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THE . PITTSBURG DISPATCH. FRIDAY, AUGUST 12 1832.
9
SOT READY TO GIVE IN
Harrison Still Standing on His Dig
nity in Bernard to Tom Piatt.
PLACE-MAKEKS HARD AT WORK
And x Satisfactory Understanding May Tet
Ee Arrived At
now CLEVELAND TUT HIS FOOT IN IT
rrrcOM A STAFF COnEESrOVDKKT.l
Wasiiixgton, Auj, 11. Information
has reached here from Loon Lake by vay of
a gentleman connected with the work of the
Republican National Committee in 2evr
York that up to this time negotiations for a
meeting between the President and Boss
Piatt, of 2Tew York, have not been success
fuL It r.ppears that neither Mr. Piatt nor
any of his immediate iriends, who would
have any authority to speak for him, will
have anything to do with the efiort to es
tablish a peace footing between the man
who wants to be President and tiie man
who wants to own the President that is to
be, irthat President is to be a Republican.
The anti-war people are said to be con
fined to the friends of the President and to
members of the Xational Committee, who
see no hope of winning a victory for the
Grand Old Party withoat some cessation ot
the very bitter bitterness that has been
growing and rankling between the Presi
dent and 3Ir. Plait ever since the latter
found that Sir. Harrison disputed with him
the right to control New York politics and
New York appointments.
Loon Like Feac Walters Plentiful.
The gentleman referred to asserts that
during the last week several formally ap
pointed peace-makers have visited Loon
Lake and have endeavored to the best of
their ability to induce the President to dis
mount completely Irom his hig'h horse and
virtually go to Piatt and say that he regrets
that any act of his should have resulted in a
difference that endangers the success of the
party, and that if the New York man will
forget and forgive there shall be no cause
for censure of the Chief Executive in the
future.
Jlr. Harrison, it is said, is not quite ready
to do all that is asked of him. He is will
ing to do all that ought in reason to be
asked of him. He is ready to meet the
New York boss half way, or is even decile
enough and anxious enough to step a bit
across the half-way mark, but as yet his
soul revolts against the sacrifices of his self
respect that would follow his throwing him
self at the foot of the throne of the boss and
promising evervthing that his majesty can
think of demanding.
I'owrr of the Machinery
That is just abont the sacrifice that is
asked of the President, and it is plain that
at least a few persons connected with the
work or the outcome take more than ordi
nary pleasure in a situation that compels the
President to acknowledge that he is not
sufficient in himself, and that if he would
be elected, or if he would have any chance
for election, he must recognize the "practi
cal politicians" who have at their command
machinery that counts for much more in
c crisis of an election than does the best
:cord tl.at can be made in four years by the
ccupant of the "White House.
One thing is certain, and that is the Presi
dent realizes the predicament in which he is
llaced in all the fullness of its threatening
neaning, and vi convinced that he cannot
win without tm intervention of Piatt in
New York. No oqe can heal the breach ex
cept the President himself. The blandish
ments of the ex-book agent who is at the
head of the National Committee have no
effect on Piatt. He can't be wheedled into
influencing either money or men. The one
thing that can move him is tha absolute
surrender of the President, and it Piatt be
found with his harness on at any time dur
ing the campaign, my informant asserts,
that will be proof positive that the New
Yorker has had every assurance from the
President that he demands. It is said that
Clarkson, Quay and Dudley send daily tele
crams to each other on account of the de
lightful "situation."
Alarm About tho Labor Troubles.
This same gentleman above referred to
makes another statement which, if it be
wholly true, is scarcely less important than
the New York peace negotiations. He as
serts that the National Committee and
many of the State Committees as well, are
much alarmed on account of the labor
troubles which threaten to send tens ot
thousands of Republican workmen into
either the Democratic or the People's party,
unless the Republican managers succeed in
composing the difficulty and inducing the
proprietors to recognize the Amalgamated
Association and readmit the strikers to
their old positions. While it is not ad
mitted that Hugh O'Donnell bad anv
formal consultation with the National Ex
ecutive Committee of the party while in
New York, it is asserted that he had a
private consultation at his hotel with lead
ing members of the committee, and that he
plainly told them if they did not step in
and call a halt on those who were bent uport
destroying organized labor root and branch,
the Republican party need no longer ex
pect the support of voters among a people
that at anv moment might be thrown out of
work and evicted from their homes by
masters who owed their riches largely to
legislative enactments influenced by the
principles of the Republican party.
Malcontents Mast Bo Mollified. 3
This is a statement that is corrobo atcd
from many sources, in so far as the fears of
the Republican managers arc concerned, if
some satisfactory arrangement be not soon
made between proprietors and strikers and
loeked-ont men. X am told at the head
quarters of the Congressional Committee
here in Washington that letters have been
received from local politicians in various
parts ot the country stating that the working
people are deeply dissatisfied on account of
the trouble in great steel and iron mills be
tween employer and workmen, and that the
dissatisfaction will be mads manifest at the
polls if something be not done to mollify
the malcontents.
It is hoped that a different spirit will
prevail when the campaign grows warm,
and the working people hear cogent ex
planations that even with all their labor
disputes they can gain nothing by avenging
themselves on the party that brought them
good wages by means of the tariff lor pro
tection. How Cleveland Fnt Tils Foot In It.
"Heretofore Mn Cleveland's profuse
letter writing has simply made him silly,"
said a prominent member of Congress from
Tennessee to-day, "but his last published
letter will do something more than that
It probably had more influence than any
thing else to brace up Governor Buchanan
to the sticking point of commuting the
death sentence of the murderer Henry Clay
King. I cannot understand how Cleveland
or Senators Harris and Carlisle and the
Gdvemors of Missouri and Texas could
wiU any propriety take a hand in the affair.
The people of Tennessee who were cogni
zant of all the facts were almost unani
mously opposed to any executive clemency.
They knew that if there was ever aimurder
that was cowardly malicious, thoroughly
and coolly thought" out, and therefore de
serving of tho death sentence, it was the
murder of Poston by King. All of the
courts to which appeal was made after the
verdict of the jury and the sentence by the
Judge refused to take one step that wonld
result in a modification of the sentence.
The people and the press were solid for the
unswerving vindication of the law. Emi
nent outsiders step into the breach and give
Buchanan sufficient courage to commute the
sentence.
"There will be two or three first-class po
litical funerals in Tennessee on account of
this act, and I fancy that Mr. Cleveland'!
vote in that State at the Presidents! elec
tion will not be increased by his letter
writing. I have thought for some time that
his pen was running away with him, but I
had not expected that he would interfere in
a matter so grave as the Poston murder,
ami that in favor of one of the most detesta
ble of murderers."
SEVEN RAILROAD FATALITIES.
Death -or Henry I Isher, Whose Remains
Are Scattered for a Mile or More
Arthur II anion's Mysterious Death
Other Fatal and Serious Casualties.
Seven railroad accidents with fatal re
sults leads the mortuary record of yester
day. The most horrible of the sad number
was the fate of Henry Fisher, of Bower
Hill. Fisher was struck by a train on the
Charticrs Railroad atLcasdale, and his body
was so frightfully mangled that the remains
were scattered along the track from that
village to Woodsdale, a mile or two away.
Among the other casualties of the day
were the following:
IIailox Arthur Hanlon, 28 years old, died
vesterduy while being removed fiotn the
Union depot to the West Penn Hospital in
an ambulance. There is something of a
m8terr connected with the ciae. inasmuch
ns the hospital authorities could not tell
liow or v. here the man received Ills Injuries.
Tho hospital report to the Coroner stated
that thev lound tho man at tho Union depot
and started to tako lilm m the hospital, but
that lie died on tho wnv from the effects or
a Bhock due to unknown injuries. The re
port also stated that they did not know how
the man mw hurt. Corone- McDowell will
Investiiate tho case to-day.
Bioa Mlcnael iiisan, 60 vearsold, who
was injured on the Pan Handle Uailroad, at
Man-field on Monday last, died yesterday at
the West Penn Uo-fpital from the effects of
his ininrieq. An innueRt will be held to-dav.
DcFFVJ-Charlcs K. Duffy, a P. K. It. brake
man, had his risht Toot crushed while
attempting to board a train yestciday.
Amputation was necessary.
Kolek Andiew Koler, a Hungarian re
siding at Braddock, was drowned in the
Mcinonznliela while tmthtng yesterday.
Thompsox IL K. Thompson dropped dead
from apoplexy at Linden and Penn ave
nues yesterday. The Coroner will hold an
inquest to-day.
MEI83 An emplove of Carnegies' Lower
Mills named Alays Meiss was severely in
jured by a falling casting yesterday.
Sidket Elmer Sidney, a teamster em
ployed by Booth A Fllnn, fell from his
wairon on Forbes stteet yesterday morning,
and had his right snoulder fractuied. He
was removed to his home on Ann street,
where Dr. Bai ckley attended him.
WAOOKEBVThomas Wagoner, of Soho
street, fell from the rear platform of a Fifth
avonue cable car at Brady sti eet last night.
His head was slightly cut and his right
snklo sprained.
G01.CHOUR The steward of the Walls sta
tion restaurant. Kphraim Gonchour, was
btruck and instantly killed by extra train
o. 353, of the P. K. K., as it passed
Walls station Wednesday night. Gonchour
attempted to ci oss the track as the tram
was rapidly approaching, but was not quick
enough to escape.
Corwis While returning from an All
quippa picnic Wednesday night Louis Cor
wm,of Bellovern on, jumped from the train he
was on Justin front of a train moving in tbe
opposite direction. He sustained fatal ln
Juiies and died later on at the Southslde
Hospital.
Dsksows-An unknown man was struck
and killed yesterday afternoon by a Penn
sylvania'Rallroad express train at Tweatv
nixtli street. No papers were found In his
clothing to establish his identity.
LIGHT FBOH FIEEFLIES.
A Bare Possibility That It Conld Bs Used
In Every Day Life.
Goldthwaite's Magazine.
Secretary Langley, of the Smithsonian
Institution, has been experimenting for
some time past with fireflies from Cuba.
He says that the light they give is
the cheapest in the world, produced, that
is to say, with the least heat, and
the smallest expenditure of energy;
and he believes that a successful imitation of
it would prove a most profitable substitute
for pa.' and electricity. The insects are
beetles two inches long, and belong to the
family of the "snapping bugs," so called
because when one of them is laid on its
back it snaps itself into the air with a click
ing sound.
The secret of the light this firefly gives is
as yet undiscovered. Apparently, it is con
nected in some way with the mysterious
phenomena of life, and chemists ana physl
ciits have sought in vain to explain its origin.
On each side of the animal's thorax is a
luminous membranous spot, and these flash
at intervals, so that the Cubans put a dozen
of the insects in a case together, and so
obtain a continuous illumination bright
enough to read by. This light is accom
panied by no preceptible heat, and is seem
ingly produced with almost no expenditure
of energy.
How great an improvement it represents
upon al! known artificial lights 'can be
imagined when it is stated that in candle
light, lamplight or gaslight, the waste is
more than 1)9 per cent. In other words, if
tbey could be so obtained as not to throw
anything away, thev would give nearly 100
times the illumination which they do afford.
Even the electric light is mostly waste.
A WOMAB'S TBDE HONESTY.
Tempted by S130.OD0, lie Faithfully Stock
to Her Iluinble Post.
The Chautauqnan.J
One of the first woaien who was assigned
work in the Treasury building was a colored
woman, Sophie Holme by name.
One night when Sophie was sweeping the
refuse papers in her room she found a box
of greenbacks that had been cut, counted
and packed to transfer to the vaults and
had been accidentally overlooked.
She did not care call the watchman for
fear he would be tempted beyond resistance.
She thought of her four small children at
home alone with no one to give them their
supper or put them to bed, but the one
duty that stared her in the face was to
protect that money. She sat down upon
the box and quietly waited tor the hours to
go by.
At 1 o'clock in the morning she heard the
shuffling step of General Spinner in the cor
ridor and beard him open the door to his
room. She quietly slipped along the cor
ridor, knocked at his door and told him
what she had found.
The General had the box taken to his
room and sent bopnie home in his carriage, v
The next morning when she returned she
I F-i a i a vt Trt a. vn in r Ivhan anA VAf ti i h J .!. T
found the General still keeping guard. That
night he sent for' her and placed in her
hand her appointment papers, given for
honesty, and for 30 years she has earned
and drawn her 550 per month.
Fifty thousand dollars was in this box.
At another time she found 580,000, for
which the testimony can be seen over Gen
eral Spinner's own handwriting.
MUSSELS HOT ALWAYS BAD.
Some ICccent Means by Which Their
Poison Can Be Extricated.
Pearson's Weeslr.
It is now established tbat mussel poison
ing is not due to the eating of these bivalves
in the spawning season. Mr. Fryer, one of
the Inspectors of Fisheries, says it is now
shown that the only danger to be appre
hended is from the consumption of mussels
taken from water more or less stagnant,
such as that ot docks, canals or confined
harbors or pools, where the presence of a
particular microbe develops in the liver of
the mollusc or organic alkaloid.
An instance of this occurred last summer
when five members of -one family were
killed by eatingmussels collected in a tidal
pond at Seapoint, near Dnblin, the water
in which was only occasionally changed at
high tide.
According to experiments made by Prof.
Virchow, such mussels lose their poisonous
properties after a time if kept in pure
water.
Still more important, from a practical
point of view, is the observation of another
German chemist that the poison is neutral
ized by carbonate of soda, such mussels
cooked with it for ten minutes losing their
dangerous properties, and it is probable,
therefore, that' the administration of car
bonate of soda in cues of poisoning by this
means would prevent a fatal result.
NO NEARER A CHOICE.
Twenty More Ballots Taken ifi the
Twenty-First District. ,
'0T A CHANGE WORTHY OF 2X0TE.
The History of a Stolen Horn Kecovered
from the Coolers.
NEWS FROM SEVERAL NEARBY TOWNS
rrnou a sTArr coimEsroxpritT.i
PnxxsuTAWNEY, Aug. 1L Twenty
ballots were taken ttf-day in the Con
gressional Conference. The conferees might
as well have been playing marbles. They
would have accomplished just as much.
There was some hard workdonn olitsido of
the conference to-day, however.
This morning eight ballots were taken,
but each county stuck to its home man. In
the afternoon four ballots exhausted the
strength of the conference, and to-night it
managed to vote eight times. The stay-at-
home policy was again followed, with the
exception of a break Armstrong made to
Indiana. She gave Nesbit two votes at one
time. After this little act of generosity
each county gave her own son his three little
votes with great regularity. After the
eighth attempt an adjournment was ordered
until to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock.
Chairman Patton wants to adjourn. He
says the knot is so firmly tied that the con
feree system cannot undo it. He thinks
the four candidates will 'have to settle the
fight among themselves. How the problem
can be solved he does not know.
o Idea Yet of an Adjournment.
The ideaof adjournment is thought to be
rather previous by many and to-night
when Mr. Patton mentioned the subject in
the conference it was not vociferously re
ceived. L. B. Heiner, Armstrong's candi
date, wants to stay and fight it out if it
takes all summer. The majority of the
conferees and candidates think as he does.
Before the meeting to-night it was rumored
tbat Indiana's delegation was going to
Heiner. Such a move wonld not be a sur
prise and the story was generally believed.
If such was the intention there was a hitch
in the programme. Neither the Indiana
nor Armstrong county men would deny or
affirm the story. One of the most promi
nent Tndiana men told TrtE Dispatch cor
respondent just before the evening session'
that a selection could De made to-mgnt or
to-morrow morning, the chances being in
favor of to-night He vaid there was one
final move to be made and that could be
easily accomplished. The move was larger
than he bargained for. That move was to
shake loose of the Jefferson county con
feree:. The same gentlemen remarked with great
emphasis that the Indiana conferees will
not go to Huff under any circumstances.
The Indiana delegation will not nominate
by going to Heiner, as it takes seven votes
to secure the plum.
Co'one 1 HufT's Chances of Preferment
Where Mr. Heiner could get his seventh
man from is an unsolvable question. West
moreland county is for Colonel Huff, and
will be until he is renominated. Mr. Bond
wants the office himself, but he has put him
self on record as a second choice. If Jeffer
son county cannot secure the office then he
has a kindly feeling toward Mr. Huff
Mr. Bond is not at all satisfied with the
way Jefferson comity people are acting
toward him. He thiuks they should be
more friendly toward their home man. Yes
terday the Punxsutawnev people seemed to
be working for him, but 1 1 u as all a bluff. 'If
the conference were to be held in Greens
burg Huff would not have more admirers
and supporters. People from all over the
county were here to-day, and the Colonel
seemed to have the call over Jefferson's own
man.
Indiana county politiciansbig and small,
are here. They are not all. ,Nesbit men,
either. S. A. Smith, of the Indiana jifessen
gtr, is working hard for Huff. He said to
night that the Westmoreland man would be
the nominee, but he did not expect a nomi
nation for rtilay or two.
A scheme to Settle the Matter.
James B. Laux, of Greensburg, this
morning submitted a proposition to the con
ference for its approval. He proposed that
the people of the district vote for the four
candidates, the man receiving the majority
of all the votes cast to be the nominee. If
it happened that no one received this ma
jority then the nomination to be made by
submitting the matter to a satisfactory
tribunal. His idea was rather favorably
received, but no action was taken upon it.
This means may yet be adopted.
The majority of the conferees are be
ginning to fear delay. Under the Baker
ballot law a selection has to bs made 50
days before the election. This only leaves
about a month yet, and the old way "of hold
ing a dozen different conferences is out of
the question.
The Senatorial conference is still in
session at Brookville. It, too, is playing
the baby act. The conferees are afraid to
act until they see the complexion of affairs
at Punxsutawney.
8I0EY 07 A STOLEN H0KSE.
Tho
Chase of a Latrobe Man After an
An'mal the Cooleys Had Canjlit.
Latkobe, Aug. 11. A rig that was
stolen from Osborn's livery stable last Fri
day evening is again in possession of the
owner. When the rig appeared this morn
ing in charge of Charles Braden, who had
driven it through from Uniontown, a crowd
collected to see the now famous horse and
learn the particulars of his recovery and
safe return home. To a reporter Mr. Braden
stated that while en route for pleasant
Unity Tuesday morning, he got a slight
clew of , the rig and decided to follow it up.
The track led him to Jit, Pleasant and from
there to Connellsville. When near the lat
ter place he met a lady of whom he in-
quired concerning the strange rig. The
IbJi Jiri ma aai rt AfeT fAtt at A.F i vnv Ait 1 1
lady did not seem desirous of imparting any
information on the subject until Mr. Braden
resorted to strategy when he learned that a
rig answering the description had passed
that point on Sunday.
He proceeded to Connerkville and in
quired'nf the toll-keeper at the bridge from
whom he learned that the team had crossed
the bridge on Sunday evening. He then
followed the yellow trail out through
Leisenring, where it was lost at the foot of
the mountain. Mr. Braden then continued
bis journey to Uniontown. The horse in
the meantime bad been captured. A
number of citizens headed by J. C
Beatty made a raid on the fang, who
fled to the mountain fastness, taking
their horses and saddles, but leaving the
yellow horse and buckboard which was
captured and placed in Beatty's barn.
Fearing the outlaws wonld return with
reinforcements and retake the rig and per
haps destroy the barn, the horse was placed
in the care of Sheriff McCormick, from
whom Mr. Braden obtained it,
Governor Fattlson's Outing.
BEDFORD, Aug. 1L Special Gov
ernor Pattison and family left here this
evening for Cresson in the private car of
General Superintendent Sheppard. Be
sides the Governor's family there were Mrs.
B. B. Brown and daughters, of Pittsburg.
Governor Pattison will go direct to Harris
burg to attend to some matters which need
his attention, and will then join hU family
on the Alleghenies, where he will be for
the next ten days.
A Franklin Mother's Suicide.
Fbakkxin, Aug. 1L Special Early
this morning Mrs. James Watson, aged 21
years, committed suicide' at her home in
Bockland township by shooting herself in
ihe head with a revolver while temporarily
insane. She had been ill for some time,
She
Trl-State UrrTltle.
East Libebtt Rain marred tho business
men's picnic yesterday. 1
Gukkhvilie 'Squire Gouchflr hanged him
self In his barn. No cause known.
Eoukd Tor-Lower Bald Eujde Valley Is
complaining of the grasshopper plague.
Jeakette Mrs. Ludmllla AVolff, a widow,
was fatally burned by a lamp explosion.
Dloomviixe, O. The wife of Jacob Golger,
ba'nker and quarry ownor, has sued for di
vorce on the ground of cruelty.
Mi, Pleasant, Pa. John J. Roadman was
kicked on the head by a colt Wednesday and
his skull fractured. Ills recovery is doubt
ful. SrmsaFiELD, O. Mr. William, Shcals and
nlcoe Mary ate critically ill irom tho effects
or Ice cream poisoning. They had eaten the
lefrcshment nt a picnic.
CAATOif A hlgliwavman robbed Fred
Yautsoh while on his way homo Wednesday
nhrhr. He was knocked down several times
and badly beaten before he was overpow
ered. Irwin Dr. C. M. Bell was arrested Wednes
day evening on a serious charge, made be
fore Justice Frederick by Miss Adamson, a
domestic in the employ of the doctor's fam
ily, lie gave ball.
Beixefoicte James W. Swabb, lato Mer
cantile Appraiser for Center county, was
"placed under bonds yesterday to refund to
tho Treasuier of the county moneys for
tnxes collected' which were illegally ap
praised. ' Beaver FAtis Wednesday evening the
police aricsted Frank Large for being im
plicated in the robbery of the store otW.
M. Holt Thev are on the track of his
partner, M. McGaw alias M. McEalth, who Is
supposed to no in Erie.
Bridgeport, O. Charles Slader disap
peared mysteriously Saturday. Yesterday
morning his wife received a letter, ln'whlch
he declined that he had left her and never
expected to return. Slader took away a
Iartte sum of money belonln,; to his wire
and leaves her destitute.
Jamestown, Pa. A young daughter of Dr.
and Mrs. Baitoy was horribly scalded to
death Wednesday. The child's mothet had
been n ashing, and a boiler full of scalding
water was taken off the stove and placed on
the floor. Mrs. Bailey was horrified soon
after to see her little 3-year-old daughter
lying in the boiler of water.
Watneseubo, O. Joseph Iiycook, a
printer, the son of J. W. Laycock, editor of
the Waynesburg, O., Mntetrrue, committed
snlcide in jail In Canton yesterday morning.
He took the grip last spring and It made him
crazy. Since then he thonght ho sinned so
muon that there would be no pardon for
him in heaven. It was decided to take him
to the asylum. The beds lri the prison are
of iroCUttice work, hinged to the wall, and
two chains are used at the ends when the
bed is down. Laycock took a chain and
twisted it Into a loop, put his head in and
threw down the heavy bed. His neck was
broken.
PEOPLE WITH L0HO LIVES.
Newspaper Men Are at the Tail End of tbe
Lontevily List
"What occupation tends most to prolong
life?" asked a Washington Har reporter of
the chief mathematician for one of the great
life insurance companies.
"That is a difficult question," he replied.
"I can only answer it by referring to the
occupations of persons whose lives are and
have been insured by us. Inasmuch-as they
number several hundreds of thousands they
will afford a pretty good basis from which to
draw conclusions on the subject According
to this evidence it appears that commercial
ravelers and agents live longer than men in
any other kind of business, notwithstanding
the hazards which attend transportation by
rail and Svater. Next to them come dentists,
teachers and professors, including music
teachers."
"And who after them?"
"Next to them in point of longevity are
hatters, clergymen and missionaries. Next
come bankers and capitalists, who seem to
live just a trifle longer than butchers and
marketmen. 'Lawyers and jewelers follow,
and they are succeeded on the list by mer
chants, peddlers, milkmen and pawn
brokers. Then come gardeners, laborers,
civil engineers and canvassers. Perhaps
the treatment which ca'nvassefs are apt to
receive' iu the ordinary course of their busi
ness shortens their lives."
"Where do newspaper men come in?"
"Oh, they don't live as long as any of the
people I have mentioned. Even bookkeep
ers and bank cashiers, as well as artists and
architects are ahead of them. They come
in next, with the printers, physicians and
gentlemen who are not engaged in any
active employment Then follow the
apothecaries and photographers, and after
them in order bakers, cigarmakers, real
estate agents, army officers and soldiers,
liquor dealers, mariners and naval officers.
Shortest lived of all seem to be the auc
tioneers, boarding house keepers, barbers
and drivers."
I3IEDS. WITH JE5THEIIC SENSE.
An Anstrallan Species Rullds Itself a Place
of Amusement,
The most remarkable instance of testheti
cism among birds is. that exhib ited by the
Australian bower birds, who build long
galleries in which to play, adorning them
with shells, feathers, leaves, bones or any
colored or glittering object which comes in
their way. Lumholtz describes several of
these play houses of the bower birds.
He also in his interesting book, ''Among
Cannibals," describes a playground of what
wonld appear to be a different species of
this bird, showing even greater aesthetic
taste. "On the top ot the mountains I
heard in the dense scrubs the loud and un
ceasing voice of a bird. I carefully ap
proached it as it sat upon the ground, and
shot it. It was one of the bower birds,
w ith a gray and very modest plumage, and
of the size of a thrush. As I picked up the
bird, my attention was drawn to a fresh
covering of green leaves on the black soli.
This was the bird's place of amusement
which beneath the dense scrubs formed a
square about a yard each way, the ground
having been cleared of leaves and rubbish.
On this neatly-cleared spot the bird had
laid large fresh leaves, one by the side of
the other, with considerable regularity;
and close by he sat singing, apparently ex
tremely happy over his work. As soon as
the leaves decay they are replaced by new
ones.
"On this excursion I saw three such
places of amusement all near eaoh other,
and all had fresh leaves from the same kind
of trees, while a large heap of dry withered
leaves was lying close by. It seems that
the bird scrapes away the mould every time
it changes the leaves, so as to have a dark
background, against which the green leaves
make a better appearance. Can anyone
doubt that this bird has a sense ot beauty? "
S0LB ITS BIG 0AES.
The Duquesne Boad Get Bid of Its Massive
Coaches.
The Duquesne Traction Company has sold
the entire stock of big electric cars which
were adopted when the road was first started,
and which were soon afterward abandoned
becanse of their being too , heavv for the
steep grades. The Roland Lake Elevated
Bailwav Company, one of the lines owned
by the Elkins-Widner syndicate in Balti
more is the purchaser. The cars are being
remodeled at the Craig street car barn. To
adopt them for running in trains, the motor
men's cabs are being taken off and a plat
form put on each end, the same as the small
electric cars now running on the line. A
number of the cars have been completed,
and will be shipped this week.
' New Use for Castle Garden,
The deep embrasures of Castle Garden,
now tbat the whole ronnd of the great cheese
box is exposed, offer commodious sleeping
apartments to such wanderers as have tbe
good luck to elude the police. A short man
can He almost straight in one of 'these em
brasures, and several of those facing the
harbor contain pillows made of newspapers.
At woma oe nam to imagine au auier bed
chamber on a hot night,
and had been married lessthan a year,
leaves an infant aged three weeks.
THE BUSINESS WORLD.
Illinois Central Expenses Incident to
the World's Fair Make
$5,000,000 MORE STOCK NECESSARY
Eky-Scraper Office Building and
llevation of Tracks.
the
FIEES, FAILURES AND EAILWAT HEWS
New York, Aug. 11. A letter over the
signature of A. G. HackstafF, Secretary,' has
been To-day mailed to all holders of Illinois
Central Bailroad stock. It opens thus:
The annual meetlnsor the stockholders of
the Illinois Central Railroad Company is to
be held at the general office of the company
in Chicago at noon on Wednesday, October
12, 1892. The Board or Directors instruct me
to inform yon that they have determined to
submit to tbat meeting, with their recom
mendation for its adoption, tho following
proposition:
That the capital stoc'k of the company be
increased from $15,000,000 to $30,000,000 by'a
new issue of 60,000 shares of $100 each; each
stockholder or recoid on the 20th of Septem
ber, 1802, to have tho privilege of subscrib
ing, at par, for one share in respect to every
nine shares then registered In his name,
provided written advice or bis Intention to
take such proportion of new shares shall be
received by the company In New York on or
before Septembur 30, 1692. Payment for the
new shares to be made in fnll to the com
pany in New York between the 13th and 31st
days of October, 1892, at tbe rate of $100 per
share.
Stockholders entitled tosubscribo for frac
ions of shares shall, upon payment thoro
for, recelvo scrip convertible into fiU-pald
slock when presented in sums of $100 or mul
tiples thereof. Such scrip shall not draw
dividends.
Bags Expenses in the City of Chicago.
The undertaking at the cost of 51,000,000
of a new general office and passenger build
ing in Chicago is referred to as an item of
expense; also the erection of new shops at
Bumside. Then comes consideration of
added expenses incident to the World's
Pair, in these terms:
Tbe holding of the World's Columbian Ex
position at Jackson Parle (a triangular body
of land lying between Lake Michigan, tho
Illinois Central and your South Chicago
railroads) baa determined tbe direction of
tbe erowth of Chicago southward, and has
made it necessary to raise neaily! miles
of your railway above the grade of the
streets entering the park from the west
The outlay for that purpose, including the
depression and repairing of the streets, is
estimated at $1,360,000. or which $350,000 will
be borne by other interests benefited by the
chance.
As no other railway than the Illinois Cen
tral connects the city with the site of the
Exposition, improved passenger service
must be provided over the eight miles which
separate thoie places. Tbe equipment re
quired for such service was Inst year esti
mated by a committee of cnaincers as 80 lo
comotive engines and 500 conches, costing
$2,100,000. While It is now certain tbat a
much less sum will provide all that will be
needed, it is obvious that a large and some
what uncertain outlay must be piovlded for
this purpose.
More Rolling Stock and Grain Elevators.
The number of passengers comins from
distant points to Chicago during the Expos!
tlon will also Oe very large, while the com
pany's passenger equipment is 'barely suf
ficient for piesent demands. Additional
coaches, baggage cars and engines must be
purchased.
The Increase, In the exports of grain by
way of New Oileans Horn 5,000,000 bnshels in
1890-91 to 23 000,000 in 1S91-92 will lequlre the
erection of an elevator at that point, and the
growth of tho traffic, in other respects, has
compelled the builaing of a new freight
house and of a train shed adjoining the new
pafsenser station in New Orleans. Grado
crossing are being interlocked, block sig
nals are being Introduced, and other minor
works are under way and In contemplation
at various points. "
Arrangements havo been mado for the
sale at par oj such of the new shares as may
not be subscribed and paid for bv the share-"
owners within the times abovo set forth lor
those purposes respectively.
THE FL0UE HILL OUTLOOK.
No Change ln,the Output, but the Demand
Is Som what Improved.
Minneapolis, Aug. 11. The XbrthtKst
ern Miller says: The flour output last week
was practically the same as the week before,
being 193,100 barrels against 192,615 barrels
the week before, 170,C."0 barrels for the cor
responding time in 1891, and 136,272 barrels
in 1890. Eighteen mills are running again
this week and the daily grind is about the
same. The call for flour has been consider
ably improved the past week both in this
country and abroad, and since Thursday
most of the firms have made liberal sales.
As a rule prices are now being held 10
cents higher and millers are not dis
posed to sell for later shipment than Sep
tember. Some millers complain that cash
wheat is again unnecessarily high, it having
within the week been advanced out of pro
portion by what some characterize as osten
tatious buying on 'Change here. A few mil
lers, however, are holding back in the sale
of patents, regarding prices offered as 'oo
low. Low grades are in less active demand
than bakers, though several firms are sold
ahead on red dog. The shipments to foreign
countries last week were next to the heavi
est on record, owing to about 35,000 barrels
of bakers' being shipped from a warehouse
here. They amounted to 100,930 barrels.
DISCUSSING THE CROP EEPOST.
Wall
Street Balls Are Doing Their Best to
Cry It Down.
New York, Aug. 1L The Agricultural
Bureau's AugusUreport on the crops having
now supplied some official and unbiased in
formation dealers in grain and stocks had
an opportunity to-day to weigh the truth of
the lat"e scare stories. The crops, On the
basis of the Government's estimate, are
not overshadowed by impending ruin. This
fact did not, however, dismay tbe local
bear contingent. To-day they hammered
tbe stocks of the eorn carrying roads on the
plea that even if the growing corn was not
scorched before August 1 it certainly was
afterward. This is undoubtedly an ingeni
ous way of escaping the Government re
port. It is interesting to note the claims of
these very houses that the Government re
port is not infallible. Host assuredly it is
not. Apparently there was some mistake
even in the July spring wheat estimate.
But if carefnllv chosen public officers can
not avoid occasional blunders in these esti-
wiates what possible credit can outsiders
place In "street dispatches."
The Wolls-Farco President Resigns.
San Francisco, Aug. It At the an
nual meeting of the directors of , the Wells
Fargo Express Company to-day, the Presi
dent of the company, Lloyd Levis, ten
dered his resignation, and John J. Valen
tine, who heretofore has held the position
of manager, was ejected to succeed him.
Levis had at the time of his resignation
been the head of the express company for 20
vears, in addition to holding the presi
dency of the Wells, Fargo & Co. 's bank,
which it Js stated he will retain.
HALLWAY INTERESTS.
Tbs Southern Railway and Steamship
Association will meet Wednesday at Atlanta
to determine whether or not it shall be dis
solved. It has been decided to build an extension
of tbe-Indlana, Illinois and Iowa Railroad
from Knox eastward to South Bend, Ind,
The preliminary survey has already been
made.
The Northern Paclflo and Wisconsin Cen
tral Railroads will shortly be consolidated,
tho latter road becoming a part of tho North
era Paaiflc Tbe Wisconsin Central has been
J s put of tho Northern Paclflo for several
years, having been leased by the big trunk
line.
Thi Southern Pacific Is determined to mace
the proposed SO per cent rednction in rates
on canned goods, wines and other commodi
ties from the Paclflo coast to New York even
ir the Commissioners or the Western Traffic
Association refuse to establish them.
Axxouxcembxt is made by the Baltimore
and Ohio that it will makoan excursion rate
of $20 from Chlcmo to Atlantic City and re
turn August 18. Tho reason given for the re
dnction is the $3 ronnd trip ratei to Niagara
Palls announced by the Erie, the Nickel Plate
and tbe Wabash.
Tbe securities or tho United States Rolling
Stock Company held by the Central Trust
Company as trustee, upon which default has
been made, were sold under foreclosure pro
ceedings at the New York Real Estate Ex
change Wednesday for $225 030 to John C.
Bate?, representing the Reorganization
Committee of the United States Rolling
Stock Company.
The New York and Texas Steamship Com
pany has fl ed Its answer In tbe suit brought
by the Inter State Commerce Commission,
charging the company with violating the
inter-State commerco law. The defendant
company denies that It has entered into any
agreement with any rallwny company to
transport passengers or freight by con
tinuous carriage or shipment tiom anyplace
in the New England or Middle States to
other places in the United States.
BUSINESS BREVITIES.
CAtironslA orcbardlsts claim that 'tho
prune crop will not be 65 per cent of last
year's.
The mackerel catch of the New England
fl8hln fleet 'to date Is 22.0C0 barrels, against
11,000 barrels last year, and 3,000 in 1890.
The Edison and Thomson-Houston Com
panies have been definitely consolidated.
John J. Beggs, of New York, was chosen
President.
The strike of the planing mill men of St.
Louis has been declared off. Tbe trouble
arose over a demand for shorter hours, with
no decrease in pay.
FIGUHE3 on South Dakota's prospective
yield are astonnding, ranging from 50,000,000
to 60,000,000 bushels or wheat, besides im
mense quantities of other grains.
A surr in ejectment was encered at
Lebanon, Pa., Wednesday, by Bet tram Cole
man against Robert Coleman, for the share
of the plaintiffs uncle In the Corwall ore
banks.
The North American Loan and Trust Com
pany, of Hnron, In the Circuit Court at
Allller, S. D., took execution paper on 100,000
acres of land belonging to the Colonial and
United States Mortgage Company, of Hull,
England, and will sell the same to satisfy a
$15,000 judgment.
Tni Philadelphia District Attorney will In
a day or two file a replication in the United
States Conrt In the Sngar Trust suit. It -will
bo a formal doenment denying tbe position
taken by tho respondents in their answers.
The court will then, at Its next session, be
asked to appoint an examiner to hear the
evidence, and the case will be pusbod to a
speedy termination.
THE FIRE RECORD.
Chicago The plant of the Griffin Wheel
and Foundry Company. Lost, $15,000; fully
insured. Three hundred men are thrown
ont ofemplovment.
Rntlnnd, Vt. The works of the Harris
Manufacturing Company. Loss, $75,000; in
surance $25,000. Tho buildings wete along
side the Central Vermont Railroad prop
ertv, and a storehouse containing bridge
timber and a lumber shed were bnrned.
Lois, about $10,000.
Hamilton, O. The planing mill of Bender
Bros. It was a large four and a hair story
brick, which with its lumber yard occupied
half asquaru. It employed 700" men, and was
provided with tho latest Improved ma
chinery. It also bad a large amount of man
ufactured stock on band. Loss, $S0,003; in
surance light.
Illckaburjr, Westmoreland county The
dwelling of Israel Hill, with all its cbntentn.
Low. $1,0C0. A defective flue was tho cause.
Clinton, BeHver county 1 be residence of
Mrs. Hugh Thomson, with its contents.
Mis Thomson has been particularly un
fortunate of late. Les-i than a year ago her
husband died. A short time niter that her
son, a hoy azed 15, was badly injured by
falling over an embankment. The house
was insmed lor a small amount.
Council Bluffs, lown The lare two-story
brick laundry of tho Deaf and Dnmb State
Institute. Loss, about $10,000.
FEANKLIN LIKED CHISA.
11 lTas Fond or Collecting Rare Old
Porcelain for His Wife.
Chicago Herald.
China collecting in America throws a
pleasant sidelight on the use ofteainthls
country. We are not prone think of Benja
min Franklin as roving about among the
shops of London to find things for his side
board at home in Philadelphia. He was, as
Alice Morse Earle says, a frugal and plain
living man; but he liked good things and
fashionable things, and as early as 1758, long
before we were ready to go to fightingvhe
was picking up things for his Deborah in
foreign parts.
He sent her "melons and leaves for des
sert of fruit and cream or the like," design
of this nature being among recent revivals.
It must be admitted that the box contained
also a jug for "beer to stand in the cooler."
Deborah wrote back to him that the "blue
room has a set of tea china I bought since
you went from home, a very handsome
mahogany stand for the tea-kettle to stand
on and the ornamental china."
The Franklins had, by the way, a beanfet,
the earlier name of' "buffet" and the true
origin of the often amusingly misunder
stood word, the "beefeaters" of London. c
New lIay for Irrln?.
Dr. Conan Doyle lately dramatized "A
Straggler of '15," a short story which orig
inally appeared in a weekly cotemporary.
Mr. Irving saw it, and was so captivated by
the character of the Waterloo veteran who
lived his old fighting days over again in his
dotage that he bought the piece outright,
and will himself appear in it.
COLLIDED WITH THE STATUTES.
Peter Gabhst was locked up last night
for fighting on Fifth avenue.
Teh policemen were suspended for ten
days or a longer period for various offenses
at yesterday's police hearing.
C. C. Thompson, who lives on Given street,
was arrested last night for -shooting his re
volver in a reckless manner on Pride street.
Chables ALLEir.an East End boy, supposed
to be one of a crowd of young mischief
makers, was arrested yesterday for stealing
a tent.
Coxstacle Rodqebs, of the Eighteenth
ward, was assaulted and robbed by three
men Wednesday night on tho Butler street
extension. The ruffians escaped and Rodg
ers was picked up unconscious.
Chables Robbixs, a 15-year-old boy, was
arrested yesterday for tbe alleged theft of
bottles of liquor from Ellnordllnger's liquor
store on Penn avert ue. This makes the firth
boy arrested for stealing whisky from this
store.
Morris Scluvaw has been spending the
last few days getting drunk and sleeping off
the effects of his Intoxication in a stable on
Forty-third street. Last night as he was
about to retire-be was arrested by Officer
McAleese and locked up as a vagrant.
Jakes Rogers, his wife and an 8-year-old
child were found wandering along Skunk
Hollow last night by Officer Logan. Rogers
was intoxicated and the mother and child
were only about half olad. They were all
taken to tho Seventeenth ward station
house.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
IvS! Pomler
ABSOLUTELY PURE
WEARY OF MUD KOADS.
llany East End Residents Want Their
Streets Macadamized.
CHILDREN CAKT GO TO SCHOOL
Because Their Path Is Blocked bj tin
Deadly Grade Crossing.
WANT A CONTRACT CAEEIED OUT
Property holders on Lang avenue and
on other streets in that section of
the Twenty-first and Twenty-second wards
are talking vigorously for improvements.
Lang avenue is one of the most promising
new streets in the East End. Within the
past two or three years it and the contigu
ous territory have developed greatly. The
population has increased considerably and
many new houses have been built.
In consequence the old mnd road
has become a great drawback. In winter
or spring weather it is almost impassable for
vehicles of any kind. During a few months
of the summer it is not so muddy, but then
it is rough and exceedingly dusty. While a
comparatively few loads of cinders and
stone would make a great improvement to
the street tbe Public Works Department,
following its policy of making habitation
on an unpaved street as miserable as possi
ble, so that residents thereon will be glad
to pray for improvements, have refused to
do anything at all.
A Bridge That Is Badly Needed.
Street improvements are not the only
thing the people out there want, A bridge
over the Pennsylvania Railroad is very
much desired. There is but one good cross
ing over the Pennsylvania Railroad between
East Liberty and the city line. That one is
at Homewood avenue, but it is a grade
crossing, and owing to the immense traffio
on the railroad, the safety gates are down -o
much of the time that domestic traffic is
greatly hindered.
Lang avenue crosses a large part of tha
Twenty-first and Twenty-second wards from,
north to south. The largest populated sec
tion of it is on the southern end of ths
street, but recently there has been great ac
tivity in building north of tbe railroad.
The Twenty-first ward district schoolhousa
is on the' north side, while the bulk
of the pupils lire south of tha
tracks. Owing to tbe extreme dan
ger of crossing the tracks manv resi
dents are afraid to send their children to
their own school. The little ones are sent
to the schools in the Ttventy-second ward,
much further away, in consequence. There
have been some objections to this from tha
Twenty-second ward school directors, but.
they have not stopped the practice.
A Contract hot Carried Ont.
The citizens of both the Ttventv-first and
Twenty-second wards, knowing there is a
remedy, are going to demand it. In 1872,
when the city entered into a contract with
the Pennsylvania Company which resulted
in the closing up of the north end
of Grant street and of Washing
ton street, the railroad company, in return
for these favors and others giving them
more room downtown, agreed to build over
head bridges at certain important crosings.
Under this contract the bridges at Wash- ;
ington street, Twenty-eighth, Thirty-third
and Koup streets, at jsuswortn, uignianci,
Shady and Aiken avenues have already,
been built by the company. Another
clause of the contract provided that "when
opened for public travel" the company i
should build bridges over its tracks fori
vehicles and pedestrians at Lang avenue j
and Pntnam streets. :
The -people out there think it now time
for the company to live up to this part of its
agreement. The streets have both been '
"opened for public travel" for years. The
necessity lor the bridge over Lang avenue
has been felt 'in many ways, and the
necessity is growing. The property owners
talk of petitioning the railroad company to
proceed at once in the matter, and failing
to get what they want, it is proposed to
petition Councils for an enforcement of the
conditions of tbe contract.
TViint a aiaradamtzmi Street.
The paving of Lang avenue is another
point which is drawing attention aud may
prove an interesting matter before long. A.
macadam pavement is desired by many of
the owners, and they will insist on having
that kind. It is figured that the avenue
can' be macadamized for f 1 50 to f 1 75 per
square yard. Asphalt paving costs from
$'2 50 to $3 per yard, while block stone
costs from 52 60 to $3 20. It is
claimed tbat with a little repair
ing now and then a macadamized
road will wear longer than either of the
more costly pavements and for a residence
street is more desirable. Chief Bigelow,
however, is onposed to macadam. Ha
claims full authority to decide the materials
to be used in paving any street, and hereto
fore has exercised his alleged au
thority to the almost absolute ex
clusion of macadamized roads though
property owners on many streets have
asked to have them so paved. If the Lang
avenue people stick to their intention of in
sisting on macadam, the result may be
court decision defining how far abutting
pioperty owners' rights extend in such
matters.
It is remarked that Chief Bigelow while
opposing it for other streets, recognizes the
value ot macademized roads by adopting
them in the parks. The main driveway at
Schenley Park has been paved in that way
and competent judges say with a little
care it will last for a century. One
of the best roads in the State is a
ortiou of the old National turnpike
etween Uniontown and Farmington,
which was macadamized in 1839 and is as
good So-day as ever it was. Many large .
cities throughout the country pave thei
residence streets in this way aud tbey are
said to be as good as any other kind in use.
Bemedr for Sore Throat.
A writer of household hints says that tha
juice of ripe strawberries dropped into thick '
sweet cream is a gentle cooling remedy for"
sunburn. We should think so. The juice
of ripe strawberries dropped into thick sweet
cream ought to be good for anything es
pecially for sore throat .No one conld pos
sibly object to having to swallow any quan
tity of it
Good Advice to Spiders.
A spider can get two of his eyes fnll of,
dust and still be happy, because he has six
others to look after flies with. It is strange
that a creature having so many eyes should
not be able to see what a nuisance he is,
and depart
Or Interest to Pittsburg Physician.
That every physician and nurse may have an op
portunity of testing lactated food, we offer to send,
free of all chrgei. enough for thorough trial,
Lactated food is not a secret preparation, its com
position being given on each package. Physicians
prescribe it for infanta, invalids, the aged, and all
who seed a strengthening and easily digested
food.
WILLS. BlCHABDSON & CO.. Burlington. Vt