J! THE PITTSBURG" DISPATCH, J SATURDAY; OCTOBER 26, 1889. LEON AID LUCILLE OR. THE POWER OF THE MESS; A NINETEENTH CENTURY ROMANCE. CHAPTER!. Leon and Lucille bad quarreled. Their young hearts were torn with emotion. Leon had hissed in tones evincing the sup pressed passion which was blasting the oros pecu of hU first mustasche, Lucille, I leaTe you forever I" Lucille responded In a flute-like voice, choked by sobs and a refractory cud of tutti-frutti, 'Pernaps it is better so. Leon." The quarrel had been caused by bnt why en ter Into details. What will not lovers quarrel about ! CHAPTER 1L Life lost its roseate hue for the aforetime lorers. i Lite all pood young people, Lucille and Leon read the newspapers. One moraine they read an account of the suicide of a disappointed lovpr. Lncille's thoughts flew to Leon,and Leon's to Lucille. Each thought of the remorse which would be theirs if the other were to commit suicide. They dwelt upon the subject until the suspense was too great to be borne. What if Lucille had already decided to leave this world of woe, theater parties, bonbons and chewing gum! What if Leon was even now breathing his last in his hall bedroom! Ann - CHAPTER HL Lucille lived in Allegheny; Leon in Pitts burg, v Lucille donned ner sealskin sacqne, andLeon enveloped himself in his spring overcoat, which had been dyed a seemly somber hue for fall wear. Each started simultaneously on their white aove mission. They met. 'Twas on the Sixth street bridge, where the benign tolltakers perpetually illustrate the proverb. "Tate care of the pennies, the dollars will take care of themselves." Lucille!" , "Leonf "Rash girl, what awful deed do you contem plate?" 'Leon, oh tell me that you are not dead!" "Then yoa still hare some love left for me, Luciller "And you like me just a little, don't you, Leon? But why are you here?" "Lucille, I read in this morning's Dispatch the story of a broken heart which sought sur cease for its sorrows in death, and I thought that you, perhaps" "Oh, Leon, 60 did I, and I was looking for you. I was afraid that perhaps you" "Enough, Lucille; let us be reconciled." "We will, Leon; bnt wasn't it perfectly lovely bat e both read The Dispatch .this morn ing. Xow I know what 'the power of the press' means. And, oh, Leon, they do say that next Sunday's Dispatch will be something wonderful. We must get it." "We will, Lucille," and then the reunited lovers sought the sylvan seclusion of the Alle gheny Parks, where they again repeated their rows of eternal constancy. te M JV rrpffVWJ ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 8, 16. VoL, No, 161. Entered at Pittsburg Postofflce, November 14, 18S7, as second-class matter. Business Office 97 and.99 Fifth Avenue. News, Rooms and Publishing House 75, 77 and 79 Diamond Street Eastern Advertising Office, Boom ; Tribune Building, JewYork. Average net circulation of the dally edition of the Disfatch for six months ending September 30, 1889, as sworn to before City Controller. 30,095 Copies per Issue. Average net circulation of the Sunday edition of The Dispatch for four months ending Septem bers, 1S83. 54,188 Copies per issue. TERMS OF THE DISPATCH. POSTAGE m.K IN THE UNITED STATES. DAILT Dispatch, One Year I 8 00 DAILT DisrATCH, Per Quarter 2 00 Dailt Dispatch. One Month TO DAILT DiEPATCn. Including Sunday, lyear. 10 00 Daily DlSPATCH.lnelndlnjrSunday.Sm'uis. 2 50 DAn.YDlSPATCH,lnclndingSnnday,lmonth 90 feuxDAY Dispatch, One Year ISO Weekly Dispatch, One Year 125 The Datlt Dispatch Is delivered br carriers at IScents per week, or Including bunday edition, at G cents per week. PITTSBURO. SATORDAY. OCT. 23, 1889. THE ADVANCE IK PEIB0ITJ. The advance iu the price of crude petro leum yesterday, to the vicinity of 51107 per barrel, marks the force of the movement which has been going on for some time past in the reduction ot the surplus stocks and the steady increase of demand. A special telegram from Oil City gives the views ol an enthusiastically bullish producer; and while his statements may be highly colored, they are doubtless well founded to the ex tent that the demand for high-class oil is rapidly nearing a point where at the dollar level or below, it will be in excess of the supply. Inferior oils will no doubt be in abundant supply from the Ohio and foreign fields, hut for a first-class illuminant the Pennsylvania region remains without a com petitor, at fair prices. This confirms the opinion which The DISPATCH has always held that the Penn sylvania field could afford to stand on its own merits; and it also suggests another im portant point The advance, it is pointed out, is founded on c mmercial conditions, namely, increased demand and decreased production. This shows that the advance would have taken place without the shut down movement There is no dispute that the shutting in of producing wells repre sented an actual loss of production to the region. Every hundred thousand barrels so lost wouid, If in the tanks, now have added 100,000 to the wealth of the producers. Has there been any such compensation for this loss as made it worth while lor the producers to play the Standard's game? A little retrospect on this point might be in structive. THE WOBID SOT EHDEB. The world did not come to an end yester day. The Seeond Adventists, who were ex pecting that awful event in the soothing idea that they had a monopoly of the advance notice, must have been sadly disappointed. One would think that the Second Adventists would have grown weary by this time of prophesying the end of the, world and of preparing ascension robes, but they are as persistent and patient as ever in looking for the day whieh we are expressly told in Holy "Writ shall come no man knoweth when. They will rake up a new prophesy now that the last one has proved worthless, and cheer fully announce s sew running schedule for this old planet Hr. C. A, Johnson, the colored orator, who addressed some of the most distin guished' men of bis race in this city on r V "r emmfh Thursday night, ought to devote hit pro phetic vision and superb imagination to the enlightenment of the "Second Adventists. Mr. Johnson acknowledges that he has ex clusive sources of information 'concerning tie, future. For instance, he knows that the world will be destroyed totally and without appeal in 31 years from to-night This is not mere surmise or assertion, but like Mr. Johnson's discovery, that it is the thunder which kills and not the lightning, the result of that gentleman's patient methods of investigation. It may be suggested by the incredulous that more startling revela tions of things to come are to be obtained at lunatic asylums any day. Perhaps there may, but at present the supply of supernat ural science without the walls of Dixmont is adequate to supply all demands. And the world has been granted a new lease ot life. KETJPP SHOULD COME. The report that Krupp, the great cannon manufacturer of Essen, in Germany, con templates the location of an establishment for the manufacture of steel, and especially of steel cannon, in this vicinity, and that agents have secured options for the land where he may build a duplicate of the great German concern is one of the interesting fragments of industrial gossip published yesterday. It comes under the head bt im portant, if true; but its demands upon the public faith, before the report can be taken down whole, are in fnll proportion to its im portance. Of course it hardly need be said that Pitts burg will welcome a second Krupp estab lishment to this vicinity. It is an old ambition of Pittsburg's to make the biggest cannon in the world. In the days of filteen and twenty inch Dablgreen guns, that ambi tion was satisfied. In the present time when Europe has gone ahead of this country in the arts of war, our city has never felt that the cup of her prosperity was quite full until she had an establishment here to make big guns for the whole world. If Herr Krnpp wishes to come to "Western Pennsyl vania and turn out the champion rifled can non of the world, free from the fear of European complications, we will be glad to make the way smooth for him. "Whether the report is true or not it i per tinent to assure Herr Krnpp that he cannot do better than verify it There are un bounded possibilities in the way of making steel here, and when we get the Ohio and Lake Erie ship canal built be can make pig metal and steel here cheaper than anywhere else in the world. There may be a certain degree of imagination in the report, as it now stands; but if it is left to The Dis patch to settle it, the Krnpp concern will begin moving right away. TEE PERIODICAL TB0UBLE. The car famine and freight blockade is re ported to be growing worse instead of better., The coke indnstry is asserted to be unable to obtain more than 500 cars, against a daily need of 1,200. The coal shippers have lost a large share of their fall trade through the failure of the railroads to haul it to the lakes. Furnaces are even reported to be shut down on account of their inability' to get fuel, and shippers have to pile up their products or stop operations because they cannot obtain transportation, It is one of the singular features of the railway system that alternates between periods of inability to find enough business to keep the lines in moderately brisk opera tion, and, on the other hand, of inability to carry all the freight that is offered them. While, of course, no one would charge that tnis variation from apathy to congestion is consciously brought about by railway policy, it is nevertheless the fact that rail way methods iu the purchase of rails and supplies, have much to do with it The rail ways for long periods confine their pur chases to a minimum, and when iron and steel mills have worked up a trade with ordinary consumers and thus established a fair movement oi freights, they all jump in and want nails, spikes, plates, bar iron and cars at the same time. The consequence is that business gets beyond their power to handle and we have the paradox of such ac tivity as brings operations to a standstill. Certainly these periodical exhibitions of inability to perform all the service that is required demand a remedy. If the railroads cannot give full and prompt service, the least they can do is to permit companies to undertake the business of furnishing rolling stock to haul the surplus freight nnder free competition on payment of tolls for the use of the tracks. If the railroads should do that, and in addition place their orders lor material in times of slackness rather than of activity, the car famines might be avoided and a greater steadiness imparted both to general business and the movement of freights. PB0GBE8S OK TEE P0SI0FFICE. Any donbt as to the old dispute whether the world moves or not is set at rest by the plans assigning rooms in the new Govern ment building to the different United States officials represented here. TVe have recently had the familiar assurance about a new cargo of stone having arrived and the elon gation of the derricks to hoist the stone to its place withal; but the idea of locating the offices is somewhat new. Operations on this building commenced in 1873, and after the lapse of sixteen years the public is granted the knowledge where the offices will be. It is even permitted to hope that the twentieth year after the purchase of the ground will see the offices located in the building. The world doeslmove; but some portions of it move very deliberately. TEE 6AM0AN WAS. The last report of a fight in the Samoan islands indicates a continuance of the long standing fight between the forces of Malietoa andTamasese. As Malietoa and Mataafa had agreed to an election of a chief, it is permissible to conclude that Tam&sese was not willing to submit his pretensions to the verdict of the majority. "Whether this is due to German influence or not, it is hard to say. It is certainly contrary to the spirit of the Berlin agreement for German agents to keep up the strife in order to prevent the leadership of Mataafa; but it seems im probable, on the other band, thatTamasese, whose native forces are small, would resort to war except on encouragement from his masters. It is evidently a fight with which civilized nations have nothing to do. Christianity should be genuine enough to keep itseli clear from savage warfare. The papers of Boston are given np about as exclusively to campaign charges and the nailing of campaign lies on both sides as 'the Ohio organs. If anything worse can be said of the present and, we trust, tem porary, condition of the Boston press, we are prepared to say it Ak interview with an alleged representa tive of the Krnpp" establishment in Ger many reports the gentleman as saying that the Krupp system of employing men s bet ter for the employe than organized labor. This ideal industrial condition is then stated to consist of conducting the works "on the basis of a large family, where the father which means Herr Krupp takes in all the proceeds of the establishment, and gives every one of the children every workman: just enough to live on." This may consti tute a millenial condition for the working men, bnt if so, it is necessary to state that several large employers of labor in this coun try, such as the anthracite coal companies, the Sugar Trust and some large mining con cerns in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, attained that paternal ideal a good while ago. A beee war in Cincinnati has reduced the price of that beverage to three cents a glass. There seems to be a good deal of war diffused throughout beer, although it has not that concentrated pugnacity to be ob tained fiom the more spirituous liquors. The dispatch of Captain "Wissman an nouncing the approach of Sanley to the East coast contained the further detail that "Wissman had recently defeated a body of the insurgents and killed seventy of them. This exhibits a peculiarly European classi fication of the untaught savages who rebel against the seizure of the land by the ambi tions European Governments. The natives were in rebellion against German authority, and, therefore, they were "insurgents," just like the war-like Soudanese were rebels in the English phraseology. Missionaries iu Africa might do a great deal of good by converting the agents of the European Governments to the principles of Christian ity. . Congressman D alzeix very effectually disposes of the rnmor, circulated by the op position, that he proposed to antagonize the administration upon the Posioffice or other matters. . ' Mr. Jay Gottld, like President Boberts and Mr. Depew, has discovered by means of his tour throughout the country,that it is in a most prosperous and cheerfnl condition. This concurrence of testimony on the part of the great railway magnates, together with the reams of statistics recently pub lished to show that stocks have got to go np, makes it rather remarkable that stocks obstinately go down. This wonld establish a theory of the innate depravity of the stock market which might not be wholly irrecon cilable with another theory that some one is kindly unloading large amounts of stocks to 'permit the public a share of the future prosperity. , The irrepressible conflict seems to be still going on in Samoa; but that affords no rea son why the civilized powers need pat their fingers farther into the mnddle. The appointment of Judge Gresham to the Supreme Bench is warmly urged by the New York Press. Such an appointment wonld be decidedly creditable to the admin istration, as selecting the man whose record in both military and civil life Is first-class "and whose fitness for that important posi tion is nndlspnted. But it is tolerably clear that if Gresham's appointment were possi ble it would have been made some time ago. There is also reason to believe that nnder the ethics of the administration Judge Gresham was rnled out of any appointment from the time that the public commenced to talk of him as a Presidental candidate. To the New York millionaires: Put $5,000,000 into the slot and perhaps you may get a "World's Fair. Don't try to fool the .machine with buttons. 1 t President Cabnot has recently made a new record by pardoning an Englishman who had been canghtby the Parisian police in the act of stealing the Presidental um brella. The explanation of the umbrella appropriator was that he wished the article for his collection of souvenirs of great men; and Mi Carnot took so kindly to the idea that he gave the umbrella to his admirer. The example seems capable of producing a marked increase in the habit of taking um brellas, with a general development of un controllable admiration for the"possessors of umbrellas during rainy weather. S. T. Everett, quandam City Treasurer of Cleveland, appears to have done moder ately well in the line of a local "Napoleon of Finance. The latest "citizens' movement" in New York is started by that eminent moralist, Mr. John O'Brien, to secure the election of that sterling reformer.the Hon. Silver Dollar Smith, who has just escaped a conviction lor bribery by a disagreement of the jury. Under such circumstances it looks as though the real citizens' movement should be a movement of all the respectable citizens into the political wilderness. "PEOPLE OP PROMINENCE. Miss Jeannette Halfobd will not be seen in Washington society this winter, but will be at school, especially studying French and music The Prince of Wales,on behalf of the Queen, will bestow npon the Crown Prince of Greece the Grand Cross of the Bath. Amonq the President's callers yesterday were ex-Solicitor General Phillips, with Mr. George F.Leland.and Colonel Wm. Johnston, of North Carolina: Secretary Proctor, Hon.Cbas. K. Tuckeeman, ex-Minister to Greece; Repre sentative Taylor, of Chicago) Third Auditor Hart, and Captain Panl Liebbard, of Indiana. Constance CAREY, who was one of the Richmond belles during the war, and who af terward married Burton N. Harrison, Private Secretary to Jefferson Davis, lives In New York, where her husband Is practicing law. She has wrl'ten some very charming juvenile books, and become the center of a very inter esting group of society people of a cultured class. She belongs to the Century set of writers. .Branded Matthews, an ambitions and industrious author, is a native of New Orleans, bnt has resided in New York most of his 40 years. He is tall, slender, dresses well, bnt not foppishly; is a lawyer, but does not practice. He married one of Lydia Thompson's blondes, which was the beginning of bis interest in the drama. He is an admirer of the French dra matic school, and places Moliere above Shakes peare In knowledge of the actor's art Dr. Joule, the illustrious scientist whose death was recentlyrecordcd, was an occasional visitor to his old friend, Blr William Thomson, at Glasgow University, and the story is told that on one occasion, when Sir William was bringing out his sounding machine, in which steel wire takes the place ot the ordinary lead line, he showed Dr. Joule a bundle of piano forte wire, telling him at the same time that it was for "sounding." "What notef" Inquired Dr. Joule, not quite understanding. "The deep C," promptly replied Sir William. The most eccentric millionaire In New York is probably Charles Broadway Houss. He served In the Confederate aimy under Stone wall Jackson, and is a Virginian by birth. Thirteen years ago he was ruined and $50,000 In debt. To-day he is building a massive structure 200 feet deep. 75 feet front and 12 stories high on Broadway. This building Will cost 81,000. 000 when finished, and is paid for step by step. His business methods are unique. He has 00 employes, and pays 75 off every day. This makes every day a'payday. His annual income is estimated at f550,000. Mr Rouss' energy is wonderful. He works from 6 in the morning till 10 at night He does not spend more than tl,CO0 per year outside of his household ex penses. His principal source of amusement is to stand on the rear platform of a street .car and throw dimes and nickels to boys. THE TOPICAL TALKER. Sir. Gladstone' Rumored Plans to Come to America Sly Little Lord's Guests Ha beas Corpus In New Form Every Bride's Fate. There have been rumors, over and over again, that the Hon, W. E. Gladstone bad a mind to visit America. He has been Invited enough. Statesmen, literary men, millionaires, societies, managers, lectnre bureaus, and all manners of men and institutions have pressed the Grand Old Man to come over and look at the people who revere him almost as highly as his own. But he has pleaded press of business, his advanced age, political emergencies, and what not beside, as the reason for bis invariable refusal of the invitation. He could have made a fortune here, had he desired it, any time these last balf-dozen years, by delivering a series of speeches or lectures. Mr. Gladstone is said to have a very reasonable liking for money, and he has not too much of It; but no offer for such a lecturing tour has yet induced him to forego his disinclination to leave England. The other day, however, in a rather round about way, another rumor relative to a pro jected visit from Mr. Gladstone, reached the city. It was said that the Slayton Lectnre Bureau of New York had succeeded in ar ranging with Mr. Gladstone for a lecturing tour in the United States next season. It was even said that the terms upon which this con tract had been signed were on record, Mr. Gladstone was to receive 53,000 per lecture for 0 lectures. These figures look big, but it is safe to say that a lecture bureau could afford to pay 5,000, aye, and even 810,000 a night, and still clear a handsome profit. In the great cities the number of men who wonld be willing to pay 5 to hear the greatest English states man of the century speak would run up into the tens of thousands. Bnt the rumor seems to have been simply air. Nothing is known of the engagement in New York, and the whole story is langhed at. It is most probable that Americans who wish to bear the old man eloquent at all will have to cross the Atlantic. "I thought that the house was nearly empty," said Manager Wilt yesterday, "when X looked out into It from the stage this after noon. All 1 could see at first was a woman or two in every row. There was hardly a man in the house. Then as I looked harder I saw that what I thought were vacant seats were filled with little children. I never had so many children in the house before." V "IT you don't sweep out this stable oftener, Sam," said a Pittsbnrger to his colored groom yesterday, "I declare I'll have you put In jail, sure's you're born." "I doan care," replied the ebony philosopher, "foref youdot'rowme intah jail I'll sen' for Lawyah Smith to done git me a hapus carpus, suah!" V Who could help laughing at the young bride who was telling her bosom friends the other day the precautions she proposed taking to dis guise the freshness of her matrimonial dignity on the honeymoon? I know one in that group who recalled the vigilance of an East End girl who was married recently, to prevent the discovery' of her bridal state. Vigilance that was defeated by the scheming of a mischievous brother, who nailed bows of .white satin all over the bride's Sara toga trunk, and at the Union station threw a coil of white ribbon down the aisle of the Pullman car in which the happy couple were about to depart. A bride bad .better resign herself to the In evitable and enjoy the popular Interest which she may never, like as not, again excite. THE WOMEN TO THE PEONT. Chicago's Fair Citizen Will Help to Hnstle for the Fnlr. CniCAOO, October 25. In a drizzling rain 4,000 ladies of Chicago went to Central Music Hall this afternoon, where a mass meeting was held under the auspices of the Women's Aux iliary Committee of the World's Exposition Committee. Many ladies were unable to get into the hall and the demonstration was pro nounced one of the most remarkable ever wit nessed. Mrs. John A. Logan presided, and speeches were made by Mayor Cregier, Rev. George C. Lorimer. Rena Michaels, the Dean of the Northwestern Woman's College, Rabbi Hirscb, and Congressman-elect Wilson, of the State of Washington. Arrangements were made for raising several hundred thousand dollars and the ladies pledged themselves to appeal to the women of America to direct tbelr efforts toward securing the World's Fair for Chicago, After the meeting Mrs. Logan declared that "Chicago is hound to win when the women evince their patriotism as they did this after noon notwithstanding the weather." TO KEEP DOWN THE SURPLUS. The Poller of tho Government In Respect I to Bond Purchases. Washington, October 25. Now that the sinking fund requirements for the present fiscal year have b een f nlly met by the purchase of bonds to date, the sole purpose of future bond purchases will be to prevent, so far as possible, any undue increase in the Treasury surplus. The recent offerings of bonds have been un usually heavy, and the acceptances during the past two days amonnt to about 53,000,000. The continued excess of receipts over expenditures has, however, prevented any material re duction of the surplus. According to the Treasurer's statement issned to-day, this now amounts to (46,345,000. The receipts so tar this month aggregate nearly t27.O00,O00 and the expenditures nearly $17, 000.000, making a net gain of $10,000,000 for the month. THEIR PASTOR FOR 53 YEARS. The West Chnrch'in Boston Loses the Ser--. vices ofnn Eminent Divine, Boston, October 29. The days of the West Church, that small and wealthy establishment whose brick bouse of worship has stood nearly 100 years at the comer of Cambridge and Lynde streets, are probably numbered, and with the acceptance of Dr. Cyrus A. Bartol's resignation it will next month pass into the limbo of the past. Dr. Bartol has been the pastor S3 years, and after a six months' retirement on account of decrepitude has sent in bis resignation. He has done this several times before in the course of his life, but this time it is a finality. When the society dissolves there will be a handsome divi dend for the survivors. DEATHS OP A DAT. Mrs. Ellznbeih Patterson. Mrs. Elizabeth Patterson, the wife of Alexan der H. Patterson, Cashier o the Daquesne Na tional Bank, who was Injured by a fall down stairs Thursday night, at her home, Mo. 1M Fifth ave nue, died at 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Patterson has been an Invalid for several years and her right arm was defective, which Is supposed to have caused her to miss her footing and fall down the backstairs. She struck on her head and fractured her skull In several places. Urs. Dickson, Scott and Orr attended her, but she never retrained consciousness. She was 45 years of age and leaves three children. Coroner Mc Dowell was notified and held an Investigation, rendering a verdict of accidental death, Joel Barlow Moorhead. FrnXJLDXLFHlA, October 25. Joel Barlow Moor head, a well-known Iron mannfaetursr and capi talist of this city, died this morning, aged 77 years. While Mr. Moorbead's business was principally that of an Iron manufacturer, he has been con cerned in a number of business enterprises. He uni for several years a railroad and canal builder, and at the time of his death was the largest bolder of the stock of the Monongahela Navigation Com pany, of Pittsburg. Heleavesawlfe.threedaugh ters and a son, and his estate Is estimated at about S 000,000. The funeral services will be held on onday next, at the Church of the Holy Trinity, atl:30r.M. The interment will be private. Jurats Sweeney. James Sweeney, one of the old residents of Pittsburg, who has spent at least a half century or his life In this city, died yesterday afternoon at his home at No. 8 Haddock's alley, Fourth ward. He was 71 years old, and was, dnrlng his early snd middle life, one of the well-known coal boatmen on the Ohio. During his later years he has been employed by the Pennsylvania Company at the transfer yards. He has four brothers in this city Edward, James, Charles and Dennis; three sons Charles. John and Dennis, and two daughters. The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock to-morrow afternoon. Hon. Jeremlnh Wngulre. EXMIBA, "N. T.. October 85. Honj Jeremiah Magulre, ex-Speaker of the Assembly, died at 4 o'clock this morning. He had been In poor health for some timer Mrs. E. A. Lank BOSTON, October 35. Mis. E. A. Lunt, mother ofNeUrBurgess, the comedian, died at her horns In Dorchester, Mass., Wednesday or paralysis, is her 74th year. A SUBURB iN WEDDING. The Snmple-Ardnry Nupllals nt Bennett Witnessed by n Large Attendance, Mr. Frank Ardary, Jr., of the East End, Pittsburg, was married last Thursday evening to Miss Alice Sample, of Bennett. The cere mony was celebrated at 8 o'clock in the Presby terian Church of that place, Rev. A.D. Light officiating. The bridal party was annonnced br the strains of the Lohengrin Bridal Chorus. Ushers Messrs. Charles D. Wallace, Will B. Blair, Samuel Morrow and W. W. Bantu preceded the bride, who was attended by her maid ot honor, MlsaMame 8. Sample, to the altar, where the groom and Mr. John More as best man awaited them. The bride's costume was of white satin cut decollete and entralne. She wore tho cus tomary veil, and carried a bouquet of white roses. The maid of honor was dressed in cream faille silk and carried pink roses. After the ceremony a reception at the residence of Hon. H. K. Sample allowed the many friends of the contracting parties the privilege of ex tending congratulations and well wishes. Tho presents were varied and handsome, the groom's to the bride being a diamond bracelet. Mr. Sample's presont to bis daughter was a SJ00 check. The young couple will take an Eastern trip, and return home through Canada. The music was furnished by Gnenthef's Or chestra, and the supper was served by Goett man. In a Social Way. A VEBY pleasant reception was held on Bluff street Tnursday evening at the residence ot Mr. George Bryan, the manager of the Oliver mills steel department. Among the guests were the famed M. Jl Fanning Quartet, and they assisted very materially in the enjoyment of the evening by the rendition of numerous selections. The East End Branch ot the Y. M. C. A. have, during tho cast week, collected a large sum of money with which to remodel Liberty Hall, on Fenn avenne, East End, which will be headquarters for the society. MARITIME MATTERS. The Meetings of the International Confer ' enee at the Cspltnl. Washington, October 75. The detail of Lieutenant Bidgely Hunt to duty in connection with the International Marine Conference, was made for the purpose of relieving Lieutenant Coltman, the Secretary, of somo of his duties, which are proving to be too great for one man to bear. Lieutenant Hunt will act under1 Lieu tenant Coltman's orders. The Committee on Lights and Signals, of which Vice Admiral Raznokoff, Chief Inspector of Marine Artillery of the Prussian Navy, is Chairman, will meet to-morrow. Commander Chadwick, of the Yorktown, will appear 1 ef re the commit tee and explain the experiments conducted by him on the Yorktown, Dispatch and Trlaqalast summer. When the International American Congress returns to Washington, and begins its sittings at the Wallachs House, the Marine Conference will meet in the parlors of Worm ley's Hotel. In compliance with a request from the Presi dent of the International Maritime Conference, Mr. Thomas H. Sanders, Deputy Commissioner of Navigation, Treasury Department has been directed to report to the President of the Con ference, for the purpose of attending the meet ings of the United States delegates, and for the consideration of such subjects as may be pre sented, ODE STEAMBOAT SERYICE. A Great Increase In the Nomber of Vessels Inspected Last Year. Washington, October 25. Inspector Gen eral Uumont, of the Steamboat Inspection Service) in his report to the Secretary of the Treasury of the operations of the service dur ing the fiscal year ended June 30 last, shows that 6,725 steamers were inspected, the net ton nage was 1,405,368, and that 31,622 officers were licensed. As compared with the previous year this shows an increase of 800 vessels, 80,301 in net tonnage and 2,081 in the number of officers licensed. The number of foreign steam vessels inspected was 257, of which more than half were insnected at the port of New York, 52 at Baltimore and 25 at Boston. The total number of accidents during the year resulting in the loss of life was 33. These accidents resulted in the death of 301 persons, 81 more than last year. Of those lost 92 were pas sengers and 209 were officers or employes of the steamers. It is estimated that 650,000,000 pas sengers were carried on steam vessels during the year. During the 15 years beginning with 1875 and ending with the present year, the num ber of steam vessels in the United States has Increased from 8,885 in 1875 to 6,725 in 1889, or a, gain of 78 per cenv "f 1 AGAINST RAILROAD TRUSTS. Jay Gould Pronounces the Scheme of Con solidation Impracticable. St. Louts, October 25. Jay Gould consented to unbosom himself to local reporters to-day to the extent of declaring that he did not think tho railroad trust idea was practicable. There was the Missouri Pacific, for instance, he said, with 6.000 miles of tracks. That property was sufficient to keep one man busy, and it was idle to talk ot placing all the roads under the super vision of any one man or any few men. He had spent three weeks in traveling over 3,700 miles. He thought the Ashley resolution introduced in the Inter-State Commerce Association ought to pass, as the agreement now was a rope of sand. He found the Wabash in fine condition, and said that the present management would have a surplus after all interest charges bad been met. He is in favor of St. Louis aa the World's Fair site, and the Missouri Paclfio would pay the SIOUOOO it has been assessed. Ha would let St. Louis occupy 600 acres In his suburban road if they needed it. SEW FURNITURE NEEDED. The State Department Will Make a SUaatly Increased Estimate. Washington, October 25. The estimates of the State Department for expenditures during the year 1890-'91, will be forwarded to the Sec retary ot the Treasury to-morrow. With slight exceptions they are the same aa sub mitted last year by Secretary Bayard, and ag. gregate about 83.000.0oa The principal new item is $5,000 for furniture. It is said the Department has had no new furniture and but few repairs since its original outfitting 12 or 15 years ago, and the carpets especially need renewing. Several consuls will be recommended for an Increase in salary, and the services of a few additional messengers be asked. One of Nature's Freak'. ISVECIAI. TXLSOBAM TO TUB PISFATCH.t Findlat, 0 October 25, A peculiar freak ot nature came to light this morning. Mrs. Charles Kenney, of Casa township, gave birth to twins, a bov and a girl. The girl was born without ajes or any Indication of them. The face was perfectly level from the forehead to the cheek bones, and gave it a peculiar appear ance. The child lived about six hours. A Strnng-o Oversight. From the Philadelphia Preu.t Let us give due credit to the Ohio man who first suggested General lUum for Commit loner of Pension. We may do this and still re serve the right to wonder why under the sun the Ohio man didn't suggest bimtelf. Only lbs Facts Slated. From the OU City BUzwd. An engraver Is on record as having recently made this mistake; "Mr. and Mrs. MacSmytha respectfully request your presents at the mar riage of their daughter." He probably builded wiser than be knew. The Whole Thing In aNolsbell. From the New York Sun.l Tanner," says an esteemed eotemporary, "objects to being called the Tate' Commis sioner." Naturally, powwnotutii. He was simply too previous. KEMEMBKHED, Beside me at the luncheon table sat A little lad of nine. The gay talk fiew From lip to lip, or gossip and light shat. Till from his forehead back he gently drew, With roguish glance, a wandering soft eurl. And laughing, said, "Oh. I remember youl I knewyou when yon were a little, girl I" We laughed, bnt he Insisted," Jong ago, Somewhere, he knew together we bad played. He had forgotten what the plays were, though; Whether through qpme fair garden we had strayed, ' J Or romped at gametAn a delirious wblrL or frolic: but oo memory had stayed. He knew me when I was a little girl. And the bright eyes that smiled np lnto'mlne Assured me we had been In those old days Great cronltsl Ah. dear little lad or nine, I doubyif ever any sweeter praise From wiser lips ou t In the gay world's whirl Will come to me than that your young heart pr. RifteheTlncrwfciHiT wis a little slrll -AUe WttHafftonXoHint i Js-rpw' ? tofu. ry y MATTERS METROPOLITAN. Another Baseball Victim. HXW TOBX BrBEAU SPECIALS. J New Yobx; October 25. While playing base ball at Mt. "Vernon, about a year ago, young Thomas F. Mandery was hit on the forehead with a ball. The injury seemed trifling, and but little attention was paid to it Some weeks later the lad became subject to severe bead- aches. A medical examination six months ago showed that he had Inflammation of the brain. Following this, Mandery became afflicted with disease of the eyes, which gradually grew worse, until It rendered the lad entirely sightless. Epileptic convulsions were afterward of fre quent occurrence. This morning young Man dery died in an epileptic fit at his home in Fifty-third street. An autopsy to-day revealed an abscess of the brain, caused by the blow from the baseball one year ago. ' Not Afraid of Yellow Fever. If there is yellow fever here within (he next few days Health Officer Smith will get Into serious trouble. William Brans, the wealthy German who died on board the steamer Hondo a few hours before her arrival at quarantine from Greytown, died of yellow fever. An autopsy performed early this morning estab lished that fact. Dr. Smith, the health officer of the port, immediately Informed the Quaran tine Commissioner! of the resnlt of the autop sy, and the body of Bran was at once ordered to be burned to-day. The Hondo and her cargo were disinfected and allowed to proceed to Pier 8, North river. Her eight passengers were permitted to land and go to their various des tinations, and the greater part of the cargo of bananas and coffee has been unloaded and dis tributed. The rather peculiar action of Dr. Smith, the health officer, in thus neglecting most of the usual precautions against infection by yellow fever, is due to the fact that be does not regard the disease as contagious. Another Woman Sandbagged. Another case ot sandbagging took place on the Westsido Tuesday night. This time a woman was the victim. The police kept the particulars secret till this afternoon. At 9 o'clock in the evening Mrs. Fella Tarden, a French cook, went out to visit some relatives on Wooster street She noticed a man follow ing her down South Fifth avenue. At the cor ner of Houston street he overtook ber, snatched her handkerchief and pocketboot from her band, and struck her a blow on the back of the head with a weapon of some kind. She fell on ber face. The robber stooped and tried to take her watch from her bosom, but was frightened off. A minute later Mrs. Tar den was picked up, half unconscious, bruised, and bleeding from the nose: She is slowly con valescing. The police are still looking for tha sandbagger who bit her. Better Inspection Needed. Dr. 1. E. Salmon, chief of the Bureau of An imal Industry at Washington, read a paper to day before the American Public Health Asso ciation on "The Necessity of a More Blgorous Inspection of Meat-Producinz Animals at the Time or Slaughter." In order to protect the health of citizens, to maintain the reputation of American meats in foreign markets, and to discover communicable diseasevbefore they spread beyond control, he maintained that in spectors having greater professional skill than those employed at present should have control of the work, and a more thorough Inspection should be exacted. The concentration of the slaughtering establishments at a few points, which is objected toby some interests, affords the opportunity for the adoption of the Ideal system of inspection, lie thought. The inspec tor should not be content with a view of the live cattle, bnt should be present at the time of slaughter, and examine the viscera of each ani mal. After all that has been said about the danger of contracting tuberculosis from dis eased meat, there are few if any places where such necessary Inspection is now made. The larger slaughterers, alter having opposed it, favor a rapid inspection. There was no reason, he said, to think that diseases are more preva lent among animals in this country than abroad. A Victim of n Broken Pledge, Edward Libel, 23 years old, a zither player of local renown, cut his throat and the arteries In his wrists with a razor, early this morning. When found by bis mother he was uncon scious, and the bed on which be lay was soaked with his blood. He was removed to a hospital, where be la dying. Libel's troubles which., have culminated In his suicide, began at a last summer's picnic, where he met a girl who eventually threatened him with a breach of promise, snlt. Last week, she invaded his saloon, demanded that be marry ber, and when be refused, smashed things generally. This scene used Libel up. He lost all ambi tion, sold bis saloon at once, and three days ago went to bed delirious. He was closely watched, as he constantly threatened to com mit suicide. HU mother left him shortly after midnight, for -five minutes. He ended bis life. Fight Between Rival Companies. In Supreme Court chambers, to-day, Justice Andrews denied tho motion of Delancey Nieoll for a temporary injunction restraining the Maritime Canal Company, of Nicaragua, from interfering with certain rights claimed by tha American Atlantic and Pacific Ship Canal Company, The latter company claims, under various grants, contracts and charters from the Government of Nicaragua, some of tbem dat ing back to 1848, to have the sole and exclusive authority to construct over a certain route a ship canal across Nicaraguan territory, and has brought a satt in Supreme Court for a de cree to that effect, and to restrain the Maritime Canal Company of Nicaragua, and Its officers, from receiving subscriptions here for its stock. Increased Its Capital Stock. isrxciAi. txwkjbah to thu pisrATCR.1 Axbant; N. Y Octoner 25. A certificate wasfllsd this afternoon with the Secretary of Bute setting forth the increase in the capital stock of the United Glass Company f romStOOO, 000 to $1,500,000. This company was incorpor ated the past June, and has Its principal busi ness office at Syracuse. Among its trustees are representatives of several large glass man ufactories in this State, aa well as in New Jer sey. iii An Interesting Problem. From the Philadelphia Inquirer. J The new postage stamp is to be one-eighth smaller tnan the old one, but there is to be no reduction in the price. Now let the debating societies wrestle with the problem whether or not the purchaser will get as much for bis money as he did before. TRI-8TATE TRIFLES. A Bran aa large, as a gander alighted on a pile of bricks within SQ f eet of H. H. Medsger's house, in the Ticlnlty of West Newton. It proved to be an Immense eagle. It was seen about the farm for two, days and then disap peared. Jambs Edoerton. of Barnesville, O., gath ered several boxes of fine strawberries from, bis vines last week. A. BjUYJntFAXts man reports that he saw 11 snakes at one time in a meadow near that place a few days ago. Yobk county agriculturists have been aston ished by a radbh in the possession of Mrs. Samuel Clay, of Pennvllle, which she raised in her lot. It measured 35 inches one way and 21 inehes the other, and weighed 6 pounds. This radish resembles the appearance of a child very much. Two small radishes are grown out at the sides resembling arms. LA8T weeks, big black bear bad been Been by several parties in the vicinity ot Marion, Pa and on Sunday a party of hunters started out from that pUce In pursuit of biro, Charley Lawson was lucky enough to get the first shot at bruin, and be laid blra low- He- was a big brute, with a shiny black blae, which was sold for 820, while the: meat was doled out to tha citizens of Marlonat25 cents per pound. A Ppnxsutawnzt lady introduced a dummy In a clothing store to ber fnend, call ing him "Mr, Johnson." She mistook the lay figure tor the proprietor. A MAN from the country went to Braxton, W.Va.. the other day, bad bis measure taken for a coffin and took to eoffln home with him. Air expreeTjaikage shfpjed .firon Wssiis- town to riilladsWrtS was sa .carered wtek -. I S ligioassreritrttes sLte ecytsss mm P oedsielyta'eeas., SF9P .- '.' ..&- CURIOUS C0BDKKSATI0KS. : Thej Lave beea oatcaing lobsters awl Sharks In the Hndsom river lately. Lyman Davisfcthe oldest man in Neir? York, died recently In Baits-bury Is that Bute;? xi o was a larmer, aged lit. A grampus nearly 40 feet long weal ashore at Cape Small Point, Me., and theflsd-l era are ngnring on 80 barrel of oil.' V Two Cincinnati firms were ta nnlte oas November L but as that day is Friday the con solldatlon has been postponed until i later r date. v - Kinety-two and 68 were the respective ages of a couple married In Marlborough, N. H, last week. It was the groom's fourth marriage and the bride's second. - j&j At Piatt City, Mo., a tragedy was pre- vented the other day by a looking glass. A1 woman wasintheactof shootingherhHsbandla' the back and was saved by seeing the reflection v in the mirror. . ; A dog saved the Commercial House at Adrian, Mich, from destruction on a recent morning. Fire broke out In the barroom at 4 o'clock, bnthla barking brought !belp before the building became involved. Forty gnesta were asleep in tho hotel. - - , Mrs. McAdow, one of tho owners of the. -Spoiled Horse Mine, of Montana, rece&My drove into Helena In a backboard, unattended, '' carrying, a gold brick worth $,06aIt took two porters and a truck to get the heavy saaae of gold from the wagon into the bank. Chicago street railroad companies are discussing tha question of making newsboys pay fares. This step has been made neeessary by the decision of the courts, which held that . as long as any railway company allowed Bewsv , bovs to ride free and inmn on ana n4F tfeA nsvs v- whenever they pleased the company was re-sr BjwBsiuio ior au uamages or inj nnes suasajnosi f j uy mem. Friday afternoon last a large bald-j( headed eagle was seen perched upon the roes of a mill in the town of Warren, Me. Team passed and repassed, but the eagle showed no signs of fear. Finally a gentleman was seear-' approacmng wrtn nis gun,, wnereupoa too bird spread his wipes and flew away. The causa of his "tameness" was then made apparent. Both feet were fast in a large steel trap, and from the trap dangled about four feet of ires cnain yt ' A man at the Soo who wanted money ,.' and wanted it badly sold a couple of cans of , clay to a conple of Soo merchants for several hundred dollars recently. The merchants are not particularly fond of mud and dea't wast any more at that price, but this oowlgBiiient they were real glad to get, eves at as extrava gant figure, for they thought- it was opium. When they went to Chicago to sell K a China man soon tola them what was what, and Usee then they have bad one more objeet iaHf added to their list, a desire to spotegise witk.- , club to the man who sold them the efaty. fo' "Wlille the Chinese Minister and saite were sitting on the speaker's stand, watohlag . the trotting at the fair in Cairo, the attention of some of the men in the judges' stand, elese by, was attracted by an enormous diasaesdriag worn by the Minister on his thumb. Tas steste was of immense size and very brUHaar, The setting, instead of being gold, was of dark wood. The wood from which the ring was raada is very old said to be 1000 years and Its rarity makes It more costly than gold. It is about aa inch across and covered the thumb frea the joint to the hand. It looks somewhat l&e polished ebony, only browner. j Thomas Courtwnght is in the Lacks wanna jail for stealing 1175. He was in the employ of William Bbipxaan, a contractor, and "entered his room while he slept, takisg about 870 in cash, a silver watch, a geld-ptatedwatob and several other articles of valae. Bat for a peculiar incident he would have made a larger banl. Bhipman had drawn about (660 that day with which to pay his men, and the money was in his trousers pocket. During the night he dreamed that the money was states. He awoke, took the money from his packet, and ! placed It under his pillow, where he found K la ' ; the morning, while tha money left in bis trons- i era had disappeared. -, George Grouchy, a salesman In Law. ' renee, Mass., has received an unexpected re ward for saving a man's We at N astasia Beach, last summer- The rescued saaa Is a wealthy merchant of Proyideaee, and be showed bis gratitude to his preserver by glvifi him flOO In cash and a note for 86,060, due when the young man becomes of age. Gresofcy is more than 20 years old, so that wltWfl a year as , i will receive a snug sum tor bis bravery. The . rescue was accomplished at great psrsesal risiy-' ' and be did not recover toz mors teas a moasfc.' The rescued man was nnoonsoioasvwbsa j brougnt to shore, and lost track of tse.yewg i mas who had saved him, but by tmitejStf de-v ' teoUres be found him and rewarded ass. - :" i News of a singularly' barbareW eel recently fought in Taos county, N. Mex.,haa reached Albuquerque. An Xhdlaa setNec named Waukonsee and a Mexican oattte sms, Juan Verego, were the principals. Tho condi tions were that each should submit bu band to his opponent and have a finger est o, tfee cat ting to be done alternately, and the Bunts;. first evinced signs of pain was to be stabbed ta '" , the heart. The Indian won the toes, and took, off the Mexican's forefinger. Tnere was aa squeal, and the Mexican took off the Ia4sHs tnnmo. men im eicn loss aaora w mbbjsTi i ana the flow of blood was so great thatlM Mexican's seconds oat snort woptnwemnn t bv shooting tne muian oea ana oeteow: sss f- secondv " i. A "West St. Panl man, who ehias to be a total abstainer, tells a snake story wMea will nave to oe aeeeptea as oeine seyoaa ques tion. Jeremiah Boiden telto io tale, ad he's a aescon o tMO mo( mbto. A?naa'v was going to wort: one morning last weak wsW- he saw a snake in the Toad, which, to at) a., pearances, was tail at both ends. The brateH was wriggling wildly about In endless gyr- tions, and seemed to be going nowhere is par -tlcqlar. Holaes, curious to discover what manner of repWs this could be. threw a brisk; , at the writhing mass, which separated is aha ' middle. Investigation showed that there were two snakes, tha larger haviar saBewed Hm smaller, head first, and was ia the set at' task ing away the rest of the strange meal wheat deacon's brica: compelled it to dssgerge. & A celebrated wooden lg baa beea & covered inaa old VlaosBBes (Fraaoe)'asep, that was once a smithy. Tha limb bsiasjsee,' ta General Dauraesail, and replaced the 'leg he lost In tb e big wars of the first Napajse.' This rnffftd old warrior defended the Fortress of Vtnccnaas against the allied army, and is famous for having said to the Invades. when summoned to give up tha plaso, "Meg me back my leg wansa you nave seat est ana yon shall have 'ray keysf The wooden leg now found had been sent by DanmessH to a Yw cennes smith in order to be '"shod," as the General himself expressed it. Befsre the ar ticle was seat back the eMwarriar died sud denly, and bis sham Hrab remained la the ancient smithy until the present day. It will now be placed la the Artillery Maseamofths Hotel de Invalid, among many oeher. Wstorio relies. r LAUGH AND GROW FAT.;'" ' , "When is a woman not s we, He- CorsleT" " (Can't say, ateCracMe, When is lr i trWheshoUmaaeierk.' tjsm. v Principal Mii P.irds, I shall eqrneeiyea , n..nmmittiils selection bvtaa end oftba week. . lilu Birds-Excuse, me," but mamma ttd meff never to commit ayelf,-niy.Srpr. t " Homeonathetie. Brown (who has Just! passed the boxl-Bow dg yo Use these oivvM . 'mini va Jones-At very long Istst-ala. aks.-JJk 'I hear jon are going to be dtTerasdV3ts,F Wobbaah." . J tt isn't fnllv derided yet. lin tesas. wuat terms I can make with aaaw . .Foe. . "Gno." said Tangle, "wa Smith doing for a living now!1' Contractor." ! The Nation .he Loved. "I weH abed my last drop of blood lor tne oshob)" tnwm ea dldate for honors. --1 ' &. "Ton bet yon wonld for the aslaieB,,iwasi thesarcasuarepry. rut. ?TV have been last as "bad as yoa oeatd be. tor!?!! Mamma Is so sorry." .f 'Well, yon needn't be, msajma), 1 eoara i been a great fleai worse, ' ' " "Rmwn Hnllo. Rlmnkias. trot a ."-- j . .. horse? What's his name' Hmpklns-WeU. I call him BalaMava. asranSls ad nnaastasnia ff9. hOTMe1 Tes, yon sea the ebsrie was six huaddeatl yer know." rhn. Bare of His GreBaV-Flecy-The ir oflovelspast. Slywlft ts fetus n" day by day. Be has lost ad Interest la nw.j Downy Poor feHow I Bat sre yoa iww g leecy-Cert-Bly I am. She doesa't esse e about me ta Wow Se s- -(' WI-bw dees t Mr CJase, onridU - - .!" "---- . . - . . m ctiMpe-rretty saversMt, n--s tMtyVsstag, issaaa iwm M soars, ' I ' t its f Jay &