'-lCIgCTBa "??'. 'is THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH PAGES 9 TO 16. SECOND PART. NO EXCUSEJD GIVE, Balfour Says It is Beneath His Dignity to Tell Why He Left His Post in Erin. ORDERS WIRED BY HIM To Irresponsible Officers Who Ad ministered Affairs in Ireland in His Absence. THE CONDUCT OF THE SECRETARY Will le Fnlly Discnssed by Gladstone in Another of His Great Oratorical Campaigns. O'BRIEN AKD DILLON LIONIZED. Puis TretU Tien EeyiHy, WlaTs til Btjort that BcglsaJ Eu Asked to Tleirxtr fliica U Dealed. EETT0N3 LOSIKO THEIB LOTAL EnEIT IBT CABLE TO THZ DISPATCH.! Loxdox, October 18. Copyright Mr. Balfour addressed the Tories at Newcastle last evening in a speech which lasted 55 minutes and might, with much advantage, haTe been considerably curtailed, for al though a good debater, the Irish Secretary is not an orator. The speech had the merit of being to some extent apologetic, and Balfour actually con descended to reply to one or two minor charges which haT6 been brought against his administration of Ireland, bnt ho was clearly unable to justify his prolonged ab sence from his post and could think of noth ing better than the good old rhetorical de Tice of falling on nis dignity During the most troubled weeks of this year the Chief Secretary, Lord Lieutenant, Lord Chancellor and the Permanent Under Secretary were all absent from Ireland, and the administration was left in virtually ir responsible hands, guided by an occasional telegram from Balfour, who was playing golf in Scotland. Balfour's Explanation. But, according to the Tory view of duties and responsibilities, there is nothing repre hensible in such a state of things, and Bal four last night declared that it was beneath his dignity to explain how or where he impends his time. He gives certain orders which are executed by officers who can do no wrong and the. people who pay him 5.000 a year must take hHs word that they get lull value for the money. That is Bal four's argument in brief, and bis dignity will not permit him to elaborate it It Is c mfortmg to know that this new theory of political morality will be sub jected to analysis next week by Mr. Glad stone, who has to-day started ou another of his great oratorical campaigns. He will remain in Liverpool over Sunday and start for Scotland Monday morning. His speeches are looked forward to with extraor dinary interest and are expected to have important results. Gladstone on the Tariff. Gladstone's remarks will be mora varied than usual, as, in addition to questions of purely home policy, they will include an impeachment of the Turkish Government for its cruelty to the Armenians and a de fense and exposition of iree trade principles apropos of the McKmley tariff. The Grand Old Man has been of late bombarded with pamphlets and letters from economic here tics, and has been roused to scornful indig nation by speeches by obscure Tory mem bers of Parliament and by editorials in the Tory newspapers, all predicting England's ruin unless it be averted by retaliatory measures against the United Slates. Mr. Gladstone, the friend of Cobden, has no sympathy with or tolerance of snch "damnable heresies," and as he will cer tainly sieak out his mind next week, the speeches should be particularly interesting to Americans. Balfour's speech at New castle put his Tory auditors into a frenzy of enthusiasm, being lull of jibeb and sneers at his political opponents in general nnd Glad stone and Morley in particular. The Irish magistrates and police were paraded as just men, doiDg honorable duty, courageously and loyally, while the Bight Honorable John Morley was accused of consorting with criminals and inciting to lawlessness and violence. O'Brien and Dillon Lionized. The election for the Ecclcs division of Lancashire will take place next "Wednesday. The seat is a Tory one. and the home rule question had no effect one way or the other in '66. By the rules of political mathe matics the Tory ought to win now by a slightly increased majority. It will be a striking phenomenon indeed should the Liberal candidate be elected and the Tory majority be considerably reduced. Messrs. O'Brien and Dillon are being lionized in Paris and the report that the British Government had asked for their ex tradition is an absurd invention. They will sail from Havre in the Champagne next Saturday in company with other mem bers of the mission. Mr. J. Tnke, the good old Quaker who helped to administer the famine funds in Ireland in 1846-47 and 1879-80, has communicated to the Timet the results of his recent inquiries. He is confi dent that there is no dancer of a general famine and is apprehensive that evil may follow the indiscriminate distribution of money from America or England. But in certain districts of Donegal, Mayo, Galwav, Kerry and Cork the Government will have to interfere actively to provide work for the people and use every means in its power to avert or minimize the distress. 5ib Government Help. But this is precisely what is not being done. Not one of the much-vaunted public works promised by the Government has yet been commenced, and some of tbe districts enumerated by Mr. Tnke has cot been in cluded In the official schemes. Mr. Balfour says he has received many exhaustive re ports, but he has not yet acted upon them, J and Dnblin Castle will, for the first time in its history, belie its evil repute If It does not blunder atrociously iu this matter. Even Mr. Tuke is evidently uneasy on this point. 'While exhorting the Government to do its duty, he expresses the opinion that after December there may be opportunities for the exercise of private charity, and sug gests, as two methods of meeting the dis tress, the supplyfof wheaten flour, Indian meal and potatoes -at market prices in the congested districts, and tbe assurance that "from one source or another" the supply of tbe best seed potatoes and oats shall be forthcoming. Another proof has been given this week of the decadence of that spirit of loyalty which once was supposed to animate every British breast. The Queen, in the exercise of her undeniable prerogative, has nomi nated the Iter. Randall Davidson to the bishopric of Rochester. The Queen Parlous. Now, a section of the radical press is de nouncing the nomination as a "scandalous, royal job," and a good many clergymen who feel they could wear a bishop's mitre with dignity, and draw a prelatical salary with grace and satisfaction, are saying the same thing. The Queen, who is always very touchy over these matters, is said to be furious, especially with the Pall Mall Gazette, which is the chief sinner. But there are really solid grounds for the charge of jobbery. There are dozens of distin guished men in the Church of England who, by common consent and ancient usage, should have been promoted before David son. It would be gross flattery to describe Mr. Davidson as iu any way distingnished. He was in the third rank at Oxford, and that university took such little pride in him that he had to go to St. Andrew's to obtain his doctor's degree. Furthermore he is a poor preacher, and is only 42 years old; bnt as a courtier Mr. Davidson has no equal among the clergy. He married an archbishop's 1ughter, and was brought under the Queen's notice by his father-in-law. He made good use of his opportunities, became chaplain to the Queen and finally Dean of Windsor. He owes much oi his success in life to tact, and his career is full of encour agement to mediocre young men. JUST LIKE BOSTON. LONDON'S GRAVE FATHERS GO AFTER THE MUSIC HALLS. They Make Tours of Investigation and Get Kicked About as Common Nuisances but are Determined to Protect the Tonth From Harm. rBT CABLE TO THE DISrATCn.l London, October 18. This is a season of the vear when the London County Council makes an ass of itself, the occasion arising annually out of tbe question of renewing the licenses of the music halls. This week the Empire and the Aquarium have been under discussion, and it looks somewhat doubtful whether either will be able to con duct business as heretofore, owing to the lofty moral views of the Councilmen for the last fortnight. A "vigilance com mittee," constituted of members of the council, has been doing detective duty at the Empire and Aquarium. The members have strolled about during the performance and endeavored to get up flirtations. They have sneaked behind the scenes to witness the ereen room orgies related in the penny dreadfuls. They have secured vantage points in the galleries where they might peep into the boxes. One or two of these dignitaries have been kicked ont of the music halls as common nuisances, but they have made horrible dis coveries, which have been duly related to their shocked associates inthccouncilcham ber aua published in ihe newspapers. What has offended the chaste sensibilities of these old gentlemen most is the costume of Zaio, a young woman of unusual physical de velopment, who rides a bicycle on a wire in the top of the Aquarium. The Countv Council is united in the opinion that this spectacle is calculated to drive tbe London youth of both sexes to certain ruin. One of the "Vigilance Committee" also dis covered that Zaio's photograph, present ing her in the objectionable cos tume, was on sale at the Aquar ium, as was also that of Mile. Paula, a sylph-like creature also in tights, who performs an illusion act and stands on herheadinthe air withont any support. Ttic Vieiiance Committee has recommended that tbe licenses be not granted. The truth is that the Empire, Aquarium, and the other London mnsic halls are as well conducted as any places of amusement in the world. FAVORED BY THE PBHTCE. O'Brien Thinks H. It. H. Is Disposed to Stand by the Irish Leaders. tBT DUNLAP'S CABLZ COMPA1TT.1 London, October 18. Mr. "William O'Brien and Mr. John Dillon are un doubtedly the heroes of the hour in France as they continue to epgross public attention here and to furnish an absorbing topic of conversation. They have been interviewed by tbe representatives of every journal in Paris as well as by the cor respondents of all the English papers. The Times publishes a column interview which M. DeBlowitz, the representative of that paper in Paris, had with them. Mr. O'Brien's views on the subject of the Prince of Wales' attitude toward the question are interesting and were given to the editor of L .eclair, who nskd in which direction the sympathies of the Prince of Wales lay. Mr. O'Brien replied: "Ihe Prince of Wales has not taken, and conid not openly, take our side, but I may tell you that if Parliament to-morrow adopted the laws we demand no opposition on the part of H. B. H. would be en countered. That is not merely Mr. Dillon's impression and my own. It is a very gen eral one, for the Prince enjoys great popu larity among our friends, and I have every reason to believe he is favorably disposed toward us." SPIES FE0H EUSSIA. Workmen Sent Out to Discover 'Welsh Tin Plato Secrets. LONDON, October 18. The Eussian Gov ernment is sending workmen to various countries to obtain situations and pick up all the information they can that may be useful to Enssian manufacturers nnd ex porters. The Welsh tin-plale makers have taken alarm at this, and have given warning that if the secrets of their trade are discov ered in this way and made nse of by tbe Eussians, they will import no more sheet iron from Bussia and will boycott all Bus sian products so far as possible, Busia's sheet iron exports to Wales is far more important than any tin-plate export that she conld hope to build up in competi tion with the Welsh. Americans Sell Ont to a Syndicate. TBT CABLE TO TUI DISPATCB.1 London, October 18. F. W. Kinne, a well-known New York journalist, and H. K. Gilmore, of Wall street, have sold to a private syndicate in London a large gold quartz property in the Coeur D'Alaine dis trict of Idaho. Tbe price paid is in the neighborhood of $2,500,000. Hebrews Become Christians. Odessa, October 18. Two hundred He brew students in this city have renounced the Hebrew faith and become Christians to avoid expulsion from their universities in accordance with the enforcement of the anti Hebrew law. AGITATED BY GOLD. AUSTRIA-HUNGARY MAY ADOPT METAL-AS A STANDARD. THE Financial Perturbations Expected if the Movement is Carried Out Herr Lang Studies the Situation in England The Scheme Hanging Fire Silver on the Decline. IBT CAULS TO THE DISPATCH. LONDON, October 18. One cause of the decline in the price of silver since the recov ery which followed the final passage of the American silver bill has been the anticipa tion of a movement iu Austria-Hungary towards the adoption of the monometallic gold standard. Such a movement has cer tainly been prompted by a strong party in the kingdom of Hungary, where the agricultural interest has become alarmed at tbe prospect of lower prices, and wnere there is a strong political feeling in favor of a closer alliance with England. This.it was thought by many . niagyars, would be advanced by the adoption of the Euglish gold standard, while it was also taken for granted that Germany would look with favor upon the imitation by Austria Hungary in '90 of the monetary policy adopted in '73 by Germany. The adoption of a gold standard by Austria-Hungary would, of course.throw a fresh mass of silver on the markets and develop a demand for some 25.000.000 of gold. This would mean, of course, great financial perturbations, and dnring the past week the subject has been made interesting in Lon don by the arrival here of Herr Lang, who comes as an agentaccredited by the Govern ment of Count Szapary to study the situa tion in England and look into the feasibility of the operation. Herr Lang met at luncheon on Thursday some active friends of bi-metallism in Lon don, including Mr. S. Dana Horton, of the United States, recently arrived in England. He has had conferences, too, with some of the magnates of the city, and it may be said with some confidence that the prospect of an adoption of the gold standard by Austria Hungary is by no means promising. It is not likeiy that Herr Lang will recommend such a step to his Government in the present financial condition of both hemispheres. The subject of an European conference to consider tne economic conditions created by the McKinley bill has also been considered hy Herr Lang, the initiative in that direc tion having been taken some time ago by France, bnt it finds no favor with the British Government. HE FOOLED GREAT SCHOLARS. Death of a Man Who Deceived Many With Forged Greek Manuscripts. TBT DUNLAT'S CABLE COUPA2TT.1 London, October 18. A man whose name was in every one's month a few years ago has just died in a little town of Albania. This is Simonides, the notorious forger of Greek manuscripts. This man had a re markable history, as a forger of Egyptian and Syrian antiquities, In which career he stands absolutely withont an equal, as he never attempted to defraud ignorant people, .but always went with his reputed frauds to the mo st celebrated scholars and authorities on the subject. Among his exploits was his presentation to a committee of a dozen scholars at Athene of 'a manuscript of Homer's works written on lotos leaves which he asserted belonged to a period consider ably anterior to the Christian era Eleven of the 12 members of the commit tee were perfectly convinced of the authen ticity of the document, and believed it was everything Simonides claimed for it The twelfth, however, made the discovery that it was a faithful copy of the text of Homer as published by the German critic, Wolff. Simonides succeeded iu swindling Ismail Pasha put of a large sum tor a forged manu script of Aristotle's works. He also sold to the British Museum a forged memorandum addressed by Belisarius to the Emperbr Justinian, BACK AGAIN TO AMERICA Vice-Consul General Johnson Leaves London Very Soon. TBT DUNLAP'S CABLB COMPAOTT.l London, October 18. Vice-Consul Gen eral Oliver B. Johnson, whose resignation has been in the hands of Consul General New for several weeks, will leave his post very soon after New's retnrn from America. It is safe to say that no American public officer has ever made more friends in so short a time in London than Johnson, or lost fewer times at poker. He will be re membered for his. universal courtesy and obliging disposition Dy every Englishman and American who ever did business at the United States Consulate, and he has given more time to looking np the eases of desti tute Americans, sailors and others of his countrymen and women stranded in London than he has spent in his devotions. Johnson leaves tbe Consulate because he pines to eet back to his original vocation, journalism, and he will probably identity himself hereafter with some New York newspaper. HOLDING OUT FOR MORE. Ex-Milan Wants a Bigger Offer to Get Ont of Belgrade. rBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.; Londow, October 18. Ex-Milan has al most succeeded in tbe object which he had in view when he decided to live in Belgrade. He has, in lact, made himself so disagreea ble that the regents and ministry will soon be glad to buy him out on his own terms. Ex-Milan has been offered a pension of 200,000 francs a year if he will live outside Servia, and he is holding out for 360,000. He will certainly obtain 300,00, unless the Government should pluck up courage to ex pel him from the country, which is improb able. HE WILL DO IT HIMSELF. Professor Huxley Intends to TVrlte His Own Autobiography. fBT BUSLAP'S CABLE COMPAHT.l London, October 18. A new departure is to be made by the editors of Chambers' En cyclopedia. The article on Professor Hux ley, instead of being intrnsted to anyone else, will be written by the celebrated phys iologist and thinker himself. Already people have begun to talk of the possibility the new idea opens up of the issu ing of a dictionary of autobiography which they say would have far 'greater interest than any other dictionary if it is only prop erly edited. " HO WELCOME FROM THE POPE. Reports That His Holiness Won't Becelve Dillon and O'Brien. IBT DCMLAP'S CABLE COMrANT.I BOME, October 18. It is stated on posi tive authority from the Vatican itself that if Messrs. Dillon and O'Brien Bhould ven ture to Eome tbey will not be received by His Holiness. Many people connect this refusal with the visit of the Duke of Norfolk last year, although at that time it was asserted that His Grace's visit was merely a pious func tion. Stanley Coming IT ext Week. rBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. ( London, October 18. Stanley and his wife sail for New York to beein his lecture tour in 'America on the Teutonic on the 29th inst i See Boland Beed as Samnel Bandy, en- rrarmA tn ttivaa 9 1 AT. ah t wmtci mi An tfvsk in "The Woman Hater," at the Grand Opera Honse this week. PITTSBURG, SUNDAY, A BRILLIANT FINISH. The Exposition of 1890 Closes, Being Crowned With Success. 0PIKI0NS OP THE EXHIBITORS. AH Were Benefited, and Are Terj Proud of the Affair. FUTURE BECESSITIES FOISTED OUT. More Room Is NeedeJ, and It Will Likely Be runiiatl Next Seuoa. At 1030 o'clock last night the ever beau tiful strains of "Home, Sweet .Home" fell upon the ears of thousands of people at the Exposition, as rendered by the Innes Band, and what has been by long odds the most successful exhibition of the kind ever given iu this city, came to a close. All day yesterday and last night there was a constant stream of visitors, both going and coming from the splendid display, and many times the extensive buildings "were so crowded that they were almost impassable. Parting scenes were the order of the day, and thousands of people who have been both pleated and instructed by the great variety of attractive features were to be seen again taking a farewell snrvey of the tbousand-and-one things which testify to the progress and wonderful development of this city and its surrounding points. On every hand only words of the highest praise could be heard for the splendid re sults of the great show. Manager Johnston, altbough quite thoroughly worn out, was in the best of good humors, and while a little backward about making any positive state ments as to details, talked very freely in a general way. Said he: THE SHOW BETOND 4XIi HOPES. "The Exposition has exceeded tbe fondest hopes of the Board of Directors, and the fact is fully established by the unusually large attendance, that Pittsburg and surrounding points are willing and anxious to maintain an exposition here Becond to none in the country." As for the exhibits, while he was proud of them they spoke for themselves, and the merits of the same had the indorsement of hundreds of thousands of people who had seen them. He said the general sentiment among firms that had displays there was of the most flattering character, and dozens of applications for room for next year are already in, many ot them being from new people. The unusually large attendance, he said, had been all the more gratifying from the fact that since the doors were thrown open some six weeks ago they had been handicapped by 21 days of rainy weather, conditions unprecedented in the historv of Expositions. In spite of this, the attendance greatly exceeded that of last year, or, in fact, any Exposition ever held in this part of tbe State. Exact figures he was as yet unable to give. To-morrow the work of removing the great variety of articles will be taken up, and will likely be continued during the week, and perhaps longer. In the meantime, and probably for days after, a laree force of men will be employed in putting tbe build ings in condition to stand the severities of the coming winter. ESTIMATES ON THE PROFITS. When Manager Johnston was asked for estimates on the attendance and receipts, as compared with last year, he displayed a wonderful lack of reliable information. He said questions of that kind could not be answered until after the books had been gone over, counts made, bills paid, etc He even declined to make any statement of a general character, but some facts were picked up from exhibitors that may throw some lighi upon the subject. Last year the net profits were 59,000. Everyone concedes that the attendance this season was much larger than that of 1S89, and it is generally believed that the profits will reach ?75,000, and likely more. Manager Johnston was also questioned concerning the desires of the directors to increase the facilities of the Exposition, but he was also very conservative in his utter ances on this subject. He said: "We hope to be able to furnish additional accommodations or the public next year, but no steps have been taken in that direc tion yet. Nothing in that line will be con sidered until the directors meet in Decem ber. Then we will have all of our accounts straightened out and know just where we stand. We need more room and it will likely be supplied, but it would be hardly proper to express any ideas until after the meeting of that body, although we depend largely upon the press of tbe city lor the success ot the enterprise." "Do you think any of the directors would be willing to talk on the subject?" "They may be willing, but I really don't know what information they could give you. While these matters have been talked over in a general way, nothing definite has been done, and nothing will be done until after the meeting I referred to." ENTHUSIASM Off DIRECTORS. Later a call was made at President Mar tin's office, when it was learned that the gentleman was in Boston.. Vice President Bindley was also absent from his plane of business. Colonel Boberts, a lire member of the Exposition Society, speaking in the general way for Mr. Bindley, said he knew the gentleman was very enthusiastic for the ultimate success and development of the un dertaking, and was satisfied that he would insist upon extending the accommodations as rapidly as possible. The Colonel is sat isfied that next year will find some marked improvements in the ereat undertaking. Eepresentatives of The Dispatch spent some time yesterday among the exhibitors gathering their impressions of the Exposi tion. The first call was made at the Pitts burg Glass Exhibit Company, which em braces the firms of Macbeth & Co., Dith ridee & Co., Thomas Evans & Co., Duncan & Sons, Adams & Co., Ripley & Co., J. T. & A. Hamilton, and Dixon, Wood & Co., who built the furnaces. This exhibit has been one of the great attractions Of the sea son. In speaking ot it Manager W. O. Bus sell said: 'I guess this is the first time any of ns have ever been accused of doing any retail business. We have been selling wares manufactured here at moderate prices, and they are valuable as souvenirs, but directly we have not profited much. That was not onr object in coming here. The chief motive was to instruct and entertain, and if we have succeeded in doing that we are satisfied. Onr trade is entirely wholesale, and indirectly we may be benefited by having been here. AS A MEANS OP TEACHING. "The best feature of the whole affair is that we have done much to elevate the workers of glass in the estimation of the general public We hate shown a repre sentative force of bright, intelligent, indus trious toilers, all of them civil and oblig ing, and this in itself is bound to brine about good results for the great army of peogie engaged in this business. The .Ex position has been a most pronounced suc cess, and thousands of splendid people have attended it. The enterprise is a fixture and a credit to the city." G. W, Hubley, who has been connected with one of the electrical displays, said that while his firm might not profit directly, it certainly wonld be benefited by tbe ex perience. He said that many eminent men in scientific circles had pronounced their exhibit as the finest one of the kind ever seen in the United States. Tbe wonders of electricity bad been demonstrated to the t OCTOBER 19, 1890. THE SHOESTRING STATESMEN HAVING public for weeks, and much valuable in formation had been imparted. Manager J. W. Fisher, of the oil com pany's display, was about the only gentle man encounteerd who would not plead guilty to having received any marked benefits. Their chief business was to furnish supplies to the exhibitors of machinerv. He said the company intended to have a flowing well, a pumping well, a pipe line and refinery on exhibition in order to show the people all the points of the oil business, bnt a firm that was to fit them out with appliances fniled at the last miunte. He thought, however, that tbey would be in line next year with the complete outfit. He believed the Exposi tion was a great thing for Pittsburg, and bound to bring about great results. DIRECT BENEFITS RECEIVED. A manager of a stove display, speaking, as he said he was qualified to do, for De Haven & Co., Graff & Co., Anshutz, Brad bury & Co., Bissell & Co. nnd Baldwin Ss Graham, said that they had all received di rect benefits. Tbey had taken many orders from their country patrons, and introduced new goods quite extensively. Their only complaint was that they did not have room to display anything like a full line of their goods, but as it was they were all highly pleased with the general results, and looked for greater things in the years-to come. At Joseph Home's, Kaufraanns',Gusky's, Hugus & Hacke's, Home & Ward's, Camp bell & Dick's, O. McClintock & Co.'s. Bo vard, Eose Si Co.'s, E. Groetzinger's, E. P. Roberts & Son's, E. G. Hays & Co.'s, and in fact all the bewildering displays of do mestic articles, those of art dealers,, bnt one sentiment prevailed, and that was of the highest praiset A majority of the exhibit ors were benefited directly, through orders for goods being placed with .them, which were filled at the respective houses. Atone of the places mentioned the manager voiced the general sentiment when he said: "We are not prepared to say just how much good this Exposition has done ns. It will take time to count up all the benefits. As a medium of advertising it is without an equal. People who have visited here have seen the latest and best goods in nearly every line of business. They have been cheerfully informed as to all details, and iu many instances have made purchases. CHARACTER OF THE ATTENDANCE. The attendance has been of a much more substantial character this year than last, and when it is known that between 400,000 and COO, 000 people have visited us some idea of the far reaching benefits can be ob tained. The display this year was much better than that of last and it will improve greatly in the years to come. So far as I know there is but one opinion and that is that the Exposition of 1890 has been a pronounced success." Out of a great number of calls, where any one was left in charge of a display, but one impression was gained, and in a general way it was in keeping with the views ex pressed above. An official of the Exposition said last night he was satisfied that the space be tween the lower end of the Exposition and the point would be utilized next year by several permanent class exhibits, and from all indications this surmise will likely turn cut to be correct. LEETSDALE'S NEW LIBRARY. The Building to he Dedicated with Appro priate Ceremonies Tuesday Evening. Andrew Carnegie's free library example has been followed by at least one com munity in this neighborhood and on next Tuesday evening the good people of Leetv dale propose to formally open their hand some new building, just completed by the Library Association of that beautiful sub urb in the Sewickley Valley. There will be an interesting programme for the even ing, including refreshments to be served be tween the hours of 7 and 10, the proceeds going into the association's treasury to help purchase books and other reading matter. This building is about 40 feet square. having a tower at the southeast corner. It was built upon subscription by sale ot shares or membership cirtificates, and cost 53,500, the designer being W. H. Seaman, of. Leetsdale. The hallway, leading from the street entrance to the main hall, divides that part of the interior which it traverse into two cozy little studies or reading rooms. It is the intention to keep the 'rooms open between the hours of 10 a. M. and 10:30 p. M., daily, except Sundays. The list of members of the association con tains the names of all the prominent resi dents of Leet township. They are a follows: H. M. Atwood, Smith Acnew, Bobert Wardrop, F. M. Love, D. B. Stuart, James M. Kerr, Bev. E. F. Johnson. S. A. Sea man.C. W. Hopkins.D. Leet Wilson, David B. wnson, Thomas L. Shields, rea Way, H. F. Blackstone, Jasen B. Atwell, Mrs. H. M. Atwood, Frank Biner, Thomas Woods, Joseph Kobinson, C. F. Eobinson, A. G. Sieg, B. E. Smith, George Gibb, George Barnes, W. C. Hamilton, Harry Atwood, L. N. Davis, J. W. Syms, John Copeland, George B. Johnston, James Ow sten, John Laugher, W. K. Seaman, H.im. Biggert, P. A, Gibb, E. S. Davis, J. K.Mc Cormick, George Bohr, Jr., Charles Stacy, N. O. Walker, Leonard Gray, A L. Brown, J. B. Johnson, J. M. Woods, George M. Seaman, William Gray, George H. Hop kins, Charles Gray, Prof. F. A. Albreicht, D. E. Bpringer, E. B. Hamilton, Henry M. Long, C. P. Caughey, James Creese, E. F. Kiely, F. L. Bainbow, Homer Creese, John Haebe'rlin, H. M. Davis, Martin Kaelin, Charles Woods, J. P. Carey, E. E. Cooper, John Q. Gibb, George L. Park, William Spratt, E. Barnes, John Seven, J. M. Ston er, Sr., J. M. Stoner, Jr., D. McWoods, L. A. Morris, John Dodgson and E. N. Ham ilton, many of whom are employe! of the Pennsylvania Company. We pack household goods for shipment an HAuas & Keejn, 83 Water it. GOTTEN MAJOR M'KINLEY INTO A GERRYMANDERED DISTRICT, HIS FRIENDS COME TO HIS ASSISTANCE. OIL WITH ITS GOLD. California Has a Petroleum Field of Increasing Importance FIRST NOTICED BY PATH-FINDERS, It Has Not let Beached the Highest Point of Its Development RICH 6AS FINDS ABE PREDICTED rSPECIAt TELEQBAM TO THE DISPATCB.1 Los ANQELE8, October 18. The oil field of California is growing in importance every day and though it was discovered many years ago its full development is still a matter of the future. Signs of oil, tar spriegs and beds of asphaltum excited the attention of the early path-finders of Cali fornia who saw in the high price of illumi nation on the coast fortunes as great as could be dug out of the mines. But they left the uncertainty for the certainty and years passed before tbe great reservoir of golden greece was tapped. The Pacific coast oil field, so far as it is now known, extends from a point near a San Francisco suburb to beyond the frontier or Mexico. It is a belt lying chiefly between the great Sierrian mountains and the sea. At -numerous points along tbe coast mostnoticable at Santa Barbera and BedoudolJeaeh oil oozes from the rampart which frowns upon the Pacific, and for a long distance to seaward from the shore petroleum floats upon the surface of the ocean. A STORY OT DEVELOPMENT. The history of the oil development of California dates substantially from 1862, when Hon. Charles N. Felton and his as sociates made the first persistent effort to get oil in the Newhall country. They organized the Pacific Coast Oil Company, and it cost those enterprising gentlemen $200,000 to get a paying well, to say nothing of dishearten ing failures and hope long deferred; but failure ended where success Degan, for after the first good well was found, many others were drilled, and scarce a "dry hole" has since been discovered. For years Pico Canon has been pouring forth its oleaginous treasure. It has been taken to San Francisco to be refined, and the oil is light and well suited for refining. In the Sespi and Santa Paula districts and Ventura county other wells have been sunk which yield large qnantities of oil. The Puento wells, located 18 miles east of Los Angeles, 14 in number, and comprising an area of eight sections, yield a regular flow of oil. FIRST FIND IN THE SOUTH. The first oil well drilled in Southern Cali fornia was operated by General Banning, and was appropriately called the Pioneer oil well. It was located just across the garden-girdled valley, among the hills, east from the city of the Angeles. Acopious flow of oil was secured, and gas was so abundant that frequent explosions, of a harmless character occurred. Bnt the in dolent natives and simple "squatters" of that early era little dreamed of the import ance of this discovery, and so the treasure remained in the hoarv hills. Dr. Griffin, Mr. Bouderv and ex-Governor Downey are the sole surviving members of the Pioneer Oil Company. In Pennsylvania boring for oil has ever been, to a 'great extent, experimental, be cause in that Apalachian country, the strata of rock lie horizontally; but in this tavored region the width and trend of the oil bear ing stratum has been carefully mapped out, with as much accuracy as if it lay on the surface of the earth. The said stone ledges which crop out iu the mountains are very narrow not more than a mile in width, say the experts. The oil is forced to tbe surtace along the southwesterly edge of these ledges, which have a dip of 45 degrees. THE FLOW IS STEADY. During the de'parted ages this oil, on coming to the surface, was converted into asphaltnm or "brea," as it wag called by the early Spanish settlers. To get it the rock oil wells must be sunk to the north ward of the deposits of "brea." As the south edge of the stratum is approached tbe flow falls off, and as the wells are extended to the north the flow increases in volume. Thus at the end of many years' persistent and intelligent labor the oil men can tell almost to a certainty where to drill, how far they must go, and approximately what amount of oil they will get. The possibilities of these oil meaures are undoubtedly beyond calculation. There are wells here.which have been flowing for more than 12 years with a daily undimin ished yield. Even the small holes first drilled are yielding a thick oil, used lor coating the sheet iron water pipes so gener ally used in California. This quality of oil sells for f5 a barrel, while the oil used for fuel sells for $2. The wells range is depth from S76 to 1,160 feet. THE COST OP niBL, Coal sells here by the cargo at $11 per ton. A ton or coal is equal to 140 gallons ot oil, or 3M barrels. Oil at SI is equivalent, as a fuel, to coal at ?3 50 a fact which fur nishes a solution to the problem of cheap fuel. But little attention, comparatively, has been paid to natural gas in this section; yet it is evident even to casual observers that vast deposits exist. At the Pnento fields all the cooking, lighting and heating are done -by natural gas, and a weird appear ance it presents as it flares sp flamboyant ly from the black bowels of the earth. EPISCOPAL MISSIONS. THE THIRD ANNUAL MEETING BEGINNING TO-MORROW. A Number of the Noted Divines Have Ar rived In the City, and Will Occupy Local Pulpits To-day The Programme of the Week. The Protestant Episcopal Bishops of the United States are arriving in twos and threes for the third annual meeting of tbe Mission ary Council of the church. Those who have arrived thus far are: Bishop Potter, of New York; Bishop Perry, of Iowa; Bishop Mc Claren, of Chicago; Bishop Burgess, of Quincy, 111.; Bishop Howe, of Central Pennsylvania; Bishop Lyman, of North Carolina; Bishop Scarborough, of New Jersey; Bishop Enight, Jof Milwaukee; Bishop Tuttle, of Missouri; Bishop Spald ing, of Colorado; Bishop Grafton, of Fon du Lac, Mich., and Bishop Seymour, of Springfield, HI. One of the leading events of the visit here will be the trip to Johnstown to-day for the laying of the corner stone of the new church there. The ceremonies will be under the charge of Bishop Whitehead, of this dio cese, and he will be assisted by Bishops Perry and Tuttle. This will be made a very interesting occasion in Johnstown. Several of the Protestant Episcopal pul pits of the city will be filled to-day by the visiting clergy. There will be three ser mons at Trinity: At 10:30 Bishop Lvman will preach; at 4 P. M. services will be con- 'j. II T)!-1 C I 1 3 -. rr.nn uuuicu uy xi3iiuj ocaruuiuugu, auu ai i,oJ Bishop Potter will preach. At Emanuel Church Bishop Knight will occupy thepnlpit in the morning and Bishop Spalding in the evening. - At St. Andrew's Church Bishop Burgess will preach in the morning. The same gen tleman will occupy the pnlpit of St John's Chnrch in the evening. Bishop Howe will occupy the pulpit of the Church of Ascensionin the morning and in the evening Bishop Thomas will preach. Bishop Spalding will preach at St. Peter's in the evening. Bishop Potter will occupy the pulpit of Calvary Church in the morn ing. Bishop Grafton will be a guest of Wilkins&urg friends and will preach there to-day. Following is the programme for the week's sessions of the council: Monday, October 20-8 r. ST. Preliminary missionary meeting at Trinity Chnrch, Pltts burc. Addresses bv Bishop Leonard, of Utah, and Mr. James L. Honghtahnir. Tuesday, October 31 10 A. . Opening serv ice, with holy communion at Trinity Church. Sermon by Rev. Joseph N. Blancnard. of St. James' Church. Philadelphia. 12u.to 1:30 p. w. Business meeting: Organization and report of the Board of Managers. 3 to fl P.M. Business meeting. Domestic niisssion, including In dians. 8r. jr. Popular missionary meeting at Calvary Church, East End. Speakers, Bishop Kendrick, of New Mexico, and Rev. D. H. Greer, D. D of New York. 8 P. M. Popular missionary meeting at Carnezio Hall, Alle cheny. Speakers, Bishop Coxe, of Western New York.andlHerbert Welsb.of Philadelphia. Wednesday, October 229 A. jr. lloly Com munion at Trinity Church, Pittsburg, followed by business meeting of the council. Subject. 'Foreign Missions and Mexico." 12.20 to 1 p. M. Popular missionary meeting at Trmitv Chnrch. Pittsburg. Speiker, Bishop Tuttle of Missouri. 3 to 6 P. jr. Business meottng, colored missions and church builolne fund. At Carnegie Hall Meeting or the Handay schools of the two cities. 8 p. jr. Popular missionary meeting at Calvary Church, East End. Speakers, Bishop Whitaker, of Penn sylvania, and Rev. L. S. Osborne, of Newark, N. J. 8 P. K. Popular missionary meetinjr at Carnegie Hall, Allegheny. Speakers, Bishop Dudley, of Kentucky, and Rev. J. S. Lindsay, D. D.. of Boston, Mass. Thursday, uctooer 23, u A. jr. Holy Com munion at Trinity Chnrch, followed by sessions of the council, miscellineoaa and unfinished husiness;12.20 to Ip. jr. Popular misionay meot inc at Trinity Church. Speakers, Bishop Pot ter, of New York, and Bishop Gilbert, of Min nesota. Friday, October 24, 10:30 A. It All day meet ing of woman's Auxiliary to the Board of Missions, addresses by Miss Carter, Miss Emery, Miss Spencer and others. The delegates, bishops and others coming to the city to attend the council will be en tertained at the residences of the members of the local churches, at the Dnquesne club, at the Duquesne Hotel and at the Monnnea hela House. It is expected that at least 200 strangers will be in the city. No one is ex pected to arrive to-day but to-morrow those who have not already arrived will be here. END 07 A TRAGEDY. An English Murderess, Acquitted, Will Now Go on the Stage. Atlanta, October 18. Mrs. Lillian M. Gould, on trial at Murphy, N. C, charged with the murder oi her husband, has been acquitted. - Gould was an Englishman of good fam ily who married beneath his station and neglected his wife for years. For six years Gould had been in America, while his wife, who was In England on a beggarly allowance, was Ignorant of his whereabouts. She was permitted to come to him in Georgia last March, when the couple went to Murphy, N. ft, where they lived in a house in an iso lated spot. On the 7th of July the couple were drunk, and the wife, in a drunken frenzy, stabbed the husband with a toy dagger, inflicting a ratal wound, from which he died that night. The wife now proposes to go on tbe stage. Passed Through Pittsburg. The remains ot Justice Miller were taken through Pittsburg yesterday on the way to Keokuk. The train was made up of three special cars. Outside of the relatives Chief Justice Fuller, Justice Brewer, Attorney General Miller and a number of court offi cials were on board. The body will be buried in lows shortly after the arrival there. CAUGHT CLUHY. Life in the Highlands Where Pittsburg's Iron King Spends the Summer. GUESTS RISE TO MUSIC Of Scotch Pipers, Who March Thrice Bonnd the Castle Walls. BEITOS'S BRIGHTEST INTELLECTS Gather There and Glow Under the Htimnlns of American Wit. IilBEEAHTT OP THE HOST AND HOSTESS rcoBBXsroxpxxci or ths disfatcbi EDiNBtJEorr, October 10. You certainly have Andrew Carnegie at his best when yon seejhim in his Highland home in Scotland, surrounded by his chosen friends, and find ing his chief happiness in making others happy. There all the best qualities of the man come out in strong relief, his geniality, his humor, his strong common sense and his boundless hospitality. His guests are mads to feel themselves thoroughly at home. Though plans are made for the common good, the carrying out of these plans does not interfere with individnal liberty, and that is a very near approach to real hos pitality. It need hardly he said that Mr. Carnegie is most efficiently aided in hs kindly efforts) by his charming wife. That is scarcely a fair way to put it Withont her it would be impossible for him to do what he does, so fully has she realized, and so admirably does she discharge, the duties of hostess. A few words must be said about the location of this highland home of the Carnegies. For the last two or three years they have occu pied during the summer season Cluny Castle, the ancestral seat of the Cluny Mo Phersons, in the famous district of Ifl vernessshire called Badenoch. HOW HE 13 LOCATED. The castle stands on the left bank of the Spey on the side of a broad and rieh valley north of the Grampian Mountains. It is eight miles from Kingussie, a favorite sum mer resort on the Highland Eailway, and six from Dalwbinnie on the same line, the highest railway in the British Isles. Cluny itself stands high, being upward of 900 feet above sea level, and enjoying therefore very strong, pure air. Tbe scenery around it i magnificent. The house is embedded in woods which would not suffer from being trimmed; and mountains upward of 3,000 leet high look down on it from all sides. Through the valley flows the Spey, fed by numerous brooks which brawl and bicker down the hillsides. The present house is modern. It is a solid square block, built throughont with gray granite, and with tba turrets of the same material at the corners. The old castle was burned down by the roy alists after Colloder in 1746. The McPher sons have been a long-lived race. Tha grand old Cluny last of the chieftains who died four years ago, after having held the property for 70 years, was only second in descent from the Jacobite exile. HIGHLAND PIPEE3 OALOEE. It is here that Andrew Carnegie, the un compromising Eepublican, hold his stata and plays the part of a highland chieftain in the midst of feudal traditions and Jaco bite relics. He does not wear the kilt him self, bnt he takes .care that some of his re tainers do. He does not yet speak Gxlic, but his gamekeepers and giilie3 ire mora tamiliar with that tongue than withjthe English. He has also his pipers, and he thoronghly enjoys the music they discourse. The sound of the pipes is tbe first thing yoa hear in the morning, and you may hear it if you like all day long, more or less. The household is awakened every morn ing by a piper marching three times round the castle and playing reels and strath speys, varied with "Hey, Johnny Cope" and "Jennie's Bawbee." You are startled by the first blast under your window, but the sound is pleasant, and even soothing, as it dies away in the distance. You have just dropped oil into a deligbttul snooze when the growing swell of tbe pipes rudely re calls yon to consciousness. By the time that this process has leen repeated tbrics yon are pretty wide awake. At dinner time also the pipes play an important part. A piper in tnll canonicals marches from the drawing room to tbn dining room, and, as the distance is short, the company marches three times ronnd the entrance hall to the enlivening strains of "Tnllochgornm" be fore entering the dining room. DLNNEE AT CLUNT. At dinner, as at other meals, yon art waited on bya butler iu swallowtails and by footmen in kilts, a combination of the Saxon and Celtic civilizations which is in genious and admirable. Though the dinner hour is 7 o'clock, Mrs. Carnegie dispenses with evening dres3 on ordinary occasions. She doe3 not approve of bringing city fash ions into the country, but prefers a homely style. Of course, there are some men who cannot dine except in evening dress, and they are excused. Tbe style ot living par takes of the same pleasant and sensible homeliness. It is simple and elegant and entirely unpretentious in the matter both of meats and drinks. Costly delicacies are eonspicnons by their absence. In proof of this I may mention that the fish course one day consisted of trout caught in a neighboring brook, and the next of herrings, which Andrew thinks the finest of all fish. Only a millionaire can venture on such boldness. Similarly, the dessert consisted almost entirely of the fruits of the castle gardens, such as gooseberries and strawberries. The breakfast table also is plain and served in the good old Scottish fashion. The only foreign element is the course of iruit, with which it begins ia tha American manner, but the fruit is again gooseberries and strawberries, not melons, bananas or grapes. Then follows a course of oatmeal porridge, supped with dainty black horn spoons, each of which bears tha name "Cluny" on a tinv silver plate. As each gnest leaves the castle Mrs. Carnegie presents him with the spoon be has used as a memento of his visit. the coaiPAirr m bbilliaitt. At these meals there is no lack of tha feast of reason ard the flow of soul. At least if there be, it is not the fault either of the host or the hostess. Mr. Carnegie is then in the highest spirits, and he keeps tha table alive with anecdote and banter and with talk. He tikes care to surronnd him self with very good company, so that neither his wit nor theirs is likely to tall fiat for lack ol due appreciation. There you meet members oi Parliament,Iiterary men.artiiU, musicians, and pretty and brilliant women. When he has as his guests men like John Morley, and Prof Blackie, and Henry Fowler, and Sir Walter Foster, and Colin Hnnter, he is perfectly happy. When yoa have two or three M. P.'s tha talk often degenerates into the House of Commons gossip. Now there is onthing that Andrew Carnegie dislikes so much, or sets himself so determinedly against, as talk ing shop, and when he sees matters going too far in that direction h very adroitly turns the conversation into a new channel bv telling an amusing story or by startlnr st new subject Once I heard Mm crHto
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