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PITTSBURG. FRIDAY. FEB. 13, 1591.
TI1E NEW BALTIMORE AND OHIO.
There has recently been plenty of con
firmation of the news first published in The
Dispatch that the Baltimore and Ohio
Kailroad is to become part of a great trans
continental system, with its main line pass
ing through Pittsburg. This is Rood news
for this city. The fruition of the colossal
railroad scheme planned by Jay Gould and
the Standard Oil party means greatly in
creased facilities for Pittsburg and its
tributary region, new outlets for our pro
duction, new inlets for raw materials and,
above all, competition in every direction.
It matters nothing at whose hands these
benefits are received so long as this commu
nity may enjoy them. To meet the aggressive
attitude of the people who are now in the
Baltimore and Ohio, the Pennsylvania and
Vanderbilt interests must improve their fa
cilities, too. This healthful competition
was long coming, but it appears to have
compensating features in being thorough
since it has come. There is a traffic here
that is not merely greater than that ol any
other city in this country, but, as has been
frequently pointed out by The Dispatch,
is highly profitable to the railroads at any
thing near present rates. It is no philan
thropic project on the part of Mr. Gould to
secure part of this traffic, but while he helps
himself he will help our industries.
CLEAN" CURRENCY NEEDED.
There are demands for free coinage of
lilver; for free and plentiful issue of green
backs; for increase of National bank circu
lation; for fractional paper currency; for
new issues of interest-bearing bonds, and
for several other modes of tinkering with
the circulating medium of the country. But
there is one much needed reform which is
advocated by no political party or faction,
and that is a movement foraclean currency.
Possibly the politicians, angling for votes,
are afraid of the cry being raised that it is
a "blarsted British scheme, don't you
know," for this is one of the things England
manages better than Uncle Sam.
When a note is returned, for any reason
whatever, to the Bank of England it never
gets back into circulation again. A new
one is issued in its place, or, in other words,
only new notes are ever paid ont. The
result is a paper currency bright and clean,
in strong coutrast with our tattered, mangy
and oit-times filthy bank notes or treasury
certificates.
It is. claimed that on this account the
Bank of England notes are counterfeited
much less frequently than our own and with
much less success. The English notes are
plainer and simpler than ours, yet counter
feits are quickly discovered because of the
cleanness of the money in circulation. But
the retirement of worn currency maybe still
more strongly urged on hygienic grounds.
Physicians agree that dirty money is one or
the most convenient of vehicles for the trans
mission of disease germs. The many hands
through which notes pass before they are
worn out gives them every opportunity to
acquire every form of contagion that greasy
paper may nourish. Doctors have been de
claring that metallic currency may carry
enough bacteria to cause infection, but the
filthv old bank note is ten times worse.
BUNCOMBE IX CANADIAN POLITICS.
Onr friends over in Canada can work
themselves up to white-heat in politics
quite as well as we can, despite their frigid
zone. And the politicians, yclept states
men, over the border can indulge in patriotic
buncombe equal to that of any mouthy
stouter lor the starry flag on this side. Thus
Sir John Macdciald, the leader of the ad
ministration party, declares the advocacy of
unrestricted reciprocity with the United
States to be rank treason. Figuratively he
wraps himself in the British flag for protec
tion against such a grossly unpatriotic idea
and calls on every lover of his country to
rally around the standard of the Empire.
He would have every voter believe that un
restricted reciprocity means the annexation
of Canada to the United States.
But the organs ot the opposition are vari
ously explaining what unrestricted reciproc
ity means. Their definitions of it are evi
dently made to suit tbe supposed views ot
constituencies, as one declares it to mean
commercial union, while another savs it
means a tree interchange of products with
each country left free to regulate its own
tar.ff against the rest of the world. Ob
viously unrestricted reciprocity cannot
mean both these things. It is very certain
the United States would not agree to the
latter interpretation.
The administration finds its warrant for
the cry of treason in the fact that there is a
large element of Canadian population in
favor of annexation tu the United States.
Treason is a harsh word to apply to their
longings, however, as they expect the
mother couutry to concur in the transfer of
allegiance when it is made. And it is an
extreme stretch of political imagination to
accuse one party of treason for advocating a
broad measure of reciprocity when the ad
ministration party the only true and loyal,
according to Sir John is itself advocating
a restricted reciprocity in the form of "a
return to the treaty of 18o4, w:th modifica
tions and extensions." Lie average Cana
dian citizen, however, will hardly take so
philosophic a view of the matter. He will
become obstinately and heatedly convinced,
according to his partisan preference, that
half his fellow citizens cherish treasonable
thoughts, or that they are plotting for an
autocratic form of government under cover
of the present liberal monarchy.
Viewing the fight at this distance we can
afford to be amused at the exposition ol par
tisan spleen beyond the imaginary line
which cuts magnificent Niagara in twain.
But when it comes our turn again, to
fight Congressional battles, will we profit
any by the Canadian exhibit? Or will we,
as in tbe last campaign, believe one party
guilty of treason and the other of all the
crimes on the list? And with a third party
in tbe field will we believe it an Anarchistic
plot? Judging from all past experience the
Canadians will have their opportunity to
laugh at the buncombe of politics in the
United States next year.
THE ROOT OF MISGOYEKNMENT.
One of the stock arguments by Allegheny
politicians against consolidation with Pitts
burg has always been that affairs were so
much better managed on the north side of
the river. The Allegheuian concerned in
city government was held to have an eye
single for the public good. Devoted to a
fine economy which hesitated even at sup
plying the necessities for comfort in city
life such as good pavements and pure
water it was long his proud privilege to
speak censoriously of Pittsburg's municipal
extravagance as an insuperable bar to the
union. An altogether Arcadian and inex
pensive simplicity were to be understood as
the characteristics of city politics across the
river.
But whether this was a mere fancy pic
ture, or that the late entrance of Allegheny
into the second class of cities has suddenly
let loose in tbaj sacred territory a Pandora's
boxful of such evils as have not been un
familiar in large municipalities, it is certain
a change has suddenly come o'er tbe spirit
of this beautiful dream. We find the sister
city has deemed it expedient to wrestle
with certain pronounced public grievances
through a Committee of Fifty. This body
proposes to take a hand in the forthcoming
city election. It has issued a terse, well
written platform, stating the basis of its or
ganization. It wants Councilmen "who
will be above mere party influence;" "hon
est and fair elections, free from corporation
influence and from official interference,"
and "the adoption of the Crawford county
system of voting for all nominations." It de
mands that "the city shall receive adequate
compensation for all valuable franchises,"
and shall also get pure water, improved
pavements, and underground wires, and
lop off unnecessary offices.
We can heartily commend tbe aims of the
committee That occasion should arise for
organized effort outside of the ordinary
political channels disposes entirely of the
claim hitherto made that Allegheny was
free from those eccentricities of government
which have frequently been a source of
bitter criticism in Pittsburg. But nobody
took that claim very seriously, anyhow; so
no harm comes of demolishing the pretty
fiction; while some good may result in the
organized attention of citizens to public
business.
It is well, however, for this committee
and for all, in fact, who desire better city
governments, to have their attention di
rected to one radical obstacle now existing,
viz., the present constitution of Councils.
Until at least one branch of Councils in our
large cities is elected on a general ticket, in
place of being chosen by wards, the best re
sults can never be got. On a general ticket
the whole city would have a chance to vote
the very best business men men of highest
character into one branch of Councils.
These would have the intelligence and the
desire to protect and promote the interests
of the city at large, while the local needs of
the wards would be sufficiently looked after
by the ward representatives in the other
branch. Men of the highest standing would
gladly run upon such a general
ticket, feeling that the public estimate
of their character and capacity would insure
their election. The same men will not, as a
rule, ran upon ward tickets where they have
to personally solicit votes, or be beholden to
private friendships or grudges; or, if elected,
to serve as a protesting minority in a cham
ber whose seats are occupied in many cases
by individuals of equivocal fitness, or as
often happens, undoubted unfitness.
This is a root idea which we commend to
all who arc unsatisfied with the present con
stitution and operation of city governments.
It can only be given effect by moving on the
Legislature. Consideration of it need
not, of course, prevent present efforts for the
best that can be done on existing linesj but
no permanent result worth talking about
can be accomplished until at least one
branch of Councils is chosen by the vote of
the whole city.
FACTS AND FIGURES WANTED.
It is now time for the opponents of the
Burdick pipe line bill to produce their facts
and figures. Senator Lee produced figures
to show that it costs no more that 6 cents per
barrel to collect and transport oil for a dis
tance of SO miles or less. The Burdick bill
allows double that rate of compensation. It
was shown, in the discussion of the Billings
ley bill four years ago, that under the
agreement between the National Transit
Company and Tidewater Company they
allow each other 6 cents per barrel to cover
tbe cost of such service, and they are pre
sumed to know what it does cost.
The burden of pro6f is thus put upon the
monopoly to show why a rate of 12 cents per
barrel is not just and equitable. Threats of
removing pipe lines or refusing to care for
oil will not do. Intimations that business
is more profitable in Ohio and West Vir
ginia are not germane to the question.
Facts and figures must be produced, sup
ported by indubitable evidence of their
authenticity, or the Burdick bill should be
passed. It is no time for specious argu
ment. GOVERNOR NORTHEN AND JAY GOULD.
Governor Nortben, of Georgia, will go
down in history as the man who snubbed
Jay Gould. Mr. Northen declined the in
vitation of the Mayor of Atlanta to partici
pate in a reception of welcome to Mr. Gould
on the occasion of the very recent visit of
that wily railroad magnate to that city.
This declination is called a "snub," and as
such may become historical, though in fact
it was nothing of tbe kind. Mr. Northen
simply declined to welcome Mr. Gould, in
his official capacity, on the ground that Mr.
Gould's visit was not an official one, and
was not made in the interest of the public
welfare. Governor Northen did right in
thus honoring his duty to the State and
maintaining his own, convictions. This is
none the less true because it is unconven
tional or uncommon among public officials.
W. J. Northen was elected to his position
as the candidate of the Farmers'' Alliance,
and avowed his adherence to certain prin
ciples. That there is a popular belief in
these principles in Georgia is evidenced by
his election. Among these principles one is
tersely stated by the Governor himself as
follows: "Under the unwise administra
tion of our Government there has grown up
a communism of wealth, making an aggre
gation of power controlled by selfish pur
poses. Suck conditions have induced a
communism of poverty made up of all
classes and kinds of labor, which are op
pressed by a system of Governmental absorp
tion." In the light of this, his duty in the
matter of receiving Mr. Gould was clear in
his mind when he wrote in reply to Mayor
Hemphill's invitation:
I recognize with the fullest appreciation the
consideration shown me as the Chief Execu
tive of tbe State, and I beg leave to tender yon
my thanks for tbe compliment. I must ba
allowed to say, however, that I do not recognize
Mr. Gonld as visiting tbe State in any official
capacity, but ratber in his own interests, with
out regard to tbe interests of the masses ot tho
people of tbe State. I may be mistaken In my
measure of the man, but I am candid in sayine
that I do not think bis methods, as practiced in
other sections where be has had power, would
develop our State in the line of the public
good. Without in the least criticising the
opinions ot others, and thanking you most
heartily for tho compliment Intended in the In
vitation yon so kindly tendered me, I must
most respectfully decline.
To make his position still more clear he
added that what he bad said applied solely
to Mr. Gould and not to other members of
the party. Governor Northen will not be
without supporters in his view of Mr.
Gould and his Southern visit. For while,
in one sense, the results of that Southern
tour, not yet completed, may be beneficial
to some sections of the South, or even to the
State of Georgia, such benefits will he only
incidental to Mr. Gould's private profits.
If Mr. Gould gives Georgia any needed
facilities for the development of her re
sources it will be because he expects to get
good retnrns from the development and tax
the traffic all it will bear. Again we say
Governor Northen did honor to his con
victions and his position in refusing his
official sanction to Mr. Gould's secret pur
poses. A KICH lumberman in West Virginia has
sold all bis property and is giving the proceeds
to tbe poor. This will be nice for tbe poor,
while it lasts, but it is questionable wbether he
will find anyone to belp him so generously when
bis money is all gone.
Gr.ovEit Cleveland must be admired
for having tbe courage of his convictions.
Though a promising Presidental possibility he
opposes tbe majority of bis party In Congress
and declares against free coinage and for hon
est money. This may cive the Democratic
Presidental nomination to another man, next
year, but it gives Mr. Cleveland a crown of
honor.
Announcement of the death of Henry
L. Morey recalls an interesting political forgery
which not only failed of its pnrpose but reacted
strongly in favor of the martyred Garfield.
Those statesmen who assailed Governor
Pattison's veto of the force bill resolution, at
Harrisbnrg yesterday, evidently desired to
make political capital. Inasmuch as there is
good reason to believe that not more than one
fourth of the voting population of tbis State
lavors tbe force bill, they are welcome to all
the capital they bave made.
EIGHT hours for a day's work will he de
manded by all miners. Being paid by the out
put, instead of by the day, the demand is just
and should be granted.
Governor Hill, of New York, indig
nantly denies the receipt of any warning letter
from Colonel Henri Watterson, of Kentucky.
Colonel Watterson forthwith calls the Star
Eyed Goddess to witness that he wrote and
mailed tbe letter which Hill says never came.
There is a pretty kettlo of Democratic fish
cooking.
Miss Kate Dkexel has made a brave
sacrifice for ber faitb. Tbe black robe shines
brighter in the sight of heaven than richest
silks and satins.
Unless the Standard monopoly can
prove that It costs on an average more than 12
cents to run a barrel of oil, every legislator
who opposes tbe Burdick bill sbould be re
quested to retire to private life at once. It tbe
lequest is not complied with voluntarily the
coercion of the ballot box may be resorted to.
The three big cracker companies have
cone to war with each other. When the bat
tles are won they will be one.
Many lives were lost in an explosion at
Quebec yesterday. As usual tbe men in charge
of tbe machinery are numbered with tbe dead
and tbe causa of the frightful accident
shrouded in mystery. Some one was responsi
ble, but tho world may never learn who it was.
IN FAME'S FIELD.
Keelt, the motor man, thinks the three
greatest men in tbe world are Koch, Pasteur,
and another gentleman whose name he modest
ly declines to mention.
Bismarck is said to have sent a large
quantity of his papers to England for safe
keeping against any possible sudden swoop
upon them by tbe German Government.
Kuskin is z very small man physically,
and a person beholding him for the first time is
sure to be disappointed in him. He has a sweet
and fascinating smile and very light blue eyes.
Key. William Rankin Durgee, pas
tor of the Reformed Cbnrch in Jersey City, bas
been tendered the Frelinghuysen professorship
of moral philosophy in Rutgers College, New
Jersey.
Washington will continue to be the
borne for tho present of Mrs. Windom and her
daughters. They are perfectly familiar with
Washington life and have been popular in
society there.
The Prince de Kohan, in a bet with
Prince Torlonia, has lately driven a trap-and-four
domf tbe stone steps of the town of
Monaco. The descent was rather steep, but it
was done without a stumble.
Senator Eustis, of Louisiana, has the
reputation of being tbe laziest man in Congress.
He is likewise the largest man in tbe Senate.
He is a fine orator, however, and whenever bo
speaks tbe Senate is sure to listen.
The young crown. Prince of Siam is tak
ing to authorship and has just won a prize in a
story competition. As the courtiers were the
judges of merit it may be taken for granted
tbatthey made no mistake in their awaid.
Baron Hirsch's charities to the poor of
his race in Austria and other parts of Europe
already amount to $12,500,000. Baron HIrsch is
55 years old, has a wife and no children, and is
reported to bave a fortune of 100,000,000.
The new reading clerk of the Colorado
State Senate 1: Miss Anna W. Kelly, a you ng
and very pretty woman. She reads rapidly,
clearly, and with correctness of accent and pro
nunciation. She is the first woman to hold such
a position.
Senator Stanford says be receives on
an average 200 letters a day commending tbe
bill be introduced in the Senate by wbich
money can be borrowed on land from tbe Gov
ernment at 2 per cent per annum. Cranks
must be more numerous than had been be
lieved. MABY ANN DOTJGHEETY AGAIN.
Her Pension BUI Stirs Up tho Wrath of
Senator CockreU.
Washington, Feb. 12. A large number of
pension bills were passed by the Senate to-day,
including the following: House bill granting
a pension of J100 a month to General N. P.
Banks. An amendment was offered by Mr.
Dawes to make it $200, but owing to the oppo
sition exhibited, he withdrew the amendment.
The bill granting a pension to Mar7 Ann
Dougherty having been reached, Mr. Cockrell
objected to it, and Mr. Blair moved that itba
considered, notwithstanding the objection.
Thereupon Mr. Cockrell declared tbat tbe bill
could not ba passed, as there never was such
an infamous fraud, adding tbat the woman was
a drunken debauchee. Mr. Blair contented
himseli with scowling at the Missouri Senator
and withdrew his motion. -
No Caucus Held.
Washington, Feb. 12. Owing to tho fact
tbat a number of Republican representatives
desired to attend tbo meeting of the Loyal
Legion tbe caucus called for to-night has been
postponed until to-morrow at 8 r. ii.
AN ANSWERTO CLEVELAND.
HAJOB M'XINLEY SPEAKS AT THE TOLEDO
LINCOLN DAT BANQUET.
His Speech Practically a Reply to the Ex
Fresident's Thurmnn Oration Cleveland
Wants Cheap Clothing, Cheap Labor
and Dear Silver Free Colnago Views
Unmasked.
Tolepo, Feb. 12. Tbe Republican Club cele
brated "Lincoln Day" by a banquet largely at
tended by enthusiastic Republicans, tbe most
illustrious of whom was Hon. William NcKin
ley. He was tbe orator of tbe evening, and his
speech was essentially a reply to Mr. Cleve
land's speech at tho Thurman banquet, at
Columbus, last November. Ho said:
"It is worth something in tbe discussion of
economic questions to have an avowal from our
political opponents of tbe real meaning and
efiect of their economic theories. It is always
well in political controversy to understand one
another. It was, therefore, gratifying to the
friends of protection to have that eminent
Democratic leader from the State of New York,
on a recent occasion in tbe capital city of our
State, make open confession of the purposes
which be and his party associates aim to ac
complish by a free trade tariff. Assigned to
respond to the inspiring sentiment, 'American
Citizenship,' be made 'cheapness' the theme of
bis discourse, and counted it among tbe highest
aspirations of American life. His avowal is
only that wbich protectionists bave always
claimed to be tbe inevitable tendency of bis
tariff policy, which exalts cheap goods from
abroad above good wages at home.
The Gospel of Cheapness.
"The best answer to tho tariff reformer is
written in our own experience under the last
free -trade tariff regime of tbe Democratic
party, when cheap foreign goods, invited by
tbe low tariff of that period, destroyed our
manufactories, checked our mining, and sus
pended our public works and private enter
prises, sent our workingmen from work to idle
ness, or to the already overcrowded field of
agriculture, from remunerative to starvation
wages, or to no wages at all: surrendered our
markets to the foreigner, giving work to his
sbops and his men by taking it from onr shops
and our men, and diminished domestic produc
tion and domestic employment, thereby in
creasing those of other countries and other
people. This was an era of cheapness and of
poverty, to which tbe great Democratic leader
and his faction of tbe party want us to return.
"This cry of cheapness is not new. It rung
tbrouzh Hmrland nearlv 50 vears aco. It was
tbe voice and philosophy of CoDden: it was tbe
laise ana alluring appeal urged tor the reversal
of Great Britain's industrial policy from pro
tection to free trace. I am charitable enough
to believe that many of our tariff reformers,
blind followers of Cobden, are wholly uncon
scious of the end, tbe ultimate and disastrous
end of tbeir doctrine and policy. Is American
manhood to be degraded tnat merchandise may
bo cheap? Are goods at such a cost worthy ot
our high purpose and destiny?
"Our philosophy includes tbe grower of tho
wool, the weaver of the fabric, the seamstress
and tbe tailor. Our tariff reformers have no
thought of these tollers. They can bear tbeir
bard tasks in pinching poverty for the sake of
cheap coats, wbich prove by far the dearest
when measured by sweat and toil.
Something; Better Thau Cheapness.
"If buying wbero you can buy tbe cheapest
narrows tbe field ot employment at home, it
will be the very dearest or all buying, the most
expensive of all trading, the most unprofitable
ot all exchanging. Tho more demands there
are for labor, tbe more avenues inviting em
ployment and enterptiseand the more oppor
tunities for tbs capitalist to invest his money,
the better each will be remunerated, the wider
tbe general prosperity. There must ba somo
higher incentive lhan a cheap coat ana a baro
subsistence.
"The workmen's wages must be governed by
bis work and worth, and not by what he can
barely live upon. He must have wages that
bring hope and heart and ambition, which give
promise of a brighter future.
"Tho gentleman who is now so insistent for
cheap necessaries of lire while in office and
clothed with authority was unwilling that
sugar, an article ot prime necessity to every
household, should come untaxed to the Ameri
can people, wben It was known that it was an
annual burden upon tbem of 60,000,000. He
stood then as the uncompromising friend of
dear sugar.
Cleveland and Silver Coinage.
'During all of his years at the head of the
Government he was dishonoring one of our
precious metals, one of our own great products;
discrediting silver and enhancing tbe price of
gold. He endeavored, even before his inaugu
ration to office, to stop the coinage of silver
dollars, and afterward and to tbe end of his
administration persistently used his power to
that end. He was determined to contract tho
circulating medium and demonetize one of the
coins of commerce, limit the volume of money
among tbe people, make money scarce and
therefore dear.
"The tariff reformer has at last, in his wild
ecstacy over a so-called victory, been betrayed
into an avowal of his real design. He believes
that poverty is a blessing to be nromoted and
encouraged, and that a shrinkage in the value
of everything but money is a national bene
diction. '"That country is the least prosperous where
low prices are secured through low wages.
Cheap foreign goods, free or practically free in
connection with domestic goods, involve cheap
lauor at noma or uepenaence on ioreign manu
facturers. "We believe the American policy best
adapted to our citizensblp and civilization, and
this belief is sustained by the highest American
authorities from Washington down and by 100
years of experience."
Mr. Porter Takes a Hand.
Hon. Robert R. Porter responded to tbo
toast "Tbe Press" In a long speech devoted
principally to tbo tariff, of which the following
is a characteristic extract:
"Turning for a moment from the more serious
aspect of this tariff discussion, may I be par
doned for suggesting anotber effective metbod
of bringing tbe everyday workings of protec
tion to tbe minds of those who take things on
the wing, and are often led astray by tbe catch
words o tbe enemy. For example, that well
worn phraso of the enemy, 'Tbe tariff is a tax.'
We completely knocked the underpinning
from it by tbe 'Bowery parrot,' a mythical bird,
bv tbe way, that figured conspicuously in New
York in 1SSS, and did much to elucidate tho
tariff question. With your permission 1 will
recite it:
" 'Somewhere along the Bowery, in weather
clear or showery,
A parrot perches daily near the elevated
tracks.
And whatever may be said to him, or read to
him, or sung to him.
He has nothing else to say except, "The tariff
is a tax." "
THE PACIFIC CABLE.
A Favorable Report on the Bill Incorpor
ating the Company.
Washington, Feb. 12. The House Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs agreed, though not
unanimously, to report to the House, with
some modification, tbe bill to incorporate the
Pacific Cable Company.
Tne principal change made in the bill was to
reduce from $200,000 to $130,000 the sum to bo
paid to the company annually for 15 years by
the United States Government after tne cable
is completed and open for business.
DEATHS OF A DAY.
John K. Fordham.
Scbanton, Feb. 12. John It. Fordham,
Assistant Superintendent of the Dickson Manu
facturing Company, died at hlsresidence in Green
ltidge at 6:30 o'clock last evening, after an illness
of five weeks. For the last week his Hie was de
spaired of. and two days ago all hope was aban
doned. Mr. Fordham was known, not only
throughout the counties of Lackawanna, Luzerne
and Wavne, Dut In all parti, or the btate.
Thoroughly honest and extremely conscientious,
he became noted during recent years for his in
tense opposition to tbe liquor traffic, and was so
earnest in his desire to see prohibition ultimately
succeed that lie was opposed to the use ol liquor in
anvform, and it is said that duriDg bis Illness ho
refused to accept It even as a stimulant.
Mrs. Sarah F. Matthews.
Sarah F., wife of Itobert R. Mntthews,
died yesterday, at the residence of her son-in-law.
Alexander Pltcairn, 515 Murtland avenfte.
East End. She was 52 years o age, and highly
esteemed by all who knew tier. 'I he fJRer.il will
takeplacethts afternoon, from the residence or
her sen-lu-law, at 2 o'clock.
Samuel Morey.
Boston. Feb. 12. News was received here
to-day or the death. In Nashua, N. H., ofSarauel
Morey, who came Into prominence during the
Garfield-Hancock Presidental campaign. He
was arrested in connection with tho famous
Morey Chinese letter.
Stephen Leigh Kennedy.
Stephen Leigh, tl.e 4-ye.ir-old son of
Stephen P. Kennedy, of the Colton Delt rente,
died yesterday at the residence of his father, ou.
Wheeler avenue, Al echeny. Mr. and llr. Ken
nedy have the deepest tympathyor their many
.friends.
VICI0E HUGO'S GBANDDAUGHTEB 'WEDS.
A Civil Marriage in France Celebrated
Amid a Throng of People.
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Paris, Feb. 12. The marriage of Mile. Hugo,
the granddaughter of Victor Hugo, with
Monsieur Georges Daudet, w celebrated tbis
evening by the Mayor of Passy. The Salle des
Fetes was splendidly decorated for tbe occa
sion, and the ceremony was conducted with
great solemnity. All tbo most notable people
in the political, literary ana artistic world of
Paris appeared to bo present. The stairs were
found to be too narrow, and tbe wedding
cortege had tbe greatest difficulty in
making Its way through the crowd to the table
where the Mayor awaited its arrival. Owing to
the great number ot guests present, some
bustling and altercations occurred among tbe
spectators, who were naturally forced to make
way for the wedding procession. After the cer
emony was concluded the Mayor read a short
speech, and Monsieur Jules Simon delivered a
nuptial address, in which bereferred to Victor
Hugo and the great services he bad rendered
to the world of letters and to France. He con
cluded by speaking of tbe very great interest
all Paris took In the ceremouy. On tbe ter
mination ot his speech, wbich was frequently
interrupted by bursts of applause. Monsieur
Simon kissed the band of the bride.
Tbe marriage as exclusively a civil one, and
the ceremony was concluded at 7 o'clock. Tbe
wedding presents were both rich and numer
ous. Monsieur and Madam Lockroy presented
the bride with a silver gilt service of plate.
Monsieur Vacquerle, an antique Jewel case;
Monsieur Georges TCugo, a brougham and a
tottoise shell toilet set. Mile. Adela Hugo
fave a diamond necklace ; Monsieur and
Iadame Alpbonse Daudet, a tiara and brace
let of diamonds and pearls; Monsieur and
Madame Cbarpentretwo silver gilt jardinler.es;
Madame Montegat, a tortoise sbell comb.a
gold watch and an antique cameo; Monsieur
Clairin. a fan painted by himseir, and Monsieur
Jules- Simon gave them an old brocade silk
screen.
BEFOBH IN THE INDIAN BUREAU.
President Harrison Denies That tho Service
Has Been Deteriorating.
Boston, Feb. 1Z The Cambridge Civil Ser
vice Reform Association has received from tbe
President of the United States tbe following
reply, in answer to their address of 31st of Jan
uary: Executive Mansion,
Washington, D. C, Febiuary 4.
Gentlemen I bave received, by tbe hand
of Senator Hoar, tbo communication addressed
to me by you as officers of tbo Cambridge
Civil Service Reform Association, and, in reply,
beg to say that your suggestions will have my
respectful attention. Your reference to the
recent outbreak among tbe Sioux as affording
convincing evidence of the necessity of a
change In tbo manner of appointing tho officials
of the Indian Bureau leads ma to say that I
have not found, in a very full examination of
all tho facts from all sources, evidence of any
deterioration in the Indian service. On the
otber hand, the Board of Indian Commis
sioners, through Merrill E. Gates, tbeir Chair
man, have, as the result of close observation,
declared to me, under data of January 10 last,
"that upon tbe whole thcllndian service is now
in better condition tban ever before"
The object of their communication was to
urge the extension of civil service rules to the
Indian service, but they were careful to recog
nize that tbe arcument was not to be lonud in
any special or recent incident, but in tbe
broader fact tbat the work among the Indians
is educational and philanthropic, and should,
therefore, be separated from party politics. I
may add tbat before any special appeal has
been made to me from any source, the subject
of including Indian agency clerks and employes
in tbe classified service bad been under consid
eration. Very respectfully yours.
Benjamin Harrison.
THE PBESIDSNT'S JAUNT.
He Will Visit the Pacific Coast and the
Southern States.
Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 12. William
Youngblood. member of tho Republican Na
tional Executive Committea tor Alabama, is
authority for the statement that immediately
after the adjournment of Congress, President
Harrison, Postmaster General Wanamaberand
other member of tbe Cabinet will make a tour
of tbe Southern States.
A dispatch from Washington says the Presi
dent and most of bis Cabinet will visit the
Pacific coast soon after the adjournment of
Congress, and bave arranged the trip so as to
include a tour of the Southern (states. Node
tails bave been arranged, but it is probable that
tbe party will start from Washington in the
early part uf April.
BOUND TO BE AWAY UP.
A Loving Couple Married in the County
Court House Tower.
James B. Ryan, of Apollo. Armstrong county,
and Miss Mary J. Stewart, of Allegheny town
ship, Westmoreland county, were married yes
terday afternoon at the highest accessible spot
in the Court House tower, about 200 feet above
the sidewalk.
Tbe bridegroom and bride, after securing a
license from Captain Heiber, climbed tbe
many stairs up tbe Court House tower, and
there, surrouded by their friends, were mar
ried, while tbe wind whistled cheerily through
the castellations. The happy couple then left
on tbeir honeymoon tour.
NASHVILLE'S NEW CENSUS.
A Late Connt of Voters Is Believed to Dis
credit Porter's Results.
Nashville, Feb. 12. In accordance with a
recent law of the Tennessee Legislature, a
census of the male population over 21 years of
age is being taken, This work bas just been
completed in Nashville, and it shows 21,000
voters.
The canvass has been carefully, taken, and it
is believed that it makes good the claim tbat
tho recent Federal census of Nashville was far
below tbe actual population.
A FINISHED STATUE.
The Washington Monument In Allegheny
Beady for Unveiling.
The Washington equestrian statue in the Al
legheny Parks has been finished and is now
inclosed in a frame building. Tbe Monumen
tal Committee will view it this evening and it
will be unveiled on tbe morning of February 23.
The fair at tbe Grand Central Rink is pro
gressing satisfactorily for the monnment fund.
The Plantation Jubilee Singers will be in at
tendance to-morrow evening.
Dalzell Congratulated by Tracy.
Washington, Feb. 12. Secretary Tracy
met Representative Dalzell to-day, and, slap
ping him on the shoulder, said: "You made a
magnificent speoch in defense of Commander
Relter. I admiro a man who stands up tor his
friends."
No Silver Pool Witnesses.
Washington, Feb. 12. The Housa Bilver
Pool Investigating Committee met this after
noon, but no witnesses were present. Henry
Clews and S. V. White, Now York banksrs,wtll
be examined Monday.
Nominated for Postmaster.
Washington, Feb. 12. The President to
day sent to tbe Senate the name of George U,
Deming to be Postmaster at Rochester, Pa.
PEOPLE WHO COME AND GO.
Lewis S. Gillette, a miller ol Minne
apolis, was at the Anderson last night. Ho
said tbat the planting of winter wheat had pro
gressed under favorable circumstances, due to
tbe fact tbat the young wheat had been pro
tected from the frost by tbe early falls or snow.
Ho expressed tbe opinion that the production
of wheat this jear would exceed that of last.
Archbishon Ryan, BKhon Murty and
the Rev. Father Alfred Steven left for home
last evening from attending the Drexel recep
tion. Fathers Wall and Burke, of St. Peter's
Cathedral, acenmpanied the distinguished
clergymen to tne station.
Thomas W. Phillips, with his wile and
family, left St. Louis last night en route to San
Francisco. Mr. Philips said he wasgoingona
jaunt, and would take in the Southwest, New
Orleans and Cnba before his return home.
George H. Ahrens, o' Jamestown, K.
Y., is in town inspecting local systems ot rapid
transit. Ho is interested in the consti uction
or such a system in Jamestown, and thinks he
can get pointers here.
Colonel Peter Ahl, of Newville, Md., is
in town. He Is one of the surveyors of tbe de
funct South Penn road.
F. P. Hayp, a prominent oil and gas
man of Philadelphia, Is regltcred at tbe
Monongahela House.
J. S. Casement, a. director of the Stand
ard Oil Company, 1 at the Monongahela.
James P. McMasters, it Washington
patent lawyer, is at the Schlosser,
CLOTHING -THE GRACES.
BEAUTY TO BE DEVELOPED, NOT CON
STRAINED, BY DBISS.
Edmund Russell Discourses on the Del
sartean Theory People Who Carry
Around Dead Bodies The Barbarity of
Black Jewels Should Show Individu
ality. The veranda of tbe pretty residence of Mrs
Maurice Coster, in tbe East End, was literally
strewn with ladies' rubbers yesterday after
noon, varying iu sizes all tbe way from the tiny
1 up to tbe good, generous-sized 7. Tbeir own
ers were within examining and admiring the
rare fabrics and jewels belonging to amund
Russell, the Delsartean, who has occasioned
such a culture epidemic in the city tbat the
ladies besiege him during his sleeping and
waking moments, and haunt his temporary
abode during bis necessary absence for lectures
and private lessons.
Yesterday morning Mr. Russell lectured at
the residence ot Mrs. A. E. W. Painter, and
was greeted from his exalted position on the
stair landing in tbe reception hall by a
perfect sea of faces belonging to the society
ladies of tbe city who long to be cultured, ac
cording to the Delsartean theory, even unto the
finger tips.
Mr. Russell's subject was dress, and bis Ideas
upon it were intensely interesting and practical
as well. Said the graceful speaker : "Dress
should be in relation to the personality of the
wearer, and sbould not constrain or bind tbe
movements of tbe body in its natural freedom,
motion and expression."
Made for a Tailor's Dummy.
Tbe dresses of tbe present day are con
structed for the express purpose ot fitting and
robing a tailor's dummy, according to Mr. Rus
sell, wbo bad no mercy upon the poor, abused,
perplexed modiste, or the tailor either, tor tbat
matter, as he said men's clothes differed from
women's only in tbat they were more stupid
and could lay even slighter claims to
beauty. The garb should be so
constructed, said Mr. Russell, tbat
tbe person could move from tho bead to the toe
entirely unconstrained and untrammeled, as
all high expressions require the full sweep of
tbe body, as tbo most sublime musical composi
tions require tbe full sweep of the instrument.
Stays of any kind, stiff or pliable, received at
the hands of Mr. Russell a scathing rebuke,
tbat wonld bave made them beg pardon for ever
haviag existed bad such a thing been possible.
Individual dress was tbe only artistio dress,
said the speaker, who during tba entire time of
hi3 lecture assumed poses and positions that
fairly made tbe would-be graceful turn green
with envy and mentally vow to squander a
month's income in learning how to do likewise.
One must study themselves in order to attain
the very best effect in dressing ana produce
the best impressions.
Carrying Around Deceased Bodies.
Originally dress was used to adorn the per
son. Now the person displays the dress, and,
as a rule, the head only is alive. Scores of
people, both ladies and gentlemen, according
to Mr. Rnssell, who walk and talk, are carry
ing deceased bodies around with them
bodies that have no expression and
are unable to cultivate any from
the manner in wbich they are dressed.
High collars, after bearing what Mr. Rnssell
baa to say about tbem. will certainly never at
tempt to stand ud again. The neck requires
perfect freedom of motion, he declared, It nat
ural expression and grace would be preserved.
He likened the neck to the stem of a flower,
and made a very pretty simile by so doing.
Snug gloves and boots also received
an thing but complimentary attention from
Mr. Russell, who cordially dislikes apparently
everything that does in anyway contract tbe
natural development of any portion of the per
sonality. Flexible shoes sbould be worn in
doors, and a modification ot the conventional
foot gear should be adopted for the street and
outdoor wear.
Black, the favorite color with ladles, also
came under the ban of Mr. Russell's displeas
ure, as he said it accentuated every line and
mark of care in a lace, and should only be worn
by a person or alabaster complexion andabso-.
luto lreedom from the ravages of time or care.
Gray, however, black's sister, combining tbe
purity of white with black, was one of tbe
elected, and sbould ba properly puffed up at
the treatment accorded it by Mr. Russell. He
gave a pleasing incident regarding bis design
ing an exquisite gown of embroidered gray, in
connection with this, for a lovely gray-baired
lady, who became a perfect sympbony when
gowned in it. Gray-haired ladles should al
ways wear gray tints, likewise golden-haired
beauties should don tbe shades of golden, and
brown haired damsels should affect brown if
tbey would receive an approving glance from
Mr. Russell.
Dressing Up to the Eyes.
Eyes should also be matched in color, taking
into consideration, of course, tbe tint of the
comploxion. In fact, dress should combino
freedom, grace, health, dignity of motion, com
fort, peace and rest, taking into consideration
the physique, complexion, age and circum
stances. "It is a mistake," said Mr. Russell, "to think
that soft, flowing robes increase tbe size
of a person. Even Madame Blavatsky, the
seeress of theosopby and a woman of immense
proportions, is rendered graceful and majestic
in her simple flowing robes. Such are by far
tbe most graceful and picturesque, and do not
permit of tbo jointed doll effect tbat follows
the choppy style of dressing, short bodices and
broken lines.
"As for jewels, the solitaire diamond, in spite
of the many tbat flashed their brilliancy, no
matter wbich way the speaker turned, was
severely criticised. They were only spots of
light that harmonized with nothing and but
detracted from tbe beauty of the ear, eyes and
teetb. It is cbic to have a special jewel and wear
it in .'quantities, ignoring all others. Study
tbe stones and select one becoming to tba
coloring of the wearer, but let tbem enrich a
costume and not overshadow it. As to lings,
either many or none sbould bo worn. A per
fect hand requires no jewels an Iropertect
one looks belter if from a blaze of jewels tha
defects are not recognizable."
Mr. Russell will deliver his third lecture at
Mrs. Painter's Saturday morning, and this
afternoon will appear at the Pennsylvania Col
lege. Between lectures he spends his tlmo in
giving private lessons and holding in
formal receptions at the residence of
Mrs. Caster, his cousin, where he
discourses freely Upon tbe theme
that has won for him world-wide reputation.
Personally he Is a very prepossessing gontle
inan, witb an odor of May blossoms about bim
as delightful as bis manner and conversation
is charming. His attire In the house is dis
tractincly artistic, with an air of elegance and
refinement, but on tbe street and in bis lectures
he appears in the conventional garb, though
he confessed tbat he always discarded his vest
when speaking.
The Mound Builders of Illinois.
The Western Pennsylvania Historical So
ciety met in the Court House yesterday after
noon. There were but a few members present,
and with the exception of the reading of a
paper no business was done. Tbe paper was
prepared by Mr. Thomas Harper, the subject
of it being the mounds of Illinois.
Social Chatter.
Rev. Dr. W.J.Holland, of the Bellfield
Presbyterian Church, and wbo not lone ago
was sent by the" United States Government on
an expedition to Japan, will give bis interest
ing lecture on tbat Oriental empire, illustrated
with handsome views. In Grace Reformed
Church, corner Grant street and Webster ave
nue, this evening at 8 o'clock.
Mrs. Henri M. Long has issued cards for
an afternoon tea next Thursday, from 3 until 5.
The cards of ber daughter. Miss Long, and
Miss Young, of Painesville, accompanied the
invitations.
The "Passion Play" will be the subject or
Rev. George Hodges' lecture at St. Peter's
Church to-night.
The Tourist Club was entertained last even
ing by Miss McMillan, of Washington street,
Allegheny.
CLEVELAND AND HILL.
An Ohio Legislative Straw Vote Shows a Fol-
lowing for the Former.
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Colombos. Feb. 12. A poll, of tthe Demo
cratic members of tba Lxgislatura as to choice
between Cleveland and Hill for the Presidental
nomination In 1S?2, has a surprising resulr, in
developing a substantial following for the lat
ter. Out or 81 members. 9 expressed prefer
ences. 43 rnr Cleveland IB forHIIL Tbe latter
includes tho politicians, and they are mostly
from tbe cities and that part of the State
visited by Governor Hill last tall, and comprise
several prominent and Influential leaders. A
strange feature is that tbU following embraces
the faction which antagonized Governor Camp
bell in his fight against the Cincinnati Board of
PU illo Imnnirements last fall.
i'iie rural dis'net members are solidly arraved
for th ex-1'roMilent as between tbe two. The
spntimeut of four-Ilftbs of the members is :ul
veri.e to selecting a New York candidate under
any circumstances, believing it impolitic, and
tbey demand new and Western nominee.
nCTUBESCiUE ENGLISH.
Tour Uncle Jones Gives Our Matchless
Tongne Another Precious PearL
New York Commercial Advertiser.
But tbe real rub comes wben we tackle the
inimitable phrase "One Qallus Mayor of Pales
tine." Every one knows that we Americans
have already taken tba liberty of dropping the
English word braces, substituting in its stead
suspenders. And tbe use of the latter word
has become so general that even a purist would
dare to introduce it into his chaste vocabulary.
Will he go one step further, or will he draw tbe
lino at galluses? We hope not. At any rate
sbould ourdelicate friend shrink back appalled
at an entire pair, we suggest a compromise on
hair a pair. The expression "one horsa" Is al
ready almost classic Bat we cannot believe
tbat this tamely objurgatory epithet can live
for a moment in competition with tbe Rabel
aisian audacity of "one gallus." Tbe wonder is
bow this ineffectual expression "one horse"
has lived so long. It bas no clear meaning. It
is totally misleading, in fact. W. H. Vander
bilt behind Maud S. was a one-borsa man. But
one gallus! It is trutb. it is poetry, it is revela
tion. But what is a one-gallus man? Ha3 tha trav
eled reader ever laid eyes on him a cracker a
bumpkin a hoosler dressed in two garments a
home-woven shirt with butternut "pants" call
them not trousers drawn up to his armpits by
half a pair of knit yarn suspenders that is to
say by one gallus? The tight-drawn "pants"
reveal bis bare, sunburnt legs high above the
ankle. He wears no waistcoat. Why sbould
he. seeing that bis one but efficient gallus has
drawn bis "pants" (by means of a broad horn
button) into intimate juxtaposition with his
pronounced and mobile Adam's apple? Such
is a one-callus man. And wben be emerges
from bis solitudes into the streets of the nearest
village, the boya gazs upon bim witb delighted
wonder, wbile even tbe town curs sniff at his
heels suspiciously.
It will be seen, therefore, that wben the Rev.
Sam Jones, or to give him the ecclesiastical
title of his choice our Unci Jones, speaks of
"the one gallus Mayor of Palestine," be bas at
one blow exhausted the American langnage
and yet added a precious pearl to tbe diadem
ot our matchless English tongue. To have
done this mnch is enough glory for Uncle Jones
or any other man. It might be added, had we
tbe space, that in this-ninue bulletin of vic
tory ot his he has overshadowed tbat hitherto
champion dispatch of the ages, "van!, vidl,
vicl." "I came, I saw, I conquered," wrote
great but egotistical Ciesar. But onr Uncle
Jones (such is bis mode3ty; gives two-thirds of
his bulletin to tha one gallus Mayor or Pales
time: Ho came, be caned 1 wore him out
"I conquered," is tbe colorless it compact Latin
of Mighty Julius. "I wore him out" i3 the pic
turesque, unapproachable, colossal American
or mightier Sam. But let all tbH pass. Let us
forget this masterly phrase. It is unsafe to
ride two horses at a time. Let us remember
this and this only; Evangelist Jones first intro
duced tbo one gallus man into English litera
ture. M'ETNLEY AND BLAINE.
The Reciprocity Statesman Will Oppose
Tariff Bill's Appointment.
New York Continent.
A gentleman wbo arrived from Washington
last night, and who is in a position to be well
informed, gave It as bis opinion that Mr. Mc
Kinley would not accept the Treasury port
folio in tbe event of its being offered to bim.
"McKinley's appointment would not please
Mr. Blaine," he said. "There bas been a
marked coolness Detween Blaine and JIcKiniey
which dates back to the time Mr. Blaine ap
peared before tbe Ways and Means Committee
and urged tbe Insertion of bis reciprocity
clause in tbe tariff bill. McKinley showed him
but scant courtesy, and declined to do it. Mr.
Blaine succeeded in getting the Senate to do it,
but he bas no special love for McKinley, al
though he did go out into his district in tha
campaign and make a speech for him, in which
he practically ignored tbe tariff and dwelt on
the beauties of reciprocity.
"I am satisfied tbat if the President invites
Mr. McKinley to be Secretary of the Treasury,
it will only he to remove him from the list of
Presidental candidates. test
"Mr. Sherman will oppose McKinley going
into the Harrison Cabinet. Sherman has
abandoned all hope of the Presidency for him
self, and Is studying the role ot a Warwick.
His programme is to make McKinley Governor
of Ohio next fall, and then bring him out as a
full-fledged Presidental candidate."
IN GENEBAL HASTINGS' FAVOB.
A Statement Which Shows a Balance on
the Bight Side.
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HAKRISBURG. Feb. 12. A statement has
been given out showing a balance in favor
of General Hastings of $3-5,501 35, wbich would
wipe out the deficit of &0.133 49 which existed
wben Adjutant General Gutbrle retired, and
leave a surplus of S5.CG7 80. These figures are
obtained by giving General Hastings credit for
314,466 60 tor kersey blankets, etc, and 6,341 63
for ammunition on band.
The statement sets forth tbat tbe armory
rent and rifle practice, which are carried in
any given year, are always paid nut of a subse
quent appropriation, but as this amount is
about $30,000, there is enough balance due tbe
Adjutant General to pay the amounts shonld
they be charged to this year.
GB0WING BICH OFF B00MEB8.
An Old Scout Locating Them on Forbidden
Lands for a Consideration.
St. Louis, Feb, 12. The latest advices from
the Indian Territory say that large numbers of
boomers are coming into tbe Iowa and Sac and
Fox reservations, and locating claims and
selecting the most available quarter of land.
An old scout, thoroughly familiar with these
reservations, it is learned, 13 locating boomers,
charging them So, SlOandSlo for his services.
Near Perkins. 20 miles northeast or Gutbrie,
on the Cimarron river, tbereis camped a colony
of SO, who are awaiting tbe proper time to
move. It is reported that colonies from tbe
South aro locating at Edmond, Norman and
other points south of Guthrie which are tribut
ary to the new lands.
TO ABOLISH FEE3.
A Bill to Pay United States Court Officials
Regular Salaries.
Washington. Feb. 12. As a result of in
vestigation of the subject of court abuses, two
bills will be submitted to tbe House. Mr.
Thompson, of Ohio, will prepare a bill provid
ing that hereafter tha feo system shall ba
abolished, and tbat United States district at
torneys, clerks and marshals shall ba paid
SillilTlBf
Mr. Oates. of Alabama, will prepare a bill to
amend the naturalizttlon law and incidentally
tbe immigration laws. Tbe bill will be on tbe
lines ot tbe measure introduced early in tbis
Congress by Mr. Oates at tbe suggestion of the
Citizens' Rofnrm Association of Boston, but
will ba modified to some extent.
TWO 1MP0BTANT ILLINOIS BILLS.
To Employ Convicts on Public Works and
Concerning Naturalization.
Sr-RINQFIELD. III., Feb. 12. Among the
bills Introduced in tba House to-day were tba
following: Tbat all convicts in tha Illinois
penitentiaries shall hereatter be employed in
making material for tbe improvement of pub
lie highways, canals and public works of such
Character: making it unlawful for any political
Darty or individual, directly or indirectly, to
contrlbnte any money or any otber valuable
consideration toward the payment for tha nat
uralization papers of any person.
SUBBENDEB HOUSE SOLD.
An Historical Mansion to Be Converted
Into a Museum of War Belies.
Washington, Feb. 12. Captain M. F.
Dunlap bas just purchased for a company
formed at Niagara Falls, the old mansion at
Appomattox, known as the "Surrender
House," m which Lee's surrender to Grant
was concluded.
It is proposed to make It a museum for war
relics.
ONE OFFICES A PITTSBDBGEB.
The National Merchant TaUors Association
Hold an Election.
ST. Lotus, Feb. 12. Tho Merchant Tailors'
Convention this morning elected the following
officer?:
President. B. B. Mcrwin.of New York; First
Vice President, Lewis F. L'fndsay. of St. Louis;
Second Vice President, John Bradley, or Pitts
burg; Treasurer, Charles F.Hyde. or Chicago;
Recording Secretary, W. F. Mertz, or Wash
ington. Copyright BiU Laid Aside.
Washington, Feb. 12. As Senator Sher
man was absent, tbe copyright bill was laid
.isnlf' informally to-diy. and tbe beuate pro
ceeded to the Consideration of the District uf
Columbia appropriation bill. It was amended
and passed.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS
The Melbourne international exhibition
has closed with a deficit of 11,190.000. .
The Boston Coxtrant nrges that a colored
man be appointed to succeed Mr. Windom.
Abram Wight is dead at Stockbridge,
Mas;., aged 109. He wasi born in the East
Indies.
At Donald, B. C, ou Monday nigtit two
toboggans came together, badly injuring fivo
persons.
The two street car lines in Pine Bluff,
Ark., are owned by Wiley Jones, a negro, who
was for many years a baker in very humble cir
cumstances. By accident it was: discovered the other
day by a clergyman In Ottawa that the ceme
tery antborlties to save space have been putting
three bodies in one grave.
The Greenwich, Eogland, authorities
have found tbat tha exact period of transmit
ting an electric signal to Montreal, Canada, is
about three-fourths of a second.
It is said tbat the largest cedar ever
taken from the woods in Aroostook, was cut
near the Madawaska Lake last week. It scaled
LOOS feet, which was a fair size for one small
log.
One of New York's richest women in
real estate Is Miss Collender, who has an in
come of 6,030 a year. She Is about 33 yean
old. is tall, slender and pretty ana possesses
fine voice.
Miss Maggie Kohler, a pretty German
American girl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Kohler. of Lansing, Mich., has married
Sam Lee. tbe heathen Chinee proprietor of
local laundry.
There have been more changes in the)
present popular branch of Congress since Its
election in 1838 tban bave ever occurred in any
other Congress. There were six resignations,
ten deaths and nine members unseated.
' A patient in tbe Missouri Hospital at
St. Louis bas been discharged as cured after a
treatment ot the Koch lymph. All 'the known
tests tail to reveal tbe slightest trace of tuber
culosis and be had been ill for more than a
year.
Miss Serena Ehinelander, of New
York, has a yearly income of S73.00O in clear
rents. A large slice of it goes Into the treas
ury of Trinity Churcb. and another portion Is
set aside to satisfy the demands or ber many
private pensioners.
Mrs. Mary Seil stepped on a match
Saturday morning in Chicago, and thus set fire
to her dress. Bafore she could be reached by
neighbors, who heard her screams, she was
horribly burned, and doctors who were called
say she cannot recover.
An old picture by Peter Neefs, tbe old
Dutch master, has been stolen from the Art
Museum at Detroit. It is entitled "Interior of
Gothic Church." Tbe snbject was that of a
priest celebrating mass. It was painted in 1610
and was valued at 515,000.
Someone has taken tbe trouble to dis
cover some remarkable peculiarities in tha
year IS9L Adding tbe first figure to tha second
gives the third, and subtracting tbe fourth
figure from the third gives tbe second. Adding
the four figures gives tbe number of tha cen
tury. A robber in San Francisco tackled a
grocer named King in his store on Saturday
in tho usual way, presenting a pair of pistols
and ordering King to throw np bis hands. The
grocer instead threw a scale weight and felled
the robber to the floor, after which be took tbe
pistols and fractured the man's skull In seven
places.
In School district No. 7, in Montville,
Me., there are but three scholars Margie
Rowel). George Carter and Geneva Sprout,
each about 10 year3 of age. Tbis school has
been taught for three terms by Mr. George E.
Nash, and during tbe three terms these schol
ars bave not missed a day'sattendance or failed
in a single recitation.
The reason for the activity wbich just
now prevails in telephonic affairs lies in tbe
expiration in England on December 12 of the
Graham-Bell patent for tbe electro-magnetic
telephone receiver. This patent Is some six
montbs older than that granted to Edison for
his carbon transmitters, will which not expire
in Great Britain until July 30, 1831.
A distinguished Russian woman now
visiting In New York is Mme. d'Offrossimoff, a
former lady of honor to the Czarina. Her
height is remarkable, and at receptions where
she appears she is usually tbe tallest woman
present. Bat she is exquisitely proportioned,
and is very pretty and accomplished. She does
not seem to have brought any particular fad
with her to interest the town, but she bas
nevertheless grown very popular.
When Bradlaugh lectured on Cromwell,
in Cooper Institnte, in New York, Tears ago,
be had occasion to describe the warrior states
man as drawing his sword and throwing away
the scabbard. Bradlaugh put his band to his
side and drew the imaginary sword. It was a
perfect piece of acting. You could almost see
the flashing blade. An old army officer, wbo
attended the lecture, exclaimed: "Great
Cassarl That man has been in tha cavalryj"
Which was true, although several years had
elapsed since Bradlaugh had secured his dis
charge, after three years' service.
At the fancy dress ball given by Mme.
Da Barrios, at New York, last Friday evening,
the hostess appeared as Cleopatra. Her dress
was of rich white silk, entirely covered with
Rhine stones, sapphires, rubies, garnets, emer
alds, pearls and turquoise. The skirt was made
to sweep tbe floor. On one side of the corsage
she wore an asp composed of gems, and on ber
head was a helmet crown, also made ot fine
gold work and gems. In her band she carried
a fan of peacock feathers, studded with gems.
Her slippers were of white satin and he wily
embroidered with gems.
A strange community is that of Aguadl
Dios, tbe leper village of Colombia, as described
by our Consul at Bogota. Situated at about
1,400 feet above the sea level, with a dry. sandy
soil, and a temperature of 82 to 85 Fahren
heit, this spot bas been chosen for the lazaretto
by the Government on account of its ancient
reputation for the cure or leprosy. Some 520
sufferers from this terrible visitation dwell
here, and form about one-third of the popula
tion; but the most remarkable fact regarding
tbe settlement is tbat lepers and bealtby per
sons are described as living on terms oZ perfect
intimacy, there being no specificleper quarter,
though every honso in tbe village stands apart
in a garden. Mr. Wheeler states that there is
no case on record of the disease having been
contracted here by contagion. Eveu where
lepers have married healthy persons, the hus
band or wife have never been known to take it
from the other. On the other band, the mourn
ful fact is admitted that children born of such
unions a're generally afflicted.
wisps of wrr.
Mrs. Smith told Bridget to tell Smith
6hewasgolnR to take in "La Tosca." Bridget
told Smith that his wife was "going to take any
lost boss car'." Veto Xorls Evening Hortd,
The muffs were marked eight dollars, but
It seemed that price was high.
For while the ladles IooKed at tbem,
one seemed Inclined to bay.
But soon those muffs like hot cakes went,
Tbe ladies stood In line
To get them, for they'd been marked down
To seven seventy-nine. Aeto lort Frets.
"Maria," said the inventor to bis wife at
the breakfast table, ''l wish you'd look over the
raarketuotitlons as long as you have the pa
per." "Why, what for? Ton haven't bousht any
stocks, have you?"
"No; butl wanted to see wbetherthere was any
upward tendency In flying machines jet?"
Washington Post.
Tustelle Time presses me.
Madge-Now 1 know what you mesn when yo
say "Fred acta like time!' '-Detroit tree Press,
"A penny for your thoughts," she said;
And then be deemed It stranse.
After his Inmost thoughts she'd read.
That she should ask for change.
Seta York Herald.
Pa Blanche! I wish to caution you
against givina that young Twaddle any encour
agement: he's not the style of man 1 fancy.
Blanche-Don't worry, no, about my cultivat
ing any fondness for him. Ue mazes me tired.
Bub That's so, pa! lie madesls so tired last
night that she had to set on his Up to rest. -Hot.
ton Courier.
Mudge There's no sense in a man losing
bis lndepenoence Just because be gets married,
never I do marry, my wife shall not do my think
ing for me.
Yabslcy-But why not? Yon surely do not
think that the task would take cp any appreci
able amount of her time? Indianapolis Journal.
MUs Haydon Miss Palmer, I must ask
you to explain yourself. I understand you told
Mrs. Palmer that my brother George was tbo
black sheep of the family?"
Miss Palmer My dear Miss Haydon, It was
merely a slip of tho tongue, I assure you. I meant
to 6ay white shtep. Judge.
"I will take two seats for to-night. How
much are Ihet?"
A dollar nTtyeach, nnlessyou wear a large
bat. in which case your seat will cost is." s
Eighteen dollars!"
'Yes, miss; as your hat will ruin tba perfomt
ance for at least a dozen people." Lift,
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