THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH
PAGES 9 TO 16.
SECOND PART.
PITTSBURG, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER. 30, 1890.
A GENERAL DENIA!
Entered by Gladstone in a Man
ifesto to the Charges Made
by Parnell.
A BREACH OF CONFIDENCE
Charged by the Liberal Leader
Against His Late Colleague
and the Split Widened.
DILLON AND O'BRIEN ARE WANTED.
Hints of Eevelations of Deals Parnell Could
Make Give Tory Leaders a Feel
in" of Uneasiness.
THE' CAUSE OP IKELAXD G1TEK
In as Elslorats Kmner by VTillua Eeary Earllnrt,
Who Reveals Sons rcliuctl
8:crets sad Ssys
TARKIXL SHOULD KOT BE EETIEED KOW
TET CABLE TO THS DISFATCn.1
X0XD0", November 29. Copyright.
The publication of Mr. Paraell's manifesto
has caused a greater sensation than probably
any political event of this generation.
Most people had thought that h,e committed
the greatest mistake of bis public life
when be refused to resign the leader
ship immediately the Divorce Court
Save a verdict against him upon
undisputed evidence. But the issue
of the manifesto is asserted by these people
io be a much graver blunder and a more
dishonorable act. It is based, they say,
upon what one would in charity prefer to
describe as a misapprehension, but which is
really a deliberate perversion of the facts.
It was incumbent upon him, it is main
tained, to show the Irish people that, de
spite his private sins, his retention of the
leadership would be of benefit to the cause
ot home rule; but he does not even make a
pretense of doing so.
He dees cot, they point out, profess a
word of penitence or regret at the woeful
state to which he, and he alone, has reduced
a party, which, only a week or two ago, was
full of strength and flushed with the hopeoi
approaching victory. They assert that he
derides the devoted men who have almost
slavishly subordinated themselves to him,
and the manifesto consists mainly of an at
tack upon William Ewart Gladstone, the
best friend, outside of her own kin, whom
Ireland has ever had.
Gladstone Denies the Charts.
A manifesto from Gladstone, in reply to
that of Parnell, was issued to-day by the
Liberal leader. In it he denies the state
ments made by the Irish leader in regard to
the retention of Irish members in the Im
perial Parliament, the settlement of the
land or agrarian difficulty in Ireland, the
control of the Irish constabulary and the
appointment of the judiciary in Ireland.
Gladstone says he will not apply a single
epithet to Parnell, not being his judge. He
believes, however, that he showed by his
course in the matter of the Spiel Commis
sion, appointed to investigate the charges
against Parnell growing out of the Pigott
letters, that he had uo disposition to do
Parnell injustice
Gladstone then comes to a recital of the
proposal alleged by Parnell in his manifesto
to have been made to him during his visit to
Gladitone at Hawarden last November, in
regard to the intended proposals with regard
to home rule in the event of the Liberal
party winnin? at the then nest general elec
tion. Gladstone declares that no single sug
gestion was offered by him to Parnell,
either as a tormal or as a final one. The
conversation then held was a statement,
perfectly free and without prejudice, of the
points on which Gladstone, or such of his
colleagues as he could consult, were inclined
to believe the home rule plan of 18S6 could
be improved, and concerning which he was
desirous to know whether any serious objec
tion had arisen in the mind of Parnell. To
none ol these suggestions did Parnell raise
a serious objection.
A General Denial Entered.
Gladstone denies that he made the state
ments which ParnelPs manifesto ascribes to
him, or anything substantially resembling
them, either as to the retention of the Irish
members in the Imperial Parliament, or the
agrarian difficulties, or the control of the
constabulary, or the appointment of the
judiciary. The conversation between them
was strictly confidential.
To publish even a true account is to break
the seal oc confidence which renders polit
ical co-operation possible. Every suggestion
made to Parnell was from written memo
randa, to which Gladstone can refer.
Neither Parnell nor himself was bound by
the conversation to an absolute acceptance
of the proposals canvassed. During the
year that had since elapsed he had never re
ceived from Parnell any intimation of an
alteration ot his views regarding any of
them.
An Irish, Tarty the Best
In conclusion, Gladstone says that he has
always held, both in public and private,
that the party of Ireland ought to remain
entirely independent of the Liberal party
of Great Britain. It is their duty and his
duty conformably with the spirit of Grattan
and O'Connell, to study all adjustments in
the great matter of home rule which may
tend to draw to their side moderate and
equitable men. But for him to propose any
measure except such as Ireland could ap
prove on the lines already laid down, would
be fatuity as regards himself and treachery
to the Irish nation in which, even by the
side of Parnell, he can claim to take an in
terest. The manifestos of Parnell and Gladstone
having been cabled to the United States,
Americans are in as good a position as Eng
lishmen are here to form judgment upon
the two documents. But people at a dis
tance cannot appreciate the actual position
without knowing something of the state of
feeling in this country. ' The Tories, as
might have been expected, are in a state of
wild hilarity at the huge rent in the solid
phalanx by which, until recently, they
knew they would be overwhelmed. They
have been patting Parnell on the back, and
they are hopeful at this moment that he
has some more confidential communications
to give the world.
Uneasy Feeling Among Tories.
The only people among the Tories and
Mugwumps who are not altogether happy
are the leaders, who have an Uneasy feeling
that Parnell may one day publish some of
his famous conversations and correspond
ence which he had with them, when each
man thought he would be able to use the
other in his own way and for his own pur
pose. Parnell certainly has in his possession
tome interesting documents bearing Tory
names, the publication of which would
probably rend the political world like an
earthquake. But Parnell is not likely to
publish any of these at present, as he may
have occasion to use them against the
Tones, in place of the Liberals, whom he
has driven away from him.
Should the present crisis leave him still in
Parliament, the newspapers, the Liberal
and Tory alike, are proclaiming loudly that
henceforth it will be impossible lor any
British politician to ally himself with Par
nell. This is true enough for the moment;
hut should Parnell manace to regain and re
tain any of his former influence, he will not
find political virtue unreasonably stern,
especially on the Tory side.
But so far as the Liberals are concerned
there will be no alliance or co-operation
with the Irish party, beaded by Parnell,
during Gladstone's lifetime; and people are
also "riven to understand that John Morley
and Sir William Harcourt have subscribed
to a similar self-denying ordinance, which
is certainly in accord with the feeling of the
British Liberal electorate.
Liberal Clubs Repudiate FarnelL,
There Is scarcely a single Liberal club or
association that has not met and repudiated
Parnell, while passing resolutions of enthu
siastic confidence in and promise of support
for Gladstcne. Loud protestations are also
heard of continued devotion to the home
rule cause, minus Parnell, and they seem to
be sincere.' But, as a result of special
inquiries made at the central offices
of the Liberal and Liberal TJnion
hl parties it is said that the divorce scandal,
followed by the unseemly controversies, has
alienated many weak-kneed Liberal voters,
and has scared hick to the Mugwump camp
thousands of men who had repented of their
mutiny and bad persuaded themselves that
Parnell was the moderate constitutionalist
he had always professed himself to be.
The immediate effect in Ireland of the
disruption of the Parliamentary party and
of the political blood-letting which must
soon follow, will, in the opinion of compe
tent observers, be the early collapse of the
plan of campaign. The constant and strong
est argument used by the leaders of that
movenfent, whenever the tenants showed
signs of weakness in the wearisome struggle,
was that the success of home rule at the next
general election was assured, and that Glad
stone's accession to power would quickly be
followed by their restoration to the farms
from which they had been or were about to
be evicted.
Dillon and O'Brien Wanted.
To all appearance thi3 hope must now be
abandoned, and the natural impulse ot these
poor people will be to make the best terms
possible v ith their landlords. The two men
whose influence might avert this panic
movement, Messrs. O'Brien and Dillon, are
away from the scene ot operations, aud even
if they could get bacK in time to be of
any use they would be sent to jail as
soon as they touched Irish soil, to serve a
term of six months' imprisonment each,
passed upon (hem recently by a packed
coercion court at Clonmel. The plan of
campaign leaders fear that the recent disas
trous events will cause to dry up the stream
of American generosity, and it is difficult to
say where money may.be obtained to carry
on the agrarian fight as well as the' civil
war.
Mr. Laboucbere, wh.o knows National
League a Hairs as well as any man, says that
the Leagne funds, which at present amount
to about 20,000, are deposited in s bank at
Paris in the name of Parnell; but no check
can be drawn by Parnell without the assent
of his leading colleagues. Neither can tbe
latter draw out a single penny without tbe
formal consent of Parnell. Therefore, it is
more than probable that the League funds
will be locked up indefinitely. One of the
first decisions which the leaders of the Irish
party in America will have to take is in re
sard to the disposal of all moneys which
may be subscribed in tbe United States.
SECRETS REVEALED.
WILLIAM HENRY HURLBURTTALKS ABOUT
THE PRESENT SITUATION
And Presents the Irish Side of the Case In
Elaborate Detail He Says It is Folly to
Ask Parnell to Resign Ills Position.
JBY CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.
London, November 29. That there are
two sides to the question is indicated by
opinions expressed by "William Henry
Hurlburt, who is in touch with the English
leaders on both sides, and is well known as
a former American journalist and editor of
the World". Hurlburt said to your corres
pondent that Gladstone's letter to Morley,
urging the withdrawal of Parnell, is from
the point of view of all the most intelli
gent of Gladstone's followers, a dreadful
mistake.
Hurlburt says that it was an open secret
that the letter was written by Gladstone on
the suggestion of John Morley and Sir
William Harcourt, who rame back from
Sheffield profoundly depressed by the effect
which the proceedings in the O'Shea case
had made upon the anti-Catbolic non-conformist
section of the English Radical
partv. Undertheir advice, he was intormed
and "believed, Gladstone wrote the letter.
His knowledge of Paraell's character, it
seemed to him, should have convinced him
that the Irish leader would not tolerate for a:
moment this attempt to unhorse him in the
midst of bis own camp.
Parnell had formed, consolidated and led
the Irish National party ever since its in
ception in America, as he believed, with
one single object, the attainment of tbe
National independence of Ireland. His
own words are on record to show that he
has always held this to be the ultimate
intent of the Irish race; not to modify or
improve a connection of Ireland with Great
Britain, but to sever the connection. This,
from an Irish point of view is a perlectly
legitimate object.
As to Irish Independence.
Whether the rest of the world would be
better or worse for the establishnientoi Irish
independence, that is a question of which
tbe rest of tbe world may have its own opin
ion. Hurlburt said:
I do not for myself believe that the rest ol
the world in general, or the United Seates in
particular, or Ireland itself, would beb e neflted
by the establishment ot Irish indep ndence,
and because I have said this whenever occasion
required, I have been treated, even by so candid
and amiable a man as my late friend John
Boyle O'Reilly, or Boston, as if I were an
enemy of the Insn people. It is, i think, ab
surd. But no matter about that. Irishmen
arc perfectly entitled to desire absolute Irish
independence, and Mr. Parnell knons that the
vast majority of Irishmen do desire absolute
Irish independence.
If Air. Gladstone co-operated with him with
out knowing this, and if Mr. Gladstone im
agined that the alliance formed by Mr. Parnell
with tbe Gladstonlan party was intended to
brief: about home rule in Ireland, tbe footstool
for tbe return to power of Mr. Gladstone and
his followers in England, I think he very much
mistook both tbe character of Mr. Parnell and
tbe object of tbe Irish people. For Mr. Par
nell now to step down and out from the leader
ship of tbe Iri.-h race, in order to facilitate tbe
return of Mr. Gladstone to power at tbe next
general election, would be to pnt tbe cart be
fore the horse.
Gladstone's View of Borne Bole.
Nobody supposes that Mr. Gladstone ever in
ended what Mr. Parnell intends Is regard to
Irish independence. If, therefore, in the con
versation at Hawarden Castle Mr. Parnell
learned, as I have no doubt he did learn,
that Mr.Gladstone regarded Hojie Rule merely
as a move in the game of British politics, is It
not clear that after the return of Mr. Gladstone
to power, with the help of Mr. Parnell, the lat
ter would have fonnd himself compelled openly
to break with Mr. Gladstone? How could
he possibly have co-operated with Mr. Glad
stone in 1892 to carry out a scheme of home
rule unsatisfactory to Ireland and calculated
to Impede the development of Irish independ
ence. Therefore. I think it a tactical mistake on
ihe part of Mr. Gladstone to have given Sir.
Parnell provocation now In 1890 to rupture tbe
connection which. In the course of events, it
must have been necessary for Mr. Parnell to
break through after the Gladstnnians had
been brought back by him to Westminster.
Mr. Parnell I believe to be a man of very strong
pa-sions and iron will. He is no doubt
incensed at the nature ot tbe attack made
upon him by Mr. Gladstone and bis lieutenants,
and, doubtless, still more incensed at tbe
attempt of Mr. Healy and some others of his
followers, who have made haste to support
that attack.
The Probable Motive of Healy.
Probably he considers that Mr. Healylis act
ing in revenge for the cavalier way in which
Mr. Parnell treated him at tbe time of the Gal
way election, and I believe it is an open secret
"that Mr. Healy has never been a very submis
sive or satisfied member of the Parneiuts
party. But I think it unjust to Mr. Parnell to
assume that personal considerations really
govern him in this matter. The tone of his
manifesto is too broad and too high to permit
this. If there is a touch of personal feeling in
it. It is his allusions to the traitors who wish to
throwhim to tbe English wolves.
But this, 1 take it. is rhetoric and he knows
the andience to which It Is addressed. I think
be is probably also exasperated by tne efforis
which he must know Mr. Gladstone has been
making during the past ten days in reference
to tho Catholic hierarchy and whether it Is hos
tile to him. I am informed on (rood authority
tbat Gladstone bas been addressing letters to at
least one very eminent Catholic dignitary on
tbo subject. I am further Informed tbat Mr.
Gladstone never had any suspicion at all of the
relations existing between Mr. Parnell and
Mrs. O'Shea. It is possible that he did not,
because, as one of bis friends once said, Mr.
Gladstone lives in a balloon. But these rela
tions were perfectly well known to Mr. Glad
stone's immediate lieutenants and supporters.
Plot Within a Plot.
Of this there can ho no doubt, no more than,
I believe, tbe fact tbat during the proceedings
which ended In the divorce, Mr. Parnell treated
the whole matter with absolnto disdain, assum
ing it to be perfectly well known to his English
allies, and declining to take the trouble even to
spend 0 minutes in discussing the steps which
Sbould be taken by his counsel. One of the
reasons given by blm for this was that any de
fense or the action would make it necessary
to show what English leaders had availed
themselves of the good will of Mrs. O'Shea, in
order to conduct negotiations with Mr. Parnell.
The failure of Mr.Gladstone to carry tbrongh
borne1 rulo in 18bG seemed to be certain from
tbe beginning;. As I then said, the objects of
the Irish party in seeking home role are en
tirely different from the objects of the English
party. By their help home rule is sought to be
beaten. At the present time, undoubtedly Mr.
Laboucbere is right in thinking, as be tells me
be does, the immediate dissolution of Parlia
ment is tbe only hope of Gladstonian victory.
Were Parliament dissolved next year, he says,
English constituencies are so solid that the
effect of the Parnell disclosures would not
have been fully produced. We might possibly'
come back with a narrow majority.
Not Indeed tbe majority we bad hoped for be
fore, but still with a majority. If dissolution is
postponed long it will get into the heads even of
the English constituencies that there has been
a difference between Mr. Parnell and Mr. Glad
stone, and then we shall be beaten completely.
I ought to add I do not tbiuk Mr. Laboucbere
is much disturbed by this because. like Mr.
Parnell, Mr. Laboucbere lias ultimate objects
of bis own, and not by the desire to immediately
become a member ot the Government.
Mr. Parnell looks forward to the indepen
dence of Ireland. Mr. Laboucbere looks for
ward to tbe overthrow of tbe British monarchy
and tbe establishment of a British republic; and
these are objects fur which the men who desire
them can afford to wait.
MONDAYS MEETIKO.
Parnell Support era Reported to he Beady to
Tote Against Him.
rsT DtTNLAF'S CABLE COMF-UTT.!
London, November 29. It is stated in
Irish political circles here that the effect of
Parnill' manifesto has PeVri still further to
reduce the number of hit .supporters in Par
liament Three out of eight of'those who
are described as wavering have signified
their intention to record their votes against
Parnell at next Monday's meeting.
Tbe manifesto, it is said, is a bold bid for
the support of the extreme, or Fenian, sec
tion ol the Nationalist parly in Ireland and
America, and the farmers. At a meeting of
the Irish members held to-day, the opinion
was freely expressed tbat, in issuing such a
manifesto, Parnell had committed political
suicide. It was recognized that all hope of
a peaceful'Eolution ot tbe question mnst be
abandoned.
DECEPTIVE FIGURES.
Not as Great aParnelllte Split as Has Been
Reported.
TBT PUITLAP'S CABLE COMPJUIT.i
London, November 29. Figures cabled
from here, purporting to show how the Na
tionalists will vote at the meeting on Mon
day, are untrustworthy. As a matter of
fact, only half a dozen have definitely de
clared against tbe Irish, leader. These include
Healy, Sexton, McCarthy and Arthur
O'Connor, who hope to form a commission to
take over the leadership. Of the great ma
jority of the party, 20 or 30 make no secret
of their intention to stick to the co-respondent
tbrongh thick and thin, while the rest
are sitting on tbe fence.
Parnell is hourly receiving assurances of
support from the Green Isle, and naturally
feels greatly encouraged by tbe attitude of
the Nationalist press of Dublin.
In Favor of Parnell.
rST PtTNLAT'S CABLE COirrANT.
Dublin, November 29. The feeling in
the west of Clare and in Limerick is alto
getber in favor of Parnell. The Board' of
Guardians of Kildisart, Glin and Tarbert,
County Kerry, have passed a vote of con
fidence. To Address His Constituents.
FBT DDNLAF'S CABLE COMFAXT.l
London, November 29. Parnell is ex
pected to go to Cork, for the purpose of ad
dressing his constituents, to-morrow, and he
will return to town on Monday.
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RECIPKOCITY GROWS.
The New Idea is Now Kecojrnizcd as
Ihe Nuclens of a Party.
SILENCE THAT IS SIGNIFICANT.
Blaine Seizes Every Means to Cultivate the
. Latin Republics.
BACKBONE EAILK0AD AKD GLOSSARY
IcoBBEsroirnEirci or the dispatch.!
WASniNaTON.November 29. The Spanish-American
republics are under obliga
tions to Major McKinley. For his loss is
likely to be their gain. The circumstances
that Secretary Blaine is personally cultivat
ing most intimate relations with the Minis
ters who here represent the other republics
on this hemisphere and that he has recently
been in close conference with the most in
fluential of them are regarded as significant.
I called on a leading Republican Senator,
whose voice is generally heard on all ques
tions which involve international relations,
and asked him about it
"First," he said, "you must not mention
my name. The tariff law may be mended
this winter where there are some obvious
holes in it, but tbe important thing we shall
do during this session and tbe next year is to
cultivate South America. Beciprocity of
trade to some extent will no doubt be ar
ranged for, and it looks now as if close rela
tions with all South America would be es
tablished and a good deal of its lost trade
recovered. But you must not mention my
name."
BLAINE ISN'Z BEIICENT.
I never saw snch reticence as there is just
now among public men of both parties.
"But don't quote me as saying anything
about it," is their first and last injunction.
Mr. Blaine was more responsive. He spoke
with frankness and enthusiasm, and I be
lievejhe would rather have his name handed
down to the future as the creator af a con
tinental commeice than as the nineteenth
President of the United States.
"In two or three ways," said the Secre
tary, "can Congress, if'it chooses, take steps
to promote clever relations with South
Ameiica, It can make the small appro
priation of 565,000 our quota of the cost of
surveying the rente of the backbone railroad
over the unoccupied areas which divide us
from the Spanish Republics south of us.
All of those countries have shown consider
able enterprise in railroad construction, and
it needs only vigorous co-operation to weld
us together with an iron rail. It can easily
devise other means of making ns better ac
quainted with each other, analogous to
the commercial bubeau
of the American Republics which was
authorized and tstablished during the sum
mer aud placed, at the request of the foreign
delegates, in charge of Mr. Curtis. That
bureau is now busy making a glossary ot
the nomenclature of the terms used in trade
so as to facilitate purchases and remove
some of the exasperating embarrassments
that now exist The Spanish language has
been modified by provincialism and local
usage till a good deal of confusion prevails
in making orders and consignments.
"A name used in one market may de
scribe an entirely different article ic another
market. The fabric which is known as
'print' in England and as 'calico' in tbe
United States, is known by half-a-dozen
different designations to our continental
neighbors; and the terms for 'handkerchief
are equally ambiguous. So of hundreds or
thousands of other things. Curtis is trying
to itraicbten thiac-nt Better call oniim."
-I took this advice and sought information
of, Mr. William E. Curtis, the chief of the
new bureau. Information is sadly needed
in this country. Our knowledge of South
America is as dense as that of the average
Englishman about this republic Mr. Cur
tis, when I called at bis bureau, mentioned
a common mistake.
NO ABOENTINS CONFEDEBATION.
"A good man folks who ought to know
better," said bi,' "still speak of the Argen
tine Conlederation, whereas the old conled
eration was abolished in blood 20 years ago,
and the Republic (with a capital B) estab
lished. The State of Buenos Ayres then at
tempted to secede, because she couldn't have
her own'way, and tbe war was distinctly to
determine whether the Argentine people
lived under a nation or a free-love affinity.
The nation conquered, the secessionists were
coerced, the constitution was amended, and
now it is as improper to speak of the Argen
tine Confederation as an entity as to allude
to the Southern Confederacy."
I fonnd the new bureau well sheltered in
a stylish modern swell front hrick bouse on
Vermont avenue, in tbe social center of the
city. A well dressed colored serviter met
me at the dooi. another halted me in the hall
while he bore my card to the chief ot the
bureau; and when I was summoned to enter
tbe office a boy" deferentially took my hat
and kept it for me. Tbe place is furnished
with a good deal of completeness aud some
elegance a tribute to Spanish tastes.
EVERYTHING DONE IN STYLE.
A dozen or 20 clerks and typewriters were
busy in the dozen rooms of the building.and
it looks as if Mr. Curtis would succeed in
spending his $36,000 appropriation without
much of an effort. This expense, by the way,
is borne pro rata by all the countries inter
ested. The United States advances the
money, for convenience sake, and sends
bills, based ou populaticn, I believe, to each
of the nations south of us. In reply to my
question whether he had laid out his work
for the coming year, Mr. Curtis said:
"Yes. There are three things we are
going to try to do.
"First We are going to make aglossary of
all the commercial terms that have different
meanings in the different countries. We are
at this now. It Is not, of course, proposed
to induce the adoption of a uniiorm nomen
clature, lor that would be impossible. I
shall get out a book containing all the
equivocal names with their local synonyms
in parallel columns. There is no such list
in,the world, and it is sadly needed at every
South American seaport as well as by our
own shippers. There are about 8,000 ot these
words. .
INFOEMATION ON THE TAEIFTS.
"Second We shall compile the tariffs of
all these nations by articles so that tbe duty
to be paid can be ascertained at a glance.
"Third We shall begin a series of bulle
tins, being pamphlets of 150 pages or so,
each giving a sketch of tbe staples of one of
these countries, and some account of tbe
articles of merchandise which they import
and others of which they stand in need.
"Here is a year's work laid out, easy
enough, and the work is educating tending
to make all the people of this hemisphere
better acquainted with each other."
The bureau is to have an organ entitled
the Bulletin of the Commercial Bureau of
the American Republics. It will be printed
in three languages of American commerce
English, Spanish and Portuguese. Mr.
Curtis estimates that there are at present
250,000. people in this country interested in
the commercial life of the countries South
of ns, aud he has their names and addresses
on his books, and will offer to swap informa
tion with them.
-wobld's faie plans.
He has, moreover, devised a rather com
prehensive plan tor the apotheosis of tbe
discoverer at Chicago. He wants a model
of the house at Genoa in which Columbns
was born; a lull-size reproductionof the cara
vel in which be sailed, manned by sailors
in tbe costume of that time; a piaster relief
of the' West India Islands and adjoining
shores; relies of Columbus and his original
letters; wax models ot Cortez and Pizarro
and their men; models of the palace of the
Montezumas; the banner of Pizarro, em
broidered by Queen Isabella, now in the
City Hall at Caracas; models of Toltec
ruins, with illustrations and stndies of the
arts of the Colonial period and of the pres
ent time.
It is proposed to have this ambitious ex
hibit in a special building constructed in
the exact form of the South American con
tinent, each nation confining itself to an
area with outlines corresponding to its own.
This would be unique, attractive and in
structive, but architectural considerations
Mjill probably make it impracticable.
A NEWSPAPER HUSTLER.
Curtis furnishes another instance of the
favor shown to journalists by this adminis
tration. He earned the reputation of "a
hustler" among newspaper men, having in
viewed the James and Younger brothers in
their Missouri stronghold, and bad a narrow
escape with his life from several other expe
ditions. He has since become well known
as a magazinist and author, his books on
South America being the best current au
thority. The reciprocity party which is springing
up here is winning successions every day,
and if Congress does not early pass some
radical measure to effect a free exchange it
is not impossible that the President may re
sort to duress by using the discretion with
which he was armed by the McKinley tariff
to restore the duty on sugar pending the es
tablishment of mutual concessions.
W. A. Cboffut.
THE AMERICAN HOG
MAY YET FIND FAVOR WITH THE FRENCH
AUTHORITIES.
ETen Now It Enters Franco Through. Bel
giumThe Tariff to be so Remodeled as
to Allow Its Importation Under a Suffi
cient Dnty.
Paris, November 29. M. Jules Koche,
Minister of Commerce, attended the meet
ing of the Tariff Sub-Committee on Animal
Products, at which the duty on salt meats
was considered. The draft of the tariff pro
poses ajduty of 12 francs per double hun
dred weight for all kinds of these products.
The committee proposed an entirely new
classification, a duty of 30 francs being im
posed on sausages and other preserved meats,
and a duty of 15 francs ou hams, bacon and
lard. Mr. Roche stated that the Govern
ment persisted in demanding that a duty of
only 12 irancs be placed on all classes of
these products, as a low tariff was indis
pensable in order to procure from tbe United
States a modification of the McKinley tariff
law.
He informed the committee that American
pork now got into France through Belgium,
payiug only 4f 60c, and as it did not flood
the French market at that duty the imposi
tion of a tariff of 12f would be sufficient pro
tection. M. Roche further objected to the com
mittee's proposal to increase tbe tariff on
canned meats, fresh mutton and pork
products. The committee's report disre
gards M. Roche's protest and will be
opposed by the Government in the Chambers.
Minister Ribot, Rouvier, Roche aud
Develle concur in the opinion tbat it is
necessary to keep the tariff sufficiently
elastic to make it possible to offer reciprocal
advantages to the United States.
EX-MABSHAL BUSSING.
It is Feared That an Appointee of General
Grant Has Drowned Himself.
Chicago, November 29. Up to 10 o'clock
this morning the family of ex-United States
Marshal B. H. Campbell, who wandered
away from his home Thursday night, had
secured no trace of his whereabouts. He
-had been suffering from pneumonia, and was
K very' weak". At -about 'midnight his
daughter administered a dose of medicine
and left him, apparently resting easily. On
going to his room shortly afterward, it was
discovered that he bad risen from his bed,
partly dressed himself and left the house.
Since then most earnest search has failed to
reveal any trace of him. The family fear
that, in a fit of mental aberration, brought
on by sickness, he wandered away and fell
into the lake, which is only a short distance
from his house. The lake is being dragged.
Mr. Campbell was an early settler in the
West, taking up his residence in Galena,
111., in 1843. He was a close friend of
General Grant, nnd was appointed by him
to the position of United States Marshal for
the Nortnern district of Illinois in 1869, and
held the position till 1877. His estate is
estimated at $1,500,000 to $2,000,000.
UNITING AGAINST BTBTKTVRB.
Shoe Manufacturers of Rochester Threaten
to Discharge Union Men.
Rochester, N. Y., November 29. There
has been a strike at P. Cox's shoe
manufactory since June last against the in
troduction of the Rochester lasting ma
chines. Twenty-one of the leading manu
facturers have signed the following mani
festo, which was published to-day:
We, tbe undersigned shoe manufacturers of
the city of Rochester. N. Y.. hereby agree that
on and after December 1, 1S90, we will dismiss
from our employment all members of tbe Boot
and Shoe Makers' International Union until
such time as tbe strike against tbe P. Cox Shoe
Manufacturing Company shall have been com
pletely abandoned. We claim the right to in
troduce any machinery we deem desirable and
to operate tbe samo in snch manner as we may
elect, either by.tbe day, week or piece.
CHABDIEB DEFENDS HIMSELF.
In an Open Letter the Senator Refutes the
Charge of Bribery.
Concobd, N. H., November 29. Sena
tor William E. Chandler is on his way to
Washington, bnt has left behind an open
letter, in which he gives what purports to
be the inside history of the great railroad
controversy, and then proceeds to discuss
and defend himself against the charges of
bribery made against him in the legislative
cauens of 1889, wherein he was renominated
for tbe Senate.
To this he adds caustic criticisms of the
author of the charges of bribery, and sup
plements them with various personal letters
and statements to sustain his position.
Chief Brown Is Bored.
Chief Brown is being bored by business
men who take up bis time pleading for
mercy for the wholesale liquor dealers now
in tro'nble. The Chief is a trifle displeased
at such interference on behalf of law
breakers, and proposes to pursue the course
he had laid out.
Waiting: for a Legal Opinion.
Rev. P. R. Mayer, pastor of the Trinity
Catholic Church, notified Chief Brown yes
terday that he had stopped the removal of
bodies from the graveyard until the law was
clearly defined.
Have You Seen
Those satin-lined chinchilla overcoats we
sell at $10 each? They have silk velvet col
lars, are lined entirely with satin, and worth
from $25 to $28. No bargain like this ever
was ottered belore. P. C. C C,
Pittsburg Combination Clothim g
Company, corner Grant and Diamond
streets, opposite the Court Honse.
Fine Umbrellas for the Holidays.
If you want something first class in this
line, it will pay you to visit Hauch's jew
elry store, No. 295 Fifth avenue, wrsuf
Holiday Presents.
For a matchless assortment comprising
thousands of useful and ornamental articles
at extremely low prices, jro to Gusky's;
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COQUETTING WITH THE
PLATE GLASS FACTS.
Result of a Protectiye Policy on This
Important Industry.
THE GE0WTH IN TWENTY YEARS.
Prices Have Steadily Decreased Until Within
the Eeacfc of AIL
SIGNIFICANCE OP EECEST ORDERS
This fall a druggist living in the moun
tain fastnesses of Indiana county sent an
order to the Pittsburg Plate Glass Company
for a large sheet of plate glass for his show
window front. It was shipped to him from
tbe works at Tarentum. He does business
in a village 20 miles from the county seat,
vrhich is his nearest railroad station. At
Indiana, therefore, the glass was taken
from the car, and in its huge framework of
wood set up lengthwise in the middle of a
wagon, supported by sticks nailed to the
sides of the wagon bed, and in this way
hauled over 20 miles of rongh and hilly
country roads to its destination.
Mr. Alex. Painter, the Pittsburg iron
manufacturer, recently purchased $700
worth of plate glass for the windows of his
new residence in Allegheny. To spend $700
on window glass-fo?i,4 single house ,may be
considered a luxury, but in the interior
rnral town of Clarion, which is only tapped
by a single line of railway and tbat a nar
row gauge three residences of country mer
chants may be seen with plate glass for
window panes.
WHAT PBOTECTION DOES.
With two instances like, these, it is re
freshing to be able to exhibit some advan
tages of high protective tariff. It is the
fashion just now among free trade papers
to cite instances of the increase in price of
certain articles under the workincs of tbe
McKinley bill. Here is an example of
how prices on an article which used to be a
very expensive form of luxury have de
creased under a tariff schedule that is con
tinued unchanged in tbe McKinley bill.
Captain J. B. Ford, the fonnder of plate
glass making in the United States, and a
member of tbe Pittsbnrg company, says that
where yon used to find the consumption of
plate glass confined 'to large cities, now you
will find almost every county towh in the
interior with its drugstore fitted with a plate
glass front, and from two to ten dwelling
houses along its suburban streets furnished
with window panes of plate glass. He says
that in a citv where formerly a few resi
dences with plate glass windows were
curiosities because of their expense, now
from 30 to 100 or more residences can be
found with plate glass utilized in their con
struction instead of ordinary window glass.
BLAINE AS A PIONEER.
The new use of the beantif nl plate for this
purpose is constantly growing. Its high
polish, crystal transparency and extreme
thickness combine in it both ornamentation
and practicability. One of the men to
adopt it earliest in the United States for
house windows was James G. Blaine. In
building his summer residence at Bar Har
bor, Me., he used the best American plate
in all the window frames, and it cost a good
deal more per foot then than now.
For store show windows, the cost of plate
glass has steadily decreased under the policy
of tariff. A store front that would have cost
$300 a few years ago now sells for $150.
That lets in the country stores, while the
city stores would have bad to have tbe
article at any price anyhow. High tariff
has therefore "been a direct blessing to them.
The price of plate glass in the United States
in 1889 had declined to 59 cents per foot.
In 1868 and 1869 it sold in New York and
Pittsburg for $2 and $2 50 per foot.
TWENTY YEARS OF TARIFF.
The story of how tbe tariff fostered the
plate glass industry is best read by taking
up some old reference book published before
the business amounted to much on this side
of the ocean. The American Cyclopedia,
for instance, says that in 1870 tbe entire out
put o' plate glass in the United States was
$355,250 worth, in making which 200 hands
were employed. The importations of plate
glass into tbe United States Irom France
and England in 1872 were 2.482,359 square
feet, worth $1,550,857. In 1875 the annual
product of Plata glass in all
Europe was a little upward of 10,000,000
square feet per annnm, of which about
4,000,000 feet were made in France. The
Cyclopedia adds: "The industry is limited
to a few large establishments, there being
six each in France and England, and two
each in Germany and Belgium."
Since that Cyclopedia was printed and
that was a la'te one America has worked
wonders, and Pittsburg's environs have
been the scene ol most of them. Only last
April The Dispatch printed original
figures showing tbat the prodnction of-plate
glass in the United States had reached the
enormous aggregate of 9,343,385 feet in one
year.
THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE.
In the same article it was shown that
when improvements then pending were fin
ished, and when new works then projected,
were completed, the production wnnld reach
15,400,000 leet annually. Those figures are
scarcely realized yet, but since April tbe
output has increased so rapidly that it is
now nearly 12,000,000 ieet annually. And
only back in 1875 the prodnction of all
Europe was only 10,000,000 feet, The.In-
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FARMERS' ALLIANCE.
dustry in Europe had half a century of
growth, but had free trade. The industry
in America onlv bas had 15 or 20 years
growth, but it had tariff to help it. In 1889
the Pittsburg Plate Glass Company's
various works alone turned out 5,000,000
feet; the Howard works, on the Mononga
hela, 840,000; and the Butler works, 600.000
feet. There were in April six companies
altogether inthe United -States.
FIRE THUNDER'S PROWESS.
BESIDES CARRYING OFF CHICKENHEAD
HE WRITES ENGLISH.
A tetter From Him Keceived.bv a Xonng
Gentleman of This City The Indian.
Trouble "Was Mostly in the Imagination
of Certain Whites.
Apropos of the recent Indian troubles the
letter "published below is of interest. It
was received by Mr. Riddle D. Haworth, of
this city, yesterday. The writer is a full
blooded Sioux Indian, known as Fire Thun
der, who received three years' training at
the Carlisle school. Friday this Indian dis
tinguished himself by his leadership of a
body of Indian police who broke up a ghost
dance at the mouth of the White river. He
it was who rushed in and seized Chicken
head, who attempted to resist the authori
ties, and carried him bodily from the place.
Fire Thunder came to Carlisle school with
his blanket over his shoulders and with all
the characteristics of his race. He could
not speak a word of Enzlish. The letter,
which Is printed verbatim, shows what the
schooling accomplished.
Pine Rjcoe aosxct 1
' South Dakota, Nor. 20, J
Dear Fbiznd:
'I received your kind letter to-day and was
very clad to hear from yon. I will write to you
and let you know tbat I am still liring among
Indians. You asked me how we are sretting
alone out here. We are all right. Nothing
trouble among the Indians. They have been
dancing since last spring but tbat was amount
to anything There are good many soldiers
came. Fire or six troops of Cavelry and
six companies of Infantry are here. Bo all the
Indians cave up the Ghost Dance. Half of tbe
Indians did not join tbe Ghost Dance. Sows
don't have any trouble out here, but some
of the whites among the Indians try to scare
the Eastern people. Tbat is alL Most of the
Indians cams to agency last week, and tbey
all stay here around tbe agency, wait for beef
issne. which will be to-day.
Well, did you get my last letter all right? I
sent you a knife case that time, too. I got
married over two years ago. and have a little
Cirl 16 months old. Let me know how you all
are getting along. This is all I will say this
time. Yours truly, Fjbe Thunder. m
TEE C0LTHAH IfTJBDEB MYSTEBY.
A Dispute Over a Hog KUlinc; May Hare Led
to the Crime.
'Squire J. A. Wible, of Oakdale, thinks
he has a clew leading to the assailant of
William Coltman, who received fatal in
juries at McDonald station a few days since.
Coltman had sued Paul Averical, an Ital
ian, for killing a hog belonging to him.
When the time came forahearing Coltman
was absent, and as he wastbe only witness
tbe Italian was released.
It is stated that Coltman left his work to
be present at the hearing,and it is suggested
that he might have been assaulted on the
way.
ladles and Gentlemen,
You are invited to attend the great auction
sale of fine diamonds, watches, jewelry,
sijver and silver-plated ware, onyx and
marble clocks, bronzes, etc., now going on.
This stock is all first-class goods; in fact,
the finest line of goods ever offered at auc
tion in this city. Sales daily at 10 A. m.,
2:30 and 7:30 P. M., until my entire stock and
fixtures are disposed of. Remember, all
goods warranted the same as though bought
at private sale, by M. G. Cohen, Diamond
Expert and Jeweler, 533 Smithfield street.
A NOTABLE EVENT.
Sixty Salesmen Will Do Duty and Sell Noth
ing but 810 and 812 Overcoats.
For three days (Monday, Tuesday 'and
Wednesday) we shall mark 4,900 fine over
coats at $10 and $12. They are picked from '
our $18, $22 and $25 counters. Some are
satin lined, many cloth lined, while others
are lined with double warp farmer satin.
Only the best of imported chinchillas, ker
seys, meltons, beavers and cheviots will be
in this Dargain lot. It will be the'' overcoat
sale of tbe season. A money saver for over
coat bnvers.
P. C. c. C. Pittsbueo Combination
CLOiniNQ Company, corner Grant and
Diamond streets, opposite the Court
House.
Commnnleated.1
COBA Tanneb, in ber romantio drama,
"The Berugee'i Daughter," will be the at
traction at the Grand this week. Special
ladies' matinees Wednesday and Saturday.
Ladies' Jackets Our assortments ex
cel all others in extent, variety and values.
ttssu Huous & Hacks.
Shoe Dealers, Attention.
Mammoth sale of 3,000 cases of Candee
rubbers this week. Terms 40 per cent and 5
percent 10 days. Kaufmanns',
Filth avenue and Smithfield street.
Mail orders promptly filled.
Genuine Alaska seal gloves or gauntlets
make a handsome and useful present. We
have them from $6 to $11. Gusky'S,
The Best and Most Comfortable
Shoes for ladies are those bright dongola
welt Waukenphists, worth $4, which Kaul
manns' will sell tomorrow for $2 00,
A BATTLEJII BRAZIL.
John Bull Has Trained All His
Guns .Against Jonathan and
His Trade There.
TO BE WON INCH BY INCH.
Shrewd Newspaper Attacks Upon the
World's Fair at Chicago.
ODE EDIT0ES FURHISH WEAPONS.
fight of the English Steamship Lines on
Uncle Sam's Boats.
DIEECT C0MHUSICATIO.N IS HEEDED
COBBISPOOTEXCZ OF TUX DlSrATCH.J
Paba. Bbazil, November 14. It is
evident from certain publications which
have for some time past been appearing in
the local papers here, that European capital
does not intend to let American trade in
crease iU hold on Sonth America, without
contesting every inch of territory. The
most prominent and most ably conducted
newspaper of the five dailies which are pub
lished in this city is A Provineia do Para.
This paper seems to be in the employ of Old
World capital, or perhaps coquetting with
it, and looking with sly amatory glances
toward North America.
This paper has recently published frequent
and comparatively full notices of the initia
tory movements of the Columbian Exposi
tion ot 1892. Most of these articles have
been translations from New York and Phil
adelphia papers, and breathe the jealousy,
bnt poorly concealed, which was caused by
Chicago's success in obtaining the location
for the Exposition. Democratic opposition
to the new tariff bill also forms a part of the
animus of these articles that seem wafted to
these shores by transatlantic winds, to an
tagonize American interests in general.
JUST SUITS ENGLAND.
As a specimen of this sort of literature
that is being warmed over and served np to
Brazilians on this topic, to the detriment of
American trade as well as of the Exposition,
is a tranlation from the Times, of Philadel
phia, published by the above named Para
paper on tbe 23th ult. That article treats of
the new McKinley tariff bill as probibitivs
to European trade and as indicative of the
settled national purpose to make the Expo
sition of 1892 exclusively American, and
urges the idea that it may be simply impos
sible for it to be anything more than a
"Chicaso" exposition.
Nothing could suit European interests in
Sonth America better than the publication
of just such "stuff" from United States
sources, in impartial, or rather, friendly
papers here. Open hostility on the part of
papers here would awaken reactionary sus
picion, as there is no reason for hostility;
but, on the contrary, every reason for'a
friendly attitude toward the "United States
on the part of the Brazilian press. Conse
quently the articles translated and pub
lished here are generally of an interesting
and interested sort, but conceal under a
handsome cloak of sad regret a devilish
sfingfi dnubt aa to whether the Exposition
will ever amount to anything alter ail.
OUB ONLY DEFENDER.
The only out-and-out newspaper defense
of our Columbian Expositiocjwhich has
been published here has appeared from time
to time in a weekly newspaper entitled O
Apologitta Christao Brazileiro, edited and
published by the Bev. Justus H. Nelson,
A. M., S. T. B., a native of Wisconsin and
ten years in Brazil as a self-supporting mis
sionary of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
From this week's issue of this paper I give
the translation of the "leader," which is as
follows:
In the United States of America no one at
tempts to cover up tbe fact that the city of
New Yort felt very jealous for not having se
cured for herself the International Exposition
of 1S02. Some newspapers of that city, as well
as ot Philadelphia and other Eastern cities,
have not yet been able to forget tbat tbe much
younger cltr, Chicago, bas won from them
the much coveted prize, and are making a
petty war against tbe Exposition. The Amer
ican newspapers that reach Brazil are unfor
tunately almost all from those cities wbere
this jealousy exists, and consequently tbe news
of the Exposition, wbich is to be larger and
mora important than any this world has yet
seen, comes to us belittled and green with jeal
ousy, from petty, vengeful politics. Not to
mention many articles which in the same tenor
haTa been published here, tba article which the
J'rovincta do J?ara of tbe 28th ult. translated
from tba Times, at Philadelphia, will serve as
a sample. The following Is the last paragraph
of tbat article:
"WHAT DOES THE MISCHIEF.
".Let us have, therefore, au 'American' Ex
position, if we can, or a "Chicago' Exposition, if
wc can't do better.ZTbe Action of a 'nnirersal
Exposition should be immediately abandoned."
The premises from wbich the TUnts seeks to
draw this conclusion are two the out-of-the-way
location of Chicago and the protective)
legislation of the National Congress. As to tho
location, we affirm that, even for an Inter
national Exposition, Chicago is much superior
to New York. Last year we Tisited both cities
several times; and observed tbat Chicago is a
much better enterprising city than New York,
aud bas room much better suited for the Expo
sition. And, besides, to sbovr to foreigners
what America Is, and to America what foreign
ers are, it wonld be impossible to choose a
better location.
Tbe distance from tbe sea Is not great. Tho
trip of 800 miles is now mads In 13 hours; and it
is promised that, during the time of tbe Expo
sition, express trains will traveise the dlstancs
in 15 hours or less, and for reduced price. Thus
foreign visitors will bare an opportunity to see,
not only the City of New York, but also a bean
tif ol stretch of country, which Is an mdlipen
sibla part of the Exposition.
"As tothenew protective tariff legislation, it
Is true that tbe custom bouse duties exclude
from tbe United States market certain pros
ducts of European manufacturers articles
which are manulactnred In tbe United State
and against which Ihe United States manu
factnrersdo pot wish free competition with
under-paid labor. But European manufactur
ers will not let this prevent them from taking
part in the Exposition, and for the following
reasons:
TOE THE INTERESTS OT ALL.
"The Exposition of 1S32 is especially for the
celebration of tbe fourth centennial of the
discovery of America, and in the Interest of
the three Americas North. Central and South.
All these will oe represent! d in tbe Exposition
In their production and in all their industries.
North America is seeking to attract the atten
tion ot the Republics of South America, to
obtain part of the trade which now exists be
tween these republics and the countries of
Europe.
Therefore, the European countries will pot
fall to be well represented at tbe International
Exposition for the very reason not to let the
North Americans take away tbelr South Amer
ican trade. Tbe fact is, tbat aside from purely
sentimental motives, the principal purpose of
the Exposition is to increase the friendly and
commercial relations between tbe three Amer
icas. Consequently, it Is not to be wondered
at, that European Interests take advantage of
tbe petty, vengeful politics of some North
American papers devoied to merely local in
terests, for the purpose of belittling tba great
Columbian Exposition of the New Worldj
simply because it threatens to divide the South
American trade, which Europe bas hitherto
been ablo to almost monopolize. Tbe compe
tition which tbe Universal Exposition is going
to establish Is for the interest of South Amer
ica. Besides rubber, coffee and sugar, the
immense natural wealth or Brazil is nnknown
in North America; just as the advantages
offered by tbe North American trade are al
most unknown here. .
2TOT YET ACQUAINTED.
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