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riTTSBUKG, AVEDXESDAY, JUNE 10, 1891.
THE MYSTEKY UNEXPLAINED.
Mr. John AVanamaker's statement be
fore the committee investigating the Phil
adelphia bank failure goes fully into his
relations with that unfortunate concern,
lie declares his dealings with the bank
were entirely in the line of legitimate busi.
ness; that all paper issued by his firm and
discounted by the bank has been paid at
maturity, and that he has not in any way
been cognizant of or profited by the diver
sion of funds which caused the wreck of
the Keystone Bank. Before this state
ment the intimations of a secret connec
tion between Mr. "Wanamaker and the
wreck must fail unless they can be sup
ported by definite allegations In contraven
tion to those of Mr. "Wanamaker.
Nevertheless there are mysteries in con
nection with the bank failure which re
quire explanation and upon which no
light .has yet been thrown, ilillions of
public and private money have disap
peared without any sufficient explanation
of their disappearance. An unexplained
and unjustifiable delay in closing the bank
by the Government authorities enabled
some one to get out of the wreck. It is
necessary to probe into the matter until it
is found out what influence prevented an
early and thorough Investigation by the
Government authorities, and what secured
the plea of guilty by the defaulting City
Treasurer yestrday, thus cutting off
further trial, vhen that is found out the
investigators will bo very close to the par
ties who profited by the plunder of the
bank.
If the investigation by city authority
does not disclose this needed information
the United States Government should take
a hand. The credit of the administration
is involved in disclosing the means by
which its supervision of the national banks
failed to prevent or detect the complete
gutting of an important institution.
SUCCESS BY DISFRANCHISEMENT. -
A remarkable view of the principles
Democratic organs advocate with regard
to claiming election to position ispresented
by an editorial in theNew Yorktfun. That
journal advises the supporters of Judge
Morris to stick to their claims, because,
although the decision of the Supreme
Court in the Branford case is adverse,
"the main point of legality" is the in
ability to go behind the returns and "to
upset these legally declared returns," ac
cording to the position of the Sun.
In other words the Democratic principle
is that if a candidate secures a prima
facie election by the exclusion of votes
legally cast, and the legality of the votes
is afterward established by the highest
authority, the candidate shall stick to the
position. This would amount to the
practical disfranchisement of legal voters,
and means that if a man can get himself
counted in it is all right
It is clearthat this partisan Idea wholly
nullifies the Democratic principle that
election to office should depend on the ex
pressed will of the electors, according to
the methods laid down In the Constitution.
For the same thing the Democratic organs
have denounced Republican office-holders
as holding by a fraudulent title.
THE ENGLISH SCANDAL.
The verdict of the English jury in the
baccarat case yesterday proves the idea
that the plaintiff might gain a verdict or a
disagreement to have entirely overesti
mated the effect of Sir Edward Clarke's
counter attack on the Prince of "Wales and
his entourage.
"While tho audacity of the attack may
have evoked expressions of public .sym
pathy, the theory of the defense was such
that when submitted to a single moment's
cool reflection it would not hold water. It
represented the plaintiff as an honorable
man of high character actually submitting
and practically pleading guilty to the
charge of swindling at cards to save the
Prince of "Wales. To save himfrom what?
From having it known that he had been
playing cards for money, which every well
informed Englishman already knew he
did. For that reason it was alleged that
an honorable man accepted a disgrace
which no honorable man could accept, and
then dragged the scandal into court when
the matter got abroad. The theory was so
manifestly constructed to meet the emer
gency that it could not win a verdict from
any jury capable of thinking for itself.
The verdict was the only one possible on
the evidence, and the world will have little
doubt that it correctly sets forth the fact
that the charge of cheating at cards .was
well founded. None the less the scandal
is the severest blow that the superstition
of English royalty has received for many
years.
LIT ERATUKE AND NEWSPAPERS.
The Psalmist has informed us that of
making of books there is no end. Yet the
proposition is a plain one that the manu
facturer of books cannot go on unless the
reading of them proceeds with equal step.
It is therefore surprising to learn that
high church authority in England has
deemed it necessary to admonish the clergy
on keeping up their reading. The Arch
deacon of Carlisle laments the decay of
literary taste among the clergy of England,
and thinks that they as well as the laymen
may become the victims of the ephemeral
newspapers and magazines.
It seems that tills clerical authority is
more anxious to maintain the reputation
of the Church of England for learning than
to extend Its labors for the improvement
ai.d elevation of the poor. It is also inter
esting that his standard of learning and
literary taste, like that recently set up by
pome critics on this side the ocean, ex
cludes the knowledge of the present age,
which is necessary to make learning of
practical use, and condemns the literary
style which alms at effectiveness In reach
ing its purpose.
It is interesting in thisconneeHon to-observe
that the authority quoted as most
crushingiy condemnatory of newspaper
style has wholly disavowed the opinion
attributed to him. He has given on the
contrary a very laudatory opinion of the
literary style of leading newspapers. This
critic evidently has the. common sense to
perceive that style in writing, as In any
thing, lies in suitability to ite- purpose,
and that the literary style whrfh does not
exist solely for effecting some end is as
empty and false as the. personal style of
Mr. Turveydrop.
The Archdeacon of Carlisle has a better
xcuse than the American critic for oppos
ing newspaper reading. If the English
clergy read the newspapers much they
may be led into speaking evil of' dignita
ries; and from the standpoint of the church
magnates that wouldbeone of the greatest
disasters imaginable.
A GUBERNATORIAL MISTAKE.
It is to be regretted that Governor Pat
tison has allowed his frame of mind in the
direction of regarding legislative measures
with suspicion to lead .him to veto the bill
authorizing cities to regulate or prohibit
thc,production of smoke. The Dispatch
has warmly commended the policy of the
Governor in giving all bills a careful scru
tiny; but in this 'case he has carried m
adverse attitude to an undue degree In
vetoing an entirely unexceptionable meas
ure. The veto is based on the belief that
cities already have the power "to prevent
practices noxious to public health and
safety," and the public has "protection in
law and equity from public nuisances."
This may be true; and yet It is the fact that
the machinery by which these powers can
be enforced are inadequate to cope with
an evil of such widespread extent as
smoke in "Western Pennsylvania cities.
"We have In this case a public menace of
distinct and peculiar character inflicting
general Injury, most positive in its pecuni
ary character, and which the testimony
of experience shows to be capable of sup
pression only by such special machinery
as was applied in Chicago.
The opinion of the Governor that the
bill is "wholly superfluous for needful and
sanitary purposes" being thus erroneous, J
the assertion that "if It Is Intended to
effect any other it ought not to be allowed
to become a law," is an imputation against
the sincerity of its f ramers that should not
be made unless there is some foundation
for it In the provisions of the bilL There
is some excuse for the Governor in the
ill-judged and unfounded suggestions,
made without a sight of the measure, that
"it might contain a snake." But as copies
of the bill show that any such misuse of
the legislative power is carefully guarded
against, the imputation of ulterior motives
should at least have been accompanied by
a specification of the provisions that could
serve them.
An executive who faithfully performs
the duty of scrutinizing measures sub
mitted for approval Is of course liable to
err; but it Is very unfortunate that the
Governor's error should have been made
with the result of killing a measure so
decidedly in the public interest as this one.
RELEASES MIGHT DO GOOD.
The fall of Rome Is not to be compared
to the fall of the Pittsburg baseball team
from the 'dizzy heights of second place to
a fight for rear guard. The team went
away every man wearing a shining crown
of glory, but now all the stars in the ag
gregation would not furnish glitter enough
to attract the eye of a Zulu chief. Some
thing is decidedly wrong. Mr. O'Neil,
the "Pirate King," should look after his
buccaneers, or they will ere long be so
well fortified in their present position, or
one notch lower, as to withstand all at
tempts to dislodge them.
Pittsburg people love baseball, as the
crowds at the games this season illustrate,
but the team must win an occasional
game. If drinking is the cause, the drink
ers should be rooted out at once. If
trouble Is caused by internal dissensions,
the dissenters should get their releases
and all be taught that they have a man
ager whose authority Is supreme. Pitts
burg's ball team causes a smile to spread
over the entire country.
The contest between torpedoes and guns
mtbe Chilean naval warfare was restored
to the position of a temporary draw by the
last round, in which a vessel beat off two
torpedoes by a well-directed artillery fire.
Somo advocates of the guns claim that it
shows the Inutility of torpedoes. But con
sidering that tho torpedo Is a new instru
ment, and that accuracy In Its use Is likely
to improve with practice, tho destruction It
has already shown itself capable of working
proves that It has a very Important place in
naval warfare.
As to the assertion that "Honest John
Bardsley flirted with "Wall street" as an ex
planation of the Philadelphia wreck, the
statement is hardly adequate unless it says
that ho was mashed on and by Wall street.
The last.verbal outbreak of the "war
lord" of Germany consisted in telling a body
of recruits that their duty to him was para
mount even to the ties of nature. "I say to
you,"the speech Is reported, "ha ving taken tho
soldier's oath, follow me implicitly, shooting
either father or broker without question or
hesitation when sofbrdered." The German
Emperor is doing as much In his line as the
Prince of Vales is in his peculiar direction
to uproot the monarchical theory by the
reduciioad abnerdum.
The report of. a hitch in the Parnell
O'Sbca nu; . si arrangements evidently does
not refer to tho final and permanent hitch
that Is an urgent necessity of the case.
It certainly indicates that the Pension
Bureau is pushing Its theories to an extreme
degree If it decides, as is reported, that a
soldier who was killed by being thrown
while out riding whenhome on furlough lost
1:1s life in the line of duty. At this rate it
will soon come to be the principle of the
Bureau that a soldier could not do anything
that was not in the lino of duty.
The Esmeralda now comes to the front
with the story that she was also ready to
fight if the Charleston had given due provo
cation. Much value In "If."
The order of the Sultan of Morocco that
yoifng girls shall not be put up at publio
sale In his dominion sounds like an advance
in the directio n of civilization. But there
Is reason to fear that tho ruler of Morocco
Is simply adopting tho trust tactics and is
taking steps to relieve the market from an
overstock which is depressing that interest.
"WnH the Queen troubled by the grip and
the Prince of Wales plagued by a gambling
scrape the royal family of England Is in a
very uncomfortable statA
A San Francisco youth stole a book
the other day, and was marched off 'to Jail.
Then it was discovered that tho name of the
book was "Behind Prison Bars." Tho young
man thus gets experience, which is much
more valuablo than knowledge to be had
from books.
Tin: formation of the last .Oatmeal Trust,
with a capital of $3,500,000, -is evidently based
on a knowledge of the luct that oatmeal will
absorb a great deal of water.
The poe of Allegheny made a record
yesterday by capturing the tin-bucket burg-
lar or one of him. The news that the stage
has been reaohed when burglars are actually
captured In our community will. It la to be
hoped, have a discouraging effect on that
industry. "
The political conventions were, as a rule,
dreadfully decorous. Are tho practical
politicians losing their interest?
The (Louisiana ethics which make mob
law a court of revision over the verdicts of
the legal courts naturally require an editor
and a State official to shoot at each other
on the street when they disagree on publio
and personal issues. '
Ip the weather can be kept up to the
standard of the past two days ail may yet be
forgiven, 1
Uncle Sam may wonder whether he has
scored such a success as he Imagines when
It comes to paying the Itata's coal bill back
to this country, with a chance that be may
have to let the vessel go after he gets it back
here.
PEOPLE TTP IK THE W0BLTJ.
Lady Patjncefote, wife of the British
Minister in Washington, is a great pedes
trian, and takes her daily "constitutional"
regularly before noon.
J. E. Botd, the ousted Governor of
Nebraska, looks like a clergyman with his
black frock ooat, low-cut vest and white tie.
His cheeks aro ruddy with health.
"Marie Valerie, the Archduchess of
Austria, has 'entered into competition with
Carmen Sylvo, of Boumanla, in the literary
field, and written a drama called "Eln Gold
stuck," which will be presented soon.
Bra HOBELii Mackenzie, the distin
guished British physician, is a slender and
active man of S3. He began life- as a clerk
in a store, but before he was 30 he had be
come an authority da diseases of the throat.
KeAE Atimtrat. A. E. K. Benham,
who for two years past has had command of
Mare Island Navy Yard, has relinquished
that post to Eear Admiral John Irwin, whom
the Navy Department had named as his suc
cessor. George "W. Chtlds, the Philadelphia
philanthropist and newspaper proprietor,
lias offered to place on exhibition at the
Chicago World's Fair his private collection
of souvenirs and works of art. The collec
tion is a remarkable one and would be' an
object of interest anywhere. ,
Bishop J. "W. Holt, of the United
Brethren Churoh, whose home is In Sacra
mento, is in the East looking up young men,
for mission work on the Pacific coast, He
has been moderately successful in this
search. Bishop Holt is an enthusiastic) lec
turer on "The Sunset Land of America."
Oronhtatekha and "Wavrinsky, whom
tho Edinburgh Good Templars' Grand lodge
has elected respectively Chief and Vice Chief
of the order, are not Scots who bled wl' Wal
lace. Tho first named Is a Canadian Mohawk
chief and the other is a member of the
Swedish Parliament.
"Ursula "Wolcott was the daughter-of
Governor Boger Wolcott, of the Connecticut
Colony, and therefore the sister of the first
Governor Oliver Wolcott and the aunt of the
second Governor Oliver Wolcott of the State.
She married Governor Matthew Griswold
and was the mother of Governor Boger Gris
wold, both of Connecticut. Through her
grandmother she was closely related, to Gov
ernor William Pitkin, of Connecticut, and
more distantly to Governor Frederick W.
Pitkin, of Colorado, who was a desendant of
William.
A C0KM0N LAW HABBIAGE.
The Property of a Wealthy "Victim of yAIco
holism Now in Litigation.
Chicago, June 9. Some weeks ago a man
named Charles H. Dunham, reputed to be a
wealthy dealer in railroad supplies, but
about whom little was known, died of alco
holism at the Washington Home. Dunham
had lived in Chicago for some years, but it
was said that he came' of a good family in
NewTork, and that hewas well-known In
society circles in Baltimore and Washing
ton. In his dying hours he was nursed by
an attractive young woman who claimed to
be his wife.
To-day, under tho name of Dora F. Dun
bam, she was appointed administrator of
the estate in the Probate Court. Protracted
litigation promises to grow out of Dunham's
death, as his partner in the railroad supply
business, a man named Fenn, claims to have
a bill of sale of all the property, made, to
him by Dunham shortly before his death.
Mrs. Dunham's attorney declines to give her
maiden name, but says that she was a Wash
ington society girl; that she was united to
Dunham by a common law marriage in Bal
timore May 13, 1889, and that Dunham has
recognized her as his wife since that time,
not only in Baltimore, but in the fashion
able circles in which they moved in New
York..
A COMMON CABB.IEB QUESTION.
The Big Three Stockmen Seeking to Com
pel the Use of a Private Track.
Chicago, June 9. The fight between Ar
mour & Co., Swift & Co. and Kelson, Morris
& Co. on the one side, and the Union Stock
Yards and their transit company on the
other, was taken up this morning by Judges
Tuley, Collins and Horton. The litigation
came up on a motion for an injunction made
by complainants to compel the stock yards
and transit company to allow complainants
to use defendant's side tracks for the delivery
of live stock direct to complainants' private
yards, which can be reached in no other
way. Complainants claim that, in so far as
it owns and uses tracks, the stock yards and
transit company Is a common carrier and is
obligod to allow the use of its tracks to any
one who will pay a reasonable charge there
for. The object of complainants in hav
ing their stock delivered at their private
yards is to avoid the payment of the alleged
excessive yardage charged by the stock
yards company. Defendants claim that
their traoks are solely for their own private
use and benefit; that they are in no sense
common carriers, and that they have a right
to refuse the use of their facilities to per
sons who are, in effect, their rivals in busi
ness. HAPPY BEBKS COUNTY.
uammoth Crops of all Sorts of Fruit and
Grain Now In Prospect.
tSrECIAL TELEGRAM TO TIIE DISPATCH.
Rkadijio, June 9. Farmers in the famous
fruit-producing district of Berks county are
elated over the excellent prospects for a
large crop of fruits of all kinds, something
which has not occurred in this section for
several years. Purchasers twill have the
benefit this season of cheap fruits of all
kinds, judging from the present outlook.
Apples, peaches and cherries will.be
gathered In larger quantities than for ten
years past, and already many of the farmers
nave been compelled to place props under
the limbs of trees to prevent them from
breaking from the unusual heavy weights of
the well-formed Irult. Pears will not be as
plentiful as other Jrult, neither will plums,
out tho crops of both will be large. Berries
of all kinds give evidence of being in abund
ance, and the farmers are looking forward
to a prosperous crop of every variety of
fruit, as well as grain.
Kept the Police Awake.
San Francisco Chronicle.
Dr. C C Q'Donnell's pet bear escaped from
its cageyesterdaymorningandmade a break
for liberty and Chinatown. A policeman en
deavored to stop him in his mad career, but
came off second best in the brief encounter.
The animal was captured a few moments
later by getting his chain entangled around
a lamp-post, and was marched home by his
owner. The Chinamen eu route were greatly
alarmed by Bruin's appearance, and whistles
were blown on all sides during his brief visit
to the oriental quarter.
Knights of Maccabees Sleet.
CSrtCIAI. TZXXGKAV TO Till DISPATCH.
WttUAMsroirr, June 9. This morning the
annual convention of the Knights of the
Maccabees opened here. Among the promi
nent members present are Supreme Com
mander D. P. Mackey, of Michigan, and M. 8.
Boynton, of Port Huron. The entire day
was devoted to the election of new officers,
and this evening an entertainment was held.
Hibernians in Session at McKcesport.
CSl'ECIAL TXLEGUAM TO THE DISrATCn.J
McKErarOKT, Juno 9. The annual State
Convention of the Ancient Order of Hlber
niatre, Board of Erin, was begun here to
day. The convention will last two days,
and some important business will be trans
acted. '
TALK OFTHE TOWN.
A Big Game of Poker Elk County Bar.
barijm The Doctor Took His Medi
cine Pictures for the Library Senator
Sherman's Co m Gossip From Street and
Corridor. .
"Tee gamo began at Toxarkana," said a
Pittsburger who occasionally drops into
poker, "the oddest and one of the biggest
poker games ever played. It was early in
the fall last year when four big ranchmen,
who own between them thousands of acres
and ten of thousands of cattle in Texas, met
at the terminus of the Iron Mountain roa
They were bound -for Chicago, where they
intended to sell their cattle, and as the
wealthiest cattlemen of tho great Southwest
often do they preferred to make the journey
in the caboose of a stock train the atmos
phere wasmore congenial and the chance to
indulge in the natlpnal game waa tempting.
The mime .was not peduliar in Itself; it
was carried on in the free and easy but business-like
way that obtains in the West, but
the value of the chips was stated in un
usual terms, a white standing for one steer,
a red'ehip for five steers and a blue chip for
ten steers. A tolerably large herd of cattle
was upon the drygoods box, which served
for a table, at every deal, and one Jackpot
contained no less thai! 800 head of cattle.
From Texarkana to St. Louis the players'
luck was abont even, although hundreds of
hands were played in that time. But when
they struck the Alton and entered the home
stretch for Chicago the contest grew fiercer,
and at about 'every third ' hand the betting
ran high. Luck- turned in ono of the play
ers' favor the man who had least rocks, by
the way and when the multiplying lights
on the prairie sbowed that the train was
nearing Chicago the game ended. The other
three men had lost every ohlp they had, had
borrowed again and again with the same
result. And when the winner counted up he
found he had won 40,000 head of cattle, bo
longing to the other three men in the game,
or in,dollars close upon $250,000.
An Unseasonable Demand.
Disteiot ATTOiufET D101 JoHHSTos was up
in Elk oounty last woek enjoying a well
earned rest and catching fish instead of sin
ners. Early one morning as he was about to
start for along day's tramp certain qualmish
feelings suggested to Mr. Johnston the ad
visability, on purely medical grounds, of
taking a small dose of splritus frumenti.
Happily a tavern was in sight at the time
and a boy lounging at the door showed that
early opening was in favor there, as it used
to be In Pittsburg onoe upon a time. In due
time a bottle and a glass were staring Mr.
Johnston out of- countenance, on a rlokety
bar. .
"Haven't you any ice water?" ho asked.
"Any what?" said the boy, running his
hand through his mane-llke hair and scratch
ing the back of his neck for inspiration.
"Ice water," repeated Mr. Johnston, with
the gentle insistence of one who asks for an
old friend.
"Ice water?" echoed the primitive bar
tender. "Is it ice water yer want? Ice
water in Juneilll" and he laughed a loud un
feeling laugh that shook the-crazy loghouse
and abashed, as never an opposing attorney
did, tho gentleman who abruptly paid for
the drink and fled.
Physic for a Doctor.
Tm other night a couple of members were
refreshing their weary souls in- the am
brosial shades of the Americus Club, when
one said to the other, who is a doctor by the
way: "Wouldn't it be a good Joke to' make
out the next order as lr it were a prescrip
tion? It would puzcle the waiter like the
very dickens. Call for the very best in the
house andfrut it all in medical lingo eh?"
The doctor saw the point of the jest and as
their glasses were empty and their throats
dry at that verymoment ho drew up a pre
scription in medical terms, the details, of
which are not known, but which may prob
ably be desorlbed accurately as resembling
Egyptian hieroglyphics for clearness after
the manner of most prescriptions. The sen
tence at the end of the formula was as usual
tho exoeption; it said plainly enough that
'the preceding medicine was "to betaken
immediately." .
The waiter, a colored man, took the order
without question and went away. The doc
tor and his companion laughed slyly, but re
served the bulk of their mirth for the
waiter's return. They sat, like pent-up vol
canoes preparing for eruption, for several
minutes. They thought of the time that
waiter muBt be having to find out what had.
been ordered.
"He'll be giving it up in disgust,"' said tho
doctor, "in a 'minute ah! hero he comes
but what's he got?"
Sure enough tne waiter entered the room
with a tray, on which a couple of pints of
champagne and a bottle of brandy, with
suitable glassware, were arranged. He set
the.tray down upon the table and said; "I've
filled your order, doctor!"
"How tho deuce did you read it?" asked
the doctor, gloomily.
"The steward he read it, sir," was the
reply. ,
"Well, how did ho do it?"
"I dunno," said the waiter, "but," and
there was a smile on his mouth and a twin
kle in his eye. "I 'spects he was in der drug
biz'ness once."
That was the truth. The steward had been
a drug clerk. That didn't spoil the Joke,
however, tnough it shifted tho point. And
it cost the doctor $7 60 the amount of the
bill for liquors, etc., furnished on his order.
A Sharper Financier Than Sherman.
Tnrrdosayin Mansfield, and It has been
whispered In Washington,that Senator John
Sherman has a pretty good idea of-tho value
of a dollar. That is to say, if he gets
hold of a piece of currency he likes to
squeeze it affectionately for old acquaint
ance sake, no doubt. Consequently the un
righteous smiled slightly when it leaked out
not long ago that Mr. Sherman had come
off worst in" a financial transaction.
A Mansfield man tells the storv thns
"Some cattle belonging to a pretty tough
citizen in Mansfield got into his garden
patch and raised the mischief there. He
discovered the cows himself, and drove
them back Into the pasture from which thev
"Had escaped. After he had cursed tho cattle
to the extent of his vocabulary be footed up
the loss, and then began to think how he
could get even. Nearby were some cattle be
longing to Senator Sherman. It was easy
enough tolet down the bars and drive these
cows into the ruined patch. This done he
procured witnesses to the presence of Mr.
Sherman's cows.
"Then he went to Senator Sherman, stated
'the case, which he had made strong enough,
and concluded: 'Senator, I don't want to
pull yer too hard, but them cows o'yourn
done me up fifty dollars' worth, an' I've got
to be paid.' And without a murmur the
best financier in Ohio wrote his check for
fifty dollars and expressed his regret for the
unseemly conduct of Ms cows.
Pictures for the Library,
Tms walls of the reading room in the Car
negie library are now adorned with a set of
views of Eome,anclentand modem,mounted
and framed in excellent taste. Some of the
pictures are photographs, somo old prints
valuablo on account of age as well as the
engraver's skill. The photographs include a
magnificent view of 'the Colosseum, taken
from a point without. An exceptionally
large camera must have been used to tako
these views, for tneysuow no trace or Join
ing which the common custom of photo
graphing a largo-object or landscape In sec
tions entails. The interior view of St.
Peter's, Home, is also singularly distinct and
clear in details. Tho other pictures Include
curious rather than particularly faithful or
effective drawings of thearoh of Constantino
and the rotunda of the Pantheon antique
Italian prints both. The donor's name has
been kept a secret, but "I happen to know
that the pictures are the gift of Henry
Phipps, Jr., to whom the library ia indebted
for so much. ,
Help for Book-Saunters.
Thtb bibliographio resources of the Car
negie Library, have been greatly strength
ened by Mr. Stevenson's purchase of a col
lection of catalogues, English and others,
from a local source. Some of these books
areBrunet's celebrated Manuel deLlbrarie,
which is not confined to Frenoh literature,
but includes a very large part of tho world's;
the English Catalogue the best authority
in that country and Lorens Catalogue de la
Librarie Francaise, a similarly complete in
dex to French publications. These cata-,
logues have a varied value, but they will be
especially useful to anyone who wants to
discover the tltleor the publlshersof a book.
Josle's In the Slean-Tlmc.
ChlcaKQ Inter-Ocean J
Josie Dean filrted -with a married man,
was cowhlded by an angry wife, an'd went
home only to be spanked by her Indignant
mother. Josie doesn't kno wwijether to be
proud of tUo fact that she is big enough to
make another womanjealous or be ashamed
of the fact that she is npf too big to be
spanked.'
WHITE LABOBERS'PSOTEST
jLgalnst the Employment of Indians Be
cause They Are Aliens.
Washhtotow, - June 9. Superintendent
Backus, of the Genoa, Neb.,Industrial Train
ing School for Indians, reported to the. In-'
dlan Bureau that somo time ago he arranged
with the Oxnard Beet Sugar Company, of
(Oxnard, Neb., to give employment to a num
ber of Indian boys of the school in pulling
weeds from their beet fields. The boys were
'to receive the same wages as white help.
Since making this arrangementbowevef,
Mr. Backus has learned that on June la
meeting of laboring men was held at Nor
folk, at which resolutions were passed pro
testing against the employment of Indian
"or any other alien labor" as contemplated.
Since learning of this action Mr. Backus
has decided to keep the boys at the school
and asked the Commissioner to aoDrove his
action. The Commissioner, however, disap
proved of his action in surrendering his
agreement and expressed his surprise at it.
The Commissioner, in speaking of the mat
ter to-day, said it was' the polioy of the Gov
ernment to make the Indians self-snnnort-
ting as soon as possible, and when an oppor-
earn something for themselves he thought
the opportunity should be made the most of.
The Commissioner was greatly amused at
the statement that the Indians were
"aliens."
HIS VTCT0BY C0NFTBXED.
Longenecker Is Formally nominated for
the President Judgeship.
CSMCTAL TXLIGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Bedford, June 9. The Republican County
Convention met in the Court House to-day
promptly at 1 o'clock. Senator Longenecker,
with his face beaming with smiles from his
victory of last Saturday, called the conven
tion to order, as he said, for -the last time.
Hon. John Cessna presided, and after a few
remarks, stated the order of business. This
brought ex-Judge Hall to his feet, who, in
the last hours of the campaign, conoluded to
run as a delegate to the Constitutional Con
vention, notwithstanding the bill has not
become a law. Ho wished the convention
to allow him the privilege of making an ex
planation, which it finally did. The Chair,
In reply, said that the convention had no
Sower to take aotion In the matter. This
ecislon of the Chair prevented what would
have ended in a big row, had the matter
gone any further.
The convention then, by a vote of 60 to 22,
selected Hon. J. H. Longenecker as Bedford
county's candidate for President Judge;
Andrew J. Biddle, for Poor Director: A. W.
May, for Jury Commissioner. Hon. J.
Cessna nnd W. S. Mulltn were elected dele
gates to the State Convention, and Hon. L.
S. Ashcom as Chairman of the County Com
mittee. THS CAB BUILDEE8 MEET.
Opening of the Twenty-Fifth Annual Con
vention of the Association.
f SriCIAL TXLEGKAJI TO THE DISPATCB.
Cafe Mat, June 9. The twenty-fifth an
nual convention of the Master Car Builders'
Association of tho United States began its
sessions at the Stockton Hotel this morning,
President John Klrby presiding. The con
vention was called to order at 10 o'clock, and
the routine business taken up. To-morrow
will be given up to the revision of the rules
of interchange.
The Stockton Hotel was crowded to its
utmost capacity last night, and still the
crowds kept coming. Congress Hall and the
Lafayette were also well filled because of
the many arrivals. To-day's trains were
also heavily loaded. A hop took place at the
Stockton last evening, and muslcales were '
given at Congress Hall and the Lafayette.
Among the Pittsburg's delegates and their
lady friends are: A. K. Clark, Mr. and Mrs.
George W. Morris, William H. Schoen, B. B.
Kei-e, William T. Paul, Mr. and Mrs. Humph
rey Miller, J. B. Thomas and Mr. and Mrs. A.
French.
GUN W0EKS.AT MAN0S STATION.
Dr.
Emmens, the Inventor, Preparing to
. Make His New Weapons.
SPECIAL TELEGKA5I TO THE DISPATCH
Greexsbubo, June 9. Dr. Emmens, tho in
ventor of the nlck'el-plated gun arid tho
famous Emmensito powder, is negotiating
for the purchase of a site at Manor station
for Immense gun works.
The doctor says that when.tho works are
completed they will give employment to
1,000 hands.
DEATHS HEBE AND ELSEWHERE.
General John McNeil.
General John McNeil dropped dead from
heart disease fn St. Louis Monday evening. In a
branch postofflce lathe southern part of the city.
He was 77 years old. In 1301. on a caU for troops
from Washington, he organized a company and
was elected Captain. Soon after he was elected
Colonel of the Third Regiment, United States Re
serve Corps, and later was appointed Colonel of a
cavalrv regiment and sent to Northern Missouri,,
where the title of General was bestowed upon him.
lie became generally known through what Is
sometimes called the "Palmyra matsacre," he
having ordered the execution often Confederates
because of the refusal of Confederate General Por
ter to release one Andrew Alsman, who had been
unlaw! uUy Imprisoned.
Charles J. McCurdy.
Charles J. McCurdy, who died Monday at
Lyme, Conn., over 90 years old, waa for half a
century a prominent figure In Connecticut politics.
He was born In Lyme. He graduated from Yale
College, studied law with Chlcr Justice Swift, of
Windham, and practised In New London county
unHl 1854. He 'served tea terms In the Lower
House of the State Legislature, the first In 1827, and
was Speaker three terms. Senator in '1832, Lieu
tenant Governor In 1347 and 1843, United States
Minister to Austria In 1831 and 1352, Judge of the
Superior Court from 1856 to 1863 and of the dupreme
Court until 1887. when he was retired by the age
limitation. He Is said to have been the oldest living
graduate of Yale and, with one exception, Israel
Doe, ofWaterbnry, who served in 1821, the oldest
surviving member of the Connecticut Legislature.
Sister Mary Clara Lanaux.
Sister Mary Clarn" Lanaux, formerly Miss
Trlgant do Braumont, died Friday at St. Joseph's
Aeademy, Emralttsburg, ltd., of pneumonia.
Sister Mary was born in New Orleans of French
parents. She made her novitiate at Emtnittsburg
nearly 50 years ago. During the Civil War she
went to Donaldson vlllc on a mission and remained
there until hostilities closed, when she retnrAd to
Emmlttsburg. Sue afterward spent several years
in New Orleans.
Azel Carpenter, Centenarian.
Azel Carpenter died in Lockport Sunday
at the age of nearly 104 years. He was born on July
12, 1787, In Vermont, but had lived in New York the
greater part of his life. He had alw ays lived a life
or single blessedness, and it is said he never drank,
smoked or chewed. Up to within the part year Mr.
Carpenter was able to walls from Batavla, where he
lived with bis nephew, to "Lockport. About three
weeks ago he went to Lockport in the cars, and told
his niece, Mrs. Harmon, that he had come home to
die,
Dr. Griffith J. Thomas,
Dr. Griffith J. Thomas, a resident physi
cian of Mercy Hospital, died there yesterday morn
ing of blood poisoning. Sunday he assisted In a
surgical operation, and tho poison entered his sys
tem through a boll on his wrist. He was 29 years
of age, and a graduate of the Pennsylvania State
College, He took his degree of M.-D. at Jefferson
Medical College. The funeral services will be held
at 658 Fifth avenue.
Obituary Notes.
5Ibs. J. G. SAVH.LE, the wife of the well known
actor, died In New York Sunday of consumption.
Gexeiial S. IS. Lowder, C. B., late of the
Ttoral Marines, died In London Monday, aged 79.
He served with distinction In the Crimean war.
JoIIX HOTT, probably the oldest paper manu
facturer tn the United States, died Sunday in Man
chester, N. H.. aged 84 years.
William Arnold, of the New York drygoods
firm of Arnold, Constable A Co., died suddenly of
heart disease at Babylon, L, I., Monday, aged 2S'
years. '
EICHABD L. LAW, during the war Captain of the
warship New Hampshire, died in Washington
Monday. lie was wade Chief of the Bureau of
Yards and Docks lu 1877.
Jcdoe ISAAC G. Wilson, for many years Chief
Justice of the Appellate Court for-the Northern
district of" Illinois, died at Geneva. III., Monday,
ofcaralysls of the heart, aged 75 years. He was at
one time a partner of the late Emory storrs.
BOBWtTP McBridb, founder and proprietor of
the Union Pacific Tea Company, died Sunday after
noon in East Orange, N. J., from heart failure.
He bad worried over bis fallure.ln business and his
divorce suit. He was born in Ireland In 1850.
BEV. PhTLO HAWKZS, one of the oldest Metho
dist clergymen, died Sunday In Barnstable, Mass.,
aged 81. "Father"" Hawkes, as he was called,
was ordained 85 years ago. He served for three
years as chaplain of a Massachusetts regiment dur
ing the KebclUon.
Joseph Swallwjell, one of the principal mem
bers of the McKecsport football club, died early
yesterday morning after a very shortlllncss of'ln
Batumatloi) of tho utouiacb. lie win only 22 years of
IKjre but was Known as one 01 mo dc&i jootuau
players In the Western part of the State.
JCDOE C. Ji. juatiujuws, 01 aswuuue, 4vy.,
died Monday aged 81 years. He waa a noted law
yer and held office In Kentucky many years; He was
one of the claimants to the Edwards estate or New
York, and called the recent meeting of heirs held
In Louisville, but which hlJllnesj)reVcatcd him
from attending.
THE LEADERS TBIUMPHANT.
A Part of the Pleasures of the BIverfTeTe"
Backed by the" 400 The Mayflower
Baptized Again Other Social Events of
Testerday.
The Mayflower was proud of it passengers-
as it consciously and gracefully steamed
down the Ohio last evening with the Davis
Island Ham as the objective point. It was
carrying, and seemed fully cognizant of the
fact, tho first Teally exclusive excursion of
semi-pnblio nature ever given on the rivor.
Before tho steamer had passed the limits of-
Aiicgnony city, Gernert's Orchestra
drifted from the national airs, with,
which they bid adieu to the Wood
street wharf, into inspiriting dance musio
and the younger portion of the passengers
likewise drifted danceward. With Intervals
of rest the dancing wag continued through
out the evening for those that enjoyed the
pastime, and many there were who did, thus
leaving the upper deck free for the, delight
ful little promenades and flirtations, with
out which no excursion is first-class, and 'for
enjoyable little conversation parties. Be
freshments were served on board, and every
appointment was of a nature to reflect credit
upon Mr. Jenks, who, monaroh of all ho sur
veyed, was here, there and everywhere, In
fact, almost omnipresent in the interest 'of
the short distance tourists.
The "Supplementary" promises. In a
crety way. to ccIIdso its ancestor, the
80-
May
festival. The arrangements nre now a:
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complete, even to the ushers who will don
tneir Dest clothes and escort to seats tne
audience arrayed in its best clothes. Sub
scriptions to the amount of $200 have been
received and six boxes have been sold. Miss
Kato McKnight, Miss Van Kirk and Mrs. O.D.
Thompson have together subscribed for one;
Mrs. H. S. A. Stewart, Miss Harding and Mrs.
John A. Harper for another; the remaining
four have been taken by MrsT Christopher
Magee, Mr. Samuel Hamilton, Mr. J. H.
White and Mrs. Qeorge Dilwortb. Mr. Zim
merman will not be abletoappear. The part
assigned him will be taken, however, by Mr.
Joseph Togel, who is winning laurels right
and left for his graciousness. The ushors
for the event wlllbe Messrs. Robert Totten,
E. M. Bobinson, Charles Book, Bobert Book,
A Valentine, James McCord, Jr., Carl Tin
die, J. B. Whitehead and others.
Mr. William Campbell, of the -firm of
Campbell & Dick, was married lost evening
toMissEula Shaw, at the bride's residence,
on Locust street. The officiating clergyman
was Bev. D. P. McGill, of the Sixth U. P.
Church, he being assisted In the ceremony
by the Bev. Mr. Russell. It was a home
wedding with only relatives and intimate
friends as witnesses and guests. Mr. and
Mrs. Campbell departed last night for New
York, whence they sail for Burope to be
gone until fall.
United in marriage, last evening at the
bride's'Penn avenue home, were Miss Emma
K. Werner, a pupil of the School of pesign
for Women, and Mr. Oliver L. Etnier, of
Chicago, Bev. M. Buofl officiating. The
maid of honor was Miss Annie Werner, the
bride's sister. The best man was Mr. Carey
Etnier, the groom's brother. The wedding
march was played by Miss Eatie Werner.
Mr. and Mrs. Etnier left,last evening on a
Western trip.
A most spirited contest was that held last
evening in the Smithfield Street M. E.
Church, by students of the Pittsburg Femalo
College for tho E. P. Boberts' Sons gold
medal. There were three entries for the
proud elooutionary distinction of prize-win
ner. Miss Lula Orcutt, daughter ot Captain
Orcutt, of the St. Charles Hotel, will be the
worthy wearer of the medaL
Social Chatter.
The graduating class of Bowman Institute
will bo the honored guests next Friday even
ing atP an elaborate dinner to be given by
Bishop and.Mrs. Whitehead at their lovely
home in the East End.
Dr. B. F. Daxx will bo one of the delegates
next week to the International Convention
of Physicians at Atlantic City. He will rep
resent this city.
The Ladles' Aid of the Sons of Veterans
will give a strawberry and icecream festival
next Tuesday at tholr rooms, No, ST and 9
fourth avenue.
Arbahokmehts were completed yesterday
for the G. A. B, Home anniversary on the
26th.
A cxwcrrcr was given in the Tonrth Ward
Sohool Hall, Allegheny, last evening.
STEAWBOTtRrjca were served last evening at
St. James' Episcopal Church.
The Tuesday Night Club was before the
public last evening.
The Heppenstall-Lindgay wedding took
place last evening.
The Daughters of tho Revolution meet to
day. A SWELL NEW Y0BK WEDDING.
Miss Elizabeth Thompson and Harry Lo
Grande Cannon United In Marriage.
New York, June 9. The marriage of Miss
Elizabeth Thompson to Harry Le Grande
Cannon occurred at noon to-day in St.
Thomas' Churth. The ceremony was per
formed by Rev. John Wesley Brown, rector
of tho churoh, who was assisted'by Bishop
Honry C. Potter and Bev. E. D. Tibbits, of
Albany. The bride wore a gown In prin
cess style, made of rich moire- with duchesf
setting, Tho bridemaids wore roso pink
muslin de sole gowns.
After tho services at the church the young
couple received the congratulations of their
friends at the Hay ward Cutting residence,
101 Fifth avenue. The honeymoon will be
spent at Mr. Cannon's country place at Bur
lington, Vt., where the couple will stay two
weeks.
ILLINOIS' FA3 APf E0PBIATI0N.
The House Reduces it to 8720,000, but the
Senate, Kef uses to Concnr.
Sfbingtield, III., June 9. The House this,
morning passed tho World's Fair appropria
tion bill as amended last week, reducing the
appropriation from $1,000,000 to $750,000. The
fact was at once reported to the Senate, and
that body declined to concur in the amend
ment, so that the bill was sent to a confer
ence committee.
The Senate passed a bill providing that
a person who Is not registered shall not he
allowed to vote at general or State elections.
CHICAGO SETTEE FBOTECTED.
The Garrison at Port Sheridan to Be
In.
creased to 1,000 Men.
Chicago, June 9. As soon as the work at
Fort Sheridan is completed the garrison
thero will be inoreasod to 1,000 men, em
bracing the, three arms of the service In
fantry, cavalry and artillery making it one
of the largest in the country.
This increase Is exported to take place
next year. The additional forco will be
taken from the Department of the Platte.
ALL CAUSED B7 A SPLINTER. -
Amputation Necessary to. Save a Man From
Dying of Blood Poisoning.
SPECIAL TELEOBAM TO THE EI8FATCII.J
Bellaire, June 9. Charles Burns, a car
penter, ran a small splinter in his right hand
just at the end of the little finger. It pained
him so badly that he could not work.
Blood poisoning sot in, and now his hand
is swollen four times its normal size. It is
probable that amputation will bo necessary
to save his life.
FB0CT0B AS EDMUNDS' SUCCESSQB.
That Is the Opinion Expressed fh Chicago
by Ei-MInlster Phelps.
Chicago, June 9. non. E. J, Phelps, of
Burlington, Vt., ex-Mintster to "England, is
in Chicago on a vacation. He says:
"Secretary of Wan Proctor will probably
be ex-Senator Edmunds' successor. Tho
Governor will choose some one for tho
vacant seat before the Senate meets, and if
the Secretary desires the office, no doubt ho
can have it."
The Lnat of Volunteer Fire Laddies.
SPECIAL TELEOBAM TO TUE DISPATCH.
YorsasTOWN, Juno 9, Tho Volunteer Fire
Department of this city, after an existence
of many years, disbanded to-night. The
fund, amounting to $C0O, was divided among
22 of the remaining members. The disband
ment was caused by tho authorities increas
ing tho paid department.
To Console the Prince.
Philadelphia North American.
A Now York paper-prints the head, "A
Baccarat Sermon,'' underneath of which is a
lopg article relating to a baccalaureate ser
mon. Tills is getting the two ox'trcmes de
cidedly" raised, and somebody ncods a call
ing down. .
Went In on a Tight Squeeze.
Washington Post,) .
Was Belle Bllton compelled to purchase a
stack, of chips when she swept Into the royal
S0WLSTT KTOT BETOTUr.
Tbo Imported English Coachman, However,
Cannot Now Be Foiind.
WASHrsoToic, June 9. The case of the En
glish coachman, Howlett, who came to this
country under contract to work for Mr.
Eustis, of Washington, D. C, has been trans
ferred to this city. The Treasury Doparl
partment decided that Howlett was do
barred from landing, and that he must be
returned to England at the expense of the
steamship company that brought blm over.
The department is now informed by
Superintendent Weber, of tha New York Im
migration Bureau, that HoTflett was allowed
to land and his present whereaDonts are un
known. He said further, however, that he
had referred all the papers in tho case to tho
United States District Attorney at Washing
ton, with a view to proceeding against Mr.
Eustis, who will be liable to a fine of $1,000,
iri case it is shown that he violated the alien
contract labor law. As this law makes no
special provision for the -return of a pro
hibited Immigrant after he has landed and
entered the country, the Treasury officials
are puzzled as to how they can now accom
plish the return of Howlett. One method
suggested is that he be made a party to the
Sroposed suit against Eustis, in which case
e might be arrested under a regular legal
process.
BAUVS PENSION BECOBD.
He Expects to Turn Oat More Certificates
This Year Than Ever Before.
WAsmitoTOHj June 9. Commissioner Raum
is making arrangements to still further in
crease the issue of pension certificates, and
hopes to be able to reach a daily Issue of
rrom J,8to LSOO.whloh would be an In
crease of about 400. During General'Baum's
Incumbency the number of cases awaiting
investigation by special examiners in the
field has been reduced from 11.225 to 2,200,
and, In consequence, about 10 special exam
iners now in the flold will be called in.
There are now aoout 17 vacancies in the
bureau which will soon be filled, and these
appointments, together with the 10 special
examiners, will increase the working force
of the office to 57,
General Raum said to-day that his present
force was doing exceedingly good work, and
he expected to make a better record this
year than ever before. The number of cer
tificates issued last week was 5,067, the first
payments on which aggregated $591,859.
A LUSTY NON-UNION PARADE.
London Koad Cars, Whose Occupants Sang
and Cheered, Meet Groans.
LoirDou, June 9. A number of road cars
loaded with non-union men paraded the
streets this afternoon. The occupants sang
and cheered lustily-and were answered with
groans by the strikers. The excitenlbnt was
intense, but the police preserved order. The
road car directors met and explained to the
men to-night that it is impossible at present
to increase wages and pay the dividend pro
posed. A resolution pledging the men to re
sume work in the morning was carried unan
imously. This will enable the company to
start ltio cars.
Burns addressed a mass meeting of strikers
fn the street and declared that he had col
lected -50 in three minutes in the County
Council in behalf of the strike, and that vic
tory was certain. The speakers were hooted
at by non-union men, but mounted police
kept order. ...
FOSTER DOESN'T LIKE IT.
He Says Treasury Statements Are Mislead
ing in Their Present Form.
WAsnnsoTOi, June 9. The United States
Treasurer's statement of assets and liabili
ties issued to-day gives a cosh balance on
hand of $15,999,000, and then deducts from
this tho national bank, deposits of $21,000,000
and $21,000,000 of fractional silver coin, leav
ing what It calls a net balance of $3,900,000.
This form was adopted during Treasurer
Jordan's administration. Secretary Foster
regards It as misleading and unsatisfactory
and has ordered Its discontinuance. The
statements to be Issued hereafter will be the
actual cash balance in the Treasury and will
show of what it consists, but will be done in
a way so as to not reflect on the character of
any part of the balance.
JEWELEBS AS COTOTEBFETrERS.
Silver Coin GoId-PIated for Bangles Often
Passed as Gold Money.
Chicago, June 9. The secret service
officers have notified all of the Jewelers of
the city that hereafter they will be prose
cuted for- counterfeiting in case they are.
caught gold-plating silver or nickel coins for
use as bangles. .
This action is taken because it has been
discovered that some of these plated coins
have been passed as the gold coins, which
they resemble in size.
C0L0BED KNIGHTS IN CLOVEB.
They Close Their Session at Little Washing
ton Amid Festivities.
SPECIAL TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
WASHrsoTos, Pa., Juno 9. The Grand Con
clave Colored Knights of Pythias closed its
annual session in good shape, and devoted
the day to enjoyment.
This afternoon a grand reception was held
at 'Doak's Park, with dancing the chief
feature. A large crowd attended, and the
event was thoroughly enjoyable to the citi
zens as well as visitors.
Gags Would Have Been Proper.
Lewiston, Me., Journal.
The girls of Thomaston have distinguished
themselves, by rtving a nogro minstrel show
that almost equaled that of the Bowdoin
students. They had four "end-men" and
the usual variety of local "gags." They
played to a great crowd under tha apt name
of the "Smoked Pearls." As tho Thomaston
Herald Ingenuously says, "It shows what the
young ladles of Thomaston can do when,
they try!"
Think of Those StUl Alive t
Washington Post.1
An Indiana barber is dying from tho
effects of a five minutes' seance in a dentist's
chair. Thus Is the balance of mankind
avenged. ,"
Probably Philadelphia Depositors.
Birmingham Age-Herald.J
An English statistician estimates the
world's indebtedness at $150,000,000-000. If
the world owes that much, who is its cred
itor! No Carbon Trust Formed.
Clevelahiv June 9. W. H. Lawrence,
President of tho National Carbon Company,
says there is no truth In the report that a
carbon trust has been formed.
PEOPLE COKING AND GOING.
George H. Touey, of Oil City, is stopping
at the Schlosscr.
Sam Small, the evangelist, got off the
limited last evening at Altoona.
Key. J.' Lannitr, pastor of the French
Mission, will sail for 'Europe to-day.
The blisses Laura and Virginia Etnier. of
Altoona, are among tho guests at the Ander
son. Postmaster rcKcan left for Washington
last evening to have' a chat with Mr. Wana-
L maker.
Captain "W. W. O'Neil started for Cincin
nati last evening to be on hand when tho
coal fleet arrives;
H. A. King, of Headville, and J. B.
Coldsmith, of Mt. Pleasant, are at the Sev
enth Avenue Hotel.
Dr. George G. Groft; Professor of Natural
History in Bueknell-University, is at the
Seventh Avpnuqllotel.
Warner Howell, a Philadelphia grain
speculator, passed tlirongli tho city last
evening bouud lor Chicago.
S. L. Hamil. of Boston, who was ap-
SointedrecelvcrTor the firm of Hughes &
olthrnp, arrived in tho city yesterday.
W. B. BishOp, of" the Hurfor'd House,
Canton, is a new clerk at the Old Monocgu
helo. Ho is sure to make many friends In
Pittsburg.'
Charles Heidelberg, detective sergeant of
tha New York police force, and bis wife are
at the Monongaheht House. Mr. Heidelberg
is out on a vacation.
Amonc-those who went East last evening
were William Campbell and wife. Adjutant
General McClelland and his friend, S. J. Mc
Uuinnis, of Jumcptown, Dak.
Robert C. Pew and wife, of Toledo, Al
fred Dickinson, of Blrmtnsham. and Fred
Brown, of Wulsnll, two English iron manu-T
facturers, are at the Duquesne.
Julian S. Barrell, formerly of the Monon
gabcla House, was In tho city yesterday. Mr.
Barrell will be chief clerk of the Albion at
Atlantic City for tho season. He was in the
Stnrtevant House during the winter. "Mr.
'Barrel! is a popular hotel man.
Sturterant Bonse during the winter. 'Mr,. that.pnaraiacier eou:.-xTO juuw
'Barrell Is a popular hotel man. tine.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.! ,'
Shakespeare's "Julius Csesar" will.h9
played by colored tragedians at Savannah
this week. "Othello"will doubtless come oa
later.
Katie Faulkner is a 16-year-old girl who
has distinguished herself in Iowa as stealing
anything from money to boys clothing. She
donned the latter and went out for a time
with the money.
There is a ipring in Bear Valley, near
Chambersburg, Pa., from the Burface of
which bubbles of sand and air ascend about
ten Inches and then burst. The spring is
ten fest in diameter. The water is pure and
refreshing.
The raisin importations amounted in .
1SS5 to 38,000,000 pounds, in 1S37 to 10,000,000
and in 1S90 to 38,000,000. The total production
In California for 18S2 amounted ito 7,500.000
pounds, in 18S7 to 16,000,000 and In 1390 a total
of 30,000,000 pounds was reached.
The largest man in the South died at
Elm Springs Ark. He wns 70 years old, and
weighed 510 pounds. He had his coffin made
two years ago, and has since used it as a
granary. It held 22 bushels of wheat. It re
quired 13 pallbearers at the funeral.
A remarkable freak that is making H
way toward Paris, having originated n
Bohemia, is built on the Millio Christina
?ilan. It is a two-headed maiden, Joined nt
he waist, having fonr arms, but somewhat
handicaped by havlngonly two legs.
A Philadelphia surgeon says that by
three strokes of thelancet he could paralyze
the nerves acted on to make a man get mad,
andthereaiterany one could pull his nose, -cuff
his ears and spit on his boots and ho
would simply smile a soft, bland smile.
Not since 1882 has the price of eggs been
as high in this country during the spring and
summer months as at this season. In that
year they sold at 20 cents. Dealers explain
that the nigh price o'f beef Just new makes
eggs; at even 15 and 16 cents per dozen, a
cheaper diet.
The custom of "tipping" is declining,
according to the testimony of the Secretary
of tha Amalgamated Society of Railway
Servants before a parliamentary committee
investigating the hours oflabor on railroads.
People give less'than they used to give, and
hence, less is expected.
The American archaeologists who are at
work at Platea, in Greece, have come upon
the remains of an ancient temple, parts of
which apparently go back to the sixth cen
tury, B. C., or within 100 years of the authen
tic beginning of Greek history. Develop
ments of great interest are expected.
An Englishman has invented an ap
paratus through which, he declares, he can
see the soul leave tha body. He arranges
lenses that so magnify the particles of dust
in tho air that their disturbance by anything
passing upward can be detected. How he is
to see those souls that pass downward is not
explained.
A tall, heavy-set man goes around
claiming to have been a monk for 30 years.
He visits Protestant ministers, usually Bap
tists, and, after making a profession of his
faith, asks to be baptized. He is known to
have been immersed seven time, six times
in Detroit and once in Newport, Ky. Ha
borrows money.
Arthur H. Noyes and "Will Prescott
wont brook trout fishing in the vicinity of
Brant Lake, N. Y. Th,ey fished in Desolate
and other brooks and caught nearly 500
brook trout, some very nice ones, the largest
one weighing one pound. On Tuesday they
went trouting in Lake George and caught 11
lake trout, the largest one weighing &
pounds:
Students passing through a ravine near
the poor farm at Crawfordsville, Ind., found
what they at first thought was a dead man.
Ho was only in a trance, and, as he disap
peared five weeks ago from the poorhouse.
It is believed he was in tho trance all that
time. His clothes were rotted off, and ha
was covered with vermin. He had eaten
nothing In five weeks.
The elevated railroads in New York
City, which cost less than $17,000,000, are
stocked and bonded for more than $00,000,000.
The steam railroads in the country cost, on
paper, $9,931,153,116, of which two-fifths rep
resent water. The street railroads of the
country, horse, cable and electric, have not
cost over $110,000 per mile, but they aro
stocked and bonded up to about $100,000.
The building of the contagious disease
branch of the Health Board, New
York City, becomes like a great nursery
during the afternoon. It is then that the
mothers take their babies to be vaccinated,
and there are babies overywhore-on tha .
Btaircaso, the steps in the hall, in tne base-1-menr,
on the sidewalk there aro babies,
babies, babies, until one wonders where they
hall from.
A colt was horn on a farm near Rich
wood, O., which is certainly a curiosity. In
stead of having one eyo located in the usual
place at each side of the face, it has both
eyes merged together in tho center of tho
forehead, nnd the mouth is cut in across the
face, more like a human mouth than like
that of ahorse. It wns almost devoid of
anything like nostrils; otherwise it was well-
snapeu. it oniy nveu aoout iour nours.
A tree grows from an immense splinter
near Nashville, Tend. An old, hollow, black
ened stump of a tree that used to be, rises
about four feet from the ground, from which
one long splinter of the old tree rises a foot '
or so further up and then bends gracefully
over until its end nearly touches the ground.
Near the extremity of this another tree has
grown up until It is now about three Inches
in diameter; Its bark is healthy, and its
leaves are luxuriant. Moisture and nourish
ment are carried to tho sprout through a
strip of bark which runs up the dry black
stump and along the splinter like a rope.
The number of Hebrews in Poland is
1,380,000 in a total population of 8,253,000. They
form 10 per cent of the population of War
saw, and in all tho other towns an average of
CO per cent, while in villages it falls to 7 per
cent. Trades and industries In the city of
Warsaw ore almost enjirely in the hands of
the Hebrew population. In the higher
branches of commerce the ratio is IS Hebrews
to 3 Christians, in tho lower branches 19 He
brews to 2 Christians, and in the agency and
brokerage business 13 Hebrews to 1 Chris
tian. Of the large industrial enterprises of
the, city 63 per cent aro In the hands of He
brews and only 18 per cent belong to native
Christians. But few of the race are common
workmen.
BANISH DULL CAKE.
A couple from the humbler walks of Ufa
came before a Justice of the peace to be married,
when, the ceremony being over, the bride began to
weep copiously.
What's the matter?" asked tha new husband.
"InevertoM you that Idon't know how to took,"
lobbed the bride.
"Don't fret. I'll not have anything to cook.
I'm a poet. Texas Siftingi.
"Beqaiescat in pace," safd the good, be
reaved lady as she contemplated her husband's
tombstone. "As for the first, the man says It
means "rest. ' which Is very good. As for the last,
I must say John took more to trotters, but I guess
I'll let it stand." WatMnotm Pott,
yTagg -I can fully sympathize with Ten
nyson and Dr. Holmes and the rest of those people
ho are bored to death by autograph fiends.. A
fellow bothered me half an hour to-day for my
autograph.
Wooden I want to know t
Wagg Yes, and the worst part was, that he al-1
ready had one or my autographs which Igave him
some time ago; but he wanted to change it for a
new one.
Wooden Why, how absurd! What reason did
be give?
WnggTVell, he said he was tired of the old one
on the note, and he would like one now on a check
Boston 'Omricr.
If England and America '
Should go to war to-day,
Thellugwumpwouldbe puizled 7
To know for which to pray; .
For though his heart might prompt hla t T
Ills country's cause to aid, . - ', ,
He'd think it sacrillglous
' To" fight against free trade. '
IT. T.Prtu.r
Harold I must go. "Will you return
my kiss? Reciprocity, you know.
Ethel-That was Blaine's idea, was it not?
Harold Yes, love.
Ethel-Then I must be a wicked little Democrat,
for I go In for free trade.-Juip.
Mrs. Fair The Smiths can't-be so "poor,
Mrs. Smith keeps a hired girl all the'tlme.
Mrs. Rich She's fortunate. I can't keep one
more than a week Xac York Prat.
Cora Johe, you must be beside yourself
this evening. .......... ,- ,
-Jobe (eagerly) I wonld be beside myself, aar-llng-niy
better self-were the ceremony per-ronned-A-.
T. Herald.
Ethel (studying grammar) Bay, Keggie,
if a man druggist is called a pharmacist,' what
would yon call a womanuruggist?
Reggie (with disgust) Aaj goose could tell you
thata.nharmaclster,. of course. Prate' Hdga-'Mini.'
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