Inventor Of The Ferris Wheel Dead

Pittsburg, Nov. 23.- George G. W. Ferris, civil engineer and conceiver and constructor of the great World's fair wheel, diedhere Sunday of typhoid fever after a brief illness, due largely to being run down by overwork. It was in 1S92 that Mr. Ferris conceived the idea of the wonderful Ferris wheel, that has attracted the attention of all the people of the world, and which win go down in history as one ot the greatest wonders of the century. The monster passenger wheel, conceived by Mr. Ferris. was built under his personal supervisión In this city.