fifi2EO T55y 7? .""Wf-ttTT THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH. : p PAGES 9 TO 16. SECOND PART. PITTSBURG-, SUNDAY, OCTOBER ia, 1890. THE TORIESEIIIUeED All Their Clever Schemes Up set by the Absence of Dillon and O'Brien. DENOUNCED AS COWARDS By a Government Organ, the Irish Leaders Will Nevertheless Prove Their Courage BT BETURNING TO GO TO PEISOK. The Trial Proceeds and in the ETent of an Adverse Decision the Matter is Likely to he Carried Up FOE THE BUPEBIOE COURT TO DECIDE. ?oor L&w Qurdisu and Clergynea Call AtUcbon to til Existent cf Actul Dutmi ia Uaisjpy Ens. 'A KOCEIBT 01 JtTSTICE AT tippieast rsr CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.1 London, October 11. Copyright "When it became evident, weeks ago, that the Government meant to elevate the case against the Irish leaders at Tipperary to the Tank of a State trial, the Nationalists de cided to do their best to spoil the dignity of the proceedings, and the success which at tended their efforts from the first was crowned to-day, when, on the reassembling of the court, it was found that the two prin cipal defendants had placed themselves be yond the jurisdiction of Balfour's police magistrates. It had already been demonstrated to the English people now tbe judicial bench had been shamefully packed with personal and political enemies of the defendants, and how upon every point of fact and law raised by the counsel for the defense the decision had been given unhesitatingly and with indecent haste against the men on trial. The Impossible Accomplished. But it was reserved for Messrs. Dillon and O'Brien to demonstrate that the Gov ernment was not only unfair, but ludi crously incompetent in the use of the weapons of its own selection. "When court adjourned, owing to the curiously oppor tune illneaF of one of the defendants from Monday till Friday, most of the peopl in Tipperary, except the police, seem to have ktown that O'Brien and Dillon tvould not reappear. Timothy Healy had repeatedly told the Court that those gentlemen meant to keep their American engazenients; but the statement was treated as a mere boast, and the police, being too thoroughly .bated to obtain information from the people, were lulled into false security. It seemed impossible to them that, with all the ports swarming with constables and detectives, and the defendants systemati cally shadowed, the two best known leaders could leave the country unnoticed. But the supposed impossible feat has been eas ily accomplished, and the Tories are shout ing themselves hoarse with impotent rage. A Tory Organ's Tirade. Their feelings may be gauged by the edi torial remarks of the London Standard, the typical Tory organ, which, forgetting that both O'Brien and Dillon have given ample proofs of their courage, denounces them as a pair of poltroons "They have exhib ited," shrieks the Salndard, "a typ ical act of cowardly selfishness. They have run away in order to save their own precious skins. When menaced with the curtailment of their own 'individual comfort, they take to their heels with all the instinctive promptitude of craven natures. It is only natural and proper that dishonest and treasonable agi tators, who began by advocating systemat ized robbery, should end by absconding." A sufficient answer to this vile vitupera tion, which forms the staple of every Tory editorial this morning, is furnished by the fact that at the conclusion of their tour In America it is the intention of Messrs. O'Brien and Dillon to return to Ireland to undergo the sentence of imprisonment which will tben await them. The original scheme of the Irish leaden was to press on the trial. A Trick That Didn't Work. Perhaps the meanest trick which this pe culiarly mean Government intended to play was this: Tne counsel for the Crown was in structed, in the event of the defendants be ing found guilty, of which there has never been any doubt on either side, to csk, not for sentence of imprisonment, out that all should be bound in heavy bail to keep the peace for 6 10 12 months. The Government knew perfectly well that O'Brien and Dil lon, at any rate, would not give bail, so that they would have been forthwith sent to prison in default for a long term, while the people of America and England would have been invited to note tbe sad spectacle of men going to jail through their own ob stinacy. It was generally assumed that the trial wonld be adjourned until the return of Dil lon and O'Brien, because les than a week ago. wnen one 01 the defendants was unable to attend through illness, the magistrates, at the request of the Crown counsel, ruled that the case could not proceed unless all the de fendants were present The Trial to Proceed. But Balfour's removeables do not worry themselves about being consistent, and this afternoon they cheerfully decided to go on with the trial as the Crown so desired. The necessary steps are being taken by the Gov ernment to estreat O'Brien and Dillon's bail. Healy has raised some ingenious technical objections, and it is probable that the matter will be fought in the Superior Court. If the decision should be adverse to the Nationalist, individuals will not be allowed to suffer, as the money will be paid from the League treasury. This is the only consolation left for Balfour. He virtually holds a mortgage for 2,000 upon the receipts of the American tour. During the suspension of the great state coroeily at Tipperary this week, a farce was played upon tbe same boards. The victims of police brutality, witnessed by John Mor ley, summoned the constables concerned for assault, and the crown had the cool impu dence to issue cross summonses. The wolf, in fact, accused the lamb of assault and bat tery. An ex-police officer presided on the bench, and fire police magistrates helped him, all being directly connected with the constabulary whose condnct was impugned. The result was a foregone conclusion. Their worships decided in favor of the police upon every point raised, and finally counsel for the plaintiffs withdrew from the case in disgust THE FAMINE FUND. ENGLISH NEWSPAPERS PREDICTING ITS TOTAL FAILURE. Poor Lair Guardians and Clergymen Main tain Their Is Much Actual Distress The War Subscription Likely to be Good Gladstonians Hopeful. IBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. London, October 1L The English news papers are being daily supplied with cable grams alleging or predicting a collapse of the American-Irish famine fund. The cablegrams are given a prominent position and the biggest type, and evidently afford much gratification to the Torv editors. Tbe week has passed in Ireland without one of the boasted public works advancing beyond tbe paper stage. Jackson, tbe Sec retary of the Treasury, will retnrn to Dub lin .Monday to proceed witb wbat is semi officially termed: "His investigations into the proposed light railways in the west of Ireland." He is credited with a desire that at least two railways shall be commenced at once, bnt no move has been made. On the other hand, the poor law guardians and clergymen have been meeting- in a confer ence and passing resolutions recording the actual state of affairs, and warning the Gov ernment to be ready to meet a period of widespread distress, if not of actual famine. The English war fund, which has been started to help Ireland in her Constitutional struggle, is likely to be productive of good. Dr. Brunner has headed tbe snbscription list with 1,000 pounds. An organized effort is being made to get all the radical and liberal clubs in the country to subscribe, and a con Terence of sympathizers with Ire land will be held at an early date at the National Liberal Club, London, when the plan of the new campaign will be drawn up. Tbe Gladstonians are sanguine of winning at least at the Eccles polling, for which an election will take place on the 23d instant. The constituency is largely composed of miners, and the election hinges upon the legal eight hours working day. The Tory has retused to vote for it; the Gladstoman is in favo'-of it, and at miners' meetings throughout tbe constituency, resolutions are being unanimously adopted in his favor. ME. HABBINGTON'S OPINION. The Trial Only a Plot to Keep O'Brien and Dillon in Ireland. IBT DUlfLAF'S CABLE COMPAjrr.l Tipperary, October 1L Mr. Timothy Harrington, M. P., in an interview on the Dillon-O'Brien trial, said: "From the com mencement it was clear that the prosecu tions were a dodge to prevent Dillon and O'Brien from proceeding to America. No sooner had the date of their departure been announced than the prosecution was set on foot for acts six months old. O'Brien and Dillon saw clearly it was a plot to prevent the appeal to their American friends and were inlormed that the instructions to the prosecuting counsel -were to ask that the defendants be put undcr-bail to keep-be peace. This the Crown knew the defendants would refute to do; hence imprisonment would follow and their American mission would be frustrated. "Both are determined to face the trial, but they are equally determined to deleat Balfour's scheme of preventing the appeal to America. They will first proceed on the American mission, and when they have placed the evicted tenants in a position of security they will readily submit to any form of trial Mr: Balfour may choose." The Star answers tbe charge that Messrs. Dillon and O'Brien have thrown away 2,000 bail of tbe League's money by say ing that their gains in America will wipe out that amount ten times over. Certain of tbe English radical press doubt the wisdom of the flight, and it is said that Mr. Faruell is also opposed to the elopement policy, having for that reason absented himself from the Dublin gathering. TALK OF EXTRADITION. Irish Police Ordered to Follow and Arrest the Absconders. fBT DCKLAr'S CABLE COlIPAOTr.1 London, October 11. The London cor respondent of the Liverpool Post says he has heard that tbe Irish police have been in structed to proceed on the track of Messrs. Dillon and O'Brien and arrest them before they can commence their cam paign in America. This involves an action under the extradition law. Apro pos of this report, the Pall Hall Gazette prints the following paragraph: "Mr. Bal four," said a leading Irishman in London, nas oniy one more mistake to mase, and he will make it if he takes proceedings under the extradition act Not only would the Republican government, if it assented to the extradition of Messrs. Dillon and O'Brien, insure the defeat of its party at the next election, out i.wu.vuu msnmen would stand at arms in 24 hours, and Canada would not be worth a couple of hours' pur chase." Tbe Pall Mall Gazette, which is the strongest supporter ot the Irish in England, then goes on to say: "We do net think that' all the English supporters of the Irish cause altogether like the escape or escapade of Mr. Dillon ana Mr. O'Brien. It is smart, of course, and funny, but to many tbe cleverness seems too clever. It will rouse Irish American enthusiasm to fever heat and add tens of thousand s of pounds to the proceeds. There will doubtless he an O'Brien in America, and the melodrama to be played to the American gallery will un questionably bring down the house." MTNISTEE LINCOLN'S MOVEMENTS. Again Back In London After Visiting American Barons in Scotland. rBY CABLE TO THE DlSPATCn.1 London, October 11. Minister Lincoln has returned to town after paying a brief series of visits to some of his fellow couutry men who have estates in Scotland. He visit ed Mr. Forbes-Leit'i at Eyvie Castle, Mr. Ames Van Wart at Aldourie Castle, Inver ness, and Mr. Bradley Martinet Balmacaan, Inverness. THEIE MYSTEBIOTS DEPABTUHE. No One Knows How Dillon and O'Brien Got Ont of Ireland. Dublin, October 11. It is definitely known that Messrs. Dillon and O'Brien were not among the passengers who sailed in the steamer La Bourgogne from Havre for New York to-day. There is no reliable information as to bow tbey left the country, but the theory that they went on board a yacht and boarded a steamer outside is a favorite one. A Core Sought in Vain. IBT CABLE TO TOE DISPATCH.! London, October 11. Judge Gordon E. Cole, of St. Paul, Minn., died last night in London. He came over recently for medi, cal treatment for a liver complaint His body has been embalmed and is now on the Atlantic tn route to the United States. RECIPROCITY IS THE WORD. ONE FRENCHMAN URGING TRADE WITH THE UNITED STATES. Lyons, Bordeaux and Other Cities Growing More Agitated Over the McKlnley BUI An Alleged Understanding With Reld Paris Talk. Paris, October 11 Deputy Laurent per sists in his intention of charging M. Eouvier, Minister of Finance, with specu lation upon the reopening of the Cbamber of Deputies, and also of raising opposition concerning the deficit in the bndget The question of the election of members of the Senate by direct universal suffrage will also be present in the lower House, and M. B. Kisson will demand that religious orders be compelled to obey the law and pay their taxes, something which he declares they have hitherto avoided do ing. The agitation over-the new United States tariff law was greater than ever during the last week. The wildest ideas as to the scope and effect of the law were prevalent Lyons virulently remonstrated against heavily in creased duties on silk; Bordeaux was equally excited about wine, and the whole ot France was in a condition of extreme ir ritation and precision which was reflected by the newspapers. 31. Lockroy treats the idea nf a European soelver against America as Utopian. He holds that France, unassisted by other countries, can open the gates of the American Chinese wall by profiting by the word "reciprocitv, which figures in the new law, and urges approval of the for eign officers' negotiations on the subject. He is supposed to refer to an alleged under standing between M. Bibot, Minister of For eign Afftirs, and Mr. Whitelaw Keid, the United States Minister, regarding certain concessions which France will make pro vided America does not increase tbe taxes on certain French products, notably wines. The details of this understanding,' if such exists, have not been Made public, but the French newspapers positively announce that it does exist The Mot d'Ordre thinks that America should receive French goods a little better and Orleanist pretenders who seek to over turn tbe French Republic a little less pomponsly. France, it says, considers the American Orleanist manifestations ridicu lous. La France publishes statements at tributed to Secretary Blaine disavowing any political significance in the reception accorded to the Comte de Paris. Minister Keid gave a bauqnet this week to a number of French artists and Govern ment officials, among whom were MM. Jo seph Iteinach, Magnard, Bonnat, Jerome, Carolus Duran, Madrazo, Auguste Cain and Dana. A BIG STBUGGLE IMPENDING. The Docker's Strike the Forerunner of a Great Labor Contest IBT CABLE TO THE OI8FATCIM London, October 11. A section of the London dockers have given trouble this week. They have been paid high rates for unloading acorn cargo, reading the almost unprecedented wages for an English laborer of 15 shillings daily. They struck for CO per cent increase in the caseof two steamers, tbe Grecian and Towcrhill, alleging that the awkward holds necetsitated in crease! labor This the owners denied and called upon the uuion leaders to direct the men to work in accordance with the terms of tbe dockers' agreement. Tillett and Mann inspected the ships and held that the men had no cause for com plaint and called upon them to unload the vessels. The dockers emphatically de clined, awLstuct-tortheinTriginal-demaods. -Tiliett threatened to strike them off tbe union books and bring in new men, but without effect; and while the qnarrcl be tween the dockers and their leaders was pro gressing, the owners were suffering a loss of 200 daily. In those circumstances Til lett's advice to the owners to have patience, tended rather to exasperate than pacify. Finally the owners yielded an advance of 25 per cent and tbe work proceeded. The incident, however, is instructive. It shows tbe London docker has gotten out of the hand of the leaders, and the disclosures now made and the unrefuted charges of idleness broueht against the men have alienated public sympathy. The owners are only waiting for cold weather when all labor will be plentiful, to resort to a lockout of union hands, and to cement that free labor league for which they have already made extensive preparations. The Employers' Association means business, and tbe coming winter is sure to bring another bitter struggle in the labor world. lECTDBED AND DIED. A Bussian Professor Speaks and Then Poisons Himself. LONDON, October 1L An extraorainary story is telegraphed lrom StPetersburg. It is probable no romancer has ever imagined a more dramatic incident. A young professor of medicinr, Koncharsky by name, closed a lecture on poisonous acids to a class in the laboratory of the university by pouring into a glass some drops of one of the poisons, say ing, as he drank them: "In two minutes you are jjoing to see a man die before your eyes. Gentlemen, I bid you farewell." "The students rushed up and tried to administer an antidote, but it was powerless. At the expiration of two minutes, Koncharsky was a corpse. There is great excitement in St Peters burg over this tragic incident. It is pen era! lv believed the nrn'Vssnr Imrl mno 'mn. denly mad, for no motive for the act, so iar as is known, existed. He leaves a wife, of whom he was very fond, and two little children. He will be buried with great pomp at the expense of the State. H0N0ES TO MES. BOOTH. The Dead Wife of the Salvationist to Have a Royal Funeral. fBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCU.J London, October 11. The death of Mrs. Booth is the biggest advertisement the Sal vation Army has ever had. Twelve thou sand people daily are flocking to Salvation Hall to gaze upon her in her coffin. The newspapers, which formerly only sneered at the Booths, now give columns in large tvpe to this remarkable woman, and all the indi cations go to show that the Salvationists were never so much respected in England as at the present time. The remains ot Mrs. Booth will be taken to Olvmpia on Monday, and it is expected 25,000 people will attend the luneral service. The interment takes place at Abney Park Cemetery on Tuesday, Sind the pageant then will be of a nature only surpassed on royal occasions. P. c. c. c. Sell the best overcoats in America for the money. You can buy a first-class overcoat for 510. P. C. C. C, Pittsburg Combination Clothing Company, cor. Grant and Diamond sts., opp. the Court House. Blankets at $5 00 per pair; the greatest value ever shown. Comfortables from 51 60 e ich up. h ugus & Hacks. TTSSU An argosy of beanty and grace is the Pauline Hall Opera Company at the Grand Opera House this week, "Amorita" and "Erminie." Fos a finely cut, neat-fitting suit leave your order with Walter Anderson, 700 Smithfield street, whose stock of English suitings and Scotch tweeds is the finest in the market; imported exclusively for his trade. su , THE CANAL TO EKIE. Engineering and Naval Circles at Washington Interested. MAPS MADE A WAT BACK IN 1824 That May be of Assistance to the Members of tbe Commission. STEATEGIC VALUE OP THE WATER WAT. rtets u total BdttiTt Speed of Freight rjBtflanatiy CibiL TTBOU A STAFF COERESrONDENT. Washington, October 1L The pros pect of having a canal to connect Pittsburg with the waters of Lake Erie, large enough for tbe transportation of ships with heavy freights, has excited considerable interest here iu engineering and naval circles. All admit that it would be of almost incalulable advantage to the whole country, and tbe favorable report of the Board of Commis sioners is received with great satisfaction. Captain Turtle, of tbe United States Corps of Engineers, said to-day, in con versation with The Dispatch correspond ent upon the subject, that he could see no reason why such a canal as that proposed should not be built with comparative ease. "Of course," said he, "it will be a matter of considerable expense if it is undertaken. What that expense will be can, of course, only be estimated by engineers who have been over the route proposed to be taken by the canal, and who have carefully examined the difficulties to be overcome. As to the practibility of the work I cannot see that there are any serious prohlems of engineer ing to be met with. Tbe main point to be determined is the water supply. If at the summit level there is 'found to be a suf ficiently large reservoir to supply the locks witb enough water to float the ships there is no reason why the canal shonld not be built from an engineeriug"point of view. LITTLE DOUBT ABOUT 'WATER. "On this point Colonel T. P. Roberts savs that a. height of 30-feet of water will be obtainable at all times from Conneaut lake and other smaller bodies of water. Having been over the proposed route, he is, of course, better able to judge of this than I would be who have never been there. Thirty feet wonld, however, in my opinion, be amply sufficient for all the purposes lor which the canal would be used. "The next point is as to the advisability of building the improvement Upon that question an engineer officer would, perhaps, be unable to pass an opinion. To determine it, someone thoroughly posted upon the commercial situation would have to be con sulted. The engineers could tell the esti mated cost of the wort, and tbe commercial man would be able to tell whetherthe saving effected by the operation of the canal would be sufficient to warrant the necessarilvlarge expenditure. That being settled, it i's noth ing but a simple business proposition as to whether the work should be undertaken or not. "Usually, the only item taken into con sideration when a water way is contemplated with regard to the saving effected by its means is tbe difference between the rates for transportation by rail and by water. But here is another very important feature to the question which is generally over looked. In a recent article in tlie. Edinburgh -Retiiew there was a staieincii'..ot the relative savings made by using water communica tion Instead ot rail, and it stated among other things that the APPARENT SAVING IN TIME made by sending goods bv rail was" in reality very small. It showed that in send ing a carload of coal from Hew Castle to London by rail the average speed of that car was only five miles per hour. It had been subjected to various delays, had been ruu on sidings to make way for other trains, and in reality, taking the whole trip into consideration, its speed had been only that of an ordinary canal boat "Now, I am sure that any business man will be able in his own experience to fur nish similar instances to this. It does not matter how fast a train may be run between stations. But let him take the whole num ber of hours succeeding the shipping of his freight to the time at which it is received at its destination; let him take the number of miles traveled and by simple mathematical calculation be will be able to determine tbe averagerate of speed at which his goods were shipped, and in most cases he will be surprised to find how very slow it has been. it is tne oia story or the hare and the tor toise over again. The railroad train makes the most fuss and noise, but the canal boat, usually, by the way, carrying three or four times the amount of freight, goes along slowly and surely without being side tracked and reaches its destination just when it is expected. TROUBLE WITH FAST FREIGHT. "Of course there is such a thing as fast freight, where there is competition, as, for instance, in tbe shipping of grain from Chi cago to New York, but you have to pay extra for it, and meanwhile mv freight, which is not fast, is side tracked" to make room for yours until I get sick of waiting for it "This proposition for a canal between Pittsburg and Lake Erie is not a new onebv any means. Iu the old days, when they had no railroads and were hunting,about for means nt internal mmtnitninntinti Knfti .t the routes which are under consideration by the Pennsylvania Commissioners were ex amined, maps were drawn and profiles made. The results ot these surveys, which were very carefully made, were all copper dated. "We have here in the office a book con taining a series of these maps, but the copper plates disappeared, and no one knew where they were until a short time away. Then they were discovered among a lot of rnbbish in the Government Printiug Office. They were all cleaned off and some impressions taken from them, and they were found to be as good as new, although they were made In 1824. THE OLD-TIME CANAL. "Now this survey was for tbe purpose of a small canal, about six feet deep, like the Erie canal before it was enlarged, and tbe estimates made at that time for water sup- piy, tuu., wuum uvh uc ut uiucu value iu the case of the proposed canal. The whole work would have to be gone over very csre fully again. But the maps might be of some use to the Commissioners, and as we have the plates it would be an easy matter and very inexpensive to have several copies stricken off. They include maps of the Big Bend of the Sheuango, valley of the Shen ango, Big Beaver creek to tbe Ohio, canal line from Pittsburg to the Big Beaver, from Conneaut Lake to Franklin by valleys of the Little Conneaut and French creek, feeder from French creek to Conneaut Lake, and one from the end of the deep cut to Lake Erie by way of Elk creek. "The result of this survey was, if mv mem ory serves me, a report in favor of the Con neaut route, with a canal from tbe mouth of the Beaver to the month of the Elk, a dis tance of little more than 100 miles. But even if they found enough water there then, it does not follow that there would be enough now for the greater depth of the canal now contemplated, and as I said be fore the whole matter would have to be dis cussed anew relative to tbe amount of water obtainable and the traffic, etc" FROM A NAVAL STANDPOINT. Commodore Bamsey, who is at present Acting Secretary ot the Navy, said that at present the matter was in too'indefinite a' shape for him to venture an opinion upon 1 'izs-- jL?fr HERCULES CAMPBELL PROPOSES TO CLEANSE THE AUGEAN STABLES OF CINCINNATI. Before Hercules could become one of the immortal gods he was required to perform 12 tasks set for him by Eurystheus. One of these was the cleansing or the Augean stables. King Augeas, of Eiis, had 3,000 oxen, and as their stalls had not been cleansed for 30 years the stables were reeking with corruption. Hercnles studied over his big contract for some time, and finally concluded the only way to cleanse them was with water. So he went forth into the monntains and with his club opened up new channels for the rivers Alphens and Peneus, which then rushed headlong into the stables and cleansed them. Will Hercules Campbell's Legislature do as much? the strategic value of the proposed shipcanal. He had no figures of tbe proposed width or depth to be given it. "There isno doubt of one thing, however," said he, "that such a canal would be of vast value to the country in helping to secure for it the uninterrnpted passage way of our merchant marine from the northern lakes to the mouth of the Mississippi. I do not see that there would ever be any occasion to use it for ships of war unless there should be another civil war, which I sincerely trust will not be the case. For the commercial interests of the country it would be exceed ingly valuable." Lightner. SIX YEARS0F SUCCESS. Coming Anniversary or the Randall Club A Review of, the Organization's Growth An Entertaining Programme Prepared for Thursday Evening Next. The Bandall Club will celebrate the sixth anniversary of its organization at its elegant new club rooms, 432 Duquesne way, Thurs day evening next, at 8 o'clock. The history of this successlul organization is as follows: During the Presidental campaign of 1884 a few active young Democrats met at the St Charles Hotel and agreed to form an organi zition to be called the Eandall Club. The club from tbe first was a success. After marching in the campaign of 1884 they met and decided to form a permanent organization and under tbe lead of John J. McCaffrey, J. J. Flannery, J. E. McCrickert, John J. O'Leary and others, secured rooms on Smithfield street, where they remained until they found more eligible quarters at 73 Sixth avenue, which filjed the bill until the aug mented membership compelled the club to sees: a home capable of accommodating its 500 members. Jnly 1, of this year, the club purchased the old James McAuley mansion, which had a history as the quarters ot one of the Old City leaders long before many of the mem bers of the Bandall Club were born. If the oia wans couia speas tney wouid many a tale adorn. Tne club has at considerable expense renovated and changed this build ing to make it suitable to all wants. The ex-Presidents, James J. Flannerv, John E. McCrickart, and J. Presslev Flem ing, will all be present to give their experi ence and add a word of encouragement, as tbey represent all phases of the club's trials and prosperity. The celebration will be a very Democratic affajr. No invitations will be issued except to tbe club's members, but all Democrats of good standing will be made welcome at tbe feast of good things which the club's trustees have provided. A historv of the club will be read by President F. J'. Weixel, to be followed by music, recitations and speeches. All tbe leading Democrats of Allegheny county will be present HO C0I0E LINE IK BE8TATJBAHTS. Important Race Decision Rendered by the Supreme Court. Lansing, October 11. The Supreme Court has rendered a very important opin ion affecting the rights of colored people in public places. One Ferguson, colored, with a friend entered Gies' restaurant in Detroit Seating themselves at a table they were in formed by a waiter that they conld not be waited on at that table, bnt if tbey would take a seat at one which he designated they would be served. This they refused, de manding service at tbe table at which thev weresitting. The proprietor admitted dis crimination between white and black people and claimed he had a right to make such discrimination. Plaintiff brought suit in the Wayne Circuit Court lor damages, was defeated, and appealed to tbe Supreme Court The judgment was reversed and a new trial ordereds. The Court hold the colored man is a citi zen under the Constitution and cannot be discriminated against in public places and says that the only question that should have been considered in the lower court was one of damages. Justice Moore wrote the opinion. LONG H0ESEBACK HIDE. A Pittshurger Goes Over the Monntains on a Kentucky Thoroughbred. Frank M. Turner, chief clerk to Superin tendent A. B. Starr, of the P. F. V. & C. E. B., has undertaken a very novel trip. He left Pittsburg last Monday morning at 9 o'clock, mounted on a Kentucky thorough bred, for a three weeks ride. He will visit Chambersburg,tbe battlefield of Gettysburg, and "Washington, D. C, where he expects to remain a few days. On his return he will come via Cumberland, TJniontown, and Connellsville. Since his departure he has been heard from at Greensbnrg, Blue Bock, Stogerstown, Everett, Bedford and McCon nellsburg. He reports the delights of a horseback trip and the scenery as something very grand, indeed. He is making about 0 miles a day, and expects to reach Pittsburg on his return about the latter part of this month. The popularity of Salvation Oil is not as tonishing when we hear of its many cures. Dress Goods French camel's hair, cheviots, English serges and diagonals, all tbe new smooth and rugged effects in com plete color assortments. TTS3U Huous & HACKE. Magnificent scenery, beautiful cos tumes, enchanting music and the strongest chorus ever heard in comic opera are among the characteristics of the Pauline Hall Opera Co.,at the Grand this week. ALL kinds of furniture reupholstered. su Hauoh & Keenan, 33 Water t IT'S CHEAPER TO LITE Than It is to Die and Have to he Buried in or Around Pittsburg. A TENDENCY FOE LESS EXPENSE. Supporters of Cremation Claim Cheaper Than Burial. it is TWO UNUSUAL AND C0STLI COFFINS. Tlowtrs An Ho Lmger Popular Fuaerali. at FuUimiUe Few men pretend to understand the spir itual injunction, "Let the dead bury the dead." It it is to be taken literally the average American will promptly say that we don't do business that way in this country. There are two common methods of getting rid ol the body after life is extinct One is the old plan which is the most popular of storing it away under the sod until it re turns to its native dust, and the other is cremation, by which it is soon rednced to ashes.. The undertakers these days who furnish fine coffins at handsome prices, are careful to foster the first method. Tbe crematory Idea makes their blood run cold Bince it touches a most vital spot, the pocketbook. At tbe time when bodies are to be buried the lonely relatives are always governed by sentiment, but after the burial the bills must be footed. "With the undertakers it is a business transaction, and he wants his profit. Then it is that the living begin to feel in reality the weight of the dead, espe cially if they are poor. UNDERTAKERS TALK BUSINESS. Areporter was sent out to interview funeral directors about the cost of burying people in Pittsburg. The undertakers were free to talk, and it was fouud that the expense is regulated by the tastes ot the relatives. The poor have the largest funerals, while the general tendency of tbe times is toward private burials and less outlay. To go into details the actuol cost of cre mation is less than burial. Forty dollars is charged for the use of the furnace to in cinerate the bodies of grown people, and $25 for children under 12 years of age. The bodies are reduced on an average to six pounds nf white ashes which are placed iu urns. These urns are made ol different material, and the prices for them vary. A tin urn can be bought for $3; copper costs 7 and a fancy one made of imported pottery ware will net $8. A charge pf $5 is made for the hearse in transferring the body, and the average price, mere ore, ot cremation is $60. If the relatives insist on a displayand hire a num ber of carriages, the uniform price for each vehicle all over the city is ?4. The advo cates of cremation claim the element of cheapness over the common method. COMPARING THE COST. A grave in Pittsburg costs $25 and only one oouy can De piacea in it, out wnen the human frame is incinerated a whole family can be buried in one of them. The price of a cemetery lot is $400. The minimum price of coffins is about 520 the average $30, and beyond these figures a man is at liberty to go as high as he pleases. Never less than from six to eight carriages are used at a funeral, and frequently the number is from 30 to 40. At $4 apiece it is not hard to calculate wbat the bill will be. It the relatives de sire a shroud it means $10 more. The price oi tne comn aepenas on .tne Kina ot wood and the quality of the furnishings. Two prominent people in Allegheny county have been buried in bronze caskets which cost considerable money. The average cloth covered coifin is made Out of red cedar, , though other varieties of wood are used. It is lined inside with copper to keep out the water, and is supplied with plate glass. The other accoutrements are selected accord ing to the taste of the people, and the price, of course, is in keeping with their ideas. NOT A SENTIMENTAL BUSINESS. A local funeral director, in discussing his trade ot burying the dead, said: "This is not a sentimental business with us. We must have our price, for what we deal in costs money. Wehave to be prepared at all hours to furnish coffins and a hearse, besides many other articles used at funerals. The profit is normal, bnt not halt as large as some people imagine. In contracting for a fnneral with a relative of the dead, if be does not mention the important item of pay ment we are compelled to suggest it to him, whether it hurts his feelings or not Like doctors, we see a great many disagreeable things, some sad and heart-rending, but we soon become case-hardened, or we couldn't stay at the bnsmess. A physician with too much sympathy lor his patients will not be a success. "In these days it is necessary for ns not only to famish the coffins, but the crape to put on tbe door, the carriages and a number of other articles needed. Flowers," by the way, are no longer popular, and I am glad they have gone oat of date, except for chil dren. It certainly does look out of place to see a man who has been a rake and un worthy during life when lie is dead covered witb the innocent flowers. The contrast is painful, and for this reason tbey are no longer used at tbe funerals of grown people. FURNISHING A CHOIR. Some families waut singing at the house and at the grave,and they look to the under takers to hire a choir lor them. All these features cost monev, and you see how it is possible to run up the cost ot burial to any hgure. "There is no undertakers' union in Pitts burg. Tbey do exist in other cities. We have a State association which meets annu ally for an interchange of ideas, but no at tempt is made to establish uniform prices, or a system for the collection of bad debts. My experience has been that such organiza tions are useless. In this as in every otber business one must exercise his judgment and look out for himself. I find the poor people are always willing to pay and do pay for the burial of their dead. Sometimes we are nipped, hut it is not often. I wish to add, too, that the cost of funerals is less in Pittsburg than in other cities. DISPENSING tVITH A HEARSE. "If the person does not die of a contagious disease the municipal laws will permit you to take the body in the casket with yon into a carriage, and no otber expense need be entailed. The $5 charged for the hearse can be saved. Few peonle are willing to bury tbeir dead in this way, even if they lack the money at the time." A numberof other funeral directors talked in a similar strain. One who dies leaving behind a large family or a number of rela tives, is unfortunate if his people are poor. It sometimes requires as many as 20 car riages to haul the relatives alone, and this item in this case would amount to $80. In villages and the smaller towns people usually walk, and Washington Irving has pathetically described in his in imitable way the funeral procession wend ing its way slowly and solemnly to the little graveyard on the hillside. Ton can be buried lor $5, but in this age it would seem that it costs almost as much to die as to live. CONDEMNED HIMSELF. OWEN M'NALtY'S SAD STORY JUDGE WHITE. BEFORE How he Traveled the Way of Clime and ' Learned to he a Thief The Judge Re lents and Imposes a Smaller Sentence than Intended. A prisoner at the bar awaiting sentence lectured himself yesterday, and the story he told was one to draw forth the sympathv of all who heard it. It Was a story of crime, it is true, bnt it was also a tale of how when a man is started on tbe down road he is hounded on until he has no alternative. No one will have a reformed criminal as an em ploye, and that causes many a man to con tinue to be a ief even when he wants to reform. Owen McNally was before the bar of jus tice yesterday awaiting sentence for larceny. He was asked what he had to say, and made tbe very remarkable reply: Yonr Honor, while my connsel and friends have done tbe best they conld to Drove me a kleptomaniac, I differ from the stand they took and will try and give my reasons for thinking so. I was not born a thief. My narents were as honest people as ever lived and I would not have it said that my disposition to steal was inherited. It has been greatly due to ray associates. Tbe first step downward was when I was sent to Morganza for Dilfenng some little things. There my associates tangbt mo to steal and pilfer with expertness. When I got ont I followed the same course, pilfering little thing, apd was soon sent to the work honse. There I learned lessons in depravity of which I had never dreamed. When 1 got out I followed well my teachings, was picked np again anu sentenced oy iom court to six years In the penitentiary. There I received my crowning lesson and stepped ont a graduated thief, had such been my inclinations. But I wanted to do betterand started to find wore at tbe trade or shoemaEer which I learned in tbe penitentiary. Wherever I applied and told where I learned my trade I was refused work until at last I secured employment at S4 per week. I kept that work for fire months, though it scarcely furnished my necessities. After that how could I be honest? It Is not easy to find work and I drifted back into my old habits and here I am for my sentence. I committed these larcenies be cause I wanted something to eat For four days before I committed the crimes I walked the streets with scarcely a bite. I feel now that I ought to get along honestly and will try when I get out to do so. I have explained to you all I know of myself. The story of tbe young man affected all who heard it and none more than the judge, who in imposing sentence said: Your story is indeed a sad one, and I am sorry for yon. I shall reduce the sentence and make it more lenient tban I intended. You are now 27 years of age and I hope yon will make another attempt to be honest and reform. It's not too late and when you get out you can show the world yon can be a man. Tbe sen tence of tbe conrt Is that you pay G cents fine, the costs of the prosecution and undergo an imprisonment in tbe Western Penitentiary for eiht years. BEAVEB A HOME ETVEB. Decision of Judge Acheson In the little Acme Boat Case. Judge Acheson, of the United States Court, yesterday hauded down an opinion in the cases of the claims against the steamer Little Acme. The boat had been seized by the Sheriff of Beaver county, who ran her a few days and tben tied ber up. The em ployes sued for their wages and the mer chants for the supplies fnrnished. Judge Acheson decided that tbe employes must look to tbe Sheriff for their wages, as he had exceeded his powers. Concerning the supplies, he held that the conrt had no jurisdiction, as it was a domestic boat, trad ing in home waters, and tbe acts of Assem bly did not apply to tbe Beaver river. Ruptured People. Trusses made to order and a perfect fit guaranteed. Artificial LxmbMfo. Co.. 909 Penn ave., nearNinthst, PitUburfr PARA'S GOOD POINTS Consul Kerbey Finds a Good Deal to Praise on Getting Better "Acquainted. CULTURE IN THE SUBURBS. Theaters and Churches and What 13 to be Seen Inside of Them. ROCKETS AS AID TO WORSHIP. Hottest, Most Unhealthy and Most Ex pensive Place to Lire. TEEI GOOD SAXITAKI AEEAKGEME5T3 ICOEHESPOSDEJfCK OT THB DISPATCH1 Para, Beazil, September2J. American tourists who may getasbore here during the few hours of a ship's stay return on board very tired, hot, and disgusted generally, leaving with tbe impression that Para is something of a half-civilized Indian town. These observations are confined generally to the narrow streets and narrower side walks, queer-looking shops and merchants, and Indian and African servant women they may chance to meet at midday in the old portions of the city proper. I have known a great many intelligent people who get their impressions of Wash ington from a hasty visit to the Capitol, Museum, and White House, and who have no conception of the elegant residence sec tions and suburban homes of the Capital City. So it is with Para There are a few wide streets leading out to the elegant suburbs, on which may be found some strikingly handsome cottages of various designs nestling picturesquely in the midst of luxuriant and truly tropical gardens. The houses are generally on raised foundations, above the damp, many of them being supplied with veranda and convenient hooks in which to swing hammocks. EDUCATED AND REFINED. These suburban homes are owned by the better and wealthier classes ot Brazilians, or are occupied by foreigners who are lo cated temporarily as representatives of large European and American business houses. The Brazilians are a hospitable people and the select society of this neighborhood ia said to be exceedingly agreeable. I do not tbink it an exaggeration to say there mar be ound, proportionally as much education, refinement and culture in Para as may be in some of our cities and towns of the same population. Their customs here are in a manner so ex clusive that a stranger can form no con ception ot daily life. They are a most polite people and never laugh at you when yon make a ridiculous mistake in pro nonnciation, thou;h their eyes look as though they would like to. Those I have had the privilege of meeting are as shy as little children. A ROTT OF STATELY PALMS. The San Jose avenne leading from the large Government palace toward the ultra fashionable suburb, Nazareth, in one re spect, at least, cannot be equaled in any American or European city. On each side of this broad thoroughfare is a row of the finest and largest tropical palm trees. They are not the diminutive sort of scrub nalm one sees in Florida, but laree, stately trees, with heavy trunks, round, straight, beauti fully tapering and running away up far beyond the tops ol the highest houses. The top of each palm is a graceful plume like cluster of leaves from 20 to 30 feet in diameter, but whicb, at tne height ol 60 feet or more lrom tbe gronnd, look so light and airy as it waves in tbe breeze, that it in variably impresses one as petite. It is a great surprise the first time one encounters one of the leaves lying across the street, wrenched off by some violent thunder storm, and sees that the leaf is from 20 to 25 feet long by actual measurement ' A. BEAUTIFUL SUBURB. The principal street of the beautiful. aristocratic suburb.Nazareth avenue, is aisa a lovely place for a stroll, either by night or by day. Its broad pavements and sidewalks are perfectly shaded by immense old mango trees, which, the vear round, are a dense mass of fresh, green foliage, so thick that not a fleck of sunlight reachefthe pavement through their wide-spreading, generously rounded dome. It seems to be a cotnpleta mingling of forest and city, in places, soma ot tne old country seats still remaining, with the architecture of a former age, and with many of the old, untouched forest trees still growing, with the tangied and twisted vines draped from their Io ty branches, and long delicate air roots waving down from tbe parasites that fringe the highest limbs. I attended an onera last night where I saw as many elegant toilets worn by refined ladies, accompanied by conrteous gentlemen" in full dress, as 1 have been accustomed to tee in Washington on like occasions. THE PARA OPERA HOUSE. The Opera House is large and cos modious, being built by theGovercment, and is admirably adapted for its purpose. The building is well supplied with larga pillared porticos, grand entrances and massive looking roof. It is, however, quite graceful and pleasing to the eye. Tba interior is qnite plain, not having so much of the gilded finish that we see in onr second rate theaters. There are four galleries, which are divided into stalls or small boxe, each box seating six persons. Those are usually occupied by families or select parties. In the section corresponding to our orchestra, are separate cbairs lor the bald-beaded American and other foreignattendants. The stage seemed rather small in proportion to the immense size of the interior. At the front and sides of the auditorium are the large corridors opening to tbe square, beneath the lofty pillars of which the gayly dressed assemblage promenade between the acts. There is also a hole in the wall below stairs, where gentle men see each other alone, and stimulate themselves "with a grain of coffee. A VERY FAIR PERFORMANCE. The performance was about on a par with that of our traveling troupes. The two principal singers are Italians, tbe company being trained abroad, and brought from Italy fom this theater by a Brazilian con tractor, who receives a subsidy of $15,000 from the State for the season. The opera was composed by a Paranese, and repre sented in the plot, a story of the Haytien in surrection, written by Victor Hugo, the no costumes and tropical scenery beingfamiliar to these people. Certain nights of each week are especially given to tbe subscribers, or the elite who have secured season tickets. There is to be a performance on Sunday night Tbe chnrches, which have nntil recently been in a manner subsidized by the Govern ment; are also large and architecturally su perior to anything we have in tbe States la cities or tbe same size, indeeo, tnere is sot in Was htngton or Philadelphia or Pitta burg as fine a Catholic church as the Cathe dral atPara. This has been in a restoration period for nearly 10 years, the repairs and, impovements not being contemplated yet, Artists were brought herefroa Italy V9 1 i : ,3L.
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