fl k - . .' ,u j THE JTTTSBTOQ- "r:DOTATCH, TUESDAY; SlAT B, '"Igofc' - - "- 3f r UjeBiaitTj. ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 8, 1S46. Vol. 45, He. 87. Entered at Pltlshnri-Fostoace, HoTembcr it, iiS7, is second-class matter. Business Office Corner Smitnfield and Diamond Streets. News Rooms and Publishing1 House 75, 77 and 79 Diamond Street TASTKltN ADVERTISING OFFICE. EOOM H, 3K1BU.NE 1SUILD1NU. EW YOKK, where complete files or THE DISPATCH ca always be sound. Foreign aavertlsers appreciate the con rnience. Home advertisers andfrlendaorTHK DISPATCH, while In 2ew York, are alto made welcome. THE P1SPATCE it regularly on sale at BrentaHo's. S Union Squwe. JTew York, and 17 Jtre. de r Opera, Paris, Trance, where anyone icho hat been disappointed at a hotel news ttand can obtain it. TERMS OF THE DISPATCH. rOFTAGETTlTT THE CXTTES STATES. UAR.T Dispatch; One lear J m Daily Dispatch, Per Quarter - 0 Dara DiSFATCn, One Month.... " Daily DisrATCH. lncludlnj: fcnnday, Ivor. JOCO Daily Dispatch, Including Ssundav.SinUhs -M UA3.T Dispatch, lucludin Sunday, lia'th 90 fcODAT Dispatch, Out lear :S0 V'xua.T Dispatch, Die lear 3Q THE Daily Dispatch Is delivered by cirri en at IS cents per week, or lnclueii Sunday coition, at X0 cents per week. PITTSBURG. TUESDAY. MAY 5, 1SJ.'. THE GAS PROsPECT. The meeting of the Philadelphia Com pany, while containing especial interest to the shareholders in the earnings and pros pect for continued dividends. Trill attract at tention in its bearing on the luture supply of gas. On the first point, the report of net earnings exceeding 1,100,000 is a good showing; hut it presents the usual feature of the surplus largely offset by expenditures in extending lines and driiliug wells. On the subject of the duration of gas, are ported declaration irom Mr. Westinghouse is that a supply can be relied upon for the aext six years, and that when the natural article gives out the company will at once supply through its existing plant artificial gas for heating purposes. This would be a very comfortable Outlook if in connection therewith it did not contemplate an advance in price to "20. 30, 40, DO and even 60 cents per thousand." The pros pect of gas at "prices which make it only an article of luxurj is not a subject of especial popular interes;. That g.-u in one form or another can always be obtained by those willing lo pay fancy prices for the privillegc can be taken as a matter of course. Bat the hope that gas will be abundant at such a price that common peo ple can afford it docs not seem very encour aging. For those who can afford to invest money in gas-saving appliances the present price and perhaps a little higher, is more economical, when labor and cleanliness are considered, than coal. But gas above 25 cents per thousand would be an article of luxury beyond the reach of the vast hulk ot Pi'tsburg's population. Unless, therefore, nature shows a more encouraging record and turns up with a fresh gas supply, it looks as if the bulk of Pittsbutg's consumers must make up their minds to the full resumption of coal. In that case we should address ourselves to the encouragement of devices for preventing the waste ot one-third that fuel in smoke. DELAWARE'S BALLOT REFORM. Delaware is moving to put herself in the ballot reform column with a bill prepared by one of the Democratic leaders of the Legislature. It is noticeable that the meas ure adopts less of the form of the Australian ballot than any other measure. Its principal provisions for secrecy of the ballot are ex clusion of every one except two party chal lengers and the judges from the vicinity of the polls, a private room or booth for the voter to prepare or select his ballot, and the pilnting not of a single official ballot, but of separate party ballots, at the public ex pense. These arc not allowed to get outside the polls, but the voter is given one for each party, anil after selecting one he is to return the other, to be deposited in a box for un used ballots. It is one of the peculiar feitures of this measure that it aoes not coatcmolate the ex istence of more than the two regular parties. Two challengers are permitted, one for each party, and the summary of the bill plainly indicates that when the voter has selected one party ballot he will have but one unused ballot to return. Delaware legislation evi dently does not consider it worth while to take into consideration any such develop ment of politics ss third parties. Ballot re form which makes no provision for the pos sible desire of some eccentric voter to cast an independent ballot may do very well for Delaware,' but it hardly fulfills the require ment for other States. THE CO VERSION or Itlb.MARCK. The immense difference it makes in a man's political views whether he is on the inside or the outside has been illustrated Tery markedly in our own politics. But we hae never had a more striking example ;han in the contrast between Bismarck, the head of the Government, and Bismarck, the member of the Reichstag in opposition to the Government. There are other peculiar features to the election which has resulted in sending the old Chancellor into the German Parliament after a contest which is, to say the least, less complimentary than his expectations. The spectacle of the German Government using all its influence in favor of a Socialist can didate in preference to the election of the statesman who created the Umpire is the supreme illustration of the proveib that politics make strange bedfellows. Never theless, the right-about-face of the veteran himself is the most notable feature of the affair. For a generation the man of blood and iron has been the ex ponent of the theory that Ministers of the Empire are accountable only to the Em peror; that the man who, having held office, presumes to criticize or oppose the policy of the Government, is an offcudei liable to such punishment as he dealt out to Falk and Prettkamirer, and that opposition in Par liament cannot possibly be made consistent with loyalty to the Government. But since the old statesman has found that a rather nngrjtelul Government can get along without him, there is a complete re versal of hU ideas. The place for the' states man who has been turned out of office is in the opposition, where he can call the Min isters to account lor their acts. The mature decision of Bismarck's sageit years is that he fully adopts the Anglo-Saxon parlia mentary ideas. He determines that be can be loyal and yet lead the opposition in 'the parliamentary body as easily as Mr. Glad stone. After a lifetime of opposition to the gysicm of restraining the Government by representative criticism Bismarck appears on the stage as one of the representative .critics, fully convinced of the utility of the " representative system. .. - -, i It sot less iastructire tban-anusinr, It is s demonstration of how the lifelong advocate of absolute and irresponsible Got-" eminent can be convinced of hit mlstake'by" the fortune of getting on the outside. But it must be said that there are few instances on record in which that process worked so thorough a conversion as in Bismarck's case. THE MICHIGAN IDEA. The tendency toward elections by the people has been illustrated by recent de mands for the popular election of Senators. The "Washington Star credits that tendency with the change in the election of Presiden tal electors adopted in Michigan. vWe can hardly credit that step to any more exalted motive than the desire to obtain a party ad vantage. The idea of popular election of the Presi dent has had practical effect for many years, with the popular will somewhat hampered by the retention of the original machinery, which delegates that duty to chosen representatives of the people. The change in Michigan, which elects represen tative electors by Congressional districts and apportions the electors-at-large between the cast and nest sections of the State, docs not bring the election of the President any nearer the people. It simplv divides the electoral vote ol the State, and is plainly based on the conviction of the Democratic Legislature that Michigan would under the usual system give her vote to the Republi cans. Nevertheless the new departure. intro duces au element of uncertainty in the Presidental election that, if followed by one or two other States, will defy all calcula tions. For the last three or four elections the result has turned on the electoral vote of two or three pivotal States. New York and Indiana have been generally recognized as the places whexe the victory is to be won or lost. If all the States should choose elect ors by Congressional districts such calcula tions would be futile, and the means adopted to carry doubtful States might become use less. If but two or three Stales should fol low the example of Michigau, the tables of electoral votes on which campaign managers base their tactics might be rendered highly unreliable. If all the States should adopt the plan the change in campaign methods might be for the advantage of politics. As the circum stances are such that nearly every change will inure to the advantage of the Demo crats, it will look a good deal like playing with marked cards. But that it is any more so than admitting a lot of half-devel oped States to the Union expressly to swell the Republican column is hardly a tenable position. COKE REGION DISORDERS. The last fatal shooting affray in the coke regions produces more than the usual con flict of statements. The disputes as to the facts indicate that one side or the other must be indulging in deliberate falsehood for the purpose or throwing the odium of the affair on the other side. Judicial investi gation will in time show on which side the lying has been done, and expose the people who would lie about such a serious matter tn their real and contemptible character. Beyond this it is only necessary to say that the law must be respected in the coke regions, as anywhere else. The Sheriff's officers represent the law, and are entitled to respect in that character. If they make mistakes or abuse their power they are liable to correction by legal means. But the people who attack them, on whatever pretext, place themselves in open antagon ism to the law. By persisting in that course they assume the character of public enemies. AN EXCULPATORY EXCUSE. Secretary Foster is quoted as saying with regard to the probable extension of the 4jjs, that "it is not always the best plan for a perfectly solvent man to pay out all the money he has in his pocket at once. It is prudent to look ahead a little." This is very true. But it is no less true that a man who, with money enough to pay off bis interest-bearing debts, fails to meet them at maturity, pursues a very bad busi ness policy. In this case either the Treasury has money enough to pay the residue of the f per cent bonds, or it has not. If it has, it is folly to leave them unpaid; if not, the record of the party which has brought the Treasury to that pass from a condition of plethora two years ago must be acknowledged to be ex ceedingly unfortunate. In addition, the Secretary's remark un fortunately provokes a telling retort Cert tainly it is prudent to look ahead a little; and the time to look ahead is when govern ments or individuals are determining the limit of their expenditures. If the Fifty first Congress had exercised that common sense trait it might not be necessary now for the Secretary of the Treasury to present this excuse for the non-payment of the bond as they fall due. m Examination by an expert of the bogus coffee imported from Germany discloses that it is made of rye or wheat flour, peas, beans, a little sngar and flavoring and coloring matter, and perhaps a slight admlxtare of pulverized coffee. This amounts to evidence that the new Invention is practically the same as the devices with which the poor and economical people used to try to cajolo their appetites for the gen uine article In war times. It will probably prove just about as popular now as then, al though the later form of the fraud may be got up iu a way lo deceive tne eye. If the Age of Frauds keeps up its present pace it will .soon furnish Its own remedy. To LET our chimney continue pouring out smoke when comparatively inexpensive devices will at once prevent it and save fuel is one of those blunders that are equal to crimes. The order of the new Mayor of Chicago to shnt up all gambling(establlshmeot therp is the subject of general praise by Republican organs. Tho action is a good one, and deserves praise as firsts it goes: bat Inasmuch as it is the regular thing for mayors of that bustling city to inaugurate their administrations by is suing a fiat against the gamblers, the effect iveness of this one will bavo to be judged later on. Tho new Mayor's political friends will lme the right to plutno themselves when it Js demonstrated that his suppression of gamblers Is of tho kind that suppresses. Caemekcita is reported to have laid up SS0.000 as the result of her artistic performances in this country. She Is the our fortunate per son who dances, but docs not have to pay the piper. The Canadian leaders who are taking pains to assure tho people of the United States that nothing offensive was meant by the harsh language used during the recent canvass in the Dominion, can lay aside the idea that this country is irritated by political talk. The people of tho United States know the true in wardness of campaign tallc themselves, and are not disposed to bo irate when other countries ot Anglo Saxon origin make them the targets of political oratory. It is only .when tho Latin races bowl at us for political effect that we get up our American dander. The anti-Pattlsonlalkers are intimating that this is a Harrity administration! Which reminds us that they used to saytbat the other Paulson administration was run by Cassiday." "THE "enormous deelineTofitT.COO.OOO'ln Ylin .nctanl ..Rftlotl f A, Sti11 lin.M UaatliA ,.-.- .....,.. ,,. ,,..!.-.,.,.,, McKlnley tariff is working," says the Phltadel. phia Jtccord. It doe. And It also shows that the object for which President Cleveland urged the revision of the tariff namely, the reduc tion of the revenue is attained "by that meas. ure. With the income cut down the next thing to do will be to reduce expenditures according ly. The esteemed Rterd will not, of course, Intimate that the Democratic call of four years ago for the redaction of the revenue was all wrong. About the most disagreeable aftermath of the Mew Orleans lynchlng'ls the report that so-and-so has been threatened with death by the Mafia. Some people's fondness for cheap notoriety is past comprehension. It is announced that the New York Cen tral Railway Company has ordered 20,000 copies ot the Duke of Marlborough's article on Amer ican railroads. We have not heard of Jay Gould's ordering any. The comments on the methods ot railway stock manipulation by which tho money kings are able to gobble up railway pronerty from the rightful owners are too easily applied to Gould's onerations; while the same methods in the original acquisition of the Vanderbilt millions are sufficiently an dent history to be ignored. The first rain storm encountered by President Harrison in Northern California will not bear comparison with the Blaine bliz zard that raged in Cincinnati recently. A report of the Connecticut State Board of Trado establishes the fact that the sheep in dustry of that State has been practically mined by dogs. Statistics show that tho entire num ber of sheep in the State does not exceed 10,000, of which S per cent are annually killed by dogs. It would seem that a system of protection for the sheep against the depredating canines is needed to make the protection by tho tariff an effective one. " Tiieke is still a suspicion that Hon. John J. Ingalls intends to harvest his most Im portant agricultural crop about the time of the next general elections in Kansas. SeveuAl cities are making a hot fight against the Introduction ot the trolley wire In their streets. It is an Instructive feature of the fight to observe hov the greatest destruc ioii by that agent of modern invention always appears In cities that never had a trolley wire, and do not want to have It. The spring frosts still hover in the vlclnitvof the crops, but have so far accom plished nothing worso to the fruit crop than an nnocuous threat of damage. It seems that the Chinese wall afforded effective protection against Blair. The Demo cratic press can nover say a word against Chi nese walls after that. " The Ohio Assembly having adjourned, Columbus hotel-keepers can have the holes in the floors of their rooms plugged up. POINTS OK PERSONS. Mrsa "Winnie Davis will unveil the. Jefferson Davis monument, erected by the Ladies' Confederate Monument Association of Mississippi, on Jane 3. , The Stjltax op TuitKEY, having heard that he bore some resemblance to Jay Gould, immediately had the shape of his beard changed to destroy tho likeness. United States Treasurer Nebekek is correctly pronounced with the accent on the "Neb." which is but just, at it was his keeping his neb in Indiana politics that secured him his job." Colonel C. Price, ion of the famous General-Sterling Price," is announced as the apostle of a new religion which he is to p -each in the West. Plans and specifications do not accompany the announcement. M. Bouvier, the French Minister of Finance, is still a young man, who has already made a reputation for extraordin ary ability as a statesman and financier. He is regarded as one of the coming men in France. President Balmaceda, of Chile, is a stern and arbitrary man, with cold cray eyes, thin lips and an angular chin. He possesses more education and ability than are usually fonnd in a South American dictator. Private Dalzell, who was recently defeated for Department Commander of the G. A R. of Ohio, receiving only 31 votes out of 519, now says he didn't want the position, as it might have endangered his beloved title. The Rt. Rev. Edvard McColoan, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Balti more, who celebrated his 80th birthday the other day, arises at i o'clock each morning and says mass In a church he built 43 years ago. Judge Crisp, the Georgian candidate for the Speakership of the National House ot Representatives. Is a man of refined and en gacing manners, who is always well-dressed. He has a clear complexion, piercing eyes and a straight nose. M. Lambert, who married into the Rothschild family a few years ago, is to be come the head of the Paris house of that famous firm upon the death of Baron Alpbonse de Rothschild. M. Lambert is now known as Albert de Rothschild. Dr. R. J. Gatlino, the inventor of the famous cqn that bears his name, says that he also Invented the first wheat drill in this coon try. That was in 1S43. and the Invention led the way tor tho succeeding wonderful advance in agricultural implements. Senator-Governor Hill, who will deliver the address at the unveiling of the Grady monument it, Atlanta, will, it is prom ised, give his opinion of the dead journalist patriot. The Senator-Governor will tee safe In doing so, as Grady cannot retaliate. v Dr. Emil Laurent has taken Boulanger for the subject of an. elaborate criminal an thropological study. He finds the General's skull to be ot a similar construction with the skulls of the assassins Ravalllac, Balthasar, Gerard and Jaeqnes Clement. "Moral sense, rudimentary; forehead, very weak; selfishness, enormous." This Is Dr. Laurent's final judg ment. TEE COKE KING TALES. H. C. Frlck Tells a 'New Yorker Something About the Strike. H. C. Frlck Is at the Fifth Avcnne Hotel, and a New York Press writer bad a short talk with him. Upealcing'abont the troubles at the coko works Mr. Frlck said: "The strikes are virtually over. We can get all the men to work: that we want. We have not taken on all we can workbecauie we naturally prefer to have our old men to come back. Our trouble In the past has been in listening to outsiders and treating with self appointed leaders who were not' our employes. Sow we will treat with nono1utonruwn employes. Ihere have been men from Ohio, Indiana and Illinois Instrumental In brlnslngabout this strike and leaders in It. They uent around among our workmen and made them think we had hoofs ana horns. At our men did not send any of their own number to confer with ns, they took the misrepresentations of theso selfish Jeaders from outside as gospel truth. "The outsiders want the stnko prolonged, be cause It means employment and money making for them, and they do not care how much misery it weans for the strikers. Wo will have nothing tndu with the outsiders, but propose to get closer to the, men who work for us,.if possible, so I hat they may know that we are trylnir to do well by them, and so that we may know when they aro being well done by.' A niblo'n War History. Marietta (Ua.) Journal. Mrs. Mary Prance, of this county, who' has a Bible taken from a dead Federal soldier dur ing the late war, arouud Richmond, reference to which was made In these columns, will have the pleasure ot returning the same to the widow, Mrs. tiarbara Walker, who resides at Tamaqua, Pa. Our postmaster. Captain Hughes, has a letter from tho postmaster at that place which recites the fact that Mrs. Walker has written to Mrs. Prance about the matter. Electricity and Paralysl. St. Panl Ploncer-Press.l A lady in Basgor.'Mr., who has been a para lytic slnco 1879,'has been restored to health by riding In an 'electric car- On seVeral late night cars in this city' partially paralyzed citizens have been seen riuiug.'iat it wasCnever sup? ; posed Miey.were set riding for their health, MINNIE PALMER'S WOE. Frightened for Her- Life Over John K. Rogers' Action Afraid He Intends 'to Kill Her The Newfoundland Question In the House of Lords. London, May 1 Minnie Palmer lsrsgis terod at the Hotel Victoria, this city. Miss Palmer was seen by a reporter and' she was highly excited and nervous. In explanation of this unnsual condition, she said: "I am fright enod f or my life. lam sore that Mr. Rogers comes here intending to kill mo." There porter asked Miss Palmer what steps she in tended to take for protection, to which she re plied: "I have given my lawyer. Instructions to have Mr. Rogers watched from the very mo ment he arrives in London, and if he attempts to molest me in any way, I shall be compelled to take unpleasant action. My lawyer has given instructions at the hotel here that Mr. Rogers shall not be admitted. The number of my rooms on the register has been changed, and 1 have employed a detective to be con stantly near me when I am out of the building, 1 never loved Mr. Rogers and he knows it very well, and I would never live with him again for any cobslderation. I signed an agreement with him for the manuscrlnt of "My Sweetheart," agreeing to give him 25 per cent royalties. He never gave me the, manuscript, and conse quently I have no play to open with here." John R. Lying Low. Miss Palmer signed an agreement with Mr. Abnd to-day, and be will look after her inter est. She will probably open fn burlesque at the Gaiety. John R. Rogers is still in Liver pool, where he arrived Saturday night, and he Is still waiting there, in order to see to-night's production of tho new version of "My Sweet heart." He will come to London to-morrow. Meanwhllo be is telegraphing to all his friends here, asking them to try to bring about a recon ciliation with his wife. Miss Palmer was shown some of these tele grams this afternoon, and she said suefully be lieved Rogers was plainly in love with her, but since the quarrel she had with him in New York, when, she claims, he chased her with a carving knife, she has had no feeling toward him, but only lean She intends leaving the Hotel Victoria to-morrow, and will go to some quiet lodgings. Believes He Is Mad. Horace Sedgcr has offered Miss Palmer an engagement to appear iu comic opera, but she says that she is weary of touring and intends to remain m Lon Jon. She has been besieged with callers, sympathizing with her and offer ing to act as peacemakers. She says she is greatly annoyed at these offers as she has de termined to settle the matter herself and says she Is quite capable of managing her own uoraesuc auairs. The concluding words she gave tbo reporter as he left, werei "I firmly believe that Mr. Rogers is mad, and I consider him capable of any sort of vengeance." The grip has spread largely through the southern part of Lincolnshire county, and the people eenerally are very much frightened. Lord Derby is considerably Improved, Lord Arthur. M. P., is reported better, but still keeps to his bed; the Dnke or Richmond and Gordon was yesterday able to leave his room; Sir Charles Foster is improving, and Hennlker Heaton is stronger. At York the malady is virulent, and also at Pontefraet and Hull. At Dewsbury, 300 children have ceased attendance at the school ana at RIpon two mombers or the corporation have died, At Doncastor 100 rail way men are affected; at Billingborough. 200 railway men are laid up; at Whitby the disease is spreading rapidly, while in Haddington nearly half of the children attending the Wesleyan day school are suffering. The Newfoundland. Question. Lord Kimberly, In the House of Lords to-day, moved that in view 'of the assurances which the Government bad received from the Newfound land delegates that the colony would immedi ately pass an act which would provide for the due enforcement of the treaty stipulations ex isting between Franco and Great Britain, tho House ought not to go in committee on the Knutsford coercive bill tin til a reasonable time badbeeu given to Newfoundland to pass the nec essary legislation. Lord Kimberly also urged that the Colonial Legislaturo would'not repudi ate the promises of the delegates, and there fore the Knutsford bill ought not to he carried any farther. . Lord Knutsford, the Colonial Secretary and framer of the coercive measure under discus sion, refused lo accede to Lord Klmberly's mo tion. Claiming that the Newfoundland question had an imperial character, which "i"st berec-' ognlzed in dealing with It,- Lord Knutsford added, however, that If Newfoundland would Eass the promised measure the bill at present efore the Imperial Houses of Parliament would be dropped. To Save the Colonies. Lord Herschell, ono of the deputy speakers of the House of Lcrds, held that it was of prim ary importance in tots connection to consider the opinions of the colonists, it the Govern ment desired to maintain its colonial empire. The action of Lord Knutsford justified the re jection of the bill. Lord Salisbury said that the Government had entered into serious International obliga tions with France which must carried out. Under the decisions of the Newfoundland courts the hands of the naval powers were paralyzed, rney couia not reguiany exercise the jurisdiction which they had hitherto ef fected. After some farther discussion. Lord Kim berfv's motion was rejected by a vote of lis to SO. Lord Hercchellrnoved that the Knutsford act continue in force for only one year, .Lord Salisbury opposed the motion, and it was re jected 81 to 21. The bill then passed the com piittee stage. The Bering Sea Dispute. Mr. Robert T. L!ncoln,the United States Min ister, spoko at a meeting of the Jlritlsh and Foreign bailors Aid Society to-day. Inciden tally. Mr. Lincoln remarked that be felt sure that the Bering Sea dispute would be settled amicably ana honorably, aud in a manner satis factory to both countries. Referring to the work ot the society, he praised Its wisdom and economy in co-operating with the American Seaman's Friend Society, in mutually sustain ing stations in foreign ports for the benefit of seamen, irrespective of nation or creed. Mr. Chaplin, President ot tbo Board of Agri culture. In an interview to-dr 7. said that Secre tary Rusk's new rules for fiamsooctlon of cattle for export would! not afect English reg ulations fur the admission of foreign cattle. He expressed himself as thoroughly satisfied with the reports of the expert, Air. Elolman, as to tbo diseased condition of American cattle at Deptford, and attached little importance to the opposito'declsion of Dr. Wray, the Ameri can Government's expert at Deptford, even though it wai supported by the opinion of Dr. Williams, principal of the Royal Veterinary College of Edinburgh. He stated that Dr. Williams, in 1S79. pronounced a cargo ot Amer ican cattle free from disease, and afterward it was found to be infected.. THE FIEST INDIAN COMPANY. Shoshones and Arapahoes Make Up a Tall Complement. Chicago. May i. Captain Huggins, in charge of army headquarters here in the ab sence of General Miles, received a dispatch from Fort Washakie to-day, to the effect that Company I of the Eighth Infantry, had just been organized as an Indian company. The company is composed ot 23 Shoshones and 27 Arapahoes, and tbey will be subjected to tho same regulations and discipline as the white soldiers. White officers will command them. It's Started, Anyhow. New Orleans Picayune.! New York has broken ground for a Gran monument. If nothing else breaks the good work may go on. PEOPLE WHO COKE AND GO. R. H. Lee, of Titqsville. aud V. H. Alli son and wife, of Louisville, are at tho Da. quean 0. H. Sellers McKee and "Representative C A. Muhlbreuner were among the Eastern pas sengers last evening. W. H. Barnes, receiver-for the Allegheny Valley road", accompanied by Mrs. Barnes, ar rived from the East on the limited last evening. W. 7, Rainey, the coke Operator, from Cleveland, and Homer Langhlln, tho EastLiv erppol pottery manufacturer, are stopping at the Anderson. I. Y. Breck, who'fell and broke his leg about eight weeks ago, la walking around with the aid of cratches. Ho hopes to be able to soon throw away bis artificial limbs. . Clemens Strassbnrger,a St. Louis butcher. registered at the central noiei ytsteraay. He was here making arrangements for the annual convention to be held In Pittsburg In a few weeks. John R. Patl, Travelling Pjssenger Agent of the Chicago. Milwauke and St. Panl Road, IS at .the Monongahela House. Be is bustling for passengers in this, territory, and seldom gets left. Profs. McCollum and Glttings left for New York last evening to attend the opening of the Carnegie Mnsic Hall. They are the guests nt Mr. Carnegie, who has placed a pri vate box at their disposal. E. B. Carney, one of tho Monongahela House clerks, went 16 Wheeling 'yesterday -to take charge of the Ft; Henry Club House. Mr. Carney was an efficient cler&and will be .missed at the hotel: Ho W'H be succeeded tiyJ.A. Cunningham, at present tbo night man in the bowe,. vi-V' . .. . . . V ?? A SIAMESE OPEEA. DeWojr Hopper's Wang Scores aBlg Success In New lork. rBMCIAL IILEOnAJt'TO TUX DlSPATCnr.l . NkwYork, May 4.-DoWolf Hopper and his opera company began their second annual engagement this evening at the Broadway Theater in the operatic burletta tn two acts entitled "Wang." The scene Is laid in Slam, and the theme is a simple one, but the unraveling of the story Is ingeniously delayed until the curtain is about to fall. TTanc is the Regent of 81am nntil Mataya, the Crown Prince, comes to the throne. The curtain rises with Hopper as Wang. His purse is emptv. yet he is forced to be magnificent. He bays a white ele phant, and is harassed through the Play by tthe persistent creditors. He makes love to Lo Veuv Frimouse (MarJan Singer), widow of a French consul, supposing she has possession of a chest containing the treasure ot the late King of Siam. The widow has all the prettv girls In the company for ber daughters, and Wang's despair over the maintenance of his family is expressed in a good many ways, enabling popper to display his ability to make fun. It turns out after the marriage of Wang to La Veuve that the trunk was empty, and that tho late King, suspecting Wang, had concealed bis treasure in the royal robe. Mataya (Delia Fox), who stands at the throne to be crowned, discovers the treasure there and then abdicates the throne in favor of Wang, while he choses to wed Marie Jeannette St. Henry, stepdaughter of Le Veuve. Such is a brief sketch of the theme, hut this does not describe the elaborate mounting of the play or the oriental richness of the jokes of DaWolf Hopper. There is au opulence of Oriental costuming, and oriRluallty was not wanting in devising minor amusing devices. Thematic Is very swee and graceful and sev eral of the airs will be popular and pietty. MOUHNED BY THE CRAFT. - A High Tribute to S. Rood Johnston, Pitts burg's Dead Art Printer. The current number of the American Art Printer contains a lengthy sketch and splendid portrait of the late Samuel Reed Johnston, of this city, recently deceased, from which the fol lowing extracts are taken: On the :3d day of March, 1891, a soul passed away from this earth, leaving only memories that will know no obliteration while the present veneration of printers has life ana belne. Mr. Johnston was a printer In every sense of the word, buch a printer might have been knighted by an Austrian Emperor, and, as such, he would have deported himself with aa much gallantry, grace and still as any Bayard that ever rode behind a banner. We say he was a printer. He was more! He was an artist: but, without artistic license! Among the great galaxy of printers who vied with each other In designing artistic work. Johnston was known as the "Purltm iu Typography. " No better ap pellation could have been applied, and the one who coined the title deserved well of his fellow craftsmen. Mr. Johnston was eminently a "Purl tau" m the method and simplicity he used to ob tain his effects. Samuel Keed Johnston was born in l'lttsburjr. where his father before him, also a printer was born and raised, and where his grandfather, who was a silversmith, lived for manv years; so e can say he Is of genuine Pennsylvania stock. It will be a long time before . Jteed Johnston Is forgotten. To those who knew him Intimately he was one orthe gentlest of men. and he had always a helping nana or a kind word for those who were to his liking. Fortified with good early training and education, he would have been a power In any enterprise in which he might have embarked. He was born a dlalectictlan. and same of the work from his pen evinced genius orthe hlzhcst order, and. had his footsteps been turned In the direction of belles-lettres, he would have become greater In literature tljan as a manipula tor of rules, types and colors! A MILITARY BANQUET. Eighteenth Regiment Officers Feast and Wax Eloquent at a Dinner. A dinner, with a very unlqao menu card, was given last evening bytbe officers ot the Eighteenth Regimenfto Colonel Norman M. Smith ana Lieutenant Colonel Frank L Rut ledge at the Monongahela House. The occa sion was Intended to commemorate the services' of the boys In maintaining law and order In the coke country during the recent riotons times. Outside of the two officers named, the guests wero Adjutant General McClelland, General John A. Wiley, Colonel McKlbben, Major A 3. Logan and Colonel P. N. Guthrie. Telegrams and letters of regret we re received from Gov ernor Pattison and General Snowden, of Phila delphia; The Governor said ha was pleased with the bearing of the men In the coke coun try. About 30 ot the under officers were present. The menu was dertalnly original. On the front page was the figure of a guardsman -with bis gun. aud under him the word "cueckl." An engine house and coke works formed the back ground. The mnslc, furnished by Gernert's Orchestra, consisted of such selections as "Coke Oven Gavotte," "Nixie Polinki," "Evic tion Quickstep," by Clawson; "Hard Tack. I Love Ifou," Quartermaster; "Better Than You Got at Home," Smith: "If You Want to live on earth," etc. W.A. Doak acted as toastmaster, and speeches wero made by Major J. Conrad Kay. Lieutenant H. F. Lowry. Cap tain W. H. Davis, Adjutant Charles Reese, Inspector A. L Pearson, Jr., Assistant Surgeon S. Oscar Brumbaugh and Judge Advocate George Welsbons. A novel feature was a cake of hard tack placed by each plate, bearing the namo of tho officer and portraying some inci dent of life in the coke country. They were painted by Adjutant Reese. The boys bad a delightful time and enjoyed the banquet. TELEGRAPHIC PICTURES. A Big Company to Be Formed to Operate an Electric Patent. Cleveland. May 1 This eity is to organize a stock company with J1,000,000 capital, which will operate one of the most important elec trical patents ever invented. The Incorporators will be George M. Hoyt, Andrew Squire, N. S. Amstutz, J. F. Park hurst, Luther Allen and Charles W. Foote. Mr. Amstutz Is the Inventor and has devoted several yea'rs to the perfection of the device, which is calculated to reproduco any variable surface electrically at a distance or locally. The first practical result of the invention is the reprodnction ot a photograph at a distance by means of electricity. The machine is a small contrivance nf brass and Iron, extending 10 inches into the air from a peuestal 10x15 inches, connected with a single wire with the telegraphic battery. The wort: is done direct from the photographic negative, which must be is relief about the thousandth part of an inch. By means of a tracer a perfect engrav ing is made, in wax or metal, at the other ond of the line, from which a print can be taken. " DEATHS OF A DAY. Barry Snlilvan. Barry Sullivan was born nt Birmingham, 182-fc and midc his first appearance on the stage at Cork in 1319, when his success was no great that he determined to adopt the stfte as a profession. After studying for some time In Ireland, he pro ceeded to Scotland and joined the compauy ol the '.theater ltoyal. Ldlnburith. He made his flrst ap pearance In London at the Haymarket Theater In November. 1S51, In the character of llamlit. After maklnga farewclltourof the United King dom, be sailed for America In November, 1857. He met with an enthusiastic reception throughout the United States. Mrs. Mary Ann Mahr. Mrs. Mary Ann Mahr, sister of the late James P. Barr, proprietor or the Pittsburg Pott, who went to Albany from Jtoanoke, Va., to wit ness the reception or her sister. Miss Teresa Barr, in the Order-or Sacred Heart, died at tho break fast table Saturday morning or disease or the heart, bhe, her liusband and sons, together with many relatives, nere present. She was ap parently In perrect health and repeatedly said It was the happiest day of her life. Mrs. Mahr Is well known lu Pittsburg, and her sudden death wll be a source of general regret. " William Pcnn Gaskell. William Penn Gaskell, son of the late Charles Cooper Gaskell. of Cooper's Point, N. J., and brother of Mrs. Thomas J. Keenan, or Pitts burg, died at Newton Vails, 0., yesterday, In' the SSth year of his age, Mr. Uaslell fras descended from two old Quaker families, the Cooneri, who ci mo from England wltn William Penn. In the " elcome" In 1079, and settled at Cooper's Point berore Philadelphia was laid out, and the Uas kells. of whom he was the last male survivor, the name dj In J out with him. Obituary Notes. DR. A. O. LAimin died at his home In Krle at tho age of 7S years yesterday after a short attack of grip. Dr. Laurie was one of the best-known Unlversallst ministers In that part of the country. Irwin 1". Meoakoke, whodledln Philadelphia lastKrlday, was a son of the latcHylvesterMe gargee and a brother of Louis N. Megargee. the well-known Journalist, and S. Edwin jucgargee. a member or the bar. Me was born. October 0, JB4V. Jror a long time the deceased was a member of the paper manufacturing arm or Megargee tiros., bat lately be has represented the Manulac turer' Paper Company, olAcwYork. CHARLES D. PliEKAlAX. a prominent Odd Fel low of Philadelphia, died at his heme In. that city of pneumonia, on Friday last, aged 71 years. He was born in Philadelphia, aud was, admitted to the bar In 1813. Ilengnred conspicuously lu tho Union movement or 18J& He was President or the Camden ana Atlantic Jlallroad Company until the corporation passed luto the hands of the Pennsylvania Company!.- Ho toot au active in. terett In the Masonic Order ana also the Indepen dent Order of odd Fellows: hud held, .numerous Afflrlal nmltlont in the various ordara. Hevm Pastorand Patriarch ot, (be UranoTKncasapmeat or Pennsylvania,' and tb 'Grand !Maerofjne uraaOLoage, CHARITY AND.SOCIETY. - Fourth Annual, Meeting 'of the Western Pennsylvania Institute for tho Blind Select Concert at Old City Hall Soolety News and Chatter. The fourth annual meeting of the incorpora tors ot the Western Pennsylvania Institute for the Blind was held at the institute, 333 Forty second street, yesterday afternoon. The only disappointment was lo the fact that through the negligence of Benjamin Thaw Colonel W. A. Herron was unable to transfer the deed of the new site from Mrs. Sbenley to President Marshall. The meeting, however, was unusually Interesting from the fact that the first reports of the Institution, which has been running since last fall, were submitted. A prayer by Rev. J.T. McCrory opened the meeting. Immediately afterward be was chosen temporary chairman. President A M. Mar shall, of the board ot directors, made a brief report in which he spoke or the generosity of Mrs. Scbenley and also or Mrs. Irwin In prac tically making a gift of S15.000 to t he institution In the shape nf property and furniture. Percy F. Smith, Secretary of the board of directors, reported as to the teachers engaged and gave ahistorv of the work. He referred to the fact that the HtarB had been asked for an appropriation oltZi."aO, which had been cut to (20,000, but through the work of several of the members 57,600 additional had been added to cover the deficiency in the endowment fund caused by the money spent for current expenses. Conditlon.of the Endowment Fund. He also stated that all but JB0O of the money subscribed toward the endowment fond had been paid in. The Treasurer's report, submitted by C. F. Dean, showed tbe total amount of cash on band, including the subscription and interest, was $70,052 94 Tbe subscription paid in this year amounted to $.54,810. The current ex penses for the year were $3,632 40, which in-, eludes the salaries of tbe teachers. Superintendent H.'B. Jacobs next reported on the work of the Institute. He took charge of the school on October IS and on October 15 be was ready to open. Six pupils were received the flrst day. five the next and ten since that time 10 boys- and 11 girls in all. No fixed means of industrial teaching has yet been made, for want of room. The training so far has by no means been superficial. The pupils already understand seningandcan ran sewing machines. Some are also taking vocal and instrumental music In speaking of Miss Bronson. the blind teach er, who has charge ot the girls' Industrial de partment, be said she was an inspiration to tbe puptls, who have learned to sew, crochet, knit and make fancy work. Tbe diet is not run ac cording to a fixed schedule. The health has been good, and there has only been one case ot sickness in the Institution. The sys tem of plumbing and ventilation of the building has been entirely reconstructed. Books Are Thankfully Received. At this point tbersuperlutendenMhankcd Mrs Irwin for a donation of books, furniture, etc.,. to tbe amount of at least $2,500. All tbe bed imj. etc., needed in the institution Is now made by tbe Inmates. He mentioned In high terms the work done by Prof. D. D. Ezeklols, who has charge of the music department. In speak ing of the moral training, ne said It was strict and unsectarlan. tbe Bible belDg the only code of ethics. A. Garrison, Joseph Home and J. M. Schoon. maker were elected Incorporators. Colonel Herron made a motion to elect Mrs. Scbenlay, but Mr. Dean presented a resolution to the same effect. On account of Mrs. Irwin's gifts she was also elected a member. The election of a new Board of Directors fol lowed: The ticket, as previously prepared, was ohoaen unanimously. The new board Is made up as follows: Threeyears, A. M. Marshall, W. A. Herron. Rev. J. G. Brown; two years, George V. DU worth, J. M. Schoonmaker. ti. K. Porter: one year, Benjamin Thaw, Percy F. Smith, O. M. Edwards. It was decided to hold another meeting on Friday to receive the deed. Following the ad journment tbe Incorporators inspected tbe school. Troy Hill held sway last night In Old City Hall. The German population of this vicinity bad undisturbed possession and the language of the "Vaterland" was almost the only medium of communication. Tbe occasion was the annual benefit concert for St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum, of Allegheny, tbe performers being soloists and organizations in tbe two cities. The programme was quite lengthy, but was thoroughly enjoyed by all who had the ploasnro of hearing it, as well as receiving a cordial welcome a the door br Mr. Rntlnxn and Editor O. J. Jeagle, of tbe Beobachter, tbe paper published for tbe support of the institu tion. Five choirs contributed to tbe evening's en joyment. Tbey wero St. Mary's, of Sharps burg, singing Hermes' "Abendtneden' St. Mary's of Allegheny, singing "Hocb Tbut Ench Auff St. Agnes', singing Wagner's "Tann haeusor:" St. Peter's: ot the Soutbslde. sing ing uttennoiers "D'rueniings feier," and St. Augustine's, a splendid chorus, singing Ottlle's "Spirit Immortal." The Germanla Band Orchestra mada it Initial concert appearance, and proved Its right to a Tilaca araonfr flrRt-nlas mntlp.1 AM.-t ? tlons by giving admirable renditions of Zick ofTs "Fest Marsch," Ripley's "Erne Naclit in Berlin," and several Wagnerian selections. Tbe blind children, Louis and Barbara Tram mel, excited tbe wonder and enthusiastic ad miration of all. They showed themselves to be "master musicians" by their performances on the piano, flute, zither and aatohtrp, and by her singing of "Das Komlsche Lied" and "Von derAlpe ragtEin Hans." tbe latter with Ty rolian warble, excited frantic applause. From every standpoint the concert was most successful and satisfactory. The twenty-ninth international convention, or rather the biennial representative gather ing of the 1,341 Young Men's Christian Associa tions of the United States and Canada will open its five days' session at Kansas City, May 6. About 1,000 delegates are expected. Pitts burg's representatives will be. H. K. Porter. S. P. Harbison, T. J. Gillespie, W. K. Jennlncs. Esq , Peter Dirk, R-ibert A. Orr. G. M. Pad.en, E.L. Porter, Esq. C E. Pope, J. B. Briggs and A. G. Studer. The twelfth trien nial convention of the Young Men's Christian Associations of all lands is to be held this com ing August In Amsterdam, Holland. Tbere are more than 4,000 of these associations distributed throughout the civilized countrfes of the world. THE weighty problems of tbe Second Presby terian Church for the next year will be solved by Messrs. T. A Park,' L. S. McKalllp. R. W. Steadman, W. J. Stevenson and J. R. MacFar land. These gentlemen wero elected trustees last evening at tbe congregational meeting held in the church. An effective Inducement for at tending the meeting was a delicious hot sapper served iu tbe church parlors from 6 to 7, which was followed by a period of sociability by those present before asuming the responsibilities of business. Mr. Scott Ferguson was elected to tbe chair and Mr. R. W. Stedman officiated as secretary. The various reports read prove the chnrch In a progressive condition. It having received 32 new members during the year and coming oat fluanciallv with a balance of 75 cents in the treasury after paying $3,500 pastor's salarr, $1,700 for a choir and all other expenses. Rev. Dr. Sutherland was. In his ab sence, complimented highly upon bis pastorate of the church. The cbolr will not be discarded in favor of a precentor as was urged by some of the congregation, but an effort will be made to permanently fill the place left vacant by Miss Bertha Kaderlv and tem porarily filled by Miss Wakefield." of Latrobe. Votes of thauks were given tbo re tiring trnstees and officers, and one was given the ladies for tho excellent repast served. Another was proposed for tbe efficient Jald given by the ladiss In financial matters. It was interrupted by a prominent anti-woman's rights business man who said with surprising quickness, "Gentlemen, Pm afraid we'll spoil these ladles." life vote was passed, however. In spite of the remonstrance. Social Chatter. The Christian Endeavor Society ot tbe Second Presbyterian Church, will sup at tbe chnrch anl hold its annual meeting this even ing. Mrs. Levi Binp Dtjjt, pt Taylor avenue, Allegheny, Issued cards yesterday tor a taucy work party next Friday af tcrnben. Tjik Heroes of '76" will be given In the Sewickley M. E. Chnrch to-nlgbi. ' The Health Association meets in tbo Mer cantile Library, this morning. The AlleghenyMuslcal Association concort to-night, at Carnegie Hall. The Lowty-Barton nuptials to-night, at Sharpsburg. The anniversary of tbe Betbesda Homo oc curs to-dayv THE McGowan-FuIton wedding this even The Woman's Club meets this afternoon. IQTAL EI3HTB COHVENTHOT. Colored Peopla Who Want the Samo Privi leges ns Whites. Cincinnati, May 4. Tho first annual con vention ot tbe American. Citizens' Equal Rights Association began here ,to-Qay at Allen Temple. Tbe attendance of delegates was tsmall. Massachusetts bad 'tUsi largest contin gent 01 usiegaies to-uay trora. jiuisius oi.unio. A fuller representation is expected to-morrow; , It is expected that the convention will not get througb its work before Thursday evening.-. Its purpose Is to deylsq, means, for securing to ftalsred Cltlzen4kthftenl6tfant' of fb un' I v .--- ..-. . ,.- I.. , ?f if " ""?'"? -. .. y-. -jjjif , - t-.!..1i ATTHBPLAY.V Several Novelties, Good and Bad, -on the Local Stage, Nothing so entirely complete and satisfac tory, from an artistic standpoint, has been given In Pittsburg this season as "Captain Swift." br Mr.Palmer's Madison Square The ater Company, at the Daquesne Theater last night. Tba prominence of the actors as Individuals was Indeed a guar antee ' that' the performance -would be interesting at least, but the event proved that the company Is homogeneous aad happily combined In a wonderful 'degree. Tbe play Itself won considerable praise when it was pro duced in NewYork last season In addition to tbe success it bad scored in London, where It had its oirtb. "Captain Swift" Is a remarkably strong drama of original color, if conventional texture, and the author, Haddon Chambers, has certainly succeeded In glvingthe stage sev eral sharply drawn characters, and one at least that has 3 powerful and romantic quality. The story of "Captain Swift" reminds one in its general aspect of "Jftn, tbe Penman." Tne central figure is a young man of decidedly shady antecedents, whoso evil deeds as a Duslv ranger or Australian horse thief and highway man, find him out In tbe course of the play ana crush him finally, together with the nnbanpv mother whose struggle to shield him. forms ' tne pathetic appeal ot tne plot. Maurice Barrymore makes an Ideal scamp with all re spect for Mr. Barrymore be it said of tbe modern JackSheppard type abandsome athlet ic, manlr fellow, daneerons in peace as in war. and just the sort of man to steal hearts as well as horses. Captain Swilt is Intensely picturesque as Mr. Barrymore plays him, and the object of more sympathy than he deserves. Tbere is no reason vrhj Mis. Seabrook, the mother ot Cap tain Swift, should not command our pity and respect, bur at Miss Ada Byas em bodies tbe character its positive de mand upon our sympathies is sim ply irresistible. It is an exquisite type ot tbe high-born woman that Miss Dyas presents: a woman of acute sensibilities and refinement, whose maternal instinct triumphs over every conventional claim the world, caste and family pride prefer, even though it bring the bitter ness of shame in the sight of which 'death loses Its sting. In all the niceties of by-play and facial expression, as well as in the grander strokes or dramatic action,Miss Dyas showed her wonted mastery of art. x Everyone of tbe other characters was In competent hands; Mr. E. M. Holland as an alert but polished Queensland squatter for that matter Mi: Oardnler might be a fiew York business man Mr. J. H. Stoddart as an English butler of very strongly-marked individuality, were es pecially clever characterizations. Miss Maud Harrison, Miss Nannie Craddock aud Mrs. E. J. Phillips were successful in present lngtamiliar phases of the Englishwoman, and Meskrs. Fred Robinson. F. II. Tyler and Renb. Fax filled in tbe masculine side of tbe picture with invariable truth to nature. And it may be added that we have omitted no actor in tbe cast in this recognition of admirable art and exceptional training. All tbo accessories were provided to complete the Illusion of actual life, and a large and distinguished audience was luckily present to enjoy the performance. To night the play will be "A Pair of Spectacles." 1 BIJon Theater. The lobby of the Bijou presented a midwinter appearance last evening. For an hoar Man ager GulicK was kept busy dispensing paste boards to the large crowd eager to see tbe Ini tial presentation in Pittsburg of the new farce comedy, "A Pair of Jacks." "The Jacks" drew a tremendous houseful of people, to whom tbo skit seemed ample compensation for their loss of an arctic eveningontof doors. The farce possesses the merit of newness, and in this respect, at least, it has an advantage over farce comedies familiar to the public. Much of the "business" and some of the jests are amusing, and as original as one can expect In a performance whose novolty lies chiefly In the manipulation of tbe material and trot so mnch In tbe material Itself. Much of the suc cess of fine comedies depends upon the com pany, and the cast ot "A Pair of Jacks" was well chosen with V a view to the entertainment ot audiences. "Tbe Jacks" is a farce comedy, contocted for the sole purpose of amusing an audience by bright and entertaining specialties. Tbe piece is constructed on a plot that is sufficiently well knitted together to ring in these prllliant specialties, and a spectator will never have the headache from racking bis brain to compre hend the situations. This Is prob ably tbe reason the management calls it the "cheer-up" festival. Everything Is built on a basis of unalloyed fan. R. G. Knowles, as Judge Jack was tbe leading fun-maker, and be is a good one. He caused genuiue merriment by bis clever specialties. The rendition of his latest songs, never heard in Pittsburz before. "Moses and Aaron" and "1 Got It," was highly amusing, George Booker as Dr. Jack, showed himself a ca pable comedian. Mr. Stanley's burlesque clarionet playing and his ' stuttering imitations and Mr. Armstrong's slnglug were brleht features ot the evening. Winifred Johnson Is justly entitled to tbe claim of being a great banjoist. Her solas on that Instrument were one of th e big bits of tbe evening. The clever topical singers, Melville and Stetson, were well received ann also tbe new songs, "Do You Catch 'On" and "Life Is a Game of See Saw." They wero encored again and again, aud the large audience never seemed to tire of them. Grand Opera House. A rumor that tbe police might interfere with the performance of "Thou Shalt Not" did not prevent every seat in tho bonse being sold be fore tbo curtain rose at tbe Grand Opera House last night. Women were very scarce la the audience. v A few. rows from tbe stage sat Assistant Superintendent of Police Roger O'Mara and Inspector McAleese. They were as closely watched as the actors. but they did nothing, and after the perform ance declined to say more than that tbey would report upon the play to Chief Brown in the morning. It is understood that tbey will submit that the play is not Indecent, and does not call for suppression in tbe interest of pub lic morality. "Thou Shalt Not" is a drama In five acts, founded upon AlbervRoss' novel of the same name. Max Freeman is accused of making the play. Unlike tbe novel, tbe play is more re markable for stupidity tnan Indecency. The people who expected to see some of the- coccreto vileness of the book and tbe suggetiveness of tbe lithographs reproduced on the stage were disappointed. "Thou Shalt Not" is as tedious as a census re port, and almost as tamo so far as tbe action of the play is concerned. The atmos phere in which the dramatis personal do a variety of unnatural things is noisome, of course. Ic has tbe offensive odor of a converting establishment; not more piquant, certainly not more pleasant. The glimpses of human nature which, acci dentally, we suppose, the play affords, are about on a par with the Illustrations of tbe Police Gazette, 'bat the main body of the work, chaarcters, plot and dia logue, cannot have been drawn from human experience. People so silly as the char acters in "Thou Shalt Not" could not by any possibility be guilty of such complex immoral ity. It, Is a question which Is the more prepos terous, the villainy or tbe Inanity of Stctor (Jreyburn and bis associates. Setting aside tbe question of morality "Thou Shalt Not" is a play of no merit at all. Tbe sensational situations closing, tho third, fourth and final act are the merest clap-trap, which obtained what little strength thev have by con trast with the thin twaddle in which they occur. Bo, If the police de cide tbat tbey aro not justified in arresting the manager and performers of this play for an offense against public decency, tbere is notbluz to prevent the condemnation of the play by tbe publlu at large. Tbe only I kind word we can say lor toe production is that tbe actors, heaven help them! are not quite as bad as the play. Harry Williams' Academy. There are some clever people among what Sam T. Jack chooses to call bis Creoles. The quiet humor ot Mr. and Mrs. Sam Lucas is something seldom met with in tho variety ranks, and Mrs. Lnoas especially plays and sings with skill and good expression, being a mistress, too, of the violin, mandolin and cornet. Irving Jones and several others fur nish fun of a rougher kind. Miss Florence Hlnes male impersonations were life-like and pleaseu tne people, ane- sana-aanciogs in jubilee style bysHawkins. Jones and three young wonion of great suppleness and staying power is extraordinary. The Amazonian marches and tbe physical features ot.the show are attractive, but why does not Manager Jack servo odt new and uniform tights to the Arua-. zopsT Dramatic Motes. " The World's Museum offers a pleasing vari ety of attractions' In tbe Curio Hall and a new stage show this week. At Harry Davis' Maseum large audiences en joyed tne new curiosities and the extended per formance in the theater. The Dispatch received a communication from tbe Rev. D. U. Passavant yesterday call ing attention to the character of the play Tho a Shalt Nat," aud saponins a severe lino of criticism. Tho protest of Dr. Passavant was wluely echoed throughout tbe city yester day. A B&AL Indian actrexs,Go-Von-Go.Mohawk, supported by'a good company, will doubtless fill Harris' Theater at every performance this week.. The play; "The Indian, Mall Carrier," is full of scnsatlooal incidents, and the audiences of yesterday were enthusiastic in their ap proval of tbe agile, supple, muscular Indian star aud ber company. Corn and, Coloael Crop. Oniaha World-Herald;' ' ..This ycarof, cot aml'j'coloaslsi .prom wS) NHin are is m twasesva aiewry, 1 CURIOUS C0NDENSAT10KS. New Yorkers every year spend $4,200, OCO for umbrellas. 'Chicago boasts or 1,463 hotels with a total capacity tor 135,000 guests. An 80-year-old man of Williamsport, Pa has fasted for 45 days and still lives. Shoemakerville, Pa., has a pear tree) over 150 years old. It la now full ot blossoms. Of tbe 11,000,000 square miles of Africa only 2,600.000 remains in the bands of the native rulers. A Hindoo journalist declares that "many crowned beads are trembling In their shoes.'' A chewing gum concern in Brooklyn has become a stock company with a capital of $1,000,000. Tbere are 26 monarchies and 25 repub lics in the civilized world to-day, 16 republics) are In South America. A St. Louis head-line writer has In vented the word "pulpiteer" to hi used Instead of preacher or minister. Out of fire bushels of potatoes brought into Mareellne. Mo., the other day.the smallest tuber In tbe lot weighed two pounds. A plow that was lost in the Cheboygan river, "Michigan, by the upsetting of a canoe more than 40 years ago, was fished up the othsr 'day. Tbere are now 40,000 studying in the various colleges of the country. And yet It Is only 25 years since the first college in the land was opened to women. Unless a Kansas edifbr lies there is an old gentleman in Boonvllle. that State. who has carried the same umbrella every day in the week for IS consecutive years. A Wichita, Kan., farmer within a year has sold corn from one crib at 13 cents, 23 cents, 60 cents, and 75" cents, and has some left for which he expects to get 85 cents. A "Kansas woman who received a decree of dlvorce.went direct from the court room to the office-of tbe probate judge and was mar ried to another fellow. She was twice a wife within 15 minutes. A glimpse up tbe lagoon in Jackson Park. Chicago, as it will be in 1893, with gon dolas, flights of steps extending into tbe water, and lined by stately buildings, discloses a strlk. ing Venetian scene. ' The North Carolina caterpillar trouble grows worse instead of better with time. The day berore yesterday a railroad tram was brougnt to a standstill by vast numbers of tbe creeping things on tbe rails. An artist has been looking through the Boston cemeteries and finds to bis surprise tbat there Is no monument in any of the ceme teries there that is worth over $5,000. Tbe Chadwlck tomb cost about $25,000, but this is not classed with monuments. The Coroner of Buffalo, N. Y., was in vestigating the sadden death of an old man when a clock that bad been owned by the de ceased suddenly strnck tbe hour ol 10. As the clock bad stopped voluntarily when tbe old man died, the happening Is thought to be rather strange. The French Society of Men ot Letters,, which heldlts convention In Paris on April fl, has a pension fund of $300,000 for old and indi gent members, its whole property is worth between $500,000 and $000,000. Its annual ex penditures are $100,000, or about 55,000 less than Its receipts. The commander of the StLPetersburg police has issued an order that IX a house owner is in arrears with bis water taxes he Is to be compelled by police measures to pay them. Bat tbe water supply is not to be cut off. In order that the tenants shall not suffer for the delinquency of tbe landlord. Over a century ago a party of Spaniards hid a bar-of gold in tbe river bluffs near Roche port, Mo., and despite the efforts of wealth seekers tbe treasure remained anfound until tbe other day, when a man with maps and charts made his appearance, and after a short search'discovered the treasure. Tbe latest fish story comes from Ocala. Flo., where tbe cook at a restaurant is alleged to bare found a diamond ring in a fish's stomach. Tho ring Is of handsome design and contains seven small stones set In a circle, with one larger than tbe rest In the center. Inside the band on tbe loner side are engraved the lotters S.M. L. The ring Is a valuable one, probably worth from $100 to $125. A black water snake, which was dis sected at the Michigan Agricultural Collegn tbe other day, was found to contain the bolies of f oar fishes. One of these, which wjls about four Inches In length, had partially swallowed another fish two-thirds Its size. It way. how ever, not quite equal to the task, and tbe snake had captured both. This curiosity will be pre served in alcohol as a museum specimen. A Nebraska man has what is probably the queerest freak in existence. It is half mon key and half owL In color it Is a dark or dirty yellow, and In size is about like the ordinary owl. The mouth Is large, and the face, as formed by the features, presents the appear ance of a monkey in every way. The eyes also take on that quick action cbaractenstic of Jocko. It makes no sound save tbat similar to a crying baby. The Anthropological Department of the Smithsonian Institution has received from China a pair of stockings manufactured from human hair. They are worn by fishermen over cotton stockings (being too rough for the naked akin) and under straw shoes as a protection against moisture. Hair unsuitable for textile purposes is collected from bathers' shops and sent to a part of tbo province for manuring rlcs fields, which, it would seem, are deficient in silica. An English clergyman, who has worked" among emigrants or 13 years said recently in a speech: "I have been much struck at the ig norance which prevails as to geography. A London butcher came to consult me as to emi grating to Canada, and said: 'I suppose I shall have to go throueh the Red Sea.' The clergy, too, have somewhat hazy notions as to geography, for when I recommended Manitoba to one of my brethern for bis son, he replied: Why prefer Manitoba to Canada 1' " New Orleans is famous for many dishes peculiar to Itself. It should be famous for iu oyster loaves. You see them advertised every where In the streets. An oyster-loaf 1 a half of a 10 cent double-pointed loaf of white bread. It is split down one side and then a part of its soft Interior is taken out and all the rest is toasted. After tbat a dozen fried oysters are pat In the loaf and it Is closed and has a wedge of toasted bread fitted into its open end. The oyster loaf Is said to be an amazing peace maker for married men on lodge nights. A queer marine monster was captured off tbe Jersey coast tbe other day. It was about five feet long, and In shape somewhat re sembled a toad fish. Two rows of teeth adorned lu ponderous jaws, which, when fully ajar, would admit an ordinary bucket. Two dart shaped horns were on its head. About midway between Its bead and tail were two pockets, or poaches, that could be opened and closed at will, and situated between these poaches and tbe monster's mouth were two arms, not un like tbe forearm and hand of a man. arranged to pass tbe food from tbe pouches to the mouth.. Tbe pockets were will stocked with "moss bunkers" and other small fish when It was captured. No one baa been found who can tell to what genus this aquatic curiosity belongs. FANCIFCLLIC FUNNY. Visiting Stranger I want to invest some money In stocks on Wall street. How- can I Unit 4 oat which ones are no good? New Yorker-By buying them. Texas SiStingt. Now, Robby, if you don't want to go to Bessie Smith's party, you must write a note and tell her so; and be sure and act It polite. I on wilt find some models In this book or etiquette," said Mrs. Carhart to her little son. Bohby straggled wl;h the problem for SA hoar, and then presented for bis mother's Inspection, the following truthful but unconventional Bu slom Mr. Kobert Carbart declines with pleasure Mlis Uessle Smith's kind invitation for the Htb,: and thanks her extremely for having slven hlra . the opportunity of dolus- to."-Uarptr't Jlatar. . V Soberly Do you believe, Wiseman, that' , there la luck in horseshoesT , WUeman-If tbere is It stars In 'em. X. never i knew 91 any comlnc out or 'em.-llottou CourUr.,-Jj FKOTECTIOIT. 2 T' The said, to 'scape a Mnninff, doth ipSrf Her dainty face defend: But tanning to escape, the boy . -, Protects tbe other end. -Puck .. Mrs. Fig.f (writing) Shall, tsend Unela Qeorae your lore? Laura-Ut coarser and you had better make It my nudyinglove. Perishable rs goods cannot be sent through the mall, yon know' JiHllanupoIlt Journal. ..t "' Mr- Bleeckcr My adorable onet will yipki--be nine? , r-fafetS- illls Emerson uo von nronennee the "t" n ceramics haru or sour .Mr. Bleeckcr Sort. ..T. .-.-.- -i"- r.Vr Miss merson Tae&.T. cannot wed you. Oar. satom .are. mi locofflpatftie., vWe' should Ibil a dt, -rvsf. t L3&? M T-L fc ' . .ftisBtt. . -Ala, I irf Jt HSi2&SMv. , .. :'sJ!'ifc5i. JK itfe ..:ritymx-. Bammnmm&?m
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