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THE LAW MUST KULE.
The tracic occurrence at the Morewood
Coke Works yesterday morning affords con
vincing evidence of the necessity of the
warnings against disorder to which The
Dispatch has given utterance during the
past few days. It not only calls for the
steps at repressing further riotwhich have
been taken in ordering out the militia, but
indicates the need of enforcing the lesson,
that this country must be ruled by law.
It should be impressed on every mind
that mob law cannot be tolerated. The vio
lence of anarchy, if permitted, would plunge
the nation into universal ruin. But one
answer is possible to rioters who engage in
the deliberate destruction of property and
attack the representatives of the law.
When, on any pretense, a mob undertakes
such acts.it must be met with the supremest
demonstration of the power of the law. Ter
rible as was the lesson of yesterday, it is
clear, unless the facts are wholly falsified,
that the rioters incurred the responsibility
of the tragic affair and alienated public
Ey in pa thy from their cause.
Of course, it is necessarv to notice the
claim made bv labor leaders, that the crowd
fired on was simply passing along the high
way from a mass meeting without any in
imical intention or demonstrations. This
statement differs radically from the state
ment of other sources, that there was a con
centration of the rioters from different
points, and that after being called on to halt
they made an attack on the property which
the officers of the law were guarding.
Which statement is true and which false
"wili be brought out by judicial investiga
tion. But, apart from this contradiction, it
must be said that the attitude of the rioters
and their preceding acts have been such as
to justify thc-jin'madcic belief that a large
force of them at the works, in the early hours
of the morning, were not therefor lawful
and orderly purposes.
It is hardly possible to avoid the bearing
of this outbreak upon the policy of flooding
the industries of the country with the cheap
labor of reckless and unassimilated foreign
ers. The distinction between therespect for
law paid by the American workmen, in
their most exciting struggles, and the des
perate and irresponsible character of the
foreign workmen so largely brought into
this country of late years, is emphasized by
this event. It certainly suggests that the
direct responsibility of those who have
stirred up these ignorant men to disorder is
accompanied by an indirect responsibility
of those who have been instrumental in
bringing this lawless and violent element
into the country.
Deplorable as bloodshed always must be,
the lesson of yesterday will not be without
its benefit, if it makes clear that, in every
contingency, law and order must stand
supreme and unchallenged. The hand raised
against the law. the public peace, and the
rights of individuals only beckons quick
and sure destruction to itself.
A SEW COAL MARKET.
The announcement that American coal
is rapidly replacing the English article as
a fuel, on the great steamship lines will be
pood news here. The Korth German Lloyd
and the Hamburg-American Packet Com
pany, in decidingon theuse of the American
fuel, were no doubt influenced as much by
price as by quality; but the fact remains
that another market has been found. This
means more work for the American miners,
and will do much toward preventing pro
tracted shut downs. If the Lake Brie canal
"was in the ground instead of on paper, the
new customers would undoubtedly draw
from our fruitful fields, and Pittsburg would
be a trainer.
It is not expected that the American fuel
-will ever gain the entire custom of the
steamship lines. The English article will
so doubt continue in favor for use on
passenger vessels, on account of its tendency
to produce less smoke. But as to the freight
ers, it can be confidently expected that the
greater part of the coal burned will be mined
in this country. As these greatly outnum
ber the passenger craft, and as more coal is
consumed in transporting ocean freight than
passengers, it will be seen that America is
Somewhat ahead.
WITH US ONCE MOKE.
The cry of "Play Ball" will soon be
fceard in crackless, high-boarded grounds
all over the land. Thrones totter, blood
flows, fire leaves ash heaps, floods spread
slime, but the umpire braves the blasts
from the bleachers and the game goes on
forever. But this season it goes on under
more favorable auspices. This time last
year treason stood where friendship fell.
Devolution and revenge were the batteries
and the tnrn-stile was the umpire. It was a
fight from start to finish a trial of strength
between player and public, in which the
latter learned that gold and not clory was
what the boys were after.
"Sow the battle is less noisy. In the
gbakeup incident to the peace patched be
tween the big ones in the rival camps new
blood gets a show. Some of the heavy hit
ters and clever catchers have gone down
some darlings nave been sacrificed. This
fact adds zest to the coming struggle for the
pennant, tor the public will watch with in
terest the development of the Infant class
in the direction of home runs and harmony.
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Let the play go on, peacefully if possible,
but let it go on just the same. To the un
initiated we would say: Study the intrica
cies of the score before the season is fairly
on; keep your eye on the new stars in the
baseball firmament; let the umpire decide
all points; chide not the cranks; yell for
your home club, and pity the small boy
who sits on the roof or peeps through the
knot hole.
THE SEW IMMIGRATION LAW.
The new law for the regulation of immi
gration went into effect Wednesday. Its
provisions are far more sweeping than the
enactment it displaced; but if it is not en
forced any better than the old law the chaff
will not be separated from the wheat at the
gateways. Under the new law agents of the
Government are afforded every opportunity
to inspect and pass upon the fitness of the
newcomers for self-sustaining citizenship.
The indigent, criminal and undesirable
classes shipped by unscrupulous agents of
steamship companies, and allowed to gain a
foothold here under the loose workings and
red tapeism of the law of 1885, will, if the
Federal agents do their duty, be barred
hereafter. Provision is made for the speedy
settlement of all causes growing out of the
enforcement of the law, and the penalties
provided are such as to guarantee security
against Europe's undesirable squads; pro
vided, of course, the guards at the ever
swinging doors are conscientiously active.
With the classes boycotted by the new
la;? liberty means license, freeaom means
unsweated food, citizenship means nothing.
They were drones and criminals in their
native land, and would become a burden
and a menace here. The law that shuts
them out is just. Its strict enforcement is
demanded by justice.
WHAT BRAZIL NEEDS.
There are grave doubts as to the wisdom
of the financial policy now pursued by
Brazil. As the Government is of recent
foundation, a settled state of affairs can
scarcely be expected; but the wonderful
financiering now attracting attention is
almost without precedent. The banks are
given practically unlimited power to issue
paper money, new companies, capitalized
principally on wind, are organized every
day, and speculation runs riot. The situa
tion is really serious, and furnishes a first
class illustration of the dangers that beset
new governments. The desire for improve
ment the most rational of all desires is
made the excuse for the most irrational of
policies. The crash will come, and, for the
good of the country, the sooner the better.
Brazil is in a position to pursue a con
servative financial policy with great bene
fit. The vast undeveloped portions of her
territory should, as they are opened to habi
tation, be made pay all incidental expenses
and furnish a profit besides. She need not
run into debt to develop her resources, nor
need she grant Europeans concessions profit
able to them but unprofitable to her. The
encouragement of a good class of emigrants
is undoubtedly the best and most economi
cal way of developing the country. They
will, also, do much to counteract the ten
dency to revolution which seems to lurk in
the heart of almost every South American.
Some sturdy home-seekers are the most de
sirable persons to Brazil just now; and if
she can guarantee them a permanent and
just form of government she should have no
trouble in getting them.
TORY ENJOYMENT.
The British papers that take such enjoy
ment over the recall of Baron Fava can be
assured that Uncle Sam will not interfere
with their mirth. Hot that he has too much
on his hands at present, but that it is not
his policy to take the vaporings of the
English press seriously. Several times in
the past the Tory newspapers have ex
pressed their satisfaction when this nation
was in a tight place, and forgot to offer con
gratulations when the troubles were over.
They wield such little influence that can be
made detrimental to this country that their
present outburst can be treated with con
tempt. The deplorable ignorance displayed by
some of the mirthful editors about the Con
stitution of the United States leads us to
suppose that the Tory mind, used to forming
ideas for the unconditional support of a
throne, is not capable of understanding the
principles of popular government as set forth
in the Declaration of Independence. They
remind us of the owls which, looking at the
sun, could see nothing, and were proud of
their blindness.
ARTISTIC AND MANUAL TRAINING.
The conference of educators to be held in
Boston next week has been correctly termed
of more than usual interest It is to be de
voted mainly to att and manual training in
the public schools. That a convention, na
tional in its make-up, is to consider these
bubjects, draws attention to the remarkable
strides lately made by both artistic and
manual training as parts of our public
school course. The former is more widely
in vogue than the latter, hut both are mak
ing their influence felt
The scholar taught the artistic unities will
not feel like accepting a position as a well
digger, but well-diggers are just as im
portant to the world at large as draughts
men. The expert draughtsman, how
ever, need not become a well
digger, though he who is not an
expert will very often find himself com
pelled to do most anything to gain a liveli
hood. There is no use for incompetent men
in any business, and iu this fact can be
found a great objection to artistic training
as now pursued. In our public schools
children must spend a portion of their time
over drawing books whether they have
inclination for the study or not This re
sults, in the latter case, in one of two
things with each unappreciative scholar:
either he will be forever disgusted with
everything pertaining to art, or he will im
bibe the idea that the use of the pencil re
quires no native talent This idea leads
him to adopt a profession which requires
talent in connection with the knowledge of
the schools, and he finds that he is pushed
to the wall by men who, unlike him, have,
both. Then to live he must work at some
thing else and is for the balance of his days
a dissatisfied man.
The objection to manual training rests on
the fact that most children cannot spend the
time necesiary to receive a complete mental
and manual education at school. When a
boy reaches the age of fourteen or fifteen he
should have mastered at least the rudi
mentary studies and, if necessary, be able to
leave school and seek employment This
the majority of scholars cannot do. The
course of study is already so extensive that
at the ages mentioned they have but a
smattering of many and not much of any.
To add manual training to the course would
only make matters worse. Technical train
ing schools, where a finished education is
secondary to the arts and sciences, are a
refuge for all whose talents lie in those
directions. A primary course in the com
mon schools sufficient to draw such talents
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to the surface could be created without
hampering the schools or the scholars.
With a small sized but exceedingly
lively local -war to occupy attention, we are
afraid that Italy will be neglected by Western
Pennsylranians for a few days.
While it is the duty of the soldier to
obey orders, the boys of the Eighteenth Keel
merit deserve a word of commendation for the
alacrity with which they turned out on receipt
of the Governor's command. They were In
readiness to proceed to the scene of the tronble
In a very short time after the order was re
ceived, and their getting under arms so quickly
speaks well for their officers and themselves.
To many men April 1 as a birthday
would have proven a drawback in lite, but Bis
marck, though born on that day, made fools of
more men than fooled him.
jBRY Simpson, when he visited the
Sue-Treasury vaults in Wall street, held $5,000.
000 in his hand for about a minute, and thereby
wrecked his chances of re-election. The Kan
sas farmers will want nothing to do with a man
who failed to make at least an attempt to keep
such wealth.
Now that the collection of tolls on the
Perrysvillo avenue road has been abandoned,
Allegheny can sit more at ease among her sister
cities of the second class.
The Italian seems to be everywhere,
just now, and we are compelled to say that he
seems to be getting the worst of the deal. But
King Humbert will hardly be able to declare
that the Italian killed at Morewood yesterday
was killed without a chance to defend himself.
Toledo has a cask that holds 36,000 gal
lons. What a splendid barrel this would be for
the next campaign in Ohio!
The Delaware Senate, in passing a bill
placing public schools for colored children on
the same plane as public schools for the whites,
evidently forgot that they were South of Mason
and Dixon's line. It was, however, a commend
able oversight.
If Uncle Sam shells out liberally Italy
will be satisfied with shelling ua with peanuts
instead of red-hot shells.
The piano manufacturers met in New
York to determine on a uniform pitch for their
instruments, but, judging from some alleged
music occasionally heard, a proper pitch for
many pianos wonld be out of doors.
The affair in the coke regions gives
Austro-Hungary an opportunity to form an al
liance with Italy.
Coesezs saved the life of a Schenectady
woman recently. Her brother-in-law shot at
her, but the bullet struck the corset steel, and
only killed a dress-reform argument that the
shape-formers are at best useless.
The impression now prevailing in this
country is that RudinI was, to say the least,
rather rude.
Henry M. Stanley was afraid to lec
ture in Texas because he had deserted from
the Confederate army, and now some people
think that what was Stanley's loss was Texas'
gain.
La gkippe and the License Court are off
in a corner talking over the fickleness ot the
public
The news that a saloon has been discov
ered in the Cincinnati jail leads to the belief
that a Pittsburg speak-easy proprietor has been
arrested in the chief city of 'Ohio,
They are drawing guns and blood in
stead of ovens in the coka country now.
President Harrison has not aban
doned his intention of going to San Francisco.
By the way, San Francisco is farther from
Rome than is Washington, D. C.
PB0MINENT PEOPLE,
Ex-Mayor Hewitt has succeeded to a
great extent in conquering his old enemy, in
somnia. Colonel Thomas P. Ochiltree is said
to be the real author of "Lasca," the famous
poem of Texas life.
John D. Rockefeller carries a 25
cent cane, and yet there are canes that can be
had tor less money.
Prof. Charles A. Youno, of Prince
ton, the greatest of American astronomers, is
short and very round shouldered, with a pair
of very keen, flashing eyes.
General Dan Butterfield, the
friend of the Compte do Paris, lives in New
York with five more Generals of the same
name to keep him company.
Margaret Sangsxer enconrages the
production of sunshine by saying: '-The longer
I live the more I am inclined to set the highest
valuation on pleasant people."
Mrs. George Gould has lost none of
the beauty and vivacity which used to capture
the hearts of so many people when, as Edith
Kingdon, sho acted at Daly's Theater.
Queen Victoria is to be godmother of
the son of Lord Onslow, Governor of 'New Zea
land. The unfortunate child is to be named
"Taikoa," a Maori word meaning "On slow."
The Baroness Burdett-Coutts has left
England for a ramble through Italy. Her
health is very precarious and the effects of her
recent accident are telling severely upon her.
Mrs. P. T. Barnum expresses the opin
ion that a woman can often make her husband
happy by letting him alone, and especially by
refraining from too many "foolish questions."
General Bosecrans, the Begister of
tho Treasury, is remarkably vigorous at 71
years. He breakfasts every morning at 7,
reaches bis desk by 9 and remains there hard at
work until 4.
Ernest Longfellow's collection of oil
paintings was placed on exhibition in New
York yesterday. Mr. Longfellow is a son of
tho poet, and has followed art as a profession
for about 12 years.
King Humbert, of Italy, has been
awarded a gold medal by a State Commission
"for civil valor," the occasion being the col
lapse of a house in Rome last January, when
he rnsbed in and rescued five persona.
Dr. Howard Crosby always had what
was regarded as a wonderful vitality. Forty-
five years ago he was assured by physicians'
that he could not live a year, as one of his
lungs was destroyed, and ho would soou yield
to consumption.
General Boulanger is in London,
but he doesn't make much of a stir there.
JMorley's Hotel will face him with its weekly
bill just as regularly and calmly as if its guest
was only a St. Louis drummer instead of being
the sore toe of French republicanism.
Michael O'Brien DaltOn, the phe
nomenal hitter, who, with one blow, is alleged
to have broken both the pebbles of Tim Healy's
glasses and driven fragments into bis eyes and
to have knocked out hvo of Healy's teeth, is
tho son of a wealthy Australian and represents
a division of Donegal in Parliament.
Mrs. C. M. Smith, who died last week
in San Francisco, was, years ago, Miss Todd,
sister of pretty Mary Todd, who married young
Lincoln in Springfield in 1842. While Lincoln
was President Mrs. Smith was a groat deal at
the White House, assisting her sister in doing
the honors of the Presidental mansion.
TWO NEW OCEAN BACEBS.
The Cunard Company's Proposed Ships to
Cross the Sea in Five Days.
Loudon, April 2. The Cnnard Steamship
Company has made a contract with a ship
building firm on the Clyde for the construction
of two steamships, each of 14,000 tonnage.
The new vessels are designed to cross the
ocean in five days.
Work on the Grant Monument
New York, April a Ground for the U. a
Grant monument will be broken April 27. with
due ceremonies, of which tbe G. A. .it will
have charge.
ALLEGHENY QUOTA.
The Large Number of Bills Introduced by
Its Members They Ilavo Been Favor
ably Considered by the Different Com
mittees and Now Await Action.
ISrZCIAL TELUQBAM TO TH DISrATOH.
Harrisbubq, April 2. The Allegheny
county Senators have Introduced bills, which
have received the favorable consideration of
the committees to which they were referred, as
follows:
Mr. Steel, relating to the collection of de
linquent State, county and poor taxes in the
several counties; providing for monthly re
turns and payments: providing for the erection
of morgues in counties containing over 300,000
Inhabitants; making women eligible as notaries
public
Mr. Neeb, abolishing the office of director of
poor In cities of the second class; to prevent the
impairment by contract of the right to certain
liens known as mechanics' liens, where tho
contract is in writing or assented to in writing
by the persons whose rights are to be affected;
providing that all hangings occur in the peni
tentiaries; allowing the sale of soft drinks and
cigars on Sunday: fixing the ratio of represen
tation in Common Council In cities of the sec
ond class; to authorize cities to levy and collect
a vehicle license fee or tax on cars used bv
street railway, motor or traction companies
operating roads wholly or in pare within the
municipal limits; authorizing the sale of pools
and to encourage the breeding of fine horses
and cattle; making eight hours a legal day's
labor in penal and other State institutions;
authorizing tho payment of 5,430 to Morrison
Foster; changing the proportion of freeholders
required to petition for annexation, requiring
two-thirds instead of one-half to sign applica
tion.
Fllnn's Liquor and Wharf Bills.
In addition to the several street bills intro
duced by Mr. Flinn are the following: To rent
or lease wharves for market purposes; author
izing the condemnation of property for park
purposes in cities of the second class; tor the
improvement of public wharves and landings;
authorizing street railway companies to Bell or
lease their property and franchises; providing
for the transfer of licenses and empowering po
lice to file remonstrances against the issuing of
licenses to unworthy applicants; putting whole
sale liquor dealers iu the same position occu
pied by retail dealers so far as the granting of
licenses is concerned; authorizing Matilda
Gross McConnell to sell and convey certain
real estate bequeathed to her; deflningthe pow
ers and duties of police magistrates in cities of
the second class; empowering Councils to reg
ulate and snppress by ordinance the produc
tion and emission of smoke from bituminous
coal.
Mr. Upperman introduced bills for the more
effectual protection of public health in cities of
the second class and to prevent the secret cre
mation of human bodies.
In tho House the Allegheny county members
introduced bills as follows:
Mr. Graham, making women eligible as no
taries public; fixing the ratio of representation
in Common Council in cities of the second
class; providing forState poor law department.
Mr. Stewart, making agents or informers of
mercantile agencies subject to act of May 23,
1887, fixing the responsibility of tho latter; to
provide for the vacation, opening and construc
tion of highways, roads and bridges; for the
better supervision of common schools, cro
viding for division superintendents.
In the Interest of Health.
Mr. Lemon, providing two years imprison
ment and $1,000 fine for procuring or soliciting
persons to commit misdemeanors punishable in
summary proceedings; ?n amendment to the
pharmacy act, relating to tho sale of proprie
tary medicines.
Mr, Cotton, authorizing tho Department of
Public Safety in cities of tho second class to
adopt suitable rules and regulations for the
construction of plumbing, house drainage, eta;
to punish trustees, agents, employes, or mem
bers of unincorporated associations, societies
or guilds for embezzlement; detailing the man
ner in which the judges of the Courts of Com
mon Pleas shall select one of their number to
try criminal cases; providing two addittonal
judges for Allegheny county; deflningthe sta
tus of fraternal associations.
Mr. Marshall, to prevent discrimination by
telephone companies; fixing the maximum
charge of telephone rent3 at S3 a month; re
quiring foreign building and loan associations
to tile a guaranty indemnity bond; constituting
eight hours a day's work in public institutions.
Mr. McCuIlougb, making husband and wife
competont witnesses for or against each other
in civil actions; for the improvement of the
highways and roads of the State, known as the
general road Din; granting power to street rail
way companies to cross streams by means of
bridges; to establish a uniform gams law for
the better protection of game.
Mr. Nesbit, to repeal the sixteenth section of
the general insurance law, which provides that
tho act Bhall not apply to foreign insurance
companies nor to fire insnrance comnanies con
ducted on the purely mutual plan: to oreate a
board of revision of taxes for the purpose of
promoting a more certain and equal assess
ment of taxes in cities containing over 350,000
Inhabitants; regulating tbo compensation of
officers in counties containing over 600,000 and
less than 750,000 inhabitants; to provide for a
uniform contract ot policy of fire insurance to
be made and issued by 'all insurance companies
taking fire risks on property within this State.
After the Bogus Detectives.
Mr. Culbertson, to punish detectives for
doing business without a license; making fines
imposed for violation of the act prohibiting
cruelty to animals payable to any regularly in
corporated society for the prevention of cruelty
to animals.
Mr. Mnehlbroner, to prohibit the manu
facture and sale of adulterated articles of food:
fixing the daily compensation of county as
sessors in cities of tbe'second class at $3.
Mr. Jones, amending the employers' liability
act by defining what is meant by a co-employe;
to provide for the arrest and punishment of
persons guilty of disorderly conduct in town
ships; to relieve clerks, mechanics and laborers
from certain penalties for conspiracy.
Mr. Itlcharas, providing lor the adjustment
and payment of the claim of John Joos for pub
lishing the mercantile appraisers' Us; in 18S5,
amounting to 4,152; for the creating and dis
tribution of a fund for the maintenance and re
lief of aged and disabled policemen in cities of
the second class.
Mr. Kearns, providing for not exceeding teres
additional courts in Allegheny county.
Mr. Rynd, in relation to tho transition of
cities from one class to another.
A MOBTGAGE SALE.
The Great Whitely Shops to Be Sold Under
a Foreclosure.
BPICIAL TELEGEAM TO TUB DISPATCH.!
Columbus. April 2. The great Whitely
shops at Springfield, the second largest m the
world, will in a few days be offered for sale un
der foreclosure of mortgage. Tboy cost 81,500,
000, including machinery, which cost 500,000.
Receiver George H. Frey is now seeking pur
chasers. A. R. Ludlow, G. S. Foos and Fuller
Trump, manufacturers, have been selected to
act as appraisers.
A WOBLD'S FAXB BILL KILLED.
Arkansas Again .Refuses to Appropriate
Money for an .Exhibit.
Little Rock, April 2. Tbo Senate to-day
refused to pass to the third reading tho House
bill appropriating $30,000 for a Stato exhibit at
the World's Fair.
As tbe Legislature adjourns Satnrday this
action finally deleats tho measure.
DEATHS OF A DAY.
General Albert Pike.
Washington, April 2. General Albert
Pike, Grand Commander of the Scottish Kite
Masonry of the Southern Jurisdiction, the Chief
of the Koyal Order of Scottish Ultes in this country,
died at 8 o'clocc this evening. It Is said that
General Pike has appointed Josiah M. Druramond,
of Maine, as his successor and head or the Koyal
Order or Scotland, and it Is probable that his suc
cessor In the Scottish Bite will bo either Surgeon
General J. M. Brown, of the navy; Thomas H.
Caswell, of California, or Thomas M. Dudley, of
Kentucky. Albert Pike was well known to all
Sersons In this country Interested in Free
lasonry, havinir held the highest offices in the
order aud written many works In regard to It.
Miss Jano Swan.
Word was received yesterday of the death
at Los Angelos, Cal., of Miss Jane O. Swan,
daughter OI ex-Postmaster Swan, of Allegheny.
She had gone to California for the benefit of her
health in company with her mother. During her
father's term as postmaster Miss Swan had charge
of the money order department. She was about
SOjears old. The cause of her death was hemorrh
age of the lungs.
George Gerst.
George Gerst, one of the oldest residents
of Allegheny, died yesterday. He was one of the
first brewers who ever did business in that line
across the river. He carried on the work at the
corner or Madison avenue and Second street. He
was 80 years old, and there were but few better
known men in Allegheny.
Thomas C Baring.
Eome, April 2. Thomas C. Baring, one
of the partners in the house ofliarlnsr Bros. & Co.,
of Londou, died this evening of exhaustion fol
lowing au operation.
Mrs. Mary Connors.
WcKEESrOKT, April 2. Mrs. Mary
Connors, an aged resident of this city, died at 2
o'clock this afternoon, In the 81st year of her age.
A TEEASTJKY LOSS.
Supervising Architect Windrlm to Accept
Office In Philadelphia.
(FROM A STAPP COBBJCSFONDIIrT.l
WAniNOTON, April 2. James H. Windrlm,
Supervising Architect of the Treasury, has
been tendered the Directorship of Public
Works in Philadelphia, and the possibilities
are that be will accept within the next few
days. Mr. Windrim was appointed to bis po
sition by President Harrison at the beginning
of his administration, and while he was acting
in bis official capacity, he was also drawing a
salary and attending to the architecture nt the
Girard estate in Philadelphia. The result was
that Mr. Windrlm was uuable to attend to bis
duties to the estate in a manner that gave tho
trustees entire satisfaction, and they have been
asking him toerlvo up his Government position
and attend only to the Girard business. His
salary as architect of the Girard estate is
810.000 a year, while bis pay as Supervising
Architect is an additional 4 500.
A day or two ago Mr. Windrim was sum
moned to Philadelphia, and had a consultation
with Mayor-elect Stuart, and it was said at that
time that he had been offered the place. When
qnestioned to-day concerning the appointment,
ho replied that "he would answer that by sav
ing that an acceptance could not bo made till
the offer had been tendered." A close friend
of his, however, said that he had been asked to
accept the place, and that he would surely do
so. Mr. Windrim's loss will bo deeply felt by
all who have had any connection with him.
Director of the Mint Leech said to-day that it
wonld be nothing short of a calamity to the
Treasury Department.
BEMEMBEBED FBOM ABBOAD.
Beautiful Souvenir Sent to Mr. Ehinn
by
Pittsburg's Late Guests.
There is on exhibition at Lloyd & Shafer's,
Fifth avenue, this city, an elegant oak case,
containing four large pieces of massive silver
ware. What they are and what they are here
for is explained in the following letter, which
accompanied them:
Victoria mansions. Victoria Street i
London. S. A., February 13. 1
William P. Slilnn, Esq.:
MY Dear Sir I have been directed by the
Council of the Iron and Steel Institute to convey
to you the special thanks of the Institute for the
notable service which you rendered to the Insti
tute during tne memorable visitor 1590 to the
unueu states; services to wnicn you gave up en-
tlrely weeks of your valuable time. These
services so assiduously and chcerfullv rendered
were rewarded with unvarying success.
This great expedition
toedition or
the members of the
Iron and Steel fnstltute was probably the most
numerous nartv that ever attemnted so extended
and complicated a tour. Thanks, in large meas
ure, to your skillful direction and powers of or
ganization, the whole series or visits, enterprises
and public functions was carried through com-
Eletelr, In absolute safety and ,wlthout a draw
aefc. rlhe Institute desires now to place Its
heartfelt thanks on record, and asks you to ac
cept, as a permanent testimony of the esteem In
which they hold your services and of the personal
reeard they bear toward you. a pair of silver flve
llelit candelabra and a pair of silver candlesticks
to match, which are contained in an oak case.
The case has been forwarded through Mr. rllrck
off. I desire to renew the expression of my own per
sonal acknowledgment for your very kind and
courteous attention to myself and my daughters.
1 am yours very truly,
JAMES KlTSON.
President of the Iron aud Steel Institute,
CHECKMATING FOBAKEB.
Sherman's Friends Make a Decided Flank
Movement Against Him.
rsrxciAi. tixxqram to tub dispatch.:
Columbus, April 2. The friends of Senator
Sherman in tho Ohio Legislature have made a
flank move in opposition to ex-Governor For
aker and other leaders in the party who havo
been advocating tbe policy of having tho next
Republican State Convention namo the candi
date for the United States Senate to succeed
Sherman. Tbe idea has grown in some quar
ters and is likely to prevail unless there is
something done to prevent it. Senator Sher
man has already pronounced against the
scheme, and reliable private information is
that he is a candidate to succeed himself, and
that he will make a big fight toward seenring
tbe next Legislature.
With a few exceptions who are not special
friends of Sherman tho Republican members
of the Legislatnre to-day signed a letter ad
dressed to the Senator at Mansfield, in which
they make a formal request for him to come to
Columbus at some time during the present ses
sion and at a date to suit his convenience for
tho purpose of consultation on political mat
ters in general as regards the State, and possi
bly to take an expression as to tho manner of
selecting tbe next Senator from Ohio. The
communication was forwarded to-night.
MISS BAYARD WEDS A COUNT.
A Brilliant Wedding at Wilmington, Fol
lowed by No Bridal Tour.
Wiljiinciton, April 2. The marriage of
Count R, A. Lewenhaupt and Miss Ellen Bay
ard, youngest daughter of ex-Secretary of
State Thomas F. Bayard, took place to-day at
Delamore Place, the Bayard homestead, in this
city. About 100 gnests were gathered in the
spacious main hallway at noon, when Bishop
Cobman read tho brief marriage ritual of tho
Protestant Episcopal Church. Tbe bride wore
a complete white costume, with veil and orange
Dlossoms. Miss Bayard was maid of honor,
and A. U. Sheldon, ot Cleveland, was best
man.
A wedding breakfast followed the ceremony,
after which the Count and Countess proceeded
at once to their new home at 1017 Adams street,
no bridal tonr being taken. Among those
present were Baron Bockfrus, Washington,
Secretary of the Swedish Legation; Baron and
Baroness Fosse, of Boston; Mrs. W. Piatt,
Gcorco V. Childs. Henry Morton. Henry Bay
ard, of Pennsylvania; Mrs. Samuel Warren,
Boston; Hon. E. Fraser, E. Lawson, E. L. Pea
cock, of Pennsylvania; Senator and Mrs.
George Gray; Chief Justice Comegvs, Judges
Wales and Grubb- Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Vandor
griit, and others.
A WAE AMONG SUGAB MEN.
Chicago Wholesale Grocers Cutting tho
Price of Sngar Down Low.
Chicago, April Z There Is a prospect of a
price war in sugar here among the jobbers. A
week or more ago tbe wholesale grocers, who
were then buying from tbe refiners at 4 cents,
fixed tbe price of granulated sugar to go into
effect April 1, with tho reciprocity treaty, at 4
cents per pound. Many morchants objected to
this on tbo ground that the market was not over
stocked, and there was nothing in tbe situation
to warrant selling at a loss. They were in the
minority and were overruled.
It is now said that they propose to fix prices
on their own account. Some sugar was sold
yesterday at 4 cents at retail, and a carload
was shipped from here at 4 bO-100 cents. It is
not thought improbable that some leading
wholesale bouses will make tbe price and
this may be followed by other cuts, the result
of rivalry among dealers.
THE ALIEN LABOB LAW.
Tho Italian Colonies of the South to
Be
Searched for Alleged Violations.
Chicago, April 2. A. J. Lester, of Spring
field. 111., Alien Labor Inspector for tbe
Government, is in this city. He says that the.
many instances of late, and is getting together
the necessary proof to put the law in force
against the violators. He declines to give any
names, but says he has evidence that a certain
wealthy iron manufacturer of Louisville has
recently imported five expert puddlers from
Scotland, and intimates that he will be prose
cuted. Mr. Loster. it is said, will soon bo called upon
to make exhaustive researches among tbe
Italian colonies of the South, to make a report
upon tbe number or Italians not citizens who
are working here under contract, it is under
stood that bis report is to be used in connection
with the present complication with tbe Italian
Government.
INDIANS BATOTT THE SALE.
Tho Chlckasaws and Clsuctaws Will
Dl-
vldo the Money Per Capita.
Paris, Tex, April 2, The Chickasaw Coun
cil has ratified the sale of the leased district
which was ownod by the Choctaws and Chlcka
saws jointly, in which they owned a fourth
interest. Their share of money will be $747,700.
The council almost unanimously agreed tbat it
should be divided per capita, which will be
about J1.000 for each Indian.
Tbe Choctaw Council meets to-day, and will
undoubtedly ratify tbe sale and agree upon a
per capita division of tbe money.
AN IMPOBTANT D1SC0VEBY.
It Will Greatly Bednce the Price of All Or
dinary Steel Tools.
rsraciAL tbleoram to tub dispatch.!
TrtUSVILLE, April 2. Charles Henderson, a
merchant of this city, has made au important
discovory tbat will rednce the cost ot steel for
tools from 40 cents to 4 or 5 cents a pounds.
This process makes It possible to use the or
dinary soft machine steel for all kinds of tools,
rendering them equal to high-grade silver
steel for all kinds of work. There is no break
ing nor flaws in the tempering.
CUPID IN HIS ELEMENT.
A Number or Notable Nuptials Celebrated
Yesterday Several Interesting Literary
and Musical Entertainments Work for
Charity Tho Social Chatter of a Day.
A family wedding, bnt nevertheless a very
large gathering, and altogether a brilliant af
fair, characterized the nuptials last evening of
Miss Martha Mary Ncvln and Mr. John
Broomall Booth. The qnaiut and rather an
cient Sewickley home of Mrs. Hannah Nevin,
mother of the bride, was the sceno of the fes
tivity, and iu floral garb and brilliant illumina
tion presented a dazzling vision of beauty and
loveliness, filled as it was with gallant men and
lovely women in elegant attire. The ceremony
was performed at 5 o'clock by Rev. W. O.
Campbell, D. D., of the Sewickley Presbyte
rian Church. Little Hannah Nevin, a pretty,
petite sprite, and a ciece ot the bride, was the
maid of honor, and was an effective attendant
for the charming bride, arrayed in a heavy
white silk gown, with veil and roses, and all
that goes to perfect an Ideal wedding attire.
The bride is a daughter of the late T. H.
Nevin, President of tho Allegheny First
National Bank, and is the center of a large
circle of admiring friends. Tho groom
is a talented young business man,
whose former home was in Philadelphia.
He has already, in his short residence in this
city, assumed a position of prominence in the
social and business world. The ushers were
selected from the ranks of relationship, and
were Messrs. R. P. Nevin, Jr.. Fred Irwin
Nevin, Frank Kevin and Mr. Hopper.
An elaborate wedding feast was served by
Hagan, and subsequently the happy pair de
parted for an Eastern wedding trip. They will
reside with the bride's mother
when they re-
turn.
English, m every detail was the wedding
last evening that nnited Miss Beatrice E. Lit
tell and Mr. James Harvey Beal. It was a
homo wedding, celebrated at tbe Littell resi
dence on Esplanade street, and Rev. B. F.
Woodburn with the ring sealed the troth of
tbe young people. Two little nieces of the
bride. Jean and Ada Littell, were tbe only at
tendants, and they preceded the bride and
groom into the parlors, fragrant with the
wealth and profusion of cut flowers and
thronged with guests. The tiny flower maids
were charmingly gowned in the palest of blue
and delicate rose crepe, and carried French
baskets of roses. Tbe bride, who is a typical
English lady, was clad in a cream-white silk
gown, demi-decollete, and en train. She
carried roses, and at her neck sparkled a dia
mond pendant, the gift of tho groom. The
wedding cake which graced the banqneting
board was suegestlve of English customs, as
silver bells and cooing doves were suspended
above it from a wbite arch. The Littells have
not long been in tbo country of their adoption,
and cling to memories and customs of old
England. Mr. and Mrs. Beal will dispense with
the wedding trip for the present, and take
immediate possession of their Shadyside home.
The V. oung People's Society of the Oakland
M. E. Church distinguished itself in an en
viable way in the entertainment given last
evening in the Liberty school hall. It was a
musical and literary entertainment, and
opened with an overture by tbe Oakland or
chestra, Mrs. Cora Sellers conductress. Miss
Grace Miller appeared In several solos; Mr. E.
H. Dermitt ditto. Miss Fannie Hallet and Mr.
William Sutley also contributed in the vocal
line. H. B. Brockott, Jr., appeared upon the
programme and Miss Adelaide Lare recited
some very enjoyable selections. "The musical
Smith family," embracing all the performers
of the evening, concluded tho entertainment
in a highly amusing and satisfactory manner.
Mrs. Boilers and Mrs. J. H. McGowin were the
accompanists.
An entertainment was given at Glenwood
last evoning, in which Pittsburg talent was well
represented. The Hazel Glen Council, No. 208,
Jr. O. U. A. M.. was the host of the occasion,
and tbe Mendelssohn orchestra was in attend
ance. Miss Lillian Bnrkhartwas tho elocu
tionist of the evening. Miss Jennie Day Gog
ley was the soloist. Addresses weie made by
Rov. J. H. Gogley and Stephen Collins.
The McDonald home at Osborn station was
tho scene of a pretty borne wedding last even
ing, when Miss Emma V., tbe daughter of the
household, became the bride of Mr. Charles
Francis Arrott, ot tbe Wood street life insur
ance firm. Rev. A. M. Campbell was the offi
ciating clergyman. An elaborate wedding sup
per, served by Kennedy, and a reception fol
lowed the ceremony.
Social Chatter.
The cooking class of the Helping Hand So
ciety contemplates an entertainment the latter
part of tho month.
The closing reception of tbe Cyclorama
dancing class will be given next Monday even
ing at tbe Cyclorama.
MRS. R. N. Clare, of Fifth avenne. was
hostess yesterday at a very elegant luncheon.
Uorors were laid for 25 guests.
Peter Shields was married last evening, at
St. Paul's Cathedral, to Miss Cora Ragan,
daughter of John Ragan, of the Thirty-first
ward.
TnE regular weekly meeting of Utopia Cir
cle, C. L. S. C, will be held Monday evening at
tho residence of Miss Evans, 100 Crawford
street.
A musical and literary, with culinary at
tachment, will be given next Tuesday evening
by the Young People's Aid Society ot the Fifth
Avenue M. E. Chnrch.
The young
peoplo's Christian Endeavor
First Methodist Protestant
Society of the
Church, of Union avenue. Allegheny, will give
an ice cream sociable this evening.
At tho meeting of tho Academy of Science
and Art. this evening, W. D. Mooro will deliver
a lectnro on "The Evidence of the Fossil Flora
as to Darwin's Theory of Evolution."
The wedding of MIS3 Floronce O. Mealy,
daughter of Rev. Dr. J. M. Mealy.to Rev. W. E.
Purvis, ot Allegheny, a member of the late
graduating class of tbe U. P. Theological Semi
nary, was solemnized yesterday at New Wil
mington, Pa. Rev. A. A. Mealy, of this city,
assisted tho officiating clergyman, wh was the
father of tbe bride.
TEE SAME OLD FIGHT.
Tho World's Fair National Commission
Ignores the Board of Control.
Chicago. April 2. An attack on the Board
of Control took most of the time of tbe World's
Fair National Commission to-day. The Board
of Control bad submitted a report reciting
that the board had partially approved the de
cision of tho local directory In locating all tbo
Exposition buildings at Jackson Park. It also
inad6 a change In the salaries ot tbe President
and Secretary of tbe Board ot Lady Managers,
and bad approved the appointment of bureau
chiefs made by Director General Davis. These
actions were made tbe basis of the attack.
It was contended that the members had ex
ceeded tbeir authority; tbat the questions of
site, salaries and appointments were in the
jurisdiction of the commission alone. In each
Instance where a point was raised the commis
sion voted to ignore the Board of Control and
consider the questions as if the board had
taken no action. Wbllo no final vote of the
commission has been taken tbe opponents of
the board wero victorious In every skirmish,
and have since talked vigorously of what they
may do to-morrow. It was intimated to-night
that tbey might make an attempt to abolish
the Board of Control. This would reopen the
old fight between the local directory and the
National Commission and leave the affairs of
the big Exposition once more in chaos.
THE NEW SUGAB DEAL.
Terms on Which the Spreckelses and
the
Havemeyers Pooled Their Issues.
San Francisco, April 2. The. combination
between Spreckels and the Havemeyers is
completed. The new organization is known as
tho West Coast Sugar Refining Company, and
tho arrangement is tbat tbo two local refineries
shall work alternately. When the American
Refinery is shut down, Spreckels' establish.
ment will be working, and vice versa.
The romoval of the duty on sngar yesterday
bad but little effect in the prices listed. Tho
prices of the American and California refin
eries were alike in every respecr. Both showed
a drop in prices of cube and crushed sugars of
$c. and Jc in the dry granulated sugar. The
quotation on yellow sugars showed a rise
of Jic.
NAVIGATION OF THE AMAZON.
Tho Brazilians Will Own Their Own River
Steamers Hereafter.
New York, April 2. Advices from Brazil re
port tbat the purchase of the entire plant of
tho Amazon Steam Navigation Company by
tho Brazilian corporation Emprcza de Obias
Publlcas has boen completed. The purcbaso
price isS4.2oO.000. tbe first installment of which,
$500,000, has already been paid in Europe.
This transfers from British to Brazilian
bands between SO and 100 river steamers of all
sizes, together with all offices, landings, etc.,
covering the entire basin of the Amazon river
and Its tributaries, or more than 40,000 miles of
navigation.
The Lumber Trado Boomed.
rSFECIAL TEI.ECUA1I TO TI1E DISfATCn.l
Oil Citv, April 2. The late rain was worth
much money to tho lumbermen along Tionesta
creek. Tbe water has been rising rapidly, and
to-day tbe biggest run ot the season was made.
'About 2,000,000 feet of lumber ana timber was
run out for the lower market.
ITALY'SFINE NAVY.
Humbert's Battle Ships A Sea Power Which
Just Now Excites a Great Deal of Inter
est In tho United States The Havoc That
Might Be Made.
New York, April 2. Italy has afloat and in
service seven huge armored battle ships of dis
placements between 10,800 and 14,000 tons.
Their characteristic feature 13 a great develop
ment of gun power and speed at tbe expense ot
abstaining to a large extent from the use of side
armor where some other sytoms employ it as a
protection to stability. Their plating is wholly
nsed to protect tbe motive power, tbe mara-
ziues, the big guns, and their gunners. Each
one of these vessels carries in its main battery
four Armstrong breecbloadlng gnns of about
17-inch caliber, and weighing from 101 to 103
tons. The maximum speed of the slowest of
the bigships is 15 knots and that of the fastest
is above 18 knots. Snch a combination of bat
tery power and Bpeed in armored vessels makes
them very formidable.
The pioneers of this 'fleet are tbe Duho and
Dandnlo, built years ago. They are of a little
over 11,000 tons displacement, and are 340 feet
lung by 04 feet beam and 27 feet draught.
Their engiues of 7,700 indicated horse power
givo them about 15 knots speed. Their maxi
mum thickness of armor at the water line is 22
inches. Each carries tour 101-ton Armstrong
guns, besides 20 rapid Are and machine guns in
tbe secondary battery and four torpedo tubes.
The coal supply is 980 tons.
Other Grim War Monsters.
Next come three ether vessels oi the same
general type, the Andrea Doria, the Francesco
Morosini, and the Ruggiero di Lanria. These
vessels cost about $4,000,000 each. They have a
displacement of 10,800 tons, and tbeir engines
of 10,000 indicated horse power were designed
to give them IS knots. But tbe Ruggiero di
Laurla developed 11.000 horse power at the
maximnm and reached 17 knots. These three
vessels are each 228 feet long by 67 beam and 27
draught. Tbeir tnrrets are protected by 14
inches of armor, and each ship carries four
103-ton guns, besides two 6-Incb, with 25 pieces
in the secondary battery and Ave torpedo
tubes. The coal snpply of tbe Lanria is 850
tons.
The last two of these seven ships, the Le
panto and tbe Italia, are the most formidable
oi an. -i ney nave a length of 4uu leet uy a oeam
of 74, and a draught of 27 the Lepanto reach
ing a displacement of 13,550 tons and tbe
Italia 13,900. The former was built at Castclla
mare and tbe latter at Leghorn. The ex
ternal armor is placed on a citadel 107 feet
leng, and descending about 6 feet below the
water line. The maximum thickness of the
armor on the breastwork Is IS inches, and on
the armored tower 19 inches. In the main bat
tery of each vessel there are four 103-ton guns,
supplemented by eight six-inch guns. In the
secondary battery there are 40 guns, with four
torpedo tnbes. The engines were designed for
18,000 horse power, bnt tbe Lepanto on trial
developed 2,000 less than the contract called
for. and yet made the extraordinary speed of
IS 2-5 knots: while the Italia reached a maxi
mum of IS knots, and an average of 17 for two
hours together. By dispensing with side
armor those vessels have thus attained a very
high speed, and both of them carry their gnns
high up. They cost 4,800,000 each.
New Additions to Be Made.
To this formidable fleet will soon be added
tbe Re Umberto, tbe Sicilla and the Sardegna,
all now under construction. Tbey resemble the
Italia type ic general dimensions, being 400
feet long by 76 beam, and 23 feet 7 inches
draught. Tbo displacement of the two former
has been estimated at 13,800, and that of the
Sardegna as rather more. Tbeir barbettes have
19 inches of armor, and their steel decks are
Zi inches thick. Each was designated to
carry four 106-ton guns, besides many
smaller ones, but at the launch of the Sar
degna it was said tbat she would have instead
four 68-ton guns, with a supplement of eight
6-lnch and four 5-inch rapid-fire guns, besides
tbe secondary battery. The armor on tho tur
rets Is to be 14 inches thick. The original de
sign was for 19.500 horse power, but it is now
said that the Sardegna will have 22.800. and it
is safe to say that it will reach at least 13 knots
speed.
In addition to these ten leviathans, Italy has
11 other armored vessels of from 2.220 to 6,274
tons displacement, but tbey need not be men
tioned even by name, so Incomparably inferior
aro they in armor, armament, and speed. Tbe
two largest are the Palestro and tbe Principe
Amadeo, each having 8J-mch armor and car
rying batteries of one 25-ton and six 18-ton guns.
Tho others carry smaller batteries, and have
from four to five inches of armor. Whatever
Italy can do with her ironclads she will do with
the great vessels first enumerated.
Many Commerce Destroyers Also.
But Italy has also a fine array of fastun
armored vessels or commerce destroyers. Of
15-knot vessels she has the Amerigo Vespucci,
the Colombo, tbe Savoia. and theFlavio Gloja.
Tbe Giovanni Bausan. of 3,100 tons and 6,000
horse-power, made 17 knots on her trial, and
carries two 10-lnch and six 6-inch breech load
ing rifles, which is a very powerful battery for
her size. She was built by Armstrong & Co.,
and resembles tho Esmeralda, constructed by
the same firm. The Bausan has a length of 261
feet, a beam of 42 feet, a draught of 18 feet,
and a displacement of 3,100 tons. Her coal sup
ply Is 600 tons, and her coal endurance
5000 miles at ten knots. Closely resem
bling her In size are the Etna, the Stromboli
and the Vesuvio. which are 233 feet long, 43
leot beam and 19 feet draught, displacing
3,530 tons. Tbey also have the powerful bat
tery of two 10-incb and six 6-Inch Armstrong
breechloaders, besides secondary batteries and
torpedo tubes. Their coal endurance is 630
tons. Under forced draught they have 7,700
Indicated horse power, giving them a speed of
19 knots. The Fleramosca is a little larger,
having a length of 290 feet, a breadth of 43. and
a draught oi 19, displacing 3.750 tons. She has
tbo same heavy battery already spoken of and
about tbo same horse power.
One of the most efficient of the later un
armored vessels of Italy is the Dogall, which
was the first warship fitted with triple-expansion
engines. Thoy wero made by R. and W.
Hawthorn, Leslie & Co.. of Newcastle-ou-Tyne.
She has a length of 250 feet, a breadth of 87,
and a mean draught of 14, and her displace
ment is 2,050 tons. Under forced draught she
has reached 8.100 horse power, and has attained
a speed of 19 knots. Her armament is six
six-inch guns.
A More Formidable Vessel Still.
Yet even the Dogall Is outdone OythePie
monte. built by Armstrong & Co. She is of
2,500 tons and 1,300 horse power, has obtained
the extraordinary maximnm speed of over 22
knots, and carries a battery ot six 6-inch and
six4.7-inchArmstrongrapid-ure guns. UI these
ber builder has said that tbey will throw twice
as great an aggregate weight of shot and shell
within a given time as tbe battery of any other
ship now afloat, not excluding tho monsters of
six times her size. Taking together her speed
and ber battery power, tbo Piemonte is a
marvel.
Mere mention will be enough for other war
ships of Italy, although she has, exclusive of
those not completed, about 60 fighting vessels,
besides the torpedo boats, which number mora
than a hundred, about 50 being sea-goiug craft.
The transports and home service ships bring
tho total number of cratt above 250. Of tbe
torpedo vessels the most worthy of mention are
doubtless the swift torpedo crnlsers Tripoli,
Goito, Montebello. and alonzambano. of about
741 tons displacement. These are all very fast,
but are doubtless Intended particularly
for service in tbo Mediterranean. For the
same reason we need hardly consider now tho
smaller torpedo vessels, liko tbe Folgore and
Saotta, or tbe armed dispatch vessels like tbe
Archimede and Galileo, of tbo Barbarigo class.
Among tbe more notable of the minor vessels
are the America and Angelo Emo of 6,500 and
0,100 tons, and the small cruiser Conflenza.
Some of tbe Italian mail steamships are also
fitted up. under the reserve navy law, so as to
carry guns and torpedo tnbes if necessary.
Italy, therefore, h seen to have provided her
self with a powerful fleet of first-class battle
ships, in armament and speed, aided by several
very fast unarmored cruisers and an abund
ance of torpedo vessels.
THE PHI KAPPA PSI FBATEBNITY.
Its Annual Convention, Representing
13
Colleges, Meets at Meadville.
rSrECIAI. TEUtQRAJl TO TUB niSPATOrf.I
Meadville, April 2. The tmrd biennial
district convention of tho Phi Kappa Psi Fra
ternity is in session in this city. Thirteen col
leges are represented: Cornell, Syracuse;
Hobart and Colgate, New York; University of
Pennsylvania; Washington and Jefferson,
Washington, Pa.; Allegheny, Buchtel, Dick
inson, Lafayette, Franklin and Marshall,
Swarthmore and Pennsylvania College. At the
session this morning W. W. Youngman, of Al
legheny, was elected a member of tbe Execu
tive Conncll ot tbe fraternity.
Tho next convention will be held at Philadel
phia, under the auspices ot the Philadelphia
Alumni Association and tbe chapters ot tbe
Snartbinoro and tbe University of Pennsyl
vania. This evening reception is being held,
which Is one of the most brilliant social events
of tbe season. The convention closes to-morrow
evening with a banquet at the Commercial
House.
THE KOCH CONSUMPTION CUBE.
It Is Undergoing a Discussion in the Ger
man Surgical Congress.
Berlin, April 2. Ibe German Surgical Con.
gress opened hero to-day. Prof. Bergmann
read a report on tbe Koch treatment, maintain
ing tbat the remedy Is a speciflo for tubercu
losis. The majority of the other speakers ex
pressed less favorable views.
CUEI0DS CONDENSATIONS.
Fine silver ore is said to have been dis
covered in large quantities on a farm near
Peona, 111.
An electrical expert says no light has
been fonnd that will panetrate a fog better
than tbe old oil lamp.
The latest New York fad is tbe collect
ing of certain kinds of woodwork fmm dilapi
dated houses for insertion inexpensive dwell
ings. An expert .electrician iasists that an
electric train, making 125 an hour, would re
quire 7,000 feet in which to come to a stand
still. A Washington. D. C, colored man has
been arrested 33 times since November 23. 1890.
Ho will bave a rest now, as his last sentence
was 364 days to jail.
Tbe irrepressible Yankee is said to have
invented a safety seamless trousers pocket
woven complete in one piece, no stitching or
sewing being necessary.
An English woman went all the way
from Cavendish Square. London, to Sioux
Falls. 8. Dak., to take advantage of the easy
divorce laws of that State.
Franklin, Ga., boasts of a cat that had
been in one family for 22 years. When Its
mistress died it pined away and refused to eat,
literally starving Itself to death.
A Boston druggist says that enormous
quantities of Jamaica ginger are shipped from
tbe Hub into Maine, to be used by people who
seek to avoid the Prohibition laws.
A writer describes Kodiak Island,
Alaska, as larger than either of tbe new En
gland States, with a genial climate capable of
prodncing many varieties of fruit.
The Superintendent of the Philadelphia
mint says tbat ten 10-cent pieces. Instead of
weighing as much as a silver dollar, as former
ly, only weigh about nine-tenths as much.
A Pennsylvania farmer has a hen which
habitually lays unusually large eggs. Inside of
each of these eggs is another good-sized eesr,
perfectly formed. Both tbe inside and outside
egg have a yoke and white part.
In St. Louis tbe other day, a Justice
nnited In marriage two Turks and a Hungarian
and a Turk. All were lovers In tbe Old
World, bnt religious differences prevented
their marriage, so they came to America.
A sow belonging to a farmer of West
town, Chester connty. Pa., died a few days ago,
leaving six orphans. Upon the death of tbeir
parent the farmer filled her place by a big milk
bottle with six little hose attachments.
Four different mountain peaks in Idaho
are from 13 to 23 feet lower, by actnal measure
ment, than they were 15 years ago. and it Is be
lieved that this settling is going on with many
others. The idea Is that quicksands have un
dermined them.
A Californian was out looking for some
lost sbeop in a canyon near Sesne, Ventura
county, on Wednesday, when he ran against a
large brown bear. He bad no firearms, but be
lassoed tbe bear and dragged it to death. It
weighed 800 pounds.
A South Bethlehem, Pa., school teacher
disappeared betweon sessions a few days ago,
and as be did not appear the scholars organized
themselves into squads and instituted a search.
He was found asleep in a secluded corner of
the schoolhouse cellar:
Honey must be scarce in some parts of
California, as a Centervilla young man went to
half a dozen prominent ranchers tbe first of tha
week and offered to sell 1,200 feet of lumber for
(G in cash. The farmers were all eager to buy,
but no one could raise the money.
Near Ocala, Fla., a few nights ago, an
engine struck a cow, which got tangled np in
tbe cow-catcher, and before the train could be
stopped she was dragged 300 yards. When ex
tricated she walked off and soon began to bite
grass as if nothing bad happened.
A Swiss law is said to constitute every
man his own assessor. After his death, if on
investigation tfrand is proved, the govern
ment swoops down on his estate and confiscates
sufficient to liquidate the back taxes and inter
est. Such a go-as-you-pleasa method would
hardly work in this country.
One week ago vandals broke into the
Big Four saloon in Anderson, IncL. and turned
the faucets to a number of whisky, wine and
brandy casks, allowing about 300 gallons ot
liquor to run out. Near the saloon Is a well
about 40 feet deep, and the contents of tha
casks have found their way into this well.
Water pumped from it is quite intoxicating.
The water works of Savannah consists
of 25 artesian wells two miles out on tbo Sa
vannah river, which yield about 8,000,000 cal-?
Ions in 24 hours. The wells are arranged is
two rows about 100 yards apart, and are from
450 to 500 feet deep. The water has to bo
pumped to the surface. From various Indica
tions it Is evident that it comes from tha
mountains of Northwest Georgia.
In Georgia there is a tree on the mount
ain above tbe large cliff of marble on tha Una
ottbe Marietta and North Georgia Railroad
tbat has been burning for five months, and was
still burning on Sunday last. The whole mass
is red hot, and tbe material when taken out is
very much like chop cinder, but after being ex
posed for a few hours it slacks like lime. Ttis
very strong with alkali and smells like sulphur.
A farmer living near Goylon Postoffice,
In Emmons county, N. Dak., lost 150 lambs by
a singular accident. When he entered tha
sheep sheds the other morning ho found a
nnmber of dead lambs piled In a heap. The
only reason be can assign tor this is that his
shepherd dog was accidentally locked np
among the sheep over night by his herder and
tbe dog stampeded the lambs into one com
pact mass and they smothered to death in that
shape.
Attached to a freight train passing
through York, Fa., tho other day was a car
containing a number of horses, one of which
leaped from tha car when about two miles from
that city. He described several somersaults on
tho ground, arose, and. finding his way to tho
tract, trotted after tbe fast receding train until
he came to a culvert, through which his fore
legs went. Tbe brute tried in vain to extricate
himself. He was held fast nntil word could ba
sent to Brill Hart's station, a short distance
awav, where a gang of railroad men were work
ing. Tbey immediately went to the spot and
removed the animal, which was badly, though
not seriously, injured, thus averting a horrible
railroad disaster.
The superintendent of an electric light
station gives the strange Instance of tha stop,
ping of a meter and the explanation of tha
trouble. On examining tbe meter, which was
of 28 capacity, after a lapse of a month, in
order to determine tha quantity ot enrrent to
be charged for, he fonnd that the consumer,
in the pressure of business, had placed a num
ber of small boxes around the meter, conceal
ing It from view. As it was desirable not to
disturb them, it was suggested ana agreed to
tbat the meter be allowed to run another
month. At the end of the second month, tha
coast being clear, the meter was examined and
it was found tbat it recorded only five hours
sinco the time ot last examination. This
looked suspicions, but there was no gronnd to.
believe that the meter had been tampered with.
A very close inspection revealed the fact that a
spider had spnn its web around the fans so that
tbeycould not rotate under the action of tbe
current. It appears tbat the screws which beld
the cover to the top of the Instrument had not
been put In. and that the spider bad taken ad
vantage of tbe opening and established himself
la the cozy quarters.
PHILOSOPHER'S POINT.
Eminent Statesman Wife,
Mr. Lobby
ba3 ofTered me an insult
Wife In what way?
E. S.-Offered me ?l,0CO to vote for bis bilL
Wife Good gracious! Whatdid you do?
E. S.-I pocketed the insult. CMcago Timet. '
"I think," said Pennington, pensively,
"that 1 will write a poem on the 'front sate.
If you aren't careful." his brutally, matter-of-fact
room-mate replied, "you'll get arrested
for defacing private property," Washington
Post.
Doctor Uml Cold no better? Strange.
Been taking cod liver oil? That's right. Been
wearing medium underclothing?
Patient Well, yes: that is, I had a very light
suit and very heavy one.
Doctor Don't mean to tell me you've been
wearing- one and then the other?
1'atient f es- 1 thonitht they would average np
all right. C'ofAfer and furnisher.
O, harsh is the song that is borne o'er the
country
In guttural notes, on the balmy spring breeze.
Accompanied by blasts on the red nasal trumpet.
Each sharp Is a cough and each flat is a sneeze;
Ihc parts are all bass, matters not who's tbe
singer.
The articulation distorts the swelled lip:
With ids. ugs and ahs Is the harmony laden.
For the song of tbe spring Is a sonic of tbo grip.
Buffalo Express,
Tie "Would yon nhject to my smoking? .
Sne-t'ertalulv not. If you don't object to being
fired. 31ttseys He'tl'i.
"So she's going to lecture on how to man
age a husband. Is she? How many husbands has
she bad herself?"
'Why, sho's never been married." A Tor
Prut.