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AN AP0CHEYFHAL BAEOAIK.
The report that Senator Quay intends to
settle the Gubernatorial contest by securing
the new nlace of Assistant Secretary of War
for Hastings is an interesting one, but it
will be much more interesting when it has
enough corroboration to give it serious
weight. Until then we are constrained to
place it in the rank of things that are mod
erately important, if they aie true.
The most obvious phase of the rumored
deal of birds in one bush for fowls in
another is the very slight chance it would
have of serving the purpose of either party.
The Assistant Secretaryship of "War will, it
is true, fill Sam AYeller's definition ot a good
place very fully. There will be nothing to
do, and plenty of assistance in doing it.
But we take it that General Hastings is in
this canvass for something more than a sin
ecure as a half-way house on the road to
political oblivion, and that is what an ac
ceptance of this reported offer would mean
for him.
On the other band it does not seem proba
ble that so clear-headed a politician as our
Matthew Stanley would suppose that this
arrangement would be especially valuable
to him. The report does not represent Sena
tor Quay's services to give Hastings this po
sition as inspired by love for the Adjutant
General; but as produced by his dislike to
have his State interfered with. Against that
theory there is an understinding that the
State is still tolerably intact; and beyond
that the fact that the peril of the State lies
as much in the opposition to Delamater as
in the popularity of Hastings. With Has
tings in the field, the opposition is divided.
If he were taken out of the canvass the oppo
sition would be more likely to concentrate
on some other candidate, than to fall into
the arms of the slated candidate. We have
an idea that this feature of the present situa
tion is recognized about as clearly by the
astute Senator, as by any other man.
If any such bargain as this should be con
summated, its first effect would be to bring
into increased prominence the boom of
Pjttsbunr's eloquent and popular candidate,
Major E. A. Montooth.
THE HEADING DECISION.
The decision of the Supreme Court in the
Heading case, which was made public yes
terday, is regarded by the city's legal
authorities as settling all constitutional
questions concerning the street bill of
Pittsburg. It is certaiuly to be hoped that
this may be the case. But the ultimate
tribunal of this State, if not an uncertain
body, is one that draws some fine distinc
tions, and possibly bv these distinctions, it
may yet discover some flaw in our fre
quently amended street act. The text of
the latest decision points very strongly to
the objections of the Court to acts based
upon a classification which practically
makes "different laws on subjects of a gen
eral nature, from those in force in the rest
of the Commonwealth." Is it certain that
there is nothing of this sort in our legisla
tion to which ihe Supreme Court can take
exceptions0 We shall be glad to know that
the Heading decision settles the matter; but
in view of the proverbial uncertainty of the
Supreme Court's views, it is not wise to
ibout be'ore we are sure that we are out of
the woods.
CUTTING EVEHY WAY.
The reported interview with the Secretary
of the State Liquor Dealers Association, as
to the means adopted by tbat organization to
defeat the prohibition amendment in this
State, cuts in every way at once and slashes
all classes with beautiful impartiality.
According to this statement, which it must
be remembered comes to us througn the
medium of the Voice, the national prohibi
tion organ, the liquor interests started out to
win their point by a scheme of wholesale
bribery and bought politicians, press and even
pulpits in round lots and by the single
piece. Republicans and Democrats par
ticipated in the division of the funds ac
cording to this story, and the campaign of
the liquor sellers is alleged to have been con
ducted by the rule of buying everything
that was in the market The statement
may be taken with a large grain of allow
ance. No doubt the liquor interests con
ducted their campaign on the monetary
plan, and inevitably the strikers of both
parties reaped a harvest from them. But it
is improbable that the popular vote was
materially affected by the expenditure of
the liquor men's funds.
THE TAHMEHS' EEACTION.
The statement of demands formulated by
the meeting of the Presidents of Farmers'
Alliances, held in Topeka, Kan., last week,
is a remarkable indication of the lengths to
which people will go, in reaction from the
abuses that they have borne so long. That
the class which this convention represents
has something to complain of, is clear
enough to unprejudiced students of the pre
vailing economic conditions; but that they
should propose measures so utterly at vari
ance with settled principles is a significant
indication of the social revulsions into
which we are drifting.
The first proposition of the Alliance plat
form is one that the law shall force mort
gage creditors to share the loss from shrink
age on farm property that may take place
after the loan is made. If the proposition
also permitted the mortgagee to share in
the appreciation of property there might be
some equity in it. But, either way, the
only effect of such a measure must be to
prevent people who want solid security, and
therefore will take low rates of interest, from
loaning money on any such vlack of
security as that. The second propo
sition calls for r.n investigation
of the law authorizing the issue
of certain Government bonds, for the pur
pose of testing an already exploded idea that
the bonus can now be paid. The second
and third proposition call for the election of
Senators and railroad commissioners by the
people, as if a change of method in elections,
which the people now can control if they
will, would reform the consequences of their
neglect. Finally, they propose the exemp
tion of homesteads from taxation and the
cumulative taxation of lands held from
speculative purposes a new and radical
amendment of the George theory.
The tone generally adopted by the press
is that of sneering at this indication of revo
lutionary ideas as "a revival of Granger
ism." But such talk fails to catch the real
significance of such principles. It is not
Grangerism, but j revolt from corporate
rule and the burden of combinations that
may prove more serious than Grangerism.
American citizens do not drift into schemes
of confiscation and socialism when the pres
ent system preserves their interests. The re
sult of discarding or nullifying the prin
ciples of democracy for the benefit of great
corporations is seen in these subversive
ideas that are gaining ground in the West.
Of course, such measures would only
further involve the condition of the
farmers. But it should be full of instruc
tion for the influential classes that the
lavors showered on certain classes of capital
for the past twenty years, have driven the
most powerful class in the country to the
verge of economic heresies beside which the
wildest vagaries of Greenbackism were sober
and conservative.
THE SLAVE-HUNTEa'S LOGIC.
The famous slave-trader and Warwick
of Central Africa, Tippoo Tib, is on
his way to Zanzibar where he will be con
fronted by the suit which the Emin Belief
Committee has brought against him for his
breach of contract with Stanley. It is
hinted that Tippoo will make an interesting
fight over the suit, and as he doubtless will
have the sympathy of the people of Zanzi
bar, he may not prove an easy antagonist.
The argument by which the old potentate
and slave hunter demonstrated to Lieutenant
Becker that the slave trade is a philan
thropic and beneficial enterprise, leaves no
doubt that he will be able to present a very
plausible, and from his standpoint, con
vincing, array of reasons why he failed to
fit out and send forward the second expedi
tion to follow Stanley to Wadelai.
This statement represents Tippoo Tib as a
logician of the same'quality as our eminent
managers of trusts and monopolies, who are
3ble at any time to produce abundant
reasons, which prove to their own satisfac
tion that the means which they have taken
to freeze out competitors, put up prices and
increase the cost of life, were philan
thropic and praiseworthy as resulting for
the highest good. Humanity is the same in
Central Africa as in North America, and in
both places men are generally very prolific
of reasons to prove that the course of con
duct which enlarges their personal wealth
and increases their power, is the most justi
fiable and beneficial tbing that can be done.
Nevertheless the real reason why Tippoo
Tib broke faith with Stanley and continued
to ravage the Upper Congo basin in pursuit
of slaves, like the reason why our money
kings continue to form trusts and impose
burdens on the people, is that it paid him
the greatest profit to do so.
HYSTERICAL LAWS.
There is a species of legislation in which
th British Parliament occasionally in
dulges which may be called appropriately
hysterical. A bill of this kind is now be
fore Parliament providing corporal punish
ment for burglars who carrv firearms. It is
a frequent occurrence now for a policeman
or householder to be shot by burglars, and
this bill is aimed to induce the gentle bur
glar to leave bis shooting irons at home
when he goes "a-burgling." There is oppo
sition to the bill of an hysterical sort also.
Lord Esher and Lord Herschcl oppose the
bill because they claim that it is barbarously
cruel to whip a burglar. They do not think
that the barbarously cruel cat-o'-nine-tails
would deter the criminal from his evil
courses either.
But not a single British statesman, nor a
newspaper though the subject is being dis
cussed by everybody sees the real objec
tion to the law. The fact is that when a
man starts out to commit a burglary he is so
desparately-minded that he will not scruple
how he avoids capture. Of course he will
carry some lethal weapon with which to
protect himself. If he knows that he will
get a castigation as well as a long term of
penal servitude should he be taken his dis
position to shoot with murderous intentions
will be greater than ever. The logical re
sult of the law will be to make more
burglars murderers. Legislation of this
sort may well be avoided here.
SUBLIMITY IN ASSURANCE.
The cool proposition which has be"n intro
duced by Senator Stewart, of Nevada, that
the Government shall dig a tunnel through
theJSierra Nevada for the benefit of the
Central Pacific, indicates an extremity of
assurance on the partof the corporate clique
which owns the Nevada Senator, that rises
to the level of genius. Of course the bill
will not be resurrected from the committee
to which it is referred; but the hardihood of
even submitting such a proposition is some
thing so magnificent as to compel recogni
tion. This proposition is based upon the plea
of protection from snow blockades; and the
snow blockades are the sequel of the history
of the Central Pacific. The Government
advanced the money to build the Central
Pacific road and something in addition.
Out of the profits of the road the beneficiaries
of the Government built the Southern Pa
cific, so that they have another line open if
the Central Pacific is closed. The Califor
nia papers are very outspoken to the effect
tbat the bfockades this winter were due to
the fact that the compauv permitted its
snowsheds to go to ruin. But most people
do not recognize that this was done expressly
for the purpose of damaging the property
on which the Government loan was secured,
and forcing a renewal of the debt on the
terms which the Central Pacific millionaires
should dictate, while they were reaping the
profits of increased traffic on the Southern
lines which they have accrued from the plun
der of the Central Pacific
It is appropriate that this record should
be enlarged by the claim of Senator Stewart
as the Senatorial attorney of the Central
Pacific, that the Government must spend
millions in building a tunnel for that line,
as compensation to it for letting its snow
sheds decay in order to depreciate the Gov
ernment's lien on the property.
APltlli starts out with an evident and
praiseworthy intention to make up for a part of
March's uncivilized weather.
Tub recent Convention of State Librarians
moves tbe Philadelphia Press to remark that
the State library of this .State has been "shame
fully neglected by the State, shabbily treated
by the Legislature, badlv housed, ill kept and
not over well cared for." Toe esteemed Press
might also have added that so long as the
alleged State library is mado an asylum for
back politicians this state of affairs will con
tinue. When our State politics reacn a suffi
cient stago ot enlightenment to appoint a libra
rian for the purpose or keeping a libraryinstead
of setting up countj conventions, then the
State library may contain at least a complete
set ot State publications.
Senator Quay is strictly neutral in the
Governorship contest; but if General Hasting!
will draw ont, the intimations aro strong
that he can have that very pleasant position re
cently created, the dnties of which will be to
help the Secretary of War do nothing.
The attitude of the two parties on bal
lot reform is the subject of a demonstration
by the New York Iloi Id, that more votes in
Stato legislatures in favor or ballot reform
have been cast by Democrats than by Repub
licans, and that more Republican votes have
been cast against it than for it. That is a point
for the Democrats, beyond doubt; but It is
vvofully dulled by the prominent fact that the
typical and leading Democrat of New York,
David Bennett Hill, neath plants his veto
knife in tho reform measure every timo that
ho gots a chance to do it.
A Lieutenant Goveunok of Manitoba,
Mho reluses to sign bills becauso tbey will
make hiin pay his own taxes, is an indication
that other countries are troubled nith politi
cians who run the Government for their own
profit, Misery loves company.
The portion of our population which has
got its household effects under shelter to-day
might sit down and ask itself what is tlio uo
of having any general moving day at all. If
leases were permitted to terminate at any time
throughout the year, would not demand and
supply be equally distributed, and the popula
tion be freed from the nightmare of general
chaos and the tjranny of expressmen, tbat pre
vails under the present regime?
Four thousand immigrants arrived at
Castle Garden on Monday, the majority of
then from Italy. And all tbat our contract
labor law can keep out are musicians, clergy
men and skilled laborersl
Tun fact that the Mississippi, when it
reached the blgncst point at New Orleans, sent
a little water over the levees, whilo its volume
was much diminished by the outflow through
the breaks higher up the stream, proves that
tho warning of danger from the flood was not
wholly out of place. What is New Orleans'
gain, is the loss of the lowland districts that
are overflowed.
AriER predicting "rain and snow with
northerly winds" for jesterday, the weather
bureau can take the championship from Wig
gins for predictions which are to be read by
contraries.
1'eaily, considering the destructive
work of wind and water in the Mississippi Val
ley, tho fact that neither whirlwind nor flood
has cleaned out the Louisiana lottery is calcu
lated to raise doubts as to the correct
ness of the principle of natural selection.
Cyclones and flooded rivers do not select their
subjects for wrecking with sufllcient discrim
ination. Yesterday's weather prediction leaves
the question, whether the weather bureau
fooled the public or made an April fool of it
self. It will be interesting to watch the fate of
that steamboat in tbe Ohio river, reported to
have been "lifted bodilj from tbe water and
blown out on the land a quarter of a mile." It
is to be hoped that when the next cjclono
comes we shall be informed that tho steamer
was blown back again to the regular channel
with fires lighted and a full cargo on board.
The Heading decision indicates that our
street law is all right until tho Supreme Court
takes a new view of the matter.
Fifteen-trip tickets on the Peunsyl
vania Railroad to East Liberty for a dollar,
prove that the big corporation is not giving up
competition with the cable road so much as
some peopie thought. Tbe public will gladly
give its patronage where the best inducements
are offered.
PEOPLE OP PROMINENCE.
The Shah of Persia is going to introduce gas
into Ins domain.
The Czar of Russia has lost all his tcotb. He
employs an American dentist.
The reported engagement ot Dr. II. I. Ruth,
of Washington, D. C, to Miss Wanamaker, is
authontativ ely denied.
The increasing and apparently incurable
dealness of the Prince ot Wales has become a
source of great annoyanc-o to the royal familj.
It has been definitely announced that Miss
Mary Wheeler, of Philadelphia, will bo married
to Count Maximilian Pappeuheim, of Bavaria,
on June 30.
Hknky M. Stanley is in the field for
"boodle." He said to a tnend before he left
thisicountry in search of Emm Pasha: "I'm
getting on past middle life. I have not saved a
cent. My books ana lectures shall pay me
within thonext five jeais enough to makemy
old age comfortable. This African expedition
is for money, not glory."
Mr. Gladstone was recently asked by tho
Secretary of the Lowestoft Women's Radical
Association for a log of wood wherewith to
make articles for a forthcoming bazaar in aid
of the building fund of the Lowestoft Radical
Club. Mr. Gladstone consented, and event
ually a log arrived, was duly exhibited, ad
mired, and worshiped. Later the actual gift of
Mr. Gladstone was delivered by the railway
company, and the ladies discovered that the
first log that tbey had done homago to had
been sent to them by a local wag.
M. He riot, the owner of the big store called
the Lou vie, in Paris, was sent to the insane
asylum by his relations because ho insisted
upon giving $1,000,000, which he could readily
afford to lose, to founding an orphanage for
soldiers' children. The local authorities finally
ordered that he should be removed from a
private asylum and placed In a public one, and
it was quickly found tbat he was not insane at
all. For 13 months' treatment the private asy
lum doctors demand $22,500, the local doctors
want $20,000, three medical students who helped
find him crazj, $13 500, and tho keepers $5,000.
It is no wonder they wanted to keep him insane
at that rate.
A REMARKABLE TISIOX
A Supernntnrnl Visitor Predicts a Man's
Dentil 21 Years In Advance.
ISPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TUB DISrATCH.1
Moorefield, W. Va., April 1. The follow
ing remarkable story is tbat in connection with
the lato Daniel Thompson, of Hampshire
county, who died a few days ago. One morning
21 years ago, Mr. Thompson was lyiug wide
awake in bed after daybreak, when, as ho
claimed, he had a vision in which Christ ap
peared to him and told him he had 11 years
longer to live. A short timo before the 14 years
expired, he said the vision appeared to him
again, and said if he so desired bo would be
givin seven years longer to live. Mr. Thomp
son replied that his visitor should do as he de
sired, though ho did not wish to livo and be
come a Durden to his family.
Mr. Thompson often talked to his friends of
these visions, and always said he would dio
March 11, 1800. not exactly on that date, but
somewhere near it. He died 12 days later. A
singular fact in connection with tbe vision was
that he always referred to Christ as wearing a
beautiful rose in his breast, and the flower so
impressed him that he mado a drawing of it for
each of his children.
Knows a Good Thine When no Sees It.
From the Iron Valley Reporter.
Of all the dailies that come to our table, none
is moro welcome than The Dispatch Its
news is crisp, pointed, and up to the last throb
of the electric " ires Its market reports aro
the most reliable, and it is always clean, fresh
and well printed Its Sunday edition has a
bona tide circulation of 53.0C0. and its daily out
put but little shprt of these figures; and above
all its unbiased independence and Intelligent
fairness of its editorials, makes it a valuable
commentary upon the leading events of the
whole wartd.
THE TOPICAL TALKER.
The Favorite Dissipation of the Fair Docs
Tnru Bilsnnds In the East End II aw
.Atlantic City Looks In Enrlr isprlnp.
iiAsd how is Mrs. T" I asked a trlend
whom I mh on Fifth avenue yesterday.
"1 am sorry to say," he replied, "that my wife
has taken to dissipating."
There was an awkward silence for a minute
you can understand how it was.
"I onght to explain, perhap3," my friend con
tinued, "that hor dissipation is confined to drj
goods. You will find her in one of tho stores
now, I'll be bound."
And when one comes to think of it dissipa
tion in drv goods is prevalent among our better
halves. The term is novel, but it fits the
crime.
Tho residents on North Highland avenue,
are considerably exercised over tho depreda
tions of a determined band of robbers. It may
interest the Department of Public Safety to
know that the robberr of meat safes, ice chests
and ash barrels has been reduced to a science
and followed out with most practical results
by a number of individuals In tho East End.
That theso individuals are of the canine race
lends an unique flavor to their operations. But
they rob with all the neatness and complete
ness of human beings.
Night before last a large roast of beef and
several pounds of chops and steaks were stolen
from an ice chest which is kept in tho rear of a
house on Highland avenue. The lid of the
chest is as much as a muscular cook can lift,
but the dog or dogs who operated upon it ap
pear to have had no difficultv in raising it. Af
ter they had stolen it, with fidelity to thievish
traditions they fell to fighting over it in the
yard, and the marks in tho snow showed that
the tight bad been vigorous. It is suspected
that the dogs who make a practice of visiting
tho houses m this neighborhood are of the St.
Bernard or mastiff breed. Annoj ance at their
thefts is mingled with admiration for their
cleverness.
A genileman who has just come back from
Atlantic City points out tho attractions of
that suburb of Pittsburg in glowing colors. Ho
savs that tho weather during the past two
weeks there has been clorious. Ontwodavs
only out of 14 old any rain fall. The place is
thronged with visitors, and on Sunday last it
was estimated tbat 6,000 were there. It is
neither too cold nor too warm there; the air
being crisp and cool, while the sun shines down
on the long beaches with a good deal of
warmth.
One of tbe pleasant features of the place Is
that invalids in tbe last stages of consumption
do not flock there as they are wont to do to
some resorts. Most of those who go to Atlantic
Citvat this time ol tho year run down for a
change of air and scene after the long grind of
a winter's business. The moral atmosphere is
cheerful therefore.
The great storm of last September pretty
well annihilated the old board walk on the sea
front, but this may bo regarded as an advan
tage, as the new board walk now in course of
construction is a much moro ambitious affair,
being fully 21 feet w ide. Thero is some oppo
sition to the line upon which the new board
walk is being laid down. Before the survey
was made for it some of the owners of the sea
front erected buildings, sun parlors, bathing
houses and the lik? on the land which is now
wanted for the walk. They refuse to give way,
and the city is resolved to have its way. There
is an interesting deadlock, therefore, which
the New Jersey Legislature is now invited to
break. Tho legislatois came down a week or
two ago to survey tho seat of war. and had a
gay old tune, as legislators generally contrive
to do. When the matter is straightened out,
and all the contemplated improvements aro
made, Atlantic City mil be a good deal tho
better for the storm which threatened to wipe
her out last fall.
TI1E GARFIELD MEMORIAL.
Tlio Strucliiro Erected In Ills Honor to bo
Appioprlntcly Dedicated.
Cleveland. April L Tho following has
been addressed to the publicly ex-Frcsldent
Rutherford B Hayes and Hon. Amos Town
send, President and Secretary of the Garfield
Memorial Association: The Garfield Memorial
Association purpose to dedicate, by appropriate
public services, the memorial structure erected
in honor and memory of tho late President
Garfield, at Lakevicw Cemetery, In this city,
on National Memorial Day, May 30. next. Tho
trustees of tho association respectfully solicit
And cordially invite all organized bodies in the
United States, including military, masonic and
civic, and ex-soldiers and citizens generally, to
honor the occasion by their presenco and to
participate in the ceremonies.
Arrangements are being perfected with rail
road companies for reduced rato9 of fare, in
formation of which may be obtained at princi
pal stations.
OIGIITS OF Till! GOLDEN EAGLE.
Fifteenth AnnnnI Session of the Order Now
In Session nt Allontown.
ISPECIAL TELEOUAM TO THE DISPATCU.1
Aixentown. April 1. The fifteenth annual
session of tho Grand Castle of the Knights of
tho Golden Eagle, of Pennsjlvania, convened
here in Music Hall at 10 o'clock this morning,
and will be in session three days. The attend
ance is large, dclecatlons being present from
all paits of tbe State. When the convention
opened to-day Mayor Allison delivered an ad
dress of welcome, which was responded to by
Past Grand Chief A. C. Lyttle. of Philadelphia.
Addresses were also made by James L. Schaadt
and C. A. Groman of this placo The Grand
Castle then adjourned until Wednesday morn
ing, when the routine business will begin.
DEATHS OF A DAY.
Dr. Innc Wiener.
'SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. J
Hew York, April 1. Dr. Isaac Wiener. 100
years old, died this morning at the house of his
CO-year-old son. l'hllip Wiener. He celebrated his
100th birthday on February 10 last. He was born
In Trussla, and was a teacher of languages there.
He camo to this country 23 years a, o, and lived
with his sou l'liillp. He was one of the members ot
the Hebrew Congregation Adath Israel, and was
commonly called doctorM on account ot his
learning. He was a man ot grevt physical Igor,
and preserved his health and a Igor to the last
week of his life. He never used spect ides, and
his cvcslght was alwajs very keen. His hand
writing was In the smallest and most bcautirul
characters. For a year or so his hearing was
slightly affected but wb never seriously Im
paired. Recently be took part In a very Jolly
merrvmaklug at a wedding at the house of a
friend. His sickness took the form of no particu
lar ailment, but wasa simple ''going to piecis."
as one of the family 6ald to-day. 'Ihe old man
went to bed and slept quietly until he died.
Alexander Crawford.
Newcastle, l'v. April l. Alexander Craw
frod, Lawrence county's wealthiest man and
limnT times a millionaire, died at his home In this
city at an early hour this morning, aged 75 3 ears.
The deceased, at the time of his death, was Vice
President of the National Hank of Lawrence
county, a director ol the Beaver Valley Railroad,
President of the Crawford Iron and fctccl Com
pany, of Newcastle, President of thebt. .Louis,
balem and Little ltock Railroad, Treasurer of the
Nashville and Knovllle Railroad, and was one or
the toremostmen of the country. It was through
his efforts that the first raltroad was built Into
Newcastle (the Beaver Valley, now a portion of
thn Ppnnsvlv mla svsteml.and he was the founder
of the Crawford Iron and bted Company. He was
father-in-law of L. S. Hoyt of the Clfnton Coal
Company. Ihe funeral will take place Sundaj
afternoon.
Coneiessmnn David Wilb r.
WASncGTOV, April 1. Representative David
Wllber, or New York, died at his home In
Oneonta. Otsego county, N. Y., this morning.
Mr. Wllber was one of the three Congressmen
who was elected to the House who have not taken
their seats. The other two are ex-Speaker Itan
d ill and Mr hltthorne. of Tennessee, it Is un
derstood that Mr. liber's funeral will occur on
'Ihursdavnext. A Congressional committee will
attend.
Mrs. nllle Weaver.
ilrs. Sallle Weaver, a former school teacher In
the Eleventh ward, died yesterday morning In
Columbus of typhoid fever. Her husband and
daughter are both lying very low with the same
teuible disease, ilrs. Weaver Is well known in
Pittsburg, having Hied for many years In the
Twelfth ward, bhe was a line teacher and a
highly respected lady. The body will be brought
to this city for burial.
Timothy D. Lincoln.
CINCINNATI, O., April l.-Mr. Timothy D. Lin
coln, one of the foremost members of the bar In
this county, died this morning from a disease of
thestomach. He w-s In court one week ago. He
was between GO and 70 years of age.
Iter. Mr. Ki iinennnydoi.
IiANCASTFR, Pa., April 1. Kev. Helmcnsnv
der. connected with the American Sunday beliool
Union, and a brotlier-In-law of ex-benator Allen
U. 'lhurmau, died this morning, aged 71 years.
General Amber,
Paris, April L General Amber is dead. He
was in the 86th year of his age.
Cnlnrso Thirds Tlint Is Ihe Wny 10 End
Tliclr Troubles.
New Youk. April 1. All day crowds of
Chinamen surrounded the bill boards in front
of 16 Mott street, trjlng to learn tho contents
of a Chinese poster of flaming red paper with
gilt edge. This Is a translation of a part of tho
proclamation:
"We, the undersigned commissioners, do re
spectfully inform you that the principal cause
of our continued persecution by the races who
differ from us in civilization and language. Is
tbe fact that we have no voting power, that
power having been unjustly denied us- by
reason of partisan legislation through political
rascality. This unjust legislation against us
has been discovered by us recently to bo un
constitutional, and it is our sincere belief also
that such unjust dealings with the Chinese do
not represent the true sentiment of the blue
blooded Americans. We now desire our fellow
countrjmen to unite with us in an effort to
present our many grievances In a proper
manner before the American people. 'Ibis is
an important movement, a movement that
needs nut nnlv good words but good money to
back it. Letall those who want toenterinto
this matter with heart and money report at 8
Dover street."
Mr. Wong Gong, the head of the committee
which signs this document, said to a roponer:
"I have been living here as an American ci.izcn
for 16 j ears, and lived like an Alderman, too.
When I went to tret mv fnll nMiirMlrjlinn
papers the other day the officer at too court
laughed at mo, and told mo that had I been
born over again right here in New York, if my
parents were born here. I could not become a
citizen. I got mad ana have been working
hard evor since to get vengeance. If all tho
Chinese whose rights are denied them will back
me we can obtain what we want."
TWO BRIGHT PAPERS
Rend by members of tlio Woman's Club nt
Yesterday's Meeting.
Quito a largo attendance of ladies mado tho
regular meeting of tho Woman's Club a very
enjoyable one yesterday afternoon. Mrs.
Charles I. Wade, in her usual happy manner,
presided, and was assisted by Mrs. Irvine Rey
nolds, the recording secretary. Two very
bright and instructive papers were read, one by
Mrs. Ayers, on "Isabella," and one by Mrs. Dr.
Blunibcrg, on "Ancient Spanish Literature."
Tbe subjects after being ably troated by tho
ladies, were fully discussed.
home business was transacted, and a com
mittee was appointed to Investigate designs for
a badge and a floral emblem to be adopted by
the club.
Hficinl Chntcrr.
TnE Brotherhood of Painters and Decorators
of America, Union No. lo, of Allegheny City,
will celebrate their third anniversary Wednes
day evening. April 9, at Masonic Hall, corner
Washington street and Madison avenue.
THE ladies of tho Idlewood M. E. Church
gavo a snpper, combined with a musical and
literary entertainment last evening. Prof.
Jones and Prof. Griffiths, o this city, assisted
the talent of the church.
Mr. and Jilts. A. JJ. West, of Wylie avenue,
gave a euchre party last evening in honor of
Miss Florenco McLaln, of Washington, D. C.
IX ORDER TO SELL THE LAND
A Widow Removes the Bodies of Her Hus
band nnd Children.
frnCIAL TKI.Er.ItAM TO THE DISPATCIt 1
AsnLAND. Wis , April 1. For some time
Mrs. H. B. Brown, widow of tno temperance
editor and Abolitionist, fhurlow Weed Brown,
has endeavored to dispose of the old home
stead at Atkinson, Wis., a place of rare natural
beauty, and possessing a macnificent lawn
shaded by tall evergreens and trees, planted by
Mr. Brown himself uearly half a century ago
in a beautiful oak opening. Owing to the
beauty of tbe homo and the intense bitterness
against him outside ot it, bv reason of his ad
vocacv of prohibition, ho chose the grove as
his burial snot, and with him were buried threo
children. But through an uncanny supersti
tion the presence of the bodies has thus far
prevented any sale of the property, and to-day
the four were exhumed lor burial in one of tho
cemeteries.
1 be bodies were found to Be in a remarkably
good state of preservation, and many people
gathered to look at them. After 22 yeara of
burial the faco ot Brown was in nearlv its
natural condition. The hair showed its part
ing. The clothes wero intact. Hut more curi
ous than all. the little evergreens he loved ao
well had pushed through the lid of his coffin
and for a ears had laden the air with sweetness,
transferred from his inert clav. In fact, the
body of the famous agitator had become largely
a mass of rootlets.
MR. SMRAS' CANDIDACY.
A Philadelphia Edltbr's Opinion of
Ihe
Comlnir Contest.
From the Philadelphia Tlmes.J
Beond the bare announcement of his can
didacy the public as yet knows but little of tho
nolltlcal forces represented by Mr. Shiias.
Colonel Bayne has rcDresentcd the district for
a dozen years. That he has done so acceptably
13 best attested by his frequent re-election. Ho
has not been entirely without opposition in his
paity, but has managed to allay or override it
so often that fio public nad come to regard
him as his own successor so long as he might
dt sire to remain in tho lower House ot Con
gress. There aro strong elements of opposi
tion still existing in his district, however, and
if Mr. Sluras has been brought out by a com
bination of these elements Bayne's seat may bo
in danger.
If Mr. Shiras only represents his own ambi
tion to be a Congressman he is young enough
to wait awhile, and will probably bo allow cd
to do so.
WEAR I OF PROHIBITION.
After n Three Yeais' Trial Alliance Will
Give Vo Cold Wnlrr.
SPECIAL TELEOUAM TO THE DISPATCn.I
ALLIANCE. O., April 1. The local option or
dinance which has been in operation here moro
or less for three jears is now almost certain to
be repealed, or at least made practically a dead
letter. In tho Republican primaries Mayor
Chapman, who has been a champion of prohi
bitum, was defeated by John Stillnell, who is
committed to a liberal policy. As tho local
Republican organization has always hereto
fore sustained prohiDitlon, this is a signal vic
tory for the wets.
There were somo other very curious results
of tl e primaries. Including tho nomination of
La number of persons suspected of being moro
jucnueii ii iciuuctucj kuiu ibcjjuuiicamaiu,
who wireaictoriuus over their straightout op
ponents. CURRENT TIMELY TOPICS.
Spring? has struck us sure. Down near the
Exposition building the old boys wero yesterday
engaged In a game of quoits, while the street cor
ner loafers were out In all their old-time strength.
The returns are all m from the rural dis
tricts, and llarnum's net proflts from his Euro
pean trip arc placed at the modest sum of S150.00U.
P. T. does not take a lorelgn trip exclusively for
his health.
Miss Wheeler, of Philadelphia, who is
going to marry Count Pappenhelm, Is objected to
bj seme members of the Count's famllv because
she has no title, llanvyears ago when oil was
first discovered an Illiterate man suddenly became
very rich. Ho had a daughter and he sent her to
a college. Alter being there some years the old
gentaisltedhcrand requested her to sing. He
was Informed by the preceptress that hU daughter
had no musical capacity.
"Capacttj bedurned. " replied the old man.
I'll buy her a capacity."
Mls Wheeler may not have a title, but she is
the possessor of sufficient funds to purchase one.
The President of Harvard College says that
"every human creature has a devil Inside of him
us big as a wood-chuck." By waiting until July
a person can tell to a certainty just how many
devils there arc In this glorious country.
A CRANK has predicted that an earthquake
will destroy Chicago, New York and San .Fran
cisco April 14. Paste this In your hat and see It
the 14th Is not a pleas int April da.
Yesterday was moving day. The man who
took a hand in taking down stove pipe and put
ting thein together again without using a cuss
word Is a hero and should enter a museum as a
freak of the first magnitude.
Rhode Island held her elections yesterday.
On account of one of the voters leaving the State
some days previous to the election, the remaining
voter was compelled to act as Inspector and
Judge. A contest will not result as a conse
quence. THE editor is fast forging to tbe front iu this
country. Not onlv is the President calling upon
them dally to held him out, but the taxpaycr,ls
making a mark out of thein. No less than three
of them were running for Major yesterday in as
many different cities. Where there was no op
position the campaigns were conducted on the
no-mud slinging principle.
One Congressman's Scheme for Ibe Protec
tion of Life Nnlnrn Gns and Steel
Cans Cnpltnl Notes.
VXTAsniNGTON, April 1. Representative
Turner, of New York, to-dav introduced
in tbe Honse a preamble and joint resolution
for tho better protection of human life on the
Atlantic Ocean. The preamble to tbe resolu
tion calls attention to the recent accident to
the City of Paris, which jeopardized the lives
of more than 1,000 persons and made it apparent
that somo measures should be taken looking to
the better protection or human life and prop
erty on tbe ocean highways; says the rivalry be
tween competing lines of steamships i3 so keen
that considerations of safety, and oven of hu
manity, are often lost sight of in tbe time occu
pied in transit across tho Atlantic; declares
that tho laws of certain foreign countries
governing vessels carrying mails compel
them io make all possible speed, hav
ing regard solely for tbo consideration
of landing the malls so carried at the
earliest ppsslble moment, and the temptation
to tho commanders of such vessels are very
great to sacrifice all considerations ot con
venience, safety, and even of humanity, to that
of speed; holds that better protection to human
life and property can bo afforded by a system
of ocrean patrol than by any other means, and
that an v such system of ocean patrol must
necessarily be maintained by nations rather
than by private enterprise, owing to tliemagni-
inue cu mu iiuuprtaKing ana tne expense neces
sary to tho maintenance of an efficient service,
and that the co-operation of the several nations
chiefly interested in transtalantio travel 13
necessary to tbe establishment in the main
tenance of an ocean patrol service, and finally
concludes as follows:
atiiFUEAS, The nations chiefly Interested In
Atlantic travel are the United States, Engl md,
France, Italy and Norway and Sweden; therefore,
be It
Itesnlvcd, By the Senate and House or Repre
sentatives, that the President be and he Is hereby
requested to communicate, through the Sccr-tary
or state or other proper channel, with the foreign
powers so Interested In transatlantic travel, with
a aim to securing their co-operation In the es
tablishment oTan efficient system oroccan patrol,
which shall Include the employment for the said
service or war vessels, or such other suitable ves
sels as may be available for the purpose.
Providing lo? Fortification.
Jn tho Committee of the Wholo to-day the
fortification bill was considered. Mr.Cheadle,
of Indiana, offered an amendment providing
that the board, which is created to inquire Into
the facilities for producing steel forging3 for
high power guns at or near the Pacific coast
and in the vicinity or the Rock Island arsenal,
shall also extend its inquiries to the Indiana
polis arsenal. Mr. Bynum, of Indiana, said
that, with the advantages of natural gas, In
dianapolis was able to compete with any other
point in the matter of cheap construction. All
ho asked was that the commission which ex
amined ltock Island would examine Indiana
polis. Mr. Cannon, of Illinois, said the Government
already had a great gun factory at Wateryliet;
it owned a magnificent island (Rock Island) in
the Mississippi river, already fitted with build
ings, and an arsenal at Bcnecia, on the Pacific
coast. At Indianapolis it had no land,
no buildings, and there was no more
reason why a gun factorj should be established
there than at Chicago or Kansas Ctj.or any
other place. Mr. Cbeadle argued that the use
01 natural gas resulted In tno production 01 a
higner grade of steel than an other process.
His amendment was then adopted. The com
mittee then rose and the bill was passed with
out division. The amount appropriated is
S10,521,67S.
PI en of the Ticket gcalpers.l
The National Ticket Brokers' Association
to-day presented to the House Committee
on Commerce a protest against the passage of
the Baker bill prohibiting the sale or transfer
by any person except regularly appointed
ticket agents of railroad tickets. The associ
ation was represented by President P.W.Ward,
of Minnesota; G. G. Lansing, of New York; H.
C. Maeder, of Cincinnati; U. W. Dorsey, of
Baltimore; W. F. Dauney, of Richmond; G. M.
McKenzic, of Chicago; Louis Mayer, of De
troit; J. R. Fleishman, of Buffalo, and John
G. Webb, of New York. They hold
that tbe proposition contained In tbe bill
was absurd; tbat it would result in higher rail
road rates to the public: that it was an infringe
ment of the personal ncht of tho individual to
dispose of hi: own property, and that under its
terms a man might be imprisoned for a ear for
selling his own railroad ticket. Ihey also ar
cucd tbat the clause which is amendatory to
the inter-commerce law providing the redemp
tion bv the railroad companies of unused parts
of tickets was a snare; that few people had the
time or disposition to press their claims be
cause of the slow action of railroad auditors,
and tbe result would be a heavy aggregate loss
to the traveling public.
Chinese and tbe Censns.
At the meeting of the Senate Committee on
the Census to-day the House bill providing
for furnishlngcertificates to Chinese residents
on the 1st of June, 1890. by enumerators of the
census, with a view to prohibiting further im
migration of Chinese to the United States, was
considered and amended. As reported to tho
Senate tho bill, in addition to tbo provisions
heretofore given, provided that Chinese chil
dren born in the United States subsequent to
June 1, lb90, shall not be held to bo Chinese
personswithm the meaning of the act. Another
amendment makes tbe provisions of tho act ap
ply only to those Chinese who refuse to give
the intorination required bythe censns enumer
eratorsat the timejof taking the census m June,
when so called upon, and who shall then f ill or
refuse to obtain the certificate of identification
provided for. By another amendment Chinese
merchants, tourists and students are exempted
from the opeiatlons of the act. provided tbev
have tho cert.ficates required by the act of
juiv a, IB3-I An audition 11 section to the bill
enables a Chinese resident who falls to obtain
the required certificate of identification to
prove bv competent testimony his right to pos
session, which is his sole evidence of being law
fully in the United States. It is made a mis
demeanor for a census enumerator to willfully
neglect or lefn-e to give the required certificate
of identification to a Chinaman. In its present
shape the bill will ho wholly unacceptable to
the Representatives of the Pacific coast.
The Trrsts in tlm House.
""The House Judiciary Committee is about to
give serious consideration to the subject of
the trusts. Several prohibitive bills are already
before It, and this mori lrg tho cnmmitteb re
solved to ask tbe Honse to commit to it tbo
Lacy bill, which was referred to tho Committee
on Manufactures early in the session and has
not jet been considered. The sub committee
which has for some time been considering a
number of bills to regul ite and revise the pres
ent judicial system, reported to the full com
mittee a general bill which will be perfected in
some details and reported to the House with a
favorable recommendation. The intention is
to lelievo the United States Supreme Court
and tho Circuit Courts of a part of tho work
which has accumulated rapidly on the dockets.
Tbe sub-committee bas conferred with mem
bers of the Senate Judiciary Committee who
have shown much interest in tbe sub
ject, and while tbe measure re
ported to-day is in most respects
acceptable to the Senators referred to, the
House sub-committee have rejected tho Sen
ate proposition to increase the number of Su
preme Court Judges to 21 and to provide for a
practical division into three courts. Tho House
Committee bill proposes to increase the Circmt
Courts by the addition of one judge in each
circuit, when writs of error and appeals may
be taken from District to Circuit Courts sub
stantially as at present. The District Courts
alone are to have original jurisdiction and ap
peals are to be from the Circuit to tbe Supreme
Court in cases involving the sum of at least
$10,000 involving constitutional or treaty ques
tions, and all questions of sufficient import mco
to require a final decision by the Supremo
Court, ana in patent and copyright cases in
equity.
N'EYEU WOKC SPECTACLES.
A West Virginia Woman Who Reached
Her 100th Yoar.
(SrECTAL TBLEOSAM TO THE DIEPATCH.t
Wirt C. H..W. Va, April L Mrs. Hickman,
who died recently at Burning Springs, this
county, was probably the oldest resident of the
State, as she lacked but 23 days of being a
century old. She was a woman of remarkable
vitahtj, never used spectacles, and was in com
plete possession of all her faculties up to the
dav of her death.
Up to the time she was 95 years of age, she
always visited her friends on foot, and sue has
been known to walk ten miles per day after
sho was 00.
Caulkers' strike Ended.
If rECIAL TELEOUAM TO TUB DISPATCrt.l
Elizabeth, April L The caulkers' strike
along the Monongahela river has ended and
work has been resumed at all the docks in tho
three lower pools. The Is3ne was for an in
cn ase in the rate of wages and the strikers
were awarded tho terms which they demanded.
Nrvr Postmaster in Charge.
srCCIAI. TEIEOItAM TOT1IS DISrATCIM
Washington. April 1. William II. UnJer
wood assumed the duties of postmaster to-day.
Mr. Bradv retires with the record of a faithful
officer. The postmaster has formulated no
plans as to pn-sible changes in the arrangement
of the office business.
He Regretted That He Coold Not Carry
Ills Hoard With Him.
ISrZCIAL TELEOUA1I TO TUK DISPATClI.t
Newton, Conn.. April 1. Elon Booth, an
old bachelor worth 100,000, and noted lor his
shrewdness and selfishness, died on Sunday, at
the age of 73 years. When a yonng man bo
laid stone fences and took to bricklaying, which
he followed all his life. He came to Newton
60 years ago, and lived alone in the cheapest
manner. He said that it cost too much to keep
a wife, and that children were a nuisance, and
an extravagant expense. Every dollar earned
was hoarded and invested with the sole idea of
amassing a fortune. Tho coarsest food and
scantiest garments were good enough, and
although working at ordinary day wages, ho
kept adding to his bank account.
Miser Booth, as the neighbors called him.
was S feet 3 incbes tall and weighed about 300
pounds. Previus to his death be had been
troubled withueart disease, but bis last sick
ness with bronchitis was only of few days
duration. When a doctor was called, and it
was said that he must die very soon. Booth
expressed a wish that he miht swallow every
dollar he had amassed and leave none of it for
others to fquandcr. He made a will and
stipulated that a monument of granite should
be erected to his memory, at an nntlay of
S3. 000. with SlOOiijitrnst to the Newtnn Cemetery
Association to c ire for his lot. He bequeathed
to his s'sters small sums from S100 to W0 a
jear, and at tho end of 11 years the estate,
which is now est.mated at more than J100.000, is
to be equally divided between the grand
children of his brother, Orvilie Booth, and the
adopted daughter of Mrs. Delancy Brinsmade,
of Trumbull.
IN TnE GARB OP A QUAKEE,
An Eccentric JH an Is Aircsted for Threaten
ing to Use Dynnmllc.
r6PECtAL TELEOHAJI TO THE DI3PATCII.1
CnAMBERSBURO, April L John W. C. Gos
horn, an eccentric and well known citizen of
Concord, in this county, was placed in Jul here
to-day charged with threatening the lives and
property of the citizens of that village. Gos
horn is a college graduate, and a man of con
siderable education and ability. Ho owns a
drug store, a photograph gallery and a printing
office in Concord, and does business under the
name of John Penn & Co , claiming that he is
a lineal descendant of William Penn. Lately
he has always appeared in Quaker costume.
He is the author of several religious books and
pamphlets. Some days ago he evinced a sud
uen dislike to three well known citizens of
Concord, and posted a notice on the bulletin
board in front of his store that they mustleave
town. That evening he threw into the street
some sort of infernal machine, or explosive,
which exploded with a terrific report, shaking
all the houses in tbe village and shattering the
glass.
The next morning he posted another bulletin,
saying that the houses of the three citizens
must come down, and tbe people fearing that
he intended to use dynamite, made an effort to
arrest him. Goshorn armed himself with a
heavily loaded musket, and with a knapsack on
his back and cartridge belt around his waist,
paced up and down in front of bis store for
several days and nights, leaving his post only to
snatch a bite to cat and get some rest, but al
ways keeping a sharp lookout. Y'esterday
morning he was captured by strategy, Dot alter
he was in the hands of a constable he made no
further resistance. He will probably be placed
in an asjlum, as it is claimed his eccentricities
have developed into insanity.
STANTUN COUNTY, PA.
A Kama Suggested for the Proposed New
Civil District.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The suggestion of the Jnfufrer that tho new
county which it is proposed to form out of
parts of Allegheny, Butler, Armstrong and
Westmoreland counties should be called Stan
ton county has been passed around bythe State
press with comment favorable and unfavor
able. The Bellefonto Democratic Watchman
refers to it, but naturally prefers that the new
county should be called Jackson county, in
honor of the great Democrat who put into
practice tho theory tbat to the victors belong
the spoils.
The reasons for naming the proposed cocnty
Stanton are that from 1817 to 1S57 Edwin M.
Stanton, Lincoln's War Minister, was tho
leader of the bar in Allegheny county, a sec
tion of which it is intended to include in the
new county, and that his great labor3 in be
half of the Union are well worthy of com
memoration in so patriotic a State a3 Pennsjl
vania. FDNERAL OP ARCuBiSIIOP DEISS.
Cardinal Gibbons Illnielf Celebrated the
Pontifical Itrqulem Mass.
Milwaukee. April 1. The obsequies of the
late Archbishop Michael Heiss, of tbe diocese
of Lacrosse, took place this morning at St.
John's Cathedral, where the remains have been
lying in state since Saturdaj. Admission to the
edifice was by ticket, but every portion ol the
sacred structure was crowded. Inside tliu
chancel, clad in full vestments, wero Arch
bishop Ireland, of St. Paul, and Archbishop
Feehan, of Chicago: Bi-hops Zardetti, of North
ern Minnesota: Martj, Sionx Falls. Dak.; Me
Golnch, Duluth; Cotter, Winona; Spaulding,"
Peoria: Hennessr, Dubuque; Jannsek, Bell
ville. III.: Fnlev, Detroit: Richter, Grand
Rarids; Katszar, Green Bar, is ; bevprtin.
Marquctu : He s. Licrosse, and Ryan, Alton,
III. Over ax) priests w ere also present.
The funeral services were of tbe usual im
posing nature. Cardinal Gibbons celebrated
tl e pontifical requiem mass; Bishop Hen-no-sy,
of Dnbuque. preached a sermon in En
glish, anu uisuup ivatszcr, 01 urcen nay, one
in German.
MOIIOXK XLGR0 C0XFEEEXCE.
A Convention Called to Consider Ways nnd
Means to TCIrvnte tile Knee.
Lake Moiionk, N. Y., April L Tho first
meeting of tho Mohonk Negro Conference will
De held here on Wodneslay, Thursday and
Friday, June 4. 5 anu (5 next. The object of
the conference Is to consider ways and means to
elevate the Negro race bj' means of education
and Christian religion. Political issues and
discussion will be avoided, and the attention
will be confined entirely to the religious and
educational problem.
tix-iresideni Hayes win preside at tno con
ference. Ex Justico William Strom;, lion.
John C. Covert, llev. Drs. Joseph E. lvov, Chi
cago; J. C. Hartzell. of Cincinnati: A. G. Hay
good, of the Slater fund; ex-Governor D. H.
Chamberlain, General Armstrong, of Hampton;
General O. O. Howard, and manj' others are
expected to be present and take part in the
discussion.
SPDRI0DS JURY NOTICES.
The April Fool Trick Plnxed on n Number
of Near Yoikers.
SrECfAL TELEOUAM TO THE DISPATCIT.l
New York, April 1. The monotony of the
office ot theCommlssIonerof Jurors was varied
to-day by tho appearance of a drove of solid
citizens, most of them in a stago cf rage, and
each of them with a little white slip of paper
upon which was printed what purported to be
a notice from the commissioner to appear
before him "on Tuesday, the first day of April,
1ES0, at 10 o'clock A. 31 ." to show causo why
their names should not be put upon "the roll of
jurors." Tho no. ice was signed "Charles F.
Reilley." Tlio commissioner's name is Charles
Reilly.
On the back of the notice was printed the in
formation tbat the "Mayor had no power to
excuse any person from jury duty," and a
threat of a fine of 3100 for non compliance with
the notice. Of course the Mayor has nothing
to do with the inrnrs. Several hundred of the
spurlou-rnoticcs have been spnt out, and a largo
proportion of them caugmthe fish.
THE COLOR LINE IX CH0RC1I.
One Negro Clergyman Likely to Cnnso a Big
Commotion.
ISPECIAL TELEOKAli TO TUB DISPATCH. J
Charleston, S. C. April L The Diocesan
Convention which will meet here on May 7
will have acain to wrestle withthe negro prob
lem. In 1SM5 nearly one-half of tho delegates
seceded from the convention becanse tho
Bishop admitted a negro clirgvman. Various
efforts have been made to eifec: a rompromise,
but without mnch success. The congregation
of St. Philip's Church in this city promises to
Qivide the congregation.
Two manifestoes were issued to day by the
contending factions. The conservative faction
are ready to admit the Rev. L H. M. Pellard
the colored rector ot St. Mark's Episcopal
Church, with the proviso that no other colored
clergyman shall be admitted. The other fac
tion declined to make even this concession.
The fight promises to be warm and bitter.
A Road From Moncboro to Franklin,
st fcial telegram to Tns oispatcili
New Castle, April L Plans, maps and
specifications for the extension of tho Western
New York and Pennsylvania road from Stone
boro to Franklin are completed and will be pre
sented for consideration at the next regular
meeting of the directors, at which time it will
be decided whether the road U to be built or
not.
James Hub-inks, tbe condemned mur
derer or Los Gato3. was baptized in ths Christ
Ian Chnrcb. The immersion was done in a bath
tub or tbe San Jose jail.
An Eastern capitalist at Los Angeles
has no heirs. He has promised to give 8130,000
toward a fund for building the great telescope
for the Wilson's Peak Observatory.
Nearly all the bricks ot the church
building in Visalia were bought by a liquor
dealer to make a vault to keep his compounds
cool m the coming summer months.
Tbe bill giving married women absolute
control or their wages has passed both bouses
of the Kentucky Legislature, and the Gover
nor has signified his intention of signing it.
The tornado which swept through Louis
ville on Thursday last was almost identical ir.
its coarse, and In the direction from which it
came, with ono that played havoc in the same
citvin the j ear 1835.
The Government of Denmark has
erected 50 telephone stations, chiefly on the
west coast or Jutland, for the use of fisher
men, who are thus able to communicate with
the fish dealers at a distance.
While examining titles for right of way
at the Recorder's office in Salinas. Ariz., last
week, W. V. Glffey came across deeds recorded
for lots In the city of St. Paul, aated 1852. The
city was built on paper, and has long since been
forgotten.
The Southbury, Conn., oil well, which
has already been sunk to a distance of 1500
feet without producing either oil or natural
gas. will be bored 1,000 feet more, and then It
nothing is found the projectors are willine to
abandon the scheme.
At Paris, Tex., Miss Annie Bayless wai
about to marry Edgar Brnton, a rich young
man whose suit her parents favored. At tho
the last moment she jilted him. and within an
hour married James R, Bradbury, a poor black
smith, whom she loved.
The porter at the Union depot at Atch
ison picks up 50 cents' worth of whisky flasks
about the waiting room every week, which be
sells at a drugstore for a cent apiece. He fre
quently runs across the same bottle as often as
half a dozen times a week.
Seven thousand pounds of mail matter
is now lying at the break in the railroad at Cow
Creek Canyon. CaL, without any means of for
wardiner. The contractors have given up the
job, while no teamster will touch the mail
unless be 13 paid 2 cents a pound cash.
Panabokke Samastawikrama Karumati
Iaka Abhay wardhana Bhuwanasekara Jayasun
Jara Mudiyanselage Tikin Bandara, Ratema
batmeya is the name of a Cingalese Gentleman
who bas been appointed by Queen Victoria to
a seat in the Legislative Council in the Island of
Ceylon.
A singular case of "mind blindness"
recently occurred, the subject being a man of
80, who had complained for a month of Inabil
ity to find his way about, to tell his own posi
tion in a room, and to recognize objects,
although his perception of light was scarcely
impaired.
The latest and most trustworthy statis
tics show that there are in operation in this
country, and in tho course of construction at
the present time, no fewer than 179 electric
railwavs, operating L88f cars, with 1,260 miles
of track. The number of passengers carried it
would be difficult to estimate, but it cannot be
far from 100,000,000.
One of the Los Angeles Judges is an ar
dent lover of baseball. Last Friday he wa3
calling his law and motion calcudar when a
?romincnt lawyer rose to begin an argument.
fo hesitated a moment to consult an authority
when the Judge said: ,-Tako your base. Jlr.
." Everyone in court exploded, and it
took somo moments to restore order.
AV "W. Hanwortb, a trackman on tho
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and residing at
Paw Paw, W. Va was robbed of $1,500 a short
time ago. Mrs. Hanworth confesses to having
stolen the monev for the purpose of eloping
with a vonnc; railroad workman. Sho turned
over 60 to her husband and it is supposed that
her lover ha3 the remainder of the boodle.
Mrs. R. A. "Weston, of Alameda, Cal.,
had a narrow escape from suffocation. Sho
was playing with a pet canary, and pushed the
bird's head into her mouth. Just then she
grew hysterical and shut her teeth together, so
as to strangle tho bird. Her daughter pulled
the canary and severed its bead, which got into
Mrs. Weston's gnllet. She was black In the
face when tbe obstruction was removed.
The three locomotives that went over a
bO-foot bank near Cape Horn Mills, on the
Central Pacific road, somo weeks ago, have not
been recovered. Carloads of coal cinders are
being brought uo from the shops at Sacra
mento to bo used as a bedding to support the
necesary apparatns for handling the engines,
as the ground is so foil of water that no other
material can be obtained that will serve tho
purpose so well.
Mrs. Torbert, of Madison, Ga., was the
owner of a pet parrot. Tho bird was a good
talker, and was much petted by the family.
During the illness of Mr. Torbert It seemed to
understand that something was wronjr. and
ceased to talk. Since his death ltwoald pay no
attention to anvthmg around the placf. and on
last Friday died. The parrot was particularly
petted by Torbert, and its death was un
doubtedly caused from grief.
Swainsboro Pine Forest. David Davis,
living three or four miles south of this place,
has an infant about 6 or 8 months old that
has a tooth nearly or qnito grown. Mr. Davis
says the tooth was ia the baby's month whea it
was born, but was covered over with a thin
skin, which dropped off when tho child was
about 1 month old, leaving thp tooth bare, and
sajs that if the tooth has crown any since then
he has not been able to discover it.
A kindlv faced man at a Kansas City
street-crossing tapped a passing gentleman and
asked him If ho had lost a 520 gold piece. The
gentleman looked at the com and said ha had.
The old man drew ont a note-bonk and took
the name and address of tho loser, and turned
away. "Well." said the o'her. "do you want it
all as a reward?" "Oh. I Old not find one." said
the benevolent old man. "but it struck me that
in a large citj like this there must be a creat
deal of money lost, and upon Inquiry I find that
jouare the thirty-first man who has lost a S10
gold piece this morning."
A New Haven ice dealer who went to
bed bewailing the short ico crop dreamed that
the pond where he usually seenres his supply
had suddenly frozen over. Being anxious to
find out how thick the ice really wa. and sup
posing that he was throwing a stone upon it, he
jumped out of bed. grabbed a costlv vase from
tbe mantel, and threw it with all his might
through a French plate mirror before ho was
aware of what ho was doing. The racket
awoke his wife and ho was suddenly bronght to
his senses. His customers are pretty snre that
they will have to pay for that mirror next sum
mer. APRIL MIOOTS.
Lottie (in jewelry store to jeweler) Yon
sar this watch Is not reliable, and that lt3 escape
ment will always be getting out or order? ell
Hattle-Get a watch without an escapement,
Lottie. Jeicelers' Circutur.
Tannery Foreman I think yon'H do.
Have you ever had any experlencoln tanning
hides?
Appllcant-Oh, yes; I taught school in New Jer
sey for a year. American Urocer.
Simpson (on a visit) Excuse me, Miss
Ethel, but aren't tbese-er vegetables burnt?
Cousin Ethel (of Boston) Oh. no: those are
natural black beans, lou know, Charles, there's
a death In the family! American Urocer.
Jack (leaving the lodge with Jem) Does
your wife wait up late for you when yoa are out
late, Jem.'
Jem (with a melancholy shale of his bead) Sbo
does, Jack, she does; I'm sorry to say. Boston
Jlerakl.
"Why do we call a handcuff a bracelet?"
asked the commissioner of an Irish recrnit at a re
cent police examination.
"Faith. Dekase It Is Intended for arrlst," replied
tbe applicant, and he got the position at once.
Jtwtlerp Circular.
Seedv Stranger Is there any opening for
me here'
Einplojment Agent (contemptuously) Don't
talk gibberish. by don't you say lobl
beedy Stranger Because I mean opening. I'm
in the oyster business. American (Jruccr.
I gave mv girl an onyx ring
Which filled her with delight,
She looked npon it wondering.
Her eyes with radiance bright.
It Is a charming girt. " said she.
"The gem Is well selected.
If ot only Is It fair to see
But also onyx-pected. "
-Jettelers' Circular. '
Miss May Ture Are you going to give
the census tatscr your real age when he comes
round, Fav9
ills fay Dcdrose-I suppose I will have to.
There 13 a penalty for making false statements, 1
understand.
MlssM.T.-I am so glad the censns takers are
men I
Miss 1'. D.-Because they say men can keep a
secret. Boston Uerald.
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