tucdav nest at the jin. pointed hour, and I hope lip will have his S2 300 1 eady to do buslnc-s. There should be no mrther nonsense about this match." THHIH FINANCIAL PE0SPECTS. w League Magnate;. Kipect to 3Iak3 Lots of Monoycxr Yrar. New Yonn. Dec 27. Sp'rial As to the financial miccc of tho new League there -ecm- to lie little doubt, and pl.ni hato been arranged by w Inch the 1 clubs hope to w :pc out in two years the debt of $120,030 in curred by the recent deal. It is estimated tl.at 10 per cent of tho National League's cimincs lat season amounted to $30000. With 12 clubs and no opposition it U esti mated that the M per cent will amount to $123,001) next season. The "eaon of 1SU2 will lie much easier on the clubs owing to the re duction in player-' alarie, mid it is esti mated that ihu dineicnt club will make a little money. Instead "if collectins the hundred odd thousand dollai-involved 111 the consolida tion, President Younir is authorized to dniv on each club lor 10 per cent of the ;ros receipt- until the full amount has been raid. By this method it will be seen, tho 'club draw in? the largest crowds on their home grounds will be compelled to pav the larger part or the amount and the poorer clubs w ill not be taxed out of existence by assess ments. The Xew York, Chicago and Boston clubs fouprht -trenuou-lvnsainst an equal division .f the receipts. Under the 53 per cent divis ion. Boston. N'ew York, Chicago and Phila delphia w ill have to nay the big end of tho liioncv claimed and their expen-es all around will Le much heavier than the other clubs. A TEAK EOS HILWATJKEE. Tresident Ivernon ays His Club Will Be in Line Next Sprinc- MiLwArsrr, Dec. 27. President Iverron of the Milwaukee Baseball Club, has re- tnrncd from Chicago, w heie ho had been to I iooKupmeouwooKior -uuwauKee lor next ( sca-orl. . 1 .... .,. ... . . -inereneea 00 no worry, "-aid h?, "but that we will have a club the field net ear. 11:0 circuit, ot course, has not vet been decided upon, but whatever it may be Milwaukee cannot be overlooked. Itwill consist perhaps of this city, St. Paul and Minneapolis Omaha, Grand Itapids, Detroit, olumbus, Kansas City and om other lnnrecit. Tnere have been 250sood ball p!aers thiown out of employment bv the late Idianapol:s deal. They can b ob tained lor reasonable amiic. I desire that the club may be need from al! indehtedi'csj befoie next season, and then with u lew thousind dollars we can put a club in Mil waukee solidly on its f-'et. lam in favor of putting Krauthoft, of Kansas City, at the head ot it. lie is .1 shrewd business man, a good lawj-ei, and if he had been in ulG American Association none of this trouble would have occui red." C0TJ3TY LEAGUE AFFAI23. Fomt Very Important Onpstions to He Dis cussed at tlin Next Mecling. A meeting of the County Biscball League will be held this week and it will beavery inmortantone. The question of admitting the Kast Liverpool club to ihe'Leasuc will lie discussed and unite an animated talk Is expected to Inkculace on this matter. There is a strouir leelinir sgains-t extending the I.aire beyond the limits of Allegheny county, on "the one hand, and on the other 1' is deemed necessary to admit anv good ciub iuiti the organization. Questions 2elattii'r to the proposed per -enta;re system and the falaries. w ill also bo dealt with: 111 short, every question to be 'liscussed is ot the utmost gravity. Mr. Bar liorr, of the Kast Knd Gyms, is'out for the presidency of the League, and it is likelv 'hat Mr. Miner, the present president, will be a candidate. v7AKIS SCIENTIFIC B0XISG. A Patron of the Kast End Gyms Says a Few Words. The liist Knd Gyms are r.rrnntjing some more indoor athletic contests, "which will be held shortly. The contf sts are expected to be ol a more interesting and exciting kind than have heretofore taken place in the club's building. One of the principal events will be a fenc'ng competition, open to all amateurs in Western Pennsylvania. It is expected that there will be a xood entry -for tue. contest. A patron of the club last cvenlmr stated tliatboxlnc competitions ought to be held. Ho said: "We have had nothinglmt boxing exhibitions, while wo have had oontcsti in other branches of snort. I think, if we had boxinc contests for points onlv, wherein slusginar would not be permitted, we would have a great success." ABfeESTED THE FIGHTERS. Police Capture Mike Dngitn and Farraher in tlio Bin: at Tonncstown. Yoo-gstowx, Dec. 27. Special. Mike Dn jran, of Xew Castle, Pa., and Mike Farraher, a pupil of Jack Bates, lesiding, bore, met this afternoon in a ring jmt ontsideof tho city limits, with a crowds of 200 sports in attendance. The ring was pitched in an open fleldfand though thero was lreezlng air each jumped into the ring attired only in trunks and shoes and wore skin-tight jjiuvcs. no principals were evenly mmuucu, each w cighinr under 140 pounds. Farraher drew flrst blood and ftom the openinsr round haul tho best of the Oght, cr.ttiiiji Puiin badly about the face without receiving a scratch in return. Just as timo was called for the Seventh round the police appeared "and the crowd scnttered in all directions. Several young clerks vaulted over u high rail fence to avoid the clutches of the coppers. Dugan and Farraher bi oko for a swamp and attempted to reach a strip of woods, but were collared by the officers, brought to the city and placed in the polico station. jack Bates, the trainer, was also captured, but no arrests were made of the snectators. 'Farraher fought In the trunks worn bv Rilly liempseyw lien lie was killed at nock-away Ueach in his fight with "Swipes the News boy." p BOWEN VERSUS GIBBONS. A Battling Fight Looked for Between Two VI ell-Known Pugilists. Xew Or.LEAis, Dec 27. The glove contest between Andy Bowen, of this city, and Austin Gibbons, the Jersey boy, which lias been arranged by the Metropolitan Club for December 29, is the talk of the town from the Tact that it is both Gibbons and Bowen's first fiiht since their unsatisfactory goes with McAuliffe and Myqr. Andy Bowen has fonght both Carroll and Mvers and Is in the best of condition. Austin Gibbons, who is in training at Bay St. Louis, reports that lie is in tho best of condition, and that if lie loses it will nor be from lack of training?. The purse is $2,500,of which $500 goes to the loser. .Timmy Carroll will second Gibbons, while Billy ilyers will perform a like offlco for Bowen. Turf Notes. II. S. Brooks is drivine bis trotter Ken wood, 2:17, over the Chicago roads. Ilei3a model road horse too. C. Post, the one steeplechase rider who has become a racing owner, will soon add largely to his stable. It is said that some of William Easton's recent purchases of thoroughbreds in'Eng land were lor William Astor. Amoso the Brown lot at Memphis is a full brother to Huron, a fast and massive colt, and a full broken to Tulla Blackburn, who promises well. Jivmie LAMm-EV is likely to be reinstated on Xew Year's Day. Father ftJiil Daly is praying for such a dispensation from the Board of Control. The Serof"-nns are working 16 Bnchanan yearlings in Kentucky, and a few days ago iburorthem-are said to have run half asnille in a bunch, with stake weights up, in 49 sec onds. The once champion 3-vear-old trotter, Blackwood, whose 431 in 1S69 surprised the trotting world, recentlv died in Kentucky aged 25 years. He was. by Norman and bis lastest get was 1'ioteine, 2:18. Elmira. is agitating the subject of laying out a kite-shaped trotting track. This town was tho scene of American Girl's sudden death a decade ago, and her owner, William Lovell, erected a monument there to the lamons old mare. Next Satuiday, January 3, many rich stakes of the Brooklyn, New York and Long Island Jockey Clubs will close. But thc3" are almost certain to show a marked falling off of entries, due to the late resolution of the Board of Control about the winter tracks. St. Locis has entered the list to conflict with Latonia in the spring. LatonLi can ccnainly stand it if St. Louis can. The La tonia neoplo tried to bring about an equit able division ot time, but St. Louis has played :'tlio whole animal" and tossed down the gantlet. iTlooks now as if professional drivers of trottlngnnd pacing horses will be licensed, just as jockeys aie now licensed by the Board of Control. This will be done Tri- marilv as a means or preventing "ringing," now the curse of the trotting turf. All of the prominent drivers favor the scheme. The real reason why Charles Marvin, the most -uccesslul trainer of trotters of the day. left Governor Stan foid'semplo vat Pall Alto, Cal.. does not seem to be aenerally known. It is said to have been caused through a disagreement between Marvin and Ariel Latlirop, Governor Staulord's relative. The Lonjrfe'Iow-Bello Knight 2-ydarold entered as Long Knight in the American Derby, Drexel, and Sheridan stakes of 1892 at Washington Park by Frank Harper, is Ed Corngan's Cicero. His aged brother. Long Knight, is still alive and racing in Charles Littli'field'i colors. For that reason Corri gun changed the colt's "name. Easeball Notes. Thfke may be a meeting of the new League next week. It will be at least one year before big sala ries are completely downed. Philadelphia wants Mute Hoy for center field 111 place ot Delehanty. Joitx Claiiksox will bejin to coach tho Harvard College team In January. IKLTiMonE claims to be strong in tho field, but may show up weak at the bat. Maxy of tho "assignments" of Messrs. Youn;? and Phelps will be very unsatisfac tory. It would be qnitp a good stroke if wo could get Pitcher Knell in exchange for Mack. Clakksox's three-year contract with Bos ton runs out next "season. He draws $8,S00 for his season's work. Ttir. fact that players are now "assigned" to clubs roes to show that the magnates are now having their inning. There is alreadv a prodigious kick against S0-ccnt ball in Philadelphia. In 1SJ8 both the clubs in that town were boycotted until llicv reduced tho admission fee to 25 cents. One thine is settled. Mike Kcllv will re- main in liostrn. but Nash will captain the i.iiii. lU'llv sutiiiiraubUUIMiil i.wu:i vcir. iIc will iceeive a small percenter all the club makes over $20,000. 1 Baseuall natrons will this season have an onportnnitvof judgins whether President Von der Abe owes the success of the St. Louis club to Captain Comiskey, or to his own business principles and "enterprise. The popular captain will also bavc to hustle to prove thai he is worthy of the reputation he sained before he took charge of the Clii-c-ijjo Ilrotherhood Club. He has a stiong team in Cincinnati and ought to make a ttreat. record in the League race for tho pennant. General porMng Notes. AValtfu CAMrBKLL and Mike Cusbing fight four rounds at Philadelphia to-night. The local billiard tournament will be re sumed at Davis' rooms this morning. New Youk tnkesno more kindly to the tug-of-wargame than did Chicago and the tour nament there is a "frost." McCLtLLAxn has taken down his forfeit left at this office. He is still willing to run or skate anybody in a rink. Tut California Athletic -Club has ratified the Charlej- Kemmic-Mctnnn match, and fixed the date for January 15. ItoLnIIniKES met "Uncle Anse's" Nemesis, V. P. Mnssev. at Chicaeo, and defeated him in a 59 live-bird match 45 to ti The Occidental Athletic Club, o' San Fran cisco, has matched the middle-weichts, Chailev Turner, of Stockton, and Harris Martin, the "Black Pearl." The men sUned to fir'it on January 2G for $1,003 and to weigh in at 1V1 pounds or less. IlAanv Muxeoe called at tlio Spaflina-lXfe office, London, recentlv In company w ith Messrs. Jlcarne and HIsh and requested it to statu that he would walkanvone in the w orld 30 miles, 12 hours or 24 hours, for jCS'.O a side, the winner of the two races to take the bullion. This will give the Australians and Americans a. chance. August Belmoxt was racing at. Pimlico a nntnbcr of years ago and on a very muddy track. Ono of tho horses, a gray, won away off before his field, but was overlooked by the Jud-jres, who placed the next three horses flint, second, and third. An ordinary blunder. would have irritated the banker, but the stupidity of the decision was so glaring that he was more amused than aKiy. Tney can't see a gray horse, cli? Well, I'll try them with a black one to morrow. I've got all kinds," was all he had to say about it. GARRISON IS RIGHT. Several Members of Harvard's Fac ulty Agree With Wm. Lloyd. THE COLLEGE SOCIETY BRANDING Denounced as a Barbarity That Might" and Should Be Stopped. STUDENTS ALLOWED TOO MUCH MONEY Cambisidok, Mass., Dec. 27. Harvard collegians, both graduates and undergradu ates, are greatly agitated gver the exposures of the D. K. E. Club's initiation cere monies, and there is more talk about the matter than was heard 3 year ago when the police made so many liquor seizures in the rooms of the swell Harvard clubs. There 'is, ot course, a great difference of opinion as to tho serious nature of the charges brought to the attention of the President and faculty by Mr. William Lloyd Garrison. However indifferently President Eliot may regard Mr. Garrison's protest against the branding initiation into the D. 1C E. Society, and against the bar which is main tained at other of the college clubs, several of the faculty are outspoken in support of Mr. Garrison's grievance. They said they did not care to have lheir names mentioned, but incase of need they are perfectly will ing to stand back ol their words. 7 lie Singular Attempts at Defense. "Why," said one, "look at the attempts of defense of the 'Dickey' made by some of its members. Mr. Bangs thinks that if students have such convivial meetings in Cambridge, they can enjoy themselves and then go quietly to bed. But if they are forced to co to town to get anything to drink, all sorts of pitfalis await them. Think of a man ' assuming that a college student must get drunk anyway. Mr. Bangs should be ashamed of himself. Even my fellow instructor Mr. Wendell, has made a blunder in rushing his 'Dickey' sympathies into print. In what purports to be a defenscbf the club, ho acknowledges that the recklessness and jollity of the D. K. E. have sometimes taken a form that might justly lead an enthusiastic or priori reasoner to believe the society radically an'd permanently demoralizing to its members. The branding tot' 'Dickey' men might, I fully believe, be done away with, if tho President and faculty should take an open stand against it. I think a good deal could be done toward stopping the club bar." Students With Too Much Money. Another professor, though admitting the evils which Mr. Garrison protests against, believed that the only cure lay in rich parents limiting their sons' allowance more than they now do. "I mean," said Jie, "limit them so much that they can't join so many clubs. A good manv of our rich students spend irom $1,500 to 52,500 a year, and some evn more Mr. Palmer was "righ when he said that if a Harvard student lives with full regard to all that is required he may do so on no more than 800. He admitted, very properly, that 51,000 was, not excessive for the right kind of bnv, and that, if he would be sure that all he laid out would be laid out wisely, 200 more might be added for the purpose of books aud other appliances of culture. But, as he said further, I should be sure that every dollar I gave over 51.200 would be a dollar of danger." Mr. Garrl sou's Bight to Protest. Mr. Garrison was heartily supported by one member of the faculty, who said: "Mr. Garrison cannot be called a priori reasoner. He had a son in the class of '88, who was, lor misconduct, suspended from the college, and now he has another son, who has been having blood poisoning as an effect of the 'Diccey' brand. Hasn't he good reason to express a protest?" As to the general club initiation at Har vard, the fellows who are "running" for this or that club are made to do all sorts of nonsensical things, such as making calls on some Chinamen, riding on a car to Boston with their coats turned inside out, and call ing the names of the stredts to passengers. The final night of the initiation is the hard est, and it generally means a good drunk, among other things that are never told. GIDDY GIRLS IN TROUBLE. A ETJNAWAY TLOT IN CHICAGO ONLY HALF SUCCESSFUL. Tne Yonnsr. Ladies Ulanace to Get Away to New York, but Their Lovers Are Locked Up ISefore They Can Follow A Confab Overheard. Chicago, Dec. 27. No tidings have been received by Mrs. William Van Schoick of her adopted daughter Dora and granddaughter,,Altce Parker, who disap peared Monday night and went to Xew York. A. F. Parker, father of Alice, started for that city last night to find the girls. About two weeks ago the servant was sweeping the hall near George Cortis' room on the first floor when little Dora slipped in and began talking to him. He was still in bed, not yet having recovered from his illness. "Well, I have made up my mind to go," she began, "and just as soon as you can arranged I will start." "lam glad of that," answered George. "I am nearly well now, and'you can go in a few days. " The scheme waste send Mrs. Van Schoick to the theater Tuesday evening, leaving the girls at home-sothat it would be easy to slip out unobserved. Mrs. Van Schoick did not go to the theater, however, but pave the tickets to the girls, who went to the play. Hawley, the other actor in the plot, came to the house os tensibly to see his friend Cortis, and find ing that they could not remove the trunks without attracting attention they" stealthily transferred the girls', clothing to "two valises, slipped out of the house, and drove "in a cab to the theater. When the girls failed. to return Irom the theater search was made in vainjor them. In the nfeantime Mrs. Van Schoick had discovered the loss of 5350 w hich she had concealed Sn her room. She decided to have the men arrested, and they are now locked up. Mrs. Van Schoick said the real motive of Hawley and Cortis was to fol low them in a couple of weeks. T0EN FBOM HIS BBIDE'S SIDE. An Escaped Penitentiary Bird Has His Wings Clipped Close. Ciscixnati, Dec. 01. Special. A letter from Vicksburg to relatives here of Mrs. M. E. Boyd, of Crowley township, near Paragould, Ark., tells a romantic story. A year ago a dashing fellow named J. T. Howells arrived there. He appeared to have plenty of money and was admitted to the best society. He became acquainted with Mrs. Boyd, a widow, young and hand some. Howells'paid assiduous court and soon won her affection. The engagement was announced and all appeared rose-hued, when suddenly the Sheriff of the county ap peared and arrested Howells, charging him with being an escaped convict from the Mississippi Penitentiary. Howells asserted his innocence so vehemently that the widow believed him. though the Sheriff carried htm off In a few weeks he was back again and claimed there was a plot to get rid "of him to secure a fortune hei was about to'in lierit. Two weeks ago Howells went to Para gould. secured a license, and next day mar ried Mrs. Boyd. On Monday morning, while Howells was out looking over his wife's plantation, the officers surrounded and captured him, and without informing his bride, started with him to Greenville," Miss. Durinj; the day the new wife was put in possession of "evidence that proved that her husband is a notorious horse thief who bad been in the penitentiary on three sentences and bad escaped six times. He carried off with him about 1,000 of bis new wife's money and her first husband's re volver. "With these facts in her possession Mrs. Howells at once began divorce proceedings. HELD UP BY MASKED MEN. FOOK BURGLARS TIE A. WATCHMAN AND JlOB A SAfE. Bold Sfafe-Cracklns at a West Mansyunk Paper Mill Four Thousand Dollars' Worth of Commercial Paper Secured Only n Xittla Beady Cash Obtained. Philadelphia, Dec. 27. Special. Four masked burglars committed a bold robbery this mornyiz, in the office of the Ashland Paper Mills, West Manayunk, blowing open the safe and carrying off its contents, after Watchman George Day had been seriously assaulted, bound and gauged. The building where the robbery occurred is the private office of S. A. Eudolph,-pro-prietor, one of the most conspicuous points in the locality. 1 A few minutes before the robbery the watchman left the office with the door open and went to a coal bin, a few yards distant, for a hod of coal. While there four masked men entered the office, two. of them secret ing'themselves behind the safe and the others behind the door. When Dav entered he was forcibly seized from behind, and in a gruffand" insolent tone, commanded to re main standing. An attempt was made to throw a rope about his neck, but the watch- JS ! J !l J-11 .l. uiau uiaue a quiCK move anu it leu w tue floor. He was struck a powerful blow on the head and fell bleeding to the floor. He was rendered insensible, and when he re gained consciousness he was bound hand and foot to a chair, and the burglars were operating on the safe. Two of the gang did the boring and drillr ing of the safe from the top. A third rifled the drawers on the second floor and the fourth stood with a loaded pistol pointed at Watchman Day's head. He was ordered not to open his mouth on penalty of his Hie. After the hole had been drilled in the safe w ith a rotary ratchet, giant powder was dropped in and a fuse inserted. The thoughts of death preyed -so upon Day that he fainted, and when he recovered he had been removed to a corner, and the fuse, which was connected with the powder, was burning slowly. In a few seconds a terrible crash ensued. The outer doors of the.safe were blown from their hinges to the opposite side of the room, while one of the inner doors struck a cylinder stove and broke it in two. The hotcoals set fire to the floor, and soon a flame'was shooting up ward. The burglars were apparently not disturbed by' the noise of the explosion, and the flames were soon extinguished. The windows were battered to pieces. The safe contained only ?70 in cash and commercial paper valued at about 54,000. USABLY HALF A MILLION IN' ASHES. Boston's Biggest Blaze Sinco ttie Thanks giving Day of 1889. Boston, Dec. 27. The most disastrous fire which has raged in this city since the Thanksgiving Day fire of 1889 occurred to night. It was of somewhat extended area, and for a time threatened millions of dol lars' worth of property. The structure burned was the brick building, Kos. 133, 135 and 141 Federal street, owned by the "Itcverc heirs. The building was damaced to the extent of from ?100,000 to ?125,000, fully insured. Parker, Holmes & Co., boot and shoe jobbers, occupied 141 Federal street, and their loss is estimated at ?150,000; fully insured. Hosmer, Codding & Co., boots, shoes and rubbers, occupied Nos. 133 and 135. Their loss is estimated at from ?200, 000 to $225,000; partly insured. N. S. Houghland, a fireman, fell through an opening in the floor a distance of two stories, and sustained fractures of both legs and internal injuries from which it is ex pected that he will die: Several other fire men were slightly injured. The; cause of the fire is unknown. A BAILB0AS TIED HP. All the Employes of a Southern Line Go Ont on a Strike. San Antonio, Tex., Dec. 27. At 5:30 o'clock to-morrow morning all the employes of the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Rail way Company's operating department will strike, tying up the entire system of GOO miles of road. The trouble dates back to the discharge of Conductor O'Brien by Superintendent Sands for an alleged 'viola tion of orders. The men are acting under instructions from the Chairman of the Labor Federation Board. Receiver Yokum has issued a telegraphic circular, saying that hois unwilling to be lieve that the employes of the road have taken this action of their own volition. BIG ELECTRIC BOAS FB0JECX. The Proposed Lino Kxtends From Chicago to Aurora. With Branches. AunouA, III., Dec. 27. The Aurora and Chicago Interurbau Railway has been in corporated here with a capital stock of 51,000,000. The proposed enterprise is the building ol an electric railway to operate between Aurora and Chicago, running mid way between the Chicago arid Northwestern and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincv Railroads, entering Chicago over the Northern Pacific right of wav. Branches are to be built to Batavia, Napcrville and other suburban villiagcs on the line of the above named roads. The projectors expect to have the system in operation in time for the Worlds'Fair. THE SAN FBAKCISCO'S MISSION. She Has Not Been Sighted, and Is Proba bly Steaming for Acapulco. Sau Francisco, Dec. 27. It was ru mored " that the cruiser San Francisio, which left here at 1 o'clock yesterday with sealed orders, would stop at Monterey,Cal., only a few hours from here, for target prac tice. A dispatch from there says she has not been sighted, and it is now believed she has gone direct to Acapulco. Doting Young Field With Whisky. New York, Dec 27. E. M. Field still persists in refusing to eat. He drank three glasses of whisky to-day. Warden Dunlap is alarmed at his prisoner's actions, and has -asked the physicians1 advice. They advised him to dose Field with whisky. A Grip Victim's Suicide. Cincinnati, Dec, 27. Mrs." Thomas London, wife of a private policeman in Covington, Ky., committed suicide this afternoon by shooting herself. She was crazed by the grip. ALWAYS GAINING. The Cent-a-Word columns beep growing. The latest comparative exhibit gives tho following fluttering figures: A.dletfor two weeks ending December It. 3,245 For same txco week's last year 1,040 Increase ZHie to Cent-a-Word IjOoU The largest two weeks' viousli reported was... mctease pre- I OQ "J No better evidence of the real popularity of these columns could be produced. Do not falLto read them. It will amply repay you to use and peruin them. TIEONE ALL TORN UP Over a Coming Meeting of Creditors of the Broken Bank. THE SYSTEM THAT WKECKED IT Enrnishcs a Topic For Disclosures That ire Sensational. WILDCAT BANKING IX PESNSTLTANrA rSPECI KU TELEGRAM TO TnE DISPATCIT.I Tyrone, Dec. 27. Affairs with the stock holders of the wrecked Tyrone Bank are cording to a head, and suits are being en tered against the officers of the defunct in stitution daily. To-dav a notice, posted on the doors of the institution, reads as fol lows: "A meeting of the creditors of the defunct Tyrone Bank will be held in the Nans Opera House Monday, December 28, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, to take in the situation. Let there be a rally of everyone interested, as matters of the first import ance will come up for consideration." At tached to the notice were the signatures of a committee consisting of 10 business men and firms, all leading depositors. The Stockholders Want to Know. At the meeting to-morrow afternoon the depositors propose to inquire closely into the 'disposition of the Tyrone Gas and Water stock, which was supposed to hi in the bi-nk at the time of the closing, but was not accounted for in the statement issued. This stock was worth fully 5100,000. Then the matter of the transfers of properties by Messrs. Hooper and Guyer, stockholders, will receive attention, and it is plainly stated that there will be objections filed to ihis way of disposing of the assets of the bankers. It is reported 'to-night that At torney A. A. Stevens has been named as assignee of the bank, and strong objections will be made to this choice, owing to the close relations hs bears with the principal stockholders. Anotherimportant matter that will come np for consideration at the meeting to-morrow is "the report that Guyer conveyed his residence in this city to his brother-in-law in Baltimore in a deed dated about one year ago: also that the brother-in-law conveyed the property back to. his sister, Mrs. Guyer, recently. Stockholder A B. Hoover, of the sus pended bank, has recovered all his,property and has turned it over as personal assets for the benefit of the depositors, who are greatly encouraged nnd stiil hope to receive their deposits in full. No doubt the real situation will be developed at the meeting of the depositors to be held Monday after noon. The Stota's Wildcat Bank. A Harrisburg special to the New York Situ, says: The failure of the Tyrone Bank, one of the 200 or more private banking in stitutions doing business in Pennsylvania uncurbed by any law, is the fourth concern of the kind that has gone under within the past four months. It is the natural result of the irresponsible wildcat banking system of the State which the Legislature has persistently refused to place under legal restraint. It is as easy to start a bank in Pennsylvania as it is to start a grocery. All that it is necessary to do is to hire a room and put up a sign that there is a bank within, and there you"' are. The only law relating to these banks is one requiring them to make an annual report to the Auditor-General and pay to the State ajax ot 3 per cent on their net earnings, which must be declared under oath. Many of the banks are located in small towns, remote from nny national or reg ularly incorporated State banks, and are the sole depositories of the savings of the com munities by which they are supported. To establish them no authority from the State is required. They liat 0 no capital stock, and are; not required to; register make returns to the State of the amount of capital invested, or furnish state ments to any person of their assets and liabilities. There are no means ot knowing tho amount of money these banks hold on deposit in the aggregate, but 11 of them that failed in the course of a few years past lost' for their depositors ?1,500,000, and from that it may he inferred that the total amount of credulous persons' money held bv the lot is very large certainly not less thau 510,000,001) at a very conservative esti mate. No Law to Itcach Them. The only department that has any sur veillance over the wildcat banks, is the Auditor General's, and, in the absence of any restrictive law, that is only passive. The only Auditor General who fiver brought to the attention of the Legislature the dan gerous privileges of the system under which these institutions exist, aud urged the im portance of immediate action in the interest of sound financial principles, Mas Jerome B. Niles. who, in fact, began his efforts in that direction nhile a member of the State Senate, aud before he became the head of the Auditing Department. His hist annual report exposed the absurdity, danger, and iniquity of the system by quot ing largely from the reports'of the private bankers made to Jiim. Beside being re quired to report -their earnings, the banks must also report their expenses.' Auditor General Niles' quotations from the reports showed that a regular and very comprehen sive item in all these reports of expenses was "loss in exchange," and that either nearly one-half of the enterprising bankers per jured themselves to save tax on their net earnings or that these institutions were in a condition' of bankruptcy. While no detailed statements of this kind have been placed before the Legislature in such perti nent and convincing shape by either of the Auditor Generals who have 'handled the subject since General Niles, there is no Teasonto suppose that the situation is in aiiy way changed. In that report 29 of the baiik were quoted as returning a net loss for the fiscal year; -14 made affidavit that their income was less than 5500, and 23 swore that they had made lesi than 51,000. That the Returns Show. By the returns they made of interest paid all showed that they must have had many thousands 01 dollars of other people's money in their custody. One of these banks reported that it had paid nearly ?22, 000 in interest for the year, hut that the net profits on its business was only 5105 87, making its State tax ?3 15. A Tioga county bauker swore gravely that his gross earnings and expenses tallied to a cent, each being $2,220 13. A York county bank made the businesslike statement that, while its gross income was only ?26,000, it lost dur ing the year $11,300 by exchange ttuu uisuuuiiiuig uuies, nearly us mucii as it paid out in iuterest on deposit. By the srforu statement of a Columbia county bank the interest paid" on deposits during the year lacked only a few dollars of the amount reported on the gross earnings. Another of the conscientious private bankers reported exceptionally good fortune with its ex change business, having met with no loss at all in that branch, but, although it onlv car ried $5,098, it required $5,835 to ' pay clerks for the year's work. A Craw ford county bank reported gross earnings of $1,702 and cle'rk hire $1,702, which.iwitu incidental expenses, en tailed a loss of over $1,000 on the bank for the year. "Loss in exchanee" reDorted by a Clarion county bank exceeded by ?9.the total yearly income, it was lelt to a But ler county bank to cap the climax in re porting its expenses to offset the earnings and save the 3 per cent tax. Tho, bank's gross income was- 52,315 3G. It reported ordinary expenses at $012 and frankly cred ited itself with the sum of $3,579 35 lost in oil speculation, The Keports Utterly Unreliable. As showing the utter unreliability of the reports made, Mr. Niles referred to one who, in a previous report, had returned $300,000 on deposit, and a net income of $68. That banker the ncxt.year reported an in creased amount of deposits, but no income. Sir. Niles' report made prominent the sig nificant fact that that banker had made no report to him because, since his last return, he had closed his doors, promising to pay at some time 20 cents on the dollar to his de ceived depositors. It was believed that'this palpable exposi tion of the danger of the private banking system of the State would be quickly fol lowed at that session of the Legislature bv the passage of necessary laws governing ft and throwing some safecuard around deposi tors. Auditor-General Niles drafted a bill to that effect, and made a personal fight in the Legislature of 1887 for its passage. His idea was to have a bank examiner, with authority to obtain full state ments of the business of these individual banks, so that their true condition could be known and made public in the interest of the depositors and the revennes of the State. The bill was defeated, and no friend of it hesitated to allege that the interested private banker had not been sitting idle while the matter was pending. Since then there have been many failures involving a loss of something like 2,000,000 to deposit ors, but there is nothing to prevent others from springing up whenever it may suit the I lancy 01 men witn amDiuon 10 Decome "bankers" to start them. 'TIRARD'S QUEER VIEWS. Am to Protection, What's Sauce for the French Goose Isn't Sauce for the Amerl can(Gander V Xew Expedition to Lake Tchad In Africa. Pakis, Dec 27. M Tirard. formerly French Minister of Finance, in an interview on the subject of the negotiations for a com mercial treaty between France nnd the United States, said: "Treaties of this kind are useful as a modus Vivendi between coun tries where tariffs are so high that they par alyze trade. A treaty with the United States will be extremely opportune and will go a long way to secure our enthusiastic par- ttcipation in the Chicago Fair. The Mc Kinley law has so much harmed our trade that I would favor going to the United States for staples only when' it is impossible to ob tain what we need elsewhcse. "The McKinley administrative bill is a barhorous piece of legislation and has caused great ill-feeling in France. The whole McKinley law is due to an error of jndgment. The Americans argued that as their exports are natural products, other nations must have they would be sure to find buyers, and so they could shut their ports to foreign manufacturers. This rea soning is fallacious. In France, where it is impossible to develop resources any further, tiiere may oe some excuse tor protection, but not so in America, where the possibili ties of development are unbounded. 3fajor Brackett and his colleague, Mr. Jamieson, 'members of the Chicago Fair Commission, are about to start in a tour of the commercial centers of France, Spain and Portugal to stimulate interest in the Chicago Fair. The Eclair states that Mr. De Brazza, at the head of the expedition of 1,200 persons, GOO being Senegal troops, and 60 .Europeans, with plenty of provisions and firearms, left Libreville, in the French Congo Colony November 7, for the purpose of marching to Lake Tchad. The Bovalist Committc of the Depart ment of Finisterre intend to ask the Arch bishop of Aix to be a candidate for the seat in the Chamber of Deputies made vacant by the death of Bishop Freppel. THE LAEGEST OCEAN HAIL. A Hishap to the Germanic. Which Tarns Over Her Matter to the Hothnia. London, Dec 27. The steamer,Bothnia sailed from Queenstown for New York to day. The Bothnia's mails, which include those of the steamer Germanic, amount to 1,757 sacks, the largest quantity of mail matter that has ever crossed the Atlantic. The Germanic broke her crank shaft while coming to anchor at Queenstown, on the 24th, and has been towed back to Liver pool and docked. Belgians Kicking Against ihe Treaty. Brussels, Dee. 27. Agitation here against Belgium's entering into a treaty of commerce with Germany is extending. The journal La lieforme declares, however, that despite the opposition of certain fac tions in the Chamber of Representatives, the treaty bill will be adopted. A Calamity to a Welsh Family. LONDON', Dec. 27. A Cardiff watchman named Smith is bereft by a terrible calam ity. On returning home recently, he found tlfat the house in which he had lived had been burned, and that his wife and only child had perished in the flames. The Queen's Wounded Son-in-Lair. London, Dec. 27. Prince Christian, of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, so-in-law of Queen Victoria, who sustained an injury to one of his eyes while out shooting re cently, is now progressing favorably toward recovery. No Tobacco Jilonopoly for Persia. Tehehen, Persia, Dec. 27. The Shah has issued a proclamation ratifying the abolition ofthe tobacco monopoly. THIETEEN BADLY INJURED. A Santa Fe Vestihnled Train Derailed From an Unknown Cause. Kansas Cit-, Dee. 27. The Santa Fe vestibuled limited, which left Chicago at 6 o'clock Saturday evening,'' was derailed at Bear Creek, near Newcombe, 75 miles east of this city, at 6 A. 51. to-day. No one was killed, though several were very seriously injured. The engine, baggage and express cars passed over the small bridge safely, but the two chair cars, two Pullman sleep ers and the dining car were derailed, go ing down a steep embankment. The injured are: Conductor Woodworth? radly hurt, may die; William Kaston, Head cook in 'dining car, Cliicairo, scalded; Charles Dempsoy, sec ond cook in dining car, Mansfield, O., scald ed; Mrs. Eliza Toomey, Maiiou, Kan., scalp wound and sprained ankle; C. W. Scott, Chi cago, scalp wound: J. It. WhitofordrTopeka, sculp wound; William Decker, Toneka, scalp wonnd; Mrs. William Decker. Topeka, scalp wound; two children of Mr. Decker's, scalp' wounds; W. .1. Cress, Pullman conductor, back sprained; Mrs. Xeliie A. Watson, To peka, badly bruised; D. D. Smith, Chicago, slightly injured. The cause of the acciden cannot now be definitely determined, as the track seems to have been in good condition. A heavy freight train passed safely over a short time before It is thought, however, that the drawbar of the front chair car may have fallen and caught the truck ofthe same car, thus causing the derailment. The fact that the train was solidly vestibuled probably averted loss of life. SAWTELXE HOT A SUICIDE. The Autopsy Proves That the First Diag nosis Was Correct. Concord, N. H., Dec. 27. An autopsy was made on the body of Isaac B. Sawtelle, the murderer, at the State prison this after noon. The head only was examined, and when the bone was removed the duramter was found largely disturbed with fluid con sisting of bloody serum. Carefully remov ing the brain it was found that the blood came from a small branch ofthe middle cer ebral arterv, forming a clot iri"such a posi tion that the pressure was primarily upon the covering of the cerebellum, causing paralysis nearly eaual on both sides, and the diagnosis made before death took place is thereby sustained. This effectually disposes of the suicide theory and substantiated the opinion ofthe prison officials that apoplexy caused Saw tellc's death. Ocean Stcamthlp Arrivals. Stcmicr. Where From. Destination. Ohio Philadelphia Queenstown. Vandam Baltimore BeschyHead. RhaetU New York. Hamburir. -Fulda ....Genoa New York. FLORIDA HAS A Yr'AK. A Cowardly Murder Precipitates a Bad Race Knclion. A BLACK SHOOTS A WHITE MAX And a Sheriff's Posso Are After Dim With Guns and Bloodhounds. NEGROES SIDING WITH THE MURDERER Leesbueg, Fla., Dec 27. Special Just before daylight this morning J. D. Parramore, a well-known and popular con ductor on the Florida Central and Penin sular Ivailroad, was shot and instantly killed while on his train not far from here, by Thomas E. Mike, a negro who keeps a colored barber shop in this city. It was one of the most unprovoked, brutal and cowardly murdcra ever committed in this State. Parramore runs the night express from Wildwood to Orlando. VMike got on ths train at Leesbnrg station, and took a seat in the white passengers' car. The conductor took up his ticket and then ordered him forward into the colored or "jim crow" car. Mike oDeyed sullenly, and used some in sulting language as he passed out through the door. Passengers in tho colored car who were near when Mike came in, say that he appeared much excited about some thing and, as he took a seat, growled " him, I'll kill him when he comes back here." Morder In Cold Blocd. He kept looking around nervously to ward the door, at which the conductor was expected to cuter, and to those nearest him began to relate what had happeued. He had hardly begun, however, and had not been in the car over four or' five minutes, when the door suddenly opened and Con ductor Parramore walked in. When the conductor was about five fee in front of his seat Mike suddenly jumped to his feet. - pulled a revolver from his pocket, rushed into the aisle, took a step or two toward Parramore and then took de liberate aim and fired at him. He could not have been more than three feet behind his victim, and his aim was good. The ball entered Parramore's head, just behind his rightar, and he fell forward in the aisle dead. Not a word, not even a groan, escaped his lips. Mike then jumped from the train and disappeared in the woods. The train was backed up to Leesbnrg with the dead conductor, where the wildest ex citement soon prevailed. Hunting a Murderer With Bloodhounds. Nearly 1,000 white men, mounted and afoot, and armed with rifles, have started to find the murderer. They are led by Sheriff Galloway with six bloodhonnds. If the negro is caught he will surely be lynched. Nearly as many colored men have shoul dered their Winchesters and are parading through the town. Thev say they will pro tect Mike from barm if the posse brings him. The wildest excitement prevails, and nobody in the whole town will go to bed to night. Governor Fleming has been asked to call out the State troops, and has wired the Leesbnrg I'.ines to assemble at their arm ory and await orders.. They number CO men, all well-drilled soldiers. Up to 12 o'clock to-night nothing had been heard of the searching party. About 175 armed ne groes have just started out to follow up the Sheriff' posse, as there was a rumor that Mike had been captured. The situation is very alarming; Nothing but a failure to capture the murderer can prevent an armed conflict, and it is almost certain that he will be caught, as he went in the wroug direc tion to escape easily. PIYE LOST IN THE MOUNTAIN. The Probable Fate or Men Who Tempted the Fury of a Western Storm. Carsok, Xev., Dec. 27.-J'o3eph Klein, son of Jake Klein, of the Bullion Exchange Bank, and George Bosworth left Placerville two weeks ago to walk to Carson over the mountnius. They were met by a man, who advised them to turn back, but they de cided to push on to the next station, 11 miles distant. Since then nothing has been heard of them. Three other men started over the summit on the Sunday previous. One of them was found dead 12 miles from Lake Tahoe. Further search on snow shoes showed nothing of the others All the sta tions have been visited by searchers, but none of the wanderers have been found. The storms in the mountains for the last week have been terribla, and the nights cold enough to freeze one to death. It seem3 certain that all of the five men perished. Another' searching party is about to start out. SHOULD HAV2 BEEN 71BST. Uncle Sain the Last of Eighteen to Agree . to n General Convention. Washington, D. CL, Dec 27. Mr. Le Chait, the Belgian Minister, has received a cablegram announcing that the Brussels Anti-Slave Trade Convention was ratified by the French Senate' yesterday. The Chamber of Deputies took similar action on the 24th inst. Eighteen powers were repre sented in the Brussels conference, and tho adhesion of all of them is requisite to render this "Acte Generale" effective. r France makes the seventh nation that has ratified the convention, leaving only the United States to 'determine whetfier it shall become operative. The latest date for the exchange of ratifications is February 2, 1892. and the exchange must be made at Brusels. The question will therefore be brought again before the United States Senate next month. THE WOTJHDED SUfiVIVOES Of the Hastings WrecTc Are Improving, and the Jlrakeman Is Still at Lirse. Yoxkers, N"."'., Dec. 27. There are now only three persons in the hospital in this city who were taken from tiie wreck at Hastings on Christmas Eve. They are Mrs. Homer P. Baldwin and Editor John Bagnall, at St. John's Hospital, and Miss Annie Ford, at St. Joseph's. Lawyer Den nis Murphy died at 10 o'clock last night This moriiing Mr. Baldwin was allowed to see hi3 wife for the. first time since the accident, and the meeting between them was verv alTectimr. Up to 0 o'clock to-nicht nothing has been heard of Brakcman Herrick.who is charged with causing the wieck by his negligence. The warrarit for his arrest is stili in Detec tive Humphrey's hands. Speaker Crisp Slighfy Improved. AVashinoton, D. C, Dec. 27. Speaker Crisp was fairly comfortable to-day, and it is reported that lie is slightly improved to night. Dr. Walsh, his physician, said to night that the Speaker is convalescing from his attack of the grip, and he hopes to have him sitting up in a fe' days. The doctor feels certain that his patient will be able to rcume his duties in the House when that body again meets after the holidays. A Bra7lilin State Rebellion Spreading. . KIO Janeiko, Dec 27. The revolt in Desterro, the capital of the Province of Santa Catliarina, aiming at the deposition of the Governor, has alreadv extended to several other parts ofthe province. Marriage by capture is a very old and very widely spread custom. It prevails among the Hindoos, the Kalmucks and'cir cassians, and the primitive races of Aus tralia, Xow Zealand and America, but in stead of abduction beifig considered an out raze, by thpso half-civilized peoples, it is looked upon as a preliminary marriage rite, and, as a general rule, the c'oy damsel is by no means averse to the mild violence THE TVEATHEB. ' For Western PennsyU vania, Wctt Virginia and Ohio Fair, Warmer, South . Wndx. Warmer and Prob' aUij Fair Tuesday. TEMPEItATCEE XSO nAIXFAIX. PIIT5BIJRO. Dec.27. The Ualted States Weather Bureau officer In this city lurnislies the following: ' 8 A. 31................. ZHMailmum temp....... XI 13 m :sl Minimum temp Zi Jr.M. 30Mcan temp M or. jr soiitange li 8F.3I '. ffljl'rec 0 RIVER NEWS AND NOTES. Louisville Items The Stae or IVater and the Movements ot Bouts. rSPXCTAI. TELIORA3ISTO TUX mSFATCIt. 1 LOUISVILLE, Dec. 2T.-"Ueather clear and cold. River Jalllntr. "ith 0 feel 1 Inch In the canal, 8 feet S Inches on the falls and 17 feet 1 Inch below. The Tell City got In with a rood trip from Evansrllla. The Grace Morris came In from the Lower Ohio. The Ilnckeyp State Is due Irom Cincinnati to Mem pnl. The John K. Speed H due from Memphis to) Cincinnati. Departed Fleetwood, lor Cincin nati. Another Good Boating Stage. McKEEsroitT. Dec. 17. The Jlononsrahcla river Is rising slowly, andifthe present coalsnapdoes not shut down too soon Into n severe freeze the pros pect9 are that there will ajraln be a eood coal boat ttajte. All of the coal In the pooW which had been loaded was sent ont. and there Is little for ship ment, hut the coal ontlook Is jcood. and It will not be lona nhtll several ofthe largest coal plants along the river will be In active operation. What Upper Gauges Show. Moan axtowx-River 11 feet 6 inches and fall ing. Clear. Thermometer ? at r. m. Bbowxsville lllver 15 feet and rising. Clear, Thermometer 27 atsr. ai. Waeren KIver5fe'et. Fair and cold. The News From Below. WrrEELrxo River l. feet ft inches and rising . Departed Keystone State, nttsbnrg; Ben Har. nttsbiirg; Lizzie Bay. IMttsburg: Congo. Cincin nati; Courier, ParkersDnrg. Clondy and cool. Cairo Arrived W. P. Shenck. New Orleans; Guiding Mar. Cincinnati. Departed 1". M. Schcnct. Cincinnati; Jo Long. New Orleans. Elver 13 feet and rising. Clear and pleasant. Memfhis Arrived Kate Adams. Arkansas City. Departed Osceola, Greenville; transfer steamer. Rcncral I'ierson. I'aducah. 1'assed np Ferd llerold. Natchez to Cairo. River 10 feet and rising. Clarand crlp. CiscIXXATt River 15 feet 4 Inches and falling. Fair and cold. Departed- C. W. Batchcllor.ntt. barg. ST. LOCI Arrived 11. G. Wright. Memphis. No departures. Klver stationary; 5.6 feet. Clear and cool. THE ITBE EECOBD. At an early hour yesterday morning a slight fire broke out in the kitchen of a house on Observatory Hill. The damage was trifling. At Long Island Ctty. the old Wolsey home stead, including valuable paintings and an. tique fnrniture. Lost. $100,000; partly in-" snred. Origin incendiary. AT St. Louis 1.6C0 bales of cotton burned in the railroad yards at foot ofEutgart street. Loss estimated at $30,000. The cotton wag the property of the George Tavlor Commis sion company. Insurance not known. A lot of old paper and boxes in the cellar of John JIcMahon's clothing store, at 1010 Liberty street, caught Are about 9 o'clocsc last night and threatened to do considerable damage. An alarm was sent in from box 31 and the incipient blaze wa3 soon put out. Some of the goods In the store were slightly soiled with water, but not mora than $100 worth. The fire Is thought to have caught from the heat in the cellar, occasioned by' drying fruit. At Heading tho ruins of tho Carpenter Steel Works continued burning until early yesterday morning. w Two of the buildings besides tho offices were saved, and not as much of the machinery was damaged as as flrst supposed. The work of rebuildinc on a larger scale will bo commenced at once in order to fill Government contracts for steel firojectiles for heavy ordnance. The total oss -is estimated at $90,000 to $100,000; in sured. At Erie the dry kilns of Jacob Weachler & Sons' malt house, with over 10,000 bushels ol barley. The burned building had just been completed at a cost of $10,000, covered byrinsnrance. The business is transferred; tn vtTO Tiinltsters. Joseph Weschler. ' the junior brother, who arrived at the scene) at tne most critical penou,was so uiscracsea that he made a determined effort to rush into tho burning building and perish with his fortnnes, and was restrained with greaB difficulty. At Chattanooga the full extent of Satur day's big fire was mado apparent yesterday. The bnrnt district is 250 feet square. Work has been begun to recover tho safes from tho ruins. The whole space is to be rebuilt with handsome structures. It is reported that two young women lost their lives in the flames. The Are originated in the boiler room in the basement ofLoveinan's build ing. Twenty women' woro taken one of the building by means of ladders. Miss John ston, injumpinz from the third story, was canght on a ladder, which broke, and she was thrown through a large plate glass. Mrs. Hurst was thrown to the stone pave ment. Little Washington's Judicial Candidate, Washington, Dec 27. Special. Tho members of the Washington county bar have determined to press vigorously tha candidacy of Hon. Boyd Crumrine for the United States District Judge. A strong letter to President Harrison has been pre pared, and every member of the bar has signified his intention of signing it, A. committee of five prominent members of tho bar will go to Washington to present thi3 letter to the President and Attorney Gen eral. Great Chicago Testimony FIND the Royal Bak ing Powder superior to others -in all 7 y respects. It is en tirely free from all adulteration and unwholesome im-' purity- It .is -the purest and strong est powder with which I am ac quainted. W.S. Haines, M.D. Consulting Chemist Chicago Board of Health, Prof, of Chemistry Rush Medicri College, etc. mm i all w'-Jn&iA.-:, f .'- HBy . . nm
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