HjeBtgrraJ4 ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 1846. Vol. 4G, No. 1. Kntered at PMshurg Postofflce, November 14. lss;, as second-cla6s matter. Business Office Corner Smithfield and Diamond Streets. News Rooms and Publishing House 78 and 80 Diamond Street, in New Dispatch Building. eastekx advertising ornrE. room a. TRIBUNE BUILDlVO. XEWYOItK, nlicre com plete nies ol THE DISPATCH can alwavs tx rpnnd. Forcim advcrtl-crs appreciate flu- "nvnnlpncc. Home adi crti vrb.and lrlcnds of THE DISPATCH, while in New York, are also nude welcome. THE DISPA TClfis iTfrofarttfonSrifrcS Brenfmo's. r thtien Sjuarr, Xne lor, and 17 Ave de Ifltoera, runs, frmtce, vhtre anyrmf tclio has been disap pei nted at a hotel news stand can obtain if. TERMS OF THE DISPATCH. rosTAcr ritEE ix Tin: umted states. Daily Dispatch, One Yeir J S CO Daily Dispatch, Per Quarter 2 00 .Daily Dispatch, One Munth 70 Daily Dispatch, Including Sunday, 1 year.. 10 00 Daily Dispatch, Including Sunday, S m'ths. 2 SO Daily Dispatch. Including Sunday, 1 m'th.. SO Slnday IM-rATCii. One Year. 2 50 Weekly Dispatch. One Year 1 3 The Daily Dispatch U delivered by carriers at 15 cent pen eels or. Including Sunday Edition, at Ktcenl1. per weel PITTSBURG, TUESDAY. JUNE 30, ISrt. THE KIGUT 1TAY. The communication of Controller Mor row to Councils yesterday put tiio question of issuing bonds to meet the payments due on the city Improvements In Its proper shape. It is the first time the proposition has been put in the right way; and the Controller maintains his reputation, as a careful and Keen-sighted public servant in his presentation of the subject In its opposition to the loosely conceived certificate of indebtedness scheme The Dispatch stood upon its more than doubt ful constitutionality and the wholly inex plicable desire to avoid a submission of the question to a vote of the people. The need of raising money to pay contractors fpr work done, and for which the city is liable, was undisputed. But there is a right way and a wrong way of doing things; and it was plain to an impartial consideration that the right way was to adopt the constitutional method of draw ing up a fully matured and definite propo sition for the issue of city bonds and Jet ting the people decide it upon its merits. The Controller's communication rec ognizes that, as The Dispatch con tended, the certificate scheme was futile through its unconstitutionality. The course that can be taken in accordance with his recommendation shows its immense superiority over that inexplicably absurd proposition. The or dinance by which the bonds are to be is sued am be carefully studied. The needs of the situation can be fully discussed, so that the whole public will understand them. If the people prefer to have the debt paid by a single tax levy of 28 mills they have the unquestioned right to vote the proposition down. If, as is much more likely, they wish the payment ex tended by the issue of bonds until the money can be collected under the curative act, they will approve of the loan by their votes. In that way the constitutionality of the bond issue can be placed above dis pute, and, what is a very cogent point, the idle money in the sinking fund can be in vested in these bonds so to actually save the city the greater part of the Interest This is the only course which The Dis patch has pointed out as the proper one. Whatever result is reached under this pol icy will stand on the secure f ounda tion of popular approval and constitutional ob servance. A MUNICIPAL M.YSTKRT. It may be nothing more than an un happy mischance, but it certainly presents a very singular contrast to the haste with which our municipal legislators pass meas ures requiring careful deliberation, that those for which there is imperative need, like provision for increased fire protection to the business portion of the city, should be sent back to commtttee on the myster ious statement that "additional informa tion" had been received which calls for further consideration. "What this additional information can be is something on which the uninitiated are left to wonder. Theieisa large amount of information already in the possession of the public. It is known that the. busi ness part of the city has no more fire pro tection now than in 189P, with perhaps a quadrupled necessity. It is known that electric wires furnish a dangerous and un necessary obstacle to the work of the fire department It is known that the measures which had been fully considered and rec ommended by the committee met the needs of the situation and received an al moit unanimous public indorsement Under these circumstances the "additional information" which justifies sending measures back to the committee to lie dormant all summer while the present condition of inadequate fire protection continues must be of the most startling if not stupendous character. The chairman of the committee owes it to himself and the public to reveal the nature of this remarkable information. TOO SUCCESSFUL !HAIX-3IAKIXG. It is not fortunate to be too successful. The most striking illustration of that principle this year is the crushing success of the rain-makers. It was generally thought that the ability to produce rain at which Senator Farwell and the Agri cultural Department were aiming would be a grand stroke; and there is no doubt that the ex-Senator promised himself that If success attended this effort he would thereby secure the comfortable position of the real farmers' friend. This opinion was shared by the rival who attempted to forestall the Farwell experiment with the declaration that he could produce rain to order, and proudly pointed to the fact that from his base of operations at Can ton he had deluged this section with four weeks of rain. Bight here we begin to perceive the perils of too great success. Rain is un doubtedly a good thing in moderation. At the beginning of the four weeks' rain the man who demonstrated himself to be the real rain-maker could have had anything he chose to ask for. But at the end of the four weeks the fellow who rashly turned on the water without any means of turnirjg it off would be a very unpopular person. It looks as if an even more tragic success was attending Senator Farvyell's effort He started West a few days ago with the intention of conferring untold benefits on the Western agriculturists by producing rain through the explosive method. But about the time wc are look ing for the results of the experiment up comes a water spout in Iowa which sweeps away small towns, drowns .out farms and works destruction generally. Tf SipTlnfrtT TVi rural I o Trrla aiA w.n1 -. u-.s. A..,, wo t-uuiw tub bivnutu with that sortof success he will uot as the ' farmers' candidate for President get a single delegate. AH of which teaches us that in our efforts to achieve great purposes we should humbly pray to be" delivered from too overwhelming" success. A WrLL-FOUNDED VETO. Mayor Gourley fired another gun of very heavy weight at his rivals in municipal politics in the form of his veto of the Poor Farm ordinance. Whatever opinion may be held of the other aspects of the antagonisms recently developed in. Muni cipal Hall, there is no doubt that the Mayor scored an important point 'by tak ing his stand in favor of reasonable economy and good senso in the selection of a poor farm. The -veto is founded upon the two posi tions which The Dispatch has already taken its stand on, namely, that the require ment of a river front is wholly unneces sary, and that an acreage of 100 is all that is essential. These are impregnable propositions. The river front is asserted to be necessary on account of the water supply. But the Mayor shows, as The Dispatch has shown, that a water supply can be obtained elsewhere without diffi culty. An ounce of fact is 'worth any amount of theory; and the fact that the people of Sewickley, living on the river, find that they can get better water by go ing back among the hills than by pumping from the river completely explodes the idea that the city must buy river frontage at a cost twice or three times that of agri cultural property. As to the size of the farm the-Mayor's argument is equally clear. Seventy-five or a hundred acres will afford the -inmates of the Poor Farm all the exercise they need; and to extend the acreage to three or four hundred in or der to farm land costing 500 an acre with pauper and lunatic labor will be a grotesque waste of public funds. Of course the ordinance passed over the Mayor's veto. It is one of the idiosyncra sies of Councilmanic action that unanswer able arguments on the line of public policy have very little effect on the votes of Coun cilmen. But the Mayor doubtless rests content in the knowledge that his official opposition to a wholly needless waste of public money will not weaken him with the people in future. TOO MUCH TO BELIEVE. It Is interesting to find the esteemed York Gazette appearing to vouch for the in dependence of the late, legislature from corporate influences. It asserts that the corporation and boss influences so far from being in favor of the Pennsylvania Consti tutional Convention did their utmost to prevent the passage of the bill. We have no doubt that the Oazette believes what it says, but its belief is an eminent illustra tion of the lengths to which belief can go, when backed by an earnest desire to be lieve incredible things. The bill providing for the Constitutional Convention was drawn up by a statesman who first attracted attention to himself by a speech against a bill forbidding railway discriminations, in which he declared that he would not support the clauses of the Constitution restricting corporations. It was passed by a body which killed the Burdick bill and absolutely refused to pass measures enforcing those same clauses of the Constitution. The influences which smothered every measure at all distasteful to the dominant corporation influences di rected the mutilation of the ballot reform law and the passage of the Constitutional Convention, both for the same purpose. And the esteemed York Oazette calls upon us to believe that this body passed the bill which offers the opportunity of striking out all the Constitutional provisions dis tasteful to the corporations and practical politicians, and did so against those influ encesl That gives, the Legislature the character of being plus royalUte que let roi more faithful to the corporations and bosses than the corporations and bosses themselves. GRUMBLING, BUT OBEDIENT. It is an interesting indication of the dis position of one of the institutions of the English Government that the debate in the House of Lords on the Irish land bill, passed in the House of Commons by the Conservative Ministry, evinces a decided 1 repugnance on the part of the Conserva tive Peers to the measure. In a single day Lord Derman, the Marquis of Bipon and the Duke of Argyll denounced the bill in the most unmistakable terms. After the rest of the Conservatives have fully delivered themselves of their dislike to the measure, the Conservative Ministry will put on the screws and make the Lords vote for the hated measure. At least that is the presumption from the attitude of politics and the history of what is called by courtesy the Upper House of the English Legislature. The opposition of the Conservative Peers to the measure which the Cabinet of their own party has decided to be a necessity is regarded as a matter -of such slight im portance that no one deems it worth while to make it a matter of comment It is known that the Peers will object in their speeches, but their obedience to orders as regards their votes is a condition of their legislative existence. It is a matter of his tory that the House of Lords would have killed almost every progressive measure in English legislation from the first Keform bill down if it had not known that by doing so it would have terminated its own existence as a legislative chamber. The same consideration will insure the passage of the Land bill unless the Salisbury Minis try is ready to put its support of that measure in the light of a sham and a cheat In this we have the remarkable spectacle of a body pretending to be a legislative chamber, but whose action no one respects, which has not independence enough even to vote in accordance with the wishes of its members. The House of Lords is almost a greater anachronism' than British royalty. The Cincinnati Commercial Oazette shows that it appreciates a necessity of the times, by urging the manufacturing establish ments of its city to make a general over hauling of their coal-burning appliances during the summer months and to put in smoke consumers. Cincinnati, like Pitts burg, is a-bituminous coal city, andsuflers damage amounting to millions annually by the dirt and darkness of coal smoke. This was to be done as long as it was a necessity to manufacturing industry but with the evidence we have that smoke can be con sumed, and actual saving of fuel effected, its continuance is a public offense. The smoke must go. TnE anti-Parnell people who a few months ago were attacking Parnell for not marrying Mrs. O'Shca are now pitching Into him for marrying hor. This is regarded as inconsistent; but it merely illustrates the partisan impossibility of the opposition leaders doing anything to satisfy the par tisans. A VEBr cogent fact in connection with 'the adaptability of the lako craft to the ship canal project is lurnishea by the passage of the whale-backed barge Colby from tho up perlakcs tothe St. Lawrence river. Sbehad to unload to pass down the lachino rapids: but she had already talien her cargo through the Wetland Canal, which has .no greater depth of -water than the proposed Lake Erie and Ohio River Canal. These barges aro the newest form of lake freight carriers. This practical demonstration' that they can use our canal is worth several-volumes of theory by people who refuse toigive the project a fair hearing. v The Mayor's veto was followed by a vic tory for his opponents, but It is the kind of victory that may be found costly In the future. The boom for a $200,000 or $300,000 poor farm when a $30,009 to $50,000 farm is all that is needed may turn out .to be a boom erang. liAXE disclosures at Philadelphia render it necessary to revise some of the statements that have been made. The discrepancy be tween Mr. Wanamaker's declaration that ho never had any stock In the Keystono bank, and subsequent evidence that he did, has al ready attracted notice. Sow It turns oat that Bardsley's "clean breast" said nothing abont $30,000 that was discovered last week quietly salted down.in one of the nnbursted banks. There seems to be a difficulty in Philadelphia in the way of getting confes sions that confess. Now Philadelphia Is deluding itself with the hope that Yard will make a statement.- If his statement is of the same kind as those which have preceded it, the public will know less about the Keystone Sank plundering afterit is made than now. The declaration that "it is absurd to make directors responsible for every acci dent that happens on the railroads," Is pre sented by the Philadelphia Inquirer as the corporate view of the New York and New Haven case. But is it absurd to make direc tors responsible for persistent violations of the law on the part of their corporations, of which it was their dnty to be cognizant? The corporation world thinks so, and It seems that some New York Judges share the idea. Iz seems there was not the same enthus iasm in Councils yesterday abont getting additional fire protection for the business part of the city as in the line of buying poor farms that are two or three times as costly as necessary. It is satisfactory to learn concerning one of the reported air-ship ascensions, at Columhus0hio, that an attempt was made to fly. The flying was not a success, but the attempt was a more commendable one than others which are not followed by anything more tangible than the ballooning of the stock. Now Mr. Dorman B. Eaton comes malici ously forward and calls Headsman Clarkson a mugwump. Sir. Clarkson will indignantly deny the assertion: but the othermugwumps will be disposed to sue Mr. Eaton for libel. Statistics gathered at Amherst with re gard to the physical characteristics of smok ers and non-smokers, are wholly unfavora ble to smokers, In the hygienic point of view. Yet the smoking goes on In colleges and else where, as do a large number of things much worse in both their physical and moral re sults. The falling scaffold registered four vic tims yesterday. That none of them were killed may be credited to Providence, and not to care that the scaffold was secure. AT THE TOP BOUND. Win-slow, the famous Boston forger, now resides in Buenos Ayres under the name of D. W. Law, and. publishes the best paper In the city. Mrs. Georgia Kendbick, wife of the lateKev. Dr. Kendrick, has been elected to the lady princtpalship of Vassar College, and has accepted. Colonel Mason, of Egypt, is in Chi cago. He hopes to make arrangements for the presentation of a street scene in Cairo at the World's Fair. Gekeral Russell A. Alger is an nounced to speak on Grand Army Day at the Missouri Chautauqua Assembly, which will meet at Pertie Springs, July 3. Dr. Douglas Hyde, cf Trinity College, Dublin, the well-known Gaelic scholar, has arrived in New York, after a six months' hunting tour near Fredertcton, N. B. Mrs. Porter, the widow of Admiral Porter, Is Bpending the summer with her son-in-law, Lieutenant T. C. Logan, U. S. N, at Canonicut. The Porter cottage has been rented by J. C. Struwbridge, of Philadelphia, for the present season. Rev. Henry Jackson Van Dyke, since 1853 pastor of the Brooklyn First FrCB byterian Church, will succeed Dr. Shedd as Professor of Systematic Theology at Union Theological Seminary. He Is a native of Pennsylvania and 69 years old. Anthony Schubert, third officer of the British tramp steamship Strathdon, now lying at New Tork, Is one of the heirs of Schubert; the rich Philadelphia piancmaker. He expects to get $3,000,000 out of the estate and settle down to an easy shore life. Walker Fearn, of New Orleans, who has been placed at the head of the Foreign Affairs Department of the World's Fair, Is of Southern birth, and was graduated at Yale in 1831. In 1854 he became secretary of the American legation in Brussels, and from 1856 to 1858 was secretary of the legation in Mexico. HE HAS HIS COFFIN WAITING. He Wove His Own Shroud Twenty Tears Before Ilia Death. rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TnE DISrATCII.J WiLKESBAanE, Juno 29. An eccentric character was buried in Yardley, Bucks county, yesterday, named Aaron Ivens Cook. For SO years past ho has been con stable of Lower Mokefleld, and for some years past he has had his coffin and shroud in the garret awaiting his death. Years ago he cut down tho tree from which his coffin was made, and hauled it himself to the mills to be made into boards of the proper length. The shirt used for his shroud was woven by himself over 30 years ago, and the stockings were those he wore when married. Besides choosing the under taker and pall bearers, he even named the hostler. lie was very well known in the several near counties. STREET CAR STABLEMEN STRIKE. They Don't Like to Work Ten and a Half Hours for Little Pay. Ikdiakatous? June 29. About 70 street car stablemen are locked out here on account of a disagreement 'over wages . and hours of labor. They have been working ten and a half hours and received from $1 25 to $1 50 per day. Tho company wanted to reduce tbe num ber of hours and slightly increase the pay per hour. This was not satisfactory, how ever, becauso it left their total pay smaller than before. They are willing to work the same number of hours with a slight increase or pay which the company decline to give. The labor unions aro in session-to-day and there is a possibility of. a general strike which the company hopes to avert. GAS GETS 19 DRINKING WATER. The Plugging or Columbia Well Arouses the Entirei Community. rfirECIAL TELEUBAM TO THE DISPATCn. McKeksport, June 29. It appears that as soon as the Columbia well of the Philadel phia Company was plugged up the water wells In the neighborhood soon began to bubble up with gas, which so impreenatod tbe water with the petroleum smell and taste as to render It unlit for domestic use. The citizens are up in arms and want the well unplugged. They say that the company has never given any reason for plugging tho hole, though some people think they know why. The local well owners say that oil on the waters will not pacify them, and some of them are talking about entering suit before 'Squtro-CaBtncr. . " The Jury Had Been Winners. Detroit Free Tress, A Montana jury has decided that poker 'Is not a game of chanse, but a gamo of skill." This corroborates the testimony of United States Senator Stewart, ,who said that under the law a man has a perfect., right to play THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, " TUESDAY. JTOTE, A JUDICIAL DRAMA. Scenes In the Criminal Court The Notori ous Fitzslmmons on Trial His Personal Characteristics An Attractive Witness Curious Sightseers. Okz of the coolest places abont town is the Court House, but it was hardly tbe low temperature which attracted a large and very mixed crowd to the Criminal Court yesterday. The short-haired young men .and large, frowsy women assembled there to hear the preface to the sensational trial of the extraordinary Fitzslmmons; and the leaven of well-dressed respectability, law yers .and laymen, probably took as much interest In one of the witnesses as in the prisoner. It was a very promising draft of a picture bound to grow more Interesting as the details are filled fa; Judge Slagle, one of the best-looking men on the bench, looked veryjoool and comfortable, the neat ness of his attire, his white necktlo, and the repose of manner for which he is noted heightening this effoot. For a good part of the time Judge Porter occupied a seat by Judge Slagle, enjoying the noTelty of re garding a big criminal case from a point above the connsol table. The collection of lawyers boneath tbe bench contained most of the faces that a cause celebre in this court usually brings out. Glorious old Tom Mar shall in a voluminous frock coat and con tinuations of light gray ocoupied a seat at the head of the table, and behind him on tbe right was Major E. A. Montooth, as debonair as ever, with a white flower In the buttonhole of his black coat. They were tbe attorneys for the defense, nnd the prosecution loomed up formidably across the table in the person of Mr. Robb, behind whom sat the silver-haired Detective Mur phy, who plays such au important part in the drama.. Fitzslmmons, the Prisoner. The prisoner Fitzslmmons certainly seemed less concerned than most of the men about him in the proceedings. He is a curious-looking fellow, peculiar In several points of hla physiognomy, and not the common criminal in looks by any means. He has bright, though not very largo, dark eyes, set under heavy, black brows, which he has a fashion of raising when he Is Interested. His nose Is prominent, a modified aquiline in shape, springing from a forehead which retreats In a hurry to a fringe of black hair mixed liberally with gray. A black mous tache and a rather wide mouth, with a determined chin, small ears, and smoothly shaven cheeks, complete a face decidedly piquant if unpleasant. The man's head is small, but from the protuberance of tho part behind the ears a phrenologist would de clare it not lacking brains. He was not embarrassed by his position, as has been said; he smiled often and laughed, perhaps a little nervously, once or twice when the woman over whom heissaidto have exerted a strangely subtle influence was upon tho stand. When he drummed his fingers on the table It was noticeable that his finger-nails wore unusually long, and somehow there was a good deal of the suggestion of a bird of prey, in the bright eyes, aquiline nose, talon Iiko fingers, and sharply angular outline of Mr, Fitzslmmons. It was remarked by many In the crowded court that so intelligent and alert a man had not been brought to trial for such crimes as robbery and murder for a long while. An Attractive Witness. Hardly less interest was taken in a slender, shapely woman who remained In a remote coruerof the court room by the prisoners' pen, till she was summoned to the witness box by tho prosecution. This was Laura Hill or Snowden she was called Snowden exclusively in court yesterday the woman who is relied upon to roveal a large portion of the seamy side of Fitzslmmons' life In the last year or two. She Is, without being ex actly pretty.a very attractive woman; devoid of the coarse characteristics to be expected; with light brown hair, pale, slightly sallow complexion, well-defined eyebrows over dark blue eyes, and a demure and placid ex pression that even Mr. Marshall's exasper ating cross-examination could not drive away. A veil descending to h"er chin and a black fan, which she did not open, were other points which the elderly gentlemen In the jury-box doubtless noted in their close scrutiny of the- witness. Her dress was ab normally quiet in tone and modest in ma terial, black entirely, of velvet and alpaca, plainly and tastefully made, the velvet tuck In the sleeves and collar not detracting from tho charms of the neighboring throat. Even the toque which sue wore had nothing brighter in it than a little bit or silvery gray silk among the black crepe of which it was composed. Altogether It was a -very interest ing witness, to everybody concerned, and when Mr. Marshall, as is hii custom, took a position near the witness and bent his head till it nearly tonched her's in order to catch her low-toned replies, several of the jurors seemed to envy him. Tho miserable acous tics of the courtroom prevented the witness' evidence being heard half a dozen feet away from her, but nevertheless a crowd of lawyers and very respectable citizens gathered iu the rear of the council table and stared at Miss Snowden, and craned their neoks nnd made tunnels of their hands to catch what she said, till unromantic court officers drovo them back to the bar and the sides of the room. A detective whispered to a neighbor: "Fitzslmmons' they say used to hypnotize that woman. She hated tho sight of mm, I'm told; begged the neighbors to send him off when he called on Caldwell street, and avoided him as much as she could, but as sure as ever he laid his eyes on her, she was forced to acknowledge the spell and give in. But the way peoplo are crowding into court to see her, I begin to think she has some of the hypnotic po wer herself." THE DELAMATEES DEPARTING. One by One tho Members of the Family Axe Becoming Lost to Sight. SPECIAL TELECBAX TO THE DISPATCH. Meadville, June 29. The Delamater Bank failure, which occurred nearly soven months ago, will soon live only in memory In these parts, and it is seldom that it is spoken of here. The Delamater family have dropped out of sight alfhost effectually as If they had died and had been buried. George Walla.ce Delamater, lato Republican candidate for Governor, is now at Pugets Sound, State of Washington. T. A. Delamater, late Super intendent of the Meadville and Linesville Railroad, is at the homo of his sister-in-law at Chicago, Victor M. Delamater, who was cashier of tho bank when tho assignment was an nounced, is packing up his household goods and will depart Wednesday for Sharon, wliere his fatber-iu-law, Joseph Farker, a wealthy citizen, resides. George Delamater, father of the three young men, is at Put-In-Hay Island, Lake Erie. His wife is in this city at present, and It is not known where she wilt reside in the luture. The families of G. W. and T. A. Delamater aro still here and will probably soon depart to Join their husbands and fathers In the West. SAVED HAN? ITVES. An American .Invention Used Abroad Fre ' vents a Great Catastrophe. . The Cologne Gazette of June IS has an ac count. sf a railroad accident at Basle, Switzerland, in which an excursion train wag pre cipitatcd into a river and a number of lives lost. That the entire number of passengers was not lost Is dno to tho West inghouse airbrake. The accoun t says: The unfortunate train was' filled with passengers, because many people from Baslo wore going to visit the singing festival at Moenuheusteln. The new bridge-close to the station spans the River Blra above rapidly flowing waters. The train consisted of two englues, two fast Ircight cars and ten coaches. The bridge broke in two. The en tire first part of the train was precipitated into the river, but six of the coaches re mained on the track held there by the tear ing apart of' the couplings which brought the Westingbouse automatic brake into ac tion and resisted further progress. Up to the present C5.bodies have been found. Forty One seriously injured passengers are lying in the Basle Hospital. The work of clearing away thedebria Is being performed slowly." Particular as to thePlace. Chicago Tribune. Mr. Brlce, the distinguished Senator from Ohio, is represented as a genial and affablo man, easy in his manners, hospitable to every one, and ready at all times to discuss Ohio politics with anybody who will take trouble to call on htm at his homo in Now York. Taken Awny by His Sister. Tho fight over tho privilege of taking enro of Richard .H. Smith, .ibq' member of the Society of the Cinclnnatls, whose story ex clusively appeared in Tna Dispatch, has been settled by his sister, Mrs. R. H. Connor, of Baltimore, taking cbarge of him. She had lost sight of him for years until she read the story in The Dispatch. Mr. Smith was taken jrg me roor c arm to .oiunmoro yesterday. ANOTHER CHURCH DEDICATED. Episcopalians of Bellevne Worship In Their Neat, New Bnlldlng. St. Peter's Day yesterday, an event long looked forward to, long labored for by tho churchmen of Bellevue, took place the con secration of the Church of the Epiphany. Promptly at 10:45 a.jc, the Bishop of the diocese and clergy and vestry passed up the central alley to the altar, repeating an tlphonally the Twenty-fourth Psalm. When the Bishop had reached ihe altar the Senior Warden, W. W. McCandless, read the re quest for consecration and presented the in strument of donation. After prayer by the Diocesan, the rector of the church, the'Rev. G. A. McAlyess, read the sentence of conse cration and the Bishop read the beautiful prayer of thanksgiving. Morning prayer was then said by Rev. MrByllesbv, the first lector being Rev. Mr. Brown and the second Rev. Mr. Braydon. The Holy Eucharist was then begun with the introit, "Jubilslte Deo." The church, which is thoroughly Anglican in all its appointments, was beautifully decorated with palm, ferns and rich-flowers. The music was well rendered by the choir of tbe church, especiallv notable being the solos.by Mr. Whitehead. A crowded congre gation from this and other parishes, tbe at tendance of a number of the clergy of the church, including beside the Bishop and rector, the Hov. Dr. White, the Rev. Messrs. Brazdon. Bvllesbv. Mear.li. Tlods-efl. McLure. Webbe, Duroe, Fan-ant, Coster, Badger, Wyhtman, Herron, Danner, Brown, Bates, Hcffern, Grange, Irvine and Benton, added much to the interest of the occasion. The vestry consists of Mr. W. W, McCandless, to whom as rector, warden and lay reader very much of both the spiritual andma erial prosperity or the parish Is dne, and Messrs. Bulger, Whitehead, Callow, McClurg. Patterson and Davitt. The Blhopaud clergy were Entertained In tho morning at the house of Mr. McCandless and In the evening at the house of Mr. Bul gor, junior warden. In the evening there was a festival, even song, at which Rev. A. D. Heffern, rector of tho Church of tho Good Shepherd, was the preacher, and which was also attended by a large congregation. HIPPOLYTE'S CRDEI, TYRANNY. It Has Caused a Decided Reaction Against the Ruler of Haiti. SPECIAL TELEOUAM TO THE DISPATCH. Port au PaiKOE, June 29. Since the dis play which the Haitians emphatically oall "the revolution of May 23," it is seen in the light of conclusive evidence how insignifi cant tho affair In itself really was and bow the blundering of the Government has rend ered it big with serious consequences for the Republic. By putting himself at the head of the assassins and continuing in force for four entire days the orderand authority to shoot people down without trial, notwith standing the tranquility that existed, Prpsl dent Hippolyte has overthrown the barrier of respect which protected his life, and he Is now constantly obliged to guard himself against an avenging bullet. By violating the Mexican Consuiato ho has alienated from him the entire diplomatic corps. He has made enemies of the banking and commer cial classes by shooting down employes whose only crime was to cross his path; and as the bankers havo tightened their purse stnngs, the army Is ready to desert him. Tho consequence Is that tho Annexlonlst party, which had France only In view, has become accustomed to the Idea of rallying around any foreign flag, oven that of the United States. Tho Indlfierents, who would have tolerated France, but would have taken up nrma against any other domina tion, would to-day gladly accept annexation to the United States. The Irreconcilables, who formerly would not hear.of foreigners or whites, are now considering if security under a foreign flag would not be preferable to the present perilous condition. TO STUDY ARMOR PLATE. The Japanese Send a Naval Expert to Look Into the Nickel Experiments. S. Nakamura, of the Imperial Japan Fayy, registered at the Duquesne last even ing. He is connected with the Legation at Washington and came here to learn some thing about the manufacture of nickel armor plate. He will spend at least ten dayain the city before ho returns. He said his Government had 25 ships, con sisting of one ironclad, cruisers and torpedo boats. They spent $5,000,000 last year in having made one large cruiser and two Bmaller ones. These vessels were built In France, where tho Japs buy most of their naval snips. Americans could get some of their contracts if their prices were not so high. This year Mr. Makamura said Japs had no money to spend in the navy, though the Government is anxious to improve It. They havo a standing army of 150,000 men and they hope to put the navy on a better basis. Tho country is building and has built some coast defenses. They depend chiefly for land protection on forts and tor pedoes. He expects to learn something about iron plate in Pittsburg, and he may make a report to bis Government. IMPRISONED IN A CAVE. His Hair Turned From Black to White In Eighteen Hours. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TOE DISPATCn. New Castle, June 29. William Gormly is a farmer near this city In Hickory' township. Ho has been making a tunnel in the side of the hill to a spring for the purpose of carry ing water to a field below. John Grimes was employed to dig the tunnel. When ho had proceeded about 30 feet Into the hill and was about 20 feet from the surface, he found him self In a cave-liko hollow, the roof of which was rock, in which there was a crack from which ho could see llcht. When he reached the hollow, or cave, the hill apparently sank In where he had been digging, and he found himself a prisoner 20 feet under ground. He called for help and later ilr. Gormly procured assistance, and after working all night, released him yesterday, after being in the hole 18 hours, Mr. Grimes' hair was jet black when he entered the tunnel, but It turned snow white during the time he was imprisoned. NO CAUSE FOR ALARM. The Doctors Think Judge Wilson Will Becorer Prom His Hlness. Judge Theodore Wilson, of Clarion, is seriously ill at Indiana with an abcess in his side. Major Greenland, who is his brother-in-law, spent Sunday with him. The Major came to the city yesterday. He said the Judge had great faith In life ability to pull through and the doctors think he will re cover.. The greatest danger is from blood poisoning. Judge Wilson is blessed with a strong con stitution. His numerous friends in Pitts burg will be glad to hear that his illness is not as bad as first reported. PEOPLE WHO COME AND GO. In a party who started last evening for a trip through England and France were Stephen Newburn and wife, Thomas Lee Thomas Mayberry, Job Uurlston, Fetter Priddy, the runner, his brother Alfred and mother and Earle Johnson. A great crowd of friends headed by ox-Mayor Lyon was on hand to wish thera a safe journey. Peter Priddy said he might run while in England If ho could arrance good matches. Among the passengers for New York last evening were Cltv Assessor Frank Case nnd W. B. Kodgers. Sir. Case wns going to see his son belore he sailed on the training ship for Europe. He thought he would put In some work for Dalzell before ha returned home. . John Kelly left for Richland, Va., last evening with a number of workmen who are thinking of bulldlng-a window glass plantat thatplaco. The factoryis projected to havo 16 pots, nnd if everything is satisfac tory they will build. George 1. Paine, of North Attleboro, a nephew of eX-Senator Paine and A. C. OVor holt, President of the National Foundry and Pipe Works, at Scottdale, are among tho guests at the Seventh Avenuo Hotel. Magistrate MacBrine and John Siner, of the Philadelphia Thirtieth Ward Repub lican Club, went home last evening. A large delegation from the Tariff Club was at the depot to seo them off. 1 Adam Fuclis left for Philadelphia last evening to got tho entries there for tho next Homewood races. Tho books will bo closed next Monday. H. 0.-Perdue, of the Seventh Avenue Hotel, accompanied by his mother, will leave to-morrow for Niagara Falls anda visit in Canada. , Dr. TV. F. Barclay and wife returned yes terday from Now Haven, where they at tended the Yale commencement exercises. W, A. Coaley, General Eastern Agent of the Chicago. St. Paul and Kansas City road, returned to Philadelphia last evening. Thomas S. Johnston and J. A- 1'ost. of Washtrigton, and J. a McKlnnoyof Tltus vllle, are registered at tho Anderson. E. M. Slatler, of "Wheeling, and E. C, Darley, of Middlesboro, nro stopping at the Monongabela House. W. J. Osborn-and JJruce.B.-Bryan, of Flndlay; are at wnquosnejjfe' . SO, i89i; CAPTURED THE WORLD. The Standard Oil Company Has Spread Its Protective Wings Over Every Place but the Russian Fields; and They Will Prob ably Fall In Line With the Others. Berlin, June 29. Reference has already been made in these dispatches to the action of the Prussian Minister of Commerce, Herr Von Berlepsoh, against the German-American Petroleum Company. Biemen is one of the greatest coal oil markets in the world. How the great oilvcompany got its grip on that place and subsequently on all Germany is explained by an article recently published in the Wpser ZeUxma. From this it appears that the leading Bremen firm, Albert Nicolas Schutte & Son, consented to the formation of a stock company because they were powerless to resist the Standard OH Com pany, and had they resisted Bremen would have lost the Importing trade without bene fiting Germany, for the Standard Oil Com pany had also made arrangements with August Sanders & Co. and G. T. H. Siemens & Co., two great Hamburg houses, and would simply havo transferred the entire coal oil importation to Hamburg. The German-American Petroleum Com pany transports Its oil In tank-steamers.thus evading the German duty on barrels. It possesses great barrel factories In Germany, and transfers the oil from the steamers directly Into the barrels. The German firms which huve combined with the Standard take care only of the wholesale trade and transportation Into the interior. The whole of Germany Is divided Into districts as signed to the different firms belonging to the combination. Tanks have already been erected at Biesa, Dulsburg and Mannheim, and it Is now feared that the entire retail trade will fall Into the hands of local branches of the great monopoly. The Company Is Absorbing Everything. The great company appears determined to absorb every branch of the coal oil trade. First it got control 'of the American well owners and refiners, then of tho American export business, next of theprlvate shipping interests, then of the European importing business, then of the export from European, ports, and now it seems to be trying to seize the entire retail trade. It Is a monopoly of the whole world anda private one at that, with Its seat in America. If it succeeds In buying out or combining with the men who control tho production of Russian coal oil, then the supply of tbe whole world will be subject to the power of a few gentlemen iu Now York. If there is one man in Berlin who is well informed In matters pertaining to the coal oil trade It is Max Gaede, director of the German-Russian Naphtha Importing Com pany, the German brunch of Nobel Brothers, the principal producers of Russian oil. The Nobelswho own many oil wells at Baku, produce annually 2,000,000 barrels about one-third of the entire Russian output. They have a fleet of tank gtcainors on the Baltic and Mediterranean. They have re ceiving tanks at LuDeck, Genoa, Marseilles, Antwerp and other places. They have amplo means and could maintain their mue pendence if anybody could. Yet, Judging by the following Interview, they expect to be swallowed up like all the rest by the American corporation. The correspondent of the Associated Press aBked Mr. Gaede what he thought of the movements of the Standard Oil Company and how they would affeot the trade in Europe and especially in Germany. A Rival's Opinion of Its Power. "According to my Information," said Mr. Gaede, "the Standard Oil Company has within the last few months managed to se cure a combination of all tho large houses in Bremen and Hamburg which are engaged in the coal oil trade. It paid them big prices for their interests and improvements, and then organized them Into a stock company, the German-American Petroleum Company, in which it holds the controlling Interest. It bought Schutte & Co., of Bremen, and Rlcde mann & Co., of Geestemunde, for 10,000000 marks. It paid proportionally large sums of money to Hamburg nouses. All these houses are hi the now corporation. It has done the same thing at Rotterdam and a Antwerp, where it has formed stock companies with a capital of about 5,000,000 guilders each, in order to control the trade of Holland and Belgium. We havo just now received the information that the Standard Oil Company has brought out the firm of Walter Co., of Venice, who control the oil trade of Italy. This Arm had many tank steamers and Immense receiving tanks and depots at Venice, Genoa and Bavona in Italy, and Arth Goldau in Switzerland. Now it has combined with the. Standard Oil Company, which of course nosa controlling? interest, nnqer me name of the Socleta Italo-Americnnn, Pel Petrolla. The capital, fully paid up, is 2,500, 000 francs. You see, the Standard is getting In its work everywhere We may flght it for some time to come, but I fearthat eventually we must also submit. The- Standard pos sesses such unlimited capital that it can achlevo almost everything." "Is there any truth in the report of its com bining with the Rothschilds?" asked the cor respondent. "I cannot tell." said Mr.Gaede. "but lfso.lt will not mattermuch,for the Rothschilds own but a very small part of the Russian oil wells not more than one-twelfth. Their total production Is only about 500,000 barrels, so they cannot influence the market much. Here is a full statement of the entire Russian output," continued Mr. Gaede, showing a tabulated statement. "Tho entire production, as you will see, Is only 68,000 000 'pud,' .equal to about 7,500,000 barrels. Deduct from this the home supply, the oil exported to ABla, Egypt, Turkey, Italy, Belgium and England and you will see that we cannot supply Germany, whjich alone uses over 10,000,000 hundred weight of oil a year. No, until, some cheaper substi tute for coal oil is found or invented, the Standard Oil Company will have control of the trade the world over." "What will be the consequences of this immense power and supreme control? Will the price of coal oil be raised?" "Coal oil," replied Mr. Gaede, "is so cheap that it can stand a higherprice. To tho con sumer it will make but little difference if he pays a few pence per gallon more or less. We shall, of court, be glad to have them raise the price, as our oil will rise accord ingly." "It is thought In Germany that the com pany, after getting control of the Importing trade, will try and do away with the jobbers and retailers by erecting Us own tanks everywhere." said the correspondent. "I do not think so. As long as the German American Petroleum Company gets Its own price for its products it will not care to in terfere with its own customers, for they must all buy from that company." The Government Cannot Interfere. "You are awaro that the German Govern ment has ordered an investigation to "be made regarding this new combination. Can not the Government break the power of the company by special laws?" "No, it can do nothing. Everything has been done In a strictly legal way. There Is apparently no ring, only a regular mer cantile corporation. If the Standard Oil ComDany chooses to raise the price of its products in America and sell at these higher S rices to tbe German corporation, what can ermany do?" "Then you think that company is without a rival and without competition?" "Wo are still in business," replied Mr. Gaede, "and I see that a new companr has been formed at Stettin for the purpose of building tank steamers and tank depots for the importation of coal oil. It has a capital of 2,000,000 marks. It will be quickly killed . by the Standard, or, what Is more likely, it will bo bought out. In fact, I am not sure but that it was formed solely for the latter purpose. There are, however, some good men connected with the new company, and I may be mistaken as to their purposes." Mr. Gaede's ttalk and manner conveyed the impression that he thought the Standard Oil Company powerful enough to defeat all opposition, and that, realizing this fact, his company would gracefully surrender if hard pressed and Ifa big price were paid for the surrender. Should this tako place, then the Standard would hold uncontrolled swny on tho continent. The Board of Elders of the Berlin incichants, who wero asked to investi gate the coal oil deal and report the results of their investigation to the Government, havo so far made little progress. The princi pal centers of the trade being at Bremen nnd Hamburg, tho Berlin merchants havo small opportunity to form a corroct opinion of the matter. At tho same time tho Berlin Tagc blatt believes that the fears of a coal oil monopoly are as yet groundless; that thero is little fear that the Nobel Brothers will sunender, and that tho constant Increase In the production will tend to keep down pi ices. STOCK BEING SURRENDERED. ' Over One Hundred Thousand Ulectrlc Shares Disposed of Under the Plan. There Is now scarcely a donbt that at tho adjourned meeting of the stockholders of tho Wcstlnghouse Electrto Company, on tho 15th of July, tho long drawn out negotiations for a financial 'reorganization will be con cluded. It was officially announced at the com pany's oftlco yesterday that 09 S3J sliares bad been sent In to tho Mercantile Trust Com pany, mid that 7,5-0 iuul-u hud been signed and would bo forwii rded immediately. This makes a total of 107,139, shares of common, stock surrendered Uuder the plan of organi zation of out ora total or abput 120,000. Tbe" conditions under which these sliares aro sen tin obtain until the 8th of July, and by that time it is thought -there will be. but a few held out.' ,:,fwm&,. aJfe-Aw -. J-l JUNE'S LA8TBR1DES. A Number of Weddings to Usher Out the Month of Bases. The graduating exercises of the Allegheny General Hospital Training School were held last night at the Second U. P. Churoh on Stockton avenue. The -Sunday school room -where the exer cises took place was nearly filled with tho friends of the institution. At 8 o'clock tho .nurses of the school, neatly dressed in pink and blue gowns and wearlng'whlte caps or bonnets.'flled Into tho church and toolc seats near tho rostrum. After a prayer by Rev. Dr.-MoMUlan nnd a piano composition by Miss Edna Davis, Dr. R- B. Mowrv, of tbe Board, of Directors, delivered a short ad dress. Bishop Whitehead then talked on the great work as well as the great necessity for trained nurses. Following him Misses Hollldav and Jlllier played a piano duet. Dr. W. K. Beattv could not be present and Dr. Uuselton delivered a neat address in his stead. Rev. B. F. Woodburn was also absent and the presentation of diplomas was douo by Dr. B. B. Smith. Medals to the graduates were presented by Oliver L. Miller, M. D. A very pretty vocal solo was also rendered by Miss Lou Jackson. After the exercises closed a pretty luncheon was Berved at the hospital. The affair was presided over by Miss Tildesley, the superintendent, and Miss Patton, the head nurse. Tho names of the graduates are the Misses FhcBbe S. Lafferty, Cornelia S. Stiller, Lvdia Frobel Ferguson, Jessie B. Kelser, Mary McFote, Julia A. Deneen, May A. Donaldson and HattleC. Former. Several maidens were of the opinion evi dently that Tuesday, June SO, would bo a good day on which to don tho bridal robes, and consequently are In a state of Joy and perturbation this morning. Among them are the Misses SIcEIree, Eugene and Battle, who will this evening wed respectively a minister and a lawyer. Rev. Mr., Shaw, pastor of the Bellevue U. P. Church, will claim the former as his bride, and Lawrence Johnston the latter. Miss Bingham, of the East End. will become Mrs. Walter M. Pope. Miss Stella Loulso Swnrtwood, of Edge water, wiU be married to D. W. S. Stewart, of Braddock, and Miss Florence Boyle, or Unlontown, will becomo Mrs. Harlow Ward Bailey, of Buffalo, N. Y. As oil painting from the brush of Miss Annie M. Smith, the accomplished daughter of Mr. Patrick Smith, of McCullough & Smith, which Is en exhibition In the window of Boyd & Co.'s art store, is attracting con siderable attention among local artists. The Dalntlng is 18x30 inches, and Is a repre sentation of an English watering scene. The production evidences an artist's skill, as well as a masterly knowledge, of tho intri cacies of the art of canvas and brush, and reflects undoubted credit upon the young lady's capability. Tho work is worthy of greater praise when considering the young idy's age and the fact that this might be said to be her first professional effort. A'ittoibee of ladles Interested and asso ciated In the charitable work of the W. C A., of which Mrs. FellxTJ. Brunot Is the leading spirit, spent yesterday at tbe Brunot home at Verona. The grounds surrounding the stately mansion are pretty enough to be tho original Gardcaof Eden and with such environments and such a gracious, en tertaining hostess it is not to be wondered at that the day was one of unalloyed pleasure to tho fortunate guests who represented largely tho officers and Board of Managers of the Widows' Home and Tenement House on Taylor- avenue and the .Young Woman's Boarding Home on Stockton avenue. Few but the Intimate friends of Miss Caro line Berllen Morton, that was, are aware of the fact that on last Wednesday evening, at her home on Arch street, with the assistance of Rev. W.T. Richardson, she became Jlrs. James Levi Deming. Mr. Doming halls from Sprinefleld, Mass., and is a very suc cessful man in business as well as In his matrimonial venture. Anumber of guests from distant cities witnessed the transfor mation scene in which Miss Morton became Mrs. Deming and afterward partook of a banquet. Tho young people will remain some time in Allegheny before taking up domestic life In the East. Miss Irese MoVat entertained a number of her friends in a very delightful fashion at her1 father's house in Sewickley last night. Progressive slx-liand eucher was the ex cuse," for which some pretty, prlroo wero of fered and there were present among others: Mr. and Mrs. Robert Franks, Miss Franks, the Misses Kitty and Pried Quay, Miss Haworth, Miss Bigelow and Miss Johnston, and Messrs. Henry M. Richardson, R. P. Nevln, Jr., Uarry ScoveL W. Haworth.Frank Richardson, D. &. Warden and O. S. Richard son. Ora of the most enjoyable reunions was that held Saturday night by Company B, Seventy-seventh Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. The members assembled at the residence of Mr. Georgo Millholland, Arch street, Oakland, to celebrate Mr. Millhol land's birthday. Tho reunion was entirely informal and for that reason the moro en joyable. Somoofthe veterans had not met lor 17 years. Amongthe Iettersof regretwas one from Colonel Rose, -n ho is now stationed at Ft. Duchesne, Utah. At tho recent commencement of Waynes burg College the degree of LL. D. was -conferred on Rev. E. M. Wood, D. D., of this city. Rev. Mr. Wood is the author of several works, chiefly of a religious character, and tho now honor is worthily bestowed. Social Chatter. The George C. Jenks Mayflower excursion thlB evening Is to bo a very large one. The Ninth ward public school, of Woods' Run, picnicked at JIcKee's Rocks yesterday. Mr. Georoe Dabbs takes up bis tent and departs this week for Rock Foint where he is an annual summer fixture. Tub Italian Catholic congregation of Al legheny county will hold their third annual picnic at Silver Lake Grove to-day. Ip nothing happens to prevent, Mr. James Roger McCreery will In all probability be come the husband this evening of Miss Mary Maxwell In Jersey City. The Pittsburg Art School sketching class, which has been at Scalp Level for two weeks, left Johnstown for Pittsburg on a special car last evening. The season in tho nibun tains was a pleasant and profitable one to the pupils. Dr. J. B. Mickle, of Greenville, was mar ried to Sliss U. A. Douglass, of Cincinnati, last evening at the Seventh Avenue Hotel. The knot was tied by the Rev. David Jones. The couple conclude.! Pittsburg would be a good meeting place, and so they were made man and wife here. TnE Great Western Band will give another concert at Highland Park this evening. The concerts Saturday afternoon and evening filled the park with people and were so sntis factorythat tho Duquesne Traction Com nnnv has determined to keen tbem ud. Arrangements have also been made for a concert Thursday evening. The chapel of the Indiana State Normal School, the scene of so many Intellectual feasts, will to-night be the scene of a more earthly feast In the shapo of a royal banquet tendered the alumni of the school by the faculty and the trustees. Covers will be laid for 300 guests, and fho graduating class of this vear will become members of tho Alumni Association. MEN OUT OF EMPLOYMENT. The Huntingdon Manufacturing Company Closes Its Works. HcjrrisoDOJ, Juno 29. The Huntingdon Manufacturing Coihpnny. controlled by tho Iron Car Equipment Company, of New York, hns Indefinitely suspended operations, thus throwing 30.) men out oremployment. Tho idleness IsmIuo to u lack of orders for cars. It Is rumored hero that tho entire plant will be removed to Tennessee. Two Orphans In Now Hands. That venerable and ovcr-popnlar drama, "The Two Orphans," Is the revival for this week at Harris' Theater, and the Standard Dramatic Company givo it with a good deal of artistic force. Tho staging of the play Is above what is to bo expected in summer productions at cuehp prices, and tho wholo performance enjoyable In a high degree. The Two Orphan, Xottite aud Jenrlette, nro feelingly played by Miss Llzzio Davis and Racheile Renard, and Charles Hagar's Pierre and James Cooper's Jacques nro very clever Impersonations. Miss Louiso Hofor as Countess de Liniere and Miss Mary Bank3on as La tVociutrd aro also highly creditable. Can Keep Their Little Blue Dishes. Portland OregonUn. According to consular reports of the pos sible action of Europcua manufacturer in the matter of exhibits uttho Columbian Ex position, there is a great deal of the " 'tatnt-falrM-won't-play" spirit among them be causo of our tariff and reciprocity legislation. The Americans can get up a pretty good fair all by themselves if it should, cometqso abj BIMWIII y ... -j. r .IfclM-, .rfW.-u- ,. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. The latest Maine church fair wrinkle la serving ice cream on a shingle. The raising of ostriches has been begun in New Zealand with considerable success. Forsyth county, Ga., claims a prodigy in a 4-year-old child Micojah Bagwell who can read any piece of music at sight, Tho little fellow often leads the musio in the country singing school. Russia is beginning to find out that owinit to official rascality her defenses are not so impregnable as she supposed. Some of her famed fortresses are so carelessly built that a gale could level them. "BourgOo" is' a Kentucky dish that is always prepared in the open air. The ingre dients are red pepper pods, potatoes, toma toes and corn hi the vegetable line, stewed with prairie chickens and soft shell crabs. Van Buren county, Mich., has a relig ions sect known as the "Saints." They held a big meeting recently and 10,000 people were present. The "saints" claim to have to a, marvelous degree the power of healing' the sick. 'A. recent survey has established the number of glaciers in the lps at 1,155, of which 249 have a length of more than tjf, miles. The French Alps contain lit glaciers; those of Italy, 78; Switzerland, 471, and Aus tria, 402. North "Waterford, Me., boasts of a smart woman, Mrs. Benjamin Jackson, who recently walked three miles to do a washing, carrying hi her arms a baby only 12 days old, and wheeling a littlo girl not quite 2 yoars old, In a carriage. It is reported that a nugget of gold ia one mass weighing 35 pounds has recently been found In the newly explored gold dis trict In British Guiana and has been sent to England as a specimen of tho uurlfcrous de posits In that country. Hear Astoria, Ore, are large areas of dyked tide land. TJiU land is richer tho more It is stirred. It U made up or the washings of the hills and the deposits of the ocean for centuries, and when plowed and exposed to sunlight it yields enormously. There are no poisonous or venoynons plants or reptiles in uny part of Clatsop county, Ore., and one can trend the path or deepest jungle ot the vegetable growth, without the slightest fear oibeing bitten or poisoned by anything animal or vegetable. A young negro boy living near Pine Island, La., has killed over 450 rattlesnakes since March, using no Meupon eiccpt a couple of sharp sticks. He was bitten some years ago by one of the reptiles, and I143 ever since carried on a crusado against! them. The latest fad invented by the novelty man is the "masculine fan." It Is one of tho open and shut up affairs, and on either sur face Is a scene from sporting life. Tbe proper way to carry the sporting fan, is to permit it to hang by a chain fastened to tho suspended The Belfast, Me., Age tells of an old gentleman In that city who rowed all over Swan Lake, trolling, one afternoon, without getting a bite as- he thought, only to find, when ne came ashore and reeled up, that a large trout was on his hook, dead "proba bly died of disgust." Upward of 60 species of East Indian plants, mostly of tbe fern family, with a goodly sprinkling of grasses and creeping vines, are luminous, and It is said that ibe sides of tbe mountains in the vicinity Of Syree are nightly illuminated by the pale, white light which they emit. Japan's Emperor has decreed that every man who provokes a duel or accepts a chal lenge shall pay a heavy flno and serve from six months to two years in the galleys. The taunting of a man for bis refusal to fight when challenged will be regarded as slander and will be so treated by the courts. A drunken tramp was placed in- the cooler at Salem, Ore., on Friday on whoso person was found a collection of London and Chinese drafts, ne has either the plun der of a prince or a mail robber. Amonz tho papers Is a Well3 Fargo money order for .22 4s., and a 20 draft ou Hong Kong. C. JL Hammond, who has gained such notoriety in the Cleveland street scandal of London, addressed a letter to County Com missioner Gasch at Seattle, recently, asking1 him to give ma ramrty wn wtji.-aivi,uio-and also statins that his son was ill. It la understood that his wish will be granted. A prominent lumberman of Seattle says that timber in the Northwest is hardly con sidered merchantable, if it goes under 25,000 feet to the acre, while it Is a very common occurrence to find timber that will go 100,000 feet to the acre. . He recounts a recent sale of a 40-acre tract of timber that went 300,000 feet to the acre. Peach and plum trees in Hancock, Ga., are dying from the ravages of a small beetle, termed the scoly tus. Though not more than half as large as an average sized grain of wheat, these beetles are more destructive of fruit trees thnn any others, and as yet no preventive of their ravages has been disco v- ered. When they attack a treo it is doomed, and the onl3 thing to be done is to cut It down ana uurn it. incy attack: the tree In myriads. One of the new Maine pulp towns has grown so much faster than its schoolhouse that 95 children aro packed into a room 13x23 feet. Luckily, says an exchange.the teacher Is a little bit of a woman! The scholars haul her to school in tho morning in an old-fashioned leather trunk mounted on four trucks and she's the pet of the town. A veritable Cinderella, it seems, who has no pedagogical uso for hor slipper. A shrewd manufacturer in Warren, Me., has fitted up a clubroom for the benefit of his employes, where they may spend their evenings apart from vicious tempta tions. They nave a pooltable. newspapers, magazines and gnmes, but neither liquornor profanity is tolerated. Good company, good amusements, good manners and good liter 1 ture thus get in their cood work in forming a good class of operatives and they're the ones that pay. Robert Jefferson, a negro, is suing the Richmond and Danvlllo Railroad for SJO.00O in the city court at Atlanta, Ga. Jefferson claims that in 1SS0 he bought a flrst-clasa ticket to Lula, thence on tho Northeastern line to Athens. He says Just 'after passing. Norcross two ruffians, with pistols, came up to him and punched.poked and dragged him about tho car until the train reached Gaines ville. He says the conductor of the train stood around smiling and lnuchiug and did not attempt to help him. Jefferson says the bad treatment caused him to scream in hla ' sleep for several nights, and he was other wise injured, besides having his feelings hurt and his being mortified, for which ha asks for $20,000 personal damages. THOUGHT" TO BE ITJNNT. "Oh, where are you going, my pretty maid r" To study the almanac, sir," he saw. "And why do yon do it. my pretty maid?' T write jokes for the paper, sir. that Is my trade." Pharmaceutical Era. "1 wish I had as much money as some of those New York millionaires we read about." lghedMr.Impecunlons. J Tou conldn' t be a bhtger Jay than yon are If you had It," responded his wife, and he wished he had kept still. Detroit Free Press. Judge 'Why did you stealthis man's gold watch? y Hardened Prisoner J wanted to have a good time. '.?- J-rJrfe Ton shall. Three years. Call the next case I Chicago Tribune. "lam going courting," said the prfza fighter. '""J? "Whom do you go to court?" asked hla friend, ."I go to court plaster," was the reply. Phartna ceutical Era. J "Why do animals have bones?" inquired tho professor of anatomy. "It Js meet that they should haTC,'.' responded the student at the foot of the class. Pharmaceutleal Era. Said the Superintendent of the Texas penitentiary, at Iluntville. to a newly arrived dele gate: "Yon hare the privilege of working at any trade you prefer." 'I'lMlke to keep on drtrln cattle to Kansas." Another gentleman In the game Institution wanted to be a sailor. Texas mflinas. First boarder Here I've waited an hour for soup, and notr that It has come there's a roach In It, : Second boarder That proves the truth of the old maxim. First boarder In what way? Second boarder That all things come to him who traits. -Detroit free Press. Miss Eiftbavcnue (to yonng roan from the Wcstl Ah. Mr. Koobol. do you sing? Mr. K. (franklyyes-m, lffhere ain't anybody srumid with a gnn. Washington PusU Ob, why do I call her an angel? , Poor critics, of course you mustcarpl'' Til not that she's heaven's evangel,' But youjort ought to hear the girl barrC -ST5 ""? "W t 'at " -. ' . - v&'m&imm ti.JajL .-, ..i. . - " .. 1. , -L.j.T ' ' HS&-4 jWKBaJTj
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