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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-13
RAILWAY INTERESTS.

The passenger rate war between Chicago
and Ohio river points goes me-rily on, and
the Pennsy is assuming the offensive.
MANAGER MELLEN, Of the New England,
denounces as false the story that strike on
his road Is inevitable, OF that he has reduced
the wages and salaries Of employees.
SWEEPING reductions in the working force
of Canada's Inter-Colonial hailrond are i'm
1ninent. The road, which has been used as a
political machine by the Government, has
not been paying expenses.
FURTHER papers were filed at Williams.
port yesterday in the bill OF equity Of
Matthias Fl. Amor against the Philadelphia
and Reading Railroad, and the other cor
porations included in the Reading deal.
1T is said that general tie-up of tho New
York and New England Railroad will follow
any attempt to apply to the engineers and
fremen the 10 per cent reduction in salaries,
which goes into effect next Monday for most
of the men. .--.#.... -...
WHEN the freight representatives of the
Central Traffic Association met in regular
session at Chicago they were confronted by
proposition to reduce the rate on grain
from Chicago to the seaboafd. It was re-
ferred to committee.
THE Trunk Line Association met in New
York yesterday and discussed east and west
bound rates. On account of the early open
ing of navigation, these rates have not been
strictly maintained within the past month.
All the representatives present pledged
themselves to maintain the tariff rates.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-13
THE FIRE RECORD.

AT Findlay, Allison, Thomas & Co. g boiler
works. Loss $4,000; partly insured. =.
AT Paris, the Paris Hosiery Manufacturing
Company's building. Loss, 100000; insur-
ance, $4,000.
AT Uniontown, the stables OF the Stewart
Iron Company, with ten mules, four horses
and two cows. Loss, about $1,000.
AN alarm of fire was turned in last night
about 1920 o'clock from box No. 146 at Nine
cause was slight blaze on the roof of d
house at 1873 Fox alley, occupied by Mar
garet Yonknan. No damage.
AT Manayunl, Philadelphia suburb, the
Ripka mill building The occupants and
their losses are: Forbes & Co., carpet manu-
fncturers, $40 900: Baker Holt. manufactur-
ers of plush, $40 OOO. and Ellis & Co. carders
and spfnners, S0C0. All are insured.
AT Manitowac, Wis, the works of the Man.
itowac Manufacturing Company, which
manufactures opera chairs school furniture,
etc. The company was making chairs for
the Minneapolis convention hall. Loss, $780,
900: insurance, $4,000. Over 225 men out of
work.
AT Springfield, O., the building of the Win
ters' Art L1thographing Company, Chicago.
Loss, about SIS, 600; insured. Origin unknown.
The company had large Worlds Fair ad-
vertiS1ng contract, but most of its prin ted
matter had been previously forwarded to
Chicago.
AT Butte, Mont, the smelter of the Butte
and Boston Company. Loss about $3.50, 900;
insurance, $4,000. The intense heat of the
furnace caused the fire. Eight O'Hara fur
naces, six Bruckners and four reverberatory
furnaces were totally destroyed, and 500 men
are thrown out of employment.
RIPLEY & Co.'s tableware factory on the
Southside was damaged by fire this morn
ing between and O'Clock, to the extent Of
about $4,000. The fire originated from q
stove on the third floor of the mold shop.
The loss. as stated, is about 5,0O0 confined
chiefly to molds and stock in the DR. cking
room. There has been an epidemic Of glass
house fires lately, this being about the six tn
within as many months.
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON a fire originated in
the cellar of the Grant engine house, Allie
gheny, and an alarm from station 116 was
sent in. The material in the cellar con-
sisted of shavings paper and other inflam-
gable matter and ut first it looked as If the
building would be burned down. This was
averted by the work OF the f1remen and the
loss sustained will amount to about 500 only.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-13
BUSINESS BREvITIEs.

NARRATION is open at Green Bay, Wis.
UNION tatlors of youngstown are ON
strike for their scale.
SHOE and leather dealers are arranging for
a comb mbined exhibit at the Worlds Fair.
JUDGMENTS amounting to s1l, $50 were en-.
tered Monday against Simon Shively, the
MELVILLE (Pa.) tanner.
THE Generate Compagnie Transatlantfque
has discontinued its line of steamers be-
tween Marseilles and Colon.
THE 800 employees of the Bellafre Stamping
Company have followed the works by
special train to Harvey, Ill. E
IT is expected in London that the restric-
ttons now placed on cattle on this side will
be taken off in about three weeks.
A NEW distillery with capacity of four
barrels Of whisky day, operated by John
j. Hughes, began work yesterday in Johns
town.
THE White Traction Company at McKees-
port has decided that it can give an advance
in the wages of the motormen and conduc-
tors of the road.
SUIT will be brought at once by the State
of Wisconsin to annul the charte rs of five
of the most extensive logging and boom
companies in that State, because OF the re-
fusal to pay the per cent tax
The Canadian House of Commons Com
mittee on Banking and Commerce has re-
ported the act respecting the Bell Tele-
phone Company, empowering it to increase
its capital stock from $500,0O0 originally to
$5,0O0.0O0.
MORRIS S. COOPER has been appointed re-
ceiver in supplementary proceedings for
Isaac L. and George W. Falk who composed
the New York firm of Isaac L. Falk & Co.,
wholesale dealers in clothing, who failed in
october, 1890, for $2S0,000
THE cabinetmakers employed by Herter
Bros, of New York, are on strike. Herter
Bros. are supplying the ornamental
woodwork for the house of George Pullman.
in Chicago Word was sent to the Chicago
union and dispatch vas received in reply
stating that the men would refuse to put the
work up there when it reached Chicago un-
less the strike has been settled.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-13
KRuMBHAARs uLr1MAruM TO BANKS
He Tells Several Philadelphia Houses The
Must Fix Up Their Capital.

He Tells Several Philadelphia Houses They
Must Fix Up Their Capital.
PHILADELPHIA, April la.-state superin-
tendent OF Banks Krumbhaar to-day notified
half a dozen financial institutions Of this
city that they must make good i'm
pairments in their capital or they
would be closed. Mr.. Krumbhaar re-
fused to discuss the matter, but
two Of the institutions 80 notified by
him are the Finance Company of
Pennsylvania, and the Investment Company
of Philadelphia. Both of these companies
were said to have been badly shaken during
the financial panic Of the tall Of 1890. George
w. Blabon, President of the Finance Com
pany, this evening acknowledged that the
tbs had abSys rSsivea from supeTn nes1es
tendent Krumbhaar. He said that the
company held among its assets $500, 900 each
of the bonds of the oregon and Pacific Rail-
road and the Charleston, Cincinnati and
Chicago Railroad. He said Superintendent
Krumbhaar probably inferred that II these
would be practically worthless, hence his
action. Mr. Blabon said that the officers or
the company did not agree with Superinten-
dent Krumbhaar in this, but believed that
the securities would be valuable. Mr.. Blabon
added that il it is found that the capital was
meet the deficit.
A gentleman closely connected with the
Investment company, said that the company
had been embarras ssed by the failure or the
Barring Bros, but that since that time they
had notified all the depositors to withdraw
their accounts, and they had not received
any deposits since. He added that the COM
pany was gradually liquidating its liabili-
ties, and that stockholders would be the
only losers, If there is any loss.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-13
THE BUSINESS WORLD.
Statistician Dodge Comes Back at
Cotton Spectators, Who
DISPUTE HIS DATA AND FIGURES
Bow the Electrical Business Is Paying
those Now In 1t.
FIRES. FAILURES AND RAILWAY NEWS

WASHINGTON. April 12-Mr. J. r.
Dodge, Statistician of the Department of
Agriculture, furnishes for publication the
following statement in reply to the reso-
lutions adopted by the St. Louic Cotton
Exchange:
The resolutions passed by the st. Louis
Cotton Exchange are unworthy of the in
telligence of an American commercial as
sociation. That band of spectators. suf-
fering from their own rashness and mad judg-
ment, should so stultify themselves as to
deny the open facts Of production and dis
tribution which are published daily by the
commercial press of two continents, passes
comprehension. The statements complained
of in the March report are those Of the
National Cotton Exchange and of Ellison, Of
Liverpool, an authority no cotton broker
will gainsay.
The movement Of the crop of 1890 exceeded
S500, 600 bales, but Mr.. Hester the author
ity of the New Orleans Exchange, says the
nearly as much as the average annual con,
sumption of the factories of Europe and
America for five years past: according to
Ellison: and India; Egypt and Brazil added ,e
100000 bales, while the consumption
of Europe, America and India has never
reached IL 100000 The visible stocks of jan
uary were about 15O0, 900 larger than in Jan
uary of 1890, and the Liverpool price of mid
ding fell from Liz pence to ~ pence as the
result of over-productton, aided, possibly,
by the sales OF futures by the st. Louis Ex-
change; but not one iota by the March re-
port of the Department of Agriculture.
The reference to the March report of dis
tribution is puerile. That report gives the
exports visible supply stocks in farmers
hands, and the consumption, which do not
make a bushel more than as reported in
December and scarcely more than was in
dicated in the report of last October. No
intelligent American will claim a smaller
production.
o. the III, 900, 900 bushels of invisible stocks
A,0O0, COO are in % States and Territories that
cannot spare q bushel to commerce, and in
the other Is not less than 65, ,000, 900 bushels
are required for bread and seed, leaving only
81 600, 900 bushels available, of which scarcely
90. 600 600 bushels can be forced into CONNER
cial distribution by present prices. Far the
larger part of the available supply Is now
visible in commercial elevators.
Monday afforded an object lesson in refu-
tation of these charges, when our report
showed q loss of over 1 per cent in the con-
dition of growing wheat, and yet the future
dealer got in his European canards and beat
down the price cents bushel in the face
of the report of reduced conditions. Thus
the wolves of speculation charge the inno-
cent report with muddying the stream Of
price,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-13
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.
Annual Reports of the p, c., c. q st. Louis
Railway Company.

Annual Reports of the P. c., C. 3 st. Louis
Railway Company.
The stockholders of the Pittsburg, Cincin-
natl, Chicago and st. Louis Railway Com
pany held their annual meeting yesterday
in the general office on Penn avenue. The
annual report for the year ending December
81, 1891, was submitted. The gross earnings
in 1891 were sl4. .sS5 59l, decrease of s557, ,341
compared with the year previous. The
operating expenses and taxes aggregated
sic, ,9S9 sos; a decrease of $527, $50 on the pre-.
vious year. The net earnings were IS 965, 7S2,
a decrease of $Sl, ,66l. The net profit for 1891
was $937, ,63l, an increase of $26a, ,057 Dividends
have been paid out of the net profits at the
rate of4 per cent. per annum on the pre-
ferred stock of the company.
In the report reference Is made to the late
John A. Hampton, and worthy tribute
paid to his memory as one who had served
the company as its local solicitor for long
term of years. Dne mention was made in
the report of the Hon. ". L. Scott. one of
the directors. who died since the last annual
meeting
The Board of Directors having been class
flied, three members were elected, namely;
Briggs S. Cunningham, of Cincinnati; George
Willard, of Chicago, and Henry H. Houston,
of Philadelphia. The board will organize at
q later date.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-13
COLOR RULED OUT.
Texas Republicans Hold q Convention
Without an African Present.

Texas Republicans Hold q Convention
Without an African Present.
DALLAS, April 12.-The first Republican
Convention without a colored man in it
that ever assembled in the south met in
this city this afternoon. There were 300
delegates, genteelly dressed, sober and
above the ordinary for such gatherings in
personal appearance.
In calling the convention to order Judge
A. r. Morton particularly called them JEFF
ferson Republicans, in favor Of the freedom
of all races with the white man in the lead
and on top. Colonel Conrad, a blue stock
ing Democrat, on behalf of the Mayor, elo-
quehtly welcomed the delegates to Dallas,
intimating that as they proposed to stop
associating with Africans they were entitled
to the respect of white people.
A State league will be organized, and
then the convention will resolve into mass
meeting and perhaps nominate State
ticket and also send a contesting delegation
to Minneapolis
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-13
THE AMER DIsTRUsTs RUSSIA.
He Is Anxious to Fight It Out Now Rather
Than to Wait ana Be Ruined.

He Is Anxious to Fight 1t Out Now Rather
Than to Wait ana Be Ruined.
BOMBAY, April 12.-The Ameer in his
paper to the "Noble Chiefs of Afghanis-
tan," charges his people not to trust the
Russians if the latter pretend to have an in
tention to attack India through Persia, and
not through Afghanistan. 'Such a pro-
fession," he says, "would be a mere blind.
If Russia once gets foothold in Afghanis-
tan the independence of the country will be
ended Therefore, it is better to fight it
out to-day than to be ruined tomorrow in
the face of our protectors and friends"
1t is stated that the document is repro
duction of the speech made by the Ameer
at a recent criminal court, when three
Jamshidis were tried who had been cap
tured while crossing the frontier with an
offer of allegiance from their Khan to Rus
sia
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-13
BELIEVES THERE'S A COMBINE.
Minority Report of Hon. e. j. Moore o.
Minnesota on the Wheat Question.

Minority Report of Hon. e. j. Moore OF
Minnesota on the Wheat Question.
ST. PAUL, MINI, April 12.-Hon. E. J.
Moore, the Alliance member of the Legisla-
tive Committee that has been for the past
year investigating the alleged wheat COM
bine who refused to sign the report that
was prepared last week by the committee,
not agreeing with the findings therein, to-
night made public his minority report.
He dissents from the findings Of the ma
jority of the committee, which were that
that there was no real evidence of "a COM
bine or steal in the wheat business Of this
State, although they were Of
the opinion that there was some
manipulation of price, in Chicago.
Mr.. Moore holds that there is evidence Of q
combine, but is unable to locate it or give
the names of any persons connected there
with. He also thinks there is big wheat
steal at Duluth. He wants the investiga-
tion continued until the persons interested
in the combine can be discovered.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-13
STILL LAYING ON HANDS.

The Recognized Mormons VIII Publish .
History to Sell at the Fair.
INDEPENDENCE, Mo-, April 12-Ths
Mormon elders in attendance upon the in
ternational conference of the Reorganized
Church of Latter Day Saints again admins
tered unto the sick to-day at the Mormon
temple by amounting with oil and the lay
ing on of hands. The number who desired
the treatment was fully as large as it was
yesterday.
At the business session q resolution was
adopted providing for the publication of
history of the church to be placed on sale at
the Worlds Fair.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-13
THE BREWER HAS TO PAY.
An English Syndicate Receivers $4,000
From Thomas A. Harris, OF New York.

From Thomas A. Harris, OF New York.
Harris. of Kansas City, recovered verdict
of $s.74I 81 damages in the United States
Circuit Court to-day against Valentine
Loewer, the New York brewer. Mr.. Harris
is an Englishman who represented an
English syndicate in negotia tions to pur-
chase Loewer's brewery. Harris said that,
on the strength of Loewer's statement he
signed the contract to purchase the brewery
for 81, 100, COO and paid 81. COO down.
Mr.. Harris. however. failed to conclude
unable to collect the S.. .000 that he had paid
Loewer. Harris claimed that Loewer had
misrepresented his profits to him. Loewer
admitted that his profits had decreased very
much since the bargain had been made.
Harris thereupon brought suit Tor $500
damages.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-13
A COWBOY FIGHT IN JERSEY.

One Member OF a Travelling Troupe Hurls
Young Man Against y Wall.
FLEMINGToN, N. j., April 12-Two
weeks ago troupe of cowboys gave an ex-
hibition at Collinsville, Hunterdon county.
They got into row with some of the local
young men. During the fight one OF the
cowboys picked up Harry Beam, aged %
years, and threw him so violently against
partition that he was badly injured. 1t
was not thought at first that he was danger
orisly hurt, but he continued to grow worse
until yesterday, when he died.
The show had, meantime, left the town
and the authorities are now trying to get Oh
the track of the assailant.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-13
Gone to Meet John Brown.

WHEELING, April 12.-(Spesial l-Wm
Wrightstein died at Shepherdstown, w.
Va, tonight, aged "a. He was one OF the
jurors who condemned John Brown to
death, and his death leaves but one of the
II alive, VIM. Boyer, of Shenandoah
Junction.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-13

CHICAGO, April Ia new labor oraaniza-
ton, to be called the International Fedora
tion OF Machinery Trades, was organized
here to-day with q membership of $1,000.
After a warm debate it was decided by the
organizers not to allow anything referring
the constitution of the order was adopted
and officers elected. The most Important
clause of the constitution is the one declar.
ing that nine hours shall CONSTITUTES days
work. When this shall 90 into effect will be
decided nc the next convention, which Will
be neld in Chicago on October 8.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-13

OMAHA, April 12.-Sidney Smith, e1-
President of the Western Association of
Architects, and prominent builder, has
disappeared, and it has been discovered that
he has forged notes to the amount of 1000.
1t is expected that more forged paper will
turn up.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-13
ELECTRICAL BUSINESS PAYS.
Large Profits of the Ihomson-Houstou
COMPANY for the Past Year

Company for the Past Year.
M1DDLErowN, CONN, April 12.-The annual
meeting of the Thomson-H Houston Electric
Company was held here to-day. 3SO, 600 shares
being represented of a total of 100000. The
annual reports of the officers made this
showing: Business done in 1884, $40 03i0 $50;
profits, s., 760 $50: dividends, 81 235 $685. assets,
Sc, 26S ~; surplus. February l. 1892 s7,5l6 e47.
An addition of 81 l,5A, ,44 was made To the
surplus after paying per cent dividends on
the preferred stock and 4 per cent quarterly
dividends on the common stock.
The following directors were elected: H.
A. Percar, c. a. Coffin, J. n. Smith, B. F.
Spinney, G. H. Newhall, S. A. Barton, E.
Griffin, S. E. Peabody, T. ]. Coolidge, Jr., all
of Boston.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-13

that the illness of NJ. de Giers, Minister of
Foreign Affairs, who for some time past has
been suffering from erysipelas in the head
aggravated bv very painful ulcer in the
ear, is resulting In permanent deafness, and
that his resignation from Office is probable.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-13
The Sugar Trust May Give a Rebate.

The Sugar Trust May Give a Rebate.
PHILADELPHIA, April 12.-Several agents of
the American Sugar Refining Company
(Sugar Trust) were in this city to-day, and it
was reported that the object of their visit
was to confer with the wholesale grocers
relative to making an arrangement by which
the Trust will allow rebate of about 40
cents barrel to the grocers who maintain
the retail prices.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-13
DIED.

SITUATION Wednesday, April l3 1895, at 8
A. NJ, at his residence, No. 2sl North avenue,
Allegheny, JOHN STUART, aged 75 years and /
months.
Notice of funeral hereafter.
[Hartrord Conn.,, papers please copy.l
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-13

CITY say that the whisky Trust is still doing
business in this State, in spite Of the recent
indictments, The rebate checks are still be-
inc sent out. they say, and there seems 10 be
no disposition to stop that part Of the opera
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-13

OVER ono hundred rooms rented in last
weeks DISPATCH. Watch the Wednes-
day, Saturday and Sunday To Let "Rooms'
in the Cent-a-Word advertising columnA
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-13

discovered to depose the Sultan of Zanzibar
in favor of prince of Muscat 1t is report
ed that the British favor the deposition of
the Sultan in order to, extend their protec-
torate over Muscat
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-13
BATES TIRES OUT.

The Bicyclist Fails to Beat the 24-Hours'
Record in London.
LONDON. April 12.-Bates, the bicyclist,
tried to beat the "a hours record. At 8
o'clock this afternoon he had ridden 80
miles in II minutes inside the record for
that distance, bat was compelled through
exhaustion to abandon his attempt after
riding % hours and "a minutes. In that
time he had covered 353 miles, which was
inside the record.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-13

M. de Giers May Resign.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aphl 12.-It is stated
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-13

A Sultan May Lose His Head.
ZANZIBAR, April ia plot has been
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-13

Tho Whisky Trust Unterriied.
Boston, April ls.-Liquor dealers in this
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-11

to comprehend the tariff question when dis
cussed generally; but they will not be slow
to recognize anG appreciate the effect OF the
taxation on commodities that enter directly
and largely into their consumption and in
crease. the cost Of living and other products.
It is assumed that none OF the reforms in
that tariff which it is proposed 10 embody
in separate bills can receive the
sanction OF the senate and executive,
and become enactments. This l do
dot regard as altogether certain, but
suppose the assumption is to be fully
warranted by experience, and that IN the
coming presidential contest, the people Will
indorse by their votes the action of the
house. Then, in the next congress, or the
ne KIT session OF the Fifty-second congress,
it would be wise to renewedly present the
detailed measures in question rather than
general bill, for, in the face OF decided ratl-
fcation o. them by the people, IL would be
difficult TO see how they could be rejected.
And If accepted, even in part
the future work Of feformin
the tariff, either by general
bill or in detail, would be comparatively
easy, for every interest deprived of further
opportunity TO sit under the public, would
follow the example Of the quinlne manu-
facturers when this commodity was put on
the free list and become ardent tariff re-
formers; suggesting the fable OF the old
fox, who, when he lost his tail in trap,
was most anxious, for general considera-
items, that all the other foxes should have
their tails cut of. DAVID A WELLS.