THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1891. ftOSa t yf " wMiwmm. XSTABLISHEti FEBRUARi" h. leC Vol. . o.;. T'nterert at Pittsburg rostoQce, SoTi'Siotrlki;, as aeeoad-class matter. Business Office Corner Smithfield and Diamond Streets. News Rocms and Publishing House 78 and 3o Diamond 'Street, in New D:sptch Building. EASTERN- ADVEIITISIVC- OFFICE. ROOM SI. roierNKBDlLDlNO. VF.WYORK. wherecoin 'eT S-a of THE DISPATCH can always be round. For-ln aivertlscrs appreciate the conveniens-, jd'.ire advertisers and frieads ofTHK DISPATCH, vlalc ia li cw York, arc a'yi made wc'conic. TEE OJSPSTCIIis rfrt-'orf en tnSe at Bmtano's, t rjio Scwot. Scu York, and IT 4c tlf I'Opem, Paris, JVcuje. toVre tnjfofts wJvt luui bten aifiap pouitalata koiet nass tttnd canoMain if. TERMS Or THE DISPATCH. TOSTAGE TEEE IV Tim CXITED 6TATIS. DjrLYDrsrrrn. One Tear. SROO tlAn.T Dispatch, PerQnu-rer. 2 00 DiILTlUCATTH. One Month 70 P r T Ulrj-cil, inclnilnfi Sunday. 1 ve ir.. 10 00 2'Att.Y Dispatch. including Sunday. 3 m'fhs. 2 50 IUILTDt'-Aicn. iccladlngSandav, lra'th.. 90 Si-miai D:-.t vrcit, OieVcir. 2M Wrxxil DisrvTcn. One Year. 1 2 The P uly Ii'srAirn Is dcllTered by carriers at J5 cents p wek. or, Iiii-'.nd'ng Sunday Edition, at I3rcnticr we-k. PITTSBURG. THURIY, OCT. 22. l&L TWELVE PAGES lUk.TO.ICAr. INTEREST. In ocr news columns will be found a highh inteiestmgHiierviovvvvith Goeruor riominy, of Wot Virginia. The Execute e of our neighboring commonwealth breaks of it great lesources, which are now being rapidly developed, and notes with pleasure the progress which Pittsburg has boon making oa lite v tars. Tnea he refers to a inattei of vital import to both Pitts burg and West Virginia the need of better and more extend e means of com munication The Governor makes it plain tint the people of ilc htate tire anxious to become I-ott": acquainted vvun the city which is ti e nptrntl nictrojMilis of the entire region, and points out the great advantages tvriain to accrue to all concerned. Mr. Fiuraing is undoubtedly nght The intes'ss of W.t Virginia and Pittsburg are :dr.tical, and anything that will iirins tr.eai into clossr relations cannot fail to be of mrtual benefit Many valuable Miggestlons as to the means to this nd are given in the interview referred to. and it U eertrnly to be (leaned tint tho hopes therein expressed w ill soon be rfalized. SL VOL'S RECORD. The lowering of the trotting time by u".oi imr-qiurler of a stcond below the time of Maud S v.'H arouss the enthusiasm of lur. n'e'i The 1 t-t performance will be oluili'Egcil by ir.jtny as due to the kite shaped track, which 5s asserted to lie faster 1 ban the cll.ptical by more than the difference betn een the records. This may permit the opinion to bn held that Maud S .s still fast r than he- California nal, but ilcanhaidlv invalidate the record. It is to be remembered that much of the faster limeof Miutt S, ac compared with the rrerrtk ot Goldsmith Maid, was due to the improvement in the shape of tracks and tne new ideas in trotting gear and shoeing. It is also worthy of notice that neither Sunoi nor Maud S made their record in a race with the disadvantage of contending against time. All of whicu givesSunola light to her record, but it is hardly such an evidence of gruter speed than her predecessors as n would hae been if won in a regular contest ran r;rsHEKS and ike iarket. Our Xcw York special correspondent vri'ing of the effect of the wonderful Mc Donald gushers points out the most re rmikablc fat about them, and that is the slight digree to which they have depressed the market. He attributes this to the fact that the Standard is holding up the price. Doubtless the sustaining power of the Stindard has prevented a decline in the speculative quotations, as it may accentu pte the decline if St should suit the con- fci-ience of the great orporatiGn to have the market go down. Cut it is also proba ble that an influence even greater than that of the Standard is at work which v.ill maintain the commercial value of petroleum and prevent any permanent re duction ot the speculative price to a very much lower level than at present That is the largo consumptive demand which has been stimulated and created by the low price of that staple. For a long time prior to the development of the McDonald gushers, petroleum has ranged at a low level. The economic law that as a staple is cheapened the con sumption increases in geometrical ratio was nerver more thoroughly exemplified than in the fluctuations of the oil market The result is that while the McDonald gushers have sent the total production up to unprecedented figures the demand is alo greater than ever before. It furnishes a promise that whatever excess of produc--tion may exist now, will be taken off in the near future before it becomes a dead weight on the markeS. This rule has a striking illustration in a single use for oil, to which our corre spondent refers. At present prices there is an almost unlimited demand for petroleum as a fuel. If a supply can be guaranteed to manufacturers below VO cents, the McDonald production might be doubled without exceeding the possibili ties of consumption. THE BAXKING PKOBIEW. The alue and ltallty of the National tanking sstem are both illustrated by the incorporation during the jear ending Octooer 1 of 211 new nat.onal banks witii a capital of $23,400,000. The fact that their ai erage capital is only a little over 5101,000, and that thur location is scatttred all the way from Pennsjlvania to Texas, proves that institutions of a size to make their facilities reach the ordinary people in all parts of the nation are still icing organized. This growth has been going on notwith standing the discouragement afforded by thn retirement of United States bonds and tne omission of Congress to legislate on the lack produced by the payment of the securities which furnish a basis for circu lation. It gives reason for the hope that, even, if all the bank circulation should be retired, a large share of the institutions now included in the system will remain Jnere. The inducement would be to pre serve the safeguards which maintain the soundness and stability of the system so long as polities do not introduce favoritism or meompcttnee into the administration of the law Xeerthclpss the greater liberty which the banks enjoy outside of the national regulation, and the diminution of its in ducements if their circulation is lost, make it very clear that something shouldbedone not only to preserve but to extend the s stem. Mr. Edw ard Atkinson in a recent paper points out the necessity of extend ing or supplementing it, and suggests that State legislation tako up the problem and establish systems of State banking. This would be Just the way in which a uniform and national sj stem of adequate regula tion would not be established. Each State would have a banking system after its own ideas, and there is an almost positive certainty that n large share of the banks so established would be of the wildcat class. The w ay to solv e the banking question is to continue the national systpm with an enlargement of the list of securities which roij". together with United States bonds, be used as a basis for circulation. To specify the new forms of security which will ensure absolute stability to the circu lation may be a task requiring careful study, but it is by no means an impract icable one. TITE BETTER FOLICY. An Ottawa dispatch reports that the talk in this country about the abrogation of the treaty of 1817 and the increase of our naval force on the lakes has produced a request from the British Government for a report on tho defenses of the Do minion. It is stated on official authority that if the treaty is abrogated Great Bri tain will at once provide a fleat of vessels for the lakes as strong as any that we can build, if not stronger. This would be an inevitable result of such action on our part It is also certain that if any action to increase our naval force on the lakes is taken Great Britain will take similar steps. The only immediato effect of the abrogation of the treaty of 1817 will be to set the two Governments at work making im mense expenditures in building veisels and erecting fortifications to provide against the remote contingency of war, which the ties of commerce and the con siderations of civilization ought to make nearly, if not quite, impossible. The foolishness of such a policy on the part of the United States is accentuated by the fact that in such a competition of expenditure Great Britain would have greatly the advantage of us through her possession of the canals. She can place a fleet on the lakes from the lighter-draft vessels of herexist'ng navy greater than wo can build on the lakes in j ears. The vessels she sent need not be confined there, but could be transferred to other quarters of the world if England should have need for them. It is probable that to overcome this advantage on the lakes alone, by the policy of building vessels and fortifying Lake ports, it would require as great expenditure as to construct the Hennepin and Ohio river and Lake Erie CanaK This shows the folly of abrogating a pacific, and, on the whole, wise treaty with a friendly power for the sake of em barking on a policy of expenditure that would be at once irritating and useless. The money spent in constructing the canals would be fully repaid by their com mercial value, and their naval importance would give us an equality with Great Britain, if not an advantage. If the time should ever come when a naval force is needed on the lakes we could place it there sooner than Great Britain could bring hers up the St Lawrence river and through the Canadian canals. In the meantime th.3 pacific dispositions of the treaty of 1817 would continue to control the lakes, and the canals w ouldrepay their cost by giving the benefits o" water trans portation to the entire country. The naval as well as the commercial arguments m f av or of the canals are over wlielmuig. When they are properly com prehended tlie necessityof setting prompt ly to work will be universally conceded. TVILT. OT REACH THE TROUBLE. The Philadelphia Press defines the dif ference between the Republican and Democratic policy with reference to the re cent treasury scandal to be that the Bepub 1 1 cans "promise to revise and reform the laws touching State, county and munici pal audits," while "the Democracy are shortsighted in preferring charges." That any particular in which the laws are defective should be subject to revision, is unquestionable; but as a remedy for the present condition of affairs the policy pre scribed by the Press is notably unsatisfy ing. It cannot escape public attention that there has been a constant revision of these laws by a class of legislation which might be accurately described as "tinker ing" for many years. The proposal that the next Legislature shall add its quota to the mass of legislation is hardly more promising than the long-standing effort to revise and reform the system of taxation. Beyond that consideration is the very troublesome question: 'What w ill it do to revise laws if they are not observed in good faith by the officials whose duty it is to enforce them? 'Whatever disputes there may be with regard to the present condition of the law it is evident enough that if the State officials had desired to carry out the purpose of the present acts, they would not have left enormous sums in the hands of Birdsley long past the date at which he should have paid them over. If State officials can with impunity pay over a large sum of money to a delin quent city treasurer for the express pur pose of evading the sinking fund act, the revision and reformation of the nullified laws till doomsday would not cure the trouble. There is no possible way for the Repub lican party to clear itself of such abuses eceptby the exposure and removal of the officials concerned in them. The policy of reform next year, without hurting anyone, will saddle tho party with the scandal, and subject it to the disapproval of the people. The report that Rear Admiral Gherardi is to be sent as bearer of a special dispatch from President Harrison to tho Emperor of Gcrmanj.and that Acting Kear Admiral Walker Is to take command of tho North Atlantic squadron, is another chapter in our American story of "The Two Admirals." It doe-, not come from very authentic sources, and it is to bo hoped that It is not well founded. The State Department furnishes ample means of communication between the President and the Emperor of Germanv: and tho evidence of a political pull in favor of Admiral V alker, if the report were true, would be altogether too strong to be pleas ant. "The Senate is hot going to help the Governor to elect Mr. Wright," says the Philadelphia ihgtttrer. Perhaps not, but the indications of a disposition to dodge or de lay putting the blame where it belongs looks as if it might possibly take that surest method of doing so. A NEWSPArEU article, recounting the number of famous books which have been rejected by publishers says that' "maga zine editors conld see nothing in the now clever Mr. Stockton until he accidentally made a hit with 'Tho Lady or the Tiger.' " That publishers very often reject good books is undoubted; but with regard to Frank Stockton It happened to be the fact that his reputation was made with the magazines before the appearance of "The Lady or the Tiger" by the appearance as magazine litera ture of his first and cleverest work, "Rudder Grange." Some one has raked up an alleged discovery that General YTlnfleld Scott lias no mon ument, and wants the lack supplied at onco. As a fact there is au equestrian statuo of Scott in Washington, which is about all that is rcqnireil for the memory of "Old Fuss and Feathers." An Eastern paper speaks of "the debate oetween the Kansas farmers and tho East ern capitalists who nro declining to send anv more money to Kansas becauso of the prevalence of Alliance doctrines." But the Eastern papers are also telling or the largo amount of mortgages being paid off in Kan sas, in tvlilch case it is Kansas that is send ing monoy to the East instead of the other way. Would It not be wise for the critics of the Kansas agriculturists to cultivate tho virtue of consistency in tlioir statements? Ir President Harrison's address to the foreign clergymen really converted them to a belief in republican government it might be well to hold a lot of Ecumenical Coun cils. But perhaps they were half converted before they heard our President. Xow the Democratic organs of New York hive got to the pass of asserting that JfewTork City is well governed, the Tam many World making that assertion. With regard to the government of cities in this country the reverse of the old toner's opinion about whisky may be quoted. Wo do not know any well governed cities, Re publican or Democratic. Some cities may bo worse governed than others, and it is our impression that Xcw York is one ot them. ICow the fakir produces a report that Balranceda is still alive. Or was tho report of his suicide the real swindle? Tho unreli able character or Chilean news during tho late unpleasantness makes it an interesting speculation to tho outsider. The Missouri Pacific Railroad after years of secrecy has begun once more to publish its earnings. This is an indication that tho policy of handling a railroad property for too advantage of the insiders has its limita tions; and that the Missouri Pacific has reached tne point where it has got to culti vate publio confidence. But it may tnUo more j ears to restore tho oonfldenco of in vestors in tho Gould management than it -has taken to destroy it. Wncs English women come to the United States to advocate tho cauo of Christian temperance, tho W. C. T. U. might send a few missionaries back to England as a matter of reciprocity. Buffalo and San Francisco newspapers are acclaiming that the selections of post offlce sites in each city succeeded in locat ing the coming buildings on tho w orst sites obtainable. It is fortunate for Pittsburg that her new building was located before this fatality presided over the decisions of the administration, but Allegheny is still liable to como under its baneful influence. If any one had any doubt about this be ing the height of the campaign in various States tho lunacy which rages in tho editor ial columns of tho political organs would be sufficient to settle it. Now it is reported that instead of suc ceeding in detaching Italy from the Drol bund, Russia's protest against that alliance took such au autocratic tone that Italy Is offended, and looks to England as well as Germany fornid. Perhaps tho Russian idea is to create strained relations so that the fun will be certain to begin next j ear. The Americus Club will join in giving McKinley a boom at Cleveland Saturday night. When tho Americus sets out to do things of that sort it generally covers itself with glory. Vox Moltkb could hold his tongue in seven languages. That is also said to be the way in which Flower is conducting h.s cam paign in New York. The political managers in this State are also doing a little of the smo taciturnity concerning the State Treas ury administration and the Kcystono Bank plundering. If the American bo? is to be admitted to Italy all that Mafia business may be for gottentill it happens again. Max O'Rell's last book contains sev eral sarcasms on American manners, some of which were evidently produced to suit the French ideas of the United States; but it praises the beauty of tho American women. That Is one characteristic which the world, -cannot deny to the people of this country. Two weeks more of shouting by the orators and organs and then one side will be inquiring what hit it. Just at present it docs not seem as if the ci il service reform prohibition of assess ments was regarded as tho first object of importance by this admimsfation. It is not that it loves the pledges of the Republican platform less, but that it loves the cam paign barrel more. SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON. Impecunious pugilists frequently travel in box cars. DAT by day the .characters of the candi dates crow blacker. Still tho winner will be worshipped. If women sacrificed as much for their hti-Dands as they do for fashion di voice lawyers would have fringe on their panta loons. Whitewash will purify fences and soil reputations. back yard If the rubber goods men form a trust rainmaker Melbourne will doubtless get in on the ground floor. In the drama of life some men are egged on, but in the mimic drama some aro egged off. The modem maid's sesthetic, Delsartian and athletic. Full of go. A driver, rider, walker. But a most insipid talker, Donchor know. If the State Treasury leak conld be found as easily as a gas leak when the light is turned on tho explosion would shock the Commonwealth. Pittsburg must be a wide-awake town. Strangers cannot even find sleeping accom modations here now. Eve was not a hard drinker, but she was the first to see snakes. THE "Wall street lambs wool market is decidedly dull now. Jay Gould is saying nothing, but is sharpening his shears. It will soon be a cold world in this lati tude. Puffs do not help glass makers, ing short of a blow benefits them. Noth- 2Tovv Grovcr worships Baby Euth, He v ows she is a daisy; But when she cuts her first wee tooth She'll dm e Pa Cleveland crazy. "Wherever suicly follow. fancy leads woman will TnK pawnbroker places more faith in the redeemer than some so called Christians do. If the rascals cannot be turned out they should, be turned down when the time comes. A Common Democratic Theme. Chicago News.1 g Democratic editors are now blaming Mr Blame and the State Department becauso somo drunken American sailors lecently got in a row with some equally drunken Chilean sailors and lost their lives. Whatever goes wrong at homo or abroad during the next 12 months the aforesaid editors will lay It all to Blaine. STKEET AND CORRIDOR. YVilh Gregg in tho Army. Among General Gieggs callers at theDu quesne yesterday -nas Major Charles Miller. "I am particularly interested In tho Gon cral,"heiemarked. "Henppointed me his Adjutant General during the war, and I never knew anything about it until he handed mo my commission. The General was authorized to select two officers under him. At tho time I was on his staff, and was one of the men appointed. I also served under Custer, and conespondod with him until within three months of his death. Gregg was tho stubborn llghtei, tho man who was good to hold aline; Custer was dashing, and if 10 pulsed -n as sure to return to the attack at the first oppoitunity presented. His great hobby was turning the flank. Gregg was a careful offlcei, and the men had more confldenco in him than Custer. After General Custer was killed Iteno had the audacity at Uarrisbtirg to ac cuse him of cowardice. Reno should have supported Custei in the Big Horn flirht. Ho was derelict in his duty. Custer w as a bravo man, and many a time have I seen him with his big sombrero and long hair charging the enemv in front of his battalion. Custer was misinformed at the Big Horn. Ha thought ho had only 1500 men against him when there were really 5,000 Indians. His rashnoss consisted in his lack of a full knowledge of the position and resourses of the enemy." Running Down a Witness. The trouble which attorneys sometimes have in capturing a witness to testify In an important case would almost discount tho State administration's efforts to tlnd Cashier Livsoy. In speaking of one of his baldest chases yesterday, Attorney John Marron said he liad just landed a man who could beat Kellle Bly as a ulobe girdler. The game was first sighted in Xew York, and a detect ive was sent to get him, but before ho got there his man had gone to Montreal to visit his parents. Whenthepaitvinpursuitgotto Canada the puisued had taken a little try to Dakota, where he was supposed to be cither chasing Indians or husking corn. The in formation was too indefinite to warrant a trip to tho now State, so the chase was dropped for a week ot two, when it was learned that the much wanted w itness had moved to Oklahoma to take up a claim in tho wild rush for Government land He was ev idently froze out, for he was next heard of in the Texan bad lands l"oi a week or more he then dropped out of view, and Mr. Marron had about given up tho chase when he lecoivod a letter from Ins witness from a towninJ."ebraska,.stating that he had just heard that he was wanted and offering to appear whenever requested. Chicago Worse Than Pittsburg. "Since the people hero have returned to coal Pittsburg is not without its smoke and dirt," remarked George Jones, a Philadel phia drummer, yesterday, "but Chicago men need not brag to me about the cleanliness of their city. Recently I spent a Sunday in the pork town, and early in the morning went out for a walk in front of the Palmer House. I noticed tho air was full of black specks, that were settling down like snow. I held ont the palm of my hand, and I do not exaggerate when I say that in a short time it was covered with flakes of soot. I have never seen it quite so bad in Pittsburg, but in St. Louis it is worse. I suppose St. Louis eujova tho reputation of being the dirtiest city in the country. The same afternoon in Chicago I went up into tho Auditorium tower to get a glimpse of the town. A he ivy cloud of black smoke h.d the bulk of it from view. It was difficult to see the lake for more than aquarterofamilo out. Every chimney in the business center was pouring forth a mass of soot and smoke that concealed everything in tho neighborhood " Tho Pet of the Soldiers. Ifthereisono animal more than another that owns the Soldiers' Homo at Dayton, O., it is a big alligator that lives in a fenced pond. The saurian was brought there in a lady's valise, and now it is probably more than 7 feet long and has a mouth big enough to swallow a man. It is an ugly looking brate, and during the summer spends most of the time sunning itself on the bank At night it retires into the pond, and lies in the mud at the bottom. The creature is very lazy, and like a man of ease seldom rises from its watery couch before 9 o'clock in the morning, when with ..gicaKspmsu it ffcrnmmes upon tne bank, and eats the breakfast which the cooks have prepared for it. Then tho ugly brnte, with its rough side teeth exposed, goes to sleep and nods until noon. Tho little circular pond has been flied up beautifully for him, and it Is really one of tho aitlstlc gems of the pretty grounds that sunound tho home. At one end a house was built for the 'gator, and at times when he feels "sporty" ho ambles up a plank and crosses the doorstep. It is get ting cold and late in the season for his 'ga torshipnow, so the the General Manager of the Home is making preparations to trans fer the big animal to a warm tank in one of the buildings. Tho alligator is a great curi osity for the women and children that visit tho Home. Indeed, the men always stop to take a squint at it. The Hotel, Wot the Clerk. "And so you are full, too," said a stranger wearily yesterday morning as ho leaned against the counter or the Central Hotel. He w as a street rail road man and one of the last to come in. Theieraaik was addiesscd to Chief Clerk Hany Uiam. "No, I am not full," Ulam replied, with a smile, but the saddened man in search of a room was too depressed m spints to see tho humor in what ho said or in the clerk's answ er. "I saw so many of the fellow," he continued, "standing in front of the Monongahola House waiting their turn to register that I knew I had no show," and with a sigh ho grabbed his grip and started on a tour of the tow n to hunt lodgings. A Tunny Experience. G. W. Jones, the roach killer, had a fnnny cxpenenco at a local hotel the other day. When he is rigged out in the full apparatus to piotect his mouth and lungs from the dust and armed with a bull's eye, he looks overy inch a bui glar. He was coming out of a room at midnight, when he eucounteied a bell boy carrying a tray with several bottles of beer and a few brandies on board. The colored youth in his fright, gnvoone yell, and fell to the floor in aheap There was a waste of good liquor and some broken glass, which camp ont of I his wages on the next nav day. It took some time to reassme the boy that the roach iuuu was iiui u iuiui. iur.uones says ne oitcn has experiences of this kind. In speaking of the roach nuisance, he said: "The animals like damp houses. In soma places brick buildings are erected with scarcelv any foundation. The bricks are away below the surface of the gi ound. such houses aro alwaj s moist, and sure to be infested with i caches. The dam p ncss works its way from tho cellar through tho bricks and permeates the walls to the roof. This is true of Washington houses, where you will find a green mold all around the buildings just above thogiound. The Pittsburg people are wise in commencing their walls at least 18 inches abovo the sur face of tho earth." A False-Face For the Wind. The wind was quite cuttingforafow hours eaily yesteiJay morning. Tho youngest hopeful ot an Observatory Hill family found it made his face smart when ho went out to play. He soon came running to his mamma, crj ing, "Oh, how cold my face is' Slyhcad isn't cold, mamma, even without my hat, but won't you please buy me a false-face to put on when I go out, so my cheeks won't get so awful cold?" How He Played the March. A young member of a Sixth avonu club is a great lover of music, and performs quite creditably on sev eral instruments, among them the piano, guitar an 1 violin. When tho march dedicated to the Eighteenth liegiment was received, he was asked byafnend on offlcei in the regiment, by the bye to play it for him. Ho took his place at the piano, and rattled off in true militaiy stylo a march that delighted the ears of his soldiei friend. Indeed, tho listener w is so pleased that ho asked the joung musician to repeat tho march. There lie was stumped, however. The j oung man can i ead no iuu-ic. He plav s entirely b car. In ordei to gratifj his mill tnry fnend, he hadiniDroviscdamarch.turn ing tho pages of the "music nt apparently proper places, but to save his lifo he couldn't repeat Ins improvisation. He kDew he would be detected if ho attempted it. Squealing for Tin Thrusts. Chicago Tribune. Tho sooner the Republican pai ty of Pcnn sjlvania ceases to squeal when somebodj thiustsa pin into Matt Quay the better lor its own usefulness and prosperity. Jay Gould's Salary. Omaha World-Herald. Jay Gould recently boasted that he never took a salary from any corporation that he serves. Did any one ever hear of a high wayman on a salary? EVENTS IN SOCIETY. Daily "Weddings a Feature of the Shailyside Presbyterian Church The Rees-Scully Nuptials last Nieht General Gossip of the "Social World. Aftkk hiding himself for a day and thereby musing one aiming bride tho sun came out unconcernedly. Miss Rces can thank the star orherbirth that not only tho unreliable elements but Messrs. Booth & Flinn conspired to make her wedding dav agreeable. The sun shone for hours and dried up the mnd. The force of road men on Fifth avenue in front of the Bees residence worked unceasingly all day until there grew under their busy hands a beautiful stretch or new asphaltum pavement. The chief pait of MissRees' wedaing, unlike that of Miss Pitcairn's, was the religious ceremony. It wns solemnized at the Shadyside Presby terian Church, every trace of the Pitcaiin decoration being removed in the morning and replaced by A. M. and J. B. Murdock witn another totally different,whlle equally beautiful. The side door of the church was resorved for the bridal party and the family. Through the front door the guests were ushered in. This was closed pi omptly and locked at G o'clock when the luide and groom arrived. When the last bridemaid entered the side door it was also locked. A blackmail was stationed at the outer end of the awning, where there was still a great number of the invited guests, who couldn't prevnil upon the obdurate servant to admit them. The church had filled up enrly, be cause cards of admissions were not required. Some of the relatives even had to remain on the outside, nor could they see the church until it was emptied of its audience. Miss Rees chose a creen and white wed ding. The organ was again hidden by masses of ferns and tropical plants. That was the green, a lew enrysnntnemums reiievea it heie and there. And that was the white. White cord also marked oil the pews, and it, to carry out the design, had similax coiled lound it The ushers, Messis. Xorman Wooldridge, George Dilworth, Grant McCirgo, Thomas Stevenson, David Aiken, Howard BIdwell, George Russell, of New York, Clarence Smith, of Brooklyn; and Victor Lee Crabbe, walked to the altar by the side aisle at the same moment that the bridemaids camo along the center aisle and Mr. Scully and Mr. Wooldiide witn Dr. Holmes left the vestry. This was the order of the bride maids: Miss Singer, Miss Gertrude and Miss Fannie Smith Miss Clara Aiken, Miss Susy Pitcaim and Miss Salhe Waid, Miss Lizzie Tindle, JiissStieetand Miss Edwards The maids were entiiely in white ciepe de chine, and can led magnificent bunches of the white ragged chrv santhemum. The b'ido's gown was white embossed cropetrimmed;inpoint and duchesse lace. The side of the sku t was tasbioned wholly of lace. The veil covered the face, fell a little below the waist In front and to the border oi the court train behind. It was caught in the han, worn in a high coiffure by pearl pins A white en ameled primrose, with a diamond heart, w as the exquisite gift of the bridegroom to his bride. She looked as chaiming and lovrly n. bride as any girl could ever wish to be. Mr. seully woie the regula tion black evening dress with a waist coat of exquisite white satin. Miss Killikelly pla ed the organ, the bndal party cnteiiug to Mendelssohn's march and leaving ns "Tannhausei" was plaj ed. Chief Inspector Silvisatterded to the carnages. There was no teception alter the marriage, and no festivities except the wedding din ner, at which the bridal party, the family of the bride and Mr. Scully's family weie present. Thebnde afterward divided her boquet of lilies of the valley into nine parts and distributed them to her bridemaids. Miss Clara Aiken gat the part containing tho ring. Sho will be tho next bride. To Miss Tindle fell tint in which was the money. Jshe will mako a marriaje of con venience. Miss Smith got the unlucky thiniblc.and therefoie will nev ei bo married. When tho cake was cut up it was discovered that Miss Aiken again got the nng, which certainly justifies the thought that tho j oung lidy will soon appear fii this depart ment as a bride. Mr. Grant McCargo will never be married, and Mr. Howard BIdwell will marry an heiress for her money. The brido and eroomlert last nlgnt for the East. They will live with Mrs. Will iam O'Hara Scully, upon their return from the honeymoon. Presents weie poured upon the bride in a composite shower of gold, silver, cut glass and china. Only tho visitors at "Cairncarqne" on Tuesday ev oning can leallze the elegance of Miss Dolly Pitcairn's wedding. When tne bndal party left tho chuich they diove home at once. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pitcairn Joined the newly wedded pah in the beauti ful parlor, the walls of which ai-e hung with silk, and they were iutioduccd to every guest. The suggestion of the decoration in this room is said to have been taken from old paintings by Master Rubens, who always finished ud his pictures with cherubs in the background holding up garlands of roses. Tho four walls were looped with La France roses caught up by pale blue-shaded ribbon nearly a quarter of a yard wide. Tho mag nificent minor, which is big enough to re flect the entire loom haa a solid frame of orchids and other similar blossoms The bridemaids received also, the guests being introduced by Mr. W, C. Maeo, who was constituted a soit of master of ceremonies. A circular table in the second parlor was reserved at dinnei for the bridal party, the bride and gioom. Dr. Holmes, who married them, and Mis. Holmes and Mr. and Mrs. Pitcairn. The bows of satin ribbon on the tables were carried away by their owners. The gold service was used at this table. When Mrs. Decker thiew her magnificent bouquet among the guests it was caught by Miss Aldeidice, of Philadelphia. Accord ingly she will be the next bride. It was a magnificent tiophy, even without tlie sig nificance, foi It was formed entirely of orchids, and tied with ribbons which hung down in Ustreameis. At the end of every streamer was a bunch of real lilies of tho valley and on some of them the lilhes wore sew en in beautiful sprajs. The secret is out legal ding the destimtion of the biide nnd gioom, ior it Is toldauthoratatively that they left toi Chicago the same evening. Among those at the house were: Congress man and Mis. George Huff, of Greensbttrg; jur. ana Jirs. jonn is. jucuiniey, jsir. and Mia Charles B. McLean, Juugc and Mrs. Kced, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Boughman, ill. and Mrs Benjamin L. Thaw : Miss Alder- dice, of Philadelphia; Miss Love, of Phila delnhia; Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Maee, Mr. and Mrs Edmond MoitewoodFoiguson, George E McC iirne. Mi. and Mrs. Charles L. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Watt and Miss Watt, Mr. nnd Mrs Simuel B Warmcastle, Mis. "Judge" Mellon, Ml. and Mrs. McL.Latshaw, Mi. and Mis. David McCargo and Miss Bessie McCargo. Miss Ljon, Mr. and Mrs James McKaj, Ml. and Mis. S. S. Marvin, Miss Gil lespie, the Misses Aiken, the Misses Rees, Ml. and Mis. Charles E. Lockhait, Miss Lockhart and Mr. Lockhart, and Mr. Grant McCargo. "Wilkinsbukg was the scene of a pretty home wedding yesterday afternoon. Mis Canie E. Harr, daughter of Captain G.M. Harr, became the bride of Lewis J. Welsh, a well-known young business man of Pitts burg. The officiating minister was Di. F. J. Leech, of Harrisburg, formerly pastor of the North Avenue M. E. Chuich, Allegheny. The ceremony was performed in the pres ence of only a low immediate relatives at the residence of tho bride's parents, Hill street. The bridal gown was a white satin, plain and brocado, richly garnished with duchesse laco. The bride's dark hair made an excellent background for a sprav of orange blossoms. Alter the wedding there was a amily reunion, aftei which Mr. and Mrs. V elsh left on an Eastern train for the honeymoon. They will reside permanently in Wilkinsburg. Social Chatter. The disappearance of the brass cross from the communion table in old Trinity amazed the young w omen of tho church last Sunday a week ago It had been bought and put there in memorj of Mrs 3Iaxwell, the wifo of the late lectoi, b th hewing society of the church. The sunnositinn bv th snmotv i that Mr. Maxw ell's opponents objected to its piesence nnd removed it or had it re moved by their oi ders. It is said that an ap peal ha-uoen made to Buhop Whitehead tor the return of the cioss.'or tne explanation of itaiemovai. The matter has been kept very quiet out of respect to tho feelings of Mr. Miwell' dauglitei, Mis. James Roger McCrcery. At 8 o'clock to night, the w edding of Miss Jc-annic Joirestei Adams, daughter of Fianklin Fairai Adams, of Ene, and James E li. Ncalo will be celebrated in lashiouablo St Paul . It will be a largo edding as the bride is piomiucnt in the social world of El ie. A pai ty of Mr. Ncale's friends left for Li ie v esterday morning to be present at tho nuntial. Tub American Band will tender a concert to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ashlord earlj next week. A saxiphonequaitctthat is said to lcndci somo vcrj tine music, will also doits part tow aid thu onicitaiuuient of these pop ular j oung people. Mr. and Mrs. Ashfoid have set up their household gods on Mt Washington. Ivitatioys havo been Issued for tho wed ding of Alexander J. Pentecost, Jr., and Miss Birdie T. Mori is, of Ingram, Pa. The ceremony has been arranged tor the evening of Xovember and will take place at the lesidence of the bride's parents. Mr. Pen tecost is the eldest son of Major A. J. Pente cost. The Query Club, of Sewickley, met on Tuesday evening at Major 15. C. Bryner's house. This interrogativelv, inquisitive club of bright people is studying to be an authority on tlie economic questions of the times, such as the McKinley-Campbell con trov ersy. J. Gfopok KinnT and his bride, who was Miss Blanche Alexander, have returned homo alter a delishtfnl honeymoon spent in Cleveland, Detroit and Port Huron. They will be at home to their friends at the resi dence of the bride's mother, Crafton, Pa. Miss Lillia-v Kobd, of Noi til avenue, gives a leception to night for Mr. and Mrs. Krebs, a bridegroom nnd bride, and also Tor Miss James, of Oil city, at piesent a visitor at Miss Robb's hou-c. Miss A-tsA B. Thomas, Miss M. Iola Will iams -and Miss Jcsslo E. Hartzell. or Al iance, O., have gone home after spending he final w eek of the Exposition in town. TO-MtinVfl Cnmrrtavnn nn-wr VOfl inlH tit. t the Union League Club House. Alarge party ' . """K men was .present ana nve very pretty prizes competed for. Miss Mart E. Foley was married last night to James P. Welsh the nuptials being ngieeably celebrated at half past five in St. James Church, West End. There will be an entertainment at the Hazelwood Christian Church, on Saturday evening, when Miss Annie Flower will pre side at the organ. Mrs. A. E. W. Paitter dispensed charming hospitality v esterday to a dozen young girls at a 12 CO luncheon. TALK OP THE TIMES. General Prosperity has command of the Republican forces in Ohio this year, and General Apathv of the Democratic cam paign Toledo Blade. General Debility would have been a better name for it. With McKinleyism puro and simple, as contained in the schedules, Mr. Blaine could not be in hearty svmpaty. Tho reciprocity clause made palatable tho new tariff. Tho Republican party is natuially, by a very large m ijority, w ith Mi. Blaino in this mat ter. Minneapolis Journal OC course it is, only it believes with him that the McKin ley law should remain as now in force. Senator Peffer's announcement that he will make no more speeches in Ohio awakens the horrid apprehension that he is saving his wind for the Senate Chicago Times. There is no need for fear. Tho lesult of the election will take all the wind out of his sails. Roswell P. Flower never told a lie to gain votes -Veio York World. As he has not said anything as -jet, this charge is probably true. If the McKinley bill is such a grand thing, why don't the Republicans have more to say about it on the stump? JJllca Observer. Considering that the bill has been the main topic undei discussion for months past, this statement seems peculiar, but it was to have been expected from a free trade advo cate. It is well toiefrain from indulging too buoyant hopes of the election of Campbell in Ohio. Whilo we would be glad to see him defeat SIcKinley, the indications of such a result are not very encouraging. Nashville Banner. Such an honest expiession ot opin ion is rcfiesbing. The campaign speech Is not the display of eloquence that it usod to be. It is now a test in which a candidate undertakes to talk for a given number of minutes without "putting his foot in it." Washington Star. It is stiunge how frw free trade orators have filled to stand tho teat. Most of them never open their mouths but they put both feet in it. The one solid fact stands out in bold re lief, that with all their croaking and calam ity howling, not a single Democratic stump speaker would move to any other country, nor could he be hired to live anywhere else than under tho glorious stripes and Stars. They howl simply for campaign purposes. Medusa Gazette. Let them howl. The noise they make doesn't disturb anybody but themselves. Fine Philadelphia English, Philadelphia Ledger. Discovering that several tons of the foundations of alarge tenement had caved into an excavation being made for another big building, in consequence of which the structure 'was breaking apart, the former notified the latter, and the occupants were got out in- safety. Some Natural Gas Left. Cincinnati Enquirer. There appears to be enough natural gas still flowing in Pittsburg to blow up a stove with. DEATHS HEBE AND ELSEWHERE. William Buchanan, Railroad Man. William Buchanan, formerly Auditor of Rctenne, of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com pany, died Tuesday of paralrsls at bis home, in Baltii lore, in 44th year or his aj?e. He leaves a wife, tne dinghter of the late prof. C. F. McOak. and two children. 31r. Buchanan's maternal great grandfather was James Calhoun, the first JIayor of Baltimore, and his grandfather was the founder of the linn of Smith & Buchanan, wellknownin Bal timore many ears ago. Mr. Buchanan vn con nected with the Baltimore ami Ohio Railroad all his life, rising from the position of freight clerk to beAudltorof Revenue. He reiUmed that office two years ago, owing to the falling health. Ex Senator Linus E. Worcester. Linus E. Worcester died suddenly of heart dlseie in Whitehall. Ill , Tuesday, aged SO years. He was n lrcmber of the Constitutional Convention of 1874. and filled the unexpired term of General John H. Palmer in 1&7. He was one of the Jive Democrats in the benatc that votea to ratify President I.Iucoln's emancipation proclama tion, lie was County Judge of Greene cointy for 15 ears, and was well known throughout the State. Jndge B. K. Hlgginbotham. Judge B. K. Hlgginbotham, one of the most brilliant orators that ever took the stump In Indiana, went to the Keely Institute for the bi chloride of gold treatment at Plalnfield, Saturday night. He took the Injection for two days and died VIondaj night He stumped New York with Roscoo Coukllng for Garfield In 1830. Judge William Reed. Judge William Reed, living near Wells ville, O., died at his home yesterday morning of heart failure, aged 68 years. Judge Reed for many 5 ears was one of the most prominent men in East ern Ohio, and has the honor of being the first Judge of the FrobateXourt of this count), which was established by tbx'Ohlo Constitution iu 1801. Obituary Notes. VVIVFIELDL. Sterling, a retired minstrel. Is dead at his home In "Newark, O , aged 43. He has ocen on lue stage iwo years. Robki.tF. Stocktov, son of Attorney General John P. Stockton, died of pneumonia Tuesday at the age of 45 years, at Trenton, A.J. He was a lawyer, and a great-grandson of the btockton who signed the Declaration of Independence. Mns. E. C. DonAv. the aged mother of the well-known newspaper writer, Pat Donan. died suddenly yesterday morning at Palmyra. 3Io. The family don6t know Mr. Donan'a whereabouts. He Is supposed to b somewhere in the bouth. Robkkt A. Finhekton. one of the pioneers of Morgan county, 0 and one of its most prominent citizens, was buried jesterday at McConnellsvlIIe. Mr Pinkcrton was an ui dcrtaker for overTOyears, and iu that time attended about 4. 000 funerals. IIapbv Carey, a circus clown, equestrian di rector and general performer, died recently In South Amerlia. where he had gone with Frank A. Gardner's circus. He was born in 18o3, in Utica, and Had traveicu wmi nearly an toe pig tent shows, REV John M. Grimes, an esteemed superannu ated preacher orthc VVjomiiii; Conference of the Methodist KpUcopal Church, died at his home at Flemings lllc. VY.. Iridaj, aged 78 je rs. He was for more than 40 j ears in the actite itinerary of the church. FATiirn Uiiveik. oneof Toledo's most popular Catholic priests, attended the Yorktowii cere monies at Toledo Tttesdaj night. He took an active part In tin programme, and while relating what liad happened to his housekeeper after his return home, died in his chair from heart failure. PAT KiLLEV the noted heavv-w eight prize lighter, died last night in Chicago. The cause of his death, as stated by tlie physicisns, was erysipe las. Killen a furtnlglit ago defeated Bob Ferguson In a sanguinary ring encounter near that city, but though securing the victory has not been a well man since. . Hoy. Abraham Emfgsoy, the oldt at resident of Canuia, 2 . 11.. and the son of a soldier of the Revolutionary War, Is dead at the age of 91. He was an ear!) an anti-slavery worker, and was a delegate to the Free Soil Convention In Buffalo in ieja in lieu, he was a member of IhcAew Hamn- shlrc State Senate. He was a successful school teacher and farmer. J CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. Montana has a saloon for every 60 in habitants. Snow is already deep in some parts of tho Cascade Mountains. Sanguinite is the name for a new metal found in South America. Kimbcrly Kaffirs smoke their cigars with the lighted ends in their mouths. Blue 'eyed boys are more frequently lost than those having brown or black eyes The sawmills at Superior have turned out 55,000,000 feet of lumber this season. A rattlesnake with two heads has been captured in California. It ha3 fangs in both its mouths. Sand bars along the Missouri afford a suggestion of how much real estate annu ally goes to ruin in this way. An electrical device now used on ves sels gives warning when deviations aro made from the proper course A tomato vine at Santa Monica, Cak, climbs to the top of a cottaa-c, and Its blos soms and fruit occur 25 feet above ground. Canadians are pouring into the United Stato. On one train the other day there were 230, who intend to live hereafter In the United States. Hoxie, Kansas, people claim to have seen the Rocky Mountains, which are 200 miles west, by means of a mirage. The phenomenon occurred about sunrise. Experiments are in progress under the anspices of the Agricultural Department, looking to the manufacture of bread from sawdust. The chemical constituents are identical. According to official reports tobacco is raised in fourteen counties in Oregon, Linn being the banner one. In point of average value per acre Oregon stands third among the States. A Dooly county, Ala., man is experi menting with wine making from thojuice of the watermelon. He claims that it makes a most delicious wine, and he is stonng away quantities of it. Recent reports from the Bahamas state that the cultivation of sisal hemp Is proving to be a great success, and the product will soon amount to 60,000 tons annually. The quality Is said to be very fine. An alloy closely resembling gold is made as follows: One hundred partgby weight are taken of pure copper, U parts of tin or zinc, G of magnesia, 5fi of sal am moniac, 18 of quicklime, and nine of cream of tartar. The English sparrowwas introducedinto the United States in 1S53. Now he ravages 37 States and 6 Territories, comprising an area of 883,000 square miles, and in Canada lie is lamihar over 103,000 square miles of territory. The sponge industry of the Bahama Islands employs 500 small vessels and about 5,000 men. The industry is being rapidly de veloped on the Florida coast and the sponges in this locality are said to bo finer than on the Bahamas. A woman bought 15 buttons iu a Girard, Kan., drygoods store at a cent apiece the other day. Next day sho stoppea in for some skirt braid, costing i cents, and for payment presented three of tho buttons bought on the prev ious day and a cent. The Beaver, the first steamboat that ever sailed on the Pacific ocean.is now lying atBurrards Inlet, on the Oregon coast.where she is being visited by thousands of people. Tho Orepoman savs she is fast being carried away piecemeal by those who wish memen toes of tho pioneer craft. The Beaver came around the Horn 52 years ago. A Woodland beauty is thus described by a California paper: "Aifcraarkably pleis ant young lady, with a sweet face and ami able disposition, is engaged as waitress at the tables or the Craft Hotel. We always envy her when we see her laush. there is so much of her that seems to be having a good time. She is real pretty, 17 years old, and weighs a little ov er 3C0 pounds. The statistics furnished at the port of Vancouver, B. C., state that for a period of six and a half months, from January 1 to July 15, 1801, there were disembarked at Van couver 7,300 Chinamen, 95 per cent of whom were bound for. the United 'states. It is doubtless true, as many claim, that a large percentage of those succeeded in stealing across the border and into thi3 country. The Billings (Mont.) Gazette says: Ma jor Wyman, United States Indian Agent, has come up from Ciow Agency for tho purpose of collecting the gras3 rent from the outfits grazing cattle on the Crow Reservation, to whom the privilege has been leased. The Major says he will hav e something like $20, C00 in his inside pocket when he gets through, all of which is to bo turned over for the benefit of the Crow Indians. The "Old Horn" well in Eawlins county, Kan , is to be cleaned out. It is 200 feet deep, and was dug many years ago. It has never filled with water because it is on a "divide." It is believed that It is the sep nlcher of many murdered people, and one man is now in the penitentiary, who, it is supposed, threw the bodies of some of his victims into it. It is said two young ladies of Atwood visited the place a long time ago. taking with them a looking glass, and, throwing the reflection into the well, they were horrified nt seeing bones. This has been kept a secret until recently, when It w as told by one of them. Superstition takes on some very peculiar forms in Hawaii. For instance somo of the natives believe that if they cross the threshold of the royal palace with the left foot first a train of bad luck will follow them in some way either in health or business. And a great furore was raised among the natives when tho United States warship Charleston steamed into the harbor nt Honolulu. The average Hawaiian would as soon welcome the sight of an ocean of hot lava pouring over the country from Mauna Loa as to see a foreign warship anchor in the great harbor. The natives believe a warship brings bad luck. To their minds the arrival of the Charleston brought some mysterious train of circumstances that caused the sudden death of tho Prince Regent. S1FTTNGS FROM LIFE: "I can't giveyou the money on this check unless you get some one to identity you, " said the paying teller. The stranger took back the check and went ont without a word, no knew It was a hopeless case. He had once been Vice President of the United States. "Poor Cringle! he's made his last trip," No!" Yes stepped on an orange peel and broke his neck." It was not her refusal that so hurt, Eat the way she looked me through and through. And in a manner dignified and curt. Ejaculated "You?" "Have you anything new?" asked 9 customer of a recently engaged clerk is a Chicago bookstore. 'I'll see," replied the young man. as he swept his eye over the shelves. "Yes, here's The New Testament. Would you like to look at it?" Her Adorer May I marry your daughter, sir' Her Father What do you want to marry forf You don't know when you're weU off. Her Adorer No, perhaps not; but I know when you're well off. O Fate! Ithank theo for this boonl Mv splnsterhood is ended. And not a girl of all in town Has made a match so splendid. For me alone His reserved To know what earthly bliss is. For I shall he a Baroness And they but simple 3Irs. 1 "Suppose coal were to give out, what should we use in its place4" asked Hicks. "Poems," returned his editorial friend. The Wife Before we married you promised to let mamma come to visit us a3 often as she pleased. Tlie Husband Well, she has ceased to please. "My husband has just had his life in sured. " "Why, then, do you find fault with him"' ' 'Because he did not have his death insured.1' If the stare is meant, sir, "" For a compliment, sir. As we Jolt through town. Allow ine to suggest, sir, A woman oft looks best, sir, W hen she's sitting down. Miss Wobbleton Hdw beautiful, Pro fessor, It would be to mold one's life, however Imperfectly, after the ideas and practice of Emer son! Prof. Grout Well, you can make a start by eat lDg pie! "I don't think Van Dauber's picture, "A MorningDlp,'Justexactlyproper. doyon?" " ' 'No-ought to have left off the bathing dresi and called it "A Sea iymph."
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