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Including fennday, s m'ths. 2 30 Daily DispATril, Including Sunday, lra'tb.. !0 uday-Dispatch. One Tear 2 so Wfekly Dispatch, One Year. - 1 25 THE D lt Disp ATcn Is delivered liy carriers at li cents per week, or. Including Sunday Edition, at 20 cents per Meek. rnrmri:G. Tuesday, dec r. imi. CRISP Till! SPE 4KEK. The Democratic majority in the House lias avoided the tlireatpned deadloclc At n late hour last night Hon. Charles Fred erick drisp, oE Georgia, was chosen Sneaker by the caucus. This action will, of course, be officially indorsed by the House when it meets to organize. There is a deal of Democratic political Mgnificance in the battle just over. The question of the Presidency was at the tot com of the intense fcelins: displayed in the caucus which finally shelved Mills, fcpringer. XcMillin and Hatch. All these lights of the Democracy represented men ami measures for 1692, and the choice of Crisp will undoubtedly inject the forces lie represents into the Presidcntal cam paign. That the defeat of Mills means a black eye for Cleveland no political stu dent n ill dispute. The manner in which Ihe torces for and against the ex President foughi; openly and in secret during the caucus for their favorites plainly testified to the fact that the honor of wielding the gavel was secondary to the honor of triumphing o er the faction. Tu a speech the Spcaker-to-be has declared that be will take no sten backward in tariff reform. This is bad for his party. It means, if Mr. Crisp is in earnest, that the Democracy is still hugging a delusion and preparing once more for defeat Some who hai e been watching closely the proaressof the preliminary skirmish at Washington say Crisp will foster a new clement in his party will i Id it of Mug wumpery and permit the theories of Hill, Gorman, Brice and Tammany to have full swing. This, too, adds another element of weakness to the majority in the House ami the minority in the nation. But the deadlock promised has by the , choice ot Crisp been prevented. Chair man Kerr, of Pennsylvania, has been Khen the Hou-e clerkship at the hands of liie caucus, and everything now points to a speedy organization of the lower branch of Congress, the disposal of the Message and then what? JUSTICE ASD POLITICIAN. The outcome of the prosecutions of the Philadelphia Morcantilj Appraisers is arousing tome sharp comment in that city. The independent class of journals are pointing out that the official statements of strong evidence against the accused offi cials were clear and decisive- This view of the case is confirmed by the readiness of the defendants to p'e.id guilty to a technical charge, whereupon they were discharged from office and permitted to go otherwise untroubled. Such a result does not look like an object Ins-son on the value of political pulls. There is no doubt that if private persons bad been siuilty of such frauds as these "fficiais had committed their modest pun ishment would have been the workhouse, lint as these active politicians merely nipde use of their political opportunities to defraud the public their position in plnges on the instrumentalities of justice with an effect that causes a rebound with ilic least possibl damage to themselves. It is a remarkable fact that the men who tovi been shown to prosecute the sys tematic rascalities exposed in this case should escape with a mere loss of posi ii"n. Ytt our Philadelphia cotemporaries need not regard this as a remarkable case call ing for especial denunciation. The fact that the unfaithful officials lost their places presents a decided improvement on the re sults of some equally notorious cacs that could be named in the same connection. NO SEATS, NO TARES. The irrepressible conflict between the Terkes system of Chicago street railways and the public of that city has proceeded to the fruition of bringing forth an ordi nance in the Board of Aldermen provid ing that when passengers cannot get seats they shall not pay fares. This, with other measures expected to bring the fiery and untamed street corporation to terms, is slightly changed as to details from enact ments heretofore widely debated, but have the familiar characteristics. It, is recognized that the continental rule of forbidding street conveyances to admit any more passengers after the seating ca pacity is occupied would not do in the United States. The sovereign American absorbed in the national purpose of get ting ttM-re in the shortest possible time would resent his exclusion from standing Toom m the aisles of a traction car as an infraction of his prerogatives. Even in Pittsburg, where the cars when jammed to the point of swarming are semi-occasion-ally ordered to pass on and leave the excess f passengers to take succeeding ones, the excluded passengers deeply feel that their right to hang on the outside of the car lias been unjustifiably infringed. If there was an attempt to shut out passengers while there was stand ing room, it would be an assertion of the nafonal character for the people to rise in their might and take possession of the standing room by force. The Chicago ordinance evidently takes cognizance of this peculiarity of the prob lem in this country. It does not try to ex clude the passengers who have to stand, but proposes that they shall ride free. But this raises, first, the question whether the man who wishes to'rida standing ought not pay for it; and second, the probability that it would come to the exclusion prin ciple in practice. For street railways are not going to loe time stopping their cars io take up non-payers,or permit their pass ages to be jammed by the free-ridmg pub lic, to Ihe discomfort and displeasure of the paying patrons. When it was found therefore that the hurried American citi zen would have to wait till an empty car came along, there would be a popular up rising. There is .plenty about the street railway business that is fair food for criticism; but we are firmly of the opinion that when the public wishes to be transported stand ing like liye stock, it is entitled to the privilege of paying for It THE CONSTITUTION SUBMITS IT. The irrepressible disposition of the.pop ular mind to lug in exotic considerations is illustrated by an opponent of the bond issue to bo voted on to-day, who writes to a cotemporary and asks: "Does it'not look as if the Pittsburg ring Is intent on giving the intelligent public a big dose of taffy when it asks it to pass on the intricate bond question?" The history of the case does not bear that appearance at all. The municipal politicians referred to wished to get au thority to issue bonds without a vote of the people. They even succeeded in get ting a qualified indorsement of the citi zens' meeting in March or April to an amendment of the charter granting them that power. The Dispatch stood alone in pointing out that, the charter amend ment would not be worth the paper it was printed on because the State Constitution requires a vote of the people on such prop ositions. It is not any "ring" that sub mits the question to be decided to-day: it is the requirement of the "Constitution without which the issue of the bonds would be invalid. As to the question being "intricate," it is also pertinent to say that the real issue to be decided by the people is not intri cate at all. It is simply whether the peo ple wish to be taxed for what money the city has to pay on the street improve ments in one or two levies or whether they wish 'to have the payments extended by an issue ot bonds. The safeguards against the issue of bonds, if they should not be needed, are absolute. All the people have to do is to say whether they want to pay whatever may have to be paid in a single lump and have done with it, or to have the time extended by means of the bonds. Any man who will put that question to Himself and vote whichever way he pre fers, will be voting right It is merely a question of popular preference. BAD POLITICS. The consensus of opinion among im partial observers is that the movement upon Collector TVarmcastle because of his attitude in local and State contests is "bad politics." This view continues to be sub scribed to as lreelv by those who were in opposition to the Collector in his alliance with Senator Quay as by his friends. If his superiors at Washington have evi dence that his office was not rightly managed, or that iirany particular he gave cause for removal, no one doubts the right and duty of the administration to make a change. But it is noticeable that there is as conspicuous slowness in making public the complaints against the Collector as there was celerity in advertising that he was to be punished for his activity on behalf of the Senator and hostility to the interests of Congressman Dalzell. At the most the utmost of the indica tions so far thrown out is that some of the Collector's subordinates were derelict in routine duties. If there Ls no more fire than this under the smoke the movement against Waravostle so ostentatiously begu- ov other grounds will be "bad politics" indeed B 1LLOONS OF WAE. Professor Carl E. Myers, "Aeronautical Engineer, Balloon Farms," Frankfort 2f. Y., indignantly denies the authorship of reports concerning-, the rain-making ex-. 'periments. He modestly remarks that his only connection with them was that no one in the United States save himself could be "found with the necessary aeronautical equipment to send the explosives up into the clouds. Having thus separated himself from the efforts of the imagination which traced the progress of the rain-making experiments, Prof. Myers returns to the charge with Ins story that foreign governments have dirigible- airships which can lay waste our seacoast cities. "As a matter of cold, hard-shell fact" he asseverates, that the dirigible airship La France has been im proved up to a.speed of 28 miles, an hour, and doubling her dimensions would give her a speed of 43 miles. All of which is a long distance from a demonstration that these airships can cross the Atlantic, "or that if brought across, they could carry the stock of ammunition necessary to lay great cities in ashes. The United States need not lie awake nights worrying over the airy navies of Europe. The European powers will try the destructive qualities of those novelties in warfare, supposing they exist, on each other long enough to give this country a clear idea of just exactly how destructive they are. Until that Is doue Prof. Myers will lie under suspicion of ballooning his industry. EnTAKTIAL ELECTION DECISIONS. The, action of two Democratic judges with reference to the Xew York election, contests goes far toward demonstrating a theory The Dispatch has maintained for years. That is that disputed selec tions would stand a better chance of, be ing impartially settled on their merits if submitted to the courts than if left to the decision of mere active politicians. ; The usual way of settling election con tests in legislative bodies, where the con trol of the body may turn on the decision, has little respect for impartiality. There is not much pretense of obeying anything except the dictates of party exigencies. In Xew York the usual attempt was made by the party leaders to grab everything in sight; but fortunately the New York law permitted the matter to be taken into the courts. The result in the two most noto rious cases shows that Democratic judges can decide election cases fairly and hon estly, even against their own party. In the Dutchess county dispute the case came directly before Judge Barnard, a Democratic judge. Here the canvassers who counted out the Republican role had the most color for their proceedings, as they excluded some presumably illegally marked ballots. But Judge Barnard ruled that the votes must be counted, and made a peremptory order to correct the returns accordingly. In Syracuse the action of the Democratic judge was less prominent but no less significant At that point the judge who has ruled against the Demo cratic attempt to throw out a Republican representative on clerical errors by the inspectors was a Republican. Governor Hill brought in Judge O'Brien, of the Su preme Court, to hold a special term at Syracuse in the evident hope that he would overrule Kennedy. But Judge O'Brien went to SsTacuse, looked into matters and returned to New York with a silence and practical declination to do anything at all) which speaks volumes. To most party papers the leading aspect of these judicial actions is the defeat'they administer to the Hill scheme of captur ing the Legislature. But to us its most important phase is the demonstration of . " : iVehe . prrcsBTjmr' dispatch; v Tuesday, deqember- tsmwi .,:-. Wk- v. - i 1 . - ." ft the existence of tribunals where election contests can be decided honestly. As there .is little pretense of impartiality in most of the methods now used to settle contested seats in Congress, there should bono delay in adopting the plan thus pointed out for securing. the seating of the man whom the people elect There is point in the suggestion of the esteemed Washington Post that American newspapers addicted to the use of the French Avord "nee" should confine themselves to the use of plain English. The suggestion is the more pertinent, since the misuse of the word frequently displays ignorance that its sole meaning is, born. Instances are legion in which the press chronicle has referred to ladies married a -second time as "nee Mrs. Blank," which conveys the -astonishing in formation that the lady was so precocious in infancy as to be born married. We hope the suggestion of the Post will be adopted, but wc fear that the belief in its recherche sound to use another eqnallyliard-worked idiom from our Gallic neighbors, will be too much for the reform. . It was to be expected that the Repub licantaucus would give Mr. Reed its very small complimentary vote; but in view of the significant statement in the report tnat the Judiciary Committee's room afforded ample accommodation for the caucus, the step rnnka our Republican friends in the Bourbon class, that neither forgets anything nor learns anything. Raphael, the London astrologer, with regard to the present month, notes that young people should "avoid courtship" on the first Mondav of the month Xext Sun day is also unfavorable; but tbe Sunday after that you may "ask favors before noon," while the last Sunday of the month is "decidedly unpropitions." This astrological limitation ot the hours for Sunday court ship lo a week from next Sunday before noon indicates to energetic lovers that they will have to sit up with the object of their affections all the preceding Saturday night to get ready to seize the propitious moment. Justice Beeweb's suggestion of a man's making up a quornm by answering to his name over a telephone, presents a curious example of a Supieme Court Justice suggest ing means to evade the necessity of having a quorum present in Congress to do the busi ness of the nation. At a meetins held in Btidalo the other day concerning the vital question of grade crossings, a radical speaker went to the length of asserting that "the city has lights which must be respected and contracts which must be enforced." This revolution ary sentiment, after a moment's breathless 'pause, w as wildly applauded. But we do not learn that any one went to the subversive length or asserting that the common oidi nary people had any light worth mention ing against the corporations. The New York TfbrW well says that the liig Democratic majoiity in the House of Representatives is a potent source of dan ger. In fact, recent political history indi cates that almost any party w ith half that majority can be trusted to break its own neck in two sessions. A mast who some years ago sold his body for $10 to a doctor, to be delivered after death, has now made a foi tune and wishes to invalidate the contract by refunding the money. Butthe lawyers think the agree ment is binding, which bothers the mort gagor of his own body. The man should take'eomfort in the philosophical reflection that, now he Is rich, his body will not bo worth a cent more to him after he gets one of it than it was when it was the only thing lie had on earth to sell. The report that the heathen Chinese have taken to stoning foreigners in Pekin indi cates that the lot of the American sojourner in China is hardly more happy than that of the Chinese sojourner in some parts of America-T-4 The uneven distribution of nature's favors Is noted by the New YorkiSimto the effect that New York has not yet had its first snow fall this seaon, while Virginia and Not til Carolina have b oth been favored. As Fittsbnrg, nearly on the same parallel with New York, has also had a well defined covering of snow, it presents an equally striking illustration that tbe snow does not fall on 'the unjust as well as on the just among citieo, whatever the rain may do as between individuals. It is satisfactory to learn that the War Department has taken steps to prevent Mexican marauders from using United States territory as a basis of operation ror their raids on Mexico. Better late than never. The Canadians who desire annexation to the United Slates have been holding meet ingsn various parts of Canada lately to urge the measure. That is the proper way to'go to work. After the Annexationists have convinced tbe Canadians that they want to bo annexed they should come over to this side and convince our people that we want to lot them be annexed. "What offensive satirist was it who sent among the floral tributes at the opening of Congress, addressed to the Hon. Bonrke Cochrane, of Tammany Hall, the significant emblem of a floral lyreT The warship New York is not likely to get into any hotter fights than the. one going on in its namesake between the Hill and Cleveland factions. ."NEAR THE TOP EUNG. Senator Stanford, of California, is said'to have turned Spiritualist Senator Blackburn has had a grand son 3 weeks old named after him. Theodore H. Swiit, who was one of the attorneys In the celebrated Miser Paine case, recoived a $50,000 fee. He is only 40 years.of age. Secret.sbt Blaine's grandsons ate din ner with .him on Thanksgiving Day. They reside in San Antonio, Texas, with their father, Colonel Coffinger. Secretary Proctor has wound up his official affairs and is ready to don his Sena torial toga. He is now crowing, a mustache in honor of the occasion. Rabbie GorriiARDDEUTSCH.the newly elected professor of Hebrew history and piiilosophy 'in the Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, is only.33 years of age. JIrs. BlTTENBEiTDER, who desired to become a Supreme Judge in Nebraska, didn't get there by nearly G5, 000 votes. A trifle like that will probably have no effect in deterring her from running again. James Hodges, of Baltimore, who was recentlyappointed special commissioner to visit Southern Europe in the interests of the Woild's Fair, has declined the honor on ac count of business interests. Mr Crisp, the newly-elected Speaker of the House, has a very clear complexion, blue eyes, straight, well-formed nose, and a brow n mustache. His head is bald ana his manners refined. He" generally wears a black frock coat and dark clothes and neck tie. island Belies His 'Name. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.: Mr. Bland, of silver dollar fame, is pushing himself to the front as a free silver man in the next Cong is, , and proposes having something to say about the Speakership. He will not be reconciled Dy tho Democratic scheme to put the silver question aside for tho,present, and promises to be 'a disturbing element. In this respect Mr. Bland contra dicts the placid name he bears. Mills That Didn't FlonriiU. Boston JTewi.3 The Mills of Texas are not in a particular ly flourishing condition. Air Is Crisp In Washington. Minneapolis Tribune, j It's a Crisp atmosphere just now in Wash CRISP, THE SPEAKER. no?r. Charles jtredebick CRI3F, chosen Speaker of the House by the Democratic caucus last night, belongs to Americus, Go, Ho is 16 years old. He was born in England, but was brought to this conntry whon an in fant. His parents' were well-known Thes pians. Crisp attended the public schools in Savannah and Macon. He entered the Con federate army when 16, and became a lieu tenant in a Virginia regiment. After three years' service he was captured and sent to Fort Delaware. At the end of the war he was released. His folks were then living at Ellaville, Schley 'county, Ga. Young Crisp read law for a year and was then admitted to tho bar. He practiced law In Ellaville for six years, and was then appointed Solicitor General or the" Southwestern Judicial Cir cuit. In 1873 he located permanently in Americus. Four years later he became Judge of tho Superior Court, and five years afterward resigned it toac:ept a nomination to pongress. He presided over the Georgia Democratic State Convention in the ensuing year, and entered tho House of Representa tives at the beginning of tho session in 1883. He has served eight j eais. In the House ho toot front rank as a worker and a speaker. Crisp is always at ease upon tho floor. Rarely will yon And bim absent. He watches the proceedings of tho House as closely as the watchdog of the Treasury. His speeches show much thought and research. The logic is clear and con vincing. There is no striving for effect, nis eloquencejs found at times in the quaint simplicity of his argument. It is almost irre sistible in its effect. The confidence' of his party in Mr. Crisp has been shown more than once. At the opening of tho Firtieth Congress, Speaker Cuilislerefusedto appoint tho Committee on Elections. His own seat was contested by Mr. Thoebe, and he asked the House to select tbe committee. Each side of the House con. enrredand appointed a committee to make the selection. The Democrats, bm in the majority, were to pick but a Chairman. Upon the committee to do this were Samuel J. Randall, William S. Ilolman. General Burnes, of Missouri, General Forney, of Alabama, and others. All cast their eyes upon one man in looking for a Chairman for the Committee on Elections. This man was ChnrlesF. Crisp. ,Xo other name was men tioned. He was sent for and asked to accept the place. It was a magnificent tribute to his sagacity and ability. Upon the roll of committees of the Uoue the Committee on Elections takes precedence of the Ways and Mcan. Crisp knew the requirements of the place. Intense application, careful inquiry, and flto power to cope with the shrewdest men in the ranks of the onposition were necessary. At the urgent solicitation of his party associates tho Georgian camo to the front. He lost tbe Chairmanship of the Committee on Pacific Railroads, to which he was entitled by the retirement of Governor Thiockmorton, but gained n place where he was ever in the eyes of the people, and where he became a recognized leader of his party in the House. Noose questions Crisp's jndement or his self-control. At one time Speaker Reed tried not only to throttle him with tyrannical rulings, hut treated him with aggravating insolence. It was in the desperate fight at tending the placing of John M. Langston in the' seat of Edward C. Venable. Whilo the nouso was in call, tbe Speaker ascertained that a quorum was present, and ordered the clerk to call the roll upon the appioval of thejonrnul. The Reod rules provided that while the House was in call only two motions were in order. Otic was a motion to adjourn and the other to dispense with further pro ceedings under tho call. Mr. Crisp raised a point of order, and called the Speaker's at tention to the plain wording of the .rule. Caught dend to rights. Reed was on file in a moment. Ho tried to bulldoze tho Georgian, and awakened the-true Georgia grit. "The clerk can read the journal without objection,'; aaid the man from Maine. I object," replied Mr. Crisp. "Such ac tion is unprecedented. Such a suggestion has never been made hi the history of Con gress." "Well," replied the Speaker, with much acerbity, "it's time that it was made. A this the Republicans raised a shout of encouragement. Crisp remained standing, perfectly imperturbable, until the tumult had subsided. "That is the judgment of the Chair," he then replied. "The Chair Is not the master of tills House, but its servant. He must obey its order."'' ' ' Reed was "white with rage. Democrats broke into applause in their tnrn, and the Republicans cried for the "regular order." "The gentleman from Georgia need not recommence," the Speaker threateningly observed, as soon as quiet was restored. With great dignity Sir. Crisp replied: "Tho gentleman will insist upon his lights. Ko tyrant can take them from him." At this the Renublicans fairly screamed for the regular order. Mr. Rowell, Chair man of the Committee on Elections,obtained recognition "I make the point of order," he shouted, "that the remarks of the gentleman from Georgia arc out of order." "So more so than the remaiks of .the Speaker," Crisp calmly replied. This i eraark touched tho Czar like a hot iron.-nis eyes flushed, his cheeks flushed, and he brought his gavel -down with double-fold vengeance. "The srentlemanirom Georgia will take his seat:'' he loarcd. Crisp remained as calm as a May morn. Unlike many of his colleagues when suffer ing from similar tyrannical outbursts, lie recognized the amenities of the situa tion. "Certainly the gentleman from Georgia will tako his seat," he replied with perfect composure: "but ho will rise, resent, and re ply to anv similarjntimation from the Chair hero or eisew here." He took his seat, bnt carried his point. A Wisconsin Republican pulled the Speaker out of the mud by moving to dispense with all further proceedings under the call. MABBIED A MONGOLIAN. A Talented Boston Girl Weds the China man of Her Choice. Boston, Dec. l.HSptxiaL A full-blooded Chinaman and a talented Boston girl were married to-day at Chelsea. Tho groom was Toy Lee, a finely educated missionary, and the bride was Miss Martha A. Comstock, a teacher of drawing in the Cnarlestown schools and an enthusiastic worker among the Chinese. Sheisavery pleasant and en ergetic lady, and her husband is a remark ably bright and intelligent man, brimful of American ideas He is a ready speaker, and at n reception given by tbe Chinese scholais to their teachers at the Chelsea Church, a week ago, be iuado an address which sur prised those who heard it by its fluency. Sir. Lee has been in Boston almost three years. When Miss Comstock first saw Mr. Lee sho was attending a meeting and heard bim make an address. It was love at first sight. She has been engaged tot somo time in con ducting a class of Chinese pupils m connec tion with the Sunday school maintained by the Cnarlestown Y. M. C A., and it was in this work that she and Toy Lee first formed the acquaintance, three years ago, that has led to their marriage. Protection Preserves the Profit!. New York Recorder. Protection, by developing new industries natural to the land, makes two blades of grass grow whore one grew before. It pre serves for our country the profits of the fertility of the land and ot its mineral rich ness. What Will the World Do Then? New York Advertiser. J What will tho world do for scandals when the British aristocracy is abolished? REED ON THE FLOOR. Is renominating Reed for Speaker the Re publicans of the House show the. courage of their catastrophe. Kern York World. The ex-Speaker will be heard from on tho floor of the House. Ho will be the leader of the House although his supporters are in a hopeless minority. Rochester Democrat. "CzAB"RsrD still has the confidence of his party, and evenif he cannot mako the Democrats squirm this winter ho can be de pended on to have oceans' of fun. Cleveland Zeader'and Herald. Ex-Sfxakxr Keid had no contestant for the empty honor of a nomination forHhe Speakership in the Republican caucus at Washington last evening. The times have changed. Philadelphia Record. rEAKEr. Heed's quorum-counting rule had many.precedents in European parliamen tary bodies, and the new House of Repre sentatives will undoubtedly see the neces sity of adopting it. St. Zouit Globe Democrat, j DALZELL'S CHRISTMAS i!IFT. The Private's Little Pension Point Panned , Out Well How tho Boys In Blue Hare Profited Ind He Says the End 1 Not Yet, Fays the Old War Horse.' To the Editor of The Dispatch: Three years ago this coming Christmas, first through tho comtesyf The Dispatch and by its influence through the Associated Press, I was permitted to publish my dis covery of a set of laws hitherto overlooked, giving soldiers certain travel, furlough and extra duty pay, in sums of from $5 to $100 to almost every one. This dispatch appeared in all the papers three years ago, and was headed "Dalzell's Christmas Gift to Old Soldiers," nnd stirred up quite a breeze in Grand Army and official circles at Washing ton. It interested a million soldiers, and the widows and orphans of our dead com rades, every one of them. I had no mercenary motive in the publi eition of my discovery, and, though a law yer myself, took but 100 claims, and that without a cent of pay, merely to demon strate that I was right in my construction of the law. It was but a short timo until I succeeded in carrying through my own and several other claims and getting the money, the evidence of which from time to time L took care to lay before the editor of The Dispatch, who w ill, I feel certaln.-vouch for the entire correctness of this statement. In my published dispatch I had, as you will remember, cautioned the soldiers not to employ any of these sharks of claim agents, bnt present their own claims to the proper officers at Washington. This displeased this army of 100,00a land pirates, and their penny whistle papers upbraided me'with all the violence of their miserable mercenary nature. They could not comprehend then, nor can they now, why I should feci any in terest in these claims, seeing that I not only had no fees in them, but advised the boys to pay none. I was destroying their occupation. This was the head and front of my offend ing. And so they wrote United States Sena tors and members of Congress assailing ray statements as ridicnlnus, absuid and false. The departments were also so cunningly manipulated that tbe Second Anditor and other accounting 001061-3 of the Treasury issued daily bulletins contradicting my allegations. It looked pretty blue. Several Senators and members of Congress wrote me that I must bo wrong, as the old claim agents and their advertising sneets called "Soldier papers!" heaven save the mark: all agreed that I was wrong. I know better. I knew I was right. I saw tho little game of the thieving set of claim agents. S- had furnished the best evidence in the world that I had no money in it could not possibly have- any, for I refnsad to take claims sent me by tens of thousands from all the States. The light was on. I, a poor man down in the country, all alone, had to argue my case on paper with our officers at Washington, who wero honestly ignorant, but willing to be informed, and who yielded gracefully to my demands when I convinced them that my version of the law was right. Claims rolled in from all quarters on the Second Auditor, tho Third Auditor, the Commissary General and tho Quartermas ter General, until their tables and files groaned with their weight more than a million of them. Nearly 200,000 or them have been adjudicated and many millions of dollars paid the poor old Boys in Bind that they would have never heard of or thought of If The Dispatch had refused to publish my first announcement. And the end is not yet. Yours truly, t Jakes L. Dalzzll. Caldwell, O., December?. TALK OP THE TIMES. "No party can succeed which deliberately relinquishes a principle on the eve of its vindication." Graver Cleveland. This 'Is rubbing it in'on the Ohio Democrats. Mr. Cleveland ought to be more considerate- Senator Pugh, who undertook to run Pres ident Cleveland's administration, but failed, is opposed to the nomination of Mr. Cleve land. The world do move still. Cleveland Plain Dealer. But it is 'moving apparently in the opposite direction to Mr. Pngh's de- A no w wave of civilization has struck Ken tucky in the form of a movement for the organization of Blaine clubs in tbe different counties. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Evi dently some of the good people in the South are preparing to fall into line with their brethren at theNorth". The modesty of human nature is illustra ted in the fact that out of tho large company of Democratic Congre:ssmen only five put themselves forward for the Speakership. yew York World, Jjome of them will claim soon that it was not them but their friends that pushed them into tbe arena. BELL TELEPHONE CASE CL03ED. AH the Testimony in, After Many Years' Hard Work. Bostox, Dec. 7. Special. After two yeais spent in taking testimony the case for the United States in thu Bell Telephone case is believed to be complete, and unless some thing new transpires no more evidence will be taken for the Government, although the Circuit Court has extended until December 24 the time for taking evidence. The last of the Government witnesses has been exam ined by Commissioner Hallett, the exam iner for this district, and tho testimony is being written out by the stenographer. Only six witnesses were brought before Commissioner Hallett. There has been nothing in any way sensational about any of tne witnesses, but on the contrary, verv lit tle of it has been even new. One of the counsel in the case said to-day that no evi dence had been taken by the Government except what had been taken beforo in the Drawbaugh suit, and that whilo there had been a distinct charge of fraud raised when the plaintiff brought its suit, not a scintilla of evidence tending to Drove traud bad been produced, and the Government bad an nounced that its case is practically closed. It is evident from what had been done that all the Government hopes to do is to bring before tho Supreme Court tbe Draw baugh case once more with the expectation that the Court, which was almost evenly di vided on that case, may give a different de cision this time. If this be true it would seem to place the case in a different lignt from the one it has occupied up to this time. Tho great mass of the testimony has ' been taken in Pennsylvania, the taking in this district having been begun in Septem ber last. i WHITTIES'S NEWEST POEM. The Aged Bard Has Already Composed His Lay for the World's Fair. Amesburv, Mass., Dec. 7. John G. Whit tier, who has been asked to write the open ing hymn for the World's Fair, lias already composed tho verses for it. It will probably be read in private at the celebration of tbe poet's 85th birthday next week, but there is no chance or its becoming pnbl ic. Whittier is not satisfied with his verses, and thinks there should be a law against authorship after threescore and ten. However, those whorememDer how roticent he was about his hymmfortheCentcnnialat Philadelphia, and that it was not until a month before tho opening oi that fair that he would promise to furnish the hymn, do not doubt that he will furnish the one for Chicago. A GOOD GUESSES. Gov. Flower's Exact Majority Figured Ont for a 3200 Prize. New Yorh, Dee. 7. A remarkable guess has just been revealed by tho Herald, which offered a $200 prize to the person who would come nearest to Governor-elect Flower's majority in this State. Michael Moss, a car perter,No.7C Charles street,actually guessed the exact figures 47,037 votes which is the correct vote as i eturned by the canvassing board. Moss made his prediction on Octo 11 and it was legnlarly recorded, along with 750 000 other guesses. He says ho hunted up th late John Kelly's vote as an independent c n iliiate for Governor years ago and used the xact figures. I'ven Tammany Cries, Hold, Enough! Cblcairo'lnter-Occsri'. J Freo traders have fully alarmed Eastern Democrat Even Tammany cries, "Hold, enough P THE SOCIAL MELANGE. The Linden Clnb the Scene of a Dance Toung Woman's Christian Association Opens Its Doors to Flttsburjr Girls Events In Society. The opening dance of a series of three cotillons was given last night at the Linden Club. Between four and five hundred invi tations had been issued for it, but several happenings interfered and prevented a moro general attendance. A great many people were from home; the holiday season attracting them to New York and others re mained away out of respect for the lato Mrs. George Laugrlltn. The invitations designated 8 o'clock as the hour of arrival, but, ns in all polito gatherings, the people were lashion- ably late and even 9 o'clock found the bair room but sparsely occupied. These are the patronesses: Mrs. J. Ernest Schwartz,- Mrs. HemyM. Bailey, Mrs. Joseph R. AVoodwell, Mrs.. George W. Dilworth, Mrs. James W. Brown, Mrs. William N. Frew, Mrs. William Scott, MYs. Henry L. Baghman, Mrs. W. Howard Nimick, Mrs. Jam.es M. Schoon maker. Mrs. Brown wore black lace over old rose. Mrs. Woodwell's dres was a handsome gown made solely of black lace. Mrs. Bughman wore a combination of red cloth and black lace. Mrs. Frew was in black net and blue. Mrs. Singer's gown combined black net and grey and Mrs. Nim ick wore an evening gown of pink Mrs. Nimick alone wore evening dress; the other ladies were nttired in handsome re ception gowns. Mrs. Sehwarz, one of the patronesses, was detained by the illness of her husband. Mrs. Schoonmaker arrived at a later hour, with her two guests. Miss Sem plo and Miss Jordan, of Cincinnati, for whom she gave a-magnificent reception last week. Pittsburg acquiesces in calling the two Western girls two of tho most beautiful girls this city has ever seen. Toorge's Or chestia was present and plajed as delightfully ns ever the numerous dances programmed for the evening. Mr. Leamon Atterbury led tho german. The pretty clubhouse was lighted all over, and as tbe ladies entered Mr. Jonas R, Mc Clintock received and directed them up stairs. Where the gentlemen relieved them selves of their wraps was a cozv with drawing room from the main parlors. Tho dance was over at midnight. The next dance will bo on Friday evening. Janu ary 1, when tho cotillon will have all the characteristics of the holiday dance at the Pittsburg Club, when tho j'oung people are home for the holiCays. The last dance will bo on Mondav evening, January 18. The patronesses of last night's dance willpre bido also at the two remaining dances. The Central Young Woman's Christian Association has come to stay, and in proof of its intentions opened tho most allnring par lor in Penn avenue yesterday afternoon and evening. The house in which are their par lors is No. 326, almost opposite the Union League Clubhouse, and immediately in the one-time neighborhood wherp flourished Pittsburg's politest and wealthiest people. The parlor is an old fashioned room as to size, and very modem as to furnishing. The friends of the association did not forget if, as, all those pietty modern pieces indicate. High class engraving embellish tbe walls; a comfortable sofa, already chris tened "Sophia," stands in a corner, and other corners hold respectively a bookcase, a desk and a piano. A few tables are placed here and there, and several rugs Ho on the floor. .A reception committee was on dutv from 3 to 5 in the afternoon and from 8 to 10 in the evening, who poured out ten nnd chocolate nnd served cake to the numerous visitors. Composing this committee were: Misses Mary Wheeler, Jennie Eorgers, Theo Johnson, Nettie Grcgg.Blanche House, Grace Kelly, Sarah Scott. Lizzie Lindlc, l'attie -Howard, Mary Ewmg, Mrs. Rogers McCreerv, Misses Bakeweil, Florence Mc Knlght, Slav Maple, Ada Foster, Eflle Long, Jeannettc Kennedy, Miss JIaworth, Mrs. Kittie Wells. Misses' Mcllwane. Eirclifleid, Jessie Godfrey, Jennie Lewis, Virginia Mil ler, Grace Miller, Abbie Holden, Jane Stitt, Miss Irwin. Margaret McMillan, Mary Pat terson.Bessie Ritchie, Miss Kirkpatrick, Ella Caruthors, Helen Gillespie. Mrs. William R. Thompson, who was pres ent yesterday, to the delight of tho'man ageis. did not diminish her contribution of $1,000, though the rent of the parlors, for one year is bnt $600. The remaining $100 will be used where most needed. Social Chatter, Mrs. H. McCowax gives an "at home" on Wednesday in honor of Miss Waring, of London, and the Misses Holmes, of Dit ridge street, who are her hostesses. Miss Waring has had courteous attentions showered upon her during her visit, among other fashionable functions beinea luncheon on Saturday given by Mis. James H. Ham mond, of Coltart Square. If Mrs. Painter had no other claim to leadership, her faculty for surrounding her self with pretty, young and Interesting girls should place her on the highest social pinncle. Mrs. Painter's guests, it is hardly necessary to add, will be the recipients of many attentions during their visit in Pitts burg. A STARRIAG2 has been arranged between Mr. Christopher Mazee, Judge Magee's eld est son. and Miss Herbertson, of Philadel phia. Mr. Magee's fiancee is well known in Pittsburg through her relationship to Mrs. Max Moorhead. . Mrs. Joseth Brows has issued invitations for an eveningpartv for her voung daughter. Miss Mary Estelle Brow n. The younger cle ment will be largely represented. Miss Newport, erroneously called Miss Newton by several of the papers, who is visiting Mr. and Mr. A. E. W. Painter, is de scribed as a lovely girl. Miss Alice Wood Tixdle has issued invi tations for a party on Christmas evening. The cards of Miss Alice Haworth accompany those of Miss Tindle. FEEE XBASE WITH HAWAII. The New Treaty Likely to Meet With Vigor ous Opposition Here. Washixqtoit, Dec. 7. It is expected that very soon after tho Senate has really settled down.to work th e President will send to ic the new treaty which has been negotiated with tho Hawaiian Islands. This treaty is sure to provoko an interesting discussion. It proposes absolnto free trado between the two countries. Should the treaty bo ratified the Hawaiian planters will at once begin to raise fmits, arrowroot, etc., and pay no further attention to the wholesale export or sugar. Sinco the McKinley bill became a law the profit on sugar for tbem is only about 5 per cent. As soon ns they commence to raise fruits tbey will come in competition with the Cali fornia planters, for whose express benefit an almost prohibitive tariff was placed on fruits by the McKinley bill. When the treaty is taken up in the Senate there are likely to be Bom e vigorous protests from the Slope. The trade with Hawaii will bo one of tbo reasons advan ccd wny the treaty should be ratified; but more weighty still lathe fact that It is to the interest of the United States to continue the most friendly relations with the Hawaiin Government. The islands command a strategic position in the Pacific Ocean, and England is ready to establish a protectorate over them at the slightest provocation. It is this desire to checkmate England that puts the adminis tration, sworn to protection, in the position of asking the. senate to ratify a treaty that proposes absolute trie trade. CAUGHT IN A ELIZZAED. ASnow-Bonnd Passenger Returns and Be lites His Experience. St. Paul, Dec. 7. B. N. Austin. Assistant General Passenger Agent of the Northern Pacific Railroad, returned this morning from a tiip into Manitoba. Ho was caught in the recent blizzard in that section and re ported it the worst they have known in nine years. The fall of snow was verv hc.ivy.and it drifted in places from 12 to 15 feet deep. The temperature was high and there was no suffering, except in perhaps a few isolated cases. The worst feature about the snow is that it covers a great deal of the wheat in the shock. Only about half the wheat has been shipped out of the country. Farmers who lmvB their grain stacked aro improving every clear day to continue the threshing, nnd aro paying threshers $4 n dny. Mr. Austin reports the people well prepared for winter. They all have plenty or money and tho holiday travel eastward is very heavy. Good Fortune of an Opera Singer. New York, Dec. ". Special. lone Dun 1mm, a member of the "La Cigale'1 Company, retired Saturday last, without notice. Law yer Hummel sent a letter to Manager French to-day, telling him that tbe chorus girl had to go to Elmira to look niter her uncle's es tate. "Sho had become an heiress," the lawyer's letter said, "and will probably leave the stage. Nobody knows exactly what the actress received as a bequest. She told some of tho chorus gills that it was 1123,000. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. Spectacles were invented by Allesandro de Spina in 1285. A Baltimore lecturer advances the idea that Satan had red hair. Ireland's inhabitants have decreased over 20 per cent sines 18JL Twenty-nine States have enacted laws resembling the Australian ballot law. Marriage of the clergy was first posi tively forbidden in 1074 by Pope Gregory VII. The medusa is a fish, so fragile that it melts and disappears when thrown on the j beach. A petrified turtle 12 inches in diameter and 5 inches thick has been found on Lake Champlain. As many as 20,000 Japanese have left their conntry this year to seek their for tunes elsewhere. New Hampshire takes its name from Hnmpshir.v England. It wa3 originally called Laconia. The 2forth Star cannot be seen south of the Equator, but it is visible everywhere to the north of the line. The Czar of llnssia has no settled in- ( come, but he Ims'an estate and mines which bring him in 2 500,000 per year. The Lick telescopic pbotograhs are so perfect that they must be stronglymagni flcd before their details can be examined. It has been ascertained that the potato is in no wise dependentupon its eyes for growth although the pieces with eyes grow more rapidly. JEsop, whose fables have been 'read for more than 2,000 years, was born (HO years be fore Christ. He was a slave in the island of Samos, Greece. The snail has the greatest number of teeth. It has been proved to possess 30,000 in its mouth, which without a glass look? very innocent. The number pf members of the House of Lords, England, varies from 510 to 670, while the French Senate numbers 300 and the Chamber of-Deputies 584. Eecently experiments in England have shown that lighthouse signaling can be seen at a distance of 17J miles at sea. The rays were directed vertically toward the sky. The highest altitude in New York is only 175 feet above tide water in East river. The highest point on Long Island is narbor Hill, where an altitude of SSt teet is reached. February in 1900 will not contain 29 days, although it will be leap year. February in 1700 also contained only 28 days. There is a slight error in the Gregorian calendar, but It will only amount to one day in 3,325 years. Australian butterflies bathe. One will alight cloe to the water, into which it backs nntil the whole of the body i3 submerged, the fore-legs alone retaining their hold on dryland. In a moment it will fly away, ap parently refreshed. A remarkable family of eight old women is living in the same house at Vexio, Sweden. Three are widows and five are old maids. Their ages aggregate within a year or two of 700 years, each of tho women being nearly 90 years of age. On the Northern Eailway of France an important experiment is about to be tried on a large scale. All carriages, even on short-distance trains, are to be warmed, and tbe warmth is to be produced by means ot boxes of acetate of soda. Two fishermen at Isle an Haut, JIc, recently captured a devil fish which meas ured m feet in length and 23 inches across the back and weighed over ICO pounds. The creature fought furiously, and wonldhave been more than a match for one man. A Japanese doctor never dreams of ask- ' ine a poor patient for a lee. Thcre'is a proverb among the medical fraternity of Japan, "When the twin enemies, poverty and disease, invade a home, then he who takes aught from that home, even though it be given him, is a robber." Acorns form an important article of diet among many tribes of Indians. Ther are bruised into meal and made into dough for bread. The meal is usually soaked pre liminarily in water to take away the bitter taste. Acorns are stored away in tTees by woodpeckers, and in times of scarcity the natives rob those deposits. Japan appears to be turning out her university graduates at a fuster rate than employment can be found for them. A Japanese cotempora'ry states that many or this year's Imperial University graduates have as yet been unable to find employ ment, and says this state ot things is gradu ally assuming a serious aspect. "Many kinds of grass seed are used to make flour for bread and mush of excellent quality. Along the rivers in Colorado and Arizona grass seeds arc collected in largo quantities and supply a much valued winter food for the-Indians. Thev are ground intn flour, mixed with water into a dough, and cakes of th e latter are baked in the hot sand. The "rice test" for crime is a favorite method in tho Indies of detecting a criminal when other means fail. When a theft, for instance, has occurred in a houso where tlierc are a number of servants, the medi cine man or Indian detective is sent for- He administers rico which is chewed by tho suspected. "J he one who cannot eject a white pulp is adjudged guilty. The Governments of -Bosnia and Mon tenegro are advertising for good women physicians, whom th ey will-engage for their hospitals at liberal salaries. The women of those countries have adopted tjie prejudices of their Mussulman sisters, and will not al low male physicians to treat them in their illness. This news was received with great pleasuraat St. Petersburg, and quite a num ber of Russian women doctors departed for the Balkan provinces. The horseshoe superstition still sticks, and junk dealers in New York find it profi table to keep horseshoes in stock for sale tr dwellers in the tenement-house region, where a horseshoe over the door is still not uncommon. It all the money drawers of small shops could be rummaged, enough horseshoes could be found to supply half the equines In town. The superstition is that the shop will do a good business so long as tho presenoc of tho horseshoe is known only to the shopkeepor. JINGLES ANT) .TOKELETS. "Revivalist Don't you everfeel a yearn ing for something higher than the mere things of this earth? .Tagss Notmnch. I have lived on the top floor of a 12-story flat, and the elevator stops running at 10 o'clock. Brooklyn Eagle. How fortunate the oyster is! The dollars lie can scoop:' But althongh the church fair gets him. He's never "in thesonp." Atlanta Constitution. -Wagg Smith, the baker, is a very schol arly person. (Jalftley Why so? Wagg He has a sign over his pie counter, "Such stuff as dreams are made of." Harper's Saiar. He Etood and looked at the steam roller that was working on the asphalt. "Great thing, ain't it?" said a bystander. "GreatnothlugT was the reply. "You mustbt ron erfnt slow In these parts. Whv. oat to Slam Center they'd shoot an engineer that couldn't gc no faster'n that." Washington Star. A blizzard swept down from the far north west. From the far Northwest, as the son went down. And the men were filled with a vague unrest Who sat in their offices far ilown-towa. -For n ell they knew that the night was drear. And the 'd have to tramp through the shricklnj gust. For a cahle may ran for .1 solid year. But when the weather la worst It Is sore to bust. Chicago Tribune. Amy Papa, dear, Mr. Hunker says hi loves the ground I walk on. , Papa No doubt, my daughter. Young Hnnke wants the earth. hmith. Gray CO.' Monthly. "There goes poor Jones-bankrunt eve since hi3 trial." "Did he break the law?" "No; the law broke htin." Christmas Puek. Hear the comic 6pera jester as he strut npon the stage. With his merry whiskered Jokelets that were yeat ago the rage: Watch the autumn branches changing red to golde hues and then Murmur sadly, softly, sweetly, "Chestnut tin has come again:" . , "to York Herald Mrs. O'Hara It is in great trouble oi an Me husband has been slnt to Jail. , ,m .x Mrs. O'Toole Shur and It's nothing you hare! complain av. Mol husband gets out avjail nb) wake. Ochonel ochone. Harper's Bazar. Mm
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