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PITTSBURG. TDESDAY. FEB. 1L 189a
ME. CARNEGIE'S EOEHAL OFFER.
The formal presentation of Mr. Carnegie's
offer to Pittsburg Councils yesterday, and
the initial steps for accepting the same,
raised no new point that had not already
Tecn anticipated bv the newspaper accounts,
Mr. Carnegie insists with emphasis upon
the city supporting the library and its ad
juncts. This is only right. There trill be
so one so mean as to object. It trill cost
something to support Schenley Park, and it
will cost f40,000 per year to support the Car
negie Library, with its branch libraries, art
gallery and museum of sciences, bnt Pitts
burg will be all the plcasanter and more
profitable place to live in for both of these
attractions.
The only two other points suggested
by the proceedings yesterday were
that the form of government pro
posed for the Pittsburg library, Tit,
bv a mixed commission, consisting of
citizens named by Mr. Carnegie and of city
officers and Councilmen, might profitably
be adopted as the best solution of the issue
across the river; and, secondly, that the
mention of Mr. Carnegie in his letter of
baring "one of the branch libraries in East
Xiberty, one on the Southside, one at Law
renceville and one in the Old City," seemed
to give color to the report that it is contem
plated to put the new and main library
somewhere in the middle distance embraced
by the Eleventh, Thirteenth or Fourteenth
wards, which is rapidly becoming the center
of population.
After the gift shall have been formally
accepted the situation will be the next point
of interest,
CITY EMPLOYES AND POLITICS.
The order of the Department of Pnblio
Safety, which was made public yesterday,
puts the relations of the city employes with
municipal politics on exactly the right foot
log. The city employes have the same rights
in politics as other citizens and no more.
They have the right to vote as they deem
best; but they should neither be forced to
work for especial candidates nor permitted to
neglect their public duties, in order to carry
elections. They can contribute to campaign
funds if they wish, but they must not be
compelled to do so. These are the princi
ples stated in Mr. Brown's orders, and they
constitute the essence of civil service re
form, with regard to the participation of
employes in politics. It is rather novel for
the managers of city politics to find them
selves confronted with such a check on the
policy of running the city departments as
a political machine; but if the principles
avowed in the order are strictly adhered to,
it will have a very salutary public effect.
A LONGER EXHIBITION.
The buggestion that the loan exhibition of
works of art which has been got together to
signalize the dedication of the Allegheny
Carnegie Library, might be profitably ex
tended for a week or ten days longer, is a
valuable one. It is to be hoped that it may
lie carried out so as to afford the people of
both cities adequate opportunity to enjoy
this artistic treat.
The gathering of this collection of thebest
paintings is the first step in the work of edu
cation and artistic culture which is under
taken by the foundation of this library, as
well as the institution which Mr. Carnegie
proposes to create in Pittsburg. But it is
clear that a tithe of the people of Al
legheny, and much less of the people
of Pittsburg can hardly see these paintings
in the allotted two days. The period of
former art exhibitions, holding out even less
inducements to study, has been three or tour
weeks. To insure the benefit from this one
reaching the people, an additional week
will be of great value
Of course the decision on this point rests
with the owners of the works of art loaned
for the exhibition. But when their atten
tion is called to the public good that can be
effected by the continuance of the exhibition
it is almost certain that their consent will
be spontaneous and heartv.
BRICE'S BACK TAXES.
That question of Senator Brice's citizen
ship, like Banguo's ghost, continues to
lob up and disturb the festivities at the
most inconvenient seasons. The last shape
in which it appears is in the discovery of
the tax-collector of Allen county, O., that
Mr. Bnce has for five years claimed ex
emption from taxes on his very consider
able personal property on the ground that
be was not a resident of Lima, hut bad re
moved to Hew York. But, as Mr. Brice's
election to the Senatorship was based on his
claim of residence in Lima, it is not un
naturally claimed that he ought to pay
those bark taxes, which, with the penalty,
are stated to reach 8732,000. If this sum
should be collected, it would, with the cost
of Brice's Senatorial campaign, make his
seat in that body a luxury which none but
the extremely wealthy can afiord. But
there is little danger of its collection.
Millionaires do not rise to political power
for the purpose of giving up hundreds of
thousands, the payment of which they suc
cessfully evaded in private life.
THE NEW AMERICAN DRAMA.
Max O'Rell has said many smart things
about Americans, and some truths, but he is
both smart and trnthful when he says that
American theater-goers enjoy wit, humor
and sparkling dialogne when they get it,
which is not often. The select band of
American playwrights who have recently
come to the front owe their success largely
Xo their comprehension of the real desires cf
the best American audience. Until recently,
as everybody knows, the American stage
was occupied by English melodramas and
emasculated French comedies. The English
melodrama has certainly seen its best days
in America. A glance at the list of plays
periormed here this season will convince
anyone of this. The plays taken from the
French are also disappearing, as the pro
duction of native dramas grows. These are
happy omens for the future of the national
stage. The sanguinary and thunderous
xaelodraraa, with or without tanks, and the
French drama nearly always depending
upon risky situations for their main appeal
to the public, are abominations of which the
American stage is well rid.
Our own dramatists have come to under
stand that the great bulk of Americans, as
Max O'Rell says, "will listen to a clever
dialogue with complete enjoyment," The
attributes this clever flaneur finds in his
own countrymen in France belong to very
many Americans, and he might say to them,
as he says of the French, that "a study of
character, a social problem, will interest
them quite as much as mere strong situa
tions." The plays which haye been written
by Americans during the last five or six
years conspicuously show this new line of
attack, and their success demonstrates the
popular appreciation of the new departure.
It is not really a new departure either, but
rather a return to the principles Vhich
made "The School for Scandal" a classic for
all time. Pittsburg is fortunate this week in
having two excellent examples of the new
American drama in its theaters. There is
no doubt about the merits, dissimilar
though they be, of Bronson Howard's "The
Henrietta" and Gillette's "Held by the
Enemy." ,
INSPECTION AND RIVER FREIGHTS.
It was published yesterday that one of the
reasons why the railroad men are worried
over the large shipments of freight by river
is that the weighing and inspection
bureau of the railroads has no jurisdiction
over those shipments. This weighing bureau
is established to see that no shipments are
billed at less than their actual weight; and
the thought that freight may be going for
ward by river, free from such a check, is
quite troublesome to our railroad friends.
But the railroad interest can, if it chooses,
console itself with the reflection that, if that
is done, the steamboat interest will be the
losers. The reason why underbilling was a
public abuse, in railway shipments, was
that it could be done with the cognizance of
the initial railroad and thus enforce a dis
crimination at the cost of the disfavored
shippers. Each railroad could hare weighed
its own freight if it had chosen; but as some
of them were evidently fond of that way of
covering up favoritism the joint bureau was
established. On the rivers, carriers cannot,
by that means or any other, put
the cost of favoritism on the ship
pers who do not get the secret
advantage. If an attempt were made to give
a favored shipper such vital advantages as
built up the Standard Oil Company the
other shipper) could easily start their own
boats or find new competitors in the river
carrying trade.
Any special advantage on river freight
rates therefore is simply at the cost of the
carrier. Onr railroad friends need not fear
that the river men are in danger of being
f wronged by the wicked shippers who under
bill their shipments. The river carriers can
weigh and inspect their freights just as the
railroads could when they wished to.
IT WOULD BE A MISTAKE.
Mr. JIcBride, of the Miners' Progressive
Union, in speaking of the very commend
able effort to secure joint action of operators'
and miners to restore the inter-State scale,
outlines a policy the wisdom and success of
which are alike questionable. Mr, Mc
Bride is reported as saying that it makes no
difference whether the operators of the Pitts
burg district grant the advance or not; the
whole industry must stride unless the joint
action is secured.
If strikes are ever permissable, we believe
that one to secure so beneficial an arrange
ment would be, if inaugurated on a basis
that promises success. But to promise suc
cess it must not take a course which at once
ignores justice and takes away the incentive
for the operators to concede justice to the
miners. But is it just to make the punish
ment of a strik fall upon those who are
ready to concede what the miners regar 1 as
just? Is it even good generalship to re
move from those who stand as an obstacle in
the way of good wages, the penalty of see
ing their business transferred to those who
are willing to act rightly.
The policy outlined by Mr. McBride, in
his interview, sounds like the sympathetic
strike; bht we can hardly believe that such
a blunder will be committed by the miners
as to take the course which will weaken the
hands of their friends among the operators
and strengthen those of their enemies.
OUR NEW MINISTER TO RUSSIA
President Harrison keeps up his record
for favoring newspaper people with splen
did appointments. Yesterday he sent in the
nomination of Charles Emorv Smith, of the
Philadelphia Press, for Minister to Russia.
This, it -will be remembered, was the post
left Tacant by the death of Tborndyke Rice,
of the 2Torth American Review. Prior to
that President Harrison had already ap
pointed Whitelaw Reid, of the Hew York
Tribune, Minister to France; John C. Hew,
of the Indianapolis Journal, Consul Gen
eral at London, and Murat Halstead, of
the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, Minis
ter to Germany though an unsympa
thetic Senate refused to confirm the
last named nomination. This list shows
that President Harrison and Mr. Blaine
have treated their journalistic supporters
with a grateful consideration which public
men do not always show to the agencies by
which they reach prominence and power.
The critics of the administration affect to
believe that the gratitude shown is a mere
lively sense of favors to come; but that is a
shallow and cynical view. The nomina
tions in question have been in the main ex
cellent; and one of thebest of them is that
of Mr. Smith yesterday.
It is hinted that Senators Cameron and
Quay were not consulted in Mr. Smith's
case. This is an extremely improbable
rumor, as there are few men in pnblic
lire more acceptable than Mr. Smith to all
factions and interests within the Republican
party. He is a man of admirable qualifica
tions, not the least of vhich is a delightful
manner which endears him to all who know
him. Good judgment, upright purpose, and
an intuitive sense of what is proper and
right under all circumstances, are the well
known characteristics of Charles Emory
Smith. The selection of such a man to rep
resent the country abroad, no matter what
contingency may arise, can reflect only
credit upon the administration. The most
cross-grained person in the Senate would in
this case be hard pushed to find occasion for
the slightest complaint
Mexico has so farimnroved her relations
with the United States as to repeal her prohib
itory regulations against United States pork.
Our trust millionaires can now make trip to
Mexico whenever they feel like It,
It is now stated that the wrath of Senator
Karwell has cooled sufficiently to permit him to
offer to become the bondsman of Clark, tbe
man whose appointment be declared to be
against "the will of the people." Taken in con
nection with the Senator's previous utterances
this Is sufficient to create tbe belief that Far
well has been fixed.
General Boulan gee will take warn
ing by the fate of the young Orleans Drince.
and will aTold trouble when he gets ready to
try the revolution by sending on an advance
agent to fill his dates in prison.
"The liberal offer orMr. Carnegie to give
$1,000,000 for the erection of free libraries in
Pittsburg has an unpleasant significance in
view of the recent strike ot his employes," says
the St. Louis Posl-Ditpalch, which lets its po
litical prejudice rule its Comments on Mr. Car
negie's splendid donation. If the esteemed
Post-Dispatch will state when the recent strike
of Mr. Carnegie's employes took place, what
they struck for, and what the result ot the strike
was, it may throw much light on what other
wise must be a mysterious subject to Pitts
burgers. The brilliant New York Sun is exerting
its energy to wiping out tho word "pants."
But the effort is doomed to failure so long as
enterprising ready-made clothiers continue to
vend the article at S3 per pair.
The Democratic Ohio legislature is appa
rently anxious to record itselt on the latest va
riation of the dressed meat lunacy. A bill is be
fore it providing that "no'beef shall be bought
for the publio institutions of the State that is
not taken from animals born and raised in the
State." But why not enact that no pork, flour
or whisk v shall be purchased except Ohio pro
ducts? That would be carrying out a princi
ple which could only be given more perfect ap
plication by a rule forbidding any money to be
spent In the Legislature except money that has
been made in Ohio.
If the Duke of Orleans will come to this
country in the place of his respected papa, we
will not put him in prison for proposing to fill
the place of one of our 40,000 desorters.
And now the point comes out in the bal
lot box forgery case that the whole business
was a trap to catch Foraker, of which John R.
McLean and T. C. Campbell are supposed to be
the originators. This theory of the case Is
quite possible; but the trouble is that It does
not help Foraker particularly, and does not,
for proverbial reasons, damage the reputation
of McLean and Campbell at all.
The principal outcome of that dam to im
prove the Allegheny rlTer, so far as it has gone,
takes the form of squabbles over the real es
tate needed for the work.
JIB. Martin modifies his reported state
ment that the eight-hour movement woula be
inaugurated in the mills of Pittsburg, so as to
take all the discomfort out of it. The intima
tion that it may be "taken up and decided
by the Amalgamated Association one or two
years hence," it equivalent to the parliamen
tary device of postponement to six months
from this date.
South Dakota can congratulate itself
on having got sawed off fromNortn Dakota
jnstln time to escape being smirched by the J
lottery job.
Evidently the remarkable bill of the
original Mr. Wlckham, of Ohio, "to prevent
gerrymandering" is intended to prevent any
moregerrvmanderinf. There is reason to be
lieve that Mr. Wickham's ox is In peril of being
gored by future gerrymanders.
The production of roorbacks appears to
vie with the writing of political manifestos
as the leading industries of the pending campaign-
The report of a twenty per cent advance
in the price of window glass appears to be pre
mature. But the way in which the prices of the
imported article are going warrants the domes
tic factories in believing that they are on the
brink of a boom.
The people on the hill will begin to
realize, with regard to rapid transit, that hope
deferred maketh the heart nick.
Canada intimates that the United States
shall not hav a inodiL: Vivendi unless they ask
for it and the United States can retdy that
Canada shall not hav either reciproplty or an
nexation unless she asks for them.
PEOPLE OP PROMINENCE.
The fund for tbe benefit of tbe Hon. Samuel
J. Randall amounts to about $50,0"0.
Mb. Spubgeoit has just published the thirty-fifth
volume of his sermons. Two thousand
one hundred of these discourses has he put into
print.
The Hon. Charles W. Buck, lately Minister
to Peru, will henceforth live at Louisville, Ky.,
where he will practice law. He has just re
covered from a dangerous attack of pneu
monia. There is a great deal of laughter in Europe
just now at the expense of M, Trivier, tbe
French explorer, who went through all sorts of
dangers in Central Africa, and, coming home
with bis travels ail written out in manuscript,
lost tbe Talise containing them and his notes at
the depot at which he arrived in Paris. It
really wasn't worth while to be an explorer for
such a result as that.
A kbw critic makes her appearance in litera
ture. George Macdonald has said that when
be and Tennyson were one night discussing the
latter's poem, "The northern Farmer." the
question of its correctness in Lincolnshire dia
lect arose. Tbe Laureate then remarked that
his cook, who came from Lincolnshire, told
him that she could not understand tbe poem
and that the dialect was not Lincolnshire at
all.
Ha warded. Mr. Gladstone's country seat,
was Invaded one day recently by a little olive
colored man, making many gestures and talk
ing a strange jargon; so tbe servants arrested
him as a maniac and possible assassin. Mr.
Gladstone was summoned to see tho wretch,
who turned out to be a Greek professor speak
ing no English, who had come all tbe way from
Athens to congratulate tbe British statesman
on knowing Homer's "Iliad" by heart.
John Jacob Astob is on the go from bis
early breakfast hour to dusk. He trudges
aDnufWall street like an errand boy. He does
tbis for about twenty-four days in a month, and
by that time be calls in his cab. He is fagged
out and a week in bis cab so revives his ener
gies that when the new month is ushered in he
is ready to start again on his dally tramps
among his real estate agents and bankers. He
is in the city wintor and summer. His fortune
of 100,000,000 chains him to tbe city just as
tight as tbe driver of a leased back with a big
family on his hands.
A BAND OP CANINE WHITE CAPS.
Union County Does Torn Annichists
and
Wage War Upon Their Fellows.
KritrtAi. tslioham to Tn Disi-jtrrH.!
Watsoktows. Pa February 10. In tbe
valley lylrig between New Columbia and White
Deer Mills, Union county. Pa., are some very
beautiful farms and thrifty farmers tilling
them. Most of tbe farmers own from one to
three dogs. Some of the canines are of enor
mous size and very fierce. It appears that tbe
dogs have formed an organization or brother
hood. Upon tbe violation of tbe laws of the
organization tbe guilty offender is branded and
"White Capped." Less than a year ago a dele
gation of tbe largest and fiercest of the band
visited 'squire Farley's promises and killed
two ot bis finest dogs outright. Upon tbe fol
lowing evening they visited Mr. E. Oldt's
5 remises and slaughtered one of his dogs,
hey visited other farmers' kennels, but were
always frigbtened off before much damage
was done by tbe farmer arming himself with a
shotgun and keeping the brutes at bay by
blazing away at tbeiu.
One of tbo ringleaders got shot In fie breast
on one occasion, but valued off as serenely as
it notbing had happened. Last Thursday night
they visited tbe premises of C. H. Ranck, near
New Columbia, and enticed bis dog away with
them. When they bad gone a short distance
from the house the whole party set upon
Ranck's dog and killed it. On the previous
night they killed two of Mr. Berkenstock's
docs and dragged their dead carcasses across
the creek, where they left them. They ap
parently select the best dogs as their victims,
leaving worthless ones, at liberty. They are
evidently anarchistic in their views, and do
not want "aristocratic canines" to live. The
farmers hive been aroused and say there must
be a break up of the gang of terrors.
The Prnprr Way to Smto It.
From the Farkersbgrg Sentinel.
A German scientist has discovered a certain
cure for hydrophobia. Perhaps it Is better to
jaytbat he thinks bo bit
THE TOPICAL TALKER,
JBe Sore Yon Aro Right and ThenGo Ahead
With Yonr Fabulous Yarns The LotIij
of nn Old Lady.
A Hew York friend tells mo a story that
should convey a warning to married men
who are in the habit of telling fibs to their
trusting spouses.
One night last summer a certain Hew York
physician, who ban previously been the best of
husbands, who bad never before been out at
night except on professional duty, went to
dine with some of "the boys" and became so
interested, let us say. in the proceedings, that
it was nearly daybreak before he started for
home. A friend went with him. They boarded
a street car, and no sooner bad they seated,
themselves than the doctor began to worry
abont -what be should say to his wife. He
asked bis friend to advise him, as he was a
novice in the art of coining excuses. But
though his friend responded with all sorts of
suggestions the doctor had discovered none to
his taste by the time the car had reached his
street.
The pair entered tho drug store on the cor
ner, which was one of those Institutions which
minister in various ways to the wants ot the
nocturnal wayfarer. The drug clerk, who
knew them both, sainted them with the excited
query: "Do you know that the policeman on
your block has been shotf He was brought in
here, and they have taken him to the hospital.
He can't live."
After they bad learned the particulars of the
shooting, which do not concern us, the doctor
and his lriend left the store.
V
ji'There's your excuse, doctor," said its
friend. "Had to attend Smith, who's the
policeman on your block; see?"
The doctor saw. When he reached home he
told bis wife a pathetic story of poor Smith's
death, and his vain attempt to save the police
man's life. "He died in my arms, my dear,"
he concluded. The gentle wife believed the
story, and patted her husband on the back.
The next evening the doctor and his wife
were sitting on the stoop, as the custom is In
Hew York of a warm summer evening, when
who should come walking up the street but
Smith, the policeman. The doctor's face grew
crimson, bis wife's white. There was a tab
leau. You see the trouble was that the doctor's
house was a corner one, and two police beats
touched it, and two policemen ot course passed
it. Unfortunately it was Policeman O'Brien
who was shot; Policeman Smith enjoyed ex
cellent health.
The doctor never stays out late at night
now.
V
'Two very staid old ladies sat in the seat be
fore me In a railroad car the other day,
They talked in a sedate way to each other, and
of course what they said did not reach me.
Bnt presently one said to the other quite loudly:
"What is that girl wearing 'round her neck?"
The girl Indicated sat three or four seats
away and the phenomenon to which the old
lady alluded was the girl's own hair elaborately
frizzed.
As her companion put up her glasses to ob
serve the girl the old lady added: "It's a boa,
is It not?"
"It is the glrl'j hair curled up," replied the
second old lady after a careful survey, "but it
must be a bore to her anyhow."
The pnn was lost on the audience it was in
tended for. The levity of old lady of 65 at least
was the amusing thing to me. ,
CHINESE ENJOY THEMSELYES.
An Elaborate Supper at Which Four Hun.
dred People Were Present.
There wero probabl 400 persons present at
the entertainment givftV by the Chinese Sunday
school scholars last night at the Eighth Street
Presbyterian Church. A well-arranged and
sumptuous banquet was served, at which 400
people were seated. While the guests dis
cussed tbe solids and dainties tbe band dis
coursed selections of native music The band
was gotten together from various parts or the
State; where tbe music came from could not
bo ascertained with any degree of certainty.
The work of Christianizing the Chinese bad
its inception in this community at this chnrcb,
during tbe ministration of Rev. Dr. Milligan in
1875. Since then tbe roll of scholars has at
times reached as high as 60, though at present
it numbers only about 25. Many of the guests
were formerly scholars and are now located in
different parts of the State. Tbe success of the"
entertainment in detail was due mainly to the
management of the ladies in charge, a list of
whose names is appended: Mrs, Arthur, Mrs.
J. A. McKee, Mrs. Boyd. Mrs. McNaugher,
Mrs. McAllister, Mrs. Gibson, Mrs. Miller,
Mrs. McAtees; assisted bv Misses Wilhelmma
Flelsner, Cbesnut McAtees, HIce. Gray,
Smiley, English. Martin, Graham, Leesner,
Musser and Henry.
Soclnl Chatter.
The Sewlckley Valley Dramatic Club will
tender a complimentary performance at the
Pittsburg Club Theater to-night to the mem
bers of the Tuesday Night Club. The play
will be "Esmeralda" with which the club won
so many laurels a short time ago in their own
burg.
Miss Nettie Pbatjier, of Sheffield street,
Allegheny, left last night for Now York, and
from thence will embark for Europe on
Wednesday, with a party of friends.
Aw extra cotillon ws given last evening at
tbe Pittsburg Club House, the resultof funds
left over from tbe management of the old
Pittsburg Cotillon Club.
The first concert of the Mendelssobn Club
will be given this evening, in Orpheus Hall,
East End.
A CREDITABLE INCREASE.
Tho Annuni Meeting of the Philadelphia
and Erie Railroad Company,
Philadelphia, February 10. The annual
meeting ot tbe stockholders of tbe Philadel
phia and Erie Railroad Company, one of tbe
Pennsylvania road's leased lines, was held t
day. Tbe annual report ot the company for
18S9 shows that tbe gross earnings were HBS9 -137.
an increase of 8316,095 compared with 1S8S.
and net earnings 1,778,573 an increase of $122,
'& The number of passengers carried was
1,291,844, an increase of 111,183. The freight
tonnage was 9,339,019 tons, an increase of 8o0
032.
Tbe amount paid on account fit Johnstown
flood was $121,081 (S3, less $97,750 12, allowed for
transportation of diverted traffic.
Hoof Marks on Them.
From the Philadelphia Press.:
Some of tbe Dcmocratio organs call Speaker
Heed a "mule." Evidently they have been
fooling around bis heels.
DEATHS OP A DAY.
Fonernl of Mm. Kerr.
The last sad rites over the remains of Mr. Annie
Kerr, widow of the late Her, David E. Kerr, of
Allegheny, were performed at the residence of
ber nephew, W-H. Kerr, H Union avenue, yea.
terday at 1 o'clock. Itev. Dr. W. J. Hobinspn
offlolated, assisted by Itev. Dr. Iteed, of tbo First
U. P. CUurch, Pittsburg; Kev. Ur, W. U. Wal
lace, Eev. Dr. J. C. Boyd, of Jit. Lebanon: Key.
Dr. J. R. Johnson, of Washington, Pa . and the
Bcv. Dr. Campbell, of Sf wlckley. The following
rentlemen acted as pallbearers: Thomas Jamison.
ft. L. omlth, G, J. Porter, J. IV. Arrott, Thomas
Hare. William Kichardson
Cantain lioTd nnri
Willliim MpTml. Home beal
Some beautiful vocal music was
rendered by the choir of tho llilrd United Presby
Mr. Y. II. Eaton.
bbortly before noon Sunday, at ber residence on
North Highland avenue, Mrs. 7. II. Eaton died
of heart dliesac. Blie was in ber Wth car, at the
tlmo of her death, and was the daughter of the
late IroxAlden. lineal descendant of John Aldou,
In life she was a member of St. Andrew's Episco
pal Cbnrch, and was possessed of many Christian
qualities which endeared ber to all with whom she
came In contact. Mrs, Eatoa was the wife of F.
H. talon, formerly a prominent business man In
the city, and the mother of four sons and five
daughters. 'Jho funeral services will be held to
day at 2:3 o'clock.
Sirs. Flora B. Hay.
;srECIAt TSWtGBAM TO TUB PtSPATCH.l
Bbaopock, Pa February,10.-Mrs. Flora B,
Hays, wife of the well-known river captain,
Seward B. Hays, died at her home, near Harding
station, on the Plttsbnrr, Virginia and Charleston
Railroad, at 6 o'clock last evening, after a-brlef
Illness. Mrs. Hays was 87 years of ajre. She was
well known here, being the only daupbter of
Captain W. S. Packer. Her remains will be in
terred at Lebanon on Wednesday.
Kev, Tlagb Francln Grifila.
IUltihore, February 10. Bov. Hugh Francis
OrifEn, one ortlie oldest and best-known Catholic
clcrK)men la Maryland, died baturday,at St.
Charles College, near Elllcott City, of lnfluepsa,
complicated with other complaints due to old
aga. He would hare been 70 years old on tbe 3d of
next March, and recently celebrated the golden
Jubilee anniversary of his elevation to tho prlett-Pod.
AT THE THEATERS.
The Henrietta Again Gillette's War Piny
Other Plays and Players.
Bronson Howard's great comedy, "The
Henrietta," was given its second production at
tbe Grand Opera House last night before a
very large audience. It was received as it
was last Year with roars of laughter and loud
applause. The play was welcomed warmly,
and so were tbe players.
There is no need at all to expatiate in tbese
columns npon tbe unusual merits of "Tbe Hen
rietta;" its subtle and powerful construction,
tbe delicious humor of tbe dialogue, the wit
and wisdom in it. It has been said before in
tbis paper that 'The Henrietta" is the best
play as yet written by an American and it is
one of the few comedies that will outlive its
author. The company which interpreted tbe
playHast night Is virtually a new one. although
Mr. Stuart Robson is still Bertie the Lamb, and
George Woodward makes the Rev. Dr. Murray
Hilton a picture of fashionable piety that is in
tensely amusing. It Is regrettable, of course,
that Mr. Crane Is no longer with Mr. Robson in
the character of Nicholas Vanalttyne, which
suited him so well. It is unavoidable that tbe
work of Mr. Frank Mordaunt, who takes bis
place, should be compared with Mr. Crane.
But it -is not fair to either to do so. Mr.
Mordaunt does not attempt in the smallest
way to Imitate Mr. Crane, and he gives us a
tvpe of man iniVio: Vanalttyne very different
from Mr. Crane's conception of tbe character.
Mr. Mordaunt is undoubtedly successful in
making out a clean cut personality of a living
man. He gives ns a Wall street speculator of
steel will, nerves and backbone. There is in
him a breath of the bounding West, and his
playfulness and good nature are the
hearty sort you'd look for in a sea captain.
Mr. Merdaunt Is. we think, more powerful tban
Mr, Crane in the few tragic episodes of the
plav, and not so successful as Mr. Crano in the
rendering of tbe comedy, Mr. Crane gave an
essentially gentle flavor to one side of tbe rich
old operator, wnicb Mr. Mordaunt cannot or
does not impart to tbe character. Mr. Crane's
Nick VanaUtyne was more lovable than Sir.
Mordaunt's. But Mr. Mordaunt's acting is ex
ceedingly good.
Mr. Stuart Robson is inimitable, of course, in
hi? role of the innocent lamb. It may be re
peated that Mr. Woodward as the fashionable
pastor was prodigiously funny. Mr. Ratcliffe
is reasonably able to play the difficult roU of
the son of vanalttyne, who tries to ruin his
father, but Mr, Wilson was not satisfactory as
me doctor. The other parts were well filled.
Miss Eugene Ltndeman achieving quito a little
triumph in tbe pathetic episode she figures
in . in the second act. Miss May
Waldron was very buoyant and bubbling as tbe
widow who enslaves her pastor and her stock
broker. If "The Henrietta" had not been
played here last year by an exceptionally strong
company, tbe one now hern would be seen to
greater advantage. The play is beautifully
staged, and the performance as a whole is of a
high class.
BUou Theater.
"Held by the Enemy" is not a new play, but
it bids fair to become one of those evergreen
pieces which won the favor of generations.
In a full housejat the Bijou last night 'its re
ception might have even been styled enthu
siastic Tbe caste was a fairly strong one, and
tbe bits of war realism unusually effective.
As Rachel McCreery, Miss Maude
Haslam made a very pretty and a very
interesting heroine Tho management of bet
voice, in tbe most trying scenes, was excellent;
but it must be added that Miss Haslam seemed
to sacrifice the needs of art to the temptings of
beauty. In other words, Raehael McCreery's
face remained a picture of ealm unlmpas
sioned piquancy, when Raehael McCreery's
voice was convulsed with passion. In tbe love
making scene, however, when the lines ot
beauty migbt remain undisturbed. Miss Has
lam was all that she should be. Miss Minnie
Dupree is a past favorite of Pittsburg
theater-goers. She was deliciously school
girlish in Susan McCreery, and did not over do
tbe part for an instant. Miss Kate Denin Wil
son looked the grand dame, but there was a
painful unreality about ber acting. Then too
frequent appealing glances at tbe parquet
could they not be avoided? Perbaps when
Miss Wilson is better "up" in her part she may
become tb i ideal maiden aunt in manner and
speech as she was last nicht in annearance.
rMr. C W. Stokes played the gruff, soldier
like Major General to the life: while
Mr, Morav as Surgeon Melding did
his whole duty by the part. As
tho hero Colonel Pretcott, Mr. William
Harcourt deserves nothing bnt praise. He was
perfectly natural throughout, never permitted
himself to rant, and used his no small powers
ot vocal and facial expreVipn Judiciously. Mr.
Ioline Butler in the part of Lieutenant JJayne
put a sbtde too much color to the second act,
hut that was his only transgression. Tbe al
ways laughter-begetting Thomas B. Bean.
special correspondent; sketch maker and love
maker, was admirably Impersonated bv Mr.
Will Mandeville. It only Mr. Mandeville could
get a few lesions in the art of note taking from
a practical reporer. lie might vastly improve
upon an already successful study. Uncle
Rufus, played by Mr. Joseph Humphreys,
was the quaint, doddering, faithful oldservito
tbe author intended bim to be. The minor
parts, notably those ot Lieutenant Colonel
McPherson by Mr. E. Moray, and tbe sentry by
Mr. J. W. Mitchell, rather good: and tbe play
was well mounted save for one, perhaps unim
portant detail, the furnishing, in distinctly 1890
style, of an 1800 Southern drawing room.
Han-la' Theater.
TheWilbur Opera Company began a return en
gagement at this house yesterday, and although
tbelr train from Detroit was fire hours late,
tbey entertained overflowing houses, the stand
ing room sign being displayed for some time be
fore either performance. The old fivorites are
with the company Susie Kirwin, Tro Denick,
Kobnle, Conley and the rest. Miss Alice Ve
rona's pretty face and gracef nl figure aro miss
ing, she having been married and left tbe
stage since ber appearance here lat fall. The
operette yesterday was "The Two Vagabonds,"
the Wilbur version of "Ermlnie." To-dav "Na
non" will be given, also to-morrow and Thurs
day. On Friday "Bohemian Girl," and Satur
day afternoon "Nanon," "Tbe Two Vaga
bonds" closing the engagement on Saturday.
Hnrry William' Academy.
The lover of good music, as well as of a first
class vaudeville performance, cannot fail to
enjoy tbe attraction at Manager Williams'
place of amusement tbis week. Hyde's Spe
cialty Company is composed of some excellent
talents, and a very unique performance is
given. The programme opens with a sketch
In three scenes entitled "'Way Down South,"
in which Frank Howard's old negro specialties
are well interpreted. James McAvoy follows
in original song, then Edith Sinclair and Ed
M.Faun, as "The Maguires." Mclntyre and
Heath, old favorites, are next seen, then the
gemot tbe performance, tbe Clipper Quartet,
followed by Fields and Hanson and Heiene
Mora, tbo lady with tbe wonderful baritone
voice, jl ne imra scene oi tne plantation sireicn
closes tbe performance.
Dr. Eccleston's Lectured.
There will be one more opportunity this even
ing for Pittsburgers to hear Dr, Eccleston lec
ture on the English cathedrals, etc. Tbe views
of England's greatest architectural treasures,
which are used, to illustrate tbe lecture, are re
markably fine. A large audience, including
many distinguished divines, was present at last
night's lecture, and a still larger audience is
expected to-night
MOKE MEN MADE HAPPY.
The President Sendi lu a Largo Number of
Nominations.
Washington.. February 10, The President
sent tbe following nominations to the Senate
to-day:
Hsrouel Merrill, of Indiana, to be Consul-Ueneral
of the United Btate at Calcutta; J, Fenner Lee,
of Maryland, to be Eecretary of the Legation oi
the United states nl Jilode Janeiro: Harry K.
Newberry, ofMichljran. to be Secretary of the Le
gatton of tbe United States at Madrid.
lo be Consuls of the United States: Edward
Bedloe. of Pennsylvania, at Amboy; (i I. Croft,
or North Dakota, at Carthagcna, United States of
Colombia: James It, UanfortU, of Pennsylvania,
atKelil: Ferdinand A. Hualier, of Minnesota, at
Port Stinley and St. Thomas: Frank D. Hill, of
Minnesota, at Montevideo; Henry It. Myers, of
Sontn Dakota, at Sap Salvador: Levi W. Myers,
of Iowa, at Vlciorla, British Columbia: Felix A.
Matthews, of California, at Tangier: Frederick
Jl, Kyder,-of Connecticut, at Quebec, Cauadai L.
Ji. Stewart, ot Virginia, at San J nan, Porto ltlco.
James O'Brien, of Minnesota, to be Chief Jus
tice of the Sunreme Court of tho Territory of JJew
Mexico. Cornelius H. Hanford, of Washington,
to be United States District Judge for tbe district
of Washington. George N. WliwelU or Wiscon
sin, to be Marshal of the United States for the
Eastern district of Wisconsin.
John W. Schalt, postmanter at Norristown, Pa.
lo bo Supervisors of Census Benjamin Upton.
Jr., or Virginia, for Iho Blrst district of Virginia:
Blclnrd A. Young, of Virginia, for tho Second
district or Virginia. -
Assistant burgeon W. J. Peltus, of Virginia, to
be Passed Assistant Surgeon lu the Marine Hospi
tal service.
Withdrawn John K. Haggart, of North Dakota,
to be Marshal of the United Stales for the district
of North Dakota, hebavlng declined the appoint
ment. A UaeleaiEflbN.
From the Phlladlphla.Presi. J t
The Maryland Legislature is trying to abolish
tbe cigarette fiend. As if Death couldn't do
the work eifectively enough I
Vol n Bio; Mtioir n(. Present,
From the Boston Herald
Now you see the World's Fair in New York,
and now you don't. Ifs in a kind of Punch and
Judy state Just at present.
THE ART LQAN COLLECTION,
What Is to be Seen at the Carnegie Gallery
To-Day A Surprising Exhibit of Fine
Works John W. Bcatty Compares It to
Other Collections Uovr to Jndgo Pict
ures. NO. II.
IWBITTEf TOR THB DISPAH'H.l
AS to the loan collection ot paintings now
. hanging upon the walls of the beautiful
Art Gallery in tha Carnegie Library building, I
can now repeat what 1 have heretofore written,
based upon an examination of the list of works.
Tbe exhibition will produce a profound and en
during impression. No one can stand in the
midst of tbese works without being Impressed
by their strength, beauty and almost uniform
excellence. No Wttsburger or Alleghenian
should stand in their presence without experi
encing a sense of the deepest pleasure when he
rejects that the paintings here gathered were
not brought for the occasion from abroad. Tbey
are our own, and stand to-day speaking in un
mistakable language of tbe growth of authetlc
taste in our midst. Silently, as water filters
through a refining substance, have tbese works
come into our cities and ranged themselves
upon the walls of Pittsburg and Allegheny
homes, there to preach the gospel of tbe
beauty and attractiveness of nature and tbe
elevating influences of art. The leaven will
rapidly leaven the whole lump. Of
the collection too much cannot bo written
or said. In its presence the mind is elated with
th i thought that this is a local exhibition in an
Allegheny gallery. Go to tbe Paris Salon ex
hibition, you will find no higher average stand
ard ot excellence. Go to tbe Munich Kunst
verein, you will not find as high a standard,
and, in relation to tbe total, a much greater
.number of inferiorworks. Go to the celebrated
Plnakothik in Munich, the one containing
modern paintings, and you will find a collec
tion greater in extent but inferior in average
quality. Go to tbe annual national exhibition
in London or the New York annual society ex
hibitions, and you will eo collections not tor
one moment to be compared with this collec
tion on the ground of average merit The cele
brated Corcoran collection at Washington
greatly exceeds this one in the number of
works. It is not as high in average quality.
The Vanderbilt paintings are beyond doubt su
perior in average quality, tbe collection being
composed entirely of masterly productions,
some of them reaching In value almost 8100,000.
What a compliment is implied in tbe simple
fact that to measure the standard of excellence
established for Pittsburg by this collection it
becomes necessary to make comparison with
tbe great art collections of tbe world.
Just Forget the Tonnage.
Cpknd a few hours among tbese treasures to
day, and you will forget the enormous ton
nage of Pittsburg; you will forget her miles
upon miles of mills and factories and realize
tbe supremacy of intellectual achievement.
The memory ot an hour thus spent will cling
for years, and one will be a better man for it
Should you feel in the presence of a superb
Corot, rich in refined quality and poetic feel
ing, or a beautiful Bouguereau,deliciously pure
In drawing and tone or a grand Schreyer, a sin
gle doubt as to the grand Qualities contained In
tbese works, yon might well make a timely
Frayer for the sight which reveals these things,
have spoken of the almost uniform excellence
of this collection. This is tbe first thought
which will strike the observer: Tbe great num
ber of good works as compared with the very
limited number of inferior opes. Nothing re
veals the weakness of an ordinary picture so
quic&iy as me presence ot strong ones. lev
indeed in this collection fail, although the or
deal Is severe. Two or three suffer terribly. T
cannot ignore this fact and remain true to
tbe trust implied in the invitation from a
great jonrnal to treat tbis subject with
an eye single to the beneficent influence which
should be exerted by tbese works upon our
community. Not so much in tbe spirit of crit
icism, therefore, as for the purpose of explana
tion and comparison, do I ask tbe visitorto first
carefully and thoughtfully study a large paint
ing by A. Moreau, No. 75, and one to the left by
Corot. Remember that Corot is an apostle of
refined color and exquisite tone. Moreau does
not suffer much in contact with the beautiful
qualities of Corot. Go quick y into tbe small
gallery and glance at a large painting. No. 30,
by De Hass, and you will instantly realize the
crudeness in color ahd hardness in bandliug
this landscape; a comparison of this largo
Moreau with a small figure piece. No 73,
painted by tbe same master ten years earlier,
will prove Interesting and instructive. Some
thing analogous to tbe transformation of For
tuny's style here occurs. The small painting is
hard, although done with great precision and
care. Tbe large one Is grand in iti harmonious
qualities of color. Another large painting I
would have you examine, because of its In-
lerionty tne large jaierstadt.
Prominent, but Not Good Arr.
J" kkow that Bierstadt has for many years oc
cupied a prominent place in American art.
Nevertheless tbis Is not good art. It is not
even good painting. Compare it with the little
marine by Cbase, No. 15. In pluck and quali
ties of daylight the Chaso is a masterly pro
duction. The New York committee, appo'nted
to select pictures for the Pans international
exhibition last summer, in rejecting Bierstadt's
paintings, on tbe ground that they are not rep
resentative of American art, did not make a
mistake. In strong contrast with theDeHass
and Bierstadt are many strong and excellent
works. There is one, a marvelous exhibition
of skillful painting, tbe Whipper-in, No. 62.
In tbis school of painting tbe Whipper-in is
Scarcely excelled anywhere. There is a mas
terly painting in tbe Vanderbilt collec
tion, by Barzue, painted in tbe same man
ner, with which this work will compare favor
ablv. Probably nothing is quite so difficult
of explanation as the qualities of a painting.
Your standard of judgment, in a limited sense,
must be forever shifting. The purpose and
metbod of tbe painter must inevitably be taken
into account. The standard of judgment ap-
filied to Corot for instance cannot T)e arbitrari
y applied to Messonier, From time im
memorial paintings have nbeen referred to as
possessing a qualitv called soul. No word
could be more confusing to tbe human mind.
We instantly associate it with something in
definable and beyond our comprehension.
Let us substitute the word quality. The
meaning of this word we grasp more readily.
Let us place alongside this the word charac
ter There is such a thing as tbo essential
character of a landsoape just as there Is tbe es
sential character of a man. You know that a
man's race aoes not aiway exnress tbe man s
predominant or essential character. This is
proven over and over again by the fact that out
often proofs from different negatives prob
ably only one is satisfactory as a portrait to
those who are familiar with tbe mans inneror
essential character. Nino times out of ten bis
face did not quite express this character. The
camera nas not at fault, Tbo portrait painter
who can read character does not make nine
mistakes, Tbe landscape painter who reads
tbe essential character of a scene renders it
more faithfully tban a copying macbine. In
any great work this quality must exist. It
must be a dominant quality, dealing not with
tbe minute littleness of the materials at hand,
but expressing tbe salient or important feature
wbicb results from the combination of all.
Tbe quality of a painting is largely depend
ent upon color rather upon tbe union of colors
wltb such refinement of taste as to appeal to
tbe finer sense. This is to a greater or less ex
tent a matter of selection. Not all combina
tions in nature are harmonious and complete.
You will see at once that tbe selection Is a mat
ter of refined judgment.
Hon-It Becomes Impcrlshnbir.
TTis not diffioult to understand, therefore,
that natnre is not art. Art selects and ren
ders the essentials. The painter who appre
hends these supreme qualities will secure them
sometimes at tbe expense of tbe minor detail.
He will look at all the qualities during all the
time be works and never lose sight of them.
Tbe result will inevitably be a greater or less
degree of perfection, and when any degree of
this kind of pluck is put into a canvas it is im
perishable.
Tbe painter who fails to apprehend these
essential qualities will try to work ont bis sal
vation with fear and trembling in tbe presence
of nature, and he will almost Inevitably do it
Dy nis copying too many parts oi vue wnoie. ne
will argue that If tbe tree Is made literally like
tbo treo to-day, ana tbe rock like tbe rock to
morrow, and so on to tbe end, his painting
must be satisfactory. It never will ba exicpt
to people who look at his picture from the
same standard chosen by himself from which
to study nature. There are many other quali
ties in paintings, especially those technical and
secondary qualities which refer to composition,
light, shade, etc., but tbese, I think, touch the
core of tho matter and fix for us a standard of
judgment which Is the highest attainable.
To-morrow I will note rather more in detail
some of the prominent feature, meritorious
and otherwise, which are Displayed bv tbe
modern masters represented in th Loan Exhi
bition In Allegheny. JoHlf W. BiATTV.
Enconmglng Matrimony.
From the Lewlston (Me.) Journal.
Tbe Eastport Town Clerk, -who Is also a drug
gist, combines business enterprise and public
spirit by offering to give a free marriage li
cense and a pint of cologne to every bona fide
applicant for a marriage certificate during the
next two months. He says the number or such
applications bas been unprecedentedly small so
far tbis year.
A Vrry Hrnall Sensation.
Augusta, Q A., February iarha Chronicle
says tbat the postoffloe trouble at (Sharon Is a
very small sensation.
A PIECE OF SENTIMENT.
The Arizona People Do Not Want Geronl
mo Hack Among Them.
"Washingtow. February la-Lieutenant
Colonel Lawton testified that if tbe Apaches
became dissatisfied at Fort Sill tbey could eas
ily reach their old haunts. Tne sanitary condi
tions at Fort Sill, be said, are poor. It is
known as one of tbe worst posts in tbe country.
Geronimo, tbe leader of tbe Apaches, has been
on the war path at least three times. W. H. H.
Llewellyn, of New Mexico, and Brewster Cam
eron, of Arizona, protested against the re
moval of the Apaches to Fort SiU. Tbey pic
tured the terrible outrages committed by tbese
Indians in tbe past and said they would be re
peated should they bo sent to Fort Sill. Tbe
testimony of tbese two gentlemen was in Una
wltb the protest signed by them and sent out
several days since. Mr. Cameron said there
need be no trouble about getting a reservation
east of tbe Mississippi. The people of Arizona
and New Mexico would themselves pay for
enough land in Vermont to settle the Indians.
Delegate Smith, of Arizona, said this move
ment in behalf of a sick Indian was due to a
sickly sentimentality in tbe East. Tbe wit
nets said that if the Indian was to be treated
with such consideration it might be well to
give the white man a show. These Indian', if
tbey once get back to the west sldeof tbe great
river, will find their way to tbe San Can's
agency and Geronimo would never rest until
he bad stirred them up If tbe cloud of their
presence is to be cast over tbe people of Ari
zona, Mr. Smith said. It would be just as well
to bring Indians back to tbo White Mountain
reservation at once and go through tbe experi
ence prior to 1837 acalo. If the Government
will take one-third of the money it has ex
pended for agricultural implements to teach
Geronimo and his Indians tbe arts of peace It
can buy a reservation for them east of the Mis
issinpi river and build each of them a house.
The proposed removal of tbe Apaches, Mr.
Smith said, would paralyze every industry of
Arizona, and the people of the Territory enter
a very vigorous protest against it, believing it
would be a great outrage.
BE IS ONE OF THE EICHEST.
The Income nnd Expenes of tbe Great
Standard Oil Magnate.
New York, February 9. People who have
asked tbe question, "Who is tbe richest man in
America?" have invariably been answered with
the name of John Jacob Astor or Jay Gould, or
perhaps Cornelius Vanderbilkj In this country
of variable fortunes any otthesemen may have
been tbe ricEest man, but neither of them oc
cupies that position now. There is a mn quiet
of manner, soft-voiced, modest in dress, whose
every movement is calculated to throw off at
tention rather than attract it, who rides up and
downtown every morning and afternoon on tbe
"L" road like any poor clerk, yet this man is
the peer of all the millionaires on this con
tinent. He is John D. Rockefeller, the founder
and head of the vast commercial giant, the
Standard Oil Company, whose insatiable maw
digests dally the workings of 1200,000,000 of
property. One half ot this is owned by Jobn
D. Rockefeller.
B-sides these $100 000,000 he has between J3Q,
000.000 and $10,000,000 invested in the great Lead
Trust, in steamship companies, in real estate
in New York and Cleveland, O.i in railroad and
gas stocks and a dozen other possessions. But
this isnotalL JohnD. Rockefeller's annual
income from bis endless possessions amounts to
0,000000. Think of it, $500,000 every month to
spenUor $125,000 a week, or $17,857 a day and
almost $750 an hour. But John D. Rockefeller
does not spend $6,000,000 a year. In fact, bis
actual living expenses do not amount to over
(60 000 a year, but he has many outside calls
upon nis purse, the support of charitable in
stitutions and sucb, which cause bim to spend
between $600,000 a ud $700,000 annually.
IT HAIKTAINS FIEST PUCE.
Tho
Dispatcb at tbe Head of the List of
Live Newspapers.
From tbe Butler County Record.
The Pittsburg Dispatok maintains un
disputed the position which it has long held at
the head of Western Pennsylvania and East
ern Ohio newspapers indeed the territory in
dicated might be largely extended without in
justice toother journals. Its vast and varied
machinery for gathering news from near and
far, which includes leased wires to all of the
principal citle and special correspondents lo
cated at these.polnts enables The Daily dis
patch to lay beforo its readers every morning
an account of ths previous day's doings In
every quarter of the civilized world. Its full
and reliable market reports, its progressive
policy and Its independence upon all subjects,
commend it to business men and all classes of
intelligent readers.
The mammoth'.-20-page Sunday edition has
attained a phenomenal popularity, having a
circulation of more than 60,000 copies. Each
number is In itself a volume of tbe choicest
productions of Its scores of able contributors,
of special cable Tetters, sporting and business
reviews, including a full and accurate record
of current news.
The vast and rapidly growing circulation of
both tbe daily and Sunday issues has necessi
tated the addition of new facilities to its al
ready well-equipped press department. An
other of Hoe & Co.'s donble perfecting presses
i3 soon to be placed beside the rapid presses
now at work, giving advantages for issuing a
large edition equaled only by a few plants in
the largest cities.
TWO CANDIDATES IS THE FIELD.
The Chancel Said to Be la Favor of Sen
ator Quay's Friend.
rSPXCIAI. TXLEGBAH TO THS PISrATCK.1
Beaver, February la When a short time
since Hon. I. F. Mansfield made known his
withdrawal from tbe State Senatorial arena
the contest for tbe nomination in tbis county
apparently narrowed down to Hon. John F.
Dravn, of this place, and Samuel P. White, of
New Brighton. Although the former has never
publicly made known his intentions, those in a
position to know say now tbat he is not in the
race. Mr. White is therefore regarded as the
coming man, in view not only of bis individual
strength, but also because he is known to have
tbe promised support of Senator Quay and his
following in this county.
Within tbe last few days, however, certain
Republicans residing in New Brighton and
who aro antagonistic to White are said to have
sot on foot a movement to defeat the latter bv
bringing out FranK S. Reader, of the Daily
Netcs. Mr. Reader has repeatedly stated that
be is not a candidate, but it Is said tbat a
strong effort will ba made by White's oppo
nents to induce bim to run.
JI0XEI FOE PUBLIC BDILDIKG3,
A Large Number of Bills Passed and More
Reported Favorably.
Washetotoit, February 10. In the Senate
to-day on motion of Mr. Gibson, Senate bill ap
propriating ES0Q.C00 for a site for a publio build
ing at New Orleans was passed. Also bills ap
propriating $500,000 for a public building at
Sioux Citr. In., and $200,000 for a publio build
ing at Cedar Rapids, la.
Bills making appropriations for public build
ings wero reDOrted and placed on the calendar
as follows: Steriimr. 111., $50,000; Oakland. CaL,
$300,000; Cheyenne. Wy.. 8150,000; HHene, Mont,
$15 000; Salt Like City. Utah. $50(1,000; Stockdale,
CaL, $86,000; Mammoth Hot Sprincs. Yellow.
Stone National Park, $10,000; Portland, Ore.,
$500,000: Virginia City. Nev $75 000; Hastings,
Neb, $160,000; Dillas, Ore..$l(Xl,000;Salem,Ore
$100,000: Stillwater, Minn., $100,000; San Diego,
Cal., $300,000.
SCHOOLS F0K TUB INDIANS.
The Red 3Iea Are Alleged to De Asxlons for
Education.
Washihotojt, February 10. Tne report of
tbe Sionx Commission has been anticipated in
all Its main features. Views of the commis
slbn on the school question is .expressed in tba
following paragraph: "Tbe '.instruction most
likely to prove permanently useful will be best
taught in schools established on tbe reserva
tions. Tbe Indians are now thoroughly la fa
vor of them, and tbore is no further necessity
for sending children away long distances from
their homes in order to be taught the ele
mentary branches of English education."
Judicially Determined.
From the Minneapolis Tribune. J
A Kansas Judge has decided that corn Is
fuel. A Kentucky Judge would have declared
tbat corn is whisky. And there you are, with
the difference between prohibition and free
whisky practically Illustrated.
Kingly Upstarts and Downfalls.
From tbe Troy Times.
A man who starts ont to be a king and winds
up in a police station, like tbe young Duke of
Orleans in Paris, doesn't cut a very impressive
figure. Royalty in the nineteenth century has
fallen upon parlous times.
They Ue tbo Wrong Implements.
From tbe Chicago Tribune. 3
Tbe trouble with a deadlock is that both par
ties attempt to-break it by main strength and
awkwardnesvlnstead ot opening ft with tho
key ot compromise.
CUKI0US COHDENSATJMS.
A Michigan mathematician calculates
that 17,500.000 people in the United States harp
had tbe grip.
C. S. Chapman, of Waterbury, Conn.,
has a clock-wbicb has ticked off tbe time with
out stopping since 17S3.
Will January 1, A. D. 1900, be the be
ginning of tba twentieth century, or will Jan
uary 1. 1901? Is a question tbat is now bothering
tbe college professors in-tbe East.
Twenty-one "tramps met in Decatur,
Neb Sunday, and ordered meals at a restaur
ant. After they bad eaten tbey compelled tbe
proprietor to accept ten cents as payment in
full.
In Peterboro, Out, two men watching
a corpse were terribly surprised by the appear
ance of a ghostly figure at tbe window. It
proved to be a woman who was walking in her
sleep. She was half dead irom the cola.
A man in Saratoga, N. Y., who fought
In the war without being regularly enlisted
now finds bis name on the list of deserters.
Tbe Congressman from bis district bas Intro
duced a bill to relieve him of tbe stigma.
The vicinity of the Kennebec riyer is
said to be swarming with icemen from New
York and tbe Booth. Tba poor prospects for a
satisfactory ice crop from the Hudson bava
crowded tbe Maine hotels with buyers. Tbe
capacity of the Kennebec homes is rated at
1.2oO.(IOO tens. .
The Essex Institute, at Salem, Mass.,
has received from Robert C Winthrop, Jr., two
Original deeds from Masconomet, sagamore of
Agawam, to John Winthrop, Jr., of lands at
Ipswich and Cbebacco. Tbe instruments are in
the handwriting of John Winthrop, Jr.,and aro
dated June 28,1638.
Henry Stratford, of Kingston, Ont, has
received a letter from England which went
into the sea when the steamship Oregon was
wrecked and sunk in 18oU The letter in ques
tion was found buned in the sands of tha beach
near Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. The mail
bag containing tbe missive drifted 100 miles
from tbe scene of tbe wreck.
Just before the Circuit Court adjourned
on Friday in Clinton, Mo., a decree of di
vorce was granted Mrs. Sarah Brown, wife of
Major Brown nn tbe ground of desertion. In
less than half an honr after tbe decree had
been granted tbe wronged and forsaken plaint
iff found solace for her blighted affections by
wedding J, Gier. This case probably beats tha
record.
Oliver Outcalt, an old soldier residing
In Cincinnati, bad what be considered a great
stroke of luck last week. Through some mis
take Oliver was subpoenaed as a witness in tha
ballot-box investigation, it being intended to
summon Judge Miller Outcalt Instead. The re
salt has been tbat Oliver has been spending a
nice vacation in the citv of beautiful distances,
tbe Government paying his expenses there.
Mr, "W. K. Moorehead, of the Smith,
sonian, spent last summer, with a staff of as
sistants, in surveying and exploring Fort
Ancient, the prehistoric earthwork of Warren
county, Ov, and is abont to bring out an illos-t
trated volume on bis discoveries. In the course
of his explorations Mr. Moorehead has found
evidences of two distinct races of aborigines;
ana has. moreover, discovered a large village
site in the Miami River bottoms, fire feet be
low the present surface.
The Bay of Fundy forms a cul-de-sac at
which the Atlantic ocean seems to have taken a
spite, and at regular intervals pours in its
waters viciously, and with Intent to do all pos
sible barm. Take, for Instance, tbe harbor of
St. Jobn. In most parts of tbe world a tide of
from six to ten feet is quite sufficient to sitisfy
all reasonable demands. In St John harbor
the tide rises 21 feet on an'ordlnary day. and oc
casionally varies the monotony by pushing the
mark up threo or four feet, as the humor
seizes it.
James Collins, who lives near Gales
burg, lit., while searching for hogs in tha
woods Tuesday, noticed Dees flying around a
large sycamore tree. Securing helo.he chopped
tbe treo down. As surmised it turned out to
e a oee tree oi tne richest kind, it was a
mere shell, and when It struck the frozen
ground split onen, showing a section of honey
30 feet long. In all be secured L10O pounds of
bonev. Mr. Collins thought the bees would
would have filled a large barrel, but he had no
way of hiving them.
There are now Jiving in "Washington a
married couple, Paul and Alblna Hellmuth,
who were born at Baden, Germany. February
1, 1S17. Within four miles of each other. Even
through their childhood, playing in the streets
of tbe same town, tbey were strangers to each
other., In tbe course of events they came
across-the ocean to the land nf promise, and at
different times and by different paths they
drifted to Washington, where they met and
loved and wedded. Upon comparing notes to
take ont their marriage license they discovered,
to their mutual surprise and gratification, that
tbey were not only natives of the same place,
but rejoiced in exactly the sama ages to a day.
A special dispatch from Canajoharie,
N. YM says: "While at Stone Arabia a few days
ago a citizen of Palestine Bndge found a be
grimed and badly battered metallic box. It
was opened with much difficulty, and its con
tents consisted of a locket a bundle of parch
ment letters and a piece of faded blue ribbon.
The locket is of gold and of line workmanship.
On one side in monogram are tbaletters "A. H.
D.," and on the other a curiously wrought
hunting scene. The letters were all written in
1778-79 Dy a lady or evident royalty residing In
London. They were to her betrothed, ana
couched in the most tender language.
Amherst College is making a move
which will be watched with great interest by
the other colleges. Tba students have placed
tbeir athletics in the hands of an advisory
board, consisting of ten members, made up of
tbe professors of physical education: tha presi
dents of the baseball, football and athletic as
sociations: three alumni not members of tha
faculty, and Frederick B. Pratt. Tha two
members of the faculty and three alumni
members will be appointed bv the college Sen
ate. Tbe athletic policy of the college and tha
finances connected therewith will be complete
ly controlled by tbe new board.
A correspondent of a New York paper
tells this story: In Camden. N. J., on Taylor
avenue, above Fourth street, a house in which
I was born is haunted. There is a ghost who
has a beard on one side of bis face and on tha
other nothing. Every night when yon lock tha
doors tbe next morning you will find them
open. Dishes rattle, the front cellar window
goes up and down, and you can bear tba rat
tling of chains in tha bouse. Ono night when
my mother was sick in bed this ghost appeared
to her and told ber to follow bin) and nothing
would barm ber. He then went to tbe door
and disappeared like wind. Every night thera
is a knock on tbe doors, and yon can see no ona
when you answer the call."
FANCIFUL AND FUNNY,
Tbe weather bureau is very promising,
but it is sometimes overruled. Troy Press:
The world seldom looks to see the kind of
tracks you left behind, provided you only get
there. Milwaukee Journal.
Many a coffin is covered -with roses by
bands that never before gave Its occupant any
thing but thorns. Memphis Appeal.
The road to happiness and the road to
misery follow the same course. The difference U
in tha travelers, not In tbe road traveled. Boston
Transcript.
"When should women marry? is a ques
tion that was recently discussed. A cynical ed
itor answers: "When they get a chance."
Winding Jttglster.
In five minutes a woman can clean np a
man's room la such a way that it will taxe him
five weeks to find out where she puts things,
Atchison. Kan., Globe.
Had Pity on Him. "I hear yonr coach
man ran off with 10 of your money. Are yoa
golngtotrytoreeoverlt?"
"No, tbe poor fellow will need it; my daughter
went with him. Sew York Sun.
Beacon Hill Bject me, if you will, bnt
don't add Insult to injury I Your cousin Bella
would ba glad to take me I
Miss Boylston Perhaps she would. She's an
amateur photographer. Boston Times.
Little Jnvalid Mamma, is heaven a
pleasant placer
Mother Yes, my child.
Invalid Then why do tbe doctors try so bard to
keep us Irom going there? Boston Herald.
WKATBEB QUERT.
When the springtime comes, gentle Greeljr,
When the springtime comes this year,
OB, say, ean yoa tell, gentle Greely.
How we shall know it Is here? -,
Was Aington 5&r.
Youthful Astronomer. Little Boy,
Papa, what are the stars? dffe
Papa You will find out when you grow older?
Little Boy I know now. They are the ends of
the cigars that the angels are tmoklmr. and tha
clouds are theclgar smoke Minneapolis Tribune.
Jinke I took my first slsighride yester
day. Bllnks-4 didn't kngw you had a rig.
'I hired one at a livery stable."
"Were you nptet?"
"Indeed I was when t learned the pri."
Feu Xtrlt Meekly,