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?THE NICARAGUA JOB
Is Defended by President Miller in
a Long Speech Before
THE TEANS-MISSISSIPPI CONGRESS
Resolutions Introdnced Which Would Give
Legislators Work.
TOPICS FOR TIIE SOUTH AND WEST
Ocean, would find an outlet through the
Uuir ports rather than go across the Contl
tictiCno our Eti.tern ports, and from tins
down. It Is only necessary to state these
Tacts to liavo the argument como homo to
every sensible person.
Tho treat Northern jtrowlns States of the
Union would be benefited bevond measure.
while to-day they aio snfferins with over-
LONDON'S GAS LIGHT.
production or cotton and lo prices, if the
.Nicaragua (Janai ircro coustructec
would have the supplying of cotton,
New Okleaxs, Feb. 24. At the Trans
ilississippi Conlmcrcial Congress to-day
various resolutions were introduced and
referred. They favor construction of the
Xicarajua Canal; urged appropriation by
Congress for rivers and harbors; recom
mend that the Government issue a suffi
cient amount of legal tender to restore the
equilibrium between money and over
production; that New Mexico, Arizona and
Utah be admitted as States: that this
convention recommend to Congress the en
actment of suchmeasuresaswillinsureto the
people of the country that, the law giving a
bounty on sugar and admitting machinery
for the manufacture of sugar free shall not
be recalled for at least five years; that the
Government abolish Indian titles to land
and the tribal system; that Indians be dis
armed and made amenable to law; that all
Indian reservations be opened for settle
ment; demand free and unlimited coinage
of silver; that the action of Congress regard
ing the Hennepin Canal be indorsed; de
nouncing trusts and combines.
A Governor on "Waterway "Works.
Governor Hubbard, of Texas, delivered an
address on the subject of waterways. He
said that until the meeting at Denver, the
plea for appropriations was in vain, or was
too late to do good. It was not so to-day.
They had succeeded in getting the promise
of the Government of ?6,200,000 to- deepen
the harbor of Galveston, and in good, due
time irom 20 to 30 feet of water might be
expected.
Governor Hubbard predicted that in less
than five years great ships, laden with cot
ton and grain, would be passintr inflects,
through all the passes of the Mississippi
river; that the same would be the case at
Galveston, Velasco and even at Aransas
Pass Tex. The country from New Orleans
to the Rio Grande is ret virtually in a vir
gin state, but this will in a short time be a
country densely populated, and will hold
the balance of power in this country.
The following resolution, offered by the
New Orleans Maritime Association was
adopted:
Whereas, South .Tas", though at present
efficient, promises in the near future to be
tcaicely adequate to accommodate with
eae the prospective increase of vessels to
and from that port, therefore, be it
Resolved, ThatConjries" be petitioned to
increase the present outlet of the present
sj stem of the Mississippi river.
Vt arner 3UIIcr Talks of His Canal.
Hon. "Warner Miller, President of the
Nicaragua Canal Construction Company,
was introduced and delivered an address on
the plans and progress of the canal, of
which the following are extracts: He gave
a brief historical account of the various
efforts that have been made to construct an
inter-oceanic canal, and an account of the
various surveys that have been made by the
United States Government and the provinces
of Canada, the resnlt of t hick has been to
prove that the only feasible route for a
canal across the American isthmus is by the
way of Nicaragua. The Government has
demonstrated this most conclusively by
several extended surveys which it has
made of the entire isthmus from Mexico
down to South America, said Mr. Miller,
who continued:
rThis opinion regarding the ICicarairna
canal has been conenrred in by all Ameri
can and foreign engineers who have ever
examined the country. Generals Grant,
Sherman and HcClelland all approved of
the routo, and were desirous of seeing tue
wort undertaken. It is a well-known fact
that Generals Grant and HcCJolland were
both interested in former concessions and
would have been the one President, the
other chief engineer of tlje enterprise, if
they had lived. Americans have always b e
lievedinthe feasibility of this route, and
never had any laith in the ill-fated enter
yrise of De Lesseps, and the result proved
the soundness of their judgment.
The Obstacles to Be Surmounted.
icaragua Canal wcro constructed they
either
raw or-in its manufactured state, to fnllv
7u,O00,CO0 neoplo who live on the Taciflo
Ocean, and wlio would be tributary to our
country if tho canal were constructed.
The 40,000,000 people of Japan are calling
for new cotton mills, which they have been
building. The Japanese Consul General in
Jfow York informed mo only a short time
ago that they had erected some 15 or 20 mod
ern spinning mills in Japan, and were get
ting their supply of raw cotton from India
chiefly. Itaw cotton lias been sent during
the past winter from New York over tho
Canadian Pacific Railroad to Vancouver,
and from thrro to Japan in the steamers of
tlio English line.
Mr. Miller then gave a description of the
physical conditions" of Nicaragua and of the
route as now located, over which he passed
with a party of engineers and other gentle
men who all pronounced the work clearly
feasible. He added:
Tho total distance across the country,
from Greytown on the Atlantic to Brito on
Ihe Pacific, is 170 miles, of which t hero is
only 27 miles of a direct canal, the icst being
river and lake navigation, amply providing
for sneedy and safe transit or tho largest
vessels now navigating both oceans. iJako
Nicaragua furnishes more than ten times
the volume of water necessary lor the oper
ation of the locks of the canal, and for the")
nnmciai Dasms to De opcratea, wuue siacK
water navigation of the river is obtained by
construction of a large dam.
Tho value of this canal to the .conirnerce of
the United States is illustrated by stating
that the distance between San Franciscp
and Xew Yoik and Xeir Orleans is shortened
a little more than 10,000 miles from the dis
tance going around the horn, or nearly one
half the circumference of the globe The
Pacific States are benefitted not only 03' be
ing brought nearer to the gulf and eastern
ports, but they me also brought proportion
ately nearer the whole of Europe. The ex
port of wncat and most of the raw products
or the Pacific coast is to the market of
Europe at the present time, where they are
brought into competition with the wheat
coming from India thiough the Suez canal.
A Gain for the 1'acific Const.
The construction of the Nicaragua canal
might easily double the output of the Pacific
States in wheat and other agricultural pro
ducts and find for them a ready and profit
able maiket in EuroDe a more profitable
mai ket than now, because tho cost of trans
portation, which is a large item of expense
in commerce, would be reduced by the re
duction of distance as above stated.
It has been estimated that the increased
value of the timber now standing aiound
Pr.gct Sound would pay for the construction
or the canal. No doubt this estimate is
within the mil limit. It is well known that
the great forests of Alichigan and Wisconsin
are rapidly being destroyed, and Europe
must look to new fields for timber. This is
the best found upon the Pacific coast ot tho
United States. It goes without saying that
the building of tho Nicaragua Canal will
rapidly increase the population of all our
Pncific State. The soil thero is most fer
tile, the climate is the best in the world.
The Pacific coast is capable of supporting a
population of a hundred million, if all the
lands weie taken np and cultivated.
1 he Bait far the Central South.
The benefits that w ould accrue to the Gulf
States and the interior States lying west of
the Mississippi and noitli of the Gulf would
be only second in importance ir second at
all to to the benefits derived by the Pacific
coast. If the States lying along the Atlantic
coast, from Maine to Virginia, have grown
more rapidly in population and accumlated
greater wealth, ic has been largely because
they weie able to control the commerce of
this country with Europe. They ere more
favorably located tor this. All the
pioducts of the IVest havo pasted
thiough the Eastern port and added
much wealtn to thoe communities. Those
communities have also become large mann
factuiing centers, and this has added to
their wealth. There is lying south of us a
irieat r.nntinfint South Annrlpa-.whip.h
should bo in closer trade relations with usl
than it is, and there are lying upon the
Pacific great States, liko those ot Japan,
Corea and the east coast of China, which
would at on co bo brought into closer rela
tions with the gulf States and the north of it
than thev would be with the Eastern States,
because the gulf ports are about 1,000 miles
nearer to the eastern mouth of the canal
than is New York or other Eastern ports.
After the Trade of the Orient.
The tesult would be that tho trade of the
Orient, which is to go into all the Western
States lying north of the Gulf, "would seek
an Inlet through Gulf ports. Which one of
, these ports would be the one favored would
depeud, or course, upon the energy of the
people.
Tbeexport of our breadstuff's and food
products, which are needed in some por-
'tions of South America and tho Piicitlc
He Appeals to the Cotton Trade.
If we could afford to pay thts transport!.
tionnnJitbo profitable, what would be the
result if It could be shipped trom Gulf ports
to Japan, saving more than two-thirds of
the present cost? Only a few days ago sev
eral thousand bales of American cotton
were shippeil from Liverpool to Japan by
thc Suez Canal.
General Grant, when ho made his journey
around the world, foretold that this condi
tion would arise. In a letter to Admiral
Amiens, who has always been a strong ad
vocate of the canal, he rays that the Chinese
would soon import machinery for the manu
facture of cotton, and soon after the opening
of the Nicaragua Canal they would import
more raw cotton from tho United States
than our entire crop then grown (which was
some 5,030,000 bales), and added that there
was not such another cotton producing
legion on the globe as that of Arkansas and
the adjacent cotton growing lands. What
Grant foretold in regard to China has a
rcady come true In regard to Japan.
What the South needs to-day is a larger
market lor her cotton. Cotton is the largest
crop sue cangrow to uring ucr money, ana,
while she may turn her attention somewhat
to other ptodncts. she nill never be largely
successful until she has found a leady mar
ket at fair prices for all the cotton she can
produce.
Oriental Countries Want Our Cotton.
This market is not confined to our own
country and Europe. The population, of
Japan, Corea and Chinrmany times greater
than our own, will require a vast amount of
cotton aid will require a great deal more
when those nations shall havo introduced
modern machinery and shall be able to pro
duce cotton lalirics at lower prices than at
piescut. The demand of the world for the
cotton market will then be equal to all that
we can produce, and that at remunerative
prices.
Mr. Miller said in conclusion, that the
enterprise now presented to America is
one which has had the most careful con
sideration; has been examined by the ablest
engineers of the world, and pronounced en
tirely feasible. He thought that the com
merce of the world demanded it should be
constructed. The only " question of im
portance cow is whether it should be done
by American capital, under American
auspices and control, or whether it should
be compelled io seek the capital of Europe
for its, completion, for, Ith'the, example of
the Suez Canal before us, there'is no doubt
that private enterprise will come forward
and carry this great undertaking to a suc
cessful conclusion.
Mr. Miller Answers Questions,
Mr. Fist, of Colorado, asked how the
Congress would act in the matter. Mr.
Miller replied that the companyis a private
corporation, chartered by the Government.
It is authorized to issue bonds, but has not
done so, owing to the closeness of the home
and foreign market. It is intended to sell
the bonds in America, but he had no recom
mendations to make to the CoDgress.
Ex-Governor Anthony asked how long it
would take to finish the work with the
funds on hand, and Mr. Miller replied that
it would take about five years.
Hon. J. L. Torrey, of St Louis, was next
introduced and delivered an address upon
the bankruptcy bill After discussion the
convention adjourned until to-morrow.
The Coke Kings Fear Not Kivals in
Dispelling Darkness.,
THE ENORMITY OP THE SUPPLY.
Jmmen.se Plants ftecessarj to" Fill the
Fluctuating Demand. '
NO SMALL POTATOES OP RESOURCES
AN AH0NYH0TJS KEF0KMEE
Sends a Threatening; letter to Controller
Morrow About Bach's Bill.
Controller Morrow received a strange let
ter yesterday Irom somebody afraid to sign
his name and who, to prevent his chirog
raphy being recognized, printed the com
munication. , The writer threatened the
Controller and sarcastically called him a
"reform" official. The letter is as follows:
Mb. 3IOBEOW Mr. Booth says you. Brown,
Moreland, have agreed that ituch's Hill
shall not be assessed and that it shall bo
used as a pasture field. We have gone to
the Assessor's office many times to ask
about it and get no satisfaction. Flinn &
Booth are making brick on that hill and
Baxter has sold 50 lots, and you, a reform
controller know it. ' AVe will wait a few days
forjoutoput jt on tho books and if you
don't do it, look out for the newspaper
notices on the Reform (J) Controller.
TntRTEEirrn Ward asd Soho,
Tax Taycrs.
The letter did not startle the Controller,
nor will he lose any sleep oyer it. The
property was set aside by ordinance as a
pasture field for horses employed in the
Department of JPublic "WorkR. However,
the Controller intends to look into the mat
ter and see if it is true that brick are being
made and lots being sold on that portion set
aside by the ordinance. He does not think
this to be the case, and thinks the brave
anonymous epistolary compiler, yclept
"Taxpayer," is" misinformed as to the facts.
Censured the Child's Parents.
Coroner McDowell held an inquest at
Braddock yesterday afternoon on the death
of Charles Groht, aged 5 years, killed there
Tuesday night by an electric car. The tes
timony showed that the child and his" sister,
one year older, were attracted by a brass
band on the street, and asked their parents
to allow them to go to the corner to see the
parade pass by. The child spied his older
brother across the street, and started to run
to him just when the car was ten feet away,
and before the car could be stopped was
struck, run over and crushed. The verdict
was accidental death, the motorman was ex
onerated, and the parents of the child were
censured for neglecting to properly look
after the child before the ao:ident hap
pened. He Did Up an Officer.
George Keely was arrested last night by
Officer Adair and locked up in the Seven
teenth ward police station. The police
have been looking forKecly for three
weeks. He is one of the three men who
assaulted Officer Hutchison on the night
of February 2. Two of the men have been
arrested, Martin Jlaloney and Joseph
Shale, and were sentenced to six months in
the workhouse each. Keely gave 51,000 bail
for an appearance at the hearing this morn
ing. Officer Hutchison has been unable to
go on duty again, on account of injuries re
ceived at that time.
PIso's Remedy for Catarrh is a real cure.
Other remedies fail. Try this. It is sure.
Druggists. 50 cents. " ih
Onr Better Halves Say
They could not keep house without Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy, especially for the
children. In a case a lew weeks since at
the home of a neighbor the attending physi
cian had given up a case of what he called
dropsy. Mother happening in, told the
parents that in her mind it was a case of
lung fsver, and ad vised the use of thi3 cough
syrup, which they did. Result, the child is
w ell and the parents happy. Chamberlain's
medicines are used in more than half the
homes in Leeds. Sims "Bros., Leeds, la.
This remedv is not intended for lung fever,
but for cold's, la grippe, croup and whoop
ing cough. It will loosen a cold, relieve
the lungs and prevent the cold from result
ingin lung fever. 50-cent and 51 bottles
for sale by druggists. txssu
I have a very Jarge assortment of laquer
papers. These goods are well adapted to
reception halls, both in finish and design.
John S. Roberts,
719 and T21 Liberty street (head of Wood).
HTh
The Gas Light and Coal Company is the
best-abused institution in London. As
Secretary to the company, Mr. Orwell Phil
lips naturally gets most of the abuse. Yet
he takes it like the humorous philosopher
that he is. " 'Grasping monopolists, whose
only thought is to plunder the public,'
that's what we are called, ha! ha! "You have
seen that description of us in the news
papers before now. How illogical some
people are! Nine hundred and ninety-nine
in one thousand customers who write to mc,
in complaint or in abuse, te'll mc that if my
company won't do thi, that or the Other,
they will transfer their custom elsewhere
perhaps to the electric companies; ami"yet
the 999 denounce us as monopolists. How
can we be the monopolists of light supply
in London if those furious letter-writers
can take their custom elsewhere?"
The ga kings have rivals, says Light and
Tower, but Mr. Orwell Phillips fears them
not; the competitive plan of existence, as
viewed from the Horseferry road, bears for
him a most cheerful aspect He begins by
making short work of a general misconcep
tion. " 'The effect of London fog upon gas
consumption,' you say; a far greater in
fluence is temperature." A moment's re
flection explains this gas as a heating and
cooking agent is making great progress; the
time when gas was, used only to give light
is dead and gone. The fact that the con.
sumption of gas is more affected by temper
ature than by darkness is a revelation of a
new change in social habits. But let us
hear Mr. Orwell Phillips.
"Take the half year which ends to-day,
the last day of 1891. In'the summer months
of this half year the weather has been rather
like that of spring. Consequently, there
was little fluctuation in consumption. For
the first four months of the half year, con
sumption proceeded on a level line. In
October it began to decline, and the total,
decline has greatly exceeded that of the cor
responding period for 1890, which was a
cold season. But last fortnight, fog and
frost came upon us all of a sudden, and up
went the demand upon us at a bound."
Fog Increases the Consumption.
The change in temperature alone would
have led to an immense increase in the con
sumption of gas, but to this cause was added
the black fog. Here Mr. Phillips paused as
if he had something startling to say.
"The public supposed we should be used
up in three days; ha! ha! the public didn't
know better. In former years we had fogs
as thick and black as those of last week, but
they only' lasted a day or two; this foglasted
six days, and my company successfully bore
the enormous strain upon it. TLast Thurs
day's consumption ot gas was the greatest
for any single day .in the company's history.
Can you guess what it was?"
"I cannot; I have not the remotest idea."
Again Mr. Phillips paused.
"123,000,000'. Can you realize that?"
I really could not, I should like to see the
man who could; 128,000,000' of gas it is
like being lost in the ewigkeit. Let me put
it in my way. On that historic Thursday
the company manufactured as much gas as
would form a column 24,212 miles high and
11 across. The height of the column would
be about equal to the circumference of the
earth. It was the output of the company's
11 monster stations; nor was the Horscferry
Road Company the only gas company at
work on that dismal day, though it was, and
is, by far the largest. Five millions of
human beings creeping, era .fling, blinking,
coughing, feeling their way, and missing it,
underneath their brown-black, poisonous
"counterpane" of fog and smoke, upon the
"greasiest" and most crowded spot " of its
size in this world and ordering from one
of several companies 24,000 miles of gas for
a single day's necessities Such is the pict
pre which Mr. Orwell Phillips' figuies sug
gest to the mind. Can the gentle reader
rise to the level of the conception?
Fluctuation That Are Tremendous.
"I have told you," said he, "what we did
on that black and cold Thursday, Now I
shall tell you what we did yesterday, the
30th of December. It was a dark day. Onr
output was 80,000,000' 48,000,000' less than
black Thursday's. "What caused that stu
pendous difference? Why, the difference
in temperature. Yesterday was a warmish
day."
"Most astonishing, Mr. Phillips; you
must have a little in reserve to withstand
such tremendous fluctuations."
"That we have wc, whom.the public and
the journalists call grasping monopolists,
living by public plunder at every one of
our 11 stations is kept a great quantity, of
reserve plant and fuel in readiness for
emergencies which may or may not come in
six, seven, eight or nine months. One-half
of our plant is reserved that is to say,
it is never used except in emergen
cies, we ournca ij.uuu tons ot coa
on black Thursdav what do vou think of
that? We burn 2,000,000 tons' a year. In
the week of log and cold we had to draw on
our reserve stores;,not an ounce of coal
could we land from our fleet of ships in the
river. During the fog week there were 11
or 13 ot the company s colliers in the
Thames some of them carrying as much as
2,000 tons. But they dared not move irom
midstream to the wharfs and piers. If they
moved they might go crashing into one an
other. Pilots could not sec their way. They
could only feel their way." Fancr'a pilot
feeling his way; and a Charles Lamb feel
ing the pilot's cheek, tofind out if the pilot
saw the joke. "In a fog," says Mr.
Phillips, "the river is always darker than
the streets. You see that we w ere pretty
well prepared for black week; but still we
are not satisfied. London is growing, so is
London's smoke- and fog. Supposing we
had a black fortnight, and ohr ships dared
not move. That would be awkward."
Resources That Are 3ot Small Potatoes.
"It would." V
"And therefore I am asking my company
for extra plant three gas holders at one
of our stations, and am putting the .matter
before them to-morrow. Here are the esti
mates. "What 'do you think they amount
to? Guess."
"Can't."
I could only guess that a person who
turned out 24,000 miles of at gas a pi nch would
refuse to loot at anything under five or six
figures; to a man who (gasometrically speak
ing) holds three-fourths of London, 3,000,
000 and some odd thousands of us in the hol
low of his hand, an operation which would
far exceed the resources of the "small pota
toes" of the ordinary financial humidity
must appear trifling.
"How much?" said L
"Two hundred and twenty-five thousand
pounds 75,000 apiece," was the reply.
All that money lor the purpose of sup
plying one of the company's 11 stations
with three gas holders, which arc partly to
be kept in reserve for some such visitation
as last week's fog!
"Well, you people go to work royally."
t "We do. The demands upon our re
sources are increasing. We must go on.
"We cannot stop."
"Certainly, Mr. Phillips, all you have
been telling me must strike the imagination
of the London public. What other con
cern in the world save your own, can in the
short space of 24 hours turn out as much
gas as (if it were measured in cubic feet)
would put a ring round the world? But is
it not possible that) the gas kings, like other
kings and princes of the earth, have had
their day? Great is the gas retort, Mr.
Phillips, but is not the dynamo greater?
Do you not fear the electricians? Will
they not put out the 7,000,000 gas burners
of London, and make short work of your
dividends?"
"Not Afraid of the Electricians.
"Fear the electricians! Rob us of our
customers! O-oh! "We are not afraid. I'll
tell you by and by who t)ur most serious
rival is I dare sa.v lFwill amuse you. But
as for the electric light, it hasn't touched us
in the least; and it won't. You will be sur
prised at the real facts "of the case. Yon
know that Sir Coutts Lindsay some eight
years back introduced distributive electric
lighting into London. He made his Btart
in Bond street. Well, two or three years
ago, as I was walking down Bond street, I
was struck with the prevalence of electric
lighting in the shops. We had (as we still
have) a great many valuuble customers in
Bond street. So it occurred to me to com
pare our receipts from Bond street before
Sir'Coutts.Lindsjy put up his electric ma
chines with our receipts four years after. I
found that at the earlier period our re
ceipts from Bond street were 7,200, and at
the Inter period 7,800.
"I do not deny that we have lost customers
in Bond street. What I say is that our re
ceipts from Bond street have risen in spite
of the competition from electricity. The
fact is, that a great many business people in
Bond street, and everywhere, put up their
electric lights as an advertisement Smith
starts it; Jones next door thinks ho must do
it, too; and Brown over the way won't
stand having the shine taken out ot him by
his rivals. That's 'one point. Here's a sec
ond the back, parts ot those shops whose
fronts are so brilliantlv lighted by clow
lamps are lighted by gas don't iorget what
I have said about advertisement. The elec
tric light throws strong shadows, and these
are bad for workers; therefore, in the back
premises where work is done, gas is still
used."
Coke 3Ien Aro Guin? to Hale the Day.
So far Mr; Phillips. I reproduce his
statement as faithfully as I can. I do not
agree with it fully. I might have said a
great deal in illustration of the enormous
benefits of the electric light. But my busi
ness was to hear what Mr. Phillips had to
say about gas.
"Yesand here's another point for you.
You are told about the great number of
'West End mansions which are fitted up for
electric lighting. But bear in mind that
gas never was used in those mansions. Wax
candles were burned, not Eras. So that, as
far as these mansions are concerned, we
have not lost any customers."
"1 have heard all you have said, Mr.
Phillips. But the new" light is making way.
What the electric men annex, you cannot
have. But I see you are coming to a most
interesting point. Like the moon, and more
satisfactory than the lesser stars, vou coke
kings of Horseferry Road have ruled the
night. .Now you are going to rule the day
not only in the vile season of fog, but also
when the sun is up. You are going to rev
olutionize our grates, and you are going
to "
"Going to! why we are doing it; we have
done it. How many cooking stoves gas
cooking stoves have we planted through
out London, do you think?"
"I Haven't the slightest notion. One feels
shy of making guesses in Horseferry Road.
You have told mc that you propose to speud
225,000 upon three gas holders for one. of
your stations; as much money, at one swoop,
for those three unasthetic-looking objects
as the city companies spend in a year on
salaries and fees and management, and
more salaries and fees and charities, poly
technics and turtle. After that it seems
useless to guess. But let me try. Say
5,000 cooking stoves? Yon shake your head.
j.en thousand? Yon are smiling consum
edly. Fifteen thousand? No? Well, I
give it up."
"Fifty thousand in one class of estab
lishments, such, for example, as large places
of business which dine their own clerks, as
sistants and work-peonle cenerallv. It is
nowadays the custom for the great estab
lishments of Loudon, almost without an ex
ception, to provide dinners for their hands
on the premises. It means economy in
monev, time and trouble; economy all
roundV'
Til PLATERS' WlfiES
Settled On at. a Meeting of
Manufacturers' Association.
the
NEW ADVEKTISEMENTS.
THE
THE PRESENT DUTY . SUFFICIENT,
And an Increase lias Keither Eeen
manded Xor Desired.
re-
rEOGRESS OF TIIE NEW INDUSTRY
THE DISCOVEREB OF THE PIGMIES.
Chatlleo Irfnsf, or Gordon's Staff, Thinks He
Has Troved His Claim.
Catko, Feb. 12. Chaillee Long, who is
here and who claims to be the first discov
erer of the African pigmies,"is much elated
over a find which he believes will establish
his title beyond peradventure. It may be
remembered that he" claimed,' when Gordon's
chief of staff in the Soudan in 1875, to have
discovered the pigmies of equatorial Africa,
and to" have brought down with him' the
little Princess Ticki-Ticki, three feet high,
who was given him by her father. Long
and Stanley have had a lively controversy,
Stanley claiming that Long "had not made
the discovery at all, and Long,makins simi
lar assertions in regard to Stanley. Further,
Stanley said Long had no proof. Long had
given his Ticki-Ticki to Ismail's harem, and
could never get sight of her.
Mr. Anderson, the American Consul Gen
eral here, officially asked that she be found,
in order that a wax model might be made of
her as an American discovery for the Chi
cago Fair. The foreign officer reported that
there was only one dwarf in any of the
present Prince's harems, and a model of her
was submitted, whicn showed that it was
not Ticki-Ticki; but Dr. Morrison, who had
charge of Consul Anderson during his recent
illness, reported that he had seen the little
Princess in one ot the Khedival harems,
where he was rendering professional ser
vice, and that she is still living. So Long
is triumphant, and even thinks Ticki-Ticki
may yet go to Chicago.
No saintly name, no foreign claims, has
Salvation Oil, the great American remedy,
but the price is only"25 cents.
AIX RECORDS BROKEX '
To-Day Our Great ST 35 Men's Suit Sale
See Samples In Onr Show Windows F.
C. C. d Clothiers.
To-day another hummer. An array of
men's suits at $7 25 that never was equaled.
You are never disappointed when you call
at our store. Here's our liberal offer for
to-dav: You make your own selections
from. $14, $15 and 518 pin checks, small.
cnecKS, narrow anu wiae waies, pi alas, ner-rjng-bone
patterns, mixtures, fancy cross
bars, broken stripes, plain black cords and
hair lines for 7 25. These men's suits are
made in sack 'and cutaway style, bound or
plain, just as, you prefer. Eaoh garment
exactly as represented. The earliest com
ers cet choice of the best patterns. No
blow or brag, but a solid, indisputable fact
'that these suits are the best value ever
offered. .
P. C. C C, Clothiers, corner Grant arid
Diamond streets.
AH the Comforts of Home.
Did vou see it? Isn't it one of the most
sparkling comedies you ever saw? It is no
comedy even if it is one of the greatest com
forts of home. We mean Camellia flour.
As the housewife's friend of baking day it
has no equal.
WASH WRAPPERS.
We Offer This Morning About 1,000 TTrap
pers at Very Attractive Prices.
In best print, fancy chocolate, Indigo
blue nd other good " colors, at 51, 51 25,
51 50 and 52 each.
In gingham, best style of stripes, 51 75
each.
Egyptian cloth teagown shape, 53.
JSee these to-day on first floor of cloak
room. Jos. Hokne & Co.'s
Penn Avenue Stores.
Dfandolln, Guitar and Banjo Music
At H. Kleber&Bro.'s music store, No.
506 Wood street, you will not only find a
largcassortment of the celebrated Wash
burn mandolins and guitars, and the Stew
art, Fairbanks & Cole, and Kleber spscialty
banjos, but also the latest music and books
for these popular instruments. Klebir
Bros, are also constantly receiving the lat
est songs and piano music. A.meriean gui
tars, warranted, from 56 50 up; mandolins,
warranted, from 57 50 up, and banjos from
53 un. Tuning, repairing and polishing of
pianos.a specialty.
I HATEJust received arc-copy of a very
old French paper. This paper has been on
the hall of the Endicott mansion for the
past 50 years.' It is an extra wide paper,
and a masterpiece 'both in design and color
ing. John's. Roberts,
719 and 721 Liberty street (head of Wood).
Mill
' Spriujr Dresses.
We arc now receiving new costumes for
early spring wear. Pabcels & Jones,
tts 29 Filth avenue.
'
It is
CALL and see the hollyhock frieze.
very wide and its brilliancy of color won
derful. John S. Roberts,
719 and 721 Liberty street (head of Wood).
Kin,
"Neuralgia Cured In Fifteen Blinnten.
Mr. J. S. Sturtevant, editor of the Wau
paca (Wis.) Post, says: "Last night Cham
berlain's Pain Balm cured my wife ot neu
ralgia of the face and tooth in 15 minutes'
We would not be without it." 50-cent
bottles for sale by druggists. ttssu
Bisque op Beef herbs 'and aromatics, a
vegetable tonic, cures dyspepsia.
If Ton Never
Have tried Camellia flour you cer
tainly nave made a mistake. A few
flours maybe as good we doubt it
but i.one are better. Then, too, it is
made in Pittsburg, and should have
the preference with local housewives,
don't yon think?
Pianos, Pianos,
Organs, Organs,
Self-P.'ayin: iEollans,
Mnslc Cabinets,
f Stools and Covers.
The only things we sell. Xothing not first-1
class. Hardman, IlTakaucr, Vose
pianos; in organs more makes than we
can enumerate. Been in the business
over GO years, and know what is ,good
and what is not. Do you know as
much? If not, when you want a piano
or organ you had bette'r call on us.
We'll treat you right. That's the secret of
our phenomenal success. Call at our
warerooms dnd spend a delightful half
hour listening to our self-playing
olians. Easy monthly payments
taken oh all our goods, if yon so desire.
3IELLOR &' HOENE,
"Palace of Music," 77 Fifth avenue.
REAL E&XATE SAVINGS BAXE, USS.
01 Smithfield Street, Cor. Fourth Avenue.
Capital, 5100,000. Surplus, 575,000.
Deposits of 51 and upward received and
interest allowed at & per cent. TT3
A called meeting ef the Tin Plate Asso
ciation was held at the Monongahela House
yesterday. About 20 manufacturers, repre
senting 16 firms, were present. At the
morning meeting a committee was ap
pointed to pfepare a scale ot wages for labor
in the tin houses. It was decided to pay
the tin and wash men 12 cents per box, the
cradle boys 4 cents, cleaners 3 cents, dust
ers 2 cents. Secretary Britton explained
that these wages are double the foreign
rates.
A number of other subjects of interest to
the trade were discussed. The selling terms
were made cash in 30 days-, 1 per cent ofE
The Welsh manufacturers do not sell on
time. They demand immediate payment
witli 4 per cent oft. The Board of Managers
was instructed to confer with the Iron and
Steel Sheet Association about the expedi
ency of hiring a secretary in common for
both organizations. As their interests are
almost identical the chances are this will be
done.
Wajes for Skilled tVorltors.
The question of waees for the skilled me
chanics has been -left with the sheet iron
men, who will arrauge a scale with the
Amalgamated Association in June. Mr.
Cronemeyer saidat present that each firm
hires its own men, aud the rate ot wages is
agreed upon between employer and em
ploye.' When the businesses established, a
scale will have to be arranged The manu
facturers think that the sheet iron men are
best posted on the wage problem, and for
this reason it has -been referred to them.
The wages paid in Wales are known, but
they will not be used as a standard.
A resolution was unanimously adopted de
claring that the manufacturers are satisfied
with the present tariff, and they think it is
adequate lor tne purpose of protection!
Mr. Cronemyer said the resolution was
passed to silence the tin plate liars who
have been claiming lately that the manu
facturers wanted a higher .rate of duty.
"These reports are circulated," he con
tinued, "to bring the business into disre
pute. We want the-truth told, and we do
object to being constantly misrepresented.
I have also heard it said in some quarters
that there is considerable apathy among the
manufacturers about starting up. This is a
great mistake. Some people think
because the discussions are not kept up in
the newspapers that the tin plate ,busincss
has died out. After the tariff bill was
passed wc left the newspapers alone, and in
stead of making a great stir have been at
home building plants. They can't be built
in a day or a summer as some imagined at
the start. It takes time to have the ma
chinery made and put in position. It is
true bfock plates are scarce, but that is our
business, to make them. This is what we
are trying to do."
Growth of the American Indnstry.
L. R Coates, of Baltimore, said the pub
lie would be surprised to know what has
b?en done. He remarked that at the end of
the year the American output would be
2,000,000 boxes, and that in a short time
this amount would be increased to 4,000,000.
The tin plate men will have an easy time
meeting the requirements of the tariff, which
specifies that one-third of the product con
sumed in the United States must be made
here at the end of five years. Mr. Coates
added that the business is in the experi
mental stage, and much time has been lost
in frying to determine on the best methods
and machinery. The manufacturers are
willing to help each other, and nothing
is concealed. Plans of the mills are
passed around, and any of the makers
will furnish greenhorns who think of go
ing into the business all the information
possible. In some plants two trains of rolls
have been placed, while some men think
the one-roll' mill is the best.
Secretary Britton stated that 14 mills are
nowjn operation, and 18 are under construc
tion. In the aggregate 55 trains of rolls will
be in operation when all the plants are
completed. The capacity of the mills per
year will be 70,000 tons.
A Grand .Endowment.
To invigorate Is to endow with lifalth.
This is conferred upon the feeble, the nerv
ons and tho dyspeptic by llostotter's
Stomach Bitters, the creat enablinc inedi-
ome. It recieates, as it were, tho ability to
digest and to sleep. It augments the appe
tite, and, since it increases the power of the
system to incorporate food as part of Its sub
stance. It tends to remedy leanness. .Malaria,
kidney complaint, la grippo and liver com
plaint are cured by the Bitters.
EQUITABLE
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY
OF THE UNITED STATES.'
JANUARY 1, 1892.
Abbrilo. .................. .... ..... .SloOiiyOiQiOiOO
Liabilities, including the Reserve on all exist-
ing policies (4 "per cent Standard) and Special
Reserve (toward the establishment of a 3j
per cent valuation of) ....$1,500,000 109,905,537.82
Total Undivided Surplus $26,292,980.56
Income ...,. $39,054,943.85
New AsSurance written in 1891 233,118,331.00
Outstanding Assurance ...804,894,557.00
The Free Tontine" policy (the Society's latest form) is
unrestricted as to residence, travel and occupation after one
year; incontestable after two years, and 'Nonforfeitable'!
after three years.
Claims are paid immediately upon the receipt of satisfactory
proofs of death. "
- HENRY B. HYDE, President
JAMES W. ALEXANDER, Vice-Pres't
EDWARD A. WOODS,' Manager,
-516 Market Street, Pittsburgr.
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NIGHTSHIRTS.
SPECIAL SALE.
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CENTS.
Worth 50 cents.
CENTS.
Worth 63 cents.
CENTS,
CENTS,
CENTS,
CENTS,
CENTS,
Worth 75 cents.
Worth 88 cents.
Worth $1.00.
Worth 51.13.
Worth 1.25.
WORTH
1.50.
FLEISHMAN & CO.
504, 506 and 50S MAKKlvl b'l'K-.-!.
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ELEGANCE!
COMFORT!
DURABILITY!
SATISFACTION
$2. $3, $4, $5.
EVERY PAIR WARRANTED .SATISFACTORY.
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483 SLracl asS
Wood St.
I Wholesale
I clulcX Retail.
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