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3rKINLEVS TARIFF TKSTED.
Free-traders, or tariffltes-for-re venue
only, found little comfort in the summary
ami review of the foreign commerce of the
United State during the year ending
Tune 30, 1831, which the Treasury Depart
ment gave in yesterday's Dispatch. Tiiis
is the first opportunity to judtic fairly" of
the effects of the McKinley tariff. Demo
cratic statesmen have had gigantic fun
with fancies. They will not have much
with the facts.
A favorite cigument against the McKin
ley bill was that it would be certain to
bring about a decrease in imports, but no
decrease in taxation. The theory was that
the increase of duties would cause a
shrinkage of importation, while exacting
a greater revenue. The figures and the
facts of the official report do not sustain
this argument, for while through the ex
tension of the free list the importations
have increased no less than 531,000,000 in
value, the customs revenue has been
diminished quite as positively.
The report does not contain an exact
statement of the customs revenue for the
nine months under the McKinlcy tariff, as
compared with that under the old tariff,
but official figures for seven out
of the nine months arc obtain
able, and they show that while in
1SS9-00 the customs rovenue amounted
to S130.033.3S1 C9, in 1890-01 the same
seven months produced but S113,12G,07G 14,
or about twenty-three millions less. If
the reduction in revenue keeps pace
throughout the year, the annual revenua
under the McKlnley law will be about
forty millions less than it was in the last
year under the old tariff. Taking the
tariff to be a tax for the nonce, this means
a reduction in taxation of forty millions
per annum.
TheMcKiuley tariff has clearly operated
to the advantage of the country in restrict
ing the importation of articles which we
can produce, in opening the way for such
goods as we do not produce for the total
of importations is swelled by the great in
crease of lree imports and in raising in
the least burdensome manner the revenua
necessary for the maintenance of the
best, though not the most economical gov
ernment on earth. These facts are going
to have a wider and weightier effect upon
the voters' minds than the free-traders'
fictions, which, co-operating with natural
causes for discontent among the farmers,
produced the political convulsion last
j car.
"We have considered the figures as above
merely in the light of the regulation
Democratic cry that the tariff is "a tax"
and a burden. Taken upon their own
ground the opponents of the McKihlcy bill
are deprived of their pet grievance by the
official figures.
THE "TK MGIIT-OUTKISS-" PROTEST.
Those "straight-out Republicans" who
want an exclusively partisan bench
for Common Plwis So. 3 held their meet
ing yesterday and ordered a convention
for August. As Governor Pattison's
nominee', the sitting Judges, already have
the formal indorsement of the Democrats,
as well as of the Republican County Ex
ecutive Committee, and as the first objec
tion is yet to be heard to their character
or capacity, it requires no great foresight
to see how the "jitraight-out" partisan
movement will figure at the polls.
There is, however, one aspect in which
its projectors can justify it, i. e., upon the
ground that by party usage they had a
right to a convention to name their own
candidates. Their position on that score
is impregnable. But the choice of Judges
is a matter for the public apart from the
settlement of questions of party usage
and discipline. Tho public are by no
means so enthusiastically appreciative of
the convention system, its of ten-times cor
rupt processes and poor results, as to re
quire that otherwise fit Judges must
hustle around for annointment by a con
vention of ward-workers before being
voted for.
At present the movement gives promise
of being of no more practical weight than
a mere protest by partisans' minority
against the men whom they elected to the
County Committee to run their party ma
chinery. The technical ground for that
protest is unassailable, but tho election of
men to administer justice in tho courts
will not turn wholly or mainly upon a dis
pute 'within the party as to how the organi
zation should bo run.
GOOD CHEEK FROM CHAUTAUQUA.
Optimism is evidently on top at Chau
tauqua. That beautiful scenery and ex
hilarating air should breed cheerfulness is
to be expected. Twice within the last
week have distinguished speakers dusted
the Chautauqua stage with the pessimists,
and our readers have doubtless observed
in the reports of the lectures there all
summer a strong current of content and
confidence. Last Sunday Bishop Leon
ard, of Ohio, preached a remarkable ser
mon, in which he affirmed his belief that
Christianity is gaining ground on every
hand in these times, in spite of the
outcry of heretics in the Protest
ant churches, and the uproar of
the agnostics and the theosophists,
with their old superstitions revamped,
on the outside. Bishop Leonard
maintained that the Christian who has
faith Is about to win extraordinary
triumphs in this world. We are told that
Bishop Leonard's joyful tone found a loud
echo iu his audience. Since then Dr.
George Thomas Dowiing, of Albany, has
smitten the pessimists hip and thigli. In
the course of a lecture on "The Good
Times," delivered by Dr. Dowiing on
Tuesday, he said that he held the only
wise philosophy of life to be that this Is
tho very best possiblo world createcTby an
all-wise God; and that while we ought to
attend to the lever and the headlight, the
same omniscient Being "who had made
the cars," to use" Dr. Dowling's illustra
tion, "had ballasted the track."
The breeze that blows off Lake Chau
tauqua in the morning is not more bracing
than these words of good cheer. Not many
like them are heard these dap, when even
the novelists insist upon dishing up pes
simism for our amusement! Is this the
sign of a revulsion of feeling? Are we to
be allowed to come up from the depths of
despair, and observe that all the world and
life and mankind arenota dismal failure?
There will always be some people, no
doubt, who will not be comfortablo unless
they are miserable, but most of us really
prefer to look at the bright side of life, if
our pastors and masters would but allow
us.
GOOD NEWS FOK CDTICAGO.
It augurs well for the World's Fair at
Chicago that the British Government has
announced its intention to mako a full
showing not only of England, but of India
and the British colonics. Great Britain
has the ability to surpass all the other
foreign exhibitors at the Fair, and Vis
count Cross' statement that the Indian
Government will also do its best is de
cidedly good news. It is noteworthy, also,
that Sir Pliilip Cunliffe Owen, speaking
for the Society of Arts, which has under
taken to superintend the British collection
of exhibits, recognized fully the promise of
the Chicago Exposition to excel all its
fererunners wherever held.
The world has gained much in liberality
and breadth of view since the firstnational
exliibitlon was held. When the great Na
poleon instituted a national exhibition at
Paris, in 1798. his idea was to foster the
talents and stimulate the invention of
Frenchmen alone, and to that end offered
a gold medal to the manufacturer who
should show how to inflict the heaviest
injury upon English trade. The idea that
the manufactures exhibited ought to
be domestic exclusively prevailed in
France, and indeed in all countries where
expositions were held, until the middle of
the present century. England's first
international exhibition was in
1851, with another by France four
years later. No disastrous results
followed these comparisons of products,
and interchanges of ideas. The benefits
were so positive and plain that no nation
has returned to the exclusive policy iu its
exhibitions since then. There is hardly a
country or nation upon earth now that has
not in some sort invited the world to a
comparative show of powers and products,
and the number of exhibitions, national
and international, is already in the
hundreds, and range from tho Immense
performances at Philadelphia, Paris,
London and Vienna, to the more modest
affairs at Kioto, Japan, at New Orleans or
at Ballarat, and tho local exhibitions of
which Pittsburg's is a good example.
The Society of Arts, which has under
taken to collect and order the representa
tion of Great Britain and her colonies at
Chicago, his been actively ehgaged in
work of this kind since its foundation in
the last century. The success of the first
international London exhibition, in '1851,
and of the minor ones that preceded it, as
well as those of more recent date, has been
largely due to the sustained and well
aimed efforts of this society. Chicago
may assuredly look for a British exhibit
worthy of the great fair and the great
empire which makes it
STOCKS DULL BUT DIG CROPS.
Wall street is depressed but the country's
business is not The idle brokers are
unhappy, but not so the busy farmers. In
fact Wall street is not in sympathy with
the country's business interests, and its
dull and depressed condition is rather the
result of European causes than American.
The crops are very large, wheat assuredly
so, corn almost beyond a doubt There is
enough money to supply all legitimate
demands, and money is cheap, at a time
when it most needed to move the gigantic
harvests. Manufacturers are beginning to
feel the first touch of reviving trade, and
the prospects for a brisk fall business
could hardly be improved. If through
complications with which we are not
directly concerned in Europe the stock
market is at the mercy of the bears, it is
worth remembering that the actual situa
tion of producers in shop and farm to-day
is anything but discouraging. The big
harvests, conservative manufacturing and
tho good effect of the protective system are
the potent factors for a term of prosperity
in tins land. Small harvests in Europe
make the ability of this country to ex
port all the more valuable. There have
been dark hours in the past twelve months,
but looking ahead all is bright for the
United States.
Judge Swing's decision as to the right
of the Central Traction Company to occupy
High street is discouraging t those who
think corporations in a loose Und unbridled
style do whatever they have a mind to. Of
course.it is not safe to say with certainty
what may be deduced from this decision
Until tho Supreme Court shall have passed
upon it, but the indications are that corpor
ations will havo to be more careful about
the transfer of corporate franchises than
they have been in the past.
As far as can be seen at present it was an
accident pure and simple that brought down
tho Oil Well Supply Company's' new build
ing yesterday, and resulted In threo deaths
and many wounded. Itwat really wonder
ful that more lives wero not lost.
Archbishop Irulaxd in an interview
iu Sew York predicts the marriage of Minne
apolis and St. Paul. No one can doubt the
advisability of such a move and the union
should be effected as soon as possiblo. It re
quires a special act of tho Legislature, but
that can be obtained as oon as that body
meets. Perhaps If Pltthburg and Allegheny
seo the experiment prove successful they
will follow suit.
The Weather Bureau predictions have
been charmingly varied lately. Judging by
the prophetic visions of th'e weather yester
day and the day beJore namely fine
weather and rain respectively they should
be reversed for use.
Spurgeox's immense popularity has led
some peoplo in both countries to compare
him to Beccher. Tho pastor of London's
Tabernacle and Brooklyn's Plymouth
Church could hardly be more dissimilar in
personal characteristics nnd beliefs. The un
bending sternness of Spurgeon's Calvinism
and Bcecher's charitable liberality aro
sample variations.
Notwithstanding their great efforts
the Cinclnnatls were unable to dislodge our
star baseball team from its position as rear
guard. There is one consolation: The team
cannot break Its last year's record.
It is barely possible that someone has
been slandering East End boys In saying
that they havo been throwing stonos at
a dynamite and -nltro-glyeerlne magazine.
1 f they had said girls it would havo been all
right, but the American boy would havo hit
a can and had an explosion out of tho first
three throws or resigned his poaltion on his
baseball nine.
The women of Naw York have proven
more successful at kocplng the streets clean
than the men. Still there aro some who ap- I
pear to consider that the broom is not In
their sphere
Ex-CONGRESSMAN 8NIDER, of Minne
apolis, says that his city and St. Paul do not
intend to allow their individuality to be lost
under any such "tootsoy-wootsey" name as
Minnepnulo or PaUloappolls. Snlder's quito
right. What would our citizens gay if it
wero proposod to call this great cltyFltts
henyor Alleburg?
iF-the new manager of the Pittsburg ball
club does not speedily persuade victory to
return to tho Pirate' banners, the man at
the gate will hare a sinecure.
Tn&resignation of Collector Erhardt at
Now York is not an event of national im
portance, unless it should prove to be asnro
sign, aS'it is alleged to be. that President
Harrison is working already for tho ronami
nation and has forced Erhardt to retire in
order to placate ex-Sonator Piatt.
The city dog-catchers have a taking way
with them.bnt the net results are expensive
to the owners of captured canines.
Russia and France are flirting desper
ately. Neither of them has anyone else to
love. Tho Drolbnnd and its silent allies
have succeeded in isolating the Republic
nnd the Russian Empire completely. Lovo
under such circumstances is not apt to bo
sincere.
Fixe weather and big crops are the most
powerful enemies tho Farmers' Alliance
has.
Since so many Australians have come
to this country and whipped free born
Americans wo are glad to soo ono of them
rebuked. We are now sure of two champion
bruisers in this country, if ono of thorn is
colored and only weighs 115 pounds.
SOME HAVE ATTAINED 6BEATKES3.
Paul Revere, the hero of the famous
ride, was tho President of Boston's first
Board of Health. It was organized in Faneuil
Hall in 1799.
Sf.xatOr Colquitt, of Georgia, and his
daughters will make an extended trip
through tho West and to tho Pacific coast
this fall.
A collection of paintings of the Lake
country, irom the brush of Stephen Cole
ridge, son of the English Chief Justice, are
now on exhibition in London, and have at
tracted much favorable comment.
The classmates of the late Lieutenant G.
W. Do Long, U. 8 N., who perished in the
Arctic, having secured tho necessary funds,
aro about having a memorial tablet placed
in tho Naval Academy cliapol at Annapolis.
Litebaby society in London has been
showing marked attention to Mrs. General
Custer during her visit therj. She has made
a favorable impression on every ono, which
is not singular, considering her popularity
in America.
Ex-Secretary Bayard is growing
fleshy as ho advances in years, nnd his flno
height is now balanced by a fair breadth of
body. His faco has becomo set in severe
lines and his hair has whitened rapidly since
death robbed him of his wife and his favorite
daughter.
THE Duchess of Fife is attracting admira
tion from all England and Scotland by her
conduct as a model mother. Following tho
example of Qucon Victoria and the Empress
Frederick, sho is nursing her own baby, and
may frequently bo seen walking the streets
of Brighton with her baby in her arms.
Allen G. Thurman is said to be break
ing down physically. He takes no oxerclse
ntall. Since his retirement from public life
he has gotten into the way of shutting him
self up in his library, reading nearly all
night and then retiring go lato as not to rise
before noon. His wife is ill enough to bo
confined to her bed, but sho tries earnestly
to persuade the "Old Roman" to tako more
outdoor air.
The Crown Prince of Italy is believed to
be making hts visit to England to find ft
wife: and his father "will not object, it is
thought, if a ProteBtant bo selected. Tho
Prince, who is by no means in strong health,
was born in November, IM9. Tho next holr
to the throno is tho young DukoofAosta,
who Is ten months older than his cousin, but
his succession would be very unpopular as
ho is much under tho influence of tho Jesuits,
The Shah of Persia, recently reported
ill, has been ono of tho most progrosslvo
monarch s that country ever had. During
his reign Teheran has changed from & dreary
old town or 100,009 inhabitants to a city of
thiice that population, nnd been beautified
with fine promenades, elegant residences
nnd handsomo pnblto edifices. IIo hag In
troduced banks, gas, telegraphs and street
railways, and modernized his army: and ho
Is the first ruler of Persia to form a regular
ministry on tho European model and to nom
inate ambassadors to foreign courts.
NAVIGATION REOPENED
On the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
nnd
Georgetown Is Rejoicing Again.
rrnoii a staff cOHnEsroNDEsr.i
Washikotoj.-, July 29. Tho Chetapcake and
Ohio Canal, between Cumberland, Md and
Georgeton n, D. C, has at last been rehabil
itated. Tho water was turned on yesterday
at Cumberland and this cvonlng tho slug
gish flood began to mako its appearance at
Georgetown. It was turned on very gradu
ally, that its course might be watched and
all obstructions removed. Tho flood was
followed in its courso by tho chief engineer
and an assistant, who have supervised the
repairs. Tho canalmen, who have occupied
somo of tho boats as homes, aro getting
ready to rosmne the work whloh was stopped
two years ago. A few of them are moving
their families out, but a numbor will con
tinue to live on the boats, thus keeping their
wives and children with them. There have
been moro than 50 bouts used as homes by
these people since the froshotVnd some of
them are rather comfortable. Of course, In
many instancos, they are crowded for room,
but every portion of a boat is utilized to the
very best possible advantage. Two of the
neatest ana most comiortuoio looking boat
homes have boon anchored for two years
Immediately under tho Thirty-second street
bridite. A look nt tho dirty green water
w liioh surrounds them would"lcad to the be
lief that one night's sleep on the boat would
mean sure death, but it is seldom that a case
of sickness is heard of among them.
At the main Office It was ascertained that
tho first trip will probably be made on the
first day of next month, and by the 15th, at
least, 00 boats will be running. This number
will bo Increased as rapidly as possible, until
a sufficient number is in service. Tho
principal tonnage 01 tno canai win ne on
coal, grain, hay, llne nnd lumber, and as this
Is slow in transportntlon.a very large number
of boats will bo required. Many or the old
teamsters havo kept their stock and will re
turn to the towpath. Two hundred thousand
dollars has already been paid out in repairs
to this canal and there is still a lurge amount
of work to do. Tho peoplo of Georgetown
generally aro elated over tho fact they are
soon.to havo communication with the out
side world through this medium.
DESTITUTE, PENNILESS, INSANE.
Tho Sad Wreck or the Elfe of a "Welshman
With a Family Out West.
SPECIAL TELF.GIIAM TO THE DISPATCn.
Hahrisburq, July 29. John Parry Jones,
who speaks only the Welsh language, Is in
jail hero after walking all tho way from
Pittsburg, arriving here insane, hnlf nudo
and without a cent, having been robbed pf
all his money and ticket back to Wales.
Jones came to this eountrv in 1857 with hu
wife and children and settled in North Da
kota. Ills crops were a total failure last
year, ana ne went to umcuicu uuu songnt em
ployment, where ho bad relatives, but as ho
could only speak his native tongue ho could
secure no work. A brother in Wales sent
him money and tickets to return to his own
country.
Jones got off tho train at Pittsburg and re
members nothing coherently since. His
mind is still affected and he imagines he is
on nn ocean steamer, and wonders why his
voyago is so long. When asked about his
family he breaks down and weeps, but will
not or cannot answer.
Tho Popular Presidental Itouto.
Baltimore American. "
The revivification of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal will givo.the bar footed boys of
Western Maryland ono moro chance to rise
to fame and fortune via tho towpatb,
LAID TO PRINCETON.
The New Jersey College SaldioBelt esponsl
ble for Union Seminary's Troubles In
gratitude Charged to the Former Dr.
Brlggs' Views Are Strictly Orthodox.
rEMCJAI. TKLEOKAM TO THE DISPATCH. J
New Yomt, July 29. Union Theological
Seminary chnrgee that the present trouble
in the Presbyterian Church Is duo to Prince
ton. Tho rivalry and Jealousy of the New
Jersoy institution and not the theological
views of Dr. Brlggs aro given as the cause of
the opposition of the Church to the New
York Seminary. A director of tho Union
Seminary, tho Rev. Dr. James M, Ludlow,
formerly of this city, and now of East
Orange, N. J., has given a complete state
ment of the trouble.
Dr. Ludlow is a graduato of Princeton
Collego and Seminary, and joined tho direc
torate of Union but a few years ago. He is
a preacher of tho liberal school of Presby-
tcnanum anu is a man 01 unusual onergy
and ability. He shows that Princeton's
present freedom from the dominance of the
Church Is duo ontlrcly to tho efforts of
Union Seminary, and in return that Union
Seminary was made to suffer directly to tho
wire-pulling of Princeton. IIo shows also
that Union Seminary's endowment Is secure;
that largo sums in addition nro coming to
the seminary because of its fearless indorse
ment of Dr. Brlggs, and that tho classes of
tho seminary are to bo greatly Improved in
quality and not at nil diminished in numbers
because of the controversy. The statement
as approved by Dr. Ludlow, is as follows:
Statement of Dr. Ludlow.
"Union Seminary Is Presbyterian and It
will romaln Presbyterian. The endowment
cannot bo affected by the Brlggs contro
versy. There were no conditions to the
gifts that go to make tho endowment, but If
there wore conditions such as have been
mentioned they would not now operate for
the orthodoxy of tho Institution, as such Is
not questioned. Individual members of tho
faculty may be tried and convicted of her
esy, but the Pre?bvtcrlanl8in of the semin
ary is fixed and unchangeable.
"Dr.Briggs' book 'Whither' in what excited
tho old antagonism. It hurt Princeton men
and aroused their ire. Princeton men have
been shaping this movement against Union.
That is singular, too, for Princeton owes so
much to Union. Years ago Princeton was
groaning under tho yoke of tho General As
sembly. Its professors and directors were
elected at these annual meetings of the
Church. The selection of professors by so
large an asemomge woritea. great wrong,
notably in the case of a nomineo of Prince
ton who was voted down by Assombly and
tho vacant professorship given ty vote of
Assembly to another man. Union wns Inde
pendent nnd elected Us own professors nnd
directors. Princeton chafed under tho bur
den. Dr. Hodge desired Union to help
Princeton In this matter. Dr. Adams, after
much hesitation, consented toglve to As
sembly the right of veto, for tho sako of eas
ing Princeton's burden. With the reunion of
tho old nnd new schools of tho Church all
the seminaries came into new relations with
tho Church. The directors were to choose
their own successors, but tho professors
were to bo selected subject to tho Ulsapprov
al of Assembly.
Tho Reward of Union.
"In return, behold Union's reward. Tho
actlug President of Princoton Seminary,
Dr. Greene, was made Moderator of the As
sembly, nominated as such by Dr. Charles
A. Dickey, a Union director, and himself a
candidate for the Moderatorshlp. Ho did
this ut the request of Dr. Fatton, tho ruling
spirit of Princeton and of this Assembly.
Dr. Patton has himself appeared In the
Presbyterian Review as an opponent of the
Assembly's Interierence with seminaries.
With this knowledge, and recognizing Dr.
Patton's influence over Dr. Greene, Dr.
Dickey readily agreed to make the nomina
tion and urged tho election of Dr. Greene.
Why should he not hope, having done so, for
some consideration from Prlnoeton In the
Brunts case?
"Dr. Patton Is mado chairman of tho very
committee that Is to consider this case, and
tho hope of Dr. Dickey Is strengthened. Dr.
Ersklne N. White and Dr. Dickey request of
Dr. Patton to bo permitted to appear before
the committee and, explatu Union's position
as to the transfer. Dr. Patton assures them
that the committee will lisffcn to Dr. White.
Dr. Patton astonishes everybody by unex
pectedly rending tho report, while Dr.Whito
is still waiting for tho case to appear before
the committee. Atterwurd Dr. Patton ex
plains that the committee could not have
heard Dr. White without 'calling In a repre
sentative of 'tho other side.'
Work of the Kitchen Cabinet.
"At tho opening of the Assembly tho same
spirit was manifest. In making up the
'Kitchen Cablnot' to assist in forming tho
standing committee, no provision was mado
for u representative of Union. There is
some talk now of Dr. Dickey's having been
nsked to Join this cabinet, but If this is so,
the invitation did not reach him. The cabi
net went ahead with Its important business,
and it was In this body that the now famous
Patton Committee, that brought about the
Briggs veto, was formed. The action of tho
Assombly was based on the "now or never"
idea. The committee represented that
unless notion was takon on Dr. Brlggs' elec
tion In thatassomhlytherightofvetopnised
away forever. Dr. White was ready to fur
nish more tangible evidence that
the directors would respect such sus
pension of action, but ho was not given an
opportunity. The action of the Union
directors on Juno 5 in voting to
adhere to the transfer of Dr. Briggs,
notwithstanding tho veto of the
General Assombly, has been criticised ns
hasty and ns antagonistic. It was neither.
The meeting was called for preliminary no
tion concerning a successor to Dr. Van
Dyke, whose death and burial had marced
the week boforo. That being disposed of, It
was necessary to consider tho Important
subject of Dr. Briggs' future relations to the
sominary. After prolonged deliberation In
one of tho largest meetings tho directorate
has ever hold, it seemed advisable to retain
Dr. Brlggs. and a resolution to that effect
was adopted by a. vote of 20 to 2. Asa mat
ter of fact tho Assembly had no Jurisdiction
in the oate of Dr. Brlggs. His wns a transfer,
not an election, and hence wns not subject
to veto.
"This claim of tho directors has been
criticised ns a subterfuge, but it was not.
Thirty days' notice in advance is required
for a meeting to elect a professor. No such
notice was given in this case. When Dr.
Butler nnnonnced his gift of $100,009 to create
and endow the Edward Itoblnson Chair of
Biblical Theology many wore surprised. It
was suggested that it would bo proper
under tho circumstances for Dr. Butler to
express his wish as to the incumbent of the
new chnlr, and he replied that his wishes
would be fully gratified In tho appointment
of Dr. Brlggs. He stated also that this had
been the wish of Dr. Hitchcock ns well. Ho
urged tho directors to act Independently,
however, nnd thnnked them for the courtesy
In nnklnir foran uxnrcsalon of his wish. Tin
assured the board that tho gift was without
conditions.
The Transfer of Brlggs.
"Mf. Day offered tho resolution trans
ferring Dr. Briggs to the new chair, and It
was at once unanimously adopted. As 11
matter Of fact, Dr. Brlggs, whtlo known as
tho professor of Hebrew, had for years been
teaching Biblical theology, Hebrew being
taught by Prof. Franois Brown. The trans
fer brought no change whatever In his
duties. The change was made so as to havo
Dr. Briggs' salary drawn from this fund do
nated by Dr. Butler. It seemed proper then
to mark the establishment of this Important
caair uy puuiio excrcnea, mm January 20
was fixed as the date. It was suggested to
Pi esldent Butler that solemnity would be
added to tho occasion byadmlnlsterlng to Dr.
Briggs tho subscription to the Westminster
Conlesslou, as is requliedby now profoss6rs.
As his orthodoxy had been quoitlonod by
certain persons, tho public acknowledg
ment by Dr. Brlggs ot his faith in tho stand
ards would be an answer to these criticisms.
Theio was no requirement under the consti
tution of such subscription from Dr. Brlggs
at this time, but President Butler agreed
that as this was to be an ucademlo occasion
such a ceremony would add dignity and
solemnity to tho inauguration.
Then the subject 01 tho address came up
Dr. Briggs was considering two subjects!
Tho 'Geography of tho Bible and tho 'Au
thority 01 tho Bible.' President Butler felt
that tho tltno and occasion wore well suited
lor an announcement 01 nis views, and he
so advised Dr. Briggs. Dr. Brings' first
cholcohad been the lormer subject, but
umm deliberation he changed and nroparod
his address upon tne 'Authority of the Holy
scriptures.
The Position of Brlggs.
"Thon came tho criticisms and tho charges
before the -Presbytery. These rest entirely
upon differences or understanding as to tho
meaning of words. Understanding this, the
directors prepared the categorical questions
clearing up tho differences of meaning, nnd
obtained from Dr. Brlggs answers of yes or
no. These answers, as was expected, placed
him squarely and unmistakably on tho
Westminster Confession of Faith, and n res
olution of confldonco in rir. Biiggg wng
passed unanimously by tho Directors of
Union Seminar'-
-The trial of Dr. Brlggs hnd been ordered
and It fras proper to await its ond. A
Rtronsr sentiment is now manifest.' tn rfmn
I tho case when it comes up in Presbytery In
LQctobor. In the interests of peace and har
mony hb 10 ue argneu mat nis answers to
tho categorical questions prepared by tho
seminary directors aro satisfactory ovl
donceof his orthodoxy. The differences
between Dr. Briggs and his critics
aro, in tho main, differences of defini
tion and rhetoric, not of doctrine, for
Dr. Brlggs, has affirmed his fnlth
in tho Westminster standards, and
ho would do so on trial. He is orthodox and
bis trial would develop that fact. In the
seminary, too, his lnflneneo is orthodox. His
method of teaching the Higher Criticism is
constructive, helpful, nnd strengthening to
faith, and not destructive. His classes havo
been closely watched for years by the
faculty. Many of them "have been ques
tioned as to the effect of Dr. Briggs' instruc
tion 011 their faith. They have been found
stronger and more firmly attached to the
Bible for its teaching. The Presbyteries in
licensing ministers question applicants
closely nnd If doubts were engendered they
would be discovered. Bat since Dr. Briggs
has been teaching Biblical Theology no
graduato of Union has been refuted a
license by tho Presbytery of New York City
or of Westchester. In the same it is told
two licenses lm-c been refused because of
unsound faith, ono by each Presbytery, but
in each caso tho applicant wag u Princeton
graduate.
Bright Prospects of Union.
"As to tho prospects of Union, they are
excpllent. The endowmonts are perfectly
secure. As to the attendance, I am glad to
see the directors disposod to conslderquallry
more than numbers. But even the numbers
will probably be up to tho average next
fall, and the quality I have reason to be
lieve still further improved. I have had tho
usual number of applicants for ndmlsaion.
We require applicants who desire aid to
bring certificates from tholr college fitenlty
that their standing has been above 75 per
cent. When this rule Is made know n some
or the applicants drop out ana go to Prince
ton and elsewhere.
"One applicant comes from San Fmnclsco.
IIo writes that he has read Dr. Brlggs' ad
dress and that he desired to place himself
under the Influence of sucu a teacher.
Others who had already decided to enter
purpose to change and come to Unions This,
they say, Is In view of the probable reten
tion of Dr. Brlggs.
"I wish to say further that the attitude of
Union in the Briggs matter has crOHtcd a
great deal of enthusiasm among friends of
the institution and wo havo reason to expect
surprisingly large increases in our endow
ment therefor."
DAUGHTERS OF TETEBA5S.
rive States and Over 1,000 members Repre
sented at the Second Encampment.
SPECIAL TELEQnAM TO THE DISPATCn.
Massillox. July 29. When tho National
Council of Daughters of Veterans convened
this morning there were 24 delegates pres
ent, representing Ohio, Massachusetts, Ne
braska, Indiana and Illinois. The President
briefly reviewed the work of the year, from
the date of the first National Council at
Qulncy, 111., last year, when there wero bnt
103 members in the order, to tho present
tlmo, when over 1,000 names are on the roll.
To-night a large crowd gathered in Music
Hall to listen to the rendering of tho pro
gramme prepared by tho members of the or
dor. Miss Mioma Brown, of this city, made
tho address of welcome, which was pleas
antly responded to by Mfas Mollle Robert
son, of Keokuk, la., ono of tho delegates.
DEATHS HEBE AND ELSEWHSBE.
Captain Saunders, of the Wetmore.
Captain Saunders, commander of the new
American wlialeback steamer Charles W. Wet
more, recently arrived at Liverpool from Duluth,
died some time Tuesday night. It was no
ticed that the captain did not leave his room as
usual yesterday, and upon Investigation it was
found that he had died In his berth some lime dur
ing the night. Coueequentrr the steamer will be
detained until a new captain Is selected for her.
She was to have started on her return yorage yes
terday. An Investigation lias revealed that Cap
tain Saunders was a sufferer from heart disease and
had been under medical treatment for some time
past. At noon Tuesday a man who was about the
dock at which the Wetmore was lying fell into the
water, and was rescued from drowning by Captain
Saunders. The exertion taus entailed caused the
captain to become greatly excited, and last erenlng
he showed the effects of his successful attempt to
save a human life. Mr. Soley, the agent of the
Wetmore, visited the ship and spent Tuesday even
ing with the captain. lie left the vessel at mid
night, nnd at that time Captain Saunders com
plained that ho was suffering from pains in the
heart. Mr. Soley did lint apprehend that tho cap
tain was In any immediate' danger. At 3:90 yesterday
morning Mr. boley returned on board the steamer.
Intending? to rouse the captain and make the last
preparations for the departuro of the whalebaclc
from this port. To the agent's dismay, upon en
tering the captain's cabin and shaking him by the
shoulder. Captain Saunders did not move, and a
liastv examination of his face convinced Mr. Soley
that the Wetinont's commander was dead. Under
Mr. Soley's directions the body of the captain will
be embalmed and forwarded to Xicoma, Wash.,
where his family resides.
John Roland Reed, Actor.
John Koland Reed, the father of the
comedian, Koland Reed, and a man who saw more
continuous service in the theatrical profession than
anybody now before the public, is dead. Old age
was the principal cause of death. "Old Pop, "as
he was called, ucrcrdld anythtngthat was remark
able, but he had an acquaintanceship among the
profesonals who have toured tills country during
the past GO years that any mnn might boast of de
servedly, lie died In the city of his birth, Phila
delphia. '"Old Pop" was the ton of John Adam
Heed, who emigrated from Germany and settled in
the City of Brotherly Love In 1807. That same
J ear Mr. Heed marrlid Charlotte Blackenburg. of
Lancaster, and the first of their four children was
John Itoland. After finishing a pay school educa
tion the young: man was apprenticed to a brass
founder, but at the. age of 16 ho experienced a
strong desire to becomp an actor. He entered the
Walnut Street Theater In 1824 aud remained there
until 1880, with a record of ZB consecutive years of
service. -He knew every actor of note In the coun
try, and he could tell the most Interesting remluls
censes of the elder Booth, Kean, John Drew, Har
ney Williams. K. L. Dacnp3rt, Charlotte Cnsh
mun, Edwin Adams, Joseph Proctor, Edwin For
rest and a bust of others.
Ulajor Thomas R. Cowell.
Major Thomas R. Cowell, of the Sixteenth
itegiment, N. O. P., died at Oil City yesterday
evening. He had been sick for two years with con
sumption, and had laid at death's door for the past
two days. Major Crowell was one of the best
known citizens 01 mis piace. 110 was oorn in
Dublin S3 years ago, and came here when quite
ouiur. He had been connected with tho National
Guard for several rears, most of the time as an
officer. He was a Mason of high rank, and was
connected with several other prominent societies,
and was Past Commander of the G. A. R., navlng
Bervcdfour month in a Now York regiment dur
ing the war. For the past few years lie had been
Conducting a tailoring establishment In Oil City,
aud had amassed considerable wealth.
David Stecn.
David Steen, the woll-known coal oper
ator, died at his home in Mansfield Tuesday night.
He was 77 years old and leaves three sons who are
aUo In the coal business. Hlsdauehters arc Mrs.
A. D. Walker and Mrs. James Iilackmorc.
Frank Reed.
Frank Heed died yesterday morning at
his residence on Crawfonl street. On Tuesday he
was best man at an East End wedding and became
delirious while the ceremony was being performed.
Martha Howard Frick.
Jfartha Howard Frick, daughter of H. C.
Frlck, died yesterday at Cresson. aged 6 years.
Two eari ago she swallowed n pin, which caused
an abscess to form on her side. ,
Obituary Notes.
Nicholas Heltebieur, the richest farmer la
Erie county. Pa., died Monday in his "lrt year. Ho
was tnc owner 01 m lanns 111 i.rie county. ,
(itoiir.K V. Mubdocu, once an active Demo
cratic politician in Maryland, died In Annapolis
Tucfday. For 33 years he had held a place at the
State House.
MnS. ANN Milxer Woods, at the age of OS
yiars, died Tuesday at Cynthlaua, Ky. She was
one of the original followers of Alexander Camp
bell in loundlng the Church of the Disciples.
William E. Sims, of Virginia, United states
Consul at Colon, on the Isthmus of Panama, died
recently at his post. Mr. Sims graduatid from
Yole University In WSl. He was boiniuMlMlsplpx)!
in 1812.
DAXIEL P. KlDDEn, D. D., L. L. D., or Evan
ston. 111., and for many years Professor of Theol
ogy in the Garrett Biblical Institute, died at his
home yesterday mornlugln the 76th 3 ear or his age.
He hail been In feeble health for some weeks.
Rev. Du. John L. Chapman, father of the
Rev. Chalmers D. Chapman, rector of Grace
Church. Greenville, A. J., died at his home In
Irvlngton, near Newark, Monday night of remit
tent lever. He was a frequent associate in the
work.of Dr. Talmage.
W. K. Haulky. a native of WasWagton county,
Va., one of the earliest settlers of Arkansas, died
at his home In Dallas county Monday. He was 83
years old. 11c was an Indian A gent for the West
ern tribes for Tonr years under President Buchan
an, aud had many thrilling experiences.
Rev. W. II. Covso.v, a Methodist minister,
.while preaching at acampmcetlng In Picisantvllle,
N. J., Tuesday, was stricken with paralvsls and
died In a few minutes. The deceased was a mem
ber of the Grand Army anil sen cd as chaplain
during the war In the One Hundred and Seventy
sixth rcgimmt. New York Volunteers.
Mns. Maiua jr. Clabk, or Winnipeg. Man.,
died on Sunday at tho home or her sister, Dr.
Charlotte L. Merrick, at Utlca, N. Y., aged 50
years. She was the widow or the lately deceased
Attorney General II. J. Clark, of Manitoba, and a
state? of Henry Jlrriirk and Albert Merrick, or
Toronto, Canada. She leaves two sous.
STUDY OF THE BIBLE.
A Systematic Coarse of It Opened Up at
Chautauqua Dr. Little on the Influence
of Dante Lecture on Washington Irv
ing Prew Club Reception.
fSPECIAI. TILEORAK TO TOC niSPATCIt.l
Chautauqua, N. Y., July 29 The feature
of to-day's exercises here was the meeting
held this afternoon at tho Hall of Philosophy,
in tho interest of the study or the BIblo In
schools and colleges. This move at Chau
tauqua is most significant and means a good
deal more than 11 tempest in a teapot be
tween a Union Collego or Andovor Seminary.
Not only U the study of the Bible insisted
upon, bnt in an Inductive scientific way,
rather than dcdnctlvo work in a slouchy and
scrappy manner, for Bible study is "In tho
air." Young nnd old are eager for It.
Pastors are recommending it: seminaries
and colleges are requiring it and yonng peo
ple's societies are demanding it. There Is
no question, really, that Bible, study is
needed, the only question is, how can we
most wisely go at It, that It shall minister to
our np-bulldlng and our usefulness? What
shall be Its character, its method, its re
sults? Such was the trend of the discussion to
day, nnd one conclusion reached was that
the Bible should bo studied in the universi
ties' and colleges as Greek and i'oiuiin his
tory aro studied nnd form a part of the cur
riculum. The programmo to-day was as In
teresting as ever and was as follows:
At f-S.0 A. jr., tho Women's Club meeting,
subject, ' Christian Endeavor." led by Sirs.
Emily II. Miller in tho Temple; at 2:30 P. M..
lecture on "Danto." by Prof. C. J. Little, of
Syracuse, In tho Hall of Philosophy: nt 4 p.
M., a lecture on "Washington Irving," by Mr.
Leon II. lucent; at 3 p.m., conference on
"The Study or the Bible in College and
Somlnnry,'r led by Profs. Burroughs and
Burnham; nt 7 r. m., vespers In the Amphi
theater; at 8 p. it., readings by Mr. A. P. Bur
bank, the New York elocutionist, assisted in
the musical numbers bv Roger's Cornet
Jiand: at 9:15 p. jr., reception of the Chautau
qua Press Club in tho Arcade.
The Influence of Dante.
Dr. Little's lecture attracted a big crowd
this afternoon. IIo reviowed tho life and
times ol Dante in n very clever manner, and
said that the story of the great poet was
soon told, but that his soul was measureless.
He cannot be likened to the peaceful or tur
bulent Mediterranean, which washed his
shores.nor to the Appenlnes.tbat rise In sub
limity, nor to the magnificent palaces or
cathedrals, noted for their grandeur. Ho
stands distinct, apart, himself In his marvel
ons work or God and man. As Chopin
startled his listeners with his development
or tho piano, and Paganninl the violin, so
Dante developed the rhymeand possibilities
of the beautiful Italian language, to which
he added his wonderful knowledge and
vision. Speech may not tell what can be
said of thfs great man, but this much should
be rememborod, that the poorest man may
gather from the great poet's writings
strength for his earthly trials.
Mr. Leon Vincent in his lecture on Irving
gnyo a brief account of the great author's
life. Illustrated his humor from the Knicker
bocker Hlstory.and made another defense ot
American llteratnre,showlng that it was not
sufficient to describe It as "the literature or
England, that has been produced In
America." This point will be discussed by
Mr. Vincent at greater length In his lecture
on Oliver Wendell Holmes to-morrow.
Study of the Bible.
At the meeting at which the study of the
Bible in colleges was under discussion, there
were a number ol speakers, the most prom
inent ones being ProL Burnham, or Hamil
ton, N. T.; Prof. Burroughs, of Amherst,
Mass.: Rev. Osborn, of Albion, N. Y., and
Rev. Mr. Phillips, editor or the Canadian
Quarterly Review. Tho speakers insisted that
it was necessary to a rounded education that
the Bible be studied carefully, scientifically
and reverently.
1110 pian aavocatea was substantially na
follows: Inductive 1 Bible study, as empha-
sized by several introductory lectures, after
which practice woric is assigned eacn
student, in the doing of which he Is most
carotully watched and searchingly criti
cized. He then begins to apply what has
been loarnod to a single book, characterized
by unity and limited in scope. The revised
version is tho single text book, the student
being encouraged in his work to make con
stant comparison with the original Greek.
The special book selected is studied by para
graphed. The contents of a given para
graph are concisely stated In writing, occa
sionally its condensed sense is written out
Thus by generalization tho scope of tho
book as a whole Is determined. This work
is duly submitted to tho Instructor.
Meanwhile questions of Importance are, as
thoy occur to the student, briefly noted and
classified. Next an inductive story, pre
pnred by the teacher, is put in the hands of
the student. It consists entirely of ques
tions, standing in close connection with one
another, and intended to bring out the lead
ing thoughts and toplos of the book, thus
preparing the student to appreciate its
marked Individuality. While this study is
being worked through and the results are
boing submitted to the teacher, the tlmo In
the classroom is occupied with a brief sur
vey of the book, paragraph by paragraph,
following after, but never preceding, the in
ductive study, and consideration is given to
tho most important questions, which have
been raised by the students individually.
The Goal of the Work.
After the Inductive study has been com
pleted, a list of topics suggested by it is sub
mitted to the class, a given one is assigned
to each student for personal investigation, a
thesis upon which, short and concise, is tho
goal or his work upon that individual book.
Interviews are had with each student pri
vately regarding his topic, suggestions aro
mado and inquiries answered while these
nre in preparation, the biblography boaring
on the topics as a whole is treated, and the
supplementary lectures, which liave been
described, proceed. Upon these matters
written recitations are had at least once in
two weeks, and in these the student is en
couraged to present freely his own vlowt
and any difficulties which have occurred to
him along tho line of his personal research.
Mr. Burbank'g entertainment this evening
in the Amphitheater was before a crowded
audience, lie read, among other things,
Bret Harte's "Idiot or the Red Gulch," und
scored a great success. Tho feature of the
evening was his rendition of Rndyard Kip
ling's poem, "A Ballad or East and Wen."
Mr. Burbank has Just returned from Europe,
and will "star" this winter with Bill Nye,
the humorist. The Press Club took an "out
ing" last night around the lako with their
ladles. Later in tho evening the party
Btopped at Point Chautauqua, where they
dropped their weary pens and used their
fantastic toes. Secretary Duncan kindly
furnished the yacht Cornell for the boys.
A DEMAND FOB $181,000.
An Effort to Hold West Virginia, the Claim
ant, for Virginia's Debts.
"FROM A STAPT COKnESrOXDEXT.1
Washington, July 29. Attorney General
Miller and Solicitor General Tart heard ar
guments to-day by Attorney General Cald
well and ex-Governor Wilson, of West Vir
ginia, in the matter of the demand or the
State or West Virginia for the payment of
$181,000, claimed to be due under tho direct
tax refunding act. The accounting officers
of the Treasury have asked the Attorney
General foran opinion as to whether the
claim ought not to constitute a setoff against
n portion of tho bonds of Virginia held by
tho United States in trust for certain Indian
tribes, on the ground that West Virginia Is
responsible for a portion of the Virginia
debt contracted prior to the war. The rep
resentatives of West Virginia contended
that a Just and equitable settlement of ac
counts Dctweon Virginia and West Virginia
would show that instead or West Virginia
being liable for any of Virginia's debt a bal
ance would bo found on the other side of tho
account.
Aside from this, It was contended that the
United States could not set off this claim
against Virginia bonds, ns one claim cnnld
only legally bo set off against another when
the amount or both claims had been judici
ally determined. Tho absurdity of suing
the State of West Virginia on a bond of Vir
ginia was pointed out und the authority or
uny executivo Uepartment to determine a
question essentially Judicial was denied.
The arguments were particularly interest
ing, as the covered the whole ground oi the
liability or West Virginia ror any portion of
the debt of Virginia. Tno Attorney General
will give representatives of tho Virginia
bondholders an opportunity to be heard be
fore giving his opinion.
A Record to Be Proud Or.
Pawtuckct Times.
This is tho way the McKlnley bill is
"strangling" foreign commerce. During the
11 months ending with Jlay, 1800, we im
ported $G9,t9S,18J worth of dutiable merchan
dise; during tho II months ending with Jftiy,
1S91, wo Imported $114,112,233 or dntlablo
goods; showing that tho market fbr$2S,7K,933
had been turned over to American produc
ers. But, although during tho same months
of 1889-00 we imported 1213,977,281 worth of
merchandise frco of duty, during the 11
months or 1800-01 we imported $327,312,719 of
such goods.
OUR MAIL POUCH.
They Are Americans.
To the Editor of The Dlspatchs
If a man and his wifo come to this country
to live and a child la born before the father
becomes naturalized will , it be a citizen of
the United States evenJf the father never
becomes naturalized! E. 8.
PrrTSBmo, July 29.
The Constitution of the United States
plainly gayg that all persons Dorn ornat
nfollzcd'in the United States aro citizens of
the United States.
Governor Beaver's ZJentenant.
To the Editor ofXhe Dispatch:
Who was on the ticket with General
Deavor in 1S83 as . candidate-for Lieutenant
Governor? Who was candidate for Congress
man at Large? W. H. II.
PiTTsnuKO, Jnly 29.
Hon. Willi imT.Dirvles was tho candidate
for Lieutenant Governor and Hon. Marrlot
Broslns for Congress.
Most Fish for a 'Salary.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Do the Fish Commissioners of tho State re
coive any salary? IsqcntKn.
PiTTsnuEa, July 29.
They do not receive a fixed salary, but
arc paid for reasonable and necessary ex
penses. GBEAT ENGINE OF PEOSFEBITT.
J. P. Wltherow Talks About Manufactur
ing andUheUIcKlnlcy DHL
New York Press.
Mr. James P. Witlierow, of Pittsburg, who
Is a leading iron and steel manufacturer, is
In Now York for a couple or days, and the
view he takes of the future of American
manufacturing it remarkable fortes sturdy
Americanism and protectionism. Mr.lWitho
row is one or the mowing spirits in a Ken
tucky iron town enterprise for which ho
has enlisted English capital, so that he
speaks from experience, no says: "Within
tho next quarter of a century the unem
ployed capital of Europe must all come to
this country, for the reason 'that this is the
only place It can find profitable employ
ment. In tho direction of manufacturing
wo havo made such strides by inventions
andiunder protection that thowhole world
will eventually be compelled to acknowl
edge our supremacy. Oar homo markots
andNi'no markets of South and Central
America, Mexico and the Antilles will
furnish. us a constant sale for everything we
produce, except cotton, wheat aaid petro
leum. These Europe must have and must
buy from us, whether we trade in her mar
ket h or not.
"The greatest engine of prosperity this
country has ever known Is the JIcKlnley
bill, because it assures to Americans the
American home market, and shuts out
ruinous foreign competition. Tho working
man's wages in any country are the unit of
value from which all values are determined,
and when wages are kept up, under the pro
tective system, the welfare of tho iworRing
men assures the welfare of the country.
That is why the McKlnley bill Is our bar-.
n.. .... .tan . ...... .. .S a1 A tinnl.. tf'.
Europaand a sure means of prosperity."
CAPTAIN ABHE3 FBEE.
The Man Who Polled Ex-Governor Weav
er's Nose Finally Set nt'Llberty.
fSrECTAI. TEUtOBAM TO TUElDISPATCH.
Cape Mat, N. J., July 29. The President
to-day pardoned Captain George J, Armcs,
the retired army officer who pulled Gover
nor Beaver's noscat the Biggs-House, Wash
ington, the day after the inauguration of
President Harrison, and who wonld have a
year yet to serve li ho had served out his
bentence, which was to the effect that he
was to remain within a radius of 80 miles
0f tue cuy of Washington. At the time he
was court martlaled and ordered dismissed
from the army, but the President set aside
the ruling.
James W. Hogan was appointed postmas
ter at Grafton, W. Va., vice Andrew J
Nuzen, resigned.
STEEL SHELLS FOB UNCLE'S AH.
The First Car Load Shipped From Findlay
by Ben.'Butterrvorth.
fgPZCIAI. TILEOKAJf TO TOT DISPAtCBO
FrxntAV, July 29. The 'Hrst shipment.of a.
carload of steel carrldg shells tot 'the?
United States Government was sent out
from here to-day by the Kellogg Seamless
Tube Works. A large force will soon be
employed by this firm in the making of those
Shells, heavy contracts having been obtained
from the Government by the Hon. Benjamin
Butte rworth.
Mr. Bntterworth is a leading stockholder
in the concern, and proposes to have them
do great work in a new line for exhibition at
the World's Fair.
PROMINENT KEN AT RLUOEVIEW.
The
Chautauqua Assembly There
Will
Begin It Sessions To-Day.
fSFXCTAX. TELEGRAM TO THE DISrATCS.
GltEENSBCBG, July 29. The BldgevIeVt
Chautauqua Assembly will open at Rldge-
vlew Park to-morrow. This pretty park 13
located about ten miles east of Latrobe, and)
this being the first year or the assembly,
there, a splendid programmo has been!
made up.
Among the prominent men to be here dur
ing tue assembly will be Major McKinley,
Governor Pattlson. Thomas M. Marshall, of
Pittsburg; Hon. Harry White, General D. H.J
Hastings ana senator tvauace.
Hog Cholera Epidemic in Iowa.
Waterloo, Ia., July 29. Hogs are dying in
great numbers from cholera In the south
part of this county. The same locality suf
fered severely from the disease last spring.
PEOPLE COKING AND GOING.
John E. Lvnch, Fourth .Auditor of tha
Treasury, nnd the noted Mississippi colored,
statesman, passed through the city yester-.
day solng to St. Joseph, Mich., to deliver an
address. He says Fred Douglass wrote to
him that the acconnt or his treatment by
Hlppolyte was grossly exaggerated.
Miss Jennie and 3flss Xellie O'Brien, of
Burlington, la., whohave been visiting their
sister, Jlrs. P. W. Siebert, of Main street,
Lawrcnccvllle, for the past three weeks,
have returned home.
AV. M. Clark, commercial, agent for the
Missouri Pacific road, went to Brooklyn last
evening to visit his family. He says tho
freight business is very dulL
M. .1. Becker, chief engineer of the Penn
sylvania Company, nnd Rev. Mr. Koehne
were among the Chicago passengers on the
limited last evening.
E. T. Affleck, division freight agent of
the Baltimore aud Ohio road, was in the city
yesterday conferring witn tne omciais nere.
H. C. Huston, wife and daughter and "W.
E. Taylor, of Youngstown, are among the
guests at the Mononganela House.
Thomas Alexander, of Butler, and Charles
W. Bowman, or Brownsville, aro registered
at the Seventh Avenue Hotel.
John C. Jackson, Superintendent of the
Railway jrall Service, was at the depot
yesterday going to St. Louis.
Daniel O'Dav, the Standard oil magnate
from Buffalo, took breakfast at the Monon
gahela House yesterday.
Prof. Paul Jtohrbacker, of the "Western
University, has returned from Mt. Clemens
with his wife.
Gcorire T. Bishop, commercial agent of
the Clover Leaf line, is registered at the
Dnquesne.
V. L, Ran ford, of Saginaw, the buyer for
a Western syndicate, Is stopping at the
Dnquesne.
Charles A. Chipley, assistant general
freight agent of the Pennsylvania road, is in
the city.
W. 3T. Sproull, freight agent for the
Cambria Iron Company, was iu the city yes
terday. Herman J. Berghoff, the Ft. "Wayne
brewer, Is at the Seventh Avenue Hotel.
H. D.. Gamble, clerk of the United States
Court, returned feo:n Erie yesterday.
Kev. Dr. Satchell left for Asbury Park
yesterday to spend his vacation.
John Leitch and wife, of Allegheny, are
home from a tour of the lakes.
A son and daughter of A. M. Byers left
for New York yesterday.
James Kav, of Kay Brothers, went to
Philadelphia last night.
Fred "W-.Eggers, of Allegheny, has gone
to Somerset for a rest.
Simon Berger, a Paris drummer, is stop
ping at tho Anderson.
Ex-Sheriff Kyle, of -Somerset county, is in
the city.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
A barber of Ionia, Mich., has broken the
recork by shaving a man in 26 seconds
Numerous desertions from the army are
alarming the Italian government. The
causesare arrears in pay and poor food.
, Somebody who has kept a notebook
Fays that. !,0S4 women have been murdered
by drunken husbands since January 1, 1S89.
E. A. Howard, of Belfast, Me., has a
clock still keeping time that was a weddin"
present to his grandfather in the fall of 17o
Dr. C. F. IJand, of "Washington, pos
sesses a enr'ous relic of the rebellion. It is
a piece or "hard tack" that formed a part
of one or the doctor's rations Just 30 years
ago.
Three telegraph poles, two 50 feet and
one CO feet, were cut from the same tree at
Harlan, Mich., a few days aao. Tho tree
forked about the stump, which was four fees
in diameter.
A French mechanic committed suicide
because ho had lost the power to drink.
He left a letter saying: "One small gIasor
liquor makes me ill now. Aa I cannot live
without drinking I am killing myself."
Eev. A. K. Bates has resigned ths
pastorate of the First Presbyterian Church
or Cadiz, O.. and will hereafter serve soma
congregation that cannot afford to support
a pastor. He recently inherited a large for
tune. A jeweler at Akron, O., is offering a
gold watch for sale on a novel plan. The
watch is offered at $20, and the price is re
duced $1 each day nntil the timepiece is pur
chased. II not sold at the expiration of 20
day, the watch is to be given to the first per
son entering the store on tho morning of tho
21st day. t
A curious example of natural "inarch
ing" or trees exists in Lawrence county, HI.
The trunks ol two elm trees, standing about
20 feet apart, have met at quito a dlstanco
above the ground, where they blend into a
symmetrical trunk of lnrge dimensions. Tha
trunk Is nearly 100 reet high and well de
veloped, and wagons can easily ho driven
through the great triangle which forms the
base.
A curious old character known as
"Walking Davis" is regarded as the fastest
pedestrian in Florida. When in his prime
he could walk faster than any river steam
boat could go, and frequently he would
throw the tow line of a steamer from ono
landing and be on band at the next stopping
place to take the line np. Amonur the
darkles Davis has long been credited with
possessing powers of witchcraft.
The belief lately discussed that grea
battles are followed by great rains Is very
old. After describing the battle in which
Marius defeated the barbarians at Aquas
Sextiaj Plutarch says: "It Is observed, in
deed, that extraordinary rains generally
fall after great battles; whether it be that
some deity chooses to wash and purify the
earth with water from above, or whether
the blood and corruption, by the moist and
heavy vapors they emit, thicken the air,
which is liable to be altered by tho smallest
cause."
A farmer in Hamilton county, O.,
found a tnrtle and discovered the initials on
the reptile's back, "D. R." and immediately
under them those of'M. W." On the re
verse or under shell was "1817." After con
sulting the old people for several days they
arrived at tho conclusion that the initials
stood lor "Dana Kossl" and "Matthew Well
over." Those gentlemen were pioneers who
resided in that township about that time,
and took this method or erecting to them
selves a living monument.
When Inventor Edison was an unknown
telegraph operator in Boston one or his
pastimes in leisure moments was the
slaughter or cockroaches by electrity. He
rigged a little arrangement on the wall of
the office, which was infested with these
vermin, made of two squares of tinfoil from
tobacco packages. These squares were
pasted on the wall very near together and
between them was daubed some molasses.
Each piece of tinfoil was connected with an
electric current by a fine copper wire. The
cockroaches, attracted by the molasses,
wonld march in procession up the wall, and
as the bugs reached the sweet stuff they
would connect a circuit between the piece
of tinfoil, tho demise being swift and
sudden.
Mrs. E. V. Bellows, of St. Louis, says:
To anyone who has studied botany 'and
kindred sciences 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. As to how the dia
mond ring got in the watermelon patch no
botanist knows or cares; but, supposing
that some one dropped it or bid 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, nnd as evidence of
the forco of vegetable growth In this matter
may De quoted me action 01 a tree wnicn
pierces n fence through a mere knothole
when young.but eventually expands until as
much as a square foot is hidden.
Amen Basi, a handsome Christian As
syrian, who is now lecturing in this coun
try, says that men in his country live on 8
cents a day. Women are sold as slaves to
work with oxen at the plow. In Damascus,
he says, there aro 150.000 Christians, 130,000
Mohammedans and 3,000 Jews. There is in
it a building haunted by John the Baptist's
gnosr. a ne uoor 01 tne room in wmcu ne is
said to have been beheaded is never opened.
The Mohammedans fray that once long ago
some one opened it and the Baptist's blood
Sowed out over the city to the depth of five
inches. It was the custom of worshipers
to leave their shoes outside the temple.
There wore sometimes 300 or 400 pairs stand
ing in a row, and the poor people hurried
through tholr prayers first and then care
fully selected tho finest footwear in the
row, thereby Illustrating the great clever
ness of the Assyrian.
A two horse van was standing on
Broadway, near the comer of Thirty-fifth
street, New York, about 6 o'clock Wednes
day evening, with only a little black dog, a
woodcock spaniel, on the driver's seat.
They were a quiet team, but something
started the off horse. The lines fell on his
back, and he knew, as all horses do under
such circumstances, that ao was free. So he
startled to incito his mate in harness to bolt.
The little black dog did not bark,al though he
was terribly excited. He scrambled off tho
high seat to the street, rushed into the cor
ner store, and then barked his hardest. The
team started down Thirty-fifth street, but
soon a policeman had rushed to the head of
the scared off horse, and the driver, coming
out or the corner store, caught the bridle of
his mate. Before they were thoroughly
pacified the little black dog was back on the
driver's seat.
MrarS BRIGHT SIDE.
Every dog has his day, but it is a mean
cor that will bark at night,
A boat,
A man;
AglrL
A squall.
No boat.
No man.
No girL
That's aU.
-C. B. P.
The bed of the river should be covered
with winding-sheets.
Mrs. Heyday (to orchestra leader at sum
mer hotel)--What was that long, dreary thing yoa
just played?
Leader: Dot vas vrom Votrner.
Mrs. Heyday: It was not beautiful at all.
Leader: Id vas not lndended to !
Abby (who is thirty:) How long will we
have to wait for dinner?
Hiram (who lacks decision:) About 2D minutes.
I guess. Then I'll have a bottle of plain soda, and
have it opened here.
She: I should like to hear some thing pop. If It's
only a cork !
The delicate dude Did you Jbet at the
waces. deah boy?
The devilish dude Of kawse I did. W bet Nellie
Nesselrode a pair of gloves that she couldn't name
the wlnnah out of a bunch of 11 two-year-olds; and,
by Jove! do you know, I won?
Client Your fee is exorbitant. It didn't
take you a day to do the Work.
Lawyer It Is my regular fee. I am not charging
you for t me, bat for the cost or mr legal educa
tion. Client Well, give me a receipt ror the cost or
your education, so the next fellow won't have to
pay for it too.
Slie The price of the berries is as high
as the bottom or the box.
Vender (earnestly) 'Deed they ain't, lady, 'deed
they ain't.
Long I know an artist who painted a
runaway horse. It was so natural that tne be
holders Jumped out or the way.
Downing Humph! My frier d MrGllp painted a
portrait of a lady that waif so natural that he bad
to sue her for his bill.
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