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ADVOCATES OF sEGUt DUTIES.
The debate in the House on the sugar
rtliedulc yesterday was remarkable for one
or two singular features. In congratulating
the majority that they successfully resisted
the attempt to change the schedule in the in
terest of the Sugar Trust, it is worthwhile
to notice the two leading features.
The first was that the California Republi
can who made this strenuous effort to prevent
the reduction in the susar duties, represents
a constituency which has for nearly two
decides enjoyed the advantage over the rest
of the country of importing free raw sugar
from the Sandwich Islands. Mr. McKenna
could not bear to think that the rest ot the
conntrv should be placed on an equality
with California on cheap raw sugar, and it
was equally abhorrent to him that the Cali
fornia refineries which get raw sugar free of
duty should be deprived of their neat little
protection of 3 cents per pound on refined
sugars.
The next is the fact that the Democrats in
the House appear to have voted solidly for
Sir. McCenna's amendment, which would
have multiplied the protection given to the
Suear Trust by three. This point is re
spectfully commended to the esteemed Lou
isville Courier Journal, when it is next dis
posed to deny that the Democrats stand
colidly by their pet trust
The vigor with which the Democrats do
not kill off the trusts by reducing the tariff,
when it is a Democratic trust that is
Equcered, is most instructive to behold.
STANFORD'S GREAT SCHEME.
Senator Stanford has introduced another
of his land loan bills, and promises to favor
the nation with a speech on it at an early
day. So far as can be judged from the tele
graphic report, it is an amplification of the
Senator's first proposition, providing a num
ber ot officials with salaries from $G,000
down, who are to conduct the business
of loaning money to everyone who
lias land to pledge at 2 per cent interest;
nud the Government presses are to be set at
work to supply the money. The criticism
that this will supply a number of high sal
aried officials with places is plainly out of
place. It is well known that loin com
panies doing one per cent of the business
which the Senator proposes the Government
shall do, will gladly pay a man able to con
duct that business successfully three or four
times the proposed salary. All that need
be said of the Senator's scheme, therefore,
is that he has thrown the wildest ideas of
the former grecnbickers completely in the
shade.
DIs-CC-ING QUAY'S ALLEGED CHOICE.
As the nominating conventions draw on,
the attitude of Senator Qnay to the several
candidates excites among the Democrats as
much comment as among the Republicans.
"What is most curious is that while giving
the Beater statesman credit for practical
shrewdness as a politician, the prophets in
both parties insist, almost with unanimity,
that he wants Delamaterfor the Republican
nominee and Pattison for the Democratic
If the junior Pennsylvania Senator is half
as keen to discern the signs on the horizon,
as friends and foes alike seem disposed to
concede, the pie'ereuces assigned to him
would be jnst the ones which, taking the
Mtnation as it stands, he would not adopt.
Of the 'our candidates, Delamatcr, Hast
ings, Montooth and Osborne, on the Repub
lican side, the first is the only one against
whom, up to the present, a fight is made
within or without the party. He is the
only one as to whose chances ot election seri
ous questions arise. The election of Mon
tooth would be absolutely sure from the mo
ment of his nomination; so of Hastings or
Oiborne. On the other hand, of the aspir
nr.tbon the Democratic side, Pattison is un
doubtedly the one whose nomination would
most seriously threaten Republican success,
in the event of Delamater heading the Re
publican ticket.
Why, therefore, Senator Quay should bo
accredited with being simultaneously and
irrevocably committed to the Republican
candidate in whose path the greatest obsta
cles lie and to the Democratic candidate
who would have the best chances of success,
is au enigma which remains to be explained.
It is not, an how, in accord with his repute
for shrewd management. Nobody need feel
surprised if Quay has some coup in store as
tothenomination,differcntfrom what the cor
respondents and the commentators so confi
dently assert. He says, on bis own behalf,
that any of the Republican candidates
would suit him; and that loophole leaves
large liberty for employing his influence, if
he choose to do so, according as the eleventh-hour
situation may suggest. Mean
while popular interest in the canvass in
creases; and the signs are, altogether, that
it is anybody's race as yet, with the chances
of the "field" as against Delamater the bet
ter, not the worse, and improving in place
ol growing less. Allegheny county's candi
date, Montooth, should have as good a show
as any with his friends standing firmly by
him.
RUSSIA WANTS WAR.
The news is flashed from St. Petersburg
that the Russian army is strongly in favor
of war, not with anybody in particular, but
with somebody. This is a morn candid
statement of the European situation than
we usually get. It is probably true of the
otht r armies in Europe in a greater or less
degree. Soldiers are naturally predisposed
to war; it is their business, and their success
in life depends very largely upon the death
of their superiors. In Russia the army is
i
the only class that ii allowed to hare
opinions. Its influence is greater than that
of the military element in Germany, for
instance. The Russian army is officered
entirely by aristocrats, and it is of courso
their opinion that is respected by the
Government. The rank and file are peasants,
and the ability to carry a rifle docs not
entitle the peasant to think or express his
thoughts.
So, when it is said that the Rus
sian array is strongly in favor of war
with somebody, it must be understood
that the officers, the princes and nobles,
arc so bellicose. The private will do
the bulk of the fighting when the war
comes, but that has nothing to do with the
case. The officers want war because it
brings them promotion and increases their
importance; they want war now because as
a privileged class they desire to divert the
popular attention Irom internal affairs and
to prolong their hold upon the revenues and
honors of the nation. Jealousy of the dom
inance of Germany in the councils of Eu
rope is doubtless another motive of the Rus
sian cry for war with somebody. The Drei-
bund is an object of hatred and fear to the
ruling cowers of Russia, and the sharp
though calmly given warning which Em
peror William aimed at Russia the other
day.doubtless intensified the hostile feeling.
At present there is no likelihood of a war
between Russia and Germany. If Russia
decides on war, Turkey, as has happened
before more than once, will probably be the
victim.
PARLIAMENTARY DISTINCTIONS.
There are one or two interesting lessons to
be drawn from the uproar in the House,
which have so far been entirely lost signt of.
First in the hurly-burly of the fray, and
then in the universal content over the dis
covery that the row was safely ended. Not
the least interesting feature of the affair was
the development of very nice parliamentary
distinctions.
The first parliamentary point settled by
the proceedings is that it is unparliamen
tary to call a fellow-member a "sewer," but
it is permissible to call him a conduit. The
distinction is a line one, but is a clear
recognition of the large number of worthy
uses to which a conduit may be put; while
a sewer, though decidedly useful, must
always be regarded as distinctly malodor
ous. ,
Rut there is a more decided lesson in the
declaration that it will not do for one hon
orable member to declare that an outsider
is a liar and perjurer, and then to assert
that the otner honorable member is quite
the equal of the outsider. From the con
duit and sewer distinction, it might be sup
posed that this method of coming to the
point by a flank movement would be per
mitted. That was the view taken by a
former presiding officer was it not the Hon.
John James Ingalls? who, when a member
had used a slightly circuitous method of
expressing bis opinion that an honorable
colleague was a blotch on the face of the
universe, ruled that the language was "pun
gent, but not unparliamentary." But the
present reign ot parliamentary law ad
heres to the view laid down by Truthful
James:
"Sow I hold His not proper for one scientific
gent
To say another Is an ass or words to that intent."
The intent of the words is now held to
constitute their parliamentary character,
according to the present lolty stand of the
House. This may be strict discipline, but
it will detract wofully from the interest of
parliamentarvencounters.
CANADIAN RACE DIVISION".
The division of opinion upon the New
foundland fisheries question, in accordance
with race prejudices, which was disclosed
by the debate at the Montreal Board of
Trade, presents a peculiarly anomalous
state of affairs. It is noticeable that while
the Anglo-Canadians almost without excep
tion found fault with the English Govern
ment for giving French fishing vessels cer
tain privileges, without consulting Canada,
the French Canadians took the other side,
not on account of their approval of En
'gland, bnt because they are warm advocates
of the French interests. One of the speak
ers declared that in case of war the French
Canadians would side with France. The
unique spectacle of Englishmen opposing
the English Government and of Frenchmen
supporting it, one for the sake of Canadian
interests and the other for the French cause,
should be rather instructive to the people in
the United States who think we should un
dertake the task of assimilating these ultra
Frenchmen. BELIEVER OR AGNOSTIC?
Has Senator Ingalls any fixed opinions?
Day by day evidence is accumulating that
the eloquent Senator from Kansas does not
know his own mind. "When he was accused
recently of stealing the ideas of Massillon,
he excused himself by saying that for thirty
years he had been "struck by their somber
and stately eloquence," and that they
seemed to him "the most forcible and im
pressive presentation of the strongest argu
ment in support of the immortality of the
human soul." It was in 1889. that Mr.
Ingalls presented somebody else's argument
in favor of the immortality of the soul as
his own. The argument had been impress
ing him for thirty years. Yet we find him
posing as an agnostic in 18S3. The occasion
i was the death ot senator Hill.
whose eulogy Mr. Ingalls delivered.
In this oration Mr. Ingalls said that
Senator Hill had gone to an undiscovered
country, about which nobody knew any
thing. The question of immortality, then,
was to Mr. Ingalls we take his own word
for this an unsolved and insoluble problem;
life appeared to him to be a circle whose
fatal circumference no man could, pass. Mr.
Ingalls as usual conveyed what he thought
were his views in poetic sentences; several
of which, we remember, were quoted at the
time as epigrams. But when Mr. Ingalls
professed agnosticism over the crave of Sen
ator Hill we know now from his own month
he was hugging to his heart the extremely
illogical but high-sounding argument of
Massillon lor immortality. How does the
Senator explain this?
I'erhaps Mr. Ingalls holds views diamet
rically opposite to each other. In the light
of some such supposition as this Mr. In
galls' conflicting utterances may be under
stood. An agnostic in 1883, and a believer
in immortality in 1889, what is he now?
Mr. Ingalls-Facing-Both-Ways will confer
a favor on his admirers by explaining a
little.
When Stanford's scheme to lend money
to everyone at 2 per cent Interest and to keep
the Government presses busy printing the
money, gets into operation, everybody may
cherish the bopo to get rich. Bnt the hope
might be disappointed if the Senator should
monopolize the Treasury presses to print money
to lend on his railway land grants nntil he got
enough to pay oft the debt of the Central Pa
cific Railway to tbo Government.
Mb. Sheeiian'S argument before the
Supreme Court that electrical execution is a'
crueland unusual punishment, might meetwith
general acceptance if.lt developed the Idea
that so far It has been a cruel punishment for
the public.
One of the interesting features of the
dressed beef decision, coming on the heels of
the original package decision, is the enlarge
ment of the number of people who propose to
amend the lnter-Stato commerce act so that it
shall not Interfere with their pet measures.
Thus they display their complete ignorance of
what the Inter-State commerce act is about.
Peof. Kino, the aeronaut, believes that
ocean-ballooning is bound to develop Its prac
ticability within a snort time. WhynotT 'Rail
road ballooning has long been practiced In this
country with tbo most eminent success.
Mit. Ingalls' obituary eulogies having
shown him to have progressed from the acnos
tic theories in 1SS3 to a belief in immortality in
1SS9, we are permitted to liopo that the time
will como when he will receive new light and
declare that politicians ought not to lie, steal,
bear f also witness, or otherwise violate the dec
alogue. Kentucky Democrats can calmly accept
the jeers of the Ohio kind, that they belong to
that old-fashioned school of Bourbonism which
prefers brains to boodle to represent them in
the United States Senate.
New Yobk electrical corporations have
arrived at the positive conclusion that the only
way in which their wires can be permitted to
execute people. Is on the streets in view of the
public The example is more impressive that
way; which may be a slight compensation for
the liability of the wires to kill the wrong men.
The determination of the weather proph
ets that this will be a cool summer, is calcula
ted to oppress suffering humanity with the fear
of tho heated term which Is too likely to follow
upon such a prophecy.
The edict of the Philadelphia police that
no street band shall hereafter disturb the quiet
of that city's peaceful highways arouses a hope
that in time the guardians of Philadelphia's
slumbers will silence the too-industrious pianos
which grind out the "Maiden's Prayer" from
early morn till dewy eve.
ANEW pipe line, to be laid by the Stand
ard Oil Company from tho West Virginia fields,
is a gentle reminder to the Independent oil
interests of what they might have done ere
this.
A MAN in Chattanooga dropped dead the
other day while going to the postofflce to mail
a letter for his wife. There is no danger, how
ever, in that example. The vast majority of
husbands protect themselves against any such
tragic fato by forgetting to mail their wives'
letters.
After two years of work New York has
got its memorial arch fund nearly raised. How
long It will take to complete the Grant Monu
ment fund no one ventures to guess.
A ballot reform bill nassed in Tennes
see is bavingthe good effect of organizing night
schools all over the State in which the negroes
are taught to read and write. This gives the
measure the novel aspect of introducing an in
direct sort of educational suffrage qualifica
tion. Let us hope that the reported offer of an
elephant for Schenley Park refers to an actual
animal, and is not intended to be typical of
that fight over tho main entrance.
It is a pleasing instance of novel geo
graphical information that is afforded by a
biographical sketch now going the rounds of
our esteemed cotemporaries, which states that
tho subject of the sketch. Captain Foster, "was
born at Hindoostan, India."
The building trades' strikes in various
cities of the country are still in progress; but
most of them appear to have lost sight of tho
eight-hour question.
Both Republican and Democratic organs
say that if Ben Bntterworth carries bis argu
ment a little further ho will be a Democrat.
But the Democratic organs innocently add that
the Republican organs abuse Ben Butterworth
for his frankness.
Late events in the House threatened to
demonstrate the necessity for a new set of
rules modeled after the Marquis of Queens
berry's. Stanley's scheme for colonizing the
Upper Congo with negroes from this country
will be likely to prove more successful it he
first successfully induces a deportation of Arab
slave-hunters and nativo cannibals from that
attractive region.
PBOHINENT PEOPLE,
Charles Dudley Warner and family are
visiting friends in Los Angeles.
Captain McCalla, late commander of the
United States steamer Enterprise, began his
three years' vacation at 11 o'clock Friday
morning.
TnE Secretary of the Cbincso Legation at
Paris. General Tcheng-Ki-Tong, was married
recently to a country girl at her villaee homo
in the South uf France.
John Ruskin is a veritable "sensitive plant"
in regard to weather influences. On a bright,
clear day ho is buoyant and clastic, but on a
dull, wet day he is moody and misanthropic
MARK Twain's success in life, says a corre
spondent of the Chicago Times, seems to have
made bim crusty and sour. Ho is worth con
siderably over $2,000 000, and finds it no joke to
take care of so much wealth.
Recorder Smttii, tho terror of New York
evil-doers, is a clean-featnered, clean shaven
man with rather sinister expression, with a
gray fringe ot chin whiskers, aud suffers his
back hair to turn over on his collar.
"Uncle Jerry" Rusk is a striking figure
when he appears in tho Blue Room of the
White House. Hei9 not enamored of formal
ceremonies and confesses privately that be
fidgets when he rinds himself In fine clothes.
Chief Justice Fuller looks more liko a
cavalry officer than the Presiding Judge of the
United States Supremo Court. He is the
handsomest man on the bench. Women just
dote on his waving mustache when it is fanned
by the soft Potomac breezes.
John Palmer, the greatest stamp collector
in the world, lives over a dingy little shop in
the Strand, London. He is the arbiter in the
stamp collecting creed, aud is notorious as the
Nemesis of the forger, having over 1,000,000
forged stamps in bis possession.
George W. Cable, the well-known South
ern author, is a slim-built, somewhat awkward
looking man of middle height, with dark,
beetling brows and a high forehead, surmount
ed by a shock of rich black hair, and wears a
full beard sprinkled with gray. He is rising
five and forty.
Sir Provo Wallis, Admiral of the British
fleet, by whom tho United States frigate Ches
apeake was captured at the close of the famous
naval duel of 1813, has just celebrated his 100th
birthday In England. He has been in the navy
for nearly SO years, and, though now bed
ridden, his memory is still clear, and ho has
recently given a vivid account ot the famous
fight of Boston Harbor 77 years ago.
MONEY FOB SEVERAL CHURCHES
Left In the Will of tlio Late II. B. Coohrnn,
of Mifflin.
The will of tho late H. B. Cochran, of Mifflin
township, was filed yesterday for probate. lie
bequeaths an acre of land In Mifflin township,
already selected by Bishop Phelan, for the
Catholic Church to be established at Duauesne.
He also gives the church, if the building be of
brick, the mortgage made by John M. Yohe,
and if it be of frame, but 84,000. To the sisters,
for a parochial school to be established at tho
same place, he bequeaths a $5,000 mortgage
held by bim. To fit. Agnes Church ha gives
$1,000. To fit, Paul Orphans' Asylum ne gives j
the mortgage made by G. W. Leadbeattcr and
tcrian Church bo gives 6100 for the repairing of
the craves of bis father and mother.
The balance of bl estate, aside from a few
minor bequests to friends, is given to his
nephew, C. H. Payne, and niece, Zelia Bovard,
WHO aro rjpoinieu executor.
THE TOPICAL TALKER.
Tbo Allegca Responsibilities or tbo Best
Mnn Wero Too Much for the Young Mnn.
A Musical Innovation A TrngcUy on tbo
Ohio.
Tt Is no small undertaking to be best man at a
wedding. The awful responsibilities of the
groom usually fill tho minds of tbe spectators,
and tbe best man's trials aro rather lost sight
of. Still, important as tho chief malo assist
ant's dnties are, they are not really so formid
able as they seemed to on Allegheny man who
recently was called upon to fulfill them.
This young man was asked by an old friend
to stand np wlta bim when be entered the sol
emn estate of matrimony. Ho consented will
ingly. He is of a nervous temperament, and a
number of his friends, for a joke, resolved to
give bim a fright. So they went to himonaby
one and Impressed upon hun that being best
man carried with it no small obligations. Ho
would have to wear a new dress suit, they told
him, and a new hat, new shoes, a new tie and
so on. Besides, ho would have to give the
brido an expensive present, and contribute
liberally to the groom's expenses. One par
ticularly solicitous friend was kind enough to
figure out exactly how m uch his performance
at tho wedding would cost him. The sum to
tal, by this fictitious figuring, was 8180.
Now to a young man on a small salary, as the
best-man-to-be was, ISO was no joke. Being,
as I have said, of a nervons temperament the
obligation of spending a sum so far beyond his
means affected him powerfully. He could not
think of backing out, yet how to scrape to
gether the money to do "the thing well" he
hadn'lan idea. Ho worried himself sick about
It, actually sick, and to cutalongstory short,
when the wedding day came tbe young man who
should have been best lnanlay seriously ill in
bed in a hospital.
And this is strictly true. Ibo joke was car
ried much too far.
piiEY have inaugurated a very pretty custom
at the Hotel Duanesnc Yesterday, for tho
first time, everyone who took dinner at tbo
hotel could if he wished time his knife and fork
to tbe Uvely strains of an orcbestra posted at
tbe bead of tho stairs which lead from the
lower cafe to the upper dining room. What
effect precisely it had upon the appetites of the
uusmess men who throng the cafe at mid-day is
beyond me, but everybody seemed to enjoy It.
Tho idea, I believe, may be credited to Man
ager Albert Menjou, who has a fund of fancies
of this sort The orchestra will in future play
every day during the mid-day dinner, and at
night for tbe diners in dead earnest, 'it is
something novel in this country, but Pitts
burgers are likely to appreciate it.
gOME strange tbings have happened on board
that historic craft The Mayflower, but
probably the strangest incident in her history
caused one of her passengers last Sunday much
mortification.
The Mayflower took a large cargo of Pitts
burgers down tbe Ohio last Sunday. As the
boat was returning among tbo passengers who
were leaning over tbe rail watching the shadows
lengthen on the wooded bills were a couple who
seemed very much engrossed in each other, and
supremely bappy withal. A close observer
could have noticed that the lady's pretty cheeks
were constantly disturbed by a mechanical
movement ot her jaws. A learned person
would have perceived that she was chewing
gum. She enjoyed the chew evidently.
Suddenly a shrill scream startled everyone,
and the fair chewer apparently made an effort
to throw herself overboard. Her companion
restrained her, and a crowd of curious sympa
thizers thronged about, offering assistance.
She controlled herself, but the tears coursed
down her cheeks", and nothing her escort could
say comforted ber. She did not reveal ber
fearful loss to the bystanders. Perhaps she
feared they would giggle.
Her upper set of false teeth had become en
tangled with tho chewing gam, and somehow
or other perhaps expelled in some ecstatic ut
teranceteeth and cum had fallen into tho
brown waters of the Ohio.
But I.lttlo Rcipcct foribo Lavr,
Savannah N em.
The Maine judges beve no moro respect for
the decisions of tbe a United States Supremo
Court tban Speaker Reed has for parlia
mentary precedents. They aro overruling the
"original package" decision whenever they have
a chance to do so. Speaker Reed's example
is having a bad influence upon tho people of
bis State
A SUPREME COURT DECISION
Which Will Hnvo Some Effect Upon tbe
Treasury of Pennsylvania.
tMMtCIAl. TELEOKAU TO TUB DISPATOIt.1
HaeRisburo, May 20. Among the decisions
handed down in tho Supremo Court of tho
United States at Washington, yesterday, was
one reversing tbe Supreme Court of Pennsyl
vania in a suit between tbo State of Pennsyl
vania and tho Norfolk and Western Railroad
Company. Tho revenue act of 1S79 contained a
provision prohibiting foreign corporations from
having offices in this State until they obtained
an annual license from tbe Auditor General,
or which they were to pay an annual fee of
one fourth of 1 per cent on their authorized
capital. Many forcicn corporations removed
their offices from the State to New York and
elsowhere to avoid the heavy license fee, but
tbo Norfolk and Western Railroad Company
continued to maintain its offices in Philadel
phia. The State brought suit in the Dauphin
County Court for the licenso fee, amounting to
S0,2o0 per annum. The company's counsel, M.
E. Olmstead, of this city, contended that tho
act was unconstitutional, claiming that the
State had no right to exclude or require licenso
fees of foreign corporations engaced in inter
state commerce.
It was shown that the Norfolk and Western
Railroad was all in Virginia, but it had con
tracts with the Pcnnsjlvanla Railroad Com
pany and Shenandoah Valley Railroad Com
pany by means of which through freight and
passencer lines wero operated. 'J lie Dauphlu
County Court decided in lavorof tho State,
holding that the act was constitutional and the
Supreme Court affirmed tbe judgment, which
the United States Supremo Court has over
turned. The Legislature repealed tho act of
1879 in 1SS5, alter this litigation had begun, sav
ins the right to collect all taxes accrued up to
l&5o. lUe State authorities say that there aro
no pendlug claims except against the Norfolk
and Western and tho Shenandoah Valley Rail
road Company, and that the total amount in
volved in this decision will not be more than
ft.'O.OOO or 26.000. They say also that while tho
pnnclple is unportaut, they do not think it will
affect any ot the piesent revenue laws of tho
btate.
A feet-Bnck for Blllter Knives.
From tbe Chicago Inter Occan.j
Austin Corbin's wedding present to a Phila
delphia couple was tbe uso of bis private car
for a trip to Mexico, fully stocked with provis
ions and supplied witb servants. Mr. Corbln
knows bow to make young married people
bappy without resorting to the stereotyped
butter knives and pickle dishes.
GENERAL HABBIS0N ALLEN SUED.
Ho Is Requested to Pay S100 far Having
His Pictnro In a Book.
Philadelphia, May 20. General Harrison
Allen, of North Dakota, who bas beon In
Philadelphia for several days, bad an after
dinner walk unceremoniously interrupted to
day by Deputy Sheriff Carr. Years ago Gen
eral Allen was Auditor General of Pennsyl
vania. When tbeAmerlcan Biographical Pub
lishing Company decided to Issue a book con
taining the portraits of prominent Pennsyl
vania men of the past and present, with their
portraits, General Allen was asked to subscribe
to tbo work. He readily agreed to tbe propo
sition of tbe manager, Charles K, Deacon, to
pay 100. ' In consideration of this the General
was to have a fine full-page phototype of him
self Inserted, with a biography.
In a short time Mr. Deacon received from the
West a photograph of the General and a sketch
of bis life. From tbe "photograph a phototype
copy was made and sent to Dakota for exami
nation. Tbo General, whilo not objecting seri
ously to the copy, wrote back tbat the shading
nndcrneath the nock was a little too heavy.
He sent another photograph of himself and the
defect was remedied. The book was sent to
tho West last September and nothing was
beard from tbe General nntil after several let
ters bad been written him. Finally be an
swered tbat be did not Intend to take the book.
Mr. Deacon placed tbe affair in the bands of
his counsel. A suit in wblcb the summons was
served to-day 1 the result.
Fight It Ont on Tbnc Line.
Washisqtok, May 20. The question of tbe
lieuring Sea fisheries was considered at the
day's Cabinet meeting, and it was decided, so it
is understood, to adhere to the policy of last
season, ivblcb is practically the same as the po
sition tiken on this question-by the last and
previous ftdmlnlstrationij.
RECEPTION' 70S A PASTOR.
Tho Rer. Mr. Holmes nnl Fnmlly Made to
Foe at Homo In Pittsburg.
A brilliant reception was tendered Rev.
Richard S. Holmes and Mrs. Holmes last even
ing in the Shadyslde Presbyterian Church, to
which Rev. Mr. Holmes is a recently called
pastor. Tbe church was really transformed
into a parlor for tbe occasion by the judicious
arrangement and disposal of talk graceful
'palms and beautiful foliage and flowering
plants, which testified to tbe good taste and
skill of Messrs. J. B, 4 A. Murdoch, and was
early in tho evening filled with a happy,
animated throne of guests representing the
members of the congregation of that church,
and distinguished members from sister
cbnrches, who took nossession of tho chat-Inviting
chairs, and proceeded to enjoy them
selves in a delightfully Informal fashion.
While Rev. Mr. Holmes, his wife and Mrs.
Dodge, the mother of Mrs. Holmes a dear,
silvery-haired lady wero made acquainted
with any and all in the company, to whom they
were not previously introduced, by various
members ol tno Kecepiion vominutee, wmch
included Mr. and Mrs. George W. Dilwortb,
Mr. and Mrs. William Scott, Mr. and Mrs. W.
B. Neeley. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bugbman. Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Breed, Mr. and Mrs. George
A. Berry and Mr. and Mrs. William Moorhead.
There was nothing formal or conventional in
tbe reception, but a genuine welcome to Rev.
Mr. Holmes and his charming family was ex
tended, which was thoroughly appreciated by
tbe welcomed ones. Although the connection
between church and pastor has existed bnt a
short time, it has been of sufficient length to
enable each to speak of the other in
teims of the greatest praise and sat
isfaction, and a new impetus is thus
given to tbe interest in the church work, and
they are looking forward eagorly to the coming
fall, when they will occupy the handsome new
edifice that is in the course of construction,
and in which they expect to have au excellent
choir composed of very talented sineers to as
sist their pastor in making services inviting.
All of which was under discussion last evening,
as tbe guests chatted merrily over tho delicious
ice cream and cake served by tbe charming
coterioof young ladies, who were members of
the Sunday school.
DJ HONOR OF MISS BAYARD.
TboDansbter of ibuEx-Socremry of State
Well Received In Pittsburg.
Miss Louise Bayard, daughter of ex-Secretary
of Stato Bayard, who is tbe guest of Miss
Elizabeth Moorbead, of Fifth avenue, is the
recipient of numerous attentions in the society
circles of tbe city befitting tbe positfon tbe
young lidy occupies in the social world and
that occupied by the Moorhead family. Be
side a cbarming entertainment at Mr. and Mrs.
Kirk Porter's Oakland borne Monday evening
in her honor, a prospective one next Friday
evening at tbe residence of Mr. and Mrs. Reu
ben Miller, a delightful card party was given
last evening by Mr. and Mrs. Max Moorhead,
at which the young lady, in company with Mr.
and Mrs. Kennedy Moorhead, the bride and
groom, sbared the honors of the occasion.
Although rather an Informal affair, as card
parties always are. the eentlemen were all in
full dress and the toilets worn by tbe ladies
were extremely beautiful, while the various
rooms of the Moorhead mansion were ex
quisitely decorated with rare exotic plants
and fragrant cut flowers. In tno prices awarded,
after a spirited contest, tbe hostess evidenced
tbe remarkable irood taste for wbich she is
noted, and the refreshments served by Kubn
wero ol tbe samo dainty order.
A SAD MEETING.
Members of the Woman's Club Resret tbe
Dentb of Mrs. Ayres.
The regular meeting of the Woman's Club,
held yesterday afternoon in the Teachers' Li
brary, was notablo for the sadness that hov
ered over all, consequent upon tbe sudden
death of Mrs. W. B. Ayres, a loved and hon
ored member of the club, who at the preceding
meeting was present and took an aotive and in -terestinc
part in the discussions that followed
the reading of tbe papers on Spain, she, her
self, having but recently read a very enjoy
able paper upon "Queen Isabella." A com
mittee, consistine of Mrs. Goorge H. Taylor,
and Mrs, A. B. Ramsey, was appointed to for
mulate a set of resolutions expressive of tbe
sympathy of tbe club, to be presented to the be
reaved family. Other necessarv and routine
business was transacted, and papers upon tbe
"Vineyards of Spain" and the "Religions of
Spain" were read and discussed at length, after
which the meeting adjourned into an informal
reception, where the ladles read and expressed
pleasure over an account of a recent meeting
of the club which appeared in an issue of tbe
'Woman's Journal; and discussed plans for
a summer excursion with which to close tbe
year's meeting.
T0-M0BB0WS CONCERT.
ThoEntortnlnment for (ho Soldiers' Widows'
Home Promises to be n Success.
The ladles having charge of all tbe arrange
ments for me concert to be given Thursday
evening in Old City Hall for the benefit of the
Soldiers' Widows' Home aro confident of a
financial success. The programme, wnlcb bas
already beeh published, is a cooU one, com
posing as it docs souio of Pittsburg's choicest
musical talent.
The noed of a Home for the widows of those
who gave up their lives for their country's sake
is an old one, and the task undertaken by
tbe Pennsylvania Department of tbe Ladies of
the G. A. R, is noble. Many have been tho ob
stacles met, but tbey worked bard and faith
fully until they were in a position to purchase
their present Home at Hawkins statlon.and the
concert to-morrow evening is to raise funds tor
improving the building and grounds. The Home
will be dedicated some time in June, when it is
the intention of the ladies to throw open the
doors for Inspection to tho general public
THE SOCIAL FEATURE OF IT.
Grand Lodge Delegates Erjny a Feast In
Turner Hall Last Night.
Abput 800 ladies and gentlemen, Including
tbe delegates to tbe Grand Lodge of tbe Inde
pendent Order of Odd Fellows and membors of
tbo Daughters of Rebekab degree ot the order,
Gathered in Turner Hall, Forbes street, last
night. The first part of the evening was de
voted to secret work of the order, Alice Kay
Rebekah Degree, Lodge No. 120, exemplifying
tbo secret work of the degree.
Then tho Grand Lodge delegates, with their
ladies, adjourned to tbe dining hall, where a
bmquet was served by tho members of Alice
Kay Lodge. A substantial spread was laid be
fore tbe guests. About 200 were seated at tbe
table, and the occasion was a memorable one
for the Odd Fellows. M. D. Wylie. Past Grand
Patriarch of the State, presided as toast
master. Swimming Is I'opulnr.
Such an interest was evinced yesterday by
the ladles who attended the Natatorium that
tho managers have consented to extend tbe
hours on next Friday to C o'clock, and perhaps
permanently. Requests having beon made from
various quarters to that effect, and an nrgent
one from Prof. Wood, of tbe High School, for
tbe benefit of tbo PuDlic Scbool teachers and
students. About CO ladies took their first lesson
in swimming yesterday.
Soclnl Chatter.
The Columbus Club gives a musical In Its
club parlor this evening,
A CHAitMiNO luncheon party was given by
Mrs. Charles J. Clark yesterday.
Mb. and Mna. Edwin Gnirr, of Marion
station, celebrated their tenth wedding anni
versary last evening.
The first oratorical contest between the col
leges of Western Pennsylvania will be held in
Carnegie Hall, Allegheny, May SO, commencing
AN entertainment and social of the Y. P. s.
C. E, of tbo Southslde Presbyterian Church,
will occupy the church on the evening of Fri
day, May 23.
Mrs. J. K. Dillon, of South street, Wilkins
burg, entertained the Y. W. C. A. of bat place
last evening. A musical and literary prc
gramme was presented.
The meeting of the ladles to make arrange
ments for the benefit for the West Penn Hos
pital, which was to have been held yesterday
afternoon, was postponed until Friday after
noon. The Young People's Society of Christian
Endeavor of the Sonthside Presbyterian
Church will bold an entertainment and social
in the church, corner Twentieth and Sarah
streets, on Friday evening, May 23.
A May musical will be glron Friday ovon
ing in tbe bbady Avenue Baptist Church, at
wblcb prominent local talent will appear, in
cluding tho "Excelsior Quartet" and Miss
Anna Leah Dickinson, the whistling artist.
The tenth anniversary of the Homo for Col
ored Children will be held on Wednesday even
ing, at 1030, at the Home on Greenwood
avenue, Allegheny. Fancy articles, made by
the inmates of tbe asylum, and Ice cream and
cakelwlll be for sale during the afternoon.
A 3-fxtjng will be held in Cyclorama Hall
next Friday evening for the purpose of organ
izing an alumni association of tbe graduates
of tho Indiana Btate Normal School teaching
in Allegheny county. A luncheon will con
clude tbe meeting. Dr. Z. X, Snyder, the
principal of the school, will be present.
I
A SUPERB PROGRAMME,
Review of tho Second Grand Concort bv the
Mozarr'Clnb and the Boston Symphony
Orcbestra An Admirable Inteipreintion
of Grent Works. -
pHE second great concert by tbe Mozart Club
and the Boston Symphony Orcbestra last
nlghtdrewanotberrepresentatlve audience that
tested tbe full capacity of Old City Hall. After
making certain alterations, rendered necessary
by tho severe indisposition of Mr. Paul Zim
merman, who was to have been the tenor solo
ist of the evening, the programme read as fol-
Goldmark Overture. "SakunUla."
Seryals "Fantasle Cnaracterlstlque" for vlolon-
. Sir. Anton Hekklntt.
Jlozart-Arli from the opera "ntfaebrung aus
demberall"
, Madam Stelnbach-Jahns.
Schumann-bymphony No. 4 In I) mlnor.'op-120.
Introduction (adagio non troppo).
Allegro.
Romance (adagio non troppo).
Scherzo.
Final lxetrTi.
Demersseman, "Fantasie for Flute"
, Monsieur Onirics Mole.
"agner. Overture T. "Tanrihaenser. "
Weber. Hymn, "In Constant Order" Op. 38
Mrs. V . U. Wolfe, soprano.
Miss Magele I". i riser, contralto.
Mr. Joseph A. Voeel. tenor.
Air. John A. Strouss. basso.
Chorus and Uoston bymphony Orcbestra.
Uoldmark's romantio and richly colored over
ture forms a worthy embodiment of one of tbe
loveliest of Hindu myths. Ibe tender suavity
of the introduction, tbe graceful ripplingof the
theme first assicned to the 'cellos and clarinets,
tbo more passionate character of tbe subsidiary
motive that appears in tbe violas and oboes,
and the barbaric pomp of the subject flunz oat
by tbe crashes, all nave their proper place
in depicting the emotions incident to tbe story
of Bakuntala, daughter of a saint and a water
nympb, wife of a king and mother of the glori
ous race of tho Bharatas. Under Mr. Nikisch's
inspired baton, tbe work was played con amove
throughout, its every detail receiving duo
weight and tbe wholo gamut of its emotional
phases seeming to be reflected from tbe boart
of each participant from conductor to tym
panism pne D minor symphony, though numbered
as the fourth by reason of its later pub
lication, was tbo second in time of composition,
following in tbe samo year (1841) its inferior
predecessor In B flat. Tbrocghont its length
a remarkable unity of effect is produced, first,
by the absence of pauses between the move
ments and, second, by the constant recurrence
of the samo thematic material in various
guises through tho different movements The
orchestra bad evidently bestowed tbe same
careful study upon this noble work: it would
ue uypercniicism to attempt to pick naws in ic
Especially well realized was tbo surpassing
sweetness of tbe romance, which is a bit of
genuine poetic inspiration. In the very famil
iar "Tannbaeuser" overture Mr Nikisch's inter
pretation differed from tbe tradition (if the
"music of the future" can have any tradition)
in tbe more subdued and delicate treatment of
tbe earlier part of tbo tremulous, voluptuous
"Venusberg" episode. This was fully justified
bv the increased effect of the bacchanalian
whirl into wbich it merged.
VVEnEn's noble, earnest Ijma made an ad
mirable close for such a programme. Tho
choral writing is in the composer's best vein,
and highly effective throughout. It gave our
much prized chorus a fine test of Its prowess.
The test was finely borne. The massive
breadth of tbe opening chorus, and the power
ful, intricate phrases of tho final fugue (what a
superb chorus tbis last one is), as well as the
soft accompanimental work with the soloists,
were all done in a fashion worthy of high
praise.
Mr. John A. Stronss' resonant bass had the
best opportunity among tho solo parts of the
hymn. He sang with much discretion and taste
Mrs. Wolfe's solo wofk was of ber customary
high quality, though she sang at times as if
tired especially so. In the trying unaccom-
E anted cboraL where the pitch fell considera
ly. Miss Fraser and Mr. vogel filled out the
quartet in a thoroughly satisfactory manner.
JTme. STEiNBACH-JAillfS, in Mozart's bril
liant air, displayed more clearly tban be
fore tbe rare flexibility of her large voice Be
sides ber excellent vocalization, her dramatic
style deserves recognition. Mr. Moli showed
himself to be a flautist worth Importing from
China, bad be not been so near as tbe Paris
Opera Comlque. A glittering technique and
artistic phrasing made bis not very deep selec
tion exceeatneiy atrractive.
But Mr. Anton Hekkins easily carried off tbe
fialni among the soloists. His tone, wbilo not
arge, is rarely sympathetic pure and mobile,
and the facility and certainty of bis execution
could not be surpassed. There was a deal of
artistic feeline in the fantasie and yet more in
the familiar Cbopin nocturne with which he re
sponded to an irrepressible encore. He ought
to be called tbe Sarasate of the violoncello.
C. W. S.
i
Strnns' Electrical Mnsle.
Of the opening concert of the Stranss
orcbestra in Boston the New York Berald
said: Tho band is complete in all its parts, dif
fering from symphony orchestras only In tbe
very small number of Its strings. But any one
who imagined that on acconnt of its size tbis
orcbestra of Strauss is ineffective in so large a
place as the Music Hall, would bo vastly mis
taken. Ineffective enough no doubt it would
be in Beethoven symphonies or Schumann over
tures, but in Strauss waltzes, polkas, and
galops, it is positively electric Herr Stranss
is oneot those conductors who appeals vividly
to tbe eye. There is a vigor and jump to bis
beat tbat predisposes ono to find the playing
very energetic indeed.
STILL IN THE BALANCE.
No Decision In thr Supreme Court Upon lbs
Ketnmler Cnse.
Washington, May 20. Tbe application for
a writ of error in the case of Kemmler, under
sentence of death by electricity, was beard in
the United States Supreme Court to-day.
Roger M.T3berraan, counsel for Kemmler, who
madothe application, appeared for the con
demned murderer. "We assume," he said,
'with entire confidence, that the determina
tion of questions which the decisions of this
court bave left open, will not be reached in
this case on tho present motion, but npon the
return of tho writ and in due course of law."
Mr. Shorman cobtended that the infliction of
death by electricity was cruel and unusuai.and,
therefore, without dno process of law. He
held that tbe question what, in the State of
New York, is a cruel and unusual punishment
for tho crime of ninrder is one of Federal
cognizance under the Fourteenth Amend
ment, although it Involves the reconstruction
of tho Stato constitution, and the Supreme
Court Is at liberty to differ from tho Court of
Appeals upon it. ... .
Mr. Sherman gave a number of Instances ol
the Inflicting ot death by electricity, to show
that a man would not be instantly killed by
the application provided for under the New
York law. He believed that if a current of
electricity ere continuously applied to Kemm
ler it would be diffused over his surface. Tho
result would undoubtedly be that, to an ex
tent, the criminal would become part tho cir
cuit, and that his skull and skin would lend a
resistance to the current. Tbe Snpjeme Court
adjourned until Friday without rendering a de
cision. Two Virginia Appointments.
Richmond, May 29. Governor McKinney
to-da) nominated ex-Congressman John T.
Harris, of Rockingham county. Democratic
Commissioner, and General V. D. Groner, of
Norfolk City, as tho Republican Commissioner
to the World's Fair from Virginia.
DEATHS OF A DAY.
George W. Smith.
nonrire W. Smith, one of the oldest residents of
Allegheny, died at bis late residence. No. 19 Knoll
street, Allegheny, at 8.30 list evening. Mr. Smith
was born near Winchester. Va February 22,
J80H. and came to Flttsburg 62 years ago. Be was
a prominent contractor, and Tears ago erected a
number or the public buildings In this and sur
ronndlne towns. He was the originator of the
first coiilyard in this city, bringing coal frpm
Braddock's Fields, i or 53 years he was an active
member of the MethodUt Episcopal Church, and
at tne time of his death was an active member of
tne North Avenue cnurcn. ne sou uu wne cele
brated their golden wedding about seven years
ago. They were the parents or nlnecnilaren.nve
of whom survive him. They are Dr. B B. Smith,
of Allegheny: Albert B. bmith, Mrs. Robert rg
gart, Mrs. Wni. Badcllffe and Mrs. Carrio V.
BherruT, Department President of tbe Q. A. B.
Ex-Jndgn F. M. Hlmmel.
rSnCTAI. TELXORAK TO TUX DISPATCIT.I
CHAJiEEnSBtmo, May 10 Ex-Judge Francis
M. Hlmmel,! tho oldest member of the Franklin
county bar, died last night of Ilrlght's disease,
aged 74. lie was born In Uerlln.Somerset county.
Pa,, and read law with his brothcr-ln-Iaw, Jere
miah P. Black, afterward the Chief Justice or the
Buprcme Court or Pennsylvania. Inl&Ohewas
elected Judge of the sixteenth district of Penn
sylvania and served for ten years.
Mrs. Lnclndn Pllk.
Mrs. Lnclnda Silk, wire of William 311k, died
yesterday afternoon at her residence In Scott town
ship. Mrs. Silk had attained the age of S3 years.
She bad an extended circle of acquaintances, who
will mourn ber loss. The funeral services will be
held at ber late residence to-morrow afternoon,
alter wbich the remains will be sent to Mansfield,
over the Panhandle road, for Interment.
Polly Cronl Carlisle.
Bbthoit, May 24 Polly Cronl Carlisle, born
in New York in 1792, died here yesterday. She re
membered distinctly General Lafayette's trlnm
phal visit to this country, and when s baby she
was trotted on tbe knee of General Washington.
PB0FESS0BS DT TBOtrBEE.
Lunslcy Removes n Naturalist Who lias n
Host ol Friends.
imOJC A STATT COBHESPOSDITT.:
Washikoton, May 2a Prof. Samuel H.
Langley, lato of tbe Allecbeny observatory,
bat for a year ar two Secretary of tbe Smith
sonian Institutisn, has just had his first real
speck of trouble sincohls present position. It
is a dispute with Prof. William T. Hornaday,
chief taxidermist and naturalist of tbe Smith
sonian for the last nine years, and to whose
efforts tho infant existence of tbe new zoo
logical gardens is due. In regard to tho super
intendence of tbose gardens. Previous to tbo
establishment of tho park, FroL Horn
aday was curator of the department
of living animals in tbo Smithsonian, a
department that was established at bis earnest
solicitation. When the prospect of a zoo park
became a reality Prof. Hornaday at onco took
charge of tho work connected with ir. and,
being a naturalist as well as a scientist, he
found it very congenial, and threw himself
body and sonl Into it. He bas declined a num
ber of business offers more tempting from a
business point of view in order that he might
devote himself to buildine up tbe new park.
For moro tban a year ho has not been connected
with the Smithsonian Institution, but has
been under tbe Zoological Park Commission.
But tbe park is now to be organized under the
Smithsonian Institution, and it seems that it
has not been Prot. Langley'a intention to
make Prof. Hornaday Superintendent under
tbe new dispensation.
On the contrary. Prof. Hornaday was re
cently told tbat be would be expected to work
under another Superintendent, who would
have charge of the new park and its future de
velopment. Mr. Hornaday would have had a
fairly responsible place, but the real authority
was to be placed in the bands of G. Brown
Goode, the Assistant Secretary of the bimth
sonian, in charge of the National Museum. Mr.
Goode was to retain tho charce of both Institu
tions. This arrangement did not please Mr.
Hornaday, and his resignation was the natural
result. Mr. Langley's reason for not continu
ing bim as Superintendent is that Mr. Horna
day bas not bad sufficient executive exoerienco
to entitle him to tbe position. He offered to
continue In bis position for six months on con
dition if he made a single misstep or error of
judgment he-sbould step down and out with
out anything'mare being said. His offer was
declined. Mr. Hornaday's host of f riends will
feel very bitter toward Prot. Langley on ac
count of his obstinate refusal to at least rive
tbe noted naturalist a trial, in view of tbe fact
that toe zoological gardens would probably
not have beon in existence bad it not been for
bis labors and enthusiasm.
CUBBENT TIMELY TOPICS.
GOOD morning, Congressman Vaux.
Ferocious looking bulldogs are the
favorite canine pets of ladies now. They are cer
tainly an Improvement on the ugly pugs.
Wallace is for ballot reform. If ballot
reform was for the ex-benator It would bo a
stand-off.
Mccn of the lemonade sold in and aronnd
the circus grounds wasn't worth a straw.
A max named Bnhby is a Williamsport
politician. He probably imagines he's a big boy
Lansing, Mich., never had an opera
bouse, and the whole Btate rejoices that the capi
tal city is about to build a fine one. Michigan is
rapidly discarding her primeval ways.
Ot7B road expedition looks somewhat
delapldated. but It Is still in the ring. The re
porter donned a boiled shirt yesterday for tbe first
time in six weeks, and be feels as though he were
again oat of bondage.
The most beautiful American ever seen
In the French capital Is Miss Mattie Mitchell,
daughter or benator Mitchell, of Oregon. Besides
her prettlness she Is endowed with an abundance
of good common sense, and is not looking for a
prince.
An uncommon Meadville rooster recently
whipped an owl, a dog. a yellow cat and two
roosters, and Is not crowing over the victory. A
Meadville man tells tbe story, and readers know
therefore Jnst how mnch of tbe story to believe.
The BrooUet, published br the Mysteri
ous Few Llcrary Socletj of Mte. Ste. Ursnle. Is a
neat little 12-page periodical, ailed with bright
reading matter. The publishers desire to see the
names of all former students on the subscription
list.
Ex-Governor Fostkb wants to go to
Congress. If the voters of bis Congressional dis
trict are of tne same opinion be will in all proba
bility have bis wants gratified. The ex-Governor
was also a candidate to fill tbe seat now occupied
by Senator Payne, bat fates decided otherwise.
When a man is on the long and short
side of the market he Is whlpsawed, and when a
man finds blmsclf in that predicament he is In
variably a loser. There are many oil brokers who
have been whlpsawed lately.
THE TABLES TURNED.
A Salt for Conspiracy la tho Corporation
Sqnnbblo nt Danville.
(SPECIAL TXLXORAU TO THE DISPATCH, t
Danville, Pa., May 20. Frank P. Howe,
Manager of tbe North Branch Iron Company,
ot this place, and Detectives-Henry H. Lelsen
ring and James Williams bave been held to
court in the, snm of $1,000 each, on the charge
of conspiracy, brought by Arthur J. Moxham,
President of the Johnson Company, manu
facturers of street railway appliances, at
Johnstown. Tbe evidence adduced at tbe
bearing was to the effect that some time in
September, i889, Henry H. Leisenring visited
Mr. Moxham. In Johnstown, introducing him
self as a gentleman interested in a manufactur
ing plant at Georgetown. Pa., and saying he
understood there was litigation between the
'Johnson Company and the North Branch Iron
company over the right to rnanuiacture a
certain kind of rail, and tbat he thought be
could be of some use to Mr. Moxham inprocur
ing certain desirable information. His offer
was refused, but upon a subsequent interview
with Mr. Moxham the latter gentleman told
Mr. Leisenring that if tbe information conld bo
legitimately secured it would be accepted.
As a seiiuel, Edward B. Entwisle, Henry
Shea and Roberts. Murpby, tbe two former
employes of the Johnson Company and the
latter their attorney, were made the subjects of
a criminal prosecution in Montour county.
Tbis led to the arrest of Howe, Leisenring and
William", on tho charge of conspiracy to get
mo uuuusuu peuuie 10 commit an oucqm; ju
violation of law. At the hearing of tbe detec
tives it was shown by bis own admissions to a
witness that Lelsenrine was regularly in tbe
employ of tbe Nortb Branch Iron Company,
and was specially detailed to work up tbe case
and lead the defendants into a trap which
would subject them to proceedings at law.
Both cases, which bave excited considerable
Interest bere and in Johnstown, will be tried at
tbe next term of the Montour County Court,
wbich bcglus here next Monday.
STATE POLITICS.
SOMERSET presents another Republican can
didate for Congress In tbe person of Daniel J.
Horner.
Hon. B. S. Collins, of Dushore, Sullivan
county, is a candidate for State Senator on the
Democratic ticket.
W. G. Powell, the latest candidate for
State Senator, in opposition to Chairman An
drews. IS a warm friend of Congressman Cni
bertson. Hon. John B. Robinson bas replied to the
written request of anumber of prominent Del
aware county Republicans, consenting to be a
candidate for Congress.
The announcement of Colonel John B.Comp
ton, chairman of tbe Crawford County Repub
lican Committee, as a candidate for Congress is
taken by tbe Erie Dispatch to mean the begin
ning of a bitter contest.
Bedford county's claim to name the suc
cessor of Congressman Scull in case of the re
tirement of that gentleman, is based on the
fact that Bedford county bas had a candidate
for Congress since tbe district was formed.
Senator Longeneckeb was asked the
other, day tt Bedford county would choose
Stone delegates. "Well, if it don't," was tbe
reply, "somebody will dance" He added that
there was no Delamater sentiment in Bedford.
Representative Bukdick, of McKean,
and Hon. Thomas Capp. of Lebanon, both can
didates for Speaker of the House, had an eye
on tbe Mercer county primaries, as Hou.IIenry
Hall, a candidate for renomlnatlon, bas also
been mentioned for the Speakership.
Williaxsport Republicans want tbelr del
egates to support E. K. Martin for Lieutenant
Governor in return for Lancaster's services to
Lycoming at the time of the attempted Demo
cratic gerrymander ot the latter county Into a
Democratic Congressional district
The Congressional conferees of tbe Twenty
seventh district will meet In Kane on tbe 23th
of the present month. The present Congress
man. Mtt Watson, of Warren, will receive tbe
nomination without any opposition worth men
tioning. Mr. Emery will no t even enter a pro
test..
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
There is a man in Athens, Ga.,
who
eats two chickens at a meat.
There are 1,100 horses on Stanford's
stock farm, at Palo Alto, CaL, valued at SZ000,
000. Jacob Howard, 7 years old, was hooked
to death at Saline, Mich., by an excited cow
which imagined it necessary to protect a new
calf.
The Rev. Dr. Wickan, of Manchester,
Vt., claims to be tbe oldest living graduate of
Yale. He is 93, ands received his diploma in
18U
A Gainesville, Ga., man has 20 acres
planted with encumbers. He ships them all
Nortb and expects to realiza not less $5,000 from
fl.3 patch.
A small party of trappers wintered on
Isle Royale, and for their hardihood were re
warded witb 40 lynx, 100 fine martens and a
large number of less valuable furs.
One feature of the German Keichstag
is tne scinty number or medical men, of whom
tberc are only four, whereas the French Cham
ber of Deputies swarms with doctors.
James Moore, of Escondido, has two
young eagles that bo found In a nest recently.
He is trying to tame them, but so far has not
made mnch progress. While feeding the birds
be incloses his bands in boxing gloves.
Bath, Me., is building what is ex
pected to be the largest wooden sailing ship in
tbe world. She will be 2S5 feet long on the
keel; will be a tbree-decker. and will carry
four masts. She will register about 3,300 tons.
The Itidgeway, Mich., graveyard is run
on a political basis. The man who did tbe dig
ging was removed because he did not vote
right. This is enongb to make some shade
arise and slay tbe new sexton with a shin bone.
George J. Little, engineer on the Handy
Boy.when that steamer collided with tbe bridge
at Saginaw and murdered seven persons, has
been honorably discharged, it being shown that
he was In no sense responsible for tbe accident.
The great cantilever bridge at the Nee
dles, CaL, is finished. In its construction 40,
000,000 pounds of steel and iron were used, and
tho center span 360 feet is the longest in the
world. Three men were killed and 25 injured
during the work ol building.
A colored man drove a horse partly np
the banks of the Alafla river, at Peru, Fls-.and
left witb tbe lines fastened to the wheel
of tbe vehicle. When the horse backed tbe
rem? tigbtened and be continued to back until
be was in tbe river and there drowned.
After the plates had been made for tha
American edition of "Ouida's" new novel, she
learned that the name she bad chosen. "Posi
tion,' bad already been used for tbe title of a
story, and promptly telegraphed to bave it
changed to "Syrlin," the name of one of the
characters.
During a recent thunderstorm in Paria
three flashes ot lightning aro said to bavo
reached tbe top of tbe conductor of tbe Eiffel
'1 ower simultaneously, resulting in a remark
able display and considerable vibration on tbe
part ot tbe big iron frame, bnt no apparent
damage was done.
An English scientist has solved tha
problem of measuring tbo moon's beat. By
means of a thermopile composed of quartz fila
ments, which can render sensible tbe heat of a
candle up to a mile and three-quarters, be bas
been able to demonstrate tbat tba warmth,
from the moon's reflected light Is equal to that
given out by a candle 21 feet instant,
M. P. Lander, of San Gabriel, stepped,
on a needle ten years ago. It broke, and part
of it remained in bis foot. During tbe past
decade it bas been taking a leisurely tour of
his anatomy, occasionally giving bim much
pain. Recently be coaxed tbe broken needle
to tho surface of the right side of his cbest with
a sticking salve plaster and took it out.
A few days ago at Swayzee, Ind., tha
residents were catching fish out of tbe pools
and puddles made by tbo terrific rain. Later,
when tbe water sunk into the ground, sunflsh
and sblners by tbo thousand strewed tbe
ground. There is no stream within four miles
ot Swayzee, and the theory is that these fish
were caught up by a small tornado and depos
ited where tbey were found.
While drawing water from a well a
Perry, Ga, boy pulled out a monster that re
sembled an alligator very much. It had every
resemblance of a young 'gator, except it had a
smooth skin, and is spotted like a rattlesnake
and measures seven inches in length. Mr.
Stripling bas tbis wonderful monster In a large
tin vessel, which be keeps supplied with fresh
water, and says tbe monster will eat bread or
anything tbat ho may put in there for it to eat.
A Bangor, Me., barber came into pos
session of a live partridge wbich was kept in a
cage in bis shop all winter. The other day,
thinking tbe bird would like its freedom, tbo
ktnd-bearted barber took tho cage to the edge
of a wood in tbe outskirts of the city, and
opened tbe door, but, much to bis surprise, tba
partridge refused to go into the busb, persist
ently lingering near the cage and. flnallv, when
driven away, flew to a neighboring house and
perched npon tbe eaves.
A Macon, Ga., salesman while travel
ing on a Southern road was greatly surprised
when a woman occupying an adjoining seat
whispered in his ear tbat bis personal beauty
bad captured her susceptible heart. She was a
woman of 45 and by no means beautiful. He
took another seat, but she followed bim and
continned to ponr into bisear her tale of passion
nntil every person in tbe car was laughing.
Finally it transpired tbat the woman was crazy
and was tnen on ner way to an asyinm.
At Myersdale, Somerset connty, Pa., is
a family bard to match. Edward Deal tho
father, is 90 years old, reads without glasses
and labors at his trade, that ot a miller. Tha
motber is several years bis junior, reads with
out glasses and can pass any of ber girls on tbe
road. Tbe cbildren wero all born and reared
on a farm in Somerset county. The sons have
all mastered tbe trade of tbe father, but four
of them are engaged in milling. Tbe oldest
member of tbo family was 18 years of age when
the youngest was born, so at tbat time there
were 18 places at the table dally, without com
pany. The West Indies brig Lntzbnrg hag"
arrived in Bangor. Me., for ice. She was built
in Germany 25 years ago. is about 300 tons bur
tnen and seems but a cockle shell alongside tba
big three and four stickers of American build,
but the captain declares she has been aU over
the world. In February tbe Captain arrives
Nortb, purchases SOU tons of ice. pays fur it.
and then with bis crew of coal-black negroes
be sails away for Gandaloupe. He disposes of
about one-third tbe luxury to native dealers
and the wine-drinking Creoles andplanters for 3
cents per pound, or 160 per ton. Then the
skipper sails for Antigua, and here there is an
ice company who purchase of him regularly,
and when the brown-skinned gallants and girls
ot this burg sip their wine, iced witb the Maine
product.it costs them 10 cents per pound, or
SftX) per ton.
AMONG THE nCMORISTS.
Two heads are better than one, bnt in a
beer keg they are usually lagerheads. Terrs
Haute Express.
Bronson Who shall decide when tha
doctors disagree? Johnson Tbe Coroner gener
ally has to do It. Jf unsey's Weekly.
Whether or not Ingersoll smokes here
after, this much must be said to his credit: "Ha
Is Christian enough not to smoke cigarettes here.
Philadelphia Zlmcs.
"This is wonderful," said Tompkins, as
be looked at tbe remnants of a larg cheese.
When I brought this home it was American, but
since tbe rats bave taken bold It Is fromags
debris." Aew fork Sun.
Tailor See here! this acconnt can not
run up any higher.
Foreign Count-But I'm about to marry an
American heiress.
Tailor Ah, my lord, that Is different. Chicago
Times.
Fenderson Had awfully hard luck this
evening. Tried witb all my might to say some
thing agreeable, butconldn'tdo It, somehow; so
I bid them good nlgbt and went home.
Fogg And so you did succeed In saying some
thing agreeable at last ? I congratulate you, my
hoT.-Hoston Transcript.
Tramp I'd like a drink, bnt I don't sup
pose you'd want to change this five dollar bill.
Bartender (briskly) No trouble about change.
Here's your medicine.
Tramp-Thanks. Ah I That's good whisky.
Bartender h? Lookeeherel This bill Is no
good t
Tramp Yes, I said yoawoulda't want to change
it.-Au- Xork Weekly.
WITH AFOLOOIES TO MOTHER GOOSE.
A boy named, Johnny Partridge,
Found a nice, fat, little cartridge
Which had never seea the Inside of a
Gun, y
ana.
Quit
And the luckless little wight.
With his teeth gave It a bite,'
And tbe hearse went out to Greenwood oa
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