SOME MEN OF METAL.
A Host of Foreign Visitors Invade
the City.
IRON AND STEF.L MASTERS.
fk* *1* llandrrd Imibf r? ?l the llrlt
??h and f.erramn AMOci?ii*a la the
< Itr-ThtlrMrfrpCioaTodar-SkrlchM
?? Oiatlngulihtd Tltlisra,
ORE THAN 600 men from the other
continent all connected in aome way or
/Vinother with the iron inda*trie*. have
l'| Imadeatour of the United States, or
?Ml:*rather that part of it where mining
and manufacturing P'*T the leading part,
studying a* they went the method* and pro
c<?*es used by their American brethren and
everywhere afforded the beat poaaible opportun
ity to proaecute the *tudy. Their arriTai in thi*
city to.lay mark* a point pretty well on toward
the close of their trip?a trip that has been in
ev?ry serine of the word a sncceaa. Monday
they leave here on their way toward New York,
??topping at Sparrow's Point, noar Baltimore.to
inspect th? works of the Pennsylvania railroad
there. At New York the final celebration in
their honor will be held and the tour will be
formally ended. Many of the visitor* will
then leave for home, though it is more than
likely that aome of the foreigner* will prefer
to see more of the country that has given them
such a royal welcome and haa treated them so
hospitably.
T**?iTL*Tnf COCBTESIE*.
The theory haa been brought forward that the
metallurgicarta are more cosmopolitan in their
character and tendencies than any other. Ihe
experiences of American followers of those arts
ib England and Germany, and of Englishmen
and Germans* in this country, would certainly
go tar toward proving the truth of the theory.
i>unng the time that tne world's fair was in
progress in Paris a large number of the mem
bers of the American institutes of mining, civil
and mechanical engineers went abroad in a
bodv and were accorded every courtesy by the
similar societies of the old world. In England
aud Germany this was especially trne. A great
banquet was tendered them at the Guild Hall
in London, and the members of the British
Steel and Iron Institute did a vast deal for their
comfort and pleas are while they remained in
that island of mines and factories. In France,
aa it was to be expected at such a busy time,
the people were too much occupied with their
own aff iirs to devote much time to anybody
. Uew But when the Americans reached Ger
many thev were fortunate enough to meet with
a repetition of their English experiences In
the manufacturing country around Dusseldort,
especially, they were most hospitably enter
tuned, and were furnished with an excellent
chance to learn what advantages the German
miners and manufacturers made of their oppor
tunities and material.
The American engineer* were so pleased
with their treatment abroad that they were
only too anxious to hare a chance to recipro
cate, aud the invitation they stent across the
water to their new-made friend* there to re
turn the visit was the natural result. Ihe
present visit of bo manv Englishmen and Ger
man* is the outcome of that invitation.
?V lie the r the debt of gratitude owed them has
been paid in full or not is a question that can
hardly be answered with propriety on this side
of the water, but judging by the satisfaction
that the visitors have not been slow to express
there is not much doubt about the answer.
Certain it is that thev have had a splendid op
t oriunitv to study the natural resources and
tue manufacturing industries of this country,
lhat they have been treated most hospitably l*
a fact that almost goes without saying.
The visitors are all members of two iron and
steel societies, the British Iron and Steei insti
tute and the Verein Deutsche! Eisenhuetten
leute. which latter being interpreted means
the Union of German Iron Workers.
THE BRITISH INSTITUTE
ha* been called the parliament of metallurgy,
and as *uch it occupies a unique and very im
portant position among the societies of the
world. Primarily it i* an organization for the
furthering of the study and discussion of mat
ters that interest the iron trarie. and it has a
1 ttle to do as well with the promotion of a
tec ling of good fellowship among scientific
men. It is a society of comparatively recent
birth, having beeD organized :n 1B6V>, only two
V, ars before the American Institute of Mining
Engineers, its sister society on this side of the
n iter. Ihe industrial growth of the present
c. nturv led the chemists and the civil and me
chanical engineers to band themselves to
gether each iu a professional organization
!or the better protection of their interests.
But for a good many year* after that, in
fact until the st ring of 1M6?, the ironmaster*
of England managed to get along by going
each his own particular way. regardless of his
n Hows. A number of far-sighted men saw that
things might be managed better than that aud
at a meeting of men of the iron trade, held in
Newcastle-ou-Tyae in 1"??. it was proposed to
torm such an organization as now exists. Sir
i.owthian Bell, one of the fori most iron men
o; England, was a hearty supporter of the plan,
aud he was seconded by such mcu as Sir Henry
lie?se tner. J. T. Smith. Edward Williams, Sir
wB. Siemens and Lord Frederick Caveudiah.
TUB HEOKOSJCIZATION.
The nnw institute had its formal beginning
at the Westminster Palace Hotel in London in
the spring of 1869, with the Duke of Devon
shire as its first president. At that time the
iron trade may be said to have been just be
ginning the course of its wonderful develop
ment. The building of railroads and the be
iiiDing of many kindred enterprises created
an increased demand for manufactured iron.
Itessemer steel was beginning to be made in
great ij'.i intities. and iron had already largely
!?' II the place of wood as a constructive ma
r. rial. Scientific method* and chemical aid*
w? re being introduced into the iron business
k id it soon became evident that the new insti
ale had a large place in life to fill and that
there was no end of good it might accomplish,
ihe Siemens process, now so well known, was
itit-n in its infancy, and the institute gave it
considerable attention, two |apers being read
i n the subject at the first meeting, one by Mr.
K. Howson and the other by Mr. Josiah T.
luith. Ever since that lime the institute has
I .ken np and consult red almost every matter
that has been to the interest of iiroducers,
i vnsuiner* and users of st- el aud iron.
THE XI MBF.RSHIP.
Membership in the institute i* granted to
those who are actually engaged in iron and
-teel producing works aud to metallurgists
f scientific attainments. Among its members
re many of the wealthiest a:.d most promi
nent men in Great Britain, while the admission
of foreign members has helped to give it a
world-wnle reputation. The lift of officer*
. uusista of a president, who is elected for a
i. tm of two year*, nine vice presidents and a
council of fifteen members. These latter oth
rs are elected for three years, one-third going
out each year. Ihe institute holds two meet
ings eacV year, one in the spring in London
. nd the other m the fall at some place chosen
\ the council. The present meeting in this
Vintrv is the sixth that has been held away
om borne. The others have been at Liege.
Belgium, Husseldorf. Germany, Vienna and tao
a: 1 aris. The institute has aiway* taken great ln
eiest in the progress that ha* been made in the
? roll business in tti* country, and the large at
:i ii I.iuct on the pr? sent trip is partly the rt ?Uitof
desire on the part of the member* to see with
their own eye* the state of the indu?try here.
THE OEKXAK ASSOCIATION.
The Verein Deutscher Eisenhuettenleute, the
German organization at present *o well repre
sented in thi* country, is a younger society
than the institute, having been founded ten
\ ears ago the 28th day of next month. Still it
ha* been remarkably successful ever since its
beginning, and has done a great deal of good
work in the interests of the iron trade. Its
i resident, nnce it* organization, has been Carl
I.ueg. general manager of the Gutchoffuungs
Huette at Oberhauseii. He was unable to come
over with the members of his union, but has
(?een represented at the international meetings
bv Alexander Thlelen, the manager of the
I hosnix work* at Bulirort. The headquarters
of the society are at I>u*seIdorf, where its
meetiugs are generally held, though other cities
are occasionally chosen. The proceeding* of
ihe society are published in its organ. Ktabl
in.d Eisen, a monthly magazine that is devoted
?? weu to the publicat.on of articles by the
great German metallurgists. Dr. Zeuiner and
E. Schroedter are the editor*. Herr Schreuter
h id charge of tbe German entertainmeuta in
h-iuor of the American engineers last year.
1 he Eisenhuettenleute now ha* a membership
about oue thousand, a number of whom are
Americans.
**BJUtai*o ron the Kccrmos.
A* hod a* it was learned that these two
societies were really coming over to thi* coun
try on a return visit preparation* were begun
ob ft lavish scale for
their reception and en
tertainment. A general
committee was ft p ?
Sunited with Mr. Ab
rew Carnegie aa chair
man and Mr. Kirchhoff,
the editor of the Iron |
Age, aa secreterv. 8eo
A retary Kirchhoff has had
Aa ft.I rr?n?t tk? antira
. almost the entire charge
of tlio trip ever since
the beginning and it is
largely due to h* exec
utive ability that every
thing baa paaeed off so I
well. Mr. W. P. 8hmn.
president of the Ameri- ]
can Institute of Median- I
ical Engineers, wag
placed at the head of the I
tirsiTARv KiBcnorr. transportation commit
tee and he has the rather arduous duty of look- |
ing oat for the comforts of more than half ft
thousand traveling foreigners, including ladies,
and incidentally has had to manage three
?pecial trains of palaoe cars in their course
around the states.
In addition to the general committee loea '
committees were early appointed at all the
cities where stops were to be made all along
the line to Chicago and back along both the
Canadian and the southern excursion routes. 1
These committees have been busy for weeks
past making all the preparations for the enter
tainment of the guests and at every atop that
was made there was plenty for the travelers to
see hud do. Although sight-seeing was the pri
mary object of the trip, little incidentals like
banquets, receptions, rides, side excursions
and things of that sort have been by no means
neglected.
the local mnimt
The committee appointed in this eityhaa had
all it could well accomplish, for it is no small
matter to prepare hotel accommodations and
arrange for the diversion and entertiiinment of I
600guests. The committee consists of Major
Powell, superintendent of the geologioal sur
vey. chairman. Dr. David T. Day, in charge of
the collection of mining statistics. Prof. T. C.
Mendenhnll of the eoast and geodetic survev]
l'rof H. p. Langley. secretary of the Smith
sonian Institute. Gen. Greel.wof the signal serv
ice and Commander Barber, United States
navy.
Mnj. J. W. Powell, the chairman of the local
committee on arrangements, is a man too well 1
known in this city to stand in need of manv
words. But his reputa- 1
tion is a broad one among
scientific men every
where, not only on ac
count of his position as
tiie executive head of
the geological survey,
but because of his own
scientific attainments as
well. Maj. Powell was
bom at Mi Morris. Ji.
Y., in I8.S4. but spent;
h s early life in Ohio.
Wisconsin and Illinois. <
At the outbreak of tliej
war he enlisted as a.
private in the twentieth'
Illinois volunteers and
rapidly arose to be lien- MAJ. J. W. Powtll.
tenant colonel of the twentieth Illinois artil
lery. lie lost his right arm at Shiloh, bat re
mained in active service until the close of the
war Alnnys interested in scientific stndies
he became professor of geology in the Illmois
Wesleyan ( mversity and his exploration of the
toiorado canon in 1868 and the success that
crowned the expedition led to the establishment
?f "' toP?graphical and geographical survey of I
the Colorado river and its tributaries. In 1879
the National Academy of Sciences recommended
the establishment by Congress of a geological
survey to be under the Interior Department.
This wis done and Mr. Clarence King was
placed at the head. In 1881 Mr. Kins resigned
the position and Maj. Powell was appointed to
! succeed him. Maj. Powell has received the
degrees Ph.D. and LL.D. and is a member of I
ninny scientific societies.
Although Dr. Day is not at the head of the
committee whose duty it is to see That the
English Visitors to the American capital have a
good time and all the
fun there is to be had,
a very large share of the
work has fallen upon his
shoulders. To say that
he has worked hard
since the committee was
appointed is to express
a very large fact in very
small terms. He has
been more than busv.
The number of details
that he has had to look
after in making the ar
rangements for enter- [
taming 600 guests would
be enough to frighten a
lazy man. Even down
to allotting the visitors
to their rooms at the
hotels and making
preparations in advance
for handling the im
mense.amount of luggage that the foreigners
brought with them, all fell to him, and a thou
sand and one things besides. But evervthing
was done rightly and in order. Even on ordi
nary occasions Dr. Day Is not a man of elegant
leisure, for he has had a hand in tha census and
is at the head of the department of mineral
statistics. Dr. Day has been a member of the
American Institute of Mining Engineers for
several years, and though a young man he is
by no means unknown in the scientific world.
DR. DAVIS T. DAT.
r. LAXOLF.T.
It would seem as though no committee of
scientific and learned men could ever be quite
complete unless Prof. S. P. Langley were a
member, l'rof. Langley first made his name
famous as an astronomer, though he is best
known probably to the people of the country
generally through his connection with the
Smithsonian Institute. He started life as a
civil engineer, was afterward an architect, but
finally devoted himself entirely to astronomy.
He was professor of astronomy in the Western
University of Pennsylvania in Pittsburg when
he was c.illed to this city in January, 1887. to
the position of assistant secretary of the Smith
soniau Institute. Ho succeeded to the full sec
retaryship in August of the same year.
l'rof. Thos. Corwin Mendenhall is a man of
the sort that Americans are proud to show
to Englishmen?a self-mail* man. He was
born in Ohio in 1841
and his earlv education
was of the most meager
description. Yet it was
enough, for it gave hint
a start, aud little by lit
tle, by dint of his own
efforts, he acquired an
education Snd a scien
tific training that have
placed him in the front
rank of American scien
tists. though his repu
tation is by no means
confiued to this coun
try. Thrown on his
own resources at aa
early age he still kept
up his studies. In 1873,
on the organization of
the Ohio State Univer- **or. Ktirde shall.
sity. he was elected to the chair of physics and
mechanics, lie left there in 1878 to accept
the professorship of physics in the Imperial
University of Japan at Tokio. Three years
later he returned to his old chair in Ohio and
in 18H4 he was appointed to ft position in the
United States signal service. He was afterward
elected president of the hose Polytechnio
School at Terre Haute, where he remained un
til called to be superintendent of the United
States coast and geodetic survey, ft position
that he still occupies. Both as ft writer ftnd ft
lecturer Prof. Mendenhall is well known. He
is a member of several scientific societies.
Gen. A. W. (ireely is the man who is gen
erally held responsible for the weather. At
any rate, he geta all the blame for bad weather
and very little credit for
the good, and he was put
on the committee pre
sumably to see to it that
the visitors get a good
dose of English fog and
rain. Gen. Greely was
enlisted in the nine
teenth Massachusetts
r. gime-st July a. 1861,
tnd in March, 186a, after
rising through the sev
eral grftdes, he was bre
vetted major of volun
teers for faithful ser
vices during the war.
He was appointed sec
"**? "***LT. ood lieutenant m the
thirty-sixth regular infantry March 7, 1467. and
Cmoted to first lieutenant Mar 27, 1873.
n after the war he *? detailed to the stg- |
Dal mttim and is 1881 was selected to com- |
mand the expedition eent by the United 8tatee
f overnment into the arctic region*. The ex- j
perieneee of the party, their privations and
hardship* and their wonderful rescue at a time i
when a alight delay mut have been fatal to the |
entire part? are all matters that are still fresh
in the public mind and that will all hare a last- I
ing place in the history of arctic explorations.
After the death of Qen. Hazen in 1X87 Gen.
Groely waa appointed by President Cleveland i
a* chief of the signal seivicc corns with the I
rank of brigadier general. In 1885he received |
the queen's medal from the Koyal Geographical
Society of London, and he also received a gold
medal from the Paris Geographical Society.
Commander F. M. Barber, U.S.N., is the only
active naval member of the Institute of Mining
Engineer*. He entered the navy in 1861 and ia I
a graduate of the Naval
Academy. He was a |
member of the naval
advisory board which
constructed the Roach ,
cruisers and has devoted
much attention to the
manufacture and nse of
high explosives in war
fare and to matter* per
taining to ordnance and
armor. Commander
Barber is well known in
'Washington and his so- I
c i a 1 accomplishments
make him a particularly
valuable member of the |
reception committee.
Commander F. M. Bar- |
ber has of late taken
rank as one of the most |
oontmn barb**. advanced men in the
line of naval ordnance progress in this servioe.
He has written a large amount of valuable
material that la accepted as authoritative and ]
has originated mnch in the way of new devices
and ideas, all tending toward the greater ef
ficiency of both gunB and armor. He is at pres
ent the representative in this country of the
Schneider steel works of La Creusot, France,
whose all-steel and nickel-steel armor plates j
recently stood such a magnificent test at An
napolis. He is aiso chairman of the committee
which had in charge the erection of the me
morial to the Jeannette sufferers of '79-'81
which is to be unveiled at the Naval Aoademy
oemetery next Thursday.
THE ARRANGEMENT*.
A11 the arrangements were completed some I
time ago, and long before the arrival of the I
visitors in this city plan* had been perfected |
for their entertainment during their entire
stay. Booms were procured at the hotels for
them, and before tUev reached this city Dr.
Day, who joined the "party several days ago,
had told each of the travelers what rooms he
would occupy and had furnished him with a I
copy of the program telling him where to go |
first and what to do in order to enjoy himself, i
and what arrangements had been made for his
entertainment while here. The program in
cluded visits to the government buildings and I
the navy yard, a ride through the city for the
ladies in the party, an afternoon reception at
the White House and a promenade concert at
the Arlington in the evening.
A MONTH IN THE CorXTRT.
The Iron and steel men from abroad have ]
been in this country nearly a month. They
came over on several steamers and reached
New York the latter part of September. On
Thursday, October 2, the first international
meetiug was held at Chickering Hull. Sir
James Kitson, president of the Iron and Steel
Institute, presided at the meeting. Mr. Came- |
gie made the speech of welcome, which was
answered by Sir James Kitson, und a number
of scientific papers were read. In the evening I
the annual dinner was held at Delmonico's und ]
was a magnificent affair. During the Ne?
York sessions the Bessemer gold medal was
presented to Mr. Abram S. Hewitt for the
great advances he has tnade in the interest# of
the iron and steel industry.
On October 5 was bettun the tour of inspec- |
tion through the country. Philadelphia. Johns
town. Altoona. Pittsburg and Chicago are a few
of the principal towns at which stops were
made, 'lhe party have traveled in three special
trains that have been at their disposal through
out the trip. The trains are made up of eleven
cars each and comprise palace, sleeping, tourist
and private cars and are such as to give the
foreigners a very good idea of the luxury of
American railroad traveling.
At Pittsburg and Chicago international meet
ings and joint sessions of the British and
American institutes were held.
At Chicago the party separated, one train
going north and the other two circling around
through the south, through the coal and irou
fields of Alabama and Tennessee and giving the
visitors a glimpse of the new south. It i* al
ready thought among the iron men of the
country that one result that was unforeseen
but that is likely to accrue from this southern
trip will be the decision on the part of a num
ber of the Englishmen to establish plants in
the south. This is rather more than a guess.
It amounts to a positive conviction in the minds
of a number of men who are in a position to
know.
The two sections of the party that separated
at Chicago h;ive rejoined in this city and will
now stay together uutil New York is reached
aud the tour of the British and German iron
and steel men through this country shall have
become a thing of the past.
SIB JAMES KITSON. BABT.
Among the many prominent men that havs
' been in the party there are few as well known
in Great Britain and throughout the iron trade
of the world as the president of the British
Steel and Iron Institute, Sir James Kitson, bar
onet. He was born in Leeds in 1838 and may
be said to have been born into the steel and
iron business, for his father was the founder
of the Airdale foundry near Leeds, one of the
first factories to engage in the building of loco
motives. Sir James Kitson was educated at the
Wakefield Proprietary School and later at the
University College, London, but he left the
latter institution at the age of twenty to go into
the iron business with his elder brother in the
Monk Bridge iron works. These works were
purchased for them by their father aud under
the care of the two young men they proved a
great success. Later in life his name was con
nected with a uuinber of public movements,
aud of late, since he has acquired a fortune,
much of the management of his business has
been left to others. Sir James Kitson has been
much interested in all movements looking to
ward an improvement in the social coudition
of the working people of Leeds, especially in
the line of providing them with comfortable
aud sanitary homes. Duriug the years 1880-1
he was president of the Leeds chamber of
commerce, of whose council be bad been a
member for a number of years. He is con
nected with a number of scientific trade and
philanthropic organizations.
OEOKOE 1. SNEI.ITN.
George James Sneltu is oue of the vice presi
dents of the institute. He was born in London
in 1837. His father died poor when George wa*
a boy, but he was edu
cated thoroughly as a
teacher at St. John's
College, Battersea, and
afterward taught for a
number of years. Dur
ing this period he
studied at Owens Col
lege, Manchester, de
voting himself to chem-j
istry and physic*. In 3
1864 he received tin [
first of the Royal Al
bert scholarships, a free!
education for three'
year* at the Royal*
School of Mine*. While there his career
was remarkably successful and be gradu
ated with the highest honor*. He waa
nominated by Dr. Percv for the appointment
of chief chemist to the Dowlais works; in 1871
waa recommended for the post of scientific ad
visor to the commission then being sent oat by
the Iron and Steel Institut ? to the United
States to investigate and report on the Dank*
rotatory puddling process. Mr. Snelns is
largely interested in coal and iron mining in
Cumberland and ha* introduced a large num
ber of improvementa into the iron manufactur
ing business. He was engaged to start and
manage the new Bessemer plant of the West
Cumberland Iron and Steel Company, limited,
Workington. He was shortly afterward ap
pointed works manager and subsequently gen
eral manager, which poet he held uutil Maroh
of this year. In. 1883 the Iron and 8teel Insti
tute awarded Mr. Snelua the Bessemer gold
medal for being "the first to make pure steel
from impure iron in a Beeeeemer converter
lined witn baato material*"
A. THIELKJT.
No om eould regret more than the i
of tbi iMr1"- ln?titnt? the hot tbU the
praidnt of the Terete Deatocher Eii
hnettenlente, Cert Luege, ?u unable to croee
the Atlantic and be a party to the excursion
this fall. He deputed Herr Alexander Thielen
to represent him. Herr Thielen is well known
in Europe and among scientific men in this
country. He ia the general manager of the
famous PhoBnix works at Ruhrort
8ia JOHN O. ALLETNE.
Sir John Alleyne is now seventy years of age
and has retired from active business life, bat
almost from the beginning of the British Insti
tute he has been one of
its hardest working and
most valuable vice presi
dents. Educated at Har
row, he was warden of
Dulwich College for
eight years, but after
ward he followed his
bent and became an iron
worker. In 1851 hemar-<
ried the youngest daugh-1
ter of Sir Henry Fitz
herbert and went to Bar- \
badoes to manage the
latter's estate, in the
following year he entered the Butterly iron
works, and later became tbe general manager
of that compuny, a position that he held until
1880. Among his greatest engineering feate
were the construction of a bridge at Corilbrecht
for the Dutch government and tbe erection of
St. Pancras Station in London, designed by W.
H. Barlow for the Midland Railway Company.
WILLIAM WHITWELL.
No one would ever mistake William Whitwell
for the subject of any other country in the
world than old England, for he is thoroughly
English in appearance
as well as in spirit. He
was born in 1835 an^ was
educated at 'I ulketh
Hall, near Preston. At
the age of sixteen he
was placed in a carpet
factory, but three years
. later he left there and
I entered the colliery of
^Joseph Pease A Co. at
{Darlington, with whom
'he stayed for several
years, mastering all the
details of the iron busi
ness. In 1859, in connection with his brother,
he established the firm of Wm. W hitwell A Co..
which was succeeded about two years ago by
the present limited company of Win. Whitwell
A Cot Mr. Wm. Whitwoil is the chairman and
managing director. He is a member of the
council of the Iron and Steel Institute and suc
ceeded David Dale as president of the board of
arbitration and conciliation.
E. WIND80B RICHAK*.
Few members of the institute are as well
known personally in this couutrv as E. Windsor
Richaks. one of the vice presidents. He trav
eled through the iron
districts of the United
States several years ago.
making a close study as
he went and becoming
acquainted with many oi
tbe leading American
iron manufacturers. He
has been connected with j
two of England's great-g
est steel works. He de-l
signed and erected the|
Ebbow Vale works and
was tbe general man
ager for sixteen vears.
He then designed and built the great Eston
Steel Works of Bolckow. Vaughan A Co., at
Middlesborough, of which he was tor thirteen
years general manager and is eitU a director.
He is now the general manager of the famous
Low Moor works.
MB. J. STEPHEN JEANS,
the secretary to the institute, is a literary man
by education and training, as he was brought
up to an accjuaintancsship with the printing
business, and in 1870 be
came the editor of the
Glasgow Earning Star.
one of the first evening
papers established in
the provinces. Ho after
.wara became the editor
'of the Stockton and I>nr
Mington Tmus, a North
[of England weekly, and
tremained in that posi
ftion until 1877. when lie
was nppointed secretary
of the institute to suc
ceed John Jones, who
had been its secretary from the foundation of
the society. Mr. Jeans has written a large
number of books on a variety of subjects, but
largely on such as railroads, manufacturing
and the iron trade. He is also secretary of ttie
British Iron Trade Association, one of the
duties of the office being the compiling of an
annual statistical report of the iron trade of the
world.
FREDERICK SIEMENS.
Bnt few names are better known in the
metallurgical world than that of Siemens.
Fifth in a family of eight sons is Frederick
Siemens. His career
has been one of more
than ordinary interest.
He was born in 1826,
and when scarcely six
teen joined a merchant
ship as an ordinary
sailor, but after a few
years passed in thej
merchant marine be;
left that profession atj
the instance of hint
brother, Dr. WernerJ
Siemens, in whose tele-j|
graph works at Berlin.'
then newly established,
he continued his tech
nical education. The telegraphic apparatus in
vented by Werner was a success, and in order
that it might be introduced in England Fred
erick and William (another brother) went to
London in 1848 to push the invention to a suc
cessful business status. While in England
Frederick experimnntod considerably in the
matter of steel furnaces and is tin: inventor of
the regenerative g?s furnace. His discoveries
revolutionized the manufacture of steel and
glass and have brought him a handsome tor
tune. Illuminating gas hits been another of
Mr. Siemens' studies and several of the best
gas burners known to science are of his mvon
I tion. Three thousand five hundred employes,
in seven factories, are on his pay rolls.
MEMBKRS OF THE PABTT.
i The following members of the two foreign
| societies are in the party: The president of
the British Institute, Sir Junes kits >n, Bart.,
accompanied by the Misses Kitson; Past Presi
dent Sir Lowthan Bell, Bart. F.R.S.; the fol
lowing vice presidents and mombers of the
council: Sir John G. N. Alleyne, Lady Alleyne
and the Misses Alleyne, Edward P. Martin, E.
Windsor Richards, G. J. Snelus, wife and
daughter, Wm. Withwell, Prof. Dr. H, Wed
ding, J. 8. Jeant. secretary; the following
members of the Vorstandsmitglieder of the
Verein Deutscher Eisenhuettenleute: E. Blass,
A. Brawns, R. M. Darlen and wife, K. Krabler,
Heinr. Macco, J. Scblink, A Thielen, E.
Schroedter and Joseph Adamson, James Allan,
F. Andrew, George Armstrong. W. J. Arm
strong, Sir William Arral, Thomas Ashbury,
John A. F. Aspinall, Sir James Bain, Stanley
Baldwin, A. C. Bamlett, Hy. Banks, Thomas
Bantock and wife, James Barrows, Miss
Evans, H. Bauman, Paul Bayard, George
Beard, Thomas Beard, William F. Beardslow,
Beckmann. John Henry Beckwith, Chaa.
Bell, C. E. Bell, Hugh Bell, Robert Bell, James
Bennie. R. S. Benson, Geo. Berkley, Castor
Berninghons, Frans Bertina, L Bevan, F. Bir
beck. Geo. Birkbeck. Henry Birkbeck, Felix
Bischoff, G. W. Blair, A. Bleichert, Dr. G.
Bloem. Geo. Bond, Cyrus Braley, B G. Brad
ley, Rudolf Bredt, N. Brady, Wm. Brtght,tE. B.
Brooke, F. H. Brooke, Joe. t0. Brown, J. M.
Bruce, Mrs. Brace, Miss Bruce, W. D. Bruce,
H. A. Br ostein, James Buckley, Walter Buck
ton, Wax. Burnyeat, Jr., J. Buschman, Edmund
Butler, Isaac Butler, H. Buescher, F. E.
Burgers, W. L. Bvsrs, W. R. Bylee.
R. 8. Casson, David Chad wick, Samuel
Chatwood, Mis* Chatwood, W. Cliff, Miss
Cliff, John H. Coghlan, T. H. CoUey,
John Colvilie, B. E. Comment, Joe. Cook, Mr.
and Mrs. Thos. Cook. Mr. and Mra. Arthur
Cooper, John Covner, James Craig. T. W.
Crawhall-Wilson, L. W. Crawhall. E. F. Creip
pin, Mies Creippin, W. Crooks, Clement Crow
ther, Crusiua, Alfons Custodis, Carl
Danielseon, John H. Darby, Wm. Davies, Bhef
field, Wm. Davie*. Swansea. Richard Dav, W.
Den?en, E. Dickinson, Mr. and Mm 8. Dickin
son. John Dickinson.Samuel Dixon. Diecb
jn*n?. 1'.. E. Diets, Dr. Morton tod Douglas,
Djonrteld, Mr. and Mm 8. Drummond.
A H. Dunoachie. Loreni Eck. A. Eckliardt,
Heinr. A. Eckstein. Mr. and Mr*. J. H. Edge,
David Edwards, W. H. Edwards. Gustav Ehr
hardt and wife, T. Leonard F.llia. Mr. and Mrs.
John Ellison, W. Esser, Christmas Evan*.
Dajid Evan*. Evan D. Evan*. K. K. Evan*.
Joh. Faber. Ben&en Farlev. W. Farnworth. W.
Pearnehough. 8. J. Fellow* Wm. Frith E K.
Fisher. A. Fitzner. W. O Fossick. harnnon Fox,
John P. Fry, Theodore Fry, M. P., Dr. Erin**.
Mr. and Mm. Geo. Geen, W. ft. Qeen. Hermann
Oiewler, Hy. Gielgnd. A. H. Goransson, F. 0.
O laser, Miaa Goudie, Dr. Otto Grass,
M. H. Grazebrook. Georg Gregor, Jo*.
Gregory, Richard Grigg, Ang. Orillo, Th.
Groove, P. Grosser, R. R Gnbbin*.
Emil Gullleaurae. Max. Gullleaume. O. Haas,
R. A IladAeld. Mi?*e* Hadflr'.d. Her
mann Haedicke, Oscar Hahn. J. F. Hull,
Haminacher, Hugo Haniel, Ed. Hannon. G. H.
Harrison. G. K. Harrison, W. R. Harrison. Chr.
Haves tad t, W, Hawdon, G. W. Hawkslev and
n i P- Head and wife. Jeremiah
Head. R. Heath, Jr., Joh. Hennige. F. A. Her
betz, Hnbort Hesse, Jr., H. Heywood. R. Hing
ley, J. F. Hobson. Emil Hoette. C. F. Hofner.
Col. J. J. C. Holland, A. T. Hollingsworth. Jas.
Hollingworth, W. Holtmann. Louis Holtzer,
A. Ilorstield, Edwin liuidschinskT. W. Hulton
Harrop. Chas. Hunt. Wm. Hunter. A. K. Hunt
ington aud wife, A. W. Hutton, Luigi Impera
tori. W. F. Jackson. C. Henry' James. John
Jameson, J. F. F. Jauiieson, J. R. Jeffertes, Sir
J- Jenkins, L Jas. Jenks. Walter Jenks. H.
A Johnaon, Jas. Johnston. Miss Clara Jones,
Henry Jones. James Joues, Lud Joseph
Gustav Jung, jr., C. Juengst, Jos. Kaltenbach,
(ieo. Kearsley, Arthur Keen. W. Kennedy. Jos.
Kiefer, C. Kiesselbach. Hy. Kirk. Ernst Klein,
Karl Klein. Robt. Klein. Dr. Kliugeihoefer,
Aug. Kloenne, Otto Knaudt, Fr. Korb. Dr.
Kuseuberg. Hugo Koerner. Dr. Laves. R. Lay
bourne, Eliis Lever. H. W. Lewis, Sir W. T.
Lewis, Herbert Clarke Lewis. Liebrecht,
C, C. Lindberg. Arthur Lindenberg, Jas. Live
sey, J. G. Lowood, Miss Lowood. Dr. Paul
Lu' g. Dr. Prof. Lunge, Fr. W. Luelirtnann, G.
E. Macarthy, Macdouald. J. F. V.aelaren,
G. 8. MncLellan. Morits Magery, C. Man by.
Miss Manby. Robt. Mannesmann, Entil Man
nestnnnn, Chas. Markbam. Benj. Marsden. C.
Marston, R. Martin, W. H. Massev and wife,
Ewiug Mathesun. Heinr. Mauritz. Jos. May
berry, W m. McCowan, Clias. McLaren and
wife, Chas. McNeil, Gustav Meune. Julius
Merker, Gerh. Meyer. Walter Miiner, C.
Mischke. Giml Mounting, Wm. Mohnenux,
Eduard Von Moos. Frederick Monks, wife and
daughters, Alfred Moore, 8. V. Morgan, wife
and daughter, Claude J. Morns. Col. Paget
Mosley, Alfred Muir, Ernst Mueller. Gustav
Mueller. Rotterdam; Gustav Mueiier, Zella St,
Blasn; Paul Mueller, T. N. Muller, J. Muugall,
'i'h. Narjes, J. W. Nay lor and wife, Jos. Need
ham, John 8. Nettefold. Otto Niedt, T. Ntcholls,
Nolda, It. H. Norton, W. E. Norbury, Gerard
R. Oakes, G. Ogilvie, Joh. Oser, David Owen,
John Page, Wm. Parker, A C. Patrick,
John Pattison, J. H. Pearson, Mrs.
Pease, John Francis Pease, Joseph A. l'ea-?e,
H. Peech, Wm. l'eile, Alf. Peltzer, T. M. Percv,
J. W. Perkins. C. D. Phillips, J. W. Phil ip's.
Franz Piechatzefc, Gustave Piedboeuf, Paul
Piedboeuf, Miss A. Pike, James Piatt, Miss
Piatt, E. Piewa, Arthur Poensgen, Emil Poens
gen. It. Poensgen, J. Polihg. H. G. Powell,
R. Price-Williams. ( h. H. Pugh. D. Penes and
wife, William Radcliffe and Wife. T. M. Reay,
Robert Thomas Keece. O. Bernhardt. Heinr.
Retny and wife, R. M. Kenton. Hertn Iteuss,
vou Rhenbaden, Edward ltichards und wife. J.
Richards. J. J. Richards, Joseph Richardson,
.1. C. Ridley, Edward Riley, R'id. Rochhng. 'P.
N. hobinso'n, wife and daughter, J. H. Rogers.
J. E. Rogerson. Miss liogersou, W. E. Roger
son, James Rollasou, K. H. Roth, ltrooke Row
ley, Charles Rummens. Francis W. Ruuimeits,
George Ryder. George Ryland, Wm. Rvlaud,
Gotth. Sachsenberg. Geo. Salter, Franz Sauer,
Jas. Saunders, F. Scarf. Alfr. Schilling, Peter
Schleiper, Albert Schneider, E. Schoeller, E.
Scboen, B. Kchuchart, Carl Ludwig Schultz, F.
Schultz, the Misses Schultz, A. Schultz, B.
Schultz, Gea ScouUr, Fred. Seauian. P. St ti a It,
H. P. Senhouse and wife. George Senior, A. G.
Service and wife. Wm. Shanks. T. R. Sharp. J.
W. Shipman. Geo. Siddell, Paul Sibbel, Gio
vanni Silvestri, F. Simmersbach. J. 8. Simpson,
H. C. Simpson, Chas. Smith, Fredk. Smith, G.
J. Smith, W. Ford Sthith, Baron F.
Sochor, R. de Soldenhoff, A. Solvay.
A. Spannagel, John W. Sparrow and wife, J. C.
Spencer, John Spencer. E. L. Squire, L. R. L
Squire. W. 8. Squire, the Hon. E. L. Stanley.
J. E. Stead, Jas. Steel, Wm. Steel. E. Stem
brecht, L. Sterue, Sir Thus. Storey, wife and
daughter, Fredk. Storr, G. H. Strick, Leo.
Strippelman, Peter SUuhlen, H. Steuhlen.
Sugg, Jno. Summers. E. Sykes, Geo. Talbot, J.
C. lannett, J.S. Taylor, W. 1 hack ray. jr., A
Thielen. R. R. Thomas and wife, Wm. Thomas,
Wm. Thomas, F. T. Thomas, Franz Tho
metzek, N. Thorn. E. H. Thwaits,
W. Tozer. W. Tschersicb. I,. Viucsnt,
Dr. R. Vogelsang, R. Vjikmnnn, Ernst Voss,
Henry Wake, Aug. Waldthaubeu, jr., Euguena
Waldthausen. W. H. Walker, jr., Jos. Walton.
Wandesleben. F. F? Warburg, wife and
daughters. C. W. Ware. E. H. Watts. Henry
Webb, Jul. Weber Chr.Weuste, Miss Whitfield.
J. F. Whitwell, Wm. F. Whitwell, Geo. W.
Wilkinson. Jno. W. Wiiluns. Jas. Williams, Wm.
Williams, R. Williamson. Miss Williamson, R.
T. Wilson. H. Wipperman, L. Witfhoefft. R. G.
Wood, I'ercy Wood. H. Woolcock. J. D. Wragg,
T. Unghtsou, John Young, John Youuger,
Hans Zanders, Gust Zapp and Jul. Zurborn.
AMERICANS WITH THEM.
A number of members of the American insti
tutes have accompanied the foreigners on this
tour. Among them are: C. Baker, D. N. Rar
renger, E. N. Bidwell, Jerome L. Boyer, Ed.
Brown. B. H. Rraugh, Ellis Clark, F. Coryoll,
Wm. Colquhoun. H. J. Craggs and two daugh
ters. R. Crooks. E.V. D'lvilliers. V.E. Edwards.
Gustav Ehrhardt and wife, G. Fraser. George
Goetz. A Goldbacli, H. M. Rowe and ladv, C.
F. Hofher, Col. T. J. Holland, J.
H. H. Horsfleld, H. Hownt and lady,
H. D. Hibbard, G. H. Hewitt. A Rruce Joy.
Wm. Kent, C. N. Kolbee. W. B. Kunliardt.
Robt. H. Lamborn, J. F. Lewis and lady. Thot,
McLachlan. F. W. Morris aud wife. H. H. Mor
ris and wife, R. J. Morris. R. Meyer. P. Mc
Aully. Thos. MacLachlan. Morgar. H. A
Noble, U. O. B. Nash, M. Owen. Ed. O'Grosg,
E. I'allman, N. D. Phillip. Edward Porritt. F.
A. Piatt. J. R. Pierce, W. B Ridgelv. C. Ridgely
and wife, John Stevenson, jr.. l'ooke Straker
and lady, Max Suppcs, M. Salter, F. J. R. Sut
cliflfe. W. L Schafer. O. Smith, wife and two
daughters, David Williams, wife and daughter.
Paul Wilke. Geo. R. Wilkinson, T. J. Williams,
O. R. Wood. Oliver Williams, wife and two
daughters and F. 8. Witherbee.
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In the Fifty-Cent Table D'Hote.
From Puck.
De Brie (who know* French)?' Garcon, deux
cafes-cognacs."
J. H. Smith (who doe* not speak the
language)?"The same for me, garsong."
Road Agents Secure $1,500.
Thursday morning a* the south-bound train
on the Sauta Fe pulled out of 8ocorro, N.M.,
three men were seen to step on board. Alter
the train bad passed San Antonio they entered
the Pullman sleeper and locked the door, then
drew their guns ou tlig porter and conductor
and relieved them of theiKsurplus cash. They
then introduced tliemsnlve* to th# passengers,
going through most of then) aud rnakiug quite
a haul. They Jumped from^he train on the
Basque de Apache Mrant, lalfiug to the hills. It
is estimated thai th?y got 'ibe robbers
were dressed as cowbwts, whose caps aud
mufflers wers evidently lutonded to disguise
them as much a* possible.
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Reunited After Many Yean.
Mrs. Tracy, formerly Agnes Ethel, at one
time the leading actress ef Mr. Angustin Daly's
company, was last Tuesday evening married to
Mr. Clinton Rondebusb of New York city, ths
brother of Lorenso Roudebosh, at one time a
member of tbe stock exchange, and who mar
ried the only sister of Mrs. Tracy. Mr. and
Mrs. Rondebnsh were once engaged, but they
quarreled and the engagement was broken.
They both married, and until a little more
than a year ago their interests were separate.
In July, 1889, Mr. Boudebusb's wife, wbo was a
niece of Minister Washburn, died, and tbe
former lovers were again free, Mrs. Tracy's
husband having died more than three years
before, leaving her a large tor tans. They have
gone to Europe*
MAKING A STILL. HUNT.
Tb? OemtttM of Mfety Qalctly Iitw
tt|?tln| thi HeaBNMj Murder
The committer of itfity of Mow Orlef.ru con
tinue* to investigate the Hennessey murder,
bnt as *11 of tbo member* are bound to secrecy,
nothing i? known of what it doing. The police
are still looking for the last of the assassins of
Hennessey. who hit eo far eecaped them, and
wlio in their opinion left the city immediately
after the murder. They Bay that they can
identify him, and will yet be able to lay their
handa on him.
Some excitement waa created yesterday by
the finding of the body of a murdered Italian
in the river lust above Sew Orlean* in an oil
cloth lack. \\ hen the sack waa opened it di*
closed the body of a man who had evidently
been strangled to death. The murdered man
from ht* dress and feature* waa evidently an
Italian. Hi* murder, however, could hardly
have had any connection with the Hennessey
assassination. An investigation ahowed that
the body had been in the water at least three
weeks.
The steamship Elyiian from Palermo, with
1,000 Italian immigrants on board, baa arrived
at Port End*. Maj iMckson, Capt. Lawler and
the entire force of United State* inspector*
went down the river yesterday afternoon to
meet the vessel. Tbey will make a thorough
inspection of the immigrants and if any of
thein should turn out to be panper*. crimiunla
or of the classes which come under the prohib
itory code they will be retained on board ?nd
the ahip made to carrv them back to Palermo.
HIV1M TllK CHOLKKA.
A Ghastly Swindle Perpetrated on Mo*
haiiiniedans in Calicut,
A grim story of a swindle comes from Cali
cut, where cholera has been raging, especially
among the Moplahs. who are Mohammedans
and very fanatical, says the London yk.
The other day a young man appeared and an
nounced himself as an especially holy priest,
able to heal all sickness and Capal.le of even
destroying the cholera. People flocked to he;.r
him preach, and when be said that if 4.000
rupees could be collected for him be would
undertake to cleanse the city of its awful
scourge the poor ???tches gathered together
all their small savings and laid them at lit* feet.
In a surprisingly short time the suin was
collected, and then notice was given that a pro
cession was to be formed the next day, when
the ceremony of the ejection of the cholera
would be performed. The following evening
the streets along the beach were thronged, and
a most extraordinary scene ensued. First c*me
the priest riding a led horse. After him fol
lowed strings of nearly naked men. wnh ashe*
on their head*, who worked th< mselves into a
frenzy by dancing and yell ng.
Next came a palanquin, closely shut, which
whs supposed to contain the cholera. After
this again -rowd* and crowds of Moliamme
dan* groaninc and shrieking. "Allah!" It was
weird beyond description. They proceeded to
a distant part of the shore, and then with
much ceremony the palanquin wax buried.
Then the prophet addressed the people.
"Go home," he said, "shut yourselves in your
houses, and fast and pray for three days,"
which they obediently did.
lu their weakened ?nd excited *tate thi* fast
ing of course resulted in a fearful increase of
the disease. In evtry house the dead lay. Fury
filled the hearts of the survivors. Where was
the false priest? They poured forth in hun
dreds hungry for vengeance.
"Where was the priest, aud alaa! alas! where
were their rupees? Echo answered. Where?
During three days' fast priest and rupees h id
alike disappeared and up to tli.a time have beeu
no more heard of.
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Southern Pacific to Htiild a Count Line.
Mes?r*. Huntington, Stanford aud Crocker,
representing the Southern Pacific hailroad Com
pany, have signed an agreement to complete a
coast Una railway from Sau Francisco
to I,os Angeles, closing the gap in the line
between Santa Marganta and Ellewood. CaL
By the terms of the agreement the railroad is
given a right of way through Santa Barbara
and San Luis Obispo counties, aud the work of
completing the line, it la estimated, will be in
seventeen months.
A Rich Vein of Silver.
Mesars. Hill and Wolf have returned to Supe
rior, Wis., from Fon du Lac. Minn., where they
had gone to inspect the silver find on the island
owned by J. C. Scoville. The two gentlemen
made a careful inspection of the land on which
the vein was discovered and spent some tune
in prospecting for further indications of the
existence of precious metal. They report that
without doubt a rich grade of silver exists on
the island aud are confident that the supply i*
almost uulimited.
Subscribing Money for Ireland.
A citizen*' mass meeting was held in Buffalo
on Thursday night to raise money for
the aid of the famine enfferer* of Ireland.
Among the speaker* were Bishop By an. Con
gressman Farqnhar and Mayor Bishop. Over
*3.300 was subscribed.
Hon. Ben Butterworth's Denial.
Hon. Ben Butterworth emphatically denie*
the charge that he had been silenced in hi*
advocacy of reciprocity by the promise of the
position of secretary of the world's fair com
mission. ''The story ia absolutely false," aaid
the secretary. "I absolutely aud unhesitat
ingly deny that I ever entered into any deal
whatever to secure thia or any other office. I
always have been, am now and expect to be an
advocate of the reciprocity doctrine*. One of
the last things I did before leaving Congress
was to plead with McKinlev to ptit my hill fa
voring free trade with Canada on his. My
position as secretary of this body came to me
unasked. I entered into no deal of any kind to
secure it"
Honeymoon iu the Clouds.
Mr. Thomax 8. Mima and Miss Gertrude Pit
man of Brewtou, Ala., were married at the
state fair in Birmingham, Ala., yesterday in
front of the grand stand in the presence of
10.000 people. The young couple then stepped
into the car of a monster gas balloon and sailed
off on a bridal tour. The balloon took a south
erly direction, and at a height of some mile
and a half went over the Ued mountain. It was
last seen passing over Axmoor. seven miles
south of Birmingham, aud still heading for the
mountainous region of Shelby couuty.
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The Apaches Klude the Troops.
The troops who were called to pursue the
band of Apaches who murdered two sheep
herders about twenty miles from Silver City,
N. M., recently, met the baud in an unfre
queuted spot near the scene of the murder
early yesterday moruiug. A conflict ensued,
hut the Indians beat oil'their pursuers after
two of them had been killed.
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The Ohio Legislature Adjourns.
The extra session of the Ohio legislature
called by Gov. Campbell to consider alleged
corruption in the municipal boards at Cincin
nati, concluded business yesterday afternoon
and adiourued to January 6. 18S1. when the
adjourned session begins. The bill haviug beeu
passed by the House, as published in last
night's Star, became a law providing a non
partisan board of improvements for Cincinnati
to be appointed by Mayor Mosbv. aud to hold
uutil April, when their successors shall be
elected. Joint senate aud house committees
were appointed, one to investigate the work
ings of the departments at Cincinnati, and an
other on municipal plan and the beat system of
city government, both to report at the ad
journed session.
The "Kipper" Again at Work.
The "Jack the Ripper" scare haa again
caused a sensation among the London police
and the residents of the South Hampatead
locality. Last night, in a secluded part of the
neighborhood, passers-by were shocked by
finding in an obacure alley the dead body of a
woman whose head had been very nearly sev
ered, while her body showed evidences of
kicks aud bruises in themselves sufficient to
cause death. While up to the present time no
knowledge has been obtained as to whom the
victim waa, it seems very evident that she was
a woman of very low repnte and this was suf
ficient to start the cry "Jack the Kipper has
been at work again." The police actively bo
gan operations in a aearch for the murderer.
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Real Trouble.
Robert J. Bardette.
"I am so troubled about my husband," aaid
Mra. Badman, aeeking sympathy from the pas
tor'* wife. "He goes from bad to worse. He
is an infidel and an atheist and now be say* he
is an agnostic and doesn't know anything and
doesn't believe anything and doeen't think
anything."
"My dear sister," replied the pastor's wife,
"yon don't know what trouble ia. My husband
thinks ha knows how to cook."
A Slangy Person.
fmm Pock.
'Tm not la it," aaid the traveler as ha stood
oa the station platform ana watched the last
train disappear la the distance.
FORGING LKTTKKS OF (KKDIK
OlfMtl# Conspiracy to Dtfrwi4
Dreael Morj.i *
Q?orf? Johnson and John Phillips,
ni(o?i' to Loudon 1b ths Muno? Hooas polio#
court rMUrdiT oa a charge of bsing taplW
rated in a conspiracy to forge letters of sredtt
upon the banking firm of I>rexel. Morraa A Oa.
The existence of the conspiracy was revsaled
to the police by a man named Fregherm. ?h?
testified at the hearing to4?T lhatk*B?t Phillips
in Rotterdam %u j came to London with huL
The witness said he had seen the pihNMt
making tha fraudulent latter* of credit
Tha accused vera reman dad. Tha soa
Siracy ia a gigantic oua. AooompHsss <jf
a forger* hue bean arrested at Liege,
Madrid aud Marseilles Tools used In ti.sk t g
tha letter* of credit were found in Johnson's
possession.
A True Hill Against Lingo.
Tha Camden county. N. J., grand Jury yssterw
day morning brought in eighteen true bills. on*
against Francis l.mgo for tha murdar of Hra
Miller aud tifteen against '1-awysr Hogste,
twelve of which were for forger; and thraa torn
falsa preteti-i.
Blown Dottu by tlie Mtnrm.
During the prevalence of a storm in Brook*
lyn yesterday a trick I uiiUiug tn course of
construction at the corner of lialsey street and
Pathen avenue a a- bluan domn and entirely do*
molished. There ?a> no one In the house at
the time. John Lindsay had bis lag broken
The bouse is owued bv j. Mcl>egcus. l>amag%
?3.000. __
Brlrfu From I lie Orient.
The steamship City of I eking, from Chin*
and Japan, reached S?n I rsncieco yesterday,
bringiug advices that 'he survivors of the
wrecked Turkish frigate F.rtogroat will bo seal
home in two Jap incse men-of war.
The excitement in Japan over the treaty re?
vision has aomewhat qtihtrd dowu, but pre
cautious art still being taken for the safety of
foreigners.
No date lias yet been fixed for opening the
imperial diet.
A number of government nominees have
been appointed to tiie house of peer*
Choleta is gradually disappearing and Yoko
hama is said to be pi actu ally free from IK
There have beeu 34.000 cases and *1,000 deaths
Up to October 7.
KaII\\sv<i tu I'nlrvlln*.
The Jfviffi World of l.oudon says that the
Sultan of Turkey has granted a concession to a
London syndicate headed by Lieut Gen. Sir
Andrew Clark for tradmg aud constructing
railways in certain parts of Asia, including
Palestine. The develop in nt of the resources
of the tloly Lund will foini a leading feature
in the program of the company, which will
make in appearance in Asia as a limited liabiV
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Sinking of the Yacht kstrlns.
Mr. K. D. Morgan's steam yacht Kstring
bound from Newport. It.I., for New Tork. with
the owner and cr> w of tlnrty men on board,
rau ou a rock at Matiuecock Point, L.L, yester
day moru ug. 'Ihe vessel filled rapidly end
sank. Mr. Morgan anil all the others aboard
r< ?ohed Matmccock Point salely. Mr. Mor
tan's torty-foot yacht, which was In tow of tha
K.itrina with three sailors aboard, was cut
adrift and nothing yet has been heard from
her. '1 lie accident was due to the heavy storm,
which drove the vessel iu shore, and the puot
whs unable to distinguish the lights or take
soundings.
Bare Winning* and the Money Market.
The enormous sum of 4150.000 (9750,000),
which a Frenchman win over the victory of
Alicante on the Cambridgeshire, ha* produced
an effect he uever dreamed was possible, say* a
London dispatch. 'J hi- i* nothing lees than a
fall iu the rate of exchange between London
and P.tris. Though the fall i* a slight one, it is
mill sufficiently marked and has Iwea the cans*
of a great deal of talk atnoug the bankers on
both sides of the channel, u* the system of in
ternationsl betting. due to the increased tn'er
es: takeu by sportsmen of both countries in tha
events that occur in the other, is growing
larger every year, and the au'horities say that
the tiuic is fast approaching when bankers and
brokers will have to watch the race course as a
powerful factor in the niovemeuta of ths mon?y
market -
Cardinal Gibbons' (explanation.
The attention of cardinal Gibbons was ysa
terday called to a criticism mads by bishop
Vincent of the Methodist Episcopal Churrh hi
an address at the ? hautauqua convention la
Plymouth Church. Rrookivn. It is said bishop
Vincent "censured the action of Cardinal Gib
bons in placing President Harrison on his left
hand at the Catholic University banquet in
Washington a year ago, while be reserved the
seat ot honor for the Canadian cardinal"
lii-hop Vincent thought President Harrison
*ln>uld have left the table aud he ooold never
"forgive him for not having dons so." Ths
cardinal said he fully rccoguized the propriety
of giving the President the seat of honor at
a banquet. Ou the occasiou referred to Presi
dent Harrison did not enter the room nntll
near the close of the banquet Cardinal Gib
bons aud Cardinal Tascbereau of Quebec, who
were guests, were seated, aud wheu the Presi
dent was Ushered into the hall toward the closs
of the dinner C ardinal Gibbons arose and
offered the President a vacant seat besids hM
own.
Indictments Grooving <hit of a Strlka
At Hinghaniton. N.Y.. the grand Jury has re
ported nine indictment* against ths Leader aW
taches, growing out of tbst paper's sttituds
during the recent cigar maker's strike.
There are six for libel, three against ths
manager, two against the editor and ons
against the city editor. One indictment was
brought in agu.nst each of the persons speci
fied tor criminal contempt of court, in disre
garding an injunction issued by Jndgs Forbes,
which prohibited all person* from unlawfully
encouraging the strikers, liail was furnished
in the sum ol ?60 ou each indictment.
The other live indictment* were for violating
supreme court injunction*, and ths persons
named are: George McGuire, James Wood,
James Dundon, Margaret Moriarty and Anna
Hraniey. The chaige* of conspiracy agsinst
the strikers and other* were not considered
because Oi lack of time. The Civil eases
brought by the manufacturers against ths
balers and al>ettors of the strike Will bS
called at the November term of court
Considering a Criiaude to the Soudan.
A Loudon dispatch says: It ia reportsd Iron
Home that the long delay m the settlementof the
Anglo-Italian negotiations regarding Africa ia
not altogether or chiefly dae to difference
as to concediug Kassala to Italy, but that the
representatives of the two nations are discus
sing another expedition to the Houdan, under
liritish direction, to suppress the mabdi and
it.-lore the authority ol the kbsdivs in that re
gion. Advices li> m the Soudan represent thai
the iribo are divided in allegiance and sotns
of then* iu rebellion against the tuahdi, whiis
those ucar Mt.ikuu are reduced to serious straits
through the want of provisions.
Hon. Hubert I fund's Mission.
Nova Scotia hshermt-u are reportsd <e
be considerably exercised over Hon. Rob
ert bond's mission to the United States and
his allegation that he is autnorized by the im
perial government to conclude an arrangement
to Americans spcciul baiting privileges frost
which their fellow fishermen, British subjeota
are to be excluded.
Fought a I>ucl With Crowbars.
Joseph Wood, thirty-five years old, and
Carl barg of New York fought a duel
yesterday morning with iroa crowbars la
a blacksmith's shod on Park avenue. Ths
battle was fierce and lasted for some time It
was ended only wheu both men sack to grwsad
with fractured skulls. 1 bey were removed M
the hospital iu an unconscious condition.
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New Line of Lake Steamers.
President 8. K. Callaway of ths Toledo, 9k
Louis and Kansas City railway says his
company has made a traffic agreement with ths
Missouri Pacific which affords it an outlet froa
tst. Louis to Kansas City, and it also has estab
lished a line of steamers between Toledo and
Buffalo. 'Ibis enables the company to oose
p.-te for the Missouri river throu*t traffic ts
the east, and wdl havs ths effect of largely las
creasing its earnings.
Kd. Stevens, the Counterfeiter,
Ed. btevens, a notorious counterfsitsr, was
arrested on Thursday last and is now in JaiL
Thirty-seven spurious dollars wsrs found oa hi*
person and a number of molds in his I
A Honeymoon Among the
A oabls dispatch says that Priaes Mstlmllliaa
of Baden and the Princess Victoria Loaiss sf
whoss approaching betrothal
yesterday, will spend the k
lag atoar of Kgypt aad