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PEOSPECTS OF PEACE
Prevailing in Europe Very Doubtful
Owing to the Balkan Affair.
IMPERIAL INTERVIEWS TO BE HELD
Monster Petitions Presented to the German
Chancellor to
RESCIND THE PROHIBITION OK POEK.
Bismarck Takes Oceulon to Arsla CritlclM the Im
peror's Policy.
Owing to the troubled state of affairs over
the Balkan matter Emperor "William has
curtailed his voyage. Advices from Rome
state that Kussia. desires -war. Influential
petitions are being presented to the Govern
ment asking for the repeal of the law pro
hibiting the importation of American pork.
rCOFYBIQBT, ISX, BT THE NEW TOES ASSOCIATED
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Berlin, July 12. Emperor 'William, on
arriving at Eide, on the Faa Fiord, on
Thursday, sent a dispatch to Chancellor
Ton Caprivi announcing his intention to
shorten his voyage and return to
Kiel on July 21. The gravity
of the situation in the Balkans
and the increased prospect of trouble with
France over the English agreement, makes
necessary the Emperor's presence and keeps
both the Chancellor and Minister Miguel
irom taking a" holiday. The other
Ministers, Herren Von Berlepsch, Von
.Boetticher, Von Gossler and Herr
Furth are absent from Berlin,
but they have been warned not to arrange
for a protracted leave. AUhough the pros
pects of a permanent peace in Europe begin
to appear doubtful, official confidence re
mains strong in tbe continuance of repose
for some time to come.
PEACE ASSURED FOB SOME TIMS.
Even the probable abdication of Prince
Ferdinand with a sequent revolution in
Bulgaria will not be allowed to involve nn
immediate European war. The mainte
nance of peace, according to the official
view, is certain until alter the conference
between Emperor William and the Cxar at
St. Petersburg, when the resources of
diplomacy will be exhausted in a final effort
to harmonize Austrian and Bussian rela
tions in the Balkan peninsula.
The Bussian newspapers, the A'ouos
TremycL, the Kovosti and the Tiedomosti,
concur in the hopeful view that Emperor
"William, freed from the tutelage of Prince
Bismarck, will succeed in his efforts to effect
an amicable arrangement with the Czar.
Official opinion here, based on the known
fact that Emperor William has definite pro
posals to lay before the Czar, is also hopeful.
The Czar has as yet given no sign of how he'
will receive them.
EUSSIA INSISTS TJFOJT WAB.
The Berliner Tageblatt has a. telegram
from Borne which purports to give informa
tion drawn from Prime Minister Crispi. In
this it is asserted that the Czar's advisers,
considering the time opportune, insist npon
war. The chiefs of the Dreibund. the tele
gram adds, will make united efforts to
maintain peace. They have tbe gravest
and most urgent reasons for preparing for
eventualities.
M. de Giers, the Bussian Minister of
Foreign Affairs, is sow making a tour of
Finland. He will return to St Petersburg
to assist in the Imperial interviews.
Count Schouvaloft, the Bussian Ambas
sador to Germany, will leave here lor St.
Petersburg at the end of the month for the
same purpose. The exact date of these
momentous interviews has not yet been fixed
tint they will probably begin on August 17,
PF-dtaST FILED BV FBAXCE.
Fresh difficulty has arisen in France over
the fifth article of the convention which
affirms the reciprocal regime of Germany
and England within the territories between
Benue river and Lake Tchad. The article
did not appear in the first published draft
of the convention, and since tbe official text
has been issued the French Govern
ment has discovered thgt the article is
an interference with the French
claim to the Upper Niger, besides leading Xo
the future extension of tbe Anclo-German
spheres of influences from the Niger to the
Nile. If M. Bibot continues to make the
recognition of the French claims in the
Niger district the condition of the with
drawal of his opposition to the Zanzibar
protectorate an amicable settlement is im
probable. WAXT AMERICAN POEK.
Mr. Phelps, the American minister, has
received from Hamburg a copy of a peti
tion which has been sent to Chancellor von
Caprivi, and which bears the signatures of
various steamship companies and leading
firms and corporations. The petitioners ask
for the rescinding of the prohibition against
American pork. They urge that Ger
many cannot produce enough pork to satisfy
her own wants. The price of pork
has risen so enormously that poor people
cannot buy it. The wholesale price of Ger
man salted bacon is 130 marks per 100 kilo
grammes, while American bacon can pay a
duty and be sold at 85 marks. Pork im
ported from neighboring States, although
bringing high prices, is not as good as the
American article. "When the prohibition
was enacted there was no official examina
tion of pork in America, -whereas the
United States Government is now
ready to make whatever inspection Ger
man v may ask. "When American pork has
been allowed to enter the country no case of
illness has ever been traced to its use. If
the American inspection should be insuffi
cient there could be one made in Germany
as well. The petition concludes br asking
that the importation of American pork he
allowed in the interests ot the working
classes and of the commerce and shipping of
Germany.
BISMARCK'S ADVICE TO THE REICHSTAG.
The Bamberger Xachrichten to-night, in
an article inspired by Prince Bismarck, dis
putes the necessity tor an immediate decis
ion of the Reichstag or Landtag regarding
the future position of Heligoland, and says
that island, until tbe present a British col
ony, will be handed as such to Germany,
and will thus fall within the categbry of
German colonies and be placed un
der the imperial administration without
the necessity of making it a portion of
the empire. The constitutional require
ments, tbe paper says, would be fulfilled if
the British Governor be replaced by a Ger
man, and the affairs of the island be admin
istered by the Colonial Department. The
article aims to embarrass the Government
in iti project of making the island an out
work ot the Empire. It is asrured that the
English Parliament will assent to the
cession of the island.
Chancellor von Caprivi has arranged
with Lord Salisbury to have tbe German
flag hoisted on the island in the presence of
a fleet commanded by the Dake of Edin
burgh and a squadron escorting Emperor
"William. This ceremony will take place
some time in September. Minister von
Boetticher has already been instructed
to go to Heligoland in August to arrange
4 for the installation of the German adminis
tration, of which Councilor "Wermouth has
been appointed provisional chief. These
arrangements, if carried into effect, will
make Heligoland a part of tbe Empire be
fore the Beicbstag resumes its sittings.
AX INDISCREET OLD MAN.
The official feeling against Prince Bis
marck has been heightened since an inter
view with him reported in the Frankfort
Journal. His friends admit that he has
been indiscreet in his revelstion of knowl
edge obtained by him while In office.
His statements that the Emperor's
labor programme as orizjjally sketched
was much more extravagant than
was issued and that Bis Majesty supposed
that the programme would tell at the elec
tions have incensed Chancellor von Caprivi
and the otberMiniter, and it is considered
certain that the statements will lead toenar
getic action from Emperor "William.
The refusal of the ex-Chancellor to accept
the candidatures offered Him for a seat in
the Beichstag, is now known to be due to
his desire to obtain a seat in the Bundesrath
as a representative of a minor State with a
free hand to operate in the Beichstag.
The attack of asthma from which Baron
"Wissman is suffering, is assuming a more
aggravated form.
FAVORING RETALIATION.
AN EFFORT MADE TO INJURE THE AMER
ICAN PETROLEUM TRADE.
Raw Silk Material Will be Admitted Free
Into France Probable Kelorn of BI.
Jnlei Ferrv Into Fnbllc TJfe Owing to
Change of Feeling.
Paris, July 12. Bumors are still cur
rent that some of the members of the Cham
ber of Deputies, and perhaps someof the
Ministers aiso.desire to retaliate against the
United States in case of the passage of the
McKinley tariff bill by changing the
French tariff so as to favor the Bussian
petroleum. It is doubtful whether the
Government will make such an effort
The most important political action dur
ing the week, was the decision of the
Superior Council of Commerce that in the
forthcoming tariff bill, raw silk mater
ials shall be placed on the free list. The
Tempi which usually speaks the Govern
ment's mind on such occasions, says it con
siders this the most important political
action of the year, and declares "it assures
the continued prosperity of Lyons over her
Italian rivals.
The most marked sign of the reaction
against the violent prejudice which drove
M. Jules Ferry from active politics has been
shown in the Department of Vosges where
the man who defeated M. Ferry in the elec
tions for members of the Chamber
of Deputies by arousing the old
prejudice against hm relative to
the Tonquin affair was himself deleated by
a personal friend or ju. a erry. a. is ueueveu
that this will pave the way for M.Ferry's
early return to active politics. He was so
unpopular in 1889 that his bust at the Paris
Exposition was removed, owing to the agi
tation against him and the threats that it
would be mutilated in spite ot the guard.
The memoirs of Prince Talleyrand have
been edited and arranged for the press in
the French language. They are now beinc
translated into English, and will shortly be
published in that language.
FAYOB AN ENGLISH PROTECTORATE.
A small'but active party in tbe Chamber
of Deputies is still desirous of using the es
tablishment of an English protectorate over
Zanzibar, as provided for by the Anglo
German agreement, as the means
to oust M. Bibot, Minister of
Foreign Affairs, from office. The
extreme radicals remember M. Kibot's
former Imperialist sympathies, and tbey do
not consider him to be a sufficiently pro
nounced Republican to hold such an office
as that of Foreign Minister. Tbe Cham
ber, however, has repeatedly shown itself to
be overwhelmingly in favor of M. Bibot.
Tbe discussion oy the Chamber of tbe
Anglo-German agreement has been post
poned for a month.
The Senate yesterday passed the bill pro
viding for a duty on wines made from
raisins. The vote stood 190 to 34.
A SODA ASH COMBINATION.
Formation of a Chemical Ring In the North
ofEnglnnd.
IBT CABLE TO THE SIEFATCB.l
London, July 12. A ring has been
formed in chemicals in the north of En
gland and prices in the bleaching powder
market are already showing considerable
advances. Soda crystals, soda ash and
caustic soda are leading the boom.
Foreign buvers are doubtful at present
about the reality of the advance, and prices
will probably go no with a bound when
continental requirements compel them to
buy.
PLACED IN THE ATTOBNETSJ HANDS.
Sulti for Damages to be Instituted Against
the Dnnbar Furnace Company.
rSFXCIAI. TSLZGKAX TO TUX DISPATCH. 1
Uniontown, Pa., July 12. Master
"Workman Kerfoot cameup from Scottdale
this afternoon in company with John E.
Byrne, for the purpose of meeting repre
sentatives of the ill-fated Hill FarnTminers,
and with them taking legal advice in re
gard to entering suits against the Dunbar
Furnace Company for damages. The com
mittee employed Attorney B. P. Kennedy
and ex-Judge Edward Campbell to prose
cute their claims. Master Workman Ker
foot made the following statement to the
committee and their attorneys:
Tbe bereaved families will be the prosecu
tors, and the Knights of Labor ana the United
Miners will stand by them and see that they
receive jnstice at the hands of tbe company.
Tbe prosecution of Superintendent Lang will
be left to the State authorities, and I have
every reason to believe that our Common
wealth will mete out justice to Mr.Lang. We,
as an organization, are not here to extract
money from this company, or any one else.
We afa here owing to tbe fact that we feel we
are unprotected. There are dangerous mines
all over the regions, and we want to compel
tbe companies to make their miners safe. The
bereaved families claim damages, and will feel
satisfied to get a verdict to that effect."
Mr. Kerfoot thinks that the men who
obeyed Superintendent Lane's orders in re
gard to opening the drill hole are not to
blame. They were simply obeying the In
structions of tbe superintendent of the
mine, as any employe should. He says
that from the fact that there was not a mine
boss, or any mine official in the mine when
that deadly drill hole was tapped ought to
be sufficient to convict the company of
criminal negligence before any court and
jury and sustain heavy damages for the
families.
G. A, . ENCAMPMENT.
Preparations for a Monster Blowout of
Army Veterans.
rSFECTAI. TELSOBAM TO THX DISPATCS.I
Scottdale, July 12. The third annual
encampment of the G. A. R. posts, of West
moreland and Fayette counties, will be
opened at Ellsworth Park here, July 31. It
will continue three weeks. Distinguished
G. A. B. speakers of Pennsylvania and.
Ohio are to be present. The park will be
dedicated on August 7, and the ceremonies
promise to be quite impressive. No less
than 10,000 strangers ore expected here.
The G. a. E. and Sons ol Veterans posts
fromvarious points all over the country will
come. An immense amphitheater will be
erected. An effort -will be made to get
Major Montootb, of Pittsburg, to be one of
the speakers of the encampment. The park
has been neatly repaired and there are ac
commodations for many thousands.
HAVE SIGNED THE SCALE.
A General Retamptlon of Work In the Ohio
Boiling Mills Monday.
rsrXCIAt. TTLEPBA TO Tm DIS PATCH. 1
Youngstown, July 12. Cartwright,
MeCurdy & Co. have signed the scale, and
notified their employes that the mills will
be started Monday morning. Coleman
Shields, operating a rolling mill at Niles,
O., siened the scale this afternoon and will
be running again Monday.
Tbe mills of Brown, Boncell & Co., will
resume Monday, they alto paying the price.
.No action has been taken by the other mills
in the Mahoning Valley.
. Sent to Morgnnxa.
James Call,. a 15-year-old boy, residing on
Forty-third street, was arrested at the re
quest of his father yesterday, who claimed
that his son -was incorrigible. He said the
boy stayed away from home for weeks at a
time and that he had no-control over him.
At his request the boy was sent ti Morganza
rxeiorm school.
- DIDN'T GO TO CANADA.
Fending a Charge of Oignmy and Perjnry
Mtb Htromberg Ofast Stay Here A
feonthilne Countable Afraid She Would
Leave the Country.
Yesterday Constable Lindner, of Alder
man McGarey's office, received word that
Mrs. Sarah Stromberg.formerly Mrs. "Walk
er, intended to go to Canada with her hus
band. About six weeks ago Mrs. Walker married
John H. Stromberg,against the protest of
his mother. Mrs. "Walker, it was alleged,
had not received a divorce from her first
husband, who lives in Brownstown, and
when Mrs. Stromberg found she could not
stop the match, she entered suit against her
daughter-in-law for bigamy and perjury,
the last charge being for alleged swearing
falselv at tbe License Court.
Mrs. Stromberg was held in ?1,000 bail
for a further bearing next Tuesday, tier
father going her bail.
Constable Lindner says he understood
that tbe couple intended to go to Canada,
yesterday, and he went to the house about
11 o'clock to arrest Mrs. Stromberg; "When
he arrived, Mrs. Baker, the mother, said
her daughter was not at home.
Constable Lindner" assured her that
Sarah had no cause to bide, and after
some talk the fact was disclosed that she
was hiding in the cellar. She came out of
her retreat dressed ready to take the train,
but instead took a tiip to the jail with the
constable. Her husband tried to find bail,
but could not do so.
The little drama does not end here. In the
evening Mrs. Baker came down to Aderman
McGarey's office with war in ber eye. She
said she proposed doing the constable
up for fooling her and her daughter.
She then lurried on the Alderman with her
spite and a liyee crowd collected to watch
the sport, but Patrolman Mike Wright hap
pened along and the enraged mother con
cluded it was best to go home rather than
follow her daughter.
YESTERDAY'S MISHAPS.
A 'Small Gas Sontbslde Explosion Sadden
Death In Collier Township.
Yesterday efternoon "Willie .McDonald,
living in Fox's alley, near South Twenty
fifth street, and some comrades discovered
the fact that gas was escaping from a man
hole near "Willie's home. In order to be'sure
that it was gas, "Willie lit a match and threw
it into the hole. A loud exposion followed,
and the boy was thrown several feet A
piece of" brick struck him in the left cheek,
inflicting an ngly -wound. Hs was also
hurt in several other places. A number of
his comrades had narrow escapes. "Willie's
condition is considered very serious.
Mrs. Mary Adams, aged 70 years, fell
from a fight of steps in the yard of her
home on Fifty-first street yesterday after
noon. She suffered a severe fracture of tbe
thigh, 'which may prove fatal on account ot
her advanced age and feeble heath.
James Lloyd dropped dead at his resi
dence in Collier township, five miles east of
Mansfield, yesterday morning. Particulars
are not known, and the Coroner will inves
tigate to-day.
In stepping from a Central Traction car,
F. A. Abel, formerly with C. A. Babst, fell
and dislocated his shoulder.
INSANITY CAUSED BY AH ACCIDENT.
Baptist Koenlg Who Accidentally Killed a
Fellow Employe a Raving Btanlac.
tSriCIAL TELIGBAK TO TBI DISPATCH. I
Newaek, July 12. One of the most de
plorable and sad occasions of insanity in
this vicinity, is that of Baptist Koenig, a
glass blower of this city. A short time
since, Koenier, while throwing a pair of
clamps for Henry Salinder, another em
ploye, to catch, was the cause of the latter's
death by the ball attached to one end strik
ing him in the breast, causing his death
later.
Since then, Koeing has been brooding
over the affair Until his mind became shat
tered, and. he began to drink, and is now
confined in prison, a raving maniac He
was found wandering in the woods and
after being locked up his people were
notified.
HELD IK $2,500 BAIL.
Fred Tenfel, tbe feouthslde Batcher, Re
ceive a Strong Taste of Law-
Fred Teufel, the Carson street butcher,
arrested for abusing his family, had a hear
ing yesterday before Magistrate Succop,
and was held for court in $2,600 bail. In
spector McKelvey entered three charges of
assault and battery, calling for $500 bail on
each charge. Mr. Teufel also gave 51,000
on a charge of surety of the peace, preferred
by his wile.
In addition to tbe above charges, Teufel
was fined $25 and costs on a charge of cruel
ty, madejy Agent Dean, and $15 and costs
on a charge of 'disorderly conduct. Teufel
gave an indemnity bail bond for appear
ance at court
THE NEIGHBORS WILL TALK
Tbey Canto the Postponement of a Faneral
by Their Remark.
Francis Qninn, an old resident of the
Tenth ward, Allegheny, died rather sud
denly on Friday, and was to be buried yes
terday. Neighbors, however, asserted that
the old gentleman had been ill-treated and
starved to death by bis son, with whom
he lived, and the Coroner ordered the post
ponement of the funeral until the case was
investigated.
Dr. McCandless made a postmortem ex
amination and reported that tbe suspicions
of the neighbors were entirely unfounded.
OBJECTED TO PET NAMES.
A Salt Follows a Warm Dispute Between
Soatbilde Workmen.
A hearing was beld by Alderman Succop
yesterday injfie case of Joseph Hall, sued
by Bobert Bennett for assault and battery.
The suit' is the result of a fierce
war that has been waged between
union and non-union men ever since the
strike at Dilworth & Porter's mill on the
Southside. Bennett claimed that Hall
called him black sheep and then struck
him. Hall was held for court, but before
leaving the office the matter was fixed up by
Hall paying the costs.
STILL A MYSTEEY.
Tbe Police Can Find Mo Cine to Cramer'a
Assailant.
There were no new developments in the
Cramer shooting yesterday, no new arrests
having been made. The police authorities
are somewhat mystified in the matter as
there is absolutely nothing to go or The
work of Investigating will still go on in the
hopes of a clue being struck.
Edward Cramer, the victim, was reported
to be resting a little easier last night and
was just a little better than at any time
since the shooting.
XNTEBBUPTED THE FIGHT.
Two Sonthsldo Bloods Caught In tbe Midst
of of Battle.
John Marcraft and Thomas O'Brien were
arrested yesterday evening by Officer Qeorge
Hagerllng-for participating in a fight 6n tbe
bank of the Monongahela river. .The men
were slightly under tbe influence of liquor,
but were fighting in prize ring stylej and
had finished six rounds when the officer ap
peared. )
One of the principals in the affair escaped
in a skiff that was rowed across the river by
his wife. . I
Laeqe and complete assortment jbf dia
monds and diamoud jewelry. Prices irom
15 to 25 per cent lower than any jewelry
house in the city. Call and see for yourself.
M.'G. Cohen.
Diamond Expert, 633 Smithfield st.
!DfifitITTSBtrE&" DISPATCH,
A SUBSIDY SUCCESS.
Both of tbe Bounty Measures Easily
Go Through the Senate.
ALMOST A STRICT PAETT VOTE.
Two BepuMicans and One Democrat Kicked
Over the Traces.
THE TARIFF BILL 18 HEXT IN LINE.
It Is taken Dp Without Opposition u lis Uaflnisbel
Business.
The postal and tonnage subsidy measures
were passed by the Senate yesterday.
Payne voted with the Bepublicans, and
Edmunds and Plumb with the Democrats.
The tariff bill was then brought up as
unfinished business.
Washington, July 12. When the Sen
ate convened to-day a remonstrance of the
Board of Trade of Jackson, Tenn., against
the Federal eleotion bill was presented by
Mr. Harris. The Senate then resumed con
sideration of the two shipping bills,
and was addressed by Mr. Vest, who
said that he would like the Sena
tor from Maine (Mr. Frye), to explain
how it was that there was a time when the
United States, without a dollar of subsidy,
and when the country was undeveloped and
had jnst emerged from its colonial condi
tion, had grappled with Great Britain and
came near wresting from her the control of
the ocean carrying trade.
He quoted'from a speech of Daniel Web
ster's to tbe enect that success ot tno Ameri
can merchant marine had come, not from
protection or bounty, but from skill, per
severance and economy. He showed how
former subsidies had ended 'in failure and
scandal and summed up
THE WHOLE QUESTION
by reading an extract from a speech of Rep
resentative Cannon showing an expenditure
of over 531,000,000 in subsidies between 1848
and 1878, and asserting that $7,000,000
would buy all the American steamships
that were then afloat. Tbe idea that com
merce followed the flag, Mr. Vest said, was
a monstrous fallacy. Commerce did not fol
low the flair: the flap followed commerce.
He alluded to the interpellation in the
British Parliament yesterday as to the Mc
Kinley bill, and said that as soon as En
gland found that she could dispense with
American produce she would do so. And
yet, he said, all that American statesman
ship aimed at was to put up duties against
Great Britain; and if anybody had the
hardihood to remonstrate against that sys
tem he was met with the cry that he was
under British influence; that he had been
bought with British gold.
The idea seemed to be to invent some new
process to drive away the trade of the
world, and especially of Great Britain, and
yet the farmers and beef raisers of the
United States were told by the advocates of
high protection that they were their friends
par excellence.
A USELESS APPEAL.
Butheknejr that he spoke to deaf ears
and that these bills would be passed. He
predicted, however, that the subsidies would
never bring a dollar of foreign commerce to
the country. They would enrich the men
who got the contracts, and there would be a
repetition of the same old scandals that had
attended the expenditure of $21,000,000 in
subsidies, an expenditure which had left the
country to-day with its shipping, in the
words of Mr. Frye, absolutely dead.
Mr. Stewart gave it as his opinion that
the plan proposed in the pending bills was
tbe only mode of reviving the ocean-carrying
trade of the United States, and that
free ships would simply destroy American
ship-building yards without affording any
relief.
Mr. George opposed the' bills. Mr. Har
ris said that, while he was opposed to sub
sidies in every form, if they were adopted
they should at least be adjusted so as not to
discriminate between American ports, so as
to benefit the one at the expense of the
other.
AN UNSUCCESSFUL AMENDMENT.
He therefore offered an amendment pro
viding that the total sum paid to any vessel
sailing between any American port and
foreign ports, shall in no case exceed the
sum paid to vessels of the same class and
tonnage between such foreign ports and the
nearest'American port thereto. Mr. Harris
pointed out how, under tbe bill, discrimina
tion would be made between the ports of
New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and
Pensacola.
After discussion the amendment was re
jected yeas, 21; nays, 27 (a party vote.)
Mr. Teller offered an amendment provid
ing that no vessel shall be entitled to pay
ment under the act that makes any discrimi
nation Between, or gives unequal facilities
to, competitive transportation lines in the
receiving or forwarding of freights or bag
gage at any American port or at any foreign
port. Agreed to.
The vote was then taken on the amend
ment offered yesterday by Mr. Vest provid
ing free ships for the foreign trade, but not
for the lake or coastwise trade. The amend
ment was rejected yeas 18; nays 29, (a
strict party vote).
PASSING THE BILLS.
The tonnage subsidy bill was then passed.
Teas, 29; nays, 18. The only exceptions to
a strict party vote were that Mr. Payne
voted with the Bepublicans for the bill, and
MessrsEdmunds and Plumb with the Dem
ocrats against it.
The vote was then taken on the postal
subsidy bill, and it was passed. Yeas, 28;
nays 16, Mr. Payne voting aye, Mr. Ed
munds no, and Mr. Plumb not voting.
On motion of Mr. Morrill the tariff bill
was taken up and made the "unfinished
business." After an executive session the
Senate adjourned.
UETTLETON IN ItTCK.
He flan Been Selected n Assistant Secre
tary of the Treaiary.
Washington, July 12. General A. B.
Nettleton, of Minnesota, has been selected
as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, un
der the provisions of the Legislative, Ju
dicial and Executive appropriation bill,
increasing the number to three, and his
nomination will probably be sent to the
Senate.
Monday. The vacancy caused by the trans
fer ot Assistant Secretary Tichenor to the
Board of Customs Appraisers will probably
be filled by the appointment of Special
Agent Spalding, but no action will be
taken in this case until after the Senate
shall have acted upon Colonel Tichenor's
nomination.
A BIGGER PENSION T0ECE
Necessary to Perform tbe Work Under (be
Deoendrnt Bill.
Washington, July 12. The House
Committee on Appropriations to-day re
ported to the House an urgent
bill making a gross appropria
tion of $636,200 to defray the expenses
of employing 463 additional clerks .in the
Pension Bureau, 163 in the Becord and
Pension division of the War Department,
and 10 in the Second Auditor's department.
The object of increasing tbe force is to
produce for the speedy adjudication of
claims to be filed nnder the dependent pen
sion act. The clerks are to be employed on
July 21 next
An Original Package Petition.
Washington, July 12. Eepresentative
Morse, of Massachusetts, in the House to
day presented a petition of the National
Division of the Sons of Temnerance.adopted
at its forty-sixth annual session, in favor
oi the "original package biu. ,
SUNDAY, JULY 13,
BLAINE'S PLANS
IN REGARD TO AN INTERNATIONAL-COINAGE
MEETING.
He Sends a Letter to Congrean With the Ap
proval or President Harrison A Uniform
monetary System Desired by tbe Amerl
enn Republic!.
Washington, July 12. Tha President
to-day sent to Congress, with the following
indorsement: "I recommend and hope they
will meet with prompt approval of Con
gress," a letter from Secretary Blaine on
the subject of an international American
monetary union. In his letter, the Secre
tary says:
To the Phesideht The International
American Conference, recently in session at
this capital, adopted tbe following report:
The International Conference Is of opinion
that great advantages would accrue to the
commerce between tbe nations of this conti
nent by the use ot a coin or coins that would
be current at the same value In all the countries
represented in this conference and therefore
recommends: "
First Tnat an International American mon
etary union be established
Second That as a basis for this union an In
ternational coin or coins he Issued, wbich shall
be uniform In weight and oneness, andwblcb
may be used In all the countries represented In
this conference. ,
Third That to give full effect to this recom
mendation tbero shall meet in Washington a
commission composed of one delegate or more
from etch Nation represented in this conier
erce, wbich shall consider the quantity, tbe
kind of currency, the uses it shall have, and
tbe valne and proportion of the International
silver coin or coins and their relations to gold.
Fourth That the Government of the United
States shall invite the commission to meet in
Washington within a year to be counted from
tbe date of the adjournment of this confer
ence. It yas boped and expected by the conference
that tbo recommendation should be trans
mitted to Congress, with a recommendation
that the several nations interested be invited
to send delegates to a meeting of tbe Inter
national American Money Union at Wash
ington on the first Wednesday of January
next; that authority be granted for tbe ap
pointment of threo delegates on tho part of the
United States, and that an appropriation Do
made to meet the necessary expenses.
Ccleitlala to be Sent Back.
Washington, July 12. Assistant Sec
retary Tichenor, to-day directed the depor
tation to China at Government expense of
the 21 Chinamen recently convicted at
Tucson, Ariz., of having illegally entered
the United States from Mexico.
BEAVEB'S NEW CHTJECH.
The Corner Stone Laid With Appropriate
Ceremonlea.
tBFECUL TELIOKJLX TO THE CIS PATCH 1 r
Beavke, July 12. The corner stone ,of
the new Presbyterian church building
here was laid this afternoon with
appropriate ceremonies. Bev. 3'.' K.
McKallip, pastor ot the ' church,
after a prefatory acjdl'ess, deposited in the
place prepared for 'it, a large copper box,
containing numerous documents and paDers,
religious and secular. Tbe corner stone was
then swung into its place. The large as
semblage adjourned to the old church,
where an address was delivered bv Bev. J.
P. E. Kuraler, D. D., pastor of East Lib
erty Presbyterian Church.
The church building will be a handsome
edifice, of gray sandstone from Beaver
county quarries. It will have a front
age of 100 feet, -with a depth of 108
feet. The auditorium will have a seat
ing' capacity of 700. The lecture room in
the rear of this will be 60x40 feet.
The cost of the building when finished
and furnished is estimated at $50,000.
OUT WITH A BEER GLASS.
A Rowr on tbe Hill Thnt Might Hove Re
salted Serlonnlj.
Matthew Deeana, an Italian, was arrested
by Officer Kosenblatt on Bluff street, near
the Holy Ghost College, last evening, and
lodged in the Eleventh ward station on a
charge of felonious cutting. It is alleged
by the officer that Deeana called at the
house of Michael Thompson, No. 108Wylie
avenue, yesterday afternoon and the two
got into a quarrel about some clothing that
Deeana claimed Thompson borrowed and
would not return.
Thompson called Deeana bad names and
he picked up a large beer class and struck
Thompson a terrible blow on tbe top of the
head, cutting a gash abont three inches
long. Thompson was also locked up in the
Eleventh ward station and will appear
against Deeana this morning.
TEACHERS ELECTED.
Those Who Will Have Charge or the Thirty
Fifth Ward Schools.
At a meeting of the Luckey School
Board, Thirty-fifth ward, last evening, the
following named teachers were elected for
the ensuing year: Principal, Prof. A. C.
McClean; Assistant Principal, Miss F. M.
Sawyers: Grammar, Miss E. F. Arbogant
and Mrs. N. B. Benn; Primary schools,
Misses M. M. Allen, A. V. Irvine, Nellie
Wolstoncrot, Laura C. Wentz, Josie E.
Bell, Bertha Moore, Kizzie E. Moore,
Winnie Streator, Annie Eenney; substi
tutes, Misses Maggie Quigg and Maud
Pisher.
DEMAND BETTER PAVEMENTS.
The Residents of Forty-Fourth Street to
Petition Chief Blgelonr.
A meeting of the residents of Forty
lourth street will be called this week, to
protest against the bad condition of the side
walks for three squares on that street above
Harrison street.
At the meeting a petition will be drawn
up and presented to Chief Bigelow, of tha
Department of Public Works, asking him
to take steps toward having the street re
paired. Sold to Drnnknrdn.
1BPECTAI. TELEQKAK TO TUB DISPATCH. 1
Washington, Pa., Julv 12. William
Pendergast, proprietor of one of the five
original package houses running here, was
arrested to-night, charged with selling to
men of intemperate habits. He was' taken
before 'Squire Buple, but failed toget bail.
The streets have been crowded to-night with
original package customers, and considera
ble disturbance has been created.
Will Rename Work Monday.
fSFECLU. TELEOnAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Findlat, O., July 12. The strike
which has been in progress at the Salem
Wire Nail Works in this city for the past
week, was settled this -afternoon by the pro
prietors signing the scale presented by the
Amalgamated Iron and Steel Workers'
Association. The factory will resume oper
ations Monday.
Died From Epilepiy.
Patrick Carr, 55 years old, died in the
Allegheny General Hospital last night He
was seized with an epileptic fit in a restau
rant on Wednesday,and died from its effects.
WKAT PEOPLE ARE DOING.
Some Who Travel, Some Who Do Not, and
Others Who Talk.
Messrs. John J. Dashbach and Benja
min Trimbar, of the Sontbside, bare returned
from Howard, Center county, where they went
to attend the silver wcddlnc of Mr. and Mrs. B.
Lautb. Mr. Lauth Is an uncle of both gen
tlemen. C. A. Chipley, who is now the As
sistant General Freleht Agent of the Pennsyl
vania road, arrived from Philadelphia last
evening. He came home to see his family.
Mrs. E. E. Cotton, daughter and son
are spending the summer at Waterford, Erie
county.
B. Craig, of theXantha Club, -will visit
the Alexander McCord I ishing Club to-day.
Dtjbino July we make special low prices
on watches, diamonds, jewelry, silverware,
clocks, bronzes, etc. M. G. Cohen.
Diamond Expert and Jeweler, 533 Smith
field street. ' -
1890.
POWER OF THE PRESS
Of the Present Day as Compared
With Ancient Newsgatherers,
JODlfNALISTS OP THE OLDEN TIMES.
An Able Paper on tha Story of Latin
Hymns by Dr. Lewis Btnart.
A GALA DAI AT CHAUTAUQUA LAEE.
E!ch Hnsieal Programing Bendtred Irrirals and
Hsppeniiis at tha Fopnlar Besort.
But' two sessions were held yesterday at
Lake Chautauqua. The morning lecture
was delivered by Prof. E. Waters on "Some
AncientKewsgatberers." The afternoon pro
gramme was a varied one, and replete with
interest. The evening was given up to
hamusement.
SPECIAL TELEQ1UM TO TBZ DISPATCII. J
Point Chautauqua, N. Y., July 12.
Saturday is always a gala day at every
point on the lake. Perhaps it is the ex
treme which is followed by Sunday' s quiet
ness. At the assembly grounds the pro
gramme is the best and the largest on this
day. Many people from the points about
the lake come over for theafternoon's enter
tainment, which is of the highest character.
The morning lecture entitled ''Some An-'
cientNews Gatherers," was delivered by
Professor E. Waters. It waa brimful of in
formation, classical in nature and delivered
in a pleasant, racy style. For the last few
months the country has been excited over
many great questions of national And inter
national importance, no better illustration
ot the double power yielded by the newspa
per press, at once as the ubiquitous instruc
tor and the rapid interpreter of the publio
mind, can be offered. In the ancient world
there were forces that exercised a power
analogous, though in no comparable degree
to that of the modern press.
I CONTROLLED BY THE KING.
In the Eastern Empires national opinion
meant the opinion of the King, and they
certainly will not detain ua long. Let us
turn to Greeee and Borne. The Homeric
poems are not only the earliest monument of
Greek literature, but also the oldest docu-.
ments of the Greek verse. In Homerio pol
itics publio opinion has no proper place.
The framework of Greek monarchy con
tained a social life which was powerfully
alert. The Greek ever hastened to commu
nicate his thoughts In poems; the spokes
man i of popular sentiment is frequent
ly introduced at critical moments. The
publio opinion was "some one" the Greek
word "tis." In the Odyssey we catch the
character of "some one" (very closely re
sembling Mrs. Grundy) when tbe maiden is
conducting the uncouth stranger Ulysses to
the city of her father. The fidelity with
which "tis" reflects public opinion is seen
in the fact that his solicitude for therightsof
man were not strong enough to resist the
temptation to exult over the fallen. After
the age of the great epics an interval
elapses before we again catch the publio
voice.
DBAMA TIST3 A3 HEWS DISPENSERS.
Greece reawakened at the time of the
Persian invasions. She wished to see ber
heroes moving to repel the barbarians. The
dramatists ot that time addressed the peo
ple, and the people responded. Their out
bursts were something like the paragraph of
the "Fury," which reads as follows:
Methmks I see In my mind a noble and puis
sant nation rousinc herself like a strong man
after sleep and shaking ber Invincible Iocks.
Met&Inks I see her as an eagle musing in her
mighty yonth and opening her undazzled eyes
at the f nil midday beam, purging and unsealing
ber long-abased sight at the fountain itself ot
heavenly radiance.
In the Athens of the dramatist the popu
lar assembly was the constitutional mouth
piece of the people. Every citizen was, as
such, a member of this assembly. The in
fluence of the dramatist was thus in a way
analogous to the journalist of modern times
in that it was brought to bear on men who
the next day might be called upon to decide
a question of policy in tbe national as
sembly or to try in a law court one of those
cases iu which the properly legal issues
were often involved with consideration of a
social or moral kind.
POETS molded PUBLIC OPINION.
The poets of that time published verses of
social and political character which now
adays would be found in the editorial col
umns of our newspapers and articles of our
magazines. Aristophanes describes himself
as the champion of tbe people; like anecond
Hercules fighting against inhuman mon
sters, he teaches the people to respect the
rights and redress the wrongs of their sub
jects. The comedy of the time did not have
so much influence. It never originated pub
lic' opinion, but was its mouthpiece and
organ. It perhaps strengthened opinions
by reflecting them in an exaggerated form.
The old attic comedy had many of the
characteristics of vehement party journal
ism, but was directed either against nersons
on the one hand or against general princi
ples and tendencies on the other hand, but
not against measures. Its most obvious
strength lay in brilliant originality ot form,
bnt its effort political or social depended on
how far it had a representative character.
It was the great ancient analogy of that ve
hicle of journalism wbich seems to lead
public opinion by skillfully reflecting it
unsparingly in attack", in all the sources of
style masterly, but careful (where positive
propositions are concerned) to keep within
the limits of safe and accepted generalities,
- BOHANS AS JOURNALISTS.
Turning from Greece to Borne we find a
change. The Greek embellished action with
a running commentary of speech. The Bo
man was usually content to feel that his
action was iu conformity. The labors of the
poets and writers of Borne did much toward
crvstalizing the forces and perpetuating the
union which finally made tbe greatest re
public of the ancient world. Our best hope
is that the journals of to-day will ever de
fend constitutional freedom with the same
vigor as tbe curt philosophers and writers of
Greece and Borne.
Five thousand people were present at the
afternoon entertainment and the empty seats
were very, very few. A. P. Burbank, the
elocutionist, and tbe Harvard Quartet, com
posed of alumni of that institution, kept the
audience applauding for one hour and a
half. This is the first appearance of Har
vard singers here and they did themselves
proud.
At the Hall of Philosophy at 4 o'clock
Dr. Lewis Stuart, of Lake Forest Univer
sity, spoke upon
THE STOBXOF LATIN HYMNS.
There are some 500 Latin hymns. Hymns
have always had a great influence upon the
religions life of any nation. Mr. Stuart
spoke upon several of these and recited ex
tracts from them. He regarded it as a
great mistake that our colleges and universi
ties did not pay more attention to this line
of Latin study. They possessed lntrinsio
merit and were among the grandest of
Latin writings. Many of the hymns that
we sing in our churches to-day were de
rived from them. The chant and response
used at Chautauqua on Sunday came direct
from the Latin.
In the evening Chautauqua enjoyed a mu
sical treat. Three great artists were the en
tertainers Messrs. William Sherwood, the
great pianist; ProfT L V. Flagler, the or
ganist, and Mrs. Gertrude Luthers, a so
prano soloist An interesting programme
was rendered, Mr. Flagler being master of
ceremonies. If Mr. Sherwood has not al
ready7 gained itrhe certainly is fast proving
his claim to the title of America's greatest
pianist. He has a force and interpretation
that are truly wonderful. Mr. Flagler
needs no introduction to those who have
been acquainted with tbe Chautauqua pro
gramme for the last six years. He is an
artist
NOTES OV THE LAKE."
Stagg, the famous "Praying Pitcher,"
came to-day, and the small boys are in rap
tures, for Stagg is their hero. He had his
embryo nine out on the field this morning
and gave them their first coaching lesson.
Sweet strains of music proceeded from the
Kent House, Lakewood, to-night Alf was
gaiety in the great tall room- where the
merry dancers tripped lightly over the hard
ened floor. One of the great hops was in
progress and the guests were joyous. Mid
night hour had long been struck when the
last s6und of melting music died away over
the waters, and the guests, tired but happy,
left the dance room for the realms of
morpheas.
At the Sterlingworth, just as brilliant,
just as gay an affair was taking place. Here
also it was early when the dance began and
late when it closed.
There are nearly 600 guests at Lakewood
now, and the house will be filled by Au
gust 1.
The tallyho at Sterlingworth took a merry
party into the country to-day.
Greenhurst has many arrivals. The pro
prietor says that the season is even excelling
their expectation.
The guesfs at Point Chautauqua enjoyed
a splendid dance this evening.
The names o Oliver Wiley, of Pittsburg,
and F. G. Hollcnbusb, of Philadelphia, are
registered at tbe Grand this evening.
AGITATED EirUHEBATOES
Will Hold a flleetlng and Insist Upon Im
mediate Payment.
There is some talk about the census enu
merator of the Lawrenceville district hold
ing a meeting to-morrow night to take steps
toward urging Supervisor Porter to pay
them at once.
The matter is being agitated by one or
two of the enumerators, who will have the
meeting if they can induce some ot their co
workers to join with them.
LOCAL ITEMS, LIMITED.
Incidents of a Day In Two CItlea Condensed
for Ready Reading.
Robert Carlisle,, whose father wanted
him sent to the workbonse, was yesterday re
leased yesterday from' the Allegheny lock-up
Ho is subject to eplsptlc fits, and says hi
father dislikes him. He was adrised to keep
away from his- parents'- home, on California
avenue. He has a position awaiting him.
Barxett' McGAFFAjr, Andrew Johnston,
Albert Sberran. William Lane and Edward
Thompson, arrested in Allegheny on the chartce
of stealing brass, had a hearing yesterday.
.Thompson and lane were discharged, Sherran
'and Johnson held in S500 and HcGaffan sent
69 days to the workhouse.
Mixo T. Milleb, John Davis and Frank
Longnecker, who were charged with assault
In shooting Harry Dnfar in tho neck with a
Roman i candle ball on the morning of the
Fonrtb.'were discharged by Alderman Succop
last evening.
An alarm of fire from station No. S9 was sent
In at 10 o'clock last night. It was occasioned
by a small fire in a kitchen of a house owned
and occupied by Mrs. Boyle at Thirty-fifth and
Railroad streets, Tbe loss is abont SIS.
Xio. 213 Federal street. Allegheny, a
Chinese laundry, was raided yes(erdry. King
Lee and Ah Lee paid S5 fine each, Charlie
Qong, $23. JliDnie Conlln and Alice Brown re
ceived SO days to tbe workhouse.
Officer Tanney had a tussle with Joseph
Watson, of Primrose station, yesterday before
arresting him. Watson tried to terrorize tbe
residents of West Carson street by flourishing
a pistol.
Terry JIcMokrow, living on Liberty ave
nue, near Twelfth street, was arrested yester
day for beating bis wife. The woman was
almost unconscious and was bleeding prof nsely.
A. Santlers, James Smith, Charles TQomp
son and Harry May, of Allegheny; were each
sent 30 days to tbe workbonse for making head
quarters in an Exposition Park stable.
Ninety says to the workhouse was the.sen
tence received by Mrs. Kinzlg yesterday, in AJ
legheny, for stealing clothes from George
Bowman.
Yesterday morning Amos Cnrley, charged
with larceny by his mother, was released from
tbe Allegheny lock-up on a promise to be good.
James Fanteeoy was arrested yesterday on
a cbarge of assaulting tha 6-year-old daughter
of John Jackson, ofNo. 2 Scott street.
Bridget McCarthy, of Soho, wa3 charged
by Mary Williams in Allegheny,yesterday, with
assault.
Controller Brown, of Allegheny, yester
day disbursed $39,000 In payment of city em
ployes. F. Wieb entered suit In Alleghenyyesterday,
against Adam Schancbor, on the charge of as
sault. The Allegheny market house will be closed
after 9:15 a, sr. on Thursday, seml-Centennlal
day.
Tnt McDonougii sued Patrick Conley, yes
terday. In Allegheny, on a cbarge of assault.
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
Everything Qnlet Abont the Wharf Tester
day River One Foot Four Inches, at a
Stand.
No boats arrived at this port yesterday, with
the exception of tbe regular np river packets.
Tbe river remained stationary last night at S
o'clock, the mark showing 1 foot 4 inches, with
2 feet 4 inches in the channel. Some obstacle
bas been encountered in raising tbe wickets,
which will probably delay the work for a few
days longer. The Davis Island gauge showed 3
feet 2 inches and stationary.
Itlver Teleemnm.
rgrZCTAL TXLZQB.UI TO THX DISPATCH. I
CINCINNATI Hirer 11 feet Z Inches and falllnr.
Weather clear and warm.
LOUiavrLLXKlTer falllnjr, 8 feet 10 Inches In
the canal. 4 feet G Inches on rails, and 11 feet 9
Inches at foot of locks. Bnslnes9 good. Weather
clear and pleasant.
MEMPHIS River fell one-tenth foot. Weather
cloudy and warm.
ST. Locis Blver falling rapidly, the eaage
marking 16 feet S Inches thuevenlnjr, a decline of
one root. Weather hot, with heavy thnnder
bower at noon.
ALlEanXNT JUNCTION Klver 2 foot 4 Inches
and rising: slight rise In both rivers: a rise or 14
Inches in 24 hnnrs. NY either clear and pleasant.
Xhcnaooeter 87.
Driftwood.
BUSINESS Is qnlet at Cincinnati.
THK-Andes left Cincinnati for Pltubnrg.
The. nprlver boats had good-sized cargoes yes
terday. THE Keystone State passed Iroston on the
way up.
Tita. Hudson left Cincinnati yestorday with a
large pnmoer of passengers.
Captain Jouxil. FUILLirs, pilot of the Scotia,
came to Pittsburg last night.
TnE Louis A. Sherley will be put on the dock
for repairs, so tbat it can ran light.
The Courier could not comelfrorpr Wheeling
yesterday, and tied up to wait for a rise.
TnE Andes laid over one day at Cincinnati to
allow a party of 1'ittsburg excursionists to see
the city by night.
Vaptain J. a. Smith, son-in-law or Captain X.
J. iilirley, arrived from Cincinnati to attend the
funeral of Captain ljlgley to-day.
The Keystone State carries 65, passengers for
tbls place. They will be sent by rail from Wheel
ing, lhe Keystone Is due at Wheeling Monday
morning.
THE Young Men's Catholic Club picnic drew
large crowds to McKee's Kocks yesterday. The
packets could not accommodate the vast crowd
which swarmed the wharfboats. The Venus made
hourly trips for the picnickers until after 7
o'clock.
Caitain DESTAitOES purchased the Voulentcer
from Captain William Bay. Captain Desfarges
will have the Voulenteer docked and repaired to
carrrmall between Vlcksburg and atchez. lap.
taln'Uay left for JeScrsonvllle to make a contract
for anew boat to replace the Voulenteer.
W. W. O'tfxiL, Jk., and wife, the Misses Pol
lard, Laura Wright and Jennie Uraham. .Norman
Uravo, lower river pilot or the W. W. O'Jiell.
Fred Hallruan, J as. Pennington, Ed Ewlng and
W. H. Orabam. will comprise a camping party
that will leave here to spend a few weeks on the
Connoquenesslng to-morrow,
A CLEVER dodge was worked on the Chartiers
packet line yesterday by a party of men. Tbe
boat charges 10 cents fora single passage from
Chartiers to Market street, and IS cents for the
round trip. They boarded the boat at Chartiers
and took seats on different parts of tbe deck.
Two men purchased round trip tickets, which are
good either way, and gave them to their com-'
panlons. They saved 10 cents by this operation,
which they were afterwani-heara to remark they
did not have. Tbe boat my profit by this here
after it they will have tbe round trip tickets good
only for return passage.
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A.DEAD MAN'S SECRET
Principle of the Malcolm Lens Dies
With It3 Discoverer.
AEEAHGED LIKE THE HOUAH ETE.
His Glasses Discerned Oli'ds Far and
Hear Without Adjustment. "
IN DEMAND IN ILL OB3EEYAT0EIES
The Inventor Had the Usual Lack and Died the
Poorer for His Wort
"William Malcolm died at Syracuse yes
terday. After years of work he invented a
telescope that counterfeited the human eye.
The plan was a secret, and small hope ex
, i'sts that it will ever be discovered again.
The inventor lost money in his great work.
rsrsciAi. tzlxcham to the Diar-ircavi
Svracuse. July 12. William" Malcolm
died at his residence iu this city to-day, and
a scientific secret of inestimable value is '
lost to the world, unless from the inklings
of the principles Involved, which have come
to the knowledge of the discoverer's inti
mates at odd times, can be develop ed into
the methods which have given him distinc
tion in every part of the globe where astron
omy and microscopy are practiced.
Mr. Malcolm was the only son of William
Malcolm, one of the earliest pioneers of this
city, and was bora in Sullivan, Madison
county, on October 13, 1823. He was in
tended by his father to be a member of one)
of the scholarly professions, but, though
given the advantages of an education at
schools and seminaries he showed no in
clination to make a choice in that direction.
He devoted himielt instead to the study of
mechanics, and being left early iu life with
ample means to indulge this fancy, pursued
his own predilections to the last without
thought of turning his talents into money.
A LOVEE OP GTJ2TS.
Years ago he went into the manufacture
of firearms, and he was one of the crack
shots in the State. He lost an eye iu the
hunting field while testing the shooting
qualities of a fowling piece which Governor
Seymour had given to his private secretary.
From that time Mr. Malcom's health be
gan to decline.
Before this misfortune befel him he had
already achieved wonders in the perfection
of tbe lens. The study of optics was an ac
cidental chance, made originally for diver
sion, but pursued later for the difficulties it
involved. On the top floor of his block
downtown, where he could get a
large field for testing his lenses. For" years
a barn situated about four miles distant
beyond the State Idiot Asylum, was tbe
target at which he leveled his instrument.
WOlfDEEFtTL POWEE OP HIS LESSE3.
This power of magnification was so strong
that he could by their use trace the grain in
the knots iu the barn door. But this was
not the quality for which he strove. His
ambition was to make a lens that would not
require adjustment for varying distance, but
like the human eye and with equal facility
would sweep any field at one focus.
Opticians and astronomers told Mr. Mal
colm that he was in search of an ignis
fatuus. But by dint of loug application
and untold study he finally caught tne
chimera. In other words, he
produced in a telescope all
the constituents of natural vision
and thereby astonished the scientific world.
This he accomplished by using a combina
tion of several lenses adjusted to each other
on a plan known only to himself, and dia
phragming them down so that all
the divergent rays were excluded,
leaving only the center ones
as in the human eye. His telescope thus
discerns with equal accuracy an object 20
feet or mjles away without alteration of the
focus.
IK DEMAND THE WOELD OVEB.
The lenses of the Malcolm make are de
signed both for observatory and gunnery
use. Since their wonderful qualities were
proved they have been in demand by sider
eal institutions everywhere, some of the
orders the discoverer has filled coming from
the remotest countries. The Lick Observa
tory in California and Koyal Observatory in
Greenwich are supplied with Malcolm lenses
Several Governments, including our own
and those of Eussia, England and Italy,
have successfully employed these telescopes
in their ordnance. Nevertheless Mr. Mal
colm did not profit by his discovery a3 he
could have done had the business end ol it
been properly managed.
Mr. Malcolm is survived by his wife, who
was Miss Frances Cone, of Gouverneur, and
to whom he was married June 30, 1845.
His living children are Mrs. Edward F.
Foord and Mrs. J. Frank Williams, of thi3
city. Mrs. Charlotte B. Dillaye, of Phila
delphia, is a surviving sister.
THUMPED A COPPER.
Officer Haaa Badly Beaten In Trylas to Stop
a Street Fight.
Officer John Haas, of the Second police
district, was badly used up last night by a
Soho mob. At 10 o'clock he reported to
Sergeant McElhany that he was sick and
wonld have to eo home. Leave was granted
and Haas started for home, and at the head
of the Brady street steps, on Forbes avenue,
his attention was attracted by a fight that
was in progress in the street. He ran over
and captured one of the principals and waa
about to take him to the patrol box when
halt a dozen burly men jumped on the of
ficer, beating and kicking him until he was
almost unconscious. He pulled out his re
volver and finally managed to keep the mob
at bay until he gained his feet and breath.
His head and face were badly cut and his,
clothes torn.
The officer has the names of three of tha
men who beat him and will make an infor
mation against them to-dav.
SHAGGED HER DOWKTAIRS.
An Officer Hns a Desperate Fight While
Afaklna; an Arrest
Constable John Groetzing went to Yellow
Bow last night to arrest Lavinia Jackson,
colored, on a charge of keeping a disorderly
house. Mrs. Jackson did not want to go,
and, with a male friend made things very
interesting for the officer. The latter mada
a rood ffcht and stuck to his prisoner,
finally getting her into the street, after
dragging her down three flights of stairs.
The woman was placed in the Central
station, but tbe man escaped.
Ber Dos Is Gone. t
Mrs. Mary Eobinson, of South First
street, alleges in a suit for larceny before
Alderman King, that Patrick Quinn stole
her pet dog and collar. She does not mourn,
the loss ot the dog so much as the collar,
but is determined to recover for the loss of
the dog.
An Entire Shnt-Dowo.
The National Tube Works will probably
close down its plant entirely until the
present scale difficulty is adjusted. The
men who had been working under an agree
ment with the company, were notified that
they need not report for duty next week.
Baegaixs iu lightweight black goods,
all wool and.silk and wool.
TTSSU HTJOTJ3 & HACKS.
DIETJ.
ATKINSON-Suddenly, July 12, at 11 P. Jf.,
HubbbtJ. Atkinsox, aged 23 years, at his
late residence, 191 South avenue, Allegheny.
Notice of funeral hereafter.
NANZ-On Sunday. July 13. 1S90. at 12:50 A. "i
at., 11E1.ES 1SABKLI, wile ot Jacob .fcanz. ana v
daughter of Henderson and Frances 'ARoss.
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