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I final CIII CACI 0 TRIB. UNE TUESDAY. ki.L.LAtd.tkkJ kJ I IV Ill U111 ra 1 urAty4t 1, APRIL 17, 1 S83-1111 EINE PAGES I-xi-nib 119 I bb3 ELVE PAGES. I I INDUSTRIAL. 1 C-1 91 113 A listen to Ito terms of oomoromise whatever.

They will hold another meeting this listen to -flo est, CIIEAP BEEF. WORKING A RAILROAD. Mon here today for the purpose of perfecting a State About sixty delegates are in attendance. The -time was principally consumed with preliminary work. hearing reoorts of the Conainittee on Credentials, etc.

The Gigantic War Between the Two Classes of Failure of a Pittsburg Iron Firm Niith Liabilities of Over a Million. railur NY George P. Work of Phila. lelphia, Swallowing the People's Passenger Railway. Chefs.

Gosstwe 54 1 Nws State and liastingtensts, Coal ShIpments. PITTSBURG. April 10.The coal shipments the last twenty-four hours aggregate bushels, of which 2.70,000 -bushels were for Louisville, aud the remainder for Cincinnati. i Malang a Cenerat Fret tse of stho Comp nut) Frop, tril and trodit 1, Doak It town. The Charges of the Live-Stock Men.

and What They Seek to Ac. complish. The Chicago Master-Masons Hold- oeQ ing acret, sionsA.nxiety Among ths Men. The ing Fat Hinz Into Jane. CINCINNATI.

0, Audi 16.The lamest manufacturing firm of Covington, KY, Its wrreed to give an increase of 131 per 1,000 after gay 1. Other firms will give am answer this evening. Grand Exposition! A Report Which Shows that the Firm Has Absorbed 5123,18101 of the Company's Money. The Countereharges of Their Antagonists at the New York Meeting. Of Importel Novelties la five titacbments Aggregating coo Against a Dakota Water-Power Company.

five CC ie Spring Ladies' 111rqs! We invite Special Attention to our Choice Selected Styles of Cleveland Molders oa a Strike A Batch of Failures at the Metropolis. I Miseelaneous Asslanments. LEXINGTON, April 16.rSpecial.1dloy Cluke, of this city, well known in horse circles, made an assignment Ibis morning to IL West and Isaac Smith of a half interest in twelve well-known trotters, a hardware store. and two livery stables. The trouble was caused by his paper going to protest, lie having paper due but na ready cash.

The liabilities, with notes, executions, and other debts, will reach MOUNT Aria, April The hardware firm of C. A. Danforth tk Co. made an assignment today for the benefit of their creditors. Tile liabilities are assests Over-stock and a failure to secure their usual sprint collections caused the trouble.

The claims are held mostly by Eastern hardware jobbers. .11 Ladles' Ctoa nlimaas, Haulles, Era, Silk ai Talig Grua LIntles, Persin Wraps rid Flies, India Camel's Rails Dztans, Plank India, Mita 221 TriLl t1t rqs, The New York Et: kIng Carp2nters Granted an IncreaseThe Painters Holding Out. Heavy Attachment Agatokst the Maui Valhi Water-Power compativ. Sioux Kitts, April attachments were made upon the Sioux rails Water-Power Company this morning, one for the Metropolitan National Bank of New York for ,0,000, and one for the ISIerebants' National Bank of St. Paul for 50,030.

The paid-up stock of the Water-Power Company $300,043. Seney, of the New York. Metropolitan Bank, Is the priacipal stockholder. The St. Paul bank officials deny that they lose anything by the failure.

Their attachment was made In the name of one Watkins. The Queen Bee Mill was built in 1S79 by a stock company of non-residents, known as the Sioux Falls Water-Power Company. The ca pital stoe is .500.000 was ori paid in on an original subseriptionot 400.600. The null cost over and took nearly two years to complete it. When completed it was not one-half paid for.

and in this unsatisfactory condition of affairs its first experience in actual wock was with the miserable crop of PP3o-'St. Three months of experienee increased the debt, and when the affair was on the very Verge Of failure the Directors sent President Elwell to Sioux Pails to save it it lie has held it on its feet for a year and a half and maintained its credit, but having exhausted all the personal liabilityson the part of the shareholders and having given them all en opportunity to assist him in wiping out the original debt. he says he does not feel that he can further tiatt, single-handed. the claims Id honest creditors who have already waited two years for their money, and in this connection he declines to make any statement, claiming that the creditors are all parties who know the facts, and the general public is not interested. The property will.

no doubt, be sold under the present process, and it is hoped that it will be bid in by some one with means enough to handle it, and that there will be something left for the shareholders. They will at least have one year to redeem, under the redemption laws of the Territory. The mill and water-Dower is a tine property. and when the country gets settled enough to provide a local market fur its dour and offal it can make money. Sioux Falls loses nothing by the affair.

President Elwell says the extension of Me Northwestern limn! up into Central Dakota will greatly enhance the vaitte of the property, and he believes in the long run the property N'ill be more 'aluable, OW Mit to its location near the heat-fields and its excellent power, than the saute kind of property in Minnesota. Ile invites the attention of practical men in the business having large means to the fact that the property is now to be sold, mad the highest bidder gets it. A TEXAS YARN. I OPEtEr2C TODAY! A New Line of JERSEY COM JICKETS! RINEY CLOTH NEI1IIIIKET1 JERSEY CLOTH TUNS! Spun by an Enthusiastic but Unroll. able Amateur Astronomer of the Lone Star State.

In all the New Shades and Black. Traveling Cloth Wrdid In the New Dark Shades and New Shapes. of carrying live hogs 13 the same as for trans-Porting hams and shoulders, and we use ice for the latter. the same as beef. The pace of dressed and live cattle should at least be the same.

Good eight." -No difficulty was had in finding men who would taik provided no names were used. In all these eases the utmost ill-feeling and even bitterness prevailed on each hide. views OF A LIVE-MICE A live-stock wan said: "The eressed-beef men are consolidating for a giant monopoly against us." "Ahd the Stock-Yards want the monopoly all on their own side." suggested the reporter. by way of refreshing hie inewory. Not too lase my friend.

Not over a year ago Swift was a man of small means, and has made a milliou and a half on dressed beef since. lie took a lot of Grand Trunk men in with him. That road reduced rates and divided the profits. They had little live-stock shipments and eaw big money Au the uew iudustry. Thee.

Armour saw the money Au tee new business and began operatitur corners in that direction. Wily, his man who used to buy We head of cattle, per week for one of us now purchases 5.000 and 6.000 per week for lam. Ile has agents everywhere and dealers in New York can wire him with a certainty of getting cars at once and having dressed beef on ice, fully cured, shipped right to them in better condition aim sooner than they can get it dressed In New York and Boston. You can see how it hurts the stock-yards and destroys the bntehers' trade Au the Ease Not content with that, he rivals the smutl butchers in this city and coucteseends to small sales. You can telephone him.

and have a pound of beef, pork, or ham delivered by one of his wagons at your door. Ile does this not so much for profit as to ruin huteliers everywhere. THE NEW TORK MEETING. Novi, these dressed-beef firms are in- creasing end the Baltimore Ohio has gone in with Lem. You ought to have been in that meeting in New York I Railroad-men shook their lists at each other.

The Grand Trunk and Baltimore ie Ohio men were spunky and practieally told the other roads to go to the devil. They insisted on bringing the rates clear down, hoping to increase the shipments. I tell you the end is only the one this way, and the other end in this war is not to come mail one party eats up the other. Old' Armour jumped right up in 'meetin" and asked Allerton if he was a cattle-shipper. And when Allerton said 'No' be asked him what business he had there.

lie then told the meeting that Allerton represented the Stock-Yares, and Ins anxiety for the Pennsylvania Road amounted to that and no wore. Then Alter-ton told the butchers about Armour 'leafing their brethren in this city and got them mad. The butchers there made up a story about alweys believing Armour a great capitalist, the Vanderbilt of the West, and now found him a mere retail butcher. Oh, it was hot!" TUE DRESsED-LEEF MEN. A gentleman representing the dressed-beef side sapid: We are charged with forming a giant monopoly by the largest monopoly in commercial circles.

We are shales' breaking up that monopoly in the interests of the public. It is a law of nature and of trade that the product shall be converted into usefulness at the point of production. Distilleries and malt-houses are following the graintields and manufactories of mining usachinery to the camps. So dressed-beef establishments must follow the cattle ranges in spite of the monopoly. The stock-yards are nearly all owned, and their stock certainly controlled, by the railway interests.

Those railway interests are hard to light They control S1oatWM(1 worth of stock-yards worth in this city. This powerful monopoly is lighting us inch by inch. and Were it not for two powerful roads would have stamped us out in the outset." Is it true that the Grand Trunk Railway has a part interest In the dressed-beef "That assertion is untrue. Time road sees a fair profit in our business, as does the Baltimore ea Ohio, and will fight for our interests." Why do not the cattle-men Re) into the dressed-beef business if it is profitable?" "They are in it already. All these men, and Aiterton at their head, are engaged in shipping dressed beef to Europe front New York.

That scheme originated ours of shippieg from Chicago to New York. They will ship the live cattle from here to New York so long as they can get more inouey Out of stock-ears and stock-sards than dressed beef. They can constantly keep the price of beef way up at a big profit so long as theyean perpetuate the monopoly. They own all the cattle, time yards. the cars, and the roads, 'and can bull the price of beef while they do it.

The only satisfaction is. that when we get through with them we will have their scalps daughter iii our belts. it will take a long time and a bitter fight with the cligee, but it's sure to come, beeause the public is on the side of cheap beef, good beef, cured beef." The most stupendous war of capital against capital known for many a day was inaugurated at the New York confab between railways and dressed-beef and live-stock shippers last week and was brought to this city yesterday. The representatives of both the latter interests returned during the day tired. anxious, aud breathing threats.

On the side of dressed beef is arrayed a benefited public, Armour at Swift and Hammond aided and nerved by the Grand Trunk and Baltimore Ohio Railways and representing perhaps not wore than $10,000,000 capital. On the other Side are Samuel W. Allerton, Nelson Morris. Henry Myers, Isaac Waixel, Samuel Brown, and Mr. Sadler, all of this city: the Vanderbilt lines.

and, in fact, all the stock-yard corporations of the country. renresenting alone capital. CLIAUGES AGAINST TUE DitILS6ED-BLEF PEOPLE. The stock-yards iliterest charges the dreesed-beef men with threatening to interfere with the constunmation of a huge monopoly, which can not only wipe out the great stock-yards of the continent, but wake it impossible for the small men who now operate on a basis of $15,000 and upward to continue in business. It charges the Gaand Trunk Railway with placing representatives in the corporation of Swift ea Co.

(dressed beef). with discrimination la favor of that company until it has grown enormously rich, and with aiding powerfully other dressed-beef concerns and it charges the Baltiwore et Ohio Italfway with siwilar dealings. It piles up fabulous charges against Armour as condescendtug to rival the swan butchers on the street by delivering by the pound beef. pork, anywhere in Chicago; with walthig it impossible for butchers in New 'York, Boston, and otherEastern eithai to compete in prices; and with the carcasses of lame, aged, decrepit and diseased cattle East as dressed beef." It alleges that these dressed-beet firms are growing at an enormous rate, are buildiug an extraordinary number of cars of their own aud renting them to any one at any price for any purpose. and takiug undue, unfair, and unheard-of mewls to undermine the cattle trade.

drive out couipetitiou, and control railway lines. TIMM 'REJOINDER. On the other hand the dressed-beef men tile countercharges. They claim to be operating in the interest of the whole public, ha wg the red uetion of the price of edibles, the healthy condition of the same, and the humanitarian treatment of stock at heart. They claim that meat should have at least two weeks to ripen in; that the edible qualities of meat deteriorate by long shiptuent alive; that cattle die on the way and are served up notwithstanding.

and are crowded and starved in close cars. They allege that the butcher must follow the progress (A the grain fields and slaughter the stock at the point- Of ridbing for shipment, and that it becomes better on the lee while in shipment for the consumer. They eallege that the shipment of live stock is the true cause for the continued high price of beef, the cost of shipment being added to the retail price plus the necessary profit; that 41ressing stoeri at the point of production leaves the offal where it belongs and can be best utilized. LADIES' SUITS! LADIES' SUITS! PLIILADELFIIIA, April 16.iSpeciaL1 The investigation committee appointed about two months ago to look Into the affairs of the People's Passenger Railway wade a long report today, which only confirms what has been a matter of belief for some time that the firm of George Ir. Work Co.

really worked the affairs of the company for all they were worth. In short, from Oct. 5, 1SSO, George F. Work completely controlled the road. lie was its President and one of its Directors.

His business firm was its financial agent Ills partners and himself constituted a majority of the Board of Directors. His firm under the authority of the board, dealt freer in the securities of the road, bought stock and bonds from the company repudiated purchases. rebought at lower prices, borrowed and loaned money pledged and repledged the company's money with their own private funds and those of other enterprises, hypothecated the company's property for their own private debts, acted at one and the same time in all the capacities of principal and agent, trustee and beneficiary, debtor and creditor, buyer and seller, until the accounts, liabilities, and relations of the firm to the road and its interests became as confused and intricate as the positions they assumed were numerous, inconsistent, and indefensible. A. NEAT LITITLE SCHEME- At a special meeting July 7, 1581 the issue of the t500.000 5 per cent coupon bonds was authorized for the purpose of redeeming the 7 per cent bonds oak' retiring- them, and for the other purposes of the road.

The price at wither the stock was to be sold was limited expressly to per share and the bonds to 90 per cent of the par value. Als soon as trie stockholders' meeting had adjourned a meeting of the board was called, all of the Directors being present, and Work masquerading as "certain parties," bought the entire issue of 20.000 shares of stock at ti25, amounting to and all of the bonds at 90 per cent of par. amounting to The purchase was approved by the board. The Gseen and Coates and the Germanton Roads were leased boon after. WONDERFUL DISPLAY OF CHEEK.

Dec. 19, ISM. at a special meeting of the Board of Directors, at which all the members were present, and of which the three members of the firm of Work Co. were a majority, a communication from Work Co. was presented in which, -after extravagant self-landation, they risked to be relieved from their solemn obligation to pay on the ground that they had paid nearly on account of stock and bonds purchased by them, and asked to have the Treasurer directed to reduce the price of the gstock to $15 per share and the bonds to per cent for 450 bonds of each.

The reduction was claimed as a commission or PaV for services rendered. Of course this was passed. The books showed that the construction and equininent account had been used as a general receptacle into which everything was thrownstocks purchased. Interest paid, dividends received, attorneys' fees paid, etc. OTRER QUESTIONABLE TRANSACTIONS.

There were many other questionable trans-sections, and a third statement of Work account shows a total of $963,097.07, ex- ceeding the entire outstanding indebtedness of the road. A balance-sheet for 1882 dated Dec. 81, shows that the total losses to this date were $123,181.01, as per ptolit and loss amount, of which amount 112,715.22 was for the year 1882. After this showing the stockholders, with a single dissenting vote. authorized the Directors to begin both civil and criminal actions against the firm.

I In all the New Spring Shades of Wool Fabrics, made in the Latest and Most Approved Styl'Is, at SI21 S15! SIB! S20! S251 During the last twenty-four hours the savants of the country have been in a condition bordering on insanity over tile reported fall of a huge meteor in the wilds of Texas. The report itself bore internal evidences that It was the work of one of the ingenious romancers of a State which has produced a Tom ()chi lace, and which now comes forward with a Mulhatton. The astronomers have been deprived of a but the interests of the exact sciences are none the less preserved. Mulhatton is the gentleman who achieved notoriety by agreeing to sell the mammoth cave to be shipped to England and exhibited as a curiosity. Foar WournTex.

April 16.Specia1.1-- The meteor story was a hoax by Joe Mulhatton. TILE FEATIFFL, WONDERFUL TALE. FORT WORTH. April 15.A dispatch from NVilliam Ranch says: About 2 o'clock this morniug a great meteor tell in the outskirts, of this town-killing several head of eat-tie and destroying the dwelling-house of Martinez tiarcia, a Mexican herdsman, who with his family, consisting of his wile and live is buried beneath the ruins. In its descent the meteor resembled a massive bad of tire, and the shock was similar to that of an earthquake.

It is still hot and steaming. it is imuedded in the earth probably feet, and towers above the surtace about seventy feet, and will cover abount one acre of ground. The concussion was terrific, nearly everv window in town being shattered. People were hurled violently limn their beds and goods in storehouses thrown from the shelves. No lives were lost, as far as known, except a -Mexican herdsman and family, although several buildings.

tell to the ground. Cattle licd in terror in every direction. The sir was tilled with sulphurous gas. The wildest contusion prevailed. as it was a long tine before anybody could even conjecture what it was.

This is the largest meteor which liar ever fallen, and has already been visited by many people, and will doubtless continue to attract great attentkm for inonths to come. It occasioned great excitement, not only here but nil over the surrounding country. Ladies' Colored Silk Suits! Ladies' Black Silk Suits! Ladies' Check Silk Suits Ladies' Black Grenadine Snits! Ladies' White India Linen Suits! Ladies' Nun's Veiling Suits! AT Popular Prices! Fa thin? of a Great Iron Firm, with A Seta Variously Estintatott at From in $2,200000. Prresnume April heaiest failure in this city for the last tett ytars was announced todav. James iron-pipe numufacturers, one of the largest firms in ehe business, made an assigument today to George J.

Whitney. Mr. Marshall also made an individual assiginnent to 3rr. Whitney. The liabilities of the firm are veriously estimated at between and while their assets will fall short of this about The IWNVS that the assignment had betel made spread like wildfire.

and a short time thereafter was the sole topic of conversatien in commercial and financial The cause of the failure wets recklese speculation in pig-iron. Four years two James 1trsalI, the senior member of th.3 firm, Lectune imbued with the idea that a heavy advance hi pig-iron would take place in the Dear future, and he purchasing exteesively of that article. Illeher prices did not come, but he COUtilitled to 1-PUY heavily. being coulident that he would soon realize largely, but in this he was wofully disappointe(l. Just when the market began It) look up, the long strike of last year set lu, and this was followed by a period of nullnese, which was augmented by the uncertainty- in reeard to the action Congress wouid take on the tariff.

The passage of the bill. as is well known, did not improve trade, and for months the coneern has been borrowing money en the Immense stock of 'roe it held in the warehouse of the Uniou Storage Company. Finding that failure was and that they could only posteone the crash. they couclutied yesterday to make an aseignineut, and this morning tile deeds leere placed oa recore. IIE CREDITORS.

The banks of this city are the largest creoltors. but they are to well protected that they4 will not hose a cent. They have collateral for every dollar of their leans. mei it is of such, a character that they will have no trouble in realizing the amount of paper held by them. Among the other creditors are Mareloall Brothers, of Philadelphia; Hag-stet, I Latina of Uniontowe, Fayette Brown.

Receiver for Brown, Bunnell ac eie, of Yotingstown, Dunbar Furnace Company, Fairchance Furnace Company, mid Lock Hill Furhave Company. Ad of ease firms have claims for iron furnished. COMMENT. leading bank President said today that the relatives of Mr. Marshall would be tne heaviest.

losers. 't he lion. Wilitam Marshall had indorsed for leoeko, and when told of tile assignment yesterday was greatly affected. The firm ie an old cne, 1110111'4 been established by Mershalt's father some forty years since. Mr.

James who succeeded to his tether's business. is about 4 years of aee. The assets eousists of 60,000 tons of pig-motel and 675,000 worth of real estate. The iNlarshall estate. valued at will be used to IlAIIIWAIO some of the indebtedness.

RESULTS. While their failure was a surprise to many it Was 110E. WhOilY unexpected in financial circles, and the banks have been quietly louking for it for months. It was caused purely by speculation, and the reeeral iron trade was in HO way responsible. While trade is not the most eucouragine, it is perfeetly healthy, and no bed results are eepected from thie unfortunate break.

The New York Caerpentere Granted an luerearseAlthude of the Patuters NEW YORK, April hi.Speciald--The this city this in ruing refused to go to work unless they were assured that they would receive pay at the rate of per day, and that eight hours would constitute it day's work Saturday. A majority of the shops expressed their willingness to intY the SZ1.5t) per day demanded. In twelve of the shops which refused to meet the deinands ot the men work had hardly been stopped when the men were told to resume at their own terms. Two other shops in which the men had struCK sent word to the Executive Committee later in the day that they would pay the rates demanded. Several committees are visiting the various shops thronenout the city, and it is said are meeting with great success, as a number of men who do not belong to the union have struck" and joined the movement.

On account of the rain this morning but few painters went to work, and consequently the strike which was contemplated did not occur. The men, however, it they are not assured that they will be Dahl at the rate of :F73.30 per day, will go on a strike after th3 reports are read at the meeting tomorrow evening. 'hstEndkrGoulskS13 Madison and Peoria-sts. to OBITUARY. BLACK HESS Special Attraction.

Burcp. A TRIFLE MIXED. TIITSVILLE, April 16.The drill at the fiturPhy well on a lot in Forest County is reported to bare reached the sand. Dispatches differ. however, as to the result.

Some say the tools are eight feet in the sand. others only three feet. some report ZiO feet of oil in the bole, others none. One dispatch asserts that the well made a how of eight minutes' duration. It i4 extremely difficult to arrive at the truth.

Great attention is being given to this wen by oil-traders. 22-inch All-Wool Bunting, 15e reduced from 22c. 44-inch All-Wool Bunting, 371-'2 cts. reduced from 50c. 41-inch AllWool Lace Bunting, 55c reduced from 65e.

44-inch All-Wool Lace Bunting, 65e reduced front Sac. Poisoned Cheese. Cleans out all rate. miee. roaches, water-bugs, bed-bugs, ants, and all verann, k.

Druggists. BUSINESS NOTICES. sena In eorpore nano. as A sound mind in a gnaw is the trademark of Alien's Brain Food. and we assure oureeaders that.

if dissat istied with either weakness of brain or bodily powers. this remedy will permanently strengthen both. EL At druggists. Lund bonen Rhenish Colowne. Failures in New -York City.

NEW YOLK, April 16.Specia1.1Char1es E. Hume and James A. Sharp, comprising the firm of Charles E. Hume builders, of No. IT West Forty-fourth street, made an assignment today.

The business ilea been established since 1S50. They have been doing a great deal of work, and as their caeltat was said to be only about :10,030 it was not regarded large enough. Thea are in consequence pressed for ready money. M. S.

Hayman's Sons' mauufactory of flowers and feathers at No. 107 Greene street made an assignment today. They began in June. le'SO, claiming a capital of $10.500. The liabilities are reported at about Creditors pressed them.

and one got out an attachment and put the Sheriff iu charge. Louis Adler. as assignee of C. C. Houghton Sons, hied schedules of their assets and liabilities in the Court of Common Pleas today.

The liabilities are of which are actual liabilities, represented principally by promissory botes given by the insolvent merchants for merchandise. Contingent Bain ties, are mainly based on notes in the hands of unknowu parties. The nominal assets are and the actual assets The stock of the assignors is valued at The schedules of Horatio G. Wright and Frank Pe Tenney, composing the aria of Williston. Wright who recently made an assignment to Jelin M.

Wardwell, were tresented to Judge Van Brunt, in the Celia of Common Pleas today. According to them the liabilities of the insolvent firm are nominal assets, and actual assets Ms Painters Thinkinst of InanguratInge 3t Striae. The strike among the bricklayers has had the effect of bringing about a feeling of dissatisfaction between journeymen painters and their bosses, and it is not at all improbable that it will terminate in a general strike among the painters before many days. There have been hints thrown out that such would be the case. One day last week twelve painters emeloyed by C.

P. Carroll of tile Arcade Building, came to the office at 7 o'clock in the morning' and demanded per day for each man. threatening to quit work hninediately unless the demand was acceded to. '1 he men were getting from $2.50 to 4 per day at the time, but wanted to establish a uniform standard of wages, like that of the bricklayers. Mr.

Carroll premptly refused to grant the desired increase, and told the men they might quit immediately, which they did. In Owo days the men came back again and offered to work at their former wages. Mr. Carroll took a few of the best men back, but let the rest go, since which time the rejected men nave been trying to organize a general strike. A TRITWNE reporter had a conversation with two journeymen painters lastd 'ealt, and both of them exoressed their willingness to join the strikers if some reliable member of their craft would start the movement.

They claim that their bosses are in many instances paying good men only per day, while it is a rare thing for a first-class man to get $3. As the matter now stands it is tolerably well understood that several boss painters are expecting a strike. M. J. Gallagher, a Well-Known Jour- 1 nal 1st.

M. J. Gallagher, a well-known journalist, who was employed on the editorial stall of the Daily News, died at I o'clock yesterday morning of quick consumption, the result of an attack of pneumonia. The progress of the disease was more rapid than auy of his friends had anticipated, and his sudden death will prove a surprise to many. His uncle.

Mr. P. J. Geraghty, and also numerous-friends, were with him at the last moment. Cougressman John F.

Fluerty. who was a warm personal friend of was with him much of the time during his final sickness. M. J. Gallagher, better known as "John," was born in West Point, County Mayo, Ireland, in Is52.

He came to America when about 10 years old mud made Chicago his home. It was originally intended by his parents that he should enter the priesthood, and he served some time as a chorister. His first work was done as a compositor in the office of the EVeiliAti JOH rnat. While there employed he attracted the attention and admiration of John Finerty. then city editor of tat and the latter, alter giving young Gallagher several trials 4 local work, engaged him as a regular local reporter.

lie did good work- in the new lieid, and remained with the LicpabUcan until after the fire. His next reportorial work was done on the Eecniny l'ost. From there he went to THE where he distinguished himself in charge of the sportme columns. Leaving THE Titiut-xs: in 1s74 he worked a tew months on the Times, and then went to New York. Ile soon secured the posLion of night editor on the New York World, and while in the serviee of that paper gave every evidence of his marked ability as a writer and journalist.

For a short time he was city editor of the New York Star, and during the years he spent in the metropolis he contributed much in the way or excellent writmg to the leading dailies. Last October Mr. Gallagher came West. going as far as Denver, and establishing himself on the Tribune in that city. It was while there that he contracted the iilness which ultimately caused his death.

Returning to Chicago about three months ago he joined the editorial staff of the News, but his rapidly faillug health forced him some four weeks ago to give up all work. Mr. Gallagher leaves a wife. but no children. Mrs.

Gallagner, who was in New York at the time oh her husbands death. is expected to arrive this inoruing. The funeral services will be held at 10 0-clock this morning in St. Jarlathe's Church, and will doubtless be largely attended by niembers of the profession to which Mr. Gallagher belonged.

A special meetine of the Press Club will be held tomorrow afternoou itt 4:33 o'clock to take appromiate action in view of Mr. Gallagher's death. 41-inch French Nnn'S Telling, 55c former price 7.1e. 4S-inch French Cashmere, 5Se always sold for 85e. 4S-inch French Cashmere, $1.00 sold elsewhere $1.25.

41-inch All-Wool English Serge, 85e reduced from $1.10. THE EETURN TEIPS. That about refrigerator-cars. coming back empty from Nev York "You ask the Pool Commissioner's representative here and he will tell vou that only 25 per cent cotne back empty. Now, it doesn't take 6,000 pounds of ice to get a ear of beef IA) New Yorknot more than two tons.

No refrigerator-car weighs over 30,000 pounds. There is 2,000 pounds less ice and 10,00) less weight ot cars than the other side estimates. The idea of abandoning the shipment of dressed beef for grain is Grain is not always to be had for shipment." "Cannot dressed beet be shipped by water to New York?" "It takes too long and is unnecessary. There are several lines besides Vanderbilt' and the Pennsylvania over which to transport Deet at reasonable rates." "Is it true you ship diseased beef East?" "That is another lie gotten up by the stock-yards men to injure the trade. It is cured by the time it reaches New York, and is in sulendid condition.

It does not lose its nutritive qualities on the way as when shipped alive. There are no starving, heated, crowded stock: no broken legs, bruises, sickness, nor injury. The offal Is all kept here in the West and utilized properly, and to a proilt. Offal ought never to leave the point of production." You are charged with crowding out the small cattle-men by having abundant icehouses along the railway lines, which these small shippers have not the means to provide." Why, the railways furnish the ice. NVhat's the difference whether the small shipper sells to us or in New York, so long as the profit is the same? Tile stock-yards men have gradually run no the price of beef, and the public is anxious for the change.

The parties who have heretofore provide(' the beef belong to the public-bedamned' faction, and their days are numbered." WANTED, A CITY CLERK. Alt the above quotallops are decided bargains. CENTRAL TUE THE HILL mum. HASKINS CAR8O13 P1111E85GO. POWER OF TILE STOCE-TAMDS.

The strongest point brought by the dressed-beef ititerest is the gizautic strength whieli trio stock-yards vf the eontineut have acquired. That monopoly is said to have readied tuancially in round numbers (00,000, aud has long dictated the price to the consumer at an enortuotts profit. The Stock-Yards of Chicago alone are said to have become worth to the owners The stock is stated to be worth e250 for every alai) of par value. In this end of the monopoly Vanderbilt alone is said to have over invested, and the Vanderbilt interest vastly more. 3Ir.

Scott, of Erie, Is said to be a large owner. This great interest, say the dressed-beef men, is fostered for great profit and stands between the public and a reasonable price for beef, controls railroad corporarions, Including the Pennsylvania Road, and is using all its vast power to crush out the new industry in its infancy. Standing at the Chicago head of this monopoly is said. by them, to be Samuel V. Allerton, a heavy stockholder in the railway principally the Pennsylvania, and largest cattle-shipper in the West, with teataljasai and more in hand to loan to any one who can engage in the same trade with profit.

Such are the conflictine statements of the opposing mien and eorporations who have drawn the knife and declared war. SAMUEL Vt. Samuel W. Allerton was seen last eveuing at his residence. Ile was in close communiou with Nelson Morris.

The latter was down sick with hard travel and overwork. Mr. Allerton was coufident anti communicative. "Ilow were you pleased with the Fink meeting was asked. That remains to be seen," he replied.

"Mr. Fink mire not decide one way or the other for two Weeks yet." "Bow do you think he will decide on rates "Mr. Fink is a man of justice, and will do the fair thine." "Does that mean favor for the cattlemen Mr. Allerton smiled and said something about supper being ready. "Please state the issue which came before the theettrtg." "Ali the butchers of New York, cattlemen and dressed-beef men from Chicago, and railway men came together to establish the commercial value of each interest and rates of transportation for each.

Mr. Fink Had the commercial interest at stake. and desired to establish fair rates for both parties. The cattle men demanded higher rates for the dressed-beef men. The latter wanted lower rates for themselves and higher for us.

The dressed-beef men claimed that a steer weighing latei pounds shrinks 3i per cent in its quarters and tallow, or auout nine pounds Wilen shipped alive. NV hen dressed here they claimed that the beet would weigh fifteen pounds mote than when slaughtered in New York. They how pay 16o rier cent higher for shipping dreesed beef than we do for live cattle. and demanded a reduction to lee per cent. We desired a higher rate than they pay now, say- leal per cent, to make an equality of rates with us." "Do understand that you demanded a rate ot shipment which would make it possinte for you to dress beef in New York and sell at the same price that they do by dressing it here?" "I tea not in the cattle trade at all.

I wanted the Pennsylvania Railway to get as much for shipping grain as dressed beet, or else coeline us shipmeets to the former." PLOFITS ON GUAIN AND BEEF SHIPMENTS. This peculiar answer led to the query conce re nig respective rates on twat and dresaed beef. I can prove that it is more prefitable for the railroad to ship the grab a than the meat. Considering the extra weight of the refrigerator-ear and the ice. it is meter to transport grain at ae cents per 100 than dressed beef at 64 eenis.

The maximum weight of such cars is SSOuo pounds. To this add tekyao Pu 111015 of ice and '20 of eressed beef. There is a total of pounds say per car. It costs the road lyer Like pounds to briug back the car. or a5-4 which leaves for the road.

Now. the road must bring this ear back eniety, while it can use the wain and stock cars for teaser taurposes. A grain-car weighs pouters and the grain, say, 2.aot.ta pounds, a total ot pounds. the railway gets SS for the ear and it cors to get it baek, leavine a profit of to which add whatever it gets tor the load it brings back. You can see why I wiria to New York in the inteiesa of tuo road slineiv." Mr.

Allertou baviag no more to say, Kr. P. D. Armour was appeakti to with less success. "I do not care to be interviewed," lie because whatever I would say would be used agaihst our Side.

I deny. however, that the nront on carrying' grain is more than that on dresecd beef. The price :11 i :1 0 -8'. BRIBABLE Vi 4holstery! Drapery! Furniture! Decorations! 0 1 irl rlo i igill 0 eti 1, Nome Mester Masons and ISailders Sold to Ile Ail to Hoye the Illtrleklay Go to Viork. The master masons and builders held a protracted searet meeting at their headquarter in the Arcaste Building yesterday afternoon Jusi, what busiacsa was transacted in the meeting could not be ascertained.

as the otheers and nieinheri were non-committal. 'I hey claim that they are compelled to withhold their transactions from the papers on Cteinnit, of the altitude the bricklayers have takeli etideaoring to thwart every plan the builaers litUlf adopt that non-union men Itiay be quivilv out to work on the many mil-unshed buileinge about the city. It is certain that means were considered whereby htiCK lavers oatsble of t'llicatto not members of the laden might be brought bere and put to went'. Several Contractors announced that they Lad received and accepted overtures from ninon men. who tiered to gt) to Yolk at their former wages, and who were now at work.

Seeretary of the organization refused to give the names of these contractors or the location of the WOrk, giving as his reason that if the dissatisfied union men found out here these wen were working they would create a disturbance and possibly dissuade the men from continuing their work. Tue members of the association pledged themselves by resolution not to patronize any hrickmaker who vas not a member of the Masons' and Builders' Association. Accordant to the statement of members of the association they are prepared to hold out against the bricklayers. end propose to do 807 but a conversation that passed between one of the contractors and a prominent member of the striline- bricklayers would lutimate that the buiiders are in reality anxi'ais to brine about a compromise. 'lite builder wanted the bricklayer to use his iiilluence with the strikers and Persuade them to send a committee of their number before a committee of the builders, L4 he (the contractor) was certain that satisfactory arrangements could be 1113de on beth sides.

The bricklayer replied u'at his fellow strikers would listen to no "er item tho eontraeters, unless it was the concession of the wages buiideIs declare that they have work- a Present over 200 non-union men, and Pelore a week will have all the men they Want. THE PRICK-MAKERS IN A QUANDARY. The bricklayers' Such strike is beginning to Yiewed by brickakers in a Serious light complications seriously crivole their business, and unless the matter is soon settled an embargo will be 1)laced upon the brick trade. an late hundieds of men who live by following the tit lekmakiug trade have been coalparatIvely without employment The yards are good condition, and the work of turning Out briek would be counnenced at once were the stake ended. however.

a few of the smaller firms are beginning operations Itial ere under the impression that by the tithe the kilns are burned the strike will be ended and matters proaress as before. The ueather of the last few days has Oven Particularly favorable for the alekmakers. The clay in the South Brandi Ls iu good condition. The LEST is the Chenest! VIP13 en" INEMZNEDIMEMIKOMTIMIESSESISIVESOOS CURES Whooping -Cough, Bronchial and Cold. This is actslicious syrup, perfectly harmlosu1t Snd positively has never falied pApt.

Neves in, iir A-Pq I Wyandotte, Kim, 'Manta Him, but It Surnthced that Canadian Scenery lias Attractions for him. KANSAS CITY, 310., April Wyandotte, situated opposit Kansas City, and looked upon as a Is greatly excited over the supposed defalcation and flight of E. A. Sager, late City Clerk. Sager has been living fast during the last two or three years, and now it is charged that the city 6 a loser to the amount of at least f2.5,003 by reason of an over Issue of street bonds and city scrip.

The scrip became legal when signed, by the Mayor and City Clerk. and it is alleged that Sager signed we name of the Mayor in malty instances. On Friday last Sager mysteriously disappeared, and it is stated that Ile is in Canada. For several years he has been the Wyandotte correspondent of a Kansas city paper. and was a man well known and liked.

EPPS' COCOA i wo 7 1 rilTi 11 4f icily r-r-; .40 4:3 p. 1.1 ,,4 1- rIL et it rvl. L' 12 Edward Y. Hite, of lillnolis. April 1i.ISpecial.1-- Judge E.

Y. Rice died of pneumonia in this city about 9 o'clock this forenoon. lie formerly resided in this city, but for the last few years has been a resiAelit, of Springfield. He is Well known in this State, having served one term in Congress, and.was Circuit Judge several years. Elward V.

Rice vvas born in Logan County, Kentutolo. Fee. 8, start was educated at Sburtlea College. tie began the practice Of law lii illontgoniery tkounty, litinois. and served as Itetxxcler and Judge of the County Court of that county.

In IS410-'51 be was a member of tile Slate Lewisstore, and in 1657 was elected Judge of the Eigeteentb Circuit. Ile was reIreted in lstli and iSolLano wus a member of the Constitutional Coneenuon Ut IsI4-'70. In November, D'ai. lie waa elected to the Forty-second colagress from the Twelfth District its a Democrat.l LIQUID VtAINTS ROOPTAIO, BOILER COVERIINICS, Steam Packings, Will Bard, Caskets, Sheathings, Fire-proof Coatinza, Cements, DZSiD POD DESCRIPTIVE Itzuen. 11.

IV. JOINS satien 14.4 evv ark. a It Norta outrtin-su. Jeltiladetts.Nisi. 41:5 1T.111 It IC 1 i 11144 (7,111 en fro.

Fifty Molders on a Strike In a Cleire land Stove Foundry. CLEvELAND, April Fifty molders in the employ of the Cleveland Cormerative Stove Works left their benches this morainic on account ot scab; being in the shop. The strike grows out of the Taylor thLggi lire indirectly. A large quantity of macni'le castings contracted tor by the burne1 out firm was transferred to the stove Company, and with them three enrp1ov63 of Taylor Baggis. This morning it was discovered that the trio did not hold union cards, and a demand that they be discharged was tiled with ZSuperintendent Baldwin.

He refused and the union men quit. Baldwin savs tne shops are open ones, and he will not be forced to discharge non-union men, while the union men say they will not work with them. Settled. TOLEDO, 0., April pending agreement between Coy, the President of the broken Commercial Bank. and the creditors was perfected today, and the bonds of the Toledo tk, Indianapolis Railway will oe placed on sale in the hands of the Union Trust Company.

Yew York, immediately. Vivifies are understood to be ready to buy them. Coy's assets vere increased to 1552 OA and the liabilitias decreased to thereby. NEWS. LONDON, April out, the Canada, from New York.

NEW Yo, April N.Arrived. the European steamers Arizona and De Buyter. Bosros, April W.Arrived, the steamer Nvrsem an, trom Liverpool. LONDoN, Aunt W.The Alsirisn and Sardin.tto. troll New York.

have arrived out. AM4ThIiM, Apr it lo.Arrived, the Rotterdam. trot New York. NEW OttLEANS, April 16.The steamer Calvert. from Dalumore tor this port, was sunk by COALS1011 at Port Death of Ilea.

Lucy cook notzps. CIRCLEVILLE, 0, April 16.Mrs. Lucy Coolz Boggs, unlit of the wife of ex-President Hayes, died today. I GREAKFAST. Hy a Stu-prowls knowledge or rte natural las a basis govern the operations of ditsestisln and nutrAtion.

nod by a clangs! atesilsistion ot the tine ertses of vi ell-sotto-tett 47otott. Mr. Kyr. prOTVAPd et brenklaist usbles with a GeLantely 'encored beverag snook' 'Lay NM loag; leaktIT heavy (locusts' Wile. It is by rite Judadoes use of erica articles of diet that a comdttituon way be gradually built a a wall strong enough to resist every tendency to disease.

Ilandredsi or tittle rniendiels are lioattng around as reedy to attack eberever tassivs ta a weak rolisit. a rnaY scam ntalry a latal abaft ty keeping ourselves wee tOrtiged with pore Wood Rad uprooter leasarlaltod Service Galette. Made linply a elver or itt.r.k. Sold ISI ties (dill (tz-lb. and lb.) by grocers.

labc.ed Mast LILS Ins I tvrtemalLii 1 ILesetteao r. i.I A l'A III 'CT till' ni li AlL.N.t.,.t. id.SN ...:11 0, III 5-1L pact nails 6 14,1. its 1 1 ile b. at St Wild 1.1,1,1.11.

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gm. 1 4. idsliee 6t4111144 a Paid ot.111411iitIL 1 I FAIRBANKS' sTAINIDAtt SCALES I VI 1 4-11 1 pir -7: 116 14,...7 1 7 4- -7: 1 ROYAL MATCH-MAKI Queen Victoria. who was a good okatch-maker akin mother. is said to be interesting herself just tkow in the future domestic establishment of her grandson, Wales' eldest boy.

who Is now la. The girl selected to be the Tature Queen of England i PiritWeRf 'Clementine. of Saxe-Uotiottrg, tieughter of the Knot of the belgtakis. and niece tae UntOrttintate Cilarkotte lovidOW 4A. of Mexico.

Hot the wedonag, if fixed pen, eatinot Lome oft ttw wo Or three Fears at Clementine being tit 1 3 years old. or ALL kiNDS. 'ilrAIRGANIES MORS2 CO. Ceri-take E4t Fmk A.e., rag bp amtrohel be WY V.I,t Ur CHARGED WiTH EMBEZZLING, ST. PAUL.

NUM, April On Saturday eteuina one Horace tiottel, treicht clerk for Auerbach. Fitch Van Swett. and a younc man vrtin vcry respects hie COnDeCtIOTIS to this city. was arrested on toe charge of embezzling to the exient from his employers. He was brouctit to the Ma put ('nun today and sent to jail in delault ul Glue anti colda both stick: but Dr.

Coturia Syrup at once removes the cold. Price 25 cents. UININE PILLS. TILE lillICKLAY Ens. The brWklayers an informal meeting In txreenehanufs Ilan yesterday afternoon, and again expressed their determination to hold out axiiinst the masons and builders the latter accede to their demands.

I he po)sters reventiv put up in prominent riaees by the master masons and builders, declaring' that they would not under any ctcunistances employ a bricklayer who was a inernber ot Ulii011 have had the effect Of IlLakug the men even more determined "Lut Purpose, aad they declare that they wtil Circ9 Enumn load, IJ 411 and 5 ert. Warranted pure. fell weight. and solubie. te itantly naltle.

Ore lyroduct of our oirn bato0r by the Gwyn for 4are UV 4 tbeir0 14,0110,4. co ibr.otynora torcirs prolupLiy ezecuLed AliLNLro t. A MEXICAN DENIAL. Maxie, April ht.The Guvernmerst denies the report circulated in the United states that Aniertcans cannot acquire land in this country 11:1 3Ink11s5Lnt-st. Illinois Miners for' a State Orzanization SPRINGFIELD, ILL, April A secret meeting of miners has been in ses.