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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-25
RAILWAY INTERESTS.

THE Mackey stockholders have won the
preliminary skirmish in the Mobile and
Ohio railroad litigation.
THOMAS G. SHAuGHNEssy, Vice President Of
the Canadian Pacific railway has been ma.
turalized as a British subject
THE Monterey and Mexican Gulf railroad
has been bonded for s25 900 a mile, the new
money to be applied in purchasing rolling
stock.
THE earnings of the Chicago, Milwaukee
and st. Paul for the third week of March
were S6l7. .926, an increase as compared with
the corresponding week last year of sl10.65S.
COLONEL S. B. DICK, President of the Pitts
burg, Shenango and Lake Erie Railroad,
says there is no truth in the statement that
his road has been absorbed by the Balti-
more and Ohio beyond the fact that close
traffic relations exist between the two roads.
The city of Steubenville. through its Coun-
cil has decided to sue the Pittsburg, Chica-
go, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway Com
pany, for the actual value of the ,275 shares
of stock held by them in the Plttsburg,
Chicago, St. Louis Railway Company, pre-
vious to the consolidation.
THERE are named 40 railroad lines which
propose the construction in a States and
Territories of no less than 2s, ,259 miles, This
includes only such enterprises as have lines
under survey or construction. All the
States and Territories are represented in
this list except Rhode Island, Kansas and
Nevada.
ANOTHER move has been made in the dfrec-
tion of the complete absorption Of the Wis
copsin Central into. the Northern Pacific.
Heretofore the banking business of the
Wisconsin Central has all been done in
Chicago. Beginning April l, however, this
banking business will be transferred to St.
Paul.
THE Lebanon Springs railroad was sold at
auction at Troy yesterday 1t was stated
that there were two mortgages held by the
Union Trust Company, one for 81, 000, 900 and
another for 81, 500 600 against the road. There |
is another mortgage Tor 5000, 000 In addi- |
tion to this the Supreme Court has enjoined |
this sale and whoever bids does so at his |
peril. William Foster made an offer of |
s., 500. This was the only bid |
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-25
THE BUSINESS WORLD.
Ambitious Plans of the Baltimore
and Ohio in the Great West.
NEW ENTERPRISES In THESOUTH.
The Whisky Trust Now in Better Condition
Than Ever Before.
FIRES, FAILURES AND RAILWAY NEWS

ST. PAUL, March 24-An afternoon paper
prints the following In connection with an
interview on the developments of the re-
cent Kansas City leasing to the Chicago
and Great Western Railroad:
1t is my humble opinion, says the inform
ant that Chairman Stickney's organization
Of the Chicago and Great Western Railroad
Company is the precursor of a gigantic PLAN
latification of the lease by that company
ot the lines of the Chicago, ST.
Paul and Kansas City, the articles
OF the Sioux City, Chicago and Baltimore
were Organized for the same individual OBJ
ject. The future course of the Chicago and
Great Western, except that 1t contemplates
the construction of a line to Omaha, is not
concern is not at all backward about stating
its object. 1t is announced that it will build
81 line across Iowa to the Mississippi river,
another to Usage, Ia, another through Des
Moines and another to keokuk.
But it is not likely that it will do it. 1t can
connect via an air line with the Chicago and
Dubuque and another through Des Moines,
ana thence to Kansas City, with practical
snort line to Chicago.
In consequence of this, the Sioux City,
chicago and Baltimore will have to build
only 100 miles in order TO connect And if,
as stated, President Hill is interested, he
will have line from Puget Sound
10 St. Paul and Chicago, line
line from Sioux City to Chicago and an
other from Sioux City to Kansas City. If, as
contemplated heretofore, the Pacific short
line is completed to Ogden, or thereaboutS,
there will be additional territory to draw
from, with the possibility of a line from the
Great Northern at Spokane to some point
on the short line. Therefore, taking every
thing into consideration have every reason
TO expect the formation of a great railway
system, to be composed of the Great North
eIn, the Chicago and Great Western, the
sioux City and Northern, the Pacific Short
Line. the so-called Sioux City, Chicago and
Baltimore with the Baltimore and Ohio sea-
board out, and President Hill and Chairman
as the creative genii thereof
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-25
REID DINED AND WINED.

Tho Retiring United States Minister to
His Countrymen in Paris-Foreign
Minister RiDot Responds to Toast.
PARIS March 24-The farewell banquet
given by the American Colony to MI. Reid,
the retiring United States Minister, took
place this evening. John Haries, Chair
man.of the Executive Committee and toast
master of the occasion, proposed the health
of President Harrison. Then came the
toast: 'To the President Of the French
Republic" Mr. Harjes, in neat speech
delivered in French, then proposed the
health of the guest of the evening. The
following are extracts from Mr.. Reid's
reply:
You have been good enough to refer in
occupied the attention Of the legation. If
there has been any success, 1t has been
largely due to the clear. positive and persist.
ent policy of the home administration, and
to the generous support and confidence given
its Representatives. I must equally acknowl-
edge the courteous and fair-minded manner
in which the French met their sincere desire
to promote international friendship by
practicing international justice. Both ma
tions are quite likely, in matters of business,
to watch their own interests, but it is much
IL this is always done in a broad spirit OF
My friends, the civil service reformers at
home have not always considered me q very
serious supporter of their doctrine, but If
they have any better practice in bipartisan
civil service reform that at the Paris lega-
tion, shall be glad at the progress they
have made. One consideration which at the
close OF my official work gives me peculiar
pleasure. is that, If not always successful in
getting from France quite all wanted, there
Is great satisfaction in knowing that the
protractcd negotiations on mutual interests
keenly affecting large classes and dividing
parties have been conducted and ended
without the slightest share of injury to the
cordial relations existing between the two
Nations for more than O century, and which
sincerely trust are to last forever. May we
not believe, indeed, that these relations have
grown more intimate, more mutually advan-
tageous, and may we not hope that next
year they will be greatly developed?
Among the other toasts was one by
Foreign Minister Ribot, ON '"The Two Re-
publics." He said: ''Let me assure you, /
that if the United States grants any con-
cessions they will be met here with zeal,
even to the point of free trade"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-25
EARL RUSSELL IN HOT WATER,
He Confessed to Entirely Too Much in the
Trial, and win Be sued

He Confessed to Entirely Too Much in the
Trial, and win Be sued
LONDON, March 24.-During the trial of
the action for a judicial separation brought
by Countess Russell against her husband,
Earl Russell, the latter, in the course of his
testimony, admitted to betraying servant
girl in his family named Williams. The
girl denied the statement, and placed the
matter in the hands of solicitors to procure
a retraction.
No retraction was made, and an action for
libel has been brought against the Earl by
the girl, who places her damages at e1O, 900.
The mother Of Miss Williams was foster
mother to the Earl. Mrs. Williams alleges
that Earl Russell engaged to marry her
youngest daughter, and denies that there
was any betrayal. The girl swears that she
was forced to flee to her mother for protec-
tion against the Earl. He was highly in
dignant at the failure of his scheme, and
dismissed the entire family from his service.
They made claim on him for wrongful dis
missal, and he paid them $500 in settle
ment. The girl did not receive the money.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-25
Tri-State Brevities.

HORSE thieves are getting in their work at
McKeesport.
A WOLF was chased through the streets Of
Media the other day.
AN electric railroad will soon traverse the
Gettysburg battlefield.
A SOMERSET county man has invented an
ingenious arrangement by which railroad
engines can take coal without stopping.
OUT Of 2s4 applications for license in Cam
bria county, "a have been refused. This is
the largest number that has been refused for
years.
THE boiler OF Harold's steam laundry,
Uniontown. exploded Wednesday afternoon
and created panic among the girls work
ing in the second story.
GOVERNOR PArrIsoN yesterday morning re-
ceived from President Harrison the commits
sion OF Colonel R. Bruce Ricketts, as mem
Der OF the National Worlds Fair Commis-
sion, and George H. Macbeth as alternate.
Mrs. THOMAS HOUSTON tried Wednesday
morning to awaken her baby. which she
thought was sleeping rather late. She
found the child dead. AS the little one was
seemingly in good health the night before,
the death will be Investigated.
WHILE George Kelly was dancing at a bail
at Bellaire Wednesday night, revolver in
his hip pocket was accidentally discharged,
the bullet striking him in the lett leg He
danced until l2 O'Clock, and then he had the
bullet cut out. He Is now in Q serious condt
ton.
Miss MADGE WOODS left Little Washington
yesterday evening in company with her
father. Rev. Dr. Woods, for California. On
April Miss Woods sails on the steamer Rio
Janeiro for China. Immediately OIL her ar
rival she will be united i'll marriage with
Rev. William Hamilton.
JOHN HYATT. who confessed to burning the
Gaut buildings in North Huntingdon town.
ship, Westmoreland county, and who has
been In jail since last fall, was yesterday
morning discharged upon his own recog-
nlzance. This action was taken on the petit
t1on OF Detective Murphy, OF Pittsburg.
DAVID McCRAokEN, of Lawrence township,
Clearfield county, had fine fox hunt one
day last week. He had chased two foxes
into holes to hold them until the next morn |
Ing. One was chased into hole in the |
ground, but he escaped. The other ran into |
hole in . tree, and when the tree was cut |
down Reynard was found in company with |
four half.grown coons.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-25
TWINS OR NOT TWINS
Strange Facts Concerning the Birth of Two
Illinois Children,

Strange Facts Concerning the Birth of Two
Illinois Children.
Physicians the most learned and expert
enced are sometimes puzzled by occurrences
which, if not. unparalleled, are so extraor-
dinary as to be inexplicable by the usual
laws that govern being. A rare case of this
nature Is that of Mrs. Louis E. Steiner, of
No 339 East Twenty-second street, Chicago,
who gave birth three months ago to fine
boy of 81 pounds, and Saturday, March 5,
presented her husband with healthy,
chubby little girl of N pounds.
DR. d. w. Eiss, who attended the mother
on both occasions, was surprised at the phe-
nomenal advent of the second babe, but saws
that somewhat similar cases are recorded in
medical annals. The father of the children,
Louis E. Steiner. is q barber at No. 1888
Clark street, and he says that both of them
are in fine health, perfectly formed, and
full of life and good nature The women in
the neighborhood are discussing the ques-
tion whether the babes should be called
twins, and this question is bothering them
as much as the extraordinary event is inter-
esting to physicians. 49,.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-25
How the South Begins the Year.

BALTIMORE, March 24-The Mdn,fact-
nrerS' Record presents summary of new
enterprises started in the South since the
beginning of the year as follows: One blast
furnace, 21 machine shops and foundries, 2
agricultural implement factories, IS -four
mills, cotton mills, 8 furniture factories Q
gas works, 11S water works, Is carriage and
wagon factories, Sc electric light plants. 1870
mines and quarries, 133 woodworking fac
tories, 26 ice factories, IA canning works, 8
stove foundries, % brick works miscel-
laneous iron-working establishments, 2 cot
ton compressors, 10 cottonseed oil mills and
2S3 other manufacturing establishments.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-25
The Whisky Trust Smaller Than Ever.

CHICAGO, March PA rise in the price
Of whisky may be looked for at any time.
In accordance, it is said, with orders issued
by the Whisky Trust to further restrict the
output in all the distilleries owned by 1t, all
of the Chicago houses in the combine are
running ''short." Although the demand
for spirits is brisk, the output is not nearly
as large as last fall The records of the
Internal Revenue Office show falling off
in the Chicago distilleries alone of !, 500
bushels OF grain day, which means 6, 900
gallons of spirits daily. 1t is asserted that
all this is an indication that the trust has
now more complete mastery of the market
than ever before
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-25
MILLS TELLS HIS STORY.
He Denies Positively on the Stand That HI
Murdered Poor Dugan.

He Denies Positively on the Stand That He
Murdered Poor Dugan.
BUTLER, March A.-[SpectaI ]-When the
Mills murder case was resumed this morn
ing the defense called 1a witnesses who testi-
ied to the previous good reputation Of the
defendant. Mills then took the stand. He
testified:
I and two or three friends had drunk quart Of
whisky during the day, but was not intoxicated
when went to PetersyiIle where Dugan hired the
team which took us to Rensrew. After putting up
1t closed at midnight; treated each other number
Of times and each purchased two one-pint TASKS Of
whisky. 1t was dark, rainy night on our return,
and our buggy upset and both were thrown out.
Dugan was dragged for some distance, but finally
stopped the horses and we got started again; We
e ans .sas sas' sd sda back rf'eF h
which both of us drew our knives, but have
no recollection of dragging Dugan across the room
In the boiler Office tearing his coat of. The first
place remember being after leaving Petersville
FOR home was at Blairfs boiler house. Dugan and
F.! entered there together, stayed few moments:
from Dugan there. and did not see him again until
saw his dead body at O. clock next morning.
went to my boiler house and slept till after O'Clock
have no recollection of going back to Blair's boiler
house with hammer and telling Blair that had
m ade up my mind to kill Dugan. and was going to
killed Peter Dugan. or know anything about it.
Some medical testimony was the last given
in the case. The arguments will take place
tomorrow. 1t is probable the Judge will not
charge the jury till Saturday night.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-25
BUSINESS BREvITIES.

PoRruGAL's financial crisis continues.
THE Quebec timber business is good.
THE sugar industry in Cuba is not in first
class shape.
PHILADELPHIA has al3 applicants for
Worlds Fair space.
AN American syndicate is negotiating
for Cuban silver mines.
THE union printers of Wllliamsport, Pa.,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-25
ONE OF THE FIRST BIBLES,
1t Was Printed Over Three Hundred Year.
Ago in England.

1t Was Printed Over Three Hundred Years
Ago in England.
Considerable interest is manifested over
the discovery of one of the oldest Bibles in
America. The book is owned by H. w.
Young, of Augusta. ILL., The address, with
preface to the Christian Reader, Touching
the Two Alphabets Ensuing" with in
structions how TO study the Word was writ
ten and signed by Robert L. Henry, Lon
don, in 1873 and the Bible was reprinted in
1915.
Records kept in this Bible show that it
was owned by John Granny in 1860 and af-
terward by Margaret Swale, grandmother of
the late DR.. H. A. Young, deceased, OF
Augusta. The instructions, Apocrypha and
Bible, are printed in three different kinds
of type. No doubt this Bible was brought
over in the Msyfower by some of DR..
4oung's ancestors Probably this is one of
the very first Bibles printed after King
James authorized edition. The curiosity
will be exhibited at the Worlds Fair.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-25
THE FIRE RECORD.

An alarm of fire was turned in from box 6s
about 10 O'Clock last night, caused by a fire
in the residence of John Shredwell at 3403
Brereton avenue. The damage will amount
to about 500.
was destroyed yesterday. The fire originated
in the postoffice from a defective flue, and
all the fixtures, letters and money were de.
stroyed. W. &. Jones' hotel, Ed Jacobs
store and all the other business houses in
the town except those of the jackson Dry
goods Company and Frank Stocks building
were burned. Total loss, $35, OOO; insurance,
Sll, co.,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-25
Evidence in Court Wrongly Reported.

KTTrANNINa, March A-[Special Through
a mistake made by your correspondents in
formation on the 18th Of this month, . state
ment was printed, coming from here, that
DR.. Hileman, a respected physician of this
that the man Fry was of unsound mind. DR..
Hileman is we'll known in this county, and
has been obliged to repeatedly deny that he
gave such testimony in court, and in this he
is borne out by H. N. Snyder, attorney for
the Commonwealth
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-25
Prof. Cooper Gets a Now Job.

ERIE, March 24.-[SpeciaL ]-Prof. Joseph A.
Cooper left Edinboro to-day for Clarion,
cipalship of the Clarion Normal School at
that place, with Prof Davis. Miss Maggie
Compton, who was also summarfly. dismissed
from the faculty of the Edinboro State
Normal School, also went to Clarion to take
a chair in the same institution. Many
students have packed their grips and will
follow them
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-25
A Child Dropped From q Train.

CoNNELLsvILLE, March "a. -[Special1 -
Thomas Johns, of Adelaide, while walking
the Baltimore and Ohio tracks near David
son shaft last night about O'Clock, found a
3-year-old girl wandering alone along the
road. The little stranger was taken up and
brought back to the Baltimore and Ohio
shops, where it was left in care Of the night
foreman. 1t is unable to speak word Of
English, therefore 1t could not be learned
last night whence it came or where 1t was
travelling. It was slightly bruised about the
body, and it is thought 1t fell from an emf
an hour before attached to the flyer.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-25
Lower Freight Rates for Dixie's Iron.

BIRMINGHAM, ALA, March .. -
Special. ALI freight agents here nave
been notified that on March % rates on iron
to points north of the Ohio river will be re-
duced. The average reduction will be
nearly 30 cents per ton: No shipments are
now going northward, as iron masters are
waiting for the reduced rate to 90 into
effect. Sales are already being made at
reduction In price corresponding with the
reduction in freights-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-25

The authorities to-day relieved 500 desti-
tute persons The Mayor said the distress
in Queensland, which is widespread and
severe, is greatly due to reckless expendi-
ture on unproductive railways. and to bad
leadership in the late strikea The majority
of the people, he said, favored the Govern
ment proposal for the introduction Of Poly
nesian labor
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-25
FORGED PAPER AT PAINEsvILLE
The Bank Failure Is Rapidly Assuming a
Much Blacker Hue.

PANEsvILLE, O., March "a. - There
have been startling rumors afoat to-day in
regard to the Paige bank failure, and arrests
have been hourly expected, though no war
rants have yet been served. Some paper is
coming to light bearing evidence of forgery.
Matters grow worse hourly.
The bank was organized in 1871, with a
board of five directors, of whom all but one
is dead. The capital was then S21, 500, and
it was held bv the board of five. 1t is said
that the Board has never been dissolved
since its first election, and as each dead man
left large estate, the depositors may get
something from that sourse Twelve thou
sand dollars of city funds were in the bank,
and the Council must borrow money to pay
municipal expenses
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-25
BIG MEN AT The HELM
Judge Thurman to BE President Of New
Iron Company in Ohio.

DULUTH. March 24-Judge Allen G.
Thurman, the s'Old Roman" of Ohio, will
be here in a few days to organize the Co.
lumbns Iron Company, of which he will be
President; General J. H. Baker. Vice Presi-
dent; WV. Braden, Treasurer; Frank Bar
rett, Secretary.
Among the stockholders from Ohio will
be ex-senator Mcmahon, e1-Lieutenant
Governor Marques, Insurance Commits
sioner Kinder, Clude Meeker, Colonel D.
Z. Sawyer, Hon. Peter Schwab and Others
The Hooking Iron Company will be in
corporated at the same time by Lancaster
O., people with General Baker as Presi-
dent and c. F. Nester, Secretary and Treas
urer.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-25
McKeesport's New Telephone Service.

McKEEspoRr, March al Special. 1.-The Nc
Keesport Telephone Company, Limited, re-
Gently organized, has adopted the Shaffer
long distance telephone, through which one
can talk distinctly for 1,600 miles, and will
wire this city and Reynoldton Immediately.
The company will operate about May with
800 subscribers.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-25
THIS Is MORE DEFINITE


Prussian Cabinet Is Known.
BERLIN, March 24-The Reicisa,azeiger,
the official organ Of the Government. says
this evening: chancellor Won Caprivi has
been relieved of the functions of the Pres
retain the position of Prussian Minister of
Foreign Affairs
Count Won Gutenberg, Grand Marshal of
the Court, will succeed General Won Caprivi
as President of the Ministry. Dr. f. Won
Bosse has been appointed Minister of Eccle-
siastical Affairs, Public Instruction and
Medicinal Affairs, to succeed Count Won
Zedlitz-Trutzschler, who, while resipning
that Office, retains his rank as Prussian
Minister"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-25
The Murderer Of Rexroad Convicted.

PARKERsBURa, March 24.-[SpectaL 1.-The
Jury to-day brought in a verdict of guilty of
murder in the second degree against Smith
for the murder of Calvin Rexroad. The
murderer received the verdict seemingly
with indifference. The crime occurred in q
place known as the "Hawk's Nest" Hattie
and Myrtle Spencer and Charles Roach are
under Indictment for the same crime.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-25
The Tory Governments New Project.

LONDON, March A-It is announced
that the Government will introduce an en-
ployers' liability bill in Parliament soon
after Easter. It is not said whether or not
this bill will replace the Irish local govern
ment bill
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-25

The Labor Question In A Australia.
BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND, March "a
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-25
China and Glassware

Dinner and Tea Sets combined,
containing 1870 pieces best
English Porcelain, unglazed
decoration, worth S18; on
Friday for the even
Tea Set, Sc pieces, latest pat
tern, tastefully decora- CO
ted, worth IS; Fri. price Do
Crystal Glass Toilet Bottles,
very latest patterns, worth
soc a pair; Friday,
Crystal Water Tumblers, strong
and serviceable, worth SC
each; Friday price,
Crystal Glass Fruit Dishes,
worth aoc; Friday price,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-25

4AoWtuoiuS SCdllCt bCLtCI, d
new edition, in dainty cloth
binding, large print and good
paper, only
Webster's Handy Dictionary,
illustrated cloth cover, should
be in every home,
5000 Popular Novels, by ia
nous authors, in cloth bind
ings, never sold under 25c
to 35c,
"Count of Monte Cristo," COM
plete in one volume, large IL
mo. size, a regular dollar
book, only
Large Pencil Tablets, size 7 by
II in, 100 pages, worth 1oc
each; Friday price, per doz.,