sVMWMMB FF WW&' 'ar: 6 ' THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, MONDAY. - AUGUST 8. 1892. r V LOST DYTHE LOBBY, Tlie World's Fair Appropria tion Split Because of the Class of Workers PAID TO GET THE CASH. A. Fnnd Thrown Away or Worse on a Yery Poor Class of People. PICKIG FOR OLD-TIME HANGERS-ON. Chairman Gates Criticised for Glrinj: Out His Own Opinion AS A EEPOET ON HOMESTEAD AFFAIRS. rrnoM x ETxrr corresfoxdeot. i Washington, Aug. 7. Now that the "World's Fair people hare got what they could get, and have gone home to spend it very judiciously, no doubt one may be permitted, without being liable to the ac cusation of trying to give the money proj ect a black eye, to wonder why the mana gers adopted the tactics they did adopt in their efforts to get an appropriation "While members of Congress, newspapers and newspaper writers, who, lor reasons known to themselves, opposed the appro priation, greatly exaggerated the facts in regard to the employment of lobbyists and the expenditure ot money for lobbying, it is yet a fact that a considerable sum was spent, not only for nice little entertain ments, but for the services of professional lobbyists. It has been stated that abont $10,000 was subscribed by citizens of Chicago to defray the exnenses ot the Fair managers and others who came on from Chicago to engage in the struggle with Congress. This sum went but a small distance toward defraying the actual cost ot the undertaking. ralmnrnnd UavisNot to Blum. Of course President Palmer and Director General Davis cannot be blamed for trying to make things agreeable for Congressmen while explaining to them the pecuniary necessities ot the Fair. It is possible they expended in this way verv little, if any, of the amount subscribed. Ex Senator Palmer is several times a millionaire, likes in good company, and is always willing to spend liberally" of his owl mean. Director General Davis, as it has been frequently stated, spends much more than his salary in hi efforts to be per sonallv as well as officially agreeable to persons deserving of polite attention and whose word ot commendation for the great project is ot value. Thee gentlemen can hardlv have been associated with those who connive 1 the methods that ere finally adopted when it was discovered that a long, bitter and pos sibly a winning fight would be made atrainst the F..ir appropriation in tbe Home. "Who it was who employed the persons who haunted the corridors ot tbe Capitol con stantly in the interests of the Fair is not definitely known. At least, his or their identity is too vague to admit of his or their being named. A Clieau Cl:in of Lobbyists Kmpoyd. Certainly, neither Mr. Davis nor Mr. Palmer could have been guilty of employ ing the lot ofpettv professional lobbyists, some of them willing to work for less than a jf "-layer's wage, who made .Ti;cA,cir mtwt conspicuous in ine ork of influencing members. The mystery of the whole matter is that not more than one or two of the per sons so employed could influence anybody, or, at most, not more than one or two mem bers each, and those members quite as likely to be lor the Fair s against it with out Being influenced at all. Judgiug from the character of the per sons employed, with the exception of one or two already referred to, the distribution of funds must have been placed in the hands of some one who deliberately started out to give a "stake" to a lot ot cheap and hungry and worthless agents, known as hangers-on at the capital lor vears, making their living by what they can pick up by exalting their influence to some tender fool who has a claim or other bill before Congress, and striking members lor loans or blackmail wnen they fail to find employ ment at "legitimate" lobbying. Several of the males whose services were purchased for little or much tould not be recognized or tolerated in any wav by old members of Congress who know them. Their only hope would be upon newcomers, ot" which the House is full at this term. A Sample of the Class Engaged. One of the women who spent several weeks working faithfully in the interests of the fair, as she is said to assert, is an old' time lobbyist who did a thriving business years ago, when claims of Southern "Union ists" lor cotton or other property destroyed during the war were plenty and popu lar. She is a woman with an eventlul history of this sort, and has not only in fluenced legislation in Congress, but has also been known to alk boldly into the rooms of cabinet officers and comptrollers, and influence decisions upon which de pended the payment of enormous sums. Grown passe, she resorted to blackmail, and became so notorious and offensive that at one time Congressmen shunned her as they would a contagion. She has remained in obscurity for a year or so, but suddenly a few weeks ago appeared at the old stand, in the old business, and, whether she told the truth or not, asserted that she was employed by the "World's Fair agents. I am thoroughly convinced that these methods and these people defeated the ap propriation sought in the sundry civil bill, no matter who devised them and carried them out. They were unusual and un dignified, and something more. Had a com mittee of Chicago citizens, representing business snterests and social standing, come on, with Mr. Palmer and Mr. Davis, and represented what everybody knows is true, th it the Fair project ha far outgrown the original conception, largely by the act and requirements of the" Government, and that the cost of preparation hat been, therefore, enormously increased, I have no doubt the appropriation of 55,000, 000 would have been easily secured. As it was, the persons who were employed in the lobby were such as would condemn any measure advocated by them. J0DGE GATES CRITICISED Br Bis Democratic Colleagues for Giving OcR Ills Opinion on the Homestead In vestigation Poor Prospects of Any Et port Ever Being Made. irnoM a fcTArr coRREsroxDEirr.l "Washington, Aug. 7. Chairman Oates, of tbe Homestead investigating committee, is somewhat roughly criticised by Demo cratic associates for giving his report to the cress yesterday to be published as his 'personal opinion." It was certainly a y unusual proceeding, and especially view of the fact that not one 'Mr. Oates Democratic colleagues i the sub-committee agreed with his views, nd that the full Committee on the Judic ary decided that no report should be made. Nobody cared for a personal opinion on the subject "What was wanted, if any thing was wanted from Congress, in regard to this purely local affair, was an official report to Congress, by a committee .formally appointed to investigate) whether the employment of a private armed body by private individuals or corporations is, con stitutional or legal, that some action might be taken by Congress, if necessary. It was also hoped that some suggestion might be made as to means of effecting a settlement of wage disputes without a re sort to arms, and without bloodshed or evictions, or suffering on the part of either employer or workmen. Judge. Oates' Two Discoveries. Judge Oates, in his long, incomplete and slipshod "personal opinion," seems to have made two vital discoveries that the tariff had not made all wage-workers content and rich, and thePinkertons had a legal right to enter Pennsylvania and repair to Homestead and that the strikers had no right to resist them. This is the point upon which Judge Oates' Democratic colleagues radically dis agreed with him. That is, they thought it would be bad policy to make such a report just belore a national campaign. "Wage-workers, said Mr. Boatner and Mr. Bynum. are bitterly opposed to tbe Pinker ton system, and are not disposed to inquire too nicely into the legal technicalities of tbe question. Such a report, therefore, would be used with great force against the Democratic party in the opening campaign. Judge Oates is a very obstinate and some what irascible gentleman. He had written a report at the request of his sub-committee colleagues, and he did not propose to have it buried on account of any politics there might be in it. Doubtless it is his sincere personal view, based on the facts and evidence, but as a report of a Congres sional investigating committee, or as a paper of interest to the public, it is not of the slightest importance. Poor Prospects for Any Beporr. The prospect is that no report will ever be made, and that the investigation has gone as far as it will ever go. The truth is, most Congressmen think that both the House and Senate went oil at half-cock in regard to the Homeslead investigation. No sooner had the excitement and alarm cooled a little than the mass of Senators and Ilepresentatives concluded that Pennsylva nia and Homestead could attend to their own affairs, without assistance from the National Government Letters written in plain language, and words spoken still more plainly from distinguished Pennsylvania ans and citizens of other States as well assisted Congressmen to this conclusion. Thereupon, the House committee made what is practically a fizzle of the whole matter, and the Senate committee will op erate under a new resolution, which does no.t allude to Homestead or the Pinkertons, directly or by name at alL TREASURE IN A TRUNK. A Counterpart of tbe Frand Attempted Tpon Sir. Bailey, the Fittsburger, Tried Upon a New DnTrn Man Alio Without Success Cohan Conspirators. New Haven, Aug. 7. Attorney J. P. Goodhart, of this city, has just unearthed a surindling scheme of gigantic proportions. M. Paulet, a retired business man of Mon treal, received by Cuban mail about June 1 a well-written letter in French. It bore a Harana postmark and stated that the au thor, Elroy Bastamantre, had been charged with an important financial negotiation in London in 1831, but had been obliged to leave his trunk, with a false panel in which was 81,300,000 in drafts upon the Bank of Eufilaud, in the environs ot Montreal. M. Paulet was requested to interest him self in the case to secure tbe trunks and drafts. He was favorably impressed and replied, saying he would gladly hear the Cuban's lull story. Bastamantre replied that through a conspiracy he had been de prived temporarily of his monev in Mon treal, but had hidden it. He could give no accurate description of the place where tbe trunk was, and he averted that after leav ing Montreal he had been kept a prisoner at Cuba for seven years in default oi a fine of $2,025 lor political offenses. He needed just that sum to obtain his freedom. Ac companying his letter was an official docu ment containing the record oi his crime and seutence. M. Paulet, as he is 60 years old and feeble, sent his daughter to this city to con sult Attorney Goodhart in relation to the matter, and if advisable to go at once to Cuba and procure the prisoner's release at almost any cost. Mr. Goodhart has con ferred with Inspector Byrnes and other leading detectives in this country and Cuba about the matter, who unite in pronouncing the case a fraud. Miss Paulet was loathe to believe it such and abandoned further in vestigation of the matter with great reluct ance. A third letter from the Cuban confirms Mr. Goodhart's suspicions. The epistle states that a stay and extension of the pro ceedings for 30 days has been obtained by dintot great effort Though the iraud is manifest, Havana authorities will be placed in possession of the facts and asked to com municate further with Mr. Goodhart DIED LIKE MARTIN BBED. A Penitentiary Convicts Sets Fire to His Bed and Cats His Throat. Philadelphia, Aug. 7. For the third time in the past lour months a tragedy has occurred at the Eastern Penitentiary. Over whelmed with thought of the cheerless future before him, James Kodan committed suicide yesterday afternoon. He set fire to his mattress and bedding, and, sitting down deliberately in the midst of the fiames,drew, a keen-edged Knife across his throat The cries of the desperate man attracted the at tention of his keeper, but before the latter could reach him be had sustained such se vere injuries that be died in the prison hos pital a few hours later. Kodan was a native of Ireland, having been born in Londonderry 32 vears ago, and the greater part of his life had been divided between following the sea and trapping. He was arrested in Chester county lor house breaking, larceny and carrying concealed deadly w eapons. His sentence of two years and nine months would have expired Hay 26, 1894. At the Coroner's inquest to-day the prison physician testified the convict had declared the world had no charms for him. His future would be a blank, he said, as no one would recognize a criminal, and it would be better lor him to beat his brains out MES. HABBISOH STILL QUITE ILL, Though She Has Improved lYonderfalfy Since ?he Reached Loon Lake. LoON Lake, Aug. 7. President Har rison dined to-day in tbe little private din ing room at his hotel. Lieutenant and Mrs. Parker and Mrs. Dimmick dined with him. Mrs. Harrison still takes her meals at the cottage. Dr. Gardener, the physi cian who attended Mrs. Harrison upon her arrival, is no longer here. He has non been gone several days, but it is understood that he will return in a lew days. Mrs. Harrison is still quite ill, although she has improved in a wonderlul degree since her arrival here. The President took a drive with Mrs. Harrison and Mrs. Parker this morning. They were gone about an hour. Snowrtrn Uhs No More to Say. Philadelphia, Aug. 7. tyeciaZ. Major General George B. Snowden, divis ion commander at headquarters, to-day was asked it he had anything further to say upon the lams case. "No," answered th; General, "and I hope there will be no occa sion of my again speaking to the public through the newspapers for 16 years." No official report has been sent to Governor Pattison , upon the case, and probably none will be until the troops are withdrawn from Homestead, when General Snowden will submit a report covering the whole matter. Party Boys Fight for Freedom. Cincinnati, Aug. 7. This afternoon at the House of Refuge 40 boys made a break for liberty. Eleven got away. Four of these were captured 'lnimeaiatelr. Five 'were captured at Bond Hill to-night, and Jtwo are still at large. They were armed frith razors and improvised slung shots. I . S.-S.'...t.-j. 3. . ?. 9 .S3C.rKI...!f w; ASSAULT ON INIQUITY In a Model Yankee City by One of Dr. Parkhurst's Disciples. LAW AND ORDER LEAGUE FORMED "Whose Object Ii Not to Tempt People to Break the Lairs, hat to SEE THAT REFORMS ARE CARRIED OUT SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TBI DISPATCH. Norwich, Conn,, Aug. 7. Kev. Dr. Leonard Woolsey Bacon, ot the Second Congregational Church, to-day again made a furious onslaught on iniquity in Norwich. He advertised his attack and a great crowd turned out to hear him. Not long ago Dr. Bacon 'organized a law and order league, after Dr. Parkhurst's society, and induced the lately elected Bepublican Mayor, Har wood, to promulgate a proclamation early in July, commanding all keepers of dives and disorderly houses to pack up and leave town on or before August 1. Some of them owned property worth many thousands of dollars, but all closed their doors promptly. In his pulpit in his stone church on the hill this forenoon Dr. Bacon gave them a scathing farewell, and also paid his respects to city officials, past and present, in a way that made some of them very nervous. Among his auditors who were criticised were ex-Mayor H. H. L. Osgood, a deacon of the Park Congregational Church, and ex Consul Buggies, owner of the Burlington Hotel. Dr. Bacon's principal helper in his cru sade, besides the Mayor, is Bector Nelson, of the fashionable Christ Episcopal Church. Toleration and Sanction Extended. Having complimented the present Mayor on the aggressive step he had taken and his official predecessors on their policy of supineness, the doctor said: "You have the authority to destroy .this evil You have no authority to tolerate and sanction it I know you have done this unlawful and wicked thing through your ex-officers of this city. You have taken on yourselves all the shame and guilt, without the pre tended good that was to come with it You have extended toleration, sanction protection to these wretched crim inals. It 'is not understood that the rela- tion of the police to this business has been a not unfriendly one, like that which has subsisted between the police and the gam bling business. "In less than a vear from now the oppo sition will come that will test the quality of your citizenship. By that time, as the city election draws near, the present Mayor, if he does his dutv as he has be gunand T befieve by the grace of God he will will no longer be the generally popular citizen that he seems lo be. fliere will have grown up a violent and cunning opposition to his administra tionnot in one party, but in both, dex terously using the secret party machinery of both" parties to set back the city govern ment into the old ruts and make it again the accomplice of the social sinner and the gambler. Politicians' Tricks to Be Expected. "You know the trick by which yon have been fooled year after year. It is going to be represented to you that these tremen dous questions of life-and-death interest to the homes and families of this city are somehow entangled with the question of protection, lree coinage, of the seal fish eries, of Democracy or Republicanism, and that, of course, the less must give way to the greater, and vou must vote the regular ticket." In conclusion the doctor admitted the fight is not won, but said the Law and Order League is going to battle with the evil in question in whatever form it may take. "It is possible to conqner it, and, he added, "it is possible even to close the Buckingham House bar(a swell local hotel), even though its owner were ten times a Christian and a hundred times a member ot the Broadway church." The congregation was invited to sign a paper indorsing the mayor's act, copies of which were at either end of the sanctuary. Dr. Bacon preached a sermon on a similar topic to the women of Norwich, to-night OEOEGE BOBTAO'S STATEMENT. The Imprisoned Brother of One of the Cal ifornia Robbers Tells Ills Story. ViSALiA,CAL.,Aug. 7. The man known as George Sontag, who was arrested here Friday for complicity in the train robbery, says: My name Is George Conant. My step father's name was Sontag, and my brother John always bore that name. I, however, have Invariably registered myself Conant. My home Is at Uankato, Minn., where I was born and where my wife and children are. Last year I came to California and returned to Minnesota this year. I came out to work some mining propertv with my brother, Clark: Mooie and Chris Evans, though I have been a railroad man and a frescoer and dec orator by trade. I came down from the mine at Dnnlap last Monday morning. I rode a horse Into VIsallo, On Tuesday i went to Fresno and retained on the morning train the train that was robbed above Fiesno. I was at Fresno waiting for that tialn to come in. The mine up on Samson flat was lumped by ChrislSvans, and I went up there to see if it was all right. Chris said nsscssment work had not been done on it I told a detective, who questioned me everything I knew. I said 1 had n revolver, but no other aims. I never had any other. Whenlcauie down from the mine then- wore two men with me. One was named Young, I think. He has a ranch up on the mountain. The other was a young fellow who works up there. The morning I got here after the robbery my "brother, drove Mr. Evans In from the mine. They reached Evans' house at 8 or 9 o'clock. The night I spent in Fresno before the rob bery I roomed with a chap I met in the park there. He seemed to be an American and said he was n "pin shak"-a man who hauls freight to the depot I don't think my brother has been to Fresno since Sunday, when lie brought mv trunk down from there. If they find me guilty of train robbery they can hang me up. SHOT 0VEK A BABY CABEIAGE. A Jealous Columbus Sailor M orders on the Street His Sweetheart. Columbus, Aug. 7. "Look out there, little one," cried a boyish-appearing young man to the occupant of a baby carriage as he pointed a big revolver just over its head toward a woman trundling tbe vehicle. His exclamation was followed by the sharp crack ot the gun, and the woman fell dead just behind the babe she was accompanying. Such was the act ot a jealous lover at North Colnmbns yesterday evening. The mur derer was James Cameron, a French Cana dian, 19 years old. His victim was Mary Smith, the divorced wife of Isaac Sho wai ter. She was nearly ten years older thaa her boy lover, but sprightly and unusually pretty. Bight years ago she parted from her hus band. She lived with her sister, Mrs.Eliza beth Green. Cameron had been her lover lor nearly a year. Last week he asked her to marry him, and she rejected him, adding the galling information that she would soon be wedded to Thomas Cliker. Cameron warned her that if she did not marry him he would kill her. Cameron coolly walked to his boarding place near by, put on his coat and started away. He " was caught by some bystanders and compelled to give up his gun, after which, lor .some un accountable reason, they released him, and he left the city before an officer ar rived. Kansas Corn Killed by Drouth. Topeka, Aug. 7. Since issuing his regu lar July crop report Secretary Mohler, of the State Board of Agriculture, has received advices that a large part of the corn crop in the central and western parts ot tbe State is in so critical a condi tion that it will turn ont a nearly complete failure unlets copious rains fall' withtn'48 hours. ! . .- - . olJ'Ti.4 AN ODD HONEYMOON. Managrsasfrlce Arrested for Assault on His Bride at a Hotel After a Few Bottles or Wine They Quarreled and He Struck Her Rl Hard. New York, Aug. 7. Special. There was a cry of "murder" in the Manhattan Beach Hotel at 3 o'clock this morning. It was a woman's cry, and it came from room 221, on the second floor. The room had been assigned for the night to "Mr. and Mrs E. D. Price, New York' according to the register. Mr. and Mrs. Price had ar rived at the hotel early in the afternoon and dined on the broad porch facing the sea. Several bottles of champagne helped di gestion to wait on appetite, and by the time the meal was ended Mr. and Mrs. Price ap peared to be on the best ot terms. Price is a well-known theatrical manager of middle, age. The woman was a tall brunette and seemed no older than 26 years. Both were dressed in'the height offashion. The lights had been out for two hours or more, and there were none awake at the hotel but the night clerk and the watch man when the cry ot "murder" rang through tbe silent hallway. The hotel people found Mrs. Price in her night robes lying across the bed. Her hair was disheveled and her cheeks were red. Her left arm lay across the pillows, which were stained with blood that flowed from a cut on the back of the woman's hand. Price, who had opened the door for the detectives, stood quietly by, with an open penknife in his right hand. He, too, was in his night-clothes. "He has tried to kill me," gasped Mrs. Price, as the detective entered. "Arrest him, or he will murder me in my bed. Look at my hand." There had been a dispute, and Mr. Price had struck Mrs. Price in the face with his clenched fist Price was arrested. The woman had a black eye in court to-day, but refused to make a complaint, and Price was let of! with a fine of $10. Price began his career as a manager by introducing Mansfield to the American public as "Prince Karl," in the Madison Square Theater, about six years ago. He brought out Mrs. Leslie Carter when she began starring. He savs he was married to this woman last Tuesday and they were spending their honeymoon at Manhattan. ONE SPOT UNSEARCHED, Which Will Be Thoroughly Explored In the linrrfen Mansion To-Day. Fall River, Mass., Aug. 7. In look ing over the Borden mansion for a possible clew to the double murder, one place was left unstarched yesterday by the police, but to-night the officers said there was not the slightest danger of any change in the surroundings by leaving the mattter over. To-night or to-morrow this particular spot will be searched. To-day City Marshal Hillard submitted to a long interview. Of the spots oi blood said to have been found on an ax in the custody of tbe police last night, he slid: I don't know whether these spots were blood or iron rust There is nothing In the Westport clue. 1 sent a man to chase it down to prove It to myself. At this uioiuont I can say there i nothing toconnectany members ot the family with the mutderer. We can reach a certain point, but irom thence for ward things will not match, and we can't make them. If yon would ask me if I have anything really new In this whole case, I would say no: but of course you know I have a great many things In band. Any tiling may happen at any moment The police guard has been kept up around the house all dav, and crowds of visitors have swarmed about the locality. HANGED IN AN OUTHOUSE. The Sad Snlclde of an Iowa Woman at an Atlantic City Motel. Atlantic City, N. J., Aug. 7. Mrs. Thomas Early, wife of a prominent com mission merchant engaged in business in Chicago but residing at Dubuque, la., committed suicide at a late hour to-night in the rear yard of a Pennsylvania avenue boarding house. The couple had come from the West and arrived in this city last evening. Mrs. Early was a sufferer irom nervous prostration and had been brought here by her husband with the hope of finding relief. About 10:30 to night they had retired to their room, and, after seeing his wife safely in bed, Mr. Early left the room for a few moments. On returning be found the window open and his wife missing. The alarm was given, and after half an hour's search one of the guests found her hanging in an outhouse. A towel which had been torn into strips, tied together and looped, formed the means of destruction. Mrs. Earlv, according to her husband, has been a sufferer lor some time from nervous prostration. CLOUDS COME AT CALL, A Firm of Bain Tt izards Apparently Pro dace n Copious Shower. Ft. Scott, Kan., Aug. 7. The Good land Bain Company, which was organized last winter to make rain after the Melbourne plan, commenced operations yesterday under a contract with farmers of the county to cause a fall ot rain oi half an inch over 600 square miles, the compensation being 51.000. The clouds gathered southwest and com menced moving in this direction. At midnight a copious rain was falling. Skep tical people say the natural conditions would have brought rain anywav, and that the farmers might just as well have saved their $1,000. - PEOPLE C0HIHO AND GOING. J. G. Anderson, of Tyrone, is at the Du quesne. George P. Farley, a Chicago politician, is putting up at the Central Hotel. P. S. Hovis, of Butler, and A. Apple, of Cincinnati, are stopping at the Anderson. Lloyd Smith, of Greensburg, and M. C. Smith, of San Diego, were at the St James last evening. J. C Boose, the floor walker for Rosen banm, left for Put-in-Bay last night to spend several weeks. J. E. DuBou, of DuBois, and H. C Burket, of Banning, ate registered at the Seventh Avenue Hotel. K. S. Stone and wife, of "Washington, and J. Fierce, or Douglass station, are regis tered at the St Charles. George Enelish, who had been visiting his brother. Dr. English, for several days, returned to New York last evening. Miss Sadie McAlpin, of 407 Bebecca street, is at Chautauqua, and Miss Lizzie Clugson, of Cataaaqua, N. Y.,is visiting her aunt, Airs. Jane McAlpin, of Rebecca street Congressman I.' H. Goodnich, of the Thlid Kentucky district, is visiting the Bev Mr. Maskay. Mr. Goodnich was renomi nated unanimously last spring for his third term. rittsbnrgirs in New York. New York; Aug. 7. Special The follow ing Plttsburgera are registered here: J. L. Anderson, Sturtevant: Mrs. M. C. Acheson Astor Honse; J. Thiines, Astor House; ., Miller, Astor House; J. N. Shannon, Astor Houre; E. T. Beach, Cosmopolitan; W. B. Fleming, Cosmopolitan; E. J. and W. Brown, Continental; A. E. Carrer, Continental; J. Donaldson, Interna tional: B. H. Evans, Hoffman House W. H. Griffln, Hotel Glenham; W. E. Base,' Glenham; G. W. Habn, Mettopolltan; W. Wnlkinshaw, Metropolitan; WR. Hirscb, Earle's Hotel; Mrs. It Johnson, Brunswick; Mrs. P. Lloyd, Brunswick; E. J. Wlnslow, Brunswick; E. J. Long; St Denis; E. B. Mll ler.St. Denis Hotel; C F. Nieman, Westmin ster; G. H. Welshons. Westminster; J. H. Sneer, St. James; J. E. oteadman, Gedney House; J. Strasuurger, Union Square; J. J. and W. Warwick, Everett. Ocean Mrumshlp Arrivals. Steamer. Where From. Destination. Ethiopia Glasgow New York France London. .., New York Coltc Liverpool.?;. New York British i'rince Liverpool Philadelphia Minnesota , Philadelphia..... London tm I New York Southampton LaGascogne New York Havre Catamta Liverpool Boston British lrlflcejs..l'hllaaelpMa Quecnstown . . ' :. ; .. i. -Stjff.-tei: l JOHN L'S TRAINING. Programme of Work That the Pugil ist Daily Goes Through. HE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. Baseball Magnates Plssatisfled About the Twelve Club Plan. GESEBAL SPORTING NEWS OP THE DAT LOUISVILLE 7 St. Lord 1 tSFZCIAL TELEGAM TO TBE DISPATCB1 " Long Bbanch, Aug. 7. As there have been so many conflicting reports about John L. Sullivan's condition in""training a well known authority on iporting matters visited here to-day and sends out the following account of his visit: Ke reports as to the big fellow's good condition that have been received have been overdrawn. He looks to be in great form, and, barring a badly blistered heel, he is. The greatest source of wonder to those who have seen him within the last few days is what has become of the "corporation," which was so noticeable even when he left for Bay Head. It's gone; that's certain that is, the greater portion of it. Another favorable condition about the big Bostonian is the appearante of his" skin. Except where the sun has turned him brown bis cuticle is of a light pink, clear and glow ing. We have all been told of what Sullivan eats, and as the menu varies but little it is scarcely worth while elaborating on that point "Weak tea, chops, steak, stale bread and very few vegetables comprise his bill of tare. The breakfast hour is 7 o'clock, two hours after he tosses off tbe bedcovers and stretches himself into wakefulness. Lot ot Very Hooch Walking. Those two hours are spent in walking walking over the rough but picturesque Shinuecock Hills, accompanied by Casey and Ashton. The party does about 10 miles before breakfast, a proceeding which, as an appetizer, beats cocktails all hollow. The route is generally to the lighthouse and re turn, and on the way, if you are enough of a pedestrian to accompany him, the big fellow will point out the various points of interest to yon, tell yon who lives in that pretty little cottage over there, or that Austin Corbin owns most of the land here abouts. The blistered heel interfered somewhat with the walks yesterday, however. John has been bothered with them almost ever since he began walking, but hitherto they have been trifling. The one on his left foot they always come on the same foot now, however, is worse than tbe rest It is an inch square and tbe foot is raw and swol len. It is painful, too, but despite that he took his walk Tuesday morning. He started away with a decided limp, like a "spavined horse,' 'as he put it, but the limp soon wore away, and ere long he and Ashton were striding along at a brisk clip. John L. has had hard luck with that loot; not long ago a mosquito bite was rubbed and irritated until it developed into a boil,. and now hardly has that gone when an un comfortable blister comes. Bag punching follows the morning meal, and here is where the big fellow reduces weight As he plays a careless tattoo upon the leather sphere the perspiration streams off in chunks. For about 30 minutes, gen erally, he doesn't give the bag a second's rest, now hitting it a series of quick, light taps, and then giving it such a powerful smash as to almost send it crashing through the' ceiling. If Corbett ever gets one of thoie on the point of the jaw, well hut Corbett says he won't get one on the jaw or anywhere else. "His right hand might as well be cut off as far as landing on me is concerned," says Jim. John L. a Wonderful Skipper. Bope-skipping is one of Sullivan's favor ite pastimes and he can give cards and spades to all the soubrettes and serio-comics in the profession at that amusement He went it 649 times the other day without a slip or pause, now and then varying his step from both feet together to a sort of jig movement This exercise is lor the legs. Sullivan is said to have small legs. His lower limbs taper more than Corbett's and look smaller below the knee. At the hip they appear larger. While Sullivan is bag-pounding and rope dancing in the barn back ot Canoe Place Inn, people from the country around, and city people who come on yachts to see him, crowd in on him, blocking up the door and keeping out the air, but he doesn't mind it; he says it helps him to perspire more ireelv. Sullivan's mode of entrance and exit to the barn is by means of an iron ladder, which he skips up and down like a sailor. After he has been soused with several buckets of water, been rubbed down, an ointed with witch hazel, fed and told a few stories for John L. is no mean raconteur he takes another jaunt cross-country, and on his return tosses a huge ball called a medi cine ball, probably because medicine is su perfluous when it is used. This latter in strument is a leather-covered sphere weigh ing several pounds and about a loot through. Sullivan handles it as if it were a tennis ball, throwing it overhand, between his legs, alternating with each hand separately and then with both, and in all imaginable ways. Another rubdown and it is supper time. After sufficient time has elapsed the party puts down to PeconicBay in a ronboat, and John L. takes his daily plunge. This is one of the things he lives for. He is an ex cellent swimmer and can claim undisputed superiority over his rival in that respect. By 8 o'clock it is as quiet about the quaint old Long Island tavern as it is at 4 a. m. in most places, and by 9:30 the lights are all out and everybody sleeps. Lonlsvlllr, 7 St Lonla, 1. St. Louis, Aug. 7. Very poor work In the third and fourth innings bv Gleafon gave Louisville io-day's game. Weather hot; at tendance 6,000. Score: ST. LOUIS B B F A ElLOUISVILLE R B P A E Gorctn Ulasscock, -Carroll, 1.... Werden. 1... Car'thers. r. Crooks. 3.... Brodle. 2.... Gleason, p.. BucLlcy, c. Mor.in, c... 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 12 2 0 Dooms, r... Taylor. 1.... Weiver, m.. Pfencr. 2.... Basaett. 3.... Jennings. . . wnistier. i.. Grim, r Clausen, p... Total 7 8 27 IS t Total . 1 S 24 9 2 St. Loots 0 010000001 Lonlsville 0 0250000-7 SUMMARY Earned mm St. Louis, 0: Louisville. 2. Two-base hits Carroll. Weaver. Home run Pfeffer. Stolen bases (.rooks, 1; Whlsller. 1. Double plays Glasscock and Werden. First base on balls-Off Clausen. 7: off Gleason, 4. Struck out By Gleason. ; by Clausen, 1. Time of game One hour and 45 minutes. Umpire McQuald. The League KecorL rr .737 .684 .611 .BOO .53! .526 T. Cleveland Boston New York.... lirooUju Baltimore Philadelphia.. Cincinnati .. Cblearo Washington 9 10 8 11 .421 8 12 .400 Plltsburz 7 11 .389 .a'.o LOUlSTllie Id St. Louis.. 0 14 .300 Saturday' League Games. At Pittsburg- Pittsburg. t 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cleveland S 0 0 0 10 1 n1 5 Uatterles-Ehret and Miller; Cuppr and Zliamer. At Chicago V Cincinnati 1 0000000O-1 Chicago 0 1002003 6 Batteries Mnllane and Vangbni Gnmbert and Elttrldge, At Hew York HewYork I 0 10 0 110 27 Baltimore 0 200040006 Batteries Busle and Doyle; McMaJion, Cobb and Kobinson. At Philadelphia Philadelphia 0 0400010"C-5 Washington 0 010000001 Batterlcs-Keefe and Cross; Jones and Dcrger. At St. Lonls " st Loots...: ;..;...i o.o i o 1 o o c t - i sj. S 4 j 30fcW:!',N;c"', . Lonlsrllle 0 000000202 Batteries Breltenstela and Buckley; Strattoa and Grim. At Brooklyn Boston .-. n 0 2 2 14 0 2 0-11 Brooklyn 0 000000000 Batterles-Stlrltts and Ganzell; 'Stein, Kennedy andKlnslow. To-TJay's League Scbndnte. Cleveland at Pittsbunr, Cincinnati at Chi cago, New Xorfe at Philadelphia, Boston at Washington, Brooklyn at Baltimore. DISSATISFIED MAGNATES. Some Kicking Developing; Regarding the Twe'.ve-Clnb League System. . Kbw York, Aug. 7. fecial. The pennant struggle is creating dissatisfaction among the magnates. Those whose teams have failed to get a leading position In the race are not pleased with the results, and are talking of the prospects of a dissolution or the present big League. Others claim that there is no reason for tbe breaking up of the present circuit, and that next year It will be stronger thai ever. If the League is divided it Is likely that the Association will be recognized and that two eight club organizations will again he in tbe field. It Is claimed by one of the magnates that twelve clubs are too many for one organization. There are too many tall-enders. One-half of the clubs must be almost constantly traveling and this Is very expensive over a circuit to long as the present one. Thinkr of the Brooklyn club traveling more than three tho- sand miles with fourteen players and a manager, as they did on the last Western trip. Then there aio no open dates in which to play off nostponed games, and two games a dav are often necessary at one admission another losing feature. , Up to the time when the two organi zations began fighting each other and practicing piracy cm each other's players the game nas Immensely popular and Doth organizations made money. Hnrmonv can be kept up in two rival organizations if they will adopt an honest, ii on-clad national agreement, tespecting not only each other's rights to players, but territorial rights also. Tbe question of salary and general relation ship of players and club owners can be satisfactorily arranged whenever the club owners act honestly with one another. Praises Pittsburg. "Do yon know what city is the greatest baseball center of them nil, bar nonet" asked Chris. Von der Ahe of the writer dur ing his brief sojourn here this week. "Pitts burg," was the response he gave to his own query. '-If that city should ever strike a winning combination they would lay out the league on bu crowd". Tbe people who love baseball are of the best class. Why the average admission through tbe quarter gate do not run over 325 a day. They have the finest grand stand audiences to be found on the circuit Ttmes-Slar. A New Pitcher for the Brown. St. Louis, Aug. 7. Chris von Der Ahe, President of the St. Lonls Ba-eball Associa tion, has secured still another pitcher. This time It Is young Haw ley, who has been pitching for the Maroon", of Ft. Smith, Ark. The Diamond. BnouTBEES still takes his periodical vacations. Walter Bbodie makes quite a second baseman for tne Browns. II AIO n. the new third-baseman, will Join the Browns In this city to-morrow. The Our Boys play at Parker Thursday. They would like to make dates for to-morrow and Vt ednesday. A bet of f 100 against $75 was made yesterday that the Colts would not win half or the present series of home games. Armour, the late outfielder of the Toledo club, has heen signed by the Our Boys club. He Is a great player. THE Clevclands and the local team will play again this afternoon and Esper and Clarksou will likely he the pitchers. 31 r. Von der Ahe has signed Pitcher Hawley, of the Fort Smith (Ark.) club, and he will report for duty In a lew days. Alderman- Ciiilds and "Bid" McPhee are keeping up an even pace as the heaviest batting second basemen of the League. IF It were left to the Boston crowds whether Duntlngaud sacrificing should be abolished or no. It would be safe to say that both or these features would be retained In base-ball by a large majority. Buck Ewisg laid off and wasn't missed, says the Sporting Life. In fact without him the team maved steadier ball and was Just as suecessrulas If he had been on hand. Verily, the 18P0 chickens are coming home to the fallen New York Idol. "Kid" Cross made a funny home run In Thurs day's game between the Phillies and Brooklyns. In the ninth Inning he lilt a high fly to left field, which Poutz gazed at until It passed over his head. He then chascl ltplcked It up and threw It past Cor coran. John Ward stopned It and threw to the plate, hut Klnslow failed to cover the plate ana Cross gets a "homer." Speakixg of Buck Ewlng's return to first base to fill a one day's engagement, the New York Herald says: "He fielded all rlglit but his eyes were glass, lone was a 14-15 puzzle to him, and when he struck out the bleachers were so rude as to laugh. Yes. they did a sort of a sardonic yawp. There was a time when Buck's return to the nine after a two weeks lay off would have been greeted with salvos of applause. Yesterday he was greeted with a scries of sfghs. Such are the ups and downs of a sporting life." A CEICKETEE SUICIDES. Charged With Causing Defeat He Blows Oat Bis Brain. Halitaz, Ang. 6. Special F. Dickey, who is a memberof theOttawa Cricket Club, which Is playing here against the Philadel phia team, committed suicide In this city this morning. Mr. Dickey was staying at tho Queen's Hotel and retired early last night. Early this morning the hotel clerk was startled by the sonnd ot two shots com ing irom his room. The yonng man was fonnd lying on his bed with two bullet wounds in his head. He died two hours afterward. He bowled in the second match of the se ries, that with Halllax, and acquitted him self creditably. He went on a spree in the. evening, unu uis uuu wns vuuaiumuuiy weakened In thoir luture play. Thev charged their poor success in the contest lor the Hal ifax cup upon him. This drove Dickey to despair. Tho dead man was a brother of A. B. Dickey, M. V. for Cumberland, and a son of Senator Dickey. Brlehton Beach Card. Louisville, Aug. 7. Special The follow ing pools weie sold heio last evening on to morrow's races at Brighton Beach: First race, mile and an eighth selling Long dance 114. tlO; John Cavanaugh 112, 130 : handstoue 103, 5: Sluggard 106. Mabel Iromeror9: field 13. Second race, fire-eighths of a rall- Morella 129, S50: Sandowne 111, Snort 111, Sue Uyder colt 98. Ingot 93. Margery coll 98, Once JuorePS. Freelind 98, Foam 98. Faithful 95. Kusenood flllv 95, Ini preratlce ally 95, Lizzie V. filly 95 : field J0. Third race, six and one-half furlongs. selling Airtight 119, : Mayor B. 113. John Winkle 113. f 0;Vcrherna 111. 11$: Laughing Water 111, S10; Mart 110, Ion 110. S,: Excelleiiza flllv 108, '111 read away 105, Sj: Mattle Hamilton ally 105: field SI. Fourth race, one mile Willie L. 1C5. S3; George W. 105. t5: Lo I'anto 105, S12: Alrshait 105, u; Frnnteuac 105, f25: Lizzie 100, f-'O. Filth race, seven furlongs, selling Onward 112, 30; Jack Rose 102, fI7: India Bubber 102. fa: Cyno sure 102. $i; Castaway II. 102, Firefly 86, S12; Hlmlex9 Boger92, Billet Doux colt 91. S3; Case nova 90, S3: field $3. blxth race, six and one-half furlongs Little Jake 112, tl: Foxiord 112. (15; Daniel 112. V. Tioga 112. JayOuelH2, Dlckerson 112, (25; Nubian 112, DaUy Woodruff 105, Vera 107, Hlppona 107, Ella 107, (15; Lurar 107. Zampost 107, Bunnlng Bird 105, Ctuchet 100, (12; field (II. The TrI-State Shoot. East Liverpool, Ang. 7. Special Great Interest is being centered in tbe grandcri otate sweepstake shoot which takes place at Gardner's Park here August 11, Mer chants' picnic day. The shoot is promoted by the East Liverpool Gun Club. There will be eight events, the entrance for each ranging from 50 cents to $2. Keystone targots will be used. I. N. Crable, Ea-it Liverpool, will give all information concerning the shoot. Snrpper Garrison III. Asbury Pare, Aug. 7. "Snapper" Garrison, the well-known jockey, is lying dangerously ill in tbe Scarhoro Hotel, Long Branch. His family Is at bis bedside. Mlscnllaneoua Sporting Notes. Pacing Dlrect's mark Is 2:08. On the 11th Instant there will be a great bicycle tournament at East Liverpool. TnE Philadelphia Amateur Swimming Club has resolved to establish 23 life memberships at a each. THERE are 44 cycling clubs in Chic 'go. Twenty seven are located In clubhouses, and half of that number either occupy clubhous.s built for them or will do so In tbe near future. TnE Parker Grey Base Ball Club will play at New Bethlehem to-day. Brookvllle Tuesday, Clarion Wednesday, returning home Thursday to play the Our Boys, of Pittsburg, It Is said that tbe promoters of the State bicycle meet at Springfield lost considerable money, and there Is now talk of a tournament In the rail by the aid of which they hope to reimburse themselves. Charlie Wilson, the most useful and practical trainer In Great Britain, says that Zimmerman Is as fine a racing man as ever fell under his observa tion. And Wilson has handled Osmond, Kurnlval and all the lights of cycledom which Her Majesty's kingdom has afforded In six years. ,. CTCLINO Is picking op In California, for It Is ob served that during the month or September there are six raco meets scheduled to take place in the State. The meet at San Jose will be the most Im portant of these, since Waller broke the 24-hour record, and since the introduction of the pneumatic and tne consequent lowering of the mile record in this State by about is or 20 seconds, everyone 1 eager for the honors of the race track. hMBBBBiill llfflll1 llll !' ilifcTfTH?'- Klffl'raslPirVir-i'iVii -Pi -'--nnTrBsifiH'WinTr--:?fT iflglttwnJTftrHW'sslM SIMMONS NOT EXPELLED. Frllz Simmons Still a Sonthslde Turner The Case May Come Up Again Mach Dissatisfaction In the Order as the Matter Now Stands. The case of Fritz Simmons, of the Sonth slde, who was arrested some time ago lor distributing anarchistic circulars, was con sidered by the Southside Turners at their regular meeting yesterday. Tbe fact that Simmons entertained such views excited much comment among the Turners lest some reflection should be cast npon their organization. When bis case was brought up there was little discussion, and It was soon disposed of. He was neither suspended nor expelled and still holds full membership In the order. The resolutions recently adopted bv the Chicago Tnrners were indorsed. These resolutions condemned anarchism and took the stand that the order of Turn ers would not permit its members to be come disciples or Herr Most It was under stood that a formal vote was taken on the case, and that his adherents were In the majority. It as also learned that Simmons made a statement nf bis views, and retracted what be had stated when arrested. Ill-s statement was raid to amount almost to an apology and while bo claimed to have belonged to the Anarchists, he now disclaims them. There seems to be much dissatisfaction at tne decision, and the cose will likely be brought up again next Sunday. D. S. Mc Donald In speaking of the meeting said: "While I did not nttend it I have heard what was done. You must understand that all the proceedings are in German, and even whem I am there I cannot understand all that Is said. I think there has been some rather peculiar work done with regard to this case. Yesterday the friends or Sim mons circulated the report that nothing would be dune at to-day's meeting, and even hinted that the English-speaking members might as well not attend. When the cate was brought up the members present who did not speak or understand German were lelt In ignorance of the proceeding", and hardly knew what was being done. After tbe meeting an explana tion wus demanded, and tbe simple answer made tb.it he was still a member. Now there are about 400 of tbe 700 members who are English-speaking nnd not kindly inclined toward Simmons, if it comes to u test Several members have already spoken to me ubont sending In a petition to the President for a reconsideration of this case. As the matter now stands, many threaten to withdraw from the order nnless there is a better understanding among the members than at present." It is claimed that Simmons' case was not fully considered yesterday because not enough time had intervened from the time the charge was entered. Simmons is also being given every opportunity to retain his membership, as he stands high in the order, and personally is liked by the other mem bers. Many ot the mem her-s said last even ing that he had not broken any of tbe laws of the constitution and could not be ex pelled. HEK DEATH A M.YSTEEY. Isabella Cawthorn Is Found Dead in a Hammock. Isabella Cawthorn. tho three-months-old daughter of Mary and John Cawthorn, was fannd dead in a hammock at tbe home of her parent", No. 3018 Mnlberry alloy, at 1 o'clock yesterday morning. Her death is shrouded in mystery, and after the circum stances bad been reported to Coroner Slc Dowell be decided to hold an investigation. Saturday night, Cawthorn, who U a mill worker, invited several of bis Iriends to hU home where be had a keg of beer. Toward midnight the crowd became boisterous and Officer Brady Thompson bad to be called In to quell the disturbance. When the. officer wentintothe house the child was sleeping in tbe hammock and several men were en gaged in a scuffle about the room. The house was cleared ont and tbe parents were rebuked by the policemen lor neglecting their child. Nothing more was beard from the house until yesterday morning, when Mrs. Caw thorn informed the officer that the child had died sometime during the night. Mrs. Cawthorn claims that the child died at 4 o'clock, while the husband positively fixes the time at 7. Both of the parents were very much under tbe influence of liquor when they made known the death of the infant. Informations were lodged against both Cawtborn and his wife by the Anti-Cruelty Society on Saturday, charging them with abusing and neglecting their three umall childien. The parents are under bonds for thoir appearance this week. The coroner will jiew the body of-the dead child to-day. AH ELECIEIC ITJTJNTAIH To Be Presented to and Erected in Schen ley Park. An electric (fountain, similar to tbe one exhibited at the Exposition two years ago, is to be made one of the attractions or Schenley Park. An official of the Pittsburg Traction Company, which Is to bear tbe ex pense, is now in tbe East arranging for its erection. It is to cost $15,000, will bo several times larger and grander than that shown at the Exposition and even larger than the one In the Chicago park, wbicb was erected by Yerkes, the Chicago street railway mag nate, as an inducement for patronage on his lines. It is said Chief Bigelow before leaving for Europo consented to the placing of one of these beautiful fountains In Schenley, pro vided it did not costless than $25 000. As it wonld draw thousands to the park every night it would be exhibited tbe company gladly accepted the proposition. The electric fountain In Chicago was for years a great magnet drawing such crowds that the park commissioners finally stopped its exbioitlon because tbe throngs of people were too large to be controlled and tramped down the gi as, flowers and tbe park rules generally until it became a nuisance. Tbe conditions at Schenley Park arc entirely different, there being no"keepon"thegrass" regulations nnd If the fountain is introduced there will Le nothing to prevent its being enjoyed by the people. C0LTJMBDS COLEMAN DEAD. He Passes Away Suddenly at Midnight at the Age or 73 Years. Columbus Coleman, a brother of William Coleman, died suddenly at midnight at his home In Edgewootl. lie was 73 yean old. It is understood that Mr. Coieuinn. who has been ill for some time, got np to take a dose of medicine. He got hold of the wrong bot tle, and soon alterward passed away. Sinco the death of his brother, bo was very wealthy, Mr. Coleman Ins managed tbe estate. It Is one of the largest in the city, and in the list of properties li included tbe Grand Opera House. Tho trustees ot the estate are W. i' McCook and Messrs. Miller and DonnellvT The heirs are tiriuci- his nephew, is living In Paris. Investigating a Baby's Dentil. Coroner McDowell will to-day investigate the circumstances or the death of a child 48 hours old, which occurred on Saturday at its parents' home on South Thirteenth street. The mother, Mrs. Jane Stayer, made a state ment ycsteiday to tne effect that she knew of no cause for tho child's death. She had been attended by a midwife when the child was born, being unable to pay lor a doctor's services. Mrs. Stayer also said sho had been desertettby her hmbjnd some months ao and wns nearly starved, and it is probaDte the child died of inanition. No Trouble Expected at Steub-nvlllr. The repairs on tho rolls of tho Jefferson Iron Woiks, at Stoubenville, will be com pleted Wednesday, when the rolls and the nail machines will resume operation. There will be no trouble over the dlgnlng- of the scale. The U ater Kant Ont. The Pleasant Valley road was tied np for two hours and a half yesturday afternoon. The water supply gave ont, and It took the company that length of time to replenish tbe supply. I Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report 0 222iJ MTH ABSOLUTELY PURE THE WEATHER. ForWetUrnPenn tylvanla and Wes( Virginia: Fair, FcUoused by Show crt Honday Night; Warmer Sovtheatt Windt. For Ohio: Show crs at Lake Sta tions Monday and by Monday Eight; In Eemamtntj TOrilons Warmer ioutheatt Winds. The barometer Is above tbe normal over tho Atlantic coast and GuIfStates and West ern Montana. Elsewhere It Is below the normaL A storm of moderate energy is central over South Dakota, and will proba bly move slowly eastward. Tbe tempera ture has fallen slightly along the Middle Atlantic and New England coasts and In the) Xorthwest. It has risen In tbe central val leys and the Lake regions. Bain has fallen In the South Atlantic and Fast Guir States, and showers have occurred In tbe Middle Missouri and extreme TJpner Mississippi Valley. Slightly warmer weather is indicated for tbe Middle Atlantic States. In the extreme Upper Mississippi Valley and the Western Lake region cloudy weather with showers and local storms U indicated. Comparative Temperature. prrrsBURO, Ang. 6. The Local Forecast Official of the Weather Bureau in this city furnlsnes the following: jRnWI It 3 Aug. 5. DU, o SAM 68 11AM ... 12K ... M 87 8rn ... tnt 81 o 4 ; Aug. e, im. o JAM 64 11AM ... 12M 79 2PM 83 5pm 83 8pm 80 U TXMFgRATCRIC AID RAIXrALL. Maximum temp 84.01 Range ..28.0 Minimum temp 63.0 Prec W Mean temp 72,0 RIVER NEWS AND NOTES- Louisville Items The Stage of "Water and tht Mov-mrnt of Boats. fSPXCIAL TXLXORAMS TO THX DISPATOW.l Louisville. Aug. 7. Weather clear and warm. River rising, with 3 feet 4 inches on the falls and feet 8 Inches In tl.e canal. Departures-For Cln Clnnatl, Fleetwood; for Evansvllle. J. T. Khea. What Upper Ganges Show. Wabbxm River 0.S feet Clear and warm. Moboantown Hirer 5 feet and stationary. Clear. Thermometer 8S at 4 r. M. Beowhsvilli Kler 4 feet 11 Inches and lilt ing. Clear. Thermometer 83 at 4 r. M. The News From Below. ' Wheeling Departed H. K- Bedford, Pitts burg; Courier. Parkersburg; Lizzie Bay, Pitts' burg. Clear and warm. Memphis Klver falling: 14 feet 1 Inch. Arrived Cheroker. St. Louis. Vicxsburo River falling. Up-City of Hick man. Heavy rain; hot. CKf civsati River 10 feet 10 inchrs and station ary. Clear and warm. ST. I.ODis Arrlved-rity of New Orleans, from New Orleans: City of I'roTlrtence. from Natchez. River IS feet 4 Inches and falling. Clear and hot. Echoes From th L-vee. TliE Voyager is doing some won. In the pool. The Crescent la at the head of tbe Merrlman. The Ed Roberts Is laid up opposite Sewlckley. AnUMBEBof yachts were out la the riverlast evening. The Courier has stopped running on account of the water. STAGE of water below Davis Island dam t feet. River falling. The I. N. Bunton Is to have a new wheel pat in and her boilers replaced by new ones. Tn Bedford. Captain Greene, has stopped run ning between Wheeling and Pittsburg. THE repairs on the Germania at Brownsville are about completed. She had a new wheel put In. TnE Princess and Two Brothers were the only boats to pass through the Davis Dam locks yester day. THEjlmWoodlsat Raccoon being treated to new coat of paint to supply that burned off re cently. THE A Jam Jacobs came In last night and will leave for Morgantown and way points to-day at I o'clock. Alex He:?derso:t. of the Cincinnati wharf boat, returned yesterday from a trt p down the Ohio. He reports the river business dull. THE Mink No. 2 has had her pilot house lowered. She has been at the Ninth street bridge for soma time, but dropped down the river yesterday and is now at Churches docks. STEriiE R. Johnson, delivery clerk on the Cincinnati wharfboat. went to Cincinnati last evening. He will not return for several weeks. OX2 of the Western Dredge Company's boats was at work in the Monongahela river, opposite the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad station Saturday cleaning the channel. Captain William Bookhrt, pilot on the Hudson, has gone to Cincinnati to act as pilot o n one of the Big Sandy steamers plying between Cincinnati and Pomeroy till navigation begins again on tbe Upper Ohio. THIS time last year the Cincinnati packets were running, and drove a lively trade. The low water forced the boats to lay np sooner than usual this year. It now looks as though no packets will be running to Cincinnati for some months. The wfter registered 3 feet yesterday, but that Is only 2 feet la the channel. Duft's Bab has been the common sticking place fnrtlmlmateun and down the river this season. As a consequence the bed has been badly torn up and made wor. As It now Is. Ills very lumpy, and will require a" deal or work to restore It to a good condition. More tronble has been experi enced at this point than any place along the river between here and Cincinnati. THE following boats were at the wharf yester day: The brotla. Paclflc Fred Wilson. Iron Duke. Iron Age. Iron Sides, W. W. o'Mell. Jos. W Gould. Acorn. Charley Hook. Joseph Walton. Clifton. Lnd Keefer. John F. Walton. Smoky Citr, Beaver. L N. Bunton. Diamond. Twilight. J. M. Bowell. C W. Batchelor, Maggie. Joseph Walton, City of Pittsburg and J. M.Gusky. THE snagboat Woodruff, that lias been at Cincin nati for some time past, has taken on supplies and Is expected to get to work within a few days. The condition or the rivers abont I'lttshurg Is such as to demand her attention. The low water makes It possible to do the best wors at this time, and the efforts of the coal men of thlscltv should be re warded bv having her sent up here to remove some of the worst obstructions In the river bed. Extensive repairs hare been going on for soma time at Lock No. 3. They will soon be completed. A coffer dam was put In and the locks pumped dry. This was made Imperative from the nature of the repairs, as It had been found that the large Iron gates were too heavy and cumbersome and were doing much Injury to themasonrv. These gates had been made In this city some time ago. They were thought to be an improvement at the time. Experience has proved them otherwise, and they are to be removed and replaced by wooden ones, which cannot only be handled easier and quicker, bat no not loosen and weaken tha walls. THE FIBE BEC0ED. Joplln, Ma Tbe Joriln White Lead. Works, the large't concern of the kind in Missouri. Loss, $200,000: partly insured. Ottumwa, la. Tho plant of the Kerr Ven tilated Barrel Works. Tne fire originated in the drying kiln. Losj, $75,000; insurance, $29,000. Buffalo, N. D. The Northern Paclflo eleva tor was struck by lightning and burned to the ground with 10,000 bushels of wheat. Loss, $25,000. Alliance, Neb. The postofflce, the build In" of the Alliance Timet, the Norton bloclc and flvo other business buildings. Loss, $30,000; lully insured. Cassandaa, Pa.-Mr3. M. Leap'sgeneral store. Loss. $6,000; insurance, W.500. It U thought the store was robbed and tuon fired. There have been several fires In the vicinity of Cassandara recently. Mattoon, IIL During a severe rain and electric storm Alshulers 4 Co. s large dry goods store was discovered to be on fire. It was damaged to the extent of $40,000 on buSdlng" stock and adjoining buildings. W I " & WTTMV1 &nfotJto WMKKKSSfSKBSEmKIKmKltLs0it'' cjMHssWitsVssMBisstHsvsWv'
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