Evening Star Newspaper, October 25, 1890, Page 7

SOME MEN OF METAL. A Host of Foreign Visitors Invade the City. IRON AND STEEL MASTERS. The Six Hundred Members of the Brit- ish and German Association in the City—TheirReceptionToday—Sketches of Distinguished Visitors. ———— ORE THAN 600 men from the other continent, all connected in some way or another with the iron industries, have made atour of the United States, or rather that part of it where mining and manufacturing play the leading part, studying as they went the methods and pro- cesses used by their American brethren and every where afforded the best possible opportun- ity to prosecute the study. Their arrival in this city today marks a point pretty well on toward the close of their trip—a trip that has been in every sense of the word a success. Monday they leave here on their way toward New York, stopping at Sparrow's Point, near Baltimore.to inspect the works of the Pennsylvania railroad there. At New York the final celebration in thew honor will be held and the tour will be formally ended. Many of the visitors will then leave for home, though it is more than likely that some of the foreigners will prefer to see more of the country that has given them such @ royal welcome and has treated them so hospitably. ‘TRANSATLANTIC COURTESTES. The theory has been brought forward that the metallurgic arts are more cosmopolitan in their character and tendencies than any other. The experiences of American foliowers of those arts im England and Germany, and of Englishmen snd Germans in this country, would certainly go far toward proving the truth of the theory. During the time that the 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 ina body and were accorded every courtesy by the similar societies of the old world. In England aud Germany this was especially true. 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 pleasure while they remained in that island of mines and factories. In France, as it was to be expected at such a busy time, the people were too much occupied with their own affairs to devote much time to anybody But when the Americans reached Ger- many they were fortunate enough to meet with . repetition of their English experiences. In the manufacturing country around Dusseldorf, ecially, they were most hospitubly enter- med, and were furnished with an excellent nee to learn what advantages the German crs and manufacturers made of their oppor- rial. mn engineers were so pleased with their treatment abroad that they were only too anxious to have a chance to recipro- ate, and the invitation they sent across the water to their new-made friends there to re- tarn the vieit was the natural result. The present visit of so many Englishmen and Ger- manus is the outcome of that invitation. “Whether the debt of gratitude owed them bas been paid in fail or not is a question that can hardly be answered with propriety on this side | ofthe water, but judging by the satisfaction the visitors have not been slow to express there is not much doubt about the answer. Certain it is that they have had a splendid op- portunity to study the natural resources and the manufacturing industries of this country. Tuat they have been treated most hospitably 16 «fact that almost goes without saying. The visitors are ali members of two iron and steel societies, the Britash Iron and Steei insti- tate and the Verein Deutscher Eisenhuetten- jeute. which latter being interpreted means the Union of German lron Workers, THE BRITISH INSTITUTE has been called the parliament of metallurgy, and as such it occupies ® unique and very im- portant position among the societies of the world. Primarily it is am organization for the furthering of the study and discussion of mat- ters that interest the iron trade, and it has a ittle to do as well with the promotion of a feeling of good fellowship among scientific men. It isasociety of comparatively recent rth, having been organized in 1569, only two ears before the American Institute of Mining Engineers, its sister society on this side of the water. The industrial growth of the present century led the chemists and the civil and me- hanical engineers to band themselves to- | ether each in a professional organization x the better protection of their interests, at for a good many years after that, in until the spring of 1869, the ironmasters of England managed to get along by going each his own particulac was. regardless of his iellows, A number of far-sighted meu saw that thiags might be managed better than that and ata meeting of men of the iron trade, held in Newcastle-on-Tyne in 1563, it was proposed to form such an organization as now exists. Sir Lowthian Bell, one of the foremost iron men of England, was a hearty supporter of the plan, aud he was seconded by such meu as Sir Henry Bessemer, J. T. Smith, Edward Williams, Sir Wm. Siemens and Lord Fre ick Cavendish, THE REORGANIZATION. ‘The new 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 tron trade may be said to have been just be- nning the course of its wonderfu! develop- eut. The building of railroads and the be- ping of many kindred enterprises created mereased demand for manufactured iron, r steel was beginning to be made ‘ 8 yeing introduced into the iron business on a lavish scale for théir reception and en- tertainment. A general committee was ap- inted with Mr. An- yw Carnegie as chair- man and Mr. Kirchhoff, the editor of the Iron ME Age, as secretary. Seo- a & retary Kirchhoff has had SY almost the entire charge , of the trip ever since Zeyh beginning and it is i: largely due to his exec- mo) utive ability that every- YP" thing has off 30 2° well. Mr. W. P. Shinn, president of the Ameri- can Institute of Mechan- ical Engineers, wae placed at the head of the SECRETARY KIRCHOF?. transportation commit- tee and he has the rather arduous duty of look- ing out for the comforts of more than half thousand traveling foreigners, including ladies, and incidentally has had to manage three special trains of palace cars in their course around the states, In addition to the general committee loca committees were early appointed at all the cities where stops were to made all along the line to Chicago and back along both the Canadian and the southern excursion routes. These committees have been busy for weeks past muking all the preparations for the enter- tainment of the guests and at every stop that was made there was a for the travelers to sce and 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. a ‘THE LOCAL COMMITTEE. ‘The commitiee appointed in this city has had all it could well accomplish, for it is no small matter to prepare hotel accommodations and arrange for the diversion and entertainment of The committee consiste of Major perintendent of the geological sur- vey, chairman, Dr. David T. Day, in charge of the collection of mining statistics, Prof. T. C. Mendenhall of the coast and geadetic 7s Prof. S. P. Langley, secretary of the Smith- sonian Institute, Gen. Greely of the signal serv- ice and Commander Barber, United States navy. Maj. J. W. Powell, the chairman of the local committee on arrangements, is a man too well known in this city to standin need of many words, But his reputa- tion isa broad oneamong scientific men every- where, not only on ao- count of his position as the executive head of the geological survey, but because of his own scientific attainments ag well. Maj. Powell was born at Mt. Morris, N.1 J Y., in 18%4, but spent 7am his early life in Ohio, 79 Wisconsin and Illinois. At the outbreak of the war he enlisted as a private in the twentieth llinois volunteers and inois artil- He lost his right arm at Shiloh, but re- mained in active service until the close of the war. Always interested in scientific studies he became professor of geology in the Illinois Wesleyan University and his exploration of the Coiorado canon in 1868 and the success that crowned the expedition led to the establishment of a topographical and geographical survey of 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 was done and Mr. Clarence King was placed at the head. In 1881 Mr. King resigned the position and Maj. Powell was appointed to succeed him. Maj. Powell has received the degrees Ph.D. and LL.D. and isa member of many scientific societies. Although Dr. Day is not at the head of the commitice 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 bi shoulders. To say 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 busy. The number of details ‘that he has had to look after in making the ar- rangemente for enter- taining 600 gueste would be enongh to frighten a lazy man. Even down to allotting the visitors to their rooms at the hotels and making preparations in advance Minne... me im- mense amount of luggage that the foreigners brought with them, all fell to him, and a thou- sand and one things besides. But everything was dope 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 the census and is atthe 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 ia by no means unknown in the scientific world, & P. LANGLEY. It would seem as though no committee of oon & nt that the new insti- i a large place in life to fill and that here was no end of good it might accomplish. ihe Siemens process. now so well known, was then in its inf. + and the institute gave it considerable attention, two papers being read the subject at the first meeting, one by Mr. Howson and the other by Mr. Josiah T. mith. Ever since that time the institute has taken Up and considered almost every matter that Las been to the interest of producers, cousumers and users of steel and irom, THE MEMBERSHIP. Membership in the institute is granted t those who are actually engaged in iron and | steel producing works and to metullurgists f scientific attainments, Among its members re many of the wealthiest aud most promi- uent men in Great Britain, while the admission of foreign members has helped to give ita world-wide reputation. The list of officers cusists of & president, who is elected for a rm of two years, nine vice presidents and a neil of fifteen members. These latter offi- re are elected for three years, one-third going out each year, ‘The institute holds two meet- one in the spring in Loudon y the council The present meeting in this he sixth that has been held awn om home. The others have been at Liege, jum, Dusseldorf, Germany, Vienna and two at Paris, “The institate has aiways taken great in- erest ip the progress that has been made in the and the large at- | resent trip is partly the resultof art of the members to see with their own eyes the state of the industry here. THE GERMAN ASSOCIATION. ‘The Verein Deutscher Eisenhuettenleute, the German organization at present so well repre- vented im this country, is a younger society than the institute, having been founded ten years ago the 28th day of next month. Still it bas been remarkably suc ful ever since its beginning, and has done a great deal of good work in the intere: of the iron trade. Its resident, since its organization, has been Carl neg, general manager of the Gutchoffnungs- Huette at Oberhausen. He was unable to come with the members of his union, but has esented at the international meetings der Thielen, the manager of the Pheonix works at Rubrort. The headquarters of the society are at Dusseldorf, where its meetings are generally held, though other cities are occasionally chosen. The proceedings of the society are published in its organ, stabi und Ewen, jonthly magazine that is devoted «swell to the publication of articles by the reat German metallurgiste. Dr. Zeumer and E. Schroedter are the editora. Herr Schreuter had charge of the German entertainmente in honor of the American engineers last year. ike E:senbuettenieute now has a membership of about one thousand, @ number of whom are Americans, ARRANGING FOR THE RECEPTION. As soon as it was learned that these two societies were really coming over to this coun- wy om a return visit preparations were begun im the fall at some place chosen | scientific and learned men could ever be quite complete unless Prof. 8. P. Langley were a member, Prof. Langley first made his name | famous as an astronomer, though he is best | known probably to the people of the country j 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 wes professor of astronomy in the Western i vania in Pittsburg when d to this city in January, 1887. to of assistant secretary of the Smith- sonian Institute. He succeeded to the full sec- retaryship in August of the same year. Prof. Thos. Corwin Mendenhall iss manof the sort that Americans are proud to show to Englishm self-made man. He was born in Ohio in 1541 and his early education was of the most meager | description. Yet it was | enough, for it gave him | a start, and little by lit- | tle, by dint of his own | efforts, he acquired an | education and a scien- | ‘aining that have 4 | placed him in the front 4 | rank of American scien- | tists, though his repu- | tation is by no means | confined to this coun- try. Thrown on his jown resources at an early age he atill kept up bis studies, In 1873, on the organization of c the Obio State Univer- PROF, MENDENBALL, sity. he was elected to the chair of physics and mechanics, He 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 iu 1884 he was appointed to a position in the United States signal service, He was afterward [elected president of the Rose Polytechnic | School at Terre Haute, where he remained un- til called to be superintendent of the United States coastand geodetic survey, a position that he still occupies. Both as writer anda lecturer Prof. Mendenhali is well known, He is a member of several scientific societies, Gen. A. W. Greely is the man who is gen- erally held responsible for the weather. At any rate, he gets all the blame for bad weather — andvery little credit for the good, and he was put on the committee pre- sumably to wee toit ee © visitors get a dose of English fog and “3 rain. Gen Greely was enlisted in the nine- “D.C, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1890-SIXTEEN PAGES. A. THIELER. No one could regret more than the members of the American Institute the fact that the president of the Verein Deutscher Eissen- field, Wm. Davies, Swansea, Richard Day, W. » Mr. and Mra, & Dickin- it., E. Dicte, Dr. Morton von Douglas, x von Dong! afield, Mr.’and Mra, § Drammond, Eckhard H. Dunnachie, Eck, Heine. A. Eckstein, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Edge, David Edwards, W. H. Edwards, Gustav Ebr- hardt and wife, T. Leonard Ellis, Mr. and Mra. Jobn Ellison, W. Esser, Christmas Evans, David Evans, Evan D. Evans. R. K. Evans, Joh, Faber, Reuven Farley, W. Farnworth, W. Fearnehough, 8. J. Fellows Wm. Frith, E. K. Fisher, A. Fitzner, W. G. Fossick. Samson Fox, John B, Fry, Theodore Fry, MB. De. Eringe, Mr, and Mra, Geo. Geen, W. R. Geen, Hermann Giessler, ica de A. H. Goransson, F. C. pe when # slight delay must have been fatal to the entire are matters that are still fresh in the public mind and that will all have a last- ing place in the history of arctic explorations. After the death of Gen. Hazen in 1887 Gen. Glaser, Goudie, Dr. Otto Grass, Me H. Grazebrook, Gregor, Jos. regory, Richard Grigg, Aug. Grillo, ‘Th Engineers. He entered the navy in 1861 and Greve’ P. Gromer RR Gubbin & graduate of the Naval Academy. member of the naval advisory board which constructed the Roach cruisers and has devoted much attention to the manufacture and use of high explosives in war- fare and to matters per- taining to ordnance and armo Commander Barber is well known in ‘Washington and his so- cial accomplishments make him a particularly valuable member of the reception committee. Commander F. M. Bar- —— Geter taken ° rank as one of the most COMMANDER BARBER. adyanced men in the line of naval ordnance progress in this service. He has written a large amount of valuable material that is accepted as authoritative and has originated much in the way of new devices and ideas, all tending toward the greater e! ficiency of both guns 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 Emil Guilleaume, Max. Guilleaume, 0. Haas, A. Hadfield, Misses Hadfield. Her- mann Haedicke, Oscar Hahn, J. F. Hall, —~ Hammacher, Hugo Haniel, Ed Hannon, G. H. Harrison, G. K. Harrison, W. B. Harrison, Chr. Havestadt, W. Hawdon, G. W. Hawksley and wife, Alex. Hay, A. P. Head and wife, Jeremiah Head, R. Heath, jr., Joh. Hennige, F. A. Her- betz, Hubert Hesse, jr., H. Heywood. B. 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. Horsfield, Edwin Huidschinsky, Hulton- Harrop, Chas. Hunt, Wm. Hunter, A. K. Hunt- ington and wife, A. W. Hutton, Luigi Impera- tori, W. F. Jackson, C. Henry’ James, Jonn Jameson, J. F. F. Jamieson, J. R. Jeffer: J.J. Jenkins, L Jas. Jenks, Walter Jenks, H. A. Johnson, Jas. Johnston, Miss Clara Jones, Henry Jones, Jamea Jones, Lud Joseph, Gustav Jung, . Juengst, Jos. Kaltenbach, Geo, Kearsley, Arthur Keen, W. y Kiefer, C. Kieaselbach. Hy. Kirk, Ernst Klein, Karl Klein, Robt. Klein, Dr. Klingelhoefer, Aug. Kloenne, Otto Knaudt, Fr, Kusenberg, Hugo Koerner, Dr. L: bourne, Eliis Lever, H. W. Lewii huettenlente, Carl Luege, was un: the Atlantic and be & ey to the excursion this fall, He deputed Herr Alexander Thielen torepresent him. Herr Thielen is well known in Europe and among scientific men in this country. He is thi eneral manager of the famous Phonix works at Rubrort, SIR JOHN G. ALLEYNE, Str John Alleyne is now seventy years of age and has retired from active business life. but 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 foliowed his bent and became an iron Tn 1851 hemar- Sir W. T. Lewis, Herbert Clarke Lewis, —— Liebrecht, C, C, Lindberg, Arthur Lindenberg, Jas. Live- sey, J. G. Lowood, Miss Lowood, Dr. Paul Lueg, Dr. Prof. Lunge, Fr. W. Luehrmann, G. recently stood such a magnificent test at An- | herbert and went to Bar- % E. Macarthy, —— Macdonald, J. F. Maclaren, napolis, Hi also chairman of the committee | badoes to manage the PY og G. 8, MacLellan, Morits Magery, C. Man which had in charge the erection of the me- | latter's estate. [ Miss Manby, Robt. Mannesmann, Emil Man- nesmann, Chas. Markham, Benj. Marsden, ©. Marston, BR. Martin, W. H. Massey and wife, Ewing Matheson, Heinr. Mauritz, Jos. May- berry, Wm. McCowan, Chas. McLaren and wife, Chas. McNeil, Gustav Menne, Julius Merker, Gerh. Meyer, Walter Milner, C. Mischke, Gmil Moenting, Wm. Molineaux, Eduard Von Moos, Frederick Monks, wife and daughters, Alfred Moore, 8. V. Morgan, wife and daughter, Clande J. Morris, Col. Paget Mosley, Alfred Muir, Ernst Mueller, Gustav Mueller, Rotterdam; Gustav Mueiier, Zella St. the : following year he entered the Butterly iron works, and later became the general manager of that company, a position that he heid until 1880, Among his greatest engineering feats were the construction of a bridge at Cordbrecht for the Dutch government and the erection of St. Pancras Station in London, designed by W. HL. Barlow for the Midland Railway Company. WILLIAM WHITWELL, No one would ever mistake William Whitwell for the subject of any other country in the morial to the Jeannette sufferers of '79-'81 which is to be unveiled at the Naval Academy cemetery next Thursday. THE ARRANGEMENTS. All the arrangements were completed some time ago, and long before the arrival of the visitors in thia city plans had been perfected for their entertainment during their entire stay. Rooms were procured at the hotels for them, and before they reached this city Dr. Day, whojoined the party several days ae e had told each of the travelers what rooms world than old England, for he is thoroughly | Bingu; Paul Mueller, I, N. Muller, J. Mungall, would occupy and had furnished him with » English in sppearance | ‘Th. Narjes, J. W. Naylor and wife, Jos. Need- copy of the program telling him where to go a8 wellas in spirit. He | ham, John 8. Nettefold, Otto Niedt, T. Ni was born in 1835 ané@ was educated at ‘Tulketh Hall, near Preston. At the age of sixteen he was placed in # carpet — Nolda, kK. H. Norton, W. E. Norbury, 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. Pease, first and what to do in order to enjoy himself, and what arrangements had been made for hi entertainment while here. The program in- cluded visits to the government buildings and the navy yard,a ride through the city for th ladies in th * tte! ception at factory, but three years | H. Peech, Wm, Peile, Alf. Peltzer, T. M. Perey, th White House ‘and s promenade ocacert a later he left there and| J. W. Perkins. C. D. Phillips, J. W. Philips, the Arlington in the evening. ssentered the colliery of | Franz Piechatzek, Gustave Piedboeuf, Paul A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY, Joseph Pease & Co. at| Piedboeuf, Miss A. Pike, James Platt, Miss 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. Whitwell & C which was succeeded about two years ago by the present limited company of Wm. Whitwell &Co. Mr. Wm. Whitweil is the chairman aud 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. ‘FR. WINDSOR RICHAKS, Few members of the institute are as well known personally in this country 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 of the leading American iron mavufacturers. He hasbeen connected with two of England's great-; it steel works. He de-Bg igned and erected thefy Ebbow Vale works and was the general man- ager for sixteen years. He then designed and built the great Eston Steel Works of Bolckow, Vaughan & Co., at Middlesborough,. of which he was tor thirteen Years general manager and is still a director. | Thielen, R. B. Thomas and wife, Wm. Tho He is now the general manager of the famous | Wm. Thomas, F. T. Thomas, Franz Low Moor works. motaek, ON. Thorn, EH Tw MR. J. STEPHEN JEANS, + Tozer, ih ‘schersich, incent, the secretary to the institute, is « literary man | DF. K Vogelsang, R. Volkmann, Ernst Voss, by education and training, av he ‘was brought | Honty Wake, Aug. Waldthausen, jr., Eugene . roug Waldthausen, W. H. Walker, jr., Jos. Walton, up to an acquaintanceship with the printing | _— Wandesleben, F. E. Warburg, wife and 3 business, and in 1870 be- daughters, C, W. Ware, E. H. Watts, Henry came the editor of the | Webb, Jul. Weber. Chr. Weuste, Miss Whitfield Glasgow Evening Star,|J. F.’ Whitwell, Wm. PF. Whitwell, Geo. W. one of the first evening | Wilkinson, Jno. W. Willans, Jas. Williams, Wm. papers established in | Williams, R. Williamson, Mies Williamson, R. the provinces. Ho after-| ‘1, Wilson. H. Wipperman, L, Witthoefft. B. G. §]! ..ward became the editor | Wood, Percy Wood, H. Woolcock. J. D. Wragg, BY © of the Stockton and Dar-| 1. Wrightson, John Young, John Younger, ZiSlington Times, North | Hans Zauders, Gust Zapp and Jul. Zurborn. of England weekly, and AMERICANS WITH THEM. remained in that posi-} 4 number of members of the American insti- tion until 1877, when he ; : was appointed sucrotary | tutes have accompanied the foreigners on this Platt, E. Piewa, Arthur Poensgen, Emil Poens- gen, R. Poensgen, J. Pohlig, H. G. Powell, B. Price-Williams, Ch. H. Pugh, D. Perves and wife, William Radcliffe and wife, T. M. Reay, Robert Thomas Reece, O. Reiularat, Heinr, Remy and wife, . M. Renton, Herm Reuss, — von Rhenbaden, Edward Kichards and wife, J. Richards, J. J.’ Richards, Joscph Richardson, J. C. Ridiey, Edward Raley, Rud. Rochiing, %. wife and daughter, J. H. Roge J. E. Rogerson, Miss Rogerson, W. E. Roger: son, James Rollason, K. H. Roth, Brooke Row- ley, Charles Rummens. Francis W. Rummens, George Ryder, George Ryland, Wm. Ryland, Gotth. Sachsenberg. Geo. Salter, Franz Sauer, Jas, Saunders, F. Scarf. Alfr, Schilling, Peter Nchleiper, Albert Schneider, E. Schoeller, E. Schoen, B. Schuchart, Carl Ludwig Schultz, F. Schultz, the Misses Schultz, A. Schultz, B. Schultz, Geo. Scoular, Fred. Seaman. F.Sebalt, H. P, Senhouse and wife. George Senior, A. G. Service and wife, Wm. Shanks, T. B. Sharp, J. W. Shipman, Geo. Siddell, Paul ‘Sibbel, Gio- vanni Silvestri, F. Simmersbach, J. 8. Sim: Sthith, de Soldenhoff, A. Solvay. A. Spannagel, John W. Sparrow and wife, J. C. Spencer, John Spencer. EL Squire, L. R. L. Squire, W. 8. Squire, the Hon. E. L. Stanley. J. E. Stead, Jas. Steel, Wm. Steel, E. Stein- brecht, L. Sterne, Sir Thos, Storey, wife and daughter, Fredk. Storr, G. H. Strick, Leo. Strippeiman, Peter Stwublen, H. Steuhlen, —— Sugg, Jno. Summers, E. Sykes, Geo. Talbot, J. C. Taunett, J.8. Taylor, W. Thackray, jr., A The iron and steel men from abroad have een in this country nearly month. They came over on several steamers and reached New York the latter part of September, On Thursday, October 2, the first international meeting was held at Chickering Hall, sir James Kitson, president of the Iron and Steel Institute, presided at the meetizg. Mr. Carne- gie made the speech of welcome. which was answered by Sir James Kitson, and a number of scientific papers were read. ' In the evenin; the annual dinner was held at Delmonico’s an iticent affair. During the New the Bessemer gold medal was presented to Mr. Abram 8, Hewitt for the great advances he has made in the interests of the iron and steel industry. On October 5 was begun the tour of inspec- tion through the country. Philadelphia. Johns- town, Altoona, Pittsburg and Chicago are a few ofthe principal towns at which stops were made. ‘The party have traveled in three special trains that have been at their disposal through- <ul the Sig, Sho toutes ereunto wp of coven 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 internationa] meet- ings and joint sessions of the Bri 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 is a ready thought among the iron men of the couutry that one result that was unforeseen but that is likely toaccrue 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 ina position to know, The two sections of the party that separated at Chicago have rejoined in this city and will now stay together until 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 pust, SIR JAMES KITSON, BART. Among the many prominent men that have been in the party there are few as well known in Great Britain and throughout the iron trade WEAM of the institute to suc-| tour. Among them are: C. Baker, D, N. Bar- B le a ceed Johu Jones, who | renger, E. N. Bidwell, Jerome L. Boyer, Ed. had been its secretary from the foundation of Brown, B, H. Braugh, Ellis Clark, F. Coryoll, Wm. Colquhoun, H. J. Craggs and two daugh- ters, R. Crooks, E.V. D'Ivilliers, V.E. Edwards, Gustav Ehrhardt and wife, G. Fraser, George Goetz, A. Goldbach, H. M. Rowe and lady, C. F. Hofher, Col, T. J. Holland,’ J. H, _H. Horsfield, H. Howat lady, H, D. Hibbard, G. H. Hewitt, A. Bruce Joy, Wm. Kent, C.N, Kolbee, W. B. Kunhardt, Robt. H. Lamborn, J. F. Lewis and lady, Thos. McLachlan. F, W. Morris and wife, H. H. Mor- ris and wife, R. J. Morris, B. Meyer, P. Mo- Aully, Thos. MacLachlan, —— Morgan, H. A. Noble, H. O. B. Nash, M. Owen, Ed. O'Grosa, E. Pallman, N. D, Phillip, Edward Porritt, F. A. Platt, J. B. Pierce, W. B. Ridgely, C. Ridgely and wife, John Stevenson, jr.. Tooke Straker and lady, Max Suppes, M. "Salter, F. J. R. Sut- cliffe. W. L. Schafer, 0. Smith, wife and two daughters, David Williams, wife and daughter, Paul Wilke, Geo. B. Wilisinson, T. J. Williams, 0. B. Wood, Oliver Willi and two daughters and F. 8. Witherbe —— In the Fifty-Cent Table D’ Hote. From Puck. the society. Mr. Jeaus has written a large number of books on a variety of subjects, but largely on such as railroads, manufacturing and the fron trade, He is also secretary of the Brit Iron Trade Association, one of the duties of the office being the compiling of an aang statistical report of the iron trade of the work [>] YREDFRICK SIEMENS. But few names are better known in the metallurgical world th. that of Siemens. Fifth ina family of eightsons 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 the merchant marine he left that profession at instance of his brother, Dr. Werne Siemens, in whose tele: blished, he continued his tech ical education. The telegraphic apparatus in- ented by Werner was a success, and in order that it wight 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 Engiand Frederick experimented considerably in the matter of steel furnaces and is the inventor of the regenerative gas furnace, His discoveries revolutionized the manufacture of steel and glass and have brought him a handsome for- tune, Dluminating gas been another of Mr. Siemens’ studies and several of the best gas burners known to science are of his inven- tion. Three thousand tive hundred employes, in seven factories, are on his pay rolls. MEMBERS OF THE PARTY. The following members of the two foreign societies are in the party: The president of oe of the world as the president of the British Steel and Iron Institute, Sir James Kitson, bar- onet, He was born in Leeds in 1835 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- motivé Sir James Kitson was educated at the Wakefield Pel lle School and later at the University College, London, but left the latter institution at the age of twenty to go into the iron business with his elder brother in th Monk Bridge iron works. These works were purchased for them by their father and under the care of the two young men they proved a great success, Later in life his name was con- nected with a number of public movements, and of late, since he has acquired « 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 condition of the working people of Leeds, especially in the line of providing them with comfortable and sanitary homes, During the years 1880-1 he was president of the Leeds chamber of commerce. of whose council he had been a member for a number of years. He is con- nected with a number of scientific trade and philanthropic organizations, GEOKGE J. SNELUS. George James Snelus 1s one of the vice presi- dents of the institute. He was born in London in 1837. His father died poor when George was e boy, but he was edu- cated’ thoroughly as teacher at St. Job College, Battersea, and afterward taught for a number of years, Dur- ing this period he studied at Owens Uol- lege, Manchester, de- voting himself to chem- istry and physica. In 1864 he received the first of the Royal Al- the British Institute, Sir James Kitson, Bart. accompanied by the Misses Kitson; Past Presi- dent Sir Lowthan Bell, Bart., F.1.8.; the f lowing vice presidents and members of the council: Sir John G. 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, Jeans, secretary; the following members of the Vorstandsmitglieder of the Verein Deutscher Eisenhuettenleu E. Blass, A. Braums, BR. M. Darlen and wife, E. Krabler, Heinr. Macco, J. Schlink, 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 R Baldwin, A.C. Bamlett, Hy. Banks, Thomas bert scholarships, a free Bantock and wii James Barrows, Miss education for’ three <a H. Bauman, Paul Bayard, Ge ears at the Royal WW ; Htiaan fr Boardce, hool of Mines, here his career was remarkably successful and he gradu- ated with the highest honora He was nominated by Dr, og Bad the Coreg of chief chemist to the Dowlais works; in 1871 ‘was recommended for the post of scientific ad- visor to the commission then being sent out b; the Iron and Steel Institut: to the Unite: States to investigate and report on the Danks rotatory puddiing process. Mr. Snelus is largely interested in coal and iron mining in Cumberland and has introduced a large num- ber of improvements into the iron manufactur- ing business. He was engaged to start and manage the new Bessemer tof the West Cumberland Iron and Steel Company, Workington. He was shortly afterw: pointed works manager and s1 eral manager, which he of this year. 1n.1883 Iron and Steel Insti- tute awarded Mr. Bnelus the Bessemer gold medal for “the first to make pure steel from impure in a Besssemer converter lined with basic materials,” (who knows French)—‘Garcon, deux cafes-cognac: J. H. Smith (who does not spexk the language)—**The same for me, garsung.” Road Agents Secure $1,500. Thursday morning as the south-bound train on the Santa Fe pulled out of Socorro, N.M., three men were seen to step on board. After the train had passed Sau Antonio they entered the Pullman sleeper and locked the door, then drew their guns on the porter and conductor and relieved them of eat pacotns cash, They then introduced the to the passengers, going through mo: ni and making quite haul, They Jumped from. train on the apn bes de Apache yrant, talfing to the hills. It is estimated that they Kot $1,500. ‘Lhe robbers dressed as cowboys, whose caps and mufflers were evidently iutended to disguise them as much as pombie, ———— ee. Reunited After Many Years, Mra. Tracy, formerly Agnes Ethel, at one time the leading actress of Mr. Augustin Daly's company, was last Tucsday evening married to Mr. Clinton Roudebush of New York city, the brother of Lorenzo Roudebush, at one time « member of the stock exchange, and who mar- ried the only sister of Mra, Mrs, Roudebush Bisc! Bloem, Bond, ley, Budolf Bredt, N, Brooke, F. H. Brooke, J Bruce, Mra, Brace, Miss Bruce, W. 7 MAKING A STILL HUNT. The Committee of Safety Quietly Invee- tigating the Hennessey Murder The committee of safety of New Orleans con- tinues to investigate the Hennessey murder, but as all of the members are bound to secrecy, nothing is known of what is doing. The police are still looking for the last of the assassins of Hennessey, who has so far escaped them, and who in their opinion left the city immediately after the murder, They say that they can identify him, and will yet be able to lay their got =~ ted yesterday b; excitement was creat BA iy by the finding of the body of « murdered Italian in the river just above New Orleans in an oil- cloth sack. | When the sack was opened it dis- closed the body of a man who had evidently been strangled to death. The murdered man from his dress and features was evidently an Italian, His murder, however, could hardly have had any connection with the Hennessey assassination. An investigation showed that the body had been in the water at least weeks, The steamship Elysian from Palermo, with 1,000 Italian immigrants on board, bas arrived at Port Eads. Maj. Dickson, Capt. Lawler and the entire force of United States inspectors went down the river yesterday afternoon to meet the vessel, They wilh make a thorough inspection of the immigrants and if any of them should turn out to be paupers, criminals or of the classes which come under the prohib- itory code they will be retamed on board and the ship made to carry them back to Palermo, see BURYING THE CHOLERA, A Ghastly Swindle Perpetrated on Mo- hammedans in Calicut. A grim story of aswindle comes from Cali- cut, where cholera has been raging, especially among the Moplahs, who are Mohxmmedans and very fanatical, says the London felegroph, ‘The other day a young man appeared and an- nounced himself as an especially holy priest, able to heal all sickness and capable of even destroying the cholera, People flocked to hear | him preach, and when he said that if 4.000 rupees could be collected for him he would undertake to cleanse the city of its awful scourge the pe wretches gathered together all their small savings and laid them at bis teet, In 8 surprisingly short time the sum was collected, aud 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 & most extraordinary scene ensued, First came the priest riding ® led horse. After him fol- Jowed strings of nearly naked men, with ashes on their heads, who worked themselves into a frenzy by dancing and yelling. Next came a palanquin, closely shut, which Was supposed to coniain the cholera, Atter this again crowds and crowds of Mohamme- dans groaning and shrieking. “Allah!” It was weird beyond description. They proceeded to a distant part of the shore, and then with much ceremony the palanguin was 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, in their weakened and excited state this fast- | ing of course resulted in a fearful increase of the disease, In every house the dead lay. Fury filled the hearts of the survivors. the false priest? They poured forth in hun- dreds hungry for vengeance, Where was the priest, and alas! alas! where were their rupees? Echo answered, Where? During three days’ fast priest and rupees had alike disappeared and up to this time have been no more heard of, —oo—____— Southern Pacific to Build a Coast Line. Messrs. Huntington, Stanford and Crocker, representing the Southern Pacific Railroad Com- pany, have signed an agreement to complete a ) coast line railway from San Francisco to Los 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, and the work of completing the line, it is estimated, will be in seventeen months, sos A Rich Vein of Silver. Messrs, 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 Where was | FORGING LETTERS OF CREDIR A Gigantic Conspiracy to Defraud Drexel, Morgan & Co. George Johnson and John Phillipa, were ar Faignec in London in the Mansion House police court yesterday on ® charge of being impli- cated in a conspiracy to forge letters of credit upon the banking firm of Drexel, Morgan & Oo. The existence of the conspiracy was revealed to the police by aman named Pregherm, whe testified at the hearing today that be met Phillips in Rotterdam and came to London with bim. The witness said he had seen the prisoner? Making the fraudulent letters of credit, The accused were remanded. The com jiracy is & gigantic one a forgers have been arrested at idand Marseilles Tools used in the letters of credit were found in Johnson's Possession, A True Bill Against Lingo, ‘The Camden county, N. J., grand jury yestere day morning brought in eighteen true bills, one against Francis Lingo for the murder of Mra Muller and fifteen against “Lawyer Hi twelve of which were for forgery = three ted false pretense. During the prevalence of a atorm in Brooke lyn yesterday a brick building in course of construction at the corner of Halsey street and Pathen avenue was blown down and entirely de molished. There was no one in the house af the time. John Lindsay had his leg brokem He house is owned by J. McDegena, Damage — <oe — Briefs From the Orient. The steamship City of Peking, from Ching and Japan, reached San Francisco yesterday, bringing advices that the survivors of the wrecked Turkish frigate Ertogrout will be sent home in two Japanese r ot-war. The excitement in Japan over the treaty re vision has somewhat guicted down, but prow cautions are still being taken for the safety of foreigners. No date has yet been fixed for opening the imperial dict, A number of government nominees bave been appointed to the Louse of peers, Cholera is gradually disappearing and Yoko hama 1s said to be practically free from’ There bave beeu 34,000 cases and 23,000 deaths up to October 7. ee Railways in Palestine. The Jewish World of London says that the Sultan of Turkey has granted a concession to 8 London syndicate headed by Lieut Gen. Sir Andrew Clark for trading aud constracting railways im certain parts of Asia, including Palestine, The development of the resources of the Holy Land wili form a leading feature in the program of the company, which will make it appearance in Asia as @ limited abil- ity company. soe Sinking of the Yacht Katrina. Mr. E. D, Morgan's steam yacht Katrina, bound from Newport, R.1.. for New York, with the owner and crew of thirty men on board, Tan on 4 rock at Matinecock Point, L.L, yester- day mormug. ‘ihe vessel filied rapidly and sank. Mr. Morgan and all the others aboard reached Matmecock Point safely, Mr. Mor- gan’s torty-foot yacht, which was in tow of the Katrina with three sailors aboard, was cut | adrift and nothing yet has been heard from her. The accident was due to the heavy storm, which drove the vessel in shore, and the pilod was unable to distinguish the lights or tive soundings, ——_———-+e-__- Race Winnings and the Money Market, The enormous sum of £150,000 ($750,000), which a Frenchman won over the victory of Alicante on the Cambridgeshire, has produced an effect he never dreamed was possible, says @ London dispatch. Thix is nothing less thane fallin the rate of exchange between London and Voris, Though the fall is aslight one, itis sull sufticiently marked and has been the cause of a great deal of talk among the bankers on both sides of the channel, as the system of ime ternational betting, due to the increased intere ken by sportsmen of both countries in the that occur in the other, is gro larger every year, and the authorities say that the time is fast approaching when bankers end brokers will have to watch the race course a8 @ owned by J. C, Scoville. The two gentiemen made a careful inspection of the land on which the vein was discovered and spent some time 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 and are confident that the supply is almost unlimited. ca od Oe ra Subscribing Money for Ireland. A citizens’ mass meeting was held in Buffalo on Thursday night to raise money for the aid of the famine sufferers of Ireland. Among the speakers were Bishop Ryan, Con- gressman Farquhar and Mayor Bishop. ‘Over ¥3,300 was subscribed. E =o eee Hon. Ben Butterworth’s Denial. Hon, Ben Butterworth emphatically denies the charge that he had been silenced in his advocacy of reciprocity by the promise of the position of secretary of the world’s fair com- mission, “The story is absolutely false,” said the secretary. “I atisolutely and unhesitat- ingly deny that Lever entered into any deal whatever to secure this or any other office. I always have been, am now and expect to be an advocate of the reciprocity doctrines, One of the last things I did before leaving Congress was to plead with McKinley to p2t my bill 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 in the Clouds, Mr. Thomas 8S. Mims and Miss Gertrude Pit- man of Brewton, 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 @ half went over the Red mountain. It was last seen passing over Axmoor, seven miles south of birmingham, and still heading for the mountainous region of Shelby county. cos - The Apaches Elude 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 band in an unfre- quented spot uear the scene of the murder early yesterday morning. A conflict ensued, but the Indians beat olf their pursuers after two of them had been killed, ~ Awan 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 adjourned to January 6, 1891, when the as published in last powerful factor im the movements of the money market, ~.o0- _— Cardinal bons’ Explanation. The attention of Cardinal Gibbons was yee terday called to @ criticism made by Bishop Vincent of the Methodist Episcopal Church tm an address at the Chautauqua convention in Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, It is said Bishop Vincent “censured the action of Cardinal Gib- bons in placing President Harrison on his lett hand at the Catholic University banquet in Washington a year ago, while he reserved the seat ot honor for the Canadian cardinal.” Bishop Vincent thought President Harrison should have left the table and he could never rgive him for not having doneso.” The cardinal said he fully recoguized the of giving the President the seat of honor af abanquet. On the occasion referred to Presi« dent Harrison did not enter the room until near the close of the banquet, Cardinal Gib- bons and Cardinal Taschereau of Quebec, who Were guests, were seated, and when the Presi- dent was ushered into the hall toward the close of the dinner Cardinal Gibbons rose and offered the President a vacant seat beside his own. Indictments Growing Out of @ Strike At Binghamton, . the grand jury bas re- ported nine indictments against the Leader at taches, growing out of that paper's attitude during the recent cigar maker's strike, There are six for libel, three against the manager, two against the itor and one against the city editor. One indictment was brought in agamst each of the persons spect+ fisd for criminal contempt of court, joerg gurding an injunction issued by Judge which probibited all persons from unlawfully encouraging the strikers. Bail was furnished in the sum of £50 ou each indictment The other five indictments were for violating supreme court injunctions, and the named are: Geo McGuire, James Wood, James Dundon, Margaret Moriarty and Anne Branley. The charges of conspiracy against the strikers and others were not considered because of lack of time, The civil eases brought by the manufacturers the leaders and abettors of the strike will be called at the November term of court Considering a Crusade to the Soudan, A London dispatch says: It is reported from Rome that the long delay in the settlementof the Anglo-Italian negotiatious regarding Africe ig not altogether or chiefly due to difference as to conceding Kassaia to Italy, but that the representatives of the two ye sing another expedition to the British direction, to suppress the mabdi and restore the authority of the khedive in that re- gion. Advices irom the Soudan represent thet the uribes are divided im allegiance and some of them in rebe ainst the mahdi, while those ucar Suskim are reduced to serious straits through the want of provisions, Star, became a law providing « part board of improvements for Cincinnati to be appointed by Mayor Mosby, and to hold uutil April, when their successors shall be elected, Joint senate and house committees were appointed, one to investigate the worl ings of the departments at Cincinnati, and an- other on municipai plan and the best system of city government, both to report at the ad- Journed session. The “Ripper” Again at Work. The “Jack the Ripper” scare has again caused a sensation among the London police aud the residents of the South Hampstead locality. Last night, in a secluded part of the neighborhood, passers-by were shocked by finding in an obscure alley the dead body of woman whose head had been very nearly sev- ered, while her body showed evidences of kicke and bruises in themselves sufficient to cause death, While up to the present time no knowledge has been obtained as to whom the victim was, it seems e was @ woman of very low repute and this wae suf- ficient to start the cry “Jack the Ripper has been at work again.” The police actively be- gan operations in a search for ‘derer, on “Iam 60 troubled about my husband,” said Mrs. Badman, seeking sympathy from the pas- tor’s wife. “He goes from bad to worse, He a an atheist and now he says he and docsn’t know a and dowen * Hon. Robert Bond’s Mission, Nova Scotia fishermen are reported to be considerably exercised over Hon Bob- ert Bond's mission to the United States ang his allegation that he is authorized by the im- government to conciude an arrangement to Americans special Se from 0. which their fciiow-fishermen, are to be exciuded. Fought a Duel With Crowbars. Josepa Wood, thirty-five years old, and Carl Barg of New York fought = due} yesterday morning with iron crowbars is & blacksmith’s shop on Park svenue, The battle was fierce and lasted for some time. 19 was ended only when both men sank to with fractured skulls, They were removed te the bospjtal in an unconscious condition, New Line of Lake Steamers, President SR. Callaway of the Toledo, 8% Louis and Kansas City railway says his company has wade a traftic agreement with the Missouri Pacitic which affords it an outlet from St. Louis to Kansas City, and it also bas estabe lished a line of steamers between Toledo and Buffalo. This enables the com to com- pete for the Missouri river trafic to the east, and will have the effect of largely im creasing its earnings. Ed. Stevens, the Counterfeiter, Caught. Ed. Stevens, a notorious counterfeiter, was arrested on ihureday last and is now in jail Thirty-seven spurious dollars were found on his person ands number of molds in his house.