PMwiH X ;r.4 THE PlTTSBURfftr'DISPATOH, ITDBDAT, 1889. - - ' SA r l OCTOBER ' 19P -r c -! jii(i.wi' - CH. v-. n 'ii- I SIM1I If WITH AIJi THE VIEWB TAKEN FEOMLIEE IS GIVEN IN THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, OF- Sunday, October 20, 1SS3. Look at the names of some ot the artists: Robert Burdette, Edgar Saltus, MaxO'Rell, ChaunceyM. Depew, Dr.T.DeWlttTalmage. Will Carletoa. Admiral Porter, Joaquin Miller, Mrs. Frank Leslie, A. F. Aldridge, , Charles Lebards, Ronald Dunbar, O.S.IL, Gerald E. Flanagan, Henry Nonnan, R. W. Shoppel, Wilt F. Bond, John Habberton, Shirley Dare, Harriet Frescott Spof- lord, James K. Reeve, Wilson Windom, Ernest H.Heinrichs, Bessie Bramble, T. J. Fitzgerald, George Hodges, Pringle, Clara Belle, , Walrs, Hepburn Johns. THIS MAMMOTH ISSUE OF Twenty Pages, 160 Columns, CONTACTS ALL THE NEWS FROM HOME AND ABROAD. ESIABLISHED FEBRUARY 8, 1S46. Vol.. 1. 0.151. -Entered at nttsburg Postoffice. November It, 1SS7, as second-da" matter. Business Office-- 97 and 99 Fifth Avenue. News Rooms and Publishing1 House 75, 77 and 79 Diamond Street Eastern Advertising Office, Koom 48, Tribune Building, cwYork. Average net circulation of the dally edition of The Dispatch for six months ending September 30, 1SS3, as sworn to before City Controller, 30,095 Copies per Issue. Average ret circulation orthe Buudav edition ot The Dispatch for four months ending Septem ber: ISSa. 54,188 ' Copies per lsue. TEBJ1S OF THE DISPATCH. rOSTAGE FBXE IN THE UNTTXD STATES. DAILY DIsrATCH, One Year 8 00 D tiir Dispatch, Per Quarter -00 Dailt Dispatch. One Month 70 Daily Dispatch. Including Sunday, lyear. 10 00 Daily Dispatch, including Sunday, Jm'ths. 2 50 Daily Dispatch, Including Sunday.l month 90 bCNSAT Dispatch, One lear 2 50 eeely Dispatch, One Year 13 The Daily Dispatch Is delivered bv carriers at IE cents per week, or Including Sunday edition, at JC cents per week. PITTSBURG. SATURDAY. OCT. 19. 1889. A NEW MANUFACTURING TOWN. The purchase of a site on the MonoUgahela river, at Lock No. 4, where the largest plate glass works in the world will be located, and the Believernon gas field will be utilized to famish the fuel of a new manufacturing snbnrb, is an interesting promise oi indus trial development. ETery such enterprise is an addition to Pittsburg's wealth and population. The fact that it is an hour or two from the city makes its industries and growth no less a part of the grand industrial organization which is now covering a great share of West ern Pennsylvania, and of which Pittsburg is the heart. The employment of foreign capi tal in this enterprise is one of the results of the unsurpassed advantages of our section, and it shows that the influences which have been pushing our growth for the past few years are as active as ever. The new town will have the advantage of water transportation in competition with the railroads, and will no doubt develop the in dustrial success which is promised. A rapid growth to our new manufacturing suburbl CHICAGO'S EMBASSY. It is understood that a committee of Chi cago gentlemen visiting theExposition here, has for its real errand the work of securing the support of Pittsburg for the location of the World's Fair in Chicago. The enter prise and public spirit which Chicago has shown in support of her enterprise certainly stands out in decided and gratifying con tract to the hide-bound and penny-pinching methods that have ruled in NewTork. If the question were solely between the loca tion at different commercial capitals, the dash and liberality of Chicago would doubt less attract the support of a great many; and might even create a disposition to reverse the declarations made by the Chamber of Commerce and other authoritative bodies in favor of Washington. While this may be improbable, however, Pittsburg will give its Chicago guests a warm welcome, will be ? lad to show them the newest ideas in iron and glass exposition buildings. TEE ANABCEIST BLUNDER. Mr. Sergius Schevitch, the Anarchist leader who was the moving spirit at the demonstration in Chicago at which the Stars and Stripes were bused, made a rec ord for himself in an attempt to get up a discission with Mayor Cregier over the his tory of popular government "Are you not of the opinion," asked Schevitch,"that had it not been for the revolution in Paris this republic would not have been here?" Considering that this republic commenced its existence thirteen years before the first French revolution, it is very easy to answer Mr. Schevilch's question in the negative. An ordinary Bussian might be pardoned for making such a blunder; hut when one sets up for a revolutionary leader and under takes to instruct the people of this country on the foundations of popular government, -he onght to know that the establishment of liberty in this country was the example which gave rise to the French revolution, instead of tbe exact opposite. The incident is an interesting one as. showing the importance to political refugees who have found a sanctuary here of pre serving silence until they have learned the true theory and history of afree government by law and not by anarchy. THE SWALLOW-TAIL COAT. The swallow-tail coat has been attacked again, this tifee by Andrew Lang, the bril liant English author. He says that it will have to go. So said Oscar Wilde, a far more important personage in tbe world of fashion than a mere writer of reviews and light literature, ten years ago. So have said a dozen other authorities who have takes it into their heads to wage war upon the conventional clawhammer. And the J evening dress of civilized man the world over still includes the abused coat. The trouble is with the poetic or other wise cranky individuals who see a world of ugliness and discomfort in the swallow-tail coat that they hare never' been able to sug gest a substitute which any sane person would voluntarily adopt. Host of the re formers want us to go back to our grand fathers' times and resume their gorgeous coats of silk, satin or velvet, stiff with bull ion ana embroidery, high in the collar, and long as a woman's dress almost in the skirt This would involve a return to equally resplendent knickerbockers, Bilk stockings, and diamond-buckled shoes, and powdered hair and periwigs would be sure to follow, with the climax! in a cocked bat. No, the swallow-tail coat is a sensible garment; fairly becoming to most men, and it does not entail necessarily a full dress costume beyond the reach of a man of mod-. erate means, u it had not possessed tnese palpable advantages it would sot have stayed in fashion for half a centnry with but trifling modification. TEE INDUSTRIAL EXHIBIT. The proposition to make an industrial exhibit at the Exposition buildings has been adopted with a vigor that bids fair to make that a prominent and impressive feature of the trip of the South American delegates. There is certainly no better way of showing the visitors an epitome of what Pittsburg can achieve industrially, than a display of our best and most striking prod ucts which the delegates can inspect at a single visit, and by that means have a guide as to what parts of our industrial establish ments they wish to inspect in detail. It is to be hoped that every manufactur ing concern in the city will utilize the in tervening time in preparing the best ex amples of their products and the most striking illustrations of new ideas in their respective lines that can be produced. If this is done thoroughly and with the deter mination to surpass all others, it will Ijave the best results. When it is done, too, it will bring up the question why such an exhibit should not be a leading feature of the annual exhibitions of the Exposition So ciety. If the regular Exposition were made to annually illustrate the best examples of progress in industrial science, it would at tract th: attention, not only of the whole country, but of the whole world. A LEFT-HANDED VICTORY. The decision of the Inter-State Commerce Commission the other day against the forced production of that secret contract be tween the Pennsylvania Railroad and the National Transit Company, has been gen erally reported as a defeat for the inde pendent refiners and a victory for the rail; road. It may be so as regards the effort to bring out some details of the business; but when the papers are fully studied, it will be seen that as regards the main point, the de cision of the Commission was a Pyrrhic vic tory for the big corporations. The complainant in the case charged that there existed a secret contract between the railroad and the pipe line specifying the main points of the contract, namely, that it guaranteed a percentage of the traffic to the Peunsylvania Eailroad and was intended to hold up freight charges in the interest of the Standard. The railroad in its answer admitted -that there was such a contract, "substantially the same as stated in the seventh answer of the petition," but denied that it was established for the purpose charged. In deciding upon the necessity of pro ducing the contract, the majority of the Commission held that the answer proved the charge. The railroad admits the existence of the contract, the Commissioners held; its allegation as to the effect of the contract not being unfair is an expression of opinion which has no weight as evidence. The question of fact is as to the existence of the contract That being admitted by the rail road, there is no necessity of producing it, except to prove its alleged harmlessness. For this purpose the railroad can produce the contract, if it wishes; but for the pur poses of establishing the complaint, there is no need of doing so. When the decision leaves the railroad in the position of admitting the allegation and omitting to justify itself, it hardly appears. as if the respondent had carried off much of the honors. TEE SAMOAKS' EIGHT. The report that a renewal of the Samoan difficulty is threatened because Malietoa has withdrawn from the chieftancy and Mataafa has been elected in his stead, to which Germany is expected to object, looks like a mare's nest It is hard to see how, after Germany has been induced to back down from her early action in deposing and imprisoning Malietoa, the harmonious elec tion of another chieftain can afford any ground for her interference. Certainly there should be no foundation .for the report that the Department of State will give the moral support of the United States to Germany in resisting the elevation of Mataafa. The only position that the United States can take is that Which has already been taken, of the right of the Samoans to choose their own rulers, entirely free from foreign inter ference. Any departure from that position is a stultification of our previous policy. The trade for oil well supplies is boom ing because industry in the producing fields is active. It maybe hoped that it will continue so until the Standard con cludes that it will serve its turn to order an other shut-down. The claim made by a Republican paper of Indianapolis that "every occupation and' profession of life is open to colored men in the North" is indignantly refuted by the New York Post, which cites a colored wit ness to the efiect that "the colored barbers of Indianapolis in a certain shop had threatened personal violence to one of their own color who had simply asked to be shaved in their shop." From this we con clude that the deliberate judgment of the JPoit is thai an occupation or profession irhich ought to be open to the colored people, is that of getting shared, i The English beer syndicate having failed to gobble the Pittsburg breweries, the local establishments wilL continue to turn ont the .same article of beer as usual, without any water in their stocks. A eecent paper on city ventilation says that Pittsburg is the only city in the country that is making no provision for open space for its inhabitants. This does our city injustice. Pittsburg has beeniwo fully behind the age up to a late date; but now our city authorities are working to remedy the lack in a way that will in a few years enable it to challenge comparison for beauty and extent of its ' parks with the entire country. ' The report thatOMary, Anderson, has taken to bread-raakingaj an n occupation ,t the results! warrants the apprehension that will have to be classed among her heavy, ii not tragic, roIesX Mb. Joseph Pin,rrzEB has converted his conditional subscription of $100,000 to the New York World's .Fair into an actual one of $50,000. If the metropolis were possessed oi more men of 3Ir. Pulitzer's liberality, it might have a chance of success. But the New York Finance Committee.com posed of men of many times his wealth, is holding meetings occasionally while its members are holding on to the cash without intermission. The way that lightning is playing around in the vicinity of the Aldermen permits a hope that it will strike some of them before long, in a way to convince them of the error of their ways: The snecess of the New York Republi cans in purifying their party by shelving Speaker Cole for his complicity in the ceil ing jobbing is illuminated, so to speak, by the boom of James W. Husted as his successor.-' This recalls the parable of the man who cast an evil spirit out of his house ana straightway seven other devils entered and abode therein. If Tanner and his disputants keep on long enough the public stands a very fair chance of getting some interesting informa tion concerning office holders at Washing ton. The periodical that was started under the name of Liei gave np the ghost a week or two declaring with its dying breath that it had "a guaranteed circulation of 59, 000." Its sad demise is to be taken as evi dence that lies will not succeed in this age when they are conceded to be such at the outside. The pugnacity developed among lawyers, Aldermen and liquor men by recent court disclosures threatens a civil war in the en virons of the Court House. If those grave robbers who disturbed the remains of Ralph Waldo Emerson, were the social philosophers of the present day, under the impression that they would-be benefited by getting his brain, they might be pardoned the desecration in view of the frank recog nition 'of their great need. Up in TJniontown the Burgess of that municipality is developing a decided claim that he is a bigger man than the local fuel gas company. The offer of $50,000 to Mr. Gould if he wonld write his memoirs was of course re jected. It is a great deal easier for Mr. Gould to make that money by giving point ers to his friends to buy stocks and load ing them up with stocks from his private bundle. The electric light , corporations in New York are making vigorous efforts to secure the election of Mayor Grant for another term. The Whisky Trust is now cutting prices in order to drive competing establishments out of business or into the combination. After it has gotten through with the effort the low prices will be held up as an exam ple of the ruinous affects of competition. In the railroad business it seems to be either a feast for the corporations or a car famine for the shippers. The Missouri coal operators who pay their men in pasteboard checks not redeem able in cash for ten years, should enter themselves for exhibition at the next World's Fair as an unparalleled example of the infinitely small. PEOPLE OP PBOMNENCE. Herman Melville, who, 40 years ago, charmed all lovers of the wild and picturesque in writing, is still living in New York, although he has not written anything for SO years. His hair is now as white as snow. It is not generally known that there are in ex istence some very spirited ballads by Lord Macaulay, which, in accordance with the author's wish, have never been published. The best of them relates the story of Bosworth field. Babon Hiescii, one of the richest of the French bankers, who was blackballed a few months ago by the Paris Jockey Club, is abont to take his household to England. He thinks of buying Houghton Hall, one of the most mag nificent of English places, near Sandringham, for 300,000, The Baron is reputed to be worth 10,000,000. Afflkton Mobgan, founder and President of the New York Shakespeare Society, is very like Napoleon in appearance, and is fair, fat and 10. His home is at Newtown, Long Island, where he has a choice library, which is particu larly rich in Shakespeareana. He is a lawyer by profession, bnt, like Master Shallow, he had very little love for it in tbe beginning, and it pleased heaven to lessen it on a better ac quaintance. Count D'Obsay was a Bohemian of the grand, princely type. For a quarter of a cen tury he was the glass of fashion of tbe London world, although he was so deeply in debt and bo harrassed by bailiffs that it was on Sunday only he conld stir out of doors, for fear of being arrested. Bnt on every Sunday he appeared in Hyde Park resplendent in person and turnout,, for he was the most accomplished whip among! the fashionable gentlemen oi nis day. Donald G. Mitchell, who is perhaps bet ter known by his nom de plume of "Ik Marvel," has fine, clear-cut and decidedly aristocratic features, reminding one of an antique cameo. He dresses in a somewhat picturesque style, is fond of gay ciouies. ana iooks nice a literary man. He has gathered at his home at Edge wood a fine library, and some choice pictures and beautiful things from many lands. tie has a large family, for his reveries have been broken in upon by ten children, and tbeir mother is just the gentle, lovely lady that belongs to an author's home. Henby C. Bunneh, the editor of Puck, is quite a young man. He began life as a clerk inaNew xork.potton broker's office, but hav ing a literary taste, he wrote verses, stories, etc. for the weekly papers, which attracted at tention, by their cleverness and originality. When Puck was started, he was asked to be come its editor, with a liberal salary as an In ducement, and he gladly exchanged the count ing room for the sanctum. He is abont 35 years old, and although he writes dainty verses, praising the pleasures of country life, he has lived in New York nearly all bis life. (V William 1. Howeixs is a short, thick-set, ronnd-sbonldered man, having more the ap pearance of a Bowery boy tnan a graceful humorist His Iron-gray hair falls in unkempt masses over a low forehead, and his eyes have more sullenness than intellect in their expres. sion. He receives 810,000 a year from Harper's Magazine. He writes with great rapidity, turn ing out ten printed pages a day on a stretch. Since the critics, big and little, have begun to speak plainly about his novels he is not so sweet tempered as be was when everything he wrote was praised to the skies. MKS.MABOABET J. Pbeston. the Virginia poetess, is not blind, as several newspapers have announced, but she is suffering from the merciless use of ber eyes in her generous efforts to help Bouthern literature in the years which followed the civil war. This incessant work, day and night, wore ont her eyesight, and for ten years she has been compelled to dictate her literary work, and also ber letters, to a typewriter. In spite of this" great draw back, she brought out three books last year. She is now 70 years of age, but she works still. Her husband. Colonel J. T. Ik Preston, is a professor at the Virginia Military Institute, at Lexington, Va. He was a classmate of Edgar a. Poe at a private school in Eiehmond, a far I back as 1828. I THE TOPICAL TALKEK. Three Rcmarkablo rPlnys That a Maniac Devised for a Great Comedian. A queer theatrical story was told me by a well-known actor yesterday. The hero of the story is a still better known comedian. His name is not given correctly for obvious reasons, with which the matter of advertisement Is.con cerned, and for the purpose of convenience we will call him Strane. "You may remember," said the historian, by whom the tale was told, "that some months ago Strane wrote an article which was widely re printed, having for subject, The American Dramatist.' He avowed his perfect belief In this much talked of prodigy, whose very exist ence is denied byA. M. Palmer'and others. As it turned out, this was a somewhat rash state ment to make, or from the very day that he so unburdened himself to the world, he was snowed under by scores of manuscript plays. After tbe manuscripts came the manuscript writers, and authors of assorted sizes, ages and degrees of self-assurance waylaid the wretched man at every possible opportunity, "Finally, in desperation, he fled to his conn try home and his steam yacht, and here believ ing himself safe, he breathed more freely. He had been enjoying the ocean breezes for about a couple of weeks, when, as he sat at his early breakfast one morning, he spied a stranger walking up to the front porch. He was a tall, thin man, who, despite the terrific heat of the July day, was dressed in a black frock coat, tightly buttoned up to the throat and had on a tall silk hat of the vintage of 1S6U His face was thin and worn, and his hair was somewhat longer than a strict accordance with the rule of fashion calls for. Strane sized him up through the open window, and instinctively looked to see whether the conventional brown paper parcel bespeaking the manuscript play, was concealed abont his person. But no sign of the telltale package could be seen, and the actor breathed more freely, and when the servant announced that Mr. Jessamy wished to bee him, he went into the sitting room to meet his fate without a question. 'THE stranger lost no time in coming to the point In a pleasantly modulated voice, and with a flow of words which were well chosen, if a trifle over-abundant, he began by paying some well deserved compliments to Strane's artistic abilities. He then remarked that he had long been possessed of the desire to write a play for him, and though he had the work thoroughly mapped out in his mind, he had thought it ad visable, in accordance with the arguments so ably advanced by Mr. Strane himself (here "William winced), to submit his ideas and re ceive any suggestions the actor might have to offer. Strane replied civilly, and meekly ob served that in 15 minutes he was about to em bark for a day's cruise on his yacht Mr. Jes samy Ignored the hint, and without more ado started in tp recite the ,substance of his pro posed play, and Strane, with a gasp, prepared lor an hour of boredom. He never was more disappointed in his life. Mr. Jessamy was a born raoonteur apparently, and a dramatist of genius as w ell, for in the course of an hour he had given not only the plot and outline, bnt snatches of the dialogue of a play which Strane solemnly avers was the best constructed and most humorous In situation which he bad ever heard. .. 'The leading part was exactly suitable to Strane's powers, and he felt like a miner who has suddenly, by a stroke ot his pick, uncovered a huge nugget of virgin gold. Grasping his visitor warmly by the hand, Strane broke into enthusiastic praises of the yet unwritten play, ana assured the author that when it was put on paper, he had a market ready to his hand. Mr. Jessamy's pale face showed no signs of gratification at this announcement and when Strane went on-to say that he should like his manager to hear what he had just listened to, and if Mr. Jessamy would kindly stay over night, he would telegraph to tbe former, and that individual would be there next morning to hear it To this the stranger gravely assented, and was introdnced in due course to Mrs. Strane. Despite his peculiar appearance, he proved a man of delightful manners, andamost charming conversationalist The day passed pleasantly enough, and that evening Strane, by this time thoroughly enthused over his newly discovered dramatist ventured to suggest that he should recite to his wife the main incidents of his proposed play. Mr. Jessamy willingly consented, and after dinner they sat ont on the porch, and Mr. Jessamy began in his dulcet tones. At his first words Strane looked troubled, and by the time he had finished, Strane was gazing in blank amazement at his wife, who looked at him In return somewhat contemptu ously. Instead of the rattling comedy,relatedin the morning, Mr. Jessamy bad sketched out a gloomy melo-drama of the most blood-curdling description, and was blandly dilating on the peculiar fitness of Strane to play the part of the chief villain, whose moral character was on a par with that of Judas Iscariot , . " 'But, my dear sir,', gasped Strane, that is not what yon described to me this morning.' " 'I beg your pardon, sir,' retorted Jessamy; It is identical in every respect' There was nothing for it but to accept the situation, attribute It to the potency of the yel low label served at dinner, and to wait for morning and the manager. Both arrived sim ultaneously and when the manager had washed off the dust of travel, the matter of the play was mooted. Mr. Jessamy expressed himself as ready to run over the main points to the manager, and Strane, with a trifle of apprehen sion, awaited the beginning. His woist fears were realized. The astounded manager of a leading comedian found himself listening to tbe relation of a somber L five-act tragedy dealing with the loves and hatreds of tbe Borgias, and was gravely assured by tbe narrator that no one could begin to play Caesar Borgia with the force or intensity of Mr. Strane. That actor pinched himself to be sure he was awake, and then began to gently assure Mr. Jessamy that he had made a mis take. There is no mistake, sir,' said Jessamy with a rising voice. 'But I see I have been de ceived. You are in a plot against met ion have been plotting for years, but you shall plot no longerr and, with a sudden movement he picked up from the side of tbe open fireplace one of the polished steel fire-irons, placed there more for ornament than use, but capable of being dangerous in an angry man's hand, and made a sndden rush at the now thoroughly alarmed Strane. "AS ldck would have it, the door was burst open at this very moment, and Strane, who had tumbled backward with the sndden emotion saw a rough looking man rush in and crab Mr! Jessamy round the waist and throw him, while he piteously begged for mercy. The rest of the Btoryis told quickly. Mr."3essamy, It seems, was an inmate of a private asylum near Boston and bad made his escape the day before. Ue bad been traced to Strane's homo by his keeper who arrived rather opportunely. The curious part of it all, according to Strane, isjjthat the unf ortnnate fellow, whose name is not Jessamy, but Stanton, had imagined three as clevor plays as he had ever beard. It is safe to say. however, that Strane will be careful in future in Inviting strangers, however promising they may be as playwrights, to spend the day and night with him." K0W IN WASHINGTON. Movements of Pittsburg People In nnd Abont the National Capital. .-BI'ECIAL TKLEPBAK TO TOE DISPATOH.1 Washington, October 18. Colonel and Mrs. Bayne arrived this morning and are again oc cupying their residence on Massachusetts ave nue. Mr. William M. Vogleson and Mrs. Vogleson, of Allegheny, who have been passing several days here since their attendance on the Knights' Conclave, intend to leave for home to-morrow. Mr. J. V. Long, of the Pennsylvania Fish Commission, was in the city on business to-day. He will spend Sunday with friends at Annapolis, who are naval officials now stationed there. Honest Eonll'h Low. From tbe Detroit Free Press. 1 Almost every day yon hear about the honesty of tbe law as administered in England, but the case of tbe Earl of Galloway Is proof that money and position go for just as much or a little more over there. When we fairly have a case on a man he gets his dose, bnt they can prove hisrullt and then acquit Wrong Imprrnloca of America. From the Chicago News.3 Those Pan-American delegates are being dined and wined sopersfstently that they are in danger of becoming; convinced that the United States Is mainly inhabited by sulphur- hued snakes and green-eyed goblins. AN IMP0ETANT DE018I0N, The Hasty Appplntments la the EaHway Moll Service Entirely Legal. WASHCJQTOir, October 18. In compliance with the request of the President Solicitor General Chapman has rendered an opinion upon a question submitted by Civil BerVice Commissioners Boosevelt and Thompson nnder date of September 24, 1889. The facts in the case are stated as follows:. On April a, 1839, one J. M. Taylor wis ap pointed In tbe regular way a railway postal clerk and upon that day the appointment papers were regularly made up, executed and recorded, and, as is customary, were at once forwarded to the Superintendent of the fifth division and notice ai well given Taylor, There was nothing unusual In the method observed In the making out of the "ap pointment papers, neither was there anything out of the usual course in connection with the for warding of tbe appointment and tbe notice to the appointee. This appointment was approved by the signature of tbe First Assistant Postmaster General on April 29. Taylor, however, did not take the oath of office until Mar 18. 1S83. It so happens that on March II, 1889; upon tba repre sentation orthe civil service commission that It was necessary in order to make proper arrange ments therefor, the .President eYtpnriorf th timn Marcb 15, 1889; to May 1, 1589. when tbe rules wnicn naa neen amenuea so as to lnclnd way mall service, should go Into effect so as to Include the rail go into effect. up pon this state of facts tbe question is asked whether Mr. Taylor was legally appointed on April 29, SO tnatnls examination under the civil service rules Is not required, or whether tbe time of taking the oath or office and entrains nnon duty Is decisive at to the requirement of an exam- lnatlon. 'lhe Solicitor General finds tbat under section 4,023 of the Revised Statutes the Postmas ter uenerai naa me ngnt on April 29 to a' Taylor in tne way ue was appointed. His ap- puiuiujeut, ab tuts mats IE was maue, was, therefore, in every sense legal and valid; and It only remains, says tbe Solicitor General, to see whether the mere fact that be did not take the oath required until after May 1 in any way affected the completeness and finality ot tbe ap pointment. Tbe Supreme Court decision In tne case of the United States versus LeBaron Is quoted as conclusive upon tbls question. In this ease the master's appointment was In force at the time of his giving his bond. It appears that his nomina tion haa been confirmed by tbe Senate and his commission had been signed by President Tyler, who shortly .hereafter died, such commission not having been delivered to him at the time of ex ecuting his bond. The Court held that as from an accident the commission faUed to reach him, his possession of tbe office was as lawful as 11 It were in his custody. The Solicitor General finds that there is no material distinction apparent between tne ease of au appointment or tne i resiuent alter connrma- tion br tne senate ' the Senate and an appointment by the Postmaster General. The od pinion menectnoius that the tact that Taylor did not take the oath of omce until alter May l is Immaterial upon the question of bis right to hold office of which he was apnointed on April 29. It is understood that a large number of appointments were made to tbe railway mall service Just prior to May 1, and In a large percentage of these cases tbe appointees were, owing to tbe shortness of the time unable to take the necessary oath, which fact It has been contended, rendered their appointment void. The opinion was approved by the Attorney Gen eral. A FBAUD ON HIS FACE. Description of an Impostor Who Claims a Dispatch Connection. The Dispatch has received the following communication, of importance and interest to the publishers not only; but probably also to many readers: Newalexahdbia, i "V7ESTM0EKLAND countt, October 17. To the Editor of The Dispatch: A sleek-looking gentleman dropped Into town last Friday afternoon and put up at our hotel. Be even wore a plug hat well polished. On Satur day he canvassed our business places and solicited advertisements for a small sheet to beprlnted and distributed by Tub Dispatch. The first page was to be advertisements for merchants; tbe second for The Dispatch "boom," as he said, and the third and fourth for advertisements and reading matter. Be asked SO cents for the adver tisement, and threw in six months' subscription to the WBEKLTDlSPATCn. . On Sunday the man ate a hearty dinner, took the landlord's best umbrella and started out for a walk, and we presume be Is walking yet, as bis board bUl remains unpaid, and the advertising sheet, which was to appear yesterday, has not been beard of. He got a few advertisements, but some of our business men would have nothing to do with him. Now, If you have an agent of that kind going around, yon ought to see to Dim, or he will do you much injury by his way or doing business. If you have none, you should have this man, who gave bis name as "Charles Flint, Agent, " arrested. You can get several witnesses here against him. He walked into town and walked out, Is about all we know about him. A BIG LOT OF BED TAPE. The Bonndabont Way In Which Bridges Blast be Declared Nuisances. WASHUfOTOK, October 18. Secretary Proc tor has prepared a circular ol instructions re specting the practice to be followed in cases where bndges over navigable streams are said to be obstructions to commerce. When such complaint or charge Is made, the chief of tbe engineers shall refer it to the engineer officer in charge of tbe district in which the alleged obstruction is located. He shall make an ex amination to determine whether or not the bridge is an obstruction, and it so. whether or not it can be removed In determining this the person or corporation controlling the bridge shall be given an opportunity to appear before the officer. The latter shall report to the chief engineers, who shall lay the report before the Secretary, of War. The Secretary, upon this report may order a board of officers to exam ine the bridge, tbe same routine to be followed as by the single officer. When the report reaches the Secretary he may bear interested parties upon the matter, granting continuances from time to time, as may be proper, so tbat the question may be thoroughly discussed and presented before a decision ia reached. EXTENDING ITS FfiEE IIST. Chill Abolishes Import Duties on a "Lot of Machinery and Tools. WAEHTUGTOir. October 18. The Department of State is officially informed that a law has been enacted by Chili, to take effect four mouths from August 30, 1889, abolishing import duties on machines and tools for tbe use of agriculture, mining, trades and industries; pipes and tubes composed of copper, bronze or iron: galvanized or ungalvanized knees. Joints, Ts and other such necessary articles; iron or steel wire, galvanized or ungalvanized, up to No. 11 Inclusive, and copper wire or insulating: composition for transmission of electric cur rents; telephonic and telegraphic instruments, insulators, iron or steel posts and other special necessaries for telegraphs and telephones; the material of iron or steel for the permanent way of steam or horse railways or for portable rail ways; wheels, axles and felloes of iron or steel for railways and the cars for portable rail' ways; iron in plates. A Strong Bid for Popularity. From tbe Chicago Herald (Dem. ). John Sherman appears to be making a bold stroke for the Presidency. If he can give the country 600,000 new offices he will Inevitably be the candidate of his party. THE CE0NIN COXSPIfiACX Milwatjkee News: The Clan-na-Gael or ganization bids fair to convict itself of the responsibility tor tbe crime long before the authorities punish the actual perpetrators of it Minneapolis Journal: The legal au thorities of Cook county have a great deal more on their hands now than the conviction of the murderers of Dr. Cronin, and work that is of equally great importance. ST. Paul, Pioneer Press: There Is but little need of an overzealous prosecution of the Cronin suspects on the part of tbe State of Illinois. Tbe fool friends of the defendants jury fixers are determined to hang them any way. BuffAXO Express: After hearing these dis closures tbe question suggests itself, can justice be done in the Cronin case if the trial be con ducted in Chicago? Would It not be advisable for Bute's Attorney Longenecker to move for a change of venue? Cincinnati Times Star: There are limits to endurance, even in Chicago. If a short shrift should be offered the conspirators some night it would be because of just such statements as have offended tbe ears and eyes of Chicago during the last few days. Kansas Crrr Times: An attempt to fix a jury is proof of the necessity for fixing1 it Juries are not packed -In behalf of innocent men. The men charged with the Cronin murder may be innocent, but their methods of defense are those of guilty men. SPKiNDrrKLB jKepubhcon; That the enemies of Cronin have succeeded in creating some thing like a panto in the Criminal Court of Chicago, cannot be denied. It is a fight tor the law against bands of desperate men equal to any crime and led on by no motives higher than those of the bandit and outlaw. Cleveland Leader: The authorities of tbat city -should receive the encouragement from all law-abiding citizens in the vigorous attempts they are making to ferret out the perpetrators of the dastardly crime, and also those who sought to defeat justice by means of bribery. of the basest scoundrels on the face of the earth. ' , Chicago has within her limits some HEW Y0BK KEWS MIES. An Actor TJnderjhe Lasts. nrXWTOBK BtJIiSAlJ SFICIALS.J Hew Yobk, October 18. Mamie Dowdra pretty and promising soubrette, married Wal ter Sanford, an actor, two years ago. She lived happily with him till he introduced into tbe family a woman whom be called his mother. Young Mrs. Sanford did not like ber new mother-in-law, and in fact suspected tbe re lationship of Deiog bogus. Last summer an old friend of her husband confirmed her suspicion by telling her that the alleged mother-in-law was an old sweetheart of Mr. Santord. Mrs; Sanford accused ber husband of unfaithful ness, there was a bitter quarrel, and when San ford finished his engagement at Atlantic City last August he left for New York without his wife. He sentmoney to her occasionally, and she managed to get along until she came 'to New York and was taken sick. Then she made application to the Commissioners of Charities and Correction for an order to have her husband arrested for abandonment San ford is playing In the Lyceum Theater, in. Brooklyn, in a piece called "Under the Lash," and has an interest in a successful comedy now. on the road. His wife asserts that be er.rnv over $200 per week. A Police Justice to-day directed Sanford to give his wife tl2 a week. A Itegnlnr Hetall Wine Trust. The latest thing in trusts here is a retail champagne trust Tbe new trust is not fairly on its legs yet, but it is being organized by the proprietors of swell restaurants. The object of the trust is explained by this agreement Which has been circulated among restaurateurs and hotel keepers for the last three days: ''We. the undersigned hotel and restaurant proprietors of this city, on and after November 1 do hereby agree to charge S2 per pint and $4 per quart bottle for all imported champagne sold by us." This agreement Is signed by Delmonico, James H. Breslin, of the Gilsey House; Southgate, of the Hotel Brunswick; William Connor, of the St James HoteL and Hoyt, of the Hotel Vic toria, The Astor House people refused to enter tbe combine, but told the applicant they wonld cheerfully sign a paper reducing the price of first-class champagne to tl SO and 3 per bottle. There is no change in tbe whole sale price, bnt those interested in the retail champagne trust say tbata man who can afford to drink champagne can afford to pay 50 cents more per bottle for it Two Tiny Jots In Tronble. Two of the smallest prisoners who have ever been arraigned before a New York police jus tice were charged with burglary in an uptown police court to-day. They were Tommy and Johnnie Devine, 8 and 7 years old respectively, and small for their ages. When Mrs. Eliza beth D. Sampson returned home from shop ping this afternoon she found these two mites ransacking ber boudoir. They bad already emptied her jewel case and had overhauled her bureau drawers. They surrendered to Mrs. Sampson at once and unconditionally. In their pockets were found a lady's gold watch, a gilded chain, two purses and a lot of trinkets. They said they gained entrance to the rooms by raising a window in the rear. The tiny cul prits were banded over to a policeman. When arraigned in conn they were not in tbe least perturbed. They were committed to the care of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Although sa very young, the Doys are not by any means novices In crime. They plundered the cellars and pantries of the neigh bors of their parents for a year or more, and not long ago stole $30 from the pocket of a woman on the street He Wn Garibaldi' Partner. Antonio Meuccl, 85 years old, died in the Garibaldi Cottage, on Staten Island, this morn ing. He came to America In 1851, and after failing in business by himself begad manufac turing soap and candles la partnership with Garibaldi. He was on the ferryboat Wests el d when her boilers exploded in 1871. and was badly scalded. On account ot his consequent disabilities the owner of the old Garibaldi cot tage gave it to him for life. Meuccl claimed to be the original Inventor of. the telephone. Ended a Troubled Career. Mrs. Anna Budolph, an Austrian, killed her self this morning by inhaling illuminating gas. She had led a troubled life. She Jailed twice In business and twice In marriage in Vienna, her native city. She1 and her-sister came to New: York and opened a little' cigar store, re cently. The neighbors spread ugly rumors'' about them, and their landlord gave them notice to move. Anna became despondent Last evening she bought a rubber tube, seven feet long, ana when she went to bed attached one end to the gas jet, placed the other end in her mouth and turned the gas. Her sister found her dead. j f Wflr THE SIGHT FAIL8. The Eenson So Manr Young People Have to Wear Glasses. From tbe Sew York BUr.J Bernard H. Blank, the Maiden lane optician, has just returned from England, where he has been studying the question of defective vision, and has some pronounced views on the sub ject "We are rapidly," said Mr. Blank, "becoming a spectacled nation like the Germans, and pre sumably from the same cause, too much read ing. Walk along Broadway, from the Battery to Harlem, and you will. find every tenth younir man you meet, and every twentieth young woman, wearing glasses. There are more of them worn now than were worn ten years ago, and there will be more still ten years hence. Indeed, no one who shall live till then need be surprised If in SO years from cow people with glasses will be as much tbe rule as they are at present tbe exception. Tbe cause for tbls has been stated in newspapers and magazines time and, again it is, in fact told regularly once a week: and vet neonle will persist in read ing in tbe cars, reading by gaslight and reading too mnch. This eternal reading wears what for plain talking' sake, 1 shall call the sight as well as tbe brightness of the eye. You don't see sav ages or illiterate nations with defective sight It stands to reason tbat tbe jogging and jolting ot tbe cars tbe street cars especially strain T,a nHiw whtM, tm tA rrn n,fll lattfkrs WUW ,WM, u,,rM .,VB w my Mini... .u.w.v and keep them in view, and it is absolute lu nacy to read on tne cars Dy poor gasugnu Dim people do it, and peoplo at that who are shrewd and clever in the ordinary affairs of life." TKI-STATE TfilFLBS. A TOTING man called on a lady of Rochester, Pa., a few. evenings ago and she slipped ont of the rear door, leaving him in tbe parlor. He sat there for two hours waltingonberandat last left vowing he would never return. A FLOCK of wild geese became bewildered by Morgantown's dazzling gas lights Sunday night about 10 o'clock, and alighted in the river near tbe suspension bridge, where they raised a great commotion for a short time. a One of Lancaster's dudes carries his clear back of his ear, IN the past six months there were 180 births in Norristown, and 103 of these wete females. Last week, to improve the water, E. Kaiser, of Brownsville, had the well in bis yard drilled deeper. An obstruction was encountered at the depth ot 45 feet and on drawing the casing a piece of gas pipe eight feet long was found. The pipe, which stood exactly on end, was re moved and another attempt to put down the casing was made, but a few feet deeper an iron chain was struck. Tbls could not be got out and a new hole had to be started. The puzzling question is how did tbe chain and pipe get there. A HOESE owned by J. B. Davfs, of South Shenango, was seriously 111 for nearly a week, and no cause could be discovered. Dr. Sloan, of Jamestown, was summoned and upon exam ination found a cob securelyfastened crosswise in the back part of the horse's month, which prevented blm.from eating and swallowing. IN A SOOlALi WAI. The marriage of Mr. John 8. Hughes, of this city, to Miss Carrie Allison, of Detroit, on the 30th inst, is regarded with great favor by his many friends, as the wedding will herald the Immediate arrival in Pittsburg of tbe bridal couple, where a furnished house awaits them. Mr. Hughes is a popular employe of tbe Union Line Railroad. ME.JonNKlNLXTTENKB.one of the pro ficient pitchers,of tbe Chicago Baseball Club and a well-knownand weH-liked PlMetmrger, will wed oa Oetober 88 Miss Harriett Jeaiwe Day; daughter of Mr Jfin w: Dy,)Of Wwnf- WftJaaesf TheeeVesaoaywtll ttBBBSW.stet.etKk)tal t nboxafc.- la thai ottr.C. Sa r" .V -.: -- -ivJ- CUEI0US-C(fflDBKSATi6s&Pt ' The electrio light on the Eifel Tower can be seen at Orleans. TO miles distant San Salvador is the first of the Centralf American repabliea to establish telepheael wince tarongaout Ms Mmtery. A half breed elrl named McCBavish lavs claim to property worth half a mJHfeB Ja thegi business center of Victoria, B. O. Lofoten, In Norway, is the principal & nsningQutnctonbat country. Last year tba ' uMienoen )OKai,w,oea cod, worth JZ.8W.08a. Cottonseed hulls are now known to be excellent food for young cattle. They lend a tallowy flavor, however, to the milk aad butter of cows that eat them. " .; , The Government monopoly articles of Honduras are gunpowder, tobacco, cigars and - liquor. It retains complete and absolute con-... trol of the liquor traffic r'' Children as expert musicians are coa-. ingtobe the wonder of the profession. Allee ! j Uebmann, aged 9, is astonishing London critlos -: with ber skill on the violin. A Washington lady recently purchased ' In Winchester a mahogany sideboard over 190 ? years old and shipped it to the wife of etPresJ- 41 dent Cleveland as a present. Tourists in Switzerland this season com plain that some of the finest scenry, notably along the St Gnthard route, has been defaced by staring advertisements of continental hotels. Clarence L. Hazzard, of Beverly, .Pa., has submitted a new design for a Government postal card. It substitutes tba reverse side of a penny in place of the head of Washington, as at present, and has lines drawn for wrttteg oa -A the city, county and Bute to facilitate- tke werkj? oi tne postal clerks. ThedesJenwaa ferwarte ( to Washington. Miss Eastwood has accomplished a TemA i & remarsaDie teat at Amat, Rosshlre, Scotland," when fishing with a nine-foot trout rod. . Ska had on only two flies. With one she booked a salmon, and at the same time a sea trout with' the other, and after a severe struggle landed' both fish. The salmon weighed 11 pound tuui. wo uuu uaq pouno. It was noticeable at the Paris Exposi tion this summer how rapidly two-wheeled vehicles in France are supplanting fear-wheelers. There were 800,000 four-wheeled and 880,- Fwo-wneeiea vemcies in tne country in 1874. The number of the latter Is sow 1,100,000, wmio was ot too mors ansKxaairo convey ances remains just what it was 15 years ago. Indented writing upon iron has just been successfully done by John Farrar, aa Eastern iron foundryman, by tbe following process: The impression on the iroa la made by writing backwards on thin, paper, pinning the paper in a mould, and then pouring oa the iron. The writing thus transferred to the plates, when the Iron Is cooled, is wonderfully clear and distinct and is so deeply impriated as to defy any attempt at erasure. , ,. At South Paris, Me., the other day Uncle Robert Gray, 87 years old, harnessed his horse Dick, 31 years old, and, accompanied by his wife, 85 years old, drove to North Pari and visited Sullivan. Andrews, 88 years eta, meeting while there Mrs. Edward Andrews, 88 years old, who has just returned from. Bsrepe, and Mr. Pottle, 88 years old. The art ot living a long life evidently has been successfully cul tivated in Oxford county by man, woman and beast Throughout California,, on many of the large ranches, while stables, stacks and shed are, as elsewhere, situated near the central, buildings, there are "summer stables'' scat tered over the ranch. The men and teams can thus save a long daily journey. A hayrack; a tree overhead, a few posts or staples in the trees, a load of hay from the field, and tbe summer stable is established, Itis, in fact, a camp, and often men sleep in the hay and merely ride to the farmhouse for their meals. The Vanderbilts are known at Bar Harbor as people who do a great deal of good in a quiet way, helping the deserving poor oa frequent occasions without making any parade of the matter. During the pas: season they purchased at one shop, through an attache of the cottage. t50 worth per week of common clothing-for needy villagers. In one ease tbe family's philanthropy was sadly abused. They had provided a destitute family with a lot of furniture, among other things, aad sot long afterward found .that the shiftless recipients sold the goods f orready cash. "Thresher-kitehens" have ease -info general use on the great farm ofthe J?aeifle slope. The kitchen is on wheels aad aeeosa panies all the working: crews that go -to the harvest fields. All the reapers, threshers, and Ti.aif... ua 4TAn mjf flfb. Mia umi feA gather or dry frmt "on shares,'; ta tbe oretanta. J The gangs. of sheep-shearers e-Oen.bave a " traveling; Jdtchea with its inevitable Cateese Jf, cook. Housekeepers look upon the system as..' an unadulterated blessing, the farmer hisasetf finds it cheaper, and the men themselves like it because their meals are ready "on tee," and there is always "hot coffee." At the Jerseyville, 111., fair, the ether day. about 2.000 children were treated to a sar- 'prise entertainment that made the Uttte oaee ' wild with delight It consisted of a raoek wed-" ding of two little 7-year-old children Lester " Daniels aa Lord Fauntleroy and Jessie Flaeh, as his bride Marmadake Fox, 10 years oM, A officiating in clerical robes. The little bride V was arrayed in. a beautiful dress of cream a)ea- ';' -j tross, en train, with garniture of. flowers asd Xia wreath nt nranfm MnnmiTWi. Thrrr MaM'UMSjM the grounds In an elegant close earrtaae. aad' after the cereraoav rodaanrand Shavian fn nl-' wrAmnAA Antrrart, lim-vm hv a Bhntlinirt uu, with Senator Chapman's 5-year-old bey ai driver. Laurel, Md., haa a haunted mill. The other night perseas standing near it heard agonizing groans In the dlrecaoa of the o building, and alight was discovered la eae of"TJ tbe upper stones. Several people had bees at tractedtothespot by the light which shone or KrfrhUvfrom tha nanalaaa wiarioors foritwaai' known by every schoolboy ia town that the oH i building had long since been abandoned, aad. no hope ot Its ever again being inhabited was Indulged in even by the owner. The light, how ever, was there, which ia itself was snWnlnnf to attract attention, but when a meaa, leJlowed by screams of agony, sainted the ears of the listeners, there was astonishment and fear de picted upon tnew countenance, me sffreoms fell gradually to peculiar means, saofa aa aipat be expected to emanate from some haawa- be ing who was fast breathing oat Bis life from some mortal and sudden hurt., Tbe aaaad of hurried footsteps descending the old." creaky stairs was plainly heard by the attentive listen ers on the sidewalk, bat no person waal aen to leave the building, which was oJose-ly watehed. After tbe disappearance of the IiffM'io the upper rooms of the building and the hash of tbe ghostly sounds, a few of the stoater-hearted entered and diligently explored ever nook and corner; but no presence of earthly iahabitaats rewarded their search. ' FANCIES OF FUNNY MBC Fred Come, Tom, it's past time to get up. Tom It may be pastime for you, old feHow, bat I consider It deuced hard -woTt.lfetenytera(d. There's one peculiar thing' aboatlt horse race. Youcanplcktbewlnners rlgbtalengnntll you conclude to put up jour money. WeuMng ton Cfnnitat. - He Will you marry me? She No. Be-Then will youmarry Bam Sawyerf;Hewznted me to ask you for him, toof while I was about it' EpocX. " j It is said that the Japanese people neverjv! kiss. Come to think of It when they loor at eaea other they ought not to waat to kiss.-mw vtmow Picayune. .jfSU Burning Old .Love Letters. Harry (1m4 In g his friend burning Jove letters) Heae, Jaak; burning incense to vujua lorco&insagr Jack No, I'm burning nonsense too (ft anvthlar. Soston Herald. v Amateurpaotographer I ve got her Mga- tlve. old man. '!lfe jl - - ..Ka. , .- AriDOUUC j wvuga Tt " izrotma iriaJl r , sit for her picture- , ' 3Slaw me through we, ana sfie saM "No. J Herald. y "Mamma, what's herediiaryfJi Bobble, laboriously tripping over tae-saHaMsM J the long word. "Why, it 3 It to aayfltaff yam get from your father or me, " repHtd tse snMh . little nunled to and a definition saWaWe M years. Bilenceoftwo mlaates.. "tteB, ats-V;: asked, "is spanking hereditary.'," . Monthly. -its- Natural .Enemies. Conductor ( (oftnktcl the door and calling out hurriedly) "Are. any surgeons in this earl"' ," Besponse by two or three passeBgen-' sir." Conductor.(wild with exeKemeBt)-"M yea; selves In readiness, gentlemen. Twe Alums from different counties in Oregoo are im she ear inquiring aeoat each otter's eropsl"-1 Bagsley Doetor, I wish yesweW around and see my wine. DoeterWaat's saetrouMe?" BMlv'-Tiitwa&t I waat to came home Hi ,tM morning mftw a Ma. thlv.adttBttiUKoaioev IMC-Mta! a f aM .,!' ainw w I . , A-L, S-.s.vX.3SG&y-..l -.$