'THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH.- THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15f 1891 (je M$$$t ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY S. JS46. Vol. .No. Sin. Entered at nttsburg Tostofflce, Js'ovembcrU. lSif, as second-class matter. Business Office Corner Smithfield and Diamond Streets. News Rooms and Publishing House 7S and 80 Diamond Street, in New Dispatch Building. TiASTFRV ADVEiniSlNG OFFICE. ROOM H. TKIitUNEBUlLIlING, NEW YORK, wlier rem pletc lilos of THEDIspATCHcanalwavs be round. VoTica advertisers appreciate the convenience. Home d ertlsers and friends orTlIE DISPATCH, while in New York, arc also made welcome. TlllS ntSPATCHt rejulariyon mZeat Brentara's, t Union Ssuare. .Vr Tori, antlfAv Of VOpem. Vtt-i. Vwncf, where anyone tcu hat been u$ap ftmntedata r.tfl newsstand canobtainit. TERMS OF THE DISPATCH. rOSTAGE THEE IX THE UNITED 6TATES. Dailt Despatch. One Tear I a 00 Dailt Dispatch, Tex Qnartcr. 2 00 X iilt Dispatch. Ono Month 70 Dailt DtsrATCn, Including Sunday. 1 year.. 10 00 Daily DisrATCH. IncludlngSundav, 3 m'tha. I SO Daily Dispatch, Including Sunday, 1 ra'th.. M BtrvDAr Dispatch, One Year. 1 50 Weekly Dispatch, One Tear. 1 25 The Dailt Dispatcii is doIlTered by carriers at IS cents per week, or. Including Sunday Edition, at tO cents per week. MTTSBCRG, THURSDAT. OCT. 15. 18al. TWELVE"PAGES VI HITEWAsII IX Al'PLICAULE. The appearance yesterday of what has the flavor of an inspired dispatch from Ilarrisbure indicates a possible course by the majority of the Senate which will be fatal to the Republican leaders. This is to the effect that the Governor and At torney General arc "in a hole" and very much alarmed by the evidences that the Senate is goine; to so to the bottom of the Treasury charges and show there is noth ing to them. This, is based on the assumption that the charges are unfounded, which, in view of the show inc made by the Governor's message, is a sufficiently remarkable one, and will prove impossible of digestion to the public stomach. For the knowledge is already before the people of the State as to what the foundation of the charges is, and the public is aware that they are con clusive. The letters of McCamant are proof of his dealings with Bardsley. Ko tale of haberdashery and periodical litera ture is sufficient to explain ten separate acknowledgements of "favors received," closely following the drawing of checks by Bardsley. The case is made equally impregnable by the admissions by State officials of their neglect of duty. They have acknowledged that they did not do what the law required, and the result is a loss to the State of over a million. It should be. understood that these facts do not admit of a treatment which de clares the State officials vindicated befor the investigation begins. If this telegram indicates that there is to be a free hand application of the whitewash brush in the style already exemplified by the Hon. Geo. Bandy Smith and our own Senator Flinn it will' not be the Governor and Attorney General who are put in a hole. It will be the Republican party that is thus saddled with the burden of condoned crookedness and negligence. Whether the Governor has further evi dence in reserve is not known; but that presented is enough for the public to base a reasonable belief on. It bears against McCamant as being corrupt and Boyer at best negligent of his duty. Livsey has al ready convicted himself by his prolonged absence at this juncture. If the Senate is to save the Republican" party it must do so by separating it from the cause of these officials. OUR TARIFF AS VIEWED ABROAD. It is impossible for those who see the superior value of a home market to under stand why there should be any opposition within this country to a protective tariff upon articles which can be produced by our own people. The politicians seeking office men whose interests are more con cerned in the emoluments and honors of official position than in substantial and productive industry should run after an ignitfatuv now and again, is not surpris ing; but that the actual producers of the country, who iuclude all but the office holders and office-seekers, will be misled by the sophistry against protection is not to be believed. Anyone in doubt mayread profitably the communication which appeared in a Manchester paper the day after Harrison's election three years ago, which The Dis patch reproduces this morning, because of it pertinency to the Ohio canvass. The extract from Alexander Hamilton's report to Congress in 1889 showing how "internal competition ultimately does away with monopoly, and reduces prices forthe home inarket to a minimum of a reasonable profit on the capital employed" is as true lo-dav as it was when written. Its actual application has beeu shown in the reduc tion of price of steel rails, plate glass, and other protective commodities. It is as The Dispatch pointed out last week 1he correct answer to the complaint of Mills, Carlisle and Campbell, when they urge that the tariff inures only to the ben efit of the manufacturers and that it is reponsible for the long list of multi millionaires. One gratifying result of the Ohio can vass will surely be a general grasp of the merits of protection by all classes of our people. When this is demonstrated, the Democracy will quickly enough drop the anti-tariff hobby which was most indis creetly thrust upon that party by 3Ir. Cleveland at the suggestion of such poet and doctrinaire statesmen as Wattcrson, Carlisle and Mills. THE XEW NAVAL POLICY. The class of vessels to which it is re ported Secretary Tracy intends to direct the chief expenditure is interesting from many points of view. The class the Sec retary will recommend the next Congress to spend the largest sums on is the smaller gunboats of from 1,000 to 1,200 tons displacement. The fact that in constructing the im mense ships modeled on the type of the European naval vessels expenditures are proceeding on the line of a hazardous and costly experiment has often been, pointed out in these columns. The great vessels Jh:t were but a year ago regarded as the cynosure of our naval productions cost from 52,000,000 to $4,000,000, and the suc cessful demonstration of a new form of amored vessel, like the Monitor in 1862, or as the whalebaclc barge may well be in this decade, would make them nearly w orthless. On the other hand the serviceability of the small gunboats is beyond question. During our civil war they demonstrated their usefulness; and it is a pertinent fact that where the navy is needed for the pro tection of American citizens, as in China, the ability of the small vessels to ascend the rivers makes them really more ef fective than a great-battle ship. Besides which the pertinent fact that ten of them can be put into commission for the cost of a single battle-ship makes their import ance very clear. By adding largely to the-number of these vessels, encouraging the developement of new ideas in naval construction, and by proceeding very cautiously in the building of great vessels of the European model, our government will take a most effective naval policy. Another point of local interest is notice able in connection with these vessels. Their exact draft is not known, but as their tonnage is about the average of lake steamers, it may be safely presumed that a large portion of them could be built so as to pass through the Ohio river and Lake Erie canal. "With a large fleet of such vessels in commission, and with the canal built and the rivers improved, the government could, in the improbable event of war with Great Britain, send a squadron of them to the lakes and maintain both naval and commercial supremacy on those inland seas. TCLL OF UNIQUE INTEREST. The public will most decidedly feel an interest in the programme which is inti mated by our esteemed cotemporary, the Telegraph, though not officially an nounced, for the local Law and Order So ciety, of securing a literal enforcement of what is known as the Pennsylvania Blue Law of 1791. Under the letter or this law every species of work saving what may be held of necessity or charity is prohib ited for Sunday. Similar laws exist in many States; but under changed condi tions since their enactment various forms of labor have sprung up on Sundays as on other days, including notably the printing and distribution of newspapers, as well as the collection of news for the same, the operation of telegraph lines.of telephones, of electric light, of railroad trains, of street cars, iron mills, and messenger and mail service. Nowhere hitherto has there been any attempt to interfere with these opera tions. The common understanding is that thev are of great convenience, and have become, measurably at least, a necessity to the public It can well be conceived that such an experiment as is suggested for Pittsburg, with its ultimate extension to the other cities of the State, is of wide interest No matter for the present what may be thought of the feasibility of the idea and we think only a very small minority in deed have the slightest idea that it will be practicable it is but fair to admit that the right belongs to any individual to test the application of the law to the fullest This is not a new right, but has existed ever since the law was passed. It has at all times inhered in anyone disposed to try the issue, just as it does to-day the Law and Order Society. The newspapers of the State being di rectly a party in interest might be sup posed to discourage such suits, particular ly since it is intimated proceedings maybe taken against them in the first instance. This, however, neither is nor has been the attitude of TnE Dispatch or of most of its cotemporaries. TVhen the rigid and literal enforcement of the old law was formerly agitated The Dispatch took the proper ground that in place of much vap orous discussion it was clearly the better plan for those who do not want things as they are to bring the issue once for all be fore the only tribunal competent to settle it, viz., the courts. Let the courts decide what is and what is not prohibited by the statute; and then if the people are not sat isfied with the decision they will have the power to secure such a new law from the Legislature as may meet their wants and wishes. The desirability of the condition of things which would ensue from a strict in terpretation of the law of 1794 can be con sidered later on. It is enough to say that if Agent "Wishart succeeds in establishing here a community without telegraph or telephone service, street cars, carriages for hire, railroad trains or mill fires on Sun day or newspapers either Sunday or Mon daythe work for Monday's papers being done on Sundays he will be justly en titled to consideration as having achieved the most remarkable success of the age for strict Sabbatarianism and of investing Pittsburg with a decidedly new and unique interest among the cities of the land. "We should also, perhaps, extend our felicitations in advance to our esteemed neighbor, the Chronicle Tele graph, as it would be the only paper in the city whose publication would not be sus pended for one or more issues each week under the new regime. We trust, however, this does not account forthe extra luridity of the programme which it marks out for the society. THE MINORITY REPORT. The minority report of the Legislative Committee to investigate the Bardsley scandal does not leave much of the major ity report worth mentioning. Indeed, that striking example of political whitewash was nearly done to death by the Gov ernor's message, but it was reserved for Fow and Skinner to give it the coup de grace. The minority first score a point by show ing that, while the majority committee spent the greater part of the present year in refusing to investigate, they have as a result of the few meetings held recently jumped to the conclusion that the Audi tor General and Treasurer are "wholly free from blame." That it was not the business of the committee to reach either this or the opposite conclusion, but only to submit the evidence to the Senate for its action the minority makes quite clear. Beyond that, notwithstanding the ef forts of the majority to keep from investigating, they were not able to prevent enough testimony from coming before them to lead to a very different con clusion. The minority cogently point to the admissions of Boyer and McCamant that they knowingly left money in Bards ley's hands in violation of the law, con trary to the oath of office and in detri ment to the interests of the State. The view of public office which exonerates such conduct is most enective in condemn ing itself. Placing the majority and minority re ports side by side will show the impossi bility of ignoring the evidence or white washing the recusant officials. STORMS ARE DEFIED. The ocean steamers which arrived dur ing the last two or three days report the heaviest storms that have been experienced for a long time. The steamers, with one or two exceptions, came through the storm triumphantly in a way that indicates that naval architecture has reached a point that is superior to the elements. In former years a storm as heavy as that just reported created great havoc among the shipping and the wrecking of several steamers, accompanied by the loss of all on board was not an infrequent occur rence. The loss reported so far, for this storm, is insignificant compared with that in the past, and that it has been so may be as cribed to the advancement made in the art of building vessels which will with stand the hardest buffets of the waves. Advantage is being taken of the practical experiments of the past, and the future holds out the hope that not only will time be annihilated, but traveling by sea will be rendered absolutely safe and free from possibility of disaster. Wht not establish a naval reserve on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers? nsks a cotemporary- And for that matter why not build some light dratt tron-clad, there. Pittsburg -will be entirely willing. Me. Bobekt Watchoun, who has been going over the industrial system of Great Britain, makes a curious complaint about the laws of that country providing for the safety of operatives. He thinks that safety is unnecessarily provided for by law, tho rigid enforcement of tho requirement of safety lamps in mines being in his opinion supererogatory. In view of the Hill Farm and Mammoth mine disasters, it is sufficient to remark that while a miner may perhaps hare the right to blow himself up in order to avoid the bother or a safety lamp, he has not the right to blow up scores of his fellows. Tho English laws enforce the precaution which Tjie DisrATCH has always pointed out as necessary In this country. Dear Mr Bum- That gold you got from U3 earlier in the year was a loan and not a payment. Wo will expect it back with interest in the course of the next ten months. Two thousand and fifty generals "in the British array, or one general to every hundred soldiers, is a superfluity of com manders. But tho vast majority of these generals are not intended to command or have any connection with actual fighting. Of real generals it remains to be seen whether Great Britain has more than the one signalized in Kipling's tales, as "Bobs Bahawder." The Russian bear has embraced in his comprehensive hug another big slice of Asia, and the English lion growls to himself as he wonders what ho isgolngtodoaboutit. We are glad to see that the esteemed Philadelphia Inquirer has come to the con clusion that the Senate must go to the bot tom of the Investigation. Not that this was not plain enough at the start; but the es teemed organ's discovery of it at this late day, is an indication that it has got a tip from high Republican authority. The Emperor William's remark that "lending money to Russia means war on us" is not calculated to aid the loan in Ger many, bu$ may tend to boom it in France. The fact that the cruisers Newark and Chicago when they got a chance to Are tneir great guns at a vessel only hit it once out of thirty-nine shots indicates that our war ships require more target practice. With that record the safest place in a naval com bat in which these vessels were engaged would be on tho enemy's ships. Two natural gas explosions yesterday may be taken as a rather ill-advised effort of that fuel to prove that it is not yet ex hausted. Even in France that Russian loan is not a success, its quotation in Paris being below tho tender price. The French furore for the Muscovite may be enthusiastic, but it doos not go to the length of putting the hard earned French savings into the exceedingly permanent but otherwise uncertain form of Russian bonds. We fear the Rev. R. Hebex Newton's remarks on the subject of "woodenish bishops" will determine his heretical standing- ( The Republicans of Albany have nom inated an "Honest John" for an important office. If they had been better acquainted with the Philadelphia precedent, they would have tied a millstone around their necks and jumped Into the river in preference. The remark, "We believe in honest money," doos not seem to have been copy righted by either party this year. Count Waedeksee's afterdinner speech at the banquet of the Ninth German army corps, that they might meet in the spring for serious business, is not to be taken seriously. The hoch woldgeborm count had evidently been dining. Still Sunol's performances in the line of lowering tho record consist solely of promises. The business managers of Philadelphia newspapers who testify that they paid 40 per cent rebate to public officials on official advertising shouldbe given a few elemen tary lessons on the impropriety of bribery. SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON. Whom the gods would destroy they first treat. The crack Bhots of the country do not lead an aimless life. What a picnic the fishes in the sea must be having now according to tho reports from old ocean. Whitewash a wrongdoer as much as vou will, ' The stain on his honor will linger there still. The leaves are always done brown when the weather is raw. Alt, other things being equal, a man is justified in banging his heir. Don't choose rapiers when you challenge a farmer to fight a duel, because ho has taken lessons in fencing. Peecedents might as well be cited by murderers as by the defenders of the viola tors of State laws. Buoad humor may cause a broad grin, but clean wit alone can raise a laugh. The more the organs defend the State Treasury ring tho more tho people believe something is rotten somewhere. Religion is getting nearly as much space in the newspapers as politics, which is a healthy sign. The tailor is an amiable fellow, because ho can suit anybody. The Governor's message was long, but the game ho ii aftor is big. A fellow can stand a good deal of lip from a pretty girl. He is a dashing chappie on the mash, At nignt, at night; His appearance indicates he has the cash, At night. But, oh, what a difference in the morning, When he hustles out of bed without a warn ing, And catches the Urst car that hauls him to the bar flTbefe he'll ask you what he'll mix for you this morning. Figukatively speaking, the Governor got there with ease and elegance. The bully is generally a coward when cornered. Striped clothes and striped animals figure largely in the Pennsylvania and New York campaigns this time. Thus are party lines drawn in these degenerate days. Women invariably do things after a fashion. Naval vessels naviga'.ed by horse ma rines are sure to strike bottom. THE GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE. Editorial Comment Upon tho Causes Given for .the Extra Session It Is Sow tho Tnrn or the Senate to Do It) Duty in the Matter. Philadelphia Pnblic Ledger. Bop, J The message which Governor Pattison yesterday sent to the State Senate, convened iu extraordinary session, is remarkable, most of all, for the grave matters which are the subject of it, remarkable for the circum stances whicli demanded it, and remarkable for the clearness, directness and forcible ness with which it presents tho evidence which has been with such careful, sagacious judgment and judicial skill gathered and compressed into an indictment as notable for its comprehensiveness as for its over whelming army of inculpating facts, cir cumstances and documents. It should have been, under our laws, impossible for the Chief Magistrate of the Stato to frame snch an indictment: the circumstances de manding it should have been similarly impossible of realization, and it should have been impossible for the Governor, or for any one, to arraign with such conciseness and directness any public ser vants who were elected to high position of trust and responsibility by the deliberately exercised will of tho people. Bnt the in dictment has been had to be framed, as the circumstances fully warranted it, and the arraignment of the Auditor General and State Treasurer had to be made, in view of tho mass of testimony "- produced which rendered tho making of it an impera tive duty. There is little in the matter of Governor Pattison's message wh'ich is abso lutely new; it is the masterful, honest, fear less manner orthe reformulation, the group ing, the placing in natural sequence, tho binding together ns n whole of old matters, unfortunately familiar enough to the public through the published proceedings of in vestigating bodies, which make it of such great and common interest, and which give It character, dignity and impressiveness. Through every paragraph of it there shines flnarlv as truth itself the light of a high official duty done, of public spirited purpose fulfilled. . Reasonable Cause Shown. Philadelphia Record, Dem.J Nothing seems clearer than the conrse which the Senators will feel called upon to take. There is such "reasonable cause" for a change in the official management of the State funds as should lead to the immediate removal of incumbents whose misconduct has cost the people of Pennsylvania so dearly. It would be disgraceful if partisan ship should be allowed to intrude Itself into the deliberations of tho Senate. The ac cused officials should have a patient further hearing, if they shall insist upon it. But whatever action the Senatomay take should turn solely upon what is duo to the honor and good fame of the State. Nothing else need be considered. The Duty of the Senate. Erie Dispatch, Ren. A careful reading of the Governor's mes sage discloses sufficient probable ground for the charges he makes against Auditor Gen eral McCamant, State Treasurer Boyer, and others. It now becomes the duty of the Senate, under the provisions of Section 4, Article VI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, to proceed to give a "full hearing" of the accused persons upon the charges preferred, and if thero be "reason able cause" shown for their removal from office, the Senate, by a two-thirds vote, may address tho Governor to that effect, and the latter will effect the removal. The People Want an Answer. Philadelphia Press, Rep. The questions before the Senate are whether Mr. Boyer was culpably derelict in paying the school money to Philadelphia a few days in advance of the time It fell due: whether Mr. McCamant indulged Mr. Bards ley unwarrantably in the times of payment of State moneyf, and whether he received any portion of the commissions on official advertising. Th e charges against the mer cantile appraisers now under indictment and those against the magistrates raise some secondary issues for the consideration and judgment of the Senate. These are pertinent qnestions, which the people want to have answered on a rull understanding of the facts. We take for granted that the Sena to will make this inquiry, notwith standing the right of tho Governor to re quire it is doubtful. Evidence Enough to Convince a Jury. Philadelphia Times, Ind.l Th' Governor's message is a clear and convincing presentment of the case against the Auditor General and the State Treas urer. The facts established by the testimo ny of these officials themselves, as well as from other sources, when thus marshaled in logical array, would convict them before any impartialjury and have already con victed them in the Judgment of impartial people. The question is not whether there exists "reasonable cause" for their removal, but whether the Senate will condemn or condone their malfeasance. A Charge of Partisanship. Philadelphia Enquirer, Hep. The Republican officials of Philadelphia have uncovered the Bardsley frauds, and have furnished the Governor with about all the evidence in his possession. The Repub licans through the State believe that the Be publican officials have done their duty, and the-.' unite in demanding that the Senators shall carry forward the inquiry begun in good faith. The Governor may "bo charged Justly with partisanship, but with that the Republicans have no concern. They have one duty to perform to get to tho bottom of the charges and to pass Judgment after a full hearing. No one must be condemned unheard or without a chance for explana tion. When all the evidence is in the Sena torial representatives of tho people will know how to act. Let us have all the truth, and no Bepublican need fear the result will hurt tho party as a whole. It has no candi dates before the people for whom it heed apologize. Their records are clean and their aims high. Neither the candidates nor the Republicans who compose the party are on trial. Tho Senate should remember this, and do its duty, wherever that may lead, fearlessly and honestly. Shameless Robbery Must Be Rebuked. Altoona Tribune, Dem.J The second proclamation of Governor Pattison convening the Senate for the pur pose of investigating the conduct of certain magistrates and constables of the city of Philadelphia, enlarges the scope of the in aniry and will give Senators some more work to perform. There is every reason to believe that tho conduct of some of Phila delphia's minor officials has been scandal ous and corrupt, and'thcy ought to be re moved from office and then punished by the courts. Popular government will be a dis mal farce If the shameless robbery of the State is permitted to so unrebuked. Purpose Higher Than Party Advantage. Harrlsburg Patriot, Dem.1 It wns gratifying to find the Republican Senators apparently united in the purpose tojoin with the Governor and the Demo cratic Senators in every effort to reach the whole truth, and act with a purpose higher than that of gaining mere party advantage. Not a Statesmanlike Effort. Oil City Derricfr, Hep. As a partisan document, Governor Patti son may possibly pride himself on his mes sage, but as a statesmanlike effort, he has nothing to boast of, and as an honest and uprightman.it is difficult to see where he can justify himself in the arrant assump tions that he makes m the face or the fact that a searching examination, conducted by his own lieutenant, has failed to give him a single fact to base those assumptions on. He has ignored evidence and the lack of evi dence, and with the obstinacy characteristic of tho man, has adhered to his own conclu sions that are the product of a partisan de sire. Now It Is the Senate's Tarn. Altoona Times. Dcm. Governor Pattison's message delivered to the Senate yesterday is a complete summary of the main charges against the Auditor General and Stato Treasurer and the prin cipal proofs supporting the allegations that have been made. Wo will now see what the Senate will do. w A Big' Job of Housecleanlng. Washington Post, Ind.I Considering that this is the fall season of tho year, when everybody should be com fortably fixed up for the winter, Governor Pattison appears to have undertaken a very large contract of official housecleanlng. Governor Pattison is a pretty smart man for a Pennsylvania Democrat. THEATEICAL CHATTER. The theatrical prospect ns far as next week is concerned does not go beyond farco comedy and melodrama. Mb. Willaiid, in "Tho Middleman," is producing a profound impression upon all who are wise enough to go to the AlvTn Theater. TnE amusing and melodious "Tar and the Tartar" la drawing very large audiences, and at the matinee yesterday tho Duqucsne was packed. The verdict generally seems to be that Roland Bced has given ns the best pieco of individual work, the best comedy and the company ho has yet presented, in "The Club Friend." The good things are being appreciated. The sensntlonal drama, "Money Mad," by Steele Mrckaye, whose success was so re cently emphasized through its long run at tho Standard Theater, New York, will be the attraction at the Grand Opera House the week commencing October 19. Lalloo, the Hindoo boy, afso is to be ex hibited at Harry Davis' Fifth Avenue Museum Theater next week, is said to be the highest priced freak of nature ever in Pittsburg. The New York papers pronounce it indeed a wonder, without being in any sense unpleasant. Mb. WiLLAnn off the stago is not unlike Henry Irving in some points. The intellect ual face, leonine hair touched with gray, and the stylo of dres3 Mr. Willard adopts is reminiscent of the gifted manager of the London Lyceum. But without intending to flatter Mr. Willard he is a far handsomer man than his countryman and predecessor. Whex "Tho Patrol," Scott Marble's melo drama, was played hero last season, it had only been out a week or two, and f&e edges were somewhat rough. Now it is said to be much stronger, and as it originally pleased the pnblic very fairly, when it comes to tho Bijou Theater next woek it ought to be wel come. It relies upon realism and an excit ing plot principally. "The Citt Dihectory," revised up to date, is the volume of fun which Russell's com edians bring to tho Alvln Theater next week. This farce comedy is remembered as one of the bright exceptions of last year's crop of such light entertainments a farce comedy that amused legitimately to some extent. The company docs not contain many who appeared last year in "The City Directory," but such well-known peoplo as W. P. Sweatnam. Dan Daly, Luko School craft, Charles Seaman, Bessie Cleveland, Ltllie Eldridge. Maym Kelso and "the Little Fawn," Amelia Glover. The new features are said to be many and bright. "Hoss and Hoss" is the name of a new farce comedy which will be played at the Dnquesno Theater next week. It is Heed and Collier's production, and these two comedians play the leading roles in it. Charlie Beed made a name a good while ago ns a comedian of some originality, and his latest performances in this city in farce comedy are well remembered. William Collier is probably the most promising young comedian on the American stnge.jind The Dispatch predicted his elevation. "Hoss and Hos3" has been praised freely in Chicago and elsewhere, and the common re port is that it is the best farce comeijy pro duced this season. The company contains some well-known names, including Arthur Moulton, James B. Gentry, May Yohe, the contralto, Bosa France, Adele Farrington, Helen Riener and Lillian Ramsden. NOTES OF NOTABLE PEOPLE. It is rumored in London that the Duke of ConDaught will suceeed Sir Frederick Roberts as Commander in Chief of tho army of India. Little Queen Wilhelmina, of Hol land, has an income of 600,000 guilders, or about $250,(00, Her reign will begin August 31, 1893, when sho will have attained the age of 18. For the first time since her conversion to the orthodox faith the Grand Duchess Ser gius of Russia has been permitted to visit her father, the Grand Duke of Hesse-Darmstadt. Judge Pruden, of Ohio, who has been making an extended tour of Alaska, says that he thinks the natives of that land are of Chinese or Japanese rather than Indian descent. Mr. Charles SruRGEON, now slowly recovering from his recent illness, has written a letter to his congregation inform ing them that he is going abroad for rest and change of scene. Robert Hoe and George DeForrest are said to divide the honor of possessing the finest private library in New York. Whilo Mr. Hoe's missals and specimens of the Gut tenberg press are wonderful, Mr. DeForest's eighteenth century books are said to be un equaled. The greatest heiress in Rome at the present moment is the 18-year-old Princess Maria Barberini-Colonna, whd will bring to her fnture husoand not only a fortune of $10, C00.000, but also the title of Prince of Tales trinn.Dukeof Castlo Vecchio, the hereditary Priorshlp of the Order of St. John of Jeru salem, and the hereditary rank of Lieutenant General of the papal forces. DEATHS HEBE AND ELSEWHERE. Hon. Prescott Metcalf. Hon. Prescott Metcalf, a very wealthy citizen of Erie, died yesterday, aged 78 years. The deceased was a native of Putney, Vt., and went to Erie In early life, and after a few years he was made manager of the immense business of Rafus Seth Reed, and it was greatly due to his keenness that the business ramifications projected by the Reed family were so pre-eminently successful. In 1832 Mr. Metcalf launched out for himself, and from operating trans-State stage coaches he Joined in the construction of the Erie extension canal, and helped build the Erie and Northeast and Erie and Pittsburg Hallways. He was an incorporator of the Eric gas works; the Erie Dime Bank: promi nently connected as stockholder in several large local manufacturing plants, and owned several business blocks. He was a Republican, having been Mayor of the cltv, and a Presbyterian. He leaves two sons. Joseph and George R. Metcalf, both Eromlnent business men. Ills wife, who had been Is schoolmate at Putney, died live weeks ago. Father Francis Wnyts. Father Francis Wuyts, Ecclesiastical Su perior of Lorettoans, died at 3 o'clock yesterday morning at Loretto Convent, in Marlon county, Ky. Father AVuyts was a native of Belgium, and the early years of his life were spent there. He ar rived In America In 1853 and wen to Kentucky, being sent to Loretto. From that place he had charge of tho Holy Cross. Chicago and St. Vin cent's congregations in Marlon, Washington and Nelson counties, alwavs keeping his residence at the convent. He was a man of profound learning. At the time of bis death be was 6C years old. D. D. Jowetr. A telegram from Sioux Falls, S. D., to Newark, O., announcing the death of D.D.Jewett, was a great shock to hundreds of his friends in that city, where he was rais-ed and resided until a few vears ago. Sir. .lewett was closely Identified with the old settlers of Licking county and was engaged in active business In Newark for many years, un til a few years ago. when ne removed to Dakota, whore his sons are in business. He was 76 years of age and was a man of robust health. It is more than possible that his remains will be brought to Newark for Interment. Itcv. Joseph M. Saylor. Rev. Joseph M. Saylor, the oldest living Evangelical clergyman, both in length of service and age. in the United States, commonly known as Father baylor.died at Heading Tuesday afternoon. In his 83th year. He was a minister of the gospel overt 5 years, sen ed numerous congregations, and thousands were converted under bis ministrations. Obituary Notes. W. II. Vane, an English music hall performer, widely known as the "Banjo King," is dead, at the age of 23. Kev. Charles D. Flaoler, rector of Grace Episcopal Church at Cleveland, Tenn.. died last week of typhoid fever, aged 30. He was a former resident of New York State. William Coxxok, one of the famous Conrad brothers, musical and acrobatic clowns, died re cently in Elbeuf. France. He had appeared In France, England, Germany and America. Edmund D. Chaudeulaix, a well known citizen of AVestflcld, N. J., anifamcmberorthcCha-nber-laln Stamp Manufacturing Company, dropped dead at Ms home Tuesday morning while walking to the breakfast table. He was 53 years old. J. B. LAVASTItE, one or tho most noted of French scenic "painters, is dead In Paris, aged 57. Many of the handsomest stage pictures Paris had seen in the past 20 years were the frnlt of his artistic labors. He was an officer of theXeglon of Honor. Elwood PakSons, President of the First. National Bank of Trenton. N. J., died suddenly from heart disease at his residence In MorrlsvlUe. Bucks county. Pa.. Tuesday night. He was 83 years old and was recently elected President of the bank. CHARITY AND SOCIETY. The Entertainment for the Oakland Day Nursery Brilliant Weddlngj, Past and to Come Social Gatherings on the Lists Society Gossip of a Day. Money is needed to prosecute the work of the Oakland Day Nursery and Temporary Home. It was established a year ago and proved at onco successful. Hard working mothers through it have for thefirst time had their minds relieved from the ever-present dread of what may happen to their children In their-absence. To continue the work more money is required. With this in view, the What-So-Ever Circle of King's Daughters will hold a bazaar and supper in the chapel of the Oakland Methodist EDicopal church, corner or Forbes avenue and Boquet street, on Friday afternoon and evening. They will be In charge of these ladies: Fancv Table Chairman. Miss Mart- McKee; Mrs. McGowan. Mrs. Chantler. Mrs. Van Kirk, and JIHs Esther Little. Hand-Painted China Booth-Chairman. Miss Caroline Moreland: Misses Beulah Little, Margaret Challlnor. and Kate Perrine. Ice Cream Table Chairman. Miss Lillian More land: Misses Elizabeth Dawson. Minnie Leonard, Lucv Dalbey. Candy Tahle-Chalnnan, Miss Margaret Stewart; Miss Clara Moorhead. Tea Room Chirman. Miss Annie Van Kirk; Miss Elizabeth Leonard anil Mrs. Hobert Grnbe. Common Sense Table Chairman, Miss Carrie Balrd and the "In-as-Much" circle of the King's Daughters. Fish Pond The "Ever Ready" circle of the King's Daughters. Supper will be served from 5 to 8 o'clook by Mr. March and a circle of King's Daugh ters composed of U young married women. In spite of certain efforts the Woman's Christian Association is still houseless. At the meeting yesterday afternoon In the Y. M. C. A building reports wero heard from tho committee for this purpose, called tho Site Committee. A week of grace has been given to it. Bnt on next Thursday the board expects to definitely make up its mind to accept, and the committee is o-tpected also present something worth accepting. Mrs. William R. Thompson's resignation was formally presonted and formally and regret fully accepted. She remains still a member of tho board, a position less onerous and less responsible than that of President. She also gave practical prooforhcr friendship by a gift of $1,0X1, to be used either ior rent or other necessary expenditure. Now the association thinks it is a."house builded upon a rock." The one other matter of importance was the appointment of Mrs. James B. Scott as temporary President. She will hold this place until either an election or the annual in January takes place. It is just possible that if Mrs. Scott consents to retain the temporary Presidentship no successor to Mrs. Thompson will be elected until the January meeting. Men ns well as women are interested in the work of formation, and letters saying so are coming in to the various members of the board. The State Secretary, Miss Hattie Dyer, was present at the meeting, bnt she left in the evening for Altoona to attend a State convention there in session. Miss Dyer will bo in Pittsburg again on next Thursday. The regular weekly meeting of the Ladies' Aid Society of the Southside Hos pital was largely attended on Tuesday afternoon. There was nearly one hundred members of the society present. Five new members were admitted which swells the total membership to 163. Contributions amounting to nearly $60 were acknowledged and several members reported they had been canvassing for subscriptions and had received promises of large sums from a number of manufacturing firms. The com mittee appointed to see the Ladles' Branch of the Hospital Saturday and Sunday Asso ciation reported that the ladies of the asso ciation had consented to aid them all they could to make the bazaar to be given in the Auditorium a big success. The other committees appointed in a few weeks ago reported that they were progress ing rapidly with their work and were having very little difficulty in getting workers. None of tho committee could give a detailed report of what had been done as each member was kept very busy and could only present a synopsis of what they did. Samuel A. Ammen bade farewell for mally to bachelor existence last night at a little dinner party in a private" dining room at the Duquesne Club. The guests included the best man, several of the ushers and some other friends specially honored with an in vitation. There were ten in all, not counting the host. Novel dinner cards wore placed at each plate, with an appropriate quota tion. Culled from them are the following: "In after dinner talk across the walnut and the wine," Willis F. McCook; "Mingle with the friendly bowl, the feast of reason and the flow of soul," Judge W. D. Por ter: "Strive mightily, but eat and drink ns friends," John Morrow; "Thou shnlt not die for lack of a good din ner," Samuel A- Ammon. The remaining guests were: Harvey Ewing. Marshall Brown, Thomas T. Myler, John McCutcbeon, Edward A. Montooth, Franklin A. Ammon, Harry P. Ecker. Thev sat down to the table at 7:30, which was loaded with beautiful red roses. Through the courtesy of the Carnegie Hall Library Committee, the Historical So ciety, of AVestern Pennsylvania, will now hold its meetings in the lecture hall. These will be held on the evenings of the third Thursday of every month. The change from the Court House, where meetings, and con sequently small meetings could only be held during the day, is hailed by the members with much pleasure. The society has uot bad the encouragemont Its 'educative force should receive. Now pleasant rooms and the evenings, when the busiest man can find some leisure, are expected to bo the salva tion and growth of the society. The first meeting in Carnegie Hall will be to-night at 7:30. The most notable wedding of the season took place at the First Baptist Chnrch, Mc. Keesport, last night. Miss Viola Haney, daughter of Mrs. Lewis Haney, of that place) was married to Mr. John L. Getty, a promi nent attorney of In dlana. Pa. There were a largo number of friends from all over the State in attendance. The bride was attended by four bridesmaids in charming costume. After the ceremony a reception and supper was held at the residence of W. W. Hunter. Tho vonni? coudIb went East on an extened tonr, and on their return will make their home at Indiana. Social Chatter. Mb. George S. Graham, a popnlar young Pittsbnrz business man, left on tho Eastern express on Tnesdav morning, accompanied by a party of Friends, bound for Boston. On Thursday noon Mr. Graham is to wed a fair dauehterof Boston, Miss Minnie C. Andrews, of West Rutland square. After a bridal tour to Quebec and Montreal, they will come to this city and live in Bellevuo. v Iitvitatioxs have been received for the first reception nnniversaty of the Federal Club. It is a club formed a year ago, and as Its name Indicates is made np of men in bus iness on Federal street, Allegheny. The re ception will be held in Cyclorama Hall on Tuesday evening, October 27. Dancing from 8 to 2 to Guenther's music. A marriage, which is Interesting to a largo circlo in Pittsburg, has been arranged be tween Miss Esther Little, the young sister-in-law of City Attorney W. J. Moreland, and John Adlum House, who Is the only son of William H. House, Assistant uuy Attorney. The wedding is set for February. Hon. and Mrs. Alfred Marlaud have Is sued invitations for tho marriage of their daughter. Miss Inuatia. to Samuel Wash burn Harper, on Thursday, evening, October 29. The ceremony will be nt-:30 in Grace Episcopal Chnrch, Sit. Washington. Miss Isabella Drroiin, or New York, was marr ed hist night to Mr. Andrew J. Peake, of Crafton, in tho Lennox Avenue Unitarian Church. The best man was Will iam T. Espy, or nttsburg. A partt of the v.'sltors at the National Prison Congress drove through the East End yesterday. Dr. Scoville was among the members, which, altogether, occupied three carriages. . The wedding of Miss Vesta Nell MeVay and Norman L. Lippincott. whose engage ment has just been made public, takes place November 12. What Protection Has Done. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. Under protection tho tendency or tho prices or manufactured articles is down ward. When American manufacturers are protected against foreign cheap capital and labor they build up their business, improve their facilities, and competition brings prices down. Under protection the United States has become the greatest" manufactur ing and agricultural country in the world. France and American Pork. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Tho withdrawal of tho interdict against American pork in Franco is likely to come early enough to add a fow thousand to the Republican vote in every State which has an election four -weeks hence. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. Persia's ruler ha a salary of S50,000,00t per year. New York girls chew 16,000,000 worth of gum each year. A petrified elephant has been unearthed near Jasper, Florida. Electricity is now used in heating flat irons used in tailor shops. Experiments in growing the tea plant are being tried In Southern California. A cargo of copper recently carried out of Lake Superior was valued at $610,009. The value of the timber in Fresno county, California, Is estimated at $96,000,009. At the time of birth the octopus, the re nowned devil fish, is not larger than a com mon flea. A scheme is on foot in Washington tc elevate the condition of monkey intellectby breeding. Green Lake, Colorado, is the highest Inke in the world. Tho surface is 10,250 feet abovo tho sea level. Birds are disappearing from France. Their nests have been des,royed and they are migrating elsewhere. Taking the whole land surface of the globo into consideration, there is, on an average, 22) acres to each person. The history of Iceland as a cation ex tends back more than 3,000 years, yet the lecords showbut two thefts in all that time. In India a hotelket per has had printed on his bill or fare. "In this hotel the wines leave the traveler nothing to hope for." The oldest church in Continental Eu rope is the church of Sta. Maria in Traste vere in Rome. It was erected in 221 and re paired in 1189. The average age of British soldiers is 27 years; their death rate is nine per 1,000. and of every 100, 70 are English, 20 Irish, 8 Scotch and 2 Colonial. One of the largest hospitals in the world, containing accommodation for from 1,000 to 3.5SO patients, has been opened at Constantinople,.Tnrkey. An English clergyman recently im plored his hearers to consider the "deplor able condition of 30,000 Englishm en being without Christian burial." In Africa there are 500 missionaries and 4C0,000 converts. An average of 23,000 a year become converted and in five vears moro than 200 martyrs have lost their lives there. In computing a man's age Chinamen always reckon two years back from tho day when he celebrated hU first birthday; or, in other words, as though ho were a year old at the time of his birth. A late writer on social affairs in Iceland says there is not a single prison on tho island; that such things as locks, bolts and bars arc unknown, and that there are neither watchmen nor policemen. Blood travels from the heart through the arteries, ordinarily, at tho rate of about 12 Inches per second; its speed through the capillaries is at the rate of three one-hundred ths of an inch per second. There are six tunnels in the world which have a length exceeding 21,000 feet St. Gothard, Mont Cents, Hoosac, Severn, Noch istongs and Sutis. St. Gothard. the longest, is 48,540 feet; Sutis, tho shortest, is 21,120 feet. The following item appeared in a Mis sissippi paper: "Rev. A. Cathy, a Methodist minister, aged 70 years, living nt Burnsville, recently eloped with Miss Millie Marlor, aged 51 years. The lady's parents objected." There are 25 mills now working in Bangkok capable of milling 3375 tons of cargo rice daily, or somewhat less of clean rice. Of these nine are fitted with machin ery capable or milling 620 tons or white rice per day. Prof. Kohlbranch, who has been making some curious experiments with lightning, finds that the amount of electricity in an or dinary flash is so small that it would require 37 flashes to keep a common incandescent lamp burning one hour. Of the many curious customs which mark Brittany as an especially interesting field for the traveler is this one relating to marriage. At the close of the wedding cere mony the bridegroom gives the brldea box on tho ear, saying: "That is how it fceU when you make me vexed," after which ho kisses her, adding, "and thus 'when you treat me well." Among the recent products of "wire manufacturing is one having a measurement of l-500th of an inch in diameter much finer, or course, than tho hair or one's head. Tho wire is drawn through what is practically a hole in a diamond, to which there is no wear. These diamond plates are made by a woman in New York, who has a monopoly or the art in this country. The excess of women and girls overmen and boys in Great Britain is OuO.COO, an in crease or 200,000 in ten years. In Germany the number or females in excess of males is about 1,000,000. In Sweden and Norwav tho "weaker sex" is in the majority by about 250,C00; in Anstro-nungary b- 600,000, and in Denmark by 60,000. In the'United States, Cannda and Australia the males are in ths majority. In this country there are about 1,000,000 more men than women. A curious live cargo has been landed in Hamburg. It consists oi a collection of snakes and serpents made by the agent of a naturalist in that city. For the purpose of transit they were placed In long coffin-llko cases, with holes bored for ventilation and feeding. When unpacked thev became much excited. Some of the assistants, in endeavoring to capture them as they wound themselves round posts and stair balusters, sustained bites, which, however, have not proved serious. Some of the larger ones also took to swallowing the smaller fry. The demand for tbem from zoological so cieties, snake charmers and others appears to De considerable. France possesses 1,102 mineral springs, of which 1,027 aro turned to account, and Algeria has 47 In use. Of the total in France 319 are sulphurous, like that or Amolie-les-Bains; 354 are alkaline, such as Vichy: 135 nro ierrncmous, ior instance urezza; anu 210 aro or varlons sorts, some containing common salt, others sulphate or sodium, and a third group sulphate or lime. Thoy are hot orcold, as the case may be. and are distributed all over the country; but they are chiefly found in the southeast bait, from the Pyrenees to Alsace-Lorraine. They aro a source of wealth to the nation, Vichy alone haying sold 3,500,000 bottles or the waters since 1373. CTJEKENT HUMOKOS1TIES. Stranger (to Bridget, scrubbing the front steps) While your on your knees, Biddy, pray for me. Bridget O Lord, make this fellow a glntlemon I Harper's Bazar. They flattered Miss White With praises so kind That they tnraed her head quite With their talk, and I And Thatshesnow outof sight" Aud I'm out of mind. ikw Tork Press. Father Come, now, my son; stop beating about the bush. Will you bring the coal? Old Uncle John When I was a boy I didn't beat about the hush much; If I was slow about, doing an errand, the bush had a fashion of beating about me.luck. He shoe came untied: And I. why I tied It. Her foot was petite. And she tried to hide it. Her shoe came untied. Who wouldn't have tied It? BrooUin Eagle. "How's your scheme of seaside summer opera coming on. Pufflcy? Tlaying to rather light bouses so far, someone told me. I think." "That's It exactly, my boy. You see the light houses are built so firmly by the Government that they can't very well get away, or I don't suppose & would have ci en them to play to." Wdshlnjton Post. There is a man in onr town, Who so they say who know Is worth a cold fat million, and I have no doubt It's so. But when there needs for charity Some trine to be spent. For taking hold to help along. He lsn' t worth a cent. Bosim Crmrter. Simmerson (over a bottle of Mumm's). The best of Uncle Dick's legacy, old boy,' Is that It will give me a chance to see Earope. Rambo I thought you went abroad three years ago? Simmerson Yea; bnt that was a honeymoon tour. Smith, Gray & Co.'s UonMy. Coin dealer Xow,- here's a rare old-coin, struck in Jerusalem, When the Jews owned the city. Customer But look at the date: 1G79. Coin dealer Ah, but you sec,- that means theyear 1679 before Christ. fFact-j ' Ncui Tork EaxM. ', a && v&fi Aft fcai. 'XftMS . .! 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