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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-26
THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANX'
ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECTION OF oFICER0
GROWTH OF THE BUSINESS.

GROWTH OF THE BUSINESS.
Boston. March 25.-At the annual meeting OF s'ocs-
holders Of the American Bell Telephone Company 10
day the following officers elected: Clerk, u n'
Hubbard treasurer, W. X. Driver drcctors-f biaHc'
G. p. Bowdtch. &. L. Bradley, A. COchrane, W. H.
Forbes II. s. Howe, e. f.. Hubbard, j. T.. Hudson'
C. T.. Perkins r. Sanders and H. stockton. ITO
annual report shows the company TO be In nourishhS
condition. II having had large increase IN BUSINESS
The report shows the following Earnings, Sio44,'V4'
against 50 sGJ.1lS in 1858. expenses, Sl,3oo'Soo'
against 81 45O013 in 1853; net earnings, S26oS,'3o'
an increase Of %34f.533 dividends. ~ ,23o,ooo an
increase Of 5I66ii surplus. ~, OIL an increase
Of S22,076: Instruments under rental, 444,ooi, an
increase Of 1880 total exchanges, 757, an Increase
Of Is; wire mileage, 1928, an increase OF 22,'42'
subscribers 1s5O03. increase Of 1919, employees
G,755. increase Of lis: underground wire mileage
~ $40, an increase of lO.3l1.
The American Telephone and Telegraph Company
has increased its plant by 700 miles Of poles ana vooo
miles Of wire. The Legislature recently granted INC
company leave to n;iease T. capital, the wnole
amount not to exceed r20,OOO.OOO. Many improve
ments have been made in mechanical appliances.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-26

WASHINGTON. March 25.-rourh- class postmastcrs
were 10 day appointed as follows:
Icuu.vlvana--J. NJ. Brown, Crclcvluc J. H. Enitr,
dcorrc, lie: A. Eaffcnsbcrscr, McCull0chs MIla
" Il. McGrcary Mdhar2 .
New Jcr,cy-J W. Reed Linvalc; A. L. Iogelt'
River Edge. -, -,.
Tvcrnu: = :. tiOOdy ear Goodyear Mrs NJ T. smith,
owe; &. Harris. Wet Iayette.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-26
fNCryDitRfES AT WORK ~ BISMARCK.

Bismarck y. D.. Narrh Some one tried 10
burr up The town tn, morning at O'Clock An
iuerndiar, started blaze between two empty build
lngs with the wind blowing sixty mics an hour.
The Old opera h.I~c on Third ST.. the laundry build
INK hclon err 20 Gc,Ig. r. flenncry. ot Minneapolis
aud ~, lut''Hu- photograph gallery were buIned
The sparks ~ff i've {, Two snail houses two Dlo'ks
distant ard burned them ND. unlN the wet roof,
from m, recent saved iall Of the town. About
The same hlul ID tire vas tarted ~ lumber ward In
the cast end OF the town, bat wa put out.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-26
TO HAVE 4 DorBlE CROSS coryrRr KUN

meeting u the Game, Commits, OF the National Cross
County Association held &. the Manhattan Athletic
club so 594 Flfthavc.. Monday MINT after IA, rcgu-
lar meeting ~ h" Cro-sCoun cation had been
held The SESSION last d until q. Yesterday
The committee adopted the suggestion for junior cham.
p.hp made In a previous resolution and the
vii ioke place April 20, the same day the senior
championship race. The junior VIII BE- started ut
tine the other originally suggested.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-26
FAVORABLE REPORTS oN PENSION ELLIS.

FAVORABLE REPORTS oN PENSION ELLIS
Washington, March 2j.-Thc House Committee on
Invalid Pensions today authorized favorable report
on the bill introduced in the House last week by
Representative Morrill, OF Kansas. This bill provides
for disability pensions and a service pension 70 all
soldiers who have reached the age NJ sNytwo years
Tile committee also authorized a favorable report
on a bill to increase pensions In certain cases. IL
provides that any soldier sailor who has been
wounded in service and received more than ono
wound. where of such wounds amounts 10 Il 'o'"i
disability and the other wounds create
disability then such person shall receive pension
10 bee rated without regard TO rank for each wound
so received II provided however, that the amount
of pension any person shall receive shall not cN'cci
~ per month 49,,
Mr. Frank OF Missouri. today by request introduced
a bill in the House. granting bounty OF Tluo 20 81
enlisted soldiers and sailors Of the laf war VINO
were mustered in the service and who have not mere
tofore received y bounty although they not haze
served a period of two years. In case OF the nct,n
Of the soldier, leaving wife, she shall receive tnc
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-26

system, the Secretary, the Claims Of soldiers for
pensions not adiudicated in ths Department under
which they served and in which their histories arc
prepared. By transferring this bureau TO the War
department there would also be brought together
closely the experts who decide the claims.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-26
CONTESTED ELECTION CASES.

Washington March -. The House Committee on
Elections to-day disposed Il two contested election
cases. namely Pose, AGAINST parrct. ~ Indiana Dis
trci aud Bowen against hickman, lNth Virginia Dis
:rct I'm both Of these the committee viii recon
mend that the sitting member bc allowed 20 retain hc
se;i 80 that IN the seven election cases passed upon
hv If M 10 The prs.. time the committee ha, iV Ored
four Republicans, and three D,mortt-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-26
NOMINATED BY Tie PRESIDENT.

WASHINGTON 5arch 21.-rhe President To-Day sent
10 the senate the following nominations:
Paw Director Thomas H. LOCKER. 10 be 'hicf OF TIC
purcau Of Provisions and Clothing and Fayma't"r
General with rank Of commodore, Medical Inspector
Waller * scOfcld 10 he medical dirccioi surgeon
Daniel McNurtric to be medical inspector. "a ed
Assistant FL sinccr Henry schuyler EO-7. TO be Il
chief engineer. Assistant Engineer H"pfrc W 's
Jlr,y 4, bee "A passed assistant engineer, Thomas ".
Thurman. postmaster at Eriiin Ga.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-26
.r,,, or THE PENSION BUREAU

washington. March 25.-Secfeiary Proctor 10 day.
:, response 10 ii resolution asking him II any reinc
ton in public expenditures wo"io rcS"i' Hon ,'c
' g. - Tho pcuson Bureau from the Interior De
,rn.nt IN the War Department, sent 10 the House
y letter expressing the opinion that decided redrc-
o.. "a ernenses would follow. Under the present
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-26
pnvDs OFFERED AND ACCEPTED.

washington March 25.-The bond offers 10 day
were 300 registered Is AZ I'D and Sl,OOO coupon
4 ps II 1O: . These offers accepted.
Four per cents registered. sJpoDO, T2j,oCp, az l23
four and orc half per cents registered, +3O,oOo al
1O3 ..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-26

Tribune once. March % a. m.-Ihe skies clouded
,orlv Yesterday and there occasional Hight rain In
the afternoon and at night N" temperature rose from
30 To 1, degrees between midnight and midnight under
the Influence Tho barometc depression In the Lake
region. The average i3.J degrees lower than on
tn corresponding day lat year and 10 higher than
Monday. -, ,,,
In and near this city TODAY there will probably DO
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-26

but the pack will of halfhour later IL mas ny
been decided each club must have distinctive s.s
to mark its entries and to prevent confusion amohR inv
spectators The entries for the junior race VIII Close %
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-26

DENIM, W. Muan. Of the Navy, to accept soma Sold
medal presented to him by the Gillian Government -
a mcmcnto Of his presence with the headquarters OF
the Gillian army at the battles Of ChprliloS anu
Miranor.s in Peru for the purpose of Observing tlo
military and naval operation, then gong on Dct"cch
I'd pnrn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-26
4 PENSION FOR MRS. CROOK.

Washington, March 25.--Among the bills introduced
and referred In the senate 10 day was one by Mr.
Faryyen to give a pension Of $1,000 year to the
widow o General Crook
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-26
A MEDAL FOR COMMANDER MULLA

Washington, March o. senator German TO-DAY In
troduccd a Joint resolution 70 authorize Commander
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-26
THE MADISON SQUARE GARDEN

Arc prepared proposal the rental OF all
privileges connected win thu sale % cgsrs beer wtneh
Sc. The rari,n during IL" concert season Of 1890
such Will Prise tac MOnth> Of June, July,
August and pos>ibl, september Details Will be flrs
lsh.d az OF me Madison square Garden Co..
No 10 West :3l.,t. Proposals must bee addressed to
HIRAM HIrC HCOCK. Esq. President.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-26
TRIBUNE LOCAL OBSERVATIONS.

In the diagram continuous line shows barometer
nuriu,ou, rdav observed at the United States
signal service station hi, clty The da,irs Indicate
tefnrer,tur, noted a. Pr'rr's Pharnacy building
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-23
General Church Notes.

THE Moody meetings at Mortified have been
a greater success this season than ever before.
Mr.. Moody is evidently at his best. Following
is an extract from one of his recent addresses
on "Glory:' "But better than coming to glory
ourselves.is bringing others-'bringing many
souls unto glory The joy Of saving others is
greater than the Joy of being saved. A man
who had just been sent to his bed with a broken
leg received basket of grapes from kind
friend. Buthe bethought him of a neighbor
who had been long sick. and sent them to him.
Sick man No. thought of q sick man No. g.
and sick man No. 3, all unconscious of the
early history of the grapes, sympathizing with
the sick man No. j, Of whose accident he had
just heard, sent them to him. Each found it
more blessed to give than to receive. to help
than to be helped"
REV. THOMAS K. BEECHER, Of Elmira, was
atSeattle the other day, and, after humorous
chat with reporter, said: "And now, young
man. If you put anything at all in your paper
about me just say: Rev. T. K. Beecher, of
Elmira, is in town and is going-he doesn't
know whereP Don't want to write it In that
way? Why-but that reminds me of story
Some years ago young man named Plympton
came to Elmira to take charge of paper. I
was in the habit of publishing nv church
notices in the paper. and one Saturday night
the gas gave out and gave promise of staying
out for a day or two. So ran over to Plymp-
ton, and said: just say, Services as usual
excepting the gas."' Shall 1 publish 1t lust
that way? said Plympton. Certainly said /,
and left him; he did publish it that way and
on the following day narrowly escaped being
tarred and feathered at the hands of o COM
mittee Of my deacons who thought he was
ridiculing me-"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-23
mn 10 I

IN oRDINANCE-AUTHO THE
n construction of q sewer on Susuuehanna
avenue, Kelly street and private properties OF
B. F. Ferree. Charles Z. Speer and George
Finley, from the city line to a point $50 feet
north of Frankstown avenue.
Section 1-Be it ordained and enacted by the
city of Pittsburg, in Select and Common Coun-
ellis assembled. and it is hereby ordained and en-
acted by the authority of the same, That the
Chief of the Department of Public Works be
and is hereby authorized and directed to adver-
tise in accordance with the acts of Assembly OF
the Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania and the
ordinances of the said city of Pittsburg relat-
ing thereto and regulating the same, for pro-
posals for the construction Of a sewer on Sus-
quehanna street, Albion street, 1ioga street,
Homewood avenue. Kelly street and private
properties of b. +. Ferree, Charles Z. Speer
and George Finley from the city line to point
$50 feet north of Frankstown avenue, commenc-
ing at the east city line on Susquehanna street.;
thence along Susquehanna street 10 albion
street; thence along Albion street to Tioga
street; thence along Toga street to Homewood
avenue, said sewer between said points to be Of
thence along HOmewood avenue to Kelly
street; thence along Kelly street to
Murtland avenue; thence through and over
private properties of B. f. Ferree and G. E.
Sheer to Frankstown avenue, said sewer be-
tween SAID points to be OF brick and stone and
8 feet inches in diameter; thence through the
private properly OF George Finley to Negley
avenue in accordance with plan hereto at
tached, and made part Of this ordinance, said
sewer between said points to be Of brick
and stone feet inches in diameter, the con-
tract therefor to be let iu the manner directed
by said acts of Assembly and ordinances The
cost and expense OF the same to be assessed
and collected in accordance with the provisions
of an act OF Assembly of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, entitled IAN act relating to
streets and sewers in cities of the second
class" approved the 10th day of May, A. d.
1889
Section 2-That any ordinance or part of
ordinance conflicting with the provisions Of
this ordinance be and the same is hereby re-
pealed SO far as the same affects this ordi-
nance.
Ordained and enacted into law in Councils
this 4Lh day of August. A. d. 1890
II. p. FORD, President of Select Council
Attest: GEORGE BOOTH, Clerk Of Select
Council. GEO. L. HOLIDAY, President OF
Common Council Attest: E j. MARTIN, Clerk
Of Common Council.
Mayors Office. August Z, 1890. Approved:
II. l. GOURLEY. Mayor. Attest: ROBERT
OSTERMAlER Mayors Clerk
Recorded in Ordinance Book, vol. =, page lol
uth day Of August, A. d. 1890
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-23
A FAIR KlDNAPER,
How Diplomatic Long Branch Girl wooed
and Won a Dude.

How a Diplomatic Long Branch Girl Wooed
and Won n Dude.
He adores this young woman, but he don't
know how to tell her, writes Long Branch
correspondent of the New York Herald
of a couple at that resort. He palpitates
ferociously, and his sash draws with emo.
ton when she dances with another
young man; but as he cannot dance, he
must sit and palpitate; he takes her to get
soda, and he treats her to a box of candy,
but still he does not speak She has re-
solved that he shall. So last night, when
everybody had left the veranda, she said:
"Indeed, ma, the air is too damp for you."
The mother thought it was; and so tod
died off to bed. Then that girl, with a de-
liberation worthy of a census taker, said:
Samuel, don't wish to make unpleas-
ant remarks, but people are talking about
III"
And Samuel. smoothing his sash, said:
'That seems pity"
uel. would you in your great strength per-
NIT this?"
And Samuel, having the strength of q
puppy and the vanity of peacock, saws:
Certainly not" and the pursued again re-
marks: Samuel, after this we understand
each other as only two loving souls can-you
may kiss me-"
Samuel is the color of a corpse, and he
performs the kiss mechanically-still he
does it This sounds like romance, but no,
on my honor, 1t occurred in the drawing
room Of the West End last week.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-23

The session for 1890-91 will open on Tues
day, September 16, for the matricUlation of
new students, and on Wednesday, the 18th,
at 1880 A. M, Rev. Prof. NJ. B. Riddle will
deliver the opening address in the seminary
chapel. The prospect for the incoming
class is very fair. A special attraction for
the coming session, both to students and the
public generally, is the course of twelve
lectures to be given by Rev. DR.. A. M.
Fairbairn, Principal of Mansfield College,
Oxford, England. The course will be free
to ALL, DR.. Fairbairn is widely known and
honored in this country and at home for his
large scholarship and his ability and elo-
quence as public speaker.
The lectures will be given between Sep
two each day. Full notice of the place and
hour of each will be given. 1t is antici-
pated that part OF the course will be given
in the city of P1ttsburg, in some central and
public place.
The United Presbyterian Seminary, of
Allegheny, seems to have struck q snag in
the effort to fill a vacant chair in that insti-
tuition, as appears from the following clip
ping from this weeks United Presbyterian:
The nomination by the board of Rev. O. ].
Thatcher for the chair of Church History and
HomiletIcs in Allegheny Theological Seminary
Rev. M. G. Kyle, of Philadelphia, will be pre-
sented in the four synods having control of
the seminary. Mr.. Kyle's suitabieness for the
position lies in his high scholarship his special
study of the history of Christianity, his ex-
perience as teacher, his efficiency as preacher
and pastor, and his positive United Presby-
terianism. j. NJ. FULTON,
Chairman of Committee,
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GOING TO THE HUB.
Pittsburg Delegates to Leave for the
D. of L. Convention.
A sOUTHsIDE MAN TO BE HOEORED.
Important Changes to be Made in the Laws
of the Order.
FIGHT FOR STATE REPRESENTATION

Tonight the delegates to the thirteenth
annual session of the National Council Of
the Daughters of Liberty will leave over the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad for Salem,
Mass, where the National Council convenes
next Tuesday. Among those who will go
are National Vice Councillor James W. Nc
Cleary. of the Southside; Deputy National
Councillors c. B. Wylie, John thinner,
Captain j. 7. Glow, A. F. Means
and G. E. Kepple, and the
following representatives; Jennie Robson,
Unity Council; James Parke and wife,
Margaret A Duschane; a. NJ. Drum,
Pride of VIM. Thaw; A. K. Martell and 7.
T. Mccoy, Lady Harrison; Miss Martha
Rieskor, Jane Graz; c. T. W., and Miss
Alice A. Cooper, Pittsburg; Matte W. Clark
and H. M. Woods, Lady Lincoln; Oscar
Logan, Allegheny; Mrs. j. A. Hetrick and
Mary X. Jeffries, Lucy Webb Hayes; VIM.
S. Charles and Hettie Seese, Fidelity; S.
A. Duff and Miss Olive Blozier, Pride of
-Aliquippa; W. J. Young, General Putnam;
Mrs. ]. T. Glow, Pride of Manchester; Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Ertzman, Hazelwood, and
Mr.. and Mrs. F. D. Thompson, Pride Of the
West.
This will be the most important session
that has been held for several years. Mat
tiers of importance to the growth of the order,
particularly in Pittsburg and the West will
be up for consideration. An amendment to
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-23
SMALLPOX RAMPANT,
Hundreds Dying Monthly and No Attempt
to Arrest the Spread.

CINCINNATI. August 22-Mr. Warren
He had just come from Mexico, after a
lengthy stay in the State of Coahuila, one
of the most Northern States of the Republic.
Most of this time he spent in Saltillo, the
capital. "The State is ravaged with small
pox," said he. "In its extent and its
fatality it exceeds almost any scourge
of the same disease which has visited
the United States. Hundreds of persons die
in this one State monthly. So isolated are
some OF the cases and the districts in which
thev occur that person is almost led to be-
lieve that even the high death rate which is
given to the public does not include all of
the victims. The epidemic is confined to
no one particular locality, but the seeds of
the deadly disease have been scattered
abroad throughout the entire State. Poor
sanitation was the cause of the disease. The
authorities have taken no precautions to
prevent the spreading of the pestilence.
Public burials of the victims take place every
day. This has had more to do with the
epidemic than any other thing. Bodies
of the dead are carried publicly through
the streets, and the germs of the disease are
of smallpox the body is placed on board
and carried on the shoulders of four natives
to the burial ground. The face of the dead
is exposed to the breeze, and the wind pass
ing over the body of the deceased carries the
pestilence to all parts of the city.
Within the past three months over ], 200
persons are reported to have died of the
smallpox in Coahuila, and the number of
new cases is constantly increasing. No at
tempt at quarantine has been made against
this State by either the United States or
other Mexican States, and there is nothing
to prevent the extension of the epidemic.
The wealthier natives have begun to leave
the country. and the seeds OF disease are
bound to be carried with them. Indeed, when
our train passed through Hattiesburg, Miss,
1 was informed OF case of smallpox there
which originated from this source. The
victim was young Mexican girl who had
been taken i'll there. Her brother was with
her, and he readily acknowledged that he
had lust come from Satillo. The Mississippi
authorities are taking every caution to pre-
vent the spreading of the disease, and have
quarantined against it.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-23
wAsps AND THEIR NESTS.
Interesting Study Of the Industrious Insect
md Its House.

Interesting Study of the Industrious Insect
md Its House.
If wasp's nest is laid bare in November,
three distinct kinds of wasp will be seen
small neuters or workers, now few in num-
Der, middle-sized stingless males, and from
200 to 300 large wasps. The latter are the
queens or fertilized mothers. and alone sur
vive the winter. Some few of them remain
in the nest, but the greater proportion of
them hibernate in warm and sheltered spots,
in hooks and crannies, in the thatch Of COT
tages or straw ricks. With the bright sun
of March thev are revived to life and ac-
tivity, and then may be seen about every
hedge bank, seeking for a suitable hole in the
ground, where each may found a vespiary or
commonwealth, says writer in the Globe
Democrat. Having chosen spot, the queen
at once commences to scoop out the soil and
carry it away in her jaws, and soon a
vaulted chamber is made a foot or more be-
meath the ground. Next she proceeds to
old stumps and decayed woods, from whence
she nibbles small fragments of woody tissue
by means of her strong mandibles. These
she carries home in the form of small
rounded pellets, masticates them thoroughly,
mingles them with glutinous saliva, and
nnally manufactures a strong kind of paper.
Unlike the queen bee, whose sole business
Is to lay eggs, the queen wasp has to work
hard all day long. With the paper she
makes she twists a strong cord, which is
liked firmly to the roof of her abode. She
then makes a cell at the other end of the
cord; around this she proceeds to build
many other cells, and in each of these
she lays an egg. In due time the eggs
are Matched, and footless grubs
emerge; these pass through the
larva and pups stages, and eventually a
young colony of wasps is started. Hence
forth the queen leaves the nest no more.
The wasp exhibits as much ingenuity in
making her nest of paper as the bee her
comb of wax, but they start on a different
footing. The bee is furnished with wax Sc
creting glands, but the wasp can only OBJ
tain her building material by hard work.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-23

From the above it will be seen that the
pig-iron industry of New England has been
practically stationary during the past 20
years, while during the same period, and
especially since $780, there has been won
derful development of the manufacture of
pig iron in all other sections of the country.
PENNSYLVANIA IN THE LEAD.
The relative rank of the various States is
seen to have undergone many changes since
1880. Pennsylvania still retains its leader
ship as the producer Of about one-half of the
pig iron that is annually made in the United
States, producing 81 per cent of the total
production in the census wear 1880, and over
49 per cent in 1890. Ohio was second in
rank in both 1880 and 1890, the output of
pig iron in the former year being over IA
per cent of the total production in the
United States, and in the latter year over
13 per cent Alabama, which occupied
tenth place in 1880, with an output of 81, 1886
tons, is now the third largest producer OF
pig iron, the production ST this State in 1890
amounting to 690,432 tons an increase of
more than 1928 per cent over the production
of 1880. Illinois, which was seventh in
rank in 1880, is fourth in 1890; and New
York, Wh1cn third in 1880 occupies
firth place in 1890. Virginia, which was
seventeenth in rank in 1880, is now sixth;
while Tennessee has gone from thirteenth to
seventh place.
PRODUCTION BY STATES.
The following table gives the production
of pig iron in each producing State in tons
of 1900 pounds, including castings made
direct from the furnace: