M 'Gf.PPi ? ' -if ir " ' -.', 12 MANY ARGUMENTS ON. The Supreme Court Has a Long List of- Minor Cases Before It. BANKER W. H. DILL IS INDICTED. Suit Against Louisiana Lottery Men to Come Up To-Pay. NEWS IN GENERAL FROM THE COURTS In the Supreme Court yesterday 11 cases were argued. Two cases of H. B. Cock and "W. C Lilley against the Keystone Coal Company, appealed by the defendants from Common Picas No. 1, trere heard. The suits were on bonds issued t secure mort gages given br the Keystone Coal Com pany, which afterward failed. Thecas.eof John flapper vs G. C Hap per, appealed br theplaintifffrom Common Pleas No. 2, was argued. The suit vas brought to compel the defendant to restore lo its original course a stream he had di verted, whielfhad originally traversed the plaintiffs farm. An argument was heard in the case of C C EKo-or et al vs Mary Elessor, an ac tion in ejectment appealed by the defendant from Common Pleas No. 2. T cess- of Thomas Phillips vs T. J. Van-de-rift, a suit on an oil lease, appealed by by the defendant from Common Pleas No. 1, was argued. The appeal of Charles Parker from the Quarter- SesMons Court was heard. Parker m tried for a-aulting Emma "Whitney, of McKeesport, and found guilty. He was fined 100 and costs but appealed, securing a writ of allocatur. An arcument was heard in the case of AV. Souiiii is A. E. McCandless appealed by the defendant from Common Pleas 2s"o. 1, an action on an alleged ille.al levy and sale. The suit of Marr McCrea vs the Pine township SchAl district, appealed by the defendant fiom the Common Pleas No. 1, was argued. The case was brought by a school teacher to recover the balance of a year's, salary undera contract, though she had beeu discharged. An argument was heard in the case of N, N. C. Kroegher vs The McConwav & Tor ley Company, appealed by the defendants from Common Pleas No.l. The suit was to recover a rojalty under an alleged con tract on a patent for dies for hooks. The case of G. Schnetle vs. the California Premium Buildins and Loan Association, appealed by the defendant from the Com nioin Pleas" No. 2 ,was argued. The suit wa a stated case as to the liability of the Building and Loan Association for pav ments ina.de to a Secretary, J. "Wurdacfc, w ho afterwards defaulted. An argument was heard in the case of Gumbert & Huer vs. John A. "Wood, appealed by the defendant from Common Pleas No. 1. The case was an action to recover damages for the loss of a coal boat wrecked and 6unk by collidinz with a coal dyke constructed by the defendants. A IOTTEET CASE COMING. True Bill Against Banker Dill and Other United States Court Matters. The Louisiana Lottery Company is to hae a trial in the United States Court here. Tr-day two indictments, will be presented to the grand jury against Paul Con'rad, the President, and Joseph Horner, Frank T. Howard, John A. Morris, Chapman" H. Hyams, P. Felix Herwig,, Paul O. Fazende, J. L. Herwig, L. Roche, "W. Valetore, A. J. Bachemin, P. Voorhees, M. P. Arnault, P. L. Labarre and J. A. Brulatoure, offi cers and clerks of the company. The offense is said to have been commit ted on July 24, and consisted in mailing circulars and tickets concerning the lottery. The company endeavored to hide the crime by inclosing the papers in envelopes be longing to the United States Express Com pany. It is thought that owing to the large number of cases against the company in other sections of the country the one here will not be heard before next May. No cases were tried in the United States District Court yesterday. District Attor ney Lyon announced that the remainder of the list were not ready for trial, and Judge Reed accordingly postponed them until the next term and discharged the petit jury trom further duty. The grand jury returned a true bill against "W. H. Dill, of Clearfield, Pa. Dill is a banker and is charged bv Bank Exam iner Miller and Beceiver Hill, of the bank, with altering the books of his bank to de ceive the United States bank examiner and defraud the Government. UTILE CEIHINAL CASES On Trial Before Judges Ewing and 31c Clnng Yesterday. In the Criminal Court yesterday before Juages Ewing and McClung, D. H. Sachs was acquitted of the charge of embezzle ment, preferred by Fred Phillips, of "Wylie avenue. John Dallis was also acquitted of the charge of the larceny of a wagon from A.M. Krut, of 3402 Penn avenue. George Edwards, colored, pleaded guilty to the larceny of some wearing apparel from the residence of Margaret Dahlmeyer, Fourth aenue, and was sentenced" 18 months to the workhouse. James McCord was found euilty of un lawfully cutting Patrick McNamee on Mul berry alley, Southside. They are both about 12 years of age. . Alice Brown pleaded guilty of the larceny of some clothine from the house of Daisy Moore, on Bedford avenue, September 1, and was sentenced to the workhouse for 30 days. .Rapid Grand Jury TTork. The grand jury yesterday had before it the cases of Henry Acton and George Mor ris, charged with the murder of Jeremiah F. Buckley at Sharpsburg last Saturday night. Seldom has such quick grand jury work been done as in this case, less than three days having expired from the time the mur der was committed until the grand jury had passed its judgment. True bills were found. Other true bills were found against Andrew Brossi, Patrick Connelly, Frank Fullerton", Lonis Jones, John Hersch,Thomas Morrow, Thomas O'Neil, Louis Schmidt, Vadeselof Trjinofski, A. A. Twilmeyer and John Thomas, alias "William Hisel, all charged with lareenv: Michael Covcney, alias Park crsburg Mike, assault and battery; James Blakeley and Edward "Wickham,aggravated assault and battery; L. Kazzen, alias Gabriel Carey, Charles "Wightman and Horace Taylor.felonious assault and battery; Sarah Adley, illegal liquor selling; "W. J. Arters, Jacob Fry and Charles L. Beam, embezzlement; Gilbert 'Wilso-j entering a building with intent to commit a murder. The following bills were ignored: F. R, Bailey and Edward Scott, aggravated as sault and battery, county pays the costs; John Mauer, misdemeanor, prosecutor George Dongallis pays the costs; Henry McCord and Owen McManug, larceny. To-Day's Trial List. Criminal Court Commonwealth vs F. Jerkinun, M. Geffen, Joseph Goldman, Henry Lehman, A. D. Fenton, JL E. Thomas, Wlllou Wiley, Patrick Connelly, Gilbert "Wilson, Jerome A. Gosney, B. F. Spangler, Beckio Kltto. Harry Karadecina, Joseph Kuradecia, W. P. Marks, Ltz&le McD. Far; rell, John Miller, William. McMillan, Thomas Caslett, Pliillip Weeks and John McGraw. Common Fleas No. 1 Emanuel vs Peck man, Martin Companv vs Aevla Insurance Company, Becker vs Becke, Wallvs Gufly, Hochewender vs Steel, Saddler vs Harper, McLane vs McLane, Pittsburg Photo En graving Company vs Gaitner et al, Jlnnu lacturers and Merchants' Insurance Com pany vs McGinniB et al, Hollander et al, vs Klemlnsr & Sons, MetzmaiervsDaub, Rubber & Sons Manufacturing Company vs Arthurs etal, Fuller vs Morris, Chain. Jr., vs Tin sllnan and Brass vs Grier et ai. Minor Court Matters. Ix the suit of Marshall, Kennedy & Co. against F. J. Kutledge, an action on an ac count, a verdict was given yesterday for $253 C7 for the plaintiffs. In the suit of the Union Elevator Company against the Mineral Grinding Company, to recover a balance on a contract for putting up an elevator, a verdict w as given yester day for $24 G7 for the plaintiffs. A verdict for the defendants was given yesterday in the suits of Peter Krapp against Hobert Aiken and Emma Hazlett, an action to locover damages for injury to tarm land, caused by chauging the course of a stream. The suit of Charles Adamitz against Ed ward Cochran is on trial before Judge Slagle. It is an action for damages for injuiyto Adamitz's wagon, caused bvn runaway team of Cochran's colliding with and wreck ing it. Two suits or Alice O'Donnell against Charles B. Allison are on trial before Judge Stowe. The eases are actions for damages for the accidental shooting of a pig owned by Mrs. O'Donnell and for injury to a gar den, caused by cattle getting into it and tramping down vegetables. FOBCE OF THE GULF STBEAM. args Mahogany Logs Carried From Mexico to the Norway Coast. A gentleman bearingastrong resemblance .to ex-Premier Bismarck tarried at the Duquesne Hotel last night He was Carl Soderlindh, a most polished and educated Swede, but one who has resided in Cette France, for years. There he is engaged in the wine business, and has grown rich in the handling of the vinous juice. This is his first visit to Pittsburg. He is much" in terested in his native country, Sweden, and watches its progress with a loyal feeling. Speaking of Norway and Sweden he says, the inland is very sparsly inhabited, on ac count of the mountainous character of the country. If it were not for the Gnlf stream which flows near the coast of Norway and Sweden there would be no livinsr there. This feat- ture has an influence on the climate of the sea towns, which make vegetation rich and farming somewhat practicable. "You would be surprised," said he, "to know with what force the rulf stream tears by our country. "Why,- it is often necessary for the fishermen to bring to land large trunks of mahogany trce3 whichhavebeen so carried by the current from Mexico up north. Even some are washed ashore. The principal inhabitants are Laplanders, the majority of whom are nomadic in their manner ot living. However, within the past decade or two, they are becoming edu cated to the ways of Sweden, and they now speak our language exclusively. Fifty years ago their tongue was entirely foreign to us. Many of them speak English also. Mr. Soderlindah speaks five different languages. In Sweden, he says, the learn ing of English is obligatory," and judging from the fluencv with whichheuses it, they are semi-American away up there in the land of the midnight sun. He talked interestingly on his adopted country, France, and told the reporter all about the fine wines made there California canhot compare with certain portions of France for the cultivation of the grape and the manufacture of wine. Es pecially near Bordeaux are the finest grapes grown. At the Chateau Margaux and Chateau Lafitte the soil is unexcelled for claret grapes, and time and again have the vines been transplanted to Italy or even other portions of France with an inferior quality of grape and wine as the result. It is due entirely to the soil. SURPRISESTHE VISITOR, ELLWOOD HAS BUILDINGS, MANUFAC TORIES AND NATURAL RESOURCES. "Wonderful Industries Already Prosperous Some Interesting Machinery A Plan to Utilize Water Power Splendid Railroad Facilities A City That Has a Future. Eliavood, Pa., Oct. 23. It'sayear-slnce my last visit to to this locality, so the neat station buildings, the han'dsome Hotel Oliver and its grounds, the pretty cottages to be seen on all sides, and the several large factories, all of which have sprung up in the meantime, seem like a magical devel opment. "When I visited the Ellwood Shafting and Tube Company's building the E. P. AH is Company's engineer "Wilcox was just starting one of their big Corliss engines. The ten-ton flywheel ran perfectly true and the new machinery moved off as smoothly as if it had been in the business for years. The structure and its framing are of wrought iron and cover more than an acre of ground floor, which is filled with macbinerv of all sorts for the making of the cold drawn steel shafting and tubing. The latter plays an important part in the construction of bicy cles and other things, while the shafting has a still wider field of usefulness. The de mand for both is very large and has hereto fore been entirely supplied from Europe. It is said the company has large orders ahead for each of these products. The Derwent Foundry Company has just completed contracts to immediately start a plant for manufacturing stoves and light castings. Thev will at once erect an $8,000 building, which. Mr. Steiret calls a small beginning. The several large buildings of the Ellwood Enamel "Works and the Trans parent Roofing Factory inclose machinery and furnaces which are operated by care fully guarded secret processes. The enamel signs, ename.l-lined water pipe, etc., that have heretofore been imported in large quantities, will now be made at this factory; in fact the manager of the Bir mingham, Eng., works has charge of this establishment The outlook fully warrants the owners in being enthusiastic. An important feature of all this is that several of the industries at Ellwood make specialties which are in good demand, and are independent of the fluctuations and com petition that staple goods are subject to. Then again skilled laborers that make good citizens and help the town are employed. The fact that the place is on two important trunk lines, the Pennsylvania and B. & O. systems, withanother, the Lake Shore, Pittsburg, Lake Erie and "Western, knock ing for admission, (having purchased an old bridge lease over the Conoquenassing), gives Ellwood all the advantages depend ent upon facilities for through shipments and competitive freight rates, without those switching and transfer charges which are a dead weight to so many otherwise good localities. There seems to be no end of natural re sources about the place coal, firebrick clay, limestone, building stone, sand for glass, etc.. while every house in Ellwood is lighted with either electric light or natural gas. A dam will be constructed alross the Conoquenessing, and its water power con veyed by compressed air to the various fac tories. This is said to be the most practical and economical of modern methods. After one has considered these facts awhile, the progress of the town which at first seems phenomenal, is accounted for. Every dwelling in Ellwood is taken, and there" are over 100 applications for houses to rent, whicli assures investors a good and immediate return for their money. "With two newspapers and two churches to manage its morals, Ellwood, Pa., might, become good as well as great. Mack. Hutchison's Cancer Hospital. Over 60 patients treated and cancers re moved during the past month. A remedy that effects a permanent cure in from seven to ten days. Why suffer from cancer when thousands have been cured and are ready to testify to the merits of this wonderful remedy? Patients not taken at the hospital unless a cure is guaranteed. Hutchison's remedy has been successfully used for more than 30 years. For terms, etc., address Hutchison's Cancer Hospital, Sewickley, Allegheny county, Pa. wfssu Have Toa'an Old Piano or Organ? "We will exchange with you for a nice new one. Easy terms of payment LECHNEB & SCHOENBERGEB, 69 Fifth avenue. THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, "WEDNESDAY, THE KAWEAH COLONY. A Socialist Scheme in- California Re sults in Dire Disaster. WHY THE BUSINESS COLLAPSED. TLe Settlers Were Woefully Duped by Orig inators of the Plan. UNFOUNDED CLAIMS OP TIIE LEADERS Kaweah, Cai, Oct 27. Socialism or cp-operation as delineated by the pen of ethical thinkers and social reformers looks captivating and plausible. As an image in the mind of the diciplined thinker it easily carries conviction to the head and persua sion to the heart As an idea it is on the whole faultless. As a realized fact, how ever, it is full of blemishes. A demonstra tion of the latter is now being furnished by the collapse of the socialistic and co-operative enterprise at Kaweah. It will be in teresting at tnis juncture, as well as in structive, to inquire into the causes of this failure. Let us premise an inquiry with the re mark that the collapse of co-operation at this place is no evidence of the impractica bility of the idea elsewhere under more auspicious circumstances. The conditions in Kaweah hare not been favorable, and the failure was but natural; nay, it was the inevitable result of the operation of a nat ural law. Plants and organisms can live and thrive only in congenial surroundings. Precisely the same law obtains in societies or social organisms. FACTORS HEEDED IN CO-OPERATION. Socialistic or democratic co-operation, such as Kaweah was presumed to be, im plies the presence of at least three indis pensable main factors in order to achieve even partially the end in view. (1) Ample resources, an appropriate basis of opera tion, means to meet immediate wants as well as a reasonable basis for a future suc cess; (2) a wise selection of members en dowed with the requisite qualifications to put in practice he principles inherent in the theory; (3) men of wide experience and undoubted integrity and possessed of cool heads and of business habits, as managers, and men of broad views, moral elevation, good judgment and with cultivated minds as educators and counselors. All these elements are involved in the idea. In the actual experiment under con sideration they have all been absent, and deficiency in the last of the three requisites has in this instance undoubtedly been the causa of the deficiency in the other two. "Were the persons at the helm men fitted for the post, they would have surely taken the necessarv precaution to see that the re sources were both ample and secure befote the start and would have kept a vigilant watch over the admission of members. But, being themselves unfit, as the sequel to the enterprise has clearly shown, the character and fate of the institution could not have been other than what they actually are. RESULTS OF FIVE YEARS TOIL. As to resources and possessions, the in stitution after five years existence has scarcely any that is worthy of the name. For several years it has been publishing abroad to the world that it had upward of 20,000 acres of land well adapted to farming, grazing and fruit culture, with extensive tracts of timber land, the timber alone be ing valued at 15,000,000. The title to this land was claimed lo have been secured "partly by purchase from the owners and partly by the provisions ot the homestead, pre-emption-and timber land acts," whereas, as a notorious fact, not one acre was ever lawfully got by either of these means. The truth is, the institution has from the first been built upon falsehood. Many good people people with minds acutely sensitive to the many errors, wrongs and sufferings, the accumulated heritage of centuries of civilization to man, and im bued with the sentiments of Humanity, jus tice and truth the foundation principles of a civilization that is to be many of these, induced by the captivating and seemingly truthful representations of things at J Kaweah, broke up their homes, severed the ties of association and friendships that had cost half a lifetime to form, came hither, surrendered their little all to the common stock (or was it to the bosses?) in order to begin life anew on a sounder basis, as they thought, the basis of equality and of justice, where labor as well as its products was to be shared by all impartially, and where want and fear of want were to be forever banished from the grounds. BRIGHT VISIONS BLASTED. Coming here with these high ideals and noble aspirations what a shock they ex perienced on their arrival in the Garden of Eden of their fancy, the chosen spot whereon their ideals were to be realized and their hopes fulfilled. Their anticipated life in Kaweah proved to be purely imaginary. There was nothing there from which to de rive a bare living. Subsistence was to be had onlv through contributions from with out, and doled out at the will of the bosses. In ret lrn for which they expected submis sion, loyalty and votes. The freedom of opinion or of speech under such conditions was hopeless, and if even attempted was always discouraged, and if persisted in it was immediately squelched by adroit manipulation of votes, But when ever a member left it was no loss to the institution, that is to the bosses; it was rather a gain, for his place was soon filled up by a newcomer, who paid in at least 100, and some even as much as ?500. But ne sooner was the monev paid in than the in terest of the bosses in the man was at an end, except only to the extent of his vote, and when that could not be controlled it was soon intimated to him that his absence was preferable to his presence. This sort of game was successfully played for years, till finally the list of new mem bers or recruits was nearly exhausted. The game is now at an end for the good reason that those who have been duped and dis covered the swindle outnumber those who have been duped, but have not yet found it out NOT A SELECT CROWD. Then, again, as to the selection of mem bers, it was given forth that the society was the picked of the earth morally and intel lectually disciplined, as well as physically adapted to the needs of the place. None that failed to come up to the standard was to be. admitted. As a fact, however, the only condition for admission was gullibility and willingness to advance ready cash. Hence there came in with the good colonists the indifferent and even the bad, in fact all conditions of men indiscriminately, the lame, the paralytic, the cripple, the very old as well as the young, the unsound in mind as well as the unsound in body and men ill adapted for the place bookkeepers, clerks, jewelers, sailors and carpenters; nor was the drone or the loafer absent. The latter, indeed, soon discovered that he was needed and found congenial occu pation in doing small services for the bosses, in the way of electioneering, spy ing, wire-pulling and in performing what ever other odd jobs in general officious med dling. L have known about a score of elderly people in the neighborhood of 70 years of age who had paid in their all, and to-day feel themselves helpless, or,aredead. I also knew of at least three individuals who were so old and decrepit that they ' died within seven days ot their arrival, un able to survive the shock due to the Tough ness of the journey hither. BLAMING THE GOVERNMENT. The bosses, however, though conscious.no doubt, of their own criminality, but anxious to save their reputations and their heads, diligently put forth the plea that it was not they themselves but the Government of the "United States that destroyed co-operation at Kaweah. They got up a charge, accord ingly, against the Government to the effect V that the .Kaweah colonists have been suffer ing unjust and cruel persecution at its hands; that they have been forcibly driven out of their homesteads by the military. The plain fact, however, is that the colo nists neither owned homesteads on lands claimed by the Government, nor have they been removed from any lands upon which they had settled; nor have they as a whole anv legal claim whatever to timber lands in the reservation. The land which it was al leged was owned by the Kaweah Co-operative Company turns out now to be no better than a myth. And this fact the majority of the colonists themselves, to their bitter disappointment and utter disgust, have at last discovered. As regards the alleged claim to timber lands in the Giant Forest, the real facts are these: About five years ago some 40 penn rious schemers, covetous of the good luckof California millionaiies, cast their wits about and perceived that the Giant Forest was a great natural monopoly, containing the accumulated wealth of many thousands of years, but reserved intact from the greedy liands of man by reason of its inac cessibility. FILING CLAIMS ON LANDS. So they rushed one day to the Land Office and filed on claims under the provisions of the timber land act. The Government thought fit to interfere, presumably inthe interest of private individuals a; against speculators. And the land was in the meanwhile withdrawn from the market before the time for the fulfilment of the conditions of a title expired. Not heeding Government interference the penurious 40 formed themselves into what they styled a "timber pool," and next conceived the idea of a co-operative company, which was to construct a road to the forest and bring the timber to market A company that was to feed itself, clothe itself and work for nothing till the time arrived when it could refund itself from the proceeds of the lum bera time when all alike, timber poolers and co-operative company, were to become millionaires. So as preliminary to this good luck, the timber poolers sold lands which they did not own to a co-operauve company which was not yet in existence. And finally this imaginary co-operative company, by some mysterious process of transformation, under the influence of the magic wand of the Kaweah'bosses, turns up as the Kaweah Co-operative Company, own ing 20,000 acres of land in the Sierras. THE COLONISTS WERE DUPED. These are just the real facts in regard to the timber claims. Bu it is not for a mo ment to be presumed that the members as a whole were in the least cognizant of them. The dubious title to the lands and the crooked transactions with the timber pool have all along,, till quite recently, been kept a profound secret from the majority of the members. Had they known them they would never have become members of the colony. For all errors, injustice and crooked deeds committed in the name of Kaweah Colony the bosses alone are re sponsible. And it is but just and right that the world should know it It can be unhesitatingly averred that the majority at least have simply been unwilling dupes An impartial review of the co-operative ' experiment at Kaweah yields but one con clusion, namely, that not only are the persons who conducted the enterprise men un worthy of the cause, but that they must have been besides either heartless scoun drels or numskulls of a low grade. 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This is a feature not offered by any other line. Vrite to Charles T. Apple by, Traveling Passenger Agent, Room 303, Bank of Commerce Building, Pittsburg, Pa., if you desire any further information as to the country and the accommodations for reaching it Exhaust Steam Heating By the "WilliamesVaeuum System," with out back pressure upon the engine. Guar anteed advantages Saving pftwer, removal of cracking or hammering in pipes, increas ing efficiency of the heating system, saving water and fuel. Send for new descriptive catalogue to "Warren "Webster & Co., 491 N. Third street, Philadelphia, Patentees and Mtrs. of Webster Vacuum Feed "Water Heater and Purifier. MWFSU BLATNE. ITree Trains Every Day. Get-work, secure a home, make an invest ment in the future great Monongahela Val ley town. For tickets, maps, pric lists and full particulars call at 129 Fourth avenue. The Blaine- Land Improvement Co. d The Farmers' Deposit National Hank Invite the public to call and examine their new safe deposit vaults. Information con cerning the renting of boxes and deposit of valuables-cheerfully given. iiwp Youb rjicture free, and- handsomely framed, given away during this week by Hendricks & Co., No. 68 Federal street, Allegheny, with every dozen. Cabinets, 1. THESE CHILDREN Are having a picnic with the Down Comforts that their mother purchased at HOB1TB & WAR ID'S STOKE. You are invited to call and see the extra values that we have to offer. Wejiave a large variety of patterns in Sateens at $5, $6, 7, $g, $10.50, $i and $13.50. Also Plain Colored Sateens, as well as a beautiful line of Fancy Figured Silks at $15 to $25. Crib Comforts at $4 to $6. We should be pleased to have you call and inspect these. HOENE & WRD, 4X FEFTH AVE. OCTOBER- 28, 1891. Jt JK EUROPE FOR SEVER. Several Indications That It May Agree on free Coinage Soon. GREAT NECESSITY FOE CAUTION. Germany, England and France May Hold Off for a Good Chance to EXCHANGE THEIR SILVER FOR GOLD AVashington, Oct 27. The President and Secretary Foster are banking a good deal in their plans to check the free coinage of silver craze upon the results of the in quiries which they have been making in Europe. The feeling in favor of inter national bi-metallism seems to be growing and to be likely to prevail in European cabinets if the leading European powers can be convinced that the United States decs not intend to plunge into free coinage of its own motion. Several gentlemen of standing in private life agreed early in the summer to make some inquiries of foreign financiers with a view to an internatio nal agreement, and to report the results to the President and Sec retary of the Treasury without expense to the Government They have discovered so friendly a feeling to the' use of silver in Europe that they have recently asked and obtained informal credentials from our Government, Bhowing who they are and what their instructions are, without having authority to commit the United States offi cially to any programme. the president encouraged. . The fact that these credentials have been asked for isregarded by the President as a very encouraging indication ot the feeling in EnglandFrance and Germany in regard to the remonetization of silver. The gentle men who have been making the inquiries would not, have asked for such credentials if tlfey had not felt that the time was ap proaching for serious negotiations with Eu ropean Powers, for they have no personal or financial ' interest in magnifying their office. The President will have a powerful argu ment for urging conservative action in Con gress if be can hold ont the hope that inter national bimetallism is a thing of the near future. So long as the European powers feel that this country is ready to plunge into free coinage without waiting for them they will hold off in the hopeof unloading their surplus silver upon us and draining us of otir gold. Mr. Edward Atkinson dis covered this tendency when he was sent to Europe by President Cleveland in 1887, and it has grown stronger since. It has been the lestless eagerness of the free coinage champious in the United States which has kept the Eurepean powers aloof from an agreement. EUROPE NOT QUITE READY. This is what the agents of the administra tion report in confirmation of what Mr. Atkinson reported four years ago. The gentlemen now abroad state that even the European powers are not quite ready to restore silver to its place upon an equality with gold. They may be willing to try some experimental stens by increasing their gold reserve or issuing a limited amount of silver notes. If such measures result in no disturbanceto their monetary system and raise the price of silver, they will then be ready to take some longer steps in the direction of the free ancl unlim ited coinage of silver. If President Harrison in his annual mes sage is able to present convincing evidence that the European powers are ready to act in this matter, he will be able to urce upon Congress, with much force, the wisdom of taking no hasty step which will defeat his plans. If free" coinage is not considered during the uoming session of Congress, or even if it fails to pass both houses, the ad ministration will be in a position to insist that the European powers shall Wet us half way in any plan for the remonetization of silver. The President would be in a less favorable position if free coinage legisla tion were arrested only by his veto. SENTIMENT IN THIS COUNTRY. It might then appear to the European powers that public sentiment in the United States was bent upon absolute free coinage without an international agreement, and that nothing but the accident of an indi vidual will stand in the way of its success. If Congress should not act at all and the two political parties should nominate for the Presidency Mr. Harrison and Mr. Cleveland, both, known as outspoken op ponents of tree coinage, the administration would occupy a stronger position than it has for some'years, and absolute free coin age by all the leading nations would be a much more likely event than it would if a free coinage bill passed Congress by the largest majorities. THE PEOPLE'S STOKE FIFTH-AVENUE. Paris Hats at Reduced Prices. Our own importations. Exclusive pat terns. There's about 10 of them left. They have'had 33 per cent clipped off the price. Campbell & Dick. "THE NAULAHKA" OC27-60 OC37 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 'JTTyi . . - "fill gy Li I Hi JWMmti Has Tint- by 'o --"" 11Nj. S finest, the neatest and completest assortment of MEN'S SUITS $St $io, $12 to $25. OVERCOATS, $10, $12, $15 to $40. CHILDREN'S SUITS $2, $4, $5 to $15. BOYS' LONG PANT SUITS, $5, $8, $10 to $20. BOYS' and.CHIL DREN'S OVERCOATS, UNDERWEAR, SHIRTS, MEN'S HALF HOSE, NECKWEAR, COLLARS, CUFFS. SUITS TO ORDER. TO BE GIVEN AWAY. Are you carrying your din ner? If so, come and get one of our Nestable Dinner Pails. It affords you all the comforts of a home meal. It is the pail you require. Get it! Try it! Free in our Men's Suit Department. rein i Hn C I Bn I mv UNION CLOTHING HOUSE, R. FIFTH AVE. When the Ballots Have Been Counted The Fact Will Then Be Settled THAT LAIRD IS THE LEADING SHOE DEALER. LAIRD'S FINE ARE A POSITIVE LUXURY. They're reliable, comfortable and fashionable. They're sold at reasonable prices and more of them worn in and about Pitts burg than any other make. This week we offer an immense assortment of the finest grades and makes at very liberal reductions. Ladies' Fine Dongola Kid Button 5 and G Shoes at $3 90. Every size, every width; all the latest styles. Gents' Fine Patent Leather Shoes, Worth $5 and $6 at $3 90. Gents' Fine Kangaroo Shoes, Worth $5. and '$6 at $3 90. Gents' Finest Calf Shoes, Worth $5 and $6 at $3 90. 406", 408 and 410 f W. Market St. LAIRD We Are Ready and Willing To Welcome and Entertain Ton! -r-E.r-wsa Tr--r?T3 la a nlcasant .rTnKtin. You don't need to invest a courteously, and you'll see the grandest assortment of HOUSEHOLD GOODS in Western Pennsylvania, lucroaro -pat?T,OR SUITES. CHAMBER SUITES. LIBRARY SUITES, DINING ROOM SUITES, . '- , i CARPETS (ALL KINDS), LACE CURTAINS (AXL STYLES),," For cash or credit at prices that can't be duplicated elsewhere. Make nj a visit, see our &b . plavand 1'11 SttV money. Closing out entire stock of LADIES' WEAPS, MEN'Sa- CLOTlliau as your own price. 3, 925, 927 PENN AVE., - NEAR OPEN - -EIEj 92 THE I -PLATE ACKET excited the politicians some, if 1Q ac n rpnVivr trt n nrlnne I compared to the sensation produced our NEW STOCK of CLOTH- We have the largest, the TO BE GIVEN AWAY Everyone purchasing goods in our Children's and Boys' Department to the amount of $5. Boys, you can have your choice of the Bee Hive Dime Bank or Musical Bell Toys. HATS Hats in every style and for any style of man is the way we sort up our stock of $1, $1.50, $1.90, $2, $2.90 upward. Don't buy a hat Ijuntil you have seen our stock, for in quality, variety and price we can suit you best D H AND WOOD ST. oc28-wr M. 433 Wood St. D. jEr "1 SHOES SHOE STORES -. ... . ai-... M..I. KSZ enure new oiuun. QCgS-MWgSU and instructive place to visit. Yon don't w. cent if vou don't wish to. Yon'll lie treateda , BO CREDIT! NINTH STREET. SATURDAY EVE N,No9& 16 i' iK ";
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