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THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, MONDAY," JULY ' 20. 189L'
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THE WAR WILL END.
Anson Says the Association Will
Come Into the Fold Once More.
A COMPROMISE EASILY ADJUSTED.
Eome Suggestions About the Management
of Ball Clubs.
THE ADVICE SOUXD AM) SENSIBLE
Cnptatn Anson, of tho Chicago team, usu
ally knows what is going on in tho inner
circles, and when he was. asked last night
whether this baseball war would be settled
this fall, or another itwato be continued
next year, his reply w as emphatic and to the
point.
"Tho Association will como in out of tho
wet," said he. ''They need protection, and
they will get it. Baseball is too noble a
sport to be ruined, and that would be the
result if these differences are to be per
mitted to continue. They lost us consider
able money in tho spring, but we aro all
right now, and the different League clubs
are making monej, whilo the Association is
a losing venture.
"Suppose the magnates decided not to
come in and seek the protection of tho
National agreement, who would be the lcier?
The plaei" contracts expire in the fall,
nnd as they have some good material in tho
ranks do 5011 imagine for one instant the
League clubs would not all be after their
stars? I have received numbers of letters
from men now plaj ing in the Association
asking for positions on my team, and they
aro good player, too. If the magnates of
the Association intend carrying on a losing
fight, am 1 to be expected to lend them pas
sive aid when I hate the chance to
strengthen mj team at their expense?
"Baseball will be restored to its former
.position and warfare will be a thing of tho
past. Xeithcr t-ido has anything to gain bv
continumg the struggle, and tho whoie thing
can easily be adjusted by the Association
asking for re-adniiion to the fold. The
frame must be elevated and the wav to do it
s for the leader- and players all to work in
haimony with each other, and thiswiilbo
the case next season unless I am very much
out in my reckoning.
I see some talk in the papers about the
Association nnttinc a team in this citv." he
continued. " hat do the projected backers
expect? Have they not learned bv tho ex
pel ience of the Brotherhood teams tast year
that there is no money here for two clubs?
Tho League is here to stay, nnd it being
Lengue territory we would win out in tho
light.
"Pittsburg has a good ball club, and it is
liable at anytime to take a spurt and get
into the race. Everv club cannot be ex
pected to be at the top, but Pittsburg has
the material to make it mighty interesting
for anv club that opposes it. Each team
in the League wants to strengthen itself as
much as possible, and it must be remem
bered that, while tho management in this
city arc looking out for promising voung
laers, there nit; seven other clubs fn tho
eague doing exactly the same thing.
"Thiscity will not be represented upamong
the leiders in the race until the directors
and players work in harmony. I maintain
that w hen a club selects a manager, that per
son should be exactly w hat the word indi
cates. Nothing is gained by too manv fin
gers in the pie. On the contrary, it is detri
mental to the interests of the club and the
game. I don't know anything about the
actual condition of affairs in the Pittsburg
clnb, but there have been so many reports
about dissensions among the directors that
tlicro must be some truth in them.
"Let a manager be manager in fact as well
as in name, and hold him to a strict account-
aimirj ior rue conduct ot lii men, botli on
and off the field. Give the players to under
stand they are responsible for their playing
to but one man, and that what he savs goes,
botli with them and the stockholders, and I
think an improvement in their standing
would bo the result. I know I am hold re
sponsible by tho Chicago people for our
team, and the players distinctly understand
that fact. Thev play ball, so that w hen w e
are deteated it is usually because we aro out
batted, and not throueh indifferent play
mn. SATUEDAys BALL GAMES.
The League.
At BoMon
Philadelphia 3 02000000 5
HoMoil 0 0000040 C 4
Batteries Espcr and Clements, Xlchols and Ben
nett. At Cleveland
Cleveland 0 0
1 0 0 3 0 0 R
Cincinnati 4 1 0
0 0 1 1 0 - 7
naileries Vlau and Doric,
Hecnan.
Radbournc and
The Association.
Boston, 9; I,oulsIIle. 0.
To-Day's League Schedule.
Chlcapo at rittsliurjf. Philadelphia at Boston.
Cincinnati at Cleveland. 'ew York at Brooklyn.
The Leapne Record.
w.l. r.cl
2"ew Torfc XI Z! .591 Philadelphia.
Chicago .T0 .S83Hrooklvn
Boston as 33 .533 rittsnunr
Cleveland 33 37 ,S07 Cincinnati ...
W.L. p. c.
. 33 33 .413
33 33 .41
40 .43)
30 43 .411
To-Day's Association Games.
Ft. Ixmls at Baltimore. Cincinnati at Wash'n.
Louisville at Boston. Columbus at rhlladelp'a.
Baseball Xotes.
Bctfintov- lias earned the title of "Old Relia
ble." The Our Boys will plav at Johnstown next Wed
nesday. The California league has Jumped the national
agreement.
CLEVELAvn won seven and lost four out of the
11 Karnes with the Eastern team. ,
THE batteries to-dav win probably be King and
Bergcr. Hutchison and Bowman.
THE Klmiras defeated the Meadrille club at El
mlra last rjaturdav lij a score of 9 to 4.
Nichols, the jonn Davenport pitcher signed
by Chicago, mav pitch one of the Pittsburg games.
President YOL-NG, of the League, savs he has
determined to reign the Government position he
lias held so long.
Axsov savs he has no postponed game in this
city, excepting Saturdav. He therefore, declines
gating wuc uu lien- iuai is owing in inicago.
EVJX Buflinton can give
pointers to many of
:Mn$ up was superb,
ly pitchers arc there
the first baKmeii. III bac.
Come to think of it, how many
niiu iau tmrr 1111& iini;'
MAXAOERBAXCKOFTlsnotwIth the Cincinnati
club in " ashington. llelsoutona quiet hunt for
rlairs. and It l probable that there w ill be a shak
ng op among Kulj "s men.
MaxacierISchmflz is anxious to sign Pitcher
Cark. of tin Omaha club, as Easton and (last
right are not in ondltlon, and Knell and Dolan
are Culumbus' 011I3 reliance
Manager Jack Ciiai-max. of the Loulsjilles
was the star outbidder of the country a years ago
when he plaved with the Atlantics. of BrookljV
when. Bob tcrguson cauglit.
Caitain- Tayeor. of the Loulsrilles, weirs a
white corrugated shield on his left leg as a pro
Uctlon for an old and vcrr painful wound that
came very near putting Lira on crutches for tho
remainder of his lire.
Ned Ham-oVs days as managcror theritts
burgs are numbered. McGunnlglc. the old Brook
lyn manager, imy succeed him. CAuvjpo TnMme.
A better man than McUnnnlgle will have to be se
cured If Hanlon Is to lie removed.
Tut Boston Association dub has reduced the ad
mission to 2 cents, thus virtuallv confessing that it
has only a second-class attraction to offer, and Wo
nting a promise that common decer.cT should have
obligated It to keep. ir no other cause's had any in
fluence. I. vtham is remarkable In that he Is seldom inca
pacitated ror phn. He Is ueer troubled with glass
arms, bruised hands or Charley horse, the afflic
tions which most baseball flesh Is heir to. One rea
son for this is that he Is an athlete from tip to
toe, and always keeps in condition.
To-day Jlrs. Timothv J Kecfe. wife of the
pitcher of the New York Baseball Club, will sail
lor Europe to meet Mrs. Potter Palmer and other
lcpresentatlvesortheWoild'sFalr. Mrs. Keelels
a sculptiessand will make a bust of Chauncev M.
Pepcwupon her return, for exhibition at the Fair.
The American Association has treated the Co-
uiiiiiu- uumiia mosi umragcous ana contemptible
in.-nner. Mmplj because it was one or the weaker
';". the President of the organization made It
still weaker. Players In the Cincinnati Associa
tion ilub have been as had as O'Connor. Why are
not some of them expelled?
T the time I drew np the national agree
ment." said A. G. Mills recently, "the baseball
situation was chaotic The anous clubs were at
lach other's tbroits; players were Jumping from
ouetcaiuto another, and the business of baseball
was rapidly approaching the ruination point. I
felt that the onl) solution of the problem wasco-
(jjierauou. m secure mis ine national agrei
01 which the reserve rule Is the corner ston
ement.
was
uiiku up
Mctrie was a bigger man than Governor Camp
im 11Just for a minute. Jim Is always quick to tee
a point, and, as then- wa a big crowd of Campbell
delegates at the first game In Cleveland, he had
made It up and trained the boys when they inarched
an the field to ric three chors for the Governor
Jim gave the sigutl. and the bovs, swinging their
Ji?p"v sS,Vc a rousing 4"Kah, 'rah. 'rahl M-U-
j-n-t-t; .iiui was a nine nusierea at nrst at the
)mt-up Job. but bought the cigars like a little man
alter the game.
Ir !.- inv lnipressi(,n that George Smith's release
to tLe Cincinnati League Clnb was a little on the
"Injun gift" order; that the Bnioklyn club has a
string to It, and Ihil they will attempt to exercise
their authority this rail, and take the brilliant
short-fielder awaj trom the rtods. If the Cincin
nati League Club loses Mnith by any such "hocus
pv'ih' mere i 111 11c a grear noni go up rrom Cln-
wmiaii piruii?.
Gvurpi suihir 6liort--iupping I
for the Cincinnati team bu been of such a brilliant
character that all the others who have played the
position for the Cincinnati club seem counterfeits.
The fact that President Byrne Intimated to Smith
that lie would hare htm on his team next season
not only suggests the thoogbtthat there was talk of
bdcii bq irnocemeni wneu ueorsu nu. auuireu iu
Lneeinent when bconre
come here, but also the thought that the Brooklyn
President is not satisfied wll
with the nlav and mm-
an
geiuent of the brilliant and much-advertised John
Monte ornery Ward. Cincinnati Enquirer.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star.
How we wonder what we are:
bbugart's solil. the baron's rich,
Duke Is sore and will not pitch.
AVe are crippled aU around.
And unless new talenrs found
Watch us, twinkling little star,
Kroin vour place above so far.
As upon the hog train we
Take bags of gold for victory.
Jllnneapoli Trilnme.
Mavagee Cil-vr-MOf. of the Loulsvilles. re
ceived the following letter, signed "A Crank:"
1 send Ton the left bind foot of the rabbit that
Noah had in his ark during the flood, it was
n Hied to me by my grcat-jrreat-great-irrandfathcr,
the King or Ireland, and attached to it there are
bushels of lurk, which I think will pull the Louls
villcs out of the hole. "When you receive the foot
remove It from the package v ery carefully, and rub
it behind Shin Timmtck'u left ear. and repeat "bi
Slocum" three times, and vour luck of '90 will re
turn. " -The rabbit's foot did not bring the desired
victory, however, and the manager is disconsolate.
Tiiekk is another thing that Is notable In tho
work -of the Clev eland learn since the return of
Captain Teheau. Pat makes the men go at every
thing, no matter If It doe6 seem Impossible. One
of the womt faults that Jake Virtue overbad is
being cured bj this method. Virtue would seldom
go altera foul fly which he thought he couldn't get,
and for that rea'on miftsed mauy points. Tcbcau
makes him go after even-thing now, and Virtue
catches more foul flies than he ever did before.
Cleveland llain Dealer. That 1 the way to play
good haH,.and when the audience sees a player try
for vterythlng thev catch the spirit of enthusiasm
and more interest created,
Viiex Manager Kelee of the Bostons saw Stanley
enter the box, in the Chicago game Saturday, In
stead of Gctzehi. he was surprised, as Gctzeln had
asked him in the murniug If lie was to pttcli In the
afternoon, and. on receiving an affirmative reply,
said nothing about a lame arm. He had been al
lowed to leave Cincinnati two days ahead of the
team, to go to bis home In Chicago to obtain a good
rest and be in prime condition lor the game with
the Chicago', when the manager learned from
Captain Nash that Getieln had pleaded Inability to
pilch Ixvause of a lame arm. he concluded that
that plaj er w as of no further use to the Boston
club and at once released him.
loner
who live In North Evanston and out on the Sheri
dan road mav have heard a strange, confused
Jumble or dull," heavy sounds up from the south. It
was the New York bisehall team at work. Ten
thousand people, nearly, saw Colonel Adrian Carmine-face
Anson stride on the field w 1th the proud,
defiant air of Napoleon on his way to Italy, and
thev witnessed Tilth chilly horror a mluiatiirc
"Waterloo. And when the Old Man stood out on
the field after the game, with folded arms and
bowed head, surrounded by a mob of low unfeel
ing canaille who did but 1ecr.lt was like the old
picture In the school hook of Napoleon at St.
Helena. Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Amos Rusie Is being overworked. There may
be little evidence of it just now, but It will become
apparent later when the tlnal struggle begins. It
seems as though New York couldn't win unless the
Iloosieroccnnlis the box. "When "Welch or Keefc
pitches somebody Is sure to make Chinese errors
andjust at the wronp moment, too, while the
Giants as a whole can't hit the broad side of a
house. On the other hand, when Busle twirls the
ball he Is not only given superb support but the
New Yorker fairly kill the ball. The game In
Cleveland on "Wednesday Is an example. There
the Clev elandcrs fell upon the Cyclone" for 14
bits and 10 runs. The New Yorks made onlv two
fielding errors and slugged the hall safely 12 times,
winning bv single run. Mr. Kuslc'ls a great
pitcher, but lie is playing in a beautiful streak of
1UCK.
The bov is strone nlivslfallr. hut. he should
ne auowcq 10 tmi once in a winie.
.. . . . V" "..-. . ....""
lie Is win ni.
willln;
It must be admitted,
nitc
Itch ererrdaT. bnt that Is
absurd.
(ilveKeefe and "Welch a chance to
reiriilarlv whether the team wfus or loses, and save
"Cjclone" Rn-le forthe home stretch. If "Tim"
and "Mickcj,"" after receiving fair trials In the
bor. are found to be back numbers, then it's time
enough to give them cushions on the bench. John
EMngandSharrott are still unable to play, but
thatlsnorcaeon whroneplteher out of the three
remainlnponcs frhould be made to perform almost
dally. lfRusie's arm should give out would the
management 6lgn htm another season for as much
money as lie Is getting now? Xot much. tew York
Herald,
pucn
DOLLARS OR DECENCY?
ST.
PAUL IN DOCBT ABOUT ALLOW
ING THE BIG FIGHT TO GO ON.
The Clergy Protest Against It, bat the
Thrirty Mayor Beplies That Boodle and
a Great Advertisement Are In for the
City.
tSrECIAI, TELFGRAM TO TOE DISPATCH.
St. Pace, July 19. Citizens of St. Paul are
taking a divided stnnd in relation to tho
coming glove contest between Fitzsiramons
and Hall, and in all of tho city churches to
day a notice, was read calling for a public
mass meeting to protest against allowing
the fight to tako place, and to tako
such. steps as might bo deemed
necessary to stop the fight. Arch
bishop Ireland, Ilev. Hobert Christie,
of the House of Hope Church; Dr. JtacLaren,
of the Central Presbyterian; Rev. S. G.
Smith, of the Pcoplo's, and Rev. Dr. Foster,
of the Christina Churches, nil preached ad
dresses bearing upon tho coming en
counter, in which the fight was char
acterized as a brutal, degrading
spectacle and outrage upon tho reputable
citizens, and a disgrace to the city. The
mass meeting will be held in New Market
Hall, to-morrow evening and will be ad
dressed by the gentlemen above named.
Bishop Gilbert and others, leading church
lights.
D. P. Noyes, ex-President of the Chamber
of Commerce, called- upon Mayor Smith
jestcrday and requested the executive to
put a stop to the Fitzslnimons-Hall contest.
The visit was the outgrowth of a corre
spondence between the two gentlemen, in
which the Mayor Informed Mr. Noyes that
the mill would be conducted within the law.
The Mayor insists that tho fight -will
bring a great deal of money to the city, that
it will do great good in advertising St. Paul,
and that lie thinks it is a worthy enter
onse. Both Fitzslmmons and Hall are in prime
condition already and ready to fight
for their lives. The stories from Belolt
indicate that Hall is sanguine, nnd every
body who has been out to White Bear
to tee "Fitz" knows tho "Kangaroo" feels
positive of a victory. He remaiked to a re
porter: "I shall not stop training until
Tuesday, as I must gain a pound or two of
flesh, and I train up instead of down. To
day I have run around the lake twice, or 85
miles. I weigh 160 pounds, and on the ninht
of the fight I intend to weigh 15C I am
in perfect condition. I shall claim the
forfeit if nnll weighs over 155 pounds, and I
shall right to win from start to finish. Hall
is a clever pug. He will endeavor to win,
a.id I have $0,000 worth of confidence that
he won't."
The sale of tickets progress steadily. Up
ward of 1,000 have already been taken, nnd
there Is a scramble for tho best seats, that is,
the $15 places. -x-vrr
Sporting Notes.
SrKOE will be trotted on the San Jose track early
next month. In the eflort to beat Maud S's record.
American trotters continue to do well acrossthe
water. At one meeting In Hamburg, Germany,
recently 13 American Jiorses, with records better
than 2:30, participated.
This apjvcars .to lie a most active season In the
history ot the trotting horse, and this great inter
est does not seem to lc aflected bv even the hard
times, standing solitary and alone In this respect.
The gray pacing gelding John Carpenter, by
Tennessee Driver, that made a record of 2:23V at
the Cartilage, Mo., meeting, worked on a hay
hinder last year, and took a record of 2:32 In the
rail.
Boxis for the Hall-Fitzslmmons tight on July 22
have been sold to parties from nearly alt the prin
cipal cities, among them three for San Francisco,
two for Tacoina, one for Portland, two for New
Orleans, three for New York and live for Chicago.
Mnrle seats are also going off briskly.
Miltom YOOSG. of Kentucky, Is not letting the
grass grow under Ids feet. Among other
strokes or business for his McGrathiana stock
farm he has secured from the Dwvers options on
both Longstreet and Reclare when these two noted
racers are through their racing careers.
CnxiiLiE Kejimick. or St. Paul, and Jimmy
Murphy, of Chicago, have signed articles to con
test 12 rounds with hard gloves under Quecnsberry
rules In the Olympic Theater at St. Paul to-morrow
evening, the winner to receive two-thirds or the
entire receipts. Murphy has rought some good,
hard battles, one being a57-round draw with Tom
Kyan. Kemmlck, who Is training with Jim
Hall at Belolt. will have a 6llght advantage In
weight.
Philip J. Dvvter & Sox have bought the line
4-year-old mare Reclare and the promising filly
Zorllngfrom II. "Warneke JtSon. Terms private',
lteclate was the crack 2-year-old filly or 18S. and
was a fine nerfonner last year. Her record this
year has been very fond She is known In the turf
V world as the "flagman's flliv," Mr. Warneke. who
was once a flagman on one of the Coney Island
railroads, bu j ing her for a 6on g and winning a
fortune with her. It Is said that Mr. Dwyer paid
15,000 for Reclare and Zorllng.
THE BATTLE OF THE BALTIC.
Tho First 1'icco or British Music Copy
righted in Washington.
Washington.-. July 19. The first entry
of a musical publication manufactured whol
ly in Great Britain under the interna
tional copyright law was made by Librarian
Spoffbrd on Saturday. The piece is a
musical composition with the title, "The
Battleof the Baltic." It is composed by C.
Villiers Stanford, and is published in Lon
don bythefirm of Novello, Ewcr&Co. This
piece'of music was manufactured whollv in
Great Britain. It is printed from English
type and on English paper, and it i3 en
tered here absolutely, and the memorandum
of entry has been furnished to the repre
sentative of the London firm, and the rertif.
icate of copyright willellovr in Caaiornx.
A PIRATE FOR LOYE.
The Calling Adopted by an Old
Millionaire's Discarded Son.
AGAINST HIS FATHER'S WISHES
.He Marries the Girl of His Choice, Talcing
the Consequences.
NOW HE IS WEALTHY AND RESPECTED
Buffalo, July 19. A handsome couple
who occupied a section in one of the sleep
ers that rolled out of the Central depot last
night on the fast 'mail " train, eastward
bound, recalled. a romantic story. The
travelers were n lady and gentleman of
striking appearance, evidently well off, re
fined and bearing all the evidences of social
position.
Some 15 years ago George C. Haldeman
was a well-known young man about town in
Bridgeport, Conn. The only son of a rich
manufacturer, he was given free rein in all
his tastes and pursuits and provided with a
liberal amorint of money. He had every
thing that he could wish for, and among his
other belongings was a neat 35-foot yacht, a
perfect bird of a vessel, which had been
anchored in the harbor," as a gift from his
father, on George's 19th birthday.
A Case of Love at First Sight.
The young man fairly lived aboard his
treasure, during the Northern yachting sea
son cruising from Marblehead to Sandy
Hook, both inside and over the sea routes.
In the winter he sailed her in Southern
waters. One day when trying to make a
run from Bridgeport to Hew York he was
caught in a storm, and was forced to put for
shelter on the Long Island shore. The gale
continued for several days, and during one
of Haldcmrm's rambles lie met a beautiful
young girl and fell in love. He 'met her
many times, and a strong attachment sprang
up betwe'en them.
Xellie Steadman was a well-educated and
refined youug woman, but had no money.
Her father, a former well-to-do merchant "of
Brooklyn, had failed and left his widow
and daughter nearly destitute. Nellie sup
ported her mother by teaching in a public
school of Brooklyn, and they had come to
this location to spend her vacation. It was
the same old story. Haldeman paid this
fiarticular spot many visits, and wnen Jfel
ie Steadman returned to Brooklyn she was
the betrothed wife of George C. Haldeman,
the millionaire's son. George confessed his
love to his father and asked his blessing
and assistance in forming an early mar
riage. Tho Parental Storm Breaks Forth.
The old man was at once enraged at the
idea of his son marrying a school teacher,
and when George refused to give up the
thought his father raved and swore. Six
weeks later George went to 2Cew York with
his yacht, and that week he and Nellie were
married. They spent about two weeks of
delightful honeymoon cruising about on the
yacht, and after an absence of nine weeks
the .sloop, with its bridal couple on board,
anchored in Bridgeport harbor.
Unce more lieoree hastened to his home
firm in his belief that his father would for
give all. He had learned of the marriage,
and when his son presented himself at the
door of the mansion he was refused admis
sion. The next day a servant of his father's
house delivered sundry trunks and packages
containing the young man's personal effects
and a letter from his father's lawyer contain"
ing his quarterly allowance, with a note in
forming him that it would be the last he
would ever receive.
George took matters serenely and after
cruising about till most of his money had
been spent hebejjanto look for employment.
At several cities he landed, but he was un
successful at everyplace. George then ran
to Boston, New York and other cities, con
tinuing to live upon his boat and look for
work. One day in the early fall he found
the lockers of his vessel empty, his pockets
the same way and his wife lying sick in her
berth, with a 2-weeks-old babe in her arms.
Then ho decided to put for New York and
sell his boat.
Tho Young Man Tnrns Oyster Pirate.
On the trip he fell in with an old oyster
man whose conversation gave him an'idea.
The oysterman told him a story about an
oyster pirate who had just been sent tp
Srison for robbing the oyster beds near
ridgeport. His scheme rapidly developed
in his mind and he resolved to put it into
execution. The next morning the Nellie S
hoisted her anchor and by sunset she was
not far from George's old home.
That night while his wife was asleep
George was working, and nt daybreak the
next morning the Nellie S was bowling
along Hell Gate with a deckload of oysters.
He felt secure in his piratical adventure,
knowing that he could outsail any oyster
man who might give him chase. He fol
lowed his new profession of stealing oysters
until the winter had set in, saving up his
money, and then when his wife was strong
and well he sold the yacht and moved AVest.
In the new world he has "been successful,
and to-day he is a respected and wealthy
citizen of 'Wichita, Kan. ,He and his wife
are en route for Bridgeport to attend the
sickbed of George's father, who has at last
sent for the son he discarded, begging for a
reconciliation.
ONE HUNDRED-MILLIONS.
HEIRS TO PKOrERTY IX NEW YOKK
WILL COMMENCE A SUIT.
It Was Leased Ninety-Nine Years Ago and
Includes Broadway and Other Streets
A Large Number of Descendants Inter
ested in the Besnlt.
West Point, Miss., July 19. A snit
involving property worth over 5100,000,000
will shortly be filed in the courts of New
York City, and Colonel H. Clay King, of
Memphis, and Mr. T. C. King, of this city,
his brother, are deeply interested in this
suit. It will also be of great interest to a
large number of people in Tennessee,
Mississippi, Arkansas and Texas, relatives
of these gentlemen. The suit is for the re
covery of property leased to the city of
New York 99 years ago. The lease has
just expired.
Ninety-nine years ago Robert Edward, at
that time a laree real estate owner in the
city of New York, leased to the city for the
term of 99 years a considerable amount of
real estate, on which Broadway and several
adjacent streets for some distance are now
located. The lease specified that at the end
of the lease the propertv, with all its im
provements, should revert to his heirs.
He died a bachelor, leaving an only
brother as his heir. That brother died,
leaving one child, a daughter, as his heir.
That daughter married the grandfather of
Colonel H. Clay King, and as a matter of
course her descendants are the heirs to that
propertv.
The King family have in their possession
all the documents necessary to prove a clear
title to the property in question, and as the
lease has just expired suit is to be com
menced at once to recover possession of the
property. Mr. T. C. Klne, of this city, yes
terday mailed to Mr. McLeary,the attorney
for the heirs, his power of attorney, and as
soon as a power of attorney can be obtained
from all the known descendants of the Ed
wards family suit will be instituted.
Mr. McLeary has associated with him
another prominent attorney, and they are
so confident that the case can be pushed to a
successful issue for their clients that they
have agreed to bear all the costs of the case
for a certain per cent of what they get for
the heirs. The whole number of the heirs
is now not known, but even if there were
1,000 of them it would still mean a magnifi
cent fortune for all concerned. Mr. King's
many friends ia this olty are more than
pleased to hear of his prospective good
fortune and he is somewhat elated over it
himself.
LASHING LIQUOR MEN.
THE REVS. SAM SMALL AND JOE COOK
AIM IXVELV SERMONS
At the Evils or Drinking, and Suggest a
Plan to Fight tho Prince of Evil,
With Lurid Illustrations sod Wild
"Words.
rSFZCIAL telegram to Tins DisrATcn.
New Yokk, July 19. Evangelist Sam
Small, of Atlanta, and the Kev. Joseph
Cook, of Boston, drew big crowds to Pro
hibition Park, Port Richmond, Staten
Island, to-day. Jn the morning
Small addressed 1,000 persons in
the auditorium, and in the after
noon 2,000 men and women listened to
the two exhorters. Mr. Small's morning
address was a sermon on the text, "When
He, the Spirit of Truth, Is Come, He Will
Quide You Into AH Truth." It did not ex
cite as much interest as his efforts
usually do. He made up for his tameness
in the afternoon. The morning address
went to show that only Prohibitionists were
traveling toward truth.
At 4 o'clock, when Chairman Funk,
introduced Mr. Cook, about half
the seats in the auditorium
were occupied. "Church Partner
ship in the Liquor Business," was his
subject. He saio if the 5,000,000 church
members who are voters, 1,000,000 of whom
are Catholics, worked together, they could
easilv outlaw the liquor traffic
"The Methodists, Presbyterians, Baptists
and Congregationalists," he added, "ex
clude rum sellers from membership in their
churches, and I am glad to see that the
Episcopalians nre quickly coming to
that point also. If I could get
the Catholics to follow their example
I could kill the rum traffic. Both the great
political parties are more or less in the con
trol of the saloon. Is it not strange, then,
that the members of the Christian
churches which discountenance the liquor
traffic vote year after vear to
support the parties that will not fight this
rum power?" Chairman Funk remarked that
Sam Small was to say amen to Mr. Cook.
The Atlanta evangelist did more than that,
though. He danced about the platform
and said things that made everyone, even
himself, roar.
"We Prohibitionists are coming to the
front," he said, "and we are coming sober,
thank God. After you folks up North had
sold your slaves to us in the
South, and got them centralized,
you became philanthropic, and made us
set them free. I have found that one of
the best ways to get rid of an evil is to cen
tralize it. The Mormons have been crowded
out of Utah, and now decent people are try
ing to do away with them. And now we
are going to march all these beer guzzlers
in the South up here to j'ou. You'll have
a tough time with them. I'd like to get
the 187,000 licensed saloonkeepers in this
country into line and march 'em in on the
devil. I knew he'd treat them as
he did a tough customer who knocked on the
door of hades one day. The devil looked
through the wicket at liim and said: 'Oh,
it's you, is it? Just wait a minute.' In a
few minutes the old boy came back. 'Here,'
he said to his visitor, 'take these matches
and this piece of brimstone and go over
there and start a little hades of your own.
You can't come in herel' "
POWER OF THE COLONEL'S WIFE.
If the Army Officer Knows What's Good for
Him He Will Treat Her Gently.
There is one person in the army, or rather
connected with the army, whom it is more
necessary for a subordinate officer to con
ciliate than the Colonel of his regiment, and
that is the Colonel's wife, says an ex-army
officer in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat The
Colonel commands the regiment, but the
Colonel's wife commands the Colonel. Many
a young Lieutenant has learned this . only
after paying dearly to gain the knowledge.
There are two errors in judgment of which
the Lieutenant may be guilty. Let .him
beware of marrying a wife who is better
looking and more engaging in manner than
the lady of the commanding officer, or if he
is single let him be careful to avoid show
ing particular attention to other ladies of
the garrison to the neglect of Mine, la
Colonelle at the little social gatherings
which enliven the monotony of life at an
army post.
Tne dangers that may be encountered by
a neglect of these two rules are probably
not so great now as when we had many
frontier posts surrounded by Indians, who,
if not actually hostile, were liable to break
out at any moment. Looking back on those
days, many an old army man can recall in
stances of young Lieutenants being sent out
20 or 30 miles on the prairie with a detach
ment detailed to the important service of
gathering hay for the Government mules,
with a chance of losing their scalps before
they returned, and who were selected for
this duty by reason of the fact that the su
perior attractions of their wives had ex
cited the jealous rage of the lady who com
manded the Colonel, and, through him, the
regiment. And even in these days it not
frequently, happens that the young officer
who is detailed to the most unpleasant du
ties is the one who has failed to win the
good opinion of the Colonel's wife.
A DIAMOND IN A MELON.
Not a Yery Wonderful Thing From a
Botanical Point of Yiew.
There is nothing either miraculous or
extraordinary in the finding of a diamond
ring in a watermelon, which created such
a sensation in Union Market circles
the other day, says
in the St. Louis
As to how the diamond
a scientist
Globe-Democrat.
ring got in the
watermelon 'paten, 110 Dotanist Knows or
cares; but, supposing that someone dropped
it or hid it, the ring could make its way
into the melon very easily, or, rather, the
melon could easily make its way around the
ring.
Even a stone is often found in fruit. If
tho ring fell on the young melon and sur
rounded even its end, the fruit in its growth
would cover it completely and hide it from
view. At first the cut through the skin
would be plainly discernible, and although
later on this would largely grow out, there
would always be a mark. If this valuable
melon had been preserved for inspection,
very interesting results might havtPfol
lowed. KOBE TB0TOLE EXPECTED.
Coal Miners at Gllman Threaten to
Hurt
Negro "Workmen.
Seattle, Wash., July 19. Sheriff
Woolery and four deputies have gone to
Gilman fearing further trouble from the
striKing miners. .uepuiy v,ase came up
from Gilman for more arms and took out a
lot of repeating rifles. The militia and Sul
livan Guards have all left and now only the
the Deputy Sheriffs remain.
At New Castle the excitement over the
dynamite explosion under the miners'
cabin is subsiding. The negro miners in
the company's employ will move into
town Monday to take possession of the
houses. The strikers declare they will
make it warm for the negroes. The militia
are still stationed at New Castle, fearing an
outbreak if recalled.
Captain G. H. Shanafelt.
Captain G. H. Shanafelt died at his
residence, No. 8 Crawford street, yesterday,
after a brief illness. Captain Shanafelt was
in his 51st year. He enlisted in Company
A, Sixty-first Pennsylvania Volunteers, at
the outbreak of the war, serving through
the war, and returning home as captain of
ins company, xie was wen Known In this
vicinity, and for some time past conducted
a pension claim agency in this city.
ACTIVE II EELIGM.
Large Audiences Gather for Sunday
Services at Chautaurina.
BIBLE STUDY IS THE FEATUKE.
An Excellent Sermon on the Prodigal Son
From Doctor Wright.
PEOP. HAKEIS LECTURE OX EDUCATION
rSrECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCn.l
Chautauqua, July 19. The beautiful
weather at the "Summer City" had the
effect of bringing large audiences at the ser
vices to-day. Although the Sabbath is a day
of rest here, this does not mean that people
lounge around all day reading, writing, or
sleeping. Sunday at Chautauqua means a
day of religious activity, a day full of Bible
study, Sunday school work and song ser
vices, supplemented with other religious
duties. Prof. Burroughs, of Amherst Col
lege, opened to-day's programme by a very
interesting Bible study on the "Book of
Ituth." This was held in the Amphitheater,
and despite the early hour many Chautau
quans were in attendance to learn of the
beautiful story of Buth and Naomi. The
recular sermon of the day was preached in
the Amphitheater at 11 o clock byjthe Kev.
William Burnett- Wright, of the Presbyte
rian church of Buffalo. Prof. Leason's full
chorus rendered the anthem "Jubilate," by
Smart, with good effect.
In the afternoon Miss Allen conducted
the primary Sunday school work in the
Hall of Philosophy; Dr. Duncan, the adult
class in the Temple, and President Miller,
the Assembly Bible class in the Amphithe
ater. At 4 p. m. the Society of Christian
Ethics was addressed by Prof. F. Starr, of
New York, and at 5 p. ai. was held the reg
ular Chautauqua vesper service in the Hall
of Philosophy. This was a beautiful ser
vice of singing and responsive reading, with
two interesting addresses by President W.
It. Harper and Prof. Burroughs, of Am
herst. At 7:30. the regular Sunday evening
service of song was held in the Amphithe
ater. The chorus, under Prof. Leason, sang
the grand anthem, "Daughter of Zion."
This closed the day's exercises, but many
of the visitors on the grounds seized odd in
tervals to renew old friendships.
The Sermon of Br. Wright.
Dr. Wright's sermon this morning was
from the text in Luke, viii. 21: "Father, I
have sinned against heaven and in Thy
sight." Said the speaker: "Christ addresses
this parable, not to the younger, but to the
elder brother. It was spoken not for the
encouragement of prodigals, but for the re
buke of the elder brother. Overlooking
this fact, preachers have chosen it as par
ticularly appropriate for schools in the
poprer districts of the city and for chapel
preaching in the prisons. The hint that
they are worse then other people has barred
the hearts of such hearers against the
preacher's appeal."
The sneaker said in the course of his re
marks that many people have in them the
seeds of a King Lear, a Macbeth or an
Othello, and lay the responsibility for their
misfortunes on anybody but themselves.
The breastworks ana battlements of Belze
bub's kingdom are made up of "buts" and
"ifs." The world makes a distinction re
garding sins committed that God does not.
The world regards poverty as the unpardon
able sin and sends a boy to prison
for stealing a loaf of bread because he is
hungry, but falls down to worship a man
who w'ill steal a railway stretching across
the continent or a part of everv loaf of
bread on the continent by a grand corner in
Chicago. Such a man is called a great busi
ness man by society.
A Scorching for Young Sinners.
The younger son in the parable had
sinned fn a way that society had agreed to
resent, but the elder 'brother's sin, malice,
envy, hatred, was infinitely blacker and
society would condone these in a rich man.
The speaker was particularly severe on the
class of young men, married or single, who
leave beautiful homes for a short absence
and slip into vice and immorality. Said he:
"I would rather go into the slums of a ereat
city and try to save those who have never
heard of Christ than waste my work on the
rotten-hearted elder brother, who, after re
ceiving the embrace of wife or mother, can
walk down street to the painted forms of
death."
The. address of Dr. W. T. Harris, the
United States Commissioner of Education,
yesterday afternoon was exceedingly inter
esting. His subject was the question of
"What Shall We Study in the Schools." He
said there are five windows in the human
soul, through which it looks out upon the
world, or inward upon the nature of what is
human or divine. Two of these windows of
the intellect look out upon nature in time
and space and three of the windows look
upon the cliaracter and actions of man and
God. The former survey of nature includes,'
first, its inorganic aspect, as a matter and
force, and the school study of arithemetic
opens this window and gives the intellect
an insight of the mechanical laws bv which
nature may be subdued and made of service
to supply human .want. Mathematics
enable man to divide and conquer. But
the second phase of nature is the organic
one, the plant and animal, which offers to us
the spectacle of a struggle on the part of a
higher principle to subdue the mechanism
of matter and motion by means of the prin
ciple of life.
The Outlook From Geography.
The school study that opens the mind of
the child to this aspect is geography. The
outlook from geography is a survey of the
world of productive industry. The veil of
distance is lifted and the pupil sees the
spectacle of the production, collection, dis
tribution and consumption of property for
use, ornament, amusement and culture, in
all climes, on all soils, by all races of men
and with divers mannersnnd customs. This
study gives the child an idea of the net re
sults of the various sciences, those of nature
and society. Political forms are treated
and religion, as well as costumes, manners
customs.
The school studies that give an insight
into human nature and divine nature are
history, grammar and literature. In history
the window opens upon the deeds of man
and reveals the higher self that
organizes institutions, especially the
nation, and protects the institution.
The individual self looks out upon its in
stitutional self-history. In grammar the
pupil is given a glimpse of the inward
workings of mind itself. In discriminating
the parts of speech the youth learns to dis
tinguish substance from accident, quality,
quantity, activity, passivity and relation.
In short he gets a training in the use of
logical categories, which helps him to
analyze all problems of life. Finally, in
literature, such even as is served up in the
school readers, he finds gems selected from
the great poets and prose writers ot the
language, which voice for him the various
situations of the soul and make them con
scious and articulate for ever after.
Opening the Soul's Windows.
Thus it appears that the instinct of the
people has developed a course of study that
opens the five windows of the soul toward
the five divisions of human learning, and
initiates the child, even in the elementary
school, into tne taws 01 structure ana de
velopment of mutter nnd mind. The lecturer
next considered higher education "and ex
plained the effect of Latin and Greek in
emancipating the minds of youth born in
civilized countries, while Oriental people
required a different classical course.
The English Bible schools begin their ses
sions to-morrow in the Chautauqua College
of Sacred Literature. These are the sub
jects taught: The synopsis -Gospels and the
Gospel of John, by Prof. Burroughs, of Am
herst College; Biblical interpretation, by
Prof. Burnham, of Colegate University; the
New Testament Epistles, by Prof. Bur
roughs; Bible teachers' school, by Prof.
Horswell, of Northwestern University; the
teachincrs of Paul and John, by Prof. Weid-
I ner, of Evangelical Lutheran TheologicalJ
Seminary; outlines of Biblical history, by
Prof. Batten, of Episcopal Divinity School,
Philadelphia.
The boat race between the young lady
crews was postponed on account of the rain.
The maiden oarsmen have been working
quite hard and feel sure that they will give
Chautauquans a grand opportunity to see a
very exciting event on the water. The
girls have learned to catch crabs now, with
out losing more than a half hour thereby.
and manage to get along without scooping
up all the water in the lake at one stroke,
although, once in a while their oars touch
bottom.
Flttsburgers Are Numerous.
Pittsburgers are everywhere. At the'
Pease cottage Mr. Charles F. Nevin and
wife, with their two children, of Sewickley,
have been comfortably domiciled for some
time. Here, too, among late arrivals are
Mrs. Bodgers and familyand Master Charlie
Ellis of the same place.
TheBev. B. F. Woodburn and Mr. Boo
byer, of Allegheny, have their own cottages
side by side. Miss Chamberlin and her
sister," Margaret, of Sewickley, are guests
of Mr. Boobyer, while "Aunt Mary," a
sister of Dr. Woodburn, is here for her an
nual visit.
At the Barnes cottages are W. A. Sipe,
Esq., with wife and family, Mrs. Valiant
and son and Mr. Etting, of the East End;
Mrs. W. P. Herron and daughter, Miss
Holsie, in company with the Misses Jean
nette and Sarah Barbour and Miss Bessie
Holyland, of Allegheny; Mrs. Edward
Snodgross and her sons Will, Charlie and
Curtis, of Allegheny; Mrs. M. C. Walker
and Mrs. F. W. Walker and children, of
New Brighton, Pa., and Mr. M. Y. Kobert
son and family, of Allegheny.
I wish you could see how anxiously Pitts
burgers inquire for The Dispatch here.
It is always a welcome visitor.
HE IS NOW IN JAIL.
Thomas, the Colorado Miner, Goes to Har
rlsburg'g Connty Prison.
SPECIAL TK.XORAM TO THE DISPATCH
HARiusnuno, July 19. James Thomas,
the Colorado miner who claims he can pull
a handkerchief through his body, and whose
remarkable escape from death was told in
the Sunday Dispatch, is in jail in this
city.
Thomas reached here early this morning,
and at his request he was taken to the
county prison, where he will be confined
until enough money is collected to send
him to Philadelphia. He is in good spirits
and will probably be sent to the Quaker
City to-morrow.
Killed by a Boiler Explosion.
Chiixicothe, Mo., July 19. The son of
a proprietor of a sawmill, owned by a man
named Simpson, was killed and two em
ployes seriously injured by the explosion
of a boiler yesterday.
RIVER NEWS AND NOTES.
The Bemalns of the Smoky City on Their
Way to Plttsonrg.
rSPECIAl, TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Louisville, July 19. At 7 o'clock to-night the
river was still falling-, with 4 feet 9 Inches on the
Talis and 7 feet 1 Inch In the canal anil 12 feet 1
Inch below. The weather Is clear and cooler. The
City of Madison had a frood trip in from Cincin
nati, and the Congo passed down from Cincinnati.
She is bound for Memphis. The John Barrett
passed down from Cincinnati after a load of stares.
Tbe 3. L. Wood, with the remains of the Smoky
City and a tow of empties, passed np this morning.
3Iost all the steamboat men in the city attended
the burial of Captain Thomas Sheerer at Cave Hill
Cemetery this atternoon.
What tho Upper Ganges Show.
Moroaxtown Hiver 4 feet and stationary.
Weather clear. Thermometer 85 at 4 P. M.
Wabres River 2 5-10 feet and rising. Weather
fair and pleasant.
BBOWSSVILLF.-Rlver 5 feet 3 Inches and ris
ing. Weather clear. Thermometer 74" at 4 p.m.
The News From Below.
Wheelixo Rlv-er 5 feet 7 Inches and rising
slowly. Departed: Courier, Parkersburg, 4p.m.;
Batchelor, Cincinnati, 11A.M.; Keystone State.
Pittsburg, noon: Benllur, Pittsburg, 2 P. 31.; Liz
zie Bay. Pittsburg, 8 A. M. Weather clear.
Memphis Passed up: City of Vleksburg, 12 m.;
the Harry Brown and tow Ohio arrlrcd at 6 r. M.
and left for Carlo at 10 A. jr. River 14 feet and
falling. Clear and warm.
ViCKSDUno IUver falling fast. Weather hot
and sultry. DownFuture City and barges, 7 A.M.
Up City of Hickman, 6 A. M. ; Belle of Memphis,
sir. Louis Arrived City of Sheffield, Tennessee
river. No departures. River down, 16 feet 5 inches.
Weather clear and warm.
Gossip Along the Levees.
It was a very quiet day along the wharf yester
day. V.-ry few rlvermen were to be seen, notwith
standing the fact that a large rise Is expected by to
day. Reports from the headwaters of the Alle
gheny liver will make between seven and eight feet
here. There Is very little coal In the harbor; not
more than a half a dozen tows will get away. The
marks show s feet 8 Inches and rising slowly. The
wickets at the Davis Island dam were lowered yes
terday, and the water in the pool went down nearly
a foot In consequence.
THE Fred Wilson arrived with empties yester
day. The Jim Brown passed Cincinnati yesterday with
emptier.
TnE James W. Gould arrived in port with emp
ties yesterday.
The Keystone State will leave at 4 P. M. to-day
for Cincinnati.
The Lizzie Bay Is due to-day on her regular
weekly trip from Charleston.
The S. L. Wood, with the wreck or the Smoky
City, passed Evansville yesterday.
THE II. K. Bedford arrived yesterday and will
leave to-day at noon for Parkersburg.
THE Alice Brown left Cairo for St. Louis with the
last tow of coal on the present contract.
Will S. Hays, the well-known river poet, cele
brated his MRy-fourth birthday yesterday.
THE Little Fred and the Enterprise passed Ports
mouth with empties for this port yesterday.
THE B. D. Wood and .Tom L sle passed Point
Pleasant with empties for this port yesterday.
Captains S. S. Chump and McClube left for
Louisville last night to look alter the disabled
Smoky City.
The Iron A ge arrived In port yesterday and tied
up at her old landing. It now remains to be seen
what Mat Cavanagh will do. It will be remembered
hes cured the lease of the landing some time ago,
but this is the first occasion that the Tennessee
Klver Navigation Company lias had to use it. it
claims the landing by virtue of never havlug given
It up, and propose to fight It on that ground.
Ox one of the Cincinnati packets last week there
arrived a newly-married couple, on whom the
clerk tells a good story. He said: "We were
hailed to land at a small Ohio town, and found the
couple, who wanted to go to Pittsburg. After we
haa&rone some distance the gentleman registered.
and 1 told hhn we were very much crowded and
would have to separate them. After pleading with
me for some time for a stateroom, he finally said:
Wo have Just been married, and we travel to
gether or vou can land the boat and wc will get
off.' 'Well.' said I. "If that Is the case. I will see
what I can do for you,' and after a good deal of
hustling and changing around the happy couple
was accommodated. M
CLEAKI50 HOUSE BUSINESS.
Pittsburg StUI Holds the Seventh Place In.
the List. '
Boston, July 19. The statements of the
clearing houses for the week ending July
18 are as follows:
Inc.
'i'.o
'5.'j
'6.'7
ii.-7
si-is
ia'.i
3.0
12.J
Dec.
15.7
New York.,
Boston
1543,7K.G30
01,358,580
. 8O.C0O,J0O
, 6J, 874,188
. 19,0!)0.2tt
Chicago..
Phllidelnhla
idelpl
21.S
ii.b
San Francisco
Pittsburg......
Baltimore 14,728,217
li,121,MU
Aansas utr ' 8.3JI,uj
Buffalo 8,7.7.45.5
Louisville 7,010,707
New Orleans 6.172,114
Galveston 3,448,499
Milwaukee s,5O2,0OO
Minneapolis 6,382,UJ6
Providence,. 5.421,300
Detroit 6.47,725
Cleveland 5,350,458
Omaha 3,548,998
Denver 5,044,755
St. Paul.... .. 6,355,514
Indianapolis 4,454,1,8!
Columbus 3,102,300
Memphis 1,445,452
IJuIuih 1,931,731
Dallas... 1,344,571
Hartford 2,432,099
Richmond 2,705 441
Nashville 1,885,720
Rochester 1,.,jO3,0u2
15.1
7.8
14.0
11.3
Zi.l
2.5
.18.0
111.0
1.3
7.6
5.8
ih'.i
0.3
17.1
0.1
Portland. Ore,
1,753,277
l,a,a20
1,71)9,721
1.474.3.7
Salt Lake City
Washington
Peoria
St. Joseph ,
New Haven
Springfield ,
Portland. Me
Worcester.
Ft. AVorth
Montreal
Halifax
'Houston
sixty cities
Outside New York,
1.2
13.0
8.4
ii'S
23.8
0.7
.... 2,178,005
... i;76S,410
.... 1. Wi.ua
.... 1,1(0,551
.... 1,222,515
.... 1,138,075
... 11,675,823
... 1,391,029
... 2,166,102
,..1,004, 079, 355
... 455,373,725
5.4
85.5
12.1
1.7
10.5
3.3
Not Included In totals.
In comparison with iuvious week the
aggregate exchanges &,iuw a decrease of
8113,873,863, or 10.5 per cent, while outside
New York the decrease is $27,426,926, or,0
per cent.
VICE AND TRAMPDOM
Recruited Prom the Army of Unfort
unates Turned Loose by
THE CENSUS OFFICE DISMISSALS.
Street Eailway JTen Experimenting" With
New Devices at the Capital.
JOKE AT THE EXPENSE OP SON BUSSELL
PROM A STAPP COKBESrOXBEjrr.
Vashingtojt, D. C, July 18. The sad
dest place at the national capital just now
is theCensus Office. Dismissals hare heen
going on for some time, and some of them
have brought the victim's to the verge of
despair. At the beginning of next month
more than 1,000 of those who remain will
be thrown upon the street. True, they
have had notice of the coming calamity.
They hare been ransacking the city for
other work. They have besieged the heads
of departments to let down the bars of the
civil service sufficiently to admit them to
the rare chance of admission to the depart
ments on the ground of the examinations
they have already successfully passed.
Many have gone back to the homes they
came from, where, if they had had work,
they would have stayed, rather than have
taken the chance of work here for a few
months, then to be as badly off as before.
It is a fearful comment upon our social
system this rush of thousands to a city far
away from the homes of many of them for
the brief employment of the Census Office.
It is infallible evidpnee of their lack of em
ployment at home. And they are, gener
ally speaking, the very brigtest sort of peo
ple. They are not persons who are failures
in life, and who have been driven to the
wall by lack of abilities. Thev are simply
the victims of the haphazard, unscientific
system of social economy, which usually
makes the chance environments of the per
son the architect of his fortunes, instead of
his own skill and industry. It is not a sys
tem, but an entire lack of system, rather.
Forced to Beg or Starve.
Look at the brief history of these people.
They come here frantic for place. Tney
raise heaven and earth to get even the
smallest position. They are appointed by
tens and hundreds at salaries supposed to be
commensurate with their work. Apparent
ly the authorities looked upon the appro
E nation as inexhaustible, for they not only
xed the salaries as high as they dared, but
after a little while began to make promo
tions of favorites. A few months gone, and
the appropriation begins to dwindle and the
work to lessen. Dismissals become more
and more rapid. Then they come at a whole
sale rate, and at first of August the author
ities will swoop down on more than a thou
sand. They sav to these people: "Vfe
found you without work. We gave you
bread lor a little while. Now yon can go
back to your idleness and poverty again.
"We have no more need of you and care not
what become of you."
"We never will know what becomes of all
of them, bnt as to some one committed
suicide the other day. More than one of the
pretty ones have found friends among the men
of money, and I am reliably informed that
vice has been recruited from the ranks of
those thrown ruthlessly out or employment
by the Government of the United States.
They simply gave up the fight. The odds
were too great. How many will give up
no one will ever know.
Bapid Transit at the CapltaL
Pittsburgers will be able to sympathize
with Washingtonians just now. We are
passing through a transition Stage as to im
provements in street locomotion and light
ing. Underground wires are being laid
everywhere lor electric lighting-, and the
"avenue" is all torn up for the laying of
uiuuuiucrj ior a uuuic iuiuuuu. 11 liuiu is
few months horses will be discarded as
motors on all principal street car lines. The
Seventh street line, about two miles in
length, is as yet the only cable line in the
city. An electrio storage battery line now
runs from the Treasury four miles out into
the country to the northeast entrance of
the Soldiers' Home. The Avenue line from
Georgetown to the Navy Yard, about four
miles, and the Fourteenth street line, part
of the same system, about two miles, will
soon be moved by cables. All this great
length of line will be operated from one
nower house, situated almost opposite Wil-
lard's Hotel; the site alone for which cost
$250,000. After its purchase it was found
that from the nature of the ground it would
be necessary to drive piles over the whole
surface to make firm foundation. It is the
intention of the company to make the house
a very ornamental one, possibly with a
great hall over the machinery rooms, and
tne wnoie one 01 tne aiiracuuus ui w iuu
ington. Storage Battery Experiments.
The Metropolitan line, which operates
between eight and ten miles of road on dif
ferent streets, has decided to adopt the in
dependent motor, "accumulator" or "stor
age battery" system, they having been con
vinced that it has reached a condition of
perfection that will warrant thein taking it
up and burning the bridges behind them.
Two or three weaker lines not yet able to
endure the expense of such change will be
permitted to operate with horses ior a time
yet, but all the great lines are required by
law to have the change made before the
beginning of another year. An electric
line with overhead wires has been in opera
tion for some time between Georgetown and
Tenleytown, three miles from the city, and
soon to be extended seven miles further to
Eockville. Abranch runs from Tenleytown to
that queer speculative scheme known as the
"Glen Echo Chautauqua," near Cabin John
Bridge, the greatest stone arch in the world.
An electric fine will soon extend from the
head of Connecticut avenue to the new Zoo
logical Gardens, and on to a junction with
the Tenleytown line at a point close to the
country home of President Cleveland, "Oak
View," now in the hands of speculators.
Another will make its way to and through
the new Hock Creek National Park. An
other will extend from the Virginia end of
the Georeetown bridge over the Potomac to
Arlington and thence to Mount Vernon.
Who shall sav after this that Washington is
behind the times? One good feature of the
improvements is that there will be no over
head wires except in the outskirts of the
city.
Secretary Foster's Error.
The public will probably be surprised to
learn that Secretary Foster is about to be
prosecuted for a violation of the law pro
hibiting the use of official envelopes for
private purposes. The other day he re
ceived a request for a considerable loan
from a prominent citizen who has a habit of
being "hard up." He made no reply, and
the request was repeated. No reply yet
coming, the good citizen asked the re
turn of his letters. These were turned over
by the private secretary to the typewriter,
who unwittingly enclosed them in an offi
cial envelope. Then the now irate borrower
penned a wrathy letter in which he stated
that as he had been insulted, as his tender
est sensibilities bad been lacerated, he
would retaliate by having the Secretary ar
rested for violating the law referredto, the
penalty for the iniraction of which is $300.
The arrest has not yet been made, but the
blow may fall at any time.
I cannot vouch as fully for the truth of a
story about the President and a high official
who desired the appointment of his son to a
lucrative position.
Kongh on Son BasselL
"My dear sir," said His Excellency, "I
would like to oblige you. but really I don't
think it is the proper thing for an official to
appoint his son to any position. Now, you
see,I have not appointed my son, though I
might have given him something very nice."
"Well," was the angry retort, "if my son
was as big a fool as yours I wouldn t ask
anything for him:"
I am informed- that tbe President, since
the trouble with vouncr Raum. has quietly
informed heads of departments that they j.
and their assistants and their bureau officers'
must appoint no more sons to office in ths
departments. When Mr. Nebekerwas sworn
in as Treasurer he at once appointed his son
his private secretary, and when Judga
Crounse was selected as Assistant Secretary
he did the same thing. When Secretary
Foster discovered this he at once called for
these very worthy officials aDd informed
them that such appointments would not do
in his department, and the young men had
to look elsewhere for employment. This
may look hard, but it is just. At least this
is the opinion of those who want the places
filled by the sons and daughters of officials.
E.W.L.
THE IVEATHEK.
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West Virginia and Ohio;
Fair tSl Tuesday, station
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Kinds.
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Comparative Temperature.
Pittsbubc. July 19. The United States Weather
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Maximum temp 80'Mean temp 70
Minimum temp KOiKulnfall
Range 291
MBS. P0TTEE WEBS BELLEW.
Although Dead Broke in China, They Marry
and Are Doing Borneo and Juliet.
fSPECIAI. TELEGRAM TO TUB DISPATCTI.1
San Fraxcisco, July 19. Private let
ters received from China by the steamer
Belgic say that Kyrle Bellew, the actor,
and Mrs. James Brown Potter, whom he
has been leading man for, were married at
Hong Kong just before the Belg-ic sailed.
The marriage followed immediatelr upon
the receipt of the news by cable that Mr.
Potter had secured his divorce.
Bellow and Mrs. Potter had great success
in India and Australia. They left Sydney
with 5,000, but reckless living and bad
luck in China wiped out all this and they
are now dead broke. They are playing the
balcony scene in Borneo and Juliet, and
they even appear as stars with amateur sup
port. Senator Hill's Son Unbalanced.
New Yokk, July 19. Eoland B. Hill, a
Boston newspaper man and the son of
United States Senator Hill, of Georgia,
has been taken in charge by the police of
this city, who fear that his mind is nnbali
anced. He visited the station house this-,
afternoon and acted so qucerly that he was
4nl-an tn Ttoltovno TTrtHTltnl
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We are selling' Clothing,
Hats and Furnishings just as
rapidly as though they were
under the hammer, and they
are going at prices lower than
you would bid for them if
they were in the hands of an
auctioneer. Prices have fallen
so heavily that you could hear
the crash half a dozen blocks
away. Jacksons spell Bar
gains with a big B because
there's nothing small about
them. Do you want to make
a dollar go a long way?
Jacksons can give you a bet
ter return for your dollar than
you can get for a dollar and
a quarter elsewhere, and 25
cents saved is 25 cents gained.
Bear this opportunity in mind,
our stock of fine H O M E
MADE SUITS 25 per
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eign goods can be bought
for, and remember every suit
costing 10 or more dollars
repaired for you free of charge
in one year from date of pur
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Furnishers,
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